Scratching the Surface
As Judoc muses along the way, Elliot seems much more devoted to the task at hand and when he is asked about how he found the tunnel he simply shrugs. "Knew it was down here somewhere, got a spell from the mages guild to find it, made the doorway stand out like it was outlined in light. Just had to find the switch to get it open." He turns his head in each direction as if evaluating the choices ahead of him. It is perhaps a few more moments of silence before Judoc asks again as to Elliot's knowledge of the caves. "No, I didn't track him, but I knew he'd be down here, found the cave last year right?.. You hear that? I think it came from this way." Elliot points off towards the right, into the rockier parts of the cave. "C'mon, that imp is probably the only thing down here."
Judoc steps down through the mouth of the cave and is immediately struck by the fetid tang of excrement, though it is not overwhelming. He presses his sleeve to his lower nose for a moment, steeling himself to deal with the offensive stench but does not tarry long before he presses off to follow Elliot. The path is rocky, and though at first Judoc strives to make his steps as silent as possible, he quickly finds that Elliot has no skill at walking quietly, and no matter how noisily he plods, he's still likely to be drown out by the noise coming from two steps ahead of him.
It is perhaps another few minutes of a crawling pace that the two walk in echelon, each holding their stones up in order to see the earth in front of them and to keep from falling flat on their faces with the ever tumultuous and slickening floor. Whole and broken stones litter the floors, and here and there the drips of moisture from the ceiling splash on the floor before blending into the slick surface and disappearing. It seems their course still leads gradually downwards, the miasma of the stench slackening slightly though it still assaults Judoc's senses. This time, when Elliot hears a noise, Judoc does not need to be warned. It seems to come from the ceiling, the whispered (or far off) voice speaking in high pitch like a child or a bird:
"Mało ludzi obserwować oczy, Ghelbech wyśmiewa i poganiaczy i pries, on kopnięć i claws prywatność pozostanie zbyt! i z trupa make gulasz"
Elliot halts in his tracks, the back of his head darting this way and that as he searches for the source. Likewise, Judoc tenses as he searches for the culprit...
OOC: Roll vs. IQ, if you succeed, you realize that Elliot is being purposefully evasive in the answers to your questions. Not that it may help you much at this point, since he's entirely focused now on finding the imp. The cavern seems to be edging downwards as you go. You haven't exactly traveled that far, probably about 100 to 150 yards at best. The floor below you is getting progressively more moist in the low areas although the ceiling above still only drips moisture from the few limestone spars above. Roll two more perception checks, each at -3. Label one 'surroundings' and the other 'initiative'. If you wish to take any other action along the walk in the cave, please post it now (i.e. any other spells you wish to have active). I'm assuming that you have your powerstone still around your neck but did not bring your staff. If you did bring it, consider it unready in your right hand with the light stone in your left hand.