"We can try to hear anything on the other side, but if the door is too thick, or if there's nothing moving, we won't hear anything.

"Jocelyn, do you have any magic that will help find out if there's danger beyond this door?"

In reply to Mario Crowfoot (msg # 882):

"I am afraid I cannot do much on my end, as I am granted mostly healing by Vejovis. Is your staff any good at these things Jareth? "

In reply to Nodwin Zideqick (msg # 883):

"Nae. It be good fa measuring and affecting ta air quality, an a bit ae illumination but nae fa much else"

Nay, my skills do not include that talent. This sort of door is often used to prevent a flood, of assumedly water, from getting past. Tap it and see if it seems solid on the other side. I'd not put a hole through it if it has a large body of water behind it.

"Oh, it hadn't occurred to me it might be water tight.  If there's standing water behind it, though, those latches are all that's holding it against the pressure."

Mario examines one of the latches to see whether it looks like the door is pushing against the latch.

In reply to Mario Crowfoot (msg # 886):

"Could we loosen them without opening them fully?"

"Maybe, let me check how the latch is built and operated."  He adds an examination of the gears to his check of the latches for evidence of load.

In reply to Mario Crowfoot (msg # 888):

Might need a bi o grease ya ken? These doors I knae. a turn o ta wheel and ta bars move. give it a right thump an ya ca hear i twere water behind."

Mario balls up a fist and gives the panel of the door a "right thump" (hoping it is indeed full of water, vs. previously unaware enemies).

In reply to Mario Crowfoot (msg # 890):

Clarence stands ready to assist, letting others do the difficult work of working out the danger.

In reply to Mario Crowfoot (msg # 890):

the door rattles and soulds empty

Not tightly closed even, and nothing like water behind it.

"Seems that way.  Okay, Brodak, let's be ready before Clarence opens the door."

Mario takes up a position behind Brodak, where he'll be able to shoot through the door if needed, and lifts the glove off the upper nock of his bow to uncover the light stone, then puts it back on his left hand before raising his bow.

He moves up and gets ready

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In reply to Brodak (msg # 895):

Clarence braces behind his shield and opens the door carefully...

In reply to Clarence Montague (msg # 897):
the heel requires two hands to operate.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 898):

Then Clarence will have to take the time to let his shield hang on the neck strap while he uses both hands to open the door...

In reply to Clarence Montague (msg # 899):

the door squeaks open. beyond there is the sound of running water.

The room beyond has a soaring vaulted ceiling and is occupied by a fountain  and two obelisks, one to either side of the fountain, which is fed by a steady stream of water from the mouth of a a carved lion head.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 900):

Clarence will move in cautiously after readying his shield again...looking around.

"Well, this is a bit of a change from furlongs of worn, dirty corridors..."

Mario keeps his bow up as he looks around the room, following Clarence in.

In reply to Mario Crowfoot (msg # 902):

unlike the corridors, or even the tepidarium, the tiles on the walls and flook are largely intact.

the fountain is just about a yard high, the soewing lion face of the fountain just above eye level.

the obelisks , marked with strange runes, are three yards high, and are crowned with iron baskets of firewood.

Jocelyn looks around carefully as she heads toward the Obelisks. She looks at the carictures on both obelisks to see if any make sense.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 903):

"This place looks untouched! There is even firewood!"

He advances slowly into the room, watching for anything and everything. Even the ceiling...

"Firewood that hasn't rotted in forty years or more?  Or is it just punky soft as I'd expect with the dampness from the fountain?  I guess we'd have to climb one of these pillars to find out."


He moves around the space toward his left, leading with his bow and its attached light stone.

"Last one in, can you pull the door shut? Wait, let's make sure we can open it from this side..."