You are faced with two bugbears guarding two innocent girls, they're controlled by an unseen enemy, do you...

A)Attack them against all odds
B)Run and regroup
C)Try to rescue the girls
D)Run into a broom closet

A bitter cold draft blows in the long tunnel leading out. The tunnel looks freshly dug by a bulette. The temperature drops the further down she goes and leads her to understand this is indeed a way out, however, as we know, the mine was sealed by the watcher's barrier. The sound of scratching and chuffing leads her to believe a bulette is right now attempting to dig its way around the barrier. Any sudden significant vibrations will alert it.
This way is certainly not clear, so she heads back to the seal where twisted scraps that were once part of that seal are strewn about along with chunks of rock that filled that tunnel.
She notes three sleeping stirges (vampiric birds) clinging to the ceiling, sleeping like bats, having probably found their way in from outside meaning this is indeed another exit before it was magically contained. Any loud noises will wake them and they will likely be hungry.

Alice has never seen such strange birds before, but they have no ears and she isn't fond of a confrontation with an earless bulette either. But they might be useful to plot them against a pursuing enemy.

Alice is momentarily confused but again gets a strange intuition from that same familiar presence and is led Further back up this hall and a hidden door is revealed to her. Alice is compelled to open it...
A surprised Drow is kneeling by the bodies of two young woman. He turns to face Alice.

With an expressionless face, Alice shows him the middle finger alternating with both hands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mEkxVuj-Fk

Though startled, he quickly regains composure and bows to Alice, "Ah, well I've clearly underestimated you... human? No that's not... hm. At any rate, have you decided to come to your senses and take my offer? Sorry, I wasn't more clear, we didn't need to meet face to face." He has no armor and is dressed in nobility garb. He doesn't seem to have any weapons either.

Alice notes he is quite handsome and much younger than Daran. Either he is another generation or doesn't age. Alice's eyes wander to his ears and their fine condition causes her to smirk. Even Mormesk will have to make compromises. A head is a head - with ears or without.

To her surprise, Alice sees two girls on the floor, both motionless.

Alice sighs, rolls her eyes and tucks her readied firebomb away again.
Ah well, we don't want to damage the trophy...

Six cracked and splintered marble pillars line the walls of this hall. A nine-foot-tall statue of a dwarf seated on a throne, a mighty stone warhammer across his lap, occupies the north end. Large emeralds gleam in his eyes.

Alice briefly wonders if this guy is capable of collapsing the ceiling or even make that stone statue come to life. But other things are more important right now.

Two bugbears stand as the situation drags on moment my moment. They stand to flank the drow. He glances back at the TWO girls and back to Alice, "Somehow I don't think you will take my offer. It seems that I must deal with you myself. A pity it must end this way, I do really hate conflict, watching it anyway."
Suddenly a flash of light blinds Alice and a moment later he's gone. His laughter echoes through the room, he's clearly still here.

Alice looks around and up if Nezzer is spiderclimbing somewhere on the ceiling. In her puny state, her detection capabilities against an enemy making himself invisible by magic are limited. Alice closes her eyes and exhales as she tries to pinpoint Nezzner's location.She speaks with an eerily calm deep voice as if in trance
Killing us will accomplish nothing, for the barrier you face is not ours to begin with. There is no way out. You will die here regardless of your actions. So hold still and let me cut off your head! I am only here for your ears, but your head appears to be in high demand! It seems you angered quite some powerful beings. Beings that are way above your league. Otherwise we would not be holding this conversation...

Alice slowly opens her eyes, the slit-like pupils of a predator fixate the bugbears. Alice tilts her head.



This also goes for you gentlemen. Why do you follow this man? He sacrificed all of his minions, even raised them again as undead. This will also be your fate. You cannot leave this mountain as long as he is alive. Neither through the tunnel here, nor the elevator. Nobody can. But do what you must, it is fine with me!

Alice inhales and holds her breath in case anyone tries funny poison mist shenanigans again. She dashes NE to the door she spots in the corridor to the East and inside, attempting to break through by force in case it is locked.

Huh?
I also thought that was Ashley because of the blue text. Well, Cat doesn't get the whole M3gan thing anyway. If it looks like Ashley and smells like Ashley, it's Ashley.

that was confusing we assumed Ashley was back bc M3gan doesnt talk. and she speaks in Ashleys color. and that she couldnt possess the body bc she was busy with controlling everything. whatever. she will have to punch the image assigned to her. will the cats follow orders or are they useless now?

Ashley's body suddenly takes a breath and her eyes open, she crawls out from under Cat and stands, dusting herself off, she drops her pack and shield and looks to Yulya in an initially perplexed way, she looks at all the dead bodies around her, then glances at the Ghoul and collects herself, then smiles. "Well, I have some things to tell you."

Yulya and Cat's minds are flooded with what Alice sees and where she is, everything Alice knows you know. You realize that M3gan has been busy guiding Alice to the secret room and that Nezzer isn't the one who is keeping the Ghoul in a daze, at least not anymore. The goddess has her secrets but the ghoul has been paralyzed and will remain so for 1 minute. She informs you there is a bulette to the West in the tunnel, and someone else...

Yulya exhales in relief as she speaks a silent prayer to the Goddesses.
Welcome back Ashley! It looks like the end of our battle is near - one way or the other!

The blood on her face seems to absorb into her skin and her wounds are replaced by exposed metal similar to how Nixie and Olga look. She notes the strange glare Cat is giving her and touches her face. "This will fade."
More urgently, she turns and readies her stance toward the girl on the floor and informs you mentally that the girl is also a trap.
"Rise minion!"

Indeed the girl rises and faces you all with a wicked grin on her face. Without warning she casts boosted mirror image and laughs.

Yulya is surprised by yet another unforeseen situation.
We need to take out the caster before we get overwhelmed! Everyone attacks one of them. Cat and me will deal with the ones far South and East!
Ashley can you summon another Cat or even a wasp and attack image2 in the West? Have Olga and Nixie deal with image 1 and 5!

Yulya casts Sacred Flame on image 4 leaving image3 for Cat. If the caster is revealed Yulya tries to fly to a position that gives her cover. Preferably she tries to move closer to the tunnel West.
Ashley! What about the Whistle? Can we track Nezzer with it?