Yulya sees Ashley off wishing her good luck and kindly refuses Alices ale

Yulya sees something odd about the Eastern wall. She approaches and tries to touch the wall, the illusion protecting the area suddenly becomes clear and a passage leading down is shown.
There is a ladder leading down, it seems to be made for smaller humanoids to access, but it's large enough for passage by humans. Remnants of a hoist remain where heavy loads and a space just large enough for a minecart could be lifted up and down the shaft and placed on a rail, again the rails have all been removed in this room long ago. Yulya is certain there are no traps, the ladder seems to go down about 40ft to another room, barely lit by some unseen source which could be a torch or glowstone.

Yulya cant believe her eyes
How peculiar!
Who would cast such an illusion here? Surely not your average bandit or miner! There must be a spellcaster here. I wonder how long it has been up. Clearly they didnt want anyone to see this. But I doubt it was cast to distract bulettes. So this was made to fool - us? Of course this had to happen after Ashley left and despawned her summons!



Yulya steps back and first casts GUIDANCE on Cat then on Alice handing her the Ring of Dark Shadows before she goes down.
[If Yulya can only cast one guidance she will use it on Alice]

Alice takes out the ale, finding cups, she begins to pour. Tasting it:
She determines the quality is high and the alcohol content is 5.4%, as ales go, Dwarven ale is known for it's smooth texture, strong bitter flavor and crisp sharp kick. 9/10 Dwarves agree, other ales all taste watered down by comparison.

Ah excellent! Finally something worthy in this damn mine! You have some, Cat! We'll have some fun until Ashley's back.

Ashley then takes off her robe and ties it into a bundle using the straps. She begins to undress. "No looking! That goes for you two too!"

Alice rolls her eyes.
Yeah yeah...
Nobody wants to see that scrawny body of yours! You really should eat more of Cat's cooking so you don't have to be ashamed to run around naked. Like me!

Yulya sees something odd about the Eastern wall. She approaches and tries to touch the wall, the illusion protecting the area suddenly becomes clear and a passage leading down is shown.
There is a ladder leading down, it seems to be made for smaller humanoids to access, but it's large enough for passage by humans. Remnants of a hoist remain where heavy loads and a space just large enough for a minecart could be lifted up and down the shaft and placed on a rail, again the rails have all been removed in this room long ago. Yulya is certain there are no traps, the ladder seems to go down about 40ft to another room, barely lit by some unseen source which could be a torch or glowstone.

Alice looks over Cat's shoulder down into the passage
Owo what's this?
I KNEW they were hiding under the floor like rats! Didn't I say it?

Alice waits for Cat's sensory report, but exchanging a few looks, it's clear who's job it is to scout that passage out. Alice once more borrows the Ring of Dark Shadows from Yulya and descends into the shaft, her spear ready.

Cat looks at the passage in surprise
Nyaa what was that Nya, I've never seen anything like that Nya!


Cat carefully approaches to sniff and listen into the passage from above.

They just added another one of my headmates to the frey

Amelia and Amerie (Ashley)



TFW you know you're on the right timeline

Relatively.
There were niggers, it was still relatively civilized. Lots of trash though as expected. And fucking hot