"Did we want to try and talk to the spirit about the axe?  And now we also have the dream, or did we want to wait till night before contacting spirits?  I'm not sure how all that works?  Figure we can either do that or head upstairs, thoughts?" Misira looks around at her company to see what everyone's feelings are on the matter.

Wrenn wonders out loud "I wonder if there is a downstairs."

“What if we contact those spirits, use the board, and have the axe on the table?  Maybe it would provide some insight.”

"I can always keep attempting to contact the spirit again," Alanik replies to Misira. "When I get a response from the spirit board I can call you in again."

Arthur turns to Wrenn, "If you look at the map we have, you can see that there is a basement and other subterranean areas. However, we don't know how to get down there yet."

"Looks like our best option is to head upstairs.  You all ready?" Misira gets up from her chair and heads to the kitchen.  When she gets there, something occurs to her and she opens up the oven door.

Lyreth wakes from the restful sleep only children and puppies can have. She stretches and yawns, then pick herself up.

"We're going to the upstairs now? Fine by me."

“Ok, upstairs it is.  After you…”. Sharone readies herself to head up and look around.  

Wrenn says "Wait, why don't we go to the kitchen and see if there is a Dumb waiter or something. Some houses like these have servant passages and stuff." he states out of experience of adding trinkets to his hole in the ground.

(room 10)

(That’s actually where Misira went and opened the oven door.  I only remembered the stairs back there, forgot to check the map)

"You goin to join me?"

Ok, so we all went to room 10, Wrenn is looking for a dumb waiter and Misira opened the oven door.  (Just so we are all on the same page, let me know if I'm wrong!)

You head over to the kitchen to search it. Wrenn fails to find a dumb waiter, but when Misira opens the oven door she finds a freshly baked raisin muffin.

"How interesting."  And Misira takes a bite, figuring nothing happened to the ones to ate it yesterday!  And once Wrenn is done looking for a dumb waiter, she opens the door to the upstairs and ascends.

Wrenn looks over "Oh..." and follows.

You head back out to the foyer, before climbing up the staircase that leads to the balcony that overlooks the foyer.

At the top of the stairs, you find yourselves in a hall. The hall stretches to your right, to the north, before turning another corner. From your position, you can see three doors. One on the eastern side of the hall, and two on the western side.

(I'm sorry, I thought that door on the North wall of the kitchen, next to the oven-I think, was a door to the back stairs?  Now that I look at the maps, those must go downstairs?  did we not try that door?  Anyways, we're upstairs now)

After reaching the foyer, Misira is going to stop and listen for any sounds or anything peculiar.

Perception:  4

Ha, well - passive is 12?

(Oh, no you didn't try that door, but yes that leads into the basement.)

For now, all seems quiet on this second floor.

Sharone comes up the stairs and looks down the hall, listening for any activity, movement.  

Perception : 12 

Sharone listens out for any activity, but hears nothing