Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Nightblade:

”Well-said, Jorzu,” comments Nightblade, “Do the rest of you feel the same?  If so, we should get moving.”

Boona knew the cultists were back past the broken statue but she remembered another door they hadn't tried and marched north to the room with the sundered table and pushed on the untried door there.

• " Karst, go to statue room. Keep watch."

Boona heads north, leaving Karst to keep an eye out for errant mutate cultists from the east. (Is everyone following?)

The scene of the wailing mind flayer and the armored dwarf smashing both flayer and table plays out once again in the room. The image of the dwarf retreats toward the stacked chests  to the west with a triumphant cry, beckoning the viewers to follow.

Boona opens the door south. She dimly sees an ancient dwarven kitchen within – stone counters, a sink full of water, and an oven glowing orange with heat. A rack of implements of some sort hangs from the ceiling. Nightblade has not been in this room, but some of his comrades had explored it earlier, and it matches their description.

Boona enters the kitchen....

(Are the rest of you following Boona or hanging back?)

Nightblade:

Following Boona, Nightblade tries to determine her purpose…She hadn’t said yes or no, and she wasn’t leaving, but she wasn’t moving towards the cultist lair.

Eventually, he decides on assuming a tactical exploration motive and says to Boona, “Other than the one insane cultist who was following me around for a bit, I don’t think there are other potential enemies hiding here—but it is wise to check behind us before we move forward.”