Erok narrowed his eyes, thinking.  "Without more information, there are many things it could be, but there is no way to know for sure, especially if you did not see the creature."  He looks around at the party, meeting each of their eyes.  "However, it certainly means that we should be on alert - we have already fought the shadows, and who knows what other traps and horrors may await us down here."  He trails off, thinking, and then jumps slightly.  "That is not to say that we won't be successful, just that we need to be aware - and hopefully avoid splitting the party."  He smiles gently at Maegan.

At the last part, Cora smiles and points vaugely to Erok, as if indicating she was thinking the same thing.

“Fine I won’t make anymore rash decisions that include splitting the party.” Says Maegan sounding quite sad.

"Do not be sad, little sapphire.  We are just concerned for your well-being.  Whatever awaits us, surely there is safety in numbers, yes?" says Erok.

"That's what I think." Cora said.

(Which way haven't we gone yet?)

“We’re all in this together~” Lilyth said in a song-song voice, her smile ever so prominent on her face now.

((we haven’t seen the north door I think))

She liked the idea. Cora kisses the top of Lilly's head and gently releases herself from her grip, although she could have stayed there all day. She nods to everyone. "Ok. North door. Here we go." She grips the dais and grunts trying to turn it. "HrHggh!"

Cora: You turn the statue toward the Northern door. As you raise the statues arm and the door starts to rise, the friction sets off an alchemical substance lining the door frame. It showers you with fiery sparks.

Cora I need a dexterity save 

Dex save: 7

There's your dex save. Completely botched it. Totally screwed the pooch on that one.

Get the healing spells ready, here it comes.

The trap catches Cora off guard and deals 15 fire damage

The Northern door however is now open. All you can see is a long hallway stretching into darkness.

Cora:

Lying on the floor, 20 feet away, burnt to a crunchy crisp, Cora mews in pain weakly:

"Guys. I got..the door..open."

“That you did,” Lilyth laughs as she walks over to her burnt-to-a-crisp girlfriend, kneeling beside her to examine her burns closely.

“They don’t look that bad, darling, but do you want me to heal you?”

Cora winces in pain as the flesh starts to blister. "Ahhhccccchhhh." She mews. "They don't? Do I still have my eyebrows? Don't look at me, i'm hideous." She tries to turn her face away. "And yes, please." she says softly.

“Are you sure you’re not an actor? I think you’d do fantastic on stage, love.” She giggles, then presses her lips against Cora’s cheek and casts cure wounds, healing her for 6 points.

”Feel better?”

The pain went away, her skin mostly healed up, and her eyebrows regrew. She sighed in relief - Lilly was indeed magical, and so much more.

"I think so." Cora said as Lilly pulled away just an inch after the kiss to ask her question. "Let me make sure."

Cora reached up with her arms, held Lilly's cheeks, and pulled her in close, and give her a kiss on the mouth. Then another, and another. Her lips were soft, and sweet, and Cora kissed her like she deserved to be kissed. Lost in the moment, it seemed to last forever, and her hair smelled like a summer sunset just like the ones they used to share months ago. 

"Yeah. Much better." She smiled.

"Umm, wasn't it the south door we wanted to go through?  The north door referenced the 'infidels' didn't it?" Erok said hesitantly.  "We could go this way, since Cora helpfully found the trap on the door - whatever we decide, we need to stay together."

"It almost cost me my eyebrows." Cora said, letting Lilly go, and getting up. "So, since it's open, shall we?"

 Lilyth pulls back from the assault of kisses slightly out of breath, with eyes wide, and her face as red as a tomato. She watches as Cora get's up and wonders how she could be so nonchalant about this! The elf took a moment to rub her heated cheeks, telling herself to calm down and get up, pretend like nothing happened... And then her mind flew back into the gutter. She hoped no one could read minds or else they would only hear screaming.

Eventually she got up.

Eventually.

((Lilyth waits for everyone to go on ahead.))

Erok gestures for Cora to lead the way.  He will follow her, moving quietly, trying to keep his eyes open for any other traps or more monsters.  

Investigation:  16

Everyone who hasn't done so already, let me know where you are in the marching order as the group proceeds down the hall. 

As you proceed, the hall is choked with drifting flakes of gray ash, making it difficult to see. The walls are lined with niches containing piles of ash and ceramic urns of various sizes. Though there is no maze here, the halls branch off to the sides in many places, leading to dead ends filled with more ash and urns.