Imela: The Adventure Begins

The thing is somehow still standing after their barrage of attacks but rather than retaliating in any sense of the word, the undead turns and begins to wobble its way down the hallway. Frowning, Viaya glances at the other members of her party. In complete agreement with Theo. This does not seem to bode well. Best they finish it quickly then. Drawing her rapier, the elf moves cautiously up the stairs after the creature. Ready to cut it down as soon as she's close enough but staying wary for any nasty surprises.

[Yes, F5 works, and you would be able to see it easily.]

[Alright, attack with the rapier it is then. ^^]

Attack: 17 Damage: 9

Ruggero looks down at his crossbow in shock after seeing his arrow hit and yet the zombie kept moving. "Ya saw me hit the basterd! Nuthing worse then trying to kill something dat's already dead!" If possible Ruggero moves up the stairs. 

Dashing up the stairs faster than the others, Viaya was eager to put an end to the creature. Clearly, it had other prerogatives, and that meant more trouble along the way. Taking out her trusty rapier, she sticks it deep into the back of the ambling zombie. It hits something soft, and when she pulls the blade out, she takes a few of its entrails with it. The undead acolyte collapses in a heap, just before reaching the door at the end of the hall.

 Looking around the upstairs area, you see where the halls branch out in four directions. The north and south halls lead to dead ends. The east hall, where the zombie had been walking only has one door off to the left. The west hall has four doors along the hall. You also notice another set of stairs leading up just down the north hall.

Ruggero stands over the body of the zombie, kicks it with his boot to make sure it's definitely staying down, and then leans down to investigate and search the creature. 

Investigation: 16

He then looks in all four directions and then at his comrades. "Should we see why our dead friend here was in such a rush ta head to dat door?" he says at he points to the door at the end of the hallway. 

Theo-

"Let's. But be ready because it can't be good."

Ruggero: There's very little left of this corpse. It has very simple robes, or shreds of simple robes, and its skin is so tightly pulled over the bones, it leaves very little to the imagination. The only obvious thing you note is the large slit across its neck. The bloodstains around the wound are a pretty good indicator that this is what killed it while it was still alive. The question is, who did it and why?

Ruggero looks up from searching the zombie. "Looks like dis poor basterd didn't die o' natural causes." Ruggero pulls up his pants a bit and then makes his towards the door at the end of the hallway. He keeps an eye out for any traps, but figures if there were any this wandering zombie would have set one or two off by now. But still, safety first. He looks back at his comrades and says, "shall we continue?"

Investigation: 9

Zakon nods at Ruggero.  "Keep your eyes open and your weapons ready.  With  that thing guarding the stairs, who knows what may be guarding the room?" he says.  

There's nothing suspicious about the door to the room. It seems that these devotees did not expect unwelcome guests to get past all the traps on the first floor.

Ruggero stands next to the door. He looks back at his companions, then looks at the door, then back the group, then back at the door and then shrugs. "No sense in waiting." He then pushes the door open and grips his battle axe. 

The zombie falls a mere few feet from the door it looked as if it were trying to reach and while Viaya does flick the gore from her blade, she keeps her rapier drawn. Considering the body contemplatively as the others follow her up the stairs. Nodding at Ruggero's suggestions that they move to check the only door in this hall first. "It did seem like it was heading straight for here." She says. "To warn or trigger something maybe." There's only one way to find out which. The dwarf steps ahead and the elf stands aside to let him pass. Following behind Theo and in step with Zakon as they make for the door. Meeting Ruggero's gaze as he briefly looks back before focusing on the door as he pushes it open. 

Kelvin spits on the zombie with a disgusted look and looks around wildly, with so many doors to choose from and explore. He follows the party as they open the most obvious choice, but trails a little behind and keeps an eye out down the other halls; they may not have found any traps on the second floor, but Kelvin's seen enough danger here so far not to keep his guard up.

Perception: 22

Rows of simple wooden cots are arranged in this room, without sheets or mattresses. White-robed figures are lying prone on four of these uncomfortable beds, until, in unison, their heads begin to rise, their glowing eyes turning toward you. Much like the one you killed in the hall, these figures have similar slashes across their necks.

14

Initiative:  4

"By the love of all..."

Initiative: 18