"We searched the second floor, but not the first.  And there are still several rooms here that we haven't looked in including this bedroom."

Kestrell gets up and enters the bedroom, looking for where the spectre came from.

Investigation: 6

Urgog follows Kestrell into the room to search, giving up on poking the destroyed armor anymore. He lets his eyes roam about the room, never forcing them to look and just let his eyes see what was there without focusing to hard on it.

Perception: 10

Kestrell investigates a room that has been neglected for many years, much like the whole house. He doesn't spot anything in particular that piques his interest. Urgog doesn't notice anything either. Although he begins to notice the wall decor. The trees plastered on the wallpaper depict dead trees that have spooky faces carved in them.

"The kids said that their parents were just killed.  Why does it look like this place hasn't been lived in for a long, long time?"

"Something doesn't add up here. They also said their parents kept the monster in the basement. Who knows what awaits us there. And why would parents keep a monster in the basement instead of leaving or calling someone in to vanquish it? I wonder how long the children have been dead."

Quote from Lindnor >>

"Something doesn't add up here. They also said their parents kept the monster in the basement. Who knows what awaits us there. And why would parents keep a monster in the basement instead of leaving or calling someone in to vanquish it? I wonder how long the children have been dead."

"Boom! You just blew my mind Cinna! You think they are dead, huh?"

Eldon stands from his prayer over the spectre and looks at the group as they investigate the area "It could be that the mother wasn't approving of their younger sibling for some reason. Maybe, the monster is the younger sibling?" he says looking around "Why don't we search the attic, if there is one, and then finish in the basement?"

Quote from KestrellKestrell >>

Quote from Lindnor >>

"Something doesn't add up here. They also said their parents kept the monster in the basement. Who knows what awaits us there. And why would parents keep a monster in the basement instead of leaving or calling someone in to vanquish it? I wonder how long the children have been dead."

 

"Boom! You just blew my mind Cinna! You think they are dead, huh?"

(OOC: Well, at one point they said they were and Cinna responded to it and asked them how long they had been dead, but now that I look back at it, their original quote was edited out, so I don't know if our characters are supposed to know that or not.)

Zed spends a few moments inspecting the walls, thumping on them listening for the sound of any hollow space.

Perception: 12

Amidst their conversation, Zed manages to spot a painting on the wall that doesn't have a trail of dust surrounding it. He would get the impression that the painting may have been moved frequently and that it may be covering something behind it.

"Something on your mind Zed?"

Urgog grunts and walks back out into the room with the stairs and squats near the stair head, the glaive leaned against his shoulder with the end braced against the floor. He idly glances around and contemplates a short nap, but decides that might be a bad idea. he starts scratching at the floor with his nails, slowly scraping random shapes into the floor.

Zed ignores the question and approaches the painting and attempts to pull it off the wall by tugging at the top of the canvas.

Zed removes the portrait and spots a device installed in the wall, which is the handle to the hidden door. If Zed opens this, he'd find a staircase ascending into the attic.

He reaches out and pulls on the handle. "Someone wanted to hide something, it seems."

The door shifts, and opens to reveal the cobweb-filled staircase that leads up into the attic. Will the adventurer's continue advancing up?

Eldon begins to walk up the stairs "Let's go I guess."

Urgog hears Eldon and slowly stands and moves towards the door of the room and peeks in. "Strange." he says in a low growl. He shrugs slightly and follows Eldon.

"You all can go up there. I am going to go take a look at the rest of the house you neglected to search. Who knows what you missed?" Zed says as he moves out of the way for the rest of the party to enter. He leaves the room and heads back towards the first floor.

 Who will follow Eldon and Urgog into the attic and who will follow Zed back down to the first floor?