Persephone will search the various rooms along the way for incriminating paperwork, linking the evil family members to the evil activities they promoted. Record processing being her specialty, she quickly reviews any printed material they come across. 

Investigation: 21

In V5 improbably large, jaw unhinging, sandwiches were had with white bread and many different kinds of meats.

After burping loudly in content, she walks over to V4 and lifts the bed up on it's side with one hand. A nineteen year old human female maid is cowered, deathly afraid. "What ees thees?" she asks, curiously, grabbing the young woman like a cat by it's nape.

"Please don't kill me! Please don't kill me!" she begs. 

Nok Nok finds Persephone, extending a hand and channeling sparking, rainbow energy in their direction. 

Healing Spirit: 9

Allynna clears her throat. "We're not going to kill you," she says pleasantly from behind her mask. Probably. "What's your name?"

"Ambri!" she says nervously, "Ambri Fellwater! I..I'm the new maid here! I'm only a week old!" She glances at Misha. "Ohhhh! Please! Let me go!" she struggles feebly under Misha's grip, but resigns hopelessly.

"Okay Ambri, we are not going to to hurt you. But we will need you to be quiet. We do not need you attracting more attention and I would rather not have to gag you or something."

"Ambri, do you know if Lady Vanthampur is still in the mansion?" Allynna asks, careful not to startle the girl.

"If I tell you, will you let me go, please?!" Ambri cries. With tears. Of fear. 

Misha pretends to think really hard about the situation - it's difficult to tell if she's trying to be funny, or if she's feeding off the fear of this poor young adult.

"Yes." Jill looks at Misha and is slightly scared herself. She's never seen her friend like this before, enjoying how much she's scaring a considerably weaker individual.

"The room to the left of the pantry! Ow!" the maid winces at Misha's grip. "There's a stairs leading down! That's all I know! Please let me go!"

Misha lets go, tossing her aside. "Jeel is merciful, yes? Run, now, child. Consider yourself lucky you deed not end up splatter on tapestry." she dusts off her hands, and walks out of the room towards V7.

When Misha heads off towards V7, Jill just stands there for a moment, wondering if she should say something about her terrorizing this woman who posed no threat to them. Instead she just stands there in stunned silence before awkwardly remembering the task at hand. "I am sorry for that. But she was right. You should not be here any longer." She heads off to V7.

Allynna purses her lips at Misha. I just started to like her a lot less.

She's an Acheronian. She just started to show her true colors is all.

Hmm. Allynna gives the girl a gentle smile. "Sorry. If, after all this, you still need a job and Allynna Hhune Varen hasn't been...disowned or anything, tell her the Nightingale sent you, and she should be able to get you a job, if you still want one as a maid after this."

Nok Nok eyes the after maid the interrogation. Ultimately, in his best Misha voice, he offers up a “Have a nice day,” before heading to follow the others. 

UNDER THE VILLA

True to the maid's word, there was indeed a brick staircase in AREA V7 leading down to a sewer complex below.

The dungeon is remarkably clean and kept in excellent condition. Tunnels are 9 feet high and have curved ceilings. Oil lanterns fitted with thick panes of green-tinted glass hang at regular intervals on 1-foot-long iron chains. Each lantern sheds dim light in a 10-foot radius. Doors are made of riveted iron plates, with iron handles and well-oiled hinges. The dungeon has brick walls and stone-tiled floors. Rooms have 10-foot-high plaster ceilings. 

Four stone pillars brace the ten-foot-high vaulted ceiling of this dry cellar, the walls of which are lined by a dozen barrels on wooden braces. Half the barrels have brass spigots tapped into them. The room also contains two stacks of wooden crates — one in the middle of the room and another by the south wall.

"Okay. So, maybe the crow is awakened. That would explain that. But... an adult human that's only a week old? How does that work?" Yoska finally wonders aloud as Yoska.exe came back online. All while heedless of the mix of mustard and milk mustache he sported from the impromptu lunch. After a few moments of following along behind the others he snaps his fingers and says, "By the morning lord... Are humans here secretly part goblins? Or even kobolds?" He asks, sounding genuinely curious and confused.

Jill will suggest going into V22. She walks ahead of the group and takes Misha with her so that they can speak without everyone else hearing.

"Hey Misha, I think that you did not need to be so...harsh with that maid. She was already afraid of us and she was outnumbered nine to one. Fighting would have been suicide on her part." She doesn't look upset with Misha, just confused and maybe slightly concerned.

Misha made a face, gently agreeing and considering what Jill told her. "Misha explain something to you. Consider from my point of view and where I come from. Take a good look around you." she said. "Where are we? White sandy beeches of Haweewee?" She shakes her head. "No. We are een house of people who hef made deal with Zariel. Everywhere we look we are attacked by reseestence, by devils. I choose to not take theengs for granted here. Not to let guard down. Sure, could hef been eenocent maid, but Misha take no chences here. Could hef been trick. Devils take many faces. Besides, deed not hurt her too bed, simply showing..who ees een charge..een other words. The feck she was afraid was a bonus. Eet ees Acheronian way, to dominate the weak, to utterly conquer our enemies. Eet ees how my people hef survived for so long." She paused for a moment. "There are times to be nice, and times to be wary. But Misha take no chences with friends when devils are eenvolved. Hope you understand."

Jill thought about what Misha said for a few moments and found it hard to disagree with her, given the circumstances. The maid wasn't some prisoner like the people they found in the dungeon and to be honest, it was fairly lucky that she was a new hire and not someone who had developed loyalty to this family. "I understand, yes." Jill says, before opening the door to V22.

Persephone hugs Nok Nok in a great bear hug, thanking him profusely for helping to heal her.  As they walk out of the kitchen area, she gives Jill the stink eye for seriously wounding her, and seemingly not giving a damn.

As they walk down the hallway towards area V7, she cast's Cure Wounds on herself, healing an additional 5 hit points.

Walking past the wooden barrels, she casually turns the taps on every brass spigot she sees, purposefully opening up and spilling out the contents of every barrel.

Taking the hallway left, you reach a bend that veers towards the left again. You pass a dead end on your right, and the long hallways contains four doors. Three on the right, and a double door on the left. Strangely, or perhaps not, the thick smell of incense hangs in the air. Smooth stone trenches cut into the floors channel water and waste. Rat traps little the floors at strategic places.