No sooner is that out of Gadvelt's mouth when you hear footsteps and muttering. A glance out the door shows a group of 9 drow, led by Shor, who has a cruel sneer on his face. 5 of the drow take up positions outside, aiming their crossbows in at all of you. No more talking, scum. You, you, you, and you. He indicates Gadvelt, Tempest, Egret, and Don. You're coming with us. We have some work for you to do. And if you try anything this time, you'll be filled full of bolts so quick you won't even know what hit you. Come out here quietly, just the ones I commanded.

He unlocks and opens the door, beckoning you to come out.

(Gadvelt, give me a sleight of hand or deception check to make sure your shackles stay closed)

Slight of hand 20 Gadvelt is quiet like a good boy

Don will go along quietly, paying extra close attention to the route they take, the layout of the cave, and anything else he can see, hear, or smell that might be useful to their future escape.

Perception: 15

Tempest will duck her head and move along like a good girl. She too will watch their route and keep her eyes open for anything important...

Perception 11

(OR at least anything blatantly obvious... lol)

 Egret will follow along quietly, but try and watch the guards, see if he can work out what they think of Shor's leadership, if any of them look less alert than others, things like that.

Insight: 9

Shor and 4 of the drow march you across the bridge and out of sight of the others.

The other 4 drow, one of them almost as big as Shor, hang back at the pen. The big one lowers his crossbow and steps towards the door. Cat and bugbear, you two will clean the chamberpots he says with a wicked smile. Dump them over the side here. And don't try anything, unless you want to be taken straight to Ilvara this time.

When it seems the drow's attention is elsewhere, Ront grumbles Effing hells, those wankers talk so much. Gonna get us all whipped.

Manju - Letting out an enormous sigh ad muttering under his breath "Manju doesn't need this..." on the way to the place to empty the pots Manju will size these guys up and try and note anything on them he could possibly lift off of them.

10 Perception

As quietly as possible, Jimjar whispers to Eldeth, in common, "10 gold says one of them pukes."

Eldeth rolls her eyes and scoots away from Jimjar a little, pointedly ignoring him.

Manju, all you notice is their weapons and a key hanging off their belts, but they don't look very easy to grab without them noticing.

( can we have seen the key they used to open the cage, and how it relates to the key Don lifted? ) Perception but several of us might have noticed 15

Shoor was carrying the key that unlocked the cell, it seems the key that's hanging on their side is the one for the shackles. Shoor stuck it in a pocket after unlocking the door.

After a several hours, the rest of the prisoners see Gadvelt, Tempest, Don, and Egret being marched back across the bridge. Without any more words, they're shoved back in and the door is locked behind them. The drow withdraw back across the bridge and out of sight.

Once they are back in the cell, Tempest will wait for the guards to be less interested in them.  Then she will whisper in common... "I have some very important information to share with the group, but we cannot risk the guards overhearing it.  Any suggestions for making sure of that?"  She will not go into the details unless she is completely sure there is no chance the drow will overhear.

“I think as long as we’re quiet we should be fine, but I can keep an eye out.

perception: 24

Perception check for Tempest...  14

You feel like they're not paying much attention to you.

Don looks around and says "Has anyone noticed the strange weather down here? All pitter-patter and spitting rain. Sounds like cat's feet on the windowsill but no footprints to be seen."

In Thieves' Cant:

Your what hurts, Don? (ie no) Tempest, we have to know - it's as safe as it's likely to be.