Deciding that piles of non-moving bodies, while both annoying and less than pleasant, are not something that her friends need to be WARNED about, Fallan presses on. But the mere thought of anything that reminds her of zombies is enough for her to redouble her efforts to remain unseen, so she slows her progress even further to increase her stealthiness. She continues forward toward the next set of stairs upward, and then to the left. She figures that should be enough to show her value to the others as a scout.

Fallan, finding that hiding is significantly less difficult when you're fearful, manages to begin walking over the bodies, climbing when necessary, and so forth. It looks like a massive battle took place here, though for what reason a collection of random elements would come together likely escaped Fallan, that or she had more to worry about right now. Though her progress slowed, she eventually managed to make it over to the T in the hallway, and, following the directions Rose had offhandedly stated, she took the left branch. As she approached the doors, she would notice that they were wide open, and a body was bent over, its ass the only part poking out, and the sounds of crunching, and tearing could be heard. The body was clearly desiccated,  but moving. When Fallan got close, it seemed to hitch, for just a moment, before going back to eating whatever wasn't visible on the other side of the door - It seems it hadn't noticed her.

"Yuck," Fallan thought to herself. "Sounds like a beast eating the dead, but with a butt like that, it was likely humanoid once previously. Yeah, that spells zombie in my book! Time to get out of here and tell the others."  Without delay, Fallan turns tail and scurries back to the group with her newfound information. Even the piles of bodies won't slow her down, other than to wonder if the "hungry beast" would find this pile a feast at some point.

As Belle hears Fallan's report, a grin spreads across her face.  She takes a swig from her jug and then grips her rapier tighter.  "Ey, now we're gettin to it.  Probably a zombie you say?  Fella must've enjoyed dying so much he came back to do it a second time.  Would be a shame if we didn't oblige."  The Satyr smirks at Fallan.  "Think we can get the drop on him?  You wanna hit first or should I?"

Bell eventually realizes that she's not speaking to anyone, perhaps receiving some degree of feedback from the aether, as she picks up on what she couldn't possibly know after having already dipped into a crouching position, drawing atleast an odd stare from Yue. Though as Bell looks around, in confusion at the lack of Fallan in her life, she does spot an oddly bright glow coming from the stairwell in the distant north, it having a sickly green hue, and undulating up and down in a steady pattern, and just faintly.

Meanwhile, with Fallan, as she turns the corner, forgoing stealth for haste to inform her allies, as she's climbing over the many bodies, and heading down the southward facing stairs, she notices the area is significantly brighter than it had been before. While there was no way this thing could have noticed her suddenly running, Fallan remembers how poorly she had snuck around just prior... and how she had chosen to ignore the door in front of her, realizing it was open... though the light hadn't been visible before... she had made quite a bit of noise just prior, had likely lost the creatures attention after she had moved up, only to draw it once more as she huffed over the bodies, directly in front of her, was a floating skull, wreathed in flames, staring directly at her from the door where it had just moments before been looking around - trying to identify what had caught its initial attention. disembodied Laughter echoing softly in the hallway....

Gwen and the others, currently remain blissfully unaware, as the sounds of the water overpower the distant soft laughter..

Combat has begun, no one is surprised. Party is up first, with an average of 17 to the skulls 16 (Nat initiatives double the roll counted so yay root) Every square is 5 feet. Diagonal movement is 10 after the first square.

"Holy mother of all the demons in hell!" Fallan gasps. "This can't be good, get away from me!" With a motion of her hands that would have normally been to push away something horrid, Fallan brings her hands behind her ears and then flings them forward at the floating, flaming skull. Much to her surprise, IN her hands were two ephemeral daggers that she hadn't been holding a moment before, and the flinging of her hands sent the two daggers in the direction of the skull.

Bell squints at the glow.  "What in the hells is tha-"  Fallan's shouts cut her off, and without hesitation Bell sprints forwards to the stairs.  As she looks up at the floating skull, she grimaces.  "Oh ew!  Kill it!"  She thrusts at it with her rapier.

Bellerain attacks the Flameskull with her Rapier

THIS IS NOT A REAL POST, BUT GOING TO USE FALLANS TO HELP EVERYONE BY Re-WRITING IT. EVERYTHING BELOW THE LINE IS THE REWRITE.

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 "Holy mother of all the demons in hell!" Fallan gasps. "This can't be good, get away from me!" With a motion of her hands that would have normally been to push away something horrid, Fallan brings her hands behind her ears and then flings them forward at the floating, flaming skull. Much to her surprise, IN her hands were two ephemeral daggers that she hadn't been holding a moment before, and the flinging of her hands sent the two daggers in the direction of the skull.

Fallan will throw both psychic daggers at the Flameskull, (Psychic damage)

Hearing the yell Rose follows Belle but her short legs cause her to fall behind. With Belle blocking the way there's nothing more Rose could really do. Rose put herself flush with the nearby wall and prepared to attack the skull if it turned the corner. 

 With his monk speed, Root will Dash into a full sprint Moving 80ft. Running up he sees his allies block his path he will try to jump over them land on the other side of the skull. 

Yue lets out a guttural growl as takes position next to Rose.  With the stairway all crowded, she decides to stay and watch the flank, sniffing and listening for anything that may be taking the opportunity to flank them.

Both of Fallan's daggers find their mark, though in her simultaneous panic, and having never used such a skill before, both daggers barely clink against the skulls forehead with a dull, nearly soundless thud, before exploding into particles of energy, and then vanishing entirely. Bellerains rapier finds its mark solidly, yet somehow she feels a heavy resistance as the blade  slip into the creatures hollow eye socket, its laughter only increasing as its forced to spin in place once. Rose unable to find a suitable lane of attack, and not being nearly as agile as Root, simply waits in frustration, prepared to strike. Meanwhile, Root, thinks they see an avenue to get to the creature... Running directly  up, as he takes a leap, but it had been a long, long time since he had attempted anything of the sort, let alone against an incline, and the angle he chose was off, ever so slightly, seeing this, he tries to put his foot against the wall to use it as a launch point, but the dwarven walls are nearly perfectly smooth.

Roots  speed carries him forward but after his foot slipped, his balance was lost, and instead he lands on the stairs, sliding down back out behind Bellerain, and next to Rose. Yue does all she can for now, and continues to be on alert, and the odd vinegar smell she had smelled earlier seemed to be getting closer, Yue can just barely make out something moving from the tunnel they came up from the south, a creature it seems Rose had forgotten about, moving sluggishly, about ten feet at a time towards the group, its body amorphous, and a sickly clean-yellow - it was just barely outside the southern tunnel entrance.

Gwen angles to the side of the stair-group, Pulling out her crossbow, and taking aim at the skull as best she can, and aiming in such a way that if she did somehow miss, her allies wouldn't become porcupines (at the cost of accuracy). And unfortunately for her it would cost her. As the mechanism released the string, the string seemed to be frayed, before being sliced, and instead of shooting the bolt, her face gets whipped by the recoil. Augh.. Mother fu...!  Kkaaaaaa

The skull continues to cackle for another moment  before a whispy voice escapes its clattering jowls You are not welcome here. The masters will not abide you. the green flames on its body erupt  as it laughs louder, and a similarly colored sphere of flame appears just behind Bell, directly on Root, and next to both Yue and Rose leaving Fallan the only one who wouldn't be scathed by  the flames. It also seems like the noise in the hallway attracted further attention behind Fallan, as she no longer hears crunching of any sort, but slow clamoring of more than one body, alongside the clinking of armor.

The Flameskull cast Flaming Sphere (DC 13 Dex Save for half damage) on M6. An amorphous creature is chugging along towards the group but is still way back at the southern entrance, and the commotion has attracted other attention behind Fallan though its not directly visible yet.

Bellerain glances back at the flaming sphere and considers disengaging to put some distance between her and the dangerous magic, but decides her best bet is start whittling away at the enemy. "Best defense is a good offense!" she cries as her rapier flicks out again.

Rose covers her eyes for a moment when the bright sphere appears. Still unable to push forward Rose turns her attention to whatever it was that was approaching from behind. Rose puts a hand on Gwens leg to get her attention. Gwen behind us! Lets cover the flank, Root, you help Belle and Fallan. Rose shouts her orders and quickly moves to get a view of whatever was trying to sneak up on them. 

When Rose sees the yellow blob slugging uts way through the hall she gives an audible eyuch. We got a snot monster coming our way. Rose moves forward again lifting her hammer high and bringing it down on the blob. 

 Still shocked at where the disappearing daggers came from, Fallan just falls back to what she knows. Drawing her (physical) short sword, she rushes in to attach the same skull that Belle had been poking with her rapier. Taking advantage of the spinning skull having to deal with the Satyr, Fallan launches a sneak attack, and then cunningly jumps back away from the creature, in the hopes of avoiding a close-range melee attack. (Even though she saw the magic flames, she's not interested in being bitten or anything else!) Her heart pounds, knowing that if fighting the skull takes too long, she'll have a "two-front" battle on her hands from whatever she saw that is now behind her. After the sneak attack, she does her best to try to convince the skull to leave, shouting: "I don't know what the MASTERS will abide, but YOU, beat it, or eat more of this!"

Yue calls out the location of the blob to the others who haven't seen yet.  "A slimy creature flanks us!". Her nose reeling at the slime's scent, Yue hesitates to snap at it with her mouth, and simply tries to assist the Cleric, moving up to her side.

 Root watches as the flame sphere is shoots over his head, he dodges what little flames hit him, with his dragon heritage resist what little flames hit him. Hearing the wolf shout and watching Rose rush over to face a new foe, Root will pull out a dart throwing one at the flame skull.

Bell attempts to hit the little prick, but the flames lash out, and seem to become solid, as the Flameskull reacts with Shield, as her sword meets the temporarily solid flames in a hissing clank of green energy. However, catching herself as the flames nearby  flare up, she manages to avoid the worst of it, taking only minor damage. Meanwhile, Rose goes to face the snotty-threat, after giving some orders to the group. Gwen following after her, dropping the crossbow before doing so so she could harass it with spells. With fire and vigor, Rose brings down the hammer on the jelly, hitting it solidly, though its form seems to just wobble and distort though it was clear it had taken damage. A slip of magical force appears like a needle within the jellies body, only visible due to the semi translucent nature of the creature as the needle assaults the jellies core., apparently hitting a nerve as it warbles rapidly, disgustingly.

Fallan in a panic to get this fight over with so as to not be pinned when whatever it is back there inevitably notices the bright light now filling the hallway, if not the noise itself. However, much to her consternation, she meets with the same force that stopped Bell, only it was more intense for her, feeling like she was attempting to stab through  molten rock.

Yue snaps around the Jelly, trying to distract it to give Rose an opening. Good job Yue! Gwen says with no sarcasm, trying to positively reinforce the pup. Root, takes another avenue, attempting to hit the skull from afar, unfortunately it too is met with that same force, as having to aim around allies with a floating ball of fire right next to you is distracting, and the dart thuds to the floor, the skull laughing louder at the feeble attempts to slay it.

The skull, maintaining concentration as its shield of fire fades, turns its attention to Fallan, its glowing eyes piercingly dreadful. You are not welcome in the mines. You are not Authorized to be here. And thus, I am not required to aquiesce!  and as it ceases cackling for just one moment, it's jaw sits slack, before from the seeming abyss within its maw, 3  unerring arcane darts fly out in succession, each of them aiming for Fallans face, and striking with force.

The jelly, gets annoyed with the wolf, as well as senses its easily accessed flesh, just beneath the fur... and starts to go for her. It launches out a tendril of itself, easily striking the wolf, and a soft sizzling can be heard by those nearby. 

The sounds behind Fallan seem to be almost at the T.

Rose has ADV on her next action if it can gain ADV, Yue has been hit, Flameskull took no damage, Root/Bell both only take quarter/half damage, respectively. The next turn the first of the things pursuing Fallan will be around the corner. Party is up.

Damn snot monster! Rose shouts. Why don't you pick on someone else! Rose raises her hammer before bringing it down for another strike at the things body. After striking she calls out to Yue If you're hurt back up and I'll heal you!

Bellerain growls in frustration, as she pats out a flame that took to the shoulder of her cloak, but rather than attack, she takes a calming breath, and speaks a line in Sylvan.  Small rifts to the Feywild open up and grasping vines reach out towards the flameskull (DC 13 Dex or Str saving throw or be restrained ).  If the vines are successful, Belle then  moves back to get out of the way of the flaming sphere, her hooves dipping into the edge of the water.