laid back apocalypse

You see a chamber with two chests....and a pile of rocks from a recent cave in blocking the entrance.   Dust still rising from the fallen rocks

"Ooops.  I think we may be done exploring. Looks like we just blocked the other passage.  Why make a lever you can only pull once?!?  So complicated. Unless anyone can squeeze through this peep hole, I think those two chests are off limits to us."

After identifying the orb as a drift globe and the wand as a wand of magic missiles, Reghys looks at the others: "If it's alright with the rest of you, I've been looking for a means to do something at range, besides charm my opponents. This wand would be pretty handy for that, if no one objects. The drift globe too would be something that would be of a lot of use to me, since that way I'd have a lightsource with me and wouldn't be stumbling around in the dark. I'm more willing to part with it though, since no matter where in the group it is used, we'll all be able to benefit."

Then seeing that T was focussing on a room with some chests inside, Reghys looks at T and the rest: "I'm not sure if it's going to work, but I can alter myself considerably, making me thinner and a foot shorter if necessary, possibly enough to fit through the spyhole or over the top of the pile. Alternatively, Xalkas might be able to squeeze through, or we could try to enlarge either the spy hole or the space at the top of the cave-in until one of us can squeeze through?"

Kerric:

”This smells like a trap to me, so I expect there to be little of use in those chests.  Still, I am curious—Xalkas, do you have magic that can open those a chests from a distance?” asks Kerric.

T'chal'fronack'zcinicker smacks himself on the forehead.  "Of course, dumb."  He casts mage hand through the peephole and attempts to open the chest on the left.

the chest opens but you cant see anything inside it

He tries to use the hand to drag it closer. If that fails, he opens the second chest. 

Chest doesnt move.  Second chest doesnt open

Xalkas follows along with the group quietly. Not really having much to add to the conversation even to answer questions asked directly to him. For as he’s about to answer a particularly particular tiefling ... beat him to it. Xalkas examines the found document searching it for anything that T'chal'fronack'zcinicker may have missed. Though Xalkas didn’t think that possibility to be likely.

When Reghys mentions keeping the wand of magic missiles, Xalkas opens his mouth to say something in objection to it and then the Satyr gives a clever reason as to why they’re keeping it. Xalkas’s mouth snaps shut and he says nothing.

Hearing talk of chests and caved in passage Xalkas looks to see if there’s another path to the chests or an area where he might be able to scramble through.

Not being able to offer much assistance to T'chal'fruitsnack'zcinicker, Ebele would putter around at Xalkas' side. She'd offer help by poking around with her staff.

reminder  you are at the top of the stairs

Realizing there isn’t any way to get to the chests from where the lever is located Xalkas heads down the stairs and begins inspecting the remains of the skeletons. Hoping to find anything that could be useful in their hunt for information or could fill their coin purses.

Investigation:17

T'chal'fronack'zcinicker shrugs to the group, "Sorry. Can't seem to open the 2nd chest, and I can't see into the first one...unless anyone has a mirror on them that would fit through this peephole....I could carry it over there and try to examine the bottom from here....mirror anyone? Or we just walk around and see if we can squeeze through the rockfall."

The stone counter serves as a tool bench. The tools here include saws, knives, awls, embalming tools, and metal bowls. Among them is a jug of grain alcohol and a cask of fresh water. Everything is very clean. there are  body parts in the baskets. the zombie and skeletons are in varying states of decay

Disappointed at not finding any information about any evil doing here. Xalkas call out to T'chal'fronack'zcinicker, “There are some things here you might want to catalogue and inventory for our collective possessions.” As the tiefling approaches Xalkas points out everything he found and then heads back down the passage the initially entered this room from and searches the odd shaped chamber for any other paths. 

Xalkas finds a path that ends in a cave in

Survival: 12

the passage looks pretty well caved in you think it would take a day to clear if you had the proper tools, much much longer without

Xalkas resolves himself time come back at another time to clear this blockage and see what’s beyond it. He heads back out to the oddly shaped chamber and inspects the zombies for any potentially missed valuables and then heads to the first chamber the group entered and does the same. Once done with his search, Xalkas sits on the rock and looks through his book, occasionally glancing up at the northern passage that has yet to be explored and waits for the others to join him. 

What are the rest of you doing