Killilli’s Dragon Heist

"I AM a small child, and I'm real good with traps!"

"That's why I said it," Cico says, shaking his head at Aimee.

He turns and calls back up the hallway to the alley.

"Neither side has a barred window," Cico calls. "We'll just have to pick a side and go from there."

While waiting for a response, Cico checks the passage for hidden doorways.

Perception: 23  

((That was Lyss calling down from where she'd been told to wait.))

Aldrik shouts back to Lyss, "Think we're committed now... best you get in here and get to scouting."

(Sorry, thought Aldrik signing and walking through the barrier was key that Lyss could follow)

(Oops. Posted that one from a cell phone without my glasses on)

Scanning the walls, Cico notices a piece of the west wall near the dead end has a section that is not completely in line with the rest of the wall. It seems to be in the shape of a door but there's no handles and the gap with the rest of the wall is so narrow it would be impossible to lever it open.

"Am I bringing the book?"

Lyss scampers after, with the book and pen if requested.

Cico takes out a slim dart and with the sharp tip he scrapes a quick outline of the area he's found.

"Something here, but not sure how it opens," Cico says as he points out the outline to the others. 

He then comes over to the doors that Aimee is looking at and checks the first one for traps.

Perception: 6  

Aimee is about to respond to Cico when Lyss yells and Cico yells back as if she were her. She smiles and says to Cico,

"You have a hard time with people too, huh?"

She gives the back of his head an understanding smile.

"I can focus better but everything is happening! So many people and stuff! Not just books and scrolls! Ohh look at that!"

She investigates the area Cico has indicated.

Investigation: 15

"I can blast it!"

There’s not a lot to see where Cico indicated. If not for his outline you would barely notice a difference in the wall. Cico checks the other two doors over, but it’s quite unnerving having his back to the skeleton, and he rushes over it a little finding nothing of note.

Cico pauses and looks over at Aimee and nods.

"People don't make very much sense," Cico begins. "They say one thing but mean something else. It's very tiring."

Then he nods at the outline Aimee is examining.

"I think it only opens from the other side."

He places one hand on the door (one closest to the entrance to this passage that they came form in the alley) and is about to open it when he looks back over his shoulder at the skeleton image watching him.

"You found a message in the first mural," Cico says. "Take a look at this one. There could be another."

Aimee comments,

"Sure! You know what I like about skulls Cico?"

She asks conversationally,

"That they always are smiling! Isn't it nice that everyone is smiling under the sad and not smiling stuff!"

Investigation on the skeleton : 8

On closer inspection of the skeleton, it seems to merely be a statue, it’s back is connected to the wall as if it is being sucked in.

"Oh, this is neat! Doesn't saying that I can see though!"

Aimee gives the skeleton a helpful shove to see if it goes into the wall saying

"I think that stuff on the mural was a flop! .So what next? I thought I had a way but I don't anymore!"

Edvord looks at the skeleton, "Pretty macabre... why would anyone put that here? Could it be magical? There are ways and spells to confirm whether more than meets the eye is at play, but might take a few minutes... not sure if we want to spend much time staring at this bony statute."

Edvord removes his spellbook from his pocket, and prepares to ritually cast detect magic assuming the rest of the party doesn't pull him along to another location.

Cico takes his hand off the door handle and watches Edvord for a moment. Then, keeping out of the way of whatever he's doing, Cico takes a closer look at the skeleton. Aimee had seemed less inclined to get up close and really look at it than he'd expected. He runs his hands over the bones as well.

Perception: 8  

But quickly Cico is distracted by the movements and strange words coming out of Edvord behind him and gives up on looking more closely on the skeleton.

Lyss joins the others, and looks about for trappy things.

Investigation: 12

With everyone having written their name and passed through to the skeleton alley, Lyss grabs the book and takes it to the barrier. As soon as she steps off of the podium, an arcane rune begins to glow on its cover. Within moments, a cold blue aura explodes out from the book.

Lyss, take 33 cold damage Dex save to half

As Edvord settles in to cast his ritual, an explosion is heard around the corner from where Lyss was following.

Dex Save: 15

An explosion and the sound of a halfling body and book hitting the cobblestones.

Aimee looks over from trying to push the skeleton into the wall.

"Oh! That's sounds not good! Lyss did you see what happened?"

Pause.

"Lyss?!"