Wiz

Alura runs her hands down her thighs, focusing on retaining her legs for another hour; thus prepared she walks slowly and carefully into the chamber, looking around. Intrigued she moves forward toward the five pillars. "Does anyone know which way is east?"

Val smiles briefly at Violet's protective nature, then turns and looks at the robot fighting Baruce, the only other target visible right now. The young investigator reloads mechanically and aims, firing her pistol at the newcomer.

Chara climbed back on Awoo's back and rode to the edge of the circle, looking out across the denuded field of bones toward the north and scanning for what the dragon spoke of, before he began rummaging in what piles of ossuary fragments remained.  "Remnants of reagents you seek?"

The bat woman frowns slighty, looking across the field and clearly making out glitters, but not in the bone piles, rather in the open spaces where they used to be. Riding Awoo, Chira makes her way toward the nearest that she can see.

Noriko comes up behind Azura, "Be careful about going in there... it could be a trap. Even if it isn't, and is an endangered worker , he may be like a drowning man, panicked about his own fate and unconcerned about his rescuers."

Alura looks troubled, "I'm sorry My Lady, I wish you had asked if there had been anyone else who had visited the vaults, apparently he only would relsease that information to you. Because it suddenly occured to me to question why was that monster on the ship... I'm wondering if someone was using the ring to access the vault and plant monsters here."

Chira looks at the dragon, "As forward we move, choices for all will you make...? or by the collective will abide?"

Alura is still waiting on the office manager to answer her question about entry logs as she looks at Lavinia, “So you at least know the type of lock and how it is opened?“

I'm good for next day.

Chira takes a step back and fires her crossbow at one of the skeletons on the dragon, knowing that piercing damage will probably not be doing anything major to the bony creature. Awoo moves in, flanking the skeleton on Doallyn and bites again, attempting to trip it.

Alura looks puzzled, "Is there a log of people who have come to open a particular vault? The lady had to present a ring; is it written down who has been here before and who presented the ring last?"

Val quickly reloads her pistol and raises it to fire at the machine that spewed plasma all over her.

Alura smiles, “I distracted a few as we got on board and knocked three into the water!  It was fun, but of course, still serious.  If I may ask a question, milady… Is that appropriate address?  Milady?  I wanted to ask what your family vault is like, and what sort of means… in general, is it opened by?”

I think we are going to have a scene when we get to the vault, so probably not yet... but... I could be wrong. 😄

Alura smiles like sunrise over the ocean, “Then I would be happy to act as your retainer.”

While the others are checking the door, and the screamer behind it, Noriko is going to check out the two packs against the wall, likely the property of the two corpses now adorning the room's center.

Alura nods, “To me, that sounds reasonable; however, I hope that you won’t mind if I explore expectations.  We would be paid to be on call for, various troubleshooting tasks.  Would we have a right to refuse a task if it went against our nature, or bargain for greater remuneration if it were particularly difficult?“

The mermaid listens to everyone, and repeats her previous thoughts, "I am in favor of accepting a deal with Lavinia, if it seems a good one that we can all get behind."

Nice teamwork…

Noriko nods to Azura, "I am better, I used a second charge from the wand."  Addressing Lars, she frowns, "The distant screaming was happening before and through the first fight, so it is either not a human cry or if it is, it is someone threatened but not immediately in mortal danger else they would be long since dead.  Regardless, though we really need to rest before futher exploring... we can't leave someone alive in peril."

Val, with her pistol loaded and ready, nods - committing herself to violence against these machines that have harnmed her father's friend.  Dismounting and walking up to the gate, Val raises her pistol at the device that is threatening Vri and fires.

Chira returns, flapping through the air, and lands effortlessly by the party.  "A pattern I do not recognize, another exit to the north there is.  That doorway suspiciously far away, it is.  Emphasizes, I think, that a trap this is."

The bat ponders a moment, "Perhas a distraction far away we could cause?"

Chira ponders this, "From the air, flying, perhaps this pattern I may see.  A floor sensor is unlikely for me to be noticed."  Without further ado, she leaps into the air, slowly circling the room as she flaps to keep control of her situation.