Unleashed

[*Midnight]

She pays the retreating hard head no more heed, and then she slips down through the trap door using the blue light cast by her ring to see as she crawls down the narrow passage.

[*Selebius]

The passage is longer than expected, littered with dirt, small dessicated corpses wrapped in spidersilk.

An arachnid as big as both of Raena's hands together scuttles away to hide in a crevice and slowly the pale, cool light of her ring is replaced by a warmer, orange glow.

The tunnel leads into a small room, the ceiling still low but Rae can almost stand comfortably.
She hears running water below her, also a faint tapping and moaning from the corner to her right, and also a scratching as if something wants to claw its way through the floorboards.

There are a few boxes there, a dust covered bedroll and the source of the light- an everburning torch, fixed to the wall close to the tunnel.

[*Midnight]

Not knowing what the moaning could be and her favoured weapon being of no use in a cramped tunnel she draws a long serrated hunting knife and investigates what ever is in the corner first.

[*Midnight]

Hearing the growling she quickly pulls her hand back.

[*Selebius]

((btw- no screenshots needed. I trust you :P ))

Raena hears jaws closing with some force and she pulls her finger back just in time.

Still she got an idea what is hiding down there- some kind of undead, some mindless dried corpse.

[*Midnight]

Knowing she is going to have to deal with what ever is down the hole just in case it is guarding something important Raena unpacks a holy trap and sets it up around the top of the trapdoor. She then climbs up through the tunnel behind her and fetching her trusty hat stand she drops it down the chute so she can push it in front of her as she crawls. Picking it up the other side she attempts to use it to smash the boards over the hole the undead is in.

[*Selebius]

It is hard work to push something that awkwardly shaped and cumbersome like that hatstand through the tunnel and Raena feels her sweat on her skin when she is back in the hidden room.

The trap is set well and this time a single attempt is enough to shatter both the board and the undead's left collarbone.

There is a growling moan and it grips the hatstand, trying to use it to crawl out of its prison, its dessicated lips pulled tightly over yellow, broken teeth, resulting in a permanent snarl.
Its shrunken eyes are fixed on the mercykiller and it pushes itself out of the hole- and then a golden light washes over it as the trap is triggered, the foul flesh burning away, what remains of the negative energy that once brought it to unlife rotting away most of its remains quickly.

[*Midnight]

Raena raises the hat stand and uses it to violently beat the undead a few times to make sure its really dead. Then for good measure she hits it a few more times. Then she walks over to the hole in the floor and shines thw light down to see how deep the drop is and whether or not she thinks she can climb back out.

[*Selebius]

Bits of undead are scattered all over her, the floor and the hatstand now but the creature seems indeed to be dead.

The trapdoor leads to a chamber- or it might be part of a tunnel? It is build in a different style, the walls smooth, enameled stone, what might have been beautiful one day is now overgrown with lichens and covered with the smelly brownishgreen smear that gives the streets in the Hive their unique charm. She also notices that the sound of running water is louder now and the air smells moist and of sewerage.

Her light is too weak to show her how big this room is- or if it is a tunnel how far it leads- but she should have no troubles to climb out of it again as there are several boxes right below the trapdoor. On the floor she sees something metallic, covered with grime and moss but it could be a suit of armour?

[*Selebius]

The guards rush past her towards the dead woman but her wolf cannot be fooled that easily, following her quickly but still keeping his distance.

Navigating the streets is not easy but she does not get lost- arriving at the portal soon.

Here it is merely a broken doorway of black marble, not hard to find. The key however might be a different matter....