On the fifth floor, the room seemed to be growing colder, as Alya and Drisceya were joined by Chartrose and shortly after, Ortha. Drisceya got annoyed with the door, kicking it fiercely. It did no damage, but it did change the song that Alya could hear. The song became a chorus of many songs, all similar, all haunting tales. None of the others seemed to notice anything was off, as Ortha meandered over to a corner and began devouring a pile of snow. 

On the ground floor, with the two knights, Beran and Chet, and the Homunculus, Sesser, were just investigating their temporary shelter. Chet was staring into the face of the man swinging his sword, [color=39b54a][b]"Man, I think that Moon Fey is right, the detail on this is phenomenal. He has pock marks just like my brother. Remember Tedden? Covered in pimples and the like for so long. Too good to be from an artist. What do you..."[/b][/color] His eyes grew wide as he saw the face looking at him seemed as surprised to seem him, and this was shown as the face had moved, the eyes opened wide. Then it turned fierce, angry, and the sword that was held high, swung down.

Chet half drew his sword from its sheathe, catching the ice statue in the arm with the hilt, stopping the swing. He used this delay to skip back, [color=39b54a][b]"Bloody fuckin' hell! They are alive!" [/b][/color] The ice man came toward him as fast as a seasoned warrior would, and soon him and Chet were locked in a deadly dance of blades. Beran drew his own blade, and the Homunculus drew a large hammer. However, the Katzheer that was sleeping remained that way, though they could hear it now purring in its slumber, seeing its form move as it breathed. The frost troll child fell back on its rump and was crying for its mother in its native language.

Chet managed to disarm the man, and plunged his own blade in the neck, shattering the ice there, and watching the man's head tumble off. He shouted in triumph as the body fell to the ground, and quickly changed from ice back to that of human man, blood spilling out from his open neck. Then Beran heard the noise from above them, and stated what they feared, [color=fdc68a][b]"How many do you think are up there?"[/b][/color]

Back on the fifth floor, Chartrose and Drisceya could hear movement below them, Alya a bit to honed in on the many magical songs she could hear to notice. There were heavy footfalls up the steps, until a large ice orc with a massive spiked club entered the room. He roared ferociously as he charged at Chartrose, swinging heavily to crush the Charr. 

Down in the cavern though, Rilana would find that shooting from a flying, moving mount, with a longbow, was a near impossible task. However, one lucky shot took out the knee of one of the creatures, causing it to tip into the dragon's pit. It fell, landing atop the dragon's head and shattering into so many ice shards. The dragon lifted its head weakly, looking up and locking eyes with Rilana for a moment, before it slumped forward again. She would be able to see enough to guess that it was weak, but it didn't seem to have the normal signs of undernourishment, even if she didn't know dragon biology. 

Svarak's face was passive as he mowed down the seemingly endless amount of creatures with so much ease. A closer look would show that he actually looked bored. The grace with which he moved was so much more deft than how he'd moved on the ice on Rilana's name day, and not a single move was wasted. Each blow killed at least three of the creatures, and led him to the next set. Another fell on the dragon, and it stirred once more, and a weak voice could be heard in the cavern, [color=7ea7d8][b]"You... you can't kill them all... they.. reform..." [/b][/color]

Svarak had slaughtered an entire side of the pit, and made a running leap to hop over to the other side to continue, his blade out in front of him. Rilana would see a flash as the Null Shard Greatsword came into contact with something in the air at the edge of the pit, and again, as Svarak's leap carried him over to the other side. Kona would be able to feel the air shift, as if wind was being sucked downward near where Svarak had jumped through. The Charr continued his easy efforts of destroying the creatures. If Rilana and Kona flew too close to the pit, they'd find their way stopped by an invisible force, one as solid as rock.