Ten minutes trudged on. The party all had a chance to catch a break from the skirmish and recover themselves, though rest was still underway. Araerys and Ulor would notice as Yvah slipped back in. She seemed too bashful to say hello, instead opting to head straight to business. 

The first time she stumbled into the room, she didn't have the chance to notice much of anything within her surroundings. One thing she did notice was a candlelit desk. If anyone that did a lot of reading and had something to hide, they'd hide it in their desk. Or so Yvah thought. Turning the chair away and kneeling in front of the workspace, Yvah took a tool from the folds of her clothing. She motioned it toward the underside of the desk table. She was met with a [i]thunk[/i] as she slipped, her head bouncing slightly off the table. "Oww..." Through her pained cringing, her search at the edges of the desk was met to no success. 

Clutching her forehead and stowing away the small tool, Yvah moved on to purloin the desk instead. She thumbed through some assorted books spread about. The text was alien to her, though organized familiarly enough that they seemed to be ledgers. Gathering them into a stack, Yvah slapped the ledgers onto the center table. "Ulor!" she called out, "I don't know what to make of these, can you read?" Though Ulor would be unlikely to care, Yvah's voice seemed distant and detached, with her gaze fixed on her task instead of her friend. Araerys was likely to take notice. 

Yvah's head darted to the side as a chest in the corner of the study came into her view. She abandoned the task, sidling up next to the unopened treasure instead. Seemingly with stars in her eyes, she pulled a pair of delicate instruments from her person and went to work on the box's lock. With two rhythmic motions, the click of aligned tumblers sang to her, making a crescendo as the chest creaked open. Inside was a stack of uninteresting paper with unintelligible scribbling on it. At least to her eyes. She set them beside her to reveal some goodies underneath. There was one last page, though this one caught her eye as bold scribblings lined the top. Among it was a vial with a frothy, red liquid and a set of five black stones. She quietly pocketed the glass before issuing Ulor another reading assignment and lending him a few interesting toys. 

Moving on, awkwardly tip-toeing around the dead bodies, Yvah made her way to the mysterious, unopened door off to the side of the cathedral proper. Once near, she seemed to approach the door with some caution as if it could burst open with a slight provocation. Crouching beside it, Yvah pressed her ear to the door. No sound. She peeked through the keyhole. A simple candlelit writing desk, but no sign of anyone lying in wait. As one last precaution, she took a long metal tool and dragged it along the seams of the door and the frame gently, waiting for any suspicious resistance. Nothing odd. Then she clenched her hand near the door's face and, "Hey." Daisy spoke up, stopping Yvah from knocking, "Wanna save that for later?" 

"Kay," she said with a dull tone. 

The last thing Yvah spied upon in the cathedral was the garish shrine on center stage. She approached it and circled around it, looking for something from several angles. Eventually the same tool she picked for examining the desk was put to it. She played with some divots and knobs, but to no avail. With a sigh, Yvah turned to the nearest pew and lay herself across it, eyes shut. 

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[@Oraculum], [@corneredbliss] and [@Ermine] were mentioned

>nat2 to Investigate desk for hidden compartments
>13 to Investigate desk
>nat20 to pick chest lock
>17 to check door for traps
>6 to Investigate shrine for secret switches