Celeste nodded and smiled at the sound of good news so far. What was once sadness before when the were approaching the turn to the spacious room, she now became determined. Once she had a good look at Angus's injured state, she quickly made her way towards him and began to heal his wounds. As she heard the party discuss their next plan of action, her eyes went wide when she heard the Ironbane deciding on staying here in this room for an hour, but her spirit went up when Orchid pursued the action to continue further before its too late. [color=#C0C0C0]"She's right, my guardians must be somewhere up those stairs. If we can go now, I'm sure we could maybe release them in time and they can help fight these people that kidnapped us."[/color] At Najila mentioned the ideas of traps, Azzen spoke up. [color=ed1c24]"Well if they were preparing traps, I would think they would have already have some ready back in that long hall that we walked through. I say this due to the fact that although we killed their men down by the jail, they somehow knew to send us a written message when we were preparing down in the storage room. Meaning, they must have known back when we were in that jail room questioning that guy. But that just leaves more with more questions. What they lack in traps, what do they have instead." "Like these kobolds and drake. The dragonborns of Draverros knew the secrets of how to train and breed draconic creatures and is home to many kobolds. It is only the creation of the Novus Alliance was when we started seeing more of them, but the breeding and distribution is only said to be handled by high ranking officials as to help maintain this secret trick. But then there is this."[/color] Azzen pulled out what only a few in the room would have heard about, but Orchid may have seen before. He pulled out and twirled between his fingers was small magitech, that of a small firearm. He toyed with it for a few seconds, and caused it to shoot out a small bolt of fire. [color=ed1c24]"I found this hidden on the half orc. Although Angus gave the guy a beating, you didn't seem to search him for any valuables. But anyways, magitechs like this are only found with soldiers from the Veteris Empire and will only attune once and become unusable upon death or far enough from the user for an extended period. But I've heard some powerful spellcasters know a trick to prevent it from being unusable and instead be used by anyone. I say all this because what they lack in traps, they clearly succeed in resource. Basically, when we do decide to go up there, we should just be ready for anything."[/color] Then directed himself to Angus with a bit of a stern look across his face. [color=ed1c24]"If you do change your mind and follow us soon to finish these guys, I'll give you another healing, on the condition that this time you keep your distance than standing near danger. And if it helps keeps your distance, use one of those light crossbows on the ground. I'm sure those dead kobolds won't be using them."[/color] Aron during this time was on guard as he kept an eye and ear to notice if anyone else came down the stairs or the large door. Once Azzen finished his long explanation, Aron simply asked, [b]"If they want something from us, then why don't we just give it to them and during that brief moment when their guard is down, we attack?"[/b] [hider=Rolls and Info] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/campaigns/730]Roll History[/url] Celeste case cure wounds on Angus - 10 [/hider]