[CENTER][color=598527][h1]Hither[/h1][/color][/CENTER]
[CENTER][color=00746b][h2]Bavlorna's Cottage: Taxidermy Workshop (B2)[/h2][/color][/CENTER] 

[hider=OOC]18 is a success! XD[/hider]

Gabriel answers her, shaking his head, "I wish I could say so. But I'm afraid all I feel is that it's just here somewhere..." He and Zavakri follow Aurora's lead as she heads to a closed door. 

Aurora's careful inspection of the door reveals that there are thankfully no traps here. She is able to open the door and reveal the room...and she might come to regret opening the door upon seeing what's inside. 

A horse's head leers at her and her friends with glossy eyes, its lips drawn back from pointed yellow teeth. The head is affixed to a large, eight-limbed armature made of wicker and wire, situated so that it faces the doorway where you entered. Near it is a wooden crate.

Flies buzz about this disordered room, landing occasionally on animal carcasses that lie strewn in small piles. On a low table rests an assortment of tools—saws, knives, scrapers, a hand-cranked drill, sewing thread and needles, and awls—around several taxidermic subjects in various stages of completion. A shelf that looks on the verge of collapse leans against the wall between two windows and bears the weight of dozens of stuffed horrors. Each one is an artless combination of two or more animals.

Upon investigating the room, Aurora finds that the crate has Bavlorna's name scrawled on the side of it. When Aurora opens the lid, she releases a harmless swarm of flies. The crate contains the carcass of a curled-up, eight-legged reptile with spikes running down its back.

When Aurora reaches the worktable, she finds that along with the tools and specimens, the table has a small box with drawers that contain glass eyes. One of the eyes is strangely made of wood. It stands out among the other glass eyes. 

It seems like the stag head isn't in this room. 

[@Lurking Krog][@Dark Cloud]