[b]Alaerin[/b] is, of course, 'pleased' his ploy worked preserving the party members as he climbed back down to the muddy floor... but was at least mentally chiding himself for not being better prepared.  He gestured employing his [color=ed1c24]Psychokinetic Forcemastery[/color] to recover his shuriken... and grimaced at some of the mangled and dulled ranged weapons... he should have packed iron climbing pitons, spikes, and rope... much better for such measures if he would have thought with more insight and preparation.

He would have to replace or at least resharpen many of throwing his blades.  Also, he realized he would need to upgrade his Journal book protection... a cork-lined hard book cover waterproofed for future explorations to keep the pages and charcoal rubbings protected from water destruction.

He immediately pulled out his journal and began with chalk sketching a quick picture of the Beastly Octopus... absolutely perplexed the HOW and WHY such a deep sea creature capable of surviving ocean depths was 'living' and laired in what was little more then a surface lake ~ to a human that would be like living near the peak of Mount Evererst for countless years... the Octopus could not have been in the best of health ~ Could It?!?  The impossibility of it boggled his mind... also science demanded to know what quality of if 'blood' to cause the waters to rise and rush so violently... answers his fantasy adventurer's min told him he'd like NEVER get... in this new Fantastic reality he found himself 'trapped' in.

He nodded to [b]Von Mackstein[/b] as he wanders briefly about the chamber sketching a picture of the octopus beast and the surrounding chamber looking for any other exits from the chamber careful at the edge of the vast once water-filled pit trying to see if there were other cave or chamber passages at the bottom or in the walls of the depths... again wondering WHERE all the water went?  Water almost always 'flowed to the lowest point'... not rushed up without titanic pressure or forces involved... but nothing seemed evident.. and his mind was reeling at the notion.. but dutifully focused on trying to faithfully record a sketch of the locale as accurately as possible.

He tried to find if there were any more of the Anamalistic hieroglyphs on any of the now revealed damp surfaces or pillars...

He comments, [color=00aeef]"This whole series of events defies logical saneness.... does anyone see any other passages leading past or in any alternate ways than this chamber?"[/color]

Lastly [b]Alaerin[/b] looked to see if there are any artifacts valuable or otherwise to be recovered in the depths of the now miraculously empty previously watery pit... any past victims remains or possessions down below?  Again his mind reeled thinking ~  [color=598527][i]'What did this HUGE creature [b]eat[/b] all this time?!?'[/i][/color]

If he notices anything loot-worthy in the pit below he will use his [color=ed1c24]Psychokinetic Forcemastery[/color] - [Telekinesis] F, to recover anything spotted for closer examination...

Replying to the prissy and effete-like Gutou, [color=00aeef]"Hold on, keep your cartilage connected [i]'Skull-3PO'[/i].. we're here to explore AND retrieve the Flute.  [i]'Nothing worth doing is done in haste'[/i]...!"[/color]