Clarisse stayed toward the back of the group still. She was best back there for the time being anyway with the magic that she could use at a range. Though she couldn’t help but sigh a tad when Kain moved through the hall like nothing could go wrong.

The first thing was obvious, stepping on the floorboards quickly made a strange sound under them like metal rubbing against metal almost in a pattern that was reminiscent of a bird’s call, plus the creaking boards.

[color=#FFF394]“I do hope that doesn’t mean anything important..”[/color] She continued, but since nothing immediately happened it seemed safe enough. It did seem Kain was able to shift the block out of it’s place on the door, and without anything immediately bad happening, Clarisse followed behind the group as they moved.

Everyone felt a bit stronger, and more clear in mind when Marcelin used his bolstering abilities once again, it likely made moving the large door block even easier for Kain.

When the large doors opened, it was a good thing that Samuel had readied “hedge your bets" cards flying around everyone to help protect them.

 As soon as Kain took his step into the doorway, the sound of five muskets being fired rang out throughout the space, and Tanegashima musket balls went flying at the group, two toward Kain one at everyone else.

There were more skeletons wearing light worn gunner armor from Kuridan, this time with conical flat topped jingasa hats , five in a front row behind what looked like a barricade made of miscellaneous wood debris, that was just the right height for them to fire over, in the hallway from the group. They were about 30 ft away from the door. The space the same width as the hallway the group just came from.

Immediately the skeletons began to reload after their first shots like clockwork, granted albeit slower than their living counterparts.

The hallway behind the door also began a gradual incline up, and it became apparent that there was another row of five skeletons behind another barricade, about 30 ft away from the first line, who looked like they were at the ready to fire but did not yet.

The light looked dimmer down the hall but it was clear that there was another door further down.

Besides that in the space, there were some primitive looking old wooden crates next to the door which they had just opened on the left , and what looked like a  few barrels with beastial labels on them just off to the right of the door. Some of the labels looked bolder and like they were some sort of hazard warning.

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Combat start summary:[/b]

There be two rows of five skeletons behind make shift wooden barricades, the first row is 30 ft away from the door and they opened fire immediately when it opened with sightlines. Kain has x2 musket attacks coming his way due to being in the front.

Everyone else has X1 musket attack. coming their way.

The hallway behind the door gradually inclines upward, providing the second row of skeletons the ability to fire over the first line and avoid friendly fire, but they are not firing yet, the reason not disclosed.

There are some old wooden boxes off to the left of the door the group just opened. As well as three  barrels to the right that are just out of the line of fire where the skeletons are shooting. The barrels have labels written in Beastial but even a non reader could likely tell some of the text is warnings.

The barricades are just tall enough for the skeletons to stand up and fire, then crouch behind when they’re reloading.