I kept working on the scroll and Kniana came by asking for a washbasin. I guess they finally realized how grimy they were after the last day of slogging through unmentionable filth. I was able to find Maki's tub and offered it for them to use. Eval went off to find were Lily went off to. Not long after I heard yet another distant explosion and the sound of an angry gnoll. Skrel came over the telepathy necklace that Tamebrass had lent me saying that he was going apeshit on the hidden door wall of earlier. I just kept working as I heard Kniana pour the used water down the drain only to hear an unfamiliar voice go "what the hell?"
I poked my head out to hear complaints about the dirty rain in undercommon, as a muldnal popped out the drain. What was left of the fur of the molefolk was matted and gross and he was toting a now-soaked bucket and mop. The strangest part of it was that he immediately started cleaning the room paying us no mind. He even went so far as to jump up to the amazing shield, spit into his hands, and started to shine it. It honestly took everything in me to not try to gut him right there. I even had my dagger in my hand before I knew what was going on. We continued to watch him tote around the room and get surprised by Kniana after he bumped into her. Commenting on a "fuzzy coat rack" he walked outta the room with Kniana now following him after my suggestion. After a bit the muldnal came back through dragging one of the direboar's corpse and began trying to stuff it down the drain he had come out of. The little guy was jumping up and down trying to get it in. About that time Tamebrass and Skrel came back.
Tamebrass simply lifted his newfound blade and cleanly sliced the boar in half and both pieces fell with very disturbing eating noises in the bottom. I guess there was a reason this area was the tomb of consumption... The muldnal didn't even seem to acknowledge anyone else was there and went to get the other boar to repeat what just happened. Skrel asked if he could nap in the tent and I said it would be fine so long as he followed the rules of my cart. He also talked to the rest of the group about how Tamebrass had been possessed by a dwarf or something. Eval also came back talking about how a...thing...had tried to steal his face. I internally laughed, it was likely just illusion magic.[nope] Hell, even Tel showed up outta nowhere. Pretty impressive stealth with invisibility magics I must say. It explains his...intimate.. stories on us.
Kniana asked to use the basin again on Eval's behalf. Then she, Skrel, and Tamebrass went to look about this axe and shield room more. Tamebrass ended up finding an orange powder near some slots in a statue and asked me what it was. I told them it looked like dried iron and sulfur gas and recommend that they not go poking around to what was likely the outcome of a trap. Kniana told me that the pressure plates in the door was for the lights anyway. The group was getting pretty antsy at this point and wanted to leave, but I'D BE DAMMED IF I NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO MOVE THIS SHIELD. Reluctantly, they agreed to at least try. Then, very creepily something called Lily's name from the distance...