Thank god, the undead spares him getting any further into it.
The creature makes a noise — a kind of horrible scraping bone-on-bone noise, skeletons don’t have vocal chords — and then pauses. A jerky movement of its one remaining arm, a sweeping come this way, and then continues shambling past them without any attempt at attacking.
Not one of the demons, then? Perhaps one of the regular bound spirits?
“Huh,” Strange says, and watches as it goes slowly shuffling beyond, back into the pools of darkness ahead of them and leading them towards a particular catacomb. It doesn’t look back. He glances at Ness, a quick sanity-check to see if they’re going to follow, waiting to see her nod.
You’ve simply got to yes and a skeleton which wants to show you something, though.
“Lead the way and I’ll protect our rear,” he says, pragmatically. It means he’s the first target for anyone (or anything) coming up from behind, but also that he can keep an eye on Ennaris herself ahead of him and ensure that she’s safe and not being swept off by some horror.
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The creature makes a noise — a kind of horrible scraping bone-on-bone noise, skeletons don’t have vocal chords — and then pauses. A jerky movement of its one remaining arm, a sweeping come this way, and then continues shambling past them without any attempt at attacking.
Not one of the demons, then? Perhaps one of the regular bound spirits?
“Huh,” Strange says, and watches as it goes slowly shuffling beyond, back into the pools of darkness ahead of them and leading them towards a particular catacomb. It doesn’t look back. He glances at Ness, a quick sanity-check to see if they’re going to follow, waiting to see her nod.
You’ve simply got to yes and a skeleton which wants to show you something, though.
“Lead the way and I’ll protect our rear,” he says, pragmatically. It means he’s the first target for anyone (or anything) coming up from behind, but also that he can keep an eye on Ennaris herself ahead of him and ensure that she’s safe and not being swept off by some horror.