MTG Salvation

Gaben's cult, gang, collective, whatever you wanted to call it, operated from a two story building that was once intended to help aid the movement of water beneath the city. Now it was home to the man and his combination of children and adults who all seemed to be following him without question. Whether they were being held by magic or otherwise, the group needed to get as many of them as possible out alive.

Illu used shadowlight for his baton and led Illium through the sewers in darkness. One of Illium's hands resting on Illu's shoulder to keep from being separated. He was looking for the entrances he had found on the blueprints and any guards that might be down here.

Neither group found themselves obstructed by any kind of guard presence. Presumably a guard on the roof would draw attention, and it was possible that the group was unaware of the sewer entrance.

Sum'era and Arl found themselves looking out over the top of a mostly barren roof, the only blemishes a couple of iron clad chimney stacks.

Illu's light soon revealed a large iron door held in place by a circular valve.

Arl - "I'm fine. Thanks for asking though."

**Arl makes a short leap, landing on a downwardly slanted light platform before silently making her way to the rooftop. The platform itself was positioned so as to not be in view of either of the building's doors.

Arl makes a *wait* motion before slowly mouthing the words 'If it would help I could help you land without making a thumping sound.' back towards her partner. She air-writes the words with her hands if need be.**

Handing Illium the baton to hold, Illu tried to quietly turn the valve.

Illium held the lamp, assuming that Illu saw something that he needed his hands for. He readied Lightning to slice at any foes that may present themselves after whatever Illu did.

There was no evident reaction to Arl and Sum'era landing on the roof. Now that they were closer they could see that either of the vent coverings would need to be lifted up and off the vents in order to allow access. One appeared rather rusted while the other seemed a rather smudged and dirty.

Illu had little trouble opening up the door, though it creaked and groaned loudly as he pulled it back. It revealed a dirt floored basement containing a large boiler and a set of stairs leading up to a slightly ajar door.

Illu whispered to Illium, "There is a door ahead. Stay close but be quiet; I want to see what's past it." He put Illium's hand back on his shoulder as he crept closer with his shadow lamp.

Moving forward revealed that there was nothing else in the basement besides a few loose nuts and bolts, presumably from whatever was stored in here previously. Possibly due to the time of day, Illu heard nothing from beyond the door.

Illu peaked slowly around the door trying not to reveal himself yet.

Arl - "Hrm... let's check both. Rust doesn't mean it is safe now."

**Arl casts Fen's champion and carefully lifts both coverings.**

Illium followed behind, keeping Lightning at the ready.

Arl was able to lift both covers quite easily and got a good look at the vents that lay within. The rusted vent looked large enough for either of them to fit into, but also looked suspiciously flimsy as rust seemed to line every inch of the metal. The other vent was more in keeping with what they were expecting, the iron vent so small that only Arl would be slim enough to fit, but looked a little more sturdy... although it dripped with condensation.

As the pair downstairs got closer to the door, they heard the sound of metal scraping on china and the low murmur of conversation. Illu could see the corner of a large table out of the corner of his eye, some distance from the ajar door and slightly obscured by the same.

Arl - "I can go down the thinner vent and maybe open a window or something?"

**Arl nods before waving at Cee, air-drawing a message for him to do exactly that. She then enters the smaller vent and silently descends.**

Illu whispers to Illium, "Wait," as he tries to edge closer and make out what was being said. He was trying not to be seen.

The snippets of discussion Illu was able to piece together seemed to be rather dull, basic breakfast table stuff really. Who had what chores today, someone woke up with a bad back and wasn't sleeping in that cot again. Nothing terribly interesting. He was able to stay hidden largely due to the position of the door, at the far end of the room.

Despite Arl's stealth training the vents still creaked a little, though Arl felt confident that she was mitigating a lot of the noise. She soon came to a junction in the vents, one path leading towards the outside of the building, another more deep.

**Arl decides it would be easier to backtrack sideways than up. She heads towards the outside of the building.**

Illu moves back to Illium, figuring his mission wasn't barge in on breakfast. He kept watching around making sure that he didn't get caught. He was waiting for people to leave. "People. Breakfast. We wait." He whispered to Illium as they moved away from infront of the door.