>>5456359>>5456388>>5456457>>5456810>>5456814>>5457040<span class="mu-s">First off I think it's best if I be the point man, Second, we could use a little more light, maybe some torches. Thirdly, we should connect ourselves via rope, just in case something tries to pull one of us away. Oh and some dynamite maybe</span>
<span class="mu-i">No way are we using dynamite, atleast not until we find out what happened down there.Your other ideas are good. We've got nothing that could really pass for a torch down here but there's old flares, they should do. We've got some rope too, I'll head to the strorage area for them.</span>
You and the guard wait at the entrance to the bottom shafts as your father runs back to the storage area.
<span class="mu-s">So, what's got the guards so spooked about this tunnel situation?</span>
<span class="mu-s">We don't know what happened but it's not really about the incident itself. I'll give you this bit for free, boss-man doesn't want us losing men, says "something big" is coming.[/blue]
Before you get to ask him what he means your father returns with the flares and the rope. The entire group ties it to their belts and you head into the lowest levels of the mine. Despite being fresh they look delapidated, like someone tore the hell out of the place. Your father's expression makes you think this place is unstable. The tunnel is relatively narrow with very few off-shoots. You toss flares as you advance but so far there is no trace of the miners. There is an uncomfortable silence that is only broken by a low guttural sound at the far end of the tunnel.
>Your headlamp isn't doing much to pierce the darkness and you can't throw a flare that far. Creep up as close as you can, as quietly as you can and toss a flare.>Tell the guard to blind fire into the dark>Wait and observe, it might be a person or just a weird sound>Write-in</span> 