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Of course, you are assuming that these were men, based off of the size and style of their boots. That is not definitive, by any reason. After all, you have a pair of Oilers – and by the Heights of Hell, you wish you were wearing them right now. That damned candle is really starting to itch. Trying to not worry about whatever you are exposing yourself to at the moment, you peek through the shutters and see that the window of this room overlooks an overhanging piece of roof as well as the alley you expected. The spit of roof slopes fairly gently, gently enough that just about anyone could walk along it, hugging the building. It leads in both directions. One towards the main street, and the other, towards the back of the building – though the one that leads towards the back of the building goes around a corner. After sticking your wrist right in front of your eyes to check to see if they are glowing, you cautiously open the window, and stick your head outside. In a few places, you can see some more indistinct patches of the Strangeness, but nothing more substantial. Still, it certainly seems that your guess that the men left by the window was right on target.
From your vantage point, you try to peer down into the alley, to see if you can spot anything – but as you are on the second floor, you are too far away for Strange-Staining to activate for anything on the ground. More than that, you really can’t see anything from up here – the alley is narrow enough, and this public house is tall enough that it is fairly dark down there, even at this time of the day. Playing it safe, you are going to withhold judgment on there being anything of interest in the alley until you are down there on your own two feet.
At this point, your business in this room seems to be concluded. You take a couple of looks around the room, some with Strange-Staining suppressed, some with it active, just to make sure. But when nothing jumps out at you, you decide that at the very least, it is time to leave the room.
> Please choose ONE of the following:
> Exit this room through the door.
> Attempt to exit this room by the roof.
> Please choose ONE of the following:
> Take tankard with you.
> Leave tankard behind.
>Please choose ONE of the following:
> Leave key in room, leave door unlocked.
> Leave key in room, leave door locked.
> Take key with you, leave door unlocked [vote restricted to: Exit this room through the door]
> Take key with you, leave door locked [vote restricted to: Attempt to exit this room by the roof]
