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While you are worried at first that something may hear the noise of your stone drop- nothing comes of it. If anything was attracted to the noise, it probably would be many levels deep in the dungeon, without the ability or intelligence to come investigate the rock's origin. However, this little experiment does give you a taste of <span class="mu-i">wandering encounters</span>. Spending a long time in a single place or making a lot of noise has a chance to attract trouble.
Moving on, the mine becomes more confusing as the simple, almost straight entrance shaft with a few forks have now began to grow into a larger network as miners had to search every direction for veins of precious metals. You make sure to put Elly to the task of marking every direction you go and keeping track, leaving clues or signs. You don't want to get lost down here!
Eventually, in the shadowy darkness, you come across a small pocket of opened up earth that has an unusual sight.
<span class="mu-r">"Look! It's a treasure chest!"</span>
It's true, in the shadow of a small corner of the mines, a treasure chest stands alone. You can clearly see it, but something about this seems off.
<span class="mu-b">"...Hmm, I don't like this. Who would store valuables here, in the mines? People dig mines to take valuables out of the earth, not put them there."</span>
"Jonathon, are you being paranoid again?"
<span class="mu-b">"No, I'm being smart. The chest would have to be dragged here from somewhere else- no no. I smell something fishy."</span>
<span class="mu-r">"Whaaat? It's just a chest! Maybe someone in the village used it as a safe place to store valuables from the neighbors!"</span>
<span class="mu-b">"...If you had any valuable treasure, would you haul it all the up here in a chest among the monsters and dangers, or would just bury it on your farm? Or under the floorboards? Come now, Richard."</span>
<span class="mu-r">"Hmm, I guess that's true... But what's the issue here? Let's just go check to make sure it doesn't have any treasure in it first. Why not?"</span>
>What is the danger here? (Write in)
