Those Meddling Kids!

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The basement, unlike the rest of the museum, lacked any real ornamentation or architectural flair. The walls and floor were flat grey stone, extending into halls and corridors broken up by the occasional wooden door, that stretched ahead of the group. The lights that dotted the ceiling above them occasionally flickered and dimmed. It was clear this area didn’t see nearly as much maintenance as the rest of the building. The basement also seemed to lack the space warping enchantments that the museum possessed upstairs. The halls were long, but clearly finite.

For the moment, the group was in luck. There appeared to be no other museum staff members present within, no other sounds or words could be heard around them. The only noise audible was the sounds of their own footsteps, echoing around them as they travelled deeper within.

Each door was labelled with the room it lead to, each one they passed appearing to be depressingly mundane. Cleaning Supplies, Museum Archives, Unused Exhibits. All hardly the sort of things that were worth breaking and entering to see. After the group had walked far enough to see the end of the main corridor, they finally came across something interesting. A single locked door with one word written on the front:

RESTRICTED

Tril, with her enhanced senses, would notice before anyone else that something can be heard from within. Heavy, raspy breathing, coming from multiple sources, and the crinkling sound of something dry slowly scraping against something solid.
 

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Tril grinned at Morgan, returned the finger gun and then dabbed. Because that gesture seemed to throw people for a loop for some reason. "Yes, it is fun to use the parts of other people." Then they turned back to Alice. "Not my true form too. Can't get in trouble if they do not know it was me here." The snickers continued for a few steps and then Tril went back to being unnaturally quiet.

Even their steps and the movements of their clothing only gave off the most minute whispers of noise. Tril was made for stealth. Aside from the lights, the basement reminded Tril a lot of their home. Stone and wood they knew well. As for the signs on the doors... well they meant nothing to the illiterate demon.

They cocked their head to the side and leaned towards the door. "There is things in there. Breathing things. And they are moving a little," Tril warned the others with a whisper and glanced at this door. Checking for gaps beneath or around the door, since lockpicking wasn't really their forte.
 

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The door, aside from being locked, appears to be largely ordinary. There's no light visible through the gaps, but they're wide enough for the fog demon to slip through easily should she wish.
 

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Anita looked at the group. THey each seemed a bit different.Maybe their powers could be useful. SHe suddenly felt a twang of sadness, as she realsied right now, she was probably useless.

Sighing, Anita turned back to the door, walking over to try to open it. Upon failing that, she frowned and turned back to the crowd. She could see what powers they had, and she pointed to Tril. "Can you move through the door, kay?
 

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Tril-Anita watched with amusement as the real Anita tried the door to see if it was locked. They just snickered quietly again and then pointed at the crack under the door.

"Yes, I can go through that. Do you want me to?" They asked with a grin. Mischief mischief, Tril was excited. Aware that whatever was behind the door was possibly dangerous, but with thembinly seeing the need for an ordinary door there they weren't too worried.

Tril rocked on their feet as they waited for confirmation. It was already 2 'yes's as far as they were concerned so as soon as one other person gave their assent to the plan Tril would disperse into water vapor in the air to slip through the gap. Majority rules, and it was no fun waiting there in the hallway to get caught anyway.
 

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"Go for it."

Alice herself voted on the predicament. The goal was to investigate the area. There was no reason not to try and go past a door. She couldn't spot any enchantments on the door or anything she might've been taught at the academy, abroad program, or with Daddy. However, she remained cautious. Debating to herself if her oozy body could squeeze flat enough if something went wrong.
 

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The first thing Tril would notice upon reforming on the other side of the door was the smell. The scent of something rotten permeated through this section, easy to pick up on even without her extra sensitive nose.

She found herself standing on an elevated platform, leading down into a larger room, dug deeper into the ground. The space was wide, and filled with several metal partitions of various sizes. Some small enough to contain a large animal, some significantly larger. Each one had a screen for viewing, inside, but they were dark, and from where she stood it was hard for Tril to see what was contained within. They were also covered in symbols, each etched into the metal and letting off a faint, magic glow.

The door leading in has a latch attached to the doorknob from this side, should Tril wish to let everyone else in.
 

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Tril sniffed the air and peered down at the array of metal... cages? Boxes? They weren't quite sure what to call them. The air though reminded her of some of the old collapsing towns they'd prowled occasionally at home. Refuse and rot piling in the streets as people were too afraid to spend much time outdoors.

The symbols and screens and such meant little to Tril, although the symbols made her think of magic runes.

Nothing immediately needed action so they turned back flipped the latch and turned the handle, flinging the door open suddenly. Quiet snickering accompanying the action of course.
 

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Figuring that it was Tril who opened the door, Alice went right inside. The scent of rot hit her...senses. (Let's not ask how slime noses work) For a moment, she was fearful her gooey body had something to do with it, but she quickly pinpointed it coming from the space rather than herself. This led to a frown as she slithered towards the cages, checking each one visually.

"Well this is horrific.....on standard movie levels."

Deadpan as ever, she tried reading the runes based on her magic studies. Perhaps they were enchantments? It'd be nice if her obsessive topic of study came in handy. Though her mind couldn't ignore the stench. What exactly got left down here and why?
 

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Morgan simply shoved his hands in his pockets and tapped the tip of his hoof on the floor rhythmically, an equally amused and excited smirk plastered on his face. He had always been a sucker for mysteries, especially ones that were directly off limits. That just made it that much more tantalizing though, didn't it? He figured it wasn't like he'd get this sort of opportunity often, so he may as well jump right on it.

The door swinging open made him instinctively quirk a brow, but the accompanying stench garnered a much more visceral reaction. "Aah, fuck! That's rank, dude..." The minotaur grimaced, pulling his shirt collar up to cover his nose as best as he could. However, he followed on inside soon enough, glancing around at the various symbols without the faintest clue of what they indicated. "...Well, I ain't got any idea what all that shit is, but at least we know something's alive down here. Or was."
 
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