[He will first catch his toe on the step and crash down onto the staircase with a muffled yelp, but clinging to the banister keeps him from sliding back down right into Law's face - though uh, hm, whoops, mind the sudden sprawl of very long limbs! He pulls himself back up and flashes a look of apology and concern back at Law, then rights his dislodged hat and checks his lantern before proceeding, clearly fine by his usual definition.]
Sometimes it's the forest spirits, sometimes it's things we don't really understand, like the flooding in April. That storm went on for two weeks and my best guess is the river was involved, which is why it was so bad. Whatever it'll be, it happens often enough that we've had to set up defense points, especially since the first time the spirits turned on us we weren't prepared and something like thirty people were killed in the chaos.
[Up one floor, then another until they reach the top of the stairs at the landing of the third floor. A handful of the doors they pass are open and a few of the rooms look like they've been stripped bare of anything useful, furniture and bedding included.]
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[He will first catch his toe on the step and crash down onto the staircase with a muffled yelp, but clinging to the banister keeps him from sliding back down right into Law's face - though uh, hm, whoops, mind the sudden sprawl of very long limbs! He pulls himself back up and flashes a look of apology and concern back at Law, then rights his dislodged hat and checks his lantern before proceeding, clearly fine by his usual definition.]
Sometimes it's the forest spirits, sometimes it's things we don't really understand, like the flooding in April. That storm went on for two weeks and my best guess is the river was involved, which is why it was so bad. Whatever it'll be, it happens often enough that we've had to set up defense points, especially since the first time the spirits turned on us we weren't prepared and something like thirty people were killed in the chaos.
[Up one floor, then another until they reach the top of the stairs at the landing of the third floor. A handful of the doors they pass are open and a few of the rooms look like they've been stripped bare of anything useful, furniture and bedding included.]