After Tamoko finishes cleaning her new accessory, Yoshimo smirks at her. "I believe we've explored all the rooms on this level. Time to head upstairs, but should we head up in the main hall or the kitchen?"
When you get close to the door leading to the patio, you hear a voice speaking scornfully. "Welcome, fools! Welcome to your deaths!" The voice breaks off into laughter that is both insane and fiendish, and once again, you find yourselves running out the door as if the hounds of hell were at your heels. Minsc and Xan look at you like you are crazy. Well, whoever set that one up apparently didn't want people coming into the house the back way... or something like that.
Once he stops running, Yoshimo acknowledges, "The presence of this second fear trap means it's unlikely the one by the basement was set up as a warning. Our unfortunate friend may have been the only one here after all, but this is a bit confusing. It seems all the entrances are cued for a fear response--except the front door. If our departed friend set off the one on the front, why did the one on the basement door still trigger? Puzzling. Also, likely pointless speculation. I suppose I'd best focus on what's here and now, eh?" He draws a deep breath.
"On to the upper level, or did you wish to continue searching on the ground floor?"
"What we do know for certain is that the previous fear trap just preceded an entrance to the basement...perhaps there's another entrance leading elsewhere in the room we just fled? I could be wrong, probably am, in this regard. I'm no rogue trap expert person."
It could be that any potential route in or out of the house is similarly warded. There may have been a similar ward on the front but it didn't affect us for some reason.
Anyway, shall we brave the upstairs now? Via the kitchen or the main hall? I'd prefer the main hall as the stairway seemed somewhat sturdier there. We can always go back if the kitchen stairs led to sealed off servants' quarters.
"...and I'm usually the one conducting the fiendish laughter." Tamoko then goes on to do an astonishingly good evil laugh, though the effort is ruined by the smile on her face.
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"Think it suits me?"
Tamoko puts words to action and does just that.
Edit: Clockwise from the door.
"On to the upper level, or did you wish to continue searching on the ground floor?"
Tamoko then goes on to do an astonishingly good evil laugh, though the effort is ruined by the smile on her face.