Sovereign Host: Legion -- Chp 3*

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[1, 3, 4, 7, 2, 9
Using Kennen's dex, +1 from previous success, penalty of -1 because Asriel has no points in Athletics: 10, 8, 10, 10, 7  + extra 4, 4, 5]

Straining his eyes, Asriel saw the silhouette of the forewarned nails; the protrusions lay exposed as they pointed inward from beams in the walls, or up from the floor. By a miracle of Kennen's honed body, Asriel inched his way along the narrow path, bending where he could to avoid cutting or impaling himself. Though he wore a nanja's mask, his eyes became irritated by the dust, yet still he managed to evade injury. Upon reaching the end of the path, he found another hole like the one he'd entered through. Beyond it was a room featureless but for the molding wallpaper and odd assortment of baubles strewn about. A window allowed what little light there was into the room, while a closed door lay directly across from it.

Asriel looked around the room as he dusted himself off while approaching the door. Once close, his steps became slower and lighter again. He put Kennen's keen ear against the door to check for sound from the other side before he'd try to get a peek through the keyhole or the slit between door and floor.

[Roll Wits + Composure with a -1 penalty]

[5, 7, 5, 6, 5]

Peering as he did beneath the door, with vulpinal ears perked and wary of the slightest sound, Asriel could make out nothing beyond the room he resided in.

As loudlessly as he could, Asriel opened the door, and only to a slit for one final visual check before he would fully open the door.

Beyond the door, Asriel found another makeshift wall of junk blocking one direction of the hallway - likely the same barrier he'd encountered earlier. Yet in the other direction, he found an open room whose ceiling disappeared in the darkness above, so high must have been its ceiling. At the center of the room stood a metal contraption, dented all over save for the lever in front of it. A pair of chains flanked the device, with one wrapping around a feeding mechanism, and the other just touching the floor with something akin to a saddle's foot-strap...