Group8 decides to split up, and fan out across the storage area EE, covering both the east and west sections simultaneously, methodically east to west across the grid, then back the other way one street further north.
Ror8 takes the west side as he stated on the Link, and Halfaz8 takes the east side, splitting off as he stated on the Link. Others accompanied them or followed their own way.
As they fly away from Ror8, some find themselves able to see again, leaving his Invisibility Purge, Circle, and fog cloud behind.
The storage area EE is still, and pitch black as well, but with a combination of Darkvision, Blindsense, Blindsight, and Tremorsense, everyone continues into the darkness, sharing their various perceptions on the Link. With this coordination, and without the fog, the search picks up speed a bit.
Many of the storage rooms and cages stand open. Most are completely empty; a few have crumpled wooden casks, loose wooden box slats, and other packing debris on the floor.
Except for the fresh dust from the explosion at the south end of EE, there isn’t much dust on the floor at all, disturbed or otherwise, though the floor and cages are not clean; there no lack of dust between cage bars and on the top faces of crosspieces.
No sign of captive slaves to rescue, nor personal items. And no paperwork, Hobbits with clipboards, or other niceties of well organized, well run storage.
Upon reaching the south-most exit in the west wall of area EE, just north of the west end of the third street, Ror8 hears the faintest sound of rushing, splashing water echoing in the corridor distantly to the north, barely audible in the deep silence.
A little specificity about who is where might become important, depending on what you do next and what happens next, so… who is where? Just express some preferences – precise coordinates are welcome but not necessary – and we’ll work with it.
Until I hear preferences otherwise, these random rolls specify who is where, as follows. I’m going to assume that Vir8 and Sheerak8 stay together and go in one direction, which puts Tanatou8 and Halt8 together going in the other direction, for balance.
In alphabetical order, a 1 puts Tanatou8 with Halfaz8, a 2 puts him with Ror8. Then Halt8 is with him, while Sheerak8 and Vir8 go the other way.
Tanatou8: 1 with Halfaz8, 2 with Ror8 1d2 : 2, total 2