On their way to retrieve Lord Cravern’s stolen item, Zola, Scram and Prya get into a ferocious battle with swarms of rats. Zola skewers one on her sword, while Scram roasts two with his Burning Hands (before sampling the delicious bbq). Prya, despite her fear of rats, lends her help as a healer: helping to clear the path to a pedestal in the room, and even using an unexpected blast of necromantic magic to keep the rats at bay while Zola and Scram inspect the bowl upon the pedestal.

Scram uses minor illusion to create the sound of a (horny?) cat, buying time for Scram to grab a rat (?), put it in the bowl (??) and light it on fire (???).

Activated by Scram’s firebolt, the platform shifts and reveals a hidden staircase leading deep below the ground. The three flee from the rats and descend into the darkness.

There, they find a giant cavern below Paddlewick filled with giant crystals emerging from the ground. Prya, exhausted from the last encounter, suggests resting before continuing forward. Zola and Scram are reluctant, asking if she can chug a Fantasy Red Bull (Actually Gives You Wings), but compromise on taking just a peek at the path ahead while Pry sets up camp.