"They're hearing will be gone for about an hour," Lor informed Dorn.
"Great," Dorn complained throwing up his arms. He let out a quick breath of frustration and then looked to his comrades. "Let's move on down the left tunnel." He motioned to his two deaf companions to follow.
Minutes passed before they found a wooden door. Lor reached for the handle but then pulled back.
"What's wrong?" Dorn asked.
"I'm going to check for traps first," the ranger replied. He carefully examined the door with his fingers and looked up and down every grain in the wood before looking back to Dorn and nodding. Dorn nodded back and then reached for the door, but he too hesitated. A thought had crossed his mind. A grin crossed his face as he motioned for Jomz to open he door.
Jomz reluctantly cracked the door slightly ajar just enough to peek in. He closed it and turned. He looked to Dorn and gave the okay, but his eyes told otherwise. Dorn gave him a knowing look and then led the small band back down the tunnel and down the right tunnel. A few more minutes passed and the cleric, though momentarily deafened, led the tiring group down the tunnel. Suddenly, the floor opened up in front of her, forcing her to a sudden stop. Looking inside, they noticed that the drop wouldn't have been too bad, but the climb out would have been long and tiring and whoever had set that trap would have had enough time to see what it had caught.
The group slipped passed that trap at its sides. Silah caught up with Dorn.
"Why would a mine have all these traps set in it?" she asked him, regaining control over the volume of her voice. He shrugged in reply. He looked back ahead and saw the tunnel opening into a fairly large cavern. Stalactites majestically hung from the ceiling, pointing to their ground level counter-parts and a strange, glowing green moss had found a home on the walls. The group walked on, mouths hung open in awe. As they were walking along, Jomz made a discovery.
"Hey! I can hear our footsteps now!" he said rather loudly. The rest of the group winced at the sound of his voice echoing throughout the chamber and then glared at him angrily. Jomz too winced and then gave a nervous grin. At that moment, a large reptilian creature fell from the ceiling and landed behind Lor. Jomz face revealed the news to the whole group as he shouted out loud. "KOBOLD!"