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Emerald Desire
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>Does flame consume oxygen?
It does require air, as with regular fire. It also doesn't work underwater unless you're willing to put your life at risk by brute forcing arcane energy into it. For the current circumstances, however, there should be enough air to sustain a light. While the floor and walls have sealing, the room is not airtight. Especially considering the wooden boards making for the ceiling.
>Set up an alarm
This does feel like a prudent thing to do. I move a broken table top and lean it up against the backroom door frame. Then, out of sight, I balance a solid piece of debris on the edge of the table top. Fairly rudimentary, but most things would have to move the board to get inside, pretty much guaranteeing that the chunk of debris will fall and alert me.
>Rest
With that bit of security in place, I return to the cellar. I'm sure to close the trap door behind me as well. Even should the first trap fail, there's no possible way to open the cellar door quietly. I locate a candle and light it with my flame. I will no longer be able to control it, but it's definitely easier this way. Returning to the shelves of cheese, I take stock of my options. Most of the fancy stuff that I wouldn't have recognized have long since gone rancid. I grab a small wheel of old cheddar and I gauge what's available when it comes to the pickles. Taking one of the small barrels that seems to have remained sealed, I open it and am immediately struck by the strong tartness of brine and vinegar. It appears to be a container of pickled carrots. I'm still not sure how to tell if they're still viable or not, but pickling is a way of preserving food and I've definitely taken bigger risks as a student. With a bit of water from my supplies, I sit down to enjoy my simple meal.
<Action>: rest with non-ration meal +6 energy, +1 stamina
It is now the middle of the afternoon. -1 stamina
>Examine the body
I'm not fond of the idea of searching through rotted, former flesh, but after I finish my food I-
*Thunk*
Something made the debris drop. It is quickly followed by the sound of the broken table falling and cracking on glass shards. What ever is up there is not being subtle. I hear multiple footsteps moving about, crushing glass in their wake. They stop and start in unison. The same creature? I pick up my blade.
What should I do?
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