[Crossbow]

Moving to and kicking open the nearest landing door, Digger exits the smoke and junk filled stairwell.

"*cough* MOVE PEOPLE!"

[Kontact]

The door opened on a hallway, unlike the open floor-plan of the offices below.  It seems like these must be living quarters of some sort, maybe personal offices.  Still, it's hard to tell as the walls and the doors are all covered with the same crusty substance you've become familiar with.  The hallway stretches out about fifteen meters straight ahead before meeting with another fork.  Meanwhile to the right and left a wider corridor trailed off in a curve around the building.  Further branches were visible down the way, leading towards the outer windows.

[joe15552]

Since Devoted has a pretty decent oxygen supply still working in his hazmat suit, he stands to the side of the door that Digger kicked in and looks back to make sure the rest of the group is okay. He makes a conscious effort not to get in anyone's way as they rush through the door.

[inca1980]

Machete connects the oxygen supply from his Hazmat suit to his gasmask goes through the door.

[AJBuwalda]

Ruckus straps on his gasmask and follows his teammates.

[joe15552]

Devoted follows Ruckus, and looking at Machete, he says, "I apologize. I thought the fire would be a good idea..."

[Crossbow]

After the team makes it into the hallway and Digger slams the door on the burning rubbish, he shoulders past the wizard, "Don't sweat it kid, no way to know we wuz gonna flush da hive's commode down on ah heads."

[joe15552]

Devoted looks down the different hallways warily. "I guess we need to find another way up..." and follows Digger as he searches for another stairwell.

[Kontact]

The relative loudness of the soft crunch caused by the flaky mess underfoot tells you that either you're the only things moving in on this level, or whatever is moving doesn't use feet.  This is also apparent by the fact that your footprints are quite visible crushed into the dried-up hive wall lining the floor behind you.  Glancing down the side hallway, you notice that the hive material covers up the outer windows as well.  Apparently sunlight was not on the menu.

Cruising the middle ring as you are, you first come to a set of four elevator shafts, all of them open, and all of them generously coated with the same flaky crap that you've managed to get sick of already.  Unsure whether to proceed to the other stairs, or if you could simply climb up from here, you slow and stop.

[joe15552]

Devoted plants his hand on the side of an open elevator door and looks up the shaft for a second, and then steps away, looking at the group and wondering what they will decide to do.

[inca1980]

Machete also hangs on to the edge of the shaft entrance and carefully analyzes the climb up and the way down as well.  "Stairs ain't an option no more....if we wanna go up, this is our way."

[OOC: If the coast seems clear to him, then he's gonna pull out the climbing gear and start moving up.]

[joe15552]

Devoted nods at Machette, and makes a fist with his left hand, clenching it to his chest. His feet float slightly off the ground, and he floats into the shaft behind everyone else as they climb.

[Kontact]

Shining your lights down the shaft shows another wasp plug a floor below you.  At least that's what you assume by the piles of office chairs and drawers and such.  Five floors up there seems to be another of the hive walls like on the stairs.  Hanging out into the shaft, Machete is able to see a few floors up and can confirm that the elevator doors at each level are open.  This must have been one of the main access ways for the wasps to move throughout the hive.

[Crossbow]

Checking the condition of the wall inside the elevator, Digger turns to the mage "We are gonna need to team-up to get this group up the shaft, can you handle it kid?"

[joe15552]

Devoted nods at Digger, "Just remember, when you yield to the strength of Tyr, you will be in his hands, not your own... You will be moving slowly, say "stop" when you are satisfied with your position."

Clenching the fist of his left hand, he looks sternly at Digger. Digger's feet slowly, but steadily, float off the floor, and his body begins to move into the shaft.