#and astarion got a the stupidest dreamworks smirk

[jacqcrisis]

After convincing Astarion to not do any stabbing and to join the party, Ronan seems very interested in his rogueish abilities. Upon hearing he's handy with a lockpick while they wander the shoreside and the wreckage of the mind flayer's ruin ship, the dragonborn stops, stating he needs the elf to do something. He turns around, starts marching with an intense determination back toward where he and Shadowheart initially fell.

Everyone follows. Where are they going? He must have some idea, must be something he noticed that no one else had...

Shadowheart groans audibly as they stop in front of the massive ancient door inlaid into the cliffside, many minutes having been wasted earlier with her new strange fellow pulling at it and fiddling with it fruitlessly. She mutters something about running out of time as Ronan towers over the rogue, gesturing vaguely at the barrier between him and gods' only know what. Ronan asks him if he can open it, relaxing when Astarion says he can take a crack at.

Ronan probably almost gets stabbed again when he casts guidance on Astarion by patting him heartily on the back, but thank Bahamut he gets to see what is behind that door. It was driving him absolutely nuts.