((I was waiting to see if Terrence did anything. Guess not.))
Get closer to the village. Look at it's inhabitants (while staying out of sight) and see if there's anything different about individuals.
Also drag Terrence along.
((Argh. I had an action written out with a bit of Roleplay, but I got distracted before I posted it and ended up on a Wikipedia binge. That was over 24 hrs ago. Long story short, it ended up forgotten and buried in a rapidly growing mass of tabs that I had to cmd-q for my own sanity. Sorry people.))
=="Terrence", team II==
Follow [Snakegan_BW] for now.
Ssslavina drags terrance to the edge of town and peers intently through the town at teh sparks that are people. You see lots of similarities between the villagers, and detect all kinds of differences - brighter aura here, different color there, multicolored arua, one looks like it is nearly constantly changing - all variations on a theme. You do note several distinct differences though. there is a small community of munchkins here, and they stand out by how their aura flickers rapidly, though it always returns to a yellowish green. their base aura reminds you of the color of a cat's eye.
the other differences are in specific individuals. yo notice one, for instance, that is a large, refined stone aura encasing an aura of pure Essence. this one is currently wading through the muck you were sent to clean. another is an essense that appears to be another essence. It is like there are two essences in one place - one more solid, and one more noticeable.
I finish my current bite and move on to the next one, letting him bait me in slowly.
"Cat, you are going to eat my whole lunch if I let you, aren't you?"
Check the cupboards for useful things to grab, and grab them. Then go and squatwalk trough the fallen bit of ceiling.
Some of the things in the cupboards won't survive a squatwalk through the muck. You see various tinctures and potions, lots of ingredients, a small collection of scrolls, a thin, bound book - a spell book! You find the jar of quicksilver you were after, three large crystals, and a geode. You also find some foodstuff, but I wouldn't recommend letting an organic eat any of that.
Meanwhile, the Shrine is visited by a squad of three armed men, who knock politely, and stick there heads in, taking in the odd sight of the dwarf, the wizard, the little priest, and the mangled homunculus. Their eyes widen in surprise and their hands go toward their weapons.