12-20-2015, 08:56 AM
The trapdoor is a bit stuck but once set into motion it opens up fairly easily. Lugar understands why pretty easily: the pivot axis is not at the actual edge of the trapdoor and there's a counterweight beyond the axis on the lower side so it can be opened by an average adult human, even the average kitchen maid.
Beneath is damp darkness, a ladder leading down, and the turbulence made by the trapdoor's suction brings musty odours of decay. The ladder is not too long, maybe ten feet before it penetrates the surface of some black fluid. By the looks of it the ceiling of the cellar is somewhere three to four feet above the level of the fluid.
Beneath is damp darkness, a ladder leading down, and the turbulence made by the trapdoor's suction brings musty odours of decay. The ladder is not too long, maybe ten feet before it penetrates the surface of some black fluid. By the looks of it the ceiling of the cellar is somewhere three to four feet above the level of the fluid.
