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[Xanatos]

The eerie noises in this storage area suggest that there's more than one monstrosity lurking in the darkness, and in addition to that I think I can hear a girl crying. I really don't want to be down here... but I summon up the strength to venture further. I climb over the small dividing section where the candle is mounted trying to keep myself as close to the wall as possible for comfort, and venture into the next room where I find a rather interesting note about an explosive mixture. My head is pounding too much to focus properly on the writing, so I stuff the note away for now and leave the room. I don't know why, but I have a feeling I might need it later. Call it intuition.

As I light another candle mounted near a small storage room I notice a rather large barrel with a tap next to it. Figuring I could use a sip of wine to calm my nerves, I place the empty specimen jar under the tap and try to turn it only to find it rusted tight... just my luck. Although judging from the smell I suspect this isn't wine, and even if it was I recall what I saw in the Wine Cellar and figured the wine in this castle probably wouldn't be safe to drink anyway. I cautiously enter the small storage room and shut the door behind me in case that jawless fiend decides to return. On a shelf I find another drill part, but I still cannot combine it with the other one I found; something's missing. I scoff to myself and wonder why Alexander's servants didn't just leave all the drill parts in one room instead of spreading them out everywhere, but then another whimper from that girl brings me back to reality.

My hand trembles uncontrollably, the lantern casting dancing shadows in front of me that are far from comforting. I quickly search the other two rooms and find the final drill part; I'm not sure what piecing it together accomplished but I do feel a little better having solved something, and it does boost my confidence a little bit. I return up the stairs and peer cautiously around the corners, seeing no signs of the monstrous inhabitant. There is only one dark hallway left to explore.. I really don't want to go down there - especially seeing as there's a good chance that's where that thing lumbered off to - but the girl's cries are starting to get to me and I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if I left her here to die. I feel vulnerable creeping down the dark hallway with my lantern illuminating me, but if there's one thing I hate more than being easily seen is not being able to see at all. I light a small candle perched on a box in the first corner of the hallway - not that it does much good at illuminating my surroundings but at least it'll serve as a waypoint on my way back.

I venture down a small flight of steps and find a single lit candle dimly illuminating... another dead end. The poor girl is probably trapped underneath that rubble, and I'm not nearly strong enough to clear it with my bare hands. Christ, what am I going to do now? Wait a minute - where'd I put that note on explosives...?