The Skinsaw Murders

Mavlvick, Yola and Sasha all shoulder their way to the back of the room to try and force open the door, Leaving Xer and Li Kao to guard against whatever was approaching through the walls.

First a dozen, then hundreds of tiny pale shapes burst forth from cracks in the northern wall.  Xer squints to make them out in the poor light, and grimaces as she recognizes the bloated forms of rats - afflicted with diseased tumours like the one that the party found in the bathtub up on the main floor.  The creatures continue to pour out of the wall in an neverending wave.  At first they mill about in confusion - nearly blind due to their disease - but after mere seconds begin to scamper towards the group, drawn by the noise of the group trying to force open the door, and the smell of flesh.

Li Kao and Xer kick away the first few that make it to them, but it quickly becomes apparent that that won't work for long.  There are now thousands of rats in the room, moving towards them like a filthy rolling wave.

"So,"  Li Kao calls back over his shoulder, trying to sound casual, "how's that door coming?"

Yola slams into the door for the third time and hears it start to give.  Their efforts are hampered by the mindless hammering of Seoni.  Scratching and wailing at the door as she is, she is makeing it difficult for the others to make a concentrated rush against it ( and no one is too keen on rubbing shoulders with her).  The door jam is begnning to splinter however.    

OOC:  Each character can take 1 action before the rats completely swarm over the entire party.

blue dots = Malvick &Ariva

yellow = Xer

green = Li Kao

red = Yola

orange = Sasha

grey = Seoni

sickly brown squares = sickly hungry rats