Ruse decided to check out the old, wooden trap door. The latch keeping it closed was unlocked but rusted shut, so it took two good kicks to break it loose. This passage hadn't seen use for a long time. She tugged on the ring-handle on the surface of the door and it groaned as it swung open, landing face-down with a thud. It revealed a ladder stretching down into a shaft. It was impossible to see the bottom.
Ruse took one more glance around the room and then gave a little shrug as she mounted the ladder and started heading down. Maybe things would be more interesting down there.
The ladder stretched on through the darkness for a while. She continued climbing down until she reached a small green LED positioned over an open vent. It looked big enough to crawl through. Ruse took another glance down the ladder. She figured she was probably near the bottom. She decides to...