You decide to cross Amy and Twists plans together, which Princess says is just as well. The group probably took too long planning to make racing the shadow to the front a possibility.

At a reasonable clip, you and your friends continue down the hallway while also checking the rooms you pass by. All this while doing your best to at least outpace the monster behind you and trying to listen for signs of its location. You can’t hear anything, though. At least not yet.

The rooms aren’t completely empty. There’s black stains on the floor here and there. Tiny pieces of splintered wood or occasionally a jade screw. The stains always lead to the main hallway, as though something was dragged out. But the hallways itself shares no signs. You’ve also managed to get ahead of the fog. Must take longer to form this far in from the front door.

The hallway circles around to reveal a northern passage. Down that hall is what appears to be the back of a stairway leading to the second floor. The circular hallway also seems to circle back around toward the front door. But there’s no indication which way the shadow is coming from, if it’s even coming from that direction.