Crawling through the darkness of a forgotten medical lab, carefully placing their footfalls we find a figure. Standing only 5'2", wearing goggles to help with the darkness and a modified gas mask to protect from the errant poisonous fumes that are so common in the deeper tunnels of the world she is well suited to her profession of delving. Searching for the treasures lost within the hidden places of the outside.
This particular delver, Neera, pushes her way through a pair of hospital doors to reveal an enormous biomedical laboratory.
"Jackpot." She thinks to herself, smirking under the mask.
She steels her excitement. Seeing the tell-tale markings of a beasts passing here as she did outside. Something lives here, something big.
"Be small. Be quiet." She repeats the Delver's mantra under her breath.
Moving like a cat she begins to pick through the debris of the lab. Using tongs to move and sort while her heavy gloves protect her from the unexpected she collects bits of metal, unbroken glassware, and clipboards. Anything that can be repurposed by the wall-folk could earn her some real food and, darkness willing, a proper bed to sleep in for a few nights. Spending the next few hours sorting, cataloguing, and storing her finds she slowly grew more and more excited.
"This is going to be a big haul. Maybe enough to..." Her cheeks reddened, "Focus."
At the end of her scavenging she came to the best, and scariest, part. An unbroken glass and steel cabinet filled with vials of foreign elixirs and potions. Genuine old world arcana. She took a deep breath to steady her nerves as she removed her heavy protective gloves. This was going to require the finesse of her bare hands, a risk for sure but one she hoped would pay off.
"Alright Neera. Remember your lessons. Slow and steady keeps you alive. No need to lose your hare."
She removed her backpack and began to stretch, ensuring she was nice and limber in the off chance an alarm or trap went off. For good luck she set Tavi down on a work table behind her. The one thing she still had from her time as a little girl, Tavi is a felt doll that has been repaired and modified over the years. These days dressed up in a cute black Gothic Lolita dress with delvers goggles and mask, sporting a small wooden shield, to keep Neeras sleep safe from nightmares.
