Of Ash and Dark Places...

You gesture for Pearl to climb into your arms, it does so with great pleasure! you walk down to the far end of the hall, a door with a stairs sign attached, you unlock the door and are presented with two paths, one leading upwards and one leading down. The path up looks rather worn and has claw marks in the walls, the path down shows signs of decay... the dust has began to replace the walls and a ominous static sound reverberated from the depths.