Nautilus stopped, and counted the number of people in their party. To his horror, only three remained. "That is a possibility," Nautilus said, answering Ebil's first two questions, "But there are a few other possibilities we can't dismiss". He took two seconds of pause before resuming. "So busy looking around that they lost track of us, just like what you did, for instance, among others". Ebil then asked another question about leaving the RP, to which Nautilus replied, "While I think we shouldn't do that on the first try, it is wise to always have an escape route ready, just in case. Now if this path leads to a dead end then it means we'll lose the route if the big bad is already following us, so better hope it isn't. Well, you play this RP, so would you like to tell us whether this corridor does or does not lead to a dead end?" He had been thinking of looking back at the sign his head hit a few moments ago, but he was now too afraid of losing track of the other two people.