Well… before they actually get to that building, they might notice that the water on the ground bubbles a little.

Then a bit more.

"… I am not poking that either," says Thario, stepping backwards into the museum.

Elleira does not have a good feeling about this.

Blue looks around at the ground beneath him and decides to get onto the steps of the museum instead.

And Maya can just flare sparky and get away from it since that seems safer.

The water: continues to bubble.

Elleira goes back to the higher ground of the museum steps.

Just in time, because… nope, wait, the water just continues to bubble a bit.

Blue looks over the side of the steps, checking how much of the water is actually bubbling.

The answer is: quite a lot of it, at different rates.

"This is new and ominous."

"Little bit," says Blue. "You– getting any information about it? Since you seem to know where people are?"

"It's not alive and it's not good news."

"Okay, so should we maybe get back into the building before it attacks?" he suggests, backing up the steps a bit more.

The water: starts to bubble a bit more. And seems to be starting to form vague shapes.

"Yes."

She backs up towards the door, keeping an eye on the bubbles.

… One of the bubbles forms a small shape. It seems like a small tube, then it gains slightly more detail and starts moving around and– well, it seems to be a snake.

Made from a bubble in the water from the flood caused by that lightswitch.

Maya is going to keep moving upwards, thanks, and maybe get into a building through the window.

Elleira reaches behind herself to open the door and steps through.

Hopefully it won't be able to get in.

Blue steps through likewise!

Thario is already inside, his keriol (still red-and-black, still rather stoat-like) wrapped over his shoulders as usual.

And outside, it has started to rain. More bubbles seem to be forming shapes.

The door to the museum, unfortunately, is made of glass. It seems like quite sturdy glass, but it is glass nonetheless.

And Maya is moving towards a balcony a few floors up.

Anything they can brace the door with nearby?

There's a bench nearby that they could try using? Or some plank of wood somewhere, probably, that they could put between the two handles to prevent it from opening as easily.

The door is still mostly glass, though, and definitely smashable.

And meanwhile, the number of bubbles that seem to be forming coherent shapes increases.

She can't really do anything about glass being smashable.

She can move lots of big stuff to be in front of the doors and pressed up against them. Once the glass is gone the water-things might just flow around it, but. She's not going to do nothing.

Blue, noticing this, will help out by doing likewise.

Thario will go over to the stairs and block off the basement, since there seem to be windows down to there and it would be really frustrating if they blocked off the ground floor entrances only to be attacked from below.

Indeed it would. Good job on not being useless, Thario. (She does not voice this sentiment.)