Dungeoneering (or how Waterdeep is much more dangerous than I thought)

I was afraid, so afraid... Well, at first I was mostly sad to realize I hurt my friends. So I apologized and was ready to protect them...
We were guided by Narvi's rod towards the writings that Professor Sand wanted. I copied them, apparently prayers to the Allfather. Some of them were nice, but I guess I understand why I prefer Oghma or Bahamut. The prayers seemed to refer to names, maybe the corpses interred in graves?
A ghost then met us. Not a nice one like Lif or like the one we met with Harshnag at the Oracle's. That one didn't want to talk with me, even when I tried the names from the prayers. More ghosts joined... and that's when I got frightened. I kind of froze there, and took some damage that I know will stay with me at least until the end of today. Jay has been trying to cover for me so I can escape, in fights, lately. It's not always possible for me to move though, and I think I can take it if i'm hit. I have my scales, my claws, and even Laeral's badge to protect me! But Roshanna also thought I needed out and took me away. I was very thankful, to her, to Jay. To all the group. We're in this together... but I was so far that I couldn't really help anymore. And I was too frightened to get my legs to move toward the fight, even if i wanted to... They managed to take care of the ghosts though, and I am so happy that Tog'rak, Narvi, Jay and Roshanna didn't get hurt too much. Drogo had stayed at the tavern, to watch it and Cat I think, and hopefully to direct a bit the workers. I hope he didn't get completely disgusted of cities after our trip in Skullport...
Well, I wouldn't blame him. I've seen Waterdeep's streets quite extensively, but even though... well, places like Skullport and the underground side of Waterdeep are _not_ what I associated with my city. I'm beginning to wonder how the city can thrive on top of such dangerous places. I'm even worrying a bit for my family up there... Laeral is here and she is good at tying together the work of everybody to keep the surface safe I guess, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to build that peaceful image of Waterdeep all those years...
Anyway. After the fight, we continued a bit further. Narvi located a shield downwards, and Roshanna looked through the floor. She saw four statues and some ruins, probably over the other statues. Four giant weapons were there too. When we arrived there, we realized only Harshnag would be able to yield those. But I should tell about the mechanism we encountered before that. It was dangerous but fascinating!
It was a set of runes on the wall. They trigger when Mezzin passed by - or I imagine one of us! They discharge a very violent and deadly magic. The floor had fallen, and the discharge only covered the original area, so we decided to try to go under it. My lute helped me levitate and I slided along the rope that my friends had set up accross the hole in the floor.
Narvi said that the place was as old as the temple to the Allfather, but in worse state and with more things changed and rebuild. More prayers in here, I copied them all. I took a little time to recite one prayer to the Allfather, to tell him we're here and trying to make things right. Roshanna and I identified the weapons from the statues, all magical. They can be useful, but not to small folk like us.
I am wondering how far we need to go before we decide that the place is secure enough... On the one hand, we should take care of the relics and go back to Harshnag, on the other hand, we might discover interesting and helpful facts here, and we might make Waterdeep more secure in general by exploring, triggering any dangers and taking care of them so that surface citizens are safe. We'll see. We're here for now, and the day is not finished yet.
I'm glad the professor was still alive and could go home in time. I want to make him a good report on the prayers we found and let him reap the fruits of the work he put in to help us.
Being frightened is so... I understand I am in danger, but I can't help to think of my friends. The danger and the fright are real, they make me less able to fight, but at the same time, I really don't want to leave my friends to the same threat I just experienced in those situations. I want to be there to heal them, to save them if they need it... I remember the underdark, when Silas guided us. It was frightening in a different way, and it made me more though. I like that, and I don't want my friends to think I'm too fragile to stay with them. If i'm not there, I can't help them!