Ramza followed, and he took each stair slowly, testing it with the ball of his foot before putting his weight down completely on it. One stair creaked menacingly as he pressed against it, so he leaned down and marked it with an 'X' in the dust.

"Skip past that one," he instructed the Barkeep. The rest seemed strong enough to bear their weight, and soon Ramza found himself on the second floor of the old building.