Schiller had a very bad feeling. If the fish were part of Joker's story, then that guy had definitely pulled something huge. He had to hurry.
Schiller looked around, walked to the door closest to the window, and tested the sturdiness of the handle. Finding it solid enough, he tied the rope to it.
His Dexterity was not low, but he also knew Joker had skills that could control dice. So he repeatedly checked the rope's strength, even scraping the nearby windowsill with the kitchen knife to keep the rope from fraying. That would minimize the chances of needing a dice check.
Once he was ready, Schiller climbed straight out the window, grabbed the rope, and began lowering himself down. He wanted to avoid the standoff between Batman and Joker and see what was happening below.
In his judgment, Joker would definitely come to the lighthouse, but Joker had arrived later than expected. That proved he might have done something on the way. Considering Joker might have been the first person to reach the lighthouse, Schiller had to stay alert. He had prepared for this long ago.
Schiller deliberately avoided every window, preventing Joker or anything else downstairs from seeing him. As he descended, he thought through everything that had happened at the lighthouse.
First were the man-made traps he had spotted on one of the floors while exploring. Schiller thought the Guardian of the Lighthouse might have set them, but why would the lighthouse guardian set traps? Just to make his own life harder?
The Guardian of the Lighthouse had been killed on the first floor, and it was still impossible to determine who had done it. Hef bore signs of being attacked by dogs, but that might not have been the fatal blow. It could also have been