Proceed immediately (to investigate the ring) (TW: see previous parentheses)

You and Irina exchange a look filled simultaneously with trepidation but also determination, and move up to the door.

Knock knock knock.

A short moment later, you hear from the other side of the door, "password?" "A bird in two hands." The door opens for you, allowing the two of you to step up the half set of stairs (huh, why are the stairs so noisy? they're only stone) and to proceed past the door into a long hall, at the end of which is a set of stairs descending into the dark.

The person who opened the door for you emerges as he greets you, "ah greetings, you two seem new — I take it you came from out of town?" Thinking quickly, and realizing that the flag is that two women are here in a city where women have little power, "yes, Falarast; a friend told us about it." "Ah, I'm glad to see our reputation precedes us. What do you already know about us?" "Not much, just that apparently we can't ignore coming here." "Ah, and they are indeed correct: we have servants capable of anything you might need, from sexual to labor." Hearing this, it takes all you can to hold back the bile threatening to come up your throat, and you sense that Irina is also uneasy at this as well; after all, slavery is illegal in most countries towards most races and sentient species, from dragons to goblins (and Cyllian is no exception).

The three of you travel in silence for a while as you three travel down the stairs, until you emerge into a wide room, one bodyguard on either side of the entrance, impressively powerful compared to you. {if Charisma > 0}Additionally, you note that one of the bodyguards definitively has interest in you, and the other one can barely keep himself from leering at your ass. {endif}As you look around the room, you see various stands with half-naked people on them, some in better shape than others, and roughly a dozen people perusing them.

Looking around here, you can feel your blood boiling, and you know that there's no way you're willing to leave without doing something or other to stop this abomination: even with the two bodyguards at the door, there's got to be something you can do to stop this. The only question is, what?