Legends of Tyrrus

Tessa freaked out when after looking if there were any dangers in taking the crystal from the statue even asking Rayyad to stop him. He sighed, he didn't seem to be able to do anything right now could he? Oh well, the gemstone glowed brighter within his hands, illuminating the cavern. He looked at it, the first time he had seen such a thing and he would keep it with him if that was alright. There were four doors and two of them were closed. Rayyad seemed rather relaxed about it all. Tessa on the other hand felt the need to berate him for his course of action. "I inspected it, before I took it, saw nothing fishy. Took the gem. Is that so wrong? I understand there's a cultural divide between us, believe me I noticed and that where we're from dictates our ideas, yours focusing on taking care, mine, when nothing seems wrong, just go with it. But is it really so wrong of me to take the crystal?" He asked her with a hint of annoyance. He sighed when Tessa made it seem like she didn't matter to either of them. This was going to be a long day. "Well seeing you want every single decision to be discussed of course we willtake it into consideration." Conrad told Tessa "I'd say left too and no not just to avoid a discussion where I'll end up being the big bad wolf." Forward seemed too obvious, right well it would be a funny coincidence if it was the right way so all they had left was left. And hey he was left handed so left seemed like a decent choice.​

 

Alice's pov:



Shyra entered the Darklight cavern. She roled her eyes in the darkness this was going to be fun. With Shyra lead the fun the fun meter was at it max at a grand total of negative one million. Shyra started talking to someone who, she did not know. She kind of figured out that the women was crazy in more ways then one. That was when somehow, someway, they found Kara. Oh joy now the fun factor was at negative one billion. This turned from her knowing where Tessa and Conrad to Shyra derailing everything. Really she had about enough of her. If they followed her They would be where Tessa and Conrad were, but no, they had to follow little miss perfect over there. She let out a sigh and spotted Laurnetinus. Wait was Kara kissing Laurnetinus a moment ago? Really it did not surprise her at all, after all it seemed that Kara was after all of the men. It seemed that Kara and Laurnetinus were injured. She was not sure if she would help them. Then for some reason Kara wanted Lord Arval to kiss Laurnetinus. She walked up to Laurnetinus pulling out the water container she always had on her a pored it onto Laurnetinus. For a moment she waited for the mans reaction. Then she went down on her knees and closed her eyes, hoping something would work. She hoped that somehow her healing would work on the man and only time would tell. (up to Sam If this works, trying to heal Laurnetinus)


Kevin's pov:



After attacking the wolf it was still alive. Whelp, now only to get it again. That was when Aston attacked the thing taking it down. Then some dude came over let call him Bob. "We make a good team," he said to Aston. The man was injured, but really there was enough people around him. As long as they kept presser on the wond and were not stupid Aston would be find. He then turned his attention to Bob. 'My friends, the other people I was with left me behind,' Bob said. "Why would they do that?" Baldomar was stupid, but he would never leave him behind. So, he wondered what Bob did to be left behind. Bob then asked 'How can I repay you?' "No payment is necessary." He thought about asking the man to help them on there quest, but that might end up with to many question from Bob.

 

Darklight Disturbance

Rayyad shiften uncomfortably as the argument broke out. He was not comfortable with arguments, by the Dark Gods, he was not comfortable in any social situation. "Oh. Cool. Uh. Left it is then" They began to head leftwards and passed an open door with green markings covering it. Past that was another grotesque statue covered in green embellishment and runes. In its clawed hand there sat a green glowing gem.
"Would we need this green gem?" Conrad asked. Rayyad shrugged. Conrad, rolling his eyes, turned to Tessa "Well what do you think we should do, after all, it's just laying there in its hand" Tessa just reached out and grabbed the gem. With a slam the green door behind them closed.
"Ah. So we see what that does" Rayyad observed, partly to remove the strange air of awkwardness that pervaded the group.
"Can't go back, we'd better go forward" Conrad stated and they carried on down the corridor. This whole area of the caves felt off to Rayyad, he was sure there were shadows where there should not be. Eventually they arrived at a door marked with blue carvings. "Hmm. Maybe we should check the room to the right" The others hastily agreed, Rayyad just wanted to get out of here as quick as possible. They placed the green gem back and walked through the first room. The corridor to the right was more long and winding, but they soon reached a junction. To the left, it continued. To the right there lay a stone case. Unlike the other, it was not locked. Conrad, being careful since the scolding from Tessa, walked around the chest examining it. Only when he was certain there were no traps did he step forward and heave on the stone lid. Rayyad was impressed at the man's strength. The lid clattered to the floor loudly, but Rayyad was sure there was nobody to hear. "Rayyad, you know this guy? Friend of yours?" Conrad joked as the terrifying visage of a long dead corpse was revealed inside the coffin.
"What? No" Rayyad shook his head anxiously "Probably some nobleman from Arak'Un in the old days. They usually got buried in crypts deep down in the caves" The body was dressed in gold finery and held a large greatsword in its hands. The ornaments and weapon had lasted long, though the body had long since decayed.
"Any objections to me borrowing this sword?"
"Borrowing? You're not going to give it back are you?"
"Well... it is a sword, a sword is a tool, a tool is meant to be used. Right now it's just lying there not being used"
"Ehh, it's a bit disrespectful..."
"Won't a sword be more respected if it's being used"
"Fine, whatever"
"Burying people is weird" Tessa interjected, before taking one of the magical amulets from the body. Meanwhile Rayyad was grabbing as much as he could from the dead nobleman
"This stuff looks Valuable" he commented. Moving on, they continued around the corridor before coming across a blue marked statue, with no gem in it. With a sigh of frustration, the group realised they had to go back to the first room and open the door on the opposite end. The red door opened as they returned the red gem to its proper place, and beyond it, lo and behold. Was the blue gem. After some more fiddling around with gems and stuff Conrad took a look at the cave layout as they'd found it and strategically planned their maneuvers, Rayyad and Tessa followed his commands and wandered around the caves, picking up gems and replacing them around the maze of moving doors. They had to split up, some were left in complete darkness for a while, but eventually they solved the puzzle and opened a new door, a large one emblazoned with gold. As they placed the gem keys in each of its four sockets, the door opened and they were allowed entry to the caves beyond.

The caves beyond were dark and when the door closed behind them they could see nothing. Well, Conrad and Tessa couldn't see, but Rayyad's eyes were magically attuned to the caves, and he could see. He wished he couldn't. His breathing hastened and became ragged as he gazed around the scene. "Uh... guys" he gulped nervously "Be careful walking around here... just follow my voice and try not to look. If your feet touch anything, ignore it" with that, trying not the look at the ground, he walked ahead

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Shyra rolled her eyes at Kara but didn't say anything. She nodded approvingly at Alice as the girl's magic healed Ren
"Good job. Right, everybody, we'd better get a move on" she peered into the darkness "Hang on" clicking her fingers she summoned a small ball of fire to illuminate the caves "Right, let's get a move on"

a short walk later

Eventually the group arrived at a fork in the tunnels that split off in three ways "Right, let's split up. Me and Lord Galaharram will go this way" she pointed at the middle passage "Where do you want to go?"

 

"Good sport" - that's the first time she had heard that term. She was glad that Sanderson seemed to know this place well. It was nice to see confidence in a leader! Her expression fell as she saw that the town was in fact in fire. This didn't happen a lot in her home. Fires were contained in fire pits, and many took turns watching the fire before putting it out and getting rid of the ash and the changing wood. Panola cringed as she heard the shrieks and cries of the drakes. It was not a pleasant sound, and it almost made her sick to hear. She turned to Sanderson.

"Did the drakes cause the fire? Is it related somehow?"

 

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Kara's eyes widened for a moment as Alice dumped water on Ren, and then she started laughing, so hard she had to hold her stomach. She tried to muffle the sound by putting one hand over her mouth, but it didn't do much to stem the tide of giggles that nearly choked her. Shyra was talking, but Kara couldn't hear over the sound of her laughter. She managed to stifle it for a moment as she got to her feet, her leg stinging before the giggles turned to laughter, small bouts here and there as they walked along. Every time she looked at Ren's face it would start again, but somewhere along the walk to the three tunnels, the laughter turned to tears.

Kara stopped walking, letting the group go a little ahead as she rested her leg, her fingers touching her cheek and coming back wet. Since when have I turned into such an emotional mess? She wondered, wiping her face on her sleeve. Since Ren decided to kiss you. And you kissed him back. She flinched away from her inner voice, standing on one leg with the toes of the other barely touching the ground. It had been fun with Ren, flirting and joking and playing around. But now things were different, and she didn't know what to do with this kind of different.

"Good job Kara, you fucked up again." She muttered to herself, glancing at the group. They were debating on which tunnel to go down. As if splitting up was a good idea. She found she didn't care what the others chose, and leaned back against the wall, awaiting the decision.

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Tessa stepped forward, unease crawling down her back at the tone of Rayyad's voice. She took a deep breath, unable to identify the smell that seemed to permeate the air, before following Rayyad carefully, her hands slightly outward from her sides to keep her balance. It felt like being blind, so far down without light. No wonder the animals that lived in caves didn't have eyesight; they didn't need it.

Her heart beating quickly, she sent a simple prayer up to the gods to watch over them before continuing, making sure Conrad was staying with the group as well.

 

"Yeah, you're not too bad." Aston replied to Kevin. He then looked to Arthur who was working on him and gave the man a smile. "Thanks, I needed that. Glad we've got a medic on us, otherwise this injury was going to get awkward." Once again, he mentally berated himself for not paying attention. He was lucky not to have his entrails ripped out.

"Well, because they're *******s obviously." The man replied somewhat fippantly. "The wolfpack came. There are more of them out there, but they chased after my friends. They ran towards the Keep." He looked at Kevin and raised an eyebrow.
"You serious man? I mean, most people would have charged me for saving me. Or at least asked something." He shrugged. "Well, if that's your prerogative, fine. I'm just going to get out of here if you guys don't even want anything."




"It's a shame that such a fate had to befall good people." Aedan spoke, looking at the burning mess of building on the side of the town. He could see why people would consider killing the creatures. What they had done was a needless act of destruction, but driven by what? Nature did not rise against humanity in such a way unless there was dire need. Animals feared humans, they knew that humans carried fire, guns and spears to slay them. So why would they come to this place, the center? Of course, they were unusually bad tempered beings it was said, but that was beside the point. "We should go to the walled off area. There may be people who need my aid." Aedan walked over to the fortified position, seemingly the only place which hadn't been set on fire and searched for medical tents, or signs of the wounded. He looked over at the burning area. Perhaps there were people trapped over there still... He shuddered. They needed more information. ​

 

Conrad was happy with his new sword, sure it was bad to take a burial gift, but as he said a sword was a tool, tools were meant to be used. And more so in this way the mastersmith that made it would be honoured as would the previous bearer of the blade. The puzzle had been solved relatively quickly with some quick thinking and mental mapping of the pathways and some trial and error to figure out how it worked. The moment between the closed doors terrified him though, being trapped in there wasn't too pleasant but it didn't matter right now, since they had overcome that trial. However Rayyad's tone was rather unsettling unable to hide fear but he couldn't see anything. "I don't think the looking part is gonna be a problem Rayyad, I can't see anything.... If I may make a suggestion, if we put hand on each other's shoulder it'll be easier to stay together with you leading the way." He would let the remark about feeling something with his feet slide since he was wearing boots, but it didn't sound too comforting.

Baldomar had done his part in the fight, but because the AP system existed and the wolves were being a bunch of pansies and stayed away from him he couldn't have beaten them to pulp as he had done to oh so many creatures before, like Egbert, then again he hadn't beaten him to pulp just knocked him out cold immediatly with his trusty hammer. "Well that bloke may not want any compensation but hey if you got like ten quid to spare I'd happily take it." Baldomar said "And hey you could always come along with us, if that's fine with our glorious good looking leader, Kellan" The sarcasm just dripped off his words, but he and Kellan were mates even if they hadn't seen each other for a while, which was probably for the better since he'd drive Kellan nuts.​

 

Lumen stood there, confused by Alice dumping water on Laurentinus, followed by her getting down and Lumen assumed that she was prayer or something. Moments later and the presumed prayer of her's had actually worked. To be perfectly honest, he had no idea just what had happened other than Alice had somehow managed to heal Laurentinus. Not sure why water needed to be dumped on him, but we'll just leave that alone.

"Left?" Lumen's suggestion was made more so out of curiosity to see if anyone else would say the same.

 

Alice's pov:



She was surprised that her healing worked nothing ever worked the way she wanted it to. Water was the only to heal someone that she knew of and the only way that ever worked for her. Shyra then said that she did a good job. Shyra said good job to her to her. What was going on? The girl was probably sick. Was Shyra drunk or what? She was not so sure about doing a good job, it was a complete accident. The group took off and at some point arrived at a fork in the tunnels that split off in three ways. While they were walking she was trying to use her magic to get the water off of Laurentinus. She did not have really anymore water so that this was the best way t heal Kara. It did not seem to be working to well. That was when Kara started laughing, What was her issue? Anger came over her and she was no longer sure what was going on with her magic. How dare Kara laugh. The remaining water that was on Laurentinus made its way off and head for Kara. With that she would heal Kara and get going. She did not get what was going on with the girl. After a moment she blinked her eyes and noticed that Kara was healed. She was not really sure how she did it, but she did. Now all that was left to do was pick a path. Her walked over to where Lumen was deciding that it was the best option and safest to go with him.


Kevin's pov:



Aston said he was not to bad to which he had no response. Bob then told them that his friend were chased after by wolves and they had ran towards the Keep leaving the man behind. "Well would you not say that any true friend would not leave you behind. A true friend would stay and fight with you, or at least bring you with them. In the militarily we never leave a man or women behind." Bob then said, 'You serious man? I mean, most people would have charged me for saving me' "Sure, would you not say saving someone was its own reward?" Baldomar then asked for some coin, of course he did. Well it was time to head back to the path.

 

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Kara shook her head at Laurentinus, about to explain, when Alice walked buy. The girl seemed to be focusing hard on Kara, who gasped as icy fingers trailed down her back. Wiping her sopping hair out of her eyes, she blinked as she looked down at her leg, watching the wound heal itself. Well....that was one way of doing things. "Thank you!" She called to Alice, as the girl walked away before turning back to Ren with a small, uncertain smile.

"I guess that makes us even?" She asked, shrugging as her hair dripped into her face and avoiding his own question. "Come on. I'll stick with you." She grabbed his hand and led him back to the group, trying to wring out her hair with the other.

 

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Darklight Disturbance
Darklight Caverns, the Tunnels:
"I'm glad you've finally made a decision. By the five realms, is decision making always going to take this long with you lot? First it was the rooms, now the tunnels" she sighed "Anyway. Good luck, you're going to need it. If you come across trouble just shout for me, sound carries well through these caves" as she said that a skittering could be heard echoing through the tunnels, emphasising her point. Lastly, Shyra summoned an extra flare to follow her companions on their journeys and light their way.

Lumen and Alice walk down a long passageway that gradually becomes more and more infested with cobwebs and small spiders. Eventually they reach a large open door that seems to lead onwards to a large cavern, but laying between them and it are several giant spider nests, with large spiders nestled among them, presumably sleeping. There is a narrow path through the nests.

Shyra and Arval wander on and encounter a gem-key puzzle, which confuses Lord Arval greatly.

Kara and Laurentinus have a mostly uneventful journey, their tunnel takes them through the caves and they do not encounter any spiders. Eventually they arrive at a massive stone door with carvings and inscriptions on it. There is a sign on the front of the door that says "Keep out. Please". Below it is another sign that says "Beware the spider" The door is open a crack, small enough for Kara to slip through but not Laurentinus.

Arak'Un, the Mines:
Rayyad whimpered slightly "Yeah, yeah. I forget that you can't see in the dark... that's probably for the best... just... just be careful where you put your feet" he lead them on cautiously, trying to ignore what lay all over the ground. They made slow pace, each step was carefully placed by Rayyad, and his heart pumped so hard in his chest that he was sure it would be heard by anything lurking in the darkness. Suddenly, he misjudged his footing and fell forwards with a clatter. "Gah... aaggh... AAGGHH!" his cries grew in volume as he realised what he'd landed in. "uuuggh, it's nothing, don't worry" he stated unconvincingly as he stood up hastily, but as he did so he knocked a key-gem, which shifted in its socket and clicked into place. The room was filled with a dim glow as a circle on the ground lit up with red light. And thus the scene was revealed. All over the ground lay dead skeletons. Everywhere. In the circle in particular, they lay sprawled in positions of agony. Spider eggs had long since been laid in their bodies and hatched, leaving decaying shells "...t-t-they're all dead" Rayyad stuttered with dread.

 

Conrad placed his handon what he though was Tessa's shoulder, she'd probably feel uneasy because of the gauntlet and he hoped she'd do the same and hold onto Rayyad's shoulder. She hadn't said too much until after he had gotten a bit pissy and he considered whether or not he had been too hard on her. The sound of Rayyad's voice definitely made him feel even more uneasy. When Rayyad fell he tightened his grip to make sure Tessa didn't follow suit. When the light came on from the key gem, Conrad looked in horror, there were dozens of them. All dead, not a pleasant way to go. "Looks like it happened a while ago, anyway it doesn't matter we should just keep on going..." Conrad's voice remained steady, he had seen some things himself but nothing like this and it scared him immensely that this might be their own fate if they lingered. He really didn't like the look of this and he closed his eyes as he wouldn't have to face it.​

 

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Tessa felt Conrad's hand on her shoulder, and smiled through the darkness. Despite her annoyance with him, at least he was still there to back her up. Like an Alpha wolf, looking after his pack. I guess Kara has a way with nicknames after all. She tried to reach for Rayyad when he fell, the only thing keeping her from succumbing to the same fate was Conrad's hand. She sensed the fear in his voice, the fear in Rayyad's voice, and it confused her, but made her as though she should try to fix it. After all, they were part of the same herd.

"Hey, it's okay. They're already dead. They can't hurt us, and they're in a better place." She spoke quietly, trying to soothe the males with her voice. She placed her hand over Conrad's, trying to convey calm as she reached forward, touching Rayyad's hand with her other. "It's okay." She spoke again, squeezing both their hands before stepping forward, past Rayyad.

"See, I'll go first. Just don't step on the bones, okay?" She looked at the bodies with a small frown, studying the way they had appeared to have died, before moving on. "If it snaps, you'll get a splinter in your foot, and that hurts."

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Kara smiled at a few of Ren's jokes, but her mind went back again and again to the kiss. Had it just been a game to him? Did it mean nothing? Or did it mean everything? She couldn't wrap her mind around it. Men who kissed wanted something. They didn't do it to be nice, or to tease. They did it because of the endgame. And while Kara wasn't unfamiliar with that particular game, she had taken great pains to keep herself out of the bed of a man. So where did this path go?

The physical path they were on ended in a door. Kara peered through the entrance, a small frown on her face. "I'll try to slip through, see if I can open it from the other side. If you hear screaming, just make sure they put purple lilies on my grave." She hesitated, then grabbed Ren's hand and gave it a quick squeeze. "See you in a bit." Tossing her still damp hair over her shoulder, she slid through, left side first, blinking as she scanned the room.

 

He felt something on his hand, it were Tessa's soft fingers he kept his eyes closed not wanting to face the horrifying fate these people had suffered. Tessa softly squeezed his hands and he willed himself to open his eyes. "I know they are dead... it's not what's bugging me..." Conrad admitted, after all he had seen death before. "It's just... the way they died.... I'm afraid of the same thing happening to us all... To be helplessly trapped, death looming, unable to do anything at all..." He couldn't keep the emotion out his voice and was close to losing it. It was one of his fears, those around you being hurt but unable to do anything to help or prevent it. Tessa then lead the way warning them about bone slivers getting stuck in feet. He didn't say too much and only nodded as he tried not to think of the fate these people had succumbed to but unable to effectively do so when he was faced with it time and time again as he placed his feet for the next step, following Tessa's lead, despite his earlier annoyance with her, he was glad she was there. A familiar face to comfort him in this dark place.​

 

In the end, the groups had been Alice and himself going left, Shyra and Arval went down the middle and Kara and Laurentinus going right. As everyone else went off in their chosen directions, Lumen looked around the passageway. The increasing amount of cobwebs that had appeared started to concern him given that they had fought spiders before arriving (Eventhough he was asleep for most of that fight).

And then they hit the motherload...of sleeping spiders that is. Yet these spiders were sleeping and the only thing standing in the way of the door on the other side of the cavern. "Got any suggestions of getting past them without waking them?" Lumen had asked Alice. He saw the narrow path that lead through the cavern, but they should probably make some sort of plan b in case any to the spiders wake up. If left up to him, then Plan B is going to be Run like hell and hope for the best.

 

Kara has discovered the majestic city of Arak'Un! She stands at the edge of an enormous cavern which contains enormous stone buildings and trees and undergrowth engulfing the ancient civilisation. The whole area is lit by luminous crystals. Closer to her, there's a small table with a gem on it. On her edge of the door is a socket the same shape as the gem.

 

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Kara gasped loudly as she beheld the city before her. Underground? How could this even exist? She touched the cavern wall, awestruck at the sight. It's so beautiful....The light of the crystals gave everything a fey kind of glow, and for a moment, Kara wondered if she had fallen into some sort of fairy tale. "Can't forget the prince." She muttered to herself, backtracking to examine the gem on the table

. It looked fine, and she picked it up before putting it in the socket on the wall. Hopefully that would release the door and allow the most confusing aspect of her life thus far to come through. Just in case that "Beware of Spider" sign wasn't a joke.