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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ashy" data-source="post: 1766577" data-attributes="member: 312">OOC: I'm assuming that everyone follows Kiera up to the cave, if not, please post your actions.The cave in the spire is small, and the crack in the rock is even smaller.  Baja has a tough time squuezing through even when turned sideways.  His warrior's instinct shudders when he thinks about trying to fight his way inside...  The space inside is smooth, amber colored stone, the walls and ceiling worn away by eons of water, wind, or both.  The entire cave is no more than twenty feet across and not quite half that distance wide and pockmarked by unusual-looking holes that lead off into darkness.  The holes range in size from no larger than an ink quill to larger than Baja's head and they give the cave the appearance of a haphazardly arranged honeycomb; several rods, each capped with a continual light stone, cast light that, once reflected from the walls, gives off a warm, honeyed glow.  It appears that at the end of the cave, to your left, a tunnel winds down and into the body of the spire itself, vanishing quickly into darkness.There are four individuals within the cave, and only two are standing.  Before you is what appears to be a large, heavily muscled and scarred humanoid ram.  It looks at you with golden eyes and a stern look on its features - a large, ornate battle axe (that looks as if it has seen just as much battle as its owner) sits propped against the cave wall within easy reach; a bow and a quiver nearly spent of arrows lies nearby.  The creature wears no clothing or armor, but does sport an intricate leather harness that is covered with pouches, loops, and fastners of various types; eight golden bands, three on each horn, and one on each bicep, each with a detailed inscription adorn its body.The other creature that stands before you is strikingly odd.  It looks like nothing so much as a human-sized insect (strikingly similiar to a praying mantis), with four "arms", and two "legs".  Each of these appendages appears exactly the same as the others with massive, serrated and barbed carapaces; however, this creature also sports at least twelve (the exact number is hard to tell) whipping and undulating tentacles.  These tentacles are never still and they grow out of the carapace on the thing's back and sides.  This creature looks at you with unfeeling, black, and multi-faceted eyes; it clacks its mandibles at you and emits a humming-buzz.In the far left corner of the cave, near the the tunnel, lies (upon a makeshift bed of clothing and blankets) a halfling in light-colored robes.  The tiny, blond-headed fellow sports several wounds, all of which have been bandaged with obvious care and skill; his eyes are closed, but you cannot tell if he still breathes or not.At his side, with a worried look upon its feature, squats another ram-creature.  This one seems slightly smaller than the other, and its golden-green eyes flit from you to the back of the other, larger ram creature.  It is obvious that this ram-creature has been tending the wounds of the halfling, as an opened medical kit (much depleted) sits on the ground before it.The standing ram-creature speaks, "Welcome, seeds.  Qyt'tyl here says 'Welcome to refuge'...  It ain't much, but it'll keep tha cold outta yar bones."</blockquote>

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