Equivalent Exchange--Episode 2: Blood is Thicker

[Festy_Dog]

When Elysia began marking the wall Selim drew away the lantern, concealing her activities for a few moments while he adjusted something on the lantern that appeared to trouble him. He resumed casting light into the lower room when he heard her begin to climb. He helped her back up once she was within arm's reach.

"We should move on," he said, not wasting a moment.

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Continuing past the hole or turning about to go the other way?)

 

[Festy_Dog]

(ooc: Continuing past.)

 

[Rystil Arden]

*The group continues onward and around and slightly upward, eventually reaching a large cave-in of rubble that seems to be impassable.*

 

[Raylis]

"Well he didn't come this way, unless there's another passage." Elysia says, looking at the blocking rubble.

 

[stonegod]

"There was the left passage," Laura reminds them.

 

[Festy_Dog]

Selim nods at the comments of the others, and begins backtracking.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*They backtrack to the initial junction at the secret passage and continue onward. As they go, they notice some bodies in the distance, which reveal themselves to be skeletons of unusually-shaped creatures that look like bizarre combinations of multiple animals--chimeras, they are called. Continuing onwards, there is a fork with a branch clearly leading upward and another leading straight ahead.*

 

[Raylis]

As they pass the skeletons Elysia takes an unconcious step away from them, her gaze lingering for only a moment. When the reach the passage she looks at Selim "You were right last time; which way?"

She looks down the two paths, "Wish I had studied daddy's notes more."

 

[Festy_Dog]

Selim steps over the bones, caring about their presence only enough that he not step on them. He looks briefly between the two different passages when Elysia gives the decision to him.

"Unless women's intuition says otherwise, I am more willing to try the forward path," he waits a moment in case someone disagrees with him, then continues on.

Selim glances back when Elysia mentions her father, but failing to think of anything to say returns his attention to the path ahead.