(YBA) Cait Sith in the Passage of Death (Pt. 2)

[tleilaxu]

As Cait begins to step in he feels the icy cold of the water. It quickly brings his foot close to numbness...

Apparently, there is something below the waves, quite a distance away, that is dimly lit with a green glow.

 

[Wicht]

Deciding not to risk freezing to death, Cait Sith retrieves his candle and decides to skirt the edge of the water, going to the left.

 

[tleilaxu]

The whole cavern feels strange and uncanny. The green glow from the water seems to burn into Cait's eyes long after he looks away. After he walks left along the lake for awhile he notices several small tunnels similar to the one Cait entered from. Cait manages to memorize how far he has gone, to avoid taking the wrong tunnel out and becoming lost....

 

[Wicht]

Cait Sith enters the tunnel to the immediate left from the one he first entered the pool room. Cautiously he proceeds to see where it leads.

 

[tleilaxu]

The tunnel opens into another chamber. The floors and walls are covered with some kind of sticky, viscous substance. in the distance, he hears the clucking similar to the other centipedes, but of a lower pitch....

 

[Wicht]

Cait Sith enters into the chamber cautiously. He looks for other openings into the room and also for the source of the noise.

 

[tleilaxu]

The room is dark and shadows seem to cling to the corners and wall despite Cait's candle. In the dark, he notices several glowing green orbs (he realizes they are most likely eyes). There are several pairs or else a very few are moving around quickly. As Cait steps forward his toe strikes something on the ground. Looking down, Cait sees it is a skull.

When Cait looks back up the eyes are gone. The room is compeletly silent and (as far as Cait can tell) empty.

 

[Wicht]

Cait bends down and picks up the skull, discerning its origin if possible.

Then, he will continue his exploration of the room, in particular paying attention to the walls for other possible exits.

 

[tleilaxu]

THe skull is in bad condition. The bone has been eaten away and smoothed by something. It doesn't look like the normal ravages of time.

Exploring the room. Cait gets himself covered in the sticky substance. After a few moments of touching his skin, it begins to itch.

There are several small parts of the cave which head off into the darkness.... It seems that most are heading up, away from the lake

 

[Wicht]

Careful not to touch anymore of the stick stuff, CAit Sith picks the first tunnel on the left going up and proceeds in that direction.