The Nature Caves of Caelyon V (Lady Kay, but open to all)

[Kyber Salurra]

After thoroughly examining the ground to which his helmet had been planted so firmly into, he attempted to sit up, wondering why he had survived such a dramatic fall. Really soft dirt? Before he could access those thoughts further, an owl came and grabbed him suddenly, pulling him up in the air. It was all clear to Kyber now. Kyber had indeed died, and this supernaturally strong owl is ready to carry him to his fate. Either that or this was a very interesting dream. Kyber decided to roll with it, and this seemingly magical wormhole.

During the few seconds Kyber had to process what was going on before he hit the water, he noticed two women walking towards him from his strange falling perspective. After letting his helmet's visor clean itself of the dirt from earlier with this fresh raging river water, he stood up slowly, the stream slowly stirring as he stood up from his awkward position. Upon closer inspection he noticed there were not two, but three women (if the tiny creature was considered one? He didn't wish to be rude). Well, there goes his Menage a Troi fantasy and any hopes of this being one of 'those' kind of dreams. Maybe there's something known as a Menage a Quatro? Doubtful. Anyway, back to reality- or whatever substitute this was. After realizing he'd been standing there quietly for a few seconds he'd put up a solitary hand in a sort of silent greeting before attempting to speak. However, the stream water somehow had gotten into his helmet, allowing a short burst of clicks and static screeches to exit his helmet's speakers before sorting itself out and giving Kyber the oppurtunity to speak for himself, to which he did so graciously with words no woman could resist...

"Hi..."

// [member="The Page Master"] // [member="Sheila"] // [member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] // [member="Lady Kay"] //

 

[Kay-Larr]

[member="The Page Master"] [member="Sheila"] [member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] [member="Kyber Salurra"]

The Padawan laughed as Zreame joined in the echos, her laughter echoing through the cave as well. It wasn't long though before the owl creature flew over their heads with a hoot. Instinctively, Kay ducked, almost expecting something to hit her on the head. When nothing happened she smirked to herself and then blinked as a couple of light sources appeared ahead of them. They just...appeared. And the voice from earlier spoke in the back of her mind. Of course they were going to keep going. It didn't appear as though they could get back the other way. So they needed to find a ship or something.

Up ahead the two sources of light became clearer. It was two tunnels. One giving off a yellow light, while the other gave off a blue one. And not but ten feet in front of them was a big river. It didn't appear to be moving fast on the surface. However underneath could be a different story. "Well....which way now?"

No sooner had she asked that question than the portal opened and Kyber fell through into the water with a splash! Kay hurried to the water's edge to see what exactly had fallen and if they needed help. "Sheila? Can you hover over the water and see whatever that was under the surface, please?"

 

[Sheila]

[member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] [member="Lady Kay"] [member="Kyber Salurra"] [member="The Page Master"]

Sheila heard the voice and was lookign around with her head darting fast as she moved to stand on the horns of Zreame, the woman had offered and never knew what could come of it. THey might need to meet a height requirement and she was the perfect size to add more. Then someone was there and looking at them as she put her hands on her hips and looked at the water... Not wanting to get to close and risk her wings getting wet and water logged for awhile... Cause that woudl suck as she flew over it and looked down. The glow making a pale light before she spoke. "It is looking okay, but I'd recommend flying if you can. Or sea turtles.... they use those on Shri-Tal to travel over the oceans."

 

[Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha]

Zreame walked with her companions but as the Owl came flying towards her, she ducked down and cowered her head with her hands and coiled her tail around her legs. "What in the galaxy was that?!" She said with a shaken tone, she had never seen an owl before, so of course she thought it might be dangerous. When the voice heard into her mind she moved forward, if not warily.

When they came into the cave she looked around and let out a little whistle. "Nice some water." She said as she walked to the river and leaned over to it to take some water into her cupped hands and took a drink. It tasted... well like water though it was quite fresh and tasty as far as water went.

When [member="Lady Kay"] and [member="Sheila"] spoke she giggled a little. "And were would we find turtles anyway little one?" She then said with a smirk, a few drops of water leaking down her chin. She had to wonder about [member="Kyber Salurra"] when he spoke to them and just smirked at him. "Hi yourself."

[member="The Page Master"]

 

[The Page Master]

The Page Master swam back to about 2 feet away from [member="Kyber Salurra"]. The man was clearly an awkward and complicated man. What he needed was a little encouragement to do something other than stand there and say "Hello" once to beautiful women. So, with his head underwater, he pulled in a lot of water. He then poked his head above water and sprayed a kind of strong, annoying stream of water at his neck. He would keep doing this until Kyber did something.

If the women wanted to speak to the fish who was only moving up and down and not swaying or shifting position from the current, he would stop and listen.

[member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] | [member="Sheila"] | [member="Lady Kay"]

 

[Kay-Larr]

[member="The Page Master"] [member="Sheila"] [member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] [member="Kyber Salurra"]

Kay raised a brow as the man stood there and seemed to almost choke on water before he spoke. Wouldn't it be better if he took off his bucket? It was rather odd how he just fell through the ceiling of the cave, yet odder still that something else fell in the water with him, yet only the man broke the surface. Until seconds later when the funny looking fish sprayed the man with water. It was such a comical sight that Kay just had to laugh, and laugh she did, almost to the point of crying.

When she finally calmed down, Kay knelt down at the water's edge and studied the fish. "Hi there. Are you the one that brought us here?"

 

[The Page Master]

The Page Master stopped spraying [member="Kyber Salurra"] and swam over to shore. Staring at [member="Lady Kay"] with his head above water, he got close and stared into her eyes. He then opened his mouth to speak.

He said, "Blub, blub, blub, blub, blub!" just like fish normally say...right? Anyway, he would need more encouragement from the others before he launched into some piece of exposition.

[member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] | [member="Sheila"]

I look like the blue fish.

 

[Kyber Salurra]

It took Kyber a few minutes to process how to respond to this female of another race. Kyber wasn't good with females of the human variety, he didn't know how to respond to ones of other species. If they were wookies that'd be a different story, but unfortunately these two women closest to him looked nothing like the sort. Since this is just the afterlife or dreaming- Y'know what? Dreaming sounds like more fun. He'll go with that one. Anyway, just as Kyber decided to try his hand at talking to these two women (as he has no doubt in his mind that he's dreaming), a spray of jet-like water pushed against his neck with force enough to make him duck his head forward and lift his shoulders up like that of a receding turtle. He briefly entertained the thought of letting his fingers grace the cold steel of his pistol, but no point in resisting if you're dreaming, right? Fortunately the water stopped as the final woman in this group of amiable amigos approached the rivers edge. At that time Kyber shook his neck and trudged out of the river with a moderate pace, no reason to rush.

As he reached the edge he brushed some of the soaked soil off of himself before looking up at the woman and her petite pal. He gave a brief nod to each of them before focusing his gaze on the more voluminous of the two and asking a question that would be perfectly appropriate for a situation like this; "Hey there, are you seeing anybody?"

After asking such a perfectly commonplace question Kyber would pop the seal on his helmet, letting water fall from underneath it and slide speedily down his suit before fading into the rest of the water that had soaked his suit completely. He wouldn't take his helmet off just yet, though. His eyes not having adjusted just yet to the surrounding cave.

// [member="The Page Master"] // [member="Lady Kay"] // [member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] // [member="Sheila"] //

 

[Sheila]

[member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] [member="Kyber Salurra"] [member="The Page Master"] [member="Lady Kay"]

Sheila looked at her and shrugged as she spoke. "Ahhh where did we find a massive cave in a city of metal and glass?" She said it and was looking as she fluttered back looking at what else was there and she was moving back and forth. Watching Kay talk to the fish as she sat down on a shoulder and smiled. "Well talking to fish isn't so bad, maybe the answer is we cook him and eat him. Works for some of the creatures back home."

 

[Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha]

Zreame had stood up when the little blue fish decided to tease the newly arrived [member="Kyber Salurra"] who then finally began to move around. 'I was beginning to think he was a statue' She thought as she watched him get out of the water, though not before giggling at the comical sight of the blue fish spraying him with water. When he was out of the water and nodded to them she nodded back but was a bit taken aback by the sudden question of one of them seeing someone. "A regular romeo this one huh?" She said grinning to [member="Sheila"] and [member="Lady Kay"] while her tail moved a little slowly behind her. Hearing [member="Sheila"] mention what to do with the fish she smiled. "Well we could always just eat him, can't say he'll taste good though..."
She then looked at [member="Kyber Salurra"]. "You know it's kind of hard to know who you are speaking to when we can't see were you are looking." she then said as she adjusted herself a little and pulled out night-vision goggles from her pouch and placed them on. As a Cernun she had no natural night-vision so staying in that gave much longer would require her to use them. She moved to sit on a nearby rock that jutted out of the ground as she combed her waits long, white hair back with her fingers and then placed the goggles on, using the straps on them to hold her hair combed back. "To bad we don't have any music and lights... this place would make a great place for a party." She then said with a smile as she looked over the cave a little better now that she could fully see it.

[member="The Page Master"]

 

[Kay-Larr]

[member="The Page Master"] [member="Sheila"] [member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] [member="Kyber Salurra"]

Kay gave Zreame a smirk and a wink with her Romeo remark. The man was most certainly odd. Yet so was the fish. His response was clearly in basic and his colours matched the other two strange creatures that they have seen on this journey so far.

The Padawan took out her water bladder from her satchel and dipped it into the water. "Everybody we should get as much water as we can. Who knows when we will come across some again." After filling it she placed it back in her satchel and got to her feet, studying the two passages ahead of them. One looked like the source of the water while the other looked like a possible exit. She pointed to the latter. "My friends, I suggest we go that way. What do you think?"

 

[Sheila]

[member="Lady Kay"] [member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] [member="Kyber Salurra"]

Sheila was looking at Kay as she filled up the bladder and nodded her head before looking at the other three. A small look of confusion on her face but there was a lot they could do here while she grinned. "I am with you, I'll be able to scout ahead and what is a romeo?" She had confusion on her face while moving seeing the armored man before she was in the air looking in the direction Kay was pointing.

 

[Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha]

Zreame did as Kay had suggested and took out a hip flask and filled it up with water before she took off her boots and soaked her feet in the water. "Mhn~ This actually feels kinda nice~" She said with a happy smile as she then leaned back a little and laid down with her hands as make-shift pillows while she enjoyed the cool water around her feet and lower legs as well as the tip of her tail swaying back and forth in the water.

@Sheila @Lady Kay [member="Kyber Salurra"] [member="The Page Master"]

 

[The Page Master]

"Cook and EAT ME?!?" cried an indignant Page Master, who was also the blue fish that could somehow speak Galactic Basic. Why, the thought of eating a blue fish seemed absurdly ridiculous to the extreme! Everyone knows that blue fish make your stomach growl, hiss, and curse at you in Huttese! Amateurs...

He was still quite indignant about it all, though. Even the horny...erhm, I mean horned lady seemed to want to eat him. He couldn't stand it. Right then and there, his face turned pink with frustration and he turned into a pink elephant. FOOMF! Just like that.

He sat in he river on his hind end, facing all four of them. His trunk was raised high in indignation and he harrumphed in their general direction.

"Are you going to eat me now? How about you go pick on someone your own size, now? I'm too big for ya'. Leave me out of your dinner plans!"


[member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] | [member="Sheila"] | [member="Lady Kay"] | [member="Kyber Salurra"]

 

[Kay-Larr]

[member="The Page Master"] [member="Sheila"] [member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] [member="Kyber Salurra"]

Kay smiled as her friends collected some water as well and in Zreame's case, took a moment to enjoy the water's freshness. And then then the pretend fish turned into a pretend elephant. Woah!

She stepped back and put her water bladder back into her satchel and then held up her hands to show that they were empty. "Easy, my friend. None of us were going to eat you. They were merely just joking around. They meant no offence. We aren't a threat to you...so please take it easy." She then took a minor step forward, not bothered by the fact that she's taken up the leadership role on this...little venture. "Did you bring us here?"

 

[Sheila]

[member="Lady Kay"] [member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] [member="The Page Master"]

Sheila looked at them and then there was a large creature in the water as she clapped and sat there in the air. "Oh do it again, do it again." She had an excited look on her face and was moving about while she listened to Kay say they weren't going to eat the fish... which seemed silly cause fish were food.... large pink things were... well large pink things and she had her small saber out ready to poke it to see if it was real.

 

[Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha]

Zreame's eyes went wide as the elephant suddenly appeared. "GAH! WHAT THE FORCE IS THAT!" She shouted out as she raised her legs out of the water and pointed at the elephant [member="The Page Master"]. "Is there something wrong with the water or something?" She then mumbled as she raised herself up and stared down into the water. She looked at [member="Sheila"], [member="Lady Kay"] and then finaly but reluctantly at [member="Kyber Salurra"] with a questioning look, mostly she just wanted to know what the creature in front of her was and if it was dangerous or not.

 

[The Page Master]

"Not going to eat me, eh? Well, good. It wouldn't do to eat me. Why reality might cave in on itself...or not...pfft! Ha ha! Get it? "Cave in"---oh, forget it..."

Hearing the cries to "Do it again!", he smiled to himself, pleased that he was entertaining. As he calmed down, his skin turned blue and he then changed into...his human, blue robed form. FOOMF! As he shrunk down, he began to speak, but he lost his balance and fell below the water level. He picked himself up and crawled onto the river bank, next to [member="Lady Kay"]. He mumbled and grumbled angrily, yet quietly, to himself as he tried to squeeze the water out of his beard.

"Brrr! I shouldn't have made the water so cold..." He looked up and addressed Lady Kay. "To answer your question, my dear, you all brought yourselves here. I was just minding my own business. You think me a schister of whom only lures beautiful women to a back room? Well, I'm not! He's here, isn't he?" He pointed at [member="Kyber Salurra"] as though he was Exhibit A. "I'm a respectable..." he tried to think of the word, gesturing absent-mindedly with his hands. "...bloke."

He started pacing back and forth along the river bank. "If you wish to go back, you must first go forward...as in all the way through. The decisions and choices that you make will be yours alone. Split up, that's always a bad idea, or go as a group, it doesn't matter. What matters is that..."

Did he dare tell them what was the important point here or would that be counter active to what he was trying to accomplish? If he told them what he expected, would that change their ideology against their will?...He would have to play the ambiguous wizard here.

"...Well, what matters here depends entirely on each of you. When you're finally back in your beds and the clocks are ticking again..." He stopped mid-sentence, not wanting to ruin anything. He was still wet, so he drew up all the water from his soaked clothing up to his hand. He extended his thumb and stuck it out and down like it were a watering can. The water ran up the length of his body and down/off his thumb and back into the river. He did this until he was completely dry.

He got into a jumping pose and was prepared to leave to create the next zone when he stopped, turned his head, and asked, "Does anyone have any questions?"

[member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] | [member="Sheila"]

 

[Kay-Larr]

[member="The Page Master"] [member="Sheila"] [member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] [member="Kyber Salurra"]

And the Page Master was entertaining indeed. She laughed a bit to herself as he made the comment about Kyber. Whatever this was, a dream or hallucination, it was a pleasant one and she was enjoying it. The wizard was an odd sort, but in a good way.

"What matters is what, sir? Is this a game that we're playing? Must we all finish together?" If there were a bunch of choices ahead, she half wondered if this was some kind of test on their morality. Or maybe it could all be a part of some kind of experiment and they were all the test subjects.

 

[Kyber Salurra]

Kyber was quite pleased with himself for the most part. He never succeeds in talking to women, but it seems that he'd struck the right chord in this one. Kyber slowly took off his helmet, making sure his eyes were adjusted properly to the dark and echoing cave. After his helmet was completely off he looked to Lady Kay and pointed towards the River's source. Kyber opened his mouth as he was ready to inform her of his findings, but he stopped his sentence with a surprised look as the fish had suddenly transformed into what looked like a hairless bantha- or an elephant? He'd seen holo's of them but never in person. Kyber honestly had no reaction, believing this was all a dream made Kyber detached to the situation, which made this parable less perturbing than it obviously should be.

While listening to the banter between the bare-bantha and the alpha female, Kyber took the oppurtunity to run his soaked and gloved fingers through his hair to help slick it back, as his helmet was going to be unnecessary (for this part of the adventure at least). After Kay concluded her conversation with the creature, Kyber was ready to speak again, however, his words were halted by the sudden transformation of the 'elephant' back to a more human form. This was a strange dream indeed. Kyber didn't mind though, as he hadn't had a good dream in awhile. His dreams usually fade fast away after awakening, and the ones that do stick around in his head are usually those only filled with sorrow.

Anyway, Kyber let his gaze drift towards the woman he had previously spoke with and attempted a smile, but to no avail. Only a small smirk cracked itself through one side of his face. Seems living under a helmet leaves your facial autonomy less than desirable in situations like these. After coming to grips that this smile was never going to come out, Kyber started speaking, hoping she hadn't noticed the awkward pause between; "I believe that's an elephant. Like a hairless bantha."

"Oh what the hell, Kyber. You can stand toe-to-toe with a wookie over a game of Planetary Poker but can't smile to a lady? Come on." Kyber thought to himself as he clenched his thumb in his fist. It seems the crazy self pep talk worked though, as Kyber let out a genuine smile. Or, he thought he did. He had no idea what the woman would see. Just after he let out that smile, he moved his head to the man as he noticed he was motioning to him. Kyber let his hand raise just as it did before to greet the three woman before, letting out a quick "Hi." before turning back to the barb-headed beauty and hoping she'd respond favorably again. Seems like Kyber's confidence picked up the pace of this quite a bit didn't it? Let's slow things down a bit, shall we? We wouldn't want any more run-on sentences or grammatical catastrophes.

Kyber felt quite good about himself at the moment, having traversed the terrifying task of 'smiling'. So good in fact that Kyber dared to try and make a clever joke. When the robed man asked if they had any questions, Kyber turned to him and raised his hand so it was parallel with his head. After making sure he received the attention of the robed man, he'd turn his hand around into a hitchhikers position and point to the tailed woman with his thumb before asking; "Would it be alright if I went back to her bed instead?" Kyber would finally glance back over to the woman he'd just pointed to, giving her what he thought was a genuine smile.

// [member="The Page Master"] // [member="Lady Kay"] // [member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] // [member="Sheila"] //