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

[Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha]

([member="The Page Master"].....I hate you so much right now for showing that thing to me...don't think I'll sleep for the remainder of the week now XD)

Zreame looked at [member="Kyber Salurra"] and smirked while she pulled her tail out of her pants. "We'll see once this is over hm?" She said teasingly as she then gestured for him to follow her as she caught up with [member="Lady Kay"], making sure not to make any moves that would cause her chest to bounce too much so that [member="Sheila"] wouldn't be... well you get the rest. Once next to kay, The cernun just walked with her eyeing her holding up her skirt and couldn't help but whisper. "You know that's the reason I wear pants... well that and I have a tail that sometimes doesn't do what I tell it to." She said with a smirk before she looked at those dark, dark water patches that came up every so often. Once she saw the creature she stopped and just stared with wide eyes at the... well thing. When more and more came up her tail went limp behind her and her knees bent just a little, when one slammed against the ice wall she instinctively cowered before looking back and seeing the others disappear. 'Wait if all of them do that then...' She didn't finish the thought as she began running down the tunnel screaming something in her native tongue, seemed more or less just frightened gibberish to the others... probably.

 

[Sheila]

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

Sheila looked at the man and Kay as she was there hanging out with Zreame... then she saw something and her body was moving... quickly back into her hidey hole while she bit down a little on the skin with nervous energy. Those things were... were.... she wasn't certain and was glad for the first time she didn't know while she was a little scared hugging Zreame as she listened to the woman cursing and running with the extra bounce to each ounce. "I don't want to get eaten" She was saying it from in there while getting a little knocked around but it was like a pillow fight

 

[Kyber Salurra]

Kyber let his smile grow even wider at the response Zreame had given him, it might not of been exactly what he was hoping for, but it definitely wasn't a no! When the Cernum motioned for him to follow he happily followed her along in a half-daze, imagining what they'd do and where they'd go after this whole thing. When the 'creatures' appeared Kyber didn't notice them at first, too enthralled by his daydreaming. Until he noticed the sudden change in demeanor on Zreame, that broke right through his incorporeal dreaming quite quickly. The hunter fixated his eyes to where she was looking to notice the submersed snake bash the ice, cracking it more than just a bit. Those are some ugly looking snakes, but he'd seen much worse on his ventures below the Wroshyr Trees. He glanced back to Zreame and noticed her innocent cowering before looking back to the creatures with a rage he'd never known, only to catch them disappearing into the darkness. This wasn't good. Knowing this wasn't going to end well he quickly tossed his flash goggles --he had no time to put them back anyway-- before locking on his helmet.

Taking a deep breath Kyber lowered his whole position before bounding off the ground with a speed even he had never experienced before. In a flash he caught up to the women and could've easily went right ahead of them, however there was something holding him back, not letting him pass in front of them. Zreame. He knew he couldn't abandon her, so he stayed running behind the group with both his blaster pistols drawn. Those things were definitely gonna break the ice if they all came at once, and his marksmen skills were really going to be put to the test on this one. Every two or three seconds the Kashyyykian man would glance quickly back, ready for the inevitability of the ice shattering and those things coming through to attack them.

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

 

[Kay-Larr]

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

Kay shook her head to Zreame at her comments about wearing pants. "I have a pair of trousers, but even if I was wearing them now, they would be turning to ice and probably falling down as well, given that I was the only one that landed in an icy cold puddle." And then her friend cowered, one didn't need to be a Jedi to feel the sudden change in her emotions. Kay's eyes went wide as she saw the menacing looking creatures. If they broke the ice, water would go through and then everyone would get wet. As Zreame ran and screamed, it was stranger still that there was no echo, the sound almost disappeared in the air. And then another sound came, that of Kyber's armour as he too started to run, so Kay did as well, holding her skirt up and doing her best to keep up with the two, or rather three as Sheila had her own spot to hide from the cold.

A thought occurred to her as she ran. What if the creatures wanted to lead them directly down to where they were going? It was hard to say how intelligent they were. All she knew was that it was getting harder and harder to run, and the strange tunnel was getting darker and darker....

 

[The Page Master]

But the ice didn't break. Nothing happened. The adventurers kept running, but the eels hadn't broken the ice. Something had either kept them from doing it...or they decided against it. The paranoia would set in. Every dark section of ice tunnel was now suspicious, especially ones on the ceiling and the floor that were now becoming just as common as the ones on the walls. No one knew for certain when they would attack...or if they would attack. Were these individuals pools of water behind the ice or were they all in a deep underwater tube leading...somewhere?

Were they above sea level or under the sea?

Eventually, the tunnel walls, floor, and ceiling ahead of them were all black. It was a pitch black tunnel and that could only mean that the ice itself was thin enough to see through. the air in front was chillier than usual. If they turned around, they would see that each of the black sections previous were filled with the view of not only those eels, but many new creatures.

They could go back or they could go forward into the cold, disorienting tunnel. Aren't choices SO MUCH FUN?

[member="Lady Kay"] | [member="Kyber Salurra"] | [member="Sheila"] | [member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] (If I can't sleep, then neither can any of you. At least you don't live in the deepest parts of our oceans.)

 

[Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha]

Zreame stopped as she felt tired but slid forwards as she tried to stop on the wet floor. "What the...." She said as she looked back and saw their new onlookers that followed them along the walls of the tunnels. To say her face dropped was an understatement. "hublelllllwwwrr" She mumbled as she pointed with a shaky hand towards the tunnel behind them as her face only got paler and paler before finally something seemed to snap and she calmed down and turned around to face her back at the on lookers. "Ok so what do we do now? because frankly I'm getting the distinct desire to nuke this place from orbit... then salt the earth and nuke it again...." she said as her unnerved and shaky tone clearly gave it away she was holding back her terror over the situation.

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

 

[Sheila]

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

Sheila was looking out from the clothing and could feel Zreames heart beating faster.... "Hey come on, stay with me cause we need to get out of here." Sheila pinched her just a little while pointing. "Climbing up that ice chute could be a lot more dangerous then running forward... at least forward we are running faster then the others if those things get hungry... Now keep going."

 

[Kyber Salurra]

Kyber stopped behind Zreame and frowned under the emotionless facade of his helmet. He could see how she felt about the whole situation. Pure terror. Kyber looked back and saw all the various creatures and he had t be honest with himself, it was a bit unnerving. Even with his experience dealing with wildlife, this situation proved challenging. Sea Creatures were not his specialty. Although Kyber could see how the others were reacting, and as the one in the group who actually was a Hunter --in it's truest sense of the word, not just for Bounties-- he knew he had to keep morale up.

The Helmeted Hunter put his pistols away and walked up closer to Zreame, moving to place a warm hand on her shoulder. He flipped a small switch on his helmet and his T-visor went clear, letting his eyes and a small strip of his face be observed by all. He'd show Zreame a wide smile, his piercing hetero-chromatic eyes looking soft as he showed them for once, trying to comfort her; "Don't worry, bigger the creature bigger the target. We'll be fine as long as we keep moving forward."

Kyber looked to Lady Kay for a moment before back to Zreame, taking his hand off her shoulder in order to unholster his pistol and hold it up so she and the others could see. His face would turn to that of determination and his voice to that of one who was someone seasoned at being in this sort of situation, almost like he'd expected it all along; "Alright, either this Page Master isn't as friendly as we thought he was, or someone else is in control of this fantasy world. All I know is that we have to get out of here. Alive. So, just remember to keep an eye out for anything and everything. Sure, the big monsters will bite you in half, but it's the little guy's you have to worry about. They're the ones who have to work to get their meal, which means evolution has given them all sorts of gifts. Mostly deadly poisons, so if the ice does break be careful and hold onto eachother. The worst thing we can do is get seperated. And remember, most creatures that live in the dark use light to attract prey, so if you have light, don't use it. We don't need that kind of attention."

After taking a quick look around to make sure he's inspired at least some trust in his make-shift squadron he'd unholster his second pistol and continue on, this time with an air of caution in his tone; "From this moment on we travel silent and we travel together. I don't know how well these things can hear, but I don't plan on finding out. If these things use sonar to hunt then sticking together will make us look big, meaning predators will stay away. I can see in this dark just fine, so if you can't see well in darkness hold onto me and we'll move out. Slowly."

Kyber would pause and look around again, looking to see their expressions. After a few seconds he'd make one last little speech. He tried to sound as comforting as possible, needing these three to have faith in him and stick to his plan if they were gonna make it out alive.

"I know you three don't know me very well, but I want to live just like the rest of you. I'm sorry you had to follow me here, but trust in me and we can all make it out of here alive. I promise."

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

 

[Kay-Larr]

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

If they have a light, don't use it? I guess that rules out her lightsaber. But she didn't want to break the ice with it herself anyways. Kay listened to Kyber's speeches and there was no doubt that he could handle stressful situations with perfect calmness, almost like a Jedi Master. She placed a hand on his shoulder and whispered, "I trust you. We're all in this together. But if things start to get more dangerous, we can use Zreame's lights to lure the creatures into the opposite direction."

Kay couldn't see as well in the dark, so she kept one hand on his shoulder and her other one holding her frozen skirt up as they walked in the darkness. Soon there was no point in having her eyes open at all, so she just closed them and tapped into the Force a little, using it a bit like her own form of sonar to detect other signs of life up ahead.

 

[Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha]

Zreame grew visibly calmer and then nodded to Kybers speeches as she then put her night vision goggles on and walked with them, when it was pitch black she was glad she had them. She walked just behind Kay but she never looked back, a part of her glad that the lights were tucked into her pouch so that they wouldn't illuminate were they were. "Ok how deep is this anyway?... and were exactly does this lead us to for that matter?" She then whispered just hight enough to that the others would hear her. [member="Sheila"] would get a finger down on top of her and push her a little lower. "That's for the pinching and the biting, don't think I can't feel what your doing goldie."

[member="Lady Kay"] [member="Kyber Salurra"] Kinda reminds me of [member="The Page Master"] X

 

[Sheila]

[member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"]

"Ah ah ah butit is getting your mind on something else isn't it?" Sheila moved her hands and was putting her hair bavk while she squeezed there and nodded proud of herself. There were worse things she could do but she did make sure to pat the area where she had pinched and spoke. "Don't worry we'll be fine."

 

[The Page Master]

It was quite dark and disorienting in this tunnel of blackness. What would have been REALLY disorienting was if he had added stars that spun around the outside of the tunnel. THAT would REALLY get them!...but he didn't do that. They had enough to deal with. Instead, on their left side out in the deep, dark water, a creature swam alongside the tunnel, not looking once at them, but somehow keeping pace with them.

He was an interesting creature with a...top hat.

The icy room behind them was growing smaller and smaller as they walked away. They could hear a deep voice in the tunnel with them and the mouth on the beast moved in time with the words that they heard.

"...Meeeaaat baaaaagsss...I shouldn't be able to smell you from here, so you must be incredibly afraid...Gooood. Fear always makes everything easier, for me at least. Ha ha! Why don't you save me the trouble---" He started dragging a nail across the ice, causing a sound as though he was clawing a chalkboard and water started dribbling slowly to the ground. "---and jump in my mouth?!"

The adventurers could see a light up ahead, radiating with hope and freedom. When the creature saw this light, he looked at the adventurers and angrily punched a hole in the ice. He started poking his arm around to try and grab one of them. With his arm in the hole, only a small stream of water was coming into the tunnel. Tahm Kench was hungry and he was looking for a meal.

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

 

[Kyber Salurra]

((Kyber is without a doubt gonna pass out after this one, folks.))​

Kyber just barely noticed the creature out of the corner of his eye in the blackness of the tunnel. He had a bad feeling about the large creature, especially because it was wearing various clothes. That could only mean the Page Master himself whipped up this threatening titan solely for their torture. Not to mention the creature spoke, and from what the fish said, it was clear that it had less than favorable intentions. Oh kark. It broke through the ice. The Hunter let out his instincts, knowing he only had seconds to react. Kyber double tapped both his pistols with the precision of a marksman before holstering them quickly yet sloppily, his left pistol missing its holster and falling to the ground. He'd glance rapidly to the two women following suit with analytical eyes, adrenaline and experience only helping so much to slow down time and panic. Looking to Lady Kay he'd be faced with the fact of her icy dress, which even if it wasn't Icy would slow her down anyway, and when faced with Zreame he wasn't too sure if she could handle the pressure and not panic in the face of this new creature. So, Kyber did the only thing he could think of at the time.

"Sorry-"

-was the only thing that escaped Kyber's mouth before reaching his arms around to grab the women across their waists and pick them up under his arms (of course with the help of his adrenaline, testosterone, and whatever scientific term you use for the hormone more commonly referred to as; "holy-chit-i'm-about-to-die") with a strength he had no time to appreciate. As soon as he knew they were secure the Hunter would put his face towards the dirt, lean forward, and propel himself from their current position at his top speed toward the light. Only one thought was racing through Kyber's mind as his legs were racing through the icy corridor. Only one thought was occupying his mind as he occupied himself with getting them the hell out of there. Only one thought was keeping his feet going when his lungs didn't feel like it. Just one thought: "Run."

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

 

[Kay-Larr]

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

So the life form was beside them, not in front. She released her connection to the Force as soon as the creature clawed the ice. Oh how Kay hated that sound! She covered her ears with her hands as she walked, unable to see anything in the blackness. And then before she knew it, Kyber had apologized and then....he picked her up? Seconds later he was running with such great speed, but she couldn't see exactly how fast it was. The air rushing by her gave her a bit of an indication though.

And then she saw it. The light! At first it felled her with hope, but then she remembered what Kyber had said earlier. Creatures here use light to trap their prey. What if this too was a trap? And with water coming out from the hole in the ice behind them, they could all drown...

 

[Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha]

Zreame felt like she wanted to pass out when she saw that monstrosity that she only thought she'd see in her nightmares. Hearing the blaster pistol be dropped she looked towards it and then she let out a yelp as she was picked up by Kyber and she barely had a chance to use her tail to grab the gun while she was carried in a way so that she got a look at what was behind them, to say she didn't like it would be an understatement. "AHH!!" She shouted as she saw the hand come through the ice and tried to crab them, one of the nails just barely passed in front of her face.

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

 

[Sheila]

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

Sheila let her eyes bulge as she buried herself deeper in the shirt and was working to make sure it was zipped up the shirt pressing herself into the safest place she could find... "Ah ha they'll have to go through you to get to me and I don't want to be eat.... go for the eyes boo."

 

[The Page Master]

The light turned out to be a sandy beach before an ocean of water. The sun was shining and they were now on a small island of sand. The sand sloped up towards the center of the island where a large, singular palm tree stood rooted with large coconuts hanging from it. They were out of the tunnel and they would find themselves on warm sand. However, they would hear shrieking, squealing, and a large, boisterous roar of frustration come from the cave. The sound was coming closer towards the mouth of the cave and, consequently, to them.


[member="Sheila"] | [member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] | [member="Lady Kay"] | [member="Kyber Salurra"] (I apologize for being late)

 

[Kyber Salurra]

Kyber had no time to feel relieved as he exited the cave, hearing the creature still behind them. Even though he was on the verge of collapse he knew he had to keep going. The determined soul reached the top of the island next to the palm tree with a nearly unparalleled velocity before reducing his speed hastily until he had stopped completely. His breathing was so audible his helmet's microphone was picking up the sound as if it were words projecting from his mouth. He'd let the two women down slowly, making sure they were on their feet before taking a few steps forward. After about the third disorienting step Kyber went down like a sack of bricks. Straight forward into the sand. No, he wasn't dead, --wouldn't that be something-- but rather passed out from exhaustion. He'd lay there with his helmet planted firmly in the sand, arms laying palms up by his side peacefully. Completely unaware of what was going on behind them- or anywhere else for that matter. The man had just ran at top speed carrying two people (three if you count the little one). So of course there would be a fair consequence for this fortuitous feat of ferocious fortitude, no? Of course there would! What do you think this is?! OP hour?! (Anywho) Sleep was the only solace Kyber could achieve as he had done all he could to help them get away from that top hat wearing monstrosity.

Now it was up to the ladies to Finish the Fight.

. . .

Well, at least until he woke up. But who knows how long that'll take?!? Oh, I do. Duh. I'm not gonna tell though! That should keep things interesting. Maybe the Buxom Beauty could part with a kiss to wake the Sleeping Savior . . ?

Nah, probably not. But Kyber could dream, and oh was he dreaming. Telling of what he was dreaming during his little nap would be a little too mature for this story though, so let's leave that up to the imagination. . .

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

 

[Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha]

Zreame couldn't help but be impressed by [member="Kyber Salurra"]'s feat of strength when he finally collapsed in the sand, she raised him up to let him sit leaning against the palm tree and putting his lost blaster back into it's holster before she looked towards the Cave with an angry growl coming from her throat. The main reason she had been so terrified had not been the monster itself but the situation surrounding it, In an ice tunnel surrounded by water and a hungry monster in that water was quite a terrifying situation after all.
"This place could use a BBQ for that fish..." She then half mumbled as she drew her swords and spun them a little at her sides as she walked a few passes forwards. "I'm in serious need of a drink after this." She then said out loud as she took a stava battle stance while she stared into the cave's mouth a way's off in front of her. She had completely lost focus of [member="Sheila"] and [member="Lady Kay"] as she got ready should the monster come out of the cave after them.

[member="The Page Master"]

 

[The Page Master]

Soon after they had reached the top of the island, the cave burst forth like a fire hydrant, pushing out many, many evil sea creatures and darkened water. It kept pumping out monstrosities and corrupted water into the blue, serene waters surrounding the island. It continued to pump until all of the water surrounding their island had become dark, angry, and teeming with horrifying sea monsters. The pressure slowed down to a trickle and heavy, wet footsteps could be heard coming out of the tunnel. Dark clouds amassed quickly overhead.

Tahm came out of the tunnel and turned to face the adventurers on the hill. At the same time, lightning struck the dark waters 5 meters from shore. The shrill sound of something evil dying could be heard.

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