Marcus frowned at Rae's most recent comments. Fire and a stench worse than rotting flesh... Danger flags being raised left and right was probably an understatement here. Though under normal circumstances he would've advocated to hold back for a bit to let the squishier people (aka everyone who wasn't Rika or maybe Rae) prep themselves to [i]some[/i] extent, the fact that over half the group was more or less raring to go put him at a numerical disadvantage. Forced to go along with the flow, Marcus sighed as the group began to approach the forest.

"Well, since we've got a majority vote already, I guess we're going deeper into the forest. Hopefully, we'll be able to discern what's making you two so antsy and take some action afterwards." he said as a shadow seemed to slip by almost out of his field of vision as the forest grew denser with undergrowth and tree saplings abound. This, of course, caused Marcus to tense up and glance around warily.

"I'm not entirely sure, but we may have been noticed. Be on your guard."

With that statement, Marcus backup a few steps and looked around; was there a tripwire or something? All that he could see was some sort of weird red line that seemed to outline the perimeter of the forest just under all the plantli...
Wait. Shit.

"...Uh. Dunno about you, but we may have a biiiit of trouble on our hands." he stated, motioning to the others to come and check the line out. "This clearly isn't natural, so we might be in for a bit of hell regardless of if we go further in or not."

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The Dwarven guards looked at each other, half in confusion and half in amazement at this man's demeanor. Was this bravery they were seeing? Or simply stupidity? Either way, they had a job to do, and they were going to carry it out. After Luke announced his readiness for whatever was to come, the guards immediately escorted him to what seemed to be a section of the cave that had been covered in stone bricks, with a simple door in front of it.

One dwarf, the one who hadn't patted Luke down earlier, knocked on the door and, after a small back-and-forth over the door, entered the room behind it. A few minutes later, the dwarf guard seemed to be sweating bullets, as if he had just seen a demon king or something of the sort.

"The foreman requests your entry now, human." the guard said, stepping away from the door and standing by his peer.

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