[center][img]http://t08.deviantart.net/vtqZDeQeQeOA0KgQBnmxg-dIS_U=/300x200/filters:fixed_height(100,100):origin()/pre14/ab16/th/pre/f/2011/211/f/3/simple_divider_by_thesilvermist-d426gt7.png[/img][img]http://t08.deviantart.net/vtqZDeQeQeOA0KgQBnmxg-dIS_U=/300x200/filters:fixed_height(100,100):origin()/pre14/ab16/th/pre/f/2011/211/f/3/simple_divider_by_thesilvermist-d426gt7.png[/img][/center] [color=4DE474]"Why would you make key out of stone?"[/color] Jaege joked, [color=4DE474]"I kid, I kid, this is like stone at top of arch, yes? How is it special? Would be silly if we all got tricked by decoy and you had to send us in again."[/color] [color=4DE474]"Also, any reason we should not retreat and prepare properly for this? Torches and lanterns for those who do not already have them? Weapons for those who left them at home?"[/color] "[color=beaccb]You heard the message-- time is of the essence![/color]" Lethe flipped her hair over her shoulder. "[color=beaccb]You guys look well equipped enough to me.[/color]" Although the argument was certainly there, Lethe didn't leave any room for it. She went on to answer Jaege's first question-- though that answer was less than satisfactory as well. "[color=beaccb]You'll know it when you see it.[/color]" she said flatly-- just before the giant robot, Noi, approached Jaege with an offer to team up. Jillian also seemed eager to amass her temporary team. “[color=salmon]Ooh! Ohh![/color]” from the entrance of the far right tunnel, Jillian waved her hand enthusiastically, “[color=salmon]I’m really good at finding lost stuff! People pay me all the time to find their junk.[/color]” “[color=salmon]Whoever is on my team we’ll find the keystone [i]first[/i]. I’ve got a lantern and I can guarantee we’ll win![/color]” She stomped her foot. “[color=salmon]I’ll even get my puppets to help![/color]” Ah, yes. This was good. In all the realm, nothing pleased Lethe quite so much as people doing as she said. She watched with feigned apathy as the skullkid summoned two puppets. The day she complimented a [i]skullkid[/i]-- by word or facial expression-- would surely be the day she became a [url=http://zeldawiki.org/Spark]spark[/url]. She nodded her head in approval as Naviela the Gerudo agreed to join her. She seemed like the level-headed sort-- certainly well equipped to deal with the aggravating personality of a skullkid as well as any foes they should encounter. Magus, the being whose origin still remained shrouded in shadow (as well as a good deal of attitude), began casting some sort of spell as well. "[i]Cute[/i]," Lethe muttered as he raised his hands above his head and twirled around. She recognized it as some sort of sweeping spell-- one she could have told him wouldn't have worked to find the keystone. She didn't much feel like indulging in the satisfaction of correcting him in that moment, though. She'd already gleaned a good deal of satisfaction by watching the him fall over after the torches had been lit. She thought for a moment about who might work well with who. Some were already gravitating towards others. Unsure of what else to go on, she simply decided to put people who had previously conversed with each other together... with a few exceptions. "[color=beaccb]You're all taking too long to pick teams![/color]" Lethe stomped her foot impatiently, though the sound of it was barely more than a light [i]slap![/i] on the ground. "[color=beaccb]It only makes sense to ensure each team has a light source![/color]" She pointed towards Navi and Jillian, staring at those she addressed as she barked commands. "[color=beaccb]Hogarth and Zephyrus go with the skullkid and Naviela![/color]" "[color=beaccb]Archer, you're a fire mage, right? Go with Griz, Magus, Graham, and... uh... Alyce. Go down the center hall.[/color]" "[color=beaccb]Lev is the only other light source, so the rest of you guys should of course go with him![/color]" Now, of course, there was the questions of which team she herself should go with. Looking between them, she wrinkled her nose-- forgetting for a moment that she was no long a small fairy whose face couldn't be seen. Lethe took long strides towards the right entrance, standing as far from Jillian as she could. As much as she abhorred skull children, they did offer a certain amount of familiarity for the small amethyst fairy. Enough that she would rather accompany one in place of a blasphemous mystery man or suspiciously mousy woman who apparently had a hand in the fairy trade. Not that she was afraid or incapable of handling herself. She grimaced as she edged around Jillian's puppets to take her rightful place at the head. "[color=beaccb]Let's get going,[/color]" Lethe huffed to the rest of her group as she began walking-- and then promptly stopped. She'd forgotten that her current , while stronger, didn't glow. Lethe was silent for a moment as she stood there, obstructing everyone's progress. "[color=beaccb]Lead the way, Imp,[/color]" she said grudgingly, folding her arms across her body and still facing the dark unknown stretched out before them. - Each hallway seemed endlessly long as well as endlessly high. After no more than a few tense minutes of walking (whether in silence or discussion), the glowing eyes of a flock of roughly twenty keese up ahead flickered into view. From their unseen perches, they cried and swooped with a vicious hunger. Anyone unfortunate enough to find themselves on the wrong end of one would suffer from a painful bite. [hider=Teams] RIGHT Jillian Naviela Hogarth Zephyrus Lethe MIDDLE Archer Griz Magus Graham Alyce LEFT Noi Jaege Veitaru Felicia Lev [/hider] [center][img]http://t08.deviantart.net/vtqZDeQeQeOA0KgQBnmxg-dIS_U=/300x200/filters:fixed_height(100,100):origin()/pre14/ab16/th/pre/f/2011/211/f/3/simple_divider_by_thesilvermist-d426gt7.png[/img][img]http://t08.deviantart.net/vtqZDeQeQeOA0KgQBnmxg-dIS_U=/300x200/filters:fixed_height(100,100):origin()/pre14/ab16/th/pre/f/2011/211/f/3/simple_divider_by_thesilvermist-d426gt7.png[/img][/center]