Erin looked up from her position on the ground to Hideki and said, [color=f7941d]“Hey, that’s good to hear. I’m Erin."[/color]

She lost her balance as the girl with striking red hair shot out of her arms and jumped away from her.  Erin was about to reassure her that they were all in the same situation and that they could work together, but the girl suddenly turned and approached the floating red light she had seen earlier.  It came closer and fluttered gently—a butterfly.

There was nothing to explain.  Hideki had already briefed the girl on their situation and had done so with a warm smile.  

[color=f7941d][i]“What a nice guy,”[/i][/color] she thought,[color=f7941d][i]”We’ll get along fine."[/i][/color]

She walked up to the pair as the butterfly started to zig zag across the air, as if alerting them of something;  Erin watched the creature in fascination as it flew to the right road and continued it’s erratic movements. The others seemed to be inclined to follow the butterfly, but the clear road to the middle appeared much less dangerous.  She looked at the two roads again before nonchalantly shrugging.

[color=f7941d]“Sure, let’s go! Better than staying here, right?”[/color] She said brightly, [color=f7941d]”As long as we stick together, it should be fine. Plus, we have a new member to the party.”[/color] Erin pointed a thumb at the butterfly and beckoned the rest towards the road.  

[color=f7941d]“I’ll go first to make sure there aren’t any weird steps,”[/color] she said, before following the butterfly into the dark path.