Well… damn, he sort of wanted the Slime to explode in from the force of impact or something, but apparently he wasn’t strong enough to do that quite yet. Well failed attempt aside, he continued to follow the slime even as the fizzling sound reached his ears again. He narrowed his eyes and frowned as he noticed a bunch of bubbles surrounding the rock that had been embedded in the red slime’s body momentarily before it darted into the other room. He looked to Senna when she approached, blinked in surprise, and murmured, [color=ed1c24]“Got more nimble did ya, and but of course.” [/color]

While Senna hurried to the next room, Alexander dearly wanted to figure out what the cause of that sound was and what the special property of the red slime was. Figuring that the torch he had thrown, and resulted in the first occurrence of the sizzle, might have a clue. He made his way over, careful of the puddles of slime and carefully stuck the tip of his blade through the wooden stick and lifted it up for an examination. Not that it was really necessary given the results were readily apparent. The side that had been exposed to the red slime’s body was blackened and crumbled every time he shook his weapon. [color=ed1c24]“Acid huh…”[/color] he flicked the contaminated wood from the tip of his weapon with a sigh, and skirted the untouched edge of the room over towards Senna and her own discovery. 

[color=ed1c24]“Interesting,”[/color] he muttered before he mentioned, [color=ed1c24]“Right, the Red Slimes are corrosive, acidic, or something.”[/color] He shuddered a bit as he imagined having one land on top of him… His face, and more importantly eyes and ears, would probably be ruined in moments. [color=ed1c24]“Ugh…”[/color] He didn’t get too caught up in it though and approached the statue to do as Senna had told him to. Hit with the same voice and explanation, Alexander stumbled back a bit as he shook his head to clear it. He much preferred Senna’s brief and simple explanation. 

[color=ed1c24]“Well with that, I’m tempted to say yes and push deeper. You with me?”[/color] he asked as he stepped onto the first step down to the fourth floor, weapon and shield at the ready.