As the leaders of the group, Rilana, Alya, Svarak, Kona, Echo, and Ortha made their way into the cave, the recently scolded knights, with a scowling Drisceya were standing about right inside the mouth. The Warden Knight watched as a large female stomp over, [color=82ca9d][b]"One you must stay with rams. We not caretakers."[/b][/color] She looked them over, the two human knights Beran and Torrin, the Homunculus, Hinkley, Drisceya, and Chartrose. She reached down and grabbed Chartose roughly by an arm and flung him roughly over her shoulder, [color=82ca9d][b]"You can have him back when return. I like him. He pretty."[/b][/color]

She was much stronger than the man, keeping a tight grip on him, and carried him back to her cottage, with a large fenced in pasture next to it. The group's rams were in there, huddled in fear from the many mammoths and rhinos that were sniffing at them. She pushed her way into a shed, and with her free hand, pulled out the smallest chain and collar she had. She clamped and locked it around Chartrose's midsection tightly. It was too tight to go down over his hips, or up over his chest. She chained it to a fence post that was essentially a tree. It gave him access to most of the yard. She peered down at him, [color=82ca9d][b]"You watch herds. When sunfall, I feed you, you stay in bed with me. Those caves big, friends could be gone long time."[/b][/color] She winked seductively at him and stomped into her cottage.

After watching him get carted off, the rest of the group quickly caught up to the leaders, not wanting to be snatched up by any more horny giants. The thump-thumping that Alya could hear was growing stronger as they made their way deeper. They passed by many of the bats, most of whom ignored them, a few stared curiously. Rilana would be able to not that there was a lot of crowding toward the front of the cave, as if something deeper in was disturbing the bats. 

As the cave grew darker and colder, with only the torch light guiding the way, the group came to their first decision. There was a large hole in the middle of the walkway. There was plenty of room to walk around it, and looking in made it obvious that there was another tunnel beneath them, running deeper. Ahead of them was also a fork in the road. The paths were seemingly identical. Alya would be able to hear the thump-thump coming from these two, but couldn't quite make out which one exactly. The edge of the hole was littered with tiny scratches. Rilana would notice there was plenty of guano on the lower tunnel, but none from the upper two. Svarak had only one thing to say, [color=fff79a][b]"Split up or stay together?"[/b][/color]