[color=8eafdf][h3]Sonya[/h3][/color]

Sonya glanced from Aimée to the rest of the group behind her mask, the tension among the members was readily apparent and given the situation and stakes involved in this mission it was also understandable. Thankfully despite some mild grumbling Aimée seemed unaffected from the brunt of the chiding, Silas giving the group a few moments to calm themselves before pushing onwards into the cave. As the group made their way into the passageway, the slim rays of light giving way to the creeping shadows of the stone, the stretching darkness only serving to make the path seem even more treacherous.

Thankfully they only forged ahead in the darkness for a few minutes before Silas made to light a torch, the shadows had almost obscured the ground completely making each step a potentially dangerous one. Before he could light his torch though, Sonya noticed the wall begin to glow blue behind him...no not just behind him, all around the group. Turning on the spot, she marvelled at the strange illumination, the entire cave taking on a blue hue as the walls seemed to softly pulse with light. Silas comment on the light was the most logical consideration of how it could be, and while Sonya did nod in agreement to Aimée judgement of its beauty something about the situation nagged at her mind. 

[color=8eafdf][b]”Could it be something in the environment reacting to our presence, such as some type of Flora?”[/b][/color] Sonya suggested as a possible cause for the strange sight as she briefly examined one of the veins of light [color=8eafdf][b]”...hopefully it doesn’t trigger any wildlife in these caves”[/b][/color] she muttered softly to herself as she thought of all the strange ecosystems an isolated cave like this could have. In the end though, both the cause and the reason for the strange light did not impact the goal of their mission - if anything the light helped them make good time as they followed the path deeper into the earth. Perhaps hours had passed before they Silas seemed to be happy with their current location, Sonya was struggling to keep a good track of time without the sun, the ebbing light from the walls was a poor substitute in that regard.

Listening as Silas gave the rundown of the situation and plans for camping, Sonya made a mental note of the historical tibdit of information. If it was important enough to be mentioned, then it would be important enough for her to attempt to remember. Turning to face Odessa Sonya felt herself relax and smile beneath the mask as she happily though [color=8eafdf][i]’Given how busy we have both been I haven’t had a proper chance to catch up with Odessa - perhaps these quiet few hours before we have to strike will finally give us a chance’[/i][/color]. The whole group was just about to relax, Silas turning to face the group before his entire demeanor changed. Quicker than Sonya could blink he had drawn a knife and had already thrown it vaguely in Sonya’s direction.

Freezing, her mind raced with ideas but settled on the thought that she had been willing to trust Silas this far and that point still stand. The knife flashed past her vision to the side of her head and made a sickly squishing sound as it embedded itself in the body of the spider that had been sneaking up on her. Silas’s warning was perhaps unnecessary but it served to quickly rouse the group into action, Jehan and Odessa reacting the quickest and striking out at the closest spiders. Snapping out of her shock, Sonya glanced up to see what Odessa had been attacking and gasped at sight. The green glow of the spiders began to rapidly spread across the ceiling, the silence of the cave being replaced with the unsettling hissing and skittering of the spiders. As the group gave their assessments of how much they hated spiders, a most unhelpful part of Sonya’s mind decided to recall her readings of how various species of spiders could have any number of delightfully painful or crippling venom. [color=8eafdf][b]”Take care of any venom they might have!”[/b][/color] She warned the group before quickly silencing that part of the mind - she did not need to be thinking about that at the moment!  

Taking a second of consideration Sonya decided to rely on her water magic for this fight, in such a confined tunnel any wind magic had the unfortunate chance of carrying itself through the twisting stone caverns and could be a potential warning to the orcs that something was amiss in the cave. Gathering a small bolt of frost that around her arm towards her fingertips, she pointed at one of the cluster of spiders before the bolt launched itself towards the target. Even with their quick speed not all the spiders could escape the point of impact, one unfortunate critter taking the brunt of the blast and collapsing to the ground in a twitching mess. Those that had been close to it were covered in small shards of frost, slowing their movements for the moment