[center][h1][i][color=8dc73f] Erin Céleste [/color] and [color=gold] Desdemona [/color][/i][/h1][hr][hr][/center]
As the Japanese man came up to her and took her hand, Erin began to be dragged away from the snake woman. She didn't fight the man's grasp, per say, but she did pull against him just enough that he would know she wasn't going with him willingly. As they passed through the gate, she began to speak to him- in spaninsh at first due to her frustration with him breaking up her conversation with the Naga. [color=8dc73f]"¡Oyé, espera! Tengo que hablar con ella. Ella entiende español."[/color]

Of course, after a few seconds of this, she realized English would probably do better. [color=8dc73f]"No, no. Leave me. Stop. I want to go back."[/color] They caught up with the group, just in time to see the paniced man run up to the group- and the Fae that followed. Erin didn't care. This man seemed crazed, and while maybe she should've at least paid attention to the fact that he was wounded and seemed to be asking for help, she could only think about her own questions. As soon as [i]el Japones[/i] let her go, she stepped away from him, her pace slowing down greatly until she stopped walking altogether.

She only hesitated a moment before turning right back around to head back to the gate. [color=8dc73f]"... Tengo que déjar."[/color] She muttered to one person who looked at her curiously as she passed. She wasn't about to just give up this chance.

Several Fae watched as Erin left the group generally unnoticed thankfully due to the commotion. Some looked gleeful at this fact while others sneered at the dysfunctional human. Not that they knew exactly how right they were about the Spanish Mortal. The route back to the lamia was fairly straightforward, and few saw reason to stop a wandering human. Several of the dark cloud-esque beings above followed in their misty forms. These were mara, prefering their forms of mist and shadow. For it was easier to feed off the dreams of sleepers and dispair. But they were loath to impede this mortal, for her destination might lead them to a larger prize, or her remains with little fight. Erin, however would not see them for only a keen eye would see the black against the cavern ceiling. 

Reaching the now closed gates, the guardian of it was coiled about the base, stroking a very still form. Erin would be able to make out a face frozen in terror, wanting to scream and not ever being able to. The Fae- Desdemona- however was carressing his hair and hissing quietly in a song merely of nonsense, something to soothe and hypnotize her prey. A odd flickering beneath her hair as she glanced up and noticed another morsel coming her way. 

As Erin got back to the gate, she bowed her head slightly to the Naga, ignoring the man as well as she could. He wasn't her concern. Her voice was quiet but still strong as she spoke. [color=8dc73f]"Perdóneme. Volví."[/color] She didn't waste any time before continuing, lest someone pull her away again. [color=8dc73f]"Ayúdame a entender, por favor. Señorita Naga, aunque hemos estado aquí por un mes, todavía no sé realmente qué se espera de nosotros. Parece que estamos prisioneros de algún tipo, pero con qué propósito? Mi Inglés no es lo suficientemente bueno para preguntar a las hadas que nos lideran, y los humanos que he preguntado no saben también."[/color] She went silent as she waited for the Fae's responce, the look on her face a strange mix of determination and desperation. She [i]had[/i] to know. A month in this realm with little-to-no explanation of anything at all was starting to chip away at what little patience the girl had in the first place.

The lamia considered the Mortal before her. Barely more than a child to her sense of this more modern day and age. Yet back in her time this girl would be a woman- of a sense. Able to wed and spit out babies. Nothing she had been interested in during her span as a mortal life. So what were they prisoners for? They were here for their temporary life, so the girl was so very correct. A shame she didn't know it. Their lives as of now were to free up other Fae. To allow magic to flow rather than to be damned up with the menial tasks it had been during the Dark Times. A time still whispered about between the elders of the Fae. Giving the girl a snake's smile, she spoke in her native tongue. [color=Gold]"¿Por que estas aqui? Esa es una pregunta con muchas respuestas, pequeño humano. ¿Déjame mostrarte? Será muy ... educativo."[/color] Oh this was far too tempting. That this little human girl had returned without protection or thought that she would need it! A worthwhile little amusement, she thought as she lowered her serpentine body to the stone flagons below. Trying to look less intiminating.

[color=8dc73f]"Bueno. Adelante, señorita."[/color] Erin smiled back at the Naga as she seemed to answer. Yes, she seemed to be skirting the actual question for now, but she at least hadn't waved her off or told her just to go away. [color=8dc73f][i]I'll be getting my answers finally...[/i][/color]

Turning about, the snake lead the woman through the tunnels once more. However this time descending into the abyssal maze that dwelled below the grand houses and roads. Here the smell of rot and death ruled and terror salted the air heavily. Vacant eyed humans and Fae walked these halls just as often as the nightmareish forms of the horrors that awaited. These tunnels were paved and walled with dark stone that glittered. Reflecting the faux fire torch light that danced over the stones and dark, gleaming puddles. Deeper in the pits of horror and bowels of Under the Mountain screams echoed out along with laughter and roars. Pleas came from the other corridors. Cries for death, freedom, and for sheer clemency. The lamia ignored them all as she moved deeper, soothingly pointing out to her companion all was well and this was simply a faster way to get around. Which was true in both senses- so far.

Erin didn't hesitate to follow- though as the pair started getting deeper underground she realized that maybe she should have. The cries of people echoing off of the dark cavern walls were harsh, and apparently just what it took for Erin to come to her senses. This woman was a monster, and so was every non-human here, just like the Fox and Hound that led the group... and Erin had just walked right up to her. Her pace quickened as she kept following the creature, not wanting to fall behind while also ignoring the snake's words as she tried to brush off the noise around them. None of this was normal. This was Danger.

Still though, she did want to know [i]why[/i] she and the others were here. What was that English phrase? "Curiosity killed the cat." Erin shook her head slightly and, trying not to flinch at a rather [i]close[/i] sounding scream, decided to try and distract herself in the meantime by asking the Naga more questions until they got to wherever they were going. [color=8dc73f]"Señorita, eh... ¿cómo se llama?"[/color] She paused for a split second before continuing, another cry piercing the air in her moment of silence. [color=8dc73f]"Me siento extraño solo por conocerte como "Naga" en mi mente."[/color] Another call for help, and this time Erin flinched at the sound. [color=8dc73f]"Yo soy ... Erin. Si querío saber."[/color]

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[color=8dc73f]"Hey, wait! I have to talk to her. She understands Spanish."[/color]
[i]the Japanese[/i]
[color=8dc73f]"... I have to leave."[/color]
[color=8dc73f]"Excuse me (Sorry). I came back."[/color]
[color=8dc73f]"Help me to understand, please. Miss Naga, although we have been here for a month, I still don't really know what's expected of us. It seems like we are prisoners of some kind, but for what purpose? My English isn't good enough to ask the fairies that lead us, and the humans I've asked don't know either."[/color]
[color=Gold]"Why you are here? That is a question with many answers, little human. Why don't you allow me to show you? It would be far more... educational."[/color]
[color=8dc73f]"Okay. Lead on, Miss."[/color]
[color=8dc73f]"Miss, uh... What is your name?"[/color]
[color=8dc73f]"I feel strange only knowing you as "Naga" in my mind."[/color]
[color=8dc73f]"I am... Erin. If you did want to know."[/color]
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