[h3][center]~Ancient Castle: Interior ~[/center][/h3]
Katherine - Meowka - Sorcha - Sol
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[color=aba000]"You want me to...light a torch."[/color] Sorcha frowned for a moment before sighing. [color=aba000]"Well, I suppose, though the dark is not difficult for a dragon to traverse. Caves tend to be devoid of most light anyways, you know."[/color] She grabbed the torch from Katherine running her hands along the aged object for a few seconds before frowning again. A crackle of energy ran across her hands, lightning up the area round the dragon's hand for a moment with pale, white light before the cloth on the torch began to burn lightly from the electricity.

[color=aba000]"Hmm...hold on. It's been awhile."[/color] Electricity wasn't exactly a delicate element. She couldn't use her divinely generated lightning due to circumstance, but electricity was always fickle when you used it. After a few seconds though the dragon snapped her fingers, small surge of lightning bolting from the ends of her fingers to the torch in her other hand, hitting it with sudden force...enough for it to flip out of her hands and bonk Katherine right on the noggin and then to the floor. 

[color=aba000]"...whoops~"[/color] The dragon had to hold back a chuckle. [color=aba000]"One lit torch delivery. I'll use less, erm, voltage next time."[/color] She grinned before walking into the musty depths of the basement floor of the castle.

Now that the torch had been lit, it was easy enough to move forward into the dungeons. Once the group gathered themselves and moved forward, they would find the place empty as expected, only the sounds of their own footsteps accompanying them. Most of the rooms, if checked, would prove empty, save for the remains of what seemed to be research. Eventually, they would come across a room separate from the rest.

...a Kennel of some sort? Various cages lined the walls, all worn and aged. Some had chains laying in the bottom of them. A few old, worn tables had aged paper scattered across them.

[hider=Suggested Actions]
Investigate the room. [i]Obviously something happened here. The cages suggest animals of some sort.[/i]
Return upstairs [i]Have you finished here? Perhaps it's best to return before something happens.[/i]
Something else?
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Eith, and Miren
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[color=6ecff6]"A-ah?"[/color] Miren's face reddened lightly. [color=6ecff6]"W-what is that book doing here..."[/color] H-how incredibly lewd. [color=6ecff6]"U-hm uhm, h-here."[/color] Miren grabbed the book with a devious title from Eith, flipping through a few pages of it before shaking her head, stuffing it in her bag. [color=6ecff6]"R-right. Ahem, nothing to be read in that one."[/color] Miren replied, clearing her throat lightly before taking a look through the other books. [color=6ecff6]"Hm...most of these don't seem too important."[/color] The scholar sighed, shaking her head. [color=6ecff6]"There are a few reports detailing the weather, a few patrols...a few not exactly rare research books, though there are a number of ones in old demon script. I can only assume that demons were here at some point."[/color] She gave Eith a smile.

[color=6ecff6]"Which is good! That means we're on the right track, at least! Maybe you were here at some point?"[/color] She suggested, 

Maoin
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The barricade seemed to simply be a collection of old wooden bookshelves. Despite their age, they were practically wedged into the space between the door and the far left wall. Clearing it would likely take awhile, but Maoin made sure to listen and wait. The smell of something was strong here, but there was still nothing but silence and the musty smell of dust, so she set to work removing the barricade from the door - turning her back to the courtyard.

She would almost immediately regret the decision. Something either leaped from the ground below or above into the room with only a slight sound that only the kitten's ears would be able to pick up. Whatever the case was, the kitten simply wouldn't be fast enough to react. Before she could even let out a surprised mew, something grabbed her by the nape of her neck, sharp claws digging into the skin. It slammed her against the old bookcases, pressing her face roughly into the pile.

There was a hiss, before something sharp bit her in her heels. In the next instant she'd be yanked back, tossed onto the dusty old floor as she slid a few inches across the stone ground, inches from falling three stories into the courtyard below. She'd only have a moment to catch her breath before something slithered into her vision.

A serpent, about as big as a human's arm. It was an emerald green color, its forked tongue flicked in and out, tasting the air. It had red, slitted pupils and studied her with either curiosity or amusement. It was very likely what bit you on the ankles. Hopefully it wasn't venomous or you might be in trouble.

[b]"...trespasser."[/b]

Something heavy slammed into her back, another set of sharp claws digging into her skin.

Now...what would Maoin do?  Fight back? It seemed whoever this was, seemed to think you were trespassing. She wouldn't be able to see much, but if she craned her neck to look she'd make out claws, and the fact that the snake next to her seemed to be attached to this woman. She was kneeling down, forcing her entire weight onto you to keep you from moving.

"...hmm...This one wonders, what you are doing here. Picking over the old bones of this place.


[hider=Suggested actions]
Negotiate. [i]Just a misunderstanding right? She doesn't seem overly hostile.[/i]
Attempt to fight back? [i]You were trained by a dragon. You don't need to fear whoever this was.[/i]
Try and flee? [i]Nope, no way you're fighting whatever this was. You can't even see them from where [/i]

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Luna, Marie
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[color=silver]"Heh, I don't need you to babysit me human."[/color] Marie scoffed, waving a hand dismissively. [color=silver]"If you have any idea who I am, you'd be on your feet [i]kneeling[/i]."[/color] She giggled as she continued to walk, the overgrown shrubbery becoming more dense as she moved deeper into the old garden. [color=silver]"That said, I'm curious. Following little ol' me? Enthralled by my beauty? I can't blame you...for being attracted to my perfection."[/color] Marie climbed onto an old, eroded stone pillar that once seemed to be used for some sort of decoration. She turned and gave Luna a smug smirk, acting as though the old stone pillar was a pedestal of some sort purely to show herself off.

[color=silver]"So, Luna was it? Do something for me."[/color] She pointed authoritatively at the other girl. [color=silver]"Entertain me with something."[/color]