[center][img]https://txt.1001fonts.net/img/txt/dHRmLjExNi4wMDAwMDAuVkdobElFWnBibUZzSUZOMGNtVjBZMmcsLjE,/shangrilanf.lanf.png[/img][/center] [indent][indent][indent][color=gray][sub][right][color=black][b]Location:[/b][/color] The Dungeon, The City-State of Thorinn, Aetheria[/right][/sub][/color] [hr] [b]“Healing Wave!”[/b] [center][img]https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_EwVsCU1VcQ/W5OFOyUl7GI/AAAAAAAABK4/DszCkJn8FE43YssZqKlAOhn5MOE6zH9EQCLcBGAs/s1600/tumblr_nm90s43I7k1rydwbvo1_500.gif[/img][/center] Enos’ voice echoed as a wave of heavenly energy surged throughout his party as the gelatinous ooze melted into ash before his eyes, the smoke from Priscilica’s fire magic filling the room as the fumes from the slime-like monster turned into nothing. He wasn’t sure how they did it. Leaves had almost been absorbed by the monster and Aaginim had lost his shield protecting her from certain death. All forms of slimes were dangerous but gelatinous ooze’s were pretty dangerous and had it not been for the announcement minutes ago Enos would’ve felt less stressed than he was. But Enos never cracked under the pressure and his friend’s lives were on the line. He did still feel awful and guilty about what had happened with Atlas but between the adrenaline and his pure unadulterated rage there wasn’t much room for hesitation. [color=378E75]“Is everyone okay?”[/color] Luci had been keeping it together as best as she could, but Enos wasn’t sure how focused she was. Between the engagement and the announcement he had to guess that her brain was everywhere instead of being focused. She had slipped up a few times already, though none of it had led to anything they couldn’t heal or adjust for. If not for Priscilica they might’ve lost Leaves. Enos wouldn’t accept that. He had already lost one person on his watch. It would not happen again. He’d die first. He took another light breath, looking over to the two randoms that had survived. They were holding together well. The power of having a sibling next to you in a life or death scenario, he supposed. [color=tan]“I’m okay, too. We’ll be ready.”[/color] Siegfried nodded, [color=#DD9C00]“This dungeon fuckin’ sucks.”[/color] [color=C4407A]“Fi-fine. I’m fine. Just tired.”[/color] Priscilica managed. Enos nodded as he looked forward at the door to their left. They had made some progress since the Ogre Room and the Elemental Puzzle and with this Slime Room out of the way he wondered what could be next. Truthfully, he was hoping to meet up with the other group soon so they could all make sure they got out. As far as he was concerned the situation desperately needed it. He was already worrying about the group given it was stuck with a bunch of self-serving assholes. Not that they were bad people, but with other people’s lives at stake? He imagined most of them were still catatonic while he and his group pressed on. “Drink a potion. Get your stamina back up. I have a feeling what’s up ahead has to be worse than a gelatinous ooze.” He turned to Leaves as she checked her quiver, “You okay, Leaves?” [color=green]“Yeah… bit of a close one, though.”[/color] “You’ll be okay. I promise.” [color=2E2C2C]- -[/color] [color=gray][sub][right][color=white][b]Location:[/b][/color] The Dungeon, The City-State of Thorinn, Aetheria[/right][/sub][/color] [hr] The journey through the dungeon had been arduous and tiresome. Graves, Benkei, and Alja had done most of the heavy lifting with the elaborate puzzle in the room Benkei had dubbed the “Totem Room”. Kazuki helped figure out the right combinations of where which stone “key” went where. Rael thought it was a waste of time until Kazuki had opened a secret passageway that led to a treasure chest which contained some ancient [abbr=around fifteen gold per party member]Aetherian gold coins[/abbr], a gem the size of someone’s head, and a wand of some kind. A decent trove, but one that didn’t give them anything of needed auxiliary equipment beyond the wand. “Kazuki, you hold onto it.” Rael had told him while the rest of the group prepared to leave the room when the main puzzle was complete and the doorway forward was open. Inside had been… a grueling effort. If not for the bracelet Rael had given Kalie a troll might’ve squashed her with his giant, spiked club. Kalie was fast and had just as sharp reflexes as Rael or Graves, but dungeons always caught you off guard. At this point Rael wasn’t surprised the dungeon wasn’t playing by the “rules”. Monsters came from directions that were unexpected, there were no basic kill mobs, and anything she thought she knew about the way dungeons work was put into question. Part of her found it an exciting challenge, but mostly she was terrified. One wrong move and game over. Forever. The surprise troll had been easy enough to deal with once the initial surprise ended things. Alja had frozen its feet to the ground for as long as the tepid, humid heat allowed and that gave people like Rael, Alex, and Graves ample opportunity to take it down. The next room, however… well, it gave Rael the creeps. [center][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z9a5aSOh8c[/youtube][/center] [color=#A84B5E]“If I pushed you, I don’t think I’d hear the splat.”[/color] Rael uttered to Graves, trying to break the tension. The red-haired tank looked down before kicking a rock to what appeared to be a [i]giant chasm[/i]. Past a slew of cave gnolls and the troll had been what appeared to be their next challenge room. Rael’s eyes looked around every corner of the chasm. It was wide. Even with high level wind magic or enhancement magic neither Rael nor Alex was getting across. It took a minute, before she looked up to see what appeared to be a stone bridge, locked in place about four or five stories above the chasm. The red-haired girl wasn’t sure how to lower it, but there it was. [color=A84B5E]“Well, there’s the bridge, but I’m not sure how we’re going to lower it. There must be a switch somewhere.”[/color] Rael looked over her shoulder, to the group, [color=A84B5E]“Make sure we don’t get any surprises from behind.”[/color] Rael hadn’t seen it yet, but someone else might’ve with the moonlight potions on their tongue. Four out of place stones, a little larger than the rest of the dungeon’s rock formation, on the opposite side of the chasm. [/indent] [/indent][/indent]