Perdition's Tale, Chapter 4, "Deep in the Cavern"
 

After eating, (OOC: there, you happy? ^^) the group finally set out for the cavern that the bandit had told them of, which was supposed to lead right into the heart of the wizard Skurai's castle.


However... after traveling the cavern for days on end, it was starting to seem like the cave was more likely to lead to the center of the planet. Luckily the group had been smart enough to cut up some wood to use as torches, and they figured that if the torches run out, Cid could light the way using his fire sword. A small stream ran down the length of the cave, so they always had water, however, there were hardly any monsters down there and starving seemed like a possibility if they didn't find the exit soon.


"Good lord, how long does this cavern go?" Cesia wondered, holding the torch forward, in hopes of maybe seeing signs of the end of the cave. Then she glanced up at the ceiling of the cavern. <not even any holes to let us know if it's even daylight out...> The group had been traveling for hours since their last break, so they were consitering stopping for water and to discuss what they should do, since some of them seemed in favor of going back and taking the more direct route to the castle.

Thid was getting real tired of walking through this cave, *rumblegrumble* and he was getting hungry too. "Hey Lynx, you know in some countries cat is a delicacy?"

"No they aren't, I've been around the world, and read about the world. No country has cats as a delicacy, or even famine food. Some even worship cats."

"That's gross Thid... Besides, I don't think I could manage eating a cat I've gotten to know, well, or any cat for that matter." Dawn's face curled up in disgust.

"Besides, it's not like we've been in here forever and are going to starve to death. I'm sure that we're going to find the exit sooner or later." She tried to sound optimistic, but even she was starting to wonder if they would get out of here anytime soon.

*Grins* Thid looks down at Lynx with an evil glint in his eye. "Really? Good thing nobody ever taught me that eating cats was wrong, what do you think Kalimare, is it bad to eat cats?"

"No body is eating the cat." Cid said. "We still have plenty of hard tac, and if my ears are right there is a water fall ahead."

Cesia heard the sound of rushing water in the distance too, "Wouldn't a waterfall mean there might be an exit close? Since there has to be an opening for the water to come through." She was hoping the answer was 'yes', because that would mean that their spelunking was almost done with. "If we are close... maybe we should think of a strategy for the wizards castle and the wizard... since this is probably going to be the most important battle..."

"Sooo...anybody know any traveling games?" Jude suggested. After hearing the story about the princess' capture ("She was captured? Man, I am out of the loop"), and the slaughtering of the thieves guild ("I thought the monster had done em in...damn"), he had developed a sort of distate for a good majority of the group, although Vace and Thid seemed like ok guys, and Dawn was always there for a little pick me up.

"Cmon, anything...I spy maybe?...its getting to damned quiet here...and I don't like enclosed spaces...no jumping room..." Jude muttered. None of the group seemed very enthusiastic about the mission, excepting for Cid who seemed to be the only human alive that didn't have an inside voice.

"Waterfall doesn't exactly mean exit, just a change in evelation. Don't get your hopes up. Remember that last small waterfall we passed? And don't worry about the wizard..."

OOC: I'm out of the loop less than I thought I'd be. I've been sick all day and literally just woke up, so the group can just keep doing its thing, and Vace can just be going along with the flow for now. I might start posting more later on, but just one post for now so everyone knows I'm alive.

Vace leaned over to Jude and said, "Normally our traveling game consists of people arguing with Cid about what we should be doing or where we should be doing, but this constant traveling through this cave just seems to drain everyone. Maybe this waterfall will let us get a real rest before we get back on the move."