Who am I, that the morning star would light the way for my wandering heart?
"I will," she promised with a smile, perhaps a little too flippant and casual considering what just went down. Giving Lilly and gentle pat on the head, Seren gathered up her cats and began to slip and slide her way back down the path, to the rotund convergance of the caves.
On closer inspection, only two of the openings were actual tunnels. One was merely a deeper indent in the rough stone walls, dark and shadowy - an alcove fit for a bear, and likely where the Ursur had been nesting, if the cracked bones and tufts of fur was any indication. The other two paths were deeper, and Seren very cautiously entered the right hand one. Sending the glowing felines ahead, she followed the path several yards in, all while the walls grew closer together and narrower, until she had to walk hunched over. Claustrophobia was not an ailment she suffered from, but she could still feel the weight of mountains looming above her head. When the path ended, it was abruptly and in a pile of rubble. Stone and gravel filled the path forward - which meant that nothing would be able to come for them from this way, at least.
The other tunnel proved to be a bit different. It was wider, for one, and the floor was strangely smooth for a cave. Where the first one had carried the look of a lava tunnel, along the lines of Rae's Fingers, this one seemed... made. When the path showed no sign of ending, and the crash and rumble of Ronin's falling icicles had faded to barely audible, Seren decided to turn around. The deep darkness behind her back was unsettling, and lingered on her face when she returned to the others.
"One of the paths end in a cave-in," she reported, "but the other one... I don't know, I had a bad feeling about it. There... aren't any cannibals left in Halo anymore, is there?" She tried a laugh, like it was only a bad joke... but it sounded much too strained to be wholly convincing.
Itching for something to do, she approached her father to retrieve her bag, and the equipment needed for setting up camp. "Do you think we should keep watch tonight... just in case?" The question was mostly directed at Ronin, though her gaze passed over to Sah as well.
On closer inspection, only two of the openings were actual tunnels. One was merely a deeper indent in the rough stone walls, dark and shadowy - an alcove fit for a bear, and likely where the Ursur had been nesting, if the cracked bones and tufts of fur was any indication. The other two paths were deeper, and Seren very cautiously entered the right hand one. Sending the glowing felines ahead, she followed the path several yards in, all while the walls grew closer together and narrower, until she had to walk hunched over. Claustrophobia was not an ailment she suffered from, but she could still feel the weight of mountains looming above her head. When the path ended, it was abruptly and in a pile of rubble. Stone and gravel filled the path forward - which meant that nothing would be able to come for them from this way, at least.
The other tunnel proved to be a bit different. It was wider, for one, and the floor was strangely smooth for a cave. Where the first one had carried the look of a lava tunnel, along the lines of Rae's Fingers, this one seemed... made. When the path showed no sign of ending, and the crash and rumble of Ronin's falling icicles had faded to barely audible, Seren decided to turn around. The deep darkness behind her back was unsettling, and lingered on her face when she returned to the others.
"One of the paths end in a cave-in," she reported, "but the other one... I don't know, I had a bad feeling about it. There... aren't any cannibals left in Halo anymore, is there?" She tried a laugh, like it was only a bad joke... but it sounded much too strained to be wholly convincing.
Itching for something to do, she approached her father to retrieve her bag, and the equipment needed for setting up camp. "Do you think we should keep watch tonight... just in case?" The question was mostly directed at Ronin, though her gaze passed over to Sah as well.
Seren
