The Fe'gan Mountains are the highest, coldest mountains Lambastia has to offer, with the highest peak recorded at 8589 m (28,179 ft). Only the toughest creatures survive here, and the trek to get to the Basantha Shrine lays through these harsh conditions. (+3 Endurance)

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Some Super Spelunking [Caving] [H by C]

Postby Thunder » 08/20/2017 1:07 PM

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Before the group of super-canines was a huge, gaping cave mouth. It was pitch black inside, and strong gusts of wind blew past the entrance, generating an ominous, eerie howl. A small, brown and cream colored wolf stepped up to the entrance, a quill pen and map in her paws. She shivered as the wind buffeted her. "W-well, I guess th-this is it," she said, gazing into the darkness.

"Are you really sure about this?" asked her companion, a fiery red fox. He stepped up beside her and crossed his arms, seemingly undaunted by the frigid temperatures outside. "You're already shivering from the cold. Maybe we should just turn back."

But the she-wolf shook her head. "N-no... We already agreed to help that smelly duck. We can't back out now. And remember what we heard about people disappearing into these caves? We can't just leave those people behind either. Besides..." She gave the fox a grin. "What if there is treasure in here? Th-think of all the things we could discover!"

Another one of the group, a maned wolf with wings, joined them and let out a loud sigh. "You and your treasure, Geysette," he groaned. "There's probably nothing down there but a buncha bats."

Geysette rolled her eyes. "Oh, stop it you guys. Let's just go! I-if you will, Lumo."

The last member of the party, a faintly glowing, green wolf, stepped up to the front of the group. "All right, let's head in," he said.
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Re: Some Super Spelunking [Caving]

Postby Thunder » 08/20/2017 5:30 PM

Lumo closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He walked into the cave mouth, and the glow from his body filled the area with a soft, green light. He began making his way inside. The other canines followed closely behind him. Their paws pattered against the cold, damp, stony ground.

As they headed in, Geysette kept close to Lumo, holding the map near his luminescence so she could read it. She squinted and frowned. The duck had said that these maps would be helpful to them, but there was only one area marked down--the cavern immediately in front of the entrance. The rest was blank space.

"You know, I kinda have the feeling that duck was too scared to go any further," she grumbled. "When he said he did some 'preliminary probing', I didn't think he only did...this much."

Ace laughed and clasped her on the shoulder. "Well, all the more to explore for you, right?" he said. "You can't be excited and complain at the same time!"

"I guess," Geysette sighed. "Anyway, it looks like the only way to go right now is forward. We might not see any other passages for a while."
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Re: Some Super Spelunking [Caving] [H by C]

Postby Thunder » 09/05/2017 1:38 PM

And Geysette was right. For the next few minutes, the only way they could go was forwards. The darkness extended seemingly endlessly before them, and as they went, Lumo's glow only revealed more cave walls and more shadow. There seemed to be nothing interesting in the area. There wasn't even the sound of other life--no flaps of bat wings or skittering of small feet on the rock.

In time, though, the passage took a slight turn to the left. Geysette took a deep breath, hoping something would happen soon.
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Re: Some Super Spelunking [Caving] [H by C]

Postby Thunder » 09/05/2017 2:59 PM

BRRRRMMMMMMMM!

The entire team jumped. The ground underneath their feet had suddenly started to shift, rising and falling with a strange, undulating motion. They held onto each other as the sound of rocks falling came from somewhere deep inside the cave. Their hearts were pounding in their ears. Their breaths were held.

And then, as suddenly as it began, the noise and the rumbling stopped.

Geysette placed a paw over her chest. "Oh my god," she gasped. "Was that an earthquake?"

"Sounds like it," Flareo replied, frowning.

"H-hey, maybe we should turn back," Ace stammered, glancing around nervously at the cavern. "Before this whole place collapses on us."

"But...what if the other explorers got hurt by the earthquake?" Lumo whispered. "Nothing seemed to happen here, but..."
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Re: Some Super Spelunking [Caving] [H by C]

Postby Thunder » 09/05/2017 3:43 PM

The super canines stood in silence for a while. They dared not move, in case another earthquake happened. The air was filled with a palpable tension as each hero deliberated. When it seemed like it couldn't get any quieter, Lumo was the first to speak. "I...I think we should stay and help."

"You're not worried about getting trapped in a cave miles underneath the earth?" Ace asked him.

"Well...we have special powers, right? I think we'll be better off than most people... But other explorers might not have powers like us. I...I vote we stay."

Ace rubbed the back of his head and turned to Flareo and Geysette. "Well, what do you two think?"

"I'd really rather not be stuck in a cave," Flareo grumbled, "but Lumo has a point. I say we let Geysette decide. She's the leader here after all."

With that, Flareo, Lumo, and Ace all looked at Geysette. She narrrowed her eyes at them. "Geeze," she snorted. "No pressure, right? I...say we go at least a little further. And if it looks like it's going to get really bad, we'll turn back."

The others nodded, and they resumed traveling down the dark passageway.
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Re: Some Super Spelunking [Caving] [H by C]

Postby Thunder » 09/08/2017 2:06 PM

They kept to the path and no more tremors came. But they hadn't traveled very far when Lumo suddenly stopped in his tracks, squinting. "Hey guys..." he said. "Do you see that?"

The others gathered around him to see what he was talking about. Up ahead, there was a strange, faint, blue-green light, not unlike the color that radiated from Lumo's body. "Maybe it's another explorer?" Geysette whispered.

"I dunno," Flareo grumbled. "I don't think there's any other glowing, green dogs out there. You wanna risk taking a look? Could be something less than friendly."
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Re: Some Super Spelunking [Caving] [H by C]

Postby Thunder » 09/09/2017 10:35 PM

The group crept forward, ears flattened, wariness in their every step. There was a slight curve in the tunnel ahead, and as they rounded the bend, their pulses quickened, not sure what they'd find waiting for them. And then they saw it--a huge chamber half covered with a strange, bioluminescent plant. It looked vaguely like fungus or moss, and there was so much of it that the cavern was quite well lit. The canines' jaws dropped in amazement.

"Whoaaaaa," Geysette breathed. "What is all this?"
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Re: Some Super Spelunking [Caving] [H by C]

Postby Thunder » 09/10/2017 12:11 AM

Their sense of safety restored, the superheroes approached the glowing plants. Ace was the first to touch one of them, prodding it with his finger. "Huh, weird," he said. "It's fuzzy like moss, but it's kinda squishy."

Flareo stepped up beside him. "Careful," the fiery fox said. "It might be radioactive."

The maned wolf leaped back from the plants, his eyes wide. "H-hey!" he stammered at Flareo. "Don't say things like that!"

Flareo snorted and lightly slapped his teammate on the shoulder. "For someone who likes charging into battle headfirst, you're pretty nervous about a squishy, glowing plant thing. Besides, I don't think any amount of radiation could mutate you any further."
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Re: Some Super Spelunking [Caving] [H by C]

Postby Thunder » 09/10/2017 12:37 AM

On the other side of the chamber, Geysette moved right next to one of the plant clumps and took the opportunity to use the light to draw their route and mark the discovery on the map. Raising her head, she glanced around to see where they could go from here. She could see three dark tunnels leading out of the chamber. There was one next to where Ace and Flareo were standing on the right side of the cave. On her side, there was a narrow looking corridor towards the front, as well as a much larger, gaping emptiness nearby.

"Hmm," she mused aloud, tapping the end of the quill pen against her chin. There were so many paths to choose from. Where would they go?
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Re: Some Super Spelunking [Caving] [H by C]

Postby Thunder » 09/11/2017 12:48 PM

Before Geysette could go ask her team what they wanted to do, a faint sound suddenly rang out from down one of the tunnels. She froze, ears perked up. It definitely sounded like a voice, though with the other superheroes chattering about the plants, it was hard to discern what the voice was saying. "Hey!" Geysette hissed at the party. "Everyone shut up for a sec!"

Silence fell over the cave. Geysette's teammates first looked at her in confusion, but then they too heard the noise in the distance.

"Hel....H...Help..."

"Someone's in trouble!" Lumo gasped. "But..where is the voice coming from?"

It was so faint that it was hard to tell. Geysette summoned the group over to her and showed them the map. "Well, we have three guesses as to where it could be," she said. "Which way do you want to go?"

"It seems like the cave might be a bit more expansive on the west side," Flareo said. "So maybe we should go check out the east first?"

"Might as well," Ace agreed. "It's not like we have any other leads."
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Re: Some Super Spelunking [Caving] [H by C]

Postby Thunder » 09/19/2017 11:49 AM

With that, the group headed towards the east side of the cave. As they entered the tunnel there, the glowing light of the plants gradually faded behind them. It was chillier in this tunnel than the previous area, and wetter. Their paws splashed in small puddles that had formed on the cave floor. There was a damp smell in the air, and the sound of water droplets constantly, steadily dripping from stalactites.

Soon the tunnel opened up into a vast, empty space. The scent of water immediately hit the canines' noses. Lumo stepped forth to illuminate the cavern a bit more, and his light revealed a huge expanse of water before them, perfectly still and dark. "Whoa," he breathed. "It's a huge lake!"

"Careful now," Flareo muttered. "Don't get too close, or you might slip and end up going for a swim with whatever might be hiding in there."
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Re: Some Super Spelunking [Caving] [H by C]

Postby Thunder » 09/19/2017 3:33 PM

For a few moments they peered at the still water, waiting to see if anything would happen. It was perfectly quiet, though, and despite how clear the water was, they couldn't see anything moving around in it. They couldn't hear the voice crying for help, either. "Helloooo?" Ace called out, cupping his paws around his mouth. "Anyone there?"

But no one responded. "Looks like this is a dead end," Geysette said. "Let's go back and take one of the other routes."
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Re: Some Super Spelunking [Caving] [H by C]

Postby Thunder » 09/20/2017 10:10 AM

They headed back to the previous cavern and were greeted once again by the faintly glowing plant life. Now there were only two options -- the massive path to the southwest and the much narrower one to the northwest. The group stopped before the two entrances and tried to listen again for the voice. But now it had fallen silent.

"Shoot," Flareo growled, narrowing his eyes. "They stopped crying out. This doesn't look good."

"We gotta make a choice, quickly!" Ace urged. "Let's just pick one way and go!"
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Re: Some Super Spelunking [Caving] [H by C]

Postby Thunder » 09/20/2017 10:18 AM

Geysette glanced back and forth at the two options. "Um...um... That way!" she cried, pointing at the much larger passage. It wasn't an entirely arbitrary choice; she didn't really like how narrow the other way was, and with all four of them traveling together as a group, she wasn't sure how easy navigating that corridor would be. Everyone getting stuck in a narrow space seemed like a disaster waiting to happen.

The others nodded and set off down the chosen route. Once more, the light of the plants faded behind them, giving way to a deep and mysterious darkness.
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Re: Some Super Spelunking [Caving] [H by C]

Postby Thunder » 09/21/2017 12:16 PM

They didn't get too far when Lumo's glow revealed a strange, huge mass in front of them. As they got closer, it revealed itself to be a massive pile of rocks, which blocked off most of the passage except for a narrow gap at the very top of the pile. Lumo stepped closer and looked up. "It looks like this part caved in," he said. "See up there?"

He pointed at the ceiling and the others gathered to take a look. It definitely seemed like there were chunks of rock missing, and as if on cue, a small pebble fell down and bonked Ace on the head. "Ow!" he yelped, rubbing the spot it hit.

"Well, looks like we'll have to climb over if we want to proceed," Geysette sighed. "Just be careful, everyone!"
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