Once home to the Crystal Cities of the Hunter clans, Craiss Caverns is now a hollow empty shell of its former glory due to a strange misfortune in the past. Man-made tunnels now lead to this place, but tales tell of some never returning. (+3 Defense, +2 Offense)

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Study and Punishment [Training-Self] [M:L] [RE2 Welcome]

Postby Nyxia » 04/17/2014 10:29 AM

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Standing at the maw of the cave Kimi reflected on how this had happened to her, how she had ended up the escort for this "mission". She'd been minding her own business when Dr. Suhoiae had walked down the corridor and asked her to accompany her strange assistant Cila on what she'd claimed to be a vital errand. At first Kimi hadn't thought too much of it, begrudgingly agreeing to such a task. Now standing here waiting for Cila, she wondered if this wasn't some sort of punishment for her involvement in the Imperial side of the war. It didn't really matter now, five days later and having trekked half way across the continent to get here. As she watched the opening Dov untangled himself from the tattoos on her arm to chirp his high pitched call which echoed down the dark cave mouth. "Hush." She told the spirit with a harsh whisper. "I know something big is down there." She did know, not what it was, but she'd been warned by Dr. Suhoiae about the size and power of the beast they were here to check on. In her hand Tzion vibrated an agreement with Dov's assessment of this cave, his one yellow colored demon eye pulsing and glowing with warning for his handler.


Bottles smashed, I raised my hand
How can you all even stand?
And why is there joy in this poison? Oh
Faking smiles and confidence
Driving miles to capture this excitement
I can't take anymore

You're never gonna get it
I'm a hazard to myself
I'll break it to you easy
This is hell, this is hell
You're looking and whispering
You think I'm someone else
This is hell, yes
I am in hell



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Re: Study and Punishment [Training-Self] [M:L] [RE2 Welcome]

Postby Nyxia » 04/19/2014 9:24 AM

Standing there, it seemed that time itself slowed down. It felt like an hour had passed, though a glance at her watch told Kimi that only ten minutes had crept by. This was rediculious, she was a trained soldier not a babysitter. Besides the woman she was waiting on was a demon, to Kimi she should have been able to handle this without some kind of muscle. Hell  Dr. Suhoiae could have sent Far or Leon to handle such a thing, after all they were simply checking on this massive monster. What was the worst they could run into down there? A few cave spiders that could be stepped on, it made her feel that an armed guard was a bit much. Still she set Tzion against one of the rocks as she leaned on the cave wall just inside the opening to wait, watching as Dov twisted and spun around the demon sword having some sort of conversation.


Bottles smashed, I raised my hand
How can you all even stand?
And why is there joy in this poison? Oh
Faking smiles and confidence
Driving miles to capture this excitement
I can't take anymore

You're never gonna get it
I'm a hazard to myself
I'll break it to you easy
This is hell, this is hell
You're looking and whispering
You think I'm someone else
This is hell, yes
I am in hell



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Re: Study and Punishment [Training-Self] [M:L] [RE2 Welcome]

Postby Nyxia » 04/19/2014 9:30 AM

As she waited Kimi found herself bored enough to practice with her magic, creating small balls of fire in her hand as she tapped the toe of her boot against the ground. She'd stopped paying attention to the cave or what was around her, switching the ball into ice then back again. It wasn't like there was much else to do, after all she'd been told to stay above ground and wait. Worse than playing nanny to some whelp of scholar, was playing guard without a charge. She'd switched the ball back to fire and was tossing it absently from one hand to the other, sometimes even sending it airborne as waited. "That really isn't safe, considering the creature might sense it." A voice called to her from somewhere around the edge of the cave mouth. Snuffing out the flame ball by crushing it in her gloved hand, Kimi pushed off the wall and picked Tzion up with a slight smirk.


Bottles smashed, I raised my hand
How can you all even stand?
And why is there joy in this poison? Oh
Faking smiles and confidence
Driving miles to capture this excitement
I can't take anymore

You're never gonna get it
I'm a hazard to myself
I'll break it to you easy
This is hell, this is hell
You're looking and whispering
You think I'm someone else
This is hell, yes
I am in hell



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Re: Study and Punishment [Training-Self] [M:L] [RE2 Welcome]

Postby Nyxia » 04/19/2014 9:38 AM

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"About damn time you showed up, I was starting to think you went home." Kimi growled at the freckled face young woman who stepped into the cave's mouth across from her. The woman gave her a half smile that exposed her canines and let out a girlish laugh. "Why the hell do you need me here, anyway?" She grumbled bringing Tzion up and resting him over her shoulder. It was a bit of a mystery to her why she was here, but Kimi suspected it was a punishment for her efforts in the war that the doctor didn't like. If that woman thought she could teach Kimi a lesson she was in for a surprise, because the moment this was over Kimi intended to head straight back to the camp and get down to business. With Cila following behind her Kimi lead the way down the path into the cave, "Hope you have some kind of map, since rumor has it this place is damn huge." She didn't know why she felt a need to speak more to the younger woman, it wasn't something she normally did. Then again she hadn't been that bored in years, so a little something to break it would be welcome.


Bottles smashed, I raised my hand
How can you all even stand?
And why is there joy in this poison? Oh
Faking smiles and confidence
Driving miles to capture this excitement
I can't take anymore

You're never gonna get it
I'm a hazard to myself
I'll break it to you easy
This is hell, this is hell
You're looking and whispering
You think I'm someone else
This is hell, yes
I am in hell



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Re: Study and Punishment [Training-Self] [M:L] [RE2 Welcome]

Postby Nyxia » 04/19/2014 9:54 AM

Cila had been wondering the same thing, considering she'd made this trip at least nine or ten times in the last year by herself. It was odd that Eilya suddenly thought she needed a guard this time, but then it might make sense considering she'd nearly run into something strange down here last time. That strange smoothed skinned creature hadn't been really hunting her as much as defending its territory, but then Cila was completely sure of that either. "I don't know, really. I think Eilya got worried when I ran into that strange thing." It was actually more conversation than she'd been prepared for, considering Kimi and Leon seemed to compete for most silent warrior as far as she'd heard. Really rumor of the tactical team was all Cila knew, she never went down to the ground floors. As she followed the other woman into the cave, Cila was beginning to wonder if the rumors were true at all. "I know this cave well enough that we don't need one, just turn right ahead here." She hoped they would run into that thing this time.


Bottles smashed, I raised my hand
How can you all even stand?
And why is there joy in this poison? Oh
Faking smiles and confidence
Driving miles to capture this excitement
I can't take anymore

You're never gonna get it
I'm a hazard to myself
I'll break it to you easy
This is hell, this is hell
You're looking and whispering
You think I'm someone else
This is hell, yes
I am in hell



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Re: Study and Punishment [Training-Self] [M:L] [RE2 Welcome]

Postby Nyxia » 04/19/2014 10:05 AM

The words 'strange thing' perked Kimi's interest some, maybe this wasn't some kind of twisted punishment and there was a reason for her being here. Then again you never knew with Dr. Suhoiae, things might have had a double reason with that woman and you wouldn't know for sure. "Alright, fine." She turned at the first right tunnel that split away from the main cave, Tzion zinging furiously in her hand as she did so. "Calm down, Tzion. I already told you I know something big is down here." Most people didn't talk to their weapons, and Kimi figured Cila would think she was unbalanced. Then again, most people's weapons didn't have a glowing yellow eye and speak in vibrations and zips of energy into it's wielder either. It was about as strange as having a tattoo that came alive, and moved off your skin to do whatever it wanted. Some things you just had to accept and get use to, and Dov was often helpful enough. Which as she thought about him the strange creature reappeared from the darkness to wrap around her bicep and report one what he'd found. "Very good." She told him turning back towards the younger woman. "Know any other ways down there? Dov says there was some kind of cave in up this path, its impassable." She couldn't read the look the other woman gave her as they watched one another.


Bottles smashed, I raised my hand
How can you all even stand?
And why is there joy in this poison? Oh
Faking smiles and confidence
Driving miles to capture this excitement
I can't take anymore

You're never gonna get it
I'm a hazard to myself
I'll break it to you easy
This is hell, this is hell
You're looking and whispering
You think I'm someone else
This is hell, yes
I am in hell



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Re: Study and Punishment [Training-Self] [M:L] [RE2 Welcome]

Postby Nyxia » 04/19/2014 10:12 AM

It was something Cila had never seen before, not the sword - she'd seen plenty of swords forged with souls during her time. The fact that a mortal like this woman could actually understand it, shocked Cila since even her kind couldn't always understand them. On top of that as they stood there, an ink like dragon floated out of the darkness and wrapped itself around the woman's skin where Cila had before seen a tattoo. Unsure of herself Cila paused to watch as the creature melded back to the woman's skin, like it had never raised. "I...I think the chamber has a second entry point..." She stammered as she watched Kimi, who stared back at her with impassive eyes. Those mismatched eyes suddenly became a bit frightening, as it alluded to a nature other than mortal for Cila. "Maybe if we got right here, and then straight into the second chamber..." She wasn't sure, since this was the only route she'd ever taken down to the inner chamber. It seemed to satisfy the other woman however as she turned back around and started in that direction.


Bottles smashed, I raised my hand
How can you all even stand?
And why is there joy in this poison? Oh
Faking smiles and confidence
Driving miles to capture this excitement
I can't take anymore

You're never gonna get it
I'm a hazard to myself
I'll break it to you easy
This is hell, this is hell
You're looking and whispering
You think I'm someone else
This is hell, yes
I am in hell



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Re: Study and Punishment [Training-Self] [M:L] [RE2 Welcome]

Postby Nyxia » 04/19/2014 10:19 AM

Kimi had taken the instructions and was off already, she couldn't stand when people looked at her like the younger woman had. For the most part few questioned her much, she'd made sure she wasn't someone most would speak to unless they had to. Now as she followed the narrow passage down towards this chamber, Tzion held in front of her in case of trouble. "So is there, or isn't there another entry to this damn chamber we're looking for?" Now she was angry, not as much about the news that they may not make it there. She'd been lost enough times that it didn't bother her anymore, it was the way the younger woman was acting. Yes, Kimi knew she was scary. It didn't mean she liked people to act like she could turn into a monster at any second. "For your sake there had better be one, because otherwise I'm leaving." She'd just entered the chamber, her eyes scanning for a threat as she walked along the wall. "That means you get to either go on, or get out on your own."


Bottles smashed, I raised my hand
How can you all even stand?
And why is there joy in this poison? Oh
Faking smiles and confidence
Driving miles to capture this excitement
I can't take anymore

You're never gonna get it
I'm a hazard to myself
I'll break it to you easy
This is hell, this is hell
You're looking and whispering
You think I'm someone else
This is hell, yes
I am in hell



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Re: Study and Punishment [Training-Self] [M:L] [RE2 Welcome]

Postby Nyxia » 04/20/2014 8:16 PM

Cila was getting more flustered than anything by the other woman's sudden change in attitude, and for a moment she wished the rumors had been true. It would have been so much easier to have a companion who simply didn't speak, rather than one who threatened to leave her here on her own. "I...I don't know! Stop shouting at me!" She yelled, and quickly regretted it when the other woman turned to face her with a sharp glare. "I'm pretty sure there is, but I can't remember if its through this chamber or the next one over." She'd composed herself quickly enough, that didn't help much considering the look on Kimi's face. Duel colored eyes seemed to glow in the dim light with a fierce sort of look, like she could look straight into Cila's soul. The small demon woman didn't like the idea that someone could read her so easily from a look, but it was the way the sword pulsed and the dragon looking tattoo rose up to watch her as well. She didn't voice that Eilya would likely be upset with Kimi leaving her in here, since it didn't seem it would make anything better right then.


Bottles smashed, I raised my hand
How can you all even stand?
And why is there joy in this poison? Oh
Faking smiles and confidence
Driving miles to capture this excitement
I can't take anymore

You're never gonna get it
I'm a hazard to myself
I'll break it to you easy
This is hell, this is hell
You're looking and whispering
You think I'm someone else
This is hell, yes
I am in hell



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Re: Study and Punishment [Training-Self] [M:L] [RE2 Welcome]

Postby Nyxia » 04/20/2014 8:25 PM

When the little woman started shouting, and telling Kimi not to shout at her; Kimi was very confused. She hadn't raised her voice, since after all wasn't she here because of some creepy shadow creature? She had been goading the research assistant, sure, but even Kimi knew something that had that sort of adaption to a cave had better hearing than vision. She stood there for a moment while the other got it back under control, before she shook her head slightly in the dim light. "Bold. I'll give you that. Considering your suppose to be so much smarter than me, are you trying to draw whatever is in the shadows to us? Or do you hear voices?" She still didn't raise her voice, but she was purposely rattling Cila to see what would happen next. When Cila had the good sense to look ashamed of her outburst Kimi turned to scan the area once more, assuring herself that still nothing moved in the shadows. In her hand Tzion pulsed once to confirm that it sensed nothing around them, just the huge power deeper in the caves. "If your done, we might consider moving on from here quickly. For future reference, Cila, things that live in caves have sharp hearing. Its how they find their prey, and how they find each other when the season comes." Sure that nothing lurked in the shadows she started heading out across the open area of the chamber, careful to avoid bumping any of the rock piles and giving them away.


Bottles smashed, I raised my hand
How can you all even stand?
And why is there joy in this poison? Oh
Faking smiles and confidence
Driving miles to capture this excitement
I can't take anymore

You're never gonna get it
I'm a hazard to myself
I'll break it to you easy
This is hell, this is hell
You're looking and whispering
You think I'm someone else
This is hell, yes
I am in hell



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Re: Study and Punishment [Training-Self] [M:L] [RE2 Welcome]

Postby Nyxia » 04/20/2014 8:32 PM

Flushing Cila would have said something more on the comment about her mental state, but refrained from saying anything more. Kimi hadn't shouted, threatened yes, but not shouted. After such an outburst she wouldn't have been surprised if the warrior woman had left her behind, and told the others that she'd gone mad in these caves. The warning she'd been give though rattled her a lot more than Kimi's threats had, she might have brought the thing right to them. Suddenly she thought the shadows were alive in the cave, and rushed after Kimi who'd navigated the chamber nearly across when Cila crashed into her back. As both tumbled to the ground Cila thought she heard Kimi swear under her breath in a language other than human. It shocked her considering all the others at the sanctuary were sure Kimi was nothing but mortal, Cila scrambled back off the other woman with a soft squeak. "I...I'm so sorry...I thought-and-it-" She shut up quickly when Kimi's hand shot up demanding silence.


Bottles smashed, I raised my hand
How can you all even stand?
And why is there joy in this poison? Oh
Faking smiles and confidence
Driving miles to capture this excitement
I can't take anymore

You're never gonna get it
I'm a hazard to myself
I'll break it to you easy
This is hell, this is hell
You're looking and whispering
You think I'm someone else
This is hell, yes
I am in hell



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Re: Study and Punishment [Training-Self] [M:L] [RE2 Welcome]

Postby Nyxia » 04/22/2014 10:37 AM

In the darkness Kimi heard something moving, and it wasn't something small either. Her eyes narrowed as Cila stopped speaking, searching through the darker parts of the cave for whatever she'd heard. Whatever it was stopped moving the moment the silence encompassed them, as if it could no longer find them in cave. Looking back at Cila who was very slowly getting off of her, Kimi held a finger to her lips demanding no noise be made. With careful movement she too rose off the ground and picked up Tzion, who had dimmed its own light. They were right in the open, with not a single stone big enough to hide behind. Not that it would have helped them much, but still the unprotected area they stood in made Kimi nervous. Making sure Cila was looking at her, Kimi made another motion for quiet before pointing to the opening in the chamber wall she'd been headed for. Hoping Cila understood she started making her way for the opening.


Bottles smashed, I raised my hand
How can you all even stand?
And why is there joy in this poison? Oh
Faking smiles and confidence
Driving miles to capture this excitement
I can't take anymore

You're never gonna get it
I'm a hazard to myself
I'll break it to you easy
This is hell, this is hell
You're looking and whispering
You think I'm someone else
This is hell, yes
I am in hell



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