Excavation

[Sij]

Sij stops and waits a bit for the others to catch up. Looking back at his new reptilian companions.

"Come, friends. There should be ample time to discuss on the way to the city and in the city. But we do need to make way as we do not know what the night may be like in this area of the world." He says, gesturing in a friendly manner for them to come with us.

He stands in wait for the rest. He cannot allow anybody to wonder off too far, from his range of protection. Although he is sure they could easily handle themselves, he finds it imperative that we all stay close as a group in order to maintain a good bond and level of communication. Communication is key in battle and we cannot risk anything in a situation such as this.

[Suzumibachii]

"Komodo... Iv never met a komodo before, Your much larger than I expected" she grinned " Or maybe im just small, either way we should probably get going before the others get to far ahead. " Looking at him swallow the dried meat whole she walked forward to the rest of the group.

[Colioli4]

Ghorlo walks after her. He hears the human stop some way further. Is something happening? No, he doesn´t smell any adrenaline or sweat, so its probably nothing. The guy is just waiting for them to catch up. He notices the throwing knife he suddenly holds in his left hand. Embarassed, he puts it back into its socket. No time to get paranoid now.
''What distance do we still have to cover?'' He asks to no-one in particular.

[Døvu]

Dovu stopped in the middle of the street just before the outskirt of the city. The towering building still seemed to scrape the sky, while others barely poked their heads out of  the ground. "I wouldnt say very far Chorlo." He said. "The most stable building will be the biggest. More safety measures I presume. Look...over there." He pointed at the tallest one just a few minutes away. "Its not far either. We have just enough sunlight. Lets get inside before we start to freeze."


Dovu picked up a scent of meat. He turned around to Chorlo...."I would save that if I were you. Each person is responsible for his or her own food and water. Eat just enough to keep a stable mental status and physical condition. Ignore your instinct to eat everything you see Komodo." He said with a smile joking around some.


"COMMON SLOW POKES!" He yelled sending his horse into a full gallop to the building.

[Suzumibachii]

Quickly calling her horse with a sharp tongue click, Suzzen grabbing the reins and jumping up as the horse runs towards her. A smile across her as she send him into a full gallop towards the rest of the group. " Who are you calling slow?" The grin on her face getting wider the faster she goes. Looking around "This place really is dead,even the grass looks like its had the life chocked out of it."

"That tall building is the one were are heading to?"

[Colioli4]

"What tall building??? Oh, Kratys!!!" Ghorlo runs after the ground, using his hearing and touch to find his way through the dead landscape after the horses. Dead it is. No birds other than crows live here, no plants are able to survive, no insects, no rats, nothing... It's like the life has been sucked out of this place, and Dead himself rules the ground and the air now... For a second, Ghorlo is able to make out a very slight scratching sound to his left. It is gone as quickly as it arrived. Not wanting to scare the others, he runs on, keeping his ears and nose opened to detect any threats...

[Suzumibachii]

Looking at the tops of building poking out of the ground as she approaches the building they were headed towards. Getting off her horse and looking at it. "No point in you going further" She grabs a small backpack that was attached to her saddle and placing a piece of parchments on the saddle. "Go home."

She started to run, as the Komodo who was a little behind her caught up.

[Døvu]

Dovu dismounted and let his horse run free. He strapped on his backpack, sheathed his tomahawk, and adjusted his clothing and light leather armor.
"This is it. If anyone wants to turn back...now is your only chance."
He walked up to the face of building and punched in a window. The glass was brittle and very hazy from thousands of years of corrosion. The stale air inside the building seeped out, giving off an unpleasant scent.
"The faster you adjust to the smell, the quicker you get used to it." He said with a smile, stepping over the bottom of the window frame and stepping into the room. It was obviously an old office building. Computers, although foreign to Dovu, were scattered around. He poked inside one finding hard drives and microchips. He took one out and put it in his satchel. Everything was rusted so badly that nearly anything made of metal crumbled to the touch.
Perhaps these structures wont be as stable as I anticipated.
He poked his head up and yelled out to the others.
"Are you coming in or what? You guys need to see this stuff."

[Sij]

Sij quickly followed suit, entering though the window of the building. The smell of mold and rust filled his lungs.  The dimly lit room seemed to be filled with some sort of strange devices. Different kinds of furniture, things of the like. Sij stood by the nearest doorway and waited for the others to arrive, as well as keeping his ears and eyes watchful for anything that could go wrong.

            "Dovu, do you have any idea what these things might be? At all? Or even what language these letters are?"

Sij said, noticing some of the rusted labels on the file cabinets as he positioned himself by the door. The creaking and cracking of the building filling the room causes him to take a more alert stance. But he figures we will be fine. For now anyways. We don't hold enough weight to break the building.

[Colioli4]

Climbing through the window, Ghorlo makes his way through the room slowly, touching every device and chair situated there. How smart our races must have been, to be able to use these... computers? Was that the name of them? Again he hears the scratching noise, and again nothing is to be seen. Christ, am I getting paranoid or what... "Guys, I... I think we are not alone here..." Carefully, Ghorlo draws a throwing knife, searching for the source of the disturbance.

[Suzumibachii]

Stepping through the window Suzzen takes a moment to get used to the air. thinking to herself "No good its going to take a while before ill be able to smell things" Brushing the dust off of some papers. "I cant read whats written here the ink is too degraded"  Turning her head as she hear a faint scratching noise. "Chorlo might be right, dont get too distracted"

Walking forward hearing the creaking of the old structure around her. "This building truelly is well contructed, thousands of years old and still standing"  Taking her cloak off as she walked in the direction where she heard the noises.

[Døvu]

"Chorlo..." Dovu nudges his hand back down at his side. "Its an old building...its going to make noise. Try to relax." He picked up some papers off the desk. "This seems to be an advanced language but with the use of a simple alphabet. Though I cant make any sense of it. Such short words." Dovu's eye catches wires leading to sockets in the wall. He picks on up.
"Interesting...a...power source maybe? But what kind?" He dropped it.
"Lets move on. Answers may lie ahead...or down I should say. We will be back at this room when we leave."
He found the doorway in the shadow of the room.
"This way..." He poked his head through it. "Much darker in here. One of you reptiles go first.  You will be able to see well I assume."

[Suzumibachii]

Smiling Suzzen took a step into the room being used to the darkness and the shadows. " Ill go first"
Looking around in the dark."There seems to be some stairs leading down, cant see anything else though"

Starting to walk down the stairs slowly making scratching her claw against the wall  marking it.

"Lets head down further" If this is an old office building chances are more of the upper floors will just be the same."

[Døvu]

"Right. We need to find a stairwell of some sort." Dovu said, following Suzzen's voice. His eyes were good, but not that good. He cautiously went down the steps.

[Sij]

Sij followed the others through the door. Slowly making his way down the stairwell, getting used to the steps he was able to keep up with the others fairly easily. Sij made sure to have his arm ready for drawing his blade-- Just in case. Dovu doesn't seem to understand being extremely cautious. But that's fine. That's why Sij is here, to protect and evolve as a warrior. Dovu is here to take risks and discover.

           "If we aren't here alone. Then I'm afraid whatever it is will be getting one hell of a surprise. I'm sure we can make sure of that quite easily." Said Sij, in a half joking manner.