Acension City: Redux

[Michen_S]

Stubborn as Zila was, she continued her way down the hall. Despite continuously checking the side wall to see where she was going, she somehow managed to hit her head against the starcase where the hatch was at. She shortly yelled at the sudden impact and dropped her bag of bread again, after which she carefully touched the sore spot. Her impatience would really be the death of her someday. First the magician, now the stairs... She dropped on her knees and started searching around for the bread by touch.

[Angder]

Angder moved into the darkness cautiously. "maybe..." Angder stated. "But we have no other leads."

[Michen_S]

The cheetah just sighed. She touched around, but for some reason could not find the bread she was carrying. She'd have to steal a new one, which she really didn't want to do with the situation she had been in this day. Then she looked into the direction she assumed to be back to the door with runes. Of course she couldn't see anything because it was all black, but she had the idea to get back to this Wilco magician. The wolf did offer her bread, after all, and she was still hungry... The female softly planted her paw on her forehead. "FIIIIINE! Ugh..." Having no better ideas, she went back into the tunnel a second time, mumbing some things that got lost in the darkness.

[Wilco Whiteheart]

The rune door glows, sensing someone nearby. Wilco was sleeping inside, mumbling to himself.

[Rayleonarde]

Ray shrugged, waving his flashlight around the chamber. “I mean, yeah...but it’s much to go on. There’s no sign of anyone being in here...”


Ray wouldn’t notice, but there was a subtle click as his foot pressed a pressure pad down.

[Michen_S]

Now that the cheetah female could see the runes glow, they knew where the door was. It also meant she found the way back and that she no longer had to worry about the darkness anymore.

After reaching the wall, she just slammed her fist against it. Of course this didn't have much of an effect besides hurting her own hand. Having no other ideas, she just started to yell. "Hey, you there! Open up this door, punk! I want to talk with you!"

[Angder]

One of Angder's ears raised slightly, hearing a quiet sound.

"Wait." Angder paused for a moment, and his eyes go wide. "GET DOWN." He Dived for Ray, hoping to push him out the way of whatever trap he had activated.

[Rayleonarde]

Ray grunted as he hit the floor, just as a barrage of darts shot from either side of the room. "Agh...thanks. What did I hit?"

[Wilco Whiteheart]

Wilco walks to the door, opening it a crack. "Yes?" He asks, cautious. "Is that you, Zila?"

[Michen_S]

Zila rolled her eyes. "No, it's Santa Claws. Of course it's me!" The cheetah looked grim, and her ears were tilted backwards. "Look, you win, okay? I'll stay with you, or whatever."

[Wilco Whiteheart]

Wilco smiles weakly and opens the door wider. "Come on in then." He says, gesturing behind him.

[Michen_S]

"Just give me something to eat and I'll pay you back," she snarled as she walked back into the lab. She appeared to be very difficult to please, and quite unhappy about... pretty much everything. Though, since she was living in a city like this with no comfort or security, that wouldn't come as much of a surprise.

[Angder]

"Pressure plate" Angder stated "Just glad knocking you to the ground was enough, If it was a pit trap that probably would not have worked"

[Wilco Whiteheart]

Wilco nods and sighs, handing her some bread and meat.

[Rayleonarde]

Ray cautiously stood up, keeping an ear out for more traps. He turned around to face the stairway to the church’s lawn, before letting out a bewildered “Huh? Hey...the uh...stairs are gone.”


Where the stairs were, a sleek obsidian-like wall now stood.