Genii, Gemma and Erras were happy to see Marcus return with Lucretia.
The basalt columns tumbled and blocked the entrance to the cave, sending up a thick grey dust cloud as Serenity got clear.
".... oh yay, Serenity made it." Genii said not so enthusiastically. "Ouf!"
Gemma elbowed Genii. "Gen! She might hear you."
"I was joking obviously." kind of... maybe. Genii rubbed his ribcage.
Erras waved Serenity over.
After everyone got out the cave collapsed burring Mina under rocks.
(I'm taking my leave here as it seems~ It was fun while it lasted. I hoped for a more dramatic exit but what can I do.)
((Hey Kittyfox! Cate and Erras talked to Serenity and (although she's still confused and suspicious) they managed to calm her down.
Mina called forth the hunt to induce fear and inflict chaos on some of the group, which all got a little out of hand. 
There were beasts made of darkness dancing around her body (Serpents, Lions, Tigers, Dragons, Bears etc.) which all swirled and merged into a smokey figure made of teeth and claws and blood. I really don't think she had control over it.
Anyway, it spooked the group (understandably) so they did a runner. Serenity caught the side of the cave on her way out, causing the cave entrance to collapse.
The group are a few meters away from the cave processing things I guess. ))
((Alrighty, I'm awake and able to process stuff 
"What was that?" Cate was getting less anxious after leaving the cavern. She was checking to see if she had everything on her.
Bellah stood beside Aster and Makna watching the cave in. She coughed and waved the dust away.
“Hyva sket. Sataa Aatma devoraa ta anmaa.” She said with contempt, then turned to Aster. “... and you... you will be careful.” She scolded.
“I do not wish you to get hurt.” Bellah was still annoyed with Aster for heading into danger.
((Translation: “Good riddance. May Aatma devour your soul.” ))
“I’m so sorry. She said she was a priestess so I thought...” Gemma felt guilty for inviting the woman into the group. “... I didn’t know she’d...”
“It’s ok Gem. Everyone’s fine...” Genii stopped to turn Erras’ map the right way around. “... nobody got hurt anyway.”
Daemon was fumbling in his pockets, but realized he lost his book. He must have left in on the basalt when they escaped.
"Oh drat..." his mouthcorners drop. He spent a good 2 years on the script.
((Oh no! 
))
Both Gemma and Genii glanced at Daemon as he spoke.
“Have you lost something?” Gemma asked, seeing the man searching through his pockets.
Erras had finally figured out the route they needed to take to get through the mountains safely. There were countless pathways, canyons and tunnels up in the peaks. It would be easy to get lost up there if they took a wrong turn.
“Let’s be off then.” Erras said, starting to walk to the left of the ruined cave. Up ahead was a sloping pathway that meandered up into the hills.
Genii was still cautious of Serenity. He constantly kept an eye on her as they walked.
“What’s going to happen when she remembers what we did?” He said quietly to Cate.
Daemon stopped searching his pockets and turned to Gemma.
"My novel... I had a book I have been writing in for about two years. I think I left in it the cave when..."
He turns his head and looks at the pile of rubble, before sighing.
"I'm not sure." Cate replies to Genii. "There is a big chance she gets angry, but perhaps her memory loss may cause her to be different. I can't say for sure though."
Aster glanced at his feet as he was scolded, gripping his staff. "I was being careful... but someone had to do something. Im sorry I worried you Bellah."
“Oh Honey...” Gemma put a hand on Daemon’s shoulder in sympathy. “Maybe we can find a bookstall in the city and you can buy a new book to write in. What was the story about?”
“Couldn’t we just...” Genii quickly glanced back to check Serenity wasn’t listening/watching “... use your subversion (inversion) stone again... like, while she’s sleeping or something?” He said to Cate.
Erras walked at a leisurely pace at the head of the group, leading them up a well worn path.
Bellah frowned down at Aster’s red hair for a moment, then sighed and smiled.
“It was amusing when you struck the Myrk’taa (Serenity) and demoness with your staff. Is this how you deal with the corrupt spirits?” She smirked and started to walk.
He looked up and blushed a little. "Well ...depends, sometimes it works other times I have to resort to being more hands on with my methods."
@Legendofgenii @DelythThomasArt
(Bellah and Aster need to get a room! Lol
Okay sorry to interupt. Just wanted to say that Jet will be over the mountain side waiting for the group. ... mostly because of how long ive been away from the thread. And so everyone will see this post. Okay see yas on the thread after Monday!)
"It was about a mute protagonist." Daemon explains. "They were on a journey to seek out the creature who stole their voice. "
"Uhhh, yeah...about that..."
Cate gets the inversion stone from her bag. Unlike the first time it appeared, the colours were gone and it was black like coal.
"After overloading it with so much power, the stone has been depleted of its power."
"A creature stole their voice? That sounds exciting." Gemma smiled. Daemon's description made the stories back at the tavern sound quite dull. "Hopefully you can remember it... or the main parts anyway."
"Never mind, at least it worked the first time." Genii said, staring at the black stone in Cate's hand. "Can... can I have that... I mean, if you don't need it anymore." Genii asked. For some reason he wanted to keep the thing.
After just a short walk the group were getting to more rocky and uneven ground, and there wasn't much in the way of plant-life as they got higher.
Erras changed direction and proceeded to lead the group along a thin ledge (just wide enough for Manka) with a sheer drop on one side. Clouds of mist occasionally blew across and obscured the path, but if they copied Erras and kept a hand to the basalt cliff on their left they would be fine.
"Hands on?" Bellah repeated Aster as she followed the rest of the group.
