[JupiterMoony]

Drab shrugs as she treads onwards, kicking some of the rubble aside inorder to make a path that they can always track back should they need to. She looks around for any sign of something that could lead them to the ruins or any nasty thing they would need to smack like pests.

[Uncouth T-Rex]

As the pair progressed through the temple, the ruins became more grandiose, and appeared in a greater and greater state of decay. Towers and arches of once-polished sandstone rocketed up to meet the sky, slowly replacing trees and undergrowth along the onyx-paved walkways of the temple. Ancient lettering only vaguely resembling the modern alphabet marked some of the stones, both on the paths and the walls which were springing up all around them. Here and there, massive gouges began to appear, as if something titanic in proportion had carved deep grooves into the structures.

In the tunnel, the pictographs were placed so that they provided an otherworldly green light for travelers to walk by, and it could be seen that for whatever reason, time had not worn too heavily on the walls. The floor was interesting, in that there was a totally chaotic pattern carved into it, something resembling a series of dots and lines that never fully repeated itself and intermingled its symbols.

[nathan67003]

(Gonna let you rp this one first, Walter)

[Walter]

Janna did not approve of any of this. "There's something very odd about these engravings on the floor here. Either whoever designed these things didn't give one shit about aesthetics, or they didn't make 'em on purpose." The shield maiden said, keeping her guard up even more now. At least they couldn't get attacked from the side again.

[nathan67003]

Brock stopped walking and turned around, noticing what his Partner was looking at. He observed it for a moment before glancing around the cave. "No, it's too complicated. Whatever made this did it with a purpose. It's not purely random, there's no discernable repetition. It's fully intended. Plus, the place is a bit too fresh to my liking for this to be an old build."

[Uncouth T-Rex]

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Floob, Jupiter, want me to wait on you guys?

[Flooberoid]

((I think we're waiting on you. My impression was that you were stalling until both halves of our party are at the same point.))

[Uncouth T-Rex]

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I wasn't, please continue reacting to the environment XD

[Flooberoid]

((Uhhhh...))

Hagane noted the huge gouges in the structures around them and deduced that something large had been here. He gripped his sword and gestured for Drab to prepare herself as well, keeping silent to avoid drawing attention.

[JupiterMoony]

Drab noted the gesture back remained in somewhat lax stroll, but her mind was alert and body ready to move when required. Gouges in the structures, the only Grimm she knew that could dig was the Death Stalker due to its primary habit of staying in caves.

[Uncouth T-Rex]

The further they moved into the ruins, the more apparent it was that they were being led to the center of the structure, as more and more of the stonework appeared all around them. Increasingly prevalent too was the green lettering, which now seemed to be some sort of labeling or even a set of directions on how to navigate the maze-like corridors they were in. The gouges remained constant, even if the state of disrepair lessened the longer they walked. Just as something flashed a vibrant green down a distant corridor, the stones hummed again, shaking with the tremor. Once more, the air filled with that unpleasant sound, which increased to a near-whine.

In the tunnel, small holes in the walls began to appear, and faint scratching could be heard from every direction.

[Walter]

Janna's eyes darted from hole to hole, the tank lady raising her shields to her sides a bit higher, intending to cover as many of them as she could. "I don't like this. This feels like we're just waltzing into a trap of some kind. Fuck knows who'd set it up, but this just seems very, very wrong." She said.

By this point, she had also drawn Honor and Justice and switched them into their ranged mode. If anything tried attacking them, they'd get blasted in the face. If it had a face, that is. And was a thing she could fire at.

Shit.

[nathan67003]

Brock had, for once, grabbed Uloe with both hands as well as slowed down his pace. His partner was right: something was waaayyy off. Whatever the damn thing that resided here was, it'd get one hell of a smacking if it decided to lunge at them. "Hmm." was his only answer.

[Flooberoid]

Hagane broke the silence, but spoke quietly. "Whatever's making that noise and these indentations in the structure is probably also related to that light up ahead." He pointed forward, as if he really needed to show his partner what he was talking about. "It feels like we're being led there intentionally. Be on your guard."

[JupiterMoony]

Drab nods and as she held her stafff firmly infront of her now. "Got it, just wondering what they mean though" Drab looks towards the green letterung, trying to make sense of it all as she kept her ears open to the scratching, onviously it was something, but what?