Into The Source - RP

Word Count

Dracorex - 855

Rune - 797

Tensa swished his tail around as he gazed at his surroundings, he was itching to get started "This adventure will be the best one yet"he thought with glee. A little ways behind Miyu was checking to make sure they had everything they needed as they waited for everyone to come to the meeting place.

Nautilus tightened the strap of his bag around him. Bag? Check! Hat? Check! Amazing personality? Check! He stood outside the entrance to tunnel where they were set to explore. He had been anticipating this day for a while and it had finally came. Naut had been training for any danger he may face. He may just be a delivery boy but he was oh so much more than that. Squinting in he saw a group of Ptithians approaching.  This must be his group!

Tensa twitched his ears and he turned around and saw Nautilus as he approached and walked up to him "you must be part of our group my names Tensa and thats Miyu over there" he swished his tail towards the mint green rubasyn just a little ways behind him as he extended a paw to shake.

Nautilus smiled. “Nice to meet’cha! The names Nautilus!” He said with a toothey grin. He shoke his new friends paw. “I hope y’all are ready for a big adventure!”. He looked at the looming tunnel behind them. A soft glow illuminated from it.

"yess totally I can't wait " he said excitedly, Miyu walked over to them "Nice to meet you if your ready to go so are we" she said as she hoisted a large bag of gear over shoulder and she gestered towards the illuminated tunnel.

Nautilus nodded and turned to enter the tunnel. As he walked down the tunnel the sounds of his talons echoed around the cave, making an eerie sound echo up and down the large passageway. He fluffed out his purple pelt as he heard a creepy sound. “I-I’m sure it’s nothing.” He spoke. He hoped to get to the end of the Tunnel as soon as possible.

Tensa walked alongside the rest of the group but soon he started to see the end of the tunnel and began to walk just bit faster meanwhile Miyu had was looking around jotting notes down about what she saw and things that interested her.

the tunnel finally led the group to a enormous cavern. Many huge stalagmites hung from the cavern ceiling. Lava flowed around the path that would lead them to their final destination. The heat was just enough bearable for the group. Nautilus gazed in awe at the sight ahead of him. “Wow…” he exclaimed. In all his years he had never seen anything like this. In the ground where huge paw steps, probably from the creatures that walked this path before them. And the end of the cavern land a hug monument, the End’s Beginning. The place they had come to see.

Tensa stopped just next to Nautilius and gazed around at the sight "This is amazing!!!" he said excitedly swishing his tail excitedly he new this adventure was going to be exciting but he didn't expect this as he looked around at all the huge paw steps in the ground. Miyu also stopped to gaze around at the sights taking them all in "This is so cool I never thought I see something like this in my life" she pointed a talon towards the huge monument "Well guys, this is what we came here to do so let's explore that monument" she said excitedly before starting to make her way in front of the group.

Nautilus nodded and started to walked towards the enormous monument. Trying not to fall into the huge paw steps he gazed around at the sight before him. How long had the creatures before him lived here? What were their lifestyles? Did they talk like Ptithians today? All these questions he hoped would be answered. Soon the group arrived at the huge steps to end the monument. It might be but hard to get up the steps. It was becoming increasingly obvious that the creatures before them were well… enormous compared to them. Nautilus and Tensa could easily fly up compared to Miyu. “Come on hurry up!” He said.

After a bit of help from Tensa, Miyu finally made it up the large staircase and began to look inside the huge monument "Wow look at all this just at the very entrance they could markings that looked like ancient text could these creatures have left them here what did they say she hurried over to one of the walls and took out a notebook and began to scribble down the ancient markings in hopes of one maybe translating and finding out more about these ancient creatures. Tensa looked around Miyu was busy with the writing the ancient script but Tensa saw some other ancient articfacts he really did start to wonder what did these ancient creatures look like did they have religous customs like modern ptithians or did they have their own customs and what were they like he was more curious than ever to discover more.

Grabbing the camera out of his bag Nautilus went to take pictures of the scenes and artifacts he found. These creatures before them seems for different yet the same.  One building he found had a set of Armour and weapons in it. They seemed similar to the types that the Tucruitorian guard would use. Maybe they got their ideas from them? His fur fluffed out in excitement to learn new facts and ideas. Maybe he could write a paper about his adventure. Turing to look at his companions he yelled, “Y’all found anything?".

Still gazing at large murals on the walls Miyu shouted "Hey guys come look at this!!" as she gazed at the mural that depicted what possibly coud have been weapons or rituals these ancient creatures used and performed. Tensa "wow I wonder what these were for" he said as he pulled out some ancient relics that could be considered some kinds of coins inside a large chalice.

Nautilus ran over to them. “Wow…” he eclaimed. He took pictures of the murals. “This will be great to add in my paper..” he mutters. His tail wagged in excitement. Grinning his tooth grin he started to imagine the scene painted in the mural. A pair of creatures fight in each other in the center of an area. Clad in Armour and bearing weapons. The two rush towards each other knocking each other. After a while of fighting the victor was declared.

“I know right I can’t wait to get back and start researching it!!” Miyu said excitedly as she started to scribble little doodles of the pictures on the mural. Tense wandered over looking at the large mural on the wall “I still can’t believe this has been here the whole time and nobody’s ever found it” he said in awe.

Nautilus hummed. “A little strange don’t you think? You would think at least someone would have found it. Or maybe someone did and didn’t return to tell the tale.” Saying that out loud made him shiver a bit. What if he was right? Probably not.  Shaking out his pelt he grinned, “Well let’s see what else we can find.” Hiding the fear inside him with his facade. He turned from his companions and started to walk around a bit more. Finding some artifacts that seemed like they would be used in daily life. Some bowls, cups, tools, cloths, etc.

Miyu shivered a bit at Nautilus’s comment about “others not returning” she put on a brave face though and thought well were going to return and started to follow Nautilus down the hall jotting down the various things that piqued her interest hoping it could help narrow down her search at the library later. Tensa meanwhile looked around at his surroundings checking to make sure nothing was wrong in case of Nautilus’s prediction being right then he shook his fur and swished his tail and started walking towards the others.

Nautilus keep walking around the city. Nothing to unusual and the same old stuff he had found before. Until finally he can across his biggest find. A huge skeleton, similar to the one in Ichy Colo. “wow…” he exclaimed. With this find maybe the could find out how far back this creature lived, was it healthy and perhaps how it died.

Miyu’s ears twitched as she heard Nautilus exclaim and she turned around to see what he was so excited about and saw the huge skeleton and her eyes filled with excitement “This is amazing! With this we could gather even more information on this ancient city and perhaps even what they looked like” she trotting over to the huge skeleton and looking around at the different pieces occasionally taking notes about things she saw. Tensa ran up to the skeleton after hearing both of them exclaim and it stopped him good for a while “This is awesome!” He said as he wandered around it looking for things that could tell him about this huge creature.

Nautilus grinned. He began to take some nice photos of the creature, making sure to get each part of it in frame. He'd be sure to take a bone sample back with him on their journey home. This perhaps would be their biggest accomplishment on their adventure yet. "Shall we head back or shall we keep looking?" He asked his group.

Miyu tapped her latchclaw on the floor as she looked at her notes “I think we did well for this exploration and we should probably head back lest we get lost in here plus I can’t wait to compare these to my other notes” Tensa shrugged “We should get moving then we don’t know how long it will take us to get back” and headed back the way they came.

The group decided to head back and report their findings.