Isa's twittering fidgets only got worse as he stared at the cave and the trap door. Both could lead to a painful ending and he fidgeted quite terribly as he worked to figure out which route may provide safe access. He watch with a jerky twitch of his head as Star bounds down the hole and looks at the gave once again before opening the trap door to look in curiously and then slowly twitching in.

Sorry!! Posted on here by accident!! sorry!

Tromping southward, Bandaid mused a bit. I guess I've made a bit of a name for myself here, if I was worth kidnapping and bringing to a place this remote. I can probably let my mental shields down a little bit without getting overwhelmed by thousands of voices here, too. Eyes roving, Bandaid extended her senses a little bit, enough to catch strong emotions in the area and general directions, but not enough to pinpoint locations or accidentally read thoughts. Besides being likely to be against the rules of this place, it was considered downright rude to up and read somebody, even if she couldn't read other cues for the most part.

A couple of spikes of annoyance and anger - one from down low, followed by another one from a bit above and behind. It wouldn't be too smart to let whatever it is know I've noticed it. Keep moving for a bit... A faint wooshing, followed by a crackle... that was probably something being fired. Probably at her.


Bandaid took a few more steps forward, then turned as if noticing something interesting and walked to a fern, kneeling and reaching into it, grabbing a small pebble.

Three bolts of energy struck the ground behind her, spraying out the sparse topsoil from near the cliff. Not much noise to them - those bolts probably weren't intended for an instant kill - but a faint scent of char was there, so they certainly were intended to hurt. The annoyance was gone, though, so whatever it was probably hadn't stuck around to make sure it hit. Bandaid stood back up, brushing bits of dirt off, and examined the small furrows the bolts had left.

What luck! A shiny rock was in one of them! It was translucent, as well, so probably some sort of gem, towards the purple end of the spectrum, though colour proper would be difficult to determine until the sun was up. The fact that it was completely untouched from the blasts indicated it was magical in nature.

Wrapping a hand in the fringe of her cloak, Bandaid reached down and lifted the shiny object, then set it inside of the pouch she wore around her neck. A light mental probe informed her this was a magical amplifier. Not something I want to touch until I can dump off energy, then, and something that could be quite painful for me to use back in town with all that I have to filter out anyways, but certainly something that could make a nice gift for someone. I wonder if the woman knew there were things like this here...

Settling her pouch back into place, Bandaid looked around for movement and continued southward. It's getting a bit brighter now... the dawn shouldn't be far.

after about a minute of searching I stumble across something that appears interesting, I place it in my other pocket. glancing up I realize that rose has begun walking towards the sounds of water, she has a single hand in her pocket and looks to be examining something through her sense of touch which meant she must have picked something up somewhere... or had it with her when she was brought here with the rest of us, didn't the lady in the blue-green outfit said that she'd been here before, perhaps it could benefit me as well? Shaking my head to clear my thoughts I begin following her, somewhat close, always maintaining a line of sight with my supposed ally. Deciding that I had, so far, remained hidden enough from her and having been given no indication that she had noticed my presence I stick to the undergrowth to avoid detection, my thoughts turn to the item that I had found that was now in my pocket determined to figure out a use for it and what it even was.

Lunarstorm chose to follow the sound of the water. Small dark places rarely were safe especially in this crazy place.

@Chidori,
@Starfall2466,
@Isa,
@Luxordz,
@Rose,
@Lunarstorm,
@BandaidMcHealerson,

The sky begins to lighten. Splashes of reds, yellows and oranges begins to appear along with soft pinks in the sky. The sun is rising.




After Chidori, Starfall and Isa had jumped into the trapdoor, they comes to a stop in front of five doors. Three are on the main floor with two ladders between them that leads to two doors at top.



To left is a red door. Beside it is a ladder leading to yellow door, and there's a green door beside the ladder. Another ladder sits on the wall between green and blue doors. That ladder leads to purple door. Which doors will the trio choose? Will they go into one together or separate?

Luxordz has picked up a flower bouquet without realizing it. Then again, it was dark outside when the flower bouquet got picked up. Speaking of it, just what exactly was it doing on the ground in the pine forest? o.O Who knows? Anyways, Luxordz follows Rose and Lunarstorm to the sounds of water. They arrive at the small lake with large waterfall.



A sign is posted near the lake
"There is an entrance behind this waterfall. The lake is shallow enough to walk in. You may choose to go into lake and head for the waterfall's entrance. Or you can turn back and head for the hollowed tree.....Or explore the area......What will it be?"


As for Bandaid....

Bandaid hears a small argument/dialogue before two bodies floats down to her. {You got my permission to include the prior argument/dialogue in your post} One male one female. Both humanized Qitari. The dark blue-skinned female has shoulder-length wavy tealish hair with messy bangs. A dark blue horn stands on her head just above the bangs. Her blue-green eyes glisten in amusement. Teal sleeveless turtleneck knee-length dress with green spots flow softly on her body. The cream skinned male's blue eyes narrow in suspicion. His lavender horn sits among messy mop of silver hair. He is clothed in soft purple robes.

"Good morning, Bandaid. My name is Terra and this is Helios. I see you've found one of Lady InnocentWings's many breeding gems. She usually hand them out to her friends so they may use those gems to gain special discounts with one of Sylesti living on this island." The female speaks in soft and gentle voice.

"She must have either dropped it here by accident or she purposely placed it here for you. Either does not matter." Helios speak in soft yet somewhat cold tone.

"Now you have four paths. Up ahead, the path gets more rocky. To your right is the forest or you can allow one of us to give you a shortcut to wherever we desire for you. Which will it be?" he adds, the tip of his horn glows softly as well as Terra's horn tip.

"We both strongly suggest you choose one of us for a ride" they speak in union.

Chi stared at the doors.
"...A purple door. Inno, as demented as she is, is either trying to hint at me to take the damned door or she's trying to get me killed by taking the damned door." Turning to look at her companions, Chidori offered them a smile and a wave.
"Follow me, Don't follow me, Living is preferred, I'll mourn you once I get off off this damned island if you end up dead. Laters!" Turning, she attempted to scale the ladder leading up to the purple door before her long, trailing coat got caught in the rungs and she somehow ended up being hung upside-down.
"...Damn it."
Half an hour, and many MANY curses later, Chi had finally managed to free herself and lay crumpled on the floor.
"Well THAT was interesting." She growled, getting up and again climbing up the ladder, although not getting caught this time. Grabbing the doorknob of the purple door, Chi turned the knob....

TO BE CONTINUED....HOPEFULLY!
(I have so much fun writing myself all bad-ass and uncaring lol XD)

"Well THAT was rude, on my birthday too!" Star huffed uncomfortably, and headed into the blue door. She wondered if Chidori would really survive, and she might die herself! She grind-ed her teeth harder at the thought of it, as she entered the blue door slowly and carefully.

As she climbed up the semi-small ladder (If there was one) to the Blue door, she kicked it open with a wicked smile on her face, not caring if it's contents were of monsters or treasures - maybe even cake. "I better survive out of 5 people at least..." She thought, her eyes fixated on the mysteries inside the blue door.


WAIT WHY IS THE DOOR PURPLE D: IT IS A BLUE DOOR DAMMIT
[ GUESS WAT ;3c IT MAH BIRTHDAAAAY ]

Lunarstorm decided to head into the waterfall since last time that took her home. Instead of wading into the water though she uses her wings to flutter over and avoid getting wet

Bandaid had traveled a fair distance since picking up that gemstone. The fact she was still headed nearly straight south on a cliff next to an ocean meant one of three things - well, four actually - That she was due a change of scenery soon, as the cliff would have to eventually level with the ground below; That the cliff would curve out towards the sea and eventually circle it, making for what was essentially a lake in a giant crater; That the cliff would curve back and eventually circle, making for a plateau surrounded by a sea; or that at some point she would cross a slight magical border that would stick her on the northern end of the straight north-south cliff and could continue forever in a loop.

Regardless, now would be a nice time to pause. The sun was coming up, and the few clouds in the sky were placed just perfectly to catch the light. Bandaid settled for a bit to watch the sunrise.

A few quiet whispers - an exchange was taking place nearby, probably between a few of the 'dear sylesties' the woman had referred to before taking off before.
'We don't want to scare her off right away! She does have one of the gems showing the lady's favor!'
'They're probably already planning to attack if they see us. We KNOW this one got shot at earlier. There's NO reason to show ourselves if we aren't planning to fight!'
'But...!'
'NO.'
'Aww, c'mon!'
'NO.'
'How about this. We know she doesn't have any wings. Let's be impressive. Float down past the edge of the cliff. She doesn't have a weapon, and she shouldn't be able to fly. Offer her a choice. We know where these paths go. The ground isn't stable up ahead, and we know she's been avoiding the forest.'
'So...'
'So we strongly suggest she come with one of us. I don't care where you take her, but I already have a place in mind.'
'Fine. But I still don't trust her.'
Interesting. Bandaid yawned and stretched a little, then rose to her feet and made as if getting ready to continue. Wouldn't do to give the impression she'd been busy admiring the scenery in what was supposed to be a deathtrap. The two floated down nearby, where they'd be just out of reach from the edge of the cliff. Unicorn Qitaries in a more human form. Interesting.


"Good morning, Bandaid. My name is Terra and this is Helios. I see you've found one of Lady InnocentWings's many breeding gems. She usually hands them out to her friends so they may use those gems to gain special discounts with one of Sylesti living on this island." The voice was gentle, somewhat friendly even.
"She must have either dropped it there by accident or she purposely placed it there for you. Either does not matter." A hint of annoyance from before laced his tone. "Now, you have four paths. Up ahead, the path gets more rocky. To your right is the forest... or you can allow one of us to give you a shortcut to wherever we desire for you. Which will it be?"
The tips of both of their horns began to glow somewhat brighter, magic now extending beyond just keeping them afloat.
"We both strongly suggest you choose one of us for a ride."

Hm. They knew her name. Interesting. That meant this had been planned, to the extent of making sure the Sylesties knew who went by which name before bringing them here.
Now, offering a ride... this probably meant either carrying her along with their magic, or changing forms back to their proper pony-ish shapes, but...

A giggle slipped out that Bandaid couldn't stifle. Piggyback rides! It had been a while since she'd been in a body appropriately sized for that... wait... piggyback rides...

Yes. She was going to do this. Instead of asking how they intended to carry her, she was going to flat out ask if she could get a piggyback ride. She turned slightly to face specifically at Helios.

"Does this mean if I come with you I can get a piggyback ride?"

If this worked, it didn't matter where he took her. This was going to be awesome.