Re: Journey to the Center of the Dome (Hito and Ciro graduation)
OoC: You wanted a catastrophe, so I hope I delivered. =P Oh, and the music is the backround music from the Forest Temple of OoT. I thought it felt fitting. xD
BiC:
She would later regret her decision to fly face first into the portal door, actually, more like instantly. Dashing in revealed a solid stone wall right in front of her, which, going at her speed, she could not help but ram into face first, Joker nowhere in sight. However, events quickly transpired as the dazed half demon began to plummet down the damp, dark shaft into the cold abyss.
The drop seemed to last an eternity as single stones blurred into an incomprehensible blur of gray. Wind rushed past her elongated ears, nearly deafening her from the sheer pressure it exerted on her tender eardrums. Falling headfirst, she had the pleasure to see the black wall come at her in full detail. A wall of water slammed into the already drenched Joker, who stood on the edge of a water-filled pit that rested at the bottom of the long vertical shaft.
“Ara~!” He shouted. “Why you wet Joker more?”
Breaching the surface of the water, Aleena found herself too emotionally drained at the moment to deal with the idiot, so she cast his comment aside. Pulling herself out of the wet abyss, she counted herself lucky that spikes, or something even worse lay at the bottom instead.
“Let’s just keep going,” the half-demon sighed as she grabbed a new torch conveniently placed just a few feet from the water’s edge. “I have a hunch things are only going to get harder from here on out, so I think you should shut up, and stop acting like and ass!”
Joker tilted his head inquisitively at her comment. “Lady, you be crazy if you think joker be a donkey.”
Aleena’s palm quickly met her face as she sighed and groaned at the same time. “That’s exactly what I’m talking about,” she stated before moving on.
Indeed, the half -lunar demon had the right to worry about things becoming more difficult as time went on. The dome itself could makes rooms anywhere or even take them away and replace the doors with portals to other realms. There would be on telling what kind of things they could find this deep underground of such a magically powerful and ancient structure.
The path before them sloped significantly, so much so that the once smooth ramp turned into stairs akin to when they first entered. However, halfway down, Aleena stopped cold in her tracks. “Shh,” she spoke to Joker. “Don’t you hear some faint music? It seems to be getting louder.”
“Joker doesn’t hear a thing!” He shouted as loud as possible, causing his voice to echo tenfold.
The half-demon winced at the sudden rise in volume, clearly straining her ears to hear the music. Without thinking, she let loose a wild punch that nailed Joker square on the nose, causing him to grasp in and yelp in pain all the way down the rest of the stairs. “Now can you hear it?” Aleena asked. The music had grown in strength and volume since their last spat, now clearly audible over her words.
“Joker hears it, and Joker things it’s nice~!” Replied the idiot.
“Well, I don’t. I think it’s kinda creepy.” Shrugging her disposition aside, the two continued down the descending path. She had no idea where she heard the music from before, but it felt eerily familiar in addition to just plain creepy. As much as she tried to shrug it aside, nothing worked.
Alas, all thoughts on music fled her mind as soon as the pair found themselves upon the threshold of a massive room. Going into it, which seemed like a trap at the time, quickly showed it was just that. A stone door slammed down behind them, sealing them in. More disturbing then that, a low growl reverberated off the stone walls, telling her a creature dwelled in this room with them.
She swore under her breath as the torches hanging on the walls suddenly came to life, showing off the whole room, plus a peculiar spot covered in snow on one of the far corners. It struck her as odd that snow could form down here when things were beginning to get a little warmer just a while ago. Perhaps something frigid awaited them up ahead? However, she spared no time thinking about it, and looked upon the mass in the middle of the room.
A large green glob with a single, well-protected eye gave a huge roar that caused the whole room to shake. Its eye looked red, as though they awakened it from a peaceful sleep. In its rage, it threw a glob at Aleena and Joker, looking like a freshly swat fly after it landed. What surprised her the most, causing her to shout, was that as soon as it made contact with the ground, it burst into flame and burned as though it were oil.
It slowly crept toward them, running into a pillar that stood in its way. However, the pillar disappeared as soon as it entered the transparent mass, dissolving from existence. She figured the creature consisted entirely of this highly corrosive material, and took note to not let it touch her. “Well, any plans, smart-ass?” She asked Joker.