Buried Treasure!?

Splishy splashy. Mai waded through the puddle resting in a small divot in the ground. She’d gotten angry the night before, getting into a one-sided shouting match with some more rational people before storming off. This wasn't her first time living in the wild, so she ended up well-fed and well-rested. What she was not was sure of where she was. So, she picked a direction and wandered. To her luck, she quickly came across a town that visibly was ravaged by a storm. Mai, of course, was unable to put two and two together, a product of her… underdeveloped intellect and her callous attitude towards humans.

So, this abandoned town became her playground, splashing in lighting-made holes and making up some imaginary scenarios that she acted in. One particularly active scenario saw her unleash a particularly strong beam at some sort of church in the process. What she had not realized was the thick metal trap door that was revealed by the building’s destruction, though her odd forest companion noticed, flittering by and failing to open it. Mai, however, did notice a familiar scent, hustling into more house ruins to ambush her prey, though not realizing the top of her head was still visible.

Ah-ha! The foolish person who stole her name fell right for her trap! It was the perfect moment, Mai took a few sneaky steps over, her ahoge swimming along the crest of the wall like a shark's fin, before her entire body was visible at the side of the wall. With Imai having plenty of time to dodge out of the way, Mai made her move, kicking out some of her magic power under her feet to propel her out at her brightly-haired foe, zipping at him with a sonic boom. He had little time to react...

...and even less need to react. She darted past him, wind blowing past his hair just as Mai's mischievous forest spirit "guardian" finally managed to pry open the trap door after its unhindered attempts. Mai crashed head-first into it, warning for concussions if Mai's skull weren't so thick to protect her brain from any sort of contact. She fell down into the pit, some ten feet, emerging into a cragged stone tunnel. Chio propellered down, landing atop Mai's head, waking her up. "Oooh! Treasure hunt!" Mai called out, enjoying the echo of her voice as the tunnel slowly bled into a cave system. Not waiting and not caring for her prey for once, Mai wandered into the caves, coughing out a small wisp of purple crackling lightning to provide light for her. The system initially started as if it were simply the part of a basement, the grey bricks holding wooden shelves carrying dusty baskets, though slowly and surely the bricks warped into a sandstone natural cave, slowly opening to a massive cave. She found herself at the edge of a small balcony, a massive cave looking open enough to hold Sabertooth's tree, at least according to Mai's perspective, with a small winding path looking suspiciously well-traveled and groomed leading to a small pool of sparkling water. Mai sniffed the air. It definitely smelled like treasure. Whenever Papa brought her along for a treasure hunt, there was this sort of smell to it. Bashing baddies and grabbing goodies was a favored past time of the younger Mai's time.

Whether or not Imai had actually gotten to the point of reaching her, a chipper Mai twirled and gave a large smile. "Imai! Imai! Let's go hunt for some treasure!" she sang to herself, Chio matching her melody.