It Could not End Any Other Way (Axil, Kihia, Potato, Zhu, and Lily)

Cyrus rested on a rock in front of the glowing cave where slithering and hissing echoed, resonating on the blue crystals that lined the rocks. It had been the sight of a battle between wild snakes and two of Cyrus's friends when he had last came to the Phoenix Mountains, scouting for the area for the site of his friends next job. It was a mere check up. Was there still a lamia in these mountains? There were once legends, and understandably, the village near the mountain range wanted to know if the child eating monster were still there, therefore they hired Cyrus and his fairly large team of Lamia Scale mages. Now Cyrus waited for the others to arrive.

Kihia had been walking on the mountain trail to get to the rendezvous point, they had been searching for a mythical Lamia… Which he questioned the reasoning of them going on such a task in the first place, but it was a job and an important one. Kihia sighed, Something doesn’t feel right… I sense…. Evil…and malice somewhere… He then walked around to the corner and saw the Cyrus was already there waiting on the rest of them to arrive, “Any sign of the others Cyrus…?”

Zhu sighed rather heavily as he walked up the mountain trail. He was here on behest of the rest of his team. He couldn’t believe that he was actually here with a team. He hadn’t really been part of any team since being a member of Lamia Scale. He couldn’t deny that he was interested with how it would go, but he wasn’t about to tell everyone that. Still this job was a bit strange they were supposed to find a Mythical Lamia the namesake of their guild. He wondered if they would even be a match for something like a Lamia.

Still he wasn’t about to turn and run from any kind of challenge. He looked up ahead and saw Kihia, and Cyrus. As he approached he heard Kihia’s question and spoke “Well I’m here, but I didn’t see the others as of yet. I’m sure they are on their way however. So patience is something we should exercise right now.” Even though he said it Zhu couldn’t help but feel uneasy in this mountain. He couldn’t see anything that would cause this, but as a warrior he knew very well that the most dangerous threat was the one you couldn’t see.

Quincy came stumbling down the mountain looking for the rest of her team. Her hood was off and she had a large piece of bread just hanging out of her mouth like she just woke up. Which was kind of true so she had to run over as quick as she could. Another advantage to being as fast and light as she is. Wrapped around her she wore a large blanket that covered her body because she was getting extremely cold in the windy mountains. She spoke through the baguette "Hey wait up for me!"

Lilyan was had walked for quite a while and the mountain she went to was rite ahead. She was also a bit late since she got lost some times before getting there and once already in the mountains, she was a bit embarrassed about that and was going to make sure not mentioning it. She kept walking and saw her team. "Hey guys..." She said while she waved her hand with a big smile in her face. "... Sorry for the time, i got lo..." She stopped saying what she was about to say and thought about it. "... Nothing, never mind." Then she ran with each of her team and hugged them.

All four Lamia Scales had finally made their appearance in the Phoenix Mountains. The organizer of this trip was greeted by the other four members and even hugged by Lily, his teammate. Cyrus waved to his friends to follow him into the Lamia Cave. Progressing quietly and quickly Cyrus took the paths which he hoped would prevent conflict with the reptiles however their stealthy approach to the cave would not last...

"Did you hear---" Cyrus began to ask only to be interrupted by a deafening noise echoing through the caverns, covering his ears he looked around until a bright light flashed from somewhere and reflected off of the crystals, blinding him. The cave then began to shake causing the mage to stumble around himself, disorienting him. Looking around he didn't see his friends. It's almost as if... the cave itself was trying to separate us... he thought. The Venti remained silent. It was progressing the way they had discussed it would. There was no going back. No matter what anyone thought... in the end this couldn't end any other way.

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OOC instructions:
While Cyrus goes on his own, you have all been separated as well. What you need to do in your next post is do whatever reaction you feel like to the events that have just transpired, and then roll a monster dice. I'll edit this post to say what monster you shall be facing (after discussing it with you of course). In three cycles of posts, you must defeat your designated enemy and find Cyrus. Good luck.


Kihia's Snake: Tricap Spitting Cobra - A three headed cobra with the ability to spray venom from it's mouth being it's main way of attacking. C-Rank and can take up to 3 C-Rank hits to defeat.

Zhu's Snake: Dicap Armored Cobra - A two headed cobra whose scales are extremely hard, almost to the degree iron. It's underside is the most vulnerable spot. C-Rank and can take up to 4 C-Rank hits to defeat.

Potato's Snake: Montyan Python - A fairly large python with no real unusual qualities. It will pursue prey to the ends of the earth. D-Rank and can take up to 3 D-Rank hits to defeat.

Kihia nodded as everyone had finally arrived, he nodded in greeting to everyone. He gently returned Lily’s hug gently, and saw that Cyrus and motioned for them to follow him deeper into the cave. Kihia sighed and silently followed Cyrus down into the cave, I still have a bad… ominous feeling about this cave… Kihia then grabbed his ears and closed his eyes when an extremely loud noise permeated through the cave. Through his eyelids, he saw a bright light erupt from somewhere, What is goin-…! Kihia stopped mid thought when he felt the ground beneath him give way.

Kihia slid for who knows how long down a small tunnel, he then got let out in another larger section of the cave, “Well then… so much for not… getting separated…” Kihia looked back at the way he came in, There is no way I can go out the way I came… He sighed, this was exactly the situation he didn’t want the group in…

The member 'Kihia' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

'Monster Dice' :

Zhu was happy to see all of the Lamia scale mages and he was perfectly happy to see so many comrades. He looked to Cyrus and he was perfectly happy to join him on the trip to wherever he wanted to go. This wasn’t proving to be a very interesting battle, but if they found a Lamia he was sure some of them might end up dead. When Lilyan spoke softly he smiled ever so softly “Don’t worry about it. We have plenty of time to find the Lamia.”

As they all made their ways down to the cave and stepped inside Zhu was trying very hard to keep everyone in his sight. That plan was soon null and void as the cave was suddenly rocked by a sound that caused Zhu to put his hands to his ears trying to block out the sound. He was then suddenly knocked to the side and when he looked around there was no one around him, and he was alone. Zhu sighed heavily as he summoned up Green Dragon and prepared to be attacked.

The member 'ZhuFeng' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

'Monster Dice' :

Quincy started to scream as the walls and roof caved in separating her from the rest of the group. As soon as the tumbling stopped Quincy ran to the nearest wall and started to pound on it with her fists. It was no use, she was completely separated from the rest of her team. She sat there a bit and started to tear up "Damnit why do I get to be stuck alone." As soon as she said that she heard a couple of rocks fall right behind a corner. "Why did I have to open my big mouth?"

The member 'Potato' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

'Monster Dice' :

After hugging mostly everyone there, she continued to walk to the cave. Suddenly, something weird started happening, it all started to shake and a light came from nowhere, Lilyan couldn't see a thing. She noticed the cave was about to collapse, she saw the exit wasn't close enough to get there. She jumped to reach a wall where she could maybe be safer. She sat o the flour and covered her head with her hands.
The next thing she noticed was that she was alone in what is seemed to be the start of a little tunnel. "Is anybody her? Can anybody hear me?" She screamed hopping not to be alone.

The member 'Lilyan' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

'Monster Dice' :