07-24-2020, 12:23 PM
[font=trebuchet ms]As Aurum approached and offered to stay in the back, Rin nodded in response. Having a larger creature at the back to fend off potential attackers from behind was never a bad idea, especially in a situation like this- he'd be harder to snatch up silently for a prospective predator than someone like her or Clony.
Speaking of Clony, there they were now. Rin could easily believe they were as good with caves as they claimed- they probably had some mechanism of echolocation with brainwaves that didn't require the production of regular sound, and even if they didn't, they were probably used to traversing the darkness. Their continued rambling about lava, lasers, and explosives, however, caused her to furrow her brows. "...We won't be using any explosives," she said after a moment, shaking her head. "They could backfire on us too easily, or damage the structural integrity of the cave itself- which, especially considering the recent aftershocks, is a risk I'm not willing to take." While the caves were almost certainly stable at the moment, she wasn't about to press her luck with anything that could change that. A cave-in could be disastrous.
As Marr and Siborno approached, and agreed to stay in the back in turn, Rin twitched her ears. By process of elimination, that meant she and Clony were taking the front- that was fine, considering she was responsible for both painting the trail and providing ranged firepower in the case of an attack, and Clony had enough experience to know where they were going. "In that case, we'll go ahead and leave," she said, with another nod. "If anyone else intends to accompany us, they can follow the trail."
Using her telekinesis, she took out the radium paint and a small paintbrush, then applied the paint to the brush. Closing the paint tube and putting it away, she then pointed the brush towards the ground and willed it to start painting a straight line, parallel to their intended path. "Let's go."
With that, she descended into the caves, the paintbrush dragging along next to her in her mental grip.
Speaking of Clony, there they were now. Rin could easily believe they were as good with caves as they claimed- they probably had some mechanism of echolocation with brainwaves that didn't require the production of regular sound, and even if they didn't, they were probably used to traversing the darkness. Their continued rambling about lava, lasers, and explosives, however, caused her to furrow her brows. "...We won't be using any explosives," she said after a moment, shaking her head. "They could backfire on us too easily, or damage the structural integrity of the cave itself- which, especially considering the recent aftershocks, is a risk I'm not willing to take." While the caves were almost certainly stable at the moment, she wasn't about to press her luck with anything that could change that. A cave-in could be disastrous.
As Marr and Siborno approached, and agreed to stay in the back in turn, Rin twitched her ears. By process of elimination, that meant she and Clony were taking the front- that was fine, considering she was responsible for both painting the trail and providing ranged firepower in the case of an attack, and Clony had enough experience to know where they were going. "In that case, we'll go ahead and leave," she said, with another nod. "If anyone else intends to accompany us, they can follow the trail."
Using her telekinesis, she took out the radium paint and a small paintbrush, then applied the paint to the brush. Closing the paint tube and putting it away, she then pointed the brush towards the ground and willed it to start painting a straight line, parallel to their intended path. "Let's go."
With that, she descended into the caves, the paintbrush dragging along next to her in her mental grip.
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