day by day -- cave exploration event START

[wormwood.]

Clony's arrival to the group of cave explorers was... problematic. It wasn't that Aurum disliked Clony – no, he actually found their antics quite entertaining at times – but he knew that they were rambunctious. Far too rambunctious to take something like the sensitive assignment of cave exploration seriously. As if just to prove his point, they almost immediately began to babble about explosives as soon as they arrived, causing the lion's heart to sink in response. He knew that Rin would never allow such a thing, but just the mental image of the cave exploding and collapsing inward was enough to make the angel wince. Hell, even Marr's presence wasn't a huge deal, despite the fact that the other consistently seemed to dislike Aurum – with seemingly no reason why, even now. At least Marr didn't seem like he was the type to cause outright trouble, and Siborno's presence was comforting enough that Aurum didn't feel stranded or uncomfortable in the back of the group. Still, just as he had predicted, Rin shut Clony's idea to use explosives down, causing the golden male to let out a sigh of relief before he muttered, "Rin is right... explosives could easily cause a cave-in, and we really don't want a bunch of rock collapsing on us." The lion was fairly sure that, in the worst of scenarios, he could use his elementals to stop a cave-in from outright killing them, but he had no faith in his ability to get them all out afterwards.

Once the group finally began moving, Aurum smiled and lightly brushed his tail along Siborno's side, gesturing the other male along as they followed in the back of the party. The angel made an active effort to keep a bit of distance between he and Marr, more for the other's comfort, rather than his own. His pawsteps were heavy and faintly echoing as he followed Rin's lead into the caves, resisting the urge to snap his jaws firmly shut when the musty air of the caverns filled his lungs, feeling uncomfortably claustrophobic. Still, it wasn't enough to cause outright panic, and he was soon distracted by Clony rambling, once again. A heavy sigh left Aurum before he spoke again, keeping his voice low as he chided Clony gently, "You know, noises that are too loud can cause cave-ins as well. Such as voices." He wasn't genuinely afraid of Clony's voice causing any sort of collapse, but they really needed to pull it back a bit.

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