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Post by Ragnar Lodbrock on Feb 3, 2008 23:38:11 GMT -5
"Careful now, you don't want to go out in the rain. You'll get mighty wet.... And I'm not fond of the smell of wet cat."
Hearing a noise behind him further within the cave, Matteo turns around to take a look. It must go down for a long Way. Perhaps this was a burrow... What kind of animal would it be if it was one though? Hopefully it was friendly.... Maybe it was what caused the "ghost" legends.
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Post by Wolfie on Feb 3, 2008 23:45:21 GMT -5
Toboe turned sharply at hearing a noise from deeper within the cave and followed it curiously. Unknown to him, a small black but ghostly raven had landed on his shoulder with an ominous caw.
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Post by Ragnar Lodbrock on Feb 5, 2008 20:41:10 GMT -5
"Watch out Toboe, I'll go down there and check things out first." Then turning to the both of them he said. "Stay here until I come back. If you two go wandering off, whatever it is that's making the noise may find you. And we don't even know what 'it' is."
So he turned, and made his way to the cave. It was dark yes, but being with his tirbe and traveling at night, Matteo was used to looking for things in the dark. What he didn't know was that something was looking for him and his new friends...
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Post by Wolfie on Feb 5, 2008 21:21:08 GMT -5
Toboe watched the raven on his shoulder with a grim fascination and watched alarmedly as Mateo walked down the passage. He ran after him, but ran face-to-face into the bloody spectral form of a rat that snarled at him and reached toward him as if to scratch him. Toboe fell back and screamed in fright with his eyes tightly shut.
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Post by Ragnar Lodbrock on Feb 5, 2008 22:13:34 GMT -5
Hearing Toboe scream, Matteo chuckles and turns back towards him he then says. "Alright, if you want to come with me then come. But stick close."
Then seeing how it was only a rat, he laughs again and said "It's a rat boyo. You're a cat, don't be afraid to use your claws."
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Post by Wolfie on Feb 5, 2008 22:17:47 GMT -5
Toboe quieted himself and stood shakily, staring horrified at the grissly spectre. My claws won't do anything against a ghost... He shuddered. What do you suppose happened to it?
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Post by Ragnar Lodbrock on Feb 6, 2008 9:30:56 GMT -5
Seeing the rat scurry away, and then hearing Toboe comment how it was a ghost, he shook his head and then said "it's not a ghost. It just ran away, try letting your eyes get used to the dark. You'll be able to see things clearer, and not think them as ghosts. They're not real, it's probably something else which caused these legends."
Then turning back to the tunnel, Matteo motioned for Toboe to follow him. He was going to get down to what exactly this legend was. And cure Toboe's fears once and for all.
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Post by Wolfie on Feb 6, 2008 10:07:14 GMT -5
Toboe shook his head frantically as he followed him. It was a ghost, I just know it. I could see through it and couldn't touch it. And any creature bleeding like that would be dead anyways. Didn't you see all the blood and wounds it had on it?
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Post by Ragnar Lodbrock on Feb 6, 2008 10:24:41 GMT -5
"No I didn't. I did see a real rat, and he ran away down the tunnel after making contact with you. Your eyes are playing tricks on you. It's the fear that's making you see these things. Anyways, let's go find out what's down there."
So then walking down the tunnel again, Matteo begins to feel the ground beneath him start to shake and get loose. Yelling to Toboe he says "Turn back now! It's going to collapse!" And then the ground gives way right underneath Matteo. Though it wasn't an earthquate, or even the actual ground collapsing. It was a covered hole that Matteo was standing on.
He slid down the tunnel, and then it opened up to a large cavern. He fell through the air for a split second, and then he hit the ground flat on his back. Luckily his shield took the brunt of the impact. But he still felt winded. Now hopefully Toboe wouldn't follow him...
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Post by Wolfie on Feb 6, 2008 20:46:59 GMT -5
Toboe leapt over the hole and continued down the passage, hoping to find a safer way down to where Mateo was. He turned to look behind him and say the rat again. He almost screamed again, but he shook himself and got a grip before snarling warningly. Why are you following me? What do you want?
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Post by Ragnar Lodbrock on Feb 7, 2008 9:27:12 GMT -5
"Ugh, what happened? Where's Toboe?" Matteo was a bit out of it for the moment, after coming to. Looking around, the cavern glowed with a green hue, and there were some large pools of water. They were green too, not to mention that there were many tunnels all around him, some big and some small.
Something was living down here, and this certainly wasn't part of the ruins of Loamhedge.... This was under the ground. So he sat up, and looked around for a moment just to get his bearings. "Toboe's not down here. Good thing he didn't follow me. I'm going to try and get back up to the top, see if he's okay."
Standing up slowly, Matteo checked to see if he was injured. Thankfully he wasn't physically injured, just winded. So picking one of the tunnels he walked towards it, maybe he would find something down there...
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Post by Wolfie on Feb 7, 2008 9:58:28 GMT -5
Toboe watched the rat for a moment before running again. He didn't trust the rat. Somehow he knew it had to be a ghost of some sort, it just had to be. It wasn't a normal rat.
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Post by Ragnar Lodbrock on Feb 7, 2008 11:46:54 GMT -5
Getting closer to the tunnel, Matteo began to hear some form of movement down there. Maybe there was something here afterall, though he wasn't quite exactly sure what it was. And nevermind that, if it was friendly. It sounded as though it was chanting something, but he couldn't make out what was being said at the moment, but it sounded the same everytime.
So he moved further through the tunnel, and thoughts began to go through his mind. "I hope Toboe is alright." He got closer to the sound, it was getting louder and he could make out slightly what was being said. It sounded like Applyom or Applyon or something like that. An odd sounding word, but maybe it was a name...
Matteo would only be able to find out what it was when he could see it, and at this moment he couldn't.
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Post by Wolfie on Feb 7, 2008 17:27:38 GMT -5
Toboe kept running down the now narrow passageway, raged breaths tearing themselves from his chest as he gasped desperately for air. He collapsed weakly to the ground and lay there, unmoving. Suddenly, the ground gave way under him and he felt himself falling, bu there was nothing to do to stop himself.
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Post by Ragnar Lodbrock on Feb 7, 2008 17:54:01 GMT -5
Matteo began to break into a run, wanting to find where that sound was comming from. The tunnel twisted and turned, but he didn't stop. Each moment the noise getting louder and louder, Applyon was what it was chanting. Maybe it was a name? Soon he could hear heavy breathing, and how something was being flicked constantly.
It definately did not sound as though ghosts are supposed to sound. But then, maybe it wanted to scare Matteo and Toboe. Though with luck Toboe wouldn't be hearing this.
Soon Matteo went round another corner... and he came face to face with a sleeping animal... A sleeping snake to be exact. Or at least it looked like it was sleeping, since it's eyes were closed and it didn't even seem to react to Matteo's presence. That is until he started backing up.
He knew snakes and mice don't mix very well, and he wasn't about to get into a fight with it. Toboe could end up be following Matteo, and if he saw this... He really wouldn't get over his fears. Unfortunately as Matteo backed up, he tripped on a small stone behind him, making a much greater noise than this snake was making.
It's eyes slowly opened, and a loud hiss was heard. He said "Who daressss disssturb Applyon'ssss ssssleeep?" And he reared up his head, obviously being a snake he couldn't see well in the dark, but he flicked out his tonge and began to smell. "A moussse..."
At this time, Matteo began crawling backwards up the tunnel. He wasn't keen on fighting this snake, he wasn't really keen on fighting anything. But this was different, it had a considerable size and speed advantage over him. Though soon the snake began to follow Matteo up the tunnel...
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