09-25-2015, 07:02 AM
Hitsugi was sure they were following the main path. He hadn't seen any signs to divert them, so they just kept going. he enjoyed chatting with Alex and took a few photos of his own. He also was very amused by how his voice echoed and spent a few minutes making funny noises into the darkness, only to laugh even harder at the sound that echoed back.
As the path became more difficult, he slowed their pace a little. Keeping his headlamp pointed down at his feet to make sure he wouldn't slip and gently taking each step. The rest was nice, considering he'd biked all the way to the cave, then hiked through it. He was a little exhausted. He sighed when Alex suggested going back, turning his lamp to look further up the path. "I'm sure there's an amazing cavern just ahead." He said, getting up and shouldering his bag again. "Let's go another fifteen minutes. If we don't find it, we'll head back." He said, nodding and leading the way again.
It wasn't much longer when they entered a somewhat larger space. Hitsugi paused to fish a small lantern from his bag, giving them more spread out light than their headlamps. "Woah...." He said, looking around. The walls seemed to be covered in some sort of crystals...and on closer inspection, he spotted what looked like animal bones. Partially covered in limestone and crystals. "Wow. These have been here a long time." He said, shining his light over the bones. They looked to be from smaller animals. Possibly having hidden in the cave and gotten lost. He spotted an odd skull among the crystals. It didn't look like any he'd ever seen and almost seemed to be made out of black stone.. Whatever it belonged to had to be bigger than a wolf...and had long sharp teeth. But the skull was alone. "Ooh...check this out." He said, reaching to touch the smooth surface of the skull
As the path became more difficult, he slowed their pace a little. Keeping his headlamp pointed down at his feet to make sure he wouldn't slip and gently taking each step. The rest was nice, considering he'd biked all the way to the cave, then hiked through it. He was a little exhausted. He sighed when Alex suggested going back, turning his lamp to look further up the path. "I'm sure there's an amazing cavern just ahead." He said, getting up and shouldering his bag again. "Let's go another fifteen minutes. If we don't find it, we'll head back." He said, nodding and leading the way again.
It wasn't much longer when they entered a somewhat larger space. Hitsugi paused to fish a small lantern from his bag, giving them more spread out light than their headlamps. "Woah...." He said, looking around. The walls seemed to be covered in some sort of crystals...and on closer inspection, he spotted what looked like animal bones. Partially covered in limestone and crystals. "Wow. These have been here a long time." He said, shining his light over the bones. They looked to be from smaller animals. Possibly having hidden in the cave and gotten lost. He spotted an odd skull among the crystals. It didn't look like any he'd ever seen and almost seemed to be made out of black stone.. Whatever it belonged to had to be bigger than a wolf...and had long sharp teeth. But the skull was alone. "Ooh...check this out." He said, reaching to touch the smooth surface of the skull