HeadyThe daylight disappears behind you faster than expected. A few turns into the cave, the outside world is reduced to distant air moving through stone and the scrape of your own steps.
Evidence of the missing expeditions appears almost immediately.
An old pack rests beside the remains of a campsite. A broken weapon lies farther down the passage. Bright route markers continue deeper, though several have been scratched through or painted over.
Thick vines crawl along the walls.
One shifts slightly after you pass.
Far below, something heavy moves.
Then a human figure steps into view at the next bend.
Guide: “Seriously?”
They stare for a moment before laughing softly and lowering whatever they had been carrying.
Guide: “They sent another one.”
There is something strangely relaxed about them for someone supposedly trapped underground. Their clothes are worn from travel, but they look healthy. Comfortable, even.
Guide: “They tell you there’s some giant monster down here?”
Their mouth twitches with amusement before they gesture toward the passage behind them.
Guide: “Come on. You’re not gonna understand anything from up here.”
They turn as though they have absolutely no concern about walking deeper.
Guide: “I’ll show you.”
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