ORIGIN

Tunnel O has long been silent save for the occasional sound of footfall among the tunnel. Today, a new sound rises among the distant echoes cultivated by the tunnel's smooth, rippling walls. A series of cracks and groggy voices begin to emanate from a distant portion of the tunnel, but the origin of the voices is difficult to determine. Anybody who stumbles upon this noise might be inclined to track it down, but at the moment, it's difficult to tell whether the voices are friend or foe - and how many there are. What seems most obvious is that the voices aren't concerned with prying eyes and ears. Rather, they seem more concerned with one another.

If you would like to participate in this quest, post with your character in this thread. Completing this quest will require some teamwork, so don't be afraid to roleplay it out! Feel free to request a GM when you feel you may be ready to proceed.

Participants:
Kin-Kin, Xireidi, Kyorai, Vega, Tukluk, Nkosana, Septiezal

Kin-Kin was raring to go today. She was simply dying to find someone new to admire her magic. Or at least some new place to train. Of course, Kin-Kin wouldn't suffer from a nice clear pond to make sure everything was looking as it should. As a result of these urges, the wolf had left Polaris of her own accord and was padding down the tunnel towards Pisces. Of course, the longer she wandered, the more her interest began to be piqued by the sound of distant voices.

Kin-Kin, having all the subtlety of a bomb filled with glitter, knew that wherever there were voices there would be someone to see her, admire her... maybe one would even ask for some advice from the magickal champion!

Listening out, she was unable to recognize any of the voices and it made her curious as to how she could have missed these other creatures before. They were being so loud. Perhaps she should be more cautious... If they were making this much noise, they couldn't be afraid of anyone, right?

Kin-Kin lifted her nose and sniffed the air, wondering if she could smell the speakers- and thus work out where they were. Perhaps she could introduce herself slowly, linger in the back of their vision until one noticed and came her way. By the sound of it, it would be difficult to simply jump in on the conversation anyway... Kin-Kin began to ponder what sort of a show the mysterious voices would appreciate.

Or perhaps... she could try to listen in. See what they were talking about. Thinking deeper into it, the wolf felt she might learn something useful. It was a win-win! The more she thought about it, the more she preferred that idea.

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Voices..

He barely felt them at first, but they trickled softly from the tunnel's mouth. Septiezal had came from Polaris. The blue light that flickered dramatically against his scales faded away as he crept further into Tunnel O. It wasn't curiosity that had driven him. It had more or less taken a backseat. Hunger was the factor that coaxed the reclusive python to slither towards the voices. Where there was speech, there was life, and were there was life, there was the possibility of prey. It was hard to pinpoint exactly where they were coming from. The noise seemed to echo all around him, but he was sure they were some where in this tunnel. So he slithered onward.

It was not long before Septiezal came across warm bodies, other Gembounds somewhat like him. Puzzled, he slid his tongue out curiously, tasting their scents. Septiezal recognized three. There was Tukluk again, with his flying kyte, and Kyorai, the little pup he met out of the chrysalis. Then there was that wolf he had not seen since he was a hatchling. They had never spoken to each other, but she was there when the Echoing Grays attacked them in Tunnel K. Suddenly, this scenario seemed all to familiar. The voices, the gathering of curious Gembounds. Where they about to be ambushed by mimicking rats? With that thought, all his hunger seemed to have been forgotten. Even though he had been controlling their population for cycles, that attack in Tunnel K had been traumatizing. But he was a large serpent now, capable of swallowing two cave deer in one sitting. He wasn't concerned for himself, but, as he dare say, for the smaller Gembounds in the area.

"Hey, Tukluk, Kyorai, what's going on?" He called out to the two familiar faces, slithering towards them. Perhaps they could shed some light on this mystery, and prove his speculation wrong. "These voices.. where are they coming from? What are they saying?"

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"Listen"
Tag: @Tukluk @Kyorai @anyone || OOC:

For the most part, it seemed the voices were unaware of the slow accumulation of Gembounds within the tunnel. They were talking amongst themselves - no, to those who were listening, they were quite obviously bickering. Their voices echoed through the tunnel, bouncing off the tunnel walls and back at them and out.

They hadn't even noticed the red wolf coming through the tunnel almost directly below the ledge where they were all sitting - still out of sight - when the argument began to mount, and a rock crashed over the edge towards the wolf. It might have been that someone was intended to be hit with the rock, as evidenced by a loud, audible scowl as the rock went tumbling down.

Perhaps someone should try to get their attention. It would likely take a pretty high roll...

Characters will have to make a roll to attempt to get the voices' attention. Only a high enough roll of the correct type will succeed.

@Kin-Kin @Xireidi @Kyorai @Vega @Tukluk @Nkosana @Septiezal