Hunter was starting to enjoy himself, hand clasped tight around his father's big, worn palm. "It's a treasure hunt!" He agreed, eyes lighting up in the darkness-- so glad for his father's magical torch. He stormed along side Attikias, and one moment was bouncing with joy and waving his spear about (probably too recklessly for how dark the shadows were) and then next...

"AAA!" Hunter squealed as he tumbled down into a hole with his father, landing with a squeak on the stone floor. "Oooow..." He wriggled back to his feet, and squinted up at the walls, wondering how they hadn't noticed such a big hole. "You okay, dad?" He asked, as the blue lights in Polaris began to flicker on and trickle their glow overhead.

With a stubborn frown, he cupped two hands over his mouth, and called, "Vivi?!" The sound echoed up the hole's walls, and with a grunt, he untangled his limbs from underneath him and then lunged for the wall, trying to scramble up the edge. He quickly found he definitely couldn't climb with a spear in hand, so he fastened it to his back with a rope, and jumped for the rock face again. For every foot he climbed, he slipped down several more inches, but eventually through tenacity alone he clawed his way up to the lip of the hole.

Panting, he peered up as his sister walked over, casually, with a huge six-legged, toxic neon green glowing kaiju trotting along behind her.

"WHAT IS THAT!" He barked, his thin fur puffing up along every inch of his body like a freshly blow-dried noodle. "Vivi!!" He scrambled the rest of the way out of the hole, pulling his spear from his back. "There's a monster behind you! Get behind me, I'll protect you!" He hissed, eyes wide and spear pointed toward Alpha threateningly.

Mind you, it was hard to be intimidating when you were just a little, upright noodle flailing a stick with a rock on the end about.

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