While tired, Isaac was still able to communicate and wag his tail while he laid near the fawn. He did not grasp why she was giggling after he revealed himself from the shadows, but she licked behind his ear and the large, pointed limb twitched from the contact. The praise from Nyx consequently lead to him grinning ear-to-ear, and his tail wagged even faster to the point his but wiggled with it. He wasn't sure if he spotted something on her back. He decided to let it slide. The Louie guy still gave him weird vibes, but he was engaged in something about the carvings that Isaac now picked up on. His tail stopped wagging fiercely as it was more hesitant in swaying. He tilted his head as he eyed the fox before looking at the scribbles on the wall. Soon the fox tried to jump on the ledge with no success, and it was tragic to see the failure; understanding was one of his traits. He involuntarily snickered, but he halted as he frowned at his rudeness. "Isaac sorry for yuu Louiee." He turned his head to see the fawn inspecting the weird wall again, and he slowly got to his feet as they wobbled temporarily before approaching it. He squinted; unable to see what was on it. "Dark." he declared the obvious. "You see instead?" he asked Nyx. Image Credit

Louie

Unable to actually see
the displays of affection being passed between each other he just stayed close to the wall. A sharp exhale from his nose and he listened to the gentle murmurings of talk they passed between each other. Snickering from Isaac and he felt the heat rise to his cheeks once again and he just looked at the blank patch of wall, the only one devoid of markings. Both expressed their concern, their apologies and whatever but he didn't care.

Silence began to overcome the group as he looked to the wall of carvings. There appeared to be a natural life form clinging to the side of the rocks. It wasn't where his own body was brushing against but just on the other side. Shaky and hesitant, he took a deep breath and focused his attention the lichen. Hoping to force some good vibes or whatever onto it and get it to grow. Honestly, the only reason he was doing this was to try and cover the wall and hide it away from the prying eyes of the German Shepherd and the deer fawn.

Narrowing his own eyes in concentration, he focused hard. Feeling what bacteria was already there wasn't within his control, he couldn't control the plant either, all he could hope was that the bacteria would multiple and take over the wall or something. What was lichen even made of anyway? Good bacteria aside, he just wanted to toy with his spells a bit more so this was all good practice. "Growing" wasn't exactly a side effect of bacteria.

Spell Roll

"Listen to me."

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Nyx Dawnwalker Follow your dreams.

The darkness ebbed away a little and the carvings in the wall became a little more clear to Nyx. Sadly it was nothing she could make any sense of, the carvings still being too faded. The felt like they would need to give up on the carvings. If even she couldn't decipher anything with her special sight, then who would be able to?

The only thing Nyx could say about the carvings that she couldn't see before were the clear claw marks around the divets. Someone with sharp claws must've forged the carving, but that information didn't help Nyx. "Claws." She said to the others - maybe they could make something of the information - and walked towards the carvings, lifting her hoof to trail it over the mark of a sharp claw. "Too dark." The fawn sighed out before stepping back and lowering her hoof again.

She looked at Isaac and shrugged. "Not much." Nyx admitted and stopped focusing on her sight, feeling the strain on her eyes relax a little. She felt a light headache building and decided to rest from using her magicka for a while.

Meanwhile Louie was starring at the wall with the carvings looking frustrated. Nyx wondered what he was trying to do, thinking that maybe he had some kind of magic that would help them with and it wasn't working the way he wanted it to. "Louie need help?" She offered with a tired smile.

"Listen to me."

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Week 0
At the whim of the fox, bacteria congregated on the walls, coming together to devour any nutrients they could find. What organisms thrived in the white lichens would spread, eager to inhabit the shallow trenches of the carvings. For now, in the darkness, there isn't much else to see. Perhaps in a few weeks one may find the lichens grown expertly into the wall's pock marks.

The Carvings: Part 1 has been completed!
Now, its time to play the waiting game. There is not much else characters can do at the carvings at this point. You may have your characters exit the thread and rejoin it at a later date. This thread will be updated every week as the lichens grow on the carvings.

Louie

Letting out a rather sharp exhale, he watched as the lichen began to move over the rocks slowly. It didn't make out enough for him to be able to see anything. But he'd pushed forwards the growth of it. That was enough for him to be satisfied. Knowing it would take weeks for anything to even be remotely legible, he turned to Isaac and Nyx. There was nothing much more to say. Both didn't really interest him as allies. Except perhaps that Isaac fellow. So without another word, he turned and bounded away. Set to return once something more had developed.

"Listen to me."

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-exit Louie-

[Origin Cave]

Week 2
In the quiet solitude of the tunnel, the lichens have been thriving on the rock wall. They continue to grow into the divets, while the revived lamps throughout the cave have shone a new light on the carvings.

Curiosity was something that most of Bevy's headmates had, but you see, only one of them so far dared to search everywhere high and low for the most curious of things, and that was what had brought young Calypso here.

Her small, frail form fluttered through the well worn path, the string of lights guiding her. It didn't take long before she ended up in front of the intricate carvings, her eyes caught by the interesting sight. Just what was this? Her eyes went wide as she hovered in front of the interesting, lichen grown over pockets.

After a moment, she landed and considered the carvings. There had to be something she could do to make the markings more clear... It looked like a storm or a battle to her, but ti was impossible to tell just what it was. She could definitely see shapes, like beasts, gathered all around.

"Well well, what secrets are this, anyway?" Calypso chirped, her voice sharp and loud against the empty tunnel walls. Perhaps she could do something... Maybe introduce a new form of bacteria to eat at the lichen and reveal something, but it was hard to say. She hadn't been around for the first part of the quest, and so she didn't have any clue that the others had made the lichen grow to get a better guess of the carvings.

Part of her just wanted to wipe the mess away with a wing, but she thought better of it and tried to summon a great cloud of bacteria at the wall.

;; post roll

And so the bacteria came, en masse, at the wall, colliding with the existing bacteria. Her feathers puffed up with satisfaction as she watched her work begin. Maybe it would impede progress, or perhaps, it would be just what the situation needed.

Week 3
Thanks to Bevy's spontaneous burst of bacterial growth, the lichens have rapidly multiplied in response. They cover a much larger area now than they had before.

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Life is precious.

She'd heard whispers about something on the walls of one of the tunnels. She herself had never tried to find them... until now. Resting at Pisces was rather boring and with Bevy's help her chest was feeling very good. Good enough for her travel on and good enough for her to go find these carvings that she'd heard about. So, with tail and head high she wandered down the different corridors until she found the one she was looking for. From the descriptions she was easily able to find the carvings... but she didn't understand them. Why were there marks on the wall? Marks that she didn't understand.

She wondered if other gembounds had done these marks or if they were left by other things. What other things she didn't know. Perhaps the gembounds weren't the first in the cave, what if there were other things. Other things like the shadows she had seen from the rock in the other tunnel.

Hmm...

All of these brought multitudes of problems with them. Problems that she didn't understand.

What did she usually do when there was a problem that she didn't understand? Why, put a paw on it and hope for the best! So, after squinting at the strange marks on the wall which were partly covered in lichen she reached out and touched it very gently with a paw. What secrets would be revealed?

"Speech." || "Thoughts."

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Calypso's eyes went wide as the lichen spread, covering more of the nicks in the wall, creating a wider picture. Her tiny beak pointed upward, she peered at the carvings with thought, trying to understand. What did it mean? Could she keep pouring her magic at it and the answer would come? Unfortunately for the young bird, she didn't have time to think about it.

The red and black pitohui heard someone coming. Always diligent, Calypso had been expecting this. Something this interesting would always draw attention. With a few quick flaps, she rose up to the lights that lit the ceiling and hid on top of one, peering down at the lioness who came through.

Ah, Makyna. It probably wouldn't do Bevy any good to get caught so far from home, so the little bird nestled down and watched her sort-of friend do her thing. Calypso didn't know anyone, really, since she didn't front very often. She knew that the others liked Ky well enough, but it wasn't enough to convince her to come out of hiding.

Just what was Ky doing though?