The dam - which once housed a plethora of hungry gem golems - has become an empty pit. The creatures who had once been spotted stumbling about, collecting stones, or occasionally interacting with gembounds, seem to have dispersed. Where have they gone?

This thread is a continuation of this event.
Participation is optional - but a character cannot be in two places at once!

Participants: Zeno, Cecei

Zeno As the small bat made his final rounds above the surface of Polaris a small inconsistency struck him. The entire room looked different with the lights out and the clouds above producing only short bursts of light to see by, but the dam area looked particularly off. He had studied this area before, like most areas of the cave, perched upon a rock or a wall and letting time pass in its endless stream as he took in the details of the world around him. The dam had always been an area of life, of movement, of activity, but not of the usual variety. Among the crumbling surface all manner of non-animal creatures had spent their time attending to unknown, or perhaps unknowable tasks. But not today. The wall was still, silent, with no sign of where its workers had gone. Like the path toward the tunnel this was certainly an anomaly worth investigating. Without a word Zeno dipped down and glided closer to the land mass that would have been too dangerous to approach before, searching for answers to the silence of the dam. Know yourself "Before you try to influence others" Tags:

The emptiness is palpable; no longer is there the cacophonous sound of stone-on-stone, or the chipping away of minerals, or even the incongruity that accompanied the movement of the oddly shaped golems. There was nothingness, and only nothingness. The only sounds were of the crackling storm, as if the storm were laughing at the sight below.

The ground is littered with more debris than normal. Bits and pieces flash as they catch the light of the magicka passing through the clouds, reflecting a little bit every time a bolt of energy careens through the mayhem. A boulder here, some scattered stones there - some appear to have more definition than others.

What is more interesting to @Zeno - the air above, or the earth below?

Zeno Zeno slowly drifted by the empty landscape, his gaze focused upon the ground below. The storm above still held some interest for his inquisitive mind, but he knew that investigating it would likely be a bit too dangerous at the moment. Beyond that, this close to the previously perilous grounds he was able to make out details he'd never been able to see before. he was able to trace the effects of the golems' work before. Ears continued to strain as his flight kept him close to the earth, reaching for any sounds that might indicate their return. Apprehension pressed upon his normally solid psyche, knowing that any minute a particularly large golem might burst out from the rubble below. Know yourself "Before you try to influence others" Tags:

Cecei had never been to Polaris before, so she had no idea where she was going exactly. She looked around slowly as she arrived in at the dam. That was when she saw a familiar face flying above. It was Zeno from earlier! She smiled brightly and stepped a little closer, being cautious as she did. She was too young to fully fly right now, but she would soon when she grew older. Right now though she just had to be careful. "Hello Zeno, do you know what's going on here?" Cecei looked up but she couldn't really get a good idea what was going on up there, not when she could fly. She looked around before looking back to Zeno. "I am unable to properly fly right now Zeno. I can investigate the ground level if you investigate up there." Not waiting for an answer, Cecei cautiously drew closer to the pit. She steadied herself and carefully, very carefully leaned over to look down the pit, maybe there was something down there that she could see but no. She couldn't see a thing.

@Zeno

Little could be discerned in the darkness, even with the occasional blip of the storm's energy. The storm was definitely thinner here - and one must wonder why.

The pit was of no consequence; however, as @Cecei involves herself in the study of the ground, she will find a myriad of stones in odd shapes, the same that @Zeno had found earlier. The closer either gemling gets to the pit and things only change to a minimal extent. The stones are larger here. They look to be wedged together in odd haphazard patterns. None appear to be gemstones capable of holding magicka, but there are mineral-like striations throughout a great many that may have, once.

The stones are dull and lifeless - but perhaps further investigation is in order?

((going to work with the assumption that Zeno introduced himself off-screen for purposes of why Cecei knows his name))

Zeno As he listened intently for sounds of movement a familiar voice appeared. The youth from before! Not the great beast who had wandered off but the small raven, one who had shown curiosity about the storm. "This area used to be crawling with large creatures made of stone. Their absence combined with the presence of this storm is quite perplexing." Though the youth was suggesting that he look above he doubted that the clouds in this area would tell him very much. Perhaps he could get past them and into the upper layers of the room from here? That would be a risky move indeed, and might make descending to the floor again difficult if the storm expanded too much more. No, if there was nothing on the ground then he might give a quick glance but flying that close would likely be more risk than he was willing to put himself in at the moment. "With them gone perhaps we can investigate what they were working on. Perhaps it was something that attracted the storm to this room." Where it had originated from, beyond the direction of Tunnel I, was still in question but might it be possible that something here triggered its release? Zeno flapped down and landed upon one of the larger rock formations, closing his eyes and letting out a sigh. He wasn't meant for this kind of investigation. He knew the land, had watched the inhabitants, could sit for hours entertained by the antics of the greater gemmed ones as they interacted with each other, but actively taking part in something larger than relaying knowledge was far outside his realm of expertise. "Even with the opportunity it would be best not to linger too long. There's no telling when they will return." he spoke as he gazed down at the rock below him and retreated back into his mind, falling into a bit of a meditative state as the enigmatic situation weighted on him. Know yourself "Before you try to influence others" Tags: @Cecei