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[caverncity]

So far, so good. No one physically assaulted anybody in the last post, and there weren't any weird cave monsters or goblins, not even a nosy muppet or two. But the further into the mountain, the darker it's getting, without any of those nice windows being carved out for you.

[ mission: do not get lost. seriously guys. guys, seriously. ]

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[pareidoll]

[gosh ruby you shouldn't just go leaning in and sniffing people.]

Practice makes perfect, yeah?

[doesn't seem hostile yet]

[shut up hook, i can always assume hook would say something stupid and threatening to her leadership]

Afraid we haven't caught your name...

[caverncity]

[ shakes his head.

orange puffballs wobble around. ]

I've already committed it to the mountain, I'm afraid.

[southpole]

Why do you want to be a statue?

[caverncity]

[ belly chuckle. sounds a little like rocks rolling one over another. ]

Why wouldn't you want to be a statue?

[butgrandma]

[you are insane. but at least not violently so]

[slowly takes claras arm to lead her away]

We're very sorry to disturb your- hardening.

[pareidoll]

Sounds a bit dull, honestly... Sitting in the dark all the time. What if you got an itchy nose?

[pareidoll]

[slowly lead away...]

[caverncity]

Oop. Oooh, oof. Oooer.

That way. Oom.

[southpole]

How do you even become a statue? Do you just stand here all day? Do you know the right way through the mountain?

[tell me your secrets]

[pareidoll]

[puts the breaks on ruby. let's hear if he can tell us where to go first]

[butgrandma]

I don't think he's very interested in conversation, Korra...

[hes grunting at us]
[fellowship pls]

[caverncity]

You're not ready, oh, no not ready at all to know. No, no miss. Altogether far too much in a hurry. Way through? Through to what. What indeed. Ought to ask yourselves these questions a time or two, slow down a while to have a think before hurrying to "through."

[ creaks himself back up onto his little stoop in the alcove. ]

You'll go whichever way the mountain wants you to go, I suspect. But if it's hearing answers you prefer to asking questions, there'll be some of that down the far tunnel.

[ wobbles four-fingered hand toward the left. ]

[butgrandma]

[i told you so.]

[makes a face towards where he pointed. thoughts, fearless leader?]

[pareidoll]

[slow...nod]

I think I got that, this way then?

[come on, ruby]

[southpole]

[already heading in that direction. finds nothing potentially suspicious about this statue-man's advice.]

[caverncity]

[ bon voyage. ]

[butgrandma]

[glances back at statue dude and w..waves a little]

Bye?

[caverncity]

[ winks at ruby. ]

[stillgotit ]

[butgrandma]

[ah.]

[andspace]

Was he winking at me, or at you?

[butgrandma]

Let's just go with you.

[you can have this one]
[also who are you]

[andspace]

Ah. Forgot to introduce myself, didn't I?

[butgrandma]

The Doctor, right?

[she was there. just a little cardboard]

[pareidoll]

Yeah, what brought you around, Nose boy?

[andspace]

What's that supposed to mean?