11-28-2014, 02:50 PM
The scene around them was gruesome enough to make stomachs turn, including hers, but the Naga remained outwardly calm. Her eyes shone as the light from his sphere reflected from them before she turned to look around at the walls once more. The scrapings were clearly from some creature, but not one the likes they two had dealt with the first night she’d met him. For one, whatever had left them, was not as large as the Oni.
“No, the markss are not asss large asss what an Oni would have left.”
She turned to look in his direction once more, and found him pressing his face close to the blood stained concrete. He seemed lost in whatever thoughts were going through his head until the moment he pushed himself back up. Her jaw tightened at his statement and her hand reached back over her shoulder to pull the baton forth.
“Let’ss go. There isn’t much more we’ll learn here.”
Walking deeper into the tunnel, Akantha moved with caution. It had been at least three days since the creatures had fed on the woman, and there was no telling if they would be returning this way. But, if the creatures’ main motivation was food, then perhaps they would revisit their previous hunting ground. “We can follow the tunnel and look for any more signss of them. You might want to dim that light of yourss a bit. If they are sstill here, there iss no ssense in telling them we are coming.”
Still facing away from Ivan, she lowered the covering from her face just enough to uncover her lips. Her slender tongue slithered past, tasting the air, smelling it, sensing for anything out of the ordinary. At first, Ivan stuck out like a sore thumb due to his proximity, but she could detect nothing else. Covering her face once more, Akantha continued to walk, leading him further down.
She repeated her actions now and then, often getting the same results, sensing nothing. At an intersection, she paused to let her fingers trace over the rents left by another set of claws; the pattern and depth similar to those they had left behind. “Look at thiss.”
Stepping aside, so that he may inspect the markings, the Naga took a few steps into intersecting tunnel and uncovered her face. Once more, her forked tongue made its way past her lips and flicked out to sense the air. This time, however, she picked up something. “Up ahead.”
“No, the markss are not asss large asss what an Oni would have left.”
She turned to look in his direction once more, and found him pressing his face close to the blood stained concrete. He seemed lost in whatever thoughts were going through his head until the moment he pushed himself back up. Her jaw tightened at his statement and her hand reached back over her shoulder to pull the baton forth.
“Let’ss go. There isn’t much more we’ll learn here.”
Walking deeper into the tunnel, Akantha moved with caution. It had been at least three days since the creatures had fed on the woman, and there was no telling if they would be returning this way. But, if the creatures’ main motivation was food, then perhaps they would revisit their previous hunting ground. “We can follow the tunnel and look for any more signss of them. You might want to dim that light of yourss a bit. If they are sstill here, there iss no ssense in telling them we are coming.”
Still facing away from Ivan, she lowered the covering from her face just enough to uncover her lips. Her slender tongue slithered past, tasting the air, smelling it, sensing for anything out of the ordinary. At first, Ivan stuck out like a sore thumb due to his proximity, but she could detect nothing else. Covering her face once more, Akantha continued to walk, leading him further down.
She repeated her actions now and then, often getting the same results, sensing nothing. At an intersection, she paused to let her fingers trace over the rents left by another set of claws; the pattern and depth similar to those they had left behind. “Look at thiss.”
Stepping aside, so that he may inspect the markings, the Naga took a few steps into intersecting tunnel and uncovered her face. Once more, her forked tongue made its way past her lips and flicked out to sense the air. This time, however, she picked up something. “Up ahead.”