My Little Pony: Slice of Life XII: Season 3 Part 2

[cavalieredraghi]

Spark gets up and starys to limp on his chipped leg ad he makes his way down.

[Rater202]

And Gear once more picks up and Carries Subtle

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[Emperor Ing]

Adepha remembers Spark claiming he chipped some carapace, but judging by the fact that he wasn't screaming in agony after the fact, he may have exaggerated the problem.

Or maybe his current manifestation of agony was a delayed reaction.

Still, Adepha stood by Spark's side to help carry him further into the cave.

[cavalieredraghi]

thank you Adepha.

[Humble Master]

"Wheee! back on the Gear ride." Subtle said as she was hoisted onto Gear's back. You ventured through the passage behind the roots only to find a very odd sight ahead of you. Light, it seemed, was pouring into the tunnel from the next room. What's more, you heard the distinct gurgling of water flowing through a small stream. Peering into this illuminated cavern you found that there was indeed a small underground stream which flowed through and bisected the cave. Stranger still the ceiling was carpeted with what looked to be a mold yet it glowed with a golden light. Impossibly, green grass was growing alongside the stream. More cave paintings adorned the walls though these all appeared to be animals. They were all along the walls at regular intervals and each image had a design of dots connected with lines superimposed upon it. In the center of the underground stream, a small outcropping of rock bore a totem-like object carved from a stripped tree trunk with bone inlays.

[cavalieredraghi]

spark moves to the totem while hoping there is grass as he will lay down. he then tries to see if he knows anything about it.

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[Emperor Ing]

Adepha looked at this mural, attempting to discern its meaning, seeing if there's any changling runes here too.

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[Rater202]

"Wheee! back on the Gear ride."

That's not how you reacted the first time.

[DigoDragon]

That's not how you reacted the first time.

"Everyone eventually learns that they want to ride the Sab--" Sabina's started going a bit red as she just realized how awkwardly her statement could be taken. "Ahem. It's nice to get carried sometimes. So, uh, this is a pretty spot." She looks around the murals here to see if there was any kind of pattern or code.

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[Humble Master]

"I've consigned myself to being toted about by you. Might as well try and enjoy it." Subtle explained.

Spoiler: Spark

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There is no historic information you can recall regarding this totem.

Spoiler: Adepha

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You can find a few Changlic runes scrawled between two images. Like the ones before, they are faded and difficult to make out. All that you can get is: totem, spirit and month.

Spoiler: Sabina

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You're almost certain there is not hidden message or concealed code within the paintings. It appears to just be a zodiac of some kind.

Spoiler: OOC

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My apologies, I neglected to mention that on the opposite side of the cavern, past the stream and totem, there is an open passage.

[DigoDragon]

"Hmm... zodiac symbols here," Sabina commented, looking over the images. "Oooh, idea! Maybe we have to chain these in order? Hmm, but the passage seems open further in... no, but it could be a trap?" She studied the images a little bit longer.

"Okay, I'm going to try. What's the first sign usually on a list? Aries? That's a... goat or ram?" Sabina looks for a ram and pushes it if she finds one.

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[cavalieredraghi]

Spark looks at the totem to see what it is carvef in the shape of.
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[Emperor Ing]

The words I can make out are "Totem, Spirit, and Month."

I think it's another sequence.

[cavalieredraghi]

What up there though? Spark points to the open passage. They starts to breath heavy as he lays down.

[Humble Master]

Sabina quickly found the painting of the ram but pushing her hoof against it did not produce the "warm fuzzy" that had resulted from flipping the preceding switches. "Anyling else interested in how grass is growing underground? Unless that mold is making sunlight or something weird like that."

Spoiler: Spark

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The totem is carved to depict an innumerable number of animal faces. There is the visages of bears and badgers, birds and deer, wolves and foxes and even more mythical beasts such as manticores and hydras.

[DigoDragon]

"Well, no fuzzy feeling this time. Anyone else find something useful?"

[cavalieredraghi]

Grass can grow under neath it only needs water and sunlight. It is not hard for it to grow. Also Sabina, maybe touch the beings on the wall that are also here on the totem? Like the Bear, Badger, Wolf, Fox, Deer Bird. Even a Manticore and Hydra.

[Rater202]

I have no clue what to do.

I'm sort of out of my element here.

[cavalieredraghi]

Spark after he catches his breath.

Seriously though maybe something helpful is up there.

[DigoDragon]

I have no clue what to do.

I'm sort of out of my element here.

"Well, you got a pretty tough body. Want to poke a hoof at the doorway on the far side to see if the coast is clear?" Sabina asked. "Spark, Adepha, does the totem have a ram?"

[cavalieredraghi]

No Ram just the ones I just said.

[DigoDragon]

"Totem, spirit... month," Sabina repeated. "Maybe it's a different kind of zodiac?"

[cavalieredraghi]

that does make sense. Spark says as he puts his head down.

[DigoDragon]

Sabina tried thinking if there were any other kinds of Zodiacs besides the classic western one?

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[Emperor Ing]

...

I got nothin'.

[cavalieredraghi]

Spark paws at Adepha to hopefully have her lay down next to him. The pain seemed easier to manage with her around.

[Humble Master]

"Maybe we should just continue down the passage?" Subtle suggested. "I mean, the path seems open. Sabina could check for traps and then we can move on."

Spoiler: Sabine

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The zodiac is mostly the same though Gemini is depicted as a pair of identical wolves, Virgo is a deer as opposed to a maiden mare, Libra is an Owl holding a stone in each of its talons, Sagittarius is a badger and Aquarius is a turtle.

[DigoDragon]

"Trap checking, Okie doki loki!" Sabina said. She walked over to the passage further and looked around.

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[cavalieredraghi]

May I stay here guys, I am not fully sure we are finished with this room.

[Emperor Ing]

Adepha moves next to Spark's collapsed Adepha's body and lays next to it. Well whoever's responsible for all this has gone to a lot of trouble to keep everyling else out.