Finn wasn't sure why the colony kept coming back to Issiq. Not a single trip there had resulted in one of the members of the colony going "Sheesh! I enjoyed that! Let's do that again!" but still, here she and Crown were again, roaming the desert, heading for a mine in the dreadfully hot working conditions. Luckily, the underground would be cooler. Still, Finn knew by now, the air would be dry and dusty, even down in the mines.   ...

"I.. do not know.." Spen answered shakily. Something caught Ma'groth's eye and he looked down at his claws as the pillars crashed below, sending up deafening echoes into the cavern. "Spen!" He gasped, noticing the blood on one claw. "Do not worry..." she sighed "it is shallow... I think.""Wait, what is she....." Siv began before noticing the wound "Ma'groth! What!?" she snapped."I.. I didn't mean to!""I am fine, seriously. Siv, please. You BOTH saved my life. I w...

The Issiq sands gently pushed beneath their paws and disturbed by their claws had revealed ancient inscriptions on many stones they walked over. This discovery was incredibly distracting, so much so that they came precariously close to a drop before they had realised there was one. The group had traveled not far past the giant pillars which denoted the entrance to the colossal underground ancient city they had stumbled across when they were met with their first challenge; traversing this ravi...

The sand had barely settled around the group before Spen started coughing and waving her arms about in exasperation. "Well, that is just great now is it not?" the anger in her voice was palpable "What the hell were you thinking, Ma'groth!" she turned her anger onto her dark bodied companion. This warranted a grunt from the older male Belemoid as he slowly picked himself up off the sand covered but rocky floor. "What? And you were standing so far away from the ledge too, huh?" he growle...