Predict wasn't quite sure what he was looking at. In front of him was a large hole, muddy and slippery. Falling into it would mean quite the task in getting back out. Which meant that the belemoid was quite confused about the fact that several other Xunari were milling about, digging in the soft soil.

He looked behind him, where Carus and Morgain were chatting with another Xunari- a Mirehi native called Issun. It seemed like the three were well occupied in their chat, not looking much at Predict and Blikk, who were both confusedly looking at the hole.

"Blikk watch out!" Carus called as the other belemoids watched as Blikk hesitantly shuffled closer to the edge of the hole, likely to get a clearer look of what was happening below- and slipped and started falling into the mud pit.

The blue belemoid flailed, trying to grip something and not fall into the pit. His paws didn't find much- seeing they were in the middle of an open field there wasn't much around save for the occasional rock- except for Predict's legs. With the blue belemoid trying to pull himself up, and with Predict not being particularly strong, both were dragged into the pit of mud.

Carus, Morgain, and Issun came running over, peering over the ledge of the hole. "Are you two okay?" Issun called down. Predict was fine- physically. His ego, however, was severely damaged. The belemoid was covered, head to toe, in mud.

"Uh yes!" Blikk answered. The short-tailed belemoid was just as covered in mud as Predict, although he seemed to mind way less than the brown and white Belemoid. "We're fine. How do we- get out of here, though." the Xunari in the mud pit had started to gather around, and Pistachio (a belemoid the colony had met somewhere before) reached out to help Predict get back up.

"Are you alright there dear?" he asked. Predict was too embarrassed to offer the belemoid a proper answer, but quickly muttered a thank you nonetheless. He glared at Blikk, who gave him an even more embarrassed look. "I'm so sorry Predict I didn't mean to-"

"Oh, save it! You should've been more careful, Blikk. Why were you even so close to the edge anyways?!" Predict snapped, irritation growing as mud dripped down into his mouth when he spoke.

Issun had made his way down now, Morgain and Carus following closely behind. "Uh, we can help you get cleaned up- there's a stream just down south. Me and Pistachio can show you there while your comrades finish up here? There isn't much to see anymore, to be honest."

The two natives helped show Predict to the ladder they had made by flattening small sections of the dirt and putting planks on top of it. The structure was nowhere near sturdy, and Carus couldn't help but chuckle a tad as he watched Predict slip down a step and land in the mud again. and soon the three had left to clean off.

"Why did he come here again?" Carus asked. Morgain sent him a pointed look. "Listen, I'm just saying- he doesn't like getting dirty, and dirt is all there is here."

Morgain shrugged. "Are you sure you're okay, Blikk?" Blikk shrugged. "I'm sure he'll forgive me- eventually."

Morgain gently patted the other belemoid on the back. Blikk smiled at him. "You think I can still catch up to them to wash some of this mud off?"

Morgain nodded. "gotta be quick, though." and Blikk quickly ran off, following behind Predict, Issun, and Pistachio who had made their way out of the hole and seemed to be trying to clean the worst of it off of Predict.

"What did we even come here for?" Morgain mused, watching Blikk make his way up the stairs. Carus groaned in reply, rolling his eyes. "The digsite? Although it looks like not much is left- we must have been lately, others probably got here before we did."

Morgain sighed. "I told you we should have rushed!" Carus shrugged. "It doesn't matter much. Things get dug up all the time. If it was something actually interesting instead of just valuable we should hear soon."

Morgain shrugged. "lets's just follow those two dorks and then head home, in that case." Carus nodded in agreement as the two chased after Blikk and Predict.