Fortem sensed Blades fear. "I-I'll lead, and use sand attack, so if
there's anything scary, you'll know in advance," He promised the
silvally, making his own fear. If he could make his group more
secure, that was good. He continued using sand attack (luckily, it
wasn't a draining move. It did come in handy!), and led them
towards the next lamp.
Your local humanoid arachnid of unidentifiable species
“Look, all I’m saying is, I’d commit Arson, but if there’s a Spider
in that house, I’m saving it”
-Spyder
Finally, the temple! Fortem hoped that since they'd already faced a
sort of puzzle/challenge, the temple would have less contents....
he swallowed his fear, and padded into the dry smelling building,
glassy sand still stinging his paws.
Fortem turned to the group. "Do you think this will be like the
other temple, where we have to find an item or key in each room,
and use them to open the door?" He examined the room some more.
As per usual, Fortem opened the door on the very left back of the
circular room, slowly opening it, and stepping in cautiously. He
sniffed the room, and looked around to see what it was.
"More parkour?" Fortem, guessed, and sighed. Parkour was one of
those tasks that was quite time consuming... and they were running
out. He hoped it wasn't. He stepped onto the first platform, ready
to stone edge if he fell.
"Hmm..." Fortem was perplexed. A straight path with platforms... he
could just walk straight across, but... again, was it possible it
was that easy? Suspicious, he stepped onto the next platform.
Fortem leaped back, terrified, onto the first platform. So it was a
trap! Hmm... maybe he should test them? He sent a rock throw down
the halway, rocks landing on each of the platforms. Fortem hoped it
would reveal the safe ones.
Fortem smiled, carefully hopping from platform to platform, hoping
they would hold his weight. He reached the end of the hallway, and
saw something in front of him.
Fortem nudged the switch with his paw. If his judgement was
correct, this might help open the locked door! He turned around,
hearing a faint sound, like two large rocks rubbing against each
other, the door, probably. Fortem cautiously headed back to the
group.