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[psycholawgy]

You've reached Athena Cykes. I'm currently unavailable, but leave a message and I'll get back to you pronto. Danke! (voice/call → text → video → action)

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[psycholawgy]

Totally ready! C'mon, Rei!

[faithfulflame]

[Come on indeed. Rei starts into the temple grounds, slipping in between the enormous gates that El Tigre and company had come from. A massive courtyard littered with crumbling stoneworks fills the view. At the far end is the pyramid itself, with stairs leading up towards the open air altar, and stairs leading down...into the base itself.]

I'm willing to bet the treasure is inside. Don't you think?

[psycholawgy]

It always is.

[ she laughs at that. ]

How difficult is this game, anyway?

[faithfulflame]

Not terribly? It said intermediate. Is that a problem?

[psycholawgy]

Oh, okay! I was just curious, don't worry about it.

[ had it been very difficult or something or the sort, then she'd have to think differently when it comes to solving puzzles and whatnot. ]

Lead the way. I'll be right behind you.

[faithfulflame]

[It’ll work out okay, Athena.  They’re both smart girls.]

Alright.

[Rei starts forward, going down inside the temple and picking up a torch from the wall.  Cobwebs line the path, but it’s weirdly silent, oppressive.]

Ever seen anything like this before?

[psycholawgy]

[ this is eerie. ]

Maybe in movies, yeah.

[faithfulflame]

It's not so bad. See?

[She casts a finger forward, supplementing the torch light with her own weirlight.]

I don't think we'll be in any danger.

[psycholawgy]

What other enemies do we have to fight, I wonder?

[faithfulflame]

Well it mentioned aztec warriors, cannibals, and the undead. So I assume that.

[psycholawgy]

Cannibals?!

Rei, I don't want to get eaten!

[faithfulflame]

Don't worry. You have a gun, and if they get too close I'll fry them.

[psycholawgy]

You think I'd be scared of zombies [ when she does see them, she will be. ] but I'm actually more scared of these cannibals...

[faithfulflame]

Don't be. They die like everything else. I won't let them touch you, okay?

[Athena you are scared of everything...]

[psycholawgy]

Have you ever wondered what you taste like?

[ athena why are you never on topic... ]

[faithfulflame]

No? Why?

[Rei steps around a corner, torch first, absently trying to ignore the question.]

Have you?

[psycholawgy]

I imagine I taste like oranges.

[faithfulflame]

Oranges?! why?

[psycholawgy]

I eat a lot of them!

[faithfulflame]

Is that all?

[A beat, and Rei stops suddenly in Athena's way.]

Do you hear that?

[Drums. Drums in the Deep.]

[psycholawgy]

Ye— [ and then she bumps into rei, ah... sorry.

that does make her pay more attention to her surroundings, though. and she's able to hear the sounds more than rei can. ]

Oh man.

[faithfulflame]

[Rei grunts when Athena bumps her, and the shotgun probably pokes her in the chest.]

Get the gun, keep the barrel over my shoulder. I can do some things to shield us from whatever comes.

[psycholawgy]

[ right on, equipping that now! ]

Alright, I'm ready.

[faithfulflame]

Hold on then.

[Marching forward, Rei slips around the corner with her wrist extended. Energy gathers in front of her, unseen, a trick she learned from Kael...and good thing too, because a man clad in animal bones comes rushing at them bellowing:]

RAKANISHU

[psycholawgy]

Uh... what?

Hey, does that mean anything to you?

[ fucking creepy as hell, jesus. ]