"Of course, of course. The trip from The Beyond must have been difficult and disorienting for all of you." The wolf let out a soft cough to clear his throat, like he was about to make an important declaration. "I would like to be the first to formally introduce you to Terra Ridge! A large region populated by quite a few cities and towns all connected by tunnels such as this one. All under the unifying rule of the Lahmia Province " The wolf nodded towards the rock wall they were approaching, and the large circular hole in it. It looked much like the tunnel they had set up camp last night.

Rhyner smiled as Nadia mentioned this 'highness' he had spoken of earlier. "She is the current acting Ruler of the Province, Anastasia Einbroch, Queen of our capital city. Ever since the death of her husband (guardians watch over his soul), she's had to take on the burden of overseeing political affairs. A whole nation suddenly on her shoulders." The wolf made a soft clicking sound with his tongue and shook his head.

Whatever the thing was, it didn't seem to be paying attention to Robin anymore, and he could hear it go back to skittering about, followed by the drilling sound.

"Well what is it then?" Alyse asked, sounding quite impatient now, walking past Flynn to see what the disturbance was. And if Flynn and Aliah followed, they'd see...

A strange looking mechanical spider-like creature. It seemed to be harvesting fragments of the glowing blue crystals that grew along the wall. Most of the stones were small but some glowed fiercely and were the size of a housepet! Cogs turned and whirred on the android arachnid as its drill-like appendage extended out from its body going about, frantically working and collecting what it could.

"I see ." Nadia said . So they have a queen........this could be either good or really bad , she thought . "Do you find people like us often ? Outsiders somehow end up here like we do ?"

Robin walked up to Flynn. "What is it? It smells like metal." he asked.

It looks like.. some sort of mechanical spider?" The other feline quipped carefully walking over to it and crouching down to take a look. As she got closer the machine turned and a lazer-like horizontal line passed across Alyse, making the cat flinch and back up a bit. The cog's in its mechanical head whirred before another beep was heard and it went back to work. "Yeah I guess... Wonder where it came from though. But this definitely means we're not the only ones here.""

"Hmm? Oh no no, it's truly a miracle you three showed up in the first place. In a time of need I might add, just as the guardians told us." The wolf smirked. "The sooner we get to the capital the better so you can have an audience with the Queen. But it's a long trek so we'll make a pit stop here and there at some outposts and towns." They soon were in the tunnel with the wolf leading the way. It was wider than the last and the wolf's voice echoed off the walls as he spoke. Behind them they could barely make out the outline of the feline trailing a few paces back, her ears twitching as she occasionally looked over her shoulder.

Scraps gve Nadia a questioning look. He didn't want to be in front of the queen if she was expecting them to fix anything, he decided to be honest with them. "Well, I guess that sounds like a plan. May I ask who the guardians are? Or what exactly we're expected to do? Because we never planned on being here, it's not like we came here with any specific goal in mind, if that's what you're getting at. We're just lost at sea."

The Guardians are the deity figures of our society, said to live watch over our lands in The Beyond." The wolf smiled politely, "We were told you might be perplexed by your situation at first, but are more than capable for the job at hand." Devout may be one way of seeing the wolf's demeanor, though it seemed no matter what they said he was fixated on the idea that they were somehow saviors.

"And what you are saying, Ms. Nadia, is the exact reason we are going to such measures. It is a problem we simply have not been able to solve. And when a divine intervention occurred, we couldn't ignore it now could we?"

As Othello stared further down the cave all he could see was... Well more cave. Though behind him he could hear footsteps coming up to him, and the feline begin to walk beside him.
"You're awfully quiet." She mumbled.

As Othello stared further down the cave all he could see was... Well more cave. Though behind him he could hear footsteps coming up to him, and the feline begin to walk beside him.
"You're awfully quiet." She mumbled.

"I.....suppose....so...." Nadia said , trying her best to to offend the wolf , while also giving Scrap a look that could be interpreted as "we're in so much problem right now"