originally posted in:The New Dojo
"Damn right." Falk agreed. Suddenly, the group felt a rumble from underneath them as the machine hooked into the rocks of the mountain. It's front legs suddenly shot up in front, and the spider miner went back so that the group was upside down. The drill in front of them began to move, so that it was on the bottom of the miner, and then the whole machine came back up so the group was facing the sky again. The drill inserted itself into the mountain, and the machine began to rumble as it churned.
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"No...but I have a feeling that it has to do with-" Suddenly, the ice wall in front of the two shattered completely and a white mist shot out from the hole. It seemed to flow off the slope and down to the ground below. Whatever it was, it was dense. Falk approached the mist and stuck his foot out into it cautiously. Almost immediately he let out a breath of surprise as he recoiled his foot back. "It's cold! Really damn cold!"
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He raised his eyebrow in surprise. "Really? That's it? You afraid of catching a cold or something?"
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"Keep laughing all you want. You try sticking your foot in it!"
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Edited by SDK Zane: 7/30/2017 2:10:10 AMHe chuckled and did so, waiting to feel the effect.
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He wasn't chuckling for long. He immediately felt the cold grip his leg and numb it. As he looked at it he saw that his leg was starting to freeze from the cold, literally with icy blue crystals forming.
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"What kind of sub zero ice is this?!" He said as he raised his leg back up.
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As soon as he did, Falk sprinted past him and through the mist. He raised his arms as he got to the other side, and let out a shivered breath. "L-luckily it's not instant!" He told Zane.
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"Shit is more colder then getting stuck in a freezer when I was a child!" He took a deep breath and dashed through the mist.
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He felt the cold tear at him for a second before it subsided. He felt his hair stick up on the back of his neck and his teeth chattering together from the exposure. "Well looks like we're about to have a worse situation then that..." Falk said as he looked down. As Zane did as well, he saw that the entire cavern below them was becoming filled with the mist... And it was rising towards them.
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"God damnit, really wishing I still had magic right about now....."
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"Well you still have legs don't you? Move!" Falk yelled as he sprinted up the path.
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"Just saying magic would have made this easier!" He yelled as he sprinted behind Falk.
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"Ya! So would a jet pack! Maybe one less meal! Keep running!" Falk yelled as Zane felt the cold nip at his feet.
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"Il have you know I practically ate nothing today thank you very much!" He yelled as he sped up, and started to pass his friend.
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The two continued their mad dash up, but the mist was gaining on them. It bit at their feet like a pack of wild animals as they sprinted up the slope. Eventually they reached the top, where they were met with a long cavernous hallway. But, the mist was still on their tail. "This way!" Falk declared as he ran down the hall.
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"This better not lead to a dead end!" He exclaimed as he sprinted behind.
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"You and me both Zane!" Falk agreed as he sprinted with him. The two ran down the hall where they found themselves In a stone built room coated with ice. It was square in shape, and there was a door at the end of the room. The room itself seemed to look like a living quarters of some sort. It had old wood tables and chairs and desks for writing at. That being said the wood was frosted and frozen. Falk ran to the door, and reached for the knob. He turned it and pulled, but the door jammed and did not open. "Shit! It's frozen shut!"
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"Move aside, il break it down!" He said as he readied a shoulder charge.
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Falk moved out of the way, about five steps back from the door. He gestured for Zane to go for it.
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He sprinted at the door and slammed into it with his shoulder with the force of his entire body.
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The ice on the door shattered as he hit it, but the door itself hardly budged. "Oh shit. Hurry it up Zane!" Falk said as e pointed to the hallway behind them which had begun to fill with the mist.
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He focused his aura around his fist and punched the door with a heavy blow.
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The door shattered wide with his blow, and the splinters of wood flew around him as he removed the barricade from existence. As he looked ahead, he saw stone steps lead up to a smaller cavern.
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"Common, we gotta keep moving. Pretty sure we're close now!"
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Falk and Zane sprinted through the hall as the mist began to fill the room behind them. They found themselves spinrtimg up a curled staircase that went up to a larger platform. There, they saw a white orb. It looked like it was on fire but as they were in its presence they felt the chill of its temperature upon their skin. "That...that's it I guess." Falk said as he walked towards it. There seemed to be a collapsed box around the Orb which Zane spotted.