His nose prickled with various stenches; none of which smelled right. Hairs rose on his arms and neck like a cat’s hackles. A trail of uneasy goose bumps ran down his spine making the daemon stall like a nervous horse outside the ruins. His muscles still tense from the flash flood of bitter memories he had today due to nightmares and curious man’s questions. Ichabod, with a raspy voice, confirmed this was the place much to his dismay. Ruin wanted nothing more than to continue on and put this place behind them but the human proceeded inwards. “Come on.” The gambler voiced and Ruin locked his joints in silent protest.<br/><br/>Ichabod could journey forward on his own. He’d just wait safely outside the rank-scented place; however try as he might not to follow... the tug of his magical bonds made the demon follow in pursuit. Body even more skittish due to the fact his Runes tickled him with pain to protect his master in this area.<span style="font-style: italic"> ‘There is negative energy here.’</span>Ruinegard thought grimly. The scent of the forest was completely gone. This place smelled of human tombs to him. He wondered how the human wasn’t afraid… All Ruin could hear were oohs~ and hums at the scenery he could not partake of escaping the younger man.<br/>( I need to get him an eye after we get to town. Hard to do imagery.)<br/><br/>The gambler paused next to something and gave a small hint of steps to his blind companion.<span style="font-style: italic">’Wonderful.’</span>He thought sarcastically as the human male progressed forward without him at a steady pace. Pointed ears bobbed with the beat of each step. Trying to time them so as to give the Royal Blood an idea about how large each individual step was, and of course how many... Ichabod kept going for the longest stretch of time in Ruin’s mind before he finally attempted the crumbling rock himself.<br/><br/>By the time the demon reached the top, taking an extra step only to startle himself by the lack of stair, Ichabod was talking to himself. A habit the demon was beginning to notice that was rather common. And irritating. Can’t one think in their own mind’s eye?! Or even speak to him. “Well, that’s disturbing.”<br/><br/>“What’s disturbing?!” Ruin barked, his voice a tad loud and frantic. His nerves were being shredded apart with a gnawing feeling of unease. Toned body moved closer to Ichabod and large hands actually touched the human’s shoulders. “Tell me what you see. This place… has a bad air. This is most likely cursed ground, human.” His voice was as tight as his grip. “We should not be here.” And as if those words were a trigger the entrance to the temple sealed shut behind them due to crumbling structure, weakened from their loud vibrated voices. Ruin jumped and spun around to the sound, claws extended and body hunched to attack an invisible enemy. “Tell me there is another exit human.” But only a larger doorway remained, leading deeper into the ruins and possibly to freedom somewhere.<br/><br/>The pair of strange partners would have to navigate haunted mazes and stay the night. Testing their thin loyalties to one another.<br/>(( Woo adventure. Go ahead and take some small liberties with Ruin if you’d like. Sorry for the short post and lemme know if you want me to change anything. I didn't know where you were going with the sky monster so I left it vague for you!!))