<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/VjAyLp4.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Rei (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=333483.msg15890913#msg15890913)<br/><strong>Race and Occupation:</strong>Plucky Human Ninja<br/><strong>Location &amp; Time:</strong>Generic Cave Dungeon One | Afternoon, W1D2<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Lucien<br/><hr/><hr/><br/>Rei was idling looking about the worktable for any good clue that it was actually worth taking a peek it. Considering everything else that they have found in the cave, which was only notably wobbling dummies, there surely must be something. Lucien saved her the embarrassment of staring at the fixture for too long by striding up alongside her. Just his presence being within a foot of her was enough to make her wonder what was underneath all of that clothing of his and what other weapons he was carrying around. She shook the thoughts of her head and tried to distract herself again with the worktable. Her quest partner spoke, talking about something of a kobold being around, but Rei's eyes were fixated on the wooden cylinder on the table. Now was not the time to think about sitting on it and riding it until the next morning.<br/><br/>The little ninja, unfortunately, returned to reality when Lucien whispered to her, the singular word making her wish that he would just make her. Rei simply nodded in reply, taking the first few steps in following Lucien a little slower so she could get acclimate to moving and the new, though not unfamiliar, sensations that came along with it. As they descended further into the cave, the girl distracted herself with what she could see on the walls and ultra-focused on listening for what was definitely going to be some traumatic creaking of wood. Nothing of interest caught her eye until a lantern in what she could only describe as a room in the cave. If there was ever an end to a dungeon cave, this was it in her book.<br/><br/>"Oh. So we were after a kobold this entire time? I don't get why the locals always have a problem with kobolds. There's probably a few good ones out there. Maybe they're all good and it's us that are the bad ones!" Rei couldn't tell you where the slight epiphany came from, either. The best clue would be that if whatever they were looking for wasn't here, then they could be done with it for now and she can go find somewhere nice and warm to finally find some relief to her itch. Unlike the one Lucien was jotting down in his notebook, anyway. Maybe she could nab that cylinder on the way out...<br/><br/>As her partner kneeled down and read a sheet of paper on the ground, bars sank down from the archway that they had past, effectively trapping them in the room. Rei turned in the direction of the sound at first, then focused on the voice that came beyond it. She listened to the shrill voice speak, taking note of at first how awful of a tone it had, then on the words. Being insulted by such a weird looking thing was kind of funny to Rei at first, until the fact that herself and Lucien were in fact trapped here now for messing up some kind of evil genius plot. It became less funny the more she considered what all of this meant.<br/><br/>Being trapped in here was bad under any circumstances. Did she pack for an extended stay? Obviously not. Was it still dark and annoying in here even with a lantern? Yes, absolutely. Is being made a fool of a good feeling to have? Nope. Did she still desperately need to get the living hell fucked out of her? Definitely. Anything good to come from this situation involved getting out of this room and the bad monster keeping her in it was this stupid Zutta. As far as Rei was concerned, the math was simple. Awful situation minus dumb kobold equals relief.<br/><br/>Looking to Lucien, she caught him shrugging in disbelief, taking that as a cue to take the reins. The smaller of the two reached for her kunai and started bolting toward the makeshift bars and the kobold. As she ran, she managed to throw them threw the rickety barricade and into the corridor. When she reached the rock archway, Rei looked about it for any signs that her throwing knives made their mark. All she got in return was another shriek of laughter.<br/><br/>"Don't you have any potions that will just melt these things so I can strangle this kobold!?" Rei's frustration was clear now, but if any more hints that she wasn't a fan of being trapped, her gripping the bars with both hands and rattling them back and forth in hopes that they would just give may convince anyone otherwise. So much for peace between the races.