A screech of rage follows the swordswoman as she leaps away from the tentacle and hurls herself down into the blackness.  Several scrabbling additional feelers reach down from the hole above for a moment blocking out all light, but whatever beast it is clearly cannot hold itself above water for terribly long.  It slinks back into the lake, it's tentacles withdrawing as well.  But the last heard sound after it's splash into the lake is a crunching of wood slammed against rock, followed by another couple of crunching sounds.  Hurled from the water and dripping wet comes a plank of the little fishing boat, tumbling down the hole, nearly hitting the kitsune, and plunging down into darkness.  It seems whatever beast was in the lake has a petulant streak.<br/><br/>Following down the length of rope, Yula climbs down into the maw of the desecrated tower.  Once fine carvings and bookshelves line the walls, but the floors of these highest levels have been destroyed leaving bare stone.  So Yula lowers herself down by the light of her wisp, making her way deeper and deeper.<br/><br/>It must be five or six levels down that the rope runs out of slack.  A quick check with the wisp verifies that the floor is only about ten feet down and Yula is able to drop to safety.  Now on solid ground, she is able to see a bit better what is outside the towers.  Faint shapes of windows were visible higher up, but what was not clear is that there was no glass in them, but rather what appears to be a tiny film of magical substance keeping out the water.  At this depth, there is little light, but a massive form can be seen swirling and shifting through.<br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1699083&amp;d=1359473349)</div>Out the opposite window, is a very different sight.  This one still has it's glass pane, a woman looking longingly into the eyes of a skull painted on it.  But it does not block Yula from looking out over a dark cavern that buzzes with more of an air of life.  Lithe forms move confidently in the near darkness, purple stones giving enough light that their shapes are barely visible.  Their buildings are fine, elegant as the finest overland cities but with slightly harsher lines and steeper points.  It seems the tower has pierced into the area surrounding a city of some kind, or perhaps a fortress.<br/><br/>There is also at this point, a set of stairs leading downward deeper into the tower.  Though what lies below is yet unknown.<br/><br/><strong>Yula... What do you do?</strong>