Atrius' was wise to be cautious; no doubt at lest one god was behind him being there; and no doubt watching his every move... Gracing the maiden with his cloak would bring him a startle as faint whisperings could be herd  in the empty metal halls; the unnatural voices of ancients... Opening his arms to her however would strike a new and sudden event; as when he placed his arms under her he didn't even have to pull her as she simply fell into his arms; but yet she was unnaturally light, perhaps weighting half of what she looked. The troubles of his actions would be unveiled within moments too of her removal, slowly the dim lights of the room started to fade away as if the source of their power had vanished making the room incredibly dark, but with the darkness also brought new sounds as the metal around him soon started to loudly creek and crack...<br/><br/>He step he took the nosies of the room where only getting louder; which meant simply the place was falling apart... A fact more clear as he could feel the ground under him suddenly shift and bend nearly knocking him to the ground. But where was the exit to be found?! The only beam of light was from the same hole he fell through, but even then it seemed like a fruitless hope... Was he to die in this mysterious place? Crushed by the earth and unnatural metals?... Although it seemed the earth god who brought him here had things rather well planed out.<br/><br/>"Over here, part of the tunnel collapsed!" The voice was faint, but it's accent was clear... As feared the monks had already made their was to the scene showing that in fact this was the true reason for the limitations on the forest; but just as easily proved to be his saving grace as a rope was thrown down to his aid. "What? There is someone down here?!" With the sounds of twisting metal only growing worse it was without question that the only way out; was up....<br/><br/>A loud rumbling in the ground would further push the choice as more ropes where thrown down to Atrius' "Quickly!  Tie yourself and we will pull you up!" The rumbling too seemed to stall while Atrius'  would do so, although carrying the girl in such a fashion would provide to be strange; but regardless he would make it to the top and with a whole new line of troubles...<br/><br/>Reaching the surface Atrius' was met by the faces of seven monks dressed in orange, three of which helped pulled him up. The moment they caught sight of the girl however their faces would go from angered to fearful?.... "I should have know it would be you causing this..." an older monk spoke while the others where quick to try and grab Atrius' removing the girl from his person. "Tie him up, and get the girl back down there before it's too la.." The monk wouldn't even be able to finish his words as the ground started to rumble again before fully shifting nearly knocking most of the monks over.<br/><br/>The actions of their god would be rather clear, within moments the ground suddenly sunk down before spikes of rock started to shoot up in various places, the most noticed as a massive pillar that spiked up from thee same hole, blocking and no doubt further preventing access to the ancient ruins... "It seems there has been a change of plans..." the older monk gluped catching his breath after helping some of the others crawl to their feet. "Bring him and the girl to the temple... we will have to consult the elders..."<br/><br/>Atrius' being a hunter and sailor would no doubt would be able to fight if he choose, he had outran the monks plenty of times, and probably could do so again... The girl being involved however would prove to be a strange bit of trouble... Something too that drove a spike of curiosity was the fact that not only the girl did not awaken from her slumber, but the monks did not seem concern for her health, or the fact she was unconscious.... If anything looking at the monk that carried her he looked more stricken by fear then anything...