Character Thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=247318.0)<br/>OOC (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=247320.0)<br/><br/>The Sun broke over the small, rugged valley which the five had been drawn to. The dreams had been growing more powerful as they approached. Visions of this valley, this place, and whispers... memories of urgent need. Demanding they come here. Ordering it. None of the girls had felt anything like that. Even those that had heard the voice of the Unconquered Sun had not felt a pull this irresistible... The day before yesterday, the girls had seen themselves entering the valley below. Only the five of them. Clear in their minds was the knowledge, the instruction that to attempt to bring others would ruin things... that... whatever they were here to do or see, it was for the five of them, and them alone. This place was meant for their footfalls, and no one elses. They'd been helpless against this compulsion, the whispers in their mind growing louder... and this morning they awoke, and followed the path laid out before them like sleepwalkers following their dreams. Any who attempted to follow them would be befuddled, turned about,, losing them as they descended into the crooked passages at the the Vales floor and find themselves at the rim. Powerful magics at work, it seemed. But the five strode onward, their bodies answering the call, but their minds free to think. However, despite that it might seem frightening or angering, there was a sense from all of them... that this was right. This was not control pushed from the exterior... but something from themselves. Finally, their footsteps lead them to a large rock wall, at the deepest point of the wooded valley. Cragged cliffs stretched above them, but their eyes went to the portion right before them, where five handprints glowed... each one with a caste mark above it. The girls found their designated place, and as one... laid their hands upon the stone. Each felt some tiny portion of their power go into the stone... and before their eyes, the rock wall opened. The doors were made of the same material as the stone wall, an must have been a yard thick, but they opened without a sound.<br/><br/>The air that came from inside was a bit musty... like it had sat for a while. But it was cool, likely a relief when the heat of the island was taken into account. And... as the doors stopped, the girls found themselves free... completely. The control, whatever it was, gone. It was intended to bring them here, open this place, and nothing more. What they did now was up to them...<br/><br/>However, a hint did appear as a voice emerged from inside the opening. Lighting sprung up, essence powered, showing the tunnel, which was strange... the material it was made of catching the light in sheens of multiple colors, red, green, blue, yellow... thousands, shifting as the eye moved along it.<br/><br/>"Ah... Mistresses. It has been... to long."<br/><br/>The voice was strange... stumbling over its words. Like it didn't know the language it was speaking... or maybe, had forgotten to speak all together. Even in those few words, the women could gather a sense of reproach... the owner of this voice was angry at them. Subservient, and showing no signs of aggression... but still, there was a sense that it believed it had been wronged.<br/><br/>"Please... I'm sure you... must have many... questions. Follow the... lights."<br/><br/>The Lights began to blink, picking out a path for them to follow into the structure. If the women wished to turn around, they could. But each of them had answered the call of their dreams, and whatever answers they sought, they lay with each other, or forward...