<p style="text-align: center;">At the entrance of the cave it seams like a dark and distressing place.
Last night your partner went in there, alone, she has not come back. You are filled with worry. The caves can be a dark and dangerous place, filled with dangerous individuals not all human. The Company contract and waiver made those facts very, very clear. You're not supposed to, but you decide to go [[in after her]].
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<p style="text-align: center;">You crawl around the corner of the cave and find a passage. Cool air blows on your hand as it meets nothing. You walk through the newly <strong>[[discovered tunnel]]. </strong></p><p style="text-align: center;">It is night when you enter the cave. The cave is far darker than the night. However, eventually as you make your way through tunnels a glow begins to show through. Its the bioluminescent moss that covers the walls of the tunnels. Enough to see the turn of the tunnel ahead, but that's all.
You know where she would have gone. It would be the place where the two of you had been investigating a mineral deposit.
You decide to [[check your survey watch]].
</p><p style="text-align: center;">Raising your arm to get a good look at the little digital face on your survey watch you address it,
<p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="https://hallerose.neocities.org/calm%20watch.jpg" width="501" height="317" /></p>
<<timed 3000ms>>
"Have there been any updates from Tina?"
<<next 2000ms>>
"Sorry boss nothing, her watch isn't responding to my pings"
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[[That's concerning]].
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<p style="text-align: center;">The little face looks alarmed. Its tiny eyes go wide when it speaks.
<p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="https://hallerose.neocities.org/alarmed%20watch.jpg" width="501" height="317" /></p>
"There's something approaching our position"
"what is it?"
"I can't tell where they are, but I believe it is several Lizards"
Oh dear, that might be very bad. You start to hear [[something]]. </p><p style="text-align: center;">You hoist yourself up to the hole and the wall and squeeze through. Hoping it isn't just a dead end. You crawl for a time until you realize the tunnel lets you out into a pitch dark area, There are no glow worms here. It's pitch black.
The way every sound echoes you can tell its <strong>[[A LARGE CAVE|a cave]]. </strong></p><p style="text-align: center;">The tunnel lightens and the glow of the moss returns. What luck! You recognize where you are. The Mineral deposit is nearby. You quicken your pace toward [[the deposit]].</p><p style="text-align: center;">You have reached the survey site. But as you search you see that no one is here. You stumble over something.
Its Tina's survival kit. You see her initials stitched onto the side of the bag. Why did she leave it? Dread course through you as you wonder why she left so suddenly. You look up and You see that at the mouth of another tunnel you see something brightly colored on the ground. You go to it and realize its Tina's red wool hat that she always wore.
There's only one way to go fine her. You go deeper into [[the caves|the caves]].</p><p style="text-align: center;">Deeper and deeper you go in. Winding your way through the low passage ways. After long minutes the watch on your wrist begins to vibrate. You [[check it]]. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Echoing through the tunnel you hear the faint sound of slithering. The *shhrr* *shhhrr* getting louder as it moves closer. You stop to turn the other way. It's coming from behind as well.
<<timed 5400ms>>
There isn't much time till they are upon you...
<<next 1800ms>>
What can you do? Looking around you see a hole in a wall next to you...
<<next 2300ms>>
Do you dare to [[crawl through]]? Or perhaps you should [[try your luck]] with whats quickly coming towards you.
<</timed>></p><p style="text-align: center;">You decide to hold your ground. You have met with lizards before. Altho Tina was usually the one doing the talking. But that doesn't matter. You square your shoulders and see the first dim silhouette of the [[inhabitance of the caves]]. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Three or four of them hulking in there blocking the dim light of the moss glinting off their shiny scales. One begins to talk. Your watch providing the translation of the lizard's hisses and clicks.
"Greetings human. Isn't there be a place you should be. Are you searching for your something?"
Your own voice feels weak. The fear of their claws getting to you. "Have you seen another human come this way?"
"We may have, yes but, if you want something. We want something too."
What choice do you have? [[You ask]].</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">"Fine what do you want?"
"We know what type of human you are. You where to fine the minerals we need. Show us where they are. We help you to your person"
You hesitate but it would be worth it to fine Tina."I'll show you where the Deposit is"
With that the lizards all make a loud keening noise. It sounds triumphant. You walk forward and they step aside to let you continue. Now the sounds of them crawling behind you. Now following you as you go deeper into the cave. You have the feeling that it will be a long time till you come out of [[the caves]].</p>
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