Spooky Cave (Lurid)

The further into the cavern she went, she more her eyes adjusted to the black. Knowing better than to look directly at something in the dark, Lurid found her lavender holographic gaze searching left and right, following the wall deeper and deeper. She kept an even pace, her companion rode on her back and needed reminding about his talons every so often. Samuel was a tense being. Subtle notches appearing in the wall alerted her to a change in the earth, with gemstones lodged in them, no less! Lurid had Samael gather them as they kept their slow pace forward. They would be counted when she could see again.

The sound was a whisper at first, a subtle shuffling that Lurid had no memory for. Her mind racked itself as to what it could be, but came up empty and only left her with a growing curiosity.  Slowly the brindled heiress moved forward, her ears flicking to catch the right sound through the echoing of the cavern. A tic worked in her jaw as adrenaline flooded her system. Lurid had never been unsure of herself, especially not in the underworld.  Keeping her forward momentum,  her pace made slightly uneven by the wince she made stepping on her injured paw. She would attempt to find the source of the sound, her curiosity and need to know getting the best of her.