Unanswered

Kaija had never seen anything like this place before, not in all of her adventuring thus far. What had first seemed like a ravine similar to any other ravine she'd encountered before had quickly turned out to be something much stranger before long. Her large paws carried her deeper and deeper into the earth, through a winding labyrinth of twists and turns before she noticed something about this place was unusual. She felt a noticeable heat emanating from the slick stone beneath her paws the further she descended, and while maybe that should've been a sign to turn back the way she'd come, instead she found herself intrigued by this place.

She couldn't have anticipated what she'd see up ahead though; as she rounded a slight curve ahead the darkness that she'd grown accustomed to suddenly faded all at once, replaced by a glow that almost seemed blinding even from a distance. Her jaw unhinged slightly as she pressed on, taking in a sight that was hard for her brain to really comprehend. In front of her, a large cavern suddenly opened up wide, tall pillars of stone reaching higher than she could see - and streams of molten lava poured down from the sky in streams. The heat grew stronger with each step she took and she slowed considerably, unsure how close she ought to get.