Hinder

The caves earned their names well. The whistling of the winds through the caves sang in her ears as the alabaster princess leapt and ran through the cave, listening to the whistles and the drops of water echo through the walls of the cave. Every now and then a bat would fly a little too close to her head for comfort, but it was nothing that startled her too much. The life of a wanderer was one without much reward, it got lonely, and boring, so Reiko found herself often looking for entertainment in the strangest of places - today was in this cave.

Rocks crumbled under her toes as she stopped at the top of a small inner cave hill, she had to adjust herself a little, shifting her weight and digging those ebony claws into the sides of the stone in order to reassure she wouldn't fall too. White plume swayed behind her, keeping balance on the stone as she took a look around. The sounds were entrancing, drip... drip... drip..., never missing a beat as she took a moment to listen in. Above, bats were flapping around, getting ready for their midnight shift in bug catching.

One however, got a little too close. "Eep!!" She tried dodging the thing that came to her head all too close, missing her footing and slipping down the slope, tumbling and catching dirt along the way down. The cave took an air of silence for a moment, not even a drop fell before her vision stopped turning. Her legs finally found the strength to stand up straight and shake off the dirt in a cloud of dust. All she could do was giggle through the sore bruises that would surely show tomorrow.

"speech!!"