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Paestri carefully balanced Jenevive in her arms, not because she feared that she'd drop the infant but because the younger Legend was serving as her counterbalance. The descent down the ladder was a tricky thing to accomplish, but thankfully she managed to get down without a problem.

The bottom wasn't much better than the room they woke up. Roomier, yes, but darker and still no clear way out. "Where do you think we should go?" she asked both Jenevive and Aquene.

It was so much longer than Eeenie had expected and she felt her spirits drop more and more with every few metres. She felt suffocated without the sky and there was something about going down into a dark hole that really didn't help with that. Eeenie didn't even see the the bottom- her foot went for another rung and hit the ground instead.

"I don't mind where we go. They look the same anyway. So we can go ...this way?" Aquene stared for a moment more then went down the tunnel that stretched out behind them. "Unless you two want to go the other way."

Paestri looked at both ends, then at Eeenie and Jen. She canted her head and opened her mouth to say something. Instead she sneezed, away from the other two Legends naturally. "Mebbe we could go that way?" she sniffed, cocking her head towards the opposite direction she sneezed in and wiped at her nose with the back of her hand.

It was the opposite direction Aquene pointed. Why had she sneezed? Probably the result of being in such a dank, clammy environment when she was much more accustomed to warmth and light.

That way? Which way was that way? Everything looked the same to Jenivive. Black here, black there. Black up, black down. Someone had snuck into the world and stolen all the light!
Yes, that was the answer, they just needed to find the light!
On that happy note, she burbled a little, sucked on her fingers, and announced, entirely in a language understandable to none but herself, that she had discovered the problem, knew the solution, but would need directions as to where the light was now located, and just who had put it there. Simple!

One hand still cradling Jen to her body, Paestri used her other hand (the one she had wiped her nose with) to feel for her way in the dark. From time to time her fingers would brush against Eeenie's back, sometimes her wings, depending on how large a step the pink-haired Legend made.

She'd look to Jen, or rather squint to look at Jen making sure that it was still the little infant in her arms. And not some horrible creature merely pretending to be Jen. Then again, even if it were, Paestri wouldn't have done much of anything unless said creature would attack her jugular or some other vital part of her body. Eventually they came up against a wall, well, that was inconvenient.

She felt the notches however, but didn't think it would be a good idea to climb if she had Jen in her arms. The ladder was tricky enough but grooves on walls? No, that wouldn't work for her.

"Think going up'll lead us outside? Or just back into that dark room?" she asked, peering up despite the lack of light.

Jenivive continued in her own little world. What were the older girls thinking? Solid walls didn't steal light! At least... she didn't think so. The thing that was hiding the light must be the other way, because, as far as they knew, that way wasn't blocked by a solid wall. Yes, they would have to turn around and hunt down the light in the other direction.

And again, in her own private little baby language, she told the others this.

"They just help me float so I don't know if it'd work." Aquene replied, right behind Pae, orange eyes trying their best to pierce the darkness. Her hands brushed along the walls every now and then as she went as if trying to understand what they were walking in.

Paestri plodded on, neither frustrated nor worried whether or not they'd end up wandering for all eternity. "Oh? So you don't fly very well?" she asked the blonde Legend, "Maybe if your wings were bigger?" she suggested, glancing over her shoulder as she continued to walk in the darkness, one hand outstretched to warn her of any impending walls.