Welcome to Gaia! ::

Shadow stepped through the portal. He was used to the push and pull forces one feels when they step through. He has only gone through one two or three times, but he is a quick learner. He wasn't startled in the least bit by the forest surrounding. He expected as much since they couldn't appear out of no where in the middle of a medieval town.

He landed silently and calmly on the soft grass of the forest bed. He stepped away from the portal for in case the fourth member decided to join them. He wasn't about to be bumped into. He stood next to the two women and waited for instructions.

Shadow nodded in agreement. He had old fashion gentlemen like habits and would wait for Outai to start her follow before he started. He could easily take the lead silently. He could move at any pace with nothing more than silence. But he decided, out of respect, to take up the rear. If he was ordered to take point, he would of course without question, but he didn't mind taking the rear either.

Shadow left the portal soon after Outai, knowing it would disappear once out of proximity of them. He moved as though he were a part of the forest. One could not see or hear him unless he wanted them to. He followed the other two closely, but kept his attention on his surroundings. Every once in a while, he would make himself visible to the others, so that they wouldn't think they lost him. This forest, this realm, had a strange feeling to it. He was sure it would reveal itself soon enough.

"Sounds like a plan." Outai said calmly as she crouched next to Xinrie.
The castle itself was indeed imposing. It reminded her of one other castle she had seen, back in the medieval days of England where she had traveled on a hunch. By the looks of things, this world was quite possibly the same world, but in another time or universe. Or it just hadn't developed technologically yet.

"Kay Then." The teen very slowly slunk forward, eyes constantly darting about the landscape in search of guards. It looked clear. So she picked up the pace, making itto the port with out, you guessed it, a mishap. Shocking, really. The bars were thick and made from metal, and the crawl space was an ickily tihgt squeeze, but she'd make it work. Wrapping her hands around the cylinders, she yanked once and they came sqeulching forth from the mud with a sucking noise. "All clear, you guys through first I'll bring up the rear and from now on, hand signals only, no talkin'."

Outai nodded silently to signify that she understood, and waited for Shadow to make the first move.

Shadow crouched and entered the dark passage. The darkness didn't bother him. He could see where he was going without the aid of light. He wondered if either of the other two were bothered by rats or insects. There was a plethora of them throughout the dank passage. He went in a few yards, then motioned to the others that they could enter. As soon as he saw the two figures break the light that was behind them, he continued on.

Water in a hollow tunnel was one of the hardest things to traverse silently. The water tends to hit the sides of the tunnel then echo slightly He knew though, that he only had to be as silent as the rats that scurried about. The tunnel was about to come to a 'T' intersection. He would soon decide the best route.