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Mot stared back at Riyo as she seemed to step backward, gritting his teeth. "Er, yeah but.. not that way." He warned, grabbing her hand and running further into the tunnel.

The noise turned out to be a herd of savage, oversized foxfires coming from behind them. Normally such a thing would hardly be considered scary, but these guys seemed to have a thirst for the blood of students.
Where did they even come from?!
The further they ran, the closer the stampede got. How was it they could not outrun a herd of foxfires who's legs barely measured past a couple centimeters? Mot was almost tempted to just stop and let them come at him. Maybe they only seemed vicious because of the copious amount of foam and drool dripping from their maws? Maybe they just wanted cuddles and pets?

Nah.

Suddenly, the path split into two separate paths. "Which way?!" Mot asked as they quickly approached.

The right seemed to keep going straight, where as the other path seemed to have spiraling stairs going downward.

Left he went.

The moment they both touched the staircase, the steps themselves dipped downward to create a slippery slide. Mot lost his balance and slipped, causing the pair to descend down the steep route. "WOOOOOAH!" Maybe they should have taken the right path?

However, as unlucky as the never ending spiral downward was, the foxfires did not follow, and continued stampeding toward the right path.

The slide eventually emptied out into a room with a high ceiling with a skylight pouring daylight onto a pedestal. The pedestal displayed a golden chest.
The pair tumbled into the room, Mot rolling head over heels for a while before colliding with a wall. A loud grunt escaped his lips upon impact, but he was unharmed. "W-well.. that was kind of fun!"

Mot had the air knocked out of him once again as Riyo rolled right on into him. Gingerly, he shifted her away from him, dragging himself away from her as she moved to pick herself up. No offense to her, really. He could only have a pretty ghoul sitting on him so long before he started to react. It was purely out of prevention.
With the now lit up room, he could see just how messed up the two of them looked now. Riyo had certainly seen better days. Their little trip was seeming less like a good idea the longer they stayed here. That is until Riyo said the magic word.

"Treasure?!" Mot grinned, jumping to his feet. Maybe this wasn't so bad after all. He held a hand out for Riyo, in case she needed a hand standing up, then made his way to the pedestal. The glittering of the chest was enchanting, intoxicating even. "No way! See Riyo? THIS is why people go on adventures. We might have found something amazing!"
Mot licked his lips, wiggling his fingers over the golden casing. Do he dare? Would a trap be triggered?

He slowly opened the chest's lid..

...

And promptly shut it firmly. His face, or what could be seen of his face, turned bright red.

Mot bit his lip, his mind trying to act and stop Riyo from taking a look at the magazines. However, he froze, staring in horror as the ghoul discovered the magazines, and even took a look inside.

The expression on her face made the reaper grimace.

"Th...they..." Bend what way? Oh no.. what had she seen? Much more than she should have, that was for certain. Mot became rather sheepish, rubbing his neck and backing away from the treasure. "That was uh... not what I was suspecting." Who puts their porn in a golden chest inside a tunnel full of peril anyway? Someone very depraved, and not anyone Mot was interested in meeting. "Let's get out of here." Some adventure that was.

The cowboil looked up at the opening in the ceiling. There had to be a way out of a tunnel like this. Perhaps a ladder? How else did someone get in and out? Sure enough, there was a stair case leading up toward the suface. Where it led was uncertain, but at least it would be outside for sure.

Mot nodded, the redness in his skin matching Riyo's quite nicely. With that he took to the stairs, half expecting them to catapult him into the sky, or maybe a boulder to come flying down on their heads. Nothing like that happened though. No surprises or perils. Mot no longer needed to hold his breath in fear of debris or danger.

The cowboil ascended up the staircase and out into the world. He breathed in deeply and stretched his arms. The smell of the shady woods finally hit his nose. It was a welcome scent after the musty smell of the tunnels. Yes, the tunnels smelled of failure. Moldy, damp failure.

Mot readjusted his hat and started down the path back to where they came from. He tried not to act as disappointed as he felt about the so called adventure, slipping his thumbs into his belt loops and taking long strides like he usually would. These things happened he supposed.

Mot lifted his head slightly. it seemed once again Riyo was trying to lift his spirits. The gesture was appreciated, and a faint smirked fell upon his lips. "See? Adventures are great for stories." He had hoped her first adventure would be a happy one, but then again, looking back on a failed expedition could also be good for storytelling or a good laugh.

Mot nodded and pointed forward down the trail. "Yep. I recognize this part of the woods. I just never knew there was a hidden tunnel, though I have fallen into a good amount of traps before." He chuckled lightly.

"No one I care to meet." Mot added. What kid of person did that anyway? Probably a disturbed one. No thanks!

The reaper chuckled at himself, nodding in agreement to Riyo's observation. "Yes, well, I suppose trial and error isn't going so well after all." Traps, never not traps. Forests weren't his friend. "A class might be nice."

Finally, their starting point was coming into view. "Good to see no feral mini pets ran off with it, right?" He laughed. Or maybe that wasn't funny. Oh well.

The reaper bent to pick it up for the ghoul, trying not to get any mud on it as he handed it back. "I know if it was my hat I'd be in a panic."

Eventually the pair was out of the woods and back in town. Mot stopped a moment. "Well, as pleasant as the company is, I must head back home." He waved his mud covered arms about to emphasize the reasoning. "I'm looking forward to getting cleaned up."

"Right then. Later~." Mot gave a short wave, watching the ghoul walk some distant before he set out his own way. While the adventure had been all over the place, from exciting to downright nasty, he still felt it had been worth it.

Mot wondered on his way home whether or not he had made a good impression on Riyo. Most of him thought, no. The optimistic part of him however, felt that perhaps he at least introduced her to a little adventure.

If nothing else, he found another ghoul to tease... albeit carefully. This one bites back hard.