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Due to the injuries that the scary man named Burrom had sustained it seemed as though he and his very quiet daughter were going to be staying for a time. It was something that Junjie rather liked since it meant that he had a friend to spend some time with, one that he got to see more then just once before they went back to wherever it was that they hailed from. The two of them had mostly been staying inside before he was finally able to talk his Mom into letting them go outside for a bit, though as usual cloaks were something that they had to wear the whole time so that nobody would notice them. While Junjie could almost fit in if he were careful and kept his wings from popping up Tilawen was a different case entirely. She wasn't an Orderite, she was Oblivionite, and those weren't liked around these parts, it was up to Junjie to look after her and to keep her safe and far from the others that wandered around this area.

They had been in debate of where it was that they wanted to go, and while they it was mostly him with Tilawen being quiet as per usual with her. She was so quiet that it left him often babbling to fill the silence. It was strange but he didn't mind doing it, so long as he had someone to talk to right? Better then talking to himself, something that he had done before, "So! The plan is we go in that direction." He said, pointing in a North Eastern direction, then smiled, "We shouldn't ahve to worry about any dragons in that direction since it seems that they are more interested in hanging out in the forest." He told the quiet girl as he adjusted his hood best that he could without it getting tangled on his mismatched horns, "I have never gone in this directions so it will be fun to see what is up there!" He chirped, motioning for her to follow along after him.

"It will be fun!" He said, turning to look over his shoulder, smiling at her, "What do you think we will find? Oh! Maybe we can find some Froglops! Those are my favorite even though my Mom isn't a fan, she doesn't seem to like the way they hop and make croaking sounds." He said with a laugh, finding it amusing how much his mother didn't like the hoppy critters. He loved them though, they were fun to chase around, though he'd almost gotten himself lost once due to following one around. It had turned out alright though since he'd found Erionda as he chanced the thing and that had been a really nice meeting if he did say so himself.

Junjie gave a happy sound when they got closer and closer to the ocean, able to smell the salt in the air, something that had him nearly bouncing up and down in delight over it all, "It's been a while since I have been near the ocean." He said, resting his hands on his hips as he looked out over the expanse of it. There were other places out there, other continents, other worlds it felt like, all one had to do was hop on a boat and just go! A shame that it meant all sorts of danger though... As much as he really wanted to explore more his mother was always cautioning him against going too far from their house, that there were people that didn't look kindly upon what he was, that there were dangerous races out there that would attack with provocation, there were dragons, feral drakein, the list went on and on. Standing here though, looking out over the ocean, listening to the sound of the waves and the wind he could almost forget about all of the bad things she was always talking about even for a moment.

Turning to look over at the ever quiet Tila he gave a smile, "I took a boat once over the ocean but it's a secret." He told her, then grinned, "Though you don't seem the sort that would go around blabbing to anyone so I feel like I can trust you with that information." He told her, giving a smile and a wink. She didn't talk much at all so he couldn't see her going around telling a bunch of people that he'd taken a boat ride when nobody himself Mister Arick and Junjie himself knew about it, "I want to go other places too sometime but Mom is pretty sure I should just stay home with her and learn the Healing arts from her." If she had her way he would likely never leave the house he thought, giving a slight pout. He didn't so much mind becoming a Healer, he wanted to help others, it was just the staying home forever thing that bothered him.

"Mmm... Ah?" He paused in his chatting when a glint in the sand caught his eye, causing him to turn to look in that direction, watching the way that whatever it was that was glitter seemed to suddenly just vanish into darkness. Blinking a couple times he walked toward the strange opening in the side of a hill that overlooked the ocean. It seemed kind of small but if his wings stayed closed he should be able to fit in there, he could follow the glittering... thing, see what it was, where it was going, and see what else might be hiding in there, "Hey! Tilawen! Come look at this!" Called to his silent companion, hoping that she would come along with him into the the strange opening that could go almost anywhere! It was quite exciting if you asked him! So much so that his wings had popped up under his cloak, flapping against the dark, heavy cloth as he bounced in front of the miniature cave.

When Tilawen asked him where he'd gone, something that was a bit surprising since she said so little he turned to look at her, giving her a smile, then leaned in so that he could whisper, "Souldul." He murmured, then gave a grin, "Don't tell though! Mom doesn't know." He didn't want for his mother to ever find out that he had gone to the Dark Continent, even if it was for a good cause. The last thing that he wanted for her to know was that he had gone out somewhere so dangerous just because Mister Arick had asked him to do so, "Have you ever been there?" He asked, wondering if she had since she was Oblivionite... well at least half of her was.

At her next question he gave a nod of his head, "Oh, yes. I really do! I want to help people in the same way that my Mom helps people, she has a very important job. I just want to do so at my own pace and to be able to visit other places first." He explained, "I want to be able see more then just our home and the small expanse of land around it." Though he knew that it would be a little dangerous given that he was what he was. Still, if he could just get his wings under control he'd be able to do it! At least what was what he wanted to believe... actually getting them under control was the difficult part. They were always such a pain!

Turning to look over at Tilawen she said nothing about the idea of checking out the cave he said, "It will be alright! I am right here so there is nothing to be afraid of, I promise!" He told her, then squatted down, "Besides, given how small the hole is nothing big can get inside! Come on! It could be fun to see what is in there!"

"Hm? Oh! I am not quite sure... but there was something shiny that went running in here. I wonder what it was." He said, squinting his purple eyes as though trying to figure out what it was as he shuffled along into the cave, wondering what it was. He really had no idea, but it was shiny so it had to be interesting, right? He'd heard of certain avian that loved to collect shiny things. Could it be that? He really couldn't be certain but he was far too curious to just leave it be.

"Oh! Hey... do you see that? There are little animal tracks on the ground... I wonder if that was what was shiny. Maybe it was carrying something shiny? Oh! Or maybe the animal itself is shiny!" He said, sounding quite excited about the idea of finding... well, whatever it was that he'd seen glittering as it ran into the tunnel. So long as it wasn't a Froglop maybe his Mom would let them bring it home he found himself with a bit of a smile. He lifted a hand to touch one of the tracks, it was pretty small so there shouldn't be anything to worry about, right? He didn't think so, it wasn't as though the two of them were trying to face off against a dragon or something, right? Which was a bit of a relief. He was more then happy to take a break from such things.

Junjie's crawling paused suddenly and he looked from side to side, giving a bit of a thoughtful sound deep in his throat before he turned to look over his shoulder best that he could at the girl that was following him, "Ahhh... hey, Tilawen... there are two paths, which do you think think we should take?" He asked of the girl.

"Hrm... Enny, meny, mine, moe..." He quietly went through the whole rhyme before he turned to look at the side tunnel. He squinted down that tunnel for a moment before shrugging, "Alright, this way!" He said, turning to start his way down the side tunnel.



As he went into the small side tunnel, one that felt a little more tight the the last one they were in, something that caused his big horn to scrape against the top of tunnel. He gave a little hiss from time to time as he was poked and scraped by the sharp rocks that were in this particular tunnel. There was a part of him that considered going back but given that Tilawen was behind him he doubted it would be all that easy to back up. Not to mention that he was almost positive that his big horn would likely get jammed if he tried to back up through this tunnel. There was nothing to do but to keep going.

"I think I see light... so we should keep going this way... it's a bit pokey though, try to be careful!" He called back to Tilawen, sure that she had already noticed that part of this tunnel but he had no idea if she could see the light yet since he was in front of her. Nothing to do but to keep going forward he thought to himself, doing his best to duck down more to keep his horn from scraping too much against the top of the tunnel since that was dumping loose dirt down on top of him.

"Just have to keep going... we will see where the light is coming from." He said, hoping that he would be able to see whatever it was that they were following that had left behind those footprints that he'd been able to see earlier before the tunnel had gone rather dark on them, "Mmm... does it feel like the tunnel is kinda heading downward to you?" He asked of Tilawen, moving his hands around carefully, testing the way the ground felt at the moment. The ground was less and less sharp and pointy, less enclosed and tight, but it was slopping. Of that he was at least certain, it seemed as though it was getting a lot brighter as they went as well.



Junjie was never happier then when the tunnel that they were crawling through opened up into a rather large, cavernous room. He pushed himself to his feet, wiping his scuffed up hands on his cloak before he looked around, "Wow! Would you look at this place? It's so amazing!" He gasped out, looking from side to side, then up. The light that filled the cavern seemed to be coming from a hole that was way up in the ceiling, there were interesting root formations that helped to let in more water and light, and in the middle of the gathered water was what looked like an island!

"Ahh... neat! This place is so cool! I bet nobody has ever seen this place other then whatever had left those prints behind!" He said, whirling around to look over at Tilawen, smiling at her, "Isn't it so neat? Come on! Let's go look around more! Especially that island, something over there is sparkling, come with me?" He asked, bouncing in place in delight, wings open and fluttering rapidly against his cloak.

Junjie looked up at the ceiling, giggling a bit when he realized that water was dripping in down onto them as though it were raining though in a more steady manner and pattern. Lifting a hand up he let it gather on his hand before lowering it down, sniffing at it, "Huh, smells less salty then the water from the ocean. Maybe it filters out on the way through the ground?" He guessed, starring up at the ground over head in a curious manner before there was a shifting sound amongst the 'treasures' on the island and her jerked his head in that direction, then went wide eyed, "Ah... Tilawen look!" He gasped out, pointing to the large critter that was standing there, one that looked like a Cropher. He knew those! Those things were often seen running off with shiny things, to think that they had piles these big of their stolen goods.

He went rushing off after the critter which gave a cawing sound at him before it took flight, flapping its way up toward the twisted roots over head, perching there so that it could stare down at them, "Awww... come down!" He said, lifting his hands up toward it as though he could summon it down, but it just starred. Junjie stuck his tongue out at the critter before he turned back to the pile that the critter had just abandoned, walking over to join Tilawen on the edge of the water, looking down into it, "Mmm... I wonder how deep it is." He murmured, then tried to judge the distance between one shore and the other, "Do you think we could jump across?"