[i]"UGH."[/i]  Spinel was getting nowhere fast.  As soon as the most recent being appeared and began speaking of 'gems,' Spinel took a few steps away from the group that had clustered together so as not to be identified as one of them.  She was beginning to get tired, and her invisibility trick hadn't accomplished anything besides confusing the large orange one even further and apparently making one of them jump.

Spinel thought about what to say for a moment, and revealed herself.  "I neither know of or care for your gems, but if these awful creatures are indeed gems and are yours, please remove them immediately and leave!  I'm... I am the spirit of this great canyon!"  Spinel did her best, but still pathetic attempt at sounding ominous.  "You, you, you, you..." Spinel uttered however many more 'yous' were necessary to name everyone in the main group besides Zircon and Howlite "and [i]especially[/i] you" she gestured towards Sodalite "must leave... IMMEEEDAITELY!  Or... um... I'll have the canyon swallow you whole!!!"  Spinel did this bizarre little hand waving motion to really drive the point home.

"You and you" she pointed to Zircon and Howlite "may stay, but only if you promise to remain near similarly colored rubble, make no noise, and try to stay out of my immediate vision.  THUS COMMANDS THE SPIRIT OF THE CANYON OOOOOoooooooooooooooooooOOOooOO!"   Spinel immediately wished that she hadn't added the 'oooo' but it wasn't like she could change that now.