Lynn decided to pretend not to hear Vincent, sure she'd probably just make a fool out of herself again. She was staying quiet until they got to the Labyrinth, and that was that.
"..." Vincent just eyed the girl as she gave him the silent treatment, grumbling something quietly before he turned his attention back to what was in front of him. It wasn't far to the Labyrinth even if they didn't rush there, maybe she'd open up a bit more when they arrived. At the very least, he didn't feel particularly inclined to continue prodding her, encouragement or otherwise.
So the two were completely quiet for the rest of their trip, not deigning to talk to themselves or any of the various bystanders and fellow, less distinct in character Guild members that they passed along with the Vishnu and Hephaestus Guilds on their way along. After what was roughly a five minute walk, they reached the area of the independent zone where the buildings became far and few between, where what buildings did exist shrunk away from a rock formation rising out of the earth with a gaping wide, ominous maw.
"Well, this place is as goddamned creepy as I remember it being," Vincent muttered, narrowing his eyes as he stared at the mouth of the cave that lead into the Labyrinth depths. It was a pretty spooky sight, to be sure.
Lynn had never gone this distance before; although she did have a passing interest in the place, it was too much work for her to actually check out in person. She could agree with Vincent on that point, though. "C...Creepy or not, we're still going," she responded, unsure of the truth of this statement herself. "...I'll take the back."
"Sure thing," Vincent replied, walking up to and taking a step forward into the cave without a moment's hesitation. Unlike Lynn, he'd come to check out the exterior of the Labyrinth a handful of times before, when he was nearby- he understood well enough why she'd want to take up the rear, but his previous visits had prepared him for this.
The air and atmosphere that met Vincent as he entered was quiet and still, even as the actual structure of the gateway to the Labyrinth became visible a short distance away. He couldn't even hear the sounds of other Guild members nearby, let alone any of the monstrosities that he had been told were lurking down here.
"It feels kind of...empty, don't you think?" Lynn asked in a whisper, still afraid of alerting any living being in the area to their presence. Well, until she accidentally stepped on a stick, breaking it under her foot with a loud snap. So much for that. Nothing seemed to be trying to murder them yet, though, so everything was probably going fine.
"Yeah. Maybe a group already passed through here-" Without any further delay, Vincent pressed through the gate into the Labyrinth, craning his neck to look around as he entered the first floor proper.
It was like Lynn had suggested- this floor was completely emptied of anything alive. The only sign that something HAD been alive here were what Vincent assumed were a couple of corpses a short distance away, but they looked pretty far from human.
In fact, a sudden, rather curt voice in his head suddenly felt fit to lay out details about the dead creatures. Goblins, apparently, stupid and violent creatures, and completely worthless in terms of salvageable material.
"Figures, with my luck," Vincent grumbled, the informative voice in his head tuning out as he yelled back across to the entrance- "All clear! Bunch of dead Goblins, and that's all. We might be able to head straight through to the second floor, if we're lucky!"
Lynn made sure to stay a good distance away from the Goblins - they were gross, smelly, and very unattractive. This adventure was already turning out to be not very fun. "If there's nothing here, then can we move on?" Although... she was supposed to be figuring out how to use magic or something, and the enemies were only going to get tougher from here on out. Still, there's no helping what's already been done.
"Like I said," Vincent replied, a little perturbed by having to repeat himself. "If we're lucky, whoever killed these Goblins cleared the path to the second floor for us." Clearly about as willing to waste time as Lynn was, he began to walk towards and then past the corpses before so much as another syllable slipped out of his mouth.
As with the walk to the Labyrinth, the walk through the Labyrinth was a quiet one. True to her word, Lynn stuck behind Vincent as he led the way, and in a few minutes, they reached what seemed to be a tunnel heading further into the dungeon-
"Ah, here we go."
- and the first Guild member they'd seen since they entered the labyrinth, a young, redheaded lad cleaning his armour. He could have sworn that there was someone else there, but he couldn't see or feel anything to suggest that there was.
"I take it you're the one who killed the Goblins?" Not the most elegant way of starting a conversation, but nonetheless it bore asking. There had been a fair few corpses, and even if they were weak beasts the lad seemed in fair shape for someone who might have been swarmed on his own.
Lynn watched cautiously from behind Vincent's back, passing by Senna without even noticing her. To be honest, this warrior dude was a little scary - he did certainly seem strong enough to defeat those goblins, but that also meant that he could probably crush her in half an instant. It'd be nice if he were willing to work with them, though.