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Staring up at the crystals above them, Inadi couldn't help but feel captivated by the beauty around him. Standing up he looked to [url=https://31.media.tumblr.com/47e7b10132ac3ba56133eca587684ea4/tumblr_n3bldsurGn1spui9lo4_250.jpg]the light blue that covered the place[/url] made everything glow a special hue that he had never seen before in rocks and the water near them. “Amazing.” He whispered to himself as he stared at the roof and down at a nearby wall to the cave. There were smaller crystals that seemed to reflect the light back and illuminate when the bigger ones were bashed. Inadi smiled as he put his spear to his side and began following the rest of the group. It had been so long since he had gone out to see the stars since he came to Nowhere. This suited as a worthy replacement in his eyes.

He stared back at Harper and Leila to his right. The girl had been quiet the entire time it seemed and it didn't look like she was going to be talking any time soon either. It didn't bother Inadi at all, but it left him curious as to what she must be thinking. And Harper made him somewhat concerned with his earlier comment about fighting the bears or other creatures that could be in the cave. Inadi could smell false courage when it was around. He knew how to show it all too well. He was nervous for the boy three years his junior. He gave him a pat on the shoulder as if to try and give him support, though he didn't give any words of encouragement to it either. He was never good at speeches.

Staring at the walls and fish in the ponds in the cave while Zephy continued to scout ahead made him forget about the dire straights they had just escaped from a few minutes prior. Wolves outside made entirely out of elemental properties. And worse yet the rest of their group was either lost in the woods with those things or maybe already....Inadi quickly shook his head as he leaned down towards a pond that Ace had been standing over watching one of the large fish that occupied it. He cupped water in his hands and quickly splashed his face to get the thoughts out of his mind. Last thing he needed was to start having doubts. He looked over to Ace and a flush came over his face. Thankfully the water was so cold it didn't feel like it to him, and it was so dark no one would be able to see it. The new outfit she had gotten since coming to Sol, needless to say the leather certainly fitted her figure. He quickly pushed up on his spear and began jogging to catch back up with Zephy, all the while muttering to himself in a hushed and quick tone.

“Focusonthejob. Focusonthejob. She'sapersonnoteyecandy. She'sapersonnoteyecandy.”

Looking ahead of him, he saw that Harper had found a small path through some large mushrooms. Letting out a groan Inadi began following as well. He hated fungus, it always gave him the creeps. He had seen the damage that fungus and mushrooms could do to trees and other things. No telling what all this stuff could do. Sadly, it turned out to do a lot more damage than he hoped.

Suddenly a Mushroom Man began attacking poor Harper. Inadi began quickly running down to get beside the boy and watched as the hand of the creature was removed by force. Just as he was about to congratulate him, suddenly the thing had regrown the appendage. Terrific. A regenerating monster. As if this day could any better. As Harper was thrown into a body of water nearby, it seemed that the ugly thing in front of the rest of the group was aware that they were there.

The creature charged after Inadi, to which he rolled out of the way, keeping his spear gripped in both his hands tightly. The further this thing stayed from him the better, especially not knowing what else this thing could do. He hated not knowing what things were capable of. There was no way to plan around it.

As Leila and Ace began battling with the creature, Inadi felt it was his job to check on their fallen comrade. Running to where the splash was heard, Inadi was able to find Harper quickly and pulled him out of the small pond he was sent to. He knelt down to check if he was okay and tried his best to check for any injuries that may have occurred. After doing what he could he gave Harper a pat on the back and stood up, grabbing his spear off the ground. “Alright Harper, just hang back until you get your wind back. This thing ain't going away for a while, so it's best if we have you at your best rather than you hurry out there and get yourself hurt.” He told him, almost like an older brother of sorts, as he began running towards the fungus that was attacking Ace. 

Trying to judge Ace's movements as the Mushroom Man continued to swing away, Inadi tried to wait for an opening with its back turned. Waiting for the right moment, he finally caught it and charged with his spear extended. He thrust the thing in and a loud screech bellowed through the cave and Inadi felt a surge of pride extend through him. He quickly pulled the spear out, the barb getting another good chunk out of the beast as he watched it fall to a knee. Suddenly that smirk on Inadi's face disappeared as the hole he had just made began to heal up and the big nasty claw the thing hand reached up and pulled the arrow Leila had just hit it with out of its head.

Nervously, Inadi decided it was best to go with a last resort. He began focusing on his hand, trying to summon his powers to at least knock the thing back. As the bolts began forming, something wrong happened. Rather than staying put on his hand, the lightening seemed to jump up his arm and to other parts of his body, actually shocking him. The pain quickly hit and it knocked Inadi out of his focus, his screams of pain almost matching what had just been bellowed by the beast just a few seconds prior. Inadi looked down at himself and saw something he should have recognized. 

The water. He was still wet from splashing his face and pulling Harper from out of the small pond nearby. The lightening must have reacted to it as a conductor and shocked him as well. Silently damning himself he was brought out of his thoughts after being grabbed by big nasty claws. Luckily they didn't pierce his skin, but the covered his whole body. Like any other fungus, this thing must have been able to grow certain parts of itself bigger to fix problems it faced. In this case a stupid thunder mage who failed to recognize he had become his own conductor. Inadi hated not knowing things in advance. 

His spear was dropped from his hand as he was lifted up and Inadi began feeling pressure crushing his chest and arms. He grunted and eventually screamed in pain as he felt his shoulders being pushed together and his chest being caved in, all the while seeing none of the light blue that filled the cave and only the sickening yellow of the Mushroom Man.