"Stupid society. Stupid family. Stupidness all over the place. Why the hell would they send me on a boring duty of fishing. Sure I'm hell of a good at it. But why.... It's so BORING." Tikki complained to herself as she carried her gear towards a river a bit further into the raven-fell forests. She wasn't flying, although it would have been a way faster way to get to her assigned destination. She was walking, hoping that something, Anything would give her a reason NOT to go fishing. Thats when she heard something, something that wasn't meant to be this far into a forest.
"Whats that? Nothing probobly. That's what Rickery would tell me anyway "Focus on the task blanlabla" She stopped in her tracks and focused some more, her talking reduced to small mumbling as she tried to hear whatever it was again. "Help me!"
She looked around. Did she really hear it? Was it reall... Nah, being in this forest. Who would carelessy call for help? I mean after all this were the Ravenfell Netixels territory. They don't help anyone, Tikki thought and laughed. "Man, we are not the nicest people out there."
She continued to walk however she couldn't stop thinking about the voice that she had thought she heard. It sounded like it was bored.. and frustrated. Like her. Maybe she had just subconsiously called for help herself, to free herself from complete boredom, Then she heard it again.
"Ok, I may be easily distracted, but I can sw-" Again. " Damnit. Where the hell is this voice coming from?!" She mumbled to herself, and then put her fishing gear aside, and sped up her search to find wherever the voice was coming from. It led her to a cave opening of sorts, something that she recognized. She had heard tales of hidden altars of the divine, and seen a few herself, so when the opening showed itself to her, a lust for adventure kicked in and she had to force herself to stop in her steps.
"Stopstopstop Tikki. Places like this are BOUND to have traps. Easy now."
Tikki slowly peeked in, and then started to wander cautiously throughout the cave. She didn't like it, being under huge masses of solid ground, but curiosity drove her forward. She saw a rock that didn't seem to belong there in the path, and when she looked to the side of the cavewalls she noted the holes, covered with dirt instead of solid rock. Spikes.
She carefully avoided the trap, and nearly missed a second one, a regular bear trap on the ground. "Woah. Close.." She muttered as she continued down the path. Tikki didn't bother to light a tourch as her eyes were perfectly adapted to see in the dark, and it wasn't long till she saw the altar. And before it, among the coins and tokens meant for the divine god, lied a gigantic sword cover. Then she heard it again, and loud as hell this time. "HELP MEE! "
"What the hell--!?! " TIkky jumped back and frowned at the statue. "Youre a damned statue!? ARe you some cursed being? What's going on?" her body tingled with excitement as well as a feeling of needing to flee, but once more her curiosity was what made her stay. "State your name you... You.. Stone! " she siad, and pointed a dagger that earlier had been equipped by her side at the statue before her.