Bottom of the Well (Squishy and Blonde Panther)

Triton was in Castle Town for, little surprise, magic issues. He was hoping to find someone who could teach him more about the Life spell, which would allow him to rejuvenate people on the spot, without them having to drink a liquid- Rejuvenation was useful, but Life would simply be better.

However, on his way to the address Thria had given him, he saw something else. Something unhealthy. Some poor soul had sat down on the unsteady well edge in the center of the plaza. As he shifted his weight, the old masonry gave way and collapsed... and heavens knew what was in that well. Maybe the poor soul couldn't even swim- provided there was water in that well.

Triton wasted no time rushing towards the well and leaping after the man who had fallen in. The fall was greater than he had thought, so he reached for the sports of the ladder that was supposed to be on the side. He grabbed it, but the iron bars broke off of the wall. Fortunately, he was slowed down enough to survive the fall.

"My lord? Are you here?" It was dark as the deepest cavern in here, so the Zora snapped his fingers, casting Spark to create a light.

He heard a voice from next to him. Such a relief- the man who had fallen in didn't sound that hurt. Of course he'd probably feel it in the morning, but for now, he would be okay. Triton, reassured, looked up. He did see the circle of light at the top, which was the exit, but it was fairly high and after his misadventure earlier, he didn't trust the ladder.

"Who are you?" He turned around. The man behind him was definitely the poor soul he had seen falling into the well, not that he had doubted that. After all, what were the odds of there being a THIRD person in here? The other man, too, had a Spark spell out, and he didn't seem amused. It was all very understandable. The air here was damp, like Triton was using a bad combination of his lungs and his amphibious breathing apparatus to get oxygen from an equally bad mixture of normal air and pure water.

"...I am Triton, born of Zora's Domain," he replied. "I saw you fall in and hoped to help you, my lord... but it appears we are stuck here."

Triton looked at his hand as the Hylian snarled at him and pointed out exactly how he could tell the ladder wasn't an option. Of course, what he was saying was true and sound, but did he have to be so... cocky about it? "...yes, indeed. Extremely observant of you..." The Zora had merely been ordering his thoughts. He felt a little hurt at the Hylian lashing out at him like that, but he soon shook it off.

If it had been his sister with him in here, she would probably have done the same. Just before barging onward into the darkness without a single light. It was common sense- he had fallen down a well and probably hurt himself in the landing. Of course he was a little on edge. When he asked if Triton was coming, the Zora nodded. "I am, sir. However, we must be careful. It's enough of a miracle that there seems to be a network of caverns and hallways here, but we cannot say how reliable they are."

"Suffice to say, I am not for barging in without thinking."

The Hylian did not feel like listening to reason and barged forward into the darkness. Triton followed, hurriedly but carefully, and joined the man at the apparent dead end. He, too, heard the cries of the wind... except the Zora didn't think it was the wind he was hearing.

'The shadow... eye of truth...' He was hearing voices. He focused. The voices repeated after themselves, so it might pay off to hear what they had to say. "The shadow will yield only to the one with the eye of truth..." he muttered, but then he saw the Hylian stepping forward and almost falling into a trap.

The Zora leapt forward, grabbing the Hylian by the arm and dragging him back onto safe ground. As soon as the Hylian was done screaming, Triton looked around and kneeled at the place where the Hylian had almost fallen through the floor. His hand, too, went straight through it. "...this is no ordinary well, my lord... we must be extremely careful."

After Triton saved Idris from a long fall down, the Hylian leapt right down into the abyss saying that he had a trick up his sleeve. Triton suspected him to be talking about magic tricks, having sensed a surge of power inside the Hylian, and leapt after him. He landed fin-first into the water-like substance.

However, a life long under the water of Zora's Domain had taught him what was water and what was not water. And what he had landed in was most decidedly not water. It was too thick, too murky. ...and it did not allow him to breathe. Triton hurriedly swum back to the surface, climbing on to the edge. Thank heavens there was solid ground here. However, it was, if possible, even darker than above.

"My lord?" He said, coughing and panting in exhaustion -it had not been easy swimming against that gunk-, "My lord, are you there?"

Nayru be praised, he was alright. "A very sound idea, my lord." he saw the Hylian's Spark spell waver slightly, indicating a draft, but the flame had some trouble burning because of the suffocating air. If they stayed down here for too long, would there be enough oxygen for them? Come to think of it, the oxygen levels in the well overall... This was worrying.

Triton jumped when he heard a voice whispering. The only thing he could make out was 'die,' which was unsettling enough as it was. The Hylian suggested they leave. "A sound idea. If this well is part of a system of underground hallways, then maybe it ends in an exit other than the well."

He then heard a strange sound, as if something mechanic was malfunctioning. He looked to a side and saw the light from the Hylian's flame reflecting off of something metallic. It seemed to have eight legs... it crawled around on the wall in what appeared to be a set pattern...

"NO, DON'T-" Triton interrupted himself when the Hylian cast his spell and ducked to the ground, pulling up his Electric Aura in case the Thunder spell would go astray. Was that Hylian STUPID?! Casting Thunder in an enclosed area? The Zora sorcerer could think of three ways in which that could have gone awfully awry!

The Gold Skulltula had not been as fortunate as the two sorcerers, it seemed. By the time the dust cleared, there was no trace of the creature amongst the debris that remained of the wall. Instead, all that was left was small, golden coin in the very vague outline of a skull, with big red eyes.

Triton picked it up, although he was not sure why. "Well... after that... interruption... shall we?"

"I see." They were indeed ReDeads. Which meant the two sorcerers could be in for a lot of trouble. Triton, at least, was not a stealth expert. With luck, his Fire Spell or his Electric Aura would be able to take them out, but by killing one, he would inevitably draw the attention of the others... and he could only keep up his Aura for so many seconds, not to mention his Fire had a cooldown.

"Let me try something, my lord." He raised his cane, knowing that he couldn't stand here wondering forever either. He had thirty feet to work with... If he stepped forward as far as he could without the nearest ReDead noticing, he could have a specimen roughly halfway across the room within spell range. He did one step forward... then two... then another two... and finally, pointed the crooked tip of his cane forward. Without a word on his part, a small fireball appeared at the tip and shot towards the nearest ReDead. It was hit and engulfed, screeching with the trademark scream of its kin.

Most of the ReDeads in the room slowly got up and started limping towards it, thinking a swordsman had gotten to their companion rather than a spellcaster over long range.

Running past the Redeads alongside the Hylian, Triton was more than a little surprised to see the noble acting as bait to distract the monsters. One of the Redeads would inevitably run into the Zora before reaching the Hylian, though, so Triton extended his arm, Blizzard freezing the zombie's head, and scattered the block of ice with his cane.

He reached the door, only to find that it did not open. It had carvings in it, runes. A spell... an incantation? Triton ran his hand across it, deciphering the incantation and saying it aloud. Three indents in the wall, in the outline of skulls, glowed briefly, but apparently whatever was supposed to happen required those intends to be filled in order to function. Triton reached into his sling bag, taking out the skull-shaped item the golden spider had left behind.

It was a perfect fit into one of the indents. Triton deduced that there were two more tokens to be found on the bottom of the well. However, he didn't even know if this door led outside in the first place. "My mana supply for a map of this place," he muttered, tapping the door with his knuckles while knowing that wouldn't help.