[ The intention had been to find Vander, and this team had followed Adelfoúla into the facility, for long enough to see a momentary vision of Aetós, before there was a moment of blinking, and they were gone. Something lingered on the air, and Akua's eyes tracked it, it fanned out in all directions, but as she looked it over, considered that path -- of following them -- she thought, no, he would not lead back to the scene of where their quarry was, would he? She could not follow the magic any further than this room, anyway, and she turned, and let her steps take them to the first path that opened before them, the one that moved deeper.
Moving through pathways and hallways was dangerous -- there were plenty of monsters, but that was what Amos and Hayame were best at, wasn't it? Her fingers tested the wall to their left, her feet cautious. Three or four times, she had to stop them, and disarm a trap -- one meant to crush them outright, and another to burn them alive -- Akua was quick to speak up, and even once in a rush, wove the air before them so tightly that they could not move forward, lest they stepped into the muck that would surely disintigrate Hayame's hooves.
Now though, they were at a spot, and her eyes searched a wall. Looking it over, her fingers on her mouth, tapping. She looked at the two, before a howling sounded down the hallway, creatures trying to draw them out, perhaps? This certainly felt wrong, this wall before them. After a moment, her gaze hardened, and her lips peeled back as she ripped the magic before her apart, revealing stairs downward -- the sight of a light at the end of it...
Could that be?
Her head snapped up, and looked over at Amos and Hayame, who were -- she expected -- going to want to go for the monsters. ]
Forget about those! I think they're meant to distract us.
[ She pointed at the stairs which had -- very obviously not been there before. ]
team go get dad!! (Amos, Hayame, Akua, and Vander!)
Moving through pathways and hallways was dangerous -- there were plenty of monsters, but that was what Amos and Hayame were best at, wasn't it? Her fingers tested the wall to their left, her feet cautious. Three or four times, she had to stop them, and disarm a trap -- one meant to crush them outright, and another to burn them alive -- Akua was quick to speak up, and even once in a rush, wove the air before them so tightly that they could not move forward, lest they stepped into the muck that would surely disintigrate Hayame's hooves.
Now though, they were at a spot, and her eyes searched a wall. Looking it over, her fingers on her mouth, tapping. She looked at the two, before a howling sounded down the hallway, creatures trying to draw them out, perhaps? This certainly felt wrong, this wall before them. After a moment, her gaze hardened, and her lips peeled back as she ripped the magic before her apart, revealing stairs downward -- the sight of a light at the end of it...
Could that be?
Her head snapped up, and looked over at Amos and Hayame, who were -- she expected -- going to want to go for the monsters. ]
Forget about those! I think they're meant to distract us.
[ She pointed at the stairs which had -- very obviously not been there before. ]