80 80 Broken Through (1/2)

The air in the cavern was dry, the walls were covered in a weird slickness but other than that everything seemed to be plain as hell. There was little light, except for what Morick brought with him, and what Donis created using his fire magic.

The walls seem to have held no secrets, nor did they come across anything weird in their entire time here. No ones senses lent them any sort of solace here, as everything told them they were inside a regular tunnel. Though they knew better now.

The entire group decidedly sat down. Donis had no real clue what it meant, but if it was anything like he imagined, he's at a loss for how to get out of here. The ”Dimensional Corridor” didn't look any different to Donis, even with his [Void Sense]. For all he knew, he was in an incredibly long tunnel.

The rest of the crew sat down because they'd been walking for hours, and needed some rest to be at peak shape, just in case.

Rona paced back and fourth though, unable to let this go. Jimmy saw his chance and hit her where it hurt.

”So, Rona. How does it feel to be outsmarted by someone from thousands of years ago?”

”Me? A trapmaster getting trapped and outsmarted? Impossible! Either their traps are somehow hidden via unknown means, or they're just geniuses to come up with answers for all of the flaws of a dimensional corridor,” she belted back, unabated.

”So what are the flaws of one?” asked Striga.

”Well normally they're so easy to see even someone who'd never seen one would be weary in coming through one. Another one is they're easy to break out of if you know you're in one! Like, all you have to do is walk in a path that it doesn't allow for, like sideways in the case of a tunnel-like corridor for us... but,” said Rona as she slapped the stone walls.

”Ah yeah, small problem. Plus we don't really know where this will lead us on the other side, we must be careful. Donis, does your conjured platform allow for multiple people?” asked Striga.

”Hmm, I've never tried multiple people, but it also just barely holds me for 1s. Do you think that's enough for everyone?” replied Donis while leaning against the wall, realising his back is getting slicked up.

”Good enough, should be enough time to reorientate if need be,” said Striga, clapping her hands.

”What's your plan cap'n?” asked Jimmy.

”Well, if we need to disrupt the flow of the corridor, we just smash through the walls and make our way out of here, no?” she said with a grin.

”Ah, the simplest solution,” sighed Rona.

Without further ado, Striga cocked her arm back, and proceeded to break down the wall with her bare fists. The rest tried helping, but with her being the strongest there, they weren't much use.

”Ah cap'n, why even bother using your fists? Why don't you just use Earth Magic?” asked Donis.

”Try it smartass,��� she said as she continued to punch down stone.

As soon as Donis tried using Earth Magic, his entire sense of the spell became twisted. Everything felt numb. It was like a limb had fallen asleep and he tried to move it dextrously. Sure he knew it was there, but it couldn't be done.

”Ah, okay...” he laughed awkwardly.

”Yeah, not just a muscle-head over here Donis,” said Striga.

”Yeah alright, alright I'm sorry!” said Donis defensively.

Striga continued punching the walls with great vigour, ready to leave the place at a moments notice. The crew were getting anxious to leave, yet no one could think of a better way to help her right now outside of some morale boosting cheers.

”Go cap'n go!” cheered Jimmy.

”Punch them rocks, show em who's boss!” joined in Donis.

The two had a wonderful time just blasting her with cheers, though Striga didn't show that she was enjoying the berating, she did have a hard time withholding her laugh. It was starting to leak out of her, but as soon as she was about to give up, a light broke through the cracks in the rock.