The tunnel Karat traveled down had begun as compacted earth, something that could simply have just been formed by water over the years. The further he continued in, though, the less dirt and the more cut stone was forming the path to the main room. This place was ancient, vines hanging down from the hole in the ceiling that revealed the forest above.
There were six entrances in all, each evenly spaced and framed with stone, roots, and vines. All of them led to the center, carvings in the wall and floor each pointing to one of the pedestals the orbs rested upon.
When the purple orb was touched, it flashed, stretching and restructuring into the silhouette of a person. With a pop, they figure was human, stretching with an annoyed yawn.
“Congratulations, user, you have claimed my abilities. I am Blink, and I give you the ability to have time paused so you may be taken to another location without having to actually do anything.” The person yawned once more, scowling some.
“Look, enough of that crap, basically you can teleport in exchange for some of your lifespan, kay?” They pushed off the pedestal, standing by Karat with their hands on their hips. They were on the shorter side, and looked monochromatic- everything was some shade of purple- even their skin had purple undertones.
“Of course,” the person smirked some. “That’s if you can manage to keep me under control. And I swear to the gods I will rip your tongue out if you try any of that ‘commanding’ crap. I had enough of that from the Creator, I’m not going to take it from a weakling like you.”
The pit Gem had tried to jump across had seemed shallow at first, but the walls were steep. There was no way she would be able to climb out of it without help, and with the lack of cell service and the seclusion of the area, that wasn’t likely to happen.
As with Karat, there was a tunnel leading away from the pit, the entrance with wildflowers growing along it. It had not been disturbed for a long time, roots lacing along the edges where the plants had become too ambitious.
A yellow butterfly flitted down, landing lightly on Gem’s nose before hurrying off, their scattered flight bringing them down the path before Gem. It also brought attention to the light that was to be seen there. An exit? Quite probable, with the amount of light.
Blink looked up when they heard a faint shriek coming from the tunnel that pointed to the yellow orb, laughing dryly with a dark smile. It bordered on a frown, really.
“Why don’t we get going, hm? I want to get out of this hell-hole I’ve been trapped in.”
(Y’all owe me big time I had to go through so much trouble to get this done lol)