“Helloooooo! Walking dead! We're here! Fresh brains ripe for picking. Well, maybe not mine....mine might be little rotten....his is fresh!â€
Nina's voice echoed through the hallways, the darkness giving no hint of life in these chambers. The only objects that projected what little light it offered were these mysterious blue stones protruding out of the white walls. Otherwise, it was eerily quiet.
Nina shook her head, “Oh, I hate it when they hesitate. Nothing good ever comes out of that.â€
“I don't think you help when you announce our presence though,†Felix mumbled, painfully holding his chest with his arms.
“I'd just rather kill the zombies as quickly as I can and get back to helping you deal with your pal,†Nina said with a shrug and turned to him, “Is that too much to ask?â€
“If I didn't know any better, I would've thought you love to be around dead people,†Felix teased.
“Ha ha.....no,†Nina growled, and turned her attention back to the hallway, “You know, if you want a ride back home while you're asleep, I'd be nice. I could just leave you in Windhelm with a bunch of hobos. They would love the company. And the clothes,†she said and smirked.
“If you don't want to be here Nina, then why stay?†Felix looked at her with a small smile of his own, “To me, you sound like you'd rather be as far away from me.â€
“Maybe I'm hoping I'd get myself killed here,†Nina shrugged, her face turned away from Felix as she muttered, “Gods know I can't kill myself any faster.â€
Felix gave her a strange look, but she didn't see it. And he didn't say anything beyond that point, which was a relief to her. A part of her was actually hoping she'd die here. She had no desire to go to Windhelm at all. She'd rather keep the past in the past, but.....the prospect of turning into a zombie like the other poor souls....
She kicked a rock out of the way in frustration. Why must the gods torment her so? Couldn't they just leave her in peace?
“Interesting....â€
“What's interesting?â€
“These stones.....almost straight out of the drawings....†Felix muttered, staring at the blue stones in fascination.
“Glad to see you happy, I guess....†Nina mumbled. There was a soft cracking below her feet and Nina frowned, her ears strained trying to determine the source of the noise, “What was---?â€
Before she could say anything more, the floor suddenly gave out under her and she was left sliding and tumbling into a newly formed darkness. Felix was yelling something at her, but the Nord's mind didn't pay much attention to it. She was too concerned of what would meet her at the eventual end of this pit. She winced and braced herself for impact.
Where she expected dirt or rock, however, she instead was enveloped in a thick, viscous fluid, the sudden cold, slimy feeling almost causing her to inhale the muck. She struggled for a few moments before her feet and hands finally met the rocky floor. She pushed herself up, surprised by how thick the liquid actually was, before surfacing and finally able to take a needed breath.
“Gods' blood!†she gasped and coughed. The liquid left a foul taste in her mouth and she tried to spit it back out with no avail.
“Nina!†a voice finally registered with her and Nina tried to look up....only to find she had closed her eyes to keep the muck out. She tried to wipe it away with her hands to no avail, “Felix! You alright?â€
“Yeah, I'm fine,†Felix said, “I didn't get caught in the collapse.â€
“Well, ain't you just the luckiest little....,†Nina groaned, finally able to open her eyes into the penetrating darkness, “Damn elves. Oh, they can build the Imperial City just fine, but they can't build a frickin' hall worth a swine's back.â€
This made Felix chuckle a little, “Hold on, I'll try to get you out,†he said before he started coughing violently.
“Forget it!†Nina yelled back, “Just.....do you have any rope?â€
Felix finished coughing and tried to hold in the last bit before shaking his head, “You had the rope.â€
“....Damn,†the Nord muttered; she wasn't going to even try to look for it, not in this stuff, “How about some torches?â€
“I can shine some light down there,†the Breton said and he got up quickly, which only brought another violent fit of coughing.
“Woah woah woah, we are not playing that game!†she yelled and growled, “Just.....keep an eye out while I try to....get out of this....†she grumbled and started wading her way to a wall.
“It's just light, Nina; it's not like a giant fireball,†Felix said and shook his head painfully, though giving a hint of a smile.
“Look, I can get out of here, alright? Just lemme...†she said and started gripping at jagged rocks. She felt she had a good grip at first, but when she tried to hoist herself up, the oily substance on her hands caused her to slip and fall right back into the goop.
“....Felix.....make yourself useful and keep an eye out for dead guys, would ya?†Nina finally groaned, “This may take a while.â€
“I can put some light down there.â€
“I'd rather you didn't.â€
“Well I think--â€
“Felix, I don't want to be down here when the corpses start falling.†Nina yelled at him and shook her head in frustration, “Just....gimme a couple of minutes, alright? Please?â€