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"Maybe..." Galein grinned, and composed himself for a moment. With a shrug, he commented it was no use waiting around here, and took Jena's hand, petted Thhiro on the head, gathered up their gear and started off into the gloom...
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After several days, the party (or all those who followed), cleared the caves and emerged back outside within the mountain. Having gone under and passed the pass, they exited in a vale, a valley of lush green grass, trees, wild flowers and life; birds and other such beings lived here, and the river ran through the centre of the valley rising up from the opposite cliff. The vale was surrounded and at first glance, there appeared only to be a couple of ways out -- either up one of the cliff paths to their left, or by following the river. Secluded, it appeared untouched by any sentient life... it was wild and held a rugged beauty, and yet, it seemed so totally unspoiled that the party had to wonder if this place had a guardian of sorts that kept away beings such as goblins or orcs.
As they left the dim, damp darkness of the caves, the party walked into the early morning sunlight, to which, they were all blinded, at least for a few seconds. It was an almost perfect day, with only a few fluffy white clouds in the sky, though the fog surrounding the utmost peak of the mountain remained, it was still beautiful. It felt appropriate, somehow. Whilst they were in the caves, the storm had passed, though, there were still signs of it present, like the all too damp dew on the grass, and the sodden ground. The vale itself was fairly large, and would take, maybe three hours at a fast pace to walk to the end of -- four if one was walking casually. It was fairly wide, and it would take maybe two hours to walk across - at a fast pace.
Galein sighed and smiled in contentment at the place, still holding onto Jena's hand. Thhiro purred happily too.
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OOC: I'll let you people post and use your imagination [img]tongue.gif[/img] .
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