>>20838899What happens next may possibly prove that hypothesis: Right before your eyes, pure darkness drapes over the cavern as a result of a inexplicably eerie force. Pumpkaboo's light holes shut off against her will, and even Korrina finds her light going on the fritz as well. Both refuse to come back on.
"Huh? Who cut out all the lights?!"
"Awooooooooff!"
This sudden blinding is accompanied by odd, loud noises coming directly from the shrine's statue, almost like a bug shedding off an aged coat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6Op3pzH0VYOnly the piercing sunlight from the ceiling remains. You can't even see your own hand in front of your face, it's that bad. But this darkness is nowhere near as spine-chilling as the forbidding, guttural growl that suddenly pierces your ears.
"Have you.. not heard the rumors?"You jump out of your skin, "H-Huh!? Wh-What rumors..?"
Korrina's auradoges kick into serious mode, both standing guard for their lady.
"They say a monster ... a treacherous, unrelenting foe.. lurks deep within this very cave.. Its daunting presence alone... sealed the fate of the mine that once thrived here.. Are you not as petrified as they?">What do you say next? 