Nameless and the others slip through the wet gap behind the waterfall. The roar swallows their footsteps as they enter a cramped tunnel of slick stone and cold breath.
He braces both hands on a mossy slab and drags it into place. Rock grinds softly against rock, then settles.
From the cavern side, the opening vanishes. Only a damp seam remains, hidden in the wall like it was never broken.
The tunnel narrows, then opens into a hidden grotto lit by a thin thread of pale daylight leaking through roots overhead. The air here is stale, but warmer than the chamber behind them.
The Young Prodigy
It is sealed... perfect. I cannot even find the edge.
The Young Prodigy
If this holds, the prince can breathe for a while longer.
The Young Prodigy lowers his shoulders at last, still cradling the unconscious Hidden Prince, while the distant roar of the falls fades into a faint hush.
Ahead, the grotto bends toward a darker passage, where old footprints vanish into dust.
✓ Quest Accepted
Lose the pursuers in the waterfall tunnels
✓ Quest Accepted
Get the hidden prince to safety
“i decide to ask before we continue any further do you have any form of pill that can increase cultivation or meditation in the long run”
SUCCESS (Legendary Reasoning, rolled +0)
nameless
Before we go on, do you have any pills that help cultivation or meditation in the long run?
The Young Prodigy
Long run? Not the urgent kind, then. I do.
The Young Prodigy
One is a calm-breath pellet, slow and steady. Another is better for gathering chi after injury, but it is harder on the body.
He shifts the Hidden Prince higher in his arms and reaches into his inner pocket without taking his eyes off the dark passage.
The Young Prodigy
I carry them because roads are never kind. Pick carefully, if you mean to live long enough to use them.
A thin scrap of paper appears between his fingers, wrapped around two small pills, one pale and one dark as wet tea.
The Young Prodigy
Take one now, if you want. I can spare it.
Quest Complete
Lose the pursuers in the waterfall tunnels