Mission into the tunnels.

There were half a dozen others waiting for her when Sash arrived at the bathing chamber and Stun-Jay was at the center of them, he had been speaking to a tall female Minotaur and he looked away to shoot her a look of impatience mixed almost equally with annoyance as she approached.

“You are here” he said, with a clear undertone of ‘finally’ in his gravelly voice.

“Yes” she replied blandly, knowing it had been less than the hour she had been given, even if she had gotten slightly lost on the way back from the armories.

“What is this mission?” Sash added curiously, gesturing to the dark tunnel entrance that was still being guarded by a pair of well armed Minotaur warriors “I remember Leck mentioning something about some missing scouts...” her voice trailed off and she simply looked at him with the unspoken questions evident on her face.

“Exactly” Stun-Jay said, a thoughtful frown on his face “Two of our scouts went missing two weeks ago and we are going down to look for them” his face softened for a minute as he looked at Sash “This could be dangerous and I would understand if you don’t want to come...” His voice slowly trailed off as the beautiful huntress simply stared at him with one delicate eyebrow raised inquisitively.

“Sorry” he said, flushing a little in embarrassment “I guess that was a little silly”

“A little” she admitted, a smile flickered across her face “But I forgive you”

“This probably will be dangerous” Stun-Jay said, his voice had none of the over-protectiveness it had contained a moment ago, now it simply held suspicion and concern “Cord and Trelb were good enough scouts that they didn’t just get lost” he shook his head slowly “No, something or someone attacked them and either killed or took them, I’m certain of it”

With a shake of his head Stun-Jay **** aside his gloom and began introducing Sash to the rest of the group; there were five of them and the first was the female he had been speaking to earlier, a spear carrying warrior named Mala. Second and third were the twins Kesh and Hirk, their features were as identical as there claymores, the fourth was another male, named Lorz and bearing a wicked battleaxe. The last of the Minotaur’s was another female, this one with inky black fur and a with long ragged scar that stretched from her shoulder, up her neck and check then across her upper skull, barely missing her left eye as it traveled across her face. The dark furred female was carrying a morningstar in one hand and bore a kite shaped metal shield in the other.

“All of you already know of our newest tribe member Sash” he concluded, gesturing at the dark clad young woman beside him. Sash smiled slightly and nodded at each member of the group as they were introduced, she could see the eyes of several of them tracing the curves of her body as they waited but ignored it.

Stun-Jay settled an openfaced helmet onto his head; the metal gleaming dully in the torchlight as he gestured towards the tunnel mouth a few steps away “Right, let’s get going” he said, voice cool and serious as he entered the tunnel with Sash a few steps behind and the Minotaur’s trailing after her.