Traverse the hole.

Whether this tunnel was built by mice, rats, or something else, what's certain is that it's both dark and filthy. You're definitely not used to being this small, though thankfully your guide can both see in the dark, and is more than capable even while standing hardly half a foot tall. Her fingers wrap tight between yours as she pulls you around the bend. For a time, you hardly feel different. It's no different than sneaking your way through a cave. Though as soon as the tunnel ends, even if you struggle to see in the dark, you can tell it opens up wide. You immediately your adrenaline pump as a grand chamber, at least relative to your size, opens up into complete shadow. Worst of all, it feels like something is lurking nearly.

"Do you see anything?" you quietly ask.

Delphi peers around her. "A lot to take in at once. And--" Her grip tightens harshly as she jumps in place. "What is that...?"

"What's what?"

"Let me find something to help us see, even if it's just a torch we can light up."

You feel her slip away from you.

With your Kitty Sense, you can at least get the general idea of where she is, though that doesn't mean you can see perfectly in a pitch black room. It seems she's flying above in search of some way to illuminate the place. Just before you're about to set your blade aflame to help, you see a flicker of light in the farthest corner. A blue flame ignites within a glass lantern, and it's quickly followed by another, and then a third. Suddenly, several ignite as the darkness of the room is chased away. Delphi hangs off one of them, and she looks just as surprised as you are. But after a moment, she puffs out her chest and smirks as if she had known all along.

"Now what did you see before?" you ask, though your eyes answer the question for you.

First of all, the room is still rather large even for someone of regular size. There are multiple tables set up down the center with scattered papers and flasks and other strange devices. There's some sort of magical interface along the farthest wall with strange symbols and buttons. Then to the right of that, there's a large glass tube filled with a viscous liquid. A silhouette floats inside--humanoid, though not moving. You stare for a lengthy moment, perhaps in fear that it might suddenly jolt to life. Though your Kitty Sense fades, perhaps to tell you that it's no threat at all. With everything abandoned for so long, you might be laying your eyes upon a corpse, though one that's strangely familiar. Next to it is a second tube, though it's completely empty.

Delphi taps her heels down upon the interface of arcane markings. "I don't understand any of this," she says from afar. Her voice echoes out.

"Can you give me a lift?"

"Sure thing." She lifts up yet again, though instead of making her way over, bands of purple light snake quickly through the air towards you. They wrap tight around your legs, your arms, your midsection, and between your legs, as you're squeezed in a manner far more than its required. Strapped in bondage, you're dragged across the room, up through the air, and then plopped down right next to a big red button.

Delphi lands yet again as soon as she releases you.

"Careful with that. You're gonna squeeze my jewels to breaking."

"Silly Kyle. You can't break diamonds."

"Are you complimenting my balls?"

"I'm just saying. You've been through a lot. Maybe all that stress and toil has crunched the coal that was Kyle Warren into a shiny diamond. So now your family jewels are unbreakable. I can be as rough as I want."

"Stop making up your own logic." Your eyes dart down to see something rather surprising. "Wait a minute. I can read this."

"What? How?"

"It's all English."

"That's not a real language."

"... It's from Earth."

"Ah. Wait, does that mean Muian was from the same world you're from?"

"I don't think so. I think this means we've found ourselves in one of Elok Daven's newer chambers. This isn't Muian anymore. All of this looks way too advanced. And whoever is floating dead in that tube doesn't look insectrin to me. I can't really tell who that is in there. It kinda looks like--" You **** over your words. "Is that The Edge?!"

Delphi flies right up to touch her palms to the glass. "Oh wow. It is! What's he doing in here?"

"Something isn't right. Hold on. Let me find the button to open the door."