Seek out the rest.

Eva peers forth. Her skeptical bunny eyes trail up and down the shivering physique of Anastasia Phairgem, clad still in cute white undergarments. "Wait a minute," she mutters beneath her breath. She leans in closer and gives the girl's bra an invasive tug. "We were pulled down here in swimsuits, or uhm naked in some cases, so how are you in underwear now? Both of you."

"... Oh. This?" the girl begins to reply, but as her mind recalls every last detail of all that transpired, her face turns a brighter shade of red, and words fail her.

You interject. "A lot happened. Fought stuff. Found someone's room. We looted a dresser and took what we could, since I was already nude of course, and poor Anastasia here had a run-in with some purple slime. I'm sure you know how that goes."

Eva tugs on her nightgown, as if remembering events of the past. "That make sense. But someone lives down here?"

"It was a shadri. No idea if there are more or not, but this is definitely no ordinary cave system."

Finally able to rejoin the conversation, Anastasia holds her hands out as if to suggest an impressive length. "We saw a huge creature, like some sort of deep sea abomination. An eel with countless legs. There are all sorts of evils here, wherever we are. Say Meti, do you have any treasures that might help us find the others?"

The djinn places a hand to her chin and ponders. "I've thought about it, but no. I don't believe I do. But I can say that the way I came had a few different branching paths I didn't follow. It's less of a tight squeeze than it looks, once you're up there."

Niki scratches her head. "I don't think there was much where we came from."

"And I have no idea what's going on!" Peony adds.

You cross your arms and dip your head, shutting your eyes slowly to focus your senses in a similar manner as before. "I have to be able to find them," you whisper, though in the silence of the chamber it carries all the same. "Or there's no point in me being called an anything-King. We've been through a lot, I've gotten stronger, and I have these weird boons I've become better with over time. So let me use what I've learned."

"I believe in you, m'lord," says Peony, kissing you on the cheek a few times over, purposely loud.

"Wait, does kissing help?" Eva asks, reaching forward.

Niki takes the girls, and both gently and firmly she pulls them away beneath her arms. "Let the man focus."

I haven't known Gwyn for long, nor Anyana or Nelli. Though I'm a little closer to Ariusia, that's pretty recent too. But Luna. Fang. Alice. Even Tom and Vodrani. I surely must be able to--Hmm. Maybe. I think I can feel something. Yeah, it's the way Meti came from. As she mentioned, someone must be down one of the paths she didn't take. Might be more than one. In the distance, you can feel a warm, soft beat, like one's heart echoing from deep in the darkness, though you heed the call and follow the pulls of the unseen strings which bind you. With a focused shift of your gaze, you stare up at the opening in the ceiling by the wall where Meti first climbed down. "Up there," you say.

The girls hear you, and follow without question. Though after gauging the distance of the climb, Amara places a hand upon the stone and says, "I am not much of a climber. I may need assistance."

"It isn't too bad. Line up and let me hoist you up. I can easily get up myself afterwards."

"Hey! So can I, but I guess I won't decline the help," says Niki.

"I don't doubt some of you could scale this, but I don't want to dilly dally any longer. Quick. No more discussion. Line up, and I'll push you up into the passage."

First is Niki, as she's the closest. It seems she doesn't realize the awkwardness of the situation, so she immediately positions herself up the wall to be hoisted over your head. But given she's wearing nothing more than a conjured, translucent nightgown, you're greeted with quite the view from below. The hem of the garment flutters out like a beautiful flower, and behind are two perfect, round cheeks--dark and smooth, but toned and strong. And as she's lifted further, you can see what lies between. Her legs, her ankles, and then her feet--it's an easy move, paired with her strength, to send her right up into the crack. Though when you look up at her after, you can see blush flood her face, but she disappears a moment after. She likely realized what just happened a little too late.

Eva definitely considered it, and also definitely noticed it. She pulls her gown so far down it nearly pops her bust out the top and flushed pink. "Uhm. B-But--"

"Quick now," you say.

A strange noise muffles behind pursed lips, like a whimper before tears or a moan before orgasm. Either way, she lines up in front of you, places her hands upon the wall, and partly nudges out her rump, as if positioning herself for something else entirely. You grab her sides, and as she uses notches in the stone to help, she's hoisted up higher until you're given the same image again--a full moon. Hers is more pale like the very moon a rabbit was said to live in old folklore, with tight pink squeezed between until her legs are **** to at least somewhat part to gather her balance. Just above her perky ass is a tail like a cotton ball. You're given the view for but a moment longer before Niki helps her the rest of the way up.

Amara is next. Whether it's because she's more comfortable with her body, or because she's the only one of the three actually in her swimsuit still, she positions herself far quicker. You lift her slim body up, and while you aren't given an upskirt overhead, you still see how tight the pink petal bottoms wedge between her cheeks. Luna didn't skimp on the skimpy. Even Amara, who usually wears the most modest garb, is rather exposed, but ironically enough is still once again the one in the room clothed the most, except maybe Meti. They're on par. She makes it the rest of the way up as well.

Meti practically climbs you. She moves easily, and you don't have to grab her sides for long. Quickly you're hoisting her by the thighs, then the legs, and lastly the feet as she rises into the air like a ballerina. You gaze up at her slender legs, and the ass just as squeezed by her bikini bottoms as the last. She has an incredible figure, like a toned belly dancer, with an exotic beauty that would only come naturally from such a rare creature. She makes it the rest of the way up, first by herself and then by the others grabbing her hands.

Anastasia hesitates.

You gesture your hand. "Hurry now."

She puffs out her chest in a deep inhale, and then assumes the position. She begins to climb, and grabbing her sides, you begin to aid her. She's not naked anymore, which is even more of a relief to her now, though the undergarments only do so much. They're more like lingerie than regular panties or a bra. Her body has a little more thickness to it than those like Meti or Amara, and while she isn't as hefty up top as perhaps Eva, she has a gorgeous body that, if on Earth, would turn heads wherever she went, if she actually chose to show it at all. It's incredible how she hides her physique, as right now, you feel like you're helping life a super model. If she were more confident, she would be dangerous, though on the other hand, the shyness has a completely different allure of its own. Either way, you enjoy the view for but a moment before she makes it up.

"Meee~!" Peony grabs you. "Me next."

"Can't you just enter my armour?"

She frowns.

"All right," you say immediately after. "Climb on."

Instead of coming in from the front, she lifts herself up onto your shoulders from behind, forcing you to bend slightly before you hoist her towards the wall. She squeezes your cheeks between her thighs until she finds balance, and then she begins to climb the rest of the way. You push her by the bottoms of her feet, and the rest of the girls take it from there. Since she hid inside your armour at some point, her bikini had to be left behind in a place unknown, so you are gazing up at a naked woman, though of course she doesn't technically have anything to gawk at. That doesn't make her any less beautiful, however.

You then squat partly before leaping into the air. Bunny Hop! You only do so to reach a little extra height, but you'd rather practice with utilizing the skill more often anyway. You've used it in combat before, so it isn't only for transportation. It's just difficult to aim it, and to use it in a pinch. You're getting better every time, however. You reach the top, and land with ease in a tunnel that's more open than the crack suggested.

"Let's go," you command, and the others follow.

Like a bolt of lightning, the tunnel branches out into zagged, splintering pathways. It's no wonder Meti continued down the middle, and didn't dare become lost in the dozens of other directions she could have gone--some widening out, others requiring one to crawl. You keep your focus on your allies, however, and how they might be in danger. A few openings down, you turn right suddenly and continue down a narrow passageway between flat, wet stone. You feel a chill down your back as you're made to squeeze past a small waterfall trickling down to a stream following the same direction as you're headed. It splashes as your party's feet slap up and down in a hustle to wherever you're going--having full trust that you know what you're doing.

You can hear combat ahead.