Run after Astrid, but you can't catch up.

You glance back and forth a few times between Astrid's retreating rear and Isabella's inquiring eyes.

"Come on, Izzy, we can't split up any more."

"So don't go."

You stop for a second, then sigh. "You can take care of yourself, Izzy, but if this is a trap Astrid's going to get herself stuck without any help." Isabella lets out a short laugh, but looks a little disheartened. "Go find that Fountain, we'll try to meet you there!" you shout, as you turn to run. As you make it just past the closing stone walls, you turn back, and see Isabella similarly stopped right before the turn back into the hedge maze. Just before the path cuts off, she turns back, gives you a wink, and flashes her bare breasts, leaving your face red, first from the blush, and then from the torches as they light up in the now dark hallway.

Taking a second to shake yourself back into focus, you start down the corridor, the cold stone sending shivers up your spine with every step of your bare feet, until you take another step forward, and feel fairly warm fabric beneath them; stopping to pick it up, you find a gray pair of panties that you recognize as peeking out from under Astrid's shirt just moment's before. Thoughts of her running around bottomless are equal parts amusing, flustering, and worrying, but you decide you need to see it for yourself before you let any of those feelings get to you. It feels a little creepy to carry around one of your friend's underwear, especially without any pockets to put them in, but you figure that if you do find Astrid she'll be happy to get them back.

Unfortunately, you don't find Astrid. What you do find, is another stone wall; a dead end.

"Give me a break," you mutter, and as if in response you see the red lights, the dim torches you passed, blinking off one by one, eventually leaving you in total darkness. You almost start to take a page out of Astrid's book and swear up a storm, but suddenly you hear a click, and see a sliver of light.....