[cinerious]

Username + id: cinerious 242408
Chicoon Participating: Poppet
Choice: Spot on Map
Word count/art size: 172
Art/Writing:

Poppet clutches in fright to Mystra as sshe does the same when the mouse rounds the corner... Both chucking, Poppet suggests they check out the roaring noise before heading toward the map location, maybe that will be nothing, maybe it will be something, won't know until we check. We did after all come to see weird things happening, and that's pretty weird!

As they walk towards the noise, it grows louder and louder, but they couldn't seem to reach it? Every turn felt new, and every u-turn felt wrong. Poppet stopped and started to look around, eyes squinting in confusion. She could tell the sound was water, but they couldn't find it...

Maybe it's all around them? Are they under water? What could the noise be??

Poppet plops down and holds her chin in thought. It could also be air...

She shared her thoughts to Mystra, who looked as confused as her, and they both decided to go to the spot on the map, if they can get back there though!

[rainbowpanda101]

Username + id: rainbowpanda101 + 116794
Chicoon Participating: Max
Choice: Roaring Sound
Word count/art size: 130 words
Art/Writing: Mystra clung to Max but let go once they both realized that the creature in front of them was a tiny mouse. Max waved a hand when Mystra apologized for her reaction. "Don't feel stupid. That was pretty frightening. There's no way we could have known it was just a little mouse in front of us!" He lowered his head to the ground, level with the mouse. "What a cute mouse you are! And what pretty plants you have!" The mouse squeaked.

"There's no way that little mouse was making such a loud sound. Should we go investigate that or should we keep going towards the spot I have marked on my map?" Mystra asked.

Max raised his head. "Well, you were following some sort of creature through the maze, right? Whatever you've been following could be the cause of all that noise. So I say we should investigate!" He said goodbye to the mouse and led the way further into the maze.

[bakuraas.]

Username + id: bakuraas. + 876991
Chicoon Participating: Kaydrys
Choice: Fruit Haven
Word count/art size: 140 Words
Art/Writing:
Kaydrys sighed slightly, a bit nervous all things considered- especially when he saw the opposite hallway. It was definitely a clear choice for Kaydrys, and it certainly helped that a few of Kaydrys' companions ran into the fruit haven and started chewing away at some of the half-eaten fruit. Kaydrys sighed, but also laughed, looking to Mystra. "Well, you've already got a bit on you, and I think that if we tried to follow something scary and got in trouble, it'd be a bit more worrisome if we can't move too well. If we go down this path, we definitely might find whatever ate all these fruits... and hopefully not just more companions, since these guys seem to like the fruits too." He picked up one of his companions, stepping into some of the fruit juice as he did so and snorting a bit. "Well, and now I'm a bit sticky too, so I suppose my decision is finalized for me!"

[Cosmic_Dragon]

Username + id: Cosmic_Dragon + 1031466
Chicoon Participating: Acyd
Choice: Roaring Sound
Word count/art size: Clean Line/Color + Shading + BG
Art/Writing:

Lowering himself to the ground in readiness, Acyd prepared to face whatever was making that spine-chilling noise... Only to find himself face-to-face with... A rodent? Deadpan, he stares for a moment, before turning that stare to Mystra. "Well, that was embarrassing. Let's not tell anyone about this particular part, hmm?"

His face slowly creases into a frown. "But... Yeah, that makes no sense. A mouse shouldn't have been making any sound, really." Turning to look back the way the mouse came from, Acyd shakes the earlier heebie-jeebies off with a huff. "There's definitely SOMETHING here, I say we find out what."

[Beezhivez]

Username + id: Beezhivez + 1048050
Chicoon Participating: Fervour (Character Creation Booth Chiccoon - Unapproved!)
Choice: Keep Going!
Word count/art size: 260 Words!
Art/Writing:

After they were safe, Fervour stopped to catch their breath. Whatever it was, it sounded big, and they didn't want to risk anything happening to them and Mystra. Their tail, who was a parasite— Frenzi— nudged at their face, a worried croon coming from the eyeless face on the end. Raising a paw, they pat the parasite on its head, their connection reassuring that they were fine.

Standing up, they reached out a paw helping Mystra up.

"Sorry, I.." They took a deep breath, still chatching their own. "You okay?" They asked, nodding when Mystra responded with the affirmative.

"Woah... That was a close one."

"I sure do want to see that thing... but maybe not when it's trying to eat us, you know? Well.. let's take a second to catch our breath and we can regroup. I think I know where we are. We can keep exploring in this direction if we want. Or should we head back to camp and follow the map again, just so we don't risk getting lost... "

Although Fervour was rattled, they were anything but someone who would back down from a little startling! They sat down, nodding towards Mystra's map.

"I'm okay with catching my breath and then going back towards whatever that was." They said, taking a deep breath and sighing. "While we wait, I could introduce you to someone else, since I forgot earlier." They offered, turning to brush their tail towards Mystra. A mouth was on the end of their large, bushy tail! The tail made a chirping noise, and Fervour smiled at Mystra. "This is Frenzi, my parasite. They're popping up here and there more recently, parasites. I found them starving, alone, our relationship is more symbiotic than what its name says!" They said, smiling. They perked up as Frenzi said something telepathically.

"Frenzi says they like how you look, and that you're pretty." They said, smiling, the smallest bit of flush heating their fur. Darn that parasite knowing what they thought..

[imabanditø]

Username + id: imabanditø 908562
Chicoon Participating: lime
Choice: frog sounds
Word count/art size: clean line/color + shading + bg
Art/Writing: “are those.. frogs? cool!”

[sweathie]

Username + id: sweathie 703858
Chicoon Participating:
Choice: Hall of Destruction
Word count/art size: 502 words
Art/Writing:

xxxxxSweaty is already covered in fruit juice, along with Mystra, so they both decide that it won't be much worse to head down the fruit-covered hallway. It looks rather... dangerous... in the other hallway, and there can't be anything THAT bad about fruit!
xxxxx"Come on," Sweaty beckons, "let's go!"
xxxxxAt the beginning, the trek is easy, but as more fruit juice builds up, the sticky situation only gets worse. The goop clings to their paws and begins to seep up their legs, crusting into their fur and making their feet stick to the floor. Sweaty works hard to pry his feet out from the path of juice, but when he looks back, he notices that Mystra is much further back from him. Her long, curled fur is stuck to the ground and with each step forward, she's shedding feathers and down. Sweaty looks forward at the long hallway ahead of them, sighs, and begins to turn back.
xxxxx"Stay there," he calls to Mystra. "Let's turn back around."
xxxxx"Are you sure?" Mystra replies, watching him squelch forwards. "Just leave me here - you keep on traveling."
xxxxx"I'm not going to leave you. Come on, let's head down the other hallway."
xxxxxThe two chicoons, now side-by-side as Sweaty makes sure to match Mystra's pace, head back to the opening of the hallway. It seems like they turned back at the right time- when they reach the beginning of the hallway, they are almost unable to move. The sticky fruit juice is clinging to every part of their bodies, so they take the time to sit down and groom themselves.
xxxxx"Why don't you just take your sweater off?" Mystra asks Sweaty, watching him to try squeeze the liquid out of the fabric. "You can carry it and then wash it when we get out."
xxxxx"Oh, you see, I can't," Sweaty responds. "It's kind of... a weird situation. One of the perks of having a God Trait, I guess. Can't take the sweater off. Or the shorts."
xxxxx"That's.. uh... that's nice," Mystra replies. "So, like, is that all you can ever wear?"
xxxxx"No, I can change my outfits, I just... can't take the clothes off."
xxxxx"So, like, whenever you wear something else, it just goes OVER the sweater?"
xxxxx"No, it's a different outfit."
xxxxx"But you... how do you change into it without taking your clothes off?" Mystra asks, but Sweaty is silent. She can see that he's considering his answer, but eventually gives up trying to explain himself. She returns to picking dried crumbs of fruit out of her legs. Sweaty begins to flap his wings, spraying the walls around them with fruit juice and small bits of vine. Mystra takes one directly to the face and cries out, then harumphs and starts to flap her own wings, hitting Sweaty with a swath of juice across the chest.
xxxxxThe two chicoons, now laughing and mostly-fruit-free, begin to head down the other, much more ominous hallway. They're too joyful to notice any of the dangerous signs around them...

[FatalCollapse]

Username + id: FatalCollapse + 852442
Chicoon Participating: Frostbyte
Choice: Keep Going!
Word count/art size: 516
Art/Writing:
After hearing the loud roar in the dark halls Frostbyte jumped "We should-" Mystra was quickly cut off by Frostbyte who grabbed her tail and started sprinting down the nearest hallway with her in tow, not wanting to learn what could have possibly made that furious roar and what it would do if it caught them. They ran until they could not hear the booming sounds and felt safe. Eventually they reached a small room and the two sat down trying to catch their breath. "That was a close one" Mystra panted and Frostbyte nodded in agreement. "I sure do want to see that thing..." she trailed off in thought "But maybe not when it's trying to eat us, you know? Let's take a second to catch our breath and we can regroup. I think I know where we are." Mystra said scanning the surrounding area Frostbyte looking up at her. "That's good to hear, I was sure we were gonna be goners back there." he let out a sigh .

Finally when the two chicoons caught their breath and relaxed a bit Mystra spoke up and asked Frostbyte a question "Do you think we should keep exploring in this direction" she pointed with her tail towards the direction they just came from "Or should we head back to camp and try to follow the map again? Maybe we'll have better luck a second try." she said now motioning towards her bag which held her belongings and the map she was referring to. Frostbyte thought for a moment before finally coming to a decision "Let's continue exploring" he said excitedly "I know you really want to find the source of the light and figure out what that creature was so lets go find it! Besides it seems like you know where you're going so I trust you" He smiled and Mystra flapped her wings in excitement. "Sounds like a plan!" she honked.

The two chicoons got prepared, both mentally and physically, to venture out again into the passages of the labyrinth. "Hey, I just wanna say sorry for turning high tail out of there when I heard the roar instead of possibly fighting the thing, I was really scared but like I said I know how badly you want to figure out this mystery" Frostbyte said looking at the floor sadly while shuffling his feet "It is okay!" Mystra said reassuring her friend. Frostbyte looked up at her surprised she didn't show any sign of anger or annoyedness with him for doing what he thought was a coward move "I was scared too but don't worry, we still got plenty of time to find who or what made that roar and solve the mysteries that this place has to offer". Frostbyte smiled at his friend and thanked her for reassuring him once more.

Frostbyte then handed Mystra her bag and the two chicoons simultaneously took a deep breath before heading back of into the dark hallways of the maze in search of both the creature that scared them and any other unsolved questions the labyrinth could answer.

[blizzard180]

Username + id: blizzard180//1026652
Chicoon Participating: Amani
Choice: Hall of Destruction
Word count/art size: clean color and lines+shading+backround
Art/Writing:
Well at least if we need to run our paws won't stick?

[woofer-moosh]

Username + id: woofer-moosh + 283946
Chicoon Participating: Froge
Choice: Map Location
Word count/art size:175
Art/Writing:
Forge huffs and puffs as the shadow comes around the corner, his feathers are ruffled and his wings held up high, tail lashing against the ground as he stands tall. Then pauses as the mouse comes around the corner immediately calming and starting to laugh loudly, “YOU??!? Did you see me!?” He laughs and playfully nudges Mystra. “To be fair, the mouse IS holding plants and stalking around in the dar.. So I can’t say I blame you” He chuckles, “ I was on a warpath!” He chuckles, “So in that sense.. We’re both kinda stupid” He teases playfully, trying to lighten the mood, “I vote for following your map.. And maybe taking the mouse along?” He asks, gesturing to it, “....I dunno about you, but I’ve never seen a mouse hold plants in its PAWS before… Seems.. Unique? For lack of a better word” He chuckles and gently offers his paw to the mouse, “I wonder what kinda plants these are… And why a mouse needs em?” He wonders aloud as he follows Mystra's lead