Guardians of Corruption, Clouds, Ground, and Fauna
Cyra simply smiled and watched as Skri'ik and Liro approached.
A voice rings out throughout the cave asking him who Fauna is and why he came here. "My name is Fauna, Guardian of, you got it, Fauna. I came here to..." he stutters and clears his throat, "er, check up on my friends Takot and Pyro," he sighs, "unfortunately I now know the events which have occurred in my absence."
Liro stood up and walked towards Fauna. "Yeah... I'm really sorry but this crazy person," He points to Cyra "Brutally murdered him for no reason at all. We're still trying to figure out a punishment." Also, who's Pyro, is he the Guardian of Fire or something?
Cyra continued smiling and waved.
Liro sighed. "She seems to have lost the little sanity she had."
Fauna wiped his eyes and nose on his cloak and coughed, a bit of blood appearing. "Er, yes. Pyro is the Guardian of Fire. Have you seen him at all?"
Skri'ik hesitated. "We have not seen anyone called Pyro in this cave. He could be further in, or he might not even be in this forsaken cave at all. No-one knows."
The Guardian sighed. Nowhere in this cavern of darkness was a glimpse of light. All the people who he knew and personally liked were gone... and one dead. Sometimes it felt like the world hated him but Fauna was not a quitter, he would keep his head held high and march his way through. "It's okay. I'd rather have this whole murderer business sorted out before we go and look for Pyro, if we even do."
"Yeah, we need to sort Cyra out... but how? Killing her won't accomplish anything but petty revenge, but we still need to do something that will shake her reality, and to make her really think twice before murdering another person. What ideas do we have?"
Liro's head sank as he nodded to Skri'ik. "Yeah, we're kind of stuck here right now until we figure out what to do with her." Liro kicked a rock towards the wall.
"Hmm... we could leave her here, but would that accomplish anything... we could take her with us on a tight leash..." he turned to Fauna. "What do you think?"
"Yeah I'm apparently a dog now. Put me on a leash, have fun."
Liro spat in the direction of Cyra. "You really don't care about anyone except yourself, do you?"
"Maybe I do, maybe I don't. Who knows?"
"Leashes? No way, they keep animals under human control rather than their own. Although it would be entertaining... I don't really know."
"Oh yeah? Should I bark, too?"
Liro grunted and sat down. He started moving the walls of the cage together. "Do you value your life?"
Cyra looked at the moving rocks. "Does it matter if I value my own life? Dead people don't have opinions. They don't need opinions." Her face and tone were suddenly serious.
Skri'ik continued the discussion before the argument could go too far. "The leash was a metaphorical term. I meant that we keep her under tight control and limit everything she can do - including movement. It would keep us moving, but also leave us to come up with a better judgement if we could find one."
He turned to Cyra. "After what you have done, then you may not be any better than a dog, yes."
Her mischievous tone returned. "Is being a dog better than being dead? No one really answered me on the topic of barking."
"Woah now, any better than a dog? Are dogs bad now?" he replies frustrated before taking a deep breath, "Sorry, forget that. If you want to bark, go ahead, be my guest, but remember these rocky walls are closing in on you.". Fauna shoots a smile at Liro.
He responded to Cyra's question about dogs and death. "If you're a dog, then we can still do what we want with you. It's easier to learn or gain things from a living being than a dead being. Besides, we can exact a better judgement later." He turned to Liro and Fauna. "Do you two approve of these idea?"
"Go ahead, I really don't care what happens to this piece of trash. I only care if she's punished, and that seems to be going ahead nicely."
"Alright, that leaves two questions. Firstly, how do we keep Cyra under control exactly? We need a way for that. Secondly, do we go off in search of Pyro, or do we talk to the others who have arrived here?"
"It doesn't really matter if I die unless you prefer a dead dog over a dead Guardian." Everything had a tint of red due to the blood on her face. She didn't really care to wipe it off though.
After the joy of knowing that this evil thing will be punished they actually had to come up with a plan, which was going to be boring. "I don't really have an idea for the first one, I was kind of hoping we would actually have to make her wear a leash," he laughed, "And for the second question... it may be more worth it to talk to the other guardians here, perhaps they know something about this girl?"
Liro stopped moving the walls and made a opening in the cage. An opening large enough for a guardian to walk through. "I trust that you won't be foolish enough to try to do anything fishy."
Skri'ik grinned. "Maybe we COULD make her wear a leash. If it was reinforced by some kind of magic - or if we could use it with something else to limit Cyra's actions - then it would certainly be possible, and amusing, to put her on a leash."
"Yeah okay Liro make me a leash will you? I don't think cloud leashes will work this time."
"Well ground isn't really flexible, I could make handcuffs though." Liro looked at Fauna. "You got any leather?"
"Who cares if they're flexible? Why not just let me bleed to death?"
"I, the Guardian of Fauna, who is against the harming of animals, have leather? Yeah, of course I do!" he rolls his eyes. "Besides, there aren't that many animals on this planet. Not many got brought over from the previous world."
"Well, we have no source of leather... look around. So unfortunately, a leash is out of the question... anything else that can contain Cyra that we could make?"
"I recommended handcuffs earlier, I think that's the best idea we have."
Cyra smiled and held up her hands.
"Go ahead, work your magic."
"Yeah, handcuffs will do. Since she's weak, she can't use her power, and if she's binded, she can't fight back. Perfect idea."
Fauna sighs. "Well, I was personally hoping that we would use a leash, but handcuffs it is then!"
"Oh do I get clouds in front of my eyes now? Yes let me trip a thousand times. Great idea!"
Liro quickly constructed two rings of stone, and fit it around Cyra's wrists. "Is this good, not that I really care." He slightly tightened the 'handcuffs'.
The rock scratched her skin. Blood stained the handcuffs and her skin. She held them up. "Perfect!"
Skri'ik looked impressed. "Nice makeshift handcuffs. Those will definitely do for now. Now, let's talk to the other guardians, should we?"
"They look nice on you, girl." Fauna laughed, watching the blood ooze. "Talking to the other guardians seems good for now."
"Thanks, I agree. Especially with this blood."
Liro felt slightly sorry for Cyra after seeing the blood flow and loosened the cuffs a bit. "Alright let's go find your friend."