{Talia}
The deeper they went into the Dawnspark Ruins, the worse everything got.
The air was thick with corruption—that oily, wrong feeling that made Talia's skin crawl. The walls pulsed with sickly purple veins. Strange whispers echoed from nowhere and everywhere at once.
Scarlett led the way, torch held high, her sword ready in her other hand.
Kanna moved beside her, silent and focused.
Talia stayed in the middle, ice magic coiled and ready.
Liora brought up the rear, her lute music providing a constant, soothing counterpoint to the oppressive atmosphere.
"How much further?" Scarlett asked, glancing at the map Aegis had drawn.
Talia leaned over to look.
The map was... something.
Aegis had clearly drawn it herself—crude lines representing corridors, circles for rooms, and annotations scrawled everywhere in her chaotic handwriting.
"Move here!" with an arrow pointing left.
"AVOID THIS PLACE PLS!!!" with three exclamation marks next to a room marked with skull symbols.
