Amon could hear the monsters that had been clawing at the walls and doors beyond her iron sanctuary exploding while the sound of iron hitting flesh echoed through the ruined halls. Amon had curled up on the bed and was hugging Justice tightly to her chest as she watched the door fearfully. Her grasp on magic was gone; she had tried to cast Candlelight when everything had gotten dark, but to no avail. This world didn't seem to have magic. She couldn't even feel her vampiric magic to turn into a Vampire Lord. She was left defenseless and whimpered when someone banged on the iron door, burying her face in the soft material of the doll/spirit she held. Suddenly the iron door scraped open and a form slipped inside quickly then turned to the bed, making a noise of surprise. Amon cried out softly when it started towards her, flinching away even as she tried to form a Th'um to defend herself.
"Hey, hey I won't hurt you, little one." Suddenly light blazed as a torch was placed on the wall, revealing an elf with pale skin and long nut brown hair in a green sundress. Her hair was decorated with small flowers pulling it back at her temples to free her ears. Amon could feel her fear start to die as she saw someone who didn't smell of rotted flesh, creak of bone, or hiss and explode. Justice was silent as well as Amon tried to calm herself down, her child instincts fleeing in the wake of a friendly face.
"You are…an elf." The tiny vampire stated as her own pointed ears twitched. The woman raised an eyebrow and smiled a bit, sitting down next to the bed and setting her pack on the ground by her feet.
"So are you, I'm Lilith. So, little one, what are you doing out in these ruins?" Lilith asked softly, rummaging around in her pack until she pulled out a loaf of bread to eat. She offered the child a bit but pulled back when Amon shook her head to decline it. Amon watched the other elf eat before she pulled her knees to her chest around Justice.
"I'm Amon…have you found anyone else? I came here with my friend, she looks like a cat." Amon asked, voice trembling. She didn't want to think about what would happen if she and Milah had gotten separated in the tunnel between worlds. Lilith stopped munching on the bread and stared at her a bit, chewing thoughtfully.
"I haven't seen anyone like that…but I came straight here. My friend Anica was looking around for a new sandstone deposit so she may have found your friend. When the sun rises we can go back to her home." Lilith stated, smiling a bit. Suddenly Amon realized something; this woman was talking to her like an adult. The vampire blinked at her and tilted her head.
"You know I'm not a child?" She inquired, curious. Lilith laughed and pulled a small bed out of her pack before placing it down, where it shifted into a full sized one.
"I've seen enough where I can tell the difference. I'm an Alchemist; I know things about this world." She said, amused as she lay down, closing her eyes. "Go to sleep, Amon. We are safe in here."
As Amon sighed and hugged Justice to herself, closing her eyes.
'You are safe with me, devil child. For now…' He whispered in her mind, as if he thought she wouldn't hear him. The vampire smirked and nuzzled her face into his fluffy head and fell asleep.
Milah almost wouldn't have noticed that it was morning if it wasn't for the fact that one of the cats decided to walk over her back and start purring loudly. It woke her up and the first sight that greeted her eyes was the large window she had slept beside and the fact that the sun had risen on the horizon and was spreading its light everywhere.
"Hey girl, where's your master huh?" She yawned, reaching back to scratch the orange striped cat behind the ears. Of course the feline woman presumed Anica was the cat's owner, and didn't think twice when it got off of her and sauntered off to the ladder before jumping down to the floor below.
Anica came up a moment later looking ragged and tired but with a smile on her lips. She said nothing, moving to her bedroom and quickly rummaging around for a few moments before she emerged back into the main space and moved to the kitchen area. Milah watched as she placed some of the rotted flesh in a top compartment then emptied a bucket of coal in the bottom. With the flick of a switch the coal ignited and Anica sighed as she turned back to Milah.
"Good, you're awake. I had to get some things going but now we're good to go. Come on, the ruins aren't far and I'm sure Lilith will not have left yet." Despite looking like she'd been out all night Anica was oddly enthusiastic and Milah let out a heavy sigh before she stood and stretched, shouldering her bag and following the odd redhead down to the first floor and out the doors.
"Now then, follow close and be careful. Zombies and skeletons will probably be hiding in the shade of the trees, and creepers take a while to vanish. Nothing else is going to hurt you, not during the daytime anyway." The night creatures were gone, and Anica moved swiftly towards the lighthouse that sat on the coast. Taking a left she followed the coast and stuck to it until they reached a beam of light heading into the sky from a crystal floating in a glass block that was buried in the ground.
From the light she took another left and headed straight into the thick of the jungle, moving carefully through the canopies and watching every shadow until they came out the other side. There Milah found herself staring down a set of ruins along the coast, and the first thing she noticed was the anvil mark that was present almost everywhere.
"Zenithar….." The word slipped out without Milah really thinking, and she almost didn't notice Anica raising an eyebrow at her.
"Yes, as far as we can tell that is the name of the one who ruled here long ago. He was looked upon as a God of hard work, and the people worshiped him by doing their best to live life to its fullest and build what Lilith and I assume was a great city. Sadly at some point the people either left or died, and the buildings were destroyed by nature. Many are nothing more than stone foundations overgrown by the jungle, but his temple still remains somewhat intact." Anica shrugged, heading down the slight incline until she reached the entrance of the temple. Torches lit the halls, and Anica could tell that Lilith hadn't left yet.
"Oi, Lilith! Lilith, you there?" She called into the dark tunnels beyond, checking her inventory to make sure she had enough torches on hand before turning to Milah and throwing her a bow with a few sets of arrows. "I'm a terrible shot with the thing anyway, maybe you'll be better. And don't worry about where you hit them; the important part is that you hit them -somewhere-. Shoot anything that moves, if you accidentally hit Lilith or your friend it won't matter much, that bow isn't enchanted so it doesn't have a lot of power behind it and it should take more than one hit to kill anything. Come on." Anica started off into the place, and Milah had no choice but to trudge along behind her even if the statement about the bow wasn't exactly reassuring. She seemed like she knew what she was doing, and if it would lead the Khajiit to either Lilith or some answers (or better yet both) then it was worth dealing with the slightly insane woman.