The trip to Lalotai's entrance was an awkwardly silent one. Not many words were said, aside from Tamatoa giving directions. He didn't like that he had to intimidate these villagers into taking him to Lalotai after everything that's happened, but it's not like he had much of a choice.
Looking out at the water, Tamatoa felt a pang of nervousness. Ironic, considering what he was planning to do before these villagers interrupted, but nonetheless…
Whatever. He couldn't focus on that now. Maui and Moana needed him, and he sure as hell wasn't going to turn his back on them now.
Luckily for them, Tui had held on to the Kakamora ship from that little beach fight. It was the only boat large enough to hold the ginormous crab. Tamatoa rummaged through the hull of the ship once more, looking over the supplies available to him.
Not much was left. Most of the stuff fell out when the thing tipped, it seems. Looks like there's just a few nets left and a small bundle of blowdarts.
Well, it's better than nothing. Who knows, maybe these items could be useful later. He placed them on his shell just in case.
"Is this it…?" One of the humans asked as they neared an intimidatingly tall rock structure.
Tamatoa nodded, stepping off of the boat as they reached shore. "I don't need you anymore." He stated starkly, not turning his eyes to them. "Head on back."
No hesitation there. The pair immediately pushed the boat back into the sea, getting as far away as they could as quickly as possible.
The crustacean stared up at the mountan-esque structure with frustration. He knew he had to get to that weird water portal thing, but how was he going to go about doing that?
I could try to climb it and open that door on the top.
Ugh, that won't do any good. I'm too big to pass through that now.
Watching the rock tower contemplatively, he sighed and clicked his claws together. I guess there's only one thing to do.
Fueled with anger and determination, he began smashing and slashing at the wall of stone with his powerful limbs, slowly but surely digging a hole through it. Sooner or later, he'd reach the watery entrance.
I'll get down there if it kills me. Those monsters made a big mistake with what they did.