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Stygian Grottos
Basil and Venus did find their way out of the maze. Now they were in the next part: the Stygian Grottos.
As the description on a sign had said "This section blues the line between incubus and actuality." That was all that it said. Of course given the prominent bat motif of this section anyone with chiroptophobia would be scared in this part.
Not that there was any live bats in the Stygian Grottos but from the statues and animatronic monstrosities in this place, someone could have a heart attack if their phobia was that serious and that was no laughing matter.
"Could we have missed something?" asked Venus.
"Maybe." Said Basil. "We must have passed a secret door or something." If they had, then they had. If it had been located in that maze back there then they would have look there again some other time! "But if it was in the maze then we can look another time." Basil squeezed Venus' hand. "For now, lets just look through the rest of the place."
"Do you squeeze Cherie's hand as hard as you squeeze mine?"
"No, she's fit but valetudinarian." Basil shook his head. "She doesn't like it when I'm aggressive with her but she is perfectly fine being aggressive with me. I have some stigmata from her excoriates and chews."
"So you're accomplished?" asked Venus, curious.
"Yeah."
"Well, well." Venus squeezed Basil's hand only to find herself unable to. He had quite the grip. "Any reason you're squeezing my hand like that." Basil didn't answer. He was on edge. He could have said he was. But he didn't. "You going to say anything?"
"What do you think of my face?"
"Did Cherie do those too?"
"No. Got burned in a car accident. My mom got out of it unharmed… Only my face."
"It is unique."
"Then my face matches Cherie's hair."