Thursday
You chose: Main chamber
Your path: Bamboo Forest (Wind cave)
You decide to inspect the chamber more thoroughly. The place looks like it's hardly been used in ages, the big kite shaped like a spiral dragon hanging above the center of the room has a layer of dust on it, the braziers are all empty, there are empty crates and barrels stacked here and there, and a few dusty plinths with plaques on them. As you're trying to read one of the plaques, you suddenly hear a soft rustle from behind you, the direction of the covered entryway. As you turn around to scan the room again you are met by the sight of a giant serpent poised to strike. No time to react, you brace yourself and screw your eyes shut as it lunges at you. You yelp as you are bowled over, and start franticly clawing at the beast before noticing that it's made of cloth and paper. As your panic turns to confusion you hear giggling from the covered entryway. Craning your neck around the now-ruined kite, you see what looks to be a very fluffy fae dragon. He seems to be adorned in colorful kite fabrics and various shiny little baubles including a makeshift glow-stone lantern affixed to his tail. He flies across the room, and lands on your snout.
"Heeheeeeee! You shoulda seen your face!" He takes a deep breath before continuing, "Hooo, sorry, I couldn't help it. It was toooo perfect! Plus you're the first person we've seen down here in... wait you are a person, right?"
He pokes you a couple times with dimly-glowing, blue claws.
You shoo him off of you, a little annoyed that he got the best of you.
"Really though, I'm sorry..." He huffs as he perches on one of the ropes holding the big Spiral-shaped kite aloft in the center of the room, "Hey, I know! lemme show ya around! ya know, whenever you're ready that is. Oh! And I'm Ausket by the way." He bleps.
You take a short break as he gathers a few things, listening to Ausket tell you his thoughts on the objects around the room as you look around before letting him know you're moving on. He darts ahead of you pointing out things he found interesting as you go. He guides you down a few paths that lead you to the heart of the wind that has been playing through this cavern system.
"-- And this one is one of my favorite rooms! Just jump into the wind, and 'Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!', away ya go! just, uh, look out for the rocks."
You look out over the yawning chasm. Howling wind deafens you as you look down, and notice a few other openings dotting the walls. Looking up you see more openings, but one in particular catches your eye. Above it is a large carving of the wind flight's symbol. You point it out to Ausket.
"Ooh, that one? that'll be tricky, but it's doable... Oh here maybe one of these will help." he lays out 3 items that he'd been hauling around as you had been traveling. He then turns, frames the opening you're aiming for between his claws, nods to himself and takes a running start, leaping into the swirling tempest. "Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" You watch as he's sent spiraling around and up the column, and, spectacularly, right into the opening you had pointed out.
Blinking away your disbelief, you assess you options:
1.
try using the gust gatherer.
2.
try using the reedcleft resonance.
3.
try using the rubber ducky.
4.
use magic to try to counteract the wind as you fly up.
5.
try to fly through, I'm sure I'm strong enough to make it through there!