Notail Simulator Beta (4/4)

You do as you're told, and command Slithers to help you and Tiger kid push open the door.

The area beyond it is different. Unlike the part of the ruins, you've been in for the last two weeks which the adult had equipped dimly lit trails of lights, this part of it lacked any lights at all. The other E-classes are forced to turn on their flashlights on to pierce the darkness. As you lacked any light source, you let the other E-classes go first and follow closely behind.

Skeletons.

There had to be at least a hundred of them in that one room alone, and it wasn't a big room at all. At least, not for a hundred people.

"Wow, this is freaky. Are you seeing what I'm seeing? <:)"
"All the dead people? =3"
"Well, yes, of course, that, no one could miss that, but what I'm talking about is-"

E-4 points their light at one of the skeleton's head.

Or, in better words, lack of a head.

All of the skeletons in the room had their neck seemingly snapped, and no heads were to be seen anywhere.

"Death by decapitation. That's rather strange. <:)"
"T-Those aren't notails right? Maybe we should get out of here. >=3"
"Can't be notails, the feet are all wrong. <:)"

E-4 bends down to grab the foot of one of the deceased only for it to crumble in their hand.

"These bone are truly old. Whatever killed all of them must be long gone. If I had to guess something chased them all down and they attempted to escape by using the exit, but it was closed off and they couldn't get it opened. <:)"
"It must have not been really fun to be the person closest to the doors. Trying really hard to get the doors opened while hearing everyone else die behind you. =3"
"That's extremely morbid E-2732. <:)"

Everyone walked in fully. Some of the bones that were stepped on crumbled easily, while some seem as hard as a rock. Those that were reasonably intact laid next to puddles of green liquid that slightly glowed. Tiger kid kneels next to the fluid, seemingly transfixed on it.

"It's such a nice color! >=3"
"I wouldn't think about touching the strange green liquid in a room of dead people even if something about it is......oddly pretty....but that's just me. <:)"

Your antenna's twitched just gazing at the liquid.

It felt like there was a small voice in your head begging you to take a sip of it. The others seemed equally won over by the liquid, but had the sense to not buy into it.

You all took a quick survey of the place before E-4 stopped to declare that it would be best for the group to split up for a few hours and come back here. The new area was likely just as big, if not more prominent than the unrestricted half of the temple. E-4 made it very clear not to wander off too far and to run back at the first sight of danger, or a rare artifact.

E-4 also stated not to touch the green liquid. They don't know what it is, but it looks far too good to be true.

With that everyone but you, Tiger kid, and Slithers had gone in their own directions.

While most of the pathways were extremely large, to the point you could fit three slithers on top of each other and still have room, you did not have a light, and as such your choices were limited.

E-4 decided to head down a small pathway.
Three E-classes decided to head down a long pathway that had a few bones littered about.
One E-class went down a large path that went downwards and had an increased about of the green liquid.
The rest of the E-classes, three more in total went up a flight of stairs.

If you tagged along with any of them, you would have ample lighting for sure. There were at least three other paths you couldn't take because of your lack of light, but there were two different directions you could go.

There was a large pathway that seemed to have a light at the end of it and a large gust of hot wind drifting in. It had to be a path to outside.

There was also, of course, just going back to the room of bones and pushing the door open more so the light from the other room could light up the place of death just enough for you to get a closer look around.