As you come across a strange yet beautiful area, you pause. It's nothing like you've ever seen before. It's almost like a great canyon, only the walls are made of a strange stone, colored like a dark, grayish mother of pearl color. The walls come up only about forty feet, and instead of the usual flatness, it instead is jagged and pointed, like a mountain top. Also, unlike the usual canyon, it does not flow in the direction of a river, but instead has the round strucure of a lake. Near the back--where your eye can't see very clearly--the formations turn, and the rounded lake area, it becomes more like a stream which reaches far into the horizon. From everywhere, stalagmites come from the earth and some from the walls, also of the same grayish, shiny color. Still water rests quietly in the canyon like place, disturbed only rarely by a tiny flutter of wind.

**As you near it, out of the stalagmites, shoots a spurt of the clear, crystal water, and you watch in awe, as it trickles down the wall, making the mother of pearl color even more glittery, as it slowly moves its way down towards the lake. There is no vegetation, and looks near abandoned, had it not been for the wind which constantly seemed to pester you by blowing at your side, almost as if alive.

**You and Sarabande pick your way carefully down the slippery rocks, getting splashed ever so often by the fountain/stalagmites. One of the stalagmites is absolutely enormous, being able to encompass a large pine tree. There is a hole near the bottom and you follow Sarabande into it. What you see amazes you.

**As you know, a stalagmite is strictly cone-shaped, so at the ceiling's top, there is a beautiful, iridescent light streaming inside from a strange source, which obviously is not the sun. It casts a beautiful glow upon everything inside, and you see a winding corridor ahead of you. As you walk through it, it heads downwards at an alarming rate, and after a almost half an hour of walking, you come to a gigantic room of monstrous proportions. The strange light that filled the entrance of the stalagmite now fills the room, casting a strange light upon every nook and cranny. The room is circular, and the three times the size of an Olympic sized riding arena. The ground is made of the mother of pearl like substance, and is slippery. The ceiling is high, more than a hundred feet tall.

**In the center is a small nest, about the size of an SUV, comfortably cushioned with leaves and what looks to be eggs, but is instead made of a plushy matter. "A beautiful Synink resides in this cave. He will be in soon, he is probably just out to explore." As she says this, the creature enters.

**It is a beautiful creature, of a deep, dark green color. Around its ankle rests a tiny, thin band of gold, and on its forehead, is a small, sharp horn, winking in the strange light. Its tail is the strangest, a long thin tail it is, splitting into two wiry hairs. It is of medium size, with small wings, and it introduces itself as Damian.

**"Hello, visitor. I am Damian, from Esnell." As it says this, it lowers its head as if in some kind of strange, native greeting. "And nice to see you too, Sarabande. You are all well, I hope?" The creature speaks with a queer formality in a male voice. "Will you like to stay for a minute? Your company is always enjoyed."

**Before you can answer, another creature comes up towards you. It is a beautiful, creamy, tan and white mixed color. In a female voice, it says, "Hello, stranger. Hello, Sarabande. Nice to meet you. I am Creme, Damian's mate. We live in this cave as you can evidently see." Damian nods encouragingly, "I was going to ask them to stay for a while." "Yes," Creme says. "It would be very pleasurable." The Syninks speak with such a firm formality that it almost intimidates you.

**Sarabande interrupts your conversation. "No, I'm sorry, but Nymphiuze is an enormous land, and we still have to explore before nightfall." Then she addresses to you: "Because of the possible uphill walk that we will have to embark on if leaving the same way we have come might be a little strenuous, instead, I will fly you out of here. Let's go."