Journal Entry Six

>Journal Entry Six
>After everyone's gotten up and readied, we head into the cave, Silver leading the group
>We reach the old camp, and Recon uses a broken table to leave a trail
>As we continue, the air grows stale, and a putrid fills the air
>to conserve oxygen, we put out a few torches
>we reach a chasm, filled with various kinds of fungus
>Could be related to the "Fungoids" the shade mentioned
>Silver takes some samples (using an extinguished torch) for Able
>Bottom of the chasm is filled with fungus, the air a sickly yellow color
>Bottom of chasm is probably full of CO2 released by the fungus, making venturing down impossible
>I notice a narrow ledge leading to the other side of the chasm wide enough for single-file travel
>I go first, Silver following
>Silver slips and falls, I manage to catch him
>Cherenkov notices a large mushroom fall of the wall, four tentacles sprout
>must've been a Fungoid
>Monster swipes at me, no tentacles hit
> Recon runs back in, having run off earlier
>Try to pull silver up, but I can't
>Lucyne manages to levitate him up
>thank god the spell worked
>Silver scrabbles up onto the path, thanks both me and Lucyne
>Cherenkov pierces it with an arrow, Strong bucks a rock at it, both hitting
>Hidden attempts magic, backfires and disables her magic
>Fungoid swings at me, hits me twice
>Someone says it's poisonous, luckily i'm not affected
>Hidden nails it with a bucked rock
>Try to stab it with my spear, no affect
>Cherenkov tries to hit with another arrow, magic backfired
>Fungoid swings at me again, somehow entirely missing
>Cherenkov bucks a rock at it, Knocks it into the chasm
>See something shining of the chasm
>It's a life-size, rose crystal statue of a stallion
>I get close, and it begins to glow
>Turns out it's a crystal golem
>looks at me, I back away
>Hidden swings at it with her sword, bounces off
>Recon bucks a rock at it, chipping it
>Lucyne attempts and fails a spell
>It somehow charges up electricity, shocking all of us
>Swing at it with my pickaxe and miss
>Quickly swing again, driving my pickaxe into it's side
>A large crack forms across it's side
>Pull pickaxe out and move aside
>Cherenkov ties his pickaxe to a rope, swinging it around in the air before smashing it into the golem
>It shatters
>We all pick up several pieces, and decide to head back to FourCannon, while trying to figure out the new mystery presented to us
>We head straight for the inn
>GreenHoof buys us all a round to celebrate
>Night falls, head to my bed in the Inn to write in journal and sleep