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Erin entered the house first. He didn't really bother with looking at the entrance to it. He just didn't bother with things like that. He continued into the main room and looked around. "I like it. It's simple." He nodded as he spoke and started to unpack his chemicals. "Looks like I got exactly as I wanted." He remained completely unaware of Altiera's infatuation with him, but he still found her useful and might be lost without her. "Altie," as he referred to her, "get chemical compound 009. I'd say about twenty, for now. Set them up: here, here, here, and over there." He pointed to the spots that he wanted the compound, which was a phosphorescent chemical mixture Then hold onto one while we go through the depths of this place. Find the depths with which this place goes."

The room seemed to become allot brighter as the chemicals were placed. The place hadn't been cleaned in a long while. They would change that after a while. He took the lead down the stone carved stairs. The smell coming up to them was vastly different from what was in the surface room. The smell from below smelled of mold and dank. He could hear running water. It would definitely come in handy. As he came to the landing of the next floor, he could smell other things, but he couldn't quite place them right now. There was the sound of a snake going across the floor. He wondered if he should have Altie catch it. He might be able to use it, if it was venomous. He decided that it would still be there later on, if he needed it. There were more interesting matters to attend.
He reached into his pack and took out a few vials of chemicals that he could identify by their weight and temperature alone. He removed their lids and started mixing them together. The work was done rather quickly in a near dark situation, and not a single drop of the liquid was dropped on the ground. He then closed the lid and started shaking it vigorously. "Cover your eyes, Altie." He then opened the lid and splashed the contents into the middle of the room. It exploded into a bright luminescence. It was far brighter then the little glow vial that Aliera held, and it would last for much longer. Erin didn't use it more often because the mixture was often too bright, the chemicals were a little uncommon, and very expensive. And it was also a complicated mixture as well, and didn't feel like doing it every time he wanted to illuminate a room. The glow vial was much simpler.

((I don't really know what to do with this. Go ahead and make something up if you want. I just wanted to mix some chemicals. And cause a light explosion))

The light that was produced was not only bright, but it put off a heat that would eventually clear up the dank smell. There were a few instruments used for different things, but they were mostly useless to him or ruined. "Hmm." He peered closer at some of the objects. "I wonder if they can be broken down and used for something useful..." he wondered to himself, aloud. He continued around the room, mentally taking notes. There were things that didn't add up. He looked up and saw something that wasn't right. "We're vastly farther below ground... then I perceived us to be." The rock that he was looking at didn't form anywhere but very far below ground. "We're not in a hole, like I gathered we might be... This is a cave system. Altie! Search the area. See if there are animals down here. Also investigate the area for a back entrance. Don't close it off if you do find one, but let me know. I can put it to good use." He had ideas for a back entrance. He had prior experience in certain matters, including an angry mob that had tried killing him. He didn't have a back entrance then. He also didn't have Altiera. Thinking back on it, he realized how much life had gotten easier with her around. He was glad to have her around. "Bring compound 053 with you." It was a very special compound that worked wonders in healing, should she get hurt. He handed it to her after digging it out of his own bag. "Try not to have to use it."

"Hmm? Oh." He came closer. "I didn't think to bring any with me... Let me take a look at that." He crouched down and looked at the base of the door. "You might have trouble pushing it anyway. Look here." He pointed to a spot on the door that wasn't readily noticeable and he would have missed it had he not been already looking for it. "There's a bar holding it in place. Might be a pivot. Let's see if I can..." he trailed off as he started looking around, rubbing his hands over the accused wall. His hand ran over an irregular bump in the wall. "Ah ha! There it is." He pressed it in and the wall turned on an axis. "It's a simple mechanism using weights and counter levers to turn easily." He looked smug at his discovery and analysis of the methods that it was used.

((Not particularly. I'm no good controlling big animals besides dragons. Had it been a wolf or something, I would do it easily.))

He waved her off and allowed her to leave quietly. He meanwhile continued on his examination of this floor. He was beginning to realize that this wasn't the first floor down. He was about three floors down from the ground level. He also took a look at the walls to find out that the walls weren't regular. They had been altered on a chemical level in order to make them stronger and more durable while still remaining in the same composition. He wondered how that had been done. He certainly didn't have any chemicals to do that. He figured maybe intense heat to remold the rock. Even higher brain functions that allowed the manipulation of the natural elements. That would be done easily enough. He didn't know how to do it himself, but he had seen several people do it personally. It was an interesting process, but it was also very taxing on most, as Earth doesn't like to be manipulated. For this to have been done on this scale, there would have to have been several people with the same abilities all working together simultaneously in order to work it out. Or taken one person an extremely long time to do it. Unless they had been one of the most exemplary earth manipulators in the history of the world. He decided to look at the other things in the room. There was some dried chemicals in a cupboards and closets. He would be able to reanimate them and find out what exactly them did simply enough. He just needed to get some water.
It hit him. There was a damp musty smell down there. Even he could smell it. That usually indicated a high moisture content. Somewhere near the cave, but not necessarily in it. He placed his hand on the wall. It was moist. There was also a deep humming in the wall. It indicated that there was a river on the other side of the wall. He would be able to set something up whenever Altiera came back. He would need to get into the wall though. The density of the wall would make it almost resistant to many acids. A strong explosive would also be difficult to get through it. He might be able to scratch it with his usual explosive, but it wouldn't be worth it to use more powerful explosives, either. Altie might be able to use her higher mental capabilities to manipulate the water and get it to cut through the rock easily. They would be able to have running water in the home.

Erin waited in the main cavern for Altiera. Quite frankly, he was surprised that she hadn't returned yet. She should have been more then a match for anything that she could find in a cave. He went through the door to find her. He could here growling and roaring down the tunnel. Sounded like a bear. He sighed in exasperation. Why was it always a bear? He followed the sound of the conflict, shaking his head ruefully.

Erin stared at her blandly. He wasn't surprised by her reaction, and neither was he impressed by it. He also decided that he wasn't going to listen to it. He waved her off with a flick of his wrist. There were few things in the cave as wild as he was. He walked over to the bear that was now lying on the ground. He grabbed a scruff of fur with his right hand and yanked it up, lifting the bear's front half off the ground easily. He looked at the bear, checking it's pupils, tongue, teeth, among other things. It was healthy. It could turn out to be useful, in one way or another. "I'll take this back. I could use it for something. There are definitely some useful elements in it." He started dragging it along behind him, seemingly not even working at it.