Inar found the sight delightful and distracting though not more so as Krisna approached thankful of what he had offered to do. The task didn't appear to difficult, he had to get the timing down and hoped that the things did not bite or scratch much.

“No problem,” he grinned feeling the swell of his loins at her closeness, excitement and potential reward as his thoughts easily got out of hand. He then glanced toward Scorch expecting to see a scowl at least as she was volunteered for something or the fact that Krisna was so close but he had been surprised that he didn't see it. Instead Scorch offered up a means to find them easier, he was alright at tracking from his time as a ranger in his military service in his youth though he wasn't complaining that this was made easier for him.

He watched the pair depart, getting a full view of Krisna in her burnt attire before setting out himself.

The ruins were buried in places from the sands but uncovered in parts. The energy signature brought the pair to a large obelisk. It was strange, while she could not register the stone she could pick up the energy signature from their … it took a moment for her to realize that it wasn't from inside the building but beneath it. Either there was a chamber below that did not have the same material or it was buried in the sands about 10 meters down.

“Well, seeing that we have no tools to dig with unless the OMNI can shall we look for a way inside and see if that leads us to it?”

Krisna never ment to volunteer Scorch for anythng she doesnt want to do, however she did want her lover and Inar to get along seeing they are both friends right? Atleasts thats how Krisna saw it, Inar was her friend now and he seemed to like touching too! Well all the friends Krisna made in this time period did, they loved it! Seemed to be the number one activity every one loved almost as much as Scorch did! But honestly the travler didnt seem to catch the fact that her friends were really just using her for sex, somthing Scorch tried to get her to understand but Krisna didnt really seem to catch it.

Waving good bye bye to Inar Krisna parted ways with the Hel'corian for a bit with her lover to explore tge ruins, not realizing the man was checking her out as she walked away. Krisna burnt tattered clothes not leaving much to the imagination as to what was underneath, not like there was anything Krisna really had underneath to imagin. Yet her attire still seemed to spart Inar's and Scorches intreast to 'watch her'

Krisna walked with Scorch, the travler watching her lover burn portions of the ruins to mark their path as they moved along. Krisna not worried about her lover damaging anything historicly significant, it was accually more exciting to watch her lover well.. scorch things. It made Krisna love her even more knowing just how powerful Scorch was as she would find Krisna aiming her omni tool er direction, scanning her in mid fire blasts at one point, finilly documenting Scorches power in action. "Oh! Your so hot Dessy!!" Krisna giggled making a bad punn as she approched. "Set me on fire next!" Krisna softly whispering into her lovers ear, pressing her lips to Scorches own in a spark of excitment as the travlers hands egarly roamed over her lovers body, skimming over those breasts befor Krisna forced her self to stop as she pushed away. "No! No Dessy! You cant set me on fire yet!" Krisna panted heavilly as she stuggled to keep her composer....(#1)

(#2).... her composer, blaming Dessy for her excitment even tho she was the one who started it all inte first place.... and Krisna knew it. "Control your self Dessy! You cant make me lose control yet! We have a job to do! Naughty Dessy!" Krisna said playfuly scolding her lower befor she simply took Dessy by the hand and moved along.

Fallowing the energy trail brought them both to a large obilisk, and scanning it had no effect adding to Krisna over excitment, yet she quickly discovered the signiture wasnt on ground level but was deeper below. Looking to Dessy Krisna shook her head no. "No... well... yes it can but I dont want to risk damaging the source.... let look for a way inside..." Krisna agreed as she holstered her omni tool and began searching the near by area for a ruin sub structure that possibly led underground.

Indeed Inar and Scorch got along, they were both part of the Iron Vultures at one stage and both had a love of touching her though Inar had to be reserved about it for the most part. After all getting on Scorch's bad side was something he did not wish to do.

It had seemed to him that his former captain went through transitions. While she was never cruel or bloodthirsty she had a short fuse in the beginning, shorter after her sister was kidnapped for a long while and this was as close to mellow as he could remember seeing her. Off he went to attempt to capture a lizard without harming it, he'd have to figure that one out.

The two women moved along and Scorch caught Krisna using her tool every so often when she invoked her powers. Psionic or magical, she didn't know herself as it was an innate talent that manifested itself. Ordinary humans could not generate flames and a couple of times she managed to produce plasma but that took incredible effort and was by and far unreliable.

But catching Krisna with her tool wasn't the only thing. She was caught up in a lip lock! While she did not concern herself with historical finds or preserving those sights she did concern herself with Krissy and milked that kiss for what it was worth.

The danger that they could be in was minuscule in delaying just a moment after all. Besides, Sky would likely warn them if something appeared in system.

Of course she had not been allowed to maintain that kiss for as long as she would have liked. Krissy wanted to be incinerated, though not literally, though she drew away. She grinned in response and had Krissy lead the way which soon took them to the obelisk.

“Alright, we'll have a look around then.”

Soon enough they discovered a crack large enough to squeeze through. The crack had damaged a concealed door and while it was dark inside Scorch generated a ball of flame in one hand to generate light.

The inside of the structure was a lot cooler and the walls depicted various motifs. There were reptilian men that looked similar to Hel'Corians, images of the winged lizards and one that had a being sitting atop a dais on a throne with all these lizard guys bowing at the foot of a staircase leading up to him.

The man appeared to be some colorful avian that clutched a staff. “Peacock man ...” Scorch looked at the colored image. Whatever had been used as paint held up quite well though Krisna could not scan the surface if her tool was capable of recording images she could get images. The stone here was different, smoother though the blue flecks were still ingrained in it.

“I think these are suppose to be Hel'Corians, I'm not sure though ...” they appeared similar at least more than an ape resembling a man but it was obvious that if they were the same these were a different subspecies or there was a degree of evolution between the two.

“It looks as if the passage continues on this way.” Being a mobile light source was cool and all but it went dark for a moment as the flaming sphere was snuffed out. Scorch removed her coat and gave it to Krisna, it was chillier in here. Once that was done she brought the lights back on so to speak.

The obelisk was a tomb of sorts. There was a story here along the walls that the two were left to figure out but the air in here was a bit cooler. As they traveled the passage slanted from the surface and they soon came to the first room.

It was incredible! There were symbols engraved into the wall though Scorch could not decipher them her attention was elsewhere as in the reflection of the light there was countless gold objects from goblets, to chests of coin overflowing with riches to bracelets, rings and the like.

Runes were engraved on the set of double doors opposite them and they, like the others, Scorch could not read. Though Krisna couldn't read them either the script looked familiar, just as one might see Russian or realize something was of a particular ethnicity but not know which race … like sampling Chinese and Japanese writing to someone that knew neither language.

What was probably the first matter was that it was writing that survived to her time. Whether it was a dead language or not she couldn't say right now though the energy source was still a bit deeper and this was just the first chamber.

Searching thearea Krisna and Scorch discovered a crack in the obilisk, it looked to lead inside and was large enough for them to squeeze through as they took the adventurous chance choosing to climb through. "Erhhmm...its t-to tight!" Krisna grunted and complained as she slowly climbed throught the jagged opening. It was a very tight squeeze as she fallowed Scorch in closly behind, her lover feeling her hold her coat tails as then the jagged walls scrabbed agiest their fronts and backs as they both stuggled to get through to the other side. The pair more then likly ripping a few new hole in their already damaged clothes as they pushed through as Scorch would find that Krisna unfortunatly lost what little remained of her tattered skirt to the crack, forcing Krisna to explore the ruins in her panties... not that anyone was complaining.

"Oh wow!" Krisna said with excitment afther her lover manifested a ball of fire to light the chamber they found them selfs in, Krisna taking in the sight of the cool inner ruins she discovered with Scorch. It was a odd transition from outside, it was much cooler inside, enough Krisna coukdvsee her own breath, yet she didnt seem to mind even being skirtless as she wasted little time to document her findings. Using her omni tool to creature a palm sized droan that hovered about her sholder, recording her discovery whie fuctioning like a flash light as her and Scorch moved in further.

"You think so?" Krisna said to Scorch as they examined their surroundings, notingthe art on the walls as she approched her lover to keepwarm. "But I thought Hel'corians were nativly from the planet Hel'cor?..... but what are they worshipng?" Krisna wondered as she asked the same questions as her lover.... yet they moved along.

"Ahh.... ahh chooo!" Krisna sneezed befor she left off a shivering chill. It apeared the lose of her clothing was not helping her in this new colder enviorment. Aiming to avoid Krisna catching a cold...(#1)

(#2)... a cold Scorch tossed Krisna her trench coat. Somthig Krisna happly accepted from her lover. "Ah! T-that you!" Krisna said happly as she quickly put her lovers trench coat on one sleave at a time and buttoning up the front, keeping her warm while giving Krisna a new level of modesty as it hide her hardly covered curvy young body behind a thick jacket.... However Krisna didnt walk alone, she joined Scorches side and held her lovers arm as they moved along deeper into the ruins inorder to keep warm.

Deeper they went, hand in hand as Krisna and Scorch soon came to the next chamber to discover and it was infact more intreasting then the last. "Auh! Treasure!?" Krisna said with more excitment as she stepped deeper into the chamber afther leaving Scorches side. Using her droan to light the whole room for her so she could get a better idea of her surroundings and a better look at what this room had to offer.

"Lookover here!" Krisna said asshe disregarded the gold and loot, the travler seeing the markings on the wall as she went to examine the gylphs afther examining her omni tool only discovering that the energy source was deeper below. "Dessy, I'm trackingbthe energy source, its deeper below just beyond those doors." Krisna said as she intended to move deeper down.

“I'm no expert on Hel'Corian history but I always thought they were from the Lemur cluster,” she examined the mural of the throned bird creature closer. “They could be something else … looks like this guy is their King or something, perhaps a God … he's a different species altogether.”

Once the Droan was illuminating matters though her ball of flame extinguished again. The murals on the walls showed different scenes as they went on. The winged lizards were depicted as well and had to have some importance if pictured, maybe it was as simple as them being sacred animals.

The scenes were not violent ones she noted as Krisna would. No wars or sacrifices but giving, even healing as the bird guy seemed to be some sort of healer.

The room of treasure got her attention though and Scorch was busy going through some of it as she looked to the walls. If the script was a warning it had worked to keep others away, but while it could have been a superstitious thing there were no people or bodies so they could have all died for all she guessed before the tomb was looted. At least this seemed to have a feel of a tomb, probably the bird guy which would mean that he wasn't a God if he were mortal, right? Unless the creatures had beliefs that their Gods were mortal or possessed mortals, who was to say?

She was ready to move on and Scorch had been decked out in rings, bracelets, necklaces and the like by then. Her pockets were probably stuffed with coins and jewels too but she came forth soon enough. Unless they found another way out of here they had to come back this way to get out.

“Lead on,” Scorch added as they came to the doors ...

The chamber beyond was of more interest to Krisna. A short passage led down into another chamber that had yet another door somewhere ahead at the limits of the shed light. There was all sorts of equipment here, stuff that she did not even recognize though some she had. One device was used to terraform worlds and could hold millions of genetic samples and this had plenty … there was a large book here too with similar runes, test tubes and the like some within glass cases though the cases could be scanned and the material was transparent though quite strong. Just the walls could not be scanned and there was something she realized.

There were many energy signatures here and it seemed to emit a single reading that dwarfed another. There was another reading from beyond those doors though it was close to this one where she had believed it to have been on source.

It appeared as if this room was some sort of lab. There was a mix of tech here, some modern for this time period and some advanced though not further than Krisna's own tech level. There were somethings that she just did not understand either, as she had nothing of the sort … almost as if someone got an idea to develop something that her people did not think of. The idea was probably generated by a reclusive people since it never got out their or a people that were located in a remote region so the idea did not become wide spread … it did not seem to be impossible to replicate just that no one thought of the things or had other ways to do them.

From behind a desk came a large, 2 meter colorful bird-like creature similar or the same as the one depicted. It startled them, suddenly it was there speaking to them in some strange dialect though it had a staff it did not take any sort of hostile action or even react to any that they had made … like the winged lizards almost as if it was unaware of any sort of danger or perhaps confident that they could do it no harm.

Krisna couldnt make heads or tails of this place, with out the ability to scan the wall wrightings and murals she couldnt study them yet and get anyidea what this story told. However judigfrom the pictures this being they worshiped was refered like a god and brought great happyness to those under him, but Krisna woudnt know for sure until she uploaded the recording into the humbug for study later.

However somthing came out ofvths for Scorch as Krisna couldnt help but laugh as her lover stuffed her pockets with jewels and jewelry from the teasure trove. "Dessy! Dont take to many shiney things! If you do that then I cant give you shiney things! also Narnar still needs to get some too!" Krisna giggled as she watched Scorch playdress up, waiting for her lover to join her. Krisna leaning up agiest Scorch asshe put her hand into her lovers backpocket, yet not to grab an item or anything, but more to simply get a better grip holding her lovers firm rear as they both walked together as Krisna hummed happly.

"Hmm hmmm hmmm!" Krisna hummed cutly as she walked with her lover, resting her head on the former pirates sholder,while every now and then the hand in Scorches pocket squeezed her rear to tease her befor they both reached the next chamber together and Krisna's jaw simply dropped as they discovered somthing amazing.

"Oh wow!" Krisna said with a soft voice, her eyes taking in the new found sight of ancient lab as Krisna went on a field day. Some of these artifacts Krisna recignized, other not so much. This discover was far to intreasting as Krisna tried scanning what she could of these pricless tech artifacts, if she couldnt then Krisna would simply video record them and drop a becon on their surfaces from her omni tool to be matter transported it the humbug later for further study by Sky.....(#1)

(#2).... by Sky.

"Oh My goodness! This is such a find! Look at that and that! And This! Oh! Is that a genetic micro splitter! Oh! A resonant converter! Ahhhhhh!" Krisna coudnt help but squeel with excitment as she was like a kid in a candy store, searching every thing she saw by a certain desk befor suddenly somthing big.... real big sprang out from behind it, startling Krisna as she fell back agiest the cold stony ground beneath it, luckly a desk was between her and it as Krisna let out a scream of terror as she aimmed her omni tool in the direction of the avian creature. Her omni tool fliping into a weapon that look much likeva blaster. "Ahh! Dessy!!" Krisna screamed keeping her omni tool trained on the creature, yet lucky for her it wasnt hostial.

“There's plenty,” she grinned. But she got the idea, Krisna wasn't as interested in this sort of thing as she was, not that Scorch was overly greedy but the dead no longer needed their riches and this was like finding free money in a gutter.

Held in such a way they pressed on and it wasn't long before they got to the next room. This was definitely a Krissy room though she looked about with some interest like a shopper at a flea market. Not everything was to one's taste though one often looked at things they normally would not in passing.

Krissy found that the OMNI worked here except on the walls and scanning anything outside of them which affirmed that it was something in the stone itself. It made detailing things a little easier until their guest suddenly arrived.

Instinctively she went for her pistol remembering that Inar had it when she found an empty holster. Right away she began concentrating and building up a charge though the bird creature stopped and did not seem to menace them.

It said something though she didn't understand it as she shook her head. “Just stay put – we don't want any trouble but if you're looking for some we'll give it to you.”

“Trouble?” It repeated the word as it canted it's head to the side and looked at them. It's focus shifted to the OMNI though it was clearly a weapon it seemed to regard it for a moment.

“Is that a weapon? I am looking for none of this trouble you speak of.” It then looked to Scorch and seemed to study her for a moment. “Extreme thermal energy detected gathered at a point … how unlike that device the other holds, yet at the same time very unusual.”

Krisna and Scorch were startled by their unexpected visitor as both drew their "weapons" and took aim. Krisna was however paniced the most as she laid prone on the floor beneath the avian being who spoke in a very odd tounge even Krisna didnt even understand. Tangled in Dessys coat the travlers omni tool was set to stun as she aimed it up at the being with a nervous look in her worried bright blue eyes.

"D-dont move!" Krisna said nervously, her aim true as she kept aim on the creature, noticing the way it glared down at her cocking its head curiously befor it spoke to her and Dessy very calmly. So calmly infact that it put Krisna at ease slight as she sighed and relaxed a little, yet her heart still pounded innher chest.

"Uhm N-no... Its not a weapon... Its my omni tool.... " Krisna replied still aiming her omni tool at the being still causious of its pressance. "W-who ae you?"

Scorch may have been less surprised though she was keeping appraised of threats. Still this was rather unexpected though her instincts had kicked in and she reacted. The creature did not advance on them, however, though it seemed to regard them in curiosity.

It assessed Krisna's words. “Right. I will not move.” It did not appear to be sarcastic though it had not taken her literally since speaking entailed movement as did blinking and it was still doing both.

“I have no designation but for sake of ease you may refer to me as Gongha. Now how can I assist you?”

Scorch had been quick to pick up on it. “You're not real?”

“Real? I most certainly am though by real if you mean alive that is debatable given your definitions on life itself. I have been created, a projection … I am a holographic projection of my creator, Doctor Gongha. I suppose AI is the most accurate description in your galactic basic. You will find that I have a degree of autonomy though I cannot be affected by your physical objects nor can I effect them. I am both here and not here so to speak. Is that a relevant response.”

“So, he's sort of like Sky in a sense,” Scorch added looking to her prone lover.

“The sky? I believe I have failed to adequately explain.”

“No, no, we get it. Not the actual sky but Sky as in a name of a person.”

There was a nod of acknowledgment though it waited as if for a question.