Great Bear Wilderness Look into the mouth of darkness (DISCOVERY THREAD)

"Don't get anything in your mouth or nose. It might be poisonous..." Rahzie narrowed her eyes at the warning, not having considered that possibility. The coywolf gave her nose one last wipe with her paw for good measure, then jumped down from the small pile of rocks and rinsed her paw in one of the little pools of water on the floor of the cave.

In the soft blue-green glow, Rahzie watched the other woman search around the edge of the cave for a moment. As she speculated aloud that there had to be something else, Rahzie's large ears pricked and swiveled. The silence in the cave was almost like a pressure on her ears, relieved by the occasional sound of a droplet of water falling from the ceiling into one of the many pools. And then, very faintly, almost indistinguishably, came the sound of tiny claws on rock. Rahzie's ears focused their opening on where she thought it came from, and slowly prowled towards it. A second scatter caught her attention again, and then her eyes found it.

"Oh shit, look at you!" Rahzie mused to the ten or so inch long creature on the cave floor. Its body was shaped like a lizard, but it's skin was slimy and smooth - with calico brown and gold markings. It's sides expanded and fell with quick breaths, and big beady eyes snapped around warily. "Hey, uh... I'm sorry, what's your name?" Rahzie called to the other woman over her shoulder, not taking her eyes off the salamander. "Come check this big guy out!" She felt a little giddy, like a pup exploring and finding new things. But this cave was pretty incredible.