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A narrow trail leads you away from the main clearing of the jungle realm and into the thick underbrush. Your eyes glance around constantly. You keep track of the thinning trail, overgrowing with vegetation, as well as where you're going and, occasionally, glancing behind you. There's something about travelling along in a jungle that unsettles every part of your mind. You blink and notice the trail seems to have vanished. You spin around, backtrack, hoping to find the thin strip of earth that must be a gaming trail. You swallow back hard and veer away from where you think the trail is. Staggering about aimlessly, you plod through the brush with no way of knowing if you're going the right way. Your foot catches under an enormous root and you stumble forward. Instead of falling flat on your face, you find yourself leaning against a rough stone. You stop for a minute to catch your breath until your eyes fall on the stone's many engravings. The light colored rock isn't like the slick, blue stone the island seems carved out of. You blink and realize that what you're leaning against isn't a rock at all. You walk around the rubble and gaze around a whole clearing of fallen stones.   A wild chirrup makes you spin on your heels and you witness a six-foot creature leap onto a piece of the ruins. The biped bobs her head and shines her fangs at you. Her dark green and emerald scales glimmer in the faint light piercing the canopy. The sunbeams dance across her spine and on the large spikes crowning her back. She drags the long, sharp claws of her short forelegs against the stone. You swallow hard as she gives you a toothy grin, lowering herself, poising herself for the attack. She holds out her claws, tests her balance with her tail and leaps... You open one eye and the creature is gone. You sigh in relief wiping the sweat from your brow with the back of your hand. You press your palm against the deep wounds in the rock made by the dragon creature. With a sigh, you linger a little longer on the claws marks before continuing. Peering around cautiously, hoping nothing else wants to call you lunch, you notice part of the temple is still standing. A doorway, framed with the blue stone of the realm, sits at one end of the clearing. Some of the gray stone, that has since fallen, is still clinging to the doorway. The stairs go deep into the earth and you wonder if it's wise to follow them. With a deep breath, you push back your fear and grab onto your adventurer's courage. Quietly, you make for the door.
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