Ori and the decayed land

Chapter 6: The darkness of Mouldwood depths

Ori and Sein made their way into Mouldwood depths with Seir floating next to the two spirits. The three noticed how dark it was "Wow... the Moki weren't kidding when they said that it was dark." Ori spoke. "The Moki also said to stay out of the darkness because it apparently bites?" Sein replied confused by the moki's words "Does that mean somethings in the darkness?" Ori asked "Most likely. Someone by the name of Mora resides here." Seir replied.

Ori soon ignited a flame in his paw as the three of them went into the darkness "This light should hopefully keep us safe." Ori said to Sein and Seir "I'm also hoping it'll keep us safe as well." Sein replied before grabbing Ori's paw, so they don't have a repeat of what happened back in misty woods. As the three ventured deeper into the darkness, Ori and Sein felt the ground change from a rocky texture to a rather squishy one "The ground feels different." Ori spoke commenting on the ground change "Indeed it does." Sein agreed Before she saw some light in the distance "Hey! Some light!" she soon spoke which got Ori and Seir to see the light that Sein saw. The three entered the light only to see that there were giant bugs everywhere, on the walls, the floor, and even on the ceiling.

Ori felt extremely uncomfortable "Oh... I do not like this place one bit." he said clearly uncomfortable "Well, we could always come back to this one." Sein replied to Ori. Ori shook his head "No. Its best to get this one done first." he spoke with determination.

Ori thought on what the Moki said while they began to walk with Ori still providing the light "'It is dark, but maybe you can find it, if you shine bright enough.' what does that mean?" he thought before a memory played in his head.

*Flashback*

Orin and Lora were exploring a part of Niwen specifically Mouldwood depths. There wasn't as much darkness as there was now, but it was still rather dark. "We can easily get lost in here without light to brighten up the path back." Orin said to Lora while they were exploring in the darkness "You worry too much, Orin." Lora said before her body lit up like a light bulb which lit the darkness around both her and Orin.

Orin was amazed "Whoa... Can you teach me how to do that?" he asked Lora with excitement. Lora looked at Orin "Sure, I can teach you. But I will warn you, it will drain your spirit light." she replied which made Orin nod understandingly. "Ok so, you need to channel your glow and extend it out into a spherical shape around you with your light, but again, it will drain your spirit light." Lora explained to Orin. Orin did what Lora had told him as a sphere of light surrounded his body "You did it, Orin! And first try too." Lora said with happiness in her tone.

*Flashback end*

The flashback only lasted a few minutes, but it gave Ori a somewhat understanding of what the Moki meant "Ah. I see now." Ori thought.

"Is there a better way to light up the darkness? The flame isn't really doing much anymore." Sein asked "Actually, there is." Ori replied before his body lit up as Ori's glow spread out into a sphere that surrounded the trio, lighting up the darkness. "Whoa... That's amazing!" Sein spoke amazed. "Flash... Lora's spirit ability." Seir spoke also amazed "Yeah. Lora taught me how to do it in my previous life. But my energy is slowly draining." Ori told the two sisters. And with that, they continued to find the eyes of the forest.

The three soon came to a spirit gate that needed two keystones "A spirit gate. That means the keystones are nearby." Ori said before seeing a tiny white glow coming from a path and the same glow coming from another. "There's one keystone at the end of these two paths. We should split up." Ori told them "Wait! What am I supposed to light the darkness with?" Sein asked. Ori began to think before forming a weightless and small light vessel that had a sphere of light emanating from it which lit the darkness "How about this? Don't worry, its weightless and easy to carry, just hold onto it." Ori said while putting the small light vessel in Sein's paw and trekked the path that he chose.