[Whatever it is, it seems aware that Elda is down there, and eventually a large shadow climbs through one of those large openings in the ceiling of the cave - it doesn't drop, it continues to skitter along the ceiling upside-down, giving up on finding proper purchase and just letting its claws sink heavy into the stone; whatever it is, it's thick-bodied and oddly long, a heavy tail following after the body proper, and when it tilts its head back as though to take in its surroundings it releases a sharp, primal screech.
A screech that is many, many times larger than Elda is used to, but it's likely familiar just the same. Oddly familiar? Closely familiar.
It'll likely be evident why when it twists, letting itself drop from the ceiling and unfurling massive wings from its back, beating them heavily in midair and regaining some sense of equilibrium. Again, the tail is thick and long, and it seems deeply wrong in a lot of ways; it's also got four wings instead of the usual two, likely to support something of its size - it's got to be at least fifteen feet long - but the face of the creature in the darkness and the general body shape of the torso is something Elda will recognize.
It's obviously been crossed with something else and it's probably got some sort of hideous virus going on, but what she's facing down seems to be, at least mostly, a massive bat.]
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A screech that is many, many times larger than Elda is used to, but it's likely familiar just the same. Oddly familiar? Closely familiar.
It'll likely be evident why when it twists, letting itself drop from the ceiling and unfurling massive wings from its back, beating them heavily in midair and regaining some sense of equilibrium. Again, the tail is thick and long, and it seems deeply wrong in a lot of ways; it's also got four wings instead of the usual two, likely to support something of its size - it's got to be at least fifteen feet long - but the face of the creature in the darkness and the general body shape of the torso is something Elda will recognize.
It's obviously been crossed with something else and it's probably got some sort of hideous virus going on, but what she's facing down seems to be, at least mostly, a massive bat.]