A Walk in the Dark II

This RP is based on an old 2007 RP by mariemonster. It got up to 12 pages long before it died then and it was a lot of fun while it lasted. I'll use the exact same premise as the old thread but the characters and plot should end up being different. Basically we are confined to a cave at least for now (if I remember correctly, they never got out in the old thread). So let's do it!

It has been raining in the upper Cania for the past few weeks. While Bonta is fortunate enough to afford a sewer system that reduces flooding in its streets, the area you have been stuck in for the past few days has no river. The closest lake, even, is still quite a few miles away. You were only on a hunting trip for pieces of blop to sell off to the scavengers in Astrub, but now it seems as if you've gotten yourself into some trouble...

You are fortunate enough, however, to find a cave situated inside of a rather steep hill; you climb for an hour and manage to barely make it there. It is dark and there is no evidence of any gems or stones embedded in the walls to pick out; the walls themselves, even, are thick enough to withstand a pick, axe, or any other weapon that would strike it. A makeshift campfire sits towards the mouth, a rock situated as a chair.. and what looks like the decomposing remains of some poor Iop in the corner. His face looks as if he were awfully surprised at what he last saw.

Ignoring the body, you're able to camp a few days without any problems--eating the blop isn't the best meal, but soon you run out of that and wonder what you'll eat next. The rain hasn't stopped and the floodwaters are rising. You can't go back out because you can't swim.

You go to sleep on the opposite side of the mouth as the Iop; the first thing you see in the morning is that his position has changed. His blank eyes stare into yours, and his arm, which originally reached out to the center of the room, now points to the area past the mouth. None of your other belongings have been touched. Who could have done this, you wonder as you shoulder your bags. No matter. This decision was inevitable.

You currently stand facing inward from the cave's entrance. Somewhere, you hope, beyond the unknown twists and turns, lies an exit. The cave is extremely dark; unaided, you can only see up to four feet in front of you. There is a rank smell emitting from within (aside from the corpse). As you lean in towards the darkness, you can hear a faint scratching...