Ruby wandered the caves, the drug slowly wearing off as her blood pumped through her veins. She came across a small, dark cavern with a pool of shimmering aqua water. Ruby had searched the caves for so long and had been so drained of fluids on her journey, that the water was calling to her. It was irresistible, and she knew that she needed to drink if she was going to continue on her way through these stone hollows.
She looked around the grotto and saw only jagged rocks covered in green moss, vines clinging to the walls, and colourful stalagmites sticking up from the rocky floor. She hurried to the edge of the pond, and knelt next to the water. She drag deep and splashed the clear blue liquid onto her face. The liquid cleaned her dirty face and refreshed her. As she brought the liquid to her mouth in her cupped hands, she thought she heard a faint hissing sound. She looked around her but only saw the same green rock formations protruding from the ground. She turned back toward the pond and continued to drink.