(Back.)
Eli had wondered away from the group. He tended to do this often on any tour. He was just too curious of a person, and the tour guid edroning in bored him. He recognized a group of others who had been on the tour as well, and being his usual chatty self, he jogged over to them. “You guys ditch the tour too?”
Maya wandered near a small group separate from the larger one, and leaned on a rock, listening.
Pocky turned, and smiled. "Yes we did. And its nice to meet you Rainy! I'm Pocky."
“Pocky and Rainy, these are some wild names,” Eli said, chuckling. “I’m Eli.” A bright, gleeful grin spread across his face.
Pocky grinned. "Its just a nickname. But irregular is interesting…" she trailed off, wiggling her eyebrows.
“Well, that’s not bad at all,” Eli said, laughing. “What do we do now? Do you think the tour guides noticed a few missing teens?”
"I thin their glad we left. Nobody likes teenagers." she said with a laugh.
Maya laughed. "You're not wrong," she said, walking up to them. "I'm Maya."
“Really? I’m shocked, I considered myself to be likeable,” Eli said in fake disappointment before the bright smile formed again.
Pocky did a little jump of excitement. "So many new people!" She laughed. "I'm Pocky."
"I heard," she said. "Nice to meet you guys."
“Nice to meet you too!” Eli chirped excitedly. He loved to meet new people and be social.
"Noce to meet you too!" Pocky responded.
She grinned. "You guys wanna ditch the tour and explore on our own?"
“Sounds like a great plan to me.” Eli glanced towards the temple like structure, excitement and curiosity in his eyes.
"Let's go!"
“To that thing, I’m guessing?” Eli asked, pointing at the building.
"To that thing." She swung her pack over her shoulder a little more securely and started walking towards it.
Eli laughed and hurried after her, falling into step beside her.
//should we wait on the others?
(Probably.)
Rainy giggled, "This is going to be fun! Can someone lead me around? That's how I got lost in the first place…"
“I’ve got you,” Eli said, linking his arm with Rainy’s.
"Thanks," she replied with a sunshine-y grin. "On to adventure!"
Maya grinned at them and slipped into the open temple. It was dim and had a dusty feeling.