Ruff! Ruff! Ruff!

     Avery stirred from his slumber as faint barking echoed around him. He groaned sleepily, lifting his head to look around. He was still in the Dungeon all right. The cavern he was in was quite large, a gorgeous pool sat proudly in the middle with life teeming all around it. Avery had only stopped for a short rest - him and September had been in this Dungeon for days, only slightly lost.

     Speaking of the hound, Avery realized he was nowhere to be found. He could hear his barks, but saw no dog. “September!” he neighed out loudly, pushing himself into a stand. The barking abruptly cut off, then the scrambling of claws-on-rocks started. The golden hound appeared around a corner, mouth wide open and tail wagging in excitement. As he got closer, Avery realized his dog was much… brighter than usual. Pinky-glittery liquid on his mouth, brightly colored claws, little gemstones plastered to his nose.

     The Courser chuckled a bit, leaning his head down. “What happened to you, buddy? You look like Riley got to you again, all dazzled up. Who did this to you?” he asked, tilting his head to eye September over once more. The hound took a step back, coughing and hacking up a small wing. The fae. “Ahhh… I see. Great. Alright, let's wash you off, bud.”

     Avery turned and trotted towards the pool, September happily running after. He looked down into the water, then immediately stopped in his tracks. Avery’s eyes widened. He was bedazzled as well. His nose was covered in glitter and small stones, his hooves, parts of his roached mane were colored as well. How did the fae even do that?

     “You have to be kidding me,” Avery scowled. He stepped into the water, shivering apprehensively at the cold. He snarled softly, he was never a fan of water. September was more than happy to oblige, cannonballing himself into the water. Avery let out a wild snort as water splashed him, his skin and coat twitching. “Quit that!” he scolded.

     September howled happily, swimming around and splashing more water. Avery tilted his head back to watch, then noticed something peculiar. The glitter, stones, they were just oozing off like nothing. His golden coat was completely clean, even the nose. He huffed softly in thought, fae magic was weird. Rubbed right off. Avery stood and debated for a moment, then slowly waded further into the water, watching as all his bedazzling fizzed away. Inconvenient, with a convenient fix.