The first one they checked out, was the flexible orange stuff, that was in the form of sheets. They played around with it for quite sometime, throwing things at it, trying to cut it, and lifting it. It was light and durable.
Serina, who was very excited, promptly named it "Neo."
"Why that?" Kate asked.
"It's a bright neon color, and it's cool," Serina explained.
"I suppose it could be useful. Too bad it's all too big to fit in our packs," Kate thought aloud.
Serina put her hands together. "What's the next thing?" she said.
"Over here." Kate led her to the next room.
"Hmmm... It's silver, and powdery," Serina examined.
"Yeah. You got a name for it?"
"Nope."
Kate stood the sword on its end, the sharp tip of the blade down, going into the floor of the cave, and... BOOM!!! A small explosion took place, right at Kate's feet!
"Whoa!" Kate screamed, as she jumped back, nearly falling over.
"What just happened!?" Serina yelled.
"I don't know," Kate squeaked.
"Is this gun powder?" Serina asked.
"No," Kate answered, "this is something different."
Kate pinched a small amount of the silver dust, sat it aside, and then touched the blade of her sword to it. Two seconds, and the pinch of dust ignited.
Soon, Kate and Serina were experimenting with the dust, in the empty cave room. They tried all sorts of other items, like plastic, wood, and fabric, to see if they could set it off. The only thing that made the dust explode was metal.
They tried different amounts of dust. The bigger the amount of dust, the bigger the explosion, and the longer it took for it to ignite. The smaller amount, less bang and less time.
Earlier, they were not able to cut the sheets of "Neo," it was impossible with their equipment, so they placed a sheet in the room with the powder.
Kate set off the bomb like material. After the fire stopped, Kate and Serina checked out the Neo.
"It's a little warm," Sernia observed, "and still intact. It didn't blow up! It doesn't even have damage!"
"Okay, this stuff could be useful after all," said Kate.
"So, the Neo seems to be indestructible, and this silver dust is ignited by metal only!" Serina continued, "We still need a name for it, though."
"Explosive Dust?" Kate suggested.
"No, that's not it."
"We have one more to look at," Kate told Serina, "Then we can find a way out of here."
The two walked into the room where the third substance was. It looked like giant mushroom-shaped bubbles, and it was purple, and in several different sizes. They discovered that it was very bouncy. They could jump from it, quite far, or, if they were gentle enough, walk across the purple lumps, in an airy sort of way.
"Jelly!" Serina exclaimed, "No, Jell-o! No. Um... Jelly Belly, Jelly Lilly, Jelly Pad. Oh! Wait, I've got it. Jell-o-ello."
"What?" Kate was confused, "Jell-o-mello?"
"No, ello. Jell-o-ello."
"Okay, if you say so. How about we look for a way out of here?"
"Which way should we start?" Serina asked.
"Let's start with the tunnel that spirals upward," Kate answered.
So, their journey continued.
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