"Leorio are you okay!?" quickly running through the mouth of the cave Gon frantically looked for any signs of his friend inside the cave. After a moment of traveling through the dark cave, he saw a flickering light illuminating the walls of the cave just around the bend inside the cave. Quickly moving towards the light Gon turns the corner to find his friend splayed on the ground unconscious with multiple brown snakes either dead or fleeing from his body towards the outskirts of the chamber.
'That doesn't look good at all… those snakes are not overly venomous but the number of bites on his body will surely prove to be fatal… that and he is in a "Yamcha pose" as Magenta-san called it so he must surely be in danger of dying!' recalling some not so useful insights from his older friend Gon overestimated the danger of the situation they were in.
*tap* tap* *tap* pulled out of his thoughts by the sound of footsteps closing in on their location Gon turns around to see Kurapika who was a short distance behind him.
" Leorio! Are you okay?!" in shock at his friend's current condition neither of the two seemed to have noticed or paid any mind to the other two human occupants of the cave chamber
"..id…Idiots why did you…come here?" struggling to get the words out of his mouth Leorio tries to move his head to look up at Gon and Kurapika.
"We can try to suck out the venom from his bites…" trying to find a stop-gap solution Gon begins to look at the visible bite marks on his arms and lifts it up to his face and further inspects the scope of the injuries.
"It's better than nothing but we need to get out of here and try to get him professional medical help." grabbing Leorio by the other arm Kurapika alongside Gon propped up Leorio in an attempt to relocate him elsewhere
"I wouldn't try to do so in this situation, your escape is impossible and you will all die trying if you still try to get out of here instead of only your one friend there.
" "!!!" " turning to look at the origin of the voice they saw a young woman with her most noticeable feature being the large bulbous hat she wears. Finally noticing the other occupant of the cave Gon and Kurapika inspect the inside of the cave in further depth than they did originally to find the unmoving stare of another person, this time a large man wearing a light cyan robe and numerous snakes crawling around his body. This man was contestant #103, Barbon the snake charmer though his constant unwavering stare was unnerving to the three most recent occupants of the cave.
"What do you mean by that?" siding on the side of caution Kurapika thought it would be best to try and get any information about the situation out of Leorio's target.
"Barbon's snakes have been instructed to only attack those who got too close to him or anyone who tried to leave the cave. Essentially you all have entered his trap after your friend didn't listen to my advice and tried to leave…" Ponzu seemingly calm about her current situation slowly explained the unfortunate situation they got themselves in with an even voice.
"Hmm? Then why are you not concerned about leaving the cave? Won't you fail the exam or eventually starve if you stay in here too long?" seemingly confused about why she was so collected about the situation Gon questioned her.
" I can always take the exam next year, many people do so I find no issue if I am unable to pass this year. Just getting this far is quite the accomplishment, as for me dying I am not concerned as long as I have my badge on my person." having already come to terms with the idea of failing the exam Ponzu wasn't really fazed with the possibility of not passing this year's exam.
"What does having your badge have to do with this situation? Having three points isn't going to get us out of here…" having finished leaning Leorio against the wall of the cave closest to the exit Kurapika continued to ask for more information
"Did you not read up on everything when applying? They stated pretty clearly the purpose of the badge was for contestant identification and tracking, the points assigned to these badges were something made up for this exam. After this exam ends, they will most likely be sending out rescue teams using the GPS locators in the badges and anyone who isn't near a badge and lost will be searched for at a later time, and if they aren't found then declared dead or missing." after finishing her explanation she pauses for a moment whilst simultaneously putting her index finger on her temple seemingly in thought.
"Though with a conservative estimate, we will be found in ~3 days but it will take longer to extract us due to the snakes. So most likely your friend won't make it, I am sorry for your loss." with a slightly annoyed face she broke the news that they will most likely be stuck in the cave for a few more days Ponzu put a hand over her stomach as her face morphed further into a grimace. Seemingly she had been here for quite a while and had no food or water on hand and the thought of having to wait even longer for a meal was displeasing. Though just as quickly as it came her face changed back to its usual expressionlessness as she gave her condolences about Leorio's 'death' in her all too eerie fashion.
*cough* *cough* "...m…I'm not dead yet you bitch!" *cough* struggling to get his words out yet again Leorio cusses out the young woman even in his absolutely terrible state
"We can fix that?" tilting her head a bit to the side Ponzu gave a rage-inducing eye smile that would make any anime protagonist's teacher jealous.