A Loli's ENF Adventure/Opal/Modern/Curse

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Not far from where Opal fell, set into the side of another hill, was a partially collapsed cave entrance no more than three feet wide with two large sticks planted on either side adorned with animal skulls. Roots and vines reached down and partly covered the entrance, and if not for one of the skulls shining bright from a well place beam of sunlight Opal would have looked right past it.

As she gazed at the cave, still petrified by the gruesome sight before her, Opal began to feel drawn towards it, as if some unseen person was whispering into her ear to go take a closer look. Finding the strength to move her limbs once more the auburn haired girl picked herself up and cautiously walked forward, one shoulder of her shirt still hanging freely off her shoulder. As she approached she kept glancing at the skulls, unable to even guess what animals they came from. They looked somewhat familiar, but seemed different from any she's seen in the woods, almost like they've been stretched and warped into their current shapes.

Reaching the cave the urge to continue onward only grew stronger, shoving any thoughts of turning back out of her mind, so Opal got down on her hands and knees, lifted aside the plant life half-covering the cave and crawled forward. As she let go one of the roots swung back and caught the collar of her shirt, easily pulling it off her other shoulder as she continued to crawl. When she came to a halt from the root holding her shirt the urge to explore was the only thought in her mind and she just casually slipped her arms out of their sleeves and tied them around her waist without second thought, focused solely on knowing what was in the cave.

Adjusting her clothes managed to jostle her shirt free and she kept going down the tunnel without incident until after a minute of crawling she entered into a large room dimly lit by a few stray beams of sunlight. Opal stood up, still not registering that her shirt was tied around her waist, and examined the room. By the beams of light she could tell it was tall enough for an adult to stand in and could faintly make out an intricate pattern on the cave floor, but what really grabbed her attention were the multiple stone columns spread around the room.

Transfixed, the topless preteen walked into the room, unconsciously making her way to the center of the floor pattern as she looked closely at the columns. They were all identically carved and smoothed into featureless cylinders and came up to her shoulders, and atop each one, on little stands, were amulets with stylized animal designs on them.

Looking at them all some of Opal's natural curiosity returned to her as the amulets seemed to beckon to her. A slight shiver went down her spine that had nothing to do with her lack of shirt.

Which amulet does she approach?