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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:29 pm
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The wind howled furiously outside the cave entrance, as the trainees stepped inside. For a second, nothing else, silence.
And then the ground shook, quavering as the cave shifted, unraveled around them, the walls stretching, changing shape, the exit effectively sealed off.
Darkness. The vague outline of four blank walls, illuminated only by the barest of lighting. The sand was gone, but the inky black outlines of the cave still remained, stalagmites curved wickedly upwards. The room itself was not very large, but there was something about it, silent and oppressive. At first it was difficult to pin exactly what was different until realization kicked in at full force.
They could not hear their weapons. In fact, all their weapons had disappeared right out of their very hands. The horsemen, Medea most likely, had effectively sealed them.
Silence again, cold and harsh. The buzzing of something, in the distance, and the sound of voices, echoes, and then what sounded like a small beep, and the movement of shadows, figures. Two voices, slightly familiar, talking.
And then a sharp click, a series of footsteps.
A very familiar figure stood at the far end of the room, though even in the sparse lighting, it was almost impossible to mistake the appearance of the Death division lead. Of course, he ignored the trainees, focused on his cell phone instead, as if waiting for them to approach his highness so that they could be gifted with the glorious art of further instructions that probably involved dying at his expense.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:36 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:37 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:38 pm
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Madison started as Kouki's hilts dissolved out of her hands; she stumbled, feeling for the scabbards, but their reassuring weight was gone as well. Her fists clenched tightly. Kouki... damnit, Kouki- There was no answer, nothing but silence.
But she didn't feel pain, no ache like a pulled tooth or a body sliced in two, so... "You better be there when I scratch my way out of here, damnit," she said, under her breath, before stepping forward. Yep, that was Caelius. Yep, he was still an a*****e.
Commander a*****e.
"Orders, sir?" she said, keeping her voice as even and steady as she could.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:42 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:42 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:44 pm
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Ofelia followed into the cave, glad to be out of the storm, when Rue suddenly vanished from her hands. It was a strange feeling, being unable to hear her voice, but this time even with taunting her weapon didn't respond. It felt cold, it felt weird, and she rubbed her knuckles with her palms and she moved over and stood near Deryk. She felt strange, nervous as hell, and being near him was sort of easing the pressure. Everyone needed to stick in groups, right?
"What. . . what now?" She whispered to Deryk, looking at him. The nerves from before were back, more so now that the death guy and creepy doctor were there. Division heads other than Allan were never a good sign, right? "Can ya hear Tooley at all?"
Ofelia kept her voice low, trying not to make too much noise at all. Her tone was more of a hiss though than a whisper, and she kept rubbing her knuckles. This was very bad bad.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:49 pm
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Caelius coughed, re-buttoning his shirt as he stared back at H, one eyebrow raised, and then back at the trainees. "Well," He began, before clearing his throat again, taking on a more serious tone with what looked more like his usual expression, putting his cellphone on one of the stalagmites before crossing his arms, "You had specific orders to wait outside, so your orders would be, to <******** wait outside. Unfortunately, we will have to wait until Medea's illusion wears off before we can consider breaking out of it."
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:49 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:53 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:53 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:54 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:55 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:57 pm
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