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damned_institute2012-12-28 01:19 pm
idolism) wrote in damned_institute2012-12-28 01:19 pm
Night 67: Caverns
[from here]
Given their limited time, he and Sasuke had little excuse not to proceed through the ballroom doors with as much haste as possible. The caverns were a new challenge, another bothersome game, but it was also not unlike a race to the finish. There was no telling when nightshift might end; they would have to work fast if they wanted to stick a pin in this latest mystery.
With that thought in mind, Aidou didn't hesitate to step onto the white sands. He hadn't forgotten a word of the skeleton's rather insulting invitation the last time, but if there was a way to avoid dealing with him, Aidou wasn't sure what it was other than to simply turn back. He didn't know enough of this trial's "rules" yet. Had he more power, perhaps they could have simply travelled to the other side of the lake by creating their own bridge... but even if he did have the energy to spare, there was something worrisome about the water. Something sickly.
A feeling he had toward the entire cavernous area, as a matter of fact.
"Have you given thought to what this creature proposes?" Aidou asked while they walked, voice low. He suspected he already knew the answer. He, for one, had had the skeleton on his mind for some time.
Given their limited time, he and Sasuke had little excuse not to proceed through the ballroom doors with as much haste as possible. The caverns were a new challenge, another bothersome game, but it was also not unlike a race to the finish. There was no telling when nightshift might end; they would have to work fast if they wanted to stick a pin in this latest mystery.
With that thought in mind, Aidou didn't hesitate to step onto the white sands. He hadn't forgotten a word of the skeleton's rather insulting invitation the last time, but if there was a way to avoid dealing with him, Aidou wasn't sure what it was other than to simply turn back. He didn't know enough of this trial's "rules" yet. Had he more power, perhaps they could have simply travelled to the other side of the lake by creating their own bridge... but even if he did have the energy to spare, there was something worrisome about the water. Something sickly.
A feeling he had toward the entire cavernous area, as a matter of fact.
"Have you given thought to what this creature proposes?" Aidou asked while they walked, voice low. He suspected he already knew the answer. He, for one, had had the skeleton on his mind for some time.
no subject
A plant from the greenhouse, of all the illicit-sounding sources. Sasuke could distinctly remember his own trip to the greenhouse -- the gore of the rotting creature that had spattered him and all the nearby fauna with its stinking mess. Was that supposed to be funny or meaningful, the cure to a disease of Landel's making coming from an earth that was fertilised by gangrenous death?
The only reply Sasuke could give Aidou's information was a slight shake of the head, recognising the precarious dependence of their existence. There was no point inquiring whether this plant was a cure or if it was a coincidence (or a planned cure given by Landel now that this experiment had ended in turn): neither he nor Aidou could find a firm answer there.
More immediately important, with the sweep of the heavy door opening before them and the expanse of white sand, was that question. Sasuke nodded, determined: "I can pay two prices easily. Smell and sight."
The irony of being asked to lose a sense after so recently regaining one had not escaped him, but training of any kind was still training. It would be more efficient for them both if they proceeded in a familiar state.