001 | Evening | Open

[overprotecting]

[ He opens his eyes slowly, body feeling heavy and uncooperative. All he can see is dark. ]

Subaru? [ No reply... no sound at all. His heartbeat begins to speed up. His hands press up against something solid and crumbling and cold. ]

Subaru?! [ He pushes at the stone in front of him, breaths coming out quick and shallow. A stone box. And he is trapped. Kamui begins to pound on the stone. Shoving, pushing with his feet, all the while starting to smell acid rain and rotting concrete. Stale, sick blood. Tasting sand in his mouth -- powder from the stone? He can't tell. ]

Subaru?! [ They had been together. Subaru could be in the same situation. He has to get out--

In his panic, he's managed to rock the tomb over, knocking the lid loose. He tumbles onto the floor, choking on his own breath and the dust in the room. ]

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[overprotecting]

[ Kamui is absolutely not quick, not feeling as he does, and crashes into the rubble of some empty sarcophagi, and rolls to a stop among the stones. He lays still for a moment, breathing past the sharp pain in his ribs. ]

Your... brother. [ Pulls himself to his feet, unsteadily. ] What is this place? [ Why are none of his injuries healing as they always do? Why is he bleeding? ]

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Nii-san? [Sorry Kamui, he just has to laugh at the accusation this is somehow helping Seishirou. He almost feels a bit bad, since crashing into that stone looked painful, but hopefully it got the point across.] If you can't keep up with me right now, I don't know how you expect to do much to Nii-san.

It's a castle. It seems to be pulling people from different worlds to this place. [Fuuma doesn't bother moving. He's not about to restart the fight if Kamui was planning on stopping.]

[overprotecting]

Shut up. [ He remains where he is, even curling in on himself a little. ]

Call Subaru. If your brother follows, we'll just leave.

[overworking]

[Well, he does have to stoop to pick up his phone, rubbing at the slightly scuffed surface of the device, so don't take it as a threat.]

I doubt that would be an option. If we all got our methods of travel from the Witch, one not working would mean the rest likely won't either. [He had tried leaving not long after first showing up. While he did figure that Subaru being here meant Kamui would likely follow, Yuuko had sent him to find a few things, and wouldn't be pleased with a delay.]

[overprotecting]

[ Curls in a little more as the Hunter approaches, watching as intently as he can manage. Trying to understand what he's being told. ]

We're trapped here?

[overworking]

That seems to be the case. No one has found a way out yet.

[Fuuma heads closer, only to find a suitable piece of rubble to sit down on and watch Kamui.]

That's why I said you should wait until you've recovered to find Subaru-san. You'll be able to deal with Nii-san if you should run into him.

[overprotecting]

[ Hackles. ]

I'm not waiting to find my brother! [ Will attempt a good verbal lashing, since he's not in shape to do more. ] I just got him back.

[overworking]

[Well, he can tell this conversation isn't going anywhere. But if Kamui was anything but stubborn, it wouldn't be the same Kamui.]

You just left Tokyo, then?