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Everyone's waking up at once, covered in bits of rubble, temporarily without abilities and with a lurking headache. The castle looms around them, irrepressibly gray, huge and silent. The only noises are the people, rustling as they extract themselves from their sarcophagi and look for exits along the arching walkways.

Better take a look around, and see if anyone else knows what's going on.

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Well. There went that denial.

"... fuck me."

"I'll pass, thanks." Duo said crassly, shaking his head and furrowing a brow at the boy.

Fed up, he climbed to his feet and looked down the path. There was still a ways down the tower, and he needed some air. He offered his hand to the kid. "Probably best we get outta here. I'm getting claustrophobic."

Duo met the comment with an annoyed glare, but took his hand and stood, trying to ignore just how much his knees were still shaking.

"Just gonna wander 'round a place you've never been with no direction and no idea, huh?" he asked, adding in quietly, "Yeah, sounds like me."

"Pretty much." Duo said, hoisting the kid up and patting him on the back once he was on his feet.

He started downwards though, leaning over the side of the stairs to gaze down at the rest of the tower going down. "Doncha think' there'd be an entrance or exit at the bottom of this thing?"

He grunted at the patting, coughing at the dust that came off his clothing.

"I'unno... never seen anything like this before..." he commented, looking up the other direction. The curving stairwell that went to the second floor didn't lead to anywhere but that row of sarcophagi, but below that there was an archway that led to a closed door.

"There's that..." he pointed out.

"Me either." Maybe in pictures and movies. Maybe. But it wasn't exactly like he'd been a tourist on Earth!

Duo followed the gesture down to the door, then looked back at the kid. He'd been so distracted with him he hadn't noticed.

"Nice. At least that's a good place to start." He started down that way, careful not to move too quickly or leave his double behind. It wasn't hard to see that the kid was still pretty weak in the knees, while he's had more than an hour to recover.

As far as the issue of his younger self? Putting that aside for now. There were other things to worry about.

Duo nodded quietly, also putting the strange issue of standing there with an older version of himself aside. He approached the door, leaning against it and running his hands over it. No lock, no latch, nothing he could pick. Sighing, he stepped back and looked around, back up again.

"Ha!" he said after a second, taking off up the stairs without another word.

Duo turned his head to follow the boy's movement, then backing up so he could see why he was running so quickly up the stairs. Course he also had to be a bit impressed at how quickly he got back his stamina. Heh!

"Oh!" Duo said as he caught sight of the lever. He hadn't noticed that either.

"Man, I really must be losing my touch."

"Hey, I almost missed it too!" Duo called back down, voice echoing through the massive chamber. He stared up at the lever, noticing that it was just an inch too high for him to grab by raising his hand up.

"... damnit. Where's that growth spurt when I need it.."

Crouching low, he jumped and latched both hands on to it, wiggling back and forth until his weight drug it down with a loud CLANK! Somewhere, heavy gears could be heard turning.

"Did that do it?"

Had to say, he was starting to forget their initial difficulties and was instead becoming amused by his energetic movements. How'd he manage to get back his stamina so quickly? He found himself grinning up at him, but was distracted by the sound and the movement of the door opening upwards.

"Hey! Yeah! It's open!"

Slowly, Duo let go and dropped back to the ground, wincing a bit as his back and knees protested. He was still a bit achy from being trapped and whatever had put him in the tomb in the first place, but it was fading quickly. He watched the lever to make sure it didn't slide back up, heading back down the stairs after.

"Alright. So. That's... different, but obviously we just gotta keep our eyes open."

Duo entered the next room, only to see a series of raised ledges in front of him. Who the hell would design it like this? Course then it did seem like a pretty effective way of keeping people inside the last room. Hmf. He went forward and climbed up the first ledge which was about a meter and a half tall, but higher then that? He looked from wall to wall, then up. A rope? Or--

Aw man. Really? Was that the only way up?

"... th' hell is this, a goddamn puzzle?" Duo questioned aloud from below him, staring up at the ledge and the chain he could just barely see the bottom of from where he stood.

"Man, what the fuck..." he muttered in irritation, hauling himself up the blocks of wood and over the ledge.

Puzzle? Seemed like it to him.

"Maybe only the smart asses get out alive?" He mused as he looked up the side of the tall wall, then back up to the chain. Looks like that's the only way up. He reached up and grabbed it with both hands, lifting his legs to hang before dropping down again.

"Okay. Let's give it a shot." He reached up once more and got a hold, then pulled himself up and grabbed another link a step higher and began to scale the chain. It was tough, but no more difficult than climbing up a fire escape ladder from this far down. Once he was up high enough he used his legs to help him up.

"Whooa... okay. How the hell do I get over there anyway?"

"Good thing we're smart asses..."

Watching him, head lifting the higher he got, Duo could only scratch his head and wonder the same thing to himself. He reached forward and gave the chain a tug, pulling it back a little. It didn't give much with the weight on it, but enough that it gave him an idea.

"Hey! Can you swing on it up there?"

Here goes nothing. Duo climbed about a food or two higher than the ledge itself and got a firm grip. With that, he swung back, then forward, then back, until he gained the momentum to fling himself forward. With the way he landed, he had to roll, but he at least made to his feet. He walked over to the ledge and looked down at him.

"C'mon up. Seems like you might wanna aim better than I did though.""

"Got it!"

He grabbed the chain, making it still before hauling himself up. He wasn't out of shape by any means, but it wasn't every day he climbed up a chain. This was certainly the most difficult thing he'd done in a while.

He got to about the same spot Duo had and started swinging his legs out, trying to get enough momentum to throw himself over. Unfortunately he undershot where Duo had overshot and went crashing in to the side of the wall, stomach striking the edge painfully. He managed to latch on to the stone with his fingers, but he wasn't going to be pulling himself up on his own that way.

"D... damnit... ! Not... what I meant to do... !"

Duo watched him move up the chain, nodding when he started building his momentum, but from his perspective? He almost didn't see it til it was too late, but he was there when Duo was dangling. He reached down and gripped Duo's wrist, pulling upwards to help him get a little leverage of his own.

"Gonna break another couple of ribs if you're not careful!" Duo said once he'd pulled him up half the way. Once he was clear, he sat back, panting a little bit.

"Y-yeah, well... this wasn't excitin' enough. Or somethin'..." Duo groaned once he was on the ledge, rubbing his torso where he'd hit the edge. That was going to bruise later.

"... sorry."

"What're you apologizing for?" Duo asked, a hand on the other one's shoulder before he rose to his feet and shoved his hands in his pockets.

"It's not as though we had time to plan this out. Course then I've never been an acrobat either so what are you gonna do?"

Why was he apologizing? He really didn't know, other than maybe the fact that he didn't like worrying people.

"... right," he muttered awkwardly, getting to his feet. There were three windows near them, but while two were blocked in something that probably couldn't be broken easily, the other one was wide open and led in to another room.

He approached it, standing on the tips of his toes to peek over.

"'nother room... looks like there's a big stone door in here, too," he said, hoping quietly that maybe, just maybe it was going to lead outside.

He wasn't worried. Not yet anyway. Anything you can walk away from. He followed the boy over to the window. Hm. He crouched down and entwined his fingers, offering to let Duo step up.

"Get up there and give me a hand." Simple enough. He didn't foresee either of them getting hurt this time.

"Gotcha."

That was easier than the chain at least. He hoisted himself on to the large, wide windowsill easily, turning to crouch down and hold a hand out for Duo. A cold draft came through the room at his back, coming from somewhere high above. Maybe there really was a way out of there.

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Duo took his partner's hand and let him help him up. Once he was high enough, he pulled himself up the rest of the way. He felt the breeze too, looking down off the ledge of the window into the room below. On one side of where he stood, there was a ladder. For once there was a small convenience, but he didn't go for it yet. Instead he looked around the room from his vantage point.

"Something blocking the door down there. Another ladder over there." He pointed out. Which way do they go?

Duo stared at the door, then at the ladder. It was difficult to tell where it led, but he thought he saw a pathway going across the high wall where the door was set. The door itself was blocked by odd stones, and he wasn't sure if it was just dust in his eyes, but the carvings over them appeared to be glowing faintly.

He squinted, leaning forward a bit.

"... 'ey. Is it just me or are those stones kinda... giving off some light?"

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