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Eva and Otto would both receive early in the morning a relatively straightforward cell phone text:

There had been a mishap earlier the week with a certain Sun division leader who shall remain nameless bursting through several off the walls, the result: extensive damage repairs forced to be made in a relatively short period of time.

The other result was that all the proper room names were entirely mis-numbered and lettered. Take room 201B for example. There was no 201B, according to the label, but there was however, an open door in which a certain Death Division leader of the non wall-damaging variety (usually, unless it was Monday or involved the word 'Robert') was seated perusing a set of nearly unreadable photocopied glyphs.

Fortunately for Otto, he was not left alone for long. Upon receiving the text, Eva grudgingly tossed the book she had been reading onto her bed, getting up from her desk chair. Another mission already? She supposed that they had to move on, but it seemed too soon to her. It was the first time since she had woken up here that she saw someone die during a mission, and what was worse was that she had been right there--right there. She had been close enough to watch, but not to save them. If only--

Eva. Chara was clearly attempting to keep her voice patient, but the sigh that followed betrayed the fact that she was starting to get tired of this. This moping and self-pity had been going on for far too long, frankly. Strange as it was to say it, the weapon missed Eva's obnoxiously loud and bright attitude.

A part of the Chara hoped that this mission of Caelius' would help smack the girl's mind back on track (unless he preferred Eva's silence over her enthusiasm, which would not surprise her in the least).

The girl dressed quickly, her coat tied firmly around her waist as she made her way out and towards the designated place. As she passed the rooms, she looked up to examine the doorplates...and promptly froze, backtracking a few steps. Wait what? Some of the labels, she realized, didn't make any sense at all. Numbers were out of order, as were letters, and after some more searching, she came to the conclusion that room 201B apparently did not exist.

Fortunately, as she did another round, she somehow managed to find herself in front of an open door. A quick peek inside determined that Caelius and Otto were both present and, hoping that this was indeed the right place, she slipped in.

"Good morning."

Oh good. It wasn't just him. However, it would just be himself and Eva. So it wasn't a big group field trip? Well, maybe that was for the better. Bad things happened in groups. And honestly Otto wasn't much of a people person anyway.

After some waiting around, Caelius did acknowledge their presence with that ever present look of his. Always looking at them like they'd wronged him simply by existing. Otto wished one day he could punch that look clean off his stupid face. Fortunately, Otto knew better than trying that any time soon.

Promotional Mission, so that's what was happening. Otto felt a little bit intimidated by that thought.
His eyes trailed down to the pile of paperwork they were presented with. Do this first? Well, it seemed a simple enough task. Despite how he looked, Otto actually didn't mind paperwork.
Quietly, he took the pile of forms and took them further away from where Caelius sat. Otto sat himself down and looked them over.

Everything seemed usual enough save for the last form. He raised a brow, wondering if this was mixed in by accident, and looked to Eva for answers.

"Misplaced or put there on purpose to throw us off.." Otto whispered back. Otto assumed most Division Heads were out to mess with trainees minds. Any way to rack up ways to get them in trouble, right? Still, there was only so much he could do at this point. Otto knew nothing about codes.

He looked it over again, agonizing about what to do. Until finally his IDGAF meter came back online. "Welp. Stick on top of the pile?" He asked in a hushed tone back to Eva.

He looked at the code again, and smirked. "Those two look like skulls." He whispered mostly to himself.

And suddenly this was totally a Caelius mission.

Eva hardly had any time to dwell on the strange code when they were promptly whisked away (or rather, stared at threateningly until they moved) to another room. She had shot Otto a questioning look when they paused in front of the barred doorway, but that was all she could manage before they were forced to continue moving.

And now they were a place that honestly sent shivers down Eva's spine. She did not like the looks of those tiles at all. In fact, they brought back rather unpleasant memories of the trials on the Island--she had, after all, been blown to bits all because of one misstep. The only difference was that she (now knew that) she had been in a golem at the time, but right now? Right now she was pretty damn sure that she in her real body, a body made of flesh and blood. A body that would obviously be obliterated if she were to step on a mine.

There was a flicker of recognition in her eyes as she noticed the glyphs on the tiles, followed by a look of regret. Would that sheet from earlier have told them something about where to step? "A few of these glyphs look familiar," She whispered to Otto, eying the tiles warily, "You know, from that sheet we found. Maybe...the little symbols indicated which one of these tiles are safe to step on?"

Or maybe it was the complete opposite. Whatever the case, they had to move. Giving Otto one last nervous glance, Eva stepped onto the tile closest to her, one with a glyph that she vaguely recognized. It looked liked...a bent sword? A Chinese word? Eva never was very good at pictionary. At the very least, the glyph looked nothing like a mine.

[[ Eva moves to E5 ]]

As Eva moved to her first tile choice, nothing seemed to happen. And after a good few seconds, still nothing happened. Though the Death Hunter leader seemed as unimpressed as always, there was an audible sigh of relief coming from the other Hunters present during the exercise.

That is, until there was a loud thwack as the tile under Otto unfolded to reveal a large axe that shot upwards, attempting to do its best to cleave the trainee in half.

Some of the Hunter spectators looked away.

"Otto!"

For a second, Eva almost forgot where she was. Just as she was about to rush to her injured friend--her foot lifted and ready to be planted on E4--she jerked in surprise when Chara yelled her name, a hint of "what the hell are you thinking" in her tone as she went on to remind the girl just where they were and what they were doing.

Noting that Otto was moving to a different square, Eva let out a shaky sigh, knowing that they had to continue on. Letting her feet bring her to the square directly in front of her--one that looked a bit like an eye.

And then she braced herself.

[[ Eva moves to D5 ]]

Otto was expecting another axe or worse. To his surprise, nothing happened. He looked to Eva to confirm her safety, and decided to press forward.

The tile was the same symbol Eva had stepped on the first run. Would it be safe to step on too? His safety was riding on his decision.

[[Moving to D3]]