If this were a game, then Epidote would be tragically losing. Not from his own causes - well, mostly not from his own causes - but because there was a beautiful, starry senshi in need of assistance. His sibling had pulled back as well to keep alongside with the corrupt and Epidote wasn't going to leave either girl behind.
"C'mon Ada, you've got this," he encouraged softly, still offering out his arm for support. Stella looked about as ready to get out of this place as he felt - but first things first, they needed to make sure that all of them made it out.
Pixie Nyxie
Nuxaz
10 + 5 (-2) = 13
((Sacrificing 2 points to stick with Ada and Stella))
Nuxaz rolled 1 10-sided dice:
7Total: 7 (1-10)
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 7:17 am
Captain Stellerite (+1)
When they came upon the three paths, Stellerite eyed the downward one, if only because she saw that familiar brown and green that seemed to perpetually slip through her fingers. Her hand was on Adamantine's waist and the other wrapped around her wrist until they suddenly weren't.
Lips pursed together as the corrupt attempted to go ahead without them and stand tall and strong.
Stupid stubborn senshi.
While Epidote would likely pick up on her irriation, Stellerite kept her expression that of concern. "We stick together, got it? There's no you on your own."
Stellerite: 11 (10 + 1) + 3 (7 + 8 - 5=3) =14 (Sacrificing 5 points to stay with Epidote and Adamantine)
He could hear the teenager grumbling behind him, so the lawyer slowed his pace. It wasn't as if he had any clue where he was going anyways, so what was the rush?
Fingers enclosed around the fabric of his jacket, hazel eyes turning back and briefly debating how believable it could be if K's stupid beanie managed to find its way "falling" over the cliff. Eh, it was something to think about later, when there was less imminent danger to be concerned with.
While others made their choice of which path to take, Rob stood at the figurative fork in the road and swallowed hard.
Stairs. Why did it have to be stairs?
"Straight. I've always preferred the past of least resistance, myself." Another tug, another glance back and Robert Banks was bullying the teenager into following his footsteps, choosing the path that offered the no stair option.
Nuxaz
9 + 3 = 12
Nuxaz rolled 1 10-sided dice:
1Total: 1 (1-10)
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 7:23 am
Kavinsky (-1)
Little did Banks know that if his beanie went over, Kavinsky was going after it and that he'd take the pantless lawyer over the edge with him.
Unfortunately, his gait was slowed by the limp because no matter how much he tried to grin and bear the ache, it was too much to carry on like it was nothing. Stupid ******** mirrors. Stupid ******** platform that required them to run. Stupid no magical powers. What good were they if he couldn't use them when he needed them?
But he was stuck as Kavinsky not Icarus and for the first time since he became a senshi he hated that.
"Whatever," he grunted, grabbing onto the lawyer's arm when he winced in pain. "Couldn't have done the stairs if I ******** wanted." Not right now, he couldn't imagine how slow of a crawl it would have been if they'd gone up or how the bounce of weight going down would have strained his ankle further.
He couldn't afford to go to instacare after this, assuming they got out.
Kavinsky: 3 (4-1) + 1 = 4
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 7:45 am
Susquehanna, Page of Jupiter
Despite the hands on him, that so carefully dragged him up out of harms way after he near broke his arm, and despite the caring, panicked words they tried to convince him with, Susquehanna was lost.
He didn't want to be the one who dragged everyone down. He truly didn't want any more effort wasted on him when he truly thought that he just wasn't worth saving... How could he be? How could he have expected anyone to care at all when he was sure he was left all alone for those 6 long days for one reason or another. As much as he felt that he didn't do anything to deserve such punishment, it still happened. Maybe he was just bad luck, a cursed person who wasn't allowed to find any comfort or peace in anything he did. Even.... Even with Alexei's kindness and gentle guidance, he managed to do something that made him deserve this....
So... So it was time to end it.
Susquehanna... Shiloh... He was just tired of fighting, tired of hurting, tired of feeling so damned alone no matter how hard he tried to open up. Somehow, he managed to free himself from Sutai's grasp, and his arm was pulled away from Mamertine, and he walked in the opposite direction of where all the others were running. He was finished...
Without another word, he walked off the ledge, tumbling into the abyss, hoping desperately to finally find some peace in that smoky darkness.
First roll = 1 Total =1 -- Not Rolling, He's falling now.
Kyuseisha no Hikari
I'm sorry Mamertine... sad
Lucifer Force
Sorry Sutai, He couldn't handle it. :< You can baby him later over it all. Just keep running!
First, Chara heard his name called by Oberon, and gave him a quick look and a thumbs up. He was fine. Pissed, but fine. Which was his every-day sorta feel so it was all good. And there was more things to worry about than himself. He could hold his own. And he was more than capable of draggin' Oberon and the others out to safety if need be. So he let the other worry and call for the others.
Second, there was a loud THUD right next to him, and he saw a man land like a bowling ball right next to him and he blinked. Some how, that startled the s**t out of him, despite all the rest of the crap that was going on around him, enough so that when Oberon grabbed his wrist, he was pulled a few feet forward before he snatched it away.
"Wait a second, we can't just leave him here!" Whoever the man was, well... He was having one shitty day, and to be left alone on the cracking floor. Sure, he was alot Smaller than the older man, but he STILL was a super senshi, and hoisted him up to his feet, half dragging him further towards a more stable ground, back towards where Oberon was at.
"You look like you're having one ******** great day, huh?" He muttered to the man, finding the slightest bit of amusement as he tried to hurry Zach along further. "You can lean right on me, I got you. We're going to ******** make it, just you watch!"
First roll: 4+1 = 5 Second Roll: 8+1 = 9 (Will adjust to keep with people) Total = 14
Guine
litian
Love you Oort!
Sylent Nyte
Hope You're okay!
musicaloner7
You got two sweet boys helpin' yah. Youl'll eb fine!
AMItotic
Don't worry! Tiny angry little s**t of a senshi has your back! I will lower my roll if you cannot get into the same tier.
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Kyuseisha no Hikari rolled 1 10-sided dice:
10Total: 10 (1-10)
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 8:34 am
Mamertine, Page of Pluto
One moment, things seemed to be going all right. Not perfect, but Sutai had shown up and—powerhouse of energy that she was—had tried to help them. Things had gone so quickly that Mamertine was still in the process of comprehending when his mind focused on one thing.
Susquehanna was not trying to move forward with them; he had drifted away. To the edge of the platform.
There was something strange, something foreign about how Susquehanna was moving. Like he was possessed by something.
It didn’t click that there was a problem until he realized that Susquehanna wasn’t stopping, even when he reached the edge of the platform. Mamertine moved quickly; he jerked around the people surrounding them and tried to grab the other page’s arm before he plummeted downwards.
He was a split second too late, but he was already moving.
Mamertine didn’t slow down when he reached the edge; he jumped down after Susquehanna—Shiloh—and managed to wrap his arms around the other male—just before they were both enveloped in the strange black smoke that floated below the platform.
Rooftops were safe, Tomlin’s instincts sang, and he took to the stairs, somewhat relieved when he heard Liryn’s bare feet catching up behind him. There were so many people, and the paths were unstable. Up would give him a better place to survey who was where. Except the group was splitting up below them, and the path ahead was darkness that even feline eyes couldn’t pierce.
The ginger cat paused to shoot a glance at Liryn, now the only figure he could see clearly in the strange flashes of light and eerie coloured smoke, but he didn’t have the breath to spare for comment. His humanoid companion was taking the stairs double-time, but Tomlin was starting to wish his own four paws had a little more reach. All he could be grateful for was that his smaller form made the narrowing path more navigable.
Total: 14
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Litian: Tomlin fell behind, sorry! Now with actual tag!
Euporie = 6
Chibi Euporie ran along with the group, not sure what she was running to or from, but determined to find out. It might be Wonderland soon. The sky was full of strange, pretty colours - but felt like it might crash down on her any minute. The road was sure crashing behind her, loud grumblings that she could feel through her shoes as each foot hit the ground.
She went up, because the stairs looked big and solid and safe, unlike the super-thin path and the scary down-into-the-dungeon path. They didn’t have a railing, but she was a big kid now, and a Senshi, so she didn’t have to hold onto a bannister. She fell into a half-skipping rhythm as she went – one stair, two at a time, one stair – her small legs pumping to keep up with the grown-ups ahead.
There was a hell of a lot going on, and try as he might, he couldn't spot Phrygia again in the mess, though to be fair, a considerable part of his attention was on making sure he didn't fall into the void, something he was half sure he'd seen at least one person do. It made him cringe, but if he'd learned anything, it was that if you survived, there was plenty of room to be traumatized -later-.
1-3: You choose the straight, narrow path. It isn’t a hard trek, but you have to be careful so you don’t fall off. 4-7: You choose the stairs leading upwards. Maybe higher ground will grant you a better vantage? You are met with only darkness, but it is easy to skip two steps at a time and hasten your trip. 8 or higher: You choose the stairs leading downward; it takes the least energy and you are able to advance quickly.
This was awful. Everything still ached to the point where she was falling behind and that wasn't her. Unfortunately, she hadn't fallen behind enough to put herself in any sort of position to power up, if she even could while stuck here in Underland. Ugh.
Carefully, and slowly, Katrina began to pick her way towards the narrow path, hoping she could keep her balance.
It was Oberon that found Skadi first in all of the commotion, and that had her letting out a heavy sigh of relief. She blinked up at him and gave him a firm nod. "I can do this," she repeated both to assure him that she was alright, and to convince herself that she could in fact do it.
The touch to her shoulder had her freckled skin turning pink with a shy blush, omgomgomgomgomg running through the young teen's mind. Suddenly she stood up a little taller at his words, feeling like maybe she actually could do this! Skadi grinned up at Oberon and nodded at him again, "Ok. I'm gonna hold you to that!," she called after him when he ran off in regards to his promise of catching up.
While she definitely didn't want to go at it alone, she would much prefer that Oberon find Oort, Chara and Vi to make sure her friends (new and old!) were alright. Gosh, he was so brave... Shaking her head of the thought and trying to rid herself of her blushing cheeks, Skadi moved forward (slowly, just in case the group caught up with her) along the straight and narrow path. Not up and not down, it was simple! No she just hoped the others chose the same route as her so she wouldn't have to go at it alone.
Allison [civilian]: 7 - 1 = 6 [Stairs leading upwards]
Everyone around her was running and if the platform wasn't actually spinning, the commotion would've made it felt that way to Allison. It wasn't until she saw his familiar face that she snapped out of the strange frozen-like state she was in and she pushed herself to her feet while he grabbed her hand.
The grip she held on his hand tightened, "Don't let go," she asked of him quietly.
He and Paris were all she had- she couldn't lose him here. Not only for selfish reasons, but because she needed to get him home to his family. She would never forgive herself if something happened to him, especially not if it was because of her or something she could have prevented. So she clung to him desperately, and pushed forward up the set of stairs into the dark void.
"Let me know if we need to take a break, okay? We can go slow," she added, taking notice of the sweat and the way he clutched at his chest.
They really, really needed to get out of this place.
As she scampered forward she dodged feet, weaving in between legs and scurrying on ahead. She didn't want to risk getting trapped our left behind or--- Stars. What would happen if she fell?
Deciding not to think about it, Eta took the path that seemed the safest-- slow but steady wins the race, right? That was how that fable went, wasn't it?"
The narrow path seemed too dangerous with as quickly as everything was crumbling. The stairs leading down? Another awful idea. She chose dooownn. No one picked down.
Thisbe went up, taking the stairs through the dark two at a time in hopes of rising above the nightmare in order to see whatever was happening below. Sure, if the stairs began to crumble it might mean falling further, but...
"Not going to think about that. Keep moving, Thisbe. God. What would Corvus say?" she muttered to herself while pressing on.
The senshi of bandages had no intention of putting Mel down just yet. He was the only familiar face she knew in this mess and she didn't want to risk losing someone that important. Her sigh was loud enough to echo around her as she climbed. What had happened? Noticing that she was not alone on the staircase was nice but still the only one she trusted was currently in her arms.
"Sorry about this Mel. But I think under the circumstances that I'd rather have someone I know stick close to me as possible. I have no idea where this place is. All I can piece together is that I was trying to patrol and was passing a rather large vehicle when I got transported here mid fall."
Lacerta was unconsciously petting Mel as she walked further up the stairs. It seemed to put her more at ease than she realized.
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8 - You were fortunate enough to land near the pathway and manage to get a good head start. 7 - You choose the stairs leading upwards. Maybe higher ground will grant you a better vantage? You are met with only darkness, but it is easy to skip two steps at a time and hasten your trip.
