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The kiss, it seemed, didn't help matters, the light flickering between them in his trembling hands as his eyes rolled. Butterfly kissessssss ahahahaha-

Roar gave a miserable groan, Someone just shoot him again? Please? For keeps? please? Put that b*****d out of his misery already.

A large, beefy hand reached up and smacked the back of Jerry's head, "Eh! ********' glasses! Don't just let arrows fly into your ******** head! You ******** duck that s**t, bro." Barney glared up at the skinny Sun trainee, and poked his own head, "You may heal from that, but like there's a pretty big chance you'll end up all retarded and s**t from it."

The Moon hunter paused and gave Jerry's face a searching look, upset concern replacing irritation, "Oh s**t, bro! I think it may have really made you all like..." he paused, suddenly feeling the need to become slightly more politically correct in his wording when faced with the actual subject, "..uh....like, mentally disabled." Looking at Candace, he suddenly gave her a laser-like stare, "Okay, you're his keeper until we get out. I'm sure something can be done for him later, like maybe he can be de-retarded with magic or something, but for now...we just need to get him out. <********. I'll see if Sandy brought any helmets or someshit."

Michael stared at Jerry and couldn't help but feel completely justified in his belief that Fear shields do nothing.

...Also why the hell where they only thinking about giving out helmets now.

The kiss didn't help. He was laughing. Damniiiit! She was about to try another tactic until Mr. Kitty Man came over and started literally hitting on Jerry. "Hey! Watch it!" She rubbed the back of Jerry's head, massaging his scalp with her fingers with a quiet sigh. Why, did he go and do that? Jackass.

"Quit it. Fine. Fine. I'll be his keeper. Stop calling him retarded, okay? He's not. He's just...he does this...it's not mental disability it's just...don't talk about it." She was used to playing keeper with Jerry anyway... "Come on, Jerry. Let's get you away from the arrows."

Voices voices and... and one in his head and he should really be paying attention but it was hard, it was dark out there outside of his head. He was alright, at least physically, but even with all of Killzone and Candace's help, phobias were phobias and one could only cope how one was able. "M'ok," He managed distantly, "Don't... don't need-" He tried to concentrate on what everyone was saying. Some big guy- Barney? Right, Barney. Concentrate. - was smacking him and that seemed to be enough to make him blink several times, the dark room swirling into a bit more focus. Another man's voice, familiar and annoying and hard to understand with its accent, and a couple women...

"I... I'm alright. I'm f-fine, I just..." Right. He had done it again. Jordan had told him how dangerous it was to be doing that on Missions, and Killzone had tried to... hug it out of him, or whatever, in his horrible beefy sweaty arms but it was difficult. Like a switch in his brain. It was hard to explain, and so he didn't. The color left his face in the dim light of their flashlights just as he noticed Candace still hovering beside him.

Oh.

Well, horse feathers.

He cleared his throat, rubbing the back of his head, "I don't need a bandage I'm... I'm fine, thank you. Sorry. Ah... r-right! Right-" He suddenly pushed forward to hurry after their leader and away from Candace. He wasn't quite sure what had just happened, although he had suspicions but... he didn't need her help. He could do this. He just... had to concentrate harder and... and not think about it too hard.

Which was a contradiction, and complicated things.

Tablets. Eyes peeled for tablets. "Like... the tablets in the Cove, Ma'am?" He managed, trying at least to save a little bit of face and hopefully keep his mind on more important things.

Eva's attention had been focused on watching the rest of the trainees make their way through the hallway, so she hadn't noticed Before's presence until he literally made his presence known by bumping into her. Stumbling slightly, she shot him a look of surprise, though her expression quickly made way for one of amusement. Propping one of her hands up on her hip, she laughed.

"Before, what are you doing? ...How did that arrow even get there?" She placed one hand on Before's shoulder to stop him from moving, and using her other hand to grab and dislodge the arrow from where it was stuck. It was a good thing that the arrow hadn't actually been stuck deep in his back.

She looked up upon hearing Sandy speak up, frowning slightly at her words. Oh, had Caelius gone ahead already? Leave it to him to leave everyone else behind. However, she didn't have much time to dwell on this thought as they were given an order: search for and pick up any tablets that they may find along the way. Making note to pay particularly close attention to their surroundings, Eva reached out and gave Before a gentle push forward. "Let's get going, shall we?"

For the first little while that they were walking, Eva didn't hear the clicks, and so Sandy suddenly coming to a halt and turning to look at them surprised her. The second time it happened, it confused her, and the third...

She had heard it now too. What on earth was that?

Huni Pi

The Misty grit his teeth as the arrow was extracted. He could properly hold his weapon to his side now, and, despite the darkness of the caves, he smiled at Eva. "Ah, thanks for the help, Effort." Or rather he smiled at the direction he thought she was, it'll be a bit longer until his eyes completely adjust. His ears, though, were working just fine.

He initially thought the clicks was his weapon clattering against the arrow but no, it became apparent something else was making it. He gave a cautious glance at his surroundings, peering to look for any signs of the source or the tablets they were supposed to gather. Before wanted to ask what it could have been but talking seemed like a bad idea right now.

Caelius had dumped them. How typical. They'd probably find him standing all mysteriously in some high place somewhere, which she suspected was typical behavior for him, his coat would be billowing in the wind despite them being underground and it would be all sorts of hunky dory.

"Watch out for Tablets, right."


Click.


Cass looked to Marcus with slight confusion in her expression. Had he made that noise?

Click

She looked to Bix. Had he heard it too?

Click


"......That's not me." she said out loud, looking around the room, shining her flashlight to see if she could figure out where it was coming from.