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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:16 am
Shun didn't let go of Mitsu until she seemed to have calmed down somewhat. Once that happened, he went on to finish setting things up for them both. This included scaling the wall once to get the rope set up and coming back down to strap the girl in. He was pretty quick with his climb and didn't falter at all.
"Focus on nice things and going up," he started, "Look for cracks and ledges on the cliff to grab and step on."
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:23 am
Mitsu felted all but horrified watching Shun climb the wall. She did her best to hide it though as he came back down and strapped her in. At least there was the illusion of safety with the ropes and harness.
"Cracks and ledges," Mitsu repeated as her hand went to the first available ledge and grabbed hold. She hesitated a bit looking for a good place to put her foot. Once her feet were off the ground she felt she would be committed, not like she wasn't already. Once she found a good foothold she put her foot in place and looked back to Shun waiting for him to continue.
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:28 am
Nodding to Mitsu, Shun grabbed onto the rope and pulled it taught, wrapping it once around him so that if she did slip, she wouldn't fall.
"Go on ahead. If you slip, you'll still be safe. I won't let you drop," he said softly while pulling at the rope to try and kind of guide her up as well, "Once you reach the top just wait for me. I'll catch up."
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:42 am
"Eh?" Mitsu was a little shocked to realize that Shun could pull her up the cliff. That didn't seem to help ease her mind that she had a choice about coming back down. "O..okay," Pushing herself up with her legs her hand hesitantly searched for the next spot to grab. Her legs were rather strong so she relied on them the most to help make her way up, though her progress was painfully slow.
Doing her best to look at the wall and nothing else Mitsu managed to make it a ways up before the ledge she grabbed a hold of proved to be unsteady. As the rock pulled away and crumbled Mitsu fell back a little and did the one thing your never supposed to do....look down. With a shriek she scrambled to grab hold of the rocky face again her fingers clawing at the rock until they found purchase and that's where she stayed. There was no moving now and her body was shaking so bad it would eventually lodge her free of the grasp she did had. "Ah! I want down!" Mitsu all but cried closing her eyes and trying to imagine she was on the ground.
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:47 am
Doing what he could to make things easier for Mitsu, Shun watched her carefully. Her progress was slow, but she seemed to be doing alright for the most part. That is, until she slipped. With a sigh, he nodded and looked to her.
"Alright Mitsu. Go ahead and let go. Keep your legs extended out towards the wall and I'll let you down slowly," he said, hoping she could at least bring herself to let go of the rock. If not... getting her down was going to be a bit tricky.
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:59 am
"L...Let go?!" Mitsu's fingers dug into the rock all the more, an unknown strength actually making the rock crumble under her claws as they bored into place. "I can't let go!" She protested, her face going as white as her hair. At the moment it looked like she might pass out or be sick....or both. Body going rigid she hugged her body as close to the rocky wall as possible anchoring herself in.
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:30 pm
"Mitsu. I have you. You will not fall. I swear. Please, just trust me," he said as calmly as he could, though there was a hint of irritation. As he feared she was having trouble letting go here, "If you don't let go, you won't be able to come down..."
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:44 pm
She did trust him...she really did, but her fear was overriding that trust. "I...I'm scared." Her grip was so tight her knuckles were white from it, the rock starting to work its way into the skin of her palm. "I...I can't do it." She whined, eyes still tightly shut. "I'll just stay here...forever." Like an unreasonable child.
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:48 pm
"Mitsu," he said more sternly now, "You can do it. You just won't. And you can't just stay there. If you let go, you will be on the ground soon and safely. If you don't, you'll be stuck thirty feet up in the air for who knows how long. Take your pick."
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:58 pm
The stern tone didn't seem to help. All it managed to do was invoke the tears Mitsu had been fighting back thus far. Especially now that she was given an estimate on just how high she really was. Somehow in her mind thirty feet equaled out to be about as tall as the Eiffel Tower even though it was no bigger than a three story house.
"Y...you're so mean, Shun." Mitsu whimpered. Normally she never would have said such a thing but she wasn't putting much thought behind anything coming out of her mouth. Slowly she tried to move her hand but she quickly gripped the rock facing again, driving another sharp edge into her palm. The surface wasn't all that bad but with the death grip she had it was going to be damaging to her hands in the long run.
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:01 pm
Hearing the whimper as the tears began to flow, Shun felt a sting as he felt incredibly horrible now for putting her through this.
"Just... close your eyes," he said more softly again. Seeing how she wasn't going to cooperate, he was going to try and get her to come down manually. First this mean him trying to pull her up to hopefully pry he away from the rock. If he succeeded here he could then start lowering her. If not, he was going to have to get on the wall himself to see what he could do.
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:11 pm
"They are closed," A low whine left her throat, much like a small dog who had just been punished. When she felt the harness around her go tight trying to pull her away from the cliff side, those eyes flew open wide as her grip tightened to the point the rocks were cutting into her hands.
"Nononono," She stammered out in a panic, a hint of hysteria bubbling up. "What are you doing?!" She shrieked, her feet trying to wedge into a crack to keep herself anchored but the rock gave way so that one of her feet was left suspended in the air.
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:17 pm
"I'm trying to get you down..." he sighed. This wasn't working seeing how tightly Mitsu was grabbing onto the rock face. Trying to think of what other options he had, he made sure he had a good grip on the rope and made sure it was still taught as he approached the cliff to start scaling. Shun couldn't move as quickly since he was trying to make sure the rope didn't lose any slack, but before too long, he was there next to Mitsu.
"Mitsu.. please calm down," He pleaded while reaching out with one arm to try and gently hold onto her. The assassin was able to see the tears now and he didn't think he ever felt so guilty about doing anything before. This was his fault.
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:32 pm
Trembling, Mitsu peeked over as Shun came up beside her, the arm around her shoulders making her tense at first until she realized he wasn't trying to pull her away from the cliff. Hesitantly she tried to move a little closer, her hands leaving bloody smears in their wake as she shuffled them over inch by inch.
"It's so high," She sniffled unable to wipe at her teary eyes. A bit of vertigo was starting to set in leaving her dizzy and dazed, her face once again looking like she might be on the verge of passing out.
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:38 pm
"Shhh... we're not that high up..."
Glancing at the wall, he frowned at the sight of blood. Her grip on the rock must have really been something. At least she was trying to move closer to him. Shifting himself a little closer, he held onto her, trying to get her to calm down and hopefully loosen her grip so he could lower them both.
"It's alright Mitsu.. I... I'm sorry.. I shouldn't have made you do this... " he said softly.
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