This was apparently as far as Horace was allowed to accompany Kyle from the pod room to where he was supposed to find his weapon. The rest was up to him now. Very very carefully, Kyle descended the flight of stairs, stopping every now and then when he felt a little woozy since he really didn't want to risk falling and breaking his neck which would be a killjoy at this point for sure. He didn't come all this way only to have it all end prematurely with him bed bound as a result of being paralysed from the neck down.

When he finally reached the small dimly lit room at the bottom, he started to look a little confused at the sight of the tiny stone tablets that lined the walls. Was he at the right place? How could these stone tablets be used as weapons when they were only at the most as large as his own hand? Maybe he should head back and check with Horace again.

As soon as he turned to start heading towards the steps that would take him back to the surface, he heard a sigh and stopped. Was someone else here as well? < ... you've got to be kidding me! Even when the stakes are 50/50, I still landed up with a dude? I am so jacking disappointed. Heartbroken even. Yup. > Did he just hear all that? No scratch that. He thought that he had heard all that.

"Pardon?" He looked around himself. Still not a soul in sight. Weird. < That is the problem with you humans. > The masculine voice paused to give a dramatic sigh. < Alright. Since I'm such a nice guy, I'll rephrase what I've just said for your benefit so listen up. You buddy are the one who's got a serious problem between the both of us here. You are severely lacking in sex appeal in the form of long flowing hair, thick pouty lips and round shapely hips. >

If it was anatomically at all possible, Kyle's jaw would have detached and dropped onto the ground by now while the voice went on. < If that's all that you're missing, I suppose that I can still find it within myself to forgive you for that. But even more importantly, you my man are missing a pair of boobs! > There was a very long and awkward silence till Kyle realised that whoever this other person was was actually waiting for him to respond.

"Okay. Um... if you're this upset about this arrangement, perhaps I can go look for someone to help reassign you to a girl instead?" He offered. The voice gave a long suffering sigh. < Reassign? Oh no no no... unfortunately for you as well as me, the fact that we're able to have this conversation in your head means that we're fated to be partners. So, tell me, what's your name buddy? > Partners? Nobody told him about this. Unless there was something grossly wrong with his hearing, Kyle would swear that everyone had told him that he would find his weapon down here.

< Kyle. Kyle Cooke. >

< Nice to meet you Kyle. Name's Semaj. Now I'm going to need you to find me on the wall right in front of you okie? >

He mutely nodded, still not at all comprehending what was happening but decided to comply with the given instructions nonetheless. < Just hold out your hand and run your fingers over the tablets till you feel something. > Semaj went on encouragingly. < Um... that's not exactly very helpful at all Semaj. > He raised a brow though he did as he was told, stretching out both his hands to lightly brush his fingers across the cool surface of the stone tablets that lined the wall.

< I know but I'm new to this too like you alright? >

Looks like there was no other way about it then. A minute passed. As well as another. And just as he was about to lose his patience and ask Semaj if he could somehow give him a hand with this task, he felt it. A stone tablet that reverberated in response to his touch. Taking ahold of the tablet, he gave a tug, the stone tablet disappearing in his hand, only to be replaced by a large shuriken.

He blinked. This all wasn't real right? A talking weapon who was also a huge pervert?

Oblivious to his on-going concerns, Semaj's elation was obvious and somewhat loud. < Finally! Freedom! Now that I'm free of this dark, damp and boring cove, you and I are going to have a whale of a time going all over the world and meeting all the beautiful ladies whom I've missed so terribly much. > The shuriken disappeared then, replaced by a cross necklace that was wrapped snugly around his hand. Seems like someone was really anxious to get out of this place.

< Come along now Kyle. We've not got a moment to lose. Time is so very very precious~ ♥ >