Night 49: Room of Earth

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"...What?"

The door slammed shut behind them and locked with a rather distinctive click. The Doctor glanced back at the door-which was very different on this side than it had been on that side-but it wasn't the slam or the door that ended up grabbing the Doctor's attention. There was a loud rumbling that did not, he was quite

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"Hopefully--Hoooly...." The remains of her grin fell from her face and her words were drowned out by the sound of a rampaging army. Her eyes grew in awe of the giant room they had wandered into. And the humongous boulders that rolled back and forth from crevices in the wall. The sound was close to deafening and, making sure she didn't miss any comments from Logan, she turned around, but he was just as speechless as she.

Really?

What purpose did this room serve? How--This was just getting ridiculous, who the hell installed something like this in an institute, anywhere for that matter? Tifa corrected herself. It wouldn't surprise her if Rufus had built something in the basement of ShinRa like this. She'd ask Rude about it later.

The most obvious option was to go back through the door they had come from. Hopefully it would teleport them somewhere better--Nope. Locked. Setting the beer and rolls down and put both hands on the doorknob, twisting as hard as she could. "Shit..." The noise ate up her curse.

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Logan had been about to point out that he could carry a lot more than what she'd left him with when that same sense of vertigo cut him off.

It took him a second, when his eyes had adjusted, to wrap his head around the fact that he was in a room designed like the set of an action movie. With boulders. And he had gotten to that room from the pantry.He watched Tifa try the door. Big surprise that it didn't work; that would've been too easy

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"I think that's my line..." Tifa shouted back. Taking a few steps away from Logan, she shifted her weight on the tips of her feet from left to right, left to right. Her hands were balled as she brought them up to chest. A few quick jabs were unleashed before a roundhouse kick finished off her warm up. The young woman's arms fell to her side with a few jiggles and a roll of her neck.

"There doesn't seem to be any pattern with these boulders, so I guess we'll just wing it..." Her words remained even and calm despite a bit of anxiety that crept into her stomach. If she was at her full strength, this would be no problem. Unfortunately, she wasn't and Tifa had yet to truly find the limit of her speed. Maybe it was practically nonexistent?

No use crying over something I can't changeTying an extra knot into her sweatshirt sleeves, the brunette stuffed the bread into the pseudo supply bag and picked up Logan's bottle. She would like both her hands free, but if she put the beer in her sweatshirt, it would probably go flat and that was just

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Logan almost shot back that he was pretty sure he had an edge over a tough-talking girl who took aikido, but she knew almost as little about him as he did about her. The Q&A session could happen later; for now, she wasn't scared, and if they ran together, that was good enough for Logan. She looked lightweight enough to pick up fast, if it came to that.

The stuff around her waist would make it awkward for her to run. "Leave that here," he said, gesturing to the sweatshirt. "Take this one." He held out one of the things he'd been carrying. "I'll get the rest."

AHH ACTION POST FAIL

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Tifa complied without argument. If Logan needed to be a man, she would let him. The knot around her waist took a few pulls before it loosened up to slip down her legs. She grabbed it by the sleeves and held it out for Logan while she grabbed the fruit juice from him. It would be a bit harder to keep a grip on than a a bag of sugar, but if he was determined to carry most of the burden she would at least take the one most slippery item.

Well now or never.

Tifa didn't wait for Logan. If they started together, she would lose concentration making sure he didn't get swept under and would just ultimately get taken out herself. Waiting for the first one to past, she darted forward, but the second boulder was coming down faster than she expected. There was nothing to do but leap over the next barreling stone before it caught her in the legs. It continued on like this, unpredictable and fast. All Tifa could do was keep a keen eye searching in all directions as she made her way to the other side.

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Logan had been in the process of slinging all the stuff over his shoulder when she took off. He shouted something that was supposed to be Get back here but came out like Wh-- HEY, and by then he had to wait for a boulder to grind past before he could even start.

It wasn't all that hard, despite the things he was carrying. He had decades of experience dealing with this kind of crap, and in worse conditions; but normally he did that either by himself or with people he trusted not to die. Here, he was keeping one eye on the boulders coming to smash him and the other on Tifa.

As soon as she was safe on the other side it was that much easier to make it the rest of the way. He shot her a look when he'd caught up: not bad. He wanted to ask what exactly she did, but that could wait. He went for the door. Anywhere but the basement - damned if he was going to lug all this crap around only to have to drop it.

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