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[two_in_eden]

Who: seimei aoyagi two_in_eden  , elaine belloc demiurgos_girl  , ritsuka aoyagi no_no_badtouch  , soubi agatsuma wants_ur_ears  , nisei akame want_your_tears  ,  and  Angel talks_to_fish 
Where: Moving around Wonderland.. (Starting in the Foyer)

When: On the fourth day of Seimei being gone...
Rating: R+ for possible disturbing images and Major's fallout shenanigans.

(This post contains disturbing and dark themes. Do not

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[want_your_tears]

As he thought, the others were quick to chime in with helpful ideas. That sort of thing had never been his strong point. After all, he'd never needed to think, with Semei the great stategist being the one to give him orders. He didn't know if he wanted to trust someone he knew so little of with the task of getting him out. However, Ritsuka seemed to trust her enough with the task, and that made quite a statement. So he didn't argue.

Instead, he simply did what he could and led them along. Although not without keeping his eyes and ears wide open to what the others were saying and doing. Sensing Ritsuka's distress, Nisei reluctantly decided it was his job to at least say something that might help the boy.

"He's fine. Probably not at his best, but he's fine. The fact that our bond is still in-tact is proof of that."

If nothing else, consoling him might stop him from worrying about stupid things and instead, spend his time thinking intelligently about the task at hand. Of course, the most important reason was that if Seimei had been here, he would have ordered him to do as such.

[demiurgos_girl]

"Yes. I could bring him up to you, or make several trips to bring one of you down then back up again along with Seimei." Which would drain her to the point of a splitting migraine. But nothing dangerous, yet. Angel would make things easier, too, as Elaine could use her familiar prescence as a sort of anchor or marker, making the trip out of the hole much easier than the trip into it.

She couldn't say that she liked Nisei. He seemed to be acting out of some sort of responsibility, and not any actual sympathy or care. But that was enough at the moment, as Elaine followed calmly, feeling great to finally have a sense of direction and purpose after all that fruitless searching. That meant that she could concentrate more now, and although she still couldn't sense the Major, she began feeling ahead for any traps he may have laid.

Nothing. No traps. That scared her more than it should.

[talks_to_fish]

One could think that it wasn't the Major's fault that Seimei had gotten hurt, as much as half the group seemed to blame themselves. She didn't like that, and a frown formed on her little face while she followed the older girl silently. She'd stay close to the other; being used to work in a group of at least two or three, but usally six people, she wouldn't have considered getting into anything alone if she didn't really really have to do it.

Nisei isn't a danger. It was obvious, but sometimes it was good to tell people that they were right; that they didn't need to worry. After a short moment of private thought, she added Should I link with Ritsuka? He's the most likely target.

[no_no_badtouch]

Ritsuka was trying to think, to stay focused, but it was hard. This was his brother, the person he thought was dead for two years before Soubi showed up and everything changed. He couldn't lose him again, even if it was a mansion death.

"You said you would use your powers ... what are they and what are the limitations?" The boy's fangs sunk into his lower lip, sliding over the soft flesh there and causing trickles of blood which he licked off. If they could get down and bandage Seimei ... but there were complications even with that. Seimei's aversion to dirt and filth. A hole would be filthy, Seimei would be filthy and there would be no way to clean him of that filth. No way to clean his wounds before bandaging. And what if The Major had cut him open. He'd done that with everyone else. What if he'd taken his eyes or his tongue. What if he was bleeding to death as they followed the strong to him. His hands began to visibly shake with every passing thought. "Nisei, move faster." Even though all the shaking his voice somehow seemed clear and commanding.

[wants_ur_ears]

Soubi was about to make a snide remark (why was Ritsuka giving someone else orders when he'd never give orders to Soubi?), but thought better of it, considering the situation. The others planned, they plotted as they walked, trusting that Nisei was actually leading them to an injured Seimei rather than an elaborate trap. Yet even as they all talked amongst themselves of Seimei's suffering, and how they should rescue him, and how they should go about bandaging his wounds... all Soubi could manage to feel was a deep twinge of satisfaction. A satisfaction that Seimei had recently been getting a taste of just the sort of agony through which he'd once put Soubi.

The Germans call that schadenfreude.

[want_your_tears]

Not all that fond of orders coming from someone other than Seimei, Nisei followed them regardless, speeding up his steps. They were close now. Nisei tensed up slightly, prepared for whatever was going to happen.

Up ahead, he saw a small clearing - a seemingly bare and empty space. His eyes narrowed. This was the place. Twenty or so feet ahead of him, there was a large, circular hole covered with a metal grate. Clenching his teeth slightly, he motioned for the others to stop ten feet from their destination.

"We're here..." He said simply, although it was hardly necissary to say so when they could probably see it quite clearly.

[demiurgos_girl]

A pit. Not an underground prison as Elaine had thought. That made things much simpler...

"If it's just this, then I won't have to use much power at all." Impatience gnawed at her though, and instead of waiting for someone to get rid of the grate, she did it herself, burning away the metal with the energy she had gathered. Hardly any expenditure of power, but it tired more than usual. "That's all." Then, with a sound like cloth flapping in a high wind, her wings unfurled behind her, and she stepped out onto the air above the pit. The path down seemed clear enough. She couldn't sense any traps, at least, but it was a bit too dark to see Seimei. Or maybe the pit was too dirty, and he was lost somewhere in a corner along with all the filth...

Yes, Angel, link with Ritsuka. For some reason, Elaine felt some hesitation about Angel linking to anyone but herself, but she pushed that aside. Listen to his thoughts more than speaking to him. And stay here. The last two words were stressed. Like hell she was going to let anyone else take the risk of going down first, after how much she messed up. She addressed the group at large as she began to descend. "I'll bring him up as quick as I can. Taking anyone else down with me will just slow down the whole process." It would mean having to make multiple trips instead of one, and she couldn't stand to spend any more time stewing in guilt. "The pit doesn't look that deep, and I don't sense any traps, but... But Angel will know if I run into any problems. And you'll be in a good position to react, up here." Taking a deep breath, she sank out of view of the others.

She wondered what it would look like to Seimei, an angelic figure descending toward him, silhouetted by the light of the room above. She couldn't bring herself to be amused by the thought.

[*snerk* Come with me if you want to live!]

[two_in_eden]

Seimei had held completely still when he heard the noise above the hole. Fear kept him silent because the movement he heard did not sound like the Major. Instead of rescue the sacrifice thought he had finally submitted to madness.

The pain medicine the Major had left him, made him blessedly numb but it also caused hallucinations. Seimei cannot even feel the connection to Nisei at this point because of what he's been given. He wasn't sure what was real right now and what was fake. Somehow the Major was really the only thing he was sure of, perhaps he believed in any shape of the major because it might punish him if he didn't.

It would have been hard to see him as he was pressed against the closest wall with a filthy blanket to cover most of him. Whatever flesh wasn't covered by the blanket was layered in the same muck as the hole making for an effective camouflage in the dark. Clean in this environment just didn't last long.

When Seimei sees Elaine descending from the sky it's hard to tell if he sees her as who she really is until he speaks..,ut does he really believe she's there or just an elaborate hoax? The sacrifice starts laughing rather manically until she touched the ground. His voice is tinged with desperation and anger. The volume rises as he gets closer to the end of what he wants to say.

"You...bitch. What type of fool catches that animal then lets it go. You were suppose to stop this from happening and look what happened!!"

He tries to get up but his body and the drugs immediately cause him to fall hard into the water. Seimei coughs some of the water back up and remains still watching Elaine with frightened crazy look in his eyes. It's very obvious he'll attack if she touches him.

"Get out of here."

[talks_to_fish]

Angel had nodded at Elaine's words and shifted to stay back, not be far away from the group, still near Ritsuka, but also standing so she could watch as much as possible around her. Linking her mind with Ritsuka's didn't take her long; balancing both connections and keeping them equally strong took a bit more effort, but she tried to not let it affect the concentration that she put into watching their surroundings. Multitasking like that wasn't new to her, after all.

[no_no_badtouch]

"NO!" Ritsuka actually runs forward after Elaine. What was she doing? Seimei wouldn't react well to that at all. He'd thrash and scream and try to hurt her. She wasn't someone who was allowed to touch him ... and he could be injured.

Idiot! You stupid idiot! Don't go down by yourself, you don't know him. You don't understand what you're doing! His mind screamed, but then he felt that twitch at the back of his mind. Something was there ... no, someone was there. GET OUT! He screamed at them as loud as he could. He didn't have time to deal with this now, he had to help Seimei and stop Elaine from doing something stupid and getting hurt.

He turned back to Nisei and Soubi. "Both of you, go down there. Soubi, keep Elaine safe without hurting Seimei, Nisei, Check Seimei's condition. Use the bandages and disinfectant in my bag." He threw the bag at Nisei hoping he'd catch it.

[wants_ur_ears]

Soubi stared at his sacrifice for a moment. 'Go down there,' he ordered. Well that was all well and good, but that still left the question of how to do so. Even he couldn't do anything so precise as... say, summoning a rope ladder. Or even rope.

The fighter's brother furrowed and he stepped to the edge of the hole, staring down into the dark fathoms. Even if he managed to get down there in one piece, there was no guarantee he'd stay that way. He wasn't exactly one of Seimei's favorite people. He might get clawed to bits and then die of gangrene from filth-infected sores. That would be pleasant.

Well... here went nothing. With one final calculation, Soubi stepped over the edge and plunged. He'd never manipulated winds quite like this, and he wasn't entirely sure it would save him. Nevertheless, mumbled a quiet spell, and a strong wind began to buffet from the bottom of the hole. Remarkably, the resistance was enough to slow him, at least enough that he could land on the mucky pit bottom without shattering his legs.

That wasn't to say it didn't hurt.

[want_your_tears]

Even on such short notice, Nisei caught the bag in one hand. Patting the inside of his jacket to make sure the supplies he brought himself were still there, he nodded solemnly, not all that thrilled that Soubi was going with him. But he wasn't going to argue. Not now. Things were getting out of hand down there, and as Seimei's fighter, he had to do something.

Approaching the open hole as he watched Soubi drop, he watched the other fighter and cleverly borrowed the idea the first used. With his sacrifice so close and clearly in need, he was able to borrow strength from their bond and land a little more gracefully at the bottom. He couldn't waste any time being hurt.

Quickly taking in the scene, Nisei's eyes immediately darted to Seimei. What he saw was not pretty at all. In fact, even he was disgusted by the filth. Adjusting the bag in his arms, he stepped a bit closer to Seimei, trying to get a better look at the situation he was in. "Sorry I'm late." And imagining what Seimei'd been through... he really was.

[talks_to_fish]

Angel clenched her jaw, keeping quiet; for one, that had come as an surprise, in a way, and secondly, she didn't want to show what she was able to do - On the other hand, should Ritsuka try to go down there himself, she would not hesitate to stop him. This had already gotten worse for Elaine enough to not give her more to worry about.

Link, not talk. She bit back a sharp comment about how it would make things a lot harder and slow them down, unless the two men grow suddenly wings, but quit it. No need to steer up trouble. Instead, she stepped forward and dug her fingers into the boy's shirt, to at least have the option to slow him down physically for a few seconds.

[demiurgos_girl]

"...I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." Elaine is glad that the pit is dark enough that Seimei can't see her eyes water up. Not going to cry... That's about as much of a conversation she gets with Seimei before the racket started on the floor above.

Soubi arrived a second later, followed a bit more elegantly by Nisei. "I would've gone back up..." But then her eyes widened, sensing both Angel's thoughts, and Ritsuka's. The latter she couldn't keep out; the strength with which the thoughts enter Ritsuka's mind is too powerful to be ignored. It's okay. I won't touch him. The reassurrance might not go far, though. She hadn't realized how upset Seimei would be, although it was still less than what she deserved. But still... Ritsuka was being a bit extreme. Enough. Relax. Both of you. Angel, let him go. Don't escalate the situation more than it has to be.

"Mm. I seem to cause trouble wherever I go. I didn't mean to scare Ritsuka..." She adds that as a sort of explanation to Soubi. "I'm just... trying to help." And now it was going to be a long while lifting everyone back out. Not to mention that if the pit had been full of traps, traps that Elaine might not have sensed, then the group's three fighters would all be dead right now. Ritsuka and Angel would be exposed, and Semei would now be stuck in the hole with three corpses. Not a lot of foresight... but still, she couldn't blame Ritsuka for acting that way. She should have expected it.

"Seimei won't let me touch him."

[two_in_eden]

The pit is oddly devoid of traps but the Major doesn't need traps to keep Seimei. After all, the Major's had control of the situation the moment the sacrifice broke his leg on the way down and who would have expected anyone to come for Seimei this soon?

Seimei's eyes are as wide as dinner plates when Soubi and Nisei descend from the sky. Now there's an angel, a demon, and a dog in his hole, surely he's seeing things right? This can't be possible. Three people in his hole. The sacrifice looks at each of his three potential rescuers with an anxious slightly deranged look.

His ears are back and his hands grip the wall while the blanket slowly slides down uncovering a clothed but very much dirty, slightly bug infested Seimei. His broken leg is only noticeable by the way he refuses to put weight on it.

He's very much afraid and he does not want to be touched. The moment those words leave Elaine's mouth she will probably regret them. Seimei can hear her and is quick to start scrambling around! He can't walk anymore but he can crawl and covered in slippery muck which might make it hard in his desperation. However given the options of where to go in an attempt to escape he'll go to his fighter.

"N-Nisei."

He doesn't sound indifferent to the other's presence for once. He's happy to see him which can be heard in his voice. Seimei doesn't care if he's not real, he's better than Soubi and Elaine right now. The older Aoyagi moves to put himself behind his dog where hopefully he can't be touched.

[no_no_badtouch]

HE DOESN'T LIKE TO BE TOUCHED! DON'T TOUCH HIM! He was actually trying to warn her, to keep her safe from his brother. He loved the older boy but he was well aware of the damage he could inflict when he wanted to. He tried his best to shrug off Angel but with the help of the freak chip that the Major had installed inside him only managed to pull her forward, toward Seimei's hole.

"Elaine, get behind Soubi. Nisei, is he hurt?" He was looking into Seimei's hole. It took his eyes a moment to adjust to the lower lighting of Seimei's hole, but he could see clearly enough to know how bad things were in there. He turned to Angel, "Keep a look out for the Major. He's fat and ugly." If he showed up they'd need Elaine back. Ritsuka could fight, but he wasn't sure how well.