[thread] Let's go rescue Shelke!

[tinymakoaddict]

Characters: Shelke, Cloud, Tifa, Celes, Red XIII....if anyone else wants to be involved, you can! Just...say you came along.
Progress: Ongoing
Summary: rescuing Shelke from the Bowls of Midgar!
Location: Ruins of Midgar
Date: November 23rd, 1803
Warnings: A bit of injury?

It had been about four days since Shelke found herself in the dark, cold

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[magitekrune]

With the knowledge that Kefka was out there on his way to desecrate yet another town, and one she knew quite well, Celes wasn't in the mood to sit around and wait. That was the main reason she'd put up the call on the Sky Phone network. That and to hopefully get a little more support and help, but that hadn't gone over so well. Locke had gone off to stop Kefka, which she couldn't blame him for, but she really had wished he'd come with her

[tinymakoaddict]

The elevator shaft was nestled into the rear side of the ruined monstrosity that was the Shinra building, and it looked like at one point it might have been hidden by a small building, though only a single wall from that building still remained, and it was bent away from the hole in the almost badly enough to stand on

[loveandstrife]

Cloud grasped Tifa's arm, pulling her away from the shaft. The last thing they needed was Tifa falling and getting hurt, or worse. "It comes back here because Shinra is the root of everything sick on The Planet." Perhaps he was bitter but Cloud was certain of that fact.

Kneeling down whilst Tifa stepped aside, Cloud leaned over to get a good look. Thanks to the mako in him, his eyesight was probably the sharpest of all of them. Still, in the darkness, he could hardly make out anything other than the faintest glow of blue from an obvious source of mako.

"I think I see her mako suit..." he murmured, frowning a little. "Do you smell her, Red?" Of course, if Nanaki was seeking the scent of living mako, he'd be highly conflicted with Cloud's scent.

Giving Tifa a look and receiving a nod, Cloud shifted to begin his descent into the elevator shaft. "You guys should stay up topside, to pull her up when I get her." Cloud didn't need a stream of people above him when he was trying to climb and carry, least of all Tifa's backside in his face.

[flameguardian]

Prowling close to the shaft, Nanaki shivered slightly as Celes's Protect spell washed over him, nodding to her in gratitude. As Cloud peered down into the darkness, he stepped closer, tail twitching. It mostly smelled like moogle and decay, but there was something more, just beyond.

The smell of mako from Cloud was similar to Shelke's, but both of them had their own individual scents as well. Shelke's was there, but it was faint, and it wasn't the only thing he was smelling as he stood right next to the elevator shaft, either. "Yes, but..."

And Cloud was going down. Of course. "She's down quite a bit, Cloud, and I don't think she's alone. I mentioned gargoyles, and they either died out recently or they're still nesting down there." Looking back at Tifa and Celes, he shook his head slightly. "If he's carrying her, and there is something down there, he's not going to be able to fight." They couldn't risk needing to rescue Cloud and Shelke, and Nanaki wouldn't get in the way as much as the other two would, or be very useful when it

[magitekrune]

Celes was not amused at being told to stay above. Not at all. However, Cloud's small argument had a point and so, she gave a curt nod in reply, though her expression would tell him just what she thought of this plan. Red's descent would receive another such expression, but Celes turned quickly to watch the area around them just to be sure nothing volatile lived up here.

"Make it quick," she told the boys over her shoulder, voice tight. "If you happen to need magical assistance, I still have a few up my sleeve."

[loveandstrife]

Clou gave Celes a slight, thankful smile in return for her curt nod, yet he didn't even bother to give her any hard words in reply. He knew how awkward things could turn with that sort of attitude, thus he continued his descent into the elevator shaft, watching both his way down and the four-legged being following him down.

"If there are Gargoyles down there, we'll have to go quick. Don't worry, Red. She's okay. I know it." It was strange that he seemed so sure, but if anything, he needed to reassure himself by using such words. She was, after all, important to him. As much as Marlene and Denzel.