Back to ze past

Elizabeth gave a small laugh and stayed silent apart from that.

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Ayama laughed. "I agree."

"I can't help but wonder what the King's up to." Shade said softly. "I know he wouldn't just let it rest, but he wouldn't go all out on this... that I think anyway" He mused, frowning when the brush snagged in her hair.

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Elizabeth hissed between her teeth at the pain of the snagging brush. She reached up and grabbed his hand. "Shade, stop worring. They wont be able to find us anyway, Japan is a large country."

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Ayama touched the fools arm. "Stop working, off with you."

"It may be, but it's my job to worry" he stated, moving her hand and carefully working on the last tangle.

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"What, and become lost in the sea of weeds?" He joked, standing up and making a show of searching for the others over the small pile of unwanted creepers.

"No longer its not." Elizabeth told him queitly.

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Ayama picked up a weed and began to shoo him away.

"I was raised to be what I am. It's a little hard to simply drop everything that's been your way of living" He said, just as quietly, turning the brush in his hands. Her hair was restored to it's unknotted state.

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"Cruelty!" Taro exclaimed, turning on his heel and springing back off to the fire.

Elizabeth turned around and smiled at him, kissing his hand. "Thank you." she told him. "Now I feel more... Like my old self."

"You're very welcome" He said, smiling. "I think we may need to find you something more suitable to wear in these parts at some point. We fixed your hair but your dress..."
Taro dropped down beside Elizabeth, a look of pity covering his face. "Ah, what an atrocity."

"I don't look that bad, do I?" Elizabeth asked, looking down at her dress.

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"And Three, two, one..."

The earth around and within the cavern began to shake.

Taro sprang up and snatched at his bag. "Ayama!" He called over his shoulder, eyes darting towards the roof. Shade helped Elizabeth up, rather unceremoniously, and reached for his bag. "Come on" He made for the exit.

Elizabeth held tight onto Shade, trusting him with her life.

Ayama looked towards the roof and stayed under her garden, above her had a small hole where the light shone in.

However, the others weren't so lucky as the roof above them caved in, the walls around them fell in and soon, rocks filled every space.

A demon with a rather large ego and a rather insane mind whistled away, walking off.

Shade reeled when he was struck by a rock, dropping Elizabeth in the process. He managed to avoid the cascade of rocks by a hairs breadth, only his leg remained stuck, his proximaty with the exit had that benefit. Taro gave a sharp cry of panic as the rocks fell into place and then the dust began to settle. Shade only took a moment to wrench his leg free befoore he staggered forwards and clawed at the rocks. "Elizabeth!" He roared.

Elizabeth's eyes opened and all she did was cough. Smoke and dust filled the air and she couldn't see past th rocks in front of her. Rocks... She coughed again and tried to move. She couldn't and insted let out a pained cry, she looked back. Her leg was caught... both legs were. It really hurt.

Yuki was stuck under a few bits of wood, he survied the most of the crash thanks to the hut, surprisingly.

Ayama climbed to the top of the rubble, not a scratch on her.

Shade spotted Ayama. "They're still inside!" He yelled to her, not bothering to ask how she got away with being unscathed. "Help me!" His fingers tore at the boulders blocking his way to Elizabeth. He called the names of the people inside.

Ayama jumped down next to him and tried to help out, but not really trying all the same.

Amaterasu's eyes widend whaen she saw the rubble. Why did everything bad happen while she was away?!
Swearing, she dropped the fish, their dinner, and rushed over to help.

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Elizabeth looked infront of her again, trying to see if she could see if anyone else was in the rubble also.

"Can anyone hear me?!" Shade yelled, managing to pry a large chunk of rock from the mass in front of him. It tumbled away and was replaced by another. He stepped back to avoid its landing on his feet.

Yuki groaned as rocks around them continued to fall. "Stop!" He shouted to those outside. "One wrong move and you bring the whole rock fall down ontop of us!"

Elizabeth squeeled as she bearly missed a rock landed on her arm. "Shade!" She cried out.

"I think I'm stuck..." Taro said shakily from somewhere to Elizabeth's left, attempting humor.

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Shade dropped back, panic and indecision warring in his mind. "[/i]Okay. Just hang on! We'll get you out![i]" He called back to Elizabeth and Yuki.

"Taro?" Elizabeth asked. "Are you alright? Are you hurt?" She rose her voice so those outside could hear. "MY legs." She called. "Their trapped under rocks, I can't move!"

Shade swore loudly. "Just... hang on. We'll figure something out." He said and ran a hand through his hair. "Shit!".

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"...I'm stuck" He offered, as if that explained everything, voice muffled. He didn't bother wasting any more breath on an explanation.

"Listen to me." Ayama said. "Listen carefully. Your trapped under a few rocks, your air supply is limited. Don't breath unless nessisary and don't panic." She yelled into the cave. "Ok?"

She heard Yuki agree for all of them.
Now, how to get them all out without killing anyone... or at least her son.

Taro was already struggling in that regard. The rocks pining him down seem to have managed to crack a rib or two, and breathing hurt. He fought his slowly rising panic, painstakingly trying to manouver from the rocks above him without allowing any to move.

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"If we dig in from the top... or find a way to make the rocks fall to a side that they're not near..." Shade listed off, pacing. "That could work."

"Shade." Ayama said slowly. "We don't know where they are, they could be on opposite ends. That plan has flaws. FLAWS! GAH!" She breathed softly. "However." She continued. "If we can recall where they last were, we could admire the rocks and see their pattern."

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Elizabeth heard Taros panic, she tried to reach out to him.

"See... their pattern?" He repeated. "Sorry. Try and speak in a way that could help me understand!" He said irritably. "I know Elizabeth isn't far from the doorway" He said, jabbing a finger at the mass of rock before him. "I think Yuki's nearer to the back."

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Taro managed a small laugh and stilled himself, cringing at the pain the movement had caused. "Estimated time of arrival?" He asked the rock above him, deciding to, for now, ignore the good advice.

"All Rocks have a pattern man." Ayama sighed. @Look real careful like and you can see which rocks are safe to remove and which arnt.
Amaterasu licked her lips and looked.

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Yuki began to move where he knew was safe.

He heard Elizabeth groaned and knew he was close to the others