Teruyo !Wo5j3FYZRg 2008/05/16 (Fri) 09:31 No. 1613 ▼ File 121093027940.jpg - (7.65KB, 400x266 , Siren.jpg)
[x] Go check out the bushes
The rustling of the bushes is a bit too suspicious in your opinion. You think that you could check it out and make it back in time for Eirin's check-up. Carefully getting out of bed, as to avoid making any noise, you sneak to the window. Since it's slightly open, you don't have to worry about making noise unlatching it. You slide it open slightly more, so as it's a big enough space for you to pass through. You manage to climb out without making too much of a ruckus.
You take another glance at the bushes, one of the bushes is clearly moving more than the rest. Carefully making your way through the foliage, you try to inch your way closer to the source of the disturbance. You manage to advance making only the minimum amount of noise possible. Whatever lies ahead will surely be caught unawares. You advance boldly into the clearing, confident in your ability to detect the anomaly.
But as you enter the location of the source of the sound, you find nothing. It's completely empty. “Huh, I could've sworn there was something here.” You think almost disappointed. You turn to go back when suddenly your mouth is covered by a hand and you're subdued by what seems to be a standard judo move. Lying on the ground, you turn your head to look at your assailant. Why it's none other than Mokou, crouching with a finger on her mouth, telling you to keep quiet.
You obey her, since you don't want to be subjected to more painful martial arts, and instead crawl closer to her. “Hey kid, sorry about that, but I'm scouting this place around and I can't afford to attract attention, since there are alarms and traps everywhere.” She whispers to you. “I'm lucky it was you who saw me and not one of the rabbits, otherwise there'd be hell for me to pay.” You assure her that you'll be careful on your way back and ask her to let you go. Without even bothering to hear her response (because you're worried that you'll be missed if you don't go back) you head off in the direction of the window. “Wait kid, don't go that way!” Mokou shouts out in warning. But it's far too late.
You've triggered an alarm. Even though you're sure it's a standard alarm, to you it sounds like the loudest alarm ever invented. It sounds worse than the cacophonous air raid sirens did during the multiple bombings of Alexandria or the bombings of the German industrial heartland during the Second World War. You're almost sure that your eardrums will burst at this rate.
Seeing you in a stunned state, Mokou grabs your hand and urges you (in truth, basically drags you along) to come with her. “You can't stay here, the automatic intruder defense system will make short work of you. Once it's activated it can only attack until all of the invaders have been defeated. Trust me I know.” You are in no position to protest as the lights come on in Eientei and you can hear what seems to be the sound of machines activating. You continue to run away with Mokou as the first few projectiles are fired at you. Rockets, bullets, and even stones seem to be being shot at you. You yelp in surprise as a rocket whizzes past your ear and explodes a few meters away from you. You're running through a part of Eientei that seems to be a small ridge overlooking a stream that cuts through the bamboo forest.
“C'mon faster!” Mokou urges you to pick up your pace.
You certainly want to go faster, but truth be told, you're tired after the day you had and you just don't have the stamina. Seeing that you keep lagging behind, Mokou decides on an alternate course of action. “C'mon kid, we're going to jump off this ridge!” You can only manage to stare at her in shock as she grabs your hand and hurls you over the edge. You fall, tumbling down the whole of the slope. Mokou follows closely behind you. When you reach the bottom, you fall into the stream whilst Mokou uses the inertia to clear it and land on her feet. She urges you to get up and makes you follow her further. “We're not in the clear yet!” She states as you continue running away.
After about 7 minutes, you stop running and turn around. You can see what seems to be multiple beams of light coming from Eientei. You can't help but wonder if they're from searchlights. Goddamn the security is tough over there. I mean you almost got blown to smithereens.
You turn to Mokou, who seems to be trying to catch her breath. “Nice going kid, you almost got your self killed out there. You should really listen to what people say to you. Next time don't move when someone tells you not to move, will ya?” Despite her stern tone, her voice soon softens and almost turns into a laugh. “Well, it was one hell of a spectacle, wasn't it? We sure are livin' it large!”
While you agree it was definitely exciting, you try to pretend you're annoyed. “Oh lighten up kid, you know as well as I do that you loved it. I can tell. When you're immortal like me, you get your doses of excitement only very rarely.” You nod in agreement. Wait, wut? “Immortal?” You ask.
“Yeah, didn't I tell ya? I'm a bona fide immortal, no matter what you do to me I won't die. So you better not ever get on my bad side, if you know what's good for you, hahaha!” She says as if she were telling the funniest joke on the planet. “Well, we better get some shelter for the night, I mean stargazing is romantic n' all, but if it starts to rain we're screwed.” She stops to think for a moment “I know a cavern nearby where we can take refuge, follow me.”
You follow her to the cavern and find that it's pleasantly suited as a shelter. Mokou hands you what seems to be a cloth of sorts she seemingly got out of nowhere and says. “Here take this, it's not much but it's the best we got, I don't know about you but I hate sleeping without a blanket.” You thank her and lie down in a comfortable spot. It seems that Mokou doesn't have a blanket of her own and just sits in a corner and closes her eyes. There's a lot of questions you could ask Mokou right now, but you're afraid that you'll fall asleep if you try to have a complicated conversation, so you should try your best to focus if you ask her something before sleeping.
[ ] Ask Mokou what she was doing at Eientei
[ ] Ask Mokou if she wants to share the blanket
[ ] Ask Mokou how she got so good at avoiding traps
[ ] Screw it, just go to sleep
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Also sorry Tewi fans, but you had 3 chances to meet her today, and you blew it. The last one was just 3 choices back.