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[blastiafreak]

[The video's not very clear when it comes on; it's dark and gloomy, showing hints of thick dust and cobwebs--a glimpse of a window reveals deep fog--and then it shifts to Rita's wide-eyed face. When she speaks, she's trying very hard to pretend she's calm...and failing pretty horribly.]

I-is anyone else stuck in this weirdo place? I mean, it's not like I need help or anything, but-

[A loud creak and sudden clatter of footsteps interrupts her, the shutters to the window abruptly blowing open, and she jumps with a yelp.] Aah--! Uh--it's not sc--just where's the exit, already?!

[Maybe realizing that the video's still recording her little freak-out, she quickly shuts it off.]

[ooc: Tags slow forever. ._. Sorry!]

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[stargathering]

[ Tyr knows anyway! ]

I'm glad I didn't have to run out of it before you found me. [ He was happy to admit this, even a little amused. Probably because he's glad it worked, too. ]

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[blastiafreak]

[No truth needed!]

Just how much did you bring?

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[stargathering]

[ Nope! Not with Rita!

He pulls out the length of rope from the inside of his cloak to show her. It's just a loose ring now, but still quite a bit of rope. ] A few yards' worth.

action; ♥ And probably last one for tonight! o/

[blastiafreak]

[Never ever~!

At that, she frowns back at him.] A few yards, and you were going to search a whole house with that?

action; ♥ Okay! Sleep well \o

[stargathering]

[ And he feels less happy now. ] I actually planned to make a map, but I didn't have much of a choice in the end.

action; ♥ Thanks! (And one more~) Good night!

[blastiafreak]

Huh? Oh...You mean... [She can't really...snark about that, if it's because of what she thinks...]

You were really worried?

action; ♥! Good night! :3

[stargathering]

[ He thought that was obvious... Now that he has to say it, it feels weird. ] Of course I was... You weren't?

action; ♥! Morning! Gonna be slow while I do homework...

[blastiafreak]

[Rita realizes it probably should've been obvious if she was thinking about it.] Uh...well...I-it's not like I wasn't, but... [She's still hung up on trying to pretend that she wasn't terrified, too.]

action; ♥! It's all good ♥ Good luck completing it all!

[stargathering]

[ He glances over at her, and he doesn't know what to think. ] ...We'll be fine from here on anyway, so it doesn't matter. I didn't need to make a map or explore the whole house for us to find each other.

action; ♥! Aw, thanks~ While I take a break to watch some anime |D

[blastiafreak]

R-right...Besides, we have your rope. [And she'll just...focus on that as it leads them to another staircase going down...

What floor are they even on? Rita hasn't seen a window.]

action; ♥! Hee~ Enjoy. :3

[stargathering]

That's right. [ It is asking too much of him to know how many flights he went up, but he doesn't think it could be too far. ] We should be almost out, too...

action; ♥! I did, thanks~ :3

[blastiafreak]

[It doesn't stop her from trying to ask him, just because she's anxious to get out now.] "Should"? You know how far you went, don't you?

action; ♥! Good! :D

[stargathering]

Not really... [ It's almost a mumble. ] I wasn't concentrating on the distance. I thought the rope would be enough...

action; ♥! /o/

[blastiafreak]

Oh... [Because he was worried, she remembers.] Well, it's not like we can get lost following this back.

action; ♥! \o\

[stargathering]

Exactly. Estimating the distance myself probably wouldn't work that well anyway; we could still get lost.

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[blastiafreak]

Yeah...And I swear this place is built like a maze. [As it leads them around a corner, through a room, and down another corridor.]

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[stargathering]

[ If it was even built... He holds that part in and just agrees with her instead, nodding. ] Yeah... I guess this entire curse is meant to be disorienting.

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[blastiafreak]

That's what all curses are for. [She pauses in her grumbling as her eyes follow the line of the rope...to see it wrapped around a lamp. She turns to Tyr with a scowl.]

H-hey...You didn't run all over the place, did you?

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[stargathering]

[ Following the path of the rope, he frowns and tries to fight back the sinking feeling in his gut. ] ...It must have been an accident. [ He takes a few steps forward and swings the rope over the lamp to untangle it. ] I was desperate, so...I might have made a mistake.

[ Going to class soon! o/ ]

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[blastiafreak]

Like running in a circle? [Already, she's alarmed and skeptical about this working out. Of course it won't be that easy. She's so fixated on it that she doesn't really think about how he said that he was desperate to get to her.]

[Okay! Have fun! o/]

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[stargathering]

[ His mouth twitches into a grimace, but it's gone after a second. And really, he was desperate, but he knows he wasn't that careless. ] I don't know.

[ He tugs her hand. ] Let's just keep going.

[ Thanks! It was pretty nice :3 ]

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[blastiafreak]

[Rita highly doubts that, careless or not, he'd end up looping the rope around a light fixture like that. She trails after him halfheartedly.] It has to be the curse.

[That's great! :> And welcome back~]

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[stargathering]

... [ He wishes she wasn't losing hope like this; it's making him feel sick too. ] Even if it messed with the rope, we still have a way out... It just won't be through the front door.

[ Thanks :D ]

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[blastiafreak]

[She can only be cynical, especially when it comes to an October curse.] How do you know it'll even still lead outside? If the curse is messing with it, it'll probably just lead us in circles!

[♥]

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[stargathering]

[ The fact he knows she's right is frustrating. ] Then we'll just use the rest of this and climb out a window! We don't even need to follow the rope!

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