[ Keitaro gives Link a nod, and vanquish to hide any inkling of worry or doubt on his face as he looks at him. If there's any way to keep up with Liem, there's no time to question his comrade about his momentary confusion and apprehension right now.
The words on the paper hinge on something sinister and Keitaro feels a sudden lurch in the pit of his stomach. ]
Nothing good, I'll wager. Let's hurry.
[ He sees Link in front and Liem, even further ahead, barely still visible through the fog. This fog... it's too much and it doesn't seem to settle. For a moment Keitaro thought it the dusty mess of rubble, trampled in the Deimos' path. However, even as they keep going he doesn't find the destruction he's looking for. Sector 4 seems quiet in every sense of the word, abandoned. Except for another scream that tears through the silence. ]
Liem?
[ Keitaro looks in the direction, stares ahead the same way they are going. He isn't sure that he can see Liem anymore– was that him?! That worry leads him a few paces ahead of Link, breaking their rank. He only gets close enough to see Liem disappear, as if the ground swallows him.
Water splashes beneath his shoes. In the moment it takes him to register the trap ahead, Keitaro loses his footing too. His head is reeling, looking between their leader—he reaches for him, but his arm swings down without much aim—and the world falling upside down. Keitaro claws at the dirt under his other hand, fingers turning white against the fractured asphalt. Somehow he caught himself. ]
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The words on the paper hinge on something sinister and Keitaro feels a sudden lurch in the pit of his stomach. ]
Nothing good, I'll wager. Let's hurry.
[ He sees Link in front and Liem, even further ahead, barely still visible through the fog. This fog... it's too much and it doesn't seem to settle. For a moment Keitaro thought it the dusty mess of rubble, trampled in the Deimos' path. However, even as they keep going he doesn't find the destruction he's looking for. Sector 4 seems quiet in every sense of the word, abandoned. Except for another scream that tears through the silence. ]
Liem?
[ Keitaro looks in the direction, stares ahead the same way they are going. He isn't sure that he can see Liem anymore– was that him?! That worry leads him a few paces ahead of Link, breaking their rank. He only gets close enough to see Liem disappear, as if the ground swallows him.
Water splashes beneath his shoes. In the moment it takes him to register the trap ahead, Keitaro loses his footing too. His head is reeling, looking between their leader—he reaches for him, but his arm swings down without much aim—and the world falling upside down. Keitaro claws at the dirt under his other hand, fingers turning white against the fractured asphalt. Somehow he caught himself. ]
Link! Help!