argument. "We cannot scale these cliffs, so the underground passage is the only way." With that, he started down into the tunnel, leaving the others no real choice but to follow.
There were more monster lurking in the caves, but they were of little threat to the party. Still, the labyrinthian passage seemed to stretch on and on endlessly, and before they reached the other side, the party was forced to call a halt and rest. Wufei looked like he could have continued, and Heero looked like he still might, but the other three and Relena were all out of breath.
Duo looked around speculatively. "This reminds me of the place I studied," he spoke up suddenly. "Almost the entire school was underground, because the books were old and fragile. They couldn't be exposed to sunlight, or water, or great heat. So all the libraries were underground. They were nice."
"It's one thing to shelter books from the elements," Trowa said as he got his wind back. "But human beings need a touch of sunlight, a taste of air and wind."
"There wasn't always time," Duo said more quietly. "Some of the students tried to get out a little every day. I did. But the more advanced students, and the masters... they were so deeply involved in their studies, and their experiments, and after long enough some of them *couldn't* go out in the sunlight."
He heard a low growl from Heero's direction, and withdrew suddenly into himself. "Nobody's asking you to go visit them, Yuy," he said, annoyed.
"As soon as this threat is taken care of," Heero growled, "I might visit this school anyway. You speak of are foul, unnatural knowledge, and it can only come to evil."
Duo shivered theatrically. "If you tried anything so stupid as actually attacking one of the old masters, I shudder to think of where your body parts would end up," he prophesied.
A stony silence fell, and Quatre stood, sighing. "Let's go," he commanded, then said under his breath "...before they start arguing *again*..."
Nobody spoke for the rest of the underground journey, all of them impatient to reach the surface again. Finally they burst out above ground, into trees so thick that you could hardly see more than a few feet in any direction.
Bowstrings twanged, and arrows suddenly knifed out of the trees to strafe the warriors. They cried out, more in surprise than from any real injury, but couldn't see their attackers to retaliate. Relena started firing back immediately, but there was no indication that she was hitting anything. Much to Duo's consternation, his undead minions scattered and began disappearing into the trees in all directions, each one apparently heading for a different target. Before anyone could stop him, he ran into the trees in pursuit, and Trowa was already starting off after one of his ravens. For a moment, they all hovered in confusion, and then an enormous shambling brute broke into them from the side, and they scattered in all directions. It didn't
Re: World of Darkness (GW/D2)
Date: 2006-02-21 10:00 am (UTC)There were more monster lurking in the caves, but they were of little threat to the party. Still, the labyrinthian passage seemed to stretch on and on endlessly, and before they reached the other side, the party was forced to call a halt and rest. Wufei looked like he could have continued, and Heero looked like he still might, but the other three and Relena were all out of breath.
Duo looked around speculatively. "This reminds me of the place I studied," he spoke up suddenly. "Almost the entire school was underground, because the books were old and fragile. They couldn't be exposed to sunlight, or water, or great heat. So all the libraries were underground. They were nice."
"It's one thing to shelter books from the elements," Trowa said as he got his wind back. "But human beings need a touch of sunlight, a taste of air and wind."
"There wasn't always time," Duo said more quietly. "Some of the students tried to get out a little every day. I did. But the more advanced students, and the masters... they were so deeply involved in their studies, and their experiments, and after long enough some of them *couldn't* go out in the sunlight."
He heard a low growl from Heero's direction, and withdrew suddenly into himself. "Nobody's asking you to go visit them, Yuy," he said, annoyed.
"As soon as this threat is taken care of," Heero growled, "I might visit this school anyway. You speak of are foul, unnatural knowledge, and it can only come to evil."
Duo shivered theatrically. "If you tried anything so stupid as actually attacking one of the old masters, I shudder to think of where your body parts would end up," he prophesied.
A stony silence fell, and Quatre stood, sighing. "Let's go," he commanded, then said under his breath "...before they start arguing *again*..."
Nobody spoke for the rest of the underground journey, all of them impatient to reach the surface again. Finally they burst out above ground, into trees so thick that you could hardly see more than a few feet in any direction.
Bowstrings twanged, and arrows suddenly knifed out of the trees to strafe the warriors. They cried out, more in surprise than from any real injury, but couldn't see their attackers to retaliate. Relena started firing back immediately, but there was no indication that she was hitting anything. Much to Duo's consternation, his undead minions scattered and began disappearing into the trees in all directions, each one apparently heading for a different target. Before anyone could stop him, he ran into the trees in pursuit, and Trowa was already starting off after one of his ravens. For a moment, they all hovered in confusion, and then an enormous shambling brute broke into them from the side, and they scattered in all directions. It didn't