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EVENT: Raid on Hachi's Lab
Characters: Those who signed up for mission #251
Location: Ski resort in Oregon, Hachi's underground facility
Rating: PG-13
Time: August 16th
Description: Mission $251
It took a bit of magic from Shibusen's resident witch Meister to figure out how to get the entrance open, but eventually they did manage it.
A wide, rectangular doorway opens up in the wall itself, without any doors to be seen.
The power to this place has been cut, leaving the place to be lit only by some dim emergency lights along the walls near the ground. The hallways themselves are narrow, and nondescript, making it very easy for intruders (and that is what you are here) to go around in circles without realizing. The fact that the hallways had a lot of turns and intersect each other every so often, forming equally nondescript four way intersections doesn't help.
The fact that the hallways are crawling with Clowns helps keeps things interesting, at least.
In addition to that, there are a few odd rooms, each one of them large and round, with high domed ceilings made of rock.
One in particular, is filled with destroyed lab equipment, among which are two tall cylinders that had once been made of glass that has since been shattered. There are, oddly enough, fewer Clowns though they seem less crude than the ones outside of the room and are stronger as well.
The others seem to be used for storage even if there seems to be less in any given room than it seems capable of holding. There is nothing of value in any of the boxes you find and, more than one of them actually contain Clowns.
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Location: Ski resort in Oregon, Hachi's underground facility
Rating: PG-13
Time: August 16th
Description: Mission $251
It took a bit of magic from Shibusen's resident witch Meister to figure out how to get the entrance open, but eventually they did manage it.
A wide, rectangular doorway opens up in the wall itself, without any doors to be seen.
The power to this place has been cut, leaving the place to be lit only by some dim emergency lights along the walls near the ground. The hallways themselves are narrow, and nondescript, making it very easy for intruders (and that is what you are here) to go around in circles without realizing. The fact that the hallways had a lot of turns and intersect each other every so often, forming equally nondescript four way intersections doesn't help.
The fact that the hallways are crawling with Clowns helps keeps things interesting, at least.
In addition to that, there are a few odd rooms, each one of them large and round, with high domed ceilings made of rock.
One in particular, is filled with destroyed lab equipment, among which are two tall cylinders that had once been made of glass that has since been shattered. There are, oddly enough, fewer Clowns though they seem less crude than the ones outside of the room and are stronger as well.
The others seem to be used for storage even if there seems to be less in any given room than it seems capable of holding. There is nothing of value in any of the boxes you find and, more than one of them actually contain Clowns.
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Naruto & Sasuke - Saralegui & Sakura | Hallways | Closed
Sasuke wasn't one for guilt (or at least, he liked to think he wasn't), but even he could tell he was distracted by this lingering, gnawing sensation. one of them, or both of them, was on guard, and Sasuke could feel it into his bones.
but he's never been chatty, so he stays quiet where he's tied as the blindfold around Naruto. ]
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the hallways have been clear- so far, and though they've passed a handful of rooms, each has been as empty as the last. at least until-
naruto stops short, a brief skid as his sandals find purchase and hold. his bangs stick up at odd angles- mussed by the forehead protector that's been pushed up into his hair to make place for the fabric of the blindfold, and naruto looks back over his shoulder. sharingan turned to face saralegui and sakura. ]
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The conversation had prior to their arrival had the guilt twisting inside of her uncomfortably, made her initially hesitant in resonating. She didn't want that to be the first feeling Saralegui had to experience on the mission together; she'd effectively reigned it in, even though it still tugged at the back of her mind, stifled down by her focus on the mission.
When Naruto stops, her senses rise, winding both her soul and weapon form more tightly to Saralegui as a result. ]
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(besides, the last time he resonated with someone and really let them in, it all kinda went straight to hell.)
the fact that sakura's weapon form is physically fairly familiar (after everything with sasuke, at least) does help a bit. when he feels the slight constriction that echoes the mental one, he automatically moves his free hand to stroke along the strip of fabric without really thinking about it.]
the king stops short to avoid bumping into the other blond, taking a step back as naruto turns to look back in his direction.]
What? [his voice is pitched low in all their quiet. maybe it's just because he's not a goddamn ninja, but dead silence doesn't sit so easily with him.]
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Saralegui used to do that to him all the time.
he sets the thought aside, directs his attention to Naruto. their resonation isn't strained, per se, but there's a wall there that Sasuke can't navigate around. ]
Do you hear that?
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what naruto doesn't say is that the lab isn't just one room. sure, there's going to be a place where the big work gone done- but. they would've kept their special tools somewhere else, when they weren't being used. before the clowns were created. -if he looks close enough, will there be marks on the walls? places for chains, or cages?
saralegui draws up behind him and naruto's attention turns forward again- to where the hallway fades into darkness. the emergency lights are flickering. his stance widens, and naruto eases into a crouch. ]
There's four of them. [ his voice is pitched low. like that might keep them from being heard- though it won't matter much longer. they're headed this way. ]
I don't remember what they said about the different colors though.
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at least she's acclimatized.
Saralegui's touch eases her, though the fact that he reached, smoothed a hand over her in the first place is surprising. then again, he would have been used to this with Sasuke, wouldn't he? the same physical indicators, given they functioned in much the same way.
the mention of four has her readying herself, preparing to allow her own knowledge and strength funnel into her partner, to give him every part of her own abilities from home. to let him mirror her movements, her abilities; to do things that are familiar to the pair in front of them.
she offers nothing in the way of verbalizing her communication to Saralegui; feels no need to. she knows what's coming, as does he, and all that's left is to be ready for it.
war isn't new to her; not be a long shot. part of her craves it right now, wants the rush and the release of everything she's been holding on to since returning to the city. ]
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not that he's at all surprised that naruto apparently didn't.]
The purple ones leech energy. Yellow has some sort of psychic ability. Red are almost entirely blind but can instantly set enemies on fire. Silver are shape-shifters with better strength and speed, and are weak to electricity.
[he glances away from naruto at that -- or more specifically, from the blindfold covering his eyes. that's not his job anymore, and he tries to focus on the flow of knowledge from sakura instead. his hand drops away from her fabric to the hilt of the sword shibusen had provided, drawing it out with as little scraping against the sheath as possible.]
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yellow would be a problem. if they were lucky, they'd get a handful of silver clowns.
he hears Saralegui draw his sword. ]
We can take them off guard if we move now.
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How much of this reaches his partner, Naruto can't be sure. They've felt unusually separate the past few days, and while it had been an annoyance at first- Naruto feels strangely like he's trying to grab hold of the guy while wearing oven mitts. It's too loose, too hard to feel properly.
And he knows why.
Naruto's hands move to his back, tug loose the kunai he finds there and with a whispered- ] Let's go. [ He takes off down the corridor- first two throws aimed at the side of the red clown's head. ]
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it's new, but the confidence she feels from Sara is reassuring. rather than worry about what's waiting for them ahead, she allows herself to focus the strength into his hands, echoes down his legs to give a better footing. she could offer more with a better resonance, but what they have is enough for this. ]
FASTFORWARD TO THEIR RETURNT TO SHIBUSEN 4 FEELS
they managed to take out what they'd been sent out to do, but the collateral damage was exponential to what it should have been. Naruto, leaning over Sasuke's shoulder with his Weapon's arm around his waist, was a testament to that.
Sasuke was frustrated, this never should have happened. ]
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his body trembles from time to time, a full body shake that he doesn't really register, and he can taste blood in his mouth.
both of which are the least of his concerns. when they step back through the mirror, naruto's eyes remain red. his mouth- resolutely shut. ]
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failed resonance, injuries, Naruto unable to stand on his own two feet without assistance. while her and Sasuke being able to resonate and wield each other had made it so they could keep Naruto safe, she knew that was the root of the problem. her desire to keep him shielded. not only did she keep his future from him, but she made Sasuke do the same.
Sakura stumbles through the mirror after them, offering Sara a quick apology and a promise to talk later. she owes him more of an explanation, but she can't provide it right now. instead, she falls into step next to them, debates on offering to help them along.
(she decides against it; knows if either of them needed it, they would ask.) ]
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he has to listen to his footfalls to know that he's making them.
one of the sleeves of his jacket has been blown to pieces. it hangs from his bicep like a ripped flag. ]
Drop me off at the clinic.
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he's furious.
at himself, for the most part. ]
We should all stop at the clinic.
[ it should be more levelheaded, but it comes out aggressively. ]
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instead, she exhales slow, tries to measure her anger with the situation. ]
Sasuke-kun is right.
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You guys can still resonate with each other.
[ sakura is strong, and he knows she'll be able to heal her own wounds the same way she'll be able to treat sasuke's. it's their resonance with him that isn't connecting. it feels like a wall between them. sudden and unbreachable. ]