BREAK IN: CHUUYA, PHOENIX, ZENITSU

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[ The trio step (or, well. sit.) into the tunnel and start their slide! It is wet, and the water is nearly freezing... but not too long into it, it is not nearly as dark as they might have expected. In fact, it gets positively trippy. A jaunty little poem echoes around them in the tunnel as they go.

They are going very fast, and for probably far too long a time, but they can see a split path at some point. Which way will Phoenix lean? Right or left? ]

[slobjection]

[ what the fuck is even happening ]

[ ok they're going right ]

[shortforever]

[Yeah let's do this. Sandwich Zenitsu in the middle so he has to go.]

[swordflash]

[Zenitsu, meanwhile, screams all the way down this ride as he, in his panic, wraps his other arm around Phoenix . . . 's eyes.]

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[ Well that's certainly going to help everyone! All good things (was this a good thing) have to end, though, and there is a light at the end of the tunnel... it is coming in fast... where will they land!

Straight into a pool of freezing cold water, apparently. This water is not crystal clear; it's mucky, dirty, and there are ... things... floating in it. It's a little too dark for them to tell what it is currently. Still, they don't seem to be too far from the shore! Time to get their swimmies on if they haven't drowned phoenix with their combined weight. ]

[slobjection]

[ yeah it's really hard to swim when two children are clinging to you and also zenitsu is covering your eyes but he tries to go up to the surface and pull them with him. ]

Where's the shore?!

[ just keep swimming, just keep swimming ]

[shortforever]

[It's fine, CHuuya lets go as soon as he's in the water, he can totally swim on his own at least.]

This way!

[He can probably swim faster than the other two because hell yes he's leaving them behind, it's cold and wet and he wants out.

But hey, if he does get to the shore before them, he'll at least offer a hand/crowbar out to help them out?]

[swordflash]

[Swim? On his own, thereby leaving the grownup who can protect him? He thinks not. Zenitsu spits out a mouthful of the water before lowering his arm to rest his hands on Phoenix's shoulders so that he can doggy paddle.]

W-w-w-where is this? It's so gross!

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[ Wow, Zenitsu. I don't walk into your secret tunnel and call the gross water I land on gross.

Now that they've made it to the shore, though, the guys will notice that they seem to be in some sort of... concrete basement? It's a bit too dark to tell properly what is surrounding them, but the floor is definitely concrete. Right next to their landing pool, there is a table with some objects. Mainly, an insane variety of glow sticks, including bracelets, necklaces, wands and even flying discs, all colors of the rainbow! Party time. There is also a small key. ]

[slobjection]

Everyone okay?

[ phoenix just swims with zenitsu's dead weight.... this is fine..... when they get to shore he'll take the key right away then look at the glow sticks.... ]

These could be useful for light.

[ Key and glow sticks added to Court Record. ]

[shortforever]

[He plays video games, he knows to be suspicious of item caches.]

Che! What is this, a rave?

[He'll still take a couple glowsticks and even put on two of the glowing bracelets. All the ones he picks are green too. Gotta go classic.]

Think we ended up in the basement somewhere?

[swordflash]

[There's a nod from this end. He's okay (for now).

Then Zenitsu, too, will go classic with a yellow glow stick, which he shines over the various accessories and then brings out to survey their surroundings. It's kind of dim. Keeping close to Phoenix, he crouches down and raises the stick to the pool. Why the heck did it feel so filthy?]

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[ I'm going to assume Phoenix picked blue. Anyway, now they can slightly see around them! The general area looks... well, a little bit like a bunker, actually. The wall behind them, the floor and the ceiling all seem to be made of concrete. The path in front of them is straight forward from the lake.

The good news is, when Zenitsu checks the water, he'll realize it's not sewer water! It's filthy because it's stale, and it looks like debris is floating in it... Oh, and a couple of what look like bones seem to be at the bottom of the pool. ]

[slobjection]

[ yea he did get blue. also: y i k e s ]

[ gently herds zenitsu away from it. ]

Maybe a bunker of sorts ... Let's keep going.

[shortforever]

[Yikes indeed.]

...

Yeah, c'mon. There's gotta be a door here somewhere.

[Let's walk this magical path away from the lake and see what we can find.]

[swordflash]

[He lets out a high-pitched gasp at what appears to be bones, and then he's pulled away to stick like glue to Phoenix again.]

Whose bones were those? We're gonna be okay, right?

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[ Maybe they are decorative bones, guys! For atmosphere. So they're going to be fine. Probably. The hallway is empty of anything, and their steps echo in around them... up until they get to a large concrete door that's bolted down with a lock.

Well, they don't really have a choice, but. Wanna use the key? ]

[slobjection]

[ present -> evidence -> key ]

We'll be fine, Zenitsu. As long as we have each other.

[ shut up phoenix!! but he does seem sincere about making sure they get out okay ]

[shortforever]

If you say 'the power of friendship' then I'm kicking you.

[>T!!!

But yes, he'll wait for the door to be unlocked. He's a bit more cautious now that it's dark.]

[swordflash]

[No one else has to say such a corny thing, because Chuuya just said it for them.

What good is Zenitsu, though? As long as there are Phoenix and Chuuya, they'll be fine! After all, Phoenix is a grownup who's indestructible in the face of explosions while Chuuya is wielding a crowbar. Never mind the sword attached to Zenitsu's hip. Whatever's behind that door definitely doesn't need to be cut.]

Just how much longer is this going to go on? I thought it'd be quicker than this.

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[ The door opens easily! It leads them down some concrete stairs, but at least this part of the bunker seems well lit. Once down, they will end up in another hallway... this one with two doors on either side of it nearer to the stairs. Further, there are some plants in a rounded area, and they can see two more doors on either side of that hallway, for a total of four. I'm so sorry language has left me

anyway pick a door individually, separate the party, the choice is yours ]

[slobjection]

We should stay together.

[ just to be safe..... he'll check out the plant, then look at the doors. ]

Any ideas?

[shortforever]

No shit we should stay together.

[Too bad they didn't get a fourth person to go with them into this bunker, then they could have all taken a door.

But yeah Chuuya will walk up to the first door on the right, closer to the stairs. This is the door he's picking, follow him nerds.]

[swordflash]

[No, he's following where Phoenix goes, which will be that first door on the right. Zenitsu just hopes there are no monsters on the other side of any of these doors. He's starting to tremble (again).]

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[ The wright door (har har har) is apparently... a bedroom! There are four beds lining the walls of this room, as well as four accompanying nightstands and a singular door to the side. It's open, so they can glimpse that it's a (very small) bathroom. There's a singular shower with no door next to a toilet.

But before they notice all of that, they might notice that the floor right next to the door is covered in some kind of liquid. Should Chuuya step in it before Phoenix, as sole dad, stops him, he'll find himself in ... quite the sticky situation. Hope you didn't need those shoes!!! ]