[ if claude tries to sacrifice him cloud WILL push and hold him down in the pool, he's vindictive. i hope the wall is full of faint marks of all the maze's previous victims. ]
Ever been in a maze before? [ this is a genuine question as they try to make their way downtown. walking fast. hear some growling. walking faster. ] Can't say they're common back home.
How's "we might die but it won't stick" lightening the mood?
[ CLAUDE. anyway there's an immediate annoyed noise as they have to backtrack, which is also immediately covered by a louder growl and the feeling that they should maybe be running faster 🤔 ]
Kinda feeling like a lab rat right now. [ stupid jogging in a labyrinth ]
[ they turn! right into fork in the road! i hope claude is keeping track of these. cloud is too but he is not sharing currently. ]
Anyone ever tell you not to say it could be worse?
[ you know how some mazes have traps "do they" you know this very common fact about mazes having traps, well this one does too! a pit of spikes in this dead end. get it? it's a dead end? cloud's stop is very abrupt. let them bump into each other ]
[ CLOUD DON'T JUST STOP Claude's half marking the wall half looking where he's running, so yeah, he does bump into Cloud. ]
Damn it!
[ He jerks forward, awkwardly flailing but managing to grip the cobblestone wall, and reaching out to try and grab Cloud's shirt with the other hand. ]
[ cloud is solid but claude is tall and going fast and also, it's funnier this way, so him running into him does make cloud stumble a little too close to the edge for anyone's comfort with deadly spikes. luckily he grabs onto him and cloud also like, tries to fucking leap back so it's just more stumbling onto each other in a very small area of the maze, for hilarity. ]
Wrong way. Why are there traps? Monster not enough?
[ They stumble around each other, trying to step on one another's feet while also not tumble back into the spike pit and by the time they've gotten themselves turn around the hall seems darker.
Darker on one end specifically, where a massive, shadowy beast lurks, hard enough to see in the darkness of the maze that it almost seems like it's taking up the entire corridor. ]
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cloud's escape it pointless given that claude just follows him through. ]
I can see it in your eyes.
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[ he looks at him with his pretty eyes! that glow a little! it's fine. it's normal.
they are now in a maze and that's not great. the door closes behind them. ]
...
Damn it.
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Well, this seems fun.
[ Something... growls in the distance. ]
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Think that's our cue to get moving. [ growls are bad? he is just going to pick a direction at random and go? surely this is how mazes work ]
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[ He can be serious for a moment, looking around at the walls. ]
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gestures at the giant ass sword magneted to his back ]
Are you?
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whatever ]
I'm a damsel, you'll have to— No, I can't. [ He sighs. ] Yeah, though not as obviously as you.
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[ the growling is too close for comfort? he is even nicely ignoring the half-quip. time to pick directions at random!!! ]
I don't want to see what lives in this maze up close.
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[ He looks behind them, trying to catalog their surroundings in an effort to keep from going in circles. ]
Maybe we should try climbing the walls.
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Think we can stay on them and skip this maze?
[ the answer is. the walls will grow taller the second they attempt to truly climb them.
no cheating ]
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You've got to be kidding me.
[ Off they go again!! ]
You don't think you could take whatever it is that's hunting us?
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[ tiny maze corridors... because... it's funniest if the buster sword is a problem. ]
I might manage it, but I don't know how well I could protect us both like this. And we don't know what's chasing us.
[ and he like, does not wanna find out ]
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So they go. ]
Better to avoid conflict then.
[ He grabs a stone, striking it against the wall to make a faint mark. ]
Might as well try to keep from running in circles.
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Ever been in a maze before? [ this is a genuine question as they try to make their way downtown. walking fast. hear some growling. walking faster. ] Can't say they're common back home.
the way i totally missed this notif
[ He's walking at a brisk pace now. ]
But the chances we'll actually die are fairly small.
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[ it's monday so they can't die? ]
Pretty sure there's a few people here who had people die every day wherever they were.
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But I mean, I was in the room where you fall to your death, and while I definitely felt like I died, I didn't. So I think it's a trick of these rooms.
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[ he does not want this. ]
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[ To no avail.
Especially since they turn the next corner to find a dead end.
Great. ]
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[ CLAUDE. anyway there's an immediate annoyed noise as they have to backtrack, which is also immediately covered by a louder growl and the feeling that they should maybe be running faster 🤔 ]
Kinda feeling like a lab rat right now. [ stupid jogging in a labyrinth ]
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[ LOOK anyway, Claude is running now, but still carefully enough that he's taking in their surroundings, keeping an eye on the markings on the wall.
They reach another fork, making a turn. ]
It's definitely entertainment for someone. This really sucks.
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Anyone ever tell you not to say it could be worse?
[ you know how some mazes have traps "do they" you know this very common fact about mazes having traps, well this one does too! a pit of spikes in this dead end. get it? it's a dead end? cloud's stop is very abrupt. let them bump into each other ]
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[ CLOUD DON'T JUST STOP Claude's half marking the wall half looking where he's running, so yeah, he does bump into Cloud. ]
Damn it!
[ He jerks forward, awkwardly flailing but managing to grip the cobblestone wall, and reaching out to try and grab Cloud's shirt with the other hand. ]
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Wrong way. Why are there traps? Monster not enough?
[ WHO DESIGNED THIS MAZE ]
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[ They stumble around each other, trying to step on one another's feet while also not tumble back into the spike pit and by the time they've gotten themselves turn around the hall seems darker.
Darker on one end specifically, where a massive, shadowy beast lurks, hard enough to see in the darkness of the maze that it almost seems like it's taking up the entire corridor. ]
This just keeps getting worse.
[ He should've drawn a map. ]