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everlastingsoul) wrote2008-06-22 11:37 am
everlastingsoul) wrote2008-06-22 11:37 am
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Tales of Legendia AU - "Treasure Hunting," part 2
"I told you there'd be treasure!" Norma practically sang as the stone wall slammed shut behind them.
"I don't see anything," Walter said mildly, frowning back at the door before forward. The way ahead was pitch black, and it was only the cracks in the wall behind them that provided the passageway any light at all.
"There's a secret passage, Wally -- that means there's treasure!"
Walter leveled an unimpressed look at his shorter traveling companion, who promptly ignored him in favor of taking a few steps forward. She had called upon her eres a little bit so there was a little more light. "Or there's a death trap that's waiting for us," he suggested, his own fingertips glowing as he followed after her.
"You are such a worrywa-- aaaaah--!" There was a short blur of blue as Norma suddenly disappeared into the darkness.
"Norma!" The shout came unbidden, and Walter's throat ached a little as he covered the short distance between them with a running jump. His fingers immediately found Norma's wrist, and he hissed as he crawled closer to the hole Norma had fallen into.
"Ow, ow, ow! Not so hard, Wally!"
"Not now, Norma." He growled, trying to get decent footing so he could pull the girl out of the hole. Norma had luckily grabbed the edge before she could fall into whatever oblivion the darkness covered up, but there didn’t seem to be any way she could help him with his task.
It took several tense moments in the dark before Walter’s feet found purchase on the uneven stones beneath him, and he carefully pulled Norma to safety. “Be more careful,” the Ferines wheezed, coughing onto the back of one hand as he began to stand.
“I wasn’t not being careful,” protested Norma, stumbling to her feet and staggering a few feet in the direction they had come from. “How was I supposed to know tha-- aaaaaah!”
Walter had a little more warning for this pitfall than the last; the rocks had at least scraped against each other as they fell away, and he lunged from a kneeling position towards Norma. Even in the absolute darkness, he was able to find Norma’s fingers clutching the stone, and he quickly grabbed at her wrists.
“W-- Wally--” Norma gasped, her arms already aching from the first fall.
“Not now, Norma,” Walter repeated his earlier words, flat on his stomach this time around and scrabbling for a way to pull the girl up.
For a moment, there were only sounds of rubber scraping against stone and heavy breathing.
Then, “Wally, this thing isn’t gonna hold.”
There was a tense silence.
“What?”
Disbelief colored the exclamation, and Walter avoided coughing down on his friend by turning his head away. But it was quickly becoming obvious what Norma was talking about: the stones underneath him were sinking and falling away.
“Does this count as a death trap?!”
Walter would have answered with some angry words, but he was already falling by then.
"I don't see anything," Walter said mildly, frowning back at the door before forward. The way ahead was pitch black, and it was only the cracks in the wall behind them that provided the passageway any light at all.
"There's a secret passage, Wally -- that means there's treasure!"
Walter leveled an unimpressed look at his shorter traveling companion, who promptly ignored him in favor of taking a few steps forward. She had called upon her eres a little bit so there was a little more light. "Or there's a death trap that's waiting for us," he suggested, his own fingertips glowing as he followed after her.
"You are such a worrywa-- aaaaah--!" There was a short blur of blue as Norma suddenly disappeared into the darkness.
"Norma!" The shout came unbidden, and Walter's throat ached a little as he covered the short distance between them with a running jump. His fingers immediately found Norma's wrist, and he hissed as he crawled closer to the hole Norma had fallen into.
"Ow, ow, ow! Not so hard, Wally!"
"Not now, Norma." He growled, trying to get decent footing so he could pull the girl out of the hole. Norma had luckily grabbed the edge before she could fall into whatever oblivion the darkness covered up, but there didn’t seem to be any way she could help him with his task.
It took several tense moments in the dark before Walter’s feet found purchase on the uneven stones beneath him, and he carefully pulled Norma to safety. “Be more careful,” the Ferines wheezed, coughing onto the back of one hand as he began to stand.
“I wasn’t not being careful,” protested Norma, stumbling to her feet and staggering a few feet in the direction they had come from. “How was I supposed to know tha-- aaaaaah!”
Walter had a little more warning for this pitfall than the last; the rocks had at least scraped against each other as they fell away, and he lunged from a kneeling position towards Norma. Even in the absolute darkness, he was able to find Norma’s fingers clutching the stone, and he quickly grabbed at her wrists.
“W-- Wally--” Norma gasped, her arms already aching from the first fall.
“Not now, Norma,” Walter repeated his earlier words, flat on his stomach this time around and scrabbling for a way to pull the girl up.
For a moment, there were only sounds of rubber scraping against stone and heavy breathing.
Then, “Wally, this thing isn’t gonna hold.”
There was a tense silence.
“What?”
Disbelief colored the exclamation, and Walter avoided coughing down on his friend by turning his head away. But it was quickly becoming obvious what Norma was talking about: the stones underneath him were sinking and falling away.
“Does this count as a death trap?!”
Walter would have answered with some angry words, but he was already falling by then.