[ Just as Nenonen can sense that tingling, anxiety-ridden sensation in her stomach, so too can he feel the goosebumps on his arms pimple rapidly as the ceiling is broken straight through. It's almost like the large hands that came through were trying to escape from something. Someone? There was conflict upstairs as well with others doing their part, but now they had a target directly in front of them. Any sense of self-preservation goes right out the window for the shadows as they spot their next meal to consume into their essence.
Time stops for Cloud, it feels like, the happenings occurring in slow-motion as he feels his feet move for him. The burn in his calves as he springs towards them...only to be too late. The Safety Pin takes the brunt of the force, but it's the lingering poison that would begin to permeate the air around them that could choke and corrode them out. ]
Nen!!
[ Haunting imagery flashes through his mind's eye. Being too late to protect Zack in his final moments. Failing to be there when Ayato and Kaveh were victims of this horror. Calling Ayaka's name as he was hurtled through a portal by his own shadow. Everyone he lost...everybody he failed to protect. He swore that he would never let it happen again.
The Safety Pin prevents them from being harm, but it doesn't matter. Without that...they would have been— ]
Grr—!!
[ Blink and you'll miss it. The way in which Cloud practically flashed out of sight from the spot he was launching himself from. A line of pure light crosses through the large hands. Blink again. Cloud reappears, having already cleaved through the other side with his slash, Buster Sword bathed in light magic as the limbs dissipate into white ash before becoming nothing. Cloud lands with a skid, blade in one hand as he wastes very little time in rushing back over to Nen. The destruction of this house was only getting worse, and fast. And every fiber of his being was telling him that they could press deeper? Or they can trust the part everyone else was playing as the foundation was beginning to crumble. Whether the house remains standing or not, the root of the shadowy monster wouldn't take long to show itself.
More importantly, he doesn't even wait for Nen's approval when he reaches for one of their wrists, giving it a little squeeze. ]
Come on.
[ They need to get up. They need to leave for now. Regroup. As Cloud says this, the floorboards were beginning to rattle beneath them... ]
don't be sorry!! ;;-;; you good. ♥
Time stops for Cloud, it feels like, the happenings occurring in slow-motion as he feels his feet move for him. The burn in his calves as he springs towards them...only to be too late. The Safety Pin takes the brunt of the force, but it's the lingering poison that would begin to permeate the air around them that could choke and corrode them out. ]
Nen!!
[ Haunting imagery flashes through his mind's eye. Being too late to protect Zack in his final moments. Failing to be there when Ayato and Kaveh were victims of this horror. Calling Ayaka's name as he was hurtled through a portal by his own shadow. Everyone he lost...everybody he failed to protect. He swore that he would never let it happen again.
The Safety Pin prevents them from being harm, but it doesn't matter. Without that...they would have been— ]
Grr—!!
[ Blink and you'll miss it. The way in which Cloud practically flashed out of sight from the spot he was launching himself from. A line of pure light crosses through the large hands. Blink again. Cloud reappears, having already cleaved through the other side with his slash, Buster Sword bathed in light magic as the limbs dissipate into white ash before becoming nothing. Cloud lands with a skid, blade in one hand as he wastes very little time in rushing back over to Nen. The destruction of this house was only getting worse, and fast. And every fiber of his being was telling him that they could press deeper? Or they can trust the part everyone else was playing as the foundation was beginning to crumble. Whether the house remains standing or not, the root of the shadowy monster wouldn't take long to show itself.
More importantly, he doesn't even wait for Nen's approval when he reaches for one of their wrists, giving it a little squeeze. ]
Come on.
[ They need to get up. They need to leave for now. Regroup. As Cloud says this, the floorboards were beginning to rattle beneath them... ]