[ bad. forever. everything is bad. as they make it to the edge, he reaches up and squeezes ashlyn's shoulder, once, bolstering for himself and for her, too. it's not real, and that's what they have to concern themselves with. don't look back.
as they step back out, rondo does remember, as he's composing himself. there's a thing! ]
You're not hurt any further, right? There's - I saw something, at the bottom of the pool. It might be... I'm going to dive down to get it.
[ god knows he wants to wash sazantos' blood off of himself. he puts the axe back on his back, and once he's pretty sure there's nothing else horrible out here that's going to attack them, he goes to start diving down into the water. ]
I'll be here. [ they don't both need to go diving for it, but she won't wander off this time. she'll be waiting in case something goes horrifically wrong. you never know. ]
[ oh good. neat. is it a big hammer or a small hammer.... i am duel wielding. thank the gods - it was worth it.
when he surfaces, rondo comes up for air... hammer first, lifted in the air like he's thor, and then his head pops up afterwards. rondo swims over to the opposite edge of the pool, pops out, and shakes himself off like a dog so he doesn't splash ashlyn, and then makes his way over to her, hammer in hand.
he shows it to her with a smile. tired, now. hurting, his heart aching, but it's there. mission complete. (maybe). ] One down. Let's go find the others.
[it's a pretty big hammer, it's like the size of your greataxe so like... you'd have to twohand it. you've got it now! it vibrates in your hands when you do, like it is uncertain that it wants you to hold it.
back out to the hallway we go to wait just a bit for the others to get out of their exfoliating.]
[ this hammer is going to have to go to lavi, the hammer guy. for now, he will grip it tightly, rubbing his thumb against the side of it and feeling that Uncertain Feeling, mumbling We'll get you to where you're supposed to go. I swear it.
that's what iwatooshi would want him to do, right? for now, rondo will wait in the hallway, close to ashlyn and protectively in front of her, watching the door to the other room like a hawk, or like an anxious dog that's locked out of the bedroom. ]
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as they step back out, rondo does remember, as he's composing himself. there's a thing! ]
You're not hurt any further, right? There's - I saw something, at the bottom of the pool. It might be... I'm going to dive down to get it.
[ god knows he wants to wash sazantos' blood off of himself. he puts the axe back on his back, and once he's pretty sure there's nothing else horrible out here that's going to attack them, he goes to start diving down into the water. ]
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[ physically. ]
I'll be here. [ they don't both need to go diving for it, but she won't wander off this time. she'll be waiting in case something goes horrifically wrong. you never know. ]
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rondo dives! he gets allllll the way to the bottom, and his fingers wrap around the handle of a hammer! oooooh.]
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when he surfaces, rondo comes up for air... hammer first, lifted in the air like he's thor, and then his head pops up afterwards. rondo swims over to the opposite edge of the pool, pops out, and shakes himself off like a dog so he doesn't splash ashlyn, and then makes his way over to her, hammer in hand.
he shows it to her with a smile. tired, now. hurting, his heart aching, but it's there. mission complete. (maybe). ] One down. Let's go find the others.
[ surely they aren't turned into debtor tables ]
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once rondo is back, she gives him a little nod. ]
Sure. We'll see what they've found.
[ and hopefully they're okay. off we goooo. ]
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back out to the hallway we go to wait just a bit for the others to get out of their exfoliating.]
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that's what iwatooshi would want him to do, right? for now, rondo will wait in the hallway, close to ashlyn and protectively in front of her, watching the door to the other room like a hawk, or like an anxious dog that's locked out of the bedroom. ]
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