[Hijikata snorts at Crow's quip, but quickly gets serious again. Just like Crow he sizes up the first ominous root he wants to take on when the rocker's call alerts him to his side again.]
Are you serious?!
[Crow was already challenged enough by having to cut the roots with the handcuffs restraining his movement (the way they seem to weigh a ton really doesn't help with that!), now those damn things actually turn out to be the catalyst for the whole energy drainage?! It makes sense, in hindsight - otherwise the tree would have to be able to independently differentiate between prisoners and wards, and while Hijikata wouldn't put it past it this does seem to make things easier.]
I'm starting to think that this may not even be how the tree was from the start... perhaps some sick sadist started bio-engineering it and developed these devices to faciltiate this shitshow!
[This is bad!! Perhaps he should better destroy the handcuffs before Crow gets drained too much. But while the hedgehogboy is already working away at his first root Hijikata can't be idle; they can look at the damn things when he's done with that one. He approaches the first occupied cell with a root in it, putting his finger on his lips to silence the inmate, who's opening his mouth to say something - and then, when he tries to shove the lance through the bars, he hits an invisible barrier. It's almost like an electric field, with colourful pattern becoming visible just in front of the bars before fading like ripples on water. The prisoner sighs.]
The barrier's up, warden...
Ugh!! Just how secure is this prison? Is there a way to turn it off?
Yes..? Don't you know? Did you lose your memory?
I'm not the warden!! I just stole his face-- not literally, don't look at me like that! Damn it, we have no time for this!
[He leans the lance against the wall, deeming it almost entirely useless for the task by now, and starts tackling the nearest root in the corridor with his fire magic. He may or may not be caught by hidden surveillance mechanisms, but he's getting pretty desperate, seeing no way to complete the operation as a stealth mission anymore. Even if they both go all out with their magic they may only be able to destroy a small contingent of roots before their actions are discovered, but at least they'll take out more than trying to chip away at the few that elude observation in blind spots!]
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Are you serious?!
[Crow was already challenged enough by having to cut the roots with the handcuffs restraining his movement (the way they seem to weigh a ton really doesn't help with that!), now those damn things actually turn out to be the catalyst for the whole energy drainage?! It makes sense, in hindsight - otherwise the tree would have to be able to independently differentiate between prisoners and wards, and while Hijikata wouldn't put it past it this does seem to make things easier.]
I'm starting to think that this may not even be how the tree was from the start... perhaps some sick sadist started bio-engineering it and developed these devices to faciltiate this shitshow!
[This is bad!! Perhaps he should better destroy the handcuffs before Crow gets drained too much. But while the hedgehogboy is already working away at his first root Hijikata can't be idle; they can look at the damn things when he's done with that one. He approaches the first occupied cell with a root in it, putting his finger on his lips to silence the inmate, who's opening his mouth to say something - and then, when he tries to shove the lance through the bars, he hits an invisible barrier. It's almost like an electric field, with colourful pattern becoming visible just in front of the bars before fading like ripples on water. The prisoner sighs.]
The barrier's up, warden...
Ugh!! Just how secure is this prison? Is there a way to turn it off?
Yes..? Don't you know? Did you lose your memory?
I'm not the warden!! I just stole his face-- not literally, don't look at me like that! Damn it, we have no time for this!
[He leans the lance against the wall, deeming it almost entirely useless for the task by now, and starts tackling the nearest root in the corridor with his fire magic. He may or may not be caught by hidden surveillance mechanisms, but he's getting pretty desperate, seeing no way to complete the operation as a stealth mission anymore. Even if they both go all out with their magic they may only be able to destroy a small contingent of roots before their actions are discovered, but at least they'll take out more than trying to chip away at the few that elude observation in blind spots!]