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For the briefest of moments, Jiu was almost impressed at the world for so conveniently setting up ambient lighting while he was wandering around an abandoned graveyard. But that thought was quickly banished when devices screeched in protest to whatever odd energies where tampering with it, the high pitched electrical wail shooting past everything and piercing Jiu's mind. The immortal crumpled onto the overgrown grass with a wail of its own, slender fingers clawing at its ears as the ringing just. wouldn't. "STOP!" It was almost like a miracle that the wrenching pain stopped as soon as it started, the sky lightening and leaving Jiu to pant on the ground, catching its breath. It felt too similar to a time when Jiu was nothing and everything where the night and secrecy were its constant companions. Jiu smiled mirthlessly, smearing its face into the cool dirt for a moment. Having freakishly sharp senses weren't a good thing.

With a grunt, Jiu pushed itself up and brushed off the grass staining the leather and cloth, scowling at the amount of washing it would inevitably have to do. The events still sparked suspicion in its mind but Jiu's priority was finding its keys first before cleaning up. Whatever was happening in the world, it could wait. Jiu didn't want to involve itself in mortal matters anymore

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"I'm fine... we should be far enough from the epicenter by now. We can resurface..." Heleina muttered, still clouded from the vocal barrage in her mind. "If you're happy about having the sewers for yourself, then be it..." With that, she makes her way to the nearest manhole cover, still supporting herself before pointing up. "This one... is weak enough, a strong blow should open it."

'Thank god.' She almost audibly mumbled, but she managed to bite her tongue and keep it in her head. She was starting to hate this place due to how it affected them and also left a bad taste on the whole relaxing experience she usually had with water. She gave a sigh and looked from Algar to the sewer water beside them, almost feeling a bit sad to leave. The hallucinations felt so real, and it was nice seeing some of them again... If only it didn't come with the cost of going even more insane than she already was like Heleina. Her half-shut eyes suddenly snapped open in response to a strange feeling, something she couldn't quite describe. She stopped dead in her tracks, unmoving as she tried to focus on what the strange feeling was. Something was off with the air... It felt dense and heavy, almost as if it was trying to suffocate her. The moment that she had felt this was horrible, it seemed to go on forever. She began to raise her arm to her neck, trying to breathe normally again, but as soon as she started to beg for air, the feeling stopped. While the air became normal again, she did not. Syrai continued to scratch at her neck, the memory alone keeping her from stopping.

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Shaking his head in disbelief that he was about to help them,Algar jogged his way towards the manhole Heleina pointed at. Though the young girl seemed to act peculiarly,it came off to him as if she was daydreaming. Either that or she was having a pleasant hallucination, no matter the case, he didn't want to interrupt. "I assume you can't open it in this state, huh?" A quick sigh followed. "I'll see what I can do...for our mutual benefit that is..." He said as he stood underneath it, punching and pushing it using all his effort. He had a strange feeling about them. Their characteristics and their body language seemed as if they were only mimicing the ones of this generation's people. Then again, he did meet them in the sewers...

Heleina stuttered and groaned, looking up to the manhole and then down to her pocket, when Syrai caught her attention. With worry and partial concern, as insanity and empathy don't usually pair well, she grabbed the "suffocating" girl's head and gave a small hit to the throat, which by usual standards, would force someone to breath. "Breath... breath..." She whispered, with clueless muttering in between and with a crazed look in her eyes.

Thankfully, the sudden pain went away very soon, leaving her with only a memory burned into her mind yet again. She found it odd, nothing like this had happened before with this reaction, probably due to not having much terrifying memories associated with a sudden change in the air, but it was just a thought. She slowly lowered her arm and looked over at Heleina, a little embarrassed to have attention drawn to her. "I'm fine." She muttered before straightening up and turning away, everything about her was completely back to normal like nothing had happened.