[Aika]

TIME: 7:10PM

In they all went first Mako and then Rin not far behind. Yumie next and then, slowly, Raimaa. But after a few minutes all were in the house and all searching. Yumie paid attention to the floor, but beyond it being old and decayed there would be nothing of interest. 

The house was old, surprisingly big on the inside. Once upon a time it might have been a respectable family home. The entrance way would lead to a hallway with white bannered stairs that ran up into the darkness. Stairs were inaccessible though, thanks to the roof falling down. They'd have to concentrate their search on the ground floor. 



They had three choices to explore. The first was the door immediately to their right; a doorway into an old dining room. Table smashed beyond repair and broken chairs littering the floor. There was a partial view of the damaged window that looked out onto the once upon a time garden. If they paid close attention there would be signs of an overgrown garden that someone decades ago had likely spent a lot of time on. Now it was all overgrown and the window was smashed inwardly, like something had been thrown towards the window. 

Raimaa had stopped by it, leaned down to pick up a bloodied stone. She held it in her hands for a moment before turning to see what the others were doing. No clue here, but perhaps context that would be revealed later. 

Mako would walk silently through the second door. A sitting room. From where she was stood she could see Raimaa leaning down to pick up something but her eyes would be disinterested in the girl and looking at the fireplace by the wall, the broken chair that had once upon a time been the prime spot in front of the fire, back facing the window that had been long broken. 

The third door was unknown. But if they went in they'd find an old kitchen. Rotten food and debris littered across the floors. Cupboards hastily gone through and nothing left to see properly, unless they really looked.

Where would they find clues? It was a family home so certainly not in the floors or the walls. Perhaps they should try looking at the sideboards? The fireplace? There had to be something that linked everything together. 

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TEAMMATES

Genin 1:  


NAME: Fujiyaku Raimaa
Village: Kumogakure no Sato
Personality: First impressions: Shy and unassuming. Raimaa brings thought to the team but otherwise fails to inspire leadership. You have yet to work out fully her entire personality.
Specs: Genjutsu Sole?

Genin 2: 

NAME: Girata Mako
Village: Kirigakure no Sato
Personality: First impressions: A little defensive. Mako isn't entirely forthcoming with information about herself. She just wants to get out of the forest as quick as possible. You have yet to work out fully her entire personality. 
Specs: Ninjutsu Primary | Taijutsu Secondary
Pointers: Mako is good at being quiet when the need suits her, stealth seems to be one of her fortes...


ENEMIES

None at this time.


CLUES FOUND

The man at the gate told you to find your first clue north-west of the starting point.
The team have come across an old, abandoned house.

Information will change in the spoiler in some rounds, so pay attention to the spoiler box on each post in case it changes.

POSTING ROUND 6

Posting time limit: 48 hours

[Yumi Yuie]

It wasn’t long before the group met up with each other in the small house. Based on their observations, there were only a few places left to explore. Glancing around to see what Mako was doing, Yumi watched as she headed into some sort of sitting room. Following behind, her eyes were met with a fireplace and a ruined chair sitting in front of it. Staring at the broken window behind her for a few moments, the young kunoichi directed her attention to the fireplace. Would there be anything hidden inside?

Extending her hand, Yumi sent Ms. Bubbles towards the fireplace. Crouching down inside of it, Ms. Bubbles felt around for any hidden buttons or mechanisms. She patted down the floor, the walls to the side, and felt around the top. If there was anything here, hopefully she would notice. As her puppet got to work, Yumi let out a small frown. All the dirt in the fireplace was getting onto her puppet, but there wasn’t really anything she could do at that point. The fireplace needed to be explored and someone small had to do it. Still, it was better to get used to these sorts of situations now rather than later. The exam had just begun, and the young puppeteer knew she had a lot more to go through.

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[Sato Rin]

Rin lingered watching as everyone took action. Raimaa leaned to pick something up within eye shot, the other two disappeared into another area. This left Rin with only one option. For the three areas to be properly explored they had to spread out and divide their efforts. Into the kitchen the Sunagakure boy went, at first he stayed at the threshold before pushing the door open. It smelled odd in here, but it was obvious as to why. The food - what was left - was rotting, or completely turned to dust. Debris covered the area, but Rin was not perturbed by either the look or the smell of the kitchen. This didn't scare him as much as the oxygen lacking maze.

He kept the door open as he wandered inside, and started to look through all of the cupboards and drawers. Some were open, and everything seemed quite messy as if it were raided, but otherwise there was nothing immediately available for Rin's eye to take in. Which was why he kept looking. Places he couldn't quite reach immediately he would get up onto the counters with his knees and reach forward with his arms, touching and feeling, trying to find something in the kitchen. He was certain that he could find something if he kept looking diligently. This area had been their clue, which meant this house had to have something to offer for them or else they were certainly lost.

Quietly as he looked, he hoped that the others were getting on in progress well enough.

[Aika]

TIME: 7:20PM

Ten minutes of searching and the team had come up with nothing. Yumie had paid attention to the living room, searching for hidden access caches and secret buttons, but all she'd find was a very dirty chimney that likely had seen years before the house had been abandoned of neglect. While her puppet searched the chimney Yumie paid attention to the walls and the trellises that lined the walls. Everywhere but the room where the armchair still sat untouched and the sideboards in the room, though filled with papers and old news magazines, sat without attention given. She'd come up wanting with the walls though, nothing was out of place other than dirt and cobwebs. 

As she searched Raimaa walked into the room, big eyes scanning around, Mako stopped searching in the dining room to watch her. 

"This house is so... real. Do you think they made it on purpose? Or do you think someone used to live here?" she asked Yumie, staring at the armchair and lifting the old bits of paper up by their edges in the fear they might crumble to dust.

"Maybe we're thinking too much like shinobi," she muttered, looking at the papers, "if real people lived here why would they hide anything? Who are they gonna hide it from?" 

It wasn't a bad idea.

Meanwhile Rin walked hesitantly into the kitchen. Smell would be rife as the air shifted from years of staleness. But he pressed into the room, overlooking the kitchen counters and straight into the shelves and cupboards. He'd climb up onto the counter but he'd ignore the papers and plates left on the side. Fridge too would be ignored, missing the pictures scribbled in crayon stuck up on it. Hand went to search the shelves, pushing aside old tins and grease and grime. 

Something would crawl across Rin's hand, probably a spider, as he disturbed its home. Nothing to find in the cupboards it seemed, except the reward of a dirty hand. 

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TEAMMATES

Genin 1:  


NAME: Fujiyaku Raimaa
Village: Kumogakure no Sato
Personality: First impressions: Shy and unassuming. Raimaa brings thought to the team but otherwise fails to inspire leadership. You have yet to work out fully her entire personality.
Specs: Genjutsu Sole?
Pointers: Upon searching the house, Raimaa has revealed she has an intelligent streak and is capable of thinking outside the box.

Genin 2: 

NAME: Girata Mako
Village: Kirigakure no Sato
Personality: First impressions: A little defensive. Mako isn't entirely forthcoming with information about herself. She just wants to get out of the forest as quick as possible. You have yet to work out fully her entire personality. 
Specs: Ninjutsu Primary | Taijutsu Secondary
Pointers: Mako is good at being quiet when the need suits her, stealth seems to be one of her fortes...


ENEMIES

None at this time.


CLUES FOUND

The man at the gate told you to find your first clue north-west of the starting point.
The team have come across an old, abandoned house.

Information will change in the spoiler in some rounds, so pay attention to the spoiler box on each post in case it changes.

POSTING ROUND 7

Posting time limit: 48 hours

[Yumi Yuie]

"Could be either or. There’s really no way to tell. And if the clues weren’t hidden, wouldn’t we have found it already? Unless we’re missing something obvious.”

Shaking off as much dust as she could from Ms. Bubbles, Yumi glanced around the room once more. Was she thinking too much like a ninja? Moving Ms. Bubbles towards the armchair, Yumi had her puppet feel around the chair to see if anything was hidden in it or between the cushions. She also had Ms. Bubbles lift up the armchair and shake it for good measure. Maybe something interesting would fall out besides dust. Only one way to find out.

Once this was done, Yumi would search through the sideboards in the room. While she was still looking for hidden mechanisms, she was also looking for obvious clues. Grabbing the papers strewn about one by one, the young kunoichi gave them all a quick glance over before moving to the next one. If any of the papers had an interesting tidbit of information, she would store it in the back of her mind for a later date. She doubted most of them would be useful, but she would take what she could get. A single clue was better than none after all.

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[Sato Rin]

He wasn't particularly excited to have felt something crawl across his hand, but it was mostly harmless. He didn't get bit, so he continued on. Once he found that there was nothing to be found, he let out a small sigh. Pulling his hand back, it was now quite dirty and grimy. Rubbing some of the dirt off onto his trousers he would let his eyes wander. The cupboards although open, were not giving him anything to go off of.

In an almost sense of defeat his gaze would wander idly, but curiously around the kitchen. Viewing and surveying would reveal plates, papers, and a fridge that had crayon scribbled pictures on it. He could hear mumbling in the other room, but not what the other three were talking about. He just kind of stared... Then, hopping off of the counters, he would begin to sift through the plates, the papers - viewing and inspecting them - before moving to look at the fridge. There were pictures on it, what could they possibly mean?

He considered looking inside of the fridge, but for now he settled for simply the plates, papers in his hands and the doodles upon the fridge. Perhaps the things he was sifting idly through would reveal something. If cupboards and drawers were not going to, then things in plain sight might... Might.

[Aika]

TIME: 7:30PM

Sun was beginning to set low, casting the house in an odd orange light that made things seem eery. If they listened hard enough they'd note that the wildlife noises had stopped, like the rising of the night chased away the normalcy of the forest. Back inside the house the two girls had come up with nothing, Rin had received nothing but a dirty hand and Yumi was attempting to shake the armchair to death. 

Too shinobi. 

This was a modest house and well away from Konoha, people lived here once, but they were simple folk who farmed from the land. No matter how much they wanted the house to be rigged with traps and hidden mechanisms lying around, there wouldn't be. Simple was as simple was. 

Rin focussed on the fridge; he'd not reveal any new information that led to their escape. But what he might discern on the crinkled old white paper, beyond the crude childish scribblings of butterflies, was the dark droplets that look like they'd been splashed across in a hurry. It might have been wine from a lazy hand twisting the wine glass in the wrong way, or it might have been blood. 

Yumi would have better success searching the sideboards in the house alongside Raimaa. Once she stopped thinking too shinobi-like, she'd search papers on the sideboard. The papers themselves weren't particularly exciting, but what was revealed under the paper was. 

A black leather journal. Old and worn. Someone had seemingly dumped it down in idle forgetfulness. Flicking through the pages one would find general ramblings of the goings on at the house. According to the journal, the family often traded with a village to the north, made deliveries along the road to the east that took them over the only accessible bridge in the forest. And then, a short entry.

If Yumie chose to read it she'd notice that Raimaa was reading over her shoulder and then, after a few moments she'd speak up.

"Where's Mako?"

Journal Entry:

"Something odd happened today. Furuta said he'd called in to Hebi's, to see if she needed anything from the market. With her being pregnant he's not left her side. Everyone knows they're in love. Anyway... strangest thing. Hebi's house was empty, door broken in and windows opened. Furuta is in a state because he doesn't reckon Hebi would have left. 

Reckon we shoulda gone up to look, but Hebi lives by the old mines in the middle of nowhere. If it weren't for the only road being past that mine, no one would go there. 'Cept Furuta. I reckon she's just decided to move closer to the city proper. Old murky trees here were never her style and that mine is damn spooky. Probably packed her bags and left her doors open to let us know. Animals probably pillaged food from the cupboards.

Still. Odd.

Should check on the cattle down at the river tomorrow."

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TEAMMATES

Genin 1:  


NAME: Fujiyaku Raimaa
Village: Kumogakure no Sato
Personality: First impressions: Shy and unassuming. Raimaa brings thought to the team but otherwise fails to inspire leadership. You have yet to work out fully her entire personality.
Specs: Genjutsu Sole?
Pointers: Upon searching the house, Raimaa has revealed she has an intelligent streak and is capable of thinking outside the box.

Genin 2: 

NAME: Girata Mako
Village: Kirigakure no Sato
Personality: First impressions: A little defensive. Mako isn't entirely forthcoming with information about herself. She just wants to get out of the forest as quick as possible. You have yet to work out fully her entire personality. 
Specs: Ninjutsu Primary | Taijutsu Secondary
Pointers: Mako is good at being quiet when the need suits her, stealth seems to be one of her fortes...


ENEMIES

None at this time.


CLUES FOUND

The man at the gate told you to find your first clue north-west of the starting point.
The team have come across an old, abandoned house.
Yumie found an old journal.

Information will change in the spoiler in some rounds, so pay attention to the spoiler box on each post in case it changes.

POSTING ROUND 8

Posting time limit: 48 hours

[Yumi Yuie]

In the middle of shuffling through a multitude of papers, Yumi found a black leather journal hidden between the sheets. Flipping it open, she quickly scanned the pages for any useful information. And unlike the last few sheets of paper, she had actually found something helpful.

While most of it was ramblings, the young kunoichi still learned a few important facts. The family that used to live here often traded with a village to the north, which she assumed would be the group’s next destination. They would have to travel along the road to the east however, seeing as how it had the only accessible bridge in the forest. Taking a quick glance outside, Yumi let out a small frown. Finding that bridge with this lighting would be quite a challenge, but they had no choice. The group of ninjas were on a time limit whether they liked it or not.

"Go tell Rin what we found and I’ll look for Mako.”

Holding the book steady for a few more moments to make sure Raimaa had it memorized, Yumi shoved the journal into her pouch. She might need it later in case it held more clues that she had missed previously. With her puppet in tow, the young kunoichi took off at a brisk pace towards the dining room. That was the last place she had seen Mako, and the black haired kunoichi should still be somewhere around there.

Once Yumi arrived, she would glance around to see if she could spot any clues in order to find her missing teammate. Which was actually a decent challenge due to the lack of light. As she moved around quietly, she softly whispered into the nearby surroundings.

"You over here Mako? I found a clue that told us where to go next.”

Although she probably didn’t need to whisper, Yumi felt it was better safe than sorry. She knew from experience that the more dangerous creatures came out at night. And judging from the lack of light outside, night was quickly approaching. She hoped she found Mako soon though since getting split up this early on would only have negative outcomes. They would need to stick together for now until they knew exactly what they were dealing with.

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[Sato Rin]

Rin didn't need to be called out, he was already on his way out of the kitchen when he had discovered little but what appeared to be something covered in blood? Or something else. He wasn't sure what it was, but he decided to stash what he thought was most important in his pockets and then wandered out towards where Yumi and Raimaa were, but he discovered that only Raimaa was present and then the voice of Yumi call out for Mako from the other room.

"Is something wrong?" He asked looking around, was something off? He couldn't tell because he had not been with the rest of the group, he had been exploring the kitchen. But it appeared as though they might have found something! Which was useful, he wish he could have come up with something equally as useful but it was what it was. He couldn't be in multiple places at once in any useful way so he had to settle for assisting.. Even if it wasn't always useful. Sometimes you just turned up empty handed.

But now one of their supposed teammates was missing for some reason and he was a little concerned, as the darkness was settling outside and he wasn't sure he wanted to head outside and to their next destination without a full party, although... Perhaps a less than full party would be more fruitful especially if they were expecting someone to turn on them at any point. That was what made him nervous more than anything. He had a distinct feeling that Yumi wasn't going to turn, she was a bit cold and certainly callous but she wasn't a complete idiot. To split up here in the darkness would practically be suicide no matter what you thought of your team.

He wasn't so sure about the rest of the team, Raimaa thus far seemed quiet and soft spoken and therefore he wasn't as worried by her, although maybe it was the least suspicious that he should be cautious of? Then again, Mako was the one missing and that was currently the biggest concern.

"I didn't find anything useful in the kitchen, just something that looked like blood stains. Anything of use out here?"

[Aika]

TIME: 7:35PM

Raimaa didn't wait around for Yumi to tell her to go fetch Rin. On surprisingly chipper feet the young girl had turned and had wandered out of the living room towards the doorway. As she stepped around the corner, Rin would come into the living room, causing the two to bump into each other. The silver haired girl would flinch and step back, motioning to Yumi at the counter with the letter. 

"N-nothing is wrong Rin," she'd stammer before flattening her hair and turning back towards Yumi. "Yumi found a letter and we can't find Mako..." 

She didn't seem overly bothered about the loss of Mako, or rather, her face didn't change much as she told Rin. Her eyes did wander the house, however. 

"She's not in the house..." the girl muttered as she sent chakra throughout the house in a small, detectable pulse. 

The quiet was deafening as the trio stood. One would find, little by little, as the silence crept upon them that the birds in the trees had gone quiet. The chirping of wildlife had died off. Why was it so quiet? 

The setting of the sun would cast a darker light on the trio stood in the living room. The smashed in windows allowed a light breeze to drift into the room. And that's when the dark shape flitted past the window, crunching on the ground and disappearing off into the trees. 

Did they follow?

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TEAMMATES

Genin 1:  


NAME: Fujiyaku Raimaa
Village: Kumogakure no Sato
Personality: First impressions: Shy and unassuming. Raimaa brings thought to the team but otherwise fails to inspire leadership. You have yet to work out fully her entire personality.
Specs: Genjutsu Sole?
Pointers: Upon searching the house, Raimaa has revealed she has an intelligent streak and is capable of thinking outside the box.

Genin 2: 

NAME: Girata Mako
Village: Kirigakure no Sato
Personality: First impressions: A little defensive. Mako isn't entirely forthcoming with information about herself. She just wants to get out of the forest as quick as possible. You have yet to work out fully her entire personality. 
Specs: Ninjutsu Primary | Taijutsu Secondary
Pointers: Mako is good at being quiet when the need suits her, stealth seems to be one of her fortes...


ENEMIES

None at this time.


CLUES FOUND

The man at the gate told you to find your first clue north-west of the starting point.
The team have come across an old, abandoned house.
Yumie found an old journal.
The journal indicates two paths to take: the bridge over the river to the mine, or the path through the woods to the lake. 
Mako is missing.

Information will change in the spoiler in some rounds, so pay attention to the spoiler box on each post in case it changes.

POSTING ROUND 9

Posting time limit: 48 hours

[Yumi Yuie]

Narrowing her eyes in suspicion, Yumi watched as a dark shape slid past the window. Was it Mako, or was it something more sinister? There were a few reasons why Mako would suddenly leave the group, and none of them were good. Had she saw something in the dark and realized that staying in the house would be more dangerous than leaving it? But why alone? Wouldn’t it be better for them to stick together or would the four of them be too noisy for her liking? So many questions, but no answer to any of them.

Bringing Ms. Bubbles closer, Yumi quietly snuck to the front door and poked her head out. She couldn’t hear anything on the inside, but maybe sticking her head outside would allow her to hear things she normally wouldn’t. As she surveyed the encroaching darkness quietly, she wondered what to do. Following the shadow was a dangerous option seeing as how they were lacking light. But staying wasn’t an option either since they had a goal they needed to accomplish and the clock was ticking. Turning her head to face behind her, Yumi wondered what the rest of the group would decide. She would tailor her decision based on the choices her other two companions made.

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[Sato Rin]

Rin would go take a quick peek at the letter or piece of paper that had been found. He was able to make out a few directions, just enough that he could make a decision of sorts for himself and the team. At least one he could recommend easier. He didn't know what the others wanted, but it seemed easy enough that the bridge was likely their best and quickest way out or at least to whatever the next stage might be. They didn't have a lot of time, and the bridge was one hundred percent their one way ticket out of the area. The waters couldn't be crossed without it.

Rin was a bit perturbed standing there in the darkness, in deafening silence, and with one of their teammates gone. What was worse, was there was now a shadowy figure moving by outside at blinding speed. But not enough of a speed that one would not notice it if they were paying attention. Rin tightened a bit his instincts were with his fingers moving to a pouch that held a kunai for immediate protection.

The shadowy figure flickered on by... Was it Mako? It was noticeable that Mako was one to be stealthy, she had moved around quietly and it was possible that she was now separating from the group for whatever reason. It didn't matter, they needed out of here whether she chose to go along or not was not their business. Rin wasn't sure he wanted to pursue the figure especially not in the darkness or the silence.

"We should head for the bridge, quickly. We're wasting time and... I don't want to leave Mako, but if we can't find her right now should we wait? It's a waste of time." Especially with the fact that Raimaa had said that she wasn't in the house the figure might as well have been her... What were they waiting for? Nothing but for their impending deaths if they remained motionless.

[Aika]

TIME: 7:40PM

No one moved. Silence reigned through the house as the figure darted off into the dark tree line. 

But therein lay the problem. They were surrounded by trees. Thickets all around them with no direct route. They could go back the way they came, but arguably they had no idea which direction the mine lay in except from the excerpt from the journal that pointed them in the direction of the river. But there was no noise of the river, no gushing water, so it was clear that they were a way off from it. 

Raimaa said nothing but held onto her pigtails. She bit her lip in anticipation. 

And then there would be a loud bang from a short distance away, through the trees into the darkness and the sound of metal meeting metal. Or, at least, metal meeting something. They'd need to travel in an eastward direction but it wasn't too hard to pinpoint given the sound of the explosion. 

The only thing stopping them was their hesitation and the darkness building up in the forest.

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TEAMMATES

Genin 1:  


NAME: Fujiyaku Raimaa
Village: Kumogakure no Sato
Personality: First impressions: Shy and unassuming. Raimaa brings thought to the team but otherwise fails to inspire leadership. You have yet to work out fully her entire personality.
Specs: Genjutsu Sole?
Pointers: Upon searching the house, Raimaa has revealed she has an intelligent streak and is capable of thinking outside the box.

Genin 2: 

NAME: Girata Mako
Village: Kirigakure no Sato
Personality: First impressions: A little defensive. Mako isn't entirely forthcoming with information about herself. She just wants to get out of the forest as quick as possible. You have yet to work out fully her entire personality. 
Specs: Ninjutsu Primary | Taijutsu Secondary
Pointers: Mako is good at being quiet when the need suits her, stealth seems to be one of her fortes...


ENEMIES

None at this time.


CLUES FOUND

The man at the gate told you to find your first clue north-west of the starting point.
The team have come across an old, abandoned house.
Yumie found an old journal.
The journal indicates two paths to take: the bridge over the river to the mine, or the path through the woods to the lake. 
Mako is missing.

Information will change in the spoiler in some rounds, so pay attention to the spoiler box on each post in case it changes.

POSTING ROUND 9

Posting time limit: 48 hours

[Yumi Yuie]

It seemed Rin wanted to head for the bridge rather than waste time searching for Mako. Raimaa had no opinion whatsoever and just held onto the ends of her hair. Even if she agreed with Rin, which she didn’t, she didn’t see how his way would even be possible. It was dark out and it would be near impossible to find the bridge in the darkness without getting lost first. It was still possible, but very difficult. Before the young puppeteer could think anymore on it, a loud bang resounded through the forest. Judging from the sound, Yumi guessed that it was Mako fighting with something out in the forest. After all, who else could it be?

"That might be Mako, I’m gonna go check it out.”

Regardless of whether the rest of her team decided to follow her or not, Yumi bolted off into the darkness with Ms. Bubbles in tow. Since the sound came from the east, that was the direction she was headed. If the two ninjas behind her decided to follow, she would let them catch up before speeding off into the darkness. As she ran, she tried to keep quiet and her eyes peeled for anything suspicious. It was quite hard to see in the darkness, but she kept Ms. Bubbles in front of her so her puppet would hit anything before she had too.

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[Sato Rin]

Lovely. Just brilliant. They were wasting time following the sound of the explosion instead of heading for the bridge to cross it so that they could continue their journey. It was increasingly irritating to Rin that they were having to work as a team, yet it felt disjointed... They weren't working as a team. It was just obvious that Yumi and Mako felt as if they were powerful enough to move on out on their own. Rin didn't think this was built to be able to survive on ones own so he was essentially feeling as if he were being forced to follow along with what felt like overall bad decisions...

But, nonetheless he wasn't going to make the poor decision of being left alone. So he looked at Raimaa and gave her a quick head nod trying to get her to follow onwards with the two of them. He darted out of the house and watched the shadow of Yumi disappear, he followed quickly. Speed was his friend and he was able to follow with relative ease after Yumi in the direction of the clashing sound. He really was hoping they could avoid a fight, but if it was necessary he could follow through with one. As long as they all didn't get in the way of each other. He was honestly very concerned about this potentially being an issue. But, if they could all work as a team, then it wouldn't be an issue.

It wouldn't take very long as the clashing seemed pretty close to reach whatever it was they were trying to find and he was hoping by heading in this direction they would find their next point of interest... Perhaps the bridge? They were, after all, slowly running out of time and to fight? Well it was a bit of a waste of time. There was no other goal in Rin's mind, than to reach the end. They were not explicitly given any other goals so he wasn't in his mind adding anything extraneous. They didn't have to fight to win this round.

"Please, please..." He whispered to himself, muttering a little bit in the darkness hoping that they would come across something useful as well as something that would help them continue. Which Rin was convinced up to this point was the bridge.