[b]Saturday, April 11th, 12:14AM - Graphite Gardens[/b]

The girl shirks, before slowly turning around, revealing her features. Her face is... "drawn" very simply, with only two thick vertical lines representing her eyes, and another horizontal line representing her mouth.

She tilts her head inquisitively, but she also seems to be on edge.

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[b]Saturday, April 11th, 12:14AM - The Sewer Tunnel[/b]

Toby had spaced out slightly when he laid his eyes on the message. Not for too long, but long enough for Haruka and the other boy to leave him behind, He frowned a bit, before running to catch to Haruka.

As he ran through the door, he took a good look at the surroundings. He wasn't expecting a sewer, but he wasn't really surprised. After all, he'd already seen a world made of flesh.

There was a wet spot on the ground; it hadn't been of notice to either Haruka or Shiori because neither of them had been running. Toby was running.

He slipped, barely having time to realize what had happened before he found himself submerged in the tepid sewage.

The water his nose, and he wanted to vomit. The smell was horrible. He held it in though, because if he opened his mouth now, it would definitely be the end of him. He could wait until he was back above water.

The pool, thankfully, wasn't too deep. It would be any trouble to swim to surface. He rose up to water's surface, expecting to be breathing the air again soon.

But that's not what happened.

The liquid in the sewer, incidentally, wasn't water. It was close to water, but not close enough.

As Toby rose past the surface, he found himself unable to break the surface tension. His hand pushed, but the surface didn't yield.

That's when the panic set in.

Toby kicked faster, paddled harder, in a desperate attempt to rise up past the liquid that was quickly swallowing him and pushing him downwards.

He just had to make it.

He couldn't hold his breath any longer and he opened his mouth, allowing the liquid to enter his mouth. He started to gag, and he desperately pushed upwards, even as the liquid brought him downwards.

He just had to make it to the top.

He just...

had...

to...

m...

...

..

.