[center][h3]Cave of Solitude - Ayano's Room
7/6/2015 Sunday[/h3][/center]

The strategy was working it seems, but it was still a rough slog of a fight. The shadow was managing to keep up with the web while slinging some of it at the party... They needed to split up Rui thought.

[color=slategray]"Split up, the more directions it needs to aim at, the easier it'll be to get something in"[/color], he ordered. Of course, Kami chose to stay with Ayano, while Sato, Kotori and Rui would disperse. As the battle continued, it became increasingly clear that this battle of attrition was foolhardy. It took them far too much effort to reach that spider shadow, and on the web they moved a little slower while the shadow laughed and moved with alarming speed along the web... Taking out the webbing was definitely the answer, but they couldn't keep up.

This was bad... They couldn't call for back up or scan for some kind of weakness. Pretty soon they would need to try and retreat, but they had to try.

[color=magenta][i]"Zzz... Bzt..."[/i][/color], Rui could hear it... Communications...? By instinct, he turned to the door as it opened...

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[center][h3]Cave of Solitude - First Floor > Second Floor
7/6/2015 Sunday[/h3][/center]

[color=magenta][i]"I've lost contact with the main party, so we'll need to send you guys in... When things are under control, please return, as once I re-establish communications, I won't be able to keep track of your statuses. Fortunately, this dungeon doesn't have many shadows if at all"[/i][/color],

Akane nodded in affirmative. Behind her was Noboru, Matthew, and Leiko. They entered the first floor, and it appears they got the chance to be backup. With communications lost in the boss room, things may be quite dire in there. The first and second floor were a merely creepy house, with not a shadow in sight, and the actual trip to the second floor took less than a minute, but as they reached the second floor, they realized there were webs all over a single door...

[color=magenta][i]"Hey... That must be what's blocking the communications... The web... Please, break the webbing away and proceed"[/i][/color], they didn't really need orders for that, after all, they came all this way. Though as they slashed it away, it began to slowly regrow...

[color=megenta][i]"Two of you should stay outside to keep the door from getting webbed up again, the other two should go and back up the main party"[/i][/color], she suggested.

Once the four decided who was going to be going in, they entered.