[center][h2][i][color=ed1c24]Kimiko Maita[/color][color=be0b0f] & Yatsufusa[/color][/i][/h2][hr][@Crimmy] | [@Suku][/center]

[i][color=ed1c24]They're dead.[/color][/i] Kimiko's mind immediately replied the mortal statement to Kaede's hopeful one. [i][color=ed1c24]There's no way that they survived. Neither of them could summon a Persona, and we barely made it.[/color][/i]

[i][color=be0b0f]Perhaps,[/color][/i] Yatsufusa replied in Kimiko's head. [i][color=be0b0f]But you also had not summoned your true self until after the fight began. Perhaps the potential lies within them yet. They could survive still.[/color][/i]

[i][color=ed1c24]They're dead, and searching for them is hopeless,[/color][/i] Kimiko insisted. Despite this determination, Kimiko still could not bring herself to contradict Kaede. The search might be beyond hope, but there was nothing else they could do. They might get lucky. They might find a way out or perhaps find another person who was stuck here. In any case, what harm would searching do?

[color=ed1c24]"I saw Okazaki-san run off this way,"[/color] Kimiko replied before she also began running down the hallway. [color=ed1c24]"Come on, hurry!"[/color] She was well aware that Alexander had been dragged in a different direction, but there was no way they could pursue both of them without splitting up, and she saw the bugs consume him. Okazaki's recovery at least held a glimmer of hope, however minuscule it might be. Besides, if all of the enemies were as wimpy as the fiery fiends she had just fought, finding her former allies would be a walk in the park.

[color=be0b0f][i]Caution, Princess... you have weaknesses too...[/i][/color]