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[indent][indent][Center][COLOR=goldenrod][sup][b]Konohagakure | Chunin | NinTai-nin[/b][/sup][/COLOR][/center][hr][INDENT][sup][COLOR=goldenrod][b]TIME:[/b] [i]Present Day - Morning[/i] | [b]LOCATION:[/b] [i]Konohagakure - Exam Stage, Earth Challenge Room[/i] | [b]INTERACTION:[/b] [color=a187be]Artist known as Kiku[/color][@Ladyinink] [color=39b54a]Self-Appointed Senju Sensei[/color][@Reflection] [color=00a651]Our Almighty Protector[/color][@Syn][/COLOR][/sup][/INDENT][/indent][/indent]

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It became painfully obvious to Jaakuna that the idea to burn the metal door and alternate it between a cooling agent wasn’t going to work. Well, it could’ve worked if they had more time. Based off of the hourglass and the increasing intensity of the tremors, even a simple man like Jaakuna could deduce that there simply wasn’t enough time to do it. Two minutes tops were all that remained from now and the hourglass reaching its last grain of sand. Sundance wondered exactly what would happen when it reached the end? Would the floor beneath them crack and send them down to their death? Or maybe it was some kind of trap. Truthfully, Jaakuna wasn’t the one to wonder about such things. He would leave that to a thinking man like Kurin or Shizuka. He was just here to make sure they didn’t die by blasting bitches with his awesome fiery fists of rad awesomeness.

Though Jaakuna didn’t want to experience it, the last grain of sand dropped and suddenly the floor shook. This time it wasn’t just a tremor; it was a full-on earthquake. Jakuna nearly lost his footing, though he found support thanks to the wall. “[color=goldenrod]Gotta love walls,[/color]” Jaakuna murmured to himself, thankful for walls. But that wasn’t the end of their worries. The floor started to glow blue in the same kind of runes that the walls were covered in. Whatever this meant, Jaakuna braced himself for the worst to come. He found himself pre-screaming for the fall to his death. It was very unmanly on his part and Jaakuna would find out that he had no reason to scream because, well, the shaking stopped and, as he would find out a few moments after his team did, all was well in the kingdom.

Nothing happened.

“[color=goldenrod]Oh, well that wasn’t so bad.[/color]” He scratched his head. If that was the worst of it, then maybe they truly didn’t have anything to worry about, after all.  And then the blue reverted, inverting into red and suddenly Jaakuna’s panic was back. Hooray for unmanly screams and darkness. “[color=goldenrod]I don’t want to die![/color]” Jaakuna panicked, his voice rising to levels that shouldn’t be humanly possible. Though a light at the end of the tunnel came to them and a literal door opened. “[color=goldenrod]Oh never mind, I’m not going to die.[/color]” Jaakuna wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at his teammates, giving the ‘a-okay’ gesture. 

Just a moment later, Jaakuna was drawn to the rune glowing on the door. One more moment later, it opened and he followed Kurin’s suit. After the brief praise that pseudo-leader gave him and Kiku for the idea about using Jaak’s fire, the blonde simply gave him a grin and let him lead them into the unknown. “[color=goldenrod]You know, just for the record, I wasn’t [i]actually[/i] afraid. I was just making sure you guys weren’t afraid. Taking one for the team and all that.[/color]”


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