[color=b0e0e6][h2][centre][u]Hime Yuki[/u][/centre][/h2][/color]

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With all the talking going on, Hime barely noticed the ticking from the corner of the room, it wasn't prominent enough for her to really look for the source though, so she simply carried on as she was, happily waiting to see what would happen after having already volunteered as a sacrifice for the test.

Kyoka, having dragged Rumia and Tashiro over to Hime herself to get them all to sit down, began talking about the idea she had over what was going on. It sounded really familiar, like something Hime had said herself, if only in a different accent, but she didn't really linger on that, she liked the idea of sticking around without sacrificing one another for the sake of passing. And if the thought was right, that would mean that Kyoka and Rumia would be able to come back next time the test is on so she could hang out with them again. [sub]Not that they'd hung out yet, but they totally would be later, Hime was sure of it![/sub]

[color=b0e0e6]"I like the way you're thinking, Kyo-Kyo, you took the words right out of my mouth!"[/color] She chimed in agreement, then taking notice of the camera as Rumia looked at the camera and threatened whomever was watching them from behind it. [color=b0e0e6]"Yeah, we'll show you what-for all-together like a good team should!"[/color] Of course the bubbly woman was likely less intimidating than the ginger redneck, but it was the thought that counted, right?

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[color=deb887][h2][centre][u]Koma Hitsugi[/u][/centre][/h2][/color]

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The plan seemed to be going far better than Koma had originally thought it would, being fired through water that didn't seem to want to stop them no matter how fast they went as if it wasn't real water... Granted that much was obvious from the fact that it had been eroding the oil and the barrier at such an extreme pace.

As they breached the lack-of-surface and found themselves being plunged deeper into an abyss identical to the one they just escaped from, Koma was lost for thought on just what was going on. In a mad dash for sighting something out of the ordinary she activated her eagle-eye technique, but aside from the darkening depths of the ocean, and her current team-mates nearby, she couldn't see anything more than just... More water, holding her breath wasn't going to achieve much with so little to go on but she kept it held as long as she could after returning to her normal field of vision to assess her immediate surroundings.

Koma tucked her bow-grip away safely seeing as it wasn't needed now and began swimming over towards the floundering Bumu to lend aid with the whole inability to swim debacle as the... person seemingly began to furiously paddle with their arms and legs to go further down.

Well it was an idea at least. Instead of letting the ineffectual paddling go on though, which was in turn wasting the precious oxygen the nin had left, Koma swam over and gestured for them to grab the mesh of her cloak by tugging on it and pointing at Bumu. It seemed like Kaba, their other team member was capable of swimming normally at least, so she wouldn't have to pull him along too. Re-activating her eagle-eye technique, so she could have a better sight on whatever was down in the depths, Koma began to swim downwards as well.

All she could hope for is that there was actually something in the abyss aside from more water and their demise. The differences of this situation compared to being in an actual ocean gave her the impression that it was acting akin to a genjutsu, nothing else would be able to act this way if it weren't influenced by an illusion of some sort.