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The group was walking down the path in the hopes of finding a temple. Toshinari couldn't help but liken it to a quest in a video game of some kind. He had been the first to start walking down the path, but gradually drifted to the middle of the marching order — no doubt subconsciously. It was the safest place to be, after all.

He had intended to walk past the statues, favouring reaching the temple instead, but curiosity had gotten the better of him when he saw everyone else examining the statues too. Taking a look at the foreign symbols until they mysteriously began to make sense to him. 

[colour=fff2bb]"Yeah, I understand it too."[/colour] He answered. The phrases on the statues were succinct, but the subject matter came as something of a surprise to Toshinari.

[i][colour=fff2bb]Oi, isn't this writing kind of depressing?[/colour][/i]

Between the bizarre text and being deposited in a forest with no explanation, there was a lot to be concerned about. When the boom echoed through the forest, Toshinari's immediate assumption was that it was thunder. Except there didn't seem to be any signs of a storm. 

[colour=fff2bb]"An explosion?"[/colour] He questioned aloud. It was a unusual attempt at a justification for a unusual circumstance. In any case, the noise definitely ramped up Toshinari's desire to reach some kind of shelter, if it wasn't already high enough.

Reaching the shrine was disappointing, to say the least. It was a shelter for the impending nightfall, but the place was decrepit. He didn't seem to be the only one unhappy with this development, and from the sound of things, there were similar shades of dismay amongst the group.

[colour=fff2bb]"Well [i]I[/i] think it looks kind of homely,"[/colour] He said with a chuckle, trying to lighten the mood a bit.

He waited for Hiroko to inspect the shrine at Izuna's behest, following her inside only when it became clear that the shrine wasn't going to completely collapse upon their heads. The shrine wasn't much the look at — quite the opposite actually — but if you ignored the gaping hole in the roof, the several layers of dust, the cobwebs and potential spider infestation, the shrine seemed like an okay place to spend the night. Sort of.

[colour=fff2bb]"Better to take our chances here than sleeping in the woods."[/colour] He replied to Izuna's protests, making his way to the most spider-free corner of the room, displacing some of the settled dust where he stepped.