[indent][right][ Tourmaline ] ▲ △ ▲ ▲ △[/right] [color=#88e9c5]“Ahh…”[/color] Tourmaline peeked from behind her companion, bad news reverberating from the corridor; the price of lying. [color=#88e9c5][i]“Whoopsies.”[/i][/color] Maybe it was intentional, “a trap” after all, against all odds and the course of history — those troubling implications sat aside, for now, as Tourmaline figured the voice they were hearing was engaging another… gem? [i]Gems,[/i] if she could afford to be optimistic? [color=#88e9c5]“If you’re liable to the request,”[/color] the manikin said, gently gripping the Quartz’s shoulder with crystalline claw to catch her attention, [color=#88e9c5]“maybe you should do something about that? With your sword?”[/color] Gesturing to the blade rested confidently on one shoulder. [color=#88e9c5]“I can support you! [i]Effectively,[/i] this time.”[/color] Figuring she should offer something in-exchange. Although there was a curious quality about this place… [right][hider=L̲O̲G̲ ̲0̲3 (0)][indent][indent][indent][indent][indent][sup]> re:USER_[@sassy1085] > admn.CET attempts to coerce [color=#666666]GEM#03[/color] into engaging unidentified threat > admn.CET prepares to search [color=#666666]DUNGEON#01[/color][/sup][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/hider][/right][/indent]