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[color=DEBA42]LOCATION:[/color]The Maw
[color=DEBA42]WORD COUNT:[/color]656(+1 EXP)
[color=DEBA42]MENTIONS:[/color] General Group, but mostly Sakura 
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The situation began to escalate in it's own way, with people agreeing and disagreeing with eating. The pain in Mirage's gut only grew worse with seeing the others begin to find ways to gain access to the food beyond the bars, but things were leaving him really skeptical. A fear of the unknown could be a damning thing, but the idea of knowing you were on the path of starving to death wasn't much better. Or possibly worse? This whole situation was stressing him out more than he thought it could have, deciding to provide some input instead of just staring at the food in question. [color=DEBA42]"This whole place is set up as a deathtrap full of disappointing crap,"[/color] He turned away, crossing his arms. [color=DEBA42]"Who knows, coulda been set up to make it seem like a challenge, only to bite us afterwards."[/color]

Was that a stretch? God, he didn't know. Nadia didn't seem to be affected by anything, at least at face value. Neither did the others. Though, Bella talking about 'taking one for the team' kind of made him feel guilty. Like his own refusal was a part of helping her drive to that decision, and if something happened, well...

[color=DEBA42]"If you guys are gonna eat, just be careful, yeah? Could hurt to overstuff, too."[/color] His comment was quiet, perhaps from him trying to distance himself from the situation as a whole, a distraction coming from Sakura as she seemed to be in the same boat as him and Kamek. Despite his distaste towards the idea of cursed food, he felt bad that she was going without. But, hey, hunger-pals! They could form their own little posse at this rate. [color=DEBA42]"Yeah, not exactly on my to-do list."[/color] He responded, though how far could they get? They'd have to be careful, excessively quiet, if they wanted to get through this now. There wasn't a whole lot of room for action, who knows what little fuel left in the tank would do for them? 

Turning to the runaway child by following Sakura's own gaze, he blinked for a moment as he processed what was happening. He wasn't quite sure what they were on about, though when Link spoke to the mystery children a few moments ago, he'd mentioned a key. Must've scavenged something while he wasn't looking, Mirage figured. But a locked door sounded like a good route to take, if they could get through. Probably not as many monsters, or at least he hoped.

[color=DEBA42]"Hey, hey!"[/color] He let out an aggressive whisper, following after Sakura and Link. He couldn't just sit there and watch the others eat, so following after these two and the larger, mysterious kid seemed like a good enough plan. [color=DEBA42]"Don't leave me here with the cursed guys, I'm comin' too."[/color] half a joke, half serious, he couldn't exactly pull many action hero stunts, but he could at least do something or other to help out, right?

Oh, right! The Dart Gun!

[color=DEBA42]"Ya did good work with this, but think I'll keep ahold of it?"[/color] He slipped the Dart Gun from Sakura's grasp, giving it a few playful twirls as he leaned against the door. Though, their moment of quiet as they waited to get the door open gave Mirage a minute to doubt himself about food again. He nervously looked back towards the feasting group, before glancing at Sakura with a question in mind, from what she said earlier. [color=DEBA42]"So, this 'Master' told you guys the food would be cursed?"[/color] He tried to keep himself from looking back again, instead focusing on his questioning to try and quell his doubts. [color=DEBA42]"You sure we can trust her? Sorry if I seem skeptical, but I'm just goin' off secondhand information, y'know?"[/color] The heck was a 'Master of Masters', anyhow? What a pompous name! 

He'd have to write it down once he got out of here, it'd actually make a great costume name for back in the Apex Games.