Kuhaku reached into the opened box with gloved hand and selected the other card within. Bringing it to his face, he blinked curiously at it a few times. His head slightly tilted and ears perked. Smiling, he lifted it up into what little light there was and carefully admired it. Lowering it, he continued to quietly examine the face and back of the card. This was it? All that for these little cards? The cards didn't seem very special but, if that what was required for them to obtain then they had done so. Exhausted and just glad that their fight was over with, he shrugged and pocketed the card. Walking past the group, he headed towards his Great Axe. Its head still buried in the ground where he had left it prior.
Reaching for its hilt, he stopped and frowned. The hidden trigger was still present, indicating that there was a loaded chamber.
"That can't be right, I expended all of its ammunition..." he raised a brow at his Axe.
Grabbing the handle with his right hand, he peered into the hollow chamber where he loaded his Dust Ammunition and inspected it with his glowing blue eyes. Reaching in with the index and pointer fingers of his left hand, he checked to see if there was perhaps a blockage. It was then that his Axe reacted and loudly clicked. Jerking his fingers out of the chamber of his weapon and releasing it, he backed away. Cautiously waiting to see what exactly would happen next. With a metallic groaning, his Axe clicked a few more times before falling silent. With bated breath, Kuhaku stood firmly rooted to where he stood. A small trickle of sweat rolling down the side of his forehead.
"...PING!"
With a sudden and violent jerk, the Axe ejected four expended Dust cartridges into the air.
Startled, Kuhaku brought his arms up defensively and lost his bearing. Falling backwards inelegantly onto his rear. As the cartridges clattered loudly against the ground, rolling in random directions, Kuhaku peered through his arms and realized what had happened. When he assaulted the Mech's head and fired at it, he remembered that none of the four rounds he fired had ejected from his Axe. But, how? Sighing, relieved that his Axe wasn't going to catastrophically explode on him, he looked back at his teammates with a feeble smirk and nervously chuckled. Getting back on his feet, he dusted off his backside and briskly walked up to his Axe to remove it from the ground. Kicking aside the scattered dust ammunition as he did.
With a flourish, he tossed his Axe into the air as it reverted back to its Sword & Shield mode. Catching them, he slung his weapons onto his back and cleared his throat into his fist. Recovering from his earlier embarrassment, he turned to face his teammates and gestured towards them.
Placing his hands on his hips, he spoke "Well then. Now that that's all said and done with, what's next? Shall we return to the drop site and move on?"
Moving past his team, he walked towards the direction of where Abel and the female had come from earlier, figuring that to lead to the exit out of the tunnels. With a slight bounce in his step, he whistled a tune and placed his hands behind his head as he walked. Making no mention or note of the queer phenomena that occurred with his Axe.
