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WHO: Allison Hargreeves, Emilia di Carlo, Wrath, Wrathion, Daenerys Targaryen, Lorna Dane.
WHEN: Sometime before April 6th
WHERE: The Volcano
WHAT: Volcano shenanigans.
WARNINGS: TBD



The tunnels reek. Allison gags on the scent of sulfur and sweat as they make their way further down into the labyrinth. Part of her doesn't think that she's the best person for the job - rumoring rocks isn't exactly in her repertoire.

Fortunately, she's not alone, and is surrounded by equally capable people. Some she knows well, some she doesn't, but hopefully if they work as a team, they'll be able to get through this together, to whatever the end goal may be. Keeping her eyes front and ignoring the suffocating heat, or the nagging voice in the back of her mind telling her that she is the least of those present.

It's just the curse. She's just fine. Her brother is absolutely not right.

That being said, she extends her hands outward for balance, not wanting to touch the walls as she steps down. Just in case they're too hot to handle.

"No turns up ahead, right?"

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The further they get into the volcano, Allison's nerves start slipping through, leaking into the atmosphere the more the heat intensifies around them. She feels like she's in an oven, waiting to be baked, and given the fact that she's already felt the world come apart around her once, she doesn't really want to go through it again.

If I die in this volcano, Five is going to kill me...

What am I even doing here ...

Because yeah, I'll just rumor a fucking volcano. That'll totally work ...

Each of them spirals deeper and deeper into her crisis of confidence as she gets further and further in, until she realizes that she's catching glimpses of other people's too and the thoughts become a consistent line of Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck...

There goes the confident presence she thought she was exuding.

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Between the energy she's been using to try and get whatever debris she can out of the way without touching it and trying steadfastly to ignore her own thoughts of doubt and negativity as they start to come to the forefront, Lorna's starting to realize that things may be becoming dire, or that they at least feel like they are. She swallows as she steels herself, using exercises she'd learned a long time ago to try and keep dangerously negative thoughts and anger at bay. The fact that she's willing to remember and try them at all shows that she must think that things are getting pretty fucking dire, but they're working, as much as they can when applied to their particular situation.

Because yeah, I'll just rumor a fucking volcano, that'll totally work...

Lorna stops in her tracks, realizing after a second that that thought wasn't her own. Her eyes go to Allison's back; she's a couple steps ahead of her by now, and she hears fuck fuck fuck fuck in the back of her head and squeezes her eyes shut, shaking her head.

She closes the distance between herself and Allison, keeping her voice low as she speaks up.

"Hey." Even as she starts off, she's not sure how she's going to continue or calm Allison down while keeping herself calm. Maybe by keeping her talking. "You all right?"

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Allison takes a deep breath as she turns to face Lorna, because she'd like to say she's totally fine, but it's hard to claim that with any kind of believability when someone can hear the thoughts in your head. She nods, trying to find something in between.

"Just feeling a little outclassed, that's all."

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Lorna nods, getting it, even though Allison being here at all shows that she's made of some serious stuff. Even what she can do feels pretty pointless in this place, especially as they keep going further down and her energy keeps getting further and further expended. She reaches for Allison's wrist, giving it a light squeeze.

"I know what you mean. But we're gonna be good. This place is just trying to get in our heads."

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She nods, trying to suppress the runaway thought that it's succeeding. But she's certainly been through worse. She'll trudge through one way or another.

"I just don't want to give the head zombie another reason to lure me out into being one of his zombie minions." She already had that happen once in Taravast, and while she's sure it's not a ticket punch for every near death experience you have, she doesn't want to add to the collection.