<span style="font-size: 26px">A small smile tugs at the corners of the naturalists lips as the other happily accepts his offering. His sad face disappeared rather quickly at the sight of his favorite candy, and Tsu was grateful to the young knight, for welding it in his mind that he loved his lemon drops.<br/>
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The demon didn't quite know how to accept the sudden hug and opted for just standing there motionless. However, when Brand began trying to nuzzle him, dangerously close to his neck, he nudged the other back just in time not to get nipped by the thorny vine around his neck. The last thing he wanted was to solve one problem and end up with another. However, what he longed for was quickly smashed to bits at the sound of the elf's warning. He hadn't noticed the shifts in the statues movements until just then. It was close, but he just as Brand, jumped out of the way of a very close attack.<br/>
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It seemed....the statues were enchanted by something...something powerful. He wondered what the source of that power was.<br/>
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Whatever plans they had however, were crushed like his wishes when Brand did the unthinkable. Everything was happening so fast, but from what the demon understood the young knight dropped his candy and was steadily going after it and then--<i>poof</i>. The kid dropped down some invisible hole and was now getting an up close and personal lesson of how gravity worked. <span class="fixed-color" style="color:limegreen">Master wa--</span> was all Firu could get out before the naturalist darted off towards the hole that swallowed up Brand. His mind was only focused on one thing....and that was the survival of Brand.<br/>
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The ground began to shift beneath the naturalist. Each step he took towards the hole the slithering of snakes beneath his feet began to break out of their confines... <br/>
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Tsu didn't think twice before he jumped off the ledge, following Brand into the dark abyss. Through the dirt and grass shot up those snakes once Tsu'Ro's feet left the ground. Once he disappeared into the dark spiraling downwards, so did the snakes. Firu skidded to a hault at the edge of the hole, bright golden eyes watching as its master was swallowed up as well. Tsu dropped his arms by his sides allowing his body weight to fully be shifted downwards. The fading sparks, weren't so faded after a few seconds of falling and the demon could feel the remnants of the youngest knight's body heat reaching out to him as they spiraled down together.<br/>
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The naturalist wrapped his arms around Brand as the many roots and vines he'd collected on the way slithered onto his ankles and up. They locked around his legs and didn't stop until they wrapped tightly around his waist. Shining black eyes glistened brightly as he stared down into the darkness, a sudden light appearing at the end of their tunnel. <i>The end.</i><br/>
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Tsu whispered several words in his ancient language, the roots and vines around his body constricting tightly. Mere seconds before they hit the dirt floor below them, skull first, his safety line came into play. Their fall was stopped almost instantly. Tsu was glad the roots they were hanging from weren't the slightest bit elastic.<br/>
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The naturalist breathed deeply, letting out the breath he'd been holding ever since he started down the tunnel. God knows how long that was, and the sudden realization that he hadn't been breathing kicked in. The safety line that was wrapped around the demon unraveled rather quickly, his powers in disarray. Both he and Brand fell onto the dirt and grass below. Thank goodness they were only a foot or two above the ground. It took the demon a minute or so to gather the oxygen he'd been lacking. Soft pants continued to escape his parted lips however, as he began working on putting together the puzzled pieces of his scattered mind.<br/>
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<span class="fixed-color" style="color:gold">"Brand...are you alright?"</span><br/>
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Tsu questions quickly, the events that had just occurred becoming realer than he was willing or rather able to believe several seconds ago.<br/>
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