Unfortunately, Kiriei was now almost completely surrounded. Her lunge at one of the spiders had been effective; she'd stabbed it through where she supposed its heart was, and its body pixilated from its position smashed between the wall and her sword. But when she turned around, she saw that several of the spiders had made a half circle around her with her back to the wall.<br/><br/>Kiri lowered her head slightly, shadows covering her eyes for a moment. In such a situation, she saw no point holding back powers that could help. When she looked back up, her eyes were bright with battle lust and she raced at the spider monsters, slashing them wildly and paying no regard to any scrapes and scratches she received. She showed no hesitation charging at the monsters and as their numbers (of those that had been focused on her) dwindled they started to panic. At a certain point, the rest of her attackers turned tail and fled. Kiriei's eyes settled no a more sane expression and she began to dig in her bag for some potions.<br/><br/>--------------------<br/><br/>The spiders seemed to get the idea that if they came after Haku in bigger numbers he wouldn't be able to take them all out with his daggers. They were right in that of course and Haku was forced to quickly review his options. Looking around, he was a good, safe distance from the others. Well alright then; magic it was.<br/><br/>The white-haired assassin raised his hands in a "casting" pose and focused briefly. Some greenish sort of miasma formed around him and spread out toward the monsters. As it enveloped them, Haku watched in satisfaction as their HP rapidly dropped. He thought it a fitting end that poisonous spiders would be killed with poison.<br/><br/>Haku couldn't spread the spell far enough to kill all the monsters after him. Partly because it would be too stressful for him, and partly because he didn't want to put his party members in danger. Luckily, it seemed the remaining spiders didn't feel like sticking around to play. The poisonous fumes faded away quickly and all the dead monsters pixilated almost simultaneously.<br/><br/>With a brisk sigh, Haku wandered back down the tunnel to see how his party members were faring. He came back to see that apparently Kiriei had been injured.<br/><br/>Kiriei searched through her bag frantically. Seriously? No potions to counteract poison? Ah jeez. She looked up to see her health bar shrink a bit every moment or two and sat down to conserve energy. She saw Haku approach, apparently no longer occupied, and called out hopefully. "Hey, Haku! Do you have any antidote potions with you?"<br/><br/>Haku paused. Did<span style="font-style: italic">he</span>have any antidote potions? Of course. He always kept tons of them on him on the off chance he injured an ally or a spell backfired. "Of course," he said, reaching into his pack and pulling out an antidote. The ball of light took the form of a small vial in his hand which he tossed to Kiriei. "Next time, try not to get injured in the first place."<br/><br/>Kiriei took and consumed the potion gratefully. It tasted oddly like green tea to her for some reason. "Noted," she said with a slight smirk.<br/><br/>------------------<br/><br/>Yami and Roku continued walking until they met a dead end. "What now?" Yami asked. "This can't be the end or it would eject us."<br/><br/>Roku crossed his arms, a confused look on his face. Suddenly, his head shot up and he looked around a bit. He looked at Yami and pointed to his own ear, presumably telling him to listen. He did, tilting his head. Eventually he became aware of a sound like rushing water. Yami moved to the wall where the sound seemed to be the loudest and experimentally pushed on it. The wall slid away like a sliding door, revealing another passageway.<br/><br/>Yami looked to Roku, wary of the ominous tunnel. "We<span style="font-style: italic">could</span>turn back," he suggested.<br/><br/>Roku gave a slight smile and pointed to his experience bar. The kid was right. They'd never level up that way. "Onward then," Yami said, starting down the tunnel.