<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Merin</span></span><br/>Merin woke up. He was alone, or at least couldn't tell if anyone was near him. He was tired, hungry, and for possibly the second time in his life, he was almost willing to accept defeat, and possibly die on this unfamiliar and unforgiving world. Cruel words came back to him from his memory.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">A cruel thing, hope is. Only when it is taken away does your kind realize the futility of your actions. How resisting me...resisting fate...is meaningless.</span><br/><br/>His will waved. This world would not care whether or not he died right there, and the people here would only see his death as something unfortunate, something to be acknowledged before carrying on with their own lives.<br/><br/>He was alone.<br/><br/>Yet, what use was there in giving up? If he had given up so long ago, when there was nobody there for him and a world that seemed to have a grudge against him, he never would have experienced how wonderful life could really be. He had to try. He murmured a quick spell, and something that looked not unlike a flare shot up from his left hand, exploding with a slight crack, and slowly fading as the power from a fire rune diminished.<br/><br/>He stared up at the night sky, completely exhausted. The stars shone above dimly against the backdrop of a clear night sky. If this would be the last thing he would see, he thought, it would not be so bad.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Om</span></span><br/><br/>Om caught his breath, the human was not going to put any bullets into him, nor was anyone for that matter. His mind raced as he thought about what he could do. As he mentally retraced his steps, the heavily scarred human introduced himself. If Om was a human, he would've raised an eyebrow at his name. Who would have their name be a numerical value? It was not unheard of, but he certainly thought it was unusual.<br/><br/>Then, he remembered something. There was a pool of water at the bottom of the pit that he had fallen into earlier. Perhaps he could find a way out there, and maybe he could find somebody outside that could help them.<br/><br/>"I remember there being a pool of water from where we came from, perhaps I can find a way out there. I'm not how proficient any of you are at swimming, but I can, and I can also breathe underwater. If it seems like it will be impassable to you humans, I will seek help from anyone that might be outside. I think it's likely that somebody has escaped from this place."<br/><br/>And with that, he was running once again, towards where he had come from with the group. He ran past Kanna and that other human, and then carefully lowered himself into the pool of water.