When the door breaks, its hinges splintering and pulling apart with a whining, metallic screech, it seems like nothing's behind it for a precious second. Nothing but the end of a dark hallway, obscure and pitch black in the low light.
And then the blackness advances, a solid undulating mass. There are no shadows on the shape, no reflections; it's as if what stretches out towards the two of them is nothingness itself. Kamui fires his weapon, piercing that darkness directly, but as the blades connect the shape separates into four, eight, sixteen, splitting and splitting then pulling out and stretching thinner and thinner. A number of them shoot straight out towards Kamui: he recalls his blade and ducks away behind a counter, but he's too slow to dodge a few hair-thin tendrils. They wrap around his left hand, tugging; sharp like piano wire, they dig into his skin. Kamui grits his teeth and pulls against them, drawing blood, but at least the strings have been broken.]
Give it a few more seconds!
[Though he's drawn most of the presence's attention, a thin shadow creeps Emily's way, pooling at her feet.]
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When the door breaks, its hinges splintering and pulling apart with a whining, metallic screech, it seems like nothing's behind it for a precious second. Nothing but the end of a dark hallway, obscure and pitch black in the low light.
And then the blackness advances, a solid undulating mass. There are no shadows on the shape, no reflections; it's as if what stretches out towards the two of them is nothingness itself. Kamui fires his weapon, piercing that darkness directly, but as the blades connect the shape separates into four, eight, sixteen, splitting and splitting then pulling out and stretching thinner and thinner. A number of them shoot straight out towards Kamui: he recalls his blade and ducks away behind a counter, but he's too slow to dodge a few hair-thin tendrils. They wrap around his left hand, tugging; sharp like piano wire, they dig into his skin. Kamui grits his teeth and pulls against them, drawing blood, but at least the strings have been broken.]
Give it a few more seconds!
[Though he's drawn most of the presence's attention, a thin shadow creeps Emily's way, pooling at her feet.]
Emily, step back!