Amaterasu Trials [Yukimura]

[Oda Nobunaga]

[OoC: Trial 1 of 10 begun. If you fail, you have to start from the beginning. Lock stats in your next post.]

Yukimura would wake up to find himself without any of his items, and he was in a dark place. He was laying on stone, and the air was humid. There was no light in the area that he could see, but he could hear what sounded like water coming from his left, and he could feel a draft coming from his right.

Objective: Escape the area. Find light.

[Sanada Yukimura]

(OOC: Yukimura's Base Stats:

Str: 25
Dex: 25
Con: 25
Wis: 28
Spr: 22)

Slowly cracking his eyes open, Yukimura would cast his gaze around slowly though there was darkness as far as the eye could see. Slowly sitting up, he would find himself on stone and without any of his armor and weapons, leaving him with nothing but the clothes on his back. Cradling his head in one hand, the air was humid, but despite the darkness, he could hear what sounded like water coming from his left, and felt a draft coming from his right. Right now, he needed to find light, but which way to go? Closing his eyes, he would pause and think on it.

Water. Refresh. Rejuvenates. Cleanses.

Wind. Refresh. Revives. Uplifts.

Like the light of the heavens. Slowly opening his eyes, he had made his choice, and would go to the right.

[Oda Nobunaga]

The path would be hard to find, given it was pitch-black, and Yukimura needed to map out the area through touch and sound. Directly to his right, he would meet a stone wall, though if he followed it he would eventually come to a walkway. At the center of that walkway, the water ran down the path, and, if he followed the stream, it would split into three paths. The draft would come from the two paths on either side, and the path at the center just seemed to collect the water.

[Sanada Yukimura]

Though he could not see now, given how pitch-black it was, he wasn't completely helpless, and flicking the index finger of his right finger up, he would form a flame on the tip of it, to help illuminate his path. Following the stone wall he found, soon coming upon a walkway with a stream running down the path, in the center, and would follow the path, before coming upon a three-way path.

The center seemed to just collect the water, while the other two had drafts coming from both. He'd then mentally toss a yen coin, heads for left, tails for right. It landed on tails. So right he would go. Holding his left hand in front of his right finger, he would use it to shield the flame from the draft, to continue help illuminate his path, as he set off.

[Oda Nobunaga]

As Yukimura turned down the fork and made his way right, it would seem that the light grew smaller and smaller. The humidity became so strong it actually ate away at his flame, though he would not find himself sweating as the draft would keep his skin cool.

Going down the right path, Yukimura would hear the sound of water falling, and he would see a small shred of light about 30 feet above him. It did not illuminate much, however, as the rest was still darkness. The path seemed to end in a drop he could not measure, a waterfall.

[Sanada Yukimura]

With his flame slowly puttering out from the humidity, Yukimura would avoid wasting any more of his Musou and put the flame out, leaving him in the dark once more, not that it made a difference. Though the air was humid, he did not sweat, as the draft kept him cool. As he continued down the path, he would hear the sound of water falling, and high above him, about 30 feet, he could see a small sliver of light. The path in front seemed to drop endlessly, a waterfall, but the water from the waterfall had to end up somewhere.

Feeling around, he would try to find a rock, and if he found one, he would simply drop it down over the drop, doing his best to listen carefully for the sound of the rock hitting the water. Once he did, depending on how deep the drop was, if it was not too deep, he would take a leap of faith, and jump towards the waterfall, to try and grab hold of the stone wall.

If the drop was too deep, lifting his hand up into the draft, he would try to fire a blast of fire, hoping the air in the draft was cool enough that his fire would work long enough for him to see down into the chasm below and get a sense of his surroundings.

[Oda Nobunaga]

The stone he dropped seemed to fall for just a little while, before flying back up into his hand. The fire he used seemed to dissipate almost immediately after being sent out. Visually, he would have no real help judging the drop.

[Sanada Yukimura]

With his options of visually determining how far the drop was exhausted, Yukimura was left with only one other option: Take a leap of faith. And he would. Backtracking down the hallway, when he was roughly about halfway in the tunnel, taking in a deep breath, he would charge forward, running as fast as his legs could take him, and with a loud roar, would leap off the cliff towards the waterfall, hoping to Amaterasu he could grab onto a stone ledge or something and stop him from falling to his doom. He'd even try to use his fire ability to propel himself forward, though he knew it might not help him at all.

[Oda Nobunaga]

Yukimura would hit a wall about twenty feet from the ledge, halting his forward motion and sending him down! He would land in the waterfall, which seemed to have an incredibly powerful current, and it took him very far and was about to take him down another drop before he was able to take hold of a large stone that would keep him from being pulled away! The only way to go, it seemed, was up! What little light shone from the whole in the cave showed him there was a platform about twenty feet above him.

[Sanada Yukimura]

After hitting a rock wall and the waterfall pushed him downwards from its powerful current, just as he thought he would plummet to his doom, he managed to grab hold of a large stone that would keep him from being dragged down further. With no way to go but up, Yukimura would begin the arduous climb up the rock wall and to the platform twenty feet above him, using all the strength in his legs and arms to pull him up and fight against the powerful current of the waterfall. It would be a slow and hard climb, but he was determined to reach the platform!

[Oda Nobunaga]

Once at the top of the platform, Yukimura would feel week! He would also find that the light in front of him showed there was no real path up here, not one that he could see. And going back seemed almost impossible, as he'd get sucked in by the current!

By the walls, Yukimura would feel that same draft from earlier!

[Sanada Yukimura]

The moment he reached the top of the platform, Yukimura suddenly felt drained of all his energy, and would stumble up against the rock wall, using it to keep him upright. The light from above revealed there was no path, not one that he could see at least. And he wasn't even going to consider going back down, not unless he felt like drowning. But as he leaned up against the wall, he would feel the same draft from before, and mustering all his strength, would move towards it, relying not on his sight, but his other senses, to guide him towards it.

Once he reached the draft, he'd try to feel for the source of it, and if it was another hallway like before, would go down it, basically using the wall for support while moving on sheer will alone.

[Oda Nobunaga]

The draft was coming from a very small walkway! Yukimura would have to go down it sideways, and even then it would be a very tight fit!

[Sanada Yukimura]

And he would do just that! Sucking in his stomach, Yukimura would wriggle himself into the walkway, before slowly letting the air out of his lungs. From there, he'd slowly but surely try to make his way along the walkway, trying to make himself as thin as possible, to get through.

[Oda Nobunaga]

Yukimura would be able to wiggle through the hole, and on the other end of it there was a walkway with a small amount of light stretching from it. It seemed to be the source, however, as Yukimura could feel a strong draft coming from it!

[Sanada Yukimura]

Yukimura would continue to slowly but surely wiggle his way through the narrow walkway towards the light, and a very strong draft, making sure every step he took was cautious, because the last thing he wanted to do was move quickly, only to reach a cliff at the end and plunge off it from mis-stepping in his eagerness. Once he reached the end of the walkway, he would use his spear as support and keep him in place, because no doubt the draft would be even stronger here.

[Oda Nobunaga]

As Yukimura approached the end of the walkway, the light would get so bright and fierce he'd be unable to see! Forcing him to blink, once Yukimura opened his eyes, he'd be back in Kofu.

That was a weird event.

[OoC: Amaterasu trials: 1 of 10 complete. You receive +2 Exp.]