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[color=salmon]Word Count: 794 (+2 exp)[/color]
[color=salmon][u]Level[/u]: [b]8[/b] - [u]Total EXP[/u]: 10/80
[b]Location:[/b] Edge of the Blue - The Maw[/color][/center]
The sound of his name drew the Cadet's attention to Link, who'd made his way over to him and was speaking quietly, telling the Cadet of his plan. It was a bold one. Dangerous to be sure, but their whole situation was dangerous regardless. He asked if the Cadet could run, and the mini monster hunter took a steadying breath and offered Link a weak grin.

[color=salmon]"Yeah,"[/color] he lied. He would force his limbs to move with sheer willpower if it came down to it.

Moreau's stomping and labored breath got the boy's attention, and for a moment the Cadet thought he'd have to move a lot sooner than expected. Surprisingly though, the mutant's path took him away from them. He was on course to intercept that living diving the suit, the false-Mirage - or whatever had gone on there. His short existence came to an end with a few belly flops from the monstrous Moreau. About that time, the rest of their crew made their way out of the command center, and three of them made a beeline to where he and Link were. They all seemed shaken up, with good reason, and immediately they all launched in to quick, urgent discussion about what they should be doing. 

Ace Cadet was initially glad for all the back up that appeared, the more they talked about 'suicidal' plans for escaping as Geralt put it, the more the Cadet was reminded of a certain time in the Everwood, years ago now. Of being desperate to escape that strange, dark monster with the Ace Lancer, and the Caravan's Hunter stalling for time. He winced when drawing the parallels between the two situations. If he hadn't been acting like a Jhen [i]Moron[/i] then maybe both could have been prevented. Ever the optimistic though, the Cadet pushed the thought that they all had survived the Everwood back then, and so it stood to reason if the two situations were so similar then they would survive her and now in the belly of the Maw, too.

The Cadet stood up fully, letting go of his metal support and wobbling for a moment. He didn't fall over, so that was a huge win as far as he was concerned. There had been a lot of plans being thrown around, the most recent of which was Geralt's proposal of "cheating." The Cadet followed the other boy's gesture to find he was pointing at where Nadia, Mimi and Junior were scampering toward the exit. 

[color=salmon]"...the fan?"[/color] he guessed. That might work but it would still require putting one or more of them in harm's way for a distraction. Or maybe not, as Kamek offered another option from above. When the Cadet looked up he could see that many of the others were already en route to the elevator. The boys (and Sakura) really needed to get a move on too. The Cadet took a step, and when he still didn't fall over he took another more confident one. 

[color=salmon]"Let's get going,"[/color] he said, [color=salmon]"make a run for it now while he's distracted, then we can pick one of these Kut-kurazy plans on the move. We just gotta get out of his reach until everyone's out."[/color]

He looked at Mirage, who'd offered to stick close to the Cadet. [color=salmon]"It's okay. You're gonna have to be in a good enough spot to help people with that weird little bowgun anyway, right? I can make it,"[/color] he promised. As comforting as having Mirage help him out would be, the Cadet would much rather have him helping the others. Maybe the Cadet was a little embarrassed about having to be escorted due to his own mistake too, but the only evidence of that was the mild tint of red on his face. That could have been from anything though. 

At that point, Blazermate came swooping in and scooped the little hunter up - and then the embarrassment on his face was a lot more apparent. He wasn't going to complain though, since she was healing his wounds. Soon enough all the cuts and scraps closed up, the little smudges of blood left behind the only evidence they were there at all.

[color=salmon]"Okay now I can definitely make it,"[/color] he said once Blazermate set him down. [color=salmon]"Thanks. Now let's go quick before that Kecha-wacko comes back over! If he catches up to us then..."[/color] he glanced between everyone gathered, [color=salmon]"...we'll just go with Link's first plan, just bash him good with whatever we got!"[/color]

The old reliable strategy: just wing it and use whatever they had on hand. The Cadet ushered the others to get moving, and didn't wait around to start climbing himself either. With luck they could get to the elevator before Moreau could get to them.