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[h3][b][i][color=9e0b0f]Calculation is Key...[/color][/i][/b][/h3]

[indent]Everything...
 
Everything was rushing by...
 
 
[i]Everything was moving so fast.[/i]
 
 
 
[i][b]Everything was happening all at once.[/b][/i]
 
 
 
 
 
And yet--
 
 
 
 
 
 
[i][color=f7976a]Let's break it down...[/color][/i]

First. There was the labyrinth. An endless, mirrored [i]horrorscape[/i] of anxiety and turmoil.

Second. There was the [i]representative[/i]. The creature who sealed the deal that had already been instigated.

Speaking of...

Preliminary. There was the [i]dream[/i]. The nightmare with the scam artist itself.

Kousuke thought back to the scene. To the man. [i]To the contract.[/i]

[quote][i][b]My life is my own, my actions mine to be accounted.

I understand that consciousness is a gift, mirrored in others and beyond.

For thyne art I, I art thou. In thought and heart, may our burdens be shared.[/b][/i][/quote]

Back to the review.

Contract. Stakes. Closer. And now...

[i]Reaping the Reward.[/i]

As the walls bent to his will, Kousuke understood. As the fractile beast turned on him, Kousuke knew what this was. As the hybrid girl recoiled at his words and the call of the icy creature, Kousuke wrapped his head around just what was going on. As the icy creature launched at the beast and the two fought it out, Kousuke finally put it all together.

[color=8e45c5][b]'May our burdens be shared'[/b][/color]

Kousuke felt the heat within them flowing through their extremities, down to the strings that draped from their form. With a spark of knowledge, they shifted, flicking their wrists to draw the threads up into their hold, gripping the barbed wires like weapons for their disposal. Piercing red eyes locked onto the two creatures in battle. Watching. Studying. Kousuke noted that he could perfectly predict the movement of each as their tussle went on. However, when the two came to a standstill, that prediction flooded open to an infinite ocean of possibilities. Kousuke winced at the sheer volume of insight filling the forefront of his mind, and recoiled slightly, forcing back what he could as he gripped tighter at the strings in his hands. He focused on one thought in particular, one where he himself entered the battle. It led to many paths, some of which he was not too keen to venture, but he took only a moment to calculate all those outcomes before focusing on one.

With a sharp whistle, he jumped from one foot to the other, then shot off at the pair of beasts, [color=f7976a]"Oi!"[/color] he called, aiming to draw attention toward himself, [color=f7976a]"[color=ed1c24][b]Look at me[/b][/color]!"[/color] he ordered, then immediately shot out his hand, driving the threads like a whip at the glass creature, trusting that the icy beast would have enough sense to pull away from the shot.

The wire they tossed hit true to the glass being's neck and Kousuke gave a sharp tug, [color=f7976a]"Come on!"[/color] he called, [color=f7976a]"[color=ed1c24][b]This way[/b][/color]!"[/color] he pulled on the string like a fisherman reeling in a soon-to-be prized catch, shifting back as he did to draw his other arm back and then thrust it forward just as he had with the first, catching the creature's wrist and then dropping down to yank both wires to the ground, [color=f7976a]"[color=ed1c24][b]Get down[/b][/color]!"[/color][/indent]