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[right][b]Interactions:[/b] Adora [@Mixtape Ghost N], Sloane [@Atrophy], Clancy [@Zombiedude101], Artifact Group
[code]Artifact Group, Outside the Vault[/code][/right][hr]
[color=6B8E23]”Adora, you’re [i]not[/i] good,”[/color] Luca said bluntly- and hypocritically. But it was different. The thing hurting him also helped him. He knew his own limits… he’d had ten years to test them. Adora hadn’t. And he wasn’t just going to stand there and agree to her getting killed- just like Sloane said, perhaps not in the nicest way but… she [i]was[/i] right.

While Luca was happy they’d avoided anything on the way there, he wasn’t stupid enough to believe they’d just be let out. They [i]could[/i] get out- he absolutely believed that- but he was realistic enough to know it wouldn’t be easy. If Adora was knocked out or, worse, killed… [color=6B8E23][i]It won’t happen.[/i][/color]

[color=6B8E23]”I agree with Sloane,”[/color] Luca observed the door from a position slightly away from the group. Metal… It was hard to tell what type. But metal was easy to rust. There was no need to worry about how the door functioned- he touched it, and he’d make a hole big enough for them to step through. The speed of it was just dependent on how thick the door was… [color=6B8E23]”I can probably get through the door in a minute- assuming it's not incredibly thick- but I agreed to let Sloane open it. I’ll only step in if she can’t. But we’ll get through it easily between us… [i]without[/i] anyone sacrificing themselves.”[/color]

Luca looked over at Adora, gaze almost pleading. He understood, but he needed her to stay safe too. And she wasn’t the only one that could hold it off…

[color=6B8E23]”How much can you handle like this, Clancy?”[/color] Luca asked, looking over at the shadowy boy he considered a [i]friend[/i]. The shadow where there’d been a hole in his torso was difficult to look at but he knew that he couldn’t die… As much as he didn’t want to suggest it, if anyone was to step in against the Starving Dog, it should be the person who couldn’t die. [color=6B8E23]”If you’re less hurt than Adora then… you’ll be able to hold it back best.”[/color]

He then looked over at the statue, frowning. They would need to get back past it after breaching the vault. If they didn’t destroy it they’d just be dealing with the same problem on the way out- and he was useless when it came to carrying artifacts out. 

[color=6B8E23]”If Layla, Alizée, Aislin and Britney can immobilize the statue… I could also destroy it. It’ll erode like any other stone I bet. Then we won’t have to deal with it on the way back out. Unless we’re hoping for a secret passage inside the vault, or a perfectly timed teleporter?”[/color]