A little too far into the hornet's nest [Active/Open]

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Character(s): Keiichi, Rika, random Sinstuff, aaaaand open!
Content: Keiichi and Rika investigate a loud noise. Loud noise turns out to be monsters. Their asses will likely require saving. (Not the monsters', I mean.)
Setting: somewhere in H7 probably?
Time: mid-day-ish
Warnings: shit guys, MONSTERS!

It wasn't too long after Keiichi left the hotel with Rika that he began thinking this may have been a bad idea after all. The noise seemed to be getting louder with every step they took, and the dust in the air combined with the narrow streets made it all but impossible to tell what was going on. Whatever it was, though, it looked really bad... was it over, even, or still going on? He couldn't say.

Now, if Rika had stayed back at the hotel, it'd be one thing, but he wasn't about to maybe risk both their lives over curiosity. "Well. I've seen enough," he declared, offering his hand for her to take. "Let's get out of here."

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Under other circumstances, Keiichi might not have listened to Haseo. Even right now, there was a part of him that wanted to go and retrieve his bat from wherever he'd dropped it (when had he dropped it?) and join the fight, guns blazing. (Figuratively.)

But he was out of his league here - outgunned, outclassed, and probably out of his mind. It was like he and Rika were the only normal, realistic, and most notably non-superhero types around anymore. That, actually, was the last straw that made him swallow his pride and head for the indicated alley, his friend in tow. One way or another, he still had her to look out for.

He didn't follow the alley all the way through; no telling what might be at the other end. It was only once he'd gotten a little ways in, just beneath a fire escape, that he began to realize she was a bit heavy to keep carrying like this. And the needles in her legs were gone, now, too... from the same magic that'd healed him, probably, now that he had a second to think about it.

"Let's wait here a second. Can you stand up?" he asked her, tentatively lowering her to the ground.