[X] Stop time and get out of the smog
-[X] With everyone in tow, go into the Labyrinth and extract Rider and Berserker
--[X] Drop off both Servants where Rider believes they'd best be able to combat Assassin, assuming she's in the fog. Completely resume time when you're far enough away from the smog and Servants but close enough to see them.
The instant you feel
an unfamiliar hand reaching to grab your shield, time is frozen. "Akemi-san?" You hear the voice of Tomoe-san beside you, but you cannot see her even though she stood less than a meter away from you. "What's going on?"
"We're moving out," you say, to her and to your other allies, though through the thick blanket of smog you are unable to see them; nor are you able to see Assassin, whom you had been positive was the owner of the hand reaching for your shield. "We've got to get out of this smog and take up a position where our visibility isn't impaired."
"She's here, ain't she?" You hear Kyouko asks, as the sound of her spear shifting in her tightening grip reaches your ears. "That little bitch is somewhere in this cloud, I know it."
"Don't get careless." There is little doubt in your mind that Kyouko will be careless no matter what you say. "There's more at work to this smog cover than we can see. I felt Assassin grabbing for my shield just before I stopped time, but I can't see her at all even though I could have sworn she was right beside me."
"So, is she there or not?"
You try a second time to peer into the dark cloud of noxious gasses, but still you are completely incapable of seeing anything. "If she is, I cannot see her, or anything else for that matter. If she is here, it would be stupid of us to try launching an attack when we can't even see our hands in front of our faces."
"Then, what's the plan now?" Not Kyouko this time; that was Kure Kirika's voice. "I mean, we can't just sit here all night and do nothing."
"First, we need to get out of this smog and into an area with better visibility." That's the part that everyone can agree on.
What you're thinking of next, however, is less so. "After that, I want us to head into the labyrinth and recover Rider and Berserker. Hopefully their eyesight will fare better than ours in regards to locating Assassin." For a second, you are tempted to ask Mikuni Oriko if she can see whether your plan will succeed or not, before stopping yourself.
If it involves Assassin, all she's likely to see is static.
"Wait a second- I get that we need to get out of here and get our visibility back, but after that you want us to go back in? Are you crazy?"
You wish you were.
Maybe you are. "We have no idea what's out there in this fog, so having all four of our male servants inside the labyrinth is pointless when we don't even have proof that she's still there. And if she
is out here, stalking among us right now, then we'd be foolish to let time resume when she could potentially be at our throats right now. So, our only option, once we've gotten our sight back and re-oriented, is to go into the labyrinth ourselves and retrieve our chosen servants."
You and your team were facing towards the labyrinth when the second opening appeared, so the logical direction to head in order to get out of the blanket would be to turn around. "Come on," you say, turning around,
and desperately hoping that your allies will do the same. "Our best bet is to turn around, and keep going until we reach civilisation."
For however long that takes.
You walk, one foot in front of the other.
"Archer, I think we made a mistake in bombarding the labyrinth," you try to say to your servant, only to be reminded by the static that returns to you that your servant was not among those Tomoe-san tied to you. Archer is currently outside of the frozen time. One foot in front of the other, until the smog thins and you have returned to civilisation. You look to all sides of you, but you can see none of your teammates, even though they had been right beside you only moments ago.
Or so you thought.
"Tomoe-san-"
"Kyouko-"
"Mikuni Oriko-"
"Kure Kirika-'"
"Where did you all go?" Unsure of how far from you your allies have wandered, you contact each of them through your telepathic connection.
Hopefully the drop of Berserker's rank in Mad Enhancement will have ceased its interference with Kure Kirika's use of telepathy. "If you're still with me, give me a status update immediately."
"I'm here, Akemi-san," Tomoe-san is the first to respond.
"Though, I'm not sure where 'here' is. I still can't see much of anything, and I don't know at which point I must have veered off-course."
"I'm still here." Good; there's Kyouko.
"Decided against making my way out, actually. Thought I'd try my luck stabbing in every direction I can; ya said she was right next to ya, so I'm hoping I get that bitch even if I can't see her."
"Kirika, Lancer, and I were able to make it out," says Mikuni Oriko, updating you on the status of not only herself, but also of the one you can't communicate with and the one you aren't sure you can communicate with.
"However, it appears that we've gone in the wrong direction as you, because I can't see you anywhere. Where are you?"
You look around at your surroundings, scanning the unfamiliar territory for an identifiable landmark.
"I can see the train station immediately to my left. You?"
"Okay, I think I know where you are, then."
"Can you see the entrance to the labyrinth from where you are?" you ask, unable to see the 'true' entrance for yourself, obscured as it is by the thick smog from the 'false' entrance.
"No, I'm afraid not. Can you?"
"Negative."
[ ] You'll have to rethink the current plan
-[ ] What does the new plan look like? (write-in)
[ ] You'll push ahead with the plan anyway
-[ ] How do you proceed when you can't see where the entrance to the labyrinth is? (write-in)
[ ] Try to have the team regroup (write-in how)
[ ] Other (write-in)
[ ] Wat do?
