[PQ] with our backs against the wall

D e i m o s

Send a heartbeat to the void that cries through you
Relive the pictures that have come to pass

It was intriguing to watch Remi work, pressing his ear to the rock, to the earth, removing it one piece, hinging it together – the Reaper witnessed this all in rapt fascination, standing out of the way and to the side, donning a helmet over his head, gloves on his hands, and readying his shoveling materials. “Well done,” he announced, but listening to Remi exhale shakily, another notion towards fatigue and exhaustion, he motioned towards the table. “You may rest if you need it,” indicating the chairs nearby. He’d already done quite a bit of work, and the three remaining could shovel their way through significant piles while the alchemist took a breather. Deimos joined Jigano and Rory in their digging, muscling his way through a massive portion of dirt and dumping the shovel into a bucket. The conversation about illusions continued, and as he maneuvered back and forth, aiming to fill his bucket before dumping the fresh sod into the garden, he mulled and machinated. “We could always create a fake backdrop or outline, perhaps,” musing out loud – even if there wasn’t anyone available with such enchantments, they could likely make do with what they already had. They worked carefully, and the first parts of their sojourn into the earth seemed to go well, without issue. The hardest part would be ensuring nothing fell upon them – rock, stone, loam, or earth. His eyes drifted to the lumber piled, and figured now would be a good moment to begin the next phase. “As we dig, we want to make sure nothing collapses on us,” his gaze went from the sanction of already maneuvered dirt, and back to the strong assistants, and his hand picked up one of the saws laden against the wall. “While I make a piece of wood long enough to fit across the top of the tunnel, can you cut two lumber pieces high enough to use as braces on either side of the apex portion?” Afterwards, they’d be able to hopefully put the boards in place with nails, dig, rinse and repeat. “If that is easy, we can then start making more so they will be ready as we go along.” -- No post order! Let’s make some wooden boards and pieces to hold overhead boards in place and so the tunnel doesn’t collapse! Remi Jigano Rory For now we stand alone, the world is lost and blown And we are flesh and blood disintegrate with no more to hate