[PQ] Safe As Unstable Houses

koel tryin' to take what's lost and broke and make it right First, Koel just took a moment to stare at Amaya and Moses-Joel. "Weren’t you two dead?" He’d already confronted the man about that, but he hadn’t seen the woman until now; her death had been rather public and tragic, and he definitely remembered it happening. Normally, he might’ve been a bit more circumspect about bringing up what might be such a sensitive topic, but he was still so off balance from coming to this world that his mind wasn’t working as well as it otherwise might. Regardless, there wasn’t exactly a good way to tell people that they’d died and come back to life through some unknown means. Either way, he had a group. It wasn’t the group he might’ve wanted—they weren’t exactly the most skilled bunch of people he’d seen—but it was the group he was stuck with. Nodding at them, he saw them sort themselves out. It ended up being a fairly even split, he supposed. While he knew that this was an all hands on deck situation (they couldn’t afford to hold on to the old rules any more), it worked out that there was one man and one woman, one warrior and one civilian, one normal human and one of a different race in each group. While he didn’t know if that would help, it certainly wouldn’t hurt. Phoebe was with him. "Thanks, everyone. Let’s get to work. And stay safe." Since it didn’t really matter which house they took, Koel moved towards the one on the left. Unlike his companion, he didn’t know what made a building unstable. However, this one didn’t seem too badly damaged. As he entered into the only slightly ruined space, he let his eyes adjust to the light. Once he could see clearly, he stepped forward: it didn’t seem to be too dangerous in here. The walls were all standing without holes, and there was even a roof. There was even what looked like a staircase leading to an upper floor; stepping towards that, the eagle put one foot on the lowest step. Apparently, that was the wrong move. Immediately, there was a rumbling sound, and the formally good looking roof caved in, trapping Koel on one side of the building. There was now a pile of rubble between him and Phoebe, and all his escape routes seem to be cut off. "Fuck." There weren’t any spaces small enough for him to escape, even shifted. While he was doing his best not to panic, truth be told, he was a creature of the open skies and this was making him incredibly claustrophobic. Phoebe was perfectly unharmed. However, now she had to figure out how to rescue the trapped man: she could either try and recruit the other two, or she could see if there was some way to shift the rubble enough to provide Koel with an escape route. They would be able to communicate, but Koel couldn’t see anything and Phoebe couldn’t see him to know whether disturbing the rubble would just make the situation worse. Moses-Joel and Amaya would have headed towards the other house. However, unlike the first one, they would find their eyes didn’t adjust to the light. To move on, they’d have to find some way to dispel the darkness. Post order: Phoebe, Amaya, Moses-Joel