[ That is... unpleasant. Bruno is, thankfully, long past the point of being unnerved by this kind of uncanny violence, but, mirroring Illumi's thought process, he can't help wondering what kind of Stand power this is supposed to be. He doesn't actually see a Stand anywhere around him, but there's no other explanation for what's going on, right? Maybe it's similar to Mista's, and his Stand is tiny, manipulating those needle-shaped items he's throwing around.
He'll have to ask about it later. The second rat that was on him ignores its brother's plight, lunging after Bruno, who has decided that running is the better option than trying to keep up this fight. Illumi is right this time - they need to go before even more enemies start showing up. The zipper trapping the rat vanishes, with Illumi having taken it out of commission, squeezing its body back up onto the surface where it continues to writhe in agony; Bruno is banking on that ability of his to keep it down, because he's cutting past it to grab the injured scientist. He leaves a trail of a few more unfastened potholes in his wake, trying to slow the second rat down as it stays on his tail, but it looks like it learned where not to step after seeing what happened to the first; he only manages to catch one paw in the ground. However, that buys him enough time to heft the groaning scientist onto his back. His injuries looking fucking awful, and the way he shrieks when Bruno touches him makes it clear they're as bad as they look. There's no time to be gentle and careful, though. ]
You're gonna have to endure it, [ he says firmly, although he has no idea if the poor guy can even hear him over the cacophony (and his own pain, no doubt.) Bruno's attention turns back to Illumi, although he doesn't stop moving to chat. Time to walk (run) and talk. They have to go!! ]
Do you have a guess on how much deeper the others are?
[ he's regretting not asking up top what Illumi's power set is. If the burrow is deep, and the scientists are somewhere below them, not just ahead of them, he thinks he could use Sticky Fingers to give them a shortcut down -- of course, that would be a double-edged sword, seeing as it would put them even further away from the surface. Although, he thinks bitterly, they're definitely going to end up cornered by a whole colony of these things either way. ]
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He'll have to ask about it later. The second rat that was on him ignores its brother's plight, lunging after Bruno, who has decided that running is the better option than trying to keep up this fight. Illumi is right this time - they need to go before even more enemies start showing up. The zipper trapping the rat vanishes, with Illumi having taken it out of commission, squeezing its body back up onto the surface where it continues to writhe in agony; Bruno is banking on that ability of his to keep it down, because he's cutting past it to grab the injured scientist. He leaves a trail of a few more unfastened potholes in his wake, trying to slow the second rat down as it stays on his tail, but it looks like it learned where not to step after seeing what happened to the first; he only manages to catch one paw in the ground. However, that buys him enough time to heft the groaning scientist onto his back. His injuries looking fucking awful, and the way he shrieks when Bruno touches him makes it clear they're as bad as they look. There's no time to be gentle and careful, though. ]
You're gonna have to endure it, [ he says firmly, although he has no idea if the poor guy can even hear him over the cacophony (and his own pain, no doubt.) Bruno's attention turns back to Illumi, although he doesn't stop moving to chat. Time to walk (run) and talk. They have to go!! ]
Do you have a guess on how much deeper the others are?
[ he's regretting not asking up top what Illumi's power set is. If the burrow is deep, and the scientists are somewhere below them, not just ahead of them, he thinks he could use Sticky Fingers to give them a shortcut down -- of course, that would be a double-edged sword, seeing as it would put them even further away from the surface. Although, he thinks bitterly, they're definitely going to end up cornered by a whole colony of these things either way. ]