<i>{The boy would look up expecting the rocks to fall on them all, but instead they get saved last second. Yurick would turn his gaze toward this person who he forgot about with a gaze that makes it obvious that he expects something.}</i> &quot;Don't know, and I almost don't care. I'll be here tomorrow so I can run that risk of dying again, but at least give me a motivation so I don't kill myself before your game does. And before you ask, I don't want to take that reward, I'm asking for answers.&quot; <i>{The fire mage would check his dagger as he says what was on his mind, not even bothering to retract anything as either choice might mean death anyway, both from the enemy and the wonderous benefactor they've been stuck with.}</i>

<i>{Yurick rolls his eyes when he sees the attempts at interrogation made by almost everyone did not end up going anywhere or making real progress. Instead of trying to voice the disagreements that were already obvious, he shrugs as he plays with his dagger more.}</i> &quot;Yeah, you go have fun with that thing Akia.&quot; <i>{While also making no effort to try and intervene with his teammates wishes, encouraging them to take the reward with a dry undertone.}</i>

<i>{Yurick, who silently followed Akia is the first to step into the room, despite not being the one who knocked on the door.}</i> &quot;I have a feeling out of the two of these unsuspecting adults, the one that's reading is obviously the one that's more intriguing.&quot; <i>{The young man proceeds to walk up to the teacher that reads the book, immediately noting the title that's plastered on the cover. Nevertheless, he suspects that something different is found in the subject matter, so he asks the stupid question anyway.}</i> &quot;Hello sir, what's that book you're reading? Do you have experience on what's inside it at all?&quot;

<i>{Yurick simply rolls his eyes when Akia starts to speak, though inside he's relieved. He never liked nor had that much experience with negotiation of this sort.}</i> &quot;Pft, yeah. Surely it has nothing to do with the teacher quitting on the science kids as they build whatever this device is. Well, if it is, it'd be way too easy.&quot; <i>{Speculation is in the air, and the whole gang has split up in search for clues. Maybe if it can be deathly obvious at first sight, everyone; and sadly everyone here, would get rewarded.}</i>

<i>{A young man wearing an eyepatch goes ahead to walk up to the group, yet he notices Minerva's approach and immediately looks in disdain at them with closer investigation. Of course, this group seems familiar, but every stranger is always untrustworthy.}</i> &quot;Seems like traveling the world would usually bring you to some stupid place like this.&quot; <i>{He sweeps his bangs to the side, taking it as an excuse to look away from everyone present. Well, at least it's a slight breath of fresh air from his last group of friends.}</i>

<i>{Yurick would roll his eyes as the janitor leaves, putting one hand on his hip as he looks off to the side.}</i> &quot;Oh well, less info than I would have wanted but it's better if he left anyway.&quot; <i>{He goes over toward where everyone else gathers up, keeping an eye on the book Himeno has. When counting everyone present silently, he makes sure to at least speak up about the detail after he responds to Akia's proposal.}</i> &quot;No no, don't worry about us. You go first since you offered. But also, wasn't someone else supposed to arrive here by now? We've got everything we need to proceed onward.&quot;

&quot;Isn't that amazing. Well, I've got nothing to add now.&quot; <i>{If they were pointed to a specific direction, the boy wouldn't bother to wave goodbye since strangers didn't really deserve it. He'd just silently follow along with Akia in pursuit of getting closer to the answer.}</i>

<i>{Yurick did not actually know anything about the environment he was in, nor did he bother to care at the current moment. A sigh of relief came from the boy as he hears the mention of pay.}</i> &quot;Oh, at least we're getting paid. Now I'm slightly more motivated. This'll bump my expectations up from a 1% to a 2% I think.&quot; <i>{The boy was about to head in alone, but then he changes his mind last second, quietly shuffling towards Akia since she felt the most familiar to him for whatever reason.}</i> &quot;I normally would just go alone, but you look like an alcoholic and past experiences would tell me that you have screws loose. I'll go with you if you don't question it, ok?&quot;

<i>{Yurick does not really care for batting an eye at Akia, looking away from making direct eye contact at most times. Though when he was asked a question, he should answer them to the best of his knowledge. After all, he insisted on following her, so the boy does not want to be too rude to his chaperones.}</i> &quot;It's best if we return to our team, the way I can hopefully see it is that they've become more informed than we have and that the information we've gathered is enough for a conclusion. And also a direct confrontation...now let me come back to that in a quick second.&quot; <i>{Of course, during his dialogue, most of what he said was with him glancing at Akia with his arms crossed. As he bats his eye toward another direction, he notices one of his coworkers in front of the door next to a staircase, talking to the janitor. At least that's a sign that everyone's cooperating. Yurick decides to walk past the science room, looking back at Akia and nodding his head toward the entrance, than proceeding towards Himeno and the man, hearing tidbits of mostly the man talking about killing a thing.}</i> &quot;There are many of us with the same goal, so I assume with proper teamwork it won't be that challenging. Besides, what were you even going to try and attempt to kill it yourself, sir?&quot;

&quot;You know what, I'd love to take your advice, but everybody else isn't and I don't feel like being the odd one out today.&quot; <i>{Yurick still goes to the other side, away from his own teammates and away from the creature. No need to insult it now that it's looking friendly. Only looking that way at least. The boy pulls his dagger out again though.}</i> &quot;I'll glady stay to see if I can do this though.&quot; <i>{Yurick follows Shadow's movements with one eye, pointing his dagger downwards in the middle of his path. An insignificant appearing gleam of purple light would shine on the ground. If Shadow manages to step on it, which is expected will not actually happen, he will start to see the world in reverse. The hedgehog's vision will be upside down, and his body parts will be moving in the opposite direction that his brain tells him to.}</i>