what a thrill it will be

[vytis]

Who: Lithuania and Poland, open to anyone else participating in the Doll in the Dungeon mission
What: Lithuania and Poland decide to work together to go find the lost doll. Hopefully a monster didn't really eat it, because that would be kind of unsanitary.
When: late morning of the 15th
Where: Castle Dyspros
Rating: PG-13

The lobby of Castle Dyspros seemed eerier to Lithuania now that it was empty except for himself and Poland; the sharp echo of their footsteps and the way the light filtered in through the windows had him a bit on edge. Knowing they were stepping willingly into a castle apparently full of monsters didn't lighten the mood any, either. Still, he had a weapon now--not the quality sword he would have preferred, but better than trying to beat something to death with his fists. And, really...

"If a child threw the doll into the castle, it can't have been that far inside, right?"

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[vytis]

Lithuania rolled his eyes and lunged instead--using the flat of his blade, but aiming to dart around that spear to get to Poland even so. Hopefully it would be harder than it had been a few minutes ago.

[notyetlost]

Poland might not have been as well trained or as physically strong as Lithuania was, but he was quick and unpredictable. His movements reflected that, avoiding Lithuania's blade.

"You know if I had a mount with me right now, you'd be totally crying for mercy!"

[vytis]

"Oh, you wish," Lithuania said, circling around in response to Poland's movements. They were becoming more familiar, though; he'd seen Poland fight hundreds of times before, so predicting him shouldn't be impossible. Still, he wasn't quite up to speed yet. "There isn't anything here for you to ride anyway."

[notyetlost]

"If we were still married I'd have a great comeback for that." Poland's eyebrows wiggled, implying something less than appropriate.

[vytis]

Lithuania pulled a face at him--far less off-guard this time. "I didn't know getting rid of one enemy was all it took to get you talking like that nowadays."

He darted forward again, this time prepared to react to Poland's movements this time--though maybe Poland would be prepared to react to his, too, at this point.

[notyetlost]

"Sorry. Bad habit, I totally can't help it. You always seemed like, way dreamier after stabbing some rival invader... in the face!" Poland lunged, swapping out his evasiveness for defense against Lithuania suddenly coming at him.

Poland let out a surprised yet satisfied laugh at the sound of clashing metal. He hadn't forgotten as much as Lithuania had implied he had after all.

[vytis]

"So the way to your heart is through someone else's stomach?" Lithuania couldn't help but grin as Poland met his blow; this was familiar, like stepping back into well-worn shoes, and he felt a little less out of his element in their surroundings now. "So, you still want that candy for the reward, right?"

[notyetlost]

"I'm a super complicated guy, what can I say?" Poland winked, lowering his spear. He'd fully caught on to Lithuania's intentions behind starting their little fight now.

He smiled, pulling his hair back in a pony tail with a spare hair tie. They were going to own this mission. "Hell yeah!"

[vytis]

Lithuania sheathed his sword again, feeling far more confident in the situation than he had been only a little while ago. "Alright, then, if it's just enemies like that one," Lithuania gestured vaguely to the bird's corpse, "we should be fine to split the rooms between the two of us. You take the left side and I'll take the right?"

[notyetlost]

"I guess." Poland shrugged, starting to head back into the hallway. "Let's just hope none of these monsters were the ones stealing all the panties in town so you don't get distracted."

[vytis]

"I should turn you into Spain after we're done here," Lithuania said, heading out and into the next room--which turned out to be empty except for some plants and broken furniture. Not especially exciting, but it already had monsters in it so that was probably excitement enough.

[notyetlost]

"You'll never take me alive." Poland replied, peeking into the room adjacent to Lithuania's.

From the door frame there didn't seem to be much inside, but admittedly it was kind of dark. Poland could make out the glimmer of something reflecting light from the hallway, it seemed worth looking into.

"Find it yet?"

[vytis]

"No," Lithuania called back after opening up a few drawers on a smashed-up desk. "Maybe we should check near windows?"

If the boy threw it inside he would have had to have somewhere to aim, after all. Unless he'd opened up the door and a monster really had walked off with it.

[notyetlost]

"They'd probably have to be like, open or something though? It's a doll not a rock. So. That should narrow it down probably."

Once his eyes adjusted, Poland entered the room cautiously. There didn't seem to be any dolls that Poland could see. However there were a couple weapons littering the floor. They must have been what had he'd seen from the door frame.

"There's no doll in here either! There's some kind of blade-y knife things though, want one?" Poland poked at one with his lance idly.

[vytis]

"Daggers or swords?" Lithuania, convinced his room held nothing but dust, returned to the hallway. "If they're not too old, they could be useful."

He peeked into the room Poland was checking, to see what the other nation was talking about.