[ It doesn't take them too long to find a hole in the ceiling that will be able to grant them a way up. Steve is all too ready to give Claude a boost, but that doesn't end up being necessary. Claude's a trained fighter, skilled with a bow and used to riding on the back of a winged creature, and it seems he's agile on top of that.
Steve follows after without much delay, running and then leaping up at the leaned-over cabinet to brace off of it and propel himself up and through the hole. He clears it with that single jump, not needing to grab the edge of the ruined floor to pull himself up, and lands with an unnatural gracefulness.
The knocking is easier to hear from here, and Steve can definitely tell that it's a person making that noise — with increasing urgency, as they can probably hear that there are people in the house now moving around. Steve nods to Claude, then takes a moment to close his eyes and really listen.
Even past the knocking, he can hear panicked breathing, and can tell the general direction it's coming from. His eyes snap open and he starts down the hall. ] Stay behind me. [ He's careful with his steps, only putting a portion of his weight on any floorboards that look like they might be weakened to test their sturdiness before moving on.
He makes a right, then a left, and then suddenly comes upon a whole portion of the floor that's collapsed. A good fifteen feet past that the gaps ends, and beyond that is the door where the banging seems to be coming from.
Steve pauses, then glances back toward Claude. ] I should be able to clear this, but the hard landing from my jump might make the rest of the floor give out. [ He could jump back up if that happened, potentially, but he doesn't know how much of a chain reaction it would cause — and how that might affect the person trapped behind the door. ] Do you think your magic could maybe lighten up my landing?
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Steve follows after without much delay, running and then leaping up at the leaned-over cabinet to brace off of it and propel himself up and through the hole. He clears it with that single jump, not needing to grab the edge of the ruined floor to pull himself up, and lands with an unnatural gracefulness.
The knocking is easier to hear from here, and Steve can definitely tell that it's a person making that noise — with increasing urgency, as they can probably hear that there are people in the house now moving around. Steve nods to Claude, then takes a moment to close his eyes and really listen.
Even past the knocking, he can hear panicked breathing, and can tell the general direction it's coming from. His eyes snap open and he starts down the hall. ] Stay behind me. [ He's careful with his steps, only putting a portion of his weight on any floorboards that look like they might be weakened to test their sturdiness before moving on.
He makes a right, then a left, and then suddenly comes upon a whole portion of the floor that's collapsed. A good fifteen feet past that the gaps ends, and beyond that is the door where the banging seems to be coming from.
Steve pauses, then glances back toward Claude. ] I should be able to clear this, but the hard landing from my jump might make the rest of the floor give out. [ He could jump back up if that happened, potentially, but he doesn't know how much of a chain reaction it would cause — and how that might affect the person trapped behind the door. ] Do you think your magic could maybe lighten up my landing?