[Asato nods obediently, staying put while Mason checks out what's behind the door. When he tries to glance in, he can't see what lies beyond, the fog far too thick to give him a view of anything more than darkness. He'll wait here for Mason to return.
But Mason doesn't return. He doesn't know just how long he's waited, but he must have come back by now, and--damn this fog, he can't get anything more than radio silence on his communicator. Only his tail reflects his building stress, twitching and lashing while he sits by the door, then stands up, paces back and forth in front of it, scratches experimentally at its surface... Where did he go? Did he find something important or stumble upon a way out, leaving Asato here to traverse the fog on his own?
He simply doesn't know, so he can't be angry that Mason has disappeared. If anything, he's worried. They were trying not to get separated, after all. So he decides the try the door himself, but it won't open for him. It's like it's not a door at all, just a doorknob attached to the wall.]
Mason!
[He tries to call once, twice. No answer. After still more tugging and twisting at the doorknob, he has to take a step back. This is a door he's not meant to open. He's not getting in. All he can do is hope--and hope he does, with all his strength--that Mason is alright on the other side, before he keeps walking along the wall, searching for an exit of his own.]
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But Mason doesn't return. He doesn't know just how long he's waited, but he must have come back by now, and--damn this fog, he can't get anything more than radio silence on his communicator. Only his tail reflects his building stress, twitching and lashing while he sits by the door, then stands up, paces back and forth in front of it, scratches experimentally at its surface... Where did he go? Did he find something important or stumble upon a way out, leaving Asato here to traverse the fog on his own?
He simply doesn't know, so he can't be angry that Mason has disappeared. If anything, he's worried. They were trying not to get separated, after all. So he decides the try the door himself, but it won't open for him. It's like it's not a door at all, just a doorknob attached to the wall.]
Mason!
[He tries to call once, twice. No answer. After still more tugging and twisting at the doorknob, he has to take a step back. This is a door he's not meant to open. He's not getting in. All he can do is hope--and hope he does, with all his strength--that Mason is alright on the other side, before he keeps walking along the wall, searching for an exit of his own.]