Chelsea Kicks Rock

Chelsea made a frightening cry like a moan or a howl as she swung her arms and Mary clinging to her along with them, stomping on the ground over and over, too, and kicking away rocks, which shattered and rained down like shrapnel that destroyed other rocks around or snapped off trees. Some of the rock bullets went far over the tops of the tallest trees, flying away into the distant sky and out of sight before they even began descending from their arc.

    - Magical Girl Raising Project: Breakdown, Chapter 8



There was the crack of trees and branches breaking, the slam of something being blasted away, and then a sharp whoosh of air and a shuddering that made him wonder if there had been an explosion. Maybe there really had been an explosion. It was dim in the cave with just the glow of the moon, but Touta could tell Rareko was growing even paler.

“These are… rocks! Rocks are being fired like bullets!” Rareko cried.

It didn’t end with the first. They were hit with two, three shots of the “rocks.” The whole cave rocked unsteadily, then creaked, and little stones pattered down.

Rareko rose to a crouch and looked outside. Outside was dangerous for other reasons. But it would also be dangerous to stay here. Touta understood that. The third strike of pelted rocks was the last, but there was a big crack in the wall of the cave. And it was still creaking.

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Five or ten minutes or even longer passed like that as they waited, but still, nothing happened. On no particular signal, they all sighed in succession.

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There was a nasty sound. Rocks were pattering down. There was a large crack running along the ceiling, too. The crack made noise as it spread, making Touta gulp.

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With trepidation, Rareko stood and reached up to the ceiling, and when her hand was two inches away, a rock the size of an adult’s head clonked down. Rareko smacked it aside, but more kept rattling down one after another as the ceiling began caving in, and Rareko covered Touta and Yol with her body.

    - Magical Girl Raising Project: Breakdown, Chapter 8