everybody knows / FIRE

[Jiyu Simul Stamus]

Of course, luck would have it that Jiyu had been out patrolling when she had smelled the first traces of smoke and sped back towards the mansion. Regardless of the cause? Smoke always required careful watch and reaction, it was on her way back through the forest that she realized the true gravity of things, noticing the sparks of flame in the sides of her vision and rushing to make it back before her path could be cut off. Most animals would likely flee to somewhere they figured the rest of their group would meet them later, but Jiyu just could never do that, not knowing it was very likely fellow roses could get trapped in a burning mansion or woodland.

"Everyone!"

The whole mansion was on fire, and she could easily tell that most paths outside of it from the interior had already been cut off, considering she could see flames in almost every window. How many of her group were trapped in there?! The flames burned flickering in her vision, but she didn't falter, she couldn't afford to freeze up, every second she waited to do something, someone weaker in the group could surrender to the smoke if not the flames themselves. Jiyu had to find some way to get in if she could find some way to get back into the mansion, then she could find some way to get everyone out! However, this was going to be one of the hardest things she had ever done, considering almost none of her powers worked anymore, and she couldn't just fight flames, especially not of this scale, the mansion was going down it was just a matter of how much it took from them until it did.

She could hear Pres shouting and the soft voice of who sounded to be Lydia in the front, though both were nearly drowned out by the flames. The fact she could hear them at all? meant they were close to the front of the mansion, she had to save them first, not because it was her job to guard Pres but because it was more than her job to keep everyone safe, it was her life. Anyone trapped in that fire? Was not safe, and thus she would do whatever necessary to help them escape. "Pres! I can hear you, get anyone you can with you, I'm going to find a way to get you guys out!" there had to be things that would not burn fast as wood that she could grab and push to them as ramps or something. Maybe the tree's could be a viable escape route for smaller members? If one of the windows could be broken some of the branches close to the mansion had not yet caught fire. She needed help, but she couldn't wait for it, animals would die. Something on this building had to be at the very least resistant to the flames!

This was a battle and she couldn't waste time, she would just have to improvise

Without any further thinking, she simply got a running start from shortly into the woodline and threw herself into the front door, several times, until the rotted wood gave under the force, causing her to crash into the entryway. The calico first appeared in a mass that sprung from the shattered wood amongst the flames, but she didn't stay there for even a moment instantly rising and making a B-line for the first thing she thought could help save them. With a quick search, she found that a single one of the couches in the main living room connecting to the entryway was not yet consumed in flame, making haste in gathering anything else soft that had not caught fire in the room onto it and then slamming her body into it repeatedly to push it along. She wasn't some heavyweight large cat like Pres, but she was large enough to do this, especially with the fear of someone dying running hot through her veins. "Quick! Jump onto it, once your down go right for the door!" the door that wasn't there because she had broken it, thus leaving an area where the flames could not become a complete wall at least for a few more minutes.

She had to find some way up now that she had found a way to get them down, there was no way only three of the group had been trapped, she had to find everyone which meant going further up and deeper in. "Pres, the forest is on fire too." he had to know that, so he could hopefully figure out there was nowhere safe in the territory he could take everyone, if they went to the lake they would become surrounded, the graveyard would also have the same result in the end. Most of the territory was wooded, if they tried to stay close, they would get trapped. "The main path is clear, but it's closing quickly." there had to be some way she could get onto the second floor herself, she could get everywhere from there, she knew this mansion better than the back of her paw, but she needed something to get her up there. Seconds later she noticed one of the tall cabinets was not completely engulfed, so she ran to it, climbing and scrambling to get onto it so she could make the jump to the second floor with its aid. "I'm going to look for anyone who may still be trapped. Where are you sending everyone I need to know where to send anyone I may find." they needed to know where to run to, or the chances someone would get cornered by the flames again increased, they had to have a goal. Everyone had to survive, she couldn't lose anyone, she wouldn't.

Thank anything possible for her habit of patrolling late into the night, otherwise, she may have not been able to give the information, nor help them, considering her room was very near to the attic.