Board Thread:Konoha Arc/@comment-24937485-20160325110650/@comment-26510601-20160410060501

Further and further down the rabbit hole they went, Keldran making off remarks about the possibility they were in a genjutsu. Ieyasu made sure to be weary of this, ready to begin building his chakra at any moment if he needed to take off any jutsu... if he could even feel it. At the end, the spiralling staircase opened up into the wide air itself and to an earthy ground below. All sorts of confusion came at this sight as Ieyasu followed right behind Keldran who was busy already greeting complete strangers. Beyond that, what took the Akimichi's notice first was his eyes looking up to see some sort of grand castle. It was a castle of thorns from what Ieyasu saw, his eyes narrowed and squinted as he looked onward and Keldran provided emotional support for the girl behind them.

Ieyasu turned around for a brief moment as he exclaimed, "I'm going to go ahead and search the surrounding areas. I'm going to need someone to come with me in case anything weird happens; hell bring a third if anyone else is willing."

With that, Ieyasu was already walking down the sloping hill that led to the castle with whoever went behind him. His expression would turn into that of something grim, the depiction of life's loss as an open graveyard surrounded Ieyasu and the rest of the small party just behind him. The group eventually came near the front gate where Ieyasu began to diligently look around, trying to see if there was anything odd about the front gate or the surrounding wall that could potentially mean something such as a trap. If nothing was found, Ieyasu would lead the group around the castle to see if there were any other opening or peculiar places of interest that might help the group in some form or way no matter what that may be.

Before they jumped into the frey, although they were kind of already doing that, the entire group needed to figure out more about the castle before barging in. At least a half-assed plan would be better than going in blind, especially given the circumstance with this strange genjutsu world they had found themselves in.