REPOST TIME!

While the Keyhunters are in the midst of the war zone...

Much farther away, where the Nightmare King's spell did not reach, the police are trying to escort and evacuate people out of the city. Even though this area was not affected, the city as a whole has been deemed unsafe for anyone to remain here. A large crowd of people are gathered here, in all states of emotions--panic, sorrow, anger, etc... And among the group of humans, a man in his late 30's holds an umbrella over himself and a much younger girl with crutches. The man has greasy black hair that he's slicked back, and is wearing mostly fine black leather clothes to match, with leather pants, fine shoes, and a leather jacket, on top of a black turtleneck. He has gold and silver rings on all of his fingers with different gemstones in each, strange hoop earrings with more shiny jewels in them, a gold chain necklace and another gold and silver necklace underneath, with a unique amethyst-type stone in the center that has almost a sunset colored hue to it, similar to that of the seven tiny feathers that surround it: three on one side, four on the other. The golden tanned skin of the man's face is marred by splotches of red acne, though that doesn't sully his vivid sea-green colored eyes. Possibly his most noticeable feature is his large, gaudy, bejeweled nose ring that sticks out like a neon light on his face.

The man makes a face, squeezes his eyes shut, then sneezes into his arm. "Uuuugh... Man, I can definitely tell my allergies have gotten waaaay worse since the last time I visited here..." he mumbles, trying to wipe his nose on his sleeve with his nose ring in the way. Then he looks over at the girl beside him. "How're you holding up, kiddo?"

A young girl about the age of 14 was leaning on her crutches, she was taking in all the signs off what was going on in the world around her, people talking about monsters attacking, others worry about family, she finally look up at the older edgy man, she looked out of places next to him with her mid back long blonde straight hair with red headband on, she had a cute red dress on with white polka dots, she had white half lace sweater on, white leggings and sparkly red shoes, she look like she just got out from Sunday school " everyone is in distress Uncle George " her voice was as soft as her look

~{Song: City in Tragedy - Solatorobo, Red the Hunter}~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6jftwkDFP0

Uncle George, as the girl called him, frowns at her comment. "Yeah, they are... It's a feeling all too familiar, isn't it Dorothy? You'd almost think we're back in Kansas..." he says more quietly this time, but quickly moves on, leaning a little closer to her as he asks, "Who or what do you think is responsible for this?"

Dorothy slowly nodded her head, this did feel something like before she left home the chaos of everything, the confusion, fear and anger.... " it's because of them isn't it? " she asked quietly as she grips her crutches handles tighter. The young girl then look up at her edgy uncle, it was clear that tears threatened to fall from her blue eyes as she asked " They betrayed them to didn't they?..."

"Well, it'd certainly be easy to assume that after what you've already seen of them..." George quietly replies, moving back and crossing his arms. "But we're coming in right as chaos is already unfolding, we're missing the context, just like everyone else here. What happened to lead up to this? ... When I look at this, all I see is Soledormir carving his name into this world, like a woodsmith carving his signature into his work..."

He watches the people around him for a moment, then looks back to Dorothy. "What do you think? Should we try to do some investigating?"

Dorothy look up at her uncle, she wanted to understand what he was getting at but the pain she felt wanted to hold her mind in place and the mixture of emotions showed on her face but at least she was willing to look for more evidence, to ether prove Uncle George right that this was all Soledormir doing or her belief that the key hunters were all monsters and were the real enemy...

The little blonde girl meekly nodded and replied " ..yes please...I do want to understand the truth " then she muttered under her breath "...whatever it may really be "

George nods his head at Dorothy's choice, and quietly says, "Alright, well let's get going then. We can start off slowly as make our way in, we don't need to go to the heart of the action right now with you still having trouble with your legs... You still got your coat, right kiddo?"

Dorothy simply nodded her head, she was ready, she had her /coat/ stuffed in a small backpack // I won't forgive them for what they did...//to her the answer was obvious but her uncle seemed to believe there was more to the story so the young girl wanted to know the truth.

George glances over at the people nearby, where the officers carefully continue trying to escort people to safety, even though some people are still persistent on staying for whatever their reason may be. The rather edgy man then carefully leads his niece in the same direction the other people are going, at least to a certain point, where he then guides her over towards a building, likely to help her get her coat and put it on...

But the two don't appear to leave that building afterwards, at least to the people around... Only a moving spot where the drizzling rain doesn't fall says anything about what really is transpiring here...

Was he really? A good person shouldn't want to use blood magic and other dark sorcery and yet even just sitting here he felt restless like he needed it, besides the Forgotten didn't know about his past...

Crimson cracked his eye open, for a moment he just stared as his mind wandered but then he glace down at the Forgotten in his hands, something evil was after him? He remembered Scarlett but that was all "... I can't exactly hide from her " he let's out a frustrated breath "were tied together by blood..." the red king leaned his head against the wall and smirked with a zone out look " ...you know she always thought I was sick to...maybe I really am..."

black birds had gathered and were watching the red king from their purchase, most of them looked angry and frustrated squawking at one another but when Crystal name got brought up they hiss, some of the birds left as if to take care of something... as others stay on watch.

Crimson took a deep breath and let it out in a frustrated growl like a kid who didn't want to get out of bed " I have no idea were anyone else is at " he focus himself to get up, keeping himself propped up against the wall

the red king still held on to Glory in his hands, he didn't bother to pick up his helmet even though he probably should have and if his head wasn't so in a fog he would had put it back on " were are we anyway?... it to new to be a dark world....but it feels dead " he ramble making it to the end of the Alleyway and looking out " What did you say again? you said someone close? " Crimson smirked and slowly shook his head " I don't even know what I'm doing anymore "

Morning Glory can't help but shiver some more when Crimson smirks and rambles about Scarlett. "C... Crimson..." she whimpers, but perks her ears up when she hears some of the birds hissing and leaving, then she holds on to his hand as he gets up and wanders out of the alleyway. "Focus, Crimson, please, stay with me..." Glory pleads, being very worried about Crimson's tone and words. She vaguely hears Crystal, to some extent, but can't focus quite enough right now to understand what she said. Crystal might need to repeat herself and hopefully the red king won't do too much more to freak Glory out...
"We're not in a dark world, we're in the human world," Glory quickly tries to explain to Crimson again, "You came out here to help Weaver and Catch, but you went off on your own, and now there's a terrible monster after you, you nearly lost yourself and I... I couldn't save you...! I couldn't stop it..." The little Forgotten, holding on to one of Crimson's fingers, flies up to look him right in the eye. "I'm scared... I'm really scared, Crimson... Fiona's close, Crystal is coming, I can try to guide you to Crystal maybe, but please, please try to focus and stay with me..."

Jason maneuvered his bike do the obstacles of the street, going around cars that were left abandoned and remained of the damage that had been done, but something seem more and more unsettling as they got deeper in.

" this has totally flip " Jason replied back to the whole thing started out with Void but now Soledormir seem to be the one up to something.

It still seem off, he had expected if Soledormir were to initiate attack he would send full force, but then again maybe he actually had... the Palace couldn't be reached and he didn't know what was going on beyond this District of the city, maybe it was worse, maybe they still had no idea of the monsters who wanted them all dead, Jason didn't know, and for a moment he was worried.

"Soledormir return might be closer then everyone predicted. that fine though, were still going to beat him! together!" Jason cheered this last thought outloud. " dude im not sure what we're going to be going up against but we already know it going to something out to kill us but dude by knowing that we already have the advantage, we'll just have to keep that "

Boreas narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling the unnerving sensation in the air as they went further. "Not a fan of this..." He muttered, making sure to check the skies above them every so often.

"Sounds like I may have wound up here just in time to join the cavalry." He said, "...I feel we're much more out of the loop with this situation than we want to be--but we're likely to find out more /real fast./ We'll just have to keep up."

The girl couldn’t help but worry a bit when she didn’t hear a response.. Maybe the Forgotten was looking for a landmark, or maybe Crystal just didn’t focus enough.. ‘Should I try again..?’ She thought to herself, but soon got distracted by what Jason was saying.

Something in her stomach twisted when the boy said Soldormir could come early.. She wasn’t ready for that.. In fact, Crystal felt like none of them were. But whether or not they ever actually would be, she had no idea.. The girl admired Jason’s optimism about being able to defeat Sol though, especially because she didn’t have a single ounce of it..

Crystal didn’t say anything about the matter though, not when most her thoughts were doubts and worries. She just kept to herself and watched their surroundings, looking for any signs of Glory or Crimson.

Dreamcatcher put up his hands out and yells in fear as Eater chains come at him, he cup his wings to do his best to Shield himself from the barbed ones that would surely kill him if they stuck his neck or head but they never get the chance...

In a blink Rage pulled the dark moon blood toward himself in a way that he tossed Catch behind himself, the Forsaken Lord needed this weirdo alive for the moment and knew Nightmare had a way in killing things without asking, the move was so sharp that most Nightmares wouldn't be able to adjust their chains to follow as quickly.
In that same movement Rage had took his free hand and grabbed the wild Nightmare who was being annoying and twisted back around and slammed the Nightmare into the ground in front of himself, now the Forsaken Lord had Dreameater by the throat and was rising his other arm to get ready to punch his face in...

Without having enough brain cells to fully comprehend what's happening, Dreameater isn't able to do anything at all to stop Danieru from grabbing him by his head and slamming him into the ground, with just the action of being grabbed being enough to break his nose. Making horribly painful shrieks and howls now, the Nightmare momentarily stops trying to murder Catch and tries to attack Rage, whether it's by trying to bite him more, claw or kick at him, use his chains, or even lighting himself on fire and igniting his fog in the process, all of which will likely do nothing to the Forsaken Lord...

As Terradream flies upwards to retrieve his bag of things, he now is able to notice the large amount of black birds flying around, specifically how many of them seem to be flying in a certain direction, and this gives him all the more desire to get on the move. Maybe having a more present threat would distract him from his thoughts, too... He swiftly comes back down to the road, and heads back to Sparky, where he finds his Fairfin sitting squarely on the raven's back, with his arms crossed, a big smile on his face, and a slightly stronger glow around him.

"... I thought you said you'd make sure it's dead?" Terra asks, looking very unamused.

"I am," Sparky answers, continuing before Terra an say anything else, "I dunno if you noticed, but it almost looked like I burned it a bit when I rammed into it and beat it up." Sparky pauses to look down at his paws. "And, well, I'm a ghost, so if I /really/ burned it, I figured I wouldn't have to worry about anything sticking to me or, being icky. So yeah, I'm pretty sure it's dead."

Terra glances between his Fairfin and the dead raven as Sparky flicks the back of its head. "Alright, well, w-we need to get going now, I see more birds like that heading th-that way..." he says, already turning to leave, Sparky hopping off the bird and following right by his side. Terra does pause briefly, considering shifting back to his Venatavis form again to fly faster, but then considers that he'd lose his pockets and would have to hold on to the gun a different way, and his arms are still sore, so in the end he decides against that. If only he had more magic, if only he were alive, maybe he could do more...

Rahab twitched and grumbled thw whole way through the poison extraction, clearly not comfortable and wishing he could be on the move. But he still complied, knowing that doing so would probably make things quicker.

Eira waited on them patiently, but she couldn't help but feel a nervousness rising up, and she kept casting glances back at the exit. //I really hope everything is going okay... I don't feel great, and it's making me worry more for everyone...//
She glanced to the nurse as she finished the extractions and antidoting. "Is that all we're needed for?" she queried, checking if there was anything else before they'd all rush off.

"There's one more thing..." The nurse answered Eira's question, quickly picking up a wet, disinfected cloth, cleaning their wounds, and lastly bandaging them up. "That's all. Do be cautious out there. We'll study the toxins and get back to you with treatments when we can."

"Thanks a bunch for the help!" Fiona quickly said as the nurse gathered up her equipment to rush off again. Once the Vaseterm had left, the Elemental looked to Eira and Rahab.
"...Okay, now we can get moving." Although she may have tried to hide it, her own anxiousness was reflected in her tone as she looked between her two teammates, "Let's get out there and find Crimson and the others!"

(Ok, that should be all the reposts, now for a little extra~)

Crimson held up Glory so he could look at her, it finally clicked " Crystal coming?" He looked down the road and then the other way "... if she coming we should stay... /we/ should stay...." he said taking a step backwards, back into the alleyway...

Some of the birds fluffed up and hiss, a few seem anxious and keep looking in a direction, as others tipped there head up smug with a look, some just still seem tick off by the whole thing, as others were just didn't seem that interested.

" Catch!" Anna screams form her partner coming just seconds from death, and then in a instance everything shifted to Eater now being the one who life on the line " No Don't kill him!" She yelled at the Forsaken Lord.

"Oof!" Dreamcatcher hit the ground hard every though Rage wasn't even trying to hurt him, however he was quick to get up, he had to do something Rage was going to kill his friend to! But Eater was going wild and fire was busting everywhere, the dark moon blood dash over and grabbed the Forsaken Lord arm that he was about to punch the Nightmare with and partially was hugging it just trying to use all his strength to hold him back" Stop! He my friend that I need help with! "

Danieru slowly turned his and look the weird white guy that was not Omen and wasn't Malice even though he had wings and looked a bit freaky, he started and blink not sure what to think, something felt off... he was feeling something he hadn't in a long, very long time, /fear/ but not for himself but for someone else, but it was more then just fear, there was Desperation with a flicker of hope

" please will you help me? " Catch asked with a look of desperation, even now he felt the burning of Eater flames but held tight to Rage arm

Rage had a rather confused look, he still wasn't sure why what was going on with him but he knew it had to be some foreign magic, maybe, it also seem familiar just like the dominant emotions he experiencing " do I know you?" The Forsaken Lord asks puzzled

Dreamcatcher didn't let go ever as the Nightmares fire grew more intense, he grimaced from the pain but also that this wasn't exactly the best time for a conversation and it was very awkward in the situation, Eater was making horrible screeching and was still attempting to attack the Forsaken Lord, hitting him with his chains and wrapping them around him, let alone kicking and clawing at him but Rage just stood there unfazed by any of it, the attacks and the heat, even so Catch did his best to try to convince this man who was supposed to be their enemy a general of Soledormirs. // I know that had to be more Weaver who was able to negotiate with him the other day, he got Rage to shift back and even go have lunch with him when he could have easily killed all of us... // he was thankful that Danny appeared to be someone who could be talked to despite being one of the bad guys. // moons go before me //

" y-es and no, you don't really know me but my friend here" the Dreamer nodded towards the Nightmare, he did his best to speak clearly but his voice was still laced with pain " he the guy you has lunch with the other day "

Danieru just looked at Catch even more confused, even as one of Eater's chains ricocheted off his face, he didn't look away from the white haired freak as he replied "huh? who?"

// wait, what? He seriously doesn't remember? // " he was the guy wearing black and dark purple, uhhh... he wears a big hat with feathers on it, dose that ring any bells?" Dreamcatcher asked giving a nervous hopeful look

The Forsaken Lord brow slowly tightened into a frown as he was thinking back " that guy! Why didn't you say so?"

Catch just let out a sigh, it finally seem like he was getting somewhere, // thank you, now I just hope you actually help me...// he forced a smile " yes, that guy... can you please help me with him? I need to touch him but He in a Frenzy right and is trying to kill me, but if I could reach him I can calm him down " he then added just to make sure " please, just don't hurt him, he doesn't know what he doing right now "

It was odd, very odd, he had people beg him before the spare their lives or somebody else when he himself was going to kill them but not to help a Nightmare " you're a strange freak, but sure I'll help, if you help me find Revenge" he replied

// who is Revenge? I feel I should know, but I can't think of who that could be... I really hope I won't regret this but right now I got to get though to Weaver, I'll have to figure out who or what Revenge is later// Catch didn't like that plan but he didn't have much of a choice right now " okay, I'll help you " Catch hesitantly said as he let go of Danny arm

Rage nodded, and then looked down at the Nightmare he had a hold of, he looked Eater dead in the eyes and without saying a word, he snatched one of the chains and began to wrap it around the Nightmares legs, he then just as quickly grabbed other one and did the same, with each one he he wove them together to constrain the wild Nightmare.

// ....he done this before I'm guessing// the Forsaken Lord certainly seemed like he knew what he was doing despite how forgetful he seemed, the last thing he did was take the chain around Eater snoot to keep his maw shut " he all yours " Danieru said standing straight up as he dusted his hands off by wiping them together.

Dreamcatcher heart broke even more for his brother, to not only see him as a Nightmare and know he still in there but to see him treated like an wild animal but Eater was less then that, he was a Nightmare and the worst was he was forcing Weaver though all of this... the dark moon blood just had to endure a little bit more, both seeing his brother like this and the physical pain of the sticky fog of that was burning him. Dreamcatcher approach the Nightmare, he kneel down and place both his hands on his brother and focus, it was a difficult, he was in pain and so was Eater, his own emotions were hard to control right now let alone a Frenzy Nightmare but he did his best, it all he could do

" c-ome on Weaver! we got to get though this! " Catch close his eyes and Lean Forward placing his forehead on his brother as he said " I'm not giving up on you "

Dreameater continues making horrible snarls and growls even with his maw tied shut with his own chains, blood from his broken nose is running down and mixing with the foam forming in his mouth. When Dreamcatcher comes closer and kneels down, and Rage backs off, the Nightmare turns his attention back to his brother, trying to arch his neck up to look at him, as if still bent on his instincts to kill Catch, even if he can't fully get up, bite him, or untangle his chains...

Once Catcher puts his hands and his forehead on Eater, it takes a little while, but he does slowly start to calm down from the frenzy, first stopping his snarls and growls, then laying his head down on the ground and no longer struggling. His temperature drops by a little bit, he stops lighting himself on fire, and his fog gradually stops flowing out of his chest, with the smaller amounts of fog that drift about now not being as dangerous as it was when ignited. Dreameater's hollow, mostly black eyes slowly regain some of their bright green coloration too, with only a slightly darker spot where his pupils are. Now, the Nightmare stares at nothing as he lies on the ground, breathing as heavily as he can through his broken nose, feeling nothing but an overwhelming numbness, no sense of emotion at all, not even a thought...

(And there we go!)

(HELLO!)

(HI SHADOW! HOW'RE YOU?!)

( I AM IN PAIN, BEING A GIRL SUCKS SOME TIME BUT OTHERWISE IM GREATLY GREAT AND GREATLY LOOKING FORWARD TO RPING!

HOW ATE YOU DOING TODAY?)

(IT'S GREAT TO HEAR YOU'RE DOING GREAT, THIS PLEASES ME GREATLY TO HEAR!

I'M DOING GOOD! I AM ALSO GREATLY LOOKING FORWARD TO RPING TODAY!

I still love this adorable cover, Shadow XD )

( THAT IS GREAT THAT YOU ARE DOING GREATLY GOOD! THIS PLESSIS ME TO GREATLY!

hahaha I am glad you like it! XD
The Fairfin need more love~ )

( were on are way home ^-^
I'll be working on my reply in the car )

(Okie dokie Shadow! :3

Also also, I hope your happy time doesn't bother you too much!)

(HALLO!

I love this cover, too! X"D

I hope your happy time lets you have a fun RP day today, Shadow!)

"Wh-what...?" Glory gasps, almost trying to hug Crimson's finger and pull back, as if she's going to stop him from retreating into the alleyway with her pitiful strength. "No, no, Crimson, we need to go to her, please, even if you can just walk--there was a terrible... /thing/ that came after you earlier, it'll find you if we stay here...! Please Crimson, please can we go to Crystal? Even if we just walk? You need to at least try..." she begs, then frantically starts to wonder about what it was that Crystal was trying to contact her about now, it was probably something important, wasn't it? Something to help? Her focus still being rather strained, Glory now tries to reach the human girl again, with a fearful, //Crystal? Crystal? What were you trying to say? I'm sorry, I'm sorry...//

(HIYA FLUFFY! How're you? :3 )

(Hgjhfkhs there is much oof to start today. ;w;

I'm doing pretty good! It's chilly in the house today, which is nice. XD

I know ya already said how you were doing up there, so...
IT'S GREAT THAT YOU'RE DOING GREAT WHICH IS GREATLY GREATEST GREAT--IN FACT, THESE TYPES OF POSTS ARE SO GREAT YOU COULD PROBABLY GRATE SOMETHING WITH THEM.)

(There is a lot of oof to start today off ':D

But a chilly house is a nice house~

Hahaha XD )

( HI FLUFFY!! :D

I WILL BE OK! THANK YOU BOTH!
AND THANK YOU BOTH AGAIN! I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FUN WITH SERENITY XDD)

( I AM HOME NOW TO!)

(WELCOME HOME, SHADOW!!

THAT IS GOOD!

She has the juice box, and is adorable. XD)

(WELCOME HOME SHADOW!

Yes, it is adorable XD )

(Hi guys!

I’m going to do my best to get in posts today, but it was decided that today was also a good time to start our kitchen renovation, so I’ll be here, but I’ll be kinda busy too. x3

also yes, such a cute cover~)

(Hey Galaxy!

Oh boy, that sounds like a lot of hard work! Best of luck to all of you over there! Hope you've been doing well, too. ^-^)

(Hi Galaxy! And alrighty! Good luck with that kitchen renovation! :D

How're you doing aside from that? :3 )

(Hello there! Sorry for missing out on so much, I am here now 'xD Hope everyone has been doing well!)

Rahab was already on the move as soon as the nurse was finished with him, and he started the way to the exit.
Eira gave the nurse a grateful dip of her head and said her thanks for her help. She gave Fiona a nod. "Yeah... Let's go help our friends now. And we'll move quickly, before anything gets worse for you guys or for them." The shiftress walked alongside Fiona briskly to the exit where Rahab had already shifted and was ready to go. She climbed onto the griffin's back and nodded to show she was set.

( HELLO GALAXY AND FADE!!

oh Boy! Good luck with the work GALAXY! ( you're name is now forever cap lock ) I bet it be nice when it all finishes ^-^

FADE! you live!! :D how was your vacation? And how you feeling to?)

Jason nodded in reply to Boreas " dude you're timing couldn't been better, something big on doubts about that, In all my time I haven't seen an attack like this.... normally it's Omen wiping out Vaseterm strongholds or monster attacks here and there on towns and cities but if one of the kings says that Soledormir spies are those birds, then he wanting full coverage on something "

As they went deeper in the atmosphere of the scenery grew more eerie, Cutthroats were now perched here and there, watching as the small group passed by.
" I got a bad feeling about this " one of the Mares said her thoughts out loud.

" just stay on guard" other replied back.

// hmmm, they seem to be in a hurry before but now we got an audience all the sudden.... I don't think someone wants us to find Crimson//Jason glace over his Shoulder, he wondered if Crystal got any news yet but wasn't going to ask because he figured she tell him if she knew anything.

The very air grew stale with a dead cold chill, it didn't feel natural, and then there it was red crystals had consumed the area just up ahead of them

(Hallo, Fade!!

I second Shadow! X'D)

(Hey Fade! Good to see you too! ^-^

I third Shadow! How ya doing? :3 )

Boreas "Hmmm"ed at Jason's comments. He already had a few thoughts on why things were as bad as they were now, but he momentarily fixated his attention on the area around them. It was still completely silent, but now there was more...

The Captain didn't say anything to the Vanguard mares, but he agreed with them. //...The spies are eyeing us now... And this cold... I haven't felt anything like it.// Having worked with temperature-based magic before, he wondered what would cause something like this... But that thought didn't last long either as familiar red crystals came into view in the distance. //...Well, certainly getting déja vu here...//

"Good plan!" Fiona joined Eira in hopping on Rahab's back. //C'mon... Everybody's gotta be okay... We'll get there, guys...! But... We've gotta make sure we're all good, too...! AHHH!// After getting what they needed to help with the poison, the Elemental wasn't feeling it quite as much... That, and possibly just the tension of the whole situation was keeping her going. "You feeling alright to fly, Rahab?" She still asked.

(I'm doing okay! My cousin got tested positive for covid right as he was trying to fly home, so he's been stuck here at home for an extra week or so x'D I wasn't feeling well last week either, so I probably have it too x'D
But otherwise doing okay, just recovering from the trip and figuring out what to do with myself xD It sounds like you all are doing okay, aside from female things X'D)

(Oof! I hope he'll be ok, and you too Fade! D:

I'm glad to hear you're doing alright aside from that :s )

(Ooh, I agree, I hope you'll both get well from it without too much trouble! ':s

Glad you're doing alright, though. Hopefully today can be a nice, relaxing day for ya.)

( oh no! I hope you both feel better soon! It a weird thing, I be praying for you both for a speedy recovery ^-^
I say same thing! I hope you can have a relaxing day today!

Eeee! My brother going to order pizza so I'm going to have to go for a bit to pick it up! Brb )

Crystal didn’t like how things were starting to feel around them, if it was possible for her to be even more on edge, the changes in the atmosphere was certainly doing it. She glanced at the perched birds they passed, but soon just shook her head to herself and kept her focus on the other matters.

Crystals eyebrows raised when she hears Glory again, but the Forgotten’s tone worries her, //It’s okay, no need to apologize Glory,// she started, trying to sound calm to hopefully help Glory feel calmer too, //I only wanted to know if you see anything around you that stands out, so we know where to find you?//

After her reply, the girl looked out ahead of them and took in a small gasp when she saw the red crystals, “oh no..”

(OK I AM BACK)

(WELCOME BACK!)

( THANK YOU!)

Crimson just look more confused, shouldn't you wait for someone if they looking for you? // a monster?... I... what monster? Scarlett was after us, is she coming again? // he knew she would, but his mind keep wanting to linger for some reason, maybe it do to how tired or confused he was but Glory got him this far, even for a Forgotten she had provided to be trustworthy. " go to Crystal? "The red king stopped, he looked up from the Forgotten " what way?"
Just after asking, Crimson took a step forward but stopped abruptly, he grimaced from a pain in his head again, the red king made a moan and placed a palm to his forehead.

Morning Glory shivers a little, taking a deep breath after hearing Crystal's calmer tone, and she tries to look around to see if there's anything that could serve as a landmark. //I don't think there's anything too big or unusual around where we are, there's just a wide street with tall buildings on each side... I'm trying to get Crimson to move, to at least try to go to you, I'll keep a lookout in case I do, but at the very least, maybe I can tell you if you're going in the right direction to meet us?//

When Crimson seems ready to cooperate, Glory's ears perk up, and she gently tries to pull on his finger. But, she stops and looks concerned when the red king grimaces and moans. "Crimson...? Stay with me, please... We need to go this way, please... If you can just make it to Crystal, you can get a lot of help..."

" uhhh, that, that doesn't look healthy " Jason thinks out loud. As they got closer to the scene, figures start to take shape up a ways from the small group, about a dozen wounded shades were ether laying on the ground dying, crawling or running into things, the butterfly monsters were in various sizes but all had the red crystals on them, some were infected more then others.

Unlike the others shades they had come across, were they were wild and out for blood these ones were mindless in a different way, they didn't seem to have any since to them at all, as they bummed into each other or anything that was close to them, cars, the walls, some even spun in circles, but something else seemed off...

There was bodies pile up in particular location, and they didn't look shredded or ripped apart, it looked more like these shades were neatly sliced into pieces.

" Whoa! WHOA! STOP! " Jason called out as he slammed on the brakes to his bike

Upon catching sight of the scene in front of them, Boreas called out nearly in unison with Jason, "Whoa! Hold up!"

With both the orange haired boy and the Elemental calling out, the mares were quick to follow. They came to a sudden halt with a few acknowledging whinnies.

Boreas leaned slightly to get a better view, eyeing the shadowy creatures cautiously, "...Welp. They affect more than surroundings." He muttered, referring to the crystals infesting the shades.

The sudden sounds of the group arriving caused a couple of the injured, deranged shades to attempt to fly, a third following a few moments afterwards... They jostled through the air, their wings barely able to carry them, but when they reached a certain point, right above the pile of bodies...

The butterfly monsters abruptly fell apart and dropped, perfectly sliced to bits like they had been put through an unseeable shredder.

All he felt from the Nightmare was a void, there was nothing, no emotion, it was like Catch was pouring emotions into a bottomless bucket " Weaver, come on brother " the dark moon blood lifted his head to finally look at the Nightmares eyes, they were more then just the odd coloring, they looked hollow.

Catch let out a sad breath seeing Weaver like this if he was still in there...it was obvious exhausting constantly fighting Eater, but
being forced to experience a Frenzy might have broke Dreamweaver // moons help him please...//the dark moon blood force a smile, he had to keep optimistic, he couldn't feel Weaver emotions, he didn't feel anything // m-aybe if I keep sharing my emotions he feel something? Weaver will wake up? //

Catch knew he had to keep something touching the Nightmare so he placed his wings on his brother, he then started to untie the Nightmare maw " Weaver? I'm here, your brother "

Rihanna had to stay out of Eaters fog and flames, now that they were gone she could get closer again and just like Dreamcatcher her heart broke to for her childhood friend, the Fairfin had to do something so she flew to go look for stuff

" ...I just want to go home...." Crimson grimaced and squinted at Glory, like he was trying to understand a riddle, Crystal, he needed to get to Crystal, it took the red king a moment before nodding and he shuffle his feet in the directions she was taking him.

" shhhh... prince of red...you know were home isss and yet you keep running from itssss...home is were you can find restsssss so why don't you comesss back?...."the old raspy voice from before coo

Rahab ruffled his feather mane. "Of course I am. Hang on, we're going fast." And he took off, back towards the scene of the chaos.

(I don't know how long it should take them to get there, so I'll leave it at that for now x'D)

Still, the Nightmare lies there, not doing even so much as attempting to look at Catch. His eyes stare blankly off into nothing, his ears don't perk up when Catch speaks, he doesn't move or react in anyway when Catch puts his wings on him... The only thing that changes is when Dreamcatcher unties his maw, Eater starts breathing through his mouth instead of his nose, taking deep, deep breaths.

Listening to Glory, Crystal chewed at her lip as she tried to think. //Alright, good ideas. Maybe meeting in the middle will be quicker anyway.. And if you can, then sure, I think that would be helpful.// The girl then thought to herself, ‘Although, it looks we’re probably getting close.. those look like his crystals from before.’

She continued to observe the area despite the gruesome scene, her expression soon turning into a mix of emotions as she saw everything before them. “What is all this..?” Crystal mumbled, then thought, ‘Did Crimson do this..?’

When both Jason and Boreas called out and came to such a sudden stop, Crystal mindlessly held on a little tighter, watching the sight in front of them as well as the startled butterfly monsters suddenly turn to shreds from over the boys shoulder..

//Okay... Okay... I'll...// Morning Glory starts her reply to Crystal, but tenses up immediately, hearing that old raspy voice calling to Crimson again. "NO!! It's the monster!! Don't listen to it!! RUN!! Run Crimson, RUN!!" she screams, trying to pull on Crimson's finger harder, and her dim light flickering a faint greenish color briefly before fading once again.

Jason got his bike to a complete stop, he was wide-eyed in shock for a moment of what he witnessed what happened to the butterflys and then he snapped out of it and said " try not to look " he quickly did his best to block the horrible view from Crystal by putting up a hand and leaning more in her way.

Jason felt bad that me might not have been quick enough, but he didn't want her to have to linger on the site, but what can he give her to help? They left to quickly to pick up their helmets and time was still ticking, left with few options, Jason did the honorable man thing and took off his goggles and hand them to the human girl, sure they couldn't keep her from looking but it was better then nothing.

" w-hat did this?" One of the Mares asked, they looked back and forth to each other, some pawing at the ground and others flared their nostrils sniffing the air.

" im not sure, but we got to get though if we going to reach C man in time" Jason replied, he made a face looking back to the scene, it didn't look good, was this something else of Crimson? He knew without a doubt the red crystals were...even how disturbing it was to see them on living things, but for suddenly something to just be cut up like this? "Hmmmm, my guess is A, there a barrier or some kind of spell that kills when passing through it, or B...." he didn't like B, especially seen he was just guessing and this was a big claim " those crystals have some kind of range on them but that doesn't explain this kind of damage" he Mumble and pulled up his crossbow, he played of video games" A was wereI put my money " he then took a shot out into the road, the bolt went right past the pile of the remains and hit the stop sign he was aiming at " well... maybe not living things can go by?" He said making a goofy face

Fiona did just as Rahab suggested, feeling the wind rush past as they gained altitude. Then she watched as they started towards the mass of black birds circling around in the distance. "There's no more crazy, evil, magic-stuff anymore... But the birds are still there... Did they move...?
...Well, if that all happened because of stuff with Crimson, then he's probably around there... And Glory, too!" The Elemental furrowed her brow.

"Oh yeah! You don't know Crimson yet, Rahab...
He's... Got some kind of really super awful corruption, obviously, but... I don't think he's bad."

Eira squinted at the bird swarm in the distance, unsure of what was going on or where the magic went. "Maybe... it's over? Or... I don't know what those birds are. Perhaps a form of magic..." She trailed off in thought, trying to logic out what was happening in that distant scene.

Rahab looked back at Fiona with one eyebrow raised. "Err, you're not selling your case with that intro. You're gonna have to do a bit more explaining than that."

Eira cleared her throat a bit awkwardly, fiddling with the bottom of her shirt. "Crimson... has some struggles with corruption.... But he's not the only one here who does, so you have to give him the benefit of the doubt. He's a good guy, he protects others and wants to help save the realms, like us. And he's been getting really close with Crystal, which... You can't be a bad person and be friends with Crystal, she's just too pure. Just, the corruption has made him do some bad things, and I don't think he deserves it. Thus why we need to help him out of this, if we can," Eira stated, letting out a short breath as if resting her case, then glancing at the others to see what they were thinking.

The red king stopped, he breath deep, he heard the voice this time and it sent the hairs on the back of his neck to stand and Goosebumps on his arms, this voice sounded dreadfully familiar and yet Crimson didn't remember, but his thoughts echo Glory's pleading// RUN!// Crimson bolted, he took off out of the alleyway and into the street holding Glory close to his chest.

{.... he has spirit..yes..but this game has become an inconveniences...} the Seeker Mudders in the alleyway { ... the ends are splitting at the seamssss, what wassss a clear path now will Fork.... what will you have me do my mastersssss?....}

As Terradream and Sparky swiftly make their way through the streets, following the strange birds, even they begin to feel the weight of evil in the air...

"... Yo, is it just me, or does it feel like something /really, really bad/ is lurking around...?" Sparky quietly asks, being a bit more orangey in color with how he's on edge.

"It's not j-just you..." Terra mutters back, taking only the slightest moment to get the gun out, and double checking to make sure it's loaded. "Stay sharp... I think there's something out there..."

Not long after they exchange these words, they both spot a bright red figure running out of an alleyway at the far end of the street.

"There!" Sparky shouts and points, "Heeeyy!!"

//That's not like the creatures we've been fighting, is that a person? Who is that, and why is he running? Towards or away from something...?// are Terra's thoughts on the matter, as he pushes himself to move faster, even with his awkward luggage of his bag.

//...Great skies above...// Boreas kept his shock rather silent as the group stared at the ghastly sight. He eyed the space above the piled shreds of butterfly shades, contemplating just what they were dealing with here.

Then he watched as Jason theorized and tried shooting...
"Hmmm... I'm not sensing anything here...
But if there is some form of magic, it may react to magic." He got off of the Vaseterm mare just to ensure nothing would be deflected at her, then with a swipe of his left hand, he sent a small burst of his ice magic at what appeared to be the open air.

Just like the butterflies, it too was sliced into pieces, resulting in an uneven spattering of ice across the ground on the other side.

"Hm... Would prefer we have a way to see invisible deathtraps, but..." The Captain glanced back to Crystal, once again feeling sorry for the girl--this was an awfully disturbing sight. "Crystal, have you heard anything from Glory about how close we are to Crimson?" He asked, hoping to also help keep her mind off of this event.

"Yeah!" Fiona nodded, agreeing soundly with Eira, "He's been with us for a while and he might've been grumpy... But he was never really /evil/ or bad!
Catch even had a vision a long while back where Crimson gave his life to save Crystal--and when that vision almost came true and she /was/ in trouble, he was really worried for her, and helped us fight through Void's palace to rescue her. We made sure he stayed alive, too!" She added on her experiences with Crimson.

"Crimson really cares--the fact that he'd give so much to help someone like Crystal tells me he's not a bad guy."

The girl wanted to make sure Glory was okay after her sentence drifted off, but her attention was far too trapped by what was happening around her to have been able to focus enough to do so..

Crystal didn’t say anything when Jason blocked her view and told her not to look, but truthfully she was grateful, seeing everything there only made her feel sick.. and she wasn’t sure she would have looked away on her own even if she needed to. Crystal also accepted the goggles, assuming they were to shield her eyes a bit, though she simply put them on and let them hang around her neck for now while she tucked her head down.

Listening to Jason load and shoot his arrow, Crystal guessed the arrow was still intact by how the boy reacted. She turned her head to look over at Boreas as he spoke and used his magic, but hearing the ice shatter she knew that it hadn’t proven anything good either. The girl took a second to think before saying, “I’m not sure if it helps any, but I was able to get the crystals in the palace to retract when I used my magic on them, although, I’m not sure how I’d try that here with this problem.. or if it would even work again.”

When Boreas asked about the little Forgotten, Crystal nodded a bit, “Nothing yet about how close we are, but Glory did say she’s trying to get Crimson out to us too.. And that there were no landmarks she could see to help us, but she’s keeping an eye out just in case.”

(Time to pass out and get some sleep~

It's been fun guys! I look forward to next weekend! ^-^ )

(Goodnight everyone! ^-^)

"Huh, alright... So he's a good guy, and your friend." He sighed. "Well, friends of my sister are my friends too, even if I think she chooses odd ons from time to time," Rahab said, looking back at Eira with a fake annoyed look, but it was obvious by the gleam in his eye that he was joking warmly.
Eira smirked back and ruffled her brother's feathers a little bit, then went a little more solemn. "I hate to imagine all the suffering that his corruption has caused him, especially when..." She tried not to think about the last time Crimson had an incident, but it was still fresh in their heads. She sighed, and continued. "...when friends are nearby. But... that's what we need to do right now - be with him no matter what. I'm honestly glad to have you here to help, Ray-Ray... I know you're strong, and you're a Shadow Hunter. You don't know him yet, but might have some knowledge on how to help," she told him with a hopeful smile.