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Woah doesn't make me like super cool now?

Also that's a lot of roleplays

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Woah you're so super cool Fade!! You got here even before I did XD

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You the coolest thing since Mac and cheese Fade xD

I'm going to do the repost ^-^

"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."

"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

//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

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.

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.”

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

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.

(OK! I think that was everything form last time?)

Catch started to untie Eater legs, pushing the chains off his friend body. He hated this, not only seeing his friend like this but this feeling of emptiness, there had to be something he could do but what? So he began to ramble about the path in hopes that could Kindle something, anything " hay Weaver, you remember that time when we were fawns and I broke my arm... " the memory of himself falling came back, it was a fear that struck the dark moon blood, that now had more meaning behind it... how odd it seemed with a Twisted Fate things repeated itself but in a darker sense... his arm was broken as a fawn but now it was broken in a different way, it was twisted and corrupted, then there was his fear, the restless night of falling... plummeting helplessly into a black void...this feeling, it was what he was experiencing now by touching his friend...// I had thought my dreams were about me falling, but, but... I don't know? where they some kind of visions? Was I having them back then or was this all just coincidence? ... I don't know, maybe I'm thinking to deep into things, I just need to figure out how to reach Weaver//

so he continued on " you remember how you try to cheer me up? " A reminiscing soft smile came to Dreamcatcher face " you drew a chocolate bar on my cast and then after * he chuckled * you tasted the marker because it smelled like chocolate! I still remember the look on your face " Catch shook his head with the fond memory.

" Huh? Scented markers, that interesting " Rage folded his arms and shifted his weight

Catch looked up at the giant man and smirked " there a fun thing, they came in all different smells but they not for eating, Weaver found that out the hard way "

" hm? Are they poisonous?" The Forsaken Lord asks curiously

" uhhh, I don't it be good if someone eats then but I don't think it kill you, I think they just tested really bad "Catch blink a few times // wait, what? Why am I just having a conversation with a Forsaken Lord? Probably best not to question it, there been crazier things to happen, just be thankful he not trying to kill people. // " hay, maybe when this is all over, I can find you some and you can try them out for yourself?"

Rage was looking up as he scratched his chin with pointer finger and had a thoughtful look, what need did he have for scented markers, then again, he couldn't remember the last time someone offered him something other than food, the Forsaken Lord just shrug, it didn't matter to him, he really didn't care.

Catch just held his small smile before looking back down at his friend " you did your best for me, I'm trying mine... just don't give " he said softly and placed his forehead back down on his brother.
Rihanna couldn't get close when Eater fog and fire was active, but Ones it die down enough she seen her partner needed her in a different way, so she had been searching the nearby buildings and abandoned vehicles for anything she thought might help and in the meantime she contact Glory who last she heard was desperately calling for help but Anna was a bit busy trying to survive as well // Glory? Glory are you there? // she looked to the ominous sky in that Direction

(How are you doing Fade?
I know Lilly passed out x'D )

(FADE, YOU'RE SUPER COOL!!

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...Okay, hi everyone! If Lilly's snoozing, then how are you, Shadow and Fade? :>)

( HELLO FLUFFY!! THANK YOU FOR CLEANING THE WIDOW!

I AM DOING WELL! I AM STILL IN A STORE BUT SOON BE GOING!

HOW ARE YOU DOING?)

(THAT IS GOOD!

I AM DOING WELL AS WELL!

It's super hot out today. X'D)

(I am awake now but I should go get fooood before it gets too late

I'M GLAD YOU'RE BOTH DOING GOOD, SHADOW AND FLUFFY!

Stinks that it's super hot over there :s It's actually a little cooler over here today

Faaaade! Where and how are you doing? XD )

(Hahaha XDDD Good to see you all! I'm glad to read yall are doing well! (Aside from maybe tired and too hot, I get ya))

Again, with everything Catch is saying and doing, Dreameater has no reaction... His chains lay limp on the ground after they're untied, and he continues staring blankly into space. He feels nothing when Dreamcatcher brings up that childhood memory, as if he can't even hear...

But, after lying there so long, with Catch trying his best to throw emotions into the bottomless pit that is a Nightmare, the faintest traces of confusion start to surface. No, Dreameater still doesn't move, or lift his head up, but there's at least the start of a fuzzy, numb sense of confusion...

"W--we gotta get to Crystal, we gotta get to Crystal, just keep running Crimson!!" Glory repeats, hugging Crimson's chest tightly for a moment before trying to reach out one paw to point, "She's that way!! We gotta go that way!"

She then tries to call out to Crystal again, louder this time as she explains, //The monster's back!! It found us!! Crimson's running, I'm trying to guide him to you, I-I'm trying!!//

But then she hears another familiar voice trying to reach her. //ANNA!// Glory practically screams back to Rihanna, though her voice coming back would be rather fuzzy from her focus being pulled in so many directions, and the stress of the situation with Crimson, //Anna, please, please get Catch and Weaver over here as quick as you can, there's a--there's a horrible monster, I can't even describe it--it's trying to take Crimson and make the evil in him take over, I can't lose him! I don't want to lose anyone else...! Please, please hurry, Anna!!//

Crimson body protested and fought against him, his muscles ache and his inside felt like they were burning, he felt like throwing up again but now wasn't the time.

Crimson sprinted down the street, not looking back, he pushed himself to run and repeated// get to Crystal! Just run! // suddenly a wall of darkness bust from the cross streets in front of the two, the wall of shadows block the path... Crimson Snap a no no word as he slammed on his brakes, it was the way he needed to go but even in his state of mind running into wall of shadows wasn't a good idea, he slide with one foot out more and for a brief moment in his turn something was seen though the darkness, magic discharged and a monsters silhouette was illuminated and in that moment two glowing blue eyes stuck the red king soul... an overwhelming Terror washed over him, a feeling deep within that told him whatever this monster was, it was evil... but in that moment he seen the two blue glowing eyes Crimson vision flicker, when he turned to run away the street was no longer a road but a familiar chamber to the red kings nightmares... he was now running down the hallway of an evil Castle.

Crimson breathing got harsh between the mixture of his exhaustion and pure Terror as he ran down the Sinister Hall that only he could see" NO! SOMEONE HELP! "
Crimson screamed out when he felt pain shoot through his leg, his leg buckled and the red king fell... he tossed Glory as he went down, his reflex he landed on his side and grabbed his leg * he yelled a colorful metaphor * a new shock and horror fell on him, nothing before had ever pierced his armor nothing but when he let Scarlett do it, but she was an enemy now and his armor knew her as one so what could do this?

"...What's /that/ supposed to mean?!" Fiona questioned Rahab's comment about Eira's 'odd friends.'
However, she moved on from that rather quickly as Eira started talking about Crimson, eventually moving on to be thankful that Rahab was here to help. At that part, Fiona could tell how much of a bond the siblings had which kind of made her happy--although Rahab still confused her in multiple ways.

She continued about Crimson, anyways, "Yeah, I'm not totally sure how Crimson's been doing, but it's gotta be super rough...
His corruption is weird! He literally EXPLODED once, and now we've got weird birds and crazy magic stuff...? How does that go together?
But... We'll figure it out and stop it for sure!"

(HALLO, LOLLY LOTE STORE!)

(HI PLUFFERS!!)

Glory screams as she's tossed, and tumbles a bit afterwards, but she picks herself up and flies back to Crimson as quick as she can. "No!!" the little Forgotten yells, going right over to the leg that he's grabbing, and notices some strange line tethered to him. "It's got you!! It's got you!!" Glory shouts, going down and trying to grab a small part of the magical tether, as if her weak little paws could break it...

The mounted Vanguard that was with them also used some of her magic and likewise her summon weapon got shredded when she tossed it. It was a very unsettling things to not do what you're going up against and to know if they hadn't seen what happened to those butterfly monsters... they to likely would have been shredded.

Jason made a thinking face, so far nothing they did work but they still had a lot of options they could try out and Crystal was one of them " dude, it worth a shot! " then he made a goofy face as he held up his crossbow " you can't do any worse then mine so go for it! "
In the meantime he was racking his brain on what he could do to try and reveal or do something with this invisible threat "hmmm, maybe smoke bombs or electrical charge might do something?" Jason thinks outloud, if only he could reach the palace he could get Ethan on the radio to help them out, but with that thought " Snap! " Jason got distracted, he placed a hand up to his ear piece " Jason Silver calling anyone who can hear this message, proceed with caution in lower town Oakland, dude we encountered a problem, there an invisible barrier that kills on contact, this thing mess up man its tears up anything that goes through it like a paper shredder, it's in the middle of Alpine Street going West to hollyhocks Ave "

"Mmm..." Was all Boreas said in response to Crystal's report on Glory and Crimson. "Wouldn't hurt for you to give your own magic a try, if you have something long-distance..." The Captain nodded, looking back to the mysterious invisible shredder, folding his arms in deep thought.
He agreed with Jason--if they were going to do anything about this, it would be much better if they could see it.
"I have lightning magic, but I'm not going to fire that willy-nilly... Could try mist..."

Hearing Jason contacting others, he knew they should be trying to inform as many other people as they could about this... However, he also knew Glory was already trying to help Crimson, and Crystal was last in contact with her. He didn't want to interfere with that concentration.
//Should've linked up with the other Fairfin earlier... A Forgotten taking on this kind of situation can't be healthy...//

Terradream narrows his eyes slightly when he sees the wall of darkness spring up at the end of the street, but that doesn't slow him down any. What catches his attention is the massive distortions in the shadows. As he and Sparky get closer, they can hear the screaming too. //That sounds like Crimson... Sparky, there's something huge in the shadows, it looks like he fell, if... if we can make it over to him in time, I'll distract the thing if I can, can you check his condition?// Terra asks Sparky, but then starts to second guess his plan,// Or should I just try to grab him and... I don't know--//

//I'll get him, bossman, we don't know what's happening over there yet,// Sparky interrupts his partner, //We don't even know what that thing is, we'll need to be careful, but if you can get its attention for even a little bit, I can at least see how the red guy's doing, and we can go from there.//

//Alright... Alright...// Terra thinks to himself, pulling the gun back out of his pocket, but having a little bit of trouble with his luggage. //I might... I might have to ditch the bag of medical supplies, Sparky...//

Sparky frowns slightly at that, but replies, //If it's the bag or Crimson's life, I don't think anyone would be upset at you for that.//

( this might be a wall, well see )

Catch looked up when he felt some a glimmer of confusion, equally complex look on the dark moon blood faces, he still hadn't been able to practice and fully understand this emotion magic or whatever it was he been doing " Hay Weaver? You there brother? Can you hear me? It's Catch " he did his best to reach out to his friend.

[... all will succumb to the power of the abyss and be destroyed....all will love him and despair.... ]

Dreamcatcher froze, Cataclysm voice caught him off guard "what the?" The Nightmare in his head wasn't making sense and he definitely wasn't acting right, not his normal teenager aggression, this was just creepy...// what is he talking about?// Catch didn't like it, but Cataclysm was a Nightmare and last time he seen him in a dream he was completely nuts. " I don't have time for this Cataclysm, just go back to being quiet " Catch crumbled under his breath

[ ... a repeated play...you may run but the hunter will find you.... death is the end so let's play it again.. isn't that fun?...hehe.... how about a little game?... oh wait, you're already in the middle of one aren't you? How rude of me or how rude of you....it doesn't matter...you made your choice and everyone has to pay....]

// Glory?! // Anna yelled back, she stopped what she was doing, the few clothes she found would have to do, she was reminded of that urgency but now it sounded worse// Hang in there! Well try to get to you as soon as we can! // she replied back, the tiger Fairfin without hesitation fly back to her partner " Catch! We have to get Glory as soon as possible! Her and Crimson are in big trouble! Some kind of monster is after them! "

// wait what choice? What is he even going on about?// everything the Nightmare said confused him except the very last thing about a choice he made and everyone having to pay, that that scared him // is he meaning me failing every one has a leader?... I can't listen to him, Catty a Nightmare and has only wanted to kill or bring me down//Dreamcatcher shook his head, even though he knew that wasn't going to help, but he needed to focus on Weaver and keep his own emotions in check and then Anna started yelling.

[... what if it isn't a lie?....]

Dreamcatcher grimaced, he still wasn't out of the fire with this, the whole reason they took off was to go help Crimson and Glory but then that giant monster bird showed up and got Eater into a Frenzy, now Catch had no idea just how far he was from Crimson and he had to keep a hold of Weaver or he might lose him again, on top of that Cataclysm was acting creepy again and Rage was standing right THERE. " u-h tell her..." the dark mood blood gritted his teeth, it wasn't looking good// this all was a bad idea....// his spin made made raking sounds with his anxiety.

" Catch snap out of it! " Rihanna snapped and gave her partner a stern look, she flew closer to him but not to close, she couldn't land on her partner his spikes on his shoulder ls were still glowing from the heat, Catch and area surrounding Dreameater was still very hot " Catch, you got to do what you can, don't count everyone else out and think you have to do everything yourself "

" but you just said?" Catch replied confused " we have to get going "

" yes we do but you can only do so much, your going to get yourself killed if you keep jumping to the next thing when you haven't even finished what you got going on! " Anna said sternly, she held out the clothes she found " Take care of Weaver now and we'll figure out how to catch up with Glory, hopefully the others will get there before anything else happens but right now, you and Weaver need to pull yourself together because even if you both were over there, what would you ever be able to do? You need to focus on Weaver first and trust the others" the snappy Fairfin then add more softy now that she got that off her chest "Glory sent that message on an open chain, everyone she in contact with got it, we do need to get there but / I/ have no doubts that the others will be on there way to, we are a team after all, trust them " she then held out the clothes for Catch to take

Catch still felt awful, he needed to do some much and people lives were at risk but Anna was right, even if some how he got over there what could he even do? Weaver might as well be unconscious, but it was worse then that if he let go Eater would probably go nuts again, so with a heav sigh " alright..." Catch took his good hand and took the clothes

Dreamcatcher then looked down at his friend, he was frustrated with himself for everything getting out of hand like this, he took the shirt and started to clean Eater face, wiping the blood off his face " im so sorry I let this happen.... everything falling apart and I just can't do anything..."

[... you must really love to lose...why do you even try? ...you fail over and over again, maybe once or twice doing something right but you fail all the other times... like a broken clock, you're only right two times a day...]

Rahab shrugged. "Well, I can only help so much as I know what's going on. Then maybe my years of research will come in handy."

Eira nodded sadly for Crimson as she listened to Fiona's comments. "Dark magic... corruption... it's chaotic, in a lot of ways. I think you kinda have to accept what it is before you can do the right thing about it. I guess it would be helpful to know what exactly is going on with Crimson, so that we can help him... You haven't heard anything about it, have you?"

Despite the anxiousness in her expression, Crystal smiled ever so slightly at Jason’s encouragement, “Last time I was able to touch them, but I’m pretty sure that’s out of the question here..” She thought on Boreas’ input about something long distance, then said, “Well.. I have my Bow too, maybe I can make that work..”

About to get started, Crystal flinched when Glory’s voice suddenly comes back louder than it had been, but she momentarily goes still with eyes wide before she blinks out of her surprise and says, “It’s after them again.. The monster found them, but.. Glory’s guiding Crimson this way, and if they’re coming, I can only guess so is that monster...”

‘Which means we need to figure this out fast..’ she thought.

Crystal moved to the side and set one foot on the ground, the knee on her other leg resting on the seat of the bike so she was still close but also had a little more room to work. She summoned her bow and held it up, soon an arrow shimmering into existence too. The girl focused on said arrow for a moment, because if she could make them glow or multiply, then she could lace one with light magic and warmth, more than it already had. And that’s what she did. Crystal pulled back on the bowstring, aimed directly out at the crystals in the distance, and then let it fly..

(Hey Galaxy! How're you doing? ^-^)

( HELLO GALAXY! I ask the same ^)

{ ...Tearsss are meddlesome....} The Seeker hiss from the shadows, even though Glory was a Forgotten she still was a Fairfin.

Crimson heard the monster and he knew how dark creature think, it was going to kill Glory...without hesitation the red king grabbed the Forgotten and rolled, holding Glory up by his chest, in the instant he did that Crimson felt pain shoot through his back as he was hit by other mysterious weapon. " Urh- Ahhh!" Crimson screamed, as he felt a sharp pull on his leg and back, hard enough to yank him across the ground, everything was happening so fast, whatever the monster was, was dragging him closer to the darkness "NO! NO! " the red king screamed, this was just like his dreams, his nightmare but worst, he had Glory with him, if he let go the monster would kill her without a doubt, she be left in the open, a Forgotten, a easy target but if he held on to her she would surely die with him... he would use his crystal to form a barrier around her, that if he could trust himself, trust that his crystals wouldn't kill her but he couldn't, what could he do? It was just like his dreams, he was helpless and was going to be consumed by unspeakable evil...

Crimson didn't want that end, he made a promise, he wasn't going to just lay down and die, he had a promise to keep to Crystal, and he had to protect Glory, even if she was a Forgotten, he hadn't forgotten about her. the red king dug a hand into the asphalt, his glove grew longer claws and his gauntlets formed spikes to dig deeper into the ground to slow him " YOU FREAKING * he yelled a not so nice name * YOUR NOT GOING TO TAKE ME WITHOUT A FIGHT! " he yelled as his armor then started form around his head again ( he still holding Glory in his other arm close to his chest)

(Hellooo!

I'm alright, spent the day painting cabinets~ Now I'm cleaning some stuff up so we can be done for the day :P

Hope y'all are good too ^^)

"The more we learn, the better!" Fiona commented to Rahab, then got very quiet when Eira spoke. The Elemental took a long moment to think, trying to go over what she knew about Crimson and his corruption. A lot of it was a blurry mess. "I haven't seen Crimson since yesterday... But I kinda remember what happened when we saw it that first time...? He suddenly really wanted to kill Eater, and Terra told me there was something wrong with his eye... It was all glowy and red, and I don't think it was like that before...
Hiiro tried to pin him down, but something really set Crimson off and he /exploded./"
She paused, thinking on that, "...Why is he even out here in the first place?! I thought--" but she cut herself off when she spotted what was ahead of them.

As they approached where Crimson was, the dragon shapeshifter's screams could vaguely be heard. In the distance, there was also the massive wall of swirling shadows--about the size of the buildings themselves--that also caused the nearby architecture to bend and distort in an unnatural, illusory way. Of course, the birds were also still flocking around that area as well.

Fiona narrowed her eyes, then rubbed them, "...You guys are seeing this too, right? /That looks--AND SOUNDS REALLY BAD./"

(Ah, nice! That sounds like it could be fun! Is that a part of the kitchen renovations?

Yeee, I'm doing pretty good! It's been a nice day, even though it's been pretty warm out. ^v^)

(Hi Galeggsy!)

" yeahhhhh, long distance for this one, I know you're one of the key hunters but dude let's not test out if you have plot armor or not " Jason replied with a thinking face, this was definitely a puzzle they needed to figure out quickly but safely.

He moved over and stay still so the human girl could do her thing, everyone watch Crystal ready her bow, one of the Mares even gasped seeing that it was a Dreamer weapon.

When Crystal fire her shot, they arrow flew though the air and when it reached the place in question something happened, the glow and warmth from the Arrow illuminated strings.... it wasn't a barrier at all but multiple threads, it why Jason bolt went though unharmed just like Crystal arrow, but Boreas and the Vanguard attempt with got cut.

The strings closest to were the arrow passes stayed expose the longest, but then the to went back to being unseen, it was a short instant but long enough for everyone there to see even if they had blink

The arrow would have hit its mark, Crimson red crystals. the crystal cracked from the impact but stay intact with the arrow lodged in it, something odd then started to happen...

(Eeeeeee! You getting it done though! It be nice to have it all done x3
Best of luck to you and your family with That! It can be a big project but tends to be really nice when all done ^-^

I'm doing well to! It a bit cooler today ^-^
And I got some more stuff around for my camping trip this coming week
Oh! That reminds me I post it to on Discord, but next Sunday I'm going to be out of town, I'll be up in the mountains and I doubt I'll have much access to cellphone service up there x'D I will check in with everyone when I can but Skey will have to he canceled that week, it probably be spotty for about two months but I'll do my best in keeping you all updated on what weekend I'll be out of town ':s )

Eira was about to comment on what Fiona said, but she stopped and gasped when they breached the last line of buildings and saw the horrendous shadow entity that was attacking Crimson and Glory. "Oh no... This is bad," she whispered.

Rahab immediately snapped into fight mode and dove down towards the action, landing for a moment in case Fiona and Eira wanted to jump off. "We need to get them away from here!" He shouted over the roar of all the darkness.

(Yep, it’s for the kitchen! And thanks, Shadow! :3

I’m glad you’re doing good too, both of you! It’s been really warm here too lately x>

And ohh, camping! It’s okay about keeping us updated and stuff, just focus on having a good time, that’s what matters most ^^)

"Crimson!!" Glory cries, being scooped up by his chest. She hugs him again and starts sobbing, "I-it's got you by a magic wire, I don't want it to take you away! I don't want to lose you...!"

Just then, a gunshot rings out, as Terradream takes a shot at the mysterious creature in the shadows. He's already dropped off his bag earlier before he got here, and now he goes ahead of Crimson, closer to this massive, shadowy monster, as he reloads the gun again with his last bullet.

Sparky, meanwhile, immediately flies over to Crimson, and immediately notices the same thing that Glory saw--two magical strings with hooks on the end, one in Crimson's leg, and another in his upper back. He also notices Crimson's red armor growing over his face, which to him, is kinda freaky too. "Hey! Hey red friend, I'm gonna help you out," Sparky says as he tries to quickly wave to Crimson, then flies over to the red king's injured leg.
Morning Glory tries to perk her head up when she hears a friend, and through her sobs, she exclaims, "Sparky!! Terra!? Crimson, they--they came, they're going to help you!"

"GRRRRRR!" Sparky then shouts, grabbing the strange wire, and informs his partner, //Big baddie's got Crim by some strings! That's how he's pulling him!//

//... Huh? I didn't see anything on him...// is Terra's brief thoughts on that, //But I'll trust you to get him out...//

Boreas looked to Crystal and nodded upon hearing her update on Crimson and Glory. //We don't have much time...//

He had never seen Crystal use her bow before. He recognized it as a Dreamer weapon... But there was something different about it from the others he had seen. He took note of this, but simply watched as Crystal shot the arrow, and it illuminated the threads.

"...Huh... Webs." He mumbled, eyeing where the strings had been revealed. He'd seen spider monsters and their webs in the past, but none had even come close to doing what these had done. "Well, we have a visual. Great work." He gave Crystal a quick, faint smile--something he rarely did when in full business mode, but he wanted to show the girl some encouragement as well.

"...Should warn the others in the group of this, too. Don't know who else Glory's linked to, but I'm fairly certain she's our only contact..." He muttered. "Need to keep moving too, just need a way to keep track of what's in front of us..." The icy Elemental reached out with his left hand and started conjuring a mist around them, testing to see if it would reveal the wires.

Dreameater lies there as Catch continues... Eventually one of his ears flicks, and the vaguest senses of thoughts start to emerge. He can feel something touching him, he can feel strange... warm, but also... cold... and anxious... sensation things? Going through him from that touch, but what's doing that? It feels familiar... but what is it? He hears some weird noises too, noises that he can't recognize as voices and words... What is that noise?
His confusion slowly grows the longer he lies there, but then he feels something touching his face, and now the Nightmare suddenly tries to sit up and turn his head to look at whatever's touching him. He doesn't realize, either, as his blood alone is enough to burn through part of the clothes Catch was using to wipe his maw and nose.

Crystals eyebrows knitted in thought as she watched her arrow move through the danger zone, noting all the threads and strings that lit up for the moment. ‘That makes more sense for why those creatures got cut up..’ She lowered her weapon, her gaze lingering on her arrow stuck in the crystals..

The girl glanced around at the others, but then mainly looked towards Boreas as he spoke. She caught his light smile and gave one in return, with the addition of a small nod as well before turning her eyes back to the scene to see if the Elementals mist would work.

Unlike Crimson who was trapped in an illusion, everyone else would have seen the truth, the Shadowy wall and a monster hidden in the darkness somehow pulling Crimson to it self.

The Seeker growled with Crimson resisting, he was providing to be quite annoying now, then he since others coming, not just two but five, then shots fired, but that didn't Faze this monster however it needed to work fast, time was of the essence...

Coming from the shadows was a pale skin abomination... the monster was a horrendous disfigured heap of Flesh and body parts, it only revealed half of itself but even that was nasty ( how do I even describe this monster?) It's abdomen looked squishy and pulsated grossly like a maggot, it had had many feelers wiggling along its body, on its back it had 3 sails, two smaller ones that looked like long fingers with old rotten torn flesh between them, but the middle sail the Spines looked like Corpses that were fuse together to make a grotesque site.

The monster had several limbs all of them which did not look like they belong to one individual creature but did at the same time, it then had two very large human looking arms, they were giant but slender and it held them like a crab did its pincers or scorpion. Then there was the Seeker head... if you could call it that, a hunk of Flesh that vaguely resembled a distorted mix of humanoid skull and some kind of creature, it had no eyes in the place that you might think it would, instead it had mush of body parts...

The Seeker pulled himself forward and lifted his upper body up by placing it Giant arms down, on it chest it looked like it's rib cage was partially exposed, it opened up revealing a mesh of yuck that moved and revealed a hole, the yuck wiggled as if something was shot but nothing could be seen... but he harpoon Crimson again, the Seeker exposed it stomach, it had a row of spike that criss-crossed each other, but when the spikes moved and its open up like a mouth... two long claws came out of the mouth and grabbed the invisible string and pulled it up into the mouth, were the other two were at, the claws would reach out and pull on the line and drag Crimson with it.

The Seeker head looked down at Crimson, it spilt open in four parts, the inside of its mouth not only had have teeth but arms and hands and for a tongue was a pale human looking corpse with blue glowing eyes... that looked down at the red king as if just by staring was doing something to him

screeching and sparks fly from the red king armor as he did his best to resist getting pulled towards the darkness " GRR- AHHH! THIS FREAKING THING ISN'T GETTING US!" Crimson dug his good foot into the ground, he looked over his shoulder, the red king heard voices but he didn't see Sparky or Terra // what?// he noticed a glowing ball down by his leg that was being pulled, he didn't understand why he couldn't see them or why they were in this dark Fortress, but the glow ball of Sparky wasn't the only thing he noticed when looking back, no, he was still seeing the illusion and what was waiting for him...

a Sinister alter surrounded by four gigantic monster skeleton statues, three of them had glowing red eyes, each monster with a different shape, one monsters eyes glow with a Thin Red Ring and the center was a black Abyss that the longer Crimson looked it felt like it was going to suck him in...then other monster eyes only had half the eye glowing red and the other dark, it gaze didn't seem as intimidating but it still had a drawing feel, almost an alluring one... then there was the 3rd, it's eyes glowed full, it very look felt it was going to crush Crimson, like every doubt and sin we're waiting for judgment to call guilty and then there was the last...

It was the one across from Crimson and stare directly at him...the monster who eyes were solid black, the red king couldn't look away ones he locked eyes with it, unlike the others it felt empty, a void pulling the red king toward it, Crimson froze from terror and he felt the sharp pain in his chest again.

( ughhhh)

(Icky bad monster e.e )

( I had been trying to avoid having to describe this abomination but I kinda had to so others know what they're characters are seeing, very yucky thing )

Jason eyes widened seeing the arrow react with the wires " DUDE! IT'S A WEB!" he shouted at the same time as Boreas mentioned web to. It all made sense now, but he needed heard of something quite like this before, he wondered just what kind of monster they were up against and things out loud "Dudes its a spider or a want to be spider " jokes and theories aside they needed to get going, and this brain was working on some teamwork combos

The wires were just barely visible in some places by Boreas mist, only when the light reflected off them in certain angles " yo! Freckles can your magic fuse with someone else's? You know work together? " he pointed at the wires that shimmery just when you looked at them at the right angle " dude we need more light, like can your and the Admiral magic work together? We need to figure out if there a way around or over these things and like not run into anymore " it was a long shot but hay why not toss the idea out there?
As he was speaking the Vanguard got on her radio and informed those who had one on the situation, that it was invisible wires and they they seem to be revealed by light magic or Dreamer magic.

As this was going on the arrow that Crystal shot was having an affect on Crimson crystals, the area that it impacted had be starting to turn blue, both the arrow and crystal flickered, it was like Crystal arrow had started to heal Crimson crystals but suddenly stopped, like Crimson subconsciously knew that the arrow belongs to the human girl and he fighting against absorbing it... but then some of the black birds flew down and was attacking the arrow, clawing picking at it trying to rip it out

( I'm going to try to get Catch post done but I feel the sleep hitting me hard and I can't stay up much longer.

Just in case I fall asleep before my post I say good night in advance)

(I don't think I can stay up any later, good night everyone!)

(Goodnight Shadow! And everyone else, in case yall are also heading to bed soon! I may have to myself x'/ )

Fiona held onto Rahab as he dove, blinking hard as the distortions whizzed by. A gunshot could be heard as they swiftly descended... "Wha--Terra's here!!" Fiona declared, quickly spotting the contrasting shape of the glowing ghost in front of the wall of shadows.
...Along with that, she could see a smaller glowing ball she could only assume was Sparky. She couldn't really see Glory from there, and didn't recognize Crimson in his armor, but she guessed that it was him based on the fact that they had heard him earlier and /very obviously something evil was after him./ "And that's gotta be Crimson!! We're here in time!!"

The moment they landed, the Elemental hopped off and she whipped out Shockwave.
...But as she was about to say something and head into battle, the absolutely horrific abomination within the wall of darkness revealed itself. At the sight of the horrid thing, Fiona's expression morphed into one of sheer abhorrence and shock. She didn't even have words...
Yet, at the same time, seeing the abomination come forward to start pulling Crimson towards it quicker, and knowing that Terra was trying to fight this thing off, too... Fiona found that every thought of safety or precaution in her mind just... Turned off. Or rather, into her shouting: "We gotta go...! WE GOTTA GO!!!"
She belted out her best battle-scream and rushed forward, aiming for a particular thing she could see... "RaaAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!"

(Goodnight Lilly, Shadow, Fade, and Galaxy in advance! I don't know if I'll be able to get in a post for Boreas too or not, but I'll give it a shot!)

Catch stopped messing with Eater face when the Nightmare started to stir " Weaver! " relief filled the dark moon blood but it flicker for a moment getting distracted by the burning cloth in his hand, he hiss and tossed it before getting burned ( in his mind, it actually wouldn't have done anything, he kinda just survived being in an oven but old habits die hard exactly when getting burned is a normal thing when touching fire ) Catch looked at the burning cloth for a moment to make sure it wouldn't set anything else on fire before turning back to his friend, that when he could tell his friend still wasn't all there, Weaver emotions were dull and buried, like something in the distance but he was still there " hay Weaver, it's me Catch, you remember? "

Anna breath a sigh of relief, she let Catch right now focus on Weaver, she could tell something had been off with Catch and she had a good guess on what that was, but for now he seem to be back to himself now that Weaver was up // grrrr, that Nightmare in Cat head was messing with him again wasn't he? He always get more more doubtful and loses his confidence when he in this form, unless it's at night, then it's the opposite, he bold and daring// it was odd when she stopped to think about it, it made sense about Cataclysm being Catch down, he was a Nightmare and his purpose was to destroy her partner in one way or other but what happens to Catch at night still baffled her but right now wasn't the time, she still has other things to do // Glory, well try to get there as soon as we Can! // she replied to her friend and then started to get to work.

She ping Glory location, it was hard something was interfering with it, at first she pop up in a couple places but then worked to narrow it down to the main source " hmmm, that stupid bird flew us a ways a way " she mumbled and then noticed a few black birds watching them, the Tiger Fairfin let out a growl and narrowed her eyes, she really didn't like those things

( I passed out :'D
So here the post I was working on )

The Nightmare stares blankly at the thing in front of him, blinking a couple times in an attempt to focus his eyes, but they retain the same, almost glazed look to them. What is this thing he's looking at? Something about the emotions he's feeling is so familiar, the noises this thing is making is familiar, but he just can't figure it out... It's moving too, it must be a living thing of some kind...? Maybe if he takes his ribbon and tries to touch it, it'll do something, or he'll recognize it...? It's trying to do something...

Except Weaver doesn't have ribbons anymore... and when he slowly moves one of his shackled chains over to try and touch Catcher, he gets momentarily distracted when he sees it out of the corner of his eye. He stops moving his chain now, and stares down at it, looking just as confused by his own chain as he was of Catch.
All the while, blood from his nose and saliva continue to drip down off of his mouth as he breathes...

[ .... it's cruel isn't it?... to be alive and yet dead at the same time... [

Dreamcatcher grimaced at that as he watch his brother, it was cruel seeing Weaver like this and even worse feeling the empty pit inside... it didn't help that the Nightmare appeared to be little more then a husk then anything else, at least Catcher felt confusion and it was Weaver emotions. The dark moon blood reach over with his free hand and placed it on the shackle chain his brother was staring at " its still you Weaver, we both look different right now "

[.... broken toys scattered across the floor, what to do with them all? What to do?.... throw them away or keep playing the game?... Ether way were all going to go insane~....]

The Nightmare tries to turn his foggy eyes to the thing he sees moving over to the chain, but has to turn his head a little to follow it. Then he stares down at the thing on the chain. It looks like something he feels he should recognize... He feels the thing on the chain, as if that were his ribbon. Is this thing on the chain... a... hand? But if it's a hand... what's it attached to? And if he can feel the hand on the chain, is that his ribbon?

Dreamweaver slowly begins to curl the shackled chain around Catch's hand, still feeling all the emotions Catch and even Cataclysm are experiencing. It's a chaotic mess, but as the Nightmare turns his head back up to look at Catch's face again, a faint feeling of familiarity starts to surface amidst his numb confusion. Doesn't he know this creature next to him...?

Boreas 'Hmmed' at Jason's suggestion, "If that would work, we may have a portable, trap-revealing mist. Could check for webs as we go." He kept up his mist, and awaited whatever Crystal may do.

As he waited and watched, he looked to the arrow Crystal had shot earlier... Noticing how Soledormir's bird-spies were crowding around it, trying to remove it.
They were still being watched by quite a few of the birds, too... So Boreas mentally voted against doing much about them for now.

However, he did briefly glance to the Vanguard as she began sending out radio messages. She also started pulling out some police tape to mark this road to warn anyone else who may pass through. //Need to be sure Crimson and Glory are safe before trying to warn any others who're linked...//

Wondering where they should go next, he looked past the Vanguard to the building beside them--an office building. On the other side was a clothing store. "...Wonder if breaking and entering would be safer than travel via the streets."

Eira had jumped off Rahab's back and stood staring at the horrendous abomination before them, momentarily frozen in place and unsure of what to do. Countless fearful thoughts rushed her mind,, flooding her with an overwhelmed suffocating feeling. //It's too much... We won't win... I can't get near that... It's pointless...// But she grabbed her head and bit down on her tongue till she tasted blood. //No! Shut up! We have to save Crimson and Glory!// Despite her pounding heart and the instincts that screamed at her to run the opposite direction, Eira ignored the thoughts and pushed herself forward. The shiftress couldn't listen to common sense right now - she just needed to /move/. It felt like there was an invisible wall pushing back against her,, but she ran anyways. Rushing forward, Eira placed herself in the best spot she could think of in the second - between Crimson and the monster. It was evil and terrifying and /big/, but she couldn't leave - not till her friends were okay. Eira tossed up her arms and summoned a wall of ice, as tall as she could possibly muster, and she kept her arms up, trying to strengthen it and make it grow, hopefully to cover up that abomination from view.

Now that Rahab was holding still, he looked the monster up and down, trying to assess what they were up against and how to best defend against it. "What in the bloody name of Soledormir's grandmother /is that thing/!?" he hissed, recoiling at the viscous way it moved and roared. Seeing that Terra, Eira, and Fiona had moved forward to defend against the abomination, Rahab galloped towards Crimson and reached out to grab him, intending to fly him away from the scene. But what would he do then? This thing was obviously after /Crimson/, so if he took him, it would just follow, wouldn't it?

it seemed so hopeless, could Weaver come back. from this? Was he a husk now? Was Glory and Crimson going to be alright? What about everyone else? Cataclysm was completely nuts and how can he make him leave him alone, So much was going though Dreamcatcher mind but then Weaver chain wrapped around his hand and he squeezed it gently and he tells himself// I need to stay focused on Weaver, he can overcome this!// Catch looks to the Nightmare eyes and searches for his friend inside " Weaver, yes its me Dreamcatcher, you remember your brother Catch?" He repeats even though the shapeshifter beings to sounds like a broken record but Catch would repeat himself over and over again if he has to, if it helps guide his brother back.

// that good // Anna signed, she was wondering if she have to Snapper partner out of it again but it was looking like Catch was getting back on track// when we finally get a break we'll have to find out if there a way to separate Cat from Catty... I just need to talk about some things to with Cat...he needs help // she thought deeply concerned for her partner who she felt she been neglecting knowing his current state but right now they needed to worry Weaver.
[ Weaver, that Catch, your brother that you grew up with, he normally red hair and green eyes ] Rihanna try to reach out to her friend to but definitely

That first noise that the thing makes next to the Nightmare sounds familiar... That, "Weaver," isn't that him? That's the first thing that Weaver feels, that that's his name, but then that other thing that he hears... It's so familiar, it's /so/ familiar, he just can't quite put his ribbon on it... Then he hears another voice, as if it were in his head, repeating the same thing. He doesn't have a clue who that voice is, but he isn't even trying to think about that, he's trying his hardest to think about that word that he heard. After a moment, he even tries to repeat it out loud.
"... Ca.... Caat... Catch."
Saying it out loud feels even more familiar.
"Catch... Catch? Catcher? Dream...?"
It finally clicks! The Nightmare shakes Catch's hand that he has his chain wrapped around, and he says, "Catch! Catch, brother... My brother. Dreamcatcher."

(Weaverrrr!!)

(Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!)

(He's doing a bit better guys! He recognizes Catch now! :'D )

" Yes Weaver! It's me Catch! " Dreamcatcher cheers, finally some progress, he was actually doing something to help or so it seemed. The dark shapeshifter let his friend shake his hand and he returned a squeez.

[.... what is a name?... to one it's nothing but to others it everything...so what is it? a meaning to a Hollow existence?.... the definition of power or weakness?....] Cataclysm continued on with his ominous rambling.

Every time the Nightmare spoke it caused Catch to have a moment of doubt or confusion, Cataclysm was very distracting but he was doing better now in not letting the Nightmare get to him, Weaver was making progress and that what matters. " I knew you two could do it! That it Weaver! Don't stop now Catch! Keep talking! " Rihanna encouragement reassure him even more and Catch knew if he were to listen to anyone it be his closest friend Anna over a Nightmare who wanted him to suffer.

He was looking to his Fairfin who flew down closer to him and Weaver" Yeah! " Catch now started to smile again, he looked back to his friend " that right Weaver I'm Catch your brother, we grew up together remember? "

(He dooeeesss! ;w;)

Terradream had frozen in place as the hideous creature emerged from the shadows. He'd lost all of his color, now being a completely white spirit, and he stared with wide eyes at the fleshy thing, being completely overwhelmed with horror...

The invisible web that Sparky had grabbed, fizzled and eventually snapped in his paws, though he flexes his little fingers afterwards, as it didn't quite feel good for him either. When the creature then shows itself, the Fairfin is pretty shocked by its appearance too, but he much more quickly looks over and sees Terra in the shape that he's in. "Terra! Hey, Terra, snap out of it! You've got things to do!" he shouts as he quickly flies over to his partner, giving off a fiercer orangey glow now, "Come on! You gotta focus! We've got people to take care of!"

Terradream blinks a couple times, still staring at where the creature was before Eira's ice obscured it from view, then he glances around at the others that are here now--even if he doesn't fully process who--and then he looks down at Crimson. "... W-we g-gotta get o-out of here..." Terra whispers, almost dropping his gun to go over to Crimson, but Sparky catches it and puts it back securely in his partner's pocket. "We need t-to get out of here...! W-we need to go!" Terra repeats to Rahab, a little louder now, as he tries to help the griffin get a hold of Crimson and get him up.

"Eira!" Glory calls when she sees the familiar Griffin shapeshifter too, luckily her disguise isn't quite as different as Fiona's, and then there's Rahab, too. "I-I'm so happy you guys are here...!" she then cuddles up to and hugs the red prince again, "Crimson! Crimson, our friends are here, you're going to be ok, you're going to be ok..."

The Nightmare's maw almost looks like its trying to curl up in a disfigured grin, although Weaver doesn't actually realize how hard that is with most of his head being armored bone now. Something good is happening, or at least that's the feeling he's getting from his friend. "Catch... Catch, my brother," he repeats, his eyes still looking rather foggy, but having at least a little more awareness to them now. He doesn't know what "grew up together" means yet, but at least he knows his brother... After saying his friend's name, though, he finally tries to close his mouth and swallow some of the excess saliva that's been drooling out of his mouth, but when he does this, he also ends up swallowing and tasting some of his own blood too. It's not a very pleasant taste... but what is it? He tries to make another face, and starts licking his teeth, finding some of his broken ones from when Eater tried to bite Rage. Then he remembers--wasn't there something trying to touch his mouth earlier? Was that Catch? "Catch, aaaaah...?" he starts, holding his mouth open for a moment, before he remembers what his "aah" is called, "Mouth? Catch, mouth, my mouth? Ehhh..."

Crystal let her bow disappear to conserve energy, but held on to the arrow she shot a little bit longer, watching the birds attack it. She had noticed the blue spread from around the arrow and wondered why it stopped, given it was still in the crystal and she was technically still fueling it. She felt like that had been a good thing, and even though she didn’t really know how the crystals worked, Crystal just wanted to see the blue continue to spread, wanting a sign that something good was happening among all the chaos.. But after a moment she let it go and the arrow dissolved away too.

All the while she had in fact been listening to Jason and Boreas, and glanced around at the slightly visible web of threads. “I’ve.. I’ve never tried to use my magic like that before..” Crystal replied, “But, I suppose I can give it a try now..” She got up and moved over to Boreas, not sure she’d be able to do this from a distance. “I’m just going to place my hand right here..” she said and set one of her hands on the Elementals shoulder.

Crystal watched the mist for a second then closed her eyes.. She did her best to focus in on the root of her abilities, the purest form of her magic possible. It took a moment to find it, but after some digging she eventually felt it and worked on sharing it with Boreas and with the mist he was creating..

The Seeker hisss with the arrival of griffins and then a ice wall form between him and his prey, an annoyance thing to the monsters, just other obstacle.

Crimson couldn't see those who were there to save him, he was trapped in an illusion but something was different, besides the glowing ball that was Sparky and a weird blur that Terra, something Pierce through the darkness the red king was trapped in, a shimmery golden light flew down, the darkness screeched in a chorus of a mixture of malice emotions as it parted ways for the light, then the golden light spilt into two, one ran past him, it light wasn't as golden and bright, it had a chunk missing out of it compare to the other golden light "... m-my friends?" the red king repeated what Glory said, did he have friends? It felt familiar...the red king watch the golden lights, this seems so familiar and it brought hope with it.

the wires cut through the ice in those spot it touches, like an invisible thin blade, the Seeker gave the wires a hard tug but then one snapped because of /Fairfin / touch, the wire that was attached to the red kings leg flung back like a rubber band, it slices though the ice going back to its anchor.

That feeling didn't last long, Crimson let out a painful scream getting yanked by the two remaining wires, everything was happening so fast, a tug of war in more then one way was happening. With the sudden new angle he was being pulled at the red king was losing his grip, but then he felt someone grabbed him, he looked up and seen the golden light looming over him and with the darkness in his mind being push back the burr now to was clear and was a yellow/golden light to, Crimson couldn't explain it but the red king was happy to see them.

Fiona rushed in with heavy steps as Eira summoned her ice wall and Rahab and Terra worked to hold onto Crimson, who was rather painfully yanked by the invisible webs. The Elemental grit her teeth and readied her greatsword with all of its weight. She made a flying leap and swung the blade down onto the remaining two wires--which she saw as glowing, wavering strands attached to Crimson's chest and shoulder. A loud crackling sound rang out as the sword sliced through the wires.

"LET'S GET HIM OUTTA HERE!!" She shouted at the top of her lungs, gripping Shockwave's hilt hard as she tried to prepare herself for whatever she may need to do next.

Eira glanced around when she saw Fiona and Terra fly in to help free Crimson and get him up. "Hurry...!" she called behind her as she extended her arms slowly, creating ice spikes at the sides of her wall in an attempt to expand it. She would keep reinforcing it as long as she could until everyone was getting out of there - couldn't open a chance for the abomination to jump on their turned backs.

As soon as Fiona had cut the wires holding Crimson, Rahab scooped up the red king and put him on his back. "Everyone get on, and hang on tight! Don't let Crimson fall or get grabbed," he ordered as he turned around and spread his wings, crouched down and ready to leap.

Jason nodded and gave the human girl and the Elemental of thumbs up, letting them do their thing, he stay on watch, his eyes narrowed at the birds as he watched them try to pull out Crystal arrow and what it had done to them // it was making it turn blue?.... Sol spies really didn't like that // he also took note of the discoloration of the crystals, they were dull like the time after Crimson got his bracelet back on // dude there not growing ether, whatever happened I'm guessing C man was able to get back under control, but something wanting those bracelets to come off // he took a free hand and pointed to his eyes and then over to a bird that was eye them // your up to something Sol //
The bird tips it's head up, but it seem more frustrating then smug, As others birds just started at the small group.

Some of the birds were perched on the crystals and some were even rubbing on them as if something were supposed to happen but wasn't. // hmmm // Jason was thinking, do some big thinking, but there wasn't much that they could do about the birds, there was to many of them and for now they were just watching, which to him was suspicious because Crystal was attacked by a monster dog so he wasn't going to let his guard down despite his chill attitude. He went ahead and parked his bike, if they were going to travel though the buildings and probably be more convenient to do so on foot or hoof

Jason unloaded some of his supplies and activated his drone to follow them " yo, Edgar you stay behind us bud, don't need you ending up as scrap metal "

Boreas gave Crystal an affirmative nod as she placed her hand on his shoulder and started trying to combine her magic with his mist. He had experience with combining his own two types of magic, but he didn't typically work with someone else like this.

Nevertheless, he focused on the mist and what he could sense from Crystal, silently working with her to fuse the two together. It surprised him how her form of magic, along with her concentration, actually made the process not too difficult.

After a slight shimmer was sent out from the two, the mist soon emanated the warm glow of Crystal's light magic. With this addition, the wires were fully illuminated as they continually cut through the mist. "Seems like we found a winner." Boreas commented, a faint smile appearing on his face.
...He looked to the Vanguard, Jason, and then Crystal. "You ready to move, Crystal?"
When he looked to the girl, he shifted his eyes to glance to the birds around them... He had more to say about everything, but hoped he could silently send a message of him keeping things short and sweet. Not only did they need to keep moving--they were being watched.

Crystal could faintly feel it when her and Boreas’ magic started to work together. It was almost like something had connected onto and started guiding her magic along to where it needed to go, though she had no doubt it was from Boreas and his focus on the mist.

She continued keep her magic at the center of her concentration, but after the Elemental commented on their successful results, Crystal opened her eyes. “Oh..” she mumbled, looking at everything they revealed.

She then nodded at the question and briefly followed Boreas’ gaze to the birds. “Yes, I’m ready,” Crystal replied, definitely eager to move along and away from all this.

Terradream kept a firm hold of Crimson as he helped hold onto him, but in the short moment before Fiona cuts those wires connecting the Seeker to Crimson, something unexpected happens... Terra's ghostly form is held together by magic, after all, and Crimson has been rather desperate to absorb more magic...

In the blink of an eye, Terradream suddenly finds himself alone in a dark, evil palace, in some kind of ritual room... He's seeing the very same illusion that Crimson was seeing, except Terra can't see anyone, he's here alone... He jerks his head up and looks around when the scenery drastically changes, and immediately sees the four statues of twisted, skeletal creatures before him. The first turns its gaze to look at him, with its eyes only a ring of red, seeming as though it wishes to leap off its pedestal and devour him. The second likewise turns to welcome the unexpected guest, with an amused look in its half dark, half bright red eyes. The third, with its eyes as empty and hollow as night, seems almost bitterly disgraced by the uninvited soul, but the fourth statue has no need to turn its head, as it had been studying Terra closely with its fully perfect circle eyes, almost as if it knew he were coming...

But before Terra can even react, Fiona's cut the remaining two wires, and the illusion vanishes, bringing him back into reality. Rahab's pulled Crimson up on his back, and now is shouting at everyone to get on, and make sure he doesn't fall.

Terra screams a phrase about hell, not even noticing how his hands are numb and have hints of red static as he grabs the sides of his head. He doesn't know what's happening anymore, but what he does know, is being enforced even stronger in his mind: //WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE, WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE!!!//

"Terra?!" Sparky calls out to his partner, having stayed right by Terra the whole time and knowing that something obviously went terribly wrong, but now isn't a place for a close examination, and Sparky flies up to his Dreamer to try and look him in the eye. "Terra, we've got Crimson, we just gotta go now! Can you get up on Rahab's back and hold on?"

The red king stared at the glowing golden lights, but then for a moment everything changed, the warm feeling shifted to chilling cold, everything went back to darkness, but now ice was everywhere, Crimson turned his head to see were he was, it was some kind of room with tables and chairs maybe some kind of Diner? There was a thumping sound and when he turned to look there was a Dreamer woman in a human form pounding on a sheet of ice. Something felt off, the red king knew this feeling, being hunted...Crimson turned his head and there he seen a green Dreamer buck, his eye found it way past him, past the Frozen vines and see her... the snake like chains raised, the red king heart stopped and then the Barb chains lunge forward to strike " NO!" Crimson screamed and in that instant everything changed again, the wires were cut and now he was back in reality, though the red king wouldn't know this, not after everything he had been though.

Crimson was still screaming when he was pulled onto Rahab back, thankfully he didn't have much magic left or it would have discharged with his emotional burst, but all he could really do at this point was scream, even though he was back in reality the red king had no idea what was taking place, one moment he was running for his and Glory life only to fine himself in one of his nightmares, then to suddenly appear before a Nightmare who had her prey trapped to now on the back of a fluffy dark thing that he doesn't realize is a griffin, there sounds of people he had heard before but who were these people? Even if half of them were not in disguises Crimson hadn't had his sign long enough to have actually seen everyone in the group, the only one he recognized right now would be Glory who he still was holding protectively.

The Seeker let out a horrible loud sound when his wires got cut, the wall of ice would not be a shield for long...

Boreas, Crystal, the Vanguard, and Jason all began making their way through the city, one building at a time. Thanks to the combined efforts of the human girl and the Elemental's magic, they unveiled several traps along the way and maneuvered around them accordingly. This led to a winding, almost mazelike path--the only thing that confirmed they were headed in the right direction were the various patches of Crimson's red crystals he had left behind. There were many at first, but as they continued there were fewer and fewer...

...Eventually, they came across an odd trail of blood as well.

Boreas stopped at the sight, briefly glancing to Crystal, then back, "Got evidence of something new here." He stated. His sharp gaze shifted around to check for any other unseen traps...

Fiona was expecting a lot of loud noises--especially from the horrible creature on the other side of the wall...
But when she also heard Crimson and Terra screaming, it felt like her blood ran cold and her core was going to burst out of her chest. "CRIMSON?! TERRA?!?"
//WHAT'S HAPPENING?! NOBODY'S DYING, RIGHT?!?!//
She couldn't help but snap her gaze to Rahab for just a split second. She saw the blurred figures of Crimson on his back and Terra right nearby, but she couldn't have understood what was happening there, even if she had tried. Her mind was too crowded with panic.
//No, no, NO, NO, NO!!! /PLEASE NO!!/ AAAAAAAAAAHHH!!! WE JUST NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE!!//

There was only one person who wasn't near, or on Rahab's back--Eira. Fiona wasted no time in sheathing Shockwave and bolting over to the griffin shiftress, "I'M NOT LEAVING YOU!!" The Elemental screamed as she haphazardly scooped up Eira mid-run--though the way she did it left Eira's arms open.
Fiona swerved and took another leap, attempting to go faster and fly the short distance to Rahab's back. It was more like she made a couple of unsteady moon-jumps and nearly didn't land right, but she would get there... Barely.

Eira was focusing all of her thoughts and might on keeping the wall where it was, putting all she had into it and bracing for when the abomination would strike it. She could see its shadow against the wall ripple through the ice, and its terrible roar made the ground shake - and her shake, too. She squeezed her eyes shut, expecting the worst, when /swoop/-- suddenly there were arms around her, lifting her a foot off the ground, and then she was being carried through the air backwards across the clearing, impressively being held upright the whole time, with her arms unhindered and still held towards the wall. "AH-- WHAT-- Fiona!! Wh-What are you doing!? I can't leave that wall!" she gasped in bewilderment. The shiftress wiggled against Fiona's grasp, but found that the elemental was surprisingly quite strong - especially since the adrenaline was probably rushing through her and giving her an extra boost of oomph.
So instead, Eira stopped struggling and let Fiona carry her towards the others.

Rahab looked back and forth at Crimson and Terra as they panicked for seemingly little reason, since he couldn't see what they were envisioning. "Bloody moons-- Pull yourselves together and come on!" He reached down to grab Terra to hoist him up himself - hopefully he could grab onto the very ghostly-looking Dreamer.

Jason followed along, keeping alert but saying true to his easygoing nature, it wasn't the first time he had to go though a Desimated city nor was it the first time it was a place he called home either, no matter how many times he had it was never easy, but that why he stay on the positive, everything was going to change from this day, it was now obvious that Soledormir new about this world and the orange hair boy knew things were only going to get worse here, but right now, they were alive and they were looking for their friends and to save as many as they could and that what matter.

Edgar has been taking Samples as they went along, the drone could only take pictures and recording of the traps Boreas and Crystal magic revealed, but it was still something they could take back to the lab for later, Jason also snagged remnants of Crimson crystals for Edgar to store.

Jason walked over and kneel down to check the trail of blood out, he waves Edgar to come over "and ask " yo, buddy can you tell if this belongs to anyone we know?"
the little drone stuck out a Q-tip and Jason took it, he then poke the blood with it, he then gave the sample back to Edgar, the little drone shattered animated disapproval buzzing sound

" dudes, sometimes I hate when I'm right " Jason thinks outloud, he then stands up and looks towards Boreas and Crystal " its from Soledormir Curse sword, Scarlett Bane "
The trail of blood was leading in the same Direction they needed to go, though clothes stores that had be ransacked and then abandoned do to the chaos

" Yes, im your brother Catch " the dark moon blood confirmed with a hopeful smile but as his brother continued it troubled him again to see Weaver in this state " yeah... it looks like you lost some teeth and your nose looks broken to " Catch then looked down to ash of the cloth he try using just moments before to clean up his friend face, he wanted to do something that could help but Weaver was probably still to hot, so he took the end of his coat and tried to stretch it help

" I'll see if I can find something else that could work, in the meantime maybe you can see if Weaver can shift?" Anna commented then flew off to investigate the surrounding area more.

That got the dark moon blood to think more on their situation and the urgency of the matter " Weaver, are you able to shift? We need to get to Glory and Crimson " Catch looked over in the direction of where he last new they were anxiously.

Rage was getting tired of standing so he went over to a car and sat on its hood, it was just at the right height because the tires had melted from the extreme heat. Danieru cross his arms and close his eyes, he was bored but he also didn't care ether.

With Terra not conciously thinking about being grabbed by Rahab, the griffin goes straight through his ghostly form, while Rahab would feel as though he had tried to grab a thick cloud of fog, perhaps. However, with the sudden movement coming towards him, from something rather dark at that, paired with the horrors of the things he's seen, Terra instinctively jumps to grab his gun out of his pocket...

Thankfully, Sparky grabs Terra's arm before he can do anything. "Woah! Woah woah woah, Terra, it's Rahab! It's not a monster! It's Rahab!" he shouts, hoping the Dreamer can see that for himself.

Terradream stands there for a moment, blinking a couple times as he stares at Rahab, then he does manage to give the slightest nod of his head. //... Rahab... We need to go--that's right, I need to get up, we need to get out of here...!// he realizes, quickly moving to get up on the griffin's back, where he sits there, almost in a state of shock. He still hasn't realized his hands went numb, and his head almost aches a little after he had put his hands on his head, and he doesn't look around for anyone else. Needing a moment to even remember what he had heard Rahab shout moments earlier, he at least tries to hold on to Crimson with one hand and Rahab with the other.
He does hear Fiona screaming too, or something that sounds like her, but not even that gets him to stop staring down. "... S... Sparky, wh-where's Fiona...?" he breathes out in almost a whisper.

Sparky glances over at the brown-haired woman trying to moon jump over with Eira. Sure, she might look nothing like Fiona, but he's pretty sure he knows who that is. "She's right here, Terra, don't worry," he answers.

Morning Glory, meanwhile, has been trying to help comfort Crimson more, nuzzling his hands with her face and trying to hug him, while making cute little purrs and other noises. "Crimson, Crimson, it's ok, stay with me, please... It's going to be ok! Our--our friends made it, we're going to be ok, you're going to be ok...!"

"... Nose?" Weaver repeats as he watches Catch trying to stretch out the end of his coat. He knows what his nose is, that's the thing he breathes with! Except he's not doing that, not right now, but why isn't he? To try and figure out why, Dreamweaver tries to inhale through his bloody, broken nose... It makes a rather gurgley sound for the short moment he tries this--and he doesn't keep it up too long, because he ends up sneezing from breathing in his blood. He tries to make another face at that. Maybe he's slowly getting a bit more of his feeling back, too.

The Nightmare only feels more and more confused as Catch keeps talking, though; now he's making more noises that he doesn't recognize, even if two of them are more familiar. How is he going to express his confusion, though? He doesn't remember much of his own vocabulary right now either... He narrows his foggy eyes in an intensely thoughtful way, and goes back to staring at Dreamcatcher's face. "... Catch? Catch," Weaver starts to look and feel a mild frustration as he tries to talk, and he takes his other shackled chain, loosely trying to bump or rub it up against the top of his head. "Catch... Think? Think... Mmmmm..."

Everyone's voices were a chaotic mess to Crimson, he picked up on some of the sounding familiar but he couldn't tell you who they were right now and even less what they look like.

everything was a blur to the red king, a part of him still felt like it needed to resist, that he was still in danger and he needed to survive as other part as him found relief, Glory kept saying his 'friends were here' and 'we're going to be ok' this felt so familiar.... like a forgotten memory something surfaced with the Blurred figures as the red king laid staring at the Griffin, this was a rescue and he moaned confusedly "... d-ad?..." but that didn't seem right ether.
At least right now Crimson isn't screaming anymore or trying to fight or do anything, other then hold Glory, he was exhausted and losing blood, he just laid there in a fog of confusion wishing to go home...

Shadows clawed across the wall of ice in odd patterns followed by crunching sounds. Dark Spot formed like a disease on the ice and they boil hot black liquid

Fiona couldn't quite process everything to respond to Eira, not when she was putting everything she had into getting them onto Rahab's back as soon as possible.
With one last, shaky moon-jump, she lunged onto the big griffin's back. Then she dropped Eira in front of her, and took in a gasp of air, "EVERYONE'S HERE!!" The Elemental loudly declared, sounding like she was running out of breath.

As the group made their way through more of the destroyed city, Crystal only started to feel worse, and it wasn’t from using her magic. Seeing the destruction and ruined buildings just continue and continue was hard, and certainly wasn’t boding well for her thoughts or emotions.. She did manage to keep most of her attention on the more important things though, like her magic and their search for Glory and Crimson..

Crystals eyes widened slightly when she saw the blood too, and she grimaced a bit while she watched Jason take a sample, finding the overall action a little gross.. But when the drone and the boy gave the results, her expression dropped into one of fear for a very short moment, “That’s.. not good.”

The girl looked out at where the blood trail led again. Knowing that Scarlet was actually out there somewhere didn’t settle well.. especially because they didn’t know exactly where. “It was likely that she would be around.. What do we do?”

Eira looked at Fiona and gave a nod of thanks, and put a hand on the Elemental's arm for a moment. "O-Okay, let's go...!"

Rahab didn't need to be told twice. He lurched forward, kicking as hard as he could to launch himself into the air and start flying up. There was the constant nervewracking anticipation of something attacking his heels as they fled, but he couldn't spare a glance to see if it'd happen because he was focused on navigating over the nearby buildings.

It wouldn't show much at that time, but Boreas was actually happy to know the blood trail wasn't from someone they were trying to rescue, or anyone innocent for that matter...
However, knowing what it /was/ from wasn't a pleasant thing, either.
To add on to that, he was feeling somewhat drained after having used his magic for so long. Normally he wouldn't have too much of a problem with using it this much... But he'd been out of commission for so long, it would take time for him to fully regain his strength.

The icy Elemental folded his arms as Crystal spoke, "That's a good question... We already have an urgent situation, but Scarlet is another.

Avoiding those traps practically led us here... This is awfully 'convenient' if you ask me, but I'm not sure that we have many choices other than to continue searching for Crimson while keeping on high alert for any cursed blood puddles..."

Catch grimaced when he see his friend trying to breathe out of his nose and only makes things worse " Weaver, you probably shouldn't do that right now "

Thankfully Rihanna returned with some more clothes for her partner to use and Catch took them to wip his friends face again " I can tell you're trying Weaver, the Frenzy did something to your head, I'm just thankful you're still alive "

[... you call him that but is he really?.... is he really the friend you remember or just an Echo?... he lost his body and mind....]

Catch looked into the foggy eyes of his friend, it was true, partially, Weaver body was Twisted by corruption in his mind damaged by the Frenzy, but " he still has a soul and that is what makes all the difference "

[... Aw, yes, yes he does, just like you do... I will say, when I first learn the truth about Nightmares and our true form I was disgusted, horrified even but now... * he chuckled Darkly* I know what we are and it makes us the most terrifying thing in all the realms... anyone can kill other, to have that power over something is easy...but when they die... that it, its over, really what great power did you have? Anyone can take a life, anyone but they can't hold on to the soul....but /we/ can...]

Out of everything the Nightmare had said so far, this was what hit Dreamcatcher the hardest, and it was showing by the look on his face
" don't listen to him Cat! I know he has been talking to you, he always does in this form, but don't listen to his lies! " Anna chime in, gesturing with her arms as she gave her speech " Weaver needs your time and so does Crimson and Glory, not that parasite!"

Catch blink and then nodded " your right " a Smiles a little as he said " thanks Anna" he then looked at his brother again, he needed to keep working with him every though this was painful, but it seem to be working " yes, Weaver, you need to shift to a smaller form, like me" he took the hand that was still holding the cloth and gesture to himself " a human form, human " he repeat slowly and then points to Weaver " can you shift? " Catch then took a breath and shift to his true form to demonstrate, it was slower and hurt but if it helps Weaver to remember then it would be worth it.
Catch now sat there in his true form, he still had his wings and a hoof on his brother

Terradream just sits there and holds on as Rahab takes off. As it is right now, he's the only one making sure Crimson doesn't fall off of Rahab's back, which becomes slightly more noticeable to him as they're going through the air. It's already hard enough with his hands still being fuzzy and numb, but to hold on to the red king a little better, he stretches one of his ribbons out of his sleeve to wrap around Crimson too. Unfortunately, as long as Terra is holding on to Crimson, that armor is practically eating his magic, and while it is hurting Terra, he's still too shaken by everything to react much right off the bat, aside from a rather painful grimace...

But Sparky (who's been trying his best to fly alongside Terra and Rahab both) notices how Terra's hands, even arms now have a bit of red static around them, and how he can almost visibly see the light draining from his form... At the same time, making Eira and especially Fiona panic even more, or causing a bigger scene on Rahab's back, isn't a very nice thought either. Sure, Sparky isn't even fully sure what's happening to Terra either, but it looks like his magic is draining to /somewhere,/ and Crimson already has some kind of really freaky armor that he's never seen before... "Yo, Eira, Fiona, could either of you help keep a hold of our red friend? Make sure he doesn't fall off?" Sparky asks, flying over Terra's shoulder briefly to see them, still keeping his rather fierce orangey color despite his rather calm tone of voice.

Glory makes a sad little noise when she hears Crimson's quiet remark, and she in turn quietly tries to tell him, "Not your dad, Crimson... Your friends... I know, you must feel really sick, but it'll be ok... You'll be ok..."

The Nightmare breathes out a loud, frustrated sigh before Catch goes to wipe his face again, and this time, he doesn't move. For a moment, he sits there quietly, trying his hardest to think... but he does start to feel something else. Not just Catch's familiar feelings of friendship, or even the traces of pain that he's feeling seeing Weaver like this, but something more sinister, something evil... Whatever it is he's feeling, he doesn't like it in the slightest, and it shows in his expression, and in his tiny spines that start to grind against each other without him realizing it. "Mmmm... Catch, not Catch..." he growls quietly, but he seems to ease up a bit when Catch also perks up.

Then, it's right back to listening to what Catch says, and trying really hard to think on what words he's saying. Thankfully for Weaver, Catch is already doing more to repeat himself, and then he demonstrates shapeshifting, that helps him a lot. "Hu... Man..." he quietly tries to repeat it out loud himself, "Humaan... Fooorm, human form... Shift...? ... Have... Human form, I have..."

Shortly after saying that, the Nightmare shapeshifts to his human form, lying there on his belly with his head turned to the side to face Catch. In the state he's in, he's not suppressing his darkness at all, leaving poor Dreamweaver in a rather disfigured look, with claws and an armored chest with vents and openings in it, the skin on his face paler than a sheet, with black veins spread across it... At the very least, his mouth isn't ripped open, as he isn't trying to eat anyone, but it looks like it wouldn't take much for it to rip, with how chapped and flaky his lips and the skin around it appears...

Weaver can't see his own face, though, and right now he tries to lift his head up to look at Catch, like he had been in his true form. Granted, that's much, much harder now than it was before, and Weaver realizes that too, blowing a raspberry before dropping his head down. But! He did a thing, and he thought some more, so he did something good, right? His lips peel back in an eerily toothy grin as he tries to roll onto his back, where he looks at his friend and declares, "Brother, I'm human form!"

" it's a trap " Jason blurted out with a hand to his chinn, he then took that hand and gested forward snapping his fingers as he declares " or Dudes! it's a trap, trap! One of those were you all know it's a trap but by knowing you already have fallen into the trap! " his enthusiasm quickly fadeds with what and he stands holding his pointer finger " dude, that means we already been Bamboozled... unless if that's what her real plan is, for us to think that" he goes back to holding his chinn and doing a big think face " dude, getting in the mind of a villain is hard "

Edgar made some beeping noises and bobb as Jason did his big thinking. The little drone mimicked his movements with its tiny robotic limbs.

The Orange hair shapeshifter look over at Crystal, it really looked like one way was the only way they could go " Scarlett one of Soledormir cursed weapons we don't know a whole lot about her, just that the few records we have she's known as bloodlust Scarlet and the blade that Legend says can cut through anything, she blood bound to C man and with what I can tell of you and him, your the one who she go after " Jason felt he didn't need to bring up that Sol had already try to have Crystal killed earlier, he was just letting everyone know what little he knew about the foe they were likely to face.

The light from the sparkle misst help light the room to the clothing shop, the power must had gone out or somebody turned it off... clothing of all colors were scattered everywhere and shelves toppled over, with the casting of lights mannequins and there shadows could become easy jump scares, which got Edgar at least ones, he didn't stray too far from the group after that. Banners hung from the ceiling, Sinister marking your written on them in blood and a light flicker off in the back of the room, and other writings we're on the wall with the Same disturbing way, this place would make a easy place for a trap.

To add on to the Sinister atmosphere a sudden dripping sound coming from deeper in the room

The red king had been feeling sick and he was to a point that the pain was just num now, like he was use to it or to tried to feel things right anymore, he broke his staring at the Griffin to look at the Fairfin he was holding, he knew the Griffin wasn't his dad but he couldn't remember him as a friend ether, he looked to the other figures now, the Raven hair, he knew her didn't he? Or someone with long black hair, there was something troubling about her wasn't there? She needed help finding her brother? after starting for a moment trying to remember he then moved on to looked at the brunette woman, she didn't look familiar at all but there was something about her that keep his gaze a little longer, did he know her? But who was she? The red king couldn't place her so he moved on for now, rolling his head he spotted a ghost, he blink a few times at that, it had to be his vision, which now that he questioned it, it still wasn't right, then again nothing was.

Crimson suddenly choked and wheezed, he had been pulling magic from Terra and didn't realize it, his body was Starving and desperate for magic and the ghost was almost like Pure magic, but the kind of magic clashed with the toxins of the dark magic still in his system, but the other reason why The red king was reacting that way was even though his body needed magic, Crimson himself refused to feed off of people so he was also trying to subconsciously reject it, but overall he was just feeling more sick.

The ice wall erupted in a magic substance similar to Black acid, burning and rapidly decomposing all that it touched... the Seeker slid Forward and lower its head, the fins alone its back began to give off a Eerie glow...

Not everyone in the group would see the on coming attack, it wouldn't be coming from directly from the monster but from traps the Seeker place in advance, activated with his call repulsive tumors place in idea locations on structures open up to into turrets that shot dark magic at the group trying to get away, at least the Seeker wasn't trying to shot to kill, no, he was ordered to keep this group alive
But not only were the group being fired at but also the black birds took flight and now was going after the Griffin and his passengers

Crystal looked to Boreas when he spoke, and she had to agree that it was a little odd that they ended up finding Scarlet’s blood of all things.

She then shifted her gaze over at Jason as he piped in and talked. The girl thought about the mind of villains for a moment as well.. To her they all seemed to want the same thing, to gain more than they deserve and ruin lives. But that was the big picture. As for what they were facing now, she had no idea what to expect, just that it probably wouldn’t be pleasant.

While she listened, Crystal looked down when Jason mentioned she was most likely the swords main target.. She thought back to earlier when she said she’d willingly be bait for Scarlet, and now here they were, in the worst most perfect situation to be just that. “..Whatever is going to happen will happen, and either way it seems like you two are right that there’s no way around it.”

Crystal turned back to the disturbing shop, obviously forcing this next part out, “We have to face it.. Just, while being really careful..”

Fiona nearly didn't grab onto Rahab in time as he leaped into the air. However, thanks to a reflexive response to Eira placing a hand on her arm, the Elemental grabbed onto the griffin shiftress as well, which resulted in the two of them ensuring that neither was knocked off.

She anxiously checked the ice wall as they left. After blinking hard a few times, she turned her attention to the others, /really/ wanting to ask if Eira and everyone else was okay. Though, before she could, Sparky gave his request.

The Elemental was quick to respond, "RIGHT! Of course!!" She immediately reached out and grabbed hold of the red king with one hand. Everything was moving so fast, she couldn't even comprehend the fact that Terra was holding on too--even less what was happening to his arms...

...But things still weren't done happening, as now things started being shot at them, and the black birds started following them. Fiona had been trying to pay more attention to Crimson and the group at the time, until in the corner of her eye she saw something very dark blasting uncomfortably close by them.
"AH!! WE'RE BEING SHOT AT!!" She shouted a warning, instinctively wanting to whip out her sword, but she had to force herself to stop and think... That wouldn't help much with keeping Crimson on board...

Boreas nodded his head in agreement with Jason's comments about getting into a villain's mind. He never liked that part of the job.
Then he listened as the orange haired boy continued to explain what he knew.
Lastly, he turned his attention to the human girl as she spoke very courageously about the whole situation. "We'll keep you guarded and work with what we know. I doubt any of us are new to improvisation." The icy Elemental muttered, a lighthearted hint to his tone. He didn't even like what they were walking into... But he wanted to give some form of encouragement with the dire circumstance.

He knew he had some information of his own to add as well, "I may be Captain Obvious, but we should watch for sentient blood puddles... That would be her.
...More obvious than that, stay sanitary around the blood. I know ice works against her as well, so keep your cool."

After unsuccessfully checking one more time for any other options where they could go, Boreas took up the mantle of leading the charge. He cautiously stepped into the ransacked clothing store. Watching his footing, he pushing away some of the ripped cloth on the floor as he went. Then he moved the mist around the room further ahead, checking for webs...
Which soon revealed that the entire room was surrounded by the threads--strewn through the windows and walls.
//...If I didn't know any better, I'd say this was set up as an arena...//

The Vanguard mares followed, hanging more towards the back of the group, but keeping watchful eyes over their surroundings and what was ahead.

Dreamcatcher nodded his head and repeated with a warm smile" yes, a human form " he then watched as his friend shifted forms, it was then the dark moon blood Realized that ether how much the Nightmare had been suppressing his nightmarish form as a human or that the Frenzy made his appearance worse, maybe it was both? But Catch did his best to not grimaced or show his sorrow, he needed to keep focused on the positive, which Weaver helped with that by him doing his best at being himself
" that you are! " Catch went to give his brother a ribbon fist bump and rise his chain " oh... I forgot about that..." he didn't want that to damper the mood so he took his hoof and lightly bump Weaver hand with it " Great job brother! "
[.... that one thing I never understood, why a human? The weakness species in all the realms... there nothing special about them except their fantasy about themselves being special so why do so many species mimic them? Lower themselves to a lesser level ]

Anna was finally able to land on her partner, she sat on top of his head, when Catch rise his chain she knew how much that bug him and she could tell her was trying to push that aside and keep things light hearted, she patted Catch to encourage him, she then followed and support Weaver by clapping " YAY! you did it Weaver! " The Fairfin noticed her partner getting distracted again and she patted his head again " I wish we knew how it worked to shift you back to red again, Eira got you to do it a few times, I just wished we knew what it was so you wouldn't have to deal with Cataclysm any more "

[ THAT CAN ONLY SILENCE ME FOR SO LONG! BUT IM STILL HERE CATCHER! I WILL ALWAYS BE HERE! IN YOUR MIND, DEVOURING YOUR HEART AND POISONING YOUR SOUL, YOU ALL THINK JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HEAR ME THAT I SIT AND DO NOTHING! NO CATCHER, IM NOT LIKE YOU! IM NOT SOME STUPID DAMSEL WHO GETS LOCK UP AND JUST WAITS FOR OTHERS! ] the red Nightmare yelled, he then just as quickly shifted back to his more creepy way he had been speaking earlier [...no...no, I have been thinking, a lot of it, something that you lack...but you have given me time and I have learned a lot..so I should thank you for being completely oblivious ]

Dreamcatcher flinched and hiss, he placed a Chain to his head like he would have his hand/ ribbon, the red Nightmare yelling hurt his head, even after Cataclysm tone down his voice his ears still felt like they were ringing.

Weaver lies there on the ground as Catch bumps his hand with his hoof. His grin fades ever so slightly when he can feel something colder and unpleasant from his friend's emotions, but he tries to smile again while Catch is trying to be optimistic. "Brother Catch, great," he says, taking a moment to flex his fingers on the hand that Dreamcatcher bumped. He feels like there's something he could do, or wants to do with his hand... but when he holds his hand up in front of himself to try and think a bit more, he gets distracted when he sees his disfigured claws...

After a moment though of trying to make a thumbs-up with his hand, he can feel more of the sinister presence from Catch radiating anger and malice, and he immediately grimaces. "Catch..." Weaver growls, now trying to get himself off his back, grabbing on to Catch's front leg that's closest to him and trying to pull himself up. He wobbles a little bit, but he's too determined to let that sway him much, as he partially puts his weight on his friend. "Catch, Catch, I'm Weaver," he says, anger carried in his own tone as he pats Dreamcatcher's shoulder and tries to look up at him, "I'm Weaver, you're Catch, not..."

The Nightmare has to pause for a moment, squeezing his eyes shut and putting his other hand over his face as he tries to remember. His mind and his thoughts are all fuzzy, like an image that's trying to fade in through the static, it's slowly coming together, but it's difficult to see it as it is now... Didn't that girl voice just say something, the thing he needs to say now? "Cata... Cataclysm..." he mutters, then growls quietly. What're the words he's looking for? He doesn't like this evil that he feels alongside Catch's good, friendly emotions, but how did he describe this before? "Cataclysm... He...! He will... dead--not you, brother, you... Catch, you... need... Dreamer form, not... Not... Stupid, monster form, need Dreamer form shift. Cataclysm stupid gone."