Terradream, again, stays quiet as things keep happening around him... He doesn't say anything back to Crimson when he makes his comments about being safe here--what does he know about anything that's happening? Granted, there is an air of safety here... Is everything fine? Like it always is after bad things happen? Does this mean he should try to sweep all his panic and stress under the carpet like he normally does, and then carry on as if nothing ever happened in the first place?

Then the barn turns into a grand palace, Fiona starts calling for help, and he barely catches Rahab's comments about hallucinating. //What even is real anymore...?// he woefully wonders, noticing Sparky's reddish and much larger appearance as well.

Sparky helps out Fiona in calling out to anyone who could be here, and after turning slightly so he's not shouting right in Terra's face, he calls out, "AAYYOOOOOO There's some strangers here!! Anyone wanna welcome us in?! We've got some people that are hurt and really messed up, and it'd be really nice if someone could help us out! Pleeeeeaaaaasssee?!?"

After having given Rihanna her last warning about Danieru, and now having her full attenion on Crimson, she notices how odd he's acting now, and starts to worry a little. "... Crimson? How're you feeling now?" she asks, looking at the glowing green spot on his helmet where his eye is.

The red king watch how the doors opened up, this didn't surprise him at all, why shouldn't it? But the others seem to not know.

He stayed quite because no one had been speaking to him nor did this situation seem to require him to make a Comments, clearly no one knew what this place was even after him saying what it was...but then was it that? If felt familiar like the lighthouse but was it not that? It did feel different at the same time, purer so seen he didn't fully know what he was talking about the red king didn't say anything at all for now. // why... why do I know this place?... is that girl here? ...I... I don't think so, it would have been nice if she was.... I hope she in good care....//

It took a moment for the red king to realize someone did speak to him, he wasn't use to that, he turned his head to look at the Glory ".... pardon?...but are you addressing me? " he asked, if it wasn't for his helmet the look and tone would have been enough to show his confusion in Surprise.

-

Some of the cats scattered as others became curious with the new arrivals.

The cat on the desk cracked its eye open to see who was yelling.
Then a nervous male voice spoke up " Oh! Uh, sorry about that! Yes! Wednesday! Eh, I-I mean Welcome! " some rustling sounds came from over towards the desk " let see here, what does the paper say again.... great guests warmly, ok, it was kinda a bad start but made it though that... lalala, ok right next! I ask if they need help or assistance! " a loud flap sound came from the desk like something just slammed their hands down on top " how can I assist you! " The mysterious voice practically yelled, and yet no one could be seen

"Whoa, whoa, hang in there, Rahab--you're not seeing things!" Fiona objected to the griffin, trying to make sure he didn't just flop into a confused, feathery pile on the floor. "/I'm seeing this stuff, too!/ Whatever it is...
...I think!
...I'm... Pretty sure it's good...?"

She jumped slightly when a voice answered her and Sparky's calls. She hadn't been expecting that, but she was very relieved, so much so, she didn't even really think about what this person said. The Elemental looked to the desk... And saw no one but the cat. Then she started looking all over--in the general direction of the voice, and even far from where it seemed to emanate from. Her eyes kept drifting to the cat on the desk, though, as if that were the person speaking.
Fiona loudly, essentialy repeated what Sparky had said: "Can you help us? We've got friends who've been /really/ roughed up!

...And uh... Where are you?
/Are you that cat...?/" She mumbled that last part.

Eira glanced around confused when she heard a voice begin speaking frantically. She looked at each cat that was looking at them, wondering if one of them was speaking, then traced the sound of the voice to the desk- though she couldn't see anyone but the cat on the desk. Was it talking?
The griffin tilted her icy eagle head. "Yes, uh... We have people in need of medical assistance, if you can help us... And who might you be?"

Rahab squinted at Fiona, finding it odd that she could see everything too. He could think into it mroe, but he just grumbled something under his breath, probably unintelligible, and looked in the direction of the invisible person at the desk.

Edgar flowed after the human girl, he was still away behind and slowed down more when he reach the mannequins, he held his own little robot hands and shook making him nervous beeping sound, he didn't like this at all.

As for the human girl, The source of the spell was coming from here, the Sinister display proved it, however it was been used more then that.... as Crystal was distracted by the ritual scene something grabbed her by her arm and hisss in her mind// YOU EVIL WITCH!! I WILL STOP YOUR POISONING THE KING HERE!// a mannequin had came to life, it had blood mostly covering as Scarlet puppet // HE WILL BE FREE FROM YOUR INFLUENCE AT LAST!!// she screamed with Delight as she rises her other hand and the blood formed it into a blade

The girl had no idea what she was looking at, the scene in front of her wasn’t quite like anything she’d ever seen or heard of before, she only knew that by how it looked it couldn’t be good.

When something seized her arm and a new voice that she could only assume was Scarlet entered her head, Crystal gasped in shock and whipped around to face whoever had a grasp on her.

Her eyes quickly scanned the terrifying possessed mannequin, “I’m- I’m not an evil witch-“ she grunted as she frantically and unsuccessfully tried to pull her arm away. Crystal grimaced at the screams, and seeing the blade forming, she tried to free herself again. This time also using her foot for more force to try and shove the mannequin backwards.

Though Jason couldn't hear what was going on the other side of the ice and it was to thick to see through. He rolled his shoulder and then hop shaking his arms out, he was trying to get warmed up for the fight.

His devices he put on the ice went OFF, using a high frequency sound wave to shattered the ice, the Orange hair shapeshifter had his arms up with his Shields active.

The Mare who was behind Jason flinched and grimaced with the sound, she shook her head and was going to charge but seen Jason with his Shields up and ramming into those were the last thing she wanted to do again.

With that in the way now, the first mare briefly takes a few cautious steps back and looks back at her fellow Vaseterm, where the one in her human form finally cuts through and frees the other one in her true form. With the both of them freed up, the first mare makes sure they see when she jerks her head in Jason's direction, implying for them to help deal with the orange-haired villain and support Boreas, while she tries to get to Crystal. While Boreas is still attempting to distract Jason, the first mare then tries to more quietly start moving towards the direction Crystal went, yet still keeping her guard up in case Jason notices her and makes her his target.

The smoke and music were now halved, but still present. Boreas allowed himself to use a little less of his weather-manipulating magic... Then he could hear a slight, different noise, followed by the sound of shattering ice as Jason broke it using his gadgets. The Captain shifted his attention to the orange haired boy now, wondering how to keep him occupied...

...Through all he knew about Jason, and the state he was in now, a rather risky idea pieced itself together in the Elemental's foggy mind. He quickly hovered across the ground and approached Jason's shield from the side, staying out of the boy's field of vision as much as he could. Then he landed, lifted one hand, and politely knocked on the glass. "Yo, want to continue your evil monologue?" He asked, already starting to jump back in cautious preparation for whatever he might do.

//Yeah...// Weaver mentally sighs in reply to Catch, quickly dropping his fake smile once Catch is walking away from Rage, //Yeah, we do, we really do, that's like I was saying--// he pauses for a moment when Anna joins them both, then smirks at her and telepathically says, //Yeah! Hey, I knew we'd be alright! But anyway, I think you're right, Catch, we really need to sit down and talk about things, everything, really, we need to talk about the bad guys, we need to talk about you and Cataclysm--honestly, we need to talk to everyone else, too. Eater and I have been busy, but even we've only been able to get around to certain people, and well, before not everyone was too keen to see a Nightmare jerk, anyway... And I don't blame 'em.// The Nightmare in question sighs quietly at that, but, after looking ahead briefly, Weaver looks back to Rihanna and asks, //Hey Anna, can you help with remembering some of that stuff I just mentioned? If we ever get a time to sit and talk after all this is over?//

// it feels like forever since we just talked, your right... we all haven't talked much, and every time we try something always seem to come up, if it something trying to kill us it some random vision that happens// the Dreamer prince let out a sigh himself, he wondered just how messed up everyone else was, he knew Terra and Sparky were ghosts, how do you even bring people back to life? Then their wasEira and Purity were corrupted by the Abyss, a monster they knew almost nothing about and had no idea what to do even again it, then their was Fiona and her corruption and how do they help her? Alex he didn't know much on but somehow was in love with Malice which to any sane same person sounded insane, then Hirro was a piece of work all on his own, last was Crimson which he was a mess, it really felt no one was ok on the group, except for Crystal and Boo but even they had something, both were taken from their homes and family's.

// will do! I'll take mental notes! // Anna replied cheerfully. She then remembered what she wanted to tell them // oh! Glory said that glowing red light came from something Crimson did and they were able to escape the monster and there apparently somewhere safe now //

Dreamweaver quietly listens to Catch as he talks through telepathy, feeling Catch's own fear of that very same thing, but lacking any empathy or genuine emotion to really do anything good right now. Hearing Catch talk like this and feeling the sadness and fear he's feeling, reminds Weaver of just the night before when Catch, in his dark form, was thrown into the cell with him and Crimson. //He wants so badly to help, to save people, but we're all like water slipping through his fingers... I don't think I've ever seen Catch get this bad before, I don't want to make it any worse, but...// Weaver thinks with himself, but he can't share any warm or comforting feelings with his friend, he can't even feel those in the first place. He can't even feel /sad./ It just makes him even more frustrated, but what can he do about it?
... He can do the best he can. If he can't feel anything, he can still hold on to /hope./ //Yeah, I think that's a good idea,// Weaver starts, //If anyone should know how Nightmares work, it should be Malice, that's something we can try to ask him about. Hopefully he'll be fine with us warning him about Danny and asking him questions? ... Hopefully.
... But, hey... Regardless of what happens... You're doing an amazing job, you know that? Yeah, I don't know how long you'll be able to keep this up, and I don't want you to drain yourself completely on me, but you're helping me out so much, brother, I owe you one. And I believe, at the end of the day... The Silver Moons are looking after us. So let's keep our chins up, and persevere through the fire and flames!//

(Ok, that should be everything!)

( HELLO! Good morning! Afternoon! )

(Good aftermorning!! How're you, Shadow? Still tired from hunting?)

(Hallooooooo! Good afternoon!

...I second Lilly, and also, how're you doing too, Lilly? XD)

( I am, it was fun but I am very worn out

Hi Fluffy!

How are both of you? )

(I'm doing good! Just ate lunch, so now I'm all ready to go, except for the Tiger who's all over me and wanting attention by being very distracting 'XD

Glad you're doing good, Shadow!~ ^-^

/Your turn, Fluffy/)

(Hopefully today can be a nice, relaxing day for ya, Shadow!
Glad you're doing good too, Lilly! Best of luck with the Toiger. XD

I'm doing pretty good too! I'm excited for the RP and many other things as well. X3)

(Wait a minute I got the wrong posts for Crystal and Scarlett!)

// LIES! // Scarlet screamed and went to impel the evil human, she wanted nothing more then to set her king free,, but her mannequin body wasn't the sturdy of things and she stumbled back and fell over popping her arm off that still hung onto the girl.

Blood Lust would not stay down for long, the mannequin body twist and flipped itself around in an unnatural way for a person to move, but she wasn't a person and was already getting back up...// I WILL KILL YOU!! // she screams again

(Ok, now that was the last post for that interaction)

Terradream stays quiet, keeping his thoughts to himself as an invisible voice starts talking to them. He glances at the cat too, but his thoughts on it are: //The cat's not moving its mouth, it can't be the cat, can it? And what was that thud, like something just fell down? I... No, of course it's the cat, why wouldn't it be at this point? Fiona and everyone else has been seeing things better and I can't see things right, so it's either the cat like what they're saying, or there /is/ something invisible here... I'm just not going to say anything...//

"Yeah, what they said!" is all Sparky simply says, referring to Eira and Fiona. He glances down once at Terra, but he also holds onto his thoughts for now.

The way Crimson responded to her question is starting to make Glory nervous again. "Yeah.... Yeah, I'm talking to you, Crimson," the little Fairfin quietly answers him, "But, you don't sound right, and your eye is green instead of blue now... How do you feel?"

With Scarlets shouting startling her, Crystal stumbled a bit when the mannequin broke apart and fell back, miraculously managing to stay on her feet and regain her balance. “I’m not lying, I think you just don’t like the truth-“ She glanced to the fake arm dangling from her own arm, quickly working to try to pry it off while watching the writhing body on the floor.

Crystal looked out where she had came from, and taking another look at the body gathering itself and getting to its feet, the girl just decided to go for it and started back down the way she came. She didn’t /want/ to lead Scarlet to the others, but the sword is why they were even still here in this building, and Crystal had a feeling they wouldn’t be able to leave unless they did something about it.

(Hiya Galaxy! How're you doinnnggg?~)

(Hallo Galaxy! I second Lilly again. XD)

(Hey guys!

Ahh, I’ve been super dizzy all week and today is especially bad, but I'm still doing good despite it :>

glad to see y'all are doing good too :))

(Ooh, dizziness is no fun! I'm glad to hear you're doing good, even with that, though. Any idea what's been causing it? :/)

(This time I second Fluffy, that's horrible! ;-; I really really hope it eases up and stops! )

( HI Galaxy!!
That sounds awful :(
I hope you feel better soon!)

Jason was about to switch gears to back into combat when Boreas came in just the nick of time, distracting the orange hair boy, or more or less getting Evil Jason back on track, because what evil villain doesn't monologue?!

Getting back into the role of his idea of a villain " HA! THAT IS WHAT YOU THINK INCREDIBLE ICE MAN! " he dramatic spout out making a swing motion with his arm " BUT I /DOOM SHIELD/ WILL STOP YOUR GOODY TO SHOES WAYS! "
Jason or what he calling himself now, Doom Shield then go into his monologue " You see first I will use my flash poper to lave you blind and helpless and then I will free my death blade to be your DOOM! " as he spoke he pulled out the small flash bomb to show them before he went to toss them and do what he said.

The mannequin body rises up in an unhealthy way if it were a person, Scarlets had gotten to her feet, the mannequin body lead to one side with the head hanging backwards. Scarlets wasn't holding on to Crystal any more however the girl wouldn't need that connection to know that her malice intentions, she didn't just hate Crystal she despise her, and wanted to sacrifice the girl in belief it would save her master.
The mannequin body shuffle forward, but she stopped, she knew Boreas and the Vanguard were over in their, she believed she could kill Crystal herself but even with the Seeker help in setting all this up, even giving her the strength to possess both the mannequin and control Jason, many if her spell had work on Boreas but much to her disappointment she wasn't able to manipulate both males.

Scarlets had to rethink her plans, she could use the birds....

Edgar spin around when Crystal was coming, by the look of her the little drone knew enough that she just seen some things

(So how's everyone doing?)

With Boreas successfully distracting Jason, the first mare uses this opportunity to make her way over towards Crystal's direction.

(Just gonna put this here to split this one mare up from the other interaction)

The red king had a feeling she was but it was still an odd feeling know someone was talking to him but
the tiny Bellezza other questions puzzled him more "...green?" He repeats slowly with a questioning tone, he didn't know what green was or blue for that matter, but even more concerning was his eye? He didn't have eyes did he? But he could see in a way...but now that things have calm down and he could focus more, Crimson helmet distorted colors, things did seem different then before, he didn't see colors but now things had hues, pigment and saturation of color.... the Red king stared for a moment taken in the sensation, before hesitantly saying"... n-no... I believe Something is wrong....I...don't know why everything is...so beautiful..." he wondered out loud, then the red king pondered did this have to do with him having eyes? But he knew he didn't have eyes, he shouldn't have a body and yet he felt something, he felt himself breathing and an odd discomfort, both from his bleeding injuries and his body reacting to the whiplash of polar opposite magic in his system, he didn't pay these pain to much mind as pain and discomfort were normal for him and nothing could be done so this feeling how ever odd wasn't concerning to him but the fact he could see colors was and that the tiny Bellezza could see and speak to him, that got him to wonder what did he look like? Though the red king had a disturbing suspicion ".... I.... I believe something is very wrong...." he whispered with uneasiness

" medical help?! "The mysterious voice sounded startled" GRAAHHH! have you all been like that since you came in?! " he rushed though his desk, papers went up along with other odds and ends " My apologies! I'm being a terrible receptionist! This isn't my full-time position..." after digging though some things, a floating medkit came into view and was rises up high " found it!"
Then he remembered the other question that had be asked, the mysterious voice then realized that he was invisible " MY APOLOGIES! " suddenly with a glittering of light similar to when a Fairfins comes out of invisibly, then suddenly a cowering slender dragon appeared holding the first aid kit. He was tall very tall, 37 foot kind of tall, a giraffe of a dragon.

The dragon was both sleek and fluffy, with a mixture of fur, feathers and sleek scales, he was mostly black and with bits white that appeared to have a skeleton type pattern on him, including his face marks that resembled a skull, he had hues of red here and there and four big feathery wings. His head was adorned with a large feathery crest and two big horns were unique in shape as there was a hallowed scallops along side of them, in between his horns however was an equally unusual thing, a red and black Giant floating gemstone. The giraffe dragon had his head lower to a level he could see the group better with but not so low he put himself in danger, but from here they could see his heterochromia eyes, his right was both spilt Blue and green as his left was both red and purple " I am Death! Please to meet you!" He then did a little wiggle and ruffled the feathers on his crest, a greeting of the Bellezza but no one in the group would know this, except one right now...

Death then took the first aid kit in one of his long ribbon, he lifted his head and back out from behind his desk to come around to help the unfortunate group, he gracefully walked around the desk, a group of cats gathered and was following him now.

Death stop and lower his head again, as he held up first aid kit like an eager kid " I rarely ever treat anyone other then cat! " he then set down the kit and opened it, looking over the components inside, he first pulled out defibrillator, he took both his ribbons and held each panel up looking to the small group before him " anyone in need of these? " from his abilities it was hard to judge, some appeared to be on deaths door or maybe they were already dead but that couldn't be right, right?

Boreas paused as Doom Shield started his monologue again. //Usually I'm called much worse...// Even he was getting a little distracted by Jason's cartoon villain-esque display.

He got his fuzzy mind back on track rather quickly, as Jason stated his plans loudly for everyone to hear--more bright lights... Boreas knew he needed to act quickly, and he did still have those clothes from earlier.

Momentarily dropping his weapon, the Elemental grasped the shirt he had in both hands, and made a lunge to catch the flash bombs Jason tossed. Then he quickly balled up the cloth and chucked it behind him--if the fabric wouldn't stop the flash enough, not looking at it certainly would. "Not today, Doom Shield!"

With the voice's first declaration, Fiona cast a glance over the group one more time. From Eira in front of them, to Rahab, Glory, Crimson, and Sparky, and finally to Terra--most all of them were a mess in one way or another. She had her own worries for all of them, but hoped they were in the right place for help. They had to be.

The Elemental looked back, noticing the floating first-aid kit. "...Okay, you're not the cat." She muttered. Her eyes widened as the enormous dragon faded into view, and then she just stared as he lowered himself to look at them and tell them his name. Fiona had never seen a dragon like him before... But his name made her snap back to reality very quickly.
"Death?!"

/That/ was not a name or a thing she wanted to think about right then--they weren't dead, right?! /No, they couldn't be!!/
...He was about to help them, so she shook all the questions she had in her mind and focused on what they needed.
"It's great to meet you, Death." She forced a smile.

...She didn't really know what a defibrillator was, but she shook her head, "I... Don't think so...? We've had a run in with some /really nasty/ dark stuff. He's been hit by it the worst." The Elemental started to explain, nodding her head towards Crimson.

With Jason announcing his plan, the mare stuck in her true form uses this as an opporunity--having gotten up on her feet as quick as she could after being freed, she makes the risky move of squeezing her eyes shut and blindly charging toward Jason. She's hoping that, in the brief moment of the flash bomb, she can plow into him and knock him over, creating an even bigger opportunity for everyone. Except Jason.

The other Vaseterm quickly closes her eyes and covers her face with her arm too, considering maybe once the light has subsided, she can see how she can support Boreas and the other mare from there.

His brother was drain that Catch was tossing emotions into and getting little back in return, but he was getting some, Dreamcatcher understood Weaver frustration and it added to his own, but because he knew the depth of it, it wasn't weighing him down as much as if it was just pure irritation over petty things, he needed to have control over himself and look on the brighter things, just like the hope Weaver had // your doing amazing to, with everything you been forced to go through...//Catch had a lot to think about, he didn't believe Weaver own him for anything, he was just happy he saved his brother and could at least do something now // don't worry about paying me back for anything, I'm just glad your alive. // but he understood that was the only way his brother could experience himself right now to so he didn't want to take that away to so he added with a teasing tone // but~ if you really want to pay me back, when this is all over how about we go back to our old hideout and work on it more? We got a few new members we need places for, who knows just how big those ruins really are, we didn't even know about the hidden wall...// it felt like forever since they last were back there, the Dreamer prince missed those days but even back then when he had his fog of fear and worries, but he still had hope, hope that now seem to flicker bright one moment only to fade then next, but he still had hope// but your right, we made it this far, well keep figuring things out as we go! // The Dreamer prince continue to hobble along, the streets were pretty still , with only the distant sounds of the chaos still continuing throughout the city, though as they would travel deeper the more quiet and desolated the city would become, even the black birds were less and less.

Dreamweaver stays quiet, listening to Catch again and having a faint, but still forced smile. Yes... even now, he is still going through so much; even though he hasn't been showing it, his body is still aching after the blows Eater took earlier, and his nose is still broken. At least it's not bleeding as much now as it was before, but the Nightmare does carefully wipe some more of the blood away with his glove. //You know what, that sounds like a good idea,// he says in reply to Catch's comments about the hideout, //Yeah, I'm still kinda curious about that place! To think, the Kings of old used to gather around there 'n stuff... I bet it's a lot bigger than what we were able to clear out, and maybe there's even stuff that we missed!//
Weaver then pauses before continuing, //... Honestly, it'd even just be nice to go back home after all of this... Hey, speaking of home...// he drops his smile again, //Are you still connected with my parents? If you are, this is another thing you could do later, but... Could you call them for me? See how they're doing after... Everything...?//

... After saying that telepathically, Weaver's expression becomes one more of exhaustion. "... Moons, I wish I could feel more..." he mumbles under his breath, then takes a breath. "But, hey... at least I can think now."

Eira and Rahab stared as well, confused and a bit appalled by this very friendly voice appearing into the form of a very tall dragon with a lot of spooky design going on. Eira looked into the medical kit that Death had presented, finding that and the dragon's aesthetic a bit contradictory... But the offer was appreciated. "No, thank you... But if you have something to help with darkness, Crimson could use it immediately," she said with a gesture to the red king. She also pointed to Fiona and Rahab, saying, "They need treatment for venom, too, if you have it that is... Is there a doctor here?" She glanced about the sea of cats.

When she came upon Edgar, Crystal slowed down for a moment, “Follow me back this way, you need to stay away from her..” she mumbled, taking a glance backwards.

Seeing that the mannequin had stopped moving was almost scarier than if it had followed, and this left the girl a bit confused. Crystal faltered for a second and tried to catch her breath, eyes lingering on the damaged figure. ‘She’s been trapped by them before, she must not want to get closer to the others..’ This only caused her to wonder what it was Scarlet was capable of that meant she didn’t need to go after her to get what she wanted..

But she didn’t dwell on it too long, soon turning back and noticing the mare who seemed to be heading in this direction. Crystal quickly continued forward and made her way over to her, unaware of how shaken she looked and sounded. “I- I found her..” was all she said.