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With the Red King's words, he's confirmed Glory's suspicions. //So there is someone else in control of Crimson right now... Oh dear...// she thinks, still with a frown, //But... He doesn't seem... evil...? He seems just as confused and upset by this as I am, but that doesn't change the fact that I have no idea what kind of condition actual Crimson is in... I hope he's ok...//
"I don't know what's going on either, uh... Sir, but we're going to have to work together to figure this out, for Crimson's sake, and yours," the Fairfin answers him, having a worried, but optimistic tone to her voice. When she hears Death, it makes her wonder even more... //... Is the third dead person whoever's in control of Crimson now? I guess that could work, if he's a spirit? ... But how did he get in Crim in the first place? I'm gonna have to tell Weaver about this... And everyone else needs to know too.//
Morning Glory then listens as Eira speaks up. "Well, like I just said to Death, Crim--uh... Crimson's bleeding bad and he's still got some hooks in him (she doesn't realize that not everyone can see them), but I think he needs more professional help, I don't know about anyone else." Having said that, Glory goes back up to the Red King's head and looks over his helmet some. "Mmm, sorry, I hope you don't mind if I try to figure out how to take this helmet off? That way we'd be able to see you better, and, I guess you could see us better too..."

"... H-huh...?! Me--y-yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine..." Terra jumps and stutters. Even his voice sounds like he's straining, trying to hold back from snapping... "But wh-what about everyone else? S-Sparky, what do I do? What can I do? I--I have to do something, e-everyone's going to die--I gotta--I've got to d-do something, what do I do...?!"

"Woah now," Sparky replies, his yellowy fur turning a bit more of a tense orange as he holds his hands up in front of Terra, "To start off, you're going to need to calm down, take a deep breath--"

"I already told you, I'm f-fine, I'm /fine,/ I'm cool, I... I have everything u-under control," Terra says, unknowingly tightening his hands into fists, his whole body shaking, "But I--I need to b-be doing something, Sparky, I can't just sit here while everyone dies, I-I can't do that, n-not again...!"

The spooked Bellezza looked to Fiona and then over to Terradream and Sparky, the two ghost it him had a red glow to them, just like the birds, meaning these two had been murder... he wondered what happened, it wasn't normal for spirits to still be with the living and by what he was seeing from this group, he wondered what had happened to all of them, they didn't seem well in both physically and mentally. He pondered if he should say something to the ghosts buy seen they hadn't spoken to him he wasn't going to be rude and butt in, so he gave a worry glace before turning his head back to the long weird brunette hair woman " y-es?... you didn't know?" He Mumble and taped his front clows together now questioning himself if he spoken about something he shouldn't have.

The spooked Bellezza then looked over to the one they called Crimson, he was the puzzling one and who Death was concerned about, even though his Twisted armor hid most things from others, it couldn't hid him from a Bellezza site...he was troubled by him as there was many things Death since from this individual, he had many red birds around him meaning murder was his fate as it was now and yet Death was puzzled and Disturbed because by what he knew of his ability this person was already dead... the red prince had a red glow to him just like the two spirits that were in the same room, this red glow meant his death was by murder...." i-im not exactly sure what can be done for your friend here, ... I'm sorry but one of them is already dead..." the spooky Bellezza lower his head " I-I don't know if this helps but...the other one still seems to be alive but uhmm his fate is not looking good..." he was nervous about adding the next part but surely they had to know already? But if not it wouldn't be good to not tell them " there a great evil that rest inside him..." he took his paws after afterwards in a calming manner " please, just stay calm though, I called for help and they should be on their way! "

His fluffy ears pind back seen as the big Griffin was about to collapse " I-EEEEE! " Death quickly left his desk and went over to were the Chairs were located and pulled off some of the pillows, if people were going to pass out before the Medics could get there the least he could do is make them comfortable.
" here! You can use these! " he offered them with his ribbons and then made a goofy nervous face as he added to try and lighten the mood " uhmm, you know to rest on or...w- ell we're not against pillow fights here as long as you clean up after... b-ut you guys look like you just need rest! I was just joking about the pillow fights you know to not make it feel so grim....you know? I'm not sure what you all been though but you guys are in one of the safest places in the realms "

" .... uh... y-es, I will do what I can to help...." the red king replied to the tiny Bellezza, he didn't like any of this, he had hoped that perhaps this was a dream like that earlier with the female Dreamer but he also knew it wasn't, everything was different, he could feel and touched things, he was seeing colors, smells and tastes were familiar and yet foreign Sensations, but now he knew these did not belong to him and he felt like he should apologize ".... I'm sorry.... please forgive me for this... it was not my wish to have done this to your friend....I never wanted this...."

He gose quite around as Glory speaks to the others, his mind drift to try to collect what it can even though he knows he will end up forgetting things, one thing he more sure on by what is being said is that he is dead.... the red king had wonder that and after what had just happened moments ago with the Arch demon suffered memories, he knew that monster or at least the monster knew him //... I didn't just simply die did I?....but I been here, we both have....so am I somehow not dead and yet am? And what does that mean for him?...// he Focused on the boy, he could still feel him just like in the dream but the demon was there to...

The red king snapped back into reality when Glory comes into view " y-es?!... pardon, I'm Sorry... I.. " he pause realizing her question " ... you wish to take his helmet off?" The helmet hid his surprise tone, he stared at her for a moment, would that be ok? Maybe it could help them out " u-hmm sure... I have not done this myself but... I do know how his armor functions...." the red king took breath between speaking, moving was a difficult task, even though he wasn't fully aware of the situation of the injury to his chest and shoulder, it still took it toll, it made it harder to breathe and to move, then again moving was foreign to him anyway and yet he could do it.

".... this armor will only let those he trust remove it.... if the armor knows it is a friend it should let them remove it...however I do not have any memory of someone but one person who has....but he is not here..." the red king wasted sure who could remove the armor that was present, the individual here said that they were friends but none of these people were in lighthouses, with this being of Crimson there was only one he trusted that deeply, it was the human girl. " ... I do not see the human girl he has fond memories of...he holds great trust with her... "
slowly his hands moved to Crimson helmet, they were shaken and clumsy, especially his right hand that had the hook in his shoulder".... there is other way... I do not know if it knows I am not him or not...." but he was struggling with this task of just holding onto something.
Though The invisible rods were still there, Crimson armor actually help in revealing that something was there, the armor had been trying to crystallize and cover the opening but the bolts keep cutting it, causing a constant effect in those areas of breaking and mending.

Fiona did her best to help Rahab keep stable as he sat down, "Ah! Uh--! Hang on just a little longer, Rahab...!" She tried to encourage him some between her panicked thoughts.

Then she whipped her attention back, trying /very hard/ to understand what was going on. Just like with her physical condition, her mental state was rather haywire. What Death was telling them was almost unbelievable news at that time, but... He seemed to know what he was talking about and she REALLY wanted to understand if it would help!

"One of them is--No... No, no no...!" The Elemental repeated, her eyes widening and a horribly dismayed look quickly following. "...But the other... The other is alive... That has to be Crimson, he HAS to be okay--but who's..." She paused, looking over to the red king, "There's... /Someone else/ in Crimson...?! And... A great evil... Nine... People...?"

She just started quietly mumbling what Death had said in repetition as she tried understanding everything. At the same time, however, there was a lot going on right then with everyone. Crimson, Terra and Sparky, Rahab...

Fiona kind of just found herself... Not knowing what to think. Her mind was blanking out and she couldn't keep track of anything. Whether it was due to everything going on or the poison in her coupled with sheer exhaustion was up for debate... It was likely both.

Eira was quickly becoming overwhelmed by everything that was being said, but questions would just lead to more questions if she kept asking. But she she did know that panicking wouldn't help, so the least she could do is try to direct everyone's thoughts forward, one step at a time. "Umm, if it's alright, can we have a moment to sit down and tak about everything once everyone is stable? There's a lot we need to learn, what's happening, how Crimson is, where we are.... But my first priority right now is helping whoever needs help, "dead" or not," she said with a steady nod. "We can rest all we need and have tea, or hot chocolate, or whatever else," she said, trying to be encouraging.

Rahab was getting kinda loopy at this point, after flying around all day, fighting, getting poisoned, getting cut in combat, and overall just stressing about everything. He looked down at the pillows that Death rushed to him, their masses blurred but definitely sounding cozy, yet he shook his head and said, "Not yet. Can't rest till... till I've finished my job. I have to get them to safety... It's not safe yet..." He leaned forward, partially because his balance was a little off center, and squinted at Death. He was trying to read his gaze and murmured subtly. "Death isn't supposed to be a dragon... That doesn't make sense."

The mare with Crystal narrows her eyes and nods her head. "Take a moment to catch your breath, you did good to escape from her trap," she says, then glances down the hall where Crystal was running from. "We can't let her get away, and we need some way to trap or contain her. Unfortunately, I am unable to use my magic at the moment still, and being stuck in my true form is very inconvenient now... Nevertheless, I will do what I can to protect you." She pauses. "What did she use against you? When we go back there, what should I expect to see?"

The Mares calmness and reassurance helped to lessen some of Crystals anxiety, at least enough for her to gather her thoughts a bit better.

“R-right, thank you,” she mumbled, thinking on what was asked, “Well, she.. used a mannequin to attack me, and there was a circle of more mannequins surrounding a hanging bloody bag of sorts..” the girl made a face just thinking about it, “It’s darker back there, and between that and Scarlet I didn’t get much else..”

After the other mare plows over Ja-I mean Doom Shield, she recovers from that momentum as soon as she's able, and then hearing Boreas' request, she swiftly comes back over. "I suppose I can sit on him, sir, I think I ought to be able to keep him down," she says, carefully trying to manuever around Doom Shield and Incredible Ice Man both.

The other one, in her human form, quickly comes over too, carrying the rope she had cut off of her team mate earlier. "I believe we can try to salvage this to tie him up!"

" unhand me you good doers! I AM DOOM SHIELD! I WILL BE YOUR DOOM!" Doom shield try to resist against his adversary Incredible Iceman, he still have a chance, that was until he seen the sidekick two-ton Bessie coming his way " DON'T YOU DARE! I HAVE RIGHT OF A VILLAIN YOU KNOW! "

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Scarlet melted and the mannequin she cursed crumbled. She was puddle of glowing bubbling goo.

As Doom Shield struggled, Boreas had a harder time restraining him, "Both!" He kept his response to the mares as concise as possible, carefully shifting to the side and holding Doom Shield's wrists together so the one in her humanoid form could tie their foe.

Once she did that, he planned to move completely out of the way so the one in her true form could pin him down completely. There likely wasn't any way he'd escape being partially sat on... But Boreas didn't want to take any chances.

" hay! Two against one? that not far! " Anna snapped back, she then buzzed around the brothers as she pouted "Fine I'll call Glory then! She talk to me "

Dreamcatcher smirked and shook his head, they both knew this was for fun so he didn't press the matter, but calling Glory was a good idea " you know were just testing you Anna, but given and getting an update would be great, we need to do better in keeping informed "

The tiger Fairfin still wasn't happy but she got over it Farley quickly, they were still on the job and it was her task to communicate// hay Glory? How are things over there? //

" thanks Anna" As Rihanna did that Catch continued and Then followed where Weaver directed, he grimaced was his brother explained his Nightmare since ".... It hard to explain but I think I kinda know what you're going through... I only felt? Seen? It a few times, when I'm in that dark form at night and at my worst.... I don't even think about it though, everything in my head is so chaotic and yet feels natural.... I know it's not, but it can be a struggle to control myself...." Catch sighed thinking about it more " that form is a curse .... in the day I have my mind but I'm reminded that Cataclysm is still in me and at night, even though I don't hear him, it then I think I feel the Nightmare instincts the strongest but there something else at play and I think it my Vaseterm blood that also makes me cuckoo... but I shouldn't complain, I'm still me and as long as I stay like this it almost like I don't have Nightmare syndrome..." he try to focus a smile, there was far more important and pressing things to worry about.

The empty city streets eventually change to an abandoned lot that had been used long ago as a train station, the ground was still muddy and wet from the rain earlier.

"Yeah, c'mon, you know Strawberry head here does still need his big sister, too," Weaver teases, but lets Anna call his own Fairfin. He turns his attention back to Catch, and frowns slightly at what his brother says. "... Yeah, I get that... I've felt that before too, being back in my body but with it being all... messed up." He looks down at his hands for a moment. "I've felt it a lot, actually, something feels natural to Eater, but when I think about it, it's weird, or straight-up evil and disgusting... Sometimes I'm not even able to think about it though, some things just are so natural to Eater, it goes over my head too.
... Like... Eating a raw, whole chicken. Being able to sit and think about that now... That was /really gross,// he says, grimacing slightly at that. He tries not to think on it too much though--he doesn't want to make himself sick on his brother's back. "But h-hey... It is great that we're both still ourselves, but it doesn't change the fact that it's still something serious. Yeah, it's almost like you don't even have Nightmare Syndrome right now, but you still do have it, and Catty sounds like he's only going to get worse and worse. He needs to be dealt with--you need to be taken care of! ... But, at the same time, we also can't panic or freak out too much right now, because we can't do anything right this very second... Hey, be thankful for the good things, but don't try to sweep your problems under a rug and forget about them... I guess that's what I'm trying to say."

While he's still looking down, his eyes do wander away from his hands and study the muddy ground a bit, and eventually he notices... "... Hey, hey, are those tracks over there?" Weaver asks, instinctively going to slide off of Catch's back--but then he swiftly remembers how important it is to make sure that Catch still has a hold of him, so as he's about to slide off, his eyes widen--"WAIT!!" he yelps, frantically reaching out and holding onto Dreamcatcher's wing as he slides off, but after a few seconds of him holding on to Catch for dear life, he remembers... "... Wait, you still got your ribbons on me, so I uh... I should be fine, right...?"

Glory stays quiet for a moment after talking to everyone, taking in everything that's being said, or at least trying to. //Everyone is so stressed out, Eira's right, we all need to calm down so we can process what's happening...// she thinks, listening to the Red King now. "Oh, hmm... I can try to help you take it off, I don't know if Crimson trusts me enough for that, but I can try," Glory replies, doing as she said she would and flying over, carefully trying to help him pry his helmet off. "... I'll be honest, I'm not sure what to think, I'm really worried about Crimson, because he's my friend, or at least I consider him my friend... and you being in control of his body makes me really nervous and worried, because I don't know what's happening to him... At the same time, you sound like you're a nice guy, you even said it yourself that you don't want to do this to him... I want to know more about you, sir, but... is there any way you can tell how Crimson is doing? Is he ok in there, still...?"

She pauses again when she hears Anna's call. //Well... I guess we're... okaay...? Death just called for help--did I mention that there's a big dragon named Death? He seems pretty nice, I think he works here or something, I know that's a pretty spooky name, but he seems really shy. As for Crimson though... He's possessed by someone else, I don't know how the real Crimson is doing, but whoever's in control of Crimson seems upset about this too, he just apologized for doing this to Crim...//

Sparky glances over at Eira when she speaks, and he nods and looks back to Terra. "It's ok Terra, no one's going to die, we're safe here. The big guy even said this is one of the safest places in the Realms, we--"

"Safe? Safe?!" Terra snaps, his ghostly appearance fizzling with static as he finally loses it, grabbing Sparky almost as if he were going to strangle his own Fairfin. Maybe it's a good thing they're both still ghosts... "Didn't you see THEM?! Those THINGS that were after us?! You think we're SAFE HERE?! And even if we are, that doesn't matter, because look at how everyone is! Rahab's going to DIE! Eira's a MONSTER! Fiona d-doesn't even LOOK like Fiona!! SPARKY!! YOU'RE BLACK AND RED, A-AND HUGE!! THERE'S A BLACK AND RED DRAGON NAMED DEATH!! But me?! I'M FINE! I'M JUST FINE!!" Being a ghost, he doesn't even have to take moments to breathe, so he just keeps going, now starting to shake Sparky... "IT'S EVERYONE ELSE WHO'S GOING TO DIE!! Or turn into a monster right in front of me, that's what happens to /everyone,/ and there's nothing I can do about it!! Don't--don't tell me that everyone's going to be ok when they're not, Sparky!! That's what happens EVERY, SINGLE, TIME! Fiona murders a Venatavis and laughs about it because her corruption was taking over her, and what do we do?! We--we move on like /nothing happened/ and /everything's fine!!/ Then she gets stabbed by Demise and is reduced to her heart reflection, and I see darkness spreading over her, and I couldn't stop it, I--I could only slow it down, but then--there's nothing ever done about that!! Then she gets her form b-back and she's laughing again like before, and she's got circuit patterns on her face, but NO! She says she's f-fine, she's not going to lose herself, THAT'S WHAT SHE SAYS EVERY TIME! EVERY SINGLE TIME, SPARKY!! NOW SHE'S GOT CLAWS AND IT ALREADY TOOK OVER HER TODAY WHEN I WASN'T THERE, AND SHE HAD TO BE PINNED DOWN, AND THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO TO HELP HER, THERE'S NEVER ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP HER, BECAUSE THE ONE THING THAT I WAS TOLD THAT WOULD HELP HER, I CAN'T EVEN DO THAT RIGHT! SHE NEEDS TO BE CALM MORE, AND WHAT AM I DOING?! I'M..." At this point, Terra's practically screaming, and lets go of Sparky to grab his head. "/I'M NOT FINE!!/ I'M NOT FINE, SPARKY!! I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME WAS THAT I /WAS/ FINE!! I'M NOT FINE!! I'M A (he screams a bad word) USELESS GHOST WHO'S TOO WEAK TO DO ANYTHING EXCEPT WATCH PEOPLE DIE!!"

Sparky's still yellow spots turn blue as Terra continues violently shaking him, then he just hovers in front of Terra once he's been let go. The little Fairfin stays quiet as Terra keeps going, but then glances back to everyone else, knowing that they're probably going to be more worried than anything, for good reason, but they don't need something else to weigh them down right now... "Yo... Guys, I'm gonna take Terra out in the garden so he can let more of this out without bothering anyone, alright? I'll take good care of him, so you guys don't have to worry too much," he says rather sadly, before flying over and... grabbing Terra by his arm, lifting him up some, and actually dragging him away, all by himself.

"LET GO!! S-SPARKY, LET GO OF ME, YOU--" Terra loudly protests, trying to grab Sparky again and fight against him to no avail...

Dreamcatcher grimaced at that, he only experienced the tip of the Iceberg compared to what Weaver had been forced to endure, at least they both had things to be thankful for " that true..at least we got that going for us but your right, we can't ignore that we both got Nightmare problems.... just hope that they both stay quiet for a bit longer... it would be nice if they did long enough to figure out how to get them out of us but I know that wishful thinking...but like you said, we need to be thankful for what we have "

The Dreamer prince stopped when Weaver almost got off " Whoa! I got you! " he to almost freaked out himself but had a good hold of his friends waist, ones they both calm down he made his ribbons longer so Weaver had more room to move about " yeah, I think as long as I am touching you my magic doing its thing " after saying that Catch looked down at what had got Weaver attention.

A set of tracks could be seen in the mud and by the look of them they were of a Nightmares, Catch grimaced " these are pretty big but I don't think they are big enough to be Malice "

The Nightmare breathes out a sigh, and slowly lets go of Catch. "Whew... Right, right, I still feel fine... Oookay, I just freaked myself out there, thanks buddy," Weaver says, still being a little careful as he steps away from Catch.
He then turns and studies the Nightmare tracks with a thoughtful frown. "Yeah you're right... I don't think there's any other Nightmare here either, except Waker... So these have gotta be her tracks, so she must've been around here? Hmmm..."

Both of the Vaseterm women ignore Jason while they're getting to work sitting on him and tying him up, but once that's done, the one sitting on Jason huffs and says, "Now we just need to figure out how to get him out from under Scarlett's control, so he doesn't think he's 'Doom Shield' anymore..."

The other then looks at Boreas and asks, "How about you? How're you feeling?"

"Of course," the mare replies to Crystal, nodding her head again, "I'll keep an eye out for living mannequins, and that bag surrounded by them sounds like some kind of trap, or ritual of some kind... Let's go, let's be careful, but we need to go before she's able to get away again. Are you prepared?"

(Ok, I got all my posts done, now it's no longer my turn for everything! Muahaha, I'm going to go eat now)

( thank you Lilly! You go eat!

Indeed Fade ewe

How is everyone? )

(The title of this RP is wrong--in a lot of ways. e~e

Hey, guys!

Hope you get something good to eat, Lilly!

I'm doing alright! And I second you, Shadow, to yourself, and Fade, and Lilly, and any ninjas that may be around. XD)

( HI Fluffy! :D

That good to hear! ^-^)

(I'm back! Good to see you're doing alright, Fluffy!

Shadow, you didn't say how you're doing XD

I'm doing good, myself! Writing for Terra was a big oof, but that's just kinda how he is right now :'D )

(Soooooky coverrr-

Hello guys!

/I am also good/ xD)

(Hi Galaxy! Good to see you! :D Also good to hear you're doing good! X3 )

(Hey, Galaxy! Glad you're doing good, too! ^v^)

(...Also, glad you're doing good too, Lilly!

...Terra is a big oof right now, but at least you got through writing for him. ;w;)

".... thank you " The red king replied to Glory's offer in helping him , he struggled to move but with the tiny Bellezza helping him he was able to get a hold of something? Feeling was vastly different then seeing but he was doing the best he could to try and help.

The red king did stop a few times to rest and in those moments replied to Glory questions ".... I...." he paused to focus, now that he understood he was in possession of the boys body the red king had an idea on what to feel for " I do believe he still alive.... I am not sure exactly but I believe he and the demon are sleeping.... " he grew quite with that, after hearing the big Bellezza say that it was likely he was the one dead, he wasn't sure how to feel about that... it was like he already knew but at the same time didn't, like he had some kind of hope he had been holding on to, like he wanted to be saved and at the same time felt nothing, like all he wanted was to was die.... and end it... but at the same time he still felt like he needed to do something, that he still had something form of hope, it wasn't death he really wanted but to go home...but he couldn't remember what home was... " I-im sorry... I keep getting distracted from the task... my apologies again...I am afraid not much help in this matter..." the helmet hid the sorrow in his voice, he didn't know what to think of things, he always felt lost and alone but now he could talk and interact with others and yet it felt so wrong.

the helmet finally came off, it let out a hiss as the pressure was released, the crystals pulled back and the helmet fell forward onto the ground with a thud.

As soon as the helmet came off the red king took in a sharp breath, beating in unfiltered air his for the first time, he could smell all the variant different aromaz in the room both good and bad. His sense of smell wasn't the only thing to be effective by this he felt the air on his skin and how the sensation made his skin prickle, then there was what he could see... the vast a range of colors for the first time, he didn't know what they even were called but he thought they were beautiful,even everyone's voices sounded different.
the red king was frozen in place as his Senses were overwhelmed, his eye stung as tears began to form, it was all so much, so much beauty that he felt he didn't deserve, this body did not belong to him and yet
these Sensations he couldn't remember experience were so soothing and peaceful, like an old trusted friend...

What everyone else could see of his face was that Crimson look sick, his skin was far more paler then normal, an almost ghostly White... his face was covered with dried blood and corruption, Crimson's hair was a mess from Scarlet blood and his own sweat, his eyes had dark rings around them form his exhaustion and yet it was his eye that seem more out of place then the rest of him, his eye was a bright emerald green, full of more life then what the rest of him look like and yet there was concern and sorrow in them as if he been carrying a great burden.

Death could since the stress and tension when the group first came in, it was written in their body language, he try to do what he could to help with the best of his abilities but it only seem to make things worse.

The spooky Bellezza try to reassure the overly long brunette hair woman, he batted his ribbons as if they were hands in a 'stay calm jester' " j-ust stay c-alm, I-m sure you're alive friend is fine! A-and your d-ead friend is still around!..." and then added in a unsettling Mumble tone "... e-ven though that not natural...." from his field of business seeing a spirit still in the living world meant something foul was at play or the Silver moons had some higher purpose plan, which has happened in rare cases but most the time if a person was still alive and yet dead something dark and evil was behind it and in the case of the red guy in armor, evil crowded him like a fog, whatever happened to the guy in red armor was done with a sinister malice and an unspeakable sin, it was an abomination to fuse together souls and was forbidden by the Silver moons....

Death stared at the Red King for a moment, his presence was horrifying in its meaning.... but he since with the souls involved something not quite evil and yet both were tainted in one way or another, however it was difficult to really tell for sure, he was not the angel of judgment after all...

much to Death relief the monstrous Griffin chime in to help " Y-yes! What she said! " he pointed at Eira with one of his ribbons, though Eira looked like a monster her soul wasn't, she wasn't perfect either but he never met a person who was... but out of the people here she seem the most able and clear mind.

And then Terra started...

The red king focus shifted drastically from a since of dream to one of nightmare when Terra began to get loud and aggressive //... h-e f-in-e? ... H-e f-ine? //
These words echoed through his mind //oh~ trust me... every. thing. will. be. FINE! // the red king snapped his head over to the ghost shouting " n-o! NO PLEASE STOP! " fear filled him as Terra began to shake Sparky " HE GOING TO KILL HIM! " The red king fear not only was for Sparky but for all his ' friends ' " EVERYONE GET AWAY FROM HIM! PLEASE RUN! HE GOING TO KILL EVERYONE! "
the panicking King knew the Bellezzas were in danger, he try to push Glory away " GET OUT OF HERE! PLEASE!! FLY AS FAR AWAY FROM HIM! GO NOW!"
and then when Sparky began to haul Terra away, it didn't register that Sparky was the one doing that, his fear blind him of that fact so to him, it was like an old nightmare, one were he was watching something being dragged off by a monster only to be brutally consumed... " NOOOO!!" The red king screamed, he thrashed trying to force him self to move, he had to go save his friends, he had stop him from taking the small Bellezza

Things went from bad to horrible really quickly and Death was now in a full blown panic as well, first Terra got aggressive with Sparky and now the red guy was was screaming how Terra was going to kill everyone.
Needless to say Death instantly jumped back and went invisible again, everything was happening to fast, what should he do? Does he need to try and stop this crazy ghost guy or get these hurt people out of there? As a moon Bellezza his abilities were with the Supernatural so many he could buy time? But at the same time most of the people seem to be on their last legs of energy so they probably couldn't get away? Thankfully Sparky seemed to get things under control with Terra by taking him away but that didn't help the red guy freaking out!

Thankfully his backup arrived, a large group of humans with stretchers and other things to be used in helping the poor group. A couple Bellezza accompany this group too, as security, keeping a careful eye on Terra as Sparky flies him out, while most of the humans go over to Rahab and the Red King, some practically catching the possessed boy as he thrashes off of Rahab's back, others trying to help Rahab onto something that fits more for his size.

( I DID IT! )

(WHOOOOOOOO!!)

(YOU POSTEED THE BIG POST OF EVERYTHING CONTINUING TO HAPPEN!! NOW MAYBE THINGS CAN STOP EXPLODING AFTER THIS?! I sure hope so for everyone's sakes X'D )

( I hope so to Lilly TwT everyone needs a nice break )

Fiona continued trying to support Rahab as she stood there. She was thinking as hard as her mind would allow, but she watched as Death started gesturing for her to calm down. The Elemental just kind of... Slowly nodded, despite still being visibly baffled and concerned at his words. Eira's words especially helped her process of calming down even more. "Right..." Fiona said with a slight addition of determination to her mumbly tone. She was trying to stay positive--clinging to the thought of figuring things out after everyone was well...

That is, until Terra absolutely lost it.
Fiona may have been on the brink of passing out, but this made her force herself awake as much as she possibly could. "Terra?!" She instinctively called out, whipping her head around to stare with wide-eyed anxiety at the ghostly Dreamer as he shouted at his Fairfin. But she couldn't really listen to what he was saying, because the red king started shouting as well--/very alarming things,/ but things that didn't make sense, either. Fiona whirled her gaze around to him now, too. "W-WHAT?!"

Fiona was trying even harder, but absolutely failing to keep up with anything. She thought she might've heard Terra screaming about everyone dying, then she heard the red king shout about running, and then back to Terra: things about her...? She kept looking between them. Were they connected...? /What was even wrong?!/

He's going to kill everyone. There's nothing he can do to help her. Get out of here. He's not fine.

The Elemental just wanted to do something, /anything/ to help. All she could really tell then was, Terra was hurting /really badly,/ and Crimson was freaking out about something /really badly,/ and it sounded like two completely different things happening at once--/neither of which she knew what to do about!/ "I... Ah...!! Ugh...!! W-wait--WAIT!! TERRA!!" She called out as Sparky dragged Terra away now.

She wasn't going to last much longer with this sudden outburst.

As Scarlet boiled and Pops as a puddle of blood on the floor her spell on the males in the room began to to slip.
Doom shield eyes widened as the Mares bum draw closer, he shouted dramatically " NOOOOOOOOOOO!" and then let out a big 'oof' sound when she sat upon him, still he try to speak one last villainous saying though is losing of breath" y-ou may have...won...today Incredible Iceman... and 2 ton Bessie... ooof!...B-ut, I will have tri-state area! " And then the orange hair boy grimaced and passed out...

(... I still love that even now, there's the classic "Horrible things are happening over here, but something funny's happening over there" SKeys thing going on 'XD )

The obvious answer to the Mare’s question was no, Crystal wasn’t prepared at all. In fact, the girl looked on the brink of collapsing, but she gave a nod despite it, saying “Sure.. let’s get this over with..” and turning to start making her way back towards Scarlet.

"...Tri-state area?" Boreas mumbled, making no further comments on Doom Shield's choice in names.

"Hm..." The icy Elemental blinked, feeling the effects of Scarlet's spell slipping. His mind was clearing up again as he thought to answer the two mares. "He wasn't the only one affected by Scarlet. The mind-fog's easing up now." He shifted his glance back towards where Crystal and the third mare had gone, "Evil puddle may be occupied... Should make sure she doesn't harm anyone else.
Though, I'm not keen on what her mind-control can do. Seems to only affect males--so I may not be the best choice to head back there."

(Hahahaha, I love that too! XD)

"Yeah, even more so with Malice being a Pyro," Weaver says, now looking up at the warehouse, "That's probably our best bet for finding him... And, well, I can sense him in there, too."

He stands up again and looks at Anna when she flies over. He's honestly more surprised hearing about his friends meeting with Death rather than Crimson being possessed, actually... "Woah, what? A shy dragon named Death?! ... I mean... ... I don't know what to think about that, I'd rather meet him myself before making any conclusions on him, but I hope Glory's alright... And Crim's possessed by someone? Has she said who, or does she know yet? Is he alright?" he asks, growing more and more uneasy by the minute.

Eira's attention was first brought to Crimson-- or, the "Red Prince" -- as he finally took off his mask and looked around, definitely seeming different from before, There was a lot Eira couldn't piece together yet, but something had changed, and she watched through narrowed eyes with a concern and curiosity, wondering just what new things had begun.
But then Terra had an outburst, growing in intensity and overwhelming emotion, and Eira stared wordlessly in shock and sympathy for him. //Poor Terra... I had no idea he was hiding all this. That's not healthy at all...// When Sparky began to drag the ghostly Dreamer away, Eira danced torn between staying and following,. But she was forced to wait a bit longer when the Red Prince suddenly broke into some kind of panic attack. She came over as the rest of the medics and guards arrived, looking over the Red Prince worriedly as he thrashed and screamed on the stretcher that they brought. But there wasn't much she could do right now, since she definitely wasn't equipped to deal with... whatever was going on. But there was something she felt she could still do to help. The griffin stepped back, saying "Please take care of him and everyone!" before turning and galloping towards where Terra and Sparky had gone. But she paused and looked for Fiona, tilting her griffin head inquisitively as if asking if the Elemental would follow, or if she needed to stay for medical attention. She gave a slight smile, trying to tell Fiona that either option is okay.

Rahab couldn't quite catch what Terra had said during his outburst, but he scowled in confusion and slight annoyance at the noise. But he startled when the Red Prince reacted in an even less controlled panic attack, thrashing upon his back until he began to roll off. "Ah--Shoot!" He stumbled and tried to turn to catch him as he fell, but thankfully the medics had showed up just in time to catch him. He exhaled heavily. "Moons... Bout time you got here. They all need help," he informed with a tired gesture around the room. They told him to get on a stretcher too, but he shook his head. "No... Can't yet. Not till they're taken care of. I'll follow... Just..." But before he could have a say, the griffin swayed and collapsed into a feathery heap on the floor. He shuffled, trying to get up, then stopped, finally understanding that the situation was no longer in his control. The medics were here, which meant his job was finally done. With his last bit of consciousness, he shifted back into his humanoid form, then his vision went black.

Morning Glory grimaces at the sight of Crimson without his spooky helmet on, seeing the true extent of how bad he got. Seeing whoever's in control of him start to tear up and cry tugs at her heartstrings a little, too... //I'll be careful Anna, don't worry, I'm a lot clearer-headed now than I was before,// she replies to her friend, then asks, //Can I call you back later though? We're safe, but there's still a lot going on, and I think it'd be better to talk when things are a bit calmer--//

Just then, Terra starts having his breakdown, and the Red King seems to have one too, though Glory's not sure why he's reacting so bad to Terra "Woah, woah, hey mister, it's ok!" she tries to comfort him despite him pushing her away. Morning Glory carefully flies nearby him as he falls off onto one of the stretchers, and she tries to stay right by him, as much as she can. "It's ok, Terra's not going to kill anyone! He's just really, really stressed out... He's not going to kill anyone though, it's ok, he's not that kind of guy, and I've known him for a good long time now!" she says in a comforting tone.

(I'm going to wait on doing Terra until I know for sure Eira's out there--I see her hesitating in that last post)

The Mare with Crystal nodded, she could tell the human girl was at her limits but in this situation everyone's life was on the line. " very well... stay close " she answered, she would do her best to protect the key hunters and thar included Crystal.

The Mare took the lead, she walked in a battle ready stance keeping her posture alert, soon the ring of mannequins were around them. Her ears swiveled trying to pick up any sound, which she did... the Mare froze as she listened, she rises a hoof to signal to the girl to a wait, as she listened she could make out a familiar Melody, it definitely wasn't human, it was hard to make out for sure though the still on going battle themes of Doom shield in the background but it sounded robotics?
The Mare made a confused look, she knew that tune, it was from an old classic movie, one of her favorite. The Mare was now curious still very cautious, but who and why was /THAT/ song playing...

As the Mare crept forward in the ritual please could be seen with all its horror, she stopped wide eyes as she seen Edgar the little drone robot buzzing around the boiling puddle of blood, he had a pole in his robotic arms and was humming ' the Wicked Witch is dead from the Wizard of Oz' as he circled the puddle in a bobble dance kind of way, he stop to wacker before continuing on with his praise

(Also Galaxy, Shadow's taking over the mares again now!)

Both Vaseterm looked to the captain, but the one in her human form spoke up first " sir, if that the case then perhaps the spell on master Jason has also lifted?"

" perhaps, but we won't know until the prince wakes up and until we know for sure, I rather /not/" she glace down at the Orange hair shapeshifter with a frustrated look, she wasn't about to call him by this villain name " let master Jason continue this deadly cartoon game " she Mumble " I am not getting up until he has come to his sinces. "

(Alrighty!

also, I love Edgar xD)

(I love Edgar tooooo X'D )

Boreas wasn't aware of Jason's connection with Victoria, but he wasn't about to question why he was called 'prince' at that time.

...He was just much more aware, so he could take note of little things like that.

"That plan works for me." The captain agreed with the mare in her true form. He didn't blame her for disliking Jason's rather... Interesting way of being mind controlled by an evil sword. "We don't know what disrupted it in my case--but I'm betting Crystal found her." He looked to the mare in her human form, "My ice has worked against Scarlet, but if I get closer, I don't know for certain if she can control me. That just leaves you for possible backup."

(Yes!

Edgar is amazing. X'D)

( haha I'm glad! He been super fun figuring out his quirky personality xD)

Shouldn't they know What was going to happen? Shouldn't they know?...

" NOOOOO!" The red king screamed, he continue to thrash, he had to warn them, he had to do something, he couldn't just let his 'friends' die by the monster. " PLEASE!! RUN! I BEG YOU! GET AWAY FROM HERE!" He didn't understand why they didn't they heed his word,
Shouldn't they know the horrible crime that was going to happen, of course not, no one knew... they had eyes and yet couldn't see it... they had ears but wouldn't hear the screams... they had noses but couldn't smell the blood... no one knew, they trusted him....

Death didn't know what to do or think, he just stepped back and let the others take over, to scared to reveal himself at the moment.
Two male Bellezzas followed after Sparky and Terra, they would keep at a distance, seen the small yellow Bellezza had things under control, but just in case they would not be far.

As for the others, some humans still lingers in the lobby scenes Fiona and Eira was presented, a woman dressed in a white outfit even offered if they needed obvious medical attention but she also noticed that the one getting drag off was there more concern at the moment so she wasn't going to present them if they knew how to calm the man down.
As for Rahab and the red king, they were being taken to the medical wing, humans and Bellezzas were accompanying them

Crystal did stay rather close, especially when the mannequins and horrible scene came back into view. Given the state Scarlet was in when she left, the girl made sure to scan the room, watching carefully but coming to a stop when signaled to do so.

She glanced at the Mare as she seemed to catch onto something, hearing some of the noises too. Crystal looked ahead and while she wasn’t able to catch the reference, seeing Edgar making his little machine sounds and seemingly dancing amidst the chaos surprisingly caused a small smile to tug at the girls lips for a moment. It didn’t last long though, the sight of the bubbling puddle soon setting in and turning her nervous expression partly confused. “What.. What happened..?” She mumbled, leaning a bit more to try to get a better look, but not daring to actually move any closer.

"So it looks like we'll have to go in there to find him" Dreamcatcher thinks outloud, knowing Malice was in there was one thing, but two ancients? He knew both him and Weaver couldn't take one of them on in their condition let alone two " let hope there still on somewhat friendly terms still " he Mumble not looking forward in having to talk with Malice, him and the Nightmare king still were not on the greatest terms, if this was Tomodachi Life they would be on each other's reds bar on the lowest part.

However the Dreamer prince thoughts got distracted for the moment when his partner explained what was happening elsewhere, he agreed that they should meet this 'Death' person first before they jump to any conclusions, but what was more concerning was what Anna said about Crimson " wait, what?!" Catch blurted out. like Weaver he to wanted to know those same questions so he waited until his Fairfin replied.

Anna put a Paw to her forehead and har other one out to let the boys know she was getting a message // ok, Glory but you stay safe and try to find out more on this guy, keep me posted and if you need anything, I'll get the boys over as fast as possible // after that she let out a big sigh and said " she going to get back to me, by what it sounds things are still overwhelming over there... she did say who ever in control of Crim right now is upset that he possessing Crim, I guess he even apologized about that...but she doesn't know what happened to Crimson himself at the moment "

Fiona was in such high alert, she didn't even notice her legs starting to tremble underneath her.
She didn't know what Crimson was screaming about, but if there were something bad, she was going to fight it and not let it hurt anyone. Especially not then, and especially not Terra.

Suddenly, she wasn't absentmindedly clinging to Rahab anymore--he had shifted and was being taken to the medical wing along with Crimson, but she wouldn't really know much other than they were going to get help. At least, that's what she /wanted/ to believe.

Immediately, the Elemental attempted to bolt after Terra, Sparky, and Eira... But soon found that her legs weren't going to let her do that. She took a couple of quick, shaky steps, then just flopped to the ground. "NO--no, wait--I...!!" She protested against... Well, everything. All the while she tried to scramble back up and keep going.

That wasn't going to happen. Her body couldn't keep going like that. "Stay safe...! K... Keep him safe...!" She called to Eira and the two Bellezza. She likely wasn't going to be able to stay conscious for much longer, either.

Weaver glances briefly at Catch, but then focuses on Anna again. "Uh... Huh? Wait, he's not possessed by someone evil?" he asks, crossing his arms and putting one hand on his chin, "After everything that's happened, I was expecting more that he'd be possessed by something evil, but there's someone in him that's... apologizing for taking over Crim? That's... really weird..." The Nightmare pauses, then frowns and shakes his head, dropping his arms back to his sides. "He's another one we /really/ need to figure out, but we gotta focus on what's at hand right now--let's try and have a quick talk with Malice if we can, then hurry over to everyone else. Ok? You ready, Catch? Anna?"

" I am not sure my lady" the Mare replied just as baffled and Confused, did Edgar do it? Though she didn't understand all of Jason and Ethan toys she remembered them saying before that the drone wasn't able to hurt a person, then again Scarlet wasn't exactly a person, but it still seem to Farfetch'd to be him.

And yet, here was the little drone dancing around Scarlet chanting the wicked witch is dead in a song tune and whacking her with a pole, the Mare was pretty sure that this couldn't be a trap, could it? She glace over at the human girl and went forward as well.

The puddle that was Scarlet wreaked horribly, it smell of burning flesh and the true putrid stench of corruption. The Mare definitely didn't want to touch her so she looked at the drone and asked " Edgar, do you know what happened here?"

Edgar stopped what he was doing to look at the two ladies, he then nodded and began to make assortment of beeping and whistling noises as he gestured with his arms, telling the tale of his people.

It didn't take long for the Mare to remember that some reason this machine did not speak English or Vaseterm or any verbal language besides beeping and whistling noises, she let out a sigh and then asks " can you just poke her to make sure she dead?"

Edgar toss up his arms in frustration, he has been trying to tell them the blood sword wasn't able to do anything, he didn't know why that was but he was going to seize the opportunity for bet her again for taking control of his friend, so the drone took his stick and poke the blood puddle again before he whacked it really good.

" understood sir, I can go Scout ahead and find out the situation of the others, perhaps they apprehended the blood sword and has broken the spell?" " the Vanguard said dramatically but with all seriousness as she gave a half bow as to show she meant what she said.
The Vanguard then collected her things before heading out in search for the other small group.

" I'll stay put until we know for sure, this spell is truly over " the Mare said, not about to let up on Jason.

Eira looked at Fiona sadly, knowing the Elemental wanted to help, but also knowing that she had done enough hand needed to take car eof herself now. "I'll make sure he's okay," she reassured in a firm but calm voice, giving a dip of her head, before quickly following Sparky and Terra.
Once she had stepped outside, she trotted up to them with a concerned look. "Hey, Terra..." Thinking about it, Eira decided to shift back to her human form, being very aware that Terra had just been freaking out about everyone corrupted. Her condition was much harder to read in her human form, aside from the ice on her shoulder and her pale skin, but for some reason she didn't look any worse. The shiftress stepped up to the orange haired Dreamer and tried to meet his gaze. "Hey, hey, take a deep breath, okay?" she said with calming gestures. "Look... It's okay to not be okay, alright? You're valid to be struggling too, even if only on the inside. Pain isn't always external." She could say more, but she paused in case Terra had more to get out.

Morning Glory continues to do her best to try and help calm the Red King down as he's being taken to the medical wing. "No, no, he's not going to kill anyone, it's ok, it's ok mister! He's not going to kill anyone, it's ok! I promise!" She glances up at the people accompanying them, and then tries to carefully land on his chest, if she can. "Look--there's people here that are going to take care of everything, you don't have to be afraid of anything, it's ok! They're not going to let anything bad happen to anyone!"

(I'll separate Glory and Terra now to make it easier on myself)

" yeah, I guess so" Anna said with a shrug, everything seem weird now these days but it seem like a few of those things were turning out to be good, like Weaver still being alive.

Catch was in deep thought over the subject, he hoped everyone was alright at least, but if they weren't Glory would call right? Ether way they should hurry he thought.
" yeah. Let's go fine us the Nightmare king" Catch said with no enthusiasm at all, he then started to head toward the abandoned building

"--SHE NEEDS ME, SPARKY!! LET GO OF ME--" Terra had been in the middle of shouting as Eira came out, Sparky's still got a hold of him, but now it's just by his sleeve, and he's not lifting the ghost up and away anymore. They're over by the fountain, where the four statues with moons above them are. Terra's still very much in the middle of his mental breakdown as Eira comes over and tries to calm him down, and most of her words go over his head. "NO IT'S NOT ok for me to not be ok, are you stupid Eira?! Fiona's corruption gets WORSE when she's stressed or anxious, SO WHAT DO YOU THINK I'M DOING TO HER RIGHT NOW?! SHE'S PROBABLY BEING PINNED DOWN AGAIN RIGHT NOW! That's why I need to be FINE!! Fiona needs me to be BETTER! But I'M NOT!!"

"Yeah, and why aren't you ok, Terra?" Sparky asks.

"BECAUSE I'M A USELESS IDIOT WHO CAN NEVER DO ANYTHING RIGHT!!" Terra screams back.

"Can I ask you a question?" Sparky asks again.

"SHUT UP AND LET ME GO!!" Terra shouts.

"Can I ask you a question?" Sparky repeats.

"WHAT?!?!"

"Terra, how much has happened today? Just today?"

"I..."
For the first time in a little bit, Terra has a short moment of just being quiet as he tries to use enough mental power to think. "E-EVERYTHING! Everything's gone wrong, today..."

Eira listened carefully as Terra and Sparky spoke, taking note of and processing all that Terra was going through. "It's true... You went through hell today. You probably can't even list everything that happened. It all sucks, but it's not your fault. You didn't bring any of it onto yourself. And as for Fiona... She doesn't need you to be some perfect, flawless hero. She just needs you to be /you/," the shiftress said, pointing towards where Terra's heart would be. "That's who she cares about."

Boreas nodded to both of the mares, "I'll be right behind you once I take care of the noise." He added to the mare in her humanoid form as she left to go check out the situation with Crystal and the third member of the Vanguard in their group.

The captain then began his cautious hunt for the three rather loud sound and smoke machines scattered through the room. After picking up his dropped warhammer, he used the weather and his ears to assist in locating the devices.
His search led him to a pile of clothes, where he picked up the first. He actually tried fiddling with it to turn it off, but upon finding that he didn't quite understand this technology, he went with simply smashing it. The other two were located in a toppled rack, and lastly... The middle of the floor. Obviously, that one had been covered by the smoke and events of the battle.