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Class: ****
HP: 100/100
Description: This creature is entirely covered in armoured platelets, making it very, very difficult to find a weak spot. It will also released electrical charges along its spine that become dangerous if left unchecked for too long. To neutralize this, the electrical charge points must be attacked before they literally explode and knock Hunters back outside of its blast radius.
Upon defeat: Has a 100% chance of dropping Insanity remains usable for the R & D.

She had still been angry that morning as she had gone about taking care of paperwork and various other assignments she'd had. The anger worked well, though, because aside from seeming a bit grumpy, she seemed normal. If anyone had noticed the light bits of concealer and eye makeup she'd used to help detract from her puffy eyes, they didn't say anything. She took that as a good sign. No one needed to know what had happened, just how big of an idiot she'd been. She still hadn't figured out what she'd say when someone asked about Jake. Probably something neutral like, "It didn't work out." As long as no one asked anytime soon. Too soon, and she'd either cry or yell. But no one had asked, so she didn't need to worry about that yet.

She also hadn't decided what she'd say if she came face to face with him. Heck, she wasn't sure she'd be able to say anything, and hitting him sounded like a fine idea. But that wasn't proper, or nice. He may have deserved it, but still, it wouldn't change anything, and he wasn't likely to learn anything from it.

But in all the situations she'd run through her head that morning about coming running into him again, this had not come up. Jake, standing there with extra gear looking longingly at a Titan.

"Oh," she said, moving toward him, "what, you can't wear both harnesses at once? Where's your help?" If she sounded bitter and angry, well, she was trying to.

Sherry put a small smirk on her face. "You don't need help? But Jake, there's a reason those stabilizers come with a harness and not with all of your gear." Like she'd said last time, a two person job. "When was the last time you were at that end of a Titan rope? Do you even know how to get it anchored?"

She made a point of looking around them. "Did you really come out here planning to fight one on your own?"

"You're sure?" She arched an eyebrow. "Then why haven't you done it yet? If it's not 'too hard' then you should have been able to do it already, right? You'd only need to be in two places at once."


Her gaze flickered towards the Titan, then back to Jake. "Did you even ask anyone for help? You do have friends on this island, if you haven't forgotten them, too." Her tone might have softened a tiny, tiny bit. Sherry had trouble staying made for long, much to Armagnac's chagrin.

If she'd had fur, it would have bristled in anger. "I know exactly how you feel about me, and a 'hard time' is the least of what you deserve." Sherry had been listening to Armagnac a little too much since her last time seeing Jake.

"But excuse me for coming over here to make sure you weren't going to get yourself killed like a complete idiot." It made her mad at herself that she still cared enough to make that statement completely true.

"It should, yes," she more than agreed with that. He didn't need to know how much she still cared in her weak little heart. It was all still to fresh, to raw. Damn him. It was all his fault.

And maybe hers, for caring.

"But it's my job to make sure folks like you don't die on silly little jobs like this. No matter how stupid you try to be."

Sherry looked at the harness, then at Jake. "I said I was making sure you didn't get yourself killed, I didn't say I was helping you."

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She didn't move for several moments, several long moments, before she reached out and took the harness from him. "Why are you so intent on fighting these guys? I know what you told me before, but were you being fully honest?"

"About the training." It was a good thing she was wearing clothes that worked well with the harness, she was glad for that as she set about buckling it on. "So many Titans, to help you get back Chester? Not that you have any reason to tell me the truth, but you have no reason to lie to me, either."