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"Yeah!" E-13 said, as Bix else pointed out what he'd thought all along. "I thought I'd- uh, I mean that someone else had...what do you mean, dissolved?"

Five sat down nearby, and E-13 jumped again. "F-five too, didn't you-" hadn't Five gone down in a crowded fury of blue too? He looked fine now. Thirteen couldn't keep track anymore. Was anyone actually dead? ...Speaking of keeping track.

He took the opportunity to check his phone. It had seemed out of place to do it with everyone dying everywhere, but with weapons down and both teams in a pow wow, now seemed like a good time. ...He had a new text. Yadda yadda, summoned to the Cove, something or another...hey, and it listed Team Names.

"Anyone see this? More greek letters. Not ours, either"

Before had stayed flat on the ground, if this wasn't a sign he didn't want the pendant, he had no ******** clue what it would take. Off-handedly he heard others leave, then return, then someone from the pinks volunteered to take the pendant (haha! Chump), and WHAT WAS THIS ABOUT AFTER BEING ALIVE?! His head shot up, and if he hadn't been wearing that stupid gas mask, everyone would have seen his jack go slack as he stared at B-5, whom he'd named After. (Since he was Before and B5 was after?)

Beta 4 ended up clinging to Bix (remembering trying to cling to Boss was a bad idea), "AFTER! OH MY GOD AFTER!!!! YOU WERE DEAD! And now you're not! OH MY GOD HOWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!?!?!" he demanded.

At ET's (yes, E-13, that is how Before will refer to you. FOREVER) mention of greek letters and he remembered Bix had taken his phone out briefly and decided to check his as well "Got that too. No ******** clue what it means. But, uh, you think Death-on-Hooves will go away now that we got ourselves a proud-stander?" he jerked his thumb towards the monster horse then towards the general direction where E-1 was. "Dunno about teaming up, but I go where Boss and Bix-" he gave a quick scan at his present teammates, "-and Cheese and Teeth and After go."

Beta Five patted B-3's shoulder somewhat awkwardly. "Don't lose faith just yet," he told her, hoping he was at least a little bit reassuringly. "Maybe the others will come back sometime too." Or maybe not.

His glance slide sideways to E-13. "Magical powers?" he repeated, tilting his head in slight confusion. "Hm. That does put a damper on things, doesn't it? Hmm..."

Beta Five absently tapped a finger on the mace he held in his hand, swinging it around without really attempting to do anything in particular with it (really he just needed to do something with his hands). "Okay, so basic gist - the situation sucks.

There was a wailing noise and a scuffle and Beta Five's attention was drawn away from E-13 to see B-6 and B-4 a few feet away. He lifted his hand to them in greeting, grinning, though he knew they couldn't see it (Man, this mask thing really was really rather irritating), before he glanced towards E-1 again.

"Well, now here's a conundrum," he said, exhaling a mildly exasperated sigh. "I really would like that pendant, you see. For various reasons, but I really don't want to fight for it, especially if we're at some sort of truce here. That would just screw things over."

Beta Five debated internally for a while, then decided to go over and talk to her. So, taking a few cautious steps towards E-1 (he did not really want that horse thing to attack either of them).

"Hey," he said, and lifted his hand in greeting to her, similar to his greeting to the others earlier. It was a way of saying hello, but he also wanted E-1 to see that he was not showing aggression. "So, ah...I missed the whole shenanigans from earlier. Might I ask why you want the pendant?" The question was calm, not meant to be antagonizing; Beta Five was mostly curious, still trying to piece together what he had missed.

"Ha, a coward who had fled from battle, turning her backs on her team, has no right to return," She muttered lowly, narrowing her eyes at E-5 before flopping down beside Beta Four, the dagger in her hand never leaving her; just because they've stopped attacking each other doesn't mean that she shouldn't be on guard.

Hey, sitting on the floor counts as kneeling, right?

"Take it for all I care," She rolled her eyes at the pink one who had tried to claim the pendent (E-1), waving a dismissive hand in the air, "You know your teammates will just turn on you to grab it when you're not looking." The last part was said softly, like she didn't know whether she believed it or not anymore... Survival over morals? Or morals over survival? What was she even fighting for anymore?

"The recent text?" Looking up at E-13, and then at the miracluously alive B-5, she shrugged, "Look, our memory's been wiped for some reason, we're trapped on an island and have 7 days to survival, we've been attacked by a giant flaming horse-thing who can shoot flames, talk and crush us with its mind... Respawning humans doesn't surprise me that much anymore. I also happen to be rather worn out and do not wish to find out how he returned from the dead and is not a zombie after our brains..."

She sighed, holding up her own phone as she addressed everyone in general, "Yes, everyone got the same message, I presume... The other teams - if we presume that there are 2 teams in each of the 5 locations and at least 12 in each team, that's 120 of us. If everyone returned from the dead at the same time as B-5, that means our numbers shouldn't have changed much. Then again, if people have to report to the cove, maybe there are no teams there... Leaving us with about 96 people."

Depressing, and more depressing.

"Look, just because we're at truce now, doesn't mean we won't have to fight again later," She muttered, staring at the blade of her dagger with a frown that was barely visible under her gas mask, "Don't get too attached to each other... Makes it easier for everyone. Seriously." She felt like she was beginning to lose her balls. This disturbed her and she wanted very much to leave... But not alone.

[If I missed anyone, please feel free to poke me!]

Remaining where she had been thrown by the horse's powers, ε IX lay panting. The ordeal had been more than enough to override the bloodlust that had been clouding her vision during the fighting. Her target was off somewhere else by now, and ε IX was content to let it remain that way as her mind reeled from the unbearable pain in her body. It would seem that this horse-thing was not to be disobeyed and that its orders were literal. She wasn't about to stand up again so long as the monster was within sight or until it reversed its command.

As the pressure receded, the ache in her bones and the burning in her lungs had lessoned, but every bit of her was still tinged with pain. From her prone position, she listened to the fighting still and the conversation begin around her. Maybe they thought she numbered among the dead. In any case, it was to her liking to remain relatively unnoticed until she was prepared to make her move.

With an involuntary groan, she rolled over and cast about in search of her dagger on hands and knees, found and sheathed the thing and remained kneeling, watching the others through the grimy gas mask. If they were as bone-tired as she was, the fighting ought to remain at a standstill for a little longer at the very least. She continued to listen, feeling a bit detached from the whole scene. She had added her blade where it was needed, allying herself with the pink team, but perhaps they might do better as a pack from this point forward if there were so many other teams. Better to be able to keep an eye on some small part of the enemy than to be one against so many and all that.

She cocked her head at E4's final question, wondering about it herself. "The final prize must be something absolutely worthwhile," she interjected, then added, "Or perhaps we had no choice." She shrugged. For some reason, it didn't matter that much to her, seeing as how she didn't remember anyway. Maybe it would if she ever regained that part of herself, but for now, her world had narrowed to basic survival.


Total HP value left: 25

So much was going on. B9 didn't know where to start. Not wanting to anger the pony thing she kneeled and stayed down during all that went on. "Is the pendant that awesome? I don't want it if people are going to kill me over it..." She didn't want it, she'd find a better way to survive. Even if there were like a million people on this tiny freaking island.

"I'm up for strength in numbers." If it meant living. "Are there more of us then them? What if we don't kill each other and just try to overpower the ones doing this? 96 is a lot of people." Well so far there was this one pony, maybe the other three areas are dealing with the same thing too.
[hp: 30]

E-5 loots E-3's body

"Hey, by the way E-4 what happened to E-3," he replied looking around he didn't notice her on her knees like the rest and before E-4 could respond he got to his knees to crawl around avoiding the chance in standing up against the pony or E-1.

He noticed one of the pinks face down on the ground, and she wasn't moving. s**t... what did they do to you, he thought as he made his way over avoiding the Beta members. He kept taking in deep breathes to keep himself from feeling the need to lash out towards them.

Shaking his head he started to pick up her things, "I'm sorry comrade I truly am and I hate to see you go but there is no point in letting what you had go to waste. I know you would rather us use it than let it rot or go to someone else."

Slinging them over his shoulder he shook his head again before slowly making his way back to E-4's side.