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Though the boy's words preceded the touch on her shoulder, in some strange process of her mind, Emelyn became aware of the contact before the words ever solidified as having meaning. The hedgehog woman turned her face- her muzzle apart ever so slightly as a soft pant emanated into a wispy cloud of breath on the night air- to the young man with a look of dazed, sad surprise.

"Who?" The word came out low and raspy, almost completely degraded except for a gravelly vowel. Her question asked- which 'people' did he mean- those around her, whose presence she was only starting to allow feisance in her mind, or those who lay buried beyond the fence?

A little woman brandishing a knife was talking to them as if they were school children with a pet dragon. It struck Richard as funny. He laughed darkly.

"Am I clear?" He mimiced in a mocking tone. "Look at you. Your back is againist the wall and only yourself to blame. Way to show your superior intellelect. I think I can hear your co-workers laughing at you from here."

He addressed Zach, "Careful now boy, you might hurt yourself."

Ginerva nodded to Zach, then turned to the others, scoffing Richard's vain remark.
Sabin knew what she was worth.

"I don't know if it was fear or intelligence that stayed your hands." Ginerva supressed a giggle. "I'd vote for the former.
But, you have preserved yourselves for now.
I would suggest you think hard about all that you have learned tonight. It was, however, an upmost pleasure to meet all of you." She giggled brightly, her original demanor finally settling back in.

She began to back away, lowering her knife. "But you know, if it were up to me..." Giggle. "I'd be paying more attention to your innards than your lovely attidtudes."

Billy wobbled, raising his tentacles to his face, "I had t'run... they... they'd track me," He whispered, terrified a camera would overhear, "I had t' leave ye or they'd find us... they caught me, Jay-lad. They caught me..." his mood swung around again a more empowered expression taking over his features, his eyes wide and maddened, "Get out o' here b'fer they spocha'!" He hissed, "I'll leave y'a note somewheres, alrigh'?"

When the tail was pulled from his hands and Newt was shoved away, his brows furrowed over his enormous eyes, "Y-you... y-you aren't com-com-coming w-woo-with, Th-thomas?"

"Ya best been caught, otha'wise I'd have ta ******** ya up fo' leavin' me ta die. I only made it 'cause Kaveri 'n' Antony sewed me up. Ya oughta see my neck..." he muttered, giving the collar around Billy's neck a speculative look. "I didn't have a way ta check da lake, and by da time I did, I didn't see 'im there."

Had he not been worried about staying incognito, he'd have pulled the sheet off and shown off the awful, knobby looking scars that stuck up through the shaved white and black fur. It still looked red and raw along the edges...swollen too, but far better than how Billy had left it the day of the surgery.

Billy sudden exclaimation drew Jamal's attention back and the tiger laid back his ears beneath the hood of his costume.
"I been in da village all day 'n' they ain't caught me yet," he gloated. "I'm careful...but yer prolly right. I'm testin' ma luck. My leg is hurtin' again...I ain't gonna be able to run fast to get away if it don't let up."

"I'll catch up," he assured Newt, though he wasn't sure how true the words were. Newt would be fine getting back to the tent if someone was with him, buuut... the frog prince was starting to creep out Thom, and so that someone would not be him. Clinging to his tail had pushed the limits a bit, especially given the dress. "Why don't y'see if you can find Natsumi? She'll want to 'ear what's 'appened, I'm sure." It was a good enough excuse, anyway.

Tommy watches the crazed woman go with a smirk, "Told ya," he whispers out. Turning around, he sees something that again would have been insane in any other situation...a dragon threatening to beat up a mutated old man.

He chuckles from behind and a little to the left of Zach keeping an eye on his tail, "That's cute...Zach was it? Threatening an elderly man. I bet you feel real big right now, don't you? With your super neat-o little claws. Why don't you go follow your little dominatrix and help her lick the sand out of her v****a? I think that'd make you both rather happy."

C'mon you sonofabitch, take the bait...leave Richard alone and come after me!