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Dakota just barely registered what was going on as Otto rushed in when they were attacked by a grey figure...of a girl? He could tell it was...and one he recognized.

"It's the mermaid babe..." was all the hunter got out as he set himself up for defense.

"Eva, I've got Otto covered if you wanna attack..." And while he was defending, he would knock some sense into the death hunter. "Otto! OTTO! ******** listen to yourself. Your reverting back. Brother I know you went through something horrific, I know it was traumitizing but we pulled you back."

Dakota looked at Otto, "WE PULLED YOU BACK. Your not there, your back. Were in some haunted house battling some ******** up fog. your not with the horsemen. Your not with them..."

PLEASE OTTO LISTEN TO WHAT DAKOTA WAS SAYING.

Dakota: 50/50
Defending: 3
Charge: 1/3

Eva's sweet voice only made him feel sadder, more hopeless. It was a trick of the Trance. Using what was important to him to tease him. Dangling what he wanted knowing he couldn't reach. Jake was probably right. A knock over the head would be merciful, wouldn't it? No more games. Just black bliss.
A pinch to his arm meant nothing. The Trances had all hurt like Hell, too. Pain meant nothing. Nothing was real.

A creature attacked, taking Eva and the unknown hunter from him. He was left with Dakota. Icy, deadened eyes looked up as Dakota urged him out of his paranoia. The older boy's loud insistance was met with silence for a while. It could be the real Dakota. It mimicked him so well. Trying so hard to keep him believing that this was all real. That they had been there, pulled him out. Otto wanted so badly to believe in him. Allow himself to think the Trance was reality. Maybe he wouldn't feel so hopeless if he did.

Insanity was the cause, right? He'd been sane not too long ago. Surely it was just the fog playing horrid tricks. Maybe this was real. But what if it wasn't? He didn't want to be alone in that cell anymore, in a loop of dead ends and trances.

Otto's eyes felt like they were burning again. He grimaced deeply, eyes looking passed Dakota to see the strange female monster attacking the others. He felt conflicted. He could stand there and let the monster kill them all. Then maybe he could be free. It was sad, funny. These creatures called for home, and that was just what Otto had pleaded for when he'd been losing his hope back then. Even though he'd left that place forever to become a hunter, even though he'd hated his life there, somehow that calm redundant life beckoned cruelly, knowing he could never go back.

So it was just the fog. The cruel game the fog played on his heart, just like the Horsemen Witch had done.

Otto choked back a sob, his eyes welling up with hot tears. "Sunnuva ******** b***h..." He uttered in a quivering voice.

The short hunter quickly summoned Tenya as he urged Dakota to stand back, whirling the giant boomerang over his head several times before throwing it at the Fog Monster.

HP: 25/50
Damage: 11
Charge: 1/3

Upon hearing the sound of footsteps and the song, Eva immediately straightened up and went on guard...but the attack was so sudden and out of nowhere that she hadn't even had a chance to block or retaliate, stumbling backwards and into Dakota. Shoot! Who in the world...?

Mermaid babe? The girl's blue eyes flickered briefly to Dakota, and then back to the figure, her brows knit together. So she was...one of the students, then? Or rather, she was one of the students. From the zombie-like way that she was acting, Eva wasn't so certain that the girl was in her right mind anymore. Fingers tightening around Chara, she breathed a quiet, "Take care of Puppy," before lunging out and swinging the staff down on the figure.

Her attack managed to graze the creature before she jumped back at Wilson's warning, instinctively lifting the sleeve of her coat over her mouth and nose as the green gas was released. Waiting until it cleared, she took a deep breath.

"Don't let your guard down--there might be more of them lurking in this fog!"

HP: 40/50
Damage: 6

Dakota sighed in relief as Otto snapped out of it and attacked again. In that moment he wanted to hug the little b*****d tight and never let him go. Just reassure Otto that he was alive and well and this wasn't a trance.

Whoever told them different would have to deal with a pissed off Moon hunter.

"Okay Otto, I'm here and I got you defended...Imma move to Melvin next..." Dakota deflected the blow from the Mermaid fog before moving to Melvin and doing it as well.

"Melvin...I got you bro!"

Dakota: 50/50
Defending: 10 (He really likes Otto and Melvin apparently...)
Charge: 2/3

HP: 20 (defended for 10 from last attack)
Damage: 13
Charge: 2/3

Otto still wasn't feeling any better. Sure, he was a little more convinced he was alive and not delusional, but those once hidden memories were once again raw.

And he was taking it out on sushi.

Defended from a nasty attack thanks to Dakota, Otto charged forward again and beat down on the mermaid several times with the edge of his boomerang. The halls were much too narrow for another round of frisbee.

Alright, enough was enough. Despite the insanity creature's somewhat--dare she say it--delicate looking appearance, the girl had to admit that it hit hard. Gripping Chara tightly, Eva waited until the creature got close to her, wincing at the attack but using its close proximity her chance to attack, the blade glinting as it was swung down.

Sighing, Eva lowered her weapon, letting it disappear as she glanced down at her arm. She was sporting a cut--and it stung like hell--but it clearly wasn't serious. Whirling around, she propped her fists up on her hips, gaze sweeping over the others. "Everyone's okay? ...Puppy?"

Her gaze paused when it fell on the blond, lips tugging downwards in a small frown. He seemed to have--kind of, anyways--snapped out of what had been bothering him earlier...but was he really alright?

HP: 27
Damage: 11

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[A.V.]

Syusaki

Drifter Jet Enduro

Nyxtsuki Moon

Moonkitsune

Luckily, he had managed to block a decent amount of the damage, but it was still enough to make him stumble.

"s**t!"

The strain of the attack caused the wound on his torso to reopen, and he put a hand to it, trying to stop it from bleeding. How could he of been so careless?

He hadn't heard Wilson, or may of, but hadn't been paying attention. FIGHTING FOR LIFE, OK?
Who care if he was new? He understood the requirements and sacrifices. This wasn't supposed to be a cake-walk. Of COURSE they'd go through tons of crap. It was whether or not you could take what was dished out at yout. And Jake could do that. Totally.

Or well, he thought at the time.
The poor boy had no idea what he was getting himself into.

He grit his teeth and lunged at the creature, swiping at it, too distracted to know it was very much ded now until it seemed to dissipate.

"No, we're fighting stuff made of magic and sparkles. OF COURSE this stuff is made of insanity, dumbass."

The mermaid was gone. Otto hesitated before he de-summoned his weapon into its un-summoned form. Those insecurities from the insanity were still there, but his outlandish delusions had ebbed for now. The boy pulled up his sleeve to wipe his eyes and face. His earlier tantrum had made him look a disaster.

"M'fine.." Otto mumbled unhappily. He'd left his group behind back there. He began to wonder if they'd be okay. Probably. Maybe? He'd not been the only one freaking out, he'd just been the only, or first, one to run. So was this a test of his true character? In dire times, he would simply run away? Otto felt disgusted with himself at the thought. His fears were more powerful than his will.
He didn't even know where they were now. He'd run s blindly, he wasn't sure what direction he'd come from, or how long he'd left. So what was he supposed to do now?

The teen shoved his hands into his pockets, sniffling stubbornly and keeping his gaze cast downward.