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That was a bad idea. As soon as she was in the pit, a whoosh could be heard as a guist of air blew her out, hitting her into the ceiling.
Hel takes -1 HP

The ear scratching came with a light content whimper as Mitsu leaned her head toward the attention. Not sure what Hel had in mind, Mitsu watched the Valkyrie as she stepped away and over to the pit and looked down into it. She hadn't expected the winged reaper to jump in and immediately headed over as Hel was thrown back out of the pit with force.

"Hel, are you okay?" Mitsu's face came in close to nudge the Valkyrie to make sure she was alright before she looked back at their surroundings. So far it seemed they had one pit that when things were placed into it there was no reaction, and one that....came with surprises. But there was one block that hadn't been pushed in yet. "Maybe we should try the other block and move it into the first pit?" Mitsu suggested.

Allowing the others to rest Mitsu went about doing it on her own, using a paw to reset the lever to put everything back to the way it was and moving to the newly reset block at a3 and pushed it into the pit of d6.

[[ENTERING FROM HORSEMEN HUB]]

It was time for an interruption in the room. The door opened and two figures stepped through it. Perhaps for the worse, as one of them gave the scene at hand a long look over, his lips tightening slightly as he noted the five beings present. No white coats there. Those godforsaken white coats. They were perhaps less godforsaken than the horsemen themselves were, but none the less, it was a sight that brought a certain amount of disgust to Invictus.

He watched the puzzle at hand with almost a grimace to his expression. It almost seemed to be.. simple to Conquest what was happening, but..he wouldn't step in. They hadn't entered the house to work over simple puzzles like this - though Invictus likely would have just cheated with the entire thing instead of solving it properly. They'd come looking for those they sought out to destroy, and this room gave them none of that.

"Well, it seems we may have made the wrong choice for pursuing our prey, Eris." Invictus said, perhaps slightly amused by the fact they'd managed to get themselves smack-dab in the middle of a group of students. Or perhaps they were things pretending to be students. The hunters were very tricky individuals, after all.

He looked over the group with a sort of scorn to his expression.

If Invictus was to be the one keeping Eris from burning down the house, who would it be watching Conquest to prevent him from destroying everything himself? Gravity did have a way of bringing things down, after all.

(Entering from the clocktower with Invictus~)

From the very start, it seemed things weren't going to go well for the horsemen.

The first thing was the room they had entered itself. The heir of War hadn't bothered to see where she was going... in fact, she wasn't quite sure you could see through the doors -- she certainly hadn't waited long enough to find out if you could, being far too intent on finding and systematically SQUASHING a few dozen hunters. The room itself hadn't even crossed her mind. But within the first few seconds of flying through the door, Eris quickly found that she didn't have room for flight. More than that, the room far too cramped for her to even hover. And from that point on, things just started to go down hill.

Snapping her wings quickly closed, the horseman landed just in front of Invictus, her heels making a soft clicking sound as they touched the ground. Almost immediately, her mood soured further than it had before they'd left, her eyebrows knitting together a bit, full lips mirroring Conquest's as she pursed them together in irritation, and although not for the same reason, it wouldn't take long. Where there wasn't much room to fly, the same principle applied to places to look -- within a few minutes, warm brown eyes had already slid over every inch of their new location, and with each passing moment they narrowed further and further. Unlike Invictus, however, she did not pause to take in the Amityville students who currently seemed preoccupied by something-she-was-sure-she-didn't-care about. It was not until her companion spoke up at all that she finally flicked her eyes back to the group, her stare becoming piercing.

"I think..." she started in a low, silky tone, the slightest edge like a razorblade to her voice, "... you may be right, dear Invictus."

To anyone else, it might have sounded like mild irritation. To Invictus, the use of his full name was a sign of murderous intent.

And Shun had unknowing volunteered himself as a target.

The reaper's voice drew Eris' attention as effectively as if he had screamed. In that second, her eyes widened again, wider than they should have been, pupils blown wide as she stared, looking him over as if he were a human in halloweentown. Jerking one arm up, she snapped her fingers, a tiny flame suddenly flaring to set a corner of his jacket on fire. Overall, a seemingly harmless gesture, even with the fire -- it certainly wasn't enough to do more than startle, especially if patted out quickly -- but it seemed enough of a vent to settle War enough to pacify her for the time being. Flashing him a little smile, (as if she hadn't just threatened to burn his hair off,) she folded her arms loosely just beneath her bosom, tilting her head a little.

"What are you doing here?"

It might not have been the smartest idea, no. But he felt he couldn't be too cautious when it could have been humans who dropped down onto them. Shun could see this wasn't the case now in the least. Letting out a low curse as a part of his jacket suddenly ignited, he quickly patted it down before it could spread any further. The next thing he knew was that he was feeling an incredible force pulling him down. Or perhaps it was more like a great weight was just placed upon him.

Though he tried to fight it, he ended up dropping down onto one knee, effectively being forced to bow down to the male. It wasn't a notion he particularly appreciated.

"Working to get through this room so we could move on," he hissed to the woman before speaking to the other through his teeth, "I would be more of a fool to not be battle-ready should it have been those humans to drop in on us instead."

“…Ah…I’m fine…” Hel murmured to Mitsu, reaching out to pat the ghoul’s nose briefly and reassuringly. The ghoul gave a nod of her head in agreement, and took another moment to relax while she watched the Lycan push a different block into a different hole. It seemed they were about to have something else to worry about though…

The appearance of two new beings in the room immediately had the valkyrie on guard, and Hel shifted into a defensive stance, her fists raised. She couldn’t summon her weapon in these narrow halls, much less swing it effectively…Jack damn it.

Her eyes narrowed as she regarded Eris and Invictus, taking a moment to decide whether they had any part of those false reapers…but it seemed they didn’t. Still, it wasn’t a very welcoming thought, as they seemed to be hassling Shun now instead. Horsemen, huh? The ghoul could sense the power that radiated off of these two and it left her with a feeling of frustration. First the false reapers…now the horsemen…it seemed like there were constant reminders to the students that they weren’t….strong enough. Regardless, Hel probably wasn’t about to help the cause to staying cool and collected and non-offensive like Riyo. She was still in a bad mood and didn’t care if they were Horsemen, that didn’t give them the right to treat Shun like that.

Hel stepped out protectively in front of Shun, standing as tall as she could as she leveled her narrowed gaze at the two. “Cut that out.” She snapped, “If we’re on the same side, than save this treatment for the false reapers.”

Oooh she was treading dangerous water and fast.

When the field of gravity widened to suck her in as well though, she was powerless to stop it. Hel tried resisting, she really did, but much like Shun, her knees buckled under the pressure, and she found herself kneeling to the horseman as well. Hel scowled and gritted her teeth as she stared up at Invictus with a look of loathing. How dare she be put in this kind of position…

The ghoul seethed quietly while the heir to Conquest spoke, her nostrils flaring as she tried to push up against the gravity well but still with no success. So he fought a lot of false reapers, huh? Well, that was good to know, at least! Still, Hel now couldn’t help but wonder, if they truly battled these false reapers multiple times, why weren't they at the tent? Once again, she was most likely not helping herself with what she was about to say. As soon as Invictus released the gravity well, Hel pushed herself back up to her feet immediately, and opened her mouth.

“Not too long ago, many students came together in a field of sorts…a strong hold it seemed of those false reapers…a tent, where they house large machinery and cages to trap our kind.” Hel’s fists clenched. “Many of us made it through a battle field and to the tent…we struggled to free and defend our friends…along side the Soul Harvester…” She shook her head a bit, and then glared at Eris and Invictus both. “Where were you two, in all of this?”

Hel had soon cut in and ended up in a rather similar position as Shun. He was still trying to fight against the immense gravity well, but it did no good. The fact that he had just been rendered powerless more or less angered him by a fair amount. He kept himself from lashing out, however.

Glancing over at Riyo as she snapped at Hel, he pushed himself back to his feet once he as able to. Dismissing his daggers, he stared at the two horsemen.

"Seeking the Hunters if their appearance here is any indicator," he said while glancing to the Valkyrie, "Though I'd have to wonder why the Soul Harvester's lackey came to us rather than them for the task."

"You mentioned that they are safe from us if they do not have their weapons summoned. Are our attacks really that useless to be able to strike them while they are vulnerable?"