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Kaifeng, Squire of Saturn
Action: trying to shepherd the younger knights out of here

Oh. Oh, dear. It seemed that Kaifeng had unwittingly made the Nega-senshi in the strappy outfit feel very Called Out. Without needing to think about it, he shifted forward to position himself between the Nega-senshi and the young Page………an effort that proved somewhat other than necessary, thanks to the intervention of a different squire.

A pair of squires, even, and the one with the enormous shield did a good job.

Not that it mattered, when the Nega-senshi went running. Nor when what set her off running was smoke, and the heat of a building fire. Banishing his ghostly shades for the moment, Kaifeng tugged on the shield-Squire’s shirt. “Well done, and thanks for the save,” he said, urgency teasing into his voice despite Kaifeng’s trying to keep his voice mostly calm. “But—come on. Let’s move.”

Specifically, he meant to move the twin Squires and the young Page out of the treatment rooms, toward the nearest exit.

Bellalunae wasn't sure why her call didn't work. She figured it should have at least gotten some type of response. After all she figured most magical cats hated being called kitty. At least she had met a few negaverse ones that did, and so that was her go too. Plus she had read it in a novel and she figured it was a sure shoe in for that too. Overall it was a loss, but she didn't take it too hard. Until she sensed an order cat's signature. Now it was a quick one - it seemed like they had come and gone like the wind. Maybe her call did work after all, but as she thought about it. She noticed that a fire had begun.

The fire was small and seemed to be slowly spreading. She knew she had to act fast. She quickly looked around trying to figure out what would be her best course of action. She realized that the best course of action would be to evacuate the area as quickly as possible, as the fire could quickly and unexpectedly spread and become dangerous. As much as she hated to run, it seemed like the best option. This area didn't seem like a win or lose for either side, but part of her couldn't help but feel this fire was intentional. She quickly gathered her things and started running. She knew she had to get away before it was too late. She had a feeling that whoever was behind this knew exactly what they were doing. Was the negaverse maybe planning to gather everyone in an area? If that was the case it was smart, since the more of them. the better the chance they had to win this battle.

She quickly moved her little black paws and raced out of the room. She was careful to stay out of sight and listened carefully for any sounds of movement. She soon heard footsteps nearby and quickly made her way towards the source of the sound. She stopped in front of a door, and took a deep breath before pushing the door open.

[EXIT BELLALUNA]

Corrupt Sailor Makio was so happy she was able to make the hall poisonous, but not only that but others had noticed. She hadn't been a sailor for long, but being noticed felt good. Plus her attack really had a kick to it. After all, it was poisonous - what could be better than that? She was getting ready to attack again. She smelled something similar to smoke? Now fire that was not something she was too big a fan of. After all, petroleum and fire really don't go together well. Makio was eager to cause even more destruction, but the smell of smoke made her realize that her attack had unintended consequences. She realized that her attack hadn't set off a fire, but she wondered if she had caused it in some way or another. Either way she didn't mind it was more destruction which was always a goal. It was something she loved about being in chaos, destruction was almost always accepted. So she watched for a few moments, before she realized those flames were getting too big. She couldn't stay here - even if she did enjoy the view a bit.

Makio quickly looked around and saw the flames starting to spread. She quickly ran away, knowing that the flames would spread quickly. It was a good thing she had run away, or she would have been in serious trouble. Who knew what those flames could have done to her beautiful hair, and she wasn't even that vain but she did love her hair. AS she exited she wondered where she was heading now. She felt like she was in a dream, unable to take her eyes off the flames. She stopped in her tracks and looked back, feeling a sense of sadness and regret. She knew she could have done something to help, but she had chosen to run away instead.

[EXIT SAILOR MAKIO]

Squire Halle of Lysithea (and Lisse, with permission!)

The attack felt a lot more impressive in a closed in area than it had out in the forest of his Wonder the night before. Halle saw the tip of Lisse's whip flash out nearby, not hitting anyone, but rather sending out an illusory unicorn that slammed into the slimy youma and turned it into dust. But that sense of victory, of accomplishing something as their powered selves, was quickly snuffed out by the smoke and calls of fire. The unicorn disappeared before anybody would really notice it. The shield was quickly gone as well, and that moment of alarm over the fact that he could have trapped people there would have him waking up in the middle of the night for weeks to come.

The horrible woman shoved past them, ahead of the rest of the people that the twins had barely time to take in. "Let's wait for a minute," Halle responded to the friendly squire. He did squat low, though, and tugged Almere's hand to do the same. His reasoning was getting trampled, or worse, attacked from behind wouldn't be any more pleasant than the fire in the other room.

He was calm though, especially after seeing the remaining youma turn to shimmering dust. "Okay, we should be good to go. I'm going to check something first, though." Of course Lisse followed, still very firm on the we are in this together mindset that was both really heartening but also maybe a little alarming in some ways. It was a lot harder to take risks when the person you most wanted to protect was right by you.

Hearing the older squire call back that the next area involved potential draining, Halle hurried up, testing the emergency exit for himself (blocked from outside) and searching for a fire extinguisher. Several larger ones had clearly been removed recently, leaving only a tiny, piddly thing to grab. If this place wasn't already burning down, and kinda evil in general, it should've been closed due to safety violations anyway.

The smoke was thick enough to have them coughing as they moved into the waiting room to regroup.

[exit!]