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"I'm fine, Boss." Ennéa said shakily to Jordan. She got to her feet and rubbed her hip where she had impacted with the ground. Her sudden catapulting into the air had badly started her more than anything else, but it still had smarted. She eyed the grass below her feet suspiciously, just in case it got any other wise ideas about sending her flying again.

Hey, pinkie! Baraz hollered. Your friend is being attacked, y'know.

Ennéa started and looked up just in time to see Amrita, one of the not-human strangers, move and try to kick Maddie.

"Maddie!" She cried out in alarm, taking a step towards her friend, but then hesitated when she realized that there were three not-human strangers facing them. There was the one that had talked to her earlier, another one with a weird tail sort of like the furry-eared guy, and a zombie.

Looking closer, the zombie one that had attacked Maddie was even creepier than the others, with a half rotten face and there was something was wrong with her feet. Ennéa squinted and realized with squicked jolt that they were on backwards. Ew, ew, ew. How do you even walk when your feet are like that? Wouldn't it be easy to trip? Maybe if you walked backwards...

STOP SPACING OUT!! Baraz practically vibrated with impatience in her hands. We're attacking so come on, let's fly!

"O-okay!" Ennéa said.

The one with the backwards feet was the grossest and besides had attacked Maddie so she was the one Ennéa targeted. She hefted her axe and quickly swung him around in a wild arc, wobbling a little off balance as the axe head swung up high into the air.

YEEEEEAH!!! Baraz crowed exultingly.

The attack was merely glancing but Ennéa was still obscurely pleased that they had at least managed to hit the zombie. She found herself grinning slightly along with Baraz's glee as she spun back around.

Ennéa stepped forward and stood her ground along side Maddie. "Face what scares you and laugh." She said under her breath, repeating what her brother once told her, long ago. This was scary but she could do it.

It was clear that they would not stop as they attacked her friends one by one. For nearly the first time, Lacie's hand materialized her steel glaive, gripping the rod in her gloved hands. "Stop attacking Amrita." She stated in a calm voice, so different from her timid ones. Her eyes were no longer afraid, intent on protecting her friends. She stood upon D6, facing Ennea on C-6. She didn't understand why they would attack them -- or even Amrita for that matter but she would not tolerate her friends being hurt. As Ennéa stood by Maddie, Lacie would do the same for Amrita.

She no longer was concerned for the lava or precarious tiles. What remained a priority were these hunters that wouldn't take a compromise for an answer.

In response to her feelings, it perhaps felt a bit colder around her, an indication of her fear? She was an ice reaper after all.

"I don't want to fight you." But she would if she had to. They weren't offering a choice. She swung her glaive for a physical attack against the hunter. Her weapon might be evenly matched for either hunter with their hammer or axe but Lacie could not win in close combat. She was a girl of little battle experience and less strength.

exclaim GGAGASLFKSLFKWOERAAAAAWWWRGGGHHHHHH!!!

As Raziel picked up the Shiny Thing, something dropped down from the ceiling.

It wasn't a stalactite.

You couldn't tell what it was at first glance, but if you went closer to it, you would find that it smelled of cranberries.

"IIIIIIIII HAVE BEEN SUMMONNEEDDDDDDD," the cranberry-sauce monster bubbles. It's sort of blobby and jellylike, and also translucent. It also jiggles a lot. The monster turns to glare at Raziel.

"WHAAATTTT DO YOU WAAANNNTTTTT???"

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OOC
The Cranberry Monster jumps from square to square. It will NOT set off special effect tiles, but if it lands on a square with someone on it, it will SWALLOW the person (okay, just sort of gloop around the person), rendering them unable to attack for one round. The good thing? It also means they cannot take damage. Another bad thing? Even after the monster jumps away after the current round, you are still left covered in cranberry sauce. If you should choose to attack the Cranberry Monster, after five strikes it will melt away and sort of just.... fade away sadly.

Raziel currently has limited control over the monster, and can direct which ROW the monster moves to. The monster will move once per round.

The monster is currently on: [D7]. LOL REMI WHY...

(Petra moves from F5 to E5)

Petra's eyes never left Amrita's. Or rather, never left the one that wasn't hollow. The knot in her gut was still there, cold and twisted with pure disgust and loathing, tightening as her adrenaline started to rise, the blood starting to pound in her ears. It showed in her gaze as she stared at the undead girl, slightly narrowed and completely unfeeling, her fingers gripping the handle of her mace as if she was itching to use it. The spikes on the weapon glimmered in the limited light, showing off the danger and the damage it could do, as if it too were threatening the halloweentowner -- in her mind, Cain's presence was like a breath that was steadily getting heavier with each passing second, pushing her to move, to swing, coaxing and almost begging for blood. But she didn't need him for that. Zeta Eight had been ruthless, and that part of her had never quite drifted away after they had woken up, lingering and biding its time. And it was Zeta Eight who was now in control, ready to snap another neck.

She felt the buzz of her cell phone, although she didn't move to look at it, still keeping focused on Amrita. Across the glass platform she could see a few of the other Phoenixes check it out of the corner of her eye, their demeanor changing. But it was Robert's voice that triggered the onslaught. With the first swing of his blades, Petra's muscles tightened visibly, already starting to move towards the undead girl who had said she'd 'hold her off.' And while the hunter in training wasn't sure if she could or not, that wasn't about to stop her.

'Crush that pretty little face of hers.'

Kicking off the tile, she watched as Madison dealt a blow with her twin blades, midnight blue eyes flashing as Xiu turned to issue a return strike. "Lets bring them down one by one." She addressed the Phoenixes, not sure if they heard her or not as she raised her mace high, swinging it with all her strength at Amrita.

((XDD))

"Say WHAT?"

Robert just watched his target get engulfed by a giant red blob. And from the smell of things, it was a giant red cranberry blob.

He turned, look at Jordan, and repeated himself.

"SAY. WHAT?!?!?"

Nonetheless, the text was clear. EVERYTHING was an enemy. Even.. giant.. cranberry..

"Seriously. This s**t is about to go down Thanksgiving style."

His batleth moved to slice himself some cranberry.

((Madison is not moving yet and is attacking Amrita))

"Right," Madison hissed back to Petra, her teeth clenched tightly as she sheathed the blades she'd been using and drew two fresh ones, at Kouki's insistence. The monsters weren't dropping in one hit, not even close... and while Kouki's power seemed to be protecting her, her body seemed to want to respond to the blows with phantom pain, as if it couldn't quite believe that she could take a blow and still be uninjured.

But she was ready. Kouki's whispering was getting more frantic, and she pulled back and swung again. "Hey, losers, this is OUR world, in case you hadn't noticed! We're just defending our turf," she said, sharply, her eyes bright. She was fighting back! After a lifetime of fear she was capable of fighting back.

She could understand Kouki's euphoria as she swung at the rotting abomination once more and the blades connected again; the weapon's eagerness shot up still higher, a constant hum of hunger sizzling through her mind. God, this felt amazing...