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"Ohshit!" Glitnir ducked down to protect his head, and ended up taking the blow to his back instead. God, it hurt like a mother. There was going to be a huge bruise on his back that he hoped he wouldn't have to explain to anyone, since this time he wasn't at a big event where lots of people got hurt (Luna Bay). Then again, he had explained away numerous cuts and bruises over the course of his Knight career already, so what would one more be? The hit sent him sprawling to the ground, and he tried to shrug off the agony in his back to crawl up and out of the way.

The yelp of the youma was both disconcerting and pleasing to Sadachbia. On the one hand, it was very canine-sounding and she did not like the idea of hurting anything doglike. One the other, she had found a weak point on the youma! Success! It was either she bricked the thing on its head or she lost a limb to those sharp teeth. At this point, she became aware that power signatures were fading. People were leaving. She was unsure whether that meant success or failure for Order, but if people were getting out, that was a good cue for for her and Glitnir to get going. She rushed to help him up. "Let's get out of here! Whatever's done has been done!"

"Are you sure?" Glitnir said through a grunt as he got up. Indeed, the signatures were fading, but whether that was a good thing or a bad thing was a mystery.

"I think so! Come on, let's leave Bad Dog and his lady here. We can catch up with Megrez later." Sadachbia waited for Glitnir to get to his feet, and then charged back the way she came, hoping not to run into any more Negaversers on her way out. Megrez would have to update her on how her section of the mission went later; for now, the priority was to retreat to safety.

"Wait, wait! Don't just run off by yourself!" Glitnir's leg was starting to bother him, which was going to make fleeing hard. If he could just make some distance and catch up to Sadachbia to make sure she wasn't getting in trouble, he would be good to go. Nodding curtly at the Captain, he dashed off and caught up to Sadachbia. He would need her support to make it all the way out, but surely he would be safe soon.

Sadachbia and Glitnir OUT!

Liryn hissed back at the Nega-Captain, purplish eyes angry as he stared the half-youma down as her movement moved her tail out of reach of his claws.

She mentioned something about eternals, two of them, and they were apparently making off with someone.

And the Nega-Captain seemed to be retreating, certainly faster than his paws could chase after her. The other Nega-auras seemed to be retreating too - some getting further away, others fading out completely.

He looked at Athene "Should we follow?"

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Athene shook his head "No, she's gone. That other Captain I was picking up appears to have gone too and the other Nega-Officers appear to be retreating." Or at least the fading away of auras seemed to suggest as much.

He glanced at the Dark Mirror Eternal, then back at Liryn. He could sense the Dark Mirror Royal aura around somewhere, could also sense the Order one... Royals were powerful. Much more powerful than a single Eternal who wasn't even great at fighting and a mauvian too impulsive for his own good.

Then there was the fire alarms - the blaring bound to attract attention of the sort that it was probably not a good idea to be around for.

Another glance at the Dark Mirror Eternal "That noise is probably going to bring the authorities" he said quietly as he reached down to scoop Liryn up.

It was perhaps odd for him to be saying those words to someone on the opposite side to him but then again it was hard to really know where the Court stood. The had on occasions helped Order and going buy what little he was picking up here - the Negaverse their supposed allies - appeared to be once again attacking or at least messing with Court members...

Well okay he was guessing based on the Dark Mirror Royal's presence, but it was too much head hurt trying to puzzle for one evening.

So instead he said "Be careful" before turning and starting to slip away himself, unsure if the white-haired eternal had even heard his quiet words as she stood, a solitary lone figure at the geyser's entrance.

It was much later before he got round to checking his phone. Much later before he would pick up Ida's missed calls.

[Belated Athene and Liryn close]