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Shun relaxed a bit as he felt the hand move away from his shoulder. He still didn't know who the hell it was. Blindly, he walked with Mitsu, unknowing that she was playing her respects to Red. After a little while longer, he carefully walked with her elsewhere.

His movements were still slow, as he found himself unable to walk quickly. A part of this was due to the weakness he experienced. The other was that he was unsure of where he was stepping. When standing around, he seemed fine, but the toll the final battle had taken on his body showed more thoroughly as he moved about.

With the wolf girl leading the way, he left this place behind.

((Exiting))

He was dismissing her.

... Oh, thank Jack for that much.

Perhaps in a calmer, less miserable state of mind, Toby would've stayed behind for longer on the pair's behalf, but now? All she needed was the 'okay' to limp away, and with a soft, wordless nod, limp the falsicorn did, turning to head back off towards the darkness of exit portals. She'd yet to see many other students pass through them, but to be perfectly honest, she no longer cared for such things. She'd be among the first if she needed to. All that mattered was getting out of here, away from the air that felt so thick now, and oh, that sun, that sky, she no longer considered it half as beautiful as it had been before.

She didn't want to watch yet another student breaking down the remains, either. It felt like one too much. Noble cause, or not, every new, bone-splintering crack of stripped pieces made her insides less stable.

Her entire body ached just so. Her back hooves still bled. Her sides heaved with a each breath, and those breaths felt hot and thick, and her head kept pounding with every pulse of her heart in a warning that, oh, she wouldn't be able to hold her vision much longer until it ruined her completely.

But there was neither a sound nor a word of complaint as she went, merely pausing one last time to press her muzzle against the top of Iris's head, breathe in deeply, and exhale, vanishing through to the sure solace of Anywhere Not This Place.

((Toby is exiting now for Home~))

She watched as Amrita got to work, smiling a little - the first real smile she had given for days - before turning around to stare at the giant skull one last time. She lingered there, between the doors and the skull, knowing that those two are the most prominent objects in the area and thus, the object her teammates would most likely approach.

"Vieve? Edel? Lattice?" She was feeling worried, guilty and a bad team player; so much for sticking together as a group... She hadn't given them a lot despite having gone through a number of things together. She had allowed her self-pity get the best of her when she should have been holding her teammates, going through everything together with them.

She had felt so alone when she should have just taken the initiative to approach anyone of them.

"Vieve? Edel? Lattice?" She called out again, a little louder this time, "I-I'm sorry..."

As Danny was heaved over West's shoulder, a small, shiny object fell out of her pocket, and onto Red's stone of a skeleton.

The demon ghoul was completely unaware though, and completely unconscious still.

Hel watched as her team mates went through the door to home, tilting her head as Mot seemed to look back at her worriedly. The valkyrie gave him a small, brief smile, and a wave, much like a 'see ya later' kind of gesture. She didn't move until the three of them were out of sight and the door swung closed behind them. Ah…so tempting it was to follow…but she needed to find Riyo…and pay some last respects. The reaper turned and solemnly made her way over to Red’s skill, pausing in front of it. Ah…she noticed the collection of student emblems…the chunks that were missing from students taking pieces home with them, and the valkyrie found that she would not be doing either of those things.

She didn’t know Professor Red like many of the other students did…so leaving her pin wasn’t a worthwhile idea in her mind. She also…didn’t want to bring a piece back with her. This wasn’t a trophy…there was no victory here. But still…what Red had done…or tried to do…to protect them…the way she fought. Hel could respect that. In her eyes, Professor Red was a fine and noble warrior, defending her allies the best she could. The valkyrie dropped to one knee, bowing to the massive skull in respect. A dark hand came up to rest on its surface for a long moment. “…I believe you have touched many…many to better themselves…and that is something worth leaving behind. I will become stronger.” She murmured to the skull. Hel stayed like that for another moment before rising, looking at the skull once more before turning her back on it. Professor Red would…continue to exist on through the students, their words, songs, praise…it was the ideal legacy in a Valkyrie culture.

Now…she needed to collect her last team mate. Hel cupped her hands around her mouth, walking away from the skull as she shouted. “RIYOOOOO!” She needed to find the cat demoness…now. Her dual toned eyes started to sweep left and right across what was left of the battle field.

Now, it was personal. Cady snarled, and this time headbutted the thing.


...OW. She succeeded in both bruising her head and crumbling more of the thing.

((Entering from Couch))

Freya stepped onto the battlefield that she'd only managed to be able to watch, and covered her mouth with the back of her hand. The dust wasn't done settling, and all of the students attempts to take back a memento of their former teacher only made the air thicker with debris.

She caught sight of a very oddly colorful little display, and took Herryk along to see all of the pins that had been left aside in Red's honor. Even though she had never truly known Red, she thought it was a very sweet sentiment.

Freya smiled up at Herryk, and squeezed his hand. "We leaves too, ja? For Red. It is what's right."