Zu looked around to get his bearings, he determined that there was maybe 5 minutes before they were found out by someone, or something. They were realtively exposed but thankfully isolated away from the city where most of the chaos was happening. Yet despite the distance the sound of a large building collapsing was carried even to where he stood.

"Hey you" Zu said turning his head to the person next to him "I don't know about you but I don't plan to die to these monsters. Now, we can go our seperate ways, or we can group together, either way the chance of survival is minimal at best." Zu said calmly, explaining the situation to Reisy as quickly and matter of fact as he could.

It looked as though Reisy was about to respond when a rather. . .unkempt man came rushing towards them in a panic. Zu wasn't able to see much of the man's face, as it was covered in a vast all encompassing beard.

Instantly, Zu felt Ereshkigal touch his conciousness. " What is HE doing here?!" Zu Could feel the anger in his words in his own body, almost urging Zu to instantly attack the man, but he fought against it.

" and who might you be?" Zu asked the approaching beard, making sure to keep ready in case he turned out to be a foe.

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Adele woke up in a daze, taking in his current situation.

"Damn it..."

He was stuck underneath the earth, and who knew when this fault would close back up, leaving him and the poor fool he picked up trapped forever. But with the coming attack, now was the perfect time to strike into the heart of the royalty. There was no time to worry about Aelthain, but he couldn't leave him here. Using magic, he manipulated the earth just enough to make small areas with which to step on, and carried Aelthain up to the surface with him as black engulfed the sky above. It was hard to tell when they actually got to the surface with all the darkness, but sure enough, they reached it, and Adele set the man down. Although unconscious, a Watcher shouldn't be inclined to walk through here looking for humans.

With that, he ran into the castle walls and through the castle itself, searching for the people he needed to see. As he ran, Veros popped into his head.

"This is it, then?"

"Yep."

The voice disappeared as he imagined a hawk having some kind of solemn smile on his face in anticipation.

He ran through and searched for a bit for his prey, dodging Watchers and other people. Obstacles is all they were. It took a bit, but he found the one he was looking for. He walked in as the floor crumbled beneath Sophia and Azura was deciding what she needed to do in order to survive.

"Azura."

She was digging up the real target from a stone grave. he began to speak. This was a turning point. Conflict, or Community?

You have two choices here. Leave her, and join me as we rebuild this place without Monarchies and destructive oppression... or rest with her.

Adeles eyes were a fierce grey as he readied the magic within him in case she decided to fight.

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Murphy slowed his pace a little as he approached the two men.

"Nevermind who I am, my name is irrelevant. All you need to know is that I've got weapons, a tactician's mind, and no right hand."

The parrot on Murphy's shoulder squawked a bit more before it finally subdued itself. Murphy's expression went serious.

"Let's face it, those... things in the town are murdering everything. Soon, they're going to get tired and they'll look for more targets outside the walls. You know, targets like us. Our best bet right now is to stick together, and not get into any more fucking fighting, okay?"

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[Reisy Magus]


Reisy was caught by surprise by the sudden change of events and what both Zu and the 'surprise guest' had said. It probably was one of the infamous Watchers attack, and he was witnessing one with his very eyes. The sense of danger was all over the place and he knew he was going to have to do something or else he would get himself killed.


"...Ok, we team up.



He said in a calm voice, knowing the fight he was having with Zu was going to have to be delayed for the moment for there were more important business to take care of. He put his sword back in the scabbard while wondering about how those inside the city were doing. Chances are most of the individuals inside of it were either dead, wounded or running for their lives, including Levi and her partner. He didn't let his curiosity get the best of him though, and decided that planning something with the two in front of him was a better course of action.


"So what is the plan?"

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[Azura]

She looks up at Adele, staring in belief. "But there's a girl trapped under here." She calmed down before continuing to look deadpan at him. The bluenette doesn't hear her though, and assumes she is dead. She nods and then looks up at him. "Fine, I'll go with you. But don't expect me to trust you fully as soon as we do so." With a massive jump, she lands in front of Adele. "Just remember that."

[Levi]

Wait, what?

She swears that she hears someone following her and screaming in panic. She pulls her sword away and manages to search around for him. Levi was a knight, and her first priority was to help others. Once she felt like she wrapped her hands around something, she pulled at it. "Hey, whoever the Hell you are, calm down. We're getting out of here."

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Adele stood still as the woman made her decision. He was being callous, but in the midst of a revolution, people's hearts aren't needed. He nodded at the woman's remark, but the Watcher in the room was of more importance at the moment.

"Inferno."

Tapping into his magical strength, he created a gigantic blaze of fire that stretched across the room, cutting the Watcher off from the two of them. He turned and looked at Azura to speak again.

"Monarchies will never prosper. If she lived, she would only fight us. Sometimes people are simply better off dead."

Adele glanced at the watcher once more, and continued,

"Let's go, while we still can. We need to find the rest of the Knights and gather the people to properly defend ourselves. Would you happen to know where anyone else is?"

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Jayven felt something grab him. He shouted and screamed, but he could not move, he was paralyzed with absolute fear. Jayven could not breathe properly. He started to pass out, as whatever took him dragged him further into the darkness.

Jayven felt himself start to cry. He had never endured such fear, as this. He never thought of how being in a tight and enclosed space could be scary, but he was so used to being in a wide and open plane, it never happened. He thought of his chances of surviving. If he did, who or whatever just saved him sees what a pitiful mess of a man he is. Perhaps it would be better off if he were dead?

Really, his mind was moving so fast, he could not concentrate on one thing. He was just so scared, he just latched onto whatever was carrying him, and cried.

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Tiara loved the castle. It had so many neat and expensive things. One room had a hole in it, you know, from the destruction, and the jewelry that was in there! Dear god it was great. Tiara really wanted to put some on, but she'd rather not have a royal recolonize her own jewelry on some petty thief fortune teller gypsy. So her bag should do for now.

She managed to slip past a few panicking guards on the way in and out of the room, and now Tiara had to get down to business. Until she got some Knights on her tail after her. Really they just wanted to direct all civilians to a safe place, but the guilty always run. Tiara zipped through the corridors, leaving the Knights thinking she was panicking, so they chased. Until the floor underneath Tiara fell through, and landed her a floor downward. Rubbing her head, she saw that rubble behind her filled up the hole for who knows how many floors. Now she was in the dankly basement.

'Oh FUCK' was all she could think of saying.

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"Our plan?"

Murphy stroked his beard for a few moments.

"Let's break this up a bit, shall we?"

He began to pace a little bit.

"First off, we need to survive this onslaught. The best way to do this is to stay together and watch each other's backs. Which, again, means you gentlemen must put off your differences until we are absolutely clear from these... things. I will have no mutinies, you understand? No pulling weapons on each other, even if a perfect opportunity presents itself for one of you to quickly eradicate the other."

He acknowledged the fact that the two warriors in front of him were already clear on this issue, but Murphy wanted that extra assurance.

"Our primary objective right now is survival. And, quite honestly, we have one of two options. We can either wait out here for those creatures to come for us, or..."

He raised his hook toward the town.

"...we can go into the town and have a preemptive strike on those monsters."

Murphy wasn't looking at the two warriors at this point, but he felt that they might be in shock at what he is saying. To which, Murphy turned around and added,

"See, those things are already focused on trying to destroy everything, from buildings to the townsfolk. They're distracted right now. If we go in now, we very likely will not have to deal with as many monsters as opposed to them focusing on us here at the outside. They want to destroy the town instead of us right now; when the town is gone, they'll want to destroy us and primarily us, since we're the only other things for miles worth destroying.

"At the same time, we have no idea how to really fight those things. On top of this, they could very easily just vanish once the town vanishes..."

He paced a bit more.

"Though, something also tells me you folks might know some other warriors within the town. We will be more likely to survive if we were to find them. So, here is my plan, and you two are more than obliged to tell me if you object to it or not:

"We are to go in and stay off the main streets, out of the sights of those creatures. We run through the alleys and through as many hidden areas as possible, keeping a clear eye out for anyone putting up a fight with one of the creatures. We study their weak points, and we help those warriors when the time presents itself. We should not actively engage in any battle with those things unless we have good reason to do so. We are to maintain a strength in numbers."

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"...unless one of you two gentlemen have a better idea for how to handle this."

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Sophia Grunted a bit. The rocks around her were quite heavy, and it was a real bother. If she knew these creatures would attack, no, if the Knights actually did their JOB and got the royals to safety, maybe this wouldn't happen.
She waited in a cramped position for Azura to dig the rocks out from under her. Then she heard something....interesting.

'You have two choices here. Leave her, and join me as we rebuild this place without Monarchies and destructive oppression... or rest with her."

Adele.

She heard Azura barely put up a fight, and began to leave with him.

"Monarchies will never prosper. If she lived, she would only fight us. Sometimes people are simply better off dead."

Both of them trotted away as a watcher was near.
Sophia was not necessarily shocked and appalled as much as she was particularly satisfied. Now she had something to do.

She felt around for a loose rock, until she pushed one, and it managed to move without collapsing anything on top of her. she pushed it out, and felt a small draft, and tried to widen the hole more. She stuck her feet in, then slid out from the rubble, dusting herself off, and fixing her hair a bit. She looked around and saw she was in one of the castle's underground chambers. She was in the perfect spot. She looked around for one of her passageways, that not even one of these monsters could find, until she found it and stepped through the door into the tunnel. She traveled down the tunnel until she reached her room. Specifically, her supply room, filled with all of her favorite little trinkets: Shedding knives, barbed wire whips, a small cannon that shot spiked balls, taught ropes, some in nooses, a wide collection of poisons, razor sharp attachable nails, dipped in rattlesnake venom, and (her personal favorite), a large spiked club.

She went behind her small screen, and took off her dusty dress in exchange for one that could hold her artillery, no matter how large that may be. Deceiving to the eye, it still looked sleek and clung to her skin. she went over to her mirror and applied some more make-up, a set of lipstick filled with an incredibly lethal poison that Sophia is oddly immune to. She took a look in the mirror as she placed a sharp hairpin in her updo of her slick black hair.
'Mirror Mirror on the wall. Who is the unluckiest traitor of all?' She asked herself. She knew the answer as she said it. She walked out the chamber, ready to deliver Adele's just deserts.

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[Reisy Magus]


"So we sneak around the place, avoid combat and search for allies? Sounds good."



Bingo. The plan was good enough, mostly because it actually gave him an excuse to enter the city. He wanted to see everything as close to it as he could get. It is said that curiosity killed the cat, which is not a particular lie. His curiosity did killed a cat who was a pact partner, so it was all good. Most important, he wanted to check on the knights, specially Levi.




While Reisy was completely ok with the idea, he did not knew if Zu would be ok with it as well. He apparently had some experience with this situation, so the chance of him going inside an area filled with them might not be particually high. Regardless, Reisy had made his decision. He had his own agenda, but he could play along with the plan for now.

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