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*Iris hears Rita's screaming and goes to investigate*


*Horus nods*
Horus: We can do that.


*Scatty doesn't look over*
Scatty: Feth off...


*Gharn freezes and looks around wildly*
Gharn: W-what?

*Gort nods*
G: What Birdy Gort want do?

*Leo is outside the room and has set up a small camp with Blue*

Leo: How you holding up Blue?

*Leo tilts her head and flicks her tongue*

*Maggie lands next to Flagg and rubs its deformed golden side against him*

*Looks startled*
How do you-
That's not possible...

*I sprint in through the front door at a breakneck pace*
*I'm covered in blood from head to toe*
*breathing super heavily and erratically*
*expression is a mixture of anger, grief, and terror*

*Wade shrugs*
DP: Fourth Wall, it's magical. But you're a muggle, so you wouldn't understand. Fething pleb.

*Ciri shakes her head, and kicks away the crown.*
Ciri: Stop talking to me... Leave me alone!
*She shivers with sadness.*
Ciri: Just... leave me alone... please...

----
*Rita weeps in a ball at the front door of the room.*
Rita: You should of left me to die Izy... you should have left me... I'm so sorry..
*Getting Ichor everywhere from bleeding stump.*

---
*Flagg laughs.*
Flagg: Didn't Leo tell you how this works?
*He snaps his fingers causing the prim water bonded to Scatty to mutate.*
Flagg: I own you.

---
*Gaunter appears next to Wade, and Mir.*
Gaunter: Hey guys! So what we doing around here? Sup Wade my main man!

*Voice in Gharn's head*
You heard me. You are useless. A waste of oxygen. You carry yourself high and mighty, but you just spit on your parents graves by letting their murderer live. You. Are. Not. Worthy.

~

*Joalia continues sobbing her eyes out as the voice leaves her head*

~

*Maiev winces as she's turned over, then punches Kara on the chin to stun her*
*Punch is pulled, but it still hurts*

~

*The voice in Santiago's head laughs*
Your spartan abilities didn't stop her from getting shot, did it? She would rather be dead now, so why don't you do her a favour for once, and put her out of her misery?

~

*Voice appears in Leo's head*
If you weren't scared...Scatty would be normal. If you faced your fears instead of fleeing...So much more could've been prevented...Look at yourself, Leonie. You could have been normal. But you were weak. A coward. And you have suffered accordingly.

~

*Blue chirps happily at Leo, just happy that she's 'okay'*

~

*Izriel bursts through the wall, does a tactical roll, then flies to Rita*
*Tackles her, and cries wildly, not even noticing her broken horn yet*

What if...
*The crown falls silent, and rolls a meter away*

~

Excuse me? There's no need to be insulting. Calling someone a "pleb" is not acceptable. How on earth do you know Artificial Commonspeak?
*Jumps back*
What the-
Who are you?!

*Leo's eyes instantly flick to orange and she stands up looking for the voice*

Leo: Who the feth said that!?

*Her eye twitches*

*Scatty screams as she grows further, reaching about 6'5" feet in height as her tank-top tears*
*Her toes cram against her steel-toed boots as her feet grow and her legs crack and change,, becoming more like those of a wolf, with the whole backwards knee thing*
*She frantically tears off her boots revealing footpaws like those of a wolf, her entire lower half is covered in fur as she lies panting again*
Scatty: N-no... w-won't let you...


*Horus sighs*
Horus: Well you can start by finding a way to make money to pay me back.


*Iris looks between Izriel and Rita and Mel*
Iris: What happened?! Mel are you okay?!


*Gharn looks shocked and mildly afraid as he looks around for the speaker once more*
Gharn: Th-the demon that possessed her is gone! And I would have no hope against it, my parents would not want me to throw my life away!
*Looks very badly shaken*

*I fall back against the wall and slowly slide down it*
*my head is in my hands and I begin sobbing loudly*
They're all dead. All of them. And its all my fault....

*Ciri just stares with a glazed expression, looking at the crown.*
*She is silent.*

---
*Rita returns the hug still crying wildly.*
Rita: IZY! Y-you are.... alive! I-I ... you were!
*She stops talking, and just weeps in her arms.*

---
*Gaunter bows to Mir.*
Gaunter: I am Gaunter O'Dimm, at your service! I am a humble merchant!
Voice in Wade's head: Don't ruin this for me, and I'll give you another Ryan Reynolds cut out.

--
*Flagg sighs.*
Flagg: Fine with me Scatty. You just gonna keep changing.
*He watches intently.*

*Looks worriedly at Leo, then moves to her to comfort her*
Lee-oh! Hert?

~

*The voice in Leo's head laughs, and positions itself to make it sound like its coming from Blue, or at least her direction*
You took Amy on a trip...The same trip she turned into a monster and screwed you...Then she leaves...I don't even have to point it out, you already know it's your fault she is gone! She's probably a pile of bones now, maybe even still digesting in something's belly...I guess you will never know...Poor, poor Leonie...

~

*The voice in Gharn's head laughs*
So, you think that you living among her is better? She had no demon in her, little weak Torc...She lied to you, and her partner...She IS the demon...And you're too scared to think otherwise...What a weak little cub...Your parents would be ashamed...

~

*The figure just smiles at Mel, nowhere near her or anyone*
I don't even have to screw with her...

~

*Izriel holds Rita and cries wildly*
Sh-She's dead, Rita! Lyr is dead! G-Gone!
*Continues crying, and still doesn't notice the ichor, or the missing horn*

OOC: I don't know if I should be insulted or not that I'm not being fethed with

BIC:
*I slowly get back to my feet*
*I look like an utter mess*
I need to tell them what happened

OOC lol, you're doing it to yourself. No need to feth the fethed.

*Rita goes utterly silent at Izriels words. Her eyes turn blue, and her head sways.*
Rita: Rt... did it... this is...my...
*Rita's head slackens in Izriel's arms.*
*Her horn clatters to the floor from her palm.*

OOC: Yeah Rt already broke Mel lol

OOC:
This is true. I'm trying to make her seem a bit unstable since her home town got blown the Feth up. Losing her squad is just another blow to her sanity

*Iris kneels down and looks at Mel*
Iris: Who died? Who do you need to tell? What happened?


*Gharn shakes his head*
Gharn: N-no! You lie! She-she wouldn't! Not to her mate! There was a demon!
*Is becoming less and less sure of everything*


*White fur sprouts over much of Scatty's torso before she finally finishes changing (for now) and lies panting, exhausted from changing*

OOC: I kinda view the Prim Waters either forcing Elders to go through The Change or else it acting like a artificial change that the Elders natural change fights against, that being why she's exhausted by the change

*I look up at Iris with tear filled eyes*
My squad. We were out on patrol when we were attacked by some..... Thing. It ripped apart most of my squad before they could even react and devoured the last few that it didn't get on it's first run. It.... It looked like RT.... But it was like he had been warped by something unholy. Whatever he is now.... He's after Rita, and he wanted me to tell everyone about what he did. My entire squad died to prove a point.
*that last sentence is shouted at the top of my lungs*

*Gort frowns*
G: Birdy rocks. Birdy idea make.

*Santiago shakes his head*
S: I couldn't. She can heal. She needs to.

*Kara blinks rapidly at getting punched, not expecting it*

*Wade grins*
DP: Ayyy, Gaunter. Just sayin', that other mirror company. The new one that just moved in, he's stealing yo' business.
DP: (Ayy, Gaunter! You're in my head!)
DP: (Dimm, you gotta make a better deal. I want a puppy. N-no! A kittty! W-wait! Can I get one of those thingies? Y'know, the wooden ball attached to a string, that's also attached to a cup?
DP: (Do not reference that show. It's not even good.)

*Leo twitches then lets out a savage roar as her eyes start turning red*

Leo: You have no right to speak her name!

...A... merchant? That can somehow teleport? And is looking at me like an anomalous black market cybernetic salesman?
...Seems legit. What are you selling?

Gaunter: Whatever you want really!
*He smiles, and shrugs.*
Gaunter: What do you want?
Gaunter in Wades head: Ayyy yes I am...and the new guys works fast... wait why are there so many voices? Nevermind, just don't feth is up and I will give you whatever...

----

*Flagg sighs at Scatty, and snaps his fingers.*
Flagg: You stay like a good bitch.
*He then climbs on CGM back.*
Flagg: Onward Maggie!
*He has Maggie fly to Leo.*

*Iris looks horrified and fearful*
Iris: They-
*Her voice comes out in a squeak, she clears her throat and speaks again in her normal tones*
Iris: They were killed? Oh Mel I'm so sorry... who do we tell? Commissar? Horus?


*Scatty looks up at Flagg with utter hate in her lupine eyes*
Scatty: What... do you want...

*Takes a step back, kinda surprised and scared of Leo's outburst*

~

*The voice in Leo's head laughs again*
You heard me...You changed Amelia...You made her into a monster, because of your pigheadedness...It's all YOUR fault, Leonie Sullivan...Not even worthy of your name...What a disgrace...

~

*Izriel shakes her head and holds Rita*
*Finally notices the horn on the ground, and the missing horn, then pales*
R-Rita! Wh-what have you d-done?!

~

*The voice tuts Gharn*
You still take the side of a demon...No wonder you are bed-bound...You are too stupid for your own good...

~

*The voice in Santiago's head*
You could. You are just too selfish to do it. You want her to live with this suffering. You want her to live, hating herself for knowing that you stay with her even though you hurt...You are selfish, Santiago...So, very, selfish...

~

*Maiev uses the opportunity to get more pressure points in Kara's arm, and jabs her a few times in the ribs*

We need to tell them, the PDF don't have the weapons to take RT down, krak grenades didn't even slow him down. Rita should probably be informed as well, RT was her titan.
*I put my head in my hands*
I feel like my sanity is slipping, I can't keep taking these constant hammer blows to my psyche. First my home and now my squad...

...Hmm....
What do I want?
*Stares off into space*

*Gharn roars in rage and shifts slightly, his canines elongating and his blue eyes turning yellow*
Gharn: NO! I AM NOT STUPID!
*Tries getting out of bed but only manages to collapse onto the floor, snarling*
Gharn: Where are you?! I'll kill you foe this!
*Weakly stands and opens the door, looking around for the speaker.*
*Several of his wounds have re-opened and are quickly turning the white bandages red*


*Horus frowns*
Horus: What? I don't understand


*Iris nods shakily*
Iris: A-alright, who do we tell first?
*Doesn't know what to do in these situations*

*Rita doesn't answer, her head just lolls back.*
*Her eyes half open only show a dark blue.*