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*Horus sees Iris*
Horus: Iris no! What are you doing here?! Get back!
*He gets blasted by a laser and stumbles forwards as it hit him in the back*
*iris cries out in fear, runs to Horus and tries to drag him away*
Iris: C'mon! We've got to get out of here! Yuki's trying to save who she can but we've got to leave!
*Horus stubbornly shakes his head*
Horus; No! I've got to stop this thing!
*He turns to face spawn as Iris keeps trying to drag him back*


*Merg is in a lot of pain, but she bites down on a crossbow bolt as Curt probably digs the slug out or something*


*Morrigan and Morgan are trying to ignore Yuki as Morri looks down upon her husband's body*
*She still hasn't shed a single tear as she brushes his hair back off his forehead*
Morrigan: What do we know of the killer... anything?
*Morgan shakes his head*


*Gharn hears the call and gets up to take Dria through a portal*

*Yuki opens the portal for Dria and Gharn*
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*Taeria rushes to help anyone who is bleeding or hurt*

*Hanna has walked away from Merge cus she couldn't take
being so close to blood*

*She is shivering slightly and her left eye is black and red*

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*Curt fishes the slug out and places it in a small zip lock bag*

*He starts to treat the wound*

Curt: So, how this bullet manage to find its way into you?

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Maggie: Unseemly?

*Spawn looks between Horus, and Iris slowly tilting his head.*
*A memory quickly comes, and goes, but it's enough for him to stop attacking Agmar with his chains.*
*Spawn steps towards Horus, and Iris.*
*With a thought his duster comes to life, and forms a wicked looking axe that spawn grabs in one hand.*
*He slowly steps towards the pair, his eyes burning green.*

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*Ciri nods, and sits down in a patch.*
Ciri: I... should stop this...
*She looks at her scarred hands, and gulps.*
Ciri: Please... stay close... Tae...
*Ciri keeps her eyes glued to Taeria, and closes and opens her fists.*
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*Flagg nods.*
Flagg: I fear our daughter is trying to learn necromancy... such magic comes at a price.

OOC: He looks like this now, with his hat.

*Hanna is curled up next to a tree and she digs her fingers into the dirt*

Hanna: D-d-D-deEp BreaTHs S-S-STay C-calm...

*She starts to shiver and then quickly yanks one of her fingers off with her mouth*

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*Maggie looks worried*

Maggie: What do we do? Should we try and stop her?

*Maggie's cape unfolds and she readies herself for flight*

*Horus shoves Iris roughly back*
Horus: Iris get back!
*He balls his fists and stands between Iris and Spawn*
Horus: Alright you murdering psychopath, show me your moves!
*He picks up a nearby piece of furniture, breaks one leg off as a makeshift wooden stake, and hurls the rest at Spawn. Immediately after he hurls it he runs at Spawn, attempting to grab the arm wielding the axe, and drive the stake into Spawn's
neck*


*Merg spits out the crossbow bolt*
Merg: Some gakhole with a gun shot me out of nowhere...
*She groans in pain and waits for Curt to finish up*
Merg: what's the damage?
*Having to have at least rolled her shirt up to get the wound tended, it's shown that on her stomach is the tattoo of a sun, with Elvish writing around the inside of it. There's also a sword point extending down from under her shirt, from where it begins at her collarbone*

*Curt finishes up and picks up the zip bag with the bullet in it*

Curt: It's nothing time won't fix. I'd just avoid pushing yourself to hard. Don't want to irritate it.

*Irilis fumbles inelegantly for the ignition, requiring some rather odd-looking contortions to press*

Okay... One day I will look back at this and laugh... Probably.

*She pushes the left stick forwards, and the chimera does a juddering and all-too-fast 180' turn, and dislocates the right track*

Oh by the Bloody-Handed God Himself! This is why we use hovercraft.

*Irilis gets out to inspect the damage*

Are you mechanically savvy? Because I do not think steel tracks grow back, unless I am much mistaken.

*Spawn watches Horus charge, not even moving, and then phases.*
*He walks straight through Horus, and stands before Iris, head tilted.*
Spawn: I... know you...
*He stares at Iris, and his arm that holds his axe shakes uncontrollably.*
Spawn: Why... why didn't you save her?

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*Flagg shakes his head.*
Flagg: Rachel... is too powerful. Maybe we can reason with her, or even bargain... but we are powerless to stop her from what she wants, even if that damns herself.
*He sighs, and shakes his head.*
Flagg: No Maggie... we have new issues to deal with, and will probably be forced to work with the locals.

*Horus does a about face*
Horus: NO! GET AWAY FROM HER!

*Iris takes a few steps back, skin black with fear as she trembles fervently*
Iris: W-w-what!? What d-do you mean!?

*Aerin sighs and reverses the grip on his blade*
A: Not done yet.
*throws the knife at BH's head, grumpy that things went as South as they did*

Ooc I kinda got a eye hurting me of all things.
Il not be posting much tonight.

*Black Hawk stops and crumples to the ground, knife buried in the back of his head*

*Spawn keeps staring at Iris, and his chains seem to rise around him.*
Spawn: Answer me... Why didn't you save her? You... let her die... alone... no one... came to her...
*He groans with rage, and rounds on Horus.*
Spawn: Enough!
*The ground under Horus buckles, and a series of cadaverous hands grab him, an try to drag him into the earth below.*
*Hands aren't super strong, but there are a lot of them. Spawn then turns back to Iris.*
Spawn: You will tell me, or you will die!

I do not lie... daemon... I shall resist your touch... forever...

*Violator detects (and probably brushes aside) traces of various anomalies, the touch and influence of the nascent machine-god, fueling Verdai's power*

*Iris cowers, absolutely terrified*
Iris: I-I don't know! I don't know who you're t-talking about! Please! I don't know! Who are you speaking of?!


*Horus stamps, kicks and tears at the hands, desperation fueling his strength, yet still they slow him down a lot*

*Maggie frowns*

Maggie: New issues?

*Maggie sighs and a look of disgust covers her face*

Maggie: Work with the locals?

*It is very clear that she is not a fan of the idea*

*Spawn roars, and grabs Iris by her neck with one hand. Then with the other places his thumb on her forehead.*
Spawn: You will know, you will feel every ounce of our pain...
*Images flash into Iris mind, painful images that cause her eyes to glow bright green.*
*A image of a tall woman with red hair in a gym being stabbed, and the pain of a lovers loss. Another image of a man brought to insanity, and killed by some spidery creature far beyond his skills. The final image is of the same man in a fiery landscape, offering up anything to some omnipotent evil power just so he can be with his beloved. The psychic backlash from this burns each image into Iris's mind*
Spawn: Now... you know... now tell me... why?

---

*Violators body phases, and he worms himself into a nice new home.*
*He giggles at the false god, and feeds off all of Verdai's sins strengthening his hold on his mind.*
Violator: You sad little creature... nothing can resist me... especially a creature as sinful as you...
*He scans all of Verdai's memories, especially the ones involving sins.*
Violator: Oh my... even my charge has reason to hate you...

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*Flagg nods.*
Flagg: A new... evil has come to the room, and endangers everything we have worked for.
*He sighs.*
Flagg: Yes we will... have to work with these bags of gak.

*Iris screams in pain and shudders at the images being thrust into her mind*
*After she's been shown she looks at Spawn*
Iris: Urk... Life... can be hell... and you gave yourself to it... for love... You... suffer... for love...


*Horus is struggling, cursing out Spawn for touching Iris and incredibly scared of losing her*

And what is that, you insult to reality? Is it the death of Death? A hundred successful executions, across a dozen worlds? Greater beings than you broken on the... altar of beings that may TRULY be called gods? What is it, abomination?!

*Still stubbornly trying to resist*

*Maggie groans*

Maggie: If we must...

*Maggie's wings fold back into a cape, she then rubs her shoulder looking worried again*

Maggie: Do you know what might happen to our daughter should she succeed in bringing back that, Man?...

*Spawn grip tightens around Iris neck.*
Spawn: That isn't good enough... I am done suffering... I have suffered through hell, and back..
*He lifts her up, and shakes his head.*
Spawn: I'm here to bring retribution to all of you... You will suffer for your sins.

---
*Violator laughs, and sends a spike of pain down Verdai's left side.*
Violator: Such ignorance... you know nothing of "gods," only creatures born of emotion..
*His laughter fills his mind.*
Violator: I serve a real god, not some being born of the weak mortal races emotions.

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*Flagg shrugs.*
Flagg: I do not possess the power of necromancy, but I know one who does...
*He sighs.*
Flagg: I will speak to him... and see if he can help.

*Maggie nods to Flagg and sits down still looking a little worried*

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*Hanna continues breaking down in the corner, very very slowly calming herself*

*Hrorki gets out with a sigh and looks at the damage*
Give me 10 minutes and I'll see what I can do. I think the Machine Spirit will understand that we don't have time for incense and what not right now.

*Taldeer gets up and looks bloody furious*
*Lets loose with a piercing scream of anger that resonates in the air for several seconds before fading away*
*Eldritch energy crackles around her*

*Irilis gets back in the driver's seat and mimes driving*

*Horus roars in rage and surges forwards, grasping inches from Spawn before being pulled back slightly*


*Iris struggles weakly kicking out at spawn with kicks that would knock a normal person over fairly easily, but probably wouldn't do jack to Spawn*
Iris: Urk... Why?...Please... No... Repent...


*Merg sits up and groans in pain, then rolls her shirt back down over her stomach and nods to Curt*
Merg: Thanks..

*Taeria hears the scream and heads toward it. She looks worried and her warm brown eyes are clouded with anxiety*
Taeria: A-Are you hurt?! H-How can I help?
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*Yuki sees Iris and she rushes to her creating a ln invisible shield around her. Knocking away Spawn for a moment*
"Perhaps I shall perish too."

*Hanna's head quickly jerks in the direction of the scream*

Hanna: Q-QuIEt...

*She climbs up the tree and sits up there*

Hanna: (Hanna... You can't eat people... But they smell so good!)

*Taldeer at this point cannot hear anyone*
*she is completely lost to her anger and rage*
*the very air around her seems to crackle with the force of her anger*
*her eyes are glowing and arcs of lightning are shooting out from her and grounding into nearby objects*

*Irilis can hear various sounds of hammering and various other mechanical noises as Hrorki works*
*she can also hear the occasional curse*

*Vitani sees Hanna*
Vit: Oi. What's your issue, huh?
*She senses that Hanna is a ghoul*
Vit: oh? Cute too.. come down here before I come up there .
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*Taeria walks forward anyway, to help. She says in her gentle voice*
Taeria: I-I know you're upset... I miss home too... b-but we'll be safe here for n-now, ok?
*Taeria keeps moving forward*
Taeria: H-Hey, having friends always helps... when my brother comes back.. we can all b-be fri-
*Taeria is cut off by a bolt of lightning that strikes her chest. The small ghoulette is tosses like a doll and falls motionless to the ground*