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rahimaldemir · 5 years

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Dying Light 2 - Q&A

In the official Dying Light discord one of the representatives, Uncy, from Techland held a q&a session during E3 2019 and I took the time to copy everything down. There were a lot of questions asked, but I only copied down the ones that were answered.

Uncy said they were going to post a FAQ with all of these questions and I’ll make sure to link it when they do. As of right now, I don’t think it has been released.

A lot of people were typing during the session and unfortunately a lot of questions got repeated. There is also a decent amount of typos in these questions, but it felt important to keep the Q&A session in an honest a form as possible, so I have not corrected any typos or omitted any duplicate questions.

I did add a “Q” and “A” to the beginning of every question and answer for clarity. Uncy used emojis sometimes in their answers, but I did not copy those over if they weren’t text emojis.

I have put my own notes in [italicized brackets].

WARNING: There are huge spoilers for The Following in these questions, they are marked to make them easier to avoid, but please be wary.

@tafferfield I know you got a pretty wicked master list of DL2 stuff, so if any of this helps you feel free to grab it and add it.

Putting under a read more because this is long:

Q: Are all current zombies considered volatiles? A: Not really, there are still regular zombies and volatiles

Q: Zombies only exit the night? A: now that's a hard one, zombies can stay outside for some time during the day but they get weak IN THE SUN

Q: How much diffrent endings are there? A: About endings - more than one, don't want to spoil it

Q: Battle royale mode? A: no BR mode

Q: Are you able to clear the city of zombies? A: Basically human learned how to deal with infection, so the more humans the less zombies

Q: how does Aiden stop from turning? does he use antizin or something else A: antizine is finished but human discovered that strong UV light weakens the infection, that's why you have the biomarker

Q: Is Aiden a foreigner to the land like Crane? A: Aiden doesn't even know Crane exists Q: I meant is Aiden from around there or did he come from somewhere else A: he's not from the city, he's an outsider

Q: What are future plans for multiplayer? A: multiplayer wise - we have some stuff coming apart from co-op, but I can't really share multiplayer details now

Q: Will there be a fallout kind of karma system? A: karma system? nope but your choices and actions will affect how people see you

Q: How long will one playthrough of the game be? A: hard to tell, but i know that dl2 will be a game for a long time

Q: Will dying light 2 feature the same great ragdoll physics as the first. A: upgraded ones

Q: Will the game be translated into Brazilian Portuguese as the first? A: more languages will come, cant really tell for now

Q: Can we expect to see actual time sensitive activities within the game? (IE: Do this now or forever lose the chance) A: Yes, but its more like choice wise, like do one thing and u will never be able to do another

Q: Will you play Dying Light 2 with me on release ;d? A: why not

Q: Will Aiden be customizable (e.g. hair, individual clothing pieces,etc) A: yup there will be customization

Q: Is there a weapon combo system? A: what do you mean by that? Q: Like a combo like last game you could spam attack and hold it for a more powerful attack, I'm asking if you can combo attacks like 2 quick attacks and then a charged attack or stuff like that [This question never actually got fully answered]

Q: Did anything replace the grappling hook. Did it change in anyway? A: there's a grappling hook - and some more options to travel cause the city is huge {you will be able to upgrade them}

[SPOILERS FOR THE FOLLOWING]

Q:if the vial ending from the following is canon (if the following is canon) is crane a Volatile?

A: in some way - both are canon. It's up to the player to choose it Q: will Crane make an appearance or not. If you cant answer then atleast say which ending is canon A: not really

[END SPOILERS]

Q: Will the game launch with any DLC's? A: i dont think it will launch with dlc's but post release support is planned

Q: The last trailer showed working vehicles, will we be able to use some? A: Yes

Q: How many different kinds weapons are there (number) A: too many to mention, we're still adding more weapons

Q: is it sticking with the old crafting system or are y'all switching it up A: crafting system is upgraded a little

Q: are in dying light 2 developer tools having the chance to make custom movements and animations? A: I don't really have info about dev tools right now

Q: Are firearms coming back ? A: No guns, no firearms - but there will be distance weapons like crossbows

Q: do we gain strength or anything when nighs fall? since we are infected A: during the night you need to use UV lights to stop the infection, you wont get stronger

Q: is the choices you make permanant (one save only) or can you save and go back? A: you can save and go back on some difficulties

Q: Czy będzie drzewko umiejetnosci tak jak w 1 ? A: tak

Q: Is the max number in a party still going to be 4 or will more team members be able to join in co-op multiplayer, if there is any. A: 4 player coop

Q: is there a system where our beard can grow out and cut it same with hair like rdr2 asked a few times chat just to fast lol A: hmm, i don't think so

Q: Can you turn into a zombie if you dont pay enough attention to your wristband? A: that's still under discussion, i don't think you will be able to play as a zombier tho

Q: When the game releases, are you able to link your old account from DL1 to get rewards? A: we wont forget about dl1 owners

Q: will you be able to upgrade/modify tools like grappling hook and the UV flashlight? A: yes, tools will be upgradeables

Q: are we going to have trading cards to craft badges on steam with dying light 2? A: Yup

Q: Will the UI be changed completely, both in-game, etc? A: there will be some changes for sure, i dont know how hard tho

Q: How many skill trees are there, and are they any more complex? A: you can upgrade a lot of stuff now

Q: Are ranged weapons going to be as powerful as they were in DL1 or is it a bit more balanced A: there are no guns, so its balanced

Q: I wonder if we will see some more gameplay (apart from the trailer) from E3? A: something will come this month

Q: what are the main factions in dying light 2? A: Peacekeepers and scavengers - those are two main factions, but there are more

Q: Who is the girl in the trailer? A: that's actually one of our employees but for now all I can say that she's singing in one of the bars in the city

Q: Has the infection gone worldwide A: yup

[SPOILERS FOR THE FOLLOWING]

Q: What happened to kyle crane? Will he have anything to do with the game

A: he ded

[END SPOILERS]

Q: will there be an enhanced edition or any other editions or just the normal one? A:there will be different editions - more details coming soon

Q: Will some weapons from Dying Light 2 (before release) be added in Dying Light? A: watch the trailer closely

Q: Are you taking in any alpha testers any time soon? If so I would like to be the first volunteer. A: there are no tests planned for now

Q: Referencing the Trailer, will we have the ability to choose our siding, survivor or what seem to be the "law"? A: its all up to you and your decisions!

Q: during the first game the side quests were some of the most amazing in the whole game, my question is, will those little side quests be present in the second game as well and will they also impact the game A: Yeah! side quests will be there and there wont be just easy fetch quests, but rather a small stories on their own

Q:There's a post. On twitter(?) That mentions something like "as Aiden you can do things no one elese can" Does that mean there will be benefits in having your infected level reach a certain level? A: Aiden is simply well prepared to live in The City - that's all I can tell right now

Q: Will there be new skill trees or the same ones? A: would be weird to put in the same skill trees

Q: can you upgrade parts of the town? and is roger smith coming back for Voice acting A: depends what do you mean, if you help certain people by your actions or choices, they will start to build stuff like bridges, farms etc which will help you, they will also get rid of the zombies from buildings etc

Q: Is it possible, that BTZ will be in Dying Light 2? A: possible but not confirmed

Q: can we get the song from the trailer? its sick A: I think i got the name somewhere, ill add it to faq [Couldn’t find Uncy’s link, but I was able to find two of the three soundtracks featured in trailers on youtube: Help I’m Alive and Crimson Blaze & Battlefields]

Q: Please dont add lootboxes A: Cmon

Q: Why can't we pre-order A: cause we don't have all the editions ready yet

Q: got 2 questions: - Will we have a season pass for a limited time just like in Dying Light so we can get the DLCs for free? - can us console players please get a fov slider A: 1.There will be a season pass 2. I'll let the devs know about fov slider

Q: Will there be a new type of villain like Rais? A: nothing is white or black in The City

Q: Will it be the same loot system or a loot system at all? A: what do you mean by loot system? like those crates etc? Q: I'm referring to weapons and stuff like that. A: then I don't really know, afaik it got changed a little

Q: Can we expect to see a different climbing mechanic, same with the grapple? A: parkour system is upgraded a lot, grapple is coming back ofc

Q: 1. are there gonna be volatiles in dl2? and are the zombies in dl2 more faster, brutal and better in movement to chase u down? A: There are new and old zombies, can't tell more atm

Q:Will some of the old zombie mutations be returning? A: yup

Q: Distance weapons are mentioned, does that mean a weapon smith we can get distanve weapon blueprints from? A: you can created your own weapons

Q: Are there other zombie types than the ones mentioned in the interviews? If so can we know a bit about them? A: there will be more, no info now tho

Q: On the topic of Grapple, is it expected to behave the same as DL1, or will it have a different mechanic, such as a swing? A: grapple is different now and you can upgrade it

Q: an we drop kick zombies and humans from sky scrapers? A: Yup

Q: Will the grappling hook operate the same as in DL1? I think it was overpowered and needed bigger cool down, it took away from parkour element a lot for me. A: as I said later, it's reworked a little - not OP now

Q: Is Brecken alive in Dying Light 2? Or is he maybe related to protagonist? A: no one from DL1 comes back

Q: Does no ranged mean guns or are we also losing the bow/crossbow A: never said no ranged, i said no firearms, ranged weapons will be there

Q: Will the gore be overhauled or different in Dying Light 2? A: it will be upgraded, there are also new finishers coming in

Q: Will quarantine zones come back? A: dark zones will be in the buiuldiings

Q: what happen to the cure A: gone

Q: will there be more weapon upgrades than in the first DL? A: a lot more

Q: can we put miniguns on vehicles or weaponize them like the buggy from The Following? A: I don't think so - nothing for now at least

Q:What happend to the GRE? A: They were there when the infection started - they are the ones that gave away the biomarkers - no sight of them in the city now

Q: If there's a co-op mode, what is the max amount of players in 1 lobby? A: 4 players max

Q: Will there be more end game content then dl1? A: yup, first of all you will have to finish the game multiple times to experience the game fully, end game will also be improved

Q: What do you think will be there an epic crossover mission when we meet kyle but he's turned A: I don't think he will come back

Q: Infected animals? A: animals will be there, you can hunt them, dunno about infected ones tho

Q: Are there children in DL2? If so, can we kill them? A: Brutal

Q: Referencing the ease of combat in DL1, can we expect to see actual struggle when going against enemies? Will we have the feeling of should I fight or run? A: Ups [???] depends on the difficulty for sure, some of the fights will be hard, for example - you fight some guys near to the building and then zombies hear it and come out for few minutes, and you have XvXvX fight to go trough

Q: Kiedy pre order? A: Niedługo

Q: are the voliatile hive quests coming back? A: you will be cleaning some mess for sure, I don't know if those particular quests will go back

Q: Alright. I asked if we'll get skin to customize our weapons as in we keep them forever as blueprints and we can apply them to any weapon? A: customization will be upgraded, that's for sure, I believe we will actually share more details about it in the future

Q: Will there be brutal finishers after stun, like in old Dying Light version where Kyle pulls out smth from the chest? A: yup, we're still adding more and more finishers

Q: Are safezones upgradable in any way? A: you can't upgrade them as in "click a button and its happening" it changes when you do something for the city or you act in some way

Q: is there gonna be a volatile chase mission in the sewer like dl1? "extraction" with more running action? A: that's a really gameplay-detailed question, I don't think i have answer for it now

Q: Will there be weapons rarities? A: some weapons will be stronger than other - don't know about how will we deal with rarities

Q: can we do farming? A: i think that other people are meant for farming, not Aiden

Q: Is dl2 going to have the same docket system like dl1 if not please explain A: dockets are cool, would be good to have them back

Q: Will zombies give a fight for your life feel, or will it be light DL1 where they are primarily just nuisances? A: try going to dark zone during the day, you wont get out of there alive

Q: do we have a different type of vehicles or just one like dl the following we only had the buggy + we are going to have horses and motorbikes or no ? A: there will be some vehicles - more about that coming soon

Q: is there going to be any refrences from dl1??? A: yup, there will be differences [I’m assuming the question was misread]

Q: you said that there wont be any firearms in DL2, but can you maybe tell what's going on in here, as a game dev? It confuses me quite a lot [pic of peacekeeper with what looks like a gun] A: concept arts are not 1:1 gameplay

Q: Is there gonna be something that can make you even stronger if you maxed out all skill trees? (Like the Legend in DL1.) A: that's a really late-game stuff, i believe something like that will come

Q: will the hostile factions attack you if you go into certain areas (i.e if you take a safe zone for a scavenger will the peackeepers attack you in an office building A: yup

Q: how much is pre order and when will it go live A: we are still taking care of different editions and prices

Q: Are the weapons going to become more modern as you level up ? A: nope, weapons are really "hand made" but they all look cool

Q: Will there be any stational turrets, which you can craft/use in some safezones to clear hordes? A: people are dealing with the infected, turrets are too modern

Q: we can pre-order the game soon ? i mean like next month maybe or after a while ? A: yup, preorders will go live when we will figure out the versions etc

Q: Will multiplayer/coop loot be instance based, or client base? (DL1 uses a client base, as each player gets their own drops/items from chests/zombies) Instance based would be there's only 1 item for all players, first to grab gets. A: We still need to figure that out, I believe we will check which one is better

Q: any cool easter eggs coming? A: a lot of them

Q: Will there be any missions that require 4 players, and can more people join you for the final boss? A: 4 people is max

Q: will there be any more presentations or info about DL2 at e3? A: there will be more + new s this month

Q: Will there be boss fights and if there is at the last story mission do we have to be alone? A: don't ask about last mission when the game is not out

Q: we can play with animals like far cry ? i mean like u send animals to attack zombies or something like that, and will there be infected animals too or no ? A: you will be able to hunt animals for resources, i dont think you will be able to tame them

Q: what your prediction about the pc spec? A: i think you will be fine if you can run modern games, We go for FPS over resolution and we aim for 60 at ps4 and xone, its not confirmed tho

Q: so is there going to be some sick loot if we have dl1 and bad blood?? A: there will be something for DL owners

Q: Are there gonna be hunger and thirst bars, and food and drinks you can loot around the world or get from faction cities and safe zones? A: that's still under discussion, its not confirmed

Q: Will we see random wildlife throughout our explorations? (Not those of zombies.) A: yup and you can hunt them

Q: Will we be able to use the dying light companion app in Dying Light 2 A: probably yes

Q: so is there infected animals or no ? A: I dont think so, it's not really confirmed, so we will see

Q: Can we get a confirmation that the dev tools will be available eventually considering it massively increase the longevity of the game and wasnt a total fuckup of a decision like bad blood was? A: about dev tools - im still waiting for confirmation

Q: sorry for the torture but will there be a PVP gamemode or any special gamemode for DL2? A: we will have multiplayer based discussion, for now there are no details to tell about mp

Q: will DL2 get better mod support ? Something like Fallout 4 so we can add more stuff to the game A: i hope so

Q: asking again, will there be seasons? like winter and summer with weather changes? A: I don't think so

Q: Do i have to side with 1 faction completely? Do certain factions control certain safe zones or are safe zones neutral territory? A: nope, you don't have to side with 1 faction

Q: limitation (character inventory)? Like we can no longer have unlimited or 99x items in stacks - including crafting materials. A: I think there wont be limits to crafting materials, like 99x, i need to confirm that with devs tho

Q: Will there be walking zombie hordes, which will try to destroy safe zone's gates? And will it be like event? (is it really possible)? A: people's safe zones are protected with UV lights, zombies wont cross them

Q: Can I sleep in Dying Light 2 to skip night? A: the whole day-night cycle is changed in DL2, more details coming soon

Q1: will there be xray like in the old game A: what x ray Q2: Survivor sense, he meant I think Q3: the critical blue hit, when u hit a zombie, thats what he means A: oh, survivor sense is coming back

Q: Will duplications be patched frequently? As in DL1 there are still many that can occur. A: well i hope there wont be any dupe glitches

Q: Around how long would it take to playthrough the game once? A: quests etc are still coming so i cant really tell how long it will be right now

Q: Btw every pre-order got a bonus content so ofc dl2 got bonus content so when i buy the game after the release i can get this content even if i buy higher edition or its for pre-orders only ? A: i dont think we will have any preorder exclusives, time will tell tho

Q: How many quests Will there be? A: a lot

Q: how many or which of the zombie types from the first game will we see again in DL2? A: everyone from DL1 is coming back (zombie wise) wise some cool additions and upgrades

Q: How many factions are confirmed so far or at least under disussion? A: 2 main ones are confirmed, and there will be more side ones

Q: will there be any sort of vehicles we can drive in DL2? A: yup there will be vehicles

Q: Will there be shields and (fast?) counterattacks after blocking? A: ripostes will be there, im not sure about the shields but u can block without it

Q: The map takes place in a City, is this city based on a real life counterpart? A: it's a fictional city based on european cities

Q: what happened to the firearms i mean why they are removed from the game ? A: they are very rare commodity 15 years after diseaster

Q: can we drive vehicles? A: yes

Q: When does the Q&A end? A: in around 10 minutes

Q: I don't know if this was asked. But Will we be able to explore more then the city? A: the city alone is 4 times bigger than the first DL, there is a lot to explore, dunno about going outside tho

Q: Will there be some type of pvp in the game? A: more info about multiplayer modes will come very soon

Q: Who is the voice actor for aiden A: dunno to be honest xD not the kyle voice actors and that what matters [This has been released. Aiden’s voice actor is Jonah Scott.]

Q: So there is firearms in the game but they are very rare and hard to find ? i mean u can still find them but its hard right ? A: i mean that they are so rare that you wont find one, but as i said, there are still ranged weapons, and some you can craft on your own

Q: Will it be a new Be The Zomby ? Or Human player invading other world like DS3 ? A: as i said, no details for multiplayer this time, sorry! :x

Q: Will the implemented day/night cycle have any special amendments? (Can we expect to see random encounters/anomalies on random nights/days?) A: would be cool, ill ask devs

Q: In the trailer we saw bracelet and how "charges go down". What will happen if it goes down and will we have "antizin"? Can we buy or trade it? A: there is no antizine, strong UV lights weakens the infection, its still under discussion what will happen when it will go to 0, most possible outcome is simply dying and having to restart the game

Q: Hold up. "No guns" or "very rare guns"? I saw both those answers from Uncy A: its pretty much the same, like, they're all pretty much gone

Q: what about invasions? Be the zombie A: no multiplayer details now

Q: Is the game 4 times bigger then just the slums? Or the WHOLE game A: the whole game without the following

Q: Will there be more interactions within the game? (IE: Fishing, skinning the animals we hunt, cooking, etc) A: yup, there will be a lot to do in the city

Q: Will DL2 be on next gen xbox as it just got announced? A: right now we plan ps4 xone and pc release

Q: Will it be possible to take (offline) single-player saved games online, and if so, what proactive measures will Techland take to prevent game-save mods from disrupting the online multiplayer experience? A: as i said, multiplayer details will come in the future, those things are still under discussion

Q: Can we go and roam outside the city? A: Aiden wants to stay in the city

Q: my final question what is the virus called is it still called the harran virus A: well it's not in harran only anymore

Q: Is there some way to calculate just how many final outcomes you can get out of the game? Like in Detroit Become Human for example A: not really, not right now at least

Q: will screamers have more of a purpose then obstacle you have to get around A: they will be different this time

Q: Legend levels made the first game really easy so are they in dl2 or no ? and if they are there so is it balanced now or it will still make the game so easy ? A: legends levels are still under discussion as well

Q: Still another question about that charges... Will there be some visual and sensitive effects (like in Dying Light where the screens goes green and we dont have stamina)? A: yup, i think so at least

Q: Will there be more detailed animations for each thing we do? (If we activate our flashlight, Aiden would reach to his shoulder to turn it on) A: some things are speed up of course to not be annoying, but there will be more animations, like imagine having to reach the uv light for a 10000 time when volatile is at your face

Q: Will this channel remain so we can review all the previously stated questions? A: it will be closed but it will remain (i need to make QA out of it)

Q: Will it be possible to take (offline) single-player saved games online, and if so, what proactive measures will Techland take to prevent game-save mods from disrupting the online multiplayer experience? A: i responded to that with - no multiplayer details for now, I really don't have any info about it

Q: Can we ride horses ? A: nope

Q: Is korek in dl2? A: i dont think so

Q: anything to mention about Night hunters? A: night runners you mean? actually Aiden is the only man capable of reviving hte nightrunners caste

Q: wingsuit? A: maybe this will be one of the things we will be talking about - i mean, new traversal options

Q: Will we have the ability to pursue affections of NPC? Such as a friend meter, or even a lover? A: you will be able to interact with every single npc in the game - how? you will see

Q: Any building destruction in ds2? Like walls collapsing when you use explosives, would be cool A: just the last one - yes environment is destructible in some cases

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Visions of Imminent Despair

The effects of Top Coat's slandering in regards to Angels were not hard to miss. Many humans became vocal to the issue on whether or not Angels were effective in their job and have turned to alternatives like Lethocs for their ghost issues. The severity of the situation made Lethocs take pity on the city's Angels and started giving them handouts. Covert missions to keep their identities anonymous. Out of pride (well...respect for themselves) some Angels refused these missions. Preferring to put up with the criticisms of mortals and fulfill their sacred duty. Strappon sighed as he reclined back onto his chair, unsure of how to go about repairing the image of his Angels. It felt like a battle he couldn't even win, especially considering that Top Coat already had the media on his side. The young Templar let himself deeper into this train of thought and was brought back to reality by a sudden strike of lightning. A piece of parchment appeared where the lightning had struck, Strappon thinking it odd that it was an actual piece of writing material. Usually, God sent him pieces of toilet paper with one word messages crudely written on with red lipstick. He inspected the piece of parchment, raising a brow at the message. "Don't...Give up, Skeleton?"

That didn't sound right. Was there a high ranking Angel bored out of their mind that they hijacked the communication system between him and God? That sounded more possible but similar messages kept popping up as days passed. Strappon eventually became fed up with the constant string of messages that he consulted his high ranking Angels, hoping to get some closure. Undershirt and Wristband were perplexed by the messages like Strappon, thinking whoever wrote it had a unique sense of humor. "Looks like someone has a lot of time during their shift," Undershirt commented as he flipped the piece of parchment he held. Shades and Bifocals, on the other hand, recognized the style of the message. Shades himself grinning as he went through various messages. "Sounds like someone knows about your troubles. They're trying to cheer you up," he said. Strappon looked up from his small pile, confused. He went in and grabbed another piece of paper, forcing himself to see how this person was trying to make him feel better. "How...so?" "Yeah," Wristband said, "I fail to see how calling someone a skeleton could cheer someone up." "Cause it's a little Northerner humor," Bifocals explained, "Something we picked up from ancient ghosts who leave...peculiar messages for people wanting to snoop around dangerous places." "Us as Northerners turned it into an inside joke. It's innocent fun for the most part but there are serious messages strewn about actual dangerous places." Hearing about the Northern culture was interesting for Strappon but before they can keep their conversation going, several pieces of parchment were struck in the middle of the group. They began picking out pieces, reading them aloud. One read "Visions of imminent despair." Another read "Be wary of lizard." And another as "Revenge." "Someone's really trying to get our attention..." Shades muttered. As they all looked through the new pile, one final piece of parchment floated down on to Undershirt's hair which Strappon retrieved. It read one word. "Iceland," Strappon read, "...That's the most straightfoward message so far. Guess we know where to go." The Templar paused for a moment, with the Angels turning to him. "It's strange," He began, "We've never had tasks outside of the city given to us before but at this point... I'll take anything to gain the public's trust in us back." Days passed since then, the Angels finding themselves in the country of Iceland. They were being guided by a trail of messages that lead them into a remote valley. The plains within felt oddly tranquil and it didn't take long for them to spot something out in the distance. It looked like an expansive...farm? Maybe a ranch? It seemed to be thriving with a bunch of Drakes as well? While most stood confused, questioning why something like this was out in the middle of nowhere, Luna took the lead and guided them into the property. Many noted how excited she was and it only made Strappon more curious as to who they'll meet. Coming out of a small house, a man about Luna's stature approached them, receiving the Ophanim with a hug and warm smile. "I see my messages made it to their intended recipient," he said as he turned back to the group. "Pleasure to meet you lot," he continued, "I am Haircuff and I'll be your client for the day. I'm terribly sorry for having to drag you all the way out here. Northern Angels are a tad too busy to listen to my request so I turned to look for foreign Angels. You lot seem to have a pretty good track record according to dear Luna here." Luna looked at Haircuff with a raised brow. She ignored the cute little comment at the end regarding her, being more concerned with the lack of help from Northern forces. "Wonder what's got them all preoccupied," she muttered to herself. Regardless, she wasn't prying any further. "I see," Strappon said, "Well if that's the case, what can we help you with?" Haircuff could see the eagerness in Strappon's eyes. While he admired the kid's gusto, he didn't know whether to feel bad for what's to come or have a good giggle. "There's a problem ghost that has been terrorizing a few towns," he began, "Reports have said that it's turned these towns to crystal and that many residents have gone missing after evacuation. Because local forces haven't been able to assess the situation, we want you to investigate the root cause and repent it." Hearing this, Strappon found it odd that Angels were ignoring humans. Though, he wasn't a man of conspiracy theories and simply left it at that. Northern Angels probably had their reasons, one of them maybe being that they're far too busy with other stuff. "Very well," he said, "We'll get to the bottom of this, you can count on us. We'll just need time to prepare, this is uncharted territory for us." "With pleasure," Haircuff said, pointing to the small house he exited from, "In there you'll find an Angel by the name of Vāl. She'll help device a plan and properly stock you up with anything you need in your upcoming battle." Taking it into account, Strappon nodded. Thanking Haircuff, he gestured his Angels to follow. A few remained behind, however, most notably Angels who were Northerners themselves. They practically circled Haircuff, some grinning and others with looks of concern on their faces. "Ay, good job sending these children to their doom. They've got no proper experience with these things," Bifocals commented. "Don't know, this could be a good training exercise for them. It can help prepare them for tougher enemies in the future," Shades said. Duster came up behind Shades saying, "He's right. Us as Northerners know how to clean up more properly when it comes to ghosts. They can learn a thing or two from dealing with Northern ghosts." Haircuff had a cheeky smile on his face as the Angels conversed, "You lot can't blame me. At the end of the day, I am part Demon. You can say it's within my nature to be a little bit cruel." "Oh, you're absolutely terrible," Luna said, gently bumping Haircuff on his shoulder who let out a hearty laugh. Cowlneck, meanwhile, took out his phone and began jotting down a few notes, "Okay so I'm now marking down things for my afternoon. Write a few eulogies by 3. Some wills at 4. Both with alarm reminders... Alright, I'm set." These particular Angels certainly know something. Hopefully this doesn't end poorly for Western Angels.

Once Angels finished stocking up for their eventual fight, they were gui ded by small Lost Souls to their first destination. The town was crystal lized and abandoned, save for a few humans who were unfortunately turned to statues. The sight was unnerving. There wasn't any time to mourn for them, though. Strappon looked around the desolate streets before noticing a few glowing pieces of runs on the floor. Gliding his hand over it, the text revealed a message that read, "Visions of imminent despair." Like they haven't read that one before. Unsure of where to begin, Strappon signaled for his Angels to split up a nd find more messages. "There may be a clue or two around town that could help us. Something le ft by these people before they met their demise. Once you find something of note, come to me or a higher ranking Angel so we can move forward."

KRO: With that said, Shades and Luna kept to the openess of the streets whe re plenty of messages were popping in and out. Shades picked up one with the message reading, "Stones, here!" He huffed, "That's real helpful." Luna tried her luck, but the message was more of a quip than anything. "Listen carefully...but hole-Okay now that's just unnecessary."

JAY: Biretta was excited to be on his first mission as an angel, if a littl e unnerved at the idea of fighting some kind of ghost by the end of it . Regardless, he steeled himself and began his own search. He eyed one of the many messages that were popping in and out, though this one in particular seemed particularly old. "Hurrah for women! and then Try tight spot" Biretta's face didn't seem all that amused.

HITA: Bifocals wasn't quite paying attention, more meandering around playing Jewel Crush on her phone. Her fingers tapped away before turning to look at the screen in consternation. She questioned why her luck wasn 't holding for this level but ignored the annoyance. A huff and there was a small piece of paper before her. "Drop it like it's hot" Yep. She sure was home, wasn't she?

BRIT: Haircuff stood by the rest of the Angels with a sort of complacent smi le on his face, watching them without much reaction. Cowlneck hung by him with Jacket and Duster as Strappon gave them his orders. "Hm. This is going to be interesting trying to find the Ghost." Cowlne ck observed, tapping his chin. "Who the hell loses a ghost?" Jacket asked, "Whatevs, let's find this shit!" He pumped his fist and went running off into the town. "Oh, no. Jacket, please." Cowl sighed. He looked almost tiredly at Dus ter, who shrugged. "He's your child." Duster said simply. The two walked off into the town as well, moving more toward Shades an d Luna to see what they were up to. "These are the least effective notes." Duster said, picking up another that was close by. "Beware the tumbleweed of fortune." "Tumbleweed? Are you..." Cowlneck snorted, reaching around by Shades. He seemed to be reaching for Shade's ass, but when he looked, he reach ed for a note instead. "Don't grab it, caress it, respect it. Hm. They know." Meanwhile off in the distance, Jacket was moving around some rubble. H e peered into a house and looked down, picking up a note. "Oh, hey." Jacket said.

NOTE: Jacket's note reads: Beware Glass Dragons.

TORIBIRDSEED: Collier descended slowly from the skies before landing with a little p oof as he hit the ground. He had been given the information he needed and began looking, why was he helping the angels again you ask? Mostl y because he was bored, and because he had nothing better to do, and i t was always a good place to scout for new employees. Holding his hand s on his hips he looked around and decided to investigate a message. “Gay” He just blinked before putting it back on the ground and looked back a t the other angels with the most disappointed look on his face he had ever had. He spoke up gently. “I diidnt come out here to get told things I already know” He huffed and took off his jacket and somehow managed to slip off the one piece he was wearing under his clothes, going shirtless, he was s weating for whatever reason. Collier had trouble with his own body tem perature from time to time, getting too hot in warm weather, and too cold in cold weather, he wasn't too sure what the cause of this was bu t it was something that's for sure. It gets worse when it's cold and h e starts overheating, which was what was going on right now. Slicking his hair back with his free hand he paused and looked around for more messages. “Does anybody got any idea what were even looking for, for all I know my business could be up in flames, or my people could be getting arres ted, why did I come with you all.” Meanwhile, Cloak was not veyr interested in searching for messages, he had one thing on his mind, ghosts. Licking his lips with his long ton gue and wearing a slightly warmer variation on his cloak, this one hav ing a little puffy hood on it, he slithered along behind the group. An d spoke up to himself, ranting. “I have never had the chance to investigate outside of daten, perhaps ghost species out here have developed differently, perhaps we will di scover something new, it's entirely possible…” This went on and on and on, he wasn't shutting up any time soon. Holding his scythe in hand he was using it to keep his balance and was also licking it every now and again, as the ink that constantly oozed out of it got colder, it got thicker, and it was new to him. Why was he like this.

SAIYAN: Undershirt looked around and ended up at a bakery. A note was flying i n the wind and he grabbed it out of the air and read it. "The cake is a lie...what the fuck?" he said as he tossed it back in t he wind with a huff. This was gonna be a very difficult time if this was going to be how th ey were going to go about it. People were going to have to be extremel y lucky to find anything of use. Meanwhile, Wristband ended up near the red light district. This always happens to her, somehow. At this point she played it up to just fate. As she looked around for any clue and saw one laying on the ground. S he picked it up and read it. "Slippery when wet" she read before rolling her eyes before throwing i t in the trash. Meanwhile Tuxedo Jacket was moping around as usual. The only plus side to any of this was that he was in a cool new place. But really that w as a very small plus side. His inner monologue was cut short by a piec e of paper in his face. When he pulled it off it was just a crip walki ng snoopdog...that was moving in loop. "THIS ISN'T HELPFUL AT ALL!" he yelled.

HITA: Walking forward, everyone around her clearly having little to no clue either, she closed out of Jewel Crush, annoyed at the level she couldn 't beat. Frowning, she opened up the battery eater itself, Blazing Si gil Warriors, and began once more to work through stages on Lunatic di fficulty. A piece of paper slapped her in the face featuring a dickbutt drawing. "is u the fuck who" it read. Probably not. She needed to give this to a person who would appreciat e it.

SOUP-KITTY: Summer was wheeling Jong around pretty close to the starting area, but the look on Jong’s face was displeased. Chiffon was resting gently on his lap. For such a big floofy bird she sure was light. Summer notice d a note on the ground, and went over to pick it up. Jong however, dec ided he wanted to go off on his own. Headphones would kill him if he s aw him doing this. Still, Jong nyoomed off. After he was a decent dist ance away, he started to look around. There was a note, almost out of view. “Chiffon,” He said, softly patting the pink bird on the head, “Fetch p lease.” Summer meanwhile stared intensely at the note, as if it were going to give him long lost secrets to the universe. Chiffon hopped back over to Jong, squeaking with every bounce. She han ded Jong the note, and he looked at it as chiffon took her place back in Jong’s lap.

KRO: Shades glanced behind him, seeing Cowlneck a little too close for comf ort. He looked back at the small pile of messages he was crouching ove r, gesturing his hand to get Cowlneck's attention. He definitely heard the message the other Angel got. "You may spank it," Shades began, "/Once./" Then he moved away a little, grabbing Cowlneck's phone from his back p ocket to store it in a less...precarious spot. He picked up a new message, his reading, "Beware horse." Someone has something against horses. Luna kept picking up useless messages, her new one reading, "Try tongu e." Grand.

DJDEVIL: Flat Cap tossed away his cigar before beginning his search with Helmet , who was clenching his buttcheeks as he walked for some reason. Flat Cap grabbed a note that was flowing through the air while Helmet tripp ed and fell face-first into the ground before he noticed a note next t o him and grabbed it.

OWLIE: "Were at least 1,442 kilometers away from Ireland, and it feels weird, going back to Europe," Sneakers said, tugging at his scarf, he stood between Monocle and Polo, his gaze was on the ground, "After all this time.." Monocle and Polo exchanged glances, they knew this was going to happen , Monocle thought it would be best if Sneakers stayed back in Daten, b ut yet Sneakers was insistent to come with them, Cardigan looked at th e young magician and broke the silence. "Pipe up, Sneaks!" She beamed, holding her thumbs up. "Don't worry , y ou've got yout mom , dad, and your fun Aunt, and... Where the hell is Henley Shit?" "He...stayed back," Polo sighed, rubbing his forehead, "Apparently he' s too important for this mission," Cardigan snorted, "That little shit always thinks he's too imprtant, h e's a pride fall," "Anyways, let's just look for clues," Monocle huffed, the group walked forward, he stopped in front of an abandoned shop, he leaned down to pick up a note. Polo and Sneakers looked around as well, each picking up a piece of pa per.

OFFICERCOFFINCAT: Vampire Collar was searching around, his long black fur coat trailed b ehind him. A small white bat squeaked in the boy's man cleavage. Vamp ire found today was a great excuse to cosplay in Selene's winter outfi t. She was badass. He saw a small nyooming think and he did a quiet sn eak. Meanwhile, Mary Janes was holding a note and flipping it in his h ands. He didn't understand it. "Beware Semen." What the heck was a sem en? Why were they at sea? Why were they men? The boy had questions and he lacked answers. He runs over to Sneakers,"Sneaky! What does semen mean?"

NOTE: Jong's note reads: Be wary of the approach, not all is as it seems

JAY: Biretta eyed a few of the messages, but the first one was dumb enough that he wasn't exactly confident he'd find anything useful. Of course, the second he thought that to himself, he stumbled upon a note that s eemed pretty damn important. He glanced up from it to one of his super iors. The first person to catch his eye was Strappon. "Uh, I believe I found something of interest, here!"

DJDEVIL: Flat Cap's note read: 'Drugs are bad, m'kay?' "Ah, get fucked." He said, tossing the note ahead and looked for anoth er. Helmet's note just said 'Honeyed Hams and Kallia Kams.'

SOUP-KITTY: Jong wheeled himself over to where Shades was, and he held up chiffon in front of him. Chiffon had the helpful note in her mouth and was exc itedly making small squeaks, proud that she was being so helpful. Jong shyly looked up, and didn’t say a word. In that moment though, Jong g ot hit in the face with another note that was floating in the wind. It was a drawing of the lenny face. Sweet. Summer meanwhile, was frantically looking for Jong, instead he found M ary Janes. “Hi there kiddo, have you seen Jong around? I can’t find hi m.” In this moment He noticed another note on the floor. It said “Worl d’s okayest Dad”

SAIYAN: Undershirt, Wristband and Tuxedo Jacket continued to look around in th eir respective areas. None of them were finding anything that seemed t o be useful. They were all just useless memes like “Do you ever feel l ike a bag in the wind?” and “Dab on them haters”. It was just really f rustrating for them all. Tuxedo Jacket would have been rolling on the ground at this point if it weren’t for the fact that he was wearing ni ce clothes. “This just sucks” Tuxedo Jacket said as he crumpled up his paper that he found.

NOTE: Biretta's note reads: A crystal cave is what you seek but perish all w ho seem too weak.

OFFICERCOFFINCAT: Mary Janes crawls onto Summers back and he looks around like a lemur. He spots Vampire and Jong. He looks down over his head,"It looks like he's okay, he's got a pet for protection." Mary pokes papas nose. Vamp ire Collar was just about to say hi to Jong before a note slapped his face. He takes it off and he raises a brow. He brings it over to Strap pon because it looked sort of useful.

OWLIE: Monocle read the note in his hand, it read, "Foaming in the mouth," cu te. He rolled his eyes as he crumpled the paper and threw it behind hi s back. Then he walked a bit further before picking up another piece o f paper.. Then he looked around for Strappon or any other High-ranking angel, he saw Shades and he decided to go to him. "Uh... I believe I found something important," Polo picked up another paper, as he read this, he felt that this note is significant, unlike the first one, so he went to Strappon and hande d him the note. Sneakers read the note, "Books are for nerds," He threw it away, scoff ing. Then he heard Mary Janes, who aked him a rather... odd question, "Uh... Semen?" Sneakers said, his face burning up, he at Mary Janes as if he suddenly grew a second head. Cardigan's ears perked up at Mary' s question, she sidled up to them, smiling as she casually put her han d on her waist, "Trust me kid, you don't wanna know,"

BRIT: "Shades, friend, please." Cowlneck snorted, "I'm trying to work, here. " He pushed Shades aside and peered around the area, making his way towa rd another note. He reached down and picked it up. "Distribute your gains with heavy grains." He read. His squinted at th e paper, "What the fuck does this mean? Is this supposed to help?" He threw the paper and decided to look around at everyone else for a b it. This was going to take a good while. Duster chuckled at the exchange and pushed Luna a little. "You're getting the best ones, it seems." He joked. He walked toward a statue and examined it, noticing a note in its had. "I found another one." He called over. Jacket walked around picking up and hoarding a bunch of papers. He spo tted a new Angel, wearing some weird robes, and ran up to him. "Oh, hey! You're new!" He said to Biretta, "I'm Jacket, what's your na me? Oh, you got a new note? Neato!" He reached into the pile of notes he was holding in his arms. "I've got a few!"

HITA: As she moved towards Strappon, she was struck in the face again by a n ote. Huffing, she looked down and continued over to the group. Her f eet were steady even as she played her game, fingers tapping away at t he rhythm portion of the game. Damn Taku teams. Best teams, honestly . Okay, well, three Takus and her wife, Olivia. "I have a note for you to look at, Short and Sweet," this said to Stra ppon with the air of someone who didn't care.

NOTE: Vampire's note read: Destroy illusions with great caution.

NOTE: Duster's note read: Caves of wonder.

NOTE: Bifocals' note read: Careful, some things are more dangerous than they appear.

NOTE: Monocle's note read: Don't rush head in, there is great danger. Polo's note read: Beauty is only skin deep, this skin cuts like knives when the facade drops. Bifocal's note read: Careful, some things are more dangerous than they appear.

NOTE: Jacket's note read: Sharp death ahead

JAY: Biretta looked at the brown-haired fellow that greeted him, a bit surp rised to be approached by one of the others. "Greetings, Jacket. My na me is Biretta, pleasure to make your acquaintance." He gave a slight b ow with his head, "I suppose we should take these notes over to Strapp on, yes?"

CRACKEMWALNUTS: Headphones just woke up, god knows how he teleported here. Literally, he had no idea where he was or what everyone was even doing. He just g ot up, stretched a bit, and adjusted his purple scarf with a bow. Now, where was his son exactly was the real question. He tapped his foot i mpatiently as he glanced around, Jong nowhere to be found. Well, looks like the bitch he has to chew out is himself right now so it's time f or the roast of oneself to begin. Before he would wreck himself mental ly, he noticed a little slip of paper. Sighing, "Well great now it's blue's clues..." Picking it up, he began to read it, squinting his closed eyes. Good jo b. Knittens was away from the main group, needing a minute to himself. He put out the lit cigarette and coughed out smoke. It's been a really r ough time for him and it seems this was the only way to get some sembl ance of both reality and peace. He's been very anti-social the whole t ime, staying quiet and trying to not look at anyone's eyes. Leaning ag ainst a wall from everyone else, he noticed a note and picked it up, r eading, "Don't smoke kids." Knittens groaned, even paper was shaming him now, grumbling as he crum bled it up, "Thanks, mint cruncher, I already know that. Why do you think I'm here ?"

DJDEVIL: Flat Cap eventually found a note and picked it up. Hopefully this one wasn't gonna mock him for his passions. Seeing that the note was utterly useless, Helmet tosses it away and go t up to go looking before another flew right into the eye-slits of his namesakes, blinding the poor man. "The wind has blinded me!" He excla imed, running around in a panic.

NOTE: Headphones' note read: Always check for hidden bounties when fate tips the scales in your favor. Flat Cap's note read: Traverse the paths of crystal caverns and in the spires find your answers. Helmet's note read: Do not allow your friends to go alone against this foe.

OFFICERCOFFINCAT: Vampire Collar was pretty confused but it seemed like pretty good advi ce. He held it over his chest and his bat took it with its lil fingie. Mary Janes gently papped his friends cheeks, he was a weird red boy. Mary looks up at Cardigan,"A-ah! Okay ms. Thank you for warning me!" He smiled up at her. Mary sees Kittens and oh boy. Here he goes again . Shield his small gay heart. He trots over and he smiles,"Hiya Knitty !" Mary smelled smoke and his face twisted,"uh, whatcha doin?"

KRO: Shades simply rolled his eyes at Cowlneck. He wasn't having much luck on his end and decided to give up for now. He noticed both Jong and Mo nocle approach him, taking their notes and reading them. "Oh hey, good job you two! Guess we better prepare ourselves for a doo zy." Luna gently pushed Duster in response, blushing. "Do you kiss you mother with that mouth-" She cut herself off upon rea lization, pushing Duster even further. "Whatever! Go find something else young man!"

OFFICERCOFFINCAT: The wild Vampire Collar sees the majestic twink on wheels and he scoop s in for the kill. He takes the bean. "H-hi there Jong, you look a lit tle tired. Mind if I wheel you..?"

CRACKEMWALNUTS: Knitetns coughed, hacking up a lung, and a much more gruff voice came out than expected, "Nothing, found a useless wad of paper." Stuffing it his pocket, he planned to find a garbage later to throw it out. He wasn't that far gone. He held his chest, steadying himself. H e was shocked when he heard Mary Janes' voice and in a forced high pit ched tone everyone was used to, added, "Blanked a bit, sort of forgot why we're here, yeah?" Certain things definitely changed in the child's face, as in he didn't look like a child anymore. In fact, he hit a major growth spurt since everyone last saw him, nearing 5'9" already. He chuckles softly, "Been a while since I saw you." Headphones cocked his eyebrow, was he suppose to be looting a dungeon now? Looking around, he shrugged. Well if he gets lucky, he'll find a treasure chest or something. He calls out a bit worried, "Jong? Jong where are you?" It was obviously the more stricter parental tone, not something that's usually heard from him. He never took such an authoritative tone and it even kind of surprised him. Stuffing the paper in his pocket, he sc ratched his head. What were they even doing here now? Besides, how in the lrod's name is he suppose to know that fortune is smiling on him? Right now, he had no idea was happening. Finding Strppon and the rest, he twirled a piece of his hair before finding his son again. Gasping, he almost pushed Vampire Collar out of the way and kneels down to see if Jong was okay without him. Asking frantically, "Did anyone hurt you? Did anyone touch you? Are you okay? Oh i'm so so rry I lost track of where I was, are you okay?"

DJDEVIL: "Heh, this seems helpful. Oi Shades!" He exclaimed, waving to Shady as he walked towards him. "Got something for ye. Somethin' about caverns and shite." Helmet, unable to see where he was going, ran in completely random dir ections, bumping into buildings before he ended up crashing into Strap pon like a complete fool. Then again, when isn't he a fool?

BRIT: Duster stared at the note. He wasn't really sure if this was... Useful . "Something to do with caves, crystals, and dragons." Cowlneck stated, connecting the dots as he continued forward. He stopped before he bump ed into a state with an 'excuse me' before realizing it was someone wh o'd been turned to stone. He took the note from off the statue's head in a huff and read it over. Duster chuckled and moved on, walking toward another shiny note. "Fatty ahead." He read, before looking up and seeing a mirror, "Wow." "Oh wow, you're one of them proper types, huh?" Jacket chuckled, reach ing out and putting Biretta's hat on his own head, "Yeah! Let's take t he notes to Strappo!" He turned and made his way toward Strappon, fishing a note from the pi led to read it. "Hurray for skeleton?" He read, "The fuck?" He was just gonna keep going with Biretta's hat on his head.

SOUP-KITTY: Jong sat perfectly still, as if rigor mortis had set in and he was per manently stuck holding chiffon up like it was the lion king. Vampire h ad wheeled him off, his face was as red as a tomato from embarrassment . Chiffon swallowed the note for safe keeping, and she kept making sma ll squeaks. Jong currently was thinking of what a dork he was. He star ted muttering to himself “what were you thinking sitting there and not saying anything. GOD could you be more stupid.” Jong clearly wasn’t p aying attention at anything happening around him. Summer followed Mary around to where Knittens was, the kid was taller now. He smiled at him but something seemed off. “Hey kid, it’s been a while.”

OFFICERCOFFINCAT: Vampire hisses a little bit, the commotion lifted his sleeve and it hu rt like a bitch for light to touch it. He sees Headphones and he recog nizes him from the hospital. Ahh that makes sense.Vampire sees Chiffon and he dies a little bit, she was so pudgie. Vampire Collar squeaked and his bat hopped onto Jong's head. "Cerebella..come back to mommy." Yes he was mommy. Cerebella rolls around on his head and he facepalms ,"Darling I am so sorry." Mary Janes nods a little bit and he clears his throat. "Y-yEah, oh jeez.." His voice cracked. Oh puberty. He rubs the back of his neck and he giggles,"It has been, you chANged. I swea r you look c-cooler somehow."

OWLIE: Sneakers followed Mary Janes, Sneakers grinned and waved at Knittens, though he looked down to see another piece of paper, he picked it up g ingerly at read the contents, he beamed as he ran up to Polo and Monoc le, who each found some seemingly important notes themselves. "Goodie!" Polo said, ruffling Sneaker's hair. "Let's give this to Sir Strappon, shall we?"

KRO: Luna took a small peek at Duster's note and snorted, hurting herself i n her attempt to stifle her laughter. "Looks like your boyfriend's calling your eating habits through messag es. You should probably listen to that."

NOTE: Cowlneck's Note reads: Stone cold like a cave.

NOTE: Mono's Note reads: Go to the cavern's end of the crystal caves, seek y our answers and remain brave.

BRIT: "Oh, boy. Another hint that this thing is in a cave." Cowlneck said, w alking back toward Strappon, "I give up. Someone else find a good note , these things aren't useful." Haircuff chuckled as Cowlneck pouted beside him. "Giving up already, Red Bird?" He asked, leaning on his staff with a s ort of cheeky smile, "I can lead you back to hang around the baby drag ons. They'd love to chase you around." Cowl snorted again. Haircuff gave another short laugh and turned back to the set of Angels approaching him and Strappon. "I see you've collected a good set of notes." He said, looking over th em and handing them to Strappon. He pocketed one. "I'll keep this one for later." "Do we have sufficient proof as to where the Crystal Caves are, then?" Duster asked as he and Luna approached again. Haircuff turned, humming a bit as he put his hand over his eyes as if to shade them from the sun. He picked up his staff and pointed in the direction of a mountain. "It's right over there. You could have asked, you know." He said, "I k new where it flew."

JAY: Biretta was left rather surprised by the playful seizing of his namesa ke, the older male taking a snatch to get it back from Jacket before h e wandered off, only managing to miss the first time. He nabbed it the second, walking alongside Jacket and giving him a disapproving look w hile placing it back on his head, once again hiding away most of his r ather dark hair. His look quickly shifted to a playful smile, though, and he lightly punched Jacket's arm. "I see angels in America like to mess around, eh?"

SAIYAN: Undershirt, Wristband and Tuxedo Jacket decided to meet with the rest of the group to see if there was anything that anyone else had found t hat was useful in their search. The three of them rounded the corner a nd saw Strappon and some other angels near by. "Hey, you got anything good?" Undershirt asked Strappon because lord k nows he didn't.

CRACKEMWALNUTS: Knittens scratched his forehead, grumbling, "Wish I hadn't." He forced a small grin as he waves to both Summer and Sneakers but it didn't feel right. Well they were just the same but he didn't feel rig ht. Everything was the same except for him and he felt so out pof plac e. But he shrugged it off, joking, "Puberty hitting you like a truck too I see." He stumbled a bit forward, he isn't used to his legs being so long sti ll. Headphones sighs, well at least he looked okay physically. Taking the wheelchair and looking around, he asked Vampire Collar, "What are we doing here exactly anyways?" He tilted his head, unsure of their main objective. He showed the note talking about the hidden bounties when most fortunate to Vampire Coll ar, unsure of what it means.

SOUP-KITTY: Summer patted Mary on the head when he heard the voice cracks. He was a proud dad. He was concerned for Knittens though. The boy seemed to h ave gone through some stuff, and he reeked of cigarette smoke. Jong finally put his arms down slowly, and held chiffon. He looked ove r at Vampire Collar and spoke up “Hey are you okay?” He then turned hi s attention to Headphones. “Sorry… I was just spacing out.” Jong sigh ed a little, and then he notices the little friend on his head. He rea ches up and softly boops the little bat.

KRO: Shades turned to Flat Cap, taking his note and reading through it. He was about to comment as he saw the rest of the group rejoining. Shades gestured for Flat Cap to follow as he joined the rest of the group, s quinting at Haircuff not to suspect him of anything, but more to make sure the man wasn't revealing too much of the surprise his peers have in store. Luna then clapped her hands in the air, getting everybody's attention. She seemed a little eager. Maybe too eager. "Alright so we know where our target is. Haircuff and I will be your g uides to these caves. Don't want any of you getting accidentally getti ng skewered by those spires on the way up." The trek to the cave certainly wasn't a cakewalk. The distance and alt itude wore Shades out fast to the point that Luna had to give him a pi ggyback ride. Actually, the man looked like he conked out on her back. Not like Luna minded, this reminded her of when she first cared for S hades. It wasn't long before they were met by the foreboding entrace t o the cave. Luna woke Shades up, kneeling down for him to get down. As the other A ngel woke himself up, she pointed in the direction of the cave while s he looked at Haircuff. "You've been keeping tabs on whether it has exited and entered right? Is it still in here?"

OFFICERCOFFINCAT: Mary Janes he laughed a little and he nods,"Yup. For some reason I hav e to shave my legs now." He watched Knittens be a smol bamby. Vampire looks down at his hand,"Eh, I'll be alright don't worry." The bat star ted to squeak before it clung to his finger and began sucking the teet like appendage. "Aww..she's hungry. " He reaches into his pocket and he pulls out a small bottle, he hands it to the bat and she snatches i t. Starting to suck it while clinging to Jong's hand. Vampire shrugge d,"From what I can tell, we're looking for clues to find a ghost..? Or someone..not sure but if the note can be read using Gandolfs voice, i t's most likely useful." He thinks for a second."Hmm...it looks like it may be trying to spur us to continue the search..? I'm not sure tho ugh."

BRIT: The party was a little winded (save for Duster and Cowlneck, who seeme d used to climbing these mountains). Jacket was huffing quite a bit an d leaned on his knees for support, holding up a finger for them to wai t for his response. "I thought I raised you better." Cowlneck chuckled, "Combat and I grew up around the mountains in the North." "It's alright. You city types aren't used to large mountains with cold temperatures." Haircuff chuckled. He turned back to Luna, "Ah, yes. I t should still be within the cave. I assume it's resting after it's re lentless onslaught." "Hoooo, boy. Sounds like we're in for a ride!" Jacket said, seeming to have recovered quickly, "We got this in the bag! Easy Heavens." He winked at the rest of them for emphasis and spotted Jong, scratchin g his cheek. "Well, //some// of us might have difficulty." He pointed out, "But we can help!" "Mmm." Duster responded, seeming to be texting, "We can only hope you' re prepared." "I'm always prepared! Lubed right up!" Jacket argued. Cowlneck choked on air.

DJDEVIL: The journey had worn Flat Cap out and needed to regain some energy. So he reached into his pocket and pulled a bag of cocaine with a label t hat read 'Kenny's Fresh Organic Meth'. He opened the bag and stuck his face in the bag, snorting the contents. "OH YEAH!" He exclaimed, rein vigorated by the drugs. "Alright, ya cunts ready 'cause i'm ready! Let 's fucking go, man! Wooh!" Helmet meanwhile recovered rather easily and when started getting read y to head in, he drew out his sword. "Let us begin then! DEUS VULT!" H e yelled as he ran head long into the cave. Most likely straight into his death.

BRIT: "Well, you can go into the cave, now." Strappon replied to Undershirt, watching Helmet run head-long into the cave, "So I suppose we found s omething good if that answers you question." He pointed ahead to the cave. "Let's go!" Jacket said, pumping his fists into the air and running af ter Helmet, pushing Jong before anyone else could, "Let's go, buddy!"

JAY: Biretta was a admittedly tired by the time they made it to the cave, a nd it didn't help that a few of the others were so loud about charging into the cave. He almost wanted to call out to them to get them to st op, but by the time he lifted his hand up the two of them were already in the cave. Instead he huffed and crossed his arms, waiting around f or more people to enter the cave first. He wasn't going to die again t oday.

OWLIE: Monocle grumbled, he's definitely not used to trekking mountains, Polo on the other hand, was a bit tired, but is more eager to enter the ca ve than him. Cardigan sat atop a rock and said, "You guys have fun, I'm fucking sta ying here," Monocle rolled his eyes, he wiped the sweat from his forehead. Then he glanced at Polo, who looked at him with a grin. "Let's gooo!" Polo said cheerfully, marching into the cave with Mono i n tow. "Ooh, this is actually exciting," Sneakers said, walking next to Mary Janes, bradishing the handle of his staff-spear.

SAIYAN: Undershirt nodded his head as he turned and motioned for the other two angels to follow him. The three of them flew off towards the cave ent rance and arrived there in no time. Once they landed, they met up with Luna and Shady. “Hey bud, sorry we’re late, we had to come from all the way across tow n to get here” Undershirt said as he pointed behind him. “So this is where it’s supposed to be then?” T.J, asked out loud.

SOUP-KITTY: Jong was caught by surprise at suddenly getting pushed. Before he coul d realize what happened he was already being wheeled into this weird a ss cave. Jong quietly held on to chiffon, and grabbed the little baby bat and placed it inside his turtleneck shirt. He was a responsible da d to Vamp’s children after all.

CRACKEMWALNUTS: Headphones was ahead of the group, keeping an eye on Jong but left him to have some alone time with Vampire Collar. As attached as he was, h e was in good hands. But for now, he was leaping from stalactite to st alactite, swinging his grappinghook to each and swinging around the ce iling like a crazy person. Eventaully when he reached everyone else, h e lowered down upside down and slowly began to turn as he asked upside down, "So we're suppose to find something then, yeah?" Knittens nods, unsure of why Mary Janes was even shaving his legs but listen, he won't pry. Walking towards the cave, he gulped, feeling ant sy and began to itch his wrist, "Knowing our track record, we're gonna see some sort of beast appear i n here in a few seconds." He wasn't feeling to confident in his luck anymore and he'd rather not take a chance. But seeing everyone run into there, it seems like he h ad no choice. Jokingly he chuckles, "Maybe there's some sort of secret treasure inside?"

BRIT: Cowlneck pulled out a book, seeming to have jotted a few things down a nd smiled. "/My friend, do you fly away now to a word that abhors you and I?/" Duster made a point to roll his eyes as Cowlneck spoke. "/All that awaits you is a somber morrow, no matter where the winds ma y blow./" Cowlneck finished, walking casually and turning to the rest of them again, closing his book. He gestured into the cave, looking po intedly at the Western Angels that hadn't entered the cave as of yet. "If you do not stop for death, it will kindly stop for you." "Morbid." Haircuff said, "I await your return with baited breath, frie nds." He smiled and waved them off.

KRO: Shades yawned, covering his mouth with his jacket as Undershirt approa ched him. He waved dismissively at Undershirt. "Hey man, no worries. We barely made it here too, but it seems like Co wlneck's gonna need to work on those wills and eulogies soon as a few already went inside." A few meaning Jacket and the unfortunate sap he took with him. The ruckus Flat Cap was making made Shades scrunch up his nose and wow . That man was just there, doing that. On his /good Christian server/, too. He stomped in Flat Cap's direction, smacking the drug out of the Angel's hands. He probably shouldn't have done that, but seriously. I n front of your superiors? That wasn't very smart. Luna nodded at Haircuff. She crossed her arms as she turned back to th e others. Seeing as Haircuff was sending them off, she went over to Du ster and leaned on him. "This is going to be exciting, isn't it?"

DJDEVIL: Flat Cap just gave Shady a look when he smacked the bag out of his han ds. "The fuck was that for, man?! Ya wasted perfectly good meth! And e xpensive too." He said, looking the bag. This was like the drug equiva lent of slapping away someone's Gatorade after a long jog on a hot day . The fucking cunt. As Helmet ran through the cave, he zipped his head around looking for signs of the ghost, at the point turning around and running backwards before bumping hard into a stalagmite.

OFFICERCOFFINCAT: Mary Janes giggled,"I know right?" He was happy to chill with his budd ies. Mary turner on his teddy's eye lights and they shined like someth ing out of a horror movie. Mary turned to Knittens,"Yeah, so? Last tim e I checked you used to war cry with me at em. We should be fine!" He giggles. Vampire on the other hand was looking about, he wore his clea r glow in the dark lenses to accentuate his eyes. He walked carefully and he watched everyone lead. He hopped to god no one flashed a flashl ight on him. He watches Jong and the babies and he melts. What a good dad.

KRO: Crossing his arms, Shades shook his head as he saw Flat Cap being upse t about his drugs. "Pal, you're doing drugs in front of a bunch of high ranks, what did y ou think was going to happen?" He signed as he looked back to the entrace of the cave and gestured to get other's attention. "Alright, well. That dragon isn't going to pop up on it's own the long er we stand here. Let's head on in and make sure those who went inside are safe."

CRACKEMWALNUTS: Knittens raised his eyebrow at Mary Jane's teddy and patted it's head, sticking out his tongue, "Yeah and I use to believe that Santa was real. But, I never asked whe re you got a teddy taser from though." He walked into the mouth of the cave, peering in. It was quiet, seemin gly safe. Knittens felt a lump form in his stomach, he didn't want to get caught up in Angel's troubles anymore. He asked softly, "Why do we always get up in these situations?"

BRIT: Jacket continued to scoot through the caves, looking around in wonderm ent and amaze at the crystals. He had slowed down significantly as oth ers were rather far behind them. "I wonder where Helmet went." He pondered, "But anyway, we're lookin f or a dragon ghost, right? Let's look for some hella bunches of crystal ." He stopped rolling Jong and peered at him to check on him. "You alright?" He asked.

SOUP-KITTY: Jong Looked up at Jacket, and gave a small smile. “Yeah! I’m doing oka y.” Jong looked around at the cave. It was really quite pretty, if not a little strange. Chiffon hopped off of Jong’s lap, making squeaks th at echoed through the cave, she hopped in circles around Jacket. “So i t’s a dragon ghost?” Jong had only seen a handful of ghosts. He didn’t know they came in dragon. Summer placed a hand on Knitten’s shoulder as they walked on. “You kno w kiddo, we can always stay outside if you like. You shouldn’t do thin gs you aren’t comfortable doing, especially when you aren’t doing okay .” Summer gave his best dad smile, and held Mary’s hand so they wouldn ’t get separated if they went deeper in the cave.

ARCHDUKE: As the Angels trickled into the cave, their commotion echoed. It seeme d to be a peaceful cave and nobody could blame the group for suspectin g Haircuff of lying. As they went about their business, the ground lig htly shook and an odd dragging noise was heard in the far distance. So mething's coming. There was a pause in activity before the shaking and dragging noises p icked up again. It appeared the ghost had hit a wall. It was blind, cu t it some slack. It wasn't long until the ghost came into view, heading to the exit of the cave. It was a large, lumbering looking dragon that didn't seem to take into account the intruders.

OFFICERCOFFINCAT: Mary Janes crawled onto father mountain and he rested his arms on he d ad's head. This is true protecc position. Mary waved to Knittens. Vamp ire Collar is casually walking beside Jong's wheelchair. He blinks and looks around,"I can see something ahead."

KRO: Luna spotted the ghost, pulling Shades off to the side and pointed at it. Shades nodded, keeping closer to her side as they walked further into the cave. It was a pretty ghost, he'll give it that.

SAIYAN: Undershirt and the gang held up three fingers, Hunger Games style as a whistling could be heard coming from the entrance of the cave. It cou ld totally have been the wind, but it made for a good effect. Undershi rt watched Shady and Luna walk deeper in the cave and they all followe d suit. “So, you think what we’re looking for is in here then?” Undershirt sai d almost tripping on a stalagmite like a dumb.

/Last time on DCM:/ Angels were called out of country by a mysterious messenger who turned o ut to be Haircuff, an eccentric man who cares for Drakes. He tips Angels off on where they should search first and come across an abandoned town turned to stone. There, everyone searched for any message that could he lp them find out something about the ghost or it's location. After a bri ef search, it seemed that Haircuff withheld information about it's where abouts. Then again, nobody asked where it went. Pointing them in the rig ht direction, they're now exploring a crystal cave where it was last see n.

KRO: Luna grabbed Undershirt, pulling him from the stalagmite and shushing him. She pointed to the lumbering ghost in the cave. "Does that answer your question?" She whispered to Undershirt.

SAIYAN: Undershirt looked at the dragon with an open mouth. How the fuck did h e manage to miss it.

SAIYAN: "What the fuck...." he started before the ground shook again and he ne arly lost his balance. "What is wrong with this guy? Is it actually blind?" Wristband said as she regained her balance. "Heh, well if that's the case, then this should be easy! I can't belie ve they had to call us in to deal with a blind ghost but whatever!" He said as he transformed his namesake into his weapon. He charged forth towards the dragon, dodging past all of the different rock formations in his way before he finally reached where the ghost was. "Bet you won't see this one coming!" he yelled as he swing his pickaxe at the ghost.

CRACKEMWALNUTS: Headphones stared at the abomination real quickly and looked for the n orthern angel really quickly 'cause this bloodborne dark souls motherf ucker was not in his jurisdiction, naaaah. Seeing only the western ang els around he just says agape, "Bitch, we're suppose to fight this mother fucker?" He stared at everyone, about to throw such a fit but knowing he had to be there for Jong he just buckled the fuck up and summoned his weapon . He whistles to Vampire COllar to catch his attention, "Okay baby boy you don't needa fight you hear me? You wheel him around to have him fight, understand? I swear to lord." He was about to lose his mind, swinging his weapon around about to kil l a bitch and it might not be the ghost. Knittens pursed his lips, motioning to the ghost saying, "So, what did I tell ya?"

JAY: Biretta had been skulking close to the back of the group into the cave , fingers pressed together as he scanned the inside of the cave and ke pt a slow pace with the rest of the group. Of course, once the ghost s howed up, he was pretty bewildered at its size, stopping dead in his t racks. "Jesus fuck," he finally managed to mutter. His hand went to his names ake and twirled it into his weapon, taking a tight hold of it.

DJDEVIL: Flat Cap let out a whistle upon seeing the ghost, impressed by it's si ze. "Big fucker, ain't it?" He said quietly, obivously not wanting to attract the ghost just yet, then turned to Shady, "So what's the plan? Set up a trap or somethin' sneaky like that or just go in guns blazin '?" He then saw Undershirt and Tuxedo run out and attack the ghost. "G un blazin' it is!" He said, transforming his namesake and opened fire at the ghost. Helmet fell on his ass after hitting the stalagmite. He rubbed his bac k before he began to feel the shaking and noticed the large ghost. "Th e beast has shown itself!" He exclaimed, standing up and picked up his sword before running towards it and whacking at it's legs. "Taste the might of my newly-upgraded sword, beast!" He yelled as he whacked at the ghost.

BRIT: "Oh yeah, Ghosts come in all kinds of forms and shit." Jacket explaine d to Jong, "This one seems kinda dumb. Easy." He smiled down at the other boy in the wheelchair and gave him a thumb s-up. "We can tag-team him if ya want!" Cowlneck hung back by Shades and Duster. The two watched as Tuxedo Jac ket went charging for the ghost. Duster shook his head, and Cowlneck s eemed to suddenly find his manicure more interesting. "/Here lies Tuxedo Jacket. Charged into battle with nary a care, impal ed by a dragon's horn, now he's stuck there./" He said, "A good eulogy , I think." "Cowlneck, please." Duster sighed, "He's not alone." "I have a duty to uphold, Dusty." Cowl replied and flashed a cheeky sm irk at Duster. "As for Helmet, he was squashed by its feet. Flattened by a dragon, his death he did meet." "These are awful." Duster snorted.

ARCHDUKE: The dragon kept dragging itself, even as the barrage of Angels unloade d their strength on it. It didn't seem bothered by anything but in act uality, it was getting peeved by the constant worry of it accidentally stepping on someone. It may have destroyed towns but squishing someth ing with your bare feet never felt good. The ghost suddenly stopped, the ground shaking as it began to lean on one side and rolled on to the small group of Angels that have gathered around it. After one roll, it shook the dirt off its back and kept on with its business of trying to find the exit.

OFFICERCOFFINCAT: Vampire Collar blinked. Holy shit this was a Dragon age baby right the re. That's a huge blep. Vamp turned his head to Headphones and looked at him like he had a third nipple on his forehead. "I-I know. But-! Jo ng is in a wheelchair? I am so not risking him getting hurt. B-but if he needs to fight fine." The boy was worried to say the least, but he did as the other said. He nyoomed right on into battle with his twunk on wheels. Mary Janes looks at the drake and he looks at the imaginary camera. Yes, this was the office. " just why. Why can it never be a s tray donkey."

KRO: As Shades tried to keep his balance from the shaking ground, he looked at Duster. "Listen, he's gotta improve his poetry somehow."

CRACKEMWALNUTS: Knittens took Mary janes shoulder quietly whispering, "Ogres have layers but I'm not ready for this fight." He cracked his knuckles, ready to dodge and start running when need be because he's watched enough God of War 4 to know that this will bruta l. Headphones snapped his fingers, touching up his eye shadow before he g ets brutally fucked. He gotta look pretty before he's put 6 feet under ground beaten into a pulp. He's gonna be a pretty pulp okay. Sliding d own closer he just stared at it, squatted and whispered motioning to i t, "Boy."

SAIYAN: Tuxedo Jacket looked on in horror as this dragon started to death roll like a crocodile towards him. Unable to get out of the way in time he was crushed under the weight of the dragon ghost. He laid there, on t he cave floor, completely embedded with in it as the weight had driven him into the rock. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" T.J. screamed as the shock wore off and the pain set in. He was also very angry that the dragon just straight up t ossed him aside. Meanwhile, Undershirt and Wristband winced as they saw what had happen ed to him. It was not a pretty sight at all. "Now why'd he have to go off and do that? When will that boy ever lear n?" Wristband said as she shook her head.

DJDEVIL: Helmet was buried in the dirt with only his head sticking out. That's what you get for charging at the giant dragon ghost like an idiot. At least he wasn't a pancake. "Holy shite!" Flat Cap said after the ghost squished everyone around i t, "OI! Are you guys still alive?!"

SOUP-KITTY: Jong was getting real tired of being dragged around, and now they want ed him to fight THAT? “Oh fuck no y’all can McFuckin throw down I’m go nna go look for pretty shit in the cave.” Jong held the wheels with hi s hands, causing them to stop, and before anyone could say anything, J ong rolled back into the cave where Jacket was, he grabbed Chiffon and he kept rolling deeper into the cave, finally stopping in a seemingly safe corner. He was gonna sit there and sit there quietly. Summer meanwhile, was amazed at the dragon. “I’ve never seen a crocodi le that big.” He had the biggest smile on his face. What a fuckin dork .

KRO: Shades burst out in laughter, Luna quickly covering his mouth as she t ried to stifle her own. "SHH-SHHH, s-shut!" She managed in between her giggles, "It's gonna pi ck up on your noise." It seemed like the Angels were in need of aid, but the one time they n eeded it, Shades was not complying. He was having his giggle.

BRIT: "Oh, I need to change Tuxedo's eulogy. He was also flattened." Cowlnec k stated, "/My friends, the fates are cruel. There are no dreams, no h onor remains. The arrow has left the bow of the Goddess/." For emphasis, he gave them the "father, son, holy ghost" gesture. Dust er made a point to look away and snort. Jacket skidded and turned back to Jong. "Aww, how're you gonna get back to Heaven if you don't fight?" He aske d, "Well, I guess you can fight when you get all better." He turned and put on his best game face, yanking his pants up and runn ing straight for the ghost with Dual Pride mounted to his arm, ready t o let it rip. "So, why are you all standing around?" Strappon asked the Angels as th ey stood and watched the rest of the fallens get steamrolled, "They're getting their arses handed to them, lads. This is hardly the time for you lot to develop a sadistic streak."

ARCHDUKE: As Jacket advanced, he was promptly squished by the ghost as it walked in the direction of some laughter. Good night sweet prince.

JAY: Biretta snapped into a mode of fighting after Strappon prompted more a ngels to attack the dragon. Sighing, he began a slow jogging approach to the beast, opting to spring off of his feet once close enough to be gin a series of dodge-rolling around its feet, trying to avoid getting squashed. Hopefully invincibility frames applied to real life.

CRACKEMWALNUTS: Headphones just held up both of his hands with his mouth open, mumblin g, "Okay okay okay I see how it is and my only response? Naaah bitch." Seeing Summer, he quickly slides up next to him, wrapping his arms aro und his shoulder before unleashing the deepest gruffest voice he ever could manage in order to emphasize the amount of upsetness in his soul , "Now listen here with your Steve Irwin ass, you in all of God's name b etter not die and leave me with a little baby boy to raise all on my o wn or I will hunt you down in where ever dead angels go, alright?" He nudged Summer to crocodile wrestle it cause he didn't want to deal with this, not today. Walking over to Jong he reached into his purse, "Honey do you want a granola bar? I have a chocolate chip in here." Knittens noticed that it wasn't really actively attacking and said, "I think it's like a naked overgrown mole rat, maybe it'll respond to light? We can try luring it out."

ARCHDUKE: The ghost stopped in its tracks, confused by rolling of the Angel. It was surprisingly entertained for a bit too long as it tried to keep pa ce with the Angel, trying to keep it in its line of sight or.... lack there of. Realization soon hit it and it simply pushed, or launched, Biretta int o a wall, continuing its march to the exit of the cave.

KRO: Wiping tears from his eyes, Shades turned his attention to Strappon. T he man was clearly not having it but it didn't seem like Shades taking it anymore serious. "You know, there's a reason we're not really intervening," he began, " Northern ghosts have gimmicks to them. They gotta find what that is fo r this one. They'll be fine, but we're still having our laugh watching them trying to figure it out." As he continued to wipe his eyes clean, Luna was frantically trying to get his attention by tugging on the sleeves of his shirt. "Uh. We need to move," she said, seeing the ghost advancing, "It heard us."

DJDEVIL: Helmet dug himself out of the dirt, somehow, and ran in front of the g host. "I think rolling on me will stop me from slaying you?" He began, "Prepare thyself, hellspawn! For I will now unleash upon thee the fur y of a crusader! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM......PENS!!!" He shouted, doing a rather silly-pose. Literrally nothing happened. Helmet was very conf used by this. "Wait....It wasn't hampens? What was it then? One moment please." Helmet said then turned around to try and remember what was the word. Hinjim? No. Yenben? No no, surely not. Hank Hill? As this went on, Flat Cap just motioned his hand around his chest to m ake the cross sign. This lad was a goner.

SAIYAN: Undershirt and Wristband heard Strappon's words loud and clear. They b oth nodded their heads at him in confirmation before nodding their hea ds at each other. They both launched themselves at the ghosts, "Let's see how he handles the both of us!" Undershirt said as he and W ristband transformed their namesakes. Once they both reached the dragon, they struck at it at the same time. Undershirt jumped up and hit it with his flail from above, while Wris tband ran around and slashed at it's legs and feet.

OFFICERCOFFINCAT: "Did you just.." He just got shreked. Wow. Mary takes out his galaxy p urple 3ds and he records the fight. "Day whatever, they're still weird os and I'm still pretty gay." Vamp literally goes flying because of t he speedy stop. He flus into a wall and he moans before peeling off of it cartoon style. "O w w w." He gets up and he makes his way to go f ind Jong. Why was he getting light headed? Why was he getting wet? Who tf knew. He makes it to Jong and he flops down. Oooh see that makes s ense. The bean stabbed himself with one of his Lycans. Ouchy. "Hi..sor ry,"

CRACKEMWALNUTS: Knittens looked at Mary Janes with such a grin, that it proved this bo y was a sinner. Shreking his own friend. At least not all of Knittens was gone into the void, he was still a shit lord at heart. Looking ove r Mary Jane's shoulder he asked casually, "You're gay too?" A lot of men in Knitten's life was very much gay, or at least bisexual .

ARCHDUKE: Undershirt and Wristband's attacks bounced off the ghost. It roared, l aunching them back in the direction they came from.

SOUP-KITTY: Jong held Chiffon tightly. The boy was scared as fuck and he really di dn’t wanna fight that huge fucking thing. “I don’t want a granola bar. I just wanna sit here quietly. Please.” He was clearly getting upset at this point. When Vampire Collar made his way over to him Jong quiet ly reached for his hand, pulled it close to his face and gently placed a kiss on it. “I’m sorry. I just don’t wanna be out there.” Jong let go of his hand and went back to being quiet. There’s no way Summer could say no to Headphones. He patted Mary on th e head one last time. “Hey kiddo, be good. You too Knittens.” And with that he quietly made his way closer to the dragon, always staying a s afe distance away as to not get crushed or thrown back. He wasn’t enti rely sure how to really attack this thing, so he was going to observe it instead. “Crikey… how’re we supposed deal with that..” He sighed an d kept observing the ghost from a safe distance.

BRIT: Wristband went rushing toward the Angels' sides they had left, and Dus ter immediately caught her. Undershirt when rushing past him and onto Strappon, knocking them both over and into the ground. All while screa ming. "Rest in peace." Cowlneck said, placing a hand on his chest, "Undershi rt will be missed. Miss Wristband will live on in your stead." "What the bloody hell is going on?" Strappon managed to groan from und er Undershirt. Jacket pulled himself out of the crater, hand shakily gripping the gro und. "Oooooohhhhhgggg." He groaned, "Son of a biiiitch."

CRACKEMWALNUTS: Headphones sighed, then proceeded to roll up his sleeves and pick up J ong, wheelchair and all. Listen, for your son, you lift. Grunting he a sks, "You wanna go out? It's okay we can just wait outside for Summer to de al with it. He can deal with it." He looks to Summer Cardigan with pursed lips. He was obviously very co ncerned with Jong's well being and if he had to, he'll cary a 35-pound chair with his son.

OFFICERCOFFINCAT: Mary Janes turned bright red and he gave Knittens a thumbs up. He was dying internally. Why did he have to have ears? "Y u p. Y e rp." Crawl ing in his skin. He squeaked at dad and he patted Summers stomach. Fuc king heck. "I'll try?" Vampire Collar propped himself up on the wall o f the cave and he took out his sippy cup. Gosh darn it. It freaking br oke and got blood on him. He nods to his small bean and he holds Jong' s hand. He was gonna do a comfort.

ARCHDUKE: The ghost's senses were getting overstimulated. It could feel a pair o f people off in a corner, some other guy in the distance. The ones it already rolled were moving around, and then the ones at the entrance w ere making a commotion. The crystals in the cave suddenly lit up, with one shinning brighter t han the others. The ground began shaking as it reared up, its front cl aws getting off the ground. Without warning, it stomped, the ground br eaking underneath its strength and sending out its crystal breath. Eve ryone that was inside the cave at the time blacked out. Once it finish ed lashing out, it ran back into the cave, bumping into spires as it t ried to make its way deeper.

KRO: The roar caused the others outside to flinch, but thanks to Duster's f orce-field, they were spared by most of the effects of the ghost's att acks. Before either Shades or Luna could make any more witty quips abo ut their Western coworkers, they turned around to see everybody in the cave conked out. Worried for their safety, especially those who were human, Luna rushed into the cave to attend to them. She began ordering the others to pick up the rest and get them to safety. This was the p rice to pay for being careless.

SAIYAN: Wristband and Undershirt both yelled in surprise as they seemed to jus t bounce off of the dragon like it was made of rubber. While Wristband was caught gracefully in the arms of a man, Undershirt's fall was bro ken by a man, but it wasn't very graceful at all. "Dude, you okay there?" Undershirt asked Strap as he got off of him. Meanwhile Wristband thanked Duster for the nice catch as she was set b ack on her own two feet.

BRIT: As the Angels awoke, they would find themselves in what seemed like a small encampment up in the mountains. They were all in some kind of co ts made of furs and bedding (even Jong, whose cot was noticeably more comfortable). Haircuff stood close to the collection of cots, leaning on his staff w ith a complacent smile on his face. It was /almost/ mocking. "Well, that was fun, wasn't it?" He said, "I bet you all had a jolly t ime with that one." Jacket sat up and looked around at everyone before holding his head. "Yooo, what happened? Did we get knocked out?" He asked. "Hmmm, close enough to it." Cowlneck said from his place beside Jacket . He was sitting on a pack with his legs crossed casually. He also had a grin on his face.

CRACKEMWALNUTS: Headphones struggled to carry jong out of the cave and it was much too late to keep going. Suddenly he heard a loud roar and he just fainted . Losing his grip on the chair and falling down, his wrist shattering under the wheel. Well not shatter, it did fracture though. Beginning t o wake up, Heapdhones sat up in a fuzzy cot and he was fuming. But he flinched, clenching his fist, noticing that it was treated. He wanted to scream and bitch so much especially with the safety of his son but he bit his tongue. He needed to cool it before he just immediately exp loded. But it was as clear as day, he was very mad and no one should r eally talk to him right now. Gritted teeth, he stood up and he looked around for Jong, not wanting to call out if he was still asleep. Knittens woke up in a place he didn't recognize and his breathing quic kened rapidly as he looked around in a franzy. He didn't recognize his surroundings it was too reminsicnent of his kidnapping. Looking like he was about to scream in fear, he was shaking, sweating, his throat w as dry and tears were brimming in his eyes. Clenching the wall, he beg an to gag violently and forced himself onto the floor, shaking. He wan ted to go home, he wanted to wake up in his home. Not in a place he di dn't know.

SOUP-KITTY: Jong’s eyes fluttered open, he was a bit confused as to what had happe ned and really couldn’t remember anything past Headphones picking up h is wheelchair. Where was his wheelchair? Jong slowly turned his head, summer was sitting on the ground next to him, with a worried look on h is face. He had a sleeping chiffon on his lap. Jong reached over and b ooped him on the head. “I’m alive.” He said quietly. Summer looked at him and smiled, and gently started patting his head. “Are you feeling okay? Does anything hurt?” Before Jong could answer, their attention was turned to Knittens who w as clearly freaking out. Jong pointed in the direction Knittens was in , and Summer nodded his head, placing chiffon gently next to Jong. He made his way over to Knittens, gently placing a hand on his back. “hey kiddo, it’s okay, you’re alright.” Summer didn’t quite know what was up with the kid, but he wanted to help.

SAIYAN: Tuxedo Jacket blinked for a moment before he tried to sit up. He got t o about halfway before a sharp pain from his head made him groan in pa in. "Aah, damn it!" he said before pushing himself all the way up into a s itting position and looked around. "What the...where are we? Is this hell? Because I don't think this is heaven" he said as he noticed that all of the angels were here with hi m. "Did we really all get sent to hell together? Is this my punishment?" he asked slightly louder than he should have. Meanwhile Undershirt and Wristband sat outside and thought about what had transpired out there. It was still kind of a shock at how easily t hat ghost shrugged off their attacks, especially when they were attack ing together. It just didn't make much sense to them.

OFFICERCOFFINCAT: Mary Janes sat up and looked about,"Huh..so heaven has fuzzy cots..coo l." He heard gagging and he saw Knittens flipping his shit. He didn't get out of his cot but he did manage to scoot all the way over and pe t him. Vampire Collars eyes shot open and he quickly at up Dracula sty le. His baby. He looks over and sees Jong, he was okay. He then lets o ut a shreak and he looks around frantically. Cerebella was nowhere in sight. He started to run around searching for his baby bat.

DJDEVIL: Helmet sat up and rubbed his head. It felt squishier for some reason t hen he realized his namesake was gone. Someone must've took it off whi le he was recovering. He looked around frantically before he saw it ne xt to him and quickly put it on. Much better. "Fuckin' hell." Flat Cap said as he woke up. "Me head feels like I wen t a bad trip and I now got a fuckin' hangover."

KRO: It had been a few hours since the dragon knocked the rest of the Heave nbent inside of the cave and Luna was making her rounds through the sm all encampment. She made a small opening in the tent where a few of th em were and she was about to go on her little routine before pausing, noticing that some folks started to become lucid. It was hard to ignor e the distressed child. She squinted as Tuxedo Jacket came to, quietin g him as she helped Summer with Knittens. "Shh, it's okay young one. All is well. You and your friends are all s af-" Luna covered her ears quickly. Looks like someone else also woke up. "__QUIET!__" She yelled, "Forgive me, but there's a distressed child." She turned her attention back to Knittens, her tone soft, "If you wish for something to calm you, we have Drake hatchlings that would love t o play with you." Meanwhile, Shades was outside being covered in said chicks. Man, he wa s a /chick magnet/.

SAIYAN: Undershirt and Wristband was snapped out of their trances and watch as Shady was being walked on by drake chicks. This dude I swear. "Hey, you good bro?" Undershirt asked Shady from his sitting position.

KRO: Shades pushed aside one of the chicks, trying to keep Undershirt in hi s sights. "Yeah man," he began, "these chicks can't get enough of me."

SAIYAN: Wristband shook her head and Shady's display. "That's the first time that's happened to you, huh?" she said to him.

BRIT: "Now that people are waking up, care to explain why you didn't /assist them/?" Strappon asked as he walked further into the tent, obviously a little more than peeved that these Angels had traumatized their unde rlings. "I'll explain." Haircuff started, putting a finger up to Strappon's li ps before he could start to raise Cain. "I assume you're all aware tha t your attacks did very little, if anything at all, to the ghost. Your Angels from this Northern Sector are more used to the behemoths we de al with on the daily. You see, it's far more than just rushing into ba ttle." He turned to the Angels, planting his staff into the ground. "Strategy is very important when it comes to large ghosts. Sometimes, you need to assess the ghosts before you attack."

CRACKEMWALNUTS: Spit was drooling out of his mouth as he throat clenched, hard to brea the he looked around in distress as he kicked away from everyone. He c ouldn't even recognize their faces, it was just shapes in his mind. Bu t that's not what mattered. Heart beating out of his chest, he scratch ed against the floor dragging himself towards outside. He needed to go outside. Outside meant he was freed, outside meant that he was safe. Under his breathe he kept repeating, "I don't know anything about a debt... Please just let me go home. I j ust wanna go home. I don't know... Please, I wanna go home." Finally Knittnes curled into a ball, forcing himself to breathe. He wa s trying hard to calm himself down, lungs burning as he struggled to p ick himself up. He choked out, "Where am I?" Headphone's neck snapped in the direction of Knittens and he quickly s cooped up the kid, knowing exactly what happened. He really shouldn't have gone along with them without the two guardians he has. Muttering,

"He needs to go outside, he thinks he's kidnapped again." Carrying the kid outside, headphones grunted as he lowered him down. H e wasn't that strong and he really couldn't carry a child that was as tall as he was and almost twice as heavy. Knittens semed to have stabi lized as he took some footing, being able to stand. Holding himself, h e tried to walk off by himself to god knows where.

DJDEVIL: Flat Cap noticed Haircuff and squinted his eyes as he explained. "Well , would've been reeeeeal great to know that our weapons are shite agai nst that ting earlier, lad." He said as he got out of his cot, though a little too quickly and lost balance for a moment before recovering. Helmet meanwhile began trying to remember the word to activate his Hen shin. It was on tip of his tongue but he just couldn't figure it out.

SAIYAN: "Wait so we're not in hell?" Tuxedo Jacket asked as he continued to li sten to his words. Though the more he did, the angrier he got. There was no way that he s houldn't have been able to beat that ghost himself. Just the thought o f that made him sick. Maybe he needed to actually swallow his pride an d actually accept help from other people. He hopped out of bed and tur ned to look Hair Cuff. "So what the hell do we do now?" he asked, trying his best to be coope rative for once in his god damn life. Hearing some commotion, Wristband and Undershirt entered the tent too see Hair Cuff giving a speech.

KRO: There was guilt written on Luna's face as Knittens was carried out. Sh e's gotten real careless since coming to the West, she should have nev er left or lied to stay there. She breathed in, trying to keep her com posure as Haircuff walked in. "Let me have this moment, I rarely get the opportunity to make puns," Shades said to Wristband. Hearing the commotion in the tent, he got up and waded through the sea of drake chicks that may or may not have im printed on him. Good Lord. He entered the tent as Haircuff began explaining things and as Knitten s was being let out. Geeze, they're up to an uproarious start. Turning his attention back to Haircuff, he caught the man explaining the ghos t and poked his shoulder, holding up a finger. "If I may," he said. Shades didn't speak right away, trying to choose his words carefully. No doubt there were people who were upset and he didn't feel like push ing their buttons any further. "I hoped you all learned a lesson in not treating the presence of ghos ts seriously," he began, "It's what costed us many great people here i n the North. Take it from me who lost platoons of Angels due to my ine xperience and societal pressures." He paused, trying to make sure he doesn't go on personal tangents. He' s never had anyone to talk to about things that gnawed at him, he wasn 't about to unload that on these people. "Northern ghosts are nothing like ghosts back home. These things are u sually ancient, more malevolent than what you know. The best analogy I can give you all, as much as we use it as a joke back home, is that t hey're like the Dark Souls of ghosts. You have to be more methodical w ith them, find out their weaknesses and strengths before rushing in. I t's a group effort, we all have to be on the same page before going in for a kill."

OFFICERCOFFINCAT: Mary Janes plays with the chicks and soon enough he has three on him. Two on his shoulders and on on his head. In the opposite corner Vampir e Collar was being a worried parent. He..well the mound of chicks slow ly inched towards Jong before stopping. Cute things liked him and it m ade the mama worry more. The chick mound wiggled about before laying f lat. These babies were heavy.

BRIT: "It wasn't entirely my idea. I wanted to help you all with your experi ences. Shades and Miss Luna Circlet had told me you needed a little he lp with what may come." Haircuff said in reference to Flat Cap. There was a glint of mischief in those demon eyes of his, "Regardless, what Shades tells you all is true. And if Norther Ghosts are anything, they are indeed a taste of the Nephilim's power." "But we faced a Nephilim, right?" Jacket asked, crossing his arms, "I thought we already figured that out?" "We could do literally nothing to it." Duster corrected, "Same for thi s ghost. But that doesn't mean we can't beat it." Strappon sighed as he listened. He was concerned for the Angels and th eir freak-outs. This wasn't good at all. "I suppose you have a point." He said, "So what you're saying as there 's a way to defeat this ghost, we just have to find it."

SOUP-KITTY: Summer sighed in concern. Poor Knittens. He wished he could help more. But he then directed his attention at Shades. He felt more than a lit tle angry at how irresponsible the higher ups were being, especially b ecause the younger kids could have gotten seriously hurt. “You know ma te, it could have been real useful to let us in on the whole story ins tead of letting us rush in blindly. The kids could have been seriously injured. I’m all for us getting more experience and learning how to d eal with these things, but look at the state Knittens is in.” He moved back over to where Jong was, clearly he was an upset dad. He patted J ong in the head again, who seemed to have gone back to sleep. He was p robably a feeling overwhelmed. “I shouldn’t have insisted on you going ” he muttered, feeling more than a little guilty at being unable to he lp his child.

CRACKEMWALNUTS: Headphones watched Knittens sit by himself a bit far off from the rest , keeping an eye on him as he sighs. Really now, this was just a mess. Massaging his temples he walks over to Summer Cardigan, showed his wr ist and asked bluntly, "Mind healing this?" He just shrugs, muttering, "I guess it was our fault, kids shouldn't be facing against ghosts at all." He looked at the ground in shame, biting his bottom lip. While he ofte n acted like a confident beam of sassiness, this was the chink in the armor. He felt awful at his lack of action or his lack of attention on the situation. But at the same time, fac it. He wasn't trained to fig ht but it was his job. Knittens was sitting away from everyone and with shakey hands he pulle d out his pack of cigarettes but he didn't light one up and smoke them . He stared at it, knowing he needed to stop but he just couldn't. He didn't know how else to calm himself down. Despite being on edge, he s hoved the pack back into his pocket. He wanted to stop. Sitting alone, he waited for everything to get sorted and he looked into the sky wit h dull eyes.

DJDEVIL: "Well, If I were a betting man, which i am," Flat Cap began as he pick ed up his namesake, "I'd say we'll find the fucker's weakness somewher e back in that cave." He placed his namesake on his head with a confid ent smirk on his face. "Jentan, maybe? No, that's not right either. Kenjon?" Helmet mumbled t o himself as smoke started coming out of his helmet. Boy was thinking real hard.

KRO: Shades nodded at Strappon, "Precisely. None of these ghosts are withou t their weaknesses. It shouldn't be difficult to snoop out what makes this one in particular tick." Summer's comments made him raise a brow. He truly did feel bad that ch ildren were being endangered, but at this point he had already entered a commanding state. Something that had little empathy for the sake of getting a mission done. "Then next time be more observant and considerate of who's on your tea m. No one said anything about keeping children out of the fight nor br ought it to a higher rank's attention. You cannot expect your commande rs to keep track of everything, we're not robots. Our jobs are to make sure you know your objective for you to stick to." "Well," Luna said, responding to Flat Cap's comment, "There was /somet hing/ of note that happened in that cave." A few Drake chicks took notice of Knittens. Many began surrounding him and a few bumped into his legs and arm. They were curious and hungry for attention.

OFFICERCOFFINCAT: Mary Janes walks over to Knittens and he hugs his side. His buddy wasn 't alright and it sucked to see him that way. Mary rested his head on the other's shoulder,"You shouldn't have to be alone Knitty.." He'd pu t his embarrassment asside to at least try to do some good. He put a c hick on top of his head, "Insta cute." He blepped. Vampire Collar man aged to crawl out of the chick cluster to properly pet them.

CRACKEMWALNUTS: Knittens lowered his gaze when he heard the soft peeping of the chicks as well as feeling one on his head. Chuckling, he scooped up a whole lot and dumped them on top of Mary Janes, like a small drake gaterade dump. His laughter stopped short as he was reminded about his old hous e and all the similar little birds that would surroundd him. He didn't want to admit it, whether it be his own stubborness or just to make t hings easier on his family; he missed his home with his cousin. Things were easy, simple, things were happy there. He wanted to go back. Sig hing, he knew he was never going to go back, and for good reason. He j ust pet the little hick and shrugged, "It's 'kay, lately I've been wanting just to stay quiet. Attracts too much attention being loud..." He blepped back, obviously wanting to joke around with his old friend, but everything just didn't feel right anymore. Getting a more serious tone, he asked Mary Janes, "Do you still think we should be helping out the angels?"

BRIT: "I'm sure you all can figure it out." Haircuff stated, giving them a m ore cheerful smile, "I'll heal you all. I'm sure it's more than just y our bodies that need healing at this time." He walked toward the middle of the tent and held his staff. "If you'll let me, of course. I know people are often not fond of thos e born of demons." Cowlneck raised a brow from his seat by Jacket, and Jacket seemed to g ive the man his full attention. "How ya gonna heal us all at once?" He asked, "You'll tire yourself ou t." "Of course I wouldn't. Healing is my profession." Haircuff corrected, tapping the bottom of his staff against the ground. "Do your best, then. Once healed, we can get ourselves up, dust off, a nd figure this out together." Strappon said, slightly more wary than J acket. "Oh don't worry, I like the way the man heals." Cowl said with a smirk , "His voice is soothing."

SOUP-KITTY: Summer wrapped an arm around Headphones, pulling him into a hug. He sp oke softly “I’m pretty useless right now. If I tried to heal you, you’ d probably just get more hurt.” Summer was painfully aware that this h ad been his fault too. It hadn’t been the first time that day that he didn’t pay enough attention to Jong, and while he was mostly unharmed, he had been the one insisting on him tagging along. It was foolish at best. Summer pulled back from the hug a little, and gave Headphones a kiss on the cheek. He felt like shit but maybe it was better to stay and fight instead of becoming a pile of useless mush. He did have Jong and Headphones counting on him. Mary too. He took a deep breath and composed himself. He gently nudged Headphones before saying “That guy seems to be able to help.”

CRACKEMWALNUTS: Headphones grabbed Summer's face with a stern hand and breathed out, "Don't give me that shit, hurting is the literal antonym of healing. N ow heal my wrist or I'll be stuck in a cast. I don't care if he's a he aler, you're a healer and if you're not gonna heal me, what are you?" Narrowed eyes that are pretty closed and a grumpy tone, he was obvious ly trying to hype up Summer from a rut in his own way. Tapping his foo t, he cocked his eyebrow up, "Unless you think I should fight with a broken wrist."

BRIT: With permission granted, Haircuff nodded and took in a breath. He then began to sing softly, and it was like a wind of relief spread over th e party of Angels. As his singing became more prominent, it was appare nt the healing effect had also increased, healing all their wounds. It was a very pretty song, with a soothing and pleasant melody. After a few verses, the song came to an end and Haircuff let out a breath. "I'll never get over the fact that a half demon is better at healing t han the rest of us." Duster muttered as the song ended. Jacket's face was that of excitement and awe. "THAT WAS AWESOME." He yelled, making Cowlneck jump.

OFFICERCOFFINCAT: Mary Janes felt like something was off about..well everything includin g the mission itself. Why was he here? He could just be with mom. He snapped out of it when the chicks rained on him. He held them and gave their heads . "I can understand that. " He nods and he tilted his hea d. He caught that there was definitely something in the air. "As a who le...? It..I...I dunno...it kinda feels weird? Is it wrong to think th at..?" He looked up at Knittens. Cerebella crawled out of Jong's shir t. The bean was nice and warm. Vampire sighed when he saw his bean was okay. He moved over and curled up next to Jong. Might as well take a bat nap.

KRO: Seeing that Haircuff took care of the healing, Luna walked out to see the two kids with a bunch of chicks. She clasped her hands together as she approached Knittens and Mary Janes. "Anything hurt? Couldn't help but notice the two of you being out of t he tent."

DJDEVIL: "Damn, when you say you're good, you're REALLY fucking good." Flat Cap said as he felt his headache and other pains go away, "I feel great! Though, not entirely healed. But it's something that magic can't fix. I'm gonna go and take care of that now. See ya lads back at the cave." With that, he walked out the tent and went looking for a nice spot to 'heal' his particular aliment. Helmet was too entrenched in his own thoughts to notice Haircuff's bea utiful singing. His loss.

SAIYAN: Tuxedo Jacket blinked as all of the pain that he had was suddenly lift ed from his body. He smiled as he shook his arms and legs out to make sure that he was in perfect condition. Which it turned out he was. He smiled and then turned to Haircuff. "You know, for a pretty shitty singer, you do good work there" He said to hair cuff with a slight smile. What had gotten in to him today? Wa s his brush with that ghost really enough to change him that much? Was this like what happened with Scrooge?

KRO: Shades opened his mouth as Flat Cap walked out but he stopped, sighing . He didn't know why he still bothered in this position. Didn't feel l ike anyone really took him seriously, probably never have to begin wit h. He tried to push those thoughts aside, the mission was important. If s omeone had that little regard for their well being, so be it.

CRACKEMWALNUTS: Knittens looked down and shook his head, "I don't think it's weird... I think it's pretty natural." Shrugging it off when he heard a woman's voice asking themif they were okay, he gave a small grin, showing his knocked out tooth as he repli es, "I'm just fine, nothing's really hurt. I just... needed some air." Taking a large scoop of chck in his arms again he asks, "What kinds of little animals are these? They're really fun!" Obviously he was just trying to act like a normal child instead, not w anting to stay on the serious topic. Headphones felt his wrist bone reform and heal completely, he stretche d and rotated his wirst. He sighed looking at Summer and stayed quiet, standing next to Jong. He was looking off, distracted in his own mind . He didn't want Summer to be in a depressed rut like he was going to be but he didn't know how to cheer him up or convince him that it was going to be okay, and honestly, he didn't want to try right now. Every thing was so much and feeling overwhelmed, he just wanted to heed orde rs so they could all go home already.

OFFICERCOFFINCAT: Mary Janes went along with it too. "Nothing's hurt honestly, but thank you! Also, these little things are really really awesome." He nuzzled a chick, he wanted to push what he was thinking away but it was almos t staring him in the face. What would it mean for him? His friends..? His mothers? Would they think differently of him..? He shook his head at the little chick and it hopped onto his head. It paced around up th ere before plopping down.

BRIT: "Now that that's settled, let's head back into the cave and see what w e can do to rid of this ghost." Strappon said, trying to get the pep b ack into the other Angels. There was a clear drop in morale overall, a nd he felt he needed to really get them up and going. "Sir Strappon's right, we need to head into the cave and kick some dra gon ass." Cowlneck said as he stood, dusting off his butt and giving t hem a coy smile, "Let's not dwell. You all have plenty of talent, this was just a learning experience." "Wow, where'd you learn to be nice, mom?" Jacket joked. "Darling, please, the adults are trying to get the other adults moving again." Cowl commented without turning to Jacket. Jacket pouted.

BRIT: Haircuff laughed and hit Tuxedo Jacket in the knee with his staff. "Thank you for the backhanded compliment. Don't you know to treat your elders with more respect than that?" He chuckled, "Goodness, what are they teaching kids these days?" "It was a compliment." Duster said, "Or... Was it actually an insult?" "Don't hurt yourself, Dusty." Cowlneck said, making his way toward the front of the tent, "Let's get moving before the old man knocks out ou r kneecaps."

KRO: Luna sighed of relief. Still, there was a nagging feeling that all was n't what it seemed but she too was going to play along. Everybody was already getting worn out. "Those are Dracolisle chicks. Haircuff said they hatched just a few ho urs ago," she explained. She noticed a few Angels beginning to exit the tent, walking up to Cow lneck. "So, what's the verdict? Everybody's going back in or did they leave i t for us?" She was hoping for the former, not wanting to strain the Angels any fu rther. Shades, meanwhile, became quieter. He started fiddling with his hands more or even picking at the skin near his nails. A nasty habit, sure, but it's the only thing that kept him entertained at the moment. He wa s beginning to have his doubts as old memories resurfaced and was even tempted to let someone else assume his role. He sighed, he couldn't s how weakness right now. Not when everybody was already irritated and t ired.

SAIYAN: Tuxedo Jacket winced a bit as he felt his knee get hit. That mother fu cker! He was lucky he was in such a good mood otherwise he'd wipe the floor with him. The only thing that kept him composed was that he woul d never have to see him again after this was all over. "Whatever man." he said as he stood back up straight. Meanwhile, Undershirt looked over at Shady with a slight bit of concer n. He looked like he was being bothered by something. "Hey, you alright, man? You don't look that good" Undershirt said to h im with some concern in his voice. "Yeah, he's right. Do you wanna sit down for a second?" Wristband aske d, placing a caring hand on his shoulder.

CRACKEMWALNUTS: Walking near Luna, Knittens smiled as he sets them down, nudging them to their home. He smilse, "They remind me of my cousin's pets, although they're a lot better beh aved." He looked to Mary Janes, and patted his shoulder comfortingly. He got too edgy again and he didn't want his friend to start questioning his life like he was. He mumbled, "I think we're gonna be fine." Looking forward he thanks Luna quietly, "Thanks for checking in on us, too. Are we gonna go back into that cav e again?" Headphones walked with the others, a bit upset but he was ready just t o get everything over with. But obviously he focussed more attention o n Jong, mothering over him in order to distract from his own flaws.

DJDEVIL: Helmet's brain was in overdrive at this point, but it eventually came to him. The word. The word he forgot. The word he was trying to rememb er and remember once more. "I REMEMEBER!!!" He shouted with glee, prac tically hopping off his cot and bolted out the tent, heading straight for the cave. "I REMEMEBER I REMEMEBER I REMEMEBER I REMEMEBER I REMEM EBER I REMEMEBER I REMEMEBER I REMEMEBER!!!"

OFFICERCOFFINCAT: Mary Janes removes the small chick from his head and he gently pushes it towards the other babies. He was going to think about what was bro ught up before. Mary didn't want the other to feel bad about provoking some thought in him. He got up and dusted himself off before stretchi ng, he nodded to Knittens and smiled at Luna. " The chicks are really adorable and really soft. I wish I had a pet like that." He giggled be fore watching the angels leave the tent. "So back we go huh? Ready Kni tty?"

KRO: Luna turned back to Knittens, looking to the side as she thought of so mething to say. It probably wasn't a good idea to let these kids back there, not after how Knittens reacted the second he woke up. "I think it's best if you two stay here. Last thing I want is for anyt hing to happen to the both of you. This isn't to undermime you, but ta king you along won't bode well for anyone-" She was caught off guard as Helmet zoomed past her. Someone's energeti c. Shades stiffened at Wristband's touch. He was starting to feel worse n ow that someone was asking about him. "I'll be fine," he said simply, "We should go. Everybody probably want s to get this over with. The sooner, the better." His speech was rushed as well, he probably stammered his own words in the process. As two of the group already went off back into the cave, the rest foll owed suit. There had to be something that allowed them to damage the d ragon, if at least once. Luna tried to get her bearings of when she was last here, trying to re member where that glow came from. "I remember something deep in the cave. Something...lustrous. Very bri ght. It felt ominous too..."

CRACKEMWALNUTS: Knittens shook his head, it was like the attitude he had in a hockey g ame. Just because he slammed into the wall doesn’t mean he’s going on bench quite yet. He reassures her, “I’ll be fine! Sleep’s really my problem, but I’m fine right now I swe ar. Besides I think we all need to help each other out right now.” He nods to Mary Janes, going back to his previous fighting spirit. He just wants everything to go back to how it was. He quietly adds, “I still have faith you guys won’t let us get to scratched up.” seeing Helmet run past them, he was reinvigorated with a spirit he had n’t felt in a long time and jogging ahead he waves to Mary Janes with a big grin to catch up. It felt nice just to relax and be silly like t his again.

SAIYAN: Undershirt raised an eyebrow at Shady as the group of angels reached t he cave. "You're not gonna pull a Stocking on us and tell us you're a demon are you?" he said jokingly to the man. Though with the way he was acting he wouldn't quite rule that out. Meanwhile, Tuxedo Jacket looked around the cave for a moment to see if he could spot the dragon, or really any sign of it at all. But with t he limited light it was difficult to see much of anything beyond gener al shapes and some features that were very close to you. "Alright, where is this fucker? I'm ready for round 2!" he yelled, hop ing maybe he could coax it out that way.

KRO: Shades didn't make much of a peep on their way back to the cave. He st ared at Undershirt at the suggestion of him being a potential Demon. H e simply shrugged. He was unsure of what to say in general, feeling li ke talking was gonna sour the mood in general. Luna sighed. As much as she appreciated Knitten's gusto, she didn't wa nt to come back to Daten and have Angels get in trouble for the mere c oncept of letting minors fight their battles. She hoped they understoo d that. "I'm not sure. At least stay in the back line if you insist, but I'd r ather if you two refrained from engaging the ghost. You could help us figure out what we need to look for to weaken it, though."

OFFICERCOFFINCAT: Mary Janes held his bear tight and he tied it around his waist. That w as definitely the same dork he fell for. He shook his head and gave hi s cheeks a slap. No homo..maybe homo..yes...yes homo. And there go his cheeks. "C-comINg!" His voice cracked and he jogged after him. It rem inded him of when they were smaller. Meanwhile back at the tent, a tal l goth spooned a small boy. There they go again. The two were surround ed by chicks, all curling up near them. They wanted that body heat.

HITA: It seemed it was finally time to put up her phone, sadly. Bifocals' h ands were quick to pull out a secondary piece of her namesake even if she didn't want to deal with this crap. She left the North for a reas on. Well, aside from grief and depression and needing a change from w here her beloved had died. The ghosts here were another reason. Pesk y things though they were. Still, she walked up to Shades and Undershirt, twirling her glasses in her hand even as she grimaced. Best to act the part of an interested Ophanim, she supposed. "If you aren't feeling well, kid, you can always hang back and advise other people, you know. No harm in that." She didn't touch Shades bu t her gaze took in his hands and flicked sharply to Undershirt. "Of c ourse, if this brat's the issue we can always leave him in the cave wh en we leave!"

DJDEVIL: Flat Cap eventually arrived at the cave with the others and was drugge d out of his fucking mind. His eyes were bloodshot and his hands were a little shaky. In his point of view, everything was all blurry and co lorful. He looked at the other angels and saw only strange, colorful s hapes. Whatever he took, it was fucking strong. Helmet meanwhile was zipping around the cave like crazy, trying to fin d the dragon. Boy was eager to di-I mean, stand triumphant against the dragon.

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