Bo snorted at Adrial as he walked away and nipped at the air where the cleric had stood- reflecting the anger that both beast and tamer felt toward the man. They both watched him walk away before Jere brought Bo's attention away from him,

"He isn't the enemy, Bo, remember that. We're all here to protect the people of Maplestead."

Just then the crier raised his voice, announcing who Jere and Bo would be teamed with. What happened next was rather rushed- after the crier finished the crowd cheered and separated, allowing the others to head toward their destinations.

Jere climbed bareback on to Bo, gripping at the shaggy blue fur of his companion. Their hearts began to palpitate and sync together- the beast tamer felt the anger of his mount melt into a restlessness to sink their- no his- teeth into flesh. His uneasiness was overshadowed by the beasts aggression. As they paced through the town on their way to the gates the elves eyes glazed over, all was a blur to him.

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Outside Jere winced at the sight of the lava demons and the Basilisk. His hand on hand tactics would be useless against them. Below him Bo seemed undeterred by the task. Jere leaned his head down as if to speak into the animals ear- but the rusty red eyes of his companion turned toward him as if to hush his words.

[i]Rend the flesh. Blood- blood to drown my nose.[/i] Images of gore flooded Jere's senses at these grotesque words that rang through his head, in a voice not of his own. Bo always spoke to him when they faught- with a vulgar vocabulary that disturbed him.

The Basilisk let out a roar as it crushed some stables in its haste to attack the assembled townspeople. The beast tamer and his creature spotted a young man, shabbily armored, run away from the demon- they sprang to his aid, only to be splattered by the boys blood as the Basilisk crushed him. A growl, low and predatorial, escaped their lips as they looked up into the eyes of the demon. It lifted both front feet to crush them, but they dove away in time.

Jere noted that the hide of the Basilisk was inpenetrable and not even Bo's bite could do anything. If they touched the lava demons they would be killed. As they circled baxk to the group he looked on toward his group- the tree of a man and the flamboyant archer,

"We need to cool down the lava demons somehow- or hit them only on the already cooled parts. And that big one... Its eyes." He looked at the archer,

[@Happy Go Lucky]"Shoot its eyes and blind it." He said, "Because we can't get past its defenses."

Someone out on the field screamed and he turned his head just in time to see a man, now armless, running away from a lava demon. It sluggishly pursued him for a moment before losing interest and shooting lava blasts at things.