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"I know you guys think I'm patient and all but this place is honestly creeping me out!" Will called back to the two as he leaned on the building next to him. The alarms in his head had subsided, seeing as there was no way out of this. He could consider this place as a 'normal' place filled with goodies and danger. While it was far from normal, obviously, he didn't have much of a choice now.

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Y-yeah...We're...o-on our way... Mason uttered in a broken voice as he was pulled to his feet, not a moment later he fell back down flat on his back and did nothing. He didn't throw a flustered fit, he didn't scream, he just...lied there, silent for a few minutes before bluntly speaking. If you've got something you need to tell me, I'm all ears. Mason remarked in a snarky tone, clearly trying to combat the almighty fluster goddess at her own game.

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"Sorry about that, Will, but somebody is really sensitive," she told him then gave Mason a slightly annoyed glare, but didn't give him the look for long. He was about to get up until he collapsed back to the ground, making her form a smile to hide the snarl that was about to form. She bent back down with her knees pulled to her body. "Yeah, I have something to tell you." She leaned uncomfortably close into one of his ears while smirking, then using one hand she used two fingers to bash then right below his ribs. "We have to go, dammit!" she yelled into his ear then quickly pulled away out of his range before he did something. She looked over to Will with a disappointed pokerface as they waited for Mason to hurry up.

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Will sighed in response as they yelled back their reply. He really couldn't hear their conversation, only unintelligible gibberish in place of their words. He then pushed himself off the wall he was leaning into as Juliet trotted over to him, with a disappointed look on her face. Will returned it with a lopsided grin and a shake of his head. While he is, at times, part of the reason why Mason keeps on getting flustered, he does sometimes grow tired of it. Seriously, Mason should've developed some sort of defense mechanism for this by now. But hey, apparently not. So he'll just have to live with it.

Once Mason would reach earshot, he would say. "So you two done with whatever it is you're doing? Let's go?"

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You're damn right I'm sensitive. MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE SH- Mason stopped when Juliet said she did in fact have something to tell him, when she got close up he inched back slightly U-uh, what are y- GAH! SON OF A...GOD...F...HNGHGHGH Mason simply fell over on to the side Juliet just jabbed, his breathing reduced to wheezing. Juliet...I swear. One of these days... One of these days... Mason managed between his wheezing fits before slowly struggling to his feet, wrapping the chain around his hand and walking over to Will.

Come on... He remarked before slowly walking forward with his free hand holding his side, which still stung like hellfire.

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Juliet stayed silent as she was already walking past Will to the first path, her head down and expression - if any of them could even see it - darkened more than that world's sky. She didn't want to do any of that to Mason but he should've already found a way to go against it, and would've expected something painful from her if she was trying to rush them. There was rustling coming from it and the banging stopped. It didn't faze her as she continued down the path, every few inches making her grip tighter around the pipe.

She slowed to a stop as she saw large, red and black cracking feet at the end of the path. Her head slowly looked up more to a muscular, four-armed monster turned away to the dead end, obviously several feet taller than her. It seemed to be trying to break a new exit at the end with its arms all prepared to punch another round. She quickly backed from where she came from but it started to turn towards her. It turned halfway towards her, showing that most of its upper front of its head was broken off, but had rows of teeth like daggers showing from its mostly hanging jaw. This... this was the thing that grabbed me at the beginning, she thought.

Suddenly a large broken part of the buildings flew at her, making her screech and leap back to the entrance of the path. Juliet could hear loud stomping as she zoomed back to Will and Mason. "A LITTLE HELP HERE!" she yelled while hiding behind them.

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Will nodded at Mason as he spoke and then followed close behind, guarding the rear. The last thing he wanted was that lifeform sneaking up on them. While it was highly unlikely, he was still cautious about it. Juliet was up front and Mason was in the middle. Will would usually say that it is a bad idea for a girl to take up front since there were two boys, but he trusted Juliet could take care of herself. Hopefully, his hunch isn't wrong.

Juliet's plead for help and the big block of building slamming down on the ground near them snapped him out of his thoughts. "Tch." He muttered to himself, not liking where this was going. Just by what happened, he could gauge that whatever it was was several times stronger than them. And fighting it with a basket in his hands wasn't the best idea, he could guess. Two options. Fight or flight. He could see that the end of the path yielded nothing since this lifeform was trying to break a new exit. So maybe they could run? But then where would they run.

"Take it down or run away? We can probably slip past it you know? It's big, so it's slow. Unless the laws of physics don't apply here and I'm sure as hell it does." Will told the two, instinctively stepping back when he heard the stomping. Thief's rule of the thumb? Run away when faced with something stronger than yourself. But he can't leave the two here.

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Mason was snapped out of his anger when Juliet screamed. The sound of the chunk of a building being thrown was enough to convince him. Oh hell no you don't. Mason bolted in Juliet's direction and found another monster, a large red and black creature, disfigured like the one before. Mason responded to Will's question. Let's see...this thing through a chunk of what I think is concrete at my friend and gambled the chance to kill her. I think we'll fight. Mason said as he flicked his wrist, knocking the chain down so it could be swing. I don't give a damn if you just shocked me or if you snap me in half, this thing tried to harm one of my friends. And I won't let that slide.

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She held - this isn't surprising anyway - Mason from behind with her arms tightly wrapped around his sides, staring up at the four-armed beast that was speeding at them. It took large steps and its feet basically pulled itself forward even closer to them, each of the hands already balled into fists. She looked to her hands and the pipe was completely gone from her grip. Juliet's eyes shifted to it which was laying on the ground, letting out a shaky squeak as it was completely crushed underneath the beast's feet. "You guys are absolutely insane if we're seriously going to fight this thing!" she screamed, dragging Mason backwards in one arm and pulling Will by the shirt in the other.

The beast leaped at them when it heard them escaping and slammed down one arm, their fist slamming a few feet in front of them if Juliet wasn't already pulling them back. The pressure from it threw them all back to the next pathway entrance, fortunately the impact not as painful as expected, but definitely shocked them from the sudden landing for a few moments. The red and black's fist was stuck in the crowd of pavement locked around its hand which gave a good opportunity for them to recover and do something.

Julie took the most effect from being at the back - it caused her to be the first one to take the blow - so she was having a hard time breathing, taking sharp and frequent breaths with wide eyes.

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Will was about to shout something along the lines of 'Are you insane?' at Mason when Juliet already said it for him and pulling them back as well. He looked at Juliet. There weren't many times where he saw her scared, and nothing of those compared to what he saw right then and there. It wasn't just fear, it was also worry for their well being. He agreed with her completely but before he could make a move to forcibly drag Mason away, the lifeform had leaped up and slammed its arm a few feet in front of them.

The impact had sent them all flying backwards. He felt the cold hard ground as he landed on it... roughly may I add. He groaned as he sat up. He had landed on his belly, his axe safely in his hands but the basket and its contents were all sprawled somewhere in front of him. Whoops. It wasn't painful, just shocking, so he was able to recover quickly from it. His eyes landed on Juliet, a few inches away from him, who was having a hard time breathing, having taken the full force of the impact.

There was something inside Will that snapped. He wasn't, by all means, a noble man. He's a liar and a thief. Others would call him a coward too, since fights aren't his forte. But he does hold some people dear to his heart. And he doesn't like it when those people get hurt.

However, the rational part of his brain is still telling him to run. "That thing is big... and a little fast." He tightened his grip around the handle of his axe as he stood up and took a deep breath and let it out. It was stuck. Perfect. "I'm pretty pissed off now. Rule me as insane, but I'd rather take care of this problem now than later." Besides, that thing would keep on chasing after them until they reached a dead end and it would be too late if that happened.

He was definitely more physically fit than his two friends, and the oldest among all of them, so he decided that he should make a move. All those running training as a thief really pays off. He sped towards the beast. It was a lot taller than him but it was currently bent down thanks to its arm being stuck in the debris. He aimed to swing the axe at any part of its exposed body and quickly jumping back to keep his distance. He'd rather gauge its reaction to attacks first than just blindly swing his axe with no results.

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I'M NOT AS INSANE AS THIS THING IF IT WANTS TO ATTACK MY FRI- Mason was cut off as he got dragged off before getting slammed away by god knows what it was called. god...d-dammit... Mason didn't get nearly as much of it as Juliet, so he wasn't as worried. J-Julie... are you a-alright? Despite not getting nearly as much pain, he still got a good deal of it and stood upright when Will prepared to get revenge. Mason laughed and gripped his weapon. Right behind you Will. Right behind you. Mason ran at full speed and swung the chain around one of the beasts legs when will buried his axe in it's body. Sure doesn't like people eh?

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The slightly flailing girl finally managed to stop and sit upright, a hand on her chest as her breathing slowed to a steady but still heavy pace. She looked up as Will was running over to the monster. It screeched as he managed to lay a hit on its already weak legs, pixels flying off as it tilted slightly to that side, its leg still unfortunately stable enough for it to walk. It tried to smack him with a hand but Will was inches too far from his reach already. Its other leg was wrapped by Mason but by then the stuck fist was ripped out of the ground, some pixels bursting everywhere as most of fingers were worn away. Juliet saw the beast balling up its fists and completely tackled Mason behind the monster. The fists slammed into the ground again, both of them locked together so both of them were stuck in the ground. She had hold of the chain while having Mason in her other arm - making the chain still around the thing's leg and with their force, managed to tug on the monster's leg. It didn't pull the four-armed beast down of course but the chain tightening around its leg caused it to start breaking apart as well. It was too distracted using its other arms to pull the pair that was stuck to do another attack.

"H-hello? I could use a t-thank you?" Julie stammered to Mason, trying to sound angry but was too busy focusing on her breathing and the monster's movements to fix her tone. They were doing well so far so she didn't want to bring up a full on conversation until they had the opening to.

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He almost laughed when the punch didn't even reach him. Perhaps it was because of relief that he did. However, Will's eyes glazed with worry as the lifeform managed to get his hands out and then used both hands to try and get Mason... but thank goodness that Juliet was there and tackled Mason out of the way while keeping the chain in hand. Both hands are now stuck on the ground. He'll worry about Mason and Juliet when they actually get hit or after the battle, whichever comes first. One order was in his head.

Hack its legs. Break it apart. Restrict its movement. It would slow it down, if anything.

He took a deep breath and then began to run towards the lifeform, axe aimed at the leg he had struck earlier. Now with more force than ever. After, he would use the momentum of his swing to roll towards the empty space behind the monster, keeping his distance once more.

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Mason's grip whitened his knuckles before the creature tried to flatten him, which he was unaware of before Juliet came in and tackled him out off the way. WHAT IN THE-Um... Mason was slightly dumbfounded at what just happened, Uh...t-thanks? Mason uttered as he got onto his feet, took the chain from her grip and tried to somehow pull the creature down or at least give Will a good window to disable it. WHATEVER YOU INTEND TO DO WILL, THIS MIGHT BE THE TIME TO DO IT!.

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She rolled aside as Mason got onto his feet and took the chain back. Juliet held back laughter as Mason tried to keep tugging on the distracted monster's leg - fortunately it didn't seem to even acknowledge it - and managed to keep her stern look, simply making a heavy snort through her nose. "If this weird thing is so distracted that it doesn't notice a bunch of mini people are running around attacking it, then just hurry up and hack the damn thing to cubes!" she hissed, scrambling between Will and Mason behind the being. She may be some yelling, mood-changing girl that mostly got in the way of making progress - even if she was the one trying to continue them going - she was one helluva weapon user and fighter. The problem is that without a weapon, she didn't think some simple kicks or punches to the beast would get much in, unless she found a place already collapsing part. (The monster's leg was an option but all she could imagine was getting stepped on, and Juliet would just be a bloody human pancake at that point.)

The beast was already starting to get its fists out of the rubble, the ground cracking and tearing away the more it pulled. It was a slow process but seemed to be going faster the angrier it got. Just by the large, menacing snarl on the beast with the red skin patterns like blood veins on a black background definitely didn't make it look like some happy camper.

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"Ooh, did we make you angry big guy?" Will joked, letting out a chuckle as his attack connected. It wasn't fully disabled yet but it should have trouble using that leg. And with only a little more strain, it should come tumbling down. Will did the Math, and even if this huge beast doesn't really follow any logic that Will knew, its body seemed to be akin to a human's. He should be right. He then turned to Juliet, "Alright, alright!" He then took out something from his pocket. "Don't know how this is going to help but you're the weapons expert! You can figure something out!" He then threw the switchblade towards Juliet, in a trajectory where the girl would be able to catch it no problem.

Will adjusted his grip on the axe, a grin on his face, as he ran towards the lifeform. He then used its own body as his stepping stones to get to the nape of his neck. It was unstable ground, but Will's nimbleness and balance kept him from falling. He then put all of his weight onto trying to slice the head clean off its neck using the axe.

However, it would be extremely bad if it would be embedded there, which would likely happen. Ugh, he didn't think this through.

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Mason simply glared at Juliet when she made that remark. WELL SORRY BUT I'M KINDA BUSY KEEPING THIS THING TIED DOWN SO WILL CAN "ATTACK ON TITAN" WHATEVER THE HELL THIS THING IS! NOW IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME I NEED TO GET BACK TO HELPING TO SAVE OUR LIVES FROM THIS FUCKER! Mason said as he pulled harder on the chain, this caused the creatures leg to crack, small cubes began to go up like smoke when the pull got stronger, it's leg was caving in. If it's leg broke in half Will could fall. But if he let up on it the creature would be able to move around. Mason simply held his ground and held his grip just as tight, despite his hand going bone white.

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The beast was finally realizing their position behind it, roaring and struggling even more - at this point it was clearly a brawn and no brains type. Juliet quickly caught the knife and switched the blade open, holding it loosely in her throwing hand. Now throwing knives was something she just did for fun, this only putting her skills to the test. The leg that was hacked by Will should be broken down by a simple but direct hit using the switchblade, and the opposite leg could be tugged by all of them so the chain ripped it apart backwards.

Julie noticed after a moment of thinking that Will was quickly scaling the creature's back. It would struggle and try knocking him off like a bull, but her friend only went along with its movements. He attempted to completely chop off the head - and it worked. The neck and head shattered to thousands of pixels like broken-through glass, but Juliet remembered something. The beast managed to move without its entire frontal lobe already gone, and barely had any usual senses like sight or hearing to track them, then...

She knew something bad would happen. The beast - even after its head was gone - ripped out the pair of arms that were stuck, its sharp movement backwards causing Will to be thrown off. Juliet couldn't save him unless she could run several yards in just a few seconds to catch or at least cushion Will. From the monster's constant and powerful movements combined with the tugging of the chain, its other leg broke inwards like she thought, just in a different way of doing it. Now it was on a detached stump of its lower half of one leg, and the opposite limb already halfway destroyed.

The girl still had one chance of getting to disable this creature, and had to act fast before it tried moving out of her range. She looked over to Mason and yelled, "Go ahead and help Will, now!"

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Will was pretty happy that he was able to chop of its head. He couldn't believe it worked. Even he was shocked when the axe went completely through and the neck and head just shattered. There was a goofy smile on his face as relief rushed through his heart. However, something felt wrong.

The body hadn't disappeared.

If there's one thing he noticed in this place is that things become boxes of pixels when they die. Or at least, that's something he had concluded. Just like how its head and neck shattered into a thousand pixels. And so it was only a moment of joy before he was thrown off of the back of the lifeform and was sent flying. He could barely hear Juliet ordering Mason over the loud beating of his heart.

"Oh fuck." The blond didn't usually curse. Only in desperate times, he would swear. And now, he was feeling up to saying his whole vocabulary of curses, English and otherwise. It felt like time had slowed down when he was in the air. He could see where he was going to land, and he was going to land on it and it would hurt very, very much. Even if he was managed to get caught, it would lessen the damage, yes, but it would harm both him and his human cushion.

He braced for impact on the ground. Whether or not someone catches him, he still knew to prepare himself for the inevitable pain that would come soon after. That's what you get for not noticing stuff Will. That's what you get.

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Yeah that's right fall you- Mason's attention was diverted when Will fell back, and was motivated to help when Juliet told him to go. Mason half-caringly threw the chain to her and ran. Mason side stepped his way under the monster so it wouldn't "see" him, which made sense even if it didn't have a head considering it could do SOME things still. "Dammit you're Will Turbant. Not Eren Yeager!!!" Mason remarked when he found will on his back. Checking to make sure that...Thing didn't somehow catch them. " Are you alright? can you get up?"