[center][h1][color=#3068FF][b]Evelyn Chambers – [i]Tulpa[/i][/b][/color][/h1][/center][hr]
The bloom of light was helpful, the thugs were stunned, but when they managed to recover somewhat they struck, or at least attempted to. In similar time, Eyeblight managed to escape the grasp of her projection. Evelyn frowned, but she kept her focus dedicated primarily to the projection. As thugs moved towards it, attempting to stab and strike it, well, it [i]let[/i] them hit. The blades did nothing, the blunt force didn't seem to phase it either, with its form either bending inwards and rippling, a physical show for the kinetic energy being dispersed over a wider surface area. It's flexibility, in both movement and in its make-up, combined with its durability, made their attempts effectively fruitless. That wasn't to say that the tulpa ignored them.

Moving as soon as they'd all gathered around it, the beast suddenly shifted its position, moving forwards and then twisting around, its body almost forming a complete circle, likely knocking all of the thugs attacking it on their asses in one fell swoop. Its echolocation continued to fire out, causing an unpleasant sensation to ring through the bodies of those near it, likely resonating through Eyeblight as well. The longer the thugs remained exposed, the less able to coordinate and focus they would become, and the more apprehensive and uncomfortable they would become.

With the thugs on their asses, the projection moved to the hostages, wrapped some of its tentacles around them, one per hostage, and gently lifted them all up at once. Then it leaned shifted its grip to the tentacles on top of its form. Its remaining tentacles balling up at their ends, the projection struck out, slamming the fist-like ends of the tentacles into the heads of the downed thugs. It had used Eyeblight's breaker ability to temporarily [i]harden[/i] the ends just before they hit. The impact would knock the thugs out, reducing the numbers they'd all have to deal with significantly. Following the action the projection's echolocation notified Evelyn of Eyeblight's impending arrival. Focusing, she bid it to move, its body springing swiftly into action, the hostages now fastened to its back via tentacles, with many of the limbs still capable of moving, it ran full tilt, not jostling its passengers at all, towards Sonar's group. Evelyn gave it some final directives, instructing it to circumvent the thugs attacking the group and bound behind them, out of the storm drain where it would deposit the hostages on a sidewalk, unbind their hands, legs, and necks using its claws, before promptly demanifesting. It had been active for about a minute and thirty seconds. The moment it de-manifested, Evelyn started counting down in her head.

As it carried out those actions, she made sure it would attend to its own well-being to a degree and return to her side as soon as it could.

Unbidden, she opened her eyes, abruptly stood up, took her bo staff from its place on her person, and swiftly extended it to its full 5.5 foot length. She narrowed her eyes at Eyeblight as he approached and took a defensive stance, bo staff at an angle, body sideways, one foot back, the other forwards, knee bent slightly. The bo staff's leading end was pointed forwards and upwards, its other end following the angle.

[color=#3068FF][b]“Messiah, can you absorb heat energy you've applied after you release it?”[/b][/color] She asked, taking a stance beside the glowing heroine. Once her projection had de-manifested, it would recall to her person, its form sifting over all of her teammates, the thugs, until its dull silver light focused around her person, and then shifted into a spherical form, its radius being 5 feet. She'd practiced this, it would be alright.

[i]It would be alright,[/i] she told herself again as her gaze reached Eyeblight. Involuntarily, she shuddered, swallowing hard. She had to make a conscious effort to steady her breathing, but she made do, instead deciding not to look [i]directly[/i] at him, but instead partially unfocus her eyes. The effect lessened slightly. With that, she kept her breathing steady and deep, focusing her senses and attention on her immediate vicinity as well as her own body and the position of her teammates. Her heartbeat slowed down and her breathing stilled. They had 1 minute and 15 seconds till she could manifest her projection again, but she had a feeling they could last [i]at least[/i] that long. Hopefully her intuition was correct.