@SporkoBug, @Herald, @Qia

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"Getting shot or getting eaten... gosh, that's a hard choice to make,”

Dex stared daggers at the dinosaur-like Wild standing in between him and his hearts, before his gaze flicked to the wise-mouth. A smile cracked underneath his mask.

”I know that wise-crack voice anywhere. How are you not dead yet, Valentino?”

He spread his arms wide, one hand removed from his gun as he spoke. ”Consider it your lucky day! I'm in a generous mood, and my dogs tell me you're newly… christened. How about you help you round up these other hearts here, and we'll let you join our ranks! Black would suit you, and you'll find the food never runs out, fills you up, and… nourishes your soul.”

But before he could continue his convincing assault, Wren's transformation caught him off-guard. His gun snapped to Wren, though purposely avoiding the heart area. Instead, his gun was aimed for Wren's gut. A slow, bleeding-out kind of death.

VV's eyes darted between the new intruders and A, desperately trying to keep her cool. A had a lot of meaning in her eyes, though. Did she mean to not make a move? But wouldn't they die faster that way.

VV grunted underneath the tail, pulling desperately to try and release the pressure on her windpipe. Her voice was low, horse. ”Don't underestimate yourself, A. You're strong. These monsters got nothing on you.”

A subtle read-in-between-the-lines. VV tried to encourage A to fight. She was the only one out of all of them that could deliver a surprise attack every time.

Le Frey's head turned sharply at her, “Quiet!”

The lead Ravager, Dex, was only delighted by VV's words. ”I do enjoy a good fight before my meal. Alas-” His gun turned towards Wren, and he opened fire. The rest of the Ravagers followed suit, unloading bullets in each and every Lawless, Umbra, Wild and Ghost Corp present.

…

… At least, they tried.

In a flash of brilliant light, a green dragon had emerged from Le Frey, leaving the man weak and on one knee while the dragon, Inu, used its body to block the attack. Inu quickly followed up with an unleash of green fire that scattered the Ravagers. Subsequently, the tails on VV and A loosened and withdrew.

However, the Ravagers were particularly slimey. A few slipped passed Mimi and Inu, one pointing a gun at VV and A while the others began dragging the two Umbra away…

Simultaneously, another Ravager had snuck around the other side, and began unloading his gun. Two shots found their home in Teresa, and she dropped like a sack of potatoes, silent as the grave. Four more shots unloaded in Val's direction, before the Ravager hissed, clicking his gun. Out of ammo.

Finally, Dex himself sized up Wren in his transformed state. One of his men handed him a bottle of liquid with a cloth shoved down the neck. He lit it, a creepy smile in his voice.

”I wonder how you'll taste on the coals…”

Before he lobbed the molotov directly at Wren.

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The gunshot rang out through Mimi's ears, they let out a screech as their companion was potentially harmed and they went to dive towards some of the Ravengers before the different voices echoed around them. Instinctively they stopped and focused on the voices, thinking to themselves as they kept eyes on everything around them.

Wren had almost fully twisted into the Wendigo's form when they shot at him, The bullet went through his body easily. If he was any earlier in his transformation; it would have done some real damage, but Wren's mass was mainly just vines and plants at this point.
Ferz let out a loud, echoing Howl - just as everything went off and Inu showed himself around everyone.

"Well met, friend." Ferz rumbled to the other wild before turning to face the Ravengers trying to take the Umbra girls. He slammed a foot down, pulling up vines around the Umbra girls, they weren't thorned and they were obviously there to keep them safe and protected.

Ferz didn't hear the leader speak, his attention pulled away at that point.
But Mimi's wasn't.

The dinosaur-wild watched the human throw the Molotov and quickly leapt around; they knew it was going to hurt them - but their feathers would brace the fire better than the plant matter that Wren seemed to be made out of.
They moved quickly, moving the widened end of their tail to almost hit the molotov like you would a baseball with a bat - Uncaring if it exploded against their feathers or bounced towards the Ravengers.

Mimi rumbled angrily and they dived towards Dex, trying to tear at him with their claws and teeth.

{THIS WAS TYPED UP FEOM MY PHONE》Yesterday; East Elhm.

Gakushi SOUTHAMPTON

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Fast asleep Gakushi was all but dreaming. Within his mind the young man had stood in a room made up of parchment paper evening the flooring had been lined with the same materials. At first glance one could see the Abyssal scrawliings and half sentences in English. At the center of it all were two beings a well-toned light skinned Black man; and a Wild borrowing the appearance of a horror story monster; The Wildess while headless; above it floated three hot pink eyesits body consisted of a ashen skin and had eight Black Widow legs, four Blue Jay wings and its four arms were a copy of dead cedar tree branches...The pair stood; attention fixated on the southeastern wall. "The war between each Faction...Hah! All shall fall before The Quiet Rapture is usurped by Our plot! Aeon's Yoni!"

"Eryu Ashu Nin'Culla." (While you slept I kept watch.) The Wildess has swiped her upper left arm while her lower right had intersected it forming an capital Y. In response; a memory from The Wildess had appeared on the parchment it replayed only what she saw and the pairs minions had retrieved. The parchment had displayed sketches of an Umbra Corp landed escape pod, a scuffle amongst the Lawless, Umbra Corp Personelle (Or so they believed) and Ghost Corp. A abrupt sandstorm had prevented the pair from spying on the conflict so as they waited Gakushi had grimaced sensing that the scouting minions had been destroyed by the sandstorm.

Waken up by the pain Gakushi bemoaned a slurred and groggily mispronounced string of swore words. It didn't take him much time to tidy himself up for the and get down to the basement where he kept his horse; Meg. While Gakushi slept The precious animal trotted freely and knocked over a container of Hay, feed, and Honeycrisp & Granny Smith apples. Luckily the water tank was mounted on the wall and hadn't been disturbed by Meg. (Not that it could be) after fetching her water and slowly returning upstairs to get the broom and a shovel Gakushi had saddled up and exited the building.

The Next Day, Valentino's Hideout.
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A full day had passed as Gakushi had rode only stopping to urinate and use the minions his Wildess had gifted to him. The same old creations were made fuzzy cubes with the wings of dragonflies. They went out to gather information on where the warring factions had fled to. As he awaited their return Gakushi had lead Meg to a place far off in the shade leaving her a meal and water. Gakushi himself had skipped breakfast and had just snacked on dried vension jerky and the last of the virgin Shiner he had.

From underneath the mask he had stolen from his family when he was Garthowhen Ishikawa he saw the flying Abyssal creations return to him...It was through some off-shoot of echo location that they had found the group and another set Of Wild. They were under attack by the mad bastard Dex! Disgust and vexation fueled Gakushi. He created more minions; these ones were a mix of crab and hyena. Mounting one out of four Gakushi had rode to their whereabouts!

"HALT! YOU PYSCHOTIC Fuc-"
His eyes flickered from medium brown to a heated, blazing hot pink. The Wildess whose name he was never told spoke through him; her dissatisfied tone like a mother's who teenagers had just broken the law. "Oh, stupid and starved boy. You have spoiled yourself for far too long! We mustn't have that, must we?" The Wildess had spat in Dex's direction as for the created minions Gakushi had created they lunged for the Ravagers.

Graciously she dismounted the minions. Which, in turn sporadically ran off woth the flying ones to Benefactor knows where. She stepped up closing in on Dex. "Gluttonous children who know no difference between dessert and a proper mean must be disciplined. Won't you agree?" her tone was that of a strict maternal figure who had just ran out of compassion. Yet, for a reason unbeknownst to her and Gakushi the pair allowed the warring factions a chance to react to their all-of-a-sudden arrival.