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[color=c9272c]"Sounds like you kids need an attitude adjustment."[/color]

[color=888888]— Elroy Bates[/color][/center]

[@Ponn][@Majoraa]

Elroy had tried to lighten the mood, but the GEMINI agents remained stiff. Ashley, rather bluntly, stated that they were not the same, painting her own cause as just and Elroy as just another money loving freelancer. It was a stereotype that Elroy should have been plenty used to. Then Finn stood up to spit out some edgy protag dialog, but Elroy erupted into laughter half way through it. He refocused his eyes on Ashley. 

[color=c9272c]"Yes yes, I’m sure you try very hard."[/color] His lips curled into a sneer. [color=c9272c]"Purging curable thralls and slaying innocent monsters is all for the greater good. I’m fortunate gear boy was there, otherwise you’d have killed violin girl and Trisha. For the greater good.[/color] His blackened scars started to turn gold. [color=c9272c]"I’m sure your intel on Holy Roller showed how wicked they really are. There must be tons of footage circulating about such a dangerous behemoth. You’re funded by the US army, and you must have access to tools I could only dream of. Forgive me for my ignorance.“[/color] The air around his shield distorted as it heated up. [color=c9272c]"Speaking of big paydays, I understand you got a promotion. I didn’t realize GEMINI rewarded failure, but I guess killing a bartender and [i]attempting[/i] to kill his daughter is what it takes to climb the company ladder."[/color] As small as the event had been, too many people were alive to leak the operation after the fact. The Shadow Wizard Money Gang or Maverick Alternative could have told a friend of a friend. He looked down at Ashley like she was an insect. [color=c9272c]"You’re right, techno girl, we aren’t the same at all!"[/color]

Elroy grabbed a cross shaped pendant from around his neck and held it up to the sky. The specters howled, spun about, and descended towards the back of the train. It would take them a moment to congregate, but the freelancers began their attack immediately. 

Lexi pointed her staff into the heavens, and the freelancers pulsed with light. The air around them was filled with a smattering of feathers, and the three of them charged. Elroy brought his shield up in front of himself and howled while the nuns piled in behind him.

[color=steelblue]"Orion?"[/color] There was hardly any time to form a plan, but it was clear Raven was going to follow Ashley’s lead. 

Though even without her input, the twins had already moved on the defensive. Cerise stepped up next to Ashley and raised her own shield over the two of them in anticipation, and Cereza aimed to fire her bow at first sight of an opening.

[color=#e4255e]”Betta’ talk quickly, hon! We can’t keep ‘em back forever!”[/color]