[hr][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/MzIHaGw.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/JgL3zQi.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/6D400qM.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/O6LA4nR.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/TktKfdO.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/4d7aM7C.png[/img][h1]Autumn Hayes & Kashmira Sarai[/h1] [/center][right][b][code]Elysium Island - With the Mobster and the Monster Gone, it's just the Tunnels. The Tunnels of Dick. Artifact Group.[/code][/b][/right][right][b]Interactions:[/b] .[/right][hr] When the dust had settled, the tree had impaled the Undead King and was reduced to nothing. Britney let out a sigh of relief... She felt like lying down after making a tree that fast. Yet, she had to keep her composure, keep it together, for the group's good. As the fires faded away, the tree remained there, and Britney looked around. Everyone was in one piece... ... Except for Adora, who had fallen backward. "Oh goodness!" Kashmira shouted as she ran over to Adora and pressed her hands against her torso. Waves and pulses of green light came out of hands that surrounded Adora. "Everyone! Huddle together for warmth!" [color=fd8a6c]”...[i] I'm. [b]Fine.[/b][/i]”[/color] Adora said, pushing herself up to her feet, she was still shivering - yet Kashmira wrapped her arms around her waist and drew Adora close. [color=fd8a6c]”I'm-”[/color] Kashmira released more of the healing energy. “Don’t argue with me; you're not [i]the[/i] Doctor!” Kashmira said nervously, tightening her hold around Adora’s waist. “At least let me stabilize you.” Despite it all, the group was still one big red blip on Elysium Island, with their entire location being broadcasted. The idea of a stealth mission was thrown out of the window almost [i]immediately[/i]... "Damn," Autumn monotonously said, shaking her head in disappointment. "I was hoping to claim him myself." Britney raised a thumb, pivoting around as she glanced at everyone. [color=f4eb93]”Is everyone okay?!”[/color] Her eyes landed on Clancy momentarily, and she awkwardly laughed. [color=f4eb93]”... [i]Sorry about that, Clance.[/i]”[/color] She turned towards the hall and said, [color=f4eb93]”If you're all still standing, you can move. So let's go.”[/color] Her voice carried more resolve than she felt, but it was enough. Without waiting for a reply, she turned down the hall, leading the group into the unknown. [hr] The tunnel stretched before them, shrouded in a heavy, oppressive quiet. The air was thick and damp and seemed to grow colder with each step. Britney let Autumn take the lead, as she seemed to know where she was going, but thankfully, they avoided any more monsters! "We're getting close," Autumn said - having to raise her voice to be louder than the alarm - glancing at Adora; she still looked pale, but Kashmira was at her side to catch her if she fell. [color=fd8a6c]”... Define close,”[/color] Adora muttered, not loud enough for Autumn to hear. As if on cue, the tunnel began to widen. The walls pulled away, and the dim light grew brighter as they approached the Vault Room. Autumn raised a hand, signaling the group to stop. The room was enormous - an imposing rectangle and in the center, perched on a massive pedestal, was [url=https://i.imgur.com/7mkJB2A.jpeg]the Starving Dog[/url]. Behind the Starving Dog stood the vault door, a towering masterpiece of steampunk engineering. It was constructed of dark, weathered metal, its surface adorned with intricate rivets, gears, and pipes that hissed faintly with escaping steam. At the center of the door was a large, circular emblem resembling an eye, its iris made of gleaming sapphire that seemed to follow the group just as the Dog’s eyes did. Around the door's edges, jagged scratches and scorch marks hinted at failed attempts to breach its defenses. “Why does it look like that?” Kashmira asked, her head tilting slightly as she stared at the statue. “It’s just a statue, right?” [color=f4eb93]”More than just a statue,”[/color] Britney matter of factly said, [color=f4eb93]”It'll come to life if we get too close.”[/color] Her eyes went to the very edges of the tunnel into the room before she went back to the group. [color=f4eb93]”I know we're short on time, but we should devise a quick plan for handling this... That thing is tough as nails, fast, and strong,”[/color] Britney awkwardly laughed. [color=f4eb93]”If we go in guns blazing, we will be in for a world of hurt.”[/color] Adora turned to Autumn, then asked, [color=fd8a6c]”Can you boost me again?”[/color] "I ca-" "... You're still hurt!" Kashmira said. [color=fd8a6c]”I said I'm good,”[/color] Adora shook her head. [color=fd8a6c]”I'm the only one who can give Luca or Sloane an opening.”[/color] She rolled her eyes. [hr][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/OKGd0x2.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/GjFxKZh.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/HNTW8VK.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/K8f1fGj.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/OgAxSZT.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/P8amWdP.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/vrZLVRb.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/RvwZ41R.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/jwQgcyG.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/lNhxoVl.png[/img][h1]The Coalition, & The Magma Apparition.[/h1] [sup]From the perspective of Ruby White.[/sup][/center][right][b]Interactions:[/b] [/right][right][b][code]Elysium Island.[/code][/b][/right][hr][hr] Ruby and the others watched Drake get snatched by the House of Cards. Fuck. "... Wasn't that your boy?" James asked Sully, weakly pointing the finger at where Drake[i] was.[/i] "We'll get him back," Ruby said to Sully. Naomi swung in spiderwoman style with Pearl in her arms, just in time to see the Eustis Veil crash down on the Apparition and slam it into the ground so hard that it sent a rumble throughout the island. They received word to rain down hell on the Apparition, and the first thing that popped into Ruby's mind was to hit it with the Maiden Flash now that all four Maidens were present. [i]However,[/i] by the time they charged up a Maiden Flash worth anything. That didn't stop James and Jess, who were barraging the creature with lightning and sunlight. [quote][quote][color=D8BFD8]“One of you boosted the adept that can summon the sun, right? I can seal the apparition, but the size of it means I could use the help. We have to act fast while it’s down, so do you have an amplifier or not?”[/color][/quote][/quote] Ruby narrowed her eyes at the stranger. She had no clue who this bitch was or who she came with. She had half a thought thinking that she was trying to pull a fast one on them, but- "... You're lookin' at her," Lily said in a singsong, sassily putting a hand on her hip. "I don't know who the fuck you are! But if you can get rid of big n' hot over there before he cooks us, I'll love you [i]fooooooorever![/i]" She blew her a kiss. "But we don't know this bitc-" "Yeah, yeah," Lily rolled her eyes at Ruby as she walked over to Liz. "The way I see it, we're [i]screwed[/i] if we don't take the Hercules Movie reject out, so who gives a fuck? Not me." She laughed as she wrapped her arms around Liz's. There was a transfer of magical energy as Lily's skeleton illuminated, and Liz's skeleton began to glow [i]brightly[/i] as she started charging her more. After a certain point, Lily let go of her and gave her the thumbs up. "... Go get 'em, tiger!"