[IC] Recollections: The Coven [COMPLETED]

[Atrophy]

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Goddamn did that look painful! Vashti had intended to knock Kara down, but she didn’t expect it to be that successful. She would’ve felt pretty bad for absolutely dunking on the poor girl if she wasn’t too focused on getting the big W. She hopped up to her feet, ignored the pain in her chest, and yoinked the flag right out of that creepy tree arm. With a victorious whoop, Vashti started booking it to their goal. Gosh, she couldn’t wait to see the look on their idiot, monkey-brained faces when she won the game for her team. Vashti decided she wouldn’t trashtalk after her glorious victory. After all, no words existed that could describe the superiority of the Lizard Queen and her minions over Madison’s dinosaur team of boneheads.

As she neared the goal she turned to stick her tongue out at the losers, deciding that it was totally okay to be a complete, unsportsmanlike tool before her glorious victory. The blown raspberry morphed into a sharp “Oh fuck!” as Vashti’s vision was filled by Madison, with her arms out, in full bone regalia, soaring through the air at her. Soon Vashti was also soaring through the air as the entirety of Jurassic Park slammed into her. Instantly, Vashti dropped the flag. It was gone from her hands and then gone from her mind as she crashed into the ground, the back of her skull cushioning the blow. Utterly dazed, Vashti tried to sit up only to find herself pinned under the weight of Madison and the Jaws. Winded by the hit, a silent scream was strangled to death in her throat as she felt the pain rush back to her Outsider scar like it was a fresh wound.

And then she felt something even worse. The all too familiar sensation like she was drowning began to overtake her as the thing inside swelled like a massive tidal wave to wash away any illusion of her control. Vashti tried to warn Madison, to scream at her, but all she managed to do was thrash about like a fish gasping for air. Everything started to go black as she began sinking deeper and deeper into the ocean of her subconscious.

Herik’s quarter!

If Vashti could focus, she could achieve Gnosis and stop the Leviathan from trading the bones on Madison’s outside with the ones on her inside. Vashti fought against the undertow so that she could keep control, her hands trying to slip into her pockets. However, Madison was not making it easy. Still, she managed to move them enough to feel the soft fabric and nothing else with her fingers. Shit. Vashti’s head drooped to the side as she looked towards the sidelines, searching for her jacket where she’d left the coin. Shit!

She looked back up at Madison. Vashti really hated her guts now, but the Leviathan wanted to kill her. She had to do something. Vashti inhaled deeply. If she could warn Madison, maybe the girl could get away. The Leviathan wasn’t as fast as her. She’d be safe. The others would be safe. Her vision blacked out, and then faded back in. She was still in control. She still had a chance.

“Madison...please,” said Vashti. Her voice was distant and empty, but her watering eyes were full of terror as she began to cry. “Please. I’m sorry. Please run.”

Quietly, in the distance, Vashti swore she heard thunder.

[Utrax]

^{The Gay Grove}

Beneath her feet, the dirt and grass flattened out, as the clashing of Madison's power against hers pulsed. Gritting her teeth and setting her jaw, Mariah felt a twinge of fear-- that she would be thrown back and break every single damn bone in her body. Chills raced for the back of her neck and a coolness swept over Mariah as that fear reinforced her power.

"Okay for real, yo?" Madison chuckled, "We're better than that, we say hoe."

A laugh left Mariah and she felt her arms begin the tremble. "No pensé que duraría tanto tiempo," she yelled above the odd muffling of her voice in her own ears. In Spanish she continued, "(ES)--but I will not back down, even if this is because of a stupid flag game, and none of the results actually matter." Again a surge of energy-- courage given palpable strength-- coursed into her spell. That umbrella was practically burning with the power as Mariah continued in Spanish, shouting, "(ES)Even if this is the dumbest thing to be taking place right now," Mariah felt energy building as she spoke, fear and courage synced, and an intensity like none-other welled up within her, "(ES)I have much to prove to someone, so how about you fucking move, hoe!"

She stepped forward slightly, felt a little give-- sucked a sharp breath in-- then shoved with all her strength, screaming, "(ES)Dinosaurs are boring anyway!" And as Madison went flying back from the force, Mariah stumbled forward, tripped over her own feet, then fell to the ground in a heap, only barely managing to land on all fours instead of face-planting. A deeeeep breath left Mariah as she glanced up, then say Madison already headed off, but inwardly gave that a 'fuck it' on the scale of care.

"Did my part," Mariah mumbled, taking a few deep breaths, and observing the chaos of the field.

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Tory's taser sticks managed to detach as the undead man started walking away. Completely and utterly exhausted but still very pissed off, Hector rolled over, then pushed himself up onto a knee as Lyss asked, “Are you a friend of someone here? You really shouldn’t walk up behind a woman like that.”

And in his butchered Peruvian spanglish, Hector began cursing, "I NO EVEN SNEAK! I SAY HI TO THAT--" Hector gestured furiously at Claudette and suddenly realized Lyss had also done him wrong, turning the gestures on her "--Fuck you mother fuck Gringo Yankee bitch fucker I shit on you pillow at night you fuck shit head stain shit fucker." He got to his feet, slowly as he continued barking curses in Spanish briefly, before answering-sort-of, "You fuck face head fuck feet get you shit in a pocket puedes lay down I shit in you mouth motherfuck-- MARIAH, YOU FRIENDS EAT SHIT FUCK! Rude fucks. Odio Estados Unidos-- FUCK!"

His voice lowered again as he cursed more in Peruvian, gesturing from Claudette to Lyss, to the ground, to the zombie, to the sky, to his shirt-- which he began ripping off casually and with ease-- as he turned shouting, "ME VOY ME VOY ME VOY rude fuck I not sneak up dumb shit head I say hello you fuck hola? Tase me? Fuck Frenchie," he looks over his shoulder, shouting at Claudette, "STINKY CHEESE FUCKING CROSSAINT OUI OUI MOTHERFUCK! YOU SHIT IN YOU PANTS AT NIGHT-- te voy a dejar harapiento-- YOU FUCK! I fuck you con A BRICK IN YOU ASS..."

And thus his angry rambling would continue, growing increasingly incomprehensible as he walked away, back toward where the cars were parked.

[FernStone]

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“You wish, you basic white bitch, I won’t-”

Maya was cut off by a weird fox creature barrelling right into her and throwing her already poor (thanks abstraction) balance off, and combined with Emily’s awful punches it was enough to throw her over. In the split second before she fell on her ass she moved her hands out of Emily’s hair and around her neck to pull her right down with her.

They fell onto the ground and Maya instantly went back to fighting with the other girl, grabbing her hair and yanking hard. She swung her legs around Emily and tried to forcefully roll so that she was the one on top.

“Oh Emily, sure you aren’t interested in me? Rolling on the ground like this…” She smirked as she tugged her hair harder, even though it fucking hurt her own hand. "Seems like something a lesbian would enjoy."

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“Hell yes!” Isla fist pumped at the air when Kara got knocked over and Vashti managed to grab the flag off of her. She dropped the abstraction that was cast over Kara so that she could move again, letting out an exhausted sigh. All of the blinking and use of almost all of what she could do had her drained. She was fairly certain now she could just sit back and watch Vashti beeline for their side.

Until Madison crashed right into Vashti.

That shit looked nasty, but Isla didn’t have the energy or stamina anymore to go after the flag. Someone else could… she’d done her part by teleporting around like mad. Even if it was useless.

It seemed Mariah thought the same thing, having stopped clashing with Madison, and she wandered over to her before plopping right down next to her on the ground.

“So, do you think we’ve lost?” She nodded over towards Madison and Vashti.

[Mixtape Ghost N]

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The Gay Grove.

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After getting loudly cursed out by a Florida-man, Claudette couldn't help but cover her mouth as she fake-coughed. That was definitely something, the kind of something that she thinks should be locked away in the furthest parts of their minds. Or in fewer words: forgotten about. Claudette coughed again as she turned towards Lyss and said,

"... You picked up a new trick?" Claudette parroted the words as she tilted her head a bit and looked at Lyss. There was a bit of incredulous in her voice. "... From where? Could you always do that?" She asked because there was a hint of worry in Claudette's voice as she spoke.

"I just ask because I'm worried... that kind of power is a very slippery slope..." Claudette said, echoing her feelings towards Babylon and similar abstractions... and even the Coven falling the world of magic.

Though, despite getting surprised by that crazy Peruvian Florida-man and Lyss' new ability.... she forgot to attend to the Capture the Flag match, and the realization that she wasn't being attentive hit her like a wave. She was hoping that the Coven was smart enough to make sure things don't get out of hand but she's always hoping that the Coven doesn't rush in headfirst to the first stupid thing that comes to mind. Claudette turned her head around and saw Vashti on the ground... coupling a quarter as she looked very horrified. Madison seemed haunted by her actions as Claudette's heart sank.

She immediately pushed past everyone that was gathering around and Claudette moved over to Vashti as she grabbed onto her hand. She asked, "Vashti, are you okay? What happened? I..."

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The Gay Grove.

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There was a bit of satisfaction in taking Vashti down a peg by tackling her. Though, Madison probably should have turned off the Jaws at some point because she forgot the fact that the Jaws was, you know, functionally armor made out of knives. Madison's weight was on top of Vashti... and saw that she was freaking out and Madison was quick to get off of her. It wasn't like "oh no that hurt!" kind of freaking out, but it felt like she was terrified of her. Maybe Madison's Jaws was a lot more intimidating than she thought or maybe... The girl started clutching a quarter as Madison raised an eyebrow. There was a bit of guilt... Madison felt like she took it too far.

“Madison...please. Please. I’m sorry. Please run.”

Vashti

"I... what the fuck are you on...?" Madison tilted her head as she thought about it. Then her eyes shot open as she had a flashback to last week during the Outsider fight. She was going to transform into that thing. "... The Jaws."

Almost immediately her ghostly Agent manifested his abstraction and she was surrounded in a mass of glowing purple bones that formed an eldritch barrier around her. Immediately Madison took to the skies, but she was not going to run away as Vashti said. She was the strongest member of the Coven and what if that thing turns his sight on everyone else?

Madison can't have any more blood on her hands.

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The Gay Grove.

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"Racist, ugly, side-ways pussy having, sl-"

Emily screamed before Quinn's little summon barrelled into the two. She had no clue what the fuck happened because all she could see was the floor and Maya's ugly looking legs. Then all she could see was herself flying over! She hit the ground and hissed in pain and it wasn't long before Maya rolled on top of her. Somehow. Emily was supposed to be the bigger and stronger one! And this little tiny lesbian got on top!

“Oh Emily, sure you aren’t interested in me? Rolling on the ground like this…” Seems like something a lesbian would enjoy."

Maya

Emily hissed as she grabbed onto Maya's hand to push it aside, and Emily's other hand was being used to push Maya off of her by her chest.

"Get the fuck off me, you fucking perverted ass-"

It was the heat of the moment, but Emily didn't realize where on her chest she was pushing Maya. She was unfortunate enough to grab onto Maya's weird, tiny, boob. She was frozen in shock as she went slack-jawed as she awkwardly stared into Maya's eyes.

Maybe it might help if she got her hand off Maya's boob.

[KatKook]

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"That'll work... I'm actually really happy about that."

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_{The Gay Grove}

Quinn watched as Kali knocked over Maya but was a little caught off guard by Maya completely dragging Emily down with her and mounting her. Quinn raised her brow, she was shocked but in her defence, she should have expected that. She shook her head and turned to Kali, she signalled Kali to do her thing, hopefully this little one understood what she wanted her to do and by the look in her eyes and stalker-esq movement. Kali summoned multiple fox-fire orbs around her, six in total and shot it directly at Maya and Emily, three to each person. The draining and nullifying capabilities of fox-fire should not even be noticed if they just keep pulling and punching each other like that instead of using their abstractions. Once Kali's fox-fires hit, that would make two more of her tails glow even brighter which makes three.

"Alright, let's-" Quinn was immediately cut off once she thrown back a few feet. Dazed, she shook and held her head to see what just hit her. It was Grace, she fully just hit her with her shoulder from out of nowhere. She let out a groan and by the looks of it she had just gotten her energy back so she was still a little drained. Quinn looked over at Kali who without a question already started sprinting towards Grace, but unexpectedly caught the little fox and threw her in the other direction.

"Dude! You just threw my fox!" Quinn exclaimed, annoyed, confused, and pissed at Grace for doing that, "What the fuck?"

"I know, and I feel bad! But you two had it coming." Quinn then watched as she dashed off passed her. Quinn dusted off her pants and stood back up. She jogged over to Kali to see if she was okay but was immediately knocked face first onto the ground. "Did you really think I was going to do it only once?" Grace asked mockingly after she had just shoulder bashed Quinn into the dirt. She then ran off again to go help with the flag, that was still the case.

Kali ran over to Quinn and started licking her face. "Yeah... Just give me a sec..." She laid there and groaned for a moment to regain some of her sense of surrounding, she did just get really hard, really fast, twice.

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"Now that was satisfying."

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Grace could not help but laugh as she made her way to Vashti and Madison. She arrived, although she overshot a little so she had to back up where Madison was. Although Grace gazed over at Madison who was trying to contain Vashti for some reason, Grace was trying to remember what it was this girl did- Oh... Right. Grace panicked a little but she wanted to help.

"Hey hey! I'm here, how can I help?" Grace asked Madison as she kept looking over at Vashti. Grace looked left then right pacing in place trying to think of a way that would help everyone. "Is there anything I can do to even lessen-" Something hit the back of her leg and she fell on her back Kali had hit Grace once again and ran off. By the looks of it, that fox thing took the flag and scurried off towards Quinn who was still laying down in the middle of both teams, only slightly closer to their side. Grace pushed herself back up and went on to try and help Madison.

The flag was definitely no longer in their control anymore, it is up to whoever could catch that little fox thing. Or distract it well enough to get it back.

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Yes! Yes yes yes! Madison had figured it out. She was flying up, up, up and away, like Superman in a discount Halloween costume. If the others were smart they would run too, except why would they? She hadn’t warned them. The Coven had only seen the Leviathan once, and it had helped them. . Only Herik knew the full extent of her curse, and even then she found the Leviathan keeping her words back to make it nearly impossible to give him the full story. Surely he told them. Then why did she hear footsteps coming closer? Why were there voices near her? Oh no, one of them was touching her. She had to stop them, she had to warn them, she had to—

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—teach these dumb motherfuckers who really ran the GOTDAMN Coven.

Look at them, these wannabe ass witches running back and forth after a stick like a bunch of dumbass dogs. The things these lesser beings did to entertain themselves. Honestly, it was downright embarrassing that the Leviathan’s vessel had actually enjoyed playing their stupid little game. Sickening, really, but it was just another example of primate inferiority. The Leviathan easily could’ve won their fucking game without even lifting her tail, but why would it even bother? It didn’t care about such trivial things. It only cared that it won, and it was going after the ultimate prize: respect.

And what better way to get nitwitted primate/dog crossbreeds to respect their one true Queen then by making them shit their fucking pants? With another crack of thunder the sky opened up and began to rain. The rain fell through the black mist that had hidden the sun that was now sheltered behind storm clouds, because the Leviathan was so magnificent that even the sun knew to hide when she arrived. As if she had just been hit with a defibrillator, Vashti’s convulsing body jumped upright as a deafening roar ripped from her lips as her mouth split and revealed dozens of razor sharp teeth. Scales covered her entire body as muscles rippled underneath them. Claws split from her fingernails as a tail ripped through her pants.

The transformation took less than a second, which would precisely be enough time for those stupid bitches who had swarmed her like vultures to realize that they’d fucked up.

The Leviathan would make Madison pay for scuffing up its precious vessel. The Lizard Queen would see to it that the girl would be as extinct as the creatures whose bones now shielded her body, all of which thought they were at some point the apex predator and all of which were wrong—killed off by meteors, volcanos, and because it was a tad chilly for their weak little bodies and they had forgotten their jumpers. Boo who gives a fuck. A time traveller with a shotgun could kill a stupid dinosaur. Nothing could ever really kill the goddamn Leviathan.

Only she couldn’t fly. Flying was stupid. It was for assholes and cowards. Chickens. Cheep cheep cheep. The Leviathan could jump around all day and it wouldn’t reach Madison, and she didn’t have time for evolution to come around and give her wings. She had to get the stupid boneheaded bitch out of the sky, and she knew just how to do it because she was a fucking genius. Never had there been a smarter Leviathan. If the Leviathan wanted Madison on the ground, she just had to get a reason for her to come down. Fortunately, that reason had been idiotic enough to come up and touch the Leviathan’s vessel just moments ago. Even better, that reason was that damn primate pretender currently occupying the Lizard Queen’s rightful throne.

Now, a Queen could just go around chopping off heads and call it ruling, but the Leviathan wasn’t some simpleminded, bloodthirsty monster. What was the point in being Queen if there weren’t others to grovel on their hands and knees for you? They couldn’t grovel without fucking heads, just like they couldn’t do it without hands or knees either. What a good groveller didn’t need was anything below their knees, and what better groveller would there be to quickly turn the Coven to throwing themselves at the feet of their rightful ruler then the pretender? It was solid logic. The only thing a truly righteous and brilliant Queen could think up. The best fucking idea ever.

And with that ringing endorsement, the Leviathan launched itself at Claudette with her claws out and her mouth open, ready to devour the pretender’s gangly ass bitch legs.

[Utrax]

^{The Gay Grove}

A sigh escaped Mariah as Isla plopped down next to her. She raised her parasol to give shade to them both as Isla asked, “So, do you think we’ve lost?” Looking over at Madison and Vashti, Mariah began, "I dunno. I just know I ain't gonna..." Madison flew upward abruptly-- all her weird bone floaties multiplied too. Weird. Mariah squinted as she continued, "--get all sweaty--" Vashti wiggled about on the ground. Well that made sense that she looked hurt as hell-- Madison had quite a lot of force behind her tackle, as Mariah had found out, so it made a lot of sense that Vashti would suddenly turn into a lizard.

Suddenly.
Turn into a lizard?

Within Mariah's head, the phrase bounced around every single neuron as they all immediately decided to deny this as reality. Mariah's brows creased as she pointed at the large lizard, looked to Isla in a non-verbal request for confirmation as to what she was pointing at, and by the time she looked back, the Giant Lizard That Probably Inhabited A Monster Energy Drink Can, launched itself toward Claudette's legs.

Holy shit it was a lizard that eats people.
Unga-bunga Velociraptor. Oh.

Some very primitive, very ancient amygdala processes compelled Mariah to action, quicker than she could even realize. In one motion, Mariah stood bolt upright, tried to immediately get the fuck away, stumbled and tripped over either herself or Isla, and rather gracefully landed on her fucking face. But did this stop her? Hell no. Absolutely zero thought went through her mind as she found herself on all fours, then began stumble crawling away, dragging her Hello Kitty parasol away in the sudden rain, like a little kid escaping the school bully that happened to be a giant lizard.

Nausea washed over her in waves, as the rest of her brain began catching up to the emergence of a fucking giant monster lizard, all of a sudden, and she could feel the fear practically tearing her enchantments away from everything she held. Did it matter? No. Run. Body go. Have run. When she fell again, there was more disgraceful scrambling in the grass, and she was dead set on getting to the treeline by any means.

[KatKook]

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"Well that should make things... Interesting."

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_{The Gay grove}

Grace looked up to see the rain clouds form, she flinched at the boom of thunder and the sudden transformation of one of their own definitely drew her attention. The rain was not something she appreciated, especially since this meant the bolts coming out of her hand would be significantly harder to hit since it would cause them to go all over the place. She looked over at Vashti- No... The Leviathan to see what it would do, it tried to go after Madison but since she was so high off the ground she could not even get to her. Grace let out a sigh of relief but it was short lived since in a blink of an eye the Leviathan's attention immediately switched over to Claudette. Grace felt the ground get felt the ground slowly get drenched and she had no other choice. A few jolts of her lightning went towards her legs and she immediately sprinted towards Claudette, she was trying to her hardest not slip since an injury from this speed would definitely be a trip to the ER.

She needed to catch Claudette not slam into her, so she did, it was not graceful to say the least and Claudette definitely felt something when she was sudden pushed at that speed. But at least Grace had her hands in the right place so she would not get whiplash, because a broken neck is never something nice to look at. This was where the rain came in, the rain made the ground slipper and Grace knew it was only a matter of time before she slipped. She had already gotten Claudette out of the way which meant she would not get attacked by the Leviathan but-

"Uh oh..." Grace let out right before her foot fully slipped backwards, she immediately moved the hand on the back of Claudette to wrap around her since they were about to tumble down. Grace clutched onto Claudette as they barrelled down on the wet ground, they bounced a few times but Grace took most of the impact and she was definitely going to feel that the next day, thankfully nothing was broken. Bruises and wounds are not out of the picture though, she is definitely bruised and cut in a few places.

They ended up flat on the ground now in the middle of the field, Grace had was now underneath Claudette and she moved her off her as she laid for there a moment. She let out a few breaths as she looked up at the sky.

"Sorry..." She let out, feeling her body ache a little bit but with the adrenaline she still managed to push herself up, she stood between Claudette and the where the Leviathan landed and raised her hand to the sky to prepare to send lightning bolts from the sky instead of from her hands, these are significantly harder to hit but the rain will make the ones from her hand even harder to hit but she needed to make a wall between them. Hopefully her reactions are fast enough to see the Leviathan come and call down lightning as a form of defence.

The heavens be kind to her today.

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"Did not expect that from you."

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Quinn felt the rain against her back as she laid on the ground, though it stopped hitting her head and she wondered why. Kali had placed a few of her tails above her and Quinn smiled as she thanked her. She got up on her feet just to see Vashti turn into that thing back in fantasy land. She shook her head and quickly ran the other direction, that was her teammate and she did not know if this was part of getting the flag; Either way, she had her own agenda anyway.

She ran alongside Kali towards her other team members, Isla and Mariah. She waved at them as she ran past them, she then gestured to Kali to hit them with fox fire since they were kind of just standing around. Kali nodded and shot out 3 fox fires to each of them, now those two are nullified for a few minutes as well.

"Thanks!" She called out to both of them as she continued to run, Kali following behind her. She needed more, just at least one more for her plan. Kali caught up to her and they stopped running to see who was close. A quick scan was made and Quinn saw Herik and thought that he was the best for the last bit of magic to use. But apparently Kali had obtained enough magical energy to transform, so as the two of them started to run towards Herik, Kali transitioned from a fox to a black haired asian girl with fox ears, and those same nine tails. She wore a black haori, with a white hakama top, and a shorter skirt up to just right before her knees. Quinn was so surprised she dropped dead in her tracks, she looked at her summon up and down and Kali looked her back up and down before giving her a smile and a thumbs up.

"So that's how you do it." Quinn let out, Kali nodded before using her head to gesture over to Herik. "Good call." Quinn could not help but smile as they started running towards him again, she finally got Kali to transform. She was shorter than Grace but her ears definitely put her height up to where Quinn was. Kali is surprisingly really beautiful, are all kitusnes this pretty? Quinn surely hoped so.

"Herik!" Quinn called out to get his attention just before she arrived in front of him, she was about to continue but she saw Grace crash in the corner of her eye and she got distracted for a second. She shook her head and tried to keep herself focus, she needed to ask him for some magical energy, hopefully he'll oblige fox fires are extremely reliable in terms of transferring energy. "Can I maybe borrow some magic?" She asked, "You won't regret it I promise!" She exclaimed before looking back at Grace who put herself in a stance. Kali placed her hands on Quinn's shoulders which made Quinn look at back at her, she wondered why she was doing this but it could maybe just mean Kali being playful again.

Please Herik, give her a chance.

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Maya froze.

Her brain entirely stopped functioning as she slowly moved her head from looking at Emily, down to the hand that was grabbing her chest. And not moving away. She then lifted her head back up to look back at Emily.

The shock and sheer awkwardness had her stationary for moments as she just stared down.

Then she snapped out of it, rolling off of Emily and to the side. She instantly crawled backwards and away before putting her arms in front of herself in a protective stance.

“If anyone’s the pervert, it’s you! I’ve never felt so violated in my life!”

Maya may be into people of all kinds, and she wouldn’t exactly call herself fussy, but she definitely wasn’t into Emily. In fact, she was the last person she’d ever want to touch her anywhere.

She was still gaping at Emily, of half a mind to soundblast her to increase the distance between them. Her concentration on her incredibly awkard staring meant that she was completely unaware of the shit show going on around them.

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“What the fuck?” Isla’s dark eyes widened as little Vashti, the former flag bearer, turned into an absolutely colossal lizard creature. Now Isla had seen a lot in her stint in a completely different world (sorta), but she hadn’t seen fucking real life godzilla. “Is that normal?!”

She turned to look at Mariah as if she would have an answer to the question… which of course she wouldn’t, because she was also seeing this for the first time.

Completely unsure of what to do she went to jump to her feet, an awkward motion of exhaustion that resulted in her leg tangling with Mariah’s and them both following right down. Isla sat in the dirt, stunned as the other newbie practically crawled away. On the other hand she just stared up at used to be Vashti now a massive lizard.

She wasn’t actually scared, more than her normal caution. Could that thing kill her with one swipe? Hell yeah. And she did want to live but honestly, if she was gonna go some way it would be pretty cool to meet her end at the jaws of a massive lizard person thing.

Okay, wait, that was an awful idea.

The flag was completely out of her mind now, because getting away from the rampaging lizard seemed like the best course of action. She blinked towards Claudette and Grace-

Only she didn’t blink. The fuck? Isla narrowed her eyes as her beanie glowed and intense purple as she tried again and again, taking moments before she finally flashed forward.

And almost fell right back on her ass from the dizziness of it all. Fuck, this was a massive mistake. She should be running away not towards (and totally ignoring the temptation to boop the lizard creature on its sort of nose, very close to its terrifying teeth). Why did she even want to go grab the other two when she’d only met them today?

Isla shook her head and, against the sensible part of her mind telling her to run, shouted, “get over to me and I can teleport us away from here!”

[Mixtape Ghost N]

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The Gay Grove.

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A scream escaped Claudette's lips as Vashti transformed into a thing and then it charged her. And then so many regrets went through her head. Why didn't she tell Vashti not to play? Why didn't she come up with a different game for the Coven to play? Why was she so stupid? Claudette threw a veil of darkness around herself out of instinct but she doubted that it would be able to do much. However, in the blink of an eye, she was skidding across the ground as things blindsided her. It felt like a fucking car hit her but less painful (maybe a moped?) as she was covered in mud, grass, and dirt.

It took Claudette a second to get her bearings... well, she was still confused as to what's going on and that was probably not going to change. What didn't help was that her vision was spinning and all she could see was the cloudy skies and her, unfortunately, lost her glasses during the tussle. So, unfortunately, that didn't help as Claudette... realized that she was on top of somebody, and not in a fun way. After that revelation, Claudette rolled off of that person and realized that it was Grace.

"... Thank you," Claudette quietly thanked her as she focused on the Leviathan. Fortunately, they were brought a fair bit of distance from the hulking Leviathan. And it wasn't very fast, so maybe they could figure something out to stop it- her. Vashti's in there. Claudette thought to herself as she didn't want to cut and run, and then Vashti goes on a rampage and the DENS brings the hammer down on them. God forbids that happens.

However, Grace had another idea as she merely raised a hand into the air and Claudette was staring at her as the Leviathan came charging. Right now Claudette was in pain but she was wondering if Grace had a plan here because the Leviathan was charging them.

"Um, Grace?" Claudette asked as she took a step back.

The Leviathan was still rushing them.

"You have an idea right, Mademoiselle?"

Getting closer...

"Right?"

However, that reptilian monster got close and Grace enacted her plan - a wall of lightning came down from the sky and the Leviathan was electrocuted in a near-cartoonish display. The beast was convulsing as the electricity ran its course through her body. Claudette sighed in relief as the Leviathan stopped convulsing and fell to the ground, she was hoping that this was the end of that.

But, with the Coven nothing's easy.

“get over to me and I can teleport us away from here!”

Isla

Honestly, Claudette had no clue who this girl was, and right now she didn't care. Long as she was helping them right now that was all that mattered. Claudette immediately bolted away from the safety of Grace while the Leviathan was distracted.

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The Gay Grove.

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"Claud!"

Madison shouted as she almost dive bombed Claudette to get her out of the way but fortunately Grace was much faster than her. She tackled Claudette in what Madison knew had to hurt a little bit. Fortunately, the two got up safe and sound as Madison figured that she should probably go hold off the Leviathan for a bit while everyone gets away... but she couldn't move. As much as she tried to divebomb the Leviathan, she found herself in a bit of stasis. Madison tried to move against the shell of bones that became her prison, she got to budge but not exactly move.

Then the three snake-like heads coiled off of her back as they floated their way around to look at her face to face. Madison couldn't understand the Jaws right now.

"This is a sign, Madison Brown," The left head started.

"You need our true power," The center head continued.

"You need to break the seal," The rightmost head finished.

"What the fuck Jaws?" Madison shouted, "Let me go! I got to help them."

"You must eliminate the beast,"

"We must eliminate the beast,"

"This thing... Vashti... may be too much for us,"

"At least while sealed,"

Madison sneered.

"... I'll think about it if you fuckin' let me go!"

The last thing that Madison wanted to do was be held hostage by an Apparition... and stopping her like this to talk about it when her friends were being threatened was not helpful.

"Very well."

The Jaws allowed her to move again and the first thing that Madison saw was the lightning crash of the Leviathan being turned into fried chicken. It was so fucking bright and powerful that Madison had to cover her eyes. At the moment her ears were ringing from the thunderclap but the second the flash faded she looked down to see the Leviathan stunned by the massive lightning attack. However, the first thing that Madison did was charge into the fray without a second thought and grabbed onto the Leviathan's tail.

"Everyone get out of here!"

Madison shouted as she pulled on it.

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The Gay Grove.

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Thank God that tiny cunt got off of Emily, that was the only thing going through her head as she crawled up to her feet. Emily pretty much ignored Maya and everything that was going on as she dusted herself off of grass and dirt. Part of her wanted to cut her hand off, or at least cleanse it in fire because she touched that slut's dirty tit. Emily leered towards her annoying ass...

“If anyone’s the pervert, it’s you! I’ve never felt so violated in my life!”

Maya

"Fuck you, slut!" Emily shouted... which was accentuated by the lightning crashing in the distance and the rain starting. Maybe that's my new abstraction. Emily thought to herself. "Like somebody wants to touch your dirty ass, bitch! You smell like and died up fish cum!"

Yeah, got her.

[Blizz]

Kara Samson

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In the blink of an eye, the girl who dropped Kara to the floor was no longer the girl who dropped Kara to the floor, thankfully the purple prison she was in wasn’t a thing anymore...Needless to say, seeing the entire coven go into a frenzy wasn’t a surprise considering there was a giant indescribable lizard monster on the loose. Mariah scrambled like an egg, Claudette shield herself in the distance, the catapult girl went purple and catapulted herself into the air. Kara herself? On the ground as that thing raged around like it owned the damn place. She was tumbling over her feet to turn around and run, when something - she didn’t know what, but something blasted the everloving Christ out of the lizard, thankfully Kara’s back was turned. She almost fell back over again from the sheer might of that blast. Her brain was mostly in autopilot mode, as she was only aware that these things could happen for a matter of hours as of now. Kara’s ears rung for a few seconds when she turned around to see the thing’s tail up in the air, a big purple mass of bones up there grabbing it like...like a cat? The entire coven was in chaos trying to run and this thing was just being held by...Madison?! Just how hard could that girl have thrown Kara if she really wanted to? Was that her abstraction? Seeing that monster made her heart pound, but seeing Madison keep it pulled back only made things run faster and faster through her mind.

Is this really what the coven was? Was this really the amount of chaos that could emerge from being in the coven? These were the kind of things that took Kara back, these people no doubt put up with this stuff every day. This mess, this monster could have just been a tip of the iceberg that Kara hasn’t even scratched the surface of, something had to be done. Surely Madison wouldn’t be able to keep that giant at bay forever? Kara had to do something...

Her abstraction...How fast could she...

”Everyone get out of here!”

Madison was protecting them. Seeing this lone woman so much as dare to put up a fight against something so beyond Kara’s own imagination for the sake of others stirred something in her. Normally, she would resonate with this, but the Leviathan was not a high school bully, and Kara was not Madison. Kara rattled her brain, thinking if she could help or not.

Time to find out...

Kara squared her breaths, took a few seconds to steel herself, and ran. She ran until there were almost 30 feet in front of her and the Leviathan. It was huge, but maybe this could work...Kara kneeled down and slammed her palms into the dirt, wood writhing through her arms, her fingers, her hands, and into the ground. Strands of muddy brown roots growing thicker and thicker permeated the ground as Kara rooted herself in place, the rumblings would be drowned out by this thing’s footsteps, more and more of her abstraction was poured into the earth so strongly, and so fastly that it almost hurt her hands to form wood that fast. Kara has never used her abstraction this fast, but the others were running for their lives, and Madison was the only one doing anything about it. In all honesty, the scene was inspiring. Kara felt motivated to fight this thing seeing Madison go up against it. The ground at the Leviathan’s feet started to break up, like something was trying to erupt. Kara never did this kind of thing, but she was going to try and trap the Leviathan with...

Roots.

”Agh! R-run!”

All at once, very thick and fluid tendrils of wood and bark blasted out of the ground, connected to Kara’s hands, with the hope to wrap around the limbs and head of the creature to restrain it. The pain in Kara’s hands was indescribable, but it was either this, or something else bad happened. The roots reached out more and more to entangle the Leviathan, slowly wrapping around its legs, it was slow of course, so it wasn’t likely to work, but Kara kept pushing her abstraction, trying to help as best she could. The roots were barely grabbing the legs, and just barely even reached its tail. Hopefully, Madison could keep it down for at least a while longer. ”D-don’t let go!” She screamed between painful sensations to Madison, unsure if she could actually hear with all the chaos going on. Kara focused on fighting the pain that stemmed from pushing her abstraction so hard, would this even work in the end? Probably not, either way Kara’s hands would definitely be injured in some fashion afterwards, but it was worth a shot.

[Atrophy]

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The crown pretender disappeared into a dark mist like the coward she was, but a bit of black magic fuckery wasn’t going to stop the Leviathan. She dove into the haze, the world going quiet as her powerful jaws snapped into and shredded apart a sizable chunk of air. Now on all fours, the Leviathan roared in rage—although, due to the mist, nobody would hear the terrifying warcry. She lunged blindly forward, jaw snapping, claws slashing, as she emerged from the mist to see Claudette had been pushed to safety by Grace. It seemed the false queen had her own loyalist. Fine then, she’d lose her fucking head too. Spittle flying as she bellowed, the Leviathan rushed forward to make an example out of Grace and to show the rest of the stupid ass primates how quickly she could decapitate someone. Not a damn thing could stop her.

With the exception of Deus Motherfucking Ex Machina. Divine intervention swept in to protect Grace’s pretty little neck as the Leviathan barrelled into a wall of lightning. Her whole body spasmed and convulsed as she was electrocuted, a haunting scream ripping from the pit of the Leviathan’s soul as she crumpled to the ground. For a moment, the Leviathan was still; her eyes closed. Was it dead? No. It had only taken a brief journey to the afterlife to kick Zeus’s little bitch ass for daring to meddle in her affairs. The Leviathan’s eyes opened. It was enough to send the primates running. They were smarter than she had given them credit, although that still made them utter idiots.

An unending snarl rumbled from the Leviathan as the rain from her storm began to fall harder. The field was more mud than anything now, and the Leviathan struggled as it clawed its way back up to an upright position. Laying in the dirt was unfitting of a queen, even if she was the ruler of these fucking garbage bastards. Claudette was running, but the old gods wouldn’t protect her now. The Leviathan bolted forward with all of the speed of a drunken toddler wearing ankle weights and got about just as far as one before she was stopped. Something had a strong hold on her tail while something else was wrapping around her legs. She looked down. Roots? Even the Earth Goddess was against her. No. A pale imitation. Another goddamn pretender.

She would make them all kneel.

In one swift motion the Leviathan swiped downward and cut through the binds with ease, her claws shredding through the roots with more power than chainsaw. She did not stop there. Seeing Madison and still feeling her on her tail, her claw swipe followed through as she stepped in towards Madison and wrapped her tail around her waist. If Madison held on and her armor didn’t protect her then the stupid asshole would have her guts ripped out. Alternatively, if she let go to dodge then the Leviathan’s was ready to whip around the other way and smash her with a powerful tail bash that would definitely be felt through the armor. Either way, one thing was certain: the Leviathan was going to destroy Madison.

[Utrax]

^{The Gay Grove}

Not a single fuck was cast in the general direction of the rest of the Coven as Mariah, splashing about in the muddy field, sprinted into the woods at full gait. Branches whipped painfully at her face and legs but she didn't notice-- a flash came from behind her but she continued to run. It was only when she planted a foot down and it sank in up to her knee that her retreat was stopped. Soon, there followed a moutful of Surprise Florida Swamp water, the ruining of her outfit, and the heavy gasp for air. Panting, Mariah pushed herself up onto her knees then struggled to stand. Her eyes fell onto her umbrella, sinking into the muddy water-- twisted and broken-- and she watched it in a long moment of silence.

Patting herself down, Mariah pulled her phone out, as screaming errupted behind her. Between the Surprise Swamp water, mud, and adrenaline shaking hands, she struggled to text before screaming at the phone, then swiping to send a call. Turning to glance behind herself, Mariah soon realized she had dashed quite a ways into the woods, and only a few pieces of shapes could be glimpsed through the foliage. Figuring it for the best, she began walking to the right of herself, with the thought that she could simply go around and outright avoid the mess on the field, if she simply stayed in the trees.

"What the fuck answer the phone," she demanded loudly, her voice cracking with a sob, and she halted. Pressing a shaking hand to her mouth as hot tears streamed down her face, Mariah hung up as the call went to voicemail, and immediately sent it again. Trudging through the swamp, as the rain poured down, she continued walking on a path to circle around through the woods-- hopefully-- and get back to where the cars were without drawing the attention of the... what the fuck was that? What was it? What? WHAT?

When the phone yet again ended on a voicemail notification, Mariah made a wordless noise of frustration and fear mingled, before shakily moving to call another contact. Yet again, her foot sank into an Unexpected Forest Swamp Puddle-- all the way up to her ankle but thankfully the water was warm.

"Haaay, girl! I was just 'bout to call you," Maxwell answered warmly, "Whatcha want for dinner?" Mariah sobbed loudly as she stepped further into the warm swamp-- pieces of weird Florida swamp matter crunching under her feet. Concerned, Max asked, "Aw, shit. What's wrong? That boy done did somethin' stupid, huh? As usual?"
"Nada. Max just," Mariah sniffed, "Jus keep talkin' I--" Mariah's shaky hand in combination with the water practically LAUNCHED the phone into the swamp water.

Her breath caught as she looked down.

"Mariah?"

She could hear his voice, despite the phone not being on speaker, as the device rested atop a bloody mound of pink and red meat. Patches of fur, wet by the rain and the water, stood out to Mariah as the butchery seemed to expand slowly toward Mariah. Startled, she stepped back, then looked down as blood splashed from such a heavy step. Bones and blood-- fur and broken skulls-- the warm mass of mangled carnage lay around her up to her ankles.

"Mariah? Hello?"

Slowly the mass expanded and contracted here and there-- moving as if it were breathing-- as gently a chorus of whispers began. Increasing in volume, as the chorus stood out in a cacophony of animal sounds-- barks, chirps, howls, chitters, human screams-- Mariah soon found herself joining in the screaming as the apparition demanded, "*•.¸♡ 𝐇υg-gᶤ𝔢ร... Ĥυ𝕘-𝐆𝔦𝔢 ฬ𝓾𝓰Ꮆ-𝓲Ｅ𝐒-- Ｇ丨-ﻮ𝒾𝔳𝐄 Ⓤˢ Ĥ𝐮ⓖｇ𝓘𝔼 ŴùｇǤ丨𝔼ˢ! ♡¸.•*"

Horrified, Mariah snatched her phone up from the ground, taking a handful of decaying flesh with it, as the apparition went on to screech, "(¯`*•.¸,¤°´✿.｡.:* гαωℝ ι𝔫 ᗪ𝔦ηØs𝔞𝐔尺 ⓜｅ-𝔞𝓃Ⓢ𝓢𝔰ˢ-- 𝕚- ㄥ-ᒪ-𝓵𝕆ＶⒺ! 𝕪𝓸υ! *.:｡.✿`°¤,¸.•*´¯)"

[FernStone]

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“I may be a slut, but at least I have standards!” Maya shouted back, completely ignoring the fact that she was very quickly getting drenched in rain she wasn’t dressed for. Dramatic thunder punctuated her words - were her sound blasts developing to become like thunder? Or perhaps the universe just decided it was right to give this epic showdown the sounds and lighting it deserved. Emily’s words only served to anger her further, even if they hardly hurt (why would they?)

“Your bitchy ass is the one no one wants to touch, at least someone has touched mine!” she continued, taking an aggressive step back towards Emily (even though her hands were still up covering her chest). “Even if you’re in denial that you’re a fucking lesbian, no girl wants to be with a nasty, ugly bitch like you!”

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Basically no one paid attention to Isla’s shout.

Which was fair enough, considering the crashing thunder and massive fight going on. Only Claudette (the leader?) came over to her… and Isla wasn’t about to teleport just the two of them. Far too much effort for far too little gain.

She turned to Claudette with a shrug. “I ain’t teleporting just us!” She quickly glanced around. A few people were fighting the lizard creature, two girls were still arguing with each other… and the other newbie who she totally hadn’t tripped over sprinted right into the woods. She pointed in that direction. “Y’know what, I’m gonna go after her, I’ll be back to get more people out!”

In typical Isla fashion she didn’t wait for any response at all, completely rescinding her offer to teleport people away from the rampaging lizard. She sprinted towards the forest, spacing out her blinking to try catch up without exhausting herself. She honestly had no idea what she was planning to do - probably get Mariah out of the situation, because she’d seemed terrified and Isla couldn’t blame her (she should be too, if only she wasn’t all sorts of fucked up in the brain).

She heard a splashing from just up ahead as she blinked past a particularly nasty bit of swamp (when had it even become that). “Mariah, wait up- What the fuck is that?!”

Isla clamped hands over her ears at the combined screaming of both Mariah and the horrendous looking creature. Her eyes widened at the disjointed words that came from the mound of flesh.

“WHY THE FUCK DOES IT SOUND LIKE SOMETHING THAT CRAWLED RIGHT OUTTA THE DEEP WEB?!”

Isla was very close to joining in the screaming, forcing herself not to run away and instead moving forward to grab Mariah’s arm. She desperately wanted to teleport them both away from the flesh blob that looked like it wanted to fucking hug them. But if she did she’d definitely pass out and… what if it found them again.

She shuddered. She'd rather the rampaging godzilla knockoff than this.

“Let’s… back away slowly… before it tries to do what it said… maybe it won't notice us...”

[Skai]

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Lyss didn’t even flinch as the deflated pufferfish began spitting his words in her direction. He was obviously pissed off and Lyss didn’t blame him for that. Still, she kept her hands on her hips and let her face show her own irritation about the situation. He hadn’t been invited, he walked up behind a woman in the middle of a forest, and he was mad at them for retaliating? He was out of his mind.

As he stormed off back in the direction he came, Lyss’s eyebrow rose and she looked first at Mariah. She needed to explain this. Then she looked at Claudette in time for the questioning to continue. Lyss crossed her arms as she listened to her co-leader. Her expression was blank now. She more or less had expected the group to react this way, but part of her wished that they would just see it her way. This was the power that they’d need to protect themselves from people like Blake or Annabelle. From the way the capture the flag fight was going it certainly looked that way.

“... that kind of power is a slippery slope…”

Lyss almost flinched. She looked away from Claudette now and was reminded of her father and grandfather. The two reasons she never learned necromancy in the first place. Of course she understood that there were dangers in necromancy. She was almost angered that Claudette reminded her, like she wasn’t aware of it. Then she had to remind herself that Claudette was unaware of her family history. Lyss hadn’t shared her life with this group yet. She didn’t even share it with her last group in the market. She looked back at Claudette just in time to see her move towards Vashti. Lyss wanted Claudette to fully trust her with this new abstraction… so she’d just have to tell her.

Right after she handled this fucked up capture the flag training.

Lyss could see the expression on Vashti’s face and immediately knew that she was about to explode. The Leviathan was coming, and Claudette was standing right next to it.

“Claudette, I-” She began to shout as she took a step towards the two women, but it was too late.

The Leviathan was unleashed. Lyss felt her heart skip a beat as the lizard woman lunged at their leader, but was grateful to see the other girls jump in to protect Claudette too. Well, everyone except for Maya and Emily. Lyss would laugh about their scuffle later. She had to do something, and fast. The Leviathan was an affixed apparition, no?

Lyss curled her left hand into a first and aimed her ring, her channeler, towards the Leviathan while the other hand faced it’s palm towards her. She took a deep breath through her nose and summoned more black lux energy through her body and into her hand. Claudette had eluded the apparition for now, thanks to Grace, but it would only take her seconds to get to the two of them and they’d be toast. She was just about to cast her abstraction when the lightning struck.

The pure energy that pulsed through the air afterwards was enough to disorient her. Lyss felt the hairs on the arms and back of her neck sticking straight up, and she was sure that a few flyaways on her head were too. She released the breath she’d been holding and shook out her arms while she blinked. How the hell did that girl do that?

Lyss only came back to her full senses in time to see Madison grab onto the Leviathan’s tail. “Oh, fuck.” Lyss muttered. She took a few steps closer to the two as she powered her channeler up again. It was time to trap the Leviathan until Vashti returned.

“Stop this, now!” Lyss shouted before the opaque black energy began to flow from her ring. She stood tall and steady, and watched the Leviathan as the energy encased her within it’s barrier. Unfortunately for Madison, she was within it too.

“Maya, Emily! We could really use you right now!” She shouted in their direction before facing the Leviathan again. “This is a familiar situation, isn’t it?” She asked, hoping to draw its attention towards her. “Last time you saved my life and I am grateful for that, but I will not let you harm my sisters. And as long ss you live within Vashti, you are one of us, Leviathan. I don’t wish to harm you either.”

[Mixtape Ghost N]

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The Gay Grove.

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Kara stepped in to help by binding the Leviathan some more and maybe the two would give the Coven a chance to escape- Oh no, the Leviathan just shredded the wood like paper and Madison couldn't help but roll her eyes when Kara just cut and run, literally went right back to where they came from. Not that it wasn't exactly the most unexpected outcome. Maybe someone else more useful would step in as Madison used all of her strength to hold the Leviathan down. However, the Leviathan used her tail and wrapped it around Madison's waist and that was enough to make her squeak. Fortunately, the Jaws were protecting her from getting instantly killed, unfortunately, this left her a sitting duck as the three heads of the Jaws manifested again.

"What now?" She asked.

"Break."

"The."

"Seal."

"Real convincing, Jaws!" Madison shouted as she yanked on the Leviathan's tail, and at least the thing wasn't going after the rest of the Coven. The three skulls of the Jaws didn't go away, and instead, they remained to float hover around Madison. However, the threat of the Leviathan going after the rest of the Coven disappeared when Lyss stepped in and used her spooky ass abstraction to trap the Leviathan in a barrier. It looked like an Apparition, but the only problem was that the only thing keeping Madison from getting cut in half was an Apparition. So she was trapped in here with the thing while it squeezed and she just had to roll her eyes when Lyss tried talking to it.

I don't think she can understand.

Madison heard the ethereal barrier around her waist crack some more as the Jaws growled at the Leviathan. Suddenly, the three heads lunged at the Leviathan's tail and all three of them bit down at the same time at the same place. Their supernatural biteforce was more than what the Leviathan could take as they effortlessly bit through the tail and it released Madison Brown.

Sighing in relief Madison flew as far away from the Leviathan to the other side of the barrier and felt herself get trapped in it. However, it wasn't long before she was swept away in the familiar feeling of Claudette's misty darkness...

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The Gay Grove.

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“I ain’t teleporting just us! Y’know what, I’m gonna go after her, I’ll be back to get more people out!”

The Beanie Bitch

Isla rambled before she ran off, Claudette wasn't trying to break her neck trying to figure out what she's talking about. What she realized was that she was being no different from Agatha, running away when things got bad. She wanted to be better than the last leaders but she wasn't acting like it. She bit her lip as she looked over her shoulder and saw that the Leviathan was attacking Madison now. What sort of leader would she be if she let the girls die for something that was, quite honestly, her fault?

Lyss came in and boxed the Leviathan into her barrier and fortunately, Madison managed to break free from the Leviathan's grasp... except, she was trapped in there with her because of her Agent. However, Claudette figured that it was finally time to use her abstraction to its fullest and pointed her hands at the Leviathan and focused. Coming out of the ground was a cloud of smoky black darkness and it engulfed both the Leviathan and Madison. It gradually began to drain the heat out of both of their bodies... which wouldn't be a big deal for Madison but if the Leviathan was coldblooded like she thought it was...

"... Drop the barrier." Claudette ordered Lyss.

[KatKook]

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"Too... Tired."

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_{The Gay grove}

Grace would have cheered as soon as her huge blast of lightning hit the Leviathan, but as she prompted her body to raise her hand and celebrate she felt no movement. She was getting weak, that huge blast of lightning was strong but it also affected her stamina quite a sizeable amount. She struggled to stay steady on her feet, she lowered her stance so that she would not fall and readied herself to keep fighting even if it meant passing out of exhaustion right then and there.

“get over to me and I can teleport us away from here!” Said Isla.

Grace turned her head, to try and make her way over there but her body refused to do too much. Her cries would not even come out, her breathing and body had gotten heavier but she still had some spirit left in her, she was not losing today. Her eyes were immediately drawn to Madison grabbing the Leviathan, a smile faded onto Grace's face as she started to struggle to raise her hand to assist, it was painful at this point but Grace was never one to give up, people will find that out today.

"Lets.. Get-..." Her voice faded, she was losing herself, she needed to sit down and have a quick breather but there was no time for that. Her vision was getting blurry, her breathing was heavier, and the rain did not help. She could not even entirely tell what was going on in front of her, either way the black barrier was definitely clear to everyone. Was this her chance? She did not know but she took it anyway. She aimed her hand at the black barrier and called down lightning, but as soon as magic was drained from her, she fell to her side which meant her aim was gone too. She missed entirely, the lightning strike from the clouds hit a tree and set the top of it on fire. Her vision was fading to black, she watched the bright orange from the fire on that tree and wished that the rain would put it out.

She was now on her side, barely awake but at least she was resting now. If any danger were to come to her she would not be able to defend herself or run. Claudette, Madison, and Lyss working together to get the Leviathan in check was definitely a sight to behold, it is a shame Grace cannot enjoy it or join them.

Someone may need to come help her... Or at least, get her to a safe spot.

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[silvermist1116]

So far Herik's stayed out of the game. He realized that with his busted leg he wouldn't much help at all. He'd be more of a hindrance, since he can't let Asta carry him around and fight for the flag. He's relegated himself to back up in case any of his team members need him. Everything was going fine, until Madison attacked Vashti. He prayed the Leviathan wouldn't come out. She has her quarter, everything's fine. Until she convulsed on the ground and Madison went up into the sky. Hadn't she taken off her jacket earlier? He looked to the sidelines and there it was. He bet the quarter was in her jacket. Fuck.

"Asta!" They had to get her the quarter before it was too late. They'd barely moved before she turned. Leviathan was just as terrifying as the first time he saw her. Plus side was she was on their side. Downside was that Leviathan didn't have sides other than her own. She went after the strongest person in the group, but she was in the sky so she went for the next best thing. Herik couldn't save Claudette even if he wanted to. Good thing he didn't have to. Everyone else seemed to have a handle on Leviathan. He hoped she wouldn't get hurt too badly. Vashti was her vessel after all, and when she came out of it she wasn't bound to be well.

"Herik!" Sin called for him. He turned towards her, hoping she'd have a way to help. He wasn't expecting a fox to be at her side. He can't say he's ever seen this summon before. "Can I maybe borrow some magic? You won't regret it I promise!" He didn't hesitate to hold out his hand.

"Take whatever you need. Just don't hurt Vashti too bad."

[Atrophy]

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The Leviathan squeezed, waiting to hear that satisfying pop of Madison’s spine snapping. She turned to watch the life fade from Madison’s eyes, hissing as the Jaw’s trifecta of skulls appeared. It mattered little. Three fucking boneheads weren’t going to save this girl’s life. Madison would be snapped in two, and then there would be nobody left in the Coven who could face her. The summoner would feed the Leviathan its creations to keep her sated. The siren would sing songs of her praise to the pathetic primates of Floridaland. The shadowy pretender would polish the bones of the Jaws that the Leviathan was going to take as a trophy or be drowned in the swamp. None of them could hope to stand up to the mighty Leviathan.

Except one.

Lyss’s barrier appeared around the Leviathan and the Jaws. Fear appeared in the Leviathan’s eyes as it jerked its head around to seek out the deceitful necromancer. How the fuck was this possible? The Leviathan growled. Her stupid fucking vessel, in all of its excitement for the Coven’s child game it had failed to notice Lyss’s arrival. The necromancer spoke to her, its lies polluting the air. The Leviathan was too smart to fall for her tricks. The Leviathan wouldn’t be trapped ever again. She would escape from this barrier and tear the necromancer limb from tiny limb.

Only, that would be after she killed the dinosaur bitch right next to—no, no, no, no! A bloodcurdling, high pitched scream was ripped from the Leviathan’s throat as the Jaws tore clean through her tail. The Leviathan spun and swiped blindly at Madison, its mouth snapping as it tried to take a bite out of her. Kill, kill, kill! However, without her tail she was off balance and crashed to the ground. Still, she swiped and bit at invisible enemies, kicking up mud and tearing through roots as the indifferent storm above raged on. How? How? How could she lose to this fucking Coven?

She had to run. Cool rain tinged off her scales as panic began to set in. Run. Madison might’ve been trapped in Lyss’s Abstraction with the Leviathan, but the Leviathan had all but forgotten about her quarry. Run. She scrambled on the ground, trying to find her footing but never quite getting it, as her head darted back and forth. Run. The Leviathan saw Lyss, the monster keeping her trapped in her, and charged her. Run! She slammed into the barrier instead, bounced back, and rushed it again. Run, run, run! Blood splashed against the barrier as the Leviathan kept smacking into it, screaming like a banshee. Fucking run! A dark cloud swam up from the ground and engulfed the Leviathan, silencing its ear shattering scream.

If Lyss was worried that Claudette’s order to drop the barrier would result in her getting tackled and torn to shreds by a rampaging Leviathan, her fear would soon be quelled. Before the necromancer had a chance to respond a muddied, bloodied, panicking beast sprung through the barrier, bumped into Lyss, and fell on its rear. Looking up at Lyss, the creature began shrieking nonstop as it started to scoot itself away from the girl. Meanwhile, the rain began to let up as one dying rumble sounded in the distance.

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It felt like her heart was going to explode. It felt like she couldn’t breath. It certainly felt like she was dying, and if she wasn’t actually dying, then certainly they were about to kill her. God, if she was going to get murdered, she really wished her body would stop screaming. Face death with a little dignity, right? No, there was no way the Coven would just outright murder her gangland style in the middle of the woods. That was just the fear talking. She just had to be rational, take a breath, and calm herself down.

No fuck that calm shit Madison's skull boys were going to eat her, Claudette was going to freeze her, Grace was going to electrocute her, and Lyss was gonna put her inside of a necklace or some shit!

Terror had gripped Vashti’s core and it controlled her now. She kept scooting away from Lyss on her ass, screaming, every now and then attempting to push herself up and falling back down again. Tears streamed down her face as she continued to panic. She felt like she was about to pass out. She wish she did; it would’ve been much better than being awake for all of this. She clasped her hands over her mouth to mute her shrieks and curled up into a sobbing, shaking ball. Vashti rolled to the side and felt something poke her. She peeked through her splayed hands to see the flag, right where she had left it. Nobody had (rightfully) bothered to even grab it. She stopped screaming and continued to stare at the flag with clenched teeth and a horrified look on her face.

So...they lost?

Or was it a draw?

Didn’t a draw just mean that everyone was a loser?

[Mixtape Ghost N]

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The Gay Grove.

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The darkness faded away.

It was finally over, the Leviathan was depowered and it reverted into Vashti due to Claudette's plan. She would have to keep that in mind next time. Claudette sighed in relief, hopefully, nobody got hurt! There was a bit of regret as this was all her fault. None of this would have happened if she didn't have that stupid idea to play capture the flag. Or if she wasn't... distracted. Vashti looked like she was about to fall apart and Madison... Claudette just honestly didn't know anymore.

"Vashti," She started, "Are you okay?" She didn't want to get close to Vashti right now.

Both of Madison's hands were placed onto her hips as the Jaws disappeared. She was fucking freezing after being hit with Claudette's abstraction. Fortunately, they live in Florida. Hopefully, she won't experience any form of thermal shock as she rubbed her hands together. Madison looked down at Vashti... and once she stopped screaming, she felt a bit bad for the girl. Madison was being too rough and let her disdain of Vashti affect that. She sighed as she reached out but stopped as wasn't sure if touching her was the right idea right now.

"Vas-" The words barely left Madison's mouth as the Jaws unconsciously activated and the three long serpentine T-Rex skulls charged at Vashti. "W-what?!" Madison tried to turn the Jaws off but it didn't work, it merely flickered on and off.

Two attached to her arm and the last one attached itself to her leg as he began mauling Vashti without mercy.

"Mademoiselle!" Claudette shouted at Madison. "W-what are you doing?!"

"I-it's not me!" Madison said as she tried to pull away but the rest of the Jaws activated and once again she was trapped in a barrier of her creation.

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The Gay Grove.

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"Some one?" Emily hissed as she tilted her head and raised an eyebrow. "You let anything with a pulse into your pants. At least I have standard-"

“Maya, Emily! We could really use you right now!”

Lyss

"Oh?" Emily said as she turned her head towards Lyss and, well, her eyes ultimately landed on the Leviathan. The hulking monstrosity that Vashti transformed into one time they fought the Outsider. She had transformed again and was going after Madison. Now this was interesting. Emily was under the impression that it was a transformation that she could control.

What are you expecting me to do, though?

Emily asked as she was more-than-certain that Lyss knows that she has a brand new abstraction and she didn't want to say it but she'd do more harm than good in this situation. And then Lyss went and solved the problem with Claudette. Emily shrugged. Maybe Lyss was expecting her to have a good idea... but Vashti screamed. A lot. To the point where Emily was about to take her sock off and stuff it in her mouth.... there was more screaming when Madison attacked Vashti with her abstraction.

"What the hell?!" Emily screamed as she ran over in hopes that she'd be able to do something.