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Eric

"WHOA."

Eric takes his paw off of the body and zips towards Negan's face, staring him dead in the eyes as he hovers directly in front of the human. His eyes are wide in shock.

"I love the compliment, but WHOA. LANGUAGE. There are kids here, my friend. You don't want them saying anything like that. The only S-word YOU should care about," the creature pokes Negan in the chest, "is sanitation. You should handle injuries with clean hands, understand? Now help me get the people with pulses to that camp over there. Careful with them, they might have broken bones. Wouldn't wanna accidentally snap a neck now, would we?"

The Espeon carefully ties his scarf around one of the bodies, using it as a neck brace as he pulls another, longer piece of fabric from his bag and wraps it around their chest with his Psychic, slowly but surely using it to pull them into the air and towards the camp. Once he's there, he smiles at Hershel and All Might. "Greetings, my two-legged compatriots! Did somebody call for a medic?"

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Grey

The fox rolls his eyes. "Just shut up!" he shouts to the Mad Hatter, then raises a hand to throw an energy blast at one of the masked men. It wouldn't kill, it would just incapacitate him- but it would definitely sting a little, too. Grey then turns his attention to Sougo again, nodding to Shantae in gratefulness for coming to his defense. "Listen to me. We need to find the guy with the big hat and take him down. He's controlling you. After that, we can get back to rescuing the people who're trapped in the building! We don't have to fight!"

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Eric

"Well, well, disrespecting the belongings of poor, innocent civilians, are we?" a quiet voice purrs from behind Voss. In an instant, the loose keepings of all the bodies around- money, car keys, mementos, the works- are levitated into the air and flung to a single source, the same voice as before...

A small purple cat-like creature with a sword and a scarf around his neck. He smiles playfully at Negan and Voss as all the belongings float in a circle around him. The hair-like fur on his head is being lifted by some unseen force to reveal a glowing blue gem underneath.

"I should hang onto these. A cat's gotta hoard what a cat's gotta hoard, right? Besides, I think they'd be safer with me. Might have a better chance of getting them back to the families... y'know, where they belong!" He calmly walks over to one of the nearby bodies and puts a paw on their neck to feel for a pulse. "Hey, quick question, do you wanna check for survivors with me?"

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Grey

Well, that's just great.

So, after Grey, Lilith, and Shantae started objecting to the Hatter's demands, he took them all to this... weird arena made out of some... giant falling clock? None of this feels real to Grey- not entirely, anyway. It's like a really vivid dream. Backing up as he sees the men in masks appear out of thin air and begin to attack, he skeptically raises his sword...

Only to nearly get clawed directly in the face by Sougo. His instincts kick in at the last second, and the fox narrowly dodges the claw by an inch. Alarmed, he dashes away from Sougo, leaving behind a trail of afterimages as he does so.

"What the...? Hey, what was that for?!" Grey shouts at him incredulously, only for his eyes to light up as realization hits. The Hatter had wanted them to drink the tea. Sougo was the only one of them to actually listen to that request. That can't be a coincidence, can it? "Hold on a sec! I'm not who you want to fight!" he shouts at his mind-controlled ally. "The tea's messing with you!"

Grey glances back at the others. It's a real good thing Joel didn't end up complying. He's got a newfound respect for Lilith and Shantae for speaking up, that's for sure. "Guys! I think bug-eyes is being controlled by the tea somehow! Maybe the other ones are being controlled, too! I'll deal with him. Focus on taking down the other ones!" The fox turns back to Sougo. "Look. I don't want to hurt you."

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Grey

"No. Way."

Grey affixes the mysterious figure with an almost downright furious look. This dude has clearly been creepy enough up to this point, what with the masked guys at the table, the sprawling darkness, the long, silent hallway- now he's asking them to drink something that's clearly been poisoned? No. The fox might have amnesia, but even he could sniff something as alarming as this miles away. This raises every red flag that could ever exist.

"We're not here to play tea party," he growls. "We want out of here! And if you won't let us go, we're going to find a way out ourselves!"

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Grey

Grey really doesn't want to comply with this guy, but just as Joel had figured out, it seems like none of them really have a choice in the matter. He's not sure what this guy's done, but he's somehow disconnected the team from the rest of the building. The door behind them is sealed or maybe even gone entirely, and with the rest of the squad distracted with finding and fighting Superman, then their only chance of getting to the rest of the trapped people is going along with this freakshow's game. He takes another reluctant step towards the table, his sword by his side and ready to be swung at the first sign of an ambush, and then sits down.

"Alright. Spill," Grey starts in an adamant tone of voice, immediately getting down to business. "People are in danger out there, so say what you want and let us go."

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Grey

"Ooooookay," Grey says uncertainly as he enters the very creepy dining room. He can barely even call it a room, even- it looks more like endless darkness with a single table in the middle. And don't even get him started on the motionless, masked men. "This looks terrifying."

The fox turns his eyes to the shadowy figure at the other side of the table. They'd been given an invitation to sit down. That had instantly set off every alarm possible inside of Grey's mind. Keeping a tight grip on his sword, Grey remains next to the door- or where it was, rather- and steps forward, ahead of the rest of the group. "I think we'll stand, thanks. Now can you tell us what's going on here?"

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Grey

"Grey. Easy to remember. Just check the fur," he jokes lightheartedly as he continues down the hallway slowly, his eyes scanning for anything that might be out of place. "I don't suppose any of you guys have the power to see through walls or anything?"

The fox sneaks beside Joel, ready to shield himself at a moment's notice. Whoever this voice is, they sure do love to speak in rhyme. If they keep delaying the team like this, they might not be able to reach the survivors in time! Wait- darn, now he's thinking in verses, too. Grey puts an exasperated paw to his head.

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Grey

The fox raises a brow as he looks down the hallway. He stops to set a hand on the walls, as if to feel if they're real. He glances back at Joel with similar hesitance before turning to Sougo and Lilith.

"I don't know about you guys, but I feel like this is as obvious as a trap gets," he states plainly. "Keep your guard up." Grey grips his sword and starts advancing down the hall after Joel, raising his voice to address whoever had spoken. "I don't think you're really planning anything fun here, weird... disembodied voice. What's your name, anyway?"

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Grey

The fox smiles happily as he sees the woman run outside, a feeling of comfort coming over his chest. But then he turns back to Joel and Sougo, his expression turning serious once again. He sprints after the two, his sword appearing in his hands once more.

They've still got lots of work to do here.

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