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Sooo who goes next?

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Nonsense. If Joel's hairbrained idea of injecting hydrodoc with random drugs goes horribly awry, they gonna need some heat to steam the water monster

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What happens if you do? Is it trippy?

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It's because the universe hates him

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Joel Beck
Location: Evil Lair
Tags: Rabbit girl, Zoey, Kai, Joel's entrails

"Oh, gross," Joel balked in disgust as the doctor melted into weird goo. The sudden burst of solidified shadows was probably the last thing that Joel expected. That was weird; this lady had Grim's powers. How did- oh. Oh. Had Joel been using the wrong pronouns for Grim this whole time? Wow, he really was a shitty acquaintance.

He stepped forward to do something about this but couldn't. Confused, Joel looked down to see why his feet were stuck, but the massive shadow spike impaling his torso was in the way. Well. Guess he'll be seeing his insides again after all.

"Joel! Oh my god!" Kai, who thought he was witnessing the death of his new buddy, was understandingly shaken. His first instinct was to pull Joel off the spike which, while in this very specific situation was the right thing to, in any other circumstance with any other person would have been ill advised. He couldn't fault his new friend for not knowing the first aid rules for impalings, though.

Joel immediately collapsed to sort out his intestines while Kai turned on the doctor with newfound fury. His first instinct was to lash out, but obviously that didn't do much. It did provide a decent distraction, though.

Once the hole in Joel was mostly closed up, he got back to his feet and thought fast. There was a tray of diabolical syringes nearby. He had no idea what the drugs inside did, but it was the first thing that came to mind. Joel grabbed one and injected it into the doctor's liquid form. Immediately, he jumped back in case he got impaled with gross doctor water or something.

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Hello? ._.

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Bork

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Joel Beck
Location: Evil Lair
Tags: Shit's getting weird(er) again

"My name's Kai," The creature said after several minutes of walking in silence. Joel grunted in response before he realized that he was probably supposed to introduce himself too.

"Uh, Joel." Why was he so awkward? "Hey, so, just to be clear, you aren't leading me into a more convenient location to gut me like a fish, right?"

Kai balked. "Why would I do that?"

Joel shrugged. "I don't know, you're a seven foot tall hell monster. It seems the part."

His new companion paused to give him a sharp look over his shoulder. "That's a really mean and judgmental thing to say," He spoke shortly.

Huh...yeah, he was right. Joel was being a dick. "You're right, that was out of line. Sorry man."

"S'okay. I get that a lot, actually." Kai sounded surprisingly vulnerable there, and Joel felt like even more of a jackass. They walked in silence for a little longer, turning the corners of empty halls. Where were the guards? Had they found a new target to chase?

"Hey, uh, where are we going again?"

"I told you: to the other outsider."

He must be talking about Grim, right? "But why are you helping me? It seemed like all the other mutants wanted to kill us."

"They didn't trust me enough to let me out there. Their brain washing doesn't work as well on me, or something like that. They were trying to move me from my cell into a big cage, but..." He paused, picking his words carefully, "I didn't let them. They've been packing the whole place up, and I think you and your friend are part of the reason. You came here to stop them, didn't you?"

"Yeah, something like that."

"Then I want to help. And, I want to come when you leave," Kai paused to face Joel, "I've...never been out there before. I want to, but...I'm afraid."

How was it that this hellion killing machine was tugging Joel's heartstrings? Had he gone soft? No, he'd always been soft for strays. That's what this guy reminded him of: a big, sad, scary puppy.

"Ok, sure, we can figure something out." Why was Joel agreeing to help this guy find a place in the outside world when he himself had very recently become homeless? This was probably a terrible idea.

Kai seemed pleased with this deal, as he grinned wide enough to show every dagger sharp fang in his too wide mouth.

When they did eventually encounter more resistance, Kai made short work of it. Having this guy around was like playing a video game on easy mode. This was great! Joel didn't even have to bleed this time!

Finally, they found the room that supposedly held Grim. Kai busted the door down easily and Joel followed him inside, ready to kick ass. But the only people in there was a guy in a doctor's coat, a perched gremlin, and some woman he didn't know. Well, swing and a miss, he guessed. Still, whatever was going on here clearly wasn't Kosher, and he intended to put a stop to it. Or maybe make it worse, it had been one of those nights.

"Give up, doc, and I won't sic my new attack friend on you," Joel said, flanked by Kai who growled in agreement.

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Honestly its not too far off