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[b][u]Thaum: The Tower - 7F (Dr. Dream's Laboratory)[/b][/u]

Trixie felt a warmth embrace her as she remained crouched on the ground. She didn't have to look up to know it was Syed, thanks to his body structure and ring. As he tugged her closer to him, she allowed her face to drift from her hands to her chest and leaned against him like a pillow. Words weren't needed for this type of comforting, and Syed was well aware of that; just some physical reassurance that everyone's okay was enough.

Not long after, someone else knelt in front of them. Trixie managed to shift her eyes enough to see that it was Lute - that weirdo they first met at that restaurant. She hadn't seen him at all since, and yet he approached her anyway, mindful of personal space and potential sudden freak-outs. [i]"We're going to get out of here soon, okay? All of us,"[/i] he said with a warm voice.

Trixie managed a smile - a shaky one, but a smile nonetheless. She reached forward to him, as if reaching to hug, but only got her hand far enough to touch his shoulder. Lucien pitched in with reassurance as well. Trixie looked to the summoner next, then back to Syed. She sniveled, eyes barely able to keep the tears out, but her smile widened. "Thanks guys..."

A sudden crash from the opposite end of the lab caught her eyes next. Atlas continued to curse, bewildered from [i]something[/i] going on back there. Trixie dared not ask what it was - though the thing made itself obvious enough. Dr. Dream's corpse began to rise. The prankster let out a shrill once the scientist's skin began to morph itself.

[i]"You both die first!"[/i]

"Amy!!"

The cleric didn't even have enough time to properly defend herself with a spell. She lifted her arms to brace herself for the impact, only to be sent flying across the room along with Xandra. Trixie nearly lurched for her, but the room's sudden change in scenery cut her off. The prankster was now atop one of the many floating cogs alongside Syed, with Lute and Moira on different pieces not far from them. Trixie wobbled getting to her feet, but used Syed as a crutch. Shakily she withdrew her guns - before unloading rapidfire on the mutated monster once it finished its second transformation.

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"Ugh..." Amy brought a hand to her face as she sat herself up. Her eyes were scrunched tight in an effort to soothe her dazed vision, which she much preferred to seeing the warped battlefield they were stranded on now. "What the fuck!?"

Despite Atlas' advances, the Dream Eater made its intentions very clear with who it was to target next. Its cannon was loaded, aimed right towards the two girls it had swatted away earlier. Amy's eyes widened. From the sounds of it, there were a few others on different cogs and gears directly behind the duo as well, who would be caught in the blast if they didn't react fast. Luckily though, the one Amy and Xandra were on was a feasible size.

"Get down!" she called before latching onto the metallurgist and ducking away from the white-hot blast in time. Due to their shifts in movement, the platform they were on jerked down, now out of proportion with the others that were aligned behind it. If they weren't careful with their balancing, the disorientation could throw them right to their abyssal demise below.