[center][b]Free Billy[/b][/center]

The sticky arms reached Eowyn before she could pull her sword loose. Retaining her iron grip, she used the monster fish's strength to draw it from the ground. It was astonishing how well the colossus managed to hold onto her centaur form; as Eowyn's mere form burned into it, almost making the monster smell delicious. Using both her strength and lava-fueled centaur body, Eowyn fought to struggle herself free... But she gradually felt Sleipnir's blood-lust soothe... As her own anger... And with it her excess bodyheat and strength. The song in the air was becoming louder and more prevalent in her head; stripping her of her fighting spirit and slowly replacing it a sense of awe and desire...

“You mustn't fall prey to this trickery!” Sleipnir shouted in Eowyn's mind, although with a lot less conviction than usual. “Eowyn! Your path is a warrior's! Accept Odin, let his will flow through your veins! It will give sanctuary to your mind!”

Eowyn knew what her spirit meant; he suggested her to let the radiana flow and give in to the same instincts as she had on her last mission. The very memory brought her shivers, intruding even the mesmerizing song. She had almost been killed, Sleipnir's influence had drawn out a berserker. Eowyn had been ashamed of it, fearing others, especially Remia and Arlette would see her as a monster. She didn't want to show that side of her again; not in front of them. “I- I can't.” Her lip trembled as she spoke. “I'm not what you want me to be, I can't- I don't want them be be scared of me! I don't want to be scared of me!”

“Lest you give in, this will be the demise of you! Who can you safeguard after your downfall!” Sleipnir yelled desperately, his voice was sinking deeper into the melodies. “Reach out to the allfather, he'll cleanse your selfish doubt!”

Selfish, the word echoed in Eowyn's ears. It struck her with greater force than the monster-fish or it's choir ever could. Her breath accelerated and lava pumped through the veins of her stone form. 

“Odin's Vessel!”

Smoke rose from the starfish limbs, as the heat would render it's skin black. The song's influence vanished from Eowyn's mind. The warrior, as Sleipnir called it, rose from it's slumber and possessed Eowyn, erasing doubts and fears with a surge of adrenaline, anger and bloodlust. Her goal became simple and clean... Defend those she had sworn to protect at all costs!

Eowyn burst into a cloud of poisonous gas and smoke; escaping the starfish grip, but rather than to retreat, Eowyn used it as an approach. She reformed inside of the mouth of the monster fish... Ready to destroy it from within the second she was complete.

[center][b]A Clayman's Finale[/b][/center]

When Lux made his way around the corner, he almost had Adeline literally run into him. “Hey, hey, hey! Slow down there!” Lux caught Adeline, “What's going on?” But Lux didn't need to ask, as right in front of them there was a beating taking place. A woman raised a hammer to bring down on Maria, and Lux grit his teeth knowing that with his arm in shambles, he had no truly offensive spells to stop her. Instead; he threw out a frost mist to cover the woman's entire body; hopefully slowing her movement enough for Maria to put her guard up.

[center][b]Will 'o the Piper[/b][/center]

“Damn it all, they've got a damned army of these bastards!” Sigmund cursed, dismissing his hookshot for the spear. The red ugly bastard was too strong for him to have a rope-pulling contest with, but the blue one had been smart enough to order the kappa to attack while he was per-occupied. Sigmund felt the claws tear his skin, unable to fight their numbers off easily when they came at him all together. Swinging the weapon, more to make room than to kill the assault team, Sigmund stepped back a couple feet before threateningly jabbing at the kappa trying to come closer, piercing the flesh of one or two that came to close. But Sigmund's arm and side were bleeding, and Sigmund could tell from experience that would become a serious drain on his stamina.

“Charles! We need to finish this fast!” Sigmund called out, in the hope his ally was still alive. “Help me get rid of these ugly fish bastards, I got a plan for the big ones.”