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Legion considered himself a pretty good tactician. He considered all the possibilities of the situation he found himself in. The one possibility he hadn't considered though was Eli Craigh running away and leaving his buddy alone. That man was certainly unpredictable. One duplicate thought about following after Eli as he ran past, simply to mock him, but he had more important things to think about. Specifically the shadow clown heading his collective way. In a strangely coordinated move, the Legions dodged Insomnium's first blow in what looked like a dance move. At the same time, they each split into two. One of each pair stayed to deal with Insomnium while the others raced towards the tree Jim was hiding in. When the reached the other Insomnium's advancing on Harper, Legion once again split and repeated the tactic with half their number dealing with the enemy while the other half quickly scaled the tree. When they reached Jim, one reached over and shoved him from his perch. He was caught on the ground by a trio of duplicates who wrapped him up in their arms and raced off with him, leaving behind a number of their brothers to distract and annoy Insomnium.

When they reached safety and were confident they had lost the shadow brat, the considered doing the heroic thing and letting Jim go free....But then they thought better of it and instead tied him to a chair and drew penises on his face. "Ok" said one duplicate, standing back to admire their handiwork "I see why Kuro likes doing this."

It was then that the world seemed to flicker and Nate's eyes widened. He paused for a moment then asked his duplicates "Did you all see that or am I just having a stroke?"
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"Wake up dummy"

Nate slowly opened his eyes to find himself in a strangely familiar scene. A duplicate stood over him once again but this time something was different. He was obscured by something. Nate realized then that he was under water...No...not water. Something else. He was in a capsule. And there was something in his throat. A breathing tube? Oh no! Nate began to panic as his senses returned to him. This was some sort of gruesome nightmare. It had to be. He threw his hands out, looking for some way to free himself. His duplicate was quickly there to help him and pulled the capsule open from the outside. Thank god for that duplicate. He must have spawned him without even noticing. A subconscious act. There wasn't enough room in the capsule for the duplicate so he spawned outside, free of the apparatus.

When the capsule door was opened, Nate burst up from the liquid within and quickly grabbed at the breathing tube. He pulled it from his throat with a retch and then a splutter. He was free of that but it wasn't enough. He scrambled for the side of the capsule to pull himself free of the gunk. The duplicate was once again there to help and hauled him out, slipping as he did. The two men crumbled to the ground, Nate crashing down on top of his duplicate. But he was quickly moving again. Scrambling wildly and trying to get to his feet but not able to find purchase on the slick floor. The much calmer duplicate knew he had to act. Nate was freaking out. Panicking. "Easy" he said as he grabbed hold of Nate "Calm down." Nate struggled for a moment before slipping to his backside and leaning against the capsule. "Just breathe" the duplicate told him.

Nate's heavy breathing slowly eased as the duplicate held his shoulders and breathed slowly himself in an attempt to force Nate to copy him. With one last, long exhalation, Nate was silent for a moment before he looked to the duplicate with obvious fear in his eyes. "Are we--"
"No" the duplicate cut him off, knowing exactly what he was thinking. "This is something else." He shifted then to show Nate the rows upon rows of similar capsules with people clambering free. Others ran around, obviously confused and frightened. Nate was sure he knew a few of these people. At least in passing. He watched the chaos for a moment before closing his eyes with his head resting against the capsule. He breathed in deeply, and the characteristic Legion calm washed over him once again. When we opened his eyes again he reached out to his duplicate who took his arm and hauled him to his feet. Both took another moment to look around before the duplicate asked "Alright...What do we do now?"
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