The disturbing, and seemingly disturbed trinity of man, scorpion, and... something else covered its' primary array of eyes at Alex's flare, gurgling something in pain. It screeched, and retreated backwards some, into the bushery. Of course, as it devastated the shrubbery just a moment ago, it wasn't exactly well-hidden or anything. Its' thick, viscous bile, a sickly green, continued emanating from its' various mouths, making patches where grass wouldn't grow again for weeks.

Meanwhile, further on the same path, Sapphire's new compatriot, Arnold, stopped cold. He turned his head to the left, and to the right, taking in the air. Sapphire could hear something in the distance... it seems like they were picking up the same thing, in their own ways. Arnold seemed to.. laugh? A short one, but authentic nonetheless. [color=00a99d]"About time! We passed them, must've waited for juicier prey, considering what I'm sensing. ...What, do you do too?"[/color]

Ah, seems like Arnold's getting suspicious of Sapphire himself, already. Great.

Sapphire frowned at Arnold. [color=7ea7d8]"Yes. I can hear it."[/color]

[color=00a99d]"Hmm... I smell it. It's hard to describe... Most of the people I know of who can do it just call it... the smell of fear, nervousness? Eh, it doesn't really matter does it? We have prey to hunt! I'll race you there, hahahah!"[/color], Arnold quickly bolted off, dragging that glorified circular iron slab behind him, its' little spikes making tracks in the dirt pathway...

Sapphire rubbed the back of her neck only then realizing she had her hood off the entire time. With one hand she pulled her hood over head while with the other she reached for her kris.

'I'm not in the mood', she thought and sighed mentally before beginning to jogg, following Arnold.

A few tense moments passed, the Scorpion-Beast just beggining to recover from its' eyes being exposed to a tiny sun for a split-second or two, until Imgor and Alex could sense movement in the distance coming towards them, two people. A bit too far away to tell whom exactly, yet. The Beast itself focused on producing more of that corrosive element and recovering.