[b]Kat[/b]

Hmmmm. Somehow, this had played out better in my own head than it did in reality. 

My shirt had been torn up from the Shoggoth, and I had cuts all over me that are started to scab over already. Thank Tsefahn, if I had been a baseline human, I doubt I would have done so well. As it is, the City seems intent on mauling me over, so it would be best if I got out of the flailing shadow beast.

"Laz! To me!"

Drawing my blade again, I hacked down the writhing tentacles nearest to me as I pulled myself out from the Shoggoth, while Lazarus crushes several tentacles with his jaws. Snarling, Laz, bounds away from the smashed creature. I stumbled while pulling away, the ground had warped, and it was dangerous for me to stand. 

Lazarus was panting, and he had horrible cuts all over his body. They were scabbing over, but he was going to be as sore as me once this was over. 

More and more of these Shadow Graphers were flooding in, and it was becoming apparent that this wasn't just a measly ambush from some remote focus of the City. 

With a sigh, I popped open the holster for my gun, drawing it out. 

"Alright, Laz. Here's the plan. I shoot, you bite. We good? Good."

It was at that moment that a shadowy lance came piercing down towards me. The broken Shoggoth pieces were rushing at me!

Pivoting on my heel, I came to face the lance, pulling my pistol up and firing into the lance head on. 

As more and more of the shadowy lances came pouring down towards us, I continued to fire off with my Afflicted-enhanced accuracy. At the same time, Laz was busy with mauling stray tentacles and shadow graphers, grabbing them, smashing and tearing them apart with his strong jaws, and then bounding off to the next target, being sure to stay away from anything big forming up.