[b][i]Flame Brooks[/i][/b]

Flame blinked at that; so the candles that Doctor Donovan gave them [i]were[/i] safe, but he was in possession of ones that were very clearly not. In short, it was Doctor Donovan's candles that had killed them in past time-loops, but there was an increasing probability that it was not Doctor Donovan himself who had used them. A look at Aki, then Chieko again, before Flame turned to the departing Quill, who was now the number one suspect in past attempts at murder.

He thought of intercepting her, but decided that the risk was too great for too little returns. So he would just settle for watching her and waiting for her to come back - Which she inevitably would.

[b][i]Ashton Andrews[/i][/b] 

"Yuuki!" Ashton cried out, surprised once more at seeing the other boy die. He knew that there'd be another reset, that Yuuki would come back. But that didn't make the sight of the death much harder to swallow. Nevertheless, he knew this; if not for Aer's presence - and Wisp's - they would all be dead instead of only Yuuki. So turning to Hiro and Aerith, Ashton said, "We should stay close to Aer and Wisp. Also, if any of you know how to use the weapons they threw at us, perhaps you can pick some of them up?"

Looking around, he assessed the battlefield; they were in a perfectly ordinary road with rows of buildings to the left and right, all potential ambush spots. And there was a little killer at the centre of the road.

The young man turned to Wisp. "That little hooded girl is more than she seems; can you send a few warning fireballs her way?!"