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Angling in behind the mysterious interloper, Alicia's face wore a scowl as the barrier opened for the figure, only to close seconds before she and Summer could teach it. "Tch, typical," she grumbled. The last time someone had run off by themselves it hadn't worked out too well. So they had better start looking for some way to get past this barrier on their own. 

If anything, her scowl deepened as she turned to see just who else was present at the crypt. "Not you again," she muttered to herself with a sigh. Sure, she might not be a threat, but it was much too soon for Alicia to want to deal with this nonsense again. Not that Sammy was particularly endearing herself with that sort of attitude.

"Oh yes, we're definitely responsible," Alicia replied with an eyeroll, wondering if she was maybe too blatantly obvious about her sarcasm as her fists clenched. "That's why we're standing out here trying to get inside the barrier, rather than trying to stop everyone else who's trying to get in." God, which deity had she ticked off this time, and how?

Before she could comment on the situation more, things took a turn for the worse. As far as she could tell Elroy was having some sort of emotional breakdown due to....well she didn't actually know why, but it was happening. Her head rose, almost earning another sigh as she shook her head. "You've got to be kidding me." At least Penny was on hand, already growing larger through assimilated metal to fight him, just like she had with the ice golem from before. 

But they had a situation on their hands, more monsters storming into the graveyard in the distance. Loath though she was to admit it, Sammy was the least of their problems now. Her sword vanished, Star Seraph returning as she redirected her magic to ranged alternatives to deal with the large waves of beasts. "You'd better get a move on. We're about to have a lot of company," she called, before lowering her voice to talk to Summer. "If you can use your powers to bypass the shield somehow, then do it. Or find some way to keep Gumshoe here from slamming the barrier back in our face once it's open." She wouldn't put it past her to try that kind of trick. 

Stringing Star Seraph, she joined in the defense, a trio of arrows arcing skywards. At the apogee of their rise they burst like fireworks, sending smaller arrows lancing down into the waves of monsters to cut them down to size. They didn't have to kill them all, just buy time to get inside the barrier. The longer she could keep these things away from Summer and Sammy, the better. She would just have to trust that Penny could handle Elroy. 

Though speaking of that, where had Regina gotten off to? She still had a bad feeling about that. 

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