[center][h3][color=a36209]Ken Ozawa[/color][/h3][/center]

Staying back seemed like it was the smart decision - the others clearly showed that they were able to handle themselves, and didn't need Ken to engage this monster. Ken nearly used his Barrier generation ability to protect the man with chains from a surprise attack, but the man was able to pull himself from the danger at the last second, so Ken didn't need to follow through with that. 

The monster was quick to be punished for this attempted attack - a girl with multicolor hair and a dress that Ken felt was a bit more formal than what most people would wear in a situation like this threw a ball of light from her palm, before immediately following up with a goddamn laser from her eye. While Ken trying to shield his eyes from the very bright burst of light, he wondered who the hell these guys were. After all, while Ken knew about his abilities, he only found this place on a fluke by following his power, his Invisible Hand - did the others have some sensory ability that led them here? Or did they just see the light in the sky and decide to investigate it? Ken didn't feel like he would have chased the light if not for his power, so he was leaning towards a combination of the two.

This line of thought was disrupted when the woman with the sword on fire rushed towards the monster, capitalizing on the Light girl's assault. She slashed at the monster, attempting to slash it across the stomach with her sword. And then another girl... found a crane? Ken wasn't paying attention and only noticed the monster being picked up and held midair via the newly created crane. Ken was surprised at how the group talked to each other - almost as surprised as the sudden manifestation of the crane. They were very relaxed about the situation, and one or two were even making jokes. Ken couldn't imagine they were experienced with this sort of thing - he had never heard of monster attacks before unless you counted fake ghost stories that his coworkers used to tell during break.  Another one of them, a man with an ink brush, circled the dangling monster while slashing at the air with his brush. After running completely around it, the slashes moved through the air and seemed to physically cut into the monster.

At this point, Ken wasn't very surprised by the feats of these people - they displayed a level of power that disobeyed physics, and despite his nonexistent involvement in the fight, Ken knew that his abilities weren't natural either. That still didn't prepare him for when the monster, who had been previously restrained, managed to deliver an attack to the people fighting it. The spikes launched out of it - luckily, the man with the chains dodged it, as the tree behind him took a hard hit that probably would have left serious injuries. Ken felt that now was probably a good time to interject - the fighters had rendered the monster almost entirely inert, and Ken could stay safe as long as he faced the front of the monster and liberally used his barrier.

This was made even easier a task when the Chain man locked his chains around the monster, restraining it. Very smart - locking off its avenue of attack was the best chance of staying safe from its devastating assault. Ken decided to mimic this tactic, and a green barrier of light manifested in midair near the monster, covering the exposed parts of the monsters back that were not covered by the man's chains. It wasn't the best - Ken felt a few solid spines would destroy the barrier, and while he could remake it, he felt it would be draining to constantly make barriers. Ken simply prepared himself to use his final, restorative ability if he saw one of the fighters get injured - which, at least from when Ken arrived on the scene, thankfully hadn't happened thus far.