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[b]“Mariette’s burgers[sup][sup]TM[/sup][/sup]”[/b]

[color=888888]— Billy[/color][/center]

[@ERode][@PlatinumSkink][@FamishedPants][@Crusader Lord]

Billy wasn’t the type of creature you could contain with chains. When he came in contact with them, his flesh just rolled over them without slowing up. Like pushing play dough through a metal mesh. What did have difficulty moving past the chains were all of Billy’s bones, which needed to shift around in order to get past. It would buy them time, but not much.

Sophia was standing there at the ready, prepared to cut Billy if he advanced on them.

And Hillaria Charged towards Billy, Shield raised. The giant flesh slug was hot on her heels, but she would manage to strike her target. The flesh was forced through the chains even faster, but a few ribs did manage to get caught in the chains due to the sudden thump delivered by Hilaria. She had delayed the incoming teeth, but Billy’s flesh had been forced through the chains and directly onto Amaryllis and Sophia. It took hold of their face and shoulders, but had no bones to chew them with. Instead, Billy would attempt to restrain them untill his bones came along.

Then enter Mariette, with her ghetto laser barrage. Like most girls who were kidnapped by horrors before they could go to school, she didn’t get to learn about [b]internal diffraction.[/b] Because light has a tendency to drift off course the longer it travels, and the light Mariette had contained inside her portal box had been flying around for a long time (several seconds) The lasers came out as giant cones of light, giving Billy and his opponents little room to hide from Mariette’s onslaught.

Amaryllis and Sophia were mostly safe, as Billy had attempted to swallow them before the laser salvo hit. But it baked the flesh onto their bodies. Everything smelled like burnt hamburger meat, and the charred flesh was quite hot.  

Hilaria was less fortunate, but between the light diffraction weakening the laser and her own stout body, it was an attack she would survive. Her armor was still pretty hot though. 

Billy and the Flesh slug had all lost several layers of skin to Mariette’s attack, reducing their size considerably. The chrome hood ornament managed to survive by virtue of its reflective nature. Among the charred flesh, Half of Billy’s face appeared, with a large gaping hole where his mask should have been.

[b]“That all, pumpkin?”[/b]

The flesh slug screeched before changing direction. It entirely defied physics as it dove into the air in an attempt to consume Mariette whole. 

Billy was now more bone than flesh, so he made himself into an insect. That is to say he wrapped his remaining flesh inside his hardened bones. He looked something akin to a giant mecha, if they were made entirely out of animal remains that is. The more flexible parts of his body were covered in smaller bones like fangs and teeth, while the larger ones were made out of ribs, sculls, and even hip bones. His eyes were the only exposed bit of exposed flesh he had left. 

[b]“Gettin’ real tired, I say gettin’ real tired of your shenanigans kids!”[/b]

Billy took a single swing at Hilaria. Even though it struck her sheild, she was sent skidding backwards along the broken intersection. Before she stopped moving, Billy turned around and charged towards Amaryllis and Sophia. As he closed the distance, he prepared for another mighty swing. But that was just his right hand. He pointed his left hand at the girls and fired his fingers at them, which sped off like bullets. 

Billy might have been worn down to the bone, but they’d have to reduce him to ash if they wanted him to stop. 

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[b]“How can I hunt if it wants to be found?”[/b]

[color=888888]— Feral[/color][/center]

[@FamishedPants][@Ariamis]

Instead of slamming into each other like some slapstick comedy duo, the two Ferals glided past each other. The entire reason they planned on attacking different parts of Helga was to avoid a cross up in the event they were both successful. Though it seemed Helga was content to hide in the sewers. An odd choice, as Feral did not believe that Helga improved her chances below the city. Feral’s beastly senses were perfect for exploring subterranean passages like this. The only downside was that Lupa was struggling for control, and it was in slaying these spirits that Feral could maintain control. Feral had to be careful it didn’t let them get too far away from Endsinger. 

Even if picking up their scent was hard, it wouldn’t be too difficult to hear them. Both Ferals lowered themselves below ground and prepared for the hunt. They glanced at each other, preparing to split up for a pincer attack, but that was when Emily came into view.

Now, Feral had been with Lupa for nearly her entire magical girl life. But it had been booted away for the duration of the summer vacation. So it was unaware of anything that transpired over that time. That included anything Lupa and Emily did together. So Feral did not see one of Lupa’s friends approach her, but a random stranger approach. Without fear, despite having a broken arm. The Ferals stood back to back, each looking down either end of the tunnel. Feral had finally been put in a situation it had never been in before. Normally it would just Devour Emily, but there was no fear or malice in her body language. Only unsuspecting prey and apex predators displayed this kind of behavior. For the moment, Feral would watch Emily.

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[b]“’Till next time”[/b]

[color=888888]— Vermin Killer[/color][/center]

[@DarkwolfX37]

The owls did not react to Shion’s wild arm motions at first, but in time they spread their wings and took to the sky with grace.