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[quote=Vashti][color=darkcyan]“Wait, weren’t you there?” [/color][/quote]


"[i]Was,[/i] sugar," Taylor said with a shrug. "My body mighta' been there but my mind's in a state of confusion."

Even with all the explanations about the Outsider, Taylor was still fucking confused. She just showed up here the other day and watched as where ever the fucking Coven went mayhem followed. It was honestly fucking incredible, like watching a train wreck that just kept piling up and kept getting worse. Taylor just wanted to see when this fucking roller coaster would stop. 

Either way, Taylor patiently and quietly listened as Lyss gave her big heroic speech and then she wondered where the other fire crotch was. Lyss seemed to be more of a leader than she was, but again, it wasn't her place. It was still standard stuff but nobody explained what the fuck it could, you know, [i]do[/i]. Taylor shrugged as Lyss ended her speech with the classic, "If you want to leave now, then leave". She was tempted to be a smartass and walk the fuck out but she was committed to Kim's little request. And she wanted to see what else they can fucking ruin.

Babylon, meanwhile, looked bored as Lyss was talking. She was floating in the air with her hand against her head as she looked at her nails as if she was lying down on nothing. "Let me just add that a lot of you are probably going to die. Horribly, but that's par for the course," Babylon floated upright as she looked at Lyss, "[i]Personally,[/i] I would rather that we jump ship to another dimension and let whatever happens here, happen. There's [i]lots[/i] of wonderful places out there, you know."

She shrugged. However, Emily was quiet the entire time as she crossed her arms, letting her apparition speak. Still, a grin formed on her face. 

"... This is [i]my[/i] fault," Emily forced out the statement, her voice was low and anyone with a brain could tell she wasn't sincere. "I should have done better to make sure the deal didn't fall through like it did, but-"

"It ain't fucking important, sis," Madison cut her off as she took a swig of her alcohol. She was getting tired of this pity party finger-pointing bullshit. The only Madison wanted to do was get the sacrifices that the Outsiders have freed out and then go the fuck home. And get high. After the whole thing with the Hound, she wasn't exactly in a good place. And what was worse was the fact that "Molly" was, like she expected, far gone with her roomie also missing. Madison blamed herself for that, but she wasn't going to let the failures keep piling up like this. 

"What [i]is[/i] important is that we stop bulleting and [i]stop[/i] the Outsider," Madison spoke before she turned her head towards Lyss. "Which is why I'm with you, sis. Even if no one else is." 

"I'm with you, Mademoiselle," Claudette said... resisting the urge to sneer at Vashti for her outburst yesterday. "I wish I was there last night, things would have gone far differently." 

"It's my mission to stop beings like the Outsider, anyway," Emily shrugged. "... And dimension-hopping is a [i]last[/i] resort." 

Babylon crossed her arms.

"... And when the outsider kills you all," Babylon started, "I'm going to be laughing at you."

Before their conversation could continue, Sin came back and... brought a friend. Madison couldn't help but roll her eyes. "Oh boy," She mumbled, "They're multiplying."

She received an elbow from Claudette who heard her, but Sin introduced her new friend... Grace. What a pretty name, but Claudette thought it was a [i]horrible[/i] time to be introducing new members to their group. Like quite honestly horrible.

"Um, Sin..." 

"It's Quinn," Taylor said because she couldn't help but [i]cringe[/i] at that nickname.

"We been knew [i]that[/i]," Madison rolled her eyes.

"Whatever!" Claudette said to the group, "Sin, bringing her here [i]right now[/i] was not a good idea. At all."

"I think it's a [i]wonderful[/i] idea," Emily said with a grin. "She brought another thing for the Outsider to shoot."

Claudette facepalmed and Madison shook her head... just before the Jaws manifested the three skulls again and Babylon's expression changed to fear and they both spoke in-universe.

"... [i][b]She's here![/b][/i]"

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"̵̜͖̫̜̻͗͆̓͂͊͠.̸̨̟̪̜̩̮̩̓͛̆́͒̈́.̵̡͙͙͚̣͓̈̌̈̅͌̽͊.̶̨̨̛̙̩͈̿́̋̉̄͘͜͜ ̵͕̱̓I̶͖̞͋̊̇n̶̨̬͔͖̰͑d̷̤̉͗̃̏e̵͙͓̳̱͓̱͇͆̀e̴̗̳̩̅͂͜ḑ̷̱͉̪̀̆̅̾̉͋͘ ̵̢͕͙̙̔̑̄͌͠I̶̖̿̿̏̆ ̸̛̰̭̥̼͊̀́ȧ̴͕̖̏̍̉͒͜m̷̢̺̘̘̹̝͖̉̈́̊͑̚,̷̗̥͎̖̹͍͛̋́̌͝"̸̺̽̇

They heard the otherworldly voice of the Outsider as she merely descended from the ceiling. Landing on one of the tables in the center of the Coven's little meeting as if she was not even there. Merely a phantasm. The Outsider grinned as she looked around.

"̷̢͎͉̝̬̓͜A̴̛̛̙͌̄̀́̑r̶̨̞̭͙̞̗̈́̃͝e̷̻͉̟͙̝͕̹̐̌̀́̀̎͌ ̷̫̜̾̈́̏̅͗ỳ̶̛͉͆̈́̄͘o̷̧̦̗̊̈́͗͌͂u̴͍͓̯̹̝̪̓̔͜ ̸̢̻̰͕̌t̵̞̝͗̂̕ả̸̠̰̬͂̋͝l̸̙̬̩͛̃͗̈́͑̈k̷̰̞̙̘̻̫͇̍̈ì̵̳̱͛͆͝ń̸̡̰̞̳͓̝̤̈́͛͌g̷̡̱̖̬̬̬͎͒̓̂ ̶̨̤̻͛̍̈́̑̚̚a̶̧̢̘̘̱͓͈͌͠b̴̙̌̌̈́ȏ̷̤͖̘̦̟̯̈û̷͚̗͋t̶̢̧͍͖̪̟̥͗͑͐̑̉̔ ̸̛̞̦̲͑̀͑̅͜ͅm̴̪̻͔̦̱͆͋̊͑̍͜͝ę̸̥̯̜͔͕̑̾̚?̶͍͇́ ̶͖͍͝Ḑ̸̬̺̖͠ͅö̷̭̠͍̦́̏͜n̶̪̹̮͙̪͔̰̾̏̿̃̌̕'̴͖͎̺͆͑̽̂̃͠t̸͓̖͔̂̈́̐̚ ̵͎͓̹̘͊͐̓͝y̷̡̛̬͍͂ọ̸̡͍̰̭͐̏̀̉̿́̒ͅu̴̟͕̮̅́̉͂̅̾̈ ̵̻͓̲̦̃̽̅̍͘͘k̸̢̛̰̲̰̩͔̈̒̅n̸̜̄͋͋̓̚o̸͎̤̟̺̩̺̘̍́̎w̷̪̩̩̏̍̋́̂͜ ̶̗̼͙̩͆̇i̷͙̰͖̗̝͍̿̋́ţ̶̝̖̞̭̜̓̃͋̓͗̄̓'̴̹͎̒̋s̶̹̿͒̋̏̀ ̵̛̤̯̠͉͖̒͊́͋r̴̮̖̮͖̖͚̍̿͗̐̎̎͑u̶̟̤̾̎ͅd̴̼̣͚͕͂̎̎̌̃͆̉e̵̘̹̺͎͇͙̋͗̑ ̵̨̗̺̀͊͌̏ţ̶̥̟̮̙̺͊͑̒̌̽ơ̸̦͙̈̂ ̶̨̫̟̟͇̺̋̃̅̿t̴̛̟̣͍͉̙̔̒̂̂̋̚á̴̖̫̱͔̏͗͜l̷͍̩̱͖̆ͅk̴̯̝͍͇͐̔͛͆̕͝ͅ ̸̨̜̲̦̦̀́a̴̡̫̱̖͙̍̐ͅb̵̹̪̓̀̈́̀͐̑ö̶͍̹̱̩͈́̆̽ų̷͚͉̗̲͎̑͘t̷̪̫̱̭̝̄͐͘̚ ̸̜̝͕̈͐̊͗͑̓͗p̶̥̭̥̻̄̽̌͝ͅe̴̢̬͈̻̗͑̒̃̈́̃ǫ̵͔͐̈́̈̒ͅp̶͉̻͚̱̅̈́̾̆l̷̮͙͙̎̒ě̵̥̽̃̀̋̈́͠ ̶̱͍͙͍͂́͊͋͂͘ͅb̶̨͕̜̠̝̭͒̊̄̾ë̴̖̘̭̀̈́̒̌͠h̵̙̗̎͗͑̽͑̕̚i̴̙͉͐̈͝ṇ̴̠̣͎̬͓̇ḓ̴̢̛̲̺̙̒̐́͒̆̾ ̵̯̝̞̝̒̾̌͛͑͠͝t̴̨̥͕̥̠̃͛̆̏h̶̻̩͕̹̙̯̱̋̌̐͆ȩ̴̞̰̍͋̑̇ͅǐ̸͍̺̱̀̈́̌̏̿r̸̛̪̫̹͗̊͑̄ ̸͓̦̬̱̑̏̅͜͜͠ḅ̴͙͓̣̆͊̈́͗́͒͜a̶̗͎͕͎̘͈̋̈́̉ĉ̴̝̖͕͗̒̚̕k̴̬͔̼̥̝̈̇ŝ̸̡̨̭̰̮̹̜̏?̸̢͇͎̠̍"̵̝̭̮͋͌̔̇̄͑̿

The Outsider said as they walked around.

"̷̙͈̩̰͙̅͜E̵̢̹͈̭̠̐͒͠ş̴̛͔͍͍̹̼͋́̾p̵̢̭͕͈̼̪̉̈́̀̒̇͝ė̶̤̞͔͂̏͒̓͘͠c̶̡͉͎̟̱̳̈́̾̇͝i̷̺̺̫̮̯̲̗͂͊͗ả̷̭͖̈́̽̅̎̚l̴͉͐́̚͘l̶̪̬̿͛̈́̽́̉y̷̡̧̰̮͊͆̈́͗͝ ̴̥͇̠̳̫̯̗͗̆̈w̷̩̲̣̬̐̏̀̉̑͜ͅh̵̖̪̼̎͠e̴̫̅ñ̴͇̾ͅ ̶̲̈̚y̴̢̰̌̀̇͋̔̅̊ọ̷̢̼̻̞̲̞̀̈́̈́ú̸̡͈͙̦̙̪̃ ̵̲͔̠̦͍̒̀͘h̴̯̣̘́̉̊a̸̲͚̓͆v̷̺͕͎͍͇͛͋͂ȩ̸̮̞͆͛̈́̇̐͘͜͝ ̸̧̱̫͍̖̬̈̈́̏̊͝B̷̩̬̝̼̭̳͕̃ã̴̛͔͎̗͍̱̂͊̅͘b̵̯̤̀͗͑̌͂͂y̶̘̾̇̒̓l̸̨̡̗̯͇͖̯̄͗͂͛̚ŏ̸̘̺͎̅͘͝ņ̶͈̓́ ̸̡̟̯̝̞̘̤͊͂͒̉̎̇̂t̶̼͖̠̩̦͆h̸̭̞̹͍͕̙̐̂̄̓ę̵͙̩̩̥͎̂̈́͋̈́͂̐͜ ̶̭̣̆̈́͌͝G̵̤̲̺̩̀̓̔̃̿̌ͅŗ̷̲͙̣̺̽͒ȩ̴̹͚̦͊̀a̵͇̼͔̓t̸͖̪͆̍͐̍̎͘͜͝ ̸͈͎̹̫̀̓̏̍͛ä̶̗̐́͌́n̵̖͎̎̈̈͐̓͐́ͅd̵̢̰̟̹̦̯́̓̀́̇ͅ ̶͉̲̱͂̎̓̎́͐̕ȃ̸̢̜̗͓̻̎̈́̽̇̌̚ ̶̡̡̮̥̫̘̬̎̎B̶̙̄͌ù̷̻͉̃̊̅̀r̶̬̀n̶͕͔̱̜̾̂̈́̕s̸̢͚̹̫͚̹͓̓̈́̓͛̇ ̸̧͍͓͚͙̖̑̔̀̎̍͝ĩ̷̹͍̤͔̊̌n̵̨̨͚̲̱̞͎̈́́͌͐ ̷̲̠̱̲̮̃̊̏̂̚͝ỳ̸̞̗̺̟̱̀̈́̾o̴͈͖̰̺͓̦̣̎̅͛ṳ̴̱̗͖̓̀̕r̷̪͈͎͉͓̈͑̃̈́ ̵̝̹͋͝ͅm̷̝͙̙̫̙̠̈̕ë̴̢̠̦̻͎̽͗ṃ̵̛̠͍̔̿b̶̻̬̖͚̜̪͈́̊͝e̶̠̩͒̇͐̚̕r̵̹͑͝ś̸̺̗̟͈̙̾͠͝h̷̗̽̈͒̓͂́͝i̵̼̊̆̔̾̎͝p̸͔̳͆̊.̸̼̤͈̯̟̒͛͋̄̒̇̃.̷̪̻͋̇̎̀̋͠͝.̴̘͇̥͚̀̓ ̴̧̛̗̟͑̋́ņ̶̦̪̺̑̽̀̕o̵̘̐̔͝w̷͙̗̻̟̝͌̊͛͗̒̚͝ͅ ̶̨̢͇̍̄̂͐́̊͝I̸̛̻̤̙̲̫͚̫͘ ̶̙͖̈́̒̉̀͜͝ḱ̵̺̅͝n̶̬͈̽͜o̶̪̓͌́̕͝ẘ̴͎͖̱̓͒̎ ̵̥̠̞͎̺̱͍̈̀͂̓̉̑y̶̫̳͉̱͎̍ǫ̸̨̢̯͎̬̿͒ú̷̩̮̫̮͖̯͎͑̌͂̀̚'̴̜̫͌ͅr̶͓̔͋̐͠ĕ̵̢͍͙̜̰ͅ ̵̖̈́́́̕a̸̘͎̦̳͔̋̾l̵̫̙͕̠̾l̷͙̬̓͂ͅ ̴̝̠̩̺̀̅r̷̘͇̿́͘ë̴̘̝̹̹̙͔̱́̀á̶̛̯̆͋̎̎̚l̸̰̀͋̌̚l̸̡̗͚͈̰͠y̷͓͑̂̂͐ ̸̞̙͖͍̀̈́͊̊̃̌̕ͅm̶̡͊̽e̴̡̨̨̯͕̬̙̊̇͊̀̋s̶͕͚̒̔̒̐͛͌ŝ̷̩̈́e̶͕̿d̷̡̗̗̞̗̓̽̈̍͑̽ ̸̣̄̔̾̒͝u̵̢͍͓̾̓̎̆͝p̶̢̢͉̖̼̈́̿̽̚͜.̶̖͕̳̮̀"̷̨̞̹̜͛̈


"... Jaws."

Madison muttered as she was [i]not[/i] in the mind or mood to listen to this abomination ramble on and on. The Jaws fully manifested a barrier of ghostly bones around Madison as she flew forward and punched the Outsider right across the face. The Outsider was sent flying backward, spinning as she hit the ground again and again... before, in the blink of an eye, she appeared right back on her feet. The cracks that had formed on her face gradually repaired itself as she grinned.

"Fuck, why does [i]that[/i] keep happening?!" Madison said as she grabbed one of the plastic chairs and tossed it at the thing... however, Babylon's sigil hit it and the chair exploded in flames mid-flight... and was melted before it even hit her.

"Watch it, Mads!" Emily shouted as Babylon had a sigil in both hands, prepared to launch them. However, the Outsider focused her attention on Maya... and merely pointed a finger at her.

"̴̫̤͇̭̇̉͋̅͑͘̕M̵̧̡͙̳̞̽́͐r̸͈̰̫͓̙̦̆̑͑̽̚.̵̬̘̹̒ ̴̰̠̩̠̯̔̈́̂͋̅S̸̡̪̜̟͕̠̀͌͗͛̅̅̚c̶͕̪̮̼̫̒̄͑̐̚ẖ̸͙̥̰͇̰̾̈́́̇́͘͜m̷̻̋̊̚i̷̖̭͍̭̰͑̀ḍ̸̮͖͐t̷̢̝̲̤͕͍̎̍̃̃ ̶̡̨̲̤͈͇͑̑͌̇͘š̴͚̗͉͆́͋ạ̴̧͚̈̍̓̈͘i̸̪̝͕̗̦͌̊̍̈́̚͜ḑ̴̠͝ ̸͚̞͊̈̅̀̈́͌̈́͜͜ḥ̷̖̑̒̀̆̚ȅ̷̱̠͎̤̑̾ ̴̱̮͙͇̉́̕w̵̰͔̅͌͊a̶̤͝ͅn̶̜͖̠̦͔̎̍̃͠t̷̖̉̆͊͘e̴͕͒̂̆͜d̸͓̳̿͐̽̾̐͠ ̵̧̫͑̌͛y̴̜̬̅̋̄͆̈̅o̶͈̩͚̣͠ú̴̬͑͋̿͒̎́ ̶͔̱̺̲̬̌͘d̷̛͕̩̩̟͉̋̀̿͛̊̚e̵̖̝̗̳̅͛̓̅̚a̶̗̲̫͉̎ͅd̵̰͈̫͓̖̓̈́͗ ̶͇̙̃̅̉ṱ̶̭̬̯̎̂̍̈̾͋h̵͈̙̕̕͝ḛ̴̢̫͖̺̙̑̈́͜ ̸̧̞̜̮̩̪̀̾͆͝͠ḿ̷͓͉͋ǒ̶̬̖͚̿́͠͝ͅs̵̭̰̣̼̀̔t̵̢͎̟̦̆̔̍̆͘͠.̷̛̳͎͕̺̫̗̤̆̀̾̿"̵̪̮̿̃͊

And that finger quickly extended at lightning speeds towards Maya.

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"... They pulled another body out the wreckage."

Maximilian said to Meifeng as she stood in front of the wreckage of the compound with her hands in the pockets of her suit. She heard him speaking but honestly, she couldn't listen anymore. She just stood there, staring at it with a completely blank face. The entire building was collapsed in on itself and the entire place within miles was destroyed. Shredded to bits as there were craters every other step, entire buildings cleanly cut in half, and bodies everywhere. The bodies were covered with a black cover but... they weren't pretty. 

"This is not good," Maximilian said in an attempt to get her attention.

"... Who are you telling?" Meifeng asked as she pivoted towards him and took her hands out of her pockets. "Dozens of people, dead. And with the Extra-Normal incidents popping up..." She shook her head.

"We'll do what we can, Agent Liao," Maximilian said.

"But are we doing [i]enough[/i], though?" Meifeng asked as she looked at her feet. "The fate of the world is in our hands but... I'm not acting like it. If I wasn't fooling around... I could have stopped this." She sighed as a tear welled up in her eyes. She would never let Maximilian see it.

"... We're human, Meifeng," Agent Keagan walked up with her hands in her pockets and stepped between the two before she said to Meifeng, "We need to have fun. Enjoy ourselves... you know it's only a matter of time until, well..." 

"You're right..." Meifeng sighed she pivoted on her heel as she turned towards the wreckage of the Forgiven Compound. "We need to devote all efforts towards finding Annabelle Heart. We need to end this at all costs."

"There's something I wanted to talk to you about, Agent Liao," Maximilian sighed himself as he closed his eyes. "It's about the Coven."

And Meifeng's mood soured even more, "And [i]what[/i] about them...?"

"Last night... well, it's a long story," Maximilian made sure to sidestep some kind of fooling around he did. "But, the Coven pissed off Blake Schmidt and he's sic some Apparition on them."

Meifeng was silent for a few seconds as she opened her mouth to say something but stopped.

"... That's their problem."

"Agent Liao," Maximilian said as he walked up but he stopped not too far away from Agent Keagan. "We can't just let this happen."

"And we can't just rush to their rescue every time they fuck up," Meifeng hissed in between her teeth as she kicked a stray piece of rubble. "They're [i]all[/i] grown women when I was [i]their[/i] age I was fighting my own battles. Not just by myself, but with [i]pride[/i]."

"There's only so much they can do on their own," Maximilian said.

"Do you see this, Maximilian?" Meifeng pointed.

"I do, but-"

"Do you see it?"

"Agent Liao, this is what we're supposed to do!" Maximilian shouted.

"What we're [i]supposed[/i] to do is stop shit like [i]this[/i] from happening, Agent Cornell! We have to stop Annabelle Heart because God forbid I'll let my children get killed by that monster!" 

Meifeng shouted... and that last bit was completely unintentional. Just a slip on her part. Meifeng sighed as she put her hands in her pockets and walked past Maximilian. "We prioritize this, Agent Cornell. And that's an order, got it?" 

Maximilian sighed.

"... Got it."