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[center][sup]The Gay Grove[/sup][/center]

[color=f26522]“Let’s… back away slowly… before it tries to do what it said… maybe it won't notice us...”[/color]

Mariah was damn near hyperventilating and when Isla grabbed her arm, she didn't respond. Slowly, she looked down to Isla's hand a few seconds later, then followed the hand up to look into Isla's eyes. It was then that an urgent rustling picked up from the treeline as Kara, at breakneck speeds, came dashing into the forest. 

Upon the surface of the Apparition, the skulls and bones arranged themselves to form a gory 𝓞𝔀𝓞  as Kara came right toward it., [color=#FFA7D2]"(¯`*•.¸,¤°´✿.｡.:* ⓌⒽ𝔸t'𝓼 ｔ𝐡ιᔕ-- 𝓎๏υ Ｃ𝑜ϻє 𝓣Ø ρｗάⓎ? *.:｡.✿`°¤,¸.•*´¯),"[/color] screeched the apparition, as Kara took a step into the mush, and it "reached" toward her. It was then that Mariah began backing the fuck away with Isla, as the Apparition formed a  (っ◔◡◔)っ shape, whilst saying in it's many voices and chirps, [color=#FFA7D2]"♥ όн 𝐌𝕆𝓂мЎ Ｈค𝐯ⓔ yiff ℱⓄŘ 𝓶𝐄 ♥ •´¯`•» ℍⓊᵍ𝐆𝕚ε ฬỮģ𝑔ιＥｓ «•´¯`•"[/color]

Of course Mariah's pace of back-the-fuck-away picked up then. She watched Kara's foot get stuck, which caused the butchery to lash and splatter bits of itself toward her, and then-- as if a catapult had just launched a bunch of ground beef-- the Apparition lept up to cover Kara. [color=#F3128D]"No-- FUCK-- WHAT--"[/color] Mariah screamed as she watched Kara get covered in blood and gore. [color=#FFA7D2]"o0×X×0o. Ⓘ ŴỮ𝓥 ᵐᵒ𝓜𝓂ｙ! .o0×X×0o.,"[/color] declared the Apparition as Kara's tree-branch-wood thing sent bits and pieces flying in a spray of gore and gristle. 

Now, Mariah had never done such a thing before, but when the adrenaline is high, weird stuff happens. This is how she ended up possibly scooping Isla into her arms and sprinting them both the hell away-- if there was no immediate resistance or teleporting, of course. And if she wasn't able to do that then, by god, she was going to run as fast as she could away from that mess, and leave Kara to defend herself-- surely she'd be alright.
Probably.
Maybe?