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[color=gold]"Guess it's fight, then?"[/color] Clair said to none in particular as the others quickly moved to intercept the wolven interlopers. Or where they vegetables? It was like the chicken or the egg question at this point. And, just like that, the answer didn't matter much to the situation at hand.

It wasn't like she had much of a choice either, since a moment later Clair had to dodge a lunge. [color=gold]"Broccoli isn't my thing. I guess I'm gonna have to pass,"[/color] she said as she kicked the wolf—sending it flying with surprising force on a collision course with Caprice—and using the force of the blow to launch herself into the air. In a single swift motion, she threw a handful of smoke bombs at a couple of wolves as she spun through the air and... [color=gold]"Ok, let's see how you like this. Starshot!"[/color] blasted them with a volley of magic missiles, using the power of her newly-acquired blade.

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Little did any of them know that this was only going to be the first challenge of their ascent through the cursed castle. Deep within the halls bathed by in crimson moonlight, an ancient evil overlooked each of their steps with a disinterested gaze.

[color=crimson]"Seems like our guests are more capable than I anticipated. Would you bother keeping them company, my one-and-only knight?"[/color] The Countess said in a cold voice.

The only answer she got was the flashing of fangs, unlike and yet so equal to her own. The very lighting of the decadent throne room dipping for a moment as if a part of her very shadow took a life of its own and crawled out to do her bidding.
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