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Level 7: 09/70
Location: Carcass Isle
Word Count: >750
Points Gained: 1
New EXP Balance--- Level 7 : 08/70 [/center]

	Sakura was still cringing out from her prank, hoping and grateful all the other Seekers would move on. Nadia was ready to leap into action. Wow, that was NOT funny. That would be haunting her tonight when she got into bed. Oof. Yikes. If there was any good to come from it, it was that Sakura would be too focused on that to really get squicked out by all the weird and unusual horrors lapping against the wooden boards below.

	They were still pretty creepy. Lots of strange monsters. They didn't seem too dangerous, but it was all just a lot to take in. [color=f49ac2]"This place is like...[i]made[/i] of zombies."[/color] Sakura muttered, shuddering. At least they all had the strength to deal with it, now. Snail creatures and creepy crawlies flailed harmlessly at them, only succeeding in evoking a feeling of pity from Sakura.

	Sakura blinked in muted surprise as a giant gloved hand appeared, and several people just started attacking it. Baffled, Sakura threw a lone hadoken at the thing, following the veterans que. All of the attacks fizzled out, making Sakura wonder if this thing was really even here, or if something could really be that powerful. [color=f49ac2]"Who..?"[/color] 

	When the hand waved at everyone, she waved back. [color=f49ac2]"Hi? Hello? What..?"[/color]

	Soon it became pretty clear that not only was this hand an enemy, but a direct servant of Galeem. This thing was talking nonsense, and about to make them play some games right before the actual boss. Sakura's eyebrow ticced angrily. [color=f49ac2]"What is this, Takeshi's Castle? Just let us through!"[/color] This was a startling development that she didn't like at all. Who was this thing? Why were they being forced to do this?

	Growling, Sakura felt the pain in her palm, and lifted up the lip of the fighting glove around her palm to reveal the clock. This felt totally unfair. But Sakura decided to take solace in the fact that if this thing [i]could[/i] kill them, it would probably just do it itself instead of making them play all these games. It probably just had Obstacle Course powers or something. Unless it was one of those bad guys that was stupid enough to keep giving the heroes chances to succeed over and over again, which she kind of doubted. The big hand probably [i]had[/i] to try and kill them using only this challenge format, right? 

	Three spirits. Five minutes. Three routes. Kill or be killed. [color=f49ac2]"Okay, no, this is fine! We can do this! See you guys in five minutes or less!"[/color] Sakura shouted encouragingly. 

	Sakura decided that, from the two things she had seen Spinal do, she liked him. He seemed like a character. Spinal picked a random direction and ran there, and Bella was going to follow him. The two of them had stuck together so far. Bella was one of Sakura's best friends in the World of Light. 

	[color=f49ac2]"Right behind you, Miss Bella!" [/color] Sakura said with an affirmative nod. Sprinting along, Sakura slowed down as to not out pace the others too much, so they could all arrive together. Once inside the cavern, the street fighter took in the fighting arena, and their three enemies. Abyssals. Like Bella. Their very appearance seemed to shake Bella to her core. Doomed? They hadn't even thrown a single punch!

	 Sakura was distinctly offended, doing a double take towards Bella. [color=f49ac2]"You can't be serious! I kicked [i]your[/i] ass, didn't I?"[/color] Sakura said. She was ready to throw a punch at the fear and dread that had latched onto Bella's heart. But physically ripping the fear out of someone's soul wasn't an option, so Sakura just had to try and use her words. [color=f49ac2]"We're so close! Only five more minutes of action! We can do this, I [i]know[/i] we can!"[/color] She lifted and squeezed Bella's hand for a moment. 

	[color=f49ac2]"Let's go, Blue Team! It's five on three!"[/color] She nodded back to Rika and Kamek, eyes wide, heart racing already. Sakura dashed forward, following Spinal's wake. She targetted the nearest one first. Closing the distance she fired her harness mounted cannons at the New Southern Battleship Princess. If she could dodge while moving forward, she would, but she could also block Crab Cannon fire at the cost of getting pushed further back.