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[h1][color=red]S[/color] [i]a m u e l[/i][/h1]  
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[color=red]"If at first, you don't succeed..."[/color]

[color=888888]— Sam[/color]

[hider=Status]30 | Male | G.E.M.I.N.I | Creeping Anxiety
Stab, Slash | Dagger, Sword | Arcane | Fade
Paranoia | Hallucinate
Malice | Darkness | Devious Intent
[Obfuscate (4)] [Intangible (4)], Damage X (6), Pull (2), Dispel (6), Mana Burn (6), Restrain (4), Extend (2), Trap (0), Piercing (2), Full Enhance (4)

DAMAGE: D | SPEED: D | SENTINEL: D | 750

[Silver Projectile (9)][Restrain (4)] = 60 Mana

PHYSICAL: E | ARCANE: C | CHAOS: D | 570 [/hider][/center]

The G.E.M.I.N.I agents surely could not say they were the owners of the momentum for this fight, but with Su's assistance, Samuel managed to avoid burning alive, and they now had new structures to work with. With Orion MIA and Jacqueline separated from the group, their immediate goal was to regroup with their overextended agent while avoiding any more dire situations like succumbing to oil and fire. 

Unfortunately, before they could do that, Arzendale went ahead and executed more hostages. One of them even happened to be a small child, a fact that merely served to remind Samuel he would be mistaken if he treated these beings as people instead of monsters. 

[color=red][i]Oh... little one... you deserved so much better than this. I apologize that the best that we can do is avenge you.[/i][/color]

Maybe rushing in wasn't the smartest decision, but it couldn't be taken back now. And no matter what Arzendale said, it was ultimately him who decided to kill those people. Samuel wouldn't lose his composure over the losses, but he would treat the deaths of these three monsters as his apology to the child. 

As much as he wanted to follow Breacher and Wukong, he couldn't imagine the nun not taking the chance to get close to Valkyrie. It was impossible to tell if she could simply Blink, so he wasn't going to risk anything here. And Breacher must have been thinking the same thing, as she mentioned as much before she lept off the rails and began her charge towards the monsters. 

Silhouette would leave direct backup to agent Wukong here, but he couldn't do anything about the projectiles going after her. He simply wasn't suited for this kind of role, even if he had every intention of playing it. Well, that was no excuse to do nothing. The nun would likely be trying something soon. Making sure she hadn't already, he went ahead and decided to attack her. 

His inhuman fingers came together in an instant, and channeling his mana through his sword, he fired a dark bolt that transformed during its flight into an enlarged replica of his demonic hand, attempting to seize the nun yet again.