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 [color=gray][i]Current Location: Von Carnage Mansion, Wine Cellar[/i][/color]
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[Center]13 | Male | Freelancers | Clockwork Soldier
Aeterna | Sword | Physical | Swift and Keen
Clockwork Jacket | Industrial 
Chronosphere | Lightning | Overclock 
[Paralysis (4), Speedster (4)] Damage (2), Damage X (6), Slow (4), Blink (4), Restrain (4), Minor Heal (4), Heal (16), Quicken (0), AoE (2)

DAMAGE: D | SPEED: C | SENTINEL: E | 750

[color=silver][Silver Self][/color][Speedster] = [color=red]- 48[/color] MP

PHYSICAL: E | ARCANE: C | CHAOS: D | 570[/center][/hider]
 So she wasn't too far gone, huh?

 The Timekeeper's eyes widened when the thralled violinist responded. The moment of hesitance gave him enough time to free himself from her grip. As he stood back up, he unwillingly stumbled back a couple of steps, the feeling of disorientation not yet fading. A hand on his head to help regain his focus, he heard Betty's scornful remarks. He frowned. Even if the boy could shrug it off as the effects of Justin's control affecting her mental state, 

 [i][color=goldenrod]I didn't know until...[/color][/i]

 or her being angry at him regardless of anything,

 [i][color=goldenrod]I-It's not my real name! But-!![/color][/i]

 It still pained him. He couldn't bring himself to say anything with the lump that formed in his throat. That regret would soon be accompanied by fear, once the girl underwent some sort of transformation. Betty was an Esper? Since when?! No, it had to be some Dark Blessing bullshit, right?? [i]Right?![/i] But if that wasnt the case... Fable didn't want to think about what happened before all this. He had other things to worry about. The boy's eyes widened once more, afixed to the giant blade that made Aeterna look like a fucking twig in comparison. On instinct, he started backing up, unaware that he was trembling. The Timekeeper flinched as he and Jane ended up halting each other's retreats. And of course Betty was preparing to attack.

 ..."Coward" huh?

 Maybe she was right. His cowardice was the reason the both of them were in this mess. And his cowardice continued to restrain him now. Monsters were one thing, but this was just...chaos. He didn't want to hurt anyone, he didn't want anyone to get hurt.

 Too late for that now though, isn't it?

 Very well then.

 [i][b][color=goldenrod]Fuck this.[/color][/b][/i]

 [b][color=Goldenrod]"I'M NOT RUNNING!"[/color][/b] Fable's fearful expression quickly shifted to one of rage. He ducked under the blade before it could strike him. Giving himself a second boost of speed, he sprinted forward, with the full intent to overwhelm Betty with attacks and to [i]just knock her down long enough to listen, damnit!![/i] Tetrad was too busy on the other side of the fight, he'd just have to stall long enough for the harlequin to make her move. Whatever he couldn't block, he'd just have to tank it and heal later.