[hr][center] [img]https://i.imgur.com/P12Dh1X.png [/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/tGt8fPG.png?1 [/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/eJhsguy.png?1[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/Poza6NO.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/YgTBKGx.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/KQDgYEn.png?1[/img][/center] [right][b][code]East Araminta - Construction Site[/code][/b][/right] [hr] As soon as the call was done, Tuyen shoved Trisha's phone back into her hands. It was enough to stop the other girl from attacking her, and Tuyen pretended she couldn't feel the glare burning into her back. She'd done what she could. It was still hard for her to breathe, as if her lungs couldn't get enough air, but it began to ease as one after another the other group stepped through the mirror. Her shadow finally quietened down as she got her fragmented thoughts more under control, her sight dimming to a normal brightness now that orange lightning was no longer streaking across it. She could deal with the screeching in her ears with the visual hallucinations removed. In a few steps she reached the mirror, before looking over to Justin and Arabelle. With both Justin and Tansy making it clear how urgent it was she didn't feel the need to add to it. Instead she was ready for Arabelle to do her job, making sure she could be one of the first to follow. She lacked knowledge of the other groups abstractions but if her's were any to go by… most of this fight would fall to them as the experts. [quote=Justin][color=red]"Now who the fuck are you?"[/color][/quote] [color=MediumOrchid]"I was going to tell you about him later,"[/color] Tuyen said quietly, just loud enough for those around the mirror to hear. She didn't pay any attention to the rest, though, noticing that Arabelle was already gone… and quickly followed suit. Oscar wasn’t surprised to come through the mirror, second to last, to find a catastrophe only his family could cause. Really, allowing Tansy and Trisha to be in the same group was just asking for trouble. He really felt for their poor expert left with them… but that wasn’t important now. What was important was that there was a talking skeleton that disappeared almost as quickly as he appeared! How interesting… It took a moment for Oscar to pull himself out of his thoughts - now wasn’t the time to think about the seemingly benevolent supernatural, when there was a much more deadly one attacking his sisters. With a nod, Oscar went through the mirror again. [quote=Shane][colour=Steelblue]"If you're not coming with us, you could stay with her."[/colour][/quote] "I'll stay," Trisha nodded, probably surprising Shane by actually agreeing for once. Of course, it wasn't out of the kindness of her heart. She had no wish to go die with the rest of her family in a fight against some cult raising goddess, but she couldn't just say that. She hated them all but deep down she did care what they thought, much as she hated that too, so she didn't want to be viewed as a coward. Also she wasn't sure if she'd be able to resist joining the goddess' cult just to offer Tansy up as a sacrifice. "Just in case she's not dead." As if she actually planned to stay outside in the cold, and not go into the office as soon as they were all gone and play on her phone. [hr] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/P12Dh1X.png [/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/tGt8fPG.png?1[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/KQDgYEn.png?1[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/YgTBKGx.png[/img] [/center] [right][b][code]The Vanburen Estate[/code][/b][/right] [hr] [color=Gold]“We’re going to need something to seal her in,”[/color] Oscar announced as soon as he got through, jerking around to look at Arabelle. [color=Gold]“Anything will do… I think you’re most suited to the job, Arabelle, since you can move between areas in the house so easily.”[/color] Then he glanced at her cast. [color=Gold]“Something small will do.”[/color] Without waiting for her response he hurried to the garage. [color=MediumOrchid]“Nice shot.”[/color] Tuyen reached the garage just behind Justin, in time to see him bash her with his steel balls. Good, at least she wasn’t invulnerable. Her eyes narrowed as she stepped forward to help Justin form a ‘wall’ between the Triple Goddess and the garage… along with the two knocked over Vanburen. [i]Come on, now’s not the time to play games.[/i] She twisted her head to look at the shadow that was hiding behind her back. Nothing. Of course. [color=Gold]“Shit, Sabrina, are you okay?”[/color] Oscar immediately ran to Sabrina’s as soon as he reached the garage, reaching out to try and help her steady herself. [color=Gold]“Let me help you out before-”[/color] Before the Triple Goddess tried to kill them all… Shit. Oscar let go of Sabrina and stood in front of her, eyebrow furrowing as he put all of his concentration onto raising the ground in front of himself. The wall he raised just covered him - and most of his sister behind him. It would be enough to block them from being hit. He shook slightly as he focused on keeping it up, ignoring everything around him in favour of giving it all of his attention until it was hit. Tuyen was much closer to the Triple Goddess - and with much less time to escape. She grimaced, taking quick steps to the side in an attempt to get a bit away. Except, an ice shard was shooting right towards her chest. Fuck, fuck, maybe she could heal it, this would be fine- The Shadow erupted into view, swiftly growing until it was a massive, grotesque creature which seemed to come from the ground itself with shadowy tendrils rippling behind it. It wrapped Tuyen in a tight hug, blocking the ice shard from hitting her chest with an oversized, bulbous arm. The ice shattered as it hit the protective arm, bursting all across its rippling surface. It was like a horrifying dog protecting its owner, engulfing Tuyen completely in its shadowy body as it turned eerily glowing eyes towards the Triple Goddess. Tuyen flinched to the right and bit down hard to stop herself from crying out. The pain tearing through her left arm where her shadow had been hit was torturous. She gripped the injured arm towards her stomach, doubling over and unable to stop tears from spilling from squinted eyes. She clenched her right fist and bit down on her lip harder, the metal taste on her tongue helping her to ignore the pain and nausea that came with it. It would heal. She could heal this after everything was done. Just ignore it. As the shadow uncurled from around her, Tuyen straightened up and let her injured arm go limp at her side. Her thick coat covered the injury, the wounds undoubtedly lacerated up her arm, and hid it from anyone else being able to see. She grit her teeth and raised the other arm to wipe away the tears before those were visible too. Her mind was focused on only one thing - getting this done. [i]You’re out now, make yourself useful.[/i] Tuyen looked up at the shadow standing in front of her. As it stared back at her everything around them grew silent, amplifying the pain that was seizing her entire left side. She could feel blood streaming down her arm, flowing along her fingers until it dripped onto the ground. Drip, drip, drip. Tuyen glared at the shadow. [i]Now.[/i] Unable to get her to back down, the shadow finally listened to her, stretching its upper body away from Tuyen and towards the closest car in the garage. It was an expensive looking car, nice and shiny, not that Tuyen or the shadow knew anything about the shadow. There was no hesitation before the shadow grabbed the car, flipping it in the Triple Goddess’ direction. Whether it would reach or hit the Triple Goddess was uncertain, but it would certainly cause more than enough chaos. Tuyen opened her mouth to tell her shadow to do something else, then stopped. It wouldn’t listen to her any further anyway. The shadow reached for another car.