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[color=black]Level:[/color] 4
[color=white]Experience:[/color] 12/40
[color=black]Currently In:[/color] The Under
[color=white]Word Count:[/color] 1,064 (+2 Exp)[/center]

 It was a long way down.

 One moment, the team had begun their decent unto the abyss that was the Under. Mewo appeared out of her hiding space at one point and followed everyone to the entrance, soon being lifted up and carried in Omori's arms. For how slow the platform was, it gave Omori a bit of time to get to know the Knight. Somehow. The pale bug was less of a talkative type than he was, only using body language and gestures to communicate. Though it was clear that they had joined for a reason. And with them free, the boy could inform them about how the new world actually worked.

 What he told them was a grave issue, in truth. Could there truely be a light stronger than [i]she[/i]? [i]She[/i], who brought Hallownest to it's grave because she didn't want to be forgotten? Not to mention the possibility of her being controled by this "Galeem". Empowered by it even. This can not do. Neither Hornet or the rest of their siblings deserved being reduced to puppets, by any god of tainted light.

 That only ment their duty has gotten far more complicated. But they'll both fall in due time. Galeem [i]and[/i] the Radiance.

 And speaking of complications...

 [b][color=dcdcdc]"You're kidding me-"[/color][/b] Was all Omori could say as another masked figure appeared to make their life hard. Though something more jarring was that from a cursitory glance, this guy had to be around his age! Another kid, what kind of group is this?! The duo took to the evasive from F's bullet hell, the monochrome youth attempting to fire back a couple of shots, but the initial wave was only a distraction. 

 The platform gave way.

 And they all. Fell. Down.

 ...

 ..

 Omori soon stirred awake, partly due to the feeling of someone poking his cheek. He could gradually make out the faces of Mewo and the Knight peering down at him. The latter tilted their head as if asking if he was alright, and he gently waved them away. [b][color=dcdcdc]"I'm fine."[/color][/b] Omori said. Once he sat up, the Knight stepped away to wake everyone else up [s]who hadn't already woken up themselves[/s]. He glanced up to the chasm they had fell through, then down to the bed of flowers they had landed in.

 This had to be intentional. Someone must've planted these to prevent any fatal injuries. He wouldn't have time to mull over why though. At Nadia's urgency, Omori snapped his head towards the darkness, and the Knight picked up the pace with the Feral in waking everyone up. 

 Say, were monsters like these okay to kill? Cause these did not look reasonable. [b][i]At all.[/i][/b] Omori quickly got back on his feet and looked over the group of uncanny creatures. The big one in particular, Puzz, caught his attention, and he drew out his machete and flintlock. The Knight soon returned next to him and readied their nail. As much as the boy felt sore from the last fight, they didn't have much options left here.

 [b][color=dcdcdc]"Any way you wanna deal with that thing?"[/color][/b] Omori asked them. The Knight gave no answer. Both sides clashed, and the duo charged at Puzz.

 Ah, so the prey decided to come to it. How delightful. Pieces of Puzz began to fly out of it's body, and it fired a volly of them at Omori and the Knight. While the nimbler latter narrowly avoided the projectiles, the boy wasn't as lucky. Omori stumbled as he was struck, the pieces that flew past them soon constructing a wall separating them from the rest of the struggle. No way out now. The boy pointed his blade at Puzz and used Sad Poem to slow it down, allowing the Knight the first strike against the monster.

 The puzzle pieces that spilled from Puzz's shape ceased movement in mid air, soon flying back to knock the insect away with a disembodied limb. Omori quickly took his turn to attack. He slashed at Puzz's other limb, before firing his gun at it's chest. Unfortunately, a wall of puzzle pieces had taken the blow for it. The boy clicked his tongue in distain. There had to be a way to kill this thing! Were there any weak points he could aim for?

 On the Knight's side, they were busy dealing with the constructions made from Puzz's leftovers. Asides from the limbs, they connected to form fragmented walls and smaller versions of itself to crush and tear into the two fighters. Omori managed to evade one such wall from crashing into him, only to have his arm caught between the teeth of a mini Puzz. And on the Knight's shell a crack began to form when the larger Puzz managed to drop a surface of platforms onto them as they attempted to go help him.

 Omori stabbed his weapon in where he hoped the mini Puzz's skull was, and it released his arm with a distorted screech. He struck at it's head again and fired a round from his flintlock to make sure it stayed down. Didn't seem like the debuff affected it's summons. They'll have to finish this fast. Omori used Sad Poem on Puzz one last time, then charged in with the Knight in tow to break it down to their height. 

 Slash, slash, bang, slash, stab, slash, slash bang. Just a bit more! Once Omori had reloaded his flintlock and Puzz's head was in range, he fired point blank, eclipsing it's face in a small explosion. It reeled back in pain, and the Knight used the window to run up and finish it off in a flury of slashes. Puzz collapsed into a heap of puzzle pieces, along with the puzzle wall. 

 Omori breathed a sigh of relief, and looked over to the Knight. [b][color=dcdcdc]"You okay?"[/color][/b] He asked. They nodded. Focusing the gathered SOUL into mending their mask. They were going to walk back to the others, but stopped to glance back at the boy. Or rather, the bite wound from the mini Puzz. He noticed this, and waved it off. [b][color=dcdcdc]"This is nothing."[/color][/b] [i]At this rate[/i], he thought. It felt strange, the amount of wounds he has been taking. Not to mention he'd have to mend the holes in his clothes at some point. But with one monster down, the two went back to the rest of the team.