Rika watched as the beast that had been chewing on her arm grew tired of her and turned its attention to Andrea, a mistake that was immediately and horribly punished as two beasts were killed with one punch, their bodies becoming a tangled mess. [color=orchid]"Oh. Thanks, I guess,"[/color] Rika said vaguely, inspecting the damage to her arm. Her sleeve was completely gone, but her arm itself bore no serious injury, only a few bruises where the beast's teeth had been prior to her release. These bruises, too, quickly healed.

	Turning her attention to the voice that had spoken from down the corridor, she locked eyes with the thing. The vaguely humanoid shape made him a candidate, until Shiro confirmed that it was a mere monster, though a higher-level one. [color=orchid]"Monster-class. You're not the one,"[/color] she remarked under her breath. She briefly considered taunting it to draw its ire toward her as she had done before many times, but thought better of it as she craned her neck back to see that Akira was still close behind her. She gave Akira what she'd clearly hoped would be a reassuring, ear-to-ear smile, but her eyes weren't quite up to the task of matching that enthusiasm.

	Meanwhile, the shadow arm was wiping the floor with the beast it had caught, quite literally as it ground the helpless creature into a bloody mess while using it to punch at several other beasts, knocking them around like pinballs in the tight space. Truthfully, there was really not much else Rika could do in an enclosed space without serious risk of bringing the unfinished building down. Her previous failure that had resulted in major infrastructure damage remained close to the front of her mind as she fought—or perhaps the summoned arm was semi-sentient? In either case, she remained close to Akira, her body barely moving an inch as her attack continued.

	Having finished their sweep of the outside of the building, the dolls Rika had summoned earlier gathered back at the armored vehicle before starting to encircle the site. It was impossible to tell what they were thinking as they had no minds of their own, but a quick probe of Rika's inner thoughts would reveal that they were to block the entrances being used by the DDF crew, to prevent them from being flanked and caught unaware. If attacked, they would explode outside the building, dealing minimal structural damage, thinning enemy numbers and drawing the attention of everyone inside. Shiro's communications would make this redundant, but redundancy seemed to be Rika's intent. Her thoughts were fixed on how she just [i]couldn't[/i] mess this up. She needed to prove herself reliable, and a smart team player, if she wanted to keep fighting demons—to find that [i]devil[/i].