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[hr][color=gold]Ezekiel [@Helo], Scratch / Vallena [@Apex Sunburn], Callandra [@princess][/color][hr]
[h3][color=gold]The pipe hits the floor with a ringing clatter. For a heartbeat, nothing happens.

Then…

The screech erupts, feral and bloodthirsty, bouncing off the walls like a beast in flight. The griffon freezes, head whipping toward the sound with predatory precision.

A heartbeat later, the slime hits. Brilliant purples and flickering teals burst across crimson hoods and lacquered armor, lighting the assassins like cursed stars.

The griffon screams.

It launches with terrifying speed, wings blasting debris aside, talons reaching. It doesn't hesitate. It doesn't care who you are. It saw prey. Now it sees rivals.

Two Swords flickers into view atop a crate, just as Scratch's bullet finds her.

The round hits hard. It punches into her shoulder with a flash of arcane light and a crack of force that sends her spinning mid-teleport. She reappears mid-air, faltering ...crashing through a hanging tarp and slamming into a stack of barrels that caves inward under the impact. Crates explode around her in a wooden burst. She doesn’t rise. At least not right away. 

Furnace, caught in the middle of a glowing glyph, falters. The griffon’s cry throws his balance, and the final rune collapses into ash beneath his fingertips. The floor around him seethes with unspent heat, curling with smoke. His hands shake, magic sputtering.

Sparkler does not flinch. He raises his sickle, the blade glowing red-hot now. As the griffon bears down, he meets it. Metal clashes with beak and talon, a sound like steel tearing through thunder. He slides back from the impact but stays upright, his body bracing, his empty eye sockets glaring through the haze.

In that one instant, all three assassins are off balance. And more important perhaps, for the briefest moment, they are no longer focused on you. Chaos reigns.

You have time. Seconds, maybe, but its [i]enough to make a difference[/i].

What do you do?[/color][/h3]