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It took Harry quite a few moments to properly comprehend the being that had just waltzed into their living room. On a normal day a creeping tide of shock and fear would have rolled through his blood vessels, but for some reason this occasion proved to be quite different. Still in the recovery stage of his "little trip", Harry felt only a mild sense of confusion as the being appeared. His eyes widened slightly as he recognised the substance that the creature was made of; the same substance that had carried the concussive force of the explosion. He glanced at Sam's hand only to see the wound had closed and the substance was no longer leaking from his body.

Gluttony shakily forced himself to his feet again. Resting a hand on the wall, he tried to slip into his mental zone. [i]Come on, damnit... Get a fucking grip..[/i] Slowly he felt the residue of his strange hallucinations slink away from his mind. Harry took a deep breath and took a step back, leaning against the wall as he felt his eyes properly focus. Now he could feel a coherent link between what he was seeing and what he thought about it. Mental systems were now back online.

His line of sight sweeped across the living room. He watched with concentrated interest as Angel threw his dice at the being, only for it to swat it aside. The monster was clearly capable of changing its form to fulfill a purpose... Harry's attention refocused to look at the dice which had fallen on the floor, raising an eyebrow as he noted it was emitting a faint black glow. Whatever the substance had been, it seemed that it had infected the entire house. He felt the hairs on his arm grow cold as a black shield materialised on his right arm. Without question Harry raised it just below his neck bent his knees, ready to charge. Hesitation stopped him as Sam stepped forward, holding an identical shield with a knife in the other hand. [i]That's good,[/i] he thought, [i]let Sam deal with the thing.[/i]

Harry cast his eye around, remembering that Sloth was not in the living room with them. Did she know that this monster appeared? With that thought Harry quickly spotted Envy, already on the task of getting to Sloth. The young man was waiting for an opportunity to get into the computer room where their master slept. But as long as that monster was there, there was no way of getting to Sloth at the moment. Gluttony repositioned himself nearer to Sam, watching as the fight ensued for a chance to step in and help. He worried that the knife wouldn't do much to something that could change its form at will, but there was something else that concerned him. The alien body moved in such a precise way, almost as if it was trying to conserve its energy. Swatting the dice away seemed like it was a casual flick, almost akin to how a normal person would brush a subject away. Harry furrowed his eyebrows as he thought about that; the being seemed strangely [i]human[/i]. Surely if they'd all been affected by the explosion in such a way... Maybe it was possible for a human to change to that form?