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[b][u]Thaum: Bugtanical Gardens[/b][/u]

[i]"We have a bit more time until the competition ends."[/i] Xandra pointed out as they walked back to the red zone just in time for Trixie to be freed from being trapped underneath the enormous leech.

"Awww you guys scared him."

"Looks like it liked you, Trixie!" Lisette giggled, although she was secretly relieved to see it go. "Are you alright?"

Lisette looked toward the other zones, and she could the silhouettes of other massive bugs in the distance, moving through the trees. Several dejected, dusty, saliva-covered participants were also dragging themselves toward the exit, having returned their nets early.

"Umm... I think we probably got enough points to place... Hopefully...?" she shrugged, clasping her hands behind her back. For all her talk about liking bugs, she'd had her fill already. They were just too big!

Kapi and Isaac trotted along behind the others. Kapi seemed to forget that Isaac had hitched a ride and toppled over to lie down, only to cause both of the small animals to tumble over each other instead.

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[b][u]Thaum: Coliseum[/b][/u] 

Jeff helpfully cleared a path for Selan, allowing her to simply follow behind him. With the massive bodies surrounding her, all she could really see was the tail of the giant scorpion twitching high in the air. As they neared the scorpion, the fighting seemed to get increasingly more out of control, complete with even a giant iron boomerang hurtling through the air and bouncing off the scorpion's hard tail.

Before taking off, he brought her close enough for her to be able to see Lucien and Lute, who had used the ladder to reach the spectator area. Likewise, there was no missing the songstress, as she was the only woman wearing robes of the whitest white. She and Lute walked towards each other, but the poor man was forced to wriggle out from between two brawlers, throwing himself to the floor. Selan rushed to his side, offering him a hand and gently pulling him up.

"Yes," she replied to his question, looking him over to check that he was okay. "But what do you mean 'you can help'?"

[I]"Aaargh! Watch out, it's gonna...!"[/i]

A wave of shouts erupted as the scorpion brought its tail down in the middle of a group of people, and when they scattered in all different directions, an enormously muscular man was left standing at the point of impact. The tail was deeply embedded in his heavy wooden shield, and he cursed the bug while simultaneously trying to shake it free. The scorpion instead whipped the shield out of his hands and flung it off its tail in another direction, while scanning for another cluster to target.

"There's no time..." Selan murmured, her already-pale face draining of color as the scorpion briefly looked in their direction before rotating to face another. "I don't know how well this will work, but if you can help then please do."

The songstress took a deep breath, and began belting out [url=http://www.tubechop.com/watch/2712790]a louder, more high-pitched version[/url] of her aria, meant to invigorate and strengthen those who hear it. It wasn't going to be pretty for the men and women who were fighting each other, but it would certainly aid in the fights against the beasts and creatures scattered around the arena.