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Of course they wouldn't believe him.

Atlas winced as he was throttled by both Don and Estelle. He didn't know what those things were and he didn't know where Marcus or Dr. Dream were at. The last thing the magician remembered was trying to fight back and buy them some time. After the hit to the head though, things went dark and he didn't know how much time had passed since then. It wasn't dark out when they met those things. It had to be at least a few hours since then.

He gave them a look of defeat before Lute asked him about the cheese men. 

His friend's faith brought a bit of clarity back to his messed up thoughts. Atlas gripped Don's hands firmly then slowly pushed the frantic man away. "No...no...they didn't talk. They hissed like animals." He winced when Lute began fussing over him, it was usually the other way around. "I'm alright." He stated, still looking a bit dazed. The others looked skeptical though, but the youngest looking guilder stopped them and offered to sniff out the enemies.

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It was raining, this was just perfect.

Atlas looked at the others with a frown. There was nothing believable to say because what had happened had been crazy. "Those things," he scoffed. "Cheese people, some looked like normal people but they weren't...we'll be there shortly." The Pride trudged onward. Lute was in mother hen mode and Atlas gave his friend a soft punch on the shoulder, it was meant to be comforting. "I'm alright, don't worry, just keep an eye out for strange things, okay?" The magician grinned, looking better than he had when they first saw him.

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They walked on, until they saw a fox with a camera.

Xan gaped and rubbed at her eyes, this...things like this did not happen. She turned to look at Aria, "is...is this an illusion? Can you sense any illusionists nearby?" She turned around and looked at their surroundings. It was dark, and someone could have easily been hiding behind one of the trees. 

"It might be Mr. Rabbit's friend." Lucien mumbled, amazed. "Um, did you happen to see a tall, blonde guy with glasses?" Lucien began gesturing with his hands and Xan couldn't believe he was talking to a fox with a camera... what on earth? "He was with this guy in a lab coat, Dr. Dream?" At the mention of his owner's name, Isaac popped his head out of Lucien's messenger bag and sniffed at the air. 

Of course, the fox didn't respond.

Moira chased after it and it dashed off. Lucien stared at the boss and at the quickly retreating Fox. "Thaum...is really interesting."

Lisette chased after the fox as well but fell into a puddle, while Trixie crashed into a tree. "Hey, kid, you okay?" Lucien asked as he began darting after it! "Hey, Leader!What if it leads us to Marcus?"

The magician's eyes went wide. That fox...it had been with the bear. "Follow that Fox!" Atlas yelled and in a blink of an eye, he was beside Lucien, racing after the creature. His ability wasn't exactly called teleporting, but Atlas did something called flash stepping and he could propel himself forward at a ridiculous speed.

Xan followed after both boys, but the fox ceased running and it turned around with a devilish looking grin.

It raised its camera, its flash blinding both Atlas and Lucien. They tripped over their own feet and the Fox snickered.

Something was off...something was very wrong.

The fox began laughing before it began to double in size. It didn't stop, it kept growing until it was bigger than any of them, until it was taller than even Syed. The camera turned into a pair of scissors and Xan froze up.

Lucien scrambled to his feet. "Um, yeah, I think we should run."