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Undisturbed by the Hunters beyond the door the beast kept pulling on its arm, growling in rage and agony as its hand tore and the spear migrated from the center of the hand toward its fingers, flesh tearing to accommodate the movement and knitting itself back together once the object had gone past. Within moments the spear finally made it to the space between the beast's index- and middle-fingers, freeing the creature from its impairing influence and allowing it to retreat back through the hole. Heavy footfalls could be heard as the beast removed itself from the door, breathing heavily just several feet beyond it.
Once the beast had moved someone else immediately moved to occupy the hole in the door, and suddenly the tip of the barrel of a hunting rifle poked through. The weapon took just a second to home in on the one closest to the hole – Arcturus – after which a gunshot shook the room and a single lead bullet darted straight at Arcturus' chest.

Past the sound of the gunshot was another noise, however, as the bell chimed another two times. It was exactly the same sound as the first time, only now for some reason it seemed closer and less directional, as if it came from everywhere around them. Inexplicably, the Hunters' room seemed to get a little darker.
Ding-ding...
Bit added to collab from me as well.

Clinic scene people? @Th3King0fChaos? @Habibi359?
Who is next in the clinic scene?

(I'm hoping that someday it won't be necessary to ask that question every time someone posts.)
The owner of the arm had been surprised when Marcus pulled it, but it recovered quickly and even after having barely been pulled down, it was clear that it was already getting back up, pulling back its arm with inhuman strength beyond even that of a Hunter, retracting slightly Marcus' grip. It was fortunate that Arcturus acted quickly, or the chance their unexpected method of attack had bought them might have been wasted.
As it was, Arcturus managed to drive his spear through the beast's hand and into the floor below it in time, prompting the creature to let out an angry, pained grunt, which soon changed into a growl as it started pulling on its arm even more intently. Almost immediately the hand started moving despite the spear, its flesh ripping and tearing with a terrible sound as it demonstrated its willingness to destroy its own hand to regain its freedom.

In the meantime sound generally passed more easily into the room with the Hunters now that there was a hole through the door, allowing those within to hear the hoarse man produce an exasperated sigh, accompanied by two strong, clear chimes of the bell they had heard when he had first approached. The sound seemed to strike terror into the Messengers left in the room more intensely than anything else, and in an instant all the Messengers had vanished.
Ding-ding...
Oh, okay, nice. Lucky timing, too, I guess; I was actually just about to open my text editor to start typing up a post puppeteering Joseph into impaling the hand. I'll probably drop a short post later today.
So... does Joseph pin down the arm, or will Arcturus or Ishin beat him to it? (Spears are really popular with these guys, with good reason.)
New bit for the collab. Contrary to how it might seem, the inclusion of Victor just now wasn't reactionary; I had actually planned it for a while. Still, there it is.
Though the bestial creature on the other side of the door had clearly anticipated being attacked, swiftly stretching its fingers grasping blindly with its murderous claws for Marcus' arms, it seemed completely taken aback by the nature of the attack. Upon being pulled, the arm was drawn through the hole and toward the floor with surprisingly little resistance, accompanied by the sound of something heavy stumbling and falling into the door.
Hmm?
This maneuver being a well-practiced and surprisingly quick one, he could afford to perform it with just the one arm, as the other struck out in an attempt to grasp the beast’s bicep, due to their now very close proximity.

I presume this is what you're referring to... which seems fairly inconsequential compared to everything else? I mean, I'll edit what I wrote to acknowledge that Raine did this, but it doesn't change anything. Raine holding the creature's biceps would at most prevent it from moving its forearm, but wouldn't affect its ability to move its arm past the elbow.
Regardless, a small alteration has been made to the paragraph.
That's quite all right, Habibi. Better late than never and such similar sentiments, but actually it hasn't been too long since we heard from you, even if I was somewhat bothered by not getting a yes or no on my question before. In any event I'm sorry that you've been in a bad place and I'm pleased to hear that you have taken measures to get better.

EDIT: Also added a paragraph to the collab.
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