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Matias ran for the door the moment the opportunity came. He nearly tripped on what appeared to be a corpse and saw several others along with Midnight, thankfully living.

"We can't chat right now," he panted, "we have to go. Now."

Midnight likely didn't have a chance to respond before Matias put his hands on her, attempting to pull her along.

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It was difficult to see through the crowd, but Matias caught a glimpse of the puritans and the shadows holding them off. It looked like there were only seconds left before it would get truly ugly.

"Well? Don't just stand there."

And with that, he leaped towards a random puritan, setting aside the consequences in favor of violence.

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The continuous blasts were so thunderous and the screaming so ear-splitting that Matias could hardly understand a word that anyone was even saying. Nodding to feign understanding, he pushed a few people along to the exit to hasten their dash to safety. His breathing peaked, his brain going haywire with the onslaught of noise and noise and more and more noise. He darted upstairs nonetheless, following behind the others. He only prayed that this would be quick; he hardly expected it to be easy.

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None of the blasts hit him by any means, but Matias was still sent stumbling back. Supporting himself with the back of the van, he looked towards Bane, his eyes widened and furious.

"Are you crazy?!" he barked, "I'm not going in there! I value my damn life!"

From above, there was a loud crash. A silhouette leaped from a broken window and was propelled forwards, a blue streak following their departure. Matias needed nothing more than the wings to put two and two together before the figure disappeared into the distance.

"Puto... Alright, fine, but only because the boss is in there."

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Matias thought he had set something off with his crass exit. His heart jumped to his throat at the sound. He tried to look around for threats, clues, allies, but there was nothing but his own group, himself, and the screaming building.

"The hell do we do now?!" he hissed, "Someone's gonna see us!"

He reached for his gun, swearing under his breath when he felt nothing but his holster. He grumbled some more as he crawled back into the van's crevice to retrieve a replacement. When he emerged, his eyes widened as they detected movement from what seemed like the upper floors.

"They're coming down... Whoever the hell they are."

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Matias blinked when Bane uttered "thousand". Were they reading the same report? Matias was starting to doubt himself.

"Well, what does it matter that she's a part of this 'Party' anyway? That's cool, I guess. Well..."

He looked towards the door.

"I suppose the puritans would want to know about that. Pieces of shit, always getting in everyone's business..."

His hand reached for the door lock and unhinged it, then his foot joined in by kicking the door open. It wasn't violent, but it was certainly audible.

"Alright. Lead the way."

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"That..."

Matias shook his head.

"That doesn't even make sense. It could just be old because the person's old. Aren't you guys hundreds of years old or something? I doubt any of you were part of this 'Third Party' crap, whatever it means. I think you're looking way too deep into this."

He raised a finger.

"The boss didn't even want us knowing who she was. She just really values her privacy."

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hey sorry for my delayed replies, it might continue for the next few days cuz in dealing w a huge wave of seasonal depression rn n it's kinda drained my writing juices. that plus the holiday craze at work is kinda doing me in. I'm hoping this won't last for too long but again I'm sorry

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Matias silently listened in on the impromptu history lesson. He felt like he was listening to some amateur writer explain their synopsis for their next novel– not that the events that transpired these past few days didn't feel like he was living said synopsis. At the end of Dante's lesson, he shuffled in place and raised an eyebrow.

"Okay? And this is relevant why?"

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"The Third Party...?"

Matias raised an eyebrow and appeared to grimace. One eye closed as he seemed to be thinking of an answer to give. A few "uhh"s later, he shook his head.

"I don't know anything. Haven't even heard about it."