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He only knew that the mist was to blame for this collective descent into mindless violence, but he had no more information than anyone else about anything further, despite what Sharra might have hoped or suspected. West could feel its influence too, but it wasn't much different than being in the presence of angry humans. He had thought Halloween anger the strongest there was for such a long time that learning otherwise had initially been a shock. Now, well, it still was. But that didn't mean he was ready to act on the effect of this strange room, at least not until he'd watched Yaya do so first.

"This's your business," he said, his grip on the ghoul loosening slightly. "I jus' wanted t'make sure she was okay, an' she seems jus' fine." He kissed Yaya on the crown of her head, one arm dropping from its circle completely. "Yer fine, right?"

She had sought to protect AJ, so the fact he ended up defending her made her head spin. As she knelt down beside him, the wrath that threatened to take over hissed menacing'u in her head--it was the fire boil's fault, he was the one who did this to AJ--but she bit down on the bottom lip in response. The pain was enough to momentarily silence the voice, though the baku shuddered a little at the metallic flavour that touched her tongue; she had bit too hard.

Shut up, don't be stupid, she snapped back to herself in reply, No one is thinking clearly right now--I'm not thinking clearly right now. Get out of my head!

She resist this--she was sure that she could. Maybe she had fallen victim to the crown, but Xiu liked to think that she had grown stronger since then, more resilient. Unfortunately, it soon became clear that the damn thing was getting more persistent the longer she resisted--when she delivered a mental curse (courtesy of something she had heard Shun say in the past) to the voice, she felt a strong shock of pain seize her body in return. Gasping loudly, the ghoul clutched at her chest and bent over.

No. No no no--

Determined not to harm Andrew as the other feelings urged her to do, the ghoul attempted to continue on. Sheensured that AJ was alright and gave the head on his tail a gentle pat before rising to her feet.

Xiu was scared to speak when her body and mind were at war with one another, but she managed to shake her head at Andrew at his question. Rather than answer verbally, she held her arms out in front of herself, palms held outwards and a tiny smile twitching on her lips. She opened her mouth to speak, cringed and shut it, and then opened it once more after a moment had passed.

Of course you're afraid of him.

Look what he did to AJ.

You should just attack him now before he attacks you.

"No," Xiu said firmly, though it was unclear whether she was addressing Andrew or herself. She felt something akin to a sharp stab to her stomach in response, very nearly folding over the pain. Xiu struggled to take a deep breath before continuing, her speech littered with pauses. "And Andrew, even if you burnt me....I'd still forgive you. I won't...be afraid."

The smile grew a little, only to disappear when an unfamiliar ghoul suddenly lunged out to attack the fire demon. It was funny how quickly the anger that was trying to overtake her switched sides; the voices immediately hounded her to attack this new ghoul for hurting the very boil who had been her wrath's previous target.

The red was close to blinding her, but for the time being, Xiu positioned herself in front of Andrew, her tail lashing in agitation behind her.

"How dare you," she hissed. "Control your flame, reckless boil." She tried to duck out of the way, but it caught her, hot hands. Creaking loudly in alarm, she tried to lash out, but her attack went wide. She darted back, watching Andrew warily.

"I am in control!" his touched her again letting his flames burn all that it reached. Her pretty foliage would be gone soon if he had anything to say about it. "I'm always in control. I only burn what I want too." she was saying what everyone always seemed to say. stay in control of your fire. Well, this was control too. She would turn into charcoal soon.

out of the corner of his eye he saw a blade fly at Xiu. He had spotted his next target, once he took care of this one.

Sludge has seen the ghoul approach him from the corner of his eye, and even if she hadn't been successful in her attack, he could tell she was trying to hurt him. The feelings of rage and anger were growing, making it harder to concentrate on anything else, and he shook his head as the need to fight overwhelmed him.

He spun around, teeth bared and hissing angrily before he lunged. While she hadn't been unable to hit him, he was more fortunate.

She shook her head when Andrew told her not to protect him, and had been on the verge of answering him aloud when the ghoul from before attempted to attack him again. What little willpower she had been hanging onto snapped, and she found herself closing the distance between herself and the student, throwing her fist straight into her stomach.

The feelings that were consuming her roared in triumph, but it lasted for all of a few seconds before she was seized by incredible pain. Slowly, she glanced down at the dagger--a very familiar one--that had lodged itself in her chest. Lifting a trembling hand, she seized it by the hilt and pulled it out with a gasp, fingers immediately loosening from around the weapon. She clutched at her chest instead, legs shaking beneath her. With her FEAR shield in place, she knew that the injury was not lethal or enough to make her dissipate--it'd heal in due time--but...

Kill him, her mind urged, coiling around her and constricting her other thoughts, What kind of "family" hurts you? Look, he's going to do it again.

It's aniki, she argued back, weakly glancing up and trying to focus her eyes on the reaper, Be quiet...I'm not going to--!

Like before, she felt her resistance being met by a strong physical reaction, dropping down on one knee as her head began to spin.

All seemed to be going well, especially when the large red haired boil came over. Unfortunately... This respite, only lasted meer seconds...

Chaos continued to fill the room, while tensions continued to build and build until... It all literally erupted! The red beam bursts sending those around it flying! "Eep!" she squeaks and whirls around to face the ominous red light! Unfortunately, because of this, she got a face full of the red mist! "A-ack! W-wha?!" she yelps and coughs! She tries to cover her mouth, but it was for naught! A deep voice of power followed the mist but she couldn't quite make out what it said, and soon after the first breath... she feels it...

Something began to boil inside her... like a building fire, growing higher and higher... The Dormouse ghoul's stomach begins to twist uncomfortably as the feeling grows at a alarming pace... "W-whats going on!" she exclaims worriedly! Soon the sounds of battle erupt around her! It was like the Knight Dream all over again! But worse...

Finally, the feeling had grown strong enough for her to identify it... It was rage... And the moment she recognized it for what it was, the moment it surged forth to try and overwhelm her! Like a toxic wave of acid, a rage the likes she'd never felt before surges through her! Camilla wasn't a creature prone to anger much less rage! The only time she'd ever felt even remotely close to this was in the Knight Dream! And that hadn't really been her!

The overwhelming emotion was, quite frankly, foreign to the Dormouse ghoul, and as such she had no idea how to deal with it! She felt sick... completely and totally sick! Her stomach roiled and her head pounded as her chest ached! "W-whats happening..." she mumbles feebly... Soon she had her arms wrapped tightly around her... She could feel it... The rage the anger the wrath all trying to consume her, trying to destroy all logical thought! She tried to contain it, tried to resist it...

Wrapping her arms tighter around herself, Camilla's tail wrapped around one of her legs as she begins to sort of curl in on herself... She could hear the toxic cry for bloodshed inside her, hear the chaos around her, but she tried desperately to block it out, to push it away! She didn't see AJ fall or Andrew's judgemental stare, no, she was focusing so hard on just trying to hold onto her senses that most of the battles around her went unheeded.

That, was until the bomb went off! "Eek!" she squeeks as she's peppered with hot metal shards across her back! The pain... It didn't help! She felt the rage inside her build with each painful sting! But she couldn't give up! She had to keep fighting it! Thats what she told herself, but it was a losing battle... With no way to release the rage, it continued to gather more and more pressure!

Soon however, she was briefly brought back to her senses as a stream of water blasts past her! "Eep!" she squeaks before stagger sideways! The tanned ghoul who was already enraged attacked the boil with spikes! That left the injured Fey unprotected! It was this thought that finally gave Camilla a positive outlit! "Hey! Don't hurt him!" she yells before dashing infront of the Ginger haired fey with arms spread! It was working! Her desire to protect was overriding the rage! Unfortunately... It didn't last long...

Suddenly, the beam of light pulses! Soon the flow of rage into the Dormouse ghoul increases dramatically and causes her to crumple inwards with pain! "G-gah! Nnhg!" she moans as the rage floods through her! Once again, she had herself wrapped in her arms as she tries desperately to contain the while rage which, now was wracking not only her heart and mind, but now her body too!

Soon, she was reduced to being a meer meat shield, acting only like a living wall between the enraged ghoul and the fey.