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Black ears twitched along with a sensitive nose and Kuro raised an eyebrow. Someone had followed him. The disgusting stench of venom and treachery practically flooded the air, uncanny slithering with the added silence of padded paws only made his hackles rise further. A low growl threatened to rise from his throat, but he swallowed it down to step into the slightly dusty bedroom. It looked freshly made, not a single crumple out of place. On the nightstand was a picture and Kuro gingerly picked it up, regarding the immortalized family pressed into the film with mixed feelings. It only reminded him of who was waiting for him back in the other realm. Replacing the precious memento, Kuro flexed his fingers, stretching out his wrist in preparation for a fight. "What business do you have with me?" He snarled, turning around to face Cheshire. While his body language wasn't confrontational, he certainly was wary and regarded the Tatzelwurm with a fair bit of suspicion.

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"Business?" Cheshire questions. "Who is to say that I have business with you? Maybe you have business with me?" Cheshire raises herself up to her full height in the hopes of discouraging Kuro from attacking her. "Tut tut, still searching for the humans? They don't wish to be found" Cheshire says ominously, her green eyes gazing at the picture in Kuro's hands. "It's a waste of effort, trust me, I've tried." Cheshire attempts to give Kuro a sweet smile, which is bound to look much more predatory than kind. "I would give up"

Rajek bounded towards a corner in the road. He'd successfully covered the rest of the nearby area in record time, and was now about to complete the final corner before awaiting the return of the others where they had first been thrown. However, his excitement got the better of him. Planting an arm in the ground a moment too soon, he pivoted on it and lunged forwards again, his shoulder annihilating a large area of the building, especially closest to the impact point, where an entire large chunk of the building flew out. The Wendigo spun out of control, skidding across the pavement and tumbling into yet another building. Groaning, he righted himself halfway, blinking the daze from his eyes. Looking at the building, he bit his tongue: what glass remained had been shattered all the way up and most of the way around the building, and now rained down in viscously sharp torrents. The chunk that had broke away from the structure had impacted another building, and buried itself deep within the base of it. Flexing his arms, he stood himself up on his hind legs, and evaluated the damage. The building was no longer structurally sound, and what's worse, he heard a pair of voices from inside. Cursing to and at himself, he strode cautiously up to the building, preparing to call out to those inside, if they had not already guessed at what had happened.

Artrix growled and snapped when he heard the loud noise, but realized it was coming from another building. He made his way over to a shattered window and noticed that other Wendigo rushing in...he was unaware of his name but remembered that he had asked him about his preference in whether or not he would want to go alone. Tch. He would always go alone. He wondered, though, why he was rushing into that building.

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"Nice try, but you were the one following me, snake." He huffed, seemingly unimpressed by Cheshire's attempts to dissuade him from attacking. There were alternate routes of escape that he could muscle through but that smile that stretched across the other's maw was unsettling at best. "I don't care if humans want to be found or not, I'll drag the kicking and screaming out into the open so I can go home. Unlike you, I actually have a goal in mind, so if you'll excuse me I have some hairless monkeys to find." Striding forward, he was about to push past Cheshire's thick coils when the building shook, knocking the half breed over as he stumbled. The small tremor didn't last for long, but it did leave Kuro's ears ring as he covered his ears with a grimace

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Cheshire wasn't doing much better, she hisses out in pain, the sound both painful and startling. She had almost instinctively struck the first thing she saw, which happened to be the nightstand. That would have been rather embarrassing. She hoists herself upright with shaky arms and gives Kuro a hard stare. "Would it interest you if I knew of their location?" Cheshire asks. This was a lie of course, but Kuro had revealed that he was eager to get home. Cheshire just had to hope that he was desperate enough to believe her.
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Winda turns towards the sound. Was this an attack? Who would be foolish enough to attack a Wendigo? She considers ignoring it. If this was an attack, then surly the whoever was being attacked could protect themself. But she wasn't certain who or what lurked in this world. It could be something new and dangerous, and from the sound of it, that was very likely. So she races towards the sound, just in case they needed back-up.

Rajek hoisted himself into the gaping hole in the building, partially steadying it with his body. However, the building was very heavy, hence the strain in his voice: "Get out of the building! NOW!" He gritted his teeth and pushed up on the structure, every muscle in his body straining to hold the heavy construction up. Through slitted eyes he could see a staircase, a few edges of rooms, and no bodies or carnage. The last one, he was thankful for, however he was not quite as happy about the first two: if he could not see anything here, they were probably farther up, which was not great for his situation. If it took them too long to com down, he'd likely be crushed and have to take precious time to build his shattered body.

Artrix also heard a yell, which startled him. What was going on? He decided to go down and investigate. Nimbly, he picked his way down, and scuttled outside and into the entrance of the building. Since Artrix hardly ever yelled, his voice was even odder than usual. Usually, it was a hoarse growl with a bit of vibrato, but yelling made the noise go from hoarse to raspy and the vibrato hummed louder behind his words. if his normal voice would make human ears bleed, this one would shatter their skulls. "What is going on?" he yelled from the doorway.

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From their vantage point, Revé could see the chaos unfold. bunching their legs, they leapt across the roofs, claws catching against stray footholds as they danced towards the wreckage. The slippery stone had them skidding across rooftops quite a bit yet their clawed talons held true and caught them before they could slip too far. If anything it cut down some of their travel time and before they knew it, they were hanging off the roof behind the crumbling building. A quick glance around told them all they needed to as they dropped down onto the ground.

"the hell?!" Kuro hissed, the more canine ears resting atop his head flicking rapidly as the incessant ringing blared above everything else. He only caught a brief yell that they should get out and something about humans, but his sense of balance was disorientated. "Save it for later, first we need to get out. Nothing's gonna happen if we die here." Normally, now would be when he barrels through the walls to escape into the concrete jungle, but with the still shuddering building and his lurching vision, that wouldn't be very effective. Instead, he determinedly made for the door, eyes narrowed to focus on walking without tripping over his paws

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Cheshire bounds after him, running for dear life. The realization that the building was about to fall gave her the strength she needed to race out. The moment she steps outside she feels the little fur she has prickle slightly. The Wendigos were here. They would certainly complicate things. She hides a withering look by shutting her eyes and bowing her head.
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"Rajek what is the meaning of this?" Winda asks. She sits down next to him and places her free four hands onto the building to help him hold it up. "What did you do now?" she grumbles. Even with Rajek's help, she was having trouble keep the building upright, but at least her help would-. Well, she wasn't certain on why Rajek was holding this up. But she could sense frustration and a hurried sense, so she assumed people were in here. Her help would buy time for whoever happened to be lurking in there.

Rajek watched a pair of creatures leap past them, then grunted out a semi-command: "Stop holding up the building and run. It will take a few seconds to fall. In that time we can escape the fall path and not waste precious time." He shifted his feet slightly, as if he were preparing to catapult himself away from the building. And, as it seemed, he was planning to do so.

"Up we go, now then let us make haste." Revé chimed, picking a stumbling Kuro up by his scruff like a disgruntled cat. Whist they didn't take the lead, their glowing eyes did rove around behind ivory bone, keeping a tab on all the other members. If anyone fell behind, they would help pick up the slack

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Cheshire was already clear of the fall path, so she remains where she is. She slowly curls her tail against her body, as if trying to make herself small and unnoticeable. She hated the Wendigos they were too smart, too strong, too dangerous. She didn't intend to get this close to them- well, at all. She has one eye open and she watches the Wendigos with a curious look. Would they make it? It really wouldn't affect her either way, but she was still interested. She was hoping one would get crushed, but she didn't think she would get that lucky.
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Winda nods. She releases the building and takes off running. She races sharply to the left of the building before stopping just as quickly. The sudden stop almost makes her topple over. She watches Rajek with a fearful look, suddenly feeling worried for him. An unnatural feeling to this cold-blooded beast.

Rajek cast his gaze behind him, making sure that there were no creatures behind him that could be crushed. Once satisfied, he turned back towards the building, his bones giving a sickening series of pops as his joints started to reverse. It took a mere five seconds for his body to have reversed completely, leaving him prone to leaping from the building. He took a breath, then froze as the sound of something splintering drew his attention. A piece of furniture had just broken above one of has talons, and only then made him notice that one arm was nearly up to the elbow in the ceiling and floor of a room. Gritting his teeth, he willed the arm to sever itself from his body, then launched from the building. His command had worked; the arm severed bone, muscle, and cartilage, but came away from the rest of his body with the sound of tearing paper. Landing on the ground below, he quickly drew himself out of the path of the building. His eyes kept pinned on where the arm of his was, as he would need to pull it from the rubble to repair himself. He cursed slightly, under his breath, and watched the building teeter slowly over, until it started to speed up it's fall.