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Event Nine.

Thus, on Life’s gloomy sea,
Heareth the marinere
Voices sweet, from far and near,
Ever singing in his ear,
“Here is rest and peace for thee!”

t's a dark night, and the sounds of feet in the darkness are further dampened and hidden by even more magic, as they are lured away by the soft sounds of dreams that are too good to be true, leaving the Town much, much emptier than when it began.

On one side, an island, and a ticking clock to a gruesome death.

On the other, the slow realization that those bonds everyone has been forging might mean much, much more than they first thought.

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[ The good news is that Maya isn't suffering from being away from her friends so long in the way that poor Guren is.

The bad news is that Maya is suffering from malnutrition and fending off Sirens, so she's not swooping to the rescue as gloriously as she could be. Honestly, it takes quite a bit of effort to draw on Artemis and encase the Siren in a solid block of ice before it can spear Guren in the side.

And then she's just kind of sinking to her knees. So, hi. ]

[The near-hit is enough to wake him up a little bit more, forcing awareness into him even when exhaustion threatens to make him crumble. He swings his sword wider, borrowing more strength from his demon as curse marks creep along the sides of his face. He swipes, taking care of the three he'd been occupied with, and then stabs into the block of ice, watching it shatter.

It's only when they get this brief free moment that he rushes over to Maya, crouching beside her.]

Maya. [Thank goodness she's alive, though he's not sure he could say she's alright.]

Let's get you to a raft. Can you stand?

Yeah, just-- give me a minute. Using Artemis has been taking a lot out of me ever since we got dragged here.

[ So she'll flap a hand, but she's still able to smile, so that's probably something. ]

Are you okay, Guren?

I'm not the one who was kidnapped.

[That's his answer, waiting and watching their surroundings, in case any sirens want to take advantage of them as sitting ducks. If Maya doesn't feel well enough to stand soon, he'll just have to help her.

He's injured and bruised himself, but it's exhaustion that's got him the most beat. Still, he refuses to let any of that show, right now, staring seriously around them.]

You don't have to use it again, so just focus on recovering.

Right, got it...

[ Maya's only taking an additional moment, though, before she's pushing herself to her feet with a slight grimace. ]

Thanks for managing to make it out here.

We weren't going to leave family behind.

[That's his lame answer, and he watches her stand, hover-handing just in case she might need extra support before he looks at their surroundings again. More sirens, every direction, and he draws his blade again, scowling.]

We're heading back towards the water over there, so just keep moving, and I'll cover you along the way. Got it?

"Family", huh...

[ Well, she won't protest that. It gives her smile a slight, lopsided tilt but it vanishes as she narrows her eyes and settles back into the situation. ]

Got it. Let me know if you need healing-- I can probably manage one more.

[ But for now, she'll gather up the rest of her strength and book it for the water. ]

No, don't waste it on me. I can heal on my own, and these wounds aren't taking longer like the ones in the forest.

[He's quick to say that, moving to follow her. Hungry sirens that don't want either of them to leave try to stop them, but Guren takes care of them with his blade. As tired as he is, they're one at a time now, and he can handle it, at least so far. Keep going, Maya!!]

[ She's going to try to keep an eye on him anyway-- but.

Well, she's still going, until one of the Sirens wises up and instead of attacking Guren, it pauses and opens his mouth to sing.

And Maya abruptly stops in her tracks. ]

Maya!

[Shit. Even for Guren, the siren's song is difficult to block out, but he can still push past it. The ones who were stuck here because of it in the first place? It's no wonder they're less resistant.

He pushes back the one he was fighting off, stabbing through its throat and turning to locate the one singing.]

Snap out of it! [But it's fine if she doesn't, since he's running towards the singing one.]

[ Sadly, she can't heed Guren's advice, or even respond to it. She'd maybe fought it at first, tried to reason with herself that it couldn't have been her father's voice she'd heard--

But now? Maya couldn't fight it even if she wanted to. Sorry, Guren, at least the singing one will be too busy getting her to turn towards it to really be ready for a fight. ]

[Guren's yelling as he charges, drawing his sword down in a powerful sweep that leaves black energy trailing behind it. The Siren is sliced in half, even if it leaves Guren panting, and he turns quickly back to Maya.]

Hey, are you with me? Keep moving!

[ Abruptly returning to awareness remains a strange feeling, and Maya staggers, perplexed-- but then, very quickly understanding what just happened, she breaks into a sprint.

Might as well get to the water before any of the others get the same idea. ]

[Thankfully, things go a lot better this time. Any time one of the closer, alerted sirens opens its mouth, Guren throws some sort of paper spell tag at them and mutters under his breath, allowing it to ignite.

Those closer than that eat his sword, and there aren't too many this close to the boats, thanks to everyone helping out.

The craggy beach makes it a little difficult to navigate, though. He hops up onto one of the taller rocks, reaching for Maya's hand and glancing towards the water.]

Here, board that one there, it's just about ready to go!

[ This is very ambitious rock-scrambling but Maya's normally athletic and energetic.

Today, she is not that energetic, but she seems to be doing her best, grasping Guren's hand when he reaches for her and vowing that if she gets brainwashed to meander into the water again that she'll at least remember her boots. ]

If you come back covered in blood, I'm absolutely going to have words for you!

[ Just. Saying. ]

[He laughs at that, helping swing her over the rocks to land on a raft. It wiggles the whole thing a bit, probably, but everyone's fine.]

I'll be sure to jump in the water first, then.

[He's technically already covered in the blood of sirens and a little bit of his own, but it's fine! His uniform is black, you can't tell. His face is mostly just dirty.]

Go on, I'll meet you back there!

You'd better!

[ Guren, you are far too shounen.

But Maya doesn't protest, settling herself on the raft. She'll check on him later. ]

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