The CORONET Team

The spider looked about seeing that the group needed aid but he was unsure about where to start.When Toxi saw the Cacturne save the Flaffy, he leaped into action as well.Toxi used the only move in his aresnal that would even effect these undead rocks; Bug Bite. Leaping onto one he crushed it wth the attack turning it to dust.

Toxi lept from Geodude to Geodude crushing some and eating a few."GggGGGuuUUyYYYySsss"He said loudly.Toxi hung n but the geodude he had attacked used rollout slaming Toxi into the cliff face repeatedly.Eventually Toxi couldn't take the Attack anymore and passed out his guts and other various things flying as the geodude slamed him into the cliff face.

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From his spot on the ground, the injured Arcanine watched as Osmund charged at the Graveler, shouting, "I'M ABOUT TO GET WILY ON YOUR ASS!!" Despite the severity of the situation, Xerxes couldn't help but chuckle at the sight. This Cacturne, the same one that was passed out for quite some time, had just went Bruce Lee all over that infected. He gathered that Osmund was just some silly, weak coward, but he was obviously wrong. It seemed that if he wanted to, Ozzie could kick his ass...well, maybe... All the while the sharp stinging in Xerxes’ side was beginning to worsen, worrying him deeply.

"Everyone, quick into the cave! There's too many of them! It's now or never!" Xerxes shook off the haze that had began to cloud his vision. As he shifted his position in his weak attempts to rise, the fluffy pokemon winced in pain. 'There is no way I can walk to that damned cave...Shit!' Looking around for anymore infected, Xerxes began to slink his way to the cave. As he crawled his way to the others, Xerxes began to notice the large gaping hole in his middle...’You have got to be kidding me! Dammit that tree musta smacked me right when I hit it...What am I going to do?’ Reaching out Xerxes mustered a shaky, ”H-Help! Please!” before he succumbed to the dark spots dancing around his already fuzzy vision. As he swam in the darkness Xerxes only thought of one thing....’This cannot end here...I still have a promise to keep...’

Aria raced back when she heard a familiar shout "I'M ABOUT TO GET WILLY ON YOUR ASS!" when she arrived back everything seemed to be in chaos, the Cacturne that had made her feel weird earlier was now trying his best to defend the other two seemingly defenseless pokemon.Aria felt unsure looking about not knowing what to do until she heard a faint plea for help from the Arcanine.

Aria snapped out of her thoughts rushed over her new form and attack giving her more confidence.Using her Leaf Tornado she attacked and defended creating a wall of leaves between herself, Xerxes and the Infected."Get him into the cave Bells, NOW!"Aria shouted her leaves and vines could protect them but there were way to many infected swarming and she was just about to give up.

Osmund was going to help BT, but then he heard the Flaafy shouting about getting to the cave before it's to late, then to top that off the Arcanine, the frikken giant legendary dog-lion falls unconcious after asking for help, then the Snivy from earlier apparently had a growth spurt and starts creating a leaf tornado to slice up the hordes of infected. "This is getting out of hand" Osmund said to himself as he Scooped BT up and rushed toward the Arcanine, "You get over here too Nubby!" He said as he grabbed the Servine with his other arm and tossed the two small Pokemon toward the cave, before rushing back to help the Flaaffy lug Xerxes toward the cave mouth.

"God damn! What the hell do you eat!?" Osmund said as he began to tug at the Arcanine's large paws, struggling to pull him too the cave mouth Osmund started firing Pin Missiles at the infected with his left arm as he tried to help the Flaffy pull the big firey fluff ball into the cave with his right. " Okay I take that back, Nubs!, Small fry!... we could really use some help" Osmund shouted, it felt awkward asking them for help..... especially after he had just tossed them at the cave.

Toxishock looked about hearing shouts and hollers from the living pokemon as they were attacked.He watched as the cactus tossed the banana and the shiny one into the cave before hollering for the banana to come back and help him.The small green pokemon looked frightened, too frightened to come back and help.Skittering around dodging various attacks from the infected he made his way towards the dog and the cactus.

"LlllLEeeeeEEettTT MmmmmMEeeeeE."Toxi said having a lot more strength than the cactus.Pushing him aside Toxi grabbed onto the beasts leg with his mandibles and draged it towards the cave.The looks on the other infected and the green banana were amusing to him as he aided this legendary like beast.

BT threw his body against another Geodude with a Tackle, determined to show these infected 'dudes that they were on his territory. Quite literally! He thought in his adrenaline as he hopped off of one of the rock types and slamming into another one close by. Thousands of millions of years ago, it was his large family that ruled Mount Coronet, the humongous Bastiodons protecting the entrance to Arceus' kingdom. Yet, it was that one fateful day that he drowned in a muddle of quick sand, never to ever open his eyes again until the Horrid Awakening would happen.

"Everyone, quick into the cave! There's too many of them! It's now or never!" While the Shieldon was wrapped up in his reverie, he had seen that Aria had evolved (wonderful!), Osmund had decided to go "wily on your ass", Xerxes had fainted in an odd fashion, while Bells (what a beautiful name...) had attempted to bring them all together. In the end, Benton had to race over to the shiny Flaffy, only to see that everyone needed a hand in something.

The Shield Pokemon was a little unsure of what to do, so the best thing he could think of at the moment was... well, to sing. "Dear Bells, get everyone in the cave as soon as possible!" With that, BT sprinted in the other direction, away from his teammates and newly found friends.

"Sing your heart out, rocks!" Benton inwardly winced as he began to sing impromptu, without a second to think about it. "It'll surely rock your socks! Don't fret, we all just met." Most of the Geodudes were glaring at him now, and while he would rather run in the other direction, Benton forced himself to continue, prancing away from the group. "Were it to be fate, I'm sure it would be late. But I couldn't help but notice your..."

Uh... BT drew a blank on the what rhymed with 'help'. Arceus, now would be a good time to answer my prayers! And with that plea, the Lord on High did answer his prayer- "... your shelf?" With that horrid rhyme, the Geodudes started pounding their away over to him, the ground shaking underneath him. Holding back a yelp, Benton did a half-circle around the cave entrance, keeping his eye on the rest of his group.

Quickly setting up another Rock Polish to draw ahead of the infected rocks chasing him, BT shouted over to the others. "Hurry up, hurry up!"

[Ooc: Skip me please, Bells is just struggling to carry Xerxes to the cave]

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Foot of Mt. Coronet | Evening
[11]

'Goddammit! Why the hell does this always happen to me when I try to help?' Xerxes thought. He obviously couldn't see anything, what with him being knocked out cold, but he could still think, maybe hear a little, but feel? Not a damn thing. He could only guess, though, what was going on in the world. With all the sounds and shouts out there, it was wonder he hadn't woken up yet.

As Xerxes attempted to get a feel of what was happening to himself, physically, the incapacitated Arcanine couldn't help but remember an old memory similar to this that involved a Torterra, a lanky, tough looking brunette, and a hoard of infected Beedrills.

"BASS! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" A woman barked out from across the clearing. Chuckling, Xerxes padded up towards the human. She went by the name of Jane Rizzoli and was the "trainer" of the Torterra walking around in a manner that could only be compared to a hyperactive child who had just been dropped off at a toy store. For the city dwelling Torterra, Bass was still not used to the surroundings of nature, despite the travels that he had been a part of for just about a year. The heavy pokemon just couldn't get enough of all the new surroundings, and knowing the luck that Jane and Bass just so happened to have, something bad would occur because of the Torterra's curiosity.

Sighing in both amusement and exasperation, Jane began to jog towards the pokemon who was busily poking his head through the shrubs, eating the pecha berries that had apparently been laying there. "Come on, Bass! Seriously, we gotta go. Infected maybe lurking around here and well, I don't want to turn into a zombie just yet." 'Good grief. How in the hell did these two get together ag-Wait what is that?!'

"BASS! JANE! BEEDRILLS!!" Xerxes alerted the duo. As the two looked up ahead they spotted the Beedrills, their stingers dripping with blood. This was enough to cause the trio to take off in the opposite direction. Along the way though, Xerxes had managed to fall and hurt himself, preventing them from moving any further. As a split second decision, though, Jane and Bass attempted to drag them all into a little ditch covered in vines and bushes and leaves to keep them from being seen. Luckily the Beedrills flew right past them, and headed deeper into the forest. With the infected pokemon gone, the three began to laugh at their bad luck. It seemed that with every wrong turn they made, Arceus would always be there to give them a chance to run for their money.

With the flashback over, Xerxes was left with a bittersweet feeling. 'Those were the days, if only my luck was like that now.'

Aria flinched a bit when Oz shouted, she knew he needed help but did not want to risk going back outside again.She was relived to see the large spider come help her friend however those fangs worried her.Watching in terror as the action proceeded and Toxishock pulled Xerxes to the cave.Aria was a nervous wreck shaking here, she had just evolved and she can't even get the guts up to help 'Pathetic.' she thought to herself.She to then had a flash back.

Aria looked up and saw what she knew as pokemon tower, her beloved friends laid to rest. Of course the town was swarming with infected and she had to make a quick escape.Aided by a group of ekans and some other small pokemon she made it safely to Viridian, before getting carried away by a large bird like pokemon.That pokemon dropped her here in Sinnoh, close to what used to be Hearthome.

Aria was worried now she was alone she decided to head towards the closest cave that turned out to be the one she was in now.

"screw it."Aria jumped out of the cave and grabbed the feet of the Arcanine with her vines and with a burst of strength managed to haul it half way through the dirt into the cave.

"LlllLEeeeeEEettTT MmmmmMEeeeeE." A big ass purple bug came out of nowhere and began to drag the Arcanine toward the cave with his mandibles, then the green Pokemon Aria he thinks it was, shot some vines forward and pulled the Arcanine toward the cave with a large jerk getting him about halfway there.
Osmund was busy shooting Pin missiles at the infected with his one free arm, he saw some rustling in the brush far off and knew that more where coming. "We need to get the hell in that cave!"
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Toxishock hissed a bit putting more effort into getting this dog into the cave, what a sad sight it was.He was fine helping until something in his head told him no more, time to feed.Toxishock thought about it and decided that the small banana with the nubs for arms would be the best meal, after all it trusted him most.

Toxishock dropped the Arcanine and started to head butt the animal towards the cave as Aria dragged it once it was safely inside Toxishock went back out and started to heard the other living into the cave.As hungry as he was Toxi knew he had to wait, like the patient spider he was they would fall into his trap."GGGGeeeeEeeeTTTtt IIinnnNNn SsssSssIIIiiiDddeeE."Toxi hissed at the other living pokemon hoping to scare them inside of the cave.

BT panted as the exhaustion of running in circles got to him- and the shouting of the horrid rhyme hadn't helped much either. Allowing himself one more Rock Polish, which enabled the Shieldon to pull entirely away from the pack of chasing Geodudes, he saw the large hulk of Xerxes slowly being dragged to the cave's opening. It's no use! Even from his vantage point Benton could see that more infected were making an entrance.

The Shield Pokemon made a brash decision in his head- he was going to help get that exceedingly huge (yet extremely fluffy) Arcanine to the cave. Setting up once again a Rock Polish, maximizing his speed, BT dashed down the slope and charged towards Xerxes. "Bam!" He offered the word as he rammed his shield-like head on the side of the fire type.

His heavyweight size, plus the speed he was racing towards the Arcanine, plus the anxiety of getting away from the undead, caused Xerxes to move and collide with the mountainside, a little away from the cave opening. The brunt of the attack left an indentation in the tiger-wolf combination's fur. That's gonna hurt later on, my friend. He apologized quickly before turning on his feet and looked at the surrounding undead Pokemon.

"This is..." BT wondered for a second if this even fit their situation, but didn't bother thinking when war was on the verge of happening. "Spartaaa!" With that, mayhem broke out. The Shieldon sped forward to the crowds of Geodudes and Gravelers, Machops and Machokes, and Zubats and Golbats.

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Still deep inside his thoughts, the Arcanine dreamt of all the memories he had experienced over the past few months- especially his misadventures with the ever so hapless duo of Bass Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli. Even so, he could still hear, in the background, the faint noises of battle and talk from back in the real world. Yet choosing to ignore all that stressful crap, Xerxes went on reliving all of the remembrances from those adventures.

“You’d think that managing to run from a pack of infected meant that Arceus wants us to live, but with all the shit we happen to get into, I’m starting to think that he wants us dead.” Walking along the dirt road that was supposed to lead to Pastoria City, the trio trudged along, slumped as their backpacks filled with necessities weighed them down, with dirt, leaves, and scratches littering their bodies and clothes. They had been traveling for 8 hours straight, without so much as a break. Having taken enough of all the walking, Xerxes stopped padding along and sat. This caused Jane and Bass to turn and watch. “What are you doing?” It was a simple question, one that was answered with a simple yawn and lowering of the head atop his scratched up paws. Following his example, Bass decided to lay down and retreat into his shell, leaving a confused Jane standing. Sighing, Jane, herself, sat down and thought it was about high time she cleaned herself up and her other two companions, too.

“Listen you guys, we’re just gonna take a short break alright? Oh, and, I’m gonna fix you two up.” Nodding at the human in front of him, Xerxes watched as she dug through her backpack for a few gauze wraps, potions, antibiotics, and a pair of scissors. Gathering up all the supplies, Jane crawled towards the two tired pokemon, spraying them both in potions and bandaging their wounds with the wrap. “...Don’t this remind you of all the times Maura made sure we got patched up after a fight, Bass? She sure did kick our asses with one hell of a lecture...” Xerxes remained speechless as he watched Jane’s eyes took on a hollow look, staring through the paw she had been working on. He also took notice that Bass was coming out of his shell, only to make his way next to Jane and nudge his head under her arm. It was then, that Jane came out of her reverie to flash a weak but sincere smile at the Torterra next to her. “Thanks, Bass, but you don’t have to worry about me. I’ll be fine. I promise. I may miss her, but I’m no—”

"OOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!!!" Being slammed, HARD, into the side of a damn mountainside is something he wouldn’t have wanted to experience, on any day of his life. ‘You’d think they’d have thought of a better way to wake me up! Can't they move me INTO THE CAVE?! NOT THE FUCKING MOUNTAIN!!' This was not the way he wanted to wake up! Especially after getting speared at his side and breaking 3 maybe 4 of his ribs, maybe even 6 after being thrown off onto the side of a DAMN SLAB OF ROCK!!.

Blinking away the tears forming in his eyes, Xerxes looked around, scanning just about everything around him, including the trail of blood that had been trailing off from his side. Just then, Xerxes was hit with a wave of nausea. Closing his eyes, Xerxes thought, 'Why...Why does this kind of shit always happen to me...' All the while, the wounded mass of fluff tried to find a spot in which he wouldn’t have to feel the burning agony of his hurting sides. Groaning, Xerxes wished that he was still unconscious. At least things back there weren’t as painful and complicated as the things that were going on here.

Aria blinked and sighed as her vines fell slack, away from Xerxes body.Glad to see the fluffy dog awake she ran over to him, seeing how injured he was upset her so she held out her oran berry."Here eat, it'll help, a bit."She said smiling.Aria hated it when others got hurt especially if she had to give up her food to help them.

Aria jumped when she saw the hordes of infected, mustering what little energy she had left she let out a large Leaf Tornado, not really to do damage but to blow the infected away.It was mostly successful sending all but a few of the infected packing.Aria took the opportunity to drag the cactus pokemon with her into the cave.

(OoC:writers block)

Toxi hissed and leaped at Aria pinning her to the ground.He was so hungry right now he didn't care what he ate he just wanted food.Toxi began to salivate acid, it dripped from his mandibles burning Aria's face a bit as it hit her face."FfffOOoooDDdd."Toxi hissed, he could see the fear in Aria's eyes but it did not bother him at all.

Aria's face was a contorted expression of fear and sadness.Helpless and unable to defend herself against Toxi's incoming Bug Bite attack.Toxi was proud yet sad to have found such a weak pokemon.His mandibles began to drip even more acid onto Aria and the ground around her as his mandibles neared her throat.

((OOC:Permission to, any of the other Coronet members to kill Toxishock))

Benton kicked a rather wimpy Machop away from his personal space, his face set in determination. I'll protect my friends! The Shieldon could recall clear as day as his sisters and brothers dropped like Ledybas from a mysterious illness, his will and willingness to help them futile as there was no cure. They all died soon after, with the exception of a few strong ones. Slamming into a Golbat, BT glanced back at his teammates to make sure they were holding up too.

Xerxes seemed to finally be awake, though the Arcanine had made no move to help fend off the attackers. Osmund seemed pretty adequate in his own fight, shooting the infected down with his Needle Arm this way and that. Though he couldn't see her, BT was fairly certain that the beautiful Bells was doing alright on her end. The Shield Pokemon glanced for the last member of the group, only to see her under the Toxishock's killer mandibles...

"Aria!" He felt his shout reverberate through his throat, the desperation and shock evident. She couldn't die... the Servine... she still had a lot to live for... Come on, Aria... BT pleaded in his mind as he shot towards her direction, but he knew that by the time he reached her, it would probably be too late.

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Foot of Mt. Coronet|Late Evening
[13]

'Sonovabitch! That Graveler really did a number on me!' Xerxes winced as he rolled on his back, attempting to appease the pain on his sides when-

"Huh?" Waved in front of him was an oran berry held out by none other than the once small snivy. "Here eat, it'll help, a bit." He watched her let out a small smile. Xerxes was very much thankful for the help and silently ate the berry as he mumbled a soft, 'thank you,' to the kind Servine. He watched as she let out a Leaf Tornado at the infected who decided to come at them, running to the occupied Osmund, dragging him into the cave. 'Guess it's high time I start fighting.' The wounded Arcanine rose, though on unsteady legs, and let out a loud roar. Out of the corner of his eye, Xerxes watched the infected Galvantula from earlier, tackle Aria and hovering his menacing fangs at her.

"Aria!" He knew at that moment that without someone's intervention, the courageous Servine, would die. Running at the two as fast as he could, Xerxes ripped out a rage filled Fire Blast directed at Toxishock, who was now covered in flames. Wincing slightly as he ran, Xerxes used Take Down on the blazing Galvantula, sending the two rolling into the cave, with the pissed Arcanine on top. Swiping and clawing at the flailing infected below, Xerxes didn't stop,until he ripped its brain right out and slammed it into the wall, it's blood spilling onto his paws, coating them in the glistening hue of red rubies.

With his paws and coat a bloody, scorching mess, the fluffy mass scowled. Below him lay the rotting corpse of the Galvantula who'd tried to attack little Ari. Bits of muscle and tissue, still stuck in the crevasses of his claws. The rotten smell of decaying pokemon permeating the air with its foul odor. Immersed in his thoughts, Xer nearly missed the loud rumbling of rocks from outside and a familiar voice screeching "EVERYONE RUN!" Oh no...

"BELLS!"

Aria looked up shocked, she didn't know that anyone cared about her enough to save her life.It surprised her and she was having trouble breathing now due to the pressure she felt in her chest.The acid still stung her face and Aria was bleeding a bit now."T-thanks..."She whispered.

Unable to stay awake between exhaustion and the wounds from the acid the small snake pokemon passed out.Her breath was shallow and her face seemed paler than usual.Aria's expression looked pained as if she was broken inside.

Great. Just great. Jared had no idea where he was, or how he had gotten here, but he knew the Infected were here too. The Houndoom had never been lucky, but this had somehow crossed some sort of line. Jared continued his way throughout the paths of the gigantic mountain, careful to keep an eye out for any Infected, or places where footholds were nonexistent. Suddenly there was a huge rumbling and the ground trembled, nearly knocking Jared off his feet. It seemed to be coming from a cave not to far from where he was, and the Houndoom raced forward as he heard shouting. There might be other living in that cave.....and living there was as Jared came into the cave, though it was an extremely strange group. Some green snake, an Arcanine covered in blood and tissue, a white Cacturne, and a little dinosaur. But Jared recalled, for a fleeting second, seeing a crushed body under some rocks...was it Infected, or had they known that dead one? Seeing as the Arcanine shouted out a name, 'Bells,' which had to be the dead Pokemon or one of the others, Jared didn't see how it was Infected, but there were more pressing matters at the moment. Large rocks were falling, and Jared barely managed to avoid one about to crush his spine. Though Jared knew he was a complete stranger, he hastily went over to the group. That snake seemed to not be in good health, which was not good.
"The one you're calling out for, Bells, I think she was crushed by the rocks," Jared said hastily to the Arcanine, "She's gone, and we better get out of here."

(Short and pretty bad post....writers block :/)

No... BT stopped beside Aria, staring at the fallen rocks. Though rocks continued to fall, the Shieldon stared at one in particular, one that had pink fur and red liquid coming from below its bottom. It can't be! Oh, but it was. Benton shook his head, barely believing that the pretty Flaffy had just... died in front of him. Died when he could have done something.

I'll remember you, Bells. Oh, he only knew her name for so little time, yet here she was, dead. Staring at the unconscious Aria, BT sighed before placing her on his back. He had to go on. If there was one thing that he learned since long before, it was that death should never be put in vain- they had to take this chance that Bells gave them and escape. Many of the wild or infected Pokemon were placed in confusion from the Rock Slide, and with that, they had an opportunity to run away.

An unknown Houndoom was speaking to Xerxes urgently as BT padded up to them quickly. The Shieldon only nodded in agreement with his words. "We need to get away. For Bells!" Calling over Osmund, BT looked at their strange and odd group of misfits- an Arcanine, his side bleeding profusely. A Cacturne, wearing a pretty snazzy tie. A fainted Servine, her eye scratched from battle. A Houndoom, yet to be named. Benton looked around for the shiny Galvantula, but seeing that it had disappeared, he figured that it had went on its own way. Probably fled from the fight.

"Mister Houndoom, almighty Xerxes. Those infected are going to come through the entrance any time now. Think you can close it off?" BT shifted Aria to make sure that she wouldn't fall off. If anything, the Shieldon needed to calm down the Arcanine, and take care of Aria. As for the Houndoom, BT couldn't help but remember the folktales of the Hell Hound threatening to destroy cities and engulf children. I'm sure they were only stories...

"EVERYONE RUN!" Screamed the Flaffy before being crushed by boulders from a sudden rock-slide, then that damn spider jumped on Aria before being mauled by Xerxes. "I can't take this, everything is going to fast" Osmund mumbled to himself, before turning to the Arcanine to see a mysterious Houndoom talking to him "we better get out of here" was all Osmund could hear, and he couldn't agree more.

He stopped firing Pin Missiles at the Infected and ran to the cave mouth, past the crushed Flaaffy, and the mauled Galvantula carcass, he pushed pass the Houndoom and began to help Xerxes limp into the cave. The cave began to let out a low rumble, as boulder's and rocks began tumbling down rapidly, crushing the infected like insects as the side of the cave collapsed "HOLY SH-" Osmund was about to finish before he turned around and slammed his face against a large rock yet again. "Dammit!" He shouted angrily.

The entrance was blocked and Osmund's face hurt, not to mention someone had already died, they where up a shit creek without a canoe.
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Ooc: posting because Sky, and Nega accidentally skipped me.

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Foot of Mt. Coronet|Late Evening
[14]

"The one you're calling out for, Bells, I think she was crushed by the rocks. She's gone, and we better get out of here."

Blinking at the sudden appearance of the Houndoom in front of him, Xerxes was barely even able to comprehend the words that tumbled out of its mouth. Before he could ask who he was, the bloodied Arcanine was being pulled away from the Dark-Type by the ever so flustered, Osmund. Now he was thoroughly confused with what seemed to be going on. First, he wakes up to find little Aria evolved and holding out an oran berry for him to eat. Second, that traitor, Toxishock, tries to eat the newly evolved Servine. Third, despite his injuries, Xerxes attacks the Galvantula and kills it. Fourth, a random avalanche happens, causing Bells to alert the others. Fifth, a Houndoom materializes out of nowhere to tell him that Bells just died. And lastly, Osmund is helping him limp deeper into the cave...and apparently, had just banged his face into a rock...Just perfect.

...Wait...The Houndoom said that Bells die- "WAIT! Let me go! I need to see it for myself! I need to see if she really is dead! PLEASE!" He needed to see it...He couldn't just leave his mind to believing that she's really dead, without seeing it for himself.

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(OoC: if ya'll are confused with Xerxes' reaction to Bells' death, well, when Jared had told him that bells had passed on, well Xer's mind hadn't registered it, until he truly thought about what he, Jared, had said. Oh! and sorry for the really crappy/short post. Writer's block's been getting to me recently)