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Nubia simply gave a coy smile and nod to the silver-haired boy, she wasn't lying her abilities were in essence just that, more effective ways to cut things. Or rather something that allowed for her to cut things more effectively, there we no grandiose things for her to truly explain much, except for the fact that had dagger could apparently turn into a katana and create an air-blade for a limited amount of time. Though she didn't buy too much into the hype of that, simply deciding to go off with what she could see. Granted considering Sebastian had spider legs, and Olliver could literally fly being surrounded by stars, well... Her understanding of what was real and fake was certainly starting to blur. [break][break]

She was happy that Olliver decided to stay with them, hoping that the guy would continue to scout for them and provide assistance. Though she then had realized that it was not her Olliver needed but her who needed Olliver, it was a strange turn of events, she hoped to utilize him on the grounds that he needed her, hoping that would keep whatever mortals he had in high regard in terms of how he viewed her. Especially as his knowledge of well, mythology was one of the only things he seemed to offer beforehand. She felt as though she might've gained a nice pawn depending on how all this went, but now all of that was different. Olliver could no longer need her it seemed. He could leave them and easily pass this tutorial all things permitted, yet he decided to stay. [break][break]

Nubia's opinion of the man grew slightly, she smirked as she glanced upward at him, after he finished speaking Nubia waved with a friendly smile. "Be safe up there, if there's a danger you can't handle be sure to run away as quickly as possible," she said stating the obvious, after all, Olliver besides his earlier outburst, which if she was being honest, understandable, the guy seemed rather, reliable. Not to mention they did make a deal, seems like he wasn't the type to go back on them. [break][break]

Considering she had no clue how all of this was even possible, Nubia felt as though she was doing a rather good job at keeping her shit together. Mainly because she had no choice but too, panicking. at this moment would solve nothing, hell for all she knew that guy could create a sticky web to pull enemies to him, she honestly couldn't be sure what was within the scope of being possible anymore. [break][break]

"I was in my apartment complex, got pushed through a door, and ended up here, as all of France was literally being pulled into the sky and destroyed." She said, her voice faltering toward the end. Her poor weapons, those poor people just going about their normal lives, how many of them had made it out? Nubia's thoughts continued to plague her about the matter but ultimately she shrugged them off. Stressing about people she didn't know at this moment solved anything for her. Monsters were real after all, the time to sit around moping, crying, and worried would solve absolutely nothing, especially if she wanted to be one of the 20 to make it to the finish line. [break][break]

Playing the hand that had been dealt, Nubia moved forward throughout the forest with Sebastian as Olliver was scouting, eventually, they came to a stop in a clearing, some random girl who was clearly having a mental breakdown, and her friend, maybe boyfriend was trying to help her out. He kept telling her that she had to get up, that something was coming, Nubia didn't care about the people as much as she did the fact that those cowardly idiots had brought whatever that something was toward them. [break][break]

Nubia raised her dagger and just as she did, whooshing sounds could be heard, it sounded like something was coming right at them. Then she heard the sound of blades sinking into flesh, the sight of crimson leaking from those who had been toppled over from the weight of the sharp objects that could hit them. Her eyes widened slightly as she barely dodged to the right only for one of the sharp objects to be embedded in the tree close to her face. She gulped slightly, her eyes narrowing as she mentally suppressed the shaking in her unarmed hand via a clutch of her fist, so tight that the knuckles turned white. Her left hand however was steady. In it was her dagger held with the blade facing forward and downward by her pinky, her thumb resting on the butt of the dagger's handle. She raised her dagger grasped within her hand underneath her chin, planted her feet firmly, and prepared to move and strike if the opportunity called for it.[break][break]

Her eyes glanced at the sharp blade sticking out from the tree, only to see it looked like a metallic feather, her eyes went wide only to narrow once more as she turned her gaze back and front of her. She muttered a few obscenities in that moment, namely; "got dammit..."[break][break]

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"France? What the fuck is she doing all the way here then? Wait, I don't even know if we're even still in Greece or not. Hell, Ollie came all the way from New York." Sebastian mused after listening to his companion's explanation. There didn't seem to be any sort of pattern or reasoning behind the random teleportations. Range was clearly not an issue for whoever had pulled this off but the spider teen couldn't come up with a single reason why they were all gathered together and put here. "Unless it was literally just random selection. That'd be a waste of energy, though, to teleport someone from almost halfway across the world." he finished, putting that thought to rest for now.

The group didn't have to wait long to encounter another creature, this one being a large metallic bird that used its feathers as a weapon, killing one of the pair that had come running into the clearing and sending the man scrambling back in terror. The fuck is that?" Sebastian whispered, maneuvering himself behind a tree to avoid any more projectiles being fired his way. It nudged at something in his memory but he just couldn't put his finger on what myth this creature featured in. Thankfully, his answer came in the form of a message from Ollie stating that it was a Stymphalian Bird with an apparent weakness toward poisons. "How the hell would we even be able to deliver poison into its body? I doubt those feathers are just for show." Sebastian scrambled to think when Ollie would streak down from the sky, buzzing around it like an angry fly.

The Stmphalian Bird didn't seem to appreciate its new pest and began to fire off its feathers, attempting to hit on Ollie and failing. With a shriek of frustration, it lifted itself off the branch, rising above the treeline only to dive back down and begin pursuing Ollie, likely in an attempt to make the new yorkan its next meal.

While this was going on, Sebastian noted that the man had hidden in a tree close to him and used the distraction to sneak up on him. "Hey you, what sort of ability do you have?" The man let out a very unmanly shriek that Sebastian quickly muffled with a hand to his mouth, only removing it once he composed himself. "I-I can make poisons. But there's no way that we'd be able to defeat that thing! It's too strong! It killed Melissa and two other people that were with us earlier!" he shouted out, tears beginning to stream from his eyes.

"Keep your voice down. Do you want it to hear us?" Sebastian hissed back while opening up his menu screen, sending a group message to Nubia and Ollie. "I think I have a way to beat this thing. Nubia, do you think you'd be able to stab that overgrown chicken in the wing with your sword? There should be some space free from all the feathers shooting out. I'm going to send this guy over to you as he can make poisons and can cover your blade in it. Ollie, do you think you can lure it to my location on my signal?

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As Olliver had continued to soar around the bird in as quick of a manner as he could, he would begin to think back to what was just said. Nubia had suggested that this all had something to do with their classes... While it was a reasonable idea, Olliver couldn't help but feel as though even that were wrong. From what he could see down below, what with the bloody massacre that is taking place down below, it was far more feasibly to assume that this was all random. Raw Chaos.
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And of course yet one more thought would dawn upon the man. The real reason as to why all of this might be in vain... The poison that had killed of this damned bird in the myth had been that of hydra blood. Such a poison was of a caliber far beyond what level one individuals could likely reproduce. Not to mention that the blood could only be placed within the beasts because the one that had been placing it into them was a man with unparalleled strength.. Hopefully the system was willing to take it easy on them since this was supposed to be a tutorial.
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It wouldn't be all that long before this damned bird would begin to give chase to the plump man that had been soaring through the skies. It wasn't able to get in a hit on its own so now the damned thing was chasing after him! It was just as he had predicted.. Partaking in such an action was something that was going to get him killed. Or at least that had been the thought that would roam through his mind as he had continued to try and evade the beast. "Kiss my ass you thirty three hundred bc ass bitch!" An opt euphemism, he had assumed. Because of the material that the bird was formed of. 
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It wouldn't be too much longer before another message would be sent back to Olliver and the others. There had been some kind of idea but Olliver honestly wasn't sure if he would last for that long. At the moment, his skill was already on its last legs.. And quite honestly, it was about to come to an end. Knowing that he would essentially be giving up his life for these tw- three, if he wasn't careful, Olliver would quickly send out another message. GET IT DONE NOW BECAUSE I'M COMING IN HOT!! Using the remaining time that he would have left before his ability would come to an end, Olliver would attempt to buy them all a few more seconds by flying in circles. Once he had seen that it was coming to an end, Olliver would throw himself at full speed towards the party, stopping short of the ground at the last second and pushing himself in another direction so that gravity would simply take him. This would unfortunately result in the man getting thrown into a tree and blood spewing forth from his mouth. Once his body had hit the ground, Olliver would have no choice but be left to wait and see what the others could do.. Hopefully his life wasn't going to come to an end here.

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Nubia moved over toward Sebastian and the poison-making guy, he still looked traumatized, but Nubia didn't care for that, she simply rested her hand gently on his cheek and gave a reassuring smile, even if it was false she put a motherly warmth in her tone. "Hey, listen to move, it's okay, useability so we can kill this thing that took away the people you care about. You can fight or you can die." The boy nodded slow and understanding, Nubia felt for the guy, she truly did but at this moment it was time to either fight or be killed, she had no time to wallow in self-pity, whether or not this guy stood up and moved after was up to him, and only up to him. She cared little for him, at least after she got what they needed. [break][break]

She got a message from Ollie as the poison maker stretched his hands out of her blade, a red oozing slime-like liquid dripping across the blade and crimson edge of her blade. She was careful not to get it on her ass the poison solidified around the edge of her blade. "Nice, let's get to work," she said, as Sebastian had sent his own message out amongst the party. She chuckled at it before responding "fried, grilled, or baked?" An attempt to lighten the mood that took nothing from her time. [break][break]

Nubia then moved behind a tree, ushering for the boy to do the same, whether he could gather the mental strength to do so, would be up to him, but she did at least have him a small bit of pity. She grabbed him by his shirt and dragged him over behind the tree where she now stood. What he would do after, she didn't know and she didn't care. Waiting for the opportunity to strike, Nubia peeked from behind the trees and watched as Sebastian waved his hands to signal Ollie. [break][break]

Then the spider boy shot out webs, Nubia wondered if his ability could get them in trouble, momentarily, mainly for copyright infringement but she assumed all of those that could sue for such were either dead or far too preoccupied to care. Then her chance came, she bolted forward, bringing her dagger up she switched it to her right hand, blade held at a level close to her chest as if she was about to deliver a punch. "Black Sunflower, Second Petal - Twisted Spring," she said as she swung the dagger outward, pivoting off her right foot into a pirouette, she whirled around on tip of her right toes, using her left leg and foot to add force to her rotation. She reached her arm outward attempting to slash the bird's neck, though she missed as it moved back with a flap of its large wings. [break][break]

After her miss and rotation, she moved into an en garde stance, moving her feet into an L position, "Third Petal," she mused, before jabbing the blade outward three times in rapid succession, aiming for the bird's stomach, chest, and then the skull, "Gluttony Nutrient," were the words she muttered as she followed up on the last stab to the skull, watching as the blood began to leak from the creature, its wings fell limp, as it let out a screech of pain before falling forward as Nubia leaped out of the way with speed she never imagined having. Watching as the creature leaked pools of blood. [break][break]

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Holding the Syphalian Bird was tough. Sebastian wasn't used to having to physically restrain his opponents so didn't really develop his muscles for that. He had built himself to be more of an assassin; sneak in, stab them in the neck or another vital area and bail out while they lay there dying, but now he would be endeavoring to up his physical strength just in case another scenario as this happened again.

Digging his heels further into the ground, he watched with gritted teeth as Nubia dashed forward attempting to slash at the bird's neck in a pirouette, probably hoping to add more force behind her jab to ensure that she'd be able to pierce through the feathers there. Unfortunately for the two of them, she missed her mark as the creature managed to put some distance between it and the blade with a beat of its wings, almost jerking Sebastian off his feet at the unexpected.

"Shit. You overgrown chicken just die already!" he grunted out redoubling his efforts and throwing his full weight into preventing the bird from escaping. If it managed to break out of his webs and head back into the air, they would have no way of taking it out since his webbing had a cooldown before he could use it again and he doubted that it would fall for the same trick twice. He also wasn't confident in his chances of pulling off a win by trying to abuse his critical hit damage increase by letting it get within his range -that was far too much of a risk. "Come on Nubia. You're our only hope of pulling this off."

Thankfully Nubia didn't waste any time before following up with another attack, quickly landing 3 consecutive hits, and sending the bird falling forward with a screech. Sebastian fell back with a squawk, landing on his ass unexpectedly from the sudden shift in weight. "Ack! That hurt." he muttered while rising to his feet and making his way over to the fresh corpse. Summoning one of his spider legs, he quickly jabbed the claw into the creature's neck, double-tapping it to ensure that it was actually dead and not acting, which it hadn't been. "Just had to be sure. Good job on the kill." he said, patting Nubia on the shoulder before moving down to begin de-plucking the feathers from the bird. They had proven to be extremely durable as well as a viable range weapon that they could use so Sebastian was willing to let a resource like this go to waste.

Once he felt he had a good number, the spider teen rose back to his feet and prepared to make his way north for the cabin, leaving it to Nubia to give Ollie the head or wing he requested since she was the one with a blade when another shout came from behind him. "Hey wait! Turning, Sebastian saw that it was the man from earlier who had spoken, his fingers pressed together before he clasped them. He was kneeling next to the girl, Marissa, whose body Sebastian noted had been maneuvered to have her hands clasping each other atop her chest, with some flowers clutched in her grasp. "Do you guys mind taking me with you? I swear, I'll pull my own weight! Just don't leave me here!" he stated, a pleading look in his eyes as he gazed at each of the trio. "Well he did prove to be useful in helping defeat the chicken and you never know when poison could come in handy again." he mused, looking over at the others to gauge their reaction.

"Alright I guess. But you'll be pulling your weight in any other fights that we stumble across." Sebastian stated, deciding that he could end up serving as a good meatshield for them in case they ran into something stronger. Sebastian could have sworn that he saw miniature stars form in the man's pupils as his face broke out in a wide grin before he rushed forward and hugged the spider teen and pressing a brief kiss to his cheek before doing the same to the other two members of the group. "Thank you so much! I am Adrián, from Quebec by the way, pleased to meet you all."

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Yet another individual was going to be tagging along with them? While this mans skill had been rather crucial in that last moment, the thought of an extra person slowing them down wasn't something that Olliver was all that keen on. Even with his disagreement on the subject though, it wasn't as though he could really say or do anything about it. Especially not now.. If anything, this man was simply going to be another tool that the trader would make use of until he had overcome this trial. Or tutorial. Whatever the hell it was supposed to be.
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Of course Olliver couldn't just leave the lopped off head of the Stymphalian Bird there so he would be sure to make his way back towards the corpse with a sigh. Much like the other two had done, once Olliver had secured the jagged bronze head of the beast, he would proceed to toss it into his inventory. Even if there wasn't much that he could do with the beast, he could at the very least pawn off the pieces. Maybe have someone melt it down into pure bronze to forge some kind of weapon with. Whatever it was that one could do with monster materials, whether it be alchemy or smithing. Even the eyes of such a beast might go for a few points of whatever this new currency was.
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"It's like she said.. Don't die and don't fall behind. My initial agreement was with these two. If it comes down to having to save your life or my own, I'll be sure to choose my own each and every time." Truthfully, a rather large part of Olliver had wanted to pluck one of the metallic feathers off of the Stymphalian Bird and to use it to stab the man in the back. Both metaphorically and quite literally. Figuring that that would cause some problems between himself and the two that were working with him though, Olliver would simply opt not to do so but to instead continue on walking as if nothing else had happened. He wasn't about to die here.

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Nubia simply nodded along with the others, taking a moment to glance at Adrian, she gave a nude of her head as if to say, "keep up," and turned away from him moving forward rather than continue to stare at his face that seemed mixed with worry and surprise. She didn't know why he was surprised though, after all, they were all humans, and in Nubia's mind, all were selfish. Regardless of how people liked to spin it at the end of the day their actions and decisions came down to what they wanted to do and who they wanted to do it for, regardless of how pressured they were into making their decision.

Right now forced to fight for their lives against monsters, where people have been given magical classes like something out of a fantasy or video game, Nubia knew that all it would do was corrupt. That's what power always did, that's what trauma did, and as things stood, people were getting a healthy dose of both. She sighed as the thoughts ran through her mind, "I wonder how much longer we have to go before we see the cabin," she stated aloud.

Then she realized something, that boy and the girl he was with had run from out of the woods, she turned her head starring him up and down before asking, "Adrian, how far did you and your friend make it into the woods before that bird attacked? Did you see anything else besides it?" She asked inquisitively tilting her head to the side. As she watched for any response.[break][break]

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