A person

Nemesis let out an annoyed sigh. She knew something like this would happen eventually, but, fortunately for her, they were in a large city, and the buildings were mostly different from each other, so she would be able to navigate it with ease via the use of landmarks in the form of the buildings around. Nemesis: I'll go find him...I'll make sure he DOESN'T wander off again...and I'll meet up with everyone later. She took a quick glance at the Warrior's Hangout, doing her best to remember its exact appearance, and nodded to herself before splitting off from the ground and going on her search. This would also give her a chance to ask the locals some questions, so it worked out in her favor.

Nemesis nodded her head. Nemesis: It's better if we make sure as many people as possible know where to find the meet up place if we're going to stick together, so sure! The mention of purchasing clothes reminded Nemesis of something important; they probably had an entirely different currency here! Internally, she started to panic. Hopefully, she could find a way to get money in this unknown city easily, otherwise, she was going to be doing the same thing she did back in her normal world...which reminded her of something else important; her background! It was too late to talk about it now, though. She let out a sigh, and waited for LightFlare to move. She would get a chance to talk about it eventually.

Nemesis thought to herself for a moment. It would probably be a good idea to go with him just to see part of the city since she knew she wasn't going to see all of it, as well as seeing this possible designated meeting area to confirm if it would work. She nodded. Nemesis: Okay, lead the way, Light guy!

Quietly, Nemesis followed behind Mecha Hisui, curious of what the guards were speaking about. However, now that she was in the city, she had a goal in mind. Nemesis: Looks like we're finally in here! I'm going to go and ask some of the locals some questions about this place. She glanced at Hisui, then at LightFlare. Nemesis: Say, do you two happen to know of any places we could possibly all meet up at?

Wordlessly, the guards pushed the gates into the city open, allowing entry into them. The left guard spoke up. ???: Try to be as careful as possible the next time you travel outside of the city. There have been reports of mysterious creatures whose bodies have been heavily mutated by some form of dark substance wandering in the general area. Engaging them is not suggested.

Nemesis: Hmm...you might be right about that. Nemesis: Hisui, Flare was your master's name, right? Will they let us in if we mention it? She was still focused on those weapons of theirs. She really didn't want to see what they were capable of.

Nemesis finally fell out of her trance and glanced at Hisui. Those guards looked rather flashy...and menacing, and their..."weapons"...looked like they weren't anything to shrug off. Nemesis: Wait...how are we going to get in? Those guards look really scary, and I don't think they'll welcome us in...

The sparse trees around were soon replaced by tall grass, plants, and rocks all around the area, the silhouette in the distance becoming significantly larger than before as the party grew closer to it. The sounds of crickets, grasshoppers, and other insects could be heard, as well as movement within the tall grass by presumably large creatures. Nemesis chuckled at Elizabeth's moment of fluster. Nemesis: Elizabeth Bathory...I think I'll call you Lizzy! It seems like you two are in love, too! Nemesis: Although...the "Master" thing is pretty concerning...

Nemesis nodded at the others as they gave their names, but she found herself caught up with "Lancer's" response. She turned her head to glare at her. Nemesis: Not for my ears, huh? I don't know about you, but going around constantly saying "Lancer, Lancer!" when there's two of you here and probably more down the line is going to be really irritating for me. It's not like you're in any kind of danger here, so why don't you just keep things simple and tell everyone your actual name?

Nemesis shook her head. Nemesis: I don't know about the latest people in the party, but the rest of us have no idea what's going on or why we're here. The only common theme is that a portal opened and then we found ourselves here. We should head to the city before we talk more, though; I have no idea about what else is around. And with that, Nemesis continued to walk down the path towards the city, her katars visibly out of her sleeves.

Nemesis stared blankly at the new...recruits. Nemesis: Row-boughts...? It was clearly going to be a while before she got used to something like this any time soon. Nemesis: Not too far off now. We should get going right now so that something else doesn't get the jump on us.

Nemesis: Nice to meet you, Lucina. You can call me Nemesis, and thanks for the help in carrying him! I already know that I can't, what, with all of that armor on- Since he awoke, it was a good idea to let him know that it was a bad idea to do what he did. Nemesis: Hey, Percival, I TOLD YOU NOT TO BE RECKLESS! DON'T DO THAT SHIT AGAIN, DO YOU HEAR ME?! Satisfied with the mouthing off, she looked back at the others, now realizing the sheer size of the party. Nemesis: ...umm...whoa, where did all of these people come from? Did we get some new people during the fight or something?

The creatures that had jumped into the battle during the chaos found themselves dispatched rather quickly by those within the party and the new arrivals, others who were planning on jumping in now deciding to stay out, their eyes being visible within the shadows of the trees as they glared down at those below. The scene was left a mess: the path, one consisting of only dirt and rocks, was now a mess of soot, corpses, and puddles of red fire all along it in the current area. Fortunately, none of the trees had been set ablaze by the chaos, but that may have been due to the creatures knowing what would happen. BGM: Brassy Road Seeing that Hinamori was doing alright, Nemesis nodded and stepped away from the girl, allowing the others to help her out if they were able to. She took a glance at the road ahead. There weren't going to be anymore trees up ahead, but, rather, tall grass and large rocks. A change of environment, it seemed, as they got to the city. Nemesis: I think it's a good idea for us to get going right now, before they get the courage to try again. She was now confident in her party's skills, despite some mistakes here and there. If they were going to get attacked, then it was a good chance that the attackers were toast at this point. She started on her way, glancing back at the party, and then noticed the unconscious Percival. Nemesis: Dammit...can somebody carry him? We shouldn't leave him behind just in case he found himself on the sharp end of a knife. Well, at least the creatures were gone! There was still the problem of the red fire on the ground, however...

The creature, occupied with the selfless warrior in front of it, was unaware of the incoming attack and was subsequently skewered by the spear.

The creature tried feebly to defend itself with its weapons, but it was unable to as it was savagely beaten to presumed death by the clackers.

Seeing that he was distracted with clearing out the fire in the sky above, the creature proceeded to thrust the knife at his stomach, taking advantage of this key moment while it still could.

The living fireball was grabbed, the flames beginning to cover her arm as she pulled it closer to herself. Once it was thrown and the missiles were fired, it seemed to rain the red flames down upon the ground below.

(Sorry!) He would only manage to cut off one of its arms before it tried to wrap the other around him, the red flames beginning to soak into his clothing and begin burning them quite quickly if it managed to succeed.

The creature proceeded to dash to the right of the blast coming directly at it, and charged straight for him, its knife in front of itself.

Without a word, Nemesis proceeded to carry Hinamori away from danger, following the maid's orders to a T. The lantern was hit by the eye beam, causing the extreme flames within to shroud the creature and turn it into what was essentially a living fireball. It began to charge towards the party, intent on setting the others ablaze, a trail of red flames being left behind by it.

Unaware of the location of the third, the creature found itself being blown over by the projectile, landing upon its right side and laying there for a moment as it was wounded still. Nemesis noticed the flame blast coming and quickly tried tackling Hinamori out of the way of it, taking herself along. Fortunately, the mecha maid would be able to put up a barrier in time to block the blast, the flames fanning off into random directions and landing upon the ground. Seeing that it failed to target the injured, the creature proceeded to shove the dagger into the lantern once more and thrust it at Hugh, sending another red flame blast in his direction. Nemesis looked over at Hisui and nodded. Nemesis: You're a lifesaver, Hisui! We probably would've gotten cooked if you hadn't protected us! She looked over at Hinamori, a silent way of asking if she was okay.

Now with the flames wrapped within the lantern, the creature that pulled them in proceeded to thrust its knife into it before pulling it out, red flames shrouding the blade. It glanced at the injured Hinamori and proceeded to thrust the weapon in her general direction, a stream of red fire being shot at her and anyone around her from the knife.

Upon seeing the lantern vanish within the smoke, the creature proceeded to charge straight at the male, swerving around to the right of the smoke as it saw that it was just a cloud of death and destruction, and attempting to get behind him.

The lantern hit the ground, spilling the flames onto it which began to spread out like a liquid trying to fill a non-existent void until they began getting pulled into the sole remaining lantern in the area, leaving a slightly darker spot on the trail where the flames burned for a short while. Meanwhile, the creature used its knife to deflect one of the swords only for the other to sink into its torso and knock it over, though it quickly flipped back onto its feet and yanked the weapon out as though it felt no pain, now wielding it in its previously free hand. It pointed both at Joseph menacingly.