Drama.


Before the demigods decided on their tactic, they get noticed by Skylar.
He tries to avoid making a fuss and simply stands up from the table, trying to act as natural as possible. Maybe they don't know it's him, he can't give for granted they had a way to recognize him.
He takes his bags from shopping and quietly walks away from there. But the demigods have to go after him.
He tries to sneak around to leave them behind, but eventually ends up in a dead-end alley, completely deserted. When he is in front of a tall wall, he turns around and sees Chan, Hudie and Cyno blocking his way.

Skylar feels really panicked. TiHao warned him they were coming but due to the time difference between Nortrig and Earth, the message arrived only a few seconds before the demigods reached him at the café. He truly fears the worst, he doesn't even manage to focus on what Cyno tries to tell him. His mind is a total mess and he feels dizzy and stunned.
Suddenly, Chan and Hudie are affected by something extremely painful. It pervades their whole bodies, like a torturing curse. After some time of unbearable pain, they also start to bleed from mouth, nose, eyes and ears. It doesn't pass long before they collapse on the ground and their bodies disappear. That's what happens when demigods "die", their whole bodies are taken back to the Halls where their Divine Parent can cure them and put them in the condition to return to the world.
Chan and Hudie will be able to return after just a few hours, also depending if they want to spend some time in the Halls to speak with Xie and Phoei.

Skylar's eyes widen at the scene, he freezes entirely and feels like to choke at what happened. «I… I did not do anything…» he barely manages to say, recoiling from Cyno. «I… n…» He hyperventilates like crazy, he thinks that Hudie and Chan died and that himself is totally doomed now.
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MORAX
MORAX He is very disappointed they still couldn't find answers down there. He was eager to find clues and hear something good from the other group, but nothing yet.
He is very on guard after returning from the eerie forest, ready to notice when any of them will show up nearby.
He quickly joins Cyno when he appears in Guiji. He is so relieved to ses Skylar but can't help but notice Hudie and Chan are missing. "Where are the others, Cyno?"
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Cyno
Cyno Skylar is crying like there is no tomorrow and barely managing to react. He is terrified for real.

Cyno looks particularly scary due to the fact he is upset for what happened to Chan and Hudie.
He approaches ZhongLi right away when he notices him. «I… am not sure…» he says thoughtfully and gloomily. «He did something to them and they disappeared…» He knows that Skylar wasn't lying when he said that it wasn't him, but there was only them at him and the fact he kept perceiving attempts to attack him with magic even after they left, kinda confirmed it. He is not thinking about the only other possible explanation.
«Take him, I'll go back to try to figure out.» He pushes Skylar to ZhongLi, a little roughly.
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MORAX
MORAX He gives Skylar a glance, sighing. "We'll solve everything, Sky...we are on your side." He hopes to be right, but he has some doubts, still walking in the dark.
He looks at Cyno, trying to figure him out. "You...are not sure? They left on their own?
Disappeared?" He moves his gaze between Skylar and Cyno. He is troubled and confused.
"Wait." He takes Skylar by wrist but focusing on Cyno. "Give me more details? What did you feel?"
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Cyno
Cyno Skylar only sobs more at his words. He still has the bags from the shopping he made on Earth, he holds them tightly.
He doesn't cross gaze with them, but at least he is not trying to escape. Not because he wants to be there, but because he thinks to be screwed for good.

«They were suffering and bleeding. Eventually they collapsed and shortly after, they simply disappeared. I don't know how to explain what happened, I never witnessed anything like that.» He sounds deadly serious.
He stops when ZhongLi tells him to wait and returns to look at him. «I felt like a sting. I think that he tried to do the same to me too, but it didn't work, for some reason.»

Skylar. «I did not do anything», he says in a desperate tone, between a sob and the other.

«Then who was it!» he says harshly, raising his voice. «There was only you and us! And later on, just you and me! You are doing it even right now!» ZhongLi might be experiencing some barely perceivable stings too.
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MORAX
MORAX He frowns a little at Cyno's explaination, pondering what that might be. "It seems to be blood magic...maybe a curse of some kind. It had to be powerful...two demigods taken down like that...
Cyno, try to stay calm..." He moves his gaze towards Skylar's belly. "The answer might be simpler than we think..."
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