Masks 2

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Maria wasn't a huge strong alien, but she did have an Aleve. She reached into her- BAM- her duffle. Sure it was filled with knives and guns and stuff, but it was still a mom bag. Snacks, basic medical supplies maybe, and pain relievers included. After a short- BAM- jangling, she pulled out a grimy unlabeled plastic bottle, and a bottle of water. "Just take one," She warned, shoving them into Cadence's hands and continuing her solution hunt. If she took one, she'd note that it was NOT an Aleve. Just some vaguely off-white compressed powder pill.

Yeah, Theraea wasn't too far from the truth, this really, really sucked. But they were in it now, and there would be time to cry for the dead when everyone else got saved. She tried to thrash the water around the edges of the bubble, to knock their harpoons astray and make it more difficult to just like, swim in.

"Uhh- if he can mow the lawn, we group up, focus down the path ahead, and haul ass? That's all I got, killing the city's not gonna cut it, gotta get to the root before everything has a chance to [i]really [/i]overwhelm us. We can't stop and fight this shit."