Braedek sighed as he watched Elyas rush out of the tavern again, only minutes after he arrived. "Be careful if you're going to investigate as well." Young people these days really didn't know how to fear nature. Braedek did though and he moved to the window so he could watch the phoebix boy walk away. A group of town's guards rushed past, blocking of the way that Elyas headed for a second. They ran for the town center so Braedek could only guess that was where whatever was happening went down. The sky above gave a faint pulse and for not the first time, Braedek wondered if this was the end of their world. Or at least, the end as they knew it.

At the town's center, Shayla continued to shake her head and watch. It was as if the last puzzle piece was all that was missing, but it belonged in the center. Without it, she couldn't orient the picture at all. As the devil creature growled at them, looking ready to attack again, she raked her eyes up and down, taking in the pale, twitching hands, dark armor, and the flash of pale skin just beneath the creature's hair. Eh? "What..." she started, not caring if anyone heard her or not. "What if it's a mask?" And suddenly it made sense. This creature made no sense, because he wasn't what he seemed. She needed to get that mask off. "Someone! Hold the creature still!" she shouted, already dashing forward to end this fight once and for all.