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"Direct confrontation with the Beasts and Shadows?" Larry gulps audibly when you say that. "Is that even possible?"

Balogh pats her shoulder in response and looks at you seriously. "Do you have a plan in mind?" You nod and give them the details. Your teams listens quietly before Balogh finally says, "That's a lot you're asking of us, Dorn Wilton. You think you can keep us together long enough for it to work?" You tell him that they have to, or else the Fiends will walk away with the artifact, and no one wants that to happen. He sniggers in response and glances at everyone. "Ready on your call, then," he says, drawing his knife.

You finish outlining the plan to your team, and there are looks of doubt from them. "Are you sure that this can work?" Larry asks, and you nod your head. Only if everyone gives it their all, you tell them, and Balogh nods in agreement. "All right, time to get this plan going, then," he says, and you get up and head out to face the Fiends. As you emerge, the Fiends are surprised by your sudden appearance and you take this chance to rush at the nearest Beast, scoring a glancing blow at it. This galvanizes the two of them into action, and they lunge at you, while you barely manage to dodge out of the way.

You slowly fight your way back to the team, maintaining a defensive stance as you withdraw, but it proves to be much harder than you anticipated, and before you reach your team, one of the Beasts slips past your defenses, knocking you to the ground before the other one pounces on you, tearing at you viciously. Okay…maybe this idea wasn't as good as you thought it would be, you note to yourself as you desperately defend yourself against the two Fiends' attacks.

Then one of the Beasts is tackled off of you, and you find yourself with enough leverage to kick the other one off, which you do. You stagger up to your feet and give the other Beast a quick glance: Ami and Jax are currently tackling it, having been forced to act out their part of the plan much earlier. Larry and Balogh are with you, their weapons brandished. "Guess you needed some help, huh?" Larry says with an impish tone, and you nod, noting that the Shadows have now surrounded the five of you. The Beast snarls at the three of you, and you turn your gaze back to it.

Looks like you need to focus more on the problem at hand.

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