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The dragon growled softly in frustration, fists clenching at his sides. The noise wasn't directed at any person, but the situation in general. They'd defeated the 'bot, only to be trapped in here with the room slowly filling up with smoke. Even if Sin had asked him to stay put a bit longer, Maladore had healed him as well ... and they needed to be working on finding a way out of here. Before things got worse.

"Well, I'm going to see if I can find something," he murmured, then looked around for the ghoul who said she'd go with him. Even if he was annoyed at the situation, it wasn't any reason to be stupid and take off alone.

Raising his voice a bit, Aksaja called out to the room, "Try to look for where the smoke is getting out of here! It could mean a weak point in the walls or something!"

Sin sighed at Aksaja's impatience and gave her bell one last little ring in his direction healing him for 7HP. Why were males so stubborn? She moved around trying to assess the others situations. Maladore could probably use another little boost or two, and then she'd go find Junko and Alcie. If she narrowed her eyes a bit more she could barely make out their shapes. She was trying to keep a wary eye on them and try and figure out where the smoke was getting out.

Except with it so thick it didn't seem like it was getting out. Perhaps it was a little but only via tiny holes or cracks that wouldn't serve them any good in trying to escape from. Air had a marvelous way of finding nooks and crannies, like water, but not like them. They needed a big opening, and at this rate maybe they ought to try and make one.

Nodding, Alcie stuck by Junko's side and wandered around making sure that everybody was alright. She didn't see any exit and that was rather concerning. Her mind was going through all of the different possibilities and their prospects were looking rather bleak. "Have any idea what we're going to do to get out of here? It seems like everybody is doing alright but hopefully we don't get into anymore trouble..." It seemed like Amityville attracted trouble like flies to a dead body. Though, that really was no problem for Alcie and she much preferred it that way.

Laiha was personally a little confused about the room filler with smoke. Hadn't the scout made a hole? What was smoking at all? She had tried, briefly, to scale the walls but was no gecko. Instead she crouched in a corner now, her shirt pulled up over her nose, trying to feel for a draft.

The area suddenly shakes, and the sound of something mechanical...several somethings in fact, can be heard moving about. You...did defeat the scout right? RIGHT?! There's just no way...!

You don't get to finish that thought as a wave of JOY crashes through the workshop, destroying the walls of each area and opening up what appears to be the Main Warehouse!

Oh what now!? Junko stopped walking when the ground began to shake, holding Deacon protectively and moving closer to Alcie. Suddenly the walls exploded! Junko gasped and ducked her head, burying it against Deacon's furry head between his ears. Don'thurtherdon'thurtherdon'thurther!

Nothing happened...

...Huh?

Junko slowly lifted her head and looked around, gasping when she saw other students that weren't there a second ago. Wow! They were all okay! She was even seeing friends she had been separated from! "The cavalry has arrived. About bloody time." Junko paid Her no mind, smiling again and nearly lifting an arm to wave at them all; Deacon's weight against her reminded her that would be unwise. Instead she hurried further into the warehouse.

"We're almost there! C'mon!"

Riley heard the noises, and her stomach flipped nervously in anticipation. It may not have been the best idea to split everyone up after all.. and if they were all separated, it would be her fault. Just lovely. She barely felt the tingle in the air as the wave of JOY came barrelling in, and as it crashed down the first wall Riley's instinct was to protect the already hurt Malodore. Without really thinking about it, she stepped in the way, putting herself between Mal and the wave as it burst through the room and brought down the rest of the walls. She didn't watch the walls come tumbling down, since she'd closed her eyes to protect them from the inevitable plume of smoke that would rise from the wreckage. When she finally reopened them, she used her free hand to wipe the dust away from her face, while her other arm was still intertwined with Malodore's. Looking up, this found herself face to beak with it, and although her first thought was to make sure it hadn't been injured, her second thought was filled with embarrassment at probably invading it's personal space. She performed a slow, awkward extraction of her arm, and then brushed the dust off of it's shoulders as a distraction from her blush.

Well. She began awkwardly, but was saved from having to think of much else by the deep grumble of Jericho coming back towards them. She turned around and finally surveyed the wreckage, comforted in the sight of freedom and their final goal.

Yes. She responded to Jericho, still a little awkwardly. Let's get this over with. She reached one arm up, and used it alone to pull herself up onto the still moving dragon, mounting him with a fluid swiveling jump now that she was at full health and feeling better. They headed towards the main warehouse, though Riley's head was swiveled back slightly, watching everyone - or mostly everyone - fine, maybe just Malodore - to make sure they followed safely.