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"Thankfully, that won't be needed." he told her, stepping to the door and knocking on it loudly.

"COME IN!" he yelled to Erica.

"And don't shut the door behind you!" he stressed, before making his way back over towards Kiah.

Once he was standing behind her, he put out a rune that spread out around the both of them, but its sole purpose was to stop Kiah's rune from lashing out AGAIN, as he knew how quick it was to do so.

Once Erica was close enough to touch Kiah, he would release his rune.

"Oh yeah, to speed this up, because she asked me, where was the place you were last touched with someone's hands, before you starting acting like this?" he asked her, aiming to speed up this process. For Erica's sake, mostly.

@totalanimefan: Fair enough. I'm just glad I was lucky enough to get to level 40 in time to get that Gyarados hat, lol

"Christ almighty." he muttered to himself as he shut the door behind him, so the rune wouldn't escape. He could see it bouncing all around, desperate to spread out as far as it could go.

But it then seemed to 'latch onto him' when it found a 'target'.

He responded to this by putting out a tiny rune that surrounded his feet, keeping Kiah's at bay, and looked at the woman that was causing the rune.

"..." he was silent, about to say something, but realised that it would probably be met with snark and anger. So, he merely decided to focus everything he had into his own rune, and pulsed it out as strong as he could.

Thankfully, Sydney's mirror room contained it, but it absolutely obliterated Kiah's rune.

"You good?" he asked her. "If so, got someone here that'll stop this crap from happening." he told her.

@totalanimefan: Always good to have something to look forward to in the week, lol

And yeah, getting good at excellent throws really DOES seem to be the way to move forward with exp at a not-horribly-slow rate.

"...damn it, fine." Ash growled.

The two quickly made their way outside, where Lindsay rushed to greet them, but Ash spoke up before he could say anything.

"I'm fine. Head back home." he told him. "Erica says she's gonna crash soon, needs to help Kiah. I'll take her there, then take them both to the Unit for medical treatment and recovery." he explained. "I'll give more details when I'M back home." he added.

"...all right." Lindsay conceded. "See you later, Erica." he said to the young woman.

"Bye." Erica replied bluntly.

"..." Lindsay was then silent, before stepping back and disappearing in a burst of red flames.

"All right." Ash said to her. "Let's go." he finished, as he gently grabbed her elbow, avoiding her hands purposefully, and the two disappeared in a burst of black flames, appearing in Sydney's home, just outside the door to the room Kiah was in.

"If she's home, she'll come find us." Ash told her.

"I'll head in first and quell that rune."

Ash shook his head.

"Damn it, no." he said, getting to his feet.

"At least let me apply some salve or something right now." he told her.

"Please?" he asked.

"...or are you going to just continuously throw your own health and safety to the wayside?"

@totalanimefan: I AM getting better at getting excellent throws... depending on the Pokemon.

And yeah, maybe save the evolving for when you can compound that exp bonus.

Ash paused and seemed to think for a moment, before letting out a small breath.

"...much." he said.

As he said that, she felt the overall heat that surrounded her die down to nothing, and the feeling of the rune vanished all but entirely.

"Thank you." Ash said further, before suddenly realising something.

"Oh, lord!" he exclaimed.

"Your hands! How are they!?"

@totalanimefan: Probably drop one of the 25ish incenses I have and ride out the catching exp, lol

"..." Ash was silent for a moment.

"Not like telling you would do anything. I can't do anything right." he said to her, before suddenly slapping himself.

"Wrists." he said.

'Last time Kiah touched me was when she grabbed my wrists and we teleported out of the Unit." he answered her.

Erica could see he was desperately clinging onto the control he had. And while his feeling inferior was not inherently part of what the copy had done, it HAD made some buried feelings resurface.

But right now, that was neither here, nor there.

He'd told her where Kiah had touched him.

@totalanimefan: Well, as it stands, I am capable of sending a gift right now. But, I shall not. I will refrain from doing so, until we can coordinate on here. Just to be EXTRA safe.

"...ah." Lindsay responded.

"Knock twice, and announce who you are." he told her.

She did so, knocking twice and saying it was her, and there was silence for a moment or two.

"Go away!" they heard Ash's voice call out. "I might hurt you!" he yelled further.

"Ashley!" Lindsay then called back in response. "We know what's going on, and Erica can help you! She's the only one that CAN, right now!" he continued. "And the sooner you let her help you, the sooner you two can go and save Kiah from the same thing!" he then added.

Again, there was silence for a moment, and Erica felt the mana presence decrease. A LOT.

"You'd better get in there and do it quickly." Lindsay told her. "No clue how long he can reign it in like this." he warned.

"Where ARE you in there!?" he then asked loudly.

"Livingroom! Just to the left when you come in!" Ash responded.

"Of course." Lindsay responded.

The two made their way to Sharp, where they told him of their plans. He didn't seem to like it, but he also realised there was no other option. So Erica was granted leave to get this done, and the two of them left the Unit.

Using Lindsay's mana, they arrived in a forest somewhere, in a VERY small clearing, where Erica saw there was a small cabin-like building. And she felt IMMENSELY powerful mana emanating from within it.

"...he's in there." Lindsay told her.

@totalanimefan: Congrats! And naw, I didn't think to, to be perfectly honest.

Oh yeah, we're at 1 day until best friends status, and we can gift each other right now. Odds are we should wait until we can coordinate on here before we drop the lucky eggs.