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[Jaeger stumbles back just out of range, though he's knocked over by the tremors when the thing tears itself from the ground. He's doing his best to catch his breath, but that sure is... a thing, isn't it, damn.]

There it goes...

[He'll pull himself to his feet after a moment.]

[He'll come over once he's certain the thing is actually leaving and isn't going to do something unexpected.]

...Are you all right?

Yes, I'm fine. Just a little winded, nothing I can't handle!

We should go after it though, ja?

We should. You're certain you want to?

Yes, of course. We'll take care of it together!

[...You're going to pick him up again, right??]

[Let him just...reload a bit while we're here, first.]

It's possible we won't be able to kill it on our own.

[Right, good point. Let's take care of that first!]

That's true, yes. If we can't kill it, then perhaps we can at least drive it away from the city?

That's what I'm thinking.

[...]

Let me know if you start tiring out.

I will, I promise. I know you worry about me, but I won't collapse on you!

[It'll be fine!! And if it isn't, he'll let you know.]

Good.

[But yes, he'll pick you up again after a moment.]

I'm not sure where that thing is going, but at least it shouldn't be difficult to find.

[Good!! He likes it, this is nice!!]

Ja, of course. You shouldn't have any problem keeping up with it!

[Go for it, let's go get that eyeball!!]

[Following it isn't terribly difficult, though Wesker does slow down well short of where the thing ends up; there are things about the city that don't seem...right, shifts in the buildings and figures and forms where they shouldn't be, odd changes in the sky and he keeps thinking he's seeing something out of his peripheral vision but nothing is there - it's like something is shifting reality around, but it isn't as though he can tell what or how, precisely.]

...You're seeing this as well, correct?

[I mean, you probably are. Shifts in the city's reality are a little hard to miss.]

[Yeah, he absolutely is. He's been trying to keep track of them while Wesker moves, but it's pretty difficult to pinpoint things here.]

Ja. What is it? It looks like things are... shifting. Is that thing messing with the layers or something?

I don't know. Possibly. It's either affecting the city or it's affecting us.

[Not good, either way.]

We'll have to be careful, then. I'll focus on taking out whatever that thing throws at us, you just keep shooting it and hopefully we can keep driving it back!

Of course.

[Come on, let's go. Finding it isn't terribly difficult, thankfully enough, just let him put you down once we're closer.]

Hopefully it will be less difficult this time, given that it just got here.

[That's fine, we do have an elder god to continue fighting, after all!

(You get to carry him home anyway, that sounds good!!)]

That's what I'm thinking. It shouldn't be able to last for too long here!

[Let's get started! Once again he'll fire off a shot from the rifle and then switch to the sword to block the tentacles from getting close. Fighting this time is going to be a bit harder because of the illusions, isn't it...]

[That's assuming he's still standing by the end of this and doesn't just make you summon a fucking Uber.

As for the illusions, they're going to be a bit inconvenient; do try not to get grabbed, will you, and he'll be doing the same.

As agreed, however, he's got one of his guns out and he isn't hesitating to get close, firing as many shots as he can quickly into the thing before reloading. The process is automatic, almost mechanical in nature, and it isn't long before those tremors start up again.]

[don't ruin his fun!!!

The tremors are probably a good sign, that means the thing is getting ready to move. That's good, because while Jaeger is managing to keep from getting grabbed, he's definitely slowing down. It isn't going to be long before he needs to rest entirely, which is frustrating, because he's pretty damn sure this thing isn't anywhere near dead.

Still, he'll keep at it until we've driven it back further, at least.]

[...Yeah, this thing is nowhere near dead, and while it's slightly easier on Wesker's end just due to the nature of what they're doing, the fact that they aren't killing this thing is frustrating as hell.

Once again, though, it'll uproot itself and move - thankfully not anywhere near back toward the center of the city, but rather further out.]

[That's good, at least it's moving. If it had moved back to the center of the city, he might've just given up all together. As it stands, he decides he doesn't care whether or not he looks dignified right now and just flops down to sit on the ground. It takes him a bit longer to catch his breath than he'd like before he can speak.]

Just... give me a minute. I'm fine.

[It's true, he's not injured any, he's just not cut out for long and drawn-out battles like this.]

[He'll come join you, all right, though he's slightly more dignified in how he goes about it; his breathing is heavy and he's certainly tired, but he's managing, at least.]

Take as long as you need. I imagine we have time.

Ja... Ja, of course.

[It's not like our buddy the elder god's going anywhere. It seems to just flee from us once we do enough damage to it, which is annoying, but at least it can be pushed out of the city. Maybe that'll be good enough for now.

Anyway, Jaeger takes a few moments to catch his breath before attempting to stand. He's surprisingly more steady than he would've thought, so at least there's that.]

I'm not sure how much more I can do, but I can at least manage one final push. I hope that'll be enough...

[He really doesn't want Wesker to have to go at it alone, after all.]

[He takes another few moments before rising as well, reaching out to run his hand lightly through Jaeger's hair.]

Once more, then. We'll stop after that, whether we've defeated it or not.

[He's not going to fight it by himself, don't worry.]

[He leans into it immediately, expression softening easily.]

Of course. I hope we do manage to defeat it, but if not... Well, at least we'll have driven it away from the center of the city.

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