While the cats away, the mice run like hell

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As Calibusk uses Corrine’s summoning circle to jump to Alaska, Caleb reaps the benefits of Travis’ assistance. Free of the spell inhibiting him from siphoning off magic, he draws in as much magic as he can hold onto without concentrating too much, and phases his limbs through his restraints. Immediately he turns to the image revealing the battle between Calibusk and the Outsiders, only to discover that it’s disappearing.

“Dammit,” he mutters as he turns to the new arrivals. We can’t stay here. Assuming Calibusk survives his assault … best not to think about the other implications of that scenario as yet … Assuming Calibusk survives his assault, he’ll return here for us.

On one hand he truly doesn’t have the time for this, but on the other, abandoning two random strangers stranded in Hell is completely out of the question. Caleb runs over to the new arrivals, and begins to hurriedly jostle them. “Wake up!” he says. “We don’t have time to waste, so wake up!”

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Mara makes a sound into the harsh winds a bit like a startled duck. She wants expecting 'Dr. Zukov' to start throwing around handfuls of energy, or to see that ugly elephant-creature-thing. Carnivorous. She shudders, turning to give James another little tug.

The scrap line flaps back and smacks her in the face.

"Doctor... uh, Doctor!" she screams, a panic climbing in her stomach. "James is gone!"

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“Bloody hell,” he says as he begins searching for the feel of the boy’s soul. Seconds feel like hours as he hopes the child found any of the myriad of unpleasant fates that could have awaited him.

No place on Earth has as high a concentration of predatory animals Hell does. Nor does it have so many varieties of demon. Nor so many walking dead. And that’s doesn’t include the possibility for him having fallen off of a cliff because he couldn’t see through the sandstorm, walking into quicksand, a-

Dammit, where are you? His eyes clench shut and his fingers settle in his hair as he focuses exclusively on that one sense. The excessive ambient magic is utterly frustrating. On Earth Caleb would have found the boy in a heartbeat, but here?

Where are you, where are you…. there! Right there! “Stay here, I’ll get him,” Caleb announces as his eyes snap open, and he takes off after the boy.