"As am I!" Grace chimed in, about ready to shoot the unresponsive man. She hadn't killed anyone in a while, and she was ready to change that. Vents saw her as someone who needed to be protected, but in reality, she was a killer and she could go from 0 to a hundred real quick. She waited for the man to say something, her finger twitching. In about five seconds, she was going to blow the man to pieces.

*Para turns his attention towards the man, adopting a combat stance with batman.

Well,since everyone else seems to want to hurt this guy, I don't suppose it would be wrong of me to try and get a few hits in.

Edac wasn't bright , but knew his chances. He saw the mean looks on all of the strangers face's. Everybody wanted to kill him if he said one wrong word, everyone would perish if evil got to the artifact before he did. All of this pressure was like the ocean laying on his shoulders.
This pressure was horrible and under it he called to the ground passed out

*Para looks at the now unconscious man's body, more confused than anything else.
Para: well that was......underwhelming. What should we do with him now?
what is going on?

Grace sighed, lowering her gun. "Well we can't leave him here...I guess we take him with us." Grace was not a coward. She would never kill someone in their sleep or if they were unconscious. She went over to him and lifted him up on her shoulder, his feet dragging on the ground. She then nodded towards the hooded man. "You coming with us, or nah?" She decided that he wasn't dangerous. And if he was, she'd kill him without hesitation.

Without thinking, Xiu rushed over and placed her hands on his forehead, her hands glowing with a healing aura.
At least I can do this...
He had black hair and was a tad chubby. Xiu thought he was a bit cute, although not as much as Vents.

"Grace, what about the man in the trees..."

Grace put the unconscious man down as Xiu healed him. She turned her attention to the man in the trees, waiting for him to answer her question. "I'm not getting bad vibes from him. He can come with us. But he needs to understand only three of us are coming back. And I'm going to be one of them." Grace glanced at Xiu, looking for a reaction to her statement. It was meant for everyone, not just the hooded figure who didn't say much.

Vents chuckled silently at what Grace said.

Heh women, they always wanna start problems.

He continued looking at the bushes. Grace may have trusted this guy, but something wasn't sitting right with him.

Xiu smiled, "I told you...I just want the herbs...for my brother..."
She wasn't lying, she did just want the herbs. But it was obvious she was hiding something.
"If you help me...I'll help you...and I promise not to get in the way...nobody has to die."

((Sorry I was so unresponsive, I was working....))
Adam, after failing to make them believe he wasn't even there. He stood up from crouching in the shadows. "Man I need to work on my sneaking skills."
He looked towards the girl who had been pointing the gun at him, saying, "I'm also after the artifact, girly, and by the way. My group's getting the Artifact..." He announced to the group...

Grace smirked. "Oh really?" She then pointed her gun at him again. Finally, someone to shoot. "I don't think so." She shot at the man, aiming for his heart. Guess she was wrong about him. Bad vibes, good vibes, it didn't matter in the end. It's what a person says and does that matters.

Vents looked on as Grace took the shot.

Vents: Finally, something's happening.

His finger hovered over the button, ready to activate the C-blade.

Adam growled, his scars bursting into flames and eye turning demonic. Enhancing his speed, he managed to whip Demon-Slayer in front of him as a shield, attempting to block the shot.

((Wow there peeps, don't start the fight until TLS is here + Ignus, everyone has an even chance to survive or die...and since some new people want to join...Some characters are about to Have a bad time Im overusing that quote so much...))