*watches the panda disappear into the haze of plot*
RIP, strange bear-dude. We hardly knew thee.
Ladies and gentlemen, we reach the climax of Chapter Two. Aeolus, Marvin and Jake are desperately cutting into the old airship. Spears and Karsikan are preparing to fight off the approaching Collectors to buy more time. Rift Town is burning to the ground, most of the townsfolk are dead or collected and the survivors are in the town centre.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD YOUR CHARACTER REACH THE CENTRE OF TOWN now would be a good time to do so, or else I'm going to have to hijack the shit out of you in the finale to prevent you from being left behind.
IF YOUR CHARACTER IS IN THE CENTRE OF TOWN awesome. As a thank you to you guys for paying attention to what I've said in this OOC about making this chapter seem dramatic and threatening by not slaughtering your way through hordes of antagonists, you may now engage gritty badass mode. Emphasis on gritty, okay? No murdering hordes without taking a scratch, but by all means post some dramatic, gritty fight-scenes involving your characters desperately battling against overwhelming odds to give Aeolus, Marvin and Jake more time.
Almost finished with this chapter, guys; let's make the conclusion a good one.