Valo continued to drive, turning his phone screen off as he shoved it back into his pocket. It wouldn't be long before the car came to a screeching halt, however. Aku would stumble, nearly falling off of the seat, and Valo would hold his arm out to prevent Soile from hitting the dashboard as he gripped the wheel tightly.

"...Know of a Winchester in Anthem City?" He'd ask, wishing they never came home as he saw the strange person with the coffin walk out into the open. There was an indescribable sense of dread and foreboding as he looked ahead, and as they started dancing in the middle of the street, Valo realized they probably weren't getting through this way without incident.

"Hold on. I'm going to see if we can find another street, maybe we can head to your parents' instead..."

He wasn't about to deal with whatever the hell this was. Especially not with them here. Quickly shifting the car into reverse, Valo would start to back up quickly, keeping his eye on the coffin bearer as well as his rearview mirror.

"Jesus Christ-" Payne watched in awe as the ground began to shift around them. What the hell was he supposed to do about that? He head darted to the side when he heard WR yell out, "Shit, you too? What do we even do about something like this?" There was a hint of panic in his voice, scanning the scenario in front of him for potential solutions to their problem. He rubbed both hands down his face, as much as he didn't like it there was only one obvious solution.

"We need to deal with the creepy guy. If I can manage to distract him, can you get these people to safety?" He looked down at WR, "Unless you have a better plan?"

This wasn't the greatest plan Payne had ever come up with, but fuck it.

As Amelie made her way through the panicked city, she immediately regretted wearing high heels today. She stopped for a moment, unstrapping them and tossing them to the side. Could always buy new ones anyway. When she rounded the corner, Amelie was met with the sight of the coffin guy and immediately stopped in her tracks, "Oh you've gotta be fucking kidding me." There was no catching a break in this poor excuse for a town. Why did Father want to set up shop here anyway?

She immediately turned around and began walking the opposite direction, maybe she should just find a sturdy building and hole up in there? She was so going on vacation after this shit storm was over.

Loie would hear the sound of crackling fire and raking coals, and see smoke pass by her, before footsteps could next be heard. A man with smoke still rolling off of his body, dressed in a fur coat with a tight black tank top and golden chains around his neck, appeared beside her. "You seem to be the only one in this city that hasn't hit full-blown panic. Are you one of us?"

Nagi, Leon, and Areon would all arrive at the Amakusa Industries Power Plant around the same time. The main gate had only a single man in front of it. He was tall, but incredibly thin and pale, with shaggy black hair. As he watched the cars approach, his body spasmed, as he appeared to be having some sort of coughing fit, and a strange black mucky substance began to spill from his mouth. Seconds after this substance hit the ground, the wheels of all the vehicles in use would pop without warning.

"Please... do not do this..." a voice that sounded as if it came from within the vehicles could be heard, and the boy fell to a knee as the plea was made.

Bennie could see as the individual in the middle of the street essentially ignored Date, as they noticed the car halt, and begin to drive away.

"That won't do, will it, Leesa?" the individual began to speak to themselves. "No, my dear brother... no it will not," they said with a smile, turning to look at the mannequin.

"We can allow no one to leave."
"Of course, I know this - but as you can see -"
"Yes, we have another guest here. Then perhaps one of us should stay..."
"... and the other will go. Of course. Very well then."
"What are you waiting for?"
"Excuse me?"
"It's my turn to keep the body."
"... I was hoping you'd forget."

The figure held the mannequin upright and slowly opened their mouth. As they did, fiery energy poured out of it and into the mannequin, and within seconds, the mannequin began to move on its own. Without skipping a beat, they both held up a closed hand in front of each other as if to play rock, paper, scissors - and that's exactly what they did. The body held up rock, and the mannequin held up scissors, causing the mannequin to-

"Fuck!" it growled, before propelling upward on streams of fire and blasting angrily through the air after the car.

"Be safe!" the man called, chuckling to himself before turning to face Date. "Now, as for you - that was rude, but you've made my job a little easier." With a snap of his fingers, wind picked up rapidly in the area, as if pulling Bennie, Date, and Amelie closer toward him.

Valo and Soile would be driving away, before the night sky was lit up with streams of fire as the mannequin from before could be seen clearly following behind them. "You're making my job harder, you fucks!" it called out, before lobbing a massive ball of fire toward the back end of the car. If it hit, it'd deal massive damage to the vehicle and cause it to fishtail.

Harthe and Payne seemed to have drawn next to no attention so far, but they could see that this man was letting no one leave. After a moment, he could be seen signaling for someone to come toward him, and individuals in black robes, carrying a large, mechanical beacon of sorts, made their way in. This, of course, only incited more panic, as the beacon was massive and its purpose was currently unknown.

Haji's flashlight would, indeed, work, just long enough for both him and Addy to catch a glimpse of a man, blacker than night with piercing yellow eyes, standing within the room with them. With a wave of his hand, the light would go out and a popping sound could be heard coming from the flashlight, as if it'd been sabotaged.

Anyone still checking the stream would simply see the timer still going down, with various workers in the background still experimenting with something in the power plant.