some unmarked river with the possibility for fish and love

The synchs fled from her attack and shifted their bodies, trying to finish their transformation process. Reno was starting to think that this wasn't a good idea as the other came. They needed a weapon first, so they began to shift something hard inside them.

To give Kua a distraction for they began to crawl on the ground and 'swallowed' sand. In reality they just stored it into an empty spot inside them. They gobbled up to the point that they looked slightly bloated.

They squeezed their bodies and with a large amount of pressure spat a cloud sand from their open neck area right to her face. They felt a bone-like object from within their arm. "Hands on weapons." The Synchs said, mimicking Travels Far's voice, sounding almost melodic in the way they said it.

From withing their stomach, something began to poke out. An opening in their skin allowed a long thin bone to emerge. It almost looked like Kua's sword, even a few runes in the blade, but it was very much off.

The sword itself was very simple, just a long stick with the handle being thinned out. Both ends of the blade hand tentacles emerging from them, with the handle having sharp tentacles that entered into their hands.

They jumped back and froze. Their head twitched and bone plating began to grow. Slowly but surely they became a replica of Travels Far. They squirmed, trying to get used to the body.

Then they shifted again, this time copying the new shape of Travels Far. They finally transformed completely, and now used Travel's Far's transformation ability. They looked almost as mutated as the faceless, but obviously could not copy them perfectly.

Reno made a battle cry and took a stance, more confident with their new form.

Just before travels far could attack they blocked with their "sword". They saw their speed and looked frightened. The three stepped around in a small dance before trying to replicate that speed.

They could not go nearly as fast as Travels Far, but they did go pretty fast. Mimicking their movements, Reno tried to swing at them.

Reno cursed at themselves for not copying Kua, seeing her hide behind the Faceless. She was fast and precise. Something they where not. They already transformed into Travels Far, if they tried copying her it could cost them the fight.

The sword however was different. If her sword had some inherent magic they will be able to copy it. Reno felt their will enter the blade, readying them to copy.

However before he could strike again, Kua cut their arm off cleanly. Their wrists where boneless, so the blade cut through them without resistance.

Their blade and hand squirmed, then rejoined with them. It tried to fuse back into the Synchs, with the others waving the other arm, leaving them open for another quick attack.

The blade sunk into the ruby coloured flesh of Travels Far with a meaty thunk, embedding itself deep within. The Faceless did not shriek, howl or cry out. It turned it's neck towards the aggressor as the cut flesh knitted itself back in place, growing around the blade, locking it into it's body.

Travels Far's blade swung back awkwardly at Reno as it bent around the body in a fashion deeply uncomfortable to look at.

Kua figured the mimic's blade wouldn't realistically harm Travels Far. But it was still a problem. The fight was escalating, with both Travels Far and the new creature bringing out more and more out of of their alien tool bags. This was not good for her, and it was even worse for poor Jace-

Holy Kyra what was Jace doing?!

Kua gasped. The slippery necromancer had broken formation. Blinding the creature with a bag was very clever, but Kua rushed forward anyways, fearing the worst. Her fear came to pass when the young man was thrown along with Travels Far. If the mimic was strong enough to throw the Faceless, who was much bigger and strong than Jace...

"Shit!" (It took a lot to make Kua swear.) She gritted her teeth. Broken bones and bruises and blood, the worst case scenario, flashed in her mind.

In her rage, she suddenly had a moment of clarity, a zen-like impulse towards destruction.  Now in the blinded creature's face, her torso twisted and swung down, simultaneously dodging any attack to the upper body. Half elf muscles coiled like springs. She spun, her hand touching down to the ground. Her foot swung up in a whirlwind blur.

"COPY THIS!"

If the attack connected, the heel of her boot would strike the top of the creature with the bag head with the force of a heavy boulder. This type of kick was one of the most powerful unarmed strikes a human-shaped anything could deliver in accordance with the laws of physics.

But there was more. Without even realizing it, her heightened emotions had brought out something else in her.  The wet thump of the kick was accompanied by the shriek of a bottle rocket. Hot air screeched from behind the kick, and golden embers exploded from the impact site.

As Jace is flung to the ground he yelps, out of surprise more rather than pain. He is one that has grown quite familiar to pain. Jace quickly shakes off the maneuver and slide out away from the creature. What a ghastly thing to be facing. He took a deep breath in, don't be a cowars now Jace especially in the presence of such beauty. His eyes shift quickly to Kua. Wow what a strong fighter, he could see the worry in her eyes. He rushed towards the pile of objects emptied from his bag. Picking up a large handful he begins throwing them trying to hit the threat that befell them. "Please stop trying to hurt us"