>>25020435Serena couldn't be more right. The church altar contains the cornerstone, the very essence that keeps Phil'erup from becoming a literal hellhole. Of course it's going to be on high alert, swiping back Shauna won't be an easy task.
You'll have to fight, but it's not like that's a bad thing. You love fighting, and if there's one thing you love more it's loving to fight people who bamboozle you into fighting for them. Now it /really/ feels like payback!
On top of that, you have one small, but significant advantage that'll aid in tipping the scales in your favor. After all, you've just been freed by a group of allies who up until this point have associated themselves with the enemy. But it's not like the enemy is /aware/ of their true alignment. Crafty thoughts begin to fill your hot air head as you begin laying the groundwork for a particularly nasty ruse. "Heh...."
"Calem?" Serena asks, stepping forward. "Oh dear. I've seen that look before.."
Smugger grins have graced your mug before, but none more satisfying than the one on your face right now. "Pupupupupuuuuu.... Those chumps still don't know you guys are with me, right? Hrmmm.. I think I've got an inkling.."
A light bulb shoots out of your skull. "No wait, hold up! Not just ANY inkling, an ACTUAL idea! Everyone, slip those funny masks back on and tie my hands behind my back, we're gonna pull some Trojan ass antics up in here!...
and I don't mean the condoms!" 