Oscuro was the first to bear witness to this peculiar scene, with Blackjack in tow, following his flying avian companion from the desert and stumbling upon the primate. The raven dived down towards the ground and landed next to the horned jaguar, cawing to both him and the strange newcomer as he did so. He watched on with dangerous curiosity as the chimpanzee looked up to the sky, unleashing flames from his empty eye sockets and creating a beacon of heat and unnatural light. What the hell is this?

And throughout this Jackie listened to the stranger's ramblings — something about consuming the crow's flesh and merging with it to transcend this plane. Well, he didn't know what the fuck the other was talking about or whatever the fuck hallucinogen he could've taken to start spewing such nonsense from him. What he did know, though, was one certain crow that maybe the other sought out. "Vale?" the jaguar called after tossing his head behind his shoulder. He hoped that the Ardent was around somewhere, because in all honesty, he had no clue how to handle a monkey with fire coming out of his eyes talking about consuming crow flesh. "Vale, I think your friend's here."