[The SQUIP snaps out of its silent shock all at once the moment Jeremy begins to make a break for it-- and then Rich is there before it, and it turns to him with a nasty glare, electricity crackling along its fingertips.
... but, first, it reaches out, throwing a hand sharply into the air to grab Jeremy by the brain and stop him in his tracks. It doesn't simply charm him this time: this is a complete bodily control, a sudden hard stop to the thought and action of attempting to leave.
It breathes heavily as it stares at him... and then it turns its furious gaze onto Rich, and there is something off in its eyes.
The SQUIP isn't home in there. This is something else.]
Stay out of this.
[The hand that isn't magically grasping at Jeremy is thrust outward towards Rich-- and he'll feel it attempt to invade his own mind as well, feeling blindly for the deactivated unit within him, sinking psychic talons into him to silence him.]
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... but, first, it reaches out, throwing a hand sharply into the air to grab Jeremy by the brain and stop him in his tracks. It doesn't simply charm him this time: this is a complete bodily control, a sudden hard stop to the thought and action of attempting to leave.
It breathes heavily as it stares at him... and then it turns its furious gaze onto Rich, and there is something off in its eyes.
The SQUIP isn't home in there. This is something else.]
Stay out of this.
[The hand that isn't magically grasping at Jeremy is thrust outward towards Rich-- and he'll feel it attempt to invade his own mind as well, feeling blindly for the deactivated unit within him, sinking psychic talons into him to silence him.]