Jimmy
Moments before the creature lunges after shwook, a monochromatic keyblade would come flying from a random location. It strikes the creature from the side, cleaving through as it causes the beast to vanish into darkness- a heart presumably being freed in the process.
Leslie
Soon after, the sound of boots walking on the hard ground could be heard by shwook from behind, at a quick pace. If she were to turn around, she would see a humanoid figure clad in black attire.
Barbara
"Wark?"

Shwook quickly twisted her neck a perfect 180 - first looking forward... Then looking down.

She recognized the coat immediately.

"Verrix, is that you? I'm afraid to say that my map for this world is no good anymore, the fires seem to have torn up my work on a geological scale. Honk."

She recognized the coat, but was oblivious to the fact that several people wore the style. Granted, she hasn't seen it anywhere else so far - so she jumped to assumptions.
Leslie
For a few moments, silence ensue as xanaro raises an eye ever so slightly in suprise. First, a talking beast. Second, It knows one of his.. Allies. That is the way to put it. And third, from a glance it is easy to tell that she seems to be like him- a being without a heart. Usually, you can sense something from a person. Nobodies do not have this, and neither does she.

"..No. I am not Verrix." He steps closer, making it easier to speak with the larger individual. "However, I am an ally of his." The tone of the nobody is dull. Entirely lacking any expression.

"You say that you were working on a map for this world?"
Barbara
"Oh? Ally... Ah! Flock member! You are of the same Flock yes-yes; I should introduce myself then—"

Shwook twisted her body to match where she was facing, though twisting it the wrong way at first... So she had to unwind her head anyways.

"—I am Shwook. I am a traveler - and yes, a map maker. I make maps, it is quite... Fulfilling, if I had to give it a word. I can't feel joy nor sorrow, not as I used to. I suspect these funny crystals make me sick, but I digress..."

Shwook click-clacked her beak. "And of course, as I have done for Deep Jungle and Twilight Town and much of space - though my ship is lost as well - I have also been working on a map for this world—" Shwook's eye-crystal blinked as she continued to speak.

"—Ah! But tragedy! The wildfires and dark fissures have mucked up the landscape in such a disastrous way! Not only that, but there's monsters all over the place! The damn things - I've been harassed by this flock of no-good bird-monsters. I suspect they've been befallen by this plague of corruption, but I've handled most of them. Their leader has currently escaped me - or have I escaped him? I am unsure."