Haley was so used to new people just appearing at that point, that she failed to give the Water Elemental a proper look. "Eh? At this point, Dow Jones, probably, but..." she shrugged. "I mean. We should probably stop the big machine, but he looks scary." Then she really turned to look. "Oh. I haven't actually seen you before. Who are you?"<br/><br/>Ephatnus writhed on the ground, attempting to resist Ephantus' control. "You...will not...take my...ugh!"<br/><br/>"...G...Great Depression!" Expending almost all of his magic, Dow Jones managed to affect a relatively small area around Ephantus hard to enough to reduce the strength of his attempted mind control (although not nearly as great as if the Alteration Zone was still in effect) which allowed him to stagger up to his feet.<br/><br/>"I refuse to be bought out...by a machine!" He gathered every last bit of his money magic.<br/><br/>"Market....FAILURE!" But instead of attacking Ephantus, he turned it inward. All of his functions and organs shut down one by one until he collapsed yet again to the ground and with his last breath he whispered... "<span style="font-size: 50%; line-height: 116%;">soul mortgage</span>" and disappeared in a puff of burned dollar bills.