Hortence was quite relieved to feel a bit of closeness after her fight with the demons. It had worried her more than she thought… She broke the kiss early, but couldn’t quite get herself to let go of the woman. Embracing her tightly, almost desperately. “Hortence…” Beth whispered, surprised and happy with the attention.<br/><br/>Hortence listened vaguely to Akira as she stood there, she was about to respond as she heard the word that always made her snap out of whatever she was doing “oops”.<br/><br/>She turned to see “Smokey” having been activated. “Akira!” she yelled and put her helmet on, then pointed to it, hoping that Akira would understand.<br/><br/>just moments later a vast cloud of smoke exploded from the machine. Instantly filling the room, with a purplish white blanket, so thick it felt tangible, moving through it was almost like swimming.