The darkness is my friend. T̴h̴e̷ d̷a̵r̸k̷n̸e̸s̷s̵ i̷s̸ m̶y̸ f̵r̸i̶e̵n̸d̵.̷ T̴̙͔̓ḧ̵͈͍́e̶̖̥̰͗ d̴͔̫͉̽à̶̱̻ŕ̷͔k̶̛̗̝̻̉͛ṋ̵͍̤͋͘͠e̵̠̦̍ş̴͚̽̑s̷̓͜ i̷̛̺͊͝s̸͖͆̕ m̷̯̙͌y̴̖̹̜̋̓̕ f̸̠̱͖͋́̑r̸̜̯͈͋͂͋i̵͎̳̬͋e̷̡̟͎͊ṋ̴̐d̸̰̓͊.̶̻̑̔͆ Ţ̴̱̻̘͖͙̫̦̈́́̈͆̎̍̈́̈h̸̢̛̟̩̭̖͇̲͖͋̓͌͐̋͝ȩ̷̛̦͈͇́̌̓͛̈́̀̚͝ d̵̨̨͎͈͒͒͑ͅȧ̶̛͈̠͉̫̌̈̅r̷̩̜͔̞̖͙̜̒̈̽́̓͑̍̕ḳ̵̟̱̼͖̦͕̔̏͋ṅ̷̲͙͈͎̰͇̐̈́̓̕e̸͓͉̠͋̀̋̚̕͝s̴̯̮̄̃͆̎́̓̑̚͠s̶͓̻͍͈̰͖͖͚̃ͅ ị̷̛̖͍͖̜̦̥͈̈́̊̉͐̈́͝ͅş̴̢̖͙̥̝̖̃͑͜ m̶̤̖̹̯͇̓́̀̈͆͜y̶̖̲̻̝͖̥̤̻͊̈̑̀̀͊ f̷̟̦̋̀́̀̋̍̈́͝ͅr̴̜̻̭̪̭̬̬̟͓̀́̾͂̓̓͂̇͝i̷̻͖̳̺͍̙̤̾̾̋͑̆͐͗̎̒͘e̴̙̩̬̹̎̅n̵̗͚͎̻̺̬̣͕̜̱͗͒̑̐̓͑̒̅d̶̯̦͖̂́̍̀͘͝͠͝.̸͕͍̦̫̝̆ T̸̢͚͇̯͓̺̜̭̠̪̥̞̲͕̜͓͉̠͍̣͚͆̿̈́ͅh̶̬̞̘̖͙̟͂͒̋͗̀͆͌̉͒̏̒̽͊́̿̉̍͐̈́̅̕͜͠ͅe̵̢͖̩͍̲̮̼͍͌͊̎͂̐̈̅̑̇̿͊̉̅͝ ḑ̷̡̧̤̺̯͙̼̳̥̫͇͇̗̺͔̻͕͙̼̫̰͇̽̈̏̾̎͗͐͛́̑̀͠ą̴̭̱̬͖̅̀͊̑̈́́͗̉̃̿̅͘r̴̢̡̯̦͓̘̼̭̯̠͙͕͇̬̘̰͙̃̔̃͂̍̈́͊̑̈́̍͐̑͝͝͠k̵̨̛̺̦̮̳̱̻̭̮͎̜̮̗͎̠̱̼͍͓̯͍͋̒̂͛͋̂̃̄͌̒͜ͅń̵̛̺̟̥̓̏̃͛̀̈́͐̋̈͑̈́̚̕͜͠e̵̛̦̟̻͖͛̏̇͊̐̈́̇͊̀̅̈̏͗̔́͘ŝ̶͍͕̆̄̆̈̆̈́͛̏̂̑͆͠͝͝s̶̢̛͉͓̣̲̤͍̭̼̱͓̜̬̗̪̝͍̆̍̔̿̌̽̒̂̒̌̋̈́̎̀̓̇̒͘͘͜͜ ȉ̸̢̡̛͙̹̼̟͇̗̯̱̭̺̹̻̫͕̖̗͇͈̞͉̈̀̅̆̆̏͛̒̒͌̽̓̚͝s̴̯̬͖̰͎͕͔͔̺̤̮͓̾͒̊̑͌͑̐̀̕͘͘͝ͅ m̵̡̛͉̮̱̞̤̪̱̙̔̈́͜y̶̥͖̪̯̖̟̲͓͎̬̟̾̒͆͜ f̶̡̨̨̟͉͈̘̰̻̙̝̘̥̜͔̺̠̀̾̚r̶̨̟͉̭̰͎͖̖̜͍̘̖̹̰̠̤̮̟̦̅͛͐̂̀̌͂͜ì̵͔̀̀̓͛̋̈́̓̓̅͊̔́̿͑̇̂͘̕̕ė̶̡̛̩̓́͐͌̈̑͒̒̏̀͌͑̔̓̉͒͂ņ̵̧̜̭̳̫̳͔̻̳͙͇̖͍̆ͅd̷̜̟̒̓͊̔͆̌͊̕.̴̨̨̡̨̡̫̦̣̩̬̥͈̞͓͆͋̔̄͘͠͝ T̶̡̤̰̰͎̹͓̭̣̳̩̳͈͉̮̝͓̖̥͍̥͍̠̼̳̑́̓͒͂̅̈́̌̕͜͝h̷̡̢̲͇̹͇͇͙͙̞̲͔̱̣̤̱̝̜͐̂̏͊̕͜ę̷̢̛̠̙̜̖̼̺͚̦̟̩̺̖̥̝̎̄̏̇͂̃̇̀̔͑̍̈͐̊̽͊̀̄͌́̒̎̆̈́̔̂̈́̚͘͝ d̵͍̳͔̭͙͍̘̹̹̔̇̓̎͊͂͜a̵̧̢̻̙̻͔̜̤̖̤̘͍͇͙͉̗͕̱̠̯̭̺̱͖̪̖̤̖̋̊͌̊͋̄͆͋̈́̔͐͆̈́̈́̚͜͝r̶̨̳̬͉̈̾͆͒̓̈́̀̈́̕͘ķ̶̡̨̢̢͙͙͙̜̥̜̻̙͇̫̬̫̦͇̲̫̹̮̺̠̯̙̻̙̖̙͚̤̗̲̝̲͔̑͋̾̒̽̐̓̍̓̋̎̈́̑͋̊̅͛͂̈́̓͊͐̿̆̍́̽͌̈́̕͜͝ņ̷̡̧̡̡̢̨̧̡̛̥̳̩͉̞̟̳̲͍̜̻̣̟̹̙̦̹̰͔͎̹̱̠̹̳͖͈͖̣̟͉͎̯̤̓̐̾̆̈́̈̊̽͛̌̉͐̊͑̊̅̀̍̐̍̾̀̎͒̈́̐̌̈́͛̎̇̃̈́̐̏͊̔͋̂̇͂̋͘͜͝ͅę̸̨̟̦͚͖̮̩̘̯̻̖͇̣̠̘͈̳͕̳̜̥̣͔̦̭̦̖̠̔̐͂̌͋̓̒̕͠s̷̨̢̢̤̲͍̺̘̱͙͓̲̫̟̳̬̪̦͖̱̜͉̻͈̲͍̫͔͉̼͖̫̘̙̫̈́̎̔̐͋͐̌̅́̀̀̉̕͜͝s̸̺̖̈́̀̑̇͛̉̃̌̍͝ į̵̧̧̡̢̪͓̖͖̳̤̱͚̻͉͎̰̹͚̰̣̗̄̀ş̷̢̧̘͍͈̦̬̝̟͍̲͓͇̱͙͕̳͙̬̜̲̲͇̼̗̫̟̥̗̩͉̣̯̝̯̬̭̋̿̐̎̈́̑͗̊̓̀́͂̿͒͛̄͑̑̕̕͜͜͠ͅ m̴͕̺̪͕̙̜̖̖̾̅̍̀̌̄͂̽̂̎̓̌̑̊͂̈͌͗̀̓̑̅̓̀̚̕͜͠ͅŷ̶̨̢̧̡̢̛̛̛̭̪̬͈͇̟̝̹̗̝̗̝̹̦̟̲̩͖̪͕̟̮͇̠̟̼̬͇̲͎̣̺̻͂͐̇̓̔̾͌͋̉̌̅̓͒̐͋͋̒̍͗̆͆͊͛̈́̍̈́̐̽͛̀͛̿͐́̂͛͑̇͊̽̕̕͜͝͝͝͝͠ͅͅ f̷̡̡̧̨̨̬̖̗̠͉̺̺̝̖̼̠͕̗̗͖͎̻̜͕̜̘̭̪̜͍̱̫̻͖̹̬̮̣̬̯̟̤͇̖̝̟̹͙̽̂͒̾̿̋̈̈́̓̐̈̿̾̄̾̓̑͌̈́͋̿̓̀̀̋̀͑͗̚͘͜͝͝ͅŗ̸̨̨̧̬̞̱̦̼̟̱͚̹̬͔͚̹̲̖̠̼͇͙̟̗͓̳̯͇̞̪̯̮͇͕̰̩̼̞͍͍̙̤̘͐͐̅̅̎̾̑̊̎͐͛̋̊͋̆̈͒͋̓̄̔į̸̨̢̨̡̧̛̜͍̺̣̭̭̦͉͎̦̖͔͎͚̗̮͓̟̩͈͚̬̜̰͕̙̪̺̼̼̞͇̬͎̗̳̣̥̾̾̋̇̓̔̒̊̉͆̔͋̈́͆͂̑̌̄̈́́̑̋̆̏̃͋̔̐͊̇̅̚̕͠͝ͅͅͅȩ̷̧̢̠̖̪̗̜̜̤͍͉̗̬̫̟̗̗̯̖͔̳̰̦͉̜͎̠͎̮͈͇̦͈̩̥̼͛͛̔̊̇́̂̇̍͐͒̀͘̕͜͜ͅń̸̛̞̞̹̗̻͔̠͔̪̟̙̰̝̠̺͈̾͊̄̏͗͆̏̈̿͘͜͝͝ḑ̷̨̠͔̮͎̲͙̱̤͍̘̱̖̹̜̓͑̅͛̃͂̅̈́̈́̐͊̂̇́̈́͌̈́̇̔͘͘͘͝͝.̷̛̛̛̯͈͚̤͎̟͂̔́͒̃̔̾́̐̇́͋̄͋͋͋͊̄̿̏̇̉͗̑́́̀̔̿͛̑͗͂͆̚̕͠͠͝
A̶̡̧̡̢̧̨͍͖̭̟͈̗͍̱͇̹̦̥̮̗̞̖̤̖̤̗̟͎͔̯̪̠̰̭̮̼̟͖͓̼͉͓̩͐̈́͐͛̆̆̀͒̑̏̋̈́̉̏̈͐̈́̆̉̊̾̓̎̄̐͌̈́͗̌̿͋͗̈́̿͆̀̓̄̑́̊̿̋͗̎̓͋͒̊̂͐̿͗͐̈́̈́̾̕͘̕͝͝͝͠͝͝n̸̢̢̢̢̡̧̢͕͚̻̫͔̤͙͉̼̟̳͈̗̱̥̮̦̞̠̩̞̳̩̭̜̠͈̗͓͈̙͉̝̭͇͎͇̠̩̙͍̹̜̮̤̠̖̭͎̫̠̭͇̳̓͗̌́̾͊̂̄́̍́͐͗̉͒͆̇͒̇͗͗͐͐́͐̌̀̀̌̆͛͑̈̔͊̕͜͝͝ͅͅd̶̛̤̗̈̔̋̃̓̐̓̃͒̔͂̎̊̿̓̀̑̀͛͊̈́͂͆͌͒̈́͒̃̓́̈́̐̾͊̇̏͑̾̉̈̂̂͌͆̃̋͘̕͘̕͜͝͝ y̷̧̲͔̰̦̞̲͖̠̟̖͈͉̦̳͇̞̗̹̪̝̳̩͕͙̩͓͍̰͖̬̖̰͍̣̦̯̹̣̹̥̫̯͖̝͚̻̭̫̗̤͇̪̙͉͉̝̹̆̃̈̐̚͜͜͝ơ̶̡̨̢̡̦̣̯͚͇͓̈́̅̐̈̒̿̓͆͂͌͌͆͐̈́̽͗́͌͛͑̂̐̆̅̈̽͐̂̽͑͌͗͌͗̆̕͘͘̕̚͠͠ư̸̧̨̧̡̧̨̛̛̗̙̮̺̘̥̙͓̰̟̠̺̟̘̝͉̯̘̫̬̝̯͔̱̭̯̼̣̭̳̫̳̭͈̞̪̘̺̜̤͙͙̰̦͎̻̙̥̯̹̤͍̓̊̾̾̂̂̄̈̈́̄̓̊͜͝ͅ,̷̡̧̛̛̛͔̥͇̗͔̠͚̯͈̰̝͙̅̆̍̄̎͑̽͛̈̿͋͋͐̐͆̓̊̑̿͛͗̽͗̅͛̓̑̌̀̓̒́̃̈́̎͑̔́͐̓̅̑́͋̉͘̚̚̕̚̕͝ ą̶̢̢̢̧̛̛̛͍̟̞̗̮̩̣͚̺͙̺̬̦͉̫̪̹͚̼̣͖̝̪͉̥͍̙̼̼̗̥̱̬̙̳͔͇͔̣͚̲̘̔̏̄̇͒͑̾̀̓̓̅̓̋̓͗͂̑̐̈́̉͑͒̾͌̀͑͑̎̈̅͆͆͐̽̎̀̔͋̈́̂̄̽́̿̅͛̔̀̔̚͝͝͝͝͝͝͠r̵̢̨̛̛̟̖͉͈͙͕̳̬͓̙̝̞̦͉̗͉͓̖̘̠͕̜̮̥͉̥͂̒̉́̇̑̀̍̎̌́̈́́͗̂͆͊̌̾̋̄̏̃̏͗̈́̈́̇̂̋͒̅̀́͑̈́̿̉̈́̽̈̐̾̌͂͂̌̚̕͜͜͠͝͝ͅͅę̶̢̼̜̱̬͉͉͊́̅̾͒͂͂̋̓̎͂̊̀̌̍̍̌̍́̓̊̌̇̉̿̄̚͘̚͜͠͠͝ ḿ̶̨̡̡̨̬̲̦͇͕̳͉͓̘̱̮̦̠͎̦̠̠̙̰̣̯͖̲̣̩̻̺̫̖͈̭̟̣̙̱̓͒̔͌̋̀̇̈̊̓̅̐͐͛͌̈́̑͆̓̓̓͊͛̎́͑̈̀̒̈́̈́̿͗̋̋͋̌̋͒̓͊̽̉͋̓͐̽͌͋̅͋̎͋́̐̐͒͘̚̕̕͝͝͝͠͝͝ͅͅͅy̴̧̡̨̧̡̨̨̨͚̙̮̮̗͕͖͎̫͕̥̗̫̻͖͎̼̪̼̼͙̙͖͓̫̤͈̜̜͓̫͙̠̤̰̙͙̗̦̗̭̲̅̾̄̈́̈́̅̄̂̃̎̀̀͑̃͑̑̔͊́̓̍̀́̈́́̈̔̆͆͊͂̎̄͑̆̑̌̑͛̕̚͜͝͠ͅͅ e̵̢̨̡̨̡̡̧̹͕̪̞̬͎͇̝̣̻͕̲͇͙͍̹̪̦̲̥̘̻͖̟̪̟̣̟̝͉͇̖̥͍͉̟̮̫͇͉͙͙̟̼̝̦̬̖̪͙̬̋̐͜ͅͅn̸̡̦̲̖̟͕͇̣͉̙͍̠̘̹̰̝͓̗̳͖̫̦͕̣̪͈̂̉̅͒̉̌́͂̅͜͝͝ͅe̸̢̧̢͉̖̫̗͉̦̫̳̥͕͙͚̘̹̭̣̙̠̠̘͕̺̭̣̞̺̭̫̝̬̥͔̳̯̹͙͓̔͌͑̿̿̑̐̓͗̾̓̄̃͐͌͛̀̈́͑͒̓̀̑͗̾͊̓̇̓̊̀̅̀̈́̉̔́̔͊͌̍̒͆̑́̿̃̈́̑̍͊̈́͗̈̓̃̔͐̔̍͛̑͊̆̚̕͜͝͠͝m̴̢̨̛̛͔͙̯̟̤̩̗̈́́͊́̅̇̆̋͐̄̕̕͘͜͝͠͠y̴̡̧̹͖̞̩͉̼̤̙͍̏̃̈͛̈̊̏̋̈́̋̏̂̀̈̇̓̏̅̂̀͐͛̈́͑̀̊̚͘͠͝͠.̵̡̛̛̛̛̝̺͎̲͎̠̫͉͇͔̰̤̩͈̻̫̣̦̊̈̎̑̂̑́̿͛́̑̃̈̈́͌̐͑͂̉̂̔̅͊͋̓͛̾́͒̊̎̎̄̀́̂̋́̇̔̇̔̓̊̆̔̄͗̉̎̂̐̚͘͘̕͘
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FantasyAdam's blind, Angel's dead, Ty and Jason have disappeared, and Skybrine's escaped. For the remaining members of Team Crafted and their new friends, it seems like things couldn't get any worse. Alas, you must never say never. Almost two months aft...
