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Plot Holes - Part 1 of ?

"Apple's hit her head pretty hard at one point, got a small chip in her... skull? Is the cup her skull?" Ronnie questioned with confusion, before shaking his head as though to remove the question from his mind. "She said she had a headache and stuff, and seemed a little confused for a while, so maybe she might be concussed?"

Nodding, the red half-demon opened the top drawer. "Anyone else hurt?"

"Something happened with Seth's left wrist," Evan stated. "I don't know whether it's sprained or dislocated or fractured or whatever, but it swelled up really bad and he can't move it much. It's not, like, life-threatening or anything."

"Alright. So, there's nothing incredibly major? That's good."

"Well, Olive has a pretty big cut across his back. I think... well, I hope it was only skin deep. It looked messy, but it wasn't gushing with blood," MFR explained. "It's... definitely gonna leave a mark though."

"Where exactly has it been cut?" Red questioned as they took out a small but thick leather-bound notebook with a mahogany and black cover, decorated with intricate iron decals.

"In a massive Z, literally from the shoulders to the waist," Ronnie visibly cringed as he recalled the sight.

"What caused it?"

"An axe," Evan stated, before further adding, "What would later be his own axe."

"Z, and an axe," Red murmured. "I'm guessing his alter ego is based on his Zero persona, huh?" The others nodded. "What's Sloth's then? I didn't think he had created an evil persona."

"Neither did we," MFR shrugged. "I guess at some point, he made one up without telling us, and the parasite based itself on that. Calls itself Hatter."

"Do you know what triggers the parasites use?" the half-demon asked, as they flipped open the notebook and began to note a few things down with the silver fountain pen. Everyone shook their head. "Have they developed any unique abilities?"

"Like all the other parasites in the books, they've both got increased stamina, strength and pain tolerance," Ronnie began to explain. "I don't think Hatter has any other powers, at least, I've never seen them use any."

Taking over the explanation, Evan continued. "Zero can screw with people's senses. The closer they get to you, the worse your vision, hearing, feeling, and other stuff can get. If they get right up to you and manage to touch you for a few moments, they can pretty much remove one of your senses until you get away from them, or they do the same thing to someone else."

"So, Zero can reduce the effectiveness of a sense to... well, zero per cent," Red mused. "What sense do they tend to remove?"

"If you're in a group, then it's usually touch," MFR explained. "Makes your whole body go numb, making it nearly impossible to move anything. I guess that way, it helps split the attention of the group; they have to focus on escaping themselves, or risk helping someone who's practically paralysed to escape instead. When you're alone, though, it is usually sight, so you can't see any attacks coming at you."

"How far away do you have to be for the effects to stop?" Red asked.

"I don't really know..." Ronnie murmured, a slight frown on their face as they thought hard. "I had my sight taken, and it didn't come back until... how far away were we?" the young man asked MFR, clearly referencing an event that the pair had been through.

"Well, I had to drag you by the arm through three or four rooms until you started dodging things and avoiding obstacles on your own," she answered. "The rooms weren't super big, so... maybe... seventy-five feet?" When most of the non-American members of the group looked at her blankly, MFR sighed. "Like... ten Reds stacked on top of one another."