Text Cut: You big bully, you!
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INFERI! 
The Inferi weren’t stopping. Fire spells flew through the air alongside the burning wood thrown in their direction. Some caught the skeletal figures of the Inferi, igniting them immediately. Some were not so lucky: flames caught onto the bottoms of the lower portraits, setting them on fire and causing the frantic occupants to run for cover.
But still they searched. Exposed flesh was scratched, pockets were ripped, humans were pushed aside. They were determined to find what they needed... to find what they were here to get.
Luckily, they didn’t need to wait long. Every single Inferi stopped simultaneously at the appearance of the treasure. There was a moment of peace as every pair of cloudy eyes focused in on the gold before them. This peace was disrupted by the same low, barely audible croak they had heard earlier.
"The rest."
It was then that chaos erupted once more.
...and then everything was still. Eerily still.
Was this her waking up from her nightmare? So it
had been a--...
"OH, DEAR MERLIN!" she couldn't help but say, as the Inferi spoke. Nevermind waiting on Marchand for instructions. As soon as the Inferi charged forward again, Maddie yelled out in surprised and dropped all the treasure she was holding. Whatever happened to exercising a little patience, hmm?
"Come on, Dorian!" she said, and she grabbed her fellow third year by the tail of his shirt and jerked him along behind her. If she was going to keep running headfirst into a battle scene, she was at least going to start keeping Dorian beside her!