#( i got both bennett and collei on my main team when i play so i'm >:) just imagining how i use them LOL )

[freshsprout]

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ || the fire had luckily not gotten her, but she does catch a few of the stray droplets as bennett shakes the water off. collei makes a small noise of surprise, but otherwise, she's fine; again, it's better to be wet than on fire. "i'm fine!" she's quick to assure him in that brief moment of peace they have before the hilichurls make themselves fully known.

collei turns to the group with wide eyes, dread settling in her stomach. "oh no..." she and bennett are obviously outnumbered and she doesn't like how many elements the hilichurls are wielding. however, she recovers from the shock quickly, already grabbing her bow and getting into a defensive stance. it's not often she gets to stand alongside a pyro wielder, but she has a feeling this can get interesting— as long as they both stay careful.

"watch out!"

her timid attitude quickly melts away as forest ranger instincts take over. she gives bennett a quick glance before she throws her dendro-infused boomerang at the enemies, luckily hitting most of them. though it does little to no damage, it does afflict them with dendro, which is exactly what she was hoping for. dendro and pyro make for a great combination after all.

and thus, the stage has been set for bennett's attacks.

It definitely was better to be wet than on fire, as much as he didn't expect the sudden splash.

Bennett evoked the image of a soaked dandelion then- though it's nothing a dog-shake doesn't fix. Mostly. Kind of. (It occurs to him a second later that Collei is in the splash zone. It's something he'll apologize for once he makes sure she's not injured.)

"Thanks-!! That didn't get you either, did it?"

She doesn't look on fire, in any case. Now that the projectile has lost some flame though, it becomes easier to see that it's no more than a splatter of slime. Dangerous still, sure, but Bennett breaths a sigh of relief that it's not an arrow. Fingers crossed it was actually from a slime, and not-

Then the sound of chattering broke that thought, and another young Pyro Slime was flung at them and the cart. Stomping could be heard from behind them, and the two were promptly surrounded by a Pyrotechnician Group of hilichurls. Complete with an Axe Mita, three of those slime-throwers, one electro archer, and a hydro sama; this could be interesting.

Bennett's blade flashed into his hand.

"Brace yourself!!"