And so began a deadly game of musical ogres. Gamzee and Rose's leaps and pirouettes as they switched ogre heads caused both their ogres to falter in confusion for a moment. For the ogre Gamzee had landed on, this indeed allowed him the opportunity he needed to land blows with his clubs. The ogre howled in pain; its thick skull might have cracked had the blows come from Gamzee's troll form. As it was, though, there was still severe disorientation and throbbing in its head as it swiped wildly above with both arms, attempting to swat Gamzee down onto one of its tusks like a shishkabob.

The position of Ilia's ogre on the ground after its body slam allowed her a successful attack with her needlewands, and the creature let out the closest thing to a shriek that an ogre could make. Dark ogre blood streamed out of its ears as the thing bucked and scrambled along the floor. It eventually rolled at a sharp and surprising speed, wrenching itself around in the hopes of crushing Rose between itself and the floor.

The remaining ogre, abandoned by Rose but soon adopted as an opponent by Ilia, did not give as big an opportunity. Its confusion did not last as long, and so it was able to see the punch to its leg coming, but not soon enough. It was only able to move such that the punch glance off the side of its knee, which still caused the thing to stumble away from Ilia for a moment. After that moment passed, it snarled, pounding a fist down in her direction.