Wow, you guys seem to love adding to the game while I'm in class. Also, I tried to keep Ben's escape a little open, so that people who saw him trying to leave could stop him. Nobody tried to. I guess either it wasn't clear that he didn't completely get away yet, or too many people were trying to kill Wei. Speaking of which, everybody seems to hate Wei. Kind of sad now that I'm being left out of the portal thing. I'll try to come back into the story when it makes sense.
I'd like to explain Ben's power a bit. Right now I think I'm keeping him to the three spirits: Zozoro, Abejuuju, and Kirosheb. The abilities they grant Ben depend on what kind of spirit they are. I imagine Abejuuju as a fat spirit (so if someone with the right ability, maybe precognition or dimensional awareness, gets to see him, that's what he looks like), and as a result gets bubble field powers. Cause fat obviously leads to bubble fields. The expanding field can only be started in wide-open places that Ben can see. He can't create an expanding field inside someone's open mouth and insta-kill them. Zozoro is a sleek, sneaky, manipulative sleazebag, and hence has invisibility. Again, makes perfect sense. Also, Ben can't use multiple spirit abilities at once at his current level. If you guys think I set him up too weak for combat, you're wrong. I have yet to use Kirosheb's power.
Edit: I assume people just entering can jump right in at any point, right? Also, water elementals aren't much worse than Ben's spirits and (maybe someday?) demon summoning.