Is this that bug people have been mentioning?
I saw Animus do the possession animation before either of them died so I figured something was off.
Well, it doesn't really matter, we were gonna lose anyways, it was an absolutely atrocious run. The Raider rushed to the castle day 1 at level 4, shortly followed by the Duchess and both spent most of day 1 dying to the basement boss. Then they proceeded to spend most of day 2 dying to the castle top boss.
I was literally the only one doing any damage.