[right][color=1462ba][i][h2]Mariette[/h2][/i][/color][/right]
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[color=ff00d0]‘Oho! Someone’s looking at us!’[/color] Deni smirked and looked through the portal on the wall to the other side. 

[color=57a345]‘... Onto the list she goes.’[/color] Eli said, bringing up a pen and paper to inspect who it was that was looking and then write down her rough description. The one on a pillar of dirt. The pen simply floated inside Eli's wing as she wrote with it, and she was pretty proficient with using it like that.

[color=57a345]‘Good job. Continue keeping a look-out.’[/color] Eli said, putting down the pen and paper again. It was always a really good idea to keep track of those who could see through Deni and Eli’s magic.

Mariette listened to the arguments taking place outside. They were making her feel uncomfortable. She reached down on her right side and grabbed her big stuffed bunny, lifting him up to her lap and hugged him. For a while now, she could never become frightened. Asengav was too scary by comparison. But, discomfort was another matter altogether. Reminded her of the arguments of her parents…

Her eyes turned to the portal, gazing at the scene. Was there a consensus being reached? … Maybe. But, there was one thing that was bothering her. This whole discussion was taking place in between the monsters and Beacon. But they should just be vocal minorities. Also, fighting side-by-side with more Magical Girls did give a considerable advantage against their foes, she just had to ensure to choose the right moment to backstab. Mariette kept her eyes focused on a specific location and channeled her magic.

[color=ff00d0]‘Oh. The mistress stirs.’[/color] Deni commented, a bit wide-eyed, Eli’s attention also drawn. This was not a matter which Mariette had to ask them about anything, they were merely her minions. She drew power from the large mirror in the corner, as it stood there anyway. She channeled this into her hand-mirror, which she grabbed with her right hand while holding her stuffed bunny with her left arm, and she focused her power.

She had to focus for quite some time, because she wanted the ultimate precision for this. Her magic crept along a dimension separate to their own to open another portal. She knew where she wanted it. Mariette opened one of her mini-portals right inside Victoria’s ear, on the side which was away from Chloe. Wouldn’t necessarily disguise the use of magic, but it would make it harder to potentially interfere. The portal was simply to convey words. Had there actually been hostile intent, she’d had to pour much more magic into it, which Victoria would have noticed. As it was, however, it was for a friendly intention.

[color=1462ba]‘[i]I accept your alliance.[/i]’[/color] Mariette spoke silently into her hand-mirror, where in the center was the tiny portal that was on her end, her statement intent only to be heard by Victoria. Deni made a sharp intake of breath at the statement and smirked, Eli looking on intently. [color=1462ba]‘[i]Do not waste your time with monsters and Beacon. Their argument is of no concern to us. Appeal to the common Magical Girl. Get them to agree first, to pressure the other factions about that this alliance is real. Then, we can split Beacon and the monsters up, make an alliance with them separately. Beacon need never know.[/i]’[/color] So she stated. If Victoria moved in any way that’d bring the portal out of her ear Mariette would immediately remove it, the same if anyone called attention to it.

[@Western Robot]