[@Shifter_Master][@PlatinumSkink] The waitress returned to the table with Sue's initial order. She placed the tater tots in front of Deni and, after seeing Sue wasn't present, placed the onion rings in front of Violet. After the cokes were put in their respective positions, the waitress smiled at Violet. “Oh, I thought the tab had been closed on this table. That girl with green hair and glasses paid it with a credit card and left. Though I suppose you can open a new tab if you'd like. However...” The waitress's smile vanished. “You'd best have a way to pay for it. Because if you don't, you'd be in debt to us. And it won't be so easy to clear as just washing a few dishes.” She grinned before putting on a pair of sunglasses. “Anyway, shift change. I'll send your new waiter up in a second.” As soon as she left, no one could quite remember what her face looked like. [hr] Mariette not causing a ruckus was bittersweet. Amber very much would have liked to have turned the tables on the portal witch, ambush her instead. But it made sense that she wouldn't show, or find some way to remain safe. But Amber would have traded an opportunity at vengeance for Sue, Lily, and Alexander's safety anyway. Amber had chosen to leave the sewers through a back ally entrance. One of her exit strategies if things went south was having everyone pile onto her ship. She had carefully parked sky bastion between two billboards to avoid detection. It stuck out a bit. Erm, a lot actually. It probably wasn't the best hiding place, but it hadn't been destroyed so it must have been good enough. Amber approached the mast of the ship, and sure enough Helga's soul gem was still there. The chain of the pendant was hung on two nails to give the necklace some stability, as Helga didn't seem to enjoy swinging like a pendulum. “Seems my trap wasn't sprung.” She took Helga and looped her around her neck before tucking her inside her coat. “Anyway, I might have a surprise for you. But I need to walk around in public, so you need to be silent a bit longer.” Amber hoped of the bow of her ship and descended into the streets. She spread the sails on her back to slow her fall. Once she had her feet on the ground, she reverted back to her untransformed state in a flash of blue light. Amber knew she would have to hurry if she was going to meet the Djinn sisters at the Pit stop. They should be just a few blocks away... [hr] [@Majoras End][@Flamelord][@Shifter_Master] The general rule with any magical girl is that size doesn't matter. There were plenty of magical girls that didn't look a day older than eight years. Despite their size, they were capable of lifting cars over their head, breaking land speed records, and surviving attacks that would ruin war machines. The only exception to this rule is when a magical girl, or boy, takes on the form of a monster. Their larger size is almost always a display of raw power. The bolts of light that struck Elroy caused him to cease his push into the building. He stumbled away from Penny, winding up back outside the garage. It was evident that the attack had an effect, but it wasn't strong enough to get Elroy to disengage his current opponent. Penny continued to charge forward, crying out in fury as she prepared to make her exit, through Elroy if necessary. But Elroy crouched down like a frog and sprung up into the air, using his massive fists to push himself high above the incoming cyborg. He even flew above the roof of the building. This change of trajectory was just enough to fold the garage in on itself. The back of the metal pole barn was torn clean away from the crumbling garage and soared towards Elroy. As the air born scrap neared the red gorilla, he molded it into a metal ball with his magic. The metal glowed an intense red color as it was asked to bend against it's will. The scrap ball was not pretty or smooth by any means. It was just a giant, mostly round ball of scrap steel. He lifted his improvised metal bolder over his head and prepared to smash anything that was still under him when he landed. He might not hit penny, but he would hit the ground, and it would cause the earth to tremble. [hr] It was fun to watch Elroy cause destruction in her memory. Not many people got the chance to see how a friend would react after they died. This was going to make it a lot easier for her to forgive Elroy for the huge pain in the butt he'd been recently. Now she could see exactly how much Elroy loved her. This told Regina things that no amount of mind reading ever could. Her original goal was to have Elroy bring Alicia to her for some fun, but that clearly wasn't going to happen now. Regina had some things she wanted to try on a light specialist for a while. Umeko had told Regina about a light magical girl's ability to dispel magic and she was curious how potent it was. A restrained magical girl would have been preferable, but Regina was capable of lobbing curses at a distance. She pulled the lever back on her gun. This was a live magical bullet. Alicia would definitely feel this one if it hit, unlike the psychic bullet that painlessly struck Elroy. And the applied curse was extreme pain. This was the same type of curse she used on Elroy and Ilia during their sparing match, only in bullet form. Regina aimed at Alicia's legs. Her goal wasn't to kill the magical girl after all, just experiment and play with her magic. And of course, keeping Alicia off Elroy was a bonus. It wasn't really fair to let the Beacon girl get involved with Elroy's duel anyway. When Elroy was at his peak height, Regina fired at Alicia. Again the air was filled with the crack of high powered rile fire. Regina also let her magic mortars fly over her head and descend into the battlefield. She didn't aim anywhere in particular, They would land and explode between the combatants in a hap hazard manner. They didn't carry any curses, but the black explosions stayed in place, creating light stopping domes. Only those who didn't need light to see could look through such magic. Regina braced herself against one of the building's interior walls. She wasn't sure how hard elroy was going to hit the ground, but she didn't want to fall out the front of the building because of it.