Regina had only just stepped out of a shadow in one of the first story bedrooms. Despite her sudden appearance, a root somehow anticipated where she was. It tore through the floorboards and subsequently through the shaded wall she had stepped out of. Had it not been for the root's extremely loud, obstacle-filled path towards Regina, it might have snagged her.  But Regina was able to turn around in time to deal with the root. But for all Regina's power, she was still a novice monster girl. Having something like that try to enter your personal space was bound to make almost anyone a little nervous. The succubus shrieked and fired a round directly into the “tentacle.” The bullet may have been small, but it operated on the same principles as Amber's cannon balls. The tiny bullet carried enough energy to turn the root into a mess of splinters. But the real root of Regina's problems came in the form of twelve light arrows aimed at every window on the face of the building. Regina knew she couldn't out run an arrow, so she ducked into a corner and waited for the inevitable. She held her hands over her head as the arrow salvo rocked the building. The monster girl managed to avoid the direct explosion, but the shock wave and debris were enough to throw her forcibly into the wall. This wasn't an attack she was going to just shrug off. Nothing had been broken, but the bruises along the side of her body wouldn't stop hurting during the fight. Before the second barrage hit, Regina quickly sprinted to her feet and dove into the wall. This time she came back out on the top floor on the opposite side of the building. She could feel the second barrage through the vibrating floor. This excessive use of brutality. Anything that caused her to hide in a corner like that was...

	[i]Disgusting[/i]

	Regina was getting aggravated. There were too many people now, and she was starting to lose control of the situation. And that was one thing that Regina wasn't going to stand for. But Regina knew she had lost her advantage. More beacon girls would arrive soon, and Alicia would soon pinpoint her exact location. If Regina wanted vengeance, she would need to do it with her next attack. But who really deserved to fall victim to Regina's judgment? The magical girl who rudely sent her away, or the monster girl that fired a Vulcan blast at her, unprovoked? Suddenly what Regina had to do became so much simpler.

	Regina opened one of the hallway doors and aimed out the windo, stabilizing her weapon against the door frame. The pain from the bruises on her right side hampered her a bit, but she was still able to focus through the pain. Her dark mortars were still hovering in place over the hole in the roof. So she sent them off, homing in towards Elroy. Regina's ability to see minds made it possible to spot Penny, Scout, Thalia, and Suwako. They were in relatively close proximity to Elroy, and she would be able to easily blanket the area in darkness with her homing mortars. Of course Suwako would get a very special dark mortar all to herself. She was a bit further away from Elroy, and he wouldn't get hit by the curse. If  Suwako found herself caught in the blast, she would be treated to something more sinister than just darkness. There was a mana devouring curse in the mortar aimed at her, and Suwako  would feel her mana being ripped directly out of her body, weakening her spells.  

	But even with all the darkness surrounding Elroy, none of that had any effect on Regina's ability to hit a target. She took aim at Penny and fired. It was a magic bullet with a frailty curse, designed to weaken the body and make it more susceptible to harm. 

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	A rolling metal bolder, a descending monster girl, and an array of tentacles and bullets, all aimed at Elroy's monstrous shape. An impressive pincer attack, especially considering the three magical girls had limited time working together. Most monsters in Elroy's position couldn't hope to get out of such a mess, least of all without taking substantial damage. 

	But Elroy was angry, not stupid.

	The monster boy was not merely charging through scrap steal for the fun of it, he was collecting it and swinging it around himself. Much like electrons swarming around the body of an atom. Scout's roots were instantly sheered in half by a sheet of steel, and what few bullets struck Elroy's chains simply bounced off. Elroy's chains were made out of aegis, and few attacks could break them so easily. Thaila likely had time to protect herself from the scrap hurricane that enveloped Elroy, but the explosion she caused when she struck the barrier wasn't close enough to do any lasting damage. Though both Scout and Thalia's attacks did manage to slow Elroy down a bit. The massive boulder rolled through the wall of flying scrap like it wasn't even there. Elroy was able to block it with his hands, but he was still pushed backwards by the boulder when it hit him. The concrete gave out under his feet as he struggled to stay upright. Though with his mastery over metal, it was only a matter of time before it was dissolved into his spinning steel barrier. 

	That was when all the random dark zones around the area expired, and new ones started to show up. Three detonated over the garage area, swallowing Elroy and his attackers in darkness.

	Elroy now had all of the scrap that made up the garage at his disposal, and he quickly put the finishing touches on his creation. The spinning maelstrom of steel slowed down as the pieces bent around each other. In no time at all, he was encased in a hollow “ball” of metal. Elroy even had enough scrap left over to make himself some makeshift spear, which he floated over his shoulders. Technically he couldn't see his opponents, but his mastery over metal let him sense the only target he cared about. Elroy charged towards Penny, causing the sphere he was in to roll forwards. In the event that anything was able to break through his steel barrier, he would have a spear or four ready for them, depending on the severity of the break.

	As Penny and Elroy charged towards each other, Regina's bullet ripped through the air like a bolt from the heavens.

[@Flamelord][@Shifter_Master][@Majoras End][@Vocab][@Hammerman]

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[hider=Tonya “Mac” Murphy]
[b]Age: 24/11 | Gender: Female/Female | Illusion, Gravity
Body | Power of Friendship, Regeneration | Moirai
Wings, Soul Jar, Martial Training, Familiar, Environmental Sealing, Gifted, Awareness, Mystic Artifact

Magical Overload, Paragon, Blessing, Gifted Item | Monster Form, Big Brother, Arrogance, Vendetta
Redirected Magic, Second Specialization | Non-Standard Limbs, Destroyer[/b]

STR: 05 | AGI: 04 |  VIT: 05 | MAG: 03 | LCK: 03

STR: 12 | AGI: 08 |  VIT: 10 | MAG: 16 | LCK: 05

Earnings this post: Zilch

Total: 0 Gold, 14 Silver, 16 Bronze
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	Much like with the hospital roof, a little zero gravity float was enough to prevent Elroy's slam from harming her. Technically, she could just put an image of Regina surviving in his brain to make this fight end sooner, but letting things drag out on Beacon's turf was sure to destroy the shop, weaken the surrounding structures, and put a dent in Beacon's wallet. Anything that tipped things a bit more in favor of the little guys was good in Tonya's book. 

	Now there was actually no way Suwako could know Regina's position, nor could Regina's attack drain [i]that[/i] much mana.  But with Tonya in attendance, they would at least [i]think [/i]they could. Regina's bullets ripped through an illusion, and soon afterwards, Suwako would fall to a punishing curse that no magical girl could reasonably cast. She had also managed to angle Alicia's arrow far enough away from Regina that it wouldn't do too much damage, compared to what it would have done. 

	Penny wasn't in a good spot, so Tonya didn't worry too much about her.