[quote=@DarkwolfX37]
I'm a fan of the way magical girls, supposed to hide their existence from the general public, are doing so much collateral damage and in one case possibly committing mass murder in order to stop a single enemy.
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To be fair, that is a very dangerous single enemy.

[quote=@PlatinumSkink]
I'm a little confused if Amber walked away to leave or to pay that tab and then come back or so. Anyways.

Mariette sits and does basically nothing, is the tl;dr of that.
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Amber left the table to go see Veronica under the guise of paying her tab. Your post is fine.

[quote=@Hammerman]
[@BrokenPromise]
Question, can you block the mortar's effect by covering yourself up with something before the darkness reaches you?
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The effect? Depends. The dome curses everything inside of it, so mundane forms of protection like a tarp or wall wouldn't really help you. A magical barrier could keep a magical curse out. But if the barrier was made with the magical girl's own mana, it could conceivably drain her mana out of the barrier. but that choice is up to you. It should be noted that you can block the mortar with just about anything, but it will still create a dome around the area it was blocked. But the question, as always is...

...what would your character do?