[center][h2]Suwako Makiyoshi[/h2][/center]
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"She dodged it," was Suwako's short reply on her attack failing to hit its target. She couldn't see it directly with her eyes but she could sense it from the root she was controlling. She thought she would catch her by surprise to compensate with the less than ideal control of her root, but it seemed to not have worked that well. It did distract her though so Alicia's attack (she assumed it was hers since it was a bunch of arrows made of light) could land.

But now, the monster girl would know that another new girl was targeting her, and there would always be a chance for her to retaliate back.

And indeed she did.

A mortar made out of darkness suddenly appeared in the skies above her. Quickly, she ran away from her hiding spot. She dodged the mortar easily enough, but after it exploded, it unexpectedly covered the entire area in a dome of darkness. Before Suwako could do anything, she was already caught inside of it.

And she immediately felt the effect.

"Ugh!" Suwako groaned. The sudden loss of strength made her turn into a kneeling pose as she tried to hold herself together. She could feel it, the mana going out of her body.

This was a curse. A curse designed to weaken a magic-oriented magical girl.

She had fell for it. Her counterattack had definitely succeeded.

Now she was in precarious spot. She had to retreat as she was extremely vulnerable at this state.

And so she ran towards the edge of the dome, making sure to stay away from the open sky as much as she could.  She must not be ambushed by another magical girl now as she wouldn't be able to cast her spells at all.

[@BrokenPromise]