[@Shifter_Master][@Flamelord][@Hammerman][@Majoras End][@ShyDot][@Vocab] Elroy responded to Alicia's warning by broadening his smile. “I'll keep that in mind, socks.” He walked towards the alleyway, but before entering he turned around on his heel to watch the beacon girls uncover their friend. He exhaled a long sigh. [hr] To say that this brawl served any tactical benefit for the Bates or Beacon would be a lie. The Beacon girls simply discovered a temporary hideout that the Bates would have permanently abandoned after tonight. Had they never shown up the situation would have resolved itself. But they did, and they chose to challenge Regina. Had she won? It was hard to say. Regina simply came here to enjoy a quiet meal with Elroy, of which she only got a mouthful. Her temporary hideout was destroyed, and the two of them were covered in bruises and other wounds. The old Regina would have crawled into a hole and screamed, acknowledging her loss. She would have cried, wishing she had simply left for a different area. But that woman was weak, unlike this Regina. This Regina could appreciate defending her pride. Penny and Alicia were made to suffer, and Elroy learned a thing or two about deviating from her plans. This Regina was quite pleased with how things were unfolding. But the temptation was to take things a little further, to get just a little more vengeance... Regina left her magic mortars in place and made her way towards Elroy. She had expected him to be somewhat slow in his return, so the fact that she had to go to him wasn't at all unexpected. By the time she had walked up beside him, the pillar of fire had subsided, revealing Thalia's monstrous form. This was excellent. Penny's despair, Thalia giving into her monstrous urges. Only a psychic could fully appreciate the spectacle, and it had her on the verge of euphoria. A childish laugh escaped her lips as she stood there, unable to avert her eyes. Regina wanted to stay. She very badly wanted to see what kind of mayhem was going to erupt next. Regina turned in time to see Scout attempt to side herself with Elroy. Upon seeing this, the succubus realized Scout was just a confused magical girl that wasn't actually sided with Beacon. So Regina broke her cloaking veil, causing her to seemingly fade into existence beside Elroy. “Monsters are Beacon's responsibility.” She wrapped her arm around his shoulders. “We should leave this to them.” Elroy shook in pain in pain. Regina drove her staff into the ground, and a single black mortar appeared and exploded mid-air. The dark dome only got big enough to cover the Bates before collapsing, leaving nothing behind. This was because Regina was only using the mortar to give herself a shadow to jump into. Elroy and Regina would emerge from a shadow at the other end of the dark ally, completely out of view of those still in the vicinity of the mangled garage. “Well?” Regina let go of Elroy and started to walk deeper into the city. “I thought of another place we could go eat. It'll be a lot safer than here.” The incubus didn't respond . He just walked after Regina while occasionally looking in the direction of the battle. [hr] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/OuA3B6J.png[/img] [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: Drove off 4 Monster Girls: 8 Silver, 8 Bronze Drove off 3 Magical Girls: 3 Silver, 6 Bronze Upheld Oath (Stood against strong force, Beacon): 3 Silver, 2 Bronze This post: 14 Silver, 16 Bronze Total: 0 Gold, 28 Silver, 32 Bronze [/hider][/center] Mission accomplished. It was a little touch and go there for a moment, but nobody was so eager to continue fighting that they would risk lingering here any longer than they had to. With the Bates safely away, she would have to catch up to them later to fulfill her part of the bargain with Veronica. She hoped that she hadn't bitten off more than she could chew with that last one. Knowing the "future" was one thing, but pulling it off wasn't so easy. She would remain here for now. Making sure that everything was indeed quieting down. though really, this had come to a satisfying conclusion.