[@PlatinumSkink]

	The fight ended without Sue able to do much more than just circle the entire fiasco. In the end, none of her actions really mattered. Even when she tried to help Alicia weaken Minnie, all she really managed to do was get Alexander in hot water by destroying his shields. Sue couldn't even say the battle ended the way she wanted. Amber had tasked her with ensuring Minnie left the conflict alive. Not only did she contribute to Alexander getting hurt, but Minnie died anyway. Was it because she let her emotions get to her? Maybe she didn't try hard enough? Or was it simply because in the grand scene of things she was too small to really affect anything? Regardless, she had failed. She only hoped Minnie's death was relatively painless, or that the smile on her face was a result of dieing without regrets. 

	Sue did not have much time to lament her failure, fortunately. Mariette showed up on a rooftop beside Eli. It was strange for the portal witch to show herself, stranger still to not be surrounded by both of her lackeys. But, she looked so disheveled. The familiar few up to meet the two. Sue landed on the ground in front of Marianne and Eli, remaining in her bird form.

	“What happened? Are you alright?” Sue inquired. The bird was shaking out of nerves. “I-Is Deni alright?!”

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[@FamishedPants][@Shifter_Master][@TsundereStorm]

	Amber didn't have much time to think, and she couldn't tell who was friend or foe on board her ship. With her wing busted, she wasn't exactly at full fighting power herself. The pirate was vulnerable out on the open deck. It wasn't an environment she liked to fight in.

	But that was easy to fix.

	Amber bent down like a sprinter with her cannon pointed out behind her, tipped down slightly. When she fired, the water hit the bow of the ship and reflected the water back at the Pirate's body. She was able to create a moving puddle that acted like a frictionless surface under her feet. The cannon itself acted as a jet, and Amber flew past the combatants at an alarming rate. She disappeared into the bowls of the ship, leaving behind a trail of water. The room immediately below deck was the firing gallery. Of course all of the actual guns were down in storage, but Amber found this to me a much more defensible position. She was still firing off her cannon, but the goal was to flood her environment instead of move.