Helga was disappointed in herself. Her first day with her new powers and nothing went quite the way she had expected. While she was glad she was able to defend Amber for as long as she did, Helga was ultimately unable to contribute much to her lady. She knew Amber would likely forgive her, but Helga still felt like she needed to do something for the pirate captain. “Maybe Amber will let me treat her to some pizza later? I wonder what toppings she likes? Or why not something more fitting of candle light?” The fighting may have been over, but Helga was still alert. Like a gorilla climbing a tree, she used her long arms to pull herself up the tallest building. She wanted to get a better look at the ship in the sky. It had flown higher into the air, and it was impossible to tell what the situation was like aboard. But maybe if Helga was just a bit closer, she could see something. Once she arrived at the top, Helga noticed small shapes leaping off of the ship. None of them looked like Amber, and she doubted they were retreating. Helga squatted as low as her body would allow her and sprung into the air, flying towards the ship like a cannon ball. The monster girl swung one of her arms in front of her and fired a sonic pulse. The side of the ship exploded moments before Helga landed. Fortunately her hearing was extremely keen, and she was able to pick up the sound of Amber's heartbeat rather quickly. “Amber! Amber!” Helga charged towards her lady like a silver back gorilla. “Eh?” The pirate girl started to stand up. “Helga?!” Amber shook her head. “I'm not even going to ask, Sky Bastion isn't going to be in the air much longer, we gotta-” In a single motion, Helga swept Amber onto her shoulder and charged up onto the deck. She heard another sound and didn't know if it was a hostile or not. “Tincan!” Helga's body tensed up at the sight of Penny, but then she remembered that the situation had changed drastically since the last time they met. It would probably be for the best if she didn't fully recognize her for the moment. “So um, I don't know what's going on, but we should probably jump for it.” “No!” Amber pointed back inside the ship. “There's still time, we can find the bomb and disarm it!” Helga let out a sigh. She very badly wanted to believe Amber, but she knew the girl wasn't thinking straight. “Alright Amber, I'm going to jump on one, two...” “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” [hr] Not long after the remaining people aboard Sky Bastion dove off, a large explosion erupted from the bowls of the mighty ship. Sky Bastion was not easy to destroy, and the explosion did little visible damage. However, the turbines were billowing black smoke, and the back end of the ship seemed to be sinking. It wasn't long before the rest of the ship started to sink too, almost like the ship was sinking in the air. But it wasn't just sinking, it was starting to fall. Slowly at first, but it picked up speed quickly. Everyone on the ground had time to get out of the way from the falling ship before it smashed into the ground. The ship was concealed under a cloud of dust. While it couldn't be seen, the defining sound of metal being crushed under Sky Bastion's weight could be heard by all. Wood splinters and debris were kicked into the air, and flew out of the smoke cloud like shrapnel. When the smoke finally cleared, Sky bastion was still largely intact. But the turbines were completely ruined, and there was a crack going all the way through the massive ship. Amber approached the ship weakly, falling to her knees before she could really get very close to it. “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” She screamed into the heavens. After her little bout of despair, she pulled her hat over her face. “Um.” Helga approached Shining Scale “D-did you notice I cleaned up the place?” Amber let out a long, eternal sigh. “Yea” She nodded, still keeping her face covered. “You did a good job.” [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: Defeated a Dark magical girl, monsters, and drove off two dark magical girls while upholding her oath (Stood against Justine): 8 Silver, 6 Bronze Total: 0 Gold, 38 Silver, 41 Bronze [/hider][/center] Relatively simple, all thing considered. Well, the loss of the ship wouldn't hold them back too badly. Fate had a way of course correcting small inconveniences like this. Things would have been far worse if Amber had died before the ship could get everyone to where they had to go. Was her help really needed in that regard? who knew. Silhouette was likely carefull enough to avoid killing the pirate tyke, but Prime? Different story. Regardless, it was probably prudent that she rest up and make sure that she took the ship into the overcity. She wouldn't get many chances to do so in the future. [hr] The Bates and Shannon talked a bit about their past adventures. The most notable thing that Shannon learned from the bates was their belief that Justine's forces were weak to words of encouragement. Specifically the word love. Shannon managed to avoid revealing that she worked with Beacon on occasion. That didn't seem like a great thing to bring up with two monster kids, both of which seemed a bit unstable. That was when a loud crack and crash were heard, one right after the other. “Curious...” Regina transformed back into a human. “Thank you for your time Shannon. We'll meet you here later , but for now Elroy and I have other business to attend to.” “We do? I mean yes!” Elroy picked up his shield. “When I get back, I want to see a two-thousand word essay on how excellent our costumes are, scarf girl. Not may people get to see how wonderful they are unless they fight us.” He chuckled. And then they left Shannon in her room. She was alone.