[right][color=1462ba][i][h2]Mariette[/h2][/i][/color][color=57a345][h3][i]and Eli[/i][/h3][/color][/right]

[color=57a345]‘Oh,’[/color] Eli made a noise and looked a bit surprised at Valkyrie’s reply, but then quickly nodded. [color=57a345]‘Yes! That’s entirely acceptable. Though, I will warn, even being close enough to observe might put you in danger, teh-heh…’[/color] Eli gave an unsure smile before continuing. [color=57a345]‘Current action is fighting off the Gorelions. Excuse us, we need to protect our friends. You can use the portal if you like!’[/color] Eli said, before spinning around to jump back through the portal to the Bastion, and Sue had seemingly already gone. 

Meanwhile, Mariette, opened a portal to send away the blood… and immediately the Gorelions reacted, losing their previous intelligence. Hm. How curious. [color=186cc7]‘I may have deprived the lion tamer of her whip…’[/color] Mariette mused, aloud for the people around to hear, her voice containing a certain amount of amusement. It was perhaps a blessing that Mariette did not know enough to lament having been unable to see Justine’s reaction in that one moment…

Unfortunately, Gorelions did not curl back like harmless kittens when losing the connection to their master. They charged as if in a berserker rage, and as such still had to be dealt with. Mariette did indeed open a portal for Helga’s request, who was she to disagree with such foolishness? All the girls were doing their part, for the most part, and that was all Mariette could ask of them. … If things took a turn for the worse, Mariette was only a swift portal from leaving, but so far she was hopeful.

There were multiple slams onto the ship. Mariette’s form wavered a bit, but she held herself in place by tentacles through some portals around her to flat surfaces. Nothing were to disturb her. Certainly not Amber giving her silly commands. Certainly not the Gorelion whose attention she was attracting. Certainly not the idea that anyone from her team was in any kind of danger.

It was time to go with what she did best. Defensive portals. Because portals made good shields. 

Any time she saw anyone in danger, most certainly Libby right in front of her, Mariette opened a portal in defense. This portal lead to solid ground, meaning the floor of the Overcity itself would be their shield, and the Gorelions couldn’t crack that. It was a minor effort on Mariette’s part, yet it gave her a barrier with all the strength of the earth.

For those who were already grabbed, like Penny and (apparently) the new girl, Mariette stole projectiles out of the air from their projectile-users to aim straight through the tongues grabbing them in order to attempt freeing them. She could but curse that she had apparently not been efficient enough to protect them the first time.

Those tongues indeed looked vulnerable. If at some point she could intercept one while the Gorelion fired, she’d open a portal that made the tongue fly through the portal and hit [i]itself[/i], making the hooked tongue form an unclosable loop through a portal unless the Gorelion tore its own tongue apart.

And, if she had the power to spare, keep tripping Gorelions with portals in the ground. It was far important they were not taking on all of them at once, meaning delaying some were very important. That should do.

Meanwhile, Eli.

[color=57a345]‘You want me to help against that, huh,’[/color] Eli replied to Amber, looking up to the Gorelion Helga was punching. Problem was, Eli’s arsenal wasn’t very destructive. But she could- [color=57a345]‘Oh, Deni would totally do tha-,’[/color] Eli closed her eyes in regret.

[color=57a345]‘SUE! FIRE ME!’[/color] Eli turned and dived into Sue’s currently unloaded cannon. The slime-harpy made herself into liquid as she bunched up into the bottom of the barrel, plopping in and forming herself into a ball. She hardened the outer layer and pressed her more vital things deeper inside, to ensure she’d survive the initial blast. On the inside of the ball she formed, she steeled her wings, literally. She hardened them into two, large blades. Ability to shape herself came in handy.

The idea was that she’d be fired, and the moment she’d be out of the cannon she’d unfurl back into a harpy, scream in panic, and then slice the Gorelion(‘s tongue?) right open as she then proceeded to fly right past it. Or into it. Hopefully, she’d do some damage, at least. Well, at the very least, she could be confident Mariette would save her afterwards. She would, right?

Over there, Mariette mentally rolled her eyes. Sure, she would, that didn’t mean she approved of suicidal plans. Sigh.