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

Throughout the battle Mariette assisted, holding herself in place with tentacles whenever the craft tilted, watching the battle as a whole and opening portals where needed. However, she herself lacked the firepower to take out beasts like the Gorelions, so it was up to the others to actually send out the firepower. And so they did. They performed admirably. Mariette let the portal between Alicia’s shot and the Gorelion be until the last moment so that she could assist with its disappearance, though found that she barely had to as the shot destroyed the portal on its own. With some more help, it seemed they were able to decimate the rest of their current enemies, and…

Eli flew out of the cannon, quickly unfolding her blades while being unable to contain a half-terrified battlecry as she flew straight at -and through- the intended target Gorelion, Eli scarcely believing it the few moments of airtime she had on the other side after having sliced through the massive beast before she promptly crashed into the ground. Being slime, she deflated into a pool, losing all semblance of humanoid shape to absorb the blow, yet she still suffered considerable damage. She remained floating there, feeling pain but smiling oddly.

[color=57a345]‘Th-that worked, I helped, hahaha…’[/color] she laughed to herself as Sue came about. The slime gave a little giggle, mostly drunk from triumph, lying in place as she was unable to move. [color=57a345]‘I wonder if this is how it feels to have broken bones… I wouldn’t know, I have no bones…’[/color] Eli mused, feeling that pain, eyes unfocused staring into the sky.

Mariette breathed out after a job relatively well done. So, Alicia mentioned her hopes that Justine didn’t have more of those… Mariette retracted her tentacles so they vanished out of the world and deposited the magic mirror in nothingness as she spoke, opening her visible eye once again.

[color=186cc7]‘A day ago, Justine had at least more than forty that I knew of, but each of those has since been removed from her arsenal. She could still have more, however,’[/color] Mariette shared. Now, then…

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Mariette opened portals to bring the wounded back to the ship. That is to say, Shade and Eli. A portal suddenly opened beneath them. They never fell, suddenly what was under them shifted from the checkerboard pattern of the Overcity to the enchanted wood of the Earth Bastion, then the magical swirl of the portal rose above their heads and the surrounding scenery changed too, assuming Shade didn't dodge. Not that Mariette actually knew how injured Shade might be, but at the very least. Mariette’d also give a helping hand to anyone who didn’t seem like they could get up. Now, the dead Gorelion on the deck might be a problem, but Mariette saw no need to bother it right now. Right now, she had a different matter to attend to.

She walked over to Eli.

[color=57a345]‘Oh…’[/color] Eli made a noise as the sounds of Mariette coming closer was heard.

[color=186cc7]‘I have far greater use of you as a scout and scanner than a frontline combatant,’[/color] Mariette said, a poisonous sting to her voice. [color=186cc7]‘I’ve already lost more than I desired to against our current opponent. I’d prefer if you refrain from plans of action that increases your likelihood of death, Eli.’[/color]

That said, Mariette turned around, and walked away.

[color=57a345]‘… Yes, Mistress…’[/color] Eli could summon, still a pool of goop on the floor, as Mariette walked away from her.

Now, then. Mariette now stared at Helga’s new transformation. She was half-a-mind to open a portal under her to make her drop from a portal above it and then spin it so that she could be trapped in an endless fall if she made any violent movements. Or, if that was impractical, just open more portals to the ground as shields if anyone happened to come under attack, like Anaya or Amber. Numerous sky-eyes still looked around for ambushes or similar in all directions, including up, while Mariette kept her exposed eye on Helga for now.

But, yeah, if Helga was to leap at them, Mariette was going to attempt to open a portal in front of her to fling her into the air and then open another portal under her linking to directly above to send her into an endless fall to cool her head off. That should do against Mariette’s current irritation.