[center][h2][color=ffffff]NANOHA TAKAMACHI[/color][/h2][/center]
"Alright, we did it, Raising Heart! We got a clean hit!" Nanoha said excitedly when she hit Yukari with her planned Excellion Buster. Judging by the outcome of the blast, it didn't seem that their foe was as impervious to damage as some of those Nanoha faced in the past either so that was a plus in her book. Maybe, if they pushed it just a bit more, they could win?

Of course, the time for exhilaration was short-lived as soon enough, Yukari pulled another card from her sleeve, literally, and hit them with an even harsher sensory jamming spell. Without a way of fighting while effectively blind and deaf, this would be hard. Thankfully, Nanoha had a plan for that either.

"Protection!" Nanoha said. She let go of Raising Heart, returning it back to its Stand-By form, as she used both hands to cast two of the hemispherical barriers at once, one to each of her side. Not only she planned to get cover from any stray shots but, if Yukari came within an arm's reach of Nanoha, there was no way the young mage would miss her going through the barrier that had just about as much volume as it was enough to house Nanoha herself. If they were attacked in close range, Nanoha's plan was to drop the barriers and counter with a Cross Smasher or, failing that, at least grab her opponent and use Plan B: a mana-powered punch to the face with all Nanoha had to give.

[center][h2][color=ffffff]METEORA ÖSTERREICH[/color][/h2][/center]
"Of course, I understand your point. I should only have expected that it was normal for you to act on your character description", Meteora replied to Yuyuko while taking a seat at the table. "What your... handmaiden", Meteora defaulted to politeness since she was unsure of how to classify Yuyuko and Yomu's relationship, "said is true for the rest of us as well. We all got transported from our worlds to this one without rhyme or reason and are in search of the cause as well as a way to go back. I have reasons to believe that your friend, Miss Yukari, is a key player in this incident."

It was really worrying for Meteora that this was shaping to be nothing like the incident she knew about. The rules were far too different and, probably the only one that could elucidate Meteora's doubts in her fullest was Altair. The Mop-Heap Princess was sure to know what was happening in the backstage since she got herself allied with another dimension traveler.

The time for conjectures could wait a bit more, now Meteora was more focused on dealing with her complaining stomach.

"I have enough money on me to cover a part of what Miss Yuyuko must owe this place, as well as my own lunch and Sanaki's. This is the least I could do after barely being able to help during the fight with the wyverns", Meteora said when she noticed Leonardo counting his money with apprehension. It was not like a single lunch was going to blow away a few days worth of travel savings, plus she was saying the truth about apologizing for being kind of a deadweight when it came to combat.

"Our bigger problem will be how to deal with that crowd eying us after we made it to the top of the social networks' in a matter of hours", Meteora remarked, noticing the change in the behavior of the buffet patrons.
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