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The small smile playing about Penny’s lips as she watched the scene next to her unfold hid just how much Alicia’s seemingly small act was appreciated. From how Kimble reacted to this turn of events, Penny guessed that they had similar experiences in the magical world, and the machine girl wouldn’t be ashamed to admit she was jealous of the cat girls luck in this situation. 

The byplay of the beckoners was also very interesting to watch, and Penny was glad that she had been overlooked, possibly ignored outright, by the people present solely for the fact she could watch them. She was a creature of change, fashioned to be that way by AlOfan’s will, to see and hear the highest echelons of Beacon talking about the need for change sent a tingle down her spine.

This brought her back to Alicia, the lynch pin for all of this change, It was her choices and her beckoner that were the driving force behind these changes. Penny had to wonder if this was what Laat was planning when the deal was first struck, but knew that she would likely never get the answer, but promised to protect Alicia as much as she could regardless.

Hearing Slyvia casually mention killing Alicia once again reinforced how glad Penny was that she was being overlooked, because the red tinted glare she gave the mechanic could only be described as murderous. Even then the glare didn’t last long as a messenger arrived from the castle pulling Penny’s attention away from the dark thoughts brewing in her mind.

Penny stayed silent at the explanation given by the recently freed captive, having never talked with Mariette she had no context to just how weird to hear her called savior should be. The small flare of light by Alicia did have a small effect on Penny however. A chill she wasn’t even aware of was brushed away by the soft light, for becoming the Engine of Destruction always froze a part of Penny’s heart leaving her just a bit colder. 

This time it wouldn’t be permanent.

Penny herself felt this happening as a gentle warmth spreading through her, and could tell it was due to the light, but wasn’t given much time to figure out  what or why it had occurred or what it ment. As Alicia’s Beckoner reappeared shortly after with dire news. 

[color=9e0039][b][u]”No rest for the weary huh?” [/u][/b][/color] Penny said with a chuckle as she stood up pushing her thoughts about the odd sensation to the side as she did. 

She let the rest of beacon rush off first, knowing that she could catch up easily in a moment, as she gave another look back at the lake she opted to try something before catching up with her allies. Taking a short breath Penny reached out for the fragments of the Earth bastion following the odd connection she had with it, and pulled with everything she had. Unknowing what might happen she was rather surprised to see that it wasn’t metal that reacted but a ghostly echo of Earth bastion its self that rose silently from the lake and flew at her before vanishing the moment it touched her, afterward she could feel a weight of some sort settle in the back of her mind.

Spurred on by the apparent success she repeated her internal actions, this time focusing on her old body parts. This time dozens of streams of electricity emerged from the lake and flowed in to the cyborg, refreshing her while simultaneously finished off her repairs. Shaking her head at the oddity that she was she turned away from the lake, happy to have learned that she could  never knowing that her old parts and the remnants of the Earth Bastion had been reduced to dust, such was the price of the robotic girl reclaiming the magic that was housed with the scattered pieces.

[color=9e0039][b][u]“She is something else isn’t she?” [/u][/b][/color] Penny asked Kimble with a wide grin as she watched Alicia race off towards the castle, thoughts of that odd warmth lingering just out of sight as she did [color=9e0039][b][u]”I trust her, can’t say the same for everyone she works with, but I trust her. So just sit tight and relax, you’ll get patched up and be free to head out on your way soon, for now I’ve got a wall to break through“[/u][/b][/color] She explained before taking off in a run towards the castle and Alicia.

Due to her inhuman strength it didn’t take Penny very long at all to catch up with everyone else and quickly found herself at the front before she slowed down enough that she wouldn’t leave behind. From her position at the head of the pack she launched her gauss round at the castle, aiming at the wall just beyond the front door. 

Wither or not they had the floor plan of the building Penny was going to find out if she could just go through the walls if she needed, for as much an impact her gauss cannon held, she could still punch a lot harder then it could and if it could break through the walls then she could just as easily. Then it was just a straight line to the library, wherever that was.