[center][h1][color=silver]Annabelle Irons[/color][/h1][/center]

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The poorest section of town, dirty alleys, run-down buildings, but still it had the cheapest rent for apartments. That was nice. Regardless, instead of a low-rent apartment here, or a better one in the nice parts of the city of Penrose, Soth had guided her here. Here to set up base in an old building, a former school that had been replaced with a newer one on the better side of town. Place some sigils here, place some sigils there, draw this pentagram here, a diagram there of something else, write a bit in blood on the walls in an alien language. Boom, her patron had total influence over this old school building from the tip of the roof down to the bottom of the basement. Even a bit on the grounds of the school outside of the building. It had taken a few days for him to toy with what he could do there, but in his usual fashion he had fashioned the school into a base without making it look any different from the outside. 

Inside, one of the first floor classroom had been converted into a proper bedroom/living room as Annabelle had gone out to buy furniture and such. Couches, giant bed, cozy sheets, a fridge, carpets placed on the floor, the works so to say that with some nudging here and there include free satellite TV with rather good reception here due to her patron's advice. Some minions were kept manning the cafeteria, others were repairing the place inside to a proper stable state and reinforcing it with magic and magic circles and sigils and even other physical materials. Many minions were left merely prowling the halls at her patron's command, or even worked installed washing machines or such in the basement that had been salvaged and restored by magic from elsewhere. All this after the building had been brought under his influence. Regardless, from the outside it would remain the appearance of a harmless, abandoned building. 

It had taken days after arriving here to get this far, but he base was as good as ready by now. Albeit, now was her first mission from her patron in this new city, at least following this initial one of "secure a base of operations in the manner i will instruct you in". The school being the base after that first mission upon getting here to Penrose had been ironic, but now there was something going on. Something....exciting~

[color=crimson][i]'Annabelle, there are some spirits amok in the city. I am sending you the coordinates mentally, since this new domicile of yours has become my domain. Destroy as many as you can, so that i may acquire their essence. But seek to minimize the human lives lost if you tear the spirits out of them. I'd prefer you not to be hunted so soon after arrival.'[/i][/color]

[color=silver]"Kay' boss. I'll see what i can get, haha,"[/color] Annabelle said in return to her patron's voice as it echoed into her head and a slightly errie smile came to her face, having been lying back on her new couch and watching the latest Food Channel shows. 

Jumping up, the mind-bent magical girl felt the rush of blood from her head, giving a light giggle at the sensation. 

[center][color=silver][i]"Enter the Void, and let darkness descend from the heavens.”[/i][/color][/center]

In an instant darkness, deep, seemingly endless darkness had wrapped her body in it like a cocoon, before removing itself and leaving her standing there in her transformed state. Though her eerie smile had shifted to a Cheshire grin that almost seemed to stretch from ear to ear. Finally. There was something to do. There was some things to go kill, or some enemies to fight, she didn't much care so along as she finally got to so something else after all these days of sitting about. Not that she hadn't needed a break, though, but all play and no work made the free time more boring to her. Though she could always raid the cafeteria again for food. Maybe that triple-decker "Kitchen Sink" burger she'd seen today could be made there, since the place had been restocked by her patron. Ooh, that could work nicely. 

Blitzing out of her room and down the hall at speed, Annabelle burst out from the back double doors before taking off towards the scene. Ah, spirits again, eh? This would be interesting. Most interesting. Though what would a being who was the Void itself want with the energy of spirits? Meh, wasn't her time to ask questions or such, really. 

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[center][h1][color=blue]Nina Kujo[/color] and [color=violet]Alice Honorsby[/color][/h1][/center]

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[color=blue]"Yare yare, daze. Alice, Someone's gone out of their way to unleash spirits on people? What a waste of time, a call for attention by some brat,"[/color] the slightly annoyed but disinterested tone of Nina Kujo rang out as she sat at the dinner table of her and Alice's apartment. 

Alice had been looking out of the window of their rather high-floored apartment using her rifle and mainly its scope, the apartment having been procured by the two girls' Patron and being bigger than anything "past her" had seen during a trip to Japan. It was comfortable, but at times boring. Having just arrived in this city yesterday, it had taken a little bit to fill up things here and the fridge at that. Annoying, but at least breakfast today had been nice. Eggs and bacon, bit of soy sauce on them. She'd told Alice to come eat, but the other girl had kept looking out the window. Perhaps old habits died hard? 

But Alice had told her something interesting as she had been observing a few places. Something about a magical girl, the unleashing of spirits.

[color=violet]"You're right, but the local girls might take actions sooner than later. We could always pick off a few, get a bit of payment afterwords,"[/color] the red-headed magical girl said, already in her form by this point due to having had to be in it to use her rifle, lightly adjusting her rifle's position in the process and the scope as if it was nothing but an everyday habit, [color=violet]"I can hit em' from ere', but you might wanna get close for the action. Ey, punchy?"[/color]

[color=blue]"Oi, for now let's just look and see if others show up. If no one does i'll get out there. Such a bother,"[/color] the white-haired girl said, taking another bite of bacon and soy-sauce coated scrambled eggs as she kept to her seat.

[color=violet]"Hi bother, i'm dad,"[/color] Alice said, a smirk coming to her lips as an annoying sigh reached her ears, [color=violet]"Look, i'll tell ya if it gets worse, ok? Just bring my breakfast over here......please? Extra pepper on top."[/color]

Alice could tell Nina was rolling her eyes right now, but kept silent as a small grin came to her face when the sounds of a chair being pushed back and the clink of plates and scooping of food came to her ears. She didn't have to look to know what Nina was doing, but she was thankful the other girl was willing to bring the breakfast over. If push came to shove Nina would step up to the plate without a doubt to save the people. She'd seen it more times than not, so many by now it was like the two could read each others' minds. Haha. 

But jumping in on this new turf, and not knowing the locals here yet, that was scary. Some magical girls were...terribly territorial, and some could be just happy for the added help. Some Patrons didn't like it, some did. And many a thing in-between could also be the case. She was used to how things worked, so much so it was almost scary. She hadn't been seven anymore for a very long time, and thinking about it that could be rather scary....if one took to thinking too hard on it anywho.