Shion swung her camera around to face this Victoria, somewhat startled by the sudden voice. After a few deep breaths to calm herself, she replied. [color=0076a3]"It's interesting to watch a fight between magical girls. There's usually something to learn by watching their fighting styles. What about you?"[/color] She may just be a copy, but she knew that any information she could gather would be useful to her real self, and so she pressed forward with her questioning. [color=0076a3]"And why is nobody concerned with the skeletons? Do you know anything about them?"[/color]

[hr]
Summer quickly transformed via incantation as the group reached their goal and turned to Alicia. "Yes ma'am!" she shouted, running towards the cathedral. About halfway there, she pulled out her bat and slammed it head-first into the ground before pulling back on it, it bending unnaturally as if it were hot metal before returning to its normal form instantly, pole-vaulting Summer onto the roof near one of the gargoyles. She looked around, her eyes following one of the witches as she flew past, only to find that there was a strange sight below her. A pile of what looked to be noodles and two girls dressed far too strangely to not be magical girls. She quickly swung her pendant and looked into their... rather personal information with her divination abilities to discern whether they were friend or foe. She started with the one on the noodles. Without realizing it, she accidentally dove deeper than she intended, only meaning to see some basic information but so engrossed by what she learned that she couldn't stop herself.

"That's the saddest thing I've ever seen." she said as she saw small flashes of the girl's everyday life. She decided she'd seen enough without even bothering to divine the other girl's information or purpose for being there; she was going to help this poor soul laying on the noodles. Thinking quickly, she pulled from her Hammerspace Handbag what she'd put in for exactly such a moment. She put on her snake charmer's hat, pulled out a flute, and threw a long bundle of rope down onto Binky. Sitting down cross-legged she began [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am45xtLQreA]playing[/url]. Slowly, the end of the rope began to rise and sway before coiling around Binky and raising its "head" up to the roof, turning back to normal rope as Summer stopped playing and grabbed it, using it to pull the girl below her up to safety. She made sure to untie her and place her items back into her handbag.

"Well hello there, helpless civilian." Summer began, "Beacon is here to save the day!" She gently set Binky down on the roof. "Stay there, the safest place is in Beacon's light. And by that I mean where we can see you and reach you if something goes wrong." She pulled a baseball from her handbag and threw the ball into the air, smashing it with her bat so that it flew towards one of the witches. The ball [i]pierced[/i] her and left a far too perfectly round hole in her chest that would almost certainly be fatal if not for Summer's magic making it both possible and nothing more than a painless irritation.   

[hr]
[hider=A Mild Irritant]
The boy, Maxwell finally returned to Beacon HQ only to be met by his friend, the current Seeker on duty, [url=https://i.pinimg.com/originals/32/14/10/3214102fa5f6b25f009407a9803dd405.jpg]Julie[/url]. [b]"I've already sent out two teams of three to look for this 'monster' of yours. With any luck, they'll be back with her soon."[/b] 

"Excellent. A rampant time mahou is nothing to take lightly. Especially when they're a monster as well."

A certain girl stood up from her position crouched on a nearby branch and jumped down to meet the two Beacon members face to face. [color=f26522]"I don't suppose you're talking about little old me, are you~?"[/color] Makoto asked.

Maxwell quickly turned and drew his bow of light. "Fool. You managed to escape me and yet you followed me? Revealing yourself so causally is the reason you'll die." He quickly fired a blast of white light at the squirrel girl, who jumped out of its path.

[b]"[i]This[/i] is the so-called monster you shot?"[/b] She couldn't believe that such a unassuming girl could have riled Maxwell as she had. 

[color=f26522]"Sorry to bug you, but I realized something. Earlier, I noticed that your weapon comes from that cross on your wrist, right?"[/color] Makoto asked as she continued dodging arrows. [color=f26522]"And that attack before seemed like it would take a lot of mana, but you looked ready to fire another blast as if it was nothing right after. A normal weapon couldn't handle that. You've probably got a ton of runes and a few dozen blessings on that thing, don't you? I don't suppose you know a man named Ezekiel who's very good at that sort of thing?"[/color]

Maxwell paused his firing. "You know the Smith?"

[color=f26522]"Well, yeah. He's who I'm here to see."[/color]

"Ridiculous. As if we would allow you to meet with him, knowing that you are aware of his capabilities."

[color=f26522]"What, is he part of Beacon now?"[/color]
	
Julie replied, [b]"No, Max is just being overprotective. Tell you what, why don't you come in and we can interview you to make sure you're not a threat or anything, and then you can go see him?"[/b] Part of what she suggested was genuine; she believed it could be that simple, if only they went to the right Beckoner and this squirrel-girl truly [i]wasn't[/i] a danger.

[color=f26522]"Worth a shot. Take me to your leader.[/color] Makoto's teasing tone caused Maxwell to cringe.

"You're taking full responsibility for this. And when we're ordered to kill her I will do my job as a member of Beacon and destroy her."
[/hider]