[center] [img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/180513/5ef5b8f32a843a2a76c1b0aa903ab393.png[/img] [img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/170708/4b2ea72030f02a0f167f8b7c5a2bcae4.png[/img] [img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/170805/65bbc31b7a1bdfea20f202e96550bf94.png[/img] [img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/170708/4b2ea72030f02a0f167f8b7c5a2bcae4.png[/img] [h1][color=#bd71e8]Veronica[/color][/h1] [sub]-Phone tag-[/sub] [/center] Jumping from rooftop to rooftop Penny took a steadying breath as she pulled one of her lest favorite contact numbers at the moment and sent the call. It rang once before the booming voice of Laat echoed out from her ear piece. [color=9e0b0f]“You Seek My Counsel?“[/color] [color=9e0039][u][b]“You could say that My Lord”[/b][/u][/color] Penny replied unsurprised at the quick pick up, Laat was always watching her and what was going on around her, unsurprising considering she was near literally a walking alter to him and his goal. [color=9e0039][u][b]“I wished to ask about the accusations lain towards your name, the genocide of the Gold Dragons.”[/b][/u][/color] [color=9e0b0f][b]“A Misunderstanding, Though Perhaps An Understandable One, I Did Not End The Golds But They Did Suffer The Beast and It’s Wrath. If The Survivor Who Seeks Your Death Faced It I Have Little Surprise That It Would Imagine Being The Last One Left.”[/b][/color] Laat answered his tone conveying his lack of care for his actions [color=9e0b0f][b]“Once It Learns You Have Stolen from Its Hoard, It Will Likely Wish You Dead Regardless, They Are Vain and Greedy Creatures”[/b][/color] [color=9e0039][u][b]“Wait, what? When did I steal from a Dragon?”[/b][/u][/color] She asked nearly stumbling at that fact [color=9e0b0f][b]"With The Acquisition Of The Earth Bastion And The Salvaging Of The Sky Bastion, Both Held the Magic Of A Gold Dragon. Likely The Very One Who Now seeks Your Demise."[/b][/color] The god replied with the same disinterested tone of voice. [color=9e0039][u][b]“Fantastic.”[/b][/u][/color] Penny ground out as she continued her track to the Beacon HQ. [color=9e0039][u][b]“Would you be capable of getting me some supplies?”[/b][/u][/color] [color=9e0b0f][b]"The Funds I Send To You Will Be Required For Your Digital Equipment, But I can Restock The Tools You Lost on Your Assault Of The Castle"[/b][/color] [color=9e0039][u][b]"Add in an EMP if you can."[/b][/u][/color] Penny replied [color=9e0039][u][b]"Not going to go hunting after This dragon and his girls but I’m sure as hell going to be ready to retaliate if it comes down to it."[/b][/u][/color] [color=9e0b0f][b]"You Shall Have Your Things In A Few Days Time."[/b][/color] Laat agreed before the line went silent. Penny spent a block or two, coming to terms with the fact that she now had a Dragon hunting her down and she was at least partly to blame for it. She knew that Amber was dead, that bit of information had filtered back to Beacon through the various channels that they had. Yet there was something that Penny was missing, she didn’t know what just a feeling she had. Setting that thought off to the side for a bit Penny pulled up another one of her lesser liked contacts and gave them a call as well [color=9e0039][u][b]“Veronica, What can you tell me about gold dragons in Penrose that won’t add to my Debt?”[/b][/u][/color] [color=#bd71e8]“Contrary to popular belief, I'm not constantly trying to add to your debt.”[/color] Veronica's tone was clearly agitated. [color=#bd71e8]“There is only a single golden dragon left, and his name is Boteg. He's hiding in Penrose somewhere, and he has a vendetta with an unknown entity. I do not know much about that, as my previous agent who was working for them was slain.”[/color] [color=9e0039][u][b]“Don’t really care”[/b][/u][/color] Penny grumbled under her breath before speaking up [u][b][color=9e0039]“Well he found his target, Me apparently. Mika attempted to attack me because of it when I went to talk to her yesterday”[/color][/b][/u] She explained as she dropped down in to an ally way as there was no more good buildings to jump too [color=9e0039][u][b]“Can you tell me anything about who Mika hangs out with? I’d rather not get jumped without a bit of warning next time.” [/b][/u][/color] There was a brief pause on Veronica's end. [color=#bd71e8]“She is a relatively new magical girl, and I know very little about her. But if she's working for Boteg, that makes her a person of interest. I might have more for you later, but I don't know who she could be in contact with. I would assume not too many people.”[/color] [color=9e0039][u][b]“Well this is shaping up to be just peachy, call me if you find anything out."[/b][/u][/color] Penny said shaking her head at her luck [color=9e0039][u][b]"Two more questions before I have to go, anything you can tell me about the Independent and a girl by the name of Olympia? It was the only lead I got out of Mika before she tried to jump me.”[/b][/u][/color] [color=#bd71e8]“Just some magical girl reporters. I've been reading their news articles but I haven't paid too much attention to the names. They haven't done anything to warrant my interest yet.”[/color] Veronica groaned. [color=#bd71e8]“I'd talk to Olympia though. But be cautious, this information came from a hostile target. But it's the only lead you have.”[/color] [color=9e0039][u][b]"Why do you think I checked with you first?"[/b][/u][/color] Penny asked [color=9e0039][u][b]“Still thanks for what did have. Beacon’s on the other line so I’m going to let you go”[/b][/u][/color] After hanging up with that call Penny thought about giving the independent a call as well, but opted not to. Having no idea how long that call would take, she didn’t want to have to drop it in the middle of a conversation if she made it to HQ before she got the information she was looking for. After all she was only a few minutes away by this point. [hr] [center] [img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/180715/d80bb0fbb433935c1613207a0d09ae3f.png[/img] [img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/170708/4b2ea72030f02a0f167f8b7c5a2bcae4.png[/img] [img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/180513/5ef5b8f32a843a2a76c1b0aa903ab393.png[/img] [sub].:Opening act:.[/sub] [/center] Last night had been quite a bit of fun for Kyle, and while it he had lost many more hands then he won that had been intentional. People in good moods tended to be more talkative, so by the time he had called it a night he had made a few new friends and had gotten a better feel for this slice of Beacon. Now it was early in the morning and he was about to get another chance to see how this group operated. Monster attacks had a way of showing people for who they were. Already transformed and ready to go Aurelio stood next to Sally and Cherry while they waited for the last member of their squad to show up. Seraph and her Squad had already taken off to deal with the attack at the cathedral and once Penny arrived Aurelio would initiate the teleport to get them to the stadium. Unlike most of Beacon, Aurelio’s Spark functioned as an express pass for the system so he didn’t need to head to the Pads, so long as he was at one of their HQ’s he could be teleported to anywhere they had the location locked in. Plus always being able to teleport back to HQ was handy. Turning to look around for the oddest member of Beacon Aurelio was aware he looked over at the door just as Penny came rushing through it. [color=9e0039][u][b]“Sorry about that, I live out near the industrial zone”[/b][/u][/color] The cyborg said as she came to a stop near the three waiting on her. [color=fff79a]“Nonsense”[/color] Aurelio replied with a wide grin [color=fff79a]“You’re just in time”[/color] [color=9e0039][u][b]“Cool, so what’s the plan?”[/b][/u][/color] She asked, not phased at all form her nonstop run to get here. [color=fff79a]“We pop over to the stadium really quick, save everyone we can and strike out and the ruffians who are causing this ruckus while we do it”[/color] he exclaimed happily already starting the teleportation sequence as he did. Penny just looked at Aurelio oddly for a moment before shrugging her shoulders [color=9e0039][u][b]“You leave to striking to me and I’ll leave the saving to you.”[/b][/u][/color] She said before turning to look at Sally “When do we leave? [color=fff79a]“Right now”[/color] Aurelio replied as a great flash of light encompassed the four of them before snapping down to a single point of light that winked out with an audible pop. Moments later at the stadium a large complex spell circle would appear in the center of the baseball field and with the same audible pop the four of them reappeared nearly back to back as they appeared just a few feet behind Alex. [color=9e0039][u][b]“A bit more warning next time would be appreciated”[/b][/u][/color] Penny nearly yelled as she surveyed the insanity of the situation she had just dropped in too. There wasn’t much she could really pick out over the general madness that seemed to be going on everywhere but there was one person she recognized in all of this as an enemy. The moment she was sure that it was Elroy she fired off a Gauss round at him, the cacophonous boom letting all who didn’t see know that even more people had joined in to the mess that was happening here. At the same time that Penny was letting loose the first round of Beacon’s counter offensive Aurelio was already weaving his magic. [color=fff79a][u]”Magician’s Mark!”[/u][/color] he intoned as a simple glyph appeared on his allies, that looked like a pair of cards. These glyphs acted as an IFF for Aurelio’s magic so he wouldn’t them with any of his offensive or debilitating spells. As in a mess like this he might not have the time to aim correctly, plus it would let him monitor their status from a distance. [color=fff79a]“Now then!”[/color] He called out as he strode towards the hordes of mummies and minions [color=fff79a]”Let the show begin!”[/color]