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Abigail's cheeks flushed pink when Aurelio took her hand in his and placed a kiss on it. [b]”H-heh.”[/b] She was grinning ear to ear, but the corners of her lips were twitching. Still, she managed to hear everything  Aurelio had to say. [b]”Well, I don't think Beacon HQ is a very safe place for Annabelle. And I don't really think it's fair if we kill her, is it?”[/b] She gestured towards Annabelle. [b]”She's harmless! She's just a normal girl who happens to be serving a horror, likely not of her own will. If we can give a pass to that monstrous bucket of bolts, why not to people like her? That's why we're going to stash her in Divina's interdenominational home.”[/b]

A portal opened up behind Divina. It looked like the mouth of a cave, with moss covered stones framing the gateway. Once it opened, Divina picked up Annabelle and walked towards the opening. [b]”Same thing with Elroy and Regina. Us Beacon girls forced them out of their home. It's not really fair to hold any sort of malice against them. Besides, they're a lovely group of monsters. I trust them more than my fellow Beacon girls!”[/b]

Abigail giggled. [b]”Regina is really nice. After we get Annabelle secured, I'll take you back to the stadium so that we can meet her.”[/b]Abigail closed her hand around Aurelio's. Their gloves kept them from actually touching each other. [b]”I think she's ready to recruit someone else to the cause.”[/b]

The carefree grin on Aurelio’s face was quickly removed as he watched the horrific event of Annabelle’s arm being reformed [color=fff79a]”I see what you mean”[/color] he agreed softly even as he drew in the few motes of wonder that flew from the downed girl. [color=fff79a]“You’re fellows at HQ aren’t the most forgiving of people” [/color] He truly felt for the harmed girl, she was in a bad situation and he just didn’t have the right emotions to help her much at the moment. 

Still something was off here, and it was Abigail’s defense of Elroy and Regina that proved it. That she and likely her other friends he had seen trusted a pair of monsters over her peers at Beacon was damning, especially since this HQ had only just started to move away from a hard kill them all stance. The only things that would make sense were manipulation or brain washing. After all there were ways to work around the spark rather than face it head on.

These thoughts never showed on Aurelio’s face however. Instead his smile made a small return as he gave Abigail’s hand a light squeeze [color=fff79a]“Any friend of yours is a friend of mine”[/color] True words as he wasn’t sure if anyone here was a light user [color=fff79a]“I would love to meet her”[/color] More truth, as the best way to mislead a Light user is by speaking nothing but truth, even if strung together it became a great lie.

[color=fff79a]“Before you go and get her situated mind if I place a tag on you two?” [/color] He would ask gesturing to Abigail and Divina [color=fff79a]“I would also like to heal her a little while I’m at it, but the tag isn’t much just a way to keep track of you girls, so long as we are on the same plane that is.”[/color]


Abigail was noticeably happier with Aurelio's apparent understanding of the situation. [b]”Healing her won't be necessary, I lent Divina my healing artifact.”[/b] She nodded at  Aurelio. [b]”Besides, we have to get back to the battlefield. If you want to tag me though, that's fine.”[/b] She cast out her arms. [b]”Hold onto your butt! We're going back! Gheahahahahahahaha!”[/b] 

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When the two returned to the stadium, they could see the addition of a very large monster. [b]”Oh boy, maybe we'll have to evacuate Regina and Elroy too...”[/b] She looked around at all of her allies. [b]”Oh!”[/b] Her head poked up. [b]”Everyone's going to be right here soon!”[/b]

Aurelio gave a low whistle as he craned his neck to look up at the towering monster [color=fff79a]“Evacuating everyone might not be a bad Idea, as that’s going to make quite the splat when toppled”[/color] He supplied as he started working on how to even go about tackling the giant foe. He also did a quick scan of his marks from earlier to make sure his own allies were still doing alright.

[color=fff79a]“And before I forget: Trickster’s Tag”[/color] he said tapping Abigail on the shoulder before snapping his fingers. A moment later a grinning mask appeared on the girl’s shoulder [color=fff79a]“That way I’ll be able to find you in case we get split up”[/color] It would also allow his magic to track after her or be cast from the glyph its self. It wouldn’t give him any indication of how she was doing however, as the purpose of this glyph was subterfuge not support.