[center][h1]S [color=red][i]i l h o u e t t e[/i][/color][/h1] 
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[quote=Silhouette][color=red][url=https://youtu.be/JrvEWWYLDHM?t=1168]"Section of a gateau."[/url][/color][/quote][/center]

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[s][color=red]"Strange to see a magical girl with the very specific power to speak when they're decapitated."[/color][/s]

Silhouette's voice was perhaps the last thing either of those girls had heard. The rest was silence. In the end, the only one left standing was a weakened, injured, and exhausted Sil. But that was enough. Because the irony was that despite manipulating time, she always seemed to be low on it, and thus she could not spare any for something so foolish as chivalry. The knight merely had herself to blame for her anticlimactic death. Had she not spewed vile words about how terrible Sil was? What had made her think she could expose her back and not be stabbed? An assassin like herself could not pass such an opportunity. 

With her target and the glorified obstacle no longer a threat, she sighed, only to cough up some blood, which she wiped away from her mouth with the back of her hand, then applied some pressure on her wound. Unfortunately, while the act of eliminating the both of them wasn't exactly difficult, the power she possessed came with a hefty price. Left in bad health and lacking mana, she'd need aid, which was also ironic, given her remaining objective. 

Fortunately, the wait for assistance was not a long one. 

Sil could hear Veronica's laughter, and with that, she somehow felt some of the pain go away. [i][color=red]When it is kill or be killed, hesitation begets missed opportunities and a swift loss of life. Inversely, If you dare, the very world will briefly yield, providing you everything you need to succeed.[/color][/i] she mentally responded to Veronica. Given that Silhouette was characterized by her concise replies, this was probably noteworthy. [i][color=red]I have no plans of failing.[/color][/i]

Though she was determined, she understood she was in horrible position to follow up on it. Honestly, it wasn't clear to her how she'd accomplish her current task, only that because Veronica willed it, it had to be done. It was going to be done. 

[color=red]"..."[/color]

She wanted so desperately to sigh in relief when Mika arrived, but doing so would likely hurt. It was also her intention to save every breath she could for when things went sour, a high possibility given things went well for once. While weak, she was still on her guard. She wouldn't succumb to any opportunists there might be here, at least not without seeing them first. 

[color=red]"...I appreciate it..."[/color] she managed to breath out her gratitude to Mika for easing her the burden her body was experiencing, but felt a little embarrassed by the fact that she was the one being helped. Silhouette, if only out of pride, vowed to return the favor if she could manage to regain the energy to do so. Yes, she wasn't someone who exhibited a selfless desire to repay someone, it was just that not doing so would tarnish her reputation... or something. 

Deciding that thinking too hard on her reasoning was pointless, she listened to Mika's question. [color=red][i]Brainwashed? Maybe that explains her aggression.[/i][/color] Silhouette wasn't sure if Mika was blind or what, but she clearly didn't catch what remained of Sil's prior obstacle. So to avoid dwelling on a pointless subject, she answered the girl. Sil opened her mouth to speak, making a 'sh' sound, but closed it again. She wore a somewhat confused expression, but then finally spoke. [color=red]"...She left, but... I doubt she's hurting much, if at all."[/color] Silhouette lied as naturally as she breathed. [color=red]"But there's... no reason to worry about her... if she's not going to impede us. Instead, lets focus on what's ahead..."[/color]

Silhouette thought to herself. She had just spoken about hesitation, but then she found herself a victim of said trait. Though she excused herself. The reason was solid enough, for she had tried to relay knowledge she did not actually wield. 

[color=red][i]What was her name again? I suppose it doesn't matter. They're simply two nameless bodies added to the count.[/i][/color]

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[quote=Lucifer][color=turquoise][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiB6_AQM70k]"But why tho?"[/url][/color][/quote][/center]

[color=turquoise]"Kuh...!"[/color]

At first, Emily was happy to have the additional help from Mayra. With the three of them, they should be able to overtake the brainwashed girl without killing her. Considering they were strangers, she couldn't let her guard down entirely, but she had done so enough that she didn't have enough time to avoid the kick, so she did her best to mitigate the damage received by blocking. 

It still hurt, and as she was sent flying, she cursed her stars in bitter grief and woe. She quickly did her best to slow her air speed by shooting jets to try to propel herself in the opposite direction she was sent, so when she collided with the barrier, it wasn't too painful. 

Grunting, she looked to Mayra. Her expression wasn't anger, but rather sorrow, or maybe disappointment? Perhaps a mixture of the two. It pained her to be forced to fight a sister. But that was the extent of what she did, as she had to focus on what the other magical girl was doing. She kept an eye on Mayra, but the immediate threat was the spiders coming down. Thankfully, she was rather proficient in waveclearing, so she shot wide blasts of fire to intercept the spiders, at least until Mayra tried to do something. [color=turquoise]"Hey, you need to pay attention!"[/color] she called to Alex, who seemingly hadn't noticed the newest barrage of spiders.