[center][h1][color=6A5ACD]Serenity Gates[/color][/h1][/center]

The Ascendancy. That name sent some chills down the magical girl maid's spine, and caused her to stop walking where she stood. Nothing her former self had feared or loathed one bit, but even so that past self had learned much of them. Fanatics that shot first, assumed the worst, and maybe asked questions later when it came down to it. A very unreasonable force that, in lieu of them all having been kidnapped for a time and missing, would more than likely assume they had abandoned the place to all the hellish forces that had descended upon it by this point. That was just the tip of the iceberg of the worries that surged through Serenity's mind about it all, however. Herself and certain others were already at risk just from the Ascendancy's reputation in regards to monsters and dark magical girls. Not that she herself was either, as she wasn't but she had been...ah...something not so good beforehand. 

[color=6A5ACD]"...I'm still coming to meet with you three. If they are after Sylvia, much less all of us I'd want to think, then being together might be safer,"[/color] Serenity said, speaking once more after a brief moment of pause, her tone somewhat grim but attempting to eek out some sort of hope that things would go well...despite her own gut feelings on the matter, [color=6A5ACD]"I'll transform to get there as fast as I can, since no one is actually out here right now."[/color]

Not that she blamed anyone for not being outside around this point in time...Penrose hadn't been going so well overall with all of them missing. But quickly transforming in a nearby side alley, Serenity bolted to meet up with Alicia and the others at the ice rink. 

Yet seeing the weak smiles fade from the faces of Sylvia and Sally after getting to the meeting place, however, only seemed to stoke the uneasiness the magical maid felt about things. She lightly shook her head side to side when asked about if she had seen Aurelio, joining the others on the ice rink itself, though merely nodded as she listened to Sylvia's explanations about the Ascendancy and overall situation. Yet just before she could respond to it all with her own thoughts, perhaps even a suggestion in the tentative sense, a tapping on the ice and resulting reveal sent a chill down the magical maid's spine. It was at least a small comfort to be already transformed...but she wasn't sure how much that helped the situation either.  

In the end, however, they had been already cornered. Serenity did her best to keep a straight and calm face as their pursuers appeared all around them, but the bloodlust from the scantily-dressed military girl was just [b]oozing[/b] with eager bloodlust for the "hard way" the girl had spoken whilst demanding Sylvia to de-transform and submit for arrest. It was disgusting, frightening, and angering all at the same time, but before more could continue Serenity at least attempted to say something. Better than trying to attack or something drastic right now, at least in theory. She just hoped these people wouldn't force a fight on their end. 

[color=6A5ACD]"Please listen to reason. We were all kidnapped by a Lesser Force for an unknown amount of time, went through major time dilation on the way back, and all of us as well as others that also returned to the city can corroborate that story. We had no choice in being gone!"[/color] The magical girl said, seeking to be polite and civil in her tone and consistency...took a lot to not stutter in the process to boot.

[color=6A5ACD][i]'Though if you want to draw blood so badly you'll act like mentally-retarded zealots, just wait for your own 'time of month' and you'll have plenty of blood to shed on your own....'[/i][/color]

However, that could not stop some internal and personal thoughts of hers...at least the ones that emerged into her mind from the disgust and frustrations she felt with the matter. Was a way to try to cope silently right now, unless one of these girls was a Psychic spec for some reason. That was a terrifying thought in and of itself, no pun intended. 
 
[@Ariamis][@Flamelord]

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[center][h1][color=FF1493]Sophia von Zeerover[/color][/h1][/center]

[color=FF1493]"Bloody took yeh' long enuff', lass! Was gonna call ya ta' go huntin round ere'! Hahaha!"[/color]

The sudden call as she'd been searching had been disruptive, but Sophia knew she could only respond in one way when an ally called upon her. There was only one thing she knew would satiate the need for something to do as well right now. Billy, Mariette, and the Knight of the Rose herself would soon see a flying ship swooping down from the sky from behind Amaryllis as it moved swiftly down in their direction. Its cannons were already prepared as it slid into a [i]drift[/i] in the air, as if it was some sort of hot rod racing car, as it neared the intersection and began firing.  

[color=FF1493]"EAT THIS MAGICAL EXPLOSIVE SHOT, YA' SHITE' LIL' GHOSTY FECKERS!!!"[/color] Sophia cried aloud with a blood-lusting fervor and excitement, her weapons in her hands as the cannons concentrated their magical cannon fire at their assigned targets, [color=FF1493]"AN' LOOK OUT BELOW LASS!"[/color] 

..Perhaps there was a bit too much zeal in that entrance of hers, but Sophia didn't much care about that. She just didn't want to hit her ally, and this was a limited window of time. Firing her cannons straight on at Billy and the army truck, the pirate aimed to intercept them before they got to Amaryllis or too close for her to fire at them. The explosive magical cannonballs themselves, however, sped down towards their targets in a concentration that would likely tear up the street and intersection...but at least spare the buildings nearby. Especially any civilians in nearby buildings potentially. The cute Goo Lass had told her that was a good thing. Yes. 

[@BrokenPromise][@PlatinumSkink][@ERode]

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[center][h1][color=gold]Ninha[/color][/h1][/center]

Sil's shield connected with the hastily-thrown-out attack, the goblin corpse deflecting the chain strike to the side as she charged Ninha with her knife. However, the green-haired magical girl did not move to block or deflect the attack aimed for her own gut. Instead, the chain that had been deflected suddenly [i]turned[/i], moving around the shield and rapidly extending towards Sil again from behind now. It was almost like the weapon had a mind of its own...or someone was controlling it like an extension of themselves. Whatever the case was, Ninha also cocked back her left arm as the chains on it move to coat her fist in preparation for a counterattack when Sil would finally strike her up close. 

From what she noticed so far, her opponent was using Time magic, and had performed a clever move to deflect her initial attack. Very nice indeed. But what would she do against a sudden attack from behind and a visible counterattack from the front? What would her opponent's attack even do to her? It excited her visibly to be able to eventually see what this stranger had in store to try to harm her. Multiple powers and specs were not uncommon, after all, among other unique attributes that could be found out there inn the world of magical girls. For now, however, the drum-like thrum of battle rang in the cold and frigid air about them.

It had been so long.

[@FamishedPants]