[@Phonic]

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[color=9b83de]‘… I think that might actually [i]attract[/i] more passerbyers than it will [i]dissuade[/i]. Like me. I [i]totally feel like exploring that now[/i]. But that’ll have to wait,’[/color] Deni said about the signs, chuckling a bit. Still, no putting herself in danger until Eli’s safe. Then Valkyrie commented her name. Deni grinned.

[color=9b83de]‘Right!? I’m really proud of it!’[/color] Deni called happily, putting her hands on her hips and beaming. That is, proud of it because it’d probably slip right past a lie-detector without her needing to use her real name. Probably.

[color=9b83de]‘Hahahaha. That’s putting it mildly…’[/color] Deni chuckled a bit about “mingled with the wrong crowd”. In her defense, though, she hadn’t known it was an abyssal horror of some kind. Still, her eyes got all attentive when Valkyrie swore to allow her no harm.

[color=9b83de]‘Woah. You’re making an oath for little old me?’[/color] Deni asked, amazement in her voice, putting her hands together and beaming with the mildest of a blush. [color=9b83de]‘That is so [i]awesome[/i] of you! Yes, don’t worry! I’ve seen more than my fair share of combat! Though, I’m Reinforcement specialized, so don’t expect too much in terms of ranged combat capability, heh. I’m pretty good with my sword, though~!’[/color] 

Then Valkyrie reacted like that to the mention of a date, and Deni had to stare at her mildly awkwardly. She continued with scratching her cheek a bit with a smile, blushing a little too.

[color=9b83de]‘Weeeeeeeeeeeell… I don’t know if I actually love the individual in question. Like, when I think of people to date, I usually think of handsome boys. … But she took me by surprise with her question, and she and looked so desperate and cute I just couldn’t help but give her a shot~!’[/color] Deni said and then grinned. She’s also older than she looks, but she wasn’t about to remove that fun little reaction from Valkyrie with such a boring fact. A hand was extended to her, and Deni grinned.

[color=9b83de]‘Alright, let’s-’[/color] then Deni just stopped short. Her eyes gazed out over the field. Somehow, she felt it. Eli was in danger. … Not, like, in [i]mortal[/i] danger, but danger nonetheless. Deni had heard of girls with this ability. Big Damn Heroes, it was affectionately called, wasn’t it? So she had that ability now, and her token… was with her sister. Why, of course it was. She turned to Valkyrie, her look a bit more serious.

[color=9b83de]‘A dramatic battle is currently being fought in Penrose,’[/color] Deni said, and then grinned, taking Valkyrie’s hand. [color=9b83de]‘Let’s hurry!’[/color]

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So, the front of the car slammed into solid ground, but it didn’t take all that much damage. After all, it was a monster and not an actual car, as it would be revealed! Eli, who’d been intending on running and jumping onto the car, made a sudden stop.

[color=57a345]‘Oh,’[/color] Eli made a simple comment as it turned out the enemy above was just a TAD more dangerous than she’d been initially thinking. [color=57a345]‘More power it is…!’[/color]

The ghouls in the car dispatched, Eli no longer needed to worry about bullets, but becoming monster-car food was significantly scarier. She was transforming her gun into something more powerful, as she dashed in one direction to lure the car as she shouted to one of the shadows. [color=57a345]‘ARM!’[/color] 

The shadow obediently threw out an arm to her, and when it hit her with a little slam Eli let it mold into her slimy body, making it a tight leash. She ran to position herself so the car would absolutely be slamming into any extrusions in the building, stairs up or towers or so, but moments later the car was already upon her, and-

[color=57a345]‘PULL!’[/color] Eli shouted, and timed a dodging jump of her own. With the combined speed of her own jumping capabilities combined with the pulling power of one of Asengav’s shadows, Eli leapt out of the way. And, if the monster car was as intelligent as it looked, it’d be crashing into what was behind her. 

[color=57a345]‘... AND ATTACK!’[/color] If she got this far, Eli’d spin around to aim a more powerful one-shot rifle as large as she could make it, and fire a shot as powerful as a 7 across the board stat girl could fire, joining that with a collected volley of Shadow strikes from all the collected minions at the police car, hopefully doing significant damage…!

Meanwhile, Mariette was utterly unimpressed by the very obvious attempt to direct that water hose in her direction. She predicted it ahead of time and had a portal open way ahead of time to turn the blast of water and direct it back at the ghouls, tilting the portal a bit to move the beam and ensure she blasted as many as possible of the remaining ghouls with the assumingly mildly fatal beam given they were using it as a weapon. After that, she also opened portals to spread the reach of her tentacles in order to dispatch the rest, including those firing the hose.

Now, if it was the same case as the police car, then this fire truck was also a monster.

Mariette REALLY didn’t have any high-power attacks in her normal arsenal to actually deal with huge monsters with. Portal specialization gave decently limited offensive options.

As such, deciding the ghouls to be sufficiently decimated that Eli can handle the rest, Mariette dropped through a portal, and arrived…

Way closer to the battle with Billy, falling from one portal to land and stay standing in midair on another portal. … Given the description of killing ghouls taking time, probably too late to react to actions this time around.

[color=077ae6]‘I’ll support you now,’[/color] Mariette said as she opened her portals, attempting to multitask. Some miniscule ones opened over her head going to her hidden eye looking all around so she’d keep perfect check of the whole battlefield in all directions.

The ghouls with rocket launchers. She opened portals to ensure the only thing they hit was their own car and allied ghouls, and sent one of those rockets back towards the fire truck. She opened another portal beside her that was just a shield herself against bullets from any surviving ghouls. But, above all she tried to keep her wits about looking at Billy and her other allies.

She was in position to open portals to interfere with his next move. If Billy was about to hit a fatal blow, then Mariette was going to be ready to open a portal to block him. If Amaryllis or any of her allies missed, she’d be ready to attempt opening a portal to redirect them so they’d hit again. Due to killing ghouls she’d be late for the current clash, Amaryllis launch was a bit too fast for Mariette to react to anyway due to just arriving to the scene, but the next exchange. Hand-mirror in one hand, squeezing her bunny in the other, she stood. Next exchange, the Reflective Witch would stand ready. 

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