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[color=PeachPuff]“Well this is gay.”[/color]

[color=tomato]“Like you? Boom! Gottem!”[/color]

[color=888888]— Su Fang & Mika Sarraf[/color][/center]

[@Rune_Alchemist][@Card Captor][@FamishedPants]

There was little Su could do in the moment. Her ability to feel emotions had not yet returned to her, but she understood the situation. [color=PeachPuff]“The Ascendancy?”[/color] In Su’s lulled state, she wasn’t capable of fast reactions or making decisive choices. In hindsight, she probably wouldn’t have used the staff’s full power if she knew she was going to be like this afterwards. Or at the very least she would have made the attack more impressive if she was going to use it in the future. [color=PeachPuff]“You must want to capture us because we’re-”[/color] That was when Alexander interjected with his accusation that they were pirates. [color=PeachPuff]“I don’t think so Alexander. I can’t speak for their interest in the other two girls, but I am a dark magical girl. I’m sure they want to kill us for what they are.”[/color]

Mika had just put out the fire on her ears when Su mentioned their possible death. [color=tomato]“Wha?”[/color] She ran over to Kai and placed her hands together. [color=tomato]“But each of them is a good person! Su’s taken care of me ever since I came to Penrose, Sil-how-eat chased off a dragon and a knight that would have hurt me, and Tent-rad hangs around street corners making people happy!”[/color]

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[color=75c159]”You were still just a puppy.”[/color]

[color=888888]— Tetrad[/color][/center]

[color=75c159]”Clearly they want me because of my rockin’ body.”[/color] She blinked. [color=75c159]”Wait, why do I sound like I swallowed a frog?”[/color] Anyone who knew Tetrad knew she was very proud of her body. Particularly her appearance. But there was little to be proud of now. Tetrad eyed her arms, which were skinny and wrinkled like the bark on a tree. Her expression only became more grave when she ran her hands over her face. Tetrad’s fingers fell into every new crease on her cheeks, and a glance at her chest revealed that her pride was sagging like a rapper’s pants. She still possessed some vitality, as she still had great posture and didn’t have any difficulty standing on her own feet. Being magically aged hadn’t left her totally powerless. Just as magical girls were stronger than their non-magical counterparts, magical elders were stronger than non-magical elders. That didn’t mean that this new form didn’t have an adverse effect on her abilities. That didn’t mean that Tetrad felt confident fighting her pursuers. Even if she had the wild version of the red buff going, [color=75c159]”Oh dear…”[/color] 

More bothersome than this temporary(?) aging spell was the appearance of the Ascendancy. Not that them showing up was an inconvenience, but that they had the nerve to turn weapons on them so swiftly after bringing down the lich. Tetrad [i]knew[/i] her luck was trying to tell her something, but she ignored it.

[color=75c159]”I’m certainly not interested in fighting. I feel like the last battle aged me about sixty years. But do I really have to change back? I’m not sure I can survive without my magic to fight the curse.”[/color] Hopefully answering that would keep the Ascendancy busy long enough to send Sil a message over magicoms. [i][color=75c159]”I’m taking us and a few of them to the overcity. They may be able to shift as well, so make sure to dispatch any hostiles after the shift.”[/color][/i] The violent approach wasn’t Tetrad’s style, but if there was something that scared her more than death, it was having her mind probed in a beacon HQ and being subsequently mind wiped. That, and Veronica would never forgive either of them for letting Su fall into Beacon’s hands.

Without making any sudden movements, Tetrad slowly moved her hands together to perform “Overcity-Shift-Jutsu.” She targeted all the non-ascendancy present, and the triplet that was pointing a halberd at Tetrad*. With any luck, Tetrad would survive her gambit before they attacked her.

*[sup]In the event Overcity Shift doesn’t work like that, she’ll try to pull in as few ascendancy girls as possible while still teleporting everyone else to the over city.[/sup] 

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[color=cfff04]”That's enough of that.”[/color]

[color=888888]— Tonya “Mac” Murphy[/color]

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[b]Age: 24/11 | Gender: Female/Female | Illusion, Gravity
Body | Power of Friendship, Regeneration, Third Eye | Moirai
Coercion, Soul Jar, Martial Training, True Sight, Parasite, Gifted, Awareness, Overcity Shift Mystic Artifact

Magical Overload, Paragon, Blessing, Gifted Item | Monster Form, Big Brother, Arrogance, Vendetta
Redirected Magic, Second Specialization | Non-Standard Limbs, Destroyer[/b]

STR: 05 | AGI: 04 |  VIT: 05 | MAG: 03 | LCK: 03

STR: 10 | AGI: 08 |  VIT: 11 | MAG: 17 | LCK: 05

Earnings this post: Zilch

Total: 6 Gold, 111 Silver, 120 Bronze
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The Ascendancy girls would notice Tetrad shift, but it would be too late to do anything about it. Boom, undetectable illusion magic hoooooo!