Thanks to her illusion magic, Eliza and Theresa were able to safely make her way to the hotel. Though it didn't hide her anxiety with the Ascendancy still in town. Taking her hood off once she stepped inside, the witch was greeted by Helga, beimg asked if she had a reservation. [Color=mediumpurple]"Uhm, not exactly. I'm actually here on buisness, for Cindy Ford."[/color] Eliza showed the invitation to Helga. [Color=mediumpurple]"I-I'm supposed to give this to the owner of this place. Since not everyone knows about Vi's party, o-or where it's at."[/color] She said, visibly a bit nervous. Theresa, meanwhile, looked around the room, waiting on the witch.
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 Seemed her quick gamble payed off! With their combined effort, Valerie and Penny finally defeated Sirkkeli. Her lightning blade dissapearing, the former looked over her sword handle. [Color=lightsteelblue][b]"I'll have to fix this later."[/b][/color] She sighed, then looked over to the other android with a smile. [Color=lightsteelblue][b]"Heh, we made a good team, didn't we? Name's Valerie."[/b][/color] she introduced herself, looking back to the deceased insectoid. 

 [Color=lightsteelblue][b]"So, friend of yours?"[/b][/color]
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 Amanda seemed unphased as Hood and Selene explained themselves. Did they think she was born yesterday? Sighing when they managed to manipulate Ronin and Valkyrie into giving then the sword, one of the crystals behind the mage were fired at the box, knocking it out of the dark girl's hand. [Color=violet][b]"Nice try."[/b][/color] Catching it with her free hand, she retracted the crystal back to her, her spellbook appearing to rapidly flip through pages by itself. [Color=violet][b]"I tried to be nice, but it seems you're not backing down."[/b][/color]

 Though she wasn't exactly made for combat, having a specialization akin to illusion, Amanda was more than willing to improvise.
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 If her patron heard word about what she had just done, Anaya didn't want to think of the punishment that would come. As soon as she tried to use her own magic on the Endsinger's guitar, the spirit girl's eyes widened not only out of shock from an inky substance coating her arms, but from the surge of voices. Spirits of stars burnt out. She didn't know how to feel about such despair. She didn't know whether to pity them, or enjoy seeing such suffering. Was that a sign of how far gone Anaya was? Maybe so. 

 She snapped out of her thoughts to see that everyone's eyes were on her. She didn't know why until she looked back at the guitar, now glowing with a strange energy. Looking up at the swirling clouds above them, Anaya could only throw her soul gem to Celia before, as if the heavens rained judgement down upon her, she was engulfed in a surge of lightning. 

 With the Ascendancy defending themselves, Celia was left alone. The empath did her best to counter the rain of lightning with her bloodlust magic, avoiding what she could. Once the storm ended, she looked over the destroyed field, Anaya in the center, unmoving.

 [Color=powderblue]"A-Anaya...?"[/color]

 Or so Celia thought for a moment. Looking closely, she sighed in relief. Anaya survived. Though she was in a critical condition, the spirit girl was still alive. The empath looked back to the Acendancy, hesitant to ask. [Color=powderblue]"Can't you help her?"[/color]