[@Phonic][@Ariamis][@Majoras End]

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[color=9b83de]‘Pahahaha! Sure! Come along! We're building an adventuring party just walking along! We've got a swordsman, a knight and a magician already! I like it!’[/color] Ronin laughed and happily accepted Amanda's request to join. So, absolutely!

The place was super colourful and decently awesome. Also, actual speed-pads!? [color=9b83de]‘I swear, this place is like directly out of a game! I've got to invite-’[/color] "Eli here one day", Deni was about to say, then realized she shouldn't mention Eli's name yet. Whelp. [color=9b83de]‘... Well, rescue mission first! And even before that, delivery mission!’[/color] Ronin said, as they eventually reached the Magical Services district. This, too, looked like one awesome place to remember existed. Got to get here with money one day.

Oh, yeah. Asengav never spared Mariette or Deni/Eli with even a bronze, but now that she had no backer at all... Well, guess she could take mercenary missions!

[color=9b83de]‘And here we are! Jill's Instant Deliveries!’[/color] Ronin read out loud with a great smile as she spun towards the place, because she's that type of person. Yupp, this looked like a cool enough place. She sure knew where she'd like to "instantly delivered", hahaha. Wonder if she'd be able to get back after? Hm. Eh, she could make friends with someone with Overcity Shift. It's not [i]that[/i] rare!

So, heh, whoever owned this place was sure a fan of the cute yet elegant. In any case, here she is-

……………

Deni stood like frozen a couple seconds, big grin plastered on her face because honestly what other expression could she possibly make at a time like this, her mind going in a thousand different directions. Like, what? Huh? How? What? Coincidence? What happened? How many died? And most importantly… [i]WHAT!!??[/i]

[color=9b83de]‘W-we… We have a delivery for a Jill’s Delivery Service! I take it that’s you!?’[/color] Ronin asked, a little too loudly, her mind a mixture of utterly amazed and more than a little terrified, wearing her automatic grin. [color=9b83de]‘It came from a girl in a shawl speaking some foreign accent! We happen to be looking for a way to Penrose, and when I told this girl she handed me this thing with directions to you!’[/color]

… Better, uh, pretend… like nothing. After all… Ronin was a stranger, even if this girl was who she resembled, and this did appear to be a legitimate business. Just passing through. Can’t hurt. She can’t have been resurrected to just go and die this quickly. One does not simply walk in on the final boss right after forming the party. This is probably just a case of mistaken identity, Deni’s memory was probably foggy during all that time being, ya know, dead. Regardless, she couldn’t do anything [i]here[/i], [i]mid-Overcity[/i]. Right?

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[color=077ae6]‘…’[/color]

Right, then. A battlefield of some kind did appear to be in the making. 

Question was, what role would Mariette play on it?

Decisions, decisions.