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With the rise of Elvira's corruptive song, Eden's gaze pulled away from the artifact that hovered mere inches above her flesh. In spite of the rhythmic, pulsating vibrations of the music, she could feel the thrum of the cube through the air, seeping into her void. Artificing was outside her realm of expertise. Judging the quality of a magical construct was beyond her. Still, she could appreciate the craftsmanship that went into making such a thing, from its aesthetic to its purpose.

But the wave of mental interference forced her to focus on other things, other problems. Now that Elvira had made her presence public, it was only a matter of time before someone, Beacon or otherwise, attempted to take her out. The magnitude of the party made hiding in plain sight the most effective infiltration method, for anyone who wanted to stay low profile but maintain a front row seat for persons of interest. It would have been no surprise if someone had already made a move, Eden imagined.

[colour=BlueViolet]"I suppose it's about that time then,"[/colour] Eden muttered, allowing the cube to float just above a table nearby, beside a medium sized case. She pushed the rising need to [b][i]devour[/i][/b] from her mind, and rolled her shoulders into a stretch. A cloud of black formed around her body, and twisted into a sphere that coated her form in its depth. The single overhead light that gave the room its illumination flickered in response, as its brightness dimmed, absorbed by the void. Her magic flared, bolstering the Psychic defences placed around Hyun's mind to shield her from the influence of the song, and within moments of the darkness appearing, it vanished again, [url=https://i.imgur.com/qGu9PiN.jpg]leaving a girl standing in its wake.[/url]

The ears atop Eden's head twitched with their newfound freedom, released from the confinement of her sealed form. With a final stretch, the joints in her elbows clicked, and she sighed, allowing her arms to drop against her sides, and into the multilayered frill of her dress. The smoke dissipated from sight quickly, drawn back into her body in all but one place, where it coalesced behind her, in a writhing, half-formed construct. It, too, disappeared, though slowly, sucked away into the blackened armour of a claw, attached to her body from the base of her spine via an arm. It hung above her head for a moment, clenching and unclenching into a fist, until it relaxed, and swung around beside her, moving as though it were the tail of a cat, or the stinger of a scorpion.

[i][colour=BlueViolet]"Christine, if you see anyone suspicious around the back rooms, help them navigate back to the party, if you could."[/colour][/i]

[colour=BlueViolet]"Guess we're onto part two if she's singing,"[/colour] newly unsealed, Eden stepped to the left of the table, and flicked the metal latches holding the case shut. Held within, exposed to the light above, was a violin and its bow, beautiful polished, with the initials [i]CM[/i] engraved into the upper bout. Alongside it was a miniature piano, nestled into the protective material of the case. She carefully removed each piece - placing the piano on the table, beside the artifact, and withdrawing the violin by the neck. As she did, she paused for a moment. The sound of the explosion caught her ear, as did the presence of Mecha-Penny's mind within the venue. [colour=BlueViolet]"And that's the start of part three. Four shouldn't be too far off, but how about a song to pass the time - hmm, let's see, how about... Cynthia, bitte spielen sechsundzwanzig."[/colour]

[colour=Crimson]"Ooh, nice choice. Alright, I'm starting now."[/colour] a voice began from within the piano. Almost immediately, the sound of small gears turning within gently filled the room, overshadowed by Elvira's music, but present nonetheless. Something clicked into place seconds later, and Eden moved the violin upwards, so that her chin laid against the rest, while her other arm placed the bow against the strings. Isolated within the room, encompassing and absorbing the muffled sound of Vi-chan's song, [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef4acNu5oAM]Eden and the piano began to play.[/url]

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Eden's psychic message reached Christine's ears moments late. She and her clones had already begun to move in on a suspicious individual by the time the words came to her mind. Somebody was making their way to the back rooms, where Eden and the Monster Queens had been stationed. A small unit of five had broken off, led by the real Christine herself, until the target had been surrounded; her duplicates had been spread all throughout the corridors surrounding the main venue, and within moments of the orders being given, the squad had arrived.

[colour=PaleTurquoise]"You're Alicia, right?"[/colour] one of the duplicates called out, as she approached Alicia from the corridor she was walking through. Another walked beside her, blocking off the way forward. At the same time, she could hear the footsteps of more approaching from her rear - another three. With her Third Eye, it was easy to tell which were duplicates; the one approaching from behind, on her leftmost side, was the only real Magical Girl present. [colour=PaleTurquoise]"Are you lost? Vi-chan doesn't really want people back here, so if you wouldn't mind returning to the party, we'd appreciate it."[/colour]

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Somewhere, somehow, Katelyn could feel herself being violated in the mind of another.

A shudder ran along her body as Elvira's song began, clawing at her Mental Mutation in a way that she had seldom felt for years. Beneath her sealed form, Katelyn could feel her wings and tail tugging at the prison of disguise and fabric. Much like her desire for domination, to be in charge, they yearned to feel the air. But in spite of it, she grit her teeth, and drank deep from her glass. An idol song was far from enough to bring her back to that level. She had faced far worse temptation in her life, from Joyce, from Sharr, from Beacon. Elvira was nothing in comparison.

However, as the cloud of black erupted through the venue, she was given no choice. Remaining sealed gave her an apt disguise, and with the aura that surrounded the warehouse, she reckoned that she had nothing to worry about from Third Eye users. But the suit was precious to her, in a sense. It was a memory of her past, where she had come from, painful though it was to remember. She was loathsome to let it be marred with some girl's magic, let alone in such a location.

Rivulets of electricity ran across her body, until the suit transformed moments later until her dress. From beneath the fabric, her yellow scaled wings unfurled fully, encompassing the small space behind her until they touched the wall, and her tail snaked out from her back and down the chair, to circle around her leg out of the way. Katelyn twisted her head in a circle, loosening her neck as best as possible. She grabbed at her water, and finished the glass, before shooting a glance to a nearby bartender, visibly shaken by the outbreak of chaos, to refill it.

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[colour=RoyalBlue]"Wh-what do you mean stop her? Surely we've gotta get out of here, right?"[/colour] Thalia called out to Alex, over the din of the song. Knowing few people, she had stuck with Lily as best as possible for the duration of the rave, but as the rave broke down into madness, her mind became conflicted on what to do. She could feel her Mental Mutation reacting to the magic within it, but the desire that it brought out was unfamiliar - the need to be in control. In the back of her mind, the feeling of her past mutation still lingered. The Vixen still lingered, though barely. She was only familiar with the desire the hunt and kill. And yet another part of her wanted to flee. The Thalia that no longer wanted to fight.

As magical darkness in the form of smoke billowed out in front of her, blocking her view of the rave, a spark of panic lit in Thalia's chest. With no need for oxygen, the smoke had no effect on her as she breathed, but the lack of vision perturbed her. She needed to know what was happening - where people were, what they were doing, what the state of the rave itself was. Without the information readily available, she felt trapped. Unable to escape inevitability. Railroaded.

[colour=RoyalBlue]"I'm gonna get a view from up top! Try and help people get out - if people want to attack the rave, now would be the perfect time!"[/colour] she shouted towards Alex, Lily, and Sakura, before turning her back, and jumping. A wave of force radiated out from her feet as she left the ground, creating a small explosion of air and a rush of wind that briefly cleared an area of the smoke in its wake. With the aid of magical propulsion, Thalia rapidly reached the roof of the rave, only to spot Mecha-Penny a short distance away, moving in the direction of the stage. With another, small blast directly upwards, she stabilised herself in the air, and then changed directions, exploding towards the rafters directly above the stage, no doubt faster than Penny could swing.

[colour=RoyalBlue]"Penny!"[/colour] Thalia called. Her shoes skidded across the metal rafter as she came to halt, directly above the stage. Her new magic was handy, she found, especially for navigation and traversing distances. In many ways, she missed the versatility that Beast Magic had afforded her, but the Oddball Specialisation she had found herself in possession of granted many of the same freedoms of movement that Beast enchantments did. In a number of circumstances, it was even better. [colour=RoyalBlue]"What's going on? I-is it Vi-chan causing all this? - I thought this was meant to be a party to show that we're not evil, but this... this isn't right!"[/colour]

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