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[color=PeachPuff]“Music makes me [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na7lIb09898]lose control[/url].”[/color]

[color=888888]— Su Fang[/color][/center]

[sub][@ERode][/sub]

Su nodded when Lei mentioned that their name wasn’t their real name. [color=PeachPuff]“Of course, I doubt many girls use their real names.”[/color] Su was a rare exception because she had no family aside from Boteg, Helga, and Mika. She had retained her original memories and those of several other woman, but their families had been dead for a long time.

When she laughed at Boteg’s choice to come here, Su rolled her shoulders. [color=PeachPuff]“He’s genuinely afraid of such encounters, but has come here to get revenge. Only the revenge ended up serving itself without his intervention so...”[/color] Su trailed off. She wondered how much longer Boteg was going to stay here. Leaving Penrose would be a good move for her family but she’d also grown attached to the place. There were people here she’d hate to leave behind.

Their conversation would be put on hold when Vi started playing her music. [color=PeachPuff]“This sensation!”[/color] Su placed a hand on her head. It felt like her [b]envy[/b] was acting up, but she had nothing to be envious of. Lei had nothing that she wanted, so Su couldn’t understand where these negative emotions were surfacing. 

Then the smoke and fireballs started flying. It was time for a swift transformation.

[color=PeachPuff]“When you die, you rejoice, and the world cries!”[/color] 

A twister briefly enveloped Su’s body before revealing her transformed state. Before the black smoke could wash over them, Su created a current. A swirling draft that drew the smoke up and towards the nearest vent. The rave was massive, so there was no way Su could cover the entire thing at once. But it was a simple matter to keep the immediate area free of smoke. The wind current was (hopefully) strong enough to draw the fireballs up and away from herself and her companion. Otherwise she could change her strategy and create a vacuum to smother them.

[color=PeachPuff]“Lei Zi.”[/color] Su spoke with authority in her voice. [color=PeachPuff]“Your god has you here to partake in this carnage, but there are those I wish to save from it.”[/color] Su stepped away from the wall. [color=PeachPuff]“Protect me from incoming threats, and I’ll protect us from the fire and smoke. Hopefully we can join up with my family shortly.”[/color] She hoped Lei Zi wasn’t too drunk to fight. It sounded like some girls were coming for them. It was getting pretty hot in here too...

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[color=CCBFFF]"Can you eat the smoke?"[/color]

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

[sub][@Flamelord][@FamishedPants][/sub]

[color=CCBFFF]"Eh?"[/color] Trixy was hanging off the side of the ceiling mount when Alicia started accusing her of doing stuff. She didn’t really understand it. [color=CCBFFF]"Well first of all, I am not involved with the set up of this place. Secondly, you sound like a spy. If you’d like to investigate something however…"[/color] 

Oh, Vi was playing music. 

[color=CCBFFF]"Cool tune, it’s making me hungry though."[/color] 

Someone else was [i]being an arsonist A-hole[/i]. filling the area with smoke and fire. She couldn’t see Samantha or any of the other girls.

[color=CCBFFF]"Alright! We’ll talk later babe. It's okay to post you on Glimr right?"[/color] 

The only answer Trixy got was a fireball knocking down a distant cage. At which point, she swung herself back up. By now, she had heard Veronica’s order. In a flash, her stylish outfit disappeared and her normal magical girl outfit was back on.

[i][color=CCBFFF]"Right, gotcha. Can’t believe I’m putting down an idol, but Shade can replace her I’m sure."[/color][/i]

Trixy seemed to be safe from the fireballs for the moment, as well as the angry monster/dark girls below her. But the smoke was going to be a problem. Some seeds appeared in her hand, which she held up to her face. The seeds matured into plants, with their roots and stems locked together around her face. It looked like a dog muzzle made out of weeds. On the inside though, there were flowers and leaves. Trixy was able to keep the smoke out of her lungs this way. The plants could take the carbon dioxide outside the mask and turn it into oxygen. It probably wasn’t suitable for long term use or in more hazardous environments, but for now it got the job done. Her proudest feature with the mask was that she had slipped an apple seed, and could now grow apples inside the mask any time she got hungry. And this music was making her [i]very[/i] hungry.

Om nom nom nom.

She crouched on the ceiling mount and took aim at Vi. She was hard to see, even with the help of her magical scope. Normally it could easily divine the location of a target, but this magical smoke seemed to be presenting some interference.

[i][color=CCBFFF]"Taking the shot!"[/color][/i]

Trixy fired a tried and true acorn bullet at Vi, center mass. She had learned her lesson from her fight with the weretigers, and wouldn’t expect her bullet to do much on its own. Regardless if it hit Vi or the stage, it would grow into a large mass of knotted roots, sprawling across its target. Regardless where it landed, Trixy hoped to limit Vi’s mobility on stage. 

[sub][@Shifter_Master][@Vocab][/sub]

Her head twitched when she heard something smack into the ceiling. With her scope, she could tell it was a grappling hook of some kind, and they looked to be swinging in Vi’s direction. Might have been reinforcements, might have been an other assassin.

Until someone racing along the rafters called her Penny, and seemed confused about the situation.

[color=CCBFFF]"I think *chomp* Vi lied to us."[/color] Trixy was mostly responding to show she wasn’t a threat.

She knew that it was only a matter of time before someone destroyed the ceiling mount she was standing on. Trixy dove off of her perch and created a vine to swing behind Penny. Not so close to provoke an attack, and hopefully far enough away that the other girl wouldn’t attack her. Mostly Trixy wanted to make sure she wasn't between Vi and an incoming projectile.

Damn, Fuji were just nice eating apples. 

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[color=tomato]“Free of corruption, but not hate.”[/color]

[color=888888]— Mika Sarraf[/color][/center]

[sub][@Rune_Alchemist][/sub]

There was no doubt that Rina would catch up to Mika. She was a dexterous magical girl, but she’d need to transform first. All she had to do was enter the venues in the back of the rave to find a safe place for it. Fortunately, it seemed like Mika was headed that way too. 

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She had to be here somewhere.

Mika had committed Alicia’s scent to memory. It wasn’t an “if,” but a “when” she would decide to screw with things again. As soon as Mika got to the back rooms, Vi’s music started to play. She looked over her shoulder when a metal cage crashed into the ground, half crushing a dark girl.

[color=tomato]“Beacon.”[/color] She growled before entering the back rooms.

[sub][@Vocab][@Flamelord][/sub]

It didn’t take Mika long to follow the trail right to a gathering of Cristines and Alicia. Mika slid her hands into her claws scraped them together. This caused some sparks to fly into the air. Not that her adamantium claws could be split by anything, it was simply the magic within them reacting.

[color=tomato]“Couldn’t resist, could you?”[/color] Mika observed all the duplicate girls. [color=tomato]“Are you going to move, or do I need to [i]make[/i] you move?”[/color]

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[color=CCBAAA]"Do not avert your eyes, you are about to witness the end of a man!"[/color]

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

[sub][@FamishedPants][@ERode][@Flamelord][/sub]

All Dusty wanted to do was survive the night.

Now fights were breaking out, and someone was spreading magical darkness everywhere. It wouldn’t be long before it reach them. Trixy wasn’t one to despair without due cause, but there wasn’t much Dusty could do when she was blinded and without magic. At least she could still hear. She sighed and approached the bar. 

[color=CCBAAA]"Alright Shade, let’s save some lives."[/color]

It was really all Dusty could do at this point. If she could get someone outside, that would have at least give value to her being here. Before the lights went out, she had a chance to examine everyone at the bar. The man looked like he was able to move, but Dusty figured the half-drunk magical girl might need a hand. Not only that, but her burping and whining was easy to find in the darkness. That was totally the only reason Dusty picked Liss over the other guy. 

[color=CCBAAA]"Okay, let’s get you upstairs!"[/color] She pulled Liss’s arm around her neck and attempted to help her off of her stool. [color=CCBAAA]"Now if we just keep walkin-"[/color]

That was when the bar exploded, throwing everyone who stayed too close.

[i]At least my face didn't disintegrate this time.[/i]