[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/CkHZy6X.png[/img] [sub][@BrokenPromise][@PlatinumSkink][/sub][/center] [color=778899][sup]"May the flower of your heart be reflected in my Silverlight."[/sup][/color] Her bag of chips was dropped into her backpack, and the Knight of Rose stood up. Rusted petals fell under the waning winter moon. Her Sword rasped as it sliced through space, its appetite sharpened by blade-oil and whetstone. Everyone deserved a chance. She reminded herself that, but the Knight wondered how much she'd really be able to hold back. [color=778899]"Thank you, Mariette. If you require assistance, feel free to request my favour once we've concluded our [i]discussion[/i] with those base thugs."[/color] Her amethyst eyes slid off to the white tiger before her, and she met Rosa's gaze. A nod. They both had their blades, hm? She let out a deep breath, closed her eyes, and allowed her Sword to light up her darkened world. And with a burst of speed, she shot out from rooftop into the warehouse, her knee crashing into the face of the Mint operative closest to the portal. They went flying back as the Knight of Rose landed, heels clicking against concrete, moonlight spilling out behind her from the portal. [color=778899]"May the flower of your heart be reflected in my Silverlight!"[/color] Silvered ivies bloomed in her wake; soon, they too will be bathed in the rust of blood. [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/NxkGICx.png[/img] [sub][@BrokenPromise][/sub][/center] Overhead, clouds were gathering, broiling, the light of the moon obscured by swift thunderheads. A storm was converging, icy winds whispering through the streets of Penrose. The rain would come soon, striking down with bone-chilling cold. And then, within the rain, lightning and thunder, crackling through the heavens. Penrose, once again, was in flux. Penrose, once again, was alit. Underground, Lei Zi furrowed her brow. The chaos was drawing them all in now. Horrors, Lesser Forces, Deities, Beacon, Puchuus. A rave was for relief, for release, but when one tried to control individual, unaffiliated magical girls within this arena, even Patrons would feel incensed, displeased. She had expected the Ascendancy to break in, but she hadn’t expected anyone to be as bold as to try to control a group of corrupted magical warriors for their own ends. It was a powder keg, but much more dangerous than she presumed. Darkness consumed, and barriers raised up everywhere. Many tried to quell the madness of the music, but even more embraced the insanity, the sheer firepower of magical girls turning everything into a destructive mess. The dragon priestess grimaced; fireballs scattered away from Su Feng’s swirling drafts, but they exploded with more force after, consuming the influx of wind to further empower themselves. Crazed Warriors ripped through the smoky darkness too. [b]“Find your friends then, but after that, I will do what I must,”[/b] Lei Zi spoke. Tendrils of lightning crackled around her, forming into serpentine dragons. Even in the darkness, their light provided illumination. [b]“Let’s move.”[/b] The first magical girl to charge for them dropped moments after, a lightning snake slipping into their body and locking up their muscles. The second met a similar fate; the third lacked muscles, so Lei Zi made her [i]evaporate[/i]. [b]“It’ll only get louder. What can you do to summon them?”[/b] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/QN3bCGL.png[/img] [sub][@Flamelord][@BrokenPromise][/sub][/center] [b]“Fuhue?”[/b] One moment, Liss was sitting on a stool, crying about lost chances at redemption and fights that will have to be delayed until the following year. The next, she was sent flying away, shards of glass shattering against her skin as the bar exploded. Against the backlight of the flames, a monstrous magical girl was swinging her sword madly, while her buddy, the old-ish man, was on the ground as well, bleeding in a way that only humans could. Liss was tough. She had to be if she wanted to be what she wanted to be. An explosion or two meant nothing to her, and once electricity surged into her body and all her six senses fired up to life in response to the danger, she broke out of her drunken stupor fast enough. Springing onto her feet, she slapped her cheeks, dodged a fireball, scryed swiftly, and then paled. [b]“Oh shit! We don’t have time at all!”[/b] With one arm, she picked Dusty up, tossing the nice girl over one shoulder. With another arm, she picked Ren up, tossing the nice man over another shoulder. [b]“This warehouse is gonna get sealed off! The Ascendancy’s going to break in and a nuke’s gonna go off!”[/b] She swallowed. Even with hyperaware senses, she still couldn’t discern where exactly they were supposed to run to. But that just meant…she had to run everywhere! [b]“Hold on tight!”[/b] Electricity wreathed her form as her muscles turned taut as a mountain. Gritting her teeth, Liss ran head-first like a raging bull, using her thick skull as a battering ram to knock anyone else in her way. It was good, then, that another magical girl temporarily removed the madness that afflicted people. During that moment of confused tranquility, the girls in Liss’s way got absolutely [i]trampled[/i]. [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/mrDMxNd.png[/img] [sub][@PlatinumSkink][/sub][/center] Myria paled at the description, the [i]image[/i] of that woman. Her knees wobbled, before she fell right on her butt. Hurriedly, she cut her connection with her spirits, but knew that it was too late. She was spotted. She was found. She was fucked, in a way that she never had been before. Something warm leaked between her legs, but she hardly noticed. A touch, like an ancient, ancient death, pressed against her cheeks. She sniffed, shivered, but didn't dare move until the hand disappeared. Her flesh-hand plopped down on the ground, broken in a million different parts. She didn't touch that either. She sat there, for a long time. Slowly gathered herself. Slowly put herself back together. Slowly, slowly... [hr] Myria went up the stairs, through the hallway, down the corridor, into the lobby, and pushed open the door, her eyes still raw, her cello case dragging sadly behind her. Outside, Gerard leaned against the Bentley, smoking a cigarette. He stopped though, when he saw her. There were many things her servant was bad at, but she kept him around for one purpose. For a hug. [b]"Oujo-sama,"[/b] Gerard murmured, stroking her head, [b]"would you like a change of underwear?"[/b] The dark magical girl's face flushed, and she pushed him away, with such force that he broke through the car's window and tumbled into the backseat. [b]"N-no I don't! Idiot!"[/b] Next time! She'll do her prep work, level up even more, and then next time, she was definitely going to raid that shut-in's place, take all the stuff, and make [i]her[/i] piss her panties and cry in her servant's arm! Stepping into her car with a 'Hmph!' and revving up the engine, she slammed the pedal to the metal and roared off! Moments later, the rain came down.