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Despite her best efforts, Alicia could soon hear the sound of the Ascendancy squads arriving, and the barrier activating. She didn't blame Rachel for making that choice, but it added to the urgency of what she was doing. If there was some other plan in place, she needed to figure out what it was soon. 

In a way that was almost confirmed as Alicia walked down the hall and was soon confronted by a magical girl directing her to return to the rave.Tapping into her third eye, she noted the four clones as well as the original. Glancing back towards the rave hall, the sound of a crash seemed to underline her own point well enough.

Turning back to the girl, she shook her head. [color=aba000]"Yeah, that's not happening."[/color] The fact that this was being insisted on after what Vi did was evidence enough.

Before anything else could happen though, another voice spoke up from behind. Turning, Alicia held back a sigh as she saw Mika on the far side of the circle, the girl looking downright furious. For a moment she wondered if the girl was being affected by Vi's song, before deciding that it didn't matter. She'd been hostile before this event started, if anything that had just helped to push it forwards. To her detriment, as fortune would have it.

[color=aba000]"You really need to work on your timing,"[/color] she shot back. [color=aba000]"I'm trying to resolve a crisis here."[/color]

Even as she said it, Alicia knew it was an exercise in futility. Neither girl seemed like they intended to back down. At least Leena had arrived, meaning the odds were a bit more even now. But she needed to remember to keep her focus, rather than being wrapped up in this fight. 

Having recognized that the fighting was inevitable, Alicia made the first move. Her center of gravity shifted downwards as she lowered herself before springing at the real Christine. Blades flashed parallel horizontal slashes aimed at her legs. She was trusting that Leena could keep Mika distracted, so the sooner she got rid of the original, the easier this fight would be. Thy couldn't afford to waste timme, so she'd try to wrap this up quickly. 

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Dimly aware of what was going on as he focused on his own healing, Ren grunted as he was hauled off the floor and on to Liss' shoulder like a sack of potatoes. At least he wasn't alone in that state, though pride was something of a nonissue at this point. There were more urgent things going on. 

"Ahh, watch the ribs," he hissed as they jostled their way through the crowd. There had been a moment of calm, but it seemed the fighting had returned anew as the situation escalated. But the tourist was a bit too distracted to pay attention to why for now. 

At Dusty's urging he shifted slightly, reaching back into one of his pockets for a few moments. But his search was successful as he produced a key. Which he held on to for the moment, as Liss was a bit full handed. "Here," he told them. "We use this on a locked door, it will open to another dimension. Just close it after we go through." 

It was, perhaps, not the most practical of options. But it was the one he had on hand.

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