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[color=turquoise]"Uh...?"[/color]

[color=888888]— Emily[/color]
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Since it had seemed like Connie took things under control with the berserk girl, Emily had flown over to Sakura, who wasn't in the best of moods. Judging by her choice to use another girl as a springboard so suddenly. Weirder yet was Shoggy's willingness to be one. But at least there was some form of consent, Emily supposed. As for why Sakura wanted to do that. Well, she seemed to want to go on the offensive against one of those horrors, so Emily followed her order and decided to begin blasting the hedge walls separating them from the Spirit Zone with fire to clear a way for them, acknowledging her request with an [color=turquoise]"O-okay! I got it!"[/color]

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[quote=Silhouette][color=red]"Melee DPS need buffs"[/color][/quote][/center]

Meanwhile, Silhouette had been assisting the rest of the group involved with the Monster Queen by attempting to do as much damage as she could. That, however, became harder to do so once the fight took to the sky, so pausing for a moment, Sil retrieved her shadow, as its purpose had been fulfilled. 

Trixy seems to be doing fine.

Samantha couldn't help but think to herself. She was being far more productive in this situation than even herself, but then again, whenever big monsters showed up, Sil found herself relegated to supportive duties more often than not.

[i][color=red]Thanks for the assist.[/color][/i]

After conveying this through their mental link, Samantha stepped on the acorn and...

[color=red]"!?"[/color]

Samantha was not surprised by the sudden altitude she gained by stepping onto the acorn. That was fine. But what she didn't expect? That despite her incredibly sturdy outfit, her superhuman reactions, and decades of experience, that something would simply slip right through her defenses and hit her exposed back. 

Man, this rain was cold. 

But ignoring that, Sil utilized her enhanced perception of time to survey the area and the actions of everyone in it. She noted that Amaryllis had gotten caught by the monster and saw Sophia's subsequent save, but also noticed Shane charging a powerful strike. These things made it difficult for Sil to get close, but maybe she could provide a follow-up attack after Shane? 

While Silhouette couldn't fly, what she could do was teleport. As Amaryllis and Sophia took to the ground and Shane had his chance to attack, Sil would, assuming she needn't respond to another variable, teleport herself just a bit higher so that she could time her attack after Shane's, so as not to be caught in it. 

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[color=turquoise]"My turn again?"[/color]

[color=888888]— Emily[/color]
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Though while all that was occurring, the group at the helicopter now had a new obstacle thrown in -- a large laser beam of souls coming from the horror that looked like a dog. 

[color=turquoise]"S-sakura!"[/color] Emily called out to her bold friend, who had just effectively yote every last bit of her mana at the fiend without a care in the world. Not only that, but Gaia seemed to be blowing most of her mana on an attack directed at the horror, too! Even though Emily could join the others in this blatant disregard for the conservation of mana, she opted against doing so to assist the others in case something bad happened afterward, flying closer to Sakura in order to catch her.