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It was little surprise that Amryllis was able to make her dynamic escape from the hold that the Monster Queen had upon her, though Alicia was taken off guard by the sudden intervention of the pirate from above. At least she had already been cautious about others getting in her way, so there was no friendly fire as a result of this quick intrusion. 

While she had been prepared to move as the Queen vanished through the hole in the ceiling, their attacks meant more head space to work with. A wince followed as Leena was burned, but she did not falter. They had to keep going, and make sure that the Queen paid for what she had done to their fallen comrades.

Grunting, she lowered her bow, using the seeds to give herself an initial vault before her wings carried her the rest of the distance. On the surface they found that Hyun had scaled the chains, and was now trying to smash its way into the ship above. Which would be bad, though that didn't need to be said. 

[color=aba000]"As if we'd let you get away with that,"[/color] Alicia growled as her bow rose towards the heavens anew. It seemed like Amaryllis had a plan, though she wasn't sure what the warrior was going to do with a White Coin. Make the Queen eat it? 

Before she could chime in, a laser of light shone through the sky, striking at the Monster Queen. It carried with it a voice, a familiar one that stoked Alicia's anger even higher. as if Martiette actually cared, like she was some sort of benevolent figure rather than the scheming servant of a Horror that she was in reality. [color=aba000]"You've got a lot of nerve showing up here."[/color]

Her allies had the monster in hand. Alicia wasted little time and fired. Thanks to her Barrage power she could just as easily target both the monster Queen as well as Mariette herself. Arrows arced into the sky, explosive bursts of magic erupting when they reached their target. While she was dimly aware of Trixy's move, she assumed it was to hold the portal user in place to be hit. Meanwhile her arrows would stop Hyun burrowing further into the ship, and clear obstructions for whatever Amaryllis was planning. 

[color=aba000]"You've still got a lot to answer for."[/color] It was nice to think that this would work, but somehow Alicia had the feeling that this would be too easy if it did. Perhaps karmic, but still easy. And she certainly wasn't going to let anyone else pose a last minute save either. 

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