[center][img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/16a8bf35-d965-4909-ac95-0db9781b733e.png [/img][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/udsgqgr.png[/img][/center] [center][hider=Connie and Mia Stats] [center][color=DarkOrchid][h2]Connie[/h2][/color] 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 5 Oddball: Nightmares | Tentacles Enhanced Weapon | Power Artifact | Mystic Artifact | Ally | Interdimensional Home Focused | Mental Link | Hidden Death | Mana Font | Mystic Might Alien Mind | Formless | Rival Force | Clueless [/center] [hr] [center][color=SpringGreen][h2]Mia[/h2][/color] 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 5 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 5 Wood | Barrage Enhanced Weapon | Dual Weapon | Purification Artifact Blessing | Divine Competence | Gifted Item | Mana Font | Mystic Might Rites| Arrogance | Big Brother | Clueless [/center] [/hider][/center] [center][hider=MDP Stats] [center][color=DeepPink][h2]Magical Dream Princess[/h2][/color] 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 4 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 8 Oddball: Sweet Dreams | Barrage Wealth and Resources (not while tf'd) | Enhanced Weapon | Power Artifact | Dual Weapon | Natural Aging | Money Focused | Mental Link | Hidden Death | Mana Font | Mystic Might Alien Mind | Formless | Rival Force | Clueless [/center] [/hider][/center] [center] [@PlatinumSkink] [@Ariamis] [@Flamelord] [@Majoras End] [@AtomicNut] [@MadManMoon] [/center] [color=DeepPink]“Like, super duper thankie wankies, Samurai-chan~! (giggle!)”[/color] MDP told Ronin cheerfully. [color=DeepPink]“That makes Magical Dream Princess, like, sooo super duper happy wappy~! (giggle!)”[/color] Then came the lasers, followed by the approaching monster patrol, which Connie swiftly dealt with by using her nightmare magic. [color=DeepPink]“Humph, Magical Dream Princess would have liked to dazzle wazzle them with sweet dreamy weamies instead of giving them awful wawful nightmares,”[/color] MDP pouted. [color=DeepPink]“But, like, you [i]did[/i] get them to go away without hurting them, so, like, Magical Dream Princess thinks Connie Wonnie did, like, a super duper good job~! (giggle!)”[/color] [color=DarkOrchid]“T-Thanks…”[/color] Connie replied. [color=DarkOrchid]“I-I’m just g-glad I c-could h-help…”[/color] She was still a little shaken up, but she was starting to feel a bit better, especially after seeing how successful her spell had been. Of course, had she known that her actions had caught ???’s attention, and that she was now being placed in the same threat category as [i]Leena,[/i] she would have felt considerably more concerned. As it was, her slightly more optimistic outlook quickly changed once they reached the stairs… No sooner had they started their ascent, than a barrier slammed shut behind them, while above them, a magma bomb detonated with a loud roar and a flash of light. Alicia began snapping orders on how to deal with this latest threat, but before she could finish a single sentence, she would find that the situation had already been taken care of. [color=DeepPink]“Golly wolly~!”[/color] MDP exclaimed as the molten magma spilled down towards them. Not wasting a second, and moving with the swiftness of a hyperactive child on the world’s greatest sugar rush, she conjured her Dream Barrier, fully encapsulating the entire team in a small bubble of warped reality. They would find themselves in a colorful land of fluffy, pastel clouds, stars, hearts, rainbows, unicorns, and other such incredibly whimsical and sickeningly cute things. They would also discover that the deluge of magma had transformed into a torrent of skittles and other small candies. [color=DeepPink]“Mmmm~! Yummy~! (giggle!)”[/color] the childish magical girl cheered as she scooped up some of the candy and popped it into her mouth. [color=DeepPink]“Magical Dream Princess just [i]wuvs[/i] candy wandy~! (giggle!)”[/color] [color=SpringGreen][i]Just what she needs, [b]more[/b] sugar…[/i][/color] Gaia thought to herself, while she helped Connie keep her footing as the candy surged around them. So as to keep the sugary surge from getting too intense, a large cutesy cartoon caterpillar suddenly appeared among them, holding a massive umbrella, which it used to part the candy’s flow. [color=DeepPink]“Like, thankie wankies, Mister Caterpillar Willar thingie wingie~! (giggle!)”[/color] MDP told the creature, before giving it a big hug. [color=DeepPink]“Oh, wow~! Like, the candy wandy floody wudy’s all done~! Bye bye for nowies~! (giggle!)”[/color] she said with a cute wave as the Dream Barrier dissipated, leaving them in the mansion’s (now magma free) stairway once more. The moment the Dream Barrier dissolved, Connie fell to her knees, whimpering and clutching her head. [color=Purple][i]DREAMS!!![/i][/color] the voice of her Patron roared in her mind. [color=Purple][i]SHE WAS USING DREAM MAGIC, EMPRESS!!! SHE IS THE SERVANT OF MY MOST HATED FOE, THE SOVEREIGN OF SWEET DREAMS!!! YOU MUST DESTROY HER EMPRESS!!! YOU MUST ENGULF HER IN ENDLESS NIGHTMARES!!! DO NOT WASTE A MOMENT, EMPRESS!!! DO IT NOW!!![/i][/color] [color=DarkOrchid][i]N-N-No…[/i][/color] Connie whimpered. [color=DarkOrchid][i]S-S-She’s m-my f-f-friend… A-A-And s-she h-hasn’t d-done a-anything w-wrong…[/i][/color] [color=Purple][i]WHAAAT?!!! YOU DARE TO DEFY ME?!!![/i][/color] [color=DarkOrchid][i]Y-Y-Yes…! I-I w-won’t h-hurt m-my f-friends! Y-You c-can’t m-make m-me! J-Just… J-Just… GO AWAY!!![/i][/color] For a moment, crackling tendrils of dark energy swirled around Connie, before suddenly dissipating as she collapsed with an exhausted sigh. [color=SpringGreen]“Connie!”[/color] Gaia cried in alarm as she rushed to her friend’s side. [color=SpringGreen]“Are you okay?!”[/color] [color=DarkOrchid]“Y-Yeah, I-I’m f-fine, Mia,”[/color] Connie replied shakily as Gaia helped her to her feet. [color=DarkOrchid]“I j-just had a l-little p-panic attack, t-that’s all. I-I’m f-feeling b-better n-now,”[/color] she added, while giving her friend what she hoped was a reassuring smile. [color=SpringGreen]“All right, little sister,”[/color] Gaia said, her eyes still filled with concern. [color=SpringGreen]“If you say so. Come on,”[/color] she added, [color=SpringGreen]“let’s catch up to the others.”[/color] Continuing up the stairs, they found the rest of the team standing in a spacious foyer. [i]Something[/i] unpleasant must have recently occurred here, because the entire room was covered in gore, as if some giant creature had been blown to bits. Noticeably free from the bloody mess covering the rest of the room, pictures of several magical and monster girls were hung upon the wall, although one of the images appeared to be blank. Ronin drew their attention to this one, explaining that “she” was an information specialist, who was probably following their every move. This was certainly a bit unnerving, but Ronin went on to add that this mystery girl was probably working from a secluded room. If they could somehow find her, Ronin was fairly sure that she wouldn’t be able to put up much of a fight. After that, she could presumably locate Mariette for them or something. The diminutive samurai wasn’t too clear on that part… In any event, MDP wasn’t really paying too much attention, having been drawn to the portrait of a scaly monster girl in a fiery landscape. [color=DeepPink]“Oooohhh~! Like, who’s this dragony wagony person werson~?!”[/color] she asked Ronin excitedly.