[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]“Nopey wopey~! (giggle!)”[/color] MDP replied cheerfully after Ronin asked if she’d seen the dragon girl before. [color=DeepPink]“Buuuut, a meanie weanie person worsen who [i]looks[/i] like that did some really nasty wasty thingie wingies to a super secret wecret placey wacey that belongs to Magical Dream Princess’s most favorite wavorite person worsen in the whole wide worldsie~!”[/color] It was about then that Dina made her appearance and asked to parlay. Connie didn’t really understand much of what was going on, but the tension in the air was palpable. At least to anyone who wasn’t MDP. Connie’s eyes widened as she watched the cheerful girl skip over to Dina and start giving head pats to the dolphin she was holding. A dopey smile began to spread across Connie’s mask as she watched this incongruous scene play out, and she couldn’t help but giggle at the sight. [color=DarkOrchid]“O-Oh my gosh,”[/color] Connie whispered as a blush colored the cheeks of her mask and a pair of tiny stars seemed to appear in its black eyes. [color=DarkOrchid]“T-That’s so adorable…!”[/color] A part of her wanted to run over and join MDP in petting the cute dolphin, but her timid nature, combined with the knowledge of how serious the situation truly was, gave her pause. After the brief negotiations failed to achieve any meaningful results, Dina surprised the Infiltration Team by casting a reinforcement spell on them. [color=DeepPink]“Oh wowie~! That tickles~! (giggle!)”[/color] MDP squealed as she was infused with the spell’s power. [color=DeepPink]“Like, super duper thankie wankies~! (giggle!) Bye bye, for nowie, Dina Wina and Danny Wanny~!”[/color] she added as the pair departed. [color=DeepPink]“It was, like, sooo super duper nice to meet you~! (giggle!)” [/color] [color=SpringGreen]“You have my deepest thanks for the assistance, your Majesty,”[/color] Gaia added with a graceful curtsy. [color=SpringGreen]“Your generosity and desire for peace will not soon be forgotten.”[/color] [color=DarkOrchid]“Y-Yes! T-Thank you!”[/color] Connie managed to call out before the cat girl disappeared through a nearby door. Not wasting a moment longer, Alicia led the team up the stairs, with FanFan (or Eli, as the case may be) taking point. Moving up to the door Dina had left through, the Ascendancy girl summoned her mechanical arms and prepared to barge into the chamber beyond. However, Alicia instructed her to wait, her attention fixated on something below them. A moment later, she gave voice to what, informing them that she had discovered a small room under the stairs, perhaps the location of Mariette’s mysterious “information expert”. Connie was slightly startled when Alicia asked if she could employ a nightmare pulse to flush out anyone who might be inside it, but she quickly composed herself enough to offer a response. [color=DarkOrchid]“O-Okay,”[/color] she told the Beacon girl shakily. [color=DarkOrchid]“I-I’ll d-do my b-best!”[/color] Turning to face the room in question, Connie closed her eyes in concentration. [color=DarkOrchid][i]I can do this,[/i][/color] she told herself as she slowly breathed in and out, in an attempt to calm her badly frayed nerves. [color=DarkOrchid][i]I can [b]do[/b] this![/i][/color] Gathering her power, Connie made sure to focus on just the room and its potential occupants, before sending out a relatively low-powered beam of condensed nightmare magic. She waited a few moments for any reaction, but nothing happened. [color=DarkOrchid]“U-Um, I d-don’t t-think it w-worked…”[/color] she noted, pointing out the obvious. [color=DarkOrchid]“S-Sorry…”[/color] [color=DeepPink]“Like, don’t be sad, Connie Wonnie~!”[/color] MDP told her, while giving the masked girl a hug. [color=DeepPink]“You did your besty best, so that’s, like, all that matter watters~! (giggle!) And, like, there totally wotally might not have even [i]been[/i] anybody wody in there in the first placey wacey~!”[/color] [color=SpringGreen]“Or they could have defenses in place to guard against such an attack,”[/color] Gaia mused. She was about to ask Alicia if they should give the room a closer look, when [i]something[/i] emerged from the door in front of FanFan and sent the disguised Ascendancy girl flying backwards with considerable force. Immediately after that, a sonic trap activated, the mighty, ear-piercing thunderclap causing Connie, Gaia, and MDP to wince in pain and cover their ears against the cacophonous assault. [color=DeepPink]“Owie! Owie! Owie!”[/color] MDP whined. She knew this was bad, but her pounding head wouldn’t let her focus enough to allow her to conjure her Dream Barrier. The next instant, the stairs they were standing on turned to ice, which tried to surge over their feet and freeze them in place. Simultaneously, various members of the Infiltration Team were assailed with webs, explosive artifacts, and blasts of pure magical energy, as several magical and monster girls appeared around them. Before she even realized what was happening, Connie screamed in pain, as a shimmering spike of condensed magical wind pierced her shoulder. The wound was not particularly large, and the spike didn’t perforate anything vital, but it was still agonizingly painful. Clutching her bleeding shoulder, the masked girl dropped to her knees, her body shuddering, while black tears streamed down the sides of her mask. [color=SpringGreen]“CONNIE!”[/color] Gaia cried in horror at the sight of her friend’s plight. The attack had happened so fast, and she was still recovering from the effects of the sonic trap. Thus she had been completely unable to protect her friend, but she would make up for that [i] now…[/i] [color=SpringGreen]“YOU BITCH!”[/color] she roared, turning to face the source of Connie’s torment. Focusing her mystic power, the verdant magical girl sent a dense cloud of seeds hurtling towards Lea. Just before reaching her, they exploded into growth, forming a writhing mass of wickedly spiked tendrils. These swiftly enclosed around the monster girl, intending to brutally shred her apart. Meanwhile, MDP found herself about to be engulfed by a massive blast of fire. She was just fast enough to fire a blast from her wand a moment before the conflagration struck, its rainbow beam causing the flames directly in front of her to transform into a shower of harmless glitter. It was then that MDP saw where the fiery attack had come from. [color=DeepPink]“Hey~!”[/color] MDP cried excitedly, her eyes lighting up at the sight of the draconic monster girl. [color=DeepPink]“Like, is your namey wamey Mayra Wayra~?! ‘Cause, if it is, then Magical Dream Princess wants to have a talky walky with you~!”[/color]