[center][url=https://i.imgur.com/D8A8SOp.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/OGWuw89.png[/img][/url][url=https://i.imgur.com/Y8OSnvr.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/OPMf9l2.png[/img][/url][/center] [color=fc6828]‘Hahaha! I did!’[/color] Mayra just laughed as MDP jumped over to hug her. Meanwhile, Mariette was very confused. Why was a member of the enemy force hugging Mayra? Why did they seem friendly? So confusing. Dina made her command, and Mayra nodded. [color=fc6828]‘Alright, guess I'm jetting! Are you coming?’[/color] Mayra asked MDP, before blasting herself off towards the portal as commanded. If anyone intended to, like, attack Mayra while she was standing still in the previous post, that's still OK, but Mayra's intention is leaving with Mariette in her clutches right now. [color=077ae6]‘Wait, but, Eli-’[/color] Mariette started, still clutching her black Bunny, but Mayra took off before she could finish. Last she saw before Mayra turned around with her, Hilaria was looking out for Eli. Ah, good, then she should be safe… [hr] [sub]Small collab with [@FamishedPants][/sub] [center][url=https://i.imgur.com/iLfQK1p.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/2C1b19j.png[/img][/url][url=https://i.imgur.com/gmRTrWA.jpg][img]https://i.imgur.com/5ZqyPyV.png[/img][/url] [h3][color=F65772]H[/color] [i]i l a r i a[/i][/h3] [img]https://i.imgur.com/LEl7EOlb.png[/img][/center] That frightened Eli. Why would an enemy commit to such a suicidal charge against [i]her[/i], of all people? Aim for the weakest link? Fortunately, Hilaria intercepted the enemy charge, and Eli breathed out in relief, however slimes breathe. She was going to turn and run for the portal herself. Still, wasn't there something familiar about the attacker? Almost like… but no, it couldn't be…  Ronin staggered to a halt as Hilaria fired, flinching as she did. She looked over with a troubled look. Every newly given samurai-instinct in her tiny body told the same thing. She didn't stand a chance against this foe. However, she was too close to stop. This person… she wasn't a champion of Asengav. She must be some ally that Mariette had called in. In that case, Ronin saw a fraction of a possibility. If it failed, she'd be leaving herself high to dry. Nothing else to it. [color=9b83de]‘I'm going to save my sister from a Horror. Please don't stop me,’[/color] Ronin told, giving a happy if tense grin. [color=57a345]‘Huh? Sist-’[/color] Eli's eyes widened, looking over at the speaker. Surely, it couldn't- Two things happened at once. The beacon that the primary soul of the Twinned Soul carried to alert its partner activated, telling Eli its location… right in front of her. Only the real soul could possibly do such a thing. Eli was in shock. Secondly, Ronin leapt at Eli. It was now that Hilaria had the chance to intercept her for real. The eternal knight did not take the chance, however, and repeated what the small samurai had said. [color=F65772]"Sister~? Is that so~?"[/color] the word seemed to give her quite some pause and she stood, choosing to observe the two as they clashed. Despite this supposed revelation, Eli couldn't believe it and naturally still raised her wing-blade and shield as Ronin leapt at her. However, infused with her own enhancements along with Aurelio's, Ronin was quicker and stronger. She struck aside Eli's sharpened wing with her sword wielded in one hand, and pushed aside Eli's reinforced wing-shield with her other arm. With all arms spread out now, Deni used the rest of her momentum to fly straight into Eli's slime-body, used reinforcement to not actually go [i]inside[/i] her amorphous body, and then swung her limbs around to clutch around her sister in a tight, tight hug, warm with her love. [color=57a345]‘D-Deni…?’[/color] Eli asked, enhanced wings still spread. [color=9b83de]‘I'm sorry… that I took so long!’[/color] Deni said, smiling and crying a little. [color=57a345]‘Wh-why are you-’[/color] [color=9b83de]‘Shush, little sister. Long story, not now. Listen. You're about to be sent to the Djinn Sisters' home. You'll be safe there,’[/color] Deni said, and a slight glow started surrounding them. Hilaria, who was still watching, chose not to interrupt the sibling's touching moment. She sighed to herself although it was probably too quiet to hear, and then wordlessly took off in the direction of Mariette and the others. Deni noticed that Hilaria was leaving, and had also previously noted she hadn't been struck in mid-air earlier. She mouthed a silent 'thank you' that went unheard. Eli was a bit confused about what Deni had just said, but the Djinn Sisters were their friends, so. Still, what was that about…  [color=57a345]‘What did you mean by saving me from-’[/color] Eli was about to ask. [color=9b83de]‘Can you please do something for me?’[/color] Deni interrupted her. [color=57a345]‘Uh…’[/color] Eli was confused and couldn't reply. [color=9b83de]‘Clear your mind. Don't think too hard on it. When you arrive, put a sleeping curse on yourself. I'll come wake you up, and everything will be fine. Please, please do this for me, Eli. You can trust me.’[/color] Eli had a lot of reservations about this, [i]especially[/i] the part about cursing herself to sleep. But… this was Deni. She could feel it. As impossible as it sounded, this was Deni. Eli felt herself overcome with joy at this tiny fact alone, so…  [color=57a345]‘… Alright. I'll trust you,’[/color] she said, removing the enhancements on her wings and closing them around Deni, hugging her back. Deni smiled so widely.  [color=9b83de]‘I'm so happy to see you again,’[/color] she said. And then, the glow subsided, and Eli had disappeared from the battlefield, Deni standing there looking content for a bit. … Unless one of you decides to be a monster and interrupts, that is. That was at least 10 seconds of conversation, after all.