[@FamishedPants][@Ariamis][@BrokenPromise] Sakura raised an eyebrow at Emily's reaction. It wasn't entirely expected, not entirely unexpected. He then shrugged at Emily's outburst and decided he was going to wait to see if things would calm themselves down. Maybe talk to one of the other beauties... And they were gone. The weird dream-ojou-chan and Penny did remain, but those...were more of an acquired taste. He'd have to chase Emily down, in the end. So he readied himself to chase Emily for the time being. Just to be sure she didn't do anything rash. [hr] [@Flamelord] Dina offered a weak smile. "It used to be part of the education back in my day. I haven't done it in a while..." She trailed, as she offered a soft smile at Kimble's prompt. However, all the socializing went down the drain when Dina's was assaulted by a cluster headache. She could feel her Power of Friendship flaring, as she staggered outside, and bore witness to the sad truth of this party. Forcing people to be happy... sometimes had unintended consequences. "Sorry." She weakly said, as she paced towards the biggest sources of it all. "Dan, what have you done..." She uttered. One of said sources was now gone, was it the girl of the Cradle? Oros and Penny had seemed to fight it out it seems. Not even a christmas truce could set those two apart. Dan's actions did not help. This one was within reach, but not for long due to the race. And what was more worrying, there was apparently a lot of unchecked Sanngridr clones running around. Things did never end it seems. [hr] Odin's host had seen better days. Reginleif shook her head at seeing the... sloppy performance of the entourage. Odin was well in his cups, being one of the few who actually drunk the mead. The Finn valkyrie, Ranndgridr, had defected and was inside a half emptied barel of glögg, drowning in pleasure. She had thought to call Kara, but the stormy germanic shieldmaiden was too busy being a stage sensation. And Sann... the less she talked about it, the better. She loathed this. There weren't even any worthy warrior left that piqued her interest, just dregs. And all children. She considered beseeching to leave to master Odin... but the Wise God just got up and in a huff, ticked by something. Well, far from her to stop the Allfather. "How dull." She said, casually hovering around outside, and seeing a cluster of Sann's... duplicates. Typical. Use a clone power, and then leave them aimless. She grabbed one of said copies by the nape of the neck, and took her to a secluded location. Such a waste of clones, maybe they were useful for something. An idea was concocted, and the eldest valkyrie sculpted something out of Sanngridr's magical copy in privacy, far from everyone's eyes (including all kinds of scrying, she had a power comparable to a lesser force). A throwback to the past. "Wake up, Will. Your existence is fleeting, crafted from an echo of an echo, but if you serve me well, I shall see you might return." Reginleif said to the teenage [url=https://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=1704314]boy[/url]. The ghost of the past stood silent for a good while, before answering. "Damn thots. I refuse." "Oh? So you want to disappear just because you don't want to obey me?" "I'd rather not exist any longer. Magical girls are just magical thots. Existence is pain." "Oh is it?" The valkyrie let a sadistic grin, as she waved her arm. "Very well, show me. Go and try have fun. Find people. Talk to them. And then perish at the end of the party." Reginleif said, as she left the boy named William amidst a secluded location. She had to get her own sort of entertainament after all. [hr] [@Ariamis] The might of Gungnir was a sight to behold. There wasn't anything that could escape its throw. So, when the lesser force known as Dan tried to move elsewhere, it did follow suit, and hit the Dolphin creature flat on its face. Good thing Odin was one for etiquette, and had decided to turn Gungnir into a beach ball full of runes. "I'm disappointed in you, Dan." The allfather said, his cheeks red. "What's with that kind of interference. No party is a good party without a little scrap." Odin himself said. "Happiness is but one part of human nature, and if you force it like you try to milk a cow, you will end up ruining everything." [hr] Dina ran as fast as her clothes allowed her to do so. Probably Oros was in the race, and Eliza was out of reach, and there was a third source in the distance. She couldn't make it to all of them in time. She was part a cat but still pretty much not a cheetah in terms of running. "I suppose I need some help. Come forth, Chuchuna!" She said, as she summoned the yeti creature once more. It was wearing a christmas themed scarf, due to the magic of this place affecting the summon. The creature's eyes expected Dina's orders. "We need your stride to go swift through the snow." She had decided to go after Oros, being the most cost-effective target at this point... only to be stopped by a voice. "Oi, Neko-chan, you're not using that freak in here, aren't you?" It was a girlish boy, whose appearance belied a crude tongue and standoffish behaviour. "It's a yeti. Not a freak." Her gaze sharply chastised Sakura. "Whatever, neko-chan. Look, I have no time for little girl games. Have you seen a flustered fire girl running like crazy around." Dina's gaze sharpened. "No. And I'm not a little girl, yaponski [i]*boy*[/i]." She answered back, her mood becoming fouler by the second. "Boy? I'm older than you, Russian Neko!" Sakura said, wasting even more time. "Older than a hundred years old? I doubt it." Dina said, almost hissing as her pupils became slits due to anger. "I'm still 65, you neko-hag!" Sakura protested. "Show some respect!". That was it. The pain. The drinks. The stress. "Chuchuna, please slap this gentleman all the way to the ice rink." "See, neko-hag, you can do if you t-- wait a sec..." The crude boy was cut short as the giant meaty paw of the Yeti did as instructed, sending the still lightweight boy flying like a shooting star towards the ice rink. "...fuuuuck you, biiitch!" He yelled, his words even having a short of doppler effect. The Stray Empress concentrated once more, fashioning a snowboard for the yeti. "Now, give chase to Oros, Chuchuna... I need to defuse a situation." And so, Dina and the snowboarding Yeti joined the race. For different reasons. [hr] Meanwhile, the Sanngridr copies had gone steadily out of control. While some of them were happy with pelting people with people airborne, a few had gone already off script and were eating sloppily foodstuff, stealing people's drinks and being a nuisance in general. There was one who had decided to run around naked despite the snowy setting. [hr] William looked at the eerie sky, and shuddered. Only a couple of hours of existence left, what could he do, amidst the chaos? He just stood there, idly. Maybe he'd be spared of the brunt of conversation with these ranbunctious women.