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[h3][b][color=a55fb8]L[/color]ILAC [color=a55fb8]S[/color]HIMMER[/b][/h3][/center]

Lilac jumped at the soft and warm touch of Burning Heart's tails along her back, before double taking between Burning Heart and the battlefield. [color=a55fb8]"Ah! Ah, that is, of course. It is good to stand beside you."[/color] A smile, not for show, but something more, made itself at home on Lilac's face. To battle alongside another was warm, nostalgic feeling, like she had a team again. The lighthearted playfulness in the midst of even war made her feel like a Magical Girl. No matter the dark and twisted foe, the forces of good and light would prevail. It wasn't even in question, something you had to face with grim determination, but merely hope and optimism the victory a foregone conclusion. 

And so Lilac's blade sang and Shimmered, like she had received Goodhope's blessing once again, fighting against the onrushing hordes at Burning Heart's side. Joyeuse took a liking to Burning Heart it seemed, and she would find her own attacks also 'augmented' by colorful displays and a bright spotlight, like Joyeuse was bringing the attention to the two stars of the show while not interfering with the 'pyrotechnics' of Burning Heart's flames.

But even as the Pageless where hurled back from the walls of Lilac's impromptu bastion, this feeling too came to an end. In the momentary lapse of battle, a pale nothing of emotion set itself on Lilac's face which had otherwise maintained positive emotion so far, at least in appearance. [color=a55fb8]~Of course, we aren't teammates. Just allies of convenience. She'll be gone tomorrow.~[/color] Lilac set her sword hand to heart to steel herself and breathed in and out slowly. [color=a55fb8]~Getting too excited over common courtesy just exposes how pathetic you are. Just be polite and thank her nicely.~[/color] She told herself.

[color=a55fb8]"Thank you for your aid, truly, you are warrior of grace and skill."[/color] Lilac nodded to Burning Heart with a proper facsimile of a smile. Only to be shocked with the appearance of a newer, great and terrible... spinny wheel Pageless? 

Once overcoming the surprise, Lilac figured that with her foes now merged into a single entity, all she had to do to be in between them and the civilians was attack. Drawing her sword once more, she gave chase to the animated abomination, quick to leap in to the air and cut asunder any pieces of rubble and detritus launched towards the civilians by its wild wheel as it chased the Grimoire.

Then, as Lumiere held the great Pageless back, Lilac jumped off a block of concrete she had just cut, in a dramatic downwards cleave aimed for its legs. Intended to be a hamstring blow to one of the unarmored ball joints, Lilac hoped she could make it vulnerable while Lumiere delayed its assault. Surely one of the many magical girls here could deal a finishing blow? Lilac didn't quite have a high enough opinion of herself, not anymore at least, to aim for it herself.