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Olivia listened with rapt interest as Lucette described the encounter with her sinister doppelgänger. [color=LightSkyBlue]“Gosh, that must have been incredibly unnerving!”[/color] the bespectacled brunette exclaimed once the story had concluded. [color=LightSkyBlue]“But that was really smart thinking, Miss Lucette!”[/color] she added with an excited smile. [color=LightSkyBlue]“What with deciding to detransform and all. Oh, but I guess that’s not too surprising, considering how experienced you are,”[/color] she conceded with a nasally giggle/snort. While the creature the veteran Magical Girl had fought didn’t sound particularly cute, it was certainly interesting to think about. For instance, what if Olivia were to face her [i]own[/i] dark reflection? Would her darling Xolys [i]also[/i] be duplicated, and if so, what would [i]he[/i] look like? It was definitely something for her to think about [sub]and make sketches of[/sub], but for now, it seemed that Lucette would be leading them onwards. However, they hadn’t even left the park when the peaceful and clear day abruptly changed it guise.

In what seemed like the blink of an eye, the formerly fair weather had shifted to far stormier conditions. A fierce wind howled, propelling ominous thunderheads, while luminous, serpentine tendrils of jagged lightning darted through the charged atmosphere. And as it soon became glaringly apparent, the increasingly hostile meteorological conditions would be the least of the quartet’s worries, as each flash of lightning illuminated the menacing shape of a towering figure, which loomed out of the roiling clouds…

[color=LightSkyBlue]“Achoo!”[/color] Olivia sneezed as the rising wind agitated her allergies. [color=LightSkyBlue]“W-Wow, the weather changes so quickly here!”[/color] she marveled, before gasping at the sight of the monolithic Pageless. [color=LightSkyBlue]“T-Then again, maybe it doesn’t have anything to do with the weather at all…”[/color]

As sheets of torrential rain fell upon the foursome, a shivering Olivia closed her eyes in concentration, focusing on the power locked deep within herself, the power bestowed upon her by a tale as old as time…

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In a flash of azure light, the scrawny, bespectacled brunette was transformed into a stunning blonde maiden of surpassing beauty, and beside her towered the nightmarish form of Thyerg’Xolys, eldritch Master of Xhar’doth.

[color=MediumBlue]“Please stay behind me, my sweet,”[/color] the Lovecraftian beast instructed as he moved forward to place himself between his beloved beauty and the looming Pageless. [color=MediumBlue]“You as well, Miss Wilhelmina,”[/color] he added, mindful of the fact that the maritime maiden lacked much direct combat ability. [color=MediumBlue]“As long as you remain at my dearest Olivia’s side, you shall come to no harm.”[/color] 

[color=LightSkyBlue]“Thank you darling!”[/color] Olivia gushed, while clasping her hands over her heart. [color=LightSkyBlue]“I just [i]know[/i] we have nothing to fear, now that [i]you’re[/i] here to protect us! Oh!”[/color] she added, turning her attention to Wilhelmina. [color=LightSkyBlue]“Are you perhaps going to summon some of your ghost sailors now?!”[/color] she inquired eagerly. [color=LightSkyBlue]“I would very much like to take a closer look at them, if it isn’t too much trouble, of course!”[/color]