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[color=fc6828]‘Heeeeeeeey, you’re just gonna leave!? I thought we were gonna play!’[/color] Mayra shouted after Oliver and Finn as they dashed off to class. Mayra, who did not have class, grunted and crossed her arms instead. So, she was left here with Penny… who told her that she’d be up for a spar. The dragon-girl turned and gave her a slightly surprised look… then chuckled loudly.

[color=fc6828]‘Hahahaha! Oh, Penny… you misunderstand. I don’t want to spar with you. I want to [i]fight[/i] you,’[/color] Mayra clarified, grinning widely. She leaned forward to gaze after Penny, crouching her scaly body, looking at Penny with a sharpened gaze, and spoke with a voice filled with purpose.

[color=fc6828]‘I want us to have a battle in which there is no holding back. I want us to have a fight with a goal, that is not the kind of fight you have because you decide to have fun. I want us, in the middle of an intense battle, to encounter one another by chance as we pursue our conflicting goals. A fight where we both carry the trust our allies have put in us, where both of us know the goal of the other and know that we can’t proceed without battling it out. Retreat is not an option, no allies backing either of us up. Just you and me, in a real, gruesome battle, with real goals and stakes. A battle in which neither of us can afford to lose… That’s the kind of fight I want to have with you. That’s the kind of war I want to have with you. Then, and only then, will our clash find out which of us is truly stronger…’[/color]  Mayra took a deep, gratified breath, smiling as she looked to be in bliss just imagining the situation… before she locked her gaze at Penny again.

[color=fc6828]‘Before that happens… I don’t want to spar with you, Penny. It won’t feel the same unless it’s our first time fighting. You understand… don’t you?’[/color] Mayra said, before chuckling once again with a wide smirk. Then, she sighed, and lifted two arms to shrug.

[color=fc6828]‘Though, guess this whole “being allies” thing is getting in the way of that, right now. Oh, well!’[/color] Mayra’s eyes opened wide and she grinned widely as she finished the shrug and spun around.

[color=fc6828]‘But, when the time comes… you’ll think of me, won’t you? Hahahaha! I’ll see you later~!’[/color]

With those words, Mayra intended on jumping off… but if Penny spoke she’d probably freeze and spin around in sheer curiosity as to what Penny’s answer to her little speech would be. [s]that is if Penny didn’t just leave mid-speech, that is[/s]

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So, Ronin most certainly would not have stayed quiet when Sonia appeared. Ronin and Miko exchanged a glance, nodding to each other. Then, Ronin brandished her blade and faced the opponent over there. [color=55B7AA]‘Hey, haven’t you had enough bothering these sisters? They’re not your masters anymore! Unless, uh. Unless you’d like to join them in freedom, then you’re very welcome!’[/color] Ronin shouted at Sonia if she had the time, going from frowning to then smiling welcomingly as the contents of her mind and words changed on a dime.

[color=DC9495]‘Oh, dear sister, do decide on a goal before you start speaking,’[/color] Miko sighed a bit, facing the opposite direction with her sword drawn, facing nothing. Because, of course, they knew Sonia could appear anywhere, one of them needed to cover their backs.

[color=55B7AA]‘If I did that, I could be too late!’[/color] Ronin replied to Miko with a grin. Then, though, Justine and Sonia had their talk, the both of them listening intently… and then both twins were surprised as Sann dove in and pushed them gently aside so that Sann could Overcity Shift them away.

[color=55B7AA]‘S-Sanngridr?’[/color] Ronin asked, confused.

[color=DC9495]‘Oh, no. Have our trust been betrayed?’[/color] Miko asked, looking with fear at the location as they had no idea what was happening in the Overcity.

[color=55B7AA]‘Let’s not be hasty!’[/color] Ronin said, both to Miko and to Mia. [color=55B7AA]‘Maybe Sanngridr took them somewhere safe to hide from Sonia… or something,’[/color] she said, shrugging with a hopeful smile.

[color=DC9495]‘They are in the Overcity. That was an Overcity Shift,’[/color] Miko said. [color=DC9495]‘It can be followed by another user of the skill Overcity Shift… which I’m afraid we lack,’[/color] she continued, and PlatinumSkink sure hopes this is accurate as far as Overcity Shift works. Third Eye can tell exactly where the shift took place.

After a while, though, Sann returned with Justine, so.

[color=55B7AA]‘Hey, see! They’re fine!’[/color] Ronin called happily.

[color=DC9495]‘What… were you doing in the Overcity? … What will you do with her, now?’[/color] Miko asked Sann first, then Justine, and then finally also Valeria about Caroline. The girl made Miko very uncomfortable, still… 

If nothing else of interest happens they’ll eventually be departing out into town again for the free-time.