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[center][color=DarkOrchid][h2]Connie[/h2][/color]
3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3
5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 5

Oddball: Nightmares | Tentacles 

Enhanced Weapon | Power Artifact | Mystic Artifact | Ally | Interdimensional Home

Focused |  Mental Link | Hidden Death | Mana Font | Mystic Might

Alien Mind | Formless | Rival Force | Clueless

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[center][color=SpringGreen][h2]Mia[/h2][/color]
3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3
5 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 5

Wood | Barrage 

Enhanced Weapon | Dual Weapon | Purification Artifact | Big Red Button

Blessing | Divine Competence | Gifted Item | Mana Font | Mystic Might

Rites| Arrogance | Big Brother | Clueless
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[h3][i][b]The night of the wendigo attack…[/b][/i][/h3]

Listening to Ronin plead her case for Sann’s innocence, Gaia couldn’t help but frown. She liked the small samurai, but felt the girl was just a little too naive and trusting for her own good. [color=SpringGreen][i]Much like my dearest Connie[/i][/color], the verdant maiden reflected as she glanced over to her very worried friend. However, less than a minute later, Ronin seemed to be proven correct as the dark valkyrie reappeared with Justine and Caroline, but while the excitable samurai seemed to think everything was now okay, Miko wasted no time in questioning Sann’s actions. Gaia turned a focused gaze upon the strange winged girl as she gave her reply, some vague explanation of how Caroline needed additional healing in a “place of less chaos”, before going off on a tangent of various complaints.

[color=SpringGreen][i]What a drama queen…[/i][/color] Gaia thought as she tried to keep from rolling her eyes. [color=SpringGreen][i]She’s almost as bad as Sakura…[/i][/color]

Of course, her beloved Connie was probably just glad that everyone was okay, and if the Daughter of Mother Earth was being charitable, she might [i]also[/i] believe such an explanation and thank the valkyrie like Ronin and Miko were now doing. But something about Sann’s story was clearly off. [i]Something[/i] had definitely happened in the Overcity, something more than a simple healing. Still, as the valkyrie had said, everything seemed to be fine now, especially with Justine administering a purification potion to her sister. 

Gaia was just about to offer her own begrudging words of thanks, when an annoyed Sann melodramatically voiced her displeasure at the lack of appreciation for her services and warned that she might not provide her help again in the future. Then she took wing and flew out of sight.

[color=SpringGreen][i]Good riddance…[/i][/color] Gaia grumbled to herself, before her focus shifted to her dearest friend, who had become quite upset by Sann’s parting comments.

[color=DarkOrchid]“I-I d-didn’t m-mean t-to o-offend her…”[/color] Connie whimpered plaintively as she nervously fidgeted with her hair. [color=DarkOrchid]“I-It’s j-just t-that w-we a-already ate…”[/color]

[color=SpringGreen]“It’s okay, little sister,”[/color] Gaia told the distraught girl soothingly as she gave her a calming shoulder massage. [color=SpringGreen]“Something tells me that sharing a meal with someone like that would not be a particularly pleasant experience. And while everything [i]does[/i] appear to have turned out all right,”[/color] she added, addressing Ronin and Miko. [color=SpringGreen]“I would be hesitant to put my trust in Miss Sanngridr. I believe there was something more to her little Overcity trip that she neglected to tell us, so I think we would do well to watch our backs around her.”[/color]

From what Gaia could tell of Valerie’s expression before she and the ex-vampire sisters had departed, the android girl also held similar suspicions. The Daughter of Mother Earth only hoped that whatever possibly sinister designs the dark valkyrie was planning would be thwarted before they came to fruition…

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[h3][i][b]One week later…[/b][/i][/h3]

Once again, an ordinary evening for Connie and Mia had been shattered by news of an urgent emergency. This time, it was a text from Lily, telling of an attack on a small town called Bolorton and asking if they would go there with her and help repel it. Naturally, both friends were more than a little hesitant. This sounded really dangerous, and was taking place far outside of Penrose. Yet, Connie’s desire to stand with her friends and help those in need outweighed her considerable trepidation, and if that’s what she had decided, then Mia wasn’t about to leave her side. So it was that the two friends found themselves at Penrose Park (or one of them, anyway), along with Lily, Alex, and a handful of Penrose’s other magical defenders.

[color=DarkOrchid]“H-Hi L-Lily!”[/color] Connie called with a shaky wave. [color=DarkOrchid]“W-We c-came as s-soon as w-we c-could!”[/color]

[color=SpringGreen]“Pardon my asking, but how do you intend for us to make the trip to Bolorton?”[/color] Gaia inquired. [color=SpringGreen]“Shall Miss Mariette be providing her assistance this evening?”[/color]