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Mariette had an issue. The issue was the glowing envelope in her hand that informed her it was time for the party. That in itself would not have been an issue, but in her other hand she held her phone which had a message from Lily asking more than just herself to gather in the park and prepare to be portalled to the rescue somewhere away from Penrose. Now, Mariette would normally just have messaged Lily that she was busy… but the issue was that without Mariette, the whole gathering in the park would not be able to reach their destination, and that would be a betrayal of Lily’s expectation and she’d be known as the person that couldn’t help people, probably.

Quite a few conflicting emotions going on, there. 

She was currently located in her room in her new base of operations. Which was super not as hidden as her previous base, because her hidden dimension was ruined. Instead, she was just located in a small decorated space dug into a mountain not too far from Penrose, which anyone with Absolute Direction would be able to find in moments. Fortunately, she had all sorts of security keeping track if anyone was mustering an attack and, more importantly, she wasn’t living with anything of value and as such could vacate the place with a portal and everything would be fine.

Right, let’s get ready. Mariette, of course, was not changing at all. Her normal transformed attire was good enough for any fine-class outing.

The same could not be said for her selected partner. It could not be Mayra, because Mayra was decently likely to utterly ruin the party by simply existing, so Mariette had selected a more tactful partner. However, the door opened and…

[color=a699ad]‘Heeeey, Mariette! How do I look? Pure and sweet like an angel, right?’[/color] asked the very much not particularly pure and sweet girl that, strangely enough, [url=https://i.imgur.com/u21U6jz.jpg]did look quite pure and sweet with white flowing hair, blue eyes, a gentle smile, a white dress with black frills, black ribbons in her hair, slender metallic arms and sizable chest…[/url] 

This, of course, was actually

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but all dressed up. There was also the fact Jelena is physically only seven years old, she was making herself look taller with metal. Blue contacts to look less evil. That “chest” of hers were also just two metal clumps shaped in an inappropriate way. Which, of course, Jelena thought was absolutely hilarious.

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[color=077ae6]‘… You look adequate. Give me a bit, I need to do something before we leave,’[/color] Mariette said, turning to a drawer and fishing up one of the gems she’d received in that deal with Shion a while ago. It was already charged, she just needed to direct it a bit. She held it close to her chest and focused her powers…

[color=a699ad]‘Adequate? [i]ADEQUATE[/i]!? I look —-ing great!’[/color] Jelena cursed beyond her apparent age, crossed her metal limbs and pouted unhappily while waiting for Mariette to finish.

Right. Now she simply had to pick a suitable champion.

Also, did she understand that maybe a bunch of people wouldn’t be in Penrose for the time being?

… Good.

After she was done, she'd go to the place where Wonderland had invited her. ... With a pair of small defensive artifact she'd had Taihei make her and Jelena. Because she didn't want to be afflicted with weird spells. 

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So, at the park. There were some people gathered.

And then suddenly there was someone jumping off a skyscraper and slam down into the ground near them with no regard for who or what might have seen her or how much it might disturb those present. The kneeling, scaled and partly on fire lady looked up, and…

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[color=fc6828]‘Hiiii!’[/color] she waved at them. [color=fc6828]‘Mariette is kinda busy right now with something she says she absolutely can’t miss, so this event has kinda poor timing, but she she sent me, anyway! She put a portal spell inside me that I can use a single time, so tell me when you want to go! I can apparently send you there whenever you like! … Once! And not back, it’s a one-way-portal-trip until Mariette gets back!’[/color] Mayra says, grinning happily at those present.