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Mariette and Jelena arrived at the location, and immediately Mariette started looking around with small portals behind her eyepatch looking in various directions. Regardless, she was here to be part of the festivities, albeit always ready to Overcity Shift at first sign of distress. She did want to hear what they maybe had to say to her. She had a focused nod as the servant announced their arrival.

Jelena smirked eagerly as she looked around the area, and was surprised when Marquis Harry here took her hand. She smirked again, taking one hand on her dress and curtsied gently.

[color=a699ad]‘My, I thank you so kindly for this warm welcome…’[/color] Jelena said, her voice not quite as elegant as her current mannerism. Besides being a weeb and looking the part, she didn’t actually have experience with parties and balls or such.

[color=077ae6]‘Keep your wits about. They might be trying to put a spell on you. You know why you’re [i]actually[/i] here,’[/color] Mariette whispered through a portal directly into Jelena’s ear.

[color=a699ad]‘Of course~’[/color] Jelena replied, to both Mariette’s statement and to Harry’s question. [color=a699ad]‘I’m Jelena. You’re free to accompany us~’[/color] she continued, smiling happily at him with Third Eye gazing around her, for using that to look out for spells cast upon them was her number one reason for being here.

Mariette turned to gaze at who the more prominent figure might be. Otherwise, she’d simply follow the flow and see where they were expected to head.

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[color=fc6828]‘Hiii! Connie, Mia! Let’s save the world together!’[/color] Mayra grinned at her friends and waved at them over there. Then she was surprised when Lily ran over to grab her hand.

Now, Mayra is fully capable of regulating her own body-temperature to be safe for anyone who might touch her. However, a random impulse in her brain made her, like, [i]not[/i] when Lily grabbed her hand. It wasn’t because she meant anything ill towards Lily, she just saw an opportunity to burn someone and get away with it.

[color=fc6828]‘Heeey, warn me next time!’[/color] Mayra grinned at Lily shaking her hands around. There was a bunch of boosts that Mayra didn’t really feel she need, but her attention was grabbed by the flowery speech of the angel that seemed so very prim and proper. It made her wonder. Wonder a lot.

[color=fc6828]‘Heeey, I don’t think we met! I’m Mayra, fire dragon! Pleased to meet ya!’[/color] Mayra said, holding out a hand for the Angel of Hope while grinning widely. The hand was still just as hot as when Lily touched it, which Angel likely could see just looking at it. Mayra just wanted to hear the angel give an overly flowery excuse for not shaking the offered hand. It would also be informative (and hilarious) to see her be absolutely compelled to shake the hand anyway. Or if she’d shield her hand with a barrier or whatever, whatever reaction she had would be a success in Mayra’s book~! Both informative and hilarious~!

Anyway! After Angel’s reaction and likely Mayra’s reaction to it, it was time to go!

[color=fc6828]‘Alright! Here we go! A one-way-portal to wherever-we-were-going!’[/color] Mayra said, spinning around and placing a hand on her chest… because the magic gem had been quickly operated into Mayra’s body by Ronja after Mariette brought it to her. Mariette had already put the destination into the gem, all Mayra had to do was power it. This did not prevent Mayra from putting on a show of summoning magic power and letting some escape in the form of heat as she put her own fire magic on top of the portal magic. She pulled her scaley arm back, let it be engulfed in flames, and then… 

[color=fc6828]‘HYAH!’[/color] she punched forward, and a blast of fire coursed through the air before exploding at a specific point, and after the fire settled the portal sprung open in the location as Mariette’s magic took over. All that theatrics Mayra just did was 100% meaningless, she just felt like doing it anyway to make it look more like she did it.

[color=fc6828]‘There you go! Now through it, when it closes I can’t open it again!’[/color] Mayra said with a grin, intent on letting others jump through and then jumping through after.

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[color=55B7AA]‘Hm. That, is Mayra, one of Asengav’s champions…’[/color] 

[color=DC9495]‘What are you thinking, dear sister?’[/color]

[color=55B7AA]‘Our quest is to save Mariette, but it would be cool if we could save a couple more of Asengav’s champions, too.’[/color] 

[color=DC9495]‘It needed a couple of extraordinary circumstances and a whole slew of allies just for the possibility of saving Mariette. Saving more of them would be a lot more work.’[/color]

[color=55B7AA]‘I realize, but, like, [i]what if[/i]?’[/color] 

[color=DC9495]‘To do that, we’d need someone able to remove brainwashing again. Like Janet and Jenna did.’[/color]

[color=55B7AA]‘Hm. Perhaps difficult to arrange on short order. Oh, well! Better just keep our wits about and take any chance we get!’[/color] 

[color=DC9495]‘For now, we probably should lay low and just follow whaAAAAAAAAAAA-!’[/color]

Ronin and Miko’s little whispering contest was suddenly interrupted by a burst of lightning that sent both their hairs standing straight and both of them spun at attention to the scene at hand. 

[color=55B7AA]‘Ronin!’[/color] Ronin called her name, smiling happily at the little dose of adventure. Also the burst of energy she just got!

[color=DC9495]‘And Miko!’[/color] Miko followed up, because why not. She was a tad more startled.

[color=55B7AA]‘Ready to help save the day!’[/color] Ronin called happily.

[color=DC9495]‘Right, let’s go!’[/color] Miko nodded.

Yupp, the two samurai/whatever Japanese-inspired western girls were ready to roll!