[center][h1][b][color=E6E6FA]Eliana, The Cosmic Gypsy[/color]

[i]And[/i]

[color=00A36C]Kiyome, The Draconic Protector[/color][/b][/h1][/center]

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[h3][center][color=E6E6FA][b]Eliana[/b][/color][/center][/h3]

[center]Age: 16 | Gender: Female | Cosmic
Average | Third Eye | Horror (Thos)
Disguise Artifact, Enhanced Weapon, Interdimensional Tourist, Absolute Direction, Ally, Awareness, Watcher

Reasonable, Minions, Mana Font, Retrieval, Transportation | Insomnia, Quick Tempered, Health Sapping, Fearsome Reputation

STR: 03 | AGI: 03 |  VIT: 04 | MAG: 04 | LCK: 03

STR: 3 | AGI: 3 |  VIT: 6 | MAG: 20 | LCK: 9

Coins: None[/center]

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[h3][center][color=00A36C][b]Kiyome[/b][/color][/center][/h3]

[center]Age: 16 | Gender: Female | Time, Space
Underdeveloped | Focused Assault, Regeneration | Horror (Thos)
Precognition, Monstrous Metamorphosis, Big Damn Hero, Enhanced Weapon, Immortality

Reasonable, Marked, Mana Font, Minions, Retrieval, Magical Overload  | Insomnia, Quick Tempered, Health Sapping, Fearsome Reputation, Monstrous Form
Thick Skin, Second Specialization (Oddball: Space)| Hoarder, Broken Reincarnation

STR: 3 | AGI: 2 |  VIT: 3 | MAG: 4 | LCK: 3

STR: 6 | AGI: 2 |  VIT: 16 | MAG: 12 | LCK: 6

Coins: None[/center]

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...Hell. This one was having it rough for the moment, wasn't she? Monsters girls came in all flavors, but a robot sounding giddy with a stoic expression and seemingly merging with the enemy's magic guns was not the strangest thing she'd ever seen. Even farther from the most horrific she'd ever seen by quite a longshot. But she seemed to be in-control over herself, unlike a certain idiot she'd encountered just prior, and whilst not the mission leader this one was the strike and comms for now. 

Good. Someone who understood proper military terminology, and wasn't shooting at her, was a welcome presence in her book. It also gave her a moment to straighten herself up in the process. However, the fiery dragon girl being a mere convenience was somewhat frustrating, if not understandable, to hear all the same. Not that it was a bad decision to keep her around. Another body who could soak up fire and wasn't an essential member of the team, especially in the face of these odds, was a sound thing to allow if they proved useful enough. 

...But if she got tackled again without warning and in the middle of combat with enemies, she was leaving the fire dragon girl alone for the enemy to deal with. Preferably by using spec magic to throw her into the middle of them if she could manage it. 

[quote=An Actual Terminator]"I’m guessing you already knew about the army incoming,”

”Far as I am concerned you can leave with us when we cut and run if you need to.[/quote]

[color=00A36C]"Yes. Hence why I came here, and sent my mistress went in to help evacuate citizens for now. Far as I am concerned I'll also gladly take your offer to leave with you once we are forced to retreat back inside the boundaries."[/color] 

Did she trust the offer fully? Eh. She'd just met this person, but she wasn't stupid. Regardless, however, she knew herself and Eliana would need an escape route once things became overwhelming. In that case these 'temporary allies fighting here under a common cause' would be a suitable enough means to better their chances of escape from here. Simple as that. If they tried to turn on them, she'd butcher every single body she had to in order to protect her mistress and ensure her safety as well. 

...Wouldn't be the first time at all that her hands had been stained crimson red in such a case.

Enemies shooting from cover of the hill and wreckage on it was one thing, with her keeping lower to the ground to minimize her profile against the shooters. Dodging another rocket was another entirely, however, forcing her and the other two to dive away hard to avoid getting blasted. From here she he minigun fire came in she was forced to use her magic in short/small and timed bursts to move away and dodge the effect area of the bursts off fire from it whilst staying lower to the ground still for obvious reasons. Between some of the minigun firing bursts, Kiyome would stand up briefly and extend and arm out at the hill (aimed at the hilltop and beyond the cover of the growing fire and smoke) before quietly muttering some words under her breath as she called upon her benefit to summon a feasible but solid enough number of [b]Horrific Eldritch Minions[/b] that would be appearing on top of the hill enemies. Horrific little things, good for fodder and hopefully buying them some more time. She would ultimately catch a couple somewhat stray bullets in the torso from those on the hill whilst doing so, the price of her efforts, though her expression did not seem to change in lieu of that as she rapidly ducked back down. 

[quote]“Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a GREAT FALL!”
[/quote]

All of this was just...just Nursery Rhymes. Soldiers made of cards, odd tanks, magic eggs, and all of it. Like the Queen of Hearts herself had thrown up her ideas of warfare on an actual battlefield. Then one of those magical eggs shattered, and from it emerged a slew of four monstrosities that seemed more than ready to go meet the wizard. Now the "Wonderland Rejects" had forged a path through the barrier that had been put up, giving the enemy a direct line into the evacuation area. 

If she ever met the maker of all of these things, she'd cut out their tongue for their poor sense of taste. Worse if they hurt her mistress. 

But it seemed things were far from over yet, due to the new arrivals at least. The scarewcrow seemed to direct the other two, all as the armless girl went off on her own down the magical road to get into town, the lion charged at the three of them, and jets of water were fired at the metal man from (according to her own guesswork) probably whoever had made the weaponized plants that shot down one of the fliers. In return, Kiyome would pull up her blade in preparation for a strike, gritting her teeth some as she brought in her focus-...and then out of the blue seemed to disappear out of thin at at the last second as the lion came close enough to her. 

Because that wasn't the largest threat right now, at least if they were trying to keep these things out of town. The scarewcrow and woodsman were focused on the big sunflowers. The lion was sent at the three of them. Enemies were still going to be firing at them and such, but that left the biggest single threat to continue skipping along on its merry, armless way into toward entering their backlines. She couldn't accept that risk. Even the arrival of combat animals and a fresh set of help wasn't going to change her actions, not that it was something she was ungrateful for either. 

[center][h3][i]'Three Branches'[/i][/h3][/center]


Kiyome would reappear right next to the armless girl, immediately moving into her attack against the armless girl the moment she appeared. No hesitation or waiting around. Space and Time would warp and twist and bend as three almighty sword slashes, imbued with a lot of mana, struck from three angles around the Armless Girl to strike her at once and likewise try to cut off any potential escape. A Focused Assault launched on the dragon's target, three blows that would occur simultaneously and hit the target at the same time. Indeed this move, called 'Three Branches' was a moderately draining move to be sure though. A serious move for a serious situation. 

...And yet the expression on the swordswoman's face was unconsciously both mildly sour as she continued to unthinkingly grit her teeth as she did it all. This, even though her eyes and focus and body and so forth were fully concentrated/focused on what she was doing. 

It wasn't enough to empty her mana out fully at all, even in this situation, but a strong movie to fit what notable amount of 'fuel' it took to utilize. It was also a risk she was taking to pop out and attack like that, especially with enemy soldiers still firing on them and such. But with her target separated from the other misfits that it had been conjured with, and the threat of something creeping into the evacuation area was for at least one personal reason on her end, she was going to risk it to strike that threat down as soon as she could. Then they could deal with the rest of the monstrosities attacking the town, hopefully, before getting out of there. 

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As Lily's magic kicked in, Eliana felt a surge of strength and speed as her own efforts were notably improved by the supporting magic of the green-haired magical girl. She would rush and run and hurry to get as many civilians as she could, physically pushing herself to her fullest for the effort without even a second thought. Men. Women. Children. Wounded. Anyone that was alive that she could help save, get to safety, and get out of danger was a priority. Even as the Alexander clones, Ronin and Miko, Connie, and Lily ran around as well, her focus was first and foremost on the task that was right in front of her. She hoped that would be enough to help. 

Even so, somewhere in her mind she did wonder what was going on with her own ally. She was worried about her draconic compatriot somewhere in the back of her mind as she tried to focus on things, rather, though she knew the latter's skills were suited to something such as this.  Soaking up bullets. Buying time. By staying off the front lines it meant that they could each focus on their own tasks without distraction, and yet-...no. She had to trust in Kiyome, and she truly did trust her in the end. Had to trust that she'd help buy the defenders as much time as possible, trust that she'd take care of herself, and trust that the other would not let herself-

[i]SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE[/i]  

...ah. 

Yet more new arrivals appearing within the barrier, seemingly bursting from the fields in a car and swinging in with screeching tires into the central plaza out of the blue. It was certainly a surprise. Definitely that. But as figures emerged from it, one of them seemed to go over to Lily to talk. So, hmm, if Lily was talking to them then they were probably not enemies of the evacuation effort at least! Whew. That much was a small load off of her own mind, though as she passed back by the talking duo of Lily and Justine, with an unconscious little boy in her arms who was holding a stuffed lion toy, she briefly paused to speak to the duo.

[color=E6E6FA]"I've cleared anyone left from houses five and what was left of seven, but rubble is blocking six and three has collapsed on four! If someone can help meet me at four, I can carefully hold up the rubble so someone can go get anyone in there!"[/color]

Once she dropped the child in her arms off of course. Yet they were running out of time so quickly. Please. Please let them save as many as they could.  

[@Ariamis][@Ponn][@Majoras End][@Shifter_Master]

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[center][h1][color=6A5ACD]Serenity Gates[/color][/h1]

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[h3][center][color=6A5ACD][b]Serenity[/b][/color][/center][/h3]

[center]Age: 16 | Gender: Female | Time
Overdeveloped | Tentacles | Beacon (The Beacon)
Dual Weapon, Sorcery, Environmental Sealing, Patron Interference, Oujou-sama

Perfect Life, Shinespark, Mystic Might | Vow of Humanity, Excommunication

STR: 3 | AGI: 3 |  VIT: 4 | MAG: 4 | LCK: 3

STR: 5 | AGI: 10 |  VIT: 9 | MAG: 23 | LCK: 7

Coins: 2 silver[/center]

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The hug back from Alicia widened the maid magical girl's smile some indeed, as well as a light flush of warmth coming to her cheekcs, though before anything else could be done on her end-

[quote]“Hey! Show some respect!” A voice called out, and Hyun Long stepped out from the gathered crowd. The former monster queen pointed a finger at Serenity. “That is the Paladin Seraph! You can’t go and hug someone like that out of the blue! Not to mention public decency…Well, not that our organization has any policies on that.”[/quote] 

...Wait, was that-? Huh. It was [i]her[/i]. They still had her around. Indeed, Serenity blinked in genuine surprise at Hyun's shouting and upon seeing her step out toward them out of the crowd that had formed. Not that the stares were much welcome, but, ah, frankly it did matter less to the former-horror than seeing her friends again. But to see the literal Monster Queen from the trash fire that had been that Rave Incident, who she did remember had been purified and such, was definitely more of a surprise to her considering the Inquisition's presence and her own treatment during the trial and then for those first two week at HQ when she'd been kidnapped by the Inquisition. 

Heck, even the battle was still vivid enough in her mind. She could remember riding on the creaky old ghost ship during it all, and heading in with Alicia and the others once she'd gotten the chance to reunite with them. She could frankly remember the even vividly at that, though it wasn't much of a surprise given her 'unique' nature perhaps.

Ahem. Yes. She didn't need to get too distracted by her surprise at it all.  

[quote]"It's alright Hyun. She's a friend." 

"Well, she is. I don't think I've met the other girl before."[/quote]

The magical maid's eyebrows perked up, before she turned to Vivi and then back to Alicia as she gestured back at the maid. In return, Vivi would nod understandingly before giving a polite and formal curtsy to the others.

[color=6A5ACD]"This is Vivianne! I ah...in some part due to some things that happened at HQ, I got a red coin. When I used it, she appeared. She, ah...serves as my maid now actually. She isn't combat capable, but she does make a great green tea."[/color]

A maid serving a maid. She hadn't thought too deeply about it all after the initially awkward first meeting they'd had in her room at HQ when she'd used the coin. But now it felt more and more bizarre the longer the concept sank in for her really. Still not the most bizarre circumstances or things she'd ever run into though. Far from it! Truth be told, Vivi had helped her relax more before she'd been sent back home. A welcome thing indeed. 

Yet when Aurelio arrived, she both waved at him and couldn't help but chuckle aloud as she hugged him back in return as well. Though as he brought up the matter of a jacket, Serenity felt a small pang of realization dawn on her. Yeah. She'd changed a bit. Was the same, but that red coin had done a number on her magical girl form despite keeping the same core appearance. For one thing, she had abs now! At the same time, however, she did rub the back of her own head somewhat nervously for a moment as Aurelio apologized to her. She did, however, accept the offered jacket

[color=6A5ACD]"N-No worries! I just wanted to find everyone, after just getting back from HQ last night, and happened to find Alicia here in the hall.

I didn't even get to say 'bye' to anyone before I left, truth be told, as they just kind of came and spirited me away quickly...and in a blindfold as it would turn out..."[/color]

Though as Alicia transitioned to her proper business, leaving her wondering about the mentioned 'epic assault', Serenity merely nodded and kept quiet in return as she listened to the Paladin Seraph give out mission parameters to the trio who had approached them. Wonderland? Nearby? Those guys were a bit 'mad as a hatter', from what information of them that she knew, but someone not actively invading Penrose at the time was a surprise in and of itself already. What was next, monsters taking over half the city again to hold a dance party again? 

Thinking for a second herself, she tried to politely pipe in once Alicia left the floor open for questions. Not necessarily her questions, but before anyone else spoke she at least wanted to do one thing. It was the least she could do after getting back, after all!

[color=6A5ACD]"Would you like a fourth team member for the trip? At the very least, I could provide time-based enhancements for the team, and take on a supporting roll. I know some about Wonderland as well, if that would help."[/color]

[@Flamelord][@Shifter_Master][@Ariamis]