[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/q4au2SQ.png[/img][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/rSlSWzD.png[/img][/center] [center][hider=Connie and Mia Stats] [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 [/center] [hr] [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 [/center][/hider][/center] [center][hider=Angel of Hope Stats] [center][color=DeepSkyBlue][h2]Angel of Hope[/h2][/color] 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 5 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 5 Reinforcement | Third Eye Enhanced Outfit | Enhanced Weapon | Enhanced Sustenance | Wings | Gifted Job Satisfaction | Chatty | Mana Font | Mystic Might Cagey | Expendable | Big Brother [/center] [/hider][/center] Gaia smiled in grim satisfaction as she watched the Spade she’d fired upon explode above a squad of Club soldiers, pelting them with flaming shrapnel. [color=SpringGreen][i]That’s [b]one[/b] down, at least…[/i][/color] All in all, the battle actually seemed to be turning in their favor, with every member of the Oz-themed unit having been eliminated, save the towering Tin Man, and it looked like [i]he[/i] was on his proverbial “last legs”. Indeed, as Gaia watched, the magical boy who had climbed atop the metallic colossus shifted away with its multiple hearts. Bereft of its apparent power source, the Tin Man wobbled for a moment, before falling with an almighty clang. Right onto the twin barriers shielding the town, completely shattering them both… [color=SpringGreen][i]Damn it…[/i][/color] Gaia hissed under her breath. [color=SpringGreen][i]Of [b]course[/b] that was going to happen…[/i][/color] [color=DeepSkyBlue][b]“Oh my heavens! How absolutely awful!”[/b][/color] the Angel of Hope cried in horror, placing her trembling hands over her open mouth. [color=DeepSkyBlue][i]Seriously?! Are you fucking [b]kidding[/b] me right now?! Aaaaargh! Well, at least the artillery’s died down a bit… I guess that’s [b]something…[/b] Still… [b]With nothing to shield them, the poor souls of this innocent village are now completely at the mercy of these horrid invaders! And I fear I lack the mana needed to create the Aegis anew! Oh, whatever shall we—[/b][/i][/color] An instant later, the heavenly beauty’s thoughts were cut off by a barrage of missiles, energy beams, actinic lightning, glowing crystalline spikes, and swirling streams of warped reality, which utterly laid waste to the closest Clubs attempting to take advantage of the fallen barriers. Whirling around, both the Angel and Gaia were greeted with the sight of over two dozen ultra-tech magical girls, all heavily armed with a dizzying array of incredibly bizarre and incredibly [i]powerful[/i]-looking weapons. [color=SpringGreen]“Mother’s Mantle…”[/color] Gaia whispered, her eyes widening in stunned amazement. [color=DeepSkyBlue][i]What. The. [b]Fuck.[/b][/i][/color] Meanwhile, Oliver had carried Connie to the evac shelter, where the now-awakened townsfolk were starting to have a bit of a freak out… As was Connie herself… After the incredibly harrowing and embarrassing experience of being bridal carried through a war zone by a boy she’d only just met minutes before, the timid girl felt like she was on the verge of a full-scale panic attack. And maybe a heart attack as well… [color=DarkOrchid][i]Ohgoshohgoshohgoshohgosh[/i][/color] her frantic mind raced as she was presented with yet [i]another[/i] distressing sight, the townsfolk’s frantic hysteria only adding to the kind-hearted girl's own. Then she heard Oliver ask her a question. [color=DarkOrchid]“O-Oh!”[/color] she gasped, having been slightly started by the sound of her name. [color=DarkOrchid]“U-U-Ummm, w-well… N-N-Not r-really…”[/color] she replied, her masked visage looking very despondent. [color=DarkOrchid]“I-I, u-umm o-only h-have n-n-nightmare m-magic,”[/color] she explained. [color=DarkOrchid]“A-A-And, I-I d-don’t r-really t-think t-that w-would h-h-help v-very m-much… I-I’m s-sorry f-for b-being s-so u-useless…”[/color] she added in a soft whisper, while hanging her head in despair. [color=DeepPink]“Awww, like, don’t worry, Connie Wonnie~!”[/color] a startlingly cheerful voice called out from behind them. [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/udsgqgr.png[/img][/center] [center][hider=MDP Stats] [center][color=DeepPink][h2]Magical Dream Princess[/h2][/color] 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 4 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 9 Oddball: Sweet Dreams | Barrage Wealth and Resources (not while tf'd) | Enhanced Weapon | Power Artifact | Dual Weapon | Natural Aging | Money | Intuition Focused | Mental Link | Hidden Death | Mana Font | Mystic Might Alien Mind | Formless | Rival Force | Clueless [/center] [/hider][/center] [color=DeepPink]“Magical Dream Princess is heresie weresie to helpy welpy~! (giggle!)”[/color] [color=DarkOrchid]“M-Magical D-Dream Princess?! W-When did [i]y-you[/i] g-get here?!”[/color] [color=DeepPink]“Just nowie~! (giggle!)”[/color] the whimsical girl chirped as she skipped into the shelter. [color=DeepPink]“Like, hi, everybodywody~!”[/color] she greeted the gathered villagers with a bright smile and an energetic wave. [color=DeepPink]“Magical Dream Princess knows thingie wingies are super duper confusing wusing and scary wary right nowie, but, like, everythingie wingie is gonna be okie dokie, cause, like, this is just a really bad dreamy weamy, and Magical Dream Princess is gonna makey wakey it into a super duper sweety weety dreamy weamy instead~! (giggle!)”[/color] With that, the whimsical girl waved her glittery wand and sent a prismatic wave of dream magic through all the frightened townsfolk, instantly placing them in a contented slumber, while sparkly pink clouds were conjured to catch them before they could fall to the hard floor. [color=DeepPink]“Ta daaa~!”[/color] MDP declared, striking a cute pose. [color=DeepPink]“All better wetter~! (giggle!) Wowie zowie~!”[/color] she exclaimed a moment later. [color=DeepPink]“Oliver Woliver’s heresie weresie, too~! (giggle!)”[/color] Bouncing over, she quickly wrapped both the ghost boy and Connie up in a group hug. [color=DeepPink]“Magical Dream Princess is super duper sorry worry she took so longy wongy to get heresie weresie, but, like, she was super duper busy wusy making waking some new friendy wendies~! (giggle!)”[/color] [color=DarkOrchid]“N-New f-friends…?”[/color] a still rather shaken up Connie asked. [color=DeepPink]“Yeperoonie~! (giggle!)”[/color] MDP confirmed. [color=DeepPink]“In facty wacty, they’re right outsidey widey~! (giggle!) Cause, like, [i]they[/i] wanted to helpy welpy too~!”[/color] [hr] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/7FwwXfi.png[/img][/center] [center][h3]* * *[/h3][/center] [center][h1][i][b]Epilogue- Instruments of Destruction[/b][/i][/h1][/center] [center][h3]* * *[/h3][/center] After making a suitably grand entrance, the members of Phase Two set to work annihilating the Wonderland forces. Team Tertiarius, [url=https://imgur.com/uNQou6A]being[/url] [url=https://images2.imgbox.com/79/83/VdUoKKJi_o.png]composed[/url] [url=https://images2.imgbox.com/d5/54/jWhirXS7_o.png]of[/url] [url=https://images2.imgbox.com/e8/80/p8doIjrw_o.png]aerial[/url] [url=https://images2.imgbox.com/cc/13/l7OtUe8Y_o.png]combat[/url] [url=https://images2.imgbox.com/c9/e7/uG7uFhmj_o.png]specialists,[/url] took to the skies, where they began methodically vaporizing the remaining Spades with polyphasic photon blasters, monomolecular hyper-quantum hyperion lances, and variable-vortex digi-destructo cannons. Simultaneously, [url=https://images2.imgbox.com/49/02/1VrVK8Ai_o.jpg]the[/url] [url=https://images2.imgbox.com/c2/58/mfAxx7gf_o.jpg]long-range[/url] [url=https://images2.imgbox.com/05/15/zskDTBnl_o.jpg]heavy[/url] [url=https://images2.imgbox.com/b0/53/UBcPjvek_o.png]bombardment[/url] [url=https://images2.imgbox.com/ff/0a/7rt4mJkU_o.jpg]specialists[/url] of Team Quaternarius set their sights on eliminating what was left of the Wonderland artillery. Focusing their attention on the field pieces furthest from where Penny was engaging the Queen of Hearts, they began their assault with a world-shattering blast from [url=https://imgur.com/0Sjvo46]Quaternarius-01’s[/url] superheavy infinite hyper-hellbore siegebreaker cannon. The ruinous cylinder of annihilation it vomited forth effortlessly penetrated the hillside behind which the artillery had erroneously believed they were protected, gouging a molten hole through the mound of earth, before utterly obliterating the hapless war machines beyond. And as for the advancing Clubs, well… [color=DarkOrange]“Hahahaha! This isn’t even a challenge!”[/color] [url=https://imgur.com/PhyLcfS]Primus-04[/url] laughed in sadistic glee as she incinerated several Club troopers in a gout of technomantic flame. [color=DarkGray]“I believe that is the entire point,”[/color] the calm voice of [url=https://images2.imgbox.com/6f/3c/zVm2CG14_o.png]Primus-06[/url] replied as she impassively watched her pet cyber-shark go on a feeding frenzy throughout the Clubs’ ranks, sending limbs and gore flying in every direction. [color=DarkGray]“After all, for what [i]other[/i] reason were we given life?”[/color] Meanwhile, the one who [i]gave[/i] said life was admiring her handiwork… [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/X2ry8D7.png[/img][/center] [center][hider=Doctor Nykannis Stats] [center][color=DarkMagenta][h2]Doctor Nykannis[/h2][/color] 4 | 4 | 6 | 21[sup]23[/sup] | 10 28[sup]23[/sup] | 28[sup]23[/sup] | 32[sup]23[/sup] | 42[sup]23[/sup] | 20 Oddball: Mad Science! Oddball: Weird Science! | MAXIMUM OVERLOAD!!! (Nyahahaha!), Advanced Hypermagitech Target Acquisition Array, Rapid Restorative Nanites, Hypertechnoarcane Omnidimensional Defensive Array, Multi-Phasic Magitech Mechadendrites Dual Weapon | Enhanced Outfit | Enhanced Weapon | Gifted | Size and Scale | Techno Thralls | Interdimensional Lab Free Agent | Ultratechnomystic Power Accumulator Pocket Dimension | Mad Scientist Supreme | Magical Overload | Super-Scientific Ultramagitech Army | Superscientific Ultramagitech Armada Alone | Monstrous Form | Centaur Layout | Nonstandard Limbs | Mental Mutation (Builder) | Second Specialization [/center] [/hider][/center] [center][color=DarkMagenta]No, I’m NOT a PC. Yes, I AM taking part in this event. And yes, Plat, those really ARE my actual stats. DEAL WITH IT!!! NYAHAHAHAHA!!![/color] [color=888888]-Doctor Nykannis[/color][/center] [color=DarkMagenta]“Nyahahaha!!!”[/color] Doctor Nykannis cackled maniacally. [color=DarkMagenta]“Now [i]THIS[/i] is what I’m talking about!”[/color] Even as she watched her creations tear the Wonderlanders to shreds, data accumulator-tipped mechadendrites extended to scan various pieces of Wonderland tech, a rifle here, a helmet there, while a quartet of drones detached from the Monarch of Mad Science’s towering Combat Form to run a full spectrum analysis on the Tin Man’s remains. Simultaneously, a fifth drone also detached, only to blink out of existence a moment later, having shifted to the Overcity in order to analyze the Tin Man’s hearts (even if it had to follow them into The Cradle to do so). It was about then that she noticed the approach of one of the local defenders, a green-skinned young woman who greatly resembled a forest nymph. For her part, while initially startled by the new arrivals, Gaia had quickly realized that they were on the same side. Not only that, but the largest among them was somewhat familiar… [color=SpringGreen]“I thank you for the most welcome assistance,”[/color] the verdant maiden told the technomantic titan looming over her. [color=SpringGreen]“If I am not mistaken, you are that scientist my dearest Connie and I met at the Christmas party,”[/color] she added. [color=SpringGreen]“Doctor Nykannis, correct?”[/color] [color=DarkMagenta]“That’s right,”[/color] the Mad Scientist Supreme replied with a grin. [color=DarkMagenta]“I normally tend to avoid getting involved with this kinda shit, but these guys needed a proper field test, and I thought the little clusterfuck you’ve got going on here would serve to facilitate that rather nicely. So you and your pals can just sit back and enjoy the sh— WHAT THE?!!”[/color] Nykannis exclaimed in shock, her train of thought having been momentarily derailed by the sudden appearance of [i]something[/i] on her shoulder. An instant later, she had regained her composure, after realizing exactly who the strange young woman in question was. [color=DarkMagenta]“Oh, hey Jen,”[/color] she greeted her chaos-craving friend. [color=DarkMagenta]“So, I guess you finally decided to experience the insanity of this reality plenum firsthand, huh?”[/color] she inquired with a smirk. [color=DarkMagenta]“They’re beautiful, aren’t they?”[/color] the Monarch of Mad Science added, gesturing to the various members of Phase Two. [color=DarkMagenta]“I gotta say, they’re easily some of my finest work, all either Diamond or Challenger Grade. Hell, take the Grand Magistrate out of the equation, and they’d cream Justine, Penny, [i]and[/i] Rachel in less than two seconds.”[/color] However, before the disguised (false) Witch of Time could respond, [url=https://imgur.com/Xg3eTd1]Primus-01’s[/url] voice sounded out. [color=FireBrick][u][b]“Deployment Zone secure, Doctor Kannis,”[/b][/u][/color] she stated. [color=FireBrick][u][b]“Should we now move to eliminate the Wonderland Monarch?”[/b][/u][/color] [color=DarkMagenta]“Negative,”[/color] Nykannis replied. [color=DarkMagenta]“That’s [i]Penny’s[/i] fight,”[/color] she added, her many eyes glowing with even greater intensity as a toothy grin spread across her face. [color=DarkMagenta]“And I’m [i]VERY[/i] interested in seeing how she fares…”[/color]