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[color=cfff04]"ITS JOHN CENA! BA BA-BA BAAAAAAAAAA, BA BA-BA BAAAAAAAA!.”[/color]

[color=888888]— Tonya “Mac” Murphy[/color]

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[b]Age: 24/11 | Gender: Female/Female | Illusion, Gravity
Body | Power of Friendship, Regeneration, Third Eye | Cradle
Coercion, Soul Jar, Martial Training, True Sight, Parasite, Gifted, Awareness, Overcity Shift, Mystic Artifact

Magical Overload, Cradle Supply, Connected, Gifted Item (Aigorost) | Monstrous Form, Exposed, Mercy, Distrust
Redirected Magic, Second Specialization | Non-Standard Limbs, Destroyer[/b]

STR: 05 | AGI: 04 |  VIT: 05 | MAG: 03 | LCK: 03
+46
STR: 20 | AGI: 20 |  VIT: 20 | MAG: 20 | LCK: 20

Earnings this post: Zilch

Remaining: 8 Gold, 30 Silver, 39 Bronze 
Total: 12 Gold, 162 Silver, 183 Bronze
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Annabelle [s]the 3rd[/s] wouldn’t have much luck contacting Iron Mouse. She had already burrowed into the ground [s]as per my last post[/s] and was not around to hear what the girl had to say. In fact, the illusion known as Iron Mouse was no longer anywhere on the battlefield. 

However…

[@Crusader Lord][@Shifter_Master][@Flamelord]

Mac, still cloaked in invisibility magic, had moved to a rooftop to examine “Suwako” and also all of the other conflicts erupting all over town. It looked chaotic, but compared to some of the things that happened to Penrose, it was tame by comparison. Phase two was doing a good job of cleaning up, and wasn’t at all convinced the tanks would be enough to stop them. This was a problem for Mac. If she wanted to destroy the truce between Beacon and Wonderland, they would need to witness Suwako attacking them a fair bit. Suwako’s actions were no doubt troubling for Beacon, but she was just a footnote when compared to the likes of phase two. 

Another development was how Beacon chose to react to Suwako’s appearance. Her bestial hearing let her hone in on Alicia’s voice. It seemed she was able to tell it was a ruse. That could be a problem down the road, but she made the choice to focus on her mission. This baffled Mac. Beacon were a lot of cowards who enjoyed ganging up on people who were different than them. It was weird to see the leader prioritize a rescue over saving their image. Perhaps she had more moxy than most Beacon girls. But this worked out for her, really. It would have been more bothersome if they had all tried to stop her. The clone was concerning, and Mac had considered striking it down, but it was just one clone. It probably wasn’t worth the effort to remove, and could even be beneficial. Time would tell, time would tell.

With the card men utterly annihilated (for now), Suwako moved away from one battlefront and towards another. The center of the conflict was before her: The Queen and Penny. She turned towards the pink Aurelio clone. 

“I know HQ will not approve of my actions, but can we be at peace with these savages?” She pointed at the Queen. “Beacon’s laws can be bent. We can allow a monster like Penny to exist out of necessity, but the queen of hearts?” She aimed her bow at her target. “If we do not defeat her here, she will come right to Penrose and destroy [i]everything[/i] we’ve just rebuilt. I won’t stand for it. [i]I won’t![/i]” 

[h2][i][b]Yggdrasil’s Bounty![/b][/i][/h2]

Mac had no way to pour a lot of her mana into a single spell, but she was going to push as hard as she could for this one. Suwako fired an illusionary arrow tipped with a tiny glowing seed. Mid flight, it sprouted vines that reached at the ground and pulled anything the gravity well it was surrounded by could get a hold of. Rocks, debris, a gravity well this strong could hold a lot. But rather than holding everything at its center, it held it out at the fringes of where the well ended. It would look like dozens of vines were latching onto things and carrying them behind the arrow. 

One the arrow hit its mark, and there was no way an illusionary arrow would miss, the debris would scatter all around the queen, before being sling-shotted towards the center of the gravity well: exactly where the queen was standing. 

Where the hell was Finn in all of this? He was coming back, right?

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[color=violet]"I bet you thought you were a real smooth criminal with that one, huh?"[/color]

[color=888888]— Chloe Irving[/color][/center]

Chloe remained silent as Al divulged quite a bit of information. But in the end, it seemed that he hadn’t been convinced. She held her breath as the puff of smoke rolled over her face, only snorting in response to it.

[color=violet]"So let me see if I understand.”[/color] Chloe was still hanging off of his arm, though her tone had changed. Her eyes were half closed, and she wasn’t smiling. [color=violet]"You’re willing to sit here and tell me all about your woes, reveal secrets from men who treat it like a form of currency, but not make me a broker? If brokers have such little power now, wouldn’t it make more sense to have me as a broker so that we could pool our resources?“[/color] After staring at Al for a moment, she cracked a smile.  [color=violet]"Oh! I get it now! You don’t want me to get hurt when Penrose inevitably falls! That’s so sweet Al! I had no idea you cared so much!“[/color] She kissed his bicep, hid her disgust, and dropped to the ground. [color=violet]"But since you care so deeply about me, I’ll let you in on a little secret. When I went north, I was in New York. I had to meet with an old acquaintance, and I also stopped to chat with the wolf of the north. You know? The New York coin broker? It actually makes a lot of sense now that I think about it. If they made you guys less powerful, you probably have no idea what they’re doing out there. But Nuncio and the other escapees had fled there and she was trying to find a way to get him out of hiding. I gave her a few pointers before coming back here. She really wanted me to stay, but I figured you were starting to miss me. Of course I had no idea you were so [i]serious[/i] about our relationship. I always considered us professional acquaintances, but this?”[/color] She stepped in front of Al and placed her hands on her hips. The disgust on her face was visible. [color=violet]"I know how this game is played. Give me a job, Al. Let me ‘prove’ myself. But for the record, I’m not leaving Penrose since that’s a no-no for some reason. No attacking wonderland, no saying hello to Veronica for you, just work around Penrose. That’s how you’d prefer it anyway, correct?”[/color]