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[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

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[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
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As they approached the edge of the forest, a strange, multi-faced skeletal obelisk floated out of the trees, causing Connie to give voice to a startled, [color=DarkOrchid]“Eeek!”[/color]

However, when the strange construct spoke a moment later, the voice that emanated from it was incongruous in the extreme. Indeed, its childish manner of speech was far more reminiscent of MDP than an undead monstrosity. As it soon became apparent, this was an ally, a part of Chloe’s diversionary forces, which didn’t seem to be fairing particularly well. Still, since she’d offered to help…

[color=SpringGreen]“We are attempting to locate Alexander,”[/color] Gaia explained. [color=SpringGreen]“We believe he may be the source of that pillar of smoke rising up from the forest,”[/color] she continued. [color=SpringGreen]“And any assistance you might be willing to provide in pursuit of that endeavor would be greatly appreciated.”[/color]

“Hello down there!” Mister Kite’s chipper voice called out. “I spy, with my little eye, a bunch of soldiers about to die!”

[color=SpringGreen]“Soldiers?”[/color] Gaia inquired.

“Yepperoo!” the cheerful kite confirmed. 

[color=SpringGreen]“Where?”[/color] Gaia pressed.

“They’re getting sliced and diced and explodied real good, on a road beyond this wood!”

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[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

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Back at the fortified factory, Magical Dream Princess’s “huggy wuggy” seemed to have worked out better than any sane person probably would have expected it to, with the white king having apparently been rendered inactive by the glomp, at least for the moment. [color=DeepPink]“Awww~! You’re, like, totally wotally blushing wushing~! (giggle!)”[/color] MDP chirped as she observed the monarch’s reaction with a delighted smile. However, the [i]red[/i] king didn’t appear to be particularly amused by this display of friendship and, with a gesture of command, instructed one of the bishops to blast the cheerfully childish girl with an enchanted energy bolt. Yet, either due to the Princess of Dreams’ whimsical nature, or that of Wonderland itself, the attack didn’t harm MDP, but rather forced her to start randomly hopping from space to space on the giant chessboard instead. [color=DeepPink]“Golly wolly~!”[/color] she exclaimed, her eyes going wide. [color=DeepPink]“Like, Magical Dream Princess’s body wody is moving woving on its ownsie wonsie~! (giggle!)”[/color] So captivated was the whimsical girl by this strange experience, that she failed to notice her new friend, Mister Hatty, give the bishop a massive slap, knocking it over into several nearby pieces and causing something of a chain reaction to occur.