[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/q4au2SQ.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] Gaia couldn’t help but grin in amusement at Mayra’s eagerness as she helped the draconic girl atop her prismatic steed. [color=DarkOrchid]“O-Okay!”[/color] Connie declared with a firm nod, Mayra’s words seeming to have reinvigorated the masked maiden as well. Yet, even with their rainbow unicorns moving at the speed of dreams themselves, the trio wasn’t able to get within range of the queen before the Wonderland Sovereign slipped through a portal which promptly closed behind her. [color=DarkOrchid]“D-Darn it! S-She got a-away!”[/color] Connie cried, clearly distraught at this turn of events. [color=SpringGreen]“It seems we shall have to test out your plan at a later juncture, little sister,”[/color] Gaia noted with a frown. [color=SpringGreen]“As it is, we appear to have more pressing matters to address…”[/color] Indeed, while the Queen of Hearts may have departed, she had left behind one of her servants, who had wasted no time in summoning an unnervingly horrific puppet of considerable size. [color=DarkOrchid]“Eeek!”[/color] Connie yelped in fright, closing the eyes of her mask and swiftly looking away from the wooden abomination, even as it ensnared Lily and Chloe with ethereal strings. [color=DarkOrchid]“I-I-It’s s-so s-s-scary…”[/color] the masked maiden whimpered. It was, in fact, uncannily similar to a boss monster in a game Mia had played when she’d thought Connie was asleep, and accidentally caused her timid friend to have a minor panic attack. An interesting feature of the game was that it always presented the player with multiple paths, and based on what decisions were made, different outcomes would be achieved. Although she had been going for a “Total Annihilation” award, in an effort to make up for the trauma she’d unintentionally caused her friend, and in an attempt to calm the poor girl down, Mia had chosen the merciful option, healing the creature of an injury, whereupon it gained a far less menacing countenance. Now, by some strange twist of fate, Gaia could sense through her mystical connection to plant life, that this perverse “Pinocchio” presented her with a similar choice. [color=SpringGreen]“I know that you would probably very much like to burn that thing to a crisp, Mayra,”[/color] the verdant maiden told her fiery passenger. [color=SpringGreen]“But I would be most grateful if you would kindly permit me to attempt something, first.”[/color] Not waiting for the chaotic monster girl to possibly protest, Gaia closed her eyes, raised an elegant hand in a single graceful motion, and reached out with her magic to the small, almost imperceptible, sapling atop the twisted construct. [color=SpringGreen]“I can feel your pain, little one,”[/color] she called in a soothing voice. [color=SpringGreen]“For far too long, you have been enslaved by such malignant magics, twisting your natural beauty into this horrid perversion. As the Daughter of Mother Earth, I cannot abide you to suffer this wretched indignity any further!”[/color] the botanical beauty continued, even as she sent a torrent of life energy surging into the tiny growth. [color=SpringGreen]“I now grant you the power to throw off your shackles and burst forth into full bloom!”[/color] [hr] [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] Back at the factory fortress, MDP was overjoyed to see that the Manticores were only too willing to jump through her hoop in return for a tasty reward. [color=DeepPink]“Yaaaay~! (giggle!)”[/color] the Princess of Dreams cheered as the lion-headed monsters leapt through the sparkling ring one by one. [color=DeepPink]“Onesie, twosie, threesie, foursie~!”[/color] the whimsical girl sang, while shaking her hips in a silly little dance. [color=DeepPink]“And heresie comes a couple moresie~! (giggle!)”[/color] However, it soon became apparent that one of the final two creatures wasn’t going to be doing any tricks any time soon… [color=DeepPink]“Awww! Did you get hurty wurty, mister wister lion wion thingy wingy?!”[/color] MDP inquired with a distressed frown. [color=DeepPink]“Like, you don’t have to jumpy wumpy ify wify you don’t wanna,”[/color] she told the wounded Manticore. [color=DeepPink]“Just let that nicey wicey lady wady patchy watchy you uppy wuppy insteady weady~! (giggle!)”[/color] she added with a smile as she watched Rachel heal the creature, blissfuly unaware that this level of kindness was something the inquisitor almost never displayed towards a monster. [color=DeepPink]“Like, thanky wanky soooo muchy wuchy, lion wion thingy wingies~!”[/color] MDP told the remaining Manticores once they had lined up to receive their reward. [color=DeepPink]“You made Magical Dream Princess super [i]duper[/i] happy wappy~! (giggle!) So, like, heresie weresies some yummy wummy treaty weaties for you allsie wallsie~! (giggle!)”[/color] the whimsical girl added as she conjured a colorful goodie bag and began skipping down the line, tossing handfuls of pastel-colored candies into each Manticore’s open mouth. However, a moment later, the deranged voice of the Mad Hatter caught her attention, and her cheerful demeanor abruptly shifted to one of petulant indignation. [color=DeepPink]“Like, you’re [i]such[/i] a super duper biggy wiggy meanie weanie head!”[/color] MDP shouted, stomping a foot on the floor as she glared up at Wonderland’s head scientist. [color=DeepPink]“Why do you haveta wafta hurty wurty so many wany people weple?!”[/color] she asked, her trembling hands clenched into fists, while tears threatened to spill from her furious eyes. [color=DeepPink]“Like, Magical Dream Princess thinky winkies you needy weedy a timey wimey outy wouty right nowie!”[/color] An instant later, and the Mad Hatter would feel a cartoonishly massive baton slam down on his head, the blow swiftly ushering him off to dreamland amidst an orbiting ring of yawning stars. As he crumpled to the floor, the baton’s wielder could be seen standing behind him- a large, anthropomorphic alarm clock wearing a police hat. [color=DeepPink]“Thanky wankies, Mister Wister Clocky Wocky Copy Wopy~! (giggle!)”[/color] MDP called out with a happy smile, as she gave the whimsical being a playful peace sign salute.