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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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Upon finally drawing near to the Queen’s castle, Connie, Gaia, and the rest of their motley little group saw that several guards were patrolling along the whimsically imposing edifice’s battlements. Still, their presence wasn’t really much of a surprise. If anything, Gaia found it far stranger that there weren’t significantly [i]more[/i] defenses on display for such a prominent location. It was also rather astonishing that none of the guards had apparently spotted them yet, especially when their contingent included a towering ambulatory tree, a detail Alexander soon addressed.

[color=DarkOrchid]“U-Umm… I-I c-could m-maybe give t-them a n-nightmare,”[/color] Connie suggested when Alexander asked how they might deal with the guards without being detected. [color=DarkOrchid]“B-But, um, t-that might c-cause them to s-scream, s-so I g-guess that p-probably wouldn’t w-work…”[/color] she added glumly, her mask’s mouth forming a disappointed frown.

[color=SpringGreen]“I believe I may have a possible alternative, little sister,”[/color] Gaia noted in a soothing voice. Forming a swing out of several verdant vines, the Daughter of Mother Earth employed her conjured construction to lower herself down from Branch Nose’s upper boughs until she was directly next to Lily’s bike. [color=SpringGreen]“Alexander, if your adorable animal friends would be so kind as to deliver these sedative spores to the guards,”[/color] the botanical beauty began, holding out a handful of deep green bulbs. [color=SpringGreen]“Then we should be able to incapacitate them without raising an alarm.”[/color]