[center][url=https://i.imgur.com/D8A8SOp.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/OGWuw89.png[/img][/url][/center] [hider=Mayra McCullough][hider=full picture][center][url=https://i.imgur.com/D8A8SOp.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/w1TQUme.png[/img][/url][/center][/hider] [b]Name:[/b] Mayra McCullough, or “Flame Demon”, or “Dragon-Spawn” [b]Age:[/b] 15 [b]Specialization:[/b] Fire & Darkness [b]Weapon:[/b] Dragon body (Fists/Mystic) [b]Power:[/b] Duplication [b]Stats:[/b] [i]STR[/i]: 16 [i]AGI[/i]: 14 [i]VIT[/i]: 16 [i]MAG[/i]: 11 [i]LCK[/i]: 6 [b]Perks:[/b] [list][*][i]Purification Artifact[/i] [*][i]Enhanced Outfit[/i] [*][i]Big Backpack[/i] [*][i]Enhanced Sustenance[/i] [*][i]Dual Weapon[/i] [*][i]Awareness[/i] [*][i]Monstrous Metamorphosis[/i][/list] [b]Monster Girl[/b]: [list][*][i]Nonstandard Limbs[/i] [*][i]Chaos Engine[/i] [*][i]Second Specialization[/i] - Dark [*][i]Redirect Magic[/i][/list] [b]Patron:[/b] Asengav, Interdimensional Horror [b]Patron Benefits:[/b] [list][*][i]Minions[/i] [*][i]Magical Overload[/i][/list] [b]Patron Drawbacks:[/b] [list][*][i]Monstrous Form[/i] [*][i]Bane[/i] - Candles and being engulfed in water.[/list][/hider] So Mayra was getting herself into position to strike at Gryphon from an unexpected direction… and then she saw Rachel doing just that. So, yes, sure, she could be like “Hey, that’s my strategy!” But do you know what would hurt a lot more than being hit by one unexpected flanking attack? Being hit by two unexpected flanking attacks from opposite directions at the same time. So Mayra leaped with all her might while Gryphon was still preoccupied with sniping her duplicates. As she approached, she’d spin in mid-air and intend to slam both of her feet into Gryphon from the opposite side that Rachel was attacking from, and try to time it so that she did so at the exact same time as Rachel’s blow. Should they manage to hit at the same time, it would certainly cause much more damage as Gryphon would be unable to fly somewhere between their two blows. And in case that failed, like if Gryphon suddenly dodged… then Mayra was going to plant her feet in Rachel’s hammer, and with a quick [color=fc6828]‘LAUNCH ME!’[/color] intend that Rachel could redirect Mayra at wherever Gryphon had redirected to, and be sent flying like a burning comet at her new location with both fists ready to slam forward into her and hopefully intercept her in the middle of the dodge. … And in case all that failed Mayra could attempt to blast herself out of the way of any counter-attacks with fire and then use Darkness magic to slip back down into the shadows. Oh, but maybe the duplicates would have a chance to launch themselves at Gryphon in case that happened. Or they could leap to protect original Mayra, they know they’re less worth. Covering your bases, as such. __________________ [center][url=https://i.imgur.com/Y8OSnvr.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/OPMf9l2.png[/img][/url][/center] [hider=Mariette Pedersen][hider=full picture][center][url=http://i.imgur.com/Y8OSnvr.png][img]http://i.imgur.com/TnA9sHf.png[/img][/url][/center][/hider] [b]Name[/b]: Mariette Pedersen [b]Age (Magical Girl)[/b]: 15 [b]Specializations[/b]: Oddball: Portals, Light. [b]Weapon[/b]: Mystic mirror. [b]Power[/b]: Tentacles. [b]Stats[/b]: [i]STR[/i]: 4 [i]AGI[/i]: 4 [i]VIT[/i]: 4 [i]MAG[/i]: 22 [i]LCK[/i]: 10 [b]Perks[/b]: [list][*][i]Gifted[/i] [*][s][i]Interdimensional Home[/i][/s] - The dimension has collapsed. [*][i]Blood Magic[/i] [*][i]Overcity Shift[/i] [*][i]Interdimensional Tourist[/i] - Joe. [*][i]Hammerspace Handbag[/i] [*][i]Ally[/i] - Mayra [*][i]Awareness[/i] [*][i]Absolute Direction[/i] [*][i]Sealing[/i] [*][i]Cuddlespawn[/i] - Demogorgon, the Prince of Demons.[/list] [b]Patron[/b]: Asengav [b]Patron Benefits[/b]: [list][*][i]Creeping Doom[/i] [*][i]Reasonable[/i] [*][i]Minions[/i] [*][i]Retrieval[/i] [*][i]Mystic Might[/i] [*][i]Mana Font[/i][/list] [b]Patron Drawbacks[/b]: [list][*][i]Quick-Tempered[/i] [*][s][i]Mind-Bent[/i][/s] - Removed. [*][i]Insomnia[/i] [*][i]Bane[/i] - Candles and cracked mirrors. [*][i]Health Sapping[/i][/list] [/hider] The Queen’s hand stopped Mariette from walking closer to Lea, which she then just accepted because maybe walking close to Lea was a bad idea right now. That aside, she soon had her hands full comprehending that Su was now here. And Mika. But mostly Su. Mariette stayed mostly silent as the Queen cupped her cheek, and said her parts… [color=077ae6]‘Yes, we do…’[/color] she said. Though, after the Queen let go, Mariette turned back to Su anyway. [color=077ae6]‘I…’[/color] Mariette started, looking towards Su with an anxious tone. She was guilty as charged, in being in deeper trouble than last time. [color=077ae6]‘I’m in the middle of something, yeah. This… this is going to be the end. One way or another, the way I have lived up until now is going to end,’[/color] she said. Be it as Asengav’s servant, the Queen’s puppet, free or even alive at all, was currently up in the air. [color=077ae6]‘Are you here to help me? If so… there may be some waiting around before anything happens. We need to go through three more rooms, first. I was going to just…’[/color] Mariette looked over at the Queen opening another portal. [color=077ae6]‘Hold on. The next one is Victoria and Tullia’s charge,’[/color] she could tell by the sheer chill spilling out of the portal. The Queen called out that they could be free if they followed her, and… [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/sKJ5riZ.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/rMgrdyA.png[/img][/center] [color=ffd230]‘Well, I’ve got nothing better planned! Why the heck not?’[/color] Suzette said, throwing her sleeves into the air and then looking back at Ronja. [color=fa898b]‘… I would advise a modicum of caution, but otherwise, this sounds like something interesting I wouldn’t want to miss,’[/color] Ronja agreed, and the spider-girl followed Suzette as the two headed to follow the Queen. [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/P2tVfst.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/u1b416E.png[/img][/center] [color=6cbad4]‘I-I…’[/color] Tullia said, tears pouring down her cheeks and hands held over her face. [color=6cbad4]‘I want to go back…’[/color] [color=9c87c9]‘There’s not gonna be anything left,’[/color] Victoria said, frowning at her friend. [color=9c87c9]‘It’s in the past.’[/color] [color=6cbad4]‘[i]I know…![/i]’[/color] Tullia cried out. [color=6cbad4]‘B-but… some of my friends were magical girls. They… they might still be there…’[/color] [color=9c87c9]‘… I got it,’[/color] Victoria sighed. [color=9c87c9]‘Alright, I’ll help you find it,’[/color] Victoria said. She, herself, had no past whatsoever to long back to… and that somehow made her want to help her friend that did. Tullia removed her hands and looked up at Victoria, all teary-eyed. [color=6cbad4]‘Y-you will…?’[/color] she asked, her voice all cracked. [color=9c87c9]‘Yeah! So come on, get on your feet, or they’re gonna leave without us!’[/color] Victoria called, then grabbed Tullia’s hand to pull the distressed girl back on her feet. She then kicked Tullia’s staff back up, so she could grab it. [color=9c87c9]‘Now, come on! Where are we going?’[/color] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/5TcL6Af.png[/img][/center] Lea stood up. Her expression was blank and quiet compared to earlier, head lowered as she looked down into the floor, eyes wide. Wordlessly, she followed the Queen. [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/Ih8oH7W.png[/img][/center] [color=C5DBE7]‘… Hold on,’[/color] Freya called to the Queen. Mariette immediately got an expression of “be careful”. [color=C5DBE7]‘You, who changed our lives with a single slice of your blade. I,’[/color] Freya gestured to herself. [color=C5DBE7]‘am two. I am Freya, the magical girl, and within me is Shelyn, the monster. Could you split us apart? Or, if not, could you make it so her blood-lust no longer overcomes me, so that I must prey on humans to subsist?’[/color] she asked. You miss all the shots you don’t take, she figured. If anyone did feel like going through the portal… [hider=the next room]There was a huge, cubical room. By the architecture it looked like this place was in the sewers of Penrose, which were strangely large for some reason. However, the room was freezing cold. Ice was shored up against the walls in every direction, and most of the floor was frozen. The entrances to the room, other than through a portal, was frozen in solid ice. There was no way to get in without breaking something if you didn’t come by portal. In the opposite part of the room stood the mirror… and a huge, green hulking monster with a single eye and ice growing from it from all over it. The arms were deformed, and the club it wielded had ice sticking out sharply. It turned its single eye towards the portal. [hider=the monster][center][url=https://i.imgur.com/0f9WNlH.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/4cb883S.png[/img][/url][/center][/hider] [color=9c87c9]‘Ah, yeah,’[/color] Victoria chuckled. [color=9c87c9]‘That’s the mirror me and Tullia were tasked with guarding. But actually guarding it was boring, so we just put a giant monster in front of it instead!’[/color] she said, sounding super amused. [color=6cbad4]‘Be careful,’[/color] Tullia said. [color=6cbad4]‘It will attack anyone who enters, even if it is us. The idea was that Mariette would just start the mirror without the monster seeing her by just sticking her hand through a portal, um…’[/color] she continued, the still teary-eyed girl looking towards Mariette briefly, wondering why Mariette hadn’t just done just that. Mariette could just look back apologetically. [color=9c87c9]‘Yeah, yeah,’[/color] Victoria said. [color=9c87c9]‘What’s funny, someone clearly found this place because a HUNT was posted for this monster, so we were worried we’d have to relocate the mirror… but nobody went and accepted the bounty, so we didn’t have to, haha!’[/color] Victoria laughed, amused by that laziness worked out. [color=9c87c9]‘What was it called, “Dried Freezer”, or something like that?’[/color] she asked, then chuckled some more. [color=6cbad4]‘Er, how do you wish to proceed?’[/color] Tullia asked, looking to Mariette, the Queen, as well as Su and Mika. Mariette hesitated, as the answer she wanted to give was “Mother, can you give me my portals back”, but she was a little worried by how the Queen would react.[/hider]