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(23) | (23) | (23) | (13) | (4)

(Metal & Lightning & Gravity) | (Regen & Prime)

(Bile) | (Tooth and Claw) | (Elemental) | (Enhanced Uniform) | (Imortality)
(Monstrous Metamorph) | (Legacy) | (Enhanced Weapon) | (Dual Weapon) | (Gifted)

(ManaFont)|Solo

(Redirected Magic) | (Second spec) | (Transport)
(Broken reincarnation) | (Nonstandard limbs)
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[color=#159D86]“That’s the current status of Penrose your Highness.”[/color]

[color=9e0039][u][b]“Understood. Pass along further updates through Snoopy as needed. The next couple of batches are to be kept at the Bastion until we’ve got a better location for them. But outside of those feel free to let volunteers pilot the rest in either theater until further notice.”[/b][/u][/color]

[color=#159D86]“Understood. I shall inform the Regent as well. Out”[/color]

She let the line go dead. Shifting her attention back towards the drive ahead, they weren’t far out now. Not if the reading she was getting from the first duplicate she had sent out was still valid. And even if it wasn’t it would still allow them to find the next heading without much trouble.

She doubted anyone would have been able to notice, but she was glad she had a valid reason to stay behind after the engagement at the factory. Even in the presence of Nefer and Akenatan the work she had done on the factory had given her ample time to sort out her internal quibbles.

It was old hat to Penny by now, and made so simple due to her upgrades from Harmony. But still, the need to recalibrate to new responses and feeling after combat again, even now so far removed from her first nights in Penrose. It was strangely nostalgic.

[Center][color=82ca9d][Connection established][/color]
[color=82ca9d][Syncing systems][/color][/Center]

[color=9e0039][i]‘Additional nodes in the network expanded the local rage as well as the comms power. Noted.’[/i][/color]

[color=9e0039][u][b]“Heads up. We’ve nearly caught up with the rest.”[/b][/u][/color] The Queen would say to the passengers besides her. The castle’s gate starting to loom ahead of them. They were just in time to witness the culmination of things from the looks of it. What with the massive and odd beast getting overwhelmed by Magical Dream Princess’s magical attack.

Seeing as she had a better vantage point further ahead. She tapped into the video feed of her body already in the area.

It was this closer vantage point that let Penny notice was about to happen faster than anyone there did. She could read the fatigue building in her girlfriend even as her magical attack completed itself. And Penny still well knew the cost of such an all-out attack. It’s what would happen next she wouldn’t let happen, not since she could do something about it.

[color=9e0039][i]‘This is such a reckless idea… But it’s going to work, and it’s going to be fun!’[/i][/color] 

There was a sudden high-pitched whining coming from Penny, and all of the other Penny’s in the truck as well. As bright blue glow rapidly building over truck.

[color=9e0039][u][b]“You’re going to want to brace yourselves for this!”[/b][/u][/color] She would call out a grin over taking her features.

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The copy of Penny was looking up at the sight of Magical Dream Princess’s dread slowly starting to form as she recognized what was about to happen.

Then she felt it.

[Center][color=82ca9d][Connection established][/color]
[color=82ca9d][Syncing systems][/color][/Center]

A surge of new data flooded in. And her attention snapped towards the gate. [color=9e0039]“Everyone!”[/color] She called out, her voice gaining intensity. [color=9e0039][u][b]“Hit the deck!”[/b][/u][/color]

Over on the horizon the truck carrying the group of Penny’s Suddenly flared a bright neon blue. It was the only other warning before-

[Center][h1][i][b][color=9e0b0f][u]CRASH!!![/u][/color][/b][/i][/h1][/Center]

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There was something to be said about synchronicity. About multiple people working in tandem to accomplish something. When a dozen people were coordinated to the second great things could be achieved. Even more so when magic was at play. When those twelve people were all the same person?

The effect was magnified.

In a feat of terrifying efficiency the twelve Penny’s in the truck had worked together to encapsulate the truck and then in a show of gravitic force sling shot themselves at the gate. Eliminating the distance in one massive burst of speed and ramming the fortification. 

The gate could only shatter under the titanic force inflicted upon it.

The truck was shockingly unharmed, and had also come to a complete standstill. Both of those a result of the gravitic barrier that was encasing the vehicle, though that winked out a bare moment after impact. Allowing a lone figure to leap out of the bed of the truck to catch the falling Violet before she made much distance from where she had once been perched on a cloud.

Electromagnetic thrusters kicked on a moment later, as a Penny carefully carried the unconscious girl down to the ground.

The truck fell a short distance to the ground as well. Before the door to the truck opened and another Penny stepped out. And it when compared to this one, the copies rang unavoidably false. The Prime Penny had arrived, with reinforcements consisting of a dozen more of herself. 

[color=9e0039][u][b]“Well. I might have missed all the excitement, but no one can say I forgot to knock!”[/b][/u][/color]