[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/7ZSpmlc.png[/img][/center] [hider=Ronin & Miko][hider=full picture][center][url=https://i.imgur.com/kB6Km4e.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/kB6Km4e.png[/img][/url][/center][/hider] [u]Name:[/u] Ronin and Miko. Deni and Eli. Real names, Denise and Elizabeth Walton. [u]Age (Magical Girl):[/u] 11 [u]Specialization:[/u] Air and Reinforcement. [u]Weapon:[/u] The [i]Swords[/i]. Melee/Mystic. [u]Power:[/u] Twin Soul and Third Eye. [u]Stats:[/u] [i]STR[/i]: 7 [i]AGI[/i]: 7 [i]VIT[/i]: 6 [i]MAG[/i]: 7 [i]LCK[/i]: 4 [u]Perks:[/u] [list][*][i]Dual Weapon[/i] [*][i]Flexibility[/i] [*][i]Martial Training[/i] [*][i]Get out of Jail[/i] [*][i]Big Damn Heroes[/i] [*][i]Super Map[/i][/list] [u]Patron:[/u] Solo [u]Patron Benefits:[/u] [list][*][i]Free Agent[/i] [*][i]Genki Girl[/i][/list] [u]Patron Drawbacks:[/u] [list][*][i]Alone[/i][/list][/hider] [color=55B7AA]‘See? I was right!’[/color] Ronin confidently declared, placing her hands on her hips and sticking out her chest. Because of course. Miko picked to let her sister have this one and not chew her out for how much she hated the risk she felt Ronin just took. This was not the time for it. Gaia said not to put their guard down. [color=DC9495]‘I agree,’[/color] Miko said, lifting the map once again to confirm they were, in fact, approaching the destination. Then they arrived and some argued for going back to Penrose. Definitely a sensible decision. Miko nodded when Connie said she didn’t want to lose more friends, agreeing to the sentiment. Ronin, still the first one in, decided to take a step forward. [color=55B7AA]‘Alright. We do seek the princess. How can you help us?’[/color] Ronin asked, kind of just very much wanting this journey into the castle not to have been for nothing. Meanwhile, Miko tried to confirm on the map if the one in front of them was, in fact, the neutral one on the map. Because being classified as neutral or enemy could be a giveaway to if they could trust her or not. Or, even better, if the map said she was an ally. __________________ [center][url=https://i.imgur.com/erUQbNe.jpeg][img]https://i.imgur.com/o0oSYjq.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] Mayra, the dragon, grunted in reply to Rachel and Penny. It was a relief that Brittany was still alive. She also turned and looked a little curiously at the pile that formerly was known as Mac. Mayra didn’t really care, but she did think it was odd that nobody had gone to her aid, whoever she was. Anyway! With that established… The dragon once again roared in victory, and then pushed down with her wings. She lifted, and spun around as she gained flight. There was no more battle to be had here, and it wasn’t like Mayra could just return to normal on command. She had to exhaust her energy first. As such, she flapped her wings and carried off… The dwarves or the Green Beans or whatever they were called were engaging the enemy somewhere else, too, weren’t they? Well, in that case they were about to get giant flaming reinforcements as Mayra took off for whatever battlefields were yet unwon. And as such, she probably left the pages of this story for at least a while. Mayra had known transforming likely would mean she’d miss the rest of the fight, so she hadn’t really wanted to do it. That’s why she had thrown MDP first. Yet, when presented with such a gigantic opponent? And given the chance to also become giant and then prove her giant superiority in her own giant form? C’mon. There’s no way she could have resisted. __________________ [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] [color=077ae6]‘…’[/color] Mariette watched the Queen walk through the mirror… and then immediately spun around to address everyone else. [color=077ae6]‘Everyone,’[/color] Mariette turned to speak with those present. [color=077ae6]‘We have a shot at freedom. There’s a plan in the works. However, for it to work, Asengav cannot suspect our intentions. I need you to fight, as if everything was going according to plan. Fight, as if you were still under Asengav’s control. Don’t… don’t get killed. We need the ritual to proceed to the final stage. We can’t be interrupted until the final stage starts. Until then, follow the plan. But when I give the word…’[/color] Mariette took a deep breath. [color=077ae6]‘Follow my lead,’[/color] she instructed. Suzette and Ronja smiled, and looked supportive enough. Tullia and Freya both nodded with determination. Victoria chuckled at this silly plan, but okay. Shelyn looked unconvinced, but Freya encouraged her to follow along to earn her freedom, so. Taihei also grunted in annoyance, but now Josefin encouraged her. Lea did nothing, merely stared. Mariette was glad that they seemed mostly on-board. … That was the part she was okay with the Queen overhearing. She might have caught the first part of that. However, when she was done, she quickly channeled as much magic as she could to break through the wall between dimensions. On the other side, she used Absolute Direction to find her goal. And then, she opened the smallest possible portal in front of her mouth. Size wasn’t of importance. The message was. [color=077ae6]‘Penny,’[/color] Mariette stated through the portal. [color=077ae6]‘I don’t have much time. The Queen is using me to start Asengav’s ritual so she can slay him. I-’[/color] she swallowed. [color=077ae6]‘I want her to succeed with that, but you might want to stop what she wants to do after that. She’s going to enter the Nexus to slay the Grand Magistrate and write her own happy ending… which I am not even sure what it means, but it likely doesn’t bode well. I will need that pick. Find the mirrors. Don’t kill the guards. Find me,’[/color] she said, and then cut the connection. She didn’t have much time before the Queen would wonder why Mariette wasn’t following. She’d turn to Su and Mika… [color=077ae6]‘I am extremely happy you’re here, now. One way or another, this is going to go wrong,’[/color] she said, before turning to the mirror. [color=077ae6]‘Be careful in there. The woman there is Mikayla Synnot, Asengav's strongest champion. She's very powerful, but as long as she thinks we’re on the same side, it’s a problem for later. And be careful what you say. In there… Asengav might hear you,’[/color] she said a final warning, before treading forward. __________________ It was a depth of absolute darkness. There were no walls, only the glittering of distant mirrors. Despite the darkness, one could see in the ambient light anyone who had entered it. The ground had no texture, it was merely darkness. If there was an end, it was beyond the perceivable, and the darkness was very much alive. Another point of note, was that behind them was no mirror. Despite having entered through a mirror, there was nothing but darkness behind them, like they had manifested out of nothingness. In the distance was something that stood out in the darkness. The Black Mirror, standing idly, yet a gentle swirl was manifested in its surface. But beside it, was something perhaps unexpected. A remarkable amount of white. There was a pristine, large bed with white bed-sheets, and in a half-circle around the bed and the area hung white drapes. There was a large round white carpet, lying on the darkness, signifying a zone of homeliness. And in it, a couple of children were playing, watched by their caretaker. There was a box of toys that had been opened, and the contents spread across the carpet as a result of children playing. They were cubes, wooden cars, dolls of varying kinds, all sorts. There were five children playing… but there was no joy in their movements, just going through the motions. They were dressed in spotless, white clothes… and two of the children were ghosts, all white, ethereal, playing with the others like it wasn’t strange. Watching them was a taller girl. She was sitting at a chair and a small table with a teaset on it, holding a cup herself. She was wearing a long, dark dress over her thin body and had long, white hair going down behind her. Some form of animal ears and some form of tail held itself to her form. From her back stretched two weak-looking feathery wings that didn’t seem like they’d do anything to aid in flight. The edges of her clothes curled in tattered tears, damaged. In fact, there was slight damage in the corners of the drapes, the carpet, the bed… all over on a closer inspection… As the group entered the darkness, it did not go unnoticed. The taller girl stood up and put her cup down… [color=1bcfba]‘Children. Go to sleep. I have some visitors I must attend to,’[/color] she said. The children, without a word, dropped the toys they held and obediently ran towards the bed, even the ghost ones. With that, the caretaker walked to the edge of the carpet, magic claws manifesting on her right hand. She did not hold the pose of someone expecting a fight, merely a meeting. This was Mikayla Synnot, the Netherrealm Queen. This was her real body, not the projection they faced last time. And as she stared at them, it was like power itself echoed through. A Powerful Aura. [hider=Mikayla Synnot][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/PRb3whP.png[/img][/center][/hider] If Mariette was at all present when the Queen urged Mika to deal with her, she’d raise her voice, with a hint of desperation and fear. [color=077ae6]‘Hold on. She’s here to ensure Asengav’s ritual goes as planned, same as us. Don’t… try to fight her. We should speak with her,’[/color] she urged.