[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] [color=DarkOrchid]“O-Oh!”[/color] Connie gasped when the Cheshire Cat promptly conjured a trio of mana restoring beverages for her out of thin air. [color=DarkOrchid]“T-Thank you!”[/color] she told the cat-themed girl as she got up to take one of the cans. [color=DarkOrchid]“H-Here, Mia,”[/color] she whispered to her friend as she placed the can in the verdant maiden’s cupholder. [color=DarkOrchid]“T-This is f-for you.”[/color] [color=SpringGreen]“That’s very thoughtful of you, little sister,”[/color] Gaia told her timid friend with a smile. [color=SpringGreen]“I am most grateful.”[/color] Turning back to the Cheshire Cat, Connie inquired softly, [color=DarkOrchid]“U-Um, c-can you t-take my s-spot h-here while I b-bring these l-last t-two d-drinks to a f-friend? M-Mia can h-help you u-understand w-what’s g-going on,”[/color] the timid girl explained. [color=DarkOrchid]“S-She’s r-really t-talented.”[/color] Assuming the feline magical girl was amenable to this, Connie would take the two remaining cans and quickly slip out of the room, while Gaia began equally rapidly getting Cheshire Cat up to speed on their shared Pennybot squad’s situation. However, no sooner had the verdant maiden finished speaking, then a plethora of mirror portals began opening in the skies above Penrose, through which emerged ominously large tendrils. [color=SpringGreen]“Well, [i]that[/i] cannot be good…”[/color] the Daughter of Mother Earth noted with a worried frown. Still, it wasn’t as if there was anything anyone present in the Pennybot control room could do about such a development, and the tentacles didn’t [i]seem[/i] to be making any aggressive moves, so there probably wasn’t much cause for alarm. At least not yet. As such, Gaia guided her Pennybots in the continued elimination of the Wonderlanders’ ground forces, while trusting that her allies would be able to handle whatever was responsible for the sky tendrils. If any of the other controllers voiced their concerns about this unnerving development, the botanical beauty would calmly reassure them, her voice both gently soothing and firmly confident. Indeed, such was the nymph-like magical girl’s focus on the remaining Wonderlanders that she didn’t notice that the portals had begun to grow so numerous they nearly blotted out the sky. It was only when all the mirror portals suddenly shattered, followed shortly thereafter by the apparent shattering of reality itself that Gaia was forced to confront the full world-ending reality of the situation. [color=SpringGreen]“Mother’s Mantel…”[/color] she breathed, her eyes going wide as the landscape was transformed into enormous words on giant white pages. Clutching her chest as she both felt and heard her patron’s anguished cry at the world being unmade, the Daughter of Mother Earth gasped in shocked horror. [color=SpringGreen][i]How… How can we possibly stand against [b]that…?[/b][/i][/color] [hr] [center][img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/11844121-70b4-40d4-8d27-6274ede736b1.png[/img][/center] In her private chamber, Violet was also watching what, for all intents and purposes, seemed to be the end of the world play out with increasingly horrified disbelief. [color=BlueViolet]“This… This [i]cannot[/i] be how it ends…”[/color] the heiress murmured as the city and world beyond dissolved before her eyes. [color=BlueViolet]“W-We [i]can’t[/i] have lost…”[/color] Both her highly rational mind and her, perhaps childishly naive, optimism refused to believe it, and yet… [color=DarkOrchid]“U-Ummm, i-it’s C-Connie,”[/color] a meek voice called from outside her door, breaking Violet free from her paralysis. [color=DarkOrchid]“C-Can I c-come in…?”[/color] [color=BlueViolet]“O-Of course,”[/color] Violet replied, tapping a key to open the chamber’s door. [color=DarkOrchid]“I-I’m s-sorry for d-disturbing you,”[/color] Connie began as she tentatively moved over to Violet’s command chair. [color=DarkOrchid]“B-But, uh, I h-have these d-drinks t-that should r-restore m-mana, so, I, um, w-wanted to g-give them t-to…”[/color] the masked maiden’s voice trailed off, before giving voice to a gasp as she saw what was happening on Violet’s various displays. [color=DarkOrchid]“W-What… W-W-What’s h-happening…?!”[/color] she cried, the pitch-black eyes of her mask going wide. [color=BlueViolet][i]That’s right,[/i][/color] Violet reflected. [color=BlueViolet][i]She has no idea what’s going on out there…[/i][/color] The heiress mentally berated herself for not realizing that sooner so as to break the recent, highly unsettling developments to the emotionally fragile girl gently, but then, she herself had been so shocked by what was occurring that her normally sharp mind had practically dissolved in a whirlwind of incomprehension. [color=BlueViolet]“It would appear our adversaries’ vile plans have reached their final stage,”[/color] Violet replied after taking a moment to collect herself. [color=BlueViolet]“Thank you for this, Connie,”[/color] she told her frightened friend with a kind smile as she rose from her chair and took one of the offered cans. [color=BlueViolet]“If ever our presence was needed out there, that time is now.”[/color] [color=DarkOrchid]“Y-Y-You r-really t-think w-we c-can s-stop w-what’s h-h-happening?”[/color] Connie asked, her fear as clearly evident in her stammering voice as her desperate hope that Violet might be right. [color=BlueViolet]“Yes,”[/color] Violet said with a firm nod. [color=BlueViolet]“I [i]know[/i] we can.”[/color] [color=DarkOrchid]“T-Then p-please, t-take both!”[/color] Connie begged, offering her refined friend the second can. [color=DarkOrchid]“Y-You n-need it m-more t-than I d-do, a-and y-you’re s-so m-much s-stronger t-than me, s-so…”[/color] [color=BlueViolet]“No, Connie,”[/color] Violet told her gently, while placing her hands over Connie’s trembling ones. [color=BlueViolet]“You need to replenish your mana as well. If we are to see victory today, then we all must stand together. You, me, Gaia, everyone, we all have our parts to play. Now, if you will pardon me a moment,”[/color] the heiress requested as she opened and quickly gulped down the enchanted beverage. [color=BlueViolet]“Hearts, Candy, Sparkles, and Bal[/color][color=DeepPink]loons~!”[/color] Violet began her incantation, her mature voice taking on a childishly high-pitched and cutesy tone with each word spoken. [color=DeepPink]“Sunshine, Glitter, Unicorns, and Rainbows~!”[/color] [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] [color=DeepPink]“Taaa daaa~! Magical Girl Super Cute Pretty Pretty Magical Dream Princess is here~! (giggle!)”[/color] the now fully transformed magical girl declared with a cute pose and a playful wink as she gave Connie a peace sign salute. [color=DeepPink]“Like, drinky winky thatsie watsie right up, Connie Wonnie~!”[/color] MDP instructed. [color=DeepPink]“‘Cause, like, we gotta get downsie wownsie theresie wheresie right nowie so we can savey wavey the day~! (giggle!)”[/color] [color=DarkOrchid]“B-B-But, I-I s-still t-think y-you s-should…”[/color] Connie began to protest, before her whimsical friend clasped her hands once more. [color=DeepPink]“Connie Wonnie~”[/color] MDP began, giving the hesitant girl a bright smile. [color=DeepPink]“Like, Magical Dream Princess knows it might soundy woundy really really strangey wangey coming from her, but, like, she thinky winkies that sometimes wometimes, really super duper awful wawful people weple needy weedy nightmare whightmares, and, like, she also walso thinky winkies that meanie weanie queenie weenie person werson is, like, totally wotally one of them~! So, like, Magical Dream Princess totally wotally thinky winkies Connie Wonnie should give her one~! (giggle!) And, like, to make super duper sure she can do thatsie whatsie, Connie Wonnie should totally wotally drinky winky that special wecial mana wana drinky winky~! Okie dokie~?”[/color] [color=DarkOrchid]“O-Okay…”[/color] Connie relented, still sounding conflicted, but resolving to trust her cheerful friend. [color=DeepPink]“Yaaay~!”[/color] MDP cheered, excitedly bouncing into the air, before spinning around and skipping back to her vacant command chair. [color=DeepPink]“Like, while you drinky winky thatsie whatsie, Magical Dream Princess has a super duper important wortant thingie wingie to do~!”[/color] she told her masked friend, before opening a communications link to her assigned Pennybots. [color=DeepPink]“Like, hiiii, Penny Wenny Botty Wotties~! (giggle!) Like, could you allsie wallsie pretty pretty pleasey weasey meet Magical Dream Princess on toppy woppy of Covington Wovington Tower Wower~?! Like, the biggy wiggiest battle wattle ever wever is probably wobably gonna happen wappen up theresie weresie, and, like, Magical Dream Princess also walso has a super duper special wecial treaty weaty for allsie wallsie of you~! (giggle!) Thankie wankiiiies~!”[/color] That task complete, she turned around and gave Connie another happy grin. [color=DeepPink]“Okie dokie, Connie Wonnie~! Let’s get everybodywody elsey welsey and, like, totally wotally savey wavey the whole wide worldsie~! (giggle!)”[/color]