[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]‘... What?’[/color] Mariette looked on in brief confusion at the Queen suddenly started saying Mariette was an impostor and not the real Alice, as she hadn’t really made her intentions known. It was true that Mariette wasn’t on her side, and it was also true that Mariette had long walked around with the idea that “if she can read the ‘story’, she should know I’m going to betray her” in her head, but since that hadn’t happened yet, Mariette had momentarily assumed that the Queen couldn’t read like that. But, well. She was very much unsure why this of all moments was when she decided to realize Mariette was going to discard her. … But, ultimately, the Queen did not look very sane at the moment, and perhaps Mariette shouldn’t try to see reason in her actions. Not to mention, before she could properly react there was the whole matter of Lea trying to murder her. Lily slammed into Mariette, and through Lily’s speed they were both thrown off the building, falling. Being slammed like that hurt a bit, but not as much as Lea’s venomous punch would have. So, for now, the two of them fell from the rooftop… Oh, and Dave came, too. __________________ [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] So, a lot of heavy firepower was being launched at the Queen. Between Gaia, that Stacy, MDP, Alicia coming flying, Su and Mika, there was simply a LOT being shot at the target. So, right now, it felt like a bad time to get close. Ronin and Miko looked at one another. [color=DC9495]‘Restrain her movements,’[/color] Miko said. [color=55B7AA]‘Prevent her shenanigans!’[/color] Ronin replied. The two nodded, and dashed to get close… but not too close. And there, they reached their hands forward. They didn’t know if any one of them had the power to actually defeat the Queen. However, they had to count on it, and they would do what they could. Their mid-air barriers. Instead of manifesting them as defense, they tried to gather their power to manifest it around the Queen’s arm. That is to say, should she try to swing the Storyslayer, she’d find it locked in a barrier that wouldn’t move, unable to defend against the incoming onslaught… or so they hoped. Together, the twins’ power was tiny compared to that of many of the powerhouses around here. But perhaps just the smallest influence at the right place could be what changes everything. __________________ [center][url=https://i.imgur.com/PRb3whP.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/eLW2OhC.png[/img][/url][/center] ... Mikayla isn’t exactly doing a lot, but she’s technically still here, floating in mid-air, unconcerned with the battle going on. It looked like Ronja had saved her children before that dark dimension they were held in collapsed. She’d have to recover them later. But, what to do now…? __________________ [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/5TcL6Af.png[/img][/center] [color=c1eb9b]‘... Tsk!’[/color] Lea grunted in annoyance as equally fast Lily blasted past, having prevented her punch from killing Mariette. No more than a moment had passed after that, until Alexander came close. She immediately flew up into the air, her reaction speed more than fast enough to dodge a sword-swing. In retaliation, she swung a hand at him. The hand dissolved into wasps, and a small scattering of these wasps from her Insect specialization launched and buzzed down at great speed to attempt to sting him anywhere with exposed skin or thin clothing, each of their stingers coated with her poison. But, despite that, it was a half-hearted attack. She cared naught for Alexander, she didn’t want to fight him. It was [i]Mariette[/i] she wanted…! And then a whole bunch of Penny’s appeared. [color=c1eb9b]‘What…’[/color] Lea flew higher into the air, glaring at the duplicates. Those weren’t hers to fight. There were others that were supposed to fight her. Freya. Mayra. Not… not Lea. [color=c1eb9b]‘Drat…!’[/color] Once again, she blasted off, intending to fly off over the edge and pursue Mariette… __________________ [center][url=https://i.imgur.com/KirO0DS.jpeg][img]https://i.imgur.com/mo77AIo.png[/img][/url][/center] [color=A2DFF6]‘Look who we have here…’[/color] Nina said, leaning forward as she was directing the Pennybots, and saw Lea through their eyes. Nina, usually neutral, looked with contempt at her former boss. [color=A2DFF6]‘She’s a former fairy. She has a crippling weakness to both fire and [i]iron[/i]. Get her!’[/color] __________________ [center][url=https://i.imgur.com/Y8OSnvr.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/OPMf9l2.png[/img][/url][/center] So. The item that she was going to use in her seal against Asengav. The Black Mirror. It was gone. Mariette had no means of securing another item quite as powerful in such a short amount of time. However. What was it that Laat had told her, once, so long ago? In their meeting where they talked about this? Ideas hold sway. Names hold sway. That’s when it hit her. A portal opened, and an item fell into her hand. It was the remains of the Queen’s necklace, the one who had locked her into a cage without her freedom. A symbol of her captivity. Withered to destruction by the power of her friend. Mariette gripped it tightly. Her other hand opened a portal and the coin fell into her hand. The magnum opus of Olivia Giles, coin crafter, and the very reason Mariette had made her in the first place. The Grey Coin. All she needed now was the pick. Penny had the pick. Also, she had to… [color=077ae6]‘Lily. I must come into contact with her. With my "Mother",’[/color] she said, looking at Lily as they both fell down the building towards the awaiting, probably not that soft embrace of the Gothizzar Harvester, and also had Dave coming with them and would likely catch them first, and potentially also Lea charging over the corner at them if nobody was able to stop her. [color=077ae6]‘I’m not fast enough. Can you help me?’[/color] she asked, earnestly.