BrokenPromise

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You meet a lot of people roleplaying, and some of them you come to appreciate for more than just Rping with you. That's what the two people here are.

@Zelosse Playing heroes of the storm with you is a blast, and I'm sure your personality and voice would be great if you ever wanted to get into streaming. You're an all around great guy to chat with, and I'd love to Co-GM an RP with you down the road. Once I've finished up a few of my own projects of course. Just leave a spot open for me.

@TheSeriousJoke Rebooting an RP is not something that anyone wants to do, but it does show the determination of the GM running the thing. Part of me wishes I had stuck around, but it seems like things worked out for both of us. As someone who's completed 3 cases on their own Danganronpa RP, I can appreciate the amount of planning that goes into a murder mystery RP like that. I wish you well, and I'm always open to talking with fellow murder mystery fans.

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The forums only allow so many notifications per post, so moving on...

@Crusader Lord I think it's going to be a while before Annabelle tops what she did at the stadium. You know things are good when even the Gms don't know what the hell is going on. I also like the thing that she's got going on with Regina. Now, some of the other players might think I'm playing favorites because you want to waifu one of my characters. But that's a lie, I'm not like that. I am EXACTLY that.

@DarkwolfX37 If your goal in the RP was to create characters with absolutely infuriating powers that cause the discord to erupt into anger every time you post and call out bullshit until a GM logs on and decides that the post is mostly fine and that very few if any edits have to be made all while the other half of the discord is taking notes and trying to think up counter strategies than well sir, you are doing one hell of a fine job. You really need to post more though.

@FamishedPants We're in three roleplays together, we play vidaya gaymes, and we're comfortable enough with each other that we can diss each other IC and OOCly without hurting the other one's feelings. I don't really think gushing is necessary at this point. But let me say that the direction Sil took Veronica's idea in was both totally unexpected and will always bring a smile to my face. You need to break your video game addiction and post though.

@MadManMoon I don't think anyone can accuse you of slacking off in the plot department. At least as far as your own plots are concerned. I don't like everything you write, but even so, I can appreciate the amount of ambition it takes to create stuff like that. Once you get a bit more settled into the RP, I'm sure the fears are going to become big players. But you need to post more, my dude. You're starting to become comparable to Vocab.

@Vocab AND SPEAKING OF! I can see why you and Moon show each other so much love in discord. You're both very serious about your supah secret organizations, and have clearly put a lot of thought into them. But it's not how big your ideas are, it's having the ambition to complete them. I want to see what the Penrose Independent is all about, their end game, and all of their henchmen. I want to hear their stories, and understand their antics. Stop teasing me.

@Ariamis There are very few Rps I walk into where I'm not “the boss,” and this is primarily because the vast majority of Gms that I see can't do their jobs with anywhere nears the same level of competence as I can. But from time to time I do encounter such Rps, and yours is one of them. There's a lot to be said for a GM who's always willing to listen, keep their cool, and ride out anything even his craziest players throw at them. I see such qualities in you, which is why most of us are still posting. But I would like you to post soon so that I can get something up.

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I haven't been with Accidental Magical Girls/Lunacy of love/Through the Looking Glass for it's entirety, but everyone's been treating me great since June of last year. Vets and new people alike. You know you've invested too much time into an RP when the GM decides to add you to the moderation staff, but I honestly can't help myself. I don't often find myself enjoying other people's Rps quite as much as this one. And I have been in some magical girl Rps that simply weren't for me. Only conclusion I can make is that I must like the people and their characters.

@Card Captor We the Gms are not joking when we say Alexander is best boy. I mean sure, it's a magical GIRL rp, so I can understand why some would consider the title sarcastic. But he is honestly my favorite lad in the RP. I wish I had more chances to interact with him (and you!) but Alexander does not seem to like any of my characters. Sad face.

@Shifter_Master I remember when you temporarily left. That kinda hurt bro. About once a week I would open my Pms and consider harassing you to join the RP again. But I figured you had your reasons. Fortunately, you did end up joining us again. I'd say something about Penny, but everyone in the discord seems interested in waifuing her. I won't let your ego get any bigger!

@PlatinumSkink Do I even need to tell you why I think you're an osm writer? Of all the things I've writen on this forum, I'm constantly trying to recreate something that feels something like that Mariette/Amber fight. But regardless of what I try, I just can't top the duel between the plucky pirate and her bunny toting nemesis. Should our characters clash in the future, I'm sure it will be spectacular.

@Flamelord I'm a bit bummed that you don't hang out in the discord server anymore, but I guess this works for you. Alicia Hayden is one of my favorite characters, and it's not just because of the socks. Though I'll admit it's definitely a bonus. With the last rp being 95% fights, I was really happy that Elroy had a chance to talk to someone as a (momentary) non-combatant. Alicia's best moments seems to be when she's not shooting her bow at things, like during the trial when she saved that treacherous pirate killer her friend, and possibly this interrogation between Sammy and Binky.

@Majoras End You really need to post more often. See, you might not think you're very good at writing, but I can tell how hard you're trying, and I do notice the improvements you make. Regardless of writing level, it's extremely refreshing to have someone In the RP who's goal isn't to look like a suprime bad ass all the time. Throwing a magical girl at another magical girl with dismal strength? Punning around after getting transformed into a frog? Gold, all of it.

@Rune_Alchemist All this gushing would instantly fall apart if it wasn't honest. So I'm not going to shower you with praise for a bit that didn't grab me. Totally not jealous the THOT doesn't want me, I swear. Being serious now, if the relationships you're forging with other characters is any indication, it's clear everyone else is enjoying your characters. Moth waifu when? Already picked out a lamp for her.

@t2wave You really need to post more So that I can have my revenge So that I have more things to say about your contributions to the RP. There's no doubt that some really cool stuff wouldn't have happened if you were never a part of the old RP cast. Justine's plans would have been a lot less interesting if it solely relied on PlatinumSkink's resources. I look folward to Janet's return.

@Erode You're a new addition that hasn't had a lot of time to really blossom. Did you like my rose pun lololz! But yes, I will say I mostly like Amaryllis. I do think her character is interesting in that her transformation effects her confidence much like she-hulk. I'm not sure if you consider this a positive or a negative, but of everyone's posts yours have the highest chance of getting me to crack open a dictionary.

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@Mateotis@Vocab@Aewin@addamas@FamishedPants@Herringson@Majoras End

Our posting rate isn't what it use to be, but holy shit folks, despite IRL shenanigans, fleeing players, and the forum genuinely being it's fickle self, Danganronpa: Tower of carnage is still kickin' despite it's attempts to off itself. We're still here 2 years and 600 posts later.

Thanks for hanging in there, responding quickly to my Pms, and just all around being great players and fun people to hang around with. Now that collage is wrapping up for most of you, let's see if we can knock out the RP before July! I think we can do it. If not, we can celebrate the third year of Tower of Carnage together. I look forward to ending you and your friends as we clear the final chapters of the killing game(s)!

Character Sheet help

Something I've found with a lot of my older characters is they have a LOT of powers. But when I look at them now, I realize that there's some overlap. I have power X and Y, so power Z isn't really necessary. An example of this is that I had an all elemental character who could use fire, water, air, etc at will. But when I looked really closely at what they were doing, there were ways to work around a lot of the elements by restricting them to fire, and they would still be able to do a lot of the stuff they always could. Instead of skating across a puddle of ice that was always under their feet, they encased their feet in stone and slid across pools of lava. The restriction in powers made her much more interesting thematically.

If that's not possible, just write down their powers in a vauge sense, being sure to write in their limitations. Instead of mentioning the 10-15 different fire spells they can cast by name, simply say they can manipulate fire and to the extent. For my character, I noticed they only really needed to melt things that were relatively close to them, and most of their other effects were explosions. So they are able to heat up and cool things near their body, and they can enchant items and throw them to get those distant explosions. I gave them a coin pouch to accomplish this. The coins have a hole in them, and some are kept on a string. So it's possible to do the kunai knife thing, only with exploding coins.

And some powers simply aren't necessary. I once gave a character a pendant that made him appear more attractive, but nobody really knew how to RP with it. Said character was plenty charismatic without the pendant, so it didn't really serve a function. I ended up removing it from his sheet in the reboot.

As far as weapons go, people realistically carry two, maybe three weapons on their person. A primary weapon (bow, assault rifle, spear) secondary (pistol, sword, club) and usually a back up knife for really close encounters, and possibly some utility items like grenades, scrolls, or an anti-tank launcher. If your character is carting around more than one primary or secondary weapon, you might want to lighten their load.

There is no easy way to simplify a character, especially if they have 2346257457 auxiliary powers. But through careful observation of powers, you can parse things quite a bit by getting rid of stuff you don't really need.

Re: Zero: The High Council

Center road, The Golden Quarter, Priestella

The group eventually decided that Aerith, Hiro, Yuuki, and and Ashton would be going with Aer, while Alistair, Chieko, and Flame would chill with Donovan.

”Wha?! Nobody wants to help me!?” Fritzi puffed up her cheeks and sunk into the counter. This made it really easy to see her tail. It was bent over like a wilted flower, But as this RP is entirely filled with THOTS, they were probably looking at her cleavage, as it was squished between her chest and the countertop. ”Well, have fun with them Donovan! And don't forget your stuff guys!” Before long, they were off.

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Clinic, The Golden Quarter, Priestella

Donovan's clinic wasn't much different from the last time Alistair and Flame saw it. Only there were people in here now, and no one was choking on whatever the hell was killing them last time. ”Am quite glad you all decided to help the less fortunate. Hard to find the virtuous type in this day and age.” He extended an arm to a woman standing at the far end of the room. The glare she was giving the foreigners was not a happy one. ”Her name's Quill. She's a little shy around humans, but she'll warm up to ya in no time.” Alistair couldn't be 100% certain, but he was pretty sure she looked like the person who attacked them. It was hard, because she wasn't wearing a cloak. But her face and white hair were very familiar. He hadn't seen many people with white hair. ”We're gonna find out what type of magic you have. It would be beneficial if you could use that to heal people, but we ain't always got the luxory.” The process was slightly different than with Fritzi. Donovan took Alistair's arm in both his hands, and flashed Alistair a smile. ”Just a little twist will let me know what ya got.” After gently rotating Alistair's arm behins his back, Donovan's brow raised. ”Darkness and water. darkness has it's uses, but you can use water magic to heal a lot of aliments.” He went down the line, confirming that Chiyo and Flame both had an affinity with fire. ”Gotta be careful with fire. It can cauterize wounds and sterilize equipment, but too much can cause more harm than good.” After that, Donovan gave Chieko and Flame a run down on how to use magic. About picturing an object filling up and saying “Goa” to cast fire spells. ”I'm gonna have you practice on these candles. Try not to use too much mana.” He handed the two of them one candle each. ”Might want to stand back, wouldn't want your first patients to be yourselves.” he winked. ”Quill, mind getting Alistair squared away?”

Begrudgingly, Quill approached Alistair. It was fortunate that looks couldn't kill, because Alistair would have been done for. ”It's not that much different with water magic.” Quill drew a long, slender needle out of her hair and stabbed herself in the arm with it. The hole wasn't any bigger than a needle, but it went all the way through her arm, and she didn't even flinch. ”The trick with healing magic is just to use mana very slowly. At least at your level.” She pushed the needle back into her hair, not bothering to wipe it clean. ”focus on the deepest part of the wound and work your way out.”

Starting Location, Hero's district, Priestella

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For some, this would be the fourth time taking this route. The fourth time Aer asked the exact same questions, and the fourth time Ashton answered them. It was really a wonder the players didn't all get bored and leave at this point. Hell, Hiro's poster isn't posting out of spite. I don't quite believe that because they didn't post very much when they were happy with me either. But you know what? Maybe I deserve it. Maybe this is all on me.

But something was different this time.

Aerith and Hiro stopped in their tracks, spotting a tiny cloaked woman. Aer did not pay the woman much mind. Of course, Aer was quite short herself, and hadn't been murdered by a killer loli and her taller counterpart three times already. There was no reason to pay such a character much mind.

Hiro leaned over towards Aerith. "I think that's her!" His voice was shaking.

Re: Zero: The High Council

Golden Quarter, Priestella

And so, Yuuki and Chieko aproched the Aerith /Alistair/Hiro group. They both voiced their ideas for what they should do, Chieko doing so a bit more forcefully than Yuuki. Ashton also arived, attempting to assert himself and lead the discussion, but this just seemed to infuriate Chieko further. And what she said, further infuriated Aerith.

Hiro groaned. "getting passports isn't going to stop who's coming after us. They are clearly not on the side of the law. If we want answers, we're going to need to confront them."

Alistair was not as quick to “defend” his past choices. He listened to what everyone said before saying his own bit. "Listen well, all of you. I, Alistair Archibald, am usually a benevolent and tolerant man, but there are three things I simply cannot stand: People who order me around, people who insult me, and... repeating my mistakes." He folded his arms. "I do not think we were wrong to try gaining the upper hand on our attackers. It's taught us a great deal about how they operate, and how we operate." Alistair pulled out his hand and opened it up. A gentle geyser flowed out of his palm and ran over the edges of his hand. "But there is little else to learn or gain from a forth encounter. And I also believe that someone who is capable of thought should see Donovan. To ensure such criteria is met, I will go with Donovan this time." Alistair made no attempt to look at Chieko or the others, nor would he respond to them. He did not want to be ordered around, but he did not want to be burdened with the rest of them as they made their choice.

"Alright!" Hiro walked up to Yuuki. "We'll try going with Aer, but if things don't work out, I think you should consider helping us defeat the assassins. You'll get a free magic lesson out of the deal too."

”Are you done gossiping?” Aer and Wisp were making their move. ”I'm glad some of you had a change of heart, but I really must be going.”

Sum up your week in roleplaying in just 3 words

surrounded by emos

Re: Zero: The High Council

Hero's district, Priestella

Not hing too different happened this time. Yuuki did manage to get a time frame for when THE EVENT took place, but he didn't really do anything different.

Flame for some reason asked Wisp if he could detect magic in people. To which he responded he couldn't. Flame was a little disappointed, as he kind of wanted to have forehead sex with him, like Hiro and Fritzi were able to enjoy.

Chieko was robbed of a chance to do anything because she was doting over Aki. Being a gigantic siscon is hard work, and some times you miss chances to do interesting things, But you get to “do” other things. Know what I'm saying? I know you're smiling, you get it.

But none of that intelligence gathering/waifu pampering changed the course of things to come. Mono would apprehend Wisp, Ashton would convince him not to imprison him right away, and they would all be interrogated, but Wisp and Yuuki would be forced to stay. History repeats itself.

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Pepin's house, Priestella

You know what? I have no idea why I hold up the RP for you dorks. I can roleplay your characters just as well as you guys can. So who's laughing now, jackwaggons?

"Alright." Aerith said, "So basically, we need a plan! I think we should plan stuff!" She pounded one fist into the other. She then had a long inner monologue that almost everyone in the RP skipped over.

Heugh. Alistair made the most haughty, angst-filled anime grunt he could before stroking his chin. Last time I, the great Alistair, was not present where this scuffle took place. I shall remain by the door so that I can assist you when the knife loli comes to stab you. I just need to put my royal cape aside so that I don't get blood on it.

"You don't have a cape!"

Heugh. Alistair groaned again.

"Well, I was very happy with my fight, except for the part where I got cooked like a ten piece Kentucky fried chicken meal." Hiro's eyes scanned the room. "I think all I need to survive this encounter is a leather apron. If I wear that under my clothes, then it should stop the flames from melting through my chest." Hiro nodded. "I would also fair better if you gave me a kiss, as a harem can pull a LN protag through any situation."

"I want the lust authority, so I might be able to manage that. But I'm unsure if I want to be gay or bisexual." She scratched her chin. "Tell you what, how about I kiss you only if this all works?"

"LN's do tend to roll that way."

"Cool beans." Aerith reached behind herself. "Seems the former person who lived here was a blacksmith, since there's a leather apron here." She held up a bread board up to her stomach. "A bread board can stop a bread knife, so I'll just hold this up in front of where I got stabbed. That should be enough to survive!"

Heugh. Alistair pointed at the door Let's kick some ass!

DEATH COUNT : 19

Restart : 3

…Wow, okay, so, minor blunder. Turns out the knife loli is some sort of martial arts prodigy who has near perfect aim with her knife. She simply stabbed around the breadboard, and had more than enough time to dispatch Alistair. His ability to use magic was fairly weak, and didn't really offer much utility in a fast scuffle like this. Hiro didn't fair too much better. While he was able to mostly recreate the battle from last time, her flames were hot enough to melt the leather apron. It was just one more thing to fuse to his skin before succumbing to an oni headbutt. The outcome was close to last time, only this time Alistair was not available to help Fritzi carry off the wounded. He was among them instead.

When Ashton and Flame returned to see how things had changed, They saw Fritzi carry the wounded into the clinic. Ashton tried to warn Fritzi, and ended up walking into the Clinic after her. Flame almost didn't follow, because he's kind of an ass hole most of the time. But his one defining character trait is being a flaming homosexual, so naturally he had to follow after his boy toy. And so, here they are.

"Okay." Aerith took a deep breath. "Let's try this again. This time, as soon as the fight starts, Hiro will come help us beat up the little girl. There's no way she can take all of us on. Once she's been defeated, we can take on fire bitch. How does that sound?"

"And we'll get Fritzi to stay downstairs this time!"

Aerith's companions all nodded in unison. Things were going to work this time.

DEATH COUNT : 24

Restart : 4

Or not. Turns out it's nearly impossible to prevent Fritzi from going upstairs, and the only thing more dangerous than the loli is the loli and oni working together. Their attacks are so finely layered it's like they are one horrible four armed, four legged martial artist. Like fighting a spider that can spew flames, command the shape of it's weapon, and gut people before they have a chance to react.

One thing was clear from this last reset. Nothing was going to change if they kept trying to do the same thing. Even if they managed to defeat their assassins, it didn't mean people were going to stop coming after them. The foreigners were going to have to get creative if they wanted to get to the bottom of this. They knew nothing about the person or people who wanted them dead, only that they knew Hiro's name. Possibly everyone's. The fortunate thing was that there weren't a lot of people who heard their names, and all of them were in the golden quarter.

Was it Irene and her incompetent knight friend?

Was it Fritzi the fox girl?

Was it trustworthy doctor Donnovan?

Was it Aer the mysterious adventurer?

Aki was not above suspicion either.

And that was just people they had met. There could be someone else hiding among the merchants present. But they would not be discovered in this infinite loop of small changes. The foreigners were going to need to make big moves if they wanted to uncover anything about their assassins. Otherwise...

Hiro would never get that dream harem.

Chieko would never be able to adventure of live out her siscon fantasies.

Alistair would constantly be reminded of how powerless and weak he was.

Yuuki would keep being Yuuki.

Ashton would keep looking foolish.

Flame would keep being sexually frustrated.

Father Whiskey would continue to never post.

And Aerith would fall on some horrible fate that's a mixture of all the above.

And this speaks nothing of the odd limbo the natives were thrust into. In a bizarre sort of hell where their memories are erased, and the events are forced to play out again and again. Do something, foreigners.

Save us.

Beyond the Looking Glass: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

Being transported back to Penrose did little to improve Sammy's mood. She folded her arms and waited for Alicia to get done talking to the witches and her companions, before finally getting to Sammy. “What a world we live in, where Beacon girls will pardon monsters but interfere with a police investigation.” Sammy shook her head. She didn't give Alicia a chance to respond before telling her story. “That woman set up a lab to work on magical girls. She's kidnapping random magical girls and performing experiments on them.”

”I-it's not kidnapping if you agree to go through with it! You all wanted it anyway, a chance to be stronger, to deal yourselves a new hand...” Binky was in too much pain to reliably go anywhere. She laid on her back as the cats surrounded her.

“Make no mistake about it. While we were given a choice, very little information was given to us. We were kept in holding cells and treated more like prisoners or livestock. We had no idea when we would be released. It was only suppose to last a week or two, but they kept finding 'new information' that required us to remain in 'containment' longer.”

Binky's voice was cracking. ”The magic is extremely experimental! We need to watch over you to make sure there are no adverse side effects! If something happens, wouldn't you like us to be there to help you?”

“See how she uses fear to control people? Clearly the mastermind!” Sammy adjusted her cap. “I don't need the lot of you to do anything. Just stay out of my way so that I can avenge everyone she's harmed.”

Tonya “Mac” Murphy

Age: 24/11 | Gender: Female/Female | Illusion, Gravity
Body | Power of Friendship, Regeneration, Third Eye | Moirai
Coercion, Soul Jar, Martial Training, True Sight, Parasite, Gifted, Awareness, Mystic Artifact

Magical Overload, Paragon, Blessing, Gifted Item | Monster Form, Big Brother, Arrogance, Vendetta
Redirected Magic, Second Specialization | Non-Standard Limbs, Destroyer

STR: 05 | AGI: 04 | VIT: 05 | MAG: 03 | LCK: 03

STR: 10 | AGI: 08 | VIT: 11 | MAG: 17 | LCK: 05

Earnings this post: Zilch

Total: 2 Gold, 95 Silver, 96 Bronze

Wait, Alicia spared mosnters?

That was kind of unexpected. Yes, Alicia was willing to let Elroy leave that one time, but she had no idea she was the sort to forgive monsters who planned on eating humans. That couldn't have been something an experience Beacon girl was suppose to do. Their whole shtick was killing monsters, and even monster girls. What was going on here? Why was Alicia sparing monsters every opportunity she could?

And what was she going to do to Binky?

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Mika had blacked out momentarily. She stood up and tried to recall what happened leading up to now. She remembered getting angry, turning into a spider, and attempting to chase down mommy spider. Mika had bitten her, but was kicked off. The pain in her ribs was proof enough she hadn't dreamed that up. Then things got a little hazy, because she remembered Lupa biting into the spider woman while she was about to use a powerful spell. But the spider woman was nowhere to be found, and Lupa was...

”Oh no!”

Knowing that Mika was in danger must have given Lupa the determination to break free of the web. Then when she attacked mommy spider, her spell was turned on Lupa instead. Mika had wanted to be a hero and take out the bad guy, but tenacity wasn't enough to win the battle. Mommy spider could have killed Mika then and there, but Lupa was there to swoop in and save her. Even though she was weak, Mika stumbled over to Lupa and hugged her torso. [”Lupa! Can you hear me? W-we're still a pack right?” It was almost impossible to believe that Lupa had succumb to such a spell. She thought that Lupa was invincible, certainly strong and experienced enough to outmaneuver mommy spider. And perhapse she would have, if Mika hadn't tried to take her down. This was a classic example of a hot blooded rookie getting their more experienced squad mate killed. It was all Mika's fault.

By this point, Su had made her way into the alleyway. She was blasting away skeletons with her wind magic. Su might not have known about their weakness, but her wind magic was slicing up their bones anyway, so it hardly mattered. ”Are you alright Mika?” Mika opened her mouth to speak, but she couldn't form any words. The fact that she got Lupa killed was bad, but Su had told her not to go off fighting by herself. It wasn't something Mika had control over, but it was evident she was way out of her element with this. There were too many emotions welling up inside of Mika to respond. The need to apologize, the need to explain what happened, all the words were stuck in her throat and nothing could come out. The only thing she could do was cry, which just made her embarrassed on top of everything else. Su only pursed her lips, seeming to understand the situation. ”Just wait here, we're almost done with the skeletons.” Su stepped out of the alleyway and finished off the skeletons with Helga and Mayra. All Mika could do is sob into Lupa's shoulder.

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If Elroy or Regina were still present at the scene, they were in hiding.

However, their underlings were still there. They had evacuated many civilians, and were quick to regroup with the Aurelio clones and Sally. They had the original in tow, and stepped in just as Sally was kissing brown on the cheek.

“Haha! Oh my!” Abigail turned to look at the real Aurelio. “Looks like Sally's into clones, or at least brown guys.”

Tonya and Shona briefly glanced at each other before looking back at Abigail. “I trust Divina is watching over lady Annabelle?” Shona placed a hand on her hip.

“Yea, she should be fine.” Abigail said with a dismissive wave without looking away from Aurelio. “We're going to go back to the overcity, since it'll be easier to make contact with Divina there.” She ran her gloved hand through her pony tail. “If you want to meet the Bates, you should come with us. I'm sure Regina would love to meet Sally and you.”