[center][hr][img]https://i.imgur.com/QclYann.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/L4GDi1Q.png[/img][hr][/center] The two went shopping as Lisa picked out some clothes… She only picked out a few cheap t-shirts, pants, some jeans, and hung them in one of her arms as she leisurely marched through the store. Naturally, Lisa started talking. [color=764820]”... Ah, these clothes are [i]so[/i] not my style! Maybe we should see if we could get Kimberly to take us by a mall later or something! Because, I think all my stuff is still at the mansion! Unless they threw it away, because that would really suck, y’know! Wait, did they beat the Stygian...”[/color] Lisa glanced at a mirror as she walked past it… then stopped in her tracks, took a few steps back. Then stared at the mirror for a few seconds, before she placed a hand against her face. [color=764820]”... I [i]do[/i] look different.”[/color] Lisa said, [color=764820]”I just thought you two were messing with me...”[/color] [color=DC143C]"Yeah, why would we joke about that? You both look different, even without growing- huh."[/color] Saskia appeared in the mirror beside Lisa, staring at themself. They also looked different. They reached up to feel their hair, then their jaw. It wasn’t as jarring a change but they looked… more mature. A sharper jawline, more filled out body. Strange. [color=DC143C]"Dying cut a few inches off my hair. I wonder if it was some kind of price?"[/color] [color=764820]”Just…”[/color] Lisa trailed off as she looked at Saskia. [color=764820]”... Just how [i]long[/i] have we been gone?”[/color] [color=DC143C]"I don’t know,"[/color] Saskia shook their head and frowned. It was hard to estimate based on just their appearances. A few years, maybe? They definitely both looked like adults rather than teenagers. [color=DC143C]"Maybe if we find something with the year on it… Ah. We could just ask."[/color] Saskia turned around and waved to Jordan and Kimberley - they were sitting on a bench nearby - though it was quite an understated, limp wave. Actually… what year had they died during? Saskia’s memory of that was fuzzy too. [color=DC143C]"Have either of you heard of St Portwell… Or any disaster that happened there?"[/color] Kimberly hopped up to her feet, and walked over to them, giving them both a warm smile. “... Which one? The ‘natural disaster’-” Kimberly finger quoted, “-or the supernatural shitshow that took after?” Kimberly laughed. [color=DC143C]"... The ‘natural disaster’,"[/color] Saskia answered, somewhat confidently. Though her expression hadn’t exactly changed. There hadn’t been a supernatural shitshow beyond the snake when they were alive, had there? Not that they were aware of. “We heard of that… the Stygian Snake your friend mentioned earlier, right?” Kimberly asked. Jordan put a hand on her hip. “Yeah, we’re [i]well aware[/i] of St. Portwell. It’s our next stop after we get out of here.” “The Stygian Snake rampaged through St. Portwell… then disappeared in thin air! It hasn’t even terrorized other dimensions like it typically does,” Kimberly answered. [color=DC143C]"They must’ve succeeded,"[/color] Saskia said softly, letting out a sigh of relief, corners of her lips twitching up. They looked at Lisa with the closest to a cheerful expression they could really show. If the Stygian Snake wasn’t rampaging through any of the dimensions, it must be defeated. Why else would it stop? It made them feel a little better about their own death. Just a little. [color=DC143C]"Yeah, the Stygian Snake. How long ago did it disappear then? A couple of years?"[/color] Kimberly was briefly silent, then said…. “... [i]Ten years ago![/i]” [color=DC143C]"What?"[/color] Saskia froze, lips parting and eyes widening. It was the most expressive she’d been in a long time… Ten years?! Ten years… Everything would have changed in ten years. Everyone would have moved on. Not that Saskia had many people caring for her, but Lisa and Ella were a different story. They turned to Lisa. [color=DC143C]"It’s been ten years. We’re twenty six. Ten years since…"[/color] Saskia trailed off. For once, they weren’t sure what to say. Lisa’s jaw dropped before she awkwardly laughed. She waved them off as she said, [color=764820]“It can’t have been ten years! It doesn't even feel like a day!”[/color] Lisa laughed some more, then grabbed her face with both hands. She smiled like a fool as she rotated her head back and forth. Then she turned to Saskia and said, [color=764820]“... Why now then? Or even… Why not later?!”[/color] [color=DC143C]"I don’t know…"[/color] Saskia shook their head. Both Kimberly and Jordan shared confused looks with each other. “... Well, we don't know your situation,” Jordan crossed her arms. “Well, we kinda know… Maybe one of you can explain things a little better, yeah?” Kimberly smiled. [color=DC143C]"I’ll try,"[/color] Saskia said. It was still a difficult thing to explain, but she probably had the best chance at doing it. Much as they loved Ella, she was useless at explanations, and Lisa… Well, Saskia was sure the news had shocked her. It meant ten years away from Adora. [color=DC143C]"It’s a bit hard to explain, since it was very sudden for us. All of three of us died fighting the Stygian Snake… ten years ago. Then today we got brought back to life by something called the Hound. He gave us a task we need to complete to stay alive, and dumped us here. That’s why we were robbing the store."[/color] Saskia sighed, rubbing the back of their neck. [color=DC143C]"So, we just found out we’ve been dead for ten years, but also aged ten years."[/color] “That's…” Kimberly trailed off, glancing at Jordan, “... Odd.” “Yeah, the Hound typically doesn't do that,” Jordan said. “... What's the task?” Kimberly asked. [color=DC143C]"He owed someone a favour,"[/color] Saskia shrugged. The fact the two of them knew about the hound was… good. Perhaps they could get information from them. [color=DC143C]"He asked us to defeat an Apparition called Morningstar."[/color] Kimberly and Jordan stared at each other. “... Do you have [i]any[/i] idea of what he threw you two into?” Jordan asked, “Do you know who Morningstar is?” “Or better yet, the power he has over the city…?” Kimberly asked. [color=DC143C]"No, he refused to explain,"[/color] Saskia said. It didn’t surprise them that Morningstar was strong. Any task to regain life would be difficult. [color=DC143C]"But we were dead. It’s a better chance than before… and with our experience, dying again won’t be so bad."[/color] Lisa robotically turned her head towards Saskia. “... We are not dying again.” [color=DC143C]"I was joking."[/color] “Sounds like the Hound,” Jordan said, “To make it short and sweet… Morningstar rules the city.” [color=DC143C]"Well, that’ll make him easy to find,"[/color] Saskia said. That had been the first issue they had to solve. [color=DC143C]"How strong is he, compared to the Stygian Snake?"[/color] “I’m not sure about his personal power, but he has destroyed universes…” Kimberly began. “The issue isn’t him, but he is a very intelligent and cunning Apparition. And not just that…” “His ‘Society’ is also a problem,” Jordan added. Universe destroying sounded… Bad. They were just three adepts. How were they supposed to beat that? [color=DC143C]"What’s his society? Other apparitions?"[/color] “Well, not just Apparitions…” Kimberly said, awkwardly laughing. “... About a hundred different Paranormals.” [color=DC143C]"Well shit."[/color] Saskia frowned. So they had to defeat a universe destroying apparition and a hundred paranormals. If they tried to pick them off one by one that would take months. It just didn’t seem feasible. [color=DC143C]"Well, we might as well give up."[/color] [color=e77fbf]"Give up what?!"[/color] Ella suddenly burst in, carrying a much smaller pile of clothes. [color=e77fbf]"Why are we giving up?!"[/color] [color=DC143C]"Fighting a world destroying apparition and his hundred followers."[/color] [color=e77fbf]"Huhhh? We can totally do that!”[/color] [color=764820]“Yeah!”[/color] Lisa smiled, [color=764820]“Don’t be like [i]that![/i] They beat the Stygian Snake, right?!”[/color] That smile got bigger. [color=764820]“We can do anything!”[/color] Kimberly shrugged, “I mean, we made some headway against the Society.” “And given your situation, I can not in good conscience tell you all to stay out of this…” Jordan trailed off, then looked at Kimberly. “Me neither,” Kimberly shrugged again, “So how about we all work together?” [color=e77fbf]"Sure! The more the merrier!”[/color] Ella grinned. [color=e77fbf]"Like Lisa said, we can do anything, especially with more people!"[/color] [color=DC143C]"Yes, we’ll need all the help we can get."[/color] Saskia glanced between their two friends. Sometimes their positivity could be exhausting, but it was good in this situation. They had to defeat Morningstar. There was no other choice, as impossible as it seemed. [color=DC143C]"We were dropped here without any information, this saves us running around knowing nothing."[/color] “Great!” Kimberly said. “With all five of us, anything is possible!” “But let’s check out and get to the hotel already,” Jordan suggested. [color=e77fbf]"Yeah, trying on all those clothes was exhausting!"[/color] Ella nodded, beginning to make her way towards the checkout. [color=e77fbf]"I can't wait to just sleep… I can't remember when we last had a full night's sleep!"[/color] [color=DC143C]"Before the snake,"[/color] Saskia said. As they passed the men's section they nipped in and grabbed a few plain t-shirts and tank tops. None of the clothes were what she'd normally wear, but thankfully it was easy to get greyscale clothing anywhere. [color=DC143C]"But we should figure out what to do next first. We might have a time limit."[/color] [color=e77fbf]"But we might not!"[/color] Ella looked over at Kimberley and Jordan, completely swapping topics. [color=e77fbf]"Oh, can we get some food too?"[/color] “I bet you three [i]are[/i] with the whole being…” Kimberly stumbled and caught herself. She trailed off as Jordan facepalmed, Lisa’s jaw dropped, and Saskia’s eyes widened slightly. “... Where would you three like to go?” [color=e77fbf]"The whole being what?"[/color] Ella was confused. [color=DC143C]"It doesn’t matter,"[/color] Saskia shook their head, glad of Ella’s obliviousness for once. [color=DC143C]"Let’s get something filling, like-"[/color] [color=e77fbf]"Dairy Queen!"[/color] [color=764820]“I was thinking we could get some actual food… like is there any Spanish restaurants around here?”[/color] Lisa asked. “I could go for a milkshake…“ Kimberly shrugged. [color=DC143C]"I vote for Spanish food, or literally anything that’s not Dairy Queen,"[/color] Saskia said. [color=e77fbf]"Awww… maybe we can get proper food then Dairy Queen!"[/color] Lisa loudly yawned, raising her arms in the air. [color=764820]“Let’s get some food, then go to the hotel… I’m tirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrred!”[/color] Jordan slapped a hand on her hip and shifted her weight to it. She chuckled as she said, “C’mon now, there are way better ice cream places around here than that dump!” [color=e77fbf]"Alright, fine,"[/color] Ella pouted. [color=e77fbf]"I guess we’ve had a long day… years… I don’t know!"[/color] [color=DC143C]"We can get ice cream in the morning,"[/color] Saskia suggested, because if she didn’t Ella would complain for the next ten minutes or so… then forget about it. They then looked at Jordan and Kimberley. [color=DC143C]"We don’t know this area so… you choose a place."[/color] “I know just the place,” Kimberly said before she raised a fist and bent a leg by the knee. “Let’s go!” “Please change into some normal clothes first,” Jordan added. [hr] After specifically not going to Dairy Queen, the group had a nice dinner and went to Kimberly’s hotel… A Holiday Inn. Kimberly opened the door with a key and opened the door. She stepped in, and did a twirl as she said, “Come in, come in! Make yourselves at home!” She chipperly said as Jordan sat down and crossed her arms. Lisa awkwardly stepped in, now wearing camo pants, a black tank top, and the boots she always wore. [color=764820]“... I thought you were a celebrity? A Holiday Inn is the best you could get…?”[/color] “This is more lowkey,” Jordan answered. “Yeah! What she said!” Kimberly added. “Sit down, get comfortable! We have much to talk about!” Lisa shrugged as she did just that. [color=e77fbf]"It’s pretty cozy!"[/color] Ella commented with a grin, taking a seat beside Lisa. She’d changed into a pastel pink t-shirt tucked into a white skirt. Saskia, wearing dark jeans with a grey tank top layered over a black long sleeved shirt, observed the room first before taking a seat. They didn’t feel particularly comfortable in the room, with its small size and large amount of people squeezed in. Eventually they sat down near Ella and turned to Kimberly and Jordan. They decided to get straight to the point. [color=DC143C]"Tell us about the Society."[/color] “Straight to business, I see!” Kimberly laughed as she walked across the room and grabbed a bottle of Irish Whiskey. She poured it into a glass and sat down. “Giiiiiiirl, you’re not gonna offer our friends some?” Jordan grinned. Kimberly’s eyes shot open. “... Them getting drunk is the [i]last[/i] thing we need,” she said, followed by an awkward chuckle. [color=e77fbf]"We don’t drink anyway,"[/color] Ella laughed. Saskia hit her with a deadpan look. [color=DC143C]"Speak for yourself."[/color] “So, The Society? Well, ain’t tryna be that guy but technically they’re called ‘Morningstar’s Society’,” Jordan finger quoted. “But, that’s just pointless-ass semantics. So, lemme start from the top; Mirage Springs [i]used[/i] to have different factions… including his Society.” “Yeah, but then Morningstar crept his way into the different organizations, then added everyone into his Society… and those that didn’t join the fold, well…” Kimberly shrugged, her eyes turned to the side as she just flapped the hand that wasn’t holding a drink in the air. “Just call a spade a spade, Kim,” Jordan began before she looked at the girls. “Whoever didn’t join Morningstar was killed. Or forced out of Mirage Springs...” “Truth is… we don’t have much information on Morningstar,” Kimberly began. We got here a few weeks ago, but we know they practically rule the supernatural scene here in Mirage Springs. So, we’ve been laying low, trying to gather information.” “There are a [i]lot[/i] of them, that we know,” Jordan explained, “Like, the society is structured like a weird-ass pyramid.” “Yup, three tiers,” Kimberly raised a finger, “At the bottom is the ‘Lower Caste,’ which consists of footsoldiers, grunts, and other workers. The Lower Caste comprises a majority of the Society.” Kimberly raised another finger, “Then there’s the ‘Upper League,’ which is more of the supervisors for the Lower Caste. They’re more powerful than the Lower Caste, but there are way less of them.” Then she raised her third finger, “Then above [i]them[/i] are Morningstar’s generals… the Endless Seven. We don’t have much information on them… but they’re Morningstar’s strongest.” She lowered her hand, then shrugged. “Then, of course, at the very top is Morningstar himself,” Jordan said. “Egomaniacal ass… hehehe…” [color=DC143C]"So we’re all in danger just by being in the city?"[/color] Saskia frowned. It was a lot of information to take in, and made their prospect sound very bleak. Thankfully they’d met Kimberley and Jordan, even if the initial meeting hadn’t been too friendly. Otherwise they’d be going around blind and probably walk write into a Society meeting, and die again. [color=DC143C]"Every paranormal against him’s been killed or driven out… How do we even start going against that?"[/color] [color=e77fbf]"Can’t we just go against his Endless Seven? Skip all the lower tiers?"[/color] Ella suggested. [color=DC143C]"No way will it be that easy,"[/color] Saskia shook her head, looking at Kimberley and Jordan. [color=DC143C]"Right?"[/color] “I mean…” Kimberly snorted. "It's not like it's a video game where we have to work our way up to the final boss.” To emphasize her point, Kimberly gestured as if she were playing video games in the air. “We just don't know who, or where, the Endless Seven are,” Jordan said with a shrug. [color=764820]“I mean, there [i]has[/i] to be a way to beat them, right?”[/color] Lisa asked. [color=e77fbf]"Well we just have to find them, then!"[/color] Ella nodded. Saskia shot a withering glare. As if it would be that easy. [color=DC143C]"No shit,"[/color] Saskia rolled their eyes. She continued with a completely serious expression. [color=DC143C]"Will the ‘Upper League’ know where they are? Maybe we can capture one of them and torture it out of them."[/color] Both Kimberly and Jordan’s jaws dropped. [color=764820]“Yeah, I know just how to get som—”[/color] Lisa cheered before Kimberly interrupted her. “... We are not torturing anybody,” Kimberly flatly answered. [color=DC143C]"I suppose there are other ways to get information…"[/color] Saskia shrugged. They’d been half joking, but they didn’t really see an easier way to get information. Perhaps a little bit of intimidation would do? Her and Lisa could be quite scary with their abstractions. [color=DC143C]"Can we help with that? Information finding is really mine and Ella’s strong point but… Lisa’s spiders can be pretty useful."[/color] Kimberly sipped her whiskey and then smiled, “Of course you can!” “... Well, if you tell us what exactly you three can do,” Jordan added. [color=e77fbf]"I’m a magical girl!"[/color] Ella grinned, going to jump up. She was stopped by Saskia grabbing her arm and dragging her back down to a sitting position. [color=e77fbf]"You already saw that, but I transform into my magical girl form and then I can use light and colour based attacks! I have to get the colour from somewhere… Oh, I can also boost emotional fields. And myself with colour! I’m pretty versatile!"[/color] She threw up a peace sign. “... Maybe it would help to stop calling your attacks,” Jordan sneered. [color=DC143C]"I can use my blood for various attacks, and create bone spears,"[/color] Saskia began, tapping her left wrist that she’d broken earlier. [color=DC143C]"I heal broken bones quickly and recover from blood loss faster. Technically, I should be passed out by now. I can also break any of my bones. Do you want to see?"[/color] “... No, thank you,” Kimberly said. “Yeah, I’m good,” Jordan shrugged, then turned her head towards Lisa, “… And you?” Lisa perked up. [color=764820]“Well, I can make spiders - but you already saw [i]that![/i][/color]” Lisa said, [color=764820]“But I can do stuff with ‘im like make them explode with acid! Splice them with insects! Grow really big!”[/color] Then she put a finger to her cheek as she added, [color=764820]“I also made this spell to get payback for this bitch that grabbed my titty one time! Basically, all I have to do is touch them - or be in a place - and I can summon spiders at their location! I just can’t control them since they’re out of my range, but I bet you’re not expecting it; it’s really scary…”[/color] “… [i]Wonderful,[/i]” Jordan added. [color=e77fbf]"Hey, Liv said it was an accident!"[/color] Ella exclaimed. [color=764820]“I don’t care!”[/color] Lisa shouted. [color=e77fbf]"Please tell me you haven’t used it on her since we’ve gotten back?"[/color] Ella asked. [color=764820]“Unfortunately it has a time limit of a day…”[/color] Lisa answered. [color=764820]“But when we get back…”[/color] Both Jordan and Kimberly gave each other some very concerned looks. [color=DC143C]"An accidental titty grab is still a titty grab,"[/color] Saskia said ominously. She shrugged. A few spiders wouldn’t hurt anyone, it wasn’t like Lisa was summoning black widows on her or anything… probably. [color=DC143C]"Well, that just about sums it up. Ella and I tended to fight on the frontlines, and Lisa did a lot of scouting."[/color] [color=764820]“I was a scout, ambulance, and occasional fighter,”[/color] Lisa smiled. Then she turned to Kimberly and Jordan, [color=764820]“What can you two do?”[/color] “Well…” Kimberly reached down to her utility belt, “I’m technically not Paranormal but I use a bunch of different artifacts like the ones you saw.” “I’m a Chronomancer,” Jordan explained. “I can stop time, and manipulate the flow of it in a localized area. I can also teleport and use telekinesis.” [color=e77fbf]"Whoa, that’s so cool! That’s like purple lux right… Can you teleport to other realms?"[/color] Ella looked at Jordan excitedly. “I can, in fact, do that,” Jordan answered. [color=DC143C]"Why would we need to do that?"[/color] Saskia muttered, before shaking her head. But it was good, because they both filled in a lot of gaps they had… Primarily her and Ella, who were rather restricted. She glanced at Kimberley’s utility belt. [color=DC143C]"What can your artifacts do, outside of the ones we already saw?"[/color] “Weeeeeeeeell…” Kimberly said, “I got a lot of them. We’ll be here all day - well, night - if I explained them all.” She raised a finger with two particular rings. She pointed at one, then the other, as she explained, “This ring gives me super agility! And this one gives me an Emotional-Field,” Kimberly began, before reaching for a magical cube, “This turns into a barrier… Oh yeah!” Kimberly grabbed the camera she was first seen holding, “This lets me teleport through photos, trap apparitions, and spy on locations.” She spoke all giddy. “… Cool, right?” [color=DC143C]"Yeah, very cool."[/color] Saskia didn’t sound like she thought it was cool, but she actually did. A camera that could do that much… That was very useful. And it was only one of many artifacts Kimberley had. [color=DC143C]"Can you use it on an apparition like Morningstar, then?"[/color] “Totally!” Kimberly answered, “We just need to weaken him first!” [color=e77fbf]"Oh that’s totally manageable!"[/color] Ella chimed in with a grin. [color=e77fbf]"We’re [i]experts[/i] at weakening apparitions. It’s all we did against the Stygian Snake!"[/color] [color=DC143C]"It’ll certainly make things easier,"[/color] Saskia said. Otherwise they’d have to kill him, which would be a pain. [color=DC143C]"Once we find him."[/color] [color=e77fbf]"Yeah we find him, we beat him up, and then Kimberley traps him in the camera!"[/color] Ella made a punching motion. [color=e77fbf]"Easy!"[/color] [color=DC143C]"Yeah, easy,"[/color] Saskia echoed, before yawning. The blood loss from earlier and subsequent blood regeneration they’d been casting was beginning to catch up on them. [color=764820]“Too easy!”[/color] Lisa shouted. Both Kimberly and Jordan faced each other. “… Let’s cross that bridge when we get there,” Jordan added. “How about we check you all into your rooms, and we make a plan in the morning?” [color=e77fbf]"Sounds good to me, I think we all could do with some rest."[/color] Ella gave Jordan a thumbs up, though she didn’t seem tired at all. [color=DC143C]"Yes please,"[/color] Saskia yawned again. [color=DC143C]"I need to recover from blood loss."[/color] “Wait, ya’ll don’t got IDs, do ya’ll?” Jordan asked. Lisa shook her head. [color=764820]“We don’t have anything! Sorry!”[/color] “Good grief,” Jordan said as she got up, “I’ll take care of this, Kim. I’ll just put it in my name.” She gestured for them to come along. “Let’s go girls.” [hr] There was a beep, and Jordan opened the door for the three. The room was similar to the other one, but this time, there were two beds, a desk, and a laptop. “Me and Kim will come wake you up in the morning, alright?” Jordan said. [color=764820]“… But there’s only two beds,”[/color] Lisa added. “Figure it out,” Jordan began, “Don’t wreck the place.” Then Jordan closed the door. There was an awkward silence. [color=e77fbf]"Well, I’m happy to share a bed with either of you!"[/color] Ella eventually broke the silence. [color=764820]“We could [i]cuddle![/i]”[/color] Lisa shouted. [color=764820]“I can be the little spoon!”[/color] [color=e77fbf]"Sure!"[/color] Ella grinned. [color=e77fbf]"You want to join, Saskia?!"[/color] [color=DC143C]"... No."[/color] Saskia said, because they’d rather not deal with that. They pointed to the laptop to distract from the awkward bed situation that had turned into an awkward cuddle situation. [color=DC143C]"Why don’t we do some research first? Maybe a quick google will help."[/color] Saskia went over to the desk, taking the seat before either of them could snatch it. They sluggishly opened the laptop. After it turned on they went straight to google… and just straight up typed in Morningstar. It probably wouldn’t work but… worth a try. [color=DC143C]"Oh shit."[/color] Saskia blinked at the results. [color=DC143C]"That actually worked."[/color] First result: Morningstar Banking. [color=764820]“Lemme see!”[/color] Lisa rushed over and looked at the computer screen. [color=764820]“Hmmmm… I mean it could mean [i]anything[/i]. Could just be a name… lemme take the wheel for a second…”[/color] She awkwardly reached over, grabbed the mouse, typed in Morningstar Banking CEO, and then pressed enter. The results came up… [color=764820][i]“… Oooooh!”[/i][/color] Lisa exclaimed. It was pictures of their target. Professional pictures, him at events, and so on. His name was Carlisle Reynard Morgenstern… [color=DC143C]"Well, that really was easy."[/color] Saskia actually smiled as she looked at all the pictures of Morningstar. [color=DC143C]"I bet if we go to the bank and demand to see the manager we’ll get to him eventually…"[/color] [color=e77fbf]"Oh wow!"[/color] Ella popped up behind them, easily looking over their shoulders at the laptop. [color=e77fbf]"We didn’t even have to look very hard! Even I’m not stupid enough to name a bank after myself, he must be [i]veryyy[/i] confident no one can hurt him."[/color] [color=764820]“… Which isn’t a good thing - for him, for him I mean!,”[/color] Lisa tugged her collar as she looked between the three. [color=764820]“Maybe we don’t even need to ask for the manager, we can just use my spiders to climb the building… if he’s there, that is.”[/color] Lisa clapped her hands together, [color=764820]“Then we can seal him, then find the thing the Hound wants, and we can call it a day!”[/color] [color=e77fbf]"Oh yeah, that’ll be easier, then we’ll catch him by surprise! Then we’ll beat him like boom, pow! Sealed!"[/color] Ella punched out two fists to demonstrate. [color=e77fbf]"We could even do it tonight and get it over with!"[/color] [color=DC143C]"You guys are doing that without me,"[/color] Saskia yawned again. Bed was really calling them… specifically a bed to themselves since the other two seemed to want to spoon. [color=DC143C]"I don’t have enough blood for another fight."[/color] Lisa wrapped her arms around Saskia and shouted, [color=764820]“Come [i]onnnnnnnnnnn![/i] You gotta be there!”[/color] She squeezed her cheek against Saskia’s, and nudged it from left to right. [color=764820]”We’re the magical girls! One fight!”[/color] [color=DC143C]"Do you want me to die?"[/color] Saskia groaned, even though she made absolutely no move to dislodge Lisa. Her blood levels weren’t actually that low anymore… ugh. This would be so much work. [color=e77fbf]"C’monnnnn Saskia!"[/color] Ella joined in from behind, hugging both of them tightly. She squished Lisa and Saskia even closer together with her hug. [color=e77fbf]"One fight, one fight!"[/color] [color=DC143C]"Fine. Finnneee… I’ll come."[/color] [color=764820]”Yay!”[/color] Lisa shouted, releasing Saskia to raise a hand in the air… then she yawned. [color=764820]”Alright, I’m tired. Let’s call it a day girls…”[/color] She out-stretched her hands up in the air. [color=764820]”I don’t want to think about what kind of grime is on us… So, should we decide a shower order real quick?”[/color] Lisa asked. [color=DC143C]"Ella’s going last,"[/color] Saskia said instantly. [color=DC143C]"She takes ages."[/color] [color=e77fbf]"Aw, I don’t take that long… I’ll be quick,"[/color] Ella whined, stepping back and sitting on the bed just behind her. [color=e77fbf]"Last time I only took half an hour!"[/color] [color=DC143C]"Only?"[/color] Saskia hit Ella with her deadest stare. She really didn’t know that that was long, did she? Of course she didn’t, this was Ella. Though they supposed her hair was higher maintenance at least… Still going last. [color=DC143C]"Why don’t you go first, Lisa, then me, then Ella?"[/color] [color=764820]”Okay! I’ll be right back!”[/color] Lisa quickly grabbed her clothes and ran into the shower. After a few minutes, the shower cut on... … Unfortunately for the two, Lisa likes to sing in the shower. [color=764820][i]”♪ ... I met a girl on the holiday! When she smiiiiiiiiiiled she took my breath away! ♪”[/i][/color] Saskia groaned and threw herself on the bed, covering her ears with a pillow. It was going to be a long shower time… since Ella would sing too.