[center][hr][img]https://i.imgur.com/dD55fTl.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/L4GDi1Q.png[/img][hr][/center] [color=DC143C]"Shit,"[/color] Saskia muttered under her breath, narrowing her eyes at Morningstar. They were in no state to fight one of them, nevermind this many. Both Ella and her were injured without time to properly heal… shit. This was bad. Morningstar raised a hand, aiming at the hole in the wall left by the fight with Mala’Boolaan. He stared at the three as he said, “You bested Mala’Boolaan… that’s surprising…” He began, shaking his head. “Though, I may have [i]gravely[/i] underestimated you three… perhaps we can come to a sort of mutual understanding.” He placed his hand over the other on the cane and said, “You three are obviously strong. Possibly resourceful. Enough to best my strongest fighter.” “... But not your smartest!” The dragon said. “Now, now, Ignatius,” Morningstar said, raising a hand at the dragon, “Mala’Boolaan was a valued asset nonetheless, however….” He faced the three, narrowing his eyes. “... You three could have a place in my Society,” He let the words hang in the air as he continued, “I know you came here to try and stop me, but why? Perhaps we can form an agreement so that [i]all of us[/i] can come out of this on top.” He grinned. “How does that sound?” [color=e77fbf]"No way-"[/color] Ella started, before being cut off by Saskia shaking their head. [color=DC143C]"We can discuss it,"[/color] Saskia said evenly, wincing. They then gestured to the various burns and wounds about their body. [color=DC143C]"Can we heal first? It's not exactly the most comfortable way to… discuss a possible agreement."[/color] Morningstar was silent. “You may.” Saskia let out a sigh of relief, turning to the other two. [color=DC143C]”Ella, you mind healing me with your light. And then Lisa can heal you with her spiders?”[/color] Ella grimaced, but didn’t argue. She had bone shards in her abdomen, burns in various places, and her fists look scraped all over now that she wasn’t using her abstraction. [color=e77fbf]"Alright…"[/color] She flourished her channeler, a ray of rainbow light bathing Saskia. It began to rapidly heal all of their wounds, burns and cuts disappearing until they looked as good as new. [color=764820]“This maaaaaay freak you out…”[/color] Lisa said before she grabbed her forearms, and hundreds of black spiders forced their way out of Lisa’s pores. They went from Lisa’s arm to Ella’s, then began to bite her, injecting her with healing fluids. [color=e77fbf]“Don’t freak out, I’m strong, I’m a magical girl,”[/color] Ella whispered, closing her eyes, expression twisting up. Saskia chuckled softly beside her, easily watching the spiders healing Ella. While they did, she tried to figure out how to get them out of this. The window wasn’t far… Talk a bit, perhaps, then get away on Lisa’s spider? “Now… You all realize what you’ve done?” Morningstar asked. Lisa awkwardly laughed with a shrug, [color=764820]“No clue…”[/color] “You killed a member of my Endless Seven,” Morningstar asked. “Maybe you can give me an explanation of why you did that, who you are, and who you are with…” He narrowed, “We have all day…” [color=764820]“… Lisa,”[/color] She said, glancing at the arachnid monstrosity she had created. [color=e77fbf]“I’m Ella,”[/color] Ella said, nodding. [color=e77fbf]“And we’re the magical girls.”[/color] Saskia face palmed. At least Ella didn’t just blurt everything out… Well, of course she wouldn’t. [color=DC143C]“As she said, we’re the magical girls. We’re not actually with anyone. We just can’t suffer to see injustice, and decided to… rid the world of your evil.”[/color] Saskia said all of this with a completely deadpan expression. Talking like Ella was difficult, but it was better than telling him the real reason. [color=e77fbf]“Yeah!”[/color] Ella followed along easily, pointing a finger at Morningstar. [color=e77fbf]“I gave you our reason when we burst through your window! We’re here to end your reign of terror!”[/color] Morningstar twisted his face up, before looking between his equally bewildered minions. “… Okay who are you really with? You don’t look like the PRA.” [color=e77fbf]“Who are the PRA?”[/color] Ella asked, tilting her head in confusion. Saskia also had no idea who the PRA were, but that wasn’t a surprise considering they’d been sort of dead for ten years. She didn’t bother asking, because Ella already had. [color=DC143C]“I told you, we’re not with anyone. What, do you not think three young people like us can’t decide to take down a Tyrant by ourselves? Is it because we’re female presenting? That’s quite discriminating of you.”[/color] Morningstar facepalmed. “… I’m no tyrant, and I don’t see humans as anything other than… human,” he answered, taking his hand off his face and putting it behind his back like the other one. "You all are clearly stalling…” He stood tall and proud as he said, [i]“… Join me or die, the choice is [u]yours[/u].”[/i] [color=DC143C]“I literally just answered your questions,”[/color] Saskia pointed out. They put one hand behind their back, and pointed to the window. It was closer to them than Morningstar and his minions. [color=9966CC]”That’s a difficult decision. Death is quite appealing. Some say it is merely a [i]window[/i] you [i][b]go through[/b][/i] and that so many [i]close their eyes[/i] to it’s [i][b]light[/b][/i].”[/color] Thankfully, Ella got exactly what she meant - hopefully Lisa would as well. Her leg lit up with a soft rainbow light and her hands began to glow brighter and brighter. Saskia squeezed her eyes shut and blindly pulled out her knife, slicing it across her palm and sending her blood all across her body in a hard armor. Ella spun around and kicked out the window, sending glass shattering everywhere, her hands blinding lights that would reach all the way to the end of the corridor. [color=DC143C]“[i]JUMP![/i]”[/color] “Wait, it’s not-“ Lisa tried to protest but she had to release the Spider half-cooked. She jumped behind them, the far larger spider with wings almost made it out. However a spear of fire and brimstone came through and split the spider in two. [color=764820]“… Shit!”[/color] Lisa shouted as they were now free falling. [color=e77fbf]"Ahhhhhhh!"[/color] Ella screamed as she fell through the air. [color=DC143C]"Fuck!"[/color] Saskia cursed. She totally should've seen that coming- thinking quickly she formed all of the blood across her body into a tentacle, reaching out to wrap around Lisa. She grabbed Ella with one hand, and shot out her free arm and one leg. Short, thick bone spears shot out of her elbow and knee and jammed into the glass building. Intense pain wracked her body as it started to slow their fall, screeching horribly as the bones ground through glass. This was ok, at least they wouldn't fall as quickly- The bones snapped under the weight of three people, and sent them hurtling towards the ground again. [color=764820]“Let me-“[/color] Lisa shouted as she tried to grab the wall… however a coral-pink sphere wrapped around them that rapidly spun. Glowing brighter and brighter… … Until they all disappeared in a flash. [hr] The trio appeared in an alleyway, on the ground in the same position they were falling in. Lisa was still screaming, until she stopped and looked around… Seeing Kimberly and Jordan standing over them. Jordan had her arms crossed with a scowl and Kimberly was holding her camera. “… Thank God we took those pictures,” Kimberly said. “Yeah, thank God,” Jordan shook her head. “Soooo…” Kimberly trailed off. “What the hell was that?” Jordan facepalmed. “Like seriously, what the hell.” [color=e77fbf]"Haha,"[/color] Ella laughed awkwardly, looking like a kid who'd been caught doing something incredibly stupid. [color=DC143C]"We may have jumped the gun,"[/color] Saskia winced, rubbing their elbow as they retracted the splintered bone spear. It left behind a gaping wound which they quickly clotted, but it still hurt like a bitch. [color=DC143C]"A little bit."[/color] Lisa awkwardly laughed as she stood up. She kept that dumb smile as she pinched her fingers together. [color=764820]“… Just a little.”[/color] [color=e77fbf]"We were looking him up yesterday and then we found his bank and we figured since we knew where he was we could go and beat him easy so that it was over with so we burst in through his window but he was a coward that ran away but we did beat his strongest!"[/color] Ella said all of this in one breath. “… And now he’s going to be looking for you three,” Jordan noted, putting a hand on the side of her face while the other was wrapped around her torso. “Yeah, you put yourselves on his radar, big time,” Kimberly said, shaking her head. “Look… look…” Jordan stuck her hand out towards them. “… I get it, you all want your second chance. But you three need to chill.” She shook her head, “Nothing good comes from rushing in and hoping for the best…” Ella was silent, looking down and scuffing her toe against the ground. Saskia sighed and held up their hands. [color=DC143C]"You're right. We rushed into it, and fucked up. We did exactly what…"[/color] she winced. [color=DC143C]"Got me killed in the first place."[/color] Though that hadn't been her rushing into battle, but Drake Blackmore instead. Still, she should've known better. [color=e77fbf]"We'll be more careful."[/color] “You [i]need[/i] to,” Kimberly shook her head. “Look, I’m going to be real with cha’ here,” Jordan crossed her arms as she stared down Saskia. “We didn’t even want you three getting involved to begin with. I was right to think that this is [i]not[/i] for ya’ll.” “No, we didn’t want you getting involved, but I knew it was the best option for everyone,” Kimberly shrugged and held it there. I knew if we told you to stay out of it for your own safety, you weren’t going to listen. And from there, what could we do? Lock you up. Turn you into the PRA? [i]Kill[/i] you? I’m sorry, that’s not how we roll.” Kimberly sighed. “We [i]knew[/i] you were going to throw yourselves at Morningstar whether we wanted you to or not,” Kimberly began. “So, I figured we'd work with you instead of working against you all.” [color=DC143C]"If you killed us we’d probably just come back, anyway,"[/color] Saskia said drily. They didn’t actually know if that would be the case, though, and didn’t want to risk it. [color=DC143C]"But point taken. We should actually work with you rather than going off by ourselves."[/color] [color=e77fbf]"But don’t underestimate our strength!"[/color] Ella held her arm out in front of her, finger pointed upwards. [color=e77fbf]"We’re [i]experts[/i] in apparition destruction."[/color] [color=DC143C]"I think that’s the point,"[/color] Saskia snorted. [color=DC143C]"[i]Not[/i] just brute forcing it. But… we did get a look at his Endless Seven. Well, I guess it’s six now. Maybe it should be called the Ending Six…"[/color] “We can discuss it later,” Kimberly said. “We have to get back to the hotel, Jordan?” Jordan nodded her head. Then a coral-pink dome of energy formed above them, before it rapidly spun Then in a flash… … They were gone.