[hr]ATTN: [@PaulHaynek], [@Restalaan] (Skarsneek), [@The Irish Tree] (Eula/Liliana), [@Rezod92] (Kerry) & [@AzureKnight] (Shizuka/Atsuha/Hinami) [hr][hider=Rodeo Woes]The sisters looked on, both with differing expressions, as the wind boosted stampede made quick work of their attackers. Hinami was awe-eyed whilst Atsuha had a look of pure bewilderment.  

[color=9e0b0f]”...Goodness… I see you all are just as wild and unpredictable as ever…”[/color] Uttered the spider woman. [color=9e0b0f]”I suppose we can only thank the heavenly demons that WE weren’t trampled to death by those stampeding bovines! By the way, Lili-chan, are you…alright?”[/color] She said, concerned at the poor flattened form of the fairy. 

Hinami went over to Kerry, giddiness accompanying her. 

[color=7bcdc8]”Kerry-san, that was incredible! You were like a gallant paladin right atop a noble steed! Except more scantily clad and not-so-noble.”[/color]

At hearing Kerry get complimented for riding atop noble steeds, Liliana would puff her cheeks up and cross her arms. …If anyone was a paladin, it was the actual knighted knight with smitely smites…surely!

Eula would poke Liliana’s puffed up cheeks. [color=C48BD3][b]"Detecting a 21.5% rise in jealousy."[/b][/color]

[color=fff79a]”Giving credit where it’s due, Lili was the one who made this all happen, so she’s the one who should be getting some praise.”[/color], chimed in Kerry before narrowing her eyes at the jiangshi. [color=fff79a]”And what do you mean ‘not-so-noble’? I looked pretty badass back there, thank you.”[/color]

Atsuha had to admit, Liliana was cute when she got offended, her rose-colored puffy cheeks helped lift the mood a bit. 

[color=9e0b0f]”There, there, love. You were just as heroic if not more so. It’s thanks to your, uh, “Running of the Cows” that my sister and I were saved.”[/color] Atsuha said, attempting to console her fairy savior. 

Hinami put a finger to her cheek, as if pondering something. [color=7bcdc8]”Come to think of it, didn’t Alice-sama run off with all of you away from the battlefield? I was kinda surprised you all came back.”[/color]

[color=f49ac2][b]"We um…well, it was a bit complicated…but Lady Alice was worried we’d all get hurt, but we knew we had to come back and help no matter what. But, she cast her-"[/b][/color] Liliana said before there was a subtle severance. An uninvitation. A merry unbirthday indeed. The jubilant fairy’s eyes would lose a bit of shine as she looked down. [color=f49ac2][b]"...Um…Maybe we should talk about all this later."[/b][/color]

[color=fff79a]”Agreed. It’s…”[/color]

Kerry turned her gaze off to the side, biting her lower lip in an unusual display of uncertainty. 

[color=fff79a]”...kinda personal with her, this mission.”[/color]

[color=7bcdc8]”Oh…”[/color] Hinami could sense the tension that surrounded the matter. 

[color=9e0b0f]”Well…that aside, do you perhaps know where she went now? I saw that she was helping the captain, but then she just went off again.”[/color] Atsuha inquired.

Eula would say: [color=C48BD3][b]"When last we saw, she was aiding Shizuka, I believe,"[/b][/color] before softly petting the horn of a nearby bull as it grazed on grass next to a knocked out Varjan soldier.

[color=fff79a]”Tch…”[/color], the hornet scoffed at the mention of her leader’s name as she crossed her arms and turned her body away from the others.

[color=9e0b0f]”Oh my~”[/color] Atsuha mused. [color=9e0b0f]”Do I detect the slightest hint of jealousy in your stride, Kerry-chan?”[/color] A playful smirk adorned the spider's face as she teased the hornet.

[color=7bcdc8]”Oh! Well, Shizuka-senpai is quite the looker! Not to mention he's really strong and smart. Even a lady like Alice-San could be smitten by someone like that!”[/color] Hinami chimed in after her sister.

After finding a suitable sound to emulate clearing her throat, Eula would say: [color=C48BD3][b]"The situation is a touch complicated. But, Alice is emphatically romantic with Kerry. That much is true."[/b][/color]

Liliana would pat the head of the cow she was still atop. [color=f49ac2][b]"We ought to hurry! Takeshi could be in big trouble…e-especially if the ‘tea party’ ended…"[/b][/color] the worried fairy said before patting her bovine steed’s behind. [color=f49ac2][b]“Giddyup, Bessie! We got an Oja to rescue!”[/b][/color] she said, departing in time for Skarsneek to charge through into the thick of the students that were attempting to break through the stampeding herd.

Eula would charge up a burst of energy in her hands, putting herself between Hinami, Atsuha, and the remaining enemies. [color=C48BD3][b]"Please focus on regaining your strength. The hobgoblin who’s name I never got seems to have discovered a critical weakness to their technique. …It seems so obvious, once its been shown, too."[/b][/color]

[color=fff79a]”What Eula said.”[/color], spoke Kerry, turning forward as Dusk and Mort held tightly in her hands once more. [color=fff79a]”It’s high time we wrap this up.”[/color]

While it may seem the hornet’s mind was back on the mission, the others could tell from her eyes and tone said otherwise.

Her husband was very much in for a conversation later.
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