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"You're a slave to history."
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"He was infuriated to see Jinguuji-san eating with another man."
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"When you get to the point where you can laugh at your mistakes, you'll find new things to replace what you lost."
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"Damn stupid sun, making it morning whenever it wants even though I'm sleepy. Who does it think it is? Doesn't it know it has me to thank for its continued existence? "
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You showed up.

One way or another, you've arrived at my profile. You've taken a wrong turn in an alleyway because you didn't pay enough attention to your map. You've heard of something cool and new and thought maybe you'd see what all the fuss is about? Or maybe it is that you noticed like me updating my status or were lurking through an RP or something I am in and just kinda clicked my profile, that happens too. Regardless, you'll come to learn that your actions have consequences. Not this one since you can always just, like, leave.

I have a few names and I don't mind being called whatever you fancy at that given time. KingofTheSpectrum, FamishedPants, ChadChadlainn. Any derivative of these is fine as well. Most tend to use Pants, however. I'm nearing my thirties and enjoy games, anime, V-tubers, and visual novels. You can find my still-obsolete list here as it contains everything important on it.

As for games particularly, I am a huge fan of Devil May Cry, Metal Gear Solid, Nier and its sequel, FFXIV, and recently, Project Wingman.I tend to lean towards shooters and action games, but I have also wasted 8+ years on League of Legends. I think the only games I tend to avoid are card games and sports games, but there can always be exceptions.

For anime, I tend to watch whatever looks entertaining. It doesn't have to be good. I've seen a lot of the generic, poor-quality isekai harems that are out there. It's difficult to remember what I actually genuinely like, but Chaika the Coffin Princess comes to mind, as well as FMA: Brotherhood. I'm currently enjoying Tokyo Revengers.

I've read my fair share of visual novels, as my list would tell you. I can't recommend going through Muv Luv Extra/Unlimited, then playing Alternative enough! Big fan of Rance, Grisaia no Kajitsu, and Demonbane as well. I could probably go on and on about them, but I'll stop here.

Also, fuck you, Broken.

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The Great Penrose Movie Marathon


E m i l y



"Uwawawa...! Hilaria, why?"

— Emily


As the host of the event, Emily had felt that she needed to be as inclusive and accommodating to everyone's needs as she could be but the reality of the situation was that she neither had expected bottles to be spun nor was she experienced with this.

Some individuals seemed to dislike it, while some enjoyed it. And with the movies they were originally going to watch being... well, removed from the equation, she wasn't sure what to do. Things were moving so fast that the overstimulated girl couldn't keep track of everything. Were they going to obtain new copies? Were they going to do something else? She wanted to cry.

"Oh my, isn't this just wonderful~?" Emily wasn't sure when it had happened, but somehow Hilaria had gotten behind her and placed a kind hand on her shoulder without her even realizing. "Everyone seems to be having fun, in their own way~" the ancient said as she munched some something Emily assumed she grabbed from the kitchen.

Emily couldn't give a response, but just that casual statement caused her to regain her composure. People did seem to be enjoying themselves, somehow or another. That was the important part, yeah? The realization allowed the magical girl to exhale the stress away.

...only for it to be replaced by more when she noticed Shoggy sucking the life out of someone through their lips. The sight was absurd! The sight was lewd! The sight was shameless! The sight was... hard to tear her eyes away from.

"Eh, ah..."

It was only a game, right? Yeah, that's it. Nothing serious. Nope. Just people smacking lips in the middle of her home all willy nilly. As long as things didn't escalate and her mother in heaven was busy washing dishes or watching dramas right now, then things would be fine. Yes, very.

Mia would be met with a young girl trying her best not to let her emotions show. Her best wasn't exactly good, so Emily made a stiff turn to face the girl with a blush. "O-oh, I suppose not!" she replied. She gave an awkward look around the room again. Her definition of a 'movie night' was clearly outdated. "But as l-long as people are having fun, then it's okay!" she told Mia with the straightest smile she could muster.

With the copious amount of lip-to-lip, Emily was thankful that the movies had arrived. She could certainly see herself enjoying those a fair bit more than she would if she were to sp--

Suddenly, the girl was pulled down to the floor before the bottle. "Spin, spin~!" a familiar voice encouraged. Well, more like demanded in a very unique way. As Oros asked for more victims players, Hilaria had taken it upon herself to nominate the confused Emily.

"W-what, me? O-oh, no, that's probably not..." Hilaria was not daunted by the weak resistance Emily put up, and took the young girl's hand and forced her to spin it. It spun until it slowly landed upon a person in particular.

"Oh, my~ Someone seems attached~ Maybe you should spin again~?"

Emily eyed Shane, who had just finished being assaulted by the tentacle girl. She didn't say anything. Her experience with boys was always a rough one and she wasn't sure what to do. If the options were a kiss or a dare, then which would be better? Kissing was... well, kissing. But if she went for a dare, what if she was asked to do something crazy, like reveal a secret or even hold hands!?
The Great Penrose Movie Marathon


E m i l y



"So many people~!"

— Emily


The school's field was alive with a cacophony of yelling, screaming, insulting, and reprimanding on this hot day some years ago. At the center of it were two figures, a boy and a girl, one standing triumphant and the other, defeated and on the ground, rubbing their check as they sobbed. It was clear as day that the two had gotten into a fight.

The girl had was riddled with small bruises both on her face and, as she would later discover in the nurse's office, her arms. She had tried her best to block the boy's wild throws but she could have done a lot better.

But she stood victorious. "Idiot!" she spat at the boy who on the ground. "Ain't no reason to be acting like a jackass!" she raised her fist in a threatening manner but all she was met with was a teacher seizing her hand and yelling about the possibility of detention versus expulsion.

.........

She had to walk home with the knowledge she would be dealing with one angry mother, a thought that scared her more than anything else. Beside her was sister. She was the miniboss. "Oh, I was so scared you got seriously hurt," her sister said. "Thank God!" the girl was pulled into a deep hug for a few seconds.

This somewhat touching moment was ruined by her sister seizing her ear and giving it a firm tug, which hurt more than anything that boy threw at her. "Yeow! Yeow! What gives, huh!?" she was at the mercy of her sister, who merely shook her head in anger and disappointment.

"How could you get into a fight at school? We talked about violence before!" she scolded.

The young girl pouted. "That's cus they were being dumb idiots! And mean!"

"That's no excuse for violence." her sister snapped. Fighting was something she had long ago made known that she loathed.

"Yeah it is! Cus they..." the girl suddenly went quiet and pouted.

Her sister glanced down at the girl only to realize she was still holding her by the ear. Letting go, she apologized. "Sorry," she told the girl, only to then asked, "Cus they what? You know there's no point in hiding it. The warden will get it out of you soon enough when you get home." The warden was, of course, a playful name they called their mom when she was upset. And she was certainly going to be.

If there was one constant in this world that the girl believed in, it was that her sister would forgive her. She wished she had this kind of strength herself. But... not having that sort of strength was why she got into the fight in the first place. "They... said mean things about me... and ya," the girl finally admitted.

"Oh? What mean things did they say?" her sister inquired.

"They were talkin' bout families and stuff," she began. From the subtle shift in her sister's features, the girl could tell her sister knew where this was going but she continued anyway. "and then they started saying stuff bout me and ya, so I got upset."

"And so you started a fight, just like that? I'm ash--"

The girl cut her sister off. "No! I told 'em to shut up, first! I tried being reasonable like ya said to and all but that didn't work!" the girl got worked up the more she went on. "One of 'em kept goin' on and on and he wouldn't shut up! He said that just cus' ya ain't born from the same ma as me that ya aren't my real sister, so that's why I gave him a whoopin'!"

The girl caught a brief but significant twist in her sister's features. Her sister smiled in a clear attempt to hide the effect it had on her. "Don't let it get to you," she calmly said, patting the girl's back. "Being a sister is more than just having the same blood in your veins," she affirmed. "Love and wanting the best for one another is all that is needed."

The girl shook her head. "Yeah, maybe. But that numbskull didn't know nothin' bout that! And! He made me madder than a short guy witha yoyo! He got his just deserts!"

Her sister then flicked her forehead, knelt down in front of her, then smiled. "You can be better than that, you know,"

The girl looked away. "...Yeah, but I wanted him to feel like me and ya felt."

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." she quoted.

The girl scratched her head. "Um, but don't we got two? We'd still be able to see with one..."

Her sister laughed. "It's a saying that means you shouldn't solve violence with violence. But I think it applies to anything negative. Pain in any form will likely spread," she explained. "So wouldn't it be better to instead spread kindness and love?"

"Huh?"

"I know it'll be hard but I want you to take any frustrations you have and turn them into benevolent actions. Spread joy instead of more anger and I'm sure the world will be a lot better off. I think there's enough violence already,"

The girl went quiet for a minute. She thought about how upset that boy had made her and how bad she felt she had to give him a beating. How was she supposed to do something positive with those emotions? That made no sense! But, if her sister was telling her to try, then there had to be something. "I-I guess I can give it a shot..." she told her sister, who beamed a bright smile in response.

"Wonderful!" she exclaimed as they drew near to their house. "I want that to go for any negative emotion, okay?" as she asked this of the girl, the sister opened the door to their home. "Even despair. I know you can do it."

What waited for them on the other side was a look that could kill, and it was being directed at the girl. Her ear was going to be red for the next few days, she knew it.

"M-maybe it's not possible after all..."

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Emily snapped herself out of the daydream as things began to pick up. She tried not to remember the embarrassing things she said to her sister back then, but since those memories were all she had left of the girl, they weren't entirely unwelcome.

Having returned to the real world, she realized she was standing in front of Sakura's 'rules' and remembered what she had been doing. With pen in hand, she crossed out the last rule on the list and replaced it with "Make friends!" instead of the more vulgar one. As much as she appreciated Sakura looking out for her, she would prefer not to have something like that just hanging around her place, if possible.

Her task was finished just as more people began coming in. When Sakura said she had invited people over, she was not expecting this many at first. It made her upset that her place wasn't exactly the most accommodating for a party as big as it was looking to be, but she had moved anything that cluttered the place out of sight beforehand.

"Hello!" Emily greeted the group of guests who had suddenly appeared, consisting of Alex, Lily, Shane, Connie, and Mia. She felt so excited! "I'm glad you all could make it! As far as edible things go, you can place them anywhere there's space in the kitchen for now while we wait for everyone to show!" she directed them to the kitchen with a finger, even though it wasn't really necessary.

She went ahead and addressed the direct introduction to herself after she ensured the others knew where to go. "Shannon?" the name was vaguely familiar to her. But... wait, wasn't Shannon more of a girl's name? What was the deal with Shane, then? "Um..." she wasn't sure how she should react. "Oh, well, it's good to see you again! Forgive me if I'm wrong, but were you at the beach?" she asked to make sure.
H i l a r i a



"Sometimes, being a JRPG protagonist isn't so bad."

— Hilaria


What entered Hilaria's vision when she woke up the next morning was an unfamiliar and dirtied white ceiling. Without looking anywhere else, she could already tell she was not in a luxurious place, but somewhere 'economical'. She wondered what that meant.

As she sat up, she noticed she was in a bed and threw the covers off of herself, glancing around yet seeing nobody else in the small room. There were quite a few posters of some cartoonish characters on the wall, all striking eccentric, yet flamboyant poses and there were even some figurines of those same characters lining a dresser that sat along the wall. A child? While waking up in a strange environment with no recollection of the actions that led up to the moment was not exactly a unique situation for her, she had to admit she'd never woken up in a child's bed before.

Hilaria got out of the bed and stood up, stretching her arms and realizing that she felt incredible and refreshed. It had to have been the most amazing sleep she'd gotten in centuries, at least. "~!" she could almost sing if it weren't for the fact she still wasn't sure where she was or why she was here. But standing in a kid's room wasn't going to answer that question, was it? She began to leave only to pick up on the faint sound of humming in the next room as well as the wonderful smell of bacon.

"MmmMmmMmm~" the voice, oblivious to Hilaria's presence, continued to hum as she entered the room. There was no real divide between the living room and the kitchen, which made it rather obvious that this was some dinky apartment. "You won't get faaaaaaaar~ Cannnn't escape~ If you get lost oh, black swallowtail~" she sung while oblivious to the approaching Hilaria. She was wearing some rather revealing clothing and Hilaria could tell there was a fire spec being used in some capacity, so this girl was certainly not human. Hilaria hadn't woken up restrained so she couldn't imagine the girl intending to harm her since she had ample opportunity to do so while Hilaria was out. Thus, she did not see any reason to transform.

"Eh~? Is that bacon~?" Hilaria asked merely a foot or so away from the distracted girl. She hadn't put much effort into being quiet, but the girl was basically in her own world and had remained blissfully unaware of the approaching ancient up until that point.

What happened next managed to surprise Hilaria. In response to being startled, the girl left an outline of herself out of flames and also suddenly launched upwards, her head hitting the ceiling with a thud. "S-s-sakura, when'd you...?" temporarily mistaking her for someone else, the girl stopped mid-sentence when she realized she wasn't staring at the person she expected.

The girl seemed a bit cautious as she inspected Hilaria but apparently satisfied with some aspect of her after a glance, shifted gears. "O-Oh! You're alright!" as if she hadn't nearly flown through the roof, she reached up to place the back of her hand on Hilaria's forehead. "You don't feel warm... are you okay?" she asked.

Hilaria tilted her head. "Hilaria is more than fine~! Hilaria feels amazing~!" she told the girl, eyeing the bacon in the pan that had managed not to follow the girl into the roof. For that, she was thankful. "Hilaria is kinda hungry though~"

"Hilaria?" she repeated. "Oh, is that your name, then?" she asked. Hilaria gave a nod before the girl decided to introduce herself. "Sorry for asking that first, but I'm Emily! It's good to see you're awake!" Emily turned her eyes towards the breakfast she was making that consisted of both eggs and bacon, and then continued. "And of course you're welcome to eat here! I made quite a bit, actually. Erm, do you like bac--" having noticed that Hilaria's attention was entirely on the food, she knew the answer. "Um, please, take a seat over there and I'll make you a plate!" Emily motioned over to a table tucked in the corner of the living room.

Having done as asked, Hilaria found a plate with eggs and bacon before her, as well as a tall glass of milk and a piece of toast. "Eheh~ Hilaria is thankful for the meal~" she managed to say before diving into the breakfast and finishing it in what was probably record time. Emily had barely managed to get a single bite in before Hilaria's plate had been cleaned.

"..."

Strangely, Hilaria felt satisfied with just that, so she glanced around the room while Emily ate. But it became increasingly harder to do so when she felt the girl stealing glances at her, only to avoid eye contact. It was clear she wanted to say something but was perhaps not sure how to. "Hmm~?" she finally decided to break the awkward silence. "Do you fancy Hilaria~?" she asked, giving a coquettish grin.

Emily seemed taken aback by the question, but quickly regained her composure when she realized Hilaria was maybe joking. Or at least she thought she was. "No, it's..." she hesitated momentarily, but finally relented. "Do you... not remember last night?" she waited for Hilaria's answer.

Hilaria paused to think, but couldn't retrieve any of those memories. It all seemed quite fuzzy. She remembered being on her way to the rave, but didn't even recall the bunny she scared or meeting that magical boy. "Nope~!" she denied innocently. "Hilaria isn't sure why she's here or what happened last night, but it must have been... fun...?" she had started a lot stronger than she finished, but that was because Emily's darkening expression told her that her assumption was completely wrong.

She thought that because she felt good waking up that nothing bad happened, but that was not looking like the case. Both the air and the tense expression Emily had on were making it difficult to deny that something bad happened. "Hilaria wants to know what happened, then~"

Emily opened and closed her mouth more than one time. "Umm, well..." she rubbed the back of her neck as she thought about how best to answer. "A lot of stuff happened. There was a big attack on the Rave that left lots of people injured or..." Emily trailed off. "...There was also a big problem with horrors at a nearby park. They were really strong, too! Um, that's where you were. You wer--" Emily began to say something else, but Hilaria held a hand up.

"Nope~! Hilaria doesn't want to hear that part," she stated abruptly. "It's not important." she wiggled her finger. Given the mention of strong horrors, Hilaria figured she must have lost consciousness fighting them, which was honestly quite embarrassing for her. Slipping up like that even given her age was terrible and she did not want to think about it, at least not yet. It was kinda strange that she woke up feeling refreshed but she would pass that off as someone being good at mending wounds or something similar.

"Oh... well, okay..." Emily appeared confused but agreed anyways and then another silence took over as she finished her own meal. When it was done, Hilaria spoke up.

"Hilaria thinks you've got a good voice~ What were you singing~? She wants to know~ Is it a song for your child~?" the question made caught Emily off guard and she nearly choked on the food she was chewing.

"My w-what!?"

The ancient put a finger to her lips. "Mmm, Hilaria saw posters and toys in the room she was in, so she thought that might be a kid's room~ Isn't it~?"

"Well that's..." Emily wasn't able to look at Hilaria directly when she answered. "I-I do have someone of childlike stature here, I guess..." Hilaria was unsure why the subject seemed to cause the girl distress but decided against pressing on it for the time being. She stood up from the table and pushed her chair in.

"Hilaria is grateful for the food but she should go~" she declared. Emily stood up in response.

"O-oh, so soon? Are you sure you're feeling well?" she was paying particular attention to the bandages that covered parts of Hilaria's limbs.

To alleviate Emily's concerns, Hilaria removed some of the bandages on her arm, revealing that there were no wounds on it. "Hilaria forgets to remove them sometimes, that's all," she explained, throwing the bandage away as she moved towards the door.

Emily followed right behind. "Um, well, if you ever need anything, don't hesitate to come back. A sister in need is always welcome here!" she assured Hilaria as the woman started out the door, only to follow her out. "O-oh, if you don't mind... could we exchange numbers?"

"Mmm~?" Hilaria didn't have any particular desire to see this girl again, but since she seemingly saved her, having a way to repay the favor someday was good. "Hilaria supposes~" she reached into her cleavage and retrieve a model of phone that was relatively new. She preferred food, but sometimes guys would buy her material items. This was one of them.

After the two swapped their cell numbers, Hilaria made sure to make a note in the contact info that this girl had helped her, as she knew she was probably going to forget. Emily, seeming quite pleased that Hilaria agreed, waved as the ancient set back off into Penrose, quite oblivious to the trouble she had caused the night before.

Hopefully, that wouldn't cause problems down the line.

S i l h o u e t t e & T r i x y


”I don’t even know what to put here..”

— Trixy


Samantha laid on her bed as she waited for Trixy. In trying to understand her feelings a bit better, she had become a bit more distant than normal these past few days. To both Trixy and Veronica, but only one of them was likely to be unaware as to why. To make it up to her, Sam thought they could go on that second date since the Rave turned out to be a clusterfuck.

It really had been, hadn't it?

They barely got to enjoy themselves before everyone in the club started killing each other, and Justine showed her face. They fought and defeated the Monster Queen, and then the Ascendency yet again decided to remind people that they get their name from the ever-increasing number of shitty things they've done.

And, of course, Rachel.

Samantha couldn't remember the last time she felt so pissed off. She didn't remember feeling so strongly about the conflict between DMGs and them, but apparently, that was the case. She couldn't think of any other reason why she'd go out of her way to attack someone she wasn't ordered to. Veronica was right about her actions being driven by emotions. How foolish of her.

Anyway, if there was one thing she could compliment the Ascendancy on, it was that at least some of them proved to be as strong as their fervor for their misguided beliefs. The inquisitor had reacted far quicker than Sam thought she could, and it was only a mixture of instinct and luck that she didn't end up losing her life or being captured. Samantha wouldn't let that happen a second time. The next time they clashed, she wouldn't underestimate her opponent.

"Oh..."

Samantha shook her head as she sat up in her bed. She was thinking too hard on these things, even after inviting Trixy over. The events preceding today weren't important. What was? Making up for them.

But Sam was wholly incompetent when it came to dates. What form would it take today? All she had to go off of was what it wouldn't look like, which Trixy generously pointed out a bit ago.

Was training really that bad?

Thankfully, Trixy was probably not aware that Sam was starting to think she was ready to take the training wheels off. But that torture was for another time, because Trixy stepped through the door.

“You showed up.”

"Did I knock?"

Trixy was looking pretty average today. Just a yellow sweater and jeans, and she wasn’t even wearing an eyepatch. The corners of her lips were arched downward slightly, and she avoided making eye contact with Sam until she got in the center of the room. "You’ve been kind of distant." she sat down in a chair across from Samantha. "Is it because of the Mariette thing?"

Samantha looked confused for a second but then shook her head. "No. I'm not happy about that, though." she slid herself to the end of her bed and sat up properly. "I needed time to think over things for a bit, but I suppose I could've mentioned as much." she rubbed the back of her neck as though embarrassed by the fact.

She remained silent just too long for it to feel natural. "Anyway, we did promise to do something if things didn't pan out at the Rave, didn't we?"

"Yea, but I dunno." Trixy looked at her hands and twiddled her thumbs. "I can’t believe Betty’s gone. I keep checking Glimr expecting her to respond to my messages." she folded her hands in her lap. "I don’t really feel like going anywhere. All I wanna do is eat."

"Oh, I see..." Samantha seemed disappointed. "...well, that's understandable." It appeared as though Samantha wasn't sure what to say, so she started looking around her room in an attempt to find inspiration for what they could do here. Unfortunately, much like herself, she found her room quite bland and uninteresting.

Oh!

Samantha got an idea. If Trixy was hungry, then why not feed her? "Do you like pizza?" she asked, even though she was relatively sure that it was a dumb question. Samantha wasn't sure exactly how her pizza compared to, say, Su's, but that was because Boteg never gave his opinion and Su and Mika suddenly disappeared.

"Do I?" Trixy placed her hands on her hips. "Wait, that was a rhetorical question wasn’t it? You remembered I wanted a slice of pizza at the rave!" She smiled. Even untransformed, her teeth were pointy like a sharks. "I’ll never say no to a pizza! But where do we order something like that? A lot of Penrose’s food joints are closing down because they can’t all compete with the lower population. The good ones are closing at least, are you in the mood for little caesars?."

Samantha couldn't help but puff out her chest with pride. "I have recently obtained the knowledge required to make pizzas by hand. We don't have to worry about ordering out." she declared.

But Little Caesar's did sound good. Oh well, this was a chance to show off skills not related to violence or murder, so she was gonna take it!

"Well, it would be a shame if you made the pizzas and I just watched you." Trixy tapped her foot. "I’ve got an idea! If you’re going to make Pizza, I can help too!" She hugged herself. "We’ll make twice as much pizza and load them up with toppings!" She hugged Samantha and rested her head on her shoulder. "We should have done this yesterday!" With a sigh, she let go of Sil. "I can’t wait to eat! I feel like I’ve gone to heaven!" She swooned and turned to the door. "How long does that take, an hour or so? Just point me to the kitchen!" Trixy hummed while bouncing in place.

"Just about that long. But if I...well, nevermind," Sam stopped herself before she mentioned using her power over time to speed things up, deciding it best to just stick to how she remembered it. She wanted to see Trixy enjoy her pizza, not being attacked by it.

Sam would then lead Trixy to the kitchen, where she would begin teaching her what Su had told her. Given how she recited things almost word for word, Sam must have considered the lesson important.

"Do you have any preference for toppings? Even if we don't have them, I can make a trip to the store to grab them," she said. Samantha preferred when a pizza had at least pepperoni but didn't mind adding just about anything a human could put on a pizza. So as long as it wasn't pineapple, she would have no reservations about it.

"I like just about everything. I would say the more the merrier!" Trixy leaned her head against Samantha’s shoulder. "You can probably skip the anchovies, they have a powerful taste. But I don’t mind pepperoni, sausage, ham, mushrooms, bacon, peppers, olives, chicken, onions, tomatoes, spinach, or pineapple on my pizza." She looked to Samantha. "But if anyone’s going to go shopping, it should be me. You know what you’re doing here."

Samantha almost reeled back in disgust but was able to hold on to her composure. “Then let's add as much as we can.” she took the initiative and scouted out the ingredients, finding a fair amount of the ones named. She did not, however, find pineapple. Or at least that’s what she told Trixy after she subtly had disposed of it when the girl wasn’t looking. Things proceeded smoothly from then on, with nothing going wrong by the looks of it.

As they waited for the oven to finish with the dough, Sam recalled her blunder at the Rave. “Before I forget, I suppose I should both thank you and apologize,” she spoke up. “Rushing in blind like that is… quite foolish, but I’m glad you were there to bail me out.”

Trixy pointed at herself with her thumb. "I’m not letting Veronica’s top agent die on my watch. Not that things seemed quite that dire. Besides, The ascendancy are a bunch of cartoon villains who are constantly barking their intent." Trixy reached into her hammer space wardrobe and placed a pair of glasses on her nose. She also grabbed a tiny crown, and then picked up a push broom that was resting in the corner of the room. Trixy then gave Samantha the sternest look she could muster. "Heretic Mint witch! I will see you repent! But only because I just got these glasses!" Trixy swapped out her glasses and crown for a gas mask, the type you’d wear to a goth rave. "Trixy’s here! We need to skiddadle!" She swapped back to her “Rachel look” "Very well. It seems the rat had caught a lucky break. Were Trixy not here I might have considered continuing our duel." She looked at Samantha with a big toothy smile.

Samantha quietly took in the goofy sight of Trixy acting out a heavily romanticized version of the events that transpired. She nodded, attempting to hide a smile at the silliness of it, before concluding something. "I would advise against seeking a career in acting," she commented, but then added something that made it clear she wasn't being serious. "I mean, you only said heretic once. Really, how would anyone know you're Ascendancy?"

"Hah!" Trixy placed a hand on her hip. "We can improve my act, watch this." She scratched her chin. "Actually, I don’t know where you’d find a bow saw in a hotel. Just hold onto this. It’s sort of a good prop." She handed Samantha a ladle. "Ahem!" “Rachel” cleared her throat. "Paladin Seraph! Where did the mint-witch-heretics go?"

Samantha was staring at the ladle with apparent confusion until Trixy got into character, and then she even giggled when she realized what it was supposed to be. "Reporting!" Samantha gave a salute with enthusiasm that put many to shame. "The Mint-Witch-Heretic-Blasphemers have vanished without a trace, Ma'am!" she even held her 'bow saw' in an appropriate fashion.

"Blast and damn those cute Cradle agents, with their wit and ability to use modern English!" Trixy looked at Samantha and squinted her eyes. She was trying to frown, but the corners of her lips kept curling into a smile. "Speaking of which, paladin, you’re looking quite fetching today." She inhaled. "You’re almost cute enough to be one of those Cradle agents. Have you been trying to copy agent Silhouette? Your hair it’s just… Blasphemously wavey. You didn’t use shampoo did you?"

“O-of course that is not the truth, ma’am!” she straightened her back even further. “I do not take my position lightly! Passe’ is my dialogue and hygienic standards! I dare not steal a glance at a paragon such as yourself if the vivid scent of monster blood and my zeal aren’t apparent enough to prove my loyalty!”

"Verily!" “Rachel” reached for “Alicia’s” shoulder. "Mayhaps those blasphemous-heretic-heathen-mint-wiches escaping just made me so-" Trixy sniffed the air. "Are you making a pizza too? That does it paladin! I’m so frustrated and turned on that I’ll need to resort to a special type of justice for you." Trixy hoisted her “hammer” behind herself. "I’m gunna smash you!" Instead of swinging the broom at Sam, she dropped it on the floor and placed her other hand on Samantha’s hip. Their faces were just inches apart, and Samantha could feel Trixy’s breath on her face. "I’m gunna smash you real good, heh!"

Samantha tilted her head suddenly. “Smash?” she asked, in the most genuine way. “And how would you do that without your broo--er, weapon?” the coquettish aspect of the roleplay seemed to have gone over her head.

"Uh." Trixy just stared at Sil. "By smash, I mean, um." Trixy snorted. "Smash our, um, lips, together. But gently. As to not really cause harm." Trixy started to close in on Samantha. "Liiiiiiiiiiiike, Thissssssssssss."

Before Samantha could taste the sweet sweet fruit of her erotic fanfiction, Boteg stuck his head into the room.

"Mmmmm, Doth me smell the yellow melt?" There was such glee in his voice, such joy. He turned to look at Trixy. "Thou art not a scare me knows about. Art thou the bearer of the yellow melt?"

Trixy turned away from Samantha. "Actually! Sam here is making a pizza with me! " She stepped off to the side so that Silhouette could see Boteg.

But this did not please the Golden dragon His pupils shrank, and his head quivered. After Sam had revealed herself, the dragon withdrew its head from the doorway. "Surely sour-faced flax-wench." The door closed so slowly that it didn’t make a latching sound.

"...?"

Samantha didn't appear as though she knew how to take such a reaction. Boteg's way of speaking was difficult to comprehend for her as she didn't have much experience with it. But given his hasty departure, she imagined he had some problem with her. A shame, she didn't even get to ask him about his opinion on her pizza----

"Oh, damnit!" she zipped over to the over and pulled out the pizza and set it on the counter, a bit of smoke rising off of it. "I'm sorry," she told Trixy. "I messed up."

Trixy pulled off her glasses and cap. "It wasn’t your fault, I blame the ascendancy for this." she waved her hand at the pizza. Or at least, it might have been a pizza at a time. Was that a sentient blob? "Well, it would be a shame not to eat it though, you put so much work into it." Trixy wiped some sweat off of her head. "Got some napkins?"

“Do paper towels work?” she asked, keeping the ‘pizza’ under surveillance as she retrieved them. It had yet to jump at someone which was nice, but it still probably desired the end of all life on this planet. “...It’s fine. There’s no reason to eat something that might try to eat you back. It probably doesn’t taste good.”

"Sam." Trixy was balancing Samantha’s creation on a paper towel in her hand, "You worked hard on this." She lifted the conglomeration off of her palm. "And maybe you messed up the last few steps, but I can’t just not eat it." She tipped her head away from it. It had a bit of an odor. But Trixy steeled herself, and her features hardened with an iron resolve. "Consider this my penance for failing you earlier!" The wicked thing opened its mouth, but trixy just opened her mouth wider. Then with all the fervor of a gluttonous wolverine, Trixy bit down on the black creature and tore a chunk of it off. She squinted her eyes as she chewed, fast at first, but she started to slow down. Eventually she stopped chewing. Her eyes shot open, and her eyes dilated. Then she turned her head to Samantha.

And smiled.

Trixy took another bite, and a second, and a third. She was holding onto the black mass with both hands and biting it apart a chunk at a time. The demon in her hands howled, but the only sound Trixy made were sensual moans with every bite. The corners of her lips were turned up into a smile, and she couldn’t even keep her eyes open.

"Samantha!" Trixy placed her hands together. "I don’t know if I would call that a pizza, but it surpassed any pizza I ever had!" She nuzzled her clasped hands against her cheek. "We made two, right? Or did you want to eat the second one?" she giggled. "I’m such a pig, I can’t believe I ate the first one without sharing as much as a slice."

Samanatha shook her head slowly, looking more interested in Trixy than what she was speaking about. She inspected the girl as she circled around her, a look of mild concern on her features. “Are you okay?” she placed a hand on Trixy’s chin and then tilted the girl’s head in different directions before holding up four digits. “How many fingers do you see?” she leaned in extremely close. “Are you feeling hot?”

Trixy placed her head on Samantha’s shoulder "I feel great! But if you wanna monitor me for a while, I don’t mind." With a sigh, she closed her eyes. "I mean, I can eat things that most people consider unpalatable, but they never taste that good. I’ve never taken a bite out of a telephone pole and went ‘yea! This is good supper!’ Heh." She wrapped her arms around Samantha in a hug. "I knew there was a cute girl slumbering inside you, Sam. But I could never imagine she was a chief on top of it."

“I don’t know about that…” she sighed. She seemed happy Trixy could eat her food and even seemed to like it, but if she could eat anything, then didn’t that mean she was still a bad cook? “Well, as long as you’re okay. Tell me if you start feeling ill. But you can definitely have the other one.” she moved away from Trixy and began cleaning up the mess that was made, as well as putting everything left back where it belonged.

Trixy looked in the oven and placed her hand over the remaining “pizza.” She hesitated. "Eh." It disappeared into her hammerspace handbag before she closed the over. "You know I’ve been thinking, am I kinda gross?" Trixy pressed the tips of her fingers together. "I don’t know how I’d go about doing it, but I’ve been thinking about getting purified." She groaned to herself as she pushed her fingers together faster. "The music at the rave was set up to only effect corrupted people, and the monster queen has the same kind of mutation I do. Far more severe, but still! Seeing her attempt to eat my friends. I mean I ate the corpses of six wheretigers, and if that’s how I looked doing it…" Trixy placed her hands on her hips. "I need your input Sam, as a fellow agent, girlfriend, and chef. "

Samantha had finished putting the rest of the stuff away by the time she stood up and looked at Trixy, wearing no expression in general. "I have also thought about this," she admitted. "In the end, I decided against trying to get purified because I couldn't see any reason to. The way it manifests in me is... well, an obvious desire for conflict. I admittedly had a difficult time trying to keep it from consuming me when that wicked music was playing." she closed her eyes. "But it used to be worse, so I was able to contain it. Still, despite the disadvantages corruption can bring, it does not do so without benefits. I couldn't tell you how many times these eyes of mine have saved me, and I have the corruption to thank for that," she slowly opened her eyes as they almost seemed to glow. "But that is just me. I have become confident, at least recently, that I will not succumb to it. Is that what you fear may happen to you?" she asked honestly. "Because there are far worse things out there, aesthetically, that I can't imagine that being your real concern. You are someone I consider attractive, and eating won't change that."

"Hnggggggggg!" Trixy tucked her arms against her chest. She took a few steps towards Samantha and wrapped her arms around her shoulders. "Thanks Sam. you’re right. It may have its downsides, but it’s gotten me out of some bad spots too." She kissed Samatha on the cheek before hugging her tight.

The two had spent a few minutes holding each other in an embrace, something Samantha seemed unused to if her inability to choose where to place her hands was any sort of indicator. But when it seemed like the hug had gone on long enough, Samantha pulled away, yet tugged on Trixy’s arm. “Actually, there’s something I want to do,” she told Trixy. “I’m… well, not exactly experienced but… well, just follow me to my room.”

"Yes ma’am!" Trixy’s mouth hung open the entire time she followed Samantha. Not like she had much choice in the matter, but she wasn’t resisting regardless. She had hearts in her eyes, and her tongue slid out of her mouth while she was panting like a dog. When Samantha entered her room, Trixy hopped into the air and fell onto the mattress. "What are we gunna do on the bed?" She giggled.

Samantha sat on the edge of her bed and motioned for Trixy to do the same. When she did, she sighed and looked her girlfriend in the eyes. “...well, I wanted to be somewhere private, with just the two of us. It’s not, erm, something we should be seen doing…” Trixy could tell that Samantha was trying to work up the courage or will to do what it was she was going to do -- that they were going to do, together. Sam closed her eyes and took a deep breath in. “Could I ask you to lay across my lap?” she coughed into her hand and looked away. “Preliminary steps and all…”

"Aaaahhhh~<3" Trixy looped her arms around Samantha’s neck and lowered her back onto Samantha’s lap. She raised one of her legs straight up into the air, and hooked the other one over Samantha’s shoulder. There was a giant grin on her face, and her cheeks were turning red. "Sam, I feel so happy right now!" She chirped. "I’ve gotta admit, I’ve never seen anyone start in this position before. What are you gunna do to me?"

If anything, Sam looked perplexed at Trixy’s reaction. “Oh, uh, so you’ve got experience in this field…?” she asked the girl before reflecting on the situation. Given Trixy’s… ‘uniqueness’, it only made sense she had experience in this sort of thing. “Well, I’m loath to admit it but I don’t expect this to be perfect. I’ve only really seen it done online...” she closed her eyes and took a breath in. “I guess it doesn’t matter as long as I can make you feel a certain way, though.”

Samantha placed a soft hand on Trixy’s buttock, but then realized something. “Er, this would be easier if you could lower your jeans just a bit…”

Trixy’s body was getting warm. "W-well. W-well!" The hearts in her eyes only became larger and more pink as time went on. "I-I think it would be better I-if we undressed each other!" She slid her thumbs under Samantha’s shirt. "But if you need some help-" She retracted a hand to unbutton her pants. "Now we’re persona 4 golden!" She resumed lifting Samantha’s shirt.

“?” Sam’s expression betrayed an increasing confusion arising from Trixy’s actions. “Um…?” she began to speak but stopped herself, then deciding to focus upon the removal of Trixy’s bottoms, only stopping to allow Trixy to even lift her shirt off, exposing a small black bra. Likewise, Samantha pulled Trixy’s jeans down, exposing panties with a tiger stripe pattern.

While it would be false to say Samantha had never seen another person naked before, it had never been in this context. Likewise, she tended not to undress in front of another person. Even she found herself feeling a bit embarrassed, but she did her best to hide the red on her cheeks by focusing on the important act that was to take place. “...If you’re ready, then do you mind if I begin?” she asked, hesitant to start too early.

Trixy held Samatha’s shirt up to her nose and inhaled deeply, before casting the garment aside. "Do it!"

“Alright.”

Trixy’s confirmation meant there was little reason for hesitation. Samantha yet again placed a hand upon Trixy’s plump rear and caressed it. Gazing into her girlfriend’s eyes, she nodded as though the task at hand was a mission that she could not fail. And, to her, it certainly was. There was a woman that needed pleasing and it was by her hand, quite literally, that she could do it.

Unfortunately for Trixy, that woman was not her.

*SMACK*

"Gah!"

The soft touch on Trixy’s rear became a hard slap without notice. A painful sensation as well as redness would spread across Trixy’s cheeks, only this time it was not the ones on her face. But before she could even properly react to the first attack on her bottom, Samantha launched yet another, and another, and another, and they were all of the same intensity.

"Samantha!" Trixy had bee fully brought out of her trance by the time the third or fourth strike came around. "What ar you- Gah! Doing- Gneh! This- Nggg! Isn’t- Errrp! Kinky!"

Suddenly, Samantha’s hand stopped. She tilted her head. “But it isn’t supposed to be,” she stated nonchalantly. “In fact, punishment is supposed to be unpleasant. The blunder with Mariette was a severe one and Veronica left the punishment to me. We’ll stop once I’m confident you’ll never make such a mistake again.” she explained before continuing, almost with gusto. Despite any attempts at fleeing or reasoning from Trixy, Samantha’s assault would not cease for some time.

She couldn’t stop until a woman was satisfied, after all.
S a m a n t h a



"Suppose I should edit in some stats and perks in the header soon."

— Sam


Ruminating on recent events, Samantha Howard had taken to leaning against a tree in Penrose Park, one of few that had survived all that transpired in the place. She stared at the dirt beneath her with no real emotion on her face. It was as if the rest of the world was separate from her and this small place.

So much had transpired in the last few months that she could not help but entertain the idea that this was all just some show she wound up in. From fighting monsters in a facade that would later become sentient, to abandoning the Mint despite the risks to join her employer as a member of her new faction, to being forced into a beach dimension with a dolphin. Really, what was all of this but some absurd show?

And the worst of it was Trixy. But there was a reason for that.

Samantha could not once say she felt any romantic feelings towards another individual before. Her old life was utterly devoid of meaningful relationships. It had to be, given that she murdered for a living. And when she became a magical girl? At first, her goal was merely to avoid dying. Given her unfamiliarity with the world, she opted to not make an enemy of the Mint. If they wanted recompense for a missing agent, then sure, she figured she might as well go along with it.

She felt something new for Veronica.

But she didn't know if it was love. How could she? What use had she had for it up until that point? What she did know was that she found herself not wanting to disappoint Veronica. That Veronica was a being in her life that she honestly wanted to stay that way. She thought she could follow the former Mint broker anywhere.

As for Trixy...

Samantha still wasn't certain why she went ahead and chose to date her. The girl had been mostly an annoyance up to that point and Sam was practically a baby-sitter for the girl. And yet... well, they were dating now, weren't they? She realized this and gave a derisive laugh at herself.

It was Trixy! Trixy of all people! She had more in common with Blair! And all the stuff Trixy did and liked was either of no interest to Sam or outright irritated her. Flirting with every girl in her sight? Worrying about looks? Posting on social media with a frequency that suggested she also had the Time Spec? What about her was appealing to Sam? But then, she was usually honest. She worked hard when she had the motivation. And she was even helping Samantha with aspects of socializing she would agree she was lacking in.

Did Samantha care about her?

Did she think Trixy was annoying?

Were both true?

Why couldn't she be sure about any of this?

Samantha was supposed to be a perfectionist. She wanted some modicum of control. Part of this meant she wanted to be sure of things. But how can she be when all of this is alien to her? Not being sure about everything was terrifying to her. She felt like she was lost on a boat in the middle of a storm, never knowing when the waves might kick up and throw her off.

She let out a sigh and didn't envy Veronica if the woman had chosen now to spy on her thoughts. If they were a jumbled mess to Sam then she imagined they'd be completely incomprehensible to the former broker.

"--llo? Are you okay?"

Samantha practically jumped when she finally registered someone had gotten so close to her. Her eyes jumped to what was an innocent-looking girl and was prepared to transform in case she was a threat.

"What do you want?" Sam asked with a stronger tone than she'd intended.

The other girl almost shrunk in response but replied anyway. "O-oh, umm! See, you looked like you were troubled, so I was wondering if you needed help!" she explained.

Help?

Samantha took a better look at her. The girl was wearing a cute and simple dress, and nothing about her particularly stood out. If remaining incognito was her intention, then this girl was a genius.

And she doesn't look very reliable to begin with.

"Do I need help?" she repeated. "Well, I can't say you're wrong."

The girl spoke up. "In that case, could you tell me about it? I know it's a bit rude, but maybe I can do something for you. Of course, if it's something too personal, I understand."

Samantha sighed. So she was the selfless type? As far as Sam was aware, most girls got forced into service. Some signed contracts, but a lot were simply baited or guilted into joining the ranks of the magical girls. How there were so many that seemingly wanted nothing but to do right by others Sam couldn't quite comprehend. The normal response to that sort of situation should be to be bitter, right?

"I sincerely doubt there's anything you could do," she stated bluntly. "Besides, it's all stupid and boring stuff anyway. You seem nice and all but there's no reason to worry yourself over it. Just a waste of time."

The girl shook her head. "But if it's troubling you, then it isn't stupid and it's not a waste of time!" she declared.

"Most people would take the hint and leave."

The girl looked determined to continue prodding. "Do you really want me to? I told you I'd leave if you said it was too personal, and I wasn't lying," she told Samantha. "Since you didn't take that out, I just figured you were being tsun about it."

Samantha's cheeks flushed until they were as red as a beet. That wasn't true! She was not that sort of person! But then Samantha slowly realized that her typical response to this situation, to begin with, would be to tell this girl that it was personal. Did that mean that since she didn't do it, that she did want her help?

More stuff she wasn't sure about.

After a long pause to let the color in her cheeks return to normal, Sam finally answered her. "...I told you it was stupid and boring. I won't watch over you if you fall asleep in this place."

"I won't!" she promised.

What am I even doing? Speaking about this and to a stranger? I'm sure it's only because she's so persistent.

....

....

....

Samantha had told the girl about what bothered her. It took some time. She was vague about a lot of things and didn't give away every little detail, but at the very least the girl should have had a basic understanding. Sam felt as though a weight had been lifted off her chest when she concluded.

At some point, they'd gone from standing near a tree to sitting on a bench. Sam hadn't even realized it.

The girl had remained silent, causing Sam to worry that she might've lost interest. Embarrassed to have expected anything else, she broke the silence that had formed.

"...see? Just boring and dumb stuff. Nothing serious." Samantha was honestly surprised that the girl was even still awake, but then again she might've just been able to sleep with her eyes open.

The girl fervently shook her head, throwing that idea out the window. "Not at all! I even enjoyed it! Um, not, like, in a bad way! I just meant to say all that stuff is far from boring or unimportant! I understand how you feel, anyway. I was just thinking that we were similar, in a way"

Sam raised an eyebrow. "You do?" she asked.

"Oh, well, not exactly! Um, my situation isn't as complicated or noteworthy as yours. And honestly, it's been mostly good changes, too. But even still, I do relate," the girl assured Sam. "Before I moved back to Penrose--"

"Back?" Sam found herself cutting in.

"I was born here some time ago. But something happened and I moved elsewhere until recently," she explained. "But back to what I was saying... well, when I was gone, things weren't exactly good for me. Um, excuse me if this bores you..."

It was Sam who shook her head this time. "After bugging me until I told you, you're really going to worry about that?"

"Oh, okay. Sorry, it's just a habit. I try not to bother people by talking about myself too often."

"Just go for it. Apologizing for every little thing is just annoying."

"Is that so?" she placed a finger to her lip and went silent. The girl seemed to take the words Sam said too seriously, perhaps making a mental note of it. But eventually, she continued.

"So, as I was saying... when I got back to Penrose..."

More time passed as the girl explained how she found herself ostracized by all the magical girls where she was operating because of her very own patron! But once she moved back here, it didn't seem like any of that mattered. Penrose had become active enough that most people didn't care much for rumors. There were so many of them after all. She also explained how she had made many friends since returning a short while ago, and how thankful she was.

But she confessed that even if things were going well, it all felt so weird to her. It wasn't like she had taken a month's vacation. No, it was years of being ignored or feared, when all she wanted was to be helpful. So when people suddenly start being nice... when she suddenly got friends by moving out here, she wanted to keep them. She cherished them. But... she had bad thoughts, too. She would wonder if they were all faking it. Were they laughing behind her back? Were they going to abandon her? She wanted nothing more than this to not be true, and she wanted to trust those close to her, but the doubt was there and it ate at her. Wasn't it disrespectful to them? Like Sam, this girl had also come out here to clear her mind. What a coincidence, right?

Samantha felt there were differences between their situations, but also a few similarities. A shared unease and (probably) pointless doubts because of their unfamiliarity with their lives at this point. At least that's what she thought it was.

Speaking to this girl had helped ease her mind if only a little. She was still uncertain, but now she was beginning to feel like that was okay. She gave a small smile to the girl. "I think speaking about it was what I needed," she said, then looking away and coughing into her hand. "...and thank you."

Though she felt relieved in a way, Samantha's subtle curve of lips paled in comparison to the huge smile the girl gave in return. It seemed genuine, too. "Oh, I'm happy to hear that!" she cried. "Even if all I really did was listen to you. I wish I could do something more."

"No," Sam shook her head. "You've done more than enough as a stranger. In fact, I believe people pay for this sort of thing, don't they?"

The girl seemed confused but then understood. "Oh, I guess that's true. But I'm not a therapist, so I couldn't even if I wanted to," suddenly, as though she had a brilliant idea, she perked up. "I know I just said I wouldn't charge you, but would you at least tell me your name? I would love if we could be friends, too!"

If you're so scared of people betraying you, then why are you trying to make friends with everyone?

Samantha kept the thought to herself and answered with a nod. "I don't see why not. My name's Samantha. You can call me Sam, if it pleases you. I'm not sure about the friends part yet, though."

The girl smiled. "That's okay! It's a bit silly of me to ask to be that close right away, after all. Oh, no, it's rude to ask someone's name before giving your own! I completely forgot! Sor--" she caught herself before finishing the word. "Um, well, I'll just fix that then." after what almost looked like hesitation she took a big breath and spoke.

"I'm... Emily, I'm so very pleased to have met you!" she even stood up to give a polite bow.

Isn't she trying just a little too hard? She's definitely a bit strange.

Another thing they shared, she supposed.

Samantha stood up as well. She'd spent enough time at the park, mulling over this stuff. "Well, I should go," she told Emily. "I'll see you around, maybe."

"Oh, I'm here somewhat often, so I'll be looking forward to it. Bye!" as Samantha turned to leave, she saw Emily wave and she continued to do so up until Sam could no longer see her. She probably had enough energy to rival Trixy, Sam thought.

Well, she'd had enough time to herself. She didn't really have anything to do as of the exact moment, but something was bound to happen eventually. Penrose was a lively place, for better or for worse.
E m i l y



"Whose post is it anyway?"

— Emily


Naturally, without a leg to stand on (quite literally), the armored girl was unable to do much but fall to the floor along with the other rabid girl, growling ever defiantly as she did. Now, she was partially alight with flames coming from both another girl and the now-deceased druid. The pain was immense and coerced a grunt from her as she hit the ground with a thud.

The situation as it stood would be advantageous for her, as both of them had lost their legs. Hilaria would not lose in a sheer contest of strength, and her skills in a grapple weren't poor in the least. Celia would find herself as the bottom of a mounted position, perhaps the worst place to be right now, and the hold she tried keeping on Hilaria was broken shortly after. The armored girl on top pulled back her fist with the clear intent of beginning to pummel the girl beneath her, but Celia would suddenly feel the weight on her body disappear, a fair amount of heat, and then hear a thud nearby.

What happened was that Hilaria had been blasted by a ball of blue flames that knocked her prone. The person who attacked her flew over and hovered near Hilaria, looking down upon her with an unhappy expression.

Emily had been spectating this fight but had yet to join before. This was because of a fear of friendly fire of the literal variety. But things had changed. These two would likely continue to attack each other until one potentially died, and that was not cool, especially because they probably didn't actually want to.

She knew certain Dark Magical Girls were prone to losing their rationality when subject to extreme emotions. She wasn't sure exactly why they'd lost themselves to their corruptions, but she didn't want them to die for it. Each magical girl lost, no matter what affiliation, was another lost sibling. That was terrible!

Emily was, however, not perfect. She understood their situation but it infuriated her nonetheless. Meaningless fighting always was her least favorite thing, so that's why she took action. Hilaria's mounted position allowed her to separate the two and she did not waste it. Everyone else either seemed to be (understandably) concerned about the injured girl or (understandably) cautious in their approach to the two DMGs. The potential danger to herself would not discourage Emily from trying to help, though.

She was now the closest thing to Hilaria, who had, from her position on the ground, now been glaring at Emily. It wasn't a sight she took lightly, knowing that a mistake could end in her death and others might then decide she's too much trouble to spare.

But...

Hilaria's form began to alter, slowly. At first, Emily doubted herself, but the berserker's hair slowly began to revert to being white, followed by her horns disappearing and her armor returning to silver instead of pitch-black. Even the nasty look she was giving Emily disappeared, replaced by eyes that struggled to stay open at all.

The blast Emily hit Hilaria with certainly wasn't that strong, so Emily wondered if she was already exhausted. The girl had been in that state before their helicopter had crashed and had been fighting constantly. There were probably other factors, like the event wrapping up perhaps being unaccustomed to such strong emotions. Well, she could only speculate.

It was risky, but Emily drew extremely close to Hilaria. She didn't seem to react, instead panting heavily as she remained still on the ground. Emily couldn't see the flow of magic like some girls, but given that she was still in form yet was clearly on the verge of unconsciousness, she deduced that perhaps the girl was using what mana she had left in an attempt to heal herself. But those flames coming from the wound left by the spirit druid did not seem normal. Could she cleanse them?

That is what she attempted to do. She raised her hand and pointed it towards Hilaria's wounds. The flames that left her hands almost seemed gentle in comparison to the norm and would avoid spreading to other areas of the girl. Hilaria hissed in obvious pain but the rise and fall of her chest would slow indicating that it had some effect. Emily even bestowed some of her own mana onto Hilaria to help with the regeneration she seemed to have, but was careful not to give her too much in case doing so would reignite her will to fight.

Once Hilaria was stabilized and on the way to recovery, Emily would call out to Ronin, whom she noticed was attempting to support from afar, and ask that she continue. If Celia hadn't flown away or tried impeding this process, she would see about doing the same for Celia as she had done to the subdued Hilaria.

If things finally ended, then maybe she could just relax and maybe watch a movie with Sakura. Or ask where Shoggy went when she was distracted. Or just sleep. Anything, really.
Zachary Ackerson

Jezebel Volcov



"Is the past better left untouched?"



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Jezebel hadn’t stopped hugging Zachary after he came back up stairs. She used perhaps too many bandages to patch up the hole in his shoulder. Though it wasn’t like they were trying to save on supplies. His shoulder had just a light throb, and the bleeding had stopped. “Like, I’m not leaving my number one baldwin behind again! We’re totally stickin’ together to the end!”

“Definitely.” the archer agreed with a nod.

But before they went any higher in this tower, there was something that warranted an inspection. The computer terminal that Noel had told them about. It should contain information on all of them, and possibly even more.

Zachary approached the terminal hesitantly. He might have still held on to the sentiment that learning more would just make progress more difficult, but if that were the case, he decided to put such thoughts behind him as he accessed it. “Huh. You wouldn’t happen to be especially curious right now, would you, Jez?” he asked.

Jezebel looked at the computer, then back at Zachary. “Well.” She stroked her chin. “Like, that has everyone’s secrets on it right? That’s Totally what Noel said.” She looked at the floor before folding her arms. “Faith.”

All Zachary had to do was type in Faith Lambert’s name, and the machine quickly dug up her profile. It contained everything from her height to her favorite food, as well as her secrets. Though these were simply listed as “triggers” on the document. It read:

Faith was diagnosed with Schizophrenia around the same time she became recognized as an Infinite; she and the producers of the show have kept it hidden to the best of their abilities. Two years ago, she helped her sister Miriam get together with a boy she knew at her request. Despite her misgivings she agreed, and the two hit it off smoothly. A year later however she was informed by family that, thanks to Faith's title, Miriam had been taken to Axis Mundi after a suicide attempt stemming from an alleged rape incident involving the male in question. She still feels guilty for setting the two up to this day, and on many occasions has considered abandoning her title as an Infinite as she does not deserve it.

Jezebel remained silent. She bit her thumbnail and exhaled. “Like, Schizophrenia doesn’t surprise me all that much. But her sister...” Jezebel hugged herself. “I wish we fixed things before she died.”

Zachary didn't have anything to say, but the weight of Faith's history was still there. He softly placed his hand on Jez's shoulder for a moment.

He allowed a few more of those to pass before he spoke. "Um, well... let's see what our cowboy was up to? Hope he doesn't have a scorpion seared into his palm, never got the chance to confirm if that was the case or not." Zachary gave a half-hearted laugh as he took his hand off Jezebel's shoulder and typed in George's name.

Shortly after becoming an Infinite, George Henry became the spokesperson of a certain clothing business who was particularly noted for their boots, which the gunslinger fancied. George eventually discovered a darker side to the business that involved, among other things, smuggling weapons into the country, but did not report this to the authorities, instead willingly overlooking (and later becoming involved with) these criminal activities in exchange for money. These weapons would end up facilitating violent gang fights that left more than a few dead, including people not affiliated with gangs. Despite these weapons and the tragedies that came of them, George became more intimate with the dirty practices, having gone so far as to take a life to keep another person quiet. He doesn't seem likely to stop anytime soon.

The archer grimaced. "I wasn't really expecting a spaghetti western or anything, but this..." he closed his eyes. "...I don't know if I want to keep looking."

“Like-.” Jezebel shook her head. “It sorta feels like eavesdropping, but we totally gotta look at everything. At least the slain, and...” Jezebel tapped a few keys and hit enter. She fret her brow in annoyance. “Gag me with a spoon! Of course Davis keeps his info off the server.” In a huff, Jezebel miss-clicked and ended up switching to a different tab. This one was an open windows tab that showed several videos. Their names were all dates going back before the tragedy happened.

“Totally meant to do that.” Jezebel moused over to the Olivia Smith videos and played them. They were all speaking Japanese, but it seemed someone had subbed them for a western viewing audience. Jezebel sat quietly through both videos. Only watching as Davis and Olivia spoke with the two ultimate students. She didn’t speak up until the video cut out. Just before Davis could reveal the permanent number two seat to Makoto. “That’s it? Just someone who’s been in multiple killing games? Where’s the next video!” Jezebel had moved in front of the computer and was now searching the database herself.

Zach found that odd. Davis had survived a killing game and was able to speak with Makoto Naegi? And was this before the Infinites? Did this mean they created it? The people who created the initiative… they had to be smarter than that, right? To let scum like Davis sit at the top and lead them by the nose. Zach’s eyes were also glued to the screen now. This had all better have been photoshopped. It couldn’t be real, could it? “Any luck? That’s a bad cliffhanger to end on.”

“Yea, like, I think I found something.” The next video was pretty short, and had hardly any dialog. It was just a shot of all the infinites gathered around a table celebrating the election of the first candidate. Olivia was sworn in like she was the president of the United states. “This is one of those moments that’s either so gnar or so not gnar, and I dunno which one it is.” Jezebel turned to Zachary. “This is so totally important, right? We should, like, show these to the others. I recorded them if we need to look later.”

Zachary nodded. "It's a few more pieces to this puzzle," he said, his gaze idled on the paused image of the inducted Olivia. The ceremony almost made it feel like some weird cult. But then, considering Davis' involvement with this tragedy, Zach thought that maybe it was. "Maybe the others can help us make more sense of this? We've learned a bit about Davis and this Olivia chick, and that they may have started the Initiative, but I'm not smart enough to figure how that translates into this killing game." he sighed. "If they all survived one of these games... then they should know just how horrible it really is."

He backed away from the terminal. "I want to believe it's just Davis. That nobody else would do something like this. But what if it isn't? What if, say, the Initiative was created for something like this?" he asked aware that Jez couldn't know the answer to the question. Zach shook his head free of the thought. "Nah, I'm trying to think too much. There's no way."

Since the two had likely found all that they could through the terminal, that just left regrouping with the others and sharing their findings. Maybe they had better luck?

S i l h o u e t t e



"Nothing personal, ki--well, maybe a little personal."
Silhouette


Silhouette didn't see any portals, so it appeared as though Mariette had fled the scene. If the girl intended to become aggressive, then it was more likely that'd happen later down the line. She did just sustain damage, after all. And if that bridge was entirely burned, then it was unfortunate. Samantha had fought with Mariette at one time and thought that she'd make for a fine ally, even if only taking into consideration the girl's specialization.

This made it all the more frustrating that the person who potentially destroyed their chances was Trixy. Even if things were hectic, this was inexcusable. How many times did Veronica go out of her way to suggest allying with someone as the first resort? That should've made it clear, but Trixy had acted almost like a child and neglected this. She would have to spend her frustration disciplining Trixy later. If she wanted to act like a child, she would be treated like one. A rough spanking would be in order. That would humiliate and cause her to reflect on her actions, wouldn't it? Yeah, that was a plan.

Silhouette remained perched on a part of the roof as she looked down upon the scene. Hyun had been defeated non-lethally thanks to what appeared to be Amaryllis sacrificing an arm. Although Silhouette couldn't see herself doing the same mostly out of no desire to save someone, the willpower necessary was still impressive. She could almost commend the girl, but things only began to escalate with the appearance of Eden, the culprit, and the Ascendancy immediately going into purge mode yet again.

Her crimson eyes narrowed on Rachel. It was true that Eden evoked unpleasant emotions from Sil. She would certainly like to plunge a blade through the woman for ruining the night, and her attitude was irksome. But how many times would these idiots show up and do this very same thing? Penrose had a multitude of problems that cropped up, and it did not need to have the Ascendancy hovering around each one like some vultures. Worse still was they acted like they were any better than the ones they hunted. Coercing people into changing aspects about themselves by threatening death? Haughty attitudes that belittled the existence of Dark Magical Girls, treating them as insects. But they all bled and died just the same. The slaughter that took place here should have made that fairly obvious. But maybe it wasn't enough? Maybe they needed to lose more.

Samantha could take from them. What was one more body on the pile? Clearly, the rest of their fallen brethren were of little import. Expendable bodies to throw at their dogma. But the one she was eyeing... she seemed to hold some form of value. She was, after all, ordering the others around. Would killing her spark a change in the Ascendancy? She didn't actually think it would.

But it would provide some form of catharsis.

Alicia's outrage had served as a fine distraction. After mentally sending Trixy off with a vague affirmation, Samantha snaked along the darkness provided by the night as an inconspicuous shadow, leading her behind the inquisitor. Silently, the blob took shape, and Samantha raised her knife. She opted to take no risks, her blade being filled with mana as she swung horizontally, aiming to part the inquisitor's head from her neck.
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