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

Penny Asimov

Name: Penny Asimov, Laat’AlOfan’s Chosen, The Gray Lady



Age (Magical Girl): 16

Age (Before Magical Girl): 29

Gender: Female

Gender (Before Magical Girl): Male

Appearances

Sealed: While Penny is in her human form She appears as a very well developed young woman, She stands at a respectable 5'9" and looks deceptively frail. She has long dark blue hair which starts gradually turns to neon yellow, in the right light her hair seems to have a silver sheen. Her eyes are a gold color. She prefers baggy clothes that hide her physique, but tends to underestimate her assets. That coupled with her low income and Rites she must follow means she deals with botched purchases rather than go shopping for more.

Active: Penny as she truly is a seamless mix of human and machine. Her hair has begun losing color, the roots have become a matte gray seems more like fiber optic wire than true hair, with the rest of the color dulling dramatically. Most of body has extremely obvious metallic plates grafted to it, with every major set of joints, discounting the fingers, replaced with obvious mechanics. Her eyes begin to shift between all the colors of the visible spectrum, sans red which bleeds in as Penny becomes more and more stressed, additionally while in this form there is a constant hum coming from Penny, quiet but unmistakable as machinery.

Engine of Destruction: All traces of humanity temporarily flee from Penny as her body become little more than living lightning and metal. The core of her body is still discernible as it retains a passing resemblance of her human from, though lacking a face beyond two gleaming red dots for eyes, devoid of any true emotion. Her limbs become disconnect slabs of metal held in place through a mix of magic and magnetism, which change shape according to thought. In addition all color drains from her body leaving her a light gray, with darker gray plates inter mixed though out. All the while an ominous blood red light seeps through the cracks.

Augments

Due to Penny's unique physiology and altered magical aptitude she has the ability to augment and alter her body so long as she has the resources.

Head: Right eye has a zoom feature added to it. Teeth have been altered to be able to become razor sharp.

Torso: Upgraded plating. Retractable Spider limbs: these limbs have a reach of nine feet and are tipped with a three pronged claw. While retracted they lie seamlessly with her torso.

Arms: Left arm has been fitted with a chain knuckle: Firing this system draws power from her gauss system and has a maximum length of 60 ft. Right hand has been altered to allow for a chain saw type attachment along her forearm as well as within her palm.

Legs: Electromagnetic boosters: mainly used for midair hovering also increases land speed while moving in a straight line. Parts for this were salvaged from the Sky Bastions flight engine.

Other: increased over all height by 3 inches making her stand at 6 feet flat while transformed. Altered plating composition to allow for short bursts of electricity, this requires a short cool down between uses.

Note: All of these augments have left visible changes on her sealed state as well resulting in various tattoos depending on what the augment was.

Gifted Specializations:
Metal & Lightning, the heralds of the modern age, these are the aspects that Penny's soul best reflect. Thus they have become her prison. She has little capability for the casting of magic, but her body has been rebuilt with what her soul flourishes with; A body of steel, with blood of lightning. The best she can do is simple telekinetic cantrips, but being of the same stuff as her specializations does give her some unique opportunities when it comes to magical flair, but all of them will be focused inwards due to her lack of overt power.

The insight to machines that comes with the instinct of metal helps in day to day situations, and she is always a bit quicker than expected due to the lightning in her veins.

Weapons: Due to that changes that have been forced upon Penny her whole body has become a weapon, In addition to simple unarmed strikes, she can project energy blades from various parts of her body(Hands, Feet, Knees, Elbows) to devastating effect. Despite the simplicity of her modes of attack, they were granted by a being of destructive force, thus they carry surprising amount of force behind even simple attacks.

She has dubbed using her blades as Assault mode, as when she activates them thin lines snap open across her body, each glowing with the same cerulean light that her blades give off. This light, and her blades, switch to blood red when she has becomes Engine of Destruction.

.:Powers:.

1^st Regeneration: Things breaking down in inevitable, it is in how quickly they can be put back together that is important. As a Valued resource Laat'AlOfan see to it that Penny is never far from her top condition.

2^nd Recursion Protocol: Litany of Destruction:
^{(Killing Blow)}
The one true spell that Penny has calls together the eternal memory of metal and the instantaneous action of lightning and fuses them in to one fearsome attack, one that only grows in power as time go by.

It starts with Penny slamming her fists together, causing runes to flare into existence across Penny's body. From there they start condensing on to her arms, covering them with a blazing glow that is reminiscent of a starry nebula. Then as she pulls her fists apart the color starts drain away from her, and the nearby area, leaving it flat and grey. Save for as a small scintillating blade comprised of every color that starts to form from one of her arms, getting struck by that blade or the glowing arm, brings forth the echo of every strike that Penny has landed and revisits the force of all of them on to her target in the same instant.

Such an attack can’t be used without repercussion however; in addition to the incredibly exhausting nature of the attack, using it too often without proper rest will cause the attack to start tearing Penny apart, easily leading to her death if she is careless.

.:Perks:.

Bile: A hidden auxiliary system that has been recently reactivated, it is interwoven offensive system that It can be used unfocused as an close range shotgun of flechette and stray arcs of electricity, or condensed as a long ranged lightning bolt charged Gauss cannon. It takes time for her body to recharge its reservoir, around twenty seconds or so, so she is unable to unleash a constant barge of such attacks but it does give her a potent ranged option. This system is discharged from her mouth.

Engine of Destruction has a third variation that makes use of its unique physiology. It can unleash a focused stream of lightning and sharpened steel shrapnel. It is a mid-ranged attack that it can hold for a several seconds and redirect easily. The tradeoff is after using this variant the recharge time is about three times longer.

This system is not a magical attack and its power is based on her physical Vitality.

Martial training: There are many ways to break things, so very many ways. This is a precious first gift given by Laat’AlOfan, proper instruction in how to properly break other people. It is imprinted deeply enough that the skill remain regardless of which state Penny is in.

Enhanced Sustenance: Due to being the Chosen of Laat’AlOfan Penny no longer requires much upkeep. A handful of hours for sleep and nearly everything has become a source of nutrients if she needs it. Even breathing has become obsolete, though habits are hard to break with that one.

Enhanced UniForm: Her new body was crafted by a God of Destruction, For that it had to be resilient, as Laat'AlOfan is not gentle. It was built with the intention of being a tool of destruction, which would work ceaselessly, thus He strove to make it perfect. So despite Penny's soft appearance her body can withstand great punishment.

Monstrous Metamorphoses: In times of great stress, part of what makes Penny, Penny, will slip away drowned out by the urge to rend and shear. In time like these she becomes nothing but an engine of destruction. Thankfully these times are short, but they always leave an impact on the world around her.

Patron: Laat'AlOfan/{Mint}/(Beacon)

Patron Benefits:

+Clergy+: The Rites of AlOfan are simple things as destruction is a simple thing. That being said, His Rites are varied, and most commonly seen as demolition projects. Thus his clerics are proficient in all manner of official, and unofficial, demolition practices.

+Paragon+: Destruction is not an easy task; those that have been drafted for it are blessed to both deal it with greater capability and the resilience to resist being destroyed in turn.

+Physical Prowess+: Some are blessed with more than others; Penny is blessed with even more resilience then normal

+Supplier+: Not all destruction is produced on a whim, sometimes planning is needed, and when one plans they will often need supplies to carry out said plan. Laat'AlOfan is always willing to help those that seek to break that which is established, and will endeavor to see that the tools of destruction that they need but don’t have, will soon find its way in to their hands.

+Magical Overload-: Half a blessing, Granted to only one of Laat’AlOfan’s girls, dubbed his Chosen, it grants His Chosen with greater Physical might at the cost of overt magical skill, and the radiance of a multifaceted soul.

---Mint---
Black coin: A tiny piece of metal that hides vast power, and now Penny has one. Not that she ever plans on using the damn thing, but to option is always going to be there, especially as she is hiding it literally under her skin.

Non-exclusivity: Laat was, and is, her primary patron. The destructive deity is alright with the Mint because they are still relatively new and they are responsible for wide spread change. It was He who first sent the Mint in Penny's direction.

__Beacon__
None, while Penny is an ally to the Beacon and is working akin to their rules she has received zero direct aid from the upper echelons of the organization.

~Other~
Transportation: Earth Bastion
Luck, timing, and a touch of insanity have caused Penny to acquire something beyond her normal limits. In the haze of her monstrous transformation Penny cannibalized the Earth Bastion seeking more metal to work with in effort to kill her target, at the same time Amber, to original owner of the ship, was killed weakening the magic binding it to the Pirate. This has made Penny the sole owner of the fortress on wheels.

When not in use Penny pulls the magic of the ship inside her, storing the Earth Bastion somewhere in Laat'AlOfan's realm until she calls for it, while stored in this way it gains her regenerative capability.

Patron Drawbacks:

-Monstrous Form+: Half a curse, this is the cost of being His Chosen, A body that reflects a twisted mockery of its soul, and the unending urge to rip and tear. A need as real as food or water, grafted permanently to His Chosen’s mind.

-Rites-: There are many rites that Laat'AlOfan can claim as his own. In truth every act of destruction is a Rite of his. That being said there are a few specific rites that He demands be followed.
The First: Break quickly: You must seek to break your Fast within an hour of waking.
The Second: Embrace new growth: Nothing owned maybe older than four seasons.
The Third: Remember the task: You must seek out something to destroy at least once a Moon cycle.
The Last: Roots must never last: No home may be kept longer than two seasons.

-Loud-: Laat doesn't speak often but when he does everyone will hear it, and likely several something’s will be broken because of it.

-Unknown-: He has no true followers, as any religion that lasted for any significant age He would destroy as building things that last is directly opposed to his task. Thus very few have heard of him, and even then what knowledge they have is limited.

---Mint---

Debt: Nothing is given for free in The Mint; everything has a price that has to be paid back. With luck Penny won’t stay in debt too long but who can say for sure what lies on the horizon?

Betrayal: Bottom of the totem pole in an organization that wants to make sure it stays hidden, while she is allied with The Beacon puts Penny in a precarious potion. For how long will it last? And who will turn on Penny first?

Fighting Style: Penny's fighting style is a very controlled, if improvisational unarmed style, which degrades to unreasoning brutality as she nears becoming a full Engine of Destruction, her magical talent is laughably weak as she has been rebuilt for the purpose of physically destroying that which stands in her way. She will use Lighting to draw power from power lines and such to get her strength back quickly and small telekinetic control over metal to pull useful objects to her if needed.

For the most part she is a defensive Fighter, counters and parries are her main courses of actions. Unless she has fully lost at which point she switches to unrelenting assault. The main similarity is her willingness to use any and everything on hand as a weapon if needed.

__Beacon__
The upside is she also isn't true bound to their rules thus has no vow she must uphold and is not restricted by their few rules.

Stats

Stats (Sealed:):
STR:6
AGI:5
VIT:6
MAG:1
LCK:3

Stats (Active:):
STR:22
AGI:12
VIT:19
MAG:1
LCK:4

Stats (Engine of destruction)
STR:24
AGI:14
VIT:21
MAG:1
LCK:4

Personality: Kind and altruistic, Penny always tries to look on the bright side of things and is always willing to help out those she can. Seemingly naive, She is always trusting of people at first meeting, though that comes more from her ability to take care of herself than of lack of judgment.

Unafraid and outgoing she will be the first to introduce herself and to try and make friends. That being said she is woefully unprepared for the life she must now lead, and is very hesitant to talk about who she used to be. She can at time come off as conflicted and uncomfortable in her own skin, which is true for a variety of reasons. She has a good deal of empathy for those that have had their lives radically altered.

She is also a hopeless romantic, and unashamed to admit it if asked, and while this has caused her a recent heart break she is no less hopeful for the next time she falls in love.

History: Few people, if any, are willingly inducted to carry out Laat'AlOfan’s will. Penny is no different. Back when ‘She’ was ‘He’ it was a simple case of wrong place wrong time. The Girl that Penny has replaced, like many before her, found a way to slip out from Laat's grasp, and chose to do such in defiance of the destructive God.

Were it at a different time, Jason would have kept his normal life; He worked as a Computer Engineer, tasked with developing and building new hardware and software. It was a simple life with no great appeal beyond the fact that it was his.

But it was a crucial time, and 'AlOfan rarely asks for permission from those he chooses to aid him, He sought the closest person who soul resonated with his intention and acted. Penny doesn’t recall her first night as chosen, and that does worry her.

Since then Penny has found herself in a unique and dangerous position of being allied with both the Ebon mint and The Beacon. Both of these groups sought her out due more to Laat'AlOfan's interactions then her own. Still she has proven to be a capable, if destructive, ally and help bring down Justine's forces and demolished the dark girl’s castle single handedly.

Incantation: "Limiters released and Systems are green. Circuits Charged and Steel Sharpened I Stand Ready for Action!"

Additional Info

• Original name: Jason Oliver
• Prefers to stay in human form as much as possible.
• Hasn’t full adjusted to the Gender Switch that has happened.
• Still considers herself a newbie in regards to the whole magical world and doesn’t know much about the various branches of magic.
• She has yet to use her Platinum coin and keeps it hidden next to her Black coin.

Laat'AlOfan: He Who Brushes Away the Old

Type: Deity

Name: Laat'AlOfan, Enforcer of change, He Who Brushes Away the Old, The Unmaker

Personality: Laat is a being of action, a bringer of Chaos. Tasked with destroying that which has passed, he quietly fulfills his mandate. Bringing about the ruination of things that are old or no longer needed nor wanted, His is a thankless task, though important one.

He is measured is his actions however, He does not seek unending destruction. Only to brush away stagnation and force new growth to take the place of what once was, Creation and Destruction as two parts of a whole, and Laat'Alofan is Content to be the one who breaks so that others can create.

It is this that drives him to strike both at the Light and the Dark. The Light, as it tends to cling on to its past glories and in doing so forces it to keep growing, the Dark because it often seeks to burn everything to ash and leave it as such, and with continued failure it must learn new ways to complete it goals. Thus Laat'AlOfan is firmly between them both, neither fully an ally nor fully an enemy, but forever requiring innovation and removing the woks that came before.

History: What history there is of Laat’AlOfan is kept by Laat’AlOfan himself. It is not in his nature to let things last. Thus in an effort to fulfill his nature he withholds his own history so one day, when He is no longer needed He will have already removed any trace of his passing, and thus will have already destroyed himself as it were.

Resources: Laat'AlOfan As old and powerful as he may be knows that he cannot always fulfill his task by himself. To aid in his efforts He drafts the aid of Magical Girls, six he chooses as rank and file soldiers to seek and destroy aging monsters and to combat those of the dark that have taken a deeper Root.

One monster answers to His call, a titanic beast that's sole purpose is wide spread, unrepentant destruction. It is a last resort; used when all other attempts have failed for once His beast has been set loose, very few things can stop it before it has ravaged everything in its sight.

And lastly there is his Chosen, A Magical Girl, twisted by his power and gifted great power in return. They are his greatest warrior. Destruction is in their blood, gifted with the skills, knowledge and capabilities of both Man and Monster. They are used both as a scalpel to cleanly and precisely strike out those that have taken deep root in new growth, and as unrestrained bombs to wipe clean vast swaths at once as needed by his will.

His mundane forces are by comparison much less impressive, though they make up for that in their sheer number and although none know of it various destruction and salvage companies are owned by Laat in some way or another.

Payment for services rendered are rarely things of permanence, Coin both mundane and magical is the most common as it allows his follows to replace their old gear and supplies as needed by his tenets, though if not spent soon the rewards have a way of being lost. Occasionally he will bestow a Boon either with a Tool of some sort that will reforge its self every month in to something new, Or with a single use magical item, often destructive in nature but not always. Lastly and only in extreme circumstances he will give the gift of freedom and allow one of his follows to truly die releasing them from their bonds of servitude. It is a gift he wishes he could give more freely, but knows that few would choose to stay if given that choice.

Additional Info:
Has agreed to a temporary alliance with The Beacon

Rites:
The Hidden: Everything breaks: This rite he keeps to himself, letting his Girls discover it for themselves; the rites need not be followed at all times. Only one rite need be held true per year, but it can't be the same one consecutively.

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_{-Crashing down-}

Penny watched her Beacon allies leave with the same manic expression she had displayed at her first realization of what this room meant to her. All but one of the leaving girls had just shrugged and agreed with her plan and Alicia’s anger wasn’t hard to see. Underneath the mania Penny felt as she had messed up here somehow, but couldn’t place what it was.

Turning back to face the wall the mechanical girl hit the wall, softly this time, she would wait a moment before she hit it again slightly harder than before. Over and over, slowly building up the strength of her hits, till the walls were shaking with each blow, she rang out a warning to all who might be in the castle, using the walls themselves to deliver it.

As she waited for some unknowable signal she ran through her plan. This wall was the first, that was true, but a castle this size would be guaranteed to be toppled with only this wall being taken away, she need at least two more to be certain and at least one of those would have to be the mirror to this one. So after tearing this wall down, she would turn north and keep running through walls till she found another load bearing wall and quickly tear it down before venturing to east to find the load baring wall that was opposite the wall she was striking at.

The blades on her left arm flared to life, her spider limbs extended as well. She would be rushing around with the castle as it came tumbling down so every weapon she had would likely be needed, both to make sure she didn’t end up buried underneath tons of stone and to give her the tools to take out anything that might stop her, and if all else went poorly she knew this place had an underground complex as well that she would escape into so she could buy a bit more time to escape.

She pulled her fist back one more time and felt something click within her. It was time. The blades on her right arm lit up and she stopped holding back. She lashed out at the wall, letting out a roar as she did. The wall, having been weakened by her steady blows crumbled to dust in the face of Penny’s full strength as she fulfilled her Patrons mission. The cyborg didn’t spare the wall another glance as she turned towards her next objective and started blitzing through whatever happened to be in her way. Change and destruction had come to the castle, and nothing would stop it now.

Penny was a living wrecking ball within the castle, blowing through walls, furniture, doors, everything. A few times she would snap fire a gauss round at load bearing structures she could see off her determined path, or at something that looked like it might survive the castle coming down on top of it. Several times the force of her stride left holes in the floor over where she had ran but Penny refused to look back, for every moment she stayed still increased the likely hood she would find her end with this crumbling structure.

Her spider legs worked mainly at deflecting the debris coming down on the rampaging half monster, as did her blades on any slabs of stone that landed in front of her, but all of her limbs were used on the load bearing walls when she came to them. She wasted as little time as possible on completing her goal before racing off to the next one.

When she had finally taken down the third wall, she just kept pushing through and started forcing her way outside from there, she would have preferred to make it back to the entrance, but knew that to try that at this point would drastically shorten her current life expectancy. A cry of triumph was on her lips and would ring out the moment she was clear from the destroyed building. After taking a moment to survey her handy work, Penny would circle around to rejoin her allies so they could work on finding a way back home. All the way there was a spring in her step for a project accomplished.

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_{-Preparation-}

Kimble’s last whispered statement was heard by Penny as she raced off, but was quickly pushed aside in favor of focusing on her task at hand. A manic smile found its way on to Penny’s face as her cannon round tore through the walls with ease, and the smile just grew as Penny took in rest of the castle. She was going to have so much fun tearing this place apart.

Following after the Beacon members again, Penny stayed at the very edge of the pathway she opened tearing chunks out of the wall as she passed them. She took an inordinate amount of satisfaction at the feeling of crushing stone in her hands and in a fit of glee charged through the final wall by herself rather than use the shortcut she had opened just a few feet to the side.

Breaking though the wall she threw bits of the wall at the retreating girls, uncaring if she actually hit any of them as she wouldn’t likely chase after if she did. Instead she took in the view of the library and swallowed thickly as she did. This place was truly breathtaking to the sole monster girl in the room, and for a vastly different reasons then it would be to others. It was like looking at an intricate set of dominos all poised to fall, and Penny was the one who got set it off.

Slowly she walked over to one of the bare walls and gently ran her hand upon it. As a cleric of Laat she knew of all manner of ways to destroy, part of that knowledge are the principles of architecture, from this she could tell the wall she was standing in front of was one of the load bearing walls. It wouldn’t take much, if the prior walls were anything to go by, to set everything tumbling down to dust, especially if the fire stuck around. ‘It would be so easy too’ she thought to herself as she looked at the wall with longing.

With effort Penny turned away from the wall, her hand still resting on it as she did, and focused on the members of Beacon and Alicia for the first time since she entered this room. ”You girls might want to grab everything that’s important and evacuate” She said her voice trembling lightly as she spoke, the manic grin still etched across her face and the spark of her madness visible in her eyes as they glowed a harsh orange “As I can topple this castle from right here” she added as she thumped the wall hard enough shake the walls not bothering to hide the shiver that ran up her spine at the wall’s reaction.

The lightning in her blood was roared with restrained desire, the metal plates of her limbs itched to feel the stone crumble beneath them, the monster within her needed to hear the symphony of this castle collapsing, needed to witness this timeless bastion of to fall to ruin, but Penny could be patient, needed to be patient. Her allies with were still inside, and they weren’t as durable as Penny, but her patience could only last so long with this temptation staring her straight in the face.

“Please hurry”

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_{–Knock Knock-}

The small smile playing about Penny’s lips as she watched the scene next to her unfold hid just how much Alicia’s seemingly small act was appreciated. From how Kimble reacted to this turn of events, Penny guessed that they had similar experiences in the magical world, and the machine girl wouldn’t be ashamed to admit she was jealous of the cat girls luck in this situation.

The byplay of the beckoners was also very interesting to watch, and Penny was glad that she had been overlooked, possibly ignored outright, by the people present solely for the fact she could watch them. She was a creature of change, fashioned to be that way by AlOfan’s will, to see and hear the highest echelons of Beacon talking about the need for change sent a tingle down her spine.

This brought her back to Alicia, the lynch pin for all of this change, It was her choices and her beckoner that were the driving force behind these changes. Penny had to wonder if this was what Laat was planning when the deal was first struck, but knew that she would likely never get the answer, but promised to protect Alicia as much as she could regardless.

Hearing Slyvia casually mention killing Alicia once again reinforced how glad Penny was that she was being overlooked, because the red tinted glare she gave the mechanic could only be described as murderous. Even then the glare didn’t last long as a messenger arrived from the castle pulling Penny’s attention away from the dark thoughts brewing in her mind.

Penny stayed silent at the explanation given by the recently freed captive, having never talked with Mariette she had no context to just how weird to hear her called savior should be. The small flare of light by Alicia did have a small effect on Penny however. A chill she wasn’t even aware of was brushed away by the soft light, for becoming the Engine of Destruction always froze a part of Penny’s heart leaving her just a bit colder.

This time it wouldn’t be permanent.

Penny herself felt this happening as a gentle warmth spreading through her, and could tell it was due to the light, but wasn’t given much time to figure out what or why it had occurred or what it ment. As Alicia’s Beckoner reappeared shortly after with dire news.

”No rest for the weary huh?” Penny said with a chuckle as she stood up pushing her thoughts about the odd sensation to the side as she did.

She let the rest of beacon rush off first, knowing that she could catch up easily in a moment, as she gave another look back at the lake she opted to try something before catching up with her allies. Taking a short breath Penny reached out for the fragments of the Earth bastion following the odd connection she had with it, and pulled with everything she had. Unknowing what might happen she was rather surprised to see that it wasn’t metal that reacted but a ghostly echo of Earth bastion its self that rose silently from the lake and flew at her before vanishing the moment it touched her, afterward she could feel a weight of some sort settle in the back of her mind.

Spurred on by the apparent success she repeated her internal actions, this time focusing on her old body parts. This time dozens of streams of electricity emerged from the lake and flowed in to the cyborg, refreshing her while simultaneously finished off her repairs. Shaking her head at the oddity that she was she turned away from the lake, happy to have learned that she could never knowing that her old parts and the remnants of the Earth Bastion had been reduced to dust, such was the price of the robotic girl reclaiming the magic that was housed with the scattered pieces.

“She is something else isn’t she?” Penny asked Kimble with a wide grin as she watched Alicia race off towards the castle, thoughts of that odd warmth lingering just out of sight as she did ”I trust her, can’t say the same for everyone she works with, but I trust her. So just sit tight and relax, you’ll get patched up and be free to head out on your way soon, for now I’ve got a wall to break through“ She explained before taking off in a run towards the castle and Alicia.

Due to her inhuman strength it didn’t take Penny very long at all to catch up with everyone else and quickly found herself at the front before she slowed down enough that she wouldn’t leave behind. From her position at the head of the pack she launched her gauss round at the castle, aiming at the wall just beyond the front door.

Wither or not they had the floor plan of the building Penny was going to find out if she could just go through the walls if she needed, for as much an impact her gauss cannon held, she could still punch a lot harder then it could and if it could break through the walls then she could just as easily. Then it was just a straight line to the library, wherever that was.

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_{-Next step-}

It was interesting to Penny, the various reactions that the reinforcements had upon realizing that Kimble was still alive, the indecision from some, the dedication from others, and the borderline heresy from one, though the accidental insult made her snort softly. She wouldn’t be very surprised if that was how most of Beacon saw her, and she couldn’t really tell them they were wrong.

It was Kimble’s plea that really resonated with Penny however, as for a moment it sent her back in time. To point months ago where she had been in Kimble’s position, it was her first real encounter with Beacon and it had been long before she had heard of Penrose. With some effort Penny forced herself to face the lake, and to focus on her task of recalling the scattered ship, and her own spare parts. She wouldn’t be the one to start the impending execution, no matter how tempting the tension in the air made the idea.

The monster girl didn’t deserve to be killed by someone who understood so well what it felt like to be in that position, scared, confused and alone.

Thus those of Beacon were not the only ones who were shocked at the Beckoners’ statement. Penny was just as surprised as they were, though with her sitting down and partially facing the lake it was easier for her surprise to go unnoticed. Though her surprise might have come from a different reason, twice now Beacon had skirted rules, twice it had stepped away from the rigid Iron bound path it had laid out. Change was growing within Beacon, small and insignificant as it might seem now, Penny knew, as Laat’AlOfan would know, sometimes it only takes a single pebble to cause a rockslide.

And Alicia didn’t disappoint, Penny did her best to hide her smile at her friend’s decision, as the cyborg was sure that Alicia didn’t realize just how big this moment was. A member of Beacon had willing chosen to not kill a monster that was literally at their mercy. Depending on what Kimble did this story would get out there, and some of the monsters out there would have a reason to hope, something that was often in short supply at least in Penny’s experience.

”I can keep watch on her when we get out of here” Penny offered as she caught a small piece of Earth Bastion, feeling something drain out of the scrap as had happened with every other piece she had pulled out so far.

”In the meantime what’s the plan for the castle? The Semtex I brought is likely gone due to the atomic chick, and we have people inside still if that shockwave from earlier is any indication.” She asked glancing at the castle, licking her lips as she did. “And we might want to figure out something quick, I’m starting to get hungry” she added casually, though she wasn’t referring to wanting food. She was starting to feel the need to break things, for as much as she would like it to have been the case at the moment, she didn’t destroy the Earth Bastion, Curie did.

Lunacy of Love: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

I'm now counting 5 mutations, Wings, Dual Spec, Weakness, Warrior, Chaos engine. And looking over the monster info again only two of your mutations need to be black, and they don't need to be from the same grouping.

Easiest thing I'm seeing would be to drop Warrior as it's not a black mutation.

Lunacy of Love: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

Missed the weakness part myself, didn't see it rolled in to the second special. And you can have two of any of the mutations so long as one is a black mutation.

Lunacy of Love: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

I count three, so still missing one, Wings, Dual Specialization and Warrior. Pretty sure none of those are black mutations as well thinking on it.

Inside the Hidden Leaf Village. |Shifter_Master & EasilyAmused|

“I have no doubt that is at least part of the reason; I did raise him after all” Kakashi replied with a nod as he sat down at the table to watch Airi work “And both you and him know me too well” he admitted with a soft sigh. For as much as he didn’t keep track of how often it had crossed his mind, Airi was still spot on with her guess of how he had been dealing with the situation. Hence why Akino was forcing the issue, the dog knew that when it came to normal Kakashi’s trained instincts would hinder rather than help, for Kakashi was bad at prioritizing his own happiness.

It was part of the reason why Kakashi was speechless at Airi’s offer of help; it was proof that there was once again someone else that cared for him beyond just as a comrade in arms. It was comforting, and the cynical part of Kakashi finally relented. The other reason he was struck speechless was out of a shocked amusement, as he had offered her the same help only a few weeks ago, for nearly the same issue. ‘We are hopless’ he mused silently at the turn of events.

Turning his attention back to Airi he let out a light chuckle at her appearance, it was adorable, and went a long way to explaining why her scent was always tinged with flour. “As a matter of fact, I don’t have any powdered sugar” Kakashi would state with a hit of disappointment, knowing full well that he had some with his tools, it made for a better blinding powder “But if crushed sugar works just as well” he would continue on as he walked in to the kitchen to get the needed things to try and powder sugar, it wasn’t something he had done before, and he fully expected to somehow end up covered in sugar in his attempt. But that wasn’t going to stop him; in fact he might make sure it happened just to see if he could get a laugh out of Airi.

With a short sigh Sarutobi watched Guy take off in search of his fiancée, leaving behind his students in his panic. He was glad that he had chosen to inform the man of that event at the end of the debriefing as he was worried something like this would happen. As Guy was a very passionate person. He waved the genin out of his office in silent dismissal, as he turned back to the paper work he was finishing up; it was the summons for Kakashi.

He waited until the genin had left before rolling it up he passed it off to one of the Anbu stationed in the room “Please make sure that this gets to Kakashi before Gai does.” The Hokage requested as he had a feeling that Kakashi and Guy would soon be on uneasy terms with each other, if he was correct in his belief of why Kakashi has stormed off after Miss Mae last night.

Lunacy of Love: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

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Penny was grateful to see another friendly face, or at least someone who wasn’t going to attack her, as she wasn’t sure if she could consider Shannon a friend but knew she wasn’t an enemy. Being lifted slightly Penny had a better look across the lake to the castle ”You talking about the fight or the fact I survived?” She would ask as she watched the castle with curiosity, mainly due to the ringing that could be heard coming from the tallest tower.

That curiosity was quickly forgotten as a pillar of light was shown forth from near Alicia, and normally that wouldn’t be anything impressive, but Penny couldn’t help the shiver that ran down what was left of her spine as the monster inside of her could tell that was Beacon magic. Penny didn’t have any issues with that from a logical perspective, but the Beckoners always put the cyborg on edge due to her blighted heritage. Still she wasn’t going to voice her discomfort to them, or anyone really, not a good idea to tell people just how close the monster was to the surface most of the time.

It did mean that she saw her mechanic coming however; though with Sylvia calling out her approach it wouldn’t have been much of a surprise anyway, and Penny did try and hold still but the first aid felt so weird and nearly ticklish, not that she said that ”I’m trying, but it’s kinda hard when you get poked in places that are normally inside of you” she quipped in return even as she keep a steady lock on her mechanic.

”Most likely and the Earth Bastion got caught up in the same blast that did this to me, one of the crazies that was guarding this place went nuclear, and I say that quite literally.” Still despite her prickly demeanor at the moment, Penny was always a bit weary around member of Beacon she didn’t know, she could tell that the first aid was working, but even better was the radiation was fading away.

Closing her eyes Penny shut out everything she could, and focused on the feeling of her regeneration at work. She had always known that she had some operative control over it, but she wasn’t aware of everything she could do with her own systems, not like her monstrous half was. Thus every time it rose to the surface she learned something new about herself, as much as she wished that wasn’t the case. This time she had learned about the power rerouting trick, and she knew herself well enough that if she could shunt power away from the regeneration she could also redirect power too it.

Outside the sound of machinery would grow, as Penny poured as much power to her regeneration as she felt comfortable in doing. The sight that Shannon and Slyvia would be witnessed to would be rather bizarre as the missing endoskeleton would rapidly start rebuilding itself from jagged spikes of steel that would seamlessly emerge from the melted wounds.

After a few minutes the sounds coming from Penny would return to their normal quiet murmur and her eyes would open moments later letting her see that which she already knew, she was now mostly functional. She was missing a few of the outer layers of her platting, and her blade ports were still out of commission so she would have to be cautious if another fight broke out soon, but she was self-mobile again even if she looked half built.

”Thanks for the pick-me-up” Penny said to Slyvia as she checked herself over once more, mainly to take note of her standard regeneration speed, before nodding to herself. She looked worse for the wear but that would be taken care of in a few minutes, which wasn’t surprising considering the density of her outer platting. Plus she looked a hell of a lot better then she had been a short bit ago.

Without waiting or prompting Penny started back towards the lake shore, she wanted to check up on Alicia, and be near someone that she didn’t feel the need to be on guard with. She wanted to trust all the beacon members on sight, but it was hard not to see to distrust and disgust in most of their eyes.

The sight she encountered when she did make it back to Alicia was rather confusing to the mechanical mahou, and she stood there for a few moments with her confusion plain on her face at the sight of first aid being given to an enemy who by all rights should have been dead. Her right hand flexed a few times as Penny fought against the urge to simply break Kimble. With a force of will she shoved that desire away, back in the dark parts of her mind.

”Careful with the tail, they tend to be really sensitive” Penny was confused, but she could tell what Alicia was doing even if she couldn’t figure out why. So she sat nearby, and offered what little help she could as she started and pulling back the pieces of the Earth Bastion, as well as her old parts, with her feeble magic using the same connection that had been used earlier. Only this time she was just pilling up the wreckage off to the side rather than merging with it, not that Penny could merge due to the radiation, and her inability while not under metamorphosis.

All the while small part of her couldn’t help but feel dread at her confusion, she was missing something she could tell.