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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.

-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”


–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.


-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.
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.
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.
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.
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