The 42nd Gecko

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It's hard to put a power ranking on Fable, as it covers a range from 'basic faceless npc' to 'Ozma'.

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There is a discord that several people from this are on because we're friends from a while ago, so sometimes we have conversations about this roleplay.

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There was a helpful post in the discord I thought she be shared out here:

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Windel:
What exactly is happening in the mall, @Garo Morlem.
Your second post.

Lone:
The two attendants took the Pageless and are merging them into a super one like at the construction. If they try to escape the Pageless will form unopposed, but if they search for it they aren’t rushing back to Merrywell"

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LILAC SHIMMER

Lilac's hands were occupied, carrying wounded away from the field of battle, so Lilac could do nothing to stop the thrown plate but bear it on her back rather than let either of her charges be struck. She could only thank the small mercy that Moonlight hadn't thrown a real attack.

Lilac smiled a grim smile as Moonlight spoke of her falling in line to the desires of others. Truly? The dark magical girl thought she knew people's hearts so well, yet concluded the Monkey Queen had ordered Lilac to evacuate wounded rather than an all out assault? How cute and optimistic.

Lilac set the pair of girls she had rescued down, several ranks back from the drawing of the battle lines. "Are you ok? I saw something hit you." The transformed one asked.

"No problem! I'm a warrior type. We're built for it." Lilac took a moment to pose confidently, despite the stinging, it wasn't too bad. She could handle at least this much. "Can you keep her safe?" Lilac glanced to the untransformed girl who was still panicking. "Yeah... Yeah I can.. let me just... haven't used these before... BEAM SABERS!" The transformed girl dropped the gun and pulled forth some sort of beam swords. "Beautiful! Elegant weapons for an elegant girl, you've got this! But if things look too much, you can retreat, just bring her along." Lilac praised the fellow magical girl, laying a hand on her shoulder.

"This was home. If it's not safe here... where will we go?" The girl who hadn't transformed spoke. And Lilac didn't have an answer. All she could do was act.

"I'm going for more! Be safe." Lilac turned back to the cafeteria.

Running at full tilt once more towards the fray, Lilac spied another group of girls in distress. The defender had fallen to her knees, while two more girls were laying on the ground insensate, and some strange misty haze was coming close to them. Gritting her teeth and viewing her own speed against that of the smoke, Lilac knew she wouldn't make it in time.

But maybe air could?

Lilac grabbed one of the tables that had been flung wide by the battle, and at the last moment, put all her strength into a mighty swing, using the huge cafeteria table as a massive fan to send a gust of wind blowing the smoke away from the girl. It was a dizzying experience to use so unwieldy a tool, and she staggered a bit to regain her balance. "Woah, is this what Dynasty has to put up with all the time? This is tough!"

But there was still work to be done. The smoke was coming back quickly, and Pageless emerged from the smoke. Setting her grabbed table down on the ground like a shovel, Lilac unceremoniously scooped up the three she was aiming to rescue, passing by just in time to dodge a Pageless's swipe.

"Nnn! Go on a diet!" Lilac struggled to keep a combat pace up as she carried the table and three girls and had to dodge the battle and the smoke.

"W-what?" It was hard to say whether the rescued magical girl was more confused about the sudden rescue or the ungraceful reference to her weight.

"Grab her she's slipping!" Lilac demanded, and the magical girl snapped to action, grabbing a girl that almost fell off as they made a turn.

Lilac made her way out of the immediate battlefield and into the yard outside, having a moment to process Moonlight's words. ~She says she's helping, but I don't think she sees us little people. Just the big people like Dynasty Queen. This is a fight between them and the new little fables get smashed between. I'm rescuing wounded, and she calls it violence, cause all she sees it the big pillar coming at her.~ Lilac shook her head, before refocusing and delivering the three to where the Beam Saber wielding magical girl still yet stood guard.

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LILAC SHIMMER

Lilac had already leaped over the balcony she was on by the call of 'Bon Bon', running towards the cafeteria. She split her attention between the scene of the disaster and Tesni's instructions. She nodded along and then set her eyes on what she needed to do.

As the Great Dynasty weapon's swung back and forth, her eyes set on nothing but the Pageless and how to efficiently destroy them, Lilac slid underneath the pillar, coming to rest besides an overturned table with two girls taking cover. One was in shock, cowering. The other transformed, but her rotary machine gun was bent and her brow bled.

"Come on! Let's get you out of here! Lilac wrapped her hands around both of their waists, and then dashed away, leaping over the next swing of Dynasty Queen's staff and taking these two out of the cafeteria. It was two among many victims, but that was two more than none.

If there was any lesson Lilac had learned from Tesni, it was that sometimes you had to just do what you were going to do anyway no matter what anyone else said. And while Dynasty's eyes focused only on the Pageless, Lilac only saw those she wanted to save. Offense may have been the best defense for someone like Dynasty Queen, Lilac just had a different way.

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Is she? The name at the top was Roma Bhakti, not Moonlight Tsubasa. I suppose not everyone goes by that rule of thumb.

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I do find it pretty funny that one girl who isn't transformed and the last remnants of some scrub tier Pageless appears to be enough to intimidate an entire pack of Magical Girls including multiple teachers, into thinking they need to be on the defensive and that they're being pressured.

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LILAC SHIMMER

Lilac leaned low on a balcony railing, her chin wresting on her her arms as she looked out into the distance. It really didn't matter how many combo attacks she worked up with her partner, if her partner didn't want to go on missions with her.

~No doubt the other magical girls are out there right now, defeating evil and being what they were supposed to. While I stay here, trying to figure out combo attacks. Dynasty Queen is just... well, so much of a free spirit. Why come up with combo attacks if you know ever battle's just gonna be freestyling?~

"Heh, I guess it kinda fits that the Monkey King Grimoire user wouldn't be the most amazing team player who follows orders." Lilac tried to find what positives she could in the situation, glancing down to see said magical girl chucking rocks at a tree.

She took a breath, looking out at the city, "Maybe I should take some extra shifts to keep busy?" Lilac eyes picked up the movement of Tesni heading into the building. "I could invite Tesni too, so we could develop combo moves like 'sunny side up eggs with pancakes and bacon with a smile!'" The thought of imagining Tesni in a maid outfit with her at the cafe brought a genuine smile.

For a moment. Then she looked out at the city, and dreamed of the magical girl she wished she was.

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LILAC SHIMMER

Lilac stared at Tesni. The kind of staring that meant it was pretty clear she wasn't getting all of this, but she was trying really hard and didn't want to mess up.

"So, um.. If I...." Lilac took a moment to try and process, her face visibly focusing.

"You can only be so strong alone so you're learning to ask for not-help?" Lilac, it seemed, chose an unusual way to parse the situation, and dance around Tesni's offering/not receiving hang-up. She was hesitant at first, but grew in confidence as she got the ball rolling.

"In that case, I'm truly flattered you'd consider someone like me someone you could ask for not-help! At your call, what drink would you like?" Clutching hand to heart, she took a bow to offer her service. But apparently she thought she was helping with getting a drink?

"I will admit, I'm looking forward to the team up thing now that I'm over the bee fight. Everyone's gonna come up with so much cool stuff to see!" Lilac definitely seemed on board with the idea, a bounce in her step not only from the springs.

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@BrokenPromise Was thinking I'd team up with Tesni, as she asked first.