[00:07] <Tangent__> (Amelia takes 1 wound from Ignite. She heals 1 wound from regen. Regen also gives 1 soak and 1 mag every other turn, so that applies this turn.)
[00:09] <Tangent__> (Amelia uses Blazing Ring. She is now out of mana)
[00:09] <Tangent__> (...make that 1 mana)
[00:11] <Tangent__> !ex 7 vs 7
[00:11] <Zeneroller> Tangent__: [6, 10, 8, 3, 7, 3, 10]. Successes total: 6
[00:13] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 1 vs 7 multi 4 v
[00:13] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 1d:[3] = 0; 1d:[8] = 1; 1d:[10] = 2; 1d:[1] Botch!Total successes: 3
[00:13] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 2 vs 7 multi 2
[00:13] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: 2d:[10, 5] = 2; 2d:[2, 6] = 0.Total successes: 2
[00:15] <DrEvilKitteh> (And then they all died.)
[00:16] <DrEvilKitteh> (Feel free to fluff up burning the utter fuck out of those last 6 doods.)
[00:17] <Bernice> (Blazing Ring was written to be like the kind of thing Zuko uses in Avatar btw~)
[00:17] <DrEvilKitteh> (Yeah, I figured.)
[00:17] <Bernice> (just in case Tang needed a reference)
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[00:18] <Tangent__> (ty)
[00:18] <Kara|Ken> (>Avatar)
[00:18] <Kara|Ken> (But... That's Kara's Power...)
[00:21] <Bernice> (pfft)
[00:24] <Tangent__> Amelia's fire is up. The gunshot in her side feels like someone's hit her with a tire iron. Her magic's surging-painfully hot- through her every vein and the rest of her body, and a red haze's descended over her vision. Mostly, she's just angry at the situation- and she lets that anger out in her magic. The small magical girl drops down, one leg and sword arm sweeping around in a circle...a circle surrounded by roaring flames a moment later.
[00:24] <DrEvilKitteh> (flames a moment- )
[00:24] <Tangent__> around her in a circle...a circle surrounded by roaring flames a moment later.The zombies around her go up like tar-covered, human-shaped torches.
[00:25] <DrEvilKitteh> (Top of the order, Ken!)
[00:26] <Kara|Ken> (You mean Kara)
[00:26] <DrEvilKitteh> (...Right.)
[00:27] <Kara|Ken> Kara takes a few deep breaths, her depleted Mana comes back to her rather quickly.  (Basic Recharge, but due to Accumulator she does not incure any penalties.)
[00:28] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa!)
[00:28] <Kara|Ken> (Funny how the two casters go first, then the enemies, and then the melee fighters.)
[00:32] <Jran-Kri> Seeing Amelia take a hit, Alexa jolts, trembling in fear -- and in a strange sense of anticipation, because hse knwos exactly what to do here. Even as Amelia continues to lay into them, her own magic begins to knit her wounds back together. [Panacea on Amelia, 1 Mana: Heals for 1 quarter of caster's MAG, rounding down. 17/4 = 4 wounds]
[00:33] <Kara|Ken> (2 Mana)
[00:34] <Kara|Ken> (Oh, no, 2 MAG requirement... Nevermind)
[00:35] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alright, Zombos. What's left of 'em.)
[00:37] <DrEvilKitteh> Of the two zombies left, Close to Ken, they continue attacking him single-mindedly. One with its gun, one with its now-sluggish fists.
[00:38] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 vs 7
[00:38] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [4, 10, 7, 2, 8]. Successes total: 4
[00:38] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7
[00:38] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [3, 3, 6, 4]. Successes total: 0
[00:38] <DrEvilKitteh> (Welp. Ranged/Melee, respectively.)
[00:39] <Kara|Ken> Dodge!
[00:39] <Kara|Ken> !ex 8 vs 7 FP AGAIN
[00:39] <Zeneroller> Kara|Ken: [4, 6, 2, 3, 10, 8, 6, 3]. Successes total: 3
[00:39] <Kara|Ken> Parry!
[00:39] <Kara|Ken> !ex 9 vs 7
[00:39] <Zeneroller> Kara|Ken: [6, 4, 3, 5, 9, 4, 2, 7, 10]. Successes total: 4
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[00:40] <DrEvilKitteh> (Fist!Zombie is now down to half threshold, though ironically still has all of its 2 Soak still, since all that damage was from Parries.)
[00:41] <Kara|Ken> (My goal is to kill it without it taking any Soak Damage)
[00:41] <DrEvilKitteh> (Mystic weapons should help with that.)
[00:43] <DrEvilKitteh> (Ken's turn!)
[00:44] <Kara|Ken> Ken goes after the gunner.  Harder to parry bullets, seeing as how he isn't a Jedi.  (Cutting Attack!)
[00:44] <Kara|Ken> !ex 9 vs 7
[00:44] <Zeneroller> Kara|Ken: [7, 5, 5, 7, 3, 2, 8, 7, 6]. Successes total: 4
[00:45] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 vs 7
[00:45] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [2, 9, 7, 6, 10]. Successes total: 4
[00:45] <DrEvilKitteh> (Damn.)
[00:45] <DrEvilKitteh> (Still, two damage.)
[00:45] <DrEvilKitteh> (He's down to 5 Wounds.)
[00:49] <DrEvilKitteh> (Amelia's turn, unless Bar wants to write it out first?)
[00:50] <Kara|Ken> "God damn zombies!  You aren't even real zombies!"  He complains as his slashes do little to actually take the creature down.
[00:50] <DrEvilKitteh> A shriek of protesting metallic gears was the only response he got from the clockwork monstrosities.
[00:51] <Kara|Ken> "And you don't even /moan/ like zombies!"
[00:53] <Tangent__> Amelia pants heavily, wide-eyed as she glares from side to side, looking for zombies to kill...and sees that all the ones around her have collapsed. She did it. She feels...drained, hollow. Like a log that's been burned out from the inside. But she doesn't hurt anymore. Her skin smolders, magic flaring up and causing the last few cuts to seal over with puffs of smoke.
[00:53] <Tangent__> [Amelia regenerates 1 HP]
[00:55] <Tangent__> [Amelia takes 1 HP from ignite]
[00:55] <Tangent__> ...and then her flesh starts to char again, causing her to wince and stumble as her magic struggles against its own side effects.
[00:56] <Tangent__> She ignores the pain, bringing one small hand up to touch her saber's hilt. A flicker of flames at her fingertips...and the blade seems to warp and brighten until it's almost glowing with heat.
[00:57] <Tangent__> [Cast Fiery Enhancement]
[00:57] <Tangent__> "H-how..." She coughs. "How're we doing?" She calls out. "Alexa?"
[00:59] <Jran-Kri> "F-fine!" Alexa calls back, waving her staff. She winces at the feeling of a lingering wound the other girl's magic didn't catch, but she staunchly ignores it. "A-are you alright?!"
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[00:59] <DrEvilKitteh> (So that's Amelia's turn, then?)
[00:59] <Tangent__> "I...Yeah..." Amelia laughs, but it turns into a cough as she breathes in smoke. "That...That's great..."
[00:59] <Tangent__> (yeah)
[01:00] <DrEvilKitteh> (Kara's, then~!)
[01:00] <DrEvilKitteh> (You can keep talking if ya like.)
[01:00] <Kara|Ken> "Hate to ruin the moment..." Kara says, looking at her brother.  "But we've got two left."
[01:01] <Kara|Ken> She throws a fireball at the gunner.  (2MP, Penetrates 1 Soak, 1w/s, +2 Dice to her roll.)
[01:02] <Kara|Ken> !ex 11 vs 7 Fortune Point
[01:02] <Zeneroller> Kara|Ken: [4, 10, 3, 6, 3, 6, 8, 2, 7, 6, 9]. Successes total: 5
[01:02] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 3 vs 7
[01:02] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [1, 2, 8]. Successes total: 1
[01:03] <Kara|Ken> (7:1, so, 6 Successes make it through.)
[01:05] <DrEvilKitteh> The fireball impacted the zombie in the torso, right where its Core was located. Flames enveloped it, overheated it...and made the object explode. Violently. In short, it removed the clockwork zombie's entire upper half in a fiery detonation filled with slagged gears and ash.
[01:06] <Kara|Ken> Kara sighs in relief... And Ken starts cackling like a madman.
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[01:07] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa!)
[01:10] <Jran-Kri> Jolting out of her reverie, Alexa watches the zombie detonate with some shock, before once again laying a powerful boon on Amelia in a flash of light. [Blessing of the Hero, 4 Mana: 2 extra offensive dice for 2 turns.]
[01:12] <DrEvilKitteh> (Last Zombie's turn, then.)
[01:13] <Kara|Ken> (lol, nobody buffs Ken.  Kara did ONCE and then promptly stopped caring about what he does...)
[01:13] <DrEvilKitteh> Unthinking, unfeeling, and definitely not at all cunning, the last remaining clockwork zombie attempted to, again, bash Ken's head in. With its slow body that seemed to almost resist it.
[01:13] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 3 vs 7
[01:13] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [7, 10, 7]. Successes total: 4
[01:13] <DrEvilKitteh> (Holy shit.)
[01:13] <Jran-Kri> ((Sorry, Alexa is Amelia's personal healbot.))
[01:14] <Tangent__> (Best duo.)
[01:14] <Kara|Ken> (It's fine.  It actually works for his character.)
[01:14] <Kara|Ken> Parry!
[01:14] <Kara|Ken> !ex 9 vs 7 Last Fortune Point Go
[01:14] <Zeneroller> Kara|Ken: [5, 6, 6, 2, 7, 6, 8, 9, 8]. Successes total: 4
[01:17] <Kara|Ken> (Well, it was a good use of his last FP)
[01:20] <DrEvilKitteh> The zombie lurched and shuddered, its clothes in torn and slashed rags and gears furiously working to keep it upright after the blow. It was still standing, however, if extremely damaged.
[01:21] <Kara|Ken> Ken rolls his eyes at the shambling creature.  "You are embarrassing."
[01:23] <DrEvilKitteh> (It's master would agree.)
[01:23] <DrEvilKitteh> (Ken's turn!)
[01:25] <Kara|Ken> (Well, can't avoid going through its soak now...)
[01:25] <Kara|Ken> Cutting Attack!
[01:25] <Kara|Ken> !ex 9 vs 7
[01:25] <Zeneroller> Kara|Ken: [5, 10, 1, 5, 2, 3, 1, 4, 10]. Successes total: 4
[01:25] <DrEvilKitteh> (Eh, next time I'll throw more zombies at ya so you can do that. Sound good~?)
[01:25] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 3 vs 7
[01:25] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [4, 6, 1]. Botch!
[01:26] <Kara|Ken> (I picked the wrong group to try that with.  SHould have gone to the larger one.)
[01:27] <DrEvilKitteh> The zombie lost most of its face and its left arm from the shoulder down, Ken's keen edge slicing through its body with almost contemptuous ease. The zombie still stood, but it was definitely almost finished. Almost...
[01:27] <DrEvilKitteh> (Amelia!)
[01:29] <Kara|Ken> The glow from Ken's blade is more intense than it was when he first summoned it.  Giving off a far more... imposing aura.
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[01:31] <Tangent__> Amelia flourishes her own saber, striding forwards. For a moment, she feels an urge to attack Ken instead...but pushes that impulse away with some difficulty. What's wrong with her? Last one left. Her sword's still glowing white-hot, casting intense blue light on the small girl wielding it. "One more to go!" She yells, then charges past Ken!
[01:31] <Tangent__> [Regen 1 HP, Mana, and soak this turn.]
[01:31] <Tangent__> [Lose 1 HP to last turn of Ignite.]
[01:32] <Tangent__> !ex 5 vs 7
[01:32] <Zeneroller> Tangent__: [3, 7, 5, 7, 7]. Successes total: 3
[01:32] <Tangent__> [Dash attack.]
[01:33] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 vs 7
[01:33] <Zeneroller> DrEvilKitteh: [1, 8, 5, 6]. Successes total: 1
[01:33] <DrEvilKitteh> (You gut the fucker. Bring us home, Ammy!)
[01:34] <Kara|Ken> (MFW Ken only took one hit.  And it was a Parry.)
[01:34] <Kara|Ken> (He's not meant to actually SURVIVE encounters...)
[01:34] <Tangent__> Amelia leaps through the air, stabbing the zombie with a high pitched yell. Its lower torso vanishes instantly with a thick cloud of acrid smoke...and what's left falls to the ground in two charred pieces.
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[01:35] <Tangent__> Amelia skids to a stop, whirling around with her sword in hand...then realizes that they're out of things to kill. "Ha...Ha...We did it! That's the last of them!" She whoops. "Iris, any of..."
[01:35] <Tangent__> Wait a second.
[01:36] <Tangent__> She looks around. "...Iris?"
[01:36] <DrEvilKitteh> (Everyone roll Perception pls~)
[01:36] <Jran-Kri> .d 1d20
[01:36] <+Internets> :: Total 19 / 20 [95%] :: Results [19] ::
[01:36] <Tangent__> .d 1d20
[01:37] <+Internets> :: Total 3 / 20 [15%] :: Results [3] ::
[01:37] <Kara|Ken> .d 1d20
[01:37] <+Internets> :: Total 19 / 20 [95%] :: Results [19] ::
[01:37] <Kara|Ken> .d 1d20
[01:37] <+Internets> :: Total 5 / 20 [25%] :: Results [5] ::
[01:37] <Kara|Ken> (Ken, then Kara)
[01:37] <Kara|Ken> (Melee apparently can see FOR DAYS)
[01:37] <Kara|Ken> (Casters are blind)
[01:37] <DrEvilKitteh> (Welp.)
[01:38] <Jran-Kri> ((Hey, Alexa rolled high!))
[01:39] <Kara|Ken> (Oh, sorry.)
[01:39] <Kara|Ken> (I'd say you and Tang look the same to me.  But...  You both ARE Green names.)
[01:40] <DrEvilKitteh> Alexa, since she was up on the rooftop, heard it first, though Ken heard a couple moments later. An echo of sound from not too terribly far away. A smash, something heavy and strong tearing through a clockwork body, followed by a thud. Together, Alexa and Ken would be able to figure out the rough direction of the noise and head that way; they might recall that there were, after all, two big
[01:40] <DrEvilKitteh> groups of the clockwork zombies that Iris had spotted heading towards the Lure...
[01:41] <Kara|Ken> "Well, Fuck."  Ken immediately takes to the skies and flies off in the direction of the noises.
[01:42] <Jran-Kri> As much as Alexa wants to stew on the fact that Iris was the first thing Amelia thinks of when the fighting's done, the noise of more combat sobers her somewhat. Squeaking as Ken takes off, she whirls on her heel and goes charging along the ground in the direction of the sound. "Th-this way!"
[01:45] <Tangent__> "You moron!" Amelia yells at the disappearing Ken, and runs alongside Alexa. "What, does he think we'll steal his kills?" She grumbles to Alexa.
[01:47] <Kara|Ken> "Yes!"  Kara answers her, very annoyed at her brother whom she is now chasing.
[01:47] <Tangent__> "...Goddamnit!"
[01:48] <Jran-Kri> "Oh dear, oh dear -- it's not a bloody contest!" Alexa shouts, tearing down the street.
[01:48] <Flamy> (I bet Ken is one of those filthy memers who say "You'll get no sympathy from me.")
[01:48] <Tangent__> "Well, he's not going to win!" Amelia huffs as she runs alongside Alexa.
[01:48] <Kara|Ken> "Tell /him/ that!"  Kara grumbles as she flies.  Though... She's probably not as hurried as she should be, considering her brother has run off ahead.
[01:48] <DrEvilKitteh> It would only take a minute, or a little over half that, to locate the source of the combat. Iris stood in the middle of what looked like a 'Main Street', wide and long. And with several corpses, if they could be called that, scattered across the pavement. Frozen, smashed, and torn apart, pieces of the creatures littered the road. Iris stood at the edge of the scattered bodies, which made them
[01:48] <DrEvilKitteh> look like a trail of carnage that had been carved by her as she went down the street. Which was more or less accurate.
[01:49] <DrEvilKitteh> As for the Ice girl herself, she wore cracked and broken ice armor over her body, and if she needed oxygen, she'd be panting heavily. As it was, she bore bruising and several bullet wounds on her body, but she remained standing tall with a silver warhammer held in one hand. She looked up to see Ken first, flying above her, but she didn't move from her spot.
[01:49] <Kara|Ken> (Flamy, he totally is.)
[01:49] <Kara|Ken> (They all dead?)
[01:50] <DrEvilKitteh> (Oh yeah.)
[01:50] <Kara|Ken> "Aw, dammit."  He actually POUTS at not having more to fight.  Though, he does admire her handiwork.  "Heh, not bad."
[01:51] <Tangent__> Amelia skids to a stop. "Oh god....Iris?" She rushes over. "Are you...you're hurt...How bad is it? Don't move..." She turns around. "Alexa, can you...heal her?" She looks at her friend, eyes wide and tone earnest.
[01:52] <Kara|Ken> "Yeah," Ken says, "Tell the girl who was SHOT to heal someone else first."
[01:53] <Kara|Ken> Kara lands behind him and wacks him in the back of the head with her staff, but doesn't say anything.
[01:53] <Jran-Kri> Alexa lifts the brim of her hat at this sight, staring in shock at the display. Then she turns to Iris, jolting at Amelia's request. "Of course I can!" she says, a bit too loudly. Stepping forward, she raises her staff, offhandedly dismissing Ken. "Your, ah... sister already h-helped me, mostly. I, um, I'm fine.\
[01:54] <Kara|Ken> "Yes, but that isn't the point."  Ken dismisses his sword with a flick of his wrist and the oppressing aura dissippates slightly.  THough... It's still lingering more than those present (Aside from Ken) would probably like.
[01:54] <Tangent__> Amelia shifts uncomfortably. "...I...Right." Amelia winces at Alexa, feeling a twist of guilt in her gut...and more than a bit of annoyance at Ken. His next words don't help.
[01:55] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris blinked and looked down at herself. "...Ah." Her ice armor dissipated, allowing her and the others to get a better glimpse at a few blood trails running down her body, especially a prominent wound right in her abdomen. "...I...will...live. I think."
[01:55] <Tangent__> "If you can't help, shut up." Amelia snaps at Ken. She doesn't have any patience for him right now...even with that aura fading.
[01:56] <Kara|Ken> "Can you heal anyone?  No?  Then you shut it too."
[01:56] <Kara|Ken> Again, he is hit in the back of the head.
[01:56] <Kara|Ken> "Besides," hit again, "Maybe you shou-" again.  "Should get healed up too."
[01:57] <Tangent__> Amelia stares. "At least I'm not running off like a moron! And I'm FINE!" Amelia has her free hand on her hip and she's taken a half step forward, staring daggers at Ken.
[01:57] <Tangent__> In fact, she seems to be quite literally smoldering slightly.
[01:57] <Kara|Ken> Kara sighs.  "My god.  Will you PLEASE just stop talking?"  This is, surprisingly, directed at both of them.
[01:57] <Jran-Kri> Alexa shakes her head, already raising her staff. The crystal ball flashes red as a matching glow settles around the wound. "Nonsense. Let's fix that." [Miracle Worker, 5 Mana]
[01:57] <Tangent__> "...he started it." Amelia mutters mutinously.
[01:58] <DrEvilKitteh> (No longer in combat, so just freeform it.)
[01:58] <Kara|Ken> "That I did.  And you took the bait marvelously, my dear~"  Oh, the sarcasm drips from his words.
[01:58] <Kara|Ken> This time
[01:58] <Kara|Ken> Kara swings her staff like a baseball bat right at Ken's face.
[01:59] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris...just looks kinda lost.
[01:59] <Kara|Ken> Ken just leans back and limbo's under the swing.
[01:59] <Kara|Ken> "Too much wind-up."  He coaches her.
[02:00] <Jran-Kri> Alexa would never admit it, but she goes more than a little overboard with the spell. Almost instantly, the wound begins to knit itself back together, tiny strands of red light flitting through it like stitches before her flesh regrows in place. Iris lights up like a Christmas light for a moment until each injury is repaired. Alexa takes a step back, drawing herself up. "There we are. How do you feel?"
[02:01] <Tangent__> Amelia fumes, and by the way she's gripping her saber hilt seems more than slightly inclined to use it...But Kara's swing snaps her out of it. She blinks, suddenly feeling a bit awkward in her pose. She drops her hand back to her side and turns away with a huff...making her way over to Alexa and Iris.
[02:02] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris flinched a little at the unfamiliar feeling, but calmed herself the next second. "...Um. I...feel...bet-ter. Still tired, but...not...as pain-ful." She mustered up a faint smile and nodded at Alexa. "Thank...you, A-lex-a."
[02:02] <Kara|Ken> (For the record... I would say Kara's swing came rather close to Amelia's head.  But if she was so focused on her anger/annoyance at Ken, she probably wouldn't notice.  Kara has the strength of wet-tissue paper)
[02:03] <Tangent__> (mmm yeah perception failure there)
[02:03] <Tangent__> "Nice work, Alexa..." Amelia nods, glancing to Iris before biting her lip as she sees if Alexa is, actually, still wounded.
[02:04] <Kara|Ken> Kara, deciding that her brother is a lost cause goes over and patches up Alexa without a word.
[02:05] <Jran-Kri> Alexa puffs herself up even further at this praise, her slight chest jutting out as she grins. A moment later, however, she winces at her remaining injuries. She's just about to raise her staff again when Kara comes over. "Ah, thank you very much. A-ha. Was just about to say -- Physician, heal thyself, and all."
[02:05] <Kara|Ken> "Anyway.  We accomplish what we came here to do?"  Ken asks, hands behind his head and taking grossly over-exhaggerated steps to the girls.
[02:07] <Tangent__> Amelia nods gratefully at Kara, still feeling a bit guilty for overlooking that Alexa was still hurt in her rush. "Obviously." She says flatly.
[02:07] <DrEvilKitteh> "Al-most," Iris said. She knelt and started hammerspacing the zombies, weapons, and pieces of zombies away. "Once...I store...all of these, then...we...are done. For now."
[02:08] <Kara|Ken> "See, this is why we ask questions kiddo."  Ken says with his trademark shit-eating grin.
[02:10] <Kara|Ken> "I. Am. Going. To. Sew. Your. Mouth. Shut."  Kara says each word pointedly as she glares at her brother.
[02:10] <Jran-Kri> "Don't talk to her like that!" Alexa snaps, glaring at Ken. She doesn't look particularly threatening.
[02:10] <Kara|Ken> (He didn't say it threateningly.  Just... Like a older brother talking to a younger sibling.)
[02:11] <Tangent__> "Kiddo?!" Amelia's voice goes up even higher. "Where do you get off calling me that?"
[02:11] <Tangent__> (Amelia's touchy~)
[02:12] <Jran-Kri> ((This does not change the reaction.))
[02:13] <Kara|Ken> He chuckles at her voice going up an octave or two.  "Well, from what I can tell, you're what?  Fifteen?  Maybe fourteen.  Biologically, I'm seventeen.  So, you're a kiddo to me."
[02:13] <Kara|Ken> Kara just frowns and glares at her brother.
[02:17] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris sighed slightly and continued storing dead--or destroyed--clockwork zombies in her hammerspace. She was almost done with this group, though.
[02:19] <Tangent__> "I'm not a kid! I'm probably older than you...I...I...think?" Amelia snaps, voice faltering as she visibly has to...think for a moment, mental gears grinding to a halt. She isn't sure. She really isn't. "And I don't care, you're a brat that didn't do anything and just ran off!" She snaps to cover for her uncertainty.
[02:22] <Kara|Ken> "Wow, and you start deflecting like a child too!"  He starts laughing.  "Though, you are right.  You did kill more than me.  And I did run off for more glory.  And you are older than me.  Though not biologically."
[02:25] <Tangent__> "I...Fine! We're done here, right, Iris? So you can get lost now." She snarls, jabbing at a random direction with her finger. "Do us all a favor, get lost!"
[02:25] <Tangent__> (guys lemme know if I need to tone Amelia back a bit)
[02:26] <Kara|Ken> (She completely ignored the part where he said that she's older than him...)
[02:27] <Tangent__> (She's not even sure what he's referring to there, but she's basically trying to snap back rather than putting thought into it.)
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[02:27] <Tangent__> (That said, yeah, she probably should've reacted more to that if she hadn't basically been going no u)
[02:28] <Tangent__> "What'd you mean any...Never mind." She shakes her head angrily, ponytail flying from side to side.
[02:29] <Kara|Ken> "What, and miss out on the fun?"  He says with grin.
[02:29] <Kara|Ken> Kara is just hitting her head against her staff.  Maybe she can forget this night happened if she keeps this up.
[02:30] <Jran-Kri> Alexa wrings her hands, happy to let Amelia do the yelling. She seems quite interested in leaving, looking away down the street.
[02:30] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris finished storing the dead enemies in her hammerspace and approached the others. "Where...are...the other bod-ies?" she asked of the other four.
[02:30] <Tangent__> "Fun? What fun? They're dead, you got to run around like a moron, so what're you sticking around for?" Amelia's working herself up into a shouting match, taking a step forwards. "Figures a monster would think killing things is fun." She snears, quite happy to forget her own magic's...push towards what she was doing.
[02:31] <Kara|Ken> "Well, I am a monster."  He says bluntly.
[02:31] <Tangent__> "Back there." Amelia says quickly, gesturing widely with her free hand.
[02:31] <Kara|Ken> "And what are you?"
[02:33] <Tangent__> "I'm a magical girl. I HELP people. I didn't make myself some weird THING with a coin." She declares, puffing herself up...even if she has to tilt her head back a LOT for her glare to meet him in the eyes. "Why not drop the illusion? Show us all what you really are."
[02:34] <Kara|Ken> "What coin?"  He asks earnestly.
[02:34] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris slowly nodded, but looked back and forth from Amelia to Ken with a furrowed brow. She didn't really want to leave them if there was any risk of a fight breaking out. And, having seen Amelia in the pub that one time not too long ago, a fight...didn't seem to far-fetched.
[02:34] <Kara|Ken> Even Kara looks confused.
[02:35] <Tangent__> "W...Wha?" Amelia's wrongfooted. "Don't play dumb. The coin. The one you used to mess up your magic for power, just like the others."
[02:35] <Kara|Ken> "Uh..."  He's actually dropped his facade.  "Never used a coin.  I was just made this way."
[02:36] <Jran-Kri> Alexa looks away at this turn of phrase, clearing her throat uncomfortably. "They, um... Well, the coin is not... strictly necessary for, um, corruption to, ah, take hold of a magical creature," she points out. "A-and he could have, um, as he says, been... made that way by another force."
[02:36] <Tangent__> "...What?" Amelia's anger seems to have slipped away as confusion overtakes her. "I'm not stupid. I know how people become monstergirls...boys."
[02:37] <Tangent__> She looks to Alexa. "...I...But...Then...They choose to use it, right? That's how it works?"
[02:37] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris felt completely lost. Again. She should really study up more on common things in the Magical Girl world, since there was so much of a difference between it and her home world...
[02:38] <Jran-Kri> "It is, ah... One way it can work," Alexa says, her face splitting apart with a crooked grin. "Not the only way."
[02:38] <Kara|Ken> "Well, I didn't use a coin.  And when I say I'm a monster, it's not like those people.  Besides, sometimes those fluffballs screw up."  Ken shrugs.  Not even attempting to go back to being a smart ass.
[02:39] <Tangent__> Amelia blinks. "Well...you're a monsterboy. Or whatever you call yourselves. So...you...Puuchu did that to you when you...signed up?"
[02:40] <Kara|Ken> "Who said I signed up?"  Ken asks, and Kara looks away.
[02:40] <Tangent__> She looks to Alexa, her earlier fury replaced by confusion. "You...How else'd you become...you know.'
[02:41] <Kara|Ken> "I was made this way."  He repeats.
[02:41] <Kara|Ken> Kara sighs.  "He's a fragment of my soul."  She says simply.  "He didn't exist until I made the contract."
[02:42] <Tangent__> Amelia blinks. Once. Twice. "Made." She echoes. "You don't..." She looks to Kara as she speaks up. "...Magic can do that?" She sounds torn between fascination...and disgust.
[02:42] <Kara|Ken> "I'm literally two months old!"  He says with a smile, his arms out wide.
[02:42] <Tangent__> "Make a new person out of..." She shakes her head. "Christ."
[02:43] <Kara|Ken> "He's... not what my puchuu wanted."  Kara says simply.
[02:43] <Kara|Ken> "I'm an accident!"  He proclaims.
[02:43] <Jran-Kri> "... Fascinating!" Alexa adjusts her glasses, looking at Ken in a new light. "Remarkable! And they did this accidentally, did they? Incredible!"
[02:43] <Tangent__> "Why didn't you fix him?" Amelia asks Kara. There's no accusation in the question, just honest incomprehension slippping out. "The Puuchu messed up, but there's got to be some way to turn monster...people back, right?"
[02:44] <Tangent__> She eyes Ken, with maybe less hostility, but more...uncertainty.
[02:45] <Kara|Ken> "He's a monster in the sense that he shouldn't exist."  She says.  Ken then adds, "Fragmenst like me, shouldn't exist.  We're not natural."
[02:45] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris figured that it was okay to leave them for a few minutes or so, so she turned and started making her way towards the other battle sight, mainly be roofhopping.
[02:46] <Tangent__> "...Well, he's still a person..." Amelia starts hesitantly. "A moron, but..." She adds quickly. "No offense." She comments to Kara- he was technically part of her after all.
[02:46] <Tangent__> "But...I mean...his magic's messsed up."
[02:47] <Kara|Ken> "He's not a person."  "I'm not a person."
[02:47] <Tangent__> "Don't be stupid, of course you're a person."
[02:47] <Jran-Kri> "What an absurd thing to say," Alexa scoffs. "Of course you're a person."
[02:48] <Tangent__> Amelia exchanges a surprised glance at Alexa as they speak in stereo.
[02:48] <DrEvilKitteh> (Heheh)
[02:50] <Tangent__> (can Amelia reply or are you writing btw)
[02:50] <Kara|Ken> "I'm about as much of a person as those things we just murdered."  Ken says, putting his arms back behind his head.
[02:50] <Tangent__> "Look, however you...happened, you're a person now. Human, arms, legs, really annoying mouth...mind...that gets really easily distracted...Look, point is, you're a person. Human. Even if your magic's weird and you're a trigger happy moron."
[02:50] <Kara|Ken> (Yeah, sorry)
[02:51] <Tangent__> "And really? That's the stupidest thing you've said so far. Those things might've been people once, but they're just zombies. Clockwork. You can think. Speak. Be an annoying asshole. You're a person in my book even if I want to punch your face."
[02:51] <Jran-Kri> Alexa pauses just long enough to smile at Amelia before looking back at Ken in shock. She nods at Amelia. "Nonsense! You're clearly intelligent. Those, um... those.. things were, ah... clearly just animals."
[02:51] <Tangent__> "And it wasn't murder. It was stopping monsters. Real monsters."
[02:51] <Tangent__> Amelia adds as an afterthought, shifting uneasily.
[02:52] <Kara|Ken> "Hitler was a human," He says.  "But people consider him a monster."
[02:52] <Kara|Ken> (inb4 Hitler liked sugar)
[02:52] <Jran-Kri> "Y-yes, well, that's different!" Alexa insists. "You aren't a mass murderer!"
[02:52] <Tangent__> "You're not Hitler. Take my word for it." Amelia says flatly. She's dismissed her sword, and crossed her arms across her chest.
[02:53] <Kara|Ken> There's an... Awkward silence.  "We're genociding creatures that are actually natural to certain worlds.  And I eat thier souls.  I'm pretty sure I'm someone's hitler."
[02:54] <Tangent__> "...What."
[02:54] <Kara|Ken> "What?"  Kara herself seems confused.
[02:55] <Jran-Kri> "What?" Alexa asks blankly.
[02:55] <Tangent__> (This could be the start of a beautiful trainwreck)
[02:55] <Kara|Ken> (You make it sound like that isn't the point~)
[02:56] <DrEvilKitteh> (Oh, btw, I'm good with stopping now/soon if people need to go to bed.)
[02:56] <Tangent__> (same here)
[02:57] <Kara|Ken> "Our job is to kill something that may or may not be native to another worlds ecosystem."  He says with a shrug.
[02:58] <Kara|Ken> (I can stop whenever.  But I won't be on for RP until 10:30/11pm EST.)
[02:58] <Tangent__> "That...these things are monsters. It doesn't matter where they're from, if they hurt people, we wipe them out. No problem. You're not very bright, you know, even if you ARE definitely a person."
[02:58] <Jran-Kri> "... Yes, well, um... that... Well, it's like an invasive species," Alexa says, perking up as if greatly cheered by this thought. "Yes! J-just because i-it's natural somewhere e-else doesn't mean i-it'll f-fit here!"
[02:59] <Tangent__> "And what's with you, anyway, saying he's not a person?" Amelia changes target to Kara. "Seriously, he pretty obviously is."
[02:59] <Kara|Ken> "Lions hurt people."  He points out.  "Feral dogs hurt people.  People hurt people."
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[02:59] <Tangent__> "And we stop whatever as we can." Amelia retorts. "They can't defend themselves against magic. We can."
[03:00] <Kara|Ken> "Because he shouldn't exist," Kara mumbles.
[03:00] <Tangent__> "So that's what we're supposed to do. Why you need to get your magic fixed." She shakes her head. "Doesn't matter, he does. He's a person. A moron, but a person. Seriously, you're saying he's not a person because...the puuchu messed up?"
[03:03] <Kara|Ken> "So?  Just because they look and act different, doesn't mean they aren't more of a person than me."  He shrugs again.  "Besides.  We kill things that can't defend themselves from us for food.  You're a hypocryte if you would deny them food.  It's nature."
[03:03] <Tangent__> That brief mention of soul eating seems to have flown over her head in the greater argument...or been dismissed as Ken babbling.
[03:04] <Tangent__> "They're animals. Dangerous, rabid animals. I'm not a vegetarian, and I'm proud of it. They'd hurt people, so there's nothing wrong with killing them before they can hurt people who CAN'T fight back."
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[03:04] <Kara|Ken> "So, you'll go around killing sentient creatures for food and call others monsters for doing the same?"
[03:04] <Tangent__> "And what's with you talking about yourself like that? What, are you saying because you were made by magic, you're not a person?"
[03:05] <Kara|Ken> "Not all monsters are sentient, but you can't deny that some are."
[03:05] <Tangent__> "Sentient? The only monsters I've seen are...monsters. Monstergirls don't count."
[03:05] <Jran-Kri> "I-- That's not the same at all!" Alexa insists, shaking her head emphatically. "I-It's self-defense! Them or us! A-and a-animals a-aren't s-sentient! Th-they're sapient! They're not intelligent!"
[03:06] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris landed next to the others with bent knees, having finished storing the other bodies and weapons away in hammerspace. She blinked at the four and sighed slightly. But hey, at least they weren't at one another's throats like before, so that was good, right?
[03:06] <Tangent__> She shakes her head. "They're not people. They're animals, and evil. They need to die before they hurt anyone." It's all quite simple to her, and her eyes shine with the fervor of a true zealot.
[03:06] <Kara|Ken> "Look at me!  I walk, talk, and shit like you do.  But I fucking EAT their souls to survive!  I don't need /real/ food if I have their souls."
[03:07] <Tangent__> Amelia blinks. "...That...Uh..." She's wrongfooted. "You mean...like, use their magic?" She hazards, unwilling to concede anything, even if she...has no idea what he means. Except that it's not good.
[03:07] <Jran-Kri> Alexa trembles in place, practically not even comprehending Iris' arrival. She shakes her head at Ken again, scowling. "They don't have souls! Humans are the only creatures endowed with souls! Everyone knows that! Y- you must just be c-consuming... magical energy! Or something!"
[03:08] <Tangent__> "Right!" Amelia nods as Alexa intervenes.
[03:08] <Kara|Ken> "Nope."
[03:08] <Kara|Ken> (That comes from both Ken and Kara)
[03:09] <Tangent__> She stands closer. "...You're wrong." She says flatly. "Things like the monsters we kill...Those don't have souls. They can't. Not really. You've got to be seeing things that aren't there."
[03:09] <Tangent__> *close to Alexa
[03:09] <Tangent__> She remembers the Wendigo. "They're not people. They're evil." She says flatly, with utmost conviction.
[03:10] <Tangent__> "Whatever you think you...feed on, it's not a soul."
[03:10] <Kara|Ken> Ken summons his sword and the sickening pressure from before reasserts itself.  "You see this?  You see the glow?  It glows brighter everytime it is used to kill.  I've used it on non-magical creatures as well.  No humans, don't worry."
[03:10] <Kara|Ken> He dismisses the blade shortly after.
[03:10] <Tangent__> She takes Alexa's hand. A comforting squeeze...that tightens into a bone crushing grip as she senses the sword.
[03:10] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris held out her hand, and a Core appeared in the palm. Its glow remained a soft white, unlike the last one she'd used to make into a lure.
[03:10] <Tangent__> "That...doesn't mean anything. At all." She says flatly. "Except that you need help to deal with it."
[03:11] <Tangent__> "So it feeds off...life energy. Magic. So what?"
[03:11] <Jran-Kri> Alexa purses her lips, paling at the sight of the blade. After a moment's pause for thought, she shakes her head again. "Nonsense! That doesn't prove anything! The- the human soul is special -- these- these things don't have it! They're not part of the plan!"
[03:11] <Tangent__> "That's disgusting...but it doesn't mean it...eats souls." She glances to Alexa, concerned.
[03:14] <Kara|Ken> "Not part of the plan?  Oh, wow.  Really?  You think there's a plan at this point?"  He laughs a little to himself.
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[03:15] <Kara|Ken> Kara has just gone silent.  Wishing she could disappear.
[03:15] <Tangent__> "...I...Don't laugh at her." Amelia says, softly compared with her earlier ranting but with a bit of an edge. "We...we're doing SOMETHING that matters. But that's not the point."
[03:15] <Tangent__> "You have a stupid sword that does something magical. That doesn't make you a monster. That doesn't mean you're not a person."
[03:16] <Tangent__> "That just means you were born differently, and need to get your magic fixed. That's it. Oh, and your attitude sucks."
[03:16] <Tangent__> She says bluntly.
[03:16] <DrEvilKitteh> The Core vanished back into hammerspace after examining it for a bit. "...Should...we...go back?" she asked the others a bit tentatively. "To, uhm...the pub, now?"
[03:16] <Jran-Kri> "Of course there's a plan!" Alexa fumes. She opens her mouth to continue, but Amelia reminds her of the point. She forces herself to relax. "Yes. Yes. You're a person, like it or not."
[03:16] <Kara|Ken> "What is the point then?"  He says, grinning.  "I know what a soul feels like kiddo.  I don't have it, but I want it.  SO I feed.  Until I can find one that stays."
[03:17] <Tangent__> "I...Yeah, sure..." She glances to Iris, then to Ken. "No, you don't. That's your magic speaking." She says. "You need to fix what's wrong with you...but needing a soul isn't it."
[03:17] <Tangent__> "...And don't call me kiddo." She says, without her earlier heat.
[03:18] <Jran-Kri> "Ridiculous!" Alexa shakes her head again. "No one knows what a soul feels like except God!"
[03:19] <Tangent__> "...More to the point, you're a person. You have a soul, and I'm pretty sure random monsters DON'T. So whatever your sword...eats, it isn't souls."
[03:19] <Kara|Ken> "Or people who use that wierd spirit Magic," he points out.  "They mess with souls.  Or something."
[03:20] <Jran-Kri> "Well, that- that's different," Alexa clearly doesn't have a clue what he's talking about, but she keeps going with barely a beat skipped. "They can only meddle -- destruction is beyond any earthly means!"
[03:20] <Tangent__> Is that pity as she looks at him again? "You need to get your magic fixed. There's got to be a way to do that. Not this bullshit about souls." She squeezes Alexa's hand reassuringly. "Your magic's messed up...Kreim wouldn't want to do it, but...Alexa, is there a way to...fix monstergirls?"
[03:20] <Kara|Ken> "Who said anything about destruction?  I eat them, but like what you eat, it comes out after getting what you needed out of it."
[03:22] <Jran-Kri> "Hm? Oh, yes, yes there is," Alexa waves a dismissive hand at Amelia, glossing over this as she gets back into her row with Ken. "That's -- a soul isn't like a meal! You don't just take what you want and leave the rest!"
[03:23] <DrEvilKitteh> Were Iris in a more emotive state--as in, not transformed--then she might actually facepalm. As it was, she walked over and put a hand on Amelia's shoulder. "L-Let's...go, now. We...can talk...more, la-ter. At...the pub."
[03:24] <Tangent__> "But then-" Amelia starts to interrupt, then looks up. "Huh?" Amelia blinks up at Iris. "Oh...Right...Yeah, sorry, Iris..." She looks back down, booted foot scuffling the pavement. "Sorry to keep you waiting."
[03:25] <Kara|Ken> Ken shrugs.  "Funny, you lose all momentum when she speaks, but... Barely a beat is skipped when the other does."
[03:25] <Tangent__> She looks up. "...I don't know what you're talking about."
[03:25] <Jran-Kri> Alexa looks over at Iris, narrowing her eyes. Rounding on Ken, she turns as red as her mantle. "And WHAT is THAT supposed to mean?!"
[03:26] <Kara|Ken> "Guess."  He says smugly.
[03:27] <DrEvilKitteh> A wall of ice, cold and opaque, erupted between Alexa and Ken. "No...fight-ing," she said in an unusually stern voice.
[03:28] <Kara|Ken> Ken pulls a flask out from his pocket, and then chips some of the ice into the container.
[03:28] <Tangent__> "...Person or not, you're definitely an a-." Amelia snaps, then the wall goes up. She looks like she wants to melt the wall...but nods after a long moment. "...Alexa?" She asks.
[03:28] <Jran-Kri> Alexa looks ready to pop a blood vessel. While she doesn't say a guess out loud, judging by the faint, high-pitched restrained groan, she's made one. She trembles at the sight of the wall, she whirls on her heel, looking away and filding her arms. "Whatever!"
[03:29] <Kara|Ken> "Someone is jealous~"  He says lyrically.
[03:29] <Kara|Ken> "Ken, enough."  Kara says sternly.
[03:29] <Jran-Kri> "SHUT UP!" Her voice cracks as she shouts over the wall, stomping on the ground.
[03:31] <Kara|Ken> "Why not just tell her how you feel?"  He says, giving his best "couple therapist" impression.
[03:32] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris picked up /both/ Amelia in Alexa, one in each arm, and turned to walk away from the wall, and by extension the twins. Of course, she was strong, but a resisting Magical Girl tended to not be so easily restrained if they so desired...
[03:33] <Tangent__> ...Jealous? Amelia's slightly lost- something hovering just out of her realization- but covers for it the way she always does- full speed ahead. "Why not just stop talking?" Amelia snaps, then finds herself scooped up. "Hey!" She protests. "Iris..."
[03:33] <Kara|Ken> "I win, A plus."  He says with a smile.
[03:34] <Kara|Ken> Kara just looks at them, mortified.  "I'm so sorry..." She says, face in her hands.
[03:34] <Jran-Kri> Alexa ducks her head, fuming furiously. She trembles silently with rage, unable to formulate a proper response to this nonsense. Just when she's sure she's about to, however, Iris plucks her up. She blinks owlishly, quite surprised by this turn of events. "U-um! Wh-where are we going?"
[03:35] <DrEvilKitteh> "No fight-ing," Iris said firmly to Amelia. "To...the pub," she answered Alexa, as if that was obvious.
[03:35] <Kara|Ken> "You're probably not helping their unresolved sexual tensions!" Ken calls to them.
[03:36] <Tangent__> "I wasn't going to hurt him!" Amelia protests. "...Much." She blinks. "Are...are you going to put us down?" She asks, a bit more meekly than she would have for anyone else. Perhaps its for the best she didn't quite catch Ken's catcall.
[03:36] <Jran-Kri> "... Oh. Um. I- I wasn't going to start a fight if THAT PRAT wasn't!" She raises her voice at the end, calling over her shoulder. She fumes again at this ridiculous implication, her cheeks a bright red.
[03:37] <Kara|Ken> "I would not have thrown the first punch!"  "He wouldn't have actually attacked anyone."
[03:38] <DrEvilKitteh> "No," Iris bluntly replied to Amelia. She crouched, then sprang high into the air, ice steps forming along the side of a building to help her ascent. "...Not...yet," she amended after reaching the roof and starting to dash across it.
[03:39] <Tangent__> "...Fine." Amelia mumbles. "Well, we know he's a jerk even if he is a person. And his stupid sword too. What a moron."
[03:39] <Tangent__> She gripes quietly.
[03:40] <Jran-Kri> Alexa squeaks at the sudden change in altitude, keeping still so as not to disturb Iris. Still, she allows herself to grouse. "Have two perfectly good legs, thank you very much..."
[03:40] <Kara|Ken> (For the record... Alexa and Amelia will likely wake up in the morning with what feels like a hang-over)
[03:40] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris merely shrugged and continued on in the direction of the pub. She glanced over her shoulder a couple times to see whether or not the twins were following.
[03:41] <Tangent__> Amelia sighs. "I...Enjoy the ride, I guess?" Amelia comments to Alexa with a sigh. She's starting to know Iris enough to guess when she's made up her mind. She looks up at the taller, glamorous girl. "Hey, um...Iris? We got what we needed, right?"
[03:42] <Kara|Ken> Ken is being berated by his sister, while he drinks from his flask.
[03:42] <Kara|Ken> They aren't following.
[03:43] <Jran-Kri> "I sincerely hope so, because I'm in no bloody hurry to go back," Alexa pouts.
[03:44] <Tangent__> "Mmmm...Hey, Alexa? Thanks a lot...for the help back there...and sorry, I...you know..." She trails off awkwardly. "I kind of...forgot you still hadn't..." She bites her lip, suddenly discomforted and vaguely guilty.
[03:45] <DrEvilKitteh> "Yes. For...now." Iris sprinted across an ice bridge connecting the building she'd just landed on to another across a wide intersection. She was fairly certain this was the way to the pub; she felt it in her gut, a sort of...vague feeling calling to her, pointing her in the right direction.
[03:46] <Jran-Kri> Even in this rather undignified position, Alexa manages to preen a little, shaking her head good-naturedly. "Oh, d-don't worry about it. That girl, she got the worst of it. I-it was my p-pleasure. You, ah, you did very well there."
[03:47] <Kara|Ken> (Uh...  Is she lying?  Cuz Kara took NO damage)
[03:47] <DrEvilKitteh> (Kara was shot too, wasn't she?)
[03:48] <Kara|Ken> (She took one Soak damage)
[03:49] <Jran-Kri> ((When she says 'got' she means that Kara healed most of Alexa's injuries))
[03:49] <Kara|Ken> (Oh)
[03:49] <Tangent__> "Only with your help...You too, Alexa!" Amelia looks up to Iris. "And, ah, I'm glad you didn't need me, Iris...Well, not glad I couldn't help, but you know...that you were okay. Mostly." Amelia's babbling again.
[03:49] <Jran-Kri> ((Which is an exaggeration, not a lie))
[03:50] <Jran-Kri> Alexa does her best to not look at all displeased to see the attention leave her. She nods shortly. "Yes. Very impressive, there."
[03:51] <DrEvilKitteh> "I...have fought...more. Worse," Iris said, her voice back to its usual soft tone. "...E-ven...if...it did...hurt."
[03:51] <Kara|Ken> (I sincerely hope you realize that Ken now wants to make sure Amelia and Alexa hook up if only so he can say, "Called it!")
[03:51] <Tangent__> Amelia blinks, as a stray thought strikes her. Something was off. She SHOULD know her age. She remembers enough to piece it together...or she did. She frowns, trying to recall what'd made her think she was older so certainly...But she can't. She just can't do it, any more than she can name the capitol of Tunisia off the top of her head.
[03:52] <Tangent__> That worries her. That worries her, a LOT. When Iris replies, she seizes on the welcome distraction. "Ah....sorry then! I'll just have to get there faster next time!" A slightly forced laugh, as she frantically tries to piece together who she was-is.
[03:53] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris slowed and came to a stop at the edge of a rooftop. The pub was in sight, a few "blocks" away. She gave Amelia a curious, slightly concerned look.
[03:53] <Tangent__> She's Amelia. No, that's not right. She was...someone else. She was...older than seventeen...It's like running her hands through quicksand.
[03:54] <Tangent__> The more she grasps at it, the more it slips away. "Hey..." Amelia mumbles. "Can...can we stop for a moment?"
[03:54] <Jran-Kri> "Ah... Yes, of course. Teamwork, and all," Alexa looks over at Amelia with a frown. It almost looks like she's worried about something -- but what? The fight's over. Alexa considers opening her mouth before Amelia does it first. "Is, ah... Something the matter?"
[03:55] <Kara|Ken> The twins fly overhead, but just keep going.  Though Ken does spare them a second glance.
[03:55] <Tangent__> "No!" Amelia blurts. "I..It's fine! It's nothing." She shakes her head. "It's nothing." It doesn't matter. She can figure it out later. It'll come back to her. Besides, she knows who she is NOW, and that's what matters. She smiles at Alexa. "Just...just needed to catch my breath."
[03:56] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris gently set both Amelia and Alexa down on their feet. She studied Alexa's face with her unblinking silver-white eyes. Even after--no, /especially/ after what Amelia had just said, she was still worried.
[03:57] <Jran-Kri> "If, ah... if you say so," Alexa turns her head halfway away, side-eyeing Amelia suspiciously. "At your leisure."
[03:57] <Kara|Ken> (Why would one need to catch their breath if they were being carried?)
[03:57] <DrEvilKitteh> (It's Amelia, Bar.)
[03:58] <DrEvilKitteh> (That's kinda the whole point, one of her big shticks.)
[03:58] <Tangent__> (She is many things. A social butterfly she isn't.)
[04:00] <Tangent__> "I...Yeah, I'm good." Amelia calms herself down with an effort, dusting herself off. "I...We can walk from here, right, guys?" She suggests, quick to change the topic.
[04:00] <Tangent__> (bit tired tbh)
[04:00] <DrEvilKitteh> (I was gonna get to the pub and to a room for them to sleep in in my next post.)
[04:01] <Tangent__> (ah, okay)
[04:02] <Tangent__> Amelia's quieter than usual- drained magically if not physically...and distracted from her friends by her own, half-coherent thoughts.
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[04:04] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris shrugged and nodded. She hopped off the building and landed easily, though she paused for Amelia and Alexa to jump down as well. Together, they walked in silence--mostly--to the pub. Iris opened the door and walked over to the stairs, beckoning them to follow her up. Upon reaching the second floor, she stopped in front of a room door and opened it. She didn't make anything of it, but the
[04:04] <DrEvilKitteh> other two might note something a bit...well. There was only the one bed.
[04:05] <DrEvilKitteh> "I...can go...on fu-ton, or...floor, if...you...would like," she said to the other two after a moment.
[04:07] <Jran-Kri> Alexa follows in near silence the whole way, gamely padding after the taller girl. When she sees their sleeping arrangements for the night, she's initially all smiles -- until the distinct singleness of the bed dawns on her. She turns a distinct shade of red. "Um. Um. Well. That's. Ah. I... suppose it would be a bit... tight."
[04:08] <Tangent__> "Ah..." Amelia's embarassed and suddenly interested in the floor. "You...you don't have to do this, Iris." She blushes as a thought strikes her, but shakes her head- she's tired, too tired to find the belfast portal. "We...I'll take the floor!" She offers. "That wouldn't be right otherwise."
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[04:11] <DrEvilKitteh> "...Um." Iris tilted her head at Amelia, then shook her head. "You...need...the bed. And...you can cud-dle...A-lex-a...that way, too." She nodded in an almost self-satisfied way, liking her solution. "...Though...it can...fit...three people," she added, mostly in Alexa's direction. "If...you...do not...mind."
[04:12] <Jran-Kri> Alexa stares at Iris in naked shock, turning even redder by the moment. She takes a step back, stumbling, raising her hands open-palmed, sputtering like a breaking car. "I-I-I n-n-now wh-what m-makes y-you th-think w-we d-do a th-thing like th-that?! I-I -- wh-wh I-I mean... Um... What?!"
[04:15] <DrEvilKitteh> "...You...do not?" Iris said with a bemused tilt of her head. "But...you...are friends. Best...friends, 'bes-ties'. Yes? So why...would you...not?"
[04:17] <Jran-Kri> "W-well, I mean, um, you see, at home, there's..." Alexa wrings her hands hard enough to risk taking her fingers off. "Well, you see, ah... I don't know, it just seems a bit personal don't you think?"
[04:17] <Tangent__> "I...ahh...It..." This breaks the Amelia. "Iris...I...I'm okay with the floor, really...and...Yeah, I mean...we're friends..." She stammers, too tired and flustered to string together a coherent thought. She's just a mess of nerves, tiredness, and all around awkwardness.
[04:20] <DrEvilKitteh> "If...you...are best friends, then...you...should love...each oth-er," Iris said--nay, /stated/. It was fact, truth, to her. "...And...that means...you like to hug, and...cud-dle, and...be around them. Have...fun too, but..." She waved a slightly-airy hand, since that wasn't really important right then. Iris walked past them, turned and put her hands on both of their shoulders. She gently but
[04:20] <DrEvilKitteh> firmly pushed them towards the bed. "I...will sleep...on fu-ton."
[04:22] <Tangent__> Amelia chews her lip, not sure what to say to that. The small voice in her head that likes being near Iris a bit too much really needs to shut up right now. It's not helping. "I...You should take the bed..." Amelia says at last to Alexa. "You need it after today's fight..."
[04:23] <DrEvilKitteh> "/Both/...take...the bed," Iris interjected, rather insistently.
[04:24] <Jran-Kri> Alexa takes off her hat, crushing it in one hand and running her fingers through her suddenly sweaty hair with the other. She mumbles incoherently, failing to resist being pushed. "Yes, well, um... y-you did all the- the fighting and the burning, very important..."
[04:27] <Tangent__> Amelia shakes her head, looking to Alexa. "But...but you were there to help. Don't sell yourself short..." Amelia's covering for her awkwardness by trying to encourage Alexa. But she's so tired. A drowsy moment's hesitation and she dismisses her transformation. She yawns, uncontrollably.
[04:27] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris stopped when both of them stood before a side of the bed. She reached forward and flipped the covers up, then gestured for them to get under them. Her gaze brooked no argument at that moment.
[04:27] <Tangent__> She's strangely tired...even for after a fight...
[04:28] <Tangent__> She doesn't have the energy to protest. She drowsily looks back at Iris, then to Alexa. "You...you did good, okay?" She murmurs.
[04:29] <Jran-Kri> "... Yeah. You, too," Alexa says. Her shoulders sag as she gives up trying to get out of it. She unceremoniously flops onto the bed.
[04:30] <Tangent__> Amelia's slumped too, arms and legs ledden. "Talk...later...need to..." And she's out in seconds with Alexa next to her.
[04:31] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris nodded approvingly and walked over to bring the futon out. She unfolded it, straightened the blankets over it, then slid beneath them and set her head on the pillow. "...Good night," she called softly up to the other girls.
[04:35] <DrEvilKitteh> (And fin. For now~)