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[22:42] <DrEvilKitteh> While en route to the pub, Iris pulled Amelia aside and handed her a phone with her number on it. "For later," she told the Fire Paladin. "And...after we get to...the pub, I should go. I need...to check on something, but...you can fill me in...later. Like with the phone." She gestured at the cellular device.
[22:42] <DrEvilKitteh> As for Walter, he seemed intrigued and fascinated by the concept of Magical Girls. “So...what is it like, usually? And how does the magic manifest within you and your possibly-new forms?” he asked of the group at large. “It certainly seemed more powerful than most mortal wizards' magic would be, but you...seem to have a general theme with your abilities that may limit them to only
[22:42] <DrEvilKitteh> certain types of magic. Is that assessment correct?”
[22:44] <[Morgan]> "Yes. Some of us are fire, some water. Some of us even channel light or darkness."
[22:44] <Tangent> "Ah..." Amelia's all smiles at Iris. "Thanks, will do! Hey, Iris, this thing you're checking on, it's not...dangerous, right?"
[22:45] <Jran-Kri> Much as Alexa grinds her teeth at Iris pulling Amelia aside, she forces herself to ignore the matter and nods at Morgan. "Er, yes. That's quite right. Some are... more limited than others."
[22:45] <WhiteKnight> Ayako nods. "Lightning here. Though I wouldn't say I'm as... magically potent, as I think a wizard would be. Not a good one, at least."
[22:51] <DrEvilKitteh> "I do not think so," Iris replied. "Mostly, I want to...see how Maya is doing. Make sure...she is well. And...there is something else...that is, mm...in-ter-esting. But...it should not be...dangerous."
[22:51] <DrEvilKitteh> “I see, I see.” Walter nodded and cupped his metal chin. “Your physical attributes also seem to be supernaturally enhanced. I am much stronger and faster than a human because I am an android, but for you...it seems as though your magics can take many forms.” Quick as a fingersnap, he changed topic. “Now, you said that you are given these powers to protect the world and help people,
[22:51] <DrEvilKitteh> fight the bad guys and all. What does that usually entail? How do you go about that? It's certainly a broad and highly ambitious goal, after all.”
[22:52] <Tangent> "Oh...Okay..." Amelia shuffles in place. "Just...if you need me, give me a call, okay?" She puffs herself up a bit. "I'll let you know if anything happens with robodetective over there." She nods.
[22:53] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris smiled softly and nodded once. "I will." She affectionately rubbed Amelia's head, mussing her hair a bit, before moving back to rejoin the rest of the group.
[22:55] <Tangent> Amelia blushes slightly, a happy- and slightly silly- smile on her face as she heads back over to the others. "Hey, what'd I miss?" She asks Alexa.
[22:57] <[Morgan]> "It's...difficult." Morgan explained to Walter. "While we cannot save everyone, we still attempt to seek out monsters and stop them before they can hurt others. This is obviously a dangerous task, which is why many magical girls travel in groups of two or more."
[22:57] <Jran-Kri> Alexa almost misses the android's question, staring at the two of them out of the corner of her eye. She feels fit to pop a blood vessel before Amelia comes up next to her. She shakes her head. "The, ah, gentleman here was just asking about, you know, us. Magical girls, that is," she explains offhandedly.
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[22:58] <WhiteKnight> "Weeeell then," Ayako begins, then clears her throat. "Your average magical girl usually fights things that go bump in the night or the servants of evil overlords, potentially even said evil overlords themselves. But not this girl." Ayako smirks as she points a thumb at herself. "I make sure I get paid for most of my baddy busting. Amazing how many opportunities turn up when you know people who know about things. Or, well, at
[22:58] <WhiteKnight> least, I used to get paid. "TIll I started doing it less."
[22:59] <Tangent> "Oh?" Amelia walks alongside Alexa, paying half her attention to the chatter.
[23:01] <[Morgan]> "What form of currency did people pay you in?" Morgan asked a bit curiously, internally disagreeing with the concept.
[23:04] <DrEvilKitteh> Walter nodded along, listening raptly to the explanations given. "So most do it out of good will or duty," he then looked at Ayako, "while others such as yourself act more like...mercenaries or some other profession that hire themselves out for it. I cannot fault such a viewpoint and, hm, business practice as it were, as I know that fighting 'evil' is not the most rewarding thing,
[23:04] <DrEvilKitteh> financially-speaking. Still, the fact that you /do/ all seem to work to help and protect...it is sadly an almost alien thought to me, especially if there are many more Magical Girls like you have said."
[23:06] <WhiteKnight> "Yen," Ayako says with a shrug. "You'd think mayors at least would know the funky stuff that goes on in their cities. And you'd be right, most of the time. I, uh, might have gotten arrested and questioned once or twice for saying stuff about youkai in almost plain sight."
[23:06] <[Morgan]> "Arrested. That is...somewhat ridiculous."
[23:07] <[Morgan]> *Arrested?
[23:07] <Jran-Kri> "Really now?" Alexa cocks her head at Walter, blinking owlishly. She adjusts her glasses. "I assure you, um -- or at least, I was assured -- that there are a great many more. Have you never seen someone else doing good?"
[23:08] <Tangent> Amelia steps closer. "No idea why the puuchu don't want us to tell people about monsters...That's what really bugs me. There's this whole world, magic and monsters...and people aren't supposed to know about it. So they won't even know when they're in danger..."
[23:08] <Tangent> She shakes her head. "I guess that's why we're around. So they don't have to."
[23:09] <WhiteKnight> "That's what I said!" the ex-merc exclaims with a shrug. "There's a crazy veil of secrecy over almost everything, and sometimes it's really tough to tell who is and isn't in the know."
[23:10] <Tangent> "Just tell them anyway, I guess. Our job's to keep people safe, not worry about that sort of thing..."
[23:10] <Tangent> "I mean...Me and Alexa've never exactly tried to hide it when we help people..." She smiles at her friend.
[23:11] <DrEvilKitteh> "It's an unfortunate thing," Walter lamented. "There are those who truly wish to help and do good, yes, but they are few and far between. Add that to how there are even fewer still that actually have the power, will, and luck to actually do anything about it, and you will find that they are rare indeed." The clockwork android shifted his focus to Amelia and Ayako. "The existence of magic,
[23:11] <DrEvilKitteh> monsters, and the supernatural can literally change worlds if people find out about it. Sometimes, it is not for the better. I cannot claim to know the exact motivations of these 'Puchuu', but it does make sense from some standpoints."
[23:12] <Jran-Kri> Alexa can't help but curl her lip at this. She grins awkwardly, nodding with some hesitation. "Y-yes, well, that's true, but -- I can see why the Puchuu'd be averse to it. It, you know. Could cause a bit of a panic, is all, if it were public knowledge.
[23:12] <Jran-Kri> "
[23:13] <Tangent> "Then maybe the world needs to change." Amelia shrugs. "I just...I still remember being surprised back when I...signed up for this." She stumbles a bit. "That any of this was real. I mean...I didn't think about it back then, but...people aren't safer because they don't know about something. They still might get eaten."
[23:14] <WhiteKnight> "Henry here does have a point," Ayako agrees. "The facade does keep things together. But you'd think it'd fall down sooner or later, which means either puchuu are good at their jobs or the magical world isn't quite as dangerous as you might think. And I'm willing to bet on the former."
[23:15] <Tangent> There's a visible pause as she has to think back. It's all dim, faded, half-recollections...and that's her mindset when she first met Beacon. Anything before that...It's vague impressions where it's not just...gone.
[23:15] <Jran-Kri> Alexa nods briskly at Walter, thankful to have some support. She looks a tad more put-out when she registers his earlier complaint, grimacing. "Selfish, pompous little -- what kind of person refuses to help, when they have the power? But, oh well -- they'll all be sorted in the end. 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels,'" Alexa quotes primly.
[23:16] <Tangent> Amelia nods supportingly, even if she blinks at the surprise quote at the end. Still, she's not wrong...
[23:17] <DrEvilKitteh> "Walter," he corrected Ayako. "And in some worlds, I know that the existence of magic is quite literally shrouded to the mundane people. Not in all, but that does account for why and how it is kept secret in those with a veil over it." Alexa, however, made him blink and stare for a second. "...What is that a quote from?"
[23:18] <[Morgan]> "The devil having angels. How ironic." Morgan commented, genuinely amused by the quote while partially agreeing at the same time.
[23:18] <[Morgan]> *Devil
[23:21] <Jran-Kri> Alexa puffs up her chest rather proudly, tilting her nose up ever so slightly. "The Holy Bible, of course. Book of Matthew, chapter 25, verse, um... 40-something," she seems quite pleased with herself despite the breakdown in detail towards the end. "When our Lord spoke on the Judgement of Nations." She lends a minute amount of gravitas to this before turning to Morgan with a smile. "Ah, the Devil himself is but a fallen
[23:21] <Jran-Kri> angel, as are his servants -- the prideful and the arrogant, who refused to serve." She sticks up her nose, grinning.
[23:22] <Tangent> "...Heh, I haven't seen our pub's angels in a while...Wonder what they'll think of this guy?" Amelia comments to Morgan as Alexa preaches to the robot.
[23:22] <WhiteKnight> With a growl, Ayako puts her her fingers on her chin. "Maybe I should get back into the business. Except... more bounty hunter than mercenary. Not that there's much of a difference, but still."
[23:23] <[Morgan]> "The Bible...I think I found pages of that book in an abandoned church once." Morgan responded to Alexa, frowning at the memory. "There were vampires everywhere, but it seemed interesting."
[23:24] <Jran-Kri> "Well, better something than nothing," Alexa furrows her brow at the mention of vampires. "Dreadful. I didn't think their kind could stand to be on holy ground."
[23:24] <DrEvilKitteh> "Ah, religious texts." Walter nodded slowly. "My creator never really had a fondness for them, from what I remember, and since my reactivation, I have not exactly researched any of them. That being said, I am familiar with the rough idea of angels and devils, or /a/ Devil." He was momentarily surprised by Amelia's comment, then. "What do you mean, your pub's angels? Do the messengers of a
[23:24] <DrEvilKitteh> deity really inhabit that place or the area around it?"
[23:25] <Tangent> "Vampires?" Amelia blinks. "Well, I guess it's not stranger than that banshee-" She looks around to the robot. "Um, not really. We just call them angels because...well, they're magical girls. With wings."
[23:25] <[Morgan]> "Those ones found a way." Morgan commented darkly, remembering the smell of rotting meat and the screeches in the air."
[23:25] <[Morgan]> *air.
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[23:27] <Jran-Kri> "Hmph. Well, it's never too..." Alexa clears her throat, abruptly cutting off that line of thought upon realizing that it is too late. She instead addresses his other question. "Yes, they, um, appear to be angels, but are decidedly not -- n-not that there's anything wrong with that. I-it, um, w-well, i-it's just how they look. No sacrilege, I'm sure," she shakes her head, turning to Morgan. "Terrible, terrible. Well! I'm
[23:27] <Jran-Kri> sure you sorted them."
[23:27] <WhiteKnight> "They're basically succubi," Ayako adds. "Real thirsty ladies, those two."
[23:28] <[Morgan]> "Thankfully. I almost had to burn the whole building to a crisp before I managed to kill them."
[23:28] <Tangent> "Huh? What'd you...Um, no, they're...I mean, they're friendly, but...They're nice..." Amelia shakes her head at Ayako, then looks back to Morgan. "But you won, right? Good work."
[23:28] <Tangent> "Not like anyone else was around to get hurt, right?"
[23:29] <DrEvilKitteh> "Ah- o-oh." Walter started to nod from Alexa's explanation, but Ayako made him falter and frown. "...I see. Succubi are more like demons or devils however, from what I recall. Female creatures that prey on lust and absorb energy from the act. So they are more akin to those than angels?"
[23:30] <[Morgan]> "No, there wasn't. Anyone there had already been slaughtered long before I took shelter inside."
[23:30] <WhiteKnight> "Hey now, not saying they're nice ladies," the lightning girl replies, shaking her head. "But they've got appetites. I said they were basically succubi, not actually them.""
[23:30] <Tangent> "No, she doesn't know what she's talking about." Amelia grumbles. "They're friendly, but they're not bad people or...monsters like she makes them sound. That's all."
[23:30] <Jran-Kri> "W-well, that's... that's a bold claim!" Alexa shakes her head at Ayako. "N-nonsense. Demonic nature is a serious charge," she wrings her hands, turning back to Morgan. "Wonderful. Wonderful. Well, if they were inhabiting it, no doubt they had defiled the church, as the moneychangers did in the temple. Good work."
[23:31] <Tangent> "You've got no idea what you're talking about." Amelia grumbles at Ayako, hands on her hips and expression decidedly mullish.
[23:33] <DrEvilKitteh> "They do attempt to, mm...be close with...many people," Iris chimed in. "...They have even...expressed an interest...in me, more...than once. Like...being jealous...of a girl who...shoved her hand down my shirt," she added with a grumble.
[23:33] <WhiteKnight> "I dunno, my girl used to shack up with them quite a bit~" She giggles, and then looks to Iris. "Hmmm, yeah, sounds about right."
[23:34] <Jran-Kri> "O-oh," Alexa says, her mouth forming into a small 'o' shape. "W-well. Th-that's, um, that's -- it's... Good heavens! That's... c-completely unacceptable," Alexa shakes her head at this talk of shoving hands down shirts, wringing her hands.
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[23:35] <DrEvilKitteh> Walter looked back and forth from the girls as they spoke and attempted to refute the claims. "...Well. I...suppose I shall find out for myself if I ever meet them."
[23:35] <[Morgan]> Morgan fought the urge to snicker at Iris' recollection and at Alexa's reaction.
[23:38] <Tangent> "E-eh..." Amelia looks to Iris. That...she's only met the angels a few times, and that last time, but...She feels an irrational annoyance that they'd do that. "I...Well, uh...sorry that someone, um...Yeah. Did that. And that they bothered you...Yeah." She trails off into incoherence. "They're still not...succubi or whatever." She frowns to herself. Maybe she doesn't know them quite as well as she thought...
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[23:38] <Tangent> She looks over to Iris. "Who, um, did...that anyway?"
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[23:41] <DrEvilKitteh> "A girl...with no name. Or...when she said her name...it was...weird." Iris tilted her head thoughtfully. "...She was...big. Bigger...than me." She motioned to her chest and hips to indicate /what/ exactly she meant by that.
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[23:42] <[Morgan]> (Anything happen in between Tangent's post?)
[23:42] <DrEvilKitteh> [23:38] <Tangent> "E-eh..." Amelia looks to Iris. That...she's only met the angels a few times, and that last time, but...She feels an irrational annoyance that they'd do that. "I...Well, uh...sorry that someone, um...Yeah. Did that. And that they bothered you...Yeah." She trails off into incoherence. "They're still not...succubi or whatever." She frowns to herself. Maybe she doesn't know
[23:42] <DrEvilKitteh> them quite as well as she thought...
[23:42] <DrEvilKitteh> [23:38] <Tangent> She looks over to Iris. "Who, um, did...that anyway?"
[23:42] <DrEvilKitteh> [23:41] <DrEvilKitteh> "A girl...with no name. Or...when she said her name...it was...weird." Iris tilted her head thoughtfully. "...She was...big. Bigger...than me." She motioned to her chest and hips to indicate /what/ exactly she meant by that.
[23:43] <Jran-Kri> "... Hard to imagine that," Alexa grouses bitterly. But she has the sense to grouse quietly.
[23:43] <DrEvilKitteh> Walter took in a deep breath and shook his head slightly. "...How close are we to this pub?" The answer, as it turned out, was only a couple minutes away if they continued walking at that same pace, but he didn't exactly know that.
[23:44] <[Morgan]> Morgan couldn't hold it in anymore. She let out a small chuckle of laughter at Iris' gestures, happy that she had met these people. Being alone almost all of the time had nearly driven her mad.
[23:45] <WhiteKnight> Ayako whistles at Iris's gestures. And then a question rises in her mind. But she presses it down. "Not far, Wally, not far. We'll be there in a few tick-tockin minutes."
[23:45] <Tangent> "Oh..." Amelia says, her gaze following Iris's gesture before she catches herself. A faint tinge of pink on her cheeks. "Well, she sounds like a jerk."
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[23:46] <Tangent> (right on time~)
[23:47] <Tangent> (Someone's slandering the angels. Dreadful allegations that they're sleeping around the wand and circlet :p)
[23:47] <[Morgan]> (Kek)
[23:47] <DrEvilKitteh> Walter opened his mouth to correct Ayako /again/, but words failed him and he just shook his head. Wally was better than Henry at least, and close enough in his books for now. "...You will forgive me if I do not laugh at that joke," he said drily. "I have encountered plenty of other...witty people in my travels."
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[23:48] <DrEvilKitteh> "...I...do not...disagree," Iris grumbled in response to Amelia.
[23:49] <WhiteKnight> A shrug and a smile. "It was worth a shot, Walt."
[23:51] <Tangent> "Well, if you see her, tell me and I'll give her a piece of my mind!" Amelia even strikes a bit of a silly pose, looking at Iris and smiling like an idiot.
[23:53] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris smiled slightly and...may have actually snickered softly. Or maybe that was just a hard exhale through her nose. Either way, it conveyed that she found Amelia's actions amusing. "I will, A-me-lia." Again, she reached out a hand to ruffle the Fire girl's hair, this time purposefully messing it up somewhat.
[23:55] <DrEvilKitteh> "Mayhaps you will be able to come up with something that actually makes me laugh in the future, Ms. Ayako," Walter said with a wry smile. "Goodness knows I could do with some more humor in my life."
[23:57] <Tangent> Off to the side, Amelia squirms a bit under the aggressive headpats, but is all smiles.
[23:59] <Jran-Kri> Alexa first smiles at Amelia's antics, then begins grinding her teeth silently at Iris'. She turns away, sullenly silent.
[23:59] <WhiteKnight> "I'm not exactly known for my shocking wit," Ayako replies in earnest. But maybe now was the time to ask that question. "Hoooy, Iris! What's up with the thing you do with your eyes and you suddenly becoming super serious about, anyway?"
[00:00] <DrEvilKitteh> "Hm?" Iris blinked and looked at Ayako bemusedly. She lowered her hand back to her side. "What...do you mean?"
[00:02] <Tangent> Amelia looks a bit disappointed but slips away back to Alexa's side. "Hey, any luck converting robot guy over there?" She teases.
[00:03] <WhiteKnight> "Back at the mining site, your eyes changed color some time after we started planting charges. You started really hauling ass, and spoke way... faster."
[00:05] <Jran-Kri> Alexa smiles despite herself, blushing faintly as she shakes her head. "N-no, o-of course not. I'm not trying to convert him! Just, you know. Sharing the good word."
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[00:11] <Tangent> "Mmm." Amelia nudges her friend gently. "Well, he doesn't seem to know much about it from what he's said...so maybe he'd appreciate hearing more? Just try not to overwhelm him, alright? I don't think any of us can repair him if he blows a circuit." Amelia's in a bit of a teasing mood, apparently.
[00:11] <DrEvilKitteh> "Oh." Iris nodded a few times. "That is...um. It is...difficult...to explain. Things become...clear, sharp? Everything, um..."
[00:11] <DrEvilKitteh> “...Your mind focuses better?” Walter offered as a guess.
[00:11] <DrEvilKitteh> “Yes. I think. My mind...focuses. I can...think faster, and...mm...a-na-alyze things easier.” The ice girl tilted her head and thought rather intently about it. “...It is like...cold, ice...descending...over me.” She moved her hands up at an angle, fingers spread wide apart, and lowered them on either side of her head in an attempt to demonstrate.
[00:11] <DrEvilKitteh> “Fascinating.” Walter contemplated Iris and her words carefully. “It sounds like a moment of clarity, where everything instantly makes sense and superfluous thoughts and hesitation is practically nonexistent, just stretched out over a longer period of time. Since her magic is Ice, it...makes some sense, I think. I myself have a similar ability, which Overclocks my systems; you may have
[00:11] <DrEvilKitteh> noticed some of the Clockwork constructs back at the mining site display that ability as well, when their eyes glowed and they started to move much faster.”
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[00:11] <[Morgan]_> "I agree. I am sure that he would appreciate the new knowledge you would bestow upon him."
[00:12] <[Morgan]_> (Morgan's talking to Amelia and Alexa there)
[00:13] <Jran-Kri> Alexa snickers silently, her shoulders trembling. Nonetheless, she shakes her head, still blushing. "W-well, i-it, um, I-I'm sure it would be to his benefit, but, um... Ah, perhaps another time," she glances over at Morgan, puffing up slightly. "Well, of course he would. Everyone should. There's nothing more important. But, um... No rush," she deflates instantly, glancing embarrassedly back over at Walter and Iris'
[00:14] <Jran-Kri> conversation.
[00:15] <Tangent> Amelia notices, and lets the topic drop. "They're definitely getting on well..." She comments instead, listening in.
[00:16] <WhiteKnight> "A moment of clarity... You might say things become crystal-clear for you, then," Ayako basically re-explains to herself. "Sure would like to have a surge of awareness like that... Oh, wait." She smirks.
[00:17] <Tangent> "Hey, what're you guys talking about?" Amelia reintroduces herself to the conversation with characteristic subtlety and tact.
[00:21] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris arched an eyebrow at Ayako. "...Crys-tal-clear. That...might be accurate, yes."
[00:22] <DrEvilKitteh> Walter turned his attention to Amelia. "Just about a facet of Iris' magical capability where she has increased speed of thought and clarity."
[00:25] <Tangent> "Oh? Cool!" Amelia looks to Iris. "Ah, I don't have anything like that, but mine...It's basically...magical self healing. It...um, not quite sure how to describe it really..."
[00:25] <Tangent> "But if I let it, it can basically...heal pretty much anything." She sounds slightly less thrilled by this than one might expect.
[00:26] <DrEvilKitteh> "Regeneration," Walter supplied. "I've encountered monsters and a few individuals with that type of power before. Its effectiveness varied amongst them, however."
[00:26] <WhiteKnight> Ayako grumbles. "Damn Overcity... it's taking a bit longer to get to the Wand than usual. Don't worry, this happens sometimes."
[00:27] <DrEvilKitteh> (Oh shit, I forgot about that.)
[00:28] <Tangent> "Well, I haven't met anything that it doesn't work on yet." Not outside of dreams anyway. It's not her regeneration's fault she messed up back there.
[00:28] <[Morgan]_> "I believe we may be almost there." Morgan chimed in, noting familiar objects from near the pub's location.
[00:29] <Tangent> "How'd you miss the Wand and Circlet if you've been all over the Overcity, anyway? You're the first person I've met who HASN'T managed to get there somehow at some point."
[00:29] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris tapped Ayako's shoulder and pointed down a sidestreet. "That way." Sure enough, part of the Wand and Circlet could be seen from there, not too far from where the sidestreet connected with the main road it was on.
[00:30] <Jran-Kri> "It... is not impossible," Alexa reminds Amelia, speaking up as she adjusts her glasses. "I mean, this, um -- Well, Kreimhild says the Overcity is theoretically infinite, so the probability actually works against it."
[00:31] <DrEvilKitteh> "I've hardly been 'all over' the Overcity," Walter replied. "As far as I am aware, it is infinite. For all intents and purposes. Which means that one could potentially go forever without seeing the Wand and Circlet, and...I assume many never actually do find it."
[00:32] <Tangent> Amelia glances to Alexa, eyebrow raised at that tidbit of secondhand knowledge...but nods. "Yeah, but...I just thought...everyone seems to end up there, sooner or later. Like it's a magnet for megucas or something."
[00:33] <DrEvilKitteh> "As you might see, Miss Amelia, I am not a 'Meguca'," Walter deadpanned.
[00:33] <WhiteKnight> "Ahh, about damn time!" Ayako exclaims, a look of joy encompassing her face. "Huh... Maybe the Wand is just - yeah. Really attractive to magical girls for some reason."
[00:33] <Jran-Kri> "... A magnet for what?" Alexa says, arching a dubious eyebrow at Amelia.
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[00:35] <Tangent> Amelia blinks. "M-megucas?" She says, a bit more uncertainly. "...Uh. I mean magical girls. Not...not sure where that came from." She rubs her forehead, looking more than a bit confused.
[00:35] <DrEvilKitteh> (Actually, put Walter's last post after Amelia's most recent one.)
[00:35] <[Morgan]_> "A moment of confusion, possibly. It happens to everyone."
[00:37] <Jran-Kri> "... Yes, of course," Alexa nods slowly, turning away. "Oh well. Yes. It's a rather funny word, though..." Alexa snickers under her breath.
[00:38] <Tangent> "Glad you like it." Amelia grumbles without any heat to it. "Anyway, yeah, am I the only one that thinks there's something weird about that? How everyone ends up there?"
[00:38] <Tangent> A pause. "Here." She corrects as she sees the Wand up ahead.
[00:39] <DrEvilKitteh> Shortly, they reached the exterior of the pub. Iris turned to Amelia and the others. "I should go, now." She stepped over to envelop Amelia /and/ Alexa both in a fairly tight hug. After she released them, she nodded and waved to the others. "It was nice...to meet you three."
[00:39] <[Morgan]_> "Were I paranoid, I would say it was suspicious." Morgan admitted to Amelia before turning her attention to Iris. "Farewell, Iris. Until we meet again." she said, bidding her goodbye with a wave.
[00:40] <WhiteKnight> "Hmm... Think I'm gonna jet too," Ayako declares, holding out her hand for any who would shake it. "Nice to meetcha, and fight with ya. Maybe we'll do it again sometime."
[00:41] <Tangent> "Later, Iris!" Amelia waves at her friend. She nods at Ayako too. She shakes quickly. "See ya."
[00:41] <[Morgan]_> Morgan nodded in farewell to Ayako.
[00:41] <Jran-Kri> "Well-" Alexa begins, before Iris wraps her in a hug. She blinks over the much taller girl's shoulder, staring at her as she withdraws, mouth working like a fish. "Yes. Um. Uh. Likewise. Um... Good show. Nice, um... nice seeing you," Alexa says dully. She turns to shake Ayako's hand with equal dull surprise. "Yes, yes, um, cheerio. Hope to see you soon."
[00:43] <DrEvilKitteh> Walter nodded to Iris and shook Ayako's hand as well, his grip firm but surprisingly warm despite having a metal body. "I hope to meet you again."
[00:44] <WhiteKnight> Ayako nods to her comrades... but she takes one moment to just look sadly at Alexa. "Your handshake sucks and needs a lot of work." And she kicks off into the skies without another word.
[00:45] <Tangent> "Hmph." Amelia shakes her head, looking to Alexa. "Your handshakes are fine." She reassures her.
[00:45] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris waved again as she walked away, eventually disappearing around a corner leading farther away from the Overcity.
[00:46] <Tangent> Amelia watches her go, waving too, then looks back to Alexa.
[00:46] <Jran-Kri> Alexa stares at Ayako as she departs, blinking. Only once she's gone does she register the comment enough to take offense. "H-hey! It... it's not bad!" She fumes, bunching up her shoulders. She shakes her head at Amelia. "Whatever."
[00:46] <Tangent> Amelia pats her shoulder comfortingly.
[00:47] <DrEvilKitteh> Walter cocked a mechanical eyebrow and watched Ayako fly away. "...Well. In either case, unless the rest of you three also wish to depart, then I will let you enter the pub first. I have a feeling that it would go better that way."
[00:49] <[Morgan]_> Morgan gave a thumbs up before opening the door to the pub and walking in.
[00:49] <Jran-Kri> Alexa smiles at at Amelia, shaking her head again. She turns back to Walter. "If you insist," she says as she swans over to the door, holding it for Amelia.
[00:50] <Tangent> Amelia shakes her head, but smiles back at Alexa as she walks through the door.
[00:50] <DrEvilKitteh> (To #TheWand&Circlet , then.)
[00:51] <[Morgan]_> Morgan walked into the pub, waiting patiently for Amelia, Ayako, and Walter to make their entries behind her.
[00:52] <DrEvilKitteh> (Amelia, *Alexa, and Walter)
[00:52] <[Morgan]_> *Alexa
[00:53] <[Morgan]_> (THIS IS THE WORK OF AN ENEMY STAND)
[00:53] <Tangent> A small, slight dark haired girl walks through the door. She's wearing a blue outfit with a red scarf that resembles a cross between a dress uniform and a knight's greaves, and is rather casually holding a sword in one hand- a sword she dismisses with a puff of smoke and flame. She seems to be in a good mood, smiling to herself as she glances over her shoulder.
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[00:54] <Tangent> "Hey, you can come in now." She calls out to whoever's outside. She glances around. "Looks about normal..." She adds to hereself, looking for anyone she recognizes.
[00:54] <[Morgan]_> (Specifically Ayako's Stand,「BAD REPUTATION」 )
[00:55] <Jran-Kri> Alexa strides in behind her, her dark red mantle swishing around her brown leather boots. It parts slightly as she rests her hands on her hips, revealing the white tights, red skirt and pink blouse that make up the rest of her loose mage's outfit. She adjusts her hat as she glances around. "Ah, nice and quiet."
[00:57] <DrEvilKitteh> [ http://imgur.com/a/JWmoN ]
[00:57] <DrEvilKitteh> A man wearing dark dress clothing along with a red tie, fedora, and longcoat walked through the door after the other three girls. It became apparent fairly quickly that he had metal skin, bright green eyes, and slicked-back black hair. "...Interesting," Walter commented as he looked around the interior of the pub. "Seems like a cozy place."
[00:57] <[Morgan]_> "I always feel like I am walking in here for the first time. It is a good feeling..." Morgan sighed, feeling her eyelids starting to droop. "Unfortunately, I must now slumber. I hope you enjoy your time here, Walter."
[00:57] <@Frederica> "How much does it cost? I'm not aware if I have much on me.." Casually balancing Zhell with one arm, Rica uses her free hand to fish through her purse. She pulls out a small, opaque plastic jar... and almost immediately pops it open, downing its contents.
[00:57] <@Frederica> "Fuah... I wish the school gave me more.." she grumbles, then closes it again and stuffs it back in her purse. Some more feeling around results in her retrieving a wallet.
[00:58] <Tangent> "Yeah, must be a slow day...But it's nice." She glances to Morgan. "See you around. Good fighting with you today..."
[00:58] <DrEvilKitteh> (Is Seo-Hyun still in kumiho-mode?)
[00:58] <@Zene> (Yup)
[00:58] <Jran-Kri> "Ah yes, well, nice meeting you," Alexa doffs her wide-brimmed hat at the girl, smiling crookedly. "Goodnight!"
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[00:59] <DrEvilKitteh> "Thank you, and sleep well." Walter nodded to Morgan, though his attention was caught shortly thereafter by the sight of Seo-Hyun and...that whole situation. "...Woah. What kind of fox entity do you think she is?" he whispered to Amelia and Alexa.
[00:59] <Tangent> She looks around to Walter. "Yeah, this is probably the only place in overcity where it's really...safe. Peaceful. You can even stay here, if you...ah, have a room." Amelia seems a bit distracted for a moment- maybe she's remembering an incident? "But yeah, most of the time, this is a good place to cool...Huh?"
[01:00] <Tangent> "Who?" Amelia's interrupted mid-explanation by the robot- and isn't as concerned with keeping her voice down as the android is.
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[01:02] <Seo_Hyun> "I... don't know. Hopefully not much..." Seo-Hyun dug through her own supplies, coming up with a rather disappointingly small amount of currency. "I, uh, never put too much thought into having funding for the Overcity. Didn't come here much until recently." She didn't seem to notice that her disguise was still down or that people had taken note of her.
[01:02] <Jran-Kri> Alexa follows his gaze, looking over at the girl in question. She blinks owlishly, looking quite fascinated. "Oh my," she whispers. "I-I'm afraid I don't know."
[01:04] <DrEvilKitteh> Walter mutely gestured at the Asian-looking nine-tailed fox girl for Amelia's benifit. "...I thought you said that Magical Girls frequent this place," he said to both of them. "I do not recall hearing about other types of magical beings. Well, there were the angels or succubi, but... " He shrugged slightly, and...actually seemed rather excited to see something like Seo-Hyun.
[01:04] <Tangent> Amelia looks at the girl. "Hmm. I don't now her..." She frowns. "Probably a monstergirl..." Her nose wrinkles. "The pub has a no fighting rule." She explains to Walter.
[01:05] <Tangent> The blue flames surrounding the monster make her frown deepen. "...Yeah, monstergirls are allowed too. They're like us magical girls, but their magic's...messed up."
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[01:05] <Jar_Mimic> "S-so many new people.  Oh, I do not even know who to make friends with first."  The sheep girl takes a seet, first observing the rabble.
[01:06] <Jran-Kri> "Well, yes. Yes, that would make sense. Monstergirls are, um... a special case," Alexa recollects herself, explaining quietly. She side-eyes Amelia. "Kreimhild says there's nothing wrong with their magic. It's just different."
[01:06] <Tangent> "And they don't always look human anymore or help people. Some of them are messed up." She shakes her head. "The best thing for them's to try and fix their magic...Hmph. Of course she'd say that..." Amelia shakes her head again.
[01:07] <@Frederica> Without an instant passing - except to people in the room with atemporal awareness, of course - Rica has replaced her wallet with a few terrestrial bills. "Is this enough?"
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[01:08] <DrEvilKitteh> "Ah, I see. 'Monster Girl'. An...interesting term for it." Walter tapped his chin, which produced a few soft metallic tinks. "...So...a warping of their magic alters their bodies? Yes, I can see how that could happen. There have been other cases of such a thing happening that I've encountered." Rosemary met his gaze, next, and he looked at her face curiously for a moment.
[01:08] <Tangent> Dim memories of dreams, nightmares. "All I know for sure is that if someone's a monstergirl, their magic's broken and could be dangerous. It's something to do with how they're made...there are these coins...Black coins...Those're...for lack of a better word, evil. You can feel it."
[01:08] <Tangent> "Well...maybe not you, but...magical girls can." She shakes her head.
[01:09] <Jran-Kri> Alexa furrows her brow, narrowing her eyes at Amelia. "Yes, well, they've got their bad apples, but they're not necessarily dangerous -- Kriemhild says they don't need to be fixed," she insists.
[01:10] <Tangent> Amelia shakes her head again- this clearly isn't a new argument between the two. "Yeah, but if their magic was fixed they wouldn't need to worry about it..."
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[01:10] <Jar_Mimic> The face of Rose Thorns does not change.  But the way she twitches, moves slightly, suggests healthy life.
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[01:11] <Jran-Kri> "They don't need to be fixed," Alexa says again, though she has the good sense to keep her voice low. "There's nothing inherently wrong with them. Kreimhild says the Puchuu just say that because they don't like not being in control."
[01:12] <Seo_Hyun> "I... don't know. I don't know if they even take money from Earth. We can try, but... Hm."
[01:13] <DrEvilKitteh> "...Hm." Only half-listening to Amelia and Alexa, Walter stepped over to Seo-Hyun and gently tapped on her shoulder. "I'm terribly sorry if I'm interrupting or make you feel uncomfortable, but...would you mind telling me what type of fox entity are you are?"
[01:13] <Tangent> "The Puuchu are assholes, but they're not the ones pulling stuff because their magic said so." Amelia retorts. "Remember that monstergirl at Christmas?" She doesn't notice that Walter's deserted them.
[01:14] <Jran-Kri> "That was different," Alexa bunches up her shoulders, equally incognizant. "She was insane! Kreimhild is perfectly capable of keeping herself under control."
[01:14] <@Frederica> Rica, the thirtee- or fourteen-year-old girl still holding an unconcious nine-year-old and standing next to a fox monster that eats people for fun, turns to look over Walter.
[01:14] <@Zene> (thirteen-*)
[01:15] <Seo_Hyun> Seo-Hyun turned to Walter, slightly perplexed but at least not seeming offended. "Huh? That's... kind of a strange question to ask a stranger. But... well, if you want to get technical, then I'm a gumiho, I suppose."
[01:15] <Tangent> "Well if she'd just purify herself, she wouldn't have to..." Amelia shakes her head. "If she was like us, she wouldn't have to worry about any of that." And Amelia wouldn't have to worry about what she wanted to do to Alexa...
[01:17] <Jran-Kri> Alexa huffs, shaking her head. "Forgive me if I'm a tad put-off by the idea of making everyone 'like us,'" she retorts sarcastically. "Our way isn't the only way that's valid. The Puchuu aren't gods."
[01:18] <Tangent> "Well, yeah, but the Puuchu are jerks. We're making things better, never mind what they want or say about it." There's a casual, concrete arrogant certainty to her words that seems entirely lost on her.
[01:18] <DrEvilKitteh> "Again, my apologies, but I'm fascinated by rare magical beings." Walter tapped his chin again. "...Gumiho. Korean, yes? Sometimes seen as a more malevolent cousin of the Kitsune." He blinked and seemed to finally realize how Rica was positioned. "...And why do you have an unconscious child in your arms, Miss?" he asked after a short pause.
[01:18] <Tangent> "We're magical girls. We're doing what's right. Why NOT get people who aren't as lucky to have that chance too?"
[01:20] <@Frederica> "Sh-she passed out, and so we're trying to purchase a room for her to stay in until she wakes again... only, neither of us quite know how much money it requires here, or even if we have something they'll accept.." Rica conveniently leaves out the reason why the girl fell unconscious.
[01:21] <Jran-Kri> "Of course, we're protecting people from rampaging monsters," Alexa admits testily, already feeling inescapable deja vu. "But our magic is derived from the Puchuu -- why should we have to protect ourselves with what they give us?"
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[01:22] <Tangent> "Because it's the best way to do it. The Puuchu gave us that magic, but it's the chance to do the right thing that really matters." She adds, words familiar on her tongue. To an observer, she probably looks almost implausibly earnest about it.
[01:22] <Seo_Hyun> "Uh... Yeah, that's correct. Gumiho, kind of like a kitsune but murderous. And... She had a bit too much to drink, so... well, let's just say she's not in a condition to go on a jaunt through the Overcity."
[01:23] <Tangent> "Our magic lets us fight evil and stop monsters, and it doesn't make us do anything weird or hurt anyone that doesn't deserve it. Isn't that better?"
[01:23] <DrEvilKitteh> "I believe I heard the others say that this place takes all kinds of currency," Walter said with a glance over his shoulder at the still-arguing friends. "...Since I was looking to get a room here as well."
[01:23] <Tangent> "It'd be awful if it did something to your...or my head." Amelia shakes her head. "Can't imagine what that'd be like..."
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[01:24] <Jran-Kri> Alexa fumes, truly angry for the first time in this conversation. Her lip curls, one eye twitching. "Oh? You mean like, I don't know, giving us amnesia?! Why yes, what WOULD that be like?"
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[01:27] <@Frederica> "... This is run by magical people, and many other magical people come here.. I wonder if they serve..." Rica mumbles contemplatingly, but remembers the company she's in before she says anything more and simply shakes her head. "Ah, that would help greatly. Now we need to hope we have enough.."
[01:28] <Tangent> Amelia winces. "That's not what I meant. You know that's not what I meant." She scowls. "Even if...y-yes...the PUUCHU did something, that's different. Memory...memory or not, I'm...We're...doing something that matters and we're doing it because it's right. Not because some coin messed with what we want to do." She's breathing fast, irrationally angry and defensive and not quite sure why. It's all she can do not to yell back- Alexa or not.
[01:28] <DrEvilKitteh> (yell back- Al- )
[01:29] <Tangent> Alexa or not. But she doesn't want to think about that, especially right after another reminder.
[01:29] <Tangent> "We're still us." She manages, calming herself with a visible effort.
[01:31] <DrEvilKitteh> "...Well then, I...suppose I will let you get back to it." One of Walter's eyebrows was quirked as his eyes flicked from Rica to Seo-Hyun. "Assuming you do not intend to make a snack out of the girl while she's unconscious."
[01:32] <@Frederica> "W-what?! Of course I wouldn--..." She objects almost on reflex, before quickly stopping and blushing a bit deeply. ".... um. S-she. She wouldn't."
[01:33] <Seo_Hyun> "...Never mind her. Of course we wouldn't. Just because our folkloric equivalents are defined by their hungers doesn't mean we are."
[01:34] <Jran-Kri> "... Yes. Yes, of course we are," Alexa sighs heavily, shaking her head. She takes off her hat to run a hand through her light brown hair. "Yes. Yes. But does the coin really, ah, 'mess' with us anymore than they do?" She asserts, shaking her head. "Kreimhild says I don't even need a coin, not really," she half-mutters, almost as an afterthought. "But it doesn't matter."
[01:36] <Tangent> "Of course it does..." Amelia shakes her head. "Just...You deserve better than to have something like that...that thing mess with you, Alexa..." She shakes her head- loose and long black hair flying everywhere with the agitated gesture. Alexa's last comment isn't lost on her. "I don't want you to hurt yourself like that."
[01:38] <Tangent> Her attention's on Alexa, blue eyes wide with concern and obvious care. She's not that much taller than the other girl as she stands next to her friend.
[01:38] <DrEvilKitteh> "I have met several entities that defied traditional stereotypes," Walter replied matter-of-factly. "But caution is something that has kept me and others alive over the years." He sighed slightly and smiled. "In any case, it was nice to meet both of you. I hope your friend has a relatively peaceful rest." He didn't seemed shocked or perturbed by any implications about Rica and what
[01:38] <DrEvilKitteh> she might be, however.
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[01:39] <Jran-Kri> Alexa sighs heavily. "It's not..." She begins, then trails off. She shakes her head again, stepping over to lightly hug Amelia. "Nevermind. It doesn't matter. I-I won't... you know. Do that. If you don't want me to. It'll hurt you, not me."
[01:41] <@Frederica> "Y-yes, I hope so too." Rica nods a bit too quickly, and quietly tries to escape off to the nearest staff member that looks like she can ask for purchasing a room.
[01:42] <Seo_Hyun> (I need to go for the night, it's very late.)
[01:42] <Tangent> Amelia looks briefly surprised...but returns the hug, a bit tighter. "Thanks..." She says quietly. "We...You don't need it, you know? You're already great, without...you know..." She shakes her head. A brief squeeze and she releases her embrance. "Ah...Um. So.."
[01:42] <DrEvilKitteh> (Night then, Vox.)
[01:42] <Tangent> She looks a bit embarassed, covering for it by blathering. "We should probably find robot guy before he gets into trouble..."
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[01:43] <@Zene> (Alright. We'll say Seo stayed in the room with Zhell to keep an eye on her while leaving Rica free to go back out (possibly because Seo didn't entirely trust Rica to be in the same room while the both of them were sleeping).)
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[01:44] <DrEvilKitteh> Walter arrive at the two girls' side almost on-cue, however. "So, it looks like your argument has died down somewhat," he remarked.
[01:44] <DrEvilKitteh> *arrived
[01:45] <Jran-Kri> Alexa's lip curls dubiously. She hesitates. "But I'm not... I can't..." Her hands shake momentarily. Then she takes a deep breath, nodding brusquely as she adjusts her glasses. "Yes, well, he can't have gone f--" She turns at his approach, nodding shortly. "Ah, see? I wouldn't call it an argument. Just a, um... disagreement. Not a new one."
[01:46] <Tangent> "...Yeah." Amelia says tersely. She didn't miss Alexa's hesitation- in another time and place, she'd have said more about it, but not here. "You find what you were looking for?" She asks Walter, pointedly changing the subject.
[01:48] <DrEvilKitteh> "Yes, the young lady in question was a kumiho, or a Korean fox entity that is commonly seen as malevolent and murderous," Walter replied, not bothering to linger on the former topic. "And I believe the other girl may well have been a vampire or other kind of undead. Fascinating stuff, really." It was...readily apparent how much he was geeking out over this; he was even gently bouncing
[01:48] <DrEvilKitteh> on the balls of his feet.
[01:50] <@Frederica> Said vampire soon returns down to the main floor after leaving a nine-year-old and a murderous fox from Korean folklore behind. She then just starts looking around; it's not hard to tell this place is still new and unfamiliar to her.
[01:52] <Tangent> Amelia frowns slightly. "Peachy." Shame she hadn't really been paying attention before- she might have seen said nine year old if she had been. "There's actually magic here stopping anyone from starting a fight. Probably a good thing really...even if sometimes some people need a good punch."
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[01:53] <Jran-Kri> "Re... markable," Alexa adjusts her glasses, staring up at Walter. She nods awkwardly. "Yes. Well. Vampires and undead are abominations against our Lord -- but, um... yes. Cannot start fights."
[01:54] <Tangent> "More's the pity." Amelia grumbles to herself.
[01:55] <Jar_Mimic> "It is not every day I meet another vampire type person," the sheep girl says, springing up to intercept the person who's held her interest the most.  That being Frederica.  "What is the hunger like for you?"
[01:56] <DrEvilKitteh> "Ah, excellent. That must make things easier for everyone here." Walter looked over at where the sheep girl still sat- oh, no, now she was talking with Rica. "...I would like to inquire as to what precisely she, however. Especially after that comment."
[01:56] <Tangent> Amelia glowers and shakes her head but doesn't comment.
[01:57] <Tangent> (what precisely she)
[01:57] <DrEvilKitteh> *what precisely she is, however
[01:57] <Tangent> Seems she's in one of her moods again.
[01:58] <@Frederica> "Eh?" Rica looks over at the stuffed animal, still finding Rose a bit odd. ".. Ah, um.. I am not certain how to describe that. I just--I really, really like blood... and I get irritated and upset if I go too long without it."
[01:58] <Jran-Kri> "... I'm afraid I haven't the faintest," Alexa adjusts her glasses again, peering over. "I'm sure it's quite interesting, though."
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[02:00] <Jar_Mimic> "I see.  That is interesting.  You drink blood, right?  Do people not like giving you blood?  Do you ask nicely for it?  If you do not ask nicely, no one will give you any."  She says all this as though she's talking about being handed food.
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[02:03] <@Frederica> "I.. the place I'm living at now gives me blood people donated," she explains. "... it's not very much, but it's.. enough, I suppose.."
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[02:06] <Tangent> "So, yeah. That's the Wand and Circlet for you. What'd you think?" Amelia asks Walter.
[02:07] <Jar_Mimic> "How wonderful.  It is the same with me, miss.  But I get my soulstuff from my mother and the friends of my mother.  No one ever lets me go hungry."
[02:07] <DrEvilKitteh> "Certainly an interesting place to be sure. I like it." Walter nodded in satisfaction. "And if there is no shortage people willing to help me, help us, then that is even more good news."
[02:09] <@Frederica> "Your parents know about all this magical stuff?" Rica appears between confused and surprised. "How? Did you tell them? How did they react?"
[02:09] <Tangent> "Oh. Right. There's a board for that too- if you need to recruit people, I mean." Amelia explains- leaving out the feeling of foreboding she always inexplicably gets about that. "Over there, actually." She points to a tattered patchwork of notices papered over a battered noticeboard on the wall.
[02:09] <Tangent> "Can't hurt, right?"
[02:09] <Jran-Kri> "I'm glad you approve," Alexa smiles crookedly, nodding shortly. "Yes, it's, ah -- Well, sometimes you have to get a little help from your friends."
[02:10] <Jar_Mimic> "My mother is magical.  She created me with magic."  Once again, as though she was talking about the most mundane thing.
[02:12] <DrEvilKitteh> "Oh, fantastic!" Walter sped over to the bounty board and looked over it. "...I will have to make some jobs for people and find a method of payment," he mused, mostly to himself.
[02:13] <Tangent> Amelia brushes her hand against Alexa's. "As long as you can keep them safe." She adds to Alexa's statement, but nods.
[02:13] <Tangent> "Good luck with that."
[02:14] <@Frederica> "... ah. Uh... alright." This has gone way, way over Rica's head, so she just accepts it with a blank expression and a small nod. "That's.. um, yeah. Helpful."
[02:14] <Jran-Kri> Alexa glances over at Amelia, closing her hand around the other girl's. She squeezes once, then lets go, turning back to Walter. "Ah, the common currency is coins -- these, um, magical coins. But other methods are accepted."
[02:16] <Jar_Mimic> "Eh?  Was what I said helpful?"  She seems happy at the suggestion.  "I am glad I could help.  Do your parents not know you are magical?"
[02:17] <DrEvilKitteh> "...I have a few of those, and I think I can acquire more," Walter said over his shoulder to them. "And I will do my best to ensure they come back safe and sound. Against the Alchemist and his clockwork creations, however, there is...always a fairly high level of risk."
[02:17] <Tangent> Amelia frowns slightly at that... "Yeah, well..." She can't help glancing to Alexa, before shaking her head. "He needs to be stopped, and if there are enough of us...strength in numbers, right?"
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[02:19] <Jran-Kri> Alexa nods emphatically, barely considering the quick glance. "Yes, yes. I'm sure with enough of us, he won't stand a chance!"
[02:19] <@Frederica> "They don't. My family just believes I'm staying at a prestigious boarding school, they don't know anything about magic." Rica shrugs slightly to the sheepgirl. "It would be great if I could tell them, though I believe they would just end up freaking out."
[02:20] <DrEvilKitteh> "Indeed." Walter smiled and nodded. "If we can disrupt his operations and cut to the heart of his army, then we stand a real chance at killing him and ending his plans for good."
[02:22] <Tangent> Amelia...nods after a moment despite a small twinge at the word "kill". But he's a monster isn't he? He's a mass murderer isn't he? Isn't that the least he deserves to have happen to him for all he's done?
[02:23] <Tangent> "Right. We can stop him, together." She pauses. "Um, can you find the Wand and Circlet again if you leave? How'd you get around the Overcity, anyway?"
[02:23] <Jar_Mimic> "Mother tells me that her parents disowned her when she came home with magic powers."  And it's at that point that she actually thinks about what she just said.  "But not all parents are mean like that.  If yours love you, they will love you no matter what."
[02:23] <Jran-Kri> Alexa seems considerably less put-off by this phrasing, merely bobbing her head agreeably with a broad grin. "Yes, yes, sounds like a plan. Marvellous!" Cocking her head, she bobs her head again at Amelia's question.
[02:23] <NotPoplartree> Zhell wakes up and looks around the room. "Eh...? What happened? I can't remember much after Rica sucked my blood?" Zhell slowly pulls herself off the bed, noticing a sleeping Seo-hyun at her side. She pats Seo-Hyun's head a bit. "Thanks Seo-un-ni." Zhell wobbles as she tries to get down to the ground floor but fails and falls down with a spectacular CRASH. "Uuuuu..."
[02:25] <@Frederica> Rica hears the crash and the voice, springing over after the poor girl with entirely inhuman celerity. "Ah, Zhell, are you alright?! Are you still feeling woozy? You should have laid down for longer.."
[02:25] <Tangent> Amelia looks up at the muffled thump. Someone must've dropped something upstairs...
[02:26] <NotPoplartree> "I-i'm fine... just a tad woozy, ehehe~"
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[02:26] <DrEvilKitteh> "I believe so, yes." Walter pulled out the tracking device he'd shown them earlier. "The Alchemist isn't the only tech expert. I've been able to make small...buoys, so to speak, that mark a given portal or important location that I want to find again. If I drop one here, I can return again as long as it's still active." He winced at the crash and looked over at the prone Zhell. "...Oh
[02:26] <DrEvilKitteh> dear. That sounded rough."
[02:27] <NotPoplartree> Zhell tries to wobble her way to Rica's side, falling down several times, but managing to make it spmehow.
[02:27] <DrEvilKitteh> (Assuming Zhell fell down the stairs or something, of course...)
[02:27] <Tangent> (I thought she was upstairs?)
[02:28] <NotPoplartree> (That she did)
[02:28] <@Zene> (She tried to get downstairs without smacking into something. That was a failure.)
[02:28] <DrEvilKitteh> ("Zhell wobbles as she tries to get down to the ground floor but fails and falls down with a spectacular CRASH.")
[02:28] <DrEvilKitteh> (Easy to miss, and I did so at first, in fact.)
[02:28] <Tangent> Amelia glances to Alexa then heads over to where the...accident occured. "What happened?" She asks.
[02:29] <@Frederica> "Come here, let me carry you at least... you'll be hurt if you walk around like this." She fusses, trying to pick Zhell up in her arms. ... Being a vampire holding a woozy nine-year-old who might still have the last remnants of a bite mark on her neck isn't exactly going to do much for Rica, but she doesn't seem to think of that.
[02:29] <Tangent> (I'm blaming her being too short to see over the crowd or something)
[02:29] <Jran-Kri> "... Good heavens," Alexa adjusts her glasses again, glancing over at the girl, cringing. "Ah. Yes. Um. Better..." Alexa pads dutifully after Amelia. "Are you alright?"
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[02:30] <NotPoplartree> "Sorry Rica..." zhell lets herself be licked.
[02:30] <DrEvilKitteh> (...Er. Licked?)
[02:30] <@Zene> (Picked, I think. Up.)
[02:30] <Tangent> (inb4 vampire licks her lol))
[02:30] <NotPoplartree> (Picked up ugh, mobile)
[02:31] <DrEvilKitteh> Walter tagged along as well, but he didn't speak yet; didn't want to overwhelm the poor girl with too many questions, after all.
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[02:33] <NotPoplartree> Zhell looks around the bar, seeing that was more noticeably crowded than before.
[02:38] <@Frederica> "... Ah, well." She starts, looking at all the people now surrounding herself and her take-ou--er, friend.. "Um, I suppose she isn't ready to sleep yet... but she can't go back home yet, or she might get in trouble for using magic around normal people."
[02:41] <DrEvilKitteh> "I'd offer to look over her until she recovers, if you wouldn't object to a clockwork android stranger being there," Walter said.
[02:42] <NotPoplartree> Zhell turns over to the voice. "Hmmm? Mister, who're you?" Zhell asks, tilting her head.
[02:44] <DrEvilKitteh> "My name is Walter Heinrich," he replied, voice deep, smooth, and cultured. "I am a clockwork android, and a newcomer to this pub."
[02:45] <@Frederica> "Ah, I don't exactly know you... sir clockwork android stranger. ... You're really an android, huh? You don't have a beating heart, at least.." She muses in observation.
[02:45] <NotPoplartree> "Oh? Mister, you're a robot?" Zhell asks, her eyes twinkling with curiosity.
[02:46] <Jar_Mimic> "Robot.  Robot, robot!  That is so cool!"
[02:47] <DrEvilKitteh> "...Well, I prefer the term android, but robot works too, yes." Walter nodded, though a small smile tugged at the corners of his metal mouth. He shook his head at Rica. "I don't have a traditional human heart or circulatory system, no. And I do understand that my presence might not be appropriate, considering how I've quite literally only just met either of you."
[02:48] <Tangent> Amelia shakes her head as the kid's apparently fine... "This guy's Walter." She explains. "He's kind of new here and worries too much. And yeah, he's a robot. Android."
[02:48] <Tangent> She glances to Alexa, unspoken question clear.
[02:48] <NotPoplartree> "Wow! Can you shoot missles from your chest? And lasers from your eyes? Can you transform?"
[02:49] <Jran-Kri> Alexa clears her throat, clapping her hands together once. "Well! Everything appears sorted here," she declares semi-confidently. Turning on her heel, she glances over at Amelia. "It's rather late. Shall we be off?"
[02:51] <Tangent> "Yeah...May as well head back..." Amelia nods. "Hey, Walter- we'll be here every so often if you need us, alright?? Good luck with...you know."
[02:52] <DrEvilKitteh> "...Er, no." Walter blinked and shook his head again. "I'm a clockwork-type android and am stronger, faster, and tougher than a human. I am quite a good shot with my revolver, however, and I'd be considered an expert mechanic." He glanced at Alexa and Amelia and nodded. "In that case, have a good night. I hope to see you both again soon."
[02:52] <NotPoplartree> XX
[02:52] <NotPoplartree> (Srry phone fell)
[02:52] <Tangent> "Later!" She touches her hand to her brow in a wry salute, and with that the tiny swordwielder heads off alongside her friend.
[02:53] <@Frederica> "Ah, really?" Rica perks up a bit at the part about being.. well, generally better than a human. "Do you like being that way?... Or, were you.. ah, built that way? Or were you previously a human?"
[02:53] <Jran-Kri> Alexa doffs her hat once and scurries after Amelia.
[02:53] <NotPoplartree> "Eh... How strong are you?"
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[02:57] <DrEvilKitteh> "To the best of my knowledge, I was built that way. It's possible that I was a human before, but I lack my memories from before I was reactivated; the circumstances surrounding that involved me almost being killed." Walter shrugged. "And I am roughly strong enough to bench press a small car."
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[02:58] <NotPoplartree> "Wow! So who built you? They must've been amazingly skilled to have made you. Seeing as how complicated and smart you are."
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[03:04] <DrEvilKitteh> "My creator, Quentin Heinrich, was a genius--far more capable than I. He...was a good man, and the closest I had to a father." Walter's small smile was warm, yet melancholic, at the memories. "Sadly, he was killed a couple years ago, shortly after I was reactivated."
[03:05] <NotPoplartree> "Oh! How terrible... Did they catch the man who killed him?"
[03:06] <@Frederica> Rica watches Walter more intently at the revelation of his strength, looking excited and.. almost a little eager, for some reason. Being told of his father dying does at least dampen Rica's apparent spirit, though.
[03:09] <DrEvilKitteh> "No. I have not." Walter's smile had disappeared, to be replaced by a rather hard look. He willed his expression to soften, mostly for the younger girls' sake. "A person calling himself the Alchemist is the one who killed Quentin. I've been hunting him down ever since, but he has a formidable army of automatons at his command. My path led me to those Magical Girls I entered with earlier,
[03:09] <DrEvilKitteh> in fact, and I hope that I'll be able to recruit more from this pub to help."
[03:11] <NotPoplartree> "Well, me and Rica go to a school for magical beings! I'm sure some of them will be willing to help! And if that's not enough me and my friends Sidney and Molniya to help! They're real strong!"
[03:13] <@Frederica> "Ah, I can help too!" She adds in after Zhell with a smile. "I don't know how to use much magic yet, but I know a little! And I'm really strong, too." Nod, nod.
[03:16] <DrEvilKitteh> "Oh, that's interesting." Walter nodded and looked interested in the "school for magical beings" bit. "If they, and you, are willing to help, then I cannot just turn down the offer." He looked over at the bounty board. "I'll be posting a job or two up there, soon. If you want to sign up, keep your eyes peeled; I will do my best to ensure your safety, and make it worth your while, as
[03:16] <DrEvilKitteh> well, since I understand that magical coins are a usual method of payment for Magical Girls around here."
[03:17] <@Frederica> "Magical coins? What do they do?" Rica, however, is a bit too obviously clueless on that. "Ah, um, alright! I can remember how to get back here, so I'll check."
[03:21] <Jar_Mimic> "Oh, Magical Coins increase a Magical Girl's magical power!"  Rose helped.
[03:21] <DrEvilKitteh> "They can be used for many different things. They're a not-too-uncommon currency in the Overcity, and in some cases, they can be used to boost a caster's magical abilities and spells." Walter nodded and smiled again. "I'm glad to hear it. Still, I do advise caution if you join, as there is no telling what kind of monsters the Alchemist has created."
[03:21] <NotPoplartree> "Eh, really? Then should sign up! I have to get stronger after all!"
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[03:23] <DrEvilKitteh> "...By the way, may I ask what type of magical entity you are, Miss?" Walter asked of Rose. "I heard something about vampirism earlier, but...I have not really seen anything quite like you are, before."
[03:23] <@Frederica> "Yeah, I want to get stronger, too!... I mean, I'm strong already, but if I was stronger..." Rica tries to come up with a reason for wanting to be more powerful... but fails to, instead just smiling a bit more brightly as though it was self-evident.
[03:24] <NotPoplartree> "Rica wants to get stronger too? Why don't you come train with me and Sidney? We can get stronger together!"
[03:25] <Jar_Mimic> "Oh, I am a doll made out of living flesh.  Mother says that I am a wholly unique being."  Once again, as though it was common knowledge.
[03:25] <@Frederica> "What kind of training? That sounds fun." Rica looks down at the Zhell still in her arms.
[03:26] <DrEvilKitteh> "Huh. Fascinating." Walter leaned forward and examined Rose's face closely. "...She would definitely be right about your uniqueness."
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[03:27] <Poplarmobiletree> "Physical training! Sidney teaches me how to defend myself. She's so fast, her punches go like *swoosh* and when she runs, it goes like *shuban*!"
[03:27] <Jar_Mimic> It doesn't move a bit.  Her body itself moves, displaying the subtle shifts in weight and twitches of the nerves.  And if he were to examine her very closely, he would see something was thumping lightly in her chest.
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[03:30] <@Frederica> "That sounds fun. Is there somewhere special you do it? When do you usually train?" This seems to have captured Rica's attention away from the android, whose attention was in turn settled onto a living sheep plushie.
[03:30] <DrEvilKitteh> Walter straightened after a minute of slack-jawed scrutiny. "Forgive me. I'm quite intrigued by rare objects and beings, especially ones I've never come across before."
[03:32] <Jar_Mimic> "That is fine.  I am intrigued by you, too.  You are a robot, and you do hero stuff.  That is very cool."  She places a gloved hand on his head.  "Do robots like unexpected touches?"
[03:32] <Poplarmobiletree> "We do it in The gym! We did it in the track field but then this girl came up and told us not to do it there. We just started yesterday! We didn't set s time, but give me your phone number and I can tell you when it is!"
[03:33] <DrEvilKitteh> (He's wearing a fedora, by the way. But she could touch his forehead or the side of his head.)
[03:33] <Jar_Mimic> (Then she tips his fedora.)
[03:35] <DrEvilKitteh> "Oh, thank you-" Walter looked taken aback by the hand that displaced his fedora. "...Uh. What...exactly do you mean by that?" He removed his hat and held it next to his head as he looked down at Rose in bemusement.
[03:36] <@Frederica> "Alright." Rica walks over and lays Zhell down on one of the couches, then retrieves a little notepad and pen from her purse to write a number down on. Said number is passed to Zhell.
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[03:37] <Poplarmobiletree> Zhell inputs the number and sendsba message to Rica. "There! Now we can contact each other whenever." Zhell puts on a satisfied smile.
[03:37] <Jar_Mimic> "Oh, the fox lady told me that unexpected touches felt good.  I guess that does not work so much with you."  She removes her hand, looking down in embarassment.  "Is there anything robots do like?"
[03:38] <@Frederica> Rica takes her phone out, and... "Ah, there isn't any service here... I suppose that's to be expected. This is all on another planet or something.."
[03:39] <Poplarmobiletree> "Oh... then i'll write it for you!" Zhell writes and hands her number to Rica.
[03:42] <@Frederica> Lacking even the concept of an interdimensional phone, Rica takes the returned paper and pen back to enter Zhell's number to her own phone. "How are you feeling now? Do you think you can return to the dormitories? We didn't want you getting there before, as you were... not acting subtle at all about using magic."
[03:42] <DrEvilKitteh> "My sense of touch is not as accute as a human's, let alone a fox's ears or tail," Walter said, sounding somewhat apologetic as he replaced his hat atop his head. "I...can only speak for myself, but I enjoy music, literature, exploration, and working on new inventions. If you are referring to a physical stimulus, however, then...having a good tune-up would probably be the closest thing
[03:42] <DrEvilKitteh> to what you mean."
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[03:45] <Jar_Mimic> "Oh, I enjoy all of those things, too.  But...  I do not know how to invent things."  She pauses, trying to think of a way not to bring up her controlling mother.  "Mother has lots of literature."  Didn't work.  "She practically has a whole wall full of books!"
[03:46] <Poplarmobiletree> "Hmm, I think I'll go back to the room and wait for Seo-un-ni to wake up~ You wanna wait with me?"
[03:47] <Jar_Mimic> "Speaking of your mother, young ladnyaa," a cat doll pipes up, "You ought to be getting home to her."  "Korrekt," a ragdoll boy adds, "Your time here is up."
[03:48] <Poplarmobiletree> "By the way Rica," zhell points at the walking plushie "Whats that? It can walk and talk, its so cute!"
[03:49] <DrEvilKitteh> "Only a wall?" Walter smiled wryly. "I remember that my creator had a library full of books, both fictional books for entertainment and dusty old tomes filled with magical lore." He chuckled softly. When the two dolls spoke up, he nodded and smiled again at Rose. "I must be going about getting a room for myself, too. It was nice to meet you, Miss. Maybe I can meet your mother as well
[03:49] <DrEvilKitteh> one day and compare notes."
[03:49] <@Frederica> "Mn... alright. The school might be concerned if I'm out all night, but it should be okay." She nods and goes to start picking Zhell up again. "... ah, um... a.. doll made by a magical person good at making dolls. .... I believe.. they did say she was unique, and created, so her creator must have been good."
[03:50] <Poplarmobiletree> "That's so neat... I wonder if that person would make me a cute doll like that one too..."
[03:50] <Jar_Mimic> "Oh, that would be great!"  She lets the dolls lead her away.  "By the way!  My name is Rose Thorns!  I will see you again sometime!"  And with that, she is removed from the establishment.
[03:51] <@Frederica> And off Zhell is carried to the room, with Seo presumably sleeping in it.
[03:52] <@Zene> (And now for me to do the same.)
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[03:53] <DrEvilKitteh> "Goodbye, Rose." Walter waved as she departed. He stepped over to the bartender and exchanged a few words, as well as some coin, then followed after Frederica and Zhell up to the second floor. He bid them good night in the hallway and entered his own room for the night.