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[Twinwolf]

Mina blinked. She was being asked this kind of question? Well... _{"Well, I can try! My wish was sort of... urgent, so I didn't have much time to think about it when I did it, but if we have the time after the witch is finished I can try to help..."} She said it quiet enough for only Sasha to hear her through the phone. That was some responsibility... but she'd try to help as best as she could.

((I find it funny that she's asking someone who is one of, if not the most, enthusiastic about this magical girl thing ))

[randomgenericusername]

Sasha nearly jumps in excitement upon hearing Mina's reply.
_{"You will? Thank you! Also, if you don't mind saying..."}
At this point, Sasha begins talking in an even more hushed tone than before.
_{"What did you wish for? I feel only way for me to make right wish is knowing what others wished for, but I know some might want to keep theirs secret instead... Really don't want to waste such opportunity to change my life for better and more I think about it, harder it becomes to think of a good wish..."}

[Nakéen]

Asha had somehow completely missed the tacky entrance to the labyrinth. She closed her eyes in shame, thinking about how dumb she must have appeared to Mina.

Hearing Tooru was worried about her wellbeing made her happy, and washed away some of her embarrassment. She silently listened to Mina and Sasha's conversation, and also recognized Alida's voice. Then she decided to step in.
"Hem, sorry for interrupting you. I'm glad that everyone is okay. Do you think you three could meet us at the lair's entrance? I will feel more reassured once we will all be together, you will have all the time to talk about your wishes then."

[randomgenericusername]

"Ah! You didn't tell me someone else was hearing from your side! Is this "Tooru"? We're going to go there soon, it's just that we were distracted by strange boat with some weird people. Alida says it's witch minion or something like that, and they don't look hostile... Also, I would love to meet you and rest of group! I have heard things and you all sound like cool people with cool powers! Alida told me she has agility powers, and Pumsy told me someone had... Had..."
Sasha suddenly stays silent, remembering about the state of her Grandpa and her talk with Pumsy. After a while, she starts talking again with a more nervous tone.
"...You all f-fought against witch before, am I right? If this one is s-stronger... Do you t-think we will all survive? Can you guarantee that n-no one will... Die?"

[Devastator]

"Of course not", Alida says happily.  "If we win, the witch will die."

"But we're pretty good.  Asha can heal people, and, well, I had a body die last time.  I can't guarantee it, but we should be able to win.  We're all together this time, and we now know how our powers work a lot better."

"If you're afraid of people dying, why do you carry around such a big gun?"


"You also get a wish.  You could use it to save one of us, or help us during the fight when we need it.  You could make a tank, or refill one of our soulgems, or make us stronger in some way."

"I'm not mad about my wish, but I do sometimes wish I chose something useful for fighting.  Like that I had specific powers, or was a giant werewolf or something."

[Twinwolf]

"Ah, we'll finish the conversation later!" Mina says as she was interrupted. She'd been hesitating to answer. She... wasn't sure she was comfortable discussing her brush with death with a stranger. "The person over here with me is Asha! I think I heard Tooru over there somewhere, right?"

[randomgenericusername]

"Oh... Hi Asha! I'm Aleksandra Chernov. Nice to meet you too! You can cure people? Like... from anything?"

"Alida, what do you mean with that your body died "once"? About gun... It's AK-47, valuable family heirloom. It's very important to me, can tell you story later when I have more time."

"This is lot information. I think I'm gonna need someone to explain me all of this stuff! So, I know Alida, Asha and Nina, and I heard about Tooru. That's whole team? I can't wait to meet up with everyone!"

[Twinwolf]

"Mina." Mina corrected. "I think that's everyone, yeah. Are you and the others near enough to get here quick? I think it's best if we don't delay too much."

[Devastator]

"I have a power where I can split into two bodies.  One of them died.. and well, I'm right here now."

[Nakéen]

Asha merely replied with an awkward "Err hi Aleksandra." The talkative girl kept talking nonetheless, quickly switching tmher attention to other girls.

Asha could feel a knot forming in her belly as she imagined meeting this Aleksandra. She wasn't comfortable at all with the energic and outgoing type... She prayed in her heart that this new teammate wouldn't be too overbearing.

[Devastator]

<So how has everyone been during the downtime?  Everything going alright?>

[randomgenericusername]

Sasha (unable to hear Alida's telepathic messages) happily continues chatting on the phone, forgetting about her nervousness and fear from before. She's very quick to change moods.

"Sorry, Mina! It was accident, didn't mean to insult or anything. Yes, let's not waste time! I'll try to get there as quick as possible so we can all be together and have fun! You all might be first friends I'll have since family left Russia and I'm very excited to meet new people! Oh, I'm probably talking too much. I'm just... so excited!!!

[syvarris]

Alida stops chasing the boat when the clay man turns to face her, and it steadily makes distance, even without him propelling it.  She pauses for a moment, considering what to do, then splashes out of the water and scampers up the side of the canal, reuniting with Aleksandra.   She looks over the young Russian girl for a moment, before nodding and setting off down the canal at what is for her a leisurely pace, though Aleksandra struggles to keep up.  Unbeknownst to either of the girls, Tooru trails along a short distance behind them, content to follow silently.

They quickly overtake the boat, and continue past it, aiming to meet the others before it reaches the labyrinth.  Barely more than a minute later, they catch sight of Mina and Asha, anxiously waiting on the edge of the canal near the flashy labyrinth's entrance, along with Pumsy, who's walking figure-eights around Mina's ankles.  Alida wonders for a moment when he got there, and indeed when he left her, but as she comes to a srop just shrugs and chalks it up to the cub being magical.  Aleksandra, for her part, just leans against a wall near Asha and slides down into a sirring position, panting heavily; she was already fairly worn out from carrying her AK here all the way from her home, and sprinting with it has her out of breath.  Tooru walks up last, waving to thenothers.

Now that they're all together, the girls talk with each other, and introduce themselves to Aleksandra, momentarily putting the labyrinth and witch out of their minds.  Soon enough however, they have to start discussing their plans.  According to Alida, the boat seems to have twelve normal human passengers, victims of the witch, and only has one familiar on it: a man made of clay.  Mina comments that there might be more boats eith victims, not only in this canal, but elsewhere; she has the feeling that there's multiple entrances to this labyrinth, since the flow of despair from it seems low for how much negativity is in the air.  Pumsy promptly chimes in that witches sometimes open lots of entrances to their labyrinths, if they're strong enough.

The discussion is cut short when the florid boat comes into view, and quickly floats in front of the labyrinth's entrance.  It slows to a stop, then starts to turn at an angle while rising out of the water, shortly before it starts sliding up the stream of water that's flowing out of the tunnel.  Not a single occupant of the boat reacts or seems to care when the vessel lurches up and starts to slide up the slope.

You don't have much time before the boat enters the labyrinth, though it does seem to climb more slowly than it floats.  If you're going to stop it, or get on, you need to do so now.


((I didn't change any of these))

Spoiler: Alida Larsen (Devastator) (click to show/hide)

Soul Gem: Glowing with a fading light.
   ^{Form and location: Medallion, pinned to her left breast.}

Age: 14
Hair Color: Salt-stained blonde.
Health: Fine, but she's a bit wet.
Inventory: One club.  She also has a boxed pair of new shoes in her backpack.

Totem: A fishing club.

Stats:
   Bravery:  Talented~
   Joy:  Skilled!
   Innocence:  Amateur...
   Purity:  Amateur...
   Mercy:  Skilled!
   Creativity:  Cursed ;-;
   Love:  Cursed ;-;

Abilities:
   Mobility Lvl2
   Close Combat Lvl3+1
   Totem Manipulation Lvl2

   Berzerker Lvl3
   Painless Lvl2
   Effigy Lvl1

Spoiler: Asha Tia (Nakéen) (click to show/hide)

Soul Gem: Glowing with a Shining light.
   ^{Form and location: Ring, worn on her left ring finger.}

Age: 13
Hair color: Ashen
Health: Fine!
Inventory: A ribbon.  Nobody cares though.

Totem: A Ribbon. The one her late sister wore.

Stats:
   Bravery:  Skilled!
   Joy:  Cursed ;-;
   Innocence:  Cursed ;-;
   Purity:  Amateur...
   Mercy:  Talented~
   Creativity:  Amateur...
   Love:  Skilled!

Abilities:
   Mobility: Level 3
   Close Combat: Level 2 
   Totem Manipulation: Level 1 (+1)

   Heal and Steel: Level 2 (Active: Next attack rolls on Mercy)
   Soothe: Level 3
   Flagellation: Level 3

   Memento: Level 1

Spoiler: Mina Ross (TwinWolf) (click to show/hide)

Soul Gem: Glowing with a bright light.
   ^{Form and location: Ring, worn on her right index finger.}

Age: 14.
Hair Color:  Bright green.
Health: Fine!
Inventory: Nothing of real value, not even a halberd, though she actually *could* summon another despite not having Totem Manipulation.

Totem: A halberd.

Stats:
   Bravery:  Amateur...
   Joy:  Skilled!
   Innocence:  Amateur...
   Purity:  Skilled!
   Mercy: Cursed ;-;
   Creativity:  Talented~
   Love:  Cursed ;-;     

Abilities:
   Mobility: Level 2
   Close-Combat: Level 2 (+1)
   Regeneration: Level 2

   Sixth Sense: Level 3
   Semblance: Level 2
   Projection: Level 2

Spoiler: Tamazaki Tooru (KingMurdoc) (click to show/hide)

Soul Gem: Glowing with a fading light.
   ^{Form and location: Necklace, worn around her... neck...}

Age: 13
Hair Color:  Bright scarlet.
Health: Fine!
Inventory: Nothing interesting!  Boring inventory!

Totem: Ofuda talismans, primarily thrown as manabolts.

Stats:
   Bravery:  Cursed ;-;
   Joy:  Talented~
   Innocence:  Skilled!
   Purity:  Amateur...
   Mercy:  Cursed ;-;
   Creativity:  Amateur...
   Love:  Skilled!
   
Abilities:
   Mobility II
   Mana Bolt III (+I)
   Regeneration I
   Totem Manipulation II

   Invigorating Passion I
   Outburst II
   Duet with Reality II

Spoiler: Aleksandra "Sasha" Chernov (RandomGenericUsername) (click to show/hide)

Ward: Glowing with a foolish light!

Age: 12
Hair Color: Black.
Health: Vulnerable and pretty scared!
Inventory: A loaded AK-47, held ready.

Stats:
   Bravery:  Skilled!
   Joy:  Skilled!
   Innocence:  Talented~
   Purity:  Amateur...
   Mercy:  Cursed ;-;
   Creativity:  Cursed ;-;
   Love:  Amateur...

[Egan_BW]

This is, ahem, super unrelated to the current state of affairs but I gotta ask: Does Mimicry allow you to dismantle your own body?
Sure, this would kill your body pretty dead, but You Are Not Your body, and now you can access what you just lost for a very nice Minor cost.

If you have Semblance 2 and Mimicry 2 you should be able to eat your normal body, use Semblance to regenerate into some OP form like a Finale-cost dragon, then dismantle that and you can freely swap between normal and a form that would normally be a Finale for just a Minor cost. Provided that you meet soul conditions to use Mimicry, of course.

[Nakéen]

"The boat!" shouted Asha. There is no way she could let it and its passengers head into the witch's labyrinth. She first thought about jumping on it, but then she would probably get separated from the others if they couldn't stop the boat. (How to stop the boat? No... maybe we don't need to stop it. Just save the people...)

Through telepathy, Asha quickly shared her idea. [Is anyone agile enough to jump on the boat and, how should I put it, throw the people to me? I'm confident in my strength, but not in my mobility. I can also alter my ribbon's properties a little bit to ease landing, I think.]

Asha attempts altering her Ribbon's shape to form a sheet, and stands at the ready.