Private - Stars Crossing

Druuk Island: Near a Bandits Nest

It was a few days after the huge explosion that destroyed the arena on Druuk Island. Magi Heart remembered the crazy horrible things that were going on during that tournament. The Tournament of Skulls it was called. Even the name was creepy. She had decided to log out shortly before whatever happened to destroy the entire area. All she knew was from rumors and the game feed. Still, for some weird reason. Magi Heart had decided to return to Druuk. It was a pretty scary place and filled with mean looking types. There were mean thieves and bandits and such targeting people who ventured onto the Island. So many in fact that the Magical Girl was in no way going to be able to save them all. Someday... she needed to come and cure the evil hearts of all these meanies and make Druuk Island a safe place to live and be happy again. With the way she has been doing though... it will be a long time.

So what could she do here then? Try and handle one group of bad guys at a time of course! She knew it would require her to actually... shoot at them and all. It was going to be with her curing kiss special though. She would even heal them after they were hurt so they could accept the love and justice into their hearts... she had to keep believing it was possible. If it wasn't... no... it was true. Magi Heart held on to hope still. The death to the spider thingy was not going to keep her down forever was it?

So now she was here. A small girl with a bow and a white and pink dress ready to cure the evil right out of a large group of big brawny thugs who were hanging out in a nearby camp. This was... hopefully not a bad idea... but she did need the experience right?

"Okay... Magi Heart, time to go be a hero. Um... okay... Magi Heart!
She is the one who fights all day for you! I can do it yeah!"

She began to make her way to the camp...

@Alphabet Chocolate

 

Druuk Island! Ahoy ye mates to a land of honeyed clams, buttered beer, and adventure! Alpha just couldn't get enough of the grains of sand rubbing against her bare feet and the salty fresh air that lingered above the ocean depths. Her journey to Druuk Island had been more for vacation reasons rather than anything, having gotten the idea of Hawaii and Fiji into her head after tasting the spectacular spring waters of a small enclave in Brisshal. She could just imagine a cup of coconut pina-colada resting by her side with a small umbrella shading her body as she made sand angels below her. Imagine...a pair of sunglasses draped over her eyes...a comfortable bikini for her to dive into the waters at anytime...sunscreen so she doesn't turn into a plate of fried eggs...simply beautiful!

Alpha was just in the middle of enjoying her impromptu recess when she had heard it. Was that...a call? A chime? A heroic stanza of victory and honor and goodness and magic?! The words were what she'd hear in a rerun episode of Mariner Sun or the debut of Magical Girl Kaname Magic! Without even thinking, she hopped to her feet and chased after the source of the sound, a shout brimming and pouring out of her throat as she did so. "Fighting monsters by moonlight, saving animals by daylight! Never fleeing from a world boss...she's the one they call Alphabet Chocolate!"

She stopped.

That did not rhyme or flowed properly as expected. With her eyebrows furrowed, she coughed and gave it another try: "Fighting dragons by moonlight, saving dogs by daylight! Never fleeing from a scary fight...she's the one they call..."

Oh! That was where she messed up. Oh well. She shrugged and continued on her quest to find the source of the drawing chant before, within moments of finishing her rendition, stumbled upon her d e s t i n y.

A girl with pink hair and sporting an outfit that reminded her just of the heroic cartoons and tv shows she'd seen many times as a youth and up till now. Her eyes sparkled and shined and Alpha couldn't resist dancing up to the girl with wonder and admiration in her eyes. "Oh...em...gee!" she squealed, taking a closer look at the girl. She grabbed the girl's hands into her own and gave it a vigorous shake. "We have to be BESTIES! My name's Alphabet Chocolate! What about you?!"

@Magi Heart

 

It was all kind of sudden. Magi was just trying to stay hidden and go put a stop to the bandits who were being very bad folks... but it seemed that Magi was a tad bit easier to spot than she had thought. Out of nowhere was a girl who was actually her height and age in appearance, a very rare event, was now shaking her hands wildly and Magi's body was vibrating along with the shake. Her short twin tails swaying with the motion and her face in a awkward look. Wait... were her feet lifting off the ground? Wowzers stop!

"G-G-G-G-ee w-w-w-w-hiz! H-H-H-Hello y-y-y-you t-t-t-too... c-c-c-c-ould y-y-y-y-ou uu-u-u-ummmm..."

Thankfully the shaking subsided or maybe Magi actually managed to pull away. She wasn't exactly sure anymore... she was dizzy from the experience! Magi Heart shook her head a few times and bowed deeply to the super excited girl. Alphabet...Chocolate...? Cool beans a cute name! Was she a super hero with a name like that? She was not really dressed like a magical girl so...

"Whew... um, I'm Magi Heart. You're name is pretty cool! I love sweets hahaha! Nice to meet you! I'm Terrasphere's defender of love and justice! Or something like that. It's a pretty tough job. I'm still working out a lot of kinks."

She gave her best salute and pose to Alphabet. Anyone who was this friendly and nice deserved only Magi's best effort! Even if she had lot of turmoil to get over. Something about her reminded her of Raina somehow. The energy for sure. Yep, Raina would probably play someone like that if she was here... but hopefully not. Magi would not want her friends to have to experience this game, at least not until she figured out how to fulfill her dreams her and maybe make it more fun for everyone. Somehow...

"So umm... you know it's dangerous out here right? There are mean bandits and they are hurting people for their money. I'm going to go and cure their evil hearts with my powers. So hopefully they will stop! You should go back to your village okay? It is really super dangerous, seriously! Leave this to Magi Heart, I'm a magical girl."

Magi did not want a girl that was this happy to go through anything bad. She needed to send her away and continue with her quest. Maybe afterward she could visit her or something but who knew when bandits might jump out and try to get them both?

@Alphabet Chocolate

 

Alpha restrained herself from a fit of giggles upon hearing the pink-haired girl's ridiculously unintelligible stutter. She clapped her on the back before she placed both her hands on either side of the girl's shoulder, shaking her roughly. Alpha was completely and totally oblivious to their proximity to the bandit camp up ahead but that piece of knowledge didn't really matter. How could she stop herself from celebrating the start of a momentous friendship, even with a lingering threat close-by?! "You gotta stop shaking!" Alpha demanded, staring at the girl straight in the eye with a boisterous grin. "No one's gonna take you seriously like they should if you keep on being so...cute, you know?! I'm gonna have to make a magical girl out of you!"

She stopped her tirade for a quick moment once her newfound friend had introduced herself, pondering on the new bit of information. "Magi Heart...the Defender of Love and Justice! Beautiful! Awesome! Amazing! Ha! I should get a name change to Alphabet Chocolate Heart or something so we could make this thing official because you've got something going on here and I'm about to help you out! You're welcome, by the way!"

The idea of a superhero definitely appealed to Alpha and she had tried to take that on that role many times (to no avail as folks such as Aaron and Roland seemed to take all the spotlight and honor away from her!). To find a girl with a similar interest was exciting at the very least; she had met few others who shared her passions within Terrasphere and real life. That simply made the idea of befriending the shy yet splendid Magi Heart into an exotic and quite enchanting thought.

She waved her hand leisurely, rolling her eyes at the mention of bandits and dangerous hazards soon after. "Well, if you're going to do something cool then count me along! Someone's gotta protect your butt, right?! Just think of me as Sailor Mercury or something...another part of this awesome Magical Squad!"

Alpha struck a pose before lyrical words began to fly out of her mouth as she pointed, unknowingly, to the spot opposite of the bandit camp. "Ahoy we go..."

"Let's get down to business....to defeat....the bandits!
Did they send me children, when I asked...for warriors!
You're the cutest girl I've ever met...
But you can bet before we're through...
Magi, I will make a magical girl out of youuuuu!"

@Magi Heart

 

Magi Heart was dumbstruck. This girl was cool in a way but also kinda way too over the top! It was like a comedy relief character! Did Terrasphere actually have people like that? If so, then... that was awesome! Alphabet was funny! The magical girl giggled and shook her head at the really random girl.

"You know magical girls? And wanna make me one? *Giggle*, um... I'm sorry but you are pretty funny! I mean really Alphabet! Are you a player? I have trouble telling sometimes. NPC are so realistic but none I've ever met yet knew magical girls so I guess you are! Cool beans!"

Normally Magi had become a lot more somber but this girl just radiated happy and good feelings. Even if she was kinda kooky it was nice to see this kind of thing actually existed here. Alphabet went on to say without really giving Magi a chance to accept or refuse, that she would help her with her bandits and such. Oh boy... that was dangerous. Magi did not want this girl hurt! Somehow though... she was starting to think that maybe she was stronger than she looked. If she was a player, she was definitely taking the game as it was, a game.

"....I don't know if this is safe. I don't think I can stop you though hahaha! You seem so free spirited. I wish I cou-"

Magi stopped herself, she did not want to give away weakness to such a wonderful friend to be! Okay! She would partner with this person and... um... Alphabet was pointing in the wrong direction. Then she was guessing stuff maybe? Magi was not the best with directions in this game either. Way harder than getting back and forth from school.

"It's that way actually! *Giggle* no worries. Okay let's go. I Magi Heart will team up with Alphabet Chocolate! To beat the meanies and cure the badness! Then we eat Skittle Fruit Smoothies to celebrate! Heroines right?"

Magi stood next to Alphabet and did a pose pointing her bow dramatically! Her fingers to her forehead and then with a graceful sweep of her arm and a raise of her left leg, she brought her bow to aim dramatically with a wink and a smile. She glanced a little mid pose to see if Alphabet knew a good pose and matched her right. Magical Girls were all about the style too! Or you're just a regular hero or a super sentai if you do it wrong! Honestly, Magi sucked at a lot, but when it came to the style, as long as her mood was good enough... she knew it down pat! Except her theme song,.. that needed a lot more work probably.

And so they went off to the bandit camp.. hopefully anyway!

@Alphabet Chocolate

(OOC: Wanna DM what they do for fun?)

 

"We're off to see the bandits! The wonderful bandits of Oz! Follow the green road! Follow the green ro—wait, what?! Skittle fruit smoothies are thing?! How did I not know about this?!" she turned around, skidding to a stop as she looked at Magi with widened eyes. After a few moments of stunned realization, she moaned and looked up into the sky. "What sort of existence have I been living?! What is the meaning of life? What is the meaning of this world? How have I not known of such a miraculous, lovely, delicious concoction from all my years of living?!"

It was, indeed, a travesty for such an amazing creation to be hidden from her from such a significant part of her life and, if she had the time, she would've been whining further. Fortunately, the two had reached the bandit camp before any of her vocal complaints could grow in both aggravation and severity. It would've been an unstoppable whirlwind of curses against the universe and bemoaning her life had she not been stopped at that precise moment.

"Oh we're here! And yessiree! Right after we get rid of these guys, you're gonna take me to the best skittle fruit smoothie place in the entirety of this planet and then I'm treating you to this awesome place on this island that serves Chocolate Coated Chocolate Chip Cookies Drenched in Pure Chocolate Batter with Cacao Extract and Vanilla Flavoring. Remember that Magi! Remember!"

And then she pointed to the wide expanse of camps. "I'm surprised that no one heard us yet, you know?" she grinned. "I mean, they're probably lumps of muscles without brains or anything anyway! No need to worry okay Magi?" she tried her best to comfort the skeptical girl, clapping the pink-haired magical girl on the back as she twirled and gave a confident thumbs up. "Psh. Bandits are just another word for sore losers! Got that, Magi?" she laughed. It was an uproarious joy that had startled birds and squirrels out of their makeshift homes and nests. Her chest shook from the volume of her laughter and it seemed to be ongoing, never ceasing, for a great long while. Alpha was completely oblivious to the shadows that began to loom over her.

"What did you say, girl?"

Alpha stopped. Her heart paused and her eyes widened as she noticed that a sudden darkness had befallen around her. She gulped and turned around. And, if anyone was there at that moment, they would note that this was the moment when Alpha's fearful expression morphed into one of delight and pure amusement as she burst out into another humored cackle, pointing straight at the towering man and the teaming area of bandits behind him.

"I told you, Magi!" she laughed, giving the girl another strong pat on the back. "I mean, look at him!"

The man was bulky and mustached with manly body hair springing from his naked chest. He was the epitome of stereotypical male testosterone with a male bodybuilder physique and a mean look. Also, his legs seemed to be disproportionate with his six-pack and rippling arm muscles; his feet were petite and seemed unnatural on his body and his legs were short, skinny, and flabby. It was as if the man had, in real life, been taking a particularly bad formula of steroids or something. Alpha's reaction seemed to only irk the man as a vein popped on his forehead. A sheathed blade protruded from his waist. It was up to Magi to determine how dangerous this situation could develop.

@Magi Heart

OOC: Sure! #PerksofHavingPaninYourThread. Let's kinda DM them together for extra fun!

 

Oz? Bandits of Oz... that was another giggle for the magical girl wannabe as Alphabet continued to say a lot of silly things. Magi could only hope to be in a party iwth this kind of person more often. It actually felt like a game now for once!

"Oh yeah! Skittles Smoothies are the best! I get them from Bob's Vanilla real close to my house! Actually I haven't been there in a long time.... oh! Maybe somewhere in Terrasphere serves them? That would be super cool beans!"

While the talk of sweets continued between the two youths. They would eventually reach the bandit camp..Magi did her best to hide her shock and put up her best confident look... which was not very confident looking. Alphabet continued to talk and suddenly Magi's mouth opened and her confidence completely vanished. A huge bandit man was right behind Alphabet! Then as Magi Heart started to figure out what to do... probably say they were just passing through or maybe try to get him to change his bandity ways. Magi's new friend suddenly did something that made her worry about her some. Did she... have no fear at all? Or... something was a bit off but Magi wasn't sure exactly what. Maybe she just really thought it was fun to tease him since it was just a game? Magi told herself that but actually it was not very nice to say those things especially when they were heroes! The magical girl made a worried look at the tiny rogue before looking back to the bandit.

"Wowzers! Uh... Mr. My friend doesn't mean anything bad! She likes to tease and joke a lot you know? R-right Alpha? Hahah...ha."

Looking at him a bit more she could see why he could be pretty funny looking but it was still mean. Magi refused to not respect a person regardless of being a bit... funny looking.

"Really now? You kids are a bit far from home ain't ya? Git or you might regret it..."

The large man waved his hand shooing them way. Magi was relieved! They were out of danger now! Yay now they could go eat candy and drink smoothies! ... um wait. Gee whiz, Alphabet had put her in too good a mood. They had to stop these guys!

"Mr... we can't really leave because. Well see... ahem!"

Magi did her practiced pose from earlier and pointed her Love Bringer at the man. foolish probably but it was what she was supposed to do!

"I am Magi Heart, the Defender of Love and Justice! This is Alphabet Chocolate! We are heroines who are here to tell you to stop doing bad things! Become good hard working citizens that love others! If you don't we will have to cure the evil from you!"

Please work! Magi begged in her mind.

@Alphabet Chocolate

 

"What?" the man laughed, amusement tinging his voice as he heard the girl's words. Alpha couldn't help but feel a bit defensive on Magi's behalf. The sound of mocking, derisive scoffs around them merely infuriated Alpha more, her tempering burning hot as they looked down on the two girls with sneers. One woman in the back had the nerve to give a little 'shooing' motion and a few others gestured crudely in their direction. Alpha couldn't help but step in front of Magi and direct an ugly glare in their direction. "Watch who you're talking to! You're in front of Magi Heart, Defender of Love and Justice and all that stuff!" she paused before she turned back to Magi, whispering softly but just loud enough for the bandits to hear. "Uh, that's your title, right?"

And then she huffed her chest up proudly, stood on her tip-toes, and raised her chin up in regards to the pack of beasts before them. "And I'm the Dark Lord Alphabet Chocolate! Warrior of Dogs, Savior of Cookies, and Magi Heart's Bestie!" she declared, throwing her arm around the meek girl before pulling her closer into a hug, pointedly sticking her tongue out at the bandits as she did so with a confident, proud flick of the wrist. "You guys have no hope of winning against us! Just renounce your evil ways like Magi said or you will suffer consequence. Terrible, horrible consequences! Like I'll cast a spell or something so you'd taste nothing but rotten fish for weeks! Do you want that?!" she barked.

It was silent for a moment and the man stared at the two girls incredulously before suddenly, without a hint of warning in advance, he bent over in laughter. Tears were prickling at the corners of his eyes and the rest were beginning to follow suit. Confusion, then rage, filled Alpha as her face turned a brilliant red and she stomped her foot angrily, snarling and pouting and doing whatever it was that she did whenever she got into one of her fits and tantrums.

She took Magi by the arm with frustrated tears brimming at her eyes, pointing at the cackling bandits. "Gah! They're so annoying! Why don't we do this my way, Magi?!" she groaned.

@Magi Heart

 

Magi slowly left her pose just as much as she felt her hope for this ending in a non violent way leaking away. No one took magical girls seriously! The evil in their hearts was too strong for that! Wendy wanted to be a heroine, a champion for good. If she hurt these men what did that say about her methods? All she could do was her usual then. Use force but always remember to cure them afterwards! She had to avoid killing as many as she could. That was Magi Hearts way!

They were now surrounded by bandits. It had gotten a lot worse. A small drop fell along the side of Magi's forehead at the discovery of just how bad this will probably get. She gripped her bow tighter. Alphabet went even further with her threats, trying to intimidate the mean people. It was not really working though..

"Gah! They're so annoying! Why don't we do this my way, Magi?!"

Magi was not sure what Alphabet's way exactly was due to her very wacky personality. Although Magi Heart had a feeling it wasn't going to be to attack like a family friendly character... well maybe a Loony Tunes style.

"Okay, we'll just have to do it the hard way then. Sigh... sure Alpha. I think we don't have a lot of choices right now. Please... remember not to hurt them too bad, a heroine should... always protect not hurt."

She began to focus her mana, hopefully by showing the power of a pure heart, the enemy will relent and realize they should mend their ways! Her body

Red Heart Power

"Magical Red Heart Power! For love and justice!"​

Magi suddenly thrust her hand into the air and shouted her rehearsed action line! A reddish light emitted from Magi's chest and the covered her whole body as the background behind her became a large red heart with her theme song played in instrumental in the back ground! Or at least that's what she imagined in her head. Her hand went to her chest and she gestured towards Alphabet who would also begin to glow reddish. Both of them would receive a offensive buff.

"Okay...let's d-do this..."

Magi said with a somber nod to Alpha, already feeling guilt cause her hesitation. Then she saw one of the bandits draw a weapon and tap it in their hand. Gee whiz... instead of backing down they are getting more angry!

"Well well well... these little brats might actually have some fight in em. Hahaha, let's just rough em up some and send em home to their mommies!"

Wowzers this might be bad! Magi was not confident in her power even if her stats may say otherwise...

@Alphabet Chocolate

 

Alpha frowned and muted a groan at Magi's words. Pacifism was usually not her way to go during situations like this but she was willing to put her own desires aside (albeit momentarily) to satisfy her new friend. She was, however, ready to do a proper clean-up if things didn't go to plan. What kind of friend would she be if she let Magi get killed by a bunch of bandits? Not a very good one, she thought. "Okie dokie then! Uh, let's try and redeem them first...if that doesn't work, are you sure we can't just, like, knock them out or something and scribble on their faces with permanent marker? Oh wait! Let's do both!"

It sounded like a reasonable compromise. They'd try to redeem these men and women through the power of love and friendship and, when all else fails, a good uppercut and a few drawn-on mustaches should be enough to finish the job. Maybe she'd even replace all their foodstuffs with potatoes or something. And, if they had toilet paper, she resolved to turn every single roll the wrong way just because she could. Man, was she evil. She was certain that Vermilion would be proud of her diabolical ways if the vampiric noble could see her right now. Little did she know that, one day, Alphabet Chocolate would become the deicide-motivated, dark edgelord after a very particular bad day.

She grinned as magic began to flow through her, courtesy of Magi's buff. She flexed a bit, hoping to see a few pounds of muscle bulge. Unfortunately, she remained disappointed when no such thing occurred and pouted. "So, uh, are you guys gonna be good, law-abiding citizens or not?" she asked. And then, as if trying to be secretive about it, she gave an awfully suspicious cough and nudged the tall man with an elbow. "Cough, cough," she said with a sly wink. "Please say no."

The man guffawed, equal parts angry and bemused. The rest of his crew laughed alongside him, making them seem more like a high school cliche than a band of cutthroats. Alpha debated gesturing a slicing motion around her neck but decided against it. Last impressions were important and she didn't want these guys to remember her as a threatening butthead. A good hero and dark lord must be refined, proper, and always have proper etiquette. And they also have to get plastic surgery done to remove a nose and choose an evil alias that would spell out: 'I am [evil name here]'.

"This is your last chance to scram," the man growled out after his fit of laughter ended. He gave a threatening punch of his fist to an open palm. Alpha merely stared blankly before she turned back to Magi, giving her a late appreciative whistle and clap of the hands for her pretty buff (with lovely hearts and the like). It had been a solid minute since the girl had buffed the both of them up but, if one asked Alpha, she would maintain that it was hard to remember to thank someone right away if there was a burly man towering over them both like David and Goliath. "Thanks for the spell, Magi!" she grinned. Magic circled around her fingers as she crouched down and dug five holes in the dirt, all finger-sized. Without another word, she buried her fingertips in just as the man was about to walk forward and confront the duo.

Roots began to twirl around his heels and, as expected, he tripped face-first. Alpha couldn't help but laugh hysterically as his teeth dug into the mud. "There ya go! How's that, Magi! The bigger they are, the harder they fall!"

@Magi Heart

 

With the first large man crashing into the ground with a loud thud. The choice as to what to do exactly... kinda was no longer a thing. Gee whiz, this was about to be really rough! Not only that her buff was not going to last very long. Her spells ate straight from her energy and Magi Heart was not all that good at knowing how to balance it out. It was something she was getting better at finally but... still!

"Okay.... then we gotta do it this way I guess. We came here to stop these bandits so... let's try not to hurt them but just get them to stop somehow... oka-?"

A spinning axe came flying from behind Magi as she quickly twirled around and shot the man who threw it in the foot on reaction. He shouted in pain as blood came up and he started to hop around. Oops! Magi blinked for a second, that was weird... but kind of cool beans too! She did not want him to be in pain though so she would have to heal him! ...After dealing with the fight because they were now being charged by about a dozen bandits at once!

Magi was approached by a dual handed dagger wielder as she was thinking. The girl was generally unable to handle fast paced situations especially when life was on the line. So when she had these moments... it was both amazing and scary for her. It usually just went over her head and was ignored though, how she sometimes actually performed at a much higher level than she normally did. The daggers stabbed forward as she continued to back step away She shook her head and shouted to Alphabet as a two spear men came to her super energetic friend.

"L-look out!"

Magi twirled to the side to avoid a dagger thrust. She really did not want to hurt a living person who just was on a bad path but...

"Curing Kiss!"

Her arrow lit up until it was almost a arrow of pure light and was fired at the side of the dagger bandit. It hit him hard enough to send him dragging along the ground a ways and he squirmed to remove it while on the ground. Oh boy that might have been too much. Why was her fighting abilities so high today?

"So sorry mister! I'll he- ahhhh!"

A broad sword almost cut a twin tail clean off of her as hair split with it's passing. She tried to dodge but it looked like her moment of doing stuff right had ended. She tripped hard on a small rock and fell on her side. The man grinned and raised his blade over his head to cleave her into two...

"White Clearance Light! Brighten the world!""

The area was immediately doused in a blinding light as Magi's body became a powerful light bulb of radiance. She kicked upward hoping to push him away while holding her eyes closed. Since she too would be blinded if she didn't. The loud groan of a man falling to the ground and the prior crunching sound made her realize she hurt him really bad and not in a nice place.... gee whiz. Magi had so much apologizing to do after this... she hoped he could still be a daddy and everything!

"S-sorry again... gosh."

She stuttered out as the light faded and she jumped back to her feet.

@Alphabet Chocolate

 

"Careful there, Magi! And—ow, ow, ow!" Alpha was interrupted by the sudden flash of light and, judging by the pained noises of several other men and women in their vicinity, she supposed that it had affected the bandits as well. After a few moments of waiting for her eyes to readjust, she turned to Magi with a wince. "Ouch...don't forget to warn someone next time!"

Alpha didn't have much time to berate Magi for what could amount to a week's worth of dry eye as an ax rushed down and split the ground below her. She barely managed to get out of the way before there was another surprisingly swift strike and she stared at the man incredulously. "Gah! How're you so fast? That thing has gotta weigh at least a thousand pounds and you're, like, old! Do you take steroids or something?!" she gasped out before she narrowly dodged another crushing blow.

"Well, it's on! Hang on there Magi, I'll come help you out when I finish up with this guy!" she gritted out, readying her blade for an attack. Right as she was about to strike, however, an arrow slid through her hamstring and left a superficially long cut that, luckily, wasn't as deep or as painful as it looked. She looked to her left to find the bowman who did it and, with her face contorted into a tight-lipped expression. "I'm not amused," she said, her smile sardonic and humorless.

Nimbly, she managed to maneuver out of the ax's range and rushed for the archer, her dagger and acrobatics doing wonders in keeping herself at a safe range before she managed to reach his perch (which was actually just behind one of the tents) and buried her dagger in his gut. Her nose scrunched up as she lifted her dagger up, the blade doing the job it was made to do. Finally, as the man gave one last gasp of breath, she kicked his body into the tent, hoping Magi didn't see any of it. Alpha may not have that much social tact or grace but she knew that making corpses didn't equate to making friends. Well, unless she was Lucia or something. Necromancy was kinda weird that way.

She wiped the bloodied handle on the tapestry before cutting out a piece of cloth. By the time she had wrapped her wound with it as a makeshift bandage, the ax-wielding man had closed the distance between them and she found herself cranking her neck up to meet him eye-to-eye. "Let's get ready to rummmbblleeeee!" she grinned with a particularly nasty look on her face.

@Magi Heart

 

Oh gee whiz! Magi had forgotten how powerful the light from that skill could be. If it would make her eyesight fuzzy and effect enemies and stuff. Then it definitely would blind allies too! Oops...

"Oh sorry Alpha! Yeah I-I still... y-y-y-y-aaaah!"

Magi dodged another blade coming straight down in front of her hitting the ground right at the toes of her pink shoes. Her face was in shock from just how close that was! Wowzers these bandits wanted them dead! That was so not right! Why was this so gosh darn hard... they needed to sit down and listen to their heart's already!

"Stop fighting and be nice you big meanies! What would your children think? Your parents? Don't you have anyone who looks up to you? That you care about? Yes you!!!"

Magi pointed at the man right before her. ready to give him a speech about why good will, a steady job and volunteering for the sake of smiles was important! He was not looking at her though. It seemed that something happened behind her...

"Ya know what? Maybe we should pack up... yeah... I'm outta here. What the hell kinda kids are you?!"

The big fellow turned and ran away. Magi was prepared to go after him because he never said anything about changing his ways! She knew how bad people were now and she needed to at least hear him say he was over with his banditry!

"Wait you bad person! Why are you...um... running?"

"You just wait brats... the boss ain't gonna like this. Druuk Island ain't gonna take this shit from some brats!"

Lowering her finger and turning to look behind her. There was a big man. The one with the axe from earlier. What was Alphabet doing? That looked bad... Magi immediately entered 'protect those in need' mode and fired a magic arrow into his rear followed by one into his hand. With a accuracy she rarely possessed. That was actually more viscous than she would have liked. Not causing anyone harm while still fighting for good was pretty much impossible. It was a good thing magical energy (in particular her own) usually did not draw blood. It was why she liked her anime so much.

Now weaponless and with a pretty pink burn on his butt. The large man quickly retreated right after his comrade. Magi Heart saw a clear area now with nothing but a tent and a Alphabet. It was over? They won? No... winning would be seeing those guys living good lives now. They did teach them a lesson though hopefully so it was a partial success!

"...We.... wow. We... uh... did it? We got them to stop being bandits here. For a little while anyway. We need to find a way to give them better things to do than steal. At least no one was hurt! I mean um... like really hurt! OMG hold on. This is the first time it kinda went like a show. A little bit!"

Magi Heart realized then that there was something she had to do at all costs now! It was time for Mahou Shoujo Magi Heart victory stance!

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"YATA!"​

@Alphabet Chocolate

 

Alpha grinned at Magi's awesome pose and, with her arms and legs moving on its own, joined her in creating the world's first magical girl victory posse stance. "Yaaaa-taaaa!" she mimicked the girl's own expression obliviously, settling into a crouch with her arms dabbing the air. "Magi Heart, Defender of Justice and Love and Everything Sugary and Nice! Alphabet Chocolate, the Pure Awesome Manifestation of Unicorns and Root Vegetables! Together, we'll be...uh...what'll we be called?" she stopped for a second, pondering. After a while, she just gave up and shrugged. "Ah well! Let's just celebrate this awesome victory with smoothies! We have reformed these criminals! We have stopped evil and treachery and violence at its core! We. Are. Heroes!" she cheered.

Finally, she grabbed Magi by the hands and shook them vigorously, excited by the prospect of whatever unknown there was next. "Sooooooooo!" she drawled, shaking the girl's limbs up and down. "Pick! Smoothies, more justice, or what?! We're the dream team, you and me!"

@Magi Heart

 

"Um... yeah... y-yeah we did!"

Okay no they did not totally handle this but Magi did not want to mope after such a good result. Compared to everything else this was a pretty big deal in her mind. A small victory for love and justice! She only hoped they took it to heart and changed their ways.

Alphabet seemed like a really nice person even if she was kinda kooky. It was fine though because Wendy had experience with hyperactive girls like Raina! It was always a bit strange that while compared to most people she came off so immature and just a dreamer. Sometimes though she would feel like a boring old adult compared to people like those two!

Growing up was something Wendy was torn on, she did want to be a good person and be someone her parents and brother can be proud of but she also feared it a great deal. Being a magical girl in this game used to be such a awesome thing for her. Why did it have to become so dark and...just...wrong? This was truly going to be a cherished moment.

"...W-w-w-w-well u-h-h-h-h..."

Magi stuttered as she was once again shook by Alphabet. Gee whiz this was just something she was going to have to get used to if she was going to be her friend. Alright then! Magi Heart could not help but smile at the happy atmosphere the zany girl had made.

"*Giggle* O-okay!"

She grabbed Alphabet by her arms and returned the shaking while starting to laugh. It was nice getting caught up in a good moment.

"Smoothies! Let's g-g-g-go to Rocky R-R-R-R-oad!"

Magi said as they jumped up and down shaking eachother's arms. Finally pulling away from the girl. Magi thrust out her arm and pointed back to the port of Driuuk.

"It's in Stokbon so let's go! For love, justice, and smoothies!"

In the haze of happiness. Magi missed the fact that they were leaving the bandits camp pretty much intact as well as not checking inside the tents to bring back any stolen goods. Sadly Magi was not the smartest girl and this was so rare for her recently it took priority in her mind.

Thus a rotting body of a dead bandit killed by her new friend was left undiscovered.

@Alphabet Chocolate

[OOC: Possibly a good place to close?]