The Riverside Ruins

Entrance

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"Wowzers that looks scary. C'mon Magi, you can do this right? Go do a dungeon and get stronger!"

Magi Heart was standing directly in front of a old stone structure that was built next to the river that crosses through Adecus forest, now known as Astorea. This area was not really dangerous anymore... right? Hopefully. People were really worried about the possible war in the future with Falderen but Magi could not understand it all that much. Or maybe she chose not to. Magi Heart had to be the defender of love and justice. The person who came and thing right for everyone. Yet she really was doing little if anything. She even spent almost a full month in shock and mute from her experiences in Terrasphere. Thankfully she made some good friends, or those she thought of as such anyway. They were worth being a good Mahou Shoujo hero for! Today, she was going to try yet again to improve and hopefully be able to use that strength to prevent this game for messing up anymore people with it's mean methods!

"Go Magi, for world peace! Sigh... I hope nothing cute or too scary is down there... I won't be able to fight them."

And gee whiz no spiders! Anything but that again! According to the few messages left by players online about the dungeon. It was pretty much ignored because no one could gather good supplies for the trip. The nearby village of Kor mysteriously became a village of stiff bodies that... in a horribly creepy way, had no souls or something. Magi had gone to check it out before coming here. It was horrible and mean. She also had no way to do anything for them! Oh gosh, Magi was so busy stressing she had not even walked past the entrance yet...

The vine covered entrance that looked incredibly dark and dangerous beyond. Time to act like a heroic magical girl now! No! To BE a heroic magical girl now! Yep!

"I wish I had asked someone to help me with this... I need their friendship power. Maybe I can find Mr. Roland, or Eldhi! Yeah, I'll do that right now!"

She opened her UI and prepared to ask for companionship. Before she could though, she would get companionship that may or may not just make her situation worse here.

@Megan Tritor

 

As Magi spoke a prideful laugh erupted from behind her, "Fu~ Fu~ Fu~" Megan cackled as she moved forward partly obscuring her face with her patchy witch's hat. "So you seek the aid of a powerful magician to clear out the abominable pit of wretched horrors that lies before us?" Megan's lip curled into a smile as she clearly launched into a rehearsed monologue. "Well, it just so happens you're in luck!" With a flick of a finger, Megan pushed her hat to its correct position, and twirled her magic staff for dramatic effect, "I am infamous hydromancer of the dark! Megan the Dark Ice Princess of Oblivion Duex Two!" Megan proceeded to spin shortly in place as if to sell the introduction, ending the routine with her fingers forming a peace sign.

A long awkward moment passed before Megan suddenly crouched in place mumbling to herself, her former confidence bleeding away as she did so, "Wait... I don't have any dark powers yet, that's supposed to be my second name after I've stolen the lance of obscuring reality from the demon kings. nrrhhh.." With a sudden burst of excitement, the mage clad in red, began suddenly shouting again, "Well, it just so happens you're in luck! I am the Infamous-Ahhh!" Again Megan tried to twirl her staff dramatically, but the sweat on her palm greased the shaft enough to send the magical tool flying from her fingers interrupting her planned speech. With a crunch, the staff bounced off a nearby outcrop of rocks, before falling limply to the ground. "Nooo! Albion!" Megan shrieked running towards the device, tears already forming in her eyes.

Within a moment she arrived at her magical tool, which now sported a large crack running down the shaft of the weapon. "No, no, no this cost me all my money! I had to shovel pig dung for a week to afford you, you can't break Albion!" Carefully Megan cradled the weapon in her arms as a faint magical symbol grew beneath her. After mumbling a few cryptic words she summoned a small vine of ice which slowly wound its way around the staff, forcing the instrument whole once more. After inspecting her job for a few moments, and seemingly being satisfied with it, Megan shakily stood up before adding, "Ok! Lets go!"

 

Wowie! That insidious laugh! That was straight out of... well out of stuff that Wendy wished was real. If only real villains were so easy to identify and everything worked in a monster a week fashion. Still who was behind such a laugh?

Magi's head turned and she saw another girl with a outfit that was obviously that of a dark magician... someone who practices dark stuff is almost always evil or edgy or at least not nice to others! Oh she wanted to help? That was not so bad. A title like "Hydromancer of the Dark or Princess of Oblivion" was a sure sign of someone to be wary of though! Magi Heart would of course give such a person a chance to be her friend! Everyone deserved that chance after all.

Magi wanted to respond and possibly if this person was in fact like her but the opposite.. a girl who wanted to be a villain instead of a heroine. Then she could possibly create a bit of a rivalry and help them become a evil person who becomes good after they bonded and became best friends after many hardships together.. and.. and... all that cool beans stuff! This would work in many of Raina's favorite stories too!

The girl promptly tripped and her magic stick went flying. Magi wanted to help but the girl.. Megan? Megan grabbed it again and acted like nothing happened going on ahead. Also... pig dung? Gosh.

"Um.... Hello... I-I think you should reconsider your title it's not a very good thing to be you know! W-Wait up!"

Probably better to catch up before introducing herself with the whole Magi Heart intro thingy. Seeing what this girl was like meant that this might be a rough time...

THE RIVERSIDE RUINS

Floor 1

Hurrying after Megan the Dark Oblivion Witch or something, it was a very large title to remember! Magi finally caught up and ran ahead of her just enough to do her very important introduction!

"Yay! I caught up! Okay! I'm..."

She brought to fingers to her forehead and waved her arm in a big circle with a sudden raised leg and a wink. She really did have this down pat. Hopefully it looked as good in the dark as it did when she it in front of Alphabet! If only looks were all that mattered for her role though...

"Magi Heart the Defender of Love and Justice!"

She still had it! Even after everything she's been through Magi still could present herself as a true magical girl hero! Of course now that meant something harder to do...

"Miss Megan. I think you... um should please reconsider your goals. Please. It's much better to use your powers for good than for oblivion and stuff... Okay?"

Magi did not want to add that in actuality this kind of evil stuff was preferable to her rather than the complicated stuff she's seen already. Wanting to continue to preach all the "Magi says" speeches she had lined up for these kinds of people she was distracted by the floor moving a bit beneath her! Wowzers, they were in a room full of water actually!

The floor of old mossy stone rose up out of the water. This place was either flooded or intentionally built this way. Due to the way the holes of water were arranged. The stone tiles floating in the water forced those going through to take a very long round about way to the other end.The water had strange, sudden shifts in it's ferocity. Sometimes speeding up and splashing unto the tiles. Other times silent and still.

Magi did not see any danger so she raised a white gloved finger and closed her eyes to begin her very grown up sounding speech. Unfortunately that was when things happened... and happened fast!

Out of the water rose several tentacles!
Might not be the best idea to hang around! Or maybe fight them?
@Megan Tritor

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Hidden: Fight the Tentacles

Fight the Tentacles: Attack and try to destroy or otherwise chase away the tentacles! Remember to use the same current DC total for all actions!

[Tentacles: 400 / 400 HP]
Modifier: any mastery may get +5 per mastery tier (excluding beginner); +10 if mastered.
Specialist Modifier: Seafaring gets +10 per mastery and +20 for mastered.

Damage Look at your natural roll.
Natural 100 = Crit x 2 damage to Tentacles!
90-99 = 0 Damage!
80-89 = 10 Damage
70-79 = 15 Damage
50-69 = 20 Damage
30-49 = 25 Damage
10-29 = GRABBED BY TENTACLE! (Unable to attack physically or escape until freed)
02-09 = 25 Damage + GRABBED BY TENTACLE! (Unable to attack physically or escape until freed)
Natural 1 = 25 Damage + DRAGGED UNDERWATER! (Drown slowly until freed)

Damage Reduction
-1 HP for each gray armor piece
-2 HP for each blue armor piece
-3 HP for each green armor piece
-4 HP for each yellow armor piece

This action costs 10 EN (5 EN if you are wearing only Light Armor)
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[score][b1] Your roll + Modifier = Total [/b1][/score]
[b1]Tentacles: 400 / 400 [/b1][/CENTER]

Hidden: Break Through

Break Through: Tentacles are Creepy! BREAK THROUGH! You can roll a additional d100 to get past this DC with haste, however you receive no armor reductions! Remember to use the same current DC total for all actions!

[Tentacles: 400 / 400 HP]
Modifier: any mastery may get +5 per mastery tier (excluding beginner); +10 if mastered.
Specialist Modifier: Mobility gets +10 per mastery and +20 for mastered.

This action costs 10 EN (5 EN if you are wearing only Light Armor)
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[b1]Tentacles: 400 / 400 [/b1][/CENTER]

Hidden: Heal

Heal (Naturamancy, Muse, or Illumancy) Restore health. For AoE there's a max of 3 targets.
You may roll to add to the thread's progress (Break Through option ONLY), but you will receive zero damage reduction this turn. You are highly vulnerable to damage if you rolled for progress. Remember to use the same current DC total for all actions!

Single Heal: +5 HP per tier of support mastery (including beginner) +10 for mastered.
Cost: 10 EN (5 EN if you are wearing only Light Armor)
AoE Heal: +5 HP per tier of support mastery (including beginner) +10 for mastered. Then, divide by 3.
Cost: 15 EN (10 EN if you are wearing only Light Armor)

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[b1]Tentacles: 400 / 400 [/b1][/CENTER]

Hidden: Buff

Buff (Heroic Shout, Naturamancy, Muse, or Illumancy) attack or speed buff, add # to someone else or your own roll; can only buff attacks. For AoE there's a max of 3 targets.
You may roll to add to the thread's progress (Break Through option ONLY), but you will receive zero damage reduction this turn. You are highly vulnerable to damage if you rolled for progress.

Single Buff: +5 per tier of support mastery (including beginner) for 3 turns.
Cost: 10 EN (5 EN if you are wearing only Light Armor)
AoE Buff: +5 per tier of support mastery (including beginner). Then, divide by 3.
Cost: 15 EN (10 EN if you are wearing only Light Armor)

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[b1]Tentacles: 400 / 400[/b1][/CENTER]

Hidden: Cleanse

Cleanse (Heroic Shout, Naturamancy, Muse, or Illumancy) Cleanse condition from allies.
You may roll to add to the thread's progress (Break Through option ONLY), but you will receive zero damage reduction this turn. You are highly vulnerable to damage if you rolled for progress.

Single Cleanse: Clear up to 3 conditions from 1 target
Cost: 10 EN (5 EN if you are wearing only Light Armor)
AoE Cleanse: Clear 1 condition from 3 targets
Cost: 15 EN (10 EN if you are wearing only Light Armor)

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100 HP

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95 EN

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Megan continued stomping angrily into the dungeon as she tried to ignore the icy feeling biting into her hand. Poor 'Albion The Tempest' would likely never be the same, she'd have to save up again to replace it. As awful as that would be, she would at least get to think of a new name for her weapon of choice. Speaking of names... the girl clad in pink suddenly caught up to her, causing Megan to blush deeply as she had completely forgotten that she wasn't venturing alone for once. Well not that she hadn't tried to at least, in fact she had come to this dungeon over an hour ago, standing nearby as she tried to work up the courage to push forward. In fact when the other girl had shown up, Megan had at first hid herself thinking she was some sort of a patrolling demon from the third realm.

Turning Megan gave the girl her full attention as she proceeded to introduce herself in a manner that seemed extremely familiar. A slow smile once gain began to curl Megan's lips as she shrouded her eyes with the lip of her hat, "Fu~ Fu~ Fu~ A magical girl here? Of course, it only makes sense with the Dedric Prophecy." Megan nodded her head as if the comment made sense before she thrust her staff forward, not trusting her skill to twirl it about like before, "It is you whose goals have been twisted by the blacken eye of C-c-chronos the world obliterator. The feelings of trust and love do nothing but plant the seeds of discord among the ninth shadow realm feeding the armies of R-r-ragnarok."

Megan spoke with a clarity of pure conviction which was only slightly detracted by the chattering of her own teeth as her ice spell from earlier continued to chip away at her warmth meter. "T-t-through the trial of utter darkness, I have bled myself of my worldly desires and have reforged my soul free from the corruptions of the shadow titans. I can walk you through the path of the utter dark, less you be a pawn of the shadowed ones."

Magi looked ready to preach to her, but it seemed their argument was destined to be delayed as a series of tentacles suddenly rose out from the water around them. "Tcht, the Minions of Chronos draw near, he seeks to interrupt our meeting," Megan eyed the magical girl, "Perhaps you're more important that I originally understood."she growled as she flipped her cape turning to face the slimy intruders, "Servants of Chronos, you'll learn the mistake of facing a Hydromancer in her own element!" Megan twist her staff in a small arc, forming a pocket of mana around her as she began to speak in a monotone voice, "Lady Shiva hear my prayer and bring your blessings forth upon us. Breathe deeply and let loose a gust of your grace, and lock those oppose you in an untimely fate!" Megan took a deep breath before thrusting her mana forward flooding the surrounding waters, "Flash Freeze!" She yelled as the water swelled, upwards around the tentacles before freezing suddenly trapping most in place.

Fighting the Tentacles
The Misadventures of M & M Tracker/ 56 (Discord Roll)
56+ 10 = 66
Tentacles: 334 / 400 ​

 

83 HP

MAX HP

95 EN

MAX EN

As tentacles were rising out of the waters around them. Magi Heart focused on some things that just might be really super important! This girl said a lot of creepy and .... kinda epic stuff that Magi could only have thought would never be brought up in this weird game.

"D-Dedric Prophecy? Wozwers, what's that? What are you scheming? It's not very nice is it!? Chronos? I don't know who that is but you're wrong! Love is the thing that would always beat baddies like that. Chronos or whoever! Uh... are talking about the end of the world? Who are y-"

A tentacle slammed into her side sending her crashing across the ground and only just stopping at the edge of a stone tile. Whew she almost fell in the water! Oh yeah, there were squiggly creepy crawlies here! Probably attracted to the dark powers of this dark mage! Or was she more of a witch? Her title was pretty big so Magi was not sure.

"Owww. Urgh... I guess we have to fight. I'm sorry squiggly things! You should go back to your undersea families or um... whatever you do when not attacking people!"

Luckily these were not super scary or cute. So Magi could fight them without too much regret, although it would be nice if they did leave and maybe eat something other than humans! Magi readied her small white bow with a heart emblem. It was Love Bringer, it was kinda useless but it was enough to power her Luv Luv Magica powers!

"Yah! Be cured of evil intent squiggly!"

She fired Curing Kiss attack at a tendril but it did not seem to slow down much in trying to whip at her. She dodged and a coldness spread over the chamber. Magi saw Megan was helping! She was fighting the evil monster meanies! There was hope for her! She was still saying a lot of really disturbing things though.

"Oh... thank you!"

Finally a kinda maybe bad person that might not be bad! Although... the gray of people was part of the problem Magi was having anyway.
@Megan Tritor

Curing Kiss

Fighting the Tentacles
Tracker / 46 (Discord)
46 + 20 = 66
Tentacles: 268 / 400 ​

 

65 HP

MAX HP

90 EN

MAX EN

Megan bit her lip as she saw the tentacles easily break free from their icy prison, "Uh-uh-uh, I think we might be in trouble here!" she squealed as she tried to wheel back to the safety of a nearby pillar. Taking a moment to catch her breath she tried to brace herself on the slimy surface, noting the odd sucker like protrusions to late. With a whip of fury, the tentacle slammed into the side of the magician sending her tumbling through the tepid waters that were once at their ankles.

With a stifled cry of pain, she righted herself with her broken staff, wincing as she heard it creak under the pressure of her own weight. What had that girl been saying before? Something about feeling bad for the tentacles? Truly the work of Chronos himself. Using a free hand Megan swiped an errant strand of hair away from her face turning back to the massive appendages. "Fu...fu...fu... It seems I may have underestimated this foe... very well, no more holding back."

With a twist of her hand, Megan brought her staff in front of her, slamming its tip into the ground as she began to chant in a low voice, "Lady of ice, heed my call and bring forth your blessing onto this world. My foe's surround me with a bitter thirst for my blood, let them know the price of encountering your servant. Let them feel the bitterness of Winter's Grasp!" As megan spoke a considerable amount of mana began to swirl about her, before quickly becoming a maelstrom of half frozen water. With sudden ferocity, Megan plunged the spell outwards with no specific target in mind, rather, she sent her ice shards in a shotgun like an approach slamming into the tentacles that surrounded her.

As she looked up, however, she saw the massive objects merely shrug off the attack, before continuing to writhe in the air, "Im-impossible! They seem to be immune to my high-level magic! Nggggg.... M-m-magi heart, we have no choice, I must combine my superior dark ice magic with your holy bow attack! Get ready!"

Fighting the Tentacles
The Misadventures of M & M Tracker/ 36 (Discord)
36 + 10 = 46
Tentacles: 222/ 400 ​

(Note 15 health removed retroactively from previous round)

 

83 HP

MAX HP

90 EN

MAX EN

GRABBED BY TENTACLE

In trouble? Oh no that's not good! Magi Heart had a bad habit of falling into either impossible scenarios or ones that she could not solve with her magical girl methods .It was pretty cruel and like it was truly out of her hands. This time though, she was with someone who recognized her as one, at least kinda, and also had strong beliefs in her own powers. How strong, who knew? Magi was not going to give up yet though!

"Immune to high level magic? You have high level magic... um.."

Honestly the spells Megan were using did not look all that high level compared to what she had seen some people doing in the Dormont siege or similar instances. Still, she was not really a pro either and her understanding of what a Witch of Oblivion could do was not really a thing. So she trusted the girl's words that she was truly really powerful and stuff. Magi wished she was really powerful for justice and love's sake! She was just a goof up in most cases. She was not going to let that happen this time!

Woops. Yeah nevermind.

A tentacle wrapped itself around her right after she had fired a normal arrow shot at one targeting Megan!

"YIKES! Hey, that's not nice squiggly thing! How can we fight then? Oh right... HEEELP! "

Yeah screaming help was definitely a heroine's thing to do. Magi only realized that after the call out unfortunately. Flushing a little she started to feel herself becoming both embarrassed and scared. She had to take action! At least she could still cast spells (minus her obligatory magic poses....) but using her arrow with her arms trapped was not going to work too well.

Then came Megan's call for a... wowzers a combination attack? Dark and Light? Woah that was not something Magi had ever considered before... but uh...

"...Oooooh cool beans. Maybe after... I get put down, o-okay? Okay monster? Y-yeah probably not... haha."

Magi rarely felt annoyed by something but she really did want to talk more to this girl and these dumb monsters were getting in the way. Still, Magi had to keep fighting with dignity and honor to protect all things! After she was put down to do so that is...

@Megan Tritor

Fighting the Tentacles
Tracker / 31 (Discord)
11 + 20 = 31
Tentacles: 191 / 400 ​

 

Megan began to focus on her energy, trying to summon as much as possible for their combo attack. When she looked back up though she was surprised to see a tentacle flying in her direction, "Eep!" she squeaked as she tossed a bolt of raw ice mana at the appendage while trying to duck out of its way. A large ice formed and shattered against its target, as it was speared from behind by an arrow. Whatever the beast was controlling the odd thing, suddenly jerked its tentacle out of harm's way allowing the magician to breathe for a moment.

As she looked up though she saw her magical girl friend was currently being grappled by one of the tentacle monsters, which easily picked her up off the ground and began waving her about like some sort of corndog. "Hold on!" Megan yelled, "I'll save you!" wasting no time Megan closed her eyes, summoning forth her energy once more. Just as she was about to finish her spell however she felt the telltale slime of a tentacle moments before it wrapped itself around her leg, jerking her backward and hoisting her into the air.

"AIIIEEEEE!" She screamed as she was careened upside down, and sent flying through the air at the whims of the tentacle. "LET GO YOU STUPID MONSTER AAAAAAAHH!" Dangling in the air there was little the magician could do to free herself, much less Magi Heart. For the time being, it seemed the two were at the mercy of whatever controlled the tentacles.

Free Magi Heart
The Misadventures of M & M Tracker/ 26 (Discord)
26 + 10 = 36
Tentacles: 155/ 400 ​

 

66 HP

MAX HP

85 EN

MAX EN

Ouch.

Falling did not feel all that nice but she was not so high up that it had caused damage. Yay for that! It looked like whatever Megan did had chased away the tentacle holding Magi Heart! Now she just had to get rid of the ones left! Okay, time to ride this positive outcome to it's conclusion! Magi really did try to keep herself positive even after all the stuff that proved her wrong nearly 24/7 in TS.

Megan was flying through the air being dangled by her foot! Magi obviously as the defender of goodness and all had to help her but... she was flailing and not really being attacked at all just kind of dangling by the foot and being swung around like on a crazy amusement park ride. Maybe it was just from the craziness of what she had already experienced or maybe she just needed a reason to. Magi raise a glove to her mouth a stiffed a giggle. That was so mean but Megan looked really silly upside down like that!

Okay! No more goofing time to get serious!

Magi put a arrow into her bowstring and tried to follow the squirming tendril around with her eyes. These things were quick! A crack of the ground caused her to leap to the left, then the right again... and vice versa. They were so mean! Couldn't they stop for a second?

"Um... I'll help you. no worries! Hold on please!"

Jumping backwards the two tentacles that were keeping her moving slapped into eachother. This was her chance to attack!

"CURING KISS!"

A shot of a pink sparkling arrow slammed into the tendril holding Megan. Hopefully this would be enough!

@Megan Tritor

Curing Kiss

Fighting the Tentacles
Tracker / 48 (Discord)
48 + 20 = 68
Tentacles: 87 / 400 ​

 

55 HP

MAX HP

85 EN

MAX EN

"AIIEEEEE!" Megan screamed as she plummeted to the ground, The tentacle that had been holding her had been severed by Magi's attack, leaving Megan to freefall all the way to the ground. After landing in the water with a heavy "PLOP", a disheveled Megan suddenly emerged from the surface of the murky water, red in anger. "Enough!" She yelled at the top of her lungs as she tried to push the lip of her dripping hat from her eyes "Magi, get back! I will use my most powerful spell!"

Megan lifted her staff above her as a blue magical circle began to shimmer underneath the surface of the water below her. "Lady Shiva, goddess of ice, I call upon your powers once more. My enemies surround me, and what is mine is yours. Make haste and come to me and bring forth a storm of unrivaled expectations in your wake." As Megan spoke the magical circle beneath her began to expand outwards almost filling the room, while simentaonuesly large black clouds began to form at the top of the room. "Child of the goddess, I call upon your aid. Rain frost from the skies in a Permafrost Cascade!”

Shards of ice materialized high in the air above them, flashing through and piercing into the various tentacles flesh with ruthless abandon. Again and again, the shards of ice flew piercing the tentacles liked arrows as they recoiled in pain trying vainly to shield themselves from the onslaught of the magician. "Now!" Megan called out, seeing her spell was almost at an end, "Finish them Magi!"

Fighting the Tentacles
The Misadventures of M & M Tracker/ 75 (Discord Roll)
75+ 10 = 85
Tentacles: 12/ 400 ​

 

Victory!

Wowzers, Megan's super move was so cool! Magi did not have anything like that! Permafrost Cascade? Elements were awesome! Wendy thought about Raina for a moment. Even Raina would underestimate magic wouldn't she? If Magi Heart ever had a Mahou Shuojo team she would need one for each element and color! Yep!

All that was remaining was one tentacle as they all started to go back under the water. Magi fired at it and it quickly joined it's uh... friends? Magi had no idea what those were, hopefully there was not some big nasty squid or octopus thingy underneath them. Probably best to get out of this room quick!

"Come on Megan, let's get out of here!"

Magi waved and ran into the the next hall totally unaware just how dangerous that probably was. Luckily it was just a plain old hallway. There weren't any monsters or other creepies and meanies in here, for now. Plopping on the floor. Magi sighed and looked back at Megan who she was sure followed her.

"That was really cool beans Megan. Dark magic is not a nice thing to use but ice spells are um, really chill hahaha!"

Magi actually had a bit of fun with that battle. It was weird but having a girl her age, or at least one who looked as such, was inspiring. It was usually adults that barely understood or looked down on her Magical Girlness that she was partnered with. She loved everyone and wanted to protect them but... it was nice to be with someone like this. Well... it was also about time to have a serious talk with her about her life choices! After making sure she was okay of course!

"I think we'll be safe here. I don't see or hear anything... um. Can I heal you? It's my job to protect others! Maybe I can show you how wrong you are for following such dark ideas like... um, Chronos. Who's Chronos anyway?"

@Megan Tritor

Rest Period

 

Megan let out a long sigh of relief as the last tentacle slithered away out of sight collapsing down in the puddle she stood in. It was wet and cold, but it wasn't as if she hadn't been submerged earlier, and her constant use of ice magic had just made things worse. Fighting off a shiver she pushed herself up and trotted off when Magi called her.

As the entered the hallway, Megan sighed yet again, happy that they didn't have to fight any monsters back to back. Taking a moment to recuperate, Megan tore off her cape and began to wring the excess water out of it as she listened to Magi. After wincing at the terrible pun, she sheepishly responded to the magical girl's first question, "Uh...um...Yes... I mean...if you have...you know the mana to spare...I'd...uhm...appreciate a...few heals..." she said trailing off at the end and remaining silent until Magi changed the subject.

"Chronos?" She said with sudden enthusiasm, "Fu~ Fu~ Fu~, so you want to know about the dark hand that guides the gullible? Very well! I will tell you about Chronos the world obliterator. He is the dark god that sits upon the azure throne within the hearts of men. Long ago he was trapped there by the queen of ice, Lady Shiva. With his power encased in an icy prison, the dark lord sought the destruction of man by filling their hearts with trust and love, only to betray them in their darkest hours. Once betrayed men's hearts would become filled with Chronos' mind-warping powers allowing them to be manipulated into hurting those closest to them."

Megan proudly bounced as she held up her finger, "But I have successfully walked the dark path of loneliness since childhood, as such I never had succumbed to the curse, and now that my magic is reaching its zenith, Chronos' power can hold little sway over the likes of me!" Megan finished the long monologue with bright eyes staring at Magi Heart as if waiting for an applause.

 

The applause would not come for those kinds of things.

Pink Heart Power

"Magical Pink Heart Power! We can't give up!"​

Magi's face looked troubled as she cast her healing magics on Megan. Pink hearts floated around the Little Witch's body as Magi filled the small hall with a pinkish white hue. Difference in beliefs did not matter. Megan was definitely in need off a good friend to explain to her that this Chronos stuff... was not as 'cool' as she likely was seeing it as. Magi had seen enough bad things and for someone to just say stuff like that? It was rare chance for her to maybe change a mind, and a heart. As the spell faded and Magi would speak in a strangely more intense tone then she may have intended.

"I don't know if Terrasphere has anything like that or not.. b-but I do know that trust, love, good feelings are not made up stuff from some evil bad man like that. Is the love you have for those around you made up? Sure when something bad happens to those around you, it can feel horrible b-but that's because you really cared and ..."

And can't do anything because? Yeah life was harsh. When Wendy made the connection of harsh reality between it's world and her own life outside it. Her thoughts went to her family. Absorbed into other things and barely home anymore. They loved her and she them but life was getting in the way. Still it was about taking the bad with the good. None of it was betrayal.The crazy stuff she had experienced so far in the game? That was harder to explain away. Megan was obviously going to need a few Magi says moments to get back on track but she believed she could do it.

"Childhood? Wowzers, that's a really long time Megan Um... being alone is a sad thing and it's even sadder that you feel that way."

Magi's face lit up as she smiled and grabbed both of Megan's arms tightly. She wanted to try and give as much of her warmth and love to her and make her she how sincere she was. This was how bonds were made and as any show could tell you, the good guy always got it right!

"As the Defender of Love and Justice, I will make it my mission to show you how wrong you are! I'm your friend now! Friends keep eatchother from being alone! I'll show you that Chronos is just big scary fairy tale thingy made up from grouchy bad guys and evil overlords or something like that. Like... um... that Reaper guy! Yeah he would come up with something like that to scare people!"

She let her friend to be go and nodded with confidence. Maybe this would be the last time she could muster up this much, or maybe this was the start of her building a big group of friends and giving the gift of love and happiness to everyone. Regardless Magi Heart had a person to set straight now! Time to be a Magical Girl role model!

"You'll see Megan, I'll change your darkness to light and when I do... we'll come up with a cool beans magical girl name for you! Then we'll be that much closer to world peace!"

With that she turned and looked down the hall before looking back and focusing on Megan. There was definitely more to explore but her focus here definitely changed to something more important. A person's heart.

@Megan Tritor

 

Megan nodded her head as @Magi Heart continued to preach. Her words pierced through the young girls heart as old and festering wounds began to awaken once more. A childhood of isolation, combined with the angst of puberty, had sent her into a seemingly inescapable path of putting up emotional barrier after barrier to prevent this kind of onslaught. Megan shook, shivering under the strain of it all. As tears began to grow in her eyes she spoke up, "Y-y-you're wrong..." she stuttered without any of the conviction she had before. She had been so sure before, that Magi was being manipulated by Kronos, but she spoke in such a clear and convincing manner that it seemed the may have been mistaken. Could the girl have truly found a way around the trap of trusting those you loved? A large part of Megan wanted to believe so.

A brief silence enshrouded the two, as Megan failed to produce her counter argument. Instead her mouth gaped open as the sounds of water echoed throughout the small corridor they had found themselves in. Grounding her teeth, Megan forced herself to speak, "I-... Don't believe...you..." Again the strength of her conviction left her as the words hit her tongue. It was clear even to Megan herself that her statement was hollow. Slowly the girl fell to her knees, clenching her broken staff close to her chest, and tears began openly flowing down her cheeks. "Do you really think? That....you would....uh..." her thoughts trailed off to silence once more before she cleared her throat and looked up, "Do you think you really want to be my friend?" Magi had of course not exactly said that, but Megan hoped beyond hope it was the truth behind the magical girl's words.

"Ahem...." Megan cleared her throat as she forced herself off the ground, clearly regaining at least some composure. "Ok!" she said in a suddenly cheerful voice, as she pushed her hand forward, "If you be my friend and prove to me the ways of love and justice truly aren't just the tricks of Kronos I will promise to renounce the Dark Dark path and return to the light." Wearily Megan stood there, shivering in the cold and damp dungeon, hand before her as she silently hoped Magi would pull her from her own self created prisons.

 

Megan's reaction to Magi's super awesome latest Magi says speech was... startling actually. Magi never really expected to get through to her this quickly. In fact, most of the time in Mahou Shoujo anime, the anti hero slash misguided villain always resisted for a good long time until some big dramatic moment brought the heroine and baddie together. Hmmm... were the monsters they just fought the dramatic moment? Already? Cool beans... maybe. Magi Heart actually would have loved to go through the motions of slowly bringing this girl into the world of light and goodness! Oh well, this was good too! It meant Magi might be better at this than she thought!

Now she had to be sure Megan didn't stay sad for too long. She did not want to make her sadder than she was and it looked like that was happening.

"Um...gee whiz.... d-don't be sad! I mean it! I'll support you and we can even make a team of friends. This game can be pretty cruel and I admit, I was a bit silly when I logged in the first time. B-but not any more! I have some things that might be good inspiration for us too! I'll tell you when we get out of here though okay? I think this place might be dangerous to overstay our welcome in..."

Taking Megan's hand with a smile and nod. Magi Heart was overjoyed to see that her new friends energy seemed to return. This was the start of something good! Like the other (very few) friends she has made so far! She could not blow this!

"Yep! We are going to do this! Maybe we can even find Kronos and make him a good person too! ...Maybe *giggle*."

Magi was pretty sure Kronos was not real but just in case, she would consider him a big goal to strive for! She wasn't savvy enough with games to know much about final bosses, but she knew how all her shows always ended.. with a big happy ending! Now was probably a good time to make a choice for the present though.

"Okay, so... I think we are good to continue on if you want? I am curious what's ahead and would be neat to find something no one else did yet. But I also worry it could get harder and I umm... haha, I'm not super strong or anything. I'm still getting into the game to be honest."

Even after all this time she was still a noob compared to all the pros that she had encountered. Often just being someone who put up a barrier and withstood as much as she could until breaking. The rare times she showed great skill were so random that it really was missed by her and those around her. Those times almost felt like someone else was moving her. It was odd.

"So what do you say Megan? Leave or stay?"

@Megan Tritor