The war with demons ended, but, the celebration was prevented when Accelerator up on sky, started laughing amused. As this white matriarch descend several meters down toward the other matriarch on the ground. He finally pull out his hands from his pockets and starts to clapping as he was pleased with the show he oversaw. Despite his menacing presence, he sounds like he was in joy. "Interesting, it really seems that you manage to destroy this one completely. I can say that it was not likely that the pip squeak will actually manage to mature. Even if it was with barely passing marks, I shall congratulate to you graduation, kiddo. [kiddo: (kid, child) used as a familiar form of address. "You'll be OK, kiddo."] You managed to kill yours first real demon. Never forget how annoying this shit is!"
The atmosphere got ice cold as many just froze in place, curious at what this monster will do next.
Even Anna was catches of guard as she had somehow a feeling that there are a lot of assumption going around. As this man probably doesn't care enough about who is who, and (what?) is the name of (who?).
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As if it was calling of a destiny, the Accelerator received a telepathic transmission from someone who was not presented at the castle grounds. On spot he redirected his attention to pick up this (phone call?), as he put one of his fingers to his temple and turn his glance toward some point in distance. He waits… He listened: '… ...' "Yes, it's done... What do you want?" He clearly was speaking to someone on far distance. But he looks half annoyed, half bored, and for the third half he looked like he absolutely doesn't care at all. "He~e? What??! '… ...' Where are you?? '… ...' I don't even know where that nobody village is. '… ...' That's too vague... Just you, get here! '… ...' He? The fook you talking about? Had you lost your legs? Or are you a tree now? Just meta-trans-form again! '… ...' Hmm. I already had that encounter. Not much!" He lower his gaze and looked at Railgun while still on line. '… ...' "Joke on you! At last you have a nice flowers right above you that someone care about them. And not just on your head which will in few days wither anyway. '… ...' Shut up!! I will somehow manage... Boring village... new silver mine... slacking cops... master-less cultist's villagers... and poorly resealed entrance to a relic site." As he listens to answer, he roll around his eyes and look at random direction. "Just stay still, or crawl out! '… ...' Oh… wait!…" He was becoming agitated as the call was prolonging more that he liked. "The bath will currently not help you anyway! Stay still! '… ...' Shut up!! I will pick you up someday. So, just wait!" With clamping his tongue in annoyance 'Tsch!', he ended the telepathic transmission/ call.
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As he makes a deep sight, he scatters his hairs with his hand, and then he look back at Railgun. "Listen you! I will go to take care about something. Remember, that those bastards always try to make an escape, so make sure you always get them all. Or we will have one day an another purge." As if it was a preparation for his take-off on journey, he spread his string wing wildly. Those string indeed has not been connected to each other and some were lose, but somehow they form a skeleton structure that resembled a wings. Maybe it feels that those strings are actually the only visible part of something that was his wings.
Anna, because she has been curious or on alert, was trying to figure out what that his dialog was about. But when she tried to connect those three or four key information, she gets from his telepathic call... (Or five hints, if she counts that he looks at her when he was talking with his contact.); she suddenly had a feelings that those leads will take him onto certain village that was her home, her turf. Suddenly she had an urge to speak at him her argue. "Hey!! Hu-- humans are not our enemies anymore. You shall not go on any onslaught, just because you get hungry... or whatever. In those days, there is even a supplement food for vamps as alternative for a human blood."
This makes him look at her in clear punk way. "He?? The fook you talking about?… wait a moment... You look like you really don't know..." His eyebrow raised. "Hey, don't tell me; that you really don't know why we have been made in a way; that we must drink blood of others humans, instead of eating regular food? Don't tell me; that you morons manage to forget the basic meaning of the price of life? The coins of life? The core reason why weapons like us was created in the first place?" His eyebrow twitched in annoyance as his speech pattern lost any trail of nice aspect. (Not that there was any to notice it.) "On second tough... Fook you! If you care about those morons, bystanders, and the ungrateful; then that's yours problem. You have the scarper [scepter] now. So, figure it out on you own, how to do it. You got a base strength, but if you fail to find a way how to become truly strong; then in the end, you will see around you only a lands of flames and death." He quickly looks around the battlefield. "Those cold faces around here will be useful if you prove worthy to be followed. Of course, only if you manage to do something with them spamming the damn ether. And before you try to make another tearing outburst of child lament, I already dear to lift my ass up, to prevent this city to be blow-up by the faithless bastards. You welcome..." Then he raises his middle finger to flip them all, before taking off towards the sky, breaking the no fly area spell, simple as just piercing a hole into invisible barrier. The area spell (collapsed down?) into particles like a grand roof window glass plate. Soon a sonic boom echoed on the sky as he went up to supersonic speed.
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One will be thinking that this shall be the time when the coalition shall drop the tension, but soon as the matriarch left, an another speaker shows up. Bumblebee showed up with her entire flock (it was an army on its own), as she takes another raised spot as speech podium for a security reason. In her arms lays motionless Watcher. Even if the matriarchs had a replacement of clothes in form a simple night dresses, eyes of the former castle lord were bandaged. It was clear that the Mental-out supplying the sight for her friend in her arms.
Of course, Anna and her friends got extra pale while facing the great numbers of still combat ready vamps.
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The blonde starts her speech with her honey playfully flirty voice, that don't lack any exaggeration: "Oh my,-- what an eventful party we had here,-- full of adrenaline,-- and what a twist? It seems that our newbie Anna chan, managed to snap a castle for herself. What a surprise…" Whit a strong glare pinned at Sparkle, she look satisfied. "But back to the topic! No matter how scary is the number one, he rarely makes a miscalculation. As far as I'm concerned, I fulfilled everything I had on the agenda. At the same time, I assume that the others have nothing more serious to discuss, when only time will show how well you will doing. So, I will wait for the next year to see what you manage to bring up onto the table." She made this high noble and tricky lady giggle. 'Fu, fu, fu.'
Then her attention was redirected to her friend as Watcher had something to say, but even her voice was too weak to be hear by someone else that the blonde.
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Hearing what Watcher saying, Bumblebee got somehow entertained as she places her palm on her own cheek. "Oh my… Elizabeth chan saying this: 'If that brat think, that she can do this shit better than me, then she can go ahead. Screw it all on your own! Half of those incompetent morons are crazy; the others are Idiots, the rest don't care at all to do anything useful, and the fooking zealots always screwing everything!" The blonde made another giggle, but then she remembers something. "Oh my,-- because the castle no longer has a necessary staying capacity, we will shorten our stay. So, Anna chan, say hi for me to Cecilia chan. But before we go, I shall mentioned to newbie, that in this city is somehow a tradition that when a new lord take his place, he will pick up a new name for the settlement. I mean city. If I remember correctly-- Elizabeth chan, told to the dedicated scribbler to: Piss off!" [Current name of the city is Pihs looc.] And she giggles once more.
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But looking away from the blonde matriarch and her public speech, when she and her flock arrived, she was guarded or have in her close proximity a trio of (capable looking) girls.
One of them was a long-haired girl with a (festival mask?) covering her entire face, who catch attention of Herald. Because she strongly reminds to the werewolf girl her beloved Sparkle (but with far better fashion taste); the paladin girl focuses her curious stare on that particular girl while felling warm inside. The moment that masked girl notice that stare, she (looks?) directly back at Becky and when they (gaze?) meets, she wave her hand towards the paladin in friendly (Hi!) meaner.
Right then a second girl from the trio, another masked girl, jumped toward the first one and hug her in 'This one is mine!' manner, while she (stare?) at the paladin in a way as if she tried to tell: (I will fight if you get close!). That jealous act entertained the first one who pat her partner. But Herald hart jump a little when she looks at this second girl with long black-hairs, who reminded her herself not just by the same hair style, but there was something more to everything. She wears baggy hoodie prolonged at back to coat that was actual a (not so) hidden bag for stuff whit entrance on inner side. (Like when you will carry there a pillow to sit while riding carriage as driver at cold weather.) But Herald immediately saw that this hoodie will be perfect for her, to hide her ears and tail from showing off when it will still look a fashionable on her. But there was really something familiar whit this one girl, like if Herald actually know her from somewhere. She tried to remember,-- she search her memories,-- even going as far as to her foggy past of early youth. But the moment she remembers at the last memory of her (missing?) sister, which was to blurred as if it was blocked by something, then a tear-drop of happiness went on its own journey from her eye down to her cheek. ("Sissy?")
The third girl was that sexy girl with drills shaped long hairs. [Kamikaze] She too was wearing her spare night dress, that was probably supposed to be wear on the party as eye-candy (attention catcher). But, the moment when they arrived whit the entire flock, she walks to side, to get greet someone.
But when the blonde matriarch finally looks around and notice that her number two, get into not just flirty discussion whit not just male but actually whit the male matriarch Hercules, she immediately got triggered as she yell: "Are you kidding me?!! When this nonsense ship became a thing?!!" On a question from her friend to (Why she actually bothering?), she whit blush just yell directly at her: "They both are overpowered meatheads and a pure Idiots!! Think about the consequences!!-- That it!! We leaving, now!!" Whit that, the Bumblebee floock/ pack leaved the perimeter.
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This time Anna finally lose her tension and wend down to sit on the ground in exhaustion. "Oh great, I am out of manna. My manna reserve is totally on a zero, if not even less." As she said that, her own clothing she created start to crumble into blue white particles, whose fly away and wither into void.
Becky in her wolf girl form, who teleport herself to her partner, overheard what her lover told and got curious. "Sissy! Is that even possible?" But she stooped herself when she observed as the fine clothes on matriarch was dissolving revealing the bare skin under it. This process captivates her attention to the level she become speechless and just eye eating every step of that progress, wiggling her tail happily. Especially when Sparkle don't payed any attention to that.
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This simple event catches even the attention of others who decided to approach the winner of the match.
Of course, there was the rest of the quartet from that vine plant giant. Somehow, they have a live discussion about fashion, but when they finally arrived close to the duo Sparkle - Herald, Winea had a complain to Becky. "He-- Herald san, ho-- how could you have left without us? The road down was scary." But as she puff her cheeks in complain, Dianna and Armstrong just look at her.
"Oh, common Flona chan, are you not seeing that she rushes here as a mythic stallion, to be the one who will pull the Cinderella chan pumpkin carriage?"
"Anybody could assume that jumping down is the super number one solution to get down from high places like towers. But even If I super don't care, it's still bother me that I don't getting why are we suddenly talking about some children book."
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In addition, one of those who step closer was of course the old blonde woman who was the commander of the judgment knights in her flashy plate armor. "Oh, I never imagined that during my life, I will actually meet the princess from the fairy tale about three magical nuts from a grandmother fairy who grants wishes. But the real question is then; who is the prince that will go from house to house, with that iconic crystal lady shoe in his hands?"
When sweating Anna, was once again, only capable to say the commander name in confusion 'Cecillia?', it was actually a Armstrong who speak up toward the commander: "You too, was resurrected? I heard that you supper died from old age, and had been already put into coffin. So the funeral will not interrupt the matriarchs meeting."
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The commander answer was somehow lukewarm. "About that... It's true that I pre-ordered a coffin for myself, because I was not felt well lately. And I don't wanted to think about the nonce's what will someone chose, if I don't make the chose first. But it was a miss assumption, that I died just because I was not leaving the office so much. In fact, I currently feel so good and healthy, that I will probably have to reconsider what to do with the coffin I have near the bed. I probably won't use it for its true purpose for a while. So, I should probably try to use it as a luggage box for my stuff." As the woman answered the question, she looked at the Railgun with worry look. "Are you okay Cinderella chan? You look like you have a fewer."
Truly, Anna was not just heavy breathing, but she was covered with her sweet. Now that the summoned clothing was nearly gone it truly show how bad shape she was in. As if her state was going worse and worse, as the clothes were disappearing. She even shocked everyone around when she suddenly hiss and garbed her own head in clear face expression of pain. There even was a hint of a boulder on her head. It starts to grow out as if an original type of live horn created from bone that grows up from skull was going to pop out from Sparkle head. She was truly trebling in pain, and it was not a light one.
Herald jumped toward her love to prevent her from collapsing onto ground, and Cleric Flona went closer to cast a healing spell.
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But it was the other duo who march in to save the day. (or night)
Specifically, the nun in white tea set robe. "Out of our way!! The positive part of that transformation spell is nearly on the end of his life spawn. She getting into the negative reverse part! Han!!, do it now!"
And the other was that dragon warrior. "Sparkle!! Did you though that if you sacrifice yourself for them, that the rest of you friends will be able to live happily without you? Then I will destroy!!, this illusion of yours!!"
As the man reached out his hand to grab… and put it on the top of the girl head… an echo of reaction, as if something glassy was breaking down, had been heard by all who was around the (courtyard?). The girl makes a sound as if something hit her hard in the inside of her. The boulder on her head withdraws and even her trebling was gone. But when she backed her head, a black smoke from her opened mount start to raise up to the sky. It was probably the remains of that large amount of black blood that she consumed and now it was pushed out from her. The smoke was so dense and come out in such a high speed that one can speculate that an ability to do a thick dust/ash breath was unlocked.
The entire procedure doesn't last even a minute but at the end, Sparkle was back to herself. She looked at him with her (Not red? But brown?) eyes. She cannot help herself,-- but a tears went to her eyes, and she start to cry as if she was a hopeless girl, she once was.
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Cecilia frowned. "Unbelievable! It was fifty years, but you still are capable to cry hopelessly like this." She really tried to hide it, but this ruthless commander of Judgment was actually moved by this scene.
Becky starts to dislike that this man still holding his hand on the head of her lover, as he was giving her comforting strokes. She forcefully moves herself between the two, garbing the man hand and removing it from Anna head. "Excuse me, that was enough!" As she does that, he just silently offers her his palm in greeting gesture. She, for second, two,-- hesitate, as she looks in rotation at him and at the offered hand. Then of course she sighed, and raise her own hand to connect the palms. "I suppose, that at last I shall thank you for saving sissy and… you know,-- us…" But then she notices that while they holding hands, he just does the same observation method on her as she done on him. She got impatient. "What?…" Suddenly she scare jumped a little, realizing that he must notice that she is a werewolf, considering her dog ears and tail.
But, it was Ina who leaned closer to Herald for a curious inspection of specimen. "Correction, we are not here to judge you, but to spoke up the words of wisdom to those who are confused about what happened to them. It may be a shock to you, but the lack of any change, concretely in your transformation, means that you stuck on this form between human and werewolf. Normally this form is just a result of hormones that will go off in few days or can be conquered by proper training. But you,-- probably force activation of the transformation to help you with the battle... And as ridiculous as it may sound, due to this glue on gears,-- your force on yourself this permanent result of the partial transformation. We can say: that even your children will have this half human half wolf form,-- permanently? Interesting,-- a holy paladin wolf girl."
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Of course, it was a thrown glove for Dianna to pick up, and she muss react to this explanation in clear excitement. "Wow!! Way to go, Becky chan! Now you truly can be with our kitty 24/7, stating that you are her guard puppy, and nobody can prove you wrong. Can you imagine the eye candy scene when you will take you babies on a walk? I mean puppies,-- kittens,-- or kitten-Puppies,-- Kit-Pups..." She even makes a 'Good job!' gesture whit thumb up. "That's so cool, that my hart is racing like crazy, as if he wants to jump out from my chest."
As Swing make a gesture of taking sweet from her forward whit 'phew' sound, It was actually a Flona who barked at battle mage. "What are you talking about Diana chan?! It's my heart that racing like crazy."
But battle mage placed a hand on her own chest in curious expression. (They clothes were still teared up.) "Well, I can feel how loudly my hart beating. Wow, there is no wound or surface depression. The only remains from that hole in my chest, are those stitches that come out from my smooth skin." Then she realizes something. "Wait, how did you just call me?" As her eyes widened openly, she throws herself toward the other girl who shriek her 'Kia~a!'. Dianna even start to tickle her partner in too much enthusiastic meaner. But, on Flona surprise, it was the other girl who suddenly fall down and was rolling on ground while laughing loudly. In moment later the battle mage realize what was going on, stand up and start tickle herself. Of course it was the cleric who start laughing. But having a soul link backfired for Swing in next moment as she drops on her knee's whit laughter once more.
On the other hand, Ina was looking at them with boring expression. "Those two are beyond saving." This statement makes the two froze in terror as they glanced back at the nun. "I will not bother explaining how many half-that, half-this, and half-other thing you are. Its a mess... For now, you are stable as something that we can call as Shaman Doctor and Shaman Warrior. But I strongly recommending that you two shall make a wise choices of what you will do from now. Especially when it come to you access to a questionable skills, and they final usage. The only advice I can you give you for now is: that you shall focus on your soul link, and management of the setting of what you sharing between the two of you. Or you will get crazy from that connection." Both girls swallowed on empty.
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We shall not forget that this nun was indeed an Inquisitor, and she turns toward the Railgun. "That leave us the princesses of this castle."
Anna who dried her eyes, managed to sorts her felling to the point she was able to think. "Why everyone keeps calling me a princess? I am not one!"
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"Yes, you are!" Stated Ina without hesitation and mercy, putting one hand on her hips, and she held the other towards Sparkle. She raises up one finger. "At first! You defeated the previous lord in ranked match where she bet everything she had." She raised a second finger. "At Second! All presented matriarch and others representative dint state an objection or complain. Even Hercules who left as last one, after Han deal with that back-fire problems of yours. He dint state an objection." Mentioning that meathead name, she makes a sour face. "In his case I think that the Kamikaze from Bumblebee group, is the only one person who can understand his gibberish without getting headache. Don't know why." After this she shake her head and raise the third finger. "At third! You still holding the scepter, and it was proven that he is responding to you will. Yours souls are connected. So yeah, you have the right to this throne, or what ever boringly they call it those days." Anna only now realize that she still holding that knife holder in her hand as if it was he, who was holding her hand. But the nun continues speaking. "Even if your status is still a matriarch, I will only tell you that you really must figure the things for yourself. You are currently somewhere between human and vampire, and truly for now you are stable. Even if you don't have the symptoms, in terms of maturity of vampires; you are a fresh one, a fresh fledgling." [Freshly turned human into a vampire who yet to have, or experiencing the thirst for blood for the first time.]
The commander Cecilia makes a loud a sarcastic comment: "Pfff! Its more like she is again a fledgling."
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This triggered the Inquisition as she barks at the blonde. "You are in no position to talk now, tomorrow we will be having a very long talk in yours office."
But the old woman giggled. "Joke on you. I already applied my list of resignation for my action, that will take effect by morning. I am retiring, so that office is already not mine. But to make a short explanation... There was this ridiculous project to make a more like our Cinderella here. But as I heard, the results were not successful as one dreamed shall be, because some legends directed that they shall be. What a drag! That leaded to a quite a lot of mental pressure… that drive many to insanity… and they pushed things to far." She sighed. "Someone can polemic if is was actually worth: That to battle a monster we must do worse monstrosity that the supposed monster. The only monster anyone shall defeat and keep at bay, is the monster inside everyone of us. On that note: I proudly will take all the blame that someone can dig up. But, even I was surprised how many voluntarily joined the effort, without even asking. Even that blonde matriarch who went to take controls over me. But after she read my mind, she had this really hard genuine laugh, from the deep of her hart. For a moment, I though she will cough herself to death from all that extensive laughter. After that, she just slam her hand on my desk. (Witch hurt her more that it hurt the desk.) While she had a sparkling eyes like a child, she nearly sing of how is she enthusiastic to accept that crazy plan. Then she left with a word; that she will give a helping hand as she will see fit." Then Cecilia realizes something. "Wait, does this means that I am practically free from all charges? Then I suppose that this will make our Cinderella, temporally the sole highest authority of this city. And I don't think that someone will work double time to make a change on that."
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But the loner Railgun don't like that idea. "My name is Anna Sparkle! And what the heck?! I can just throw this scepter away, and you shall find yourself an another one, to place as a head of this city."
This time a Herald made her move when she reaches into her (pocket?) [She still has one?] a drag out a piece of gold with a hoop. Whit pride and sparkles in her eyes she offered it to Anna. "The scepter belongs to the crown, witch shall be truly only yours." And her tail was dancing happily.
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But the matriarch scare jumps a little. "Becky!! Where did you get that thing!? And why does it stink like a rotting flesh?" She obviously lean back from that halo staring at it in disgust.
Paladin got surprised. "Wait, you now don't like even more scents? Well... The crown fell into my lap during the fighting." This makes the furry girl to think quickly, to redirect the talk. "It reminds me that I have something important to ask. One of the Watcher's artisans: Fran, the one who use explosives, told me something that keeping occupying my mind. I know her as a heartless cruel and nearly lunatic monster, that I nearly finished off if she dint trick me. But when we fight together near the catacombs and the crypt she was like;-- she had a major change in the hart. Like she was not a twisted maniac but; a good willed, but big mouth sassy alchemist, who helping anyone: humans, vamps and so on, like a noble big sis. I confront her about that and while she was giving me an another of her holly grenades, she asked me if I know how much a matriarch personality have influence effect on her flock. And she never finished... So, I must ask you sissy; are we under some kind of mind control? Are my love towards you, truly my own?" She leans toward her partner with big puppy eyes. "Please tell me; that the love between us, is real!"
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Instead of Sparkle it was Cecilia who answer that question. No! She shouts at the girl strictly: "Paladin Herald!!…" She was like a boot camp instructor who was schooling the cadet. "Fran Baguette trick you once again!-- To escape you fangs!-- Again!!"
This set the Becky aback. "How… how do you know that?"
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Commander rolled her eyes as she softened her tone. "Well, at first I got a report of how you:... Had happily eating a jerky meet covered by a red sausage [It was blood from vial], swinging you tail as you don't care a world, and was talking to a puppet that looked like her." [it was a substitute]
There was another Watcher's Ex Artisans between them so their gazes turned toward Armstrong. She was unfazed. "I don't care enough to bother who is in charge. But don't having any job is supper boring. Considering the question: I can supper tell, that Fran is a master in supper adapting to any situation, and she daring-talk a lot. No one ever, but only Watcher herself knew what she really thinks."
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On this point Herald knew that is time to withdraw before the thing will go in weird direction. "Considering that as solved… sissy we shall take our leave to ours inn. To at last take a bath, my tail is dirty and full of ash." She was aiming to lure the matriarch to play whit her tail. She was failing to understand why Sparkle like to do it so much, to the point that the vampire will drop other worries and toughs.
But dear wolf girl dint know that she hit the hidden switch on someone anger. Or at last it seems like that, because Anna's eyebrow twitched in annoyance. So she bark: "Yeah!!, and you will get one serious bath, because it was not been just a jerky flesh that you feed on! What the heck had been you eating?, that you reek like a graveyard?, and you stink more than that accessory?!! Prepare yourself for lot of soap!!" She grabs that crown and throw it away, doing the same for that scepter and its sheath. It was even heard how the items 'cink' on impacts, disappearing into night.
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Becky tail drop down motionlessly on the ground as the girl whined as some dog.
But Sparkle's anger raised up as she yells at someone: "Shut up!!-- If you want to say something, just tell me directly!!"
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The red-haired girl had now a puppy eyes as she can't help herself to whine again. But it was the others around, who notice that this shout was not directed on Herald and nobody around states any question, when everyone stay silent.
But as matriarch eyebrow was twitching in annoyance, she suddenly gets onto her feet. Becky scared jumped a little as she was expecting get hit on her head, so she closed her eyes and lover her head.
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But the hit never arrived. Sparkle on other hand, walked over to certain stare golem, who look a little beaten up, and the black burn mark don't look exactly to be from fire, but from something (electrical?). She stops right in front of him, with both of her hand on her hips. Ste stared up at him with schooling expression on her face. "That's it! Get out!"
The other spectators were probably bamboozled as if she was capable to really talk with a golem.
Even Herald on her fours limb make a few steps towards Sparkle asking what she is doing.
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But Anna was already fully focused on the golem in front of her. Or more accurately to say, she got annoyed of waiting and climbs up on that golem. She got up at his front plate armor, trying to find how to opening it, as if that was some kind of overgrown puzzle.
Becky get onto her feet begging her partner. "One~e sama! [Sissy, big sister in respectable tone] Please, that's a property of judgment. Don't damage it! And... and... what if they do the staring technique? You should avoid to strain your health any more in this moment!"
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But matriarch barked back: "That stupid trick will not work on me twice!! Just from who do you think they have it in the first place?!!"
Herald was panicking and try to look at the commander for the help. "Co-- commander, my deepest apology, but please forgive her! She must be in delirium or something."
But the old blonde had her finger under her chin as she was thinking while holding a clearly conspiracy grin. Like she knows something, and somehow enjoying the fact, that Sparkle is literally digging in, to figure it out, to crack the mystery. But then this woman paused as she actually though of what was werewolf pleading for. "Wait…" It past a second or two until she frown and glared on the little girl like that boot camp instructor. "Paladin Herald! When you went on so-called 'rescue mission' to bring miss Railgun from that lab to here, to Pihs looc…" She make a sour grimace and half-voiced comment about how much she dislike the stupidity of place naming, as if someone on purpose picking up a names that will piss off the highest amount of people. She shake her head and got back to the point. "Don't dare to suggest something like you don't done any information gathering! You have the teleport that shall be perfect for espionage, you shall already be a master at this!" But seeing as this girl make a step a back, the glare of the woman got serious. "Don't you dare to tell me; that the agent we sent to spy on Railgun, had a zero experience on espionage!" The girl backed by another step. "That the agent, was so hopelessly inexperienced, that it looked for miss Railgun, like we consider her being a matriarch, to be a joke." The girl make tick as her body jumped a little. But the old woman stare only grew more heavy. "Don't dare to tell me; that she laughed,-- as it seemed that we sent her a chew-toy,-- in form of untamed pet,-- hashtag secretary." The red haired girl only manage to make a silly (you got me!) expression whit big hopeless smile (that can be just felled down jaw) when she averted her face. But the commander sounded unreleased: "How are you still alive?-- Oh… Right, the teleport... Well, for once I am glad that I shall not stress anymore… because I retired… Do you get it? You barking at wrong tree, because I don't care anymore."
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Meanwhile a click has been heard from the golem armor. And Sparkle already opened the front plate like it was a window on the house leading to someone room. While still have some unimportant complains, she climb to that window, and she lean through it in. But… She lean through that window sill so much, that only her butt and legs (were sticking out?). Obviously, by the way she was hanging out, we must say that the golem body was not so deep [from chest to its back] to contain her all. So, at this point she must peer out on the other side, but that was not happening. (Obviously, there were some stories about a storage chest or wardrobe to be deeper that shall be based on outside appearance.) After some sounds of struggle, she finally starts to pull (someone?) out of that golem. It was a girl who has not showing any type of active resistance towards Anna efforts. As if a vampire was kidnapping a charmed young maiden through open window from her room on second floor. The girl was wearing some rely tight full body swim suit, neoprene, jump suit, or something like the bottom layer for a high-tech battle armor set. Ignoring the emotionless eyes and face, this girl had a cats ears and a cat tail was sneaking out by the gap in the clothes above her but. It was a full sized (Sparkle?), whit accessories. Then, when Anna managed to pull the girl out, she dragged her few steps away from that golem, like if the girl was in some kind of shock.
It was not just Herald who made this confused 'He?' [What?] sound. Or Dianna 'He?' and Flona 'He?'. Even the commander made this 'He?'. Han stated: 'What's going on?' Only the Ina and Armstrong had a boring look on theirs face as if those two was not impressed. It was because the golem shell was too big for the girl to wear it like a regular armor, and too small for her to siting inside that torso area like some kind of pilot of some colossal weapon, or craft.
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This make Swing to hesitantly speak out a question. "So~o,-- that's the reason nobody ever heard about Sparkle flock. They all look like her. Do I too, eventually turn into Sparkle??"
This make her soul mate to freak out. "Dianna chan! This is not time for a jokes!"
Of course Armstrong was still unfazed. "I super never heard or read about a single instance; that something like this was ever happened. And I take time to overheard even the most unusual stories, read through all texts in newspapers, libraries and archives. This must be a result of something that shall be named miracle or heresy, or both."
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They all observe how Anna Sparkle without success, struggles with this cat Sparkle to make her speak. But somehow they have a dialog like if Railgun used a sound waves and her (mirror image?) a telepathy. And she was still triggered. "What the heck are you meaning by forceful annexation in this foolish situation?! '… …' That thing is not a house! '… …' Yes, I had and old windmill. [it was ruin of wind mill used for grinding grains.] '… …' How shall this place be counted as an improvement when it is far more ruined that the shitty mill was?! '… …' For me it was a prison room! '… …' Hey, that was too a prison room!!" As she bark, she turned her head toward another golem.
Meanwhile Herald got too interested on what's is in the inside of the golem, so she peaks into through the opened front entrance. And she got surprised. "What the heck is this?? Why is the inside space so much bigger that outside shell?? And,-- is that armchair or bed?? I never seen anything like this!" She to climb up onto the position leaning against open window sill that only her tail, butt and legs had been showing out. But in this wolf girl case, her tail was like a weight balance, going up or down, right and left, as she was exploring inside. "So, is this like the small version of the Swing's golem? I don't like that weird half face mask... What is this metal cabinet?... A safe?" The moment she explored it her tail bristled with cold. 'Whoa?!!' "Why a cold mist is coming out of this?? And what are those small packs? I don't get it!!" But then she got baffled by something. "Wait… Is that a door? There is nothing like a door on the back the golem. Don't tell me,-- that there is... like another room?"
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But holy paladin explorations were interrupted when Sparkle call for her. "Becky!!, get here, promptly!" It was nearly a blink or two whit eyes, until she teleported in front of her. Because for some reason, the neko-[cat]-Sparkle still refused to properly communicate, or stand on her own legs, like lifeless Emo whit no will to do anything... So, she puts her down on her but, and let her sit on ground next to Herald. "Becky, watch over her!" Werewolf dint manage to properly reply and the vamp has already marched to the next golem.
And because there was a total of four of them (the golems)...
Soon... the red doggy girl was surrounded by a quartet of neko-Sparkle's which was a reason for blushed thunderstruck expression on paladin face. But Anna dint stopped her actions there as she stands like a one sama above her imotos [older sister – younger sister-s] sitting on carped during schooling.
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Becky tried to ask whats going on, but then she remembered that in that dungeon from witch she saved this matriarch; her dear Anna had those vamp bite marks on her hands, and was dried out.
But Sparkle toughs were elsewhere as she was suspiciously strict. "Becky! I will be right back, so keep an eye on them!" Whit this, she turns on spot and walk away. Of course, Herald got excited from the fact that her love still trusting her, witch was shown on her swinging tail.
This surprisingly catch the attention of neko's, who was to this point observed the matriarch with blank expressions. But for now, they redirected theirs gaze on the puppy, as their gazes raised up on the girl standing in middle of their circle.
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As spoken early, Anna vent directly to commander and she demanded answer pointing back. "What the heck is that?!!"
But even Cecilia was surprised and wonder what's going on, but still observed that group. "To be honest: None of the reports said a word about them having-- this upgrade? All what get to me is; that they are like a clay golems shaped exactly like you. Empty shells without souls or emotions acting just like a power transformers for inner shell. Those girls is not what anyone was thinking it will be or… has be? But as I see, that you already found a suitable therapy for them."
Because Becky was making somehow perv noises, Anna bark at her to cut it out. But when she turns back, she realizes that her Imotos was simultaneity petting the doggy to theirs full harts. And full blushed Herald was losing to those feelings. Matriarch 'face palm' herself [hand on her forehead], that at last they have some common interests with her.
Then, it was again an Ina who spoke up, gathering attention. "Oh… I think, I can tell what happened there. Because of you... going through the transformation, and fact they were somehow linked to you. They were going to…" She stops for second finding suitable words, excluding the ones, that shall not be spoken out, or she was just making the theory as she was speaking. "...Theoretically they shall die with you when the reverse part hit you… but because of so many interventions and shenanigans that happens… you,-- while making the image for yours final transformation... you must at last, by corner of you mind, imagine something like a cat type person… and because tonight, was the normal already break down on several occasions… Well, let just say that they turn into half cats, half… vampire humans… a cat girls... They turned into a cat girls."
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Railgun dint liked that explanation and she bark at her: "That's a bullshit! None of that truly explaining why they are half cats! It's all just a comfortable excuses, that just fit on happenstance."
But the finishing blow to this argue come from Cecilia: "Wait on! In one of our observers reports, there was a rhetorical question about you… I mean the observer asked if the vamps can purr like cats?"
On this; even Dianna spoke up that she remembers how was Sparkle on purpose evading bathing in pool of water, while chilling in the tree branches like a cat.
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Anna had it enough, and jell at Becky her name. The red-haired girl scare jump. She teleport, and jump-landed directly onto her lover head and face, expecting more that petting. She was huggy wuggy. [Warm hugs], while swinging her tail lively. But after few seconds of struggling, Railgun manage to pull this hugger off from her face. "That's enough!! You,-- stinky one!!-- Bath!! Now!!" After these words, she just put the werewolf girl under her armpits like a bag of veggies, and start marching toward the bridge. Herald being carried like a little girl, was completely dumb-fooled and dint resist.
Dianna and Flona exchanged glances, until theirs big smiles turned into grins, and they went to follow theirs friends.
The quadruplets raise they tails high up in interest, while cutting with theirs ears. They (managed to) stand up, and as one they went after Anna.
Even Armstrong start to walk after the matriarch, still looking Emo. "You are the boss..."
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Then only the trio of Ina, Cecilia and Han, remained there.
"In the end, she dint say no to taking the lord status. Then... While she doesn't pay attention, it gives us a rare opportunity. Commander Cecilia, it's time for a serious inquisition."
"Give yourself a break! As we standing here, we all know the only name of where all your questions shall go:... The great wise man, who know all, and watch all, from his crystal citadel, inside of academic city."
"So, for the girls to be truly free from shenanigans and intrigues from behind the curtains, we must return to the place where it all started. To the city, where science and magic, crossing paths." As he clenched his fist in determination, even this trio starts to walk to leave the castle and went to the city.
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Eventually, Sparkle heated up like a locomotive, at some point... she finally notices that she had a line of followers behind her, as if it was a wagon train set. And another reference to a train was spoken out...
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On morning, there were those two knights, who guarded the entrance to a certain inn.
One of them yawn. "Tell me: Why are we guarding this particularly boring house? When there shall be a lot of others thing in this city to guard right now?"
As for calling; a girl shriek echoed from upstairs from one of the rooms. 'Kia~a!!' "Just who?!!-- Just who the hell, dared to sneak in the crown and scepter?!!-- And what is it with this fluffy flag size white fabric?!! I will never wear something like this!!"
"Sissy, pleas calm down!! You wined the ranked match fairy, and that make you a princess!! You shall act like that!! And that's a dress suitable for someone of yours status."
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"I never actually accepted that status!! That its!! How about I challenge someone for the throne?!!"
"Sissy, I heartily doubt, that you find anyone who will currently challenge you to even a rock, scissors, paper; when practically anyone now shall know that even the others matriarch will expect you to be on leading role!!"
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"Then you become the princess!!"
"I am already you knight!! And this city rose up around the matriarch. So stop running around the table!!"
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"Stay away from me!! I will not wear it!!"
"Sissy!!"
As the girls keeps yelling they arguments, the other guard from the duo of knight who stands outside sighed in defeat. "You had to ask."
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Nobody noticed this during the entire story. But there is a particular bench up in the skies. The bench is so far up, so it hardly be spotted by a naked eye. And it was there for a long,-- lo~ong,-- time. From it one can see a lot of from not just the planet surface bellow, but even the space. On this bench sat a blonde girl with eye patch on her head. She was wearing a fashionable (sexy?) witch cloths, large witch hat and witch coat. The environmental thing like a wild winds of high altitude or air emptiness of space that shall be there don't affect her at all, as if they was not even been there. She had a rather too bored expression as she look down. From her place, she saw everything that was going down on surface so clearly, as if she was been there, right in middle of the scene, watching story about Anna Sparkle the current Railgun and her friends, from the first row in theater. She sounds absolutely bored when she spoke up her comment as if she was talking to someone or just monologues for herself: "Hey… Are you enjoying this story?… Well… I can always destroy the canvas once more... turning it to a blank state, so everything can start anew… Or,-- are you really hopping that dead stories, will starts to rise back to life?… Remember,-- history, teaches us something else..."
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[notes]
-If you have interest: For magic casting formulation types we know: chanting (verse, songs, chorals), motions (hand sings, dances, martial arts moves), calligraphy or other mystified writing style (tokens, spell cards), alchemy (chemical like reactions to deconstruct and construct), visual (spell circle), meditation and others.
--For the structure types (available steps/space for instructions or complexity) they can be personal (individual casting his spells using his manna), dual or soul resonating (when two or more entities are in symbiosis), substitute or amplifiers (wands, orbs, blood line, clothing or accessories and tools), stage ceremony (one or more entities referee to their staged role in the stage/world to produce a complex phenomenon witch will reflect from stage to the world)
--As long as you are capable to pay the cost and hold the mental image of the spell; you can increase the spell complexity by adding the (resources?), instructions, formulations, structure, and such; to give the phenomenon form and meaning.
--Spell Affinity can means that if you don't have the affinity for a certain category of magic then you cant use it. Or it can mean that you have a talent or what is needed to do it right or effective or cost effective.
-Someone can ask a question about the person who was on line whit Accelerator. Lets say that Sparkle oddity can be from her mother who was somehow important and probably not a normal human. So there is probability that it take the mom a (time?) to (survive?/awake?) from the attack on the caravan. Then there is a question when someone asked Anna that he/she: "I heard that you meet with you mother." But Anna don't remember to do it, she was sure that her mom died. But… there was a scene when some-vampire got into her turf, she feels low, and she slay that trespasser without bothering to look who it was or look up on victim of (the vamp). It can be the hotel girl who had a hidden romantic feelings for Anna and an adult version of her love interest just show looking for her daughter. Plus we shall don't forget that is a thing that Anna look like mom, and there are a lot of examples that daughters when they grow up looks like a copy of theirs mothers. Next we have Accelerator and his (A class?) parenting skills. Plus he mentioned "meta-trans-form" witch can be a reason why Sparkle look like her mom, why she changed her appearance, why her party is still alive and morphed into something they don't shall be, and why those (clay dolls?) evolve into cat-girl imotos. Heck the real Railgun can be sparkle mom and she over-watch her now large family from a (fake?) grave on the flower garden next to the hotel on Sparkle turf.
-About the girl on the end, lets say that she is just a depressed girl capable of wielding powers of true gods. She can be the narrator or just having a chat whit someone like the wise man. Or… she can be a magic god who created this instance of the world.