The Nexus

Charity Dinner "Did you see this?" Jade holds out her phone, a breaking news article on its screen. "... Woah. That's messed-up." Jason looks a little sick at the thought. "You think we should...?" "Not yet. This seems like an assassination made to look like a rit...

Skye's Apartment Mary takes a seat across from Skye, looking a little out of sorts, but fine. "I'll be black. How do you play this?" She looks at the little columns being raised up and wonders what they're for. A Succubus Problem Sekhmet opens her mouth to explain, but... "Uh, yes. I...

Aiko's Very Bad Day Mary considers Koko's confession. Aikobaz, insecure? What a complete surprise and not at all obvious. She sighs. "Listen, Aiko. I know how that feels," surely the empress remembers the way Mary was during freshman year; small, timid, and unassuming. "But messing w...

Green Goo They're free! Mariblex conjures a bolt of hellfire at Juiblex, jumping back away from the other slime. They don't want to be absorbed, and the best way to avoid that fate is to not touch, right? That means they're going to be artillery this time around and Rowan will have to take the fron...

Skye's Apartment "Sure? Let me try to get back to my body," Mary replies. She reaches out, and Skye will finally feel the demon princess's presence exit her mind. Then there's the sound of stirring in the other room as Mary reawakens in her own body. A Succubus Problem Sekhmet breathes a ...

A Local Shrine "Woah!" Jade jumps (well, floats, but it's still a jumping motion because she hasn't entirely gotten her immunity to the laws of physics into her head) back out of the snake's reach. "That's too many teeth!" she swings again. "You wouldn't happen to be able t...

Green Goo "Nononono!" Mariblex protests, struggling against the eyeballs. "We're our own person!" They shout. "YOU CAN'T HAVE US!" Mariblex narrows their their eyespots in rage and explodes in a burst of undirected demonic power. The Princess of the Scorching Depths is...

Aiko's Bad Day "I think Freud's theories are a lot older than Nazis," Mary comments to Asami. She doesn't know much about Nazis, just what she's picked up from some of Khannie's Action Archaeology friends. "I'd say Eddie 's right, but there are universes where things do work the way ...

Green Goo
"What? That doesn't make any sense," Mariblex responds, "Besides, we already belong to a different demon lord, so there!"

Bleh!

They stick their tongue out at Juiblex and prepare their hellfire tendrils for a fight.

A Local Shrine Jade is about to protest, but then the girl and the parasite enter the room. "... Yeah, I can do that," She grabs the golden staff and swings. Instinctively, she aims for the snake's head, trying to avoid hitting the girl, whether or not it matters in her incorporeal state....

Green Goo Mariblex hops through the hole Rowan made in the wall and runs past him. "Once we lose her, we can go straight back to the weird slime hole and open it up," they suggest. They've been in this dungeon long enough, they need to finish up, grab their magical loot, and head home to ...

Cry Havoc "I know not," Kothar shrugs. "He asks for Arannin. I know no such person." His speech is unusual, but Wenomir's heard it before. "You are unharmed?" Kothar doesn't expect the commander to be seriously injured. He's too competent. A Local Shrine "I'm 'cur...

Aiko's Very Bad Day Mary looks at the third Aiko approaching. Wow, she looks awful . Thankfully the demon princess doesn't comment on that. "Okay, there are three of you. Today just keeps getting weirder." She looks surprised when Asami accuses her of being responsible for this nonsense. ...

A Local Shrine "You can't be serious," Jade replies skeptically, "How am I supposed to just 'accept' it? I never asked for it. It was forced on me. It's not something I can just accept like that." Being told "you need to change" rarely provokes change in anyone, especi...

A Local Shrine "I didn't intend to change clothes!" Jade protests, "I didn't even try to use magic! It just happened! It makes no sense!" She would stomp her foot in frustration, but being incorporeal, it just clips through the ground when she tries. "It doesn't matter if i...

Green Goo
"Let's grab the crown and get out of here!" Mariblex calls, scooping up the crown in their tentacles and bounding towards the exit. They don't need to kill the queen slime, just to put the crown on the statue. The flames are a great distraction.

Aiko's Bad Day
Hallway

"From my perspective, neither of you are acting anything like the real Aiko," Mary points out, "So something's not right here." She shrugs. "Do you have any idea at all why there are two of you?"

A Local Shrine Jade shrugs. "Reach out to my powers... That I've never used and have no idea how. That's like trying to fly the moment you sprout wings or something." She checks behind her to make sure she didn't sprout wings when saying that. She didn't. "It's not like I can just sa...

A Local Shrine "...did this thing change into a statue of me?" Jade wonders. But she has other things to think of. It's time to bite the bullet. "I wasn't originally a spirit. I don't have any idea how to do anything... Spirit-y. I'm going to need help." She needs her body back,...

A Local Shrine "Let's talk about that later, okay?" Jade protests. Not knowing how her powers work is kind of a sore spot. "So I'm here before I protected him when.. you know. I got sucked up by that pearl and spit out as the new guardian spirit. Guardian against what, exactly?"...

A Local Shrine "Don't look at me like that. I don't know how any of this works," Jade snaps. "So I'm some kind of god now?" She's not sounding happy about that. "You said I'm supposed to protect against something?" She stands up... well sort of. She's floating slightly...

Cry Havoc As the angelephant is ignoring Kothar, he slowly sits up. A holy radiance surrounds him, and his burns and scrapes rapidly fade away. He clambers to his feet and starts advancing on the angelephant, moving more slowly and deliberately than before. A Local Shrine Finally, the entirety of t...

Green Goo
Well, they got her attention. That's not good. Mariblex rolls (well, more oozes and bounces) to the left, out of the way of the descending blow. Then they remember they have an ice sword and slash at the pseudopod with it.

Cry Havoc
Kothar is hurled back by the blast, striking the ground hard and skidding on his back across the pavement for some distance.
It looks like he might be down for the count; he's not moving.

A Local Shrine Jade just looks bewildered. "What do you mean his idol? His successor!?" What has she gotten herself into? "Listen, he was killed by this rainbow-colored stingray thing? Do you know anything about that?" She has so many questions. Cry Havoc It's wounded! Wait, it'...

Crash Site control room "I've got bandages, antiseptic, and some tools," "Athena" replies. She doesn't have super high-tech medical gear like Olympia does. "What's the problem?" It looks to her like Olympia has it under control. It might be better for her to go do what...

Cheer Practice "Funny. Teammates support each other. If you want my support, cut the hazing. Because I'm not gonna leave," Mary responds defiantly. Really it seems unwise to do anything that would foster discontent among the ranks; especially when the "ranks" consist of kids wit...

Parkside Cafe Jade finds herself somewhere else. She squints suspiciously at the candlelight. And is she wearing robes ? She is, pure white garments with red trim. "What the..." But someone's talking to her! "No, I'm not." She blinks in surprise at the speaker, trying to make se...

Green Goo
Mariblex, on the other hand, is much smaller and more liquid than Rowan. They flatten themselves down and hope that all the debris doesn't cause them any harm... Not that they have anything in the way of bones to break, blood to spill, or organs to pierce. They should be fine.

Parkside Cafe "Hey!" Jade doesn't like being called dense. "Tell them yourself, I'll..." nope, he's gone. Jade bends down to pick up the pearl. It's the closest thing she can find to a body. "How can I tell your friends you died if I don't know who they are?" she wonde...