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Empi pauses for a moment, then snaps her fingers. "Aaaah. No. You're definitely not from the same place. If that makes sense. She's from....Gensokyo? And you're also from Gensokyo, but it's not the same Gensokyo. Multiverse bullshit at its finest, am I right? Aaaaah.....anyway, um....it's kind of a sensitive subject, so....unless she lets you, don't pry too hard. We're working on it."

Empi looks as if Iowa just slapped her in the face. And insulted her mother. At the same time. While pissing on her dog. "B-bug person?! How many bugs do you see with breasts?! I'm a fairy! Y'know, like Tinker Bell? Or those weird cartoons about fairy high school? Or are you from some world where the concept of fairies doesn't exist? In hindsight, I should've probably asked THAT first, but come on, a bug person?!"

Gabriel takes this as an invitation to sit next to her, an invitation which he takes, sitting as comfortably as he can next to her at a distance which he could easily turn into a hug, if she needs one. "I'm.....not gonna lie, I feel the same too. Real crazy, huh? We go from Shadows to fighting.....whatever that was. And......we could at least go home, after all that. This.....I don't even know if we can. You're right to feel a little weirded out by all this. So do I."

"Heeeeey, did I hear someone doubting my girl Mitsurugi over here? I can one-hundred-freaking-percent confirm without a doubt that she's a goddess!" Empi suddenly flutters through the doorway into the throne room, phone in hand. And then suddenly, she notices Iowa and Masako, The very scantily clad fairy blinks for a moment. She looks over at Mitsu, the only person she definitely knows in the room. ".......okay, did I miss something, or did you do some goddess summoning ritual bullshit? These two weren't here before. Unless you were all hiding them in the castle this whole time. Still can't find any signal in here; you'd think a castle that, apparently, flies between dimensions would have cell reception, but nooooooo!"

Gabriel's ears perk up at the sound of Perlita's voice, and he whirls around to go track her down, opening the door a tad bit and poking his head in ever so slightly, ready to back out if she needed the space, but letting her know she was there if she didn't. "Hey. Wanna talk?"

Gabriel, for his part, is lounging about near the outside of the suites, taking a moment to breathe, looking around for the only other person in the whole place he knew. Out of dozens of people from countless worlds and a dizzying amount of madness, Perlita was the sole thing he recognised, and so he stuck with her. Perlita, he saw (or at least thought) wasn't doing too well, but Gabriel wasn't too good himself. Now that the adrenaline and the shock and the wonder had worn off, he was feeling rather.....lost. This place was so utterly, radically different from back home; Shadows were easy to deal with in comparison. At least there, they had friends, people they knew, people they could trust. Gabriel missed them already; Malachi, Diane, the rest. Back home, he knew where they stood. Here..... Here was unknown territory; the territory of dragons, uncharted waters, terra nova and the only person he could brave it with was his best friend. "....hope she's around here somewhere."

"Oh, so the aristocrat chick wants to go flying on the magic school bus to Fucktown with the rest of us, proooobably because she's the type who's been cooped up in the same war-ridden hellhole forever. I can't say I wasn't surprised. Least she might find a solution to that heir problem. Maybe find a nice guy to settle down with; maybe then I might earn my paycheck instead of doing pixie duty." Empi muses under her breath, but she keeps her thoughts to herself for the moment (unlike Mitsu, Navin or the shortstack in the power armor, Silef wasn't likely to take Empi's ribbing or usually crass style lightly), instead busying herself with tending to what was left of the wounded. She didn't have much healing magic (she was a qualified first-aider, but if you wanted to have your head reattached, Empi Powderbelle's doctorate wasn't in medicine). This, in hindsight, really wasn't a job for her. She'd gotten caught up in something far bigger than herself or indeed matchmaking. She now wondered when her boss was going to call her back and ask her where she'd been. She'd have to, eventually. Meanwhile, Gabriel ambles over to Perlita, a stunned expression on his face. "......that was......a thing, wasn't it."

 "And you, foul villain! If you will not repent for your misdeeds, then I will punish thee!" Michi heads to P8 and blasts an archer

Empi Powderbelle "Whatever you say, Miss Stark! Long as I got you standing, it's all worth it in the end!" Empi casts Lesson in Affection: Sensuality Affection on Hiroki. Sharing is Caring activates. Sensuality Affection: Deal 5+INT% more damage with all sources. Sharing is Caring: Any buffs applied on an ally by Empi are also applied on Empi herself. Empi has 5% chance to resist status due to Fairy Dust. Gabriel Kowalski "Hey! I don't know your name, but I got your back here! Think we gotta get rid of that thing before it gets more goop everywhere, right?" Gabriel uses Freila on the Emitter instead! Sun Arcana activates. Freila: Deal 5d6+SYN radiation damage to a single target. Sun Arcana: All enemies hit with nuclear or fire attacks by Gabriel take SYN/2 piercing damage for three turns. Each subsequent attack adds an extra stack of burns. Enemies resistant to radiation and fire cannot be burned by Sun Arcana. Gabriel has 20% resistance to radiation attacks and 40% resistance to heat-based ailments. All ailments have halved duration on Gabriel.

Empi Powderbelle "Hey, put that Iron Man rip-off to good use! Get off your ass and feel a little better about yourself because you can do WAY better than that!" Empi casts Take It Easy on Hiroki. Take It Easy: Remove all ailments from the target. Furthermore, the first ailment that lands on the target until their next turn is negated. Empi has 5% chance to resist status due to Fairy Dust. Gabriel Kowalski "Thanks, Perlita! We're gonna need to be on tiptop shape to get this thing to stop moving already!" Gabriel uses Freila on Tiamat....again. Beat of My Blood applies. Freila: Deal 5d6+SYN radiation damage to a single target. Sun Arcana: All enemies hit with nuclear or fire attacks by Gabriel take SYN/2 piercing damage for three turns. Each subsequent attack adds an extra stack of burns. Enemies resistant to radiation and fire cannot be burned by Sun Arcana. Beat of My Blood: All Frei-line skills, such as Freila, apply x1.3 damage to enemies with Burn, Shock or Frozen statuses (or any analogues). Sun Arcana's effects count as Burns. Gabriel has 20% resistance to radiation attacks and 40% resistance to heat-based ailments. All ailments have halved duration on Gabriel.

 "Do not lay a finger on my comrades, foul wretch! Burn with the fire of the Wilhelms and repent for your actions!" Michi heads to S-7 and blasts a fighter

Empi Powderbelle "Hey, hey, hey! Don't be dropping on me right now, I need people to do their jobs; that includes you, lover boy!" Empi casts Take It Easy on Gabriel. Take It Easy: Remove all ailments from the target. Furthermore, the first ailment that lands on the target until their next turn is negated. Empi has 5% chance to resist status due to Fairy Dust. Gabriel Kowalski "That's not the ONLY trick I've got up my sleeve! Let 'em have some FIRE!" Gabriel uses Agilao on Tiamat, applying another stack of Sun Arcana. Agilao: Inflicts 2d4+SYN damage. The targeted enemy takes 10% increased damage for the next three turns; each repeated use of Agilao resets the duration. Sun Arcana: All enemies hit with nuclear or fire attacks by Gabriel take SYN/2 piercing damage for three turns. Each subsequent attack adds an extra stack of burns. Enemies resistant to radiation and fire cannot be burned by Sun Arcana. Gabriel has 20% resistance to radiation attacks and 40% resistance to heat-based ailments. All ailments have halved duration on Gabriel.

Michi trundles to T-11 and quaffs a vuln

I'll take Johan/Aidan.

Empi Powderbelle Empi, rather than looking terrified, looks completely indignant. Primarily because she thought it was over. And she really, really needed to use the bunk. That image of Mitsu was too much. Navin was a lucky bastard. "Oh, this is TOTALLY ripped off from some video game! The hell is this bullshit? What, are you gonna sprout some facehuggers and stuff your Lovecraftian wingwong down our throats next? Or are we going to have some giant moth fairy goddess thing descend from the sky and fight you? Alright, change of plans. Skellybones, you handle this for now!" Empi casts Lesson in Affection: Sensuality Affection on Magna. Sharing is Caring activates. Talent Affection: 5+(INT)% (14) extra damage with all sources for three turns Sharing is Caring: Empi receives any buff she places on any ally. Empi has 5% chance to resist status due to Fairy Dust. Gabriel Kowalski "Putang ina...." Gabriel steps back as Tiamat forms, along with all the stuff that had just happened; the dead enemies coming back as creatures, random portals appearing, and now Perlita was panicking. Normally, he'd be worried himself. As chill as Gabriel was normally, even in the face of Shadows, this wasn't normally something he'd be okay with. But Perlita was panicking. Gabriel closed his eyes, mustering a little courage. He couldn't back down now. Perlita was terrified, clearly terrified, and if he could help her even a little bit by holding up, so be it. Besides, he needed the focus. He'd just do as he usually did, when situations got hard, and the business got difficult. He flashes an easy smile, cracking his knuckles. "Alright, guess you needed a LITTLE more time in the microwave. Oppenheimer!" Gabriel uses Freila on Tiamat. Beat of My Blood applies. Freila: Deal 5d6+SYN radiation damage to a single target. Sun Arcana: All enemies hit with nuclear or fire attacks by Gabriel take SYN/2 piercing damage for three turns. Each subsequent attack adds an extra stack of burns. Enemies resistant to radiation and fire cannot be burned by Sun Arcana. Beat of My Blood: All Frei-line skills, such as Freila, apply x1.3 damage to enemies with Burn, Shock or Frozen statuses (or any analogues). Sun Arcana's effects count as Burns. Gabriel has 20% resistance to radiation attacks and 40% resistance to heat-based ailments. All ailments have halved duration on Gabriel.

W-12, burn a knight

  "Alright, everyone! Give them a good greeting and watch each other's backs!" V-12 after Kerr moves

Empi Powderbelle "Get the big guy already! Before he gets any more of these Alien remake rejects!" Empi casts Lesson in Affection: Talent Affection on Hiroki. Sharing is Caring activates. Talent Affection: 2+(INT/2) (6) to the ally's highest stat for three turns. (In this case, assume Synergy.) Sharing is Caring: Empi receives any buff she places on any ally. Empi has 5% chance to resist status due to Fairy Dust. Gabriel Kowalski Gabriel winces, falling back towards Perlita, who he knew would have his back. "Like old times, huh? Me taking out the big guys, you doing the good work of keeping us all standing when the dust settles. Thanks for the back-up!" Gabriel uses Freila on Gilgamesh. Freila: Deal 5d6+SYN radiation damage to a single target. Sun Arcana: All enemies hit with nuclear or fire attacks by Gabriel take SYN/2 piercing damage for three turns. Each subsequent attack adds an extra stack of burns. Enemies resistant to radiation and fire cannot be burned by Sun Arcana. Gabriel has 20% resistance to radiation attacks and 40% resistance to heat-based ailments. All ailments have halved duration on Gabriel.

Empi Powderbelle "Ugh! At least have the decency to take me out to dinner first before you rail me, assholes!" Empi flutters backwards, away from the Lahmus. This wasn't great; she really wasn't made for fighting these types of creatures. The worst she had to fend off was some of her creepy admirers who kept finding out where she lived and sending her weird love letters cut out from magazines. She still didn't know how those weirdoes kept finding the apartment she lived in, especially considering she moved around fairly often because her job required her to trouble around very often. Empi casts I'm Not A Doctor on herself. I'm Not A Doctor: Empi heals the target for 6d4+SYN health. Empi has 5% chance to resist status due to Fairy Dust. Gabriel Kowalski Whatever was going on with these things, Gabriel didn't know. Whatever it was, he didn't think he wanted to. It probably involved them sprouting more limbs or learning to breath fire or something dangerous; none of which he wanted to deal with right at that moment, especially with the crazy fairy lady next to him fending off about five of the things. It was going to take him a bit to start blasting everything like that again, so for now.... "Oppenheimer, Freila!" Gabriel uses Freila on Greater Lahmu B, applying a second stack of Sun Arcana and activating Beat of My Blood. Freila: Deal 5d6+SYN damage to a single target. Sun Arcana: All enemies hit with nuclear or fire attacks by Gabriel take SYN/2 piercing damage for three turns. Each subsequent attack adds an extra stack of burns. Enemies resistant to radiation and fire cannot be burned by Sun Arcana. Beat of My Blood: Any Frei-line skills (including his basic attacks) upon enemies with Burn, Shock or Frozen statuses (or any analogues) deals x1.3 damage. Sun Arcana's effects qualify as Burns for Beat of My Blood. Gabriel has 20% resistance to radiation attacks and 40% resistance to heat-based ailments. All ailments have halved duration on Gabriel.

  "Fun.....dragon stories? Would that not defeat the point of hiding my identity behind a helmet, in that case?"

  "Sadly, I am not a dragon either. What need would a dragon have for armor like this anyway?"

  "It would indeed be unfortunate if I had fur inside this suit of armor, yes. Sadly, no such luck. Like I said earlier to our companion, you'd be surprised how flexible this armor is!"

  "Hardly. I just find it a little.....odd, that someone would choose not to eat meat on the basis of finding pigs cute. A fair reason, just something odd."

 "...."  "Don't be silly. Of course I'm a person! Taking off this armor is just rather tedious, especially when we may need to go on the move soon."

 "Having helped rear pigs and cows myself, they're far less cute up close than you might think. It might remind me of home in the spring, but I'm not overly fond of the stench of pig droppings in the morning."