AUBREY'S PALACE

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[unweathered]

[Thank you for the buff! Schneider uses Magaru (2) but it misses. Boo!]

Hm. This one is faster than the sandmen.

[moodwrecker]

This has nothing to do with you. Just leave.

[She takes a swing at Schneider, but misses again (2). It does, however, catch on the photo - creating another tear.]

[strawsandals]

After we came this far? No, not happening.

[ And it's clear she needs help. Well, that's how Yoon sees it, anyway. Still, he's not stopping Schneider, either. ]

These people aren't nothing to you! Clearly they mean something, if you're so adamant about throwing them away.

[unweathered]

You've made it our problem.

[ She shoots with Perfect Storm (19). Maybe she can knock the bat away? ]

Now stop being fucking stupid.

[moodwrecker]

[Strangely, instead of knocking the bat out of her hands, it just creates a puncture, as though through paper instead of wood.]

You're the ones being stupid. You don't even know any of them. You don't even know me.

[Aubrey(?) winds up another swing, and this time it connects - sorry, Schneider (17)]

[strawsandals]

Shut up.

[ There's something not right, with how Aubrey is paper thin... He watches her hit Schneider, and when she pulls back, Yoon grabs his rolling pin and swings at her (14), not with intent to break her but he wants her to back off.

He hates violence, but if that's what he needs to use here, then he'll use it. ]

[unweathered]

[ Owww... Schneider takes a second to catch her breath after getting hit like that and it makes her lunge (2) miss]

Of course not. You share nothing and expect people to get everything. Isn't that just a coward's way?

[moodwrecker]

Well.

Apparently her flimsy form really is that - flimsy. Because Yoon's attack tears her right in two, her eyes wide in shock.

She opens her mouth to say something, but it takes a moment before anything comes out.

“...

I just... wanted to see us happy again. But...

It was never going to happen. It isn’t the same anymore. ...It’ll never go back to the way it was.”

Her form buzzes with static, before fading away into shadows. In her wake, a single item is left behind:

Beach ball: Fun in the sun for everyone! Throw at an ally to make them HAPPY.

The rips in the photo remain, however - looking closely, there seems to be a room beyond the tear. And, thanks to all of the fighting, it should now be big enough for everyone to slip through. But before they do, characters may note that the light seems to shine on a nearby picnic basket on the beach. Inside are yummy popsicles in various flavors that couldn’t have been there before - anyone who pauses takes a bite will find their health and SP restored to full.

[strawsandals]

[ He. He wasn't expecting that. And...wow. What she says seems to shake him. He doesn't pick up the beach ball, so Schneider can get to it if she wants to first.

Yoon turns to look at his ally. ]

That...that wasn't actually her, right?

[ See, this is why you don't pick up weapons haphazardly if you cannot kill. He knows this, and yet... ]

[unweathered]

[ Schneider picks up the beach ball. Well time to take this back to wherever then]

I don't think that girl is made of paper, no.

[strawsandals]

...Okay. I just - had to make sure.

[ But off they go, then, to the brighter area. ]

[unweathered]

[...have a head pat, Yoon. It's not a gesture she's used to giving]

You did good, for a boy with a rolling pin. But we've got enough fighters.

[strawsandals]

Mm.

[ That, he can agree with. Speaking of, though, he'll cast Media and give Schneider a heal for that hit she took earlier. ]

There. That should help.

[unweathered]

Thanks.

[ That does feel better. She tosses the beach ball at Yoon]

Here, take this.

[strawsandals]

[ Ah? Oh, that thing. He catches it and gives it a look. What an odd-looking thing. ]

What is this, exactly?

[unweathered]

A beach ball. I'm more of a forest and lakes person myself. You can use that to make friends.

[Probably...Schneider doesn't do friendships the normal way though]