queenoflogs | A funny thing happened...

Characters: Signum and Marisa
Date: June 7
Summary: A trip to the Wild Places gets sidetracked by plot hitting them in the face. Literally.
Warnings: Quite probably abusive language

After deciding to head to the Wild Places to meet up with Marisa for some demonstration (and possibly firepower coordination against the Queen), Signum thinks nothing of flying over towards the River. She was comfortable with the Gardens' layout by now, and while she knew her flight would fail as soon as she entered the area of chaotic magic, flying still shaved a great deal of time off the journey, and she'd made this approximate trip several times before while testing the Gardens' extent and borders.

Which is why it surprises her immensely when she smacks head-first into a wall of nothing where previously there had perfectly flyable air, just as the River was coming into view. The resultant shock and pain leave Signum letting out a rare stream of angry curses as she tries to figure out what happened, which knowing her luck would be when her new ally shows up.

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"...Yes," Signum agrees, trying to make sense of all this in her head. If that wasn't really Hayate, and it clearly hadn't been, then what did this all mean. Had she said anything untrue about Signum? Herself, perhaps, but Signum?

She elbows the phantasm of Cypha in the face as it reforms behind her, dispersing it again. Hell, but that woman was annoying, even when merely duplicated. But no, there was nothing in the words that she didn't already feel in her heart.

"This probably means there's some hostile force at work here again," Signum says to Marisa. "Or the Queen broke something, yet again. That said..." She pauses. To admit to this girl she barely knew what her problems were? Her past mistakes?

"That said, anger is probably the best response. Listening to what one really thinks about oneself...it could be crippling," she admits. The shadows reform into an image of Vita with a huge metal blade through her chest and a taunting expression. Signum swipes the phantom's hat off and, looking offended, it again discorporates.

"I wonder how to get rid of them..."

"Didn't the Queen make a broadcast at the beginning of the month?" Marisa asks, releasing a trail of star danmaku at an apparition that took the form of Mima, blasting it back into puffs of smoke. "I bet it's something she pulled, so we'll have to get her to change it back to normal!"

To Marisa, that, of course, meant giving her a good beating. It was overdue, anyway, for pulling her here.

"That's the nature of shadows, ze. They're weak, so they have to use tricks to get an advantage!"

"Tricks?" Signum asks, in spite of herself.

She then shakes her head to clear it. "You're probably right, and this is some petty revenge by the Queen, turning our own regrets against us."

She turns, and takes a step back toward the center of the Gardens, shadows still plaguing at her, tugging at her, but not reforming yet. They'd wait until she was untransformed, at least. "Marisa...I know I promised you a demonstration of power, but I need to get back and make sure this isn't happening to my friends. My best friend and her daughter are here, and they might be vulnerable to this," she explains.

"Will you be alright finding some other means of striking back at the Queen? I really don't think you should go about it alone. Not against this kind of enemy."

"I'm cool with that! Besides, I think you've already given me a demonstration of some of your abilities." Marisa says, cocking her head towards where the shadows were. She'd have to warn Alice and the others about the apparitions at some point, as unsavory as helping Tenshi and Yuka was.

"I'm sure we aren't the only ones attacked by these shadows ze, so there'll be others going to solve this incident too. I'm sure I'll be fine! I can take care of myself."

"I can believe that," Signum says.

She takes to the air again, preparing to head away from the Wild Places and check on Fate and Vivio.

"...thank you, Marisa," she says, nodding, "it's good to know someone here is at least reasonably reliable for backup. And if that phantom was to be believed, you sound like my kind of mage, too. A hard worker."

"Yeah, well, no need to go spread it around." Damn that stupid apparition: of all the things to spread, it chose the one thing she didn't want anyone, not just people back home, to know about. She'll have to beat the shadows up extra hard for that.

"You ain't too shabby yourself, so remember that the apparitions are full of crap!" Marisa mounts her broom, rising back to the air and her element. "Anyway, I'm gonna go back and ask around if anyone's discovered anything more about them. Something good might have came up!"

Signum nods, and turns to part ways. "If you need anyone to watch your back, you can probably find me at the onsen."

And with that, she's gone in a whoosh of jacket and fire motif.

A funny thing happened...

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