"In the flesh!"
-Keeping that pistol trained on Homura-
"That's...I forget, that's a lot for humans, isn't it?"
"If it helps...intentions are what matter. At least for your own conscience, soul, whatever you believe. Whatever happened, you know what you were trying to do. Y'know? It doesn't...it doesn't make you a bad person for trying to help and...getting stuff wrong."
-Shantae's struggling against the chains, unable to dance and therefore, unable to transform-
-Risky fires a warning shot into the air-
"Eep!"
"Away from the brat! I'll be taking her, if you don't mind. I'm certain I can replicate that Magic Polarizer she used against me last time...it'd be nice to have a genie minion again."
"No...please don't, Risky..."
"I-I am not...!"
Focus on it... yeah. It's...
-sighs-
Something to look towards.
-stops, listening to Marno-
-then slowly nods-
-it looks like.. he really needed to hear that-
I was doing my best. I really...
-he sniffles, wiping his eyes-
I really was. But now I'm second guessing myself... I — I'm second guessing everything I do. Memory is a funny thing sometimes. I don't know if it's because of Tzeentch, or if it's because I always doubt myself, or... I don't know.
UN JOUR JE SERAI DE RETOUR PRÈS DE TOI-Sagi hugs Rennor, since Marno can't-
"You're gonna be okay, man. I know it probably doesn't feel that way sometimes because you like, think about the stuff that happened, but you are. Can't go through life hating yourself, trust me, I know. The memory thing is...probably you're doing it to yourself. I had memory problems for a while, got stuff wrong...lied to myself a little. You gotta start trusting your own head again. Only one you've got, right?"
"Hm?"
-Glances over at where Audrey fell-
-The contraption isn't connected to anything, it's really just a large ball of fabric and chains wrapped around Shantae-
"Gods suck. Take it from one - gods suck. More likely is your own head messing with you - if a god was tormenting you it'd be less subtle and more directly malicious than just forgetting stuff. You remembered us after all, right?"
"Oh yes, a sea siren singing a song. Do you take me for a novice pirate? Don't try a single note, or I cut you up and serve you as the seafood special!"
Edited by Randomman5 on Aug 14th 2018 at 10:25:42 AM
Roof -> Down down down, down da-down down
Homura: (A) Later. (takes Audreybot's opening to transform into her Magical Girl outfit...including her Time Shield, where she spins up Time Stop and tackles Shantae and the contraption she's in off the roof, disappearing from Risky's line of sight)
(Unfortunately, the force of impact upon them hitting the ground below shakes Homura loose from Shantae, and the latter goes back to normal time flow...but what will the state of the contraption that was holding her be?)
Edited by megarockman on Aug 14th 2018 at 10:26:44 AM
The damned queen and the relentless knight.

"... hello bear?"
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"Hmm, hmm... hmhmhm!"
and then a (read: risky's) pirate hat falls on her head
"... Cool!"