[Mari]

"Um..." Peach replied, hesitantly glancing at Flandre. Was this okay? She'd never seen Arle scream in fright like that, but she guessed she better just play along since she understood nothing about what was going on. Little pink hearts radiated from her hands as she worked at healing Raffina, the pinkette averting her eyes and resisting the urge to cry in front of everyone. What even just happened?? Meanwhile, the Arle Burrito was placed beside a thoughtful Amitwo, only for Flandre to lift her head and promptly get back up. Huh. That was weird! She promptly floated on over to Arle, eyeing her--well--...devilishly. Arle recoiled as best she could, bristling with terror as Flandre slowly invaded her personal space. The sickly mage breathlessly screamed in response. "aaaAAA SHE'SGOINGTOPUTMEBACKINTHEHOSPITAL!!" Arle squealed in hysterical fright. And then... Amitwo got in Flandre's way. "Stop it. You're scaring her!" she blurted out. Flandre, of course, took one look at the floating doppelganger in her face and playfully bumped noses with the other. Amitwo was confused for a moment up until her body abruptly shattered into a million pieces, the fragile illusion that was her existence vaporizing in an instant and leaving a blue'ish white mist in its wake.

A gasp escaped Raffina at the sight. That was one way to draw her aggro. Her smoldering rage was accompanied by a thinly veiled threat hissed out between her teeth. "C'mere you little--" Raffina began in defiance of her injuries, only to cut herself off as the mist supernaturally traveled over to her and reformed behind her. Amitwo timidly huddled behind Raffina, hands on her shoulders, as she watched her aggressor from a distance. "Th-That really hurt...!" she softly complained. Meanwhile, Flandre moved to sit down beside Arle, misheviously watching her squirm. "Uh--Do we know her..?" Ashe awkwardly asked, to which Peach gave a little shake of her head. She didn't look too happy either. This was an intruder, after all!

	Arle Nadja 40/40 HP 12/12 Shield Status: Ressurection Sickness		Princess Peach 150/150 HP 45/45 Shield Status: Normal		Rosa "Black" 135/135 HP 40/40 Shield Status: Normal
	Raffina 190/190 HP 65 / 65 Shield Status: Broken Arm		Amitwo 50/100 HP 25/25 Shield Status: Normal		Ashe 155/155 HP 50/50 Shield Status: Normal
	Warle 160/160 HP 50/50 Shield Status: Asleep		Flandre Scarlet 170/170 HP 60/60 Shield Status: Normal		Ashe 155/155 HP 50/50 Shield Status: Normal

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

Shantae would not be able to handle Dealing with Flandre if she could help it, but the one thing that could be handled at the moment was turning her head ever so slightly as her Wish spell went off.
CHA ROLL: 8+5=13{Shantae uses her Wish spell to aleviate some of the pain Raffina's arm was in, cooldown now activated for Wish.}

Shantae would then gently pull out the hair and that would hold her ponytail in place, allowing her to let her hair down quite literally. And then turn to Flandre to stare her down and discourage her from nomming on her first friend.
CHA ROLL: 13+5=18{Shantae is giving Flandre the death glare to discourage her from hurting Arle}

"Good thing I prefer not to hurt another of the same gender unless they need to be calmed down or outright stopped. Do not be one of those people Flandre... Do not make me want to harm you." were Shantae's only words to make sure Flandre knew to stop while she was ahead unless she wanted to earn the collective ire of those already in the room.

The invisible presence that was in the immediate area simply moved to where it was between Arle and Flandre, then gave Flandre a Dope Slap as a means of mildly amusing itself and startling Arle in the process.

---

Shantae
HP: 120
Shield: 35
Status: letting her hair down
-Giving Flandre the death glare-
Wish cooldown: 3 turns remain

? ? ?
HP: ?
Shield: ?
Status: still feeling like a troll to Flandre.

[Mari]

Flandre was hungrily eyeing Arle with a twisted love in her eyes when a nagging voice grabbed her attention. She gave Shantae a bewildered look, just sort of staring at her for a long moment. "What's a gen-der?" Flandre asked like an innocent child fumbling with a new word, only to get slapped upside the back of the head and snap her gaze back to Arle. ...Did Arle just hit her? She was all swaddled up in a blanket, looking spooked! How could she have? Flandre began looking around for whatever had hit her, thoroughly bewildered. "It's... like whether you're a boy or a girl! Y'know?" Ashe attempted to explain, awkwardly watching. "What's a boy?" Flandre replied, more bewildered than ever. "A boy is... like..." Ashe began, matching Flandre's bewilderment and then some. While Ashe tried to explain what a boy was without getting vulgar, someone could be observed peaking into the room from the recently restored door!


Her long blonde hair and blue eyes were unfamiliar, but she soon seemed to relax once the tension died down and Flandre became distracted. A rather short girl at a mere 4'9'' stepped inside, beaming at Shantae as she made her way over. "That was really cool of you~" Valorie commented, the rather sshort girl of maybe Shantae's age beaming up at Shantae with admiration. She anxiously shifted a bit as she summoned up the courage to continue speaking. "My name is Valorie. What you said just now--about not wanting to hurt other girls. It's a little romantic, don't you think?" she went on to introduce herself, turning and briefly tucking her skirt to prevent it from being caught as she sat down next to Shantae. The strange way she'd used the word romance seemed to hint that she was using the word in the sense of 'romanticized' rather than referring to love. Fishing out a hair brush from her bag, she once again tried to find the courage to speak to the other. It seemed like she was having a rough time, judging by the way she stalled and silently mouthed out a couple of words before finally settling on something to say. This is why you hang out with the nerds even though you shop with the ladies, Valorie. "Can I brush your hair?" she wound up politely requested, eyeing Shantae's let down hair.

Raffina walked over, gingerly flexibly and moving her healed arm about just to test and make sure everything was working properly. To her surprise, it did! "Was that you who healed my arm?" she asked Shantae curiously. "...Thanks. It feels good as new! And don't mind her. She's just a harmless dork." Raffina went on to playfully remark, gesturing at Valorie. "--Hey!!" Valorie sorely protested, only for Black to interject. "It's okay. We love dorks! Especially Dorkarie~" Black remarked, joining in on the light-hearted yet affectionate teasing by pulling Valorie's head into her chest for a marshmallowy hug. Valorie's eyes widened at the gesture and she froze up in Black's embrace, petrified like a deer in headlights. A deer with steadily reddening cheeks and a frog caught in her throat. "...She gets like this whenever a pretty girl is nice to her." Black explained to Shantae as she continued cuddling Valorie, who flinched rather hard at the implications. H-Hey, what the heck were you trying to say Black?? Something about her liking girls?? She'll fight you right after she finds her way out of that closet! "And it's the cutest thing~! Boop!" Black gushed before playfully tapping Valorie on the nose and releasing her with a giggle. Valorie finally stopped holding her breath and tenderly touched her nose in wonder with a hand that trembled with embarassment.

She then smiled ever so sheepishly at Shantae, unable to find a single ounce of courage left in her body with which to formulate words with. ...Well they weren't wrong about her being a dork.

	Arle Nadja 40/40 HP 12/12 Shield Status: Ressurection Sickness		Princess Peach 150/150 HP 45/45 Shield Status: Normal		Rosa "Black" 135/135 HP 40/40 Shield Status: Normal
	Raffina 190/190 HP 65 / 65 Shield Status: Normal		Amitwo 50/100 HP 25/25 Shield Status: Normal		Ashe 155/155 HP 50/50 Shield Status: Normal
	Warle 160/160 HP 50/50 Shield Status: Asleep		Flandre Scarlet 170/170 HP 60/60 Shield Status: Normal		Valorie Ryder 155/155 HP 50/50 Shield Status: Normal

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

Shantae stood stock still, Flandre didn't know what genders were let alone boys. "I think someone needs a major education due to having been cooped up in a basement for too long." Shantae said in a heartbeat before turning to look at the door as Valorie came in.

Sure what Shantae said was cool, but this was abruptly hindered by Raffina giving Valorie a hug that had her face in between her female assets, after the marshmallow hell, Valorie was more bashful and could find herself unable to get a few words out despite having asked Shantae if she could brush her hair before the hug. "I don't mind, just take a deep breath and relax." she said gently to Valorie, placing a hand on her shoulder.

The invisible presence simply chuckled and said nothing as he moved to where he was now in front of Flandre and was looking at her with indifference. To him, there was only one master he served and one god he openly obeyed, anyone else seeking to usurp his master's throne was but a pretender and thus not worthy of being the replacement to his master. Likewise none could hope to usurp the throne of the good he obeys, as doing so would require committing the ultimate sin; slaying that very god.

[Mari]

Valorie glanced to the hand placed upon her shoulder, sheepishly looking up to Shantae with a certain curiosity in her eyes. Shantae hadn't made fun of her or said anything embarrassing about the way she'd reacted. She was being nice, understanding and gentle with her ego!  The trembling dorkette smiled brightly at Shantae a second time. She took a rather exaggerated breath for the other, easing her trembling. "Thanks~" Valorie blissfully replied. She seemed to really appreciate Shantae's comfort. Easing over to slip behind Shantae, she began to gently work at the other's hair with her brush. As expected from someone that seemed so demure, she had a very gentle touch and took her time to carefully knead Shantae's scalp as she worked, diligently avoiding any knots until such a time as she could undo them without much force. She was really good at that! It stood to reason she had to be, with such long and well-kempt hair herself. Observing this, Peach smiled brightly. They were bonding, just like that! And what better way for girls to build trust than letting each other brush their hair? A bad or careless person could make it very painful, and an especially bad person might cut it or yank hard. She knew she'd never let anyone she didn't trust have free reign over her hair like that. It only took one jerk with a pair of scissors to cause months worth of damage...

 "You've got really pretty hair~! Sometimes I get a little overwhelmed with things, but I've started to feel a little tougher since Princess Peach started teaching me how to defend myself."  Valorie explained as she continued working, showing no sign of stopping anytime soon. There was a lot of hair to work with, and she was having fun! "Valorie has been a very diligent student in learning love magic from me, always eager to learn new things~" Peach chimed in. What valorie lacked in raw power, she made up for in time invested. Peach supposed it was easier when you weren't out saving the world all the time or working a job. Meanwhile, Flandre went on wriggling her way over the back of the couch until she fell over the back and landed on her face with a thud, one of her legs still dangling over it. Seeing her chance, Peach quickly meandered over and scooped up the terrified Arle, coddling her and bringing her away from the obsessive vampire. She then sat down nearby and laid Arle in her lap, draping a blanket over her to hide her from view. 

"Hmhm~ Thanks!" Valorie cheerily replied to Peach, having quickly worked off ... most of her embarrassment. Only most. "I also learned how to gobble up other fighters and absorb copies of their powers for myself!" she rather proudly added. "...Though I haven't had the guts to try it yet." she went on to timidly relent after a moment.

"...Y'know, I thought I knew what boys were but I guess I don't. I'll definitely tell you if I ever figure out." Ashe lamely replied to Flandre as she poked her head back up, giving up on trying to explain what a boy was to the vampire. Maybe she didn't need to know. "Do any of us~?" Black replied with a light-hearted giggle, eliciting a roll of Ashe's eyes. Yeah yeah, boys were a mystery. She got it. 

	Arle Nadja 40/40 HP 12/12 Shield Status: Ressurection Sickness		Princess Peach 150/150 HP 45/45 Shield Status: Normal		Rosa "Black" 135/135 HP 40/40 Shield Status: Normal
	Raffina 190/190 HP 65 / 65 Shield Status: Normal		Amitwo 50/100 HP 25/25 Shield Status: Normal		Ashe 155/155 HP 50/50 Shield Status: Normal
	Warle 160/160 HP 50/50 Shield Status: Asleep		Flandre Scarlet 170/170 HP 60/60 Shield Status: Normal		Valorie Ryder 155/155 HP 50/50 Shield Status: Normal

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

"you're welcome." Shantae said with a nod of respect, and let Valorie go to work in brushing her hair. Thankfully Shantae had a much easier time with it due to the fact she made sure there were no split ends or knots, but she let Valorie do the brushing to check as a just in case.

"Learning how to defend yourself is always the first step... But what exactly is love magic? This is the first time I have ever heard of it." Shantae said out of curiosity, leaning her head back since Valorie was brushing her hair. That and Shantae was curious to know about more kinds of magic despite being a half-genie.

The invisible presence gave a small but silent chuckle, his nigh omnipotence at what genders were being withheld allowed him some knowledge that the girls weren't exactly dumb, nor were they willing to broach the subject. To this invisible presence, XX chromosome was men, XY chromosome was women. And since Arle was safely hidden, he could prepare the sleep spell without them being any the wiser.

[Mari]

Arle laid on a bed. ...Y'know there clearly weren't enough beds for everyone present in there. There were like, four. Where did everyone go when they needed to rest? Arle was quietly bemoaning her current predicament where she laid, She felt terrible, and sleep only brought so much rest. When would resurrection sickness wear off? When could she go back to living her life as she used to? Maybe if she just slept the evening away tomorrow would be better...

Meanwhile, Valorie continued brushing Shantae's hair, just kinda absent-mindedly massaging her scalp in the process. "Mmm--love magic is a type of magic that comes from the heart~!" Valorie replied somewhat light-heartedly. "That's quite right. Love Magic is a type of magic fueled by your emotions. It's a rather uncommon type of magic, but all you need is a pure heart to make the most of it." Peach calmly explained. "It's not as hard to use as it sounds~ ...Though, some are better at it than others." Valorie sheepishly replied. Nearby, Raffina tuned the remark out. She was doing her best okay?? "It's also the cutest type of magic~! You can create hearts, ribbons and sparkles all out of thin air! Oh and they can blast your enemies too! They'll never see it coming~!" Valorie went on to praise, cheekily smiling at no one in particular. "...Mmh~ I do imagine that the visual flair might find a good home amongst your dancing, Shantae. Perhaps if you stick around, we could see about adding you to our lessons. Does that sound alright?" Peach thoughtfully added and offered, invitingly smiling at the other.

Nearby, Flandre was floating around, searching for Arle in confusion. She got a few funny looks from those nearby, who didn't want to make the mistake of being touched by the one track minded vampire. Boy, wouldn't that be a painful mistake. Somehow, Flandre was checking under cushions and inside a vace. She--...What did she--...Arle couldn't even fit in those!

	Arle Nadja 40/40 HP 12/12 Shield Status: Ressurection Sickness		Princess Peach 150/150 HP 45/45 Shield Status: Normal		Rosa "Black" 135/135 HP 40/40 Shield Status: Normal
	Raffina 190/190 HP 65 / 65 Shield Status: Normal		Amitwo 50/100 HP 25/25 Shield Status: Normal		Ashe 155/155 HP 50/50 Shield Status: Normal
	Warle 160/160 HP 50/50 Shield Status: Asleep		Flandre Scarlet 170/170 HP 60/60 Shield Status: Normal		Valorie Ryder 155/155 HP 50/50 Shield Status: Normal

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

"I might just try it out so I can learn something new. I'm probably also the only one who actually has access to using my hair as a whip for a physical attack, might just add some magical oomph for it much later down the line, especially since it took a lot of practice for me to perfect the Hair Whip technique... That and plenty of Shampoo and Hair Cream to ensure that it was durable enough for me to not get split ends." Shantae said with sincerity. She was interested due to how much she was willing to learn, even with her Genie Magic being useful in most situations.

Shantae would gently put her hair back into it's ponytail and turned to Valorie. "Thanks, You're quite good with the hairbrush, hopefully you and I can become friends." she added while giving a respectable bow to her. She also wanted to have genuine friends of her age even if they weren't from her realm, that way she can have a mutual circle of friends that can help each other in times of trouble. Shantae would then take some Puyo Ice Cream and take a taste, it was sweet and very delicious, going down easily as she enjoyed it.

As for the Invisible presence, it decided to pull one last playful prank on Flandre, because instead of Arle in the vase, she would be staring back at a pair of beady red dots which blinked at her in a bid to have some fun with the kid.

---

Shantae
HP: 120/120
Shield: 35/35
Status: enjoying ice cream

? ? ?
HP: ?
Shield: ?
Status: troll mode on Flandre.

[Mari]

Peach's eyes widened in surprise at Shantae's revelation. Valorie, in turn, looked up to Peach curiously. "Can you do that, Princess Peach..?" Valorie asked, earning herself a thoughtful look from the princess. "I've... never tried it! The last person I met who could control their hair with the power of love was Aphrodite, goddess of love." Peach replied in a thoughtful tone. She then began to focus, cupping her hands over her heart as if in heartfelt prayer and closing her eyes. Meanwhile, Valorie's eyes glimmered with interest. "Of course! I'd love that, Shantae~!" she eagerly replied. Nearby, Flandre stared stupidly at the red eyes staring back at her from the vase before goofily attempting to crawl inside in a flurry of limbs and skirts fluttering about! It would only be a moment before the vase shattered and fell apart from touching her, followed shortly by the table it was resting on. Peach's brow fidgetted. Please no. Do you know how hard it was to decorate a house in the world's current state?

...A gigantic pink heart formed around her body after a moment, like a big magical pink bubble. Power rushed through it in an upward direction like rushing water in texture. It grew in intensity, and Peach's dress and hair began to flutter as if in a strong wind. She was attempting to lift her hair with the power of love without lifting the rest of her and throwing herself through the air in the process, something harder than it sounded.

...And then... Peach's hair rose into air in defiance of gravity. Peach's brow creased in concentration, her hair splaying open to like a bird's tail feathers to create a luxurious golden crown above her actual crown. A moment later, her hair lashed out to scoop both Valorie and Shantae up off the ground, drawling them both into Peach's awaiting arms. They'd both be promptly drawn in a one armed embrace and pressed to Peach's sides before her hair released them, with Peach's arm reaching under them to support their bottoms. The princess, though she could no longer move due to their added weight, smiled brightly down at both of them, giving them each tiny little squeezes in imitation of a hug. It was the best she could do with her paltry upper body strength. "I do believe I am capable~!" Peach cheerily remarked, though even she had to admit that had been very slow to get working. She needed quite a lot more practice before she could hope to use it in combat.

"You are most welcome to join us for training, Shantae~ If you hold love dear to your heart, I'm sure that it will come to you with a bit of practice." Peach explained, trailing off for a moment in thought. "It would also demonstrate clearly that you are sisterhood material, if you're interested in staying here more often." Peach went on to offer.

	Arle Nadja 40/40 HP 12/12 Shield Status: Ressurection Sickness		Princess Peach 150/150 HP 45/45 Shield Status: Normal		Rosa "Black" 135/135 HP 40/40 Shield Status: Normal
	Raffina 190/190 HP 65 / 65 Shield Status: Normal		Amitwo 50/100 HP 25/25 Shield Status: Normal		Ashe 155/155 HP 50/50 Shield Status: Normal
	Warle 160/160 HP 50/50 Shield Status: Asleep		Flandre Scarlet 170/170 HP 60/60 Shield Status: Normal		Valorie Ryder 155/155 HP 50/50 Shield Status: Normal

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

Shantae's eyes widened in mild surprise upon hearing of Aphrodite. Meeting a deity was simply an honor to behold, a rite of passage to learn sacred techniques. But what surprised her more was Peach being able to use love magic to make her hair scoop her and Valorie up and into her embrace.

"That might be interesting, all things considered." Shantae said calmly returning the hug with hug of her own. Shantae would then let out a yawn, and felt kinda sleepy, meaning that sleep had begun to to take hold, even a half-genie needed sleep after all.

The invisible presence gingerly picked up Flandre and placed her on the couch, his glare all too apparent as despite being an immortal concept, he wanted the youngling to behave.

---

Shantae
HP: 120/120
Shield: 35/35
Status: sleepy...

? ? ?
HP: ?
Shield: ?
Status: calmly getting Flandre to behave

[Mari]

Flandre just kinda sat there looking annoyed and flustered. ...And then the couch abruptly broke apart, because being sat on by Flandre is stupidly lethal even by Peach's standards. This drew attention to the ghost in the room. " . . . GHOST!!" Valorie shrieked in fright, promptly tossing a pillow that would doubtlessly smack the very bewildered looking Flandre in the face if it missed the spirit. "Ghosts?" Peach curiously asked. Oooh, she loved ghosts!  "What the??" Raffina blurted out, grabbing a pillow for herself. Normally she'd just use her fists, but she had a feeling they wouldn't work on an actual ghost and that made her nervous enough to go for the pillow. "--Oooo, are we having a pillow fight?" Black curiously asked, grabbing Amitwo. "H-Hey~! I'm not a pillow!" Amitwo remarked, giggling. "You're my favorite pillow~! You're soft like one too!" Black remarked, hugging Amitwo in demonstration. The doppelganger giggled rather loudly in response, finding it hard to argue. Arle remained very sick and Peach, Ashe and Flandre remained watching idly to see how this played out.

	Arle Nadja 40/40 HP 12/12 Shield Status: Ressurection Sickness		Princess Peach 150/150 HP 45/45 Shield Status: Normal		Rosa "Black" 135/135 HP 40/40 Shield Status: Normal
	Raffina 190/190 HP 65 / 65 Shield Status: Normal		Amitwo 50/100 HP 25/25 Shield Status: Normal		Ashe 155/155 HP 50/50 Shield Status: Normal
	Warle 160/160 HP 50/50 Shield Status: Asleep		Flandre Scarlet 170/170 HP 60/60 Shield Status: Normal		Valorie Ryder 155/155 HP 50/50 Shield Status: Normal

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

The pillow hit the invisible presence, however, the hit caused the head of whoever was hiding in the shroud to suddenly lurch forward and deliver a equally powerful headbutt to Flandre's skull, attempting to knock the girl out to prevent her from causing even more collateral damage.

The invisible presence attempts to knock out Flandre Scarlet with his own stupidly lethal power, Flandre! Roll a 17+ to avoid the headbutt and being put to sleep until the end of the pillow fight.

"Not bad at all, for someone learning how to use special kinds of magic. Now I see why the Head Reaper said this would be troublesome..." a voice said within the shroud, which vanished almost instantly to reveal someone equal to Flandre's height but was wearing stilts to make themselves slightly taller and more imposing, though the difference between the two of them was slightly different, while Flandre was stupidly lethal to objects, this one was stupidly lethal to people through mere physical contact by headbutt.

The cloak and stilts would vanish completely to reveal a child, who turned around and simply gave a shrug while looking at Valorie with one eye open and a smirk on his face.

"While I know someone like me isn't technically supposed to be here, I came on orders from the Head Reaper to observe you in secret by disguising myself as him to be all intimidating and menacing, and prevent the vampire girl from causing collateral damage to things. While that pillow hurt slightly, I have to say that this will be a good time as any to say that a pillow fight was bound to be inevitable. You all face the prince of the underworld; Rico Jr. now." the boy said as he snapped his fingers, magically restoring the couch, end table, and vase that Flandre had wrecked while he was trolling her.

Shantae meanwhile woke up with a start, and wondering what was going on, turned to find Rico Jr. in the vicinity. "Looks like a boy enters the building and decides to pick a fight with pillows. Guess I'll be doing this..." Shantae said as she walked over to Warle,placed her hand on the girls chest, send lightly nudged her to wake up. "Wakey wakey, we have a party crasher." she said lightly in warle's ear, before taking and preparing a pillow for the inevitable fight!

/!\WARNING/!\
Prince of the underworld
Rico Jr.
Has crashed the party!
HP: 150/150
STR: 12(+1)
DEX: 12(+1)
CON: 10(0)
WIS: 12(+1)
INT: 10(0)
CHA: 14(+2)
Immunities: all status ailments that are not debuffs to his stats
Other known information: cannot be swallowed, he will automatically counter with self-teleport to escape ingestion!
Will automatically use a revival on defeat!

And Rico Jr. would kick off the pillow fight by tossing three pillows at Valorie, Raffina, and Ashe respectively!
DEX ROLL A: 3+1=4(Pitiful pillow throw @ Raffina, 2% dmg if it connects)
DEX ROLL B: 9+1=10(slightly below average pillow throw @ Ashe, 2% dmg if it connects)
DEX ROLL C: 16+1=17(higher than average pillow throw @ Valorie, 2% dmg if it connects)

Shantae would also retaliate in kind by trying to smack the party crasher with her own pillow!
STR ROLL: 20+1=21(Critical pillow smack @ Rico Jr., 4% dmg if it connects)

Thankfully this was a pillow fight and not an actual brawl, as Shantae then popped open a bottle of Milk and drank it!
CHA ROLL A: 3+5=8

Shantae has Drank her Monster Milk, STR modifier +2 for three turns!

The bolstered it ever slightly with her Genie Magic.
CHA ROLL B: 9+5=14

Shantae increases her strength mod further with Genie Magic for 3 turns!

Rico Jr. Would end up taking the hit due to not noticing Shantae's Critical hit!

---

Shantae
HP: 120/120
Shield: 35/35
Status: Ret-2-go!
STR mod +2(3)
STR mod +1(3)
Cooldowns:
Genie Magic(3)
Monster Milk(3)

Rico Jr.
HP: 142/150
Shield: ??/??
Status: smug

[Mari]

Crack! A very bemused Flandre was taken off guard and knocked out. Valorie just kind of flinched and stared for a moment. ...Had she done that?? She didn't remember putting a brick in that pillow, but...

Hold on...

Was that..?

"--A boy?!" Valorie blurted out, recoiling in shock and horror! There weren't supposed to be any boys here! "H-Hold up! We can't have boys at a slumber party!" she continued to blurt out in abject alarm! "...Why not?" Black casually asked. "--...W-Well, uhm..." Valorie replied, quite flustered by the prospect. "...It is rather 'unexpected'." Peach added in Valorie's steed. The reasons one did not simply have a co-ed sleepover were quite obvious. But then, there were no parents around to object... Peach kind of counted, but then only to an extent. Amitwo promptly startled giggling like an idiot at the implications, a snort every so often breaking up her giggling fits.

Meanwhile, Jester "Guy" was rudely awoken by someone grabbing her chest. Yup. That's definitely a boob. Definitely not a guy. It was a rather ... terrifying way to wake up, being grabbed there. She just kind of jolted from the bed she'd been laid down on and flailed her arms at Shantae in irritation. "Watch where you're touching..!" she snapped in anger, too flustered to focus on the intruder right away.

Ashe raised both brows and just kind of shook her head in bewilderment. "Dooo we want boys around?" Ashe leisurely asked. At this, something likely terrifying to any young boy would happen. A group of rather cute girls all turned their attention on Rico Jr. in unison, their expressions a mixture of mischief and silently sizing him up. Like a lamb before a group of inquisitive lions. And then, the lamb started hitting lions with pillows.

The girls just kinda softly yelped as they were taken off guard by the pillow fight, not having expected him to actually go for it. "...Oh yeah. He can stay." Raffina remarked, a devilish smirk appearing on her face. The girls were now giving Rico testy looks, all grabbing their pillows--and Black grabbed Amitwo... But wait. Some of them weren't grabbing pillows at all! Some of them were grabbing brushes... and makeup... and a dress... Oh no. Oh no! ...All heck broke loose! Laughing and giggling girls lunged to gang up on Rico Jr, surrounding him so that there was nowhere for him to dodge and viciously ...beating him with pillows, pushing him down to the ground. A couple of them were taking the opportunity to further hold him down and emasculate him by giving him a total makeover. Y'know--to make him fit in!

All except for Arle, who was too sick to do more than watch with wide eyes, and Jester Guy, who was just kind of trying to find a way into the circle of giggling girls without success.

	Arle Nadja 40/40 HP 12/12 Shield Status: Ressurection Sickness		Princess Peach 150/150 HP 45/45 Shield Status: Normal		Rosa "Black" 135/135 HP 40/40 Shield Status: Normal
	Raffina 188/190 HP 65 / 65 Shield Status: Normal		Amitwo 50/100 HP 25/25 Shield Status: Normal		Ashe 153/155 HP 50/50 Shield Status: Normal
	Shin!Arle 160/160 HP 50/50 Shield Status: Normal		Flandre Scarlet 170/170 HP 60/60 Shield Status: Sleep		Valorie Ryder 153/155 HP 50/50 Shield Status: Normal

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

Good thing with Rico Jr, he had a successful kickstart to the 'fight', but sadly, this did little than to provoke the girls into a giggling frenzy, resulting in a six-girl dogpile on the hapless demon boy, the shenanigans that ensues resulted in Rico Jr almost instantly... It only for a Mass Area Pre-emptive sleep spell to go off, inadvertantly triggering a bout of Magical Interference within Shantae that caused her to collapse with her head on the pillow she was holding.

Everyone! Rico Jr has unleashed a MAP(Mass Area Pre-emptive) sleep spell! Roll 11 or higher in INT with modifiers to avoid being put to sleep, and instead be inflicted with Drowsy status which will put you to sleep after one turn has passed!

If one were alert, they would be able to avoid stumbling over an unconscious Half-Genie.

As for Rico Jr? He was feeling pretty humiliated as a result of being in a dress. So humiliated that he had been knocked to half of his health and entering a pseudo rage mode!

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Shantae
HP: 120/120
Shield: 35/35
Status: unconscious due to magical interference and the Mass Area Pre-emptive sleep spell.
STR mod +2(2)
STR mod +1(2)
Cooldowns:
Genie Magic(2)
Monster Milk(2)

Rico Jr; Prince of the underworld
HP: 75/150
Shield: 50/50
Status: humiliated oh so very much

[Mari]

KcvlqW|Cp_1d20 (Peach's Sleep Resistance; Success)
p_1d20+2 (Rosa's Sleep Resistance; Success)
p_1d20+3 (Raffina's Sleep Resistance; Failure)
p_1d20-1 (Amitwo's Sleep Resistance; Failure)
p_1d20+2 (Ashe's Sleep Resistance; Success)
p_1d20+2 (Shin!Arle's Sleep Resistance; Success)
p_1d20+3 (Valorie's Sleep Resistance; Failure)

The girls giggled and admired their work, admiring the prince's dress. "So cute~!" Amitwo remarked. Raffina, meanwhile, was applying touch ups to his eyes like a painter working her craft. "I don't know. I think she might actually be the cutest girl here!" Ashe remarked, joining in on the teasing by feigning concern. "Pfft, no way~!" Valorie challenged between giggling fits. As they admired their work though, a few of them began to drop. A few of the girls began to help their sisters wake back up, not content to simply let them fall asleep.

((Rosa gently shakes Valorie awake!))

((Ashe carefully awakens Raffina!))

((Raffina carefully awakens Amitwo!))

((Peach carefully awakens Shantae!))

"Oh Shantae, are you okay..? I do believe people might step on you if you sleep here..." Peach gently warned in concern.

...They choose to let Arle and Flandre rest.

"Hey, he's cheating!" Rosa blurts out. The girls all began to glare at Rico Jr., annoyed that he brought knockout magic to a makeover. They began brandishing their pillows as the girls that fell asleep began regaining their senses. "...Let's get him." Valorie remarked. The girls all then surrounded Rico Jr. and began whacking him with their pillows, smacking him repeatedly and pushing him down toward the ground!

((The girls are all ganging up on Rico Jr to whack him with pillows, pushing him down to keep him from fleeing!))

Once they'd pounded him down with pillows, they began chattering and plotting amongst themselves. Rather abruptly, they'd begin turning around and plopping down to sit on him! What he'd see was a wall of skirts and behinds lowering down toward him, before all the girls combined weights pressed down on him to squish him!

All except for his head. Raffina moved to stand over his head, looking down at him with contempt. "...Guess there's just one place left to sit." she remarked in a low-key smug tone. "Hey, I want his face!" Valorie protested. "Me too!" Amitwo blurted out, less in protest and more just trying to be a part of things. Raffina just kind of stared at Valorie with an unamused expression on her face. Valorie made a move to go past Raffina, only to get grabbed and pushed down. The next thing she knew, Raffina wrapped her legs around Valorie's head and neck, and plopped down upon her face! "...Go for it, Amitwo." Raffina remarked, giving the doppelganger a thumbs up whilst ignoring the panicked squirming and protesting of the girl underneath her. Valorie attempted to grab Raffina's hips to lift her off, only to abruptly realize where she was grabbing and let go, flailing her arms in a helpless manner, too flustered to think straight. Pun intended.

"--Thanks, Rafi~" Amitwo sweetly replied, before plopping down upon Rico Jr.'s head and beginning to giggle like a dork at what she was doing.

((The girls are all sitting on Rico Jr to punish him! Is this marshmallow hell? ...Well, er--))

	Arle Nadja 40/40 HP 12/12 Shield Status: Ressurection Sickness Sleep		Princess Peach 150/150 HP 45/45 Shield Status: Normal		Rosa "Black" 135/135 HP 40/40 Shield Status: Normal
	Raffina 188/190 HP 65 / 65 Shield Status: Normal		Amitwo 50/100 HP 25/25 Shield Status: Normal		Ashe 153/155 HP 50/50 Shield Status: Normal
	Shin!Arle 160/160 HP 50/50 Shield Status: Normal		Flandre Scarlet 170/170 HP 60/60 Shield Status: Sleep		Valorie Ryder 183/185 HP 65/65 Shield Status: Normal

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