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The Sorceress! Zorn watched the appearance of the last of his old enemies through the portal from Hellhound’s shadow. All the more reason to stay hidden. The time would come to reveal his survival to her. But it was not today…But the one with the bunny she got his attention. Was that part of her transformation. That face resembled someone’s too. The aura surprised him the most. He had to process that, figure out what it meant, and why his old enemy seemed so protective of her. He watched her just quietly stand there, she was here to protect that girl. And the one behind her.

“This was something they talked about on their own, when they were exploring the grounds this morning. First I’ve heard of it.” Alexandrine explained as she listened. It could be a way for Emi to legitimately support herself, if they were good enough. But she was not qualified to judge. Though she was impressed with their singing so far. She tried to smile at Emi to reassure her a little. Rin moved along with Emi as she sung. Keepin unison, bumping hips together once or twice. This was her idea. She knew it was much harder for Emi. She would do her best to lead. Draw more of the attention. But they were a pair, a duo. Emi had her place here. She did not intend to do this by herself. One other things she would not do alone. At one portion of the song, singing about the bond of a team, she turned Emi to the side, faced her. Put her free hand around Emi’s back. Sung to her directly. Was that a pro move? She was not sure, but it felt right, here.

Yeah. I wanted to put off that meeting, since was not sure how it will go and that is something that both Alexandrine and Emi would be dwelling on at the convention if they had already met. You got pinged from the message I just sent. I had not realized it at the time, did not read that post until a few minutes before I wrote my post there, realized you probably did not know either.

Zorn had looked up from his meal as the portal opened. That was another demon’s work. But he sensed other powers on the other side too dim to recognize. ”You may get your chance to play. But it is too soon for humans to see me. I will watch for now.” He had an interesting way to watch. He faded but joined with Hellhound in a sense, his shadow joining with her’s his presence masked by her’s. He was gone before anyone came through. With Elie gone. Alexandrine and Ryan followed, mostly to keep up with Emi. Then they found themselves in the forest. Another creature. Not exactly a demon. She watched to see what would happen. She was keeping her word. Would only fight in self-defense.

@Warningwas not following it, so should probably point out here the characters in the Wanders are starting to drift over to where Hellhound and Zorn are.

Alexandrine was a little surprised by Fujiko running off. Did she feel out of place in a crowd? Especially when the rest of the crowd was Magical Girls? Well it was not a big deal. She suspected the woman would find her again later if she wanted. “She suggested music, just as I saw you two. Maybe she will watch it on her own.” The woman’s words and approach had left a strange touch on her. She kind of hoped to see her again. “It does let us talk a little more openly. Though we still have to be careful about the crowd.” Maybe the three of them would talk more after it was over. She heard the last words of the words of the previous singer. Poor girl. One of the ugliest aspects of this life. A girl beaten, tortured, sometimes seduced, into completely giving up everything she stood for. Her team was spared that sin. They would die first. She was sure they did. She did not see all of their bodies. The area made too sick to search. But she had felt their powers fade, until she was alone. “I do not know that one well. One of the foreign visitors.” The name escaped her for the moment. But she was sure it would be remembered. “Rin and Luna should be next.” As the girl finished, another set of cheers and she stepped off the stage. Rin followed Emi to the front. Looking over the crowd. Seeing Alexandrine, and the girl they rescued among them. Would that help Emi, or make it harder? She hoped it helped. “Hello, everyone. Rin Nyoko and Luna Rabbit here! Ready to make our debut as Magical Girls and singers. My friend is a little shy, but we hope to have a lot of fun here and may see some of you later.” She gave a wink to the crowd. She knew she was encouraging the boys. But she might as well go in for the whole idol gimmick. “If any of you have connections to the music world and are impressed by our singing, let’s talk about going pro!” Rin was getting ambitious, Alexandrine had to give her that. She assumed that was not completely without warning to Emi. Though it was unlikely they would have to worry about it. The song Rin and Emi practiced here that morning started up. An opening to an anime story about a fictional team of Magical Girls, but written by a real one. Upbeat but strong. Rin remembered her practice, brief as it was. Was singing the singing the lyrics well. Letting her voice guide and encourage Emi’s. Her body moving with the rhythm. Nodding along her body swaying a little with it. How much of a show should she put on? How much would Emi?

Yeah, I figured they were going to be next, since everyone was gathering.

Alexandrine looked up, to see one familiar face, and one not so familiar. This was probably convenient though. “We can do that, but it looks like we will be joined by a few others for a little.” She stood up. Walked over to Elie and the unknown girl. “I’m glad you decided to stay. We both probably needed this.” She looked at the girl with her. Another new Magical Girl? “Welcome. Did the Princess of Fate bring you to meet me? We can talk in a little. But it is almost time for my new teammates to sing the song they signed up to do. I should go watch. You are all welcome to come along.” She stepped forward slowly, seeing how many would follow her. After the song was over, maybe she would talk to one or more of them more. There were a few days too. If Fujiko decided to do something else, they might meet again later, by themselves.

I’ll have Alexandrine bring the rest of the group to watch Emi and Rin sing, now that they are wanting to see her. Will see how they break up after the song.

Rin was not worried about Emi. If she had been left alone, maybe it would have eventually happened. But between herself, Alexandrine and others, she should be safe. That said, it was a non-impossibility someone might try to break her or Alexandrine. It was one of things every Magical Girl had to be prepared to fight. She silently gripped Emi’s hand tightly. Reassuring her, and reassuring herself. That the two of them would never find each other in a circumstance like that. Neither would fight the other. The song moved her in a way it might not have before, now that she was part of this world.

There was the other new Magical Girl they had rescued. But how experienced was she? Did she even want to talk about it, after what the demon did to her? There was Alexandrine’s…friend? Jumi. The Rose Fairy. But again, uncertain how much experience she had. Neither of them knew the truth about her yet. But at least Jumi would not be surprised. She was not the first this had happened to apparently, though that was kept secret from the public. Or did she mean talking to boys? Rin was not sure. She had not yet noticed Emi getting into it. Maybe she would encourage it a little more if she did. ”Maybe. Though we should probably wait here until our turn.” The first girl had finished. With a bow and wave to the crowd, she stepped down. Another girl came up. Singing a more tragic song. Not of the death of a friend. But betrayal. A girl who was a close friend and ally, now an enemy, twisted around a demon’s finger. Everything between lost, but not forgotten. A bitterness but realization she had to fight. The singing was intense genuine. Rin had to wonder if it was based on something the girl had gone through. “At least none of the old team had that fate.” As tragic as it was, if Alexandrine had gone through that, it would have been even worse. At least Emi’s mom had not been broken by her father too, though she did not say that.

She will get plenty of chances to pet the bunny.

Rin listened quietly. The feelings she mentioned at the end. Kind of like what she felt when hearing Hikaru’s speech. It was not anything like that though, was it? Then there was that boy they met with Elie. He was also a Knight. Was he here? “Well, I don’t know if I would have gone in there without someone’s permission.” She glanced at the Alexandrine plushie in Emi’s arms. If neither of them had been there, she was not sure which shower she would have entered. “Once I was in there. I was a little captivated by you. Both of you kind of, but there was something about you.” Things had moved much faster than she could have hoped for. “Others here probably feel something like that for you. Both of us really. This is the safest place. For both of us.” The safest place to take a chance like this. “Though I don’t know how blatant they will be. How many of them will try to do things with us, to make us want them.” It was what a lot of boys here probably hoped for. Not to outright ask for sex, but to try to impress them. Make them want to do it. Would another boy excite Emi like that? She would not be jealous if one or more did. Would one excite her? Could one? She did not know. Part of her wanted to encourage Emi, give her a chance to experience something like that where it was easiest. ”Don’t know how many other people I can talk to. There’s….the Diamond Sorceress.” She was careful, had to be sure not to mention real names. “Not sure how much she wants to talk about that. Not very close to any other women currently. Not any that know about this side of me at least.” She might end up doing it, before having a chance to talk to someone who knew more. *** Alexandrine’s hand gripped Fujiko’s back, without realizing it. She found it hard to believe it was a place she never heard of, but she was not going to push for details. This had been difficult for the woman. It was not the same as her experience. But she could imagine much of it. The demon lord probably was not Zorn. He focused on this area. It was good that one was gone as well. She did not ask how far Fujiko was used. It would not surprise her if they had both been used that way. “I keep both my lives separate. If you understand I will say very little about my civilian life or identity…I would not mind spending more time with you.” She did want to spend some time with Emi and Rin. But perhaps this was something she had needed. She was vulnerable at the moment. The demon knew how to speak to her, and had an appealing form. “I will spend time with you today, if that is what you want.” Just sit here, do some of the other things around maybe. Though Fujiko needed more work and time to tempt Alexandrine to invite her to a private room.

Yeah, either she can escape to where they are, or she can just try to find anyone in the area that could help and open a portal they might go through (Zorn having a way to hide his presence, just watching through Hellhound).

Alexandrine and Rin made their way through the halls. Hearing the noise get louder as the approached. It seemed Emi had found the demon first. Along with a number of other presences, none of them familiar. Alexandrine focused on the presence of the first one she sensed Emi, now at her side. She focused her power, took Ryan’s hand. The door was blocked. The demon. If she did not have Ryan with her she might have tried to intercept the demon, prevent it from running. Then she heard the crash. Another option. She moved towards that, finding the open window. Jumping in, landing in front of Emi and Ellie. Ryan behind her. She glanced back at the Magical Girl behind her. Hints of what had happened. Then the boy, a new Knight? Finally the demon. She glared at it. “You are not welcome here. I would tell you to ask the last bunch of demons to torment this place what I feel about them. If there were any left.” Anger. Flashbacks. That last battle. Her old team. She had no reason to believe this one was the same as Emi. “I will give you one chance to run, and if you do, don’t come back.” Her body began to glow. Years of pain bubbling back up, her gaze locked on the demon. “I am the Diamond Sorceress. This is my home. I will allow no demon, monster, alien, to hurt the people I swore to protect.”

Rin nodded. She was not sure if there was anything else to talk about. Well maybe. She supposed it was as good of a time to have some ‘girl talk’. Get advice of a sort and just learn how Emi thought about such things. “If you do decide to do it. What kind of boy do you think you would look for? Anything that makes you want one more than another?” Emi might not have had experience. But that did not mean she did not have preferences, her eyes were drawn to some more than others. Her heart…other parts. “What does it feel like, when one gets your attention.” Sure she had been attracted to girls before as a boy, Emi included. But she wanted to hear another perspective. See if Emi felt anything like the confusing things she currently felt. **** “Someone like me can’t have someone else.” Emi and Rin were teammates, friends. She trusted them deeply. But something deeper. She believed that was still impossible, remembering her past attempts. To not be alone. Nothing long term could happen here. But would it really hurt to spend some time with this woman? She seemed to be hurt as well. “If it is not too painful to talk about, how exactly did the demons hurt you?” A sensitive subject, but maybe she wanted to talk about it. Especially with someone who shared similar pain. She did not know where this was going to go. But maybe this was someone easier to talk to than most.

I’ve never considered myself as good at actions scenes. Hopefully will do as well. Was going to have the two of them charge into the room, to Emi and Elie, but was not quite sure where everyone was standing if it was a clear path.

To not be alone. That look in the woman’s eyes was hard to resist. Kind of like Emi, but not quite the same. But unlike Emi, there was less she could do for this woman. At best make sure she did not get hurt again. She could keep the woman company here, if that was what she wanted. But she had to look elsewhere for something long term. “An interesting place to look for companionship. Hope you succeed.” She was cautious about saying too much about Emi or Rin. “I have not known them very long. Maybe I will find one or two others here too.” Ellie was still a possibility. Could there be others? It was best not let a team get too big, though she did not have a strict number in mind. There could be others not known, discovered here one way or another.

Going to keep Rin and Emi talking for a bit. Everyone can do what they want. Though I do like the idea of Elie listening to Rin and Emi sing. Setting things up for her to try to make them professionals later. Mitsuko can listen too if she wants. After that they may or may not stick together. Rin and Emi might eventually go boy hunting, or boys start trying to get their attention (again, could be played by me, someone else, or a combination) but that is still a bit off and could be after they break away from Ellie and Mitsuko(?). The convention is a few days long. Plenty of time for various things to happen.

The truth was Rin was unlikely to take that step without Emi joining her. She did not consider that promise a burden. She wanted to do things with Emi and was unlikely to cross that line by herself. At this point the other girl had finally begun singing. Some light rock song. She was quite into it. No professional herself, but good enough to be enjoyable in a place like this. The crowd attention was on her. She shook her head. “I don’t think I’m ready to even think about doing that by myself.” Emi had not ruled it out. She would just have to wait and see what happened. She felt….safer? Doing it with a friend. There was something appealing about them doing it together as a pair of girls. Though she tried to remind herself she was only a part time girl. Her thoughts were much more confused, feelings and desires she did not understand. There was a genuine curiosity but unease about indulging it. ”I don’t know what you went through before we met. Don’t feel forced to do it. But if it happens, I want us to experience it together.” If she found someone else who turned her on. If Emi wanted to do it. Then it would happen. Otherwise, Rin would not act on whatever it was going inside her. Not cross a line where she had no idea what would happen. She also just thought even with a lack of experience, as a girl, Emi might be a better judge of the right boy(s) to do it with.

Have sex with a boy, as a girl. In a place like it was possible. She remembered the night with Emi. With Alexandrine. She needed to find a Knight apparently, to feel what they did. It made her feel a little weird, imagining a boy doing that to her. But if she was completely honest, she did wonder what it felt like. She looked out into the crowd, the boys gathered. It could be any of them. It was not going to be before they sang. But did she dare do it? It seemed like admitting she was not really a boy anymore. She had not committed to it yet. But what did Emi feel about it? “Did you have any interest in it? Looking for some boy or boys. Spending time alone with them?” Was it something she already had any interest in doing by herself? But then Rin had said they would never be apart during the convention. “…or in looking for a few together?” Unknowingly suggesting Alexandrine’s suggestion to Emi. Looking for a few boys together. Two. Maybe even more, if Emi liked the idea of each having more than one at a time.

Rin still did not really understand what she was thinking and feeling. She did not necessarily want to appeal to boys, but maybe some small piece of her felt pride that she did. “It was a little weird for me. I’ve never been touched like that before. Never even thought about that kind of thing with boys. I played it up a little on stage. Knowing the audience thinks this is my real body, that I have always physically been a girl. I signed up for this, knowing what some of them will think about me. It just seemed like something I should do now. But also just want to have fun with you. Do things I might not have otherwise.” She was encouraging it. She had mixed feelings about it. But she did not intend to stop. She did not really understand where it might go, what could happen.

Rin appreciated it a little more now. It was the sort of thing she had heard about, but while she passed fairly well as a girl in her cross dressing, this was the first time she experienced it. It was a strange feeling. Not exactly welcomed, but proof her body at least really was that of a girl’s now. The ways might think of her now. She was curious what Emi felt about it. Someone who always was a girl, though she had not lived a conventional life. “How does it make it you feel? The boys looking at you like that? The little touches? You were pretty out of it, but you were rather popular on stage. We’re probably both going to be pretty popular when we sing.” A crowd was already gathering, mix of boys and girls. Though they were currently focused on the other girl, preparing to sing. “Maybe we’ll become an idol pair, go on tour between battles.” She joked, believing neither were actually good enough for that. **** ”Demons cause a variety of pain.” Alexandrine did not elaborate. The woman could maybe guess. Killing was not the only misfortune demons brought to people. Especially women. Emi’s mother, Ellie…herself. Plenty of Magical Girls, even some unlucky ordinary women. That was not something she admitted to many though. She was sure the woman was telling the truth, it was common enough and she sounded honest. She had closed herself off so long. That night with Emi and Rin cracked the shell a bit. This Fujiko knew what she was doing. The right approach for someone who had been alone so long. Alexandrine did not pull her hand away…she had not ruled out spending private time with a fan or two during the few days of the convention. If Fujiko tried hard enough and wanted it, it might happen. ”This is my home. My territory. I need to protect it. I’ve remembered that.” That was the motivation that brought her back to doing this. That and wanting to give Emi some happiness. The last question was one that made any Magical Girl or Knight cautious. It was the point of these events. But it could only go so far. There were a very few that were open, used their real names and such. But she was not one of them. “What exactly do you want to know?” There was no promise she would answer them, but she would at least hear the questions, and decide how much she was willing to say.

Zorn had watched her. Eyes slightly drawn to the slightly spread legs. Maybe another time. He was a demon, but with a being like Hellhound, that would only happen if she wanted it. Or at least looked tempted. He took the meat, smelled it. He was aware humans did this. A weakness of theirs, their stomachs could not handle raw meat. He did not necessarily think it improved the taste. But he did not think it ruined the taste either. He did not hesitate to take a bite of it, quickly chew and swallow. He rarely savored his meals. Had to be something truly special. Though it was purely about hunger for him either, he could enjoy eating. "Will this be enough for you, or do you plan to hunt for more?"

Alexandrine and Ryan kept up the drive. Ryan had transformed in the process. A sigh from Alexandrine. "I had hoped to train you before this. But we have no time. You are faster, stronger than normal. But stick behind me for now. Don't fight unless you have too. If you do have to, all I can say is draw the power from within, discover it's nature and use it to defend yourself." Ryan did not have time to respond as they reached their destination, with a screeching halt. Alexandrine quickly transformed and they ran into the building. Another unfamiliar presence. The first one had help at least. Two new Magical Girls and/or Knights? Visitors from another territory? They would find out. For now they were running through the building, towards the demonic presence she had sensed.