Streets of Fandom, Near DDD, Friday Evening

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Lulu wasn't entirely unaware as to the week's goings-on; it was hard to miss the mist, for one, and there'd been the Cheese Grater's ill-advised attempt, after he'd taken a step outside to take out the trash, to go for her... chest. With a fork. (Not one of the Forks, thankfully

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And 'Dite was totally heeding the warning she'd received earlier -- except that she wasn't, as she wandered through the town in the fog.

Convinced she could take care of herself (Hello? I am a goddess, here!), she had set off to walk home from the store. Monsters or no monsters, Aphrodite was determined to show she could take care of herself, no matter what.

Which was why she was feeling rather lost and thinking it might be best to zap herself home after all when she heard the sound of a scuffle close by.

"Helloooo?"

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Lulu, at this point, had been out in the fog more than long enough that she was... feeling the effects.

Not that she knew this.

Which means her first reaction upon hearing... something... Something threatening?

"Burn!"

Aaaaand that would be Dualcast Flares firing more-or-less in the direction she'd heard that noise. Unfortunately, being a magical attack, the Flare spells didn't actually do anything to burn off the fog.

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"Hey!" Seeing flames, 'Dite jumped aside, but not quick enough to get her fringed jacket out of the way. Slapping at the smoking pieces, she glared into the mist. "That's no way to make friends!"

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For all that Lulu is a highly powerful black mage, and for all that Onion Knight who has totally been in her arms the entire time turns her into a spell-casting machine?

She still takes a moment to recharge between spells.

"You don't frighten me," Lulu called out in response to what she heard as unintelligible gibbering and growling. She tracked 'Dite through the fog as best she could as she prepared for another Dualcast volley.

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Well, at least it was human, and could obviously talk. "Yeah, well, you don't frighten me either." She thought she might have heard the voice before but couldn't tell. Peering hard through the fog, she tilted her head. "Who are you?"

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"Sorry about the freezerburn!" Lulu cried, this time pairing a Firaga spell with a Blizzaga.

... No one ever said her battle dialog was good.

The fog was still too thick for Lulu to actually see what she was fighting, but it did seem to be swirling a little thinner as the giant balls of magical destruction raced towards their target.

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"Whoa!" She held up her hands, letting the spells bounce off her and whirl into the surrounding mist.

"So not cool! Knock it off before I get mad!"

Unbeknownst to either combatant there actually was a monkey-pony-monster nearby, watching. He snorted angrily as one of the spells ricocheted past him.

'Dite heard the snort and stopped. "What was that?"

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To Lulu, it all sounded like two fiends growling back and forth -- she could only assume they were attempting to coordinate an attack.

Two enemies meant that it was time for a serious multi-target spell.

"Know pain," she snarled, "but not for long. Ultima!!"

The Ultima spell is an interesting one. Brilliant bolts of light come rocketing out of the darkness to converge on Lulu's targets and explode in a cascade of shining explosions. ... With absolutely no damage to any of the surrounding property.

Convenient, that.

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Again, the goddess was able to block the worst of the spell, though it did push her backwards and knock her down. Her jacket (white, with pink fringe) once again took the worst damage as she landed in a mud puddle.

"My hair! Oh, you are so going to be sorry about this! Take that!"

And she let loose several love bolts in the general direction of her opponent, totally forgetting the noise she'd heard just moments earlier.

Which didn't matter because Mr. Monkey-pony-monster was just struggling to his feet after knowing the pain of whatever kind of bolt that was. He shook his head angrily, preparing to charge for whoever had sent that flash of pain at him.

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The problem with several love bolts coming at Lulu was that, as much as she could dodge any one of them, as soon as she dodged one she was right in the path of the next.

When it struck her, Lulu first calmed down immediately, smiling softly; she began to walk forward through the fog, which was swirling away now to reveal:

... A monkeypony. Or, at least, so Lulu thought. And it was the prettiest monkeypony she had ever seen.

"Why, hello," she said, smiling widely (and a little stupidly). "Aren't you the most radiant... monkey-pony-thing?"

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As her opponent came closer, and she heard those words, 'Dite groaned.

"Lulu? Oh -- Hades!" She crossed her arms. "What are you doing out in this stuff? Dinah said it's hallucinogenic or something like that. Didn't you -- wait . . . did you just call me a monkey-pony-thing?"

Yep. Definitely hallucinating.

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Lulu reached out for where she saw the monkeypony's head (... one of them...), which was, thankfully, about two feet in front of Dite's, and began to pet it.

"Who's a gorgeous monkeypony," she cooed (although if you told her later that she'd done so, she'd deny it to her dying breath).

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"Oh, fer -- by all the temples on Mount Olympus, why didn't I listen to Dinah for once?" She shook her head. "Don't suppose I can ask you where you live, huh?"

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That? Would be Lulu continuing to coo.

... While her hands, uh, came down. And maybe groped a little.

If you know what I mean.

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"What the - stop that!" Grabbing Lulu's wandering hands, she glared at the love struck woman. "I swear, one day I'm going to get Ares to teach me that lightning thing he does, because love bolts have too -- many -- after effects!" Finally, she was able to pin the woman's hands to her sides. "There! Now hold still while I get you in doors!"

A zap, and they were gone, leaving only an outlined silhouette that slowly dissolved in golden dust.

Moments later a singed and bewildered monkey-pony-monster limped through. If one looked closely they could see a smile on its distorted face, and little golden lights in its eyes as it looked for someone to love.