The morning went well enough. Drake asked Luna and Spider to post 2000 cult flyers in Meridian which all smelled of mustard. Then they returned home. Unbeknownst to everyone, plans were being made in the front yard by everyone’s least favorite Maiden.
The Flower Maiden appears with 2 Powderpuffs to drop her off. They scan the area, snorting like hounds. Their bat-like wings flit about as they shift directions. "She is inside, Lavender Maiden.", they speak in unison.
“Thank you, be on guard” Maiden commands. “Ready?”
"Of course!" the Powderpuffs say
Maiden summons a vine whip as she storms in to the living room.
The two Powderpuffs follow closely behind her, as their eyes light up.
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Luna was sitting and relaxing on the couch, minding her own business. She knew what day today was, a full moon, so she was on guard and ready to fight if the time came. That’s when Maiden came in.
Maiden storms in trying to quickly tie Luna up
“Hold her down” She says, deadpan. Luna blips off of the couch, standing up with her sword readied. The lights flicker some.
"Piss off." Luna says defiantly. "Bring it bitch!"
“You think your marked sword can do anything to me?! Bring it!" Maiden exclaims, turning on her battle sensors.
Knight walks back in before walking back out. “Nope.”
"Game start!" Luna shouts.
The two women with silver skin and purple hair flit to Maiden's sides, ready to defend.
"And who are they?"
"We are Lavender.", they say in unison. Maiden tries to impale Luna with her whips a multitude of times. Luna blips around the room, trying to dodge all of the attacks. The Powderpuffs flit around the room, attempting to catch Luna. They suddenly stop and stand very still. The lights flicker more. Luna stops when the Powderpuffs stop.
Knight runs in. “Heh?”
The powderpuffs stare at Luna, smiling widely. Luna stares back with a grin. "Just getting attacked. Nothing new." Maiden does not care and tries to impale Luna from behind with a giant thorn grown out of the ground.
“DUDE WHAT THE FUCK” Knight yells.
Luna was unable to defend, the thorn impaling her dead center. "Gah fuckvwoengokew3g" she says. The Powderpuffs lunge at Luna, attempting to grab her legs. They connect. She's knocked the fuck down to the floor, a vine impaling her in the back. Maiden pushes the vine more in. Needles emerge from the Powderpuffs fingertips. They dig into Luna's legs. There's a snarl as Spider lunges at Maiden. She wraps her hands around her neck squeezing hard.
"AhhhhhhhhhHHhHHhhhhhHhhhhhhhhhh" Luna screams, hyperventilating from the pain. Knight starts shooting at the Powderpuffs. Everyone in the room feels slightly nauseous, a little numb at the extremeties.
“The fuck?” Knight.
"Helllp.."
“AHAHAHAHA” Maiden kicks Spider in the gut while laughing like a lunatic. The Powderpuffs scatter, taking a few hits and laughing as they do. They lunge at Spider and Knight, respectively. Spider doesn't react to the lunge at all as she keeps squeezing. “G-GET THEM OFF OF ME!” Maiden yells, trying to get Spider off of her. Knight blips out of the way of the lunge before rushing to help Luna. Luna fucking passes out from her injuries. She's free for the taking! Both Powderpuffs direct their attention to Maiden. They rush to her defense. Knight removes the thorn in Luna and heals her. In retaliation, Maiden summons a thorn behind Knight and stabs him in the back. As soon as the thorn impales Knight, it turns to dust as the wound heals.
"OUT OF THE WAY, SPIDER!" Eurydice yells. Eurydice charges into the room with a manic grin and swings to decapitate Maiden while she's caught off guard. Spider growls and teleports out the way watching Maiden closely. Luna is still knocked the fuck out. Outside, the sound of... horses, the wind...wings? Can be heard. The sounds grows louder and louder.Maiden ducks Eurydice’s swing as she grabs Luna.
“Take care of them,” Maiden and Luna disappear.
“YOU BITCH” Knight exclaims Eurydice buries the axe into the floorboards but rolls to recover from the missed strike. ...The floorboards bleed a bit. Suddenly, dozens of small Powderpuffs begin to break in through the windows, the doors are rushed by 8ft models. They begin flooding the house and attacking at random. “What the fuck??” Knight yells. Spider just starts attacking any that get close going absolutely fucking feral. She is able to destroy a few, purple blood spilling all over the floor and making her sick with the sour smell. More continue to flood in. Spider just keeps going.
Eurydice snarls. Both of their eyes gain pupils as they stomp on the ground. Bleeding, fleshy vines burst from the floorboards and attempt to crush and restrain everything in the room. There are a lot of vines, and the vines are strong. At the same time, they attempt to decapitate one of the larger powderpuffs. They destroy many of the units. It is then that the Powderpuffs redirect their attention from the people, and begin destroying the appliances and building itself. They ram into the walls, leaving huge holes and punch gaps in the ceiling. They are trying to bring the house down. Dozens continue to swarm in through the doors and windows. Eurydice, and the vines they control, continue to absolutely decimate as many Powderpuffs as possible. The building is repaired as it is destroyed. Cerberus enters the room and immediately begins to bite down on any and all he views upon. Heads recklessly huffing flame onto some that come by as well. Spider just continues to attack any powderpuffs in sight.
Suddenly, all of the Powderpuffs begin screaming. A hundred or so additional flood in. They attempt to jab anyone they can with their needle fingers, before they all explode into a thick gell consisting of stinky blood and other viscera. Outside, the sound of flapping wings still echoes, but no additional enter the house. They are waiting. They stop the attacking as soon as the powderpuffs explode, grabbing a vine to bite as to get blood to heal their wounds The vines stick around.
Spider snarls and shakes her head. "What the actual fuck was that?"
Cerberus’s heads growl amongst themselves, fur a mess. "𐊱𝓱𝖎𝐬 ɯ੦𝖚Ӏ𝖽 Ь𝚎. 𝙎σ ᛖሀⲤ𝛨 𝚩𝜠𝛵𝜏Ꭼ𝑹. 𝔗𝚏 𝔱Ꮒ𝓲𝓼 һ𝕠𝜐𝗌𝛠 𝔀𝞪𝕤𝗻'𝒕 𝑠൦ 𝑑𝑎ｍ𝐧𝔢𝓭 Ⲥ𝙤𝑁𐊥ℑ𝜨𐊊ℕ𝓖."
Eurydice barks at Cerberus. Cerberus barks back. Eurydice giggles and grins, stomping the ground as their left pupil disappears. The vines retreat back underneath the floorboards, pulling the broken boards back into place. His ears twitch, and he snickers, looking in the direction of the outside.
"𝓡𝐸𝛢𝙇𝗟𝓨? 𝖳ℍ𝒜𝝩 Ꮤ𝖠𝘚 ᏼ𝗔𝙍ꓰ𝖫𝓨 ꓧ𝘈Ｌ𐊇 ᴏ𝗙 𝕄𝐸 𝑇ꭱ𝚼𝕴𝓝ɢ."
"I am furious but that was so refreshing." Eurydice says.
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While all of that was happening, Maiden took Luna to the Vast Meadow. Maiden and Luna appear as she holds her unconscious body. Luna is still passed out. Limp. useless. Maiden walks to the Cypress tree and sets her down as she takes any weapons that Luna has and throws them to the side. Her Marked Broadsword, knife pouch, and phone are discarded. Maiden takes her own sword and aims for Luna’s heart before stabbing Gem popped in and tried to stop Maiden from finishing Luna off.
“LUNA!!!! Stop trying to hurt my friends!!” Unfortuantely, Gem’s sword bounced off of her back, unaffecting Maiden. She was shocked. Maiden stabs Luna in the chest, killing her instantly. “Nammie please help!” Gem pleads to the Gods before going on guard.
A bright light shines from above, and a heavenly melody is heard. Maiden vanishes. Gem sobs and runs to Luna. “Luna you can’t die.” She holds where she’s been stabbed. Unfortunately, Luna is fully unconscious.
“Luna,” Nammu says, “Too many of my Marked are being assaulted. Rise Luna, you are awakened and healed.”
Luna opens her eyes and takes a breath, "huh? wh-what happened? Wait... wh-where am I?" They look around, still a bit... dazed.
“It was the Flower Maiden again. She seems to want you dead.” Nammu explains.
Luna takes a few more deep breaths, trying to regain some focus. Upon hearing the name 'Flower Maiden', she instinctively clenches her fist. "...I don't understand. I've always treated her with respect."
“I sense a thirst for power in her. Byleth no doubt exploited that.” Nammu says
Gem hugs Luna. “Oh thank you Nammie!”
Upon hearing the name Byleth, she releases the clench and instead grabs her collar for support. She looks terrified. "O-oh,, hello Gem.." She accepts the hug!
“I was so scared we were gonna lose you too” Gem says. “I tried fighting Maiden and my sword bounced off of her”
"...well isn't that just wonderful. Wait where's my phone? [the kiss] might be worried i died" Luna asks somehwat lightheartedly "Well... I did but you know what I mean." She looks around for her phone. "Ah. Right. Of course she takes all of that off me."
Luna messages [the kiss] to let them know of her safety.
"Thank you Nammu. Thank you Gem."
“I’m just glad you are safe. I’d sob if we lost you too.” Gem says
“Of course my dear.” Nammu says
"Trust me, I would sob if I lost me too. I got too many investigations and archives to catch up on"
Luna chuckles a little bit, but realizing that that joke may have been a bit too soon, she stops.
“Call on me whenever any of you are in danger from Maiden. The life of the Marked risks death but is not without some protections.”
"Thank you blessed Nammu. I owe you big time." Luna says
“Yes Nammie. Thank you for hearin my plead.”
“I would not let you die if I could manage it. I have banished Maiden from this place. She can no longer see in here. Forgive me, I should have done this earlier but was distracted with Nabu.”
After gathering her things, Luna takes a deep breath and returns home.