Snippet #1673595

“...Is it over?” Bianca asked, almost rhetorically. She already knew the answer since the clamouring went down substantially. She sighed and slowly came out from behind Nick, glad she didn’t have to cast her barrier to protect her current associate. Not that it mattered too much. She knew she could perform if it came down to it. After all, it was just focusing a little and saying a few words, right? No big deal. She did it this time, and she was certain she could do it again if things called for it. She knew it would.

“Yeah! Take that, you stupid, jerk faced bandits! Eat dirt for attacking our leader!” She pumped her fist in the air triumphantly, her previous ‘scaredy-cat’ attitude having suddenly vanished, like a leaf blowing away in a strong breeze. Oddly enough, a leaf did blow by in that moment as a few folks stared at her in silence and a little disbelief. She slowly lowered her fist, looking around and blushing a bit, embarrassed.

“Erm...that is why we beat those bad guys up, right?” She said aloud, laughing nervously. “...I’ll just shut up now...” She slung her rod behind her back and sat cross legged on the ground, waiting for everyone to finish their conversations. She listened in, of course...

“I mean, look at them!” Bianca heard the other little girl shout at one point. She looked to her to see just what the ruckus was, only to find the spear user pointing at her. “They’ve even got a baby on their team!”

Bianca had been half listening to the conversation, but obviously an insult like this could not go unnoticed. She stood up, grabbing her rod and pointing it at her aggressor.

“Look who’s talking, you little pipsqueak!” Bianca shouted back, not caring than the taller woman already gave her a bit of punishment. She had to say something, after all. In her ‘rage’, she tried to look as indignant as possible in the ‘noblest’ of fashions. “How dare a commoner such as you even think to speak about me in such a way. I’ll have you know that I’m a perfectly capable magical girl, much more so than a poor, pathetic, untalented peon such as yourself. You should be happy to be graced by my incredibly cute and adorable presence. Hmph!” She turned her nose up in disgust.

She listened to the rest of the taller woman's reply, then replied in kind, walking right up to Artur and the two women, the smaller of the two probably being held back from attacking Bianca by her partner.

“If we’re going with you, make sure to keep that peasant girl as far away from me as possible. I can’t have her ruining my perfect reputation and impeccable appearance with her terrible insults and her unsightly manner of dress.” She crossed her arms and tapped her foot.