"This is your City Guardian. Everglade is under threat. This is not a drill! Do not go near the gates! If you fear for your safety, then keep calm and follow the green streaks in the sky to a shelter."

[ The initial quake brought back terrible memories for Mariko, rendering her paralyzed under a table where the party was held. But her panicked state of mind has made her make a terrible decision of rushing to Nova City once she snapped out of her shock, for that's where she feels she would be safe away from all of this. But she underestimated the amount of these invaders lurking outside of the event space, and the distance it would take to Nova City's archway. Not even far from where the party is held, Mariko is pinned down by an intersection with throngs of these spirits being lured by her fear. Despite being dressed to impress, Mariko's fear is evident in the cracking of her usual stoic facade, squeezing the trigger of her magical rifle firing buckshot-like energy rounds, able to push any invading spirit back.

Mariko grumbles to herself, frustrated at that she wasn't doing much to really push these things back with the shotgun mode. She can use her guitar to blast these things out of her way, but that's risky and makes her stationary. She can fly, but there's more of these things in the air than on the streets. Buying herself a few precious seconds, she transforms her rifle's shotgun form into a shoulder mounted cannon. A squeeze of the trigger produces large clusters of energy from the cannon's muzzle, pushing back and exploding with a bright azure light like a bomb from a magical rocket launcher. Mariko looks over her shoulder, seeing more people fleeing from the assault on the city. She's hoping one of them is a pendant-wearer or someone with fighting capability, because she can't handle this alone for long ]

Hey, can any of you fight?

[ While her initial goal is to return home to Nova City, Mariko had a change of heart right before she passes through the archway to her new homecity. Gaining a little more confidence in fighting these spirits, Mariko decides to listen to her nagging conscience and do her part for Genessia. So while in a safe zone, Mariko sends an audio to the entire network ]

Anybody stuck in Genessia City and can't get to the safe houses? Let me know asap, I'll come to get you.