No. One. Cares.

Ten thousand knuckle pushups? maybe try to find karate joe and learn some of that Chi throwing? something.

It begins.

"I thought I could maybe find more trainers to improve my game?"

What everyone does to train in Metro City: Find Mad Gear, apply fist.

>>21372990
I second this motion. We will train in the same manner Ellie did, Punch out ten thousand Mad Gear!

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>>21372839

Try to find the book that call The Cane as Weapon, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cane_as_a_Weapon

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"I don't really have much in the way of projectiles," you say. "Maybe I could train with Karate Joe?"

"Went west somewhere, nobody knows where to find him now," Jen says. "Also, gross."

"I'm becoming kind of a Metro City poster boy," you say. "Maybe I could punch a lot of Mad Gear thugs?"

"Not that likely," Pete says. "Ellie took out their leader and most of their gang bosses, it's going to be awhile before they reassemble."

Gears start to turn in your head. Mad gears.

>Claim to be a shadowy kingpin, reassemble Mad Gear and then beat it up
>Just head back to Southtown and train under Tatsuya again
>Third plan. Something else.

>>21373054
>Claim to be a shadowy kingpin, reassemble Mad Gear and then beat it up
oh god mah sides.
If i remember right Tatsuya didn't really have much left to show us, less we want to attempt to learn his style...

>>21373054
>Claim to be a shadowy kingpin, reassemble Mad Gear and then beat it up
This is literally the best option that we've ever gotten in this entire quest and I endorse it wholeheartedly. That said, what other options do we have? We've got three weeks, which is enough time for a road trip, but no crazy other-country training or anything. We need to get drastic.

>>21373054
What happened with Guy ninja dojo?
Bushinryu or something?

We could give it a check there

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>>21373054
>>Third plan. Something else.

Try to find master who teach Hakkyokuseiken?

>>21373054
wait, do we know where ellie and her KoF team is training? we could beat on them a bit to improve our everything.

>>21373054
>Third plan. Something else.

Uh, what about Cody motherfucking Travers? He's...not quite right in the head and kind of a brute compared to our more refined style, but that guy's a BEAST. I'm sure we could learn something from him.

>>21373054

First option.

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"It's...probably best you don't know all the details of this, Jen," you say. "Could you wait in the living room for just a minute? Pete, we need to talk." Jen looks doubtful, then leaves the room.

"Okay, I'm going to need a disguise," you say.

"No," Pete says.

"Something that covers my face. Makes me look like a Mr X kinda guy."

"Stop what you're saying, nothing good can come from it."

"I'm going to restart Mad Gear and then beat it up."

"That's...wait." He looks thoughtful. "That might work."

"So we just get a mask and a huge cloak, recruit a few tough guys who recruit more tough guys and then we wail on 'em. What's more, it'll demoralize them so bad they might be put down for good this time."

"Sounds vaguely shady, though. Does this jive with your entire gentleman thing?"

>Sure. Gentlemen love masks.
>He's right. Think of something else.

>>21373108
In the news, Mad Gear is back, but they're calling themselves the 'gentleman's crime syndicate' now and all are wearing bowties.

>>21373230
>Think of something else
Pete, rebuild Mad Gear for me, and then I'm going to kick your asses. Their asses. You know what I mean.

>>21373230
>>He's right. Think of something else.

>>21373230
Thats the best part we'll be in a mask no one will know! Alternatively we can be a classy mob boss ala vega.

>>21373243
Actually, amending this. We go with option 3 and come up with some other training to do, but in the meantime set Pete to rebuild Mad Gear while we're away. We do our training thing, come back, beat up Mad Gear, everyone wins.

>>21373230
Well...a lot of Mad Gear people are still in jail, right? I mean they keep getting out so Metro City Jail can't be too good, but there's a good deal of people there. Just ask to be thrown into jail, beat the crap out of the prison gangs and win the underground prison fighting championship. We don't commit any crimes, we can get out whenever, and we break their spirit by beating them in jail.

>>21373273
Just so we're 100% clear, that's for "Think of something else"

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>>21373230
Of course. LET THE MASQUERADE BEGIN!

>>21373273
This seems like the most legitimate course of action we could possibly take.

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>>21373230
This is exceedingly silly. Plus, putting Pete in charge won't change much since, y'know, he's Pete.

Hey, if we're the American World Warrior (not counting anyone the Armed Forces or whoever else gets a bug up their ass who decides to compete), don't we have a bit more clout and money now? We can start globehopping to learn the fundamentals of other styles. Who knows? Maybe we can get an audience with Eagle himself.

>>21373230
>>He's right. Think of something else.

What kind of moral do we have?`No! We shall not create a new Mad Gear gang so that we can beat them. If we do that, it is high risk that it will ruin our good reputation!

Instead, we can travel to other city and beat up other gang instead.

>>21373301
What he said. This is a scam that a lot of fallen heroes do: create an artificial threat so you can swoop in and save the day, although this is for training purposes. I wanna veto this plan.

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>>21373296
We could also find out about the other World Warriors from Jen, too, can't we? I mean, it's not exactly a secret who the other warriors are to each other (usually).

>>21373296
We could go to the Middle East to experiment with Hashish, or to the Amazonian jungle to survive a mortally dangerous curare. Or to Japan to have another Segata Sanchiro revelation.

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Pete's right. If so much as a single Mad Gear member purse-snatches under your watch it would be on your conscience.

"Fine, no Mad Gear. But could you keep an eye on them and tell me if they start forming up? Maybe my last week in town I could mop 'em up, kind of a goodwill thing."

"Sure thing," Pete says. "Word has it some are already back on the street, I'll see if anyone reforms 'em."

"Thanks. Now, for training...let's try doing this one week at a time. What should I do for the first week?"

>head to Southtown
>stay in Metro City
>Crazy Ivan. Head to Idaho and fight anything you can find out there.

Couldn't we try to get into contact with Boss Honda and either train with him or have him contact those karate hobos he trained with for beam spamming?
We're kind of friends with him now plus I imagine he would want us to do well in the tournament otherwise it would make his loss look that much worse.

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>>21373355
>Head to Southtown.
Metro is kinda tapped dry right now. We can always check on Tatsuya and Ellie's Kyokugen dojo. Plus, we heard about this "Real Bout" thing they got over there, with a bunch of fighters. Maybe we can check that out.

Again, ask Jen if there's info on the other World Warriors yet, and see if we can't travel abroad yet.

>>21373381
I'm still convinced we don't need beams to be successful. Plenty of fighters are successful without projectiles. That aside, sumo and escrima don't have any noticeable synergy, and I doubt Honda has much to teach us.

>>21373355
Idaho? I dunno... that doesn't sound all that dangerous. or exciting. I say we head to Southtown, fight Ellie and Belle, and see if they have any good training ideas. Also, it'll give us a chance to fight their newly acquired murdernun and get some practice against Counter fighters.

>>21373412
We could be like the God Hand, Masutatsu Oyama, and fight a bull and chop its horns off. Besides, farm boys are HUGE. Lots of wrestlers come from the breadbasket.

>>21373388
And somehow stumble to the Yoga studio next doors.

Find a couple dozen machine guns pointed at us. Learn to dodge and be quick.

>>21373355
>head to Southtown
Don't we still need to visit up King's bar/club/whatever?

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>>21373381

Boss Honda, Pete and the Mad Gear remnants are currently in Metro City. The karate hobos he traveled with have been migrating west for unknown reasons, but apparently this is an exodus that's common for them. Earl Gray is somewhere out there. Tryhard Coolguy may be here, his current status is officially Unknown.

Southtown has the King of Fighters team and Tatsuya. Real Bout is a competition that exists in both cities, both about equally fierce.

>>21373412

Due to the lack of anything better to do Idaho in the SFQ universe is a terrifying no-man's-land of superpowered martial arts, raging chi storms that ravage the countryside and groundhogs.

>>21373355
>Crazy Ivan. Head to Idaho and fight anything you can find out there
>Crazy Ivan
Zangief must be in Idaho

>>21373355
> Make a thread on Fightchan asking about old masters hiding around Metro city.

It worked for the nun.

>>21373404
Exactly. Strength, reflexes and speed. That's what we need. All of them to S.

>Head to Southtown

We should look into rounding up our game some more, no matter where we go. We're good with the sticks, everyone knows we're mostly an eskrima dude, we should keep adding stuff to catch people by surprise. My favorite idea right now is adding to our strikes by training our leg strikes. Muay Thai would be a good idea what with the leg kicks, push kicks and knee strikes, but I wouldn't mind Taekwondo either.

>>21373453
King's Court is a thing in Southtown, yes. We don't NEED to visit, but it'd be a nice bonus.

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>>21373467
I initially suggested adding a style like Muay Thai to supplement our moves, especially if we get disarmed.

Again, we can always go to Southtown and compete in the Real Bout there just to keep fresh.

>>21373454
I like the sound of Idaho. Crazy Ivan plan. Man versus chi-storm wilderness.

>>21373454
If Idaho is that bad ass, we definitely need to pay it a visit. Probably next week, though, as it seems like most want to visit Southtown.

>>21373500
>>21373504
Idaho is nothing but farms and wrestling.

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"I'm going to head to Southtown for a bit, see about some more training with Tatsuya," you say.

"Sounds good, but don't tell me, tell Jen," Pete says. "Get dressed first, though, this is getting weird."

"You're the one who woke me up," you say. "Get out, I'll be there in a minute.

A minute later you're in the living room in an old t-shirt and sweatpants. If they wanted you to be formal they could have knocked. Pete has taken a seat beside Jen on the couch, you sit in an old chair that's followed you from apartment to apartment.

"So what's the plan?" Jen asks, setting aside her phone.

"Go to Southtown, train with the Kyokugen school some more. Look to round out my game a bit by sparring against their King of Fighters team," you say.

She raises an eyebrow. "This is the plan you had to send me out of the room for?"

>Ask about who else has made it to the world level so far.
>Ask if she knows any masters in the area.
>Ask if she'll take Pete and let you go back to bed.

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>>21373543
>Ask about who else has made it to the world level so far.
I doubt it's exactly a state secret whom the other countries are sending to compete. At the least, we can find out about other American World Warriors.

>>21373543
>Ask about who else has made it to the world level so far.
>Ask if she knows any masters in the area.
>Ask if she'll take Pete and let you go back to bed.
That order.

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>>21373543
>>Ask if she knows any masters in the area.

Plus we need to be trained by old muscle freak master.

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>>21373573
Countries can have multiple representatives, right? America, Japan and SE Asia (China, Hong Kong, Thailand, India, etc.) in particular are known for bringing multiple fighters to the global stage.

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"Do you know anything about who's competing?" you ask, changing the subject.

"Well...a bit. We'll send you over some more detailed files as we get them. So far only three of the tournaments are closed, the rest are going to be closing in the next week. Two of them are..."

>give me an image, a brief description and a 1d100 dice roll for world warriors!

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Rolled 14

>>21373692
Erik Larson, Ex-special force. Fights with a mix of quick and powerful debilitating strikes and lethal take-downs.

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Rolled 67

>>21373692
Lindsay Douglas of England.
A member of Delta Red (British Special Forces), Lindsay is an expert in CQC and various small and mid-sized arms, much in the same vein as her superior officer and World Warrior alumnus Cammy White.
A consummate professional, her moves are sharp and precise, and she leaves little to chance.

>>21373809
Also grenades.

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Rolled 29

>>21373692
David Hernan, high spirited, competitive. Former Engineer who is in this for the thrills of fighting.

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Rolled 87

>>21373692
Rebecca Lane, Irish descent. Self defense classes when she was younger turned into blowing her college loans and traveling the world for the love of fighting. Mostly Muay Thai, but she's picked up a trick here and there from various teachers, some of them famous warriors in their own right.

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Rolled 98

The Ranger, real name unknown. A hopeless otaku who learned to fight from old episodes of Kamen Rider. Against all odds he actually turned into a bonafide badass and is one of the few living humans capable of a Rider Kick.

>>21373933
I love you so much

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Rolled 53

Joe Joestar

An older gentlemen past his prime. He uses an unorthodox self taught fighting style primarily based around trickery, deception, and making the opponent lose their cool. He can control a strange vine that appears from his skin. One of the other American fighters, he joined the tournament to hunt for an unrevealed evil.

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>>21373933
Hopeless otaku who manages to become a total badass while still being a hopeless otaku?
Where have I heard that before?

>>21373933

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Rolled 6

>>21373692
Mr. Duck. Uses old european folk wrestling styles as his main weapon.

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>>21373933

May Kamen Rider spirit with you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG_AXkf3Op0&feature=related

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Rolled 45

>>21373692
Crazy old woman from Sweden.

Miss Johansen. Uses krav maga and mountain climing skills.

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>>21373933

>>21373933
And, ironically, our spirit guide is Rider 1. Because the same actor played both Hongo Takeshi and Segata Sanshiro. Yakno?

>>21373899
>>21373933

Jen pulls some files out of that ever-present briefcase. "First up, an Irish competitor named Rebecca Lane. A few self-defense courses awakened something in her, she dropped out of college and used the loans to travel the world seeking out new masters and new challenges," she says. She hands you a photo. "Mostly Muay Thai, but she's one of the most well-rounded martial artists I've ever seen. I'd peg her as one of the most dangerous fighters this time around."

"Good to know," you say.

"Next, The Otaku. Learned to fight watching old Kamen Rider and Super Sentai series and playacting them out, just like most kids do."

"Even you?" you ask.

"Thing is, he never stopped," she says, breezing past your question. "His style's a joke, but he's strong and he's crazy. That's a dangerous combo."

"Huh. Any recommendations?"

"Train like crazy, get strong as hell, beat them all down," she says. "The German tournament hasn't ended yet, but it's looking like the winner is going to be the same as the last five years running."

Him. The smiling prettyboy who's killing the tournament.

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Rolled 77

>>21373692
Mangus War

Thought in his childhood that if he's going to be ugly his whole life, then might as well became famous ugly.

Mimics Blankas pure power and electric chi attacks.

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Rolled 66

Sean Matsuda of Brazil.

Yes, THAT Sean.

He's now fully trained and capable in Ansatsuken after years of tutelage under Ken Masters. With his background in Brazilian Jiujitsu only supplementing his strong Ansatsuken fundamentals, Sean has come into a class all his own. Still happy-go-lucky and still with a love of basketball, he competes to validate his training and prove himself to Ryu and Ken.

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>>21374085
Eh? The only officially German World Warrior I know of is Hugo.

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>>21374085

On the surface there's nothing wrong with the man, just another one of those guys who looks like he should be on the cover of a romance novel. Flowing blonde hair, chiseled jaw, all that. He trained kickboxing as a youth and was some kind of prodigy, barreling in to win the World Warrior Tournament out of nowhere. Nothing wrong with the story so far.

The problem came with what he did once he won. Or rather what he wouldn't do. Romance novel covers, shampoo commercials, a terrible new age album, a line of children's jeans at K-Mart, if you offered the guy money he'd put his big stupid mug all over it. "ENDORSED BY THE WORLD WARRIOR!" was almost as common as "AS SEEN ON TV!" now. The tournament gets a cut of his advertising money so they're not willing to shut it down. After half a decade of this nonsense the reputation of the entire fighting world was starting to go downhill.

Looks like he's going to be there this year.

You're actually kind of glad. You can't wait to kick him in his stupid handsome face.

>>21374158

"That's enough for now," you say. "I'm going to get some more sleep. Will the tournament spot me a ticket to Southtown?"

"Sure," Jen says. "Just let us know and we'll arrange everything. Will you be needing a place to stay while you're there?"

You think about it. Last time you were there Tatsuya stuck you in Ellie's room. Now that she's back he's probably not going to do that again. You hope.

"I'll...let you know once I'm there," you say. "Now get out."

>Be Ellie
>Be Boss Honda
>Be Tatsuya

>>21374158
His name is Erich.
JUST Erich.
Like Cher.

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>>21374179
>>Be Boss Honda

>>21374180

I like that. It's canon! We want to kick Erich right in his handsome face.

As for the other world warriors, I like them. They'll probably be there, or at least referenced in some way.

>>21374179
>Be Tatsuya
This should be good.

>Be Boss Honda, SUMO TIME!

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>>21374179
>Be Ellie
Didn't we promise to check out Missy Sue's Real Bout fights?
==OR==
>Be Boss Honda
Now that his life is turned around, what's next for the big guy?

I'll go with whatever the majority is.

>>21374179
>>Be Ellie

>>21374179
We have a chance to play as Tatsuya? Let's give that a shot.

>>21374179
Boss Honda or Tatsuya? Grhm.... okay... but this decision wasnt easy!

>Be Boss Honda

>>21374179
>>Be Ellie
Round two, nun!

>>21374251
Hard to imagine what goes on in the mind of a Kyokugen school owner.

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By narrow margin you decide to become Boss Honda.

You are Boss Honda, former karate hobo, former World Warrior contendor, now just sort of...Boss Honda.

You drove away your mentor by pursuing a path of hate and destructive power. Now the Satsui no Hadou (or whatever its equivalent was) has left you, leaving you with normal sumo and karate hobo powers. Which is still pretty good, all things considered.

With the bustle of the tournament over and a day of recovering in the hospital out of the way, you find yourself feeding bread crumbs to pigeons on a park bench. It's starting to grow cold, and Metro City never had great parks to begin with. It's time to figure out what you're going to do next.

>See if your apartment and truck are still there or if you've really gone full hobo.
>Skip that step. Hop a train and head west to find the old man and make amends.

>>21374368
>See if your apartment and truck are still there or if you've really gone full hobo.
While he does need to make amends he should at least check on his shit while it's convenient.

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>>21374368
>See if your apartment and truck are still there or if you've really gone full hobo.
If Neo Mad Gear touched the F-150, SOMEONE WILL DIE.

>>21374368
>>21374368
Lets go west, we have amends that need to be made

>>21374368
Check the apartment, see if there's anything we can pawn off for a quick buck.

>>21374368
>>Skip that step. Hop a train and head west to find the old man and make amends.
Hobohood is our fate. Let's accept it peacefully.

>>21374411
Let's go west AFTER we make sure everything is still there.

>>21374368
Always walking into the east.

>>21374368
Check the apartment first

>>21374368
Check on our apartment, but definetly go after the old man afterwards, no matter what. Too late to settle down and be a family man. We have potential.

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>>21373824
>>21373899
Team UK

You've been on the road for awhile. Time to see if your stuff is still there.

You start with the truck, last parked at the Metro City trauma unit where that mysterious Skull Girl punched you in the head and threw you in an elevator. You make a mental note to try for a rematch if you ever find out who she was.

In any case, no luck finding it. Apparently the hospital lot tows unattended vehicles left in short-term parking unless the owner is registered as a patient. Walking out under your own power and getting drunk one block over meant you were fair game.

At least you live on the bus line, you comfort yourself. You scrounge up enough change to get you to the lousy apartment block that used to be your home.

...whoever that is watching TV in your new apartment sure looks like they're enjoying the space, you find yourself thinking.

Just when you think to yourself this day can't get any worse you hear Jolene clearing her throat behind you.

>>21374568

"Hey stranger," she says. You turn from watching your old building across the street. You're not really sure what to say.

"Haven't seen you around in awhile," she says. "We were starting to wonder if you'd died or something."

"I kinda...went west," you say.

"Well, we heard," she said. She seems just as nervous. "I was just on my way to work. Wanna come along to the bar?"

>go with
>ignore it, hop a train, head to the wastelands of Idaho

>>21374652
>go with
They all HAVE to have seen the fight. Also, I'm hoping we didn't lose the lease on our place.

>>21374652
>>go with

Well it was long time that we had seen her. So just go with her but we should try to cut down with drinking.

>>21374652
We have to go with her

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>>21374568
>>21374681

That was supposed to read old apartment. This is what I get for trying to multitask. At least I didn't turn off my name by accident halfway through the quest (this time.)

>>21374652

You HAVE to go with her. HAVE to.

>>21374652

Have pride, ignore tension, go west.

Isn't Jolene the girl that dumped Boss Honda after he lost a single fight? It was an embarrassing defeat with the dildo, but if' that's enough to sink their relationship, Boss Honda's probably better off if he just moved on.

>>21374728

*temptation

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>>21374734
We don't know what exactly our thing was with Jolene. We were taking our tie trying to court her and were really close to the promised land. Then we took a dildo to the face.

>>21374652
Go with

>>21374734
They weren't a thing yet. Part of the reason Honda flipped his shit is he saw the dildo defeat as Anon ruining his chances with her.

>go with.

"...sure," you say. Maybe it'll be nice to see the old gang.

You follow along, trying to think of any small talk. You could explain the beauty of the road to her, what it was like hopping train to train, meditating in the desert, feeling that rush of chi rising in you. You wonder if you can tell anyone about all that.

"Well, here we are," she says, breaking that uncomfortable silence. "Hell, right over there's where you got the ol' Black Mjolner to the face." The laughs a bit when she says it.

"...yeah. That."

Maybe this wasn't as good an idea as you'd hoped.

>switch to Ellie?
>switch to Anon?

>>21374895
>>switch to Ellie?

Ellie time.

Rolled 44

>>21374895
switch to Tryhard Coolguy

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>>21374895
>switch to Ellie
Anon's still sleeping in.

>>21374895
Ellie sounds fun

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>>21374913

You try really hard, but not quite hard enough.

>>21374895
God. I feel bad for the guy.

>switch to Ellie?
I wonder if Tatsuya's gonna start in again about Anon's thoughts on Ellie.

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>>21374922
I bring great shame to my family

must commit sudoku

>>21374895
>>switch to Anon

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You are Ellie, Kyokugen fighter.

It's mid-afternoon, but Belle is at work (you're not completely certain what it is that she does) and Moira's with her church doing whatever it is she does. It's just you and dad in the gym together for the first time in a few months.

"Watch your technique on the right straight," he says as he blocks another punch. "Your shoulder's pushing too far forward."

"Right," you say. You set up for the same combo, trying to mind the technique more this time.

"Solid," he says. "You're definitely faster than before you left."

"I need to be faster," you say, teeth grit. "That nun threw me twice yesterday."

"Well, you did choose her because she's a counterfighter," he says. "If you're that worried about it we could work on your kicks more?You almost exclusively punch, makes it easy fora counterfighter to guess what you're going to do."

"That..." You think about it. "That actually works, yeah. Can we do that?"

"Sure, just let me - whoops," he says, hopping back to avoid a sidekick from you. His phone starts vibrating. "Let me get this real fast. Hello?"

You keep striking while he answers. He's answering with his left hand, so you make sure it's all strikes he can parry with his right. That's just being polite. You think you hear Anon's voice.

"Yeah? Sure, no problem. Can't stay here this time, Ellie's back in her room. Yeah."

"Wait, he was staying in my room?" you ask.

"Uh-huh, that's her. Nope, hadn't told her. Just come by when you get here, I think we're about to fight for real." He hangs up and tries to take a ready stance, your foot already three-quarters of the way to his face.

You are Boss Honda once again.

You sit in a corner booth, surrounded by some of your old drinking buddies, Jolene coming by with the occasional pitcher on the house and a wink.

You're starting to realize you actually kind of hate these people.

"So what'd you get up to out west, Boss?" Willie asks, slapping you on the shoulder. "Chasin' those California girls, soakin' up the sun, all that?"

>Explain to him that you went evil.
>Try to explain the Karate Hobo life
>Say nothing and just leave

>>21375152
>>Try to explain the Karate Hobo life
Maybe some of them can be shown the right way.

>>21375152
Explain the glamorous life of a Karate Hobo with nothing to lose.

>>21375152
Say nothing and leave.

His time on the rails has taught him something. Something that these people won't understand.

>>21375152
>Try to explain the Karate Hobo life
Is he going to realize that Jolene probably isn't the girl he thought she was too?

>Wax poetic about the karate hobo life

Loose the hairdo, become the bearded fatty

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"Rode the rails. Ate what I could find, trained every moment I could," you say. You find yourself smiling. "Fought Mad Gear for a bit, other gangs when they tried hassling me and the old man. The Railyard Bull, too, we think he's a robot. A guy in a metal mask at least. Went wherever we wanted, lived how we liked."

"Well damn if that ain't sissy talk," Willie says. "You and this old man had somethin' goin' or what?" He and the others laugh at this, a hoarse choking laugh that's starting to grate on your nerves.

The hell with it. You stand up and start to leave. You catch Jolene's eye in the corner. She seems as if she'll start to say something, then sees the drunks behind you and clams up.

The hell with them. The hell with all of this.

Two hours later you're on the back of a westbound coal train, staring into the distance. Somewhere out there is a wonderland of master-level fighters and raging storms, where an old man with tears in his eyes parted ways with you when he couldn't stop you from destroying yourself.

"NO TICKET NO RIDE," a familiar voice booms behind you. You grin despite yourself. Just wouldn't be the same without these guys.

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That's it for now, real life calls. Thanks for reading, we'll be back Friday. (Maybe tomorrow. Depends on how this midterm goes.)

>>21375366
Best of luck SFM. Thanks as always.

>>21375353
Kind of agressive and probably not the New Boss Honda at all, but I was kinda hoping he'd break their glasses or something with the new and improved one hundred slap before leaving. Because why not, screw em.

>>21375366
This reminds me, you have no idea what this quest does to my focus as far as studying goes. Granted I'm planning on switching careers so whatever the fuck I do doesn't matter much, but still.

Good luck with your midterms, come back when you can.

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Man, I am so diggin' this quest. Lighthearted and fascinating characters without fucking dramu.

We can dig it.

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>>21375353
Railyard Bull seems like Fun times

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>>21375466

I do like Q. I wonder if we're ever going to get an explanation for what he's supposed to be.

>>21375434

It doesn't do well for my studying either.

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>>21376220
Dude who suggested Moira's counter mechanic last thread and made the Eagle roll, etc. here. I'd been mulling things around in my head a little since earlier today, and since the thread is still here, I figured I'd post my thoughts on the other characters' dice mechanics for your perusal (not counting Anon, since that's a little of everything).

Ellie's Rushdown Mechanic
Start with a single die or small pool (say 1d10). To start her rushdown/combos, roll at least a hit; the threshhold of what counts as a hit (x to 10) varies depending on her, her opponent & how well she can hit them -- for example, against Moira right now, the initial threshold to tag her once would be nothing but a 10.
If the hit connects, increase the pool and/or hit threshhold, and on the next post, go again. If there's another hit, repeat. Adjust the number of hits needed to succeed where necessary, e.g. longer combos, forcing blockstrings, etc.
Perhaps add a finisher mechanic where at any time, given the option to end the combo, say with a special or super, roll one last test where you "blow up the pool," totaling hits or the overall rolled number, perhaps making the dice explode (10 = hit & reroll). It's a strict success test and doesn't have to beat a given threshhold.
From there, the pool resets, albeit not as small as at the start of the fight (2d10 instead of 1d10), since Ellie now controls the fight's pace and continues her pressure.

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>>21377328
Sherm--Missy Sue's Grappling Mechanic
Start with a given dicepool (3d6 for example). To go for a grab, set a target number (10). Roll the pool and total the numbers. If it meets or beats the target, it's a successful throw/submission/pin/whatever. If not, then the opponent teched the throw or she whiffs or it's a stalemate. Optionally, improve the pool (add 1d6) for the next time she goes for a grab.
Naturally, circumstances can influence a given target number -- the opponent, positioning, working them over, any given (dis)advantage and whatnot. The main thing is to offer multiple different grapple options, each with their own TN, on top of whatever other options you give. For example, against a big guy throwing a slow haymaker at Missy's head, you'd post:
Pool: 4d6
>You're way faster than that. Tag him first!
>Dodge away. Let him tire his fat ass out.
>Jump at him and flying armbar that punch! (TN: 9)
>Slip behind him for a German suplex! (TN: 20)
Chain throws and locks/submissions work in much the same way. For chain throws, add multiple TNs to a single choice or string them along in multiple posts, offering to transition from grab to grab. For submissions, make the first check to hit the pin, then offer to hold the pin -- the same test at a higher TN the longer it goes on -- among other options like transitioning between grabs or breaking away.
The same system applies to counter throws, i.e. if someone tries to grab Missy.

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>>21377328
>>21377340
Both mechanics, while reflecting Ellie/Missy Sue's own unique styles, also make them a sort of momentum-type character (at least if you use the rule of improving Missy's pool with each successful grapple). Once they get going, it gets more difficult to stop them. Though, if they get caught by a good counter (coughMoirahack), it can potentially stop them cold and force them to reset the pace.
Anyway, those are my musings. Tell me what you think.

>>21377328
>>21377340
These seem interesting, but we already have a bunch of PCs.

Let's keep it to Ellie's team, Anon, Boss Honda, and some third guy. Pete maybe.

Otherwise shit will just get very complex.

>>21378719

He was talking about Ellie and Missy. Missy is a part of Ellie's team. Just as a substitute/member for a striker team.

Plus with how this quest goes we might have another PC to quest with, maybe, Not that it is a bad thing. And yeah, I like the systems for the two. Seems to fit perfectly.

>>21378851
Didn't she get beaten by the nun?

Whatever.

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>>21378851
Missy and Moira never actually fought, but because the two had the best performances of the day (barring the Ikari "yoga instructor" who lost to Moira), Ellie and Belle decided to add both of them to the team. Moira McKenzie the aikido nun is the official third member, while Missy Sue is a reserve.

>>21379277
Response to >>21379242

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I always miss this quest. Been reading it on the archive though.

If we ever need to learn grappling, I hope we know where to go.

>>21379428
I'd love it if we learned punches from Cody (or Kyle, huehuehue), personally, but Cody's style isn't too good a fit for Anon I suppose. Dudley/the kid he coaches would be a better fit.

>>21379428
HYYYYPER BAOMB!

>>21377340

I like the mechanics for Ellie! I'm not sure if we'll get much from Missy's viewpoint, as some have mentioned we're slowly adding viewpoint characters at a ridiculous rate. Anon is staying as prime MC, Ellie as deuteragonist, Boss Honda may keep up a tradition of dropping in for a thread or two before disappearing on his own adventures, like a spinoff character reappearing on his show of origin now and again.

Actually, who do you guys like seeing/being the most at this point? You all cool with Anon and Ellie trading off MC duties?

>mfw Tryhard Coolguy wins in a landslide

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>>21379728
YEEEAH

>>21379871
I like Anon and Ellie trading off, with the occasional Boss Honda interlude. Nothing wrong with side-character one shot perspectives when it's interesting though.

>>21379871
Anon and Ellie as MCs; with The Wacky Adventures of Boss Honda the Sumo Hobo as a sideshow sound fine. I don't mind going to other viewpoints here and there if the situation calls for it, though, like when we controlled Pete during the tournament or Moira during the sparring.

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>>21379871
It's Anon and the KoF team as a whole (with Ellie as the primary). Boss Honda makes for good tangents.

>>21379967
Technically, it's two separate entities if you count the whole KoF team (Ellie/Belle/Moira/Missy) as one entity, three for Boss Honda. Ellie is the primary character in the KoF plot, yes. On the whole, I'd assume we're in control of the team overall.

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>>21380182

From my viewpoint Ellie is the MC of her side of the quest with a few sidekicks, sort of like Pete and Jen are to Anon. When they fight in KOF matches we'll control all three/four, but anything that isn't a fight will default back to Ellie.

We may get one-offs in someone else's head when plot relevant/I wanna drop some dramabomb secret like the fact that Belle is pro-skub, but we probably won't get Belle Quest. In any case, I'm glad you guys like Ellie, playing as her started as kind of a whim because Anon was losing a fight against her, then she just kinda grew into her own proper character. Same for Boss Honda, originally he was never going to come back.

>>21380280
That's fine as well. At least we're on the same page.

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>>21380372

Yeah, rereading it looks we agree. I initially misread it as viewing the entire KOF team as a gestalt character or such.

>>21380280
>pro-skub

DROPPED SO FUCKING HARD

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>>21380421
Considering the others are meant, by KoF design, to be Ellie's equals, they would have a bit more weight around her end of the quest, compared to Pete and Karate Joe with Anon. Hence the entire confusion of how to treat the overall team. I'm not saying make Belle Quest or Moira Quest or Missy Quest, but they have their own bit of importance and their own characters and story arcs.

>>21379277
Why did we do that, anyway? It's an unnecessary character, main cast should be kept small as possible. I say send her over to the Yoga place for recurring character status.

>>21380875
Because we like the character?

>>21381196
I literally cannot remember Missy's fighting style, appearance, personality, or gimmick.

>>21381511
But I am just one dude, so if more than one person wants to keep her about, I'll shut up about it.

>>21381543
Barring all the Shermie pictures posted throughout the past thread or two, she's only really come up in two or three posts. But considering the rolls between Moira, Yoga, and Missy were 100, 99 and 98 respectively, it was hard to just let go.

>>21380875

She's kinda sidelined until one of the KOF fighters gets injured or we need a Striker. I'd be surprised if she becomes a recurring character at the level of Belle or Tatsuya.

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Change of plans, looks like tomorrow I'm going to be nowhere near a computer and today I'll have some free time. Expect a new thread sometime around 2pm today.

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>>21385704
Cool.

>>21385704
AWWWW YEAAAAHH