>>30214239

Archive: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Eclipsed%20Moon

(2/2)

You are intensely confused.

“Are you finally home! Are you staying this time! Mom will let you stay this time for sure, it's been too long and the warnings of the vision are all passed!” she cries further into the mop topped man's sweater.

Wait, is he wearing sandals? Well this has gotten awkward. The young attendant behind the counter shakes his head, “Every time,” before going back to preparing assorted orders and wiping down the counter.

>Leave the Arcade and head for home to tell mom about your 'panic attack'
>Stay and watch how this plays out, you think you have an idea about what's going on...but you need more information. Be open? Remain hidden?
>Get another Strawberry Banana smoothie.
>~Every time what, guy?~
>Write In!

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>>30214239
>>Get another Strawberry Banana smoothie.
>Stay and watch how this plays out, you think you have an idea about what's going on...but you need more information. Be open? Remain hidden?

Smoothie time while being sneaky!

>>30214264
Remain hidden and watch.

Good timing, I'm just starting to pretend I'm awake. It may or may not pan out and people will realize I'm still asleep, bu eh.

>>30214264
>>Get another Strawberry Banana smoothie.
>>~Every time what, guy?~
Smoothie and information gathering!

>>30214379
>>30214395
>>30214431

Voting Closed
Writing

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>>30214264

~Oy,~ you glance at the attendant's name tag, weird, it's in katakana. Yeon-Seok. Korean? Probably second or third generation immigrant, but he doesn't look it, ~another round, buddy~

The attendant breaks from his reminiscent watching of Rin and the man you think might be her estranged father, and notices you're facing away from him, looking at the same scene he was from over the lip of the menu. Shaking his head in a chuckle he moves your empty glass under the counter and probably into a to be washed bin or sink.

“Yeah, coming up,”

Sighing a little as you lean forward, cupping your chin with you free hand you take in the moment as Rin's tears dry and she becomes excited, rocking on the balls of her feet as she talks to her father. To be perfectly honest, you didn't know she had one.

I mean, of course everyone has a dad, well, until that new reproductive cells from bone marrow thing is given the okay by enough international health agencies to be put into use...but you'd never given a thought to the fact that she had a dad who was a person. You've never seen so much as a romantic picture of a man with Auntie Rei back at the shrine.

And what's all this about a vision? You know Rei and Rin do pretty accurate fire viewings, they both were a big help to you during THAT year you WERE...no. Not right now.

Wait, shit! They're coming over to the snack bar! Play it cool.

>Play it cool and continue to eaves drop.
>PANIC!
>Play it cool and reminisce about the viewings you attended with Auntie Rei and Rin (will require willpower roll vs Emotional Wall damage)
>Pay and take your smoothie to another part of the arcade (not going to be able to easily hide your face, will require a Deceive roll)
>Write in.

>>30214780
>PANIC.

Rolled 1

>>30214780
Play it cool and try to keep you face angled away from them, act like a patron that is trying not pay attention to them.
If it warm, maybe we can hide on side by putting our smoothie on it 'for the heat'.

Rolled 9

>>30214926
>PANIC.

>>30214926
>If it warm, maybe we can hide on side by putting our smoothie on it 'for the heat'.
I like this idea. If we're seen who would suspect the girl just rubbing a smoothie glass on their face?

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Rolled 6

>>30214780
>>Pay and take your smoothie to another part of the arcade (not going to be able to easily hide your face, will require a Deceive roll)

NO ONE WILL INTERRUPT US AS WE CONSUME OUR SMOOTHIE!

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>>30214926

>>30215143
2

>>30215143
1

Never Mind the Final Destination. I see a tie breaker showed up. Considering we're still such a small player base, I'll run with it.

>>30215004
>>30215123
>>30214926

>>30214951
>>30214865

>>30215059

Writing

>>30215222

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, battery died, rebooted, rewriting.

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Rolled 17

>>30215374
Shit happens. Keep on trucking author dude!

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>>30214780

Spinning on your stool, you turn to face Yeon-Seok. Trading your menu for the cold glass of the smoothie you click your tongue as you press it to the side of your face. Arcing your eye brow in your best dandy punk impression you let loose with your fake deep voice.

~Really hot for spring, huh?~

He chuckles and turns to your side, where Rin and her father sit at the snack bar. The smaller girl dragging the man by his arm to the bar.

"Can I get you two the usual?"

Rin practically chirps yes in response. You smile a bit, she normally is all smiles, but right now she is practically beaming. Honestly it makes you a little bit queasy.

Shortly they are enjoying a pair of chocolate milk shakes while talking about missed moments, how Rei was doing, and little things about your mother and her friends.

After some time, in which you are able to turn away and get a few sips of your smoothie, the conversation turns serious.

"I saw the news," the older man sighs, "That's your friend Koyomi out there now, isn't it? I know her older sister stopped...it's starting again, isn't it?"

Rin freezes, and looks down and away from her father sadly, partially in your direction. You drum your fingers and try to think invisible thoughts. You can hear Rin start to speak again, quietly at first, before rising and keeping a conspiratorial tone. You're not sure if you should be here for this.

>Pay and leave before you hear something you'll regret. (take 1d4 emotional wall damage to avoid having to roll to leave unseen or roll deceit and risk 1d8 emotional wall damage if you get caught)
>Stay and listen, it isn't your world anymore...but a part of you still wants to know. (roll will power versus 1d6 emotional wall damage)
>Get mad and stay (Will power roll DC 10 versus Gain 1 Stress)
>Get mad and leave (Will power roll DC 15 or Gain 2 Stress)
>Write in?

Getting mad will out you to Rin, though whether your stick around or flee is up to you.

Rolled 4

>>30215685
>Stay and listen, it isn't your world anymore...but a part of you still wants to know. (roll will power versus 1d6 emotional wall damage)

>>30215685
>>Pay and leave before you hear something you'll regret.
>Take 1d4 emotional wall damage to avoid having to roll to leave unseen
This, we already heard something we regret.

>>30215766
>>30215820

Final Destination Time! More than 15 have passed with 2 votes!

Just link this post with the number 1 or 2, no comments. Comments will nullify your vote.

1 >>30215766
2 >>30215820

Ready, steady, 10 minutes on the clock? GO!

Rolled 1

>>30216188

>>30216217
>>30216229

Please phrase your post in the requested format.

Rolled 2

>>30216188
>>30216217
>>30216244
1

>>30216188
1

>>30216272
>>30216286

Voting Closed, and Writing

>>30216188
1

Rolled 17 + 3

>>30216354
Actually, before I write, roll me 1d20+1, the DC is the above role.

Best of 3 rolls. Crits wild.

Rolled 9 + 1

>>30216737
I got this.

Rolled 2 + 1

>>30216737
Gonna be hard to beat.
Go dice go!

Rolled 1

>>30216796
>>30216912

Writing, if someone else rolls dice and I notice it (and it matters of course) I will amend the damage.

The above is now taken as emotional wall Damage unless another player pops a 19 or 20 our of thin air.

Rolled 4 + 1

>>30217112

>>30217112
>Damage Taken, Emotional Wall at 32/33
>MP is at 10/11
>1 hour left on your Dandy use of the Disguise Pen.

You shudder. Part of you wants to get out of here, and it hurts just a bit to think about, but you tighten your grip on the smoothie and choke back any out pouring that tried to bubble up.

Happy your intended lie to your mother about having a panic attack didn't become true, you listen to Rin. You need to know what's going on, if only so you know exactly what to avoid...right?

"I saw a monster in the fire, the same one from Mom's big one from back then...the reason why she told you to stay away...the one that kills you if you're here when it happens"

...well fuck...

"It laid waste to the city with five soldiers draped in black flowing mists. Koyomi was fighting, I was with her. We weren't alone. *WE* are the five, I'm in mom's old colors. Its tough, but we somehow win...except" Rin shudders.

"Except Koyomi is holding one of the enemies and crying. We all are." She leans into her father's shoulder, his expression neutral. "Mom told me how they faced enemies where she saw them losing before the fight, but she had just interpreted the vision wrong."

(1/?)

>>30217301

The normally smiling girl has grown dour, but not sad. There is resolve in her voice. You aren't sure if you pity her for having it or envy her.

"We can win the war, but loose something precious, right? I know I'm going to fight, its going to happen. I want to be there for Koyomi...maybe find a way to spare her those tears. I wasn't old enough or strong enough to help Mikage-chan like Tomoe-Sensei could" she pauses for a comforting drag on her milk shake. "Actually...I feel guilty. I wish I could have helped Mikage-chan. I, I was watching the fire the night of her last victory. I want to be as brave as she was, even if she had-" her voice catches in her throat as your blood runs cold.

Was she watching? Did she see? Did she know what-

"I couldn't spare Mikage-chan that pain...so I want to spare-"

You can't hear her voice anymore. Your pupils dilate in fear. Someone knows. Someone saw. Rin saw what you did. Rin saw what you did. Rin saw what you did!

>Pay & Flee openly (Willpower versus emotional wall damage)
>Pay & Flee covertly (Stealth, take emotional wall damage if you're caught)
>Get mad and stew (accumulate stress)
>Get really mad and leave (accumulate more stress)
>Write in
>Calm down, keep listening. (Willpower test)

>>30217519
>Pay & Flee covertly

>>30217519
You should really calm down.

Rolled 12 + 2

>>30217519
>>Pay & Flee covertly (Stealth, take emotional wall damage if you're caught)

>>30217519
>>Calm down, keep listening.

>>30217519
>>Calm down, keep listening. (Willpower test)

>>30217717
>>30217728
>>30217603

vs

>>30217589
>>30217630

Give me a Willpower test (1d20+1) DC 10
If you fail to calm down you'll risk some greater emotional wall damage or stress as this encounter winds down.

If you crit fail...you will get noticed.

Rolled 18 + 1

>>30217818

>>30217851
I was going to roll but this is good, I think we should just leave it.

Rolled 12 + 1

>>30217818
Set sail for crit fail.

Rolled 7 + 1

>>30217818

>>30217870
Pretty sure that's kind of cheating.

It's meant to simulate a proper dice pool, which means all the dice must be rolled.

If one of those is a 1, well... so be it.

>>30217870

best of three. if a third roll doesn't get dropped in a long enough period of time, I'll run with it, but I would likely prefer all 3 of my requested system.

>>30217904
This guy gets it.

>>30217851
>>30217870
>>30217875
>>30217904

Writing. 1 degree of success. Almost 2, but in this instance it won't make much of a difference.

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>>30217519

NO! The ice recedes. Your breathing doesn't change, and your eyes return in focus. Casting your eyes toward the door you take a long drag on your smoothie.

You'd been avoiding her...and your sister. Hell, you go out of your way to not talk to people if you can help it; but Rin knows. You've barely said more than a few words to her in the past year and a half...and she knew all this time.

She doesn't sound like she's judging you, and she isn't telling her dad what she saw.

"...anyway," she wraps her arms around her father's as he places a comforting hand on her own. "Mom misses you, you know,"

"I know," he sighs, somewhat wistful before chuckling. "She writes me twice a year, warns me not to write back or she might lose her resolve. Just this once though, and maybe you can blame it on the sacred fire," he winks with mischief in his eyes.

"Tell her that I'll always love her, and that I wish I could have come for Jii-chan's funeral,"

Rin closes her eyes. The two of them sit there for a while. You feel the faintest pangs of guilt over being a voyeur to this private moment.

After a few moments, the man, whose name you picked up to be Kumada Yūichirō excuses himself to use the rest room; leaving Rin alone at the counter with her thoughts...and you.

>Pay and leave, she won't notice you now.
>Pay and get her attention...maybe you could let your friends back in...even if they're spiraling toward *THAT* life. How do you want to get her attention?
>Pay, leave, and shoot her a text message? What would you say?
>Any of those options without paying (stealth check versus our Korean snack keeper)
>Write in.

>>30218359
>Pay and leave, she won't notice you now.

>>30218359
Pay and get out quick.

>>30218359
Pay, and try and strike up a conversation with her while still in disguise?

Say she looks like she has something on her mind?

>>30218359
Pay and leave, text message later.

"...how can I help my sister?"

We may hate the role we had to play. We may even hate her for picking up this suicide run. But she's family, and I'd rather save her than just let shit fly in her face.

We don't need her turning into us.

>>30218437
>>30218510

vs

>>30218519

&

>>30218555

Writing

Also, you guys can feel free to chat and and discuss what's going on. I don't mind musings and extrapolations, really.

Feel free to talk between posts or engage one another more?

>>30218744
People aren't all that familiar with Sailor Moon?

Also not a lot has really happened yet.

>>30218359

You down the rest of your smoothie without the aid of a straw and wipe the pink mustache from your lip with the sleeve of your jacket like a bad guy without manners; your favorite part of pretending to be some rough and tumble punk guy, no need for manners or needless niceties.

Gesturing for your check, you pay and leave a modest tip as you see yourself out of the arcade, hands shoved in your pockets as you find a comfortable gait in running away from Rin and all of that baggage.

You momentarily take out your cell phone, the positively girly phone and charms offering a stark contrast to your Dandy Biker. Pulling up your raven haired junior's contact info, you hem and haw before sliding the phone away and continue to walk with your thoughts.

You don't even notice when your disguise unravels, you walked at least 2 blocks back in your true form...and upon reflection it must have been funny to anyone who saw a girl hunched and walking like that.

Suppressing a giggle, you try and slide back into carefree territory. It's now late morning some time after 10. Where do you go from here?

>Go home, face first the wrath, than the coddling of the dreaded Mom.
>Go to school and beg the Hall Monitor or Disciplinary Committee for leniency for your documented problems.
>Find something to take your pent up aggression out on.
>Find *SOMEONE* to take your pent up aggression out on in the guise of the Yankee, Red Eyes (requires MP and disguise pen)
>Go to the Hinakawa Shrine to seek comfort for your 'panic attack' with Auntie Rei.
>Write in

Rolled 8 + 1

>>30218744
I wonder if our Chibi Usa had to kill someone 2 years ago.

>>30219019
>Go home, face first the wrath, than the coddling of the dreaded Mom.

>>30219019
Go to the park and hang out. No hurry.

>>30219053

Chibi Usa didn't kill anyone two years ago. She was starting her freshmen year in Oxford's History Program with a minor in Mythology.

Rolled 5

>>30219019
>Go home, face first the wrath, than the coddling of the dreaded Mom.

Rolled 8 + 1

>>30219053
>>30219090
>>30219019
Scenic route toward the shrine, stroll through the park on the way. Not sure if we'll actually visit Rei, but seems like a place to go.

>>30219053
Not sure. We know something happened that last night, somehow tied to the junior high.
Either something we did, or didn't do. Or uninteded casualty from a fire, perhaps?

Also, Mikage is us, Chibiusa from the future/alternate-future or some such is still around and older than us. We've got some beef with people expecting us to be her.

>>30219135
>>30219053

vs

>>30219090

&

>>30219136

Winner noticed. Doing dishes then writing, so expect a longer time before the next post, not too long though.

>>30219212
I still don't get why they changed her name, wasn't it Usagi at one point and they changed it to Mikage for the remake?

>>30219909
Usagi is her mother's name too. It's confusing.

>>30219945
I don't think that, but I may be biased because I have the same name as my father.

>>30219019

You pick up the pace and make your way home. Taking the routes you've practiced to avoid the local police alcoves and offices scattered throughout the ward. Given what you just heard, it isn't hard to work yourself up a little to give the false impression of another panic attack. All you need to do is weather her short initial outburst, and hell, Luna probably told her about this morning and that can only help your case.

Key drawn from your purse you enter, leaving your shoes for your slippers before crossing the living room and toward the kitchen...wait.

Mom is talking to someone in there. She isn't being all high pitched squeally so it isn't one of her neighbors or friends.

Casting a quick glance back to the door, you see a pair of paratrooper boots, JSDF issue. They're too small to be your Uncle's...

You don't think you've been heard.

>Go to your room
>Go to the kitchen
>Write in

>>30220063
>Go to your room

>>30220063
Paratrooper boots? What's going on? Go into the kitchen.

>>30220063
>>Go to the kitchen

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>>30217301
Side note to ourselves: try to avoid turning or being used by dark forces.
That is a surefire way of getting dragged into that life again, and in a much worse way.
We can't let what happened tear at us. While we might not want to be a part of that life, we do know that emotions can be powerful things.. must be who gives mom and sis their strength.. too air-headed to let themselves be clouded by terrible things in the world..

>>30219909
>>30219981
The Mikage name is from the professional-quality mock-up remake stuff that had people thinking it was the real thing.
Though for this scenario Usagi/Chibiusa is also around, so that would make for three people with the same name. Two of whom are different age alternate versions of each other.. Adding the same name to the mix probably would be add just an extra layer of confusion, and their mother can barely keep track of things as it is.

>>30220063
Hm. More ninja sneaking. Creep to a good listening/hiding spot.

>>30220063
>Go to the kitchen

>>30220157
>Though for this scenario Usagi/Chibiusa is also around
Hold up, where did I miss this? There's our sister, and our mother, our mother being actual Usagi

Where's Chibiusa?

>>30220063
Go outside the kitchen, like hide outside the doorframe and eavesdrop.

>>30220216

ChibiUsa is *HER*, I thought I had made that exceedingly clear through implications...I'm sorry if I did not. She is currently enrolled in college overseas in the middle of her Junior year. Where she actually is at the moment...

>>30220063
Solid snake powers activate

[x]Eavesdrop

>>30220216
https://archive.foolz.us/tg/thread/30198905
>Not as much as you hate yourself; no she isn’t you. She is the you that could have been and now she walks around like a fucking paradox screwing with your life and you mother just lets her.
>You wish you could be that close with your mother...but she always seemed to favor *HER*. You can’t help you are the wrong version of yourself. You can’t help that you’re the you she bore in this time-line.
>Finally the sanctuary of your room. Where you can’t be compared to *HER* or be reminded of anything you don’t want to.

Apparently she's at Oxford now.
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>>30220165
>>30220154
>>30220147

vs

>>30220121

vs

>>30220157
>>30220276
>>30220328

Hmmm...Final Destination time!

1 go straight into the kitchen
2 eavesdrop outside of the kitchen

10 minutes, no comments, just link this post and select your number on the line immediately below. If you write anything else, roll any dice, or have a comment then your vote will not be valid.

Timer starts NYOW~

>>30220570
2

>>30220570
2

>>30220570
2

>>30220570
2

>>30220570
2

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Rolled 10, 4, 7 = 21

>>30220610
>>30220623
>>30220638
>>30220639
>>30220649

Calling it now, because why not.

Alright. I'm going to need a stealth roll. 1d20+2 against the above 3 dice rolls.

The first one. Mom, has a perception modifier (right now) of -4 because deep in thought and distracted.
The second person has a modifier of +5 due to MILITARY FOCUS, and facing the archway into the living room.
The third has a bonus of +8 for being a fucking cat.

Roll well, gentlemen...roll well.

Rolled 8 + 2

>>30220865

Rolled 8 + 2

>>30220865

>>30220865

Remember, you guys give me the best of 3 top rolls, and crits are wild.

Rolled 11 + 2

>>30220865
Stupid cat.

>>30220923
>>30220918
>>30220906
Great, two out of three hear us.

>>30220942
...No? We got 13, mom got 6, ??? got 9, Luna got 15.

So it really depends if that damn cat is a tattletale.

>>30220975
thatdarncat.jpg

Well, at least she isn't likely to say anything right away with a third party around.

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>>30220157
>>30220287
I was just refreshing myself on some lore and was reminded that Chibiusa was the daughter from the 30th century, which makes her a possible/probable future incarnation of ourselves, rather than 'simply' and alternate future self.

Just trying to think about that makes my brain itch.
No wonder we don't like her. Not only does everyone compare us to her, she might be a future ghost of ourself. This sailor-scout/pincess reincarnation thing gets confusing.

Unless the 30th century versions are directly the same people in a possibly averted timeline, which brings us back to 'simple' alternate-self-hate.

>>30220865

You gently set your shoulder bag down inside of the coat closet before tiptoeing over to the archway, hugging the wall and casting a quick glance up the stair well. Once clear you settle against the wall and steady your breathing, listening into the words without sight.

“I'm not saying that at all, Usagi-san” a woman, calm and measured with any trace of regional accent ground out of her accent. Can't be a foreigner, she is to precise and she has some of the inflections and word order native to Tokyo proper.

“Then what are you saying. You come into my home and make accusations about me and my family. Why else would you do that. She-” holy fuck. Mom is mad. An icy anger where she's dropping a bit into her Princess dyalect.

“I'm the only one on the joint task force who knows. I've known for a damn long time too. This is a warning, a courtesy, and a request for aid. The only reason I have these documents right now is because we're going to reach out to YOU at the press conference tonight and the lot of them are going to wait around until morning hoping you or the kid shows up.”

“...how long have you known,” you mother shrinks back a bit and grows warmer...you've only really seen Auntie Rei or Grandma make her back down when she's angry.

“...since a few weeks after Sanjou- sorry, after Nephrite died,”

(1/2)

>>30221512
Well shit, they know.

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>>30221512
>“...since a few weeks after Sanjou- sorry, after Nephrite died,”
>>30221873
Well, Naru Osaka, at least.

>>30221512
(2/3)

Your mother pauses. There is a familiarity between the two of them that seems strained by something that you can't place your finger on.

“So you remembered the year that didn't happen?”

“I did...eventually. After I figured it out again,”

“Why didn't you tell me?”

“I imagine the same reason you never told me about who you were. To protect your friend who kept getting dragged into the skirmishes anyway,” the woman laughs, “I'm not a victim anymore, Usagi-san. I made sure to do something with my life where I would protect others, and I don't think your children need to be the kind of child soldiers you and the others were,”

Your mother is quiet here, rebuked. The moment passes in quiet before the woman's voice returns, comforting.

“Umino wasn't her fault,” fuck. It's her. She said his name. You haven't seen her since then and it's her. Every time she's been over since then you've locked yourself in your room. Now your feet won't move and you can feel that night welling back up in your chest.

“Anyway I would prefer not to reminisce about the unpleasant past. Want to know something funny to lighten the mood?”

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>>30222247

“Yes, Naru-chan. I'd like that,” your mother sounds tired here.

“They picked your husband to be the lead diplomatic team. They're briefing him right now on the flight back from Hong Kong,” she's giggling? She fucking knows and she's giggling. You ignore what she said about fault, it barely registered after she said that name.

Your feet finally move on your urging and you move slowly to the stairs as your heart quickens and the edge of your vision blurs. You've made a habit of keeping your pills in your skirt pocket and not your purse, so it will be easy to choke one down once you make it upstairs. Once you make it to somewhere safe. The two continue to converse in the kitchen, unaware you had been listening.

Maybe three steps up and you look up to try and focus your vision on the hallways and your bedroom door, a clear goal to end this. Your vision is blocked. She's been waiting here, looking at you with the same sad eyes she'd been wearing that night. She stands between you and your goal. She could let mom know you heard. The cat. Luna's tail swishes back and forth before her tiny maw whispers.

“Come along, Mikage. I think we need to talk."

Eclipsed Moon Quest Episode 02 End

I'm really more of a dog person, myself.

>>30222407
>punt the mutant c-
wait wrong magical girl quest

>>30222407
Thanks for running

>>30222407
Good times once again.
The good start continues.

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>>30222577

You are quite welcome. I'll still be here for a bit to answer questions, go over character sheet options, and explain what needs explaining without spoiling too much more.

I wonder how you guys are enjoying this quest so far?

And I further wonder about your thoughts and conspiracies and further thoughts...

...I admit, I enjoy shadowruns as a player IMMENSELY, so much so that my usual nomenclature gets repeatedly told to calm down on the shadowruns...are you guys enjoying the groundwork I've laid for paranoid conspiracy if at all?

>>30222748
honestly it feels like not enough happened in either thread so far

>>30222748
“Umino wasn't her fault,” fuck. It's her. She said his name. You haven't seen her since then and it's her. Every time she's been over since then you've locked yourself in your room. Now your feet won't move and you can feel that night welling back up in your chest.

Who is the "her" that's being referred to here?

Rolled 5, 18 = 23

>>30222748
im enjoying it so far got here like 8 minutes after you last quest post tho. feel like I need to know more before i have an opinion i can stick to tho. but like i said i am enjoying it so far

>>30222777

Well, that's up to player agency and my own being distracted by a few things around the apartment. Things will pick up, but it will usually be up to you guys to take certain initiatives.

Also, have you guys gone over her character sheet. She's walking around with something that could get her expelled in her purse at all times.

>>30222812
Her, her is Naru.

>>30222831
Archive is linked, enjoy thread 1.

Rolled 16, 11 = 27

>>30222911
i ment i got to this one late lol. i was there for the last one. was a little worryed you might not want to continue cuz there were only like 3 or 4 people on it but im glad you dident.

>>30222981
Yeah, I'm sticking to this. Going to run less frequently though. Today was special because of being snowed in.

Rolled 12, 7 = 19

>>30222911
when you say something that could get us expeled i assume your talking about the pocket knife and thats well concealed. but we dont know why we have it. (also i assume were in japan)

>>30223026

Yes. I am referring to the Pocket Knife. Mikage never goes without it, not since a few days after that night.

Rolled 1, 13 = 14

>>30223089
we still dont know much about "that night" we just know it was probably bad. (damn it know i remembered how never knowing what happened to that chick in NEET quest botheres me)

>>30223156

The night in question will be spelled out. Though I've laid enough clues and names here and there to give some of it away. Some questions will be answered in an interlude at the start of next session between Usagi and Naru

>>30223235
i figured as much. by the way are the names suposed to be refrencing sailor moon? never actually watched it.

>>30223267
The only original character so far has been the Crown Arcade employee.

>>30223337

Well, technically Rin, Koyomi, and Mikage are all original, but their names and designs came from the article/pixiv referenced last thread.

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>>30222812
Shit. Umino, took the second time for that name to sink in.
Damn.

That actually makes my heart sink. Guess he didn't get a happily ever after with Naru, or at all.

>>30223391
So, the Incident involves fire, junior high, and Umino.
Also Mikage seemed to think it somewhat secret, but apparently more people knew that she was aware off.

>>30223480

Rin watched it happen because of remote Priestess Magics.

Naru knows because of a combination of detective work, evidence, the disappearance of the second pink haired New Sailor Moon, and the end of ongoing monster attacks in Juuban for a period of 10 or so months before the 2nd blonde Sailor Moon showed up on the scene.

I've said a lot, but not too much, and hopefully everyone's appetite is still wet for the next session either this weekend or next week.

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Is it wrong for me to ponder us eventually going vigilante/Sailor V style eventually to help the others secretly while adamantly remaining officially out that life?

>>30223769
Well, we have a good track-record of stealthiness against non-darn-cats.

>>30223819
>>30223769

And when you level, you could always choose stealthy Feats or Trainings.

Gotta say, after this thread I will be awarding a stealth Perk.

Actually, I guess I should explan things a bit.

Once you start gaining levels, you will gain Hit Points, and eventually points to increase your stats, and every so often you will also get feats. A list of feats will be provided later. Once I actually sit down to do that...

You'll also eventually unlock the rest of your learned spells and blank slots with which to learn more, and a list.

And trainings will come up. Every level you will gain so many points to either invest in your present trainings, or buy new ones.

Perks...perks I award at my discretion to the mc for the players for sticking to certain play styles or tactics.

>>30224189

Oh, hey. Forgot my Trip and went back to my usual nomenclature.

Not that I was actively hiding that I was the one running this anyhow.

>>30224220
Given that you announce it all over your twitter. :P

>>30224339

Precisely!

>>30224189
Cool beans.

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>>30224189
>Stealth perk
This is my new goal
We must unlock One with the Shadows

Also, if and when you guys get into some social combat...slapping someone deals damage to their Vitality and their Emotional Wall.

...though not everyone has Stress as their wound counter after that wall.

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>>30223769
>>30224427
Gah, now my brain is trying to do mash-ups of Sailor Moon entrance speeches and Darkwing Duck's.

But, stealth focused, not wanting to be involved, but unable to stop poking her nose into that life, some sort of traumatic event, and a taste for action-violence (abet in game form)..
Yeah, I can see it.

>>30224619
Does stress double as a kind of sanity stat?

>>30224754

Stress is your mental health in the same way wounds are your physical health.

Though when you max your stress...you don't go unconscious.

>>30224809
My keen deductive mind leads me to believe that is code for "Bad things happen."
Probably things that involve many tears and best avoided.

>>30224897

I have a chart of things.

No one wants me to roll on the chart.

I don't want to roll on the chart.

...okay, maybe I want to roll on the chart a little.

>>30223769
>>30224683
>>30224427

I kinda want to see you guys go secret scout route now, it'll be funderful. Though it'll probably be weird to be your little sister's Tuxedo Mask or Moon Light Night.

>>30224999
I want this now.

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Would we need to go with a cowl or wig?
Admittedly, the series' trope is that no one normally manages to figure out who anyone is in a different form. Sailor Scouts, Civilian forms, Princesses/Queens, Kamen/Knights, etc.
Even Minako had to reveal herself before they all knew it was her, between that and Mamoru we at least know that senshi don't have a free pass of recognizing each other.

Then again, the disguise pen probably isn't as powerful as those, so perhaps a few manual changes would be helpful, particularly since there aren't too many pink-haired people connected to this stuff for others to guess through.

Hey, maybe we can -wait. I was about to say maybe we can develop a deeper mastery of the disguise pen magic, but then I realized we already do have a better skill at it than our mother did. The 'biker guy' hair style and color change shows that.
Neat.

>>30224999
>Though it'll probably be weird to be your little sister's Tuxedo Mask or Moon Light Night.
For maximum weird, we would have to be cross-dressed in disguise.
...Which is strangely not out of place in this series.

So, gave you guys that perk.

You can reroll 1 failed stealth check per thread.

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Rolled 100

>>30224999
>Tuxedo Mask or Moon Light Night.
>mfw I realize no heir to Knight of Earth has been stated, AND we're closer to our father.

My amusement is maximum.

>>30224999
If we don't do it, who will?

A man?

Pfft, we can't let that happen, not on our watch

>>30225565
>100
Yeouch.

I still think we need a cool looking cloak with a hood to mask our identity.

Rolled 27

>>30225642
I'm down with that.

>>30225642
Maybe a weapon of some kind too, like a sword

I hear the Silver Crystal sword is currently on a finders-keepers basis

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Rolled 100

>>30225642
Mask, cloak, and hood you say?

And it was at this point I realized that the next thread would be a backstory dump, followed by talking out our issues with Luna, and then making her backflip parts out until we had a stylish outfit.

>>30225842
>>30225565
What is going on and can you teach me your wisdom, magic man?

Cross dressing? Pink hair? Being the Knight of Earth?

...something like this under the cloak might be bitchin'

...also, we do have weapon finesse.

>>30225842
A little on the nose

I think our cloak should be red or pink.

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>>30225893
forgot pic

>>30225842
Hm. Too much white in it for our more stealthy selves. Dad enjoyed his flashy entrances, that's for sure.
We would need a darker color scheme.
Less Moonlight.. more Eclipse.

>>30225978

Already aiming for the title drop.

I am happy in ways I didn't quite realize I could be happy.

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>>30225978
Four lunar cycles in MSPaint later.

>>30226417
Also we should show our midriff

No reason we just need to show it.

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>>30226448
Maybe after they figure out our gender.
But i think the idea is to avoid being seen until we have to.

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>>30226664
I'd forgotten she had red eyes.

>>30222407

"Ambassador Chiba, thank you for responding to our call so quickly. It isn't a very long flight and we have much to brief you on,"

"Is it another round of 'Crown of the Dragon'? If it is, that negotiation is going to be stagnant. Abe and the Ultranationalist are not going to concede to anything Russia is willing to exchange for the islands,"

"No...not that. We're attempting to reach out to either the Original Sailor Moon or her latest successor. If they respond to our call for aid, we need you to lead the diplomatic team that will be negotiating with them,"

"Wait, what?"

Rolled 93

>>30225869
I dunno man, the dice must approve.

Rolled 3

>>30227154
They're accepting but sort of hesitant, it seems

Let me try

>>30226939
Well, I've got to crash, we'll have to see about a proper drawfag treatment, but not a bad start for a complete hack-job, if I do say so myself.

Huh. I just realized that if she was 14 when the manga started, Usagi would be 36 now, which is old enough that she could have a 15-year-old daughter fairly reasonably. (It would mean she gave birth at 21, which isn't that unusual, even for people who don't already know who they're going to marry and have kids with at 14 because their daughter's a time-traveler.)

>>30227355
What are you rolling for?

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>>30229526
Going by what Op is drawing from, our younger sister was had when she was 21.
We're around two years older, born less than a year from the wedding.

Amusing captcha today.

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>mfw I wake up this morning and my first coherent thought was 'a dark clad figure could be mistaken for an enemy in a fuzzy vision of the future'

>>30233804
So either this is set in 2012, or the timeline is slightly off?

>>30233989
Pluto might be fucking around.

>>30233989
2012. Early Spring. Still kind of brisk out.

>>30234127
Neat. Still weird to think about the fact that Sailor Moon would be 36 this year.

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Side tracked by romantic planning after my office closed and I drove my wife to work. Buying chocolates & flowers then getting my ass home for episode 3 around noon est.

Now just killing time in a mall waiting for a store to open after a wild goose chase for the right brand of chocolate...out here it is fucking Godiva country.

Also I need to find a florist last minute in a town I am not as familiar with because I am dumb. Did I mention last minute? New thread in 2 hours ish.

>>30234151
Usagi's is always Usagi. And even though she pursued her higher education and could have a nice job, unless the lives of people she cares about are in danger she is REALLY LAZY. considering she nabbed her literal Prince Charming and he does contract work as a negotiator for the UN and for corporations in matters of INTERNATIONAL LAW, she is living more than a couple of her dreams right now. She even found a way around becoming a fat housewife, which was of big concern for her after Koyomi was born but some of the baby weight stuck around.

>>30234224
>She even found a way around becoming a fat housewife,
Can you elaborate on that? I mean, unless it's spoilery.

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>>30234151
Not as strange as me realizing she would the right age-range for me to date, if a little older.
>Singles Awareness Day
Shit.

>>30234178
Good luck in your quest.

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>>30234301
My sympathies man. I hope you won't take it the wrong way if I say that I hope when I'm that age, I won't still be as lonely as I am now.

The secret of her figure will revealed in the start of the interlude. Also, years ago this line was whined at Rei over a triple decker fudge Sunday "Koyomi stole my figure!"

>>30234301
Victory, single flowers in the store with the chocolates. Now to surprise her at work before I motor home for this quest. Thank you for the luck on making her happy, but you may come to regret it later as she helped me flesh out the eventual villain/villains/misguided antagonists/corrupted innocents/shades of grey/black white morality/evil laugh.

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>>30234296
Guess she managed to stay active enough, considering that she ate like a pig when she was younger and stayed a rail, she seems to have a high metabolism.
Actually have a friend like that, even working a job that involves a lot of sitting he'd have to put effort into putting on weight, even in his 30s. Jerk.

>>30234321
Shouldn't be too hard, I'm mainly off the field due to financial and health issues. Don't be afraid to put yourself out there, worst they can say is no.

>>30234356
You are a lucky man. I'll understand if the quest gets cut short when she gets out from work.

>>30234368
I really wish I could read more the numbers,
Took Japanese for three years and nothing stuck culture, grammar, and a handful of words a recognize when said aloud.

>>30234831
*more than the

New Thread, sage because how is this still up here?

>>30236645

>>30236861
>how is this still up here?
The power of friendship?

>>30236861
>>30236910
The power of a snow storm.

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>>30237645
The Storm of Friendship!