Eclipsed Moon Quest Episode 11Sheets and Info: pastebin.com/u/phantomcrossingTwitter Account: https://twitter.com/Artemis_QMArchive: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Eclipsed+moonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsGLlGIjTaU 1/?Interlude: A future well lost.The gates of time lay open before you. Your near ceaseless need for vigil as Guardian of Time ended just a over a short decade ago; your Queen declared her kingdom dead. In a fit of compassion and power she tore asunder the threat that would have left the world dying and in stasis between her Silver power and her Husband's yet claimed Golden might. In 1000 years, had this tragedy happened, the earth would have hatched new from this protective shell, the survivors healed and a world in need of its former savior to lead.Usagi Chiba would not sacrifice the world. When Chaos returned to the fore. It was true that you hadn't fully anticipated the effect the Small Lady coming to the past, as it seemed to destroy any notion of your former dream. However, you are at peace with this calamity. You see a brighter tomorrow for all humanity, and all life across the stars because of your Queen's kind heart and ultimately selfless nature.It was a future well sacrificed.You hold the Garnet Rod close, as your hand cups your heart.Senshi of Time, Setsuna Meioh.Even though you have a life and purpose on the earth that is, far below, you only truly feel home when staring into the vortex of infinite possibilities. You only truly feel home when you attempt to command but remain at the mercy of time itself. Futures that may or may not pass, be they terrible or wonderful were the only company you kept yourself for so long.Its a talent, to so fully understand the nature of stories.
>>306092792/?Chaos's vanguard, Red Alice, understood. Even though you were enemies...you had become friends with her human vessel at that time. She still lived, ignorant to the horrors she nearly set loose upon the world, though without that spark or understanding of the flow of things...the potential of every story.So...Sailor Pluto, you watch the future alone. It is more comforting to you than a lover warming your bed.There is a sudden pulse. You feel time twisting and warping ahead of you, beyond the archway of the gates. Something has changed, a future had become potential, but been shattered in the present.Pointing the Garnet Rod forward, you command the Gates. You conjure a fleeting image of the future that was just destroyed.It is the Princess Koyomi...encased in black crystal upon a black throne. Her eyes within this prison are glazed over, and she is still. You cannot tell if it is the stillness of death or that of stasis. A figure, familiar but unknown, lays a long nailed hand upon the crystal and wistfully sighs. This woman turns, a matte black blank upon this flickering vision of a future denied. She is some kind of void to your vision...odd.She descends a stair case from the throne. Statues line it, four figures on either side. Stone likenesses of the long dead Shintennou holding panic stricken stone facsimiles of Kanari, Rin, Venus, and Aiha. These carvings are all wearing the Regalia of the Senshi.Wait...their tiaras are not stone.Not statues. They have been turned to stone, locked eternally in pain and fear. The petrified Four Kings are impassive, and without eyes.She continues past, making no sound, but clearly laughing at something.There, at the base of the steps restrained in rose thorns, with shock white hair and tuxedo in tatters, is Mamoru Chiba. Her voice sounds, unnaturally from all directions.
>>306092893/?<You could have welcomed my return with open arms. I could have forgiven her for everything and we could have been happy again> she knees before him.“You...aren't...my-”Her long nailed hand slaps him across the face.<INSOLENCE! YOU BREAK MY HEART! YOU DIED! HE DIED! I DIED ALONE AND TERRIFIED!> she rages, her hair become alive like snakes and reaching in all directions, <AND YOU STILL DENY ME...this was it, the last of my patience,>Two figures in black approach from behind the ragged and wounded Mamoru. One is The Black Lady. The other is in the Regalia of Endymion, her pink hair cut short; sword in hand.The one in the regalia plunges a hand into his hair, and hoists him by firmly grabbed locks.<Your eldests...they were willing. They could be taught. They understand my love,> she caresses Mamoru's cheek, <this will hurt me far more than it will hurt you,>She smiles. The Pink haired swords-woman plunges her blade into the back of Mamoru's chest, exploding out of his front in a spray of blood that coats the matte silhouette.This gives it a face for the first time in this vision of a future denied, a terrible future now thankfully denied. You cannot imagine what has come to pass to change this sudden terror...or what has taken its place.You know this face. It was once a gentle face.So distraught and distracted by the implications, you fail to see the shadows looming and tightening around you in time. They are upon you with claws and fangs. Sapping your strength. Clouding your vision...NO!You are the Guardian of Time.You are the Senshi of Pluto.“Dead Scream”End Interlude
>>30609299You are Mikage Chiba, second year High School Student, age 15. It's 6:45 in the morning and you are sitting in the kitchen of the mostly empty house shared by Naru Osaka and her daughter, Kairi. She was in the middle of preparing her breakfast when you interrupted her. She awkwardly continues the task of making her miso soup, the smell of mackerel broiling in the small counter top mini oven. These scents are nothing compared to the undeniable sweetness that you almost floated in after when Kairi invited you in after your initial apology.After an idle comment on the over ripened smell of...peaches. You think it smells like near to rotting or baking peaches...you are certain that Kairi can't smell it.Kunzite's voice offers a low warning in your skull.<Princess Mikage. Something is wrong here. Please allow us to search the house while you keep the young Miss Naru occupied><We should not be here> intones Nephrite, with an angry edge to his voice.<Seriously, Nephrite, lighten up. So this is your ex's kid, stop being a baby> sings Zoicite.“So, have you already eaten, of can I fix you something?” Kairi asks, not facing you.You are still hungry, despite the massive early morning breakfast you shared with your family...which as a way to eat breakfast was... nice, for once.>(polite accept) Yes, please>(polite decline) I ate with my family this morning, for the first time in a long time>(familiar accept) Do you still put double tofu in the miso?>(familiar decline) Nah, I didn't come here to eat>Write in&>Do you hate me, for abandoning you?>Are you still angry at me?>I've been afraid for a while, avoiding you. (keep your secrets)>I...I abandoned you, and it wasn't for the reason you probably think. (her mother knows who you really were already...why not?)>Write in.&><Stay by my side. I may need your counsel><Fan out, try to find the source of this...sweet sensation, it isn't an actual smell><What's wrong, Nephrite?><Write in>
>>30609299Endymion was a Prince.A prince.Princes have Mothers too.Artemis Achievement Unlocked: Giving me the fucking chills with an Interlude.
>>30609438Welp, that explains their terrifying and overriding power over Earth.And access to ElysianShit..
>>30609320>(polite decline) I ate with my family this morning, for the first time in a long time>I've been afraid for a while, avoiding you. (keep your secrets)<What's wrong, Nephrite?>&>send two of them to search keep the rest nearby
>>30609320> familiar accept> I... I abandoned you, and it wasn't for the reason you probably think.> What's wrong, Nephrite?
>>30609320>(familiar accept) Do you still put double tofu in the miso?>Do you hate me, for abandoning you?I had excuses and reasons that held me back, no just from you, but everyone.. I now realize now no excuse should have been enough.Being alone.. it is a terrible and lonely thing. I'm so sorry.<Nephrite, stay with me. The rest of you fan out.>Then<What's wrong, Nephrite?>
>>30609480>>30609482Final Destination.<What's Wrong Nephrite?> Locked.Choose, format #,# no comments & quote this post.First Choice1. Polite Decline2. Familiar AcceptSecond Choice1. I've been afraid for a while, avoiding you (keep your secrets)2. I...I abandoned you, and it wasn't for the reason you probably think.10 minutes on the clock.
>>30609575Wait, no. IGNORE THIS.REWRITING FINAL DESTINATION
>>30609565>>30609482>>30609476Final Destination: 10 minutes. No comments, just the number choice. and quote this post.1 >I've been afraid for a while, avoiding you. (keep your secrets)2 > I... I abandoned you, and it wasn't for the reason you probably think.3 >Do you hate me, for abandoning you?
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>>30609565>>30609575>>30609692Though to be fair, my 'Do you hate me' is still a variation on keeping secrets.
>>30609622>>30609625>>30609628>>30609636>>30609659>>30609661>>30609692>>30609763Wri-tan
>>30609763;_;
>>30609807You breath in deeply, addressing your voices in your head first, Kairi probably thinks you're just deeply in thought about how to answer her. The situation is incredibly awkward, you can't just expect to walk back into her home and act entirley like you were still friends...You don't ha- no. No you know you still have friends. Friendship is rare, beautiful, and important. You're keeping every friend you have no matter what, even if you have to win them back.<Nephrite, stay with me. The rest of you fan out,> you feel their compliance, 3 phantoms invisible to most humans race through the house without shadows. <What's wrong, Nephrite?>~Do you still put double tofu in the miso?~ you try to smile, and are thankful she isn't facing you...you know it looks fake. You hope it sounds better.“Yes, I still do,” it relaxes her, that you are trying to act familiarly. You can visibly see the tension leave her shoulders. She begins dishing the soup out into a pair of two small bows, packing a larger serving of rice into another two bowls, and she removes the mackerel from the broiler, dividing it carefully, “Head or tail?”This time she turns to face you, the reserved and cautious beginnings of a smile trying to work their way out from under her skin.The potency of the sweet smell declines.That is incredibly odd, it is still enticing, just not as pervasive.~Tail~The two of you sit and eat for a little while in silence. Nephrite speaks up to you, standing behind Kairi in your field of vision, incredibly guarded.<I feel it, that something terrible could happen to this girl if we remain by her side for long. Potentially worse than the disaster that will befall her if we leave her alone>You snap back to the table as Kairi is about to break the nervous silence. You preempt her.~Do, do you still hate me for abandoning you?~Her eyes widen. She freezes, teeth clenched as if bracing for a punch. Slowly she looks down, her bangs covering her eyes.
>>30609983“I tried to kill you,” Kairi says, becoming small and quiet, “I tried to kill everyone,”She's shaking.“I lied...I remembered everything after Sailor Moon healed me. I remembered everything my d- everything that Magician did to me. I remembered every moment as his 'Final Act'. Being the monster, attacking the graduation ceremony...lifting you up in giant curtain arms...feeling through them like they were my own skin...trying to crush the life out of you,”She begins crying, her head snaps up. Your world is drowned in peaches, the piece of fish between your chopsticks melts in your mouth almost unnoticed against it. Wait, why are you will eating while she's spilling her guts out. If this appetite keeps up you are going to need to adjust your workout regi- no. That isn't important right now. That isn't important at all. Kairi is crying.“No one would come near me for so long...I was that monster to them no matter what. Even you were afraid of me. I don't blame you.” she begins drying her tears, there is a vacancy in her eyes now, “I hurt you. Everyone stayed away from me...and you stayed away from everyone. You dropped out of the music club...you don't even carry your flute anymore. I killed your ability to love things...didn't I,” Sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet
>>30610001“I never hated you, Mikage,” Kairi...I've been a fool, “I was worried you hated me,”She sniffs, and looks into your eyes hopefully. Something is wrong with her eyes. There is something behind them.“but...but you don't, do you,” she lets slip a crooked smile, “all this time I've been so stupid...and last night...”She hugs her shoulders and begins shaking again. Peaches. Everything is peaches.“Stupid...stupid...stupid...” Sweet...sweet...sweet...>Maximum Hugs!>Say something.>Do something.>Cast a spell?>Use a benign social combat maneuver like Bolster? Do you use any ammunition? What ammunition do you think you could even use?>Write in.
>>30610021If we stay here, we are going to bad touch her.>.><.<Abstain.
Where did all of you go?
>>30610021"Did something happen last night?"
>>30610021Hugs, always hugs >>30610208Work here
>>30610021"I never hated you either.. I was ashamed that I couldn't do more for you. That I-">something behind her eyes>...and last night...”<Nephrite, what caused that Incident last night? ..Could it have happened to others?>"-that I failed you, and I don't want to fail you again."There has to be something we can do, she's borne things perhaps worse than we did.Bolster?Hug?Drain?
>>30610021>>>Maximum Hugs!
>>30610208Trying to think of how to negotiate this minefield here.
>>30610274How aware of our Drain Shadow ability are we?I don't think we are.. yet.
>>30610274Hug. Cast restoration. If she was attacked like us, maybe that'll help.
>>30610338All you know is that you have retractable fangs...and have been all hungry, all the time...no one has suggested connecting 2+2 as a write in yet.
>>30610276>>30610274>>30610263>>30610375We have Hug Lock and if there are no objections, there is also chatting up Nephrite, but it seems you want to do something else.Do you use Bolster? Do you cast Restoration? Do you do both?FINAL DESTINATION1 Bolster2 Restoration3 Ol Del Paso why not both
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>>306104343 Whynotboth.jpg
>>306104343, not sure if Restoration will help, but sure, why not.
>>30610434Stealth casting, of course.>>30610401I'll have to include that in the next step. I think we've gotten enough in-character hints by now.
>>30610553>I'll have to include that in the next step. I think we've gotten enough in-character hints by now.Seems like a legitimate strategy.>>30610472Here. I'd like to alter my vote to include this if possible.
>>30610553Probably too late now. Just what do you think we're going to do when MAXIMUM HUGZ + EVERYTHING IS PEACHES?
>>30610434Give me dice+2d20The first is your Persuasion, I will be applying the +6 bonus for your bolster attempt, and will roll the die of your first aid...I'd say a hug is the damage equivalent of a great sword in social combat, wouldn't you. Two handed and everything.Also, that 2nd d20, is your Will. I will add the +4 mod after roll. It is a reaction test.
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Rolled 13>>30610614>.I'd say a hug is the damage equivalent of a great sword in social combat, wouldn't you. Two handed and everything.You have my amused agreement.Bear hug must be one of those Great Mauls or an Oversized Weapon.
>>30610594Shadowruns intensify.
Rolled 10, 16 = 26>>30610614>>30610640
Rolled 8, 5 = 13>>30610614
Rolled 8, 19 = 27>>30610614Derp need two of those.
Rolled 13, 14 = 27>>30610614
Rolled 2, 16 = 18>>30610614
>>30610667>>30610648..What's the crit range on a loving hug?
>>30610690No, wait, 19 is the Will. Dangit, I was excited by the idea of critical threat hugging.
Rolled 20 + 3>>30610655>>30610657>>30610667Bolster attempt success, no degrees of success. Roll dice+2d6+4 for bolster.Rolling the DC for your reaction test.>>30610690As a great sword. 19-20 x 2
>>30610720Close one, glad for the MC-wins-ties ruling.
Rolled 6, 4 + 4 = 14>>30610720
>>30610720Really?
>>30610750Good news, MC wins in the event of a tied roll.
>>30610758I would be a lot more optimistic right now if I could hear that in a voice that isn't Professor Farnsworth.
>>306108231/2~I never hated you either.. I was ashamed that I couldn't do more for you. That I-~There is something wrong with Kairi's eyes. It's unsettling and alien, but she's your friend, and you need to get close to her to help her. You rise while you talk and walk around the table. Embracing her, you finally find the chance to comfort someone else as you have been comforted by those you care about. All this time you've been reacting and being held...it's your turn to provide warmth to someone who needs it, other than yourself. If anyone needs warmth it is the nigh catatonic girl before you. In this moment you understand, she is the sweet sensation, her suffering.You feel your fangs flicker as you rest your head between the sitting girl's shoulder and neck as you begin pooling your energy in your fingertips, the slow build up to the magic you think will soothe her aching soul and purge her of most of this suffering...and that is when you see it, her shadow on the floor is stretching and contorting, straining against her feet. It roils.You still have a few moments before your embrace becomes a cover for infusing the girl with restorative magics, the magic you knew instinctively would be the bane of your inner shadow. Your spell will cleanse this darkness from her, this fostered foreign darkness that is like what happened in your dreams last night.<Nephrite, what caused that Incident last night? ..Could it have happened to others?>~-that I failed you, and I don't want to fail you again.~>You hug Kairi for a bolster of 14, Kairi is back under Maximum Stress. That's good.<Possibly, Princess. Though I can say nothing for sure-Princess, are you arlight?>>Her not yet Unbound Shadow is writhing and Struggling, like a rat trying to flee a sinking ship, That's bad.You have 12 seconds before your spell takes affect.
>>30610823Well then there are certain.. other voices you Could be hearing instead.Would that make you feel better?
>>306108882/2You know, KNOW, the sweet sensation that calls to your hunger is the shadow below and her internal suffering.It pulls at you, your fangs ache to plunge into the shaking and vacant girl, perhaps on the cusp of this thing taking over if not for the timing of your hug. Though, you wonder...if it breaks free before your spell takes effect...what will happen to Kairi? Can you risk it?>Just the spell (risk this thing escaping your friend)>Sate your hunger HUNGER , you know now. Weaken it to keep it long enough for your magic to do the rest.>Engage the shadow in social combat, it can probably hear you through Kairi. You could attempt a maneuver.>Write in.
>>30610908There are so many voices in this quest.Tell me, who do you think this voice belongs to among the cast?
>>30610908I know a guy who never, ever watched a Tim Curry movie. In what order should I present them to him?
>>30610927>Sate your hunger HUNGER, you know now. Weaken it to keep it long enough for your magic to do the rest.
>>30610927CHOMP
>>30610927 >Sate your hungerHUNGER, you know now. Weaken it to keep it long enough for your magic to do the rest.EVERYTHING IS PEACHES
Rolled 7, 5 = 12>>30610927UM. UM. UM. DAMMNIT.WHELP. HAD TO HAPPEN AT SOME POINT.>Sate your hunger. "Sorry for this. I'll explain."
>>30611141Make sure to say this
>>30610927>Just the spell (risk this thing escaping your friend)Why do people think going vampire is a good idea?
Debating what to to Intensifies.Well, I'm not in favor of risking it escaping.. that seems bad.So that leaves the direct drain, or trying to talk to it.Hell, can we help someone else make peace with their darkness?Maybe.I want to take the shot."Kairi, you weren't in control, it wasn't your fault. <LOAD SOCIAL AMMUNITION> It wasn't your father's fault either, that was just a shell using his form, It wasn't you, it wasn't your family.You can have friends again, we can be friends again. You don't have to be alone any more."(Later write off finding out about her father through snooping in your dad's stuff after the big meeting yesterday)
>>30611091I have a feeling EVERYTHING IS PEACHES is going to become Eclipsed Moon quests equivalent to FLESH OF FALLEN ANGELS.
>>30611165Why would I think it was a good idea? I don't. It is going to be literally impossible to explain. But I've been resisting my base urges for this entire thread, and something had to give.
>>30610973If I were to yager, I'd say Commander Kobayashi/General Maru
Rolled 4, 3 = 7>>30611008>>30611063>>30611091>>30611141>>30611165>>30611173Writing. 2 rounds drain. Lowering Kairi's stress.
>>30611196Shit, man. I just fucking lost it. Good thing nobody else is in the office right now.
So guys. A bit of a thought I had.Didn't that "Bad Future" we say with Pluto kind of imply that Chibiusa got hit with the whole "Unbound Shadow" thing, just like we did?
>>30611165Because everything comes down to lesbianism and vampires are sexual metaphors
>>30611278Your welcome.
>>30611063>chomp
>>30611285Something like that.Isn't like she's about to spend the night with the shadow double of her dream lover.>checks timezonesStill before 5pm at Harvard. We might want to do more than send her a kitten photo after this.
>>30611320Well, I'm pretty sure Mikage isn't an Alien that is on earth to wipe out humanity.
>>30611165Well, in theory, we drain taint and emotional damage from others.We still have to find out what that ultimately means for us though.
>>30611390Yeah.. and this shouldn't be too hard for us to figure it out. If this hit US, and it hit other people... then of COURSE it would also hit the other person we share a dreamscape with.
>>30611454Shit, I didn't even think of that from that angle, if it hit our dreamscape, of course it could be hitting her too.
>>30611495It hasn't occurred to Mikage either. Perhaps soon.
>>30611495My brain just jumped through trying to figure out ways to get half-way around the world and feeling helpless about what happens there.Then I'm like..shit, shared dreamscape.Worse comes to worse, it might come down to that.Wow.(Mikage is going to have a hard time with that.)
>>30611585I think we can figure that out after this. Looks like this shadow thing is not just us.
>>306112761/2You must. You won't let this thing have the chance to take over your friend. Was she having a nightmare last night like you were? In this thing trying to escape her shadow what would have happened if you hadn't been strong enough to put yourself back in place...if you hadn’t been ready to forgive yourself.Your fangs are out.~Sorry for this, I'll explain~<PRINCESS, WHAT->“Mikage?” Kairi begins listlessly, weakening as the shadow pulls against her.They sink into her skin, without it breaking. You aren't hit by the expected sensation of warm blood filling your mouth, but something is. It is something wonderful and terrible, and you have your fill.The shadow shrieks, as it's deepest darkness begins being drawn back into Kairi, leaving only the normal depth cast by the morning light outside. Nephrite cuts off, seeing the beast just beneath him for the first time. Kairi's veins flush a deep black color across her body, drawn to the point of your teeth. Her emotions and pain remain her own, all you are doing is drawing the familiar poison that you accepted this morning from her; denying it it's power over her. You taste her fear. Her guilt. Her lonliness.Strapped to a table as the thing that wore her father's face loomed over her.Rampaging and laughing as a hideous monster.Crying inside as she squoze the life out of you, and she couldn't stop it.Then...being alone.Did you hear? She became a monster and then they just let her back into school.What if it happens again.She was so scary, I don't think I can be friends with her anymore.Sailor Moon still hasn't been seen since the fight...but there haven't been any other monsters...You don't think she died stopping magician? Do you?Maybe...if she did it would be because of the wounds she got saving us...fighting her.Lonely...Lonely...Lonely...
>>306116442/2You pull back from Kairi with a pop. There is a look of frightened relief on her face, face flush with black veins struggling against her skin. Your hands are still on her, now on her shoulders. You furrow your brown and concentrate.>3 MP spent. Lesser Restoration Cast.>Gestating Unbound Shadow allowed no save.>Restoration Vulnerability Exploited.>Gestating Unbound Shadow destroyed.The black clears. She gasps for breath, as if breathing for the first time. Her eyes are full of wonder, fear, and confusion. Nephrite exhales, even though he doesn't breath. His worry and sudden fear soothed. 3 shadows dart into the room and take tactical position, visible tactical positions as your shadow companions. Dammit guys. Kairi is staring at you, her expression is all over the place. Is she afraid of you? She hasn't seen the shadows yet, you make them fade.“What the hell was that!?” she stands with a start, sending her chair clattering to the ground through Nephrite's phantom as she steps back into him...and she makes contact.She spins around with a hand on the thing that is invisible to her. She might be panicking.“What the hell is going on!?” well at least she seems vibrant again and only smells a little peachy.You feel sated. Okay, you could still pick at your fish and rice...the miso is long gone, but that is neither here nor there.>Write in saying something?>Write in an action?>Write in talking while taking action?>Cast a spell?>Become invisible?>Synchronized Panicking?
>>30611679Tell her everything. She deserves the truth."She didn't die you know."
Point of clarification.Mikage instinctively knows that her embedded phantoms are entirely immaterial.
>>30611679>Synchronized PanickingAct just as surprised, ask what's wrong.She suddenly froze up when you hugged her.We did take Perfect Lie, afterall.
>>30611679Ask her to sit down, there was a spirit trying to poison her that we exorcisedThen tell her everything we should have told her before
>>30611724Interesting, and yet Kairi could feel him..
>>30611679Sorry, I didn't know how else to help. How are you feeling?
Keep voting.Taking a short break to precook dinner, then pop it in the fridge to bake when it gets later.Give me your final spell votes now from last thread while you wait.
>>30611679"Are you ok, how do you feel?"Stall for time.We might be having an internal debate about risking her further by bringing her in on the Secret, and risking ourselves what with her mother being a pn that taskforce.
>>30611679 >Synchronized Panicking?Pockets overflowing! Why can't I hold all this spaghetti???
>>30611868Restoration, Aid, True strike, fairy fire, restore moderate wounds
>>30611868Locate NodeTrue StrikeFaerie FireHail of RosesNo strong enough feelings on the fifth.
>>30611903You know for a fact that Naru Osaka already knows your secret.You are worse at this than Olliver Queen.
>>30611937We have Lesser Restoration already. No access to Restoration yet, unless I missed something.
>>30612009Ah com'on, we haven't even started mysterious having meeting every time the hood guy is somewhere.Actually fitting since in the comics he's been portrayed at times as people in his city just humoring him claiming not to be green arrow, at times anyway.
>>30612009She knows that we -were- Sailor Moon. Not that we still have power or are secretly fighting ebil.
>>30612032Don't we need to select it here to be sble to cast it's mythic version? Or am I misunderatanding?
>>30611679>>30611710>>30611792Alright, if we want to tell her things we don't tell her *everything*. There are more secrets at state than just our own here.Admit that we used to be Sailor Moon, we didn't die, we gave it up because we couldn't take it any more.*Perfect Lie* No, we don't know who the current one is and can't remember much else. Safety in the system, you suppose.
>>30612130Asked last thread and Art said we were getting the senshi boosts for our existing spells as well.
>>30612220Fair point, though I'd rather we didn't give it away at all. *sigh*
>>30612009Not all Oliver's are created equal.Still should be circumspect with what we share, even if we do need to tell her that you didn't die and that it wasn't her father.
Back! Writing. I just made a chili themed version of Impossible Cheeseburger pie...well, I didn't bake it yet, I'll do that tonight while my wife is on the way home.Hope I didn't screw it up.
>>30611710>>30611792>>30611760>>30611908>>30612220>>30612400Yeah I can work with this.
>>30611937>>30612241Ok then. I guess I'll change that one to entangle.
Rolled 9 + 2>>30612607Roll me 1d20+6 for persuasionDC is the above reaction.
>>30612575Chili you say?
Rolled 2 + 6>>30612660..Can you true strike a hug?We should go to Jupiter for some chili later.
Rolled 19 + 6>>30612660
>>30612717>>30612672Why do I have so many images of classic Oliver Queen and his love of chili?Because both are awesome.
Rolled 10 + 6>>30612660Hope I got (right dice. Damn phone.
Rolled 17 + 6>>30612660Rollin', and have the collection of symbols I have created with mad science.
>>30612660Crap Crap CRAP! You step back from her as she's freaking out, hand directly in the center of Nephrite's chest. She whips her head around at you, seeing your confusion and panic equal to her own seems to make her focus, focus and stop her own panicking to listen to you?>25 vs 11, 2 D of S~I'm sorry! I didn't know how else to help!~ are your fangs still out, oh no your fangs are still out. You cover your mouth with your hands and will them to retract, RETRACT. You helped her, but she's looking at you like you're some kind of monster...maybe you are but right now you're the monster that just drank something evil that was riding her negative emotions out of her.She's trying to make sense of what happened, then she seems to catch herself. She is looking at you like you're some kind of monster...and now she knows that is what she was doing, just like everyone else did to her.“Mikage...what is going on,” she is as calm as can force herself to be as she leans down to right her chair; never breaking eye contact, “Why did you bite me...what was that thing you pulled out of me? Why do I feel so much...better?”You lean against the counter, a bit away from her. She watches you carefully, the daughter of a soldier who just lost almost 2 years of pain and pressurized guilt and pain.~You didn't kill her, you know~ you begin as you step forward a bit and sit back down, ~I just quit...I couldn't deal with it anymore, after that day...it was too much~Her eyes soften. She pulls her chair back to the table and searches your eye's for understanding. Stopping to hand you a napkin from the space between you. Uneasily trying to talk to you.“There are...you have shadows on...” she gestures to the edge of her lip and down her chin.>How much do you tell her, if anything else?>Talk about something else.>So, did that thing start in your dreams too?>Thank you for the meal...the food meal...not your...(be awkward)>Make up a perfect lie?>Write in
>>30613069> So, did that thing start in your dreams too?
>>30613069Avoid telling her anything that might lead to the others, Perfect Lie if we have to, ala >>30612220>Did that thing start in your dreams too?Something strange happened to me too.. but the echo of who I was helped.What happened last night?
>>30613069Wipe face, keep napkin, Probably don't want o leave bits of physical tainted shadow laying around.
>>30613069Something in my dreams tried to empower my pain and regret, I think it wanted to take over or break loose or something.. but I managed to stop it.. finally accept my pain instead of being controlled by it..Then I came to see you.. and when I was hugging you I saw your shadow trying to break free and.. then that happened.
>>30613189I agree. We can share our secrets, but not those of others>>30613439>>30613175Something like these mentioning how the shadow was over us too
>>30613175>>30613189>>30613439>>30613471Writing
Hey, the other thread died, now to repost the edit I'd just finished before we got new thread!
>>30613629Taking the napkin and dabbing your face, you consider what to say.~So, did that thing start in your dreams too?~She nods slowly. Calmly picking up some pieces of her mackerel, chewing it slowly, and then finding her composure.“Yeah,” her voice is strained, “I was running from the monster and my dad was watching. He had a syringe. It caught me...I caught me. Lifted me up in the curtain arms before I woke up,”You nod. Sounds familiar enough.~Something in my dreams last night tried to empower my pain and regret, I think it wanted to take over or break loose or something... but I managed to stop it with help from who I used to be. I finally accept my pain instead of being controlled by it, and I acknowledged the me I didn't want to remember being.Then I came to see you.. and when I was hugging you I saw your shadow trying to break free and.. then that happened.~“Do you think I was about to become a monster again?” she asks cautiously.~That...or a monster would burst out of you~“And you... ate it? Along with all my pent up...I feel so light. I remember the guilt, the anger, the sadness...it just seems so far away,”~That's...new~ you sigh, leaning back in the chair before grousing. Time to act natural ~woke up with the fangs this morning. You know, I spent a year and a half running away from supernatural bullshit and now it's shoving it's way back in.~She's silent. The two of you sit there, her picking at her food...your plates and bowls clean save for fish bones.“What happened to my father?” she looks away...her voice is...you don't know.>I...I couldn't save him.>He was dead the entire time...he didn't make you a monster...it was a thing wearing his face.>Stay quiet, get sad.>Write in.
>>30614138>He was dead the entire time...he didn't make you a monster...it was a thing wearing his face.
>>30614138>>I...I couldn't save him.
>>30614138>>I...I couldn't save him.>>He was dead the entire time...he didn't make you a monster...it was a thing wearing his face.I didn't know that then though.. that's why I couldn't face you, even when you said you didn't remember.. I thought I failed.. I thought.. I thought -I-.."Try to regain composure. Deep breaths."..I made a promise and didn't know it was too late. I'm sorry."
>>30614138>I...I couldn't save him.>He was dead the entire time...he didn't make you a monster...it was a thing wearing his face.
>>30614138Add-on if she asks how we found out:"If I hadn't been up early and restless after that shadow dream, I never would have been snooping my dad's note from that thing yesterday. I guess they found.. what was there and figured out things I never did."
Back in a bit, quick grocery run.
>>30614241>>30614244>>30614275>>30614286>>30614389Writing. Last Update.
Rolled 19 + 2>>30614491I need a Persuasion test.1d20+6 vs the above roll.
Rolled 15 + 6>>30614620
Rolled 1 + 6>>30614620Welp. Time to pray.
>>30614675OH GODOH GOD I'M SORRY
>>30614620>>30614651>dead even
>>30614675
Rolled 2 + 6>>30614620Cant hurt
>>30614856But sadly, 1's and 20's are wild.>>30614887>>30614651>>30614675Writing.
>>30615113So much for friendship.
>>306151133 margins geeze would surging to reduce the amount of failure help?
>>30615178Honestly i would be a bit peeved too.Doesn't mean she won't ever come around. Love and justice always prevail.
>>30615113There are no heroes left in man.
Rolled 95>>30615113Encounter roll
>>30614241>>30614244Yes and also yes. Also, get sad but hug-sad and friend-sad. Tell her we'll find the ones that did this.
>>30615301>>30615113well dick.
>>30615301So we pissed her off so much she is attacking us. Freaking hell. So much for getting over our past issues.
>>30615301The dice are trying to kill us.
>>30615301NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU- Dammnit Artemis all the good stuff happens while I'm at work
>>30615611Ha! Go tell that to Peter Parker Quest.I for one am interested in seeing what Artemis makes of this
>>306153011/?~I...I couldn't save him.~You're still. The room tenses. You can taste the sweetness building in the air, nowhere near a fraction of the wonderful saturation it had before...but something natural and normal.~He was dead the entire time...he didn't make you a monster...it was a thing wearing his face...but, I didn't know that back then though. That's why I couldn't face you, even when you said you didn't remember, I thought I failed. I thought...I thought -I-...~You breath deeply, gripping the table while you try to regain your composure. You've talked about this enough times to break through it again, come on.~...I made a promise and didn't know it was too late. I'm sorry.~It hangs there...the truth between you. Kairi lowers her head, again obscuring her eyes beneath her bangs. She is hardly moving.“please leave,”~Kairi~“Please leave, Chiba-san...” she struggles to say your family name, “I need to be alone right now”~I-~“I owe you my life,” she speaks without emotion, it douses the lingering sweetness in the air, “but, I can't do this right now. Please just...please leave,”Nephrite looks at you and shakes his head sadly. You feel the other Shintennou and their own sadness with the situation, perhaps reflecting your own. Rising slowly, you walk toward the door. You don't need to look back to know she hasn't moved. At least...at least she isn't screaming at you. She isn't calling you a murderer...but...but she isn't calling you...
>>306156622/?Before closing the door behind you, you need to say one last thing to the silence behind you. The same way your mother missed you despite seeing you every day...you have missed your friend.~Kairi-chan...I miss you~There is a response from within the darkness...you aren't sure how to take it.“And I missed you,” your heart skips a beat, “Goodbye,”The buildings pass you by on either side quickly. You aren't running, but through a combination of your improved height and your hurried gait you find yourself making good time.Your phone chimes several times...but that isn't important. You need to find somewhere, anywhere to be. You need...you don't know. A block later you're crying again. You think about checking your messages or shooting another message or even calling Usa...she needs to be warned about sleeping tonight. Oh...it feels like it's too much without your usual anxiety. You could take a pill to try and take the edge off, but think against it. You aren't in a panic right now. Just...sad? Hurt? Exhausted? You idly realize you probably taste delicious right now.It's only 7am. How is it only 7am?There is a small playground between school and her house, you stop there to try and collect yourself. The flowers here are always in bloom early in season and last about as long a your mother's garden does, you would come here some times when you had panic attacks. Like your mother's garden, this place was calming. Sitting down against the still morning empty jungle gym you feel your shoulders shaking as you pull your knees to your chest. You don't realize you aren't alone until the shadow falls across your feet.
>>306156803/3“Chiba-san?” the voice sounds genuinely concerned...it's familiar but you can't quite place it.Looking up, you see a boy from your class. He transferred in toward the end of last year, and despite his trying to be friendly with everyone...you'd never really given him the time of day or a second thought, even with his weird purple pink frosted hair. He's just always been some guy in the background.He's extending a hand with a handkerchief, curiosity and worry evident on his face. In his other hand is a strange and twisting green flute.“Are you alright?”Eclipsed Moon Quest Episode 11 ENDNext thread Interlude Vote:>When I was a monster>Morning Gardener>Get the hell out of my cafe>AIBA in Tokyo>Personal Launch Invitations>Tomoe Institute Orientation>Rev it UP!>Cat Scratch
>>30615705>Get the hell out of my cafeor >When I was a monster
>>30615705When I was a monster
And I back, how'd things OH GOD..Alright gimmie a minute to get my barrings..
>>30615705>When I was a monster
>>30615705>Rev it UP!
>>30615705>>30615803And I had picked up energy drinks to make it through the night too.
>>30615705Ah well, next thread when?
>>30615705>Cat ScatchFEVER!
>>30615705Let's see if i can guess these..>When I was a monsterKairi probably.. Or another victim.. or Chibiusa thinking about being the Dark Lady..>Morning GardenerMom? or Bad guys collecting the harvest..>Get the hell out of my cafeAngry Jupiter being angry. Yikes.>AIBA in TokyoBoxing! @ivandragowasright>Personal Launch InvitationsSpace? Space! Spaaaaaaaace~>Tomoe Institute OrientationSaturn, how is she doin' these days?>Rev it UP!Haruka. Has to be.>Cat ScratchMany kitties to choose from now.
>>30615929...I ran a good 7 hours today.Save them for next time.Next time is currently...>>30615965Next thread is tentatively Saturday.
>>30616171Fantastic, I will prepare the desk of glorious watchings!
>>30616171Maybe we would get a better response on the spells if we voted them in one at a time?The block of five might be kind of intimidating.
>>30616272I think we've mostly agreed on at least three of them three of them.
>>30616338Yeah, we can deal with those two spells now.We know you guys want True Strike, Faerie Fire, and Entangle.What are the other two?Or Am I wrong?...Also, open Q&A.
>>30616372I'm pretty sure I'm the only person who's brought up entangle. It it was in my post this thread and last.
>>30616372Going from the last thread, it seemed that:Locate NodeTrue StrikeFaerie Fire-were common choices.
>>30616432Ah. Okay. Then Locate Node, True Strike, and Faerie Fire are Locked in. Thank you guys for the corrections.Now, what other two do you guys want?
>>30615705 >Get the hell out of my cafeWay to double down, sir. I quite appreciate it.
>>30616432I was in favor of those and Hail of Roses.I couldn't decide on a fifth.I saw others suggest Aid, Resist Energy, and Entangle.
>>30616455Hail of Roses.
>>30616455Aid, Entangle
>>30616455Where are we choosing these spells from?
>>30616508http://pastebin.com/bCVPdABG
>>30616416My only concern with entangle is it needed flora nearby.Hey Art, if we use Hail of Roses, can we use Entangle with the roses afterward?
>>30616508>>30616526We have the Senshi, Moon, Earth, Psychic, and Shadow lists to work with, up to 2nd level spells.
>>30616527Mythic version doesnt need that, the our shadow had it. >Mythic Augmentation: The spell functions in areas without any vegetation, causing plants to spring up out of the ground. These plants can reach creatures that are up to 10 feet in the air. Plants affected or created by the spell sprout thorns that deal 1d6 points of damage each round to creatures in the area.From her character sheet
>>30616455I'm actually gonna vote Darkness.
>>30616557True, but we can't burn through our Planet Power all the time.
>>30616576Alternatively detect hostile intent is also good from the psychic path.
>>30616600That is an always on augmentation, not a secondary augment what requires Planet Power.
>>30616647Awesome, I'll throw in with Entangle and Hail of Roses then.
>>30616647>>30616576and >>30616615here.Gonna make my official vote:Entangle and Darkness
>>30616576Wish we had more Shadow to choose from.
>>30616770>>30616737So everyone is happy with Entangle being the fourth?So for the 5thwill it beHail of Stones (Roses)DarknessDetect Hostile Intent>>30616822Yeah, Shadow powers don't really explode until higher levels and I don't have access to my copy of Tome of Magic at the moment
>>30616822Me too, but Darkness is a bueno choice because we have Darkvision 60ft. And we also have greater invisibility for 10 rounds as a swift action if we spend a mythic power. Sailor Wetworks go!
>>30616770Eah, I'd rather get a little offense, Control Darkness will do a little bit of what Darkness does.
>>30616854Voting Darkness.
>>30616854Voting Hail of Roses. Rose action, but more importantly an area attack with an attack rolls. And attack rolls mean margins of success for extra fun.
>>30616854>Detect Hostile Intent
>>30616958Actually, to hell with it. I'll change over to Hail of Roses. >>30616947 is probably right about those attack rolls.
>>30612810A little hate, but I have to say the Earth and Fullmoon overlap looks the best. Second, the Eclipse
>>30616372>...Also, open Q&A.So. Haruka and Michiru. Magical lesbian babies?
Final Destination. 15 Minutes on the clock. No comments. Quote this post.1 Darkness2 Hail or Roses
>>30616476Hail of Roses.
>>306171682
>>30617168Ok. Stupid question time. What is an Earth Node, and what does it do?
>>30617168Hail of Roses
>>30617312An Earthnode is a concept covered in an Underdark Book for the D&D Forgotten Realms, it is meant to be a magical wellspring, to tap into magic of the planet, elemental magic, or the Faerun Shadoweave. When near one such node (or similar font of power) casters can gain some minor boons unless they have feats and features to make full use of the power beneath.
>>30617370Champions of Ruin adds Nodes of Evil to that list.
>>30617370Thanks Arty
>>30617370I'd been hoping our Focus Attuned would help there.If not, at least it is good for locating interesting places.
>>30617168Hail of Roses Takes it.
>>30617711Awww....ah well. I guess we can take Darkness next time we get a new level. Entangle and Darkness make a really nice combination, especially with our Darkvision.
So, guys. How about that opening interlude?
>>30617866It's nice to know that she's not dead, even if bad mojo is happening at the Time Gate.
>>30617866Anything involving Pluto-tan causes my Timey-Wimey detector to make like a gieger counter in Chernobyl. This in turn causes my face to be pic related.
>>30617156Those did seem to work pretty well, Eclipse for technical accuracy and the overlap for nice crest matching.Did the conjunction one in case people didn't like the plain circle of the the full moon symbol.The other I had on hand from doing the cloak clasp here.
>>30617866I covered my thoughts early on.Congrats on that Achievement unlock.
It suddenly occurs to me that, what with Naru and Umino figuring significantly in the plot, Usagi's little brother is conspicuously absent.Where is our uncle? Where are our cousins?
>>30618044Not sure if it is conspicuous, we've been a shut in for a year and a half, up until 48 hours ago. So we haven't had time to meet all the people we've been avoiding yet.
>>30617157Sadly there no magical Lesbian Babies at this time.However, the real world technology to generate reproductive cells from a donor's bone marrow is still in early testing and not yet in public use.
>>30618044>>30618094>Mikage noticed that there were JSDF boots by the door when she noticed that her mother was talking to someone in the kitchen. She noted that they were too small to be her uncle's.
>>30618044>cousins
>>30618212The man pre-plans well.
>>30618282I also had an interlude option at one point titled "The Man named Shino (chorus) SHINGOOOOOOOOOOOOO" to be writ around the song "The Man named Ringo (chorus) RINGOOOOOOOOO)
>>30618108I suppose I really should have asked whether there will be any new outer senshi to awaken. But then, the asteroid senshi still haven't turned up (and would probably be on Usa's team anyway)>>30618381Interesting. I'll have to vote for something like that in the future if nothing more awesome pops up at the same time.
>>30616854Took a bit of work to get it under the limit for ya, so the quality is kinda shit, but should do in a pinch.
>>30618450>spoiler tagging a 58 page PDF
>>30618565Some men just want to watch the world burn?
>>30618381Which just makes me think of "The Man They Call Jane".
>>30618041>>30617866>>30609438>>30609476And the fun part is, while that explains so much it still explains nothing and just adds to the questions.So many, many questions. Half of then resemble "WTFOMGBBQ?!??".
>>30618717So, what are some of those questions. I will answer truthfully or simply decline to answer if a question is too revealing to the plot.Also,So far things have been a few shades of "Everything's Coming up Mikage" you've wonderfully fallen across good options and opened up someone who would have otherwise been a shut in aside from occasional personal vacations with the disguise pen.This hanging failure with Kairi wasn't planned, but I think it was needed in retrospect.The heroes struggle.
>>30617952>>30617156Here's the stand alones for those..
>>30618903
>>30618903>>30618933Why are my filenames spelt wrong?Ugh.
>>30618842Is Hotaru going to check in on Mikage soon?Did we completely ruin our friendship with Kairi with that miserable roll? Who is this mysterious man with purple hair and a weird flute, he's running my shadows.
>>30618842I saw you and Kinto fist bumping on Twitter. Crossover episode possible?
>>30619130I think we'll be good with Kairi in the long run, connected with here, removed a lot of stress.. then talked about her dead father. Actually really natural for her to need some space.As for our friend with the flute, he appeared in an earlier Interlude as well transferred in 'from a small town you've probably never heard of' interest in Mikage the flute, frosted hair and I'll bet more than I have he's the child of pic related and visiting from really far out of town..
>>30619130Hotaru is going to be checking up on Mikage, she is also going to be the effective drill instructor for Koyomi's soon to be larger band.You did not completely ruin your friendship with Kairi with that miserable roll. It was bad, it is bad, it might get worse before it turns around, but know it can get better.The mysterious man with the purple highlights was prominently featured toward the end of the interlude Auspicious Sign of the Thunder Twins.>>30619227Magical Girls Represent, yo.
>>30619130Dunno much on Hotaru. Main thing we know is that she's a professor, presumably at the Academy, and that she was cold toward Mikage and friends with Chibiusa. (one of our many points of frustration)
>>30619365Is Chibiusa's relationship with Mikage good or bad on Chibiusa's side of things? Like, we know Mikage resents Chibiusa for "stealing her life", but how does Chibiusa feel about this?What's going on with Uranus and Neptune? Are they still around or are they dead?
>>30618842Alright:So.. what was old Elysian like?Who was the King and Queen?What were they like?..how man kids did they have?Where was it on Earth?
>>30619741Chibiusa genuinely loves her little sister. She's jealous that this version of the earth is her's...because she eventually has to return to the 30th century and succeed Neo Queen Serenity.Uranus and Neptune are going to make their appearances. They are quite alive.>>30619803It as a magitech kingdom on earth like any other. A civilization with a standing army as any kingdom worried about it's borders does.It was ruled by King Aethlios & Queen Kalyke.Aethlios was a wise King who fell at the start of Beryl's coup. Queen Kalyke was a diplomat and devoted to her people and their well being. She was not in her kingdom when Beryl took control, and died after the dust settled with both her and the moon in ruins.She was slain after her personal retinue was slain in what could be described as retaliatory action by then homeless and nationless former subjects of the destroyed Lunar civilization.They only had their sole heir, Prince Endymion.Elysion could be found where we now refer the mythic cities of of Mu & Atlantis once sat.It was not near the plateau of Leng.
>>30620111So....R'lyeh then. The his dead city of R'lyeh, dread Cthulhu waits dreaming.
>>30620111Groovy.This too goes into the shadowrun manufactory.
>>30620111So an island continent trapped in dimensional limbo outside of space and time after/during the collapse of their civilization?
>>30620111So I guess in the greater scheme of things Chibiusu is probably rather sad that Mikage dislikes her but might feel that she has legit reasons for doing so?Given it has been years, and it was the American dub I watched, why was she sent into the past to begin with?
>>30621128Evil aliens from the 10th planet conquered Crystal Tokyo, so she went back in time to get help. Nobody ever told her that Sailor Moon was an idiot in the past, or her mom. Hilarity ensues.
>>30621690Yet it was hilarious how easily and how often Chibiusa outsmarted Usai in their first few meetings.
SoAny ideas on how we're going to help/inform big-sis Usagi about the shadows that are going to attack her dreams in a few hours when he goes to bed in Eastern Standard Time? Or should we plan on going home in a couple hours, taking a melatonin, and trying to help her fight them? Or just forget about her, she's on her own?
>>30622743Well we're probably going to skip school anywayPlus it's not in our best interest to have that thing take over our shared dreamscape.
>>30622853I dunno. We handled it pretty much by ourselves, and it's not like she hasn't shaken off this exact sort of thing before. A warning should be enough.
>>30622948Yeah but that was OUR inner demon, there's no telling what kind of terrible skeleton she might have in her closet, waiting to bite off her face.It may actually be the shadow Helios we saw last thread because apparently our dreamscape can cross over to them. The one that is currently picking off the other guardians with ease. I'm going to guess that shadow Helios would probably demolish her if she fought him one on one. If she was even willing to fight him at all.
>>30622743After last night, I think we've learned that seeing something like her in pain does not makes us feel better>>30622853And even if we didn't have a bad habit of being unable to resist trying to help folks, shared dreamscape is also a good reason to care.>>30623112Not sure if she has enough dark-side to be as much issue as ours, but whatever caused it punched right through our dream wards, so it seems serious.Also, _he_ lives in dreams, right? So maybe he's seen something too.. Wait shit.. wasn't he part of Elysian too? The Shintennou said some was collecting the warriors of Elysian, didn't they?Gaaah...(She is totally boned if we don't help *her*. Even then, we might just get completely owned, we'll have to play it smart.)
>>30616372Just how much did you cackle to yourself when the first place we went was Kairi's?What with our then unknown Hunger in place and all.>>30621800Outsmarted and outclassed.
>>30625573I cackled a lot. Kairi's unbound shadow was a slow cooker that would have finished midday if you hadn't turned up the emotional heat and then eaten just before it was done.
>>30625524Someone is on a good track but needs to take another gander at the archives.
>>30628408I know they already have him, but Mikage doesn't. Just puzzling out how it might look from her view.
>>30628476Actually, I'm kind of glad you guys suggested warning Usa before she goes to bed.
> cisplatin> candle burning brightly>boundless enegry> wigs... ... ...you apparently were not kidding about the boundless energy. Or the doctors.Or my sad feels.Soo... magic might fix that eh?Right? Right?! I mean its ~{MAGIC}~...
>>30628589Crazy to think how differently things would have gone if we didn't go to Kairi first thing. Her shadow getting loose during school and no warning for Usa before bedtime there.
>>30629513Oh, I had a whole thing planned with Kairi's shadow becoming a watered down Boundless Shadow version of the monster she once was. I had spells mostly picked out and it's features ready to slap onto a the right stat block.It was going to go to the place where it needed to fight again, the athletic field outside of the Junior High, during gym class.It was going to take the head off the third Sailor Moon statue and then start some shit.Then she would get her shit grappled by a REALLY good kid before knocking her back and throwing down with you little sis.Though considering this would have happened during lunch, you would have been hot on her heels and arriving in the speed of time...assuming you weren't eating lunch on the roof and failing perception rolls.However, there is still lots of potential things going down today.And that encounter roll wasn't for meeting Gai.Nor was it for Mikage.>>30629449Your sad fact of the day, the therapy isn't making her hair fall out, she frequently has had to shave it a few times for surgeries and decided to keep it at crew length in case she inevitably needs another one.A concern for another time, but Moon Healing Escalation can't undo genetic or congenital problems. And Minato hasn't told the others...it takes all she has to be in the same room as Venus and not break down.Though if Venus can get Usagi to agree to provide a consulting check up that Venus keeps demanding of Bunny Sensei...oh man there will be a small reckoning and heavy applications of the power of friendship.
>>30629641Hmmm the lowest level spell i can think of to help is remove disease, but its debatable whether that would work.It almost certainly wouldn't prevent relapses if the root cause is genetic.Welp we have no choice. She needs to become a sailor scout post haste and aquire paladin class features.>divine health (ex) 3rd level, a paladin gains immunity to alldiseases, including supernatural and magical diseases.
>>30629777Problem: she's clearly chaotic.
>>30629925Problem, character features are gained by having different combinations of trainings & perks.At the moment the only on likely to skirt close to Divine Health is Rin.
>>30629951I don't suppose Mom picked.up Second Medicine Excellency?
>>30629990Oh, wait. We lunar family. That would be 2nd Intelligence... FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFwe doomed
Moon may have healing.But Earth has restoration...We need more levels.
>>30630111We always need more levels. This changes nothing.Even though we've averted one incident, something is still likely to happen to an active or future senshi today. We'll just have to keep our eyes open and wait for our generals or a psychic ping to tip us off.
>>30630469I was wondering if we could use the Shintennou the keep eyes on potential shadow eggs.Also check lurk for mentions of nightmares.And sniff around people close to us.Also... we could talk to Rin.Who is shortly going to be confused why we have gotten harder to scry.>>30630056Currently kicking around a sailor moon exalted crossover... thing.>>30629951Yeah im somewhat in the dark as to what training unlocks what class features.Thievery to sneak attack im guessing.Perform to bardic abilities is a no brainer.Melee is a starter for a lot of stuff.But it all might be moot since Usagi can essentially cast miracle under the right conditions.Also... what happens if we OMNOM a seperate shadow entity like... say... helios.Not that we have the lucidity ranks to travel there and face him.Because that totally unimportant stat feature has me worried. I know, rampant paranoia right? Totally unjustified.
>>30631139As stated previously, a combination of Thievery and Stealth can net you sneak attack. When you qualify for a character feature I will let you know.It will be your choice between a few options.
>>30631139Additionally, for next level up:With the Shintennou as mental mentors: You have unlocked Thievery & CQC & First Drawn Strike as Training Options.Your experience in your Dream has unlocked Lucidity.Next level you now have the power to train these skills.
>>30631139Paranoia is kind of an expected thing here. It's not like this is one of those faggy Anon-kun quests where nothing interesting or dangerous ever happens.On which note, getting told what we just prevented felt really good. I've never been strongly opposed to railroading, but the feeling of making an unexpected difference in the story was surprisingly satisfying.> Currently kicking around a sailor moon exalted crossover... thing.Doitmothfucker.jpg
>>30631390Actually if we took unbound by morality it would become impossible to detect our alignment.Between that, perfect lie, and some kind of immunity to mind affecting or high will, we could slip on a slinky black dress and ~pretend to be our own unbound shadow~.MAXIMUM SHADOWRUNSunfortunately my experience with exalted was limited to first ed. Im currently trying To get into second while waiting for third. But school and work make it slow going. Ill let you know when i have anything more substantial than notes.
>>30631634Going to admit, if you guys didn't start suggesting getting in touch with Usa, and she managed not to fall to her shadow...there would have been other complications to your home life and super hero career.
>>30631820Interesting ... So are you rolling dice behind the curtain for a lot of cutscene characters? People who may not be predestined to get jobbed by the unknown enemy?
>>30631905For some things I am rolling dice behind the curtain for events the MC is not present for, other times I am just going with what makes my story work without too much noticeable duct tape, twine, and elmer's glue.For example. There are dice rolls after the end of this thread's interlude. There were no dice rolls for her being snuck up on.
>>30631999that was me, forgot trip
>>30631373>With the Shintennou as mental mentors: You have unlocked Thievery & CQC & First Drawn Strike as Training Options.I think it's pretty obvious which ones we should be taking first and foremost.
Pay this no mind, just an errant thought.Usagi is destined to be Sailor Cosmos, the order of the universe...Is her oldest then not destined to be Sailor Universe? A being of all?but...in this quest, they are two...from two distinct timelines...opening a possibility.CRYSTAL FUSION CRISIS MAKE UP: SAILOR MEGAVERSE...I'll be over here...trying very hard not to treat this thought like the final fight of TTGL
>>30634319Sounds okay, but you should really describe the silly dance in detail if it comes to that =p
this is just a random theory, but based on the bad future pluto saw, and some other things (much stronger relationship with our father, getting along with the four generals, affinity for dark magic) are we Beryls reincarnation?
>>30635098I think it might be our rejection of our Moon heritage during our shut-in phase that is allowed our Earth connection to take a stronger hold and also open up the Earth-Moon interaction path of Shadow.Also possible that the shard from the Magician was Earth or Shadow linked as well, and fighting it or passing out next to it may have helped tap into that more.
>>30629641>the athletic field outside of the Junior High, during gym class.Oof, yeah, about as bad as I thought it could be. Geeze, it would have destroyed Kairi to be seen as a monster like that again by everyone.
>>30636205It seems to me that a lot of sailor moon magic is based on emotion and personality. And mikage isn't really the same type of person as Usagi or Usa. In that regard Koyomi seems like a better match for Sailor Moon than mikage.Mikage went through a dark period like a shadow passing over the moon. And it left its mark, but before that mark had faded mikage confronted and accepted her inner darkness.So now shes a sailor scout of the moon, earth, and shadow. Eclipse.Which is probably not what the bad guys keep talking about, but boy are they gonna be surprised. We hope.
>>30635098No, but your implications inspire me.
>>30636561>My face when I'm at work and don't have access to a reaction image strong enough to portray my shadowruns at this statement.
>>30631139>I was wondering if we could use the Shintennou the keep eyes on potential shadow eggs.>Also check lurk for mentions of nightmares.>And sniff around people close to us.I fully support this action. We need to go on general information and bad-thing spotting duty.Break out our Streetwise and various personas too.>Also... we could talk to Rin.>Who is shortly going to be confused why we have gotten harder to scry.Yeah, once we know that she knows, we need to chat.Also, I do hope we can keep the non-detection effect up all the time, it is mentioned 'in addition' so it doesn't seem directly linked to the rest...Much like the person in Pluto's vision of a future couldn't be seen. Shit, the shadow earth queen is also a Trickster. I shouldn't be surprised with all this plotting and catspaws surrounding her plots.Well, two can play at the non-detection game and muck with visions and fate.>>30631373>>30633779Groovy. More ninja-ing soon.>>30631390Wholehearted agreement.Making a surprise different is awesome.>>30631634Interesting idea.Which raises an interesting question, what does/did an unbound shadow plan to do?Maybe we need to Insight at ourself to see if there is any clues regarding where the Shadow was going to head next.>>30631820Yeah not connecting those dots would have been bad any way you slice it.>>30631999I approve of your style, sir.>>30634319I also approve of Megaversal things.I am a huge Riftsfag.>>30636419>Which is probably not what the bad guys keep talking about, but boy are they gonna be surprised. We hope.I hope to surprise them on every level we that we can.Fate cheats at cards, but w'e're gonna pickpocket the aces it has up its sleeves.>>30636561I still wonder about Nehelenia. I mean.. is there a peaceful asteroid kingdom out there that was ruled by a friendlier version of her? Could there be a reincarnation or descendant of that version out there somewhere?
>>30636561well that's not ominous at all.
>>30637395No, it really isn't. Or is it?
>>30637020Befriend all the reincarnated villains!
>>30638825Yeah! Befriend the shit out of them!
>>30611285I'd like to take a moment to thank this anon, for he started the chain of realization for warning Usa.>>30629449Aye, all the feels there.One more for our list of nigh-impossible things to try and accomplish.Hopefully Earth can help were Moon might fail.Or a combo of them.>>30629641>Your sad fact of the day, the therapy isn't making her hair fall out, she frequently has had to shave it a few times for surgeries and decided to keep it at crew length in case she inevitably needs another one.I want to curse at you now. That's too many feels now, I'm overloading- Childhood brain cancers, man, some of them are scary bad.
>>30639981I was going to give her the same condition that Minato had in the live action, but it was never explicitly stated...so I rolled it randomly.
>>30640103Speaking of rolling. I just realized that sailor scouts are, astrologically speaking, kind of a big deal to fate.So if we prevented that REALLY good girl from her shot at jupiterdom, then what event took its place to ensure its completion.> encounter roll 95[Screams eternally]
>>30640526Said kid, could be her brother.Or @ivandragowasright.or both as the same person.
>>30639981I'm really sorry if my intended narrative is triggering you irl family problems man, as that is the vibe I'm getting from your post.By the same token, the story decisions I have made about characters and for their backgrounds are affecting you guys (my players and audience) on an emotional level. Which makes what I am doing art. As you are responding with strong emotions I had hoped to spur in some fashion. I feel bad about accomplishing what I set out to do.>>30640526>>30641078There is still an episode happening in the life of Koyomi & Friends while you adventures unfold.Also, people with strong ------------ to ----------------- would be more susceptible to the metaphysical dream shadows of dark Helios.Also, @ivandragowasright and Koi are two different people.@ivandragowasright is used with permission of his original creator and isn't a character that was originally in my notes until someone said "I ship these two people" and I looked at it and said ..."Bueno?" ..."Bueno."
>>30641330So @ivandragowasright is a real person? And he's being shipped with ... whom?
I guess we're getting banished back to /qtg/ soon. Does anyone actually read the /qtg/ though?
>>30641330Nah, man, is good. Creating Feels is a good thing, you just crit'd on your Create Feels roll for social combat.Pic related for critical Feels>@ivandragowasrightOh, oooh.>hard house intensifiesAmusement is had.
>>30642993That fucking scene...That's where "I can't lose another daughter" starts.Glad I was able to solicit an emotional response.>>30642913If you want to, I so rarely see discussion beyond "Hey Read this" or "No, it sucks" in QTG
>>30642913Not if I can help it. It is like wading through tears and excrement to find the good bits.I poke my head in there while I'm running things and I have no idea who they are talking about most of the time, but man do they hate all of them.Though I will now attempt it, if folk really want to, at great cost to my inner Abide.
>>30643361Here, have some positive Feels to try and counter act it.It is important to keep balance in your feels, or your ki gets all outta whack.
>>30643373Nah, if /qtg/ is that much of a shithole, I'm not gonna bother with it myself. I rely on Twitter to get thread announcements anyway.
>>30643509Those are some quality good vibes.Mikage as she is now would find them terribly tasting, but comforting to her sensibilities all the same.
>poke head into qtg>people saying /tg/ can't play stealth>laughingeclipse.jpg
>>30643540Same here, though trying to shadowrun under the character limit is somewhat painful at times.
Btw Atremis, now that we're in autosage, did you find>>30618450useful?Been vaguely nervous some mod was going to give me the hammer for posting a chunk of that book.
>>30643540>>30643784>>30643714QTG reminds me of the tale of the man with two dogs in his heart, one good and one evil. Both vying to influence the man.Long story short, its the dog you feed.If you guys want to talk the positives or worried possibilities of the quest there, you should be able to, any quest is able to and sure there is shit posting and misinformation, but that only happens as much as you let it affect your own discussions if someone inputs nothing of use but complaints that go nowhere.
>>30643784I imagine it would be. I don't actually tweet, though. I just have a couple of QMs bookmarked.
>>30643853It was nice to have a reference review of something I own, but currently have packed for a move.
