Eclipsed Moon Quest Episode 14Sheets and Info: pastebin.com/u/phantomcrossingTwitter Account: https://twitter.com/Artemis_QMArchive: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Eclipsed+moon1/?InterludesDivided, Loyalty and Revenge<We have to kill her now!> Jadeite declares with his level gaze upon the otherwise unaware teenage girl taking copious notes despite the sickened pale that seems to have taken upon her skin.<Jadeite, calm down> Kunzite calms, <The Princess will cleanse her before she comes to the fore, before she remembers what she was and is capable of,><That isn't good enough!> the blonde shadow growls, <I cannot abide her existence any longer. What she did to use, twice. She twisted us into dying for her. Then she dragged us back in with her power when we reincarnated...I don't even remember who I was in this last life before she dug her claws back into me. I have cause. My anger is righteous,><This will do you no good, Jadeite> Nephrite sighs <Eschew this anger before it leads to trouble. We must face this wisely,><Beryl was a victim of Metalia,> Zoicite laments, <What good will it do to just kill her reincarnation,><IT WILL GIVE THE WORLD PEACE!> Jadeite roars.<No. I doubt the princess will allow it. She'll simply consume or purge the dark within her and let her live a normal life,> Nephrite lays a hand on his comrade's shoulder, <Don't let this control you,>Jadiete shakes and clenches his fists tightly. The four fall silent, waiting for their bound sovereign to return that they may arm her with knowledge of the challenge she will soon face. Kunzite's head snaps toward the window as the glass erupts outward and a figure shrouded in black hurtles toward the girl they are arranged around.
>>308429482/?Let me in, I will Stand beside you:Your blurred vision comes back into focus, a man shrouded in black stands above you. He had been in the middle of declaring something, your only catch the end of it.“-usurpers,”His eyes fill you with discord. So full of pain and hatred, but tinged with fear. You are uncertain whether or not to pity or fear him. What happened, why are you on your back? Just a moment ago you'd been sitting in class...feeling ill and deeply worried for your friend, Midori. Surging with light, the world pauses, still falling pieces of rubble above you are suspended, hanging in space. She leans forward above you, cascading red hair and a predatory fanged smile. She is beautiful, but there is a wrongness about her along with a familiarity.“Do you want to die here?” she asks simply as your world is enveloped in a canopy of red.You can scarcely move your lips, your are wracked with so much pain.Well...your head hurts, your arms hurt, and your chest and back hurt until just below your hips. Below that is void. There is a numbness as your are bent back across the broken section of wall. Even if you could live, does this mean you'll never be able to walk again?She's beautiful...like you were beautiful in your dream. Familiar features sit upon her face, wrapped in royal purples, you look into a mirror of yourself cracked with years and deeper saturation of color...and something else. Something terrible behind her eyes. Errant thoughts you've had. Petty jealousies. Things you didn't like thinking about others, suggestions that haunted you in the back of your mind.Whispers of escalating reprisals that frightened you, that you sometimes couldn't believe yourself capable of but always vying for your attention. They were your cause for self control, the reason for your prim and proper mannerisms and poise.
>>308429693/?This woman...she is those whispers made flesh. In her eyes you see the promise of violence, reprisal, and jealousy enough to make the sky burn with her unchecked fury.“No...I don't,” as much as she frightens you, as much as every fiber of your being wants time to resume and this terrible moment to end, you don't want to die.“Good,” she smiles and you wish you could run as she extends her hand, “If you want to live,”No. No no no no no no no no no no no, this is wrong. THIS IS WRONG.“Take my hand, and I shall stand beside you,”It hangs there, and you look up at the frozen blade above you. If it falls, you will die. If you take her hand, you might live...but you don't know the cost.Nothing makes any sense, but you don't want to die here. You don't want to die before you've fallen in love.Even if it is a mistake...“I want to live,”Interlude EndQuest StartYou are Mikage Chiba, 15 year old 2nd year High School Student, formerly a champion of love and justice who punished evil in the name of or under the brilliant light of the moon. And today was just starting to look up. Now some punk in armored pajamas is trying to murder the haughty queen bitch of your class.The girl, Keiko, is lying really still in a pile of rubble and bent back across the remains of the wall separating your classroom from the hallway. She also seems to presently be host to a massive well of negative emotional energy that dwarfs what you've seen so far, and has a far greater capacity for the state than you could have imagined.Your recently regained best friend, Kairi Osaka, stands beside you in shock, and your classmates seem to have mostly vacated the danger zone.>Write In
>>30842989As I recall, someone had suggested we activate No One of Consequence and Disguise Pen ourselves back into Eclipse. Or transform. Whatever it is we do these days.Much as I'd like to just call Koyomi in, we can't just stand here and let this punk frag our classmates.
>>30843184Donning the regalia of eclipse can happen automatically with revealing your sigil.
>>30842989Tell Kairi to make a run for it, warn folks at the Junior High.Hit No One of Consequence and summon the Regalia of Eclipse while busting out to interrupt Thief and hopeful interrupt Beryl too..Gotta Speed of Time the hell out of this one.
>>30843219Probably the fastest interrupt we have is a Knife Throw.Go for the hand, I'd say.
>>30843268Tradition dictates it should be a rose... but if we haven't got one handy, a knife will do.
>>30843306Yeah, we've really got to grab a couple from the rose science fair display.Or maybe check the pockets and see if dad left any in the old outfit.Hm, maybe it comes with that short scimitar he had as the Moonlight Knight.
>>30842989>>30843219This sounds good.
>>30843184>Much as I'd like to just call Koyomi in, we can't just stand here and let this punk frag our classmates.That's not what he's doingHe's clearly trying to resurrect Beryl, intentionally or not, by beating this girl until her shadow overtakes her, and if we don't act quickly, he's going to succeed. And Beryl, if I remember correctly, could very easily insta-kill us at full strength with just a thought. So #1 priority should be getting that shadow under control, even if it means we take a hit or two from Faux-Ninja here.
>>30843306Tradition also dictates that we come up with a snappy phrase on the spur of the moment too.
>>30843369We don't know about the Beryl part, but it seems more likely the Thief is trying to kill off threats to the Big Bad's reign. Usurpers to the throne of Earth.
>>30843389Ah, right. Tuxedo Dad did stress the importance of dramatic entrances. So we crank the speed, grab a rose, let our inner mysterious masked man out, hit him in the knife hand, and we say....I'm not in JUSTICE Mode. What do we say?
>>30843430Well stopping him from killing her seems like an obvious place to start.
>>30843449>I'm not in JUSTICE Mode. What do we say?And we aren't playing the Justice card as much as following our conscience, too.But in either event, I'm drawing a fog.
"I'm sorry, I just can't let you do that."Honest, true, and a great start to a confrontation...and buys us time to prep a proper Tuxedoism
>>30843579Yeah. That sounds good. Everything I had was sounding kinda "Murder's bad, m'kay?" when I read it out loud.
>>30843463Your regalia can generate 1 rose 1/day as a swift action. It can be used as a dagger or as a material component for Hail of roses
>>30843579>"I'm sorry, I just can't let you do that."These hallowed halls of learning are for knowledge, not the blood of young girls who have life and love to live yet!
>>30843670Well, if it doesn't come with the blade, we should lead with the classic Rose Throw entrance then.Which also leaves our knife handy for shanking purposes.
So, Don regalia?Throw rose or knife or hail of roses?Dramatic smackdown?
>>30843784Which reminds me, Dad was pretty hand with varying the appearance/function of his gear. Wonder if we can allow our knife to be our sword here.
>>30843838Yes Regalia.Rose Throw.Pithy Quote.3, 2, 1, Let's Jam
>>30843838Bring No One of Consequence up to full.Don regalia.Throw roseDramatic words.Dramatic smackdown interposing ourselves between Jewel Thief and Keiko
>>30843890>>30843909Throw out a mental call for our shadows to be on him too.
Well, I think we'll be making the top of the list of 'Usurpers' soon.
Rolled 1 + 8Roll a ranged attack and an intimidate to demoralize2d20. Best of 3, 1 & 20 wild.First roll I will add +5 to against AC 18. Do you want to surge?Second will take a +6 demoralize vs the above level test. Would you like to surge?
>>30844101I appear to have forgotten his penalty from the shadows.His total is a solid 1
Rolled 11, 16 = 27>>30844101Did your guy just critfail? Because I would love an opportunity to gloat.
Oh, and his effective AC becomes 10....Sorry, I was kidnapped by tech crew at the con and they gave me a shot and needed to ask questions I don't know answers too.
>>30844101>Nat 1Can we start up music for this one? I feel it's appropriate.
>>30844101Surge yes.Also, rather than Demoralize the opponent, I'd rather [Boost] Keiko with those words. We are aware that is something serious going on in her shadow, even if we don't know the details it is reasonable to try and keep that under control...I'd vote to boost that as well.
Rolled 6, 5 = 11>>30844177Ack forgot roll.>>30844145>>30844171Good start at least.
>>30844177For his 1 I'll allow your roll to be targeted double to freeze him up and bolster Keiko. Your bolster die for appearing as a mysterious prince is a heroic long sword at 1d8+4 (charisma & 1/2) and the DC to bolster is 14.
Rolled 8, 13 = 21>>30844172Never celebrate early. That is when our ones happen.>>30844177Bolstering her seems like a fair idea.
Rolled 9, 16 = 25Praying on injured school girls?! You should be ashamed of yourself!
Rolled 2, 3 = 5Demoralize 22 vs 1 before surge die. Rolling both surge die.Bolster 22 vs 14 before surgeRose attack.Throw 17 vs 10 before surge. 1 degree of success before surge.
>>30844219I'll still vote to Surge that bolster.
>>30844290>2, 3>24, 20>Just enough for another marginYessssssssssssss.
I'm confused, why are we wasted all our surges?
>>30844328Opening round blitz with lives on the line. Gonna need to conserve after this.
>>30844265Because people who venerate little girls are usually pedophiles!>>30844328The Fair Folk ate our Temperance.
>>30844290Oh so we can have it now?Okay.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vfkzMAWWKE
>>30844352I keep telling you, that veneration is vitality worship, I'm not a lolicon!
Rolled 3 + 3Rolling ROSEHow do you spend your 2 degrees of success? Piercing damage, 1 for 2 wounds or 1 for 3 Vitality?
Rolled 1 + 4>>30844521Rolling Bolster, how do you spend your 2 degrees of success?And for your Demoralize, how do you spend your 4 degrees of success? Do you initiate another maneuver against him or attack his Composure directly?
>>30844539Wow that's a bad bolster.
>>30844435Is activating Blade Mode on a thrown dagger-rose possible?Yes, it is.However, we've entered the Blade Mode of Words in this case.>>30844521Vitality. That should carve a lot off.>>30844539Er..>rereading social combat intensifieshttp://pastebin.com/6YhePSGH
>>30844577She's less than convinced, it seems.
>>30844577Still have the +4 on there, plus our successes, not terrible.>>30844588I fail at closing spoiler tag.
So, for your Rose, you want to deal an extra 6 Vitality damage instead of attacking his wounds Directly?And for your bolster, do you want to spend successes for another 2 points restored?And for your demoralize, he will be shaken for 4 rounds, you can spend your successes to extend that by 1 round each point, or increase Shaken to Frightened for 2 points, then Frightened to Panicked for another 2 points.
>>30844728Maximum panic sounds good to me.
>>30844728Actually, since our bolster was so low, I think we should spend successes in bolster. Feel free to convince me otherwise
>>30844774We don't get them for both?
>>30844774The successes can only be spent where they were earned. You have 2 on the bolster, and 4 on the demoralize
>>30844728Yes, Yes, and panic
>>30844539I think we want to maneuver against him while he's off guard from the initial strike.See if we can't goad him into sharing information by acting like we know more than we do."Neither Earth nor Shadow fall to such tactics, did you really think you could stop a King?" Damn, I typed that, then stared at it for a minute wondering if we've got metaphorical balls that big.Maybe more 'think that would work?' or something along those lines.
>>30844728..Actually, on further thought- go ahead for wounds instead. chipping a piece off of that will likely go further than chipping away at vitality.
Rolled 2 + 2Other things in initiative.
>>30844891that poor chair
>>30844848Not worried about killing him?
>>30844728>>30844848So:Wounds.More points restored (is there any other option?)I'd say go for Frightened and extending it to 6 rounds. Forcing him to run and buying us time to get Keiko settled.>>30844913I would be surprised beyond measure it he had less than half our wounds.Also, not really worried about it.
>>30844971>Also, not really worried about it.I THINK WE SHOULD BE THOUGH!Unless we've just resigned ourselves to being Mikage the Ripper.
>>30844971>and buying us time to get Keiko settled.>>30844891..and anyone else caught in the rubble.
>>30844981You realize that Sailor Moon killed youma, monsters, and generals left and right, right?
>>30844981Don't we need to need to deal 2x his max wounds to finish him? He should be fine.
>>30844910That chair was an eyesore.
>>30845007We tried that once, it was horrible
>>30845011Aye, getting him down to at least his wounds, that should just knock him out.
>>30845017That was restoring transformed people mostly.And one case of trying to restore someone that was already long gone.
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1/2Initiative Order>Eclipse>Estra>Jewel Thief>Midori Mori>Keiko Sugimoto>You Don Regalia of Eclipse>Mentally Direct Shintennou to surround Jewel Thief>2 Surges Spent>ROSED for 6 Vitality damage to Jewel Thief, 51 vitality remains. Strikes True for 4 Wounds, 10 remain.>Eclipse advances 25 feet.>Simultaneous Bolster of Keiko and Demoralization of Jewel Thief.>4 Degrees Spent, Jewel Theif Panicked.>Keiko restored 7 Composure.>Estra Holds his action>Jewel Thief activates Teleport effect of item.>Midori Mori tries desperately to pull.>Keiko Sugimoto is Entangled, Paralyzed, & Prone and can only take purely mental actions.>Keiko Sugimoto does not “Take her hand”>Combat broken.You lock eyes with Kairi, who nods and runs down the hall to join your classmates as you release your Crest and are cloaked in the Regalia of Eclipse. Your instincts flare and you feel a sensation similar to the disguise aura that cloaked you when you were Sailor Moon...except somehow more complete and total. There is a weight in your hand, a pure white rose. As you charge out the door it flies from your hand, guided by your won innate skill and an expenditure of your harnessed planetary power. It strikes true into the black clad man's side and he flinches in pain.Interposing yourself between the downed Keiko and this man in a whirled flutter of dark gray fabric, you stare up into his eyes. Your words leave your lips before you know what your heroic knight is even going to say.~I'm sorry, I just can't let you do that. These hallowed halls of learning are for knowledge, not the blood of young girls who have life and love to live yet!~
>>308451922/2These words, foolhardy and confident have their weight carried on your mixed energies of Earth, Moon, and Shadow. Your crest alight under hair and cloth from this expenditure of power.The Thief freezes up, locking into your eyes. You aren't sure if by your words alone, of if he is reacting to the roiling and surging energies flowing from the core of your being. Pupils dilated he shakes before you feel the magic surrounding him, drawing him through a fold of space and away. His words fading with him.“Those eyes”As his form has completely faded, a desk chair flies past you, presumably at the vanished man. It breaks apart with great force against the far wall of the hallway. Turning you see Midori standing there, covered in scrapes and her clothes covered in the dust and debris of the room. She is breathing heavily and looks on the verge of panic.“KEIKO!” she screams.You hear the girl in question groaning just beneath you. She's crying, bleeding, and terrified. Her silent plea mouthed for only you to see before she finds her weakening voice.'live'“I want to live”Her shadow is still great, but held back. She is severely injured. Midori begins pulling at the rubble, Estra emerges from the dust cloud and begins to do the same.>Write In
>>30845211'You are going to live for a long time yet Princess.'We should take this opportunity to cast restoration and heal wounds on her.
>>30845331We can't go calling everyone a princess.I say we toss a little western influence in with a "Milady".Slide her out carefully, then use Restoration, followed by a heal.Then get ready for Thief to come for a round two.>It breaks apart with great force against the far wall Impressive. That raises.. questions.
>>30845211>As his form has completely faded, a desk chair flies past you, presumably at the vanished man. It breaks apart with great force against the far wall of the hallway. Turning you see Midori standing there, covered in scrapes and her clothes covered in the dust and debris of the room. She is breathing heavily and looks on the verge of panic.Actually in hindsight, we probably don't look much more welcoming to her.We're going to look LESS welcoming when it's time to start healing.
>>30845427>>30845331>>30845414Writing, Roll me 1d20+3, DC 10
Rolled 5 + 3>>30845427I doubt we can cleanse _that_, but I hope to weaken whatever additional power that shade of the past has been given.>>30845455Alright..
Rolled 8 + 3>>30845455
I rolled the nat 1 last time, I'm not rolling again
Rolled 11 + 3>>30845455
>>30845501Thank you.
1/2~You're going to live for a long time yet, milady~ you say gently as you can as you kneel down and slowly remove her and gently slide her from the rubble pinning her to the thin section of wall. There are worrying contusions on her back as she continues to breath weakly and cry.Setting her down you lay a hand upon her forehead and hold it there as you gather and focus your magical energies.“Who are you!?” demands Midori as she comes to from the broken classroom door, a large sliver of broken glass brandished in her hand, “You scared that bastard off, but what are you doing to Keiko!?”“Calm down, Mori-san, I think he's a friend,” Estra explains with blisteringly burgeoning uncertainty as he lays a hand on Midori's shoulder.<Princess, the spell you cast now will greatly weaken her shadow...but I do not believe it is soley like the entity we faced within you, nor the one within Kairi Osaka,> you feel Nephrite kneeling beside you.<You should kill this girl while you have the chance,> Jadeite grouses.<I'm no killer. What has your panties in a bunch anyway,><What you saw...what she is...you cannot suffer her to live,> Jadeite speaks coldly, <She is Queen Beryl reincarnated>Queen Beryl, you know this story, you know who that is...your spell finishes.
>>308457122/2You feel Keiko struggle as your spell activates and means her wounds, as she bends her knee you feel the exaltation of relief, she greedily gasps for air as her breathing returns to normal. Her veins flush black and you feel her enticing shadow energy recede into the core of her chest. It is no longer the expansive power you tasted prior, but something concentrated and within her very core.“Thank you,” her eyes soften as she sits up and looks at you. Midori collides with her, hugging her tightly.“I thought you were dead!” she moans, “thought you were dead,”Estra remains stoic, regarding you cautiously.“You stopped him...you stopped him and you made her go away. I don't hear her anymore. Oh god, Midori I don't hear her anymore,” she cries to her confused but relieved friend.>You are not free of that influence just yet Attempt to feed >Say something calming and mysterious before leaving>Leave without a word>Write in
>>30845727Say something calming and mysterious before leavingif we try to feed without explaining it to her she will freak the hell out, and we don't have the time to explain it to her right now.
>>30845727This is not a good time for PEACHY feelings. We should get back normal side and keep an eye on those two.>Leave without a wordIf we talk too much, we are going to accidentally all the bitches. We done our part.
>>30845727>>30845759Agreed, feeding is right out.>Say something calming and mysterious before leaving.'I'm glad I was able to come to your aid Milady but now I must go. Until we meet again.'Maybe use vanishing move to disappear dramatically?
Rolled 17 + 3>>30845727"Beware that voice Keiko- be strong as you know you can be."Dash away. Hide as soon as out of sight, wait a few moments in case he reappears, then slip back amongst the studen body as Mikage.
Thread paused, sorry everyone. Talk amongst yourselves, I'll be back in a few hours. Keep the archive updated and we will resume Saturday.
>>30845845Looks like I can go to bed with no misgivings. Peace.
Rolled 19 + 3>>30845845Groovy, I can grab a nap before the drive today.
>>30845837how about something like:'Don't let the voice lead you into darkness Keiko-san. Believe in your friends, and in yourself.'
>>30845845We're still running No One of Consequence right? Is she even going to remember what we say to her now later anyway?
Awake early because a fire alarm. Resuming soon in the near future.
>>30848327~Don't let the voice lead you into darkness Sugimoto-San. Believe in your friends, and in yourself~ their attention falls back to you as you the with a furling of your cloak ~Until next time, milady~You embrace your power of invisibility and make your way quickly out of their line of sight before you can be seen again. Once obscured back within the restroom you started in, you dismiss your regalia and the power that shields you from memory and notice. Again you stand as Mikage Chiba, the day saved and you slinking out of the bathroom to see Gai trying to help both girls struggle to their feet.Both are still hurt and unsteady on their legs, Midori's surge of adrenalin seemingly worn off. The debris cloud has cleared, no one else is in the remains of your classroom as the emergency alarm finally sounds. Gai's worry permeates the air noticeably, especially more noticeable to you after you removed the feast within Keiko.>stay hidden until they pass.>approach and offer to help one out while Gai helps the other. (Who do you offer to help limp out of the building?)>Leave>Write in
>>30848831Good morning Arty>approach and offer to help one out while Gai helps the other. (Who do you offer to help limp out of the building?)Midori
>>30848831Man, appearing only seconds after our alter ego disappeared. VERY smooth.>Approach and help Midori. Keiko probably needs the comfort of a friend a bit more.
>>30848917Tack on peeking out of the restroom and going What the Heck Happened Out Here as you come out cautiously and move to help.
Drawing their attention with a ~What the hell happened out here~ from halfway out of the bathroom door, you seal your alibi.Approaching in a light sprint, you prop up Midori's shoulder as Gai struggles to keep them both balanced.~I've got her, FOCUS on Keiko~ you say to Gai who begins emanating a calming aura upon the shaken girl."Understood, thank you Chiba-San," his warm gratitude fogs across your senses.Midori, looks at you questioningly, still breathing heavily and stepping with uncertainty as your place her arm over your shoulder. Each step the four of you take your strides become surer through the empty halls, the distant sound of sirens spills in from outside. By the time your group makes it halfway to the stairwell, Kairi rounds the corner with the emergency fire axe held low while running with an intense look on her face.It falls as she sees the four of you, her axe clattering to the ground."Is everyone..." She trails off."Yes, we'll be alright. Thank you, Osaka-San," Gai smiles.Five continue on in quiet pace until you've helped Keiko and Midori halfway down the main stairwell. As Keiko motions for a breather, Midori's voice fills the well."Chiba-San...Osaka-San...why," the rest remains unspoken.>write in
>>30849230We all have to help us each other out in times like this Mori-san.
Holy shit, small world, one I you is trapped in the madhouse I'm chilling at this weekend too.
>>30849346Actually maybe this should have a harder edge:You can take whichever Arty, I did them bothEven though you're a bitch, we all need help each other out in times like this Mori-san.>>30849431Small world indeed.
>>30849230>"Chiba-San...Osaka-San...why," the rest remains unspoken."This world can be be pretty bad sometimes. There's no need to make it worse by letting others go it alone."
>>30849230There is a time for being a bitch and a time for setting it asideThis was too important to let a dislike override helping someone
Kairi seems, hesitant to answer. You're on surer footing emotionally and the words spill from your lips unfiltered by niceties or decorum.~The world can be a bad place sometimes~ You shrug, ~Times like this, we have to help each other out~It hangs there in silence as you hear heavy footsteps coming from the floor beneath. You adjust your hold on her, taking on more of her weight ~Even if you are a bitch~Before she can respond, fire fighters and emergency services storm up the stairs and escort you out. The entirety of your school is assembled in the athletic field, most of your class being checked out in the back of the ambulances.An outpouring from the middle school has mixed in with the crowd. You can spot your sister & her friend Kanari, the girl standing out in her thick riding jacket and the helmet tucked under her arm.The five of you are lead to triage. Gai throws around some subtle magics to slip out of further investigates. After you and Kairi are given clean bills of health, while Keiko and Midori are being treated, a few police officers ask about what happened and what you saw.It is criminally easy to say you saw nothing. You don't hear what Keiko and Midori tell of their perspectives.When all is said and done, the four of you sit together with warm tea and emergency blankets draped over your shoulders. You can see principal Sakurada speaking with the police and Toriko sensei.Keiko is silent. Midori is silent. Kairi is silent. The Shintennou in the back of your mind are silent. Silent is boring.>make small talk.>ask about what happened.>stay quiet, wait for your sister to home in on your pink hair.>write in>invite Midori and or Keiko to the Venus launch.>When talking call Midori 'Jade' just to fuck with her...but it may out you as Miki.
>>30850555>ask about what happened.We have four tickets total right?
>>30850631Yes.
>>30850555>invite Midori and or Keiko to the Venus launch.
>>30850555[X]sit and waitOur sister will turn up soon to break the silence so no need to do anything
>>30850677I'll add in invite for them both with this one then >>30850631
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>>30850555Ask what happened. Suggest that the mysterious masked man is a total dream boat.
>>30851288Uh, when we cause future problems for ourselves by making girls swoon for our alter ego, it's supposed to be an accident. The only reason we should pretend to be interested in Eclipse like that is if the conversation naturally turns that direction and we need to give an opinion to avoid suspicion.
>>30851288We didn't see that part remember?Lets just invite them to a concert and make small talk there will be time for secrets and such later.
>>30851659I think it was supposed to go something like:We ask them what happened -> they tell us -> we opine that he sounds like a pretty cool guy.
>>30851717Hmm... well it would be useful to gauge keikos reaction. Whats our plan concerning mini-beryl anyway?
>>30851817Not a clue. Running with mahou-shoujo standard befriending for the moment.We can probably talk to Koyomi and our parents about what she is later. We can tell them Eclipse or the thief mentioned to explain why we know.
>>30851882>mahou-shoujo standard befriendingNowhere in this plan did we suggest beating her up.
>>30851961I'll admit I was thinking something a bit more low impact for the moment.Thus the concert invite.
Sorry for the slow & small updates. Today is murder. Keep us archives and I need to disappear until about 10pm est.
>>30852109I will drop updates as I can if I can before that.
>>30852109Thanks for your efforts, and good luck with your day.
>>30852152Of course, those of us who are reading your twitter know that you're at a convention. Running a quest in the middle of that is possibly a sign of insanity. Be sure you enjoy yourself.
>>30852621In the middle of working a con. A cursed con where things keep going wrong. A con I love which is trying to kill me and Luna. Just found out I have a handful of minutes of free time so update will be writ soon.
what the hell do you even say right now, ~what the hell happened when I was in the bathroom?~Midori starts, raw, describing the explosions and the man hitting Keiko with a flash of light and collapsing the wall behind her. The rose. The mysterious hero with calming but cold words, and his gentle power, healing Keiko from the brink of death."No," Keiko croaks, "I wasn't dying. I think my back was broken...and," she hesitates & shudders."I have problems," her head tilts forward, her bangs obscuring her eyes, "ever since I was little-""Keiko-chan!" Midori cries, "you don't-""She's gone..." And Midori falls silent, "I've heard a voice, a terrible voice that wanted me to do selfish and terrible things. That man, I don't think he wanted to kill ME. I think he came here to stop HER. She's real, and terrible...and sometimes I dream about her. Last night, last night I almost was her,"Keiko shudders and pulls the blanket tight across her shoulders."She's a monster, whatever he did...I can't hear her anymore,"~So, hero guy can fix brain problems too,~ you chuckle, ~sounds like a dream boat. Wonder if he takes requests?~"He isn't some joke," Keiko snaps up, "He saved me and then delivered me from hell. No matter what, I know in my heart that he is the prince I've been waiting for!"Zoicite cries out in your head. Peels of thunderous laughter shake your core.~I didn't mean anything by it. Sounds like a cool badass~ he lean back and shrug the blanket from your shoulders, ~so, I've got two more tickets to the Venus album launch tonight. You guys interested?~Kairi doesn't really react. Keiko and Midori look at you as though you'd grown a second head."Who are you and what have you done with Princess No?">what, not like I have many other friends, I've just got too many tickets, that's all.>Just shut up and take the tickets, Jade.>I'm feeling like we bonded limping down the hallway.>write in>claim to be your own evil time displaced vampire twin.
>>30853419>write in"Princess No was my evil twin. We fought last night and I banished her to the negative energy plane. Anyhow, I got extra tickets. You in?"Figure if we snark a little, it'll convince them we're not a pod person?
>>30853419>claim to be your own evil time displaced vampire twin.>what, not like I have many other friends, I've just got too many tickets, that's all.
>>30853419>>30853419>claim to be our evil twin that assassinated the real mikage because she was going to be instrumental in the resistance against the machines>>what, not like I have many other friends, I've just got too many tickets, that's all.
>>30853419>>claim to be your good time displaced vampire twin. "Princess No was evil, I'm the good emotional vampire!" Show the fangs for effect, or something like that after they roll their eyes/ scoff in disbelief.
>>30853569I like thisSometimes the truth is the best lie.
>>30853673Actually on further thought I'd like to back off the snark here on this vote, just go with >what, not like I have many other friends, I've just got too many tickets, that's all.These two are probably a little too rattled to take a joke right now, however hilariously tempting that option is.
>>30853752>>30853673>>30853569Well at least make it clear we are joking.. personally I'd be against joking about things too close to true. So machine rebellion is good.
>>30853752I'm for the whole "jokingly tell the truth thing", but after lets sober up and mention something along the lines of: "But seriously, I understand what you are going through better than you know. "
~Princess No was my evil time displaced Vampire twin~ you deadpan, ~I banished her to the negative energy plane and reclaimed my wasted life~Kairi loses it and doubles over in laughter. Keiko is slow to it, but buries her face into her hands to muffle her own giggles. Midori seems shocked, she stares at you dumbly for a bit before sighing in defeat."Seriously," she forces down a smile, "what's with you. Get a new therapist or have some kind of break through?"It's Kairi who cuts you off."She... met a boy this morning," she hesitates speaking so familiarly after her strong opener before picking up confidence, "he dried her tears and now she's taking him home to meet her folks tonight,"You are kinda pissed she's going there. You already told her it was nothing. Not that you'd complain about leaving your mark on his neck ~It's not like that!~ You grouse, ~Listen, I just don't have many friends and have extra tickets. That's all~"I certainly believe that," great, Keiko got her regal composure back...nice recovery, "however I'm curious who has swooned Chiba-San back to life?"ARGH!~NO ONE was wooed~"Ginga-kun," Kairi smiles."Ginga-san finally got to talk to you," Koyomi excitedly squeals in front of y-wait, when did she, "AND you're bringing him home tonight!"No...NonononononononononononoYour sister and her friend Kanari stand in front of your small assembly. The color drains from your face."Huh, guess goading him into doing something drastic to get your attention yesterday worked," Kanari smiles as she lays her helmet down on the table."Yeah, he seemed so sad that he could never get your attention! So we gave him some sure fire advice that worked,"Everyone looks between you and the middle school girls. As of this moment, you are considering the benefits of being an only child."Mikage-neechan," Koyomi smiles, "I gave my tickets to Kanari, Koi-chan, and Ginga-San! Who're you bringing?"
>>30854756"...us, apparently," Midori chuckles.That independent study is starting to look very attractive again like Estra <OH SHUT UP, ME!>>be embarrassed, try to blend in with the bench and no one will see you and stay quiet.>panic defense (what do you say)>Get MAD>I don't like him like that. He helped me and now we're trying to be friends.>write in>flee>use a perfect lie?
>>30854779>be embarrassed, try to blend in with the bench and no one will see you and stay quiet.>I-I don't like him like that. H-he helped me and now we're trying to be friends.Tsun mode activate!
>>30854779>be embarrassed, try to blend in with the bench and no one will see you and stay quiet.
>>30854779>I don't like him like that. He helped me and now we're trying to be friends.Since our parents are _old friends_ and all..Hopefully she gets the point and drops that.
>>30855010Seconding this course of action, let lil'sis know that there are ULTERIOR MOTIVES at play.
>>30854905But we're the Princess of Earth, Moon, and Shadow. We can't -also- be the Princess of the Sun!
>>30855164Sailor Tsun
>>30855164Somehow this jogs my mind down a series of turns and suggests Mikage should vacation in Usa's time sometime.
"I plead the Fifth. Yes, I don't care that we're not in the USA. I'm still pleading it."
>>30855334Because time travel and alternate history clones aren't complicating our life enough already.
>>30854779> be embarrassed> write in~hes a friend. I dont have to swoon over every guy who talks to me. And he has NOTHING to do with my behavior.~
>>30855375Exactly. Pack our bags, we're taking a time vacation!
>>30855583Unless we are going to the paleozoic to punch dinosaur s count me out
>>30855612Meh, we don't need to time travel to do that.
You could fucking die right now. Hunching over and scrunching up as much as you can, you silently wish you could disappear.Wait, you can disappear. It wouldn't actually help right now.What will help putting an end to these slanderously delicious, seriously when you're alone bite your wrist. You will thank me accusations. Truth.~I don't like him like that, we only really talked to each other today. He's a friend. I dont have to swoon over every guy who talks to me. And he has NOTHING to do with my behavior. Besides, his parents are apparently _OLD FRIENDS~Kairi eyes you suspiciously, Koyomi's expression starts as confused but then...becomes more confused, but she seems to back down. Her effervescence infecting those around you...until something cuts through it. A dark bubbling of fear beside you.Keiko is frozen and looking at Koyomi as though she were the devil. Her delicious fear percolating around the dark core where her heart rests.She shakes her head...she calms and focuses. You'll need to take care of this, in a more permanent fashion...somehow. Time to change the subject.~Anyway, we're probably out of school early today~ you sigh ~let's all meet around Lunch before heading to Akihabra,~"We can meet at the Jupiter Cafe!" Kanari volunteers.Agreement resounds around her. You slink back and think about everyone trying to push you at Estra, annoyed. Other people can stay out of your love life. You could ruin Keiko's newfound crush with ease...Kairi's probably figured it out, one glance behind the curtain seems to have allowed her to make all the pretty easy logical leaps.Soon, you find yourself walking home with Kairi & Koyomi. Gai apparently needing to get something from his apartment before meeting you at the house."So, Jupiter Cafe," Kairi asks in amusement.
>>30856649"Yeah, Kanari's mom and her husband own it. It's great! It's where I met Venus-chan, Aiha-chan, Rin-chan, and Kanari-chan of course,""Uh huh,"A part of you is looking forward to seeing where this goes, another part is dreading it."Yeah. All our moms have been friends since they were young, like with your mom Osaka-San!""Oh, I think she may have been a little excluded from that group," she giggles.~Comically poor secret keeping can do that,~ you sigh. Yeah, she's really going for it.>Let this happen.>preempt it>write in>warn Koyomi that Keiko is Beryl's reincarnation just to see her reaction in front of Kairi. It's fairly clear she's figured it all out.>seriously write in.
>>30856692*you mutter
>>30856692Oh, let the sweet hilarity happen. The Sweet, Delicious Hilarity
>>30856692>warn Koyomi that Keiko is Beryl's reincarnation just to see her reaction in front of Kairi. It's fairly clear she's figured it all out.
>>30856692>ssssssssssh just let the magic happen
>>30856692'So do you have everything figured out then?'
>>30856692>Let this happen.It's not like they'd tolerate it if we tried to stop them. It's not like we have juicy gossip about someone, ANYONE else that we can reroute this conversation to.
>>30856692> let this happenI want to see koyomi's frantic denials.But how do we keep kairi from outing us as a teenage moon vampire?
>>30856692>preempt"Kairi.." gently, glancing at her.Hopefully she'll take the hint.
We shouldn't "let it happen" since it could out us to our sister as well
>>30859086Secrets must be maintained carefully.We haven't talked to her about that yet, no idea where she might go.
>>30859086>>30858801AgreedDo that.
>>30859086>>30859237>>30856692
>>30859237You're probably right. We should do something like >>30858801 if she looks like she's going to out us as Eclipse.
>>30858801>>30859086>>30859237>>30859721>>30859733>>30859772We -do- have Perfect Lie if it comes to that.
>>30859813I'd really rather not burn that here. We still have to deal with Usa later, and god knows what's going to happen between now and then with lunch and the concert.
>>30859859Well, it's just per day. And if we don't use it today, and we don't need it, then we're kinda wasting it, aren't we?
>>30860039It's 1 PP - and we burned though quite a bit earlier in the thread.>-Perfect Lie (Ex): When telling a lie, you can expend one use of mythic power to make the lie indiscernible from the truth by both Insight and Magic. Obvious proof of your falsehood still reveals the lie for what it is, but in absence of proof, those who hear your lie believe it.
>>30859813We don't need to lie where a warning word will do. No need to complicate things.
Writing
~Kairi~ you say simply, calmly, and clearly.She looks at you and mouths a simple 'Sorry'."Kairi-chan," Koyomi spins around to face the both of you, "I'm glad you and Mikage are friends again,"Your younger sister smiles, before pivoting as running, her bag held wide in her turn."I'm gonna get home first and take a nap!" She cheers, "breakfast was awesome, but no sane person should be awake at 5, neechan!"In that moment, you are reminded of the day you stopped smiling...and why you'll do your best to protect your little sister's smile.It's less than 5 yards later that she stumbles and trips, bawling at a scrapes elbow and skinned knee."And she's...you know," Kairi looks at you, dubiously.~Oh, Koyomi is nothing. I'm sitting tons of blackmail material on my mom, and not just for being klutzy~"So, I shouldn't tell her or your mom that I know?"~Its probably fine, I just don't want them knowing about the fangs yet...or other stuff~"I almost lost it earlier. I assume you were the prince Keiko was talking about?"~Later. Let's help up the crybaby.~After helping Koyomi back up, the three of you make your way home. Waiting at the edge of your property is Gai, Estra, whatever.In his hands is a small potted yet to bloom flower bud.End episode
>>30864186Interlude votes >Anchorman must die.>Capioera Dreams>Memory of Red>Here I've kept myself alone.>I have not failed, there is hope for this child.
>>30864335>Capioera DreamsThanks for running Arty!
>>30864335>Anchorman must die.Unless it's Morbo. Morbo is awesome.
>>30864335>>Capioera Dreams
>>30864335> i have not failedOr> here i've kept myself alone
>>30864335>>I have not failed, there is hope for this child.Since it's the second time.
>>30864335>I have not yet failedOr >Capoeira dreamsThat order
Rolled 14 + 3>>30864335>>Here I've kept myself alone.
Moar!
We should start thinking about getting Eclipse his own Lurk account. I think it would be a lot easier to let Koyomi and co know what they need to without exposing our secrets if we could just have him tweet them about it.
>>30869437Not sure how safe that is, what we tech-skilled enemies about, probably better to keep up the Tuxedo Kamen-esque showing up unexpectedly, or having already been there before they arrive.Been rewatching the show subbed and being amused looking at hings from his angle. He's actively investigating incidents and sneaking around the enemy area, often while the Scouts are still just bubbling past it by chance/fate.My favorite example so far in Rei's awakening episode, where the portal out of the pocket dimension is closing and the girls are like panicking about getting themselves out in time and suddenly Tuxedo Mask outta nowhere driving one of busloads of kidnapping victims with the other two buses being tied in tow with it, having managed to pull all that that off inside a closed pocket while they were busy with the youma of the week, allowing them AND all the hijacked people to escape in the nick of time.That right there, is some awesome Sailor Support work. They have no idea how he got there and has all the loose ends tied up and ready to go.
I wake again. The Q&A-ening may commence
>>30870434Madness. Something is bound to catch on fire, explode, be understaffed, or all three!
The hamster that runs on a wheel to power my brain is just sitting on the wheel staring at me.I remember having questions, but not the questions.
>>30864186Amusing family meet and greet incoming, I imagine.How's our schedule looking now? What with school out for the day now.
>>30869820.....This really is perfect. I want us to be this. The hero behind the scenes, who is so good that nobody even realises how good we are.
>>30870705It's 10:16 am. Meet at Jupiter Cafe at noon for lunch. Get to Akihabra by 5. Launch event at 6. After party 7. Relieve USA from sleep deprivation eventually.
>>30870955Shouldn't Naru Osaka be looking to check in with us, or at least Kairi soon?I imagine she would be pretty concerned once she finds out that an unknown magical assailant tried to assassinate one of her daughter's classmates.
>>30871005Haha! Someone's paying attention.
>>30870955So at least a good hour to do meet the family with Gai before Jupiter lunch. Probably should take a moment more with Kairi before we head into the house, get a feel for how both of us want to play this. Sounds like we're considering admitting that she knows who we -were- and that she figured the rest out in short order, though we should discuss it with her.Think we might want to look at getting a little rest after lunch and then seeing about Usa before dealing with the launch party.>>30871005Yeah, though it will be interesting to see what capacity she contacts Kairi in primarily.As a worried mother, or as a government investigator?Strange vibes from that relationship so far, not much indication of Naru being involved enough in Kairi. Not home in the mornings, no soothing memories of her mother trying to help her while she's been sprialing downward with the terrible school situation she had, or well, what mother wouldn't pry into her daughter's business enough to no notice a strange dufflebag of crazy shit buried in her closer?
>>30871154She's actually keeping it in a memory box atm. I think she probably looted the duffel bag and ditched it.It's just a few vials and syringes, not too hard to hide.
>>30871154I wonder if Kairi is aware that it is perfectly normal to feel neglected when a younger sibling comes along.
>>30871154You only drank the pain of her at her worst. After waking up from a dangerously infectious nightmare, having not seen much of her mother since they found Magician's lab. And being faced with the embodiment of her crimes in Mikage. Note how she's now bounced back to being a normal girl because you drank the torment out of her. There has been plenty of motherly support, love, and etc. in the weeks since Umino's been found, however...Naru has been keeping odd hours and keeping to herself. She has no idea how to even approach Kairi about it.
>>30871255Wouldn't she have noticed her being pregnant of being gone for months.. and child seems older than 18 months.
>>30871305Science.>>30871295Guess we'll end up helping with that. If we go with her letting our family know she knows, might as well let her own family who already know know that she knows.
>>30869820I agree with this completely, no Lurk Account.However, making a Eclipse Fanboy account miiight be cool.
>>30871305During their conversation, Naru cuts Isagi off mid word. Can you guess what the rest if that word was?
>>30871355I wonder what kind of deal the supermoms have with the JDSF now anyway. How much are we sharing with them?Did Naru Osaka get a Moon Signal spotlight a la commissioner Gordon?
>>30871429Why would she need that? She has their phone numbers.
>>30871392Could be an idea.Or use the yaoi fangirl identity, heh.>>30871403To the archive-mobile!>>30871429Good question. I wonder if we learned any of that talking to dad about his day this morning?
>>30871572Naru might, but if she's honestly keeping their secrets, I doubt she's going to do that.
>>30871403>>30871590 (You)>“He disappeared a week before the first abductions and monsters first started showing up back then. Remember when I said he had been acting strange the last night he was home...as near as we can figure he was already dead. Videos in the lab show the experiment was interrupted by something...it shot him full of the project and shoved a crystal in his eye...he was basically a walking quartz computer with carbon super conductors for nerves. The ten abductees that were never found...they were the one's that thing experimented on and failed...they died on his table.”>“Why are you telling me all of this, Naru-chan,” Usagi meet's her friend's gaze, “Does it have to do with the mis-”>“No,” Naru's eyes meet her friend's sadness with steadied confidence, “they brought me into the investigation as a member of the Supernatural Incident Task force. Missing persons was what I though at that time, but..Mission?Misinformation?Miscarriage..
>>30871998Damn. Suddenly Miracle of Science makes a lot more sense to me.
>>30872115Indeed.
>>30864335>>Here I've kept myself alone.So many people could fit that at this point..>>I have not failed, there is hope for this child.Sakurada round 2. I presume.>>Capioera DreamsKanari, or her brother.. or father maybe?..I have no idea who the father is, now that I think about it, but the Brazilian Portuguese has to come from somewhere.>>Dreams of RedSomething related to Mars, I'd imagine.>>Anchorman must dieI have no idea. Maybe they don't like that move.
>>30872417You have no idea how close I came to voting for that anchorman option with a Will Ferrell reaction image
>>30872592I hope that it does include Japanese Will Ferrell.
>>30870434How is Motoki Furuhata doing these days?
>>30870434Oh, how is Grandma Ikuko and Grandpa Kenji?
>>30872726You missed an opportunity to see him. He was classmates with Mamoru in his undergraduate, and stayed in Japan & studied law. He's made good. You missed an interlude containing him. Crown does not mean King
>>30872882I knew that was referencing the arcade! My vote lost on that one.
>>30872810You would know if you had picked "I'm too young to be this old!"They're still in Juuban, and they've been in the know since their daughter's wedding day...when there were shenanigans.Shenanigans that amount to a Sailor Moon movie plot. One off world threatening villain. The big secret that Usagi has been pregnant with Usa, and choosing the name Mikage.Shingo & Usa having a hilarious B plot.Mama and Papa Tsukino being in mortal Danger and being rescued by Sailor moon, who overcome with emotion outs herself with a "Mom! Dad!"the terse explanation. Mamoru's tux getting ruined... She he just transforms, removes mask, top hat, and cape and he's good to go.Plots involving Makoto's new boyfriend.Ami showing up with Ryo the psychic lad.Ami and Makoto's being unusually cold toward one another.Rei and the shrine contingent.Mamoru finding the pieces of the Shintennou because this bad guy took over the abandoned D Point.Luna, Artemis, and Diana attending in human form.Professor Tomoe and Hotaru attending.Setsuna comes bearing giftsUranus and Neptune being loners but hitting the Dancefloor all the sameNaru and Umino attending, sharing congratulations after their own wedding.And of course the Bouquet rush at the end.
>>30873082>Mamoru finding the pieces of the Shintennou because this bad guy took over the abandoned D Point.Ah, I had been thinking that you were just including Another Story in the mix with the Shintennou stones and anime background.
>>30873082Venus going stag.Mama Tsukino having a freakout that Usa is her grand daughter. Having a bigger freakout remembering Chibi Chibi. Having a third freak out remembering all the times her memory has been fucked with.Kenji takes it all in stride, but is actually relieved that his daughter was sure that Mamoru was the one because of their daughter from the future. He's happy they got to meet a proof of their love and see their own future happiness. He actually is really proud of his daughter and all the good she and her friends have done. Then he's proud of Usa and looks forward to meeting her for the first time.Then it's revealed that Usagi is about two months along. Mama Tsukino freaks out again because she's going to be a real grandma. Kenji being angry that Mamoru slept with his little girl before they were married. Ikoku freaking out as she remembers the year that didn't happen.
>>30873208>Ikoku freaking out as she remembers the year that didn't happenWas there that much different for her to remember?
>>30873082>>30873208At some point you're going to have to write this now.
>>30873416I don't HAVE to, but it would be a good idea.
>>30873404You suddenly remember an entire year with the addition of repeatedly being involved in Youma attack.
>>30873814Speaking of writing are we getting a new thread tonight or are we waiting until some unknown point in the future. My brainymeats hunger for your words.
>>30870434Kijin Shinokawa ever come to better understand the inner beauty of the love and justice in a girl's heart and return to photography?And if so.. was he the wedding photographer?>>30873082>>30873208
>>30873207Does that mean we still need to find a space-airship?
>>30873857Uh...no idea. Gotta finish wrapping the con, go to gripe session, then drive for three hours home. No comment as I work tomorrow.
>>30873997Fair enough.
>>30873926You still need to find one, if you want.
>>30874342Add that to the to-do list next to locating/creating a Secret Point Base D
>>30874342Huh, entered my trip as a secure trip by mistake.
>>30869820I wholeheartedly support this. for our bike, we could get pic related
>>30874592I'm pretty sure you meant this.
>>30874592>>30874814Personally, I favor this one.
>>30874814Would this be the real world equivalent?
>>30874853How about we compromise and go with this
>>30874814>>30874931Or maybe this?
>>30874931Nah, Kaneda's bike is actually a heavily modified chopper.
>>30874947Can't say I'm opposed.Added bonus, I just thought of someone to talk to about this.Nephrite.He was able to pull together a spooky hillside, large mansion, the Masato Sanjouin identity, and a Ferrari Testarossa 512 TR during his time in town.Perhaps we can put together an alternate identity of our own. Perhaps with our new shadow-given form as a basis but dressed and disguised differently enough to not be easily attached to us.
>>30875619Ha! Nephrite building the Sanjou identity. All the Shintennou died in the silver millennium, and after Metallia re corrupted Beryl's reincarnation, she re empowered their reincarnations.
>>30875837And brainwashed them again
>>30873082>>30873208I have to say that yes, this would be a wonderful idea to write oh please, oh please
>>30876014How about instead, I run it as a rules light flashback to Eclipsed Moon Quest."Kids, this is the story of how I met your mother,"~we already heard that~"Then let me tell you about the wedding day,""I was there,""...just listen""Ywaaaay! Stowy time!"-you are Mamoru Chiba, and today you are getting married to your love of two life times, Usagi Tsukino-Coming soon.
>>30876374>"I was there,"There's more to Mikage's hatred of time travel than just her relationship with Usa?
>>30876374>Seven Seasons later..~How long IS this story?!?!~
>>30876374Yessssssssssss
>>30876699No, "I was there" was Usa. ~already heard it~ was Mikage, "Yway! Stowy time!" was Koyomi.>>30876716~so, you met mom. Hated each other, found out that you were tuxedo mask without knowing, then forgot a year when time reset?~"Yeah, and that's leaving stuff out,"~daddy, no offense, but i think I want a quiet simple romance when i grow up~
