>>31802376

The earth below sits in the void, awash in pinging radio signals, radiation, and the magnetic belt that allows life to continue amid the harsh and unforgiving reaches of space. Above, the palace craft sits unnoticed and drifts closer before falling as a star upon the northern pole.

As the palace craft falls north, we fall straight down.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9_POmLYNsg

Clouds give way to approaching ground and we see the nation of Japan and the city of Tokyo. Human bustling activity, crowded streets and markets. Couples walking side by side. Kids in arcades. Someone waiting for friends. Drifting from the urban centers we move into the suburbs around Tokyo, to Juuban.

Title Screen.

Eclipsed Moon Quest The Prequel Movie L:
Beautiful Wedding, Beautiful Love

The alarm clock sounds, perhaps a bit painfully to your ears. You may be just the slightest bit hung over.

You are Mamoru Chiba, and today you are getting married to your love of two life times, Usagi Tsukino. Yesterday, you were dragged out for a night on the town by your best friend.

>Get up, big day. Go acquire breakfast, get ready, get dressed, and ignore this headache.
>Hide from the light and hit snooze, its too early for this.
>Swear vengeance against Motoki for getting you back here so late and find either some water or the hair of the dog that bit you to settle this hangover.
>Write in

Character Ability Short List:

-Young Lawyer
-In Love
-Past Life: Prince Endyion of Elysion
-Handsome

Abilities
-Psychometry
-Educated
-Earth Magic
-Acrobatic
-Dramatic
-Stylish

Powers:
-Vision
-Rose Interrupt
-Rose Parry
-Arriving in the Speed of Time
-Object Reading
-Tuxedo la Smoking Bomber
-Tuxedo Reverse
-Mysterious Vanish
-Astral Projection

Forms
-Mamoru Chiba
-Tuxedo Mask
-Moon Light Knight
-Prince Endymion

>>31802451
>Get up, big day. Go acquire breakfast, grt ready, get dressed, and ignore this headache.

>>31802451
>>Get up, big day. Go acquire breakfast, get ready, get dressed, and ignore this headache.
>Swear friendly vengeance against Motoki and find aspirin.

Good morning.

Working through the headache you rise and tend to yourself in the washroom. After getting yourself presentable you throw on your normal clothes and retrieve your Tuxedo, still in the garment bag, from your closet. Your plan had been to put this on at the chapel, and that stands. Finally leaving your room, you appreciate the current layout of your apartment.

You’d always kept things spartan and minimalistic, so clearing space was rather easy. Usako would be moving in with you after today, and things would change. You’d managed to find the place rather easily and it was well within your budget after coming back to japan. Large master suite, 2 other bedrooms, eat in kitchen, and a comfortably spacious living room. Really, it was a steal at how much they were asking for it.

Probably because it was in the rebuilt Juuban Odyssey Apartments. After the building collapse a couple of years ago very few people wanted to move in. It wasn’t like the structural integrity was bad that night...there were extra circumstances, entirely otherwordly.

No matter. Affordable luxury apartment. Impending marriage. Ignorable headache.

Life is good. You head into your kitchen and grab an apple and a slice of bread to toast. You enjoy the bustling view of the ward beyond your kitchen window and smile before turning back to appreciate the quiet place you’ll soon share with Usako and - wait.

Your best friend & best man, Motoki Furuhata, is passed out on your couch in the jeans, t-shirt, and riding jacket he was wearing last night when he helped you in from that staggeringly long night.

>Wake him up, understanding of why he passed out on your couch after hauling your drunken self up the stairs.
>Wake him up, with urgency. He has several things to take care of today. Especially getting ready for his duties at the wedding.
>Pour a glass of water on his face.
>Write in

>>31803607
>>Pour a glass of water on his face.
Friendly vengeance is nigh! Nigh I say!

>>31803607
>>Pour a glass of water on his face, understanding of why he passed out on your couch after hauling the guy he got drunk up the stairs.
At least he got us home afterward, and the Best Man's job IS to drag the groom around for a wild night. Whether they want to or not.
>>Wake him up, with urgency. He has several things to take care of today. Especially getting ready for his duties at the wedding.
Nothing says urgency like a glass of water.

>>31803607
>Wake him up, understanding of why he passed out on your couch after hauling your drunken self up the stairs.

He has performed his role as best friend admirably. Lets take the high road here.

>>31803607
>Wake him up, with urgency. He has several things to do today. Especially getting ready for his duties at the wedding.

>>31803854
Indeed he did. We shall recognize and appreciate his efforts.
But I just easily picture Mamoru waking up a sleeping best friend with a glass of water when they need to be awake. He always seemed to be the blunt sort when he wasn't being mysterious+stylish.

>>31803854
Seems like a good idea.

>>31803854
this seems okay, but he better snap to quick. Its the biggest day of our life!

Hmm...we appear to be understanding. Writing

Before you set about fixing yourself, and your guest, breakfast that guest need to be woken. Rising from the table, you head over to the counter and fill a tumbler with water before heading into the living room. Placing a hand on his shoulder, you gently shake your friend until he rouses with a start.

Eyes search about, confused at the unfamiliar ceiling until he realizes blearily where he is. His hair is messy and unkempt from sleep and his eyes are rather bloodshot. You place the tumbler into his hand.

“What the, Mamoru?” his voice is strained.

“Thanks for last night, I had fun. Aspirin is in the medicine cabinet, I’ll make us both a quick something, we’ve got a lot to take care of today,” you crack your neck before turning back to the kitchen, “I’m guessing your tux is still at your place. Do you want me to drop you off on my way to the shrine,”

Recovering his faculties and taking a sip from the glass, Motoki regards you curiously.

“The Shrine? Isn’t that where she’s getting ready with the girls today?”

“Yeah, but I’ve been tasked with taking the flower girl to pick up her dress,” you smile as you think about the proof of your and Usako’s future happiness, especially since-

>>31804515

“Hmm...risk seeing her before the ceremony? You’re tempting fate, Mamoru,” he smiles ragged and still tired.

“I’ve tempted worse,” you smile as you pull a carton of eggs from the fridge, “and come out ahead,”

After a quick and serviceable breakfast,the two of you head down to your car.

“My place is on the far side of town from the shrine, you can drop me off after you pick her up,” he hides from the sun behind tinted glasses and the passengers side visor.

“You just want to see if something happens that ends in me seeing Usagi early, don’t you,”

“Honestly, I want to steer you clear of that bad luck. I’ve been rooting for the two of you for a while now. The two of you started out so confrontationally, both times,”

“Come on, Motoki,” you smile and lie, “You really buy into that Urban Myth?”

“Hey, the year that didn’t happened may of well have happened. Too many people remember the same major events,”

>Drop Motoki off first
>Take Motoki with you to the shrine to pick up the flower girl
>Write in

>>31804548
>>Take Motoki with you to the shrine to pick up the flower girl
His suggestion is practical, even if he has ulterior motives of making sure we don't our beloved.

>>31804548
>take Motoki with you to the shrine to pick up the flower girl.
It is on the way

>>31804548
Let's take him with us.

“Okay,” he looks hopefully at your potential acceptance of things before you reveal your intentions, “I’m sure the rest of the girls will be happy to see you before things get hectic,”

His faces falls as he slumps back into the seat. The engine turns over smoothly and you pull the vehicle into traffic toward Rei’s Shrine. A dense aura of Motoki’s melancholy fills the cabin.

“Alright,” you sigh defeated, “I concede that it could have happened. Especially considering most of the notable changes were centered around Juuban. We attract weird happenings,”

Motoki’s mood improves. The shrine isn’t far away.

Parking, the two of you walk around the nearby pedestrian street to get to the shrine proper. You pass a young couple and their daughter, hands held out and holding on to each of her parents hands. Clipped to the back of the child’s jacket is a red balloon. This scene pulls on your memories and hopes for the future.

Continuing on a few paces, the colors of the world suddenly invert and you fall to a knee as an encompassing nausea strikes you. Motoki is at your side, steadying you from falling over. You are in that instant assaulted by the cries and shouts of warning by four distinct and far off voices. Their words die before you can understand them.

Color returns to your world. You lean against the retaining wall of the elevated shrine where you fell on the pedestrian road. It is empty save for yourself and Motoki, a clip weighted red balloon drifting slowly up from low to the ground. Strange.

“Mamoru, are you okay?” concern and worry spill from Motoki.

>”Its nothing, last night just caught up with me for a second. Lets head on up,”
>”I’m fine, everything is fine, lets head in,”
>”Something’s wrong?” the balloon.
>”I don’t know what happened,”
>Write in

>>31804900
>”Something’s wrong?” the balloon.
If that doesn't seem to jog his memory, tell him it is probably just last night catching up with you and admit that he's right about the risk of seeing Usagi, you'll wait here.
Grab the balloon and try to figure out what happened.
-Psychometry

>>31805028
Maybe ask him to send Rei down as well, 'a couple wedding details' you want to double check on.
She might pick up on something that we can't.

We've been at his too long to just write off strange feelings.

Give me 1d100, best of 3 rolls.

(pulls out secret chart)

>>31804548
>Take Motoki with you to the shrine to pick up the flower girl

>>31805322

you may need to put auto refresh on unless you're on a phone.

Rolled 55

>>31805297

Rolled 91

>>31805297
Go go dice action!

Rolled 84

>>31805297
Rollan

Rolled 48

>>31805297
Looking for high rolls or low?

>>31805338
I've seen auto-refresh glitch a bit sometimes and tell me it is refreshed and current, but then it was lies and I was way behind after a post.
Which is why I now manually refresh before I start to respond to something.

>>31805573
hmmm, worrisome glitch

Playing Eclipsed Moon Quest Prequel Movie L and watching sub Sailor Moon R.
A declare this to be a good day.

I am reminded again that Mr. Chiba is a very frank person. I can see the diplomat/negotiator thing working well for him, seemingly straightforward and blunt for what he does say, but able to conceal things very well.

>>31805831
>A declare
*I declare
I swear I have some sort of typing dyslexia.

Something is wrong...something is definitely wrong. You rise with Motoki’s help, but remain braced against the retaining wall.

“Something’s wrong,” you try to clear your head and catch your bearings, “Could you head in to get her. I just need some more air, and possibly space,”

“Sure,” your friend nods as he tentatively leaves you against the wall, turning back to make sure you’ll be okay, “Are you sure you don’t want to come in?”

“Yeah, and don’t let Usako know I fell. She’d get worried and come running,” you smile.

“Can do. I’ll check in with the maid of honor and retrieve the flower girl,”

“Actually, send her down first. I think she had some questions for me about something she was setting up for Usagi later today,” lies are so effortless sometimes; you have gotten exceptionally good at it.

He nods and turns the corner up the stairs. Good, you’ll have a few minutes. The balloon had barely drifted up to shoulder height when you grab the string and inspect it. Reaching out with the abilities you’ve only recently come to understand you feel the history of events around the object. A mother buying a balloon for their child while a family walked from park to home together. You remember the family of three whom you passed. You see that happen, you see them vanish. You feel fleeting screams and see them floating. You snap back to the world as you feel a pull on your ear and you yelp.

“Mamoru Chiba, you better have a good reason for taking me away from making your future wife think for a second that she can be beautiful. I swear that woman has layers of impossible complexes,” grouses Rei Hino as she twists and pulls you down to eye level, “And please tell me you need me to cover for something that happened last night and this isn’t something else, the kind of something that requires us to make up stories around the normals,”

>>31806456

“Let go of my ear, Rei,” you brush her hand off and right you back, “Sadly, nothing worth covering up happened at my bachelor party,” as far as you know, “Something just abducted a family of three right here and erased local memory of them even being here. I noticed something was wrong, I think the psychic backlash knocked me over,”

A look of anger and frustration spreads across the shrine maidens face. She composes herself and snatches the balloon string from your hands and inspects it with the focus you’ve come to recognize as her own more recently independently strengthened powers of divination. When she speaks, it is with a solemn and cold dispassion that sends a chill down your spine from the normally emotive and fiery woman.

“Haruka and Michiru keep complaining that weddings aren’t their style. I’ll ask them to look into this for today. You and Usagi are getting married, no interruptions. I don’t care if the world is ending, the two of you aren’t getting drawn into something new today,”

>Yes, Rie. (mean it) Go collect the flower girl
>Yes, Rie. (lie) Go collect the flower girl
>You know I can’t leave this alone; and Usagi won’t want to wait on the sidelines either.
>Its always the end of the World. Go Collect the flower girl
>Say nothing, go collect the flower girl
>Write in.

>>31806477
Its always the end of the World. You know I can't leave this alone, but I don't want this to disrupt today either. Have the girls keep me in the loop, and I'll let you know if I notice anything else -please.
For now, my mission is to get our Flower Girl to her dress.

>>31806784
Woop, meant to add the 'please' after the part about having the others let him know what was going on.

Delay.

>>31806784
Sounds alright.

>>31807589
Well, bought me some time.

>>31806784
This sounds about right.

Writing

"Its always the end of the World. You know I can't leave this alone, but I don't want this to disrupt today either," you stare at the balloon with a deep welling of anger, "Have the girls keep me in the loop, and I'll let you know if I notice anything else. Please,"

Her shoulders slump and she lets out a long sigh.

"Yeah, there's no dissuading the two of you. I'll let her know; and keep everyone in the loop," she looks at the balloon again as well, "Its strange, the trail is already ice cold from detection. I can't even tell how they were taken,"

You nod and brace against the wall. Another vision. This time, of that night long ago. Waking up in the hospital and orphan soon after. Shaking the phantoms of your past clear, you look up to see Motoki and ChibiUsa coming down the stairs.

It doesn't matter now. You give one last nod and smile to Rei and wave to the two ahead.

For now, my mission is to get our Flower Girl to her dress.

--

Motoki waves goodbye as he ascends the stairs to his building. Your time displaced daughter climbs over the seat and lands with a whoop in the front passenger side.

"Finally! I hate sitting in back," she grouses before fixing you with a smile, "I can't wait to show off my dress,"

The past few years have been kind to ChibiUsa. She's been back and from the future for a little while, and was now 11 years old. Apparently she wanted to stay in the past for a while longer, if only to help her grow stronger, which she didn't think she could manage in the now peaceful future.

>Tell Your daughter about what happened in front of the shrine.
>Don't worry her so much, ask how school is going.
>Ask what she thinks of Usagi's proposal now that she's moving out of the Tsukino house
>Write In

>>31810202
>>Don't worry her so much, ask how school is going.
>>Ask what she thinks of Usagi's proposal now that she's moving out of the Tsukino house

>>31810202
>>Don't worry her so much, ask how school is going.

>>31810202
>Don't worry her so much, ask how school is going.

The best way to tip a kid off to trouble is to act like nothing is wrong.

>>31810202
> dont worry her
Sorry if this is super late.

"I'm sure it will be lovely," you lay a hand on top of her head and ruffle her hair.

"Dad, cut it out," she ducks down and begins fussing with her pink locks as you withdraw your hand and chuckle.

For once she's wearing her hair unbound. It's long, almost as long as her mother's was when the two of your first met. Soon you'll be a family, and you're running into things full tilt.

"So, how's school?" if Usa agrees to being legally adopted by the two of you while she's in the past, you'll be able to ask that question more often for a while.

"Good, we're doing a section in PE on Archery for the next two weeks," she drawls before turning to look out the window, "and I gave the school tour to some new transfer students today,"

"You don't sound excited,"

"I don't like archery very much," she sighs, "I want to stick with the gymnastics section,"

"So, transfer students?"

"Four of 'em," she continues to look away from you and out the window.

"That many, in the middle of the term? A bit strange," calm down.

"Yeah," she turns back to face you with a nervous hesitation, "Also, the Amazon Quartet are back,"

"You saw them? What were they up to?" Concern and worry ebb into your voice. The Quartet served Queen Nehelenia, a few years ago they freed themselves from her influence and stood with the scouts against her before they disappeared.

"Complaining about placement tests and being sent to a younger grade," she sighs, "And about how growing up sucks. They recognized me straight away, Jun started screaming and pointing at me during their introduction, it's why I got stuck giving the tour. they weren't expecting to see me there, I guess,"

>Wait, what?
>This seems way too coincidental.
>You're joking.
>Keep an eye on them.
>write in

>>31811523
This is super slow, worry not.

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I made a thing.
Or least edited a lot. They realized I left it really huge and it was easy to see the imperfections, deleted it, then made it smaller.
Mikage/Sailor Moon meets Mikage/Eclipse on the green hills of Earth, the dark shadow of which is cast upon the Moon.

>>31811875
>Wait, what?
>This seems way too coincidental.

>>31811875
>This seems way too coincidental.
Gotta say, I'm liking ChibiUsa's attitude. It's like having Mikage around.

>>31811875
>You're joking
And when it is soon clear that, yes, strangeness continues to happen to this family..
>..You seem to be taking that in stride.

She's either saving that to get a rise out of us.. or being a time-traveling pretty soldier princess from the future has really left her jaded.. The second one seems problematic and should not be encouraged,

>>31812022
>It's like having Mikage around.
Heh, I didn't think of it that way at first, but you have a point. Took Mikage a few more years to reach that point, but Usa did have a head start with world-ending traumas.

>>31811875
>You're joking.

>..You seem to be taking that in stride.

I can see Mamoru being willing to give the benefit of the doubt to their intentions considering his own mind control experiences

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Shingo is a pretty cool guy.

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>>31812744
Always wonder what side effects being in the same gene-pool as the Moon lineage reborn has on a person.

Related note, this image is from before meeting Sailor Moon after the year that didn't happen.

>>31812814
It's worth pointing out that both Naru and Shingo went into the military. Being close to superheroes seems to have at least that kind of effect.

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>>31812838
Aye, though Shingo always seemed to be headed that way.

While Naru, well, she was compensating for being the victim a lot, and trying to be the one doing the saving instead of the other way around.
Admittedly, as much as fate loves fucking with Naru's life, it was either that or train to be some kind of super-assassin, and at least at one point she was too kind-hearted to get that murderous about it.

Hit by sudden lethargy, fell asleep somewhere I don't normally fall asleep. Update the archives, going to nap/go to bed because it's 10pm and I know where my children are.

I don't have any.

Might not even have the energy to go say spectacular spectacular when Cosgrove starts PPQ if he runs tonight.

Prequel Movie L thread 1 ended / suspended.

>>31813337
Aw, hope you feel better!
Rest well.

>>31813151
The dad is no slouch either, every time he's been present for danger he's gone on the offensive to try and protect his family.

>>31813337
Ok, good night Arty. Thanks for running.

How do you guys like this rules light movie thread rules?

>>31814013
Well, we really didn't use them much so far.
But I suppose it is easier to do the prequel story this way, can avoid going too deep into things that could conflict with the future.

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So, where's the honeymoon planned on being?

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>>31816761
Well, I know were I'd go.
Being guests of the royal family and definitely out of the way from all but the most universe-shaking interruptions.
And most importantly: cheap.

>>31816987
Consider what would happen if Mikage got married and went to Crystal Tokyo for her honeymoon. Imagine the continuous stream of ribbing and innuendo from her sister who lives there.

Now double it. That's what Usagi and Mamoru would get if they went to the future for their honeymoon. I think Hawaii or Okinawa would be peaceful enough.

Awake, getting self together, then writing.

>>31820158
Awesome.

>>31820158
Most excellent i didn't need that sleep.

"You're joking?" you try not to smile until this morning crashes back into you.

Usa lifts her miniature Luna-P and with a flip of her hand it's a photo album. Turning a page, she waits for you to hit a red light before showing you.

It is indeed the light blue haired girl pointing to the camera in a near frenzied panic.

"Why did you-"

"She held for a while, seemed a waste not to take a picture," she giggles.

"Then again, it's too coincidental," you murmur to yourself, "Do you think they're up to something?"

She's quiet, the album dissipates before she wrings her hands around the cat themed sphere.

"They helped us save Helios before. I think they're still learning how to be people again," there is resolve in her voice; the kind Usagi gets when she believes something so fully.

Like the night you couldn't keep her out anymore, when you were tormented by visions that being together would get Usagi Tsukino killed so many years ago. When ChibiUsa first came into your lives.

"I want to trust them...because I do. Is that okay?" She looks up into your eyes seeking approval.

"Yeah, it's okay," you smile and pull to a stop in front if the dress shop.

Thread official end. Continues Thursday.

Vote for opening non Mamoru Scene.

>Cold as Ice
>I need your love
>always the bride's maid
>Mother if the Bride
>Serenity Now

>>31820587
>always the bride's maid

>>31820587
>Cold as Ice
Good morning.

>>31818146
I think alternate-Usagi would recognize the need for them to be left alone.

>>31820587
>always the bride's maid

>>31821094
I'm sure she would. But when she has the opportunity to say something like, "I know what you were doing last night... and we were doing it too!" I can't imagine she'd be able to suppress that for long.

>>31820587
>Cold as Ice

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>>31822026
Well, I guess alternate-you-s is better than hearing that from your parents.
Stranger yet would be if she offered specific advice.

Though I wonder what effect the long slumber and being rulers of the world have placed on things.
Like whether Chibiusa has any sisters that aren't from an alternate past.

>>31820587
Cold as Ice

Interesting to see others drawn to Cold as Ice as well, wish I knew what it was about it that grabbed my attention.

>>31826117
I figure it's Ami, and I've always liked her.

So, Cold seems to be winning. I hope you like the still falling debris of bad break ups.

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>>31829178
Do we get a hard hat?

>>31831013
No, you must provide your own hard hats.

Why would you bring a hard hat to a wedding.

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>>31831052
Why wouldn't you?

>>31831355
Touché

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>>31831706
Thread tomorrow?

>>31832279
Thread indeed tomorrow.

>>31832392
Yay!
Regretfully, I'll miss part of it for some Spider-Man 2. But folks in this quest tend to make decent decisions, so I'm sure it'll be fine.
Later: oh god, why is everything on fire?!? Wrrrrry