>>32064151
>>Begrudgingly answer the door.

>>32064151
>Other (?)
Practice your best British accent as you open the door.

>>32064151
>Ask who is it.

>>32064186

You should probably at least look at who it is that’s bothering you before you make any real decisions. Tossing Harry off to the side, you climb off the bed, walk over to and then unlock the door, and then open it up. To your surprise, you find the one bothering you is Rowan. She looks up as if she’s going to speak, but she hesitates for just a moment.

>Shut the door again.
>What the hell do you want?
>Let her say her piece.
>Other (?)

>>32064414
>Let her say her piece.

>>32064414
>Let her say her piece.

>>32064414
>>Other

"If you are here to tell me that you don't trust me and that you plan to see me out of your house one way or the other, I'll save us both time and say that I'll be out as soon as I figure out what I am doing and where to go from here with Isaac. No need to come threathen to break my knees."

>>32064414
>>Let her say her piece.
Boop.

>>32064414
>Let her say her peice.

Rolled 4

>>32064414
>Let her say her piece.

>>32064414
>>Let her say her piece.

>>32064414
>Insult her and try to pick a fight

>>32064616

While you have your reservations about Isaac’s daughter, and you don’t want to hear a word out of her if she’s here is to yell at you about threatening her home or whatever, you figure you can’t jump down her throat until she actually does say something provoking. You watch her with a flat expression and wait for her to put words together.

“I’m supposed to ask you if you want to come to school with me tomorrow,” she says, avoiding eye contact. While she still obviously doesn’t like being in your presence, she seems to be making a point of trying to ignore it.

>>32064947

You figure Cassandra put her up to this. It seems like the kind of thing she’d do. Still, given Rowan’s violent reaction to you at dinner last night, she’s almost being congenial by comparison. As for what she’s suggesting, you really don’t know. You kind of fell out of school more and more, until you eventually ditched it all together and went out on your own.

The last time you went to school, you wound up (maybe?) killing somebody. You never actually found out what happened to that kid. You don’t really want to know. Plus, by now, you’re probably hopelessly behind in every subject. You were never a star student, but you’d definitely be completely stupid compared to everyone else. Your numerous doubts and fears weigh against the part of you that gets excited about learning new stuff. (+2 Stress 48/100)

>So? Are you going to? (She only said she was supposed to ask you. She didn’t actually ask anything.)
>That might not be a good idea. Me and school weren’t meant for each other.
>I’d just be wasting everyone’s time.
>I have better things to do.

>>32064974
>Ok
we can hang out with all the punks while she hangs out with all the star students

>>32064974
>That might not be a good idea. Me and school weren’t meant for each other.

I think at this point, it'd be better for me to get a GED instead. Besides, I fucked up the walls, I need to fix them.

>>32064974
>"Alright."

>>32064974
>That might not be a good idea. Me and school weren’t meant for each other.
This is NOT the direction i want this going.

Going gives us a chance for potential improvement of our relationship with Rowan. Plus education is great for the plan to eventually become independent again.
>>32065033
Meh, highschool is easy as shit.
>>32065066
Why?

>>32065033
we've got demon intelligence
ok, maybe we don't, but I bet we can get demon intelligence

FUCK YEAH, fuck no, I'm never going to go to sleep.

>>32065138
Problem.

What KIND of demon intelligence do we have? Succubus intelligence? How to give the most fantastic handholding a man can ask for?

>>32064414
>Tossing Harry off
niiiiice

>>32065220
I dunno, pretty much any demon or demon possessed teen in all the stories I read was able to coast through school easily.

Also that handholding was funny.
Was.
A couple months ago.
Please stop.

>>32064974
Fuck it, why not?

>>32065333
Years ago. Yeah. It's that old.

>>32065333
I didn't want people to bitch at me for mentioning rimjobs. Sorry.

>>32064974
>I’d just be wasting everyone’s time.

>>32064974
>I’d just be wasting everyone’s time.
>Write-in: Need a bodyguard, angelnerd?

>>32064974
>Alright

>>32065105
>Why?
Because demon girl trying to fit in normal highschool is shit.

>>32064974
>That might not be a good idea. Me and school weren’t meant for each other.
>I’d just be wasting everyone’s time.

Getting a GED would be easier anyway

>>32065461
your opinion/10

>>32065461
Being a homeless gangbanger is shit.

Yes, even when we demon girl.

>>32065462
>GED
>Easier than high school diploma

How to succeed in high school.

Write something in the blank space.

>>32064974
Lets try it,

>High School Shenanigans

Let's do this!

>>32065546
>High school
>Having to attend everyday
>Socializing
>Bullies
>Teachers

>Getting a GED
>Studying on your own a few hours a day
>Taking a test

Gee, I wonder which is easier on our young outcast heroine?

>>32065623
Is this going to turn into a demonic version of Buffy?

Cause I'm down for that.

>>32065623
God, no, please, we need a job to gain our independance, and maybe work with Isaac to understand and control our powers better.

>>32065650
Sounds like fun.

>>32064974
>That might not be a good idea. Me and school weren’t meant for each other.
>I’d just be wasting everyone’s time.

>>32065646
Easier to learn with help.
>>32065658
>Getting a job without a GED/HS diploma
You're adorable.


It's not like this is going to be the main focus of the quest guys, it's a backdrop, that's it.

>>32065702
>Easier to learn with help.
Cassandra seems smart, and the GED tests aren't that hard.

>>32065650
We need to build our own scooby gang

>>32065727
About as hard as highschool.

I'd say it depends on how much HS experience she already has. I'm guessing freshman.

Personally I think it's just a good opportunity to turn Rowan non-hostile.

>>32065789
>Rowan
>non-hostile

Kek

>>32065789
It isn't the tests that's hard about high school, its the fact that you have to attend everyday, the fact that you have to deal with a bunch of hierarchy shit from the kids which could add to our stress

Anyway, we can get Rowan to trust us some other way.

>>32065828
How about...
>Rowan
>Unable to kill us because that would risk her honor student position

Better?

>>32065858
>Implying we wont be top highschool dog.

We manipulate emotions as all fuck.

>>32065858
>demon possessed kid
>not being top of the hierarchy
kek

>>32064974

You really don’t know if this is a good idea. But then again… well, maybe you’d be wasting everybody’s time, maybe you’ll accidentally claw somebody’s eyes out, but heck, it could be fun. Fuck it. It’s just a day.

“Why not,” you say, shrugging. “Wake me up thirty minutes before you usually get out of here.”

Rowan seems surprised with your quick (and positive) response – probably thought you were allergic to school or something. She gives a single nod, and leaves to you to your own devices.

You let her go, and then return to the confines of your room. Huh. You wonder how she’s going to explain you showing up. Schools are OCD when it comes to keeping track of people. You figure that’s not your problem though. Seeing the lateness of the hour increasing, you’re left with, as you see it, a couple options.

>Go to sleep. You’ll need the energy for tomorrow.
>Read Harry Potter until you pass out. Maybe you’ll dream about that instead of what you usually dream about.
>Other (?)

>>32065915
>Wasting PP on being the king of a dirt pile

>>32065920
>Go to sleep. You’ll need the energy for tomorrow.

>>32065920
>Sleep time.
I wanna see our normal dreams.


>>32065933
they regenerate quickly
what else are we going to use them on?

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>>32065920
>Go to sleep. You’ll need the energy for tomorrow

Dream of Daniel Radcliffe with his shirt off.

>>32065920
>>>Go to sleep. You’ll need the energy for tomorrow.

>>32065920
>Read Harry Potter until you pass out. Maybe you’ll dream about that instead of what you usually dream about.

>>32065920
>Read Harry Potter until you pass out. Maybe you’ll dream about that instead of what you usually dream about.
Regular dreams suck.

>>32065920
>Read Harry Potter until you pass out. Maybe you’ll dream about that instead of what you usually dream about.

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>>32065986
>Dream of Neville Longbottom

Get on my level

>>32065920
>“Wake me up thirty minutes before you usually get out of here.”

Rowan: Am not your fucking alarm clock

>>32065920
>Go to sleep. You’ll need the energy for tomorrow.

>>32066133
>Rowan
>swearing
>ever
Come on.

>>32065920
>Read Harry Potter until you pass out. Maybe you’ll dream about that instead of what you usually dream about.

Doing this for...
>>32065986
>>32066087
Shirtless hunk tea time dreams.

>>32066158
>>32066087
>>32065986
Seconding this after all.

You determine that sleeping is more important than trying to avoid nightmares. If you’re going to get off on the right foot tomorrow morning, you’ll need a good night’s sleep. You flip off the lights and hit the hay. As you burry your head in the pillow, you try to fix a vision of shirtless Daniel Radcliff in your mind, in the hope that maybe it’ll help lead the topics of your dreams to completely different, not unwelcome realms. Eventually, you are unable to keep much of anything in your mind and you fall asleep.

--

Endless waters. Moonlit ocean. The deck under your bare feet.

“It’s just a dream,” promises a familiar voice, from just over the railing.

>Why didn’t you come back?
>Look over the rail.
>Dammit Dan! I trusted you! (Dice, Hard)

>>32065828
>>32065878
>>32066133
>>32066150
Man, for a character who's only been around for a little bit you guys sure seem to have a good grasp of her character.

>>32066178
>Look over the rail

>>32066180
Dude, what we saw so far is her being rebellious. Woah.

Rolled 11

>>32066178
>Dammit Dan! I trusted you! (Dice, Hard)

Rolling for Dan!

>>32065494
Did i ever claim otherwise? hell i said specifically that it is not where i want it to go.

>>32065525
We were not discussing about being homeless though.

Well anyways looks like we are going to highschool now. I will just wait and see if it goes to shit for me as i highly expect it to.

Roll d100, I'll take the lowest of the first 3. Lowest is best.

Rolled 15

>>32066178
>Dammit Dan! I trusted you! (Dice, Hard)
Come on, dice gods! COME ON!

Not fucking it up edition.

Rolled 10

>>32066257

Rolled 64

>>32066178
>Dammit Dan! I trusted you! (Dice, Hard)

This is supposed to be a d100 roll right?

Rolled 96

>>32066257

Rolled 72

>>32066178
>Dammit Dan! I trusted you!
I always pick the funnest option.

>>32066266
>>32066265
>>32066261
Fist pump!

>>32066265
Safe?

Rolled 73

>>32066257
Shit, >>32066218 here, I thought it was 1d20, my bad.

>>32066178
Retrying for Danny boy!

>>32066210
And you aren't even right about that. She's not rebellious, she just doesn't like half demons in her house.

>>32066303
You should read the previous thread. With Cassandra going "Heh, teenagehood, you know how it goes"... Even though Sierra is as old as Rowan.

Did we ever get Isaac to tell us what our case of mc-esque power chimerism means?

>>32066261
>>32066265
Please tell me those are d100's.

>>32066178
>Why didn’t you come back?

>>32066377
They are.

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>All these votes for Dan
You weren't forgotten Dan, your memory lives on.

>>32066377
You can always check them yourself.

>>32066514
He is probably a phonefag.

>>32066514
I'm on a phone, so that's a bit beyond me.

>>32066265

Just as you consider investigating the source of the voice, you feel a vague disappointment that it wasn’t Daniel Radcliff’s voice calling you into the water instead. But you don’t know Harry Potter, why would you expect him to be here? Unless…

“Dammit Dan!” you yell to the nobody around you. “You couldn’t do this for me just one time?” (Stress +4 Stress 52/100)

Well, at least you have the fresh memory of you conquering this dream just the other night. You take a look around you. Sadly, however, your sister is absent. You don’t feel as motivated as you were last night to do something awesome to avoid the inescapable press of the boat dream’s logic.

>Look over the rail already.
>Sit down. Make the rail come to you.
>Try to change the dream somehow (Dice) [Write-in]
>Panic.
>Other (?)

>>32067027
>Look over the rail already.

>>32067027
>Look over the rail already.
inb4 everyone votes for PANIC.

>>32067027
>Look over the rail already.

>>32067027
>Sit down. Make the rail come to you.

>>32067027
>>Look over the rail already.

>>32067027
>Look over the rail

>>32067027
>Panic.
Gotta get the stress as high as possible before Rowan comes back.

>>32067027
>Look over the rail already.

Rolled 7

>>32067027
>Try to change the dream somehow (Dice) [Write-in]

I want my shirtless Daniel Radcliffe, Languid...

WHERE IS MY SHIRTLESS DANIEL RADCLIFFE, LANGUID?!

>>32067204
He's not even that hot, anon.

>>32067204
If no one starts going for Dan with a roll like this, I'm going to cry.

>>32067224
>not even that hot
have you even seen the movies?

>>32067204
Please?

>>32067204
Finally see horrifying beast on the other side of the rail.

Immediately dream that shit into shirtless Dan.

>>32067224
I'm being in character, or at least trying to.

Admittedly, I can't find him attractive at all, but then again, I prefer women.

Rolled 81

>>32067204
Fuck, man, dat roll...
Aw hell, start off with looking over the rail, then changing it to Dan.

You would rather get this over with – there’s no point in drawing it out. You stomp over to the edge of the ship, grab the railing, and look down at the water lapping at the boat’s side.

Just underneath the surface water, you see a body floating. Predictably, when you least expect it, something horrible starts happening. The water surges upward in a huge bulge over the body – the rising tide gushes through the rails and washes you back until you slam into a wall. The water chokes and blinds you. You take a panicked breath, only to have your mouth and lungs fill with saltwater. A hand plunges into the water, seizes you roughly by the shoulder, and lifts you out of the deepening water.

“I’ve got you!” says a helpful figure, silhouetted by the moon. You blink blearily up at him, only to see a vast, black shape rise from the waters behind him. You take no precautionary measures – the course of the dream cannot be changed.

The sky seems to come together into the form of a massive pair of shears. “SNIP SNAP,” says a horrible grating voice, as the blades slide forward for the cut. The figure before you has barely enough time to turn before he is sliced in two. You fall back into the water, along with his now severed arm.

You sink into the cold darkness, helpless, even as the iron smell of blood pervades your nose.

>>32067571

You settle down on the sandy ocean floor with a resounding BANG BANG BANG. Wait. The sound’s not right. It’s almost like someone knocking on a door…

You open your eyes and find that it’s morning. “Wake up, Sierra,” comes Rowan’s voice from outside. You sit up, yawn, and stretch. Not the best night’s sleep you’ve ever had, but not the worst. (-20 Stress 32/100)

You take your time getting ready, and a while later you walk downstairs, switchblade in your back pocket just in case. Rowan’s in the dining room, reading some textbook with a bowl of cereal nearby. After some shuffling around, you locate milk and cereal, and use the mystical items to summon breakfast.

You sit across from Rowan, wordlessly chewing through Captain Crunch as she redoubles focus on the topic of her study. History, you guess from the pictures and maps therein.

>Say nothing.
>So.
>Homework?
>Why d’you dye your hair anyway?
>Other (?)

>>32067598
>Why d’you dye your hair anyway?
gotta tease her about wanting to fit in

>>32067598
>Why d’you dye your hair anyway?

>>32067598
>Why d’you dye your hair anyway?

>>32067598
>Why d’you dye your hair anyway?

>>32067598
>Say nothing.
Silence is healthy.

>>32067598
>Say nothing.

>>32067598
>Why d’you dye your hair anyway?

Why d’you dye your hair anyway?

Watching Rowan, you can’t help but picture her with long white hair, even if the blonde looks more or less natural. Judging by the Captain America-costume-esque hoodie she’s wearing, she doesn’t seem to have a problem drawing attention to herself, so your curiosity is piqued.

“So,” you say, breaking the silence, “why blonde?”

Rowan shuts her book and looks up at you, a sour expression on her face. “So,” she replies, “why cut your hair like that?”

You’ve learned not to get too riled up when people comment on your hair. Still, you do get a little bit riled up. (+1 Stress: 33/100) You would be more confrontational about it if you knew she wasn’t just trying to redirect attention from how she liked to style her own hair.

Before anything else can be said though, Isaac comes trundling down the stairs, wearing a plain white shirt and a pair of khaki shorts. “You guys ready to go?” he asks, fishing a key ring from his pocket.

Rowan is up already with a backpack slung over on one shoulder, walking toward the door that goes to the garage.

You stand, straighten your hoodie and jacket a little bit, and follow.

The three of you take the jeep and are out on the road. The morning air is crisp and cool, making you glad that you chose to take so many layers.

>>32068259

Isaac re-breaks the silence. “So Sierra,” he says, “I thought about what you said last night. About the powers. I think the best thing for it is to push yourself and find out what you can do. If you want, I could take you with me and Ro when I take her for training after school.”

Rowan, who has her hoodie hood pulled up against the wind, turns a little bit at that. You sense she’s not all too keen on the idea of you getting more crazy demon powers.

>Sounds cool to me.
>Are you sure that’s a good idea?
>I’d rather do that kind of stuff on my own.
>So what’s the cover story for me crashing today’s classes?
>Other (?)

>>32068286
>Sounds cool to me.
Then look at Rowan as smugly as possible.

>>32068286
>sounds good
>so whats the cover story for me crashing school today?

>>32068286
>Sounds cool to me.
>So what’s the cover story for me crashing today’s classes?

>>32068286
>Are you sure that’s a good idea?
>So what’s the cover story for me crashing today’s classes?

>>32068286
>Sounds cool to me.
Yeah!

>>32068286
>I’d rather do that kind of stuff on my own.

>>32068286
>Sounds cool to me.
>So what’s the cover story for me crashing today’s classes?

>>32068286
>I’d rather do that kind of stuff on my own.
>So what’s the cover story for me crashing today’s classes?

Also they should probably know we are gonna cheat through all the tests.

>>32068286
>Sounds cool to me.
>Are you sure that’s a good idea?
>Other (?)
Mix em. Something like "I'd be down for finding out what the fuck's up with all this, but ya seemed kinda bothered about it last night. This really the best idea?"

>>32068286
When was the last time we went to class? 8th grade? 9th? 10?
>So what’s the cover story for me crashing today’s classes?

>>32068286
>>Sounds cool to me.
>>So what’s the cover story for me crashing today’s classes?

>>32068286
>Sounds cool to me.
Lets power up!

>>32068286
>Are you sure that’s a good idea?
"I don't know if me getting more powerfull is a good thing."

>>32068374

“Sounds cool to me,” you say, giving a smug look at Rowan. Too bad she can’t see you. (-2 Stress 31/100) You’re all for having somebody who actually knows something about hellborn to help you figure your crap out. Between then and now, though, is an entire day’s worth of school. You’re supposed to be a Senior this year - it’s late September, so you’ve missed a couple weeks already. On top of that, your school record is probably lost under a filing cabinet somewhere. You did go to school back last year, and you managed not to fail most of your classes, but your continuing education isn’t something you put much stock in.

“So what am I supposed to say when people ask what the hell I’m doing in their classroom?” you ask, curious.

Isaac leaned forward a little bit in the driver’s seat and checked the corners before going past a stop sign. “I know a few of the teachers,” he says casually, “and Cass is the president of the PTA. Wasn’t too hard to make sure you had a seat. We can figure out a more permanent solution later, if that’s something you’re interested in.”

You make a note to yourself to think about that later. In a couple minutes, the traffic thickens noticeably, and Isaac pulls up in front of a high-school-looking building, amongst a sea of other cars coming, going, and dropping kids off. The big concrete sign out front reads “NATIONAL HIGHSCHOOL”, so you take it this is a good candidate of where you get off.

We going to school, huh?

Remember to check out the school librarian. 90% of school librarians are demon hunters, witch hunters, or crusading Rosicrucians of some kind or another. It's been proven by science.

>>32069359

Isaac spares a moment to pull his reluctant daughter in for a hug before she can bail out. You jump out after her, feeling a little light on your feet. No backpack, no books, and not even a pencil, this is possibly the least prepared for public education you’ve ever been in your life.

“Good luck,” Isaac says, out of the car, before pulling back out and driving away.

Rowan checks over her shoulder to make sure you’re following before she sets off toward the entrance. The sheer number of kids with a purposeful walk in their step is slightly unsettling to your laid-back experiences over the past few months. (+3 Stress 34/100) Is this really a place you should be?

Maybe some conversation would distract you from your anxiety.

>Say nothing.
>About what you said. It’s cause I’ve got this thing with scissors. So, why blonde?
>What’s Isaac do for money anyway?
>So you’re like valedictorian miss perfect, right?
>What’s the deal with all your superhero crap.
>So I'm hellborn, you're demonbane. You got any ghosts for teachers or like, vampires creeping around here? Your best friend a werewolf?
>Other (?)

Rolled 73

>>32069402
>So I'm hellborn, you're demonbane. You got any ghosts for teachers or like, vampires creeping around here? Your best friend a werewolf?
>Roll for happy place

>>32069402
>About what you said. It’s cause I’ve got this thing with scissors. So, why blonde?

>>32069402
>Write in
Ask about which class we're going to, and also if we could borrow a pencil and some paper.

>>32069402
>About what you said. It’s cause I’ve got this thing with scissors. So, why blonde?

>>32069402
>What’s Isaac do for money anyway?

>>32069402
>What’s Isaac do for money anyway?

>>32069402
>About what you said. It’s cause I’ve got this thing with scissors. So, why blonde?

>>32069402
>So I'm hellborn, you're demonbane. You got any ghosts for teachers or like, vampires creeping around here? Your best friend a werewolf?

She was an angel, he was a daemon. Could it be any more obvious?

>>32069402
>So I'm hellborn, you're demonbane. You got any ghosts for teachers or like, vampires creeping around here? Your best friend a werewolf?

>>32069402
>About what you said. It’s cause I’ve got this thing with scissors. So, why blonde?

>>32069402
>About what you said. It’s cause I’ve got this thing with scissors. So, why blonde?
Now I'm curious.

>>32069889

I imagine it's a little obvious, silver-haired kids would stand out a little at school. She probably has a clique of friends which we will inevitably embarrass her in front of.

>>32069402

While your current situation reminds you of an average episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you figure now’s not the time to bring it up – but then again, when would be a better time? “So I'm hellborn, you're demonbane,” you say flatly. “This isn’t like, actually a secret school for astounding youths, is it? I mean, the water polo coach isn’t the creature from the black lagoon and the biology teacher isn’t the Martian Manhunter, right? Because that would be fucking legit.” Your joke starts getting you excited in spite of its implausibility of actually being true. (-2 Stress 32/100)

“Just a regular school with a bunch of regular kids,” Rowan says. She catches a certain detail a moment later, and actually takes the time to look at you, genuinely surprised. “You know who Martian Manhunter is?”

“You don’t?” you ask, feigning disgust, even though such a quip makes no sense whatsoever. You then remember the conversation you were having earlier when you were interrupted. “Hey. About this?” you send a puff of air up at your choppy bangs. “I got this thing about scissors, so I cut my own hair. How about you? Why blonde?” The two of you enter the main building. You have to speak up in order to be heard over the cacophony of voices surrounding you.


Rowan glances back at you, reappraising your appearance. Then, seemingly after resolving an inner debate, she answers your question. “White kind of stands out,” she says, somewhat sheepishly.

>>32070210

Her reply entertains you. “And Captain America: Winter Hoodie doesn’t?” you ask. (-1 Stress 31/100)

“I like standing out,” Rowan says, a little bite in her tone, “but I want people to look at me and see who I am, not what I look like.” Her posture kind of stiffens when she gives this explanation. She must be pretty passionate about the whole hair deal.

You consider her chosen attitude for a second. “Eh. I can respect that,” you say. “Just surprises me, I guess. People dye their hair to stand out - never seen anybody dye their hair to blend in.”

Rowan snorts at that. “Well now you have.”

A couple minutes later, you’re in an English classroom near the front, in a chair next to the girl. Everybody indulges in light conversation and general chincanery until the teacher sets you to task. You look about the environment, out of odds with yourself. It’s as if you never missed a day, but at the same time, you feel completely out of place. (+5 Stress 36/100)

How are you supposed to deal with this? You’ve got to come up with a strategy for the day, lest you be pulled under and something bad happens.

>Control the situation. Make trouble.
>This should be about having a good time. Blast and relax.
>You’ll be fine so long as nobody pays you any attention. Keep your head down.
>You know what? You’re hopelessly outclassed, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do your best.

>>32070237
>You’ll be fine so long as nobody pays you any attention. Keep your head down.
Let's try not to stand out too much, just in case.

>>32070237
>You know what? You’re hopelessly outclassed, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do your best.

We're the best around, nothing's ever gonna keep us down!

>>32070237
>>You know what? You’re hopelessly outclassed, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do your best.

The first two will get trouble, but I don't see any reason for Sierra to try to be unnoticeable.

>>32070237
>This should be about having a good time. Blast and relax.

>>32070210
>Teenage angelspawn and demonspawn bonding over hair
Heh

>>32070237
>This should be about having a good time. Blast and relax.
Murrican public school is way more about just putting people in a room together for most of the day to weed out the crazies. Nobody actually learns dick. So long as we don't set the place on fire or whip our nonexistent dick out and start hitting people with it, we'll be fine. Just use this as a "don't freak out" exercise.

>>32070237
>You know what? You’re hopelessly outclassed, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do your best.
I want to see just how far behind we are. How much did we miss? a year? few months?

>>32070237
>This should be about having a good time. Blast and relax.

If stressed:
>Control the situation. Make trouble.

>>32070377
What this guy said. Try and relax, but if stress starts getting into the 50s-60s, be a jackass if it means lowering it.

>>32070237
>You’ll be fine so long as nobody pays you any attention. Keep your head down.

>>32070309
>Just use this as a "don't freak out" exercise.
This anon has the right idea. So what if we can't remember who killed who that one time? We're practicing restraint and calm not know-how.

>>32070237
>This should be about having a good time. Blast and relax.

>>32070407
>>32070452
Sorry same anon here, changing my vote to
>Blast and relax.

>>32070558
Standard procedure is to delete the previous post if you're changing your vote.

>>32070644
bugger

>>32070309
>Nobody actually learns dick
Only of you're retarded and don't pay attention at all.

Hence why a lot of people still flunk out of high school.

>>32070687
Does MC strike you as a member of the former or latter party?

>>32070749
MC can be either one.

>>32070237

You decide to take it slow coming back into the scene. Once you can get comfortable in a classroom, then, maybe, you can start thinking about state capitals and what the acceleration of gravity is supposed to be. You get Rowan to borrow you a piece of paper and a pen, which you use chiefly for doodling. There’s a moment at the beginning when Rowan introduces you to the rest of the class, but it’s one of those idle moments that no one really pays much attention to, and neither do you.

While you draw, you sometimes find yourself listening to the class discussing some Shakespearean play. It sounds pretty heavy, with people dying and betrayals everywhere and who knows what. While you do have a couple thoughts on the subject, you limit your input to the discussion to the occasional off-color joke, riding the class vibe to ensure your jabs are always well received and don’t draw down too much ire from the teacher.

When the bell rings, you check your masterpiece, which features a short set of images of an intimidatingly awesome demonic figure shooting at a dude holding a Molotov cocktail. In the next image, the guy is on fire and in horrible anguish, while the demon waits below to drink the delicious tears that cascade off his face. It’s possibly your best work yet. (-5 Stress 31/100)

>>32070309
We can assume that Rowan and Harvey go to decent schools since their parents are well off.

Typically, schools that have kids like them are better in quality than shitty poor kid schools(we can probably assume Sierra went to a shit poor kid school before this one)

>>32070836

An exiting student pauses over your desk, even as Rowan joins the exodus to escape the calssroom. “Oh. You’re pretty good,” she says, glancing at your drawing. She kind of withdrew a little bit once she comprehended the subject matter. “Um. Sierra, was it?” the girl asks. “So how do you know Ro? I saw her dad drop you guys off. Are you her cousin?”

>It’s a mystery of the ages.
>Yeah. That’s me, Rowan’s cousin.
>Me and Ro go way back. You could say we’re best buds.
>I’m just staying with her family for a while.
>Would you look at that, she’s getting way. I gotta run.
>Other (?)

>>32070863
>Yeah. That’s me, Rowan’s cousin.

>>32070863
Play it off like we're the best fucking buds with Rowan there ever was. If she acts like a dick to us later, she'll look like the major asshole.

>>32070863
>Me and Ro go way back. You could say we’re best buds.
Heh

>>32070863
>I’m just staying with her family for a while.

>>32070836
>Apply for Art School
>Avoid WWIII like they should have done with Hitler

>>32070842
There are a number of reasons that they may have not decided to send them to a private school.

>>32070863
>Me and Ro go way back. You could say we’re best buds.

>>32070905
>>32070898
Changing vote to this

Slim hope of awkward hatesex

>>32070863
>Me and Ro go way back. You could say we’re best buds.
Why is teasing Rowan so enticing?

>>32070863
>>It’s a mystery of the ages.
We don't really even know our own alibi, so yeah.

>>32070863
>Me and Ro go way back. You could say we're best buds.

Only real option here, people.

>>32070912
Even as a public school its probably going to be a better school since the parents put more money into it versus the shit poor kid schools.

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>>32070936

>>32070749
MC doesn't seem like a dummy, while her previous experiences have been soiled by shitty schools and demon troubles, this place may be decent enough and she now has a supporting cast to help her deal with shit.

Plus willingly playing someone retarded enough to flunk out of high school is awful.

>>32070969
Hang on, public schools aren't free in the US? And if they are, why are they being supported by parent's wages instead of the government budget?

>>32071019
I don't know, but with '“White kind of stands out,” she says, somewhat sheepishly,' my waifusense tingled.

>>32070863
>I’m just staying with her family for a while.

>>32071038
MC may not be a dummy, but she doesn't strike me as the sort to happily throw herself back into the industrious studious life of a good little student.

Okay yeah, we'll learn shit but we'll dick around a lot too.

>>32071044
Public schools are free in the US, but they're supported by taxes. Public schools in well off areas can get more cash than schools in poor urban shitholes. Well-off parents are also more likely to give a fuck about their kids' school, and will thus donate extra cash and time on top of that.

>>32071079
B-C student route then?

>>32071044
Public schools are funded by mostly property taxes, so if the school is in a richer area, the school itself has better funding for books, teachers and learning materials.

Shit schools on the other hand are usually in poorer areas, where people don't have many property taxes because they're probably renting.

>>32071044
>>32071097
Oh, and then on top of that there's the vicious cycle of schools that do poorly on standardized tests getting their budgets slashed. Guess which schools tend to start slipping first. I'll give you a hint it ain't the schools with the middle class - rich kids.

>>32071079
exactly this
being super industrious and hard working seems very out of character for a girl who was in a gang a few days ago

>>32071097
>Donations

Ohhhh, so in those movies where they can't/won't discipline the bully or something because his dad donates a lot to the school... that is actually a thing in the US? I just thought it was poor plot.

>>32071179
It doesn't happen as often as it does in movies, but it probably does happen.

>>32070959

“Actually,” you say, a smile creeping onto your face, “we’re practically sisters. We’re best friends all the way back – I’m actually kind of surprised Ro never mentioned me before.”

The girl laughs. “You know Rowan,” she says knowingly.

You pack up shop and take a stand. “Yeah you bet,” you say, ad libbing your performance. “Can’t get her to talk about anything but comic books.” You giggle madly on the inside, but keep your face straight. (-4 Stress 27/100)

“Oh my gosh, I’m right with you on that,” says mystery girl. “She spends like, all day every day with that stuff. Everyone has to have their hobbies, but seriously.”

“Amen to that,” you say, shaking you head as if you’ve tried to convince her of her folly many times in the past, only to fail. However, despite the charade, you suspect that Rowan does not, in fact, spend all day every day reading comic books. She has to make some time for hunting demons and killing werewolves, after all.

>Hey, what’s your name by the way?
>Gotta run. Next class awaits.
>strategy for remainder of the day: Change, or stay the same?
>Other (?)

>>32071204
>Gotta run. Next class awaits.
>strategy for remainder of the day: Change, or stay the same?
Stay the same.

>>32071204
>>Gotta run. Next class awaits.

>>32071204
>>Gotta run. Next class awaits.
>>strategy for remainder of the day: Change, or stay the same?

>>32071204
>Hey, what's your name by the way?

Man, we need to be there when this Rowan gets wind of what we're up to.

>>32071204
>Hey, what’s your name by the way?
We simply MUST know to best needle Rowan about stuff later.

>>32071204
>Hey, what’s your name by the way?
Time to steal all of Rowan's friends and drive her into despair and insanity so we can steal the Hallow family fortune.

>Stay the same. Maybe pay attention in math/physics or other courses that are actually useful.

>>32071243
>>32071204
>Strategy: Stay the same

"The more things change the more they stay the same..."

>>32071257
You forget saint Harvey the unflappable anon. Though he might just pass it to us if we asked or something.

>>32071284
he's not very anon if we know his name though

>>32071257
>Implying we're not inserting ourself into her group of friends and acquantences to gather knowledge and eventually Ask her out on a date

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>>32071257
>math/physics are actually useful
Pfffft.

On the other hand, we need to pay attention to our music classes for pic related.

>>32071338
>Learn to play a fiddle
>Devil went down to Georgia all day every day.

>>32071350
This niggah knows whats up.

>Can we dance with someone in the pale moonlight?

Before you skedaddle after Rowan, you take a second to find out the girl’s name is Alecia. She seems like the intelligent type, if a bit dull witted. It wasn’t that hard to fool her, after all.

You decide that school agrees with you, so long as you don’t take it too seriously. Rowan’s next class, economics, is even a little bit interesting, if kind of dense for someone of your educational background. (-3 Stress 24/100) Midway through, you put two and two together. You haven’t been in school for so long that you didn’t really think about it, but this high school seems kind of a lot fancier than you’re used to? The halls are all clean, the teachers look presentable, and most students are actually listening in class. Back when you went to school, most of your teachers spent their time yelling at students or just threw worksheets at everybody and read a book.

However, your enthusiasm wanes once you sit down for Rowan’s physics course. After taking a second to introduce you to her lab mates, you realize that, for some stupid reason, she wound up with a seat at the far back of the classroom, and that you’re stuck with her. She struck you as an eager student, but this kind of thing betrays her inner inclinations. Then again, maybe she really has no care for the sciences.

>>32071350
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EY9kB2n8wk

>>32071717

After the teacher, a short Asian dude who cracks jokes every other sentence, finishes an introduction for today’s topic, he begins writing a bunch of crap on the board in tiny, indecipherable script. It seems whatever it is he’s showing is going to be fundamental to the lab the class is working on, and you would rather you understood it.

Rowan, apparently smug with her foreknowledge of the subject, begins jabbing down notes at blinding speed.

If you want to have any idea what’s going on for the next hour, you’re going to have to figure out what the teacher is writing. The situation makes you angry, if only for its sheer avoidability. (+4 Stress:28/100)

>Forget it. It's not your fault he's writing so small.
>Maybe if you kind of turn your head and squint, you can make out the explanation of the formula. (dice Hard)
>Copy Rowan’s notes.
>Can anybody figure out what the hell he’s doing with that chalk up there?
>This isn't worth your time. Move up to an empty chair closer to the front.
>Other (?)

>>32071744
>Shamelessly copy Rowans notes

>>32071744
>Copy Rowan’s notes.

>>32071744
>Other (?)
Do we even care about that?

>>32071744
>Copy Roawn's notes

She's not going to begrudge her best bro this small mercy, now is she?

>>32071744
>>This isn't worth your time. Move up to an empty chair closer to the front.

>>32071744
>Copy Rowan’s notes.

>>32071736
Claymation is always horrifying.

Rolled 68

>>32071744
Give that shit a shot and copy Rowans notes if we can't get it.

>>32071744
>Copy Rowan’s notes.
She can buy us some binoculars if she wants it done properly.

>>32071744
>This isn't worth your time. Move up to an empty chair closer to the front.
We might actually learn something if we get a little closer.

>>32071744
>Copy Rowan’s notes.

You figure if Rowan knows everything, there’s no harm in taking a closer look. While pretending to look at the board, you actually write everything that Rowan’s writing. Fortunately her handwriting is measures more legible than your horrid penmanship. While you don’t plan on doing anything productive during the lab (except maybe for holding a beaker or something) you at least have a vague idea of what you’re actually supposed to be looking at.

Rowan notices your rampant plagiarism when you’re nearly done. “Excuse me, but what the heck are you doing?” she asks, catching you glancing at her paper. She does so quietly enough so as to not draw the attention of anyone else at the table.

“What does it look like I’m doing?” you reply, smiling lopsidedly.

“Looks like you’re copying every word I’m writing down,” Rowan answers, her expression one of befuddlement.

“Then looks like you be right,” you say, finishing off. Done. You have it all. “And that’s that.”

Rowan gives you a confused look. “Why didn’t you just get it from the board?”

“Well unlike you, I didn’t do the homework, Lady Liberty,” you say.

“No. Seriously,” she says. “I was seriously just copying the stuff on the board down. You just copied my copy.”

>>32072181

You look back at the board squintingly. “Let me guess,” you say, assessing the situation. “Angels have eagle eyes, right?”

“Sierra,” says Ro, a serious note in her voice, “what’s the pattern on Mr. Lao’s tie?”

>I’m not playing your game.
>You expect me to tell you that from this distance?
>Easy. It’s blue.
>Heh. Trick question. It’s a paisley tie, it has no pattern.
>Other (?)

>>32072208
>Other (?)
"He's wearing a tie?!?"

>>32072208
He has a tie?

>>32072208
"Ha ha very funny. Even I can see it's just part of his shirt."

>>32072208
>Oh fuck we're half-blind

>>32072208
oh god we need glasses
time to invest our demon powers in eyesight

Rolled 87

>>32072208
Rolling for terrible eyesight.

>>32072208
>Ha ha very funny. Even I can see it's just part of his shirt

>>32072223
>>32072234
>>32072244
This.

>>32072208
>Heh. Trick question. It’s a paisley tie, it has no pattern.

>>32072287
Seconding this combo.

>>32072208
>Have enhanced senses
>Shoot shit bretty gud
>Still need glasses

>>32072208

>Heh. Trick question. It’s a paisley tie, it has no pattern.

>>32072279
You had one job.

>>32072323
Enhanced smell and hearing. I have 12/10 eyes (I actually need glasses because I resolve TOO much and it's tiring), but I also have fucked hearing.

>>32072346
Are you a demon anon?

>>32072346
I used to have 20/15.

Then my fat ass destroyed my eyes.

>>32072208
>Heh. Trick question. It’s a paisley tie, it has no pattern.
Please let this be the option that results in us not needing glasses

>>32072208
>Tie?
>What tie?

>>32072380
>Then my fat ass destroyed my eyes.

Wha-?

>>32072438
Diabetus would be my guess.

>>32072346
Do you ever talk with someone and then pause for a moment, look off into the distance and lower your glasses, then look back and say something dramatic?

I'll be back in an hour.

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>>32072181
>That feel when I used to do the exact same thing when I was in school and didn't have glasses

Nobody really noticed.

>>32072455
Blood pressure, never got the full blown beetus.

Loosing weight, blood pressures been at normal levels for about a year now.

Eyes still got fucked, but just to the point where I'm near sighted.

>>32072690
He was not that far away.

>>32072690
Adrenaline, luck and the fact that we rolled pretty well.

>>32072690
I have horrible vision, but I can hit people-sized things without my glasses. No way in hell I could tell what he looked like, but I could shoot him.

The bigger issue, really, is how Sierra recognized Isaac again after seeing him sitting off on the bench. No way she was able to tell he was the same dude with the crossbow.

>>32072763
Wasn't he wearing some big coat that made him stick out?

>>32072763
He was wearing a bigass coat, which is easily recognizable

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>Demon girl in glasses

Fuck you Languid.

Fuck you.

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>>32072984
Good thing that's not how I see Sierra at all. Close to pic attached than yours, really, despite the glaring differences.

>>32073016
We were already given a character portrait of her.

>>32073039
I know, but I find it lacks attitude.

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>>32073016
A blonde SEA street urchin?

I always imagined that she looked closer to this, even has her preference for knives

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>>32073063
As I said, I'm not really talking about the appearance, just the 'oozing-attitude-by-all-the-pores' thing.

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>>32073016
I don't see Sierra like that either, more like pic related but with short hair.

>>32073128
Fitting too.

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>Glasses

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>>32073128
Yeah, isn't she supposed to be pretty lanky?

>>32073149
It can work.

>>32073145
It's linked in the character sheet pastebin. It's >>32073149 without the hipster glasses.

>>32073149
Honestly, not that bad.

>>32072763
He had been following while we were dealing.

>>32073093
I get what you're saying.

Speaking of which Sierra smokes, right? No way she didn't pick that op. If she has quit, it's probably because she can't afford food let alone ciggies.

>>32072908
>>32072941
>>32073365
I was probably just basing this off my own shitty vision too heavily and overestimating how bad Sierra actually has it.

>>32073128
I approve.

>>32073365
>>32073418

If we really do have enhanced senses, do we have it to the extent that we can reliably recognise people on scent and hearing rather than sight?

>>32073405
Probably weed at least.

>>32073499
We didn't get the enhanced senses upgrade until after the following thing when we were in the police station.

>>32073501
With the odd rave and some eccies to mix it up.

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>>32073144
>>32073166
>>32073456

This does seem to be a fair match, now that I think about it. Personality-wise, at least.

>>32073597
She's a bit less antagonistic though. More playful than outright hateful.

>>32073597
The portrait OP gave us is now forever invalid for me. Natsuo with short hair is ingrained

>>32073597
Nah I agree with >>32073063, Nasty-suo whatever is more murderbitch than Sierra by far.

>>32073752
Nah, Natsuo is more of a maso-sadist than a sado-masochist.

>>32073779
>maso-sadist
>Enjoys inflicting emotional pain (mostly guilt)

>sado-masochist
>Enjoys inflicting/receiving physical pain


Sierra is neither, we just like stirring people who rub us the wrong way. She's got attitude in the power ranger sense, not the nastysuo sense.

>>32073752
>>32073779
Sierra, the orphaned half-demon who was involved in gang activity and shuttled from foster home to foster home because of her supernaturally enhanced violence and anger is still more well adjusted than Natsuo ever was.

>>32073863
indeed. being part of a Street gang really stabilizes a person, apparently.

>>32073972
Certainly more then a hikkikomori brother, anyways.

>>32073972
Don't be tempted to talk smack about Monster. We still have time to go to his funeral.

>>32073972
well, It's a very social environment, a very violent one but it can teach a sort of responsibility and family value. Good lessons for your adolescent hellborn.

>>32073972
If your life experience before that consisted of your family dying in some boat-related incident and then getting bounced around foster homes, yeah. It actually might.

>>32074127
"Share your drugs, not your needles", "Earn more scamming marks then mugging marks" and other such words of wisdom...

>>32073972
>>32074127

Pros:
-Teaches you social norms through regular interaction
-Understand place and responsibilities
-Prepares you for the realities of the world and is upfront about it
-Provides an outlet for your inherently violent outburts

Cons:
-Crime doesn't pay well
-???

>>32074222
>-Crime doesn't pay well
Crime pays very well, it's being a low level criminal that doesn't pay well.

>>32074222
>Teaches social norms
Nope, teaches and reinforces social deviance, ie criminal behavior.

>>32074263
ei a normal kind of behavior in your social circles. aka social norms

>>32074222
+Fuck the pigs
+Don't need to hold yourself back 'genst other nigs
+fly as fuck

-Actually the stress is pretty bad
-Actually I don't want to die after all

>>32074263
How can we be social deviants if it doesn't teach us what to deviate from?

>ohsnapcheckmatebingomotherfucker

>>32074222
Cons- Risks of drug/alcohol addiction.
- Lack of upwards mobility
- High probability of being a victim of street violence
- Might fall into prostitution or drug trafficking

>>32074293
We weren't raised by the gang, we just happened to join one recently.

We were raised by foster homes

>>32074306
I'm just poking fun, anon. Bored because I expected Languid back by now.

>>32072491
>almost 2 hours later.

You don’t want to get baited into looking stupid. A non-reply won’t cut it here. You look at the teacher as he paces from one edge of the board to another. It’s… that’s not a tie, is it? He walked by handing out the labs just a couple minutes ago – if you could remember back to then when he talked to you for a couple seconds… but you can’t exactly recall. You figure you’ll call her bluff. “Funny,” you say, “but even I can tell that’s just a part of his shirt.”

Rowan says nothing, but looks at you in an odd way that makes you feel a little bit uncomfortable – like she knows something you don’t. (+2 Stress:26/100) Still, she doesn’t press you on the matter, and as Mr. Lao adds more to the board, she says nothing as you continue glancing at her writings. In fact, she kind of seems to kind of slide them out a little bit so that you can read them easier.

Whatever the deal is, you’re not about to complain.

After a while playing with ramps and sliding blocks and calculators, you’re released for lunch by the bell.