>>32259456

“Well most of them don’t do landscaping,” Rowan replies. “It takes some power to get over here, and the kind that can manage that usually want more than a quiet place to settle down. And even if they just want to be left by themselves, demons don’t do a good job of adjusting to our kind of culture where it’s not okay to destroy things. Like, maybe it’s okay in Hell to throw a fireball at somebody who you think is annoying, but here you just wind up giving somebody third degree burns and putting them in the hospital for six months.”

“What else is here for them though? Besides cool shade and babbling brooks and crap.”

Rowan shrugs. “Most people don’t know about magic here. Hell is full of all kinds of weird stuff, so by comparison most demons are powerful when they arrive at the metaphorical airport. Might makes right in Hell, so following that philosophy they think they’re free to do whatever they want when nobody pushes back.”

“So is that Meckor’s deal then? He comes here with his buddies because here there’s no competition?” you ask.

“Sort of,” Rowan says. “We think Meckor was low caste before he came here. Like, in Hell, he was a peasant kind of. It’s kind of feudalistic down there. Anyway, he did something impressive and then somebody gave him San Fransisco as a fief.”

>>32259463

You frown at the information. “But they left it to him to figure out how to control it,” you say. “That’s kind of a jerk move. Like, you can have this car, but it belongs to somebody else so you’ll have to steal it.”

Rowan laughs a little at that. “Hell’s run by a bunch of jerks.”

Talking to Rowan, you get the impression that she’s way knowledgeable about all this stuff, which makes you wonder. You adjust your position on the beanbag chair to get a little more comfortable. “How long have you been doing the demon hunting thing?” you ask, curious.

The girl takes a while to think about it. “It’s hard to say,” she says. “Almost as long as I can remember. Mom helps dad out a lot in his job, and sometimes they’d bring me along. You know, not to go in there and smite evil, but I’d be in the car or something. As I got older dad taught me the things he knew. Showed me how to use my powers. Eventually we started doing things together. Not anything dangerous, but I’d be out there with him. Maybe when I was twelve or thirteen, he was taking me along for everything, whatever it was,” she says, some nostalgia in her tone. You can tell she has some fond memories of fighting evil or whatever. “It worked up from there to now," she finishes. “I’m kind of the heavy hitter when we get serious.”

>Basically your dad is batman.
>What kind of powers do you have exactly?
>So there’s different kinds of angels, right? What kind are you?
>Does Harvey fight with you guys too?
>Other (?)

>>32259490
>What kind of powers do you have exactly?
>Other: Admit that we're Verwelkan

>>32259490
>>Basically your dad is batman.
Rowans is into comics: Put in as a joke, then:
>>So there’s different kinds of angels, right? What kind are you?
>>Does Harvey fight with you guys too?

>>32259490
>>What kind of powers do you have exactly?
>Other: Tell her we're Verwelken

>>32259490
>Basically your dad is batman.
>What kind of powers do you have exactly?

>>32259512
We should probably tell Isaac first. And later. He's less likely to flip out and she just got out of the hospital.

>>32259490
>So there's different kinds of angels, right? What kind are you?

>>32259585
I disagree, Rowan is the one we've spent the most time with. It's more natural that we'd tell her first.

>>32259490
>Basically your dad is batman.
>So there’s different kinds of angels, right? What kind are you?
>What kind of powers do you have exactly?
>Does Harvey fight with you guys too?
In that order.

>>32259490
>So there’s different kinds of angels, right? What kind are you?

>>32259607
We should probably lead in by asking about demon mixes in general

then possibly lead in to speculating that we might have traces of other stuff besides infernis and belphegor

test the waters a little, you know. I'm not sure that Rowan would necessarily take it totally well still.

>>32259686
I'm certain that her chance of taking it badly is about 0%.
But sure, those sound like good lead ins. As long as we tell her now.

>>32259490
>>Basically your dad is batman.
>Does Harvey fight with you guys too?

>>32259490
>Basically your dad is batman and you're Robin.
>Does Harvey fight with you guys too? Does that make you more like Nightwing and him Robin?

Also supporting telling that we're part verwalken, but maybe not this exact moment

>>32259703
What we took from Isaac was that being a mix usually makes you more powerful and less stable

And that was him being impressed at how sane we were with just two demon types, and what he thought was an already complete powerset.

Us sprouting new skills seemed to be quite concerning to him, and revealing that actually we have a THIRD type, one noted for being more unstable, is probably not going to be particularly reassuring.

The Hallows are too nice (and we've shown ourselves to be fundamentally good people) to go completely PURGE on us, but we should expect this news to be seriously worrying to them however we break it to them, especially given the emotional association with the killing of their grandfather. I support getting the information out there sooner rather than later, but it needs to be handled Extremely Delicately.

>>32259766
>handled Extremely Delicately
Unfortunately, Sierra/Blood is the opposite of 'delicate,' in every sense of the word, except when it comes to her stress/sanity.

“Okay, so basically your dad is batman,” you say, summing up Ro’s story.

“You could look at it like that,” Rowan replies, laughing.

You both laugh for a second before you calm down enough to continue. “So I’m like an Infernus Belphegoran mutt or whatever, are there different kinds of angels too then? What kind are you?”

“I’m part Seraph,” says Rowan, smiling slightly. She laughs a little bit. “Sorry. I just don’t usually get to tell anybody that.

“Nah, I get it,” you say. “That’s way cool. What kind of stuff can you do then?”

“Seraphim are like, the angelic warrior caste, so they’re way good at combat,” she says. “Long story short I smite things and am invincible. I’m faster and quicker on my feet than pure humans, too. Dad sprouts a halo when he gets all up in his righteous fury, but the only one in our family who did the wings and the whole shebang was my grandpa, but he actually was a Seraph so it doesn’t count.”

>>32259766
Maybe, I thought that the additional penalties to sanity Verwelkens took was due to being burned by light, and we don't have that weakness.

Plus >>32259778 is right. Bringing stuff up subtlety isn't in character for Sierra.

>>32259811

“If you’re invincible,” you say, “how did I hurt you?”

Rowan shrugs. “Blunt trauma? I can make it so my shirt stops bullets, but that doesn’t help when somebody grabs you and snaps your arm.”

“Huh. Harvey do this stuff with you too? I guess there’s not much worry about getting hurt when you can turn up the power shield.”

“He does,” says Rowan. “He can do a good Robin when he wants to. The family that slays together stays together. That’s pretty much my mom’s motto.”

You snicker to yourself. “You guys are a bunch of geeks,” you say. You glance back at the clock. It’s just about time for you to go.

>Welp, I gotta go.
>Tell her you’re Verwelken
>Other (?)

>>32259778
most of that seems to be more a kind of protective bluster; given the need (and her increasing comfort with the Hallows) Sierra should be perfectly capable of being somewhat reticent/show some nervousness when revealing the info, in order to reassure that it doesn't mean we're actually killcrazy but were just hiding it.

Emphasising that since we sunburn pretty easily as opposed to dying in the sunlight it's probably only a small amount of Verwelken would probably be a good idea whenever we do reveal it.

>>32259824
>Tell her you’re Verwelken

>>32259824
>>Welp, I gotta go.
She only just started trusting us, let's wait a bit before we reveal that.

>>32259824
>Welp, I gotta go.

>>32259824
>Tell her you’re Verwelken
BLUNT FORCE EXPOSITION.

>>32259824
>Tell her you have Verwelken powers
We should tell her, but not that we ARE Verwelken, we just have powers that might be connected to them, as far as we can tell.
But first, make her promise not to get angry.

>>32259824
>Welp, I gotta go.
>Ask her what she thinks about you developing more powers.
She knows that much about us, but I don't think we want to do the full reveal just yet. Should we do that one by one or with all at once?

>>32259824
Ask how mixed you can get, since Isaac seemed to be going somewhere with that/a little worried about all the powers. Anything you need to watch out for maybe?

Don't just throw out being a little bit Verwelken

>>32259855
this seems sound if we do say anything on these lines

we only really have ONE power, which is fudging shadows a tiny bit, plus sunburning fairly easily.

>>32259824
>Welp, I gotta go.

We ought to tell her at a time when we can actually discuss the implications of being a verwelken in detail, and we have somewhere else to be at the moment.

>>32259824
>Tell her you’re Verwelken

>>32259856
She already knows about all the powers but the ones from our Verwelken ancestry. It's not something we can do one by one, there's only one more to share.

>>32259855
This seems like a good middle ground between telling her and not. We have Infernus AND Belphagorian powers, it's kinda weird to have three separate demon powers.

FUCK YEAH I CATCH IT FOR ONCE

>>32259878
Not necessarily, it's just the only one we've developed so far that they don't know about. What if we get Stygian powers out of nowhere too?

>>32259824
>Tell her you’re Verwelken

Reminder that she probably already knows after we hospitalized her rampaging, and that the more time we let pass without telling her the less she and the rest of the Hallows trust us.

>>32259824
>Welp, I gotta go.
We would be advantageous in a fight with her if she didn't know.

>>32259855
+1, it's being honest without blabbing too much.

>>32259908
Which demon is giving us the venom?

And we could say that we just developed shadow powers, its barely a lie

>>32259855
Seconded, don't want to scare anyone when we haven't confirmed it yet.

>>32259824
>Welp, I gotta go.

>>32259855
I'll second it

>>32259934
Wow, who the fuck did I link.
>>32259824

>>32259934
...shit.

Maybe Belphagorian, since it's related to the fangs? Not sure about the veins though.

Wild stab in the dark, what if we're not actually a mutt, but our power is to copy the powers of whoever we encounter?

>>32259999
Where would we have gotten our shadow powers then? Trevon isn't a shadow demon, and he's the only one we ran into.

>>32259999
>Wild stab in the dark, what if we're not actually a mutt, but our power is to copy the powers of whoever we encounter?
That seems hilariously unlikely, since we hadn't encountered ANY demons prior to Trevon, and already had three different basic powers before then. We had a shadow power, an emotion power, and a fire/claw power from day 1.

>>32260045
That dude with the scissors we have nightmares about?

>>32259855
Good point. For all we know, we're a demonic version of Wolverine, a living weapon made for battle.

>>32260076
Never met him IRL, and we have no scissor powers.

You need to go, but there’s something you feel that you ought to tell Rowan before you do. You bite the inside of your cheek for second, trying to work up to it. “Hey. Ro?” you say.

“What?” she asks.

I’ve got shadow powers. I’m part Verwelken. I’m just like the guy that killed grandpa batman. Please don’t hate me.

You can’t say it. (+5 Stress: 5/100)

“What’s wrong?” Rowan says.

“I have to go,” you say instead, standing up. “See you later.” You walk out without another word.

Some time later, you’re with Cassandra in the minivan. “That’s it,” you say, recognizing the church. Several cars are parked out front, and people dressed in dark colors mill about the entrance, talking to one another. You can recognize a couple Cobras among them, even at this distance. “Here’s good,” you say, indicating a stretch of sidewalk still a bit far away from the place. You have Isaac’s old cellphone in your pocket, pressed upon you at the insistence of Mrs. Hallow.

You’ve become tenser and tenser closer you got to the place, and now you’ve got more than a little anxiety in the pit of your stomach. (+10 Stress: 15/100)

Cassandra pulls over, and looks over you, hands still on the wheel. She’s noticed you becoming noticeably more tense along the drive over here. “If you’d like, I could come with you,” she says tentatively.

>I have to do this on my own.
>You wouldn’t fit in.
>I’ll call you when it’s over.
>If you want. Try not to stick out too much.
>… thanks.

>>32260100
>I have to do this on my own.

>>32260100
>… thanks.
We are not alone anymore

>>32260100
>>I have to do this on my own.

>>32260100
>I have to do this on my own.
>You wouldn’t fit in.
>I’ll call you when it’s over.
All three of these. It's a sweet gesture, but this is something we have to do.

>>32260098
What? Its a nightmare of the events that orphaned us. Whether its an accurate recollection or not hasn't been revealed.

>>32260100
>… thanks, but I have to do this on my own.

>>32260100
>>I’ll call you when it’s over.

>>32260100
>I have to do this on my own.

>>32260076
Still seems hilariously unlikely. After all, we haven't picked up any of the Stygian's powers. If we suddenly start manifesting illusions and shit unexplained by our current supposed heritage, then I might be inclined to start agreeing with your totally-baseless-at-the-moment theory.

>>32260100
>… thanks, but...
>I have to do this on my own.

>>32260100
>...thanks

>>32260124
>>32260124
yeah we are

>>32260100
>>… thanks.
>>I have to do this on my own.

I'm half expecting some sort of lolBelphegoranPowerup that amps the sad of everyone here to the max and makes them all suicide by headbanging tombstones.

>>32260245
That's pretty intense.

>>32260245
>suicide by headbanging tombstones

That's metal as fuck.

As an aside, since Sierra is a comics nerd I think she would be a big fan of the X-Men. Instead spending her childhood wishing that an owl would drop off a letter inviting her to Hogwarts, she probably fantasized about being sent to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.

>>32260311
>As an aside, since Sierra is a comics nerd I think she would be a big fan of the X-Men. Instead spending her childhood wishing that an owl would drop off a letter inviting her to Hogwarts, she probably fantasized about being sent to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.
She's also a huge Potter-nerd, though. She probably wished for both.

>>32260130
Still seems unlikely we could pull a Ditto on that guy. Hellborn get their powers when they are about eighteen and we only recently got ours.

>>32260311
>>32260329
Dear Miss Blood,

You have been invited to the Xavierwarts School for the Gifted Mutant Wizards.

>>32260361
Exactly.

So what uncomfortable/stressfull event do you think will transpire at the funeral?
I'm calling that some of the others from the gang will freak out over Sierra being there, and Monster's mom will blame Sierra for his death.

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>>32260245

>>32260368
Some guy's dumbass mother will blame us, most likely.

>>32260368
She would probably blame the gang as a whole, rather than us specifically. She may or may not single us out. The other Cobras might rally around us in that case though, but they'll probably want to know what the FUCK we did during the shootout.

>>32260397
Damn white women getting our boys killed.

The offer takes you off guard, and you have to take a couple seconds to mill it over before coming to a conclusion. Monster was your friend. You were there when he died, and you were the one that paid it back to his killer. Nobody was at your side holding your hand through any of that, and you can’t have this be any different. You can’t accept the offer.

“Thanks,” you say, “but this is something I’ve got to do on my own.” You don’t know if you sound sincere or not, but you can’t help it. “I’ll call when I’m done.” You step out of the car and straighten your jacket.

“Okay. Goodbye, Sierra,” Cassandra says.

You nod. “See you.”

She drives off, and you walk forward, hands in pockets. You must have walked this street a hundred times, but now its familiarity feels foreign to you. When you get near enough the church, a couple familiar faces notice you. You can hear their conversation shift to you when they think you’re still out of earshot.

“It’s Blood.”

“I didn’t think she’d show.”

“Shut up, she and Ben were tight, of course she’d show.”

“I was just fine never seeing her again after that night.”

“Man you owe your life to her, show some respect.”

When you get a little closer, one of them waves. “Hey Blood!” says Pit Bull. He’s got his normally wild hair tied down into neat corn-rows, and he wears a suit jacket that’s a size too big, slacks a couple inches too short, and white socks with black loafers.

>>32260538

He looks like he’s flailing around a bunch to get your attention, even though you can see him quite clearly. You realize that if you weren’t wearing contacts right now, you probably would only be able to pick out which one was him by his wild motions. The Cobra knows you well.

You walk up through the gates. There are more old and young people present than there are Cobras, but they’re the only ones you recognize easily, so they stand out to you. You notice as you come forward, they back up slightly to give you a wide berth.

“Where you been, Blood? You up and disappeared after you tore ‘em up those crabs and saved our asses,” says Bull, holding out a hand for the Cobra fist-bump handshake thing. You notice from the way he’s standing and how the others regard him that he’s probably stepped into Reaper’s shoes since the night everything went down.

While he’s never given you trouble per se, he’s being a little bit nicer to you in a kind of showy way. Maybe he’s trying to show the other Cobras they don’t need to be afraid of you? Or maybe his objective is to get you to come back to the gang.

>Complete handshake combo.
>You know me. Killin’ crabs.
>My name’s Sierra. I’m done with this nickname BS.
>You know, I like you guys, but I’m here for Ben, not you.
>Ignore handshake combo.
>Where's Monster's grandma?
>Other (?)
Ugh. Keep switching them 8's and 9's.

>>32260550
>Complete handshake combo.
>You know, I like you guys, but I’m here for Ben, not you.

>>32260550
>Complete handshake combo.
>You know me. Killin’ crabs.
>Where's Monster's grandma?

>>32260550
>Complete handshake combo.
>Where's Monster's grandma?
We don't need to snub them, but make it clear we're going straight for paying respects for Ben.

>>32260550
>>Complete handshake combo.
Give him some courtesy. However:
>>You know, I like you guys, but I’m here for Ben, not you.
Switch subject to:
>>Where's Monster's grandma?

>>32260550
>Complete handshake combo.
>Where's Monster's grandma?

>>32260550
>Other (?)
Been around. Found the crab who middle-managed the raid. Trevon's no longer a problem. His boss still is, as well as HIS boss.

>Where's Monster's grandma?

>>32260550
>Complete handshake combo.
>Other: Don't worry, boys, I'll be gone for good after this. Think you can survive without me?

>>32260657
>Don't worry, boys, I'll be gone for good after this. Think you can survive without me?
Now, don't go making promises like that. We might fall back on them for help in an emergency - like if something terrible happens to the Hallows - and we'll still help their asses out too if a situation gets dire enough. We're just not going to be directly affiliated anymore - no more day-to-day interactions.

>>32260679
Ain't a promise. Just saying they shouldn't expect her to be around much. Well, that's how I personally want it to go anyway.

But right you are. Stop jinxing it!

>>32260625
The demon Trevon worked for is dead, but Mekor is still out there.

>>Complete handshake combo.

If they ask, we're in another foster family and trying to make this work, since Ben's not around anymore.

And make sure nobody's eavesdropping before we tell them we took care of Trevon and his boss.

>>32260550
Complete fistbump, no reason to snub them, but we're here for Ben. Gotta see how his grandma is doing.

>>32260702
>>32260679
>>32260657
Yeah, while we don't want to just burn our bridges and piss on the ashes, we're not going to be doing that whole gang thing now. Even if we could deal with all that stress and being constantly reminded of what got Ben killed, the cops are now super interested in us and at least some of the higher-ups who liased with Isaac will know we're part demon I expect.

>>32260761
>Yeah, while we don't want to just burn our bridges and piss on the ashes, we're not going to be doing that whole gang thing now. Even if we could deal with all that stress and being constantly reminded of what got Ben killed, the cops are now super interested in us and at least some of the higher-ups who liased with Isaac will know we're part demon I expect.
Exactly. If nothing else, we need to lay low so soon after getting pinched.

>>32260761

You slap the hand and complete an intricate series of fist bumps. “You know,” you say when you finish, “you guys were there for me when I needed it, and that’s cool, but I came back to pay respects to Ben.”

You can almost hear Pit Bull spring the old blood for life slogan on you, but he wisely forbears. “Yeah I get you, Blood. We all get it, right fellas?” he asks, looking around at the other Cobras. They either agree, nod, or keep quiet.

“Where’s Big M’s grandma at?” you ask, looking about at the people around you. You’ve only seen her a couple times before, but you think you should be able to recognize her.

“She’s inside by the coffin,” says one of the Cobras.

“Thanks Jerome,” you say back. You head inside the church. There’s a bunch of people here. It makes sense, when you think about it. Almost everybody likes Ben – that is, liked Ben. You wonder who’d show up to your funeral. Ben would have, but you’re at his, so that’s not going to work out.

You make your way to the casket, and stop a bit behind a little old lady sitting alone on the front row.

>Free response.

>>32260550
>>Complete handshake combo.
>You know, I like you guys, but I’m here for Ben, not you.

>>32260786
> Talk to Ben's Grandma and offer our condolences

>>32260786
>Give condolences to old lady.
>Pay your respect to your friend

Please no bullshit edgy crap dialogue.

>>32260823
>Please no bullshit edgy crap dialogue.
Seconded

>>32260786
>Free response.
Offer our condolences. Tell her how losing Ben is a loss to everyone, or something to that effect. Something honest, heartfelt, and painful to say. Then pay respects and hang on back.

>>32260786
Give our condolences, ask how she's holding up. Pay our respects to our best friend.

>>32260786
Fuck...

I got nothing beyond saying something along the lines of "He was probably the best person I knew." and that sounds really bad in my head.

>inb4 Ben was Meckor

>>32260786
"I'm sorry for your loss Ma'am. He was a good friend."

>>32260786
>Free response.
"I'm sorry for your loss. Ben was my best friend, and... And sorry for your loss. Really, I'm so sorry."
[sobbing intensifies]

>>32260886
That doesn't make any sense. Also, it's dumb.

>>32260886

Brilliant...

>>32260823
>Please no bullshit edgy crap dialogue.

this cannot be stressed enough

>>32260900
Demon magic

>>32260930
It's already been stressed more than enough.

>>32260886
DON'T GIVE THE QM IDEAS, DAMNIT

>>32261046
>inb4 our crazy mode is Meckor
>it activates when we sleep

>>32261133
>We're not actually a hellborn
>We're 3 midget demons in a people-skin suit
>1 Infernus, 1 Belphegoran, 1 Verwelkan
It explains everything.

>>32261133
It activates when we dream.

>>32261133
Jesus, I'd have hoped the resident Cobras would have noticed us turning into fucking Diablo every night after we went to sleep on the sofa

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>>32261163
We wouldn't look too bad with that getup.

>>32261163
The Verwelkan keeps then hidden.

>>32261163
>why the hell didn't you tell us she turns into Satan when she falls asleep?!
>well, I would have, but I was high as tits and I thought it was like the pixies I see when I get on the good weed.

>>32261224
>the pixies I see when I get on the good weed
That makes me wonder if fae are a thing in this setting.

>>32261189

>Man, someone oughta tell Blood to shower more often. There's always this impenetrable black cloud of what I presume is dirt and stank hovering over her whenever she goes to sleep.

You walk up beside the old lady and sit down beside her, keeping your gaze fixed on the casket. “Yeah I’m... really sorry about all this. I uh. Guess that doesn’t make anything better, but I still am,” you say. You look down at your hands. “Ben was a really nice guy. He was, you know, really nice. And he was my best friend. I guess Ben had a million friends, but I didn’t mind. He thought I was somebody worth knowing. I suppose that made me feel more like I was somebody worth knowing? Anyway, I mean, everybody’s going to miss him. He was the best,” you say, standing up. You don’t want to get too mopey, even if this is a funeral, “I hope you’re doing okay. A hundred people probably told you they’d help you out and stuff, so uh. Let them?”

The lady looks up at you and smiles. She has a very worn face. “I recognize you,” she said. “You’re that little girl who goes by that silly nickname and ran around with my Benjamin all the time. What’s your real name, child?”

You’re unable to think of telling her anything but the truth. “It’s Sierra.”

“Sierra, now that’s a pretty name,” says Ben’s grandma approvingly. “Sit back down, child, that’s the reverend coming out now.”

“I don’t know if –“

>>32261383

“Now don’t you go and make me repeat myself, girl. Are you here for the funeral or not?” she asks, putting on the air of an indignant old woman.

Seeing no way out, you do as she says, and stay at her side through the whole memorial service.

There’s one part where people start coming up to say their piece about the departed. You feel maybe you should say something too, but you’re not so good in front of crowds. Maybe it would be better if you didn’t.

>Everything that needs to be said has already been said.
>Get up and say something anyway. (?)
>Other (?)

>>32261396
>Everything that needs to be said has already been said.

>>32261396
>>>Everything that needs to be said has already been said.

I don't want instant +30 stress.

>>32261396
>Everything that needs to be said has already been said.
>Fight the tears.

>>32261396
>Everything that needs to be said has already been said

>>32261396
>Get up and say something anyway. (?)
Say something about how Ben was one of the best people we've ever met, and that he saved our life. He'll be missed, and left a mark on the life of everyone who knew him.

Something sweet, something honest, something heartfelt.

>>32261396
>Other (?)
Stay seated.
Roll to see if you cry, and if so, how hard.

>>32261396
>>Get up and say something anyway. (?)
He was one of the only people who ever saw me as who I really was and accepted me. I never can thank him enough for that.

>>32261396
>>Everything that needs to be said has already been said.
there is no way she would go up and say something.

Rolled 13

>>32261442
Rolling to see if we cry
DC: 15

>>32261396
>Everything that needs to be said has already been said.

Yeah, nah.

>No tears. I can do this!

>>32261396
>Try not to cry
>Cry a lot

Rolled 48

>>32261464
Lets do a d100 to see how hard

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>>32261479
A moderate amount of tears

>>32261396
>Get up and say something anyway. (?)
inb4 instant +99 stress and people throw stuff at us.
No regrets people. You say something good even if you don't feel like it.

>>32261396
>Get up and say something anyway. (?)
Something about Ben being genuinely nice. How he was a true friend and blah blah nice memories blah blah.

It's hard to think of shit to say about this dude when all we have to go on was "he was nice" and some shadowruns about him maybe being Meckor.

>>32261563
>some shadowruns about him maybe being Meckor.
that was a joke
no one was supposed to actually take that seriously
just like the Sierra is actually Meckor one

We're not someone to get up in front of a crowd.

Whatever we say about Ben, we can say to him ourselves.

You try not to, but you kind of tear up a bit as everybody goes on and on about how Benjamin was the best, and how he always said something good when he could have said something bad, and how it’s too bad he got gunned down. You stay where you’re seated with your fists clenched, and try not to cry. Even when you have tears running down your face, you sit in silence, trying to shape up by sheer force of will. You couldn’t get up there like this, you’re a mess. (+10 Stress: 25/100)

And then they’re singing Amazing Grace and whatever, and you can’t even make a sound. You hate this song, but you hate it more that you can’t work coerce your vocal cords into letting you participate.

>Endure to the end.
>Walk out. The important part’s over.
>Walk out and wait outside for things to calm down before you go back in to pay respects to the body.
>Other (?)

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>>32261396
>Get up and say something anyway. (?)
Ben was one of those guys who'd accept you no matter what kind of person you are or were. He deserved better things. The world's a sadder place with him gone.

>>32261633
>Endure to the end.

Rolled 34

>>32261633
>>Endure to the end.

Rolling to see how hard we cry.

>>32261633
>Endure to the end.

>>32261633
>Endure to the end.

>>32261633
>Endure to the end.

>>32261633
>Endure to the end.
Gotta pay respects.

>>32261633
>Endure to the end.

>Unnerving Countenance: Sierra's veins become darker than usual, and show through her skin. Her eyes darken and her features become more gaunt, and her skin takes on a deathly pallor. She can hide or exhibit these traits at will, which features many may find unsettling or even frightening. Cost: 0 PP (Take one turn to assume transformation) Stress Sensitive.

>Stress sensitive

dis gon be good

>>32261633
>Endure to the end.
We're sticking through this. No way we're leaving Ben before we say goodbye.

>>32261681
we're at 25/100, we should be good
if we had gotten up to talk on the other hand.....

>>32261633
>>Endure to the end

>>32261633
>Walk out and wait outside for things to calm down before you go back in to pay respects to the body.

Oh geez, nobody wants a demon in a funeral.

You suffer in silence, making conscious effort to keep yourself looking normal. (+7 Stress: 32/100)

The song ends soon enough, and then the reverend guy offers a prayer, and people begin milling about. It’s over.

>Pay respects to the body. (?)
>Peace out.
>Say goodbye to a couple people.
>Other (?)

>>32261751
>Pay respects to the body. (?)
Just go up and give a moment of silence.

Rolled 20

>>32261751
>>Pay respects to the body. (?)
Go up to it and then inner monologue what you've said if you would have gone up earlier.

>>32261751
>>Pay respects to the body. (?)
Go thank him and say your good byes.

>>32261751
>Pay respects to the body. (?)
We know that he's probably not going to heaven, but he deserves to be there while Trevon gets pitchforked in hell. If that's even how this crap works...
don't say that out loud

>>32261751
>Pay respects to the body. "Gonna miss you, man. We had some good times together, right..?
>Cry
>A lot
>Cry a lot

>>32261751
>Pay respects to the body. (?)
"You didn't deserve this. I'm so sorry"

>>32261751
>Pay respects to the body.
>Say goodbye to a couple people.
>Peace out.
In that order.

>>32261751
>Pay respects to the body.
>Say goodbye to a couple people.
>Peace out.

>>32261751
>Pay respects to the body. (?)

I got the bastard.

Goodbye, Ben. I hope you're through the pearly gates. God knows I can't join you to see...

>>32261751
>Pay respects to the body. (?)
"I'll miss you, Ben."

>>32261751
>>Pay respects to the body. (?)
I got him. I thought that you should know that. Goodbye, Ben. I love you...

You get in the line of people meandering over the coffin, and impatiently wait for a moment alone with the big guy. When it comes, you step over to the casket and look inside. There he is, all dressed up. Some would say he looks peaceful, or that he could be asleep. You’ve heard it all before, but to you he just looks dead.

“I paid them back for you,” you tell him. “I don’t know if that’s what you’d want, but thought you’d want to know. So uh. Yeah. Goodybe, Ben.” You pause and tap the edge of the coffin. “I love you,” you finish. You turn and walk away. You were planning on maybe saying goodbye to a couple of people, but now you just want to get away from where you are. (+2 Stress: 34/100)

You walk out to the curb and text Cassandra to come pick you up.

>Wait where you are.
>Go wait somewhere else.
>Other (?)

>>32262018
>Go wait somewhere else.
>If I'd smoke I could got for one right now.

Let's just... let's just call Cassandra.

>>32262018
>Wait where you are.

>>32262018
>Go wait somewhere else.
>Just get away from here

>>32262018
Meander about by the curb where you can see Cassandra arriving, but aren't standing still. Don't want to get dragged into unnecessary conversation.

>>32262018
>Go wait somewhere else.

>>32262018
>>Wait where you are.

>>32262018
Is Cassandra collecting us from the front of the funeral place, or is she going to turn up where she dropped you off? You want to see when she arrives so you can get out of here faster.

>>32262018
>Wait where you are.
We're going to get hit by some crabs pulling a drive-by on the funeral, aren't we?

>>32262255
If that's what you're thinking, why are you voting to stay and get hit?

>>32262291
Didn't vote for staying, but if we stay, we might be able to stop someone else from getting hit. I doubt we'd be targeted specifically so we might save someone in such an event. Maybe.

>>32262040
This.

>>32262291
Because leaving would be meta, and Sierra would probably want to stand guard even if it wasn't.

>>32262018
Slap them crabs with the fear of death if they show up.

We can do 4-5 at a time right?

>>32262333
>Wait where you are instead of going somewhere else to wait for Cassandra
Sure looks like a vote to stay to me
And I'd rather not save someone only to die ourselves. We're still at 5 HP, remember?

>>32262386
It actually would not be meta, and I don't think Sierra would put the lives of other funeral goers above her own.

>>32262018
>Go wait somewhere else.
The cobras will see Cassandra's car otherwise

You walk down the road, keeping an eye out for Cassandra. You don’t want to talk to anyone right now. It feels like forever before you see the minivan turn the corner.

---

Stress: 14/100
HP: 6/13
PP: 13/13

School is a welcome distraction from the events of the past couple days, as well as from the funeral yesterday. It gives you something to do with your hands and your brain. Plus you get to come up with more and more extravagant causes for your and Rowan’s injuries whenever people sign her cast. “You’re just going to be out of it in a week,” you say, noting all the signatures on her arm hoping she gets well soon. You’re helping Rowan art up some Shakespearean poster thing in English class. “Just giving them false hope that they’re cool enough to be on your arm for a month.”

“I told them it was a sprain,” she says, keeping her attention focused on the book she’s mining quotes out of for the poster. “Sprains don’t last a month.”

“Nobody wears a full arm cast for a sprain,” you say. You’re about to say more, but Rowan silences you with a look. You look over your shoulder and find out why.

Alecia leans over your shoulder to look down at the poster. She’s bursting your personal space bubble. (+1 Stress: 15/100)

>>32262506

“Wow, it’s really coming together,” she says. “My group can’t even decide who’s supposed to cut paper.”

“Why don’t you start cutting paper then?” asks Rowan.

“Please,” says Alecia, knowingly. “I noticed your arm – it seems like everybody’s saying different things how you broke it. What really happened?”

Ro looks at you to take the lead this time. The common theme between your excuses is that, whatever happened, you were both involved, and it whipped you both.

>You see, we were playing truth or dare when…
>It all started when we got talking about Frogger…
>She’s faking it, and so am I.
>Other (?)

>>32262521
>>You see, we were playing truth or dare when…

>>32262521
>It all started when we got talking about Frogger…

>>32262521
>Frogger, bitch, you know it?

>>32262521
>It all started when we got talking about Frogger…

>>32262521
>Other (?)

"Heard her talking shit about Wolverine and X-23. I got angry. I go a little crazy when I get angry."

>>32262521
>It all started when we got talking about Frogger…
"And, shit it turns out you shouldn't play it in real life"

>>32262521
>You see, we were playing truth or dare when…
>...she wouldn't run through the neighbourhood without her shirt...
>...and she didn't take kindly in someone trying to help her gather some courage

>>32262521
>You see, we were playing truth or dare when…

>>32262521

>Well, you know. Competitive Frogger can get pretty intense, especially when you play it with real cars.

we shall open by being our usual facetious self

what is the normal "real" reason we've given out most of the time?

>>32262594
this is also very good.

>>32262521
>I like to get fisted and i squeeze real hard.

>>32262654
Fuck, cleaning milk off my desk

>>32262654
Congratulations, Languid, you're legit.

>>32262521
changing my vote to this
>>32262654

>>32262654
With the straightest face.
Use demon powers to keep our voice even and our face like that of a master poker player.

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>>32262654
Sierra would say this just for the look of shock on everyone's faces.

>>32262654
As funny as this sounds...

Probably not the best way to start your high school reputation.

>>32262756
Or again, it might be the best way. Changing >>32262767 to >>32262654.

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>>32262521
>You see, we were playing truth or dare when...

>>32262654
Funny as this is, it's probably a little too over the top.

Kind of depends on the atmosphere of the school and whether we think Ro would find it funny too.

Everyone changing to the fisting option should delete their original vote.

>>32262654
Fuck I laughed....

>>32262654
Probably not, no matter how funny it may be.

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>>32262654
So what do you think /tg/? chaste succubus time?

>>32262654
God damn it, this is a terrible idea.

So I'm voting for it.

>>32262654
Let's do it.

>implying she gives a shit about her reputation

>>32262955
She seems to be friends with Rowan now, so she probably wouldn't say it unless Ro would find it funny too

>>32263009
Which I imagine she would. Maybe.
Only one way to find out.l

>>32262654
As funny as it is, it is also completly innapropriate. Let's not say this.

>>32262654
This is fucking stupid

>>32263009
>implying a girl who was in a street gang until a couple days ago wouldn't be used to making bawdy jokes with her friends
>implying friends don't tease each other in a good natured manner all the time

Let's say it.

>>32263040
True
but it is also glorious

>>32263025
it may be completely inappropriate
but you're completely outvoted

>>32263121
And I bet that the person who posted it wanted his lesbian MC and is still pissy about the QM saying no.

“Have you ever played Frogger?” you ask, answering her question with a question of your own.

“Once or twice, I think,” says Alecia. Rowan maneuvers her arm to give Alecia a better angle as she signs it.

“Well you see, it all started when we got talking about Frogger,” you tell her.

“I’ve got it on my Sega Dreamcast,” Rowan adds, looking down at the swooping signature Alecia has left on her cast-constrained arm.

“Yeah, and what happened is, well, it’s a pretty simple game,” you continue, “so we were wondering about how it’d be in real life. Anyway, it was all going pretty good until the Volkswagen came in from my blind spot.”

Alecia’s eyes widen. “Wait. Excuse me?”

“It was a spur of the moment competition,” Rowan explains, giving an embarrassed smile.

“You got hit by a car while you were running across a road?”

“We got across roads just fine,” you say. “But the freeway turns out to be a lot wider when you’re running acrossthan it does when you’re looking at it from the shoulder.”

“That’s crazy. There’s no way you could have made it through that alive,” Alecia says, disbelieving.

Rowan scoffs. “Well of course we know that now,” she says. “Goodness gracious. You asked. No need to rub my face in it.”

That gives Alecia pause. “Well I’d better get back to my group,” she says. She turns and walks away. “There’s no way that’s true,” she mutters under her breath, but kind of in a doubtful way that means maybe she thinks it might be true.

>>32263194
>“Have you ever played Frogger?” you ask, answering her question with a question of your own.
Oh, god damn it. That fisting line was inappropriate comedy gold!

>>32263194

“She bought it,” you tell Rowan, snickering to yourself. (-2 Stress: 13/100)

Rowan gives a slanted smile and leans over to get a look at the others’ reactions when Alecia begins spreading the tale. She returns to a normal posture and looks at you. “Hey Sierra, you want to sign my cast?”

>I don’t think I should.
>Not when you only have it for a week.
>If you want me to, I guess.
>Sure, though I think there’s irony here somewhere.
>Other (?)
>[insert signature here]

>>32263194
Thank you for ignoring that terrible fisting vote.

>>32263224
>>[insert signature here]
A little devil giving the finger

>>32263224
>Sure, though I think there’s irony here somewhere.

Boo no fisting joke

>>32263213

There were as many opponents as there were supporters.

>>32263224
>Sure, though I think there’s irony here somewhere.

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>>32263194
I am disappoint.

>>32263224
>Sure, though I think there’s irony here somewhere.

>>32263224
>Sure, though I think there’s irony here somewhere.

>>32263224
>>If you want me to, I guess.
>>Sure, though I think there’s irony here somewhere.
Thanks for shooting down the fisting votes. What fucking horrible dreck.

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>Sure, though I think there’s irony here somewhere.
>[insert signature here]
Something about being a badass bitch-queen.

>>32263224
>If you want me to I guess, though I think there’s irony here somewhere.

>>32263224
>If it's okay with you...
>[From Frogger, With Love]

>>32263248
Not really. It was hugely in favor of it. I don't hold it against you that you didn't take it though. I was surprised when it got so much support.

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>>32263248
>There were as many opponents as there were supporters.
That's definitely not true. There were WAY more supporters. As a side note, when assholes like me criticize you doing something minor like that, it's a good idea not to respond. Don't get drawn down to our (my) shitty level.

>>32263224
>>Sure, though I think there’s irony here somewhere.
>Sign it Blood.

>>32263285
Trolls, morons, and samefags, bane of every quest.

>>32263224
>Sure, though I think there’s irony here somewhere.

>>32263224
Instead of signing our name or writing something, draw a doodle.

>>32263299
6/5, some of the posts linked don't show clear favor and disfavor.

>>32263224
>If you want me to, I guess.
>[Sierra]

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>>32263235
>>32263270
>>32263306
Well, shit, it sounds to me some people better head to hospital for a check up because they're obviously allergic to fun

>>32263306
It was neither of those. It may shock you to learn that not everyone that you don't agree on one thing is a horrible person who does everything out of spite. A lot of people voted for it knowing it was a terrible line.

Geez, the fisting thing as just a joke. It would have been crazy inappropriate and I think both Ro and whats-her-face wouldn't have found it funny.

I think it might've been kind of funny though.

Would have also ruined our name for the rest of the time we spend in school.

No need to take things so serial.

>>32263306
no anon
you are the morons
and possibly even the samefags

>>32263359
>A lot of people voted for it knowing it was a terrible line.
He'll lump you into the 'troll' category for that. Clarify 'And that terrible lines like that are terribly in-character for Sierra.'

>>32263224
>>Sure, though I think there’s irony here somewhere.

>>32263391
Then i will tell once again
>not everyone that you don't agree on one thing is a horrible person who does everything out of spite

>>32263194
Guess it wasn't character-appropriate!

>>32263283
This.

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>>32263306
>bane
BANE?

Sign it like a craftsman signs their handiwork.

Draw an angel getting kicked by a demon.

>>32263637

“Sure, but only if you promise to appreciate the irony as much as I do,” you say. You grab a red sharpie and sign your name across her forearm in big, fancy red script that looks as if it’s dripping.

“This is actually kind of gross,” says Ro.

“Thanks,” you say. “I made sure it was big enough so that you couldn’t hide it. Enjoy.”

The next couple classes go by quickly. Some things are kind of weird, some things are not, but generally it’s chill. (-5 Stress: 8/100)

You’re in Physics when the bell rings for lunch. You stuff your drawing-laden notebook into your borrowed backpack. Rowan pauses as the two of you walk out the door, clearly giving you a chance to go along with her.

>Hang with Rowan.
>I’ll catch up with you later. I kind of want to do something first.
>I’ll see you next class.
>>Shoot some hoops
>>Be antisocial in the library
>>Break rules and make money.
>>Wander around aimlessly
>Other (?)

>>32263679
>I’ll see you next class.
>>Shoot some hoops
I wanna wreck kids at basketball already.

>>32263679
>>Shoot some hoops

Finally, basketball will win

>>32263679
>Hang with Rowan.

>>32263679
>>I’ll see you next class.
>>>Shoot some hoops

>>32263679
>>>Shoot some hoops

>>32263679
Hang with Rowan I guess
Maybe we can ask about Library dude that we saw in the halloween photo, how does she know him?

>>32263679
>I’ll see you next class.
>>Wander around aimlessly

>>32263679
>Hang with Rowan.

Man, for a girl who got her hand smacked all broken, she's super nice!

Makes the whole verwelken reveal thing even worse.

>>32263679
>Hang with Rowan.

>>32263679
>Hang with Rowan.

>>32263794
>>32263794
Stockholm syndrome, perhaps? Maybe she is just a masochist.

>>32263679
>Hang with Rowan
>>Shoot some hoops
combine the two
invite rowan to play some hoops

>>32263874
with a broken arm?
what the fuck anon

>>32263874
This, casual hoops with Rowan.

>>32263874
>invite rowan to play some hoops
Dude.

Well, I guess we could do that, as long as she doesn't mind resting on the side while we're exerting ourselves.

>>32263885
You can shoot with one arm.

I'm sure she'd do great.

>>32263794
what reveal?

>>32263679
>Hang with Rowan.

>>32263874
me, was thinking of standing in one place and train 2 pointers or something, or playing horse. ect.
if nothing else them hanging on the sideline while we exercise

>>32263969
Read the previous threads.

>>32263969
Badly worded, I guess.

What I meant is that seems like most of the players (me included) want to tell Hallows we're verwelken. So spooks to that!

>>32264000
why?

“I’ll meet up with you later,” you say. “There’s a backboard with my name on it. Where do you usually hang out?”

“By the gym. Nobody’s over there during lunch, usually,” she says.

“Right. See you there then.” You head off toward the blacktop. Last time you were here, it looked like they were getting pretty intense. You could use a little exercise that wasn’t related to fighting in any way. You’ll probably go a game and come back in.

Going outside, you wander past the throngs of students to reach the basketball court. Two teams are going pretty hard at it, with several students playing spectator. There’s some shoving and definite foul play, but they let everything but the most egregious offenses slide. There are nine people playing. Uneven teams. Perfect fit.

>You need one more player.
>Wait for the ball to go out. Catch it, and jump in.
>Why don’t I show you how the game is meant to be played.
>Other (?)
I saw the idea to combine the two, but I’d already wrote most of this so… yeah. Casual hoops later. Action now.

>>32263969
We're going to tell the Hallows that we've got a dash of Verwelken somewhere in with the 60:40 Infernis:Belphegor we seem to have as our main mix, but it's going to be somewhat uncomfortable and we're feeling super nervous about it since a Verwelken murdered their kickass grandpa.

It needs to be done, as it's far better to tell them than to get caught hiding things, but we need to be careful about it. Extracting promises not to be mad or hate us beforehand would probably be a good plan and communicate our discomfort/acknowlege their own concerns about it.

>>32264021
>You need one more player.
>Why don’t I show you how the game is meant to be played.
They'll look like bitches if they refuse us after saying these two things.

>>32264021
>>You need one more player.

>>32264021
>You need one more player.
>That one being me.

>>32264021
kk, np - really good quest btw, using to get some escape from project exams so thanks btw
>You need one more player.

>>32264021
>>>You need one more player.
Time to invite ourselves in!

>>32264021
>Why don’t I show you how the game is meant to be played.

>>32264011
Apparently not, second vote this thread was for telling them and it failed.

We're not bringing it up anytime soon, hopefully not ever.

>>32264049
nope

>>32264021
>>You need one more player.

>>32264102
Well, I disagree with telling to Rowan only. If we're going to tell one person only, that should be Isaac, but best case would be to tell all of Hallows at once.

Preferable during dinner so everyone loses their appetite.

>>32264168
yeah
no

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>>32264195
But that's how it's gonna go, mate.

>>32264021
>you need one more player

Remember that even though they're playing pretty rough, this isn't the streets anymore so probably tone it down a little from what you used to play, no shanking the other team

>>32264102
While I was voting that just blurting it out was a bad idea, attempting to keep it hidden is even fucking worse and when it inevitably comes to light somehow we lose any opportunity to couch it in more favorable terms and they're going to ask how many other things we're hiding from them, goodbye any trust.

Secrets like that inevitably come back to bite you on the ass.

>>32264168
Probably not during dinner. Cassandra might actually be good to talk to, honestly.

>>32264211
that's what you're gonna vote for
but literally everyone will vote against you because that idea is retarded
so that's actually not how it's gonna go

>>32264244
Dude, shut up. You could at least make the effort to capitalize. A lot of people have already discussed how they'd like Sierra to do it.

>>32264021
>Wait for the ball to go out. Catch it, and jump in.

>>32264284
yeah, and he's the only one with an idea that bad

>>32264244
It's like you weren't in yesterday's thread.

Well whatever, we'll see soon enough.

Yes we will.

You wait for a lull in the action. “You need one more player,” you shout, loud enough so that everyone can hear you.

The players grind to a halt and look over at you.

“That one being me,” you say, grinning as you step into the court.

There’s a short argument among them, as to whether or not they should admit you to their number. The arguments against you are that A. You’re a girl and B. You can’t play rough. The arguments in your favor are that A. They need one more player and B. Let’s see what she can do.

The ball is reset, and the teams are in line. You get the impression that the full team you’re playing against consists of five friends that do this every day, while your team is made up of four comers and goers that eventually lose so much that they leave and make room for somebody else.

One of the friend players throws the ball up into the air, and your heart sets to beating in preparation.

>>32264244
You keep thinking that.

>>32264322

The ball, however only seems to go slower. Seriously, it’s still going up. Oh wait. Now it’s stopped. Is it going to start falling any time – oh okay, there it goes, you guess? This is worse than slow motion. You look around at the other players. Are they seeing this? Their eyes are all fixed on the ball. You watch one of them blink. His eyelid falls down like a garage door, slams into the bottom lid, and then rolls back up with ponderous weight.

Huh. Time feels like it’s speeding up again, but at the same time, it keeps that same slow, plodding pace that it assumed just before. You get the feeling this won’t be your average basketball game.

>Have fun. (Dice)
>Play ball. (Dice)
>Play to win. (Dice)
>Other (?)

Rolled 95

>>32264351
>Play to win. (Dice)

Rolled 10

>>32264351
>Have fun. (Dice)
Showboat. Don't necessarily try to win, just make it really obvious that you're SO DAMN GOOD that you could have won a hundred times over if you wanted to. Harlem Globetrotters it up.

Rolled 88

>>32264351
>Play ball.

>>32264351
>>Have fun. (Dice)
Don't let the demon magic power get the best of you. That is no fun.

Rolled 9

>>32264351
>Play to win. (Dice)

>>32264376
Okay, I'll stop now.

Rolled 25

>>32264351
>Play ball.

We're going to play properly, but no need to get truly dirty. Unless the other side does that first, in which case go for it.