>>33171481
>Grab the equipment and start to work on Akira.

>Help Yurei

>>33171481
We should do the surgery while star helps yurei and sato keeps an eye and wand on the door.

>>33171481
Work on Akira.

Sato stay on the door.
Star help Yurei.

>>33171481
We try and help Akira, the others try to save Yurei. Could have sworn that sake was anti evil and not anti ghost. Maybe slime could help hold her together if she stays positive and uses the songs on the Chyme for extra focus?

>>33171650
Music will bring unwanted attention if it's too loud.

>>33171481
Yeah, it sounds like we have the most medical training, so we pull out the bullet.
Sato should guard the door. Explode anything trying to get in.
Star helps Yurei. Maybe some slime?

>>33171650
>>33171596
>>33171595

You sigh and grab the stuff from the first aid kit.

"Star, help Yurei. See if the posi-slime can help her." You say. "Sato, watch the door, and everyone please try to be as quiet as possible."

You prop Akira's head and feet up. "Akira, you've been doing great, but it's now really really important that you stay calm and think of calming happy things. If you go into shock...don't go into shock."

He nods.

"No, I mean it. This is going to hurt, a lot. A WHOLE lot. I'm going to gag you so you don't bite or scream."

Akira nods and opens his mouth, you put in a cloth wrapped chunk of wood in and he bites down.

You take a deep breath. Get the bullet out. If you can do that, the rest should be pretty simple.

You spray disinfectant on the tweezers and Akira's wound. You see his chest heave a little at the burning pain.

"Yeah. It's gonna get worse." You say. You take a deep breath, and plunge the tweezers inside the wound.

> Roll 1d20

Rolled 14

>>33171771
>Roll 1d20

Rolled 6

>>33171771
Nat 20 time!

Rolled 8

>>33171771

>>33171812
Akira makes a muffled scream and his body convulses and one of his hands grabs your side and squeezes, HARD.

"Don't move!" You hiss.

You can hear him panting hard and tears well up in his eyes.

You actually have to wiggle it around a bit, but thankfully you actually DO get a grip on the slug.

"Okay!" You say, more than a little relieved. "I've got a grip on it."

Akira sags in relief.

"Yeah, don't be so happy, now I have to pull it out." You say.

Akira makes a long groaning noise.

"How're we doing Sato?" You ask.

> Roll 1d12

Rolled 7

>>33171920

Rolled 2

>>33171920

Rolled 9

>>33171920
Ghosts everywhere

>>33171962
"All clear." Sato says. "I think the tengu are somewhat resistant to go after the people that slaughtered them."

As for Star and Yurei...

> Roll 1d20

Rolled 6

>>33171986
Dead ghost girl

Rolled 14

>>33171986

>>33171986

Rolled 6

>>33171986
Enma, please.

Rolled 19

>>33171986

>>33172018
>>33171812
>Yurei and Akira both roll 14's

It's a sign I tell ya

>>33171986
How the hell do I roll? And PLEASE don't let Yurei redie, fade, or just go into oblivion.

>>33172069
>>15396072

>>33172018
"Okay," Star says. "I think the liberal application of slime on Yurei and her Chyme did the trick. For now. If she goes back into her Chyme, she'll be fine. If she comes out, then the...whatever is happening to her will keep going, but very very slowly. If she does something foolish again...I dunno. So...back inside kiddo."

Yurei disappears back into the Chyme.

"You know," Sato says. "If Yurei died in the late 80s, early nineties...she's not that much older than we are. Kinda."

You look at Akira. He's stopped panting. "You ready?"

"I dnn hff a chss, rht?" He says.

"No, not really." You say.

He nods and braces himself.

You start to pull out the bullet.

> Roll 1d20

Rolled 7

>>33172137

Rolled 5

>>33172137

Rolled 15

>>33172137
And then the Tengu burst in to finish the job.

Rolled 4

>>33172137
Oh no...

Rolled 14

>>33172137
Gamabre akira... Or something like that.

Rolled 7

>>33172137

Rolled 1

We had better as hell NOT cut an artery!
And have we given Akira something to bite on so to help with the pain? Give him a piece of wood, or a leather glove.

>>33172168
HAH. Not this time!

>>33172168
Glad we cut off at three.

>>33172191
>>33171771
>Akira nods and opens his mouth, you put in a cloth wrapped chunk of wood in and he bites down.

>>33172167
Slowly, very agonizingly slowly, you pull out the bullet.

"I did it." You say, a little amazed as you look at the small metal slug. "Heh...heheh! I did it!"

"SHHH!"

Akira is openly weeping and making various sounds through the gag.

"I actually did it. You want to keep it?" You say to Akira.

Akira flips you off.

You take a sigh and wrap up the bullet it a piece of tissue. You still can't believe that you actually did it. You're keeping it. Holy crap, you actually pullet a bullet out of a human being! That's awesome!

Akira punches your side, and you return to the current issue. Right, Akira still has a hole in his body. Thankfully one that isn't bleeding anymore, so you just have to sew it up.

"You mind having a scar?" You ask. "Because I don't plan on trying for making this pretty."

Akira punches you again.

"Hey, I could have left that thing in there." You say. "Alright, don't move too much, this won't hurt as much as before, but it'll still be a bitch."

He rolls his eyes and makes a sigh/moan.

You start the process of sewing him up.

Star has joined Sato at the door to watch for threats.

> Roll 1d12

Oh crap, I hate being late to this.

You guys made sure to help Akira right?

Yurei is already dead, so the worst that could happen is she loses her PKE material connection to our realm and passes on, as sad as that would be to all of us. Ignoring the whole "playing god by denying souls passage to the next world, just because they want to stay"

Later we can figure out a way to stop that PKE leakage.
Several things we can do is:
1. Empower her through belief/emotional power. The more people Believe in Yurei, the more powerful she could become
2. Have her absorb smaller ghosts for power. Maybe tiny hauntings who aren't people like those crying computers.
3. Magic/Ritual empowerings. Sacrifice a goat? I'm sure there are spells someone can use. We could also still ask Rini and Sachiko to invoke the blessing of Ōkuninushi, god of spirits, and Rini being a rabbit youkai would help us get his favor.
4. Ask Rini to take her to the Japanese underworld and bring her to their ghost hospital, maybe even meet the Peoplebusters along the way.

Rolled 5

>>33172317

Rolled 7

>>33172317

Rolled 12

>>33172317

Rolled 7

>>33172393
OOOh. PERFECT stitches!
And our major was undecided.

>>33172393
"All clear." Star says.

"How's it going?" Sato asks.

"This is not something you rush." You say. "Akira, I'm doing the best that I can, but I think we need to go back to the Factory and YOU to Nurse Reika at the clinic."

Akira takes out the chunk of wood. "Screw that. Bitch SHOT me. Besides, if we run, they'll dig in and we'll never get this far again."

"Okay, okay." You continue to treat and suture Akira's wound.

> Roll 1d20

>>33172362
Oh, and we could also see if charing slime with positive music could work as well. Maybe attach the chyme to some speakers have Yurei play her favorite music to some slime.

Rolled 15

>>33172452
You're really fishing for a 4, ain't ya?

Rolled 2

>>33172452
ffff

Rolled 11

>>33172452
Do you want us to fail that badly?

>>33172455
>playing music
>when we're trying hide while we sew Akira back up
>Still need to be on the lookout for youkai who've decided to stop playing fair and brought guns to this fight
No, we're not doing something that fucking stupid.

>>33172498
Did anywhere in that post say we do that right now? Or do you lack the common fucking sense to realize we do this later once we get back home, seeing as we're in no hurry now that Yurei is in her chyme?

>>33172498
It's pretty obvious he meant we do that later

>>33172452
Make Make sure to tie a slime-soaked cloth around the wound to reduce the risk of infection and entrance of foriegn matter.

>>33172463
You work carefully and efficiently. Like you said, this isn't something you can screw up, especially if Akira's hell bent on continuing on this assault.

You finish up and bandage it up.

"Okay." You say with a sigh of relief. "You still should get that looked at by Nurse Reika after this."

Akira winces as he tries to put his pack back on. "Strap it around my waist." He says. You help him out with that.

"Thanks, Daisuke." He says.

"We're a team," You say. "Anytime."

"Yeah, let's hope that's not anytime soon again." Akira says. "How do the American branches deal with this?"

"I don't think they get shot all the time, the proliferation of guns in America notwithstanding." Sato says. "I think the last time on record that Ghostbusters almost got shot was when they took on mobster ghosts."

"Whatever, let's move." Akira says. "We clear to move?"

> Roll 1d6

Rolled 3

>>33172613
A d6??? ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE US ALL DIE?????/

Rolled 1

>>33172613
"You dirty raaaat."

Rolled 2

>>33172613

Rolled 1

>>33172613

>>33172644
We've been lucky so far at least.

OHMYGODITWASAD6ANDWEGOTNO4!
NOFOURS!!!!!!
So what if the highest roll was my three? Nobody's dieing!

>>33172688
3 is the lucky number of life! At least irl

>>33172644
"All clear." Star sighs in relief. "They must have been searching other floors, or they're scared of us like Sato says."

"Okay, so we've got the rest of the hotel floors, the condos, the multiplex, ballrooms, and the garden." Sato says. "How are we getting there?"

> We'll take the stairs we were just on to the condos, I think we can risk Mitsuko not trying to drown us again.
> The utility stairs will get us to the condos. They're small, cramped, and dangerous but I think we can do it.
> We should try the elevators, they could possibly get us all the way to the 30th floor.
> We lost our connection to Sana during the flood. Let me try and call her and see if she can't find us a safer route.
> Other

>>33172798
>We lost our connection to Sana during the flood. Let me try and call her and see if she can't find us a safer route.

Most dissimilar, lessgo.

>>33172798
> We lost our connection to Sana during the flood. Let me try and call her and see if she can't find us a safer route.

>>33172798
Call Sana. Even though it is standard for the ghostbusters, we do NOT want to rush into this building filled with who knows what blindly. Sana is a direct contact to the outside world.
And no elevators until we get to the freight elevator and slime it for the Yomi. They are the most obvious traps. So obvious that it is to tempting NOT to trap them.

>>33172798
>> We lost our connection to Sana during the flood. Let me try and call her and see if she can't find us a safer route.

>>33172899
>>33172861
>>33172844

You turn the bluetooth headset back on and get your phone and dial the number for the factory.

> Roll 2d6

Rolled 4, 5 = 9

>>33173014
>Translation, Dial 4 for Ghosts

Rolled 6, 2 = 8

>>33173014
25 or 624

Rolled 3, 4 = 7

>>33173014
d6 again?

Rolled 1, 4 = 5

What matters more with these kind of rolls so it ends up as a ghost roll. That one of the dice rolled is a four, or that the ending result has a four in it?

>>33173214
No idea really, but each roll counts for something different.

Rolled 11

>>33173026
>>33173212
Shit, I'd like you to meet Ms.Fan

>>33173026
"Guys? You okay?" Sana asks. "We got cut off."

"We're okay but we could be bet-"

"Okay, can't talk. Stuff's happening. Gotta go." San says. "If you see a big explosion and evidence of a Serious Company Protocol Violation...look never mind...they're almost here."

Click.

Well...that wasn't good.

> Regular stairs
> Utility stairs
> Elevator
> Search the floor
> Retreat and get back to the factory, ASAP.
> Other

>>33173317
Goddamit this is a CLASSIC ghostbuster blunder. Leaving the containment unit unguarded for ghosts to let everybody out.

>>33173317
>Other
Send Akira with Yurei back to the Factory, and use YOMI to help defend the Containment Unit.
The rest of us will take the regular stairs.

>>33173359
I don't recommend splitting our forces to fight two likely very powerful foes, and that by the time they get there it'll likely be too late. As akira says, they'll hunker down here and with the power from the containment unit will be invincible.

>>33173317
> Utility stairs

I think it would be best to continue down the path we were already heading. In attacks where there is a large area of effect like with the water pouring down the stairwell, it is unlikely that any Yokai were on or around the source and area effected. HOWEVER, I think we should first find a different door pack onto the same stairwell. That way anybody who is watching our door might be caught off guard.

>>33173495
This is true.
>>33173317
> Regular stairs

>>33173317
> Regular stairs

>>33173495
Sure let's go with that.

>>33173659
>>33173538
>>33173495

"Okay...we've gotta keep going." You say. "Is there any other door that gets us to the normal stairs?"

Star shrugs. "Sana was our eyes in that. She had the blueprints."

"Alright," You sigh. "No sense trying to complicate things. Let's head back to the stairs."

Your group heads over to the main stairs, and it looks clear, save for that awful mural.

"I hate that thing." Star says.

You nod, and Sato removes the baton that he placed to block the door and opens it.

"Let's move." He says.

> Roll 1d12

>>33173495
True. But Akira and Yurei should be delt within some way so that they aren't in any danger of being hurt again.
If Akira comes with us, make sure he is given Yurei and has the main duty of using the stasis beam and slime blower. If he insists on coming with us, which would in fact be one of the safest things to do, he must agree to go into defensive attacks instead of offensive.

>>33173900
Yurei can't leave her Chyme because of the anti-PKE effects remember? We'll have to cure her when we get back to the base

Rolled 8

>>33173874
No triggering the trap again please!

Rolled 11

>>33173874

Rolled 4

>>33173874
>Your group heads over to the main stairs, and it looks clear, save for that awful mural.
>"I hate that thing." Star says.

Don't hate. Speculate!

>>33173985
Okay, hate!

Rolled 11

>>33173985
NOOOOOOOOO!! CURSE YOU DICE GODS! We were almost home free!

>>33173985
You head up the stairs and just as you clear the last one...you see a lone tengu standing at the top of the stairs.

He stares at you through the eyes of his red mask.

You stare back at him.

> Aim. "Say anything, and you're slime."
> Blast him.
> Run the other way
> Other

>>33174070
"If you have a gun, I am going to be SO pissed"

>>33174070
>> Blast him.
BOOM! Headshot.

>>33174103
Ghost using guns is going to bring so much bad luck on them, the same way humans using black magic brings bad mojo.

>>33174070
>> Other
Maybe he's friendly, wave at him and ask to pass

>>33174070
other. Definately other. Say hello. Make random noises at him Make him react first, but be ready to react to that. There must be SOME reason he is here alone. Maybe even as a distraction.
And while we are at it, ask why it is in japan and not china.

>>33174070
>Other
maybe he is different, try to see why he's alone

>>33174070
Wait, red tengu? Not one of the crow tengu's from before?

>>33174070
>Other
"You want a duel?"

Check to see weither or not this is an attacking daemon Tengu or a protector Tengu. It is possible that this was once a good dharma-abiding person at some point. Mention Buddhism! That should show what kind they were. The bad tengu were opponents, while the good were protectors.

>>33174214
>>33174197
>>33174145

"Uhh...hey." You say, giving him a little wave.

"KWAAAK! I FOUND THEM! THEY'RE ONE THE WEST STAIRS!" He runs for the door to the Condos. "THEY'RE OVER HERE! HELP! KWAAAK! GET 'EM! KILL EM!"

Akira looks at you. "This is the SECOND 'I told you so' that you've got coming."

> Charge into the Condos and into the flock of tengu, again.
> Run back to the hotel floors and try and find another route up.
> Other

Grab the nose and say "Honk."

>>33174332
> Run back to the hotel floors and try and find another route up.
We're running out of time here

>>33174332
>Charge into the Condos and into the flock of tengu, again.
Sometimes, youkai need to learn to fear what else goes bump in the night.

Second verse, same that the first! Same tactic, but say that we will only let those who surrender live. "All who wish to die again, come forward!"

>>33174332
>>33174402
I'm still for headshots! The feathers will make for good pillow stuffing.

>>33174402
>>33174358
>>33174435
As much as fighting these asses sounds awesome, we'll be fighting up the stairs and they'll be charging down them in numbers. Not the best odds.

>>33174452
These tengu didn't really fly, did they? I don't remember hearing descriptions of wings.

If they're that intent on coming down the stairs, then if the stairs are slimed then they won't be able to stop.

>>33174402
It would be nice to have a good tengu.
Maybe we should stay by the door way and spray meson coliders through the door. And if anybody tries to flank us, slime the stairs behind us so they fall and break their necks. We should literally try to bottleneck them in the door way, then press foreward in the same fashion that we did when we first meet them

>>33174472
>If they're that intent on coming down the stairs, then if the stairs are slimed then they won't be able to stop.
That's exactly the type of thing that concerns me not wanting to be buried in Tengu, also slime slows them down not up sadly that would've been fucking funny watching them all fumble down the stairs, stepping out of their way, and watching them fall down the previous stairs behind us like a slide made of bannana peels

>>33174332
>Run back to the hotel floors and try and find another route up.

>>33174546
>>33174355
Two for run

>>33174358
>>33174402
Two for fight

>>33174485
>>33174534
Two for fighting them on the stairs.

For a clarification on what happened. The tengu mob thought you had gotten to the condo floors and they all went there, and they left a spotter on the stairs. Whom you just let sound the alarm.

I'm for grabbing a Tengu by that ridiculously long nose and throwing them over the rails after plucking them, saying "Fly little bird."

>>33174612
Totally voted for headshot. The one left behind is usually the weak link. Let's just disappear and go another way.

Rolled 6

Fighting seems to be the majority, so... roll 1d6 to see if we can get into the room before they reach the stairs?

>>33174612
What is sickness to the body of a knight errant? What matter wounds? For each time he falls, he shall rise up and wow to the wicked!

>>33174669
I can back that.

I wonder if this Tengu is only programmed to yell? It'd've been funny if we could just pick him up stiff as a board and run off with him covering his mouth. Kidding of course

You run after the tengu that's shouting and yelling.

There's a bunch of tengu tearing through the empty condos on this floor and you can hear the squeaking and running noises from the next large staircase, more are coming.

The halls and layout of this floor is much more open as compared to the hotel. There's small open areas, a few hallways, and an open walkway around the central ring. You can look down and see YOMI-1 down about 20+ floors below.

> Move to the hallways and try for a bottleneck like you did before.
> Keep the fighting in the smaller open spaces, to keep your mobility as high as possible and keep you from getting surrounded like before.
> Move the fighting to the central ring, it's a bit risky but you'll be able to try and see if these tengu can fly.
> Screw making a stand on this floor, make a swift push towards the stairway, fight your way up and get to the movie theater floor.
> Other

>>33174859
>Keep the fighting in the smaller open spaces, to keep your mobility as high as possible and keep you from getting surrounded like before.
Just to say, Movie Theater sounds like a really bad place to be.

>>33174859
>> Keep the fighting in the smaller open spaces, to keep your mobility as high as possible and keep you from getting surrounded like before.

>>33174859
Oh, and for the record. There are plenty of nice tengu. They just aren't here.

>>33174859
Not getting flanked sounds great.

>>33174859
>Screw making a stand on this floor, make a swift push towards the stairway, fight your way up and get to the movie theater floor.

The projection turns on, on the movie screen is… another mural!

>Keep the fighting in the smaller open spaces, to keep your mobility as high as possible and keep you from getting surrounded like before.

>>33174992
>>33174900
>>33174890

You all pull back into a small little rotunda, and you can hear all of the tengu swarming. Thankfully, they don't seem that smart. The kitsune isn't around to give them direction and they don't seem to realize that there's four ways into this rotunda. They're trying to copy the tactic they did at the hotel floors.

Which means that you're not only able to get them with the same tactic, but flank them as well when they charge into the rotunda, which is small enough to force their numbers down.

> Roll 1d20+2

Rolled 9 + 2

>>33175450

Rolled 18

>>33175450
Rolls, no fours.

Small open spaces, high mobility, low amount of room for flanking, it all sounds good.

And I still say we should grab one by it's ridiculous red nose and throw it over the edge to see if they fly.

Rolled 16

>>33175450

Rolled 1 + 2

>>33175481
Drat, forgot the +2.

Rolled 8 + 2

>>33175450

Rolled 8

>>33175481
Again, it's a slaughter. Feathers and slime fly everywhere, but well...this time YOU have the guns. You have the slightly better tactical training. And, maybe the most important part, you DON'T have the fear.

After about the fifteenth tengu body hits the ground, living status unsure, the rest of the swarm...

>>33175652
Flee.

You can see the flow of figures change direction to head towards the other side of the ring, towards the utility stairs that lead to the exit. They have routed, and they want to see the next day.

"Great," Sato says, as you spy the way to the staircase up is now clear. "Let's go."

"Screw that!" Akira says. "I say we go after them!"

"I thought you said that you'd accept surrender." Star says.

"That was before we got word that there might be an attack on the factory!" Akira says. "We let them go, then we're letting there be reinforcements."

"There hasn't been any explosions or massive PKE surges." Star says. "Maybe Sana was able to get the place into lockdown."

"No surges YET." Sato says.

> Forget the tengu, they're nothings. We've got two more floors of this crap and a garden party from hell. Let's go.
> Damn it, Akira's right. We can't risk any getting away and attacking the Containment Unit, or just escaping in general. We've got to wipe them out.
> Other

>>33175734
>Damn it, Akira's right. We can't risk any getting away and attacking the Containment Unit, or just escaping in general. We've got to wipe them out.
We're going to do this in the best (and by best, I mean A-Class War Criminal best) traditions of the Imperial Japanese Army.

>>33175734
> Forget the tengu, they're nothings. We've got two more floors of this crap and a garden party from hell. Let's go.
Don't waste energy with the mooks. Go for the leader and our target.

>>33175734
"Hey Akira, what was that about 'Besides, if we run, they'll dig in and we'll never get this far again.'?"

If we were really concerned about the base, we should've backed down earlier. We got here under the assumption that by the time we got back to the base, the factory would've fallen by then then they would hunter.

>>33175734
> Forget the tengu, they're nothings. We've got two more floors of this crap and a garden party from hell. Let's go.
Cut the head, and we kill the snake.

>>33175734
> Forget the tengu, they're nothings. We've got two more floors of this crap and a garden party from hell. Let's go.

Too late to double back now. It'd be like waiting in line for an hour at the amusement park, and chickening out before you're buckled in. We've already used resources and sustained damage. It shouldn't be for nothing.

>>33175792
Well, my reasoning was that if we wipe out all of the tengu, we won't get hit by a flanking attack by them when that kitsune with the gun rallies them again.
Also it's to show the other youkai here that we're not playing around. We've killed three weasels, a kappa, two kuchisaki's, a yukionna, and who knows how many tengu by now.
We can have the weaker-willed youkai abandon this place and be scared to cross us.

I want to kill them to ease off the stress on the headquarters, but we don't even know if the Tengu are even PART of the attack team, so we may waste energy killing them pointlessly, and letting any yokai upstairs bunker down in preparation for us. If needed, we can quickly slime the staircase they are using to let them slip and stumble, but that is the most we can do at the moment.

>>33175918
Why not outright destroy the staircases to limit their descent and demonstrate our resolve?

Unless they can fly.

>>33175952
That could work too, unless they just decide to pile out the windows and survive the fall impact or simply just fill the gap with bodies and walk over each other.

>>33175734
> Damn it, Akira's right. We can't risk any getting away and attacking the Containment Unit, or just escaping in general. We've got to wipe them out.

>>33175887
>>33175860
>>33175752

"I don't think they're in any mood for any more of a fight anyway." You say.

"Okay." Akira says with a sighs, and a light touch on his upper shoulder. "Right, should save it for someone specific anyway."

You all break for the stairway.

"What IS that thing supposed to be?" Sato asks as you head up the stairs. "Modern art?"

"I think they're supposed to be fish." Star says.

"In what alternate reality are those fish?" Akira asks.

"Oh, yeah." You say. "I see it. Turn your head and look at the yellow cubes."

All four of you stop and tilt your head to look at that damn mural.

"Oh yeah..." You all say at the same time.

> Roll 1d12

Rolled 3

>>33176019

Rolled 3

>>33176019

Rolled 4

>>33176019

Rolled 9

>>33176019
Oh goddammit.

Rolled 10

>>33176019
Goddamit, you guys are you even wearing your T1N-401L hats and ecto-goggles?

>>33176061
Fuck... How much San did we lose? Is Calamari Fhtagyn gonna show up.

>>33176061
There's another rumbling and there's water pouring down the walls...again.

"Really?" Akira asks. "The drowning thing again?"

"You know as well as I that the dead aren't the most creative entities in existence. Anyway, if I had control of water and some jackasses were trying to climb a set of stairs, I'd do this too." Sato says.

"Less talking, more not drowning." Star says.

> Same trick as before, jump into the floor that you're on and dodge the flood.
> Strap onto the railing and ride it out.
> Run back down and wait it out.
> Other

>>33176161
>Same trick as before, jump into the floor that you're on and dodge the flood.

Considering they did this before, they may be expecting us to jump onto the floor we are on and dodge the flood. However, if we strap down and ride it out, the mural fish things might come to life and try to kill us. I would like to ride it out, if only to say "Fuck you" to all the yokai.

>>33176209
Don't the proton packs have a problem with surviving water? Or was that only the first generation models?

>>33176161
>Strap onto the railing and ride it out.
I get the feeling they're going to adapt to our previous tactic. Might be a good time to mix it up, and analyze if the water is actually water.

>>33176161
> Other
This may or may not be real water, but what's certain is it's coming from the walls.

We could try to quickly slime the wall corners and "freeze" (solidify) it with the stasis stream.

If it's real water, we block it. If it's a conjuration, the slime will counter it.

>>33176250
Well, a similar thing like this happened in the video game where everyone was tossed back by water going down a hotel hallway and staircase.

It'd be a bad idea to leave dangerous nuclear isotoples to contaminate and leak at the first sign of water.

Ride it out. Two people strap down everybody while the others see what they can do to slow the progress of the water.

>>33176296
>contaminate and leak at the first sign of wate
Well yeah, for the pack itself. But I meant the neutrino wands and the wiring from the pack to the wand.

>>33176309
>>33176259
>>33176209

"Two bucks says that they're at least creative enough to make us regret doing the same thing twice." You say as you get out the carabiners and ropes. "Strap in."

"Oh every part of this day has SUCKED." Star says as she straps herself to the railing in the same way. "This is going to make my hair SO groady."

"Also, Star, Sato. Slime the walls once you're strapped in." You say as you get the slime blower up as well. "Try to slow the amount of water."

"What about me?" Akira says.

"You are hurt, and we don't want you getting MORE hurt until you can make that vulpine bitch hurt!" You snap.

"Got it." Akira smiles. "You really get me, man."

"Yeah, I'm disturbed by that fact as well." You say.

The slime coats the walls and the damn mural, but the rumbling keeps coming, and soon you see a huge wall of water start to come down the stairs, black and filthy.

"HANG ON!" You yell.

And then you are all submerged.

> Roll 1d20+2 (For the slime tactic)

Rolled 19 + 2

>>33176403
I've already rolled two fours tonight. What's a third?

Rolled 9 + 2

Blubblrublubbubbbleblub.

Rolled 13 + 2

>>33176403

Rolled 9 + 2

>>33176403
Rolling

Rolled 7 + 2

>>33176403
Gentlemen,it's been an honor.

Rolled 4 + 2

>>33176438
Lucky for you, you didn't get a third. He'res hoping the dice gods don't make me regret saying this.

Rolled 17 + 2

>>33176472
You were a little late for the cut-off irony.

Rolled 11 + 2

>>33176438
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_N10A9qAVA&feature=kp

>>33176500
Thank you, Not Jackie Wilson

>>33176438
The water passes, and you're all still there.

Akira still has his hat too.

Sato spits out a mouthful of water. "I still don't really see the fish."

"Well," Star says. "It could be a bird."

You all unhook yourselves and go up to the next floor, you open the door to the movie lobby and see...nothing.

Just a vacant floor with an empty ticket booth.

"Yeah, not buying it." Akira says, and puts on his spectra-goggles. "Yup."

The rest of you do the same, and you see what's waiting for you on THIS floor.

Spiderwebs. A giant maze of webs, strands, and nets, normally invisible to the eye, but you can spot them.

Star taps you on the shoulder and points upwards.

You see two large spiders on the ceiling, they have human female faces, but that's it. The rest is 100% oversized arachnid.

They're sleeping.

"Those are pretty big." Sato says.

"Very big." Akira says.

> Shoot em now. It'll be a bit of a fight probably, but we've got the drop on 'em.
> Make your way slowly through the webs so as to not get stuck or wake up the spider-yokai. Any fight we can skip is a good one.
> Start a fire. Never a bad idea!
> Other

>>33176588
Yes. Start a fire. Then when the sprinklers kick in, we can serenade them with "Itsy Bitsy Spider".

Rolled 2

>>33176588
I'm tempted between stealth and dickery.
If the dice is 1, Stealth.
2 for arson.

>>33176677
>>33176696
This is the type of fire we can put out right? Somehow.

>>33176588
>Shoot em now. It'll be a bit of a fight probably, but we've got the drop on 'em.
Shoot them, shoot them now.
And I suppose some slime can't hurt.

>>33176588
>>33176696
Property damage it is.

>>33176677
But what's the point of arson if they do have a sprinkler system?

>>33176711
Yuki-onna floor had sprinklers, I think.
>>33176732
To water log the spiders. You've never had a spider get the drop on you in the shower? They don't like getting wet.

>>33176588
Actually, in this case, starting a fire should not be a bad idea. Spiderwebs burn exceptionally fast. So fast, that they have trouble catching onto anything else. And as this is the building of a water-controlling ghost, I don't think we have to worry about the building burning down.
Plus, it would give a perfect chance to make a "Hot ladies" pun just so see how many people and ghosts will groan at it.

>>33176732
This building was made up to code, but remember, it has been shut down for years.

So the sprinkler system...might be operational. Maybe.

>>33176772
>the sprinkler system...might be operational. Maybe.
Did you know that Japanese tax laws make it more profitable to demolish a house and remake it than to simply keep it and continue to repair it?
Rini and Kali could get some very nice tax breaks and government subsidies if they have to rebuild this hotel.

Just set it on fire yelling "Burn baby burn."

>>33176813
>>33176768
>>33176677

"Did anyone bring matches?" You ask.

"Seriously?" Akira asks, like a child on Christmas Eve. He holds up a matchbook from his pockets.

"Ohhh, this is going to be sweet." Star says with her own matchbook.

"I should not be looking forward to this as much as I am." Sato says as he gets his own.

"And here I thought I would get resistance on this idea." You say. "We are a very disturbed group of people."

"And that's the second definition for 'Ghostbusters.'" Sato says.

"What's the first?" Star says.

"Idiot heroes." Sato says.

You all light one match and stick it in the matchbooks, and then chuck them at the larger clumps of webbing.

> Roll 1d20

Rolled 7

>>33176922
Afterlife, here we come!

Rolled 7

>>33176922
rolling

Rolled 16

rolling...

Rolled 11

>>33176922

>>33177021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnod9vtB4xA

Rolled 7, 2 = 9

>>33176922
>>33177114
Killing things with fire can be extremely painful to the things you kill, yet it is something you cannot help but feel a sense of accomplishment while doing it.
Also rolling a second die to resist bursting out into maniacal laughter.

Is it possible for us to use our PKE meters to get some insight into what ghosts we are facing and what stuff is least likely to effect them?

>>33177021
The spiderwebs burst into flame instantly and before you know it the entire room is on fire, including the spider-yokai on the ceiling. They fall to the ground, twitching and squealing in pain.

Instantly water starts to ooze from the walls and bursts out from the sprinklers. The damage has been done on the spiders already though, but they're not out.

> Finish them off before they can fully recover.
> Offer an option to surrender
> Bolt for the stairs while they're recovering.
> Other

>>33177492
>Finish them off before they can fully recover.
No surrender, no mercy!

>>33177428
That works with known PKE entities as identified by Tobin or Spengler's Spirit Guide. Most Yurei are identifiable after a little cross-referencing, Yokai are a big unknown. On the plus side, the GB Guides are being rapidly expanded thanks to your efforts.

>>33177492
>Finish them off before they can fully recover.

I've learned my lesson from the snow bitch. BOOM! Headshot! BOOM! Headshot!

>>33177492
Finish them off. Spiders are good at laying traps, and it is unlikely that they wouldn't just try to trap us on our way back down. They have nothing to give us, and we do NOT want them chasing us up any sets of stairs.

>>33177622
>>33177548
>>33177515

"Wash em down the rest of the waterspout." You say.

The others give you a look.

"Just shoot them." You say.

You blast the spiders with a combination of slime, proton, boson darts, and the meson collider. It's quite thorough.

> Roll 2d12

Rolled 6, 12 = 18

>>33177818
Let's hope this goes well.

Rolled 1, 4 = 5

>>33177818

Rolled 1, 11 = 12

>>33177818

Rolled 4, 5, 1, 6 = 16

>>33177838
But just not thorough enough, one spider-yokai curls up and goes grey and still. The other one pulls itself up and away from the assault and does the only thing it can, it spits a MASSIVE wad of webbing at you all.

You can tell that this is a last ditch assault, and that it used up WAY too much webbing that was safe. They're bloody ichor mixed in with the webbing.

>>33178008
And Sato is the only one who got gummed up enough to stop shooting.

"Please...please!" It whimpers.

> "No."
> "Hold off."
> Other

>>33178042
Oh lord, this is going to be bad.
"Please what? Please don't kill you? You and your friends tried to take my sister. You tried to kill us and your boss SHOT my friend. I'm not really in the mood for 'please' anymore."

>>33178042
>"Why should we?"
>Keep firing.

>>33178042
"...Akira, Star, circle it. And now you tell me why exactly I should stop."

>>33178042
>"Hold off."
"You took my sister hostage. You and your ilk TOOK MY SISTER!
"Talk fast, because my patience is already worn thin."

>>33178042
>> "Hold off."
Give me a good reason

>don't let it out of our sights

>>33178042
>"No."
If the factory is under siege, we can't have any further distraction. Let's squash this bug and move on up. Oh, and scan for any spiderlings before you go.

>Turns out these were just friendly Spider Youkai who happened to have a nest here and haven't really harmed anyone and are unrelated to Oiwa
I really hope that's not the case.

This is clearly a trap or a feint right?

>>33178209
Don't think anything's friendly in this building.

>>33178209
It could just honestly be a working youkai that was hired on by the kitsune, like those weasels we took out, and has now realized that it is NOT getting paid enough to deal with Ur-Exorcists like us.

>>33178209
The main problem here is that we're no longer quieting the restless dead here and helping them pass on. We are murdering sapient beings and are getting away with it because the law doesn't recognize them as people.

>>33178258
>>33178121
"...Akira, Star, circle it. And now you tell me why exactly I should stop. You and your friends tried to take my sister. You tried to kill us and your boss SHOT my friend. I'm not really in the mood for 'please' anymore."

The woman opens and closes her mouth. "It wasn't personal! It's just our nature! YOU are the ones that are doing things WRONG!"

"You know," Sato says. "I never got why on Earth anyone should take 'It wasn't personal' as an excuse...and I don't even think that's even the truth in this case."

"Well, right or wrong, personal or not, I know one thing. THIS is OUR nature." Akira says and blasts a boson dart at the monster.

It explodes in a mass of ichor.

You scowl at Akira. "I wanted to interrogate her, and we could have gotten some information."

"Sorry, my shoulder hurts and I want this done with." Akira says.

You all head for the stairs.

> It's okay Akira. I was about to do the same thing.
> We're supposed to be a team, Akira. Next time hold off, okay?
> *Don't say anything about it except:* I really HATE this mural.
> Other

>>33178265
>It's okay Akira. I was about to do the same thing.

Well I myself would've.

>>33178258
If they're already dead/not alive, can it really be called murder? I kid of course

>>33178265
> *Don't say anything about it except:* I really HATE this mural.
Is that a BUTTON I see?

>>33178265
> Other
"I have words to say, but they're best saved for after the mission. Let's move on."

>>33178326
But that's the thing, they're NOT undead.

They're living things with magic built in.

Like elves.

>>33178265
>Other
"Akira, keep in mind that we ARE killing sapient beings here. I'm not saying don't kill them, but if you butcher them like Chinese peasants and we're the Imperial Army again, well. The US nuclear shield doesn't protect us from supernatural terrorists."

>>33178345
This works

>>33178345
Eh, that implies we're angry with him. Maybe just "I think after we're done here, we're all gonna have a lot to think about."

>>33178265
>YOU are the ones that are doing things WRONG
Oh. Oh so that makes it okay, does it? Humanity finally gets tired of dealing with your collective bullshit and finds another way so they have to be punished?
Fuck. That.
Japan is built on tradition, but so is England, Italy, Cairo, New York, and any other city. Tradition isn't the best way and besides, what makes YOUR tradition so special that no one is allowed to break it?

>>33178441
>any other city
COUNTRY. Country, past self! I need to sleep.

>>33178350
Even so, this is really a question of semantics and could go either way.

Would you say that Kali and her vampire kin are any less "alive" than these Youkai? True, their hearts might not be beating and their metabolism shot, and by strict definition, they are dead, but they can speak and function in the same manner as you and I.

Then there are living humans in comatose, a vegetable hooked to a machine till their untimely death, and true they are by hard definition alive but do they "live" their life so to speak?

Would killing either of them be any less moral or immoral?

>>33178389
Akira is a complete and utter xenophobe, though. The rabid kind that is only one short step removed from the kind that commits genocides against other humans, and not just those that aren't human.

>>33178389
This

>>33178441
That would make a lot more impact if there was anyone to actually listen to that spiel.
Instead of rapidly cooling viscera.

>>33178482
And he's exactly the kind we need in our line of duty, so long as he stays within line. Granted, we'll need to keep him in line best we can.

Depending upon if we keep Yurei from passing on, she might be able to temper him a bit.

>>33178265
>*Don't say anything about it except:* I really HATE this mural.
Let's just do this for now.

>>33178476
No, I would qualify them as alive. Which makes it troubling since we killed a bunch of vampires as well.

Really we've just been doing more killing than ghostbusting.

>>33178389
>"I think after we're done here, we're all gonna have a lot to think about."
And "I also really hate that mural"

>>33178611
>we're all gonna have a lot to think about
The point is that Akira doesn't. He has absolutely no regrets with killing a youkai that wants to surrender. He has been very vocal in saying that sapient non-humans don't have rights, and don't deserve to exist, and that he wants to wipe them out.
He probably only tolerates Yurei because she used to be human.

>>33178345
"Akira..." You say. Your partner turns and looks at you. "I have words to say, but they're best saved for after the mission. Got it?"

Akira looks down at the ground and then nods. "Okay. After this, we'll have a talk."

"Good," You say. "Are we okay?"

He nods. "Yeah, we're cool."

"Awwww." Sato and Star say.

"And here I thought our house pairing was Akira and Yurei!" Sato says.

Star giggles. "Think of the doujinshi merchandising we can get away with."

You and Akira both flip Sato and Star off.

"I don't see a bird, or a fish, or anything like that." Sato says as he goes up the stairs. "Just a yellow blob thing."

"Maybe yokai like it, or they'll repaint it when the good yokai move in." Akira says.

"So you acknowledge that there's good Yokai, then?" Star asks.

"Yeah, yeah." He says, waving it off. "Save it for when you all yell at me after this. Preferably when I'm high on pain killers."

"Does your shoulder hurt?" You ask seriously.

"Like a bitch, but I'm good." He says. "But more importantly...we've reach the top of the stairs and I don't see any of that black water sludge."

"Well...we've just had to go up one floor, not five." Sato says and then sighs. "But yeah. I say trap."

Akira carefully opens the door to the 30th floor. It's to a large ballroom/convention room.

It's empty save for three people. Two large men, and that damn kitsune.

She still has the gun in her hand.

The two large men are probably the biggest looking men you've seen in your life. They're wearing sunglasses, have ill-fitting suits, and one of them has a red tie and the other has a blue tie. You can see that Red Tie has half of his pinky finger chopped off.

"I don't. Fucking. Believe. This." The kitsune says as she stares at you all. "Okay, fine. You know what? This is fine. Juuust fine. Come in, come in. We're going to have to talk anyway, so come in."

She cocks the hammer on the gun and aims it. "But no quick moves. Keep your hands up where I can see them."

(Cont)

>>33178607
>since we killed a bunch of vampires as well.
Look, that was self-defense.
This, though. This was killing someone in cold blood.
The very equivalent of shooting a soldier that's trying to surrender.

>>33178651
> Follow her instructions, calmly.
> Walk in slowly, but keep a hand on your wand.
> Blast her.
> Other

>>33178651
>Blast her.
As for the two guys, I'm guessing Yakuza oni.
One red oni and one blue oni, and here we are without any beans.

>>33178607
Death is the natural end to life. A person dies, leaves behind the material world, his soul passes on. Ghosts, undead, and the likes are the result of deviancies of the natural order. A soul is kept from the afterlife and is forced to stay here, in a virtual a purgatory.

The end result of our actions is to "finish the job" and end the life that should've passed on long ago. We've stop the suffering of many souls we've ended and helped pass on, would that be killing? We can't keep them locked in the containment unit forever either.

Granted, this does not apply to Youkai though, just the vampires and technically Yurei. We're extending their unnatural stay in this world, because we like them.

>>33178689
Jesus fucking christ, she's got two what I think are Oni AND the gun.
Fuck.
If we surrender, we're dead or worse. Probably worse.
If we blast her, she might get a shot off. Man, if only there was some way to take advantage of HER breaking the rules.

>>33178689
>> Other
"Who are you?

A Kitsune? A spirit?

No. You are not.

You are using MORTAL weapons, to fight mere MORTALS. How low have you stooped, or were you never there in the first place?
You are NOT a spirit, you are NOTHING."

>>33178730
She's been weakened by the ANTI-PKE, and now we can hammer it in. She's perverted the natural order, now she needs to reap the consequences.

>>33178689
>Blast her.

She's going to try to kill us again, and it's not like we have to stand still to shoot.

>>33178752
Youkai can use human tools just fine, though.
In fact, human tools become youkai quite often.

>>33178791
I still think it's a question of honor here. A question of honor that the powers of be might be listening to.

What kind of Youkai is she if she can't even face us as a Youkai? If she has to use mortal weapons just to fight us?"

>>33178814
She's a smart youkai that outsmarts the humans, like kitsune often do.

>>33178651
You know, depending on what type of Oni those are, we might be able to convince them to help us. If they're the flesh eating, angry destructive Oni then sure, blast them. But if they're honorable guardian Oni, then this shit would probably bug them as much as it bugs us.

>>33178853
And witches and warlocks are smart humans who try to outsmart ghosts, but that doesn't stop them from often encountering the ire of fate.

It's just unnatural.

>>33178853
She's a nogisune that is going outside the boundries of trickster spirit into downright malicious.
Honestly, we could probably have Sachiko plead to Oinari for help dealing with them. Usually Inari's Kitsune do that anyways.

>>33178860
Well, they are seemingly the Red and Blue from folklore.

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>>33178889
YOU BETRAYED OINARI

>>33178890
That's normal though, Oni skin can be all sorts of colors.

>>33178700
>>33178771
Two for shoot

>>33178752
One for starting up a dialogue (Of sorts)

Any more votes?

>>33178917
Okay, I laughed. If that actually worked, then Daisuke needs to get himself a hat.

>>33178952
Might as well try for the dialogue, if it fails we'd just have to shoot her either way.

>>33178957
You might be surprised.

Anyway, Akira's already the one with the nice hat.

>>33178952
Try the dialogue, then shoot if all else fails.

>>33178952
Shoot only for the kitsune. If the oni try to stop us, we shoot them as well

>>33178952
>>33178989
I still don't like the dialogue from >>33178752

I would much rather prefer to make it into a "Does your boss know about this? Do you think your manager, who has wealth, prosperity, and industry as their domains, is going to be happy with Japan going back to the Heian? Don't think we won't call up Inari about this, because we will."

>>33179068
>If the oni try to stop us
Dude, she's got them there as her muscle, of course they'll move to intervene.

>>33179069
That works even better. Honestly, Ghostmaster usually makes up better dialogue for daisuke than we do so hopefully he tweaks it.

>>33179018
You all hide around the doorframe in the stairwell.
"Let me ask something first! Who are you? A Kitsune? A spirit? No. You are not. You are using MORTAL weapons, to fight mere MORTALS. How low have you stooped, or were you never there in the first place?

You are NOT a spirit, you are NOTHING."

"A nothing, am I?" She chuckles in this annoying 'yipping' style. "I am of the Regal Line! I am who will govern the new world of Shadows, and I am the one who has my people in your precious factory right now, surrounding your little prison! Now come out with your hands up, or I make one phone call, and not only is everyone in this depressing slum of a neighborhood dead, but Oiwa will awaken early...thanks to you!"

> "Fine, we're coming out."
> "You're bluffing."
> "Fine, we're coming out." (Coming out blasting that is.)
> Other

>>33179108
See? I told you that trying to shame a youkai about using tools was a dumb idea.

>>33179108
>> "You're bluffing."

>>33179069
"Does your boss know about this? Do you think your manager, who has wealth, prosperity, and industry as their domains, is going to be happy with Japan going back to the Heian? Go ahead, call up Inari, and see what she has to say. Don't doubt we will if you don't"

>>33179124
I think it was less shame and more of a taunt.

>>33179108
>"You're bluffing."
Yes. Get the villain to talk more.

>>33179124
A plan in motion isn't a plan that's failed yet. I don't see how "avoiding a fight where we can" doesn't make sense to you.

>>33179108
>"Fine, we're coming out." (Coming out blasting that is.)

>>33179108
>> Other
You think Oinari will allow that? You think she'll actually not send Messengers to intervene?
You risk pissing off all the Kami, and I'm SUURE Amaterasu will just LOVE your "Blot out the Sun, bring an age of Darkness." idea.

Aka, Aoi. What do you two get out of this? Working with this Nogitsune will just hurt your reputation, and these days Oni have been accepted as Honorable Guardians and bringers of Good Fortune. Do you really want to go back to the days where heroes rallied against you and you were driven out of homes as evil spirits?

>>33179108
> "You're bluffing."

>>33179108
> "You're bluffing."
Keep her talking for now but if things go tits up I say everyone stasis beams she can't call anyone if she can't move

>>33179177
That, or we make some "calls" of our own.

>>33179171
That really doesn't sound like a good idea, what with the red oni apparently already being a yakuza kobun.

>>33179218
Doesn't mean he doesn't have honor, and this whole thing can't be good for his family or his reputation.
Besides, I believe most honorable Yakuza groups have a code about stuff like this. Like after the earthquake and tsunami where they sent out aid to effected areas faster then the government response.

Not saying they're good, or everything they do is good. But still, it's worth a shot.

>>33179153
"You're bluffing." You say.

"You think I am?"

"Yeah, cause I don't think your boss would like that. You're a kitsune, right? Oinari probably won't take kindly to awakening Oiwa, destroying Japan, or you using a gun."

There's a pause, and the damn fox breaks into another fit of laughter. "Oinari? THAT old hag? You think that I answer to HER?" More laughter. "Oh, you stupid, stupid, mortal. Oinari's not calling the shots. In fact, she's...gone."

"Gone?" One of the men asks. "What do you mean, gone?"

"Do you think I'm fool enough to speak my mistress' secrets? The old hag is gone, and when Oiwa sweeps across this land, she will...not be there...to interfere. Then my mistress will take her place, as it SHOULD have been. Mewling little white-coat whore...if only we could kill her."

The men make grumbling sounds.

"Oh be quiet. You two will do as you are told. That was the arrangement." She sighs. "Enough. Go drag them out from their hiding places and make them look at the windows. I want them to see their little headquarters explode."

You hear the men advance, their steps are pound and heavy enough to shake the floor a little.

"Yes, hello." You hear the Kitsune say. "I'd like to order one...wait...what? Who is this?!"

Your bluetooth rings.

You answer it.

"Hey." It's Sana. "Okay, so...we kinda made a bit of a mess, and broke some stuff...but I don't think you're gonna be mad."

(cont)

>>33179399
If they have honor, then fulfilling a debt, which is probably what the kitsune called in, will take precedence over apparent dishonor to their omote reputation.

>>33179476
So what you're saying is we blast the kitsune, which absolves them of their debt, which allows them to team up with us and punch shit in the face?

I'm game!

>>33179476
There's also the fact that the Oni seems surprised that Inari is gone. Honestly, we can probably turn these guys to our side.

>>33179492
The key is to get them to acknowledge that their debt/arrangement has been fulfilled. Once they're free agents (or only beholden to their oyabun), then we can engage them in negotiations to either help us, or stay neutral.

And for that, we need to ask them what the kitsune is holding over them.

>>33179505
Inari being gone also brings up a whole host of bad implications. Because if Inari is gone, then what about the other major kami? If they're gone too, then we're pretty much fighting without any supernatural backup, especially with Mr. Spiritual/Species Purity trying to kill anyone who surrenders to us.

>>33179446
- - - EARLIER - - -
"You sure they're coming here, and that they're monsters?" Sana asked.

"Oh yeah, Grandpa spotted them, and I've got Wide-Mouthed Bitch in my nose now." Kali says. "Sides, four girls in masks walking down the street in the Reject Zone? Not common."

"You're sure they didn't see us?" Sachiko asks as she puts a lock on the garage door.

"Nah, Gramps said that they were taking the long way around so they wouldn't get near the temple. They don't want to risk...you." Kali says. "Thankfully, Gramps can hear an ant fart."

"Alright so what do we...oh thank God. They're calling." Sana says.

"They're still alive?" Kali looks at Sachiko. "I owe you a canned coffee."

"Guys? You okay?" Sana says. "We got cut off."

"Crap, they're getting close." Kali says. "Come on kiddo, we gotta go."

"Okay, can't talk. Stuff's happening. Gotta go." Sana says. "If you see a big explosion and evidence of a Serious Company Protocol Violation...look never mind...they're almost here."

She hangs up and follows Kali and Sachiko.

A little while later, you can hear someone trying to pick the door lock of the factory.

"-ound like the best plan." A voice says. "Won't other lands step in?"

"No, no. That's the genius of Her Royal Highness' plan. The good obedient bloodlines, priests, exorcists, and other mortals, they'll be out there keeping a large amount of people safe. They'll be trained to do so by the government program. Then, after the damage has been done, her ladyship will emerge as the savior. The surviving humans will flock to her leadership, and the obedient exorcists will fall in line and obey the New Ways as given by her."

The door opens and four women in surgical masks walk into the dark room.

"Then we will have control over this land, the mortals having been reduced to nothing but meek mice."

(cont)

>>33179543
I'm still questioning the validity of her statement. Whether Inari and the rest of the pantheon is truly /gone/ or whether it's like "she's no longer relevant, because we're totally going to win and kill them all" or "the bloody moons are blocking heaven! the gods cannot hear you"

>>33179582
The lights click on, and the four women see that they're surrounded by two pissed off vampires, one priestess with a bow and arrow, and a secretary that has a proton pack strapped on her back.

"Squeak squeak, mother fuckers." San says.

- - - NOW - - -

"So we got them, after a REALLY nasty fight, you never told me how heavy these things KICKED!" Sana says.

"Yeah, it's a shock." You say. "So they're all dead?"

"Yeah, Kali and her Grandfather ate them." Sana says.

"And Kaede?"

"Is watching TV at Sachiko's." Sana says.

"And the containment grid?" You say.

"Untouched." Sana says. "And Kali's insulting someone on a phone she picked up."

"Yeah. Okay, thanks. I have to go. Bye." You hang up.

One of the large men, the one in the red tie, is standing in front of the doorway. He fills the entire door way.

He crooks one figure for you all to follow him.

> Follow him
> Shoot him
> Run
> Other

>>33179633
>Other
"Wait, before we have to get uncivilized about this; what's she got over you guys? The thing about Inari being gone obviously was as much of a surprise to you as it was to us.
"It's not just money, is it? A matter of honor?"

>>33179633
"We'll be right behind you."

Use his massive form as a living cover to target the Kitsune.

>>33179633
>> Follow him
He obviously can't talk outloud to us, otherwise she'd realize. So follow him, have packs ready, and have someone keep an eye on the Oni. When we get a chance, we blast her.

>>33179633
>>33179686
>>33179690
Cosigning here.

>>33179686
>>33179690
He and his partner are still following the kitsune's orders; he's still likely to block the shot as he is required to.

>>33179747
Eh, he could have forcibly grabbed us and started a fight, especially when the Kitsune's plan went belly up. The fact that he's not and quietly asking us to follow him means I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt.

>>33179747
Can we levitate things with our gear without necessarily harming them?

I know someone was talking about lifting the car.

Because someone else can just move her out of the way.

>>33179690
You look the 'man' straight in the eyes and slowly take out your proton wand, but keep it pointed at the ground.

"We'll be right behind you." You say.

The man narrows his eyes at you and he holds out his hand.

"Do you have the bullet?" He asks.

You instantly hand him the slug.

He takes it and pops it into his mouth. "Thank you," He says as he crunches it. "It is best to not have bullets from ones' gun floating about."

"That's YOUR gun?!" Akira says. "YOU gave it to her?!"

"I did not GIVE it to her." He says. "She was allowed to HAVE it. I will be taking it back, it is my tool for WORK."

"I thought you guys had clubs." Star says. "If you are what I think you are."

"We are, and I do have a club." The man says. "You do NOT wish to see it, because then I would be USING it."

"O-kay." Star says.

"So why are you following her?" Akira asks.

"Debts." He says. He does not elaborate.

"OH FUCK YOU AND YOUR COFFIN, YOU SHADOW-PUPPET FUCK! There a holdup or something?! Bring the out here...I am going to blow their heads off!" The kitsune rants.

"They will follow us." The blue tie man says from right next to his brother.

"We will be taking six steps straight towards the kitsune," The red tie man says. "Then we will hold still. That is all. Understand?"

You all nod.

"Good. Know this, this is professionalism. This is not an alliance. This is not a kindness. If we meet again, and we have been given orders, we will be in combat." The red tie turns and the two men take their six long steps towards the kitsune, you right behind them.

> Blast her from their side at Step No 1-6
> Try to shoot her between their legs
> Continue negotiation/taunting
> Other

> If you choose to blast her, please also select your weapon type Proton/Slime/Stasis/Meson

>>33179819
We can lift small wooden chairs and cups without breaking them if we put them down gently. Not even so much as a charred smell.

>>33179863
>>33179819
We could even in theory yank the gun away from her hand, in the same way we could yank the core from a golem.

>>33179861
Eh, I'd say use Stasis.

>>33179894
Or we just melt it in her hand too, at the speed of light which should be faster than the speed of a bullet.

>>33179861
This is the point where I wish someone had something witty to say to taunt her and give us a better shot.

>>33179861
>> Blast her from their side at Step No 1-6
Two Stasis, two Proton. Trap at the ready.

>>33179861
Can we Slime Tether her to the ceiling? The kickback from the gun would make things amusing.

>>33179941
>>33179861
Two stasis and two proton. We take point.

We and Sato move to the right and left of the oni to aim for her gun/arm and melt either or, while star moves to shoot stasis streams at her from under the Oni's legs. Akira moves in afterward.

>>33179971
That's a funny enough plan to work.

>>33179941
One...the others get into position and pull their wands.

Two...you get Sato and Star on Stasis and you and Akira on Proton

Three...you get the trap out with one hand and get it ready.

Four...You all take position

Five..."Will you two hurry up, I don't have all ni-"

Six. "NOW!"

> Roll 1d20

Rolled 5

>>33179989
Time to test our luck.

Rolled 15, 6, 14 = 35

>>33179989
The other three lunge out, blasting as well.

Rolled 12

>>33179989
>>33179995
Almost. One more try.

Rolled 15

>>33179989

Rolled 1

>>33179997
>>33180017
Star misses, but Sato hits with his stasis beam. Specifically he was aiming at the kitsune's gun arm.

You and Akira nail the bitch hard from both sides.

The kitsune...

>>33180029
gets rekt

>>33180029
Drops the gun in shock and pain.

You toss the trap out. You're not exactly sure what it will do to a Yokai, since she technically isn't a ghost.

> Roll 1d20

Rolled 9

>>33180043
Warm fuzzy dice. Warm fuzzy dice. Warm fuzzy dice.

Rolled 7

>>33180043
LET'S FIND OUT

Rolled 9

>>33180043

Sorry to interrupt the AWESOME, but this isn't Tamamo-no-mae right? this is the avatar of dark water or something kitsune?