>>34139675
>Do nothing and see if anything happens.
Sink or swim time for Sachiko.

And remember, trying to go middle-road screwed us over during the Sachiko side-quest.

>>34139675
Take her other hand. Because why not?

>>34139943
Because it tells Sachiko that her powers are weak an ineffective unless she depends on a Ghostbuster to help her. And it WILL affect her, because Star has a heightened PKE signature as an active Ghostbuster who interacts with ghosts on a daily basis.

>>34139981
i agree with this shlub. let scotch-tape do it on her own.

I guess take her hand? We're assumed to be a couple, and I don't know how it could hurt.

Not really a fan of this choice though, it's too vague. Like does taking Sachiko's hand indicate we don't believe in her?

>>34140054
>and I don't know how it could hurt.
This is how it could hurt >>34139981
And yes, it would indicate that we don't believe in her. Because, you know, Star knows about her own heightened PKE signature, so it causing some interference, maybe boosting Sachiko's powers, would occur to her.
This isn't just about passing or not passing the tests, it's about whether Sachiko is able to do things on her own or not, since she now knows that her magic works.

>>34139675
So, here's what we want to do. Get to the legal documents, read through as much as we can to stall, and try to keep them as we leave. Don't obfuscate Sachiko's power, if anything, enhance it. Ask her if we should help, then help her as she wants.

>>34139675
>>34140143
So, basically,
> Ask her what she wants
> Hold her hand if it will boost her power

>>34140139
Alright then, let's not hold her hand.

I agree with your logic but I don't know if the QM does. Let's find out I guess.

>>34140143
Hopefully Sato will save us with the Fire Drill, should be happening any minute now

I figured out what the previous session did. Sachiko's abilities are starting up, and are related to her confidence. So stepping on her for will interrupt and attempt to disrupt her abilities. The alternative is going loud and exposing what us going on.

>>34140143
I really hope there's not some compulsion spell to make people sign the contract, but given that no one else seems to have had suspicions I'm not so sure.

>>34140282
We can read through all the legal documents to stall. Getting a copy in-fact is a great idea.

>>34140338
But didn't we already damage Sachiko's confidence by having our metagaming ruin the first test, which I'm still mad about, and Star did all the work on test two?

We might,have already fucked up too much.

Rolled 3 (1d8)

>>34140374
>>34140143

What legal documents? Koko hasn't shown you anything except the marbles and the snow globe. She's holding a red leather folder, but she's not showing it to you.

>>34140255
>>34140021
>>34139710

Sachiko takes a deep breath and focuses on the snow globe.

>>34140489
Not a four but also not good enough since 3s are meaningless.

Guess we got Sachiko fired.

>>34140455
You keep saying that, and even if you might be true, why don't you figure out a ways out instead of being woe and doom?

>>34140528
I don't care if they're meaningless or not, I believe they mean something

Because 3 is the number of life.

did get lucky that one time with Umi and her ghost pals

>>34140569
That was a d4. Three was the best number to get.

>>34140489
(Lucky 3 time!)

Star's eyes shoot up as the snow globe not only changes colors exactly how Koko asked them to change, but the snow in the globe starts to swirl around the little Tokyo tower.

Sachiko has her eyes closed while this is going on. When she opens them she lets out a small gasp and drops the globe onto the table. The light goes back to being blue and the snow settles.

"How...?" Sachiko looks at the globe and then looks at Star.

Star shakes her head.

Sachiko looks back at the snow globe. "Huh."

Koko's pencil is scratching inside that red folder of hers. She nods and then looks up at the two girls, all smiles. "Well, I must say that congratulations are in order! Welcome to the P-COC Tokyo Registry girls, you'll be ranked as Class A. Sorry that you couldn't make Class S." She gestures to the door. "But believe me, you're still in a VERY exclusive group. There's going to be a LOT of work, money, and respect in your futures!"

"Umm...okay. That's...good." Sachiko says.

Koko blinks. She's a little thrown off at how un-estactic the girls are. She makes a small text on her phone. "I'm having the paperwork sent up to us." She drums her fingers. "While we wait, could you indulge me in a little fun?"

"Fun?" Star asks.

"Something to pass the time. It won't take long." Koko gets out a piece of paper and...draws a tic-tac-toe grid on it. "I assume you know the game."

"Uhh, yeah." Sachiko says.

"Good! Now. I'll go first, then you go, and then I'll go, and then you go." Koko says, pointing to Sachiko and then Star.

"Okay." Sachiko says.

"Alright!" Koko says.

She makes an X in the center-left square.

Sachiko makes a O in the center square.

Koko makes an X...in the upper-left corner. What?

Star's turn.

> What's her move?

>>34140528
Read >>34140734

>>34140734
(I've decided to make 3's crits, but only when you're on a d4, d6, d8, d12 roll.)

>>34140734
Amazing how even a simple game of Tic-Tac-Toe in this quest makes my heart flutter if there's something else I should be seeing here.

Of course, the only options now are

-putting an O in the lower left corner, and following till a draw unless she forfeits

-forfeiting by losing on purpose

-stop playing?

>>34140734
Make an O in the lower-left corner.

This game is already over, though. No one can win.

x|-|-
x|o|-
o|-|-

So what purpose does this have?

A game for children?

If we lose we'll be sent to the shadow realm.

>>34140863
>This game is already over, though. No one can win.
Unless the other person is careless or gives up on purpose.

Could just be a harmless game of Tic Tac Toe and our nerves are shot and seeing conspiracy and esosterics everyhwere.

>>34140863
Is there anything that
x|o|x
x|o|x
o|x|o
Might refer to spiritually, or as a character in the Japanese language?

>>34140734
>Put O in the Upper Right.
The game is a won thing, let's see what happens when we do what she doesn't want.

>>34141037
Besides looking like a dick and two balls?

>>34141063
Why would she want us to lose? If anything that's the same backing down and fucking up that's been plaguing us for a while.

Let's just finish this thing in a draw.

>>34141098
This.

>>34140952
There's no doubt that we're being played, the only question is if it is on an in-game level, or if it's messing with metagaming.

>>34140863
You make an O in the lower left corner.

Koko makes an X...in the lower center square?

Sachiko makes an O in the upper right corner and draws a line.

"Ah!" Koko says. "You two have defeated me and all my forces! Let no one question it." She giggles. "Thank you. I know it's silly but we civil servants get SO little time to just relax."

"No problem." Sachiko says, giving you a shrug of confusion.

"Anyway, here's Toshi with the papers." She nods at a man you see through the glass, approaching your office. He has another Red Leather folder.

The door opens. "Hello." Toshi says. "I hear we've got two new A ranks, congratulations!"

> Roll 1d6

Rolled 2 (1d6)

>>34141147
We should ask to read the documents first, and ask for copies.

Also, saying that we have defeated her and all of her forces must mean something.

Rolled 5 (1d6)

>>34141147

>>34141147
Lets make sure Sachiko signs nothing before we read through it.

>>34141037
You thought of that too?

Yeah my best guess was she wants us to make a specific pattern, including her eventually making a "mistake" but I don't know near enough kanji to see what it could be?

>>34141208
>>34141189
Now we're fucked.

Rolled 6 (1d6)

>>34141147
Third roll

>>34141147
>>34141258
Took too long to type but I knew it.

We were just rused.

>>34141319
>>34141208
>>34141189
I think the dice pool was 1st three rolls right?

>>34141344
Maybe take the order the choices were made in and see if it spells something out?

>>34141351
Yep.

>>34141319
The fire alarm goes off.

All four people in the room look up.

"Someone must have put their lunch in the toaster too long." Koko says. "Sorry about that. They'll probably turn it off in a few moments. Now..." Toshi opens his folder and lays it on the table.

One side has the contract, it's one page. The other side has two long vertical strips of black paper. Koko puts two red, ball-point, pens in front of each of you.

"Go ahead and read through the contract.Then sign your names, in kanji, on the other side. One name per piece of paper. Take your time." Koko says. "And again, don't worry about the smoke alarm."

You and Sachiko look at the contract. It's...well it's very simple. One page. No small print. It's in Legalese but not completely unintelligible. You think.

First blush of the contract says that you will be on the registry, and that you will continue to uphold the traditions and ways of the organization you represent. You will serve the nation of Japan to your best ability, and that you won't commit any crimes, or you'll be booted off the registry.

It seems perfectly legit.

> Make a fuss about the fire alarm.
> Read over the contract again, trying to puzzle out if the legal jargon is hiding anything.
> Ask a question about the contact (Write your own)
> Other

>>34141651
> Read over the contract again, trying to puzzle out if the legal jargon is hiding anything.

>>34141651
>> Ask a question about the contact (Write your own)
This sounds useful, we better use it while we can.

>>34141651
Ask what it means to serve the nation of Japan in this context?

Though I feel like it might be a good idea to try and leave now, since the alarm bell ringing was the result of a good roll.

>>34141765
If anything Star, though not Saichiko, can claim a previous experience with fire and not listening to alarms and leave.

>>34141651
> Ask a question about the contact (Write your own)
Ask about the "organization we represent" part. Which organizations are that? We never said what organization Star belongs to; it would be hilarious for us if the contract magically bonds us to being a Ghostbuster and fucking them over.

>>34141808
> This isn't a bureaucracy, this is some sort of weird cult.
But it makes sense for the PCOC to be so intrinsically tied to all things mythical and religious about japan.

>>34141765
>Ask what it means to serve the nation of Japan in this context?
Like the duly elected officials of Japan, or the Emperor of Japan, or the metaphysical idea of Japan?

>>34141651
> Read over the contract again, trying to puzzle out if the legal jargon is hiding anything.

>>34141808
Unfortunately that's metagaming. In character, everything is fine.

I don't think we have a good reason to want to leave at this point, which makes the reason for that roll hard to discern.

This whole situation stinks, because the only way,to avoid metagaming is to ensnare ourselves

>>34141651
Threes are important here. Agreed to come here three times, three marks and a person's forces are completely defeated, and a signature on three pieces of paper. Black vertical strips of paper is just fucking weird, too.

>>34141914
A bureaucratic organization is playing weird games, not making us wait in a line with a bunch of other people, and is giving us a document to sign that appears initially simple. They are ignoring fire code regulations!

What about this seems fine to you, and why wouldn't Star notice this?

>>34141953
>A bureaucratic organization is playing weird games
Psyker tests, really that's like one of the first things in the 1st ghostbuster movie that Peter Venkmen did, it's actually impressive they managed to make a system out of it

>not making us wait in a line with a bunch of other people
Didn't we already? We waited for our number to be called.

> and is giving us a document to sign that appears initially simple
This ought not to be an indicator of anything

>They are ignoring fire code regulations!
We and the PCOC have a history of ignoring certain regulations, but I agree with that point.

>>34141909
Really I'm not sure why we can't do both.

It'd be suspicious if they tried to rush or threaten us.

>>34141651
> Make a fuss about the fire alarm.
They're ignoring the fire code, playing weird games to pass the time, and the document they want us to sign is simple and refers to things they aren't showing us, with language that is obscure.

>>34142003
>Didn't we already? We waited for our number to be called.
In the manner of most pubic service organizations. In a stressful area, and done in a piss-poor manner.
>This ought not to be an indicator of anything
It's a small thing, but multiple small discrepancies lead to bigger things that are wrong.

>>34141891
>>34141822
>>34141765

"What exactly does it mean to serve the nation of Japan? The language is a little murky." Star asks.

"It means..." Koko says over the fire alarm. "Hold on, Toshi, close the door."

Toshi closes the door and the alarm gets a little softer.

"It means that you will follow the wishes of the Emperor, State Shinto, the Diet, and the local laws and ordinances. The P-COC organization is actually last on that list. We understand that in your line of work there's often need for flexibility. If you belonged to another organization, like the Catholic Church, they'd also be there, right after the Emperor." Koko waves her hands. "It just means don't break the law, and if P-COC gives you a job, you're expected to do it. If you don't, you don't get paid. Also, you don't have to listen to P-COC if you get orders from another superior."

> Roll 1d4

Rolled 4 (1d4)

>>34142120
"Why are you closing the door? Why are you ignoring the fire code?"

Rolled 3 (1d4)

>>34142120
Oh god why.

Rolled 3 (1d4)

>>34142120
It isn't specified which Emperor; in our line of work we need to specify which one, since past Emperors can count.
Not to mention, it's only specifying his orders, not what happens if he's possessed or coerced.

>>34142149
>>34142156
>>34142208
Hmm, a 4 and two 3's, this will be interesting.

>>34142208
>>34142156
>>34142149
Two threes don't beat a four.

Also, I'm pretty sure our curiosity just fucked us up, even though I thought complaining had a lot of support.

>>34142290
In my experience, it'll be a different combination of effects that combines all rolls into one thing. 3s only recently become crits, so...we really don't know. But Ghostmaster is a cool person, so lets see what happens.

>>34142329
He's a cool person who deserves smarter players who don't waste his plots and what are probably very obvious hints on complete obviousness.

>>34142208
>>34142156
>>34142149

"Now, if you don't have any other quest-" Koko starts.

"SMOKE!" Toshi shouts. He rips open the door and, gripping his crotch, runs for it.

"Shit!" Sachiko says.

"Oh! Umm, ummm, please, please just sign really quick and then we can all get out of here!" Koko says.

"What?" Star says. "We have to leave!"

"SIGN FIRST!" Koko snaps. "Please...I mean...you have my word that we can go over the contact item by item later and renegotiate if you'd like, but I need your signature. NOW...please." She says.

You can see her knuckles are white as she's gripping the table so hard.

Yeah, that's the last alarm bell. Something's now officially Off.

> Make a meaningless scribble and signal Sachiko to do the same.
> Sign a fake name and signal Sachiko to do the same.
> Grab the whole damn contact and run for it.
> Other

>>34142356
I'll completely admit that I'm pretty oblivious, but even I can see something strange is happening here.

>>34142365
>Grab the whole damn contract and run for it.

NOPE NOPE NOPE.

>>34142365
> Grab the whole damn contact and run for it.
Nope.webm

>>34142365
>Grab the whole damn contact and run for it.
This will force a reaction.

>>34142365
>> Grab the whole damn contact and run for it.
Get it and get gone

>>34142365
>Please...I mean...you have my word that we can go over the contact item by item later and renegotiate if you'd like, but I need your signature. NOW...please."
Nope. That's not how an honest contract is supposed to work in any world.

This is our chance to leave, we have a legitimate reason to go away, even if we'd be required to come back the next day. I believe we should do something that lets us leave without signing this contract.

>>34142398
>>34142408
>>34142415
>>34142419
Please no, if we bring that thing it will make it easier for them to make us sign it later or sooner

You know what's funny?
Traditionally in folklore, Kitsune and Tanuki are rivals and enemies.
Rini called them country bumpkins, but they're not sociopaths like Kitsune. Maybe Rini has contacts who can get us in touch with Tanuki who would be willing to turn informant and tell us what's happening here in the P-COC?

>>34142398
>>34142408
>>34142415
>>34142419

Star snaps the red folder closed and grabs the thing. "How about we sign this later?" She says. "Come on 'partner,' we need to go!"

The girls run from the room.

"GET BACK HERE WITH THAT!" Koko snaps and lunges after them, "I mean...we we need it for our records!"

"Okay, now what?!" Sachiko asks Star.

> Run for the stairs, everyone's going there, we'll hide in the crush of the crowd.
> Run towards the smoke. Yes, it's a stupid stupid idea, but these guys really do NOT like fire. Maybe you could lose them.
> Hide in another meeting room, let Koko think you've already ran out and sneak out behind her.
> Other

>>34142464
Then do you want to just run without signing anything or grabbing the contract?

>>34142531
> Run towards the smoke. Yes, it's a stupid stupid idea, but these guys really do NOT like fire. Maybe you could lose them.
When in doubt, stupid plans.

>>34142531
> Run towards the smoke. Yes, it's a stupid stupid idea, but these guys really do NOT like fire. Maybe you could lose them.
If we really need to, we'll dump the contract in a fire or under the sprinklers.

>>34142531
> Run towards the smoke. Yes, it's a stupid stupid idea, but these guys really do NOT like fire. Maybe you could lose them.
I know it's stupid, but, it's something these people wouldn't expect.

>>34142531
>Run towards the smoke. Yes, it's a stupid stupid idea, but these guys really do NOT like fire. Maybe you could lose them.
Dumb ideas have gotten us this far, right?

>>34142603
No, don't dump the contract. I think we can use it to reverse everything.

>>34142673
This, it tells us just what the heck is going on.

>>34142673
As soon as we have a chance, we should look at it with ecto goggles and a PKE meter.

>>34142660
>>34142656
>>34142603
>>34142556

"Come on!" Star shouts at Sachiko and the pair run straight into the smoke.

It's a better idea on paper than it is in practice. There's no chance of getting burned or scalded, since it's just a magazine and a tacky couch seat that's actually on fire...but the smoke gets in your eyes, makes it hard to breathe, and near impossible to see.

You hear footsteps, but their far away and slowing. The smoke is hiding your presence a bit, and again, P-COC staff really don't like fire.

Sachiko is coughing and holding onto your arm as guidance.

You know there's another staircase on the other side of this area. You get to there, without being caught or pursued and you're all but home free.

> Barrel through following the green glow of the exit signs.
> Do what they taught you in school and educational TV, get low and start crawling.
> Use the folder as a fan to clear away the smoke.
> Other

>>34142859
> Barrel through following the green glow of the exit signs.

>>34142859
educational vydea!

>>34142709
Might not have enough PKE to reveal much. Better yet we take pictures of it and have copies scanned via the Spectronalizer to see much more accurately if there is any underlying PKE.

Likewise, we'd scan the pictures of the Kimono star took with her cellphone.

>unanimous consensus on a self-professed stupid plan
I've got a bad feeling about this, but the justifications make sense.

>>34142887
Which is, btw, the same device used to reveal Vigo in his painting.

Most ghosts don't appear on camera or in reflections (also vampires), the Spectronalizer is designed to amplify invisible imprints and reveal its true form.

>>34142859
>Do what they taught you in school and educational TV, get low and start crawling.
Let's play it safe, I don't want to end up unconscious in P-COC's offices.

>>34142859
> Barrel through following the green glow of the exit signs.

>>34142859
>Do what they taught you in school and educational TV, get low and start crawling.
Finally a chance to be careful for once!

>>34142859
>Use the folder as a fan to clear away the smoke.
Maybe the smoke will react with the PKE in the contract and reveal something?

>>34142887
Didn't they need actual film for the spectronylzer to work, and digital computer files wouldn't? Or am I getting my supernatural canons mixed up?

>>34142859
Crawl.

>>34142988
It could also remove the PKE signature.

>>34142988
Not worth the risk, we might burn the contract and then we can't examine it later.

>>34142988
>Didn't they need actual film for the spectronylzer to work, and digital computer files wouldn't? Or am I getting my supernatural canons mixed up?
Was that in the cartoon? I don't see why one for of pictures would be different than another.

>>34143009
If these contracts become null and void by taking pictures of it, then this just go a whole lot easier.

>>34143023
Which is why we'd be using photocopies of the contract, obviously.

>>34142993
>>34142968
>>34142940

Star pulls Sachiko down to the ground and both of the girls start crawling towards the exits, using the green signs as a guide. It's clear going, the smoke isn't as bad down here, so your path is easy to find. You just have to hope that someone doesn't try and catch up to you.

Thankfully, whomever set the fire did a rather good job of it. It's not easy to see much of anything unless they're looking for people crawling on the ground.

> Roll 1d8

>>34143009
>>34143023
Ah, I see you were replying to the smoke idea not the Spectronalizer, never mind.

Rolled 8 (1d8)

>>34143168
Ggggggghosssttt rolllll

Rolled 5 (1d8)

>>34143168

>>34143172
Yeah, sorry. Being non-specific is a personality trait I'm trying to change.

Rolled 4 (1d8)

>>34143168

>>34143199
SON OF A BITCH

Rolled 8 (1d8)

>>34143168
>>34143186
Please not after an 8, pls

>>34143186
>>34143199
You bastard.

>>34143204
>>34143199
Fucking shit if I just typed Capcha faster. . .

>>34143199
God fucking dammit we were so close too.

>>34143212
you blame this on me but i only rolled once

>>34143199
So now what?

>Pass out from smoke inhalation
>bad guys grab us
>Kimono activates
> bad guys circled around and are waiting by exit

As far as things go, this is the worst time to get a ghost roll, when we are actively in danger.

>>34143348
Stop giving GM ideas.

>>34143348
its like hes rolling when the gm doesnt ask him to. Insane!!

>>34143199
"There you are!" Star hears Koko yell and there's a feeling of something grabbing her leg.

> You're almost there. All it'll take is a bit of a struggle and you're sure you'll be able to break free.
> Toss Sachiko the folder and make sure that she gets away. Make sure that this isn't a total loss.
> Kick hard with your leg and pull Koko into the smoke with you with the intention of violence. If you hand the folder to Sachiko BEFORE doing this, you'll lose your moment of vulnerability on Koko and she'll have a firm grasp on you. So it's give up the folder, or fight Koko, can't do both.
> Other

>>34143490
> You're almost there. All it'll take is a bit of a struggle and you're sure you'll be able to break free.

All or something better than nothing!

>>34143490
>Toss Sachiko the folder and make sure that she gets away. Make sure that this isn't a total loss.
They REALLY want that folder, let's make damn sure they don't get it.

>>34143490
Seriously? Trying to escape a fucking fire and she's grabbing our leg?

>>34143490
>Toss Sachiko the folder and make sure that she gets away. Make sure that this isn't a total loss.
I don't trust the dice to back us up if we try to fight, let's play it safe this time.

>>34143145
>I don't see why one for of pictures would be different than another.
It's because the technology behind the two are completely different (aside from the lenses).
Film photography is made by allowing light (and PKE) to directly fall onto a chemical film that reacts with the energy that falls upon it.
A digital camera has CCD and CMOS sensor chips that create a digital file from detected photons.

It's be a different story if the digital camera had PKE sensor chips to go along with the CCD chip.

>>34143490
> You're almost there. All it'll take is a bit of a struggle and you're sure you'll be able to break free.
Letting ourselves get captured sounds really stupid.

>>34143490
>You're almost there. All it'll take is a bit of a struggle and you're sure you'll be able to break free.
Nobody gets left behind dammit!

>>34143490
> You're almost there. All it'll take is a bit of a struggle and you're sure you'll be able to break free.
Nearly there

>>34143580
She's totally legit anon. Everything's fine. If we sign the contract, we can go free.

>>34143490
Wait, is the first option to get rid of the folder in order to get away?
The third option makes it sound like our options are:
1. Run and drop the folder
2. Give the folder to Sachiko but let Star be captured
3. Fight Koko without giving up the folder

Is this right?

>>34143490
Toss the folder, her strength is superhuman.

>>34143729
>>34143723
>>34143683

Star grits her teeth and fights to break free of...what is this wrapped around her ankle anyway? It's not an arm or a leg. It feels...soft, whatever it is.

> Roll 1d20

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>34143779
rolling

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>34143779
Oh boy.

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>34143779

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>34143779
>It feels...soft, whatever it is.
Tentacle time.

>>34143644
Then we'll need to purchase a real photographic camera, that or work on a PKE sensitive digital camera in the same way as there are infrared cameras which can detect light past the visible spectrum.

>>34143808
Goddammit, just a little bit too late.

>>34143814
Which shouldn't be that hard if we can make PKE sensitive ecto-goggles.

>>34143833
And I was the one who rolled the 4. So much for my redemption.

>>34143808
Tail. It's a kitsune probably.
And 12 probably isn't high enough.

>>34143871
Yep.

>>34143871
Eh, I think we have a shot since it's above 10. At the very least it certainly isn't going to be an insta-lose.

>>34143906
Enough people voted for throwing Sachiko the contract, so there is that.

>>34143906
Maybe.

Depends on what Sachiko is doing.

>>34143951
What is everyone else doing? Hopefully getting their equipment.

>>34144008
Sato and Akira set the fire and evacuated.
Daisuke is on his sneaking mission.

Did you forget what the plan was?

>>34144008
We still haven't done Daisuke's section yet either, I'm wondering how that's gonna turn out.

>>34143795
You try to pull free of the grip that's around your leg, but all you manage to do is drag yourself forward a few more inches.

Also, Koko has come into the smoke. She's hacking and coughing worse than you are actually. She's wheezing for breath...but she can see you.

And you can see her. She's not human. She's...a plant?

Open flowers are where her eyes eye, her skin is a mass of branches, bark, and moss. Her hair is a mass of what looks like seaweed. Her hands and legs aren't really hands or legs, but a mass of vines that are taking hand and leg shape, compressed into a sensible business suit.

One of those vines is wrapped around your leg.

"This...*cough*...isn't...*wheeze*...please...*cough.* Hurting...*cough*...help...give back...following orders...please...*cough*...burn down...*gasping breath*...home...JUST SIGN! PLEASE!"

There's now a vine around each leg of yours, you aren't getting away without Koko letting you go, either willingly or unwillingly.

> Push her into the fire.
> Pull her down and fight her on the ground.
> Surrender, but throw the folder to Sachiko so she can get away with the stuff.
> Other

>>34144040
I'm pretty sure the first ghost roll we get will get us either captured or just kicked out.

>>34144186
Welp, I'd say if Star gets out this encounter is warrant enough for us to get our equipment and go back in full gear, maybe put out the fires with some slime.

>>34144186
>Push her into the fire.
No mercy, we can't afford that luxury when we're at war.

>>34144186
>Star being captured and engulfed by tentacle vines
l-lewd

>>34144186
>Other
"Just following orders? Then follow mine! Let go or I'll make sure we BOTH BURN!"
Bluff and threaten. She knows we've got some powers, and there's a fire right behind her. Will she risk it?

>>34144186
> Push her into the fire.
Violence isn't the answer. It's the question. The answer is YES!

>>34144270
This

>>34144186
>>34144270
Start with this, but do it for real if she doesn't back down.

>>34144186
>>34144270

>>34144324
Seconded

>>34144270
Thirdin
>>34144186

>>34144186
"It's pointless, Ghostbusters aren't allowed to join!"

Let's not be murderers.

>>34144256
>>34144284
It sounds like, unlike the tanuki who are just mercenaries, Koko is being forced to do this under threat of her home being burned.
Sure we can't get all youkai to surrender peacefully, but if we get a reputation for taking no prisoners, then no one will consider surrendering.

>Surrender, but throw the folder to Sachiko so she can get away with the stuff.

We can't risk losing the folder now, it's obviously important. We can always rescue Star.

>>34144352
>>34144270
Should we combine these two?
Star's cover is likely to be blown pretty soon; her picture is right on the receptionist's desk, after all.
Maybe revealing she's a Ghostbuster will make the order more believable?

>>34144352
It's not murder if it's self defense.

Also explicitly speaking, murder is limited to killing humans and defined as such.

>>34144415
We've already done your section Akira, go away.

>>34144455
actually murder does only apply to humans in the sense of the word itself

>>34144405
"Just following orders? Then follow mine! I'm a Ghostbuster, so either follow me or I'll make sure we both BURN!"

>>34144270
Star gets up and grabs Koko's 'arms' and looks her dead in the face. The plant woman is a little startled at someone not even blanching at her true form.

"Just following orders? Then follow mine! Let go or I'll make sure we BOTH BURN!" Star snaps and she pushes slightly towards the burning couch.

"You wouldn't!" Koko hacks out.

"Try me." Star says. "I'm a Ghostbuster. We. Don't. Bluff."

> Roll 1d8 to see if Koko falls for the bluff.

Rolled 5 (1d8)

>>34144565
C'mon dice!

Rolled 7 (1d8)

>>34144565

>>34144352
>>34144405
I just figured it could be a loophole.

If we're forbidden from working for P-COC, then she can't make us sign.

If it doesn't work I'd advise surrender.

Don't really like the bloodthirst

Rolled 1 (1d8)

>>34144565
If only we could take her with us and put her in a pot in the office.
We could use some green in the Factory.

Rolled 2 (1d8)

>>34144565

>>34144588
Really I wish we had done the thing yesterday where we got Saichiko to dress up as a Ghostbuster and get herself confirmed to be not allowed to register.

>>34144617
That might have got her in other trouble though, being legit is part of where she draws her power from if I'm not mistaken.

>>34144617
Well, she's not going to be allowed to register now.
I believe "Ghostbuster Hijinx" disqualifies you from P-COC Officiality.

>>34144617
Again, that brings reprisals from her boss down on her head.
As much as she now tolerates the Ghostbusters, her shrine and her position as a miko are the very core of who she is.
To defy the Emperor Himself, as well as the State Shinto and Council, would be the same as Daisuke showing up to GBHQ with openly displayed P-COC credentials and ID card.

>>34144660
But she would have been legitimately denied.

"Hi, I'm here to register /myself/ and my colleagues"

"So you are saying /I/ and my comrades are forbidden to register"

Nowhere did she lie she was a ghostbuster.

>>34144697
A ruling from PCOC is the will of the Emperor after all.

>>34144586
Koko lets you go. "This doesn't make sense." She coughs as she drops to the ground. "You already defeated us. We fulfilled any destiny or prophecy." She chuckles. "Rank 4 threat my leafy ass...wait..."

Star pauses as she was trying to get through the smoke.

"I'll tell them that the Priestess who was number 444 and her 'partner' signed and took off before the fire." She wheezes. "But make me an oath...please..."

"What?"

"There's a maid cafe in Akihabara." Koko says. "Protect it."

"There's a lot of maid cafes in Akihabara." Star says.

"This one has a King Arthur theme. In the middle of the place...is a grove. My grove. Promise me you'll keep it safe." She wheezes out another cough.

"Why would I ever say no to something like that?" Star says.

"It's...not...exactly...innocent" She coughs. "We need to feed...everyone needs to eat..."

"Spill it." Star says.

"Narcotic in the tea." Koko says. "From our sap...keeps them coming back. Wanting to stay with us. Eventually they stay there, inside the trunk, forever. Just one a year! That's all. We've never hurt the girls. Promise!"

Star feels a muscle in her throat involuntarily clench, and her hands shake a little.

> Agree.
> Say nothing and leave.
> Throw this monster into the fire.
> Throw this monster into the fire and make sure she burns.
> Throw this monster into the fire and make sure she burns slowly.
> Other, that involves setting this bitch on fire.

>>34144923
>Say nothing and leave.
We're not murderers, but we're not going to protect them either.

>Throw this monster into the fire and make sure she burns.

There goes any good will I had toward this thing.

>>34144923
> Is there ANY way that you can feed without killing someone?

>>34144923
>Say nothing and leave.
This is our chance to get gone and get away clean, vengeance wouldn't be worth it unless we were controlling Akira.

>>34145020
Seriously this, we have technology for a reason and there is the sanctuary.

They will have to pay for their crimes, but it doesn't have to be death. In any event this means we have a new job to be done down the road sometime later.

>>34145020
That's the kind of question they should have asked themselves. Does the answer really matter now that they've been killing innocent people? We have a job to do, and after this one's destroyed, we need to go hit up that grove.

>>34145080
And really vengeance would be justified here in that these are actual malicious and they kill people. If this were a big ugly angry monster that only comes out once a year we'd of killed it all the same.

But our escape is more important right now.

>>34145092
Well, after the whole avoiding the apocalypse thing.

>>34145092
Yeah, well maybe they didn't have help. We've seen the 'friends' they have. Kitsune wouldn't try to help a human. We should be the better people here and try to help them.

>>34144923
>Other
"And why isn't a cow good enough? Or, I dunno, donated blood packets? Sure, you'd need more, but it wouldn't be people you're killing."

>>34145135
I'm sure Akira will take it really well when we're even making deals with the ones that actually, verifiably murder humans on a regular basis.

>>34145139
They probably have to absorb souls or lifeforce, which we could theoretically substitute with PKE.

Or perhaps they can't afford to buy an entire cow. . .

>>34145092
None the deaths that Daisuke has caused seem to weigh on his mind.
In a way, the Ghostbusters are really speciest. They won't go after humans, no matter how many people they've killed; they only go after ghosts and supernaturals.

>>34145189
We do it with Kali and the old man already.

Killing is still killing, be the reduction of life for day or a year or 20 years, after all.

Still, wouldn't fly with him I'd expect.

>>34145200
Well, in Daisuke's case, his actions were irrefutably justified.

As for the 2nd, Ghostbusters have gone after humans before, such as wizards or sorcerors cultists or even rogue scientists.

>>34145189
They'll keep doing it unless we give them an alternative. If they have an alternative, some will stop, and some will continue. If we make stopping easier, most will stop, and the rest get trapped.

>>34144923
>Say nothing and leave.

For some reason, I'm reminded of the idol episode of "Blue Seed". Don't remember how it goes.

>>34145285
There is a lot of assumption going on here, and trying to negotiate with the wrong spirits, like the winter mother, and potentially this one, has come close to biting us in the ass before.

>>34144947
>>34145020
>>34145337

Star just turns her back on Koko and heads for the stairs where Sachiko is waiting at the door. She's not making any deals with any piece of drug-pushing scum. Also they kill people which is bad as well...a trip to Akiba is in order.

Of course, this will probably cause no end of trouble for the Ghostbusters and Sachiko down the line but...fuck it. She's not Akira, she couldn't throw Koko into the fire. But she's not...she can't...

Star rubs her arms.

She has the bad feeling that there might be a few 'Bad Days' upcoming. Maybe it would be best to invite trouble.

You can't get into Trouble if you're dealing with trouble. Star thinks to herself.


She shakes her head free of those thoughts when she gets out of the P-COC building and finds the two idiots.

"Hey." Sato says. "How'd it go?"

"We might....we HAVE a small problem." Star says.

>>34145435
Daisuke sticks his head out of the restroom and finds that there's no one watching him in the cafeteria. Just a few OLs and salarymen who are staring at their food or phones.

He heads for the stairs. No one stops him and there's no security lock on the door. Looks like there might be one later, but not today.

It only occurs to you, once you step into the stairwell, that you have NO idea what you're looking for.

At all.

Crap.

Well there's thankfully a list of the floors next to the stairwell.

1) CAFETERIA & RECEPTION
2) RECEIVING & RECORDS
3) REGISTRY INTERVIEW
4) ASSESSMENT
5) ACCOUNTING
6) OFFICES & MEETING ROOMS
7) MAINTENANCE
8) EMPLOYEE LOUNGE

> What floor?

>>34145538
2) RECEIVING & RECORDS

>>34145435
We gotta expose that the Japanese branch of PCOC has been infiltrated by supernaturals trying to keep tabs on exorcists and distract them from murder.

>>34145538
Temped to go with 3 or 4 purely for the luck merits.

3) REGISTRY INTERVIEW

Maybe we'll find out even more about the registry system.

>>34145538
>RECEIVING & RECORDS
Perfect, we need copies of as many files as we can carry.

>>34145580
Pretty sure that's just where people are being interviewed so I doubt we'll find much of interest up there.

>>34145538
>2) RECEIVING & RECORDS
Here, we need the records.

>>34145614
3rd floor is where the other four went. Just for review.

>>34145587
Hopefully we'll be able to sift through a shit ton of useless PCOC beuarcratic garbage in time.

>>34145262
>irrefutably justified.
Not exactly. It's only justified in Daisuke's mind and in the minds of fringe crazies.
The rest of society see Daisuke as an immoral misfit who, despite as much trouble and chaos he causes, still hasn't done anything technically illegal that the police could throw him in jail for, as much as they want to.

>>34145538
8) EMPLOYEE LOUNGE

I don't think there's evidence there, I just think Daisuke could use a quick cup of coffee, man.

>>34145558
>>34145587
>>34145649

You go up the stairs and open the floor to the second floor.

It looks like a call center. There are people taking calls and a few people walking around.

You see the backs of Sato and Akira as they're led around by another guy, a woman with a tray of marbles walks past them. None of them notice you.

> Eavesdrop on what the people taking calls are saying.
> Find an empty desk and see if you can't get onto the computer.
> Shadow the others, see where they're going.
> Other

>>34145707
>Not exactly. It's only justified in Daisuke's mind and in the minds of fringe crazies
Daisuke is a reliable narrator

>>34145587
>we need copies of as many files as we can carry.
We have a smartphone, right? Why not just take photos of all files?

Or if there's a copier, many office copiers have a function to email scanned documents; we could just email the files to us and erase our email address from the copier afterwards. I doubt that the youkai here are savvy enough with computers to know to go through the deleted sectors of the onboard memory (not to mention, records like that are usually stored in a CMOS chip, so that normal recovery methods don't work).

>>34145727
>Find an empty desk and see if you can't get onto the computer.
We don't want the PR spiel, we want the truth!

>>34145735
>>34145707
*and what he says is truth.

In the same manner he is able to accurately predict without error that Kaede can still live a decently happy life without joining us.

>>34145727
> Find an empty desk and see if you can't get onto the computer.
Maybe we'll be lucky, and the user put their password on a post-it underneath the keyboard.

>>34145727
> Find an empty desk and see if you can't get onto the computer.
I wonder do they even have passwords for their access?

>>34145727
>Find an empty desk and see if you can't get onto the computer.

Works in all the crime shows I watch. Do we have a USB drive?

>>34145735
>>34145762
I'm not arguing that Daisuke was right.
I'm arguing the irrefutable part, when much of society doesn't think it was right. Otherwise Daisuke wouldn't have become a social pariah and his family blacklisted from work and social circles.
We know he was right, Daisuke knows he was right, but the rest of society, who are NPC's, say he was wrong.

>>34145802
>Do we have a USB drive?
You'd be surprised at the proportion of Japanese youth that are tech illiterate.

>>34145768
>>34145801
>>34145802

You go over to an empty desk that's just inside the cubicle farm and sit down. The computer's on screen saver, a little shake of the mouse and...yep...password and user name.

You do a quick check for post-it notes, notes in the desk, under the keyboard. The usual light search for anything that might be a clue.

> Roll 1d6

Rolled 3 (1d6)

>>34145932

Rolled 3 (1d6)

>>34145932
Windows OS actually saves the username of the last authenticated user.

Rolled 14 (1d20)

Roll roll roll that search check

>>34145950
nobody else roll

Rolled 4 (1d6)

>>34145932
12356

>>34145972
>>34145966
>>34145964
y u do dis?

>>34145964
1d6. We use a variety of dice for this quest, mostly for GM's amusement.
>>34145972
Like this person demonstrated. Amusement.

Rolled 4 (1d6)

>>34145964
Why do I automatically use a D20?

>>34145998
STAHP!

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>>34145972
2 3's, and then you had to go and fuck this up for us.

>>34146010
.........my luck is horrible.

>>34145959
Most fools keep passwords no more than twenty feet away.

>>34145950
>>34145959
>>34145972
If 3 is now a crit, we should be fine, 1 3 cancels out the 4 and the other remains as a crit.

>>34146040
Then for the love of God please stop rolling and stop fucking things up for the rest of us already.

>>34146107
I've only rolled twice, once as part of the epidemic of 2's last thread and then this one.

>>34145950
>>34145959
>>34145972

Good news. You found a post-it note with both screen name AND a password!

Bad news. The guy who's desk this actually is, is back.

You quickly pocket the paper, and smile at the guy. Yes, yes, you're new. No, you didn't know that this was 'his' desk. Were we supposed to have assigned spots? Well, that does explain the toy bobbleheads and the other things scattered around here. Ah, well, so terribly sorry, won't happen again. Yes, yes. You'll take a desk over there.

You walk away, ignoring the grumblings of 'prick' behind your back and you head over to a more abandoned looking desk and sit down.

Thankfully, the system doesn't have any problem with two people being hooked into the network at the same time. You hope that there isn't someone else who can see that.

Bobblehead doesn't exactly have top access to all of P-COC's records. There's the employee manual, a mission statement written by Peck, the questionnaire script people are supposed to follow when they get a call...and a heavily filtered web browser.

> Check the email. Maybe there's some stuff passed around informal channels.
> See if you can look up any records, see any of Bobblehead's past calls.
> Log out. This isn't getting you anywhere.
> Other

>>34146086
Oh, anon, 4s cannot be cancelled. Ghostmaster just takes both the crits AND the crit-fails and mashes them together for his amusement. Case-and-point >>34142365 .

>>34146139
Okay then, I thought you were the guy who kept on rolling 4s earlier in the thread.

>>34146152
>Check the email. Maybe there's some stuff passed around informal channels.
This will probably give us the most insight into what's really going on here.

>>34146152
Email, office gossip is awesome for stuff like this

>>34146152
> Check the email. Maybe there's some stuff passed around informal channels.

Let's see if we can find out what those "orders" are.
>>34146158
Because all 4s were rolled voluntarily.

>>34146152
>Other
Open the web browser on our smartphone and generate a throwaway Gmail Japan account. Save the Inbox to a psd file (assuming that they're using Outlook), and email the psd file to the gmail account. Then delete the email from the Sent box.

>>34146240
No, but if I noticed I was having a string of bad rolls I would stop fucking rolling for a while and let some other people have a go for good luck or something.

>>34146289
As a statistics student I would say gambler's fallacy, but we're gamers dammit, we're supposed to be superstitious

>>34146329
Exactly, theoretically speaking I know it doesn't make a difference but on some level you have to admit that luck is a factor you should consider, and some dice are just evil, like the d20 that rolls nothing but 1s for one of my players.

>>34146152
> Check the email. Maybe there's some stuff passed around informal channels.
> See if you can look up any records, see any of Bobblehead's past calls.

>>34146255
Supporting this. Very useful & quick.

On the subject of whether we ruthlessly pursue supernaturals that have taken a human life, versus first attempt to show them an alternative, weren't there two instances in the original Ghostbusters cartoon that had the Ghostbusters not pursue with prejudice?
There was the town of vampires versus the town of werewolves; the Ghostbusters said "Fuck this, we out" when the two sides started fighting/infecting each other, and didn't bother to check if they ever drained/killed humans.
And then there was the one instance where they were hired by a vampire to get rid of a vampire hunter. The vampire had given up draining humans of blood, but they never investigated if he had drained humans in the past.

>>34146383
I roll great out of combat. I get into combat and miss every roll. My dice hate fighting apparently, which is a shame because I was supposed to be one of the frontline damage people in my last game.

>>34146152
> See if you can look up any records, see any of Bobblehead's past calls.

>>34146443
Right, and we have shown mercy in most cases by now, and all of them have been different from spirits that admittedly kill humans, and have now asked us up front to help them keep killing humans. We already can't qualify as ruthless at this point for the sheer leniency we've already displayed - at this point, some of us are just fighting for these Ghostbusters to have any standards at all. We're not called Ghost-hold-hands-and-sing-kumbaya-ers.

>>34146445
I know that feel, I was supposed to be the face and couldn't roll diplomacy to save my life (which wasn't too terrible since my bonus was already ungodly high, but it was still kinda annoying). The worst part about that d20 is that he still hasn't learned his lesson, he'll see somebody else roll a string of 19s and 20s then pick it up himself and roll nothing but 1s for the rest of the night.

>>34146445
Combat is relatively simpler and of less overall value than being good at plot, though it is more fun and we are better at it ostensibly.

>>34146240
>>34146196
>>34146230

You pull up the email, and thankfully bobble head used the same password to that. Thank you modern office culture.

The emails are pretty boring. Mostly questions about policy, car pools, and shift changes.

However, there are a few gems.

First is that people are complaining about the 'lounge records issue.' There's no more access to the employee lounge. There's just a bunch of 'locked file cabinets' that appeared overnight. Management apologizes for the inconvenience and says that it's just temporary until the Registry is complete and the old paper records that were given to P-COC for assessment are digitized. Until then people are to NOT touch the articles in the lounge area, under penalty of immediate termination.

People are also complaining about the noises from Maintenance. There's a lot of pound noises from that floor and people can hear them all they way down on floor 3 sometimes. Management apologizes for it, explaining that Maintenance is moving in some advanced IT equipment up there and special hardware is being installed. Also that anyone entering the 7th floor without clearance will be immediately terminated.

Finally Yasuo wants all of the human employees to remember that the yokai employees are under no obligation to drop their glamours, or even say that they're yokai. That commentary on their dietary needs in the cafeteria is considered rude, and to not be offended by some personal habits. He lists some common tanuki, kuchisake-onna, and kitsune habits that might seem strange to humans, but are harmless. Also that revealing the existence of the yokai is akin to outing a homosexual, and will be viewed as a hate act and immediate grounds for dismissal.

Also, the company dinner will be at a rather nice resturaunt where P-COC human employees will get to ask their yokai co-workers about their existence anonymously and are encouraged to do so.

Also, the list of birthdays needs to be updated.

(cont)

>>34146549
>and have now asked us up front to help them keep killing humans
She asked for protection of the grove, which means that someone is threatening to burn her down (most likely the kitsune in order to secure her cooperation).
She can't ask for help in finding an alternative method of sustenance, if her first priority is not being burned to ash, either by her current master or by us.

>>34146549
When you're under the threat of someone killing you and all you love, and there's another person right in front of you who can either protect you or kill you, do you first ask them to help you with your addiction problem, or ask them not to kill you and protect them from the other person who's threatening to kill you?

>>34146595
Heh. My Paladin tries to be the party face. In our first game he did this by trying to threaten the Queens of Winter and Summer (and if you have any mythological background you'll understand how monumentally BAD an idea that is). In the current one he's a level 2 character who tried to pay for an item with our bosses money (which he didn't even have on him and had to beg for it).

We decided to steal the item in question after he left the session early, just to piss him off.

>>34146778
Somehow I knew where that was going as soon as you said "paladin", I don't think we've ever had a single game with someone playing a paladin that didn't involve some sort of horrible inter-party conflict.

>>34146680
>youkai employees of P-COC
Isn't there something in the P-COC regulations about needing to be fully human and alive in order to be an employee?
I'm pretty sure that Equal Opportunity Employment only applies to humans.
Youkai and other supernaturals don't have rights. They're not human, after all.

>>34146680
There's talk about the 'Second Stage' project too. After the registry, P-COC is going to ramp up efforts for yokai/human integration. School programs, public education, workshops, and other ideas for integrating the non-human residency of Japan with the human. It's mostly spitball ideas and general mission statements. Nothing solid, at least the people in Receiving aren't getting anything solid, yet.

> Leave, leave the building. This is WAY bigger than you have ANY hope for. You guys need to regroup.
> Yasuo is supposed to be in today. Send him an email, or call him. Cause the two of you need to talk. NOW.
> They say don't go to the Lounge or Maintenance...well I guess it's pretty clear as to where we need to go now!
> Other

>>34146549
>>34146443
I don't think Star killed anyone in the Raid, given she was holding the booze.

Considering that Koko had already surrendered, I don't really have a problem with Star not being comfortable horribly murdering her, justified or not.

It makes sense for her not being able to handle burning someone alive.

>>34146839
>Yasao
>places we need to go now

>>34146839
>They say don't go to the Lounge or Maintenance...well I guess it's pretty clear as to where we need to go now!

Continue recon.

Yasuo's been compromised.

>>34146839
>They say don't go to the Lounge or Maintenance...well I guess it's pretty clear as to where we need to go now!
I think we still have a few minutes and we're gonna need more than hearsay if we want to bring P-COC down.

>>34146839
>Other
Forward ALL of these emails to a throwaway Gmail Japan account so that we can show them to Peck and demonstrate how P-COC Japan has been suborned by youkai.
Then
> They say don't go to the Lounge or Maintenance...well I guess it's pretty clear as to where we need to go now!

>>34146839
>> They say don't go to the Lounge or Maintenance...well I guess it's pretty clear as to where we need to go now!
>Other
Take pictures, make copies of the emails somehow. We need evidence.

>They say don't go to the Lounge or Maintenance...well I guess it's pretty clear as to where we need to go now!

>>34146817
He was only paladin once, we just refer to him that way.

>>34146839

Just leave before we get kidnapped
Let's not push our luck, Star and Sana already got a lot.

>>34146911
>>34146918
Changing my vote from >>34146925 to these.

>>34146839
> They say don't go to the Lounge or Maintenance...well I guess it's pretty clear as to where we need to go now!
We need more information

>>34146839
>Other
>>34146911
>>34146918
Backing these, we need proof of this treachery for when we expose them to the world at large.

>>34146911
You copy all the emails and...discover that the admins have blocked all non-employee email webpages.

If you're going to email this to anyone, it has to be to an address of someone you know. And when you do that, the P-COC admins WILL see it.

Also, you aren't the one who knows all the emails of the other GB branches or central. That's what you have a secretary for, after all.

You can still risk it and send it to someone you know though.

> Risk it.
> Don't.

Wow, we really are speciests.
The very idea that there can be integration and civil rights for supernaturals is met with hostility (even if it is part of a conspiracy).
PAGAN does have a point; the Ghostbusters are for segregation, and they'll bust/beat any supernatural that gets uppity.
Or even worse, they'll turn a blind eye to it so long as they're appropriately paid off.

>>34147015
>>34146911
What are you guys talking about? There's nothing wrong with hiring Youkai, if anything, that should be encouraged.

The PROBLEM is that -these- specific Youkai are part of a doomsday cult.

>>34147117
>Don't
Not juicy enough.

>>34147117
>Don't.
It's not specific enough to risk bringing the hammer down on one of our friends. Character development!

>>34147117
Wait, the browsers are filtered, right?
But, would they filter the Shrine Registry and associated websites?

Could we do a quick search for their email address and send it to them, with a subject line that we are attempting to send these attachments to the miko located in <official name of Sachiko's shrine>?

>>34147193
Yeah in this case, from what we know of the email, the Youkai aren't hostile and Daisuke hasn't seen any threatening behavior.

The only reason to panic is racism.

>>34147117
If no texting someone else to open a gurillamail account to send the Email to, don't do it.

>>34147213
Which would then get Sachiko targeted again right after we just barely got her out. Not exactly an ideal solution there.

>>34147117
How about printing it out with an office printer? Can we do that?

>>34147215
>The only reason to panic is racism.
>being Japanese born and raised in Japan
Xenophobia and racism is pretty much part of the background noise of being Japanese. It's so pervasive that most people don't even realize it's racist unless it's pointed out.

>>34147117
Proxy create an email account through Google Translate. Unless they blocked that too.

>>34147219
Can we do that? I don't know if any of the others are in a position to do that right this second, and if it would take more than a minute or two that would be too long.

>>34147117
Wait, why aren't we creating a throwaway gmail account through our smartphone?
Or are we so goddamn backwards that we don't have a browser or data plan on our cellphone?

>>34147189
>>34147193

There's nothing really BAD about these emails anyway. Also, it's not like you aren't doing the same thing with the yokai sanctuary.

Still, you're curious about that stuff about the lounge and maintenance.

You get up and go back to the stairs.

> Go all the way up to the lounge
> Go to maintenance
> Other

>>34147256
What about Sana back at the Factory?
And I've walked a person through making a Gmail Japan account, it really does only take a minute (barring getting them to realize that, no, the popup window from the antivirus just needs to be closed, the gmail application window is still there, just close the goddamn popup).

>>34147280
>Go to maintenance
The less distance we have to cover the better, especially if we're on the clock.

>>34147280
...Actually no.

Let's not go all the way to the 7th and 8th floors where there's no hope of escape.

Let's just leave.

>>34147280
> Go to maintenance

>>34147280
>Go to maintenance
The file cabinets are locked, so I don't think we'll have much lock in opening them anyway.

>>34147280
>Go to maintenance
Let's see what goes bump in the night.… on the seventh floor.

>>34147343
I mean I don't think people realize that Maintenance is just one floor below the employee lounge and our hope of egress becomes slimmer and slimmer the higher we get.

>>34147368
>>34147349
>>34147340

You hike up the stairs, and finally get to the 7th floor.

> Roll 1d6

Rolled 4 (1d6)

>>34147393

Rolled 1 (1d6)

>>34147393
Come on, no ghost rolls!

>>34147392
>>34147407
>>34147393
Yeah, this is why that wasn't a great idea.

Hopefully there will just be a guard or something blocking the way.

Rolled 2 (1d6)

>>34147393
Let's go!

>>34147407

The fire alarm goes off.

Crap.

You hear people walk/running on this floor and hear a door opening above you. People are beginning to evacuate the building.

Double crap.

> Evacuate the building
> Try to slip into Maintenance as people are filing out.
> If you can find a place to hide, somewhere, you'll have a full run of the building when they're all gone.
> Other

Rolled 6 (1d6)

>>34147393
A hiking we go.

>>34147546
>> If you can find a place to hide, somewhere, you'll have a full run of the building when they're all gone.
This. We're Daisuke, we're decent at a little hiding.

>>34147546
>If you can find a place to hide, somewhere, you'll have a full run of the building when they're all gone.
I know it's risky, but the potential reward is too great to pass up.

>>34147546
> Try to slip into Maintenance as people are filing out.
As we walk through the crowd, shout "Please evacuate the building in an orderly fashion and follow the exit signs! Move quickly, thank you!"

>>34147546
>Evacuate the building
We don't know it's a ruse, it's not a good idea to stay on higher floors of a building that is currently in flames.

>>34147546
>If you can find a place to hide, somewhere, you'll have a full run of the building when they're all gone.
Janitor's closet, or a bathroom.

>>34147589
I like this

>>34147546
>Evacuate the building
They probably won't all leave, it seems like it'd just be easier for us to get cornered.

>>34147589
Seconding this, Bavarian Fire Drills work wonders in Asian cultures.

>>34147589
Let's do this.

>>34147546
> If you can find a place to hide, somewhere, you'll have a full run of the building when they're all gone.

>>34147585
>>34147586
>>34147602
>>34147723

Okay, you are currently on a stairwell in a office building. The list of hiding spots isn't that great.

> Run to the top of the stairs quickly and hide by the roof access door. No traffic that way, and as long as people don't look up you're golden.
> Hide behind the maintenance door. Very very risky, but who looks behind a door when they're focused on leaving a building?
> You think you might have seen a janitor's closet a few floors down. You can fake being an evacuee and then (if it isn't locked) hide in there.
> Other

>>34147628
It just... really doesn't seem like a smart idea to do this without any gear or backup or anyone even knowing where we went.

>>34147788
>Hide behind the maintenance door. Very very risky, but who looks behind a door when they're focused on leaving a building?
Making the best of a bad situation here.

>>34147788
>Run to the top of the stairs quickly and hide by the roof access door. No traffic that way, and as long as people don't look up you're golden.
The others seem too risky.

>>34147788
>> You think you might have seen a janitor's closet a few floors down. You can fake being an evacuee and then (if it isn't locked) hide in there.
If it's locked we can fake it all the way out.

>>34147788
>You think you might have seen a janitor's closet a few floors down. You can fake being an evacuee and then (if it isn't locked) hide in there.
We don't have to compound our recklessness with more recklessness

>>34147679
>>34147708
If you didn't nest your votes, maybe you would've won instead of getting ignored.

>>34147788
> Run to the top of the stairs quickly and hide by the roof access door. No traffic that way, and as long as people don't look up you're golden.

>>34147788
>You think you might have seen a janitor's closet a few floors down. You can fake being an evacuee and then (if it isn't locked) hide in there.
This way we have an evac plan in place if infiltration doesn't work.

>>34147948
>>34147867
>>34147862

You go down the stairs and try to get to the janitor's closet without hitting a crowd, and praying that it isn't locked.

> Roll 2d6, highest score plays.

Rolled 5, 4 = 9 (2d6)

>>34147994
roll

Rolled 1, 2 = 3 (2d6)

>>34147994
Oh boy

Rolled 3, 1 = 4 (2d6)

>>34147994
Let's give this a shot.