>>34464001
“...about dad, and…” she is certainly hesitant about this, “please don’t be mad,”

She draws her hand free and shows you the ring. She surges with confidence as her clothes are replaced in a crimson rush of fire. Your heart catches in your throat as she steps out of the light, changed.

Its going to be a long night.

Interlude End

>>34464033
Quest Start

You are Mikage Chiba, age 15, second year Highschool student. Presently you are on your way under cover of night toward the MgRonald’s restaurant on the northern edge of Juuban, near the shopping center. It is here that you’ve arranged to meet with a supposed girl gang, the Primroses, that’s been edging into town from the Zodiac School for Girls.

Well, Mikage Chiba isn’t meeting with the Primroses. One of your many alternate personalities you have worn as armor to protect your until recently fragile psyche from immense guilt and trauma will be meeting these girls.

Given recent supernatural activity in town, the streets are relatively empty for a saturday night, so you’re able to make your way without being accosted through the eerie silence in your bunny sweater and lounge pants. No one looking at you would suspect that beneath the surface, there is a mad and savage beast that claims itself to be a simple delinquent. This creature who you let yourself become to indulge in an underlying thirst for violence and control is called Red Eyes.

Earlier today, you managed to find two of the primroses as they waited for breakfast in the alleyway behind the MgRonald’s. Giving them a good scare, you arranged a meeting with their boss, a girl they call Aki, in the very same location at the stroke of midnight. Given that its 11:12, that time is fast approaching.

>>34464054

You suspect that their Aki is actually fashion designer prodigy Yukiko Akiyama. Your own presently reintegrating persona mask of Miki, a bubbly ganguro girl in a local fashion circle, has dealings with mis Akiyama come the morrow. It doesn’t matter as you’ll know soon enough.

Ahead of you are the golden arches of MgRonald’s, about a block away.

>Use your transformation pen to become Red Eyes.
>Transform into someone else from your known persona roster. Who?
>Stay as you are for now.

&

>Scout out the Alley behind the restaurant
>Scout the restaurant and see if the girls are there beforehand
>Enter the restaurant, you can’t do this thing on an empty stomach...your consumption of a portion of the Metallia entity and sugar cookies aside
>Write in

Finishing Touches on your Level Up.

Melee Character Feature Options!
-Fighting Style
-Tactical Attacks
-Specialization

Domains you can take for Divine Source. Select 2 from this list generated from the Pathfinder Doman List.
-Darkness
-Healing
-Madness
-Earth
-Nobility
-Protection
-Plant
-Trickery

>>34464070
Hmmm.

I'm gonna go with Fighting Style for Melee character feature and Darkness and Healing for some yin-yang stuff, while I have time to post.

>>34464070

>Use your transformation pen to become Red Eyes.
>Scout the restaurant and see if the girls are there beforehand

>>34464070
I think we should use the time to check our Lurk accounts. Hop up on a quiet rooftop and kill time checking them out.
Also, keep Jump running, at 0 MP at night, no reason not to travel in style.

>Pathfinder Doman List
Dang, no Eberron Shadow domain then? I'll have to think for a bit.

>Transform into someone else from your known persona roster. Who?
This feels like a good place to be Dan again.
>Scout the restaurant and see if the girls are there beforehand
Let's get us some intel... and maybe some food

I'm leaving any decision regarding character building to MAG
Also

>>34464292
This, scout beforehand

Just grabbing a bit of dinner whilst all of your decide things and look over the lists.

>>34464307
This is also not a bad idea.
Also: Arty, what do each of the features do?

>>34464070
Be Red Eyes.
Grab a burger and shake.
Relax on rooftop overlooking the alleyway
Check Lurk.

>Melee Character Feature Options!
Tactical Attacks sounds promising.
I'm not sure we have the weapon we'd want to Specialize in yet.

>Domains you can take for Divine Source. Select 2 from this list generated from the Pathfinder Doman List.
Does that include their subdomains?

Also, didn't we take Arcane Lore to 5 as well?

>>34464307
Upon further examination the Eberron Shadow domain is the same as the Pathfinder Darkness domain. Groovy.

>>34464070
>Use your transformation pen to become Red Eyes.
>Scout out the Alley behind the restaurant

>-Fighting Style

>-Healing
>-Protection

>>34464070
>Pathfinder Doman List
Reference:
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/cleric/domains

>>34464070
Darkness domain. Shadow Spell goodness. (Including Shadow Conjuration, a handy swiss army knife of a spell)

Healing, Resurrection subdomain if possible.

Good spells for us, and good spells to grant others.

>>34464673
Wish one of them had the Restoration line of spells. Not even the Restoration sub has them.

I return, momentarily.

Must get over my nostalgia for the incredibly generic taste of that food service/location catering company, sudexho

>>34464533
>Ah, my mistake. I shall rectify it momentarily.

Given the newly instituted feature limit (as I realized how quickly this has become unmanagable) would you like to obtain your Choice of Melee option or Arcane Lore options?

>>34464673
Trickery with the Innuendo subdomain could be useful. Or base Trickery, which doesn't help us as much since we do a few of those through Mythicness, but could be handy for followers.

>>34464526

Fighting style gives your a progress of talents in a to be chosen fighting style.

Tactical Attacks gives you a number of full round attack options as you level

Specialization puts you on the Weapon Focus/Spec track

>>34465074
Then again, the followers part is still in the air as far as the effect in this system.

>>34465056
What would the Arcane Lore options be?

>>34465148
Seconding this. I'm really more interested in what we can get from loremastery than more CQC stunts.

>>34465056
Well, fudge. That probably would have effected our training selections.

We'll need some details before we can choose between. Had planned for both.

>>34465056
Will the one we don't choose be available later?
Like as an open training perk selection on further level ups?

Arcane Lore Options
>Familiar Shadow
>I Curse you
>Dark Knowledge

>>34465232
Yes

Rolled (1d00)

Looks like you're going red eyes and then scouting out the restaurant, with intent to check lurk while you're waiting.

Just going to roll this encounter die.

Rolled (1d00)

>>34465338
Just going to roll this encounter die again

Rolled 8 (1d20)

...

Going to test a non d100 roll against this thing and see if it rolls.

Rolled 71 (1d100)

>>34465482
You've been rolling 1d00 arty

Rolled 30 (1d100)

Wait! I see what I did. HA

>>34465493
It's the die that never stops rolling.

Rolled 4 (1d6)

>>34465498
Encounter it is. Now which one.

>>34465274
Hrm.
Well, if Familiar Shadow is a familiar I feel like that would detract from our Guardian and Shitennou.
Can't say I favor Curses.
Dark Knowledge, whether a bonus to knowledge or the archivist thing could be useful, though somehow I feel like bonus knowledge would be more useful.

It would be between, let's see..
Dark Knowledge
Specialization (Rose)
A Fighting Style
And getting Tactical.

>>34465555
Well if it's the Archivist version, I say stay away, that -only- effects allies, and there's no that fluff works for it. They say it's telling allies about the creature type, but has limited uses, doesn't rely on communication, and doesn't effect yourself. Is a silly thing.

Taking out the Disguise Pen, and making sure the coast is clear, you invoke it’s power and assume the familiar guise of the Red Eyed Beast. Your already light skin pales near to white. Pink tails unwind into slightly dirty, full, and unevenly cut straight black hair. The happy and cute bunny sweater warps into the familiar dark blue and long skirted uniform of a local middle school.

Popping the joints in your back, you give a sickening chuckle as you flex your fingers fully aware you could now warp them into freakish black talons should you wish. You grimace, you don’t feel quite right. It doesn’t matter, a minute sensation of glee fills you and then abates. Though there is a chance at cathartic and lovely violence tonight, it might just be boooooooooooring talking.

Talk talk talk talk TALK!

~Ugh,~ you groan and roll your eyes, sliding the medical face mask above your twisting lips and mussing your already chaotic hair up further.

Striding toward the MgRonald’s, you take out your cellphone. The thing still has Miki’s pink and sparkly case clasped around it as a protective shell. Disdain fill you as you try to ignore it and scroll through your lurk messages.

@ivandragowasright has been a busy boy, trying to get your attention. He’s in Juuban, but you already knew that. Across a few private messages he says it’d be no challenge to beat on weak wannabe delinquent girls, but if that’s your idea of a first date he’d be all for it.

Just need let him know when and where.

Its sweet. A near stranger invites him for some fun and he dashes all his plans and goes abroad early. Actually, you cannot tell if its sweet or creepy. Then again, you do like creepy, and he had the most savage anger just waiting behind those big eyes. He may be small, but there was a mad ferocity waiting to be unleashed.

>>34465939
Giggling to yourself in a sound not unlike gravel churning or the hopes of the innocent burning amid the twisting wreckage of a metal superstructure, you peer into the MgRonald’s window from a safe distance. What you see makes you smile.

The timid girl from before, Chou, with long hair tied into a tail and draped over one of her shoulders sits nervously with a rather stoic young woman. You recognize her from the photo Teal showed your more bubbly fractious self. Dark violet hair styled and curled, uniform in pristine upkeep, makeup applied in conservative artistry, and glinting earrings are clear to you even at this distance.

So, this is Aki. No sign of her two would be goons anywhere. The calm girl checks her watch and says something to the more slightly built girl, who jumps at the unexpected sound. They have drinks, but no food out. Probably waiting for their more imposing friends before going back to wait for you in the alley.

Even though they’re already in there, the idea of a burger sounds suddenly and fascinatingly tempting.

>Message @ivandragowasright back? Y/N? What do you send his way?

&

>Go into the restaurant, grab a burger or combo, and leave
>Go into the restaurant, grab a burger or combo, and sit at their table
>Go around back and wait in the alley
>Write in

>>34465274
Can you give us a little more background on these like you did with the Melee options?

>>34465274
Seems kinda lackluster, guess I won't have any conflict backing MAG for the Melee option. What kind of Fighting styles are we choosing from?

>>34466014
Familiar Shadows - Familiar of Shadow what lives in your shadow
I Curse You - Hexblade style Curse
Dark Knowledge - Special Insight against creatures you observe, including relative hit dice and special powers/defenses. Not the archivist feature

>>34465960
>>34465960
>Message @ivandragowasright back? Y/N? What do you send his way?

Let's message him after we find out what these girls want. Maybe they have something interesting we can bring him along for.

&

>Go into the restaurant, grab a burger or combo, and leave

>>34465960
Complain to @ivandragowasright that the Primroses thing was bullshit. Stupid girls wanted arrange a meet. It had better be something better that talktalktalk or I are going to beat my frustrations out on them in a bit.
At least they look like they are going to actually up..
*send picture of them waiting*

>>34466015
The assorted Ranger Options.

>>34466174
Let's message before and after. Starting with a before like >>34466203
might get him awake, and if we want to formally invite him afterward we can.

>>34465960
I'm drawn between ordering and leaving, and ordering and sitting down at a different table, and eat while refusing to talk to them before midnight, then leave.

>>34466095
Dark Knowledge seems like the best choice then.

>>34466203
>I are
*I'm
I are smrt.

>>34466095
Darn. None of those really appeal to me. Dark Knowledge feels a bit too meta, and the other two go in directions I'd rather leave to others.
I guess I'll throw my vote behind Tactical Attacks.

So, looks like you're going to shoot a message Sasha either way, and you're going to eat a burger...but

Are you going to leave and eat it out of sight, or sit down at a random table and ignore the girls until midnight?

>>34466755
>Are you going to leave and eat it out of sight.

Final Destination!

Reply to this post, no comments, line breaks, punctuation or green text or your vote doesn't count. Must be made within four minutes of this post's time code. Reply to this post with the number of your choice.

1 Burger and leave
2 Eat in and ignore

>>34466755
I say we sit at a table near the corner and eat.

Sword of Damocles approach.

>>34466792
2

>>34466792
1

>>34465960
>>Go into the restaurant, grab a burger or combo, and sit at their table
"Sup, scrubs."

>>34466792
1

>>34466792
2

>>34466792
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Writing

>>34466095
>>34465092
Guess I'm leaning toward Dark Knowledge.
Maybe grab a Melee pick next time.
What is covered by Tactical?

>>34466095
>Dark Knowledge - Special Insight against creatures you observe, including relative hit dice and special powers/defenses.
It's like Ami's HUD, but we don't need a Lunar computer!

>>34467801
If it isn't the archivist thing, can we call it something else, like Arcane Insight or something?

Taking at your phone, you reply to Sasha’s messages.

-Ugh, this was an absolute bust. These stupid little girls just want to talktalktalk to me. Maybe I can take my frustrations out on their hide, but they at least showed up to the meet- you snap a picture of the two girls at the table and attach it to the message. Sending it along the way to @ivandragowasright you pocket your phone and get a devious idea.

You are quite hungry, and there is fun to be had.

Striding up to the fast food restaurant in your customary gait, you enter the place without casting eyes toward the two girls, but you can feel their sudden surprise. Hear their delicious reactions, at least the timid one. The prim and proper artist barely makes a sound.

Casually you head to the counter, and the terrified late night register jockey recognizes you either on sight or by reputation.

~Number one combo, chocolate shake, black pepper fries,~ you hiss out as you peel down the mask from your lips and smile, ~make it cry,~

He nods, mutely, and punches your order in. Dropping some crumpled notes in front of him, you step carefully over to the side to wait for your order. It comes quickly enough, and you can feel the twin stares of the other girls bore into your back. Once your tray is in hand, with extra onions, you carefully unwrap the burger and head over to the condiment station. You carefully add extra ketchup to the burger until you think it looks sufficiently bloody before heading to an empty table.

>>34468384

Tipping your fries into the overflow of red, you idly and disinterestedly pick at them for a moment until a shadow falls over your table.

“um...excuse me,” its the soft spoken whisper voice of Chou, you could smile if you didn’t need to keep a straight face, “Mi-miss Red Eyes?”

You ignore her and snarl as you lift your now dripping burger, prompting her to squeal and step back. Eating slowly, deliberately, and messily you do your level best to ignore the girl until you’ve finished your food. Lips and cheeks still smeared with a touch of grease and red, you lift your milkshake and look at the girl annoyed before pulling out your phone.

11:30. Setting the clock to full screen, you set the sparkly thing down and begin drinking your chilled confection. She shrinks back and away, to Aki’s table.

Rising with your tray, you trash the contents and leave the empty if still messy thing atop the trash can. As you head to the door, it opens to reveal Ringo and Nijii walking in and arguing about something. Ringo grabs the shorter girl’s shoulder and stops dead at the sight of you. Nijii’s eyes widen.

>Continue out to the alley and ignore them
>Say something
>Start something
>Disappear
>Write in

>>34468406
>Continue out to the alley and ignore them

>>34468406
>Continue out to the alley and ignore them
As much as it might be amusing to go full spook mode, inside a restaurant is a little too public.

>>34468406
I have this urge to otherwise ignore them and roam out into the night, but spare a quick devilish wink for Nijii.
How's her ear look?

Well, looks like we have at least two votes for Darkness and Healing as our domains.
Also interest in the Resurrection subdomain of Healing.
And a suggestion for the Protection domain.

Seems to be a lot of mentions, but a general leaning toward Dark Knowledge feature?

Thoughts, suggestions, angry lynch mobs?

Delay.

>>34468406
It'd be a bad idea, but going invisible right now would be totally delicious.

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It is strange that mind keeps trying to draw correlations between the movie I'm watching clips of and this quest?

>>34468976
Well, I'd make a big push for Resurrection if subdomains are in, but I haven't gotten answer on that yet.

>>34470119

6th & 9th Tier

Back and writing

>>34470119
I'd just as soon leave that sort of thing to Koyomi anyway.

>>34470785
Not sure how Resurrection applies to Koyomi?
But I can work with plain Healing too. The main drawback to Resurrection was the loss of Regenerate.

>>34470990
Resurrection is one of Sailor Moon's principal schticks. And we are not Sailor Moon. Koyomi is.

>>34470525
Huh. I always saw subdomains as just a variation on a domain, and that one their own they were a full-fledged domain. Figured the 6th/9th was just saying you only get one full and two variants added on.

Pushing on through the doorway, you make a point of not reacting to the girls, well at least beyond one little thing. You take a quite specific look at Niji’s ear, eyes lingering longer than would probably be considered polite. A grin splits across your smeared face and the girl bristles in anger. Ringo’s hand tightens on her shoulder to hold her back as you stride off into the dark and around the corner.

The alleyway is desolate...you’ve plenty of time before they come to see you. Thirty minutes to midnight, and your phone comes alive.

From @ivandragowasright: I know that building. The MgRonalds on the North side of town. I was over there earlier today. Those are the Primroses, yes? If there isn’t going to be a fight, perhaps I can still give you one after you’re done?

Hmmm, little man is still snapping at the bit for a piece of action. You like the casual call to violence, the challenge to prove himself, and you appreciate the friendly manner of it. A man like that, you could crack a few of his ribs for fun and he would keep things civil, probably.

While Miki found him...cute...you like that feral intensity that waits just beneath the surface. Its enticing and dangerous, just like you. Idly licking a big of grease and sauce from your finger before returning to your chocolate treat, you wonder how to go about this.

In all the time you’ve kept the account, you hardly write it while in this mindset. The person who he gets along with online is Mikage, through the filter of anonymity. Can he handle your intensity? You muse on this while wiping a bit of your hair out of your eyes. Would he look at Red Eyes as just a spooky witch to have fun fighting?

Those questions upset you, fouling your mood further.

>Explore the alley and set the scene, how?
>Be grumpy and finish your milkshake, make unnerving bottom of the cup slurping sounds
>Reply to Sasha’s message. How? What?
>To the roof! Its boring down here.
>Write in

>>34471307
>>To the roof! Its boring down here.
No matter what else we do, we should go to the rooftops.

Reply: Careful, I might leave a wound, but who knows what the night might bring. Brave it if you like.

Finish milkshake, ponder ourself. Mikage is pulling herself together, she's even learned to control the Rage that used to fuel the power of our rampages on the delinquents of Juuban. Though she's also picked up some new tricks that serve us rather nicely. Her dark side is even on friendly terms with her now. 'Dark side'? Pfft. What are we then?
Cue unnerving cup slurping sounds.

>>34471307
>To the roof! Its boring down here.

We might as well give ourselves the chance to be theatrical.

As much as I want to give Sasha his fight, I still want to find out what the Primroses want first. He can wait a bit.

>>34471759
Well, if there's a fight with the Primroses, he can join in, if not, we can fight him, if they point us at something completely different to fight, we drag him along until we hit something.

>>34471307
Hm... is there anyone who can handle our crazy? Even Jade seems a bit put off by it, and she seemed like a kindred soul.

>>34471652
I like Red Eyes doing some grumpy musing.
If its been more than 5 hours since the last Conceal Thoughts, lets pop it for another 6 real quick.
And keep Jump going.

>>34472059
Midori took things rather well, but I enjoy the thought of dragging Sasha through the night as we go off the rails on this crazy train.

>>34472136
Perhaps Aki will point us at something interesting. Then we see if Sasha can keep up with the conductor.

>>34472182
I hope so!

writing

>>34472368
Looking over the character sheet, wouldn't wouldn't our Lore skills be 7, 7, & 9 with Studious?

>>34472646
>Lore
Good catch...these sheets have gotten away from me.

>Jump & Conceal Thoughts recast
>Moon Child Perk, no MP spent.

Leaping toward the wall, you bounce off of it, and then again until you’re soundly on the roof of the small office building behind the MgRonald’s. Sitting on the edge, with a clear view of the entire alley below, you take a moment to consider your phone, and then yourself.

-Careful, I might leave a few permanent marks, but if you’re still feeling brave you seem to know where to find me. Who knows what tonight will bring- you type quickly into the messenger window and send before adding -then again, things could always take a bad turn here, and we’ll be able to have our contest after all.-

Even if things don’t go bad, this guarantees you a little more excitement tonight. You’ll have your fun with Sasha, and even hear the girly girls out. Even at your single glance, you decide that YOU don’t like Aki. She’s too proper, too stiff, and too in control. The kind of girl Mikage used to think she was, but...you don’t know how to say it…

This girl seems stuffy and almost aristocratic, like she’s above people. No, that isn’t quite right. You’re projecting. ARGH! You aren’t here to be introspective, you’re here to cut loose and scream fuck the police. Fuck the thugs! Fuck everyone and everything because you don’t give a damn. You aren’t nice, you aren’t polite. Doing whatever you please and to hell with what others think is what you are. Dark side to a good little girl who decided to cut that part of her loose and free after she thought she did a very bad thing.

>>34473036

And now, that good girl is on conversationally pleasant terms with her own dark side. What the hell, YOU are the dark side. Aren’t you?

The sputtering slurp catches your ears, milkshake depleted. Continuing to suck on the straw, you hope the sound unnerves anyone who ventures too close to your meeting spot. Especially the girls you want to meet with.

Maybe darkside isn’t the best description of what you are, you decide and bite through the straw in frustration. Its more like, you get to do the things Mikage wouldn’t because of society or how other people thought. Get to be rude, dirty, scary, and snarling like an animal and not care if people looked at you weird. Rather, you exalted in it. Hedonism, unrestrained curiosity. Maybe that’s who you were of the broken jigsaw puzzle. Maybe the pieces of anger just fell into your lap when everything got divided up.

Lucky bitch with the short straw, you got to be sin. Envy, Wrath, Gluttony, Lu- no. You definitely aren’t the keeper of lust. That’s splintered between all of you because that pink haired dolt doesn’t know what to do with it.

Grating from your straw echoes as your clock edges closer to midnight, the Primroses take their bold steps into the alley below.

>Write in

>>34473060
>That’s splintered between all of you because that pink haired dolt doesn't know what to do with it.
I laughed.

>>34473060
>That’s splintered between all of you because that pink haired dolt doesn’t know what to do with it.
We really need to spend some time on camera in the fujoshi persona. Little things like this just make it so much more tempting.

>Write in
Time to spook some bitches. We ain't no Batman, ain't got no Bat signal. Ain't got no boss and ain't nobody boss of us. One way or another, they're gonna make this worth our time.

>>34473060
Unrestrained. I like the sound of that.
We're also the part of her that still wanted to mete out some justice- violent, crude, and visceral maybe, but we've done more to make Juuban a better place than she did. Sure, the Moon stopped the big bad, but there's a lot of little bads that needed their face kicked in too.

Shake it off.

Time to find out what these little girls want.

And let's be unrestrained about it.

Drop down from the sky.
~Alright Yukiko~ go right to the first name use.
~This game of your's better have a good point. Stirring shit up just to make your minions into targets for me is pretty low, so if I don't like what you have to same I'm going to make a game out of beating you."

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>that moment when you realize a resemblance between Red Eyes and Alucard.
Perfect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB8KDQG6VVs

Writing, final update before thread pause

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>>34473585
Well, he does have Samara-hair moments and red eyes.

>>34473302
>>34473372
Sounds good.

>>34473692
Ack, little late I guess, well at least I'm agreeing.

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>>34473833
That and the fangs, love of a good fight, and just fucking with lesser opponents.

>>34465092
>>34465274
BACK!! WHAT DO THE ARCANE OPTIONS DOOOO!?!?

>>34473833
Also: Seems like a hilarious idea!

>>34474159
Read >>34466095

>>34474159
And the Styles are just the Ranger styles, so I'm thinking Dark Knowledge is our best bet. Gives us that tactical HUD on things without the headgear.

>>34474159
Welcome back, btw.

Alright, enough with the deep introspection to your surprisingly complex depths of personality. Time to be a spooky bitch and bath yourself in the petty fears of the girls below.

Stopping your reverberating slurping that has been echoing through the previously empty alley, you toss your styrofoam cup behind the girls and smile as they turn to follow the impact, all except their leader girl of course. Landing in a crouch in front of her, your rise quick and sharp to within an inch of her face. Mad and manic smile spread across your face as you stare into her eyes.

Oh yes, she is afraid. The fear of the proud. She tries to keep it from showing, but you know its there. Fear isn’t weakness, fear is quite important. Survivors know fear well. The dead are those who ignored fear when it could have saved them. Hmm...the wisdom to understand one’s own fear.

~Yukiko~ you say with your characteristic lack of poise or diction, ~Your game best have a point to keep me entertained. Stirring the pot to make the best part rise up to the bubbling top and attack your little spoons,~ you cast a snickering eye to Ringo and Niji, ~is low. Keep my interest or I’ll carve my displeasure out of you,~

To her credit, she doesn’t flinch.

“What we did to draw you out was...distasteful. For that, I apologize,” she begins with rising confidence as Chou approaches her with a bound photo album, “but we had no other recourse to try and find you and get you to hear us out,”

~Oh come on, drop your niceties and get to the fucking point!~ you snarl and cross your arms as the prim and proper girl continues to grate on your nerves.

>>34474273
But if we're not wearing it on our head, we can't rip it off and crush it when we meet someone impossibly overpowered. It'll just be there inside our heads. Laughing at us. Taunting us. Reveling in mathematical impossibility.

If it's got to be a Lore skill, I'd just as soon have the shadow pet.

>>34474327
“Alright. Fine,” she flips open to a page on the album with a panoramic shot of the four girls in front of you standing at the base of Tokyo tower in festival kimonos. Its odd, they’re spread out oddly even though they’re posed for what should have been a group shot. Yukiko has tears welling up and slowly breaking her composure. “Look. Just look and tell me what you see,”

Chou lays a hand on the more put together girl’s shoulder and gives you a pleading look. Ringo narrows her eyes at you while Niji balls her fists and is near to shaking in anger.

~You girls don’t know how to take a group shot? How is that worth risking my wrath?~ you drawl, speaking down to her for being stupid...because she is stupid to draw you out and make you look at her holiday photos.

“No, really look. The gaps...really look at the gaps,” she’s crying now, openly.

Rolling your eyes, you give the photo another shot. This time you look at the gaps on either side of the taller blonde girl at the photo’s center, its takes a moment, but you feel something familiar. That empty space doesn’t want to be noticed, you saw the gaps because you have an intimate connection with this type of magic. Its a similar power to what shields the identity of a senshi, what masks the truth of yourself to others who have stared you in the face before you ducked around a corner and dropped your manipulation of how you are perceived.

A disguise field. A powerful one at that. You can murkily make out the image of two other girls, missing from the photograph. Cloaked. Erased. Flipping through the book with stained hands, you see more phantom images, photos of scenery that actually bare a hidden face. Yukiko looks at you hopefully, as does Chou by her side.

>>34474344

“You see them,” the timid girl asks, “don’t you?”

“No one at school would believe us,” Yukiko laments, “We couldn’t go to the police, and we didn’t think PIT would take us seriously. So we started trying to get your attention,”

~You have my attention,~ you grouse, ~Though I’m not entertained,~

“THIS WAS NEVER ABOUT YOUR STUPID ENTERTAINMENT!” Niji shouts and steps past Yukiko to scream in your face before also sobbing, “They’re our friends...they’re our friends and we don’t even remember them. Two people just gone from our lives, like they never existed...and nobody noticed until Aki-chan found dresses she’d made us...all of us,”

“We thought you would be our best chance...if the rumors were true,” Yukiko regains her composure as Chou backs the crying Niji away from you, “So we spent weeks trying to get your attention...and then Niji and Ringo confirmed that you weren’t just a normal person for me this morning. So, please,”

It hangs there in the dark of the alley, as the distant chopping of a motorcycle engine grows closer.

“Even if I can’t think of anything to offer you for it now...Please help us,”

>Write in

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Thread pause, resuming sometime late tomorrow morning. Keep the thread alive I guess and discuss how you’ll react.

>>34474205
>>34474273
Hmmm...either Dark Knowledge or Tactical Attacks seems like the best knowledge. I'm leaning towards Tactical attacks just because pure damage output.

>>34474395
I'll defer to your knowledge of the crunch, then. The Lore powers just don't feel interesting to me.

>>34474416
Yeah I'm gonna go with Tactical Attacks just because people really underestimate just how amazing full attack actions can be. Shadow Familiar could be cool as well but I don't know how much it would be worth it to us.

>>34474360
It might be a good idea to let Koyomi know about this. She's Sailor Moon after all, we might as well see what she can do.

We can't keep personally fielding every damn crisis.

>>34474445
So do we want to put this to a vote?
1. Dark Knowledge
-HUD Vision
2. Tactical Attacks
-Huge damage boost
-Potentially more actions gained as we level.

From what I can see we pretty much locked in Dark and Healing as our domains.

>>34474577
1

>>34474360
Dammit dammit DAMMIT! Okay. I'm cool. We can handle this. But not as Red Eyes. Red Eyes has a reputation to maintain. We can meet with them again as Miki, or Dan, or the yaoi mouse. Hell, we can make up someone new if we have to.

"I'm not your best chance... but I know someone who might be. Be back at MgR's over there in 12... no, better make it 18 hours, and she'll find you."

>>34474459
Or we could pawn it off on Koyomi, I suppose. Which works just fine if we don't tell her who she's meeting.

>>34474577
2

>>34474607
Shit my bad I meant 2. Fucking crap, I'm exhausted.

>>34474577
1

>>34474577
2

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I edited up a thing!

>>34474650
It's late, man. Especially if you're one of the unfortunate souls who live outside GMT-8.

>>34474459
This isn't so much a crisis as it is detective work, which is up our alley. We can pawn it off when we find out what's up.

>>34474683
I've been up since 8am yesterday, had both physics and calculus for a total of 5 hours, had 6 hours dealing with shitty customers in a shitty retail job, and now I'm home.

>>34474577
1.

(Side note: How do you know what Tatical will actually do? Sounded non-damaging maneuvers to me)

>>34474672
Its a nice thing

>>34474782
If even one of those options is a full attack that's an insane amount of damage.

>>34474672
I spend to long making a thing and stuff happened!

>>34474360
Creepy mystery goings on!

>>34474459
She's dealing with the big stuff, besides she ain't exactly an investigator.

>>34474577
1. Know your enemy! Very valuable.

Alright, I'm going to sleep for real now.

See you all on the morrow

>>34474814
In addition to giving us further tactical options in how to deal with our enemies, like a full round grapple-pin? How much time would that save us?

keep us alive and we will resume

>>34474623
Well, we've already started establishing a connection to Eclipse.
Though honestly, it could be more fun to ruffle things as Red Eyes.

>>34474833
>She's dealing with the big stuff, besides she ain't exactly an investigator.

Do we even know what exactly is she doing right now?
And it's not like she'd be by herself. Between Aiha and Rin I'd bet the new senshi can investigate things just fine.

>>34474814
Full-round just means it takes a full round to do a thing, that feels more limiting.
Besides, I'd rather hold off on Melee options until with have a weapon to Specialize in.

>>34474878
We could chat with Rin about it, besides we have a few things to talk to her about.

>>34474869
Yeah, but Red Eyes is a moody, violent bitch, and she's already having identity issues. We can freak these girls just as well with any of our 'ordinary' faces, or we could whip up a plainclothes Eclipse and play the motherfucking Batman role right.

>>34474898
I believe Arty is limiting us on how many of these we can take, because we can get like anywhere from 1-4 of these a level and it's getting out of hand.

>>34474869

In guise as red eyes we drop out of a tree in front of an unsuspecting Koyomi. We make feral smell sounds and say "you smell like magic, TAG! Your problem now!" Shove the album and a note explaining the situation into her arms and bound off before Kanari can come to her defense.

>>34474958
I think this is the best idea like ever. ALSO: Psychic Thug stuff. To Saturn-Sensei. NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

>>34474360
Take out photo, use Insight.
See if we can't get a clue as to who we need to claw up for causing a mystical ruckus on Our turf.

>>34474958
You know, even if Mikage is straight, she is pretty gender queer. Wonder if Sasha would be cool with crossdressing. He's probably make a fantastic trap.

>>34474978
Asked him further up thread, we'll have a choice of open Training perks again next level.
Now it's a 1 per level instead of all of them.

>>34475048
So the one we don't pick will be available next level, and we can see how it compares to others.
This level, particularly with a mystical mystery coming up, I think the Dark Knowledge would serve us best. That insight into shit we encounter could be invaluable.

>>34475048
Hmm. HUD stuff is a little overrated I think, but lore wise it fits. But so does Tactical Attacks and if any one of those options is Full Attack. Because two sneak attacks and two skirmish dice is insane.

>>34474989
I don't think we should pass it off, maybe pass it along through Rin, but we are the investigative and sneaky arm of this business, so I would say this is in our court right now.

The only question is which of 'us' is handling it.
Personally, I'd like to keep Red Eyes in the loop for this one.

>>34475110
There is a certain visceral thrill to throwing a bucket of dice. Is one of the things I love about Exalted.

>>34475163
Dice bucket challenge?

>>34475110
That's not what full attack options means.
I'm pretty sure he's talking about combat maneuvers.
If our BAB is high enough, that's how we get more attacks. Which is based off our skill. Which if CQC counts toward that we just crossed into +6, so I think we have that second attack now.

>>34475163
Indeed. I also think we should start leveling up some of the skills that we've gotten to +5 next level. Maybe put +2 into 4 skills that we have Rank 5 in and then +2 into one skill we don't have Rank 5 in. And I'm definitely for quicken as our next feat.

>>34475210
Considering that BAB is a skill at this point I'm not going to assume anything about it. Either way, I'll let the votes fall where they will.

>>34475191
Goddamn. I just about died laughing at that one.

>>34475110
Full Attack is already an option (we haven't had enough attacks for it to matter until now), he said full attack actions, so something that takes the time of a full attack and likely involves attacking.

Hell, with Claws of Darkness we have two natural attacks, add in Fist of Stone we have secondary.
Three attacks on a full attack.

>>34475276
Maybe Kensei stuff? Like channeling a damaging spell into an attack? Seems pretty cool, maybe an unlock for both melee and Arcane Lore.

>>34475242
I think we should hold off until we know what Tactical Attack is, considering we have two very different guesses at what it might be.

>>34474360
What would happen if we tried purifying magic on the pictures?

they think we're magic anyway so I don't see the harm in going all out

>>34475311
That's fair. I think the votes are tied right now if I'm not mistaken.

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About the missing girls, here's an idea:

Let's ask Rin and Helios about it. I somehow doubt disguise magic would work on Helios, and Rin can see into the future anyway.

>>34475327
Purifying shit as Red Eyes would ruin our street cred.
Might fuck up any psychic impressions on the stuff, too.

>>34475473
As for right now, I do support trying to dump magic into one of the pictures to see if we can blow off the disguise field.

>>34475482
>Purifying shit as Red Eyes would ruin our street cred.

Hmmm.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

I'm conflicted.

>>34475473
Don't see why it wouldn't work on him.
Thinking we try Insight on it, and if we can't we seek a stronger seer, like Rin, or our Dad if we happen to catch him- remind me of how he said that whole incident on the day of their wedding got started.

>>34475489
I think doing the Batman thing is probably our best option.

>>34475566
Here's a question

Do you think Red Eyes even has the right attitude to do the batman thing? It seems like we need to 'excuse' ourselves for a moment to go get Eclipse.

>>34475554
>Don't see why it wouldn't work on him.

I just didn't think it would work on someone who is made of dreams.

>>34475599
Well I was talking about the one dude, who was like "We should be like 'I have no damn clue about this kinda bullshit, but I know someone who does. Be at X location at Y time, and they'll find you.' And then cook up a civilian identity for eclipse." We should totally use an androgynous version of dark armor Mikage from Setsuna's vision Afterwords hop off cackling in the night.

>>34475647
I feel like it would be incredibly amusing to disguise ourselves up as a rich, classy reverse trap, and then introduce ourselves as "Serena".

>>34475686
Exactly. It would be hilarious.

>>34475647
HMM, Maybe we can ask Fish Eye for tips on those kinds of outfits.

Maybe this persona is where we can put all of our lust

>>34475599
The real problem to my mind is the chance that Sasha will show up, while we're not "be-ing" Redeye?

>>34474360
Faceclaw (sure that aren't talons right now, but I think of Red Eyes' using her hands like claws anyway). Rub face.
"Argh. Fine. Gimmie a couple of these.." Retrieve a couple pictures that seem to have the missing girls but not the rest of them.
"Can't have fucking magical delinquents messing with shit in my goddamn town.. You shits anything else useful? And thing suspicious or anyone way to quick to shut you down when you mentioned this?"
Peer at pictures.
-Yo, shadow-buddies! You make anything of this crap?-
Listen to them, try insight.
"Alright, I'll look into it, and if it gets too dull I'll pass it along to some people I know. One way or another, it's gonna get settled."

Propose we land in Sasha's sidecar as he arrives. Point toward the way to the girls school, alright Sasha, thataway! If I don't find something to thrash soon, we're gonna have a hell of a scrap."

>>34475797
Ah good point

I bet that's why Art asked if we wanted to do that twice. We're kind of locked in now.

>>34475807
Proposing we do a shadowy run through of the school as Red Eyes and see if anything jumps out at us.
If that fails we fight with Sasha.
If that succeeds, fun times all around!

>>34475824
Well, Sasha is almost here now.

>>34475835
I'm not convinced the school's gonna have any leads. Figure we can take a couple photos, throw down with Sasha, then call it a night.

>>34475625
He's real enough, he's just been living in a dream realm for most of recorded history or imprisoned in crystal.. or something.. I'm a bit fuzzy now.

>>34475862
>I'm not convinced the school's gonna have any leads

Not him, but I disagree. The magician WE fought put his home base in a school. Wouldn't surprise me if another happened to have the same idea at another middle school.

They're like hermit crabs moving through shells.

>>34475599
I think Red Eyes would be alright for many Batman activities. Disappearing, scaring the cowardly and superstitious, dangling people off of rooftops, busting in through skylights, beating people up, beating more people up, shouting at people in a scary voice.. We got this locked down. We are the Night.

>>34475853
Fine. He's our man.

"Hey, punchy-boy. I need to you pretend you're a ghostbuster. Think fast, I'll see you on the other side."

>>34475862
Considering how totally suspicious the school is, it is either the largest Red herring ever, or there is something totally going on there.

Alternately, it is a red herring and the witches running the school want our help too.

>>34475934
>>34475853
Great, we can scuffle with him and then get him to help us!

>Team Punchy: Red Eyes and Sasha

Next level we need to bring Ranged up.

>>34475934
>pretend you're a ghostbuster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe93CLbHjxQ
Also, I don't think I've actually seen the music video for this song before.

>>34475996
I'm thinking help, then scuffle. Though maybe scuffling first will break the ice.
The deliciously awkward part will be that none of the pleasant conversations on Lurk have been with Red Eyes.
Perhaps helping Red Eyes and Mikage reconnect over Sasha.

>>34476116
>The deliciously awkward part will be that none of the pleasant conversations on Lurk have been with Red Eyes.

I worry about this talk, considering how much he hates 'fakes'

>>34476275
Well, Red Eyes isn't fake.
But someone a bit different does most of the Lurk chatter, who is also us.
Then again, it's still Mikage trying to talk like Red Eyes, so it shouldn't be that far off. Just that Red Eyes doesn't chat about magical girls and the paranormal offline.

I guess it'll be more like meeting someone you've known online and talked more freely than you normally would.

Briefly awake to get the drop on a draw thread, missed my window of opportunity to toss my request out there by half an hour, digging the discussion, going back to ZZZZZzzzzzzz

>>34476116
Eh, all we need is someone to gather the details for us so that we can look into this in another persona, without compromising Redeye. And it pretty much needs to be him because he's probably turning up soon.

We can still have our punchup with him afterwards. It's not like we need to drag Sasha into the investigation.

If we need our "ghostbuster" later, we could always try disguise penning as him.

>>34478862
Getting into the school: Disguising ourself as one of the missing girls and walking in the front door ought to have the desired effect, don't you think?

Awake and attending morning routine. Thread resume in about an hour and a half.

Delay, but I'm looking at your posts and figuring out what I'm writing. Also, if you are following Deculture's draw thread, we are about four or five requests away from an Eclipsed Moon themed request.

>>34480407
Cool, cool. Anywhozen, have class from about 10am-12. So should be back at roughly 12:30. Also we are still tied on Dark Knowledge vs Tactical Attacks. Linking to vote post here>>34474577

>>34474577
Dark knowledge I think.

Thematically it fits considering what we just devoured and we're not the big hitter. We're the one that tells the Senshi where to hit.

Its really tearing up my inner powergamers anus to vote this way though.

>>34480639
Between the two, I favor Tactical Attacks. I simply have no interest in sensing everybody's power levels.

>>34480771
You don't think it might be useful when heading into an academy full of hidden power levels, then?

>>34481082
I think it's superfluous and doesn't meaningfully add to our options.

Awake ish. miss muct?

>>34481386
nothing yet, Just some voting stuff, which you should definately cast your vote for if you haven't already. >>34474577

>>34478862
Red Eyes is the scary keeper of the peace (through violence), it is part of why they risked getting her attention.

>>34480727
Honestly, we are a pretty big hitter as is. Though knowing more about what to hit and where with Dark Knowledge seems good.

>>34481474
so... tiny... >>34481919

>>34481945
Heee. I picture the zoom out having Sasha sitting up on his knees and Mikage bending down in their seats to meet.

Still running around with the unexpected, but am out of work early! Resume soon once I stop racing between points ABC&Z

>>34482110
's all good.

Writing

>>34482821
Good morning!
*peers blearily at the wall of text we made last night/this morning*
I have no idea what is about to happen.

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>>34483081

>Emoting with *s

>>34483098
I find your file name more objectionable than anon's use other-forum culture. Live and let live, yeah?

>>34483081
shenanigans, anon.

>>34483146

Alright. Renamed it. That make you feel any better?

>>34483098
>people complaining about things
*peers blearily at you too*
In my day greentext was for stories, implying things, and exaggerated biased summaries of what people said.
Though maybe that could have been formed as a story instead.
>be is tired
>am posting
>only at the end wonder if being baited
>shrug, post reply anyway

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>>34483264

If you've been here for so long, maybe you'll recognize this one, too.

Go back to Gaia.

>>34483336
Since I've never been, I can't say what they do there.
Glad you switched over to tell us about your homeland.

Back and, GODDAMNIT are we still tied?

>>34483264
>>only at the end wonder if being baited
The answer is yes, now stop feeding the disruption.

>>34483439
Dunno, just got in a bit ago, Art is writing though.

>>34483439
I defer to your honorable actually paying attention in matters of keeping score.

Bringing the album to a close, the broken looks on their faces reach past the mask and to your own heart. It tugs on your own recently eschewed sense of guilt and of loss. Your empathy and absorbed view of Kairi’s experiences alongside your own. Of loss and of not knowing.

Chou is looking away, and trying to comfort and calm the blubbering Niji. Aki has composed herself and looks straight ahead at you, Ringo’s eyes never left you. At this point, you’re certain that at least one of the two of them saw the cracks of your persona despite the shielding you’ve erected around your mind, saw your reaction despite every front you’ve erected. Maybe they haven’t figured out that you are a human being, perhaps you are just paranoid.

Thinking of every avenue you could pursue into this investigation, the resources within yourself and available to you through others, you clearly see how you’ll want to proceed and who you will eventually leave this in the hands of.

~I’ll take this as far as I can,~ you admit solemnly amid the motional transition between the mask and the girl beneath before snarling like the beast back at them to try and break them from their sudden emotional fuge and bring a hand to your face, ~I’m not sure I’m the best choice for this, but yeah I’m the most visible person for it. When I hit the wall, I know a few bastards who owe me favors that’ll take it from there,~

They all look at you, in surprise and hope. In the back of your mind the beast ROARS no. It won’t have its reputation ruined and these prissy little bitches aren’t going to get the wrong idea. You won’t let you ruin being the beast for yourself…or the beast.

~Don’t get the wrong idea,~ you begin, ~I’m not doing this because of your little water works. I just can’t have other magical punks edging into my turf or business,~

“W-what about the Senshi,” Chou asks innocently, “and our school is outside of your tur-”

>>34483728

~You want my help or not?~ you bellow in a shrill bandsaw voice.

“Sorry,” she squeaks as Niji, fully recovered from her earlier breaking, steps between the two of you defensively.

You move past them and head toward the sound of the approaching bike beyond the entryway of the alley. Your next appointment is probably in the MgRonald’s lot parking now. Pausing as you pass through the group of girls, you turn and look back to the stoic, but deeply emotional, Aki.

~Tomorrow afternoon, I’ll send someone to the restaurant. They’ll find whichever of you is here and let you know what I’ve found and ask you for some things I think I’ll need,~ you say sternly.

“Things like?” their Aki inquires.

~Access to your hoity toity little academy for one thing,~ the nearby chopping of the Ural Sportsman’s motor cuts out and your heart skips a beat, ~Now I think my next appointment for the night is here. How do I look?~

“Like a sloppy, greasy haired, wild mare out for a roll in the mud,” Ringo says from behind you with a chuckle.

You turn and close the distance between you in a snap, looking straight up into the taller and broader girl’s eyes.

~So crazy?~ you tilt your head as she steps back in surprise.

“Y-yeah,” the big girl stammers.

~Good,~ you heading and smile, rocking back on the balls of your feat and striding out of the alley.

>Stride out there confidently, walk straight up to Sasaha and introduce yourself
>Stealthily sneak around and try to spook the smaller boy
>Charge out of the dark and attack him, give him what he asked for
>Stealthily begin your combat with a near invisible sneak attack
>Oh god, you’re too nervous about meeting this boy. Both you and the Beast need to get your head on before getting out there.
>Write in

>>34483553
Looking through it we are still tied like 4-4 on the matter. We need a tie-breaker.

>>34483748
*you chirp and smile, rocking back on the balls of your feat

>>34483765
Might I suggest that Artemis breaks the tie for us the next time we need a boost?

>>34483748
>>Stealthily sneak around and try to spook the smaller boy
sneaking is what we do best.

>>34483748
>Stealthily sneak around and try to spook the smaller boy

>>34483871
Not a bad idea.
>>34483808
Arty we need a tie-breaker. Vote has been up for over 12 hours and we are still tied.

>>34483748
I favor just dropping out of nowhere and landing in the sidecar as he pulls up.

I imagine this fits in with the 'sneak/spook' suggestion. Though I don't imagine he'll spook so much as defensively swing. Which will be great fun.

>>34483949
It'll be hilarious.

>>34483923
No, we need to know what we're voting for, and probably take a fresh vote.

>>34483748
>>34483949
I 2nd this, its hilarious.

Rolled 6 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

Stealth test, opposed by above

1d20+9

Also, Fresh Vote between...

>DARK KNOWLEDGE
&
>TACTICAL ATTACKS

Rolled 12 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>>34484006
>DARK KNOWLEDGE

>>34483962
Fair enough. It's for our next perk/character feature thing, since we only get 1 per level now. It's between Dark Knowledge for Arcane Lore, and Tactical Attack for Melee.
Arcane Lore stuff
>>34466095
Melee Stuff
>>34465092

We've narrowed it down to Tactical Attacks vs Dark Knowledge.

>>34484026
Its a limit on total Character Features, 1/2 your lvl + Int Modifier

>>34474577
>counts
Dark Knowledge: 5
Tactical Attacks: 2
Doesn't look tied.

Though I think one of those was your mis-vote, so probably shift those by one.

Rolled 5 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>>34484006
Tactical Attacks

>>34483988
it certainly sounds like spooky stealth to me. Thirded... assuming he hasn't brought his friend, of course.

>>34484006
Dark Knowledge.

Though we had a fair bit of debate over what Tactical end is last night.

>>34484006
>TACTICAL ATTACKS
Tacticool sweetness

Rolled 16 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>34484006

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>>34484045
Well then. Apparently I missed someones vote. I'm just going to stop now. I'll be taking a doze.

Rolled 14 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>>34484006

>DARK KNOWLEDGE

It begins!

>>34483748
>>34483949
>>34483988
I agree with these distinguished gentlemen. Let's get our freak on with the lulz.

Rolled 20 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>34484006
Dark Knowledge.

>>34484091
I think we had one new vote this morning.

>>34484129
At this point, I think some of my multiple comments could be taken for multiple votes, and I'm probably not the only one. A fresh and clear vote is a good idea.

>>34483728
>>34483748
>“and our school is outside of your tur-”
Side note, Red Eyes' cost? She's expanding her turf. Cue insane grin.

Rolled 15 + 13 (1d20 + 13)

Stealth successful, rolling against your skrimish enhanced AC of 17

>>34484224
>13
Dayamn.
Boy can fight.

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>>34484224

>A modifier of +13

>>34484239
one would hope.

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>>34484241
>>34484239
Such is the power of Melee+CQC+Str.

>Stealth Test successful
>Shocked Sasha throws haymaker
>1 degree of success applied to Hamstring

Hmm...meeting Sasha as the Beast. Well, halfway between the Red Eyed Beast and the Girl he had actually been talking with online. There was really only one way to do this. With a sharp laugh you kneel down and explode into the night.

Ducking around the corner, leaving the shocked girls in the alley behind, you go wide around the lot as Sasha looks over the MgRonald’s and takes off his helmet. Staying away from the street lights you come behind him entirely and crouch low. Coming up behind him you consider your options as you gently lay your fingers upon the back of his sidecar to steady yourself before your next action.

“Did I miss them?” he grouses to himself before musing, “It wouldn’t hurt to ask,”

Why does he have to be so cute? He probably hates being called cute, but he is. You could put him in your purse and- No. Later. Now is not the time to gush. Argh, you’re blushing. Come one, clear your head.

With a quiet push, you flip up and land in the sidecar suddenly. Turned to face him, you utter a single classic phrase for those trying to catch someone by surprise.

~Boo!~ you grate out.

His reaction is instant, proving the reflexes he hopes to take him to the top of the upcoming Aiba International Youth Boxing Tournament. With a wide haymaker, he catches you across the throat and causes you to begin coughing.

It fucking hurts.

“What the hell?!” Roars the boy before confusion sets in, “Wait,”

>hold up a finger until you’ve caught your breath, you feel off balance from that hit.
>Kick him in his stupid cute face
>Abort! Abort! Disappear and regroup
>Write in

>>34484591
>>Kick him in his stupid cute face
while attempting to gasp "that is NOT a legal boxing move"

>>34484591
>Write in "Excellent reflexes! Perfect perfect perfect! This'll be fun!" Be all crazy.

>>34483728
>>34483748
I still say the Beast should take the lead on this, Eclipse for mysterious scouts stuff, Red Eyes for straight-up violence and meting out punishment.

>>34484200
I like this logic.

>>34484591
Oh yeah. Fun time.

>>34484200
Unless there's some reason that it isn't already our turf

>>34484591
Grin with insane happiness.

Return fire!
"Nice." Cough. "Girls were too much talky talk, Sashy, time to play!"

>>34484725
Outside of Juuban, as I recall. But I have no issue with Red Eyes' delinquent suppression spreading to the whole Azabu area.
Feel like we'd need to use more people to expand further though.

>>34484591
>Kick him in his stupid cute face
The friendly portion of this meeting comes later. Old business first.

Oh boy, am I in time for Mikage's Super Punch Out?

>>34484941
Yes, but we had to change the title after she bit that girl's ear.

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>>34484978

Dammit, I laughed so loud.

>>34484937
This is the friendly part!
Friendly fight time!

Alright then, give me 1d20+18, best of 3. 1 and 20 wild.

Time for a not Not Sailor Kick

Rolled 11 + 18 (1d20 + 18)

>>34485127
Not Sailor Kick!

>>34485127
>Time for a not Not Sailor Kick!

Rolled 10 + 18 (1d20 + 18)

>>34485127
Jump is a helluva equalizer.

Just to check, was the hamstring all he did, no straight damage?

Rolled 17 + 18 (1d20 + 18)

>>34485127
we beast mode

Rolled 8 + 6 (1d8 + 6)

>>34485217
Oh, the post with the damage roll got eaten.

Thanks

>>34485327
He punch good.

Rolled 4 + 3 (1d4 + 3)

35 vs AC 21

Two Degrees of success. How do you want to spend it?

Also, did I somehow miss bumping up your Agility during the level up?

>>34485421
Hamstring.
Return in kind.

>>34485503
seems appropriate: We get a fist to the throat, he gets a foot to the nose.

This is just going swimmingly

Gasping for breath, you massage your throat as the boy takes in the terrifying sight of you. Well, maybe coughing you aren’t terrifying, maybe he’s terrified that he hurt someone unexpected who just said ‘Boo’.

~that was NOT a legal boxing move,~ you being as you split into a grin and become manic, ~but it was perfect perfect perfectperfectperfect! Those girly girls where all talky talk, but Sashy know what I really wanted. Lets play!~

“Are you mental? I could have seriously hur- wait, Sashy? How did you kno-”

With a quick lean back into the seat, you bend your knee and extend the flat bottom mary janes and catch the boy beneath his chin with a supernaturally enhanced thrust of your musculature. Following through on the momentum, you flip backward and land outside of his cart as his eyes unfocus and then zero in on you. He’s shaky, you rattled his skull. Now its time to for fun, and he grins in understanding.

This is hello, getting to know one another.

“This isn’t boxing, now is it,” he grins and slides off of his bike.

Raisings his fists he takes a solid stance and despite the shifting size of his irises. He’s fought far more punchdrunk than this, and you are only getting started.

“Its a street fight,” he laughs.

Then he closes the distance to throw two close jabs.

>You act simultaneously, what is your combat action? You have a move action, a standard action, an immediate or swift action, and free actions within reason.
>What do you do?

>>34485421
Agreed, Hamstring.

Also: No you didn't I don't think. Our agility went up to 17 from 15. You did miss putting our new spells in though.

Rolled 8, 16 = 24 (2d20)

Sasha's Jabs.

+10/+10

Refer to the Trainings info in the paste bin under melee for our rules on iterative attacks.

>>34485894
They need to be edited significantly to fit the system, I apologize for their delay.

ARGH, spells...

>>34485919
wait, its +9/+9, i flubbed up the penalties.

>>34485880
I imagine we're going to want a defensive focus on dodging because he's going to wreck us with every hit.

>>34485880
Hmmm....move up, bullrush away from the bike. Say "Sashy was nice enough to come play with me, it'd be rude to damage his ride!"

>>34485880
>>You act simultaneously, what is your combat action?
>You act simultaneously
There is only in path.
Move forward to me him, hopefully enough for Skirmish.
CROSSCOUNTER!

>>34486036
Also activate expertise, I guess?

>>34485421
Doesn't Jump add to that damage as well?

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>>34486106
IF we can get Skirmish damage on this, I will totally support this action.

He's got way too much to-hit for us to just be defensive.

>>34486228
If we end up going full Crosscounter instead we should say something along the lines of "YES! That's it. It's been so long since I had some fun. Fun fun fun! Let's play until we can't play anymore!" Cackle maniacally.

Cross counter? Assuming you're kicking at the man.

dice+1d20+17

Will you be taking a -6 penalty on that attack roll to bump your AC?

>>34486393
Defense is for wusses.

Rolled 14 + 17 (1d20 + 17)

>>34486393
fuck yes

>>34486393
Thinking punch if we have the Skirmish damage.
Crosscounter a punch with a kick raises questions of what color Red Eyes' panties are.

Then again. Unrestrained and not caring.. yeah sure, I support this insanity.

Rolled 7 + 17 (1d20 + 17)

>>34486393
I'm ok with it. It's Capoeira time now.

Rolled 7 + 17 (1d20 + 17)

>>34486393
Might have to be a knee to be withing his punch range.

31 vs AC 21, how do you want to spend your two degrees of success?

>>34486530
Knee that then extends for the rest of the kick.
Aerial act!

Rolled 4 + 3 (1d4 + 3)

your unarmed damage before skirmish

Rolled 2, 2 = 4 (2d6)

>>34486583
Your skirmish
2d6

>>34486556
I think the term is "subdual damage"?

>>34486556
1 degree of success to feint.

>>34486648
Also this.

1 to 1 against vitality

2 more damage, writing

>>34485989
Lets see:

Mythic Recitation, Moon Path 3, Unapproachable East
Fist of Stone, Earth Path 1, Complete Arcane/Spell Compendium
Claws of Darkness, Shadow path 2, Complete Psionic
Giant's Rose (Giant's Wrath), Earth path 3, Spell Compendium
Cure Serious Wounds, Earth parth 3, Core
Telekinetic Thrust, Psychic path 3, Expanded Psionics Handbook

>>34486648
>>34486701
We don't have subdual/nonlethal as a thing, we can choose to pull damage however,

>>34486768
I have their raw text moved into a document already. Its just changing it over is a chore, which I will tend to.

>>34486583
Re: >>34486158
Or is that changed for being too good?

>Sasha’s first jab misses
>You get Skirmish on your ENERGY LEG
>Sasha’s second jab catches you in the shoulder, Hamstring increased by 1. Total -2

Sasha’s first jab misses you as you lean to the side and raise your knee before kicking out and your foot catches him in the side, just below his arm. He really is quite short. As it catches him in the side your skirt flutters and furls about in the still night, it gives the boy across from you a brief blush before he resolves himself and follows through with the next jab.

It catches you in the chest, knocking the wind out of your already out of breath lungs. You feel a bit more off. Is that his game? To disable you before either of you tire out? Oh he’s devious, planning to leave a girl all helpless. You back away from his ride, bouncing and crouching and weaving.

~Sashy, you’ve been nice enough to come play with me, it'd be rude to damage your ride!~

“I appreciate it, Beast,” he grins through the pain in his side, “but I really must know, how do you know my name?”

>How do you respond?
>Your next round combat action?

>>34486859
Halfway tempted to be like "Sometimes I stalk and hunt and fight like a beast with eyes of red red red! Other times it's easy to just go with the flow. Now, let's play until we can't play anymore!"

Full attack action? Pull punches if it looks like we're going to kill him.

>>34486859
"Same way I knew her's-" Tilt head to indicate the audience we probably have.
Attempt to take advantage if he glances and give him a good hit.
"Tut, tut. Keep your eyes on your opponent!"

>>34487046
Is it possible to feint/distract our why into a Sneak Attack?
Cause yesh.

>>34486859
"I know a man who knows a Dan"

>>34487088
>>34487046
>>34487044

You do have Surprise Strike if you want to spend the planet power to make him flat footed without taking another action.

>>34486859
"I'm psychic"
Let's tell a lie that happens to be true.

>>34487146
Seems legit.

Rolled 17, 4 = 21 (2d20)

+9/+9

Alright, give me best of 3 1d20+22

Surprise Strike also adds tier to damage. You're up against Flat Footed AC 12.

Rolled 5 + 6 (1d8 + 6)

>>34487320

Sasha punch that lands

Rolled 8 + 22 (1d20 + 22)

>>34487320

Rolled 8 + 22 (1d20 + 22)

>>34487320
this train has no breaks

Rolled 12 + 22 (1d20 + 22)

>>34487320
Rollin'

Rolled 16 + 22 (1d20 + 22)

>>34487320
Lolol.

>>34487146
I would have rather not have burned one, but looks like I got distracted at the wrong time.

Rolled 6, 2, 2 = 10 (3d6)

Rolling your sneak attack

36 vs ac 12

4 Degrees of success. How do you spend them?

Rolled 2 + 8 (1d4 + 8)

and rolling the base damage

We are in Autosage, folks. so we're kicking up the speed a bit. If I hear no other choices for those degrees of success, I'm sinking them into damage

>>34487514
Can we put them into a Trip?

>>34487514
Hamstring.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>34487685
1

>>34487698
2

Time up, conflicting ideas. Flipping for it.

>>34487740
4 points, could split it?