>>34979124
“Excuse me,” you look up from your milk and apple slice substitutions and burger into the eyes of a girl behind thick black framed lenses.

She’s stylish in a simplified way; white tight collared blouse and simple straight skirt coming down to about her knees. Auburn wavy hair tied up in a bun. She kinda reminds you of a librarian.

“Is this seat taken?” she asks.

Its just after lunch, so the place is a bit crowded. No harm in letting someone sit down for their meal.

“Nope, feel free,” you smile.

As she slides into the bolted down chair across from you, it strikes you as odd. She doesn’t have a tray. Doesn’t have any food. She steeples her hands and looks down, as if to find something before slowly lifting her eyes to meet your own again, peering over the edge of her glasses.

“I was told to look for you by our mutual acquaintance,” she says simply.

Your fist ball beneath the table.

“She wants me to assure you and the remainder of your group that she had no hand in whatever happened to the two who went missing last night,”

“Like I’ll take your word,” you seathe. No, gotta calm down girl.

“Its the only thing I have,” she hums, “and that things are escalating concerns her. She hasn’t found much yet, but she needs you to get me as close as you can to their room on the top floor,”

“And what’ll that do for us,” you relax a bit.

She may actually be someone who can help.

“We won’t know until we find out,” as she adjust her glasses, you swear you see the white hot glow of starlight reflected in her eyes, “but please trust that I’m very perceptive,”

Interlude End

>>34979154
Quest Start

The printed designs are strewn across a number of professional looking light boxes on the wall. They sit on either side of a drafting desk, probably where she does most of the preliminary planning for her work in this donated studio. Her lines are smooth and the designs flow off of the imaged curvatures or angles of the models in her mind. Their faces are featureless, and their outfits tell stories.

Yukiko Akiyama, secret leader of the fake girl gang the Primroses, is a talented designer and artist. You can see it on the pages set to display for you and the other members of your fashion circle. She could probably be a prolific mangaka, given the amount of detail she also devotes to space and perspective, but her passion is as clear on the page as it is in the studio around you.

Fabric rolls, cutting tables, dress dummies, and a few different kinds of sewing machines fill the room. Racks of finished or in progress projects are everywhere. It looks like when she is working full tilt she must have three or four assistants to cover the place.

You are Mikage Chiba, age 15 second year highschool student. Formerly you were the third Champion of Love and Justice to carry the name of Sailor Moon, now that belongs to your younger sister. Presently you are in this studio under the guise of Miki, your Ganguro fashionista guise and persona used to shelter you from...from some very harsh experiences. Recent revelations have given you the breadth of emotion and peace of mind to fold this and other somewhat autonomous masks back into you as a whole. Still, there is a certain confidence that fills you when you are Miki.

>>34979179
~Like, these are so totally cute,~ you gush over a particular outfit in progress. While it hits some of the mechanics that have developed in Ganguro Fashion, it still needs to recapture the spirit of the California sun. Probably why the lot of you are here.

Yukiko, off to the side as your circle explores her displayed work for the Ganguro themed fashion line she is considering making, is the picture of poise of steady self confidence. You know this to be a momentary front as tragedy has struck at the people she cares about.

Some weeks ago, two of her friends went missing. No one remembered they existed, and she and those left behind only realized they were gone when they found a set of dresses including ones for the missing two. Now, in the dead of last night, two of her remaining friends have been taken but under far more conspicuous circumstances.

The rumor on the street is that these latest girls were taken by a dangerous street tuff of Juuban known as the Red Eyed Beast. A merciless young woman who terrifies even seasoned Yakuza enforcers.

You know it wasn’t the Beast, because the Red Eyed Beast is one of your masks. Even if she is totally unhygienic and gloomy and gross. Who starts a date by kicking a boy in the face? Really.

>Teal Teal Teal, I love it & where I can see it going. We should totally do this modeling thing with Akiyama-san.
>Express hesitence, but an appreciation of these designs, tell Yukiko Akiyama that she still needs to find the soul of ganguro.
>ick, you are not getting caught dead in this stuff. Later bitches
>Write in

>>34979200
>Teal Teal Teal, I love it & where I can see it going. We should totally do this modeling thing with Akiyama-san.

>>34979154
Librarian-mode Kairi?
Be still my heart!

>>34979200
>>Express hesitence, but an appreciation of these designs, tell Yukiko Akiyama that she still needs to find the soul of ganguro.
We must help her find the California sunshine!

>>34979200
>>Teal Teal Teal, I love it & where I can see it going. We should totally do this modeling thing with Akiyama-san.

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Rolled 76 (1d100)

Give me 1d20+10 difficulty 10
Best of three, 1s and 20s wild.


...argh, I keep seeing commercials for Carl Jrs and Hardees, but I'm hours upon hours away from one...but I want that BBQ Thickburger...please excuse my ramblings.

And this die roll.

>>34979200
>I love it & where I can see it going.
>tell Yukiko Akiyama that she still needs to find the soul of ganguro.
A little from table A, a little from table B.
We love it and can see where she's going, but she still needs to find the soul of the movement.

Rolled 5 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>34979703

Rolled 4 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>34979703
Rollin'

Rolled 10 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>34979703
>>34979726
Darn, I'm slow on the draw.

>>34979703
So, basically don't roll a 1?

20 vs 10

2 Degrees of success

>>34979838
Even a 1 would be an 11. Our word-fu is strong. But we must know how strong in this instance. More degrees, more successful.

Hopping from one light box to the other, you squeal in delight at the designs. The other girls seem to be in different states of impression.

Flowers seems unimpressed, her eyes focused on one of the light boxes. Jade is deep in thought, but is looking less at the designs and more at the studio around you. Moe is excited and bouncing on the balls of her feet at the possibilities playing before her.

Teal remains neutral, standing further back from the displays to see them at once.

You must convince her of, so you are upon her.

~Teal Teal Teal!~ you squeal, ~I love these designs and where I can see them going. We should like totally do this modelling thing for Akiyama-san!~

Teal’s neutrality breaks. The stoicism of the student council president gives way to her inner sunlight and burning passion for the world of ganguro fashion. She stamps her foot and raises a clenched fist before turning to point at Yukiko Akiyama.

“Yukiko Akiyama!” She declares with passion beyond her miniscule physical stature, “The Juuban Ganguro Fashion Circle Hereby throws its support behind you and your line!”

“Wait!,” exclaims Flowers, “She doesn’t have significant influence from late in the movement! No Manba of Yamanba! The lack of accessorization is fierce, and she hasn’t given any concern to the makeup,”

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Rolled 28 (1d100)

>>34980291

~Then its totally our place to instruct her,~ you nod and cross your arms.

“YES! We will shine our sunlight upon this rare child to show her our way,” Teal declares.

Moe whoops in excitement as she jumps up and pumps her arms wide. Jade looks at you and shakes her head before nodding in agreement.

Yukiko Akiyama looks at the tiny Teal and blushes at the praise, but maintains her composure. There is definite fear of something else underlying her movements.

“While you may have thrown in with my obvious genius. I can’t say I’ve seen enough to be committed to throwing in with you,” she sighs...she is definitely stalling...she doesn’t want to be alone. She pulls a pencil case from her pocket and begins taking down the drawings before motioning for all of your to gather around the drafting table, “Lets see how you think I could improve these designs. Then we can try to come to an agreement,”

>Oh no she didn’t. She invited us and we’re in.
>Backseat art behind her, throw instruction amid the everyone’s clammer.
>Try to herd the circle and direct them toward a thematic idea. What?
>No, not here. Grab Yukiko and drag her out into the sun. Where & What?
>Write in

>>34980321
>>Try to herd the circle and direct them toward a thematic idea. What?
Let's instill some California in her.

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>>34980321
>Try to herd the circle and direct them toward a thematic idea. What?
California and Sailor Moon.
Beware, I live.

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>>34980530
I get done with class for today and this wonderful pic is what I find?
As a reward, I am seconding your vote.

>>34980321
>>34980402>>34980530
seconded

>>34980321
>>No, not here. Grab Yukiko and drag her out into the sun. Where & What?
"Alright, but if we're gonna show you how to shine, you're gonna have to see Ganguro in its element! To [player can't remember the name of the fun district where all the cool stuff happenes]!"

Rolled 35 (1d100)

Give me dice

1d20+10, dc 20.

1s and 20s yadda yadda best of 3

>>34981147
Wow...the dice are skirting that advancing threshold.

Rolled 12 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>34981147
explanation for a d20 newbie, that a good thing or a bad thing?

Rolled 18 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>34981147

Rolled 18 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>34981147
Rollin'

>>34981171
Herding cats ain't easy, and these are opininated fashion cats.

>>34981215
Well, my d100 roll isn't something d20 related. Its rolling against the increasing chance of a specific encounter while you are in miss Akiyama's presence.

>>34981283
> increasing chance of a specific encounter
n otherwords, Peaches?
You mean that Big, Dark, and Shadowy attacks and tries to abduct its next victim, right?I

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Rolled 37 (1d100)

A cacophony of voices fills the space behind Yukiko. Though she remains unamused at the pun Teal made about her name, she continues to humor your group and layers another piece of drafting paper and begins to trace out designs from memory with your assorted input.

However, there are too many cooks in the kitchen. Taking a commanding tone, you pull everyone back and try to suss out what all of you can agree upon to be synonymous with the California spirit of Ganguro and each of its subsequent movements. Detailing together in turn and focus by your urgings makeup profiles, accessory material lists and patterns, as well as general points for the thematic notion of the eternal summer.

Of the tan. Of the surf. Of the sand. It brings an extra warmth to the rough ideas the young woman is quickly and excitedly putting on paper as the hour advances.

However, there is one hopeful thing that strikes you. A notion that you have to get out.

~Like, actually. With her natural blonde deal and the other two being pink I totally think we could ape some elements of the Sailor Moon costumes for a few outfits,~

Flowers, whom you usually disagree with, is first to respond.

“That’s actually a good idea, Miki,” she says in excitement.

Jade says nothing, but looks at you with a sigh. It goes unnoticed by the others as you resume your collective flow of ideas around Yukiko, who seems less nervous as she is surrounded by your collective creative energies.

It gets later into the afternoon into the early evening. Discussion begins to percolate about what to do for dinner. Going out altogether or ordering some kind of delivery and continue this spree of artistic flourishing.

>Back going out together for an early dinner. What?
>Back getting some delivery. What?
>Actually its, like, getting late.
>Write in

-NOTE- I gotta grab the missus, be back in about an hour. Keep voting and conversing.

Rolled 51 (1d100)

>>34981283
DICE I DEMAND YOU ADVANCE THINGS!

>>34981507
>Back getting some delivery. What?
We're doing Cali, What's more Cali that California Pizza Kitchen? (or just Pizza in general, I'll settle for that.)

>>34981507
>Back getting some delivery. What?
The obvious choice is sandwichs. Because Cali.

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>>34981507
>>Back going out together for an early dinner. What?
>>Back getting some delivery. What?
I could go for either, though continuing to work and eat at her studio seems like it might be the most productive, more reassuring place for her, and the more casually California.. Question is, what is the most California thing we could order?

We do know a nice cafe that does delivery..

>>34982050
Something with cocaine and pineapple, probably

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>>34982050
NEVER MIND. I CHANGE MY VOTE TO JUPITER CAFE DELIVERY! WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG!?

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>>34982248
SAME HERE! EVERYTHING WILL BE JUST peaches

>>34982050
>>34982248
>>34982295
The reactions from Kanari. Oh my god the reactions.

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>>34982248
>>34982295
>>34982924
Indeed.
Plus, helping support the business.

Now, what shall we order from the Jupiter Cafe?

>>34983016
PIZZA! If they don't do pizza, I will settle for sandwiches and salad.

>>34983016
Hmmm. Decisions. I mean, what do they even make there, and it has to be enough to feed 5 people+a Mikage.

>>34983136
That's why we order Deep Dish.

>>34983182
MULTI-PIZZA ORDER. (Sandwich platter is also acceptable)

I was going to make a point about city districts...but considering how often they get delivery orders (rarely) fuck it. You can do it.

Just got home. Traffic a beast. Cooking dinner and then writing. Tilapia and tomato sauce.

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>>34983220

>>34981507
>>34982248
>>34982295
Yeah, gotta say. Any opportunity to troll Kanari is worth taking.

>>34983527
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....

Eating dinner. Then writing.

Think back to one of your interlude options in this ongoing day.

>>34983771
what? what option? Its not like Kanari is going to recognize us in our makeup right?
... It's not going to be Kanari is it?

>>34983771
The past outside of this thread does not exist. Who am I? How did I get here? Why do I have all this glorious pornography? It is a mystery.

>>34983771
>Seeing Red
Kairi
>Light as a feather, stiff as a board
Likely Keiko
>Wonder Festival Plans
Plan for a festival, guessing either the girls making plans for fun or the enemy making plans to spoil
>Carousel
You spin me round?
>Right Place, Right Stumble
Have a nice trip, catch you this fall?

>>34984110
Kanari is probably one of the last two, I'm guessing.
If its Carousel, she's confused.
If its RPRS, she's bringing someone with her.

>>34984166
>>34984110

How did the original team usually get involved in monster attacks? Nine times out of ten?

>>34984110
Huh, also noticed I had a response that didn't go through when the last thread died. (Yeah, I pretty much never close tabs and my RAM hates me.)

>>34910097
>The question is how do we react when the not so subtly hinted reason WHY she turned herself cold becomes apparent. How will Mikage react to that spagetti getting drained?
That's a Clue-Hammer level hint, on the hint scale.
That specifically would only temper our response a bit, however if we realize Hotaru is also a pot of spaghetti, that may drain and rinse some.

>>34984208
Careful consideration and tactical planning?

(I have never seen the show.)

>>34984208
Planning to have a good time and monsters crash it?
Alternatively, right place right time bumbling in.

>>34984249
HAHAHAHAHA! You wish!
>>34984208
They stumbled on... to... the... monster...
The fashion lady we're meeting with's the monster, isn't she? FESS UP ARTY!

>>34984297
We should totally check to see if she tastes like peaches...

>>34984317
...where exactly is Usa meeting Hotaru & Horsie?

>>34984462
Oh Christ... I.. *SHADOWRUNINTENSIFIES*

>>34984462
You clever bastard.

>>34984462
.. a cafe.

Though they were hitting a movie after that.

>>34984462
We're incognito. It'll be fine.

>>34984567
....are you sure Usa won't be able to tell? Or for that matter Tomoe-Sensei?

>>34984607
Well, the biggest advantage we have here is that we're technically NOT in disguise.

>>34984636
There are totally disguise pen shenanigans going on whatrutalkinbout. The tan is made with some ink from the pen remember?

>>34984686
At least for the most part, our outfit and guise are mundane, but with some added backing of the disguise-tan.

>>34984761
Iirc we choose to dress without the pen this morning.

>>34984761
But is it enough to break up the outline of our face to the point where people who are intimately familiar with us in many forms arent able to notice?

>>34984838
Oh god we did didn't we. Also the question is do Hotaru, Usa, and/or Helios have "Magic-Bullshit Radar"

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>>34984462
>reads comments
WE ARE NOT READY!
>>34984567
We'd better be!
>>34984844
It better be!
>>34984877
They do don't they?

>In summation
WE'RE FUCKED!

As much as I enjoy the shadowruns...

You aren't running into Usa, Hotaru, & Helios. Just to clear that up.

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>>34984900
>Doomed
>Not Doomed

>>34984844
Yes, we hung out with Jade for a long time without her realizing who we were, and it foils facial recognition.
Luna figured it out though, but how many woman of our build are going to be getting dressed in our room?

>>34984921
Ok good. Whew. One crisis at a time.

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>>34984921
Oh, Thank you, Merciful QM. Iinfinite blessings be upon you and your wife...

>>34984941
Also, cat senses. A lot of their recognition is done through smell, it transpires.

>>34984989
Dont say that until you know what we have just stepped into, then, its not Usa.

>>34985027
So we're back to a monster attack and Kanari.

>>34984970
>thinking reality won't be worse
Come on, MAG. We all know that a successful run is just preparation for the next run.

>>34985102
I'm still tweaking potential dialog for Hotaru confrontation, so nobody's forgotten that.

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>>34985102
Such is the life of a Shadowrunner.

>>34985102
I HAAVE A DREAM. THAT ONE DAY EVERYTHING WILL GO ACCORDING TO PLAN. THAT THERE WILL BE NO DRACONIC AI'S IN THE CENTRAL CORTEX. THAT SURPRISE EXPLOSIVES WILL NOT BE FOUND UNDER THE CEO'S COUCH WITH A MOTION DETENATOR!! THAT THE POLICE WILL NOT HAVE BEEN PRE-CALLED BY AN ANONYMOUS TIPPER!! I HAVE A DREAM THAT ONE DAY THERE WILL BE A SMOOTH RUN!!

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We all have dreams, trick is making them reality.

>>34985258
Dangdabbit, that wasn't the image I thought it was.

>>34985258
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vDWWy4CMhE

>>34985234
>Running, Just as planned.
Hey, mind passing the warp dust? You sound like you've got plenty.
>>34985258
Nice!
>>34985288
eh, still cool.

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>>34985288
Here it is.

>>34985341
Sailor moon Biker... I get the feeling someone's done a story on that premise, but if it exists, I can't find it.

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>>34985333
Sure.

~Well, I know a totes good place that’ll deliver over the district line from back home that is DIVINE,~ you reign in your own near salivation thinking about the Jupiter Cafe.

They don’t get many delivery orders, as they do delivery orders from as near from scratch as they can. It isn’t a fast delivery on those orders to be sure, Makoto Kino’s good food takes time and she’ll take any order off menu as a challenge.

“Well, whatever it is I’m tight on cash tonight,” Jade grouses.

“My patron has an expense card for occasions like this. Whatever we order, it’s on me,” Yukiko smiles.

You, Flowers, and Moe all turn to face the prim and proper girl. She steps back in sudden fear as similar glints of light spark off of your collected eyes. The University student on a budget. A second generation walking stomach. The hard training power lifter. Your smiles are pleased, yet sinister.

~Like, the Jupiter Cafe,~ you laugh to the other big eaters of the group.

Teal and Jade roll their eyes.

“California style pizza?” offers Teal with uncertainty.

California style pizza is veggies and chicken and thin crusts. Its light fare, reminiscent of the California way. While you could abide this, your compatriots in hunger have different ideas.

“You’re ordering Jupiter and you want to get snack fare? This occassion calls for deep dish and meaty!” Flowers grouses with her hand on her hips at Teal.

“Oh come on, you could stand a light meal once in a while, little miss useless meat,” Teal crosses her arms and pouts.

“Hey, you can call her a fatty all you want, but I’m in training. I have a reason to carbo load and get high protein content,” Moe interjects.

“-not a fatty,” Flowers pulls at the hem of her oversized blouse, “I-its a charm point!”

Jade sighs as she sidles up next to Yukiko.

“See, you’ve gone and set them off,”

Rolled 1 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>34985441
~Well, if we’re on an assumed big budget. Lets, like, just get whatever we want,~ you smile...with intent.

Moments later you are all huddled around a piece of paper while calling up the Jupiter Cafe. Makoto Kino answers, and you can hear the fire when the massive and varied order goes across her pen.

“Wow, that’s a big order. If this is your first time ordering with us, you need to be aware your order won’t be quick, especially considering where you’re calling from, but I guarantee it’ll be good,”

As you hang up, Teal turns over to Yukiko.

“You aren’t another one of them,” she motions to the devastation trio in worry, “are you? Your order was pretty big,”

She laughs lightly. The earlier tension behind her seems to have given way to relaxation. That she can still function despite the disappearances says a lot about her personal strength.

“Oh, no. I’m expecting a friend of mine to meet me here tonight. I wasn’t counting on things lasting long enough for dinner,”

Checking your sparkly cased phone, you see that you’ve gotten a text from Kairi. Apparently she’s continuing to shadow the girl she met up with. That’s good. Hmm, Yukiko is checking her phone as well, she seems suddenly pale about something. Not terrified pale, more excited pale. Oh, and Jade is looking at you like she has something to say.

>Make small talk with one of the girls while you wait. Who? Teal, Flowers, Moe, Yukiko, Jade?
>Look through the sketchbooks on the draft table.
>Text something back to your BFF Kairi
>Write in

& Give me a perception test 1d20+2 vs above roll. Standard rules apply

>>34985436
WOOOOOOOOOO! COLLEGE KID ON WARPSPEED! WHAT WANTS DIE?
COCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIINE!

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>>34985482
>Rolled 1 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

Rolled 20 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>34985482
>Text something back to your BFF Kairi
like, anything not awesome?
>Make small talk with one of the girls while you wait. Who? Jade.

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>>34985537
Wow. Power of the Warp. PRAISE THE DARK GOD! PROMOTIONS FOR EVERYONE!

Rolled 20 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>34985482
>>Write in
Try to cast Locate Node. See if that turns anything up. Mainly because I have been dying for an excuse to use that spell since we got it.

Moe and Jade, we haven't gotten a chance to get to know Moe yet, and I totally want to make Midori more comfortable with accepting a shard of the Shintennou.

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>>34985537
>Rolled 20 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

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>>34985592
with rolls like this, can we just do everything?

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>>34985592
HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHA!

...

9 vs 22

Stealth FAILED

Writing once we have a clear vote on what to do. So keep voting.

>>34985592
Combine our two ideas given our awesome rolls?
Talk with Jade and Moe, text Kairi, and cast locate node?

Rolled 6 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>34985482
>>Text something back to your BFF Kairi
Let her know we're taking a dinner break, fair chance Aki is expecting her friend for some too. Don't go hungry.

>>Look through the sketchbooks on the draft table.
Also, allow enough space from the others for Jade to say.. well whatever it is she wants to say to us.

>>34985659
My heart vote is pyromania. Being as that's completely inappropriate, I'm'a have to abstain this round.

>>34985698
Seems like a good idea, teenagers excel at multitasking like that. Also: totally use Subtle magic on that locate node.

Hey Artemis, maybe we should roll next time

>>34985755
>>34985592
Would only last for 6 minutes though. Better for when we can move around the city and track 'em down. Totally want to get that done, be doesn't seem like doing it now would do much for us.

>>34985806
No, just take the good as it comes, eventually the dice turn on us and Mikage turns into spaghetti.

>>34985755
>Talk with Jade and Moe,
>text Kairi
>Subtle cast locate node
Ok anons, sound like a plan.
>>34985806
why, Melee and me seem to have it fine.
>>34985815
It's more of a warning for the monster attack.

>>34985815
Ah, so it does. Awww. Ah well. We really should cast it at somepoint.

>>34985860
Nah, he's got a point. I thought it gave us a general idea of where it was, if it existed, instead of just a direction.

"
Earth Nodes

Streams of invisible power run beneath the earth, occasionally crossing and collecting in a single spot like river flowing into a lake. Such rare collection points are called earth nodes.

Earthnode

An earth node’s power isn’t visible to the naked eye, but such points are often eerily beautiful or bizarre. A giant geode or a teardrop–shaped, smooth-sided cavern might hold an earth node, as might any other wondrous subterranean shape. Such a sight isn’t always present, though, and the node’s power doesn’t respect physical boundaries. Some nodes even extend to the surface world.

The most common nodes are fairly small and weak. The exact size of a node and its field of power varies from as wide as half a mile to about 30 feet across. Powerful nodes are rare and can radiate their influence over a greater distance, but the strength of the effect doesn’t always correlate to a wider field."

>>34985860
Shouldn't really have an effect on that.

>>34985876
Aye, I've been chomping at the bit for that one since finding it in the Path list.

>>34985960
>>34985963
I don't know how to D&D, so I'll leave that up to you all.

>>34985960
Not just Earth Nodes, also Shadow Nodes, and spell weave.. and likely any other kind of nod Artemis wants to introduce.

>>34986077
The shadow nodes might be useful actually. We might want to cast that at our next opportunity.

>>34986077
Well, the established types from Faerun are Earth, Evil, and Shadow. Though there is obviously room for more, or less. But unless we tell it a type, the spell will try to find the nearest of any type.

I'm willing to wager that the Crystal Points will also show up with that spell.

So, everybody cool with >>34985860?

>>34986822
Aye.

Texting back Kairi, you ask in an oh so Miki way if she found anything out that wasn’t good. More than that, you also let her know your event is having dinner so she should grab something for herself, especially considering Ringo is probably en route to your dinner break anyhow.

Twisting your fingers after sending the text you pull on your powers of quiet magic and invoke a divination unnoticed. You perceive a pull in three directions, North, South East, and directly East. There are three points within six miles of you that are fonts of Earth’s planetary energy or whatever else may flow within its leyline veins. You keep that in mind as you turn over to Moe who is looking at one of Akiyama’s other dresses in progress without shoulders.

“Think this would look good on me?” she sighs, “My shoulders have been getting big. I think I need to tone down that part of my routine,”

~Nah, girl,~ you smile, ~You gotta rock what you got,~

She flexes her arm and looks down at it.

“Damn right, thanks Miki,”

~So, how’s your friend?~ you ask.

“Doing better. It was strange. She just got his by this unexplainable weakening sickness and now she’s getting better,” she laughs, “Told me this weird story about a dream with a bear in a tux. Then Sailor Crystal Moon and that guy in Black who was seen with New Moon saved her from an evil bear,”

Oh…

Well.

~Huh. That’s, like, interesting,~

Texting back Kairi, you ask in an oh so Miki way if she found anything out that wasn’t good. More than that, you also let her know your event is having dinner so she should grab something for herself, especially considering Ringo is probably en route to your dinner break anyhow.

Twisting your fingers after sending the text you pull on your powers of quiet magic and invoke a divination unnoticed. You perceive a pull in three directions, North, South East, and directly East. There are three points within six miles of you that are fonts of Earth’s planetary energy or whatever else may flow within its leyline veins. You keep that in mind as you turn over to Moe who is looking at one of Akiyama’s other dresses in progress without shoulders.

“Think this would look good on me?” she sighs, “My shoulders have been getting big. I think I need to tone down that part of my routine,”

~Nah, girl,~ you smile, ~You gotta rock what you got,~

She flexes her arm and looks down at it.

“Damn right, thanks Miki,”

~So, how’s your friend?~ you ask.

“Doing better. It was strange. She just got his by this unexplainable weakening sickness and now she’s getting better,” she laughs, “Told me this weird story about a dream with a bear in a tux. Then Sailor Crystal Moon and that guy in Black who was seen with New Moon saved her from an evil bear,”

Oh…

Well.

~Huh. That’s, like, interesting,~
-

>>34986976
“Yeah, its wild. Hey, have you adjusted your routine. You’re looking a bit slimmer,” she observes.

~No, I totally just hit a growth spurt. Just an illusion of height,~ you grouse, ~And I’m like super hungry all the time,~

“Preaching to the choir,” she laughs.

~Hold on, Jade looks like she wants to jump down my throat about something,~ you wave off and approach Jade.

The girl is standing a bit off to the side in the expansive studio, so your conversation is relatively quiet.

~Jade, is everything, like, okay?~ you ask with some uncertainty.

She rolls her eyes and crosses her arms.

“You know, you’re really starting to act like the old you again,” she complains as her body language tightens.

~What’s that supposed to mean,~ you slip from Miki speak and regard her curiously, ~Isn’t it a sign of recovery?~

“I’m complaining about your little ego trip back there,” she rolls her eyes, “Really, Sailor Moon themed ganguro clothes?”

~Its a legitimate idea. Its a good idea,~

“And yet I don’t think that was your motivation for it,”

~Well, whatever. I’m not sorry and I WANT to feel proud about myself,~ you snap, ~Who cares about my motivation if it’ll look good?~

She looks like she’s going to retort angrily. For your friendship the two of you are quite capable of getting into a heated argument...but she deflates for some reason.

>>34986928
>There are three points within six miles of you that are fonts of Earth’s planetary energy or whatever else may flow within its leyline veins.
Busy area.

>>34987016
“Look...Miki. Thanks for everything last night,” she sighs, “Even though Keiko is the happiest I’ve ever seen her...and even though she reci-you know...I guess I’m just apprehensive and jealous,”

~What’s there to be jealou of?~

“Oh I don’t know. That the girl who pushed me into admitting my feelings to her was a friend I also harbored another crush on,” she blushes in frustration, “Or that said girl was the Prince she spent a couple of days pining over?”

~I guess that’s a little weird,~ you look away from her self consciously as she drops her crossed arms.

“More than that, you’re you and can do...whatever it is that you can do. And she’s off trying to carefully find her limits because she’s scared of what she might be able to do now,” her shoulders drop, “And I’m worried about what happens next I guess. I’m only human,”

Before you can respond, you sight something out the top floor skylight of the studio. There on a nearby building, something humanoid in shape with great wings lands in a crouch, stares into the window from however far away, before leaping and flying beyond the field of vision cast by the window. It was purple and hulking.

It isn’t a good sign.

“Everyone!” Yukiko calls for attention, “My patron has just informed me that another special guest wishes to speak to me, and said it was fine for all of you to stay for it,”

She’s giddy. What could make her giddy.

“A special VIP and her entourage will be joining us for a short while before dinner. They want to commission a dress from me and I think doing so will help the profile of my upcoming show and help spread the revitalization of your movement,”

“Who’s coming?” Moe chirps.

“Venus Aino!” Yukiko practically jumps.

Wait what? Venus and her Entourage? And you just saw an urban monster.

>Write in
>Text Koyomi
>Text Venus
>Prepare yourself
>Text one of the other girls because @#?!@*
>Warn Jade
>Write in

>>34987059
>Text Koyomi
>Text Venus
>Prepare yourself
>Text one of the other girls because @#?!@*
>Warn Jade
Call. in. EVERYONE.
Then hit the 'sumbitch like the fist of an angry GOD!

>>34987108
>>Text Koyomi
>Text Venus
>Prepare yourself
>Text one of the other girls because @#?!@*
>Warn Jade

Subtly.

>>34986928
>within 6 miles
Jeebus. Isn't a scan that covers 3.14 Townships a little too freaking huge?

>>34986976
>“Doing better. It was strange. She just got his by this unexplainable weakening sickness and now she’s getting better,” she laughs, “Told me this weird story about a dream with a bear in a tux. Then Sailor Crystal Moon and that guy in Black who was seen with New Moon saved her from an evil bear,”
Mental note: Check in on the girl and see how she's doing sometime. Maybe apply magic if needed. Must be good people for the Crystal to try and find a home in here.. and what was is up with the bear thing?

>“Everyone!” Yukiko calls for attention, “My patron has just informed me that another special guest wishes to speak to me, and said it was fine for all of you to stay for it,”
Just who is your patron? They seem to have a lot of interests.

>Wait what? Venus and her Entourage? And you just saw an urban monster.
WTFBBQ

Hold onto Miki as a life raft, no time to crack like we did as Mikage last time we saw this sort of thing coming.
More response to follow. Brain panic.

>>34987341
Wait, so NOBODY, not even the Senshi, has put together the whole 'drawn to their enemies' power?

>>34987059
No need to warn the new senshi. They need to learn this business, and you'll be here to help. Probably should warn Jade and text Kairi, though.

>>34987424
Isn't like it happens all the time.. though the only time it didn't was the first episode where Usagi gets a more direct warning that her friend is in danger.

So, what do you guys want to mass text to the young Senshi?

Point of order, only Aiha, Rin, and Koyomi will recognize your cellphone number.

Also, stuff from Hero Quest just gave me a mental BSoD

>>34987517
>only time it didn't happen
>only
God, these people are dumb. I like the show, but that's just dumb.
>>34987566
text those three, tell them to warn the others.

>>34987566
Do we even know the younger senshi's telephone numbers?

>>34987620
You acquired them from your Mom and Luna offscreen.

Also, Koyomi is your little sister.

>>34987341
>>34987059
Grab for phone, text Kairi that we've got a convergence of trouble, scouts incoming and monster sighted.

Cast Conceal Thoughts, we may need the extra layer.

Tug Jade to the side, "I swear I just something totes gross, we may be in for a incredibly bogus time."

Text Rin "u w/Venus?"
If yes: "Trouble ahead"

Try to prepare an excuse or place to duck away when the time comes, or just get everyone else to safety.

>>34987566
Negative on mass text to everyone. Vote to message Rin.

>>34987718
Well, Rin knows we're up to stuff, and if she shares, she has seer qualities to explain her suspecting trouble.

>>34987606
Hey, they go years and months without trouble for most of their lives. Just that the threads of fate tighten around them when trouble is afoot.

>>34987606
>>34987811
Isn't like they can expect trouble all the time.
Our experiences have left us cynical and anxious though. Eventually, we'll freak out but everything will actually be fine, and that will be a good day.

>>34987718
Eh, I'll go for it. Probably should clarify trouble as ''monster" though.
>>34987811
Even then anon, how many years were they senshi? How many years did the anime cover? It really should be a known power.

>>34987872
Yeah, but girls who realize that sort of thing can never again meet unicorns.

>>34987961
unicorns are pedos

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>>34987872
It really isn't a power. More that persons of interest were drawn together over time, with Jubaan in particular serving as an area of interest. Heck, the area is even thick with nodes, and one of the cornerstones of Usa's Crystal Tokyo.

Some things are just drawn to weirdness enough and vice versa that it just seems like a normal thing.
This family is like Tokyo Tower: The Bloodline.

>>34988129
ah. ok.

>>34988129
That's like the textbook definition of power drawn.

>>34988349
que?

>>34988404
Oh I was just saying that what he said is like the textbook definition of what you were talking about?

“You okay, Miki?”

~Huh~

“You look like you did outside of Venus’s show,” she deadpans, “I swear if her entourage are your little sister and the rest of the girls I am going to scream,”

~Please don’t. Ugh...I swear saw something totes gross out the window,~ you draw your phone while pointing at the skylight, ~Brace yourself for an incredibly bogus time,~

“Lovely. Middle School all over again,” she sighs.

-

“Wow! This building is so, tall,” Koyomi says as her face is pressed against the outward facing glass of the elevator.

“Ya get used to it,” smiles the big girl with the cowboy boots who got on with you, “So, you’re all here for Akiyama then?”

You get a text on your phone and pull it out for a moment. With a neutral expression on your face you pocket the device again after responding quite simply, ‘The Gangs all here’.

You sigh and look down along the side of the building, to see Kairi stealthily pursuing your group up the stairs, several floors behind.

-

The door to the studio swings open to reveal Ringo walking in alongside Venus-chan and her Entourage.

Of course its your little sister, Rin Kumada, Kanari Kino, and Aiha Mizuno.

You just receive Rin’s quick text back explaining such. Lovely. Twisting magic around your fingers as days gives way to night, you freely shield your mind to keep any necessary lies going on.

Yukiko is embracing Ringo and the two share some quick words, while your sister and the rest of the Senshi look about the studio, and at your fashion circle in wonder.

Teal introduces herself to Venus and explains why they’re here with the talented Yukiko Akiyama.

The girls are milling about and chatting to one another, Moe starts talking to Ringo (who you get properly introduced to as Akane Kita) and asking her about her workout regimen. Well, the girl is broad shouldered enough to work out, you suppose.

>>34988808
“So, I heard there was a kidnapping at your school. I bet that was really scary,” your sister tactlessly asks the young seamstress whilst pulling and wringing her pigtails.

...okay this is a travesty.

Venus ushers Koyomi away from the girl and goes back to talking to her about her commission, and what kind of dress she’s looking for. She wants something for her mother’s next red carpet premiere. Realistic cover...they came here on purpose. They were investigating.

Good girls.

Pouting and walking away from Venus, Koyomi approaches Aiha and Rin who are looking at the recent sketches, which include the Sailor Moon inspired Ganguro outfits. Koyomi’s eyes shoot wide as she lifts the drawing from the drafting table.

You still don’t feel any nearby presence of shadow...that creature you saw must still be keeping its distance.

>Write in

>>34988842
Find Kairi. Get prep.

>>34988842
... Wow, Koyomi. Excellent display of subtlety.

I don't really have any plans, so it's up to you guys.

>>34988842
Move off get ready for shit to go down. Not sure if we should stealth or what have you. But Now is the time for distant and alert older sister not totally awesome Miki.

>>34988842
Ah well, might as well be Miki while we wait for Hell to break open. Go chat at the girls.

>>34988984
Yes. Might be time for a change in wardrobe.

>>34988842
Ask Akiyama where the ladies room is.

Should we see if we can signal Rin or Jade to tag along?

>>34988842
Fire. Fire is the solution to all of our problems.

...yeah, I'm'a continue abstaining. What the fuck is wrong with me tonight?

>>34988984
>>34989087
Gotta say, if a Monster does show up, I'd actually want to show up as a very angry Red Eyes to beat and drain some information from it.

>>34989125
Fire good, tree pretty.

>>34989131
So, saying that this is more an affront with something messing with people that reached out to Red for aid than an issue of helping the scouts?

>>34989131
YES, THIS!

>>34987872
>not texting Luna/Diana and getting them to wrangle the Senshi

>>34989131
Honestly, I'm kinda amused by the idea of fighting like Redeye while dressed as Miki.

It seems like it horrify at least three of our personalities at once and it makes me giggle.

>>34989379
>not texting Luna
We were discussing that today, weren't we? Then again, doesn't look like Artemis is with them, wonder what he's up to?

>>34989131
I'm A-OK with this.

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>>34989379
good idea in hindsight. something to remember in the future.
>>34989457
wait, are we going to show up looking like pic?

>>34989559
Yes.

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>>34989559
>wait, are we going to show up looking like pic?
Effectively, yes.

Will likely cause some conflict, but this one is a little more personal. They came to us.

Writing

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>>34989632
>>34989634
>my face when AA is confirmed.

So, what do you guys think of today's banner?

>>34989724
Great! Can't wait to dig into the other Masks of Mikage.

>>34989634
>>34989656
Am now picturing this path ending up with a crass and angry Beast more-or-less working with the Scouts for a bit, after some initial conflict.

>>34989724
Like it a lot, saved it right away for future reference.

>>34989724
The bottom left one looks kinda off.

~Wish me luck, look for Kairi, she’ll lead you to cover,~ you whisper to Jade.

“Joy,” she shrugs as you walk away.

~Excuse me, like, Akiyama-san,~ you say to the girl speaking with the diminutive Venus.

“Ah, yes Miki-san,” she says.

~No need for honorifics with me. Its just Miki. Anyway, just wanted to know where I could powder my nose,~ you giggle.

“Oh, just out in the hallway. On the right,” she smiles.

You excuse yourself before your host and the young idol as you head to the studio door and open it slowly. Before you step into the hallway you can hear someone scrambling away from the door. Closing it behind you, you survey the empty hallway.

~Kairi,~ you whisper loudly.

She pokes her head out of the stairwell.

“Miki, I presume,” she takes off her totally nerdy glasses.

~Like, totes got it in one my first knight,~ you smirk.

She nods and lays her hands on her hips, rocking that librarian look.

~We’ve got a monster incoming,~ you approach the women’s restroom.

“Goody. I was getting bored,” she smiles, “Alright, Nephrite Knight and Eclipse fighting side by side for the first time,”

~Actually I’ll be tending this fight as someone else at first,~ you look into the mirror and take out your disguise pen.

“What?”

Depressing the button, and without the fanfare of light you are engulfed in darkness. Your black cocoon peels away and you wretch back before pitching forward with jagged fingernails digging into the countertop.

Kairi steps back.

“Um...nice to meet you, Beast,”

~Someone made a fool out of me, Kairi,~ you growl at the mirror and pull your stringy and uneven black hair from your eyes.

She sighs and is engulfed in a flurry of star patterns and fire, emerging in the red brocade fabric of the Nephrite Knight.

“So, how are we playing this?”

>We wait by the door
>We hide on the roof
>Walk right into the studio and warn them of the danger
>write in

>>34989724
Dan seems to be missing.

>>34990466
>>We hide on the roof
Death from above, bitches!

>>34990473

You know how hard it is to find good rule 63 Dandy fanart to use as a base?

>>34990466
>We wait by the door

>>34990511
Seems like that should be subject to rule 34(a) if you ask around in the right places.

I like how this is going so far!

time for something stupid to screw it up!

Like lil sis

>>34990466
Game on.

I'd say stealth to the roof, see if we can spot it first. If nothing else, the skylight will make a handy entrance.

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>>34990511
>Rule 63

>>34990521
Door isn't a bad choice. We've got the stealth to back it up, might be easier to hear what's going on inside.
Something seems off with the beast coming from above, seems more like a kick in the door type.

Split up, Nephrite Knight on the roof, Red Eyes by the door?

>>34990702

Because Mikage doesn't have that Chin in her guise.

>>34990743
And changing my vote to this.

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>>34990702

>>34990753
What about a back view?

Right, sorry.

Two for the Roof.

Two for Splitting the party between roof and door.

Final Destination time. Reply to this post with only the number of your choice. No comments, green text, punctuation, linebreaks, or dice.

1 Roof
2 Split

Only votes in the next 4 minutes count

>>34991163
2

>>34991163
2

>>34991163
2

Should be in range for telepathy, so we'll still be in contact.
If people come running out, we can invis/stealth out of their way and into the room.

~We’re splitting up,~ you growl and lurch from the sinks and into the hallway your crooked smile going wide, ~You watch near the skylight while I listen at the door,~

“Not quite what I meant. Are we making the first strike when the monster show or are we just backing up the Senshi?” she rolls her eyes beneath her mask.

~I intend to draw my due from this thing. They framed me, BLAMED me,~ you shudder and then sing, ~So go my night and sit on high. Draw your sword and dance, for when the damsels scream oh my, into the fray may prance,~

“Wow...okay, does anyone actually take the beast seriously if you go around singing rhymes?”

You level at her a fixed stare. She chortles a bit and heads to the stairwell.

“I’m teasing. Good luck,”

~Thanks, good luck to you too my Knight,~

Sidling up to the door, you press your ear against it softly. Casual conversation fills you, no one is wrought with worry. No hurried tones. No panic. Good.

A lack of panic is good.

>Wait patiently
>Attempt to telepathically chat with someone, who? In range who know are Rin, Jade, and Kairi.
>Attempt telepathic contact with someone who doesn’t expect it? Who?
>Be bored, wander off.
>Write in

After you vote. Thread Pause until morning.

>>34991402
>does anyone actually take the beast seriously if you go around singing rhymes?
Hey, it works for Etrigan! People love him!
>Attempt to telepathically chat with someone, who? Kairi, and Rin
Any sign of the scumbag,

>>34991402
Telepathic chat with Kairi, see what she has learned so during her outing.

>>34991402
>Attempt telepathic contact with someone who doesn’t expect it? Who?
Sashy! Talk about being bored.

>>34991402
>>Be bored, wander off.
VE HUNT!

>>34991454
actually this sounds like a more productive use of time. Ignore my earlier vote, seconding this.

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Some amount of chin could be faked with jutting it out a bit, and the drawl already helps cover that.

So, how do we think this is going to pan out?

>>34992148
depends on the final votes. Probably well, but will it create more problems than it solves?
Sailor Senshi meeting Rule 63 Alucard will be very fun either way.

>>34992148
I'm amused that we're actually double up on disguises, seeing through Red Eyes would show Miki.

>>34992344
Neither of whom are connected to Mikage as far as the Scouts know.

Farce ahoy, especially if the Scouts follow the Red Eye trail to Zodiac.

>>34992453
TFW koyomi finds Mikis clothes in Mikages cupboard.

>>34992486
not to mention the rest of the "masks".

>>34992502
Well, Miki is the only one that really has clothes to find. Everyone else is disguise pen.

>>34992575
Well, Eclipse also has a mantle, but thats magic and unlikely to be uncovered.

>>34992598
And really, if Koyomi's raiding our clothes, that means she's giving us permission to dress her however we please. I'm sure we can find plenty of ways to make her regret that.

>>34992898
Front boy Sasha gets a Front girl?

>>34992927
Only if we're dressing her as Miki. The results will be entirely different if we kit her out as Red.

Hm, well, if normal augment limits still apply, when the shit hits the fan we can spend 3+3 MP on Claws to have two 1d6 claw attacks at full bonus for six rounds. Or spend just 3 for two 1d4 claws.. looking at it, maybe just go with the 1d4 claws. Difference of two possible points vs the cost to cast it a second time.

Real advantage will be on the grapple though. Just have to make sure the girls don't blast us both.

>>34992927
No giving Koyomi to Sasha! No sharing.

>>34992965
Didn't mean to imply that! Heavens No! I meant for the Ganguro Revolution, We put Koyomi and Sasha as Fronts. Sasha is our exclusive boytoy.

>>34992993
There is still the problem of Miki and Red fighting over him.

>>34989724
Would like to hear more about the poet/reader. Guessing that's where a lot of her academic and artistic passion/interest went to hide when she became a no-bot at school.

>>34993080
They are a part of us, so its all good.
>>34993082
Or how about the otaku girl who's got a thing for lewd doushinji.

>>34993144
>They are a part of us
That's all very well, but... do they remember that?

>>34993178
If they don't, they WILL. We are not going to become the Director of Project Freelancer.

We're Batman.

>>34993207
We don't want to become a gay robot?

Anyway, I rather like the idea here >>34992965
of giving REB scary-looking claws, though we should probably wait until after we're attacking the monster before we do that. Looking too scary right off the bat might get uss attacked,

>>34995198
>Looking too scary right off the bat might get uss attacked
That's probably on the table, and we should hold it against them.

Vaguely half awake. Resuming after more awake.

>>34995638
I like 'more awake', that sounds like a good idea for both of us.

Settling in against the door, you hear the conversation continue beyond. The circle are probably still brainstorming ideas to share with Yukiko while Venus is talking to her about that potential commission. Its good that the young senshi are being proactive, researching the Zodiac case and finding out Yukiko was friends with the missing girls just this afternoon.

Using Venus’s fame as a vector to meet with the girl was downright inspired, and true to form your sister was concerned with how the girl was coping with things. Even if she did it in a tactless and obnoxious way.

Koyomi needs to learn her share of lessons. She’s too innocent and naive. No, those things are her strength. A strength you won’t let get stolen from her.

Your knight stops moving somewhere on the roof above, bored and curious you attempt to open a channel to her. What luck, she is still within range of your telepathic powers.

-So, how was your day?- you telepathically inquire of Kairi.

You feel the rush of her surprise.

-Do you always have to do that when I’m not expecting it?- she thinks in response.

-Eh, far more convenient than texting,- you shrug.

-I’ll give you that, just lay off the emoticons,- she jokes and you have to stifle a short laugh, -Today was productive. I got Kita-san to show me the room that was broken into after PIT and the Police cleared out.-

Nodding in thought you peek into the crack of the large sliding door as voices momentarily raise. It appears that Kanari and Moe have gotten themselves into an arm wrestle.

-Did you find anything,- you ask in a hushed thought as you look forward to Kanari’s likely defeat.

Strong as the kid is, Moe should be able to handedly crush her. Strength, it reminds you to prepare for what’s to come. Readying yourself, you prepare the magical energies within you to sheath your arms in slashing and cutting darkness. When the fight is joined, it will add to your legend. It will add to your fear.

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>>34996342

Huh...that strange feeling from the other day. There it is again. For the barest second you were aware of how much you were feared throughout this city, how much malevolence the Red Eyed Beast has associated with it.

-Spent some power and got some vague impressions. Whatever did it was strong and had green scales. Most likely some kind of monster,- she begins, -More than that...there’s this vague sense of the unknown about it...even if I might be wrong, I think theres a chance the monster is one of the forgotten girls,-

-A strong possibility. If they can make people forget the disappeared there is no telling how long they’ve been collecting candidates for monsters,- you quietly snarl.

-Do you think we’ve forgotten anyone?- Kairi asks in concern.

A good question.

-I don’t know, but maybe we can take precaution against it after tonight,-

The two of you converse like this and keep a sharp eye. Kanari through the skylight comments on the ongoing struggle between Moe and Kanari. It continues until a question is posed.

-Mikage,-

-Red Eyes,- you correct, -I’m not Mikage....not yet. I still have some shit to resolve before I consider myself her again,-

-...are you seeing anyone about this?- she sighs, -never mind, I’m one to talk. Look...I just wanted to know, what are your friends in the fashion circle like? From up here they seem like nice girls,-

>Let a bit of Miki slip through to brag. What do you say about Teal, Flowers, Moe, and Jade?
>Red Eyes being critical. What do you say about Teal, Flowers, Moe, and Jade?
>What does Mikage think of Teal, Flowers, Moe, and Jade?
>Write in

>>34996350

>What does Mikage think of Teal, Flowers, Moe, and Jade?

>>34996350
>>Red Eyes being critical. What do you say about Teal, Flowers, Moe, and Jade?

>>34996350
>>Red Eyes being critical. What do you say about Teal, Flowers, Moe, and Jade?

>>34996350
>>What does Mikage think of Teal, Flowers, Moe, and Jade?
Focusing on Mikage seems a good balance point. Swinging between Red and Miki would be a bit much.

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Seems we have a dead heat between Mikage's perspective on matter and the Red Eyed Beast's

Final Destination

1 Mikage
2 Red Eyes

No Comments, dice, greentext, or linebreaks. just the number.

After we resolve that. I'll ask again what you want to say under that personality.

>>34996394
>>34996463
Thirded.

>>34996549
1

>>34996549
1

>>34996549
2

Mikage's thoughts it is.

So now, what are Mikage's thoughts about

Teal, Moe, Flowers, and Jade?

At least the thoughts she wishes to share.

>>34996549
1

>>34996653
Good people that like to let loose and express themselves with fashion. Maybe provide little tidbits about each.
Where Miki might focus on their fashion choices and the Beast on their faults, I imagine Mikage would look more at who they are overall.

Writing

-Well,- you begin as the anger of Red Eyes fades a bit and the real you shines through.

Kairi can probably tell by the...sound? of your voice in her head. It isn’t the gravelly growl of Red Eyes.

-Teal is kind of bossy, but she’s really passionate about fashion and bringing life back to our dead and dying little fad. She’s the short girl cheering on the arm wrestling, and she is always used to being in charge,-

You chuckle to yourself as Moe slams Kanari’s hand down into the table and howls in victory.

-Her name is Moe. She’s really over the top, but it suits her. She’s really strong and is all about having a good time, get something baroque playing nearby and she melts. Her enthusiasm is infectious. and she really likes cute things,-

You feel Kairi is appraising them from her vantage point. Looking at the people you let Miki call friends when you couldn’t bring yourself to talk to her.

-The wallflower by the light boards is Flowers. She’s in university and a bit annoying. She’s really self conscious when she isn’t dressed up, and she loves accessories and bangles. I usually don’t get along with her, we have different ideas about how things should look, but she’s okay,-

You feel her eyes settle on Jade, and a tinge of something familiar.

Rolled 8 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>34997459

-Jade is the girl I’ve been closest to in the circle. She escapes herself, lets herself not be the person she forces herself to be without the makeup. Everyone else likes to hide from themselves here, be who they wish they could be, good girls just cutting loose to have fun and feel accepted. Jade becomes herself, admits the guilt she usually hides when she isn’t Jade,- you admit, -though she still can be a bitch,-

She’s silent for a moment.

-It must have been nice, having this escape then,- she thinks quietly, -Way better than what I was doing,-

-Are you experiencing any withdrawal effects? You were using for a while,-

-Not that I’ve noticed, but I’ve gone longer than this without using. It wasn’t an everyday thing,- she shrugs, -Or even an every week thing,-

-Do you want to get in on this?- you ask, -Jade brought a friend of her’s the other day who was having some trouble in life and was curious about it,-

-Maybe, hey, cut it out!-

-What’s wrong?- you ask worriedly, -Is it the enemy,-

-No, Nephrite just doubled over laughing in the back of my mind,- she mentally side glances at you, -This is going to lead to something either hilarious or awkward, isn’t it,-

>Maaaaaybe
>Actually, funny story about that. How do you explain?
>Deflect, obviously. How?
>Deflect, carefully. How?
>Write in

Also, Perception Test 1d20+2, best of three, usual wilds. Opposed test to above roll.

Rolled 5 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>34997481
GOIN' FOR A 1

Rolled 1 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>34997481
>Maaaaaybe

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>>34997494
I blame you for this.

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>>34997525

Rolled 14 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>34997481
There is still hope!

>Maaaaaybe

The dice giveth, and the dice taketh away.

>>34997577
no. Hope is dead, there is only peaches. Remind me, do we get to Planet Power Surge ones?

>>34997593
We have tons of planet power still, it's a new day after all and we haven't needed them once.

So no big deal YET.

>>34997593
We can, but it is 3 vs 18.
Well, even a little Planet Power would reduce the margin by one, and good roll two.. eah, I guess it could help.

>>34997593
Embrace the delicious reject the flavorless.

>>34997656
>>34997614
I say let's do it then.

Do I hear a call for Planet Power on your perception test?

>>34997740
YES!

>>34997740
Don't really think it'll help too much. Best to save it for what's coming up.

>>34997740
Seems like it.

>>34997777
I second this.

Dead locked.

Final Destination

4 minutes. No comments dice greentext or line breaks. Number only in reply to this post.

1 Yes
2 No

>>34997777
Well, even a 1 would reduce the level of failure, and a high roll could reduce it another one.

>>34997828
1

>>34997828
2

>>34997828
2

>>34997828
1

>>34997828
1

>>34997828
1

Rolled 5 (1d8)

Planet Power Spent

Well, we're down from 3 degrees of failure to 2. Its a good thing.

Rolled 1 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

Now I need an Acrobatics reaction test for half.

1d20+9 versus the above. Usual rules

Rolled 6, 6, 2, 1, 6 - 5 = 16 (5d6 - 5)

Just rolling area of effect.

>>34997963

Well fuck.

Rolled 8 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>>34997963
>>34997963

>>34998011
I may be a terrible person... but this pleases me.

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>>34997963
>>34998011

Oh my.

Rolled 12 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>>34997963

Let's see how how awful things can get.

>>34997963
rolling
>>34998029
given my last roll, I am pleased as well. BOTCHES FOR EVERYBODY!

Rolled 6 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>>34998055
>>34997963
Here you forgot dice.

Rolled 11 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>>34997963
rolling for real.

>>34998065
thanks anon. Whelp, looks like its 22.

Saved for half damage. 8 Vitality lost.

Writing

>>34998081
>8 vitality
this sounds bad, is it bad?

>>34998093
Yeah that's bad.

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>>34998108
how bad?

>>34998121
Vitality are the first layer of your health, and represents how well you can avoid harmful damage.

Some powers or circumstances can bypass your Vitality and deal damage directly to your wounds score, which is directly correlated to injury.

>>34998121
Honestly not that bad I just wanted to upset you.

Vitality: 76/76 so -8

http://pastebin.com/Vq2twQDN

>>34998121
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>>34998093
>>34998093

In perspective. You have 76 base vitality and Wounds in the mid teens.

>>34998154
I know. I may rant and rave for awful terrible things.. but I have read the pastebin.

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>>34998148
>>34998170
thanks for the char sheet link.

-Maaaaaaaaaybe,- you smile to yourself.

-Oh you are enjoying this,- she pouts in frustration, -aren’t you,-

-Also maybe,-

-There’s going to be a reveal. Something important about Jade’s friend or Ja- she pauses and her feel recognition kick in.

-No fucking way,-

-Are you mad?-

-Pretty hard to be mad with you sounding like a kicked puppy and Nephrite laughing like he’s at a comedy show,- she faux grouses.

You hear a high pitched whine and the vibrations of glass behind you as the lights flicker. With a ding you hear the elevator door open and feel the sudden rush of wind behind the crackle of breaking glass. Spinning to the side, you feel buffeted by a howling scream that pierces your ears and shaking your bones within your skin. The door bends as the force and tears it apart and rips it off the sliding track. It falls in and the burst of energy continues its march, knocking over mannequins and destroying what lies in its path.

You hear shrieks. One of more of the girls might have been hit. Shit, they snuck up on you.

She floats in from beyond the glass window of the elevator, and then walks through the open door carefully. She’s wearing a sweater vest, dark shirt, dark skirt, and a deep red tie. Glasses perched on the end of her nose shimmer in the flickering fluorescent lights as a glowing third eye opens on her forehead. Her hair is shoulder length and black, skin a deep and vibrant purple like the winged creature you saw in the distance...but she looks far more human.

>>34998237

She is drenched in a deep aura of tasty shadows. Mikage fades in the back of your mind as the shadowy tendrils wrap around your arms and become the claws of the night. The hunt has come to you, Beast.

“You seemed distracted, so I took my shot,” she smiles and blows on an extended index finger as one might blow the smoke away from the barrel of a gun, “Now be a dear and get out of my way. I’ve come for Aki,”

Eclipsed Moon Quest Episode 41 End

Interlude Vote
>Mingling about
>Contested
>Special Delivery

Panel after lunch.

>>34998252
>Special Delivery

>>34998252
Whelp, I've go to entertain the parents soon, what time will the regular quest pick back up?
Interlude Vote
>Special Delivery

>>34998252
>>34998252
Oh it is so on.

>Special Delivery
Hopefully the food will survive.

>>34998285
Not today

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>>34998300

Kind of an early end, but eh.

>Special Delivery

>>34998300
If I may submit two questions early, since I have to leave now?
>To Usagi and Mamoru
What are some of the good memories you have from raising Mikage and Koyomi?
>To Keiko
So, you have the all magic power of Sailor Moon's first enemy, who is responsible for the destruction of all life in the Solar system. What are you going to do with the powers? Are you going to magic yourself a fuku and join Mikage and co. in the fight? Or are you going to try and live a normal, un-magic life with the woman you love?
>To Usagi again
See the girl you are with, Keiko? She's the reincarnation of Beryl. Don't worry, Mikage purged the darkness from her, and she's got full control of herself AND Beryl's magic. Do you have any comments, advice, or questions for her?

>>34998554
ok, here's a vote: Keiko Usagi Ryo and Mamoru.

>looks again
Looks like the Keiko, Usagi, Ryo, and Kino set took the vote.
Darn, I was looking forward to Mr. Chiba. Next time, I suppose.

The audience hall is full. The table is set with microphones and glasses of water. The banner behind the table drops to reveal the Eclipsed Moon Quest logo. Lights flicker and four are seated at the table.

One is a slim thirty something woman in a large sweater with long hair in buns and twintails, she is in the middle of eating a chocolate bon bon. She is surprised to be here.

Next to her is a young woman with flawless skin and long flowing black hair. She is wearing a black t shirt and her gym kit’s shorts, hands held in front of her with a whisp of smoke rising from between them. She is also confused.

Next to her is a slightly built adult man in a simple suit and in the midst of reading a book.

“hmm...not quite what I was expecting,” he murmurs and closes his book.

At the end of the table is a young man with brown hair, unstrapping a helmet from his head and looking about in mild confusion.

“Welcome to the third Character Q&A Panel. The floor is open. May I introduce Usagi Tsukino, Keiko Sugimoto, Ryo Mizuno, and Koito Kino,”

>>34998772
Hiya folks, welcome to the Q&A panel, how are all of you today?

(Eep, only four more til auto-sage)

>>34998446
>>34998772
Seconding Scholars questions.

>>34998446

“Oh! There was some fun times when they were really little. We were at the playground and Mikage was only four or so and pushing Koyomi on the swing, but she was so fidgety and kept squirming around and twisting. She knocked Mikage back and I had a small panic about her getting hurt and Koyomi started crying. Mikage got right up and started pushing the swing again until Koyomi calmed down. Then there was this time during the first grade play where Mikage was a tree and we had to get her to the school in her costume. She wouldn’t fit in the car,” Usagi continues to ramble embarrassing stories about her daughters.

“Umm...well,” Keiko looks to her left and right nervously, “Not all of her power...that lightning bolt was the biggest thing I can do. I’m not Metallia’s reincarnation, I’m just me. And about the last thing…”

She breathes deeply and finds her center.

“I think I owe it to them to help, for everything that’s happened and everything that Mikage’s done for me. If she’ll have me, I’ll help. I want to help...err...high Mrs. Chiba,”

Usagi Chiba pauses in her recollections and stares at the girl beside her. Back at the audience. Then again at Keiko.

“Say what?”

>>34999007
Usagi Chiba. "How aware are you of Mikage's deteriorating mental state? How many of the alternate personalities are you aware of? Have you noticed her fangs?"

>>34999007
>“Say what?”
It seems that when you defeated Beryl, you wished her into a fresh reincarnation cycle. The new enemy tried to destroyer her because of who she was, and a fragment of old Beryl still held a fragment of Metallia and had been trying to turn Keiko like had happened to her previous incarnation, but Keiko held strong against it, and eventually Mikage became involved and helped purge the last of Metallia from her and allow her to move one with her own life."

>>34999066
That's going a bit far, they aren't full splits, and it's now coming back together, not deteriorating.

A better question is, how aware were you of Mikage's escapes from herself over the past year and a half?

Also, when did you reveal to her that her 'older sister' was actually her alternate self? We know she started figuring it out when she was youngers.. but we've also noticed she has a bad habit keeping her pain to herself, and it seems like she may not have confronted anyone about it.

>>34999184
Always exaggerate all the time!

>>34999184
Well she's getting over the inferiority complex. What with being a failed Sailor Moon and Sister be a princess.

>>34998772
Ryo, welcome to the panel, surprised you didn't see this coming. Though since these events aren't actually happening, I imagine that does make it harder to foresee. So, how are you and the missus doing?
Have either of you been able to spend much time with Aiha this past week? I imagine she should have a lot to talk about, were a dialogue to open.

Kino, how are you today? I imagine you are very confused right now.
Out of curiousity, what do you make of events going on around your family lately? Your sister and mother in particular.

>>34999066

“Deteriorating...but she’s coming out of her room now,” she says worriedly, “S-she knows she didn’t kill Umino-kun. And she explained the fangs to me after she coughed up half of the Golden Crystal and told us about her and Usa’s dream adventure,”

She frets about before eating the lone bon bon in frustration.

“The cookies weren’t enough. We need to go to Disney-shi together and go on rides. We’ve missed so much time and I’VE BEEN A BAD MOTHER!” she begins crying...loudly.

>>34999184

She begins to dry her tears and looks out into the audience.

“Eh? Escapes…” she thinks for a moment, “Sometimes she says she was about to have a panic attack and skips school. Or says she goes places to calm down...but almost no one around town ever really sees her doing anything,”

“And, as for the other bit...around the middle of Usa’s time as Sailor Moon, Mikage started acting out and either ignored Usa very hard or was becoming...a bit aggressive or violent. So we sat her down, Mamo-chan and I, and calmly explained to her what happened back then. She took it...better than we had hoped...and stopped with her more blatant acting out, but continued to ignore or generally be rude to her sister,”

>>34999118

She looks over to Keiko and lays a hand on the girl’s shoulder. She flinches at the contact.

“I’m glad you’re here, and that my daughter was able to help you. You must have suffered for so long,”

“I’m okay,” She responds shakily, “Its okay, really,”

Where the hell is that guy who was ranting a thread or two ago... I thought he'd tear into Usagi.