>>35042931
“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,”

Your claws are out. Your foe is before you, and there is no sign of the winged brute you spied earlier out the window. Does she transform or is it a split creature? Whatever, your arms are wrapped in lengthy claws made of liquified and solidified shadow.

>Per combat turn you have a move action, standard action, Free actions within reason, and a swift or immediate action. An attack is a standard action, most of your spells list their casting time, a full attack takes both your move action and standard action as a full round action. A move action allows you to move your speed of thirty feet.

Initiative that matters for the moment.
>Purple Bitch
>Red Eyed Beast

>Purple Bitch casts Touchsight & moves thirty feet.

She strides forward as a visible field of green energy extends from her body. It washes over you harmlessly, but with a subtle telekinetic force feedback. As though the light pressure of a thousand fingers were washing over you. The color fades as she comes to a stop before you.

“So, will you be getting out of my way or what?” she pops her hip to the side and places a hand on it while looking through your overgrown black bangs into your eyes in mild annoyance.

She isn’t trying to intimidate you, she’s just honestly asking if you’ll let her through.

A polite and preppy monster...that pisses you off.

>Its your turn.

>>35042964
Augment the size of your claws in response and get stuck in. Get closer with a shadow slide if we need to?

>>35043026
Your foe is adjacent to you.

>>35043040
In that case replace shadow slide with a headbutt

Writing.

Give me 1d20+10 vs AC 18
Best of 3. 1 and 20 wild.

Foe is not flat footed.

Rolled 6 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>35043178
Hopefully they'll be flat nosed after this, though.

huh. guess it's a little early.

Still, no rush, right?

>>35043309

More or less. Waiting on dice.

Good morning!

>>35043404
Good morning, welcome and roll some dice.

Rolled 16 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>35043178

Rolled 9 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>35042964
>>35043073
I can get behind a headbutt, combined with demanding to know where the girls are and a quip about being angry about getting this shit blamed on us.

>>35043178
>>35043441
Oh, alrighty!

Rolled 1 + 4 (1d3 + 4)

26 vs 18.

1 Degree of success. You can spend that for +2 Vitality Damage, +1 wound, or trade it to initiate a maneuver.

>>35043505
>>35043073
>>35043178
Hey, can I vote to spend to Surprise Strike that headbutt?

>>35043551
Call for use of surprise strike need be made before the call for dice is given.

Gah, fell asleep after waking up for the 10 o'clock time.

>>35043566
eh, i prefer it as a response to the question anyway.

>>35043566
Sorry, was asleep then.

>>35043537
Maneuver. Let's see is we can knock her prone.
Also going to suggest Controlled Rage since we've got the claws out already.

>>35043628
controlled rage is a bad opener because it leaves us vulnerable when it wears off.

>>35043026
Already got the claws out last time, so don't think we could augment.
Like the headbutt idea more.

Does remind me of a question from before though:

Art, do the regular augmentation limits apply?
Limit to character level number of points into a given power?
Such as level 6 we could spend 3 points on a power and only 3 more to augment?

Yes, augment limit is in effect, but when this was cast it was cast augmented to 1d6.

So, you guys want to attempt to trip her?

>>35043650
Well, it last nearly as long as out claws do, and if any character going to Get mad, it's Red.

>>35043720
>Already got the claws out last time, so don't think we could augment.
It doesn't state in the power whether or not you can augment them after the fact. Though in any case it's intended less as an actual damage boost and more or a cosmetic response to indicate "you're going to have to go through us".

>>35043742
Trip, Overrun, what works for it mechanically.

Rolled 19 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

Knock her prone.

1d20+6 vs the above. Best of 3, 1s and 20s.

Rolled 18 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>35043926
rollan rollan rollan, raaaaawhiiiiiiide

Ok, just got out of class, What did I miss? What were the consequences of that open-mouth-insert-foot Q&A ending?

>>35043742
In hindsight prudent point-saving doesn't really seem like the Beast's style, so I'm cool with changing my suggestion to that.

Rolled 4 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>35043926
Oof, she wants to get her footing it seems.

>>35043945
Though we are putting in some nice effort.

Rolled 12 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>35043926

>>35043951
Don't think the panel is running concurrently yet, though we can probably leave more questions, or just save them.

Probably should lead with calming Usagi down, or apologizing more. She's in a very short list of people in this setting I wouldn't want mad at the fourth wall, and most of the rest of the list are other versions of her.

>>35043951
Haven't missed much, I think more than one of use missed the revised start-time. Only now resolving the opening response.

Writing

>>35044058
I'm pretty sure Arty ended the Q&A, though I do agree that we, the Players, are totally screwed if she remembers anything, and given she's rebooted the universe before, its safe to say she remember's SOMETHING. What her 'I love you Mikage' power-flare did to Mikage I'm now wondering about.

Also, give me a willpower test, 1d20+3 vs 16

>>35043957
*Referring to the augmenting, though trippage is good.

Rolled 18 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>35044156

Rolled 7 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>35044156
so many rolls

Rolled 3 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>35044156

>Headbutt

Rearing back as your arms and oversized shadow claw hands flex to show off their size, you stamp your foot forward and bring your forehead crashing just above this purple bitch’s nose. Her glasses break down the center from the force of your impact and her vision momentarily loses focus and she tips back onto her back.

She growls.

~That answer your fucking question?~ you spit as sweet smelling black blood runs from her flattened nose, ~Now where are the other girls?~

>New rounds.

There is the sound of shattering glass behind you, and gasps as a figure descends through the skylight.

“Everyone! Follow me to safety,” cries out your Nephrite Knight.

“You BITCH!” the purple woman shrieks at you and without bothering to get up, lets a strange go take over her third eye.

Another whining hum reverberates through you as your senses are overloaded by a sudden psychic weight. A lance of light extends from her eye and into your forehead. Painful pressure, bright light, deafening sounds, burning acidic taste, dissolving smells...NO, it isn’t real. It isn’t real. You roar through it and it dissipates.

>Enemy mind thrust fails

The three eyed purple preppy bitch beneath you seems shocked that her power was rebuked.

>It is now your turn

>>35044217
Time for Peachy shadows to get NOM'd. Preferably in our best Alucard Impression.

>>35044261
It seems a shame to have the claws out and not use them for anything.

>>35044217
Grapple, nom.
"I'd carve you like a turkey, but I can smell the girl underneath- but I am still going to find out what is going on here, one way or another.."

>>35044318

They deal damage in a grapple automatically if you go in for the nom and have the added effect of slowing your target.

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>>35044341
HAHAHAHAHA IT'S TIME FOR SUDDEN STRIKE INTO A GRAPPLE!!!
Pic most definitely related

>>35044341
Yay! L4D Witching Time!
>>35044369
I don't know the reference there, or the pic origin, but, sure, why not?

Interlude: Special Delivery

The road rolls away beneath you as the engine roars. Your Vespa is still in the shop, luckily your sister left her bike at home in case of any dinner delivery orders came in today. They did, and you loaded the heavy delivery box onto the back and strapped it down. Its a long ride, so you hope the tip will be good. Given that its to the top floor of a fairly nice office building, its probably a given.

Even if not, no big loss. You like long rides, they clear your head and relax you. A bit much has been on your mind lately; between your twin sister and mother behaving oddly, the arrival of the new Sailor Moon’s senshi, ongoing weirdness with that stupid too tall klutz of a girl your sister calls her best friend, and your senpai making dough eyes at Ginga-san.

Argh, well, at least Ginga-san stayed true to form and was nearly completely oblivious to Osaka-senpai’s batted eyes and awkward flirtations. What does a guy have to do to be noticed? You’re fit and friendly? Does she still think you’re just a kid in junior high?

Taking one hand off of the handle and tugging at the charm on your necklace, you feel yourself calm down. Don’t concentrate on your poor excuse for a love life right now, concentrate on something better. You missed your chance to talk to the new Sailor Moon last time, but maybe with things heating up you’ll get another chance. And then you could ask her what happened to the third.

Here’s the building. Maybe there’ll be freight elevator so you can just take the bike up and not worry about dealing with parking or lugging the box around.

Your vision snaps up as you hear a crash, instinctively drawing your helmet visor down to shielf your eyes from the oncoming rain of glass. Something just exploded, and a woman above floats slowly into a whole made in the glass outer casing of the building’s front elevator.

What the hell is going on up there?

Interlude End

>>35044397
It's from Accel World and it's mostly just my internal impression of what the Claws of Darkness actually look like, replacing the white gradiating parts with black gradiating parts.

The character in the picture is actually a gargantuan cockmongler and you hate him literally every step of the way.

Lets see, your claws come with a size category bonus.

So give me your opening grapple check.

1d20+11 vs above.

Rolled 11 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>35044444
forgot her grapples, guess who doesn't have anything invested in melee...but luckily, that's what...oh you'll see.

Rolled 11 + 11 (1d20 + 11)

>>35044444
HAHAHAHAHA.

Rolled 8 + 11 (1d20 + 11)

>>35044437
I thought it was: A. L4D Witch claws. B. More Alucard-esqe shadow creations.
>>35044444
>>35044456
rolling against, and paranoia just hit 11.

Rolled 8 + 11 (1d20 + 11)

>>35044397
I went to look for an image to agree with the L4D witch part.
There is some.. interesting art in that image search.

>>35044369
>>35044437
Mmm, I'm hoping to see that show get more seasons.

>>35044481
More my thoughts, or at least shadow-y. Alucard tends to through eyes in there, 'cause he's extra-freaky.

>>35044444
>>35044456
Rolling!

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>>35044588
Darn, forgot my image.

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>>35044588
IT WILL NEVER GET MORE SEASONS BECAUSE SAO IS MORE POPULAR FOR SOME GODFORSAKEN REASON!!!
See file name for my reactioni.

>>35044416
Koito.. ever here the phase, "Don't meet your heroes?"

>>35044628
That's not a problem for it, it a separate studio doing the work and is a direct continuation to the SAO timeline, so that actually works in its favor.

>>35044588
this is why we turn on safe search, anon. That and avoid most fanart if we can help it. Still, you have no idea how freaked you get as a survivor to hear that scream, then see those long, sharp claws grabbing for your face.
>>35044645
You, and Mikage, have no idea.

Rolled 3, 6, 5, 4, 3, 4, 1, 5 + 8 = 39 (8d6 + 8)

Both claws plus sneak attack damage

Rolled 4 (1d4)

>>35044747
Bite Drain

>>35044747
so, decent damage? Are we in grapple yet?

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>>35044697
No particular safe search issues. Just amused that most of the results seem to be Zoey x Witch, Hunter x Witch, or just adorable Witch.

>>35044770
Yes, this is the grapple.

>>35044747
We got sneak attack?
Didn't realize we did, if that looked like it would cleave her in half, I would have suggested pulling damage. There is a person under there somewhere..

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>>35044781
well, L4D fan work does basically run along that track... anyway, have a good witch comic. pay attention to the 3rd and fourth panel, that's my mental image for Witch claws.
>>35044806
It only harms the shadows anon... right?

>>35044867
The claws are damage, damage. If they excede her vitality they will spill over into wounds.

>>35044893
... well, shit. Let's just write off any injuries sustained by the vic on the mask, ok.

>>35044893
Oh, shit. Claws can't pull damage- is that applying to Sudden/Sneak damage with them as well?

Rolled 7 (1d12)

>>35044893
Luckily you can choose to forgo sneak attack damage next round.

Now lets roll the affect of her power.

>>35045004
To be honest, I'm not sure how we got it this round.

>>35045020
Vanishing Move, we can always have sneak attack.

You aren’t giving her another chance to bounce back. Pouncing onto the down girl, she yelps in surprise as one of the black taloned hands grips tight around the whole of her waist while the other pins her left shoulder. She struggles against you, her body suddenly moving slowly through the molasses of slowed time your claws draw off of her.

Her eyes shoot wide as she comprehends what your power is doing to her, and as the claws tighten and sap her vitality, as ethereal tendrils snake their way and pull upon her inner vulnerabilities. What she doesn’t comprehend is your sudden hiss, baring your fangs as you plant them between her neck and right shoulder. She gasps in surprise and fear as the flavor floods your senses. Loneliness, fear, pain, and torment rush past your senses and past your fangs. With a heavy gulp you glut yourself on as much as you could drink in a single mouthful.

“What is she doing!” cries Flowers somewhere behind you.

“Buying us time!” exclaims Nephrite Knight.

“The real beast,” exclaims Aiha in awe.

“What in all a’ creation is she!” Akane shouts in measured worry and fear.

“W-w-what are you!?” she panics, and squirms despite knowing the futility of her struggle. She’s thinking thinking thinking of a way out before she cries out in fear, “Help me!”

>>35045056

Somewhere behind you, there is a rush of wind and a thud. Casting eyes back you see the winged and horned brute from before land in the center of the studio, just as your Nephrite Knight is standing by the open fire escape door in the back, waving the girls through. Its purple body ripples with odd and alien musculature.

The figure beneath you is weakened, she doesn’t have much fight left in her, but you know a few more mouthfuls of sweet and quenching darkness lay within her yet. To draw it forth and cleanse this soul of their taint.

To shoulder her burden. Oh it tastes divine. I’m so hungry.

“STARLIGHT ATTACK!” Your Knight cries out as a whip of light extends from her whipped hand and catches the beast across the back, “I’m your opponent, big guy!”

>Enemy casts Body Adjustment

Beneath you, the shuddering monster concentrates and grits her teeth. Her eye glows as she manages a power to try and restore her vital energies lost. It serves a further buffer from true injury. Is that all she can do now? Stall for time? Now, you know how strong she is. She could be waiting for the right time to hit you with another sonic blast.

Keep drinking, we need her out of power to end this.

>Your combat turn

>>35045020
She was prone, denied her agility bonus to ac.
Also, when grappled one is denied that bonus.

>>35045081
Keep drinking, play up the 'Bloody Vampire' sounds: the swallowing, the chewing, the moaning, the roaring... all the things that makes the mind conjure up the goriest of images. Make everyone THINK, mind you, THINK, that we are eating this poor girl ALIVE.

>>35045081
So we seem like we'll get any information from the drain?
If so: Move to pin, continue drain.

>>35045149
No, this isn't the time for playacting, we just play this one deadly serious. Angry, and with a mouthful of weakening opponent.

>>35045149
Keep the drain going, play up the vamp angle.

>>35045149
~I won't ask again. Where are the other girls?~

Rolled 20 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

Continuing the grapple?

Do you want to forgo sneak attack damage this round or keep with it?

On a successful test you'll still deal 2d6+8 damage across two claws, and your Shadow Drain of 1d4 wounds.

dice+1d20+11 vs above.

Going to roll some dice in the background for myself.

>>35045110
>grappled one is denied that bonus
I'll admit to being less familiar with Pathfinder, but at least regular d20 it's people outside the grapple that they are flatfooted against.

But either way, there's no more rolls to get a sneak attack from unless we make an attack.

Much like our bite.

Rolled 18 + 11 (1d20 + 11)

>>35045287

>>35045287
Discontinue grapple, throw her into something that'll cause blunt force trauma, like a wall. or the floor.

>>35045287
Yeah, let's forgo the sneak attack for right now, we don't know what's going on exactly right now.

Rolled 4 + 11 (1d20 + 11)

>>35045287
well shit. we'll probably have to surge. Keep draining the shadow, lose the sneak attack.

Rolled 20 + 11 (1d20 + 11)

>>35045287

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>>35045287
>>35045368

>20

Resuming it is!

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>>35045368
Never mind. Our crit'll beat hers.

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Rolled 15 + 11 (1d20 + 11)

>>35045149
Gotta say I'm against trying to 'play up' right now. I'd rather just go for an aura on menace. A favorite of heroes and villains alike.

>>35045236
Let's kick that up a notch- [Telepathy that message!]

>>35045287
Rollin'

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Rolled 11 + 11 (1d20 + 11)

>>35045368

>>35045368

Ha. Hahahaha

>>35045405
Don't think crits are auto-win here, though that are 'wild', so we may have been good regardless.

>>35045368
Still awesome though.

Rolled 2, 3 + 8 = 13 (2d6 + 8)

24 vs 31. 2 degrees of success.

Forgoing sneak attack

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>>35045407
One does not get much more menacing that "I just ate an entire Goddamm School girl right in front of you." But if its pic related kind of menace, then I'm fine with that.

Rolled 2 (1d4)

>>35045458
And drain

>>35045236
>>35045407
seconding the Telepathy!

>>35045478
Thirding.

>>35045459
That is also an appropriate style of menace.

Enemy Vitality damage: 48 of ????
Shadow Drain: 6

Writing

>>35045459
Added benefit of silent menace, reduce the chances of this getting interrupted by the others on the field.

You snarl and shake your head into the crook of her neck, tightening the grip of your claws as they continue to grip and sap her general energy. She’s weakening fast, and you can feel yourself perhaps halfway through her reserves of controlling taint.

With a sudden and unexpected force, she struggles against you, but you’ve found too perfect a purchase on top of her, pinning her to the floor. She gasps and moans in pain as you continue to sup upon her tainted vital essence, the show you have begun making of the task with slurping and grinding noises loses you as much as you could have hoped to have drank, but the effect is clear.

“TSSSSSSSSSSSIR,” shrieks her monster as it collides with Nephrite behind you and pins her to the wall. She raises her summoned sword and plunges it into the creature’s shoulder.

-WHERE ARE THE GIRLS- you mentally bellow to all minds in range, -I WON’T ASK A THIRD TIME-

The emergency door is closed, everyone made it out. You don’t know who saw how much of your feasting, but you relish the fear it induced. Red Eyes is feared, and it fuses within you and feeds another hunger you did not know you had. Tendrils of consumption enter your awareness. The fear owned by the Beast. The long quiet belief in you when you were Sailor Moon. The glorification of Miki’s beauty. Fear, Belief, and Lust come to your awareness as some kind of nurturing energy. As worship. A new well of power forms within you to later tap.

She stops resisting beneath you. The fear is intoxicating. Behind you a rainbow flourish of light falls from the broken skylight and five stand in a circle, joining the fray and prepared on a war on two sides.

>>35045926

“To interrupt the pure hearted work of an artist is an evil unto itself. To threaten to take them away is unacceptable! I am Sailor Moon, and in the name of the Moon we are here to right wrongs and punish evil!”

“AND THAT,” the the five chorus in unison, Moon and Mars turning to your fight while Mercury, Jupiter, and Venus turn to the brute engaging Nephrite Knight, “MEANS YOU!”

“Little help, girls?” Nephrite quips while dragging her blade across the brute’s back.

“Gamu,” she whispers beneath you, “Gamu has them in the sewer under the school. I’m only supposed to take Aki back to our masters...but Gamu wanted Aki and Ringo to come for her party,’

You hold on tightly.

“Release me,” she pleads, “You’re as much a monster as me. They’re the Sailor Senshi. They’ll destroy you too,”

Thinky Thinky Thinky. She thinks she can talk her way free?

She’ll be free soon enough, the real her will be free. Drink, drink!

>Your combat action?

>The show you have begun making of the task with slurping and grinding noises loses you as much as you could have hoped to have drank
don't care, psych effect worth it.
>>35045947
Keep eating. Once she's drained, casually drop her to the side like a used condom.

>>35046064
...I'd rather not finish the drain. Too many witnesses, some of whom are familiar with the effects that it causes.

>>35045947
DRINK DEEPLY.

>>35046102
Why not? If we don't drain her, she's going to run and warn this Gamu guy.

Rolled 9 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

And Grapple

dice+1d20+11

Will you continue to forgo sneak attack? Your foe is still prone.

Rolled 5 + 11 (1d20 + 11)

>>35046175
No sneak attack needed.

>>35046133
Because it could rather fatally hole the Red Eyed Beast identity if Koyomi manages to put two and two together.

besides, we could do far worse than tail her back t Gamu.

>>35045926
>A new well of power forms within you to later tap.
We are the Source of many things.
That's just Divine.

>>35045947
I'd say keep the drain going. Would be interesting to see what a cleansing of that sort does.
[No, I'm both more and less the monster you think I am. Tell me more little bird, how did you wrapped up in the web of shadow?]

>>35046102
>>35046210
The only one's around that would recognize that move are Kairi and jade.

Rolled 14 + 11 (1d20 + 11)

>>35046175
Yeah, it's the shadow we want out of her, not her life.

I don't even want to think about how Mikage would take it is someone died from her direct actions.

>>35046210
Like >>35046260, says, not that many witnesses. Lil' sis connecting this and us are bad, but that's not going to happen right now.
>>35046238
I am A-OK with that dialog, but I think you meant to say,
>how did you *get(+* wrapped up in the web of shadow

>>35046260
Could be a problem if we need to use it later, but...

Certainly not going to argue with the majority.

>>35046319
Well, the next step is drawing a connection between Red Eyes and Eclipse if we use that attack as him, but that hasn't happened yet.

Need that third die roll

Rolled 8 + 11 (1d20 + 11)

Going to suggest that when she is drained of the shadow, we plant a shadow-stained kiss on her forehead, right where that eye was, and hit her with a cure and maybe a restoration as well with she's too weak to wiggle loose during that casting time.

Though we may need to shank a monster first, if 6 on 1 can't handle it.

>>35046422
>>35046175
Sure thing.

Anons, double check my memory here: We were asked to find the memory wiped girls by Yukiko, and her accomplices, Chou, who we know is Aki, and Ringo and Nijii, who have now been kidnapped.

>>35046495
Sounds like a plan: Drink + question + shadow-healing kiss.

>>35046495
>we may need to shank a monster first, if 6 on 1 can't handle it.
6 on 1 certainly should be able to.

Probably the perfect time to slip away and Miki things up, unless we want to provide a little distraction for Nephrite again.

>>35046504
The four of them wanted help finding two erased girls. Likely the this one and Gamu.

Rolled 2, 5 + 8 = 15 (2d6 + 8)

Claws, probably going to overflow, just slightly.

>>35046535
No slipping away, we're going on a beeline for the sewer under the school.

>>35046535
Do we want to relay what Shadow Meat here told us about the sewers under the school, or not?
>>35046557
thanks.

Rolled 4 (1d4)

>>35046563
Om nom nom

>>35046580
>Do we want to relay what Shadow Meat here told us about the sewers under the school, or not?
Yes, but via Luna. She can set the scouts on our trail if we're missing too long.

>>35046579
>we're going on a beeline for the sewer under the school.
Poorly thought out. We need to at least show face as Miki unless we want people to start getting suss.

Slipping away does not have to mean letting the trail go cold in this instance.

>>35046653
So change to Miki after the fight, but how is Luna going to know where to go? Call home and leave an anon tip?

>>35046653
Fortunately, we're the Beast right now, so I see no problem with not restraining ourselves with those concerns.
We may need some solutions as an after thought. Maybe some text messages while roof hopping to the school.

>>35046728
Worse case, someone worries that something happened to Miki, because no one that knows Miki would seriously consider her to also be the Beast.

>>35046728
I can see that working
As Miki, to
>Like, this is getting freaky, I'm going home, call me when the icky monster goes away.
As Mikage, to Luna
>Monster's located in sewers under school. Have hostages, send Koyomi and her friends. Tell the other Senshi parents, might need backup.

>>35046653
Considering our history, I can't see us wanting to delay at all on that rescue.
We've got three girls to save over there, maybe more.

Though, also considering our history, we do take the time to tell the Scouts and Nephrite Knight where we're going.

>>35046835
Oh, Oh, Oh, I think I've got just the dialog for that!

>>35046829
This is still personal for Red, and under it for Mikage as well. People came to her for help, remember the huge boost it gave her when the Shitennou called to her in particular? Yeah, that sort of thing.
Also, girls in trouble. Just like we ran to help Aiha when she called to the Beast for help, we answer again.

>>35046915
So you think we should just go straight there, no call for backup or explanation? I must respectfully disagree.

>>35046954
I'm totally in favor of telling those assembled what is up. I'm not in favor of futzing around with changing disguises or whisper-down-the-alley messages.
Straightforward and blunt, and into action.

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>>35047003
Hell yeah, Motherfucker, Sounds like a plan, Pound it.

>>35046915
>Just like we ran to help Aiha when she called to the Beast for help, we answer again.
Though we did opt to send a more heroic figure along for that.
Guess the question is whether we want to step back now and provide support, or continue on the path of clawed justice with everyone else rushing to keep up with us.
For this situation, as much as I like doing the Eclipse thing, rushing ahead feels like the more natural response.
I have a hard time justifying stepping back as the Beast, even if I'd like to.

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>>35047223
>The path of clawed justice with everyone else rushing to keep up with us
>mfw so much yes.

As your claws tighten around her, tears well in her eyes.

“what are you doing?” she struggles against you.

-No, I am both more and less the monster you think I am,- you think hard at her, -Now tell me, little bird, how you came to be wrapped in this web of shadows,-

She screams and falls slack against you, the last vestiges of darkness run into your fangs. Sailor Moon and Mars are upon you in time to witness the purple drain away from her face, and the third eye fade from view. Your claws persist but loosen their grasp. Arching your back, you lean up above the unconscious girl you have straddled.

Behind you, the brute freezes as Jupiter lays into it with a punch. Its body turning to so much sand and dust as her fist flies through the inert form. It was part of the girl you defeated, a projection of her power. Your Knight slides to the ground amid the remains, shaking the dust from her vibrant hair in a small cloud.

You lick at the black stains surrounding your lips as you swallow the full mouth of corruption and taint. It slides down your gullet and lands into your core. A satisfactory warmth spreads through you.

~Shhh,~ you shush the sleeping girl beneath you before looking up to the Senshi on either side of you, ~Its over now,~

They are confused and concerned. Still ready to fight, but cautious.

~She’ll wake up,~ you tell them, ~her nightmare is over,~

You lean down and plant a staining kiss on her forehead where her third eye once sat. Channeling your magic into her, you heal her wounds. Her eyes flutter open and she looks at you.

Your face, messy and covered in the shadowy taint. Eyes burning red with hate. Uncut greasy black hair.

She screams.

>>35047303
~Hey! I said your nightmare was over!~ you grouse and get up off of the girl.

“Stay where you are! What were you doing!” Sailor Moon demands of you.

~Eating the monster,~ you growl and flick at her hair with your oversized claws, ~You’re welcome, pom poms,~

“SAILOR MOON!” Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury call out as you laugh and step away into your magical invisibility power and steal away into the still open bathroom door.

-You girls better hurry. This kidnapped girls are in the sewers beneath Zodiac Academy for girls,- you think in the Beasts voice as you dispel your claws and your guise -Race you there for the rescue and the meal of another monster,-

Returning to Miki, you let yourself get worked up. This was supposed to be a fun day, and now its ruined. You had to pig out on concentrated darkness on top of the delivery meal you are still so totally going to have. Argh, okay, cry a little and get your makeup running. Good.

~Like, are the monsters gone,~ you poke your head out of the bathroom and perk up, ~LIKE OMG ITS SAILOR MOON!~

>write in

>>35047327
Say that you're going to get your camera, then run out, change back to Red Eyes, and actually Race Senshi. Bonus points for them seeing you get there first.

I must admit some disquiet. Seemed to go a bit against some intentions, but alright.

>>35047520
Its a good compromise. I'm satisfied.

There's more. You need to have miki seen leaving and then things just go forward. It will spill into the next update.

>>35047327
Take picture. Send along with 'OMG SAILOR MOON' to fashion circle. 'R U OK?'

>>35047610
Oh, right, everyone has smartphones in japan. Seconding this, ignore my earlier statement.

>>35047303
>She screams.
Batman had that point in his career too, in some tellings.
Scared a kid he was trying to rescue too much.
"I set out to scare criminals, not children."

Softening his image slightly afterward.

>>35047629
Prepare to feel old like me:
Everyone has smartphones now, not just Japan.

>>35047723
We're more Alucard, but let's be real here: put yourself in that poor girls shoes. What would your reaction be?

Nephrite Knight has already fled, good, she’ll catch up to you.

~Like AWESOME~ you snap some photos with your phone and upload them to lurk as you head to the stairwell, going as fast as your heals will let you, ~but I totes gotta go, thanks for the save, bye!~

Coming down the stairs quickly, you find everyone outside of the building, standing beside Koito Kino with your assorted delivery order. Everyone in the circle is looking down at their phone in wonder at your updated photo of Sailor Moon and the Senshi.

~I was totes hiding in the bathroom, there were monsters there when I was coming out,~ you scream, ~It was so scary and gross and it was Red Eyes and I just hate that bitch,~

Jade just sort of...stares at you and shakes her head. Like, uh oh...she may have figured something out. Ugh, she totes saw Red Eye’s wig on our dream table.

After a few quick traded statements and quick conversation, your eyes fall upon Koito and the vespa. It could get you back to near the Zodiac Academy. The untransformed girls are coming down a bit behind you, carting the girl still shakily back on her feet.

>Flirt with Koito, you’re a worried girl who just wants to go home.
>Just up and steal the Vespa, its like super important.
>No, get away and roof hop.
>Check out what’s up with your little sissy who doesn’t know you’re here
>write in

>>35047802
>Insert convincing reason to run home and totes be back for the food in a bit here<

>>35047802
I just can't picture the first two options. No need to cause the younger boy that kind of trouble right now.
Ultimately we want to end up rooftop hopping and beating the Scouts there.
Also, we totally want the food that is here.
And find out what is going on up there.

Wait, I've got a solution to one of those problems-
To Nephrite Knight: [How's is going up there? Looks like everyone is alright down here, going to try to get moving for the school as soon as I can.]

>>35048077
I've got it, Telepathy message while getting some food for the road, say so, leave, then transform to Red Eyes and get going.

>>35047802
>No, get away and roof hop.

>>35047886
>>35048046
Still need some sort of excuse to go with, but I can support BSing a reason to leave and come back.

Maybe grabbing a portable food thing befor-

AH-HA! I've got it! We have totes got to change outfits to match how we feel now, this was like, mondo huge, OMG.

>>35047802
Wait! Is Aki and Ringo still down here?
Telepathy as the Beast: [YO, get your asses up there, that's one friend back. Three to go.]

>>35048364
Maybe tell them to fill in the Scouts too, get us a headstart.

>>35048387
We already did that.
>>35048364
Sounds ok to me.

>>35048364
>>35048308
>>35048212
>>35048151
>>35048077
Ok, so:
Mikage: Think at Karir to check on situation.
Miki: Tell girls you have totes got to change, OMG, BRB.
Red Eyes: Think at the remaining girls to check on their friend upstairs.

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>>35048455
Yeah, pretty much.

>>35048387
Not about the original missing girls and how Red Eyes is mized up in this.

~I am so totally burnt out tonight, girls, I gotta go home...I’m done for toni- Oh. Is the food here? Would anyone care if I took my order to go,~ you muse about, ~I really need to get changed. This outfit is so against my mood right now,~

Yukiko looks like she is about to say something when she and Akane gasps at the girl being supported by Kanari and Koyomi down the stairs. Sudden recognition fills their faces as they look near to tears.

“Kouki-chan!” Akane yells out and charges up the front stairs of the building.

Turning away from the reunion, you push back at the flood of memories you just drank. You’ll see them later. Everyone but Jade is consumed in watching the moment. You shoot a quick burst to Kairi, you feel her nearby.

-See you on the roof, we’re heading back toward the Zodiac Academy for Girls. A monster named Gamu has Shizuka and Nijiko in the sewers below,-

-Busy day, huh,- she hums back into your mind.

-Like you have no idea,-

“The hell was all of that,” Jade hisses in whisper beside you.

~What was what?~

“Do not play dumb right now, Miki,” she looks at you wide eyed, “You’re the beast? You’re fighting yourself for some guy’s attention?”

~Totes complicated. Shared head space, the two of us don’t get along,~ you roll your eyes and break away from her, ~Now I gotta run. More people in jeopardy and SHE has a promise to keep,~

“Well when you’re done. Just...will you just explain everything that’s going on,” she quietly and exasperatedly exhales through gritted teeth.

Continuing onward toward Koito, you feel a rush of that nourishing feeling from the boy. Belief. Pure and unfettered belief. It feels good to be in his proximity.

~Hey, I was the home style deep dish. This whole monster attack thing is just way too much. The girls will probably all eat here, but I just want to grab my dinner and go home. Is that, like, okay?~

>>35048534
“Uh...yeah,” he shakes away from the sight of the tearful reunion and pulls a disposable insulated container from the box strapped to his Vespa, “No problem. Here,”

~Oh, is that a Sailor Moon pendant?~ you ask loudly, ~I totes saw her upstairs,~

You show him your phone, quickly.

~I sent it to the other made up girls if you want a better look,~

“Yeah...wow, thanks. Actually, this is a pendant for the third,”

~Oh? You a fan?~ you turn away from the boy, ~Alright, later!~

He turns away from you and shakes his head, calling out to his sister, something in Portuguese.

Doesn’t matter. You’re rounding the corner and infuse yourself with the power of Jump. The girls will need a moment to get themselves untangled from the social situation, but you are good at ditching. Bounding from wall to wall between buildings, you land on the nearby roof and find Kairi waiting for you.

“Ready to go?” she asks.

~Borne for it, bitch,~ you smile and the two of you race off to the east.

“Eating on the run? Really?” she smiles.

~Want some?~ you ask after swallowing a mouthful of meat, veggies, crust, and cheese, ~Its Kino-san’s cooking,~

“Sure. So, you going to fight like that? And how are you running like that in heels?”

>>35048551

~Sailor Practice!~ you laugh and pass a slice as the empty space between buildings passes beneath you, ~And no, this is that ugly bitch’s fight. So I’ll let her back up from hell,~

Depressing the Disguise Pen, you resume the form of the Beast, shoving another slice of the thick and gooey foodstuff into your fanged maw.

~Bitch is playing with me,~ you grouse, ~Thinks I’ll owe her for letting me back into the fight,~

“...” Kairi stares at you and swallows her mouthful of food, “So...when was the last time you saw the doc that prescribed those pills?”

~Don’t you start too,~ you growl, ~I get enough of this inside my own head,~

No complaints here, full and happy and I don’t give a fuck about how crazy we are.

>Agility Test, dice+1d20+10 to see how quickly you arrive to Zodiac.

Rolled 14 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>35048568
>how are you running like that in heels?
Its magic, Bitch! I don't got to explain shit!
>I get enough of this inside my own head
You have no idea Mikage. You have NO idea.

Rolled 16 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>35048568

Rolled 17 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>35048568
Speed o' Time, time.

>>35048568
So, what happened after I split?

>>35048665
When did you leave?

>>35048678
Meant as comment to Kairi.

>>35048766
sorry. That's actually a good thing to ask while we're roof hoping

The two of you make quick work of the pizza and the distance between the studio and the Zodiac Academy for Girls. Passing you are police sirens, and you see the military PIT vehicles below as well. Probably responding to any potentially supernatural situation.

~So, what I miss after I split?~ you snarl in a friendly manner.

“Beats me, I slipped out while they were distracted with you,” she smirks, “Was that one of the forgotten girls?”

~Given Yukiko and Akane’s reaction, probably,~ you nod, ~One rescue down. One to go, and two bonuses on the side. These girls are going to be in deep with me, won’t they?~

Kairi shakes her head and chuckles.

You let your meal catch up to you, the seeping memories of a sad girl. Arriving alone on a scholarship to the Academy. Feeling like she didn’t fit in, even initial friction with those you know she eventually made friends with. She went from being a solitary studious child to someone with friends, best friends who meant the world to her. Then the men came, she was uncertain and confused.

>>35048954
People who questioned why they were taking her and her friend became glossy eyed.

Fear.

Fear on the doctor’s table, so similar to what you drank from Kairi a few days ago.

Injections, repeat injections. Confusion, pain, and transformation. She became her loneliness, and became a weapon. That’s why they took her, she was a natural potential for psychic powers, and they tried to improve her with the taint instead of making her create a separate shrug of her negative emotions.

They stole her life, and the memory of those who knew her. They tried to erase this girl. Poor and lonely girl.

Well, that’s one victory. You saved her, you know her name. Kouki Hakumei. You never knew the name of her monster...but it doesn’t matter.

Gamu and whoever she was before becoming a creature lies ahead.

“Wow, record time,” Kairi wheezes and looks down at the academy grounds before the two of you.

~Yeah, now lets figure out our way in,~

>Enter the grounds and look for a maintenance hatch
>Tear up a manhole cover from a nearby block and advance toward the school
>Tear up a sewer grate nearby the school
>Enter the dorm and look for a maintenance access
>Enter the academic building and look for a maintenance access
>Write in

>>35048972
>Tear up a manhole cover from a nearby block and advance toward the school

>>35048972
Hm, being located under the school.
The ones running this freak show either have a connection to someone there, or they have deep mind controlly hooks into people.
Would be surprised if the whole thing about the faculty and witchcraft was a red herring.

>Enter the grounds and look for a maintenance hatch

>>35047723
but the Red Eyed beast set out to scare people...

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>>35049141
Wait! What if it WAS Red Herring!

>>35049160
Scare punks and be a rude bitch.

>>35048972
>Enter the academic building and look for a maintenance access

>>35048972
We seem a bit divided on the entrance to use, cold we make an Insight test combined with the memories to see which option seems good?

>>35049330
sounds ok to me.

>>35049330
If you'd like.

Insight Test vs DC 20/25

dice+1d20+6

1s and 20s wild. Best of 3

Rolled 2 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>35049429
Here we go

Rolled 18 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>35049429
what's the '/' mean?

>>35048972
>Tear up a manhole cover from a nearby block and advance toward the school

Rolled 13 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>35049429
Rollin'

24, lower DC met.

>>35049456
Might mean there is a higher tier of success at 25.
We want to Planet Power and bump our roll up to that?

>>35049552

I have heard a call to spend Planet Power on a Surge to bump up that Insight Roll.

>Y/N?

>>35049552
We haven't done one all day, we only need a one, sound good.

>>35049601
>>35049605
Alright, let's do this.

>>35049601
Y

>>35049601
see >>35049605

>>35049601

Y

Rolled 8 (1d8)

Splurging on a Surge.

>>35049601
YES!!

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>>35049836
Aw yeah.

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>>35049836
WOT!

>>35048568
~Don’t you start too,~ you growl, ~I get enough of this inside my own head,~
We keep this up, I might start thinking Mikage has more issues than Hotaru.

Speaking of inside her own head, we don't seem to hear as much from the ones that aren't us lately.

>>35049995
We might have a quantity of issues, but Hotaru has a definite edge in quality

writing

>>35050213
YES. GOOD. THIS PLEASES ME DROWNING IN MY PHYSICS HOMEWORK.

>>35050313
German here.

Taking a deep breath you close your eyes and look upon the campus before the two of you. Pulling at the energy inside of your own starseed, you enhance your senses and let them bleed out. Your naturally psychic sensitivity sparks and you envision the world’s memory of this Gamu scaling the dormitory and absconding with the girls.

She is a tall and hulking thing, a woman turned to a green scaled and lavender eyed monster. From her perch outside of their window, she leaps the distance to the top of the Academic building roof. She went into the school proper. You had to force yourself to see that part with the sleeping power in your heart, but you did. Kairi looks at you curiously.

Time resumes. The night air is cold.

~The academic building,~ you explain, ~We’re heading into the academic building,~

“Lead the way,” she flourishes into a bow, extending a hand toward the school and waiting for your cue.

~You’re enjoying this, aren’t you?~

“Guilty. Its fun, being a superhero with you,” she smiles and then her face falls and she raises her hands defensively, “Not that being a superhero is fun. Its serious business that I am totally not going to make light of,”

>No, it is fun, but it can be just as serious.
>Its a duty, my Knight. Lets carry ourselves like it means something
>It is fun doing this with you, Kairi-chan. I’m glad we can share this.
>NO FUN, TRAUMATIC MEMORIES
>Write in

>>35050442
DAMMNIT. MUST. NOT. PRESS. THE. SHINY. RED. BUTTON.

"No, it is fun doing this with you, Kairi-chan. I’m glad we can share this. but it can be just as serious. Its a duty, my Knight. Lets carry ourselves like it means something."

>>35050442
first
>NO FUN, TRAUMATIC MEMORIES
then
>its a duty, my Knight. Lets carry ourselves like it means something

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>>35050641
You're pressing the shiny red button you fool!

>>35050442

>No, it is fun, but it can be just as serious.
>I’m glad we can share this.

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>>35050658
>mfw

>>35050442
All of the above.

Yes, it can be exhilarating.
Yes, it is a duty, and serious.
And Yes, it can be traumatic.
But we're glad to be doing it with you.

>>35050694
actually, it all sounds rather good smushed together. Changing my vote to this.
>must include brief PTSD moment.

>>35050721
I would not be opposed to a minor PTSD episode.

Well then. Writing the combined all option.

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>>35050767
Thanks Arty! Have some pancakes with an Usagi.

~No, it is fun doing this with you, Kairi-chan. I’m glad we can share this. but it can be just as serious. Its a duty, my Knight. Lets carry ourselves like it means something,~

You understand why she is worried about tripping up. For a moment, even under the guise of Red Eyes, you feeling the clawing beginnings of a panic attack. Kairi’s words and that girl’s memories on the table...brings you back to Kairi’s memories on the table. The reflected shean in the glasses of the man who was no longer her father.

Your knee buckles and you fall to your hands on the edge of the rooftop. Kairi is on you in a second as you begin crying without sobbing. Tears falling from your unkempt face. Her new words are distant, and everything is going dark at the idea of that fight.

At the memory of fighting the thing that was not Umino Osaka. Believing you killed a good man, and failed to save your best friend’s father.

<MIKAGE! I'm here! I'M IN HERE WITH YOU!>

>>35051087
You glow with a calming silver light. That voice is warm and familiar. The comforting balm amid your panic. Mom?

<Please hear this...please just come talk to me. I'll be there to listen,>

You right yourself.

“Mikage-chan,” Kairi shakes your shoulder as you steady yourself, “Are you okay?”

…

~I’m fine now...what was that,~ you moan.

<We aren’t sure, Princess,> The three remaining Shintennou Spirits form up around you as Kunzite speaks, <It came from somewhere deep inside your heart and mind. We cannot trace its source,>

Ugh...I feel light headed. Wake me when its time to eat again.

~Right...well, lets go,~ you groan and pop your shoulders back into place.

“Are you sure you’re alright,” Kairi asks in concner.

~Dunno,~ you shrug and smile a crazed and happy Red Eyes smile, ~Well find out in a minute,~

She nods and the two of you leap onward to the campus. For that brief moment you feel invincible, and the ground feels forever away and the fall cannot end. Side by side with your best friend.

Eclipsed Moon Quest Episode 42

End

Interlude Vote
>Party Hats make everything better
>Reunion, the remembered
>Jade dragon
>Sibling argument

>>35051102
>Party Hats make everything better
So that's when he Q&A took place. Now we've gotta talk to mom. Wonder what she remembers...
>It came from somewhere deep inside your heart and mind. We cannot trace its source
So 4chan's /tg/ board runs off of the subconscious of a tramatised ex-Sailor Senshi. Honestly, I'd thought I'd be more surprised.

>>35051102
>Jade dragon

>>35051102
when's the quest resume?

We were pretty lucky. If we had flubbed that save, mind thrust could have fucked us up.

>>35051325
Don't know right now. Please keep track of the quest Twitter for future updates and to interact with me.

You can also ask anonymous questions on the quest Ask.fm

Both are linked in the Opening Post of this thread.

>>35051087
>>35051102
Nice. The tie-in there man.

>>35051102
>>Reunion, the remembered

>>35051102

>Reunion, the remembered

As always, if we're still here in the morning or later I'll toss together an Omake.

>>35051407
Okay, I don't get the tie-in

Where did meatball head last say that?

>>35051102
>Reunion, the remembered

>>35052292
Last thread's character Q&A Panel.

>>35052430
Wow, I don't even remember, now I gotta read up

>>35051157
Not just her's. We can be others as well.
[cue spooky dramatic music]

>>35051102
>>Sibling argument
All these things sound fun, but I gotta vote my heart. My cold, black, evil heart.

Lots of peaches this thread.

>>35051102
>Reunion, the remembered
My only concern is that this winds up being rather too wholly related to what's going on right now. I do like it when interludes tease where we're going.

So, how did all of you enjoy today's thread?

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>>35054093
It was fun, loved the callback!

Does this mean we can finally have that heart to heart with mommy without it being metagaming?

>>35054093
I didn't get to participate but I enjoyed reading it over. Peaches are the shit. Also Funny to see my constantly taunting Usagi during the panel having a positive effect. Clearly being an asshole is a good thing.

>>35054228
...the wrong lesson to take away from that, but still a lesson learned.

So break even.

>>35054260

Even? Clearly it all worked out perfectly. All we had to do was rail at Usagi for being a terrible parent to inspire her to be better one. Doesn't matter if she was doing a fine job in the first place.

>>35054225
Please Yes.

The sooner, the better.

>>35054093
Good times, got through a big scene and barreling toward another!

>>35054225
But we've been avoiding the heart to heart because she might get turned and kill everyone and if she doesn't know how far we've come shadow her can't act against it or something..

But then as I'm typing this I remember there ARE some things we do need to talk to her about that aren't directly connected to our Earth heir shenanigans. Like what happened that night, and sharing dreams with Usa, and how we've felt all that time. Lot of past history needs to be settled down. Maybe even before we talk to Hotaru.

>>35055178
I'll talk to mom before Hotaru. Usagi has shown care and consideration. Also cookies. Chocolate chip cookies are the best negotiating tool.

>>35054093
I am not terribly pleased with stuff we did in the panel having an effect on the quest, because I don't like what it's likely to mean for our panels. I suspect it's going to lead to more antagonizing of Usagi and others like her and more straight up metagaming, which are not directions I wanted to see us go.

>>35055286
I'll be totally honest I had no idea that would be the effect and didn't think it would be of any consequence.

Well... other than being amusing.

>>35055286
I know what you mean. I like the panels (and interludes) as a way to get a deeper look into characters and setting. I'd hate for it to turn into something we try to game for an advantage.

>>35055422
I can promise I will meta game for anything. I just have a habit of being an insufferable prick when there are supposedly no consequences.

>>35055463
Not meta game for anything* Dammit Totally the wrong message.

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>>35055488
Freudian slip noun
: a mistake in speech that shows what the speaker is truly thinking

>>35055707
I can't help it man I'm high on Peaches.

Then going forward that will have been a one time thing. I cannot undo what I have done and I would rather not run a retcon if I can help it.

But I can recognize I set a bad precedent and prevent myself from allowing such to pass again.

Do you, my players, find that a fair and reasonable response?

>>35055959
It's fair but,

Was there something wrong with that? I thought it was a very neat touch.

It proves we have the best mother and don't even know[/spolier]

>>35055959
Sure. Don't stop the panels though those are amusing. Granted if Mikage ever ends up in a coma that'd be a great way to get her out of it.

>>35055959
We can just chalk it up to Usagi using her Sailor Moon Mother magic, or something.

>>35055959
I think we were just joking, is it really that harmful to have that information at this time in the story?

>>35055959
I thought it was great. If we can't get Mikage to fix herself directly we'll alter time and space... WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?!!?

>>35056078
Love does allow Usagi to break the rules of the game.

More so than in the original series.

>>35056117
I used it because it was a near perfect payoff that I had kept in my pocket since the end of last thread.

Had Supaku (the unsaid name of this monster) really gotten to successfully lay into you with Psychic attacks, I might have used it.

However all I needed to do was give you guys a shiny red button, and you took it.

How could you not? You are powerless to resist the shiny, candy like, red button.

>>35056333
Red buttons must be pushed. It's a rule.

Still convinced petty spite and malice inspired love that transcended time and space.

>>35055959
I thought it went well. Honestly, like I said at the time, if any character could bend that sort of thing, it is certainly her. Mainly found it a nice touch for our suggested brush with bad memories.
Not saying we make a habit of it, but it's fun to have the possibility exist.

I would rather we refrain from calling ourselves actually parts of Mikage or other characters though. That did change the tone of our conversations with the panelist dramatically from the previous 'viewing audience' type ones.

Thinking they're talking to her really colors the responses. Rathered the strange candid interview panel format.

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>>35056333
Shiny buttons are the best.

>>35056416
What if we just lie next panel and say we are actually the concordant intelligence of distant stars sitting in judgment of the events what unfold on earth. And we say this to a panel of mostly mundanes on tertiarily related to the story.

>>35056550
We can say all the things.

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>>35056550
...I will admit that would amuse me.

>>35056550

So we all assume dark ominous voices and judge each panel member?

YOU HAVE BEEN JUDGED.... UNWORTHY!

*Booming maniacal laughter*

>>35056619
But who would we put on this panel.

Hey, quick thought.

We're going off after a green scaled monster in the sewer...right? Why do I feel like we're in for a dungeon crawl with environmental hazards? Like water?

>>35056938
How is water a hazard... is it magic proof?

My God... we're channeling spiderman... DOCTOR CONNORS STOP TURNING CUTE GIRLS INTO LIZARD MONSTERS!

>>35056858
Principal's son, the arcade attendant, ancient aliens guy, and ..?

>>35056938
I'm glad we Planet Power'd our Insight roll.

>>35057096
Have we had big sis on a panel?

>>35057119
Little sis could be funnier there.

>>35057531
Yes... but I've no reason to hate her. Not yet anyway.

>>35054260
>.the wrong lesson to take away from that
I'm not sure it's a net positive, Did she just shut down our shadow-self just when we need it most?

>>35054300
Did you not notice the recuring theme that all the worst shit in our life happens when people get involved for the very best of reasons?

>>35057696
But we're the Older sibling now. Clearly we'll make the worst shit in her life happen and become a massive hypocrite!

Or... she really will screw us over and that will deal a pretty significant blow to our emotional stability.

>>35057696
I thought the running theme was that bad communication and self-isolation lead to the downward spiral.

>>35057794
>Clearly we'll make the worst shit in her life happen and become a massive hypocrite!
It's a possibility. Mikage think's she's fucked everything else up, why not this, too?

>>35057977

Either way I'm sure it will be delicious.

>>35057543
What does hate have to do with pretending to be aliens?

>>35056416
Eh, I thought the senate analogy was amusing. Not that we're specifically Mikage's inner senate or anything, but I felt the Fire Senator persona I was using for the latter portion of that was pretty amusing.

Space Peaches in Space.

>>35060654
The space peaches are not the Peaches of immortality.

>>35057094
Breathing?

>>35062421
Do we need to?

>>35063173

Yes, Mikage needs to breath.

No time to pump out an Omake this morning, but no worries, there is a thread tonight.

See you guys then.

Omake

Rough hands slam on the fold out table as a rather tall and brusk looking young man stands and leans forward against the assembled crowd.

“This supplementary meeting of the Keiko Sugimoto fanclub is hereby called to order,”

The assembled students, off from school due to the attack, all wear black ribbons pinned to their chests. Its a full assembly room in the local public library branch, mostly young women but a few young men sit scattered among them.

“Thank you, Mister Secretary,” says a calm girl sporting a black pixie cut as she takes a seat next to him.

“Of course, Madam President,” he bows before straightening up ramrod fast, pointing dramatically to a shorter girl with long auburn hair at the other end of the table facing the assembled students, “Madam Scribe! What is our Agenda!”

“W-w-we’ve m-ma-made preparations for our i-id-idol’s get well soon gifts and card. E-everyone on the club roster has signed it,” the shorter girl begins shakily, “Today w-we can talk about t-the repeat appearance of the mysterious Hero, Eclipse, and his second rescue of our i-id-idol along with his lady friend in red, as well as our i-id-idol’s activities while recovering from her attack,”

Madam President nods slowly.

“If you’ll open your packets for today’s meeting, we’ve placed police artist renditions of the two as they appeared in this morning’s newspaper after last night’s accident. We are to consider these two friends of the club and guardian angels of our fair idol,” she says with fiery eyed certainty.

>>35064622

“After the r-re-reported incident last night, our i-id-idol spent the evening at her official best friend’s apartment on the west side of town before returning home in the late morning,” Madam Scribe stutters her way through her notes and reports, “She made the journey with her official best friend, who was dressed in the odd m-ma-manner she was seen in when accompanying our idol on Saturday. They parted ways once they had returned to her home. The e-en-entire time they were being shadowed by PIT vehicles,”

The secretary turns, with military precision to face the assembled audience.

“For the protection of our Idol, we must remain alert and diligent. This means we must tighten our social security around her at lunch time! Not just from dangerous attacks, but from interactions that may jeopardize her in other ways!”

“To which I will instruct you to turn to page 2 of our packets,” Madam President rises and pulls the secretary back into his seat, “Our assigned public enemies of our Idol. Number 1 is listed as the Mysterious Jewel Thief. Numbers 2 & 3 represent a different kind of danger. Princess No and the Monster Girl, Mikage Chiba and Kairi Osaka,”

End Omake

>>35064622
>>35064641

That's some Witch Craft Works level...dedication?...right there.

>>35064641
Red Eyes is going to have FUN with this lot.

>>35064641
truly the greatest evil in the universe...cliquey and social hierarchy conscious teenagers.

So, we've got nine posts left before autosage. So please talk about stuff and plan, ask questions of me, or stay silent and we'll let this thread fall toward the abyss in time for the next to rise.

>>35064734
Red Eyes only goes after thugs and criminals. Plus it would be fun to let another mask handle it, if Mikage doesn't do it herself.

Hell, Mikage should join their club. Allay their fear and get the use of their surveillance skills. Mikage needs to be more social anyways.

I'm thinking that after this upcoming fight, we have heart-to-heart with mom. Thing is though, I can't decide which it should it be about.
A. Our feelings on Hotaru and her relationship with Usa.
B. Our 'undercover' actvities and identities, including just how fragmented they are.

>>35065144
After this fight I'm still demanding a vacation.

This week has been ridiculously packed.

>>35065173
compromise: Heart-to-heart while on vacation?

>>35065144
why not start with what actually happened that night. Luna couldn't have not told her what we said, same with Mamoru. Even if she knows the details between those two and Naru's forensic breakdown, its something Mikage needs to tell her in her own voice.

We start there, and then go into the other two.

Hesitant about A, because we don't know if Usa's out or not.

>>35065187
Acceptable.

>>35065213
You raise a good point: we've come clean to ourselves, but explaining to mom our mental state would be a good opener to either issue.

>>35065260
I'm not even sure how we'd start

"Oh hey. I might have multiple personality disorder. Not a big problem, I can stop any time I'd like. I just don't want to."

>>35065411
huh, I imagine our assorted personalities want to meet mom. For their first time. That could be emotional.

>>35065260
Sorry, mean to say mental state that fateful night.
>>35065441
more like this + explaining what we've been doing.

>>35065411
>>35065441
>>35065524
>>35065260
>>35065213
>>35065187

heh hahaahahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>35067045
I'm all for the multiple personalities meeting Usagi. She's met us after all. Funniest heart break Ever.

>>35067132
How so?

>>35067527
Well it's funny because the interaction between Miki/Redeyes/Others will be amusing to see. Heart breaking because Usagi will see just how fucked up Mikage is... especially if Miki and Red eyes bad mouth each other.

Should...she have a heart to heart with.. Dark Mikage as well? That might be interesting.

>>35067614
"One day someone is going to hug you tight enough that all your broken pieces fit back together,"

>>35067665
Well I'm a prick so my answer vote would be for... "We... we know.... we just thought it would be you."

>>35067679
Try not to cry.jpg

>>35067679
Hugs intensify

>>35067726
But it won't work. BUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA HA HAHAHAHAHAHA!

...now I'm sad.

>>35067943
Objective accomplished.

Hey the whole premise of the thing is just sad. I've been here since thread one. You set us up for infinite sad works.

I'm in it for the peaches Artemis.

>>35068030
I really did, but that just means when sadness is overcome it'll be that much better.

Right?

...right?

>>35068172
Or you've ushered in the rein of the peach queen. I for one welcome our new dark over lord.

>>35068267

Fair enough, I suppose. Yes. Lets keep things peachy.

And as the peaches ripen and are plucked by the razor fanged teeth, so too will continue the inevitable plot march toward-

er...toward nothing important in the least.

Yes, that's what I meant to say. Move along. Nothing to see here.

>>35068424

Mikage would make a fantastic bad guy.

>>35068482
But how do we do that? Usurp control of the Shadow Will Fall group?

What's our motivation? Because we don't feel loved? Because we don't have friends?

We don't have the stomach for murder...so I can't see us playing toady for the bad guys.

I think Artemis has something else up his sleeve.

Unless we say fuck the existing faction and just go do our own evil thing.

I mean, so far we haven't had a corrupting influence from our shadows. Just a drive to obtain more.

>>35068593
Clearly the drive to obtain more is opening the Darkness within ourselves to impose more will... which at the moment isn't a bad thing for Princess No.

Given time there could be some complications. I haven't seen much of the show but usually people who are monsters and the like... do not have the stomach for murder. They're normal people who have just... I actually don't know how it works.

My guess is the hunger may grow/cause problems if we don't keep it satiated.

Clearly we must consume peaches at Every and Any opportunity.

Have we ever fed on ourselves by the way? I think we might have... but it might be an interesting way to get out of a panic attack if we have one.