>>35452226
Quest Start

Your name is Mikage Chiba, second year high school student, age 15. You are formerly the third woman to bear the mantle of Sailor Moon after your Mother and Older sister. Now your little sister Koyomi is Sailor Moon and you’re secretly watching out for her.

Additionally, you have issues. Tons of issues. Diligently, you’ve been working to resolve them while helping your your little sister and the new court of Senshi that has sprung around her.

Today has been exhausting.

You lean against the island of the kitchen, having packed up your makeup kit, to watch Venus bound into the living room and dive across the couch, managing to land on the laps of all four girls presently seated there watching the movie your little sister picked out.

It prompts quick cries of shock as the small blonde girl flips over to show off her butterfly ganguro face makeup to the rest of the senshi. Your big sister and best friend on the smaller paired piece of the living room set laugh at the antics.

Before Venus and her mother moved to America, you had the good fortune to babysit her a few times. She’s always been a sweet kid, you guess all of them have been.

Still...between monsters, fashion, makeup, leylines, violence, and coming clean to mom its been a long day. Even if you’re more composed now...you still feel tremors of guilt over what almost happened to Kairi earlier. Also you are concerned at Koyomi’s initial reaction to you when she and the girls came home, and Aiha’s attempt at deception to pass it off as nothing.

Still, that’s a concern for later, when the movie is done.

>Squeeze into the love seat with Usa and Kairi, enjoy the film.
>Head upstairs and see if mom is done tanning up, help her put together an outfit.
>Get Kairi’s attention quietly? She asked for you to help her clear her head earlier and you owe her after… How?
>Stress eat, stealthily. You still feel bad about what almost happened to Kairi.
>Write in

>>35452226
Usako?

>>35452254
>>Stress eat, stealthily. You still feel bad about what almost happened to Kairi.
That was dumb. It worked, but it was dumb and we're not putting her in danger like that again.

Risk is, of course, part and parcel of the job, but that was downright unnecessary.

>>35452254
>Get Kairi’s attention quietly? She asked for you to help her clear her head earlier and you owe her after… How?

Telepathy!

>>35452300

Mamoru's nickname for Usagi. Its a Japanese naming convention/familiarity thing.

>>35452349
Does it translate to bun-head?

>>35452254
>>Head upstairs and see if mom is done tanning up, help her put together an outfit.
Maybe stop in on Luna too.

>>35452354
No, that was what he called her before they started dating/realized they were lovers in a past life. Then he continued to use it on occasion as a term of endearment.

In the original japanese he called her dumpling, or Odongo in reference to her hair.

>>35452254
>>Write in
Get cleaned up ourselves first.

>>35452254
>>35452334
Let her enjoy the film first, is my thought.
Think it's time for us to start feeling the effects of the day. Maybe a nice shower.
Actually, maybe quietly ask Kairi is she wants to sleepover, and we'll call her mom and ask while she enjoys the movie.
Could be an interesting conversation, but I'd say promise to deliver her bright and early for bootcamp, maybe even going them, or other for them to join us on our morning run.
Then get cleaned up and pj'd.

>>35452466
I AM ARRIVED. AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA!!

Alright, that's 20 minutes or so. Enough time for people to find the thread. Time to tally and see what we're doing.

>>35452550
DAMM IT! I go take a shower and this happens.

>>35452576
Well I managed to vote and make breakfast this time.. so off to a good start.

>>35452576
Funnily enough, while you were in the shower, votes veered toward taking a shower.

>>35452593
well, I'm here for the rest of the day, and we can still have that private talk with Koyomi, so I'm in agreement.
>>35452607
Funny how life works.

Oh, and writing

The stress of the day begins to catch up to you. Fighting Supaku and Gamu was, while incredibly filling, tiring. Your distress over the hit Kairi took while being your distraction weighs on your mind. Even the relief you felt from spilling your soul out to mom about everything that’s been weighing you down for so long isn’t enough to stave off what’s happened. Not even the uptick in energy and enthusiasm you gained when your own and Miki’s voice finally fell in step.

Fell in step. You are Miki. You’ve always been Miki. She has always been you. It just took a bit of doing for both of you to realize that, to accept it.

Casting a quick glance down to the back of your hands, you marvel for a moment of all they can do and all they have done today. That marveling is undermined by the sudden lethargy you feel.

Even after soaking in the waters suffused with Earth Magic beneath Zodiac Academy for Girls, your expedition into the sewer left your skin crawling. Kairi had the right idea in taking that shower.

Carefully stepping upstairs, you manage not to disturb anyone enjoying the movie. There is plenty on your mind as you head up into the hallway. You still owe Kairi that bite she asked for...and your worry over what almost happened to her is translating into hunger. And maybe when you are done with the shower, Mom will be done trying out your tanning oil and you can dress her up.

>>35453077
Grabbing some new underwear and a long night shirt, you duck into the bathroom and stand in front of the mirror and start an exfoliating scrub to get your non tanning oil face makeup off. Satisfied with it’s removal, you strip and hop into the shower with a scrub brush you’ve put the moisturizing body wash you use to clear your mildly magical tan.

The hot water is cleansing and a balm for the stress of the day. As it lessens, you swell again with pride at your sister and the girls along with the relief of having told your mother o the things you had experienced.

Scrubbed clean, shampooed, and smelling slightly of apples you leave the shower stall and begin toweling off. Swiping a hand across the steam fogged mirror, you are taken in a moment of shock. Looking back at you, with a soft and tired smile, is your face as it had been before you came upstairs. Deeply tanned and carefully made up.

Still wearing your carefully styled and blonde wig.

Quickly looking at the back of your hands, you find your skin is again pale and clear. Wet pink threads bob in front of your eyes as they dart back up to the mirror.

Is she waiting for something or are you?

>What does Miki want to say, or is she staying quiet?
>What does Mikage want to say, or is she staying quiet?

>>35453099
>>What does Miki want to say, or is she staying quiet?
Never forget to let the sunshine in, 'k? Particularly the California kind!

>>What does Mikage want to say, or is she staying quiet?
Thanks for letting me have friends when I wouldn't.

>>35453077
>You are Miki. You’ve always been Miki. She has always been you. It just took a bit of doing for both of you to realize that, to accept it.

HA! See Gnash, nothing lost at all!

>>35453099
Ok, that's unexpected.
>Mikage says: this >>35453132
>Miki says: this >>35453132

>>35453132
*couldn't

>>35453142
actually, wouldn't works rather well. Mikage did shut herself off from people and all that. But, I can see both working out equally well.

>>35453099
>>What does Miki want to say, or is she staying quiet?

I'll always be right where you need me!

Then perhaps a gesture to.. well Miki/Mikage

And I'm fine with.>>35453132 Mikage line

I'm sure you'll be able to write something sappier to expand upon either.

>>35453136
Still sort of feels like a loss to me. S'why I'm for the I'm always right here- Self- Thing.

Because scrubbing the makeup off the face could be construed as removing her.

>>35453196
>scrubbing the makeup off the face could be construed as removing her
true, neither of us want that.

>>35453099
let out the breath you're holding.

You're waiting on yourself to answer, just how unhinged are you?

>>35453099
>>35453163
>Thank you for letting me have friends when I couldn't- wouldn't let myself have them.

>>35453196
No worries, we'll keep flying the Miki flag and going to the Fashion Circle, we just aren't shutting one part down while other is going.

>>35453230
I don't think any of us are trying to actually get rid of the crazy.

I'm a little torn on whether a mirror bitch fight between Miki and Red would be funny enough to justify the level of schizo we'd have to hit to make it happen.

>>35453132
This is pretty good, I approve.

sweet! I'm actually in time for a live thread this time!

and yeah, I don't want to lose Miki... even if Mikage is getting better, different personas still have value to someone living a life like hers.

>>35453267
Perfect!
>>35453277
We'll get that with Shadow Phage eventually.
>>35453264
extremely, but not enough to interfere with 'normal' life... yet!

Oh, and I'm sorry to say that I have thought of a scenario where The Beast could get involved with the Hotaru chat.

That being if Hotaru is having a hard time dealing with that conversation because 'we look like her'.
"Fine then, how about a different face?"
Which then leads into full bitch mode from us.
Which I can't see ending well. Would be interesting, I'll give you that though.

>>35453366
Would Red Eyes or the Dark Lady persona have a bigger shock value?

>>35453328
>We'll get that with Shadow Phage eventually.
Except that people are so afraid of the mystery gauge we don't know what it does that they keep looking for ways to hit the mystery gauge blow off valve.

Which reminds me. We owe Kairi a bite. I wonder if Koyomi's going to be spying on us when we take her aside to do it?

>>35453384
I was under the assumption that we were going to have the bite during the private conversation with her.

Granted we also need to take Koyomi aside. Long night.

>>35453379
The Black Lady is still effectively us though, and would actually have us looking more like Usa overall, whereas Red is our expression of impulse and aggression.

>>35453379
Yeah, that would have a bigger impact for "yeah, you REALLY Fucked me up."
Dark lady would make sense.>>35453411

>>35453384
Yeah no. We're doing Imouto talk first. Plus, If I've learned anything from Artemis, we'll hit that magic number somehow. have a little faith.
>>35453403
Koyomi talk first, then Kairi talk and meal.

>>35453384
Well, after the dip in the Earth pool, it is now pretty much confirmed that shadow build up is bad. Before that, I might have been willing to experiment more, now we have more than just understandable suspicion.

>>35453432
Who we talk to first is more a matter of who we see first. So there Aiha, Koyomi, and Kairi in the queue to see us when they're ready.

>>35453486
Good point. If we do Kairi,we'll end up doing the bite, and as Fire pointed out >>35453384, that would not help things with Koyomi. hence why I think lil sis should come first.

>>35453432
I don't think there's anything we can tell Koyomi right now that is going to assuage her suspicions unless she straight up asks us if we're the Red Eyed Beast.

And even then, depending on the flow of the conversation, we might try to play it off.

>>35453579
Based on our earlier conversations in past threads, I was under the impression the conversation would be more of us answering Koyomi's questions, including us being Red Eyes and Eclipse. Possible tell her what we told Usagi about the night we gave her the Imperium crystal, but our fragmented mental state is a definite no-go.

>>35453633
May want to avoid the red-eyes aspect for tonight.

>>35453633
Further I was never really keen on giving away all the secret identities.

Miki is fine she's not a crime fighter.

I thought the whole point of Eclipse was so that they didn't know Mikage was backing them up. Because of all the drama of swearing off that life and giving up the moon whatever the hell.

>>35453579
My instinct is to deflect to tomorrow, I feel like a chat with Rin would help us decide on certain things.

>>35453633
I think the most we agreed on was, if asked, Red Eyes and not we aren't a vampire.

We'd like to tell her more, but some uncertainty about how much we can safely share atm.

>>35453670
It's entirely reasonable, yes. But it's also the main thing that Koyomi is worried about, though Mikage doesn't know that. We'll have to play it by ear.

>>35453690
Less the drama and more that we really can't deal with them and that life directly, but otherwise I'm largely in agreement.

>>35453670
Normally, I'd agree, but here's the thing: the more Koyomi's left with the knowledge her sister is Red Eyes and Mikage doesn't say anything, the worse Koyomi's going to think of her.
>>35453690
well, we've changed since then. and are we really giving the identities away if the rest of the group's figured it out? No, it really isnt.
>>35453709
If the conversation is just, "yes I'm Red Eyes, no, I'm not a vampire, blah, blah, blah" that can be taken care of tonight rather quickly.

>>35453099
>>35453732
Mikage is a pretty sharp kid, she takes after her dad like that.
We could feel her confused feelings and heard her concern that we were a ganguro vampire.. concern that was quieted with another putting emphasis on the GANGURO part, not the vampire part.
Somehow they, likely as a group, have made a link between Miki and Red Eyes. Something we missed at the time, but the implication is clear.

That might explain why Aiha is upset, though I we wouldn't have guess that deflecting only a bit about being Red Eyes would bother her so much. Hell, she's probably the person we'd been the most honest with outside of our dad.

>>35453732
Well, Koyomi's freinds were fairly blunt about it, and we even had to option of calling them out on it last time, so I'd say that Mikage knows what's worrying Koyomi.

>>35453844
You hit on a good point: Aiha, and potentially Koyomi, being upset that we lied to them.* This is why we need to have The Talk with Koyomi and Aiha, and why it can't wait. We're not getting much sleep tonight, but it will be worth it.

*Lies of omission

Your shock fades as you realize that she’s waiting for you. There is so much you wish you could say to her. So much you wish you could thank her for. All of it, though, boils down to one matter.

~Thank you,~ you whisper to her and lean your forehead against the pane of the mirror, ~for letting me have friends when I...when I wouldn’t. When I couldn’t,~

You can feel her smile, her face is your own afterall.

~If it ever gets dark, don’t forget to let the sunshine in, k?~ she then hums and clicks her tongue while snapping her fingers, ~Particularly if its California sun,~

Screwing your eyes tight you let a few tears run down your cheeks. It isn’t the chill of wet glass you’re pressed against for a second, its the warmth of another person. For a brief instant you feel as though you aren’t alone, as gentle lips at first brush and then press against your cheek. A soft touch to wipe the tear away.

Snapping your eyes open, you only look back at yourself in the mirror. Pink tresses hanging heavily down past your shoulders. You quickly finish getting cleaned up and and put on the clothes you’d brought into the washroom with you. Your long pink night shirt with a cute print of a cartoon bunny eating mochi is comfortable and soft. Its like wearing a comfy blanket.

Stepping into the hallway you take in a calming breath and consider what to do next.

>Hide in your room until the movie is over.
>Head back downstairs, where three conversations eventually wait
>Check on Mom
>write in

>>35453852
>I'd say that Mikage knows what's worrying Koyomi.
Ganguro vampire? Yeah, it's not a huge stretch to guess.

>>35453953
>Check on Mom

>>35453953
>Check on Mom
I forgot to tell you last weekend, Artemis, but I LOVE what you did with Ganguro Usagi. Which is why I want MOAR! We need to prep her for Dad.

>>35453953
Check on mom as an excuse not to head back downstairs.

>>35453953
>Check on Mom

>>35454017
>We need to prep her for Dad.
Do not explore that train of thought.
We'll gag.

>>35454059
please, we have a segment of our personality that's into BL. We're mature enough to think of our parents committing reproductive acts. Plus, I want a fourth pinkette sister!

>>35453953
>Check on Mom

>>35454110
BL? the only thing I know that's short for makes no sense in this scenario.

Also... I know of no child in existence that has ever proactively attempted to get their parents to bang.

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>>35454110
Kousagi time? Well, in nine months

>>35453953
Check on Mom

>>35454153
Hm... not by Mikage's age, anyhow. One does occasionally see the plot where a younger child who doesn't fully get the implications tries to get her parents to give her a little sibling.

>>35453953
>Check on Mom
This feels like it would be amusing.

>>35454153
I believe he means "Boys Love"

Unless one of the personalities is really into vault hunting...

>>35454153
1. BL = Boys love, AKA Yaoi, AKA gay sex.
2. We're not a child, we're a mentally fragmented magical teenager. We RUN on hormones.
>>35454167
Never heard of her, but sure, let's go with that.
>>35454224
>ounger child who doesn't fully get the implications tries to get her parents to give her a little sibling
that does happen IRL, but I think Mikage is thinking more, 'do something nice for mom and dad: spice up their love life!'

>>35454274
>Never heard of her, but sure, let's go with that.

Another daughter of Usagi's from a side manga. sorta similar to Koyomi's personality actually. Been wondering if theres some influence there.

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>>35454274

Kousagi, Usagi and Mamoru's second child in the aftermath of the Manga, which notably didn't progress toward Crystal Tokyo.

Featured in the Parallel Adventure comic after the series

>>35454308
You've probably hit the nail on the head there.
>>35454323
Nice. Really is mother's daughter. Imma look that up.

>>35454323
Though that wasn't officially after, that was alternate-universe.
Though an alternate that didn't go down the manga's CT, which, iirc, it went down without the anime end-of-the-world to trigger it so much as the royal couple rising to power.

I kinda saw Koyomi as the replacement for this timeline.. or we're the Kousagi.

Timelines and bloodlines and magic are strange genetic lottery ticket holders.

>>35454478
I'm not sure what I'm saying here other than to ramble out-loud.

>>35454494
It occurs to me that if we were to buy some scented candles, we'd have something that we can legitimately set on fire.

>>35454494
You're fine, >>35454478 makes total sense to me. Then again, I watch Doctor Who, so I'm used to convoluted wibbley-wobbley Timey-Wimey weirdness.
>>35454527
lighting candles is fine by me Fire. You can exercise your pyromania safely that way.

>>35454547
Oh I'm a whoovian and I understand wibbly wobblies. But.. I try not to in this quest. Too much alternate time line shenanigans without the Doctor to explain it all.

>>35454527
Candles... really? Have you fallen so far?

>>35454605
What we Earth and plant magic and all, I don't see Mikage being into fire that much.

>>35454652
Neither do I but it's in the guys name.

I'm personally a fan of shadow. It's been pretty fantastic in combat so far.

>>35454605
1. Just employ the same strategy I did to understand Catch 22 in middle school: DO NOT QUESTION IT, JUST OBEY!
2. hey, it lets him do what he loves without harming people around him: make fire. You should be more accepting.
>>35454652
Energy = fire. not our forte, but it's doable.
>>35454671
and it lets you exercise your love of grimdark emotional trauma

>>35454698
>love of emotional trauma
Yes.

I'm also open to working to establish Mikage as rightful ruler of the earth.

>>35454831
I'm not going to lie that seems like an awful idea. I'm open to working to establish Koyomi as the rightful ruler of earth, with Mikage as the "shadow ruler".

>>35454605
I don't consider it falling, so much as an acknowledgement that my purview has considerable breadth.

>>35454847
I can't help feeling like there's a lot of stuff there that JT would really take issue with.

>>35454831
>traumatized Mikage
>Ruler of the Earth
Pick one Gnash. Can't have both.
>>35454847
>Manipulating lil sis
0.0 I would expect that line of thinking from Gnash, but you?

>>35454896
It is the nature of older siblings to claim dominion over the younger, whether by force or by trickery. And Mikage is nothing if not a trickster.

>>35454847
I'm sold. The ever vigilant yet ever distant.

>>35454896
We've come to one of those "compromises" you love. See above.

>>35454886
>JT
who?

>>35454847
strictly speaking, as eldest earth heir, Mikage IS the legitmate ruler.

On the other hand, I don't think she really wants it. Life is complicated enough and being a royal seems like it just brings a massive headache with it.

>>35454896
Manipulating little sis for both her betterment and the betterment of the planet? Totally in character. What do you think we're doing, right now, by not telling them who we are?
>>35454886
See, now you're presuming that we care what JT thinks.

>>35454957
Eh, it would be troublesome of course, but Mikage should certainly be aware that Elizabeth II is one of the coolest old ladies on Earth. That's a very clear role model if she were to go that direction.

>>35454998
No idea who JT is.

See that's the thing I agree with your statement on manipulation wholeheartedly but you can't word it like that or everyone suddenly grows a conscious.

Sure it's okay to be Eclipse! Wait.. that's LIEING?! Suddenly everyone panics.

Don't call it manipulating call it guiding.

She'll be the hero Earth deserves. We'll be the hero Earth Needs.

>>35454957
Yes, this is why >>35454937, >>35454943, and >>35454847 can't and won't happen. Mikage doesn't want that life. that means embracing The Magic she denied, rather than the loop-holing done so far.
>>35454998
1. the scenario implied will have negative impacts on Koyomi. Do you know what being the puppet face of a government is like? Not good.

>>35454957
She has taken to her heritage as the heir to Elysium, though more in a protective role of that legacy than seeking to expand it, so far.
Not necessarily against Mikage one day in the distant future building up toward that, but I don't think that's he concern at the moment beyond the right and duty to protect and hold onto those of the Earth Kingdom.

>>35454949
Likely referring to Jewel Thief.

>>35454998
I think putting her on a throne is the most harmful thing we could wish on her, and manipulating her on top of that? Nah man.

>>35455053
>>35455067
See Manipulating is a sort of Trigger word. Guiding would have been better.

Koyomi gets to run her happy little kingdom and any horrible awful things Mikage eats in the shadows.

If it's from backstage she's still feeding that not magical loop hole.

>>35454998
>>35455053
>>35455067
Oorrr....we could totally go full illuminati on this shit. Slowly get contacts in the governments of the world and slowly manipulate the world towards unity and peace. It'll be great!

>>35455095
No, Koymi doesn't need to have any part in running things, nor would I think she'd want any part of it.
Hell, I'd only see us going that way in a grudging 'well I suppose someone has to' sort of way.

>>35455095
Hm... yes. I could see that working out okay. Some battles are fought with glittering magic on the field of honor, and some are fought in back alley CQC. We will be the CQC.

The point of being Eclipse is that you can take the girl out of the moon, but you can't take the moon out of the girl.

Destiny is funny: It has a way of not being denied so easily.

>>35455129
See, that's more my style.
Basically a lot like Mr. Chou, but without the straight-up evil acts in the mix.

>>35455048
It's one thing to do something for someone's benefit, while keeping the person in the dark about it.* It's another thing to put her on a giant bulls eye for every terrorist and anti-government fanatic on the planet and give them a reason to work together to see Koyomi dead. that is bad for her, and you should feel bad.
>>35455132
this.
>>35455129
That's better. That's more Batman-esque.

>>35455140
Leave out the part with anyone ruling anything, and that's already our rough mission statement regarding the Scouts.

>>35455174
>It's another thing to put her on a giant bulls eye for every terrorist and anti-government fanatic on the planet and give them a reason to work together to see Koyomi dead.
infact, that's more or less what we just did to Kairi on a small scale and we're already guilt striken about that.

>>35455129
>>35455140
>>35455160
I can see a path in these. I mean we already have a decent contact in PIT.

Maybe eventually go magical girl commando instead of magical girl.

>>35455194
Once again, empathy and morality have gotten in the way of a good time.

It dawns on you that you really liked spending time with mom. There was a time where you never quite saw eye to eye with her, but now...you feel much more comfortable around her. It was nice tonight after you spilled your heart out to her. And it isn’t done, though she’s a bit taller than you, you really want to try and get her into a scene compatible outfit. Either by way of piecing something out of her own closet, or from a few pieces from your own collection.

Heading over to the master bedroom door, you knock and rock a bit back and forth as your mother opens the door. She’s wearing a robe, but you can see down her neckline and from her hands that she’s finished spreading out an even tan across her body. It looks good on her, though you consider wanting to do something else with her hair.

~Hey mom,~ you smile, ~Ready to put an outfit together to match the tan?~

“Mhmm,” she nods, “I pulled a few things out of my closet. Did you have anything you wanted me to try?”

~Yeah, just give me a second,~

Shortly you’ve assembled your clothes and redone your mother’s hair into a very long and off to the side high ponytail. It cascades from the stylish black wrapped coiling a few inches up before spilling down in twists and shiny threaded turns of gravity to just above her knee.

>>35455220
Without them where would we find peaches?

>>35455174
*which we're going to have to abandon as a policy before the thread is done, because Mama Usagi raise no fools, and a Secret identity that's not a secret, becomes a liability.
>>35455201
>PIT
>the bad guy infiltrated government task force
Take your sanity pills.
>>35455220
pipe down and have a peach.

>>35455225
The first ensemble is a robins egg blue blouse, open to reveal a low cut white tanktop with string thin shoulder, and a pair of loose torn jean shorts made from an older pair of your mother’s gardening clothes. Its on spec for the scene, just not particularly provocative.

Next she tries on one of your muscle beach t-shirts over one of her one piece swimsuits. The swimsuit is white with red trim, the t-shirt is dayglow pink besides the logo.

While those two contrast nicely against her darkened skin, the next one surprises you a bit. Its a deep red button down shirt worn open over one of her black swimwear bikini tops. The tails of the shirt partially tucked into a black pair of dress pants. While it doesn’t speak of the beach as much as you’d like, it seems reminiscent of an LA producer or some kind of California corporate lady mogul.

>Feedback and commentary on the outfits. Which do you think works best?
>Anything else you want to talk to mom about?
>Write in

(sorry for the slow post speed, I am also taking care of my not feeling well wife)

>>35455194
We didn't do that purposefully. Unintended side effect. A very nearly fatal unintended effect.
Actually I still have no idea why people that that was a good idea.

>>35455201
>eventually
We already is.

>>35455251
>Its a deep red button down shirt worn open over one of her black swimwear bikini tops. The tails of the shirt partially tucked into a black pair of dress pants.
>comment "wow mom! You are WAY stylin'! Let's go show everyone else!


love for the love god, kids for the kid throne, you know the rest.

>>35455251
S'okay, dude. There's not a one of us here who would begrudge you taking care of Luna over entertaining us. Or there'd better not be.

>>35455251
>California Corporate sounds like the right mix of sunshine and class. We should see what Dad thinks of it.

>>35455251
well I know eff all about fashion, but I personally like the sound of that muscle beach shirt + swimsuit. the third one with the open shirt and black bikini top sounds tasty too.

>>35455251
I cannot into fashion.

>>35455271
I didn't vote for it.. but it's caused suffering. I swear half the time people are convinced they're doing A GOOD THING NOW KAIRI WILL BE WITH US TO DO THINGS - They're actually doing more damage than I ever could intentionally.

Aaww Yis. Commando is Go.

>>35455325
Oh, we have a good idea of what Dad'll think of it...
>2 months later: "Kids, You're going to have a baby sister!"

>>35455365
>I ever could intentionally
so you confess you've been sabotaging Mikage's Happy End?
and we've been commando since day 1.

>>35455251
>>Feedback and commentary on the outfits. Which do you think works best?
They're all nice, but I think that last one has the most potential, kind of a Cali mogul thing going. Maybe we could check Usa's clothes for some short-shorts that might fit. Get a more beach thing going and show off those legs.

>>35455369
That's another point in favor, I'd say. We can initiate Koyomi in the ways of being another middle kid.

>>35455393
Keeping your eyes on the prize is a good way to miss out on a lot of fun in the meantime.

>>35455393
>CONFESS!

I've straight up said I'm not looking for outright sunshine and rainbows. That sort of thinking makes things far worse.

>>35455369
>>35455433

It's only fitting that Usagi breed like a rabbit.

>>35455394
>>35455251
Mmm, dem legs.
Also, fits the style more.

Throw in a pair of shades too.

>>35455467
I just want Mikage to enjoy peaches and possibly maybe destroy a few things.

You and Scholar want her to breed her parents.

Ya'll got your own issues to take care of.

>>35455433
There's fun, and then there's sabotaging the end goal for short-term gains.
>>35455437
For Mikage, a Happy End is just a life with no pressure or expectation surrounded by loving friends and family , not Happy-Happy-Sunshine. There's middle ground between GrimDark Emo and, well, HHS.
>>35455498
My 'issues' cause much humor and further the cause of Love, Justice, and Healing. Can you say the same?

>>35455498
woah hey, don't drag me into your fight. I'm confident that the nature of the setting we're in will balance out against your inclination towards darkness and peaches. You settle this with scholar and leave this pervy bystander out of it.

>>35455543
>nature of the setting we're in will balance out
not as much as you'd think. Mikage is evidence enough. Plus, we're both pervy bystanders here, don't try dodge it.

>>35455600
Tch, have faith. I know we're not invincible, but I believe in Mikage.

There. How's that? I'll own it. Totally not dodging my Pervy Bystander status.

>>35455600
>>35455543
People forget that the nature of the setting is for it to get pretty fucking dark at times.

Though one time was more through a lack of communication than anything else.. hrm.

Does Mikage know the parable of her father keeping his dream premonitions of doom from Usagi and just trying to stay away from her to protect her? Something that hurt her deeply and really didn't help solve anything?

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>>35455698
>mfw

>>35455698
I now envision that parked next to PIT's windowless surveillance van, there's another one full of delicious candy.

>>35455538
>No pressure or expectation surrounded by...

If she wanted that she wouldn't have taken up the regalia of eclipse.

>Love, Justice, and Healing
Self righteous much?

Mikage can crush those who would disrupt the lives of her loved ones. Key loved ones.

Sometimes you have to be the boogie man. I'm not entirely sure what your conceptualization of justice is...

Healing... is she not actively in the process of that? It's not something that's going to always be achieved by smiling and making everyone feel like nothings wrong and everything is perfectly fine.

>>35455735
Without the darkness, the light would be meaningless. Of course it gets dark. My faith is that it won't STAY dark.

captcha:
>dbohani nocturne

it knows!

>>35455769
>If she wanted that she wouldn't have taken up the regalia of eclipse.
to be fair, it was either that or the Shittenou had to die (again)

>>35455782
Or you try to shoot for a nice middle ground. Probably a horrible example... but Think Jedi/Sith

You strive to wipe out all the Sith and then... the new star wars movies happen. That crime should never be forced on existence ever again.

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>>35455753
I've got puppies in here too.

>>35455782
Without the darkness, the light would burn everything.

Actually, I'm down with that. Let's exterminate the dark.

>>35455841
we are so painting that on the side of the van the next time we see them.

>>35455769
1. see >>35455796, and it having BOTH friends and the absence of pressure
2. not self-righteous, just embracing the cheese.
3. You are right on the healing, but your peaches threaten the long-term happiness of the Chiba Clan.
>>35455826
Yes, that is a horrible example. and what you're suggesting works for Real Life, Not Sailor Moon. Try in between the mid-ground and the Happy-Happy-Joy-Joy.

>>35455769
>If she wanted that she wouldn't have taken up the regalia of eclipse.
She did that because, ultimately, she cares. Even when she wished she didn't.

>Healing... is she not actively in the process of that?
I think that's the point. Actively harmful things are not conducive to healing.

>>35455782
That would be the goal.

>>35455796
Actually we took up Eclipse first, we answer the call of the Generals for their Princess that night, and answered with a refusal to sacrifice them in a 'nobody dies' sort of way, still heavy from the guilt of the murder we thought we had committed.

>>35455961
soon...

>>35455884
Which of our disguises should we use for that? Naru's going to know who Miki is now, so we have to be a little more careful about who we troll them as.

>>35455905
Everyone forgets that the Happy-Happy Joy-Joy song ends with Ren choking the shit out of Stimpy and then realizing that being angry is what makes him happy. Being all the way cray-cray is not a barrier to Mikage's happiness. It's a stepping stone.

>>35455988
we're Batman, not the Joker.

>>35455988

Trolling Naru? That's Dan's job. Then, to really cheese her off, we get seen on a date with her daughter.

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>>35455826
>Probably a horrible example... but Think Jedi/Sith
Well, in that example the middle ground has continuously been shown as a false path that ultimately leaves you open to the Dark Side and corruption. The New Jedi Order was nearly destroyed by attempts to incorporate dark powers with good intentions and similar Grey philosophies.

All and all, I think I like this comparison. Sneaky is fine, but getting into actual evil acts is a sure path to corruption. Just ask our esteemed opponents.

>>35456059

To be fair, painting the side of a van is hardly evil. Its a meanspirited prank, but Usagi did those left and right at our age.

Hell, her first date was taking advantage of Umino to spy on Rei when she forced Mamoru on a date.

>>35456094
>>35456059
>troll Naru's van as Dan
added to the to-do list.

>>35456023
as hillarious as this would be, and as much as it tickles me in just the right way, I think tactically speaking it's a very bad idea.

First, she'll probably clamp down harder on her daughter, and we need her to be able to join us in our activities.

Second, it'll draw scrutiny. I wouldn't put 'using her position to check up on the older boy wooing her daughter' beyond Naru. and when she doesn't find any information on this Dan Dee character, that's only going to make her more suspicious of him.

No, better to keep this more subtle.

>>35455852
Nah, I can't say I favor the hardline against darkness.
I have to favor anime Usagi's path.. which I guess we are an ultimate expression of.. Dispersion darkness back to where it belongs.. inside us all.
As opposed to purged, cleansed, and/or stored elsewhere to become it's own thing.

Honestly Neo-Serenity makes me uncomfortable, the causes for the Black Moon's grievances were real, even if they were manipulated by another.

>>35456130
Invisibility graffiti then?
>>35456139
same here.

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>>35455961

>>35456188
damm, already posted the drooling yes pic.

>>35456176
I'm all for Free Candy-ing their van, especially if we save it for the right moment. I feel like right now PIT and Naru have done okay by us. But if she yanks our knight's leash, or fucks something up for us...

>>35456246
... we bust out the spray paint. Noted.

>>35456094
I wasn't speaking of the van at that point.
That's more sneaky/cheeky.
Though I don't see much call for it at the moment. Having friendly ties to PIT seems a better path, but try to keep ourselves considered a separate element from the Scouts. Frees us up for our own dealings.

>>35456272
>fucks something up for us...

That's a step above spray paint.

>>35456246
I would say that we shouldn't need to be provoked that much. Their job is literally dealing with dangerous supernatural shit, so hitting them with dumb pranks is actually a warning that they need to step up their game.

Or, yknow, leave the supernaturals to the supernaturals. There's no shame in recognizing when you're irreparably out of your depth.

>>35456347
if its something REALLY bad, the tagging would be just the opening salvo.

>>35455961
Uh, Artemis, how's the writing coming? Is Luna not doing better?

>>35456429
Can't skimp on caring for the missus.

~I really think this one looks amazing,~ you clasp your hands together as you sit on the edge of the bed.

You’d provided positive commentary on your mother’s attempts at assembly, perhaps a few critical comments here and there because you can’t resist the claws of your own style of critique. However her third outfit in red and black has this...aura about it.

It is like the Ganguro look, but matured. Like at a moments notice she could lose the pants and go for a swim, or could button the blouse and tell people what to do and be seriously listened to. There is a power behind the outfit, perhaps accentuated by your mom’s natural bearings.

“Mhmm,” she nods proudly, “As your mother, of course I have good stylistic instincts,”

She smiles and pulls out a pair of sunglasses and threads them into her hair above her forehead.

~Its really unique, it takes the look in a new direction,~ you muse, ~I might want to experiment with this in the future,~

“Haha! I bet your father will love this,” she smiles and turns to face the full mirror on the bad door of her closet before she swoons, “It’s been so nice having him home,”

>>35456380
Fair point, though their stepping up their game could hamper us some. Be a shame if Naru started recognizing us as Dan.

though it could be worth it, to see the look on her face when she realizes her daughter's friend/friend's daughter hit on her.

>>35456384
Your opening salvo should be massive. Don't do things by half.

If you poke them they'll not take it as a warning. They'll see it as a breach or violation of their defenses and develop better security and protocols.

This means when you actually need to strike at them they're better defended complicating the process.

You destroy their fleet of vans and they have to sit back and re-evaluated their entire operation method. People are fired for incompetence. Real damage is done.

>>35456441
And then again, she could lose that in command bearing and start acting all dopey like a schoolgirl in love.

~Well, not to brag but I am super proud of my makeup skills,~ you beam, ~if he can recognize you, I’ll be surprised,~

“Oh. I wouldn’t go that far. I can still tell I’m me in the mirror...well, with a bit of effort,” she hums and considers herself with a confident nod, “Still, Mamochan will recognize me soon enough,”

~I use disguise pen ink in my tanning oil mix, its a natural side effect,~ you giggle.

“Huh, pretty clever,” your mother nods and turns to face you with a slightly more serious look.

It isn’t piercing, but its full of concern.

“So, before we got off on our makeup and fashion tangent,” she smiles, “you said you almost got Kairi killed. She seems fine now, did you want to talk about that?”

>Talk about it, what do you say?
>Deflect, it was a figure of speech.
>Deny, you don’t want to talk about it.
>Write in

>>35456455
>Deny, you don’t want to talk about it.

That's a conversation we should have directly with Kairi.

>>35456450
I can see nothing but bad consequences from this. Yet, it is hilarious, so I approve!
>>35456455
>Talk about it, what do you say?
Well, it goes like this...

>>35456481
We probably should talk to our knight first, before we get into that, yeah.

>>35456455
>Deny, we need to talk to her about it first

>>35456505
Changing my vote to that.
>Deny, we need to talk to her about it first
"Sorry mom, I actually haven't talked with Kairi about it yet. I'd rather do that before..."

>>35456455
Clipped response.
~I tried taking a more active role in things. It didn't go well. Got to keep to support.~
Keep it simple, mostly honest, and clear that you don't what to get into it right now.

>>35456455
>Talk about it, what do you say?

I was being way too reckless... I've been doing that a lot lately.

>>35456455
>Deny, we need to talk to her about it first
This is a good plan. It's not like we need to deny it to Usagi, but we should hammer it out with our Knight first.

>>35456590
>>35456455
The Knight part is in the area we aren't sharing right now so perhaps more:
>I tried taking a more active role in something, she got caught up in it. It didn't go well. Got to keep to support.

>>35456619
Yeah. My thought process is that we're not exactly sure of her position on the subject. Kairi that is. So asking for help without all of the information available is sort of... flawed.

Once we know what Karir's hang ups are if any. We'll have a better understanding of what to discuss with Usagi. I'm sure she'll be helpful but it'd bet better to maximize the effectiveness of that advice.

>>35456505
This sounds like a good idea here. But seriously, we is stealthy character. If we're getting hit, we're doing it wrong, though to be fair, she's also level 2, and we're level 6.

>>35456656
Yeah she's weak. Perhaps we'll train her... To be a better fighter.. and to be totally honest she needs to get sneaky.

CQC sessions? Make it an objective to sneak out on her mom some times? That woman has got to have a high perception score. She gets good at getting away from her she'll be ready.

>>35456455
>>Talk about it, what do you say?
I had her play decoy, but I wasn't thinking.

The thing was a monster, even by the standards of Youma. I couldn't have taken it head on. I don't know why I thought she could.

>>35456619
changing my vote to this. we're willing to talk to mom, but we need to talk with Kairi first, because >>35456654. We'll talk with Usagi then.
>>35456688
yes to CQC sessions. We're the Big Boss of Sneaking. though we may need to rely less on invisibility.

>>35456656
We are also far tankier than she is. We've got decent buffs to AC, decent combat skills, and great damage boosts we can apply. We could have easily been the distraction while Kairi freed the girls.

>>35456455
I don't think outright denial CAN work here, but maybe something low on info like: >>35456636

Also, besides being largely honest, also conceals our actual combat usefulness through self-depreciation.

>>35456455
>Deny, you don’t want to talk about it.

>>35456455
>>35456636
seconding, for what it's worth.

Tough choice... DOn't want to shut Mom out cold, topic still iffy...
this sounds best:
>>35456455
>>35456619
The Knight part is in the area we aren't sharing right now so perhaps more:
>I tried taking a more active role in something, she got caught up in it. It didn't go well. Got to keep to support.

Writing

>>35456688
We might want to get get Midori and Keiko in on that as well after we have our next talk with them.

>>35456938
A good idea. Keiko really needs any of the help she can get. I can see her being a continued target.

Midori... is Jade? Correct? She's been putting up with the bullshit.

>>35456938
that'll be a bit, We've got the whole Normandy to talk to before the next mission.

>>35456964
Keiko could use some magic training too. She's probably able to punch in New Senshi class for power, but has little idea how to use it.

>>35457024
Ill be honest. Mikage and Keiko working together tickles me pink.

Re-incarnation of evil queen and earth heir working side by side.

>>35457024
She threw around a third level spell in the dreamscape.

>>35457049
The Queen-heir of Earth, her four General-Knights, and her advisor. Nice setup for yet another alt-timeline.
>>35457067
Like I said, she has the power, she just needs training.

So I was autistic enough to count, and of the non-Artemis posts, tripcodes account for 107 of 170 posts or 63% at the time of my counting.

>>35456973
I laughed. An apt comparison.

Though we'll need to be quick about it, the big meeting is tomorrow. Gotta figure out who we want to talk to in the morning, what we're during while the meet is going down, and who we're talking with after that.

Tonight, I'd like to work on talking to ourself once anyone stopping in on us is done.
Need to poke around, maybe through our dreamscape, and exampine this darkness going on. We didn't feel right the other day when we shifted to Red Eyes for the first time after chewing on an ancient evil, and I've not forgotten that. On top of that the power of the Earth cleanses that build up we didn't really notice until some got washed away, and Earth magic is a healer and restorer.. it speaks ill of what is sticking to our metaphysical ribs.
I think we need to self examine as best we can, make sure Metallia isn't lurking.

>>35457169
Okay...?

>>35457106
It's like a society for people pursing justice. A Justice Society of Japan.

>>35457176
Thanks, glad you liked it. Paragon for life.
I still think tonight should be Koyomi and Kairi. We examine ourselves when we sleep.'
Dumb question: What's the meeting tomorrow for?

>>35457226
It's the senshi's big briefing on all the shit that's been going down.

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>>35457222
You. I like You. I like how you think.

>>35457244
Yes, Eclipse REALLY needs to be there for that. though, we should anticipate being called out as Mikage. Because, you know, kids aren't stupid.

>>35457226
PIT and the Scouts are having a big briefing of information sharing.
Usagi has invited us, but we put it off a firm answer.

General leaning toward doing other things while PIT/Scouts are distracted, though no firm consensus.

Suggestions like:
Patrol for the enemy somehow knowing and taking advantage of their distraction.
Sneak into PIT to test their security and visit Setsuna.
Try to get a suggestion of something an someone that knew PIT might try to target from Naru and keep an eye on that.

>>35457270
So even more reason not to go.
We already didn't want to go because we didn't want PIT to know there was a connection between the Scouts and us.

>>35457313
I vote for Sneaking into PIT, for visiting Setsuna if nothing else.
>>35457341
ah, forgot that it was with PIT. see above.

>>35457270
Outing Mikage's identity in the middle of the PIT briefing would be at least a little stupid. Everyone else who got that piece of the puzzle has put things together in a hurry.

>>35457382
point made, point made. Sneaking to visit Setsuna is a better use of time anyway.

~I really don’t want to talk about it now,~ you shrink into your spot on the bed, ~At least, not in detail until I’ve talked about it with Kairi. Okay?~

Your mother nods and walks over to you. Sitting next to you, she lays an arm across your shoulder.

“Of course its okay. I told you that we wouldn’t talk about anything you didn’t want to,” she smiles warmly underneath the makeup, bead twinkling under her eye in the light of the room, “Though I could tell you stories, guilty stories of almost failing to save her mother on an almost weekly basis,”

~Weekly basis?~ you quirk your eyebrow.

“Yeah, until her mom moved her out of Juuban she was involved in a ton of my early fights,” she grouses embarrassed, “Actually my first time as Sailor Moon was saving her from a monster that tied up her mother,”

~huh,~ you muse, ~anyway...I just did something reckless tonight, taking a more active role. Kairi got caught up in it and...I really don’t want to go into details,~

“That’s alright,” she nods and gives you a quick hug.

She rises and goes toward the window, and looks up into the night sky with a happy sigh.

“I’m glad you came home, Mikage,” she smiles, “I’m glad you’re willing to open up to me again,”

~Mom, you’re embarrassing me,~ you joke and relax a bit.

“That, dear, is a mother’s prerogative,” she nods sharply before squealing in delight, “EEEH! Mamochan’s pulling up! I’m can’t wait for his reaction!”

She turns to you with some degree of thought and concern before straightening up her demeanor and steepling her fingers in a strange combination of nervousness and plotting.

>>35457485
“Mikage, could you do me a favor and send your father straight up. We have to talk about a few things. Important things. Grown up things,” she nods and confirms to herself before rushing over to her nightstand and sorting through old violin concert cds.

~Eh?~

...oh god...what have you done?

>Time to go check on the girls, yup, getting the hell away from this.
>Hide in your room until the movie is done.
>Go down to the kitchen for that stress eating, you may have given yourself another reason to do so.
>Get Kairi, time the two of you had a talk about earlier, and to make good on your promise
>Go talk to dad, maybe holding him up will cool mom’s heels and you won’t be responsible for...that.
>write in

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>>35457515
>Time to go check on the girls, yup, getting the hell away from this.
Koyomi time
Also,
...oh god...what have you done?
EVERYTHING

>>35457515
>Go down to the kitchen for that stress eating, you may have given yourself another reason to do so.
>Get Kairi, time the two of you had a talk about earlier, and to make good on your promise

>>35457515
>Get Kairi, time the two of you had a talk about earlier, and to make good on your promise

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>Important things. Grown up things

Yesssss

>>35457515
>Send dad straight up
and then
>Get Kairi, time the two of you had a talk about earlier, and to make good on your promise

We owe her, and we owe our darkside a taste of the peaches.

>>35457515
>>Go down to the kitchen for that stress eating, you may have given yourself another reason to do so.
>>Get Kairi, time the two of you had a talk about earlier, and to make good on your promise
We've got two hunger tracks. Might as well stuff them both at once, right?

>>35457515
Go check on the girls, lure Kairi away when the movie is over.

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>>35457515
Fine, changing my vote to
>Go down to the kitchen for that stress eating, you may have given yourself another reason to do so.
>Get Kairi, time the two of you had a talk about earlier, and to make good on your promise

BUT, if Koyomi sees, gets even more scared/traumatized, and we don't get our talk, I will... probably gloat for five seconds, then try and figure out damage control.
>>35457652
Sweet, smexy, happenings

>>35457652
>>35457570

To be fair, wasn't it implied that the two of them were at it the night he got home.

also, given the way Usagi is still described as a lovesick teenager whenever he is away, even in her thirties, that they've probably been very active in the few in game days that got skipped?

>>35457722
Yeah, that makes sense. My dad used to have a DC job, and while he did his best to take mom and me along, there were times that he was gone for weeks on trips. When he got back though... Those two made every moment count. Helps when you room is RIGHT NEXT to your parents.

>>35457722
Yeah, but I'm a Too Much is Not Enough kinda guy. Plus I'm totally enthralled with the idea of Ganguro!Usagi and if Mamoru isn't, I will totally step in and bat for him. Such lovely things must not go to waste.

>>35457820
Hey, you want to break the dimensional barrier just to bang Usagi? take me with you, I may need to do a bit of hands-on compensation for Mikage.

.... and I just realized the phrasing. Screw it, that's my story, I'm sticking to it. I'm Here To Help Mikage.
>>35457825
good idea, just way too late.

>>35457887
Well, we just spent all week asking about Crisis on Quest invades us. Might as well invade them back now. It's only fair.

>>35457982
Fair warning, I will be siccing Hotau on you and Gnash if you cause any trouble. I think I have pull with Usagi, therefore, the original Senshi. Just remember, none of you have any powers.

...

right then.

writing

>>35457887
I think you and me are gonna be friends.

>>35458024
Hey, if you're deploying an anti-planetary noble phantasm just to wreck the two of us, that's more our victory than yours.

>>35457515
>Time to go check on the girls, yup, getting the hell away from this.
>After telling Dad that Mom is waiting upstairs

Operation littlest sister is a go

>>35458026
I have nothing to do with it. My computer has done two blue screen crashes since trying to answer.

I'm going to blame the rest of them for that, somehow.

>>35458084
Also, somehow my font sizes and zoom is way off, but my resolution claims to be the same. WTF.

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>>35458033
Hell yeah. This is going to be great.
>>35458055
>implying I'm not just keeping you two busy running for your lives so Pervy, Melee, other anons, and I can work uninterrupted.

>>35458132
Actually, if she's not going to nuke me straight off, I think I could probably come up with some good lines to make that work for me.

The New Senshi are good kids, but actually pervying on them is a job for younger perverts.

>>35458266
Its more her not wanting to cut loose planet killing weapons in populated areas than anything else. Still doesn't stop her from trying to shis-kebab you with the pointy end of that glave.
And while she's doing that, I'm actually not trying to get into some loli pants, but curing some kid's cancer. From there, who knows.=?

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>>35458342
This story sounds... familiar. I think I remember how it ends, too.

>>35458342
Fuck you guys are weird as fuck.

>>35458381
just look how happy she is

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>>35458266
Just thought exercise sake though, what are those lines you had in mind?
>>35458381
Hey, I'm willing to do the Homura route. If she can do it so can I.
>>35458400
> mfw implying anything here is normal

>>35458381
Sayaka is pretty awesome, favorite character in Rebellion.
Also, we need a sword.

>>35458381
Ok, now that I actually googled it, I'm willing to risk being turned into a monster if it meant Venus was cured. Sailor Scouts purify and heal monsters mode from people, so I'm good.
>>35458536
We have a knife, but a magic* rapier would go well with Eclipse's knight motif. *don't want to hurt the person inside after all.

>>35458589
I like sticking with the knife, since I'm a bigger fan of the Magical Commando Snake-tan Desu! route.
>>35458536
Sayaka a shit, HomuHomu best girl.

>>35458456
Homura After Story goes into some really messed up places. If that's your path, you're really not any better than me or Gnash.

I was just thinking that a Hotaru at this point is looking pretty lonely for a lovely young doctor. Though come to think of it, she might be a lesbian like her mamas. Probably a waste of time hitting on her, but maybe I could convince her to throw some d10s around sometime.

>>35458589
Wait, what? You know what Homura's route is like, but you had to Google Sayaka? I'm not sure I know what you're talking about anymore.

>>35458536
Sayaka is pretty cool but Kyoubro is bestest-tier.

>>35458637
>hating on blueberry

>>35458400
oh believe me this is like 10% output. i can go way weirder. I'm just perving on MILF Usagi here.. this is far from my final form

>>35458637
>Choosing Devil over Archangel
I don't know, man. I just don't know...

Y'know, it was always speculated that Charlotte might have been a cancer patient. Maybe Nagisa and Venus should hang out.

>>35458641
1. Hotaru's confessed to Usa. she's lesbian. I wish you best of luck.
2. I know that Homura basically relived the same month millions of times in order to prevent Madoka from becoming a magical girl/witch. any more than that, no idea.
>>35458637
true, Magical Snake is our combat style we've invested in.

>>35458589
>>35458750
Well, you're starting to get spoilered on some things, but I highly recommend marathoning the whole series and then watching the Rebellion movie. You will be on a roller coaster of feels, both known and unknowable.

>>35458637
Homu is my favorite out of the main series, but I really liked Sayaka's portrayal in Rebellion.
In hindsight, for similar reasons as well.

>>35458750
Okay, so you mainly know of Homura's commitment to Madoka. But the final form of that commitment is something that forces even Kyubey to acknowledge the existence of evil in the world. Are you willing to become evil itself just to save one girl?

>>35458868
Rebellion is really the only thing that kicked Sayaka into my top spot.

It's kind of sad that Madoka's wish probably completely unmade Kazumi.

>>35458641
Her logic was sound, and really it covered the major thing that was left hanging. She went through all that, and still hadn't gotten what she wanted that whole time. That's gonna leave a mark.

~Sure,~ you sigh in defeat and leave the room as your mother goes about adjusting the lights and double checking her look in the mirror.

You arrive downstairs in time to hear the call of your father’s entry into the living room.

“I’m home,” he says, to the collective shushing response of everyone thralled in the movie, “Sorry girls,”

~Hey dad,~ you whisper as you step over to him and give him a hug, ~Mom....ugh…wants to talk to you upstairs. She said it was important,~

“Oh,” he smiles and leans over to give you a kiss on your forehead, “Is that...Kairi? What’s on Her, Usa, and Venus’s face?”

~Makeup. Longstory. Mom’s waiting,~ you sigh.

“Okay. Heh, I wasn’t expecting all the girls to be over here,” he smiles and ruffles your unstyled hair as he heads up the stairs.

That pleasant visit with your father concluded, despite sending him up to that, you quickly step behind the assembled movie watchers and into the kitchen. Stealing a quick glance at Kairi as she laughs as Hero Rena runs, arms flailing, through an office building being destroyed around her by the pursuing giant robot covered in intricate giant sized egyptian jewelry.

Turning back into the kitchen, you go into the pantry and find one of the open boxes of mom’s emergency chocolates. Savoring a few strawberry cream filled chocolates from the box, you close it and return it to it’s hiding place before moving over to the fridge. They are divine. Bitter chocolate melting over your tongue and giving way to a smooth and milky strawberry sweetness. Humming at the flavor you drift away from the pantry after grabbing a small bag of crab chips.

>>35458868
Ok, I'll try and do that over fall break.
>>35458641
>>35458927
>Homura After Story
>5 second on google
>listings under literarytravesty
ok, I have all the evidence I need to say that I will be avoiding anything detailed in THAT like the plague. If it comes down to Rebellion's thing of becoming practically God... I'll take things one step at a time and have faith that the laws of Sailor Moon will veer away from that.

>>35458976
She could have been an angel, like Sayaka only better. Instead, she chose to become a devil and rape her goddess.

>>35458999

You need something more filling. Skipping the container of mom’s chicken curry, you settle on a convenience store sandwiches and bentos your mom sometimes buys in bulk for Koyomi when the both of them oversleep. Crunching down a few more savory crab chips, you reach in and snatch a mozzarella tomato & pesto on a garlic roll. Ripping off the folded shrink wrap, you enjoy the pre-prepared meal in six easy bites.

After your practical inhalation of the snack, you crumble it’s wrapper and the empty crab chip bag into the trash and sidle on out of the kitchen. Leaning out of the archway you send a telepathic message to Kairi.

-Do you have a few minutes to talk, Kairi-chan,- you send her, and she momentarily stiffens, -I also owe you a clear head, don’t I?-

-Sure, Mikage,- she shakes her head and gets up, “I’m going to make some popcorn. Does anyone want any?”

“Yes, please!” Chorus Venus and Koyomi.

She gets up and heads over into the kitchen. You’ve already taken out a foil stove top popper and turned the burner on low as she steps over the threshold.

>Time to talk, about what?
>Om nom nom
>Write in

>>35459026
>Time to talk, about what?
I'm sorry about putting you in that position earlier. I'm the tough one, I should have sent you to help the girls while I faced the monster. But I sent you and I almost killed you...

>>35459004
I did it in one sitting.
As I said, it was a rollercoaster experience.

>>35459007
It didn't suit her goals.
Shrug.

>>35459026
>>Time to talk, about what?
>>Om nom nom
Let's have the conversation we need to have, then omnomnom. Then we can be full and happy when we go back to the movie.

>>35459026
>Om nom nom

Stuck DMing goddammit

>>35459070
>>35459026
>>35459091

Talk before Nom, Yes. That way if we lub something and accidentally trigger more peaches, we can just harvest them right away

>>35459091
>>35459131
Plus, We may be able to take it somewhere more private where little feet won't wander.

>>35459026
>Time to talk, about what?
>Om nom nom

>>35459070
Is pretty good. We should probably offer to help her with training too like we were discussing earlier.

>>35459162
The kitchen is private. Everyone else is either upstairs or busy with the movie.

>>35459026
>Look, we have got to be more careful.. -I- have to be more careful. I.. I can't loose you like that. Promise me you'll try to stay back? And kick me if I come up with a terrible plan that puts you at risk? Please?

>>35459026
>Om nom nom

>>35459176
sounds great. >>35459026 + >>35459070 + your idea.
>>35459188
I'm being paranoid that Koyomi or one of her friends will see us feeding. We need to take EVERY precaution.
>>35459207
anon, would you be willing to combine suggestions with me?

>>35459188
You say that knowing full well someone could just wander in for a drink.

>>35459257
EXACTLY! We need an excuse to go some place more private, like our room.

>>35459281
Hm... well, I suppose if you want to distract the girls from our inconspicuous popcorn making by doing something blatantly suspicious, that's up to you.

>>35459026
some combo of these sound fine to me.
>>35459070
>>35459176
>>35459207

>>35459252
No issues with combining.
We could talk training in the morning, just jog on up during our morning run.

>>35459316
True, but, >>35459257's still got a point. Think people, What's the middle ground here?

>>35459372
Ok, bring up training in the morning, everything else now. Sounds great. now there's that issue of privacy...

>>35459374
Tell her to come up after the movie and we'll talk about her other request.

>>35459026
>>35459402
YES! Excellent. Let's do it! That can segue into a sleepover chat with lil sis next. A plan's coming together...

>>35459026
>>35459402
>>35459401
So emotionally blurt out concern for her safety in a quick burst, and ask her to come up after the movie to talk more and deal with other issue.

>>35459452
I'm ok with that.

>>35459430
>>35459452
Also, we should ask about Kairi sleeping over, otherwise we want to make sure she showers again before heading home.

>>35459491
again? did we put a camera in there or something?

Writing

>>35459530
We don't actually need a camera. Miki's plenty energetic, so we could probably get away with some friendly skinship now that we've merged her in with our main personality.

>>35459530
Well we did do the Miki thing on her. I figure it's about cleaning that up. Naru would likely not approve.

>>35459530
Don't want to send Ganguro Kairi home to her mother.

>>35459588
Good point. Our requirement to troll Naru doesn't extend to getting Kairi in trouble with her.

Of course, if Kairi is willing to join our grand quest, that's entirely up to her.

>>35459588
>>35459608
Right, Right. Good Call.

>>35459579
I'm certainly not going to complain if it goes that way.

>>35459579
Isn't she with Beryl's reincarnation, Girl-whose name-escapes-me-at-the-moment? you want to go Harem route, that's fine, but Harem is not comparable with emotional scaring route.

>>35459665
I think you're confusing Miki, who is us, with Jade, who is not.

>>35459628
We don't want to troll Naru, at least not openly.
She's mother to our best friend and a major contact/resource to have on our side.
And she could make our life very difficult.

>>35459691
I mean isn't Kairi in a relationship? Or am I thinking of two other people, Not!Beryl included.

>>35459724
Kairi is not, but she expressed interest in Gai.

>>35459724
Kairi was crushing on Gai, and Koito was crushing on her...but she has been super dedicating herself to Mikage.

>>35459738
>>35459753
Ah, thanks. If Kairi wants to sleep over, I see no problem with skipping the PJs and going straight to the 'sleeping', AFTER the talk with Koyomi. that is very important.

>>35459753
There are love triangles, and then there's this. I believe it's called a Klein bottle.

>>35459799
I'd almost rather we have our talk with Koyomi and cuddle up with little sis like we did already with big sis.

>>35459808
And then Mikage is crushing on Gai and Sasha.

Koito is also crushing on Koyomi who is crushing on him, Gai, and Yeon

Aiha and Rin have something but don't realize it.

>>35459808
>Klein bottle
I call it Harem shenanigans waiting to happen.
>>35459828
Words can't express my agreement with this plan.
>>35459851
Are you the anon who did the Dramatis Personae a while back?

>>35459851
I think Rin realizes it, judging from her reactions when Aiha has talked about Eclipse.

>>35459851
I don't think Mikage was really crushing on Gai. More like he smelled deliciously of peaches.

>>35459999
Part of her desired Gai, he was flavorful without having to be just peaches.
Red Eyes enjoyed hanging out with Sasha, while Mikage had a bit of panic at realizing it could have been considered a date and how certain things Red said could be taken. Mikage and Miki have found him attractive. Miki considering fashion possibilities.
Miki also considered flirting with Koito.

>>35460131
and flirting with Gai to confuse him

>>35459851
Though Koito has not admitted to himself that he likes Koyomi. He also crushes on the third Sailor Moon.

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>>35460281
We need to make a 'Permission to date my Imouto' form for Mikage to vet Koyomi's suiters.

I should note for the record that, for the most part, I'm going to stand by older discussions that put Mikage as less interested in romance in general due to her history.
Though when Miki and the Beast are both integrated, I can see her being more willing to put herself out there more, but still hesitant to really get romantically involved.

She has love-trauma in with the rest of her issues.

I could see relationships eventually forming though, but not the pursuit of a harem.

>>35460391
Yeah, she doesn't seem to have the appetite for that yet.

>>35460391
fair points.
>>35460434
yeah, fantasy's over. Time to head back to the salt mines.

>>35460479
iunno about you, but I've still got my hopes pinned on Usagi. I doubt we'll see any of their interlewd, Arty doesn't seem like that kind of QM, but thats not going to stop ME from dwelling on it between posts.

>>35460391
Though I can see Mikage and Red drawing closer together over Sasha interaction. Perhaps he will be the one that she has a heart to heart with that helps bring that part of her together.

Makes me feel like I should find other people for Mikage's selfs to bond over.

>>35460635
Also: Sasha=Kunzite's chosen successor? Maybe. I'm just going off of them having a similar color pallet here don't mind me.

>>35460635
True, Sasha does seem like a guy who has a good, understanding, if blunt, head on his tiny shoulders.

>>35460720
Judging from the hints that we've had, yes.

>>35460720
Or a possible successor. Artemis never said there would only be one.

>>35460720
>>35460749
yeah, that hasn't been subtle. So, two-part problem here for us to solve: 1. how do we introduce him to the REAL Mikage, secrets and all? 2. How do we bring him into the whole 'Generals' angle?

>>35460853
Honesty is the best policy?

>>35460933
That's a horrible platitude for a stealth and CQC type. It might be the right tool for the job, but it's not a good master plan.

>>35460853
We'll just see how things evolve. Mikage isn't privy to our suspicions, and after Kairi nearly getting killed she's likely to be slightly tightfisted with the remaining Generals since she doesn't want to see these people in harm's way.

As for indroductions. He follows reports of Scout and beast activity, he knows the name 'Mikage', and the Beast would like to hang out with him more often anyway, he's fun. So like I said, the situation should evolve.

>>35460933
When it comes to relationships: Always.
Bit of old-fashioned philosophy my parents drilled into me: there can be no secrets between partners.
>>35461013
again with the tool business.
>>35461029
Let it evolve huh? Sounds good.

Welcome to Autosage.

>>35461029
She might also be looking to recruit so Kairi doesn't have to watch our back by herself.

As she steps over the threshold, you are overcome with sudden emotion and fling yourself at the girl and envelop her in a hug. Her surprised face in your makeup is super cute as you hold her tightly against your fluffy and soft nightshirt.

“Mikage,” she whispers sharply.

~No...I need to say this first,~ you hold yourself back from shaking, ~I was reckless, I should have been the distraction while you freed the girls. I’m the tougher one. I shouldn’t have put you in such a risky position,~

She slowly frees herself from your light and tight grip and pushes you back far enough to look into your eyes sternly with her hands held tightly to your shoulders.

“Stop it,” she says sternly.

~but I-,~ you begin.

“I said stop it, Mikage” she hisses and forces you further into the kitchen and away from the archway, “Calm down,”

You sniffle a bit and right your posture.

“I chose this. I took my oath to be your knight, Princess,” she grits her teeth as the first of the kernels pop on the stove, “and I will serve you and your command. By your side I will grow strong enough to protect it, don’t be afraid for me. Never be afraid. With you by my side, how can I fall?”

Pop pop.

~Doesn’t mean I wasn’t stupid,~ you grouse, ~It was a bad plan. Tell me if you think I had a bad plan,~

Pop pop pop

“I will, Mikage,” she smiles and pulls you into a hug, “and I’ll start now,”

Pop

~What?~

Pop pop

“Nephrite told me how you don’t want to entrust them to successors,” she chides and hugs you a little tighter, “The longer you don’t find people you can trust with the Shintennou the more open you leave yourself. You don’t want Koyomi to go it alone, well I don’t want you to go it alone either,”

Pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop

>Write in

>>35461212
>Heartfelt thanks
>Omnomnom delicious sadness
>Omnomnom delicious popcorn
All the best things right here with us.

>>35461212
>OK, Kairi. I'll start looking for successors. I may already have one potential. In the meantime, how about after the movie, we go take care of that favor I owe you.

>>35461212
>that write in

Explain that we're hoping to resurrect them, and we don't want to let them down. Acknowledge that we need more help, agree to find successors for the Shittennou.

Sorry, i just dont have any actual dialog to contribute here.

>>35461335
Sounds good.

>>35461212
Frown, grouse, glance to the side trying to avoid the fact we've been avoiding.
Sigh.
"Maybe.. maybe you have a point.. but we're both, well, we haven't had the largest circle of friends.. it may take time to find people we trust that are willing to risk their life for.. a broken princess.
It'll be hard to find someone as good as you Kairi.. thanks for being here.

>>35461212
>>35461335
seconding. it covers all the bases.

>>35461212

>>35461335
I like this general idea

>>35461439
I think this dialogue has some merit too

>>35461439
To find people who are willing to risk their lives for... Princess No?
Pretty sure we know that nickname, and it has the right flavor.

>>35461439
anon, shall we combine our ideas? yours is nice and emotional for the Successor issue, and I just want to be sure that we get our 'private time' with our knight. Sound good?

>>35461596
Nah, Princess No just shut everyone out. Mikage IS the broken princess on her own: no title, no regal bearing, no kingdom, nothing but what her loving family gave her.

>>35461212
>>35461335
eh, close enough tonally for me.

>>35461675
Mikage is who she is, but so many people see her as Princess No, and she has to be aware of that. Acknowledging that reputation right now would emphasize just how difficult it's going to be to find the people who would be willing to fight for us.

>>35461785
I was referring to her being broken mentally.

>>35461843
Also a callback to Kairi's interlude listening to Mikage talk to Usagi.