>>35590671
Up and down, criss crossing, weaving. Your throat is closing from the pressure. There are too many of them; not an inch of you, clothed or not, is free from the swarm. Your arms slam against the bathroom mirror, trying to get them clear of your arms as the tightness of suffocating starts to swaddle the rest of you.

The tension on your neck increases as the last vestiges of light disappear before your eyes. Your fingers are too constrained the pull. Even though you can’t breath, it hasn’t been so long that your lungs burn. This panic is about the pressure. Tightening against your skin, as though any second the soft threads could become razor wire and…

Snicker snap.

You awaken with a start at your desk, in the safety of your room. The last thing you clearly remember was talking to your secretary via video chat before your connection dropped. Huh, you must have been out a while, your laptop has already shifted to sleep mode. That must mean you’ve been idle for forty minutes...strange.

Brushing against the trackpad, your device hums back to life. There are a few missed connection attempts from your secretary. The two of you had been talking...but...then what?

With a groan you rub the back and front of your neck, it hurts so much for some reason. And, you feel unusually hungry and thirsty.

Oh, your connection is working again. Might as well return the Secretary’s message.

“Oh! Madam President,” the window unfolds and shows your dedicated friend in a simple t-shirt and actually holding his toothbrush, “After the connection dropped, I had assumed you had been called away,”

>>35590711
“You can drop the formalities, Kazuki,” you sigh, “It’s just us,”

“Right, sorry Mio,” he sighs, “Is everything okay?”

“Yeah,” you shrug, “Just nodded off after the connection dropped. Weird dreams,”

The two of you continue to talk for a while longer, plotting the next week at school after classes resume. Before the all ends, you notice something resting on the back of your hand, staring at you with eight glistening eyes. Normally, you’re terrified of spiders.

Right now...watching it...all you feel is thirstier.

You watch it, and don’t remember. You don’t remember the man who appeared behind you when your connection died. You don’t remember his whispers. You don’t remember the black dust he blew from his hand or the rust color of his short hair.

What you do remember, is a growing paranoia for the safety of your idol. The belief that something is wrong, and you need to find out what is? Is she in danger? You aren’t sure. Is she the danger?

Your hand flips to dump the tiny creature onto your desk. With your open palm you bring about its end. When Kazuki is looking down at some comic he wanted to share with you, you bring the hand to your face and lick the remains on some unfathomable impulse.

Its sweet.

You want for more.

Interlude End

>>35590731
Quest Start

Sunlight breaks across the ocean waters of the horizon, but before it even touches the shore, you rise and reach out with practiced reflexes for your alarm clock. Again returning to your comfortable pattern of preventing it from going off and coming to full wakefulness of your own conditioning.

Or rather, you would, if you weren’t sleeping on your side with your back to the wall and something hugging you very tightly against it. Even in the predawn darkness of your room, you can see the almost luminescent mop of blonde hair that unmistakably belongs to your little sister. She’s hugged against your tightly, as though relaxing her arms in the slightest would mean you would vanish from her life altogether.

You are Mikage Chiba, second year high school student, age 15. The smaller girl preventing you from meaningful motion is the fourth person to bear the title of Sailor Moon. A little over a year ago, you gave up being the third for reasons that still feel so painful but today feel so far away.

On the far side of your sister sleeps your best friend, Kairi Osaka, her back against the blonde klutz wrapped tightly around you. Kairi is bundled under the blankets and tightly hugging one of your pillows. Where Koyomi, your sister, sleeps tensley you marvel at how relaxed and peaceful Kairi is. Even as she winces against the sunlight breaking through your window, there is a smile on her face.

It makes you laugh slightly, remembering last night where you demonstrated to Koyomi the ability you acquired from soothing your pain turned into radical darkness.

It was cute, hiding behind her fingers like it was the scary part of a horror movie.

>>35590762
Yeah. It was. Kairi fell into you during the demonstration; relaxed, giddy, and sleepy from the easing of her pain. You became aware of her lingering anger at the circumstances surrounding the two of you, the sorrow she feels over the revelation of her loss, and her sympathetic sadness to your own pain from the same.

That her trauma was so open to you, that it can still so easily swell within her...you wish you could take the pain away from her entirely. Heal the scars of the past year, spent alone in the dark, but it is a process. And she trusts you. She believes in you.

And in that belief, you feel that weight of odd nourishment again in your heart.

Even though her negative emotions don’t provide any of the delectable, but clinging, shadows your darker self craves, it did provide some perspective on your most recent monstrous feast. The creature known as Gamu proved an enigma to your pallet. Normally after draining the darkness from a host, you find yourself awash in awareness and information about that person’s pains and suffering.

That girl, whose name escapes you this morning, had none. A brute formed of only the fear and pain of the table in the lab where they turned her. Nothing else. No great trauma in her life. No terrible regret. No overwhelming sadness. Given her disposition when a monster, you hope not to have an extended interaction with the real girl anytime soon.

Well, time to get the day started. Sliding your arm out of Koyomi’s grasp, you turn off your alarm just as the initial blaring chime makes both sleepers tense. Time to face the day.

>Start your morning workout
>Wake up Kairi and ask if she’ll join you on your morning workout
>Wake up Koyomi and ask if she’ll join you on your morning workout
>Wake up both, and ask about the morning workout
>Fuck the workout, continue to sleep. Wait, are you forgetting something?
>Eh, you don’t need to work out today but you should still rise? Wake anyone?
>Write in

>>35590800
Yay! I'm on time!
>Wake up both, and ask about the morning workout

>>35590800
>Wake up Kairi and ask if she’ll join you on your morning workout

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>>35590800
>Wake up both, and ask about the morning workout

>>35590731
Oh dear.

Bah, can't focus, need food. back in a moment

>>35591074
So, we've got a hungry, lethal, Peter Parker in our future?

>>35590800
>Fuck the workout, continue to sleep. Wait, are you forgetting something?

>>35591074
Oh, I don't have any. Neat.

>>35590800
>Given her disposition when a monster, you hope not to have an extended interaction with the real girl anytime soon.
I am amused by this.

>Time to face the day.
Wake Kairi, invite her on our morning run.
Threaten to turn her over to her mother is she doesn't.
Make attempt at waking sister, but she'll probably just keep sleeping.

>>35590800
>Wake up both, and ask about the morning workout

>>35590800
>Fuck the workout, continue to sleep. Wait, are you forgetting something?
Haha! Fuck my job! Today has been the most boring day, but not anymore!

>>35590800
>Wait, are you forgetting something?
I think we are forgetting something.

Only thing I can think of was wanting to do a self-exam of our shadow-ness, Red Eyes had felt something wrong the other day after nomming on Metallia.

Alright, been enough time. Tallying

Looks like you want to try and wake Koyomi and Kairi.

Unfortunately, you'll need to make a concerted effort to wake the littlest bunny.

Give me a moment to set a DC and a die roll.

>>35591400
No, I think we found that we were OK. More so after that Earth Lay-line bath. I think that line refers to the Meeting between the New Senshi and PIT, which we should probably use as an excuse to sneak in and chat with Aunt Setsuna.

>>35591236
More likely someone stepping him up from crazed fan to crazy fanatic, possibly as an indirect attack on her.

>>35591400
There's that briefing today.

We should probably talk to Keiko and Jade, we did promise Kairi we'd get serious about recruiting.

>>35591457
That just reduced our level of shadow plaque, it could be that the Earth bath helped with the Metallia issue, but we can't just assume.

>>35591412
For waking someone that takes after her mother?
I imagine we're rolling a d20 vs her d100.

Rolled 16 - 8 (1d20 - 8)

DC Koyomi has to beat is -5 to successfully hear you waking her.

Then writing

>>35591484
So a hungry, obsessed, Peter Parker.
>>35591496
If we want recruitment, we need to include Sasha.
>>35591536
Well, I think Setsuna might be able to help us determine if there really is a problem and possibly work out a solution.

>>35591484
Well it's Keiko's fan club president. Hard to imagine that isn't an indirect attack on her.

>>35591597
We don't know if Sasha is actually a potential or not.

Also, didn't Artemis mention on twitter about a spider monster of the week?

Rolled 16 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>35591593
rolling
and 4chan isn't giving thread updates like it should.

>>35591620
Yes, Sasha is a potential. Artemis practically gave it away when he posted a censored, AKA head blocked out, image of the four knights in their transformed state.

>>35591597
While we, the players might think about Sasha that way, we mainly know that Jadeite and Midori had a reaction to each other.

>>35591597
We promised Jade a talk when she found out we were the Beast. I think the two of them should take priority, we can date later.

>>35591657
I meant in character. Do we have anything in character that has lead us to believe he's compatible with anyone?

>>35591684
No.

>>35591661
1. Red Eyes, and thus Mikage, liked him.
2. we can shadow him and see if any of the other Generals feel a connection to him.
>>35591675
A Relationship is optional, but you do have a point with Jade.
>>35591684
>implying we care about in character or not at this point.

>>35591593
If she doesn't wake, I'm tempted to do makeup on her while she sleeps.

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>>35591747
>mfw

>>35591739
Let's not push the general on the tiny russian I'd rather get more comfortable with our current group.

Wasn't Jade a lock for a stone?

>>35590800
>Wake up both, and ask about the morning workout

Working on a variation of Blood on the Risers for a morning cadence.

>>35591747
>You became a ganguro vampire after all!

>>35591739
I don't think relationship is optional.
Or the very least we wouldn't consider it optional.

Why we might be keeping an eye out, and be more open to taking on more, I don't think we're going to start stalking the boy or anyone else without real cause.

>>35591786
Exactly.

>>35591739

Huh, I hope its implied that some of you still you still care.

I hope it is implied very much indeed.

I would be ever so cross if all pretense of propriety would be thrown out the wayside.

>>35591836
I care. Clearly you can't trust Scholar. He flip flops far to much.

You should listen to all of my suggestions.

>>35591786
I support this plan of action.

>>35591786
Yes.

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>>35591772
>>35591786
Stop stop my boner can only get so hard

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>>35591773
that's fine. And I'm pretty sure Jade is a lock too.
>>35591794
So you're saying we have to make him both boyfriend AND General? Explain how
> I don't think we're going to start stalking the boy or anyone else without real cause
can't apply to "We need to to help save the world" as much as "I want to go out with you".
>>35591786
>>35591818
>mfw
>>35591836
Well, when it comes to stuff like Venus' cancer, yeah. I'm exploiting the heck out of meta-knowledge/planning.
Other than that... I'm open to respectful debate.
>>35591883
You want to BAD END this quest. I change because I go with what's the most reasonable at the time. or whatever produces the most comedy.

...fuck...making her up has me losing my sides...Okay. I can work with this. I can work with this so much...rewriting.

>>35591836
I certainly feel meta should be kept very seperate.

>>35591883
While your love of bad end choices bothers me, it does not offend me as much as that.

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>>35591739
>>35591933

>>35591964
I feel like we've already achieved a major objective here.

>>35591933
>So you're saying we have to make him both boyfriend AND General?
The fuck are you on about?

>>35591964
Good, Good.

>>35592110
That's what I'm saying. I thought >>35591794 says a relaitonship, aka him being Mikage's boyfriend, is optional, and we should not view it that way. I'm saying, to my understanding, that if a general has a connection to him, we can make him a general without being in a relationship with him.

No fighting!

Well...okay

Less fighting!

....okay that won't work

Just...no broken bottles for shanking

>>35592215
This was me

>>35592195
The heck, that wasn't what we were talking about, we're were talking about a connection to the General. Coming in with relationship to Mikage is completely out of left field.

>>35592215
>>35592238
In the interest of being respectful to everyone and Artemis, I'll agree to less meta from now on IF:
1. Gnash makes clear what his feelings are. It's had to separate his personal beliefs from what he votes/will vote on.
2. Still keeping the Venus Cancer cure info. I care about that little ball of energy too much to let her die.
>>35592300
Well, I'm been off and on quest wise. I think Mikage isn't mentally and emotionally ready for a relation ship, for the record.

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>>35592238

>>35592300
plus, >>35591675 and>>35591794 brought it up. Unless they meant relationship as 'recruiting him to be a General/Knight.'
>>35592396
It's, not I'm.

>>35592473
Dming can't read all the things you wrote.

Jade before tiny russian.

>>35592502
I see no reason to disagree with that course of action. Sounds like a plan.

>>35592396
>I'll agree to less meta from now on IF:
No 'IF'. You can't make being a decent person dependent on whether you think someone else is being one or not.

And we can't directly act on Venus until we know. Hidden Movement only.

>>35592473
I meant relationship to a Shitennou, which is what we were talking about.

>>35592552
The cool thing about questing is that when someone else is pushing an agenda based on blatantly OOC knowledge, you can call them out and vote against it.

>>35592552
1. Fine. But I'm still voting against Gnash's hate-schemes.
2. Ok, I apologize for my misunderstanding. let's try that again. You're saying that we probably have no choice but to recruit Sasha as a Shitennou. I agree 100% with this.

>>35592534
As long as there is a tiny russian involved at some point in the next ingame day I see no reason to say no to this.

>>35592552
I meant >>35591675 to imply that a romantic relationship was all Mikage would be considering with Sasha at the moment, since she doesn't know he's compatible with the shittenou.

Therefore, if we're recruiting knights we should be looking at Jade first.

Not that we shouldn't recruit him eventually, it just shouldn't be topping our immediate priorities.

>>35592724
Ok, so talk with Jade, then Sasha?
Also, I would still like to fit Setsuna in the schedule.

>>35592813
All of the yes.

>>35592813
If she needs to see us, I'm sure she'll make time.

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>>35592913
>mfw
still want to visit though.

>>35592671
I oppose some of Gnash's suggestiong only on the grounds of things being out of character, same as overtly meta choices.

I didn't comment of whether we have a choice, just that Mikage has no reason to suspect him as a candidate so far.

>>35592813
Actually, I'm thinking we should stop in on Kairi's mom if she's still home this morning.
She is 'in' on us now without us having talked to her ourselves yet.

Midori and keiko should be checked up on, if nothing else than to follow up on them after all that has happened, and keep trying to be their friend. Possibly explore General possibility.

If it looks feasible, the sneak visit could be nice, but we have to be super careful.

Also thing we should visit Rin after the meeting, talk about Red Eyes, her visions, and what they learned at the briefing. Maybe include Aiha as well.

Sasha, we should check our Lurk accounts, but a can't see Mikage being comfortable contacting him, though Red might next time she's out.

>>35592813
We don't know exactly what happened to Setsuna in character per Arty's ask.fm
We could probably find that out if we went to the briefing, but without that knowledge I'd file Setsuna under 'somebody else's problem' for right now.

>>35593062
>Actually, I'm thinking we should stop in on Kairi's mom if she's still home this morning.
Also maybe give our own debriefing on what went down last night in exchange for her help last night, and maybe see if she thinks there is anything the enemy might try hitting while the Scouts and PIT are distracted.

>>35593122
Well, I first suggested the idea of sneaking into PIT as a test of their security, maybe poke around a bit if it proved lacking.
Visiting Setsuna was more tacked on later as a target to try reaching.

>>35593062
1. remember, we did notice him having half of something magical in him, and the other half may or may not be in a bear.
2. That's alot of people for one day, but since all of them seem logical, let's try and work out a schedule for the visits.
1. Naru, Kairi's mom
2. Setsuna* *working under assumption that PIT meeting is first in morning. sneak visit best be done during that time.
3. Jade
4. Rin and Aiha
5. Midori Keiko
6. Sasha
>>35593122
Mikage knows that Setsuna was discovered injured by her partners, Senshi Uranus and Neptune, and is in PIT's care. Yes, it is our problem, given everything else that's going on, it's probably connected.
>>35593136
sounds good.

>>35593186
I believe the meeting was 3pm, if memory serves.

>>35593181
I think we agreed poking PIT was a bad idea since they may deem us a threat/something to be observed. Setsuna, we can ask her what happened to her and all about the enemies we're currently fighting, including Jewel Thief, the shadow creatures, and the Earth Kingdom connection.
>>35593206
Ok, let me rework the schedule a bit...

>>35593240
I still don't trust PIT. Poking them remains a valid method for ascertaining their level of competence, regardless of which side they're ultimately on.

>>35593206
New Normandy visit List
1. Naru, Kairi's mom. for last night debrief.
2. Jade, for General recruitment
3. Midori and Keiko, for follow up and possible General.
4. Setsuna* assume 3 PM, during Senshi-PIT meeting, for answering questions about things.
5. Rin and Aiha, for Red Eyes, Visions, briefing learning.
6. Sasha, for Potential General recruitment and possibly introduce Mikage.

Listening to music while doing this quest always has me making connections to them.

>And all the voices won't recede
>I've finally found what I was looking for
>A place where I can be without remorse
>Because I am a stranger who has found
>An even stranger war

>>35593318
>2. Jade, for General recruitment
>3. Midori and Keiko, for follow up and possible General.
Psst
Jade is Midori.

>>35593322
Well, A voice did recede, sort of. other than that, yes, that is fitting.
>>35593313
I don't trust PIT either, and that's a good point. Can we just not set off any alarms until after meeting Setsuna?
>>35593342
*facepalm* fuck it's late. editing...

>>35593318
Sashe, unless he's messaged us, probably hold on until tonight. Then skulk about as Red Eyes looking for more Earth Nodes and impulsingly contact him for a ride.

Normandy visit List, not with 5 Hour Energy!
1. Naru, Kairi's mom. for last night debrief.
2. Jade/Midori and Keiko, for follow up and possible General.
3. Setsuna* assume 3 PM, during Senshi-PIT meeting, for answering questions about things.
4. Rin and Aiha, for Red Eyes, Visions, briefing learning.
5. Sasha, for Potential General recruitment and possibly introduce Mikage.
>>35593378
hence why he's on the bottom of the list. and I second that Plan.

>>35593410
I can work with that. Depending on timing (Midori and Keiko might not be free until later) we can easily enough move that element to after Rin.

Pushing on Kairi’s shoulder, the dark red haired girl groans and sits upright, rubbing the overly long sleeve of borrowed pajamas to her eyes to clear them of the crust of sleep by habit. She groans a bit and looks about your room confused, last night was the first time in a long time that she’d been in your room. Given how you redecorated since middle school, it probably seems very unfamiliar. When she notices your own weight on the bed as well as that of Koyomi, her eyes widen in recognition and remembrance. Then a smile.

She scrubbed her face clean before bed last night, which is just as well, its pretty annoying to sleep in your base tan. The lingering magics interact poorly with sleep and sweat, prompting the color to run a bit.

~Good morning, Kairi-chan,~

“Good morning, Mikage-chan,” she replies.

Returning her smile you push your other arm free and lightly shake the younger girl clinging to you for dear life. Bleary eyed and drooling, your little sister looks up at you in certain confusion.

“Mikage-neechan,” she questions.

~Good morning, Koyomi-chan,~

“Ueee,” she groans, “What time is it,”

~A little after 5,~ you note.

She buries her face back into your chest, removing one of her arms from the slackening grip around your middle and reaching to re pull the blankets over herself. Her muffled voice echoes into your ribcage.

“t’s too early,”

Now we need to find a way to keep Kairi busy and feeling useful while we investigate PIT. She doesn't have the stealth chops to join us on that mission.

>>35593474
Great! I'm a flexible guy, so whatever Arti throws at us, I can adapt the schedule.

>>35593541
Prying your sister free again, you find she is adamantly trying to keep her eyes shut and the sun away from her. Despite her momentary waking, she seems to immediately fallen back into her slumber. A terrible thought strikes you.

Your makeup kit is out and open on your desk.

Your smile turns sinister as you pet your little sister’s soft blond locks.

~Kairi-chan,~ you sing, ~Can you pass me my kit?~

She snickers and tries to silence her laugh with one of her hands.

A little while later, you manage to finish the task without waking your sister. Rather than using your tanning oil, you used regular foundation and coloration. Enough of your precious precious stock has been used up already thanks to mom last night.

Oh...you never got to give her the soap or instructions to wash it out. You really hope she didn’t sleep in the stuff.

Koyomi, however, looks cute. You gave her the basic treatment, though you have her heavier shadow above the eye and none below. On top of the basic tank, you’ve also given her a sunny blush on her cheeks and two slight purple painted spirals atop the light yellow blush.

Kairi and you both giggle at your work upon the drooling middle schooler. Grabbing your compact mirror, you hold it above your sister and shake her awake again.

~Good morning, Koyomi~ you snicker and sing anew, ~You became a Ganguro Vampire after all,~

At this point, you are quite certain that your little sister has managed to make a sound above the threshold of human hearing. Her eyes shoot wide and she grabs the compact mirror out of your hand before sitting bolt upright.

What is she doing?! Make it stop!

>>35593570
You hear nothing as she screams soundlessly.

You and Kairi fall onto your sides in laughter as the girl stops screaming and looks at you with an extremely upset expression on her face before her shoulders begin shaking and she falls into laughter on the bed beside the two of you.

Koyomi grabs your shoulders as the three of you find your composure.

“Vampires don’t have reflections,” she giggles out and then whines, “Ah. I can’t get back to sleep now,”

~Then don’t,~ you muse and regard her and Kairi, ~Do you girls want to join me in my morning run?~

“Can’t be any worse than my mom’s,” Kairi stretches.

Your sister, she just looks at you...dubiously.

>Persuasion test DC 25 to get Koyomi on the run. How do you convince Koyomi to join. dice+1d20+10, best of 3, 1s and 20s wild.
>Decieve test DC 25 to get Koyomi on the run. How do you lie to Koyomi to convince her to join. dice+1d20+8
>Intimidate test DC 20 to get Koyomi on the run. How do you press her into the run? dice+1d20+8 DC 20

Rolled 12 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>35593596
>Intimidate test DC 20 to get Koyomi on the run.

How can you expect to outrun Ganguro vampires if you never practice running?

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>35593596
>Persuasion test DC 25 to get Koyomi on the run. How do you convince Koyomi to join. dice+1d20+10

"Come on. It'll be fun, it's how I got into shape to be a scout in the first place, we can make it a family activity!"

Rolled 17 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>35593596
>>Intimidate test DC 20 to get Koyomi on the run. How do you press her into the run? dice+1d20+8 DC 20
As emeritus Sailor Moon, we have absolute authority in matters of "This is for your own good." She can run with us, or we can tie a rope around her ankles and pull her.

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Rolled 11 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>35593541
>She buries her face back into your chest, removing one of her arms from the slackening grip around your middle and reaching to re pull the blankets over herself. Her muffled voice echoes into your ribcage.
>“t’s too early,”
>mfw
>>35593570
>At this point, you are quite certain that your little sister has managed to make a sound above the threshold of human hearing. Her eyes shoot wide and she grabs the compact mirror out of your hand before sitting bolt upright.
HA! She's her mother's daughter alright! also, parents are probably up now... assuming they slept at all.
>>35593596
>Persuasion test DC 25 to get Koyomi on the run. How do you convince Koyomi to join.
by what Melee says >>35593642

Rolled 4 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>35593596
>Persuasion test DC 25 to get Koyomi on the run. How do you convince Koyomi to join. dice+1d20+10, best of 3, 1s and 20s wild.

Rolled 12 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>35593596
>Persuasion test DC 25 to get Koyomi on the run. How do you convince Koyomi to join. dice+1d20+10

Rolled 19 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>35593596
Want is the appropriate roll to tell her she's going to develop rolls without exercise?

Sounds like scare tactics.

Intimidate, ho!

Rolled 14 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>35593596
>Persuasion test DC 25 to get Koyomi on the run. rolling...
> How do you convince Koyomi to join?
By this: >>35593642

>>35593732
>>35593668
whelp. looks like we're still traumatizing Koyomi. the mental image of >>35593668 if silly enough, that I'm OK with being outvoted. Just be sure we're clear to Koyomi and Kairi that we're kidding.

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>>35593785
Behold, her greatest fear.

Rolled 14 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

Tallying

3 intimidate

5 Persuasion.

DC 25 against a roll of 22.
Kairi is attempting an Aid another, DC 10, to give you a +2. And she is socially flanking, so that's another +2. Bringing your total to 24. If her aid another is successful you get a 26.

>>35593834
So, did Aid another work?

>>35593818
still better than tumblr remake

>>35593864
Her roll totaled in a 16. The stated DC to the test is 10.

She made the roll.

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>>35593921
Upon putting on my glasses, I can see that it did work. I'll be quite now, unless anyone else feels like chatting.

>>35593957
You'll be quite what?

>>35593957
So actually I was thinking that as we start getting our little troop of knights together we might reach to Helios for help with training them up.

What do you guys think?

~Come on. It'll be fun, it's how I got into shape to be a Senshi n the first place, we can make it a family activity!~ you pull at your little sister’s sleeve and plead at her with large eyes.

“Yeah, running with friends is super fun!” Kairi exclaims, having woken up full of sunshine and pep.

You envy her for being an actual morning person, where you have to force yourself to be one.

Looking back and forth between the two of you, Koyomi puffs her cheeks and considers the situation. Her eyes linger on you, in slight worry.

Worry about disappointing you. Concern that you’re being so forceful at getting to spend time around people when you used to act just as extreme to keep them at bay? Too many possible worries and concerns. Letting her breath go, she nods.

“Let me get into my gym kit,” she groans before shooting you a dirty look, “and wash this stuff off my face,”

~Aww,~ you snicker, ~It looks cute on you. Being a natural blonde makes it look super awesome,~

The cadence you say that with is familiar, but to use it yourself still feels...foreign.

A few minutes later, the lot of you are outside and ready to go on a casual run. Kairi in borrowed clothes and...wait she didn’t have sneakers.

>Lets go for a long run
>Lets go for a short run

-

Where do you want to swing by?
>North side of time, shopping district
>Stay local, use Gai’s gardens as markers
>Head over to the school, use the athletic field track
>Run to Five Hills and back, break at the Hikawa Shrine

-

>Is there anything you want to talk to the two of them about during the run?

>>35593550
Could have her meet with Midori and Keiko ahead of us, or continue with them if we're with them first.

>>35594126
>Lets go for a short run
>Run to Five Hills and back, break at the Hikawa Shrine

Don't know what to talk about. Maybe small talk with Kairi while Koyomi catches her breath.

>>35594098
Yes, for sure.
>>35594082
Quite upset that I can't spell.
>>35594126
>Lets go for a short run
no long run without sneakers.
>North side of time, shopping district
>time
so we're on the TARDIS?

>>35594126
>Lets go for a long run

>Run to Five Hills and back, break at the Hikawa Shrine

>>35594126
Let's go for a FUN run. Which means they run until we're tired.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWgsdexkv18

>>35594126

>Tell Kairi to fetch her sneakers
>Training regiment run

Let's see if we can put the fear of God into these girls.

>>35594126
Short run, as a warm up, and probably more than enough for Koyomi. Break, and let Koyomi go home, then the two of us go to Kairi's house to discuss things, hopefully catch her mother at home too.
Maybe do more workout after, maybe with Naru.

>Stay local, use Gai’s gardens as markers
Sounds good for a short run.
And increases chances of seeing Gai and family.

>>35594126
Ok, changing my vote to
>Lets go for a long run
and
>Run to Five Hills and back, break at the Hikawa Shrine
we won't be able to talk with Rin about the PIT meeting, but we can check back with her and Aiha post-3.
>>35594220
>>35594244
seconding these.

>>35594126
>Lets go for a long run
>Run to Five Hills and back, break at the Hikawa Shrine

>>35594244
>>35594220
I'm thinking a short warm up run, then see Naru, THEN the deathworkout.

>>35594284

The problem is that Koyomi might take the chance to duck out of it and I have this hankering to see her suffer. Not SUFFERING-suffer, mind you, but putting a nice good phobia for running shoes into her mind should be good.

>>35594126
>>35594284
I'm always up for a 'both' option! Let's do it! Just remember to link back to the story post so your vote counts.

>>35594310
See I want her to duck out after a short run.
Two reasons.
Doesn't slowdown the real workout.
And give us a chance to talk with Naru. Who we hoped to talk to.

>>35594126
Looking to do this:
>>35594284
>>35594349

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Rolled 6, 9 = 15 (2d20)

Looks like a long run to the Hikawa Shrine and back, then walking Kairi Home.

Possibly involving yourself in one of Naru's death workouts.

give me an athletics test, 1d20+2 against DC 15

Rolled 12 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>35594403

>>35594403
DAMNIT, sorry, another quest I follow is up and I'm posting in multiple threads here there and everywhere. Forgot trip

Rolled 20 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>35594403
rolling...

>>35594403
NotDio.jpg

Rolled 17 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>35594403
HAHAHA TIME FOR A FUN RUN!

Rolled 3 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>35594403

Rolled 18 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>35594403
>>35594428
Gotta go fast.

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>>35594428
I'd spout some military slogan about the Marine Corp, but I'm not a moto, so I'll settle for this. Melee, got any cadences for Mikage?

>>35594492
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWgsdexkv18
or
They say that in the scouts the coffee's mighty fine
It looks like dirty water it taste like turpentine
They say that in the scouts the chicken's mighty fine
One stood up on the table and started a double time
They say that in the scouts the pay is mighty fine
They give you a hundred dollars and take back ninety nine
They say that in the scouts the sailors mighty fine.
They look like Halle Berri and walk like Heidi Klum.
sung to They Say in the Army

>>35594661
I like both, immensely. First for the short run, second for the long run with Naru?

>>35594718
It would actually be reversed. Because the second one is shorter.

>>35594801
Ok, let's go with that.

Huh, I can find no reference to the Japanese having a marching, running, or training cadence.

>>35594956
Training is serious business. It's all like a Bloodsport training montage.

>>35594956
>>35594987
That's because we're talking US ARMY. we're big on psychology and mental fitness as well as physical fitness.

>>35594661
She speaks French too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDTr9CGdUOs

Kairi probably won’t fit into any of your spare sneakers, though when you turn to ask her what
her size is, she’s wearing an unfamiliar pair of blue sandals.

“Ready to go?” she asks.

“Lets do this,” Koyomi groans, unenthused.

~Let’s head over to Five Hills and back,~ you smirk, ~I know a pretty comfortable route,~

“Is it direct?”

~Scenic,~ you smile to your baby sister’s dismay.

Its a nice run, and you manage your pace like an absolute ace. You love running, you live for this run. Even if you don’t have practiced form, it feels natural and free. At some point you fall into old marching songs from the US army to spice up the run, edited to reflect your shared past. Its fine, its still before six on a weekday so the streets are empty save for a few other runners here and there.

Kairi and Koyomi do not seem to be enjoying things nearly as much as you are.

~Come on girls, put your backs into it!~ you cheer ahead of them.

The two are out of breath when you come to the public access water fountain at the shrine, Koyomi sticking her head under the high arc of the water to cool herself down. As you mill about in the common area of the shrine, you notice a familiar figure in less than traditional robes and pants. Gray and Blue in their separate color palette.

Yuuichirou Kumada stands off near the trees, sweeping the loose sand off the cobblestone paths of the shrine at a casual pace while smoking a cigarette. He is starkly different than the last time you saw him, in that he’s clean shaven. Though he is wearing sandals with velcro on them, still.

“Mikage,” Kairi groans as Koyomi continues to bubble herself, “I don’t think I’m done recovering from my run with my mother yesterday,”

>Ignore and rehydrate
>Introduce yourself and ask after Rin
>Wave at him, maybe he’ll recognize the lot of you
>Try and buck up Kairi
>Write in

>>35595021
Probably the same for both, I just found it interesting that the Japanese forces don't seem to have a well known cadence of their own.
Mainly find them running in silence so far. Is strange to me.

>>35595113
>Try and buck up Kairi
"Cheer up, we've only got another 10 miles to go!"

>>35595113
>Show mercy on our companions. Let them catch their breath, they made it here

>>35595113
>Rehydrate, Introduce yourself and ask after Rin
"Catch your breath you two, 'cause there's no break after this!
also,
> “I don’t think I’m done recovering from my run with my mother yesterday,”
two deathruns back to back? hell, this IS the military.
>>35595126
different training philosophies, I guess.

>>35595113
>Wave at him, maybe he’ll recognize the lot of you
>Try and buck up Kairi

>>35595113
>>Ignore and rehydrate
>>Wave at him, maybe he’ll recognize the lot of you
Maybe ask about Rin too, if she's asleep, maybe ask him to pass on a message?

>>35595223
Personally, I think the singing is the better way.
Increases oxygen use.

>>35595113
>>Ignore and rehydrate
>>Introduce yourself and ask after Rin

>>35595278
As someone who is 4F, I'll take your word for it.

>>35595327
I've never properly reached that level, terrible cardio even when I was out and jogging regularly.
Thus the respect for those that can run and voice at the same time, that ain't easy.

>>35595385
ditto. Plus, given the lyrics on most of them, it lets them vent on how much military life sucks.

>>35595113
>Ignore and rehydrate
>Introduce yourself and ask after Rin
break for the fresh meat, and chat with New Senshi.

>>35595445
Princess No has a point, Japan can be too polite.
I have no information on what it is like in their modern military, but I just can't picture them ever being as open about the bad parts.

Rolled 6 + 15 (1d20 + 15)

Give your friends a break and buck up Kairi seem to be taking it.

Give me a perception test. dice+1d20+1 versus the above roll.

Rolled 12 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>35595537
rolling

Rolled 20 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>35595537

>>35595600
Can we channel Gunny Sarge Ermy for this?

>>35595642
don't we have enough personalities?

>>35595674
1. not so much a personality as 'channeling the spirit of The Corp'.
2. it'd be a one off.
3. since we have a tie, should we SURGE to win it?

Rolled 1 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>35595537
Third roll since it looks like no one else is going to roll it

>>35595746
Well, at least we still have the 12, that's not terrible.

>>35595746
Whelp.

>>35595746
Woooow. Why does this happen every time.

>>35595782
well, now we can't win even if we SURGE. I hope you're happy.

>>35595817
sorry, meant to address that to >>35595746.

>>35595782
Crits are wild, I can't remember if Arty takes successes over failures, but its either a 21 or 2.

>>35595817
if you have a problem with it you could have rolled the damn dice yourself.

>>35595642
>>35595726

>>35595861
It's best if you ignore him.

>>35595843
Cancels each other out, leaving us with the roll of 12+1

>>35595861
Artemis wouldn't have counted it, since I already rolled. besides I'm not really mad, just disappointed we don't get to do INSPIRATIONAL SPEECh moment.

>>35595918
Gnash, you got to stop saying things I agree with, makes me nervous.

...HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA

>>35596008
Gnash, you wanted emotional conflict out of this quest... I think you're going to get it.

>>35595982
It's a perception test, we are or aren't noticing things.
Which I was still comfortable with the 13, until >>35596008
..Now I feel like that moment when the GM leans over and is like 'are you sure?' and you suddenly feel a lot more aware of the situation.

I'm going to suggest Planet Power. See if anyone else feels that way.

>>35596086
The best we can do is tie at 21. Sure, let's surge. if the DM is cackling, we best check everything.

>>35596000
Nerves means you're still alive. It's a good thing.

>>35596085
Yes, I'm sure I am.

>>35596086
The DC was 6+15, we couldn't win even with a surge.

Buck up and move on.

Ah, I just finished writing, but you want to surge for planet power?

Y/N

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>>35596117
>mfw

>>35596140
N

>>35596140
N

>>35596140
If I remember, Ties resolve in our favor, so yes.

>>35596125
Can mitigate. If we get no degrees of failure, maybe we'll figure it out later.

>>35596117
Don't think it's tied to this roll, but emotional conflict is very likely in general.

>>35596140
Y

>>35596140
N

Tie is unlikely. Not worth.

>>35596171
>forcing the QM to re-write

You have no shame!

No Surge

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~Come on, Kairi-chan,~ you boast, ~You’re amazing. I know you can finish this light jog!~

“I’ll let you know when I feel amazing,” she rolls over on the cobbles and rises to whisper into your ear with a hiss, “I’m cheating. These sandals are magic, part of my magic. I made sandals to help me run faster because all I have are heels,”

She stares at you a moment, frustrated. Your sister continues to loll her head back and forth under the deluge of the high arcing drinking fountain.

“How did you leave me in the dust like that?” she half demands.

~Natural talent?~ you muse nervously, ~Come on, Kairi. Its no big deal. Just a morning run. It isn’t a competition,~

“I guess you’re right,” she sighs and puffs her cheeks in renewed frustration before pumping her arms in renewed vigor, “This just means I have further to go. Okay then, I’ll do my best!”

You smile at your friend, it feels like old times. Before everything went to hell...friends like you always were.

These recollection distract you from the presence behind you until its too late.

A hand falls on your shoulder.

“Good morning,” Auntie Rei says evenly, “What are you doing here so early, Chiba-san,”

>AAAAAAH! Don’t sneak up on me!
>Oh, good morning Auntie Rei. I didn’t see you there.
>CHEESE IT, GIRLS!
>Write in

>>35596193
>implying anything's written yet.
*fake outrage on*
On what do you base that slanderous accusation, good Sir?

>>35596263
>>35596262
>>35596140 - Read this post please.

>>35596262
Oh, it was just Rei. no emotional conflict for you Gnash... for now. just you be patient...
>>35596262
>Oh, good morning Auntie Rei. I didn’t see you there.

>>35596262
"HAHAHAHA! TIME FOR FUN RUN! DOES RIN WISH TO JOIN US!?"

>>35596262
>AAAAAAH! Don’t sneak up on me!

>>35596262
>>35596316
seconded

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>>35596262

>CHEESE IT, GIRLS!

>>35596289
point taken. that was written fairly quickly.
>>35596316
a training run with the all new Senshi... I like it! More mental whiplash for them!

>>35596262
>Oh, good morning Auntie Rei. I didn’t see you there.
As fun as Senshi boot camp sounds, let's at lets properly introduce ourselves.

>>35596436
Why not both.jpg? Senshi bootcamp sounds hilarious! In fact, let's run around grabbing everyone!

>>35596262
>>35596465
So anon's proper hello, followed asking if RIn's home, then dragging her out for your Senshi PT Run. Seconding. I'm getting the impression you were in the military. Am I wrong?

Short break, gotta chop some veggies. Be back in two shakes

>>35596262
>>AAAAAAH! Don’t sneak up on me!
Catch breath.
"Out for my morning run, managed to corral these two into joining me."
I imagine Mikage passes by here on her runs a lot, though probably hasn't stopped here long in the past year.

>>35596262
these sound fun.
>>35596316
>>35596537
That'll give Gnash his emotional trauma. and comedy for us! Everybody wins!

>>35596537
Nah, I was a military brat though. And a bunch of my friends are military. I've also thought about getting a commission after I get my bachelors.

>>35596572
>>35596262
This

>>35596635
Air force is a safe bet. I've never met a marine who wasn't crazy as hell.

>>35596635
Still a solid background. I think we'll be getting to use that Sailor Scout Cadence after all.

>>35596695
PTSD is hell, but I've never met a Marine who, if he/she is your friend, is a friend for life. and fun to party with.

>>35596695
>>35596777
Going for pilot if I go in.

>>35596805
Smart man. I know a Marine Colonel down here. Tried to recruit me twice... "Blah blah blah you're a big guy fuck college."

Both of his kids run around with air force jackets on.

>>35596777
I don't party with Marines I like my liver.

>>35596819
I outdrink Marines.

>>35596819
So do I, that's why I'm the designated Driver. I never said I DRANK with Marines. I'm 4F as fuck, I'm not trying to kill myself.
>>35596854
And there's the second reason I like ferrying marines around: The don't back down from stuff like that. Fun times for everyone.

Was thinking about Navy at one point, but then health issues arose that cut off that route.
Wish I had gone in before that, wouldn't have had the healthcare to get fixed up again.

>>35596895
Yeah. Fun times all around. If you want what it was like, picture the syrup scene from Super Troopers only with Everclear.

>>35596937
Yeah. makes driving back with the piss-drunk lot worth it, especially since they'll be asking what happened, and I'm the only one who knows for sure.

>>35596900
It's funny how meeting a guy complaining about his time in the sub service had sold me on wanting to be a squid.

>>35597004
Driving with a carload of military folk is fun all the time, particular long drives where they start to shoot the shit.
Ended up in such a car ride heading out to a mutual friend's bachelor party. Everyone from different branches, plus myself and one guy that thought he knew things.
For all the holy-crap stories they told each other, my favorite part was when the thinks-he-knows-things guy said "clip" and everyone else in the vehicle said "mag" in the following instant.
Such told status. It was wonderful.

Back and writing momentarily

>>35597163
>clip
>everyone says mag
stuff like that makes playing video games fun too. I got into COD:MW cause of marines who played it in their off-time overseas. helps that they love taking the piss out of inaccuracies as much as I do.

Back, working

>>35597259
Good in tabletop too. Having people that handle material and roles seriously is great.

Rolled 93 (1d100)

~AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!~ you shriek, ~Don’t sneak up on me,~

Normally, you do the sneaking. You HATE being snuck up on. Koyomi laughs at you, water dripping from her head and down her now soppy pigtails. Kairi would laugh, but she is busily drinking greedily from the water fountain.

~I didn’t see you there, Auntie Rei,~ you say breathlessly.

“So you didn’t,” she says plainly before regarding you and Koyomi, “Tell me, will the two of you be joining us this afternoon?”

You consider it a moment, you never did decide on what to do about the PIT briefing. Before you can respond…

“Or did you mother forget to bring it up?” she grouses a moment before smiling, “That would be typical of her,”

“I’ll be there!” Koyomi volunteers beind you.

~I’ll get back to you on that,~ you shrug before an extremely evil thought strikes you, ~Say, is Rin awake?~

Not twenty minutes later, you are joined by four girls who you assembled in hasty runs from one residence to the next. Aiha and Kanari were already well awake, and excited in their ways about going out for a run. Venus-chan was super sleepy, but when she realized who had come over she rocketed into her clothes and has been running ahead of the group as a whole with her arms spread wide, weaving back and forth. Rin was still asleep, but came along begrudgingly all the same. She wound up trailing behind the group along with your little sister, Aiha was nice enough to slow down and run with her.

Kanari keeps even pace with you, competitive to the end against you. Kairi winds up falling a bit behind, but she finds her second wind and starts to catch up. Venus...she just keeps pulling ahead.

Soon, the lot of you find yourself finishing a complete loop of the town when you’re coming up on your neighborhood.

ENCOUNTER ROLL

0-40 neutral. 41- 100 ???

>>35598106

Rolled 6 (1d6)

>>35598106

>>35598106
Here comes Mr. Stay Puft.

Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>35598106
Stupid dice.

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>>35598106
>>35598150
Gnash, hold me. I'm scared.

>>35598150
...it begins

>>35598173
>>35598175
Are you kidding? I've got a grin on my face a mile wide.

>>35598175
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG-wHL06tBs

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>>35598175
Whelp. Day plan probably Murphied. though who would be dumb enough to attack a group of Senshi in broad daylight?
>>35598217
That's also why I'm scared.

>>35598173
Mmm, random roll chaos. If I ever move to the moon, I may need to track you down and game with you.

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>>35598217
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkBMAHUkibY
ALL HAIL THE LORD OF CHANGE!
>>35598294
chaos you say?

>>35598313
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsGRsDe3iRw

>>35598496
hey, you know that I'm not opposed to a good orgy of dubstep. plus, Slaanesh has all the good sorcers, for a bunch of non-Tzeentchens.

>>35598562
*sorcerers

>>35598562
Hmmmm. If you like decent dubstep might I suggest Koven?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpWMFrf9T24
This is Petrichor. This is the most melancholy of melancholy dubstep.

The girls separate off into assorted conversations as you plan the rest of your morning. You’ve resolved to head with Kairi back to her house and try your hand at her mother’s workout, how bad could it be. Generally you’re feeling really good about today.

Kanari keeps side glancing at you, trying to gauge something. Aiha and Rin are talking as quietly as they can whiling running, and you feel their eyes at the back of your head. They share their news with Koyomi who squeaks in surprise...and you feel further scrutiny upon you.

Doesn’t matter. You’re doing your morning run, but with friends. Venus is having the time of her life just running back and forth...and somehow circles around the moving group. The sun is shining, the birds are in the air, and nothing can go wrong.

As the lot of you turn the corner, you find your group faced with another oncoming runner a few houses down on the other side of the street. You’ve passed a few already, that in and of itself is nothing special. The problem is, you know this runner.

He’s wearing a black track suit with a white stripe running down either side, bowl cut pale blonde hair, and short.

Its him. Its him.

You are still so embarrassed by what happened between him and Red Eyes. To your greater embarrassment you still haven’t read the volume of Hero Destroyer Rena he gave you. And under the embarrassment, you want to sit him in a makeup chair and turn him into art.

Sasha.

You feel a tremor of anxiety rising in your gut.

>Panic. Just, panci.
>~About face!~
>Play it cool. Nothing to see here
>Hide in the back of the group, crouch low
>write in
>WRITE IN

>>35598562
Hmmmm. If you like decent dubstep might I suggest Koven?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpWMFrf9T24
This is Petrichor. This is the most melancholy of melancholy dubstep.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztr9uie5wF4

>>35598766
>Panic. Just, panic.

>>35598766
Oh... that kind of encounter.

>Play it cool. Nothing to see here

He doesn't even know Mikage.

>>35598766
>Play it cool. Nothing to see here
HE KNOWS NOTHING!
>>35598790
Great music. I personally prefer music a bit more... bombastic.

>>35598766
>>Panic. Just, panic.
Full spaghetti factory in front of all of our friends? Yes please.

>>35598766
>>Play it cool. Nothing to see here

>>35598766
>Panic. Just, panic.
Spaghetti everywhere.

>>35598790
>>35598842
Think this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N-FqHvr7OY

>>35598766
>Play it cool. Nothing to see here
we can make the saving roll, we can make the saving roll,

>>35598842
Here's a good mix from Cyberoptics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPS-l5YuLpc

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>>35598766
Time to for our hair to be paler than out face!

Panic!

Ever want to just disappear when you were a teenager?
Well, Mikage can.

Instincts bad.

>>35598966
It has a doctor who opening bit. Love it already.

Hmmm, play it cool or panic.

Final Destination

Link this post. No line breaks. No Comments. No Green text. No punctuation. No dice

1 Panic
2 Cool

4 minutes on the clock

>>35599064
2

>>35599064
1

>>35599064
1

>>35598930
Try some Mantis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1U67CBFZFw

>>35599064
1

Okay, this might be kinda important:

Does @ivandragowasright know @Princess_Cram?

>>35599064
Panic.

>>35599025
Batman professionally, panicking Paker in personal troubles?
Yesh.

Bonus would be that us vanishing means Kanari stops, the whole group stops, and they all end up talking to him while we dive behind a bush.

>>35599082
>>35599087
>>35599097
whelp. hope we brought our pills. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-8kmPJKGgM

>>35599113
Not personally. Possibly knows her online.

>>35599130
please explain why you think that sequence of events will occur the way you think they will occur.

>>35599064
1

>>35599167
Why would it not?

Crowd of girls forms in his path, wondering where we went, some of whom he's interacted with before.
People that might be saying, "Hey where did Mikage go?"

Panic it is.

>>35599215
except for the girl who can see invisible people, Aiha. she will follow us, and others might notice AIha.

>>35599254
We aren't hiding from her, we're hiding from him.
Panic is not meant to be thoroughly thought out!

>>35599090
I like it. Very aggressive.
>>35599326
hence why I'm not a fan of it. And you are admitting your plan will most likey fail right after saying it would.

>>35599351
It doesn't fail at all. That is still the most likely course of events.

>>35599351
Have some more Mantis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M50GGG9_Mm0

All this dub step. What happened to heavy metal?

>>35599399
Ok, I think I understand what you're getting at: You're saying that we turn invisible and hide, therefore the plan succeads, and that us still being found out will just be likey consequences. I hold that if your plan to hide results in you being found, the plan has failed. still, we're panicking, so Mikage isn't thinking clearly.
>>35599444
Give me a few moments...

>>35599444
how about these:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTw2YvutJRA&list=RDgTw2YvutJRA#t=0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QSP51TNTdQ&list=RD5QSP51TNTdQ#t=0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VO96cIxMx0

>>35599444
I started listening to Darkstep, which is like the electronic version of heavy metal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpjvvtuOKPA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt693D13sBo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCheTrJZGCg

>>35599534
I'm less into the 'singing' of metal and more the instrumentals personally. Good music though.

>>35599444
First I'm supporting actions that bring emotional conflict, now I'm agreeing with him again.
It's too late for me.

One of us.
One of us.
One of us.

>>35599624
NO! It's not too late! EMBRACE THE CHANGER OF WAYS, AND ALL WILL BE... RE-ARRENGED

>>35599524
>>35599534
Prodigy knows what they're doing.

Disturbed is dying. Everything after the sickness is a downward slope.

I'm a die-hard Rammstein fan.

Aber mein deutch ist nicht fantastisch.

Lamb of God/Plague wind I haven't heard much of... I tend to dislike the music if I can't understand the singer.

I'm not against electro and techno and the like.. I just hate dub-step.

>>35599624
You have excellent taste.

>>35599620
I'm more at the epic metal end of the pool, love me some lyrics.
Though you gotta play it hard and loud.

>>35599679
You are no true follower of Chaos.

>>35599729
Hey, I'm Undivided! Big T-Z happens to fit with how I roll, don't be hatn', 'less you one of dem corpse-boys. You know what happens to Corpse boys in this end of the warp?
>>35599691
weder is mein.

>>35599691
Eh, I'll actually say everything after Ten Thousand Fists was shit. But The Sickness, Believe and Ten Thousand Fists are all fantastic albums.

As for Lamb of God/Winds of Plague...I've always felt that the ability to barely understand the singer really throws an impact to it that I don't get from other kinds of music.

>>35599796
I've got to be able to sing along man.

>>35599725
You ever play brutal legend? Game is centered around being an epic metal god.

>>35599831
Brutal Legend is the best 360 game and I will fight anyone who disagrees.

You halt, dead in your tracks. Time comes down to a crawl. Sweat rolls down your nose, you can feel it smoothing over the nigh invisible depressions of your pores. The girls around you are confused.

Venus pauses to turn, finger brought up to her lip in a physical gesture of curiosity. Quick as a whip she turns to look along your line of sight, hair trailing behind in an exaggerated slow motion that seems to be conquering your perception.

Your friend beside you and the presence of the other girls not in your immediate vision fade as the tunnel begins to encroach around your world. Tunnel vision heralding yet another panic attack as everything comes apart all over again.

He begins turning toward your group. He can’t see you! No! Oh no.

You dive to the side and into a shrubbery lining a nearby yard, instinctively becoming invisible mid leap. In the cover of darkness, you wrap your power of invisibility around yourself again and again as whatever happens outside...happens.

Struggling to root through your warm up jacket for your pills, you wrap your arms around your shoulders and just....just keep focusing on not being seen. No one can see you.

No one can see you...

...no one can see you...

-

>>35599868

-

You are Koyomi Chiba, third year Middle School student, age 13. Secretly you are the Pretty Guardian of Love and Justice, Sailor Moon!

This morning you were woken up by your big sister at 5am, you didn’t even know there WAS a 5am. After an admittedly hilarious prank, she convinced you to join her for her morning run. Eventually, she roped all of your Senshi friends into the run as well. A few moments ago, Aiha and Rin showed you something on the blue haired girl’s phone.

Apparently there were some photos that came up in Aiha’s search algorithm last night after they left your house.

Interesting.

Its was really hard to look at the phone screen pictures while running, they were posted to some Lurk account, @sprintspectrum7. The first few were so hard to make up so you didn’t even bother, actions shots from the look of it. The last couple were through a window going into the fast food place with the black pepper fries on the north side of town.

When Aiha explained it in as hushed a tone as she could manage...you squealed in shock.

It was the jerkface from the other night at the Crowne Arcade on a date with your sister in her horror movie antagonist wanna be getup.

No way. Wait...why is everyone stopping? You almost ran into Osaka-san.

Where did your big sis go? What’s going on? Looking past Osaka-san’s shoulders you catch a glimpse of someone across the street who has slowed down to take in your suddenly stopped and confused group of mismatched girls running together.

WAIT A SECOND!

ITS THE JERK FROM THE CROWNE! THAT JERK WAS ON A DATE WITH YOUR SISTER!

Well, this is awkward. Do, do you shout accusations at him, ignore him, or make awkward small talk? This is honestly new territory for you.

>Write in

>>35599919
WHERE DID MIKAGE GO! WHAT DID YOU DO WITH HER!?

>>35599951
Change that to MIKAGE-NEECHAN

>>35599868
Except for Aiha.
you know what they say, take two steps forward, one step back.
>Captcha: VOLUME rkslehgh
>>35599919
>THAT JERK WAS ON A DATE WITH YOUR SISTER!
Screw it, If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Do this: >>35599951, >>35599967

Well, well, well. Such a sudden, and not at all unwelcome change of perspective.

>>35599919
>Full social attack.
Pity Koyomi doesn't have any social attack perks or social berserk powers that I can see. Oh well. SHOCK AND AWE!

>>35599831
PC and console copies.

>>35599853
You will not have to fight me.

>>35600058
Only sad thing is that the RTS mode was awful. commands just didn't work properly.

>>35599868
>THAT JERK WAS ON A DATE WITH YOUR SISTER!
Wait, how does she know this?

We will so get that burger-counter-guy.

>>35600110
Mikage told her last night.

>>35600074
That reputation is basically the only reason I've kept away from it. The concept looks beautiful, but I've heard only bad things about the actual gameplay.

>>35600110
>Its was really hard to look at the phone screen pictures while running, they were posted to some Lurk account, @sprintspectrum7. The first few were so hard to make up so you didn’t even bother, actions shots from the look of it. The last couple were through a window going into the fast food place with the black pepper fries on the north side of town.
>When Aiha explained it in as hushed a tone as she could manage...you squealed in shock.
>It was the jerkface from the other night at the Crowne Arcade on a date with your sister in her horror movie antagonist wanna be getup.
>No way.

Someone took cellphone photos of the fight and stuck around long enough to get some shots through the window of Sashy and the Beast. We have a very short list of suspects...and all of them OWE US A DEBT ALREADY

>>35600110
My eyes jumped straight to the caps words.

>>35600162
No she didn't, someone caught some photos.

>>35600175
>>35600185
AH, even more traumatic for Mikage. I love it.

>>35600175
One more reason to go out as the Beast tonight.

>>35600175
Hm... well, I'm sure someone will link that to @RedEyedBeast soon enough. Actually, it's probably already happened. So we'll just have to make some time after we catch up on Lurk to go find the damn fool bitches who think that posting pics of our date is a smart thing to do and learn them otherwise.

>>35600170
If it's on sale on steam... or bargain bin for ps3/360

It's worth it. The worst parts are two of the final battles. The rest of it, it's never really a problem.

>>35600175
>@sprintspectrum7
Wait, so one of the girls we helped save their friends took pics of us? well, Mikage knows none of this, so she's still jut panicking in the bushes.

>>35600301
It was before we helped them. Still it leads to some interesting repercussions.

>>35600170
The gameplay is pretty awesome.
Only complaint was that it is was fairly easy on Brutal difficulty.

Skirmish AI is harder, but in-game not so much.

Most of the gameplay complaints come from them not advertising it as an RTS at all and people not getting what they expected.

But if open-world driving while playing metal music and looking for secrets and missions, occasionally punctuated by third-person combat and leading armies in band combat, sounds appealing, you'll love it.
Man do I love just driving around in that game, so good.

>>35600301
We don't know if it was one of them, but we'll find out.

A small aside:

The actual feed of @sprintspectrum7

-Met the Beast a second time today. Happy to be alive. She isn't so bad.

-Jesus Fuck she's kicking the crap out of some guy in the MgRonald's parking lot. He's giving as good as he's getting! #streetfight

-assorted pics of fight-

-They're laughing like old friends. Her laugh is unnerving- (Pic of Beast helping Sasha up)

-I gotta admit, making him pay after kicking the crap out of him, she's got style.

-Okay, now this is just fucking cute. (pics of date)

>>35600394
Akiyama wouldn't be so crass.
Akane has the whole country girl thing going
Shizuka is quiet, timid, and sweet.
Smart money is on Nijiko. Or rather...dumb money.

>>35600380
but until then... Mikage panics.
>>35600394
so it was AFTER we met them... Not gonna lie, but who thinks this chic needs to be 'scared straight'?
>>35600422
we'll figure that out as Mikage, when she's not comatose.

Give me an intimidate test

dice+1d20+4

Rolled 15 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>35600564
rolling

Rolled 6 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>35600564

Rolled 5 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>35600394
Hehe.

>>35600422
Decent odds.

>>35600440
She'll snap out of it in time to discover the girls know she was on a date.
I feel bad that I find that funny.

>>35600564
Rolling.

Rolled 7 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

And retaliation

Rolled 1 + 4 (1d12 + 4)

and your ammo, because lets face it...you just unloaded the heaviest piece of social ammo a character has let fly in this quest.

>>35600598
So do I... Mikage'll pull herself back together, but I think this'll reinforce her hesitancy for a BF-GF relationship.

>>35600646
did Koyomi just blow it Big Time?
Lord Tzeench... why is this part of your plan...

Breaking from the group, as Aiha looks to and fro confused and Kanari and Kairi both begin poking around in the shrubbery, you know what you must do. Wherever your big sister has gone, its because of HIM! Did he break her maiden’s heart? Has his charm sent her away in terror from embarrassment? This boy has some explaining to do, and as much as you’ve respected Mikage’s privacy since she shut herself in her room, after yesterday you’ve had enough of her secrecy.

While she’s a tough pink haired nut to crack...without inducing a panic attack...maybe you can get some direct and straight answers from this guy.

Aiha’s phone still firmly in hand, you stomp across the street toward the confused boy in black as he removes his earbuds from his ears and recognition spreads across his features at you.

“Ice Cream girl?” he queries at your seemingly enraged approach.

Doesn’t matter. Nothing needs to make sense now. You’re an angry girl, therefore you can be nonsensical. Mikage isn’t here and he is, coincidence? You think not!

“WHERE DID MIKAGE-NEECHAN GO! WHAT DID YOU DO WITH HER!?” you shriek at the diminutive platinum blonde punk with the funny accent.

He seems momentarily stunned by your words, as though they lance to his core with impossible weight.

“Mikage-neechan? What the hell are you talking about, two scoops?” he barks up at you confused and...well confused with his stupid jerkface.

His words don’t phase you! You are unphasable! This is a matter of the heart, and a matter of family!

>you have entered social combat with Sasha.

>it is your turn