>>35791249
While you may be Mikage Chiba, 15 year old second year highschool student and formerly the third Sailor Moon, right now she isn’t in the drivers seat. After kinda diving into the cover of a panic attack to avoid dealing with something she didn’t want to or think she was ready to confront or deal with, she left you to sort matters out or get her the hell out of dodge.

You’re the part of her she is willing to let be carefree and the part of her where she wants to explore her own impressions of masculine identity. You’d be concerned that its an unhealthy combination and caricature considering you don’t know many guys who would ever act like this; but who cares, baby.

Before you are Kairi Osaka, and the ever enigmatic and short of stature Sasha. Off to the side your little sister diligently looks and calls for you alongside her friends. Earlier today, you and Kairi convinced her and the other girls to join you on a morning run. After seeing Sasha also on a morning run, you really lost your cool. So uncool.

Ah well, you haven’t really been paying attention the last few seconds as Kairi and Sasha talk about something. You have, however, had the foresight to swipe your phone into do not disturb mode. Huh, Kairi keeps glancing at you out of the corner of her eye. You wonder what she’s so keen on getting your direct attention on?

Well, either way you did decide to join the search party for yourself...so what are we actually going to do about that?

>Help them search, it’ll buy time for Mikage to compose herself, and you are already here
>Ask Kairi and the girls if they know anyplace you’d go to clear your head
>Subtly shoot everyone a mass text saying you’ve gone to a safe place to get your head together
>Bow out, this is getting lame
>Telepathically see what’s up with Kairi, she seems a little ticked off
>Write in

>Telepathically see what’s up with Kairi, she seems a little ticked off

>>35791254
>Telepathically see what’s up with Kairi, she seems a little ticked off

>>35791293
Anon, remember to link vote to story post or Artemis doesn't count it.

>>35791254
>Help them search, it'll buy time for Mikage to compose herself, and you are already here

>>35791451
Rather, in the larger votes I am faced with difficulty to notice or count it.

>>35791508
This was me.

>>35791577
>cue obligatory "IT WAS I, ARTEMIS" image.

Be back in 15, running errands.

Writing

>>35791674

Curses too late..

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>>35792197
>yfw

>>35792215
Yes. Attending a lecture from a holocaust survivor and donating to her charity...

Granted Depending on whether Kairi knows Mikage is Dan.. this could have some excellent results. Not sure I wouldn't have chose to vote this way myself.

Leads to the most immediate stress.

Long term stress would have been helping the search.

Good guy option would have been the text I think. So thanks for the assist!

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Yeah, Kairi seems a little ticked.

“Anyway, Sasha, I think that if you found her it might wind up making things worse,” Kairi explains tactfully, “given that seeing you sent her off into a panic in the first place,”

-Hey, good looking out Kairi. Say, are you okay? You seem a bit mad,-

“Well, probably,” he huffs and crosses his arms, “Though the little brat might start yelling at me again if I try to slip away,”

-I am mad, mostly because you’re hitting on me to look good in front of your ‘friend’. What happened?-

“Little brat?” you cast eyes over the group at large, “Which one’s the little brat?”

-Well, lets just say the center of the great tapestry that is me came undone. While its weaving itself back together, I got thrust into the drivers seat to buy time,- you mentally explain to Kairi as the perspective image of darkening tunnel vision of yourself clawing your way through the dirt and gripping the disguise pen shares between you in a flash, -As for the other bit, just calling it like I see it. You should be proud of what your mama gave you,-

“Two scoops, the taller blonde,” Sasha relaxes his arms and swipes his still wet bangs out of his eyes and motions to your little sister, “I didn’t even know what happened and she started accusing me of everything under the sun,”


Heh, that nickname is kinda cute. Though I take issue with calling Koyomi a brat.

-...okay…- Kairi’s voice softens as she rubs her temples, -So are we going to keep a charade going until they start expecting something really bad happened, or do you have a plan to let them know you’re okay. They still have a PIT debriefing to get to this afternoon and I don’t want to spend the rest of the morning feigning a wild goose chase,-

>How do you respond to Kairi?
&
>How do you respond to Sasha?

Then

>What’s the plan, or fearless leader?
>Write in

>>35792257
>Kairi: We'll keep it up for a little while... she's slowly starting to come around.

>Shasha"Hey the girls just worried about her sister... this is apparently your fault after all..."

- Don't quite understand the last part? I think..

>Split the girls into groups and continue the search. Stick with Sasha...

>>35792257
I'm fine with
>>35792317

>>35792257
>Kairi response: we just need to slip away then when the boss lady gets better she'll text the group that she's fine
>Sasha response: Sounds to me like the kid's just worried about her big sis. She'll cool down.
>game plan: split up, Go with Kairi and look for a place to change back and text the group.

>>35792257
>>35792317
Seconded

>>35792257
I'm wary of anything Gnash suggests after last thread, so seconding>>35792354

>>35792354
- Sticking with the Russian for a few reasons.

You wanted to see if that stupid stone king liked him and none of the other people here know him.

My money is hedged on Koyomi liking the Russkie.. so if you'd like to send him with her.. I'm sure that could lead to some interesting conflicts down the line.

>>35792389
Perhaps I'm suggesting something nice and totally innocent in hopes of driving you away from it?

Writing

>>35792413
Ok, sticking with Sasha for Generals to look over, but the rest stays the same.
>>35792433
No, you're not, but it looks like you're getting what you want anyway.

>>35792455
How could this possibly be a bad idea?!?! It's perfectly reasonable.

>>35792472
because the idea comes from you, I'll believe it's, reasonable and non-trauma causing, when I see it.

>>35792257
To Sasha: That's an amusing nickname
To Kairi: She'll be ready to resume driving when she's ready to resume driving.

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>>35791577
>>35791508

>>35792620
Thank you anon.

>>35792635
Jus' doin me civic duty.

-We’ll keep it up for a little bit. She’s slowly starting to come around, and I know I’d rather hear the reassurances I’m going to let drop face to face rather than by text,- you nod to Kairi and look back over to Sasha and talk half jokingly, ~Hey, the girl is just worried about her sister, and it sounds like its your fault, after all,~

-Understood, the girls are looking to me for leadership in this, as the oldest,- Kairi responds, -I’ll split us up into groups, keeping us together so you can change back when ready and to keep this alter ego secret from the girls,-

“ITS NOT MY FAULT?” Sasha growls up at you, grabbing the collar of your jacket and pulling you down slightly to face him, “I was minding my own business and taking a run. This all just got dropped in my lap unexpectedly,”

>>35792939


~Either way, you can’t deny that you calling a girl who's taller than you a brait is funny,~ you mock to his building anger and distract him from your and Kairi’s ongoing secret communique, -Actually I think I’ll stay by Sasha, once I’m ready I can give him the slip easily enough. I need you to keep the girls from getting too worried,-

<Is that wise, your Majesty?> Zoisite inquires beside you.

“Funny or not, this isn’t a comedy. I’m heading the way I came in case she doubled back behind this row of houses,” he releases your collar and begins to storm away.

~Oiy, wait up, I’ll help. If she’s in one of the back yards how will you see her over the fence?~ you casually stroll after him and catch up thanks to your longer walking gait.

“Good luck, I’ll organize the girls around the next few blocks,” Kairi explains, “Sasha, thanks for your number. I’ll call if we find anything,”

Ahead of you, he gives her an acknowledging wave without turning around.

“HEY! Where are they going!?” Koyomi shouts somewhere behind you.

“Too look around back of the houses. Koyomi, I need you and Kanari to come with me around this side of the street. Aiha, Rin, could the two of you check around the other side of these houses. We’ll all meet back here in ten. Okay,” Kairi rallies everyone around her.

“Calm down, Koyomi,” Kanari lays a hand on your sister’s shoulder, “Mikage’s a big girl, and this isn’t the first time she’s had an attack. We’ll find her,”

>>35792948
Turning back forward, you follow Sasha round the bend and around again into a thin walkway between fenced and open back yards facing one another.

“Alright,” he takes a deep breath, “Lets get this started,”

>Anything you want to say to or ask Sasha while you’re looking?
>Anything you want to say to or ask the Shintennou while you’re looking?
>Anything you want to say to or ask to yourself while you’re looking?
>Anything you want to try to reach out to the center while you’re looking?
>Write in

>>35792957
This is an option? I like this option.

>Anything you want to say to or ask to yourself while you’re looking?
>So.... How you doin?

>>Anything you want to say to or ask the Shintennou while you’re looking?
Is mighty mouse a match for any of you?

>Anything you want to say to or ask Sasha while you’re looking?
So! You interested in this girl.. or she open for the Ol' Dan D?
>Anything you want to try to reach out to the center while you’re looking? - I don't know what this means?

>>35792957
>Anything you want to say to or ask the Shintennou while you’re looking?
Any one getting a connection on Sasha? You did ask Boss Lady to look fer host fer ya'll.
>Anything you want to say to or ask Sasha while you’re looking?
So, tell me how the date went. Last I checked, you were going to meet this girl, and now her sis comes accusing you of hurting her? Sounds like you two had fun.

>>35792957
>Anything you want to say to or ask Sasha while you’re looking?
"So why'd you agree to help?"

>>35793047
Hell we could probably ask that question of Mikage as well..

>>35792948
Never mind I like this one better.
>>35793032

>>35793067
*Not particularly pertaining to this event.. but in general

>>35792957
>>35793032
This, but add
>>Anything you want to say to or ask to yourself while you’re looking?

Check on Mikage's condition. Not sure how longer we can wait for her to bring herself together, before the girls start getting seriously upset.

>>35793032
I can drop my vote for this but can we ask Mikage about her goals? I assume she's on the level.. but we know where that leads. Rarely do we get a chance and or think to actually speak with her.

>>35792957

>>35793075
If Artemis would be so kind, I would like to add your idea to my vote Melee.
>>35793067
>>35793091
Sure, I'm fine with that.
... and

>>35792957
>>35793032
>>35793067
Seconding these. I'd like to know what she's thinking.

>>35793101
*... and I do like how you write Dan.

>>35792957
>>35793028 Dropping this Even though I want to call him mighty mouse badly..

For >>35793032 And asking Mikage what her goals are... or thoughts on this whole scenario.. or both really.

>>35792957
Editing my vote >>35793032 to include calling Sasha mighty mouse.
>>35793122
Agreed. And never say I don't support some your ideas.

Writing

As you and Sasha walk down the way, calling out for Mikage every so often while sweeping the otherwise empty yards from your vantage points between them, you decide to turn toward a few internal conversations.

-So,- you begin adressing the three Shintennou still sheltered in your psyche, -Anyone feeling a potential connection to mighty mouse? You did ask the boss lady to keep an eye out for potential hosts, and he seems like he’d be good in a scrape,-

You feel the twisting motions of energy within you as the phantoms of the Shintennous direct their awareness at the young man a few feet in front of you. After a moment they break their eerie silence.

<While he is indeed martially capable,> Zoisite observes, <I don’t feel anything from him, at all,>

-So he’s no go for you?-

Sasha continues to look about into the unfenced yards, content to ignore those with walls or hedges he cannot see over so you can justify your presence with the amazing super power of being of average height.

<None of us feel anything from him, Princess,> Kunzite explains in step beside you, <It’s as though we are to all but the outline of his presence,>

<It would be wise to have Kairi and Nephrite perform a divination, or to have young Rin or her Mother perform a fire reading on him,> Jadeite contemplates behind you, <Had you not asked us to investigate him, we may not have noticed this,>

-Huh, spooky,- you regard them as Sasha stops ahead of you.

He raises a hand, indicating for you to stop a moment and be quiet. Tensing up, he looks to his left, and then his right. The tension in his shoulders holds for a moment, he looks ready to spring at or away from something.

“Come on,” he says as the tension fades, “Lets keep going?”

>>35793906
~What was that about?~ you ask after him and slide your hands into your jacket pockets.

“Nothing,” he’s bad at lying and he knows it, so he relents a bit of information, “Just a weird feeling,”

Oh ho, bad feeling, he says. I was just thinking the same.

You regard your inner darkness a moment before returning your attentions to Sasha.

~So, tell me how the date went. Last I checked, you were looking to meet the kind of girl you don’t bring home to momma, now a cute girl’s sis comes accusing you of hurting her?~ you allude to Sasha’s previously state goals of challenging the Red Eyed Beast, now he’s going around calling her cute. You’re curious to see if he protects your more aggressive self’s reputation, ~Sounds like you found someone else and the two of you had fun,~

He bristles and faces forward, preventing any reaction to streak across his face from being seen.

“She was cute,” he explains evenly as he continues to stride forward, “The Beast, I mean. She was just as tough as the rumors, laid me out,”

~You’re saying that little blondie is the Beast’s sister?~ you give a low whistle.

He spins around and looks up at you with a serious and fixed gaze. If you didn’t know the things you already knew, and if you didn’t know who you yourself were, it would be pretty intimidating and intense.

“And you’ll do well to keep that to yourself,” he states, “We grabbed burgers together after our fight, and she seemed real put off by anyone else thinking of her as something or someone human; or anything other than this insane myth that’s sprouted up around her,”

Sasha’s shoulders slump a bit, “And now I find out that she has panic attacks. This is all just getting complex and I feel out of my depth,”

>>35793919
~Do you want to see her again,~ you lay a firm and supportive hand on his shoulder and fix him with the eyes of a man HA! who asks others to believe in themselves.

-Oh quiet you, besides. We need to have a talk too,-

I’m always open to any inquiry. Frankly I think you lot have been ignoring me most of the time,

Sasha continues to think, his eyes falling askance.

-We’re not ignoring you, baby, we are you...I think...just, what’s your endgame. With the Shadows we’ve been snacking on and with being a separate voice in our head,-

I wasn’t supposed to be separate. When our center embraced me, I thought I was coming home...but somehow I’m still like the rest of you, a loose sliver. My endgame is for us to be...healthy and together again. To be a part of her own voice instead of something she hears. And...and I feel like I need to take in the other shadows. Get them away from the world and inside of us where we can safely get rid of them, like when we tapped that planetary nexus.

-How do I know you’re telling the truth?- you ask yourself and hold your gaze at Sasha steady.

Because after that night, I never want to lie to myself again. I point out the things I see and know because I won’t let us hurt ourselves like that again. I won’t let us stay in the dark. I’m siding with the beast on this, you’re the thickest of all of us.

-Technically that would be Mimi,- you correct her, -The disguise pen does influence minor changes in muscle tension and build,-

I meant thick headed.

-I take exception to that!-

>>35793938

“Yeah,” Sasha resolves and returns to meet your gaze, “I think I do. My coach always tells me that nothing worthwhile is easy. Even if it doesn’t go anywhere,” he looks a bit embarrassed, “I’d still want to be her friend. Thanks, Dan,”

~Then that’s all there is too it,~ you nod, ~so let’s go find her,~

After a few more minutes, you’ve come to the end of the row and back to the cross street. As you’re coming around the bend back toward the meeting place, your darkness rises in the back of your mind again.

She’s ready, but she could still turn frantic depending on how we play this

>Break away now, wish Sasha luck, but you didn’t realize what time it was. Text Kairi where you’ve “been recovering” for her to suggest it as the next place everyone looks.
>Meet up with everyone and communicate a new plan to get yourself found to Kairi, what is that plan? Anything to say to Sasha and the girls as Dan?
>Try to slip away unnoticed, kind of a dick move, but whatever.
>Write in

>>35793972
>Break away now, wish Sasha luck, but you didn’t realize what time it was. Text Kairi where you’ve “been recovering” for her to suggest it as the next place everyone looks.
Sasha wants to be Mikage's friend, lets introduce him to the Boss Lady then.

>>35793972
>Break away now, wish Sasha luck, but you didn’t realize what time it was. Text Kairi where you’ve “been recovering” for her to suggest it as the next place everyone looks.

>>35793938
>I wasn’t supposed to be separate. When our center embraced me, I thought I was coming home...but somehow I’m still like the rest of you, a loose sliver. My endgame is for us to be...healthy and together again. To be a part of her own voice instead of something she hears. And...and I feel like I need to take in the other shadows. Get them away from the world and inside of us where we can safely get rid of them, like when we tapped that planetary nexus.
>Because after that night, I never want to lie to myself again. I point out the things I see and know because I won’t let us hurt ourselves like that again. I won’t let us stay in the dark. I’m siding with the beast on this, you’re the thickest of all of us.
So Shadow Phage wants to be hazardous waste disposal and eventual assimilation? Consider my fears about the ominous number mostly dissuaded.

Yay, home again. Now to catchup as quickly as possible.

>>35793972
>Meet up with everyone and communicate a new plan to get yourself found to Kairi, what is that plan? Anything to say to Sasha and the girls as Dan?

We'll tell Kairi she's ready to pop back into the drivers seat and if they're's anywhere around here they haven't checked yet. Dan will break off to search another area - While stealthily moving to the point indicated by Kairi.

We'll have Kairi text Dan that Mikage has been found so he doesn't look like a dick.

>>35794056
Yes!

>>35793972
>Break away now, wish Sasha luck, but you didn’t realize what time it was. Text Kairi where you’ve “been recovering” for her to suggest it as the next place everyone looks.
If Mikage is going to meet Sasha like Scholar says, let's make a point to change back with Happy Pills in hand.

>>35793972
>>35794074
Seconded

>>35794089
I said mostly. Now I'm guessing the number is how much negative energy we can hold before we pull our own Phoenix "I CAN'T CONTROL IT ANY LONGER!' moment, i.e. Phage goes crazy even though she doesn't.

>>35794128
Whaaat? Nooo. Tell you what! let's discuss it over a can of peaches.

>>35793972
>Break away now, wish Sasha luck, but you didn’t realize what time it was. Text Kairi where you’ve “been recovering” for her to suggest it as the next place everyone looks.

>>35794137
>Can
Excuse me. Kairi of peaches.

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>>35794151
>>35794156
Stop Right there. Put the girl down and step away. Keep your hands in the air while my team checks out the girl.

>>35794073
Caught up, gimmie a sec to make a choice on current..

>>35793972
>Break away now, wish Sasha luck, but you didn’t realize what time it was. Text Kairi where you’ve “been recovering” for her to suggest it as the next place everyone looks.

>>35793972
Ok, find a hedge/fence at a corner, glance over it.
"Hey Sasha, think you want to go thataway, I'm going to mosey and let you have a moment.."
Implying that you see something and that Dan is going to give him some privacy.
When Sasha rounds the corner, quietly hop over (or Slide is need be) and transition back to Mikage.
Head for the otherside of the fence/hedge from Sasha.
Quietly say ~Sorry for the trouble.. didn't mean for things to happen this way~

writing

>>35794379
It's a break away, and a hi to Dan, with the seeming safety of a hedge in between to keep Mikage calm. I like.

Though we should message the others too.

>>35794379
>>35794410
Dangnabbit. Well, at least I'm hear now.

>>35794156
snerk

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>>35794156
Joking >>35794266 aside, pic related.

Looking at your phone, you feign balking at the time.

~Ah man, I didn’t realize it was this late,~ you exclaim, ~Sorry to bail while your girl friend is still MIA, but I have somewhere super important to be,~

“She isn’t my girlfriend,” he snaps back at you, “sure, not like those girls seemed thrilled to have either of us around anyway. I’ll keep looking,”

~Alright, Sasha,~ you chime as you wave him off while backing away to turn into a brisk sprint, ~Later,~

“Goodbye, Dan,” he calls after you, “And thanks!”

Running around the corner for at least a block, you preemptively pull out your pill bottle. When you’re certain you are alone, you let the disguise fade and immediately swallow a pill as your knees give out beneath you.

You are Mikage Chiba...and in retrospect you are amazed that none of what just happened blew up in your face. So, Sasha does like you and would be willing to put up with your crazy...well he’d be willing to put up with a fraction of your crazy because he actually has no idea how completely mental you are. You know. You know and it terrifies you.

Well, it did, but you never really admitted it to yourself. After Dan’s conversation with your darkness...it isn’t something you can just deny anymore. You are getting better, one fractured piece is back where it belongs, the one you’ve spent a lot of time as. Maybe you need to spend more time in the others to bring them home, to resolve the parts of your pain and confusion that they represent?

That sounds like a good start to me

>>35794698


Then...how do you resolve the part of you that’s a voice in your head, that is the honesty you won’t have with yourself?

I don’t know

Well, that’s just great. Hauling yourself up as the initial placebo effect of the pill precedes the actual chemical changes that will calm you more fully, you take out your phone and begin scribing a message to Kairi.

You tell her where you want her and the girls to look for her next that they’ll find you. As you compose the message there are a plethora of options nearby. The Crowne Arcade, where you could get something to eat or drink to help calm your frayed nerves. Juuban Park, a small satellite park of the larger Azu-Juuban Park, where there is a playground you frequented with Kairi and your family as a child, and one of Gai’s little calming gardens is set up. Mahou Manga, the local comic book shop where you usually go to get your assorted fixes. There are certainly other places you could go; back home, to the shrine, to the school, but they might be a stretch.

>The Crowne Arcade
>Azu-Juuban Park, Playground
>Azu-Juuban Park, Garden
>Mahou Manga
>Write in

>>35794721
>>Mahou Manga
manga manga manga

Need to find out if they have Rena - I wanna compare the domestic edition to the one Sasha brought and see if there's any differences.

>>35794721
>Azu-Juuban Park, Playground

>>35794721
>Azu-Juuban Park, Garden
calming and private. good setting for talking with Sasha and co.

>>35794721
>Azu-Juuban Park, Playground

>>35794721
>Azu-Juuban Park, Playground

>>35794721
>>Azu-Juuban Park, Garden
Park seems calming.

Also I'd like to suggest popping over a fence on the way and saying something to Sasha so he doesn't keep looking by himself. Thank him for his concern, apologize for how this unexpected meeting went.

>>35794721
>Azu-Juuban Park, Garden
everything character development relevant in anime happens in a park, at least in the ones I've seen.

>>35794721
>Azu-Juuban Park, Playground

>>35794816
Even if others do or don't want the garden, would anyone else like to go with having a couple words with Sasha through a hedge or fence on the way there?

Ok, can people explain their rationale for voting playground to me? I'm not seeing it.

Writing

>>35794721
>>35794816
>>35794860
I second this

>>35794865
I picked it because it's waay creepier and usually leads to monster attacks.

Garden seems more private 1 on 1 sort of thing.

>>35794865
I didn't vote it, but it was tempting.
It's a place of happy childhood memories.

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>>35794887
>mfw criteria is more combat and unnerving
I had that figured out already, thanks.
>>35794891
Ok, those memories could have calming effect.

>>35794886
>>35794860
>>35794721
Yay! Anyone opposed?

>>35794867
Gah. Though time might be too short.

>>35794865
I picked it because childhood memories. To remind everyone of a time where things were good Mikage wasn't split into a bunch of pieces.

Oh, it seems like an actual tie between Park and Garden, given the timing of my last post.

I can work with this.

Rolled 15 (1d100)

Just going to perform a a two tiered encounter roll.

75-94 = encounter chart
95-100 = unlikely encounter chart

>>35795041
Being in the same park would make that easier, I imagine.

>>35795090
*whew* nothing crazy like the roll that started this mess.
>>35795041
meeting at one then moving to another? I look forward to what you come up with.

Rolled 3 (1d9)

And rolling to see who finds you first.

1 Kairi
2 Sasha
3 Koyomi
4 Kanari
5 Rin
6 Aiha
7 Venus
8 Roll twice
9 ???

>>35795193
and time for more family Q&A!

>>35795193
Going out on a limb here, I'm going to guess 9 was Gai.

>>35795271
half hearted screaming, no get out of my notes you know nothing yadda yadda

>>35795271
I thought he might be on the likely random encounter list.

>>35795318
Considering it's one of his gardens, he wasn't on the random list.

Message sent, informing Kairi that you’ll be at Juuban Park, you break for a run toward Juuban Park. It isn’t far, and you probably have a few minutes before Kairi is able to direct everyone over toward the park. Even if you’re going there to be found...you want a little time there calm and to yourself.

It doesn’t take long to get there, passing through the archway as an older public works employee tends the flowers growing along the main path. Its familiar. Its someplace you really haven’t lingered for a while.

Its peaceful, before people start showing up en masse to fill the place. Granted the morning rush hour is just starting, so the park itself remains relatively empty while the streets just beyond it’s border are suddenly bustling with the heavy throng of human activity.

From in here, that world looks so chaotic and maddening. Its the world you’re from, and yet you feel this odd detachment from it. Breaking away from the chaotic human morning, you drift into the park, first through the supernaturally calming garden tended by your extraterrestrial classmate. There are rose bushes here in full bloom, and even a few flowers in off season colors as well. True to the colors of the boy that maintains it, there is a soothing air here. As it soothes you, you pick a rose blossom and inhale its fragrance. Pulling the blossom away from your face, you catch sight of something familiar beyond the bushes.

Parting them, and gaining a superficial knick on your thumb for the trouble, you spy a familiar swingset in the yet empty children’s playground. Mom used to take the three of you here when you were young. Before things got bad between you and Usa, when the three of you were just sisters and everything was fine with the world.

>>35796187
Its the same swing that you would sit in as Usa-neesan or mom would push you as high as you wanted to go. Its the same swing you would push Koyomi in when she was big enough to hold onto the chains.

Walking around the swing, you sit down on the center and look over the playground. The familiar slide, jungle gym, and sand. The memory is almost as calming as your walk through Estra’s garden.

Huh, you look down and find that your pill bottle is still clutched in your hand. Rose and prescription bottle, held there as you lightly rock back and forth on the swing and drop your head into your hands, dropping the flower.

Sitting there a while, you think about what you’re doing. How long you wanted to be an ordinary girl, and how hiding from the people who cared about you to create that semblance of normalcy had failed you.

How your sister isn’t going to pretend to be ordinary, how you gave up on hiding to try and protect her. Since stepping back into the world, its the most alive YOU had felt in a while. Maybe...maybe you were never meant to be an ordinary girl.

After a few minutes, you hear assorted calls of your name in the distance. After another minute, the nearest familiar voice stops calling.

A shadow falls over you, reaches down and picks up the rose. The chains next to you chime and jiggle as someone sits in the swing next to you. A small hand falls on your back.

“Mikage-neechan,” Koyomi hesitantly asks, “Are you okay?”

One by one, the chorus of your name dies as you rise up to look at your sister. Smiling nervously and worried.

~I’m getting there,~ you admit, ~I just got set off,~

“Someone posted photos of you,” she pauses, “well, Beast you, at the MgRonald’s with that Sasha guy. They posted the fight and the meal. Was that why you ran?”

>Yeah, I didn’t want him to see me looking like...me, at least not yet.
>I still can’t believe I did that, what was I thinking.
>You know his name? Did you talk to him?
>Write in

>>35796220
>Yeah, I didn’t want him to see me looking like...me, at least at the time. I think I'm ready now, if you'll help with me.

>>35796220
>Yeah, I didn’t want him to see me looking like...me, at least not yet.

>>35796220
>I still can’t believe I did that, what was I thinking.

>>35796220

>I still can’t believe I did that, what was I thinking.

>>35796261
normally, I'm against this kind of thing, but let's get the ball rolling, seconding >>35796261

>>35796220
>You know his name? Did you talk to him?
Deflection. Even though we already know from Dan.

>>35796220
seconding >>35796261.

>>35796220
>I still can’t believe I did that, what was I thinking

>>35796220
>>35796267 This is me I'm not for >>35796261
so I will swap to >I still can’t believe I did that, what was I thinking.
to avoid confusion.

>>35796187
>an older public works employee tends the flowers
Hm. I think I know who that is.

>>35796220
>Yeah, I wasn't prepared for him to see me looking like...me, at least not yet.
Look at her.
>You know his name? Did you talk to him?

>>35796220
seconding >>35796410

>>35796220
Changing my vote to upvoting >>35796410
might as well take things slowly.

Counting and writing

>>35796488
Yeah I don't like siding with Gnash because it scares me. But I don't want to jump on Sasha.

>>35796655
You wound me with your words. My heart... she aches.

>>35796220
switching >>35796316 to >>35796410

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>>35796688
>lawyer, implying he has one.
>>35796655
agreed on both counts, but I think the pool may be diluted enough for him to edge out this time.

Writing a quick update and then I have to bounce for a bit, will resume.

~Yeah, I didn’t want him to see me looking like...me, at least not yet,~ you sigh and look up at your little sister hopefully, ~I’m still having trouble functioning as me, I guess,~

“Well, I can understand why. He seems like a bit of a jerk,” Koyomi laughs and tilts her swing toward you to give you a hug.

~You know his name and have an opinion of him?~ you look at her in concern, ~Did you talk to him?~

She releases you and falls back into her swing while laughing nervously. Looking back over her shoulder she makes a quick X gesture and then looks like she’s shooing something away. As you turn to look, her hands lock onto both of your cheeks and keep you looking squarely at her.

“I may have,” she admits nervously, “Actually I ran into him once before at the Crowne, he was being unreasonable with the senior attendant...so I may have gotten into an argument with him. That I talked to him...is that okay? I may have let slip that you were my sister...while showing him the MgRonald’s photo,”

Removing your sister’s hands from your face you regard her cooly.

~Its fine,~ you say evenly, ~You were worried about me and I can’t really fault you for that. I take it that Kairi is keeping the others back while we talk?~

“How did you know?!” she inquires shocked and earnest.

~...you quite visibly shooed them away,~ she can’t think you didn’t see that.

>>35797113

“Drat, I thought you didn’t see that,” she curses to herself.

~Well, come on. Might as well go see them,~ you get up off of the swing and turn toward the Garden. Through the breaks in the rose bushes you can see a small gathering of people, probably the the girls.

As you start to walk, your little sister grabs your arm.

“And...if...say we got Sasha to help look for you, and he was with the others right now,” she muses, “would you freak out again?”

Flashing her your pills, you give the orange bottle a shake and pocket it.

~All doped up,~ you reason, ~Doesn’t mean I’m sure if I’m ready to meet him or not,~

I’m not sure either.

Thread Intermission

>>35797150
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hmDZz5pDOQ

>>35797150
>~Doesn’t mean I’m sure if I’m ready to meet him or not,~
1. when has anyone or anything outside your family waited for you to be ready before it hit you?
2. You know Sasha wants to be friends at least.
3. Only one way to find out!
Also, is anyone else having 4chan problems or is my internet somehow worse with a 5 bar connection than a 3-4 bar? Oh well, TO THE ARCHIVE!

>>35797380
1. So the first guy that does should be the first one she jumps at? Also I think Kairi counts.
2. Friends is okay
3. Don't jump the guy... still have loads of issues.. probably not the best time for a date.

>>35797421
1. friend anon, not boyfriend. and he deserves an honest answer.
2. true.
3. I didn't mean to imply a date, just an explanation for our earlier behavior... while not telling the specific 'Sailor Senshi' parts.

Step 1 of 4 for delay traveled too.

Q

Step 2 of 4 traveled too.

>>35798400

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxtmQDCyLE8

>>35798539
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0wOD9TWynM

>>35798539
>>35798642

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP6TxSH_pSM

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>Mobile update because Step 3 of 4 (checkout) is almost reached.

~All doped up,~ you reason, ~Doesn’t mean I’m sure if I’m ready to meet him or not,~

You feel a burbling of agreement from your shadow. The uncertainty of what you want to do, and the uncertainty of...well yourself. After you started back into this craziness, that it's the normal things that have shaken you up the most.

"I could run ahead and tell him to leave?" your younger sister offers.

Sasha's words to Dan ring in your memory, that he would still be interested in being friends if it looked like things wouldn't work out...that way. You could always use more friends, after alienating most everyone you used to hang out with in middle school...

>No, I owe it to talk to him if he got roped into helping look for me.
>No, I can't run from myself or the people I meet.
>Yes. Go ahead and get him away.
>Yes, but promise me you won't be mean to him about it.
>write in

>>35799324
>No, I owe it to talk to him if he got roped into helping look for me.
>No, I can't run from myself or the people I meet

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>>35799324

>No, I owe it to talk to him if he got roped into helping look for me.

What could possibly go wrong?

>>35799324
>No, I owe it to talk to him if he got roped into helping look for me.
>No, I can't run from myself or the people I meet.

>>35799324
>No, I owe it to talk to him if he got roped into helping look for me.

>>35799324
>No, I owe it to talk to him if he got roped into helping look for me.

>>35799324
>No, I owe it to him to talk to him if he got roped into helping look for me.
Give her a brief look at that.
>Besides, he did seem nice. ..Could you get the others to give us some space while I say high to a friend as myself for the first time?

>>35799424
Oh, that's not a bad idea. Work this in if you can.

>>35799324
>No, I can't run from myself or the people I meet.
Sometimes the truth hurts. Sometimes you lose your eyebrows doing something perfectly innocent. Sometimes you have to explain yourself anyway.

>>35799470
Oh man that sounds like a story.

>>35799424
Can I second this?

>>35799324
>>35799424
I am a Scholar, and I approve of this course of action.

>>35799470
>something perfectly innocent
I'd ask if that somehting involved fire, but I know that's a dumb question.
>you have to explain yourself anyway
And you sometimes you have to repeate that explanation to a bunch of semi-anonymous posters on an image board.

>>35799324
Upvoting this >>35799424.

>>35799424
Suggestion of thing to say to Sasha:
>Sorry for being a little fake.. Sashy.
Probably preceded by a bit of foot scuffing.

Additional suggestion:
>Thanks for caring and trying to respect the bit of separation I tried to keep up between The Beast and myself, even if she did poke a big hole in it with my name.. Guess she knew I'd have a hard time breaking through that.. and there I go talking about myself like I'm separate people. Look, if you don't want to deal with my crazy, that's ok, ok? The rabbit hole just goes deeper, I'm afraid.

Second one might be too much, might not be. Kind of a bandaid removal method of getting through and see where things are.

>>35799649
>Upvoting
You from reddit or somethin' son?

>>35799857
I like this but don't call him 'Sashy', that's being even more fake than we're already being.

>>35799857
This all sounds good, but with >>35799897
suggestion, If I may add my own: A proper introduction and conversation opener, something like: Hello Sasha, it's god to see you. I apologize for my sister's behavior at the start. She just means well, but she's really sweet once you get to know her.

>>35799857
First one sounds corny as hell... iffy on the second.

It might be better to just say thanks and Hi instead of a big exposition.

If he takes it all in stride he's either humoring her or he's nuts.

Better to save that conversation if things progress further.

Side note I know you tweeted something about a hamptaro style quest Artemis... apparently /tg/ is not entirely opposed to such things.

>>35777719

>>35799996
First: we do know Sasha values honesty and dislikes liers, so an apologie is not entirly out of the question.
Second: I agree. break that bit over the length of the conversation. I do think you're being too cynical on how Sasha takes it though. He's not the type to back down, or leave a girl he kinda likes in distress.

>>35799897
>>35799993
Sashy is what we had been calling him as the Beast.
And likely the only person to call him that.

Isn't like he's going to recognize us on sight at all.

>>35800074
I'm going to us calling him Sashy.

>>35800074
Good point: how about saying the nickname, then quickly correcting ourselves to Sasha.

Step 4 of 4, dinner started, Counting and writing

>>35799857
'nother suggestion: before 'Look, if you don't want to deal with my crazy, that's ok, ok?' let's mention that Dan told us that Sasha wanted to try and be friends. Invoke a trusted third party here.

>>35800328
NO. Bad idea. It's better that Sasha not know that we are associated with Dan in any way./

>>35800346
This

To us, Dan is a stranger who occasionally makes rude passing comments to us about our pink hair.

>>35800328
Who is this Dan you speak of?

>>35800328
Good idea!

>>35800346
>>35800370
>>35800385
Ah, I see. That might give the impression that we're still lying to him about stuff, and lead to questions of how we impersonated a guy totally different from us. Red Eyes and split personalities is enough. Got it, ignore>>35800328.
>>35800400
Ok, now I REALLY know that's a bad idea!

>>35800346
Gonna have to agree here, at the very least it raises more questions than anything else. At no point could an have talked to us.

>>35800328
Terrible idea. Let's do it.

>>35800370
Let's remember that whatever we say about Dan, Red is probably going to get her say in eventually.

>>35800415
IF we don't still okay. It's a lie of omission! THE BEST KIND OF LIE! I knew Dan was a good idea.

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>>35800442

>>35800468
You don't want to lie to Sasha and be honest with him. But our first interaction with him was as Dan and we just walked around with him looking for Mikage.

When he finds out it's going to be at the very least extremely awkward. The longer he's in the dark about it the worse it will probably be.

>>35800468
TLDR - Who's Dan? Is a lie.

>>35800521
You know, if you're going to explain your diabolical master plan, you should at least have him tied up over a tank full of sharks with frikkin lasers.

>>35800501
>The longer he's in the dark about it the worse it will probably be.
wait, you're supporting the policy I've wanted to go with since I got on board this quest using the same evidence I did, which is to come totally clean to SOMEBODY because the longer we do the worse the fallout will be? Holy shit. It's come full circle to roost. Since we're in private, now I'm thinking that honesty is the best policy.

>>35800501
Not our first interaction with im as Dan.

>>35800645
I know. Our First time Meeting him we where Dan. That comes off as creepy and manipulative.

>>35800613
There's a reason.

>>35800624
There is such a thing as too much honesty.
At least all at once.

Start with seeing how ok he is with the general idea of this being a deep rabbit hole first.

>>35800676
I think, ultimately, the MPD will make the explanation a little easier.

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>>35800613
*facepalm* Mikage isn't a James Bond villan Fire Senator, and neither are any of us!
>>35800624
*we're, meaning Mikage and Sasha
>>35800680
I do agree with too much at once. Let's give him as much as he wants, one step at a time.
>>35800717
>MPD
the what now?

>>35800717
MPD?

>>35800717
Magical... plot device?

>>35800730
>>35800734
Multiple Personality Disorder, currently known as Dissociative Identity Disorder. What did you think we had?

>>35800783
Magical Personality Fragmentation Syndrome.

>>35800816
I like it.

>>35800783
That does about half of the issue: how we go from Pink curls with pink eyes to long Black hair and red eyes. Here's where you all abandon the idea: coming totally clean means telling him the magic bits, including the disguise pen.
>>35800816
this does sound better, and prefaces the explanation veyr well.

>>35800816
Meh. I suppose you could call it that, cause it's not EXACTLY DID, considering we maintain memories from when we're functioning with our other personalities which is not normally the case with DID.

>>35800844
>>35800847
>>35800830
>>35800816
Perhaps a side-effect of being more creative with the disguise pen?

>>35800874
Accurate. It started as the standard personality disorder but the ability to change her appearance to such an extent with the disguise pen really added fuel to the fire. Magically fueled personality disorder.

To be honest she's recovering from it remarkably quickly.

>>35800847
So, does Red Eyes sound like a good place to start
>>35800874
Nah, the Pen gave us a better means to an end. If Mikage didn't have the pen, she would have done makeup and outfit changes for the personalities anyway. No more lies, only the slow, inevitable truth emerging.

>>35800908
*start the personality breakdown?

man, I'm dropping text left and right tonight.

You've always had red eyes, not pink

>>35800908
If she didn't have a pen, she possibly would have developed actual DID. The disguise pen, plus her adeptness with dreams allows her to communicate between her personalities and preserve her memories.

>>35800972
Well, the hair is still a radical enough change that anything less than 'magic' doesn't work as an explanation.
>>35800990
Guess work. 'What ifs' and amateur psychology don't really do anything for us now. And where do you get the personality communication bit?

>>35800990
That was kinda my point. Cause one of the primary symptoms of DID is exactly that, that you DO NOT retain memories of the other personalities. The fact that not only do we retain memories but we can, to an extent, chose who we are is what separates this from DID.

>>35800874
>>35800900
>>35800908
I think it's more trauma combined with heritage.
The pen probably helped keep it from being a more severe break. If we didn't have that outlet she might have retreated further inward, possibly generating a psychic/astral projection that she didn't remember from her buried longing, or just completely broken down, which seems to be a bad thing, on a more than just personal (and somewhat hinted as 'worldwide') scale. Fragmenting was more of a magical safety valve for us compared to the alternative.

>>35800844
I think we can admit to being a fucking master of disguise, and a little bit cracked in the head, without having to go into the magic bits. If we can do Miki with only minimal use of the pen, we can probably work up something for Red and the others.

>>35801021
The personalities all know what the others did to the point that Red Eyes and Miki actively disliked each other. Plus shadow and Mikage and Dan and Mikage communicated with each other in this very thread.

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>>35801068
pic related.
>>35801047
Now that does sound logical. the more we do 'normal people things', like interacting with friends, family, and other people, the better Mikage gets.

>>35800844
We've already said we're magical and psychic and a terror in the night as The Beast.
We haven't displayed that too strongly, but we'd have to lie and say we aren't rather than have to admit it, because, through Red that is kind of a given.

>>35801127
1. Ok, so that means they are watching through the eyes of whoever is in the mental driver's seat.
2. That is true. But I have not seen anything that would indicate that happened regularly, at least to Mikage's knowlage.
>>35801138
wait, we said we were magic to Sasha already? did that happen during the date? This still reinforces my point of the consequences for not full-disclosure. and it makes the personality bit slightly easier to explain: magic.

>>35801138
>>35801215
The question is, did he believe us?

>>35801227
I think now he probably does. He'll still ask, to test if we're lying or not. if we deny it, we fail The Test and Sasha will be pissed.

>>35801215
Magic wasn't specifically brought up on the date, but through who the beast is and what she does, interest in the paranormal and similar, which was most of our interaction before the date, online.

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>>35801272
Confound your enemies! Alienate your friends! Invade the neutral planet! Damn those neutrals!

>>35801272
>>35801293
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDYNuD4CwlI

Relevant music is relevant.

>>35801272
Perfect. Lie.

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>>35801293
which means he'll still ask are we magic.
>>35801306
>>35801331
>mfw more bad ends and Red Buttons.

>>35801331
Perfect Lie does not work if there is BLATANT EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY.

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>>35801306

>>35801346
And we are, no plans to deny that. If we were going to start lying to him, I'd have gone much deeper and claimed not to be us at all, or avoided the conversation entirely.

>>35801354
Or to be more accurate it does work but the person will not believe you if there is BLATANT EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY.

>>35801331
>>35801354
WHICH THERE BLATANTLY IS!
plus, what happened to:
>You don't want to lie to Sasha and be honest with him. But our first interaction with him was as Dan and we just walked around with him looking for Mikage.

>When he finds out it's going to be at the very least extremely awkward. The longer he's in the dark about it the worse it will probably be.

>>35801384
See and this is what you get when you've read the doc.

>>35801395
I'm for telling him immediately or holding out. Both can be advantageous.

>>35801398
Que?

>>35801430
I'd say compromise and tell him about Dan when he finds out about the other...4 personalities. Like when we come clean that we are not always us.

>>35801379
Ok, good to hear.
>>35801384
>>35801398
>work
>but the person will not believe you
That's not working. That's not working at all. that's called failure.
>>35801430
I'll take the former. Less long-term potential bad-ends.

>>35801437
It was more fun when people hadn't read the documents. Suggestions would be taken much more quickly because they didn't actually read the affects.

>>35801457When telling a lie, you can expend one use of mythic power to make the lie indiscernible from the truth by both Insight and Magic. Obvious proof of your falsehood still reveals the lie for what it is, but in absence of proof, those who hear your lie believe it.

>>35801457
Short term. We Just Asked Him About Mikage repeatedly. Helped him Look for her while he was stressed out and worried. The entire time standing right next to him.

>>35801458
Jokes on you, I've always been the one reading the docs and telling people that abilities don't work that way.

>>35801492
So your against telling him about Dan?

>>35801458
Look, I know it's your role to be disingenuous, but could you please leave the mechanics out of it? It shouldn't have to be up to MAG or Artemis to call you out when you're intentionally misrepresenting how our powers work.

>>35801455
I'd like this... but I'm concerned about Gnash and the anons who tend to follow him. If I can get him on my side, I'll do it.
>>35801458
So you're saying it was fun because you could lie to your fellow anons? I call Bullshit.

>>35801520
Either way is fine with me. I just like stating the problems with both.

>>35801532
Hmm Allright I suppose that's a bit below the belt.

>>35801457
>That's not working at all. that's called failure.
That's called working exactly as he intends.

>>35801492
I'm not entirely against bringing it up, but let's see where he stand after our opening statements. Working in a vacuum at this point. No new facts or information to work with the sway things any further. We're just eating post count.

>>35801564
Point made. let's all stop posting and wait for Artemis to post the next bits.

And on the topic of Perfect Lie, that's not a bloodline power in the way that being Sailor Moon or having Ultimate Tsukino Omnomnom is. If someone in the Shadow Court, or JW Chowmein has that kind of power, it could be really dangerous for us.

>>35801636
I can't recall but didn't we unlock it right around the arrival of Mikage?

>>35801636
You don't say. A lot of the Mythic stuff is really really scary to be up against. I mean shit, have you looked at the character sheet for our Shadowself way back when? Remembering we were level 3 tier...2 I want to say at the time. We got stupid lucky on that. Or from what Arty said about the Shadleios encounter.

>>35801688
We've gotten ridiculously lucky a number of times now. Getting away with shit that by all rights should have got us killed is practically our calling card.

Remember how we soloed Shadow Helios?

>>35801688
Yeah, there but for the roll of the die and superior tactics.

>>35801741
see >>35801747. We have neither here. lies=Bad End

>>35801747
Good dice rolls have ruined too many damn plans.

~No,~ you regard your little sister a bit more warmly, the light anger from learning there were photos of your meeting with Sasha leaves and you feel a bit more relaxed, ~ I owe it to talk to him if he got roped into helping look for me,~

“Okay,” your sister relaxes at the smoothing of your demeanor, “but I think he’s a jerk,’

~Would a jerk have stayed to look for me?~ you grab her hand and give it a squeeze as you look her in the eye.

“...no,” she relents.

~Well, for what its worth, he was nice to me...Could you get the others to give us some space while I say high to a friend as myself for the first time?~

“Sure, Mikage-neechan,” she smiles and squeezes your hand back half heartedly, it reminds you of the time when she was little and got caught in one of mom’s chocolate boxes and apologized despite the ring stain around her lips.

Letting go, she jogs ahead and toward the garden. After a few moments, she and the others step out from the main entrance and you proceed forward. Kairi steps up to you, her eyes asking a million questions, you mouth that you’re fine...and that you’re sorry and she nods before glancing back over toward the entrance to the rose garden.

The rest of the girls seem quite, except the smirking Kanari. You can tell she’s amused that this is the kind of thing you stumble on, and given all you’ve done...yeah it is kind of amusing. Well you won’t give her the satisfaction. Straightening your shoulders you power on into the garden.

His back is to you as he is knelt in front of a small fountain ringed by other rose hedges. Calmly walking forward, you duck behind one as he rises and turns.

“Hello?” he asks tentatively.

You stand a moment, he’s just around a corner of green flecked with blooming red.

>>35801854
~Hey, Sashy,~ you say slipping into the gravel of her voice for familiarity before slowly clearing back toward your own, ~Just give me a second…~

His breathing makes him sound surprised.

“Take all the time you need,” he muses as you gather your energy before he struggles for awkward small talk, “So...your sister seems...nice?”

~You shouldn’t try to feign tact,~ you grouse, ~It doesn’t suit you,~

“Fine, she’s abrasive and the least fun kind of confrontational,” he huffs, “And you were right, she is a dunce,”

Turning the corner, you look down at him and he looks up at you.

~Yeah, but she grows on you,~ you smile, ~Its nice to meet you, Sasha,~

“And its nice to meet you, Mikage” he responds before his eyes zero in on your hair, “Pink? Hell of a wig, or was it a wash out dye?”

>Its a wig, actually. I’m good at makeup.
>Wash out dye. The split ends are murder.
>Can you keep a secret? Its magic.
>Write in

&

>So, about my freak out...What do you want to tell him?
>Ask Sasha some questions. What?
>Fuck it, lets explore familiar territory. Roundhouse kick!
>Write in

>>35801872
>Its a wig, actually. I’m good at makeup.
>Fuck it, lets explore familiar territory. Roundhouse kick!

>>35801872
>Can you keep a secret? Its magic.
>Fuck it, lets explore familiar territory. Roundhouse kick!

>>35801872
>Its a wig, actually. I’m good at makeup.

>So, about my freak out...What do you want to tell him? - I may have an anxiety disorder.

>>35801872
>Can you keep a secret? Its magic.
>Ask Sasha some questions. What?
Do you want to know how deep this rabbit hole goes?
>Fuck it, lets explore familiar territory. Roundhouse kick!
let's keep him in his comfort zone while getting some answers. fighting while talking: anime character development in a nutshell.

>>35801872
>Can you keep a secret?*look around conspiratorially* Its magic.
>So, about my freak out...I'm sorry. I thought I was doing better, I haven't had an attack that bad in months.

>>35801872
>Its a wig, actually. I’m good at makeup
>So, about my freak out...What do you want to tell him?

Post tramatic stress disorder?

>>35801872
>>Its a wig, actually. I’m good at makeup.
In point of fact, we actually are really good at it.

>>35801872
>Can you keep a secret? Its magic.
>Ask Sasha some questions. What? Do you want to know everything?
>Fuck it, lets explore familiar territory. Roundhouse kick!

>>35801941
Woo woo slow down there man.. second date.. wanting to show him her rabbit hole...

>>35801872
~Did it look like a wig? Look, you probably know more about what I've been up to than most, so please keep this stuff secret, at least in relation to the 'regular' me. Look, I might be a bit crazy and have a penchant for alternate identities, but one thing I'm not is fake.~

>>35801872
>Its a wig, actually. I’m good at makeup.

>So, about my freak out...I'm sorry. I thought I was doing better, I haven't had an attack that bad in months.
This one is good.

>>35801872
>Can you keep a secret?*look around conspiratorially* Its magic.

>>35801872
>Can you keep a secret? Its magic.

>Ask Sasha some questions. What?
Rabbit hole. depth. answers. Do you want?

>>35802010
I like this rabbit hole option.

>>35801872
changing the question section of >>35801941
to >>35802010.

>>35802029
If It happens I hope there is horrible translation issues. Especially with the broken wording.

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>>35801872
>Can you keep a secret? Its magic.
>Ask Sasha some questions. What >>35802010
>Fuck it, lets explore familiar territory. Roundhouse kick!
pic related

>>35801980
It's a very important date.

>>35801872
"Do you really think it was a wig or dye?
You can go on thinking that if you want, move on and we can still chat and be online friends, maybe spar with The Beast some more, but Mikage gets a lot more complicated if you want to get to know me more. Can you keep a secret? Do you even want to deal with that sort of complication to your life?

>>35802075
so you vote for it?
>>35802087
the 'does the boy like you or does he hate your guts for lying to him' date.

>>35801980
The only thing dangerous about Usagi's mouth is that you can't leave food near it

>>35802117
No. I do not. However the vote seems to be swinging that way and I'd laugh because asking a guy in his second language if he'd like to see your rabbit hole can have some interesting complications.

Alright, counting. This is going to take a while

>>35802085
>>35801976
>>35801941
Can't say I'm in favor of the roundhouse, doesn't seem the time of the place with the girls waiting nearby. Should arrange to meet again tonight for another bout though.

>>35802085
Hey, I made that.
And now it comes to haunt me.
Noooooo..

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>>35802115
Now this I'm saving for future reference. For Sasha though... best intersperse dialog with violence and keep sentences as short as possible.
>>35802132
>mfw

>>35802144
Fortunately, rabbit hole refers to a well known and widely translated tale.

>>35802222
All I'm saying is if a girl asked if I wanted to see how deep her rabbit hole went I'd take it both ways first. The ask for clarification with a raised eyebrow and a smirk.

>>35802202
>best intersperse dialog with violence and keep sentences as short as possible.
He's not a mindless idiot.

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>>35802245
No he's a bear. I shouldn't have to tell any of you about bears.

>>35801872
Something in this vein:
>>35801998
>>35802010
>>35802115

>>35802197
it's for Sasha's own benefit. And considering Red Eyes is probably watching closely and might be surfacing, it'd be her comfort zone too. Also, COMBAT! EVERYONE LOVES COMBAT!
>>35802245
no, I didn't mean to imply that. he's just most comfortable fighting and long sentences don't work well when you're seriously fighting someone.
>>35802242
>implying Sasha's not going to do the same.
HA! Why do you think I keep pushing it!

>>35802299
Ehh I'm iffy about trusting him. He's apparently got the same sensory ability of Mikage. You don't get that from planting flowers and kissing babies.

>>35802331
His spirit has a Bear Shield, that's all.

>>35802331
tsk tsk tsk, I direct everyone away from those words and to his sheet.

He has not Mythic Powers. And the yet written Pop Culture Lore character feature certainly doesn't grant that kind of stealth, nor does his yet listed Melee options.

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>>35802393
>Bears
Not even once.

>>35802331
no, he get's that from... I'm assuming either after effect of Shadow Bear, Tuxedo Bear or some currently-unknown back story thing. Either Way, Mikage doesn't have much of a choice. and she's not about to burn bridges with one of her few *sort-of* friends.

>>35802299
>EVERYONE LOVES COMBAT!
Are you sure you aren't Gnashing in disguise?

Okay, finished counting (WITH A PIECE OF PAPER AND PEN) the votes for the hair answer. Now to tally up the questions.

Also, any combat would be diceless and theatrical/cinematic because fuck running a decisive combat tonight.

>>35802412
Ssshhh! He can hear you!

>>35802331
>>35802393
>>35802398
>>35802404
Please see his inventory portion of the character sheet.
" 1/4 Fragment of ????"
Gee whilikers I wonder what that is?

>>35802439
Clearly it's loot. Let's wreck him and take hi-our shit.

>>35802450
No murder-hobo. Bad. *spray with shampoo and bodywash*

>>35802439
It's metadata. You can learn all kinds of things from metadata, BUT IT'S WRONG!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1YY54RI5YY

>>35802402
You say that because Bears can sense lies.
>>35802412
If I was I'd be trying to de-rail the quest. I just like silly/funny/awesome OTT moments of crazy.
>>35802430
Ok, that's fair.
>>35802439
Meta-wise: The crystal is in FOUR PARTS? That means one is with Sasha, another with his Bear, and one we got from Azusa, leaving the forth unknown! Shit!
>>35802450
Bad Troll, Bad.
>>35802492
*sprays with Fire hose* we're shadowrunning.

>>35802475
>>35802507

Hey It's probably Legitimately Mikage's. Also To the victors go the spoils.

I didn't say we had to murder him.. but if you're offering..

>>35802439
Obviously a cookie.
Still doesn't explain how he holds/hides/contains said.. cookie. So equally obviously there is something more there, which likely goes back to the interesting link he and a certain hairy friend seem to have.

>>35802430
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vimZj8HW0Kg

Mama said knock him out.

>>35802519
*turns hose on Gnash*
You too. Shadowruns. shush.

>>35802537
Isn't it half the golden crystal in our inventory...maybe that's why it isn't killing him like it was killing Azusa. She got a whole half, while he wound up with half a half while the other wound up in his bear?

>>35802439
>>35802450
>>35802475
>>35802492
>>35802507
>>35802519
>>35802537
*Metahat on* Well it's listed in our character sheet that we have half of it. Which means that Sasha has a 1/4 and Boris has a 1/4. But I'm all for letting him have it until we need it.
*metahat off*

>>35802555
Shadow run? Shadow run.

Our Shadow is lying about wanting to help.
Sasha has been affected by the same darkness bs that attacked us at night with the Dark Lady Mikage. It's his Dark Bear.

Ahia has a similar problem. The Freak out and the like.

Venus's tumor is actually a crystal shard.

I'm telling the truth.

>>35802571
I think perhaps we should consider that it might be a piece of something else. Not saying that it is, but it's not like this is the first mysteriously powerful artifact to be split into pieces and lost, even in-universe.

>>35802571
Ah! That would also explain why the Generals can't sense magic, but Sasha can!
>>35802586
1. potentially, but let's give her the benefit of the doubt for now. trust but verify
2. That would be kinda interesting.
3. need more evidence.
4. Well that would make extraction a bigger priority if that's the case.
>>35802605
True, true.

>>35802571
Even a quarter of a.. cookie could be dangerously filling. If we were to assume that he had part of that cookie inside him, his being fine speaks highly of him, and raises questions.

>>35802635
If all it takes is a quarter of a cookie to cause that kind of a problem, clearly our Ultimate-tier constitution is an evolutionary advantage. We need to start passing this on to our progeny for the good of mankind.

>>35802737
One thing at a time Fire, One thing at a time. The Himalayas will be waiting for us.

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>>35802737
Yeah, babies everywhere!

>>35802737
Ehh.. slow down a bit there.

>>35802737

So instead of becoming a rulership queen of the earth, we use the silver and gold crystals to become a hivemind queen and actually birth the next entire generation of humanity?

>>35802799
Hive mind you say? I'm listening...

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>>35802799
>>35802810
No, clearly Mikage become this.

>>35802833
HAHAHA! I LIKE IT.

>>35802833
I'm not seeing the connection. How have we abused the disguise pen this time?

>>35802888
Rule 63 God-Emperor of Mankind.

>>35802850
There is only ONE true heir to the throne of Mankind. MIKAGE.
>>35802908
he's just trying to protect his fragile mind.

>>35802908
>>35802908
Rule 63 God-Emperor of Mankind giving birth constantly to uber Sailor Marines

>>35802908
Probably closer than most things.

>>35802936
Aaaaand we just went full Magical Realm. Time to back up about 10 posts.

>>35802936
No.
Just no.

>>35802954
I was thinking the canon 'make children in testubes from my genetics' thing... what have I done... THE IMAGES! AGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH! BLEACH! WHERE IS THE BLEACH!

>>35802954
You were expecting wizards to have some sense of where the line is, or perhaps the wisdom not to cross it? Everything except INT is a dump stat.

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>>35802954
Let's roll.

>>35802994
WISDOM IS A SECONDARY STAT FOR WIZARDS!

>>35803005
While we're going, can you drop me off in Dallas, 1963?

...

...

>>35803039
A little out of the way mate.

>>35803044
I didn't do it. It was all of them.

>>35803044
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN LEFT ALONE TOO LONG.
>sobbing intensifies

>>35803044
Oh god I think we broke him.
>>35803058
I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS! I JUST EXPLAINED WHAT THE IMAGE WAS!

>>35803080
I have to admit, even if I can't completely deny culpability, that went far deeper down the rabbit hole than I ever expected or would have believed.

>>35803143
Warned you about the rabbit hole.

>>35803143
Yeah, I was creeped out that that even came up I'm not gonna lie.

>>35803044
I... I had only the the most humerous of intentions with that pic.
>>35803057
Eh, I'll settle for 1993 Tokyo. If I can't save JFK, I'll try and help Mikage.
>>35803080
I don't know whether to be proud or ashamed.
>>35803143
>>35803156
just... no. it's bad enough already.
>>35803168
I never intended it this way...

>>35803197
Please don't lie. You wanted to take the shot yourself.

>>35803220
Actually, I was going to save him to try in order to use my future knowledge to prevent the Vietnam War. Plus, Democrat.