>>36882522

Quest Start

You reach your hands out tentatively and lace you pad gloves fingers into the thick and mildly coarse fur so presented. Sasha insisted you pet Boris to finish off your pre fight socialization so he doesn't seriously hurt you in the spar.

As if. You could take this bear apart unarmed and unarmored, but here you are covered in protective padding. Hell, even the bear is padded. Boris is wearing large and flat padded glove, meant to receive impacts. Little more than wearable punching bags.

Admittedly, the situation presented to you is kind of underwhelming. Yeah, you're still standing in the shadow of the largest bear you have ever seen, but it isn't how you pictured sparring with a bear. Hearing that Sasha trained for boxing with a bear had conjured images in your mind of visceral violence in snow covered forests. Bloody spatter dripping from black hooked claws as they rake across dark skin in this vision of contest set in the Siberian wilderness, Sasha is shirtless columns of visible breath rising from the exertion. A rain of small fists buffeting bestial hide. Something epic in scope, a scene out of The Gray when Liam Neison had glass on his knuckles and lunged at a wolf.

Now...your imagined training between Sasha in Boris is changed. The slim and blonde muscle manlet wears the pink hooded sweatshirt from Punchout, and his bear is in grey sweats of the trainer bracing a heavy bag while...ugh. It's funny, but so much less interesting.

Anyway, back to petting this 1,800 pounds of somehow gentle muscle yet potential ursine fury that stands before you.

>>36882538

Your name is Mikage Chiba, second year Highschool student age 15, and you are about to have a round of training with a bear in the back of a Veterinarian Clinic. This contest is being watched by your friends Kairi and Midori; and some acquaintances of yours who will soon be Sasha's classmates at Infinity Academy, Moe Ueda and Momoko Nakajima.

"Take as long as you need to feel comfortable before the fight," Sasha instructs.

>Keep petting him
>No, you're ready to do this
>use subtle magic to cast a spell on yourself
>use subtle magic to cast a spell on Boris
>have the Kunzite & or Zoisite investigate Boris
>write in

>>36882563
>>have the Kunzite & or Zoisite investigate Boris

>>36882563
>have the Kunzite & or Zoisite investigate Boris
>No, you're ready to do this

We will break you bear.

>>36882563
What does it mean by casting spells?

>>36882790
http://pastebin.com/bCVPdABG
Spells
Cross reference with http://pastebin.com/bQp6Z1NU

Have fun with the walls o' text

>>36882790

Using one of the Spells listed on your character sheet.

If you select that option please list the spell you'd like to use.

http://pastebin.com/bQp6Z1NU

>>36882563
>Keep petting him
>have the Kunzite & or Zoisite investigate Boris

>>36882878
Can we cast as we start the spar or do we need to do it now?

>>36883039

One combat begins, you can cast but are bound by the action economy.

>>36883039
If you want to set anything wait till right before combat because it looks like thats not winning this vote and pop off a

FIST OF THE EARTH

Then possibly enter a controlled rage once combat starts.

I'd prefer shadow claws but I'm not sure our audience is privy to our magical abilities. Even with the subtle thing they'd notice claw hands.

>>36883300
Yes, I was thinking about that but worried about the time limit.

Well, its been thirty minutes, so we've got everyone who is voting on the OP, so then.

Time for a Final Destination.

While you are investigating with Boris with the Shintennou, what will you do?

Reply to this post with only the number of your selection within four minutes of this post's timestamp.

No comments, no line breaks, no punctuation, no dice rolls. Just the number of your choice or your vote will not be counted.

1. No, you're ready to do this
2. Keep petting him

>>36883356
1

>>36883356
2

>>36883356
2

>>36883356
1

Writing

>>36883468
It was a tie.

>>36883498
Nah I was late by a few seconds.

>>36883520
Within 4 minutes of the Final Destination time stamp.

>>36883554
Not, not within.

>>36883498
There was no tie.

>>36883554
I know? I said I was late.

>>36883586
Yah, gnash was 10 sec late

>>36883586
Ah okay.

Hey, I'll be aroundish, sneaking glances while with group.

>>36883300
Fist of Stone is literal, too obvious to use.

>>36883612
I meant to reply to >>36883498 I was distracted while setting up my post.

>>36883657
>You infuse your hands with the power of the earth, gaining a +3 enhancement bonus to attacks, grapple checks, or breaking and crushing items.

Anything else I'm missing? Otherwise it seems fine to me.

>>36883586
Bear is apparently adowable.

>>36883657
Not sure if this has visual effect. Even if it does, we're wearing bigass gloves. Might cover it.

>>36883756
Visual effect would be listed. They are with other powers - Claw hands for instance.

>>36883756
Im curious as to whether that will actually cause more damage, or possibly less depending on whether Boris has a shard.

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>>36883753
Kamchatka Bears are brown bears weighing around 1800 lbs and are genial and usually non aggressive toward humans.

East Siberian Brown Bears max at 1500 or so and are fucking psychos.

Boris is the most adorable, given his weight and likely species of bear.

>>36883833
Warning horribly sad.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2026914/Mum-bear-eating--Final-phone-calls-woman-19-eaten-alive-brown-bear-cubs.html
Bears are evil. Colbert has been warning us for years. Never trust a bear.

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>>36883890
Objection!

>>36883890
Good God. I don't want to fight thebear anymore!

>>36883984
We already fought and beat his evil shadow. How hard can a bear without evil magics be?

Besides, do you want to looks like a complete baby by backing down from something we dragged everyone to see?

>>36883709
>>36883756
Well, the spell it is based on had that infusion being stone, which is where the natural attack came from.

>>36884034
Exactly. We fought the evil bear. The standard one shouldn't even be a problem.

Though we did have the use of our claws at the time.. which are fantastic for CQC.

>>36884062
We didn't have claws at the time, we just straight up wrassled the bear. Which turned out to be a little difficult.

>>36884062
Except that for most shadows, evil makes them stupid. Boris might be quite a bit more dangerous in his true form.

>>36884062
We didn't have claws during that fight. They're a much more recent spell pickup.

You continue to pet the bear, moving around him, while he makes noises to indicate he is comfortable with the situation. Granted his pleased and comfortable noises would probably be terrifying to anyone else in this close a proximity. Sasha quietly begins to ease back from the two of you, eventually leaning against the inside of the fence adjacent to where the girls await beyond, awed.

Standing as he is, you barely clear his hip. He is a veritable giant of a bear. You didn’t know there were bears this huge in the world...and he seems incredibly friendly. Though as he occasionally leans into your petting and scratching, you are briefly visited by the fear of him simply toppling over onto you.

You mentally urge the phantoms of Kunzite and Zoisite still bound to you to investigate the bear as you had Sasha investigated earlier. As you complete your circle around Boris, you feel the weight of Zoisite’s presence return to the back of your mind.

<Princess, this beast is the same weird void of magical presence we sensed earlier within the boy,> he begins, <I believe they may both hold a fragment of the Golden Crystal you seek,>

-What of Kunzite?- you inquire after the lingering spectre of one of your father’s retainers in his past life.

<Kunzite-sama elected to investigate a strange feeling. He said he felt a presence neither beast or the crystal,> Zoisite’s voice echoes in your mind.

<Though I have found nothing from it,> the additional weight of the platinum haired phantom resumes its shelter within your mind.

You continue your socialization with Boris, he briefly tries to pat you on the head with the oversized punching pads his has secured over his paws. Its kind of adorable...for a creature almost thrice your height standing.

>Enough talk, lets do this.
>Use subtle magic to cast a spell
>Have second thoughts
>He’s so fluffy I’m going to die!
>Write in

>>36884098
>Enough talk, lets do this.

>>36884098
>Use subtle magic to cast a spell
FIST OF THE EARTH

Then!
>Enough talk, lets do this.

>>36884098
"Alright Boris, care to spar a bit?" Friendly tone.
come around front and take a boxingish pose. Touch gloves with his when he seems ready.

>>36884098

>Enough talk, lets do this.

Let's not cheat. That makes it all the more impressive to all parties involved, even the magical ones, when we lay a bear the fuck out.

>>36882790
Good sir, are you new among us tonight?
If so, then welcome.
We are an ex magical girl who is making friends and telling such fickle things as destiny and fate to go fuck themselves.

>>36884098
>Enough talk, lets do this.
>He’s so fluffy I’m going to die!
We need both of these. We need them both so bad.

>>36884098
>>36884125
Seconded.

>>36884144
>>36884177
Combo platter?

>>36884098
>>He’s so fluffy I’m going to die!
I guess the keepers here have a wonderful condition and rinse routine.

>>Enough talk, lets do this.

>>36884152
I've read the archives but have never managed to participate, so im shakey on the rules.

>>36884208
Almost as fluffy as a moon-cat. Earth-Bear!

>>36884221
Is cool, check out the pastebin sheet to get a feel for things. Rules are largely d20.

>>36884098
>Enough talk, lets do this.
>He’s so fluffy I’m going to die!
MUST... FIGHT... BEFORE WILLPOWER... EVAPORATES.

DO remember to give Boris a proper western-style curtsey before sparring. A well-mannered Russian gentlebear such as himself should be treated with the utmost politeness, after all.

>>36884221
I think it's been a while since the character sheets have been linked, so here's this if you need it: http://pastebin.com/u/Phantomcrossing

The rules are some kind of pathfinder hack, if you're comfortable with that sort of thing. Me, I just vote the gut and roll dice when Art calls for them. (Note on dice rolls: Art will not accept rolls without the specified modifier.)

>>36884221
Hey, welcome aboard. Always curious for the feedback of a fresh set of eyes after an archive binge.

Counting

>>36884221
Welcome! You have to be careful. Hotaru is a horrible monster who is out to destroy us. We must strike her down first. Trust. No one.

>>36884314
They're always in the OP

>>36884352
And by trust no one, he means himself.

>>36884352
>Trust. No one.
Least of all him.

Well now, looks like we're ready to go, but he is also so fluffy that we may expire. Writing.

>>36884353
I've gotten in the habit of skipping the copypasta. Derp.

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>>36884352
>>36884221

>>36884331
Well initially I was expecting something a lot darker. The initial interaction with Luna being a pace setter. It was not. Things have turned out a lot brighter and I'm amazed that some of those combat situations turned out as well as they did.

My knowledge of the Sailor universe is cursory at best but you do a good job of not letting that alienate people. You don't rely on peoples names to infer the personalities, you write them. So I don't feel as if I'm constantly missing something.

I'm enjoying Mikage more for her flaws than her virtues. It really seems to bring her to life. Panic attacks and will rolls for socialization.

I caught with the majority of the threads a few days ago so I'm not sure if my view is still, "fresh." But this is what comes to mind.

I'm looking forward to combat, whether it be with Boris or whatever monsters happen to be lurking.

The kitten thread was adorable. Sorry for the wall of text.

>>36884633
Oh, I wouldn't call that a wall of text. A hedge, perhaps, but not a wall.

>>36884633
There are to many spaces between paragraphs for it to be a wall

>>36884431
Is it just me.. or does Artemis look disturbingly like Kyubey in that picture?

>>36884633
>expecting something a lot darker
You and me both.
>enjoying Mikage more for her flaws than her virtues.
Yes! 10/10.

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>>36884774

What makes you say that?

>>36884774
Artemis is older, Gnash. It's QB that resembles him.

>>36884824
Mouth proportions. Face also might be stretched a bit wider giving it a Kyubey look.

A dark hope that Artemis is setting up a torrent of feels that will drown the world in sorrows.

>>36884843
Hopes intensifie!

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>>36884890

I don't see it. You must just be imagining things. Artemis wouldn't do that kind of horrible thing, would he?

~You are so fluffy,~ you exclaim in what is to those who know you presently an uncharacteristic high and excited tone as you wrap your arms around his leg and hug him from the side before calling over to Sasha as he stands a fence apart from but beside the girls, ~Sasha, Boris is the most adorable bear I’ve ever petted,~

He looks at you, with a certain amount of disbelieved shock at the conclusion you’ve reached. Moe laughs while Momoko remains silent and observant. Midori looks a little embarrassed, perhaps by association with you. Kairi seems to be stealing glances at the ring on her finger, distracted from your antics, perhaps in the middle of some kind of counsel with her mentor spirit.


With a sigh you release and back up from the bear, and raise your padded fists in a combat pose. With a quick look you shoot Sasha a nod and smile before turning back to Boris. You are ready for this. Boris seems to nod happily and raise his pawed hands to present you with the two flat surfaces of the punching pads, while lowering them far enough for your to strike head on.

~Alright Boris, care to spar a bit?~ you say in a friendly tone.

Sasha shouts something out in Russian and the massive bear before you tenses up, coiling in on himself and braces. His mouth shuts tightly and his eyes focus on you.

>You have entered combat

>Stand and strike! The pads or the bear?
>Strafe and hit! The pads or the bear?
>Attempt a combat maneuver
>Direct your anger, RAGE! Where do you assign the bonuses?
>Write in

>>36885129
>>Stand and strike! The pads or the bear?
The pads. We can go for rage or whatever later.

>>36885129
>Stand and strike! The pads or the bear?
The pads. Cannot bring myself to hurt the bear.

>>36885129
>Strafe and hit! The pads or the bear?
Presenting a standing target against something that outmasses us by around 20x is not a good idea. Let's not do that.

I'm fine with hitting the pads for a start.

>>36885154
>>36885189
Thirded

>>36885129
The pads

Stand and see if he counterattacks.

Writing

give me dice+1d20+10
Best of 3, 1s and 20s wild

Rolled 4 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>36885393

Rolled 19 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>36885393
Aye aye

Rolled 7 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>36885393

Rolled 5, 5, 5 = 15 (3d6)

29 vs flat footed AC, 3 degrees of success.

Padded fist vs padded mit,

You can apply degrees 1 for 1 against vitality only, or instigate a manuever.

You have 3d6 sneak attack on damage.

Rolled 1 + 3 (1d4 + 3)

>>36885667
fist

>>36885667
Catch bear off balance, give penalties?

>>36885667
WRASSLE THAT GODDAMN BAER!!

>>36885129
>Momoko remains silent and observant
Mad. Jelly.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

In the interest of not burning time on another FD.

rolling for it.

on a 1: hamstring penalty
on a 2: WRASSLE

Rolled 19 + 14 (1d20 + 14)

>>36885867
since it only takes 1 point to instigate the maneuver, I am still going to apply the other two rolls as a 1 time penalty on his ability to resist your grapple.

Give me dice+1d20+10 for your grapple attempt.

best of 3, 1s and 20's wild

vs the above opposed test

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>>36885867
Yes.

Rolled 16 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>36885920
pretty sure we can't beat that without a surge

Rolled 2 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>36885920

Rolled 6 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>36885920
Welp, that roll is too high.

>>36885920
This isn't going well but then again, we are grappling a bear.

>>36885959
33 vs 26. Surge is a d8 so I guess we could theoretically beat that roll, but I dont think the odds are good enough to bother.

>>36885959
Only on an 8.

Call for Surge? Y/N?

>>36886024
Fine, sure

>>36886024
Go for it. Won't make anything worse.

>>36886024
no

>>36886024
The odds are as bad as the chances of a little girl successfully grappling a bear.

>>36886088
is that a yes or a no? Be clear, anon!

>>36886088
Say yes. If it works it will be funny

Rolled 8 (1d8)

Calling it, spending PP

>>36886156
YEEEEHAW

>>36886137
This is /tg/. That's a fuck yeah!

>>36886156
...
just going to rewrite that whole paragraph.

>>36886156
Wheeeeeeeee~

>>36886197
Pat, pat.
Is alright, it went for a good cause.

>>36886197
I'm now picturing a large bear being confused by the change of pace from regular boxing moving to relatively easily brush us loose, only for us to scrabble around on him and end up riding his shoulders to Boris' greater confusion.

Feet planted firmly before your friendly foe, you explode into motion and thrust a single punch forward. Veering toward the outside edge of the glove, you seem to manage to force Boris into quick action as he on instinct reaction tries to center your punch against the mit. Your fist twists with force and impact, and from his quick repositioning his catch of the punch presses back into his mass. He did not expect the force of your strike.

Just as well, using his seeming momentary confusing you duck under the arm and shoot both arms up and wide. Catching his forearms with one arm, the force of your rising engagement catches Boris off balance slightly more. Wrapping one arm around him, you redirect your upward velocity back around and somehow manage to send the bear toppling with you to the ground. Wrapping your other arm around it and your legs around his upper arm several feat shy of his shoulder you arch your back as you hit the ground.

“????!” Sasha shouts something in Russian you don’t quite catch while the girls cheer in surprise and amazement.

Boris seems confused and looks over to Sasha, who shouts something else and he roars in response.

>It is your turn

>>36886407
Choke him out.

>>36886407
It's cool that we won the grapple and all but I doubt our luck will hold if we keep it up, drop the grapple, attack again.

>>36886510
In that case I'm changing from >>36886475 to casting jump and getting away from Boris.

>>36886407
Pat him on the he and jump off back in front of him.

>>36886510
>>36886604
These. We had our fun, but Boris is probably going to get upset if we stray TOO far from his trained routine.

And I have no desire to upset our super-huggable fuzzy-wuzzy bear.

writing

give me dice+1d20+10 vs a flat footed and prone Bear

Rolled 3 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>36886732

Rolled 16 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>36886732

Rolled 10 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>36886703
It makes sense... but part of me really wants to attempt a complete victory. After all, wouldn't Sasha stop us if we were really pissing Boris off?

On the other hand, physically dominating a bear vs getting mauled kind of feels like a win-win to me, so maybe I shouldn't talk.

>>36886732
Yessir

Rolled 4 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>36886732

Also, I spent the entire voting period looking for clips of Boris & Natasha and didn't find anything I liked enough to link. Sadness.

Rolled 4, 3, 1 = 8 (3d6)

3 degrees of success.

How do you want to spend them?

>>36886766
Counting coup on the bear like that seems like a win.

>>36886811
Hamstring I guess

Rolled 1 + 3 (1d4 + 3)

>>36886811

>>36886604
This

No gloating, this is all in good fun

Applying Hamstring penalty

You relax your back and kip up between his arm and torso on the ground. Even standing, you punch straight forward and tag the space between his arm and shoulder, which he fails to block in time with his other mit. It flusters him and as you pull back you elbow him in the shoulder, to throwing him off his game just a bit more, he shakes it out with a lazy and annoyed roar before you hop back and tighten your stance, like a coiled spring.

Boris rises slowly, leaving several openings, but you think you’ve deviated far enough from his trained routine and impressed your audience. Once fully righted though, Boris’s has his mit padded paws raised wide and out. They no longer occupy the active defense positions, nor are they low enough for your to tag.

You feel a sudden sense of foreboding, as though he’s about to make his first aggressive move of the fight.

>It is your turn

>>36886983
I wonder. If we rage, can we suplex a bear?
What did Dark Knowledge do again?

>>36886983
Total Defense.

>>36886983
Stay in close he's bigger if we back up he'll have the advantage.

Watch to see what he does.

>>36887047
Rage flipping a bear sounds awesome.

>>36886983
Full Defense

>>36886983
CROSS-COUNTER

Rolled 12, 15 = 27 (2d20)

Writing

Attacks on you with 2 bonuses +8

Total defense/Full expertise 25

You know something is coming, so you pull into yourself and raise your padded fists up and stay light on your feet. This isn’t the time to throw a punch, now is the time to put all your attention on Boris’s movements.

It pays off when he explodes into motion, stepping wide and swiping with the wide mit hand. The rush of displaced wind rushes past you as you lean back, if that had connected…

No time to dwell on it as a second one comes at you from the other side pushed forward to compensate for your dodge. Ducking under it at the last second, you smile that you were able to keep up with him, though this fight won’t go anywhere if you spend all your time dodging.

Your attention is solely on your opponent, but you feel something strange as the last attack misses. The world slows down and you feel there was something trailing after Boris’s strike. For an instant in this odd slowed space, you see another blurry shape superimposed upon Boris.

It vanishes and time resumes.

>It is your turn

>>36887510
Attack. But first try to get someone to see what that shape was.

>>36887510
Lets attack again. Did Zoisite pick up anything on what just happened?

>>36887510
>The bear has a stand

ALL IS LOST

>>36887510
>>36887559
seconded. Devil bear? Tux bear?

>>36887510
Zoicite, Kunzite, did you guys catch that? What the fuck just happened?

dice+1d20+10
Best of 3 , 1s and 20s wild

Against the AC of a not flat footed or prone bear.

Rolled 13 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>36887736

Rolled 13 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>36887736

Rolled 16 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>36887736

>>36887604
What's a stand?

>>36887510
Magic, bear? Bad move

>>36887764
It's a spirit that stands beside you. It brings the ORA ORA ORA.

Turns out his agility is crap, so not being flatfooted doesn't help him much.

2 degress of success.

How do you spend them?

>>36887786
Hamstring

>>36887764
A Stand is the plot related means of having superpower's in the The Third arc of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, The Stardust Crusade.

Reference here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j64JegzWf3c

>>36887786
Trip dat bear. And against vitality I guess.

>>36887786
Punch Barrage

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>>36887764

Rolled 1 (1d2)

Rolling

1- trip and vit
2 - hamstring

Rolled 7 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

Agility test augmented by CQC please.

dice+1d20+5, best of 3.
vs the above

Rolled 3 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>36887877

Rolled 3 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>36887877
What's going on now I don't even.

Rolled 7 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>36887877

Rolled 5 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>36887877

Rolled 3 + 3 (1d4 + 3)

Punch

Rolled 1, 10 = 11 (2d20)

both with a +8 modifier.

Your AC now is 16

Roll me a counter attack for his fumble, if you are so inclined to take it.

dice+1d20+10

Rolled 20 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>36887997

Rolled 7 + 8 (1d8 + 8)

the attack that hit you

Rolled 4 + 3 (1d4 + 3)

>>36888005
...your crit to wounds

Rolled 7 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>36888005
OH SNAP
>>36887997

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Please don't hurt the bear, guys
We love the bear

>>36888005
Hah!

>>36888079
It's a BEAR. It'll be fine. We also need to hit him till the shiny crystal pops out. I'm sure that's how it works.

>>36888079
Don't be a pussy. Boris can take a few wounds no problem.

>>36888097
We have to go into its dreams to get the crystal

>>36888124
Dreams? Good. We're already working on turning his lights out.

>>36888147
I was tempted to say that myself, but I'm not sure I can argue against Urara.

>>36888097
I'm pretty sure he's not going to drop a crystal shard diablo style. We'll probably need to at least cast restoration on him to acquire it.

-Zoisite! Kunzite! What the hell was that?!- you think to the guests in the back of your mind.

<I am uncertain, Princess,> Kunzite admits, <Whatever it was, it is again beneath the surface of the void my senses cannot pierce,>

-Oh well, gotta keep this going,- you huff and throw a punch into Boris’s hip.

It strike true, but without the benefit of catching him off guard, you find yourself bereft of the extra oomph you’ve been accustomed to dealing. So you lean into it, eventually bracing against his leg to try and force him over much like you had earlier. Its more a misdirection of his own shifting weight as he prepares to swipe at you, but you manages to resist your attempt to topple him, barely.

And then, he swipes at you. His first attempt is wide and unwieldy, leaving a gaping opening. You shoot up and take it, leaping and landing a solid hit below his jaw somewhere in his neck. Boris roars in pain from the solid and direct hit as his other arm swipes to the side, and the padding catches you across the middle.

>You take 15 vitality damage

You’re about to respond in kind when Sasha yells something out.

The bear pauses and roars in his direction. Sasha is stomping over to the two of you and Boris appears demure somehow and hangs his head.

“Alright, this spar is over,” he waves his arms and pats at Boris’s side.

The huge bear leans forward and back onto all fours. He drags his paws against the ground until the mitts come off with Sasha’s help unfastening them.

>>36888187
>>36888147
>>36888124
You know, when you put it that way, I'm not sure why we decided to fight him.
Do we really just have no self control?

>>36888233

You lower your fists and sigh as he leads Boris closer to you while petting the back of his neck. He repeatedly makes a few choking cough sounds before he regains his usual pleasant bear sounds.

Sasha...he just looks at you oddly. Like he doesn’t understand what he’s looking at. Its unnerving.

>Come on, we weren’t done
>Heh, I guess I got a little carried away
>How did I do?
>Ignore Sasha, pet Boris and tell him he is the fuzziest fight bear and that was so fun
>THE FUCK WAS THAT? (not the fight, the thing...the blurry magic? thing)
>Write in

>>36888255
>Ignore Sasha, pet Boris and tell him he is the fuzziest fight bear and that was so fun

>>36888235
We were given the opportunity to cast a spell on Boris...why didn't we cast restoration then?

>>36888235
We fought him because of awesome.

>>36888255
>Come on, we weren’t done


>>36888235
No one could think of anything for a write in. So I wrote in time to fight the bear. Everyone else either didn't vote or said, "Yeah all right."

Then we got here.

>>36888255
>Ignore Sasha, pet Boris and tell him he is the fuzziest fight bear and that was so fun

>>36888255
>Ignore Sasha, pet Boris and tell him he is the fuzziest fight bear and that was so fun

>To Kairi, Midori, Psychically:
>THE FUCK WAS THAT? (not the fight, the thing...the blurry magic? thing)

>>36888235
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Self Control. pfft

>>36888255
>Ignore Sasha, pet Boris and tell him he is the fuzziest fight bear and that was so fun

>>36888255
>>Ignore Sasha, pet Boris and tell him he is the fuzziest fight bear and that was so fun
Haha! We are intentionally freaking people out because we can! Thank you for helping us prank these squares, bear!

>>36888276
Well, he was fine before we started punching him.

Can we cast restoration on him now discretely?

>>36888318
Do you have an ability that lets you cast magic without anyone noticing even when you're under scrutiny?

Why yes. You do.

>>36888336
I almost think we should try it.

What does everyone else think? Should we ask Kairi/Midori if we should or just go ahead and do it?

writing

>>36888255

>Ignore Sasha, pet Boris and tell him he is the fuzziest fight bear and that was so fun

>>36888350
Yeah, let's do it.

>>36888255
>>Come on, we weren’t done
>>Heh, I guess I got a little carried away

>>36888255
>Sasha...he just looks at you oddly. Like he doesn’t understand what he’s looking at. Its unnerving.


>rabbits are fluffy little prey animals,”
Heh. Who is prey now tiny Russian?

>>36888449
Just because it's a prey animal doesn't mean it's not dangerous. You don't see wolves taking on elk 1v1 for a reason.

>>36888276
It's not like we can't stealth our way back to cast it later if we have to.

While Sasha is still staring at you, trying to figure something out, you surge forward and hug the bear with the cutest and girliest sound you didn’t know you could personally muster. It reminds you of the kind of noise our inner vapid super bitch might make, and considering she’s no longer an inner portion of yourself and just you now...it feels natural. Boris seems confused by the sudden shift from near bloodthirst you had been exuding to this unmitigated adoration and affection. Sasha seems equally confused.

You don’t care so much about the weird presence, because frankly everything is weird these days so you’ll focus on the positives. That was FUN.

~You are the fuzziest fight bear ever, Boris,~ you exclaim as you nuzzle at the back of his massive head near his ear, ~and that was super fun!~

You lean over and shoot Sasha a sly grin, almost begging him an unspoken question about fluffy little prey animals. Boris leans into your appreciative cuddle and you pleasantly squeeze him while rubbing the area you punched in his neck gently while cooing softly that you’re sorry for hurting him. Like, so totally sorry.

...you need to start working to weed that word out of your vocabulary if its going to come to you so naturally now.

Anyway, petting this super cute bear. Though, you feel an odd prickling. A tingling sensation at the base of your neck. Goosebumps that pass as quickly as you noticed them.

>Say something to Sasha, take his temperature regarding the situation
>Utilize your powers of subtle magic to cast your restoration spell on Boris, to heal his wounds and see if you can find a Crystal shard
>Huh, I wonder how the girls are taking this show?
>Telepathically ask Midori and Kairi if they saw anything
>Attempt telepathic contact with Boris
>Write in

>>36888738
>Utilize your powers of subtle magic to cast your restoration spell on Boris, to heal his wounds and see if you can find a Crystal shard
Shard get.

>>36888738
>>Say something to Sasha, take his temperature regarding the situation
"Sooo, never seen a rabbit wrassle a bear before?"
>>Utilize your powers of subtle magic to cast your restoration spell on Boris, to heal his wounds and see if you can find a Crystal shard

>>36888738
>Utilize your powers of subtle magic to cast your restoration spell on Boris, to heal his wounds and see if you can find a Crystal shard
>Telepathically ask Midori and Kairi if they saw anything

>>36888738
>Say something to Sasha, take his temperature regarding the situation
>Utilize your powers of subtle magic to cast your restoration spell on Boris, to heal his wounds and see if you can find a Crystal shard

>>36888738
>Utilize your powers of subtle magic to cast your restoration spell on Boris, to heal his wounds and see if you can find a Crystal shard

>>36888738
>Utilize your powers of subtle magic to cast your restoration spell on Boris, to heal his wounds and see if you can find a Crystal shard

>>36888773
We can actually do all three of these things.

>>36888808
Right. But some of us wouldn't want to.

I'd rather leave Sasha in a state of stunned silence. Hence not voting to talk to him.

Writing

>>36888738
>>Attempt telepathic contact with Boris
I think I should tell you that I'm not left handed!

>>36888837
I want to figure out where he stands on this, because it'd be funny. Also because you don't just ignore your friends. Particularly friends who just let you wrassle their grizzly bear.

>>36888738

>Attempt telepathic contact with Boris
seems most fun

>>36888866
Who knows, he might be mad at us. The rules are there for a reason- a non-superpowered person might have gotten themselves seriously hurt trying the stunt we just pulled.

>>36888866
Kamchatka and Grizzly are two different types of brown bear.

>>36888962
Details, details Arty. It's a bigass brown bear.

>>36888783
Seconding

>>36888983
Way late. writing is already in progress.

As you fall into your soothing and comforting rhythm of the ridiculously large beast that is almost twenty times your mass, you weave your energies and target your magic to spread a soothing of the wounds you inflicted into Boris, and perhaps dislodge the crystal shard you expect resides within him. After a few moments of this continued contact your spell is complete.

Boris makes a pleased sound as the likely ache in his neck and throat fade slightly under the touch of your fingertips, and at the point of contact something happens. Buried in fur, so no one else notices, something surges out of your new ursine friend. By touch you are familiar with the material, and the unfocused energies inside of it call to you.

“That was...insane,” Sasha finally manages to explain and pull himself from his stupor.

You nod and smile as you pull away from Boris, only for your eyes to be drawn right back. As you pulled the crystal shard away from the bear, you experienced the scent of pure and unadulterated anger and rage from your immediate surroundings. Eyes darting to Sasha, he seems more confused and impressed than anything else. Boris looks like a happy bear.

~Yeah, that’s me,~ you chuckle nervously, ~Insane,~

“A poor choice of words,” he shrugs and rolls his eyes before regarding your sternly with his arms crossed, “or spot on. This was a spar. What was that? It was amazing, yes, but it was incredibly reckless,”

>Ignore him, best to get away from this untethered anger
>Respond to him, what do you say and in what tone?
>Hug Boris tighter, and apologize to Sasha. Fighting just gets you so riled up
>Declare how awesome you are to your audience
>Inquire if he’s hungry for your round two now that he’s seen you get a little wild
>Write in

>>36889076
>Hug Boris tighter, and apologize to Sasha. Fighting just gets you so riled up

>>36889076
>Inquire if he’s hungry for your round two now that he’s seen you get a little wild

>>36889076
>Ignore him and hug Boris tighter.

>>36889076
>Hug Boris tighter, and apologize to Sasha. Fighting just gets you so riled up
>Inquire if he’s hungry for your round two now that he’s seen you get a little wild

>>36889076
>Write in

>"Hey what's that behind your ear?"
>cast restoration on him

>>36889076
>>36889140
Yeah. Good.


Also.. where the hell is that rage?

>>36889076
>Inquire if he’s hungry for your round two now that he’s seen you get a little wild
If he hasn't figured out that we're crazy by now, just who was it we started a surprise date with a no warning at all surprise street fight with?
The crazy, and the bloodlust, and the lust lust, go all the way down, little man.

>>36889154
Fight's over bro. We can flash our rage for Sasha later.

>>36889076
>>36889140
Seconded.

>>36889228
Wha? Not our rage. I mean the rage we detected nearby.

>>36889228
> As you pulled the crystal shard away from the bear, you experienced the scent of pure and unadulterated anger and rage from your immediate surroundings.

That rage. I mean, I wanted to curb stomp the bear but I don't count. Artemis can't sense me... probably.

Counting and writing

>>36889276
I guess we'll find out about it. We have some backup with Kairi and Midori, whatever it is should be manageable.

Hm... this situation had me wondering just how many ranks Sasha has in Handle Animal. And the answer appears to be zero.

For someone who regularly trains with a bear, this seems odd. Maybe Boris has mad ranks in Handle Human?

>>36889327
Boris.. is not animal? Is bear. Is okay for you not to be understanding this. Such is life in Soviet Russia.

>>36889076
>Hug Boris tighter, and apologize to Sasha. Fighting just gets you so riled up

Releasing Boris, you turn to face Sasha abruptly. You’ve already begun stripping the over padding he strapped you into as you close the distance to him and raise up your hands with the pleased and smug smile on your face. He appears to be about to launch into a diatribe about taking the situation seriously when you lay a hand on your shoulder and bring the index finger of your other hand to your lips to gently shush him.

He appears put off and confused by this until the hand snakes away from your lips and runs to the joint of his jaw and up behind his ear. Sasha freezes up at the sudden casual contact. You think one or more of the girls might be shocked you’d behave in such a way.

You begin the slow process of concentrating this spell into him and simply ask him.

~Hey,~ you ask plainly, ~What’s that behind your ear,~

This pose is held for nearly half a minute. Sasha’s already dark complexion reddening with embarrassment and perhaps something else. You smell the rage nearby, tinged now with fear. Rapidly it seems to be flitting about the area. You get the psychic impression of desperation and worry, but it fades back into unbound anger.

It doesn’t concern you now, as you finish your spell and pump the restorative energies into the boy. His embarrassed and blushing face shifts to something else as the sensation probably similar to his experience with your other healing spell courses through him. A tension he didn’t realize he was carrying is undone and the weight of the fragment rests between your fingers.

Retracting your hand, he watches as you flash him the gleaming shard with a smile. This is awesome. You feel like a million yen. He is confused. He might be a little angry. He is definitely frustrated.

>>36889542

“What just happened?” asks Moe of the other girls as Boris curls up and tries to sleep somewhere behind you.

“I’m not sure we’ll ever truly know,” deadpans Kairi.

Momoko yelps.

“He’s sooo cute! I want to pet Boris too!” the other pink haired girl exclaims.

“Is it wrong I kinda wish I could do that,” Midori sighs before clarifying herself to Kairi and Moe, “Not the stupid magic trick, fighting a bear like that,”

The floating anger vanishes.

>Write in

>>36889561
We should ask Sasha if he would like to to spar with us again some time.

>>36889607
Would this request be laced with innuendo?

>>36889561
Seriously. Hell is that anger. Get our psychic knights that we've still got in our head to poke around for it.

>>36889637
Unintentional innuendo is best innuendo

>>36889654
What? We can totally vamp him on purpose. We've got the fangs for it and everything!

>>36889637
Well yeah. Why wouldn't it be?

>>36889561
>Seriously, you have made my day. Meeting this adorable fuzzball, then wrassling him, and I found some amusing things! You are just too much fun. Speaking of fun, that made me hungry. Up for some food?

>>36889682
Delicious peaches?

Why not both...
er

Why not tres

Writing

So, looks like we have both of the other shards now. Whats the plan from here?

Should we check out the magician's lair?
Do we have Artemis forge them back together asap?

>>36889962
We get lunch

>>36889962
I'd back the forging.

>>36889982
We did lunch with Midori and Keiko a couple threads ago. We brought pizza.

>>36890007
In that case we should just head on home and catch up on our sleep.

Rolled 5 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

Moe Ueda intelligence test.

After some of the mannerisms pulled.

DC 18

>>36889962

I thought it could only be reforged during a period of crisis by us, or by tech at the Tomoe Foundation...which means dealing with Hotaru-sensei and having an emotional crisis.

>>36889996
Pluto seemed to think that there was something at Magician's Lair that would help us.
If she says it, it's probably true imo.

We might even be able to bring Keiko along, given the names of the last interlude choices.

>>36890021
Right over her head.

>>36890033
Just esoteric tech, not tomoe

>>36890033
We didn't ask how it could be reforged. But we must have gotten this amulet made somehow, and Artemis seems like the likely culprit, given what we just saw him do with Keiko.

~Ah, this was fun,~ you smile, ~Next time we should have some one on one. I mean, you still want to spar against me again, right?~

Sasha composes himself and shakes off his embarrassment.

“Of course I want to spar against you,” he scoffs, “Though given your manners it might just turn into another street fight,”

~Oh, I don’t know about that. I think I’ll be able to pull a few moves like here. I probably have a much better chance of pinning you than I did Boris,~ you smile and walk past him to the latched door in the enclosure fence.

Sasha remains behind you a bit stunned as you confidently walk. With a quick command you direct Kunzite and Zoisite to investigate the presence of anger you smell flitting about. However, it seems to have vacated the immediate vicinity as they notice nothing. More to the point, they lack your ability to smell these feelings and cannot pinpoint a location to investigate for the presence you described.

However while you fiddle with the latch, Kunzite has something positive to report.

<Since he was no longer shrouded as this morning, I took the liberty of reviewing the boy again for compatibility,>

-And?-

<He is a viable host candidate for Kunzite-sama!> Zoisite happily interrupts.

<Yes, I was getting to that,> he says in exasperation.

<You were taking too long, lover,>

Casting a look back toward the still stunned boy and speak a bit more plainly, and call to the natural result of your exertions.

>>36890155
~Seriously, you have made my day. Meeting this adorable fuzzball, then wrassling him,~ you laugh and open the door to the fencing before holding up your hand with the two crystal shards, ~And on top of that I found some amusing things! You are just too much fun. Speaking of fun, all this excitement has made me hungry. Up for some food?~

This shakes him from his stunned expression.

“Uh...I mean,” he composes himself, “You aren’t trying to get me to buy you another meal, are you?”

~Perish the thought,~ you turn your nose up, ~Aside from special circumstances, a girl should only expect a guy to pick up the tab when he asks her out,~

“Oh, so you’re buying this time,” he chides, “or are we just covering ourselves?”

~Err...I didn’t mean...yeah. You know what,~ you grab onto that Miki confidence, ~Sure. I’ll buy you dinner as thanks for this amazing experience and as an apology for roughing up your amazing bear of adorableness,~

Before you can step over the threshold, Momoko bursts into the enclosure.

“Please! Please let me pet Boris!” she pleads.

As Sasha tends to the situation at hand with your pink haired former classmate, you exit the enclosure and are met with the scrutiny of Moe, Kairi, and Midori. Your two knights grant you a nod, well Midori nods but rolls her eyes, acknowledging a mission well done. A brief telepathic rundown reveals they noticed nothing unusual during your fight.

>>36890165
-Although,- Kairi explains, -Nephrite did notice something important...to someone’s past. He couldn’t get more of a read. I couldn’t either,-

Nodding at that you turn to Moe Ueda, who regards you curiously while deep in thought about something. After a while she shakes whatever concern she had off and regards you slyly.

“Pretty smooth there, Chiba-san. I had you pegged for some kind of wall flower, then you do a complete 180 and are taking him out,” she smiles in approval, “Gotta admit, he seemed like a cool guy and he’s an athlete, I was going to make a pass at him once he started class. Though I don’t think I can top bear wrestling as an attention getter,”

~No. Its not...we’re just friends,~ you become mildly embarrassed and try and downplay what just happened, ~Ands its not like we’re getting food alone...right?~

Though you aren’t sure if its for her benefit or for your own.

~I mean, I’m not ditching everyone. We can all grab a bite together. That makes it totally not smooth,~ you reason, ~Its a fact,~

Eclipsed Moon Quest Episode 61
End

Interlude Vote
>Damsel in stress
>Intelligence and Contingency
>Aurora Borealis

Goodnight /tg/

>>36890173
>Intelligence and Contingency

>>36890173
>Damsel in stress
Night.

>>36890173
>Damsel in stress

Goodnight Arty, thanks for the thread!!

>>36890173
>Aurora Borealis
The northern lights? Sounds good to me.

Thanks for running.

>>36890173
>Aurora Borealis

>>36890173
>>Aurora Borealis

>>36890173

>Intelligence and Contingency
Planning plans plan.

>>36890173
So we fought the bear, got both crystal shards, didn't reveal ourselves to the normals and scored a date with the cute guy.

Son of bitch, we really kicked ass this thread.

>>36891751
You heard Mikage. It totally isn't a date.

>>36890173
>>Intelligence and Contingency

>>36891751
And we got some use out of subtle magics.

I am amused how Midori seems super annoyed with our frequent antics, but still has our back.

Though it sounds like Sasha noticed we did something to him. Maybe he's waiting to be in less populous company to ask about it?

>>36892936
I think we get a use of that every time we buff ourselves and no one notices. It's one of the nicer abilities of our stealth set.

>>36892950
Boris, I imagine, will be fine with resto-care and sleep. A good solid constitution..

Sasha, I'm a little more worried about. Who knows what effect his exposure to, and now removal from him, the crystal might have.

On the plus side, if restoration was enough to pull both fragments, presumably it couldn't have done that unless their presence was ultimately harmful.

>>36893392
Well, they each had a quarter instead of a half, probably why it wasn't immediately making them sick like Azusa.

>>36882522
I get it, because her bad future/black moon self turned into a dragon before she died.

I mean, assuming she is Esmuarde/Emerald.

Wasn't there a character earlier in quest called Doctor Borealis?

>>36893465
I have a feeling that the two's link meant Boris was able to wind up tanking the damage for both of them.

I also imagine it wasn't often used "actively", merely providing passive bonuses, which also probably helped minimise the damage.

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>>36889076
>"It was amazing, yes, but it was incredibly reckless,"
I have a feeling like Mikage's been told that before.

I think that she's gonna have to start taking a moment to zen decompress after she lets herself get swept away with adrenaline.

>>36892555
Of course, totally not a date.

>>36893477
Yes, he's the asshole who's doing most of the shadow bullshit that's been such a pain in the ass for us.

>>36893887
So, to clarify

It's not
A date

Of course
No question?

(Guess the song)

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Let's look at what you didn't pick!

>Damsel in Stress: The usually stuttery Scribe of the Keiko Sugimoto fan club goes off the rails and into a rant at the president's ever selfish behavior and how this weird change up means she has to scrap everything she's working on and drop what she's doing at this self important whim. So caught up in her moment of standing up for herself, she fails to notice what else is amiss until the fangs catch her neck.

Intelligence and Contingencies: the question is asked when the briefing resumes on where some of the new intel on the yet named enemy has come from. It is revealed that some came from the Mysterious Eclipse, while other parts came from the absent and retired Third Sailor Moon. Also discussed is the contingency plan should her reverse possession turn out to be an enemy ruse, even if the first has complete faith in her.

>>36894410
Hey don't look at me, I voted damsel.

>>36894410
Both of those look more interesting than what we picked.

Especially Intelligence and Contingencies, I wanted to see what their big plan regarding us was.

>>36894598
He said discussed...I highly doubt Art would just hand us the actual plan to take us down on a silver platter if we decide to go dark side. I think the whammy of that is that such a thing does exist, and the people we love and who love us are prepared to enact it.

>>36894624
>>36894598
I'm more curious what our codename is.

I'm hoping it's "Gaia".

>>36894624
Do you think Mikage would have a panic attack if she found out about that?

Because I certainly hope so.

>>36894710
Doubt it. Mikage's panic attacks are mostly social. She's pretty much fine with any kind of actual fighting.

>>36895031
Yes, but what if she learned that her own family was plotting against her, making a plan to take her down because they really don't trust her THAT much?

Especially if she didn't have context of knowing that everyone has a takedown plan, and she's not special for having it.

>>36895110
Usa reminiscing about how she remembers when she went Darkside, she destroyed an abandoned city.

Meanwhile Mikage got to be subtle. She's jealous.

>>36895110
Seems to me like she would understand why they would do that,

>>36895559
I would think that Mikage, already having massive trust issues, would only further dive into despair if she learned about it without knowing beforehand that everyone gets their own contingency plan.