>>37730656
Quest Start

“I-” she stutters, “I’m sorry, Chiba-san,”

It doesn’t register right away, what just happened. You find yourself staring at the top of her bowed head, seething. What is she even sorry for? Did Usa tell her everything you told her? Why did she send out Kairi & Koyomi when Usa is still in the next room? Is she trying to get under your skin?

Tomoe Sensei, Hotaru Tomoe, stands before you awash in emotion. Sadness and guilt in volumes you’ve never experienced before radiate off of her; layered with self doubt, fear, regret, and depression. Before this moment you have never seen her be in any way emotive, so this must be a trick.

You cannot believe she would try to manipulate you like this. Seething turns into burning rage as you grope for the pillow on your hospital bed, rear back, and wildly hurl it at the older woman with a piercing shriek. It passes through an invisible barrier a few inches from the wall, sending visible distortions through the previously invisible field encasing the two of you in a sphere. The pillow slides down the wall and again passes through this barrier, its impact against the wall never reaching your ears.

Tomoe Sensei seems...stricken by your reaction as you catch the scent of her fear spiking. This is a manipulation. It has to be. IT HAS TO BE!

is it…


~Usa is RIGHT THERE,~ you point quickly to the bathroom door.

>>37730699

“She can’t hear us, no one can beyond this field,” her usually iron wrought voice trembling as she stumbles over her words, barely audible over your own now heavier breathing.

~That isn’t the point. Why even ask Kairi and Koyomi to leave for this...this bullshit if you weren’t going to ask her to do the same!~

“T-those reasons are irrelevant,” she stutters as she raises her head, “I...I failed you as a teacher and you deserve to know why,”

You are Mikage Chiba, second year high school student 15 years old, and you can barely restrain yourself between your rage and your own frustration and sadness. Talking to Tomoe Sensei was supposed to be on your terms...when YOU were ready. And...and the first thing she does is apologize to you? Apologize, like some weak and cowed child after scolded by a parent!?

isn’t an apology what you wanted...isn’t an admission of failure what you needed?

...you don’t know what you want.

“They aren’t an excuse. They are fact. Please hear them, and if you still hate me then I will shoulder your hatred,”

>Accuse her of manipulating this situation
>Listen, hear from her own lips why she sucks
>Plead to her, ask her why she wasn’t there.
>Rant in anger, nonsensically, at her. What do you say?
>Try to calm down
>Strike her
>write in

>>37730725
>Try to calm down
>Listen, hear from her own lips why she sucks

>>37730725
>Rant in anger, nonsensically, at her. What do you say
-rant and rave about harshness and then '....why weren't you there when I needed you most.'

>>37730725
>>write in
Well, we chose this moment, now that we're face to face, to stay and talk to her.
We've avoided her so hard up until this point, both as Princess No and since we've reclaimed some of ourselves.
She certainly made it easy, hiding from us as well. Only person we haven't seen since we were Sailor Moon.
And now she wants to confront and apologize to us?

"Tomoe-sensei, I.." Start in with polite reflexes, then kick that reflex in the shin and shove it down a flight of stairs.
"No. NO. Damnit, No! You don't get to defuse this that easily, my anger gets to have more value than that. Do you even know what it is you're apologizing for? Because I'm willing to bet you don't.
What, for not visiting or trying to get through to me while I had myself locked away? I can't imagine that would have gone well.
For being a stone bitch day-in and day-out? For this being the first time I've seen you show me anything other than ice? You'd be getting closer.
You see, for years of my life, I thought everyone was comparing me to my sister, my Big Sister, my other self.. but I've come to realize that hurt, that pain, and that anger were misplaced. No one really thought that, no one set out treat me differently, or compare me, or had trouble keeping us separate..
Except, as it turns out, the one person I was trying my damnedest to prove myself to. The smart woman that lit up around the person that wasn't me, that treated me with ice and always seemed to be pushing me to be as good as someone I wasn't, while I kept pushing to be Better, to show I wasn't a Copy.
Yeah, I'm be mad about you not seeing any of my problems, or not being there when things went from bad to the worst imaginable, or not visiting, or being the very template for Ice Queen.
But what gets me from the regular pissed off at you to being fucking goddamn furious is that you've mad all my childhood fears real. Someone that can't keep me and Usa separate."
[cont]

>>37730851
That's retarded. She wasn't there because we ditched her.

>>37730875
Gesture down at ourself.
"Hell, with this last growth spurt I probably look even more like her now. Bet this is like being yelled at by her for you, which must be fucking terrible. If only you could NOT CONFUSE ME WITH HER."

We've been heavily active as the Red-Eyed Beast, time to let that rub off and accept our anger.
Suggest we relent and do Hotaru a 'favor' and switch to a different face after this, then lay into her about death and possibly missing something in a previous lifetime that is leading to the current mess, all of it.

>>37730875
>>37730904
I had some time to put some thoughts together.

>>37730725
>>37730875
>>37730904
I'm with you right till switching faces. She needs to get over the whole we look alike thing. If we shift faces it doesn't solve the problem.

Or I'm totally fine with >Rant in anger, nonsensically, at her. What do you say?

>>37730725
>>37730875
>>37730904
>>37730962
This

At the end of the last thread we were at
+2 Melee
+2 Stealth
+5 CQC

With Quicken Spell as our feat.
I messed up on the spells and I I'm sorry. We get 1 first level spells.
There was also some suggestions for going +5 Ranged instead of CQC .

I personally don't agree with it with how often we grapple but it was there. Any further ddiscussion?

>>37730962
>I'm with you right till switching faces.
Eh, just a suggestion for next round.
Thinking either way, we want to make an impression distinct from Usa.

>>37730878
Don't be a dick.

>>37731007
My suggestions for our level this time around:

+5 Ranged (We've fallen way behind on this, and we would like to not miss with that nice Rose Lance, or other spells/knives/roses)
+2 Stealth ('cause master of stealth)
+2 Insight (Because reading people and psychic impressions are a great thing)

For the feat, I'm suggesting we go with the other feat we were discussing last time around: the improved Open Minded, the third-party PF version, or modified Eclectic. Important part being the retroactive skill point per level, leading to:

+3 CQC (Ok, while we already have crazy-good melee BAB for our level, I doesn't hurt to be better, and qualify for perks)
+2 Persuasion (Use your words)
+2 Melee (Not my top choice, but preemptively offering it for those that do.)

Suggested spell: Eyes of the Avoral, BoED. 10 min/level, gain a +8 racial bonus to spot, or Perception in this case.
Suggested reflavoring: Senses of the Mau or Rabbit. With a Mau/Rabbit theme, I'd place it under the Moon Path. With the bird/nature-y one it could go for Earth, I'd suppose.

>>37731038
Hoping the tirade will hammer that home.

>>37731057
Heskinda right though

>>37731072
Perhaps, but we still have a round in the other barrel.

>>37731117
What? The fangs?

>>37731069
Disagree 100% on the ranged. We've used ranged spells and attacks like 5 times in the last 57 threads. We never use it.

>>37731138
We used them all the time before the last level. After which we went on a Red-Eyed Grapple Beast marathon. Eclipse used melee all of twice.

>>37730725
sense motive.

I don't believe she's sorry. Does mikage think SHE believes it?

>>37731007
I'll second this level up.

>>37731069
The primary point in dumping in melee skills is to make it an upkeep deal. Don't have to more than one point a level after this.

>>37731234
The trouble is that, at our level, Quicken is still terrible for us. Mythic Quicken at least gives us PP to burn for it, but trying to pay for 7th level spells with a MP pool meant for 3rd level spells is not healthy.

>>37731266
Hey, I'm agreeing to more with Open Minded on the table.

>>37731189
No we didn't. We used them once versus psychic dude. Twice versus Fish Eye and once versus the arena monster. That's it.

>>37731349
Yeah, 66% of our combat was ranged.

>>37731317
Honestly Open Minded is not a bad call. I'd be up for it.

>>37731215
I mean, why would she be sorry? She got everything she wanted out of it, didn't she?

Well, that's just fine with us. But we're done being in Usa's shadow, in Tomoe-sensei's eyes or anyone elses.

>>37730934
The union of the Beast's anger and Miki's being a bitch.

Crazy bitch, triggering our fight-or-flight response and not leaving us a way out.

SOCIAL KOMBAAAAAT

W̴͎͓͎͚̪͉̜̫̹͉̥̜̖̪̦̳͓͊̅ͯ͊̉̍͒̀͢͜͡ͅr̥̦͎̯͙̟̞̮͔̗ͮ͗ͣ̃̃ͤ̋̄̌́̆̎ͪͨ̚͞͡ï͌͐̀ͬͩ̑ͧ͛ͦ̒ͧ̈̚̚҉̟̬̠̖ͅt̢͂̊̈̒͌͒ͨ͑͆ͩ͒̄̓͛ͯ͞͏̴̪̭͔̠͈̖̪͜i̵̢͙̙̟̤͖̒̓̓́͗̔̾ͪ̚ͅn̷͂̒ͮ̇ͫ̂̊͊ͭͣ̈̾̽̔̀̏̉̚̕͡͏͈̟̹̠̺̯͓̪̲g̢̙͖̪͈̉̈ͣͧ̅ͮͦ̚̚̕͟͠

>>37730656
Hm.

>>37730725
>>Rant in anger, nonsensically, at her. What do you say?
We've got anger, so let's roll with that. Never mind her side. If we're having this conversation, it starts and ends with ours.

>>37731481
>>37731485
[Hm. Intensifies.]

>>37731485
Quite

>>37731485
>>37731511
>>37731513
What?

>>37731481
I know those accessory wingdings have become shorthand for being possessed by Cthulhu & Friends, but they're actually really annoying.

>>37731405
We're basically doing a skill monkey style anyway, right? Hard to argue against more skill points if that's the case.

>>37731405
Cool, you get your melee, we get some ranged, and I get some Other skills.
And more skill points for next time.

Eventually, that skill will unlock and we'll want to drop a pile of points on LOCKED.

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>>37731725
And this one time, at band camp... GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD!

>>37731797
Mikage in full Allison Hannigan "What's my name, bitch," mode with any of the potential love interests.

Just remember: there is no messed up situation that can't be made better by being Dan

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>>37731520
Just pondering things..

>>37731513
>>37731511
Hmm.

>>37732085
Madness.
Amusing madness, but madness all the same.

>>37732107

Yeah, sorry about there not being an interlude this thread.

>>37732107
Yeah, it was clear from the content that it was a Crisis interlude. Honestly, seeing Momoko around excites me more than the spookyspooks.

You know what's tough about super long write ins winning...folding it in with descriptive prose and character reaction.

I regret ever putting other QMs through them.

I'm so sorry.

>>37732259
Anyway, its good content. Its just going to take time.

>>37732259
Sorry, didn't want try taking those parts, Really curious to see how the reactions go.

>>37732183
D̦̲̼̟̜̳ͅu̦̖̞̳̺̥̝d̰͈̘͔͕e ̫̻y̲ou̪͕͕͚ ̝̫d̠̺͈̲̮͖̠i͔ͅd ͙͈p̰̯o̺̩̟̞͔͓s̟t̙͇̤ͅ ̹̞̬̙͓͓ͅa̻̩̪n ̤͖̳i͓̳̺̦̘͇ṉ̥͉͈t͈͍͎̼e̲̖̖͍̳r̻͎͕l͎̮u̲̼d͔͓̪͈͎͎ẹ.
Ǐ̇ͤ̎̄̓ͦ͝҉̵̯͙̤̮̻̥̭͇͙̖̞ͅͅt̶̜͇͓̭͇͚̝͉̣̩̜̲͎̼̂̅ͬͥ͋̈͆'̡̝͈̦̣̳͍̜͉̖̾ͨ͊̔̈́̇̿̈̐̚͡ŝ̮̜̠̠̦̯͎̗̖̏̍ͪ̐́̅ͧ̄̿ͧ̋̂̆ͩ̅͋̚͘͞ͅ ̛̀̍́ͦ͛̉̅͏͎̗̯̫̖̳ȓ̸̲̣̬͚̲͎͙̲̜͙ͯ͊͐͛̆̒ͯ̀̽̊ͣͦ̑͠ͅi̛̓̌̅̀̈́̅̿ͧ̊̂͊̑ͫ̚҉̢͈̟̠̩͍͓͓̘̘̼͉͓gͤ́ͦ̓͛ͮ͒̽҉̶̞̮̙̺͔͉͈̳͜͢h͈͓͈̰͙̟̞̪̬̦̪̖͖̑́̊̇ͮ͜͜t͗͗́̆͗ͬ̓̿ͣ҉̛̰͖̺̥̫͖̠̰̩̼̜̤̗ͅͅ ̽̆̈́ͯ̓̂͂ͪ̎̿̈̋ͨ҉̨̨̳̱̼̫̞͞į̷̝̲͕͇͕̣͍̖̦̱̩͓̲̬̺͂̓͆̅ͥ͒̆̽̔͊͑̿̓̿̀͝n̴̨͙͓͈͓͎̥͔̜̰̻͋͋ͣͥ̅ͦ́̿ͣ̂̓ͪͩ̽͑͟ ͔͈̯͉̭̟͈̹ͩ̅̅ͬ́ͤ̏̐́̀̕͢ṫ̸̴̢̟̭̳̤̫͕̖̟̿͑͆ͬ͌̆͆̑͌͛ͨ̈́̚h̢̡̰͎͚͍̯͕̮̪̤̱͚̱̠͕̭͔͐ͨ̒̓̊̊͐ͯ̿̽̋ͪ̕ȩ̶̯̥̘̣ͭ̇ͫͧ͐ ̣̻̝͈̥͇̂̄̆͌͛́̃͒͛͟͟͝f͂̇̔̔ͥ͑̽ͩ̋̔̇͐̿͗̍͒ͫ̑͘҉̨̪͓͔͕̤͉̖͈͓͚̙̫͓͕̜̳͈͔͟i̸̧̫̩͓͕͓͖͚̲̥̠̭͍̻͚̎̆̇̄͌ͮ̑̽͐͂͗̒ͣ͂ͣ͊ͯ̾͂ŗ̺̮̤̭̟̪̩̺̞͔̹̄̾̓̃͝ͅs̴̴̴͎͚̺͔̭͊̓̑̈́̉̌ͣ͋̾ͬ̇ͧ̏͛̾͢͟t̡̝͔̺̺̫̪̜ͯ̈́ͤ̓̂̿͒ͬ͂ͯ̽̑̚ͅ ͐̊̈́̈́҉̡̼̫̥͎̹̮̺̺̬̠̬̣͕͕̦̭͓̹p̢̢̨̨̬̟͚̰̻̙̭͖̪̗̳̹̻̞͇̱͉ͩ̾̉͆͗ͤ̓̔ͫ͡ͅȏ̵̸̖͚̖͖̫̝̮̘̺̬̦͍̫̱͇̺̬͓̊͂̎ͣ̈̍͗ͤ̀̑̆́͒͗̅́̚s̛̉̏ͥͫͤ̓́ͮ̽̄̂̃̓͐͒͋̊̓҉̛͇̻̤͓͕̯̹̖̦͉̻͖͈̜͕̪̬̠t͓̞͇̝̣̰̜͓̼͇̊ͥͨ͐͑̇̎͆ͩͬͮ̂͌̅̆̆͘͞

>>37732531
We have always been at war with Eurasia.

I'm doing some rolls behind the scenes for this.

>>37732694
I could roll..

>>37732705
This is for time.

>>37732705
No. Not after what happened last time..

>>37731725
>>37731667

I think we missed the chance to unlock it.
Like really missed it, as in it may never come back again.

"You know, I could deal with you being a frigid bitch. But to find out you had a heart all this time for everybody except me? That fucking sucks."

>>37732798
Right? Shame you're late man. I'd second the shit out of that.

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>>37732755
The flute awaits.

>>37732833
Disregard flute, acquire dragonzord.

>>37732798
>>37732826

Same here.
maybe we can present this as the next vote.

>>37732833
>>37732867
Seconded.

>>37732798
Yeah I like this. Maybe.. Artemis can squeeze it in as a last line?

>>37732918
If it fits somewhere, it fits.

>>37732918
but something tells me this probably isn't doing to go that smoothly

>>37733123
I mean duh? She's probably at least a little scared of Mikage, and you guys aren't exactly doing anything to assuage that.

>>37733123
Yeah but it's 100% accurate and viciously catty.

>>37733161
Sorry. As much as I actually rather like Hotaru, it amuses me more at this moment to torment her.

>>37733161
Among many concepts that Mikage is still getting her head around is the idea that Hotaru has feelings.

I mean, Mikage spent years making excuses for her. "Oh, that's just Hotaru-Sensei. She's like that with everbody."

You haven’t actually seen Tomoe Sensei since before…

Well, whenever you’ve seen her you’ve removed yourself from the situation. Where was she...if she had wanted to she could have seen you! you turned her away at the door

Tomoe Sensei. Tomoe Sensei. Tomoe Sensei. You want to start in on her request that you listen to her with that polite reflex, but you choke it down and dig into the hurt inside of you. You won’t accept this. You won’t accept her just getting away with apologizing. even if she means it…


~No. NO. Damnit, No! You don't get out of this that easily,~ you stare her down, ~my anger gets to have more value than that. Do you even know what it is you're apologizing for? Because I'm willing to bet you don't!~

Nothing for it as you let your voice slide into the sweet and condescending tones you learned as Miki tinged with the anger of the beast.


“Mi-” she begins before you cut her off.


~What, could it be? Is it for not visiting? Maybe never trying to get through to me while I had myself locked away? I can't imagine that would have gone well,~ you turn on her like a popular girl chiding the fashion choices of a freshman, standing and closing the distance between you. She tenses and her eyes fall to the floor away from your glance.

we turned her away at the door…

>>37733568
~Is it for being a stone bitch day-in and day-out?~ you muse to the woman who seems so small to you right now, ~This really is the first time I've seen you show me anything other than ice? No; thats not it, but you'd be getting closer,~

Slowly, you hum to yourself and began pacing around her. Predatory circling of the wounded bird.

~You see, for years of my life, I thought everyone was comparing me to my sister, my Big Sister, my other self.. but I've come to realize that hurt, that pain, and that anger were misplaced,~ you soundly reason, ~No one really thought that, no one set out to treat me differently, or compare me, or had trouble keeping us separate…~

She’s shaking. A grown woman shaking at the words of a child. Still in her long white jacket, arms slowly raising to clutch at the fabric on her shoulders like a security blanket.


~Except, as it turns out, the one person I was trying my damnedest to prove myself to. The smart woman that lit up around the person that wasn't me, that treated me with ice and always seemed to be pushing me to be as good as someone I wasn't, while I kept pushing to be better, to show I wasn't a copy,~ you lower your voice and stop beside her, leaning over to her ear.

She snaps up, the beginnings of tears in the corners of her eyes...but something else. Something defiant. Her sorrow reaches a peak and vintage you didn’t dream could exist...and something happens. It all snaps back, becomes rigid.

The emotion goes silent.


“You’re wrong,” its barely a whisper, you don’t hear it. I hear it…

~Yeah,~ you let slip from your lips in mild exasperation, ~I’d be mad about you not seeing any of my problems, not being there when things went from bad to the worse, not visiting, or being the an ice queen,~

She doesn’t move. She has stopped shaking. She isn’t talking. you don’t notice her resolve

>>37733605

~But what gets me from the regular pissed off to being fucking goddamn furious is that you've made all my childhood fears real. Here someone is that can't keep me and Usa separate,~ you gesture down at your recent changes as you step around and into her field of vision, arching your back to push your chest forward against the otherwise concealing sweater and finish your sharp tongued condescension with a primal and guttural bellowing, ~Hell, with the comatose growth spurt I probably look even more like her right now. Bet this is like being yelled at by her for you, which must be fucking terrible. If only you could NOT CONFUSE ME WITH HER,~

The room drips of the echo of her feelings, it becomes something else as she meets your gaze head on. Those emotions are still there, under the surface. Masked...no. Dammed up and contained, to keep them from overflowing. You struck a nerve before you even started talking.

“You know nothing of my reasons and perception,” her voice takes on the familiar, “If you are going to carry this hate then you should at least know the truth,”

>humor her
>Don’t back down, keep pouring it on
>Listen to her…don’t hold onto this
>Strike her
>write in

-do you want to enter social combat?-

>>37733635
>>Listen to her…don’t hold onto this

Can we back off the psycho-throttle and let her talk now?

>>37733635
Not really sure why you guys didn't see this coming.

>>37733635
>>Listen to her…don’t hold onto this

>>37733605
>The emotion goes silent.

...well fuck

>>37733635
>humor her


-do you want to enter social combat?-
Is she initiating social combat?

>>37733635
>Listen to her…don’t hold onto this

Time for Healing?

>>37733635
CARRY IT? NO I DON'T WANT TO CARRY IT!
Why do you think I'm saying all this?!?
Sure being a catty bitch can be fun, but lugging the shit around, worried about how I feel bottling this shit up??
You think I WANT to carry that around??

>>37733635
>Don’t back down, keep pouring it on
Let's keep the rage going.

>>37733635
While on the one hand, the fuck did you guys think would happen?

On the other, it makes me feel like childishly ignoring her because it seems like the only way she could be genuine was when she was in absolute control of the situation, removing variables, putting a literal bubble around us, etc, and now she's closed up again because we didn't respond in a way she liked, which was I don't know, now her thinking we're our mother?

>>37733635

>Listen to her…don’t hold onto this

Shadow us has never steered us wrong before. Surely this is the best option.

>>37733635
>Don’t back down, keep pouring it on

>>37733635
>>37733745
I'll swap to the write in.

>>37733839
Yeah. Now that she's got someone who's actually upset and venting she's going to lash out with her justifications.

>>37733882
DIdn't link it..
>>37733784
>>37733635

>>37733635
>Don’t back down, keep pouring it on

>>37733635
>>37733784
"Yeah, and if you'd opened up earlier, maybe I'd know more about you. Maybe you'd know more about me. All I know at this point is that you the old Millenium's killbot and that you missed something and whatever the fuck that was has gotten people killed, one that I thought -I- killed."

Remember the rule of Gnash. If he's voting for it, it means we're heading towards the trainwreck to end all wrecks.

>>37733635
Dammit If possible I'll back this write in as well.>>37733947

Should I delete my old votes?

>>37733635
It's frustrating. I'm pretty sure listening to her is the best option, but now she's making us the bad guy.

I feel like we should convey that frustration, instead of being openly antagonistic with shit like >>37733947 which isn't going to do anything.

>>37734038
I'd like to see Hotaru's dam break, she's got too much pent up. Then we can work on the healing.

>>37733635
"fine go ahead. But the first time you say her name, I'm out of here."

>>37734038
I don't think either of us are the good guy as of the end of that post.

>>37734038
She secluded us at the start. Then said it was irrelevant that she sent off Kairi and kept Usa nearby.

Mikage vented and Hotaru decided to go emotionless I'm going to drop knowledge on you or what the hell ever.

>>37734067
But she didn't have a dam until you guys put one there due to being too aggressive and, well, bitchy.

Continued aggression may spoil the moment completely.

>>37733635
>>37734038
I agree with this. Maybe we can just point out that, we shouldn't know or need to know about her reasons or her perception, as we were a kid. But we can swallow our anger for now to at least try to understand.

>>37734087
Justification for her treatment of Mikage instead of, "Sorry!" is what I'd want out of this.

>>37734134
It seems like whatever happens, she's already admitted fault.

>>37734134
Technically, that's what she is trying to say to us.
Maybe let her say it, then pull the trigger on the other barrel if we're still mad?

>>37734134
That's what was gonna happen probably.

See the main problem is no one likes being yelled at. Even if that person is right, the more aggressive they are, the less you want to listen.

>>37734082
She put up a goddamn privacy field for god sakes.

I swear you guys would complain if we had pulled her into our dreamspace and tied her down for this coversation.

Counting and writing

>>37734188
I want to make a joke here, but...aw what the hell.

sounds kinky.

>>37734038
Well she sure as shit isn't the bad guy.

She fucked up sure, but she's standing right here to take responsibility for it. She probably would have done it a long time if we hadn't worked so hard to avoid her.

>>37734181
What's the other barrel?

>>37733635
How about:
>>37733784
>>37734181
Gripe a bit, let her speak, then react.

>>37734245
That, going by what Pluto said, it sounds like Saturn missed something while genociding the solar system before. And that something is what's fucking us over now.

>>37734181
Maybe?

We'll see. Not sure where the vote is going it's a mess at the moment.

>>37734232
Teenager doesn't take your apology for treating her like shit well. Can't handle tirade from teenager. Throw up emotional barrier and prep to give holier than thou explanation.

>>37734281
The similarity when compared to our own leaving of the Magician's lair will be lost on us until the healing phase.

>>37734188
more than anything else, its just too soon.

Hotaru fucked up by pursuing this. Its more likely to cause Mikage to relapse into anxiety than clear the air.

Jeez, her card even said "in your own time" and here she is blockading us in our sick bed.

>>37734334
That's something wroth bringing up really.

Though "In your own time" would probably mean "never".

>>37734334
That's actually a really good point.

>>37734320
>Kid kills thinks they killed someone, flees. Totally congruent with genocide machine missing something.

>>37734334
Yeah I'd forgotten that.

>>37734351
Still a bit two faced man.

>>37734389
I'd be willing to bet that there could be a similar story of horror at what she'd done and missing something left behind to get away from it all.

Okay, going by the vote it looks like you're listening to your shadow, but still being bitchy about it. Less confrontational, but still bitchy or gripey.

>>37734462
I'm down with that.

>>37734462
Can we mention the "In your own time." Because that's staggeringly relevant ant the moment.

>>37734488
Also true, cornering us off guard did not help.

>>37734462
Maybe less bitchy and more just... tired and frustrated? Perhaps a little petulant?

I don't know, we're a teenaged girl. What does she expect.

>>37734488
>>37734462
Yeah really glad >>37734334
mentioned that.

>>37734351
Nah, the big issue is the insecurity. Once Mikage gets her own harem she'll be able to deal.

Right now she's still feeling like bootleg Usa, kinda still dealing with being dream NTR'd by Helios AND feeling like the butt of cruel joke at Hotaru's expense.

But... Earth Royal counts for a lot. She's somebody again, and importantly, not just crap Usa.

Time and distance'll heal a lot.

>>37734537
I agree with this entirely.

>>37734537
I think another problem is that our hunger for darkness is really starting to bite us in the ass.

>>37734599
Cant be that bad, or we'd be farming Hotaru for peaches right now.

...Wouldnt be difficult.

Honestly I'm surprised no one suggested it.

I really feel like Hotaru forced a talk and then got mad when it didn't go her way and end with a sorry.

>>37734688
She did. That's what just happened.

>>37733635
>>Listen to her…don’t hold onto this

-do you want to enter social combat?-
No

>>37734736
Eh, I really don't want to cave to her.

But maybe it's better just to get this nonsense over with.

>>37734688
Yeah, no good reason for her to do that.

I mean it's not like we just had an out of control vampirc episode, and the elder senshi are about to leave for outer space or anything.

She's got all the time in the world to wait on us to talk to her.

>>37734755
I won't. She treated Mikage poorly and she being a child didn't react well. She's an adult.. take your licks and sooth the emotionally damaged kid. Don't enter a fight with her to justify your self admittedly awful behavior.

>>37734789
I wouldn't call that justification to force the talk. Dr. Tomoe isn't going anywhere and this is our first day awake in the hospital after being unconscious for a few days. This was really poorly timed.

>>37734833
But our only options here are to continue to pick a fight with her, or just let her do this her way.

Also I forget, what exactly is our Shadow?

>>37734833
The problem is, Tome-sensi is also an emotionally damaged child at heart, and a pretend ice queen adult.

>>37734956
Our ID with a megaphone.

>>37734956
Peachy connoisseur.

But initially our dark side. So.. take that as you will.

>>37734957
And Usagi is a child at heart. Either way she's the adult and she's not acting like it.

>>37734956
Because she's not handling this well. At all. From planning to execution.

>>37731069
>>37731405
So are we good for this one?
'cause i feel like we'll need either that Persuasion or CQC in the near future.

I'm just waiting on alt-mom kidnapping her daughter back and us going on a wacky-goofy buddy trip to rescue her.

>>37735496
Sure she wouldn't kidnap us? Mikage is younger. Just did the whole darkness thing. Has the fangs.

>>37735059
I find it interesting she's our "dark side" but is the most rational and well-reasoned when it comes to decisions.

That may not be a good thing

>>37735560
Simple really. She's Mikage. We're princess No.

>>37735543
As if anyone would choose fail-usa

>>37734908
There very possibly not being a 'later' isn't a good reason to force the conversation?

>>37735633
True.

>>37735560
Not our dark side, but our subconscious with some omph. We had a lot of backed up fears and aggression clogging it up before

>>37735662
She just recently invited us to talk about it. Sure it's been a few days for Tomoe Sensei but for Mikage it's been.. well a mini Coma.

No ones left yet either.

>>37735715
We don't even know how old that card is. She could have put it there two days ago.

>>37735664
I mean, I guess dumber minions might mistake mikage, especially with the latest growth spurt...

>>37735730

That would imply an even shorter amount of time.

>>37735740
That's what this all is.. Usa is hiding nearby so that when they search for her they snag Mikage. Clever.

>>37735772
That's a pretty desperate stretch there, Gnash.

>>37735781
...of course.

That's the REAL reason why we were given the key!

>>37735898
Or maybe the powers that be are planning to ship us to the future to give Mikage some time to get her shit together away from the front line.

>>37731408
I'm ok with it.

>>37735966
Ha. Magical girl vacation. Ha. Haha.

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>>37736004
Yes, nothing ever happens on those.

>>37735994
First level spells cause I'm aat EDH tourney.

>>37735994
Ok with being in Usa's shadow?

>implying Neo Serenity wouldn't do it because she knows that what everybody needs

>>37736004
Neo-Toyko beach episode when?

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>>37736171
Does she, now?

Rolling your eyes you regard your inner voice with no small amount of disdain.

~Fine then, get on with it,~ you stride over to the bed and cross your legs, ~Though this is pretty much the opposite of ‘in your own time’~

“Circumstances changed since I wrote the note,” a more somber sorrow fills the room on top of the frozen peaks within the silent sphere; her voice takes on a more human tone and you catch the faintest glimpse of her eyes shooting to the bathroom door, “May I sit?”

You nod, though your anger and frustration remains palpable.

~Go ahead,~ you scoff a bit, ~Getting everything off my chest must have taken a lot out of you. So freaking liberating,~

“I’m sure,” she sighs in an exhausted fashion you aren’t accustomed to seeing from her.

Sitting opposite from you, she collects herself and thaws herself out a bit. There is a surge of her heavy emotions as they cascade back into the room. Not as heavily as before, but there.

“I didn’t mean to snap like that,” she sighs, “I’m not very good with...my feelings and other people,”

~Doesn’t excuse anything that happened,~ you cross your arms.

“No...you aren’t wrong about me messing you up so much...but…” she takes a deep breath, “I used mental exercises Meioh-san taught me to keep myself from slipping up...I was scared that I would have trouble keeping…”

>>37736647

She pauses and the glacier melts a bit further, drowning the world just a bit more.

“...that I would do what you accuse me of now. I was scared if I didn’t…” she can’t form coherent sentences and you can’t help but be amused by that, “if I didn’t...then I wouldn’t give you the training you needed...and you’d be hurt because of…”

She plants her hands firmly on her knees and folds into herself.

“It happened anyway…”

This is the woman who ran you through combat drills? This woman who made you repeat spells until you were exhausted from the magical drain. This is the woman who burned the solar system and killed every-

No...she failed in that task, didn’t she.

>Press her about the ‘changed circumstances’. Do you use Deceive, Persuasion, or Intimidate?
>Deride her for her sudden weakness.
>Try and snap her out of this funk, as much as you’re mad at her...it disgusts you to see her like this. How?
>Entertain the idea of accepting her apology, but make her work for it
>You’ve gotten it all off your chest...and she seems sincere...so whatever
>Strike her
>A frozen drink sounds delicious
>Write in

>>37736674
>>A frozen drink sounds delicious
Let's get peachy. She was so interested in it a moment ago.

>>37736674
>A frozen drink sounds delicious

>>37736674
>Press her about the ‘changed circumstances’. deceive is the highest right?

This is need to know..

>>37736674
>>37736738
Point taken... >>37736770
swapping to that.

>>37736674
>>You’ve gotten it all off your chest...and she seems sincere..
>Try and snap her out of this funk, as much as you’re mad at her...it disgusts you to see her like this. How?
>A frozen drink sounds delicious

>>37736674
>Press her about the ‘changed circumstances’. Persuasion
>Entertain the idea of accepting her apology, but make her work for it

>>37736647
>Press her about the ‘changed circumstances’. Do you use Deceive, Persuasion, or Intimidate?

>>37736674
>Press her about the ‘changed circumstances’. Do you use Deceive, Persuasion, or Intimidate?
>Persuasion
I feel like we're not really trying to deceive her, are we? Like we've been in a coma for a while.

But before we do that

>Try and snap her out of this funk, as much as you’re mad at her...it disgusts you to see her like this. How?
I'm not sure if drinking her is really the best idea? And I kind of want her to keep feeling this sad.

>>37736928
>>37736674
Which ever is highest

>>37736674
>A frozen drink sounds delicious
>Press her about the ‘changed circumstances’. Persuasion

>>37736674
>>Chide her for her sudden weakness

Pull out some old saying she used to use in training.

>>37736674
>Press her about the ‘changed circumstances’. Do you use Deceive, Persuasion, or Intimidate?
Persuasion.
Information is more important.

>>37737031
That does sound like a good idea.

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Frozen peach drink, coming up.

Writing

>>37736674
>>You’ve gotten it all off your chest...and she seems sincere...so whatever

>>37736937
We're not. Instantly friendly doesn't make any sense. We're at a calm with her at best.

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>>37737215
Tada!

>>37737356
I don't think that straw is going to help.

Huh....what won?

>>37737412
Press for information.

>>37737134
If she complains "sorry, my instructor wasnt much for empathy"

>>37737292
to be fair... usagi is her mom

>>37737386
It is actually. Magic bullet worked well.. eventually. It only smelled a little like burning motor.

>>37737451
I'll have to get more of these peaches with cinnamon, pretty tasty.

>>37737450
My mother is the nicest person on the planet.

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Well now, looks like I need a persuasion test DC 20.

Roll me 1d20+10

best of 3

1s and 20s wild

Rolled 14 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>37737528

Rolled 14 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>37737528
DESTINYYYYYYYY

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Rolled 20 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>37737528

Rolled 8 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>37737528

>>37737557
Sorry guys, child of Usagi is soft and huggy on the inside, even when mad on the outside.

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>>37737554
MUTATION!

WILD

Maximum possible success. 2 degrees.

>>37737557
Huh.

>>37737597
Naah she's just really good at manipulating people.

>>37736131
Nah brah, with Open Minded as feat for more skill points.

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>>37737631
Hugs!

>>37737647
So I'm back at my compy, good news is I won the EDH tourney. Bad news is I won because I got so angry I actually played the deck the way it was supposed to be played, because some dude was a douche.

>>37737738
Your card game is only effective when you use your daily rage?

I had the impression that things didn't work that way in real life...

>>37737738
Is good to beat douches.

>>37737778
Well, I wanted to play my silly shenanigans deck, but some of the cards for it are still in the mail. And some dude wasn't ok with proxies. And I'm fine with that whatever, but then he was a huge dick about it. So I pulled out my 1v1 deck that functions in multiplayer as "Fuck that one guy in particular." and killed him, then the dude playing the douche-y Skittles deck, then Mr. Infinite Combo and then Mr. Creatures, in that order. It's not a feel good playstyle but when played that way the deck is super-lethal.

>>37737854
>>37737778
I'm also one of those people who gets super hyper focused when I get angry.

>>37737854
One day I'll get back into that game, but I'm still going to call Fallen Empires the best.

>>37737854
>>37737903
Anyway, gonna go grab some Taco Bell because it's the only place open in a college town for some fucking reason.

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>>37737919
See now you're just trolling, Homelands was obviously the best block.

>>37737975
Eh, didn't seem bad, I'll give you that. Definitely enjoyed Feroz's Ban in my Thalid deck.

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>>37737557
So should we seriously consider the possibility that she might now like us a little too much?

>>37738205
Now you're just talking crazy.

Nah. Usagi and Usa are both cancerians.

When they're mad, they're capital mad. The problem is getting them mad, and sustaining it.

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>>37738205
Nah.

Well, maybe some part of her..

>>37738289
We're about to eat that part of her.

>>37738319
Did that get enough votes?

>>37738377
Going back and re-reading, I'm not sure.

>>37738402
>>37738377
Well if it did.. Usa steps out of the bathroom to see Mikage nuzzling Hotaru's neck.


Hotaru is still shit.

>>37738484
Wouldn't be the first time we've been necking with her significant other/s.

~Its pretty damn obvious that we both needed more time before this,~ you sigh and lock eyes with her.

She nods slowly and looks down at the floor. Her purple eyes again trembling.

~What changed?~ you ask evenly, ~in the circumstances,~

Hotaru Tomoe again glances over toward the door, beyond which Usa sits...for however long she is willing too.

“Please, Mikage,” she sighs, “It isn’t something I can-”

~Tomoe...Sensei,~ you fix her eyes with even temper.

Reigning yourself in, you have to know what could drive this wreck of a person you respected to put herself through something like this. To face you when you’d be so likely to react with anger and when she herself was still so obviously unprepared.

~please. Tell me what’s wrong,~ you reach forward and place a hand on top of her own. For as much resentment as you hold for this woman, you still have a connection to her, ~It isn’t helping either of us to keep secrets right now,~

>>37738679
You sigh and square your shoulders.

~You in such a sad and sorry state and me ready to bite your head off,~ you glance away and to the wall and consider a bite.

Would her icy demeanor alter the flavor of her negative emotions? You can find out later, the thought of feeding off of her right now doesn’t sit well with you.

She looks back up and breathes deeply.

“She told me not to tell anyone else,”

~More secrets will only hurt us,~ you admit with some amount of hypocrisy that you are fine with, ~Sensei, I’m not going to let you back into my life unless I know you can trust me. Please,~

She goes a quiet at your words and takes a calming breath.

“After the feedback loop between the two of you...she needs to go...home,” she mutters, “I don’t know for how long...the key is keeping her stabilized until she’s well enough to make the trip,”

~I don’t understand?~ you ask with sudden worry and confusion.

“In this place. She is displaced in both time and space...after spending so many years here and after what happened on the tower,” she clenches her hands, “She’s slowly falling out of synch with our world. She needs to go home until...until I don’t know when,”

Her head falls.


“So...before I didn’t have the strength to...before she left...I needed to talk to you. I needed to try and make amends,” she wipes one of her cheeks of falling tears, “You’re right. Neither of us are ready for this,”

>Does my mother know?
>Resent her, resent the face behind the mask
>Accuse her of trying to groom you as her backup Usa
>Have a sense of empathy, both of you are hurting
>Offer to take away her pain, so she can think clearly
>Take her pain, no asking
>Write in

>>37738701
>Have a sense of empathy, both of you are hurting
>Offer to take away her pain, so she can think clearly

>>37738701
>Does my mother know?
>Take her pain, no asking

>>37738701
>Take her pain, no asking

>>37738701
>>Offer to take away her pain, so she can think clearly
FOR SCIENCE!

>>37738701
>Accuse her of trying to groom you as her backup Usa
>Take her pain, no asking

>>37738701
>Does my mother know?
Really the only reasonable option besides a write in. We need to remain in control and neutral. Although I know people are going to try to take her pain or accuse for drama.

>>37738701
>>Have a sense of empathy, both of you are hurting.

>>37738701
>Accuse her of trying to groom you as her backup Usa
>Take her pain, no asking

>>37738741
I'm 95% sure she does. She was here when we got the key, and they've had days while we've been out.

confirmation wouldn't hurt, tho.

>>37738701
"Does my mother know?"
Followed by
"Look, let me help you with that pain.. because there's something else I need to talk to you about and a few moments ago I was honestly not going to be nice about it, and it isn't a nice topic, but we'll need to talk about that too.. and at this point that might be beat us worrying about her."

>>37738831
Man, whats with all this pain taking? Didnt we just snack?

>>37738701
>Have a sense of empathy, both of you are hurting
>Take her pain, no asking
Time to stop being a superbitch

>>37738853
We are the greediest of guts as a daughter of Usagi Tsukino.

>>37738853
Snack. Not eat. Prep for the main meal. Of course if she refuses imagine how much Usa has?

>>37738853
This

>OFFER to take it away
>but don't take it away without asking

Protip: backup usa isnt a thing we need to be worried about. If she tried we'd break her legs for cheating on Usa.

>>37738881
Haven't we already learned our lesson about feasting from Usa.

That seems like it would just exacerbate her current problems.

>>37738899
I.. what? It feels like you started one line of thought then switch to another.

>>37738900
Could. Or stronger connection to current self could improve them. At the end of the day it's fantastic. She never belonged here. She made Mikage feel like a cheap knock off and now the universe is finally correcting her as an error.

That said I cannot put aside certain speculations about what Hotaru would look like as a ganguro vampire

>>37738899
Let's not be hasty here. Mikage clearly has some unresolved feelings for her Tomoe-sensei.

>>37738970
This is a thing we should do.

>>37738949
heh, it was going to be a parting shot originally, but I guess the opportune time never came up to threaten Hotaru about what mikage would do if she made Usa unhappy.

For all she makes Mikage feel inadequate, Usa is still her beloved sister, after all.

Counting and Writing

>>37730725
>Accuse her of manipulating this situation

>>37739073
>>37738949
They buried the hatchet on all that, back to being the sisters they were when we were growing up.
Her leaving is sad and upsetting.

Also, tactically problematic, since she was supposed to be leading the global team.

>>37739232
Oh I know I was there for it. Still enjoy it though.

I'm sure they can just shoe horn someone else with a high level of competence into the position.

>>37739229
Dude you're late.

...I need a piece of paper to figure this out.

>>37739182
Oh thank god, I missed the vote and was worried backup Usa won.

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>>37739362

>>37739378
It would have been close but one guy deleted his. Shame.

>>37739362
Three for empathy
Two for backup Usa
Five for IT MUST FEED
Four for not being a subtle monster
Two for asking if Usagi knows.

Why.

>>37739427
Flesh of fallen angels.

>>37739427
I had a combo platter of asking is mom knew and offering to snack in there.

>>37739440
Do you guys want Mikage's friends and family to stage an intervention for her "drinking problem"?

>>37739510
What problem? She doesn't have a problem. Stop ambushing her with this nonsense... WHY CANT YOU RESPECT HER LIFE CHOICES!?

>>37739510
No, but I'm reasonably sure we could talk our way out of it, should such a thing come to pass.

>>37739566
Perfectly lie/high deception.

Hmm. If we're forced to take over leading for Usa maybe we should make an Usa mask.

>>37739589
I think Hotaru would be a better candidate for taking over Usa's senshi.

We would probably inherit Koyomi's senshi training.

>>37739589
Just to be clear, we like Usa now. Carving off her face to wear as a mask is not a thing that we're going to do.

>>37739589
Why would we do that? I thought we hated being compared with Usa.

>>37739653
Oh we do. But it would give the impression that she was still around.

>>37739639
That's a bit too much for me man.

>>37739635
Sure I suppose.

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Hey guys I'm ba-WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO!?!

>>37739925
Well Anon posted >>37737215 and >>37737292
Seemed like a good idea.. so well yeah.

>>37739925
err meant >>37737215
and >>37737356

>>37739925
Stupid terrible things that people think will be 'funny' or something.

Frankly I'm almost done with quests in general.

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>>37739964
>>37739978
WWWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYY!

>>37739925
It sounded like fun. Well, I would have liked to be a little more cautious about it, but it did sound like fun.

We're hungry. We're always hungry. She expressed interest earlier. Why not?

>>37739925
We should have lost the ability to feed once these chucklefucks made it a meme.

>>37740016
Consent?

She might not actually have been interested in it and was instead terrified? Usa being distressed?

>>37739964
Hey, I just posted the beverage I was inspired to make.
And that was the vote before last.

>>37740066
I take no responsibility for her lack of consent. I voted to ask first.

And honestly, if she doesn't want it, we're probably about to get wrecked.

>>37740066
She got into our personal space while we were feeding to get a closer look and called it 'fascinating'.

That just doesn't say terrified to me.

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>>37740019
I think people keep doing it cause they're morbidly curious what will happen when we reach the invisible magic number. What needs to happen is CONSEQUENCES.

>>37740166
Shagnasty?

>>37740166
CONSEQUENCES is what they want though. You can't punish people whose goal is to crashing this quest with no survivors.

That's what makes them so toxic.

>>37740166
Don't think this goes against the counter, we need to eat a shadow thing for that.

>>37740177
Wendigo. Probably one of the scarier hunger demon myths out there.

>>37740187
I'm pretty sure only Gnash and maybe one or two anons are actually trying to do that. I, for one, have confidence that even if the mystery box is really bad, we'll still have a chance to recover afterwards.

>>37740206
Shagnasty dresden files refrence. He can't refer to the Wendigo by name or it'll know. So he calls it shagnasty.

>>37740206
Dresdenfiles.

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>>37740197
That's not the point. It's a mentality at this point, drain everything we touch.

>>37740260
Nagoloshii and Wendigos are VERY different things.

>>37740253
Well that's also a bad mentality. Even if there is a chance to recover, there's also a chance you won't., and it certainly doesn't mean you should do it just for fun.

That's insane.

>>37740297
I get them mixed up apparently. I'll have to re-read.

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>>37740327
Nah, it's not a book thing it's a Native American mythology thing. Skinwalkers aka Nagaloshii are a Navajo legend about witches who are able to turn into animals. Wendigos are a Algonquin legend about hunger spirits. That eat humans, and wear humans as skin to aid the digestion. OF HUMANS. They are are like an 11 on the 1 to 10 scale of NOPE in native american demons and spirits.

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>>37740433
Which is saying a lot because Native American legends and myths are fucking horrifying.

>>37740433
Did you mean to post that pic?

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>>37740468
.....Yes.

>>37740549
That pause scares me

>>37740602
That's not the pause I'm scared of.

>>37740549
Were you implying that the Zeon command structure is infested with Wendigos? Who perhaps instead of hunger feast on ideals?

>>37740642
What would that make the Red Comet?

Hm... y'know... normally if there was going to be a struggle, we'd have had to roll dice by now. So either Hotaru is actually letting us do this thing, or we are about to bitchslapped by the hand of god.

>>37740712
I'd say she might be too much for us to handle.

>>37738701
So I'm wondering... does apply to Big Diana?

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>>37740642
Nah, I was implying that Wendigo's wear people like suits.

Artemis is kill.

>>37740787
Heresy

>>37740787
Isn't that the desired outcome?

>>37740755
If it does, then we're probably in for a full-bore planar war. For now, I'd like to think that the destabilization, which is clearly connected to the antipathy we suddenly feel for Usa, is localized to those of us who were fighting at the Tower. If it goes out any farther than that, shit is going to get bad hard and fast when the crossover characters start filtering in.

>>37740821
Neat.

>>37740770
I see.

It becomes clear to you that the only way to get anything done is to get Tomoe Sensei over her pain, even if its temporary. Even if it is also self serving. You aren’t even very hungry. Ugh, you are worse than your mother and Koyomi. At least they only eat because they’re constantly hungry.


~This will help one of us,~ you say kindly and snake your head down and to the side before she can react.

You bite. In shock she doesn’t resist. Fangs sink into the skin without wounds and you are drowned in life times of sorrow. The memories and sources of despair and pain come to you immediately.

Loneliness. A lifetime of loneliness. You are a weapon of great purpose, of final resort. Worlds would burn as you willed for the safety of the Kingdom...but you are feared. You are alone.

Your purpose is nigh. Evil has been sealed and the Capital destroyed...but all that remains is touched and tainted by that power. It will bring ruin to the future if left unchecked, some would find fulfilment in finding their purpose. You taste only ash.

A new life nearly cut short in fire amid the ruins of a lab, a young life shunned for being different. The ever present possession and lost time to a monster living within you purposed with unknowable hungers. The uncertainty between hope and false hope borne from your first true friend, the girl with pink hair.

Knowing the monster you became was empowered because she was hurt. Consuming her heart for dark ends beyond your control. Destroying evil, at the sacrifice of self, afraid but resigned to right the evils that have controlled your life.

>>37741024
New chances. New beginnings. At first being afraid to open up to the friend you hurt. The pain of watching her suffer and fade from a witch’s curse. Willing to again sacrifice yourself for her safety...only for her to still your hand.

Hardship. The betrayal by people you loved in their last ditch gambit to destroy the power of a sealed chaos.

Being afraid of falling in love. Being afraid of losing that love, and feeling lonely again.

New fears. Self doubt. Fear that love would make you fail at a responsibility. Fail her. Fear of hiding your feelings, telling yourself it is for the best. Doubt...fear. It hurts to be so harsh to her...but you can’t let your feelings for her sister cloud you; she needs to be strong. If she is strong then she’ll be safe and the fear will be kept at bay. Foolish pride as she does you proud before-

The hospital room snaps back into focus around you as she shoves you off. Stumbling back you fall hard into what was moments before your discharge your bed. Breathing heavily she clutches her neck with her free hand, hurt and embarrassed worry across her face.

The room is ice cold.

The nuances of her worst experiences play across your mind. The pain of dying three times, the suicidal will to protect others that eventually turned into the foolhardy beliefs that lead to your own pain. The belief that if she made you strong, then both of you would be spared suffering.

You think you understand Tomoe Sensei a bit better now, not enough to forget what has happened between you; enough to be willing to not spend the rest of your life hating her. In the back of your mind...that she was proud of you, that you’ve confirmed it beyond Usa’s dream and from her own emotions gives you a guilty joy, if only she could have said that to you sooner.

She, for the most recent experience, does not seem pleased. Besides upset, she seems afraid. Of you? Her arm remains extended from her push to remove you from her neck.

>Write in

>>37741044
Vomit

>>37741044
>Write in
Ignore her and get some rest now.

>>37741044
Pull back. Don't really say anything, yet.

>>37741044
Well shit, what did you guys expect to happen?

>>37741044
>You were proud of me?
Teary eyed or something similar.

>>37741044
I'm just not feeling the initiative here. Let's back off, sit down, and let her make the next move.

>>37741044
I wanted to help you... I should have asked... I I'm sorry.

>>37741044

>>37741128
This is the best suggestion Gnash has had in ages. I'll back it.

I was >>37741144

>>37741044
Try to take another bite.

>>37741175
Actually I think the best suggestion was demanding that Sasha take us to the bear so that we may wrestle it.

>>37741044
...I thing I've forgotten how frightening I've become... But it's hard for me to understand other people without...

>>37741187
That was a terrible idea.

>>37741228
I think the idea had been passed around collectively for awhile. I just got the chance to write it in. Also it was a fantastic idea.

>>37741044
>Cry

>>37741255
Blowing off everything to go wrassle a bear was definitely worth it.

>>37741128
Eh, sure this.

>>37741044
"Better?"

>>37741270
Your Usagi is showing.

>>37741275
We got the other half of the golden crystal by doing that. It was pretty damn productive.

>>37741284
"I was hungry. You were upset. Problems solved. Now lets get to work."

>>37741296
What of it? We got to wrassle a bear in front of all of our friends, and in mortal mode, no less. We've got to have all kinds of badass cred now.

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>>37741228
>>37741187
>>37741275
>>37741296

It resulted in bear-wrassling with a side of pimpin jewelry. No way it was a bad idea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q-rU8s9HCY#t=87

Soon.

Persusasion

dice+1d20+10

best of 3

"You know, now is probably a bad time to ask, but how is the dimensional fuckery affecting Diana?"

Rolled 9 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>37741467

Rolled 7 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>37741467
Why?

Rolled 8 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>37741467