The other two Rainyas rush in at your back, hammering you in the legs and the back of the head with their sticks to no avail, you teleport behind them and slap the backs of their legs with your own sticks. All four of Rainyas bodies soon lie groaning on the floor.

“Why are we doing this again?” groans one.

“You wanted to get tougher” you remind her “and the Teacher said this was the best way short of actually hurting you to get you develop more warlike powers.”

Rainya mumbles something like “glowing lying machine asshole” whilst on a bench at the side of the mat Lirael yells “C’mon Rainya, don’t quit now! Shee is it my turn yet?” Dev has just left to resume his learning a few rooms down.

“No” whines one of Rainyas bodies as the rest just lie there, chests heaving “I’m done” continues Rainya “This was a dumb idea, I’ll just have to be more careful about fights in the future.”

“Quitting already?” you ask “Really?”

Rainya weakly tries to make an obscene gesture at you, but her arm just flops down by her side before she can complete it “I’m too tired to argue” she grumbles “no more. Besides, this isn’t working, I’ll never get stronger.”

How do you respond?

>Ok, no more for today (options for other tasks in next post)
>What about your determination to get stronger no matter what? (this pleases Jagganatha)
>There are no limits except those you choose (+1 Impossibility)
>Maybe we should try to awaken some other powers (Kinetic? Shade? Mystic?)
>Other (what?)

Please pick only 1

>>37897980
>What about your determination to get stronger no matter what? (this pleases Jagganatha)

>>37897980
>There are no limits except those you choose (+1 Impossibility)

>>37897980
>There are no limits except those you choose (+1 Impossibility)
As long as you follow as, anyway.

>>37897980
>There are no limits except those you choose (+1 Impossibility)
Thats technically bullshit, but I guess we can make it work.

>>37897980
>>What about your determination to get stronger no matter what? (this pleases Jagganatha)
>There are no limits except those you choose (+1 Impossibility)

Maybe we should give her a break...

“There’s no limits except those you choose” as you say those words you feel a certain resonance within you as if for you, and perhaps those that follow you, they are literally true.

[Impossibility +1]

“Ah fine!” growls Rainya in frustration, her bodies all standing up and attacking you again.

At first nothing seems different then Rainyas strikes come harder, faster. You have no trouble keeping up but it seems she has caught a second wind, her sticks slamming into yours.

“That’s it, good, good!” you encourage her “don’t limit yourself, push further, fight harder, don’t let the limits of this world matter, nothing matters except your own willpower.”

All of the Rainyas throw themselves at you with grunts of frustration, your world narrows down to the clacking of wooden sticks and the thump of padded tips on flesh.

As hard as you push Rainya, she pushes back, unwilling to let you beat her, her strikes feel stronger, they almost come close to hurting you as the two of you fight. You try putting more strength behind your blows, and Rainya rises to the challenge, shrugging off hits that would normally flatten her “Is that all you got!” she taunts “C’mon, I thought you were supposed to be some sort of super-person, not a weakling!”

All of the Rainyas are standing around you, hammering you with blows as you block those you can and strike back harder. Suddenly one launches a two-handed overhead smash at your head, and as you block with your own stick, both weapons snap in your hands.

You all pause momentarily, the Rainyas gasping for breath, and even you are breathing a little heavier than normal.

“You’ve gotten stronger” you tell Rainya “Well done, how do you feel?”

Rainya pauses to consider the question then says “I feel tired” she looks at you “But also energised, like I could keep going.”

>>37898116
This

She is still trembling a little and all her bodies are drenched in sweat, but she doesn’t look like she’s about to fall down. At the side, Lirael claps “Go Rainya!” she calls out.

[Rainya Champion Durability 1, Champion Might 1 gained]

And as for you...

In the back of your head you can feel another gemlike point of light, similar to one you opened before. You have a feeling that opening this might expand who and what you are in unknown ways.

What now?

>Keep fighting with Rainya
>Someone else can fight Rainya (or you?)
>That’s enough, hit the showers (together?)
>Other (what?)

Open crystal thing now? (Aspect Vote)
>Y/N

It is assumed that a Y vote is after main actions unless requested before.

>>37898141
Breaks are for the weak!

>>37898150
>That’s enough, hit the showers (together) Definitly
>N

>>37898150
>That’s enough, hit the showers (together)
>N

[Meta]

XP discussion end of last thread was inconclusive, no XP spent yet.

Champion Durability + Might added to allies ability paste

[End Meta]

>>37898150
>>That’s enough, hit the showers
>Y

>>37898150
>Keep fighting with Rainya
>Y
MORE POWAH!

>>37898150
>Someone else can fight Rainya (Lirael)
>Y

>>37898143
>Someone else can fight Rainya (Lirael)
>Y

>>37898150
>That’s enough, hit the showers (together)
>Y

>Transcending mortal limits while having a lewd shower
How could I not? Really?

Good to see she got a defensive power now, we should probably dump most of her XP into that, sooner rather than later.
Sadly the second one isn't very useful to us or her.

>>37898200
That doesn't sound so bad actually

>>37898150
>>37898170
Changing to
>>37898200
>That’s enough, hit the showers (together)
>Y
forgot about us being cirppled with pain then.

so joint shower followed by opening the mystery box, writing.

>>37898242
By joint show, lirael is not included, she can go play on her datapad >_>

>>37898200
>we should probably dump most of her XP into that, sooner rather than later
We might as well now, no? We're going to do it anyway, and we might need her in a fight at some point this session.
She got 25XP, so we could get Durability 4 for 15XP which gets her 6DR and +15HP.

>>37898242
Opening mystery box = taking Rainya's virginity?

>>37898260
But joint showers are more fun the more people there are!

>>37898260
No? Lirae's coming along.

>>37898270
No, she isn't, it explicitly said with Rainya.
I was joking here >>37898268
There isn't even a reason for her to go.

>>37898270
No, anon. Thats not the idea.

>>37898261
I'm okay with that. We could put up a vote during the next writing.

I'm curious about what Aspects we get offered this time, we haven't really done all that much since the last.

>>37898309
I hope we get the Aspect of Dreams

>>37898320
We haven't really done anything with Dreams, not sure what that would bring us either.
Impossibility already covers most of that.

>>37898320
Unlikely. That seems more likely to be a Domain than an Aspect, and we haven't done anything much related to Dreams.

“That’s enough for now” you tell Rainya “We’ve both been at this long enough, let’s hit those showers.”

“Right” says Rainya, swaying a little on her feet as the two of you head out of the gym.

“You coming Lirael?” you ask.

“Ugh no!” says Lirael rolling her eyes “I had a shower yesterday, or the day before or something, I don’t need another one.”

You laugh, shaking your head as she gets out her datapad with her favourite games, and then you follow after Rainya.

The reactor is back up to full power and the water is hot and plentiful. You and Rainya stand side by side in a large communal shower, obviously one designed for a lot of students.

“Why are all of your bodies washing?” you ask Rainya curiously “When you recombine doesn’t that fix it?”

“I wish” says Rainya, water and soap coating her nude forms “But for some reason, if one of me is clean, and the other dirty, I end up dirty when we get back together.”

“Weird” you say as you rub soap into your hair, It’ll take weeks to really wash all the ingrained dust out off your hair, but for now you just want to wash away the sweat and tiredness.

You extend all of your tentacles and give them a thorough washing too. Next to you, the Rainyas pause in their scrubbing.

“Shee?” asks Rainya “What’s it like, having those?”

“These?” you say, waggling the limbs in question “Strange at first, but now I’m used to them, I guess they just feel right somehow.”

“But still” persists Rainya, all of her attention focused on you “I mean, do they have a sense of touch like hands, how do they feel? You’ve got to admit, they’re pretty strange.”

How do you respond?

>No stranger than a girl with 4 bodies (Indignant? Joking?)
>Yeah, they’re just extra hands to me now
>How do they *feel*? You tell me! (tease Rainya)
>Other (what?)

>>37898337
>How do they *feel*? You tell me! (tease Rainya)
>Yeah, they’re just extra hands to me now

>>37898337
>No stranger than a girl with 4 bodies Joking
>Yeah, they’re just extra hands to me now
I mean I did hug you with them after all, sorry about bottom lefty acting up.

>>37898337
>How do they *feel*? You tell me! (tease Rainya)

>Ugh no!” says Lirael rolling her eyes “I had a shower yesterday, or the day before or something, I don’t need another one.”
Would we get Favor from Ichor for making her tidier?

>>37898337
>Yeah, they’re just extra hands to me now
>How do they *feel*? You tell me! (tease Rainya)

>How do they *feel*? You tell me! (tease Rainya)
or
>No stranger than a girl with 4 bodies (Jokingly)

>>37898337
>How do they *feel*? You tell me! (tease Rainya)

>>37898337
>How do they *feel*? You tell me! (tease Rainya)

They really don't seem to be just more hands, considering how bottom left seems to have a bit of an agenda.
Even if its Shees subsconscious or something, its still more than hands.
Maybe that anon who thinks they are connected to Ichor is on to something,

>>37898337
>I guess they just feel right somehow
Would they feel less right if we didn't have Limbs Unrivaled?

>>37898383
They'd be harder to use certainly. I imagine they'd be just as "right" since the would still be part of our body.

>>37898337
>No stranger than a girl with 4 bodies (Joking?)
>How do they *feel*? You tell me! (tease Rainya)

“No stranger than a girl with four bodies” you say with a laugh “I mean, how do you decide which one of you is going to do the chores, and which one sleeps in, do you roll dice, draw straws.”

“Shee I told you” says Rainya in a mock-indignant tone “They’re all me, I can lie in *and* get stuff done at the same time, besides, quit dodging – what’s it like having tentacles?”

“Oh they’re just extra hands” you say dismissively “useful for picking things up, moving them around, holding extra guns, but not weird.”

“So how do they feel?” persists Rainya.

You grin a little inwardly “How do they feel?” you ask musingly....

You lash out with all four tentacles, wrapping them around the two Rainyas closest to you, your limbs curling around her legs, her thighs and midsections, one even worming up between a pair of breasts to tweak her nose.

“You tell me how they feel?” you say with a grin, the hot water running over you both as you look at Rainya, mischief dancing in your eyes.

Rainya keeps her composure, staring back and saying “Here? They just feel wet and slippery ok, sorry I asked, you can let go now.”

Held tightly in your grip you can tell her pulse is racing and she is breathing faster. One of your limbs, the one that seems to have a mind of its own around Rainya, is slowly stroking her hair, you don’t recall telling it to do that.

The other two Rainyas you haven’t entangled have stopped what they’re doing and are just watching you. The two you have a hold of seem frozen in your grasp, as if unwilling, or unable to escape. In your grasp Rainyas bodies feel warm, wet and slippery, it’s just the shower and soap of course but suddenly this whole thing feels like more than just teasing to you.

What do you do?

>Let go, enough
>Get embarrassed
>Rainya, do you – like – my tentacles? (or change from my tentacles to *me*)
>No, I think I like holding on to you
>Other (what?)

>>37898514
>>Let go, enough

>>37898514
>Rainya, do you – like – my tentacles?
>No, I think I like holding on to you

>>37898514
>Get embarrassed
>Let go, enough

>>37898514
>Rainya, do you – like – my tentacles?
>No, I think I like holding on to you
Haha, time for consentacle rape.

>>37898514
>Rainya, do you – like – my tentacles?
>No, I think I like holding on to you
Unless she actually seems uncomfortable, which doesn't seem to be the case.

>>37898514
>Get embarrassed
> Try to actually explain how it feels. We might as well be honest with her and try to answer her

>>37898514
>>Rainya, do you – like – my tentacles?
>>No, I think I like holding on to you
Consentacle is best.
If she likes it, we can get more for all four of her.

>>37898514
>Get embarrassed
>I think I like holding on to you

>>37898529
>>37898539
>>37898541
>>37898552
Welp I guess we're lewding her and locking her in a the love interest.

>>37898514
>Get embarrassed

>>37898514
>Rainya, do you – like – my tentacles?
>No, I think I like holding on to you
> Try to actually explain how it feels.
I like that one, we probably should, its a legitimate question.

>>37898562
Maybe. If the Ash and Dev fanboys can get in here, hopefully it won't be the case. There's almost an equal amount of votes not in favour of it.

>>37898514
>Rainya, do you – like – my tentacles?
>No, I think I like holding on to you

>>37898562
I absolutely loathe little more than the concept of "locking in love interests". What a terrible concept.
Can't we just develop relationships with people?
Seriously, even if they would fuck right now, its a thing that happens. Get over it. Its not a contract.

>>37898571
>There's almost an equal amount of votes not in favour of it.
Votes aginst it would be Let Go, of which there are only 2.

>>37898562
>the love interested
I'm more interested in her as A love intrest, not THE LI

>>37898547
'They fell so natural now that I don't even even have to think about it, of course when I don't do bottom left goes and do this... sorry'

ok, writing holding on to her, asking her the question as well as a little embarrassment.

Explaining will wait until a later time, sorry.

>>37898587
And we already know from PoJ that Pally doesn't do "routelock."

>>37898562
Hey, friendsip with benefits is a thing, you know? Just because we can fuck someone, doesn't mean we have to romance them. Get your head out of your silly VNs.

>>37898620
Actually, he does do routelock in this one. He even calls it that.
But the conversation with Ichor implies he changed his mind on it, we'll see.

I'm not interested in another Harem, though.

>>37898639
Well, Rainya is technically a harem by herself...

>>37898635
I'm pretty sure that was banned. We aren't allowed to have sex until we've spent some time romancing the character in question, so sleeping with Rainya might not even be an option here.

>>37898587
>>37898592
Pally already said multiple Li was unlikely to happen and doing this this early means any others are ferociously unlikely. The whole one night stand thing is going to cause hurt feelings and bite us in the ass.

>>37898620
Yes but doing either a one night stand or getting in a committed relationship now is going to make any other romance difficult at minimum. Thinking Rainya will be fine letting us fuck everything is stupid and against her character.

>>37898635
Not Vn, Pally said once we romance someone any other will be hard/impossible depending on person. Thinking Rainya won't be into having someone of her own forever given her character isn't bright either. Approaching it a FWB is asking for hurt feelings or worse.

>>37898650
I'm not opposed to one-women harems.

>>37898656
>We aren't allowed to have sex until we've spent some time romancing the character in question
Ichors offer directly contradicts that though.
We need to spend time developing a relationship in that direction, but that doesn't mean it needs to be the one LI.

>>37898660
>Thinking Rainya won't be into having someone of her own forever given her character isn't bright either.
Obviously it depends in the end on what the character is okay with or not.
Thats not really the point.
I don't think we have sex with her 'right now'.

>>37898660
>will be fine letting us fuck everything is stupid and against her character
I'm not so sure?
Clearly she would want some commitment we won't leave her, and probably wouldn't be okay with polygamie. But that doesn't mean occasional activities are completly out of question.
They might be, but we don't really know Rainya that well yet, and frankly she is a 16year old girl, she doesn't know herself that well yet.

>>37898679
>I don't think we have sex with her 'right now'.
Me neither, and lets not try to push it

>>37898697
You are dangerously close to sounding like whining anon.
What happens, happens when people vote for it.

>>37898679
1.) AHs it occurred to you that Ichor Who is a Kimbery expy Isn't the ebst at romance? She also said Adoption was acceptable. Just because she offered something doesn't mean it's going to happen or that it isn't Pally setting a trap, like with Charun.

2.) People were talking about consentacle rape, implying that yes they wanted sex right now.


>>37898696
She's desperately afraid of being alone, Pally has made that pretty clear IMO. I'd rather discretion be the better part of valor on the romance front until everyone is a bit more fleshed out. Last thing we need is Rainya either going psycho or betraying us because we couldn't keep it in our pants. (Note I'm not saying she will, but it is still a possibility if she thinks we betrayed her trust or love.)

>>37898679
>>Ichors offer directly contradicts that though.
No? Ichor wanted us to have multiple romantic relationships at once, not casual sex, and was *only* about whether we wanted Ichor favor to be tied to romance, nothing else.

>We need to spend time developing a relationship in that direction, but that doesn't mean it needs to be the one LI.
It doesn't have to be only one, true, but I never said that it did. Pally did say it would be a near-routelock, though.

>>37898696
>probably wouldn't be okay with polygamy. But that doesn't mean occasional activities are completely out of question.
Except 'occasional activities' would explicitly have to be polygamous to be allowed.

>>37898514
>to tweak her nose
The points of those things are significantly more dexterous than I had thought.

>>37898727
>Except 'occasional activities' would explicitly have to be polygamous to be allowed.
No?
Polygamy would mean a regular relationship with several people. Not having arelationship with one person and having sometimes sex with others.
Thats not Polygamy.

>>37898726
>AHs it occurred to you that Ichor Who is a Kimbery expy Isn't the ebst at romance?
I'm perfectly aware, but Pally himself said the whole deal offer was largely a meta exercise of him informing players of this being a thing.

>People were talking about consentacle rape
It...was a joke. That, should have been REALLY obvious.

>>37898749
May have been a joke but I'm hoping for lewds anyway.

>>37898749
>Polygamy would mean a regular relationship with several people. Not having arelationship with one person and having sometimes sex with others. Thats not Polygamy.
You're right, but having sex without a romantic relationship is *banned*, that's why it would have to be polygamy.

>I'm perfectly aware, but Pally himself said the whole deal offer was largely a meta exercise of him informing players of this being a thing.
Of romance for Ichor favor being a thing. Nothing else.

>>37898726
>I'd rather discretion be the better part of valor
I still don't see why you are so intense about this whole thing.
What makes you think, even assuming we do actually have sex with her now, which I wouldn't vote for because its clearly too much too fast for both anyway, we would also sleep with others?
Clearly our decisions at one thing, heavily influence our decision at other things.


Rainya going yandere on us would be delicious irony though, and exactly what I expect if we ever piss of Ichor like we did with Mirror.

>>37898764
We definitly get lewds, but lewds doesn't mean sex.
We're already lewd with her.

>>37898749
See>>37898764 Jokes on tg get turned into things.

>>37898749
Ichor will always promote her interests. Pally offering us extra powers tied to it was a thing. saying lol we can get harem now is still un freaking likely. Which would be what you are advising because you still need others to be a Li status to do that with them.


>>37898770
Yes our decisions heavily influence us, obviously and it is Too far too fast IMO, as for the sleeping with other have you seen othe responses? Many anons are advocating a harem or FWB with her meaning yeah we would sleep with others if they had their vote.

Her going yandere or full traitor is worst case scenario but yeah it'd be a pretty big irony. As for Ichor I fully expect here to something along the line if we step on too many of her toes.

“There’s no reason to let go just yet” you say, your voice warm, and a little teasing “I quite like this in fact” you draw the two Rainyas closer to you, until they’re almost pressed up against you. The two in your grip don’t resist, their heart and breathing rates do increase and blood rushes to the surface of Rainyas skin. With your senses, and healing powers all of these things are painfully obvious to you, as is Rainyas physiological state of a mixture of nervousness, and excitement. The two you don’t have hold of take a faltering step towards you, as if unsure what to do.

“Rainya” you ask “Do you *like* my tentacles?”

Rainya just stares at you for a moment before asking a little breathlessly “What do you mean?”

“It just seems” you say, picking your words “That ever since you knew about them, you’ve been...curious about them.”

“Ah yes well” says Rainya a little quickly “Who wouldn’t be, I mean, they are a little unusual.”

You wait as the hot water rushes past both of you “Really?” you ask gently “That’s it?” You stare intently at the faces, only inches from your own.

The two Rainyas bite their lower lips in identical expressions of indecision and then the explanation all comes out.

“It’s just” the two of them say “Ever since I was little, ever since I ever started thinking about romance and uh, you know, I’ve, I’ve known that for me, because of what I could do it was going to be different. I mean, how does one guy and two girls – or a girl with two bodies even do that?”

You open your mouth to make a somewhat explicit observation but Rainya keeps talking, all four mouths going now “So I looked at porn ok? I guess every girl does, and some of the magazines featured y’know, Champions and Gifted with uh, different bodies, and it got me thinking, either I’d need to find someone with a lot of patience or stamina, or a body that wasn’t, y’know, normal.”

Could we focus on shit thats actually happening instead of running "route lock" paranoia?
I just want to develop relationships that are diverse and unique to each character in their nature.
Shee is clearly pretty lewd, and Rainya is a perfect target for that. Thats it.
Could that maybe develop into something mor at some point? Maybe. Does that mean we should plan and map out our relationship development? No, no it fucking shouldn't.

“Ah” you say faintly “So you only like me because I’m-” You mood falls a bit at that

“No, no! Oh gods I’m getting this all wrong” insists Rainya “Shee I like you, I look up to you, I’d follow you anywhere, I’ll never stop being your friend” her voice drops in volume “And also I guess I’m attracted to you, like, really attracted, because of your...other parts, sometimes I imagine what it would be like to feel them running all over my body and I uhm, I guess I’m embarrassed by that ok, I’m not ready. I need to go now Shee” she says urgently “I need to use the ladies, let go, please?”

You allow your limbs to go slack and the Rainyas pull out of your grasp, your emotions all over the place.

You just hear Rainyas say quietly before she leaves the showers, heading into the changing room “Don’t hate me for being...a-a- pervert or anything Shee, please....”

You stay standing under the gushing hot water, trying to untangle your feelings.

Rainya liking you is good, you think, but her being attracted to you because of your inhuman shape, is that good, or bad?

At least she wants to still be your friend, no matter what.

And as for your feelings for Rainya? You just don’t know. She’s a good and loyal friend, and you sometimes envy her breasts and hips – she really does make you underdeveloped in comparison. But you and her? You just, you can’t decide, not after she dropped the bombshell that she’s attracted to you, and embarrassed about it, and thinks you might hate her for it.

On an impulse you reach out for the first thing you think of to distract yourself from what you’re feeling. You mentally reach for the crystal thing in your head, poking it a little and it unfolds, changing you.

You can choose 1 of four Aspects, or you can wrap the thing back up again, to use later.

Aspect of Corruption
You corrode and corrupt things around you, remaking them in your own image.
This Gift means that you gain bonuses to any power used to influence and control your enemies.
However your power will begin to permeate places you spend a lot of time in, warping things around you to match your nature.
The bonuses grow at higher levels, as does the level of environmental effects.

Aspect of Slaughter
Killing is a part of you
You gain a bonus to all hit and damage rolls, but must pass a Will roll to avoid killing defeated foes.
The bonuses and Will DC grow at higher levels.

Aspect of Family
Your world consists of those you care for
This Aspect means that you gain a bonus to all rolls when using non-harmful powers to help, benefit or aid those close to you. You add the same bonus to all combat rolls when fighting alongside those you care about.
The list of those you care for may change over time.
The context of your affection may be possessive, or not. It might be romantic, or not.
However you suffer penalties to harm those you care about, as well as take more damage if they attack you, even if they are deceived or mind-controlled.
Gifts you have now or gain in the future will include the ability to bolster, heal or monitor allies, or may simply become more effective against those who harm your loved ones.

Aspect of Hope
All will be well
You grant a bonus to attack rolls, defences and ability rolls and skill rolls to all nearby allies. However you need to pass a Will check to abandon an ally, even in the face of certain death.
The bonuses and Will DC grow at higher levels.

Vote in 10 minutes, there will be a *not now* option.

>>37898824
>Many anons are advocating a harem or FWB
I think it's just one or two guys, actually.

>>37898852
I like the sound of the Aspect of Slaughter.

Defeated foes deserve to die. Yeah. No way that's a drawback. Uh. No way.

>>37898852
>Aspect of Corruption
Shit's awesome, yo. Omnipotency vibes from this.

>>37898843
That was cute as hell. And a surprisingly sensible reason for the attraction.
I really liked that one, just thumbs up for that Pally.
I like it when these things get given more thought than the flat "because you'r e anice person" or stuff like that, that was a bit of a problem with PoJ, where they relationships didn't really differ that much.


>>37898824
>Many anons are advocating a harem or FWB
No, some anons pointed out that FWB is a thing and you shouldn't get so tunnel-gazed on the whole routelock thing, because thats unhealthy.

>>37898852
I want Aspect of Corruption, "warping our enviroment to suit us" is exactly what we want. The name makes it sound a bit bad, but we can change things for the better just as easy.

>>37898874
>some anons pointed out that FWB is a thing
And some people pointed out that it's not a thing due to sex having to be tied to romance.

>>37898852
Either family or hope sound nice. I really would rather Shee become benevolent in some regard when shee ascends. And helping her friends is what she's done all along.

>>37898852
Hmm Family and Hope seems more like Shee. Slaughter feels out of place and Corruption feels kinda..... dirty to me. Shee Shapes her family yes, but she gives them a choice.

>>37898857
Still from ones words to another's eye, an idea no matter how stupid can take root.

>>37898867
Too easy to start going Khornate. Plus we'd have to roll a Dc in order to not slaughter our friends if they get mindcontrolled.

>>37898868
>>37898874
Still we usually give our friends and other a choice. We guide yes but rarely do we force unless the stakes are unbearably high. (Charun)

>>37898852
>Aspect of Corruption
Enough with the invasive mind control, gee.. I would not want to be the friend or even around someone who did this, why should we expect our friends to act otherwise

>>37898852
Considering our Cynism/Hope ratio when we still had one, I don't see Hope being very fitting. We don't hope things get better, we make them.

I would like Slaughter, but little chance of that winning, so I guess we can stay "in-theme" and go with Corruption?

Also agreeing with the other anon, that was good. Happy to see you really did improve the romances in this one. At least in this instance, makes me look forward to developing other relationships and see what they've got.

>>37898852
>Aspect of Hope
Seems, nice. Not the best from a mechanical point of view maybe, but I think that or family are the best fit for shee

>>37898885
>and Corruption feels kinda..... dirty to me
I actually really like the "bad powers used with good intentions", Shee has going. I would like to keep that up.

>>37898896
Yeah, I would love to go Brock Sampson on every time we fight, but, I don't see many people supporting it. Corruption is the next best thing. Anything but peace and love. That's for hippies.

>>37898886
They will follow Shee everywhere already. Also, the passive effect seems to affect only the ambient and objects, not people; we don't use mind control on our friends and allies already, so it should not be a problem.

Please not corruption. Anything but corruption.

>>37898902
>but I think that or family are the best fit for shee
Considering our Hope-Cynisms rating, no, Hope doesn't fit Shee at all.

>>37898868
>Omnipotency vibes from this.
I don't get how that's related to omnipotency at all.

>>37898867
That actually seems like the biggest drawback to me. You want a non-drawback, look at Hope. I doubt we'd ever vote to leave an ally behind anyway.

>>37898874
>"warping our enviroment to suit us" is exactly what we want
If you mean to fight the Reclamation, Impossibility can already do that at high levels. Corruption would also need to be at very high levels to fight it effectively.

>>37898896
>Considering our Cynism/Hope ratio when we still had one, I don't see Hope being very fitting. We don't hope things get better, we make them.
Hope is more about being a beacon of hope by making things better than just hoping they'll get better, it seems.

>>37898919
It does if you want to push the meter back towards hope.

>>37898919
>Considering our Hope-Cynisms rating
You mean the ratings that were removed and not tied to aspects in any way shape or form while aspects available are based entirely off Shee's own actions? No, definitely can't fit.

It wouldn't be there if it didn't fit in some way you mook.

>>37898906
Yeah but it means mind raping everyone we love. Shee tries to avoid that. WE let them choose.


>>37898896
>>37898919
We become Hope and make things better. No more would we idly dream of it.

5 minute vote, lets see how this goes

>Corruption
>Slaughter
>Family
>Hope
>None of these

Last option delays this decision until another time. It can only be used once.

>>37898933
>Corruption

>>37898933
>Corruption

>>37898933
>Corruption

>>37898933
>Hope

>>37898933
>Corruption

>>37898933
>Family
Or
>Hope

>>37898933
>Hope
Can we please not turn her into a total fucking monster?

>>37898933
>Hope

>>37898931
>it means mind raping everyone we love
It doesn't mean that. Well, not at first level, not after the revisions.

>>37898933
>Corruption
I don't understand the problem others have with it, we change people around us. Thats what Shee does. We want change, thats a food thing.
Just because its called "Corruption" doesn't make it bad.

>>37898933
>Aspect of Family
please not corruption

>>37898933
>Hope

>>37898933
>Corruption

>>37898951
>>37898954
It turns them into us bit by bit until then don't exist any more. Not a good thing. Up until now we've let them choose.

>>37898956
Gonna have to switch to hope to keep it away I think.

>>37898954
I think it's the name. I don't know about others, but that name immediately makes me draw associations with Corruption of Champions. Of course, it reads nothing like that.

>>37898933
>Corruption

>>37898956
>>37898972
Good point, I switch my vote from
>Aspect of Family
to
>Aspect of Hope

>>37898974
>You corrode and corrupt things around you, remaking them in your own image.

Considering it's story line and what happened to the world when the nascent goddess ascended it kind of does.

>>37898933
>>Hope

>>37898933
>Corruption

ending vote here, counting

>>37898933
>>Hope

>>37898969
This is what I am afraid of too

>>37898969
>It turns them into us bit by bit until then don't exist any more.
I actually had OP remove the part where it affects other people, since I considered that a completely unacceptable drawback.

>>37898994
Oh well guess we're going to brain overwrite all our friends now.

>>37898974
Is this the "Seduction" thing again? Where we hate on a power just because of the name?
Thats silly, and worse, its dishonest about the character.
Shee has not been about Hope sofar, as evidenced by the score we had as long as it was being tracked.
If people would have voted for Family, that I can understand. But voting for something Shee explicitly isn't just because you like the sound of it is terrible. Make her a more hopeful person, and then vote for the "Hope" power.

God damnit. Now we're fucking Cthulhu.

I'm getting Corruption 8, Hope 6 - not including the anon who voted *Hope or Family*

Please check my count, in case I got it wrong.

Writing, but will change if needed.

The power gamers are ruining this story.

>>37899023
Its correct, and since even counting him Corruption still wins, that seems like the result.

>>37899002
We will have to see where it goes, just because we don't like doesn't mean it isn't somewhat appropriate...

>>37899036
I wouldn't accuse the Hope voters of power gaming, just because its gives the more direct mechanical advantages, I'm pretty sure that wasn't their motivation.

>>37899001
You're not Pally so how could you do that?
That drawback is stuck with us now. Brain overwrite is going to happen now.

>>37899012
We're mind raping all our friends an turning them into us, we let them choose, and now we're taking it away. that's my issue with corruption. Hope wouldn't be ehre if it didn't fit. It's us turning into hope for a betterworld literally.

>>37899023
Hope or family anon here voting for Hope.

>>37899040
Well I guess the world of Shee is go all Shee all the time. Because that is what corruption is.

>>37899053
>You're not Pally so how could you do that?
By recommending he remove that part and him agreeing?

>>37899040
In terms of "appropriate", that would be family, there is nothing we do as much as stuff fitting into that one.
I'm somewhat baffled the anti-corruption voters didn't go with that one.

>>37899053
>Hope or family anon here voting for Hope.
It makes no difference 8/7 then.
>We're mind raping all our friends an turning them into us
Not anymore than we are breaking reality and fucking everyone into our personal vision of it by choosing Imposibility.

>>37899065
soo.. no brain assimilation or friends you say?

>>37899075
I did go for family...

>>37899083
Not until higher levels, at the very least. If it does ever appear, there'll be a way to buy it down to a lower level of area corruption or a peripheral to let us control our corruptive aura better. With cancer lasers.

>>37899083
I ahve no idea why you think we wouldn't have control over our own powers.

If that were a thing we should be alot more worried about the reality fuckery of Impossibility.
Which affects other people a lot more than Corruption does.

>>37899075
Corruption was implicitly about mind fucking Impossibility was about hot-blooded shonen logic and magic.

>>37899065
Ok then.


>>37899108
Debatable considering we're already be reclaimed and aura of impossibility can have many different interpretations. Corruption was implicit mind overwrite.

>>37899124
>Impossibility was about hot-blooded shonen logic and magic
Thats your interpretation, its actually about breaking reality when it doesn't suit us.
Changing peoples reality, is a bit more than mind-influence.

You slam your fist into the wall in frustration, you screwed that conversation up somehow. Did you push too far, too fast? Is Rainya going to hate you now, avoid you?

The tiles crack under your blow, oh great, another thing you broke, if only you could stop doing that! If only this whole world wasn’t so fragile, so breakable, so broken. As tiny a thing as it is, you just wish the damn tile wasn’t bust. Under your unbelieving gaze, the crack in the tile disappears as the tiny gem thing in your head opens and responds to your wishes.

After all, you think moodily, if you’re going to be a god one day, maybe the world should be changed, there is a lot that needs fixing after all.

You head out to the changing room, Rainya is long gone. There’s a towel hanging up just where you expect one to be, either that was very thoughtful of Rainya or...no, you won’t think like that, whatever you’re becoming, you won’t turn your friends into your slaves, your playthings, you like and respect them far too much for that. Whatever powers you get, their minds are safe from you, unless you need to heal them, or unless they ask you, or they’re under some form of mind control.

Still, as much as you resolve that this is so, you wonder if such a promise to yourself will be easy to keep. Now your enemies, you’ll give them a change to make the smart choice, everyone deserves one chance after all, and if they don’t...well then they’ll see things your way anyway.

You dry off and get dressed, mentioning any of what Rainya talked about in front of others would just feel...wrong.

Still, back to the matters at hand, Rainyas champion powers at least seem to be developing and the facility is clear of serec, as far as you can tell at least.

What do you want to do?

>goddess of corruption quest
awesome job, lads.

>>37899142
>Activate new power.

Shee's To Do List:

1. Make contacts to sell the guns.
2. Activate psychic power
3. Check out the reunited leads (elite cop, the brawler, etc.)
4. Talk to Garrax (reunited)
5. Talk to Kae
6. Talk to Ash
7. Talk to Yonsul
8. Seek the favour of one of the Five (which?)
9. Explore the research facility (looking for what?)
10. Contact the Rebellion about a mission

>Pick one, or another action

Also if I’ve missed a *to do* thing, let me know, even if not voting to do it now and I’ll add it to the list.

>>37899150
>Activate psychic power

>>37899150
>2. Activate psychic power
Time for meta-psionics

>>37899136
Still they had a choice Corruption as it was written up denies that. Impossibility makes thing possible when they wouldn't be, corruption slowly destroys our friends until the another version of us, as it was written up.

>>37899150
>10. Contact the Rebellion about a mission
Need to get in touch with them once per day like they said.

>>37899124
>Corruption was implicitly about mind fucking Impossibility was about hot-blooded shonen logic and magic.
It's a bit more "Eldritch horror-lite" than that. Impossibility is also, *technically*, an evil aspect.

>>37899150
>2. Activate psychic power

>>37899150
>2. Activate psychic power

>>37899157
>Impossibility makes thing possible when they wouldn't be
It breaks reality to suit our wishes. it doesn't matter how much you try to talk one thing nice and the other bad just because you don't like it.

>>37899150
>10. Contact the Rebellion about a mission

>>37899157
>Still they had a choice
Uhm. Impossibility is the "Lovecraftian Horror" Aspect.
The Elder Gods don't give people choices.

>>37899150
>2. Activate psychic power
It is safe to do so now, yes?

>>37899189
>It is safe to do so now, yes?

Yes

>>37899150
>2. Activate psychic power

>>37899150
>Contact the Rebellion about a mission
About time for some plot

>>37899157
Impossible things are eldritch horror

>>37899150
Speakin of Garrax, what do we do about him? Apparently he was not really seeking an alliance with the unseen sorcerer, so I doubt he actually wants to make friends with us. I presume he wants to get to know his enemy before he strikes.

We could try to lead him on or try to have him killed somehow, or just ignore him for now, but I think that might not be wise. He might come to harm us or our loved ones

>>37899187
Yes they do. Horrible shitty choices but choices all the same. More akin to paladin traps of horror.

>>37899173
>It breaks reality to suit our wishes.
Which can be accomplished With Psionics, magic or Vampiric powers as well.

>>37899212
And? Still gives choices to others, bad ones but still.

>>37899157
Not sure what part of "breaking reality" makes you think they got a choice.
Mind-influence is something they can at least work against, reality warping happens if they like it or not.
If anything, Impossibility is far worse if you worry about the effect on other people and think we can't control our powers.
It literally makes us "the thing that isn't mean to be", SAN check for everyone.

>>37899225
>Yes they do.
Have you read literally anything about Lovecraft ever?
The Elder Gods don't give a choice of if you want to be mindfucked by their impossible conventional reality defying shapes.

>>37899229
Unfortunately impossibility came up for a vote when hardly anyone was in the thread. We probably wouldn't be stuck with it otherwise.

>>37899220
>what do we do about him?
Tell others about how he tried to fuck over the Mirror guy, and fast if possible, before he tells others how we killed the Mirror guy.

>>37899246
Conaidering it was near unanimous with 8 votes or so, yes we would be.

>>37899241
Read the Bible, Yahweh and the angels are just as mind fuckingly incomprehensible, they offer choices.

>>37899257
It got 4 votes.

>>37899265
>Yahweh and the angels are just as mind fuckingly incomprehensible
No they aren't. They are weird as fuck, but those who are actually mindbreaking don't show up in real form.

Writing psychic power now. Please don't vote until update posted, you will have choice of 3 powers: Metapsionics, Clairsentience and Psychokinesis.

>>37899265
That has literally nothing to do with anything we talked about.
YHWHs angels do not warp reality. They fucking can't, because thats gods job.
So that entire line is complete bullshit.

>>37899257
It was early in the morning and got 4 votes non.


>>37899278
Because they aren't dicks about it. Looking right at them or them coming to you in full glory can do things to you Remember Moses? Looking at god's back through a rock and he was still changed.

>>37899225
>And? Still gives choices to others, bad ones but still.

It's just annoying to me that instead of waiting or choosing something like Family or Hope off the bat yall chose impossibility with the thoughts of as some one else put it, "Hot blooded shonen." When it's more... "are the walls bleeding?"

Then you get further upset when it's freaky aspects are prominent.

Are all of the reunited psychics? Or do we have this to our advantage/disadvantage?

>>37899302
>yall chose impossibility with the thoughts of as some one else put it, "Hot blooded shonen."
No one except one retard who didn't get it said that.
Even back then most of us talked about the SAN checks we are likely to cause later on.
In fact, making fae do SAn checks was one of the reasons we took it.

>>37899302
I didn't it got 4 votes and I missed it due to sleep.


>>37899298
Eldritch beings who warp reality just by showing up? Yeah they do they try and keep it too a light show though because otherwise they start fucking up the planet.

There are planned powers within Impossibility to mind-break people/dimensions in the style of the Elder Gods, but it's not going to happen as a side-effect of existing or accidentally. Just going to state that in case anybody is confused on that point.

>>37899311
If you're fucked up enough to make Fae do san checks... You're probably going to fuck up your squishy human friends.

>>37899323
I was also asleep.

>>37899302
Did it occur to you that some of us don't want to play yet another goody-sparkles character?
I like playing Shee on the way to actually fitting in with the "eldritch beings that were before time".
I want Shee to do her thing, whatever it is, using that theme. Not Hope and Sunshine. Because thats stupid and not in theme with this quest sofar.

>>37899257
So you say we try and oppose Garrax as soon as possible?

>>37899349
I think we should definitly get into contact with the Jagganatha guy, he is our best chance at finding someone to oppose Garrax with.
The police guy is most likely the one heading the rebels investigation.

We definitly shouldn't let Garrax have the initiative in this.

>>37899343
>You're probably going to fuck up your squishy human friends.
Thats why we have Corruption, so we can help them fit into our new reality.

>>37899345
I haven't played a goody-sparkles character? Pretty sure we've been Shee the entire time. Family doesn't seem too far fetched considering how much favor we've netted from The Ichor. Hope is a bit more distant but I think it's a case of the name being misleading rather than it representing actual hope.

>>37899381
Dammit I laughed.

>>37899362
I think contacting the Jagganatha guy is a good idea

Once out of the changing rooms you go looking for your allies. You find Rainya and Lirael in the classroom with Dev. Lirael is playing on her datapad and Rainya is sat next to Dev as he studies, only a single Rainya though.

They all glance up briefly as you come in, then resume what they’re doing, Rainyas shoulders hunch slightly, as if she’s forcing herself to look forward, and not at you.

Ouch.

“I’m going to try the psychic activation chamber again” you say, a little hesitantly “If someone could come with me, just in case...”

Dev and Lirael both look at Rainya, who doesn’t react, still staring at the screen over Devs shoulder.

Dev looks confused, Lirael rolls her eyes and heads in your direction, following you out of the room as you head to the activation chamber.

When you’re a few floors away Lirael asks you “So did you and Rainya have sex in the showers then?”

What?!!

You stop walking, utterly shocked, Lirael continues on for a few steps and then looks back “What?” she asks.

“Lirael!” you gasp “What, why would you, I mean, what gives you the idea that we would, you’re far too young to be thinking about that sort of thing!”

Lirael gives you a look far older than her years “Shee I’m eleven” she says “Just because I think sex is some weird adult thing that doesn’t make sense, doesn’t mean I don’t know about it” she adds in a superior tone “I can read minds you know, I probably know more about sex than you do.”

“No we did not have sex in the showers!” you growl, striding towards the Psychic Activation Chamber room.

“Why not?” asks Lirael “I mean, Rainya clearly wanted to.”

Aaaargh, this kid! Looking after Lirael is definitely going to put you off ever having your own!

“What makes you think that?” you ask, as you wonder how to answer her question.

“Mind-reader” says Lirael “And, well, you know how my senses work, I can just tell.”

You walk in silence until you get to the psychic activation chamber, as you formulate the correct response. Finally you get there and the Teacher appears.

“Cadet Shee” he says “Which of the seventeen, nine, three psychic powers remaining would you like to activate?”

Which do you want to activate?

>Metapsionics
>Psychokinesis
>Clairsentience

And what do you say to Lirael?

>We’ll talk about this later (exclusive option)
>What Rainya felt was complicated, it’s not as simple as you think
>It wasn’t the right time
>Rainya did *not* want to have sex with me
>Other (what?)

>>37899399
>Family doesn't seem too far fetched
Family definitly isn't. But someone who picks family thinking its less potential mindfuck, hasn't paid attenton to Ichor.

>I haven't played a goody-sparkles character? Pretty sure we've been Shee the entire time.
And I would like to keep it that way.

>>37899409
>And, well, you know how my senses work, I can just tell
Oh god, I hope she doesn't mean she can smell it.
That would be way too awkward.

>>37899422
>>What Rainya felt was complicated, it’s not as simple as you think
>>It wasn’t the right time

>Metapsionics

>>37899422
>>Metapsionics
>What Rainya felt was complicated, it’s not as simple as you think

>>37899422
>Clairsentience
Knowlegde is power, and it an help us find more reunited and stay clear or plan attack

>>37899422
>Metapsionics
>What Rainya felt was complicated, it’s not as simple as you think
>It wasn’t the right time, for either of us

>>37899422
>Metapsionics

>What Rainya felt was complicated, it’s not as simple as you think
>It wasn’t the right time
>Rainya did *not* want to have sex with me, yet.

>>37899439
also
>It wasn’t the right time, for either of us

>>37899422
>Metapsionics

>Well, I'm not quite the mind reader you are.

>>37899422
>What Rainya felt was complicated, it’s not as simple as you think
>It wasn’t the right time

>Metapsionics

Really, really hate picture captchas.

>>37899422
>Metapsionics

>What Rainya felt was complicated, it’s not as simple as you think
>It wasn’t the right time, for either of us

>>37899430
I think the name of Aspect of Hope was a bit of a misnomer. It seems less about being hopeful and more about inspiring others to greater heights, Hope is only related in that it would be inspired in others as well by our actions. Aspect of Leadership?

>>37899422
>Metapsionics
>What Rainya felt was complicated, it’s not as simple as you think

>>37899422
>Metapsionics
>It wasn’t the right time

>>37899480
>Aspect of Leadership
Inspiration, fits probably better.
But the problem is the
>All will be well
Pretty clearly makes it about Hope and not Leadership, unless you think it got a Orwellian touch to it.

>Lirael is definitely going to put you off ever having your own!
Silly Shee, you already got your own.

>>37899518
Silly anon, you got it the wrong way around

>>37899502
Considering the setting Orwellian might very well be a thing. After all who know how many other races are out there besides the Vamps, Humans, Serec, and Fae?

>>37899518
Yep she is more or less our adopted daughter at this point.

>>37899528
Meaning?

Rolled 2 (1d5)

ok, please roll Willpower 1d20+9

don't mind me, just rolling

Rolled 4 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>>37899548

Rolled 3 + 19 (1d20 + 19)

>>37899548
Another Serec group? Really? Or is it something worse?

Rolled 20 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>>37899548

Rolled 18 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>>37899548

Rolled 19 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>>37899548

Rolled 9 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>>37899548

>>37899558
Its our roll for the activation.

>>37899543
>Yep she is more or less our adopted daughter at this point.
Until our reality warping powers are strong enough to make her our actual daughter.
[Ichor approves +1 Favor]

>>37899567
>>37899569
Nice trys but I beat you to it.

>>37899573
[Anon approves +1 favor]

>>37899573
I meant for Pally's roll. We likely just triggered something that's going to investigate us.

>>37899608
No, that roll is for the activation too.

>>37899608
I think the 1d5 is to see if we get injured or not, and if so, how severely. No idea if a 2 is good or bad, though.

>>37899608
It's Rainya. She wants to lick the glass.

>>37899608
To elaborate on the other anon. Activation has two components.
Activating, and the injury risk.
Pallys roll is for the second one.

What worries me its a 1d5 this time, last time it was 1d11.

“Its” you search for the right word “Complicated” you say to Lirael “What Rainya and I are feeling is complicated, it wasn’t the right time for either of us, and I may have embarrassed both of us by...anyway” you end lamely “we didn’t ok, can we leave it at that?”

“Ok....” says Lirael, eying you as if more information is going to be forthcoming. You cringe inwardly at what she is going to find out if, or when, you next link with her in a gestalt.

You approach the tank labelled Metapsionics and strip off your clothing, the familiar cold liquid creeping up your body, ugh, lovely.....
---
You emerge dripping from the tank 3 hours later, tired and chilly. Lirael hands you a towel without a word, as you dry yourself off you realise that you can feel a certain...energy coming from Lirael, a background hum to be sure, but it’s definitely there.

[Psychic Sense gained, Metapsionic powers can now be purchased with XP]

You check yourself mentally and physically, no new mutations or unexpected anythings.

“Now what?” asks Lirael. That’s a good question. It’s now late afternoon, what are you doing now?

Shee's To Do List:

1. Make contacts to sell the guns.
2. Activate psychic power (not recommended)
3. Check out the reunited leads (elite cop, the brawler, etc.)
4. Talk to Garrax (reunited)
5. Talk to Kae
6. Talk to Ash
7. Talk to Yonsul
8. Seek the favour of one of the Five (which?)
9. Explore the research facility (looking for what?)
10. Contact the Rebellion about a mission

>Or something else?

>>37899663
>10. Contact the Rebellion about a mission
Need to at least call them.

>>37899663
Buy Alter Power and Psychic Shield immediately.

>>37899663
>Talk things over with Rainya.

>>37899675
We call them off-screen every day, actually. At least we nominally should.

>>37899663
Is the "call them about a mission" us offering a mission? because thats what I get from it.

>>37899663
>3. Check out the reunited leads the brawler

>>37899691
I haven't seen that, and I'm not assuming we have unless Pally say so.

>>37899663
>Contact the Rebellion about a mission
They're in the quest name.

>>37899691
>We call them off-screen every day, actually. At least we nominally should.

You do call off-screen every day.

>Is the "call them about a mission" us offering a mission? because thats what I get from it.

Is about you calling up and asking *is there anything you need us to do right now?*

The off-screen calls will be used as background info for some stuff, and occasional mission prompts.

>>37899663
>3. Check out the reunited leads (the brawler)

>>37899663
>3. Check out the reunited leads
>Brawler

>>37899707
He probably thinks so, because we've been told to contact them every day. And since it hasn't been shown, we have to assume it was off-screen, since it would be rather stupid to have us vote for it each day.

>>37899663
>Contact the Rebellion about a mission

>>37899663
>Check out leads, The Brawler

>>37899724
Okay thanks, so we can assume they would tell us if something important is up?

>>37899752
>Okay thanks, so we can assume they would tell us if something important is up?

Yes

>>37899663
>3. Check out the reunited leads
>the brawler

>>37899663
>check out reunited leads

>>37899680
>Buy Alter Power and Psychic Shield immediately.
I would second Alter Power, we aren't exactly in desperate need of Psychic Shield anymore, considering our high willpower and two anti-mindfuck gifts.

We could also combine that with getting Durability for Rainya now.

Brawler it is, writing

Are you going alone? or with people (who?)

>alone
>Rainya
>Lirael
>Dev
>Other (who?)

>>37899797
>Alone

>>37899797
>alone

>>37899797
>Dev
He looks the type. He can fight and we can be his manager. Gather info while he fights.

>>37899797
>Rainya
>Dev
Probably good to have a brawler looking guy around. And I want to include Dev in something.

>>37899797
>Alone

>>37899797
>alone
Its just looking for leads, we should probably do that alone.

>>37899797
>Other
We should try and do stuff like this with Kae

>>37899854
She can't leave most of the time.

>>37899847
We're going to have to either fight, have someone else fight, or bet to fit in. We need someone to help our cover.


>>37899854
Brining a Fae princess to something illegal and possibly anti-fae. not to mention she dislikes most five worshippers(excluding us)

>>37899797
>Rainya
>Lirael
>Dev
We have a trip, and then we all go dining in the restaurant.

>>37899871
Which makes her an ideal ally if (when) we are going to fight some of the reunited.

>>37899871
Shee is the best choice as fighter in any case. Dev and Rainya could pretend to bet on us and be our manager.
Alright
>>37899797
changing
>>37899847
>Rainya
>Dev

>>37899871
We just embarrassed Rainya. She's probably still upset with us. Last time she was also hurt. Badly.

Dev might be tough.. but he's not Jagganatha brawler infused tough.

>>37899886
Except that she can't come out most of the time and therefore can't actually help us.

>>37899797

>Dev
>Rainya

>>37899797
>Alone

>>37899905
>She's probably still upset with us.
She is definitly not upset with Shee. She is embarrased by her admission and is afraid Shee thinks poorly of her now.

>>37899905
He doesn't have to fight Jaggie's boy, just a no name nobody on the circuit while we gather info. He's the distraction.

>>37899886
Her fighting would bring he daddy running. Not a good thing.

>>37899924
>by her admission
by her confession


Damn, its not that late.

Seems Dev wins that vote, writing

>>37899938
>>37899914
I'd change from alone to including Rainya in that case. May as well bring a character I actually like if we have to bring someone.

>>37899929
Superpowers are something we need to expec in those fights, they are apparently pretty common. And even for a not-superpower guy, Dev is not a very good fighter.
His stats are barely just okay, and he doesn't have any unarmed combat skill and only little melee.

>>37899938
I considered my vote >>37899896
A package deal, I rather go alone than just Dev, he gets slaughtered if it actually comes to a fight.

>>37899938

Yeah, we only had 1 dev solo vote, but a bunch of votes of dev + Rainya

ok....to avoid confusion, then one last vote, sorry to slow things down

Bring Dev?

>Y/N

5 minute, not final destination.

N vote means going alone.

>>37899938
I >>37899896 agree with >>37899956
I would rather take the votes as "take someone with us/not take someone" then individual, leaving out Rainya has too many possible implications to the characters to leave it to that, I considered it a package vote too.
Sorry that we make it confusing.

>>37899979
N

>>37899956
Those are the good/ high tier fighters. Dev wouldn't get a match with them, he's too new.

>>37899979
>Y

>>37899979

Ok, changing to

>Alone
>Dev + Rainya
>Dev only

5 minute clock reset from now

>>37899979
>N

>>37899979
>N

>>37899979
>N
Then no, both I would like to take, but there is little point in just Dev, nothing against him, but explicitly leaving Rainya out, seems like a bad idea.

>>37900004

>Dev + Rainya

>>37900004
>Dev + Rainya

>>37900004
>N

>>37900004
>Dev + Rainya

>>37900004
Not really sure why we're bringing Dev but,
>Dev + Rainya

>>37900004
>Dev + Rainya

How common are powers in these things? I thought they were mostly for higher end fighters. Think John Cena and The Rock instead of The Miz and Stardust.

>>37900004
>Dev + Rainya
Thanks for the patience Pally.

>>37900000
>Those are the good/ high tier fighters.
I already said that even against normal guys Dev doesn't really measure up.

>>37900031
>How common are powers in these things?

Lower end: not common.

Top-level: very common

>>37900028
Honestly, because we have the chance to include him in something.
Its also useful to have two people there with us, especially a big guy like Dev makes for a good cover in a fighting circuit like that, even if Shee is the better fighter.

>>37900028
He might enjoy watching the fight, he looks the part and it might teach him something. Plus he's our friend.

>>37900032
He has exp to spend and we can teach him some moves. Unless he's fighting someone with a lot of experience he'll be fine these aren't supposed to be lethal.

>>37900038
What I thought Thanks Pally.

>>37900054
>He has exp to spend and we can teach him some moves.
We could do that, yes. We haven't yet though.
Maybe Pally lets us buy stuff right before a fight, but its a meta thing I would like to avoid, to be honest.
It works with psychic powers, but with skills and such its kinda awkward.

The problem isn't him dying, its making our cover worse if he loses. We want to get to the high-end stuff.

I see the ally sheet has Rainya's new powers too.

Durability looks to be one of the things which will be very useful for the clones first.

>>37900079
I keep saying we should buy some levels of that right now.
Because we're likely to get into a fight and we would buy them anyway.

You teleport back to Dust Town with your allies and leave a sulky Lirael with a duster family you know, and then you take the bus into the Hive with Dev and Rainya, whilst thinking about the fighters Gambon told you about.

Killer Gorg, champion
He’s a former criminal pit slave with a lot of bionics, he’s basically a walking tank, but slow. He’s also getting old, too many head shots over the years means he sometimes forgets who he is fighting.

Ray *Lightray* Maschio
A champion with control over light, can fire blasts of laser energy, and he’s fast. He’s young, a newcomer, but he’s risen to the top, really fast.

Rockhide
A champion with the power to turn into stone. He’s fought Gorg once already, and almost beat him. He’s been in the game longer, a veteran.

Donni Sezzio
He claims not to have champion powers, but he’s tough, like bullet-proof tough. Maybe some high-end cybernetics. Most fighters have some involvement in organised crime, but no one knows who is backing Donni, bit of a mystery man, turns up for fights with only a few people in his corner, then leaves straightaway after winning. Only been around a few years, never lost, not that I heard of, anyway.

Breaker
Newcomer, he’s been making a name for himself, he’s supposed to be very strong despite being small for a fighter.

Any of them *could* be a Reunited, and some seem more likely than others. Breaker in particular, though he tends to fight low Hive, which means weapons are allowed.

You ponder who you’re going to focus on (if any) and how you’ll approach the situation. Dev is on one side of you and he seems to be calm, a lot calmer than you at least. Rainya is on your other side and is not looking at you, she has her arms folded and is looking anywhere but at you. You don’t know if she needs time to calm down or if you need to talk to her, or what she needs.

You could simply be spectators, watching the fights, or a prospective fighter looking for an agent, or Gambon could introduce you and you could actually enter fights.

Who are you looking at first?
>Gorg
>Lightray
>Rockhide
>Donni
>Breaker
>All

And how?
>Spectator, just watch fights
>Prospective fighter, say you want to try it
>Fight (Gambon introduces you)
>Other (what?)

>>37900099
I can call a vote on that if you like, I prefer anons to decide themselves, but if a vote helps...

>>37900110
>Donni
>Prospective fighter, say you want to try it

>>37900110
Who are you looking at first?
>Breaker
and / or
>Rockhide
maybe
Ray *Lightray* Maschio
for the sake of Rainya

And how?
>Spectator, just watch fights

>>37900077
We're not going to be high teir in our first matches anyways. None of us have made our bones yet. If dev loses one match so what? A rookie losing his first amtch isn't noteworthy, nor is wining it. If we fight Jaggie's boy will spot us with ease, especially if we tentacle up. We want to find him before he finds us.

>>37900110
>Donni
>Spectator, just watch fights
Just watch for now. If nothing pops then maybe we'll need tog et our hands dirty.

>>37900110
>Spectator, just watch fights

>>37900110
>Donni
>Spectator, just watch fights

>>37900141
>Jaggie's boy will spot us with ease, especially if we tentacle up. We want to find him before he finds us.
No, if he finds us, thats good too.
And we he can't spot us with ease at all unless we use the tentacles.

>>37900110
>Breaker
The Reunited all have to find out they're Reunited at about the same time as part of the game, which means that it must only have happened fairly recently, a few months at the most, given when we learned of it. Donni and Rockhide have been around for a few years and for an undefined long time, so Breaker is the most likely candidate.

>Spectator, just watch fights

>>37900162
They could have had gifts longer than that, if they already followed the Five before being Reunited.
Not many, but its a thing.

>>37900110
>Breaker
>Prospective fighter, say you might want to try it

>>37900150
Not if he takes Jaggie's Mo and Just sees us and tries to smash us. We need to control where, when and how we meet.

>>37900162
By that logic Lightray could be him too. Of course this is presupposing he wasn't already a fighter before he found out and didn't already have gifts.

>>37900110
>Lightray
>Spectator, just watch fights

>>37900110
>>37900194
Changing to
>Donnie
Going for the Low Hive already is a bad idea. We should look at the other stuff first.

>>37900110
>>Spectator, just watch fights

>Donni Sezzio

I say for the time being we buy Rainya champion durability 3, will toughen her up a bit.

Also talk to Rainya, she is likely worked up due to the last reunited fight.

>>37900193
>Not if he takes Jaggie's Mo and Just sees us and tries to smash us.
We know for a fact he doesn't, because he hasn't with Garrax.

>>37900110
>I can call a vote on that if you like, I prefer anons to decide themselves, but if a vote helps...
It would, please.

>>37900176
That's why I said he was the most likely candidate, not the only candidate.

>>37900193
I think Breaker is more likely since Lightray would need to be a Champion in addition to being a Reunited, which, while entirely possible, lowers his likelihood.

>>37900193
You sort of completly ignored my point of him not being able to spot us from fighting anyway.

And that is assuming he actually does go hulk smash, which is by no means the only way Jagga can operate.

>>37900239
I don't see how it would make it less likely.
Shee is a psychic, the Mirror guy was a Chaosmage.

>>37900110
What ever the other choices we should make sure we are okay with Rainya.
Let her know it doesn't change how we feel about her, even if that might not be entirely true

Ok, spectator + Donni seems to be the winner.

Please roll intelligence 1d20+3 to gather info

Rainya XP use?
>None
>Durability (what level?)

Rainya has Durability 1 and 25XP - she could buy Durability upto 5 if needed.

Most common vote on level of Durability will be used.

Rolled 9 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>37900300
Durability up to level 4

>>37900291
I recommend we leave the talk for a calmer moment.
We can talk with her over dinner in our restaurant. Puts her at ease and keeps the whole thing away from Dev and Lirael.

>>37900300
>Durability 4
Gives us DR6

Rolled 4 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>37900255
Him spotting us with Tentacles is a given. Anything else is rather variable you're right.

>>37900239
Shee's psychic and Mirror's champ was a mage, so not really valid point.

>>37900233
Garrax is smart(ish at least) he likely studied his mark to make sure it went well before meeting him. Which is what I advocate/

>>37900300
Dura 4 Also would enhance senses help?

Rolled 12 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>37900300
>Durability 4

Don't you mean up to 6?
2-6 = 5Stages 5x5XP=25XP?

>>37900333
>Don't you mean up to 6?
Yes, got confused and thought it was 6XP/level instead of 5.

>>37900282
>Shee is a psychic, the Mirror guy was a Chaosmage.
They're also a QMC and an Avatar, respectively. Until we start seeing scrub Reunited with non-Gift powers, I'm going to assume they're outliers.

>>37900300
>Durability (4)

>>37900300

Durability 4, giving us +15hp, and 6DR.

Makes her clones significantly tougher.

Also banks 7 xp, so afterwards we could push another 2 levels if we want at the end of the thread.