>>40174770

Quest Start

Sitting in the library and drumming your fingers, you watch the two nervous girls sitting across from you lazily. On your right is Yukiko Akiyama, a young fashion designer who enlisted your aid a short while ago in locating missing friends who were seemingly erased from her life. On your left is Kouki Hakumei, a normally introverted nerdy girl who you saved from being a monster after a vicious and horrific fight.

Well, vicious and horrific for her. You may have gotten a little out of hand.

You’ve just dropped on Akiyama that the turf ownership she faked was now real, and that it was now your’s. Additionally you just rung out of them the location of their friend nicknamed Niji, with whom you need to have words. That girl took pictures of your brawl and midnight snack after your meeting with them; those pictures of you being sociable and friendly inside that fast food place have hurt your reputation.

The reputation you have put extensive work into crafting.

You are The Red Eyed Beast, the nightmare delinquent of Juuban. You are the outlet for a broken girl’s rage, for her inability to deal with something horrible. In turn, you are something horrible. Her name is Mikage Chiba, and what feels like a lifetime ago she was the Champion of Love and Justice known as Sailor Moon. She was the third to carry that title after her mother and sister...your mother and sister. Your little sister carries on the name now.

She, Mikage, is trying to put herself back together. She’s already brought one piece of herself home...the one she spent the most time as besides being herself. She’s you second most often, and you don’t want to admit that it makes you a little…

...afraid.

Venus Aino, who you are helping with some of her idol business, is watching from nearby as you take care of your personal business with these young women.

>>40174868
They are afraid. They are afraid of you. You feel that fear feed your power over shadows through unseen threads. It makes you feel...better...to make others afraid. Though you really want to make someone hurt, unfortunately there is no one around who deserves it.

>Say or ask something to Kouki. What?
>Say or ask something to Aki. What?
>Check out the book Kouki was reading.
>Go to the track and talk with Niji.
>Write in

>>40174883
>Go to the track and talk with Niji

>>40174883
>Go to the track and talk with Niji.

Also: >>40174770

Seems we have a fan.

>>40174921
Which makes it imperative that we get those pictures back.

Writing

Rolled 39 (1d100)

Random on Campus encounter roll.

75-100 Encounter

~Well, its been fun,~ you hop up from the chair, ~but I really need to go have a chat by the track,~

“Uh, well alright Beast-san,” Akiyama says as her nervousness seems to level off, “What, out of curiosity, will you be doing with this turf,”

You smile.

~Oh, you know...stuff,~ you laugh as you head toward the door to the library as the two girls begin getting up behind you.

“Akiyama-san, Akiyama-san!” Venus chirps to intercept.

You pay it no mind, Venus-chan does have existing business with the young fashion designer.

“Aino-san?” the dark haired girl asks, “What are you doing here...and dressed like that?”

“Its a long story. I came with a mutual friend of ours who is helping me with something later tonight,”

Leaving her, the former Primrose boss, and the former monster to their business you travel the all girls school grounds with purpose and intent. Whispers and eyes are upon you, the student body taking notice of the unfamiliar girl. Rumor might spread of this march, good. Just good.

There is a swell in your heart when you come upon the athletic fields in the back of the school. Your eyes are drawn back to the police tape and military tent erected over the hole in the ground leading to the wellspring of earth power. That is your place...in a way so is this place.

The track lies ahead. Some girls are kicking a white checkered football in the center green of the track, while one familiar girl in a blue windbreaker and earbuds is running laps around them.

Her eyes are closed, and she looks like she’s been at this for a while. She passes by as you approach and figure out how to get her attention.

>Wait here for her to be done
>Get in her way on the next lap
>Start running beside her
>Charge across to tackle or trip her
>Call out to her- wait, earbuds. Radio Telepathy go!
>Write in

>>40175348
>Start running beside her
>Call out to her- wait, earbuds. Radio Telepathy go
Let's scare her good.

>>40175380
I'm down with this.
We never skipped leg day, we should be able to keep up and the buds will make it that much harder to hear us coming.

>>40175380
I forgot to add that when we contact her with telepathy we grab her shoulder with our shadow claws.

>>40175380
>>40175408
Doesn't need to be too scary, beyond appearing unexpectedly and speaking in her head.
I'd like to show that we can keep up.. maybe turn to a 'friendly' race. Mikage likes to run, and Beast likes a challenge..

>>40175471
I'd rather race/chase than grab, personally.

>>40175488
But we're supposed to be the spooky/scary one remember.

>>40175380
Sure, nice idea anon!

Writing, shortly

Rolled 14 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

Hmmm...she likes running, does she? Good, you enjoy a good chase.

Even though you’re wearing a skirt, and pretty heavy boots, you decide to give the girl some chase. Dropping your jacket, you burst off behind her onto the track. Your explicit and torn t-shirt flutters around your frame, your skirt starts to get lifted until you lean forward into your momentum.

This isn’t a jog, it is a run. You are great at running, you run on rooftops. The girl ahead of you is quite quick though, but she’s been running for a long time already today, you can see the sweat soaking through her short hair. Bringing your medical mask up, you exalt in your whipping black trail of hair behind you.

She has no clue you’re here, so lost to her own run and music.

So as you close in on her, you think you’ll catch her by surprise.

-Boo,- you whisper into the back of her mind at the back of her mind.

She stumbles, but keeps moving, glancing over her shoulder at you. Her eyes widen in surprise when she realizes just who you are.

-Keep, running, Niji,- you snarl with your eyes, -This is a game,-

Her face tightens in resolve, and she powers on forward. She’s tired, you can see it, but you’re excited to see just how much she has left.

>Roll me Endurance 1d20+3
>Do you want to use any powers, spells, or Controlled Rage?

Rolled 1 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>40176081
Let's not use any powers and save our rage for later. Like after the run's over and we're chewing her out for the pictures.

>>40176169
F@#$.

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>>40176169

You guys still have two more rolls. Who knows, you may get a hat trick.

Nijiko had a fatigue penalty on her roll, this is delicious to me

>>40176234
Stop looking so happy dammit!

>>40176260
I will when I start writing, after I confirm the next two rolls. There is a 2 in twenty chance you can negate this delicious delicious candy.

Or...I actually suck at statistics.

Rolled 12 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>40176081
Hey guys on my break what are we up to.. oh god.

Come on, 1 more and I can get started.

Rolled 2 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>40176169
We don't need to save rage, we don't have a limited amount. We are tired afterward though.

And with that roll I will call for both Controlled Rage and Surge. Can't go looking completely terrible on our inspection tour.
I'll blame the boots.

>>40176428
Alright..

>>40176477
Or we just faceplant and look really human. Whatever folks prefer. Gotta head back now. Couple more hours until freedom!

We're deadlocked on this.

Final Destination queue

>>40176520
Wait, never mind, dead lock was broken.

We're going all natural.

>>40176545

>>40176569
Can we at least surge?

I have heard the call to Surge.

>Surge? Y/N

>>40176630
Y

Rolled 3 (1d8)

Alright, surging.

You’ll do this on your own. While you could bolster yourself with your boundless anger, magic, or the power of your starseed...you think that you’ll mess up this girl under your own power. She’s an athlete, so you’ll respect her resolve.

Because when you catch her, she is going to regret getting up this morning.

Your boots stomp, your skirt flutters, and you begin gaining on the girl. Yes, you’ll overtake her any second. This is your moment, you will crush her fighting spirit and then crush her beneath your boot heel as you extract from her sweet vengeance for making people think you’re human. Relatable. Vulnerable. Soft.

Suddenly, she pulls away. She’s found her second wind, even from back here you can see the strain she’s under. So then...this is her resolve.

Your step is uneven on the recycled springy material of the track. Maybe it’s the boots, maybe it’s how accustomed you are accustomed to the tilted slant of rooftops, maybe it’s the lack of a sports bra with your new assets, or maybe you got overconfident. Whatever it was that did it to you, you lose your footing. Pitching forward, time slows as the track comes closer to you. You try to pulse the power of your Starseed to regain your footing, it doesn’t take. At least it softens the blow.

It stings across most of your front, especially your chest. The clingy and springy surface prevents you from sliding far. Your shirt gets a bit more torn and dirty, and these useless lumps on your chest are sore as hell.

Things feel a bit cold, too. Your skirt is flipped up over your back and you are a bit exposed. You can feel eyes on you, people looking at you. Thrusting your arms down and back you flip the skirt down over your bottom. Removing your medical mask to breath, you take deep and greedy gulps of air.

>>40176902

Slowly, you try to pick yourself up. Through gritted teeth you groan as you feel a presence come up close behind you.

Taking the earbuds out, she looks down to you with a wry smile and offers her hand. Niji. She’s panting and exhausted, and you feel an energy rolling off of her and into you. She doesn’t fear you, it is belief.

“Whoa, I guess everyone takes a spill sometime,” she offers earnestly, “That was really fun though, Beast-chan!”

>Take her hand, angrily
>Smack her hand away
>Try and laugh it off, puny mortals
>Write in

&

>How do you broach the subject of the pictures?

>>40176917
>Try and laugh it off, puny mortals

>>40176917
>Take her hand, angrily

>How do you broach the subject of the pictures?
Telepathically and with anger in our "Voice".

Waiting on a deciding vote for right now.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

Well, I'd FD, but it looks like there is only one of your right now. So to expedite things.

Rolling die.

1 for Puny Mortals
2 for Take her hand,

>>40177330
This just means that I can warp the direction of the quest to my liking.

>>40177330
>only two of your right now

With some obvious anger in your sharp and sudden movements, and the expression on your face, you take the girl’s outstretched hand. She hauls you up and steadies a hand against your shoulder. Her smile isn’t infectious, and you don’t look at how many people are watching you.

-Anyway, you and I need to have a few words,- your snarl through the telepathic line of speech communication, -You posted pictures of me after my fight,-

“Yeah, sorry about that,” she rubs the back of her neck.

-You’re taking them down and deleting the originals,- you growl and narrow your eyes, -That is not a request,-

She continues to not be scared of you. It is frustrating.

“Oh, yeah. Sure,” she nods and takes out her phone, “You know, everyone says you’re some kind of monster, but you are super freaking awesome. I saw the Tokyo Tower stuff on the news, that was so badass with the motorcycle. Did you meet the Senshi again?”

-Yes,- you state simply, -And yeah, it was badass,-

“And this whole talking in my head thing is an absolute trip,- she smiles broadly and then looks off past your shoulder, “Well, my pictures of you are down...but what do you want to do about them,”

She gestures wide, and you see multiple girls around the field in athletic gear and casual clothes with their phones out. A blush spreads across your pale cheeks as you ruffle your hair a bit to better hide your face through its stringy oily mess. You flashed the entire field, didn’t you.

“Oi,” Niji asks with genuine concern, “Are you okay, Beast-chan?”

You didn’t think YOU could feel this embarrassed.

>This is all your fault! THEY ALL THINK I’M HUMAN! (tackle her)
>Say nothing, your business here is done, time to go.
>Try to intimidate the crowd of onlookers
>S-stop calling me ‘Beast-chan’, you bitch!
>Write in

>>40177624
>Try to intimidate the crowd of onlookers

>>40177624
>Try to intimidate the crowd of onlookers
Hiss at them! The beast of the day is snake!

>>40177624
>Try to intimidate the crowd of onlookers

Rolled 7 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

Writing.

Give me an intimidation test, 1d20+8, versus the above group morale test.

Rolled 13 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>40178041
Piece of cake... maybe.

>>40178041

Rolled 13 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>40178041
Hope I don't botch this one.

Rolled 7 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>40178041


>>40178119
Sorry about this one.

You look out at all the people busy on their phones, some with the devices still raised and probably recording you. You rear back and hiss loudly and pan against the assembled group. Fangs bared and altering the supernatural nature of your disguise to appear as though wreathed in darkness despite the open field and sunshine above. Those who were looking down at their devices, likely busy gawking at or planning to post a picture, shoot their eyes up to meet you. Those watching down the barrel of their cameras recoil.

Attention and fear surge into you, their fear. Your power.

~POST ONE PICTURE!~ you bellow, ~AND I WILL FIND WHERE YOU SLEEP!~

With a rolling snarl you make sure you have the whole of their attention. They’ve seen your eyes. They know your rage. They feel your hate.

Now only time will tell. You believe you have most of them scared. The only one not really afraid is a girl sitting under the treeline away from the field. She is playing with a rabbit, your recognize her as one of the former primroses, Chou.

“You know,” Niji says from beside you with a smile, “You can put on all the tough girl acts you want, but I know you’re a good person Beast-chan,”

Why is she talking about you so familiarly? Its grating.

“By the way, cute teddybear prints,” she snerks and claps you on the back.

The girls you frightened have all already vacated...no one saw that but the Chou girl.

>Leave, leave now before something else happens.
>Talk to Niji about something else, what?
>Approach Chou, about what?
>Write in

>>40178375
>Leave, leave now before something else happens.
We've done what we came here to do. let's get the brat and skidaddle.

>>40178375
Does Chou have a camera phone out? If not, then its probably time to just... get out of there.

>>40178375
May as well reminder her about this being our turf now and asking if there has been anything unusual to report.

Might as well have the nonscared person tell us what is going down.

>>40178748
She is holding a rabbit, not a phone.

>>40178762
Do we know what has happened with the school since the incident?
Got back to having classes pretty fast.

>>40178793
You know the Academic buildings and dormatory suffered no structural problems, additionally it was a relatively empty part of the field.

Substitutes are in place while teachers and administrators recover.

Writing Delay. Getting Lunch.

~Alright,~ you growl and start heading back to the library, ~that's everything I wanted to talk about,~

"Oh," Niji says with a sleight amount of dejection, "So, I guess I'll see you around,"

Here you actually smile.

~Yeah, actually,~ you flash her a sharp and toothy grin, ~This is all my turf now,~

This gives her pause, and then she runs over to the tree cover. Before the field leaves your sight, you see her excitedly plop down next to Chou in the emerald shade of the trees kept on the grounds. It doesn't take long for you reach the library.

With a monosyllabic call, you get Venus's attention from the self important designer and the bookworm. After bidding her goodbye to the girls she skips across the room to the exit and the two of you make your way off campus. You continue drawing the attention of the resident students, but you don't much care. Everything that happened has left you mildly perturbed. It shows.

"You okay, PB-chan?" the small girl dressed for metal asks.

>Fine, I'M FINE!
>I don't want to talk about it.
>Well...(what do you say?)
>say nothing
>Write in

&

>Head to the venue
>go somewhere else, where?

>>40179763
>Well...(what do you say?)
C'mon squirt. Then telepathicallyy say not to call me PB-chan.
>Head to the venue

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>40179832
Writing.

>>40179763
Remember to grab our jacket.
Grumble about various things. Like people that would rather like than fear us and stupid boots/breasts affecting running, our family is supposed to naturally run well in heels.

Mentally remind her not to call us PB when we're the Beast.

>>40180282
Was supposed to write Niji handing you your jacket. You have it.

~come on, squirt,~ you ruffle her hair, ~let's get to the show,~

"But you seem upset, PB-chan," she says with worried wide eyes.

~Its just a bunch of bullsh- stuff. People who should be scared of me aren't, my new boots and,~ you tug down at your shirt to emphasize the point, ~new boobs got in the way of me running someone down and I looked like a complete bi- complete fool...~

"Aww," she pats you on the side, "I'm sure it will be okay. You'll get used to them. I bet when my figure comes in, it'll play hell on my coordination and choreography,"

Venus sighs at this.

~It's not just that,~ you growl and gesticulate to the sky, ~I have a family history of running around in heels. That this screwed me up is damn shameful,~

She nods.

~Uh, also,~ you scan the street heading toward the clubs in town and see a few people about so you switch to telepathy, -don't call me PB right now, okay-

When you connect with her, you feel a strange feedback sensation. An odd reverb with the surface of her mind. It's something...wrong. It hurts.

And it doesn't just hurt you.

"Ngh," Venus-chan grunts as she grabs at her temples, pain visible behind her eyes.

She starts to pitch forward, you are in front of her in an instant to catch her. Venus Aino shakes in your arms, hands still clutching at her head and wreathed through her hair.

>The hell was that!? Squirt? Squirt? Speak to me!
>Shit...shit! Hospitals suck on Saturday, get her to Tomoe-sensei.
>wait a minute, dear in headlights moment.
>write in

Not gonna lie, I was already done the update when I remembered certain things and had to rewrite.

Then I just back tracked and added appropriate stuff to pad the update. Hope that's okay. Then again, I doubt you're too worried about that in the current situation.

>>40180478
>The hell was that!? Squirt? Squirt? Speak to me!
If she doesn't respond quick, pop Jump and hop away with her, to heal and/or make for.. shit, yeah, Tomoe-senshi.

>>40180478
>>Shit...shit! Hospitals suck on Saturday, get her to Tomoe-sensei.

>>40180587
Fortunately, I can't see Red Eyes being deer-in-headlights. Impulsive action is the way.

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>>40180478
>>The hell was that!? Squirt? Squirt? Speak to me!
>>Shit...shit! Hospitals suck on Saturday, get her to Tomoe-sensei.
We have some healing-fu of our own too.

>>40180763
Our healing is nowhere near Tomoe's at the moment.

>>40180825
I'd be surprised if she had healing beyond impressive medical skills, knowledge, and equipment.
Which is great, but I doubt healing magic is in Saturn's wheelhouse.

>>40180478
>Shit...shit! Hospitals suck on Saturday, get her to Tomoe-sensei.
Shiiiit, slight panic here

say what are the chances that Crystal Tokyo might have a cure for this?

>>40180587
To clarify further: Try to get her to respond, Jump away with her, lay down the Heal bomb, and then take her to Tomoe over any protests. Because sudden things like that are not a good thing.

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Delay, helping my folks (whom I have had to move back in with) with trimming a dead branch of a tree in their back yard. After done and us walking away, the oter side of the tree snapped in a strong gust.

Gotta cut it up. Slight delay.

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>>40181074
Would be interesting to have Red Eyes be the first to tap that belief in our other self.

>>40181126
Wind's a killer let me tell you. The last windstorm in my area left some power lines leaning towards the road.

Back, sweaty thick as hell, a split from the main trunk.

Counting and writing

>>40181074
Thinking about it, is there anything stronger than Heal?

>>40181581
It is more powerful than Moon Healing Escalation.

In fact, it is a 6th level spell you have access to through your tier powers.

writing

>>40181726
Would this spell need us to use the crystal?

>>40181581
Well, in Pathfinder, it is top dog for raw hitpoint return and removal of status effects, illness, and all kinds of things.
While Regeneration covers damage not covered by hitpoints like organ failure, blindness, lost limbs, and such.
And Restoration covers recovery from debilitating and weakening damage/drain effects. In this setting it also purges magical/shadow corruption.

>>40181726
Aye, frightfully potent.

>>40181765
No, though bringing that together may grant access to potent Earth path abilities, like higher power Restoration-type abilities.

Hm, I wonder if it can interface with Earth Nodes. Not a thing to try until it is very together though.

>>40181888
We can interface with Earth Nodes, or at least the one under the school, by submerging ourselves in it.

>>40181957
Yeah, thinking more about whether we could strengthen the connections and tie them together, and other power wrangling thoughts that are likely not on the character's mind at all.

>>40180886

Pre awakened as Saturn Hotaru was shunned and friendless in part because she could heal the wounds of others. She was different and weird, because she could perform miracles.

...honestly, fuck the parts of Japanese culture that from on any differences whatsoever.

>>40182080
Forgot/missed the healing part of that. I do need to get back to my rewatching of the series at some point.

And yes, that is a terrible thing. Seems to be a cultural trend in general for that part of the world.

>>40182080
frown on

~The hell was that!? Squirt? Squirt? Speak to me!~ you panic as you lift the otherwise limp girl up in your arms and hold her to your chest.

There’s something wrong. Her eyes aren’t focusing on anything. You duck to the side and just hold her.

~Squirt?! Squirt!~ no no no no no no no.

Venus-chan is the youngest of you guys. You, the beast, actually like her the most...granted you haven’t even spent time with any of the other girls. You imagine that Kanari and you would not get along too well, and maybe you’d warm up to Koyomi. Rin and Aiha would be okay.

The hell, that isn’t important. She is important. You gotta do something, you gotta get her to Tomoe-Sensei. Where the hell would she even be? Okay, step one is assess the situation.

You have magic. You have healing magic. Deep inside of you, powered by belief in you is potent healing magic. As strong as your power over shadows.

Not sparing it a second thought, you activate your ability to be nobody of importance in anyone’s memory and leap for the rooftops. Getting a bearing toward the Clinic your mom owns and Tomoe-Sensei currently runs, you settle down and lay the girl flat on a rooftop. Sliding your jacket beneath her head and neck as a pillow, you make a choice.

You’ll use her power. You’ll use Mikage’s power to heal. With a pulse of your starseed, you channel an amount of magical energy similar to the time you fed on Usa-neesan in your shared dream. Incandescent for only an instant, your hands cup the seizing child’s cheeks as you kiss her on the forehead in worry.

Tears land on her forehead and face as you pull back. Fuck this, you’re crying. What the fuck do you do. You can’t punch this? You can’t deal with this kind of shit. This isn’t what you do or what you’re for!

>>40182310

~Come on, squirt,~ you plead with worry; your anger forgotten.

The last sparks of this great power pass from your fingertips and into the girl.

She pulses and glows, her seizing settles as the light fades.

Its quiet on the roof as you rifle through your bag for your phone. Desperately you scroll through your contacts for Tomoe-Sensei. Tomoe-sensei can help, she’ll know what to do.

She-

Venus-chan sits bolt upright and gasps for air. Her eyes search around confused before they settle on you, tear stains down your cheeks and your eyes puffy. She reaches, in a panic, for your phone. Her small hands miss and she hugs your arm.

“NO!” she cries out, “D-don’t call anyone. This happens, I’m okay!”

This happens?

What the hell just happened!?

>What did I do? I’m so sorry
>That happens? What was that!
>Hug her. HUG HER RIGHT NOW!
>Press Call, Call right now
>write in

>>40182335
THIS IS NOT A THING THAT SHOULD HAPPEN!
I just dropped a healing nuke on you and you kept laying there!

>>40182335
>What did I do? I’m so sorry
>That happens? What was that!
>Hug her. HUG HER RIGHT NOW!

>>40182399
Also: >Hug her. HUG HER RIGHT NOW!

..Hugs may transition to carrying her places.

>>40182335
>>That happens? What was that!
>>Hug her. HUG HER RIGHT NOW!

>>40182399
Healing Bomb actually worked, I thought that was clear, the glow faded as the seizing stopped. Thought I wrote that clearly.

>>40182475
Yes, though she did still lay there for a moment.
I'm panicking, not thinking clearly!

>>40182335
>>That happens? What was that!
>>Hug her. HUG HER RIGHT NOW!
That's not an explanation!

You wrench yourself free of her grasp on your arms and hurl yourself toward her. Arms going wide, you catch her up in a tight hug and press her into you. Its the first thing you think to do because she’s okay. She’s back. Venus-chan isn’t empty eyed and shaking.

~That happens? That is not a thing that should happen!~ you cry out as the extended motion of your mess black hair comes to a pendulous stop, ~What was that?~

Fingers tighten into her sides, you promised to protect these girls. Nothing will make you let go and take her away right now, at least that’s what you tell yourself through the haze of worry and panic.

You won’t break another promise. You can’t break this promise.

“Its okay,” she says softly, “You didn’t know,”

~What didn’t I know?~ you pull away from her enough to look her in the eye.

Venus Aino sports a sombre expression, there is a certain tiredness as she opens her mouth to explain herself, then pauses in confusion. A hand goes up to her temple and pulls her wig off entirely before the other hand feels about her incredibly short crew cut.

Actually, it looks like it's growing in from being shaved, you can see scars a few place...with tell tale marks of stitching or stapling. There is one spot where she pulls a loose lacing of wires. They were just sitting on top of pristine skin. She feels over the spot a few times.

>>40182828

“Uah,” she seems shocked, “Where are all the incision marks from the last-”

~I panicked, I dropped a magical nuke worth of healing onto you,~ you sniffle, ~Please, Venus-chan, what was that?~

You want to run away from this, let Mikage deal with this. This is something she should know how to deal with, just...DAMNIT! No. You are the Red Eyed Beast of Juuban, and you don’t run away.

“Healing nuke?” she wonders aloud while touching her head and taking a deep breath, “Then...maybe...okay. I’ll tell you Mikage-chan…but only if you promise me you won’t tell ANYONE! This is private, only me, my mommy, Sophia-swan, Sugao-san, and my doctors know,”

She pauses.

“And I had to tell Aiha,” she looks back into your eyes, “And you also gotta promise to never use telepathy on me again until I’m 100% sure about what’s goin on!”

>No, keep your secrets
>Yes, I promise not to tell anyone
>Write in

>>40182845
>Yes, I promise not to tell anyone

>>40182845
>No, keep your secrets

>>40182845
>Yes, I promise not to tell unless necessary
If telepathy can hurt you, I may still need to tell someone if they have the capability to accidentally hurt you like I did.

If you are fighting while hiding a dangerous disability from your allies bad shit could happen.

>>40182845
>Yes, I promise not to tell anyone

>>40182934
It's true, but we could be pretty vague about warning people WRT telepathy. The chance that we'll have to break the promise is quite small really.

>>40182845
Then maybe we need to include Tomoe in with your doctors if not me, because you have multiple friends and likely enemies with telepathic potential and we need you to be ok. With our moms gone we can't not know what's going on we promised to protect you..

Writing

>>40182845
-I- need to be 100% sure about what’s goin' on!
This is serious, V-chan, baddies use telepathy too! Why do you think I use it so much when being creepy!

~Yes, I promise not to tell anyone,~ you sigh and set her down...carefully, ~though whatever this is all about, you may want to include Tomoe-sensei as one of your doctors,~

“I was already thinking of that...what with her taking over Bunny-sensei’s practice,” she sighs, “Okay, I have brain cancer...I’ve had it for a long time. I’ve been in and out of treatment for a long time since mommy and I left Japan, it keeps coming back, and it’s in part of my frontal lobe,”

You fall to your knees.

~What?~

“Its congenital, and if I was born just a few years earlier it would have been terminal in the first year,” she curls her knees to her chest, “and now...now I gotta get an early follow up scan and check up to see what’s going on,”

~Why, squirt?~ you ask sitting down next to her on the roof.

“...I feel better,” she says quietly while tapping her forehead, “there’s no pressure here, even the fatigue from my treatments is gone,”

~Oh,~ you say quietly, ~Well, once you know what’s up you should warn the others vaguely or try to take some precautions. Bad guys love psychic powers, I use them to be a spooky bitch-I mean witch! Witch!~

“Why are you even bothering to watch your language around me?” she asks innocently in a laugh, “I know I come across as immature...but I know stuff,”

She huffs here and stands up, watching the late afternoon sun dipping in the sky. She leans down and grabs her wig and busies herself with properly affixing it.

“So, we’ve still got some business to attend to,” she says with a smirk.

>Why were you keeping this from everyone?!
>Okay...if you’re sure you’re okay, let’s head to the show.
>Nope, I’m taking you home.
>Nope, taking you to Tomoe-sensei
>Write in

>>40183648
>Nope, taking you to Tomoe-sensei

>>40183648
>Okay...if you’re sure you’re okay, let’s head to the show.

>>40183648
>Okay...if you’re sure you’re okay, let’s head to the show.
>But we're going to get you checked out afterwards!

>>40183648
I'm glad you were thinking of including her, 'cause we're already pointed that way. I'll still take you to the show, but I want to know you'll be alright.
Please don't fight me on this.

>>40183648
>>Why were you keeping this from everyone?!
Also we should see a doctor -before- I take you to the place with flashing lights and loud noises, I'm no doctor, but i know those are seizure-y things! Tomoe is closest, I was already taking us that way.

Counting and Writing

>>40184115
I've been wondering, do we have access to Mythic/Augmented versions through Divine Source?

>>40184246
...I do not yet know. Let me think on that a spell.

At this point I am comfortable saying that the start of thread d100 roll for the past metric ton of threads...on a 100 venus would have had a very bad episode.

I will not be rolling it henceforth, or maybe just for a while...for reasons.

>>40184408
You are cruel, and I applaude your use of random rolls.

>>40184408
Hooray?

>>40184408
Too ominous!

>>40184408
Because Mega-Heal?

>>40184408
How is doing Mikage towards the next Mythic Tier?

>>40182828
>>40182845
I just want to take a moment to note how serious things have been and/or just how recently the last incision may have been for her to have still been that rough with Senshi Recuperation in effect.

V-chan makes a sad.

~Okay, we’ll still go to the show...and I’m glad you were thinking about including Tomoe-sensei, but I still want her to check you out first,~ you explain.

“What? But what can she do right now? The scans and tests I would need are specialzied and would take more of the afternoon then we’ve got left!” she balks.

~Well we’re going to a concert. They’ll be loud noises and flashing lights. Those can’t be good for seizures,~ you cross your arms and reason.

Venus-chan looks at you through a narrowed gaze and with no amusement.

“I do a ton of stage shows,” she grouses as she crosses her arms and puffs her cheeks, “My only seizure episodes happen under a handful of conditions; they aren’t a standard form of epilepsy...you know like psychic phenomenon,”

~Okay…~ you relent and return to your more customary and angry demeanor, ~Just don’t welch on getting your checkup after this is all done,~

“...why would I welch on it? I said I needed one,” her smile softens and she becomes quite amused with the situation, “Jeez, Beast, you really need to keep up,”

~S-shut it, squirt,~ you bite at her while blushing with embarrassment.

This has not been a good day.

Finishing your journey by carrying Venus-chan and hopping toward a converted grocery warehouse that now serves as a dance club, music venue, and stage.

There is already a significant line of folks out front, and an imposing looking bouncer. The alleyway and loading bay area beside and behind a gated driveway is filled with a few cars, a cube van, and a beaten up looking import VW minibus. There is a raised doorway on the roof proper.

On the marque added to the front of the building are two bands. Malefic Black opening for The Unrepentant Damned.

>Get in line and wait like normal human beings among the fans and rabble
>Jump down in front of line and use your rep and maybe violence to fold the bouncer
>Wait around and sneak in through the loading bay
>Try the roof door
>Write in

>>40184676
Hm, roof or loading bay.
Hey, if we are carrying her, would our invis-tricks cover her?

>>40184676
>Try the roof door
And be stealthy.

>>40184676
>>Try the roof door
The high ground is ours.

>>40184676
>Try the roof door

>>40184769
Oh!

And use No One of Consequence.

>>40184676
>Try the roof door

>>40184813
Keep Venus close, try to keep her within that effect if possible.

Writing.

And your invisibility effect affects you and carried objects only.

>>40185082
Venus is a carried object.

Because you don’t honestly give a fuck, you walk over to the door on the rooftop and open it, as you expected there is a chain on the inside of the door and you can only open it a short way.

Inspecting the chain and gap in the door you know you have a couple of options, because a steel chain isn’t going to stop you from getting this shit done for Venus-chan.

“What’s wrong?” the girl in question asks.

~Chain,~ you growl, ~We can try to break it on our own, try to shimmy in through the gap...easier for you than me, use magic to break the chain, or I can pull off a short range teleport effect,~

“Hmmm...you’ve already used a big amount of your magic, right?” Venus asks.

~Actually I’m mostly full up,~ you gloat pridefully though a toothy smile, ~That power runs off of different batteries,~

“So, what are we gonna do?”

~Dunno, I don’t want to go in too loudly,~ you say, actively contemplating giving a fuck.

>Try to break the chain
>Shimmy Shimmy, don’t get stuck
>Magic spell to break this open, which spell?
>Cast Shadow Slide, no muss, no fuss
>Fuck the chain, the door is heavy wood, bust that shit
>Write in

>>40185082
Well...

>Finishing your journey by carrying Venus-chan

>>40185246
>Cast Shadow Slide, no muss, no fuss
Taking the easy way.

>>40185264
>>40185130

She is a living creature, your invisibility affect is personal only and even if you can carry hundreds of pounds of inert matter, she counts as a creature.

Nope. Won't work. Even if you zip her up to your chest in your jacket, she'll remain visible while you do not.

...wait...

That sounds hilarious.

>>40185246
Yeah, let's Slide in.

>>40185307
Are you sure we can't make a deception roll against both ourself and against the forces of magic to convince the spell that Venus is not a living creature?

Why does Venus continue to be a best?

Besides the front she puts up, I think she's the most emotionally mature and stable of all the girls.

Should we consider casting Conceal Thoughts on Venus since it offer mental protection? Maybe paranoid, but would hate to have issues.

On a similar note, do we have Conceal Thoughts running on us still? I know we tend to have it up a lot, but I forget when we last cast.

>>40185369
A lot like her mother when she was young.

Writing.

>5 mp spent

Scooping Venus up again, you stretch the shadows cast by the housing of the door in the late afternoon and let it engulf the two of you. Consumed in the black, you feel the world slide and move around you as Venus looks to and fro in wonder. When the dark recedes, you are halfway down the stairs, where it joins an office hallway you can only imagine is part of the owner offices and the backstage of the venue.

“Neat,” the girl says as she moves to hop down out of your arms.

Which you don’t let her do.

~Nope, this is a sneaking mission,~ you correct her, ~And I am damn good at sneaking,~

“Oh...okay,” she says quietly before slipping into a faux whisper and points down the stairwell, “then onward my sneaky conveyance!”

~Oi,~ you hush her, ~keep it down,~

Creeping to the bottom of the stairs, you glance left and right. You are still probably above ground level, and any green room or dressing room would likely be closer to the stage. Down the left way are a few doors and a stairwell going down. Down the right are a few doors and a turn in the hallway.

>Explore doors on the left
>Explore doors on the right
>Head downstairs
>Explore around the bend on the right
>Create a loud distraction. How?
>Write in

>>40185908
>>Head downstairs

>>40185908
Hey, maybe we can find a good place to observe them in action up here. Above the crowd is sneakier and keeps Venus safer from trouble or recognition.

So, around the bend then?

>>40185908
>Explore doors on the right

>>40186046
>>40185990
I'll back both of these, they are both to the right!

Rolled 12 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

Writing.

Give me 2d20 (best of three, 1s and 20s wild)
First roll is stealth, second is perception.

I'll add modifiers later. Perception DC is 15. Stealth DC is the above roll.

Rolled 14, 3 = 17 (2d20)

>>40186277

Rolled 10, 9 = 19 (2d20)

>>40186277

Rolled 10, 7 + 6 = 23 (2d20 + 6)

>>40186277

Stealth passed. Perception failed.

Writing

>>40186389
This is why we have Venus as lookout.

>>40186425
We could surge it, though I suppose relying on Venus could be a thing.

Carefully stepping into the hallway, you press your back against the wall and sidle your way down to the doors. You don’t hear anything coming from any of them after a quick listen. Each of them are sliding doors that disappear into the wall, a quick glance in all three reveals two storage rooms of old stage equipment and one room that a glance through the door reveals what you can only imagine is an efficiency apartment for the owner or whoever to crash in after a late show.

“What are those two doing?” Venus asks you while pointing to the ajar door into the bathroom.

You slide the door shut. They were mostly clothed, but whatever those two were up to, but the woman was topless and their movements against the sink were suggestive and quietly enthusiastic.

~Talk about it later,~ you whisper to her and back away from the door before crossing the hall lightly and pressing close to the corner.

Glancing around you find a heavier door, with a latch handle.

It is labeled with a piece of paper and adhesive tape as ‘catwalk’.

Huh...well now. Potential vantage point.

>Onto the catwalk
>Explore the doors to the left
>Downstairs
>Write in

>>40186540
>Onto the catwalk

>>40186540
>Onto the catwalk

>>40186618
>>40186650
>>40186540
I third the motion.

Writing

Opening the heavy door, you find a small catwalk system in the space above the standing area and stage. Back closer toward the main doors is a bar being prepped by a keeper and a barback. The lights immediately beneath the catwalk are all on, so as your cross to the far side of the room, you have sufficient cover not to be seen.

The far side of this area has another door and several recesses in the walls. If you need it there is plenty of space to hide up here. Glancing down at the stage, you see one set of instruments already on stage. Drums, Guitar, & Bass. Just off stage is another set with the addition of a keyboard.

Behind the scaffolding of the stage is a short stairway down to ground level and a door likely into the immediate backstage area.

A man in a black t-shirt walks out of a side door into the main hall of the venue, talking to a man in a button down shirt and slacks.

“Open door in 15, I’ve put the temperature up a bit so they’ll hit the bar a bit sooner,” the man in the t-shirt explains, “I’ll drop it back down before showtime,”

“So,” Venus wonders aloud looking over the handrail of the catwalk, “Do we want to wait for after the show, or do we try to catch them now?”

Hmmm...how to approach finding The Unrepentant Damned.

>Let’s wait for after the show
>Let’s sneak down there and find them now
>Spook those guys down there into taking you to them.
>Write in

>>40187611
Well, do you want to see them in action first, then talk to them?

Or talk to them, then see them in action to make your decision?

Guess it's a matter of whether you want them to know you are trying to gauge them.

This is your mission, Squirt.

>>40187691
>>40187611
Sure, why not let the young kid make a choice.
Though watching the show seems smarter for seeing what they are like.

Little quiet now. Where'd folks go?

Writing.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

Rolling which course of action venus wants to pursue after your posed question.

>>40188092
I was getting a little too comfy in euro truck.

~I guess that’s up to you,~ you say and ruffle her wig, ~Squirt,~

“What? But I thought this sneaking mission is your area of strength,” she asks quietly.

~Nah, what’s going on depends on whether you want to see them in action first, or if you want to talk to them first and then watch them. Only difference I see is that in one they’ll know you’re here to gauge them on stage,~ you explain, ~This is your mission, Squirt, I’m just here to execute your orders,~

Venus thinks to herself a moment.

“I’ve already seen videos of them in concert,” she muses, “I’ve honestly gotten all I need about their performance style and their music. This is about talking to them,”

~Okay, so let’s sneak around and-~ she raises her hand to your face with and index finger held just before your lips.

“Oh no,” she smiles sinisterly, “It's time to make an impression,”

She leans over and begins to whisper in your ear. You like this plan. You like it a lot. More than that, this little squirt is honestly impressing you.

“Whisper whisper whisper, and then you say, whisper whisper whisper, then we…”

---

>>40188629

“Alright, Kei will be opening the door soon, is everything set?”

“Yeah boss. We have at least an hour before the opening act goes on after we let everyone in,” the man with the button down nods while checking on the clipboard.

“Great, I’m looking forward to closing out this weekend well in the black,” the man in the T-shirt says as he claps the younger man on the shoulder, “I think this’ll be a good night,”

As he says this, the lights in the room drop out. Both men are frightened, as are the barback and the barkeep who have frozen amid the clink of glass bottles.

“What happened!?”

“Maybe a fuse, I’ll take care of it, sir!”

A single spot light comes on above the two in the center of the room. Rapid footsteps rushing to and fro above them in the catwalk. A guttural laugh of gravel and hate echoes through the room.

“What? Is someone up there?!”

Their query is answered by the footsteps stopping, followed by the sound of shearing steal. Around them the darkness pulses and takes on strange and eerie shapes. That they move at all brings sudden terror to them. The laughter stops. The shadows stop. Everything is still and quiet.

Until there is the sound of rushing air and feet landing hard upon the floor. The two look at each other in worry as a pair of arms seems to materializes between them, extending out into the darkness. Slapping them both and then pulling back and out of sight.

Laughter resumes.

“What the!?”

“It just faded into…”

~I have been summoned,~ you say softly as you fade back into visibility in front of them, ~The nightmare of Juuban, The Red Eyed Beast has been summoned,~

The younger man in the nice shirt leaps into the arms of the man you assume to be the owner. This is problematic at the t-shirt clad man is a bit shorter than his professionally dressed underling. Even beneath this spot light, your eyes burn with iridescent fury.

>>40188648
“Wh-who summoned you?” the owner stammers out, “We didn’t summon you!”

You issue forth a laughing snarl as they back away to the edge of the light, terrified.

“Nope, of course you didn’t,” comes a cutesy sing song voice, “I did!”

They shriek again and turn to find...something not terrifying at all standing behind them.

“Hello,” Venus-chan waves, “I’m Venus Aino, and I want to meet the Unrepentant Damned. I figured your bouncer might turn me away at the door, so I summoned a demon to prove I can be metal!”

They stare at her...confused and afraid. They spare a glance, in unison, back to you as you run a finger down your cheek and your tongue across your fangs.

“D-do I call security?” asks the underling.

“I don’t think that’d be necessary,” says the owner, gulping.

“Yay!” cheers Venus in smiles and sugar pop, “Oh, and since we snuck in, I can still pay for our tickets, also I need you guys to be super quiet about me being back here...otherwise I will release Red Eyes-chan from my restraint on her bloodlust,”

You laugh again. This has gone way better than expected.

As this exchange continues, you never notice the figure fade into existence above on the catwalk. He watches things unfold between the four of you through lazy and sleepy eyes, brushing crimped bangs out the way of his vision.

He smiles, and takes a cellphone out of his chest pocket.

“This is Kalunite,” he says in disinterest, “You’ll never believe who I’ve just stumbled upon in the middle of my mission,”

Eclipsed Moon Quest Episode 81
End

No Interlude vote

>>40188682
Dun-DUN-Duuuuuuuun.

This has been good day. Thanks Art.

>>40188734
You are welcome.

Though I do admit, getting from point A to point B tonight felt like quite the long journey...

And then a half a tree fell where my mother and I had just been standing.

It was a weird day.

>>40188734
>>40188682
So, is this Kalunite the Damned's new manager Kal? In which case, we may have stumbled onto plot.

>>40188787
At least weird days at also memorable ones.

>>40188682
>You’ll never believe who I’ve just stumbled upon in the middle of my mission,

Red Eyes, Venus, or both?

>>40189491
Oh yeah, he'd been doing things to the speakers and such in an interlude, the is certainly plot afoot here.

>>40189506
My initial thought was the Beast, since they'd been looking for her, though you raise a good point about the target of their previous musical caper being present.

>>40188682
>“Hello,” Venus-chan waves, “I’m Venus Aino, and I want to meet the Unrepentant Damned. I figured your bouncer might turn me away at the door, so I summoned a demon to prove I can be metal!”
So awesome.

>>40189554
Perhaps made more awesome by the point that now we know she knows exactly what she's doing.

Though slightly less adorable...

And it puts a new spin on her staredown with Sasha at the crown...

Its as if to say her silence screamed, "Do it. Fucking do it punk, I literally have nothing to lose,"

>>40189506
We know Red Eyes is probably high profile on blue doc's list of people he doesn't like.

>>40189811
Dude's name is Kalunite - so he's probably Neo-Shittenou. Hopefully he's just interested in the Beast, but these guys were after Aiha before she even awakened.
It's possible that he has Venus as a target of interest.

>>40191673
If he's targeting people through music, as might seem to be the case, then an insanely popular idol with a colossal audience dropping into his lap might seem to be a huge gift.

>>40191999
Also true.

>>40191673
So far, it's Hiddenite, Kalunite, and Amazonite. Wait, did we get the name of the one who kicked off our looming spider-pocolypes.

>>40194132
That was our new socially awkward friend.

>>40194199
No, she was a monster of the week and I think she was just observing post infection. It was some dude with, I want to say, copper hair and dust?

Debating thread Wednesday afternoon/night.

Debate over, looks like it.

>>40194132
The other Neo Shintennou's name has been dropped in an interlude title that was not voted on.

Hematite.

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>>40196516
Surprised that one isn't here. Seems more metal.

>>40196677
I laughed. Good one.

>>40194199
We need more Saori in our lives...

wait

>>40194354
If she was observing post infection...wouldn't she know what the plan is or at least have vague memories of it?

>>40191999
Should we challenge him to a rock off?

>>40199993
Perhaps. I am eagerly awaiting the supernaturally augmented high school madness at this point.

>>40202691
So, Saori is going to be involved when shit hits the fan. That one delinquent in the next class over who has a crush on the Red Eyed Beast who showed up in an interlude will be there. Yoshi will be there. Midori will be there. Keiko will be in trouble. Kairi will be in trouble. Gai will be there...but he'll probably be fine.

And lets not forget that we'll be public enemy number one to the spider peeps.

>>40203787
I just rewatched R, and the Makai Tree People are broken, broken as all get out.

Gai probably double so considering he knows how to subsist off of ambient love.

...I want Venus to meet Terra and Striel.

Also, we know the red head from Malefic Black is probably Rubeus...think his band mates Demande and Saphir? How would that even really work? How does it work that Esmaurde/Flowers is a college girl?

Usa was still a little kid when they were all full grown. How does this work in timing for Mikage to be in Highschool and they be older than her?

>>40204763
Crystal stasis, alternate timelines, and folks in Crystal Tokyo could live forever.

>>40206447
Acceptable theories.

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So, that's one PGSM live action plot used

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>>40208877
Whoops, wrong image.

Or was it?

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>>40209148
And hey, have an image of Sugao Saito, just because its impossible to find good stills of him, and now I found a decent one.

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>>40209180
And a live action Nephrite.

Yes, Kairi wears that menacing hair dealie while in uniform.

>>40202691
We will be beset by messengers from hell.

>>40209772
We shall be the messenger, and the message is pain, and payment is on delivery.
[Dramatic guitar riff]