>>40216499

At the moment you are escorting the young Venus Aino, 9 year old rising idol and the new Sailor Venus, to meeting with musicians whom she is deciding whether or not to grant a cover license for her hit single. Some metal band called The Unrepentant Damned, who do original music and metal covers of pop songs. After sneaking into the venue in which they would be playing, you revealed yourself to the owner and his underling in terrifying fashion.

Young Venus announced herself, that she had summoned you to prove she could be metal, and declared she had come to meet the headlining band for the evening. With your terrible reputation and supernatural display of trickery, they have acquiesced to her demands. Now your stride thought the well lit back hallway toward the dressing room where the bands on tonight were said to be preparing. Coming to a stop before a nondescript door, the man nervously reviews his clipboard.

“L-let me just check to make sure that the opening act is finished and in the green room. They’re preparation isn’t so intense. Please just wait a moment,” he bows while Venus tentatively puts her broad and wide sunglasses back on to conceal her face.

>Nope, we’re barging in. Pick Venus up and make an entrance
>Sure, we’ll wait
>Become invisible and sneak in after him, leaving Venus to the hall
>Write in

>>40216508
>Nope, we're barging in. Pick Venus up and make an entrance

>>40216508
>Nope, we’re barging in. Pick Venus up and make an entrance

Alright, Perception test DC 15,

best of 3, 1d20+5

Rolled 8 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>40216926

Rolled 7 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>40216926

Rolled 14 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>40216926

Rolled 3 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>40216926

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So I was thinking about what Mikage's get-up could look like after she transforms with the Golden Crystal for the first time, and my mind wandered over to Shielder from type-moon.

Except for in Gold and Black... or in an interweave of Gold and Black... or Gold with Black edging?

Its pretty much an armored sailor-fuku so I thought it would still fit while also playing up how Earth has always been a little different than the rest of the planets and Mikage's much more grown-up view on all of it.

>>40217098
Nice save.

>>40217145
Forgot to note that I did see some of the ideas thrown around while archive binging, but just thought I'd throw another idea out there.

Success, you experience with crossdressing lowered this DC. Finishing writing

You have abused your access to multiple forms of magic and supernatural might today for your own mental health and personal gain, so you aren’t about to wait on anyone else when the goal you’ve committed yourself to is in reach. Leaning over, you lift up Venus-chan from beneath either arm and seat her on your shoulder.

Stepping forward, you grab the door handle before the nervous club employee and give a sharp and feral look his way.

~Don’t care,~ you snarl, ~Run along if you want to live,~

“Oh, y-yes,” he nods vigorously while backing away before breaking out in a run around the corner, “You and Miss Aino enjoy your chat. If you need me...I’llbeoverherebye!”

Snorting to yourself in laughter, you pull the door wide, again it slides like the doors you encountered upstairs, and find four souls in this dressing room.

There are four people in the room; only three of them turn to your entrance.

The most obvious is a giant of a man who is also half as wide as he is tall, about as big as the guy in your grade who tried to start a sumo club, painted a deep shade of blue with tiger print loincloth, leather straps securing spiked pauldrons to his shoulders, and obviously fake horns sticking out of a massive wig of fake spiky gray white hair. He seems surprised that anyone is coming into the room, more than that he seems suddenly concerned as he a look of recognition takes him. You aren’t certain if its for you or the Idol on your shoulder.

>>40217274

A thin and athletically built woman stands to your side, clad in a short and tight leather skirt and cropped top that hangs off the outside of her shoulders. Straight black hair frames her expertly made up face, ruby lips standing out from her pale features and the black. You feel her eyes give you an uncomfortable once over as a playful look spreads across her features. Her arms are clad in fingerless elbow length gloves of the same shiny leather, knee high high heeled boots clad her feat. She’s fastening a buckled choker around her, and before she has it in place you notice the subtle adams apple on her neck. Dude really looks like a lady

Skinny and spindly, a man leans against the wall in a black pinstriped suit. A matching hat on his head sports a decorative corsage, and his face is made up a deep and sinister red. The same color of his hands as he pulls on backless white gloves. He is neat, and has a pencil moustache drawn in over his lip that you notice as he draws up a cigarette to his lips and gives you a cursory leer. When he shifts the weight of his balance away from the wall, you pick up on familiar and subtle body language and the movement of the legs in relation to the hips, another cross dresser.

You catch this swanky devil and leather clad witch, you see his costume come together with the addition of the steepled shiny black hat, share an amused look with one another.

>>40217286

The last person in the room faces one of the sectioned portions of a wall wide mirror, sitting with his hands on the makeup counter. Straight and shock white hair falls from his head, shiny enough that you recognize it as a moderately priced but not outright cheap wig, that comes to a stop below the small of his back. His boots are high and have numerous straps, dark black leather without the shine of the witch’s outfit. His pants are are the same kind of material, with intricate lacing up the side. You can see the buckling points on his closed jacked in the mirror and from the back, hanging straps on the sleeves and shoulder tell you that it is a black straight jacket. Most striking is the black framing makeup on his rouge white face, and the skeletal black around his eyes, nose, and mouth.

These are The Unrepentant Damned.

His eye glance into the mirror at your entrance.

“Who the hell are you two?” he growls as Venus takes off her glasses with a smile.

>Let Venus-chan handle Introductions
>Ignore him, complain loudly about this weaksauce attempt at demonic imagery
>Praise these fuckers for some hardcore costumes
>Demand respect, Venus-Aino summoned a demon to bring her to them
>Who the hell am I? I’m the Red Eyed Beast of Juuban!
>Write in

>>40217295
>Write in
Creepy laugh, time, I think.

>Who the hell am I? I’m the Red Eyed Beast of Juuban!

>>40217295
"Play me the best song in the world, or i'll eat your soul!"

>>40217295
>Let Venus-chan handle Introductions

>>40217723
This is probably the sane course of action.

Unfortunately we're Red Eyes: If Venus-chan is planning on speaking, she's going to have to reign her in first, I think.

Remember guys, we have a fairly small voter turn out, so to help avoid deadlock alway refresh to see what the field looks like.

Keeping this open a touch longer.

>>40217295
>Let Venus-chan handle Introductions

Writing

She pushes off of your shoulder and spreads her arms out to the side for balance as she lands and rises in a crouch.

“Fufufu,” she laughs confidently and pulls out a folder from small purse, “I am Venus Aino, and I’ve come about your cover license application,”

The fat Oni lets out a shocked squeak before composing himself and thundering over to the short girl. Taking a knee he then leans down and forward, he remains taller than Venus despite his efforts.

“That’s really great you came to visit us. I’m actually a really big fan,” he extends a large blue hand to the girl, “I’m Dai- I’m Ogre, it's a pleasure to meet you,”

She takes his hand while you cross your arms and wait silently. Her announcement seems to have drawn all their attention to her, except for the man still facing the mirror. You could see the twitch of a shocked expression when Venus was talking, but he quickly returned to a neutral and generally angry disposition. He notices your eyes on his reflection so you glance back to Venus and the gathering Damned.

“Whoa,” Venus exclaims in what could be feigned or earnest wonder, “You’re even taller than in the video I watched,”

While shaking Ogre’s hand, the swanky devil snatches the folder from the girls hand. Venus pays this no mind as they open it and page through it, you notice a few forms and notes in both serious handwriting and cutesy handwriting.

“It's our application alright,” the swanky devil announces in a faux deep voice while the witch introduces himself as Black Witch in a very feminine pitch, “Damned?”

The figure in the black straight jacket rises slowly and turns. Seeing him head on is starkly different from his reflection, and steps over toward the grouping by the door. There is perhaps forcible disinterest on his face as he crosses his arms. He regards you a moment and then looks down toward Venus-chan as Ogre gets out of his way.

>>40218605

“I’m The Damned,” he says with deep and heavy gravel in his throat, “Are you here to approve our application or serve us with a cease and desist?”

His body language is immediately standoffish. You can see the devil wince a bit at his behavior, in perhaps worry and embarrassment.

“I’m here to decide one way or the other,” Venus says as a matter of fact as she straightens her posture and crosses her arms, “To start, I liked your demo cover...but that isn’t the finished product, is it?”

“No,” he says sharply before looking straight at you, “Who’s this, she looks smaller and less gaijin than the nanny that’s always carting you around,”

“Sophia-swan isn’t a nanny,” Venus laughs and waves off his rudeness, “She’s a Nanny Plus. This is the Red Eyed Beast, she helped me sneak in here to talk to you,”

“You could have called our agent, honey,” Black Witch giggles and stands back to his full height, perfectly balanced on his heels.

“Yeah,” Venus shrugs, “but this was more fun,”

“The Red Eyed Beast?” Damned keeps his eyes on you and speaks with a casually dismissive tone, “Really?”

Ogre and the Devil glance back and forth between their front man and you with varying levels of momentary concern. You are relatively sure that this Ogre recognizes you, though you think you’d remember beating up a guy this fat. Probably from photographs or the recent footage of you at Tokyo Tower.

To be dismissed so easily, while being looked at, raises your hackles. Doubly so that he’s looking right at you just over an arm’s length away.

>Let Venus keep doing her thing, don’t get baited
>Leave the room and cool off
>Bark back that damned right you’re the Red Eyed Beast, fuck you!
>Vanishing Move & step behind him, boo
>Stare him down
>Write in

>>40218615
>Vanishing Move & step behind him, boo.
>Then let Venus keep doing her thing.

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>>40218615
I'm thinking... Shadow control.

I feel pretty confident we can out demon these losers without trying too hard.

>>40217295
>>Praise these fuckers for some hardcore costumes

>>40218615
>>40218891
Something along these lines. Don't show that we've been baited, and don't make a scene (yet), but a little play with our disguise like we did before just to causally reinforce things. This is Venus' show at the moment. We can always return later.

Writing momentarily

Rolled 18 (1d20)

Your eyes widen and your pupils dilate, you exert your ability to control normal shadows to play with your own. Extending it up the door behind you, you have it loom above you. Its arms arch wide, light pieces its face in the shape of a sinister narrow eyed smile, and its hair rises, wiggles, and snakes up and out in all directions. For your part, you remain perfectly still.

The others take a shocked step back, except for the Damned himself, the devil shoots him a worried look as you relax your control on the shadow. You alter the ambiance of the room just enough to make things eerie and maintain that status as long as you can. For his part, he just cocks his head to the side and looks down at the blonde squirt.

“So, how’d you get the Beast to play nanny for you?” he ignores you as he talks to Venus with an edge of amusement sneaking into his voice, “And what do you need to make your decision,”

The others were staring at you in worry until their front man started talking to Venus again. Seeing that you aren’t doing anything too threatening, their attention slides back to the actual conversation.

“Which of you is the songwriter,” Venus asks evenly, “I know it isn’t more than one of you...your work has a singular and consistent composer,”

“That would be me,” the Damned says evenly, “Why?”

“I want to speak with you,” Venus says with an even calm in her voice, “Privately, just the two of us. After that, I’ll have what I need to know,”

“Yosh-err...Damned-sama,” Ogre oddly exclaims in a quiet voice, “Shouldn’t we also get her manager and our manager to sit down first. I mean wha-”

“Enough,” he bellows before speaking calmly, “All of you are finished getting dressed so I’ll see you in the green room when we’re done,”

>>40219711
“I really appreciate you taking the time before your show to talk to me,” Venus smiles, “And thank you all for being so cool,”

You step out of the way as Ogre, Witch, and the devil nervously and hurriedly leave the room. They’re a bit scared of you, and awestruck that you’re apparently who Venus says you are. Well, less of you and more for their frontman. Once all of them are in the hall you-

>step out into the hall and close the door
>close the door and stay in here, you aren’t leaving the squirt alone
>make it look like you leave, but sneak in invisibly as you close the door
>write in

>>40219732
>make it look like you leave, but sneak in invisibly as you close the door

>>40219732
>"Cool costumes, by the way."
>make it look like you leave, but sneak in invisibly as you close the door

>>40219791
I just thought of a better idea after posting this. We praise their costumes, turn the lights off, turn invisible, then open the door.

>>40219874021979111
>make it look like you leave, but sneak in invisibly as you close the door

Rolled 4 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

Roll me Stealth, best of 3, 1s and 20s wild

dice+1d20+21

Rolled 1 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>40220011

>>40220022
Not again.

>>40220022
the good news is you have a +21 bonus (extra 10 from invisible while moving. Wasn't even going to ask for a roll once you were in the room and still as the bonus doubles)

Rolled 16 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>40220011

Rolled 19 + 21 (1d20 + 21)

>>40220011

>>40220073
All that being lugged around while mom was trying to sneak/spy obviously taught us what (not) to do.

>>40221004
It was more dad's influence and our desire to be left alone giving us this level of stealth.

Remember that Tux-boy is almost Batman.

Stepping out into the hallway, you glance back into the room and out at the leaving band members...looks like this might be your last chance to say something to all four of these guys for a bit.

~Hey,~ you say to the Damned still in the room and to this bandmates down the hall, ~I like your costumes,~

There is quiet from the room beside you, but down the hall Black Witch is exuberant.

“YATTA!” he exclaims with hands on his cheeks and extremely feminine body language, “An actual demon likes our costumes! Thank you Beast-sama! If you want to give me a chance to express my gratitude you can-”

The devil looking member of the troupe grabs and twists the crossdressing witch’s ear. Her pensive glare at him seems to offer some amount of shame as he whimpers and rights his posture. She releases, adjusts her suit and looks over to you with a suave demeanor.

“What Black Witch meant to express was OUR gratitude, if you were so inclined,” a sly smile plays beneath her pencil moustache while the witch mutters apologies to the devil.

...okay, that was weird. That was weird even for you.

“You too are incorrigible,” Ogre sighs and grabs them both by the shoulder before dragging them in his wake.

“That’s something coming from the man who NEVER turns away groupies!” whines the witch.

“It's only polite, and I like feeling appreciated,” the ogre says with simple and calm diction, “And it's not like I sleep with all of them. Sometimes a room party is just a party,”

Huh...good for him?

They turn the corner to where you suppose the green room might be, the devil mumbling about Ogre’s claimed decency. Quickly recounting an anecdote about a spilled drink and his body paint rubbing off on someone in an attempt to undermine his words. You honestly don’t care.

>>40221108
Batman Plus. Batman needs a grapple to leap away into the night.

>>40221141

Sparing a glance back into the dressing room, you see that the damned and Venus are both looking at you. You smile and step off to the side when an idea strikes you. The Squirt may have said this was supposed to be private, but your curiosity is too great.

Stepping to the side, out of view, you become invisible and spin around the door frame as you start sliding the door closed. Its extremely sloppy to be sure, but one the door started closing, neither of them were really paying attention.

Finding a good position with full view of the discussion between them, you sit down and go still and quiet. Every few seconds refreshing your near limitless powers of invisibility.

-Is this wise, Princess?- Zoisite questions in the back of your mind, -If you’re caught, won’t that undermine the trust young Venus has already placed in you?-

~No, it’ll be fine,~ you explain quietly as you mentally snicker, ~I won’t get caught,~

Kunzite sighs as Zoisite falls quiet, perhaps consoling his lover from the endless frustration that is no doubt born from dealing with an often difficult and rebellious princess such as yourself. If you wrote BL books, this would be a wonderful jumping off point.

-No,- Kunzite offers with a tired amusement.

The Damned’s head perks up as he looks about the room for a moment, finding nothing he shrugs and returns his attention to the squirt.

“So, what did you want to talk about,” he says as he places one hand on his hip and lets the other hang lazily; the open body language suiting him better than his earlier standoffish nature.

“Just something I noticed in your music,” Venus says in that voice she uses when she drops character, “May I sit?”

“Sure,” the Damned says gruffly and pulls a make up stool over for her and for himself, “What’d you see in my music? My escape plan from hell?”

>>40221156

“Please, don’t keep in character for my sake. I want to talk to YOU. Not The Damned,” Venus says as she takes the stool.

He hesitates...and and regards the girl as you watch unseen. Taking the seat slowly, his voice changes and takes a familiar tone you cannot quite place.

“Alright then, Aino-san,” he says gently and calmly as his body language shifts, “What did you see in my music,”

“I thought at first it was anger...but as I looked deeper, it was a profound sadness. Something lonely,” she says, “It shines through to me in your original pieces, hiding those feelings in plain sight through thrashing rage,”

The Damned seems...shocked by her assessment. He smooths out his nerves and regards her coolly, but with a noted point in his voice to indicate that he is impressed.

“Not many people...actually…no one picks up on that,” he says quietly, “I guess what they say about you is true, you’re a true idol,”

“Awww, now you’re just flattering me,” she grins and crosses her arms proudly before returning to her more serious demeanor, “Okay...so where did it come from?”

It feels like a long and awkward silence between the two of them as The Damned collects himself. From what you know he has a similar reputation to the beast, but probably can’t back it up half as well as you can. He’s feared. He’s respected. He’s supposedly a terror...and he’s sitting here all too human. Its something you can relate to.

“I cared about someone...and they shut down,” he breaks the quiet with a sombre tone, “I tried to help them...then I tried to give them space...I tried to reach them...but at every turn it was like the person I cared about was gone and forced me and everyone else around them out of their life,”

>>40221174

Venus nods as he gets up and walks toward the mirror, to stare into his own reflection. This sounds eerily familiar, Mikage’s...your behavior isn’t quite as unique as you thought it was.

“They didn’t want help, they didn’t want someone to be there, to be close,” he says, “So I stopped kidding myself and did this. Its what no one would expect of me, and it gave me a chance to get away from myself...and her,”

Venus clicks her tongue. You remain invisible. Oddly, you feel kind of exposed. Its weird.

“Isn’t it the truth, all great music comes from heartbreak,” she sighs, “You are extremely talented, you and your band. I’m sorry to hear about that, and hope things go better for your...friend?”

“So do I,” he says forlornly before straightening up, “I really don’t like talking about it, so if we could move on to whatever else you wanted to guage me on, could we?”

“hmmm...nope,” Venus says returning to her sing song voice.

“What?”

“I’ve heard all I need to hear,” she chirps and hops off the stool, picks up the folder the devil put down, and takes out her phone, “This paperwork will be approved and sent back to you in the morning,”

>>40221193

“Wait,” he says and seems to put himself back together, “That’s all you needed to hear?”

She walks over and pats him on the arm as she brings her phone to her ear.

“Yup,” she beams, “I had a hunch and I just wanted to see it through. Hello, Sophia-swan! Bring the car around in ten, I’ll have the owner open the gate,”

This kid...what the hell is she? Some kind of tactical genius.

“Right,” he deadpans politely, “Well then I hope you’ll excuse me as I get back into character, runt,”

“Oh, by all means,” she smiles and pockets her phone and turns toward the door, “Hey, Beast-san! We’re all done!”

Something’s bothering you about this...you aren’t sure what it is though.

>Stay here, stay hidden.
>Run over there and preemptively open the door, sidle around and pretend you were out there the whole time
>Appear here after she opens the door, just to keep up spooky appearances
>Write in

And now I take a long drive home. So this vote has plenty of time for you guys to discuss stuff.

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>>40221208
>Appear here after she opens the door, just to keep up spooky appearances

>This kid...what the hell is she? Some kind of tactical genius.
Heh heh.

>>40221208
>Run over to the other side of the door, looking like you were just waiting the whole time.

>>40221208
>Appear here after she opens the door, just to keep up spooky appearances

>>40221208
>Appear here after she opens the door, just to keep up spooky appearances

Venus is based. I feel kind of intrusive having witnessed that, also...this

>-No,- Kunzite offers with a tired amusement.

>The Damned’s head perks up as he looks about the room for a moment, finding nothing he shrugs and returns his attention to the squirt.

I guess this means Koito isn't a Kunzite hopeful.

I kind of want to hug the poor boy...for meta game reasons.

Popping in to remind that I'll be a while yet, so feel free to discuss stuff about this quest or talk to one another. I enjoy reading you banter and suppositions

>>40221736
The question is do the Kunzite and Zoisite hopefuls have to stick together once they become knights to keep the dead happy.

>>40222619
If we do it right, the question won't even come up.

>>40221208
We're here to mind Venus. We wouldn't be doing a very good job if we had really let her out of our sight.

>Run over there and preemptively open the door, sidle around and pretend you were out there the whole time

>>40223087
We also have a job as the Red-Eyed Beast to be dead spooky.

>>40223147
That's less of a job and more of a way of life.

Dinner, vacuum, then I will be writing.

Yay break time, let's see...

>>40221208
Oh yeah, definitely something to bother us here. Might as well stay for the show while we try to figure it out. Tickets are paid for and all. Though I'd be more comfortable up on the catwalk.

As for the exit from the room, appear outside the room, in view of the one within, and follow behind Venus as she goes to look for you. Tap her, gently on the shoulder if she doesn't notice after a moment.

Mention stay that we'll stay for the show and remind her of her promise to get checked out. In fact, maybe we should remind her in front Sophia-swan. We'll expect to hear what's going on.

Writing, apparently no one ever told the beast to write "I will not be a spooky bitch" on the blackboard 100 times.

>>40223788
If they did, she'd write it with a suspicious blood-colored fluid.

>>40224091
Like dark red paint?

Venus opens the door and finds an empty hallway. She glances left, and right, and confused wonders aloud as to where the beast has gone. You oblige her and let yourself fade back into existence on the chair you chose to observe their conversation in.

The Damned himself approaches the door curiously and leans out enough to glance this way and that. You clear your throat and both turn to you. He remains unflappable, she is shocked.

“Waaah! Beast-san,” she yelps and pouts, “Don’t be so spooky all the time!”

You gauge that she isn’t sure whether you were outside or within the room for the whole of the conversation. She isn’t broaching the subject, so you won’t tell her either way.

~Being spooky is what I do, squirt,~ you offer a fanged smile and hop up from the chair, ~So, what’s the next order of business?~

“Sophia-swan is bringing the car around back soon. I’ll be heading home so…” she looks at The Damned carefully, “You can come with and I can drop you off or you can stay here, I have a bed time coming up. So I release you from my summoning,”

His eyes watch the two of you, they settle on you appraisingly. Not creepily like the witch and the devil, he’s trying to gauge you...trying to figure out exactly what he’s looking at.

>See Venus out, but stay for the show
>Wish Venus goodnight, you want a word with this guy
>Yeah, you could use a ride back to Juuban
>Write in

>>40224608
>Wish Venus goodnight, you want a word with this guy

>>40224608
>>See Venus out, but stay for the show
But in actuality
>Wish Venus goodnight, you want a word with this guy

>>40224608
>See Venus out, but stay for the show

Writing

Ha ha out from work on my way home, and better yet no distractions from quest when I get there. Huzzah!

>>40225418
Double yay beat the next post home!

~I’ll walk you out to the car,~ you smile down at Venus and usher her back out of the dressing room before looking back at the man who wears a terrifying face for all too familiar reasons, ~You stay here, because now I want a private word with you,~

Your command is simple, and his not entirely back in character expression regards you in confusion and skepticism. His body language tightens, and he goes back to the makeup counter you first saw him brooding at. Apparently he wasn’t quite done.

Walking with Venus through the hallway, you are met again by the unnamed underlying in the button down shirt. He presents both of you with glossy badges on lanyards.

“Oh, the owner wanted to give you these backstage passes for your tickets...since you’re Very Important People,” he gulps.

“Awesome!” Venus chirps and then sighs, “but wasted on me, I’m heading out. Could you do me a favor and let the car with this plate number in the loading area,”

“Ah...yes. Yes of course. No one really goes back there at the start of the show, so you shouldn’t have to worry about being seen,” he smiles and visibly relaxes and begins to pocket the passes.

~Oi,~ you snatch one of them right out of his hand and twirl the fabric around your finger lazily before sliding it over your neck ~I’m not packing in for the night just cause little miss faust has a bed time. It looks like this place’ll be a good time,~

“Oh...well, of course,” he is polite, but looks defeated.

>>40225943

You pass Venus off to her caretaker, making sure to make her promise to get that check up as you wish her goodnight. Her reply is to point out, tersely, that only an idiot wouldn’t and that it was part of her standard operating procedure to do so when anything happens. She tells Sophia that they’ll be getting smoothies on the way home, its been a tiring day.

That concluded, you head back around to the dressing room to speak with The Damned. On your way pass by a young man in battered and tattered white stage armor. His hair is long for a boy, falling just above his shoulder, and white. Aside from the lack of makeup, you think he looks more appropriate for a Visual Kei band than metal.

He pauses to look at you. He is struck, confusion on his features that take on a sudden epiphany. As you pass he turns and catches up to you.

“Excuse me, but I can’t help but wonder who you’re back here for,” he says with a smile, “Or who you are, I know for a fact they just don’t pass out VIP badges to girls this early in the night,”

>Ignore, continue to target for emotional curiosity
>Tell this young man he can fuck off
>Engage, with intention to scare
>Engage, civilly and politely, for you anyway
>Terrorize him away from you
>Write in

>>40225958
>Ignore, continue to target for emotional curiosity

>>40225958
>>Engage, with intention to scare
Keep it short though, we have other interests to engage.

>>40225958
>Ignore, continue to target for emotional curiosity

>>40226002
>>40226033
How about sparing him a Red Eye glare(tm)?

>>40226188
No. He's not worth the effort.

>>40226226
Alright, but I reserve the right to full-on traumatize him if he doesn't let up by the time we get to The Damned.

>>40226267
All I ask sweetcheeks.

What's this?

Do you want to IGNORE with the aid of Red Eyes glare (tm)?

>Y/N

>>40226372
N

>>40226372
I think we've agreed to simply ignore, unless he proves persistent, then we make him wet himself forever in a following action.

>>40226405
Honestly, that is just inviting him to get punished, unless he is smarter than we think.

>>40226444
Isn't that the idea?

>>40226497
I believe in man's ability to tell when he should just stay away.

>>40226444
Writing to ignore.

Well, he may not be stupid, but like a fool he may demande attention

Rolled 70 (1d100)

>>40226553

You don’t pay him any mind and continue onward. He seems mildly offended by you not even noticing him, and he pursues for a few more steps.

“I don’t believe we’ve met, but I’m Byakuya Hoseki, Leader of Malefic Black,” he says whilst flipping his hair.

His attempts at appearing important or attractive annoy you as you turn the corner, perhaps incredibly close to making him fear for his life. Right now you are in a weird mood, and it would put you off to be so forwardly aggressive...at least in these circumstances. He doesn’t follow you around the corner, his life is thus spared. When you reach the door, it remains open, and The Damned is still at the makeup counter, checking the pins securing his straight white wig.

Crossing the threshold, he notices you as you-

>Leave the door open
>Close the door
>Close the door and lock it

“So,” he leans back in a deadpan tone before sounding tired, “What did you want to talk to me about? Or, what could you possibly want to talk to me about, unless besides being a demon you’re also a fan?”

There is something infuriating by his seemingly unflappable nature. Something about his story that both resonates with you and gets under your skin. This man who puts on a tough act like you do...whose reputation is wrought with the supernatural he probably can’t back up.

What did you even want to talk to him about. His story? Why he’s so unmoved by your powers of being the spookiest bitch? Makeup tips? Do you like his imprisoned Alucard meets Krauser II look?

What the hell are you doing here?

>Try to scare him manually
>Try to scare him with the aid of the supernatural
>Ask him about “Her”
>Say you think he looks cool and just wanted to talk
>Ask what Venus was so keen on, as if you didn’t already know
>Write in

>>40226949
>Close the door
>Like your Alucard meets Krauser II looks.
>Try to scare him with the aid of the supernatural

>>40226949
>Close the door
>Ask what Venus was so keen on, as if you didn’t already know

>>40226949
"So, you like to be the calm hardass. Any reason you don't quake like rational people do?"
Get conversational before we ask about "Her".
Also, close the door.

Well, at least we agree on closing the door.

>>40227119
>>40227045
Maybe we could team up and ask both?

Writing, I can work with this.

Oh...wait, a breaker making two to combine instead of all 3. Alright I can do that to. Writing momentarily.

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So, how do we think this'll play out?

Beast has had a big day of feels today, and it ain't over yet.

>>40228182
Long run? Unknown. Besides, aside from reputation, the Beast doesn't keep an eye on the long run.

>>40228182
Happiness, sorrow, confusion, and application of just violence.

>>40228308
Probably just violence.

>>40228332
We'll justify it somehow.

>>40228395
The Beast does not justify violence.

>>40228417
I'm pretty sure just BEING the Beast justifies violence.

You close the door, and smile broadly and toothily as it clicks on the track behind you. Walking over, he turns away from the mirror to regard you. He isn’t nervous, he isn’t afraid. Normally people show you some kind of wonder or respect once they know who you are...he is treating this like it's no big deal.

~Just curious,~ you say, ~I see you like to play the calm hardass. Any reason you don’t quake in my presence like a rational person would?~

He looks you over, its calculating as he takes in the manic look in your eye.

“I don’t scare easy,” he shrugs and laughs, “I don’t play at being a hardass, sure I can get scared...but I don’t think anything has ever made me quake,”

~Dropping your stage persona?~ you ask, mildly annoyed by his nonchalance...and his lack of fear. Too many people have been unafraid of you today.

“I’m having trouble getting back into character after my talk with Aino-san,” he sighs and grabs a water bottle for a drink before speaking evenly, “Besides, I didn’t think someone like you would appreciate me putting on airs,”

~So, what was Venus so keen on?~ you ask hoping to get under his skin as you take a seat where Venus had been sitting.

She asked like a lady, you don’t give a fuck.

“Thats not somewhere I want to go right now,” he takes on an unpleasant tone.

>Press the issue, attempt to intimidate
>Try and coax it out of him, persuade
>Drop that you were listening
>Ask about ‘her’, and be coy
>DEMORALIZE HIM, QUAKE WITH FEAR
>Write in

>>40228777
>>Ask about ‘her’, and be coy

>>40228777
>>Ask about ‘her’, and be coy

>>40228777
>Press the issue, attempt to intimidate
Why are we doing this? Like what is our goal here?

>>40228777
>“Thats not somewhere I want to go right now,”
A concept we can understand, fine, let's go the other direction.
Telepathy.
-So, where DO you want to go?-

>>40228830
>>40228800
I really cannot picture Red Eyes and coy together.

>>40228845
I'm not sure we know.

>>40228882
It's more "coy" than coy.

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>>40228777
>>40228857
I could work with this.

>>40228857
What, flirting with him now? I mean maybe we could do that.
But this whole thing just seems dumb?

>>40228968
I'm not sure I follow.

>>40229001
beating around the bush instead of being direct?

>>40229001
I think springing telepathy on someone is more scary than flirtatious.

>>40229017
Coy for Red Eyes is not the same as coy for everybody else.

>>40229062
That's the idea.

>>40228777
>Write in

Say that you could hear them through the door

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>>40229062
>>40229086
Once again we say something that could be taken a naughty way to a boy as Red Eyes without meaning it?

Combining writing

Rolled 7 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

I need a level check + will.

best of 3 dice+1d20+10 vs the above.

1s and 20s wild

Rolled 12 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>40229407

Rolled 13 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>40229407

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>>40229407

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>>40229517
Wait, wrong +.

Lemme try that again.

>>40229407

>>40229422
It is strange that I want to Surge this just to get another margin of success?

I have heard a call to Surge?

>Y/N

>>40229640
Y

Rolled 1 (1d8)

~Well,~ you shrug and lean forward to look up at him through the dark curtain of your oily stringy black hair before your voice reverberates through his mind, -Where DO you want to go?-

Ever since you gained the power of telepathy, using it has always been an easy way to get under someone’s skin. He seems surprised, which puts a sinister smile into your widening and crazed eyes. What is it about this guy, you can’t decide if you hate his guts or if you want to actually enjoy his little concert.

“Get out of my head,” he says evenly as a dangerous tone takes his voice, “I do not want you in my head,”

~Oh? and why is that?~ you sing to yourself in your gravely pitch as you lean forward and rise off the stool uncomfortably close to him.

You yawn and extend your fangs so you think he can see. You snicker as he tenses up. Good, maybe he’s taking you seriously.

Venus knows who you are, she’s allowed not to be afraid of you. That Niji girl and Chou aren’t allowed to be so casual with you, and one day one way or another you will make them pay...even if that sporty track girl thinks you are some kind of hero.

You aren’t a hero. You are violence. You are the beast.

Those girls who saw, snapped photos, and laughed when you fell today got scared like they should. The primroses in the library feared you, as was right. Hell the owner of this fucking hall was terrified of you, and he gave you and Venus VIP badges on top of everything for breaking and entering.

You are fear. You are death...and it isn’t working. As you realize the nature of his discomfort at your proximity, you get an idea.

He isn’t scared by you bearing his fangs...his emotional mask isn’t completely in place. Even through the makeup, you notice the obvious signs of embarrassment. You’ll have to borrow a move from Miki’s playbook...gods damn her soul.

Which is your soul? Fuck, you don’t care anymore.

-Don’t like me poking around in there?- you wonder idly.

“No. I don’t like the idea of anyone being in my mind,” he says standoffishly.

~Fine, whatever...though you could answer one thing for me,~ you groan and fall into a relaxed posture, ~What about ‘her’,~

He goes rigid. Good. A response. You’re under his skin. Maybe you’ll make him mad. You laugh to yourself through a wall of gravel, if Miki could see this she would never let you live it down.

His posture relaxes and he takes a deep breath. Fixing you in the eyes he speaks with a deep and seething malice.

“You should leave,” his eyes are all but aflame, promising his retribution should he be given the chance.

His delivery and look are good, if you weren’t you you believe you’d be wallowing and skittering away in terror. Just to make sure you are completely unflappable against his advance, you draw on the power of your starseed to widen the gap between you. You know for a fact he couldn’t back up his threat, you’ve observed him long enough to take notice that he is just a normal human. At least, he’s a normal human with a wonderful understanding of fear...he has no magic, he has no special offensive power that could touch you...the best he has is a natural immunity to...huh, don’t that just be all.

He can’t get scared.

That just pisses you off. He can’t get scared and he tried to make you afraid.

Your face falls. You thought this would be fun. Maybe you’ll find the other band leader and make him beg for your mercy.

>>40229759

Why the hell are you even doing this? Did you want to exacerbate his sadness and drink it as your dinner? Did you want the satisfaction of terrifying someone also feared and respected? What was it about his story that drew you back here? What the hell was it.

Regret? Guilt? You probably made people feel the way he does when you shut down. Certainly Kairi, your family, your...other friends…

Maybe you didn’t actually want to hear his crummy story anyway.

>Leave, but roll your eyes at him. You’re scary, he isn’t. Go stake a claim to ground before the mosh pit starts
>Stare him down, meet his anger with your own. See who breaks. (enter social combat)
>Take away his anger and sadness, see how well he plays without his muses
>Tell him you have a special talent, that you can make the sadness go away for a little while, offer it
>Violence
>Write in

>>40229773
>>Leave, but roll your eyes at him. You’re scary, he isn’t. Go stake a claim to ground before the mosh pit starts
It's no fun if they can't get scared.
We need to buy a Cause Fear spell or something.

>>40229759
>He can’t get scared.
We've got a Metal Paladin here. Damn.
Color me impressed.

>>40229773
Color Red Eyes mad, and confused about what she feels, which also makes her mad because she's the Beast.
>Stare him down, meet his anger with your own. See who breaks. (enter social combat)
Angry Staredown Contest, go!

..We did remember Conceal Thoughts at some point today, right?

>>40229861
I will allow it to have been cast during Venus's plan to jump from the catwalk. So you'd have it for 7 hours.

>>40229888
If this was GURPS, I'd take a SOP perk 'Casts Conceal Thoughts after using Disguise Pen'.

>>40229803
>>40229861
Between give up and fight, I'll say fight.

>>40229940
Who said it was giving up? Besides going to the food stalls means we can throw stuff at him during his set.

>>40229773
>Why the hell are you even doing this?
I have no idea why we've been doing a lot of the things we have been, and I'm pretty sure that's not an uncommon sentiment.

>>40229773
>Tell him you have a special talent, that you can make the sadness go away for a little while, offer it
Temptation is almost as good?

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>>40230033
Meh, seems petty.

It that what we are now?
Petty and not scary?

>>40230138
We can't scare him so we have to do something.

Counting, momentarily.

>>40230138
Apparently? Which is why we should leave I feel. Like I don't see how any of this could result in the Red Eyed Beast re-becoming one with Mikage, or furthering any other goals. Which is why I don't get what
Something’s bothering you about this...you aren’t sure what it is though.

Was about.
>

>>40230154
Thus, we see who is angrier.

Actually, I think we might not be that angry at the core anymore, our deep sadness got lessened. While his is still strong. Could be wonderfully startling.

>>40230200
We know him. We know all of them. That is why he seems familiar. We are the girl he is so upset about that he poured it into an angry mask and wrote lyrics full of meaning for. Of course we're going to be bothered when we can't put our finger on that.

Rolled 8 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

Intimidate to Intimidate in a duel of wills

dice+1d20+8 vs the above best of 3 1s 20s wild

He does not ignore, he does not submit, he meets the challenge.

Rolled 6 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>40230294

Rolled 8 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>40230294
I roll under protest.

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>>40230294
Ready, Fight.

Writing

>>40230331
>>40230343
I gotta admit, I liked the tie.

Meeting his angry stare with one of your own, the two of you stand there for a moment, in a clash of visible dislike. His eyes narrow, your brown creases as your snarl. He flinches and you growl in angry victory.

>You have won the duel of wills. You have +1 on physical and social combat rolls and damage until the end of the encounter against the damned. He, for failing against you, has a -1 penalty to the same against you.

This guy doesn’t want you here because you were pressing things he didn’t want pushed. You don’t want to be here in this room because you have no idea why you hate this guy so much. Standing opposite one another, your posture slumping forward as your bangs provide a curtain over your eyes, and you realize why you’re staying around.

Why you are so angry.

You’re scared she doesn’t need you anymore...you’re scared you aren’t what you are suppose to be anymore. That everything you are is just some cry for help, acting out that you don’t even really believe in anymore.

>>40230585

Maybe you’d make so big a splash, that someone would come after the Red Eyed Beast. Mom...or Usa...or even Koyomi once she started. One of them would find you, realize that something is wrong, and you wouldn’t be able to hide from it. From them...but it never fucking happened.

So why should you go quietly? Why shouldn’t you rage one last time when all the reasons you hurt, all the reasons you were born from her are slipping away. Slipping away because she can feel happy again, she can let herself be loved again.

What do you get? WHAT DO YOU FUCKING GET!

This guy...whoever the fuck he thinks he is...he’s just unlucky. Unlucky to be the person in your way on the day the Beast breaks. The day she bays and howls because she knows her time is coming up.

You were never an issue to resolve as you. You were a projection, running away from the problem. She’s been fixing it, working on fixing herself. All the people around her, their love and support…

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FUCKING YOURS!

So you’ll rage and snarl and scream one last time. You’ll try to go down swinging, first here and then in the mosh pits.

Somewhere behind you, in the main hall, an amp erupts in the first touch of finger to string. The opening act has started, someone from Malefic Black is shredding, and singing about a Green Eyed Dragon.

The Damned seathes. He doesn’t like being talked down to either, it seems. He’s ready to snap. He doesn’t give a fuck who you are, just someone to argue with. Someone to rage at.

The music bristles something inside you, and maybe inside of him. This anger, this desperate flame inside of you, is fanned. It coaxes something out of you as this thing between you starts...and you treat the person in front of you as a stand in for everything you hate and fear.

Eclipsed Moon Quest Episode 82
End

Interlude Vote
>Kalunite, Rocks
>The Pit
>Sleepy Bunny

>>40230615
>Sleepy Bunny
Let's look at something lighthearted for a change.

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>>40230615
>>40230646
Damnit, as much I I'm curious about what the villain and pit are up to..
I'd really like to see adorable bunny time.
>Sleepy Bunny

>>40230615
>Sleepy Bunny

Sorry this thread ended on a sour note.

Hopefully next thread will be better, as the beast is now noticeably out of control.

While The Beast and the Damned argue, Mikage has to find her way past the beast's defenses, past herself, to get back in control.

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>>40230770
Not sour, made sense.
Thanks for running.

..any thoughts of running on my day off tomorrow?

>>40230841
Unlikely on tomorrow.

And I feel there was definite schism in direction toward the end.

>>40230929
Well, we can't agree all the time.

>>40230957
True.

Also, Sleepy Bunny will be a fluffy and cute piece.

>Kalunite, Rocks

>>40230957
Like with doors.

>>40230708
That is the devious trap of cute, it can distract you from oter things.

>>40235291
But sometimes, cute is what is important.

>>40235665
Very true.

Back on track, we have a ton of social ammunition on this guy, and higher level than most people ever even reach. If we don't end this, we are going to wreck him at social combat.

>>40235705
Except we don't know who this guy is, and if he figures out who Mikage is, that's likely to shift the balance of social combat quite dramatically.

>>40236260
I mean what we know from our eavesdropping. That's gotta be worth a few dice of social ammo.

>>40236260
I'm pretty sure this first one to figure out who the other is loses.
Either one would take a serious emotional hit, Mikage probably moreso.

>>40236339
>>40236329

So, reviewing the social combat rules makes me think his best bet is to use maneuvers & degrees of success while ours is to just hammer away at him with direct attacks.

>>40236701
Is this a social combat we even want to win?

>>40237827
Do we want to lose? I think the beast has caught herself in her own trap and she's too mad to know what to do.

>>40236339
Actually, yeah that sounds about right.

Learning Red Eyes is Mikage would be terrible for Yoshi...or at least confusing.

Learning Yoshi is The Damned would be...devastating for Mikage and potentially hilarious for the Beast.

>>40236701
I'm not sure we're in social combat any more. We won the stare off, which ultimately left us both madder, then the (likely magically augmented) started and we both felt even madder.

I think our chief concern is going to be getting control of the Red Eyed Beast before she does something everyone regrets.

Red doesn't have verbal arguments or yelling matches. Social combat beyond threats and intimidation was Miki's wheelhouse. The Beast's is terror and violence, and he's all immune to terror.

>>40240837
I keep getting flashbacks to Batman Returns. Which is weird, I can't have seen it in more than a decade.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4kQVqkLLDs

>>40241385
I forgot Keaton had a second movie, how unmemorable was Returns? The only thing I remember is that somehow rocket equipped penguins were involved.

Though that clip does raise some interesting thoughts regarding interactions between Yoshi and Mikage. Or a different kind of regretful course for the Beast and the Damned, if television has taught me anything about how heated arguments between people that may have buried feeling toward the other can end.

>>40241745
if something like that happens, it better be because we voted on it, otherwise it would be rail roady.

>>40242037
So should we write that in if it's not offered?

>>40243621
>somejustwanttowatchtheworldburn.gif
I am conflicted on that.

So, assuming we survive the night, how much time did we have before school was back on?

Spider School-land is going to be an interesting follow up to meeting some of our classmates in alternate identities as that crisis builds.

>>40247249
In game is Saturday. So Sunday then Monday is back to school.

>>40247520
So this evening for the metal show and related shenanigans, maybe tonight for some introspection, leaves us Sunday to look into loose ends like ghost girls, evil clone grandmas, and checking on Venus after her tests.

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>>40247730
So, what do we do about that cloning thing?
Guardian of Time sent us there when we did, unless the enemy is influencing her -a terrifying thought-, it seems unlikely that it was a deep plot to get us to take the body. But I still wonder what it was..
They were afraid of PIT watching.
But they thought they were good to go at that time.
We know there was supposed to be surveillance..
But they didn't respond to us going in, they didn't until we made the call.
Someone made a hole in PIT's surveillance.
Someone made way for a removal.
Someone with access to PIT.

>>40250497
I wonder...

I know I haven't told much story from the side of the enemy, which Sailor Moon as a series did extremely well each season, but I am looking forward to when you guys know in character who the villain is and what are his ultimate aims.

However I am fairly confident you already know who the big bad is. Also I need to have them make another appearance soon.

>>40251623
I enjoy picking at our in-character clues. Though, while we are aware that there is someone above the Neo Shitennou and mad scientists, I don't think we've even heard of certain people yet, in-game at least.
Though just figuring out the Neo Shitennou is a nice puzzle.

>>40247730
Reminder: add checking in with Tomoe about the cleansing of the system and how "Jewel Thief" and corrupted bones might have survived.

..I have this weird fear about one place something could have been safely hidden since that time.
A place that is Secure.

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>>40252472

In the interest of mystery and in character clues, here is one that you'll be getting next session one way or another.

>>40252861
I look forward to seeing if we recognize a mineral name hidden there.

>>40253050
As do I.

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Any excuse to be Batman, eh?

>>40251623
>I am fairly confident you already know who the big bad is
Clearly Mini-Diana, on the grounds that it couldn't possibly be her and THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT US TO THINK.

I'm onto your game, ho yes.

>>40252861
>>40255136
yes

Good news, OP for next Thread is done. Hopefully we'll have it tomorrow night.

>>40255479
Which reminds me that we should spend more time with her.

>>40257097
Especially after all this business is done.

I predict we will need the aid of her healing chi and kitty cuddles to deal with loss of our mental HP.

Holy shit. I'm finally done. I made it! I marathoned the whole thing and now I can finally res- wait... It.. It's not over? No.. Please...

Finally caught up, excited to actually participate. This is by far my favorite quest on tg right now. You should be proud, Artemis.

>>40257456
Coming fresh off your binge, I must ask your impressions from the start and going forward as we hit tone shifts.

Also, general query for the lot of you.

Impressions, likes, & dislikes regarding Mikage's other faces so far seen.

Also I guess the changes in her interpersonal relationships with the following:

Her Mother, Koyomi, Kairi, Midori, Keiko, & now as we are on the cusp of this happening, Yoshi?

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>>40257480
Tone wise it's been shockingly consistent and/or appropriate when things do change. The central theme of Mikage's identity crisis has been maintained very well and the characters seem pretty consistent, even when tg throws out the oddball choices like the yuri thing. kinda came out of nowhere

The only thing I can think of right now that reallly stood out as being off is the other characters' apparent way of acting around Mikage. They seem to be very... Slack? Maybe not the right word. They seem perhaps a bit too willing. This could of course be explained by the fact that things are filtered through Mikage's admittedly broken mind. Everyone is mostlikely walking on eggshells around her. It just comes off as a bit strange.

That being said, this is a very tiny gripe and I have been reading this for way too long. Take it with a grain of salt. Your writing is fine and the story is fantastic.

I'll come back after thinking about it a bit more. I had some questions that I can't even remember anymore, lol.

>>40257732
Gonna admit this, most everyone on the friendship train and extended cast is walking on eggshells around Mikage.

With the exception of Kanari. Midori and Keiko jumped onto the support Mikage train fairly quickly, and when school resumes you will see a fair number of npcs treating her poorly or not giving into her demands/requests/etc for both personal reasons and for silky terrible reasons.

>>40257732
as for that, well, that war is far from over.

Also, when you get down to it and Mikage interacts with her directly, Saori will relish feeling like she has a social one up over Mikage; and will be a terrible person about it to the point that it eventually fucks her.

I may have heavily based her off of someone in fiction who is often their own worst enemy.

>>40255479
Never trust cats.

>>40258624
Never?

>>40257456
How was the great binge, have you noticed anything we seem to have missed?

>>40258624
But cats love to party.

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>>40258624
There is never a reason to not trust cats.

>>40261939
Just like Big Diana!

>>40261991
False kitty!

>>40262572
Nocturnal hunting instincts.

One should never trust a cat, but one can rely on a cat to be a cat.

>>40263479
Be careful, that party cat is probably a man eater.

>>40251623
I have an idea who it is. It's the why I don't understand yet.

Should I even mention the idea or will that result in excess shadowruns in the thread?

>>40265188
I like watching you guys have Shadowruns.

Go. Make with the Shadowruns, they please me and now distract me from my failures.

>>40266005
Okay

Jewel Thief is at least, in some part, is Mamoru. It's a part of him that wants to rebuild the old kingdom
He's been brainwashed, AGAIN. It's just this time it's self-induced from that one part of his psyche that wants the old ways

The evidence I have for this is when and how the Shinnetou were originally going to be taken/kidnapped. As well as the various other signs of where Jewel Thief was gaining his power and the unknown goal of resurrecting his mother
I just can't explain why yet, there's the problem.

>>40266114
that is some killer 7 shit if that's true.

>>40257510
Speaking as someone else who got to Episode 63 through the archives, I’m just surprised at how much Usagi and the others missed as being wrong with her daughter’s mental state before the magician’s lair incident.

>>40266461
I can't be surprised

It's not like we told her.

>>40266461
>>40266472
Usagi is not very perceptive. Mamoru was frequently away.

Also, lets face it, Usagi's own mother never noticed her daughter was fighting evil by moonlight or winning love by daylight.

Except for the "Nice Job" she gave her daughter when she first met Mamoru in R

>>40266526
Tsukino Mama has a good eye for handsome folk.

>>40266005
Even out of character I have no real evidence yet, but I doubt Tim Curry is the final boss.
Somebody is pulling on strings we haven't even seen yet, let alone glimpsed the puppetmaster.

That's my theory anyway.

>>40269204
Whoever it is may be the Person Dark Helios was chatting with, and Doc Borealis was on the phone with.

We may have missed key interludes with more perspective.

What's the name of Not Tim Curry's company?

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>>40270171
I'm fairly terrible at names. I rely heavily on the Lurk list and classmates of note to remember names. I think the only reason I remember that Tim Curry is named Chou is because of that mix up with one of the Primroses one time.
We should get a Dramatis Personae list going at some point.

Also, I think that he is who they report to. But everyone reported to Beryl back in the day too, and she ultimately reported to Metallia.
See also, Wiseman, and various others in Sailor Moon history. Hell, sometimes you don't find out there were extra strings pulled until the next arc.

So, I'm keeping the tin foil ready.

>>40266114
Eh, Hiddenite seems to have enough personality and background to a real deal. The strangest part about him is that he seems to be the -original- real deal. As in hasn't died at all and survived the destruction of everything, but he doesn't seem to be a super powerful immortal of anything. Also, it seems like he hasn't been awake the whole time either.
Also of note, he seems to rely on Chou for resources, planning, and power. So far, we have no indication that he is a survivor or reborn, so that leaves a lot of mystery surrounding him. I would be surprised if he didn't have power beyond money, ancient knowledge , and Tim Curry voice though.

..Now, if we're going to talk crackpot conspiracy theories, I have vague concerns about the original scouts, beyond the possible shadow corruption. A lot of secrets, and costumes that favor dark colors. Something feels off.

To be honest, alt-future Neo Serenity worries me in ill-defined ways. I mean, it is hard to think of someone that is/was Usagi at heart as being shady, But that whole banishing darkness thing smacks of what happened with Galaxia, and that pretty much destroyed her universe. Hell.. she's still out there in that timeline, isn't she?
I doubt this paranoia applies current baddies though.

>>40271756
>Eh, Hiddenite seems to have enough personality and background to a real deal. The strangest part about him is that he seems to be the -original- real deal. As in hasn't died at all and survived the destruction of everything, but he doesn't seem to be a super powerful immortal of anything.
Suddenly, I am reminded that the Space Time door is no longer guarded properly.

There's all kind of fun shenanigans one can pull with access to one of those.

>>40273359
One might hypothesis that, with access to a space time door, an unspecified party could, on accident or purpose, bring a still living Hiddenite from his own time, to a frankly disturbing future.

It's spelled Chau and pronounced chow

>>40274347
Mispelled my trip.

Anyway, to reiterate. Jonathan Ward Chau. Chinese last name, English first n middle names, Middle Eastern (Indian) appearance.

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>>40273406
I dunno, self fulfilling time happenings are generally a bit odd. If we allowed for those, we would end up in ReGenesys territory eventually.

>>40274811
I shall spare you my longer response to this, because I really don't want to encourage temporal shenanigans. As cool as I think this idea is, It's bad enough we already have a Crystal Tokyo metaphorically hanging over our head.

Time travel rarely improves any story.

>>40257732
>the yuri thing. kinda came out of nowhere

Are you talking about MIkage's specifically? I thought that was adequately foreshadowed by Usa's proclivities in that direction.

>>40275073
I got no beef with time travel, and it can be great. Though if you don't work within certain constraints, it can turn into a time war, which is a mess that all settings that have one just say how horrible it is and/or that you can't go there. That or it is inconsistent and causes me to frown. Voyager.

Crystal Tokyo is fine, and not over our heads, since it has gone full alternate at this point. So, for us, it is just another place that happens to be full of opportunities for alternate shenanigans and version of people.

>>40275434
And let's not forget Kairi's POV interludes and moments. Girl is ready to die for us. That's writing the Kanji for Loyalty and reading it as Love. Or is that the other way around?

>>40275434
I'll agree it did crop up oddly compared to other things we've done. That's /tg/ and votes for you.

Last instance though felt ok, Mikage was on a magically enhanced feel good, so nonchalantly dropping that she could be interested when normally she's in a well concealed panic about what she feels and for who, and before that was more like 'Nope!' to love.
Coming down from that high is going to be a bit embrassing.

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I do love me some alternate versions of things.

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>>40275962
I gotta run, but I wonder if we could get this into auto-sage before Artemis does the next thread tonight.

>>40275992
You have sixty posts to Shadowrun, guess, talk to one another, to me, & share images.

Also plot your next moves. Immediate moves, as both Red Eyes and Mikage.

I imagine priority #1: Get The Beast under control.

Is there another priority that we forgot about?

>>40276655
Well, that's #1 priority for Mikage. What's #1 priority of the beast?

>>40276823
I'm not sure she has a priority other than "lash out at the world".

Well, moreso than usual.

>>40276823
Avoid being shoved back in the box by Mikage and figure out what the fuck was bugging her about The Damned...all assuming this isn't interrupted by anything.

>>40276920
This started as such a good day for Mikage...she will not be a happy camper when she's back behind the wheel.

>>40276920
I need a fanart of Mikage putting beast into a box, and beast going adorably "nooooooo"

>>40276655
we argue with beast, we scream back at Mikage. Yoshi is just confused when we ignore him for an opponent in our own head.

>>40278644
Unfortunately for Yoshi, I am pretty sure we left off with the Damned perfectly willing to engage in violence against the Beast. Possibly with enemy magic augmenting their anger. That or they both are just that mad.
So he might be having a bad day.

>>40241745
That Keaton clip seems more likely to something Koito will have to do if we knight him and he has to try and keep it from Koyomi.

>>40281435
Well, since we aren't off board yet, a choice needs to be made. Can we post up a storm, or do we sage our post?

Also, topic to consider. With Usagi gone, is Mamoru on domestic mode?

>>40281952
I think he's going to be neck deep at work as well. And he can't very well tell them his wife is out of town.

Probably in our lap, actually. Along with Luna. Because, even as crazy as we are, we are the most responsible family member left.

I'd like to say post up a storm, though I'm going to be working for a bit yet.
I'm sure ya'll can find 50 things to say in the next hour and a halfish.

New thread soon. This post is sage, let us fall.