>>41889868

After the rather tense matter in the art room the three of you stood a bit in silence. While you knew about that secret of Midori’s from that whole shared dream experience, you aren’t sure if Kairi knew. Still, the blonde girl turns to look at you and takes a ragged breath before nodding and slowly walking out of the room.

You and Kairi glance at one another the tense moment passed.

The two of you follow Midori back to class, and you tell Yoshi that you’ll talk to him later. He asks after what wound up happening, why Umeki-san and Mori-san looked so shaken. The free period drags on and you tell him you’ll tell him later, though he still wants to talk to her about what the two of them saw in the classroom earlier and wondered if you had any special perspectives on it. An acknowledgement of what he witnessed you do as the beast.

Free period ends, and everyone returns to class. The end of the academic day comes quickly, you know you have a standing appointment with Principal Sakurada about both your academic withdrawal and about her queries about her son, Yoshi.

Decisions decisions. You muse on this as you and your classmates begin packing your things; some students strolling over to check the posted rotation cycle of classroom cleanup committee.

>Go see the Principal right away
>Talk to Umeki-san, see if she’s okay
>Talk to Midori-chan, she seems shaken
>Talk to Yoshi and Umeki-san about crazy things
>Wait, you should check the rotation just to be safe
>Write in

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and I posted a hilariously wrong OP image.

>>41889909
>Wait, you should check the rotation just to be safe

I suspect that shenanigans aren't over. And plot runs deeper.

>>41889909
>Go see the Principal right away

>>41889909
>Wait, you should check the rotation just to be safe

>>41889909
What is rotation?

>>41890015
If you hadn't said anything I would have thought it purposefully done.

>>41890119
Note, that isn't a vote for checking the rotation, I'm checking to find out what that means.

>>41889909
>Talk to Umeki-san, see if she’s okay

>>41890119
In japanese schools students clean up classes after the schoolday. It may promote diligence and prevent littering.

We may suddenly be on the schedule today.

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Counting and writing

Well, before you go do something, you should at least check the cleaning committee rotation list to see if you are on classroom cleanup today. Packing your bag you rise and head over to check out the week’s printed sheet.

Huh, you’re on the schedule for Tuesday and Wednesday. No responsibility today, but Kairi is on today and Wednesday. Midori is on today and Tuesday. Keiko is on Friday and Saturday. Noting when your friends are on it a touch useful. You don’t have any overlap days with Umeki-san or Yoshi for that matter this week, both of them are on today and Friday.

Really, you wish the school’s cleaning committee would put some effort into standardizing and ensuring a regular rotation. Hmm, maybe that’s something to talk to your class representative about?

“Aww, the weekend shifts!” Keiko Sugimoto whines beside you.

Your far more popular friend looks crestfallen at the prospect of having to spend time after class cleaning on those days. They are the worst to get. She huffs and turns to face you.

“Chiba-san,” she chirps in a friendly but feigned unfamiliar manner, “Would you like to come with me after clubs let out today to the Crowne?”

~Why?~ you query, ~Are asking Mori-san and Kairi-chan too?~

You are usually never one to turn down a trip to the Crowne Arcade; however you have been hitting the sweets a bit heavily as of late.

“Actually I was invited to Karaoke by your little sister and her friends,” she explains and lifts up two plastic cards with magnetic strips on the side visible to you.

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>>41890789
~Really?~ well, she is the sixth senshi and now an outlier to their group, ~You sure I wouldn’t be crowding?~

“No,” she shrugs, and hands you one of the cards in her hand, “Oh, Yeon-san wanted me to give you this,”

Looking down at the card in your hand you notice that above the strip is a white space with a cartoon rendering of a smiling Luna, your shape shifting sentient talking moon cat. The back of the card is a black space with Artemis, the Aino’s sentient talking moon cat. Both sides have magnetic strips and have text reading “Crowne Pass”. Odd.

Also odd, a few contemptuous eyes fall upon you during your friendly exchange with Keiko.

>Sure, I’d love to.
>Maybe, can I get back to you on that?
>No, I’m going to be busy after clubs today
>Why is my cat on this card?
>Write in

&

>Keep talking to Keiko, about what?
>Talk to someone else in class, who?
>Go see Principal Sakurada
>Write in

>>41890804
>Maybe, can I get back to you on that?
I want to, but... I suspect that our evening would be full of spiders and webs.

>Go see Principal Sakurada
Enough stalling, then. Onwards, to DESTINY!!

And possibly having good talk with our mom's old homeroom teacher.

>>41890804
>Sure, I’d love to.
>Go see Principal Sakurada

Rolled 2 (1d2)

Bueller?

Well, not gonna FD this with only two people paying attention.

I'm gonna 1d2 it.

1 sure
2 maybe

then writing

>>41891360
No but
I'm here! Really!

>>41891410
How can I be sure that you're here?

Also, silly captcha, burritos are not pancakes

>>41891432
What makes me angrier is when the captcha INSISTS that it knows what a pancake looks like better than you do.

>>41891464
It is a point of rage

~Maybe,~ you think to yourself, ~Can I get back to you on that?~

“Sure,” she shrugs as she pockets her card, “If you think you’ll be busy, I understand,”

~Did Mori-san talk to you yet?~ you ask.

“Briefly,” she sighs, “Those girls are in my fan club. I’ll see if I can catch the President about it,”

~So, having a fanclub,~ you smile mockingly to which she replies.

“Hey, its not something to be embarrassed about,” she waves your jape off, “I mean, Sailor Moon has fanclubs,”

You grouse. You grouse hard. She smiles.

Grumbling, you duck away and start off toward the Principal’s office. On the way, you review the front and back of that card again. Yup, those are definitely pictures of Luna and Artemis on this Crowne Pass. What the hell is a Crowne Pass anyway?

Is it a rewards card? Why are there magnetic strips on both sides?

Whatever, nothing to worry about right now.

As you approach the administrative offices, you see Student Council President Nui Takeda calming standing outside the room and using a compact mirror to sneak looks into the office. She gives you a nod, a wave, and a gesture asking you to keep quiet about her presence.

As you turn into the offices, you know why. Daigo Endo is nervously waiting in the reception area. Uncertain about what he’s doing here and fidgety beneath the passive boredom of the office workers of the administration of the school.

“Hello,” says one such person, “Can I help you?”

~Yes, I’m Mikage Chiba. Principal Sakurada requested I see her today after classes,~ you explain primly as you stow the card in your wallet.

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>>41891731

You are directed straight to her office, as you are expected. Knocking before you enter, she calls you in and you find Principal Sakurada seated at her desk and closing a folder of some paper work or information or another.

“Chiba-san, thank you for coming,” she smiles and edges a bowl of candy toward the side of the desk you’ll be sitting closes to, “Please, sit,”

Is she trying to appeal to your family’s known tendencies? She might be, she was one of your mother’s teachers in junior high.

You sit down.

>Wait to see what she has to say
>Opt to talk about your Academic Withdrawal
>Opt to talk about her son, Yoshi
>Start asking questions about your mother
>write in

>>41891744
>Wait to see what she has to say

>>41891744
>Opt to talk about your Academic Withdrawal
We'd like to proceed to the academic self study, but still attempt to attend the more social aspects. Allow us to work at our own pace and rebuild our social skills as well.
(Also as a post E6 character our acedemic skills can be in exess of the norms allowing us to us that extra time out of school for other activities)

Yay breaktime in time for this question!

I got no strong vote one way or another. :(

>>41891927
Sorry, I had to leave.
>>41891785
This.

>>41891744
>Wait to see what she has to say
Apparently, what I meant is this.

>>41891744
>Wait to see what she has to say

Dinner delay. Counting and writing shortly.

Delay over, counting and writing now.

Reaching over and picking up a single wrapped candy from the offered bowl, you in wrap the confection slowly and sit there silently. Your eyes are locked onto Principal Sakurada as you pop the light brown confection into your mouth. The pleasant surprise of chewy caramel and creme melts across your tongue and you resolve to see what Principal Sakurada wants to talk about first.

After a quiet moment, she clears her throat and opens up the folder.

“Well now, Chiba-san,” she begins, “Last year I asked you to give me one more year of classes before I approved your requested Academic Withdrawal. Accounting for the time lost from school repairs, the last pending day of you participating in regular classes would be the end of next week,”

~Sounds about right,~ you go over the mental math in your head.

“However,” she tuts, “This was offered on the grounds that you were still having difficulty in school and your ability to socialize and recover to your trauma from your Junior High graduation ceremony,”

~Yes it was,~ you nod, ~Recently I’ve actually had a fairly dense collection of panic attacks,~

“I imagine you would have,” she nods and turns the page of her folder, “Now then, would you like to talk about the aftermath of your last panic attack on campus before the attack on the school,”

>Yes, what do you talk about regarding that?
>Engage Princess No powers
>Politely say it was such a busy day you cannot recall
>Hey, this is a nice spread of candy! (Deflect)
>Distract, make use of Yoshi or the threatening notes
>Write in

>>41892997
>Politely say it was such a busy day you cannot recall

>>41892997
>Hey, this is a nice spread of candy! (Deflect)

>>41892997
>Politely say it was such a busy day you cannot recall

>>41892997
>Politely say it was such a busy day you cannot recall

>>41892997
>Politely say it was such a busy day you cannot recall
>Distract, make use of Yoshi or the threatening notes
Eh, it was a way busy day. Also, we got somewhat better, yes.

So, have a good thread, I am about to have a good night and hopefully return to you in the morning.

Writing

~Ah, well,~ you search for the words, ~It was such a busy day that I can’t remember,~

“Ah, well I have some accounts of what happened from Toriko-san,” she reviews a page from her folder, “And frankly, from what I’ve been told, you’ve been doing much better,”

~Yeah,~ you shrug, ~Well,~

“Or rather,” she chides, “You’ve been making the effort,”

She smiles, its a friendly smile, but you know there is some kind of goal or objective underlying it.

“Standing up for Osaka-san, pulling yourself out of your panic attack,” she begins looking down the paper, “Rushing back into danger to help your injured classmates,”

~Please,~ you wave off the recitation of your deeds while your other hands snakes out another caramel from the bowl, ~Principal Sakurada, you’re embarrassing me,~

“Perhaps,” she muses, “but it's only us here, and I’m trying to praise you. Just recently I’ve seen you talking to other people, the same with Osaka-san,”

She closes the folder and hums to herself.

“Actually, come to think of it,” she spins her chair a bit to look out the window, “I guess that day was stressful. First the attack, and then a monster appearing at that concert you got tickets to,”

Well, she seems set on trying to deter you from pursuing the withdrawal. Now she’s just being blatant and borderline smug about it.

“Come to think of it, did you go?” she muses, “Did you go with any friends? I know you got more than one ticket,”

>Admit you went, do you admit that you went with people
>anything outside of school not having to do with school
>Deny you went, surely her ability to follow up won’t bite you in the ass
>Distract her, with which option available to you?
>write in

>>41894827
>Admit you went, do not admit that you went with people

>>41894827
>>Admit you went, do you admit that you went with people
So how badly do we need this withdrawal, actually?
Because I'm not sure we're gonna get it at this rate.

>>41894827
>Admit you went, do you admit that you went with people

Not much point in still trying to get the withdrawal is there?

>>41895010
It does let us have quick response to monster threats that pop up during school.

>>41894827
>Admit you went, admit that you went with people

>>41895194
There's got to be someone else who can cover that.
I mean, there can't really be that much of a flaw in coordination, can there?
And I'm>>41894972
That should be >not admit that you went with people
Even if we can't get a withdrawal, someone else could.

>>41895256
>There's got to be someone else who can cover that.
There are the Asteroid Senshi.

>>41895298
They're dealing with international issues.

>>41894972
I think we can work it out, going for the half-measure solution of self study for acedemics and coming in for others 'as we can' might do the trick, particularly if we note that we will be making an effort to stay in contact with her son.
Lay it on with the reduced stress allowing us more ability to reconnect socially.
She only wants to fight us on this because she wants us to be more social (particularly with her son).

>>41895383
Saturn when she's not involved in her experiments/running a school/running a clinic?

Okay, it looks like we're admitting we went, but we're split being admitting going with folks or not.

So, FD on deck.

FINAL DESTINATION

Reply to this post within 4 minutes of this post going up.

Reply to this post with just the number of your selection, write nothing else no line breaks no punctuation no green text no comment no dice.

Ready GO

1 admit to going with friends
2 Do not admit friends

>>41895856
2

>>41895856
1

>>41895856
Home, and just missed the FD. Dang.

Writing

>>41895856
Could you please consider thread 100 having a mostly full recap? I feel like that could improve voter turnout in the future.

>>41896021
...A full recap? dear god. I have plans for thread 100, but that's so much writing to do for a recap.

I guess I could write one.

>>41896021
Not sure what a recap would do for voting.
It seems like a lot of folks are more content to just watch until a really contentious vote comes up. Also, I'd be surprised it I was the only person coming off work about now. Seems to be a bit of a dip in activity right at the same time. Though at least it looks like others have more ability to follow while at work. Darn you paranoid security standards!

>>41896021
Archive binging is one of the best parts of coming into an ongoing quest.

>>41896239
I know I enjoyed it.

Slight delay, sorry guys.

>>41896239
I tried to with this quest, but couldn't get past some of the anons.

>>41897902
Generally, if I'm binging I'm just reading the QM and linked posts.

>>41897960
Usually a smart idea.

>>41890804
Wait, ours has a second magnetic strip? Interesting.

>>41898044
The second strip is there to look cool. It doesn't do anything. Stop trying to read into inconsequential things.
We are totally getting our own private karaoke booth aren't we?

>>41898109
Yeah, I guess you're right.
I totally hope that's what it is!

Also, captcha seems rather obsessed with tricycles today.

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Back and getting my ass on writing.

~I went to the show,~ you admit to the principal but stay silent afterwards.

“Alright,” she nods at your poignant silence, “Did you enjoy yourself?”

~It was a nice show before the monster showed up,~ you admit, ~Seeing the new Senshi was-~

Trailing off you look to the side and sigh. She’s dancing around things. Why doesn’t she want to get to the root of things, your withdrawal.

Honestly you aren’t certain about it yet. Leaving outright would free up your time for fighting this enemy, but do you really want to leave school now?

You think about the abuse both you and Kairi have recently been receiving; even if it may be spurred by something unnatural you imagined there would be some backlash against you. Would backing out now be like running away? Leaving Kairi to fend for herself?

No, Midori has her back. So does Keiko. She made friends with Saori, and now you have too. You’ve made friends, actually. Nui knows you are her friend, and now something is happening between you and Yoshi again.

Maybe, maybe you could make some kind of arrangement so you can do your independent study and still come to school to use the resources when you feel like it. For elective cycled classes, clubs, tests, and events? Or, or maybe it's alright to leave this place. There is so much to do that you can’t waste time just being a school girl.

These are hard times, and you don’t have the luxury of having something normal.

Or, could you?

“Chiba-san?” she asks, “Are you alright?”

~Yes, Principal Sakurada,~

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>>41898683


“Anyway,” she sighs in a small amount of defeat, “I see you getting better, and I don’t think it’s necessarily in your best interest to pursue this withdrawal. I have no doubt you’ll do fine academically, but I think it would benefit you in other ways to stay,”

She stands up and walks around the table and kneels by the side of your chair.

“However, we did make a deal,” she says with conviction, “What do you want to do?”

>I want to pursue an academic withdrawal
>I want to stay in school with my friends
>Is there some way to build a middle ground?
>Change the subject, say something about Yoshi. What?
>Write in

>>41898703
>Is there some way to build a middle ground?

>>41898703
>Is there some way to build a middle ground?

>>41898703
>Is there some way to build a middle ground?

>>41898703
>Change the subject, say something about Yoshi. What?

Say that we think he's going to be okay.

>>41898703
>I want to stay in school with my friends

>>41898841
I have to second this.
>I want to stay in school with my friends

Writing.

Persuasion please. Dice+1d20+10 best of 3

Rolled 15 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>41900119

>>41900119

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Rolled 17 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>41900119

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Rolled 14 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>41900119

It would be too obvious to bring something up about Yoshi to try and distract her. She sincerely wants to know what you want to do here, and now you aren’t entirely sure.

~Is there some way to build a middle ground?~ you ask with certainty.

“Middle ground?” she asks after you uncertain.

~Well, I could still test at school,~ you explain, ~And still come in part time for school resources, clubs, or elective modules? Think of it as a monitored independent study,~

She stands up and looks down at you, scrutinizing your verbal position.

“Is this a sign of second thoughts?” she queries as she crosses her arms.

~I don’t think so,~ you say after a moment of thought.

One of her hands rises to her temple and she massages it briefly before sighing.

“I’m not even sure if we can get away with that kind of program,” she mutters to herself, “The ongoing paperwork on that might be insane, I’ll have to meet with your parent’s again to hash out the details and permissions,”

Laughing a bit nervously to yourself as she drags herself back behind her desk, she pulls a binder off of one of her shelves.

“I’ll need some time to see if something can even be put together like that,” she explains, “No promises. On your way out, could you please let Endo-kun know that I’m ready to see him now and that he isn’t in trouble.

>Does he not know you want to talk to him about Yoshi?
>Actually, about Yoshi. What do you want to tell her?
>Thank her for her time and leave.
>There was something else I wanted to talk about, what?
>About my parents, my mom will be out of town for a while.
>Write in

>>41898703
You know, if we were a terrible person, faking a panic attack here would have an interesting move, if terrible.

>>41900253
>Thank her for her time and leave.
>About my parents, my mom will be out of town for a while.

>>41900253
>>Does he not know you want to talk to him about Yoshi?
>>Actually, about Yoshi. What do you want to tell her?
Don't worry so much about him, I think he'll be ok, we talked a bit..

Then segue right into
>Thank her for her time and leave.
Leaving her trying to to get out a startled question as we slip out.

What is the cover story for mom being out of town? I imagine there must be one of some sort.

>>41900253
>>41900327
I love this exit procedure.

Writing

~Does he not know you want to talk to him about Yoshi?~ you ask rather casually while getting up from your seat.

“Pretty much,” she snickers, “I think he might be covering for him for something and this will put him slightly on off his center,”

~Principal Sakurada,~ you say in mocked shock, ~That is devious! And kind of inspiring,~

“Well, I have a wealth of professional exp-” she pauses and looks at you with suddenly wide eyes, “Chiba-san, did you just call my son by his first name?”

~Well, we did talk earlier today and I think he’ll be okay,~ you explain with a smile as your words lay into your principal with a stunning flourish, ~You don’t need to worry about him so much. Thank you so much for taking the time to talk to me today and I look forward to talking more about this too,~

Before she can start grilling you any further, you slip out the door and pass through the reception area and let Daigo Endo know that he’s up. As you enter the administrative area, you no longer see Nui Takeda spying on Daigo anymore, which settles your nerves slightly.

Hmm...actually maybe that whole exit was miscalculation. Daigo knows you called Yoshi by his first name and as the boy’s best friend might be privy to some portion of your conversation on the rooftop. Speaking of best friends, you really need to confide in your own about that as well.

It would be slightly less awkward if certain other things weren’t out in the open between the two of you.

>>41901364

Decisions decisions. It's only about twenty minutes after the last bell, so clubs are still gathering. And then after they all let out there is the matter of making a decision about going to the Crowne Plaza for Karaoke with the young Senshi with Keiko.

What to do…

>Locate Kairi-chan & Midori-chan, they have cleaning duty today
>Talk to Yoshi some more, he probably has class rep business with the council.
>Try to locate Saori Umeki, is she still even on campus?
>Keiko is probably prepping for Drama Club, head back toward the auditorium
>Wait, you left that weird spider in the science lab! Investigations!
>eh, just leave early
>Write in

>>41901391
>Locate Kairi-chan & Midori-chan, they have cleaning duty today
As much as getting near the spider would be funny, we need to see our friends.

>>41901391
>Wait, you left that weird spider in the science lab! Investigations!

Spiders, time to be gone.

>>41901391
>>Locate Kairi-chan & Midori-chan, they have cleaning duty today
>>Try to locate Saori Umeki, is she still even on campus?
Locate friends! We'll check in with Keiko later since we think we know where she'll be.

>>41901391
>Locate Kairi-chan & Midori-chan, they have cleaning duty today

>>41901557
With the spider we should figure out how to deal with it without tipping our hand. Would not do to let the possible monster know.suspect who we are.

>>41901391
>Keiko is probably prepping for Drama Club, head back toward the auditorium
Seriously, what kind of play are they doing with those costumes?

>>41901744
They most likely put on plays throughout the year. The costumes are from previous plays put on by the Drama Club.

Writing

You decide that you want to talk to your friends about things, both what happened earlier with Umeki-san and what happened with you and Yoshi. Remembering that they both have classroom cleanup today you make your way back to your class.

The halls seem eerily empty at this hour, you don’t spend much time around the school after the bell unless you have cleanup detail. Maybe that will change once you settle on what it is you’ll actually wind up doing for your withdrawal, though Sakurada-san did not seem pleased about the paperwork.

Returning to your homeroom, you find Kairi and Midori diligently sweeping the last segment of the floor, and to your surprise Umeki-san and Yoshi stacking the desks and chairs in the back of the room. How could you have forgotten that, you just looked at the duty roster a little while ago? Hmm, this might get awkward fast.

You can’t very well talk to Midori and Kairi about Yoshi with the boy right there! Then again, Yoshi and Umeki-san are actively talking in hushed tones about what they witnessed earlier; you don’t think Yoshi betrayed your trust about your other identity but how would you begin to explain things to Umeki-san. She seems like a nice girl but you don’t know her well enough yet even though she shows promise as a potential Knight.

Also you don’t know her tastes well enough yet, and you want your own eyes to inspect the collection that Kairi-chan complained about.

>Head in openly, then move the conversation out
>Try to signal Kairi & Midori from the door
>Sneak in, you are quite sneaky
>Wait, you have telepathy
>Use another power, what?
>Write in

>>41902380
>Wait, you have telepathy

Mind talk, yo!

>>41902552
Yeah, I'll back this. Also, need to find an out of the way spot to hide out while we mind-chat.
Wouldn't do to be standing in the hall silently staring in.

>>41902380
>>41902552
>>41902697
Brain powers are go!

Writing

Stepping back and away from the classroom, up and into the nearest stairwell, you relax your mind and reach out to your two friends in the classroom.

It connects easily as you feel the familiar buzz of your power executed. Nearby you feel the presence of Umeki-san and Yoshi, but they are ignorant of your own.

-Hey,- you broadcast to Kairi and Midori, -back from my meeting with the Principal,-

-Mikage-chan,- you feel Kairi pause and then resume her sweeping, -Is everything okay? How did things go with Principal Sakurada?-

-Yeah, just some stuff about my Academic Withdrawal,- you explain, -And maybe diverting her attention from Yoshi’s behavior, how’re you two?-

-Not my best,- Midori-chan admits in a distant slump, -It doesn’t help that there’s this awkward tension in the room with me and Umeki-san just kind of ignoring each other,-

-I thought you two made up?- you ask curiously.

-I don’t know what we did,- Midori grouses.

-Seemed like a forgiveness hug to me,- Kairi observes with a firm nod.

You laugh a bit to yourself as you stand mid way up the staircase, thoughts bubbling in your mind toward what you need to ask of your Knights and what you need to share with them now. The day isn’t quite over, though there is concern and worry for there is something terribly amiss at Juuban Municipal Highschool.

Eclipsed Moon Quest Episode 99
End

Interlude Vote
>Elaborate Measures
>A nice dress for travel
>Missing racks

Crashing, thanks for the thread, /tg/

>>41903252
>>A nice dress for travel

>>41903266
A pleasure to be here, thank you.

>>41903266
Thanks for the thread, sorry I spaced out there.

>A nice dress for travel

Clothes porn, go?