>>43641058

Why wasn’t she fighting?

Was it just to keep her friends safe?

How was Sailor Sol in two places at once?

Unable to parse this matter, you moan again.

“Chiba-san, I’m sorry you are finding my lecture so troubling,” a sweet voice sighs above you, “Perhaps sitting down isn’t good for you right now, I could have you stand in the hall if that helps? Perhaps the nurse could take a look at you instead?”

You go rigid. Liu-sensei, your algebra teacher and an extremely aggrieved foreigner, looms over you with chalk dancing across well manicured fingers as she spies carefully on your reaction. She is a good teacher and you normally really like her, most of the teachers in your Junior High are foreigners working abroad on teacher work programs because almost no one local wants to work here, she tends to be strict to your antics which haven’t been a problem aside from your recent business as the sailor guardian of love and justice.

>Sit upright and apologize, you’re worried about your big sister
>Feign sleep, maybe she’ll have mercy and let you go!
>Cry about how sorry you are, you’re just worried about your big sister!
>Cheese it
>Lie, say your lunch is disagreeing with you and try to get sent to the nurse
>Actually sleep
>Write in

>>43641076
>Feign sleep, maybe she’ll have mercy and let you go!

>>43641076
>Cry about how sorry you are, you’re just worried about your big sister!

Writing.

After you give me a d20 roll? Best of 3.

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>43641626

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>43641626

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>43641626

Writing

>>43641058
>>43641975
Ha ha, time to eat things and embarrass friends!

And ponder mysteries.

Like, how do they get jelly into the center of a dounut?

>>43642230
A needle, but I don't think Koyomi is scared of needles.

Freezing up, you screw your eyes shut and feign being asleep in hopes that it throws Liu-sensei off of your case for disturbing her class. While you are certain you cannot solve any of her present queries for X, you can certainly solve the current crisis for why!

Trying to make you body looked relaxed, and adopting a familiar breathing pattern you hope and pray that your ruse has proven effective.

The shuffling of your standing notebook being moved brings you doubt. A quiet falling across the room brings you worry. The sound of twisting paper and cardboard along a ringed binding causes you to adopt a certain concern.

The sharp impact of your rolled up notebook on the back of your hand brings you squeaking and upright.

“Chiba-san, explain yourself!” Liu-sensei demands sharply over crossed arms as your rolled notebook is dropped upon your now clear desk.

Your eyes immediately well and flow with tears as you bring your arm to cover your face. Attentions are on you and that just makes it worse, you don’t care because you are sincerely sorry for derailing class.

“Sorry, I’m sorry sensei,” you fling your arm to the window and the chaos across the way and point, “I’m just worried about my big sister,”

Sniffling into quieted state, you find yourself beneath the scrutiny of your math teacher.

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>>43642519

She says nothing and heads back to the front of the class, leaving you standing and the eyes of your peers upon you. Your eye catches Kanari-chan gesturing for your to sit back down, which you do with a little embarrassment and a nervous laugh. Some of your fellows are looking out the window in curiosity. Some are paying attention. Koito is glancing over to you and then glancing away trying to make it seem he isn’t deeply concerned.

Thus, you know he actively cares. He made a pretty good distraction for you and Kanari to get out of class earlier, though you still haven’t touched base with him about what went down.

Settling back into your seat you resolve to…

>Pay attention to the lecture
>Think about what happened with the fight. What?
>Sneakily eat a snack
>Pass notes, to who? About what?
>Sleep
>Write in

>>43642538
>Sneakily eat a snack

>>43642538
>Sneakily eat a snack
Proper bunny etiquette.

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Writing,

Well, you unfold your notebook and workbook while Liu sensei returns to her lecture on finding variables in different kinds of equations and applying what basic math you already know to these processes. This is the furthest thing from your attention right now as you need a way to sooth your worries regarding your recent fight as Sailor Moon.

There is nothing that distracts you quite like a snack!

Deftly reaching down into the side pocket of your school satchel, you draw up a soft plastic wrapped slice of pound cake purchased from the Jupiter Cafe. In your secret in class snacking, you’ve learned the value of quiet.

Mass produced slices of pound cake are often sealed in a harder and loudly crinkling plastic wrap or loud foil. Tearing them open or hiding the evidence usually ends in discovery, so you adapted. Purchasing a few slices early in the week from a local small business is best, as most wrap their to go pastries in multiple folds of softer plastic wraps. Beneath your careful fingers it unfolds or tears free silently.

Careful to make sure your eyes are glued to the blackboard and the dizzying array of white numbers and symbols being drawn there, you dip your shoulders so your mouth is below the line of sight from your single directional shield. Sparing a quick glance to the side, you find your best friend looking over toward you, far less than amused.

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>>43642870
‘mogu mogu’ you quietly stuff the broad slice into your mouth and savor the lemon vanilla drizzle on top of the still moist and heavy slice.

Your confection consumed and all evidence of it successfully hidden as you palm the crumpled plastic wrap into your hand, you let the rest of class finish and Liu-sensei dismisses the lot of you for the day.

As you pack your things, a hand falls on your shoulder.

“Koyomi-chan,” your best friend asks in an even tone as she steps into your line of sight, “If you had that emergency ration, why were you eying up my lunch earlier?”

It’s become an unspoken and expected rule that you would ask for a piece or two of Kanari-chan’s lunch once you had exhausted your culinary supplies.

>Because Kanari’s lunch is the best?
>Uh, look out, a monster!
>Waah, Kanari is being mean!
>I’ve just been hungrier lately, we’ve been busy
>Apologize for your near transgression
>Write in

&

>Head home for the day
>Head over to the Archery Club shed to unwind
>Go talk to Koito Kino
>Keep talking to Kanari-chan, about what?
>Head over to the highschool, locate Mikage-nee
>Sleep
>Write in

>>43642889
>Because Kanari’s lunch is the best?
>Keep talking to Kanari-chan, about what?

>>43642889
>Because Kanari’s lunch is the best?
>Head over to the highschool, locate Mikage-nee

>>43642889
Emergency supplies are for emergencies!
Talk to her about her brother.

>>43642889
>Because Kanari’s lunch is the best?
>Apologize for your near transgression
>Head over to the highschool, locate Mikage-nee

Counting and writing.

perception test dice+1d20+2

Best of 3! 1s and 20s wild.

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>43643217
In the name of the moon!

Rolled 18 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>43643217

Rolled 2 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>43643217

“Because Kanari-chan’s lunch is the best!” you laugh nervously and then bow in short apology as she rolls her eyes with a smile.

She studies you carefully for a moment and then releases her hold on your shoulder while sighing in defeat. There is en electricity to her, a happy calm you are happy to see in her again after she spent so much time being angry. One thing you know about your best friend is that she can never stay mad or upset when her skills are praised.

“Yeah yeah,” she grins and pops her hands on her hips, “So, lunch aside, how cool were we today!”

“Pretty damn cool,” you smile and adjust the broach on top of your school bow, “That move with the door was amazing! I didn’t know Kanari-chan was so strong!”

“Yeah, I’m pretty awesome,” she crosses her arms and nods, “I’m going to make it my goal to be your strongest guardian, Koyomi-chan,”

You blush at your friend’s assertion, and then look up to meet her resolved.

“You shouldn’t worry so much about being the strongest on your own,” you tell her, “We’re all strongest together, Kanari-chan!”

She mulls over your words for a moment and assents.

“Good point,” she nods, “So, what’s the plan for celebrating a great day?”

“Actually,” you say nervously on a subject you expect to be a sore one for your best friend, “I was going to go see how Mikage-nee is doing,”

Braced for the worst, to watch your friend close up and grow in some way bitter or annoyed, you are not prepared for what happens next.

“Sure,” she says casually and picks up her shoulder bag, “I get that, is it okay if I come with?”

Wait, what?

“Eh?”

“What?” she asks, incredulously, “Is there something on my face?”

“Oh, no,” you try to laugh it off, “Everything is fine,”

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>>43643577

As you head out of the classroom, you give Koito Kino a friendly wave. His eyes dart over to his sister behind you who offers him some gesture and words in Portuguese before you disappear out the door.

Getting across the way to the high school actually proves to be a difficult task. Everyone is gathering out front as people are slowly trickling out of the building from the triage set up by emergency services, local police, and a few PIT response vehicles and personnel.

Gaining entry under the assertion you have a big sister in classes, you are quickly directed toward her. The mere mention of her full name puts an odd lock on the faces of the student body and teachers alike as they tell you where they saw her last. Weird.

Finally, the two of you actually find yourselves directed toward the nurse’s office. Oddly enough, you see a small gathering of students outside of the Nurse’s office having a quiet but tense discussion.

Your sister’s best friend, Kairi Osaka. Keiko Sugimoto, the recently awakened Sailor Sol. Midori Mori, an apparent friend of Sugimoto-san and of your own sister. The three of them stand in a tight triangle around one another by the door as another girl you do not recognize, she is thin and slouching with long and messy looking hair, stands next to them trying to interject every so often but seems to be ignored as she cannot find her voice.

>Head straight into the nurse’s office, why is Mikage-nee there?
>Get closer and eavesdrop on the girls, something seems fishy.
>Go ask them if everything is okay, engage them.
>>Sugimoto was in 2 places at once during the fight, what’s up with that?
>Who is this slouchy girl? Engage her. How?
>Write in
>Sleep

>>43643604
>Sugimoto was in 2 places at once during the fight, what’s up with that?

>>43643604
>Get closer and eavesdrop on the girls, something seems fishy.
Bunnies are easily distracted.

Just keeping us up and asking if the higher speed is okay tonight. Smaller voting windows and trying to write more quickly.

>>43643777
I'm fine with whatever.

Rolled 3, 1, 16 = 20 (3d20)

Writing and combining.

Give me a dice+1d20+2

>>43643846
best of 3 and the usual jazz.

Rolled 15 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>43643846

Rolled 11 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>43643846

Rolled 8 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>43643846

Sneaky bunny.

...blind as a bat Sugimoto. How does she have no modifiers? I blame only myself for this.

Sidling up beside the slouching girl, whose focus is squarely on the trio of girls who do not notice her presence, you fall into position and listen carefully. After a moment the slouching girl loses her nerve and turns around and away, she seemed worried about something, but you have more pressing concerns.

Kairi Osaka, Midori Mori, and Keiko Sugimoto were all with your big sister up on the bleachers in the gymnasium when you fought against the monster as Sailor Moon. Except that isn’t quite right.

Keiko Sugimoto is Sailor Sol, one of your allies and a guardian of love and justice. Somehow she fought alongside your team and was still in her civilian guise in close proximity to your sister and their shared friends. It doesn’t quite add up.

Kairi Osaka knows the truth of things, you know she is your big sister’s confidant. Your big sister knows Sugimoto-san is Sailor Sol, somehow she was involved in the details of her awakening as a Sailor Guardian which you don’t quite know yet. Midori Mori, as far as you know, is just someone your sister is friendly with and is a close friend of Sugimoto-san.

Did she notice Sugimoto-san wasn’t there? Or was the Sugimoto-san who was standing among your team not really there?

The burning heat of her Solar Beam suggest that she was actually there. So what gives.

Its best to listen.

“-worst I think she’s had in a while,” Kairi Osaka explains to the other two girls, “Something is definitely wrong right now and Sakurada wouldn’t really say what happened before it started,”

“We can’t exactly see if we can help if he’s hovering,” Sugimoto-san complains with a sigh as she shifts her weight on her hip.

“Well,” Mori-san huffs while crossing her arms, “At least we got Nui out of here by convincing her to go get her bag and pills,”

>>43644038
The sun is in her eyes.

Do the partner Generals have a check and/or a bonus?

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>>43644604

“I’m surprised she didn’t tell us to do it since we know where she sits,” Kairi relaxes a bit.

“She’s probably just stressed, right?” Mori-san questions, “She’s been running herself ragged dealing with this spider shit all week, besides she did get pretty smashed yesterday,”

Mori-san knew your sister was running around dealing with spiders? Is this just her commenting on it all after the fact or something else.

“She was talking to the class rep when it hit,” Sugimoto-san muses as you just squirm at wondering what happened to your big sister, “Or so he says. What if he felt bold and she got overstimulated?”

“I doubt it,” Osaka-san huffs, “And I don’t think that would push her into a panic attack,”

Oh no! You worry. Mikage-nee had a panic attack! That’s bad, but it’s also not too uncommon.

>Keep listening
>Ask after what happened, reveal yourself
>Sneakily say something to see how they react. Where do you try to lead them
>Just head in to see your sister
>Sleep
>Write in

>>43644622
>Just head in to see your sister

>>43644622
>Write in
"Oh no! Mikage!" *run off to find your sister.*

>>43644616
>The sun is in her eyes.
Har har.

>>43644622
I feel like the littlest bunny might break stealth to worriedly ask if her sister is alright.

That or falling asleep while trying to listen in.

>>43644622
>Just head in to see your sister

Writing

How is everyone enjoying our Koyomi Thread.

>>43644898
Our second run-thru with mini-mom seems to be progressing similarly to the last one, and is only slightly cuter as well.

“Oh no!” you gasp, “Mikage-nee!”

Three girls jump in surprise as you run around them, sudden worry etching across their features that you don’t immediately concern yourself with. The last thing you hear from the hallway is your best friend distracting the suddenly concerned high school girls with a confused greeting.

“Uh, hey?” your super talented and mega strong friend says in confusion as all three girls whip around to face her.

Dashing into the nurse’s office, you brush past the white coated young woman stocking a shelf and throw aside curtains to her surprise until you find your sister curled up on one of the resting beds and propped up on numerous pillows. Sitting beside her is a young man wearing a sleeveless white undershirt, you recognize him. His name is Yoshi Sakurada and you remember when he would come over often to help tutor your sister back when she was...

The concern on his face is blatant. Your sister has her eyes screwed shut and is shuddering or shivering, you aren’t sure which.

“Mikage-nee,” you mewl sadly at the sight of her.

She doesn’t react. He perks up to your entry, his introspective and serious face disappearing beneath a convenient and practiced neutral expression. You can tell he is trying very hard not to seem out of sorts in all of this.

You like him, more than the other boy who came to see your sister when she was in the hospital. Actually thinking about it a bit, you harp on their differences. One is tall, soft spoken, and gentle while the other is short, crass, and a brute. Two really different guys.

“Oh, Chiba-san,” his tone is oddly apologetic, “I didn’t hear you come in,”

>Ask Sakurada-san about what happened. What?
>You’d like to be alone with your sister, ask him for that privacy
>Hug your big sister, you know you shouldn't when she’s in a panic, but you need to
>Maybe...maybe you can use THAT power
>Write in
>Sleep

>>43645322
>You’d like to be alone with your sister, ask him for that privacy
>Hug your big sister, you know you shouldn't when she’s in a panic, but you need to
>Maybe...maybe you can use THAT power

>>43645322
>You’d like to be alone with your sister, ask him for that privacy

>>43645322
>>Ask Sakurada-san about what happened. What?
WHAT HAPPEN?!?

>Maybe...maybe you can use THAT power
I feel like I should review her sheet, but Moon Healing seems like overkill.

>>43645322
>You’d like to be alone with your sister, ask him for that privacy
>Hug your big sister, you know you shouldn't when she’s in a panic, but you need to
>Maybe...maybe you can use THAT power
Can't resist a chance to use THAT.

>>43645557
It's a Mystery Box. No one can resist the Mystery Box. Unless you are not in range.

What's the range on the Mystery Box again?

Writing.

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“Really,” you ask confused, “I shouted from the hallway,”

“Oh...well I guess I was preoccupied,” he scratches his cheek in what you think is feigned embarrassment.

Nodding you sit on the other side of the nurse’s office rest bed.

“Um, Sakurada-san, I’d like to be alone with Mikage-nee,” you ask with your own feigned demureness tinged with sincerity as you ready yourself for what you resolve that you need to do, “Just for some sisterly privacy,”

He nods and excuses himself with a quick adjustment of his glasses. Once alone with your shivering older sister you lean over and take her into a tight hug. You know you shouldn’t but you hold her tightly and feel her go rigid and gasp at your touch.

Whatever is going on, she’s in there deep. She hasn’t outright passed out like outside of the theater, but she feels so far away. Choking back a sob of your own, and thinking on your sadness at the matter, you wonder if you could let her take your fear and worries for her away. If you could bring yourself to let her take it at least.

No. You don’t think you could.

However, you can do this. Taking a deep breath while holding her tightly, you dig into yourself and use an ability you know you don’t need to transform to use. Pulling on two motes of planet power, you try to relieve your sister’s ailments.

You have no idea if this will do anything. Is her condition, is any of it, a sickness that can be so pulled from her? Like a hot towel against an infection you feel her, and tug on her suffering with your deepest senses of empathy.

Whatever you pull from her fills you, a weight in the pit of your stomach.

Your sister gasps and surges forward again, awareness burning back into her eyes as her breathing steadies. You struggle against her panic, now your own. Whatever it is you’ve taken from her, does she have any idea what you’ve done?

Do you?

Writing.

>>43645955
>Do you?

No.
I prefer it that way.

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You are Mikage Chiba, second year highschool student fifteen years old. You’ve just felt something jar inside of you as your find yourself rocketed out of the throes of a particularly intense panic attack with an unexpected start. Before you were deep within yourself, the last thing you understood of your surroundings was a warmth encircling you.

Taking in your surroundings, you find that you are in the nurse’s office and that two tails of blonde hair intermixed with your own partially undone braid.

Koyomi, your baby sister, is hugging you between sobs of her own. Large wet eyes look into your own as she mumbles out your name and an abbreviated honorific.

“Mikage-nee,” it tumbles out of quivering lips.

Your throat is hoarse, and you find yourself oddly hungry and empty.

>Hey, sis
>Return the imouto hug
>Tell her that you’re okay
>Thank her for saving the day earlier
>Write in

>Empathic Healing Used
>Character sheets updated

>>43646215
>Return the imouto hug

>>43646215
>Thank her for saving the day earlier

>>43646240
I was afraid Koyomi would drain some shadow with that, seems I was right.

>>43646215
>Return the imouto hug

>>43646215
>>Return the imouto hug

Writing

>>43646215
I too, approve the hugging, though it has already been voted through.

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Its pretty easy to tell why she’s crying. Koyomi is always emotional where you are concerned. Clearing your throat, you lift your arms and tug the teary eyed blonde into you. You let her cry into your sweater as you calm her down.

Your mind is sharp right now, acutely aware of your surroundings and still confused that you just lept from your panic into this state.

Comforting your sister gives you a moment to think, and as you hug her and rub the small of her back to soothe her worry, you wonder if she did something. Feeling the outline of her broach against the top of your leg you think back to the silver crystal. When you wielded it as Sailor Moon and when you drew power from Usa-neechan’s alternate crystal, it doesn’t feel like she used its power. So why are you so suspicious.

Does it matter? You drift back to realizing Yoshi saw you collapse into this when you were trying to warn him against his manager. Ugh, you may have just complicated things and he still has so many questions you need to answer. So does Umeki-san.

>You are worried over nothing, let’s go get a snack and go home
>Ask Koyomi if she did something to you
>Pull her from tears by praising her about how she did earlier
>Ask if she saw Yoshi on her way in
>Write in

>>43647075
>Pull her from tears by praising her about how she did earlier
>You are worried over nothing, let’s go get a snack and go home

>>43647075
>Ask Koyomi if she did something to you

>>43647075
>>Pull her from tears by praising her about how she did earlier

>>43647075
>Ask Koyomi if she did something to you

Rolled 14 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

Writing

Insight test dice+1d20+6 best of 3

Rolled 5 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>43647372

Rolled 12 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>43647372
Where did everyone go?

Rolled 5 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>43647372

Dead heat. Defender (that's you) wins.

~Koyomi,~ you say with your scratchy and parched throat, ~Come on, I’m fine. Can I ask you a question?~

“Ah, Mikage-nee,” she sniffles and pulls back long enough to look into your eyes and offers a tired smile, “Yes?”

~Did you do something to help pull me back?~ you ask her neutrally, ~I won’t be mad if you did, I just came out of that attack weird. It’s okay, you can tell me,~

“Me? Uh, well, No,” she says with sudden verbal clarity after momentarily going rigid.

She plays it off well, but you don’t believe her. Your baby sister is a terrible liar and you know how worried she is about you. With a sigh you figure out what to do next. While you could call her out on doing...something...you are tired and need something to pick yourself up.

>Apply your powers of big sisterly persuasion
>Gently ask her for the truth
>Let it go, you need to find your things
>Write in

“Oh, Mikage-nee,” she herself seems to have her curiosity piqued, “do you know how Sugimoto-san was in 2 places at once in the gym?”

>You aren’t prepared for that! Write in!

>>43647706
>Gently ask her for the truth

>You aren’t prepared for that! Write in!
>I’ll explain that once we’re out of school and back home.

Personally, I’d like to tell her about Eclipse, but this is a good one either way we go.

>>43647706
>Apply your powers of big sisterly persuasion
I'll leave the write in for someone else.

>>43644622
This was one of my all-time favourite episodes. Everybody hiding behind the waitress, and Chibi-Usa's first attempt at being useful.

>>43647706
>Gently ask her for the truth

>>43647706
Eclipse and his Knights set up some kind of illusion. Keiko was the primary target and Kairi and I were also enemies of the bad guys. They told us to get away and hide whilst the enemies tried to go after the illusions. Keiko doubled back of course, and I covered for her.

>>43647955
The waitress bit was pretty great.

>>43647830
I’ll switch my write in to >>43648047

>>43647955
Which episode?

Writing

Rolled 20 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

Give me that deceive.

dice+1d20+10 versus the chibi bunny's insight. best of 3

Rolled 14 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>43648230

Rolled 15 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>43648230
NO
WE CAN'T FOOL THE BUNNY

Rolled 12 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>43648230

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Be thankful she can't surge right now. Be very thankful.

Maybe we should surge as well?

>>43648328
Why can’t she surge?

>>43648372
Not transformed

>>43648380
So if Mikage hadn’t gone with internalize way back in Episode 10, she’d have the same restriction?

>>43648485
Si, save for unique circumstances with some powers and the fact that she could still use spells.

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A thought crosses your mind, that you should stretch her cheeks or rub your knuckle into your sister’s scalp until she talks, but that feels a bit beyond you at the moment. You always have tendency to be rough with your little sister, and in turn you are fiercely protective of her from all comers, because you know she adores you. If she’s holding something back from you, she must think she has good reason.

Honestly you don’t want to be rough with her right now, and squeeze it from her. You understand lying because you have a good reason, primarily because you’ve been doing it to her for weeks now. Still, what would it hurt to ask again, and nicely?

Pulling the smaller girl into a tighter hug, she practically melts in happiness that she is under your attention and sisterly affection.

~You don’t have to be so defensive,~ you try and soothe her worry, ~I just want to know if you did something. It’s okay, really. Using your powers to help others isn’t anything to be ashamed of, and if you did I just want to know,~

Hesitantly, she pulls back and looks askance in shame.

“I may haffdunsumthin,” she mumbles quietly as her hands grip each other.

~I’m sorry, I couldn’t quite hear you,~ you sigh and throw your legs over the cot to face her.

“I may have done something,” she admits sullenly, “It’s a power, I can use it when I’m not transformed. I just drew whatever was making you sick into me...but then I didn’t have a panic attack,”

That is concerning. You lean in toward your sister and notice nothing different about her. Inside of you, you still feel the weight of your anxiety at the edge of your perception, just distant. Something changed in you, something was drawn out of you but you can’t place what it was. Something that was making you sick?

Not something to figure out now. She recovers from her embarrassment and balls her fist and raises them impassioned to ask you something that she finds suddenly incredibly important.

>>43648866
“Oh, Mikage-nee,” she herself seems to have her curiosity piqued, “do you know how Sugimoto-san was in 2 places at once in the gym?”

You were not prepared for this, so you stretch the truth in a way that isn’t quite lying.

~Eclipse and his Knights setup and illusion,~ you explain to her quickly, ~They were after Sugimoto-san as their main target and really didn’t like Kairi-chan and me. They told us to hide while the enemies went after the illusions, and Sugimoto-san doubled back,~

“What!” she asks in slight disbelief, “You ran?”

~I knew Eclipse was there, and you’d already texted you were coming. I stayed with Kairi-chan and Mori-san to keep them safe, but if I needed to I was still in the room to help,~

“The gym was locked though, where did you manage to hide?”

~Underneath the bleachers,~

“Wow,” she admits, “Well, we could have still used more help in that fight. That black webbing we terrible,”

~Yeah, some got under the seats and caught up Kairi-chan,~ you sell the matter with another detail true after a fashion with a short laugh.

You feel bad about that, actually. Not being honest with her...but you aren’t ready to admit this to her. You aren’t ready yet to admit you are helping her as Eclipse. With everything going on you need to compartmentalize everything you are doing, certainty could put your sister at greater risk.

Not that you know how, but you just know.

And you don’t question yourself for a reason. The reason is ‘because’ and you are willing to accept that right now.

Your conversation with your sister is interrupted by the arrival of an incredibly short young woman rushing into the nurse’s office with your bag and brandishing your pill bottle. Upperclassman and Student Council President Nui Takeda.

“I brought Mik-” she pauses as she sees you sitting with your little sister, you offer her a short wave, “Oh, you’re up. Well, I got your stuff, Chiba-san,”

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>>43648878

Setting your things down, she backs out of the room, where you see your expected trio of friends plus Kanari Kino poking their heads in after Nui’s charge.

Before she backs out of the room, Nui Takeda throws you a query.

“When you get the chance, Mori-san and I wanted to ask you something,” she eyes your sister cautiously, “Official unofficial student council business related to today’s events,”

~Ah,~ you nod, ~Sure,~

>Sit and talk with your sister a bit longer, about?
>Let’s see everyone and get a move on
>Gotta take care of this Official Unofficial business
>See if Yoshi is still around
>You want to talk to one of the others present
>Write in
>Sleep

>>43648897
>sleep
Which is something I think is going to happen to me soon. I don't know how you stay awake Artemis.

>>43648897
>Gotta take care of this Official Unofficial business

>>43648897
>Sit and talk with your sister a bit longer, about?
Praise her about how she did earlier.

>>43648897
>Sit and talk with your sister a bit longer, about?
I'll also back some praise.
Aftet that, then-
>Let’s see everyone and get a move on

Writing

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As Nui completely retreats into the hall, you sever the line of sight from the door to your point of rest with the curtain. Returning your attention to your little sister, who seems lost in thought about something which in and of itself is a touch out of character, you flash her a smile.

~Say, Koyomi, can I let you know something,~

“Ah, sure Mikage-nee,” she meets your gaze with an open and innocent curiosity.

~I just wanted to say that you did great out there,~ you say with pride and earnest will, ~You are an amazing Sailor Moon and it was great seeing all of you in action together,~

Her smile quivers and her eyes well up with tears again, though there is no trace of sadness on her face.

“Y-you really mean that,” she asks in a build up of energy, “Nee-san?”

~I really mean it,~

“Even though I got all gunked up in webbing?”

~Happens to every Senshi, one way or another,~ you shrug before reaching out to ruffle her hair, ~but you won the day and saved the victim,~

She laughs and smiles under your praise, and you are reminded why you’ve done all of this so far. Her smile. Aiha’s smile. Rin’s smile. Venus’s smile. Kanari’s smile. You want to protect them. You want to shield them from the pain you went through, as best you can.

Because despite what they’ve all said, you know you cannot be one of them. Your heart is too broken as of yet. They can’t know until you can meet them as a whole, much like the crystal around your neck.

As she smiles, you suppress a frown. She took a burden from you, and you are not sure which. How will you be able to keep protecting her if she can do something like that? It will be something to figure out later. For now, at least your very busy and hectic day is over.

And there is much you have to yet tend to tomorrow.

Eclipsed Moon Quest Episode 111
End

>>43649703
Protecting smiles is a dangerous path to take.

>>43648923
How do I stay awake? With increasing spelling errors and unnecessary repetition of some words in my already mediocre prose.

Good Koyomi Thread? This could have gone many ways, I am happy and my purposes are amused with the direction taken.

>>43649731
Good times, nice to take a ride in the other cast shoes occasionally.

>>43649731
I loved it, it's nice being with small bunny.

>>43649719
yet it is one you embarked upon long ago.

You cling to its secretive principals like a dying man to a raft, and in doing so help craft this narrative I am quite enjoying and often surprised by.

I was not surprised by Mystery Box

Thanks for the great thread of falling action, /tg/

Let's gear up for our next arc!

>>43648143
Let's see, it was Season 3, so I think it was episode 103?

>>43650021
Expolsions? /Torgue

>>43650021
>>43641058
I have to admit, with it being 111, I was wondering if we'd see a Fallout reference.
That or Bilbo's birthday.

>>43650635
Now I wish long twin tails were a hair option. Have to wait for mods, I guess.

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>>43652602
If two things exist, there is crossover material for it.

>>43653410
Hm, going by MO, I might have to start calling the big bad The Master.

>>43652602
Sailor Fallout.

>>43654619
Moon Healing Radiation~

>>43653879
Which big bad? Fallout 4's or Eclipsed Moon Quest's?

>>43655724
Kidnapping people and exposing them to horrible things that turn them into monsters and/or soldiers in some twisted goal or bringing order.
Fallout 1 and Eclipsed Moon.

So, my re-watching of Sailor Moon for fun and quest related research has finally gotten back up to the "Lisa Frank on Acid attending a Circus" season, also known as Super S.

In the middle of the second episode right now and I realize I never did get around to touching on people like Motoki in quest.

Also, Usagi and Minako in stereo mode is always hilarious.

How about a little post recap of things.

The villains you know.

Hiddenite - A Ninja. Leader of the Neo Shintennou. Unlike the others he was active first and seeking out geological foci that were later used to resurrect his fallen brethren. Although his orders were to locate the remains of the proper four kings, Knights of old Elysion, he instead was only able to locate noble members of the military and guard he was familiar with. It is unknown how he survived the purging of the Sol System after Metallia's attack and Saturn's Retaliation.

Amazonite - A warrior. The heavy hitter of the Neo Shintennou. Despite her brutish build she conducts herself in an extremely feminine manner. Upbeat and cheerful around her Hiddenite, but privately melancholic regarding the nature of her resurrection. Loyal to her allies and the cause of Elysion, though her present state allows that to be overridden.

Kalunite - A philosopher. The clever manipulator of the Neo Shintennou. Lazy and lackadaisical in his outward personal conduct, it betrays an efficient sharpness in his professional actions that can be misconstrued as cruel. Loyal to the cause of Elysion as it has been presented to him in this new age, the nature of his resurrection may allow his own nature and free will to be overridden.

Hematite - A sage. The sorcerer of the Neo Shintennou. Calculating and often indirect in his actions, he seeks solutions to his mission that carve a wide swath and are meant to confuse his enemies. Loyal to the cause of Elysion as it has been presented to him, but uncertain of the finite details and has doubts about their current goals. Unfettered from the manner in which he carries out his missions, and unaware the nature of his resurrection may wrest his own control from him.

Professor Borealis - Despite being turned into a monster of his own mixture against his will, this mad scientist saw the writing on the wall. In fear of his patron and master, he made certain his body would be inoculated against certain portions of his monstrous formula. Now he is empowered and completely capable of defying his master's will, which he now does as he keeps the secrets gleamed from the eyes of his grown super creation to himself and shifts his espionage toward one Mamoru Chiba.

Clone Kalyke - Bones suffused with darkness and magical energy to the point of crystallization over the course of countless eons. She is an empty vessel whose flesh was grown slowly to be resistant to the corrupting nature of the Shadow's Taint, the physical manifestation of Chaos's weight upon space and time. Her flesh, vat grown slowly, is also suffused and peppered with secret and hidden devices meant to bend the unthinking body to its own will...however something is wrong.

Another heart has touched this empty flesh. Giving the first spark to an awakening mind. A mind at odds with the intentionally engineered flaws within her body, which will lead to an unfortunate fate.

The Four Weapons - Enemy Shadows borne and given life through a new process creating them as unique life forms despite their basis in Chaos taint. Silhouettes of mind and body born in effigy of their four hosts, their intentions remains unknown as they continue as missing assets to the cause of Elysion.

Johnathan Ward Chau - A philanthropist, scientist, international sensation, and all around extremely decent human being. I have no idea what this is doing here. Ignore it, ignore him.

I hope that was helpful as we move forward with this quest.

>>43656127
That seems quite terribly in line

>>43656622
Indeed, quite the tragic line up.

>>43657084
Except for Borealis and Chau so far. I really hope we can hate then guilt free.

>>43657084
Tragedy is a point of importance.

>>43657143
Borealis was pretty bad even premonster.

>>43659071
Wonder what his ultimate deal is.

why do I think we may have just done something terrible to littlest bunny and drastically altered the endgame of this quest?

>>43659208
Evil mad science.

>>43659208
I guarantee it's something to do with Hotaru/her family.

This will result in lots of sadness that we can't cure without it seeming creepy

>>43662176
What makes you think Borealis is related to the Tomoes?

>>43662206
-His occupation
-His method of changing his victims

>>43662243
I thought the Daimons mostly infected objects.
Is every evil scientist related?

>>43662296
>Is every evil scientist related?

No, but I remember him saying something that related to Dr. Tomoe. I don't remember where

I think it was in the thread where we discovered the tube.

>>43662343
He's tied to Magician.

>>43662243
Proposing that all mad scientists are part of the same faternity?

>>43664732
They likely all grew up in Hell's Laboratory. New New York's Nerdiest Slum.

Interlude: Before Dawn

The last time you were up anywhere close to this early was when your older sister insisted that you get some exercise, and dragged you with her for one of her morning runs. After the praise she gave you yesterday, for your heroic deeds, you’ve felt possessed of a strange energy. Like you could run a thousand of those laps she had you and the rest of your friends doing in your sleep without losing step.

It’s strange and invigorating, as you creep down the stairs. You checked her room, where the kitten was sleeping in a tangled nest of her pink hair. That likely started sometime in the middle of the night when Luna came home with Diana, you know because you slept so lightly that you heard them come in.

Again, it’s strange. Normally you sleep like the dead. The very noisy dead, but the dead all the same.

Opening up to the backyard, you stride out into your mother’s garden and take a deep breath. On the rare occasions you’ve woken up anywhere near early, you’ve stolen a peek at your sister as she goes through her non running exercises in the backyard so you’ll try to mimic some of the things you’ve seen.

Not long into this routine, you ache in places you didn’t know could ache. Muscles and tendons do things they should not do as you pressed yourself to your limit on stretches and simple exercises until you could do no more. How does she do this every day?

Tired, you come back into the house, and freeze as you hear someone coming downstairs.

>>43666013
Its Mikage-nee!? Shit, you didn’t think this through. Pressing behind the archway into the kitchen, you wait as you listen to the sound of her putting on her sneakers and leaving through the front door. After she’s left, you sigh in relief.

Wait...why are you even worried about her seeing you up this early? Maybe because you fear she’ll expect it of you regularly? Yeah, sounds right.

Grabbing a quick shower, an idea sparks in your head. By the time you are cleaned and dressed, she still hasn’t returned from her run. Good. This gives you time to surprise her and dad with something amazing!

Striding back into the kitchen, you open one of the side drawers and take out one of mom’s aprons. Tying it firmly around your waist and draping the neck piece over your head, you resolve that this time nothing will catch fire unless it’s supposed to as you gather flour, eggs, and things you think might be useful to your decided task.

Interlude End

>>43666013
>>43666029
Confused worry shall stalk my dreams.

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>>43666116
Why, anon?

>>43666029
Hmm.

....Hey, what if Koyomi absorbed one of our alternate personalities?

In any other context, that statement would be absurd.

>>43666340
Sleepy sleep b abd tired pondering.

>>43668305
Kids, don't sleep and type.
It ends badly.

>>43666013
Apparently shadow stuff gives you energy.

>>43669776
(Blood) Red Bull gives you (demon) wings!

>>43670875
Evil Koyomi...

>>43670904
Something more, Chaotic than evil. If that sets your mind at ease at all.

>>43669776
Hey KIDS, do you want more ENERGY?

Then you need to try pure DARKNESS

With pure DARKNESS and SHADOW you will have so much ENERGY

How much ENERGY? Enough to use in a manner to hasten the heat death of the UNIVERSE!

Enough ENERGY to paint the sky with COSMIC DARKNESS

SOOOOOOO much ENERGY
SOOOOOOO COSMIC
Once you have enough DARNESS in your ENERGY you will reap what you have let grow within you.

You will TRANSFORM yourself with this ENERGY

You will kick people with your ENERGY LEGS

And hunger with UNKNOWABLE and UNFATHOMABLE appetites to sate your need for ENERGY

>>43671651
Where does "scatterbrained" fall on the Order-Chaos balance? Seems like she was plenty chaotic already. Much like Mom.

Meanwhile, Neo Queen Serenity seems a bit heavy on the Order side.

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>>43673954
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>>43677380
Let's hear from a satisfied customer-
I AM THE ANTILIFE
-haha, what a kidder that guy..

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>>43677418
How about a free sample? Get yours today!

>>43666029
She absorb our solid dose of reasonable caution? aka paranoia What will we do without it?!?

>>43678935
Not panic, I suppose.

>finally reviews the sheet changes.
Huh. I would have lost a bet thinking that sort of thing would be one she was immune to.


Unrelated: Did we ever get a hold of some *bleep*in' roses?
I feel like that has been on the to do list for ages and our heaviest hitting spells depend on them.

>>43680969
That will be settled going into the next arc.

A short recap of the afternoon and night before and opening our plot in motion having come back from a morning run and standing in the kitchen archway alongside Mamoru staring at what has come to pass.

>>43681532
Koyomi.. she is not skilled in cooking, is she?
(Cue ominous music)

>>43682966
I'm not sure if it was in an Omake or an interlude, but Kanari was teaching her and Venus how to cook, not three steps in there was egg in Venus's wig and the rice was on fire.

>>43683292
The situation is more dire than I thought.

>>43684546
Save yourself, anon.

>>43686171
Stranger and scarier is if she somehow doesn't mess. That would be spooky strange.

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>>43683292
And now Koyomi is cooking by herself…

>>43681532
Times like this, I wish we had 0-level spells. Need to deploy a cleaning cantrip along with the elbow grease.

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Will it be edible?

>>43688109
Couldn't hurt, but alas.

>>43689246
Usagi spicy cookin', I approve of it.

>>43692378
Com'on, it'll be fine. Delicious and nutritious, tastes just like casual use of magic.

>>43693104
Mmm, delicious orisons.

>>43694864
You can just pop them all day long. They're so light and fluffy.

>>43694932
Bunnies are fluffy, so obviously they are a prefect match.

>>43696689
popping bunnies is a horrible euphemism in context of this quest.

>>43698481
I was thinking more of the bunnies doing the popping. Which is why the bunnies at not light, they eatses too many muches.

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>>43699480
Like this?

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>>43699480
Exceedingly true of Usagi.

>>43699624
>>43699802
Now I just need to find that drawing Luna made..

>>43703013
An impressive work for a cat

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>>43703013
>>43703439
Mad skills, she has, yes.

>>43703662
Cannot find to gif of that for the life of me.

>>43705024
It is oddly difficult to come by.

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>>43703662
Its funny because in the new dub she's voiced by the same VA who did Rukia. I need to see this scene in the dub just for that. It will amuse me.

>>43707109
Art masters, both of them. Top of their (preschool) class.

>>43709149
At least one has the excuse of being a cat.

Hey Art, any thoughts on how to express mythic characters with no rank/tier yet?
Thought I had notes on that, but they've gone missing and I can't recall how I played to handle it.

>>43713338
No, actually. Been stretched a bit thin on thinking about that.

>>43713985
Figure I'll throw em the bonus hitpoints and have a phantom surge in the background until things open up.

>>43714641
Pretty straightforward, I think the phantom surge that you control is a good way to go and slowly drop clues in. You might want to keep the bonus HP secret from them until it comes into play.

Though that isn't quite viable until you know what their path will be.

>>43714832
Path was setup through some roleplaying decisions during the course of events that lead to their "Reforging", where as far as they are aware they just had the opportunity to reassign some character choices and where marked by destiny and such. Fought their mirror selves and such, need to get back to the game now though..

>>43715125
Good luck, though I will continue to champion them getting the opportunity to discover their status slowly.

>>43715201
So far so good. Extra points didn't come up yet.

>>43717978
Only successful violence against them would really reveal it.

>>43717978
Well, insomuch as they did much. A lot if talk ahout where to go and whether to take a currently friendly evil dog beast with.

>>43721100
Not much violence, though I had to. Swing the clue bat fairly hard to discourage jumping down a hole into the even lower depths. Good option as a path down in the future, but they are already poking at things over their heads as it is.

>>43721149
*swung
Running an open world and then finding a passage to a much scarier place can be hazardous to the PCs' health.

>>43715125
I was amused when one fledgling hero defeated and then hugged it out with her shadowy double. Can't comment to them on the similarity to events here without possibly giving it away. Shame they aren't into quests.

>>43723013
Well, after the reveal you can tell them how it was similar to another scene in something you've been following and participating in.

>>43723157
Strange party of folks playing classes a bit off from "normal", and their actions during the reforging back that up. Matching mythic paths should fit right into their playstyle.

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A thought. Mikage is all over all of this

>>43725310
What's the race, class, etc breakdown?

>>43725920
Been some losses from the group, older campaign I've working on reigniting.
Main players now are a wizard dwarf (with a level of fighter) that enjoys blacksmithing and when push came to shove against his double, he preferred to chop him down with his axe. Likes to hit things with weapons more than spells directly, Champion should make him feel a bit better at that.
Meanwhile there is the human street rat from the Warrens, a paladin that everyone believes to be, a rogue with poor skill choices that enjoys running headlong at danger and evil.
Just the two now, some RL events had impacted the group. Part of the bump to their characters is to help keep that survivable. Considered trying to work more in, but at this point they are two of the easier people to get together so as long as I can get the groove going again, I think it's good.

>>43727772
All in all, layering Mythic onto the setting looks like it should fit in pretty well.

>>43727772
Nice

>>43730417
Still fustrated that my original campaign log from years ago was lost when the site it was on apparently blew out so hard chunks of the backups were lost.

>>43732433
But it's been fun digging through my old scraps of notes and getting things on track again.

>>43732458
amen to old campaign notes.

>>43733962
My notes are akin to something from a lost civilization that needs to be deciphered. All that shorthand is great when it is fresh in my mind, but it has been like an archeological dig into my mind after a couple years.

>>43734966
Oh g-d do I know that feeling. Augmented with half assed doodles and partial maps.

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>>43737312
Are you me?

>>43738345
No. I use line paper and sketch pads.

...and I forgot my trip.

>>43739398
Speaking of all this, I just had a fun experience looking back at the notes from a campaign started over a year ago that's still going. I can barely decipher my original stuff and intent. So disjointed.

>>43741479
It can be a fun, if confusing experience.