>>44264601
Current Character Sheet: http://pastebin.com/maynXK2P

>>44264601
>"I think I could use a bath."
>"I'm a little hungry. Dinner would be good."
If we suspect we could do with a bath, it would be polite to clean up before eating.

>>44264601
>"I think I could use a bath."

>>44264601
>>"I think I could use a bath."

>>44264601
Voting over, writing!

Has Mushroom died?

>>44265715
He's with the Shinigami now

>>44265725
Tough break, most of them are kind of assholes.

>>44264806
>>44264867
>>44265012
"I think I could use a bath." You say. Shiori nods.

"I'll join you. I could use a bath myself." She leads you down the hallway, still with a smile on her face.

"Are you sure about that?" You ask. This doesn't seem appropriate. Back in the Academy, boys and girls had to bathe separately.

The woman replies with a chuckle. "What's wrong? We used to do that all the time. Don't tell me you've gotten too old for it. Well, that's nonsense! Everybody needs someone to wash their back."

You suppose she's right, so you don't protest. She leads you into the bathroom, wooden tiles adorning its floor and walls. A spacious tub, also of smooth, light brown wood, is positioned by the wall, and to its side is a small stool underneath a shower faucet. Everything's unchanged from the last time you've been here.

"Well, get undressed and sit down, okay? I'll wash you." Shiori smiles and turns away, heading towards a counter hung up on the wall. She takes out a blue bottle with a colorful label wrapped around its middle and sets it down on the rim of the tub. "This is for bubbles." She explains.

When you undress, you head towards the stool and take a seat. You hear the soft shuffle of fabric as your mother takes off her kimono and comes closer, the wooden floor letting off slight creaks as her bare feet tread over it.

"Tell me if it's too cold or too hot, okay?" She whispers and turns the faucet on. The water is a little too hot at first, but Shiori quickly adjusts it. Now it's warm, pleasantly so. As she soaps and washes your hair, she asks you questions about your life as a Shinigami. You reply to her honestly, but you think your replies might be a little too brief. The conversation frequently drifts off into periods of silence, at least until she asks her next question. For some reason, it bothers you. You've never felt like this before. You've never even paid attention to the fact that it happens quite often whenever you're talking to people.

>>44265943
"You've done really well for yourself these last few years. Urahara Kisuke sure seems to fancy you, huh? It's really impressive. I'm so proud!" She gleefully exclaims and hugs you again, this time from behind. She shortly lets go. "Keep your eyes closed..." Your adoptive mother mutters and washes the flower-scented shampoo out of your hair. You hear a slight click and feel a different, though also flowery, scent. "I'll wash your back and then I'll try to get my hair in order, okay?"

You nod.

Shiori lays her hands on your back, her fingers gently sliding along your tired muscles, replacing fatigue with something dizzyingly pleasant. Your whole body slumps over and relaxes, overwhelmed by an unfamiliar sensation. Your eyes close. Shiori continues caressing your back. It's true what she's said - you used to do this all the time with her in the past, but it's never felt like... this. Did you catch some kind of illness on your way here?

"You've grown really strong, Ryouta..." She whispers. You feel light-headed; the temperature feels too hot here. You can't tell if you should tell her to stop or to continue. At that moment, her hands leave your body. She washes the soap off your back and shoulders. The bizarre feeling disappears, as if flushed away by the cool water. Your sight regains its clarity, and your head feels as heavy as it ought to once again. Your mother is now sitting by your side, within view. She's quite slim.

"Ryouta, you can get in the tub now. The water's warm and nice. I need to wash my head, but then I'll join you. ...Is everything alright?"

...

>"Is there something wrong with me?"
>"...I'm not sure. I felt strange. Dizzy."
>"It's nothing. Can I wash your hair? Please tell me what you were doing while I was working."
>Other. (Write-in).

>>44266033
>>"Is there something wrong with me?"

>>44266033
>"...I'm not sure. I felt strange. Dizzy."

>>44266033
>"Is there something wrong with me?"

>>44266033
>"...I'm not sure. I felt strange. Dizzy."

>>44266033
>"...I'm not sure. I felt strange. Dizzy."

>>44266033
Voting over, writing!

>>44266070
>>44266087
>>44266146
"I'm not sure. I felt strange. Dizzy."

"What's wrong? Did you catch a cold?" Shiori puts the back of her hand against your forehead. "You're a little warm, but I think it's the shower..."

It's probably not a cold. Those feel differently.

"You must have overworked yourself. It's so like you to not notice that. Let's get you in a bed, Ryouta." She hands you a towel.

"What about you?" You ask as you dry yourself. Shiori grabs another, smaller towel, to use on herself.

"I'll be fine. Your health is much more important than my hair. I'll just do it another time. I don't really like washing it anyway. It's kind of a chore." She walks over to her kimono and puts it on. "I should have given you something to eat first, after all..."

"No, that's not the problem. I felt strange when you started to wash my back." You say. She seems confused.

"Did you get too old for this after all? I'm sorry." Shiori covers her mouth and chuckles, her face flushing a slight pink.

"What do you mean?" You ask, but she shakes her head.

"...I guess it's nothing." For some reason, she seems almost disappointed. "Get dressed, Ryouta. Do you still remember where your room is? I'll get your futon out." She says. Your adoptive mother turns away as you stand up to get dressed.

(1/2)

>>44266755
"I don't feel sleepy." You say.

"Then I'll make you something to eat." Shiori folds her arms over her chest as she waits, letting out a bit of a sigh. "If it wasn't a cold, then... then you really might have grown up, Ryouta. In a way that only you can. I'm really happy for that..."

"What do you mean?" You ask. She glances back for a moment but quickly turns away, probably because you haven't finished dressing. You don't recall her ever minding that before... but at the same time, you never noticed it, either.

"What do you think?" She answers you with a question of her own. You're not sure what she means. Is she joking around and you just don't get it?

...

>"I grew physically strong. Is that the growth you mean?" (+END)
>"I am using my spiritual abilities for good, just as I set out to do. Is that the growth you mean?" (0/3 Analytical Mind+)
>"I... don't know. I feel that it might not be good for me to guess."
>Other. (Write-in).

>>44266755
So our guy does have feelings, just isn't at all in touch with them?

>>44266805
>"I am using my spiritual abilities for good, just as I set out to do. Is that the growth you mean?" (0/3 Analytical Mind+)

>>44266805
>"I grew physically strong. Is that the growth you mean?" (+END)

>>44266805
Damn, I know what's going on, but the MC doesn't. Would dragging it out be in-character or would taking a best guess make more sense?

>>44266805
>"I am using my spiritual abilities for good, just as I set out to do. Is that the growth you mean?" (0/3 Analytical Mind+)

>>44266805
>>"I am using my spiritual abilities for good, just as I set out to do. Is that the growth you mean?" (0/3 Analytical Mind+)

>>44266877
Best guess, but i dont think MC is dumb enough to go for no.1

>>44266805
>"I grew physically strong. Is that the growth you mean?" (+END)
I like analytical mind but our other stats are pathetic. Let's not focus too much on it.

>>44266805
"...It's something specific to me, and related to what i just experienced? It felt... Better than I remember, and I'm beginning to notice things I haven't before, I think. But I'm not sure how becoming more... 'Sensitive" is specific to me."

>>44266877
Please don't worry about metagaming or staying in character, just suggest what you think is right!

>>44266970
Like I don't know, anyone can grow stronger, and use their powers for good, and neither one seems contextually relevant to what we felt just then. Even if it doesn't give us a stat boost, I think our guy might be smart enough to get this far, even if he doesn't get the real change of NOW YOU'RE A MAN

>>44267029
Also it seems like the alternatives are stretching out the MC's emotional retardation in exchange for stat boosts, which honestly I wanna nip on the bud as soon as possible. Because as annoying as being weak seems? This will be worse.

>>44266805
Voting over, writing!

>>44267114
Ah well, should have typed faster I guess. Still feel like this is a very bad precedent.

>>44267072
>Because as annoying as being weak seems? This will be worse.
Brother, you aren't kidding. Being as out of touch with reality as our MC seems is a glaring weakness in and of itself.

>>44267072
Playing a character with no flaws is boring as fuck.

>>44267205
But that's not resolving flaws, its just becoming aware of them. And don't act like that's your motive, because otherwise you wouldn't try to fix the only thing you consider to be an actual flaw, the MC not being the strongest.

>>44267265
I don't want to fuck our adoptive mother.

>>44267265
Hell, it's not like it wouldn't lead to strength of a different kind as well. Understanding yourself leads to understanding your Zanpakuto.

>>44267305
I don't particularly want to either, but that's not necessarily where that would lead, and might not even be what she's going for.

>>44267305
I do

>>44267329
>implying it's not what you hope for

>>44267305
Neither do I, Just because it's adoptive doesn't mean she isn't our mother.

>>44267308
I hope we make contact with our zanpakuto sometime soon. I bet it will be pretty strange.

>>44267407
It won't be ordinary, that's for sure!

>>44267407
>it speaks using only vowels and only in the past tense

>It's Rocky Balboa

>>44267308
Reminder that shifts in personality can cause shifts in a zanpakuto

>>44267407
>>44267431

I kinda want our zanpakuto to be a cute genki girl, to have a humorous dissonance between the seemingly emotionless MC and her perky antics.

>>44267362
No? I'm not >>44267357 who didn't even vote for my thing even though it was more likely to result in lewds. I just hate it when players draw out being dense to their advantage. It just seems so dishonest.

>>44267449
>dense

I'm pretty sure Ryouta would be a sociopath, not dense. His reaction to nearly being killed was "Oh, well I'm not dead.". He's not shonen protag mode.

>>44267581
If he was a sociopath he wouldn't have any feelings at all. It just seems like he doesn't understand them.

>people not wanting to shag the ara ara

>>44267613
Sociopaths do indeed have feelings. People who simply lack emotional response are incredibly rare. Sociopaths do feel, just nowhere near as strongly as a normal person would.

>>44267631
Can't shag ya ma lad

>>44267631
She's our fucking mother, Go read chuckles quest if you want that shit.

>>44267709
I don't see why not.

>>44267744
>mc has displayed attraction
Have fun being meta

>>44267744
Family in the Soul Society is only ever what you make it out to be, anon.

first thread. anyone able to give me an archive link or rundown?

>>44266847
>>44266886
>>44266890
"I am using my spiritual abilities for good, just as I set out to do. Is that the growth you mean?"

"Well, that's growth, too, no doubt about it. You certainly set out to do that. 'I have spiritual powers, so it's only proper that I use them as they should be used - in the ranks of the Shinigami', is what you said, or something very close to that." She crosses her hands behind her back and stares at the floor, her lips curled into a small frown.

She has a good memory. It's exactly what you had told her before you left for the Seireitei. It felt very appropriate at the time. The thought of doing something right drove you to leave home of your own initiative, without anyone forcing you or asking you to. Your mother never protested, so you thought it was fine. But looking at her now... perhaps it somehow wasn't? Or is it just that you achieved less than you could have? Or is it that you achieved the wrong things?

You'll have to think about it.

"Don't worry about it, Ryouta." Shiori speaks up after a pause. "I believe that you're an excellent young man, doing the right things and growing in the right way, as men like you ought to be. I'm happy that you're my son. I wouldn't trade you for anyone."

"I'm happy that you're my mother, too." You say.

"Do you really feel that way?" She beams with another smile and grabs your hand. You nod, but...

Do you really feel that way?

...

>>44267936
I suppose I always wanted something more

>>44267936
I do.

>>44267936
Yes

>>44267936
The dinner is filling and decent in taste. Shiori is capable as a cook, though she doesn't do it often, instead leaving it to the servants. Back when you lived here, there were two servants around the house. Neither of them lived here, but instead visited three times per day to cook food and clean the house.

"I don't really have any spiritual powers, so I don't need food as much as you do. I let Chouko go after you left, and Kotone only comes every other day to clean up and make me a proper meal." She explains. "I don't need food at all, but food tastes good, so why not, right?" Shiori chuckles. "My only worry is gaining weight. I don't even go outside anymore, so I'm kind of worried..."

"You haven't gained weight at all." You tell her. She seems relieved. "What have you been reading lately?"

"There are lots of books I've read over those last eight years, Ryouta. I read at least one almost every day. But... if you mean very lately... I've been binging detective novels from an English author. That's what Satsuki's been bringing me lately from the Human World. There aren't that many, a little more than a dozen in total I think, so you can probably get through them in a week if you would like to." Your mother stands up and heads over to her room, gesturing for you to follow her. You do.

Her room is the same as always. The walls farthest from the entrance are covered by thick and tall shelves of dark wood, standing out quite severely from the gentle colors of the rest of the room. The floor under your feet is hardly visible, obscured underneath stacked up piles of books, paperback and hardcover, modern and ancient. Most of them are of human origin. It's quite rare to spot a book here that is authored by a resident of Soul Society.

(2/3)

>>44267965
Interestingly enough, they bookshelves have been picked almost entirely clean of their contents, save for a lonely specimen laid down flatly on the lower shelf. The woman sighs. "I'll have to put new ones on it sometime, but I just feel so lazy about it... I feel bad about asking Kotone to do it for me, too. I've just been making trips to the library and coming back with a bunch of books at once instead. But... well, Ryouta, if you warned me that you were coming, I would have cleaned it all up! But it's kind of embarrassing now..." She seems to be blaming you for it so you apologize, but she chuckles and says that she's kidding.

It's always hard to tell when she's joking.

Shiori makes her way along the crowded floor with ease, having gotten used to the layout of her room. You follow after her. The woman crouches down, picks up a book and hands it to you. It's a detective novel.

"Your English hasn't gotten rusty, has it? This one has words in it that are a little advanced sometimes, so ask me if you want to know anything, okay?" She asks, and you nod again. "But if you want to read something else completely, then just tell me and I'll get you something else. There's a ton of new stuff in the library now. You've missed out on a lot! Satsuki's been bringing more Human World books than usual recently. I'm very impressed with her."

You have a whole month ahead of you. That's plenty of time to catch up.

...

>You'll read detective novels, as per your mother's suggestions. (1/3 Analytical Mind+)
>You'll study the occult. (1/3 Demon Magic+)
>Instead of reading, you decide to train. (0/3 Shunpo+)
>Ask your mother something. (Write-in).
>Other. (Write-in).

>>44267872
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Shinigami%20Quest

Here you go!

>>44267936
No

>>44267991
>You'll read detective novels, as per your mother's suggestions. (1/3 Analytical Mind+)

>>44267991
>Instead of reading, you decide to train. (0/3 Shunpo+)

>>44267991
>You'll read detective novels, as per your mother's suggestions. (1/3 Analytical Mind+)

>>44267991
>You'll study the occult. (1/3 Demon Magic+)

>>44267991
>You'll read detective novels, as per your mother's suggestions. (1/3 Analytical Mind+)

>>44267991
>>You'll read detective novels, as per your mother's suggestions. (1/3 Analytical Mind+)

Are we really never gonna train anything other than analytical mind?

>>44268044
I didn't pick this for points, I picked this because yer ma suggested it, lad.

>>44268044
The first vote shouldn't have been training at all. Hell, this whole vacation isn't really about training.

>>You'll read detective novels, as per your mother's suggestions. (1/3 Analytical Mind+)

>>44267991
>You'll study the occult. (1/3 Demon Magic+)
Ask her why she adopted us

>>44268089
Okay... But it is about training.

>>44267991
Voting over, writing!

You people are strange. You complain that you are weak which is correct but when the QM provides avenues of improvement you fail to take them. Do you plan to stay weak forever?

>>44268276
Apparently they do. At this rate we'll be able to analyze everything about our opponent and then be too weak to do anything with that information.

>>44268321
I don't know, playing a strategist and commanding and building a team sounds pretty interesting compared to the usual fair bleach quests take.

>>44268365
I disagree wholeheartedly. And our job is by definition solo work.

>>44268276
We'll have opportunities later, and Urahara told us to take a break and chill out. Also the first vote was a chance to get some emotional awareness that you guys passed up on.

>>44268365
Hahaha... No.

>>44268365

No.

Also see >>44268384

>>44268429
>>44268406
>>44268384
changing gears and moving up or laterally isn't exactly unheard of in the military or among the shinigami. hell urahara was a ninja who became a scientist.

>>44268429
>>44268406
>>44268384
Even if that's not a good plan, only caring about stats is stupid and you should feel stupid.

>>44268463
Being nothing but a strategist would still be super boring.

>>44268480
Not caring about stats at all is equally stupid.

>>44268493
Strategists become generals and lead teams or even go rogue
and whos to say we can't sharpen our abilities enough in between strategy sessions?

We need to up our END eventually, though. If nothing else, not being killed easily is a greatly beneficial thing.

>>44268480
Who says I only care about stats? I just want to improve our weakest skills. Totally in character for a fresh Shinigami.

We really do need to improve our stats, as we are we could be killed off easily by hollows.

>>44268632
but wanting that makes you an evil powergamer, don't you know anything anon?

>>44268632
>>44268650

That doesn't mean we won't get better opportunities for training later

>>44268675
which you guys will use to improve analytical mind yet again

>>44268707
Shut the fuck up. We're here on a vacation and we're reading a series our mother recommended. that makes sense. The first vote, both options were wrong.

>>44268009
>>44268020
You spend your vacation reading detective novels, catching up on almost everything of that genre that your mother had managed to garner over the last few years. Shiori seems to really enjoy herself whenever you ask her questions about the books you read, though it's never been particularly hard for you to guess the culprit all by yourself. Putting it all together at the end was almost never difficult. You've only been tricked once, when a motive was a little too complicated for you to wrap your head around. Surprisingly, Shiori somehow managed to get it right on her first try.

One evening, you decide to ask her why she adopted you.

"Why? Well, don't you remember? You passed out at my doorstep. You were starving. I couldn't just leave you there, you know." She explains with a smile. "And then you didn't have anywhere to go, and when I asked you if you wanted to stay, you said yes."

You actually hardly remember the times before you were adopted. You think you were wandering around Rukongai, but you don't remember why. You probably didn't understand what hunger was, and that's why you ended up fainting. All your memories about those times are extremely foggy, and you've never really thought too much about them.

"At first, I was worried that it'd be hard to take care of a child. Well, you weren't really a child... more like a teenager. But you were really good, nice and obedient. Never complained, always did as told, were really focused while studying and reading... It was very cute..." Shiori reminisces with a smile. Those were peaceful days.

The month passes by rather uneventfully. It's time for you to head back to the Seireitei. You've packed your things and are ready to go. All that's left are the farewells. Your mother is smiling, but it doesn't look quite like her usual smile.

...

>"Goodbye."
>"I'll visit again as soon as I can."
>"I get deployed to the Human World often. Do you need anything from there?"
>Other. (Write-in).

>>44268757
>"I'll visit again as soon as I can."
>"I get deployed to the Human World often. Do you need anything from there?"
Hug the mom and say you love her. Ryouta probably doesn't say that sort of thing enough.

>>44268757
>"I get deployed to the Human World often. Would anything from there?"

>>44268757
>"I'll visit again as soon as I can."
>"I get deployed to the Human World often. Do you need anything from there?"

>>44268675
See >>44268707
Strategist characters are boring as fuck, and /tg/ has no strategic inclination anyway. As a whole players tend to miss hints, rush in with shoddy plans, or else never take calculated risks.

Sometimes all three within the span of a single session.

>>44268785
This.

>>44268785
Throwing my hat in with this

>>44268824
Then the obvious solution is to try to rectify that by picking up hints, coming up with good plans, and persuading people when it's appropriate to take risks, instead of trying to make the MC something he clearly isn't.

>"I'll visit again as soon as I can."
>"I get deployed to the Human World often. Do you need anything from there?"

>>44268926
The MC is anything we want him to be, based on our votes. Just because we want something you don't doesn't make us wrong or OOC.

>>44268785
I don't know if he EVER said that kind of thing or did it before.

>>44268947
Are you honestly retarded? You can't possibly be dumb enough to think that saying "I want thing!" means the QM will bend over backwards to give you what you want.

>>44268969
We control the MC with our votes. Obviously we don't have complete control, but considering that all I want in this case is to train stats other than analytical mind I think you're the one being dumb.

>>44268948
>this just makes her step-incest boner stronger

>>44268926
Or we could guide the character away from his present state of autism and towards well-roundedness? Not have him always fall back on a single skillset that a group of fa/tg/uys will never be able to play decently?

>>44269013
That's why I'm questioning if it makes sense.

>>44269001
I'm not saying that's a bad idea you idiot. I'm saying that neither vote so far was an appropriate time to do that, and there will be better chances in the future.

>>44268757
Voting over, writing!

>>44269059
Your idea of "appropriate" is not the end-all, be-all, anon, and you are not the sole deciding factor in how this MC behaves.

>>44269028
Then why didn't you vote for emotional awareness if you wanted him to be well-rounded?

I'm just saying that grinding stats at this time is gamist as fuck.

>>44269059
wow great argument fagtron you sure convinced me with those hot opinions

>>44269093
>>44269108
Well you're sure doing a better job convincing me, assholes. Making numbers go up until we're the best at everything whenever we get the chance should clearly be our only goal.

>>44269095
Because I had other things to do, anon. Leg day waits for no man.

Don't you occasionally do other stuff?

>>44269156
When you keep taking every point we make to its most extreme conclusion to refute it, it makes me think arguing with you logically is a waste of time.

>>44269174
Yes, I missed the first couple votes when anons voted for a bath but wussed out when they saw a chance to get stat bonuses.

>>44269156
>straw man intensifies

>>44269193
Told status:
[ ] Not told
[ ] Told
[x] Star Wars: Knights of the Told Republic

>>44269193
Urahara sent us here to chill out and we'll have better resources to getting stronger once we're back at the seireitei. Passing up a chance at character building to raise stats slightly seems silly, and the only counter-argument you have is "being a weak smart guy seems hard, so let's not even try, we can squeeze this guy into the genetic all-rounder template if we try hard enough"

>>44269281
I didn't say it would be hard, I said it wouldn't be fun. Let's just agree to disagree and avoid shitting up the thread any further.

>>44269281
Okay, here's your response. First of all none of the options deprive us of character interactions. Second, our character only ever interacts in limited ways because he seems legitimately autistic. As in it's not an insult, he literally has trouble understanding emotions and communicating, has a narrow range of interests, etc.

Third, you're still straw-manning. Or rather you would be straw-manning, but technically what you're attributing to us would have to bear at least a superficial resemblance to what we were arguing for it to be called such. So really I don't even know what it is you're doing aside from not making sense.

>>44269392
How am I strawmanning you salty fucks?

>>44268824
This is just pretty much saying "fuck-it" to the established character so far.

>>44268947
Is acting like this is a freeform quest run completely by us and the MC has no personality or strong suits other than what we impose

>>44269467
How has he been established as a strategist? He's more of a detective or internal affairs investigator who clearly has to fight hollows on his own sometimes.

>>44269500
>Ryouta is -the- inquisition

>>44269467
Mushroom please post the update so I don't have to read this guys awful arguments anymore

>>44269500
He's a stategist because even one on one, we'll need to rely on our wits so survive, not overwhelming power and rerolls, as is standard.

>>44269068
Seconding
>>44269557

>>44269560
Nobody is expecting overwhelming power. And getting stronger doesn't mean we can't still use our wits. You're still doing exactly what this guy said>>44269193

>>44269467
Tell me, anon: what is a "straw man"? I'd like to see how you define it without mentioning at least one of the informal fallacies you've made so far.
>>44269560
And we've been trying to tell you that playing a character who only ever has one thing going for him is not only unnecessary and risky, but it's also extremely boring.

That last part is an opinion, sure, but you've basically been arguing that Ryouta HAS to be pigeonholed into a single skillset where no such requirement exists (aside from your repeated insistence that anything to the contrary violates the "established character").

>>44269557
>>44269582

Like you two even care about the context of the prompts, considering you only seem to see the thread as a chance to raise the MC's abilities, given this whole incipid debate started when one of you said >>44268276 out of nowhere, indicating that the opportunity to get stronger was the only thing you noticed.

>>44269644
>Tell me, anon: what is a "straw man"?

Not that anon, but why not Google it yourself?

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>>44269647
>Like you two even care about the context of the prompts, considering you only seem to see the thread as a chance to raise the MC's abilities

>>44269647
So you're saying that the option you voted for is the only possible right decision? This degree of self-centeredness is impossible to deal with.

>>44269644
Figures you'd be too dumb to look it up yourself. A straw man is made by misrepresenting and exagerrating a point of view you dislike, and arguing against it instead of what your opponent is actually saying.

I'm surprised you don't know this, since you're using one right now. At no point did I ever say or even IMPLY that the MC should never become stronger or level up anything else. He should, strive to improve all his abilities. My argument was in this specific thread with the two earlier votes, was that raising the MC's endurance OR analytical awareness was continuing the charade of /tg/ pretending to be emotionally stunted becuase they thought it made them stronger, and there wasn't a good reason to learn to be faster or better at magic RIGHT NOW as opposed to unwinding with our mother's reading recommendation.

>>44269715
Like you don't view things the same way? Again, you or >>44269709 started this because you decided that your view of the quest was the only correct one, and not doing things your way would lead the quest towards disaster. Get off your high horse you arrogant piece of shit.

>>44268785
>>44268800
>>44268803
"I'll visit again as soon as I can." You say.

"You've told me all about how busy you are, so don't push yourself if you can't make it, Ryouta. I'll be fine. It's you who I'm worried about. Your job is dangerous..."

"I'll be fine. My work is less dangerous than it seems. I don't have to fight, after all." You try to explain to her, but you're not sure how convincing that was.

"I know, but still..."

...Maybe it's best to talk about something else?

"Because I get deployed to the Human World often, I might be able to bring you something. Do you want anything from there?"

Shiori places a finger on her chin and thoughtfully looks upwards. "Well... no, not particularly. Well, I've always wanted television, but I guess that's a bit much..." She chuckles.

"I can bring you that, but it won't work in Soul Society. I might be able to talk the S.R.D.I. into developing something to make it work, but..." You contemplate. It's not as though it's impossible, not at all - it's just a matter of copying what the humans have created. Making it actually work in the Rukongai, though... that's more complicated.

"Goodness... You don't need to bug your superiors about the whims of some old lady. I was just kidding." She says with a smile. She doesn't look old at all. Thirty at most, by human measurements. "Just get me a book I've never read before. That would be fantastic..."

You nod. You'll see what you can find. Good books to look out for would be ones that came out recently. But other than that, you have a general idea of what's in the library.

Silence arises in the hallway. You're not quite sure if there's anything else you should say before you go.

...You step a bit closer and wrap your arms around her. Shiori lets out a brief gasp in surprise, but then hugs you in return. "I love you." You tell her.

"I love you too, Ryouta." She weakly mutters. "I think you... really did grow. I'll miss you."

...

>>44269785
When you return to your post, Oto explains to you what you've missed and briefs you on your next mission. Ito Satoshi had his injuries healed and he managed to survive, though he is still in a coma. He has been afflicted by a hallucinogenic poison rather than the cancer-like ability of the Hollow you've slain; the foreign parts have disappeared at the moment of purification, though the internal damage still persisted. If it weren't for the sample you had taken and the antidote derived from it, Satoshi would have died.

The mission you receive is nothing special, and as it later turns out over its extremely brief course, is a false alarm. They lost contact with a Shinigami, but it was because their Denreishinki malfunctioned instead of anything serious. You've received a few more missions like that over the course of the year. In the times during which you had nothing to investigate, you assisted the team with research. You mentioned television, but nobody seemed thrilled at the idea. Everyone was focused on making the cellphones more reliable and more available to the Divisions.

You and the rest of the team made it possible. Now, everyone is equipped with the Denreishinki, making the 12th Division's duties, as well as the duties of everybody else, much easier.

As time went on, you've grown.

...

>+STR
>+END
>+AGI
>+SPI

>>44269825
>+STR

>>44269825
>>+END

>>44269825
>+SPI

>>44269825
>+END

>>44269825
>+STR

Get dem stat boosts

Get dat power

>>44269860
That's REIA, SPI is slightly different.

>>44269825
>+END
Not really exciting but probably necessary.

>>44269825
ANALYTICAL MIND! ANYTHING ELSE IS OBJECTIVELY WRONG REEEEE

>>44269825
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>>44269899

noted, deleted vote then.

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>>44269751
And you just did it TWICE in one post: first by taking something out of context (substituting a clear "I'd like to see you" for "I don't know"), and second by claiming I said something I didn't. On top of which you had chutzpah to accuse me of doing the same.

I didn't say you were saying that the MC "should never get stronger". What I accused you of was pigeonholing him into doing one thing based on some notion of what YOU think is "in character".

That's the last I'll say of it, but you really need to reexamine how you've been making decisions and structuring arguments.

Guys. Your just arguing past each other.

Shut up for gods sake.

>>44269825
Voting over, writing!

Updated Character Sheet: http://pastebin.com/NZhLhCY5

>>44270125
I'm pretty sure you can just edit your current pastebin instead of making a new one each time.

>>44270145
It's for the people reading the archives. The old links with the old character sheets that were relevant at the time are still in the older threads!

>>44269855
>>44269867
>>44269905
You receive the summons for your next mission. This time, Urahara Kisuke himself arrives to provide you with a briefing. Once again, you meet in the Spiritual Wave Measurement Lab, with the blond researcher staring up at the screens in silent contemplation. You wait until he speaks up, without interrupting his concentration.

"Shinigami have been disappearing in one particular area. Before they send in a squad to take whatever is responsible for it, they want to know what they are up against." Urahara smiles a bit and ruefully shakes his head. "They've heard about you and what you do here, so they would like me to send you there first. So, that will be your mission."

It seems simple enough.

"I bet it's just a Hollow being tricky, though. Don't risk your neck over it, Ryouta-kun."

What does he mean by that? Is he saying that it's dangerous, or that it's not worth the risk? But isn't this exactly what you're meant to be doing? ...Perhaps you're reading too deeply into a simple warning.

"Get ready for deployment. Tomorrow, you're heading out to New York." He smiles dryly and pats you on the shoulder. "You've heard of it, right? What a city, huh? I bet you're excited to see it, Ryouta."

Of course you've heard of it, though you can't say that you feel anything at the prospect of going there.

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>>44270519
I'd like to end the thread for tonight, it's getting really late for me!

Next thread will be announced on twitter, though I'm aiming to run one this monday! And then the day after that! And then the day after that! I'll try, but no promises!
https://twitter.com/Mushroomgami

If you have any feedback or questions, throw them my way! I'm always happy to read and answer them!

Thanks for reading!

>>44270558
Horray for winter break!

>>44270569
You can say that again!

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>>44270558
So, alternate reality post of Ryouta fucking Shiori like the internet taught us was proper?

In all seriousness, though, I need to know what our zanpakto will be like, getting hype. Does it include lasers?

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>>44270740
>So, alternate reality post of Ryouta fucking Shiori like the internet taught us was proper?
Huh?

>In all seriousness, though, I need to know what our zanpakto will be like, getting hype. Does it include lasers?
It might. Or... it might not!

Kubo levels of shenanigans eventually

>>44270740
No its to BECOME HEUG

>>44270558

How stupid our we to level only analytical mind when our job involves solo fighting in a rare cahnce to up our stats?

>>44271024
Why are you still so salty?

>>44271024
Not at all! Please just do whatever you think is right!

>>44271024
because eventually you can so quickly analyze your opponents style and movements that you don't even need to fight. just land a single hit.

>>44271069

Not when they are faster than we can see and tough enough to literary break our weapon on their hide.

>>44271056

Because I hate being the weakest shinigami in the history of soul society.

>>44271057

You heard the man. From now on we shall only train analytical mind, everything else shall be ignored.

>>44271151
>Not when they are faster than we can see
analyze and predict movements
> tough enough to literary break our weapon on their hide
This would be a problem. Unless our soul cutter acts as a drainer and we use it in conjunction with binding magic
... then again riatsu is everything...

>>44271151
>Because I hate being the weakest shinigami in the history of soul society.
We're... fucking not? You stupid stupid fucking idiot?

>>44271286
He just doesn't like the old trope of the rising star. Or, knowing other bleach quests, he just wants to skip to being the most OP entity of all time.

>>44271373
I don't know, I don't think we'll ever be number one, shining bright for everyone.

But I also don't think that's a bad thing, as long as we don't wind up on the wrong side of a hero.

>>44271434
I actually kind of hope we end up as sort of a jobber or at least have a weird/ seemingly useless zanpakuto release.
Make us think and figure out new and interesting ways to exploit things while the world around us blows up and gets absolutly crazy, but we're stuck in the background struggling to cut our own path and using creativity and strategy to try and get the job done while everyone else is in full SSJ3 mode.

It makes dropping those gods from the sky even more satisfying. look at Kira right now for instance.

Only trouble is if we go full Ikkaku.

>>44271498
Ikkaku's a dumbass who intentially jobs jimself.

>>44271498
so we go full dnd random loot tables with a rope that will always seek to coil itself and a staff that always stands upright.
i can dig that

>>44271544
he tries so hard to work with the garbage he has. his sword is the fucking worst and he doesn't even do ghost magic to make up for it.

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>>44271627
Nah, Iba's sword is the fucking worst. Look at this garbage. At least a naginata/three-section-staff is SOMETHING.

>>44271790
It's gotta do something else right? I mean he's a lieutenant right?

>>44271895
You'd hope. But a lot of high-ranking (or at least named?) shinigami seem pretty useless.

>>44272033
Favorite bit in the manga currently is Shinji who has one of the most interesting releases seemingly dying all the damn time then showing back up months of chapters later like nothing happened.

>>44272212
I like just how fucking hard it is to kill a shinigami in general, but Shinji does take it to the next level sometimes.

>>44272326
>>44272212
He has a chronic implied offscreen death when his enemies unleash a strong attack then just coming back like nothing happened. which makes me think that his bankai may be reversing time by a few seconds
Easily my favorite captain after Gin; aka "The guy who was straight up The Boss" and one of a small handful of canon characters to stay dead.

>>44272033
>>44272212
See, that's the thing about the setting: almost anyone much above the level of an average Lieutenant is bullshit strong. That means there's an awful lot of broken going around, and people who are broken in different ways can still flatten each other without straining credulity TOO much.

Even at Aizen-tier bullshit it can be tough to say who "should" be winning.

>>44272402
I feel that's honestly just from Kubo running through his checklist and trying to appease everyone. The "No one dies in Bleach" thing is painfully true and aggravating and I'm hoping the DBZ esque powerlevel jumps and invincibility are toned down to reasonable levels here.

>>44272506
You're talking about a lot of different things all at once that aren't really related, so I'll deal with the big ticket.

The Captains and Lieutenants probably aren't going to get nerfed, nor are a lot of the more powerful hollows. The Bleach setting is VERY unforgiving to the average, because the "average" is unimpressive at best. So if you want to see low power in a Bleach quest, you'd better pray we never see how low our power really is.

Likewise if a QM expects to tangle with the big boys, a powerful MC is a prerequisite.