>>45699952

True, you are a touch more casual than you usually are. Your shorter than wig length green hair is folded up and you lack your usual excesses of makeup and color. Honestly you imagined this wasn’t the place to be in full ganguro or sub genre colors.

“Just trying to seem appropriate,” you surmise as the two of you are passed by people with zombie white faces and excessive and running black eyeliner, “Though I don’t think I’m anywhere close to fitting in,”

“Ha, no one really fits in,” she muses after a long drag, “A show this big is bound to attract a crowd of dedicated, casual, and new fans. Don’t stress too much over it,”

Nodding, you glance to your side and back at the poster. The simple drawing at the center of the page stirs something within you, something uncomfortable. The closer that you got to this night the more inexplicably ill at ease you have felt. Looking back out to the people moving past, you naturally search for anything remotely familiar to distract you from your preoccupied mind.

“Wait,” you muse as you lock in on a face just passing by, “Sugimoto-san?”

A young woman with long and dark hair pauses, you recognize her from the other week. She’s the friend Jade brought to the meet up, who was curious about getting into the Ganguro scene. She isn’t alone, her arm looped through the arm of another girl who was walking conspicuously close to her.

“Huh?” she pauses as she looks you over before recognition piques in her features and she chirps, “Oh, Flowers-san, what a pleasant surprise?”

“Flowers?” the girl beside Sugimoto-san picks her head up off her shoulder and glances at you, and you recognize her shoulder length crinkly blonde locks right away as Jade’s, “Oh, hey. I thought you weren’t able to make it tonight,”

You pause in thought as your roommate glances between the three of you.

>>45699972

“I am, Jade, I’m here with my roommate for something...unless...was this what Teal wanted people to go to with her?” you question rather confused as pieces not previously communicated become rather obvious.

“Of course she didn’t say where before you declined,” she sighs and then laughs a bit.

Sharing in her awkward laugh, your roommate stares at the lot of you with a blank exasperation. Not annoyed, nor interested, just somehow very tired. At least, until…

“Oh, how rude of me. Ito-san, this is Sugimoto-san and Jade. Sugimoto-san and Jade this is my roommate Hisako Ito,” you make speedy introductions to hopefully make up for the exasperation.

You would rather not get Ito-san riled or annoyed in all honesty. She can be a handful to deal with when she gets that way. And before she gets that way dealing with her reasons for coming tonight you would at least like to enjoy yourself. Especially now that you know you have friends in attendance. Odd, when you said Ito-san’s name, Jade seemed to go a touch rigid.

“Pleased to meet you,” Ito-san says distantly and rather mechanically before she takes notice of something about the unmade Jade, recognition of some kind, “Hey, don’t I know you?”

“I don’t think so,” Jade tries to vamp politely as a certain worry takes her body language and she pulls a bit on Keiko’s arm, “We should probably go grab a place in line,”

They leave, your roommate watching them go with certain scrutiny until she relaxes back alongside you against the wall.

>>45699989

Quiet despite the noise fills you as you feel a touch awkward and cannot find any small talk to make with your roommate. Normally you can talk nonstop, but for whatever reason you feel unnerved. You feel unnerved and oddly reminded of your dreams by that stupid poster. Stealing another glance at it, you shudder.

And for the briefest instant remember the cold and uncertain grasp of death.

“You alright?”

“Huh?”

“I asked if you were alright?” your roommate repeats as you recall her minor rants about how you never take care of yourself, “Looking a bit pale,”

“Y-yeah,” you assure her as the mass of people ahead of begin drifting toward the doors, “Hey, looks like they’ve opened up,”

Interlude End

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>>45699999

Quest Start

Walking through the back halls of the concert venue, you bask in the momentary high of the decadent fear you wrought from the secretive if otherwise happy couple in the dressing room. Cackling to yourself you imagine that deep within you, the near to sleeping mind of Mikage Chiba squirms embarrassed about what you had the gall to intentionally walk in on.

Among whatever else you’ll get into tonight, and you aren’t sure what that will entail just yet, you think of that experience as part of your going away present for the still squeamish girl. Or, who knows, maybe you coming home will help her appreciate your joke.

You are not Mikage Chiba, yet, but you are the Red Eyed Beast; delinquent nightmare of Juuban and a mask of personality to protect the damaged mind of a previously broken girl. A girl who with the aid and presence of her friends and the efforts of her assorted other masks is now well on the path toward being mended. These broad and sweeping steps toward wholeness of self leave you afraid, of becoming part of the whole and losing yourself.

Of all these masks, you are perhaps the most forceful and independent. She accepts you and you could have come home earlier, but have resisted. In fear? In spite? Your natural tendency toward defiance?

Or is it all for one last hurrah tonight.

Something terrible happened to Mikage Chiba, she thought she did something which she could not live with and prompted her to abandon her position as the Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. Leaving it to her little sister, as she took the mantle after you, whom she has been trying to support in secret as both yourself and as the mysterious hero known as Eclipse.

Tonight, you are at a concert for twofold reason.

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>>45700022

The first is to reconnect and get to know someone you used to know, a boy. He was her friend before the trauma that birthed you and the other masks, but she pushed him away. This boy dealt with this rejection and feeling of helplessness and uncertainty by creating music and a stage persona that seem at definite odds with who you remember him being. Its interesting, dangerous, and admittedly enticing. Granted hearing his reasons and story before you realized who he was pissed you the hell off and sparked a confrontation between you.

Your second reason is to meet with this boy’s manager, whom you know to in reality be a reanimated corpse from an age where all of earth was one kingdom. It’s complicated, but he is likely your enemy. There exist excessive nuance to the story of who he is, Kalunite, and the motivations of his organization as your other has pieced together...but you honestly don’t give a fuck about the finer details right now. You’ll start MIkage’s deception and infiltration of his group to stop this bullshit once and for all.

As you walk the halls of the Akihabara venue, your laughter subsides. Further missing and teasing out your normally flat falling black hair, you consider what to do next. From what you can hear nearby, the front of the house has opened. Heck, no one walking past you here has even questioned you thanks to your backstage pass.

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>>45700044

You can’t really get on your first reason for being here tonight, because Yoshi Sakurada and his band have their show soon and will be on stage. That will probably come after their set or during an after party or some shit. Still, last night on the town…

What to do with yourself? You could search out Kalunite, make yourself seen so your lurk contact @repostyankee seeks you out, touch base with Mikage's friends and allies, or just hang out and wait.

>Mingle in the entering crowd
>Look for Kalunite, get that meeting over with
>Look for her friends, you’d probably get along with Midori
>Be the decidedly bad girl you are and bum a smoke in the back alley
>Write in

(First voting period will last for 30minutes after the first vote is cast. Subsequent update votes will be 15 minutes from when the first vote is cast. Lets have fun and I'm sorry about yesterday my friends)

>>45699989
Hm, @repostyankee used to be a delinquent street fighter before just following the fights, if I recall correctly. And Midori used to be a delinquent punk, did they cross paths there, or something larger?

>>45700066
>Write in
Scout out the layout a bit, see where the catwalk access is. Any sign of Kal magicing the sound again?
>Be the decidedly bad girl you are and bum a smoke in the back alley
Cigarettes are terrible, but makes a good excuse to check out the back and spook/hang out with whoever is back there.

>>45700066
>Look for Kalunite, get that meeting over with

>>45700519
I'd like to do that after we scout the place.
Besides tactics, it's easier to be a spooky bitch when you know where the dark corners are.

>>45700660
Fair point.

>>45700066
I’ll switch from >>45700519 to >>45700453

Combining and writing, I suppose.

Good morning anons, how are you today?

>>45700869
Or not, at the wire.

>>45700880
Well, considering that we're agreeing to look for him next, a little combo might save time.

>>45700869
Good morning! Night cough has me a bit drained, but otherwise well. Looking forward to a day of rest while playing XCOM 2 and questin'!

Note, going forward I am taking review anon's advoice about these, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You start out toward the upstairs again, perhaps even searching to catwalks. Wanting a good and knowing layout of the place when shit starts to hit the fan. A quick cursory glance from backstage at the main venue hall reveals no catwalks, and mostly remotely controlled main hall lights and ladder accessed stage lights. The overhead of this hall is far smaller than the converted warehouse of the last show for certain. It does have a balcony area, probably for very important people and overflow...you surmise that in the roped off area of that still empty part of this hall you’ll later find Kalunite.

Grumbling at that, you shift your attention toward the sound boards and speakers. You barely have to use any of your magical or psychic awarenesses to notice that they are devoid of Kalunite’s supernatural influence. That brings you a moment of confusion, wasn’t he using these shows as a way to harvest negative emotions? What the fuck is his game now?!

It has pissed you off, just at a glance, this revelation. Normally you thrive in being mad, but you reign yourself in. Best fucking behavior, you need to fucking relax.

Searching around, you stomp around and look for either a back exit or side exit from the main stage into the side alley. Cursing as you remember that you’re one the second floor, and that the fire escape is clearly marked as alarmed, you push against the entering crowd to get to the first floor lobby.

In doing so, you pass by one familiar face in the crowd. Red hair and a few freckles pass you and offer a conspiratorial nod of readiness. Kairi Osaka, her and maybe your best friend. A girl with infinite fucking patience for your bullshit mountain.

>>45701477

She doesn’t follow you as you return the nod, and slip down the main staircase and spy an open side door with a hastily scrawled paper sign for smoker’s alley.

Crossing over to it, you feel more than a few pairs of eyes on you. Fear, wonder, adoration, and whispers assault you to your pleasure and amusement. Perhaps also to your annoyance. So much momentary attention on you your psychometric abilities pick up on ambient loud thoughts directed at you.

Is that her?

You think she’s a fan?

I heard she and The Damned were…

Psh, it probably isn’t her.

Fuck fuck fuck don’t let her see you, she’ll kick your ass.

That last one makes you feel better, though feels oddly familiar. Whatever, you came down here to relax a bit before things get loud. Pressing through the cracked door to the outside, you exalt in the relaxing smell of the relaxant and stimulants born of tobacco.

Mikage may be the neetish good girl, but you cut loose. Given opportunity you’ll drink and smoke like a veteran to the vices. And you could use that chemical relaxant.

Breathing deeply and flashing a fanged and toothy smile, you sweep about the few in the well lit and closed alleyway.

“Anyone got extra?” you gravely ask, with the underlying and threatening hint of body language as you loom through the door and leave it cracked behind you.

Two guys balk at your presence, they recognize you and offer apologies and put out their butts against the wall and head back inside past you. One person freezes, and then sighs. You recognize her first from her broad build and taste in western style boots. The drawl of her Kansai accent seals the recognition.

>>45701493

“Yeah, I gotcha,” she relaxes and offers you a lifted stick from her pack, though with body language stiff and standoffish.

Ringo, formerly of the Primroses. The fake girl gang that had tried to get your attention and help them sort out their magically disappeared friends. Involvement with them eventually lead to you going toe to toe with the Shadows of their missing friends.

Nodding, you take the offered cigarette as also offers you a light. There is obviously something on her mind, that is proving a point of conflict, but she is keeping her mouth shut. Then again, last time she met you in a dark alley it didn’t go very well for her or her friends.

>Engage her, in a friendly manner.
>Try to verbally brute force her into speaking her mind
>Tease her, bait her, make her start shit
>Smoke in companionable, if tense silence
>Write in

>>45701514
>Smoke in companionable, if tense silence

>>45701376
Alas poor tilde, you shall be missed.

>What the fuck is his game now?!
Even odds something more overt is going down.

>Engage her, in a friendly manner.
Just causally smoke and ask her if there's any interesting news from our new turf.
Let the rumors from the others here help spread the word that we've expanded our area of influence.

>click on random J-List banner
>amused by game name+description
>Flowers, one of the most beautiful games exploring lesbian relationship by girls
Obviously this is a sign for what Flowers needs to get over her past-life unrequited love.

Leaving the vote open a touch longer until another vote drops in and sorts out our being at odds because a FD will probably result in a tie right now.

>>45701514
I'll back >>45701662

Alright, writing.

Give me some dice.

best of 3, dice+1d20+10 for persuasion, usual wild rules.

Rolled 20 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>45702085

>>45702085

Rolled 13 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>45702085
>>45702314
Derp.

>>45702345
>>45702314 was gonna be a 1 anyways.

Rolled 3 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>45702085

Taking a long initial drag of smoke, filling your lungs and letting the psychosomatic initial effect hit your before the chemical reaction follows in short order, you exult in the victory of knowing in a crowd you are still passively feared. And why shouldn’t you be, you are tough and in charge even though you don’t have any underlings.

“So,” you exhale up and into the exit’s safety light before settling into a wide smile at the fake delinquent, “How’s the turf doing?”

She looks at you and your friendly if gravely question and laughs a bit.

“It’s fine,” she shrugs, “Since yer little night of taking stock no one’s caused any trouble,”

She takes out her own cigarette and stretches her arms wide, arching and cracking her back.

“Not that it was really ours ta begin with,” she huffs before squaring her shoulders and posturing a bit, “Though gotta admit word spread fast after your busy little night out. Ah admit to bein’ surprised you threw down with the Senshi and are still around...lest they won and you ain’t got yer spooky magic bullshit,”

Your smile remains neutral as you take a quick puff, the urge to answer her question to your amusement and edification is strong, but you are keeping things casual.

“Care to find out?” you ask with a dangerous edge as you run your tongue over your fangs.

“Hell naw,” she says quickly and crosses her arms, “I ain’t gonna antagonize you after what you did fer us...and goddamn if Niji won’t shut up about how cool ya are,”

You grumble at that, being the subject of hero worship isn’t exactly your speed. This amuses the girl ahead of you as she drops her arms into a more relaxed state and then extends an arm out to you. To say nothing of how that girl utterly wrecking you when you tried to spook her on the track.

>>45702884

“Though, never got around ta thanking you for everything,” she says mostly for herself, “And I mean it, you saved us all...outside of my family those girls are pretty much the only folk I care about…and even if you got your dues on this, I still owe you,”

Shaking her hand, you nod.

“I may call you up on that some time,” you snicker darkly as the door pushes open, “Thanks for the smoke,:

The two of you aren’t the only ones smoking out here. There are a few other scattered souls, but something bugs you about the coated fellow who steps out among you now. You recognize him but don’t know a name, he’s someone you pushed out of your turf last year.

A drug dealer.

This isn’t your turf, and honestly you try not to give a fuck about things people do outside your turf.

>Finish smoking and head back in
>Stay out here for a bit
>Engage Ringo in more conversation, the two of you seem on good terms now
>Write in

&

>Ignore this guy
>Tell him to buzz off
>Get pre-emptively violent
>See what he’s peddling, he probably is
>Write in

>>45702909
>Finish smoking and head back in
>Write in
Telepathically send him a warning just to scare him.

>>45702909
We should find an excuse to hang out with her again, but for now let's:
>>45703067
Make like Obi-wan and encourage this guy to go home and rethink his life.

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Rolled 18 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

Give me an intimidate test. best of 3

Dice+1d20+8

Rolled 4 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>45703435
Crap. This is going to be a pain. I also just realized that he might have some of those psychic power syringes and he might think of calling us out on the (false) assumption that we are using those for our powers

Rolled 20 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>45703435
Looks like we may need to put effort into it.

Rolled 12 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>45703435
This is not the dark alley you are looking for.

It seems the Beast brought her A-game for this night.

Shooting Ringo a firm nod as you shake her hand, you take a long and hungry inhalation on your cigarette. Fueling the burn and turning it to cinders down to the filter. It’s well into your system at this point and you feel both alert and at a lack of tension. However the newcomer into the alley gives a reason to be tense again...not that you let it get to you.

“See you inside,” you tell the bruiser of a girl across from you before grinding out the filter against the arranged outdoor ashtray.

“Watch out for Niji,” Ringo warns with a sigh as she disengages, “She’ll probably be chatty,”

The asshole is sizing up the alley, hands in the pockets of his jacket. You remember him as a slimey one, who brought backup which you trounced the second time you found him on your turf after your initial warning.

As you start toward the door, he regards you with recognition and a bravado of personal victory rather than fear. The air buzzes with radio telepathy as you seek to undercut that energy.

-Don’t even start,- you say succinctly and directly to his mind while projecting intent and harsh desire for violence and terrible potential, -Don’t piss me off with your poison shit,-

He isn’t an easy one to scare, but the weight of your naturally persuasive nature pierces his belief in himself. It cracks and he goes rigid before nodding sharply and finding a free place against the wall to enjoy a smoke and certainly not make money.

There is a certain surprise you can feeling roiling off of him, almost as if he’s talking back at you over what was meant as a one way connection...but you’re probably just imagining it.

Heading back into the lobby, leaving the door cracked in your wake, you decide what to do with yourself next.

>Chill in the lobby for a spell
>Find a place to hang out in the concert hall proper
>Find a place to hang out stealthily in the concert hall
>Head up to the balcony
>Write in

>>45703883
>Find a place to hang out stealthily in the concert hall
Good to have a shadow to hide in.

>>45703883
>Find a place to hang out stealthily in the concert hall
Up high somewhere.

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Rolled 4, 18, 20, 13, 18, 13 = 86 (6d20)

Alright, give me stealth tests.

dice+1d20+11

best of 3 and assorted wilds against the rolls of a few npcs friendly and unknown.

Rolled 4 + 11 (1d20 + 11)

>>45704435

>>45703883
>>Find a place to hang out stealthily in the concert hall
Wouldn't do for the Beast to be seen just casually mingling. Gotta appear and disappear mysteriously.

Rolled 16 + 11 (1d20 + 11)

>>45704435
Up against some high rolls today.

Rolled 19 + 11 (1d20 + 11)

>>45704435
Probably should have a surge on stand-by.

>>45704520
Or not. Then again, we don't know the bonuses on the people with the high rolls.
How are we looking, Artemis?

>>45704435
Those monsters are equal parts cool and confusing. Is that a trio of cati and a biplane?

oh goodie, another thread of my favorite quest waiting for me after 2 hours of ju-jutsu. Niiice.

>>45704584
Before I start writing proper I will clue you in on the following.

One got you because she's actively looking for you and using her soul meld to increase her abilities of perception with help from Jadeite (Midori rolled one of the 18s),

Someone you haven't met yet rolled the 20 and is actively looking for the beast, but didn't quite make it to notice you, but is sharp enough to be noticed as looking for you.

Kal didn't see shit, Niji couldn't find you, Saori couldn't find you, and Sasha couldn't find you.

>>45704624
Yes. Yes they are. There are some weird/fun monsters in live action.

Though not as heavy on the sexy lady youma that frequented the anime and manga.

>>45704732
Once more, Jade sees through our bullshit.

>>45704867
To be fair we aren't using that much magic.

>>45704946
I ain't knocking it, Midori spotting us just reinforces her trait of seeing through our shit, and I fully approve.

>>45704732
I wonder what else she spotted in that crowd.

Slipping into a properly quite walk and low gait to avoid notice, you use the cover of the mingling crowd to sneak about. While you want to eventually mingle about, you best get the lay of the land and the high ground and limit your interactions with people.

While it was surprisingly...nice...talking to Ringo, you cannot help but feel far too humanized by the experience. Is this is? Are you slipping back to Mikage without even realizing it.

No, no for right now you are definitely still you. There is definitely some bleed going on, but you already knew the walls were cracking. For now that’s okay.

Rising up the stairs, you pause in the main venue and stick to the dark and shadows and stay low. Like this no one notices you, you waste no effort on being invisible. Though you catch sight of Midori among her expected crowd at a table near the side of the first level of the concert hall itself. Seated with Nui, Keiko-chan, Moe-chan, Sasha, Flowers, and to your surprise Azusa Mugen. You guess that Moe’s other bff is still down and out after shrugging off her shadow. To your surprise, Keiko, Sasha, and Nui are listening intently to something Azusa is saying.

Midori is definitely sweeping the room in a slow pass. As you approach the stairs to the balcony level, where you think you’ll have the best vantage point for the room, her eyes lock onto you through the crowd. Offering her a shushing gesture she rolls her, to your sight and magical awareness, faintly glowing blue eyes.

Ascending the stairs quietly, you find the balcony separated into two parts. More of the public area, and a VIP section where you immediately notice Kalunite standing near the guardrail and watching the stage below.

>>45705731

In the general section, you spy someone you were warned about. Niji of the Primroses. She’s talking to someone unknown to you, perhaps excitedly. She has long white hair tied back and wild and a loose looking bomber jacket. This woman isn’t facing you, so you can’t really tell much about her...until she goes oddly rigid and aware.

Ducking into a shadowed corner, you watch her curiously as she glances with purpose over her shoulder and searches the crowd for a moment before turning back to the small and sporty girl’s boastful recitation.

After a moment, this woman disengages from Niji and heads back toward the stairs.

You can see the venue full and wide now, as someone in a leather jacket comes out onto the stage and announces the first band of the night. It’s the third band, and they don’t concern you. You’ll pay attention for Unrepentant Damned and Malefic Black...for now…

>Scrutinize Kalunite
>Engage Kalunite, what do you say?
>Talk to Niji, take care of dealing with her now
>Search after the woman with white hair, something's off about her
>Huh, you wonder where Kairi is?
>Try to relax and enjoy yourself. Drink?
>Write in

>>45705757
>scrutinize Kalunite
>relax

hard choices, but the beast above all else can be a bit cocky

>>45705757
>Huh, you wonder where Kairi is?

>>45705757
>Scrutinize Kalunite
>Search after the woman with white hair, something's off about her

>>45705961
She reliable, she'll be here.
Best case, she had a good time meeting her brother and lost track of time.
Worst case, so shaken up she's lost in herself.

>>45705757
>>scrutinize Kalunite
He probably won't do anything too incriminating, but if he's working some juju we'll probably spot it quick.

>Try to relax and enjoy yourself, though try to keep an eye out for that woman.
Maybe we can catch her at the bar.
What's our drink of choice?

writing.

Scrutiny of Kalunite. Relaxing, and searching after the woman in white. Just gotta eat some dinner before I write.

>>45706342
vodka. straight.

>>45706386
What, no whiskey?

>>45706461
Remember, we are the manifestation of Mikage's inner anger. From experience, nothing says hate like drinking straight Smirnoff vodka.

Writing momentarily.

Okay, back and writing.

>>45706506
Fair enough.
What do you suppose she'll drink now that she isn't filled with such self-loathing?

>>45707508
whiskey, specifically kong

>>45707562
I thought that one was specifically for medicating self-loathing?

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Well, from here you might as well relax for a little while. Going over to the bar at the back of the balcony while still avoiding Niji, you order some Vodka. Not as a shot, but to sip and relax with. It isn’t smooth, but you enjoy that about it. Niji seems to be entranced by the strumming and harsh drums that have started on the stage as the house lights dim.

Settling in to the side of the bar with your drink, you watch Kalunite’s back for a minute as someone brings a bottle to his table within the VIP section. He doesn’t react, just continues to watch the show below.

Thinking to yourself carefully, you observe him to figure out what he might be up to tonight. He hasn’t ensorcelled any of the equipment, so you might as well see if he has any active magics upon himself. Scrutinizing him with one of your powers, you delve into his abilities…

...and promptly choke on your drink.

Last you put him under the observation of your Dark Knowledge he was an even fight against you, now he is a challenge. A threat.

This throws off your ability to relax by a large margin. You have no desire to meet with him or even challenge him now. It could only end badly.

Fuck! Fuck this, how did he get so much stronger in such a short time? It pisses you the hell off.

Downing the rest of your drink and throwing your money on the counter, you move toward something sure to make you feel better. After that weird vibe you got from the woman with white hair, you might as well see what she’s up to.

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>>45707908

Heading downstairs after the direction she went in, you don’t notice her immediately. What you do notice is Kairi at the bottom of the stairs talking to Saori Umeki. Kairi sees you and grabs the slouching socially awkward girl’s shoulder to keep her focused on her as you walk down the stairs just behind her. Nodding to your friend you return your gaze to the room and find the girl with white hair seems to have joined up with Nui Takeda’s table sitting next to Flowers. She is speaking casually with a rather terse looking Midori.

Stealing a glance back at Kairi, you notice she seems oddly...tense? Whatever, you aren’t the face for empathy and friendship.

Music pounds and roars, ahead a mosh pit has formed at the front of the stage. You aren’t sure what you’re going to do, but you admit to being on edge and feeling particularly aggressive despite trying to relax. How the hell did Kalunite get so much stronger? No, you aren’t thinking on that right now.

>Go eavesdrop on the white haired woman and Midori
>See what Saori is here about...probably you.
>Go work off some steam in the mosh pit.
>Telepathically contact one of your knights or Keiko. Which one?
>Mingle in the crowd openly and see who approaches you
>Scrutinize that woman, maybe she’s a monster?
>Go up and talk to this woman.
>Write in

>>45708026
>Go work off some steam in the mosh pit.

>>45708026
>>Scrutinize that woman, maybe she’s a monster?
>Go eavesdrop on the white haired woman and Midori
Use telepathy to quiz Midori, easiest way to figure what's up.

>>45708026
>work off steam
>scrutinize the woman

I can't find a good back or silhouette pic of it, but I just want to note that @repostyankee's hair looks a lot like Gavrill's from Franken Fran.

>>45708026
>Go eavesdrop on the white haired woman and Midori

Three way tie? Well now lets see what we can and cannot do.

Well, either way you can scrutinize this woman and you will, but I gotta note that eaves dropping and working off steam are not able to be combined.

They are quite mutually exclusive, so everyone queue up for a final destination in just a few short minutes.

In fact, all wings report in for Final Destination; this is White Cat, standing by.

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FINAL DESTINATION

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THE CONTESTED OPTIONS!?

1 Work off steam in the Mosh Pit
2 Eavesdrop on Midori and the White Haired woman

LET'S GO!

>>45708750
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>>45708026
>>45708442
>>45708609
Gah, got tied up looking up this person.
The more I learn of Franken Fran, the stranger it seems.
She have headphones too, or some other hair accessory to complete the style?

Is she wearing her bomber jacket in a similar fashion as well?

>>45708750
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>>45708750
2

>>45708750
2

>>45708835
yes for the jacket, but with a blouse. She is wearing a hair band to help pull her hair back but not headphones.

Cut off on the clock is four minutes past the first vote. By my time that's 19:06:01 as the cutoff.

The fourth vote cast is void, but good news, that option won anyway.

Let me get to writing in just a minute.

>>45708835
...its really weird that Gavril as a design fits her so well...it wasn't intentional I swear.

>>45709481
As long as she isn't Gavril in abilities as well we won't panic.

Still in your veritable stealth mode, despite bristling with upset over feeling outclassed and wanting to throw yourself in aggression at Kalunite just because you hate feeling weak, you sidle up close to the table containing a number of her friends. Well, Midori and Keiko are okay. You’ve thrown down with Keiko and it was fun as hell, you would fight all out with her again in a heartbeat, and you just know Midori would challenge you and not back down. She fights good and dirty, you’d take her down before long but she would make you work for it.

Shaking the want for conflict out of your head, despite how much you crave it right now, you listen intently on just the two of them. Midori and the girl with white hair. Music drowning out the rest of the world and pounding in the back of your skull, you observe.

Now able to see her from the front, she has a simple white blouse beneath her bomber jacket and a noticeable diagonal scar just beneath her right eye an inch and a half long. She seems relaxed, and Midori still seems a bit tense.

No, embarassed. That just bristles you further, Midori is one of YOUR friends. No one messes with-

“I’m just surprised you got out of the game so young,” the unknown woman smiles, laughing while speaking in odd praise of the former delinquent, “You even tried to muscle in on me because...what was it you said again?”

“Ito-san, please,” Midori grumbles and sighs and Keiko giggles at her embarrassment, “Can we just forget about it,”

>>45710585
“That’s it, you said I was an old granny who couldn’t hold turf anymore,” she remembers, and you suspect she remembered the whole time.

So, it’s someone from Midori’s delinquent past. This sounds like a delicious way to learn some dirt to throw back in her face later...or if this girl gets aggressive you can work off your frustrations on her.

She seems older, but beneath the initial push of your observation she is an even challenge to you as you are now. This is actually a bit suspicious, you’ve only seen one other normal person so strong. Namely Sasha.

Why does Ito-san sound so familiar.

“You should be confident like that more often,” Keiko teases her girlfriend with a smile as Midori drops her head with a groan.

This woman doesn’t have any special or supernatural defenses, at least none that you can pick up on, she’s might not be a monster at all. Just a human being. And you were worried about her. That thought alone brings a stifled guffaw to your throat. She doesn’t even have anymore than baseline human magical potential and no ability to cast spells.

“Come on, I was just a dumb first year,” Midori complains in a huff as she straightens up and crosses her arms.

“A first year Junior High girl who picked a fight with High school girls,” Ito-san says, actually sounding impressed.

>>45710612

“Until you kicked my ass,” Midori bites back, “Why are you even bringing it up, gloating about the past?”

“No,” she sighs as you delve deeper into her abilities and confirm she is a normal human, “Look, I’m out of the game too, but I like reminiscing. You showed a lot of promise and and guts. You could have been a queen of the streets,”

A normal human, with none of the special weaknesses of a monster...but with noticeable martial arts training. Noticeable potential for skilled violence is visible to your supernatural perception. Even though she seems relaxed, she’s primed. She’s hunting.

Keiko leans up against Midori and whispers something in her ear. Your Knight blushes noticeably.

“C-cut that out!” she stutters, “You’re embarrassing me in front of Fuyu-Ookami,”

You know that nickname. Now you know why that name sounded familiar. Hisako Ito, the Winter Wolf. A big name girl gang leader who dropped out of the scene before you even started running around as Red Eyes...who became @repostyankee.

>You...you want to pick a fight with her
>Too the mosh pit
>Go check on Kairi and Saori
>Sasha is right there, talking to Moe-chan, interject
>Try to socially rescue Midori
>Introduce yourself to @repostyankee, friendly like
>Write in

>>45710639
>You...you want to pick a fight with her
>Introduce yourself to @repostyankee, friendly like
>Bring @repostyankee to the mosh pit

>>45710639
>>You...you want to pick a fight with her
I don't think we'll need to pick one, she's on the hunt for one, and I think we can guess who she's hunting for it with. Let's schedule that for later.
>Introduce yourself to @repostyankee, friendly like
Message her on Lurk.
"Behind you."

>>45710639
This:>>45710832

>>45710832
Is it strange that I have this urge to keep the supernatural low-key with yankee?
Kinda like when we first met Sasha.

Alright, Writing.

Do you want to use No One of Consequence so no one notices who you are besides who you let, or just be Red Eyes out in the open?

>>45711096
I think being Red Eyes out in the open is a recipe for fun.

>>45711096
I'm for No One of Consequence.
Keep us being friendly on the down low.

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>>45711096
>>45711231
is point. Rep could be tarnished if many people just saw Red just chatting at the club like a person. We are the night! And Batman only appears on stage.

>>45711096
Time to be No One.

Alright.

Just like when you first met Sasha, you are feeling antsy. You want to fight her. It will be fun. Hell, Sasha is right over there, this is a perfect recipe for drama. Once you’re noticed and out in the open, once everyone sees you, you’ll probably wind up getting mobbed by people who want to talk. To say nothing of whatever word Kalunite wants to have with you.

That white haired girl ahead of you is a focal point for your aggression. A joyful focus. Your shaking with excitement.

Taking out your phone, you strafe around the table and activate the power of your enhanced disguise field. You’ll let her in, you’ll let her see...but everyone else in the area unless you really can’t avoid it are not going to notice you. Messaging her on Lurk you come up behind her and wait.

Midori ses you over Ito’s shoulder. She sees the wanting and excited and made of gleeful furry. Her eyes shoot wide as the white haired woman dips her head to check her phone; she mouths to you a single word in sudden desperation.

Is it desperation for your sake? The sake of the woman ahead of you? Or perhaps the sake of common decency?

No, she simply mouths No.

You, with a gleaming smile with your fangs out and your pupils dilating in the flashing lights and pounding sound of the music, you mouth back at her Yes. Mine.

Hisako Ito turns around slowly, eagerly. You allow her to see, and she just unloads.

“Holy shit, you did show up. Gotta say I'm a huge fan of your work. Hey, let me buy you a drink," she offers in sudden enthusiasm and familiar language before you snap back at her practically on automatic.

“Drinks later, I want a fight with you first,” this barking snap is eager and you are trying so hard not to sweep her legs out from under her then and kick her beneath the table behind her.

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>>45712576

Her posture shifts, and she gives you a more detailed once over as your breathing quickens. She is definitely sizing you up, even if she is a fan of your work she probably has only seen you in action properly on the cameraphone footage of your fight with Sailor Sol.

That excited tone she started with slips into the smug teasing of an adult talking down to a child as she leans toward you in falsely projected relaxed manner. To make it seem like she does not see you as a threat.

Midori Mori looks aghast, Keiko looks intrigued. The others don’t notice, by design, and you think Flowers left talking aloud about getting a drink.

"What, you want to skip straight to the fight with no foreplay? Oh god you're precious? Guess the middle school uniform isn't a statement and this really is just an extended Chuuni phase,” the hell does she think she is, you are the Red Eyed Beast, “It's very cute. I like it,"

That was a sudden shift...is she flirting with you?

That’s...new? It catches you off guard. You honestly don’t know what to do with that. When it happened with Sasha he was the awkward one and you were forward. Hell, you were expecting Yoshi to try flirting at you as the damned at the after party, but this was unexpected.

>Resist this flirting, resist falling for her bait, ignore it
>Resist and Flirt back, you won’t be caught unarmed
>Resist and intimidate her!
>This is too embarrassing, give in to the spaghetti
>Give in to embarrassment, and attempt one of the above
>Write in

&

>Fine, drinks first. Vodka
>No, we are doing this in the Mosh Pit
>No, we are doing this in the Smoking Alley
>Fine, let’s throw down after the show
>Write in

>>45712601
>>Resist and Flirt back, you won’t be caught unarmed
>Fine, let’s throw down after the show

>>45712601
Thank Mikage that we can't be caught flatfooted to conversation.
>Fine, drinks first. Vodka
>Let’s throw down after the show

>>45712601
>Resist and Flirt back, you won’t be caught unarmed
>No, we are doing this in the Mosh Pit

>>45712601
>Resist and Flirt back, you won’t be caught unarmed
>Fine, let’s throw down after the show

What, no one wants vodka?
We could even get Sasha in on that!

>>45713015
Speaking of Sasha let's contact him and tell him we've got a fight later and ask if he wants to watch.

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Rolled 20 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

Give me a straight Charisma check against her, best of 3 and usual wild rules apply.

dice+1d20+3

Rolled 7 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>45713119
Better surge.

Rolled 8 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>45713157

Rolled 7 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>45713119
Dangit Beast, you ain't no wordfighter, you're a streetfighter.

>>45713315
Rolls were gonna fail us eventually.

Do I hear a call for Surge?

Y/N

Oof.
Well, a surge still might mitagate the embarrassment.

>>45713350
Surge.

Rolled 3 (1d8)

Surging

>>45713350
suuuuuuuurge

Alright, you have 14 vs 23, so only 1 degree of failure.

was distracted by life, slight delay then back to it.

“Then again,” she pitches back a bit and lays her hands on her hips with elbows bowed out, it opens her bomber jacket a bit while speaking in a sultry tone, “You definitely aren’t a middle schooler,”

She is flirting with you, this is a different kind of fight and you really don’t like losing. First she belittled you and then complimented you, it’s about keeping you off balance. You’ll play this game, and play it better than her, make this drawn out.

“You know what,” you relax the pull on your lips to hide your smile as you step a bit forward to close the gap she created between you and briefly bite your lower lip, “Fine, you and me can throw down after the show, in the meantime I’m all for foreplay,”

She’s tall, and she’s challenging you. You honestly like when people challenge you. It excites you, and pending your mood that can be a pissed off excitement or what prompted you to talk suggestively after your last consensual streetfight. Like when Sasha knocked the wind out of you, or you got so riled up you slapped The Damned with a bloody hand. Exhilaration. The want to cause a bit of pain and feel it back, to feel alive.

Taking advantage of how close you stepped, she leans forward and a bit to the side, bringing her cheek just beside your ear and at points brushing against you. The Winter Wolf is a bit taller than you, and her wild hair obscures your vision and falls over her shoulder.

“I was right,” her voice is teasing, and hungry, “You are like me, I’m excited to see who bleeds first,”

Whether its hunger for the fight or her own implications, you aren’t sure.

>>45715329

Midori is staring at the two of you with a flat expression, perhaps exasperated. As though she is not surprised by what she is seeing play out before her. You...you are blushing like a fool. Aggression against the ripping howl of the music turned to an excited energy as you exhale. She’s still calm but you are just excited and giddy.

You, you need this fight to be watched. It’s after the show, so...oh you can use this to kill so many birds with one show that it’s a good idea.

“Though I’m still gonna go grab a drink,” she leans back perfectly composed and smirking, it pisses you off to no end as you fixate on the scar beneath her eye as she offers one last time in a sing song voice, “I’ll be right back,”

The MC returns as the band you didn’t quite care about leaves the stage and Malefic Black takes it. In the absence of the beat you can actually hear your own heartbeat. Honestly you also want an audience for this fight, maybe.

>To the Mosh pit
>Sit down here, Midori looks like she has something to say
>Follow her to the bar
>Go find Saori
>Locate Kairi
>Write in

&

>No, don’t invite an audience
>Yes, you should invite
>>Sasha
>>The Damned
>>Kairi
>>Midori & Keiko
>>Saori
>Write in

>>45715350
>To the Mosh pit
>No, don’t invite an audience

>>45715350
>Sit down here, Midori looks like she has something to say

>Yes, you should invite
>>Kairi

>>45715350
>The Damned
We saw him play, now he can see us play.
And I have a feeling it will be an interesting show.

>Mosh.
While I wasn't in favor of mingling too much, we've got excess energy to burn now.

Mosh pit, but for after the show is up in the air.

Writing momentarily.

>>45715350
>>To the Mosh pit
>>>Sasha
>>>The Damned
One to fight, one to watch.

Rolled 9, 12, 17 = 38 (3d20)

So, a few extended rounds against the mob.

give me dice+3d20 in line against the above rolls. Wild rules SUSPENDED, best of 3.

The Mosh pit's mob modifier is +22
Your melee modifier with CQC is +17

Rolled 19, 1, 8 = 28 (3d20)

>>45716108
Fun times.

Rolled 12, 11, 5 = 28 (3d20)

>>45716108

Rolled 11, 5, 11 = 27 (3d20)

>>45716108
Glad you called no wild.

31 vs 36
34 vs 26
39 vs 26

Mob damage twice to vitality, if overflow is reached it will flush into emotional wall instead of wounds.

Rolled 2, 5, 4, 6, 2, 6, 4, 2, 5, 3 = 39 (10d6)

No trample, just space occupation damage twice for half an hour of moshing during Malefic Black's set.

Trying to write but my google doc is glitching out.

We're back on track.

>>45716494
Mob fights hard. Could we pop a shield spell to mitgate this?

>>45717009
I'm twentyfive minutes into writing, and Force Screen would improve armor class, not grapple opposed rolls.

Though for narrative convenience it could lower that damage value a bit.

If you guys want to use psionic forcefields in a mosh pit that is?

>>45717121
I can't speak for the others, but my instinct is to skip the magic and let this mess happen. Red Eyes doesn't strike me as the kind of girl to play defensively until after she's taken a significant hit.

Midori is probably gonna lay into you once she gets over whatever is momentarily holding her tongue. Keiko is watching you curiously across the table. Doesn’t matter, and you know there is a line at the bar by now...so you’re going to work this energy off.

If you give Midori the chance to stand up to you, well you are just going to be too worked up. She doesn’t know how to deal with this version of you and right now you crave violence as an appetizer to tonight’s course.

The mosh pit is quiet as the stage is changed to the three members of Malefic Black. White armor, blue armor, and shirtless covered in stage blood. You let your disguise field drop as you slip into the crowd at the front of the stage.

With a cry to war and a sudden chord, the mass comes to life. You open strong, managing to suffer no great exertion between your own swinging limbs and the pulse of violence and bodily impacts around you. Collision, push off, dodging the occasional thrown elbow by someone with no manners. Outliers shoving those who vere to the edge back into the pit, as a voice cries out a tale of four phantoms being brought back to life.

Your good fortune wanes after that, as you loose footing and momentum at the return of death to the crystal city. This reality’s versions of the Black Moon clan sing the saga they don’t know to have come to pass save for the mercy of altered fate, and you joyfully suffer for it and hurt all the same. Your heart is actually calmed and slowed by the end of it, as you imagine who you’ll yet invite to watch your fight.

>>45717386

A shoulder catches you in the chest and you think maybe no audience will be best. Catching your breath and being guided back into the fray as you try to maintain your whirling if soft violence, you imagine being watched by Yoshi and Kairi. Neither of them know how much you like a really good fight, maybe grant one of them a peek at that side of you as you contend with that woman. You see the small figure that nearly knocked the wind from you steady you and you slam into her and knock her further into the grinder of the pit for her trouble, it was Niji.

Will it make them jealous? Envious?

Envy. The flight the dragon of envy calls over the beat and the speakers. Complex guitar and bass passages take severe flight around you as the set comes to a close. Breathing heavily, the pit dies down around you, participants howling at the set’s completion with the dragon’s death in song.

It helped. It calmed you. It was wonderful.

You can think straight again. Which is good. Laughing in terrible joy you shake out your limbs.

The MC takes the stage and demands to hear the crowd’s thanks for Malefic Black. No doubt an introduction for the night’s headliners is to follow. Before that, you turn your gaze back to the house.

You were scene as a violent hurricane happily and terribly receiving as well as you got. Bruised and in some ways spent but still standing after the flurry. Some eyes recognize you as the beast in the crowd whether by rumor or by actual familiarity.

>>45717401

Kalunite of course watches from above. Both Niji and Ringo are among those in the pit picking themselves up, slightly battered and looking rather exhausted. Midori is poignantly not looking at you but standing at the edge of the pit with Keiko and a surprised looking Sasha who is being tailed by Moe-chan; the teddy bear backpack clad girl follows his eyes to look at you with confidence undercut by your intimidating reputation alone. Further back, you spy Kairi watching you walk out of the pit more a mess than you had been before with an amused expression. Behind your red haired best friend, in fact looking over her shoulder, is Saori Umeki with a determined look in her eye.

This is worth drinking in, the attention of friends and strangers. Feared and adored, it isn’t so bad when they’re combined. Though one last thing catches your attention, Flowers and the Winter Wolf on the public area of the balcony. Your later opponent grinning, but the other girl grips the guardrail tightly as her eyes are transfixed on the stage and an odd space between breathless tears and worship on her face as she watches someone exit to the wings.

Turning back you catch the last member of Malefic black, you think his surname was Hoseki or something, leaving the stage with one last scream of obscenity to the crowd. As he departs, the lights go down and smoke fills the stage.

Red floods the world as you find yourself clear of the bit and near people you know both as the beast and as her...though after the pit you feel the walls further fractured and a greater amount of bleed. While you aren’t slipping away just yet, you know your time continues to beat away.

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>>45717418

Ahead of you on the stage a witch, a devil, and an ogre take position among their assorted instruments as a cage slowly rises from the smoke. They are unleashed from hell, to bring ruinous power to and twist that which once stood in the light. Bursting his bonds, he who is consigned to torment announces their purpose and takes his instrument and the microphone.

The Unrepentant Damned play.

Behind you, and above, you don’t notice Kalunite checking his pocket watch. You have no vantage point to see it as a crystal compass in the lid points at the girl just outside the VIP area frozen in awe and tightly clenching the guardrail. You miss his lazy smile, for he wasn’t here to collect emotions this evening. No.

Tonight he has an eye for talent.

Eclipsed Moon Quest Episode 122
End

Interlude Vote
>The Annoyed
>The Awed
>The Appraising

Also, if we are still around in the morning, how about a non canon omake.

Something was pointed out about something that happened early in the quest, and if an ability had been used the wrong way there would have been ridiculous consequence.

>>45717465
Well, she does have nice talent.

>The Appraising

Also, thank you all for a fun thread.

>>45717507
Thanks for running!

It occurred to me today while questing and XCOMing, that Mikage is certainly fits the Ranger archetype for that game.
Mobility, stealth, and very good with a blade.
And looks good in a hooded outfit.

Non Canon Omake, back in the Gym of Aiha’s school in that first fate filled fight.

As you finish knocking the disempowered thug out, you breath a sigh of relief until something unexpected about Sailor New Moon’s profile catches your attention. As you stand on the presentation stage for the still set science fair, as the students and faculty used as hostages slowly come to their senses, you seem to be unable to make sense of things before you.

The newly awakened Sailor Mercury looks at her in confusion and shock still bristling with electrical energy from her exchange with the enemy and the power he stole. She expected a world of magic and strange power when she accepted her wand, but this was perhaps beyond her expectations.

Your own escape forgotten, you march down from the stage and through the still unfocused crowd to your little sister while still clad in the guise of Eclipse while everyone is covered a some smattering of insulated foam from the sprinkler systems you set off.

Luna, suddenly back on her four feet rolls to the side and practically yowls out to your little sister.

“What did you do!?” she is on the verge of panic compared to your own and Aiha’s confusion as the normally blonde and bubbly girl stands unsteady and unbalanced on her feet.

Well, now she is bubbled if there is anything to be said about the dome in her middle straining the edges and skirt of her Sailor uniform. Her hands rest upon her distended front in uncertainty and worry. Tears welling up in her eyes and heels starting to slip beneath her as Sailor Mercury holds her shoulders to steady her.

“I dunno,” she says in a sob as tears well up in her eyes, “I was just trying to take your injury. I think something just moved in there!”

“THAT ISN’T SOMETHING!” Luna practically barks as she shifts into her humanoid form and steadies her other shoulder with wide eyes and frantically dilated pupils, “THAT’S MY BABY!”

What?

>>45717851
You come to a stop in front of Sailor New Moon, Sailor Mercury, and Luna. Staring down, dumbfounded at your little sister’s late term looking pregnant swell, you are at a loss for words.

“Wait,” Koyomi perks up and smiles broadly at Luna in dopey excitement, “You’re gonna have Kittens?”

“No,” Luna screws her eyes shut and grits her teeth before forcibly calming herself and hissing out, “Now YOU are going to have my kitten,”

“Oh…” she nods, “I guess I took more than the lightn-WAIT, WHAT?!”

This wasn’t the plan. You were supposed to prevent ridiculous weird or tragic things from happening to her. How did this even- no.

You checked out of this world before but now you just can’t even. Knowing how boy crazy your little sister was capable of being, this was not how you imagined her getting teen pregnant.

“Come on, we are getting out of here before the cops show up,” you explain and drop any pretense of the persona you’d been maintaining, “Maybe Mom can help fix this,”

Pulling one of her hands free from its striking position on her stomach, you lead her and the other two out of the gymnasium and proceed to drop your transformations and disguises as you make your way hurriedly to home whilst taking out your cell phone.

None of you see the figures frozen in shock on the Junior High rooftop behind you. The two women in black outfits are as equally stunned as you. Your mother clenches her own head, fingers threaded through her hair as she mumbles to herself wondering where she went wrong. Meanwhile the blue haired woman beside her works busily on a small compact computer in her hands.

“It probably isn’t safe to use magic to move the baby again,” the elder Mercury reasons to the distraught Sailor Moon, “Your daughter is probably going to have to see this surrogacy to term,”

A cry of motherly confusion and anguish is unleashed, heard even in the reaches of the cosmos where darkness yet stirs.

Omake End

Screw it, I posted it now. Because I was hit by a sudden clarity to write it

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>>45717505
Talents she doesn't know she has.

>>45717888
Dr. Sam Beckett put this sort of situation best when he said: "Oh boy."

>>45717984
Maybe he's just looking for more musical talent, she's supposed to have a good voice, right?

>>45718112
Booming, in fact.

I am nervous about fighting @repostyankee, what kind of perks involve martial arts being a noticeable thing to set off dark knowledge? Has it been hinted at, my d20 awareness is weak.

>>45718475
I'm wagers some martial adept material, judging from past comments.
There is a high chance we'll need all the stops to succeed there.

>>45718734
I read that as marital adept and laughed. Googling martial adept to know what's what.

Sorry I didn't post the last few threads...haven't felt up for much the last week.

>>45718734
Good wager.

>>45720652
Hang in there man. Deal and grieve, we'll be here when you get well.

>>45720788
Feel well. Feel well. Fuck me got woken up by unnecessary fire alarm and wrote the wrong word before well.

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You know, considering this is an anime quest I am surprised it took this long to come up.

>>45717984
>>45718112
>>45718398
>>45717505
See, now I'm imagining Esmeraude with a build between Super Sonico and Super Pochaco (erring toward Sonico) in a dressing gown on stage with her hair up.

Does anyone have a still from the bleach opening with Orihime, Matsumoto, and Yoruichi as singers in 1920's new york in evening gowns? I feel that is thematically appropriate.

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>>45721492
.....Open that book at your own peril. That's a special kind of shenanigans.

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>>45722812
Stay Beautiful, and it was an ending.

>>45722887
Peril, you say? Shenanigans, you say?

>>45722887
Seems fine overall.

>>45717505
With the little extra weight on her, I wonder if her talent exceeds Makoto's.

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>>45723308
I've run games what include it for my players, though with decidedly altered for the setting flavor, and played one or two characters myself proficient in the sublime way.

>>45723506
Though I will say I have included a mechanic to imbue certain cost for refreshing spent Manuevers. And at present seeking to use extraordinary rather than supernatural.

>>45723308
Overflowing talent'

>>45717698
I wonder if we'll ever fight a snake lady?

>>45710639
What did Keiko secretively say to Midori?

>>45726729
Is it possible to fight a monster girl that isn't someone's fetish. Mikage already fought hulk lizard girl.

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I feel like writing a little something more tonight, it should be ready after I watch my shows tonight.

>>45729595
Everything is someone's fetish, don't focus on that part.

>>45731163
Yeah, I could just post monsters from different parts of any series to adnauseum. Its a given. Everyone, and everything, is somebody's fetish.

It is not ready yet. Still writing.

>>45721492
We should probably look through it sometime for things Mikage could use if that's in play.

Think a player still had my copy. Will have to look into it.

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Lost momentum, scrapped what I didn't like. Trying again tomorrow. Keep us afloat dear friends and we will have Yoshi perspective interlude in the later morning.

>>45733803
I think we talked about Shadow Hand before. Maybe we could take Martial Study as a feat?

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>>45723308
We should showcase her talent

>>45735540
Or not?

>>45737754
Maybe. Anyone have a showcase handy?

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>>45737876
No, but I can grab something off of google.

Morning all, got some errands to run before I get to the office and write a little something while stuff renders/compiles.

>>45727225
she jokingly and teasingly replaced what Ito said about the streets with sheets

Compile started, writing shortly.

>>45734943
Really difficult to get at the nice stances and such without being a martial adept class or multiple feats.

>>45738502
hmmm....I have an idea.

Interlude: Band Together

You sit in the green room, gaining focus and building your character. This is part of your process, plan your actions and let the makeup make you feel as though you have the power to do whatever you want. Through this power you have created and deconstructed. Through notation of your own intention and reinterpretation of existing structure and key, you have found your way to lash out.

Through this you have found your way to cope, with striking imagery and joyful construction of harsh sounds. Music, which was your comfort for so long, set you free when you felt entirely helpless. However, it could never do the one thing you wanted it to do.

At least, that is what you had thought.

Who is she? What is she? Are those questions unfair? Probably. As Ogre groans on the couch, Red Devil and Black Witch slowly enter the green room. Supporting one another in breathless recovery, you pay it little mind. Deliberations continue in your mind, a composition.z

Who and what is she now? Mikage Chiba. The Red Eyed Beast.

Not the same girl you knew before, not entirely. After closing off for so long, she seems familiar and exotic. Manic and chaotic. The kindest girl you know after you saw her break down and break through that morning in class. The meanest woman to ever smack you across the face while bleeding. A human? A Monster? Someone lost?

“Ogre!” Black Witch flops down, seemingly bonelessly and relaxed onto the couch beside your friend and drummer, “You don’t look so good? Anxious about your little school friend coming tonight?”

Endo-kun rights himself next to your effeminate crossdressing pianist.

“Worse, Damned invited the Beast to tonight’s show on top of that,” he groans and levels an accusatory finger at you, “And like always he isn’t phased one bit!”

“Not true,” you correct him in a practiced raspy deadpan, “I was phased by the spiders,”

>>45743046

The larger boy’s head falls into his waiting hands as he groans again, through the ceiling you can hear Malefic Black starting their set. Red Devil, with a wistful expression on her face, crosses the green room to the ice bucket and bottles and cans of assorted beverages. Taking a cup and adding ice, she cracks open a can of energy drink and fills the cup halfway. The rest of the cup is filled with a sports drink, you aren’t paying attention.

“We just saw her,” she says with a long sigh as the Witch snickers.

Coming up from behind the couch, she passes the open can of energy drink to the pianist while she smooths out her false pencil mustache and takes a long drag from her own concoction.

“Most thrilling interruption I think we ever had,” the one in black leather titters as he upends the can without care or occasion into their mouth before pitching forward and fixing you with a glare, “And I guess we have you to thank for it,”

“Begs the question,” the Devil behind his shoulder muses, “Why, Yoshi?”

You don’t answer. She likes to stir up trouble, and you aren’t letting her into what you’re doing. Honestly you aren’t sure what you’re doing. Still, you get up and stretch in your black faux restraints.

“Why not,” you explain, “Finish your drinks. I want to gauge the crowd before we get into position to take the stage,”

Climbing the stairs to the backstage area, Ogre follows you first. He’s upset. Experience and an apology after you play will probably fix things with him as long as nothing drastic happens because of her. You’ll ask the love birds what happened to them after show...for now you just want to see if she’s in the crowd.

>>45743065

No fear, just a slight titter of anxiety as you look from the protection of the stage’s side curtains. it doesn’t take long to pick her out from the crowd.

A violent flurry, but unlike when she was screaming at you in the green room the other week. Here she seems almost gleeful as she gut checks someone and twists through the grinder of violent dancers.

Music pounds and she seems alive, though not as clawing or desperate she was when the two of you spoke alone. Not the calm and composed girl you spoke to on the roof. A mystery right in front of you. Her words against your doubt in the gymnasium ring in your mind.

Sweeping your gaze up to the balcony, you see your manager. You only spoke briefly to him on your arrival, he was very excited about the after party.

You do not trust that excitement. You can’t trust him. What have you gotten yourself into?

Eyes settling back on the mosh pit, she howls in primal fury in tune with the song. That last question plays again across your mind.

Interlude End

>>45743078
Inside the mind of Yoshi.
He has an excellent poker face. Poor kid. World going mad around him.

>>45743209
So, we came here to better get to know Mikage's middle school boyfriend. However: the competition he knows about is in the room, the competition he doesn't know about is at the back of the room keeping Saori occupied, and Mikage is in the mosh pit working off the sexual tension of an impending fight/potential fling. Review anon was right, she is selfish and lacks empathy.

>>45743343
I don't think he knows of Sasha in particular, and to be honest, we invited those people because we were worried certain doom would break out.

>>45743574
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/37585895/#p37593158

>>45743574
You did not invite Shasha or Ito.
You did invite Kairi.

>>45743343
I feel like you are misreading the situation. The Best is working off frustration and her general build-up of I-wanna-fight-something energy, both of those over the general situation, not knowing what Kal is up to, and losing the verbal match with @repostyankee.

Right now, she is Red Eyes, who is perhaps more prone to act on selfish instincts, like wander around looking for people to scare of fight.

>>45744000
>The Best
Beast, sorry. As far as I know Saori is not working off any frustrations.

>>45744903
I'm willing to bet she has plenty of frustration to work off. We need to hang out with her as Mimi.

>>45744000
Maybe. Though we have a pretty dense night ahead. I imagine this time we'll do more than casually listen to T.U.D play. We'll actually pay attention, I think?

>>45746436
I feel like the studious one could be a positive influence on her.

>>45747600
We did scout out a dark corner for that purpose.
Debating adding some shadow effects to their stage show.

>>45748840
Daphne hanging with Saori or Mimi hanging with Saori. What do you guys imagine happening in either.

>>45750582
Somehow I imagine that Daphne could keep her reigned in much like our designer friend managed to.
Which spawns an interesting thought on someone else Daphne should meet.

>>45717888
thats some straight up /d/ shenanigans, what the fuck am i catching up on?

>>45751093
Random non-canon scenario that someone asked Art about. Guess we're glad she didn't do that.

>>45751093
Look on the bright side.

If you ever need to torture a Biologist, you’re set.

>>45751093
Someone unfamiliar with the rules of empathic healing asked if the original scene could have give that way. Between the rules as written for the power, and one of the few things I remember that was useful from the enough authors from WoTC to have been a first party supplement if not for content Book of a Erotic Fantasy about the way the spell remove disease interacts with a pregnant target. Thinking on this and giggling like a child, I constructed the Omake in question...because the start of the cascading fall out of something as ridiculously silly as Koyomi accidently stealing Luna's pregnancy was something I needed to write down in a comical manner. Made all the more funny by the notion that it mechanically sound.

Note. Most of what I have forgotten from the BoEF is by choice. And the ex kept it in the divorce.

>>45750973
No nonsense fake but strict French girl teaches Saori Umeki manners and social etiquette while taking her to task vs Saori Umeki overshadows shy nerd girl and daze ka her with good tastes and erotic collectibles.

>>45751618
Dazzles, meant dazzles.

>>45749609
Should we interfere?