The moment you wake up, there’s a soreness all over that you have to admit isn’t entirely unpleasant. It’s the soreness you get after a good workout and you know you’ll be better for it in the future. Still, today is going to be a casual day...for more than one reason.Welcome back to Magical Girl For Hire!----------------------------------Archive: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Magical%20Girl%20For%20Hire%20QuestGeneral Pastebin: http://pastebin.com/u/MGFHQHandlerCharacter Details: http://pastebin.com/9J70gqM2FAQ: http://pastebin.com/8unLWUjFTwitter: https://twitter.com/MGFHandlerKo-fi: https://ko-fi.com/Q5Q1MR92----------------------------------After a quick stretch (despite the dull pain) and morning traditions, you give some thought to what you might do today. The answer quickly being ‘not much’. You’re not in any real shape to be out and about long term...but there’s at least one or two things you want to get done. First on that list is seeing about that AICA from the last job. Owlia’s swamped- that much is obvious. She’s not going to get a lot done without help...but getting an assistant in here is basically a monthly expense you’re not sure you want to deal with right now. On the other hand, having a robotic associate that can at least do some basic work? That’s, ideally, a one-time major expense with only upkeep to worry about afterwards. Aside from that, you...well, maybe you’re changing a bit. Because the urge for some social interaction never quite used to hit you this often. Maybe you just feel more responsible...bah, well, you want to give something to Izumi, anyway. Might as well stop by her apartment and see.As you get dressed and head out, you get a buzz from your phone. And apparently it’s a message...in a group chat?‘Hey this is Tam from the game. Just makin’ sure everyone’s good. Sore as shit’ Ah. Taminy. That’s nice of her.‘Yeah haha it hurts but Im good! No bright lights though please’ You think that’s Lily.‘I am well.’ Risenlas, definetely.‘I’m recovering. Appreciate the concern.’ Icey, clearly.You send off a simple ‘Doing well enough, thanks.’ as your attention turns back to the robot. >See if you can’t find a professional skilled with robot repair. It’ll be more expensive, but likely worth it for any extras.>Go ask Mitzi what she might be able to do. Likely will be cheaper all around, though you doubt she’s super-skilled with coding.>Ask one of your new friends if they have anyone to recommend that’s good with robot repair.>Other
>>3872501>Ask one of your new friends if they have anyone to recommend that’s good with robot repair.
>>3872501>Other>First ask what Owlia wants and needs in a robotic assistant>Ask one of your new friends if they have anyone to recommend that’s good with robot repair.
>>3872501>>Go ask Mitzi what she might be able to do. Likely will be cheaper all around, though you doubt she’s super-skilled with coding.Wasn't the bot we brought back a quadruped? That'll be of limited use in research.
>>3872531It was.
>>3872531We have minibot frames from Lori's job, there was a 'Balanced' humanoid one.
Asking new friends, then!Writing!
>>3872501>>3872509>>3872521>>3872529Well, you’ve got some new sources of info, might as well put it to use. ‘Hey, anyone know where I can find someone good with fixing advanced robots? Got one from my last job and want to make it work. AI, too, if you know anyone.’It’s a few minutes before you get any replies. ‘Soz, no’ Lily’s a negative.‘Afraid not.’ Risenlas, either.‘I might know someone with reasonable rates and good work,’ Icey volunteers. ‘Let me ask if they’re available.’‘Same’ Taminy writes ‘hes a weirdo but he’s smart as shit, does some kinda mechadoll thing on the side.’ Interesting...sorta.Nonetheless, before long you have two new options; one is Mako, who apparently runs a shop that’s all about android and robot repair, but is very particular in his clientele and, despite her assurances that he’s not overly expensive, does stress that ‘you get what you pay for’ in particular with him. Icey assures she can get you in the door, and that his work is worthwhile. The other, Taminy’s contact, is named ‘Hokuto’, and does his work out of his apartment. He’s cheap and skilled, so she claims, but according to Taminy he’s got a bad habit of trying to get people to add ‘extra shit’ to their programming. She doesn't elaborate, as she doesn't know specifics.>Try Hokuto.>Go to Mako.>Other
>>3872581>Try Hokuto.
>>3872581>Try HokutoNeed someone who'd come over to our place, might need to show them available extra parts
Funky. Ultraweeb Hokuto it is.Writing!
>uberweeb>has fascinations with mecha dolls>bad habit of trying to get people to add ‘extra shit’ to their programmingHe's so gonna turn that bot into a Rozen Maiden/Doll girl.
>>3872581>>3872584>>3872590>>3872597Well. Cheap is good, right? And you’re not going to bend to any ‘extra’ junk that they might want to add. After sending her a confirmation (and an apology to Icey who takes no offense), you get the address and number of the person in question. Might as well call ahead and see; maybe save you some painful walking. Fortunately, it’s not long before an answer. “Hellooooo?” a high pitched, somewhat nasally voice calls. “Hokuto here, for what reason are you calling?”“Someone recommended me to you,” you explain. “Said you were good with repairing and reprogramming robots.”“Ooooh, yes yes! You’re in the market, then? What kind are you looking for, what style, what tasks?” Boy, he sounds eager. Still…How to explain it… “Well, I want it to help with science experiments, and it’s quadrupedal, so I don’t know if that’s going to be an issue for it or what-” “Nope, nope, no issue at all! Although you sure you want it on four legs? I might be able to convert it to a biped for a lil’ extra, y’know, really give it that cute ‘familiar’ vibe! And for science stuff, yeah? Maybe some glasses for it- or goggles! When it comes to science and engineering looks, goggles are a must! So yeah, no problem, I got something for that, too! Hey, what’s your name, can you make it over soon? I’m gonna need measurements and figure out how it’s constructed so I know how best to fix it, yeah?”“...Miranda.” Motormouth, this kid is. “And…”> “Can you make a house call? I’m not in the best shape to travel right now…”> “I’ll be over there in...about an hour, give or take.” The things you do for your team…> Other
>>3872652> “I’ll be over there in...about an hour, give or take.” The things you do for your team…
>>3872639Called it, he's gonna make a waifubot.[Spoiler]Keep him away from Prima.[/spoiler]> “I’ll be over there in...about an hour, give or take.” The things you do for your team…And when we get back, do buy supplies for the incoming social meeting on the way.
>>3872673Meant for >>3872652.
Where is thread 83
>>3872679>>3847549
>>3872652> “I’ll be over there in...about an hour, give or take.” The things you do for your team…>Call owliaCan we call owlia to get some information on what she wants and needs? its a bot for her after all, and right now we don't have any idea of what she actually needs.
We're going, we're going.Legs may hate us.>>3872703You can, yeah.
>>3872709sadly none of the anons are voting for that.
>>3872723I missed it sorry. Was doing something.
>>3872652>>3872654>>3872668>>3872673>>3872703>>3872706“I’ll be over there in…” you quickly put in his address to get a route. “About an hour, give or take,” you decide. You’re not walking any more than is necessary. “Great, great! I’ll see you then!” he cheers, and with a mutual farewell, you hang up. You’re going to need to make sure you’ve got the damn thing, and after that, time to get Red out again. You can only hope your legs don’t scream at you TOO much…The ride over isn’t that painful, fortunately, and his place; somewhere near the Crafter’s District, but right on the edge, is fortunate enough to not have a ton going on around it. The apartment complex is sizeable, but his isn’t too hard to find. You do have to go up two sets of stairs, though, and that’s pain enough. You choose to not take too much notice of the wiring surrounding his door before you knock on it.He answers before you get to the third. “Hey, hey! You’re Miranda, huh? Come in, come in!” Riiight. He’s a bit of a chubby kid, but with straight black hair in a bowl cut- very standard Japanese-esque, if it weren’t for the metal helmet and high zoom goggles he has on. “Let’s see what I have to work with, huh?”“Right,” you say as you follow him inside- it’s like the place got rewired specifically for his work! The living room has been set up so that to your left, there’s a small alcove where you suspect a TV was meant to go, but is being used for a small test/crafting bed. There’s a number of machines around it, some for construction, some small screens for analysis…and you’d be remiss at not noticing the number of pictures dotting the walls. Robots, all in half-completed states, some simply schematic pictures, others seemingly having been taking in the middle of his work. Putting it out of your head, you reach in, and gather the massing of parts bit by bit and spread them on a small dinner table he has cleared out. Fortunately, he doesn’t seem to bat an eye at the mashup of pieces, although his eyes do sparkly at the headcase. “So, this is what I’ve got.”“Right, right,” he nods as he filters through all of it. “Well, I can tell you right now, the basic construct looks pretty simple. Could replicate it in my sleep! Not made for companionship, huh?”(cont.)
>>3872767You shake your head. “No. Mostly they were just portable shells for mech pilots to easier carry around AI cores to help them with piloting, from what I could tell,” you explain. “I’m planning on having this thing perform more delicate work.”“Yeah, yeah, you mentioned that!” He’s not even looking at you, now. “Well, just taking a quick look at it, I’d honestly be better off probably using the bodywork as general resources to craft up a whole new body for this baby. Doesn’t seem like it’d be hard to repurpose. The AI programming’s gonna take some work to figure out, but if it’s what you mention...hm.” His countenance turns serious for a moment as he considers the issue. “I can do it, sure, but you’d basically be getting a whole new bot, just with old parts. Still less expensive on the whole, but just lettin’ you know. Body craftin’ alone is gonna be like, 8, maybe 9 Large. You’re most definitely gonna want bipedal walking to take up less space, hands capable of varying grip pressures, probably microbe and particle detection...look, hey, I’ll just- Yumi-chan!”“Yes, master?” You turn to the hallway to see...a very small, very human-looking android walk out. She’s got black hair down to her back, green eyes, and is dressed in a black maid outfit. “Oh! Is this our valued customer? Pleased to meet you!” She bows deeply, and you can only find yourself returning it slightly. Artificial skin graft, clearly articulated and everything.The smile on his face is...well, you’ve seen in before on certain sorts, and you’d be lying if it didn’t occasionally weird you out. If nothing else, he probably cares for her...yeah. “Ahh, Yumi-chan! I just wanted to show our customer the type of skill I possess. So I thought to show her you- you are my best creation, after all!” He beams- and blushes.And she does, too. “Oh, thank you!” So, emotional range, as well.“But yeah!” He motions to Yumi. “She’s great; helps me with a lot of repairs and research and testing- and that’s the kind of range you’ll need if you want an android that’ll do the same! On the plus side, anyone who sees her will no doubt be instantly charmed, right? Right?”...huh. Well then.>Maaaybe you should reconsider…>At least he’s dedicated. Well, in for a small mote…>Any way he can knock down the price a touch?>Other
>>3872771Yay! Prima's gonna get a sister.>OtherCall Owlia, talk to her about preferences.
>>3872771Supporting >>3872776
>>3872771>Other>Body craftin’ alone is gonna be like, 8, maybe 9 Large.Estimation on the total? 12 Lotes maybe?
>>3872771>Call Owlia and ask if she has some specific preferences in mind>Any way he can knock down the price a touch?>Mention the Basic body minibot frame, could it be used to lower the price?
>>3872781I'll support >>3872781.
>>3872771>Any way he can knock down the price a touch?>Call owlia, talk about her preferences.
Can we still get an appointment with that Mako feller for a second option? We're not strapped for cash but shopping around is always good. Going with >>3872781 otherwise
Just a minute, gotta make a call...Writing!
Wonder if this guy could make a human looking body for Prima.She could use it for jobs that would require her to look more human.
>>3872844We already have android bodies for Prima and Jago. If he proves himself then we could ask his help with figuring out a way for bots to change bodies.
>>3872844We did hook them up with that not terrible robot support group. They're sure to have a list of known good craftsmen. And no love for Jago?
>>3872859I wonder if Jago would try to hit on our new assistant.
>>3872863He 100% will. And will hear several hours of chastisement from Lorelei.
>>3872863Jago's shown no inclination towards that sort of thing. Lori is more likely than he is, considering her track record.
>>3872874>he doesn't knowAnon, Jay Jay has been sneaking off to the robot red light district practically in all of his free time. At least with the new robot girl that dwarf perv bot will stay inside.
>>3872863>>3872870it will be funny because the new assistant won't be "real".
>>3872874He enjoys the piston club.
>>3872771“Actually, hold on a second. I need to make a call,” you ask, as you quickly dial in Owlia’s number. Her growling response is surprising. “Wwwhaat. Who is it? Why am I up right now?”You frown. She’s REALLY tired, huh? “It’s Miranda. I’m trying to get an android made for you so you can have an assistant.”“Mmm...wait, really?” She mutters. “Wow, movin’ quick on that. Awrright, whatsup?”“What, exactly, do you want with this? Like, what do you want it to do?” you sigh.“Oh! Uh...well, someone basically to just take orders and help me build stuff, y’know? Help with crystal and sigil crafting, reporting on experiments and tests, maybe take some of the tasks you gave me off my hands, y’know?” You get the feeling that she’s being sassy on purpose, but… “As long as it can help with that, you can probably expect a ton more productivity on my end.”“Gotcha,” you confirm. “What about...y’know...personality?”There’s a pause. “Personality? I mean...I guess? It would be nice? I...really don’t know. What are you trying to do, Miranda?”“Starting to wonder,” you admit. “Anything else?”“Nope,” she confirms. “Thanks for thinking of me, though...can I go back to sleep now?”“Go,” you say, plenty understanding. The phone clicks off with a grunt of farewell. With that, you turn to the duo. “So...basically what you said,” you confirm. “So long as they can help with experiments and taking notes, and fine control functions and all that.”“No prob!” he says cheerfully. “I can probably use the same OS and a similar baseline engine to Yumi-chan! That’ll make things a lot easier!”Well, at least he’s confident. But now for the hard part… “So, how much would this run me?”“Wellll...with the reconstruction, plus the coding that I’m going to have to do...I’ll say 14 Large Motes, how about that?”Yikes. That’s...steep. “Any way I can knock that down? I might have a frame that you can use that’s a bit less work to modify. Y’know, the skeleton or the sort?” You recall that Lorelei brought some stuff from the world she got Prima and Jago from, so…“Oh? Yeah, sure, that’d help! It’d probably knock it down to like...well, back down to about 8 or 9, if I just have to worry about outside stuff. When can you get it to me? Today?” You nod. Might as well, even if your legs are going to bitch at you. “Cool! Well, you bring that to me and we’re golden!”(cont)
>>3872902“Deal. I’ll be back,” you allow as you head out. It should be a relatively quick back and forth. It’s only the torso and legs, but better than nothing, at least…“Hey, ‘Randa? Whatcha doin’?” Lorelei asks as you pass her heading into HQ. “I’m using those minibot parts you brought back, actually,” you mention. “Owlia needs a helper, and this’ll-”“Oh, please, yeah, go!” Lorelei insists. “Girl’s been up too many days in a row; been crashing hard.”“Exactly,” you agree. Although… “Actually, now that I’m thinking about it, I was thinking about a Girl’s Night In again. You up?”Her eyes light up. “Oh, heck yeah! I was gonna get one of those HQ jobs for the boss, but once I’m done with that, I’m there. Anything you want me to bring?”> “Drinks. Surprise me.”> “You bring a movie this time.”> “Are you good with baking?”> OtherGoing to stop for tonight. Continuing tomorrow.
>>3872906>> “Are you good with baking?”This should be fun.
>>3872906>"You bring a movie this time.”If we go with drinks, then remind her about what happened the last time, we had to pay 19 large for that.Night, boss.
>>3872906> “Are you good with baking?”We're going to cook. And everyone will bring their share.It will be wholesome.
>>3872906Yeah changing >>3872912 to >>3872909Didn't Lori bake some muffins in the first thread?
>>3872906> “Are you good with baking?”
>>3872906>“Are you good with baking?”
>>3872771>>3872906We should renegotiate with this guy, in exchange for free work we can turn his android GF into a real-ish person kinda sorta the way Lori did with Prima and Jago.In fact, we should get more than just 8 or 9 motes worth from him for that.
>>3872966He looks like a savvy businessman and making something real has a lot of downsides. For example, it will have to pay taxes and now they can say "no".
>>3872771>robomaid
>>3872992do you have the one with the baby?
>>3872998This one?
After this movie night can we train something? I want to improve Miranda Hand to Hand combat.
>>3873069I have an idea about an upgraded Overchannel that burns everything around her in a radius. Kinda like Righteous Fire from Path of Exile.https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Righteous_Fire
>>3873069Maybe we could challenge cookboy to a no magic fight. Might learn something from that.
>>3873076Or upgrade the megaphone into Sonic Wave like Cynthia shout from MK
>>3873004yes, thank you.>>3873069>>3873076>>3873082I'd like to keep searching for a more efficient solution to our lack of R&D manpower. The new bot will help but it can only do so much without Owlia's direct input. We have to find someone or something that can be capable of taking over Owlia's responsibilities so that she can do her real courier job and this side mad scientist jig without burning herself out.
that or we have to find better paying jobs so that we can pay owlia to be in the lab 24/7.
>>3873266Finding another Intersection researcher, like a graduate from the House is one option, though it's going to be costly. Maybe other non-sapient AI's to be installed in the lab itself, or additional VI's who we don't have to pay, could work. But those aren't as capable.
>>3873266If we're going to get another research-type employee I think it should be somebody who can also do the outgoer missions as well as the rest of our people.The Intersection has a lot of people, maybe putting up a job offer somewhere on the FutureSight's internet-thingy could attract a competent person with the right mix of brawn and brain? Putting it there would weed out any rookies who are too new to afford a FutureSight.But I'm of the opinion that getting Owlia a few more bots to handle the menial tasks would be the first thing to try. Maybe it'll solve that sleep-deprivation from overwork problem she has at the moment.
>>3873327That might work, but we have to keep in mind that the fresh graduates are still very green and will be prone to fuck-ups.>>3873357Thats part of the problem as well. Because owlia is primarily a courier, she's doing the R&D job as a hobby, which means that she is dedicating very little time to it, or more likely, she is burning herself out by working more than what is reasonable. If we want concrete results we have to begin specializing, otherwise we won't get anything done.
>>3873414>If we want concrete results we have to begin specializing, otherwise we won't get anything done.Unless Sal or his bosses authorize opening a dedicated research division, We're not going to have the employee slots to do that. Again, R&D is a cost, and even if it occasionally produces something that can be sold, it won't nearly cover the operating expenses.>>3872902By the way, this is coming out of company funds, not our personal cash right?
>>3873432Yes, company funds.>Unless Sal or his bosses authorize opening a dedicated research division, We're not going to have the employee slots to do that. Again, R&D is a cost, and even if it occasionally produces something that can be sold, it won't nearly cover the operating expenses.Thay why did we get owlia and cylica at all if we dont want owlia as our head of research? That was the only reason to get her(and to avoid a boss fight, but that is irrelevant). Also the employee slots are a lie; we can just hire people and just not give them any personality whatsoever.
>>3873487Wait, should we try to convince him, then? A lot of stuff we can do seems to be down to votes, so.
>>3873487>That was the only reason to get her(and to avoid a boss fight, but that is irrelevant).I'm gonna need a source on that. There has been no mention of anything like that. There are certainly no plans to grow SES notably.
>>3873487If the bosses do not want a research slot. Do we pay the research's salary or just get bots for the R&D?
>>3872972You're applying logic to a man's waifu? To an obsessive hobbyists chance to do something new?I honestly don't see how he could resist the urge to do it.
>>3873559It was the main drive we had after meeting owlia, so there is no specific point of reference, but the whole thread 28 should be enough.>There are certainly no plans to grow SES notably.If we want to use the fun toys we have gotten in the past missions we NEED to grow. >>3873568In theory the bosses dont give a fuck about what we do as long as we bring them money(in a legal way, of course), sal told us more or less the same thing when he made us the boss(can't give a clear reference on that one though).
>>3873414I absolutely support Owlia doing dedicated R&D. If cost is such a concern at the beginning, we can simply work together with a larger corp.Remember how much her and Cy made from the crystal company? Way bigger returns than courier work.
>>3873595>There are certainly no plans to grow SES notablyWeren't we made a manager specifically to grow SES?
>>3873599Yes, i think? I cant recall the specifics, only that sal made us the manager because he believed in our skills.
>>3873599>>3873604If I recall correctly we have 1 employee slot open at the moment. I don't remember where it was mentioned though.
Weird, my IP changed during the 2 and a half hours between my posts and I haven't messed with my router
>>3873614It was one slot but the thing is that said slot is for characters. As in people that we interact with in a constant basis, like izumi and loreli. I dont think there will be a problem if we just hire someone and just keep them in the background.
>>3873628That's why I wanted to get people who could make money in the intersection as well by being background support for SES. R&D is one way to make money, with costs being reduced by us finding complementary tech on missions.For instance, seither crystals can be researched and the results sold at various stages to that big crystal company, or we could solicit an investment from them for a share in the results, or we could sell the crystals themselves to them. That one anon who complained R&D is a big expense with unreliable payoff has a very limited view of business and keeping everything in-house; and R&D costs when you can use the Chinese model of research by stealing others results.Same with awakening AI to use mana. Hell, that AI association should pay a pretty penny for the procedure, or we could sell them the technique itself.
>>3873628Another thing to keep in mind is that we're a very small company, so picking something to specialize in such as retrieving and selling tech along with R&D or developing some other niche skill to the point it's cheaper for multiple larger companies to purchase it from us than to use their own in house is a good way to grow our company without increasing personnel overhead.
I don't get that one anon who thinks that hiring one research specialist would turn us from Outgoer group into R&D office. Everyone in SES is an Outgoer, that's their main job, we're not converting them into assistants or anything. This is weird.What do you guys think of giving Gartoum's Ring to our researchers? Yes, he isn't familiar with hightech stuff, but has some insight on magic and because he's a summon he can follow orders. We've already gave them scans of our summoning books and use it as a manual. And he can help them on their jobs too.Besides, there's always that one annoying anon that constantly blocks votes to use Gartoum, we've never bothered to read the manual and have no idea about the range of his abilities, and the girls could use some boost in power.
>>3873828If we figure out how to bind beings to an object, and we take that object with us, does that give us a loophole to be able to bring (willing or otherwise) people to the Intersection as SES assets (not employees), without them needing to pay taxes? Gartoum seems to have slipped through some kind of loophole, while Prima and Jago didn't. And how much could we abuse this loophole before the Dealmakers catch wind of it and close it?
>>3873862Honestly, this is too much of a hustle, aside from other things.
>>3873862Prima and jago didn't because lorelei made them sapient(sentient? Im not sure which one is). If she hadn't done so they wouldn't be considered people. In a similar fashion and from what i understand, if we were to program a basic AICA subroutine to the android husks that we have, they wouldn't be considered real and wouldn't have to pay taxes. I think the line lies more or less where the weeb's assistant AI programming lies. Anything more (or lorelei jumping inside a dumb AI) will make them "real". On a separate note, what about activating the two androids that we have and making them owlia's assistants as well? From what i got from the prologue, they already have some sort of integrated personality and it will be a matter of turning off the stuff that we don't need or can't support at the moment, like the sapience module.
Wait its epilogue, not prologue.
>>3873902They are combat oriented, they shouldn't sit in the lab. The idea was that we'll give them to Prima and Jago so they could switch bodies for their jobs.
>>3873902But Gartoum is a fully sapient and free-willed self-aware being. By all accounts he should count as a person for tax purposes, but he doesn't. It might be because he's bound to an object, while Jago and Prima are not.
>>3873921Sure, it was just an alternative use for them.>>3873923You're partially right. He does have a soul after all, but he isn't free willed. Maybe that is the difference? Either way, i'm sure that we will be able to get some answers in the library, the internet or by directly asking sal.
>>3873862>>3873923>>3873932I think Sal already knows, and if Gartoum hasn't been audited then he's good.My theory? Gartoum :- Has virtually none in terms of upkeep cost. - Doesn't participate in the market of Intersection at all.- Can't generate incomes on his own.Meanwhile Prima and Jago are none of the above. The sentient thing is a grey area that Handler might need to step in to give us some trivia about Intersection's laws.
>>3873888> Too much hustleNot a thing. Our whole job is a hustle.
>>3874133Maybe we should tell them to try Summoning magic and make their own little helpers, instead of looking for more summons by ourself - we've got more important things to do on the jobs.
>>3874158I disagree with you; this is more important and summining is not worth it due to the intersection anti magical properties.
>>3874158Nah, we should try to get more poke-summon creatures for them.By stealing the souls of wizards and scientists we would otherwise be killing.That's like, a not bad person thing. Ish. Enough for us.
>>3874181>stealing soulsYou do know that this is a big no-no for Miranda, right?
>>3874187>>3874187I meant to say "re-homing them in a work release program" where evil, or more precisely antagonistic, wizards and scientists can escape death by only dying a little bit and then helping research on android bodies that they can eventually live in again.
>>3874191Doesn't change the point, Miranda doesn't fuck with soul magic. And don't touch android bodies, they are for minibots to use so they could get a higher range of jobs.
>>3874196Miranda totally fucked with soul magic at least once in the quest when she brought that spider lady "back".Besides, these wouldn't be for the android bodies we have now, they would be researching to build themselves new bodies to live in.Anyways minibots are fine with their current bodies anyways, and probably don't want to switch at all given Prima's extremely negative reaction when merely hacking another mecha in the quest we literally just finished.Y'all never stopped to think that they might not want to switch bodies? I KNOW nobody brought it up with them. They're people, not slaves.
>>3874240>Miranda totally fucked with soul magic at least once in the quest when she brought that spider lady "back".Because thats bringing someone else to life, not destroying or otherwise damaging the soul, which is what miranda hates.>Y'all never stopped to think that they might not want to switch bodies? I KNOW nobody brought it up with them. They're people, not slaves.We're not gonna force them. We'll ask them first and if they disagree, we make them lab asistants that have some dumb ai so that they can use the bodies if they wat to do it in the future.
>>3874258> Because thats bringing someone else to life, not destroying or otherwise damaging the soul, which is what miranda hates.And we would only use it on people who would otherwise die! Gartoum is fine, so it's not like it would be evil.
>>3874240>force people to surrender their souls>turn them into slave-summons>make them research expensive android bodies instead of helping with current researchBah, the lengths some anons are willing to go just to avoid hiring a professional...
>>3872906“You good with baking?” you ask. “I remember a while back you made some goodies that were pretty nice.”“Don’t worry, I gotcha!” she agrees. “I dunno how much time I’ll have, but I can probably whip something easy up!”You nod in agreement. “Yeah, I’m not asking for a ton. S’just supposed to be a for fun thing, so don’t stress. Anyway, lemme get these back…”“Right, yeah, I won’t keep you. Later!” And with that, you go your separate ways. Now, it’s back to Hokuto to…“Oooooh!” yeah, that. “Not bad, not bad. I was thinking it’d be a full body, but honestly? This’ll help a lot without having to worry about refining articulation points and working with other settings. I’ve got enough spare parts between this, what you’ve given me before, and my own stuff so that yeah, I could probably do all this for about 9 Large. I DO work half now, half later, though, so if you’re cool with it...”>Agree and pay 4.5 Large Motes. (Current Motes: 73.55)>Other
>>3874329>Agree and pay 4.5 Large Motes. (Current Motes: 73.55)>OtherAsk about maintenance fees.
>>3874329>Agree and pay 4.5 Large Motes. (Current Motes: 73.55)>Ask him for a sketch of the design that he plans to use.If he makes a waifu then let's be sure it's the one we like.
>>3874329>Agree and pay 4.5 Large Motes.>pay them from the HQ funds
>>3874272Yeah, it would be easier just to post a job ad. Seeking a scientist assistant for work with a small business.
>>3874340Oh yeah, you can do that. Pay with those funds, I mean.
>>3874329>>Agree and pay 4.5 Large Motes. (Current Motes: 73.55)>Ask him if he has a warranty in case we find defects.>>3874340We have HQ funds?
>>3874329>>3874338>Use HQ funds
>>3874340>>3874343I'll vote for it.
>>3874329>Agree>>3874240>>3874258>>3874272Any of you guys spared a thought about how if the android kid we met with the scrappers woke up on his own, that it could happen with those two androids we took with us and stuffed in our bag of holding?We really should open that thing up and see if they're still deactivated in there...
>>3874272I wasn't really serious about the soul binding.>>3874329But I was about offering to awaken Hokuto's robo waifu. I mean, we could at least make the offer and if he refuses then fine.
>>3874329>>Agree and pay 4.5 Large Motes.>Business expense, business funds.>>3874350The stuff we mostly use to buy HQ upgrades.
>>3874350Yes 100 Lotes. It was said in the latest debrief.And since this is company stuff it should come from that, not our personal funds.
>>3874352I would vote for it too.>>3874356It has been awhile, I thought HQ funds would never be refilled.
>>3874355>I mean, we could at least make the offer and if he refuses then fine.That's not our offer to make. And that's not something casual to offer; it's creating a new life.
Well, then. Straightforward enough. Now, on to more fun things...Writing!
>>3874329Wait, did we buy something in the last thread? I thought we had 94 Large after paying our taxes and then earned 2 more from the roller derby.
>>3874373Wait, you did. I think that was an old figure I didn't update. Sorry. Well, doesn't matter at this specific moment. Writing anyway.
>>3874329>>3874340>>3874350>>3874351>>3874352>>3874353>>3874356“Done,” you say. You’ll be using company funds for this- company expense, after all.>Current HQ Funds: 95.93The kid practically cheers when the motes are sent to him. “Awesome! Okay, so I’ll keep you updated on her progress; shouldn’t take me more than a couple weeks or so.”“A week?” you find yourself asking. That...well, in your line of work, it’s not a TON of time, but still.“Well, yeah, you’re not my only client, y’know!” he laughs. It makes unfortunate sense, you suppose- he seemed like he already had something he was working on when you came in. A week was probably on the shorter end of things, all considered. “What way can I contact you?”“Well…” thinking about it, it’s probably best to give him at least two ways to it. Your contact is a given, but as for a second way...well, it IS for Owlia. You end up with a quick text back and forth, and fortunately, she consents, saying that she’d ‘want to know what the end result is going to look like anyway’. So that’s a plus.With that task left in his hands, now, it’s time to figure out just what you’re going to do for this little get together. Well...first you need to get invites tossed around, really. Who all are you going to invite besides Lorelei and Izumi, again?>Mono>Owlia>Cylica>Prima>Everyone>NoneNot only that, what will you be bringing?> A movie, again. Maybe not smut this time.> Cards and a table. Game night all around.> Other
>>3874406>Everyone> Cards and a table. Game night all around.Hookers and blackjack!
>>3874406> Cards and a table. Game night all around.> OtherCheck on that movie we took part in a while back to see if it's ready.
>>3874406>Everyone> A movie, again. Maybe not smut this time.Let's see if that movie we worked on has come in yet.
>>3874406>EveryoneWe've got some stuff to hand over to our colleagues>A movie, again. Maybe not smut this time.
>>3874413Oh yeah, and.>Everyone
>>3874406> Cards and a table. Game night all around.>Other. The team brings in their movies instead. So if something happens we don't take the blame for the night.
>>3874406>>Noneback to our roots> A movie, again. Maybe not smut this time.
>>3874406>> Cards and a table. Game night all around.
>>3874426>Everyone
>>3874406>everyone>movie that Miranda is in or stupid b-list monster filmsI want to hear everyone being snarky and drunk.
>>3874435And by stupid I mean "so bad it's good"
>>3874437I'm flabbergasted that Intersection even has a movie industry at all. Maybe they're imports?
>>3874439I was thinking that as well. Who stocks the video stores though? Deal makers? Couriers?
>>3874439It must be low budget movies, since intersection is a single city with a few million residents.>>3874449Deal makers who hire couriers for the floor management.
>>3874449Pic related
Rolled 75 (1d100)>>3874439Basically. Holotechnology allows a lot of shit to be done far quicker and easier than in modern movies, but in general they aren't blockbuster films.Not sure how to parse this. Seems like people formally voted for cards, but also want the movie if it's available.Well, eh. I guess.Writing. First thing's first, though. Invites.
>>3874455I think that with advanced technology and magic studios can be smaller and cheaper and still make decent movies that become popular in the Intersection.anyone remember Golden Globes holo-film studio from Fallout 2?
>>3874464I meant to link to >>3874455
>>3874464we can always start with the card games for a moment thought it was tabletop games, get partially shitfaced, then play the move, get completely shitfaced and finally black out.
>>3874459>>3874464I'd like to think that there's a literal random movie generator out there and people are desperate to get a piece of it.>>3874468At least when that happens our place gets trashed instead of public properties. Make a note to tie Lori up before that happens though, don't wanna get an entire ice cream truck inside the house.
>>3874468I am really excited for everyone to use their skills to win, while Miranda tries to keep up by bluffing every hand.
>>3874472Plus our apartment is cheap, we can cover the costs if the team decides to throw a riot. It would also give us an excuse to upgrade to a better apartment, or shop to replace everything we broke.
>>3874475that has never stopped miranda and company to wake up in a completely different part of the city.
>>3874478I want to lockdown the entire apartment, but I'm pretty sure that won't stop that scenario from happening.In fact, we never know what EXACTLY happened the time when we busted into that museum while shitfaced.
>>3874406>>3874410>>3874413>>3874415>>3874417>>3874421>>3874426>>3874428>>3874429>>3874435Yeah, nah, you’re getting everyone involved in this. It’s gonna be a bit cramped, but...should still be fine, so long as you make sure a few things are rearranged. May need to get some cards, though. Can’t remember where your last pack went, and that’s annoying.Ah. Right. Invites. First thing’s first. Izumi. Need to invite her along.As you knock on the door, you’re vaguely surprised to see that she’s home for once instead of out and about. “Oh, hi! What brings you around?” You purse your lips; it’s just an invite, but you can’t deny something twists in your gut about it. Not in a ‘disliking’ kinda way, but...bah. Just, just talk.“Planning on a Girls’ Night In at my place,” you explain. “Lorelei’s bringing snacks, figure we can set up with the rest of the crew and have a poker night of it, maybe a movie or two, to boot. If you’re up for it, I mean.”“Oh? Well, I suppose a night of camaraderie is hardly a bad thing. I'm not the best poker player, but I'll give it a shot! I mean, I’m off for the next couple of days, so no real reason for me to say no, I guess!” She seems happy enough, at least. That’s good…> “Yeah, thanks. Later!” Well, that was simple enough! Now for the rest.> “Yeah...so there’s something else I wanted to talk about. (How to phrase it…?)> Other
>>3874493>“Yeah, thanks. Later!” Well, that was simple enough! Now for the rest.Definitely don't have anything else to talk with her.Definitely.
>>3874493> “Yeah...so there’s something else I wanted to talk about.>Give her the Thunderlight Bow. "You've helped a lot back then. Thank you. For listening.">"Honestly, I've not been this sociable in decades.">Mention what happened in The Tower, tell her that we need to talk aboug it. What does she thinks of going yo a counseling office together?"
>>3874501Dude, this Chekhov's gun definitely gonna fire some day, better do it on our own terms.
>>3874493>> “Yeah, thanks. Later!” Well, that was simple enough! Now for the rest.
>>3874493Support >>3874508Be blunt about it.
>>3874508that's odd anon, you didn't write anything there.
>>3874508Supporting
>>3874493>> “Yeah, thanks. Later!” Well, that was simple enough! Now for the rest.Randa has tried to mess with her morality before to no avail. After a few decades, I think her position is clear.
>>3874515That was before the events of the quest, we can change it. Not necessary to turn her into unscrupulous girl like Miranda, just to be sure that there won't be a violent meltdown in the futere.>>3874513Come on, man. Not funny.
>>3874493>> “Yeah, thanks. Later!” Well, that was simple enough! Now for the rest.>>3874509>unironically using literary tropes as justification
>>3874508Supporting this
>>3874493That guy >>3874508
>>3874521>That was before the events of the quest, we can change it.That's a dangerous mindset to have, anon. Some things are immalleable.
>>3874531She has been labeled with Death tarot in the crossover, which always means inevitable change, no matter if we act or not.
>>3874493>> “Yeah, thanks. Later!” Well, that was simple enough! Now for the rest.Counseling? Really?
>>3874540Fucking crossover again. You realize when characters are written by a different author you should take their actions with a grain of salt?
>>3874540>actually believing the tarot AND taking a crossover at face value.
Seems like we're leaving it alone. Writing.We'll still give her the bow, though.
>>3874537>>3874523>>3874515>>3874544>All these one post new posters for this voteFucking really?
>>3874547Dude, this is canon. When it comes to loot then crossover stuff is great, but when it comes to character development then you try to hide it under the rug?
>>3874552What the hell. This isn't funny at all.
>>3874554I am anon as you are anon, anon. Have you seen this ID praising crossover loot?
Eeeh dropping this nuke just before a social meeting and while she is happy is inappropriate now that I think about it.BUT we'll definitely do it after next job. This isn't the time.
>>3874555Yeah, I get the feeling we might need a Final Destination vote.
>>3874570>BUT we'll definitely do it after next job. This isn't the time.Hopefully not. We just voted to put the debate to bed. Unless something significant changes, the matter is dealt with. Calling for another vote until it goes in the direction you prefer is not democracy.
>>3874576Changing IDs like gloves is not democracy either.
>>3874576You don't find it suspicious that these four one post posters just came in and all voted for not talking about what that conversation we had with Izumi?>only one post in this threadOh, right, of course you don't.
>>3874586Mobile posting gets a bad rap on boards with IDs. Most posts I've had with one ID is 3.
>>3874586One single post, while everyone else has 5-18 posts.
>>3874493“Yeaaah…” there’s something there that’s right underneath the surface, things you want to say but, damnit, there’s just...something about your damn mouth that refuses to break the seal and just fucking speak the words. “...so thanks!” Is that it? Is that really all you can say about it? Fucking...come on! “Oh, bow.”Fuck you. At least she doesn’t seem to get the issue, just looking confused. “Bow?”“Right, remember the job we both went on recently? Got a bow from that? Thought you’d might want it, if you’re interested. I’m not using it any time soon.” You quickly reach into your bag, pulling out the Thunderlight Bow that you’d gotten from the war job. Her face lights up a bit upon seeing it, and she takes it carefully.“Ah, I see! My, this is a piece of work. Thank you! I’ll be sure to treasure it.” She smiles, and part of you is just relieved that she’s not- “And, Miranda? Don’t be afraid to come to me whenever you like, alright? We might not agree on everything...or many things.” There’s a teasing air there, and you know there’s no malice, matching her grin. “But we’re friends, and last I checked, that’s what friends do, right? So…”“...yeah, I getcha. See you tonight, alright?” She simply nods, and you leave, a low, long breath escaping you as you do so.Maybe later…At any rate, to your surprise, Owlia and Cylica agree, but state that they’ll be there late; apparently Owlia is still catching up on sleep, and Cylica wanted to do something nice for her. Mono and Prima are all for it, though- Prima in particular excited to partake in a firsthand example of ‘common relationship strengthening festivities’, as she put it. “Even if I may lack critical female requirements for common events, such as hair, thank you for inviting me!”You’re quick to assure her that no one is touching ANYONE’S hair regardless.It’s not exactly a lot of setup, and you spend the rest of the time waiting resting your feet...okay, and maybe exchanging a couple of emails with the Care House kids. They all seem to be doing fine, but are apparently swamped for the moment with ‘Aptitude Assessment Tests’. You barely remember those- it’s basically them trying to ID what you’re best at in the field you want to go into, and also doubles as a recommendation tool for what you SHOULD go into in case you outright suck at what you WANT to go into. Apparently Tami’s trying to learn remote puppeteering via magic. You can’t help with that, but you’re sure to encourage her. Noran and Mewla are practicing...sales techniques? Okay. Harp is, surprisingly, full bore into practicing ‘private appropriation and unacknowledged property entry techniques’.Didn’t think she had it in her.(cont.)
Given that a choice like this is something that is bothering miranda and its something that kinda goes against miranda's personality, how about next time handler makes us roll as well? If we roll over a certain threshold the vote passes, otherwise it does nothing or depending on how uncomfortable it makes miranda feel, it counts against said choice.
>>3874596So four mobile posters all chose to vote for one choice, then, rather then at least one or two going for the other option as well?Come the fuck on.
>>3874601Your musings over a theoretical Harpsicorie the Thief/Spy is interrupted by a knock on the door and a very loud “GUESS WHO HAS BROWNIES!”Ah, Lorelei. Izumi’s not far behind her at all, and a quick poke of the head out tells you that Prima and Mono aren’t far behind. “Glad you made it,” you offer with a small smile. “Now get in here so I can kick all your asses at poker.”“Now, see, you say that…” Lorelei starts. You’re having none of it tonight.>Roll 5d13. Best of five, no combining. Poker bonus in effect!If I don't see those new IPs vote I will be particularly disappointed.
>>3874614I'll pass, let the new voters roll.
Rolled 3, 9, 13, 11, 10 = 46 (5d13)>>3874614Once you change IDs it's rather hard to get those backs. But we'll see.I'll open.
>>3874602That's not a bad idea, but It would require a lot of thought to implement to get a sense of fairness. The typical "Best of 3" rolls wouldn't be viable, as they skew the odds in favor of change. I feel like the roll would have to come after deciding to attempt the 'unusual' action, to reduce bias towards 'unlocked' choices.
>>3874614Miranda tries to bluff and fails.
Rolled 5, 7, 12, 9, 7 = 40 (5d13)>>3874614
Rolled 5, 11, 2, 13, 10 = 41 (5d13)>>3874614
Rolled 10, 8, 5, 7, 4 = 34 (5d13)>>3874614Gonna have to drag out the poker wiki again.
Rolled 2 (1d20)>>3874621i don't mean best of three, i mean, from X and Y pick and if your roll is above...lets say 15 and i pick>XIf my roll is 15 or above the vote goes for X. If its 14 or bellow, it doesn't count or goes for Y. and if the QM allows it, you can vote multiple times, which makes things more interesting
Rolled 11, 11, 7, 13, 4 = 46 (5d13)>>3874614
Well, Poker is a lot of luck...Also no, I did not forget about the movie.Writing last for the night!
>>3874621and it also has the advantage that it renders 1 post ID tactic useless because voting for the risky option is gated by the dice roll that is representing the character having enough guts to do said choice.
>>3874631Hmm, that's an interesting idea. I dunno how well it would work in practice though. The reason rolls aren't done with votes is that a good or bad roll on a vote can shift other anons choice.>you can vote multiple times,That wouldn't be able to work, as that implicitly punishes anons that just check the thread every half an hour or so instead of actively monitoring it.Still, it's an interesting way to go about it.
I don't play poker, but as far as I can tell we got two hands with one pair each, but nothing else.
>>3874614>>3874620>>3874624>>3874626>>3874628>>3874633The good thing is: you’re not losing horribly.The bad thing is: you’re not winning, so blah.As the next few games wear on, the ‘pot’ (mostly brownies and small candies that Izumi had seen fit to bring for this exact purpose) is largely split between Lorelei and Mono, the latter having won a massive pot through a ridiculous bluff (a raise with nothing but two pair and an ace kicker!?) and Lorelei playing surprisingly sound poker, betting with clear intent, but not afraid to play cautious when the cards weren’t in her favor- unless she was trying to make someone think they were.You’d honestly thought, after sitting down, that Prima would end up being something of a card shark, but either she’s recognized that using her full suite of abilities would be cheating, or...she just really doesn’t get poker. Although not busted out yet, her pile is looking a little thin. “I think it is perhaps because these hold less value to me, as I cannot consume them,” she muses.There’s a vaguely uncomfortable silence at that, and Izumi looks somewhat embarrassed at the technical faux pas. Prima doesn’t seem to mean any offense, though, as far as you can guess, and Lorelei seems to think so as well, giving her a small pat on the shoulder.It’s after you’d folded finally that you hear a ‘ding’, coming from your FutureSight. Lorelei looks over to you. “You need to get that?” she asks.“Not really,” you admit as you check it. “It’s just a message- confirmation, really.”“Confirmation of what?” Mono asks as she nibbles on a brownie. Certainly has enough to spare...“That the movie I worked on is ‘locked’, they say.” you explain. “ ‘Nightmare Run 3: Event Horizon’ is ready for release. And they just forwarded me a finished copy of the film.”“...yeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssss,” Lorelei hisses out, and you can’t help a wry grin. It IS why you asked, after all… “Let the torment begiiiiiiin…”(continuing tomorrow, hopefully.)
>>3874654>That wouldn't be able to work, as that implicitly punishes anons that just check the thread every half an hour or so instead of actively monitoring it.but it wouldn't be on every choice. it would be only on choices that make miranda uncomfortable.
>>3874659What will we do if it's actually good? I mean it has sequels.
>>3874668we were an extra. i doubt they will call us back.
>>3874668...enjoy a movie with friends? You'll have to wait in suspense and find out if it's good or not tomorrow! Because you're going to roll for it. I could ask for one now, but I'm not.
>>3874661The points aren't dependant on that being the new norm. Votes of that nature are generally important, so making sure it's dealt with even-handedly is important. >>3874668A marathon would be too long for what was supposed to be one movie, but the prequels could make solid options for future movie nights.
>>3874671I meant the "franchise" anon. Since this movie is a sequel itself there's definitely a demand for this kind of film.>>3874673You know what, even if we crit fail (however impossible that may be), I'll still take the result. It's too wacky not too, I mean Miranda could had acted in The Room of Intersection.
>>3874659>>3874673Night, boss. Can't wait to see our possible stuntman career be impacted by dice rolls!
>>3874679I'd think that would be two dice rolls then, one for how much the critics like the movie, and one to see if a cult following grows around it.
Rolled 94 (1d100)Rolling how popular the movie is
>>3874720And so began Miranda's career as Boba Fett.
>>3874681>>3874684Just like how Jackie Chan came from a stuntman to a wonderful actor like himself?
>>3874720The movie now has another sequel in progress.
>>3874659“Now now,” Izumi chides. “You don’t know yet if it’s good or not. If it got two sequels, then...”“Well, I hope it sucks!” Lorelei says unashamedly before turning to you. “Not that I hope YOU sucked, just the movie AROUND you sucks.”No, you know what she means. “It’s fine. Let’s just do this and hope for the best…”“I still don’t get movies…” Mono mumbles, but she joins you all on the couch as you transfer the movie data to your TV. “Really?” Lorelei seems baffled. “You are literally perfect for an acting job.”“Jus’ feels impersonal, is all,” she shrugs. “But heck, mebbe this’ll change my mind.”Well...we’ll see.>Roll 1d100, best of three.
Rolled 75 (1d100)>>3875714The ROOM
Rolled 81 (1d100)>>3875714Can we roll for it getting a cult following as well?
Rolled 99 (1d100)>>3875714This will be fun
Rolled 4 (1d100)>>3875714
...no cult necessary, apparently.Writing!
AND FUN IT IS.
>>3875717>>3875720>>3875724That's it.Say hello to cycles worth of paparazzi and fan boys Miranda.
>>3875731>Outgoer IMDB>Who is that chick? She's awesome than the actor.>ikr? Maybe the director blindsided us that the protagonist is that girl.>I saw her dude, that the one who won the roller derby>What seriously? Where's her fanclub? I wanna sign up.>The announcer said she's from silver eye solution. I should go and apply there>(Lorelei trolling account) tfw I'm an employee and see her on daily basis (posted a pic with Miranda and her pic blurred)>Die>Die>Die>Kill yourself
no wonder there are sequels, the director must be very good and popular. >>3875731OH HAI MIRANDAYOU'RE TEARING ME APART LORIHAHA WHAT A STORY ZUMI
Uh, i guess this is one of those movies who has terrible effects but the figthing in it is pretty advanced. Or just a good story.>inb4 the reason for all the fanfare is because of the word about asking the shark actor to put us down.
>>3875763Either its a wuxia movie, or a jackie chan movie.
>>3875767Jackie Chan for sure
>>3875772>>3875767Wasn't it a horror flick? We only took part in a backstory for one of the charactrrs.
>>3875714>>3875717>>3875720>>3875724“So...what comes next?” the love interest, a blue, elfen girl named Iyana asks the protagonist, Draken. They’ve just been on one hell of a journey, you have to admit, and at the end of the smoking wreckage of a near-illegal death race, the tentative resolution of a war between two planets, and a whole lot of personal self-reflection finally ending in acceptance for his own failings...that’s a damn good question.He gives a look of serious consideration as they both watch the rising sun crest over the wreckage of the monster vehicle Letch had piloted after them. With his plans in ruins, the hero finally...finally has no more spectres to worry about, no more looking over his shoulder.Finally, he gives a deep breath, holding her close. “Now? ...Now I think I can finally slow down. Appreciate things. I’ll figure out what I want to do later...as long as you’re with me, I mean.”She smirks. “Didn’t I tell you earlier? We can go at whatever speed you want.”The camera pans out as the engine revs, the thrusters fire, and the silhouette of the racer that had carried them through so much fades into the distance as the final fanfare plays and the credits roll.The lot of you are honestly astounded. You don’t think anyone’s spoken since about the halfway point. Mono’s the first to break the silence. “Well. Shut my ass right up.”“Oh my g-…” Lorelei has tears in her eyes. “That was actually beautiful. That was amazing.”“I...did not expect such depth in character,” Izumi admits, close to tears herself. “I could empathize with Draken more than I thought I would.”You’re...well, impressed. Even your seemingly minor part played a bigger role than you expected; your seemingly senseless death for helping him get a meeting being one of the reasons to galvanize him to finish the race properly, and for himself and no one else. “I mean, it’s not an award winner by any means, but I have to admit I thought it was just going to be a popcorn flick, and it...wasn’t.”(cont.)
>>3875790“Oh, no no no, it wasn’t the best ever ever, no,” Lorelei quickly clarifies, “but DAMN, y’know?”“Felt like I wanted to hug ‘im a few times,” Mono admits. “He’s good. You were fun ta watch too, though!”Lori nods. “Oh yeah, you were fun! A real natural, I gotta say! I’m impressed! Loved the table stunt. Oh!” Eyes brightening, Lorelei turns to the pink little one in the group. “Say, Prima, what do you think?”Surprisingly, Prima tilts her head, as though contemplating. “It...caused several interesting responses,” she admits. “I couldn’t ignore the fact that it was a work of fiction, but I thought that its intended choreography was...adequate, if perhaps a bit extraneous for the situations. There were moments where I questioned his logic and why he did what he did when there was another, obvious, and far better option. For example, the escape from the tanker; why did he not merely drive onto a side street? I’m afraid I just can’t figure it out.”“Ugggggghhhh gah, Prima’s one of THOOOOOOSE movie watchers,” Lori groans. “Pri-pri I love you but please don’t tell me you’re going to nitpick every logical problem in a movie from here on?”“I’m sorry, Ms. Lorelei, but it...what’s the term- bugs me! Right, it bugs me! Like the scene with the near-confession at the shipyard! There was no reason for them to presume a healthy vessel- and without any kind of support?!” Her voice is getting higher pitched, oddly enough. She really IS like that, huh…?>Y’know what? Let this go on.>Alright, time to break it up.>Other
>>3875793>Y’know what? Let this go on.
>>3875793>Other>Call Sal and ask what's the next job>Sleep and train for tomorrow
>>3875793>Y’know what? Let this go on.Jago isn't here, right? Gotta show android husks to Lori and aske her and Prima what do they think about bots switching bodies for different jobs, so they could have higher range of operation.
>>3875793>>Other>Pull cards back out, let them argue
>>3875793>Y’know what? Let this go on.Let's enjoy this peace a little.
>>3875793>>Alright, time to break it up.Don't question it Prima.
>>3875793>Y’know what? Let this go on.Let's get a bad movie for Prima so she can go full "but that doesn't make any sense!!" For the whole night. It'll be funny.Also where are the the crystal duo? They're late.
>>3875793>>Y’know what? Let this go on.Now, Prima, you really want to see a movie that doesn't make sense, watch this!
>>3875818Not the smut movie anything but that.
>>3875822turns out is the camera footage of our last binge drinking odyssey
>>3875822She's gonna have to learn about the birds and the bees sometime! How about now?Seriously, I was thinking about the Raptor Kung Fu one. Fate of Iron Burning Power, I think?
>>3875818I'm sure that Miranda has a (digital or not) collection of shitty movies. Put on one of her favorites for maximum hilarity.
>>3875832Lets make a call for more booze and pop one of those bad boys in the TV.
Writing!
>>3875836If that happens, I don't know how Cyl and Owlia are gonna contain this shitfaced platoon but I want to see them try.
>>3875793Considering that our performance apparently went over well, it's not impossible for us to be considered for more roles
>>3875847>Implying they won't get shitfaced with us as well.
>>3875847She lockdown the entire apartment to contain us, whatever we do inside is our problem to fix.
>>3875793>>3875801>>3875804>>3875807>>3875811>>3875817>>3875818You’re not even getting in the middle of THIS, though. It’s a completely different type of entertainment! Fortunately, the other two don’t seem to be of any different mind, Mono watching with a detached amusement, and Izumi holding back an honest snickering as they debate about the usefulness of absolutely consistent logic (Prima) and the art of suspension of disbelief (Lorelei). It’s about ten or so minutes after Lorelei’s started to explain about a variety of storytelling plots and whatnot that require it and why that’s a good thing when you get out the cards again- only to be interrupted by a knock at the door. “Come in!” you call out, not interested in getting up. As you expect, it’s Owlia and Cylica, only the former looking particularly excited. “Glad you could make it. Still some food left, and we’re probably going to spin up another movie after those two finish arguing.”“Oh, sweet! Sorry we’re so late, though, Cy wanted me along for a shopping thing,” Owlia explains as she heads towards the table. Cylica just nods her greetings to you both. “Cards and film, is it? Interesting. I am not used to this type of acting, but I cannot deny my interest in it.”“You missed a rather good one, I’m afraid,” Izumi admits. “The next one will be...likely of more standard fare for our get togethers now.”“And by that she means that it’s going to be horrible and we’re gonna make fun of it!” Lorelei cheers. “With booze!”Cylica raises a well-groomed eyebrow. “Really?”“Really! C’mon, it’ll be great!” Lori cheers.Cylica doesn’t seem to share the opinion, as Owlia comes back with two handfuls of brownies and a drink. “I’ll watch, but I won’t imbibe,” she compromises. “SOMEONE has to be of sound mentality to make sure nothing...untoward happens.”“Snhee gets phansy fwen see’s dunk,” Owlia says through a mouthful, immediately resulting in Cylica blushing a hot red and popping Owlia in the back of the head. “Ignore her,” Cylica says heatedly as she proceeds to sit down. “What are we watching?”“Dunno,” you admit. “I’m gonna just pick something bad and hope for the-”“MACRO-MUTANTS OF THE MIRROR REALM!” Lorelei shouts out suddenly as she points at a film in your listing. "See, THIS is a movie like I was talking about- you need a boatload of suspension of disbelief to imagine anything's happening, but that makes it BETTER!""I find that hard to believe," Prima says with a distinct flatness to her voice, before turning to you. "Will this be our choice?"“...sure, why not,” you shrug. This ought be a riot- you haven’t watched that one in ages.>Roll 1d20, best (or worst) of 3.
Rolled 3 (1d20)>>3875908
Rolled 19 (1d20)>>3875908Here comes the 1.So this basically confirms that Miranda has a personal collection of shitty films. Talk about a hobby.
Rolled 12 (1d20)>>3875908Here goes!If it sucks, we'll give Cy the last one we watched for her and Owlia to enjoy.
>>3875912No need to thank me.
>>3875912>>3875913Both grounds are covered at least.
>>3875912>>3875923Good job anon.
Cylica's good at corralling drunk people, it seems.Writing!
>>3875913we already knew this, didn't we?
>>3875908>as they debate about the usefulness of absolutely consistent logic (Prima) and the art of suspension of disbelief (Lorelei).I wonder what AI entertainment and stories would look like. We'll have to see if we can scrounge one up for the next movie night. It should be an interesting experience.
We DO have robo-alcohol, right?
>>3875941i bet it has the same energy of a french move, but instead of being surrealist as fuck, its the complete oposite. Like watching a documentary after not sleeping for two days straight.
>>3875945Or proper maintenance and instructions about upgrading their bodies. With technical information, % of durability, and materials on its manufacturing process.
>>3875908>>3875912>>3875913>>3875916Waking up without any knowledge of what’s going on is starting to become par for the course of you. Your head’s pounding, but...squinting, you look around. You’re...huh. Somewhere. On top of something. You can see your apartment, so you’re not too far away, at least you think…at least it’s not too bright out.Looking down, you squint as vaguely familiar metal is what’s underneath you. Why can’t you register...oh.Ohhhhh.You’re on top of the HQ. You think. That would explain it...at least it’s not on private property this time. Wonder where everyone else went? You...well, fuck. Shit to think about later. You doubt they’re in any danger. You’ll call after you get a bit more rest and let this hangover pass…“I’m frankly both impressed and disappointed,” Cylica says as the lot of you are assembled in front of the HQ. Not out of any order, just that you all had apparently been scattered around it in various states. Even Prima somehow had taken to investigating the molecular makeup of one of the small bushes around the HQ very, very, very carefully. For about three hours. Then she’d went off...somewhere. She didn’t say and wasn’t forthcoming, oddly enough. “To think that’d you’d try to imitate a RACE of some sort- I can only guess that the movie you watched before I showed up was a source of inspiration to make yourselves act so foolish.”“Oh, relaaaaax,” Lorelei dimisses, as she nurses a small glass of ‘Clearme’, an anti-hangover medication Cylica had the grace to have picked up and shared with you all. “This is honestly probably the best we’ve been after a night.” Lorelei had apparently stayed around Prima for a while and ‘treating her like an infantile child’ in Cylica’s words.“Not incorrect,” Izumi admits. She’d been found hugging the fighter jet and murmuring ‘sweet nothings’ to it that brought several questions to your mind. “This is very tame relative to our usual antics. I presume we have you to thank for that?”“Naturally,” Cylica confirms as she stands proudly. “I’m just happy that my Owlia is simply more gleeful than normal and not an apparent hell-raiser.”“Y’know, pretty sure they outrank you,” Mono ventures. “Dunno if you should be walkin’ and talkin’ like that…”“Oh, so I can focus all my annoyance on you?” Cylica says with a thin smile as she rounds on Mono. “Oy, if you gotta, but we got some damn hard jobs, okay? No shame in lettin’ go a lil’ now and again, is it?” Mono seems surprisingly fierce in her defense, and you find yourself proud of that.> “Unfortunately, Cylica is right; we should probably try to stick to non-alcoholic drinks during get togethers for a while.”> “Mono pretty much hit it on the head. This is just a bit of release. I mean...even Izumi does it. That doesn’t say anything to you?”> “Look, Cylica, we owe you for keeping us together. I mean that. But Mono is right, too. Maybe next time, you watch our drink count if you want?”> Other
>>3875990> “Look, Cylica, we owe you for keeping us together. I mean that. But Mono is right, too. Maybe next time, you watch our drink count if you want?”She's a pro, I can give her that.Maybe it's free second hand embarrassments?
I'll wrap it up for tonight. Things continue tomorrow.
>>3875990>> “Look, Cylica, we owe you for keeping us together. I mean that. But Mono is right, too. Maybe next time, you watch our drink count if you want?”
>>3875996*from
>>3875990>> “Unfortunately, Cylica is right; we should probably try to stick to non-alcoholic drinks during get togethers for a while.”Shit's expensive.
>>3875990>“Look, Cylica, we owe you for keeping us together. I mean that. But Mono is right, too. Maybe next time, you watch our drink count if you want?”>>3876002shut up, we still have a lot of shit to do here and we owe ourselves a little vacation.
>>3875990>> “Look, Cylica, we owe you for keeping us together. I mean that. But Mono is right, too. Maybe next time, you watch our drink count if you want?”>"Regardless, I'm at least pretty sure you enjoyed Macro-Mutants of the Mirror Realm, or at least enjoyed taking the complete piss out of it."
>>3876004fuck you too buddy.
>>3876006Fuck me yourself, you coward.
>>3875990> “Look, Cylica, we owe you for keeping us together. I mean that. But Mono is right, too. Maybe next time, you watch our drink count if you want?”
>>3875990It's too easy to break thing and cause trouble. If we hadn't been wrangled this could have cost us another entire mission's payout.
>>3876011We can afford the expense, it's not like we have much to spend on for ourselves.
>>3875990>> “Unfortunately, Cylica is right; we should probably try to stick to non-alcoholic drinks during get togethers for a while.”I was going to suggest something to this effect anyways. I dunno why anons want to go on benders when we can't remember it and it risks costing us tons.
>>3876017That's poor justification for blowing several months IRL worth of pay. At least spend it on something useful, or heck, something we remember.
>>3875990Switching >>3876010> “Unfortunately, Cylica is right; we should probably try to stick to non-alcoholic drinks during get togethers for a while.”
>>3876005Oh, yeah, don't forget to give Cy a copy of Nightmare Run 3: Event Horizon as thanks for dealing with our drunken bullshit.Mainly because I kinda want to have her admit to Miranda that it wasn't that bad in the most roundabout way possible.
>>3875996Switching to> “Unfortunately, Cylica is right; we should probably try to stick to non-alcoholic drinks during get togethers for a while.”> Give Cy a copy of Nightmare Run 3: Event Horizon.This works too, I'm good with either options before. But I like money and responsibilities more.
>>3876033as much as i'd love to go, we still need to be here, because we have a lot of stuff that is gaining dust and is not being used, like the jet.
>>3875990> “Mono pretty much hit it on the head. This is just a bit of release. I mean...even Izumi does it. That doesn’t say anything to you?”She's just mad she was designated driver and didn't get to go to town on Owlia's funbags. Next time though
>>3875990>Look, Cylica, we owe you for keeping us together. I mean that. But Mono is right, too. Maybe next time, you watch our drink count if you want?I'd rather make some talks with general dynamics or someone that can use the fighter we have and make contacts to get better paying jobs than just jumping into another mission. We're the manager, we have to begin doing these kinds of tasks if we really want to grow.
>>3876497We're a low level manager. We manage our employees and their equipment. Sal handles contracts. If we want something more lucrative, we'll have to talk to him about options in our powerband.
>>3876517Well, we definitely do that. And while we're at it how about seeing if we can upgrade our outgoer rank? Given how Sal "pranked" her for most of her life, i'm sure that she might be capable of being in a higher rank but hasn't tried.
>>3876535Ranking is handled outside SES, so I doubt she's unknowingly a higher rank. But I'm certainly game to work towards ranking up. It's a difficult but attainable goal.
>>3876545>But I'm certainly game to work towards ranking up. It's a difficult but attainable goalWe should give it a try right now. Miranda has been rank....b? for decades, she surely is capable of getting into rank A or B+
Rolled 2 (1d2)Huh. Tied between 'Cy's right', and 'thanks but just keep watch'.Guess I'll have to roll for it, been long enough all things considered.1- We owe you, but...2- No, no, Cy's right.
>>3877233Our girl is growing up! Brings tears to my eyes.
>>3876555What if our next mission is promotion rank from B to A rank?
>>3877238>timejump to all the girls getting wasted again, but not inviting cylica. And then trapping her inside a locker for being a party pooper.>>3877249It doesn't work like that. We have to go to the magical DMV and get our upgradef licence there
>>3877249I remember Handler stated that for a rank up, Sal has to get it to his bosses, and when all of them approve, they'll set up a test of sort. What kind of test eludes me.
>>3877251>>3877255Yeah and Sal being a secretive contractor she is, she's probably set it all up and give Miranda an grand reveal. Since Sal enjoys every face that Miranda shows.
>>3875990Still, while you appreciate it… “I hate to admit it, but she does have a point.” “I- what?!” Mono turns to you in surprise, as does everyone else, Cylica included. “Well, look, gonna be honest. Last time we went on a bender is still sticking in my craw,” you admit. “That was practically a whole job’s worth of Motes just gone because we got too plastered to use a bit of sense.”“Ugh,” Lorelei grouses. “Was hoping that’d just blow over.”You shrug, turning to her slightly. “I mean, problem’s solved now, sure, but I don’t want to risk a repeat any time soon, y’know? So yeah. Unfortunately, Cylica is right; we should probably try to stick to non-alcoholic drinks during parties...at least for a while. I’m not gonna be so cold to say we should all just drop the stuff entirely, but...” You sigh, tipping back the last of your own hangover cure. “Mm. Let’s dial it back a bit, alright? Pretty sure there’s stuff we can come up with doing to have fun that doesn’t involve getting blackout drunk. Maybe.”“Well...I can’t really fault that, can I?” Izumi agrees. “I’ve been getting a bit too into it, so this is good timing to stop.”“Hmph. Well, so long as you realize,” Cylica says imperiously- before her expression drops to something far less haughty. “Just be careful, hm? Thank you for listening to me, Miranda. It’s appreciated.” Huh. Weren’t expecting a thanks from her. Maybe she’s chilling out?“Well, leadership stuff, and all,” you say as you roll your shoulder- it was pinching kinda bad earlier when you woke up. “Figured I might as well act the part.”(cont.)
>>3877271“And by all rights, you normally do so surprisingly well, I’ll admit,” Cylica states as the lot of you disperse with a few fond farewells. “Although I don’t like Owlia being run so ragged, she’s happy she has things to work on, and even if she complains, she seems confident you won’t harass her- even told me you’re trying to help on the personnel front. Obviously, I’m helping where I can- and to be frank, that might be a bit more often considering Crystalock is being rather obstinate. Regardless, she’ll be getting some much needed sleep with this aid.”“Figured getting her some robotic help would be just as useful as anything else without increasing costs too much,” you admit. “Fair enough. I’d personally suggest more than one, but then again, I’m a fan of human interaction, myself. At least, judging from the...particular individuals I’ve met during my time here.” She glances off to the side, working her mouth as though trying to force something out. “I must admit, the number of...beings here is rather astounding. Not to mention the technologies. So many things I never even dreamed of that I can learn and research about. It’s...it’s far more gratifying than I anticipated, and while I certainly miss my position of power, the scientist within me is more than content in its place. I suppose...well...it’s. Hm.”> “...glad to have you with us, Cylica. You’re a sort we needed, I think.”> “Do you need any help with that Crystalock thing? Or do you have it handled?”> “Oh, don’t worry. It’ll either never fade or get old eventually. Love it while you can.”> Other
>>3877274> “Oh, don’t worry. It’ll either never fade or get old eventually. Love it while you can.”> “Do you need any help with that Crystalock thing? Or do you have it handled?”
>all of the options: 1, 3, 2
>>3877274> “...glad to have you with us, Cylica. You’re a sort we needed, I think.”> “Do you need any help with that Crystalock thing? Or do you have it handled?”> “Oh, yeah, before I forget, lemme get you a copy of the movie you missed. Have yourself a nice couples night in with Owlia with a movie that entertaining in a good sort of way.”
>>3877274Any of these >>3877279>>3877288
>>3877292So voting for all the options, then?
>>3877274All >>3877282
>>3877296Derp, yeah. I'm fine with anything plus option 2.
Pft, fine then. Greedy guses.Writing.
>>3877300Our greed knows no limits.
>>3877274Heh. Kinda funny how she doesn’t wanna say it. Guess she’s still worried about her image. Eh, whatever. Although one thing she mentioned has you concerned. “Do you need any help with that Crystalock thing? Or do you have it handled?” She’d gotten it a while back, but it hadn’t seemed to really do anything for her…“Oh, it’ll be fine,” she assures. “Sal has agreed to intervene if needs must, however I’m rather good at getting my way, still. I suspect I’ll have more time to indulge myself before too long.”“Oh, don’t worry too much,” you assure. “It’ll either never fade or get old eventually. Love it while you can.”She actually laughs at that a bit. “Ohoh, I plan to. There’s a few technological and biological novelties I’m particularly curious about, and focusing more on our little trading service will give me the opportunity to look more into such things.”“Didn’t think you had an interest in biology,” you admit as you both end up heading back inside your place- you can see Owlia passed out on the couch, which explains that. “Oh, Owlia isn’t a fan of it, but I do confess to a fascination with it I’ve yet to bother to truly explore,” she explains. “I’m rather dedicated to my crystals, but I think with my as-of-now-extended lifespan, I could do with diversifying my portfolio a bit.”“Smart,” you agree. You’d been trying to do something similar with your magic, after all… “Honestly, glad to have you with us, Cylica. You’re a sort we needed, I think.” And it’s kinda true. She’s not like Izumi, with morals dictating the majority of her actions, but she’s not wild like Lorelei is either...she’s not like you, either, and you can admit you’ve been very laissez-faire for years, and especially now with a bigger team to work with. She’s a stabilizer, which is needed for a bigger company. “Honestly, hope you stick around for a while.” Maybe not here in your house, though. Not like she’s helping clean, so you guess SOME things are still beneath her.(cont.)
>>3877392“Yes, well, it may be in my best interests to do so for the foreseeable future,” she decides as she meanders over to the sprawled out Owlia. She rubs her head a bit, resulting in a small mewl-like noise from the madgirl. “Although perhaps we’ll be doing without last night’s brand of ‘entertainment’.”“Oh.” That reminds you. “Speaking of entertainment, I should loan you the movie we watched earlier. It’s not out publicly, but so long as it stays in the company, I don’t think it’s a problem,” you decide. “I’ll burn it and forward you the files. Shouldn’t take long.”Cylica has a pensive look on her face. “I don’t know if I want to watch a low-rent-”“Oh, no no no, it’s actually good!” You say. “Also I’m in it, so. Yeah, just trust me, alright? You might be surprised.”“Mm.” Cylica’s face says she’s not impressed, but she sighs in agreement. “Very well. I hope you’re not exaggerating. You don’t TEND to, so…”“Don’t worry, it’ll be worth it,” you promise.After a few minutes, it was decided that Cylica would just carry Owlia home; you have to remind yourself that she DOES have a measure of physical strength, and she princess carries the sleeping, spindly girl out the door without any trouble.With that, you slump over the table as you yawn. You need a shower and some food…Not long after you've settled down with some breakfast, though, you get a call. "Hello?""Miranda?" Oh, it's Mitzi.>Roll 2d100+20, best of three.
Rolled 76, 81 + 20 = 177 (2d100 + 20)>>3877395
Rolled 9, 74 = 83 (2d100)>>3877395Huzzah!
Rolled 90, 6 + 20 = 116 (2d100 + 20)>>3877395An actual neutral force in the team is good, and with a scientist's mind too.
Rolled 48, 61 + 20 = 129 (2d100 + 20)>>3877395
Rolled 33, 51 + 20 = 104 (2d100 + 20)>>3877395
Rolled 10, 91 + 20 = 121 (2d100 + 20)>>3877395
>>3877395>>3877403>>3877404>>3877411“Yeah?” you answer. “Something up?”“Well, got some good news. I’ve been studying those notes I took of your transport, and well, I’m not gonna say I could make one from scratch any time soon, but I’m pretty sure I got a basic idea for how the engine might work an’ how to fix it. If ya wanted to take it out on a job any time soon, I wouldn’t say don’t. Jet’s a bit of a weirdo, but I think they share a baseline design philosophy, so that one, too. I figure these things out a bit more, I might even be able to do a bit of upgrading- that’ll run ya, of course.”Oh. Well, THAT’S certainly good news. “Oh, glad to hear it.” Honestly, because you were wondering if there’d be an opportunity to use the things soon. Maybe you’ll look for a job that can...“Yeah, I’m ordering a couple parts now for a rainy day; it’ll be covered by your retainer fee. That’s due in a couple days, your account’s tied to it so just so you know. Any questions?” Hmm...>Anything?> “Nothing, thanks for the information.”
>>3877446> “Nothing, thanks for the information.”
>>3877446>> “Nothing, thanks for the information.”
>>3877446>“Nothing, thanks for the information.”
>>3877446>"Nothing, thanks for the information.”
>>3877446>>3877455>>3877461>>3877463>>3877478>>3877483Well, at least you’re updated. “Nothing, thanks for the information.”“No problem. I’ll be calling Owlia later, since the deal WAS to let her in on anything…” Oh yeah. You’d nearly forgotten that.“Might want to do it tomorrow,” you advise. “Owlia’s out of it for today, she’ll likely be sleeping a lot.”“Good to know,” she responds. “Later!” And with that, the brief conversation is over. Ah. The rest of the day is yours.And a good portion of it is spent recovering, really. Your legs are mostly alright by now, and you wind up only really going to the store to pick up a few things, which hardly takes any time.It’s early evening when you decide to go out again- a long soak in the bathtub works wonders. Might actually go for a bit of training tomorrow, but right now, you just want to make sure that nothing around the HQ got messed up. You realized you never checked, and if something had gone missing, then there’d be trouble.To your diminishing surprise, Lorelei, Mono, Prima, and Jago are there, the latter three on a bench against the wall. Mono seems to be looking at a magazine of some sort, while Prima and Jago both are crowding around her. Lorelei’s talking about something to them… “So if you’re careful, it’s cake to have someone start a rumor; I mean people love gossip, so-” and that’s when she turns, noticing you. “Oh, hey!”You nod your greetings. “What’s going on here?”She grins. “Nothin’, just giving some pointers about social interaction for bots, I think. Pripri and JJ are gonna go on a two-bot job themselves, so we’re tryin’ to help them out. Y’know, pro tips.”“Nothing exceedingly violent, mind,” Prima is quick to mention. “However, we were fortunate to discover, thanks to Ms. Lorelei, that there is a surprising amount of assignments that are available to individuals like ourselves. We’ve since decided on a request from a peace-loving group of android natives; they seem to be in particular troubles in that they seek a lost artifact that they claim will permit them to auto-assemble again, as they did in their older days, so as to perpetuate their race. It seems the ability has been lost for some centuries.” Huh. That sounds heavy. “Perhaps you have any suggestions?” Hm.> “Work fast. There’s probably another faction after it, and it’s best to not let them get a shot at it at all.”> “Don’t go chasing after every lead. Be patient, and make sure to sift through what’s likelier than not before you move. Don’t waste time.”> “Be confident. Know what you’re going to do before you do it, but do it like there’s no other choice left.”> Other
>>3877498> “Don’t go chasing after every lead. Be patient, and make sure to sift through what’s likelier than not before you move. Don’t waste time.”>Bring up android bodies and magic lessons while they're here
>>3877498>“Don’t go chasing after every lead. Be patient, and make sure to sift through what’s likelier than not before you move. Don’t waste time.”> “Be confident. Know what you’re going to do before you do it, but do it like there’s no other choice left.”
>>3877498>> “Don’t go chasing after every lead. Be patient, and make sure to sift through what’s likelier than not before you move. Don’t waste time.”
>>3877506What he said.We did promise to give her pointers later, and it's now later.
>>3877498>“Don’t go chasing after every lead. Be patient, and make sure to sift through what’s likelier than not before you move. Don’t waste time.”Because you need to> “Work fast. There’s probably another faction after it, and it’s best to not let them get a shot at it at all.”
>>3877514>>3877506telling her to bring corpses its a little bit too much, specially because of what happened before.
>>3877517They are not corpses, and what else can we do with them. If she had an issue with them then she would've mentioned it when we were grabbing them - she has one in her bag right now.
>>3877517Oh right the bodies, that is stipulated in that post, maybe ixnay on the odybay.
Work carefully. Writing!
>>3877498>>3877506>>3877510>>3877513>>3877516You have to give it some thought. But after a minute? “Don’t go chasing after every lead. Be patient, and make sure to sift through what’s likelier than not before you move. Don’t waste time.”“Oh, she’s right.” Lorelei agrees. “There’s always like, a hundred fake or wrong rumors for every true one. You try to investigate them all, you’ll just be running around all over wherever for like, NO reason. Keep your eyes peeled and your audio sensors clear and you’re golden!”“Ah, I see. Thank you! We’ll be sure to be careful to match and calculate any discrepancies between information sources.” Prima says cheerfully. “I think this will be an interesting excursion, myself. I hope that we can help everyone as thoroughly as possible.”“Exactly!” Lorelei cheers. You just hope they don’t get any of HER bad habits. In fact, you should probably mention that...“...Miranda.” Hm? You immediately turn to the voice- that was Izumi. But she looks...particularly solemn. “I see you’re here. Lorelei told me earlier that Prima and Jago were planning on an excursion- I’d thought...well, I suppose that idea’s shot now.” She flinches briefly, as though she was just reminded of something she’d rather not have remembered. “I’m here because...well, they got me thinking about doing so as well, but when I saw the list of available jobs, I saw one that...well, I have to take it. And I...I thought that perhaps your...specific brand of professionalism would be of help to me in this instance in particular.”Both you AND Lorelei are looking at her now with no small amount of concern at her unusual timidity. You’re the one to speak up first. “Wait, what kind of job is this that-”Her face sours as she speaks the next words. “It’s a Retirement job.” Oh. Ohhhhhhhh. (cont.)
>>3877523sorry, i misunderstood, i read that you wanted her to bring up android husks from her adventure.
>>3877542Yeah, that’d do it for someone like Izumi. Even Lorelei sucks her teeth a bit- she knows how Izumi feels about it, too. “Oof.”Mono, on the other hand, is clearly clueless. “Hold on, what’s a ‘Retirement’?”Lorelei sighs, her good mood all but wiped out. “Lingo, kiddo. It means...eh, well, Miranda?”Of course. You turn to the wolfgirl, rolling your eyes. “Right. So, you have a working knowledge of the concept of ‘young girls with strange powers’, from what I’m aware, so I’ll skip all that and say that in a lot of worlds, folks like us are just called ‘magical girls’. In particular there’s some...elements, that a lot tend to share, regardless of where you come from. All three of us used to be one. With me so far?”“Yup.” She’s not the only one listening intently; it seems that Prima and Jago are both carefully paying attention. Good.“Right,” you continue. “So, GENERALLY, magical girls are all about fighting for truth and love and peace and all that junk. Usually pretty benign. But the important bit is that generally? You don’t exactly ‘quit’ being a magical girl. There’s nothing like a ‘tour of duty’. You fight until the job’s done or you’re dead, either or and nothing else.” Your face hardens, and you can even see Lorelei affect a measure of frustration on her face. As much as you all might want to put it behind you, you’ll never forget how you got here.“So, when someone gets the bright idea that they want a magical girl GONE?” you mime a gun at your head and pull the trigger, to Mono’s shock. “Bang. That’s a ‘retirement’.”“And your retirement home is a bodybag,” Lorelei chimes in. “if you’re lucky.”“Geez…” Mono mutters. “An’ this has happened before a lot?”Izumi shakes her head. “Thankfully, no. Most of the time, it’s because someone who was once on the side of justice has fallen to darkness via trickery and deceit. They cannot be contained, however, and in many situations, they have felled their former allies, which leaves locals with little viable option. Yet they must be handled quickly, carefully, and thoroughly,” Izumi explains. “And so they turn to individuals like us.”You’d argue that half the time, your own ‘retirements’ were to girls that were plenty on the side of good and nice, but...you doubt she’d want to hear that. Ever. “It’s usually a careful thing, these kinda jobs,” you chime in before turning to Izumi. “But that’s what we’re in for?”Izumi blinks. “So you’ll help me?”> “Just so long as it’s the usual half-and-half.”> “Friends help friends, right? Or something like that.”> “I mean, you’ll owe me a little something later, but yeah.”> Other
>>3877523Also in the meanwhile (or while they decide they don't want to use them) they can be owlia's helpers. I mean, they are better there than gaining dust and probably expiring in our bag.
>>3877546> “Friends help friends, right? Or something like that.”
>>3877546>“Friends help friends, right? Or something like that.”
>>3877546> “Friends help friends, right? Or something like that.”Now THAT'S something different, wow. Izumi's social link rank is soo gonna rank up after this.
>>3877546> “Friends help friends, right? Or something like that.”Im scared. Who are we retiring though?
>>3877546>> “Friends help friends, right? Or something like that.”
...well, I think I can just move on.Writing.>>3877558Very good question! You're about to find out!
>>3877558betting on a flower scout.
>>3877565Stop are we gonna retire a madoka or homura expy?
>>3877569They could not handle the pressure of payments always being due.
>>3877546>>3877550>>3877551>>3877555>>3877556>>3877558>>3877564You shrug, though you can’t tamp down the grin that grows as you do it. “Well, hey, friends help friends, right? Or something like that, I think.”She pauses, but then her face shares a full, grateful smile. “Yes. Thank you.” But just like that, it’s gone as she sidles up to you, her new FutureSight held out so you can get a good look at it. “The pay should be good; the job was intended to be for multiple people. The situation though is...worrisome.” Well, like she just said. Magical girl? Usually the case. Let’s see…>Cleansing Corruption>Recommended Outgoers: 2-4>Summary: Our organization requests information on enemy territory fallen to Despair. Origin is believed to be a specific individual once to be under contract with us as a Magical Girl, but said unit has irrevocably fallen to darkness and has sought to conquer the city, and potentially more. While initially it was hoped the situation could be contained using internal assets, the target has proven more capable than anticipated, and has eliminated all direct resistance thus far. We thus have decided to turn to external specialists to investigate the area, locate the individual, and assassinate them so as to bring the target area back under control without bringing undue suspicion onto the organization.>Rank: B>Riders Added: Minimal Collateral Damage (Structures), Low-Profile>Total Offered Payment: 60 Large Motes
>>3877579HmmmAre we bringing Mono/Lori into this or not?Mono's reality warping will be effective in territorial disputes while Lorelei's skilled in sneaking.
>>3877579That is too many motes for a single target. I expect this target to be on the tier of evil captain planet.
>>3877579Oh boy this Organization sounds like a doozy, what is this a zordon situation?>>3877584I would default to "No" based off Miranda's reading of their facial expressions.
>>3877579It's awfully familiar. Are we talking about this?http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?searchall=Magical+Girl+Revenge
>>3877579Hm. Yeah, that’s gonna be one of ‘those’ jobs... “World specs?”“Here,” she says easily, and you all lean in to read the layout.>World Name: Earth (#3128256)>Earth Standard Continental Arrangement. Contract takes place in Ryomeki City, Japan.>Magical Level: Moderate (Estimated Recovery Unavailable)>Technological Level: Standard Earth 21st century.>Common Magic Style: Emotion Magic, Willed Magic, Pact Magic, Summon Magic >Races Known: Human (+ Magical Variant), Demon>Local Rulership: Mayorship, standard 21st century Earth Japanese Government. >Unique Notes: Mana is defined in this particular Earth as being constructed of one of two sources- ‘Hope’ Energy and ‘Despair’ Energy. These Energies are entirely dependent on an individual’s emotional state and are antithetical to each other; an equivalent amount of Hope Energy to Despair Energy will normally nullify each other. These energies are further refined into mana for magical functions and each facilitates easier usage of specific techniques. Moral alignment is irrelevant to the production of Hope or Despair Energy. Hope Energy in tangible, spherical form can be consumed to facilitate transformation into a 'magical girl'. The powers gained would depend on the abilities of the opponent defeated and the willpower of the consumer.“Huh. That’s abnormal, to say the least.” You frown lightly, crossing your arms. “Wonder if that means anything for us?”“We’re going to have to make sure we’re very prepared,” Izumi says. “From the looks of things, we’ll have to work carefully to avoid detection.”“True,” you mutter as you consider the situation.>Ask someone else if they want in? Could be a big help. (who?)>Nah, keep it to you two, less chances of being discovered.
Done for the night! Will resume tomorrow.Hhhhhehehehehe
>>3877595and it is.
>>3877597>Nah, keep it to you two, less chances of being discovered.
>>3877597>Nah, keep it to you two, less chances of being discovered
Just before we go, can we agree in leaving the android husks in Owlia's hands? we will tell her to not modify them too much of course,but they are literally useless in our bag.>>3877597>Nah, keep it to you two, less chances of being discovered.Also, PLANNING and buying TIME. Lets get a high energy plasma sniper. They want us to be cover, that's as covert as it can be.
>>3877597>>Nah, keep it to you two, less chances of being discovered.I'd prefer to keeps jobs like this private.
>>3877597>OtherAsk Lorelei and Mono about their opinions. Can't be too safe, and having more numbers when things inevitably go FUBAR is better.
>>3877597Well shit. This would be hard.>Ask someone else if they want in? Could be a big help. (who?)>Bring Mono
I was at that thread before the QM died. Last time the protagonist have plans to infiltrate that organization. Although I don't really know who is who. And they have a new powerful ally who is considered a fucking nuclear bomb if not contained. I fear for the future this girl had made to become like that.
>>3877622Can you summarize the plot for us?Also lol @ everyone bringing only 2 people into a 60 large job. At least check out our options first.
>>3877628>Protagonists is one of a 5 members MG group>Betrayed and died>Came back from the dead but this time as a despair shadow the MG is fighting for>Tries to kill them one by one but anons had other idea>"Guys let's corrupt them and make her into ours">Everyone agrees and slowly they corrupted 2 of the 5 members.>Also involve /u/ boats>Conspiracy about previous group>Surprise it's the current leader who also conspiring>Her goals - kill the organization>Protagonist kills her>The end>Meanwhile the observer from that organization saw everything and decided to put a bounty on he head (current)This is just the shortest summary I can think of.
>>3877633From browsing the last thread of the quest seems accurate enough, the use of grammar in that quest bothered me enough I didn't want to dive further.
>>3877622>>3877633So we're dealing with corruption magic and a walking nuke, plus countless MGs that have been turned.Yeaaah we absolutely need to take at least 1 more guys. I'm telling you, corruption magic is much scarier than pure fire power.
>>3877637Yeah, the QM admitted that it's his weakest point. Even though he improves day by day, he would eventually forgets every advice anons told him not to do.
>RANK B JOB>60 LARGE MOTES>minimum of 2-4 outgoers>crossover>only bringing Izumi and MirandaAnons please.>>3877633Oh dear, this the crossover type that we discussed (in jest) before. "what if Miranda was hired to kill a protagonist in another quest?" que crit 1 rolls for Miranda and co.>>3877597>ask for Lori's and Mono's opinions before asking for their helpWe need their abilities, especially Mono's reality bending singing.
>>3877641Nah, her corruption magic isn't that powerful and it completely depends on the target being a complete idiot and being isolated for an incredibly long amount of time; we're fine. the problem is that we need to alpha strike her, like how with did to the metahuman that absorbed powers, BUT with as little collateral damage as possible. If everything goes wight, we might be able to finish the job in three threads at most. which would be absolutely nice.
Quick OOC notes before I go to bed:-I have the QM's blessing and trust, but this event will be all me. No sharing writing duties, this time!-This event has been in the cards in some fashion since MARCH.
>>3877644On a per person basis, its a 30 motes job, we literally came from a job that paid more and if we learned something from the last crossover is that we tend to panic and overcompensate. we'll be fine.
>>3877646>Since MarchSo ever since the thread ended.
>>3877648"tend to panic and overcompensate."I think you mean we *apply the correct and exact amount of compensation appropriate for the situation*"
>>3877650Yeah let's just take more and stock up gear as much as possible. Dealing with one of our own is serious business. > b-b-but lower payWe will never use lotes so carelessly that every single unit matters. Can never be too safe, and we're doing this to honour Izumi.>>3877597>ask for Lori's and Mono's opinions before asking for their help
>>3877641>>3877644Naw. We can take the job just fine with the two of us. Trying to involve more people isn't needed here when the job is simple in objective. The main difficulty are usually things not involving combat or combat while escorting people. But this job is all combat and not much more, so I don't have much worries other than trying to limit collateral this time.
>>3877655Well, it's also stealth, but more people is not normally helpful with stealth.It's also not helpful fighting mind control and mass corruption.I could see an argument for bringing Lorelei given this is basically her shtick.
>>3877648we can double the money with looting and side quests. With B rank missions and dice rolls that can fuck us up we can never be too careful. Also we're going on a plain outfit again aren't we? The mission says we need to be low-profile.
>>3877658Yeah I am in favor of bringing Lori too, then we'll have the trio working together again.Mono's too green for this.
>>3877650>What if we need anti zombie weaponry?>What if we need flame throwers?>Lets not use the items because we might need them later>why use magic when we can use a more complicated way to do itAnon, come on.>>3877661>With B rank missions and dice rolls that can fuck us up we can never be too careful.Dice have never fucked us over. the closest to that was on the crystal MGs and that was due to our own sheer stupidity.>Also we're going on a plain outfit again aren't we? I was thinking something like the outfit we used for the mafia world, albeit with plainness to the top, even if it means that reality will forgets we exist and forces izumi to do the talking.>>3877662Mono already faced an energy vampire twice, she can take it.
>>3877664Hey...The true goal is to have 1 of every item and never use any of them.Elixir Hoarders 4 lyfe!
Let's get a hope essence. Basically if we got one, it can bestow any female gender to become a magical girl.>Prima eats it and became the first robotic magical girl
I'm surprised anons are arguing to take less people. If the stealth rolls are the main concerns then take Lori. I'm pretty sure her's are always passed or her checks are low enough that they will almost always pass. I mean she's an infiltration expert.>>3877681Oh lords they have those? Let's do it, damn our responsibilities.
>>3877681NOPE. Hope essences are the bad kind of bullshit that you don't want to be near of. its like getting a wish from a genie or an ahamkara; only bad things happen from that. Also, prima can be a wizard; those are more powerful than magical girls and have none of the issues.
>>3877687If Lorelei comes, she would get one.
>>3877687It's a Monkey's Paw.
>>3877692You're forgetting something really important; those things are damn rare and the universe is always eager to get them away from your hands. If we wanted prima to be a wizard or a magical girl we literally can build her a body that is suited for that. there is no need to mix more magic into her personal core.>>3877694A shitty monkey paw, yes.
Well, low profile doesn't mean that we have to go full plainness, we can be 'somewhat out of ordinary' or stay away from highly populated ares.I really don't want to deal with plainness stat
>>3877711 Me either
>>3877711To be fair, me neither, BUT we're dealing with a rogue magical girl that has taken control part of the city she lives in and is confirmed to have access to "internal assets". It just makes sense to be as invisible as possible so that our target doesn't suspect a thing.
By the way, we also have Gartoum, so technically it won't be two vs the world.
>>3877723I agree with this.I don't know what's with anons being anti-plainness because on the bleached spaghetti job we were required to be inconspicuous for assassating many targets to not draw attention to the client and then we rolled low, the whole thing turned into a mafia gang war and resulting a problem with our paycheck. although, the last one with our two bots is only one where our plainness was detrimental with our client underestimating us but I still think it'll end the same if we've gone for intimidation or other, because they'll either try to kill us behind our back or trap/capture us much earlier.
>>3877772Can Miranda resist or is immune to mind altering powers? It seems this is her first choice if we ever got caught. Also the protagonist skill list according to OP. Probably outdated.https://pastebin.com/ppWJz89J
>>3877597>Ask Lori if she wants to come with usIt's been a while since we had the original trio together.
>>3877644Reality-bending isn't very-low profile. I think we should keep what happens on this job just between the two of us, no third wheels.
>>3877774We do have a "mana-tinfoil" hat skill that we learned a while back. Should come in handy in this job.
>>3877774Not too troublesome, beside her special brand of mind control.It's high time we get some strong anti-magic gear. Not metagaming much, since we're retiring a MG. And Izumi should have a sniper rifle in her bag.If we ever get caught, Miranda doesn't have anything to boost her speed to bail faster I think? Besides Overchannel and the Seither Crystals.
>>3877814Assault and levitation crystals plus teleportation sigil could be used for escape, and protective sigil plates are good against magic.
>>3877826Hmmm, that's a lot of options. Guess it's good to hoard stuffs after all.What can we buy then? Defensive gear to loan out to the girls who are coming with us? We have more than 90 Lotes and I don't know what we can spend on.
>>3877774Yep this one is outdated. This one was posted at thread 9 so this is probably the latest one. https://pastebin.com/qvgJFRkPFirst of all, she has a lot of utility skills when we go loud. In fact they're 2 of them how can track someone. We need something like Mana interference. Second is their shape shifting abilities. We need someone who can see their true person. Lastly we should kill her as fast as we could before others know.
>>3877828But it's 21st century means there would be limited tech to be found. If anything, the protagonist invested in medicinal industry. Also they have an investor that dabbles in food, pharmaceutical, media and industrial. May or may not involve corruption poisoning to the masses.We really need to cut this from the root.
>>3877831I meant buying something on the Intersection to prepare anon.If we have to roll with only 2 people like you voted for then we'll have to gear them out of the arse to compensate.
>>3877834Sorry about that, mistook you for the other anon (NylhN6fZ)But yeah, preparations and all.
>>3877602Oh right, forgot to mention, my id flipped
>>3877834>>3877831i don't think we're going to buy anything, unless its stuff to be more plainness, or allows us to change our facial structure, like Owlia's crystal. Other than that, we don't have enough IC information to create a plan, other than we might need to bless our weapons and get something that can allow us to hack inside security systems and such. Ah, the beauty of the modern "smart" items. They are super easy to hack and compromise a whole system.
>>3877922The FutureSight might be able to work as a hacking tool and electronic lockpick, but we should check.Also, standard 21st Century is kind of broad. Early 21st century is what we're in IRL, but mid-21st Century would be the 2050's, 30 years worth of tech development (wearable AR interfaces? RFID chips everywhere?). Late 21st Century means 2080 or 2090, which is like comparing security practices from the 1920's to security in the 1990's.>>3877597>Ask someone else if they want in? Could be a big help. (who?): Lorelei and Mono
>>3877936You're overthinking it dude. It says standard, because its a message directed to the players, not miranda.
Regarding Owlia's ever growing backlog of "Stuff Miranda thinks she might like to poke at", it might be time to remind Owlia that she has leadership experience. If she doesn't want to deal with something or doesn't think she'll have time, she can farm it out. Either in terms of giving it to dedicated R&D groups in exchange for shared benefits, outright selling it to R&D groups, or just hiring other researchers either permanently or as contractors. She can even just decide "this is low priority enough not to be worth pursuing"The point being, if her stress levels are rising from the backlog, something needs to change. And honestly I think the first step of that is to reframe things: she does not have a backlog of things her boss wants her to do. She has a growing array of resources her boss wants her to make use of in whatever way she thinks most beneficial
>>3877597>>Nah, keep it to you two, less chances of being discovered.We got this.
>>3878117by the way, we're dropping by the markets before we leave right? I'd still like to get that rifle, especially if we're trying to be somewhat low profile.I wonder how expensive a couple mags of anti-magic ammo would run?
>>3877597Sounds like a "Bait to remote area and then alpha strike with a Nebula Buster or several" type of mission.>Ask someone else if they want in? Could be a big help>LoreleiI don't like their numbers advantage in this context
fucking baffles me peeps are still advocating for only 2 people. Only reason I can think of is they want to do the mission on a harder setting for some kind of cheap thrill, at the expense of safety.
>>3877597>Ask someone else if they want in? Could be a big help>Lorelei
>>3878139Because less is more and as far as we know(IC) we will be facing a single magical girl and her human/demon hybrid mooks, which is completely possible for izumi and miranda to beat.>>3878097Sure, but we need to stay more time here in order to set up that>>3878122What about buying anti magic knifes/swords/gauntlets as well? The bullets for izumi, the blades for us.
>>3878155The problem with bullets is that while they're fast and hard to block, they're single-use.What about anti-magic bolts and we use a sci-fi tech crossbow?
>>3878155>>3878170In addition of weapons, we can still buy more anti-magic armor parts to stack with our barriers.
>>3878170For practical purposes they are also 1 use as well. The real advantage with bullets is that we can tag the target from kilometers away, can go supersonic (which means that they would have to see the bullet coming in order to stop it) and can be loaded with lots of different loadouts.>>3878175How would that work?
>>3878182It's literally just a piece of armor that can be wore, that provides extra magic protection, similar to Diablo/PoE? I mean Intersection has to have something like this for sale right (obviously not on a pair of boots, we're still using ours for the mana)?
>>3878192Oh. For some reason i understood your post as literally adding armor to the barriers. Sure, i guess, but i dont know how that will work, given that we're magical as well. Given that we're fighting a corrupted MG, holy armor might work better instead.
>>3878198It would be like stacking on layers of armor, I think? A good enough smith will make sure things work out, plenty of magic-attuned Outgoers need those gear.
>>3878322If a metal rejects magic, it either cannot be used by magic people, or they cannot make magic come from areas that are covered by it.
>>3877829>INTERCEPTOR (PASSIVE) : If someone uses the skill scan, Junko will know that someone is scanning the area. Although she wouldn't know where the caster scanned, but she will know how far or near the caster are.>SKIN CONTACT (PASSIVE) - Junko can touch a hope infused person without any damage. She can pass as any normal or a magical person. Also works when shapeshifting. In addition to this, she can detect any person who has hope infused (Magical Girl) Whenever she touch the person especially who are good at hiding their own aura.>SHAPESHIFTING - Shapeshift a person from its own appearance that mirrors the target shapeshifted. Cannot imitate voice.>COLD BLOODED (PASSIVE):Undetectable by MG scan/radar/track The burning sensation from touching a hope infused person will never hurt Junko anymore.>Yuu is full of buff skills and has a lie detector and danger sense skillThese are skills to watch out on.
>>3877597Also >Ask someone else if they want in? Could be a big help. (Lori)
>>3878368But she needs to buff first to activate the passive danger sense. Also one skill to look out for.>[PASSIVE] IMMUNITY II - YOU WILL NEVER GET SICK OR GET A STATUS AILMENT. NOW INCLUDES CURSES AND BINDED SPELLS.So any debilitating traps or shots is out of the question. The only shot were gonna make is to alpha strike her without her knowing.
>>3878368Don't get too meta now. It stretches the imagination if Randa just knows how to counter them.
>>3878368The only skill that we should be worrying about is the interceptor one, but considering that we don't have any acive scan skill, we're fine. Also, if that skill wirks as intended, it would always be on alert because in this time and age, every corporation is after your data, your big and profitable data.>>3878364Then a holy armor should work better for our mission. Or a blessing from the local multiversal priest.
>>3878379Or we could go bless the armor in that world for maximum efficiency. I think buffing an armor cost nothing in that world.
>>3878373Magical traps and a very specific sort, that is. In theory, we can still trap her inside an airtight box made from our barriers. Also, thats info that miranda can't possibly know.
>>3878379Also the interceptor skill is magical in nature. So if we use the futuresight which is technological then the interceptor skill would render moot and useless.
>>3878387Indeed. The plan that i had was to spy on her for a week or so, in order to get her routine and any potential weaknesses. Then we formulate a plan based on that.
>>3878390This looks like a job for our local cat burglar.
>>3878400Izumi specifically came to us and no one else. Its disrespectfull to bring someone she didn't contact first.
>>3878407Is this the demon job Izumu wanted help with back a long time ago, or is this completely different?
>>3878407Now you're just reaching for nickles anon. She was well within ears' reach of everyone when she brought the job up. If she really really wanted only 2 of us then she would had made a call at a private location of something, not at the HQ.I think it's even more disrespectful to be so overconfident. Miranda, prideful? Sure, but refusing more help is just illogical, or just outright refusing it before asking for details is rather OOC, she's too savvy for that. I also want to bring Lori in because we haven't had the trio, just the trio working together since forever.
>>3877597>ask Lori if she wants to join>>3878407It doesn't hurt to ask
>>3878435Then we're getting 20 Lotes each. If its barely worth it right now, it would be illogical for so little, specially wen we could do several HQ jobs in less time for more money.
>>3878451true. why take risks like this unless we're getting paid good for it? We and Izumi are enough.
>>3878451I thought the HQ jobs rewarded like, 4 lotes if any
>>3878462Yes and they take a day at most to complete. in one week we're more than capable of getting the 20 Lotes AND we get HQ upgrades.
>>3878435>because we haven't had the trio, just the trio working together since forever.This
>>3878451Again with the motes problem, we're not gonna use every single of it anon. We still have a lot.>>3878464And if you want, we can rest a bit after this job and then just do HQ jobs while exploring the Intersection, for a while. I'm not opposed to more motes and sight seeing, but taking this particular job seriously is top priority here.I'm also not sure if we're authorized to do just HQ jobs in real time for that much amount of time, our main gig is exploring outside of the Intersection and Sal would poke at us.
Anons the reason Miranda accept is not because of pay but to help a friend. Izumi had morality issues which is why she approach Miranda for input. This is to help a friend not making money for herself. Also you're being too greedy lately for lotes.
>>3878479>Again with the motes problem, we're not gonna use every single of it anon.We're underselling our job. You don't do that because then you end up in Izumi's place, where she has to work several side jobs to survive. >We have a lotTrue, but for the same months that we will do this, we could get 40+ motes. I know we're doibg this for izumi, but like i said, the problem isn't the motes, but underselling our job, something that miranda has shown to be very picky about.>And if you want, we can rest a bit after this job That literally will never happen. We're literally unable to be more than a IRL week on the intersection, either to anons being paranoid, greedy or a combination of both.
>>3878487helping a friend doesn't mean neglecting profit. We can get both at same time by not splitting it more than 2 ways. Her personal help is more than enough when Izumi's main difficulty is the act of killing, not combat itself.
>>3878494I think that we'd be fine to bring at least one other person on board. I don't think there's been a job yet where we haven't had any kind of opportunity to fulfill a secondary or tertiary objective and get some extra pay. We just have to be on the lookout.
>>3878546This is a mission identical to the one that stole powers, albeit the MG in qiestion isn't in a rampage. I don't think there wil be any sidequests, and even if there were, the rewards will be divided by 3. Its a net loss for lorelei.
>>3878546We've only gotten a secondary objective a few times.
Mmm I don't think that 20 lotes is such a low amount it's not worth doing the mission.Though, if this was the best mission Izumi could find, either Sal's really messing with her, or she has a particular distaste for corrupted magical girls.Or both.
>>3878573Or Sal found a prospective member to join.
>>3878573>Why would the morally good member of the team would take the mission to take out magical girl that has been corrupted by darkness?>>3878589Of course, bring someone that will piss of one of the workers. That definitely will work great.
>>3878599>Oh gee maybe she can convince that she would change he ways and then it's all sunshine and rainbows?
>>3878605>Or maybe she quits, cutting us off from a decent chunk of money! Golly gee how exciting!
>>3878599afaik Izumi generally avoids straight up murder missions.
>>3878614Where did you get that idea? She had comparable bodycount on every mission we took her with us.
>>3878618Most of the time those bodies were working for an obvious bad guy, like Lord Kolm.
>>3878614Izumi rejects evil missions, and tries to avoid unnecessary killing.
So it seems like the idea is to ask Lorelei.Short run tonight because I'm exhausted, but the rest of it honestly would've just been shopping shiz anyway.Writing.
>>3877597Well, you don’t have to think about it long. When it comes to avoiding detection… “You mind if Lorelei comes with?” you ask as you look at the girl in question.“Me?” Lorelei asks. “I mean...wouldja want me to?”Izumi considers it a bit, before nodding. “Yes, I think I would. You’d be helpful in a number of ways, I think. I’d...appreciate the help.”Lorelei blows a breath. “Hoooo boy. Haven’t done a Retirement in a while. ‘Specially not one that sounds quite like this.” But she snorts, shaking her head. “Buuuuut, I’d feel like a jerk if I just let you go through that with just ‘Randa. Goodness knows you need SOMEONE to lighten things up.”That gets a small laugh out of her, but she nods anyway. “Thank you. I feel...a great deal more comfortable knowing you two will be there.” Then, starting, she looks over to Mono, Prima and Jago, a chagrined expression on her face. “Ah, sorry, Mono, I-”“Oh, nononono, don’tcha worry. I want nooooo part a’ that right now.” Mono confirms, waving her hands. “Seems a bit much for me. Maybe some day in the waaaay distant future I’ll feel up for fightin’ girls of mass destruction. Not right now, though, haha, no.”“Then it’s just us old gals, huh?” Lorelei winks. “Cool deal. So, we’re gonna need to prep for this.”“Any suggestions?” you adk.Lorelei puts on her thinking face, smoothing out her hair as she considers the situation. “She’s trying to conquer the city...I’m thinking she’s got resources more than just combat-centric. We’re supposed to ‘investigate, locate, and assassinate’,” she muses. “So she might be in hiding. Either that or she’s going to go into hiding shortly. How much you wanna bet she’s got some kinda surveillance setup?”“Could just be able to scry,” Izumi opines. “Can we get defenses against that?”“We’ll have to see,” you figure. “That, alongside a few other things…”>Shopping List time!
>>3878782>Shopping List time!A basic, reliable, select fire battle rifle that is inexpensive to feed. Intended for use in situations where magic use isn't possible or desirable. A suppressor would be a nice addition, but not required.poke around the shops see what they have on offer for avoiding various types of detection. We're not exactly subtle.
>>3878782We could go for a humor focus. Make everyone take us as a joke, instead of just pumping plainness.
>>3878782This>>3878805
Maybe we should invest in masks, for extra coverage.>>3878813Why not both? We should be mob tier in looks so they won't suspect anything.
>>3878805>>3878813Magic masking seems likely. I'm voting in for some anti-magic armor too. Maybe something that does both?Oh god what will full Humor Miranda look like?
>>3878824Anon, I've already told you that we're covered. Take these from Owlia's Rentals and Borrows >>3877826
>>3878826Aaah yes, those work too. BUT we can always add more.
Oh man, were going to a Madoka Magical expy world.
>>3878822Mob tier? Like hat, tie, with a briefcase full of weapons?>>3878824Something that kills and has humor. Someone from Borderlands?
>>3878853Mob is weeb speak for very minor/unimportant characters or NPCs
>>3878853I thought he was talking about the absolute iconic faces of this guy and OPM.
>>3878869I thought he was speaking about mafia things.
I was thinking we go for something cute/innocent yet crazy/murderous.Like Nui from Kill la Kill.
>>3879127If we wear something like that, we would stand out too much.
>>3879130I was thinking Miranda could be something of a distraction for the retiree to focus on while Izumi and Lori do sneaky ninja stuff. Although i gotta admit Lori would fit that role better.
>>3879127Schoolgirls.I'm pretty sure no one will bat an eye on how one day 3 transfers just come in, 2 of which are foreigners. Nope, no one at all.
>>3879159>Hello we are not transfer student here nice too meet you all>Everyone in the class is very suspicious
>>3879159I mean three people randomly showing up is GOING to be suspicious, might as well have one blatantly suspicious person take most of the attention away from the other two.
>>3879184I assume this org is going to set us up as new students, predictably. If that happens Lori should be our bait due to her gossipy nature and the ability to both cause a scene or blend in when its needed.
>>3879127>>3879157>>3878853Why would we want to bring any attention to us at all? This is an assassination mission against someone that has taken partial control of the city; its imperative that we stay hidden as long as possible and junko is smart. If she sees one single magical girl that is purposely grabbing all the attention, she would look for the ones that are hidden because that's how we trained her to be. Don't overestimate her just because she's weak on paper, her true strength lies on her allies, which aren't mentioned at all in the dossier.>>3879184>>3879389we look like almost adults. we can be added as teachers assistants or better yet, employees. No need to be highschool girls.
>>3879402Just a thought my man. If anything goes good they'll set us up according to our liking, and then we act accordingly. And for physical appearances none of the girls are passed 19 (you can check the pastebin for that).Since this is a termination mission our best bet is an alpha strike like the other anons said, BUT there are some wrenches. Firstly we cannot the Buster inside the city, we'll have to lure the target to a location far away from the city which she's trying to take over - frankly rather hard. Second, Izumi will no doubt try to reason with her, going for a last second change of heart. This is not the way to go - even if she succeed the contract insisted on the termination of the target. We'll have to remind her of that. And if she fails on a high chance, we'll lose the element of surprise and get into a slugfest right inside the target's home turf.
>>3879414>And for physical appearances none of the girls are passed 19And junko is 14, with the oldest girl being the traitor at 17. We only barely pass as students in the last grade, but barely.>Second, Izumi will no doubt try to reason with her, going for a last second change of heart.She has shown to have no hesitation on targets that are demons or corrupted and this is no different. The target is already wholly corrupted and if she asked us to aid her is because she doesn't want to deal the killing blow but knows it must be done. Izumi might have morals that hinder the mote gaining skills, but she's not going to try to change the heart of someone that a) has forsaken the duty of a magical girl and b) has endangered enough people to place the government in a position of asking help from a supernatural entity.>And if she fails on a high chance, we'll lose the element of surprise and get into a slugfest right inside the target's home turf.That's why i don't want to be in the same school as her. Being a new classmate is an old, used and tired cliche and there is no doubt that junko will have some sort of screening process for that kind of people and like you said, we're on her home turf. our best bet to end this quickly, is to spy her from afar by taking multiple disguises and by baiting her to a place that is rigged to either debilitate her or is far away enough that we can use most of our skills without worries.
Now that I think about it, we can always recruit the locals to get some heat off us. I'm pretty sure there are still on-site agents from the organization and MGs trying to contain the target's influences. That's another option.
>>3879438The QM states in the archives isKanna - 16Yuu, Junko, Rei - 17Mari - 18 looking at the thread makes my eyes bleed. I wonder how anons manage to torture themselves reading this thing
>>3879402>Weak on paper>Strength relies on alliesSince Junko's mom is alive should we kidnap her and go to isolated area where we can trap her and alpha strike the fuck out? Also I can't believe this cute evil schoolgirl overlord has a concept of friendship and love while being corrupted and evil demon queen.
>>3879500If that's the case, we'll fit right in.I have to commend the QM on actually finishing his quest despite his shortcomings.
>>3879509While that's a viable tactic, we don't know that IC yet. Seems like Lori and Gartoum will be on full scouting duty on the first few days.
>>3879500it was when handler was away and in my particular case, i tend to have a lot of patience.>>3879509Divide and conquer- that might work, but that also sends people in a berserk rage. Useful if we take it into account, though.
>>3878782This set of items could do the trick:Jewel Clip (Otherworldly +1) - got it after mental training, warns us when something tries to mess with our mind*Mastercrafted* Divine Shoes (Humor +2 / Intimidation +1 / Otherworldly +1)Miranda's Jacket[Intimidation +1/Plainness -1]Magical Battle Skirt (Humor +1 / Plainness + 2 / Otherworldly -2)Big n' Proper Bowtie (Plainness +2 / Humor +1 / Intimidation -3)Prim Gloves (Plainness +1 / Intimidation -1)Our stats would be:Intimidation C+Humor COtherworldly EHothead CPlainness C+And it wouldn't cost us anything. Not saying that we shouldn't buy new stuff from the shop, just showing what we've already got for comparison.
>>3879535The jacket cancels out with the prim gloves.Not a criticism, just pointing out they do nothing when paired.
>>3879535I'd rather have a higher plainness. We need to stay out of Junko's sight for as long as possible.
Hang on, are we actually crossing with dark magical girl quest?
>>3879767Yes
Standard Battle Rifle and stealth options? Right.
>>3878782“First thing is weapons,” you’d said. They’d agreed and you’d all decided to set something up later tonight. None of you wanted to stew over this exceptionally long, but you needed to put some thought into it. All the Outgoer places were 24 hours, so it didn’t matter when you went in.As you break for later, Mono looks back at you with naked concern. “Hey, you all’ll be okay, huh?”You can’t help but snort a bit at that. “As well as we can be. Best I can promise you.”Later, you all meet up and head to Kowalski’s. “Izumi, I’m guessing you have a sniper rifle already?”The way she speaks is both soft yet resolute. “I’ve got an idea or two. What about you?”You shrug. “Eh, I figure a decent battle rifle should do fine. Something select-fire. Worried that she might have a read on magic-type assaults, so maybe I can surprise her.”“Smart move,” Lorelei considers. “We want to say under the radar for as long as possible. Never been a fan of anti-magic, but maybe there’s something around here…”There’s more than a few types of battle rifles to pick from, of course. But in general...>Standard projectile battle rifles: Your normal bullet-based rifles. Generally cost around 1 L.>Magic Enhanced: Bullet-based, but they seem to have some permanently infused magic that allow for some extra punch when unexpected, such as fire/water/earth/wind enhanced, or even things like gravity/slow and whatnot. Run around 2-3 L.>Other
>>3880053>Magic Enhanced: Bullet-based, but they seem to have some permanently infused magic that allow for some extra punch when unexpected, such as fire/water/earth/wind enhanced, or even things like gravity/slow and whatnot. Run around 2-3 L.>Ask for ammo like holy type
>>3880053It >>3880083
>>3880053>Magic Enhanced: Bullet-based, but they seem to have some permanently infused magic that allow for some extra punch when unexpected, such as fire/water/earth/wind enhanced, or even things like gravity/slow and whatnot. Run around 2-3 L.May as well get the good stuff.
Fair enough. Listing now!
>>3880098Gotta need that magically piercing type ammo
>>3880161One mag of every ammo type, several of the more generally useful ones. Let's try not to go full "For House and Dominion" on the rifle ammo though.
>>3880053I know the vote is closed, but I'd like to also see the basics at some point.
>>3880203We only need holy ammo, we will never have the chance to switch types if we go for alpha strike.
>>3880212I seem to have misread that, thought it said the rifles are capable of firing enhanced ammo not that the rifle itself is magic'd
>>3880053>>3880083>>3880088>>3880098You decide to take a look at the magic enhanced stuff- the fact that they’re still bullet-based is a plus, and in case they don’t actually have any specific anti-magic defenses, then so much the better. Seems like there’s a theme with all of these, though; the innate magic apparently needs time to ‘recharge’ if you use it for too long at a time, else it becomes a standard battle rifle.>V-33 ‘Gaia’: Made specifically for earth elemental users to bring to bear, apparently; this rifle is burst-fire with a full automatic toggle; each spray is enhanced with earth magic increase each bullet’s weight and impact, AND to throw up spikes of earth like spears on impact. And if they actually hit a person? Yeah, you can imagine. Brutal, to say the least. >Cost: 3 L>LRS Wildhawk: This designated marksman rifle is burst-fire only, actually, but there’s a good reason why: this rifle is wind-enhanced, giving it massive penetrating power- essentially, giving them anti-material properties, but without needing the size and weight of an anti-material rifle or bullet. >Cost: 2 L>Reignheart MI-DRM-3: The Reignheart Magically-Infused Designated Marksman Rifle 3 is most certainly a shock and awe weapon; infused with lightning magic, it’s essentially a taser and a gun combined, ensuring that enemies won’t have the clarity to shoot back if they’re hit in ‘only’ a non-vital area.>Cost: 3L>Dragontooth MR-4: Although bullets that set people on fire aren’t anything unique- incendiary ammo works well enough for normal guns- what sets this apart is the fact that this fire-enhanced burst-fire weapon requires a taste of mana from the user- upon doing that, its scorching fire won’t ever burn said user. Very much for ‘indiscriminate’ usage and horror tactics, it seems.>Cost: 2 L>Zollar ‘Jupiter’ AR-25: This select-fire rifle is less common than others in that it apparently has the ability etched in it to transfer gravity from its bullets to the target area when shot, essentially weighing it down to a debilitating degree. Lethal in a number of ways, but this also allows the gun to be useful for more utility purposes as well.(cont.)
>>3880295>'Jupiter' Cost: 3LHm...all not quite what you expected, actually. You turn to the counter, where a young elf girl who’s nametag reads ‘Archimedis’ is casually reading something on a holopad. “Excuse me?” she idly flicks her eyes up at you; likely not happy she was interrupted. “Do you have any weapons here that can take multiple magic-enhanced ammunition types?”To her credit, she at least seems to take it seriously, dropping the pad and mulling over the question. “Mmmm...try two rows down.”Ah, figures. “Thanks. And do you have any holy-type ammunition here, either?” You hadn’t seen any, so you figure not, but...couldn’t hurt to ask.Unfortunately, though, she shakes her head. “Nah. I mean, I feel like we have at some point, and I know some places have them? But we don’t carry it, ‘cause it’s generally pretty rare for something called ‘holy’ or ‘dark’ or anything like that to hold that kinda energy internally for super long around here since it’s always super specific to the world in question and usually relies on a direct link to that world’s god or devil to work. Holy bullets don’t sell enough for us to carry ‘em regularly.”Rats. Well…Ah. Here.> MER-66 ‘Nature Boy’: A burst-fire rifle that comes with three extra different barrels, it’s designed to take a multitude of ammo types- normal, and magic-enhanced. Its range is shorter than most, however, and the setup for allowing it to take multiple ammo types means that its reload time can be lengthy if you’re switching types. Not to mention the barrel is expected to warp rather quickly, screwing up accuracy, and should be changed out before long. Still, it’s unmatched for versatility.>Cost: 5 (Five?!) L“This is all you have?” you ask her with a bit of surprise.“All we got in stock, yeah,” she affirms. >Choose.>Other
>>3880295>V-33 ‘Gaia’
What are we going for again? Stopping power or debilitation? Or we can just buy 1 rifle for each, I mean we certainly have the motes to spare.
>>3880299>V-33 Gaia.
>>3880299>V-33 ‘Gaia’Sounds hardcore and good for general ruining of days past this one mission.
>>3880299>>V-33 ‘Gaia>Ask for the outgoer's discount.
>>3880295>V-33 ‘Gaia’>Zollar ‘Jupiter’ AR-25I think it should be wise to take both.
Gaia it is.Something something power of mother earth something something.Writing.
>>3880377Well, it's fancier that what I would have chosen, but it seems to be pretty cheap, and as long as it goes bang every time we pull the trigger it should work just fine.
>>3880419I think it's more on the fact that it has a full automatic toggle for maximum DPS.
>>3880299Well...hm. After some deliberation, you decide on the V-33 Gaia. That earth enhancement sounds scary for anyone on the business end of this thing, and you could see yourself using it in future jobs, too. “I’ll go with this. We don’t get discounts here, do we?” “This is an Outgoer specialist store,” she says flatly. “That IS with the discount.”...ah. Could’ve said that earlier. Bah, whatever. Lorelei, you’re surprised, has managed to find a grappler; arm-mounted, twin end-linked so that she can fire the opposite end of it at another target and create either a zipline or a slingshot. Aside from that, a crossbow, which you note has a number of bolts with variously colored lines on them. Likely similar to your own weaponry. When you ask why, she simply responds “Hunch. Also I wanted one.” Fair enough.Izumi, similarly, has gotten a high-powered assault rifle; with her natural ability to enhance any weapon she’s holding, that thing will be devastating. “Alright, that’s weapons,” you decide. “Now we need to find a few ways to keep ourselves off the radar.” “We’ve got a couple options already back home,” Izumi notes. True, the teleportation sigil, the vanishing plate...but you might want a bit more.That said, you’re not 100% certain that anything here will be worthwhile- not if there’s magic afoot. About the only things available are various types of active camouflage- it’d allow you to blend into the scenery well, for sure, but that’s about it.>Check Io’s Potpourri. Maybe there’s something interesting there.>Lorenzo’s might have something worthwhile instead…>Maybe you don’t really need that kind of thing after all.>Other
>>3880497>>Check Io’s Potpourri. Maybe there’s something interesting there.
>>3880497>Check Io’s Potpourri. Maybe there’s something interesting there.
>>3880497>Check Io’s Potpourri. Maybe there’s something interesting there.Maybe they’ll have some sort of magical school uniforms for disguising ourselves.
>>3880497>>Lorenzo’s might have something worthwhile instead…
>>3880497>>3880521>>3880524>>3880529>>3880554>>3880593“Maybe there’s something a bit more fitting somewhere else,” you decide as you all pay for your weapons. “Let’s try that Potpourri place and see if they’ve got anything.”“Might as well,” Lorelei says. >Current Motes: 91.30.You leave quickly enough and end up heading down the road; Io’s wasn’t a place you generally went, to be honest. Seemed to be a place for the off-beat and castoff, though, more than normal. Hopefully, they’d have what you were looking for in their near-daily revolving goods lineup.After you scan your cards and gain entry, you’re surprised to see someone stocking shelves; a girl about your (physical) age, with a bright smile long brown hair, and a traditional vendor’s apron on, seemingly sticking things in places at random with stickers on them. Although she jumps briefly when the chime goes off, she nonetheless turns to you and immediately starts up. “Oh, hello hello! Wasn’t expecting anyone this late, but welcome nonetheless to Io’s Potpourri, where we have everything you’ve been dreaming of and everything you haven’t! I’m Io, the owner and proprietress! Can I help you tonight in your search for something to help your Outgoing? Perhaps a new weapon that doesn’t scream ‘weapon’, or perhaps something to help you in rough terrain and strange environments! Maybe perhaps an item even more eclectic?”Aggressive, this one. “Stealth and identity concealment, if you have anything that helps with that.”“Yeeah, we’re trying to not get ID’d by someone what might have magical IDing, y’know?” Lorelei explains. “So if there’s anything here that might stop that…”“Well, only one way to find out!” she says cheerfully.>Roll 4d100, best of 3.
Rolled 51, 18, 100, 53 = 222 (4d100)>>3880602
Rolled 1, 69, 19, 40 = 129 (4d100)>>3880602
Rolled 56, 36, 100, 46 = 238 (4d100)>>3880602>>3880613WOW
Rolled 56, 27, 1, 19 = 103 (4d100)>>3880602
>>3880613>>3880617>two 100s>on the same dice so we can only get one of them
>>3880613>>3880617>2 100s on one roll spotUh... UM... I hope this makes for a REALLY good find, or something.
>>3880624It makes a super item for a specific role.
>>3880621>>3880624It's a chuuni outfit that Miranda has always wanted all along.
...Well damn.Writing!
>>3880634I would laugh, and vote to secretly buy it.
>>3880602It takes the four of you looking around in the section (and you use that term VERY loosely) that she’d stated was for ‘sneaky stuff’, but you’d eventually come up with a couple of things. The first, courtesy of Izumi, was a magical holo-dresser of sorts; apparently it could put you in a number of different costumes and uniforms, but it was purely a visual illusion and would clip through anything actually solid. What you’d found was a ‘mana distraction lure’; apparently for anything that could sense mana, it’d give off a sustained burst of it for a limited time, as though mana were being used or someone with it was present nearby. Problem was, of course, it ran out, and you had the feeling that anyone with actual sense for detecting mana would sense it was too regular or brief.Io had identified a ring that was a simple projector; it’d flash an image of you and then you could project it elsewhere.What Lorelei had found, however… “Ooooh! This...now THESE are beautiful!” Io grabs the twin necklaces from her, inspecting them carefully. They’re both turquoise, but inlaid in a very nicely made silver chain; not too obvious; akin to just nice jewelry. “These, I believe, are mana dampeners!”“Dampeners?” you repeat. That sounded like-“Yup!” she confirms. “These things will hide your mana signature so long as you have them on; if I remember correctly it kinda makes a ‘shell’ around you that’s hard for magic-users to pierce.”“Will it hurt our capabilities?” Izumi asks carefully. Fortunately, Io thinks on it for a moment before shaking her head. “Nope. If I recall correctly, it’s just a masker. Think of it like putting a burning candle under a brick cover. The fire’s still burning, but it won’t give off as much heat all willy-nilly. Here, wanna try it on?” You do so, and sure enough, you can’t feel anything- though the gemstone, to your surprise, flashes a blue-green, closer to your mana color, and stays that way. Must mean it’s working.“How much?” you find yourself asking.“For these two? Eight apiece. I mean, look at them! The craftsmanship alone, not to mention the awesome effect!”“I’m getting this,” Lorelei says quickly as she takes the second necklace back. “SUPER worth it.”Izumi simply nods in acceptance. As for you…> “...Izumi, you want it?” You don’t tend to do much stealth beyond this, so she can have it.> “Guess this one will be mine, then.” You might be able to get some use out of it.> Other
Maybe next time, we can get a submachine gun with a Silence effect. Both to make the gun and its bullets silent, and to cause the Silence status effect on targets it hits.
Taking a breather for late lunch.
>>3880702>“...Izumi, you want it?” You don’t tend to do much stealth beyond this, so she can have it.
>>3880702>> “Guess this one will be mine, then.” You might be able to get some use out of it.We use mana much more liberally than Izumi, so I say we should get it. She mostly relies on weapons after all.
>>3880702> “...Izumi, you want it?” You don’t tend to do much stealth beyond this, so she can have it.Let the ninja use her ninja skills while we distract the target with our mad chuuni skillz.
>>3880702> “Guess this one will be mine, then.” You might be able to get some use out of it.I want it. Perhaps offer to share? We could make this a thing for the whole team. Have specialized equipment that you don't really use? Put it in the company armory for someone else to grab on their mission.
>>3880702>> “...Izumi, you want it?” You don’t tend to do much stealth beyond this, so she can have it.Stealth isn't our thing.
>>3880702>> “Guess this one will be mine, then.” You might be able to get some use out of it.
>>3880702>> “...Izumi, you want it?” You don’t tend to do much stealth beyond this, so she can have it.We are the distraction. Lory is the recon. Izumi is the executioner.
>>3880702> “Guess this one will be mine, then.” You might be able to get some use out of it.Guess the second 100 means there are now two of those dampeners. Miranda'll want these. Izumi can stealth fine without it.
>>3880702> “...Izumi, you want it?” You don’t tend to do much stealth beyond this, so she can have it.
>>3880702>“...Izumi, you want it?” You don’t tend to do much stealth beyond this, so she can have it.snipers needs to concealed and undetectable. Maybe Miranda should check Lorenzo's just a bit if they have any mana concealers/disguises. doesn't hurt to check.
Good work on the 100x2.>>3880736*Lori.
Feels like this job will be a bit more old school in tone, crossover or not. Getting that vibe.
>>3880764Of course, that's what I like about it. I was getting nostalgic. And we haven't had a job that involved a school setting since forever, and we're MGs! Gotta keep the traditions somehow.
>>3880772Wait are we going deep cover into the school, or just finding a good place to string the trap?
>>3880780Weeeeeee don't know yet, since we don't know the org has set us up for a predetermined position, or it's freeform. Going deep into the school helps the girls chase a bit of their younger years though, and an option.
>>3880780Considering how a lot of the methodology is usually up to us, I imagine we'll be able to choose our strategy.
>>3880780I'd rather stay outside the school; That's a magical girl's domain, and more so if she's corrupted. Staying away from her will give us more ways to spy on her.
>>3880790>>3880782If you guys got a plan for deep cover I will support you. Roll will save not to have flashbacks of Miranda's time before intersection.
>>3880797I'm up for whatever, but I did have an idea of maybe having one of the girls be a transfer as the mole while the other two fake opposition.
>>3880797We can either paint a giant bullseye on one of the girls and let the rest be sneaky - this can be predictable, buuut with the mana dampeners we don't have to worry about as much. Or we can just stack more on one spot and radiate attractions so much they won't expect any further surprises.We can corner the target's allies and take them out one by one, or lure them out and take them all with a shock strike (the Buster is reserved for this case, hard but the fastest).
Rolled 20 (1d100)>>3880797High rolls for flashbacks, low rolls for not.
Is there a timetable for this contract? I didn't read one on the FutureSight listing, but that doesn't mean there isn't one. We might be told to retire the asset without delay.
>>3880818This is just another job for Miranda.>>3880814We become the chunni hero distraction.
>>3880821>We might be told to retire the asset without delay.that seems to be implied.
>>3880843Does it mean that we have to be reckless about it though? Reading the description again, I'm wondering if we might have to sniff her out first as opposed to just looking her up in the phone book.
>>3880865Thats up to interpretation but from what i understood, the spooks that will hire us will want us to get rid of the MG ASAP -just like in the cape world-, but with as little property damage as possible, which means that they might give us some grace time before they grow concerned with our lack of progress. I guessing we'll have a week at best before they ask us why Junko isn't a pile of dead goop yet.
"You take it. Subtle and me have had an iffy relationship."Writing.
All things considered, you’re not much of a stealth sort. Never have been, and you get the feeling that that’ll remain even in this situation. If you need to bug out, you DO have ways to do it. “...Izumi, you want it?” Ultimately, if she wants it, she can have it.She only considers it for a moment before nodding and accepting the necklace gracefully. “Thank you. I’ll put it to good use.” “Excellent! Fantastic choice! Anything else you might have your eyes on?” Io asks eagerly.>Nothing; you’ll adjourn for the day.>Buy something else (what)?Yeah, got a bit hung up, but might as well in case you want to do anything else.
>>3880974>>Buy something else (what)?Any chance they got any magical school uniforms?
>>3880986This is so awkward. Lorelei will never let us live this down.Support.
>>3880974>Nothing; you’ll adjourn for the day.
>>3880974>>Nothing; you’ll adjourn for the day.Don't ask about the uniform.
>>3880989The things we do for the job. >>3880986Support.
>>3880974>>Nothing; you’ll adjourn for the day.Why are we asking about some stupid uniform? Don't please.
>>3880986Wait uniforms would be useless since we don't have the necklace. Is the uniforms only for the other two while we hide under a bridge or something?
>>3881003Yikes. Sorry about that. 4chan is iffy on my end. And I just finished my beer.
>>3880974>Nothing; you’ll adjourn for the day.PLEASE, let us leave the android husks here. we don't need them in the bag.
>>3881004So we can infiltrate their school as a transfer student.
>>3881009They wont' do any good here either. Owlia already has plenty on her plate.
>>3881011no! that's incredibly cliche!
>>3880974I cancel my vote of >>3880997to support >>3880994 instead.
>>3881009They’re for Prima and Jago.
>>3881011>>3880986Better to procure it on site, don't spend motes.
>>3880989Jokes aside, we're good.>Nothing; you’ll adjourn for the day.We can get some from the locals.
>>3881011What school? We don't even know if she's going to a school. There's no mention of one in the brief.
>>3881022Yeah, I don't get it either. Can't we just choose an outfit that would turn into an uniform anyway?
I would've had you roll for it. But, we'll pass. Writing!
>>3881013That’s the entire point, anon.
>>3881019>>3881024The point of buying a magic school uniform was so we could have a disguise that could fit in that universe (modern day Japan) that could either help us from taking damage or power up our magical abilities and could get the interest of the target on us rather than Izumi and Lorelei. Wasn’t aiming for a Sailor Moon type of uniform.
>>3881050But if we wear school uniform, the girl would know that we aren't from that school.
>>3881050Izumi and Lori are hidden from magical detection. We are the distraction for giving away the charm to Izumi.
>>3881039But that means that we will be discovered incredibly soon and we don't want that because it always leads to a slugfest in the middle of a public building..
>>3881050Ok, now you're thinking with your dick, anon. Please don't do that.
Rolled 30 (1d100)I pray to my girl for their safety of this incoming events that may unfold in the future.please don't make Yuu cry
>>3881057>>3881058>>3881059I was trying to work with the whole “Low Profile” thing, anons, and it’s set in modern Japan. If we physically look like a high school kid, it make sense to look the part, and if we’re getting her attention, that means she’s not looking for our teammates.>>3881064>pic related
>>3881073>30good luck to them
>>3881073Sorry boss, at least there will be bodies.
>>3881086I roll under anon. Which means 1 is critical success to me.
>>3881089Aaaah the fabled roll-under. Haven't seen that in years. Maybe Izumi can work out a miracle perhaps?
>>3881073When we come in neither heroes, villains, nor civilians survive our wrath. Except when they buy the collateral rider.
>>3881081Our Clothes would change our appearance to fit the setting if we pick the right Stats, why are you so focused on getting a uniform?
>>3881089Oh okgood luck to them anyway.
>>3881073Junko got tagged and she will pay the price. season 2 when?
>>3881096I was explaining my reasoning for suggesting it, and I’m aware the clothes change to fit the world. Everyone else took it differently, I guess.
>>3881111We are season 2, but we are endgame.
>>3881116nooooooo Junko don't die. Your mom would be sad
>>3881073Sadly, you need a 29 or less to survive.
>>3881126We always confirm the kill. We would even take the head of our victims if there is a body left.
>>3881114To be fair, you reasoning is logical and sound, the problem is that Junko is savvy to the "new schoolgirl" tactic; the traitor used the same tactic to infiltrate her group and kill her and miranda has literal decades of experience and is a magical girl herself, which are more than enough reasons to assume that a similar tactic definitely won't work. With someone less experienced we could use the trick, but not now.
>>3880974>>3880994>>3880996>>3881004>>3881009>>3881015“I’m good. You girls?” You turn to each of them; Lorelei seems like she might have a request, but she makes a face, and thinking better of it, shakes her head. You’re curious as to what that might’ve been, but she seemed like she’d already moved on as she and Izumi buy the necklaces.After you all exit, you find yourself looking up at the night sky. “We’ll leave in the morning. Better to get a fresh start than worry about it overnight. Might as well take the time to give everything one last look over, and we’re gonna want to stop by Owlia’s lab before we take off.” Absolutely want to get those sigils and crystals and whatnot.“Sounds like a plan,” Izumi agrees. Lorelei wordlessly nods. With that, you all split for the night. As you head back up to your apartment, though, you figure that you can spend a bit more time seeing if you want any new equipment…>Outfit Setup!>https://pastebin.com/R263U7Hp
>>3881141See, I didn’t know that, as I haven’t read the quest.
>>3881141I don't think any of the girls have IC knowledge of that. But eh, what passed is passed.>>3881143What should we focus on? I'd say high humor is good here. Takes them by surprise.
>>3881143Adjusted this>>3879535*Mastercrafted* Divine Shoes (Humor +2 / Intimidation +1 / Otherworldly +1)Wind Girl's Windbreaker (Humor +2 / Plainness +2 / Intimidation -1 / Otherworldly -2)Magic Battle Skirt (Humor +1 / Plainness +2 / Otherworldly -2)Prim Gloves (Plainness +1 / Intimidation -1)Jewel Clip (Otherworldly +1)Third Eye Brooch (Otherworldly +3 / Hothead -3)Stats:Intimidation B-Humor COtherworldly E+Hothead DPlainness B-Brooch is here because Stats go from A to E, we're going to get a penalty if we go over the limit, and lower Hothead stat gives refined, delicate look. Can add a Travelers Backpack (Plainness +1 / Intimidation -1), but I think we're good.
>>3881167Btw, still no need to pay anything from here
>>3881167Ehhh... with high intim and plainness I feel like we'll have that CIA agent srs business vibe...Though, I'll admit, I don't know what vibe I would want to give off.
>>3881167Maybe we can drop the Intimidation and raise the Humor a little? I'm not good at this dressing up thing.Shoes and Brooch are musts I feel.
>>3881176I think it would look like one of those haughty girls with beedrill twintails
>>3881167I would prefer more humor. We could go with funny bruiser to make them think we are a joke. Let them think we don't plan and hide our intelligence.
>>3881167Seems reasonable to me
>>3881186Actually focus on humor and intimidation. Reduce plainness because they will notice our magic anyway. Lori can recon the area to find places for ambush. With the funny bruiser we can hold their attention the best for Izumi to take the shot.
>>3881186>>3881176We can get more Humor by purchasing Too Cute Bows (Humor +3/ Intimidation -3) for 3 Large, but Jewel Clip has an effect to detect mental stuff and give us a warning.
>>3881167Sounds good to me.
Well, you'll have time to hash it out, because I've just been invited to a haunted house-going.I need to get out, so I figure sure.Run will continue and likely the job will start tomorrow morning-ish.
>>3881200Have fun!
>>3881157>>3881163That's why i gave an IC example as for why that wouldn't work as well.>>3881167I'd prefer a B+ or even an A on plainness, and 'd change the magic battle skirt. That might give us away.
>>3881207It would turn into a rehular skirt just like in the mafia job
>>3881176>Though, I'll admit, I don't know what vibe I would want to give off.I suppose we want to look lile someone who is professional and is used to dealing with situations like this one .
>>3881200Don't get haunted on your way back home.
>>3881167Trade Prim Gloves for Sticky Hands Gloves, and add in Point Defense Shell if we're going with >>3881193. I like that too.
>>3881207>>3881210>This brightly colored skirt has a diamond coated middle layer underneath, and allows for surprising free-flowing lower body attacks while proving a bit stylish, to boot. Just don't get too far above anyone unless you've either got no shame or some bike shorts.It doesn't even look like it was made for combat
>>3881215oh, that's better then. I'd still rather have more plainness to avoid being detected on the first place, but, well, you can't have everything.
>>3881167I support this >>3881213
>>3881143>https://pastebin.com/R263U7HpGoing with:Power Militant Armor>(Intimidation +2 / Humor -2)Power Shell Legs> (Intimidation +2 / Plainness -1)Power Soldier's AI Headwear >(Intimidation +2 / Plainness -2)Ribbon Wings>(Otherworldly +2/Humor +1)Gravitic Flamebringer>Intimidation +2Baron's Rapier>Otherworldly +1, Intimidation +1The Militant Armor boosts speed and reflexes, but only if it's worn as a set.And Intimidation means that we work as the distraction; the enemy will be compelled to pay attention to us, and will ignore Izumi and Lorelei.Stats:Intimidation: SSSHumor E+Otherworldly E+Hothead CPlainness E
>>3881223Having Plainness and not having anything to hide our mana signature puts us in a bad spot.
>>3881223i don't think plainness will prevent us from bring a gleaming fuck-off huge beacon of mana. It just results in people underestimating us, which can get... annoying, especially with criminals.
>>3881242I think if we show up with SSS intimidation we'll look like satan with an aura of death and fear, everyone will want us dead or gone, including our employer
>>3881242This is the kind of min-maxing I want to see. Unfortunately this will kill any chance of us interacting with the locals.>>3881250Satan? Nah, we have too low Otherworldly for that with that set. A power-armored girl with a Slasher face maybe.
>>3881213With Sticky Gloves and PD Shell we'll get:Intimidation BHumor A-Otherworldly D-Hothead EPlainness C-I HATE these stats. And what the fuck is point defense shell supposed to be anyway? This shit is definitiley not Low-profile!I think the haughty girl outfit would fit better >>3881167
>>3881248Yeah plainness is basically useless since we have no way to hide our mana. >>3881250We are endgame so it would fit us.
>>3881250We can go back to the SHIELD job that needed us to eliminate a rogue super to see how people react to an off the scale Intimidation, because we wore the full Power Militant set back then. We didn't "look like satan with an aura of death and fear", we looked like exact kind of intergalactic bounty hunter they wanted to hire to terminate a villain, and they paid us exactly what we were owed without question or complaint.
>>3881256That's an if anon. We can only trade for the sticky gloves if you prefer. I do feel like the shell is sticking out a bit.
>>3881256And it'll cost us 6 Large to boot, fuck this outfit.
>>3881242>Intimidation SSSHave you read what happened when we had an intimidation on A? It's not useful and might even harm us in the initial meeting with our employee.>>3881247>>3881261yes, but remember that a high enough stat tends to literally bend reality in your favor. a high enough plainness stat would in theory render us invisible to anyone that doesn't know of our existence. Also cities are big and we will be spying junko from miles away at best and from several streets behind at worst. Other than QM fiat or us doing a bleach in spaghetti, there shouldn't be a way for them to detect us.
>>3881261We only need to hide our mana from targets, we'll be sticking out around the people - giving away our position to anyone with surveilance.
I forgot demons existed in this setting, Honestly i wouldn't mind a high Intimidation moderate Otherworldly. Hell, Miranda might get some nice demon wings, or Fallen angel wings.
>>3881250http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/1727688/This is us with the full Power Militant set (Legs, Chest, and Helmet), and because the client specifically wanted someone to put down Evil Captain Planet (as the anons dubbed him), they were glad to have someone with an incredibly high Intimidation. Just like how our client wants to retire an asset that's gone rogue, they'll be glad to have someone that looks the part, and will keep the target's attention.
>>3881271I don't think that's a good idea. The spooks are hiring us to kill a corrupted MG. Appearing as a demon might give them the idea that we could be bribed or could outright lie about us killing junko.
>>3881269>Have you read what happened when we had an intimidation on A? It's not useful and might even harm us in the initial meeting with our employee.You obviously don't remember when Night Watch looked at our A Intimidation and liked what they saw.
>>3881269>literally bend reality in your favorIt's not "in your favor", it's "towards that stat". Whether it's in your favor or not is highly situational.
>>3881270>>3881269So basically get high plainness to hide from the population, and stay far away from the target to not ping on their magi-radars?
>>3881280So at the time we had A and they thought we were appropriately spooky?Then let's do A again.
>>3881287Yes, the girls with bracelets can scout out the target, just need to be nearby when we need to strike.
>>3881277but the scenarios here are vastly different. On that mission, the government was desperate and gave us carte blanche to do whatever was needed to kill the meta. >>3881280and they needed someone that could single handedly turn the tide of the war. This is way more subtle work that requires us to be as unnoticed as possible.>>3881283You're right, but the rest of the point holds.>>3881287At least for the initial investigation an "formulating a plan" part, yes.>>3881288No, we looked like an eldritch horror. I don't think the spooks would like to see an eldritch horror appear at their front door.
>>3881294>No, we looked like an eldritch horror.When our Intimidation was high and Otherworldly low, we did not.>You yourself have the clear appearance of a soldier, as you look in your reflection in an opaque piece of glass you pass by. The armor is still mostly present, although the bulk has thinned out and it seems like there’s less plates of it. Comes off as more of an exoskeleton than an out and out suit. You’re fine with that.
>>3881303Get high intimidation and otherworldly, you will turn into a hive tyrant from 40k.
>>3881294>>3881293Sure we can hide in the sewers or be a few miles out of sight.
>>3881287>So basically get high plainness to hide from the population, and stay far away from the target to not ping on their magi-radars?The job is to go into the enemy's territory to scout it out, then assassinate the target.So having Miranda, even with a high Plainness, do part of the legwork feels pretty counter-productive.Let Lorelei and Izumi, who have the mana-dampening accessories, do the legwork of scouting out the enemy's territory and identifying the target.Since this is 21st Century Japan, Miranda can stay at the safehouse and do electronic surveillance with the FutureSight being her interface.
>>3881317Dependent on the setting. I'm sure if we went high intimidation and high otherworldly for this setting we'd turn out as Satan or some high demon.
>>3881317>Get high intimidation and otherworldly, you will turn into a hive tyrant from 40k.Yes, but why bring up Otherworldly when it's the lowest stat in every clothing set that's been suggested? Especially the one I suggested with the high Intimidation, which would just make us look like a mundane wetwork operator specialized in eliminating Magical Girls?
Go with intimidation and hot headed and you go out like a Yakuza. That's normal in 21st century earth.
>>3881325That would be B or maybe A-. SSS is something else; i don't know what would that mean in real terms, i just have the general idea that our employer would fire upon us from the first moment they saw us.
>>3881325I was making a joke about otherworldly making us look like bug. To the anon that said we would look like an eldritch horror if we max out some things. But I link to the wrong post for thinking that was you.
>>3881242>Intimidation: SSSCorrection: it would be SBase Intimidation is B, and the clothing only provides 6 points of Intimidation. While the swords provide extra Intimidation, we only wore the Rapier once as a part of the outfit; every other time we pulled the swords out as needed. So our Intimidation actually varies between S and SS-, depending on if we keep the swords in our bag, draw one, or draw both.
>>3881333They're paying for an outside asset that is there to kill someone they couldn't. Why wouldn't the outside help look extremely threatening?
>>3881242I'll gladly vote for this one. The extremely low Humor, Otherwordly and Plainness means the Intimidation would look far less alien or demonic, and more likely dangerous in sheer presence via extremely scary looking combat technology. I expect something like a futuristic super-soldier with magical tech, similar to Warframe stuff, except looking more ready to kill anything that even looks at it. The Employers might be terrified from the first impression, but also assured that they summoned an executioner to eliminate their target.
>>3881349Kill a MG, so summon two MGs and a super bounty hunter. To show them they are getting their money's worth from the trio.
>>3881167I support the CIA agent.
>>3881352Because sal never tells them we're an extradimensional being. They usually assume and expect someone who looks the part. Right now they want someone that looks deadly enough but that is also capable of not catching the attention of everyone. A "S"rank in intimidation will probably break the second part of our bosses' expectations specially because your second highest stat is hothead, with the other ranks being non existent. we probably will look like some sort of super terrorist or something like that.
>>3881242I'll gladly vote for this one also, why not.
>>3881368I was imagining that we'd look like that Aiba girl from Lori's solo mission
So we have an all-rounder Haughty Girl getup and a maximum tacticool no-nonsense Merc one. Cool, I can take either.>>3881378Is Miranda capable of an ojou-sama laugh?
>>3881380She can do the ice queen act like that time when she trained a group of magical girls
Here's an alternative with a lower Intimidation and higher Plainness, if we want to go CIA Asset instead of Black Ops Operator:Power Militant Armor>(Intimidation +2 / Humor -2)Power Shell Legs> (Intimidation +2 / Plainness -1)Power Soldier's AI Headwear>(Intimidation +2 / Plainness -2)Ribbon Wings>(Otherworldly +2/Humor +1)Prim Gloves>(Plainness +1 / Intimidation -1)Traveler's Backpack>(Plainness +1 / Intimidation -1)Intimidation: A+Humor E+Otherworldly E+Hothead CPlainness D-I don't remember Handler saying that there are penalties if we go higher than A+ or lower than E-, nor is it in the pastebins, but this is an alternative if you still want to go high Intimidation, low humor and Otherworldly, and low Plainness.
>>3881385From thread #2>Note: Artificially dropping a rank past E CAN happen- basically there'll just be a counter of how many points you need to gain in that section to bring it back up to Baseline. It'll look like this: (Stat): E-1/2/3/4 You get the idea. There may be repercussions for this, though. Be careful.
If we are going for high intimidation, I'm sure Miranda is going sit in a room or somewhere far away and use Gartoum for sneaking/spying.and anons better vote for a PoV change to Lori or Izumi because sitting in a room or just doing nothing is boring.
