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4. Arc 1: The Tarot and The Talisman
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    • [X] "Wait." Try to Seal the Butcher Using the Sealing Staff
    [X] Jackie Chan Adventures

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    World 3: Card Captor Sakura (Tokyo)

    'The Tarot'

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    The car flew, weightless through the air.

    Ochako canceled her quirk.

    The crunch of metal against flesh may have sounded awful, but Ochako knew, instinctively, that the monster was less crushed than inconvenienced. Its bloody digits, resembling burnt, claw-tipped sausages, twitched. Then it began to push, vein on its arm standing out like corded pianowire wrapped around boulders. The police cruiser groaned and began to rise.

    Dangit.

    The ball from the golden grasslands whirling about her head was making her slightly dizzy. At some point she was going to have to make it stop doing that.

    The policeman moved forward.

    "Wait," Ochako said. The staff was warm in her hand, and, she felt, instinctively, trying to tell her something.

    The policeman stopped and waited, but not quietly. Behind him, the sound of sirens was growing louder.

    "Kid, I don't know who the hell you are, that thing needs to be put down." Ochako noted, out of the corner of her eye, that he hadn't taken his finger off the trigger, even if he was aiming at the ground.

    "I know," she replied grimly. "He's a villain. But I think I can... help."

    She approached the Butcher. A squawk of involuntary protest emerged from the policeman's throat.

    The Butcher stared calmly at her from beneath the wreck with its one visible yellow eye. Ochako breathes in and raised both hands. The sealing staff solidly thwacked down upon his head. Silvery light appeared around him, trapping him in rotating rings of magical-looking characters.

    The words came to her.

    "Villain of Another World,
    I, Holder of the Contract, Bind Thee!
    SEAL!"

    There was a 'pop' and the police car crashed down, suddenly cut from its support. A card, clear as glass spun in the air, trailing sparks. A brutish, tusked face glared at her from within, the words 'The Butcher' stencilled to the bottom.

    As soon as Ochako touched it, she felt a surge of energy flow into her.

    Gained: One-Dot Villain Card 'The Butcher.'

    Choose 1 Card Merit:

    [x] Terrific Madness: Holders of this card can emit, at will, a subtle but insidious aura of fear. Mooks in groups of 3 or less will automatically flee. Mooks in larger groups must roll COOPERATION and INTELLIGENCE and achieve 2 successes or more or flee in fear. Cannot be used against boss characters. Cannot be used against mindless mooks. Smell like blood when active.

    [x] Butcher's Strength: Holders of the Card gain +2 Power at will. Muscles bulge and small horns grow out of head when active.

    [x] Butcher's Skin: Holders of the card gain 2 Armor at will. Skin takes on a reddish, pebbly hue when active.

    Ochako has received a Villain Card!

    Villains sealed by the sealing staff can be unsealed and commanded to fight for her. At the moment though, her magical power is extremely limited so she can't voluntarily unseal the card. Instead she gains a 'card merit' that can serve as a bit of a power boost during a fight. Ochako can use, at most, as many card merits as she has levels of her quirk AND levels of magical techniques. (atm 0+ 1) Once she can use 3 card merits, she can, instead, unseal a 1 dot card like The Butcher's and have him fight by her side. Each dot doubles the previous dot's requirements (so a 2 dot card requires 6 merits, a 3 dot card 12 merits, etc.). Ochako can only seal villains that are in the wrong world (villains who can travel between different universes are, by definition, always in the wrong world, even if they are in their home setting).

    Ochako can purchase minor merits to bring the cost of unsealing a specific card down, but cannot purchase a major merit to bring down all their costs.

    But she felt, as well, a surge of power - and then darkness, tinged purple, began to creep up around her.

    "Sorry," she called to the police officer as cars began to skid to a stop behind them, having finally arrived, adding their red and blue lights to the mix. "I-"

    The world vanished.

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    World 4： Jackie Chan Adventures (Bavaria)

    'The Talisman'

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    The steady rumble of a massive gears replaced the sound of sirens. The sound was so loud and low it made her teeth ache to hear it. She squinted: through the clear face of an enormous, inverted clock, she could see the setting sun, painting the sky in a gradient of pink to purple.

    This magical clocktower thing was starting to become a theme, she felt. The pig holding the cymbals near the rafters was an odd touch, admittedly.

    Then the doors behind her burst open.

    She turned around, immediately on guard... but then relaxed: it was clearly a normal family of three generations, grandpa, son, and granddaughter. Grandpa wore an old vest with too many pockets, his son was a well-built man in a blue shirt staring at her in undisguised surprise, while the daughter was ten or so and clearly had 'tude.

    "Hey! Where did you come from?" the girl exclaimed, pointing an accusing finger. Then her eyes sparkled as she took in her appearance. "Hey, hey, Uncle, is she magic? Do you think she's the Pig Talisman, but brought to life?"

    Ochako was affronted. A pig?!

    "No. She is something very different," Grandpa said slowly.

    "I know! She looks just like a magic girl!"

    Ochako guiltily hid the card and staff behind her back.

    "Umm," she began, wondering how to explain all this, but then, behind them the largest person she'd ever seen (and wow, hadn't she just said that about the Butcher?) accompanied by a red haired man entered the room behind them.

    Things went a little crazy after that.

    Ochako had known some heroes were skilled at martial arts, but the guys in front of her blew her away. They moved so quick she was sure they had to have a speed quirk of some sort.

    She still didn't understand what the heck was going on though. The girl had begun climbing upwards, treating the gears as some sort of playground while the big guy chased her and the red haired guy fought with the blue shirted one. The old man, meanwhile, had walked towards her and taken up a quiet stance, arms at his side like he was guarding against her without actually looking like he was guarding against her.

    Ochako knew where her sympathies lay, but, she still wasn't sure what was going on: it'd all happened too quickly.

    "Ummm, it'd be really helpful if I knew who the good guys were!"

    "We're the good guys! We're the good guys!" The blue-shirted man - Jackie, she was sure someone had named him - called desperately, as the red haired man chased him, screaming gibberish.

    "ScreamingEagleClaws! LeapingElephantPunch! RumblingRhinocerosStomach!"

    "RumblingRhinoceros wh -" Jackie started, clearly confused, before getting bodyslammed. "Oof!"

    He rolled and flipped up to his feet a second later, dodging more high speed attacks shouted at equally high speed.

    Dang!

    She tore her eyes away from the spectacle as Uncle spoke.

    "The question is," Uncle said, peering at her suspiciously, "are you a 'good guy'?"

    Ochako nodded vigorously. "Of course! Can I go help them?"

    "...yes."

    She smiled and rushed forward, only for a hand that felt like it was made out of teak clasp around her shoulder before she could get past. "One more thing... why do you stink of demons, girl?" His cane thundered down. "Answer me!"

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    World Gains: Sealing Staff, Warp Card, The Butcher Card, 3xp

    How do you answer Uncle's Question?
    [x] Don't bother: there's an adult man chasing a little girl, you need to help save her
    [x] Don't bother: blue-shirted guy is getting his butt whooped, you need to rescue him first!
    [x] Tell the truth: You're pretty sure you are a magical girl and also a 'slider' someone who jumps between worlds.
    [x] write-in?
     
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    • [x] Butcher's Strength: Holders of the Card gain +2 Power at will. Muscles bulge and small horns grow out of head when active.
    [x] "because I just sealed one"
     
    [X] Terrific Madness
    [X] I could be wrong here, but it might be that giant blood thirsty demon I beat up a few minutes ago...
     
    [x] Butcher's Skin: Holders of the card gain 2 Armor at will. Skin takes on a reddish, pebbly hue when active.
    [x] Tell the truth: You're pretty sure you are a magical girl and also a 'slider' someone who jumps between worlds.
     
    [x] Butcher's Strength: Holders of the Card gain +2 Power at will. Muscles bulge and small horns grow out of head when active.
    [x] "because I just sealed one" Flash him the butcher card.
     
    [x] Butcher's Skin: Holders of the card gain 2 Armor at will. Skin takes on a reddish, pebbly hue when active.
    [x] Tell the truth: You're pretty sure you are a magical girl and also a 'slider' someone who jumps between worlds.
    [x] "Earlier I fled across time and space from one's depraved nest. We faced each other in Heart-pounding combat, to the terror of civilians. I'm Ochaco, hero-in-training! *pose like a hero or magical girl*

    Defense first. We don't have much of that.

    We got plenty of TK smash
     
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    [X] Butcher's Skin: Holders of the card gain 2 Armor at will. Skin takes on a reddish, pebbly hue when active.
    [X] Tell the truth: You're pretty sure you are a magical girl and also a 'slider' someone who jumps between worlds.

    I support the motion for defense!
     
    [] Butcher's Skin: Holders of the card gain 2 Armor at will. Skin takes on a reddish, pebbly hue when active.
    [] "because I just sealed one" Flash him the butcher card.
    [] Tell the truth: You're pretty sure you are a magical girl and also a 'slider' someone who jumps between worlds.

    [x] Butcher's Skin: Holders of the card gain 2 Armor at will. Skin takes on a reddish, pebbly hue when active.
    [x] Tell the truth: You're pretty sure you are a magical girl and also a 'slider' someone who jumps between worlds.
    [x] "Earlier I fled across time and space from one's depraved nest. We faced each other in Heart-pounding combat, to the terror of civilians. I'm Ochaco, hero-in-training! *pose like a hero or magical girl*
     
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    [x] Butcher's Skin: Holders of the card gain 2 Armor at will. Skin takes on a reddish, pebbly hue when active.
    [x] Tell the truth: You're pretty sure you are a magical girl and also a 'slider' someone who jumps between worlds.
    [x] "Earlier I fled across time and space from one's depraved nest. We faced each other in Heart-pounding combat, to the terror of civilians. I'm Ochaco, hero-in-training! *pose like a hero or magical girl*

    I wonder if Horadrim mages' spells are particularly demonic. I know according to Diablo 3 that humans themselves are equally infernal and angelic, but did the spellbook alter us?

    For anyone undecided about the Butcher reward: we already have Telekinesis as a spell which is better than a power boost.
     
    What a interesting quest. Second one to involve card captor sakura too.

    [x] "help first, talk later"

    We can explain in further details later.

    Edit: won't a list of the worlds we visted be kept somewhere?
     
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    Selias said:
    Jumpchain Google Drive
    Jump List Li
    SB Jumpchain Google Drive (Has a couple that the main drive doesn't)

    The list is missing a few, because it hasn't been updated with the newest ones, yet. They'll be in the UPLOAD NEW JUMPS HERE TO BE SORTED folder, along with any jumps that were updated. There's a LOT of jumps, though, so I'll understand if you don't want to go through them all and find which ones you know.
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    I think I may have misunderstood something, I found one pdf that was a list and the rest are pretty elaborate settings and rules type stuff? Like I was tickled pink that Diablo Hellfire was in there and clicked and it was mostly a list of skills for character generation.

    Is there a list that I can ctrl + c, ctrl + v, and then bold the things I know, because I'm not going to type out every setting I know from a list, that's way too much work. :V

    TheForgottenOne said:
    Edit: won't a list of the worlds we visted be kept somewhere?
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    Coming right up.
     
    FixerUpper said:
    Is there a list that I can ctrl + c, ctrl + v, and then bold the things I know, because I'm not going to type out every setting I know from a list, that's way too much work.
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    The second link is the actual list. The first is the drive where all of the jump documents is stored, and the third is where the SB-exclusive jumps are stored. I suppose you don't really need those, though, since you're not making builds for the different jumps.
     
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    5. Arc 1: The Talisman Part 2
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    • [x] Butcher's Skin: Holders of the card gain 2 Armor at will. Skin takes on a reddish, pebbly hue when active.
    [x] Tell the truth: You're pretty sure you are a magical girl and also a 'slider' someone who jumps between worlds.

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    World 4: Jackie Chan Adventures (Bavaria)

    'The Talisman'

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    Different world, Ochako reminded herself quietly. Different world, different world, different world.

    However, unbeknownst to her, in response to the hand gripping her shoulder, Ochako's skin had begun to take on a strange, pebbled texture, like there were tiny, river-worn stones crawling up out of her skin, making it flush in turns red and orange. Uncle, holder of the Dog Talisman, and, right now, arguably one of the greatest martial artists alive, nearly knocked her head off. But even Uncle, who was quick with a backhand, didn't go around hitting people that hadn't yet actually answered his question, even if they were demons.

    Well, maybe if they were really bad demons, sorceror demons, for instance, but he doubted this one was.

    2 successes needed

    Cooperation 4 + Stunt (Embarrassing Explanation) 1: 5 dice = 4, 3, 8, 7, 1 (2 successes)

    2 Successes

    Ochako, unaware of her alarming appearance, glanced around herself, trying desperately to think of an explanation for what was to her, nothing more than superstition. 'Demons' weren't something you tried to think other people as, not if you knew anything about historical quirk discrimination. Had she been Deku, she'd have likely apologized and tried to get to the helping, prioritizing the safety of the little girl above the kooky old man's peace of mind.

    But she was not Deku. She could spare fifteen seconds to prevent a snowballing series of amusing, yet potentially and exasperatingly fatal misunderstandings.

    But what could she say...

    Hrm.

    Like a bolt out of the blue, inspiration struck. It was so simple! All she needed to say was the truth! But, y'know, a bit bombastically. Something like: 'Earlier I... fled across time and space and encountered a Villain. We faced each other in heart-pounding combat, to the terror of civilians before I finally sealed him away using my magical staff. I'm Ochako, hero-in-training!'

    It was a speech she could imagine a magical girl - well, maybe not Sakura, maybe Sailor Venus - making.

    She did her best, but the words got all tripped up in her throat and she ended up only managing the: "I fled through time and space and..." before Uncle was treated to the sight of seeing a demon go even redder before her skin went back to a normal color.

    Ochako gave up on the speech. It sounded better in her head.

    "I," she said, hands moving from where she'd them behind her back to her front, showing him her card and sealing staff. "I think it might have something to do with this."

    The Butcher glared malevolently at them both.

    Uncle snatched the card from her, examining it critically. Somewhere in the background, Jackie yelped as red-haired man tried poking out his grapes, or something along those lines.

    "You keep a demon as a pet?!" Uncle demanded.

    Ochako vigorously shook her head. "I sealed him away, using, er, magic. I think... I think he's not from this Earth. I think I'm not from this Earth. He's, well, I don't know if he's a demon, but he's a bad person."

    Uncle stared her in the eye for a moment before grudgingly giving her the card back.

    "I should not trust such a loony story, but like my nephew keeps reminding me, everything I say sounds made up. And you do not look like a liar." He shook a finger at her. "I should still smack you one, messing with the space-time continuum like that. Who knows what consequences that may have!"

    He turned his back on her before she could answer, still muttering to himself. Then he looked up, as if realizing the dire straits his family was in for the first time.

    "Jackie! How is that redheaded motormouth beating you?"

    Jackie avoided a rapidfire finger, sidling away clumsily, arms pinwheeling before he got his balance back. "Uncle, he's really strong!"

    "Nonsense, Jackie! He announces all his attacks ahead of time!"

    "AngryLionSwipe!"

    Jackie blocked the attack with a mop he'd found somewhere. It broke in two. He twirled the two halves like an expert, fending off SnortingZebraCharge and ThickBaboonBomb.

    "Oh, yes, because my English that good!"

    "I thought you were a professor!" Uncle cried before surprise attacking the redheaded antagonist with a solid kick that sent him sprawling to the ground.

    "Amateur archaeologist means amateur professor! And amateur linguist!"

    If they could banter like that, they'd probably got the situation under control. Ochako looked up to the rafters: girl was still climbing and the big guy was still following. Ochako touched her face and floated upwards. Somehow, she had greater control over her quirk than ever, and managed to land in front of the girl.

    "Magical girl!" the girl squealed. There were stars in her eyes. "I'm Jade, nice to meetcha! Please, please, pleeeease tell me that you're from an ancient kingdom that have fought the Shadowkahn since the dawn of time and secretly protect the world from devastation."

    Ochako guessed that her earlier attempted speech would have gone down really well with this one.

    "Errr, no. But I am a superhero. In training."

    Jade considered this. Looked disappointed. "Eh, I guess that's nearly as cool."

    The beam of wood beneath their feet trembled, reminding Ochako why she was up here in the first place. "Graaaah!" said the big guy, arms outstretched, reaching for them both with hands that probably could have encircled their waists.



    "Tohru!" Jade grumbled, before Ochako garbbed her by the shoulders and leapt straight upwards.

    They bumped against the ceiling. Ochako got her feet beneath her and kicked off, angling back towards the beam. The big guy, surprisingly, apparently wasn't after the girl and had continued running. He was now almost at the platform where a painted, cheerful wooden pig holding two cymbals lay.

    "Okay, this is super sweet, but you just let Tohru get a free shot at the pig talisman," Jade pointed out.

    "What's a pig-"

    "That pig talisman. The one on the pig. Over there. On the hat. See it?"



    Oh. Oh yeah.

    "Bad news if he gets it?"

    "Got it in one."

    "Okay, hold on."

    Ochako Attack
    Speed 1 + Technique 3 + Telekinesis Stunt 1: 5 dice = 2, 5, 5, 7, 9 = 2 successes
    Speed + Technique + Lumbering Giant Merit - Surprise: 4 dice = 9, 10 , 1 ,5 = 2 successes

    Tohru gets a conditional win

    She set her feet against the ceiling and then pushed off. There was something a little extra in how she zoomed forward, hand outstretched: if she could but get a single touch on him, she'd have won...

    Her hand settled on his massive shoulder, like a plane descending upon a cloud. He began to float.

    "Oh no," Jade said.

    Ochako didn't know why until Tohru turned around: in his hands were clutched a green cap. His eyes blazed with fire. Despite all the usual associations, he looked more surprised than angry.

    "Oh no," he whispered.

    Time slowed.

    Ochako grabbed Jade and spun her around, covering the little girl her with her body. Her skin turned red.

    It helped a bit.

    But the fire still burned her.

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    When she woke up, she was in the dark and her back felt like one hideous bruise. She reached back, gingerly and then with confused horror as her fingers brushed against blood and exposed bone and then a... her mind blanked out. When it came back, the impossible thing was still there. There was a hole in her back. There was an actual hole in her back.

    Around her neck, two unfamiliar items jostled against each other.

    She touched them, glad to focus on something else. One was her sealing staff, reduced to key form. The other...

    The other was a dog talisman.

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    QM Note:
    Errr, okay. This was always going to be an either-or sort of situation where victory meant you picked up the pig talisman, and defeat meant you picked up the dog talisman as certain good samaritans tried to save your life. I honestly didn't think Tohru would be the one to do it though, that kind of cut the scene short and probably traumatized the poor guy.

    World Gains: 3xp, Dog Talisman

    Dog Talisman: An incredibly powerful talisman, it confers the wearer immortality and eternal youth. The bearer can still feel pain though. In game terms, Ochako now cannot be killed, but she can still be knocked out. Her Health Levels refill at a rate of 2 per round of combat, but if all her health levels are knocked out before that point, she is overwhelmed and KO'd and must wait for about a minute before reviving. Due to the incredible damage done by the pig talisman, she has lost three health levels that cannot be restored save through magical/sufficiently advanced technology healing and suffers a -1 penalty to all actions while her wounds remain unhealed.

    The dog talisman is not particularly sturdy, so even if Ochako is now immortal, the dog talisman can still be damaged.

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    Choose another world.

    The theme of your choice must correspond to a strong feeling of 'Protectiveness.' For example, Lily Potter defending an infant Harry Potter from Voldermort would qualify, as would Sturm Brightblade's attempt to duel a dragon in the second Dragonlance book and just about anything on the Heroic Sacrifice page in TvTropes.

    I'm offering a few possibilities, but it's more to give you an idea of the breadth of what I'll accept than asking you to pick them:

    [x] Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen shouting "I volunteer!"
    [x] Asura during... err, basically all of the events of Asura's Wrath
    [x] Generic mother character protecting her children in any tabletop/rpg setting
    [x] The Stormlight Archive, Kaladin vowing: "I shall protect those who cannot protect themselves."
    [x] Tadashi, running into a burning building during the events of Big Hero 6
    [x] Jackie Chan Adventures: Good Jackie convinced to fight evil Jackie to protect Jade
     
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    • [X]PMMM; Homura towards Madoka, any time after she starts looping.

    ...Might be a bit too high level, so I'm not fixated on it, but with how quickly we're going through these things...
     
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