Wait, All For Who?! (MHA Jumpchain Quest)
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What about Malazan?
I'd be tentatively willing to give it a go.
Inter-VersaLoli
Delusional Aspiring Writer
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I'm not a fan of MHA, personally, but I do like the fact that a more classically heroic hero is the world-hopper this time, instead of some edgy, overpowered, "The Ends justify the Means" spewing transhumanist quasi-self-insert with enough personal issues to make Frank Castle say oy vey. Not that there's anything wrong with the latter type of protag, I just appreciate variety when I see it.
This Quest is great so far, @FixerUpper. I'll be keeping an eye on this.
[x] write-in: "Errm, and who exactly is this person whom I'm supposed to take along with me to God-knows-where-to-next? Care to introduce me?"
[x] Brass (soothes emotions)
[x][world] The Way of Kings (Sanderson)
Was torn between this, Zootopia and BBC Sherlock. Zootopia because I wonder if there are any humans there, and BBC Sherlock because that version of Sherlock is an arrogant, abusive twat and deserves to be put in a situation that is completely out of his league for once. Finally put in The Way of Kings in there because I want her to react to the weird worldbuilding.
Hey @FixerUpper, are you familiar with Doctor Who, by any chance? Or anything by Weird Fiction authors like China Mieville or Neil Gaiman? Blame? Franken Fran? Dorohedoro? Because those could be some real awesome destinations. The last one, in particular, needs more love.
This Quest is great so far, @FixerUpper. I'll be keeping an eye on this.
[x] write-in: "Errm, and who exactly is this person whom I'm supposed to take along with me to God-knows-where-to-next? Care to introduce me?"
[x] Brass (soothes emotions)
[x][world] The Way of Kings (Sanderson)
Was torn between this, Zootopia and BBC Sherlock. Zootopia because I wonder if there are any humans there, and BBC Sherlock because that version of Sherlock is an arrogant, abusive twat and deserves to be put in a situation that is completely out of his league for once. Finally put in The Way of Kings in there because I want her to react to the weird worldbuilding.
Hey @FixerUpper, are you familiar with Doctor Who, by any chance? Or anything by Weird Fiction authors like China Mieville or Neil Gaiman? Blame? Franken Fran? Dorohedoro? Because those could be some real awesome destinations. The last one, in particular, needs more love.
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Ironically, it's Doctor Who I know the least. I've seen individual episodes (the one where the Ninth is in WW2 and nanobots have arrived and then at the end he says: Today, Everyone Lives!' I saw the tenth where it was ... Mars, I think, and he declares that since he's the last Time Lord he can break all the rules... and one where the weeping angels were introduced.
For China the one I remember best remains Un Lun Dun, I've read most of Neil Gaiman except I think Anansi Twins, Blame yes, Franken Fran yes, Dorohedoro yes though the latter remains quite opaque to me, at least when it comes to its plot.
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- Pronouns
- She/Her
I don't think Doctor Who would work all that well, at least not early on. This is me mostly going off gut instinct which I'll try to explain. I think it's because I don't want Ochako to get swept up in the Doctor's story. There's other problems and I'm trying to find a way to articulate this sense of vague unease I'm getting from the idea.
EDIT: That, and there's no main plot. Part of the appeal is watching Ochako engage with these in depth worlds and their main issues. Maybe it's a matter of agency and importance? Visiting and saving a world in Doctor Who doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things and it doesn
And I don't paticularly like engaging with what passes for a main plot in a season of Doctor Who, mainly because they're all kind of boring as fuck because, despite being in love with them, Moffat is really bad at them and they're almost always unsatisfying and feel like they don't actually matter.
I think that might be it actually. I like seeing Ochako change things for a world permanently and significantly. In Doctor Who, that can't really happen because there's no real ending and it feels like things are reset every single season or with every Doctor. She should have impact, y'know. I like it when she matters and basically nothing actually matters in Doctor Who, since the story inevitably has to continue and thus none of these apparently super grand and important things Moffat trumpets on about actually means anything.
EDIT: That, and there's no main plot. Part of the appeal is watching Ochako engage with these in depth worlds and their main issues. Maybe it's a matter of agency and importance? Visiting and saving a world in Doctor Who doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things and it doesn
And I don't paticularly like engaging with what passes for a main plot in a season of Doctor Who, mainly because they're all kind of boring as fuck because, despite being in love with them, Moffat is really bad at them and they're almost always unsatisfying and feel like they don't actually matter.
I think that might be it actually. I like seeing Ochako change things for a world permanently and significantly. In Doctor Who, that can't really happen because there's no real ending and it feels like things are reset every single season or with every Doctor. She should have impact, y'know. I like it when she matters and basically nothing actually matters in Doctor Who, since the story inevitably has to continue and thus none of these apparently super grand and important things Moffat trumpets on about actually means anything.
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Inter-VersaLoli
Delusional Aspiring Writer
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I think that's more the fault of Moffat being the showrunner at the moment, than a fault with the series itself, per se. Like many people have said, Moffat is great when writing single episodes, but you shouldn't let him helm an entire series.
Russel T. Davies, for all the cheese he brought to the table, was able to write storylines with actual emotional resonance, and was able to neatly and satisfyingly wrap up his plots by the end of each season. It's only when the Moff started running things that the series turned into a series of self-serving intellectual masturbation exercises masquerading as "plots". Personally, I stopped watching NuWho just before Eleven's first season. I'm just watching serials from Classic Who (Four, specifically), while waiting for Moffat to fuck off the show.
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9. Arc 1: The Ruin and The Sacrifice
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World 5: Mistborn (Luthedal)
'The Ruin'
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Ochako would have liked to say that she thought the offer through.World 5: Mistborn (Luthedal)
'The Ruin'
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The reality was, after meeting and leaving Jackie and Jade and Uncle, she missed people. Each new world was yet another farewell. Her only constants were herself and some souvenirs she picked up from each visit. Oh, some were undoubtedly powerful, but if you were to take a snapshot of the memories that stood out to her, what would creep in would be the sharp-edged flashes of violence and blood that left her weak and shaking.
And it might have been childish, but she wanted someone to talk to. Right now, she'd settle with even having Mineta along for the ride, and being nostalgic for that little pervert was not a sentiment she'd ever thought she'd be expressing. Though of course, if she could choose someone she'd pick any of the girls (but especially Tsuyu), and of course Class Rep and Deku and... but, ah, those sorts of airy daydreams didn't suit a girl like her. Practical, that was her watchword.
"I... that's fine," she said, accepting one of the flasks at random. The shimmering ball at the bottom had a brassy hue that was quite pretty too look at.
The Lord Ruler nodded, satisfied. "Excellent." He picked through the bottles more carefully, then gave her another. It clinked like a silver coin as he moved it towards her. "Brass and Zinc, a potent a combination. But I am sure you shall find such out for yourself. Now, swallow."
Ochako blinked.
"Err - excuse me?"
He mimed picking the flask up and tipping it upside down.
Ochako looked down. Popping an Advil was one thing, these two were the size of golf balls and looked like they were made of metal besides. Ochako wasn't sure what would happen beyond her becoming very sick and probably needing surgery. The air was all wrong, maybe people here could do things normal humans couldn't.
"I don't know if-"
"If you wish not to, that is your choice," Lord Ruler said as he pushed the drawers away. Ochako politely followed him out of the hidden room. It reset, the wall closing in with a clang of gears and stone. "I will find an Observer for you. You, on the other hand, should come to a decision regarding these boons. Alloys of Lerasium are exceedingly difficult to come by."
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[x] Drink from the brass flask
[x] Drink both
[x] Drink neither
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It took her a while to decide. Nerving yourself up to save someone was relatively easy when it happened in the heat of the moment. Nerving yourself up to swallow something that you'd normally choke on, well, that was a different thing entirely.
By the time the Lord Ruler returned, her choice had been made.
As had her companion. She half-feared it would be one of those stake-eyed men, but it turned out to be a relatively normal looking woman carrying a leathery satchel and wearing an ornate, sleeveless dress with many bangles. Long dark hair spilled down from her head and fountained over her shoulders in surprisingly luxurious waves that seemed untouched by any ash. She looked vaguely Nordic, pretty in a button-nosed, petite, heart-shaped face way. She was much more modestly built than the him though, being only a few inches taller than Ochako herself.
"This is DeVraal."
DeVraal curtsied, then looked up, expression uncertain. "Hi," she said, "Fah-"
The man standing behind her coughed. DeVraal stiffened.
"Err, the Lord Ruler tells me that you can travel to a completely new world."
She sounded politely sincere, but in a way that said less 'and I believe it!' and more 'that was certainly something I just heard.'
"Yes," said Ochako, "but not on purpose."
"Ah," said DeVraal.
The two girls stared at each other, nonplussed.
"Well," said the Lord Ruler, clapping his hands. "Let's see just what it is you can do, Traveler."
There seemed to be a bit of bite to his words. Ochako had the feeling that if she didn't change worlds right now he would not be amused.
Which was convenient, because the world still threatened to choke her.
"Okay." She stepped towards DeVraal. Ochako wasn't sure if there should be rules regarding informed consent when using a world-hopping quirk, but assumed there should be. "Many of the worlds I've gone to are dangerous. Are you sure you want to come?"
DeVraal smiled like she had said something cute. "Don't worry about it I'm tougher than I look."
That was not quite a direct answer, but Ochako shrugged and held a hand forward. She should have probably pressed her, but she didn't want to start their relationship off on the wrong foot. "I'll need to touch you and use my quirk-"
"What's a quirk?" DeVraal asked, stepping forward so that she'd be in reach.
"It's my power. It'll make you float. And then hopefully we'll switch worlds together."
"Well, that'll be something - woah?!"
DeVraal was floating.
Ochako willed the world to change, knowing that she'd be really embarrassed if it didn't work out but-
Yup. It didn't work out. Her cheeks pinked.
She brought a finger to her neck, touching Sakura's currently miniaturized sealing staff and the other to a compartment at her back. The Warp card appeared between her fingers, and then a moment later, the staff grew to its full size.
"Warp card, Release and -"
4 successes needed, 1 dice = 7, 1 success.
FAILED, received 3 temporary damage
FAILED, received 3 temporary damage
The Card flashed, except in reverse, like a moment of utter darkness that pulsed out in a wave. Pain wracked Ochako's limbs. The world shook and-
Changed.
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World Gains: 2 xp and 1 Flask of Lerasium-Zinc Alloy and Soothing.
Lerasium Soothing Lv. 1 (0/9xp)
In Allomancy, brass gives the ability to soothe the emotions of others.When burning brass, an Allomancer can target either a single person or a group of people. Additionally, the Allomancer can target specific emotions to dampen. As this allomancy was gifted from Lerasium as opposed to genetically inherited, it is very powerful. At level 1 its range is four city blocks in radius, and allows the allomancer to add or subtract 1 dice from any number of enemies in that range as an instant action, or 3 dice as part of a specific mental attack using Power + Soothing Level. Those without appropriate mental merits or powers to resist such powers triple the dice penalty.
In Allomancy, brass gives the ability to soothe the emotions of others.When burning brass, an Allomancer can target either a single person or a group of people. Additionally, the Allomancer can target specific emotions to dampen. As this allomancy was gifted from Lerasium as opposed to genetically inherited, it is very powerful. At level 1 its range is four city blocks in radius, and allows the allomancer to add or subtract 1 dice from any number of enemies in that range as an instant action, or 3 dice as part of a specific mental attack using Power + Soothing Level. Those without appropriate mental merits or powers to resist such powers triple the dice penalty.
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World 6: Fullmetal Alchemist (Ishval)
'The Sacrifice'
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This time she was prepared for the sudden shift. What she was not prepared for was the oppressively murderous heat, the firecracker sound of distant, very murderous bullets and the sights and smells that resulted when you brought these two things together.
She was in a sun-bleached desert city, the sort where everything seemed to turn white save for the people. Blocky, irregularly spaced buildings rose high and bright towards the sun when they didn't fall in heaps and stacks of burning rubble towards the ground. Pockmarks vandalized plaster with splashes of red and the bodies... oh the bodies...
"No," Ochako murmured. But no matter where she looked, they littered the ground. The sealing staff swung on the rope around her neck, small and cute, and desperately out of place. Even in that first world of golden grass and constant battle, Ochako would not have understood that expression - littered the ground - but here, it was every few feet and the world swam with the awful, petty, heroic details of death. Some were dressed in blue. More were dressed in pale colors with striped black and orange sashes worn from shoulder to hip.
Death stole what little dignity people had. Scavengers were already making quick work of the dead. Here was a man collapsed over his children, tears still in his horror-stricken eyes. There was a woman, shot in the back alongside her old mother. That was a soldier gutted and left to bleed out. Here was a child... and another... and another...
Someone shot her.
No, not shot: she looked down and saw an old book, blank pages fluttering gently. She looked up and saw DeVraal floating in the sky, maybe twenty feet up.
"M... let... ...ee... ow ......rum... ...r?!"
Bullets stole what she had to say, but Ochako caught the gist. She cancelled her technique before realizing that she should have more gently lowered her - but if DeVraal felt more than a slight impact from her fall she didn't show it.
"You weren't kidding about the danger," she said, brushing her dress off before retrieving the book and putting it carefully in her satchel. "Where are we?"
Ochako stared at a small hand. "I... don't know."
She was spared from having to make any further talk by the sound of a whimper and suddenly there was something she could do. Her eyes tracked the world until she found it, and then she was thrusting aside bodies.
A small child, buried beneath his parents, miraculously unharmed, but the moment Ochako reached him he began to thrash and panic.
"NO!" he screamed. "NO! NO! NOOO!"
Ochako felt it then. The knowledge that something or someone had noticed them.
"He's going to draw attention to us," DeVraal said.
Ochako nodded tersely.
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Choose 2 (plan voting, or whatever combo of the most popular votes makes the most sense)
[x] Force the kid to be quiet
[x] Run (with the kid)
[x] Prepare to confront whoever's about to arrive (fight)
[x] Prepare to confront whoever's about to arrive (talk)
[x] Demand an explanation about your new powers
(only possible if you've already drunken the lesarium alloys)
[x] Forcibly switch worlds again
-[x] bring DeVraal
-[x] bring the unknown child
-[x] Choose World
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- Location
- Rochester, NY
[x] Drink from the zinc flask
[x] Demand an explanation about your new powers
[x] Prepare to confront whoever's about to arrive (fight)
[x] Demand an explanation about your new powers
[x] Prepare to confront whoever's about to arrive (fight)
[x] Drink from the brass flask
[x] Force the kid to be quiet
[x] Run (with the kid)
[x] Force the kid to be quiet
[x] Run (with the kid)
Inter-VersaLoli
Delusional Aspiring Writer
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Kandra
[x] Drink from the brass flask
[x] Try to calm the kid down
[x] Prepare to confront whoever's about to arrive (talk)
-[x] But be prepared to run at any moment
Now, let's try to be diplomatic and not go around assuming things about our potential assailants. Especially since we're in a completely different world and all.
Even if the surrounding carnage doesn't make for a good first impression.
- Location
- Rochester, NY
The child is reacting in such a way that implies that whoever is coming towards us are the same people responsible for the slaughter of what includes children, women, and the elderly. If they have no qualms about doing that then it's not unreasonable to treat them as a threat.
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10. Arc 1: The Sacrifice Part 2
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World 6: Fullmetal Alchemist (Ishval)
'The Sacrifice'
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"Shush," Ochako tried.World 6: Fullmetal Alchemist (Ishval)
'The Sacrifice'
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When he only started to scream more loudly, Ochako grabbed part of his dusty, blooded shirt and stuffed it into his mouth. He stared at her shocked and outraged and still screaming behind the gag. His eyes widened and the screams thankfully ceased when Ochako applied her quirk to him and he began floating. She passed him along to DeVraal who accepted the slightly floating boy with a raised eyebrow.
"Okay, now let's run," Ochako said.
Speed Test: 2 successes needed
Speed (1) + Technique (3 dice) = 1 - 2 - 3 - 9 (1 success)
FAILED
Speed (1) + Technique (3 dice) = 1 - 2 - 3 - 9 (1 success)
FAILED
They nearly got away. If Ochako had used her quirk to hop rooftops they might have even made it, but with all the bullets flying about, Ochako hadn't wanted to risk it. She might have been bulletproof but that didn't mean her companions were. There were few things more out of place than girls Mary Poppining their way across an active urban warzone.
But fast as they were, the ones pursuing them were faster.
She heard them, footsteps pounding heavily on pavement, breaths so loud it was almost like they were breathing down her back. It was what she imagined being the object of a hunt was like. The steps got closer and closer and finally-
Gunshots.
"Stop!" the soldiers called.
Yeah, right.
Speed (4) + Technique (4) + Rifle (1) = 9 dice (1 - 10 - 8 - 2 - 6 - 9 - 8 - 4 - 6) 4 successes + 3 automatic damage from Rifle
Power (2) + Technique (3) = 5 dice (6 - 8 - 2 - 9 - 5) 2 successes
5 damage - 2 armor = 3 Temporary damage, 2 turns to refresh
Power (2) + Technique (3) = 5 dice (6 - 8 - 2 - 9 - 5) 2 successes
5 damage - 2 armor = 3 Temporary damage, 2 turns to refresh
The gunshots continued. Ochako slowed down to cover DeVraal and the boy, skin beginning to turn red. One clipped her, doing no real damage as it bounced off, but painful nonetheless, making her stumble in mid-stride. If not for the Dog Talisman Ochako had the feeling it could have done some real damage.
She turned and caught a glimpse of a face. One stood out, holding the smoking rifle. Ochako saw a young woman, older than her, but not by much, blond and blue-eyed with a dagger clipped to her shoulder and a blue uniform that was slightly too big.
"The hell are you?" she whispered
Speed Test: 2 successes needed
Speed (1) + Technique (3 dice) = 6 - 5 - 9 - 4 (1 success)
FAILED
Speed (1) + Technique (3 dice) = 6 - 5 - 9 - 4 (1 success)
FAILED
Ochako didn't know if she should reply or not, make sure that the young lady didn't get permanent mental damage from seeing a demon, but then reflected it didn't matter because said lady was trying to kill her and she should be trying to get away. She turned and legged it.
The other soldiers fell behind, but not the girl. She was fast and almost unbelievably tenacious.
In the end, Ochako had to resort to her quirk. It should have been her first resort, but with people using firearms to shoot at her, and with civilians to defend, it wasn't her first instinct. Her first instinct was run.
This was an urban environment with lots of rubble. Combined with her quirk and things would get hairy for anyone who seriously tried to get past her. Wood and stone began to float behind her, absorbing the incoming gunfire with ease.
She did scream when someone grabbed her. Muscles stood out on the arm attached to the hand that was currently clasped around her mouth.
"Demon or human I know not, but silence your tongue," he said harshly.
DeVraal who was next to him with the boy, nodded at Ochako. She silenced her tongue. The soldiers raced past her barricade and then away.
Finally, he released her.
He was, well, he was tall. Well-built. Muscular. He didn't have the naturally commanding presence of The Lord Ruler, but his piercing red stare stood out on his face which was worn but still youthful. Ochako go the impression of barely suppressed energy from him.
"I thank you for rescuing the boy," he said. "It was nobly done. But if you are here for his soul, demon, begone."
Ugh. Ochako was still not sure why she could occasionally tap into the red skin thing. Also, she felt like she'd had this conversation a few times already. The red skin thing was starting to be more trouble than it was worth.
"I'm human," she said patiently.
He looked skeptical. It was not helped by DeVraal saying: "Are you sure? I was under the impression humans didn't change color."
"Yeah, well, this human does." She said, annoyed. "What's going on here anyway?"
The man frowned. "War. A war of annihilation. These Amestrians intend to kill us all. I must fi-"
There was an explosion.
It eclipsed the world. Sound became less something you heard than something you felt. She could feel her bones vibrate and her hair escape its confines and flee wildly in all directions. Air flattened her against the wall and light pierced her eyelids.
When she could see again, spots dancing in front of her eyes, DeVraal was busy working her jaw around and the kid was crying again. The man, however, was already up, snarling.
"Mother, Father, Brother..."
He dashed out into the sudden, fearful silence.
With a grimace, Ochako followed, DeVraal following behind her, tugging the boy along.
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The man killed.
He didn't have guns or weapons, but he didn't need them. He was fast, effective, probably superhero-tier when it came to pure skill and explosive physical power. Blue-clad soldiers fell to his blows without having the time to get even a shot out. Ochako didn't know who'd win in a bout between him and Jackie, but she wasn't prepared to place bets either way.
Ochako felt she should stop him, but when one side was pointing guns at children, you didn't stop the guy defending them, even if his methods were murderous.
These frequent jumps were not making her a better person. Quite the opposite.
Finally, after a hectic dash through smoke and gunfire, they arrived where they had wanted to go. The man, much faster than them, was talking to people that bore a striking familial resemblance to him. A book was given to him, and he put it away in his sash.
"-other! Take it and run!" he was begging.
The taller, studious looking man smiled self-deprecatingly. "You're a warrior priest, brother. One of the best. The odds of you making it out alive are much better than mine. Look," his voice shook, "my legs are shaking. Once I have to fight, I just fall apart."
"Brother..."
Then he noticed something. Looked up.
Ochako followed his gaze. There was a man, up on one of the buildings. Tank top. Ponytail. One hand extended, a smile on his face.
Dangerous.
He slapped both hands onto the edge of the building he was on and a line of broken stone and masonry extended from where he sat and down towards the ground. The ground began to rumble.
Scar's brother threw himself in front of his family, screaming: "Get down!"
Ochako-
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Ochako has enough time for one action.
[x] Protect the child
[x] Protect DeVraal
[x] Protect the man's brother
[x] Attack Mysterious Soldier
[x] Use Zero Gravity on [insert name]
[x] write-in
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- Location
- Rochester, NY
[X] Order DeVraal to protect the child while you protect the man's brother.
Teiwaz
Beloved of Adorjan.
- Location
- RUNNING AWAY
Hey you know what would be a funny omake?
The next time she is in a modern setting, Ochako can pick up some BHA manga.
She would rationalize it away naturally if CCS is real in one world and a comic in the other why cant the reverse be true.
Then she can look on the internet for references to worlds she has already been to~
Having real meta knowledge is not something that would really help in a quest where her actions are controlled by outsiders~
The next time she is in a modern setting, Ochako can pick up some BHA manga.
She would rationalize it away naturally if CCS is real in one world and a comic in the other why cant the reverse be true.
Then she can look on the internet for references to worlds she has already been to~
Having real meta knowledge is not something that would really help in a quest where her actions are controlled by outsiders~
11. Arc 1: The Sacrifice Part 3
[x] Use Zero Gravity on [Mysterious Soldier]
World 6: Fullmetal Alchemist (Ishval)
'The Sacrifice'
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Up she rose, faster and faster yet, hands outstretched, body aimed like a javelin. Below, the ground was beginning to buckle, white light shining through the edges, a sound like echoed thunder beginning to hum through the air, presaging what was yet to come.
She didn't know if she could make it.
She knew that whatever his quirk was, it was powerful. More powerful than any she'd seen before, this wasn't merely the sort of quirk that took out a building or a giant robot, he could take out half a city with this, she was sure. The explosion earlier that had knocked her on her ass, even from a distance, that was him.
If she didn't stop him, he'd kill everyone.
She nearly got him.
Her fingers brushed the hairs on his arm, but at the very last second, he sprang up, and away, hands leaving the cracked roof. Below the rumbling ceased, the light dimmed and the world itself seemed to sigh. People had been hurt, but not nearly as badly as they could have been if she had let him finish.
The soldier nodded at her.
"Impressive - that was very nearly flight. And by the looks of you - is Xing poking their nose in?"
"I-"
A palm filled her vision, tattoo of a circle, triangle and moon taking up the world, then it clapped itself around her face.
"Nevermind. Work to do, you know how it is."
There was a crackle and then a smell like ozone.
A beat passed.
"Well, that usually doesn't happen," he said. "How are neither of us dead?"
Ochako couldn't reply, there being a hand in the way, but she could touch him. Her fingertips brushed his arm and then Zero Gravity took hold, making him float in the air. Something red fell out of his pocket, sparkling as it bounced across the roof.
She picked it up warily.
The soldier chuckled. "Well, now, that's inter-"
He jerked to the side. Blood tore out through his back, painting a chrysanthemum in the air. Another bullet hit him, spinning him around, making an arm flop deadly, drops spraying from the wound, glittering as they hung in the air. Pain creased his features.
Shadows flickered around her.
"OH NO YOU DOOOOOOOOON'T!!!"
And then DeVraal was there. Somehow, the woman had run straight up a multiple-story building. Or possibly climbed, Ochako didn't have the right angle to see, but whatever the case, it had taken the Lord Ruler's observer seconds to cross the distance.
Arms grabbed hold of hers, and the world changed.
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World Gains: 3 xp, 1 Mysterious Red Stone, 1 Mysterious Soldier
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[x] [World] write-in
Any world that is written-in must include an element of 'villainous defeat.' For example, Luffy beating up Mr. Crocodile, Harry Potter making Professor Quirrell turn to dust, Link defeating some bad-guy boss, River Tam taking on Reavers, Batman hip-checking some random back alley mooks, Vaarsuvius from OOTS killing orcs and goblins, etc. etc. etc.
Try to be specific so if I don't know the setting I can more easily do the research. o3o;
At this point, you also have the option of going back home (though you are not obliged).
[x][home] six minutes after you vanished
[x][home] six hours after you vanished
[x][home] six days after you vanished
[x] What to do with Mysterious Soldier?
-[x] Heal him using the Horse Talisman
-[x] Seal him using the Sealing Staff
-[x]nothing No.
-[x] write-in
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World 6: Fullmetal Alchemist (Ishval)
'The Sacrifice'
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Ochako touched her fingertips together and threw herself at the soldier.Up she rose, faster and faster yet, hands outstretched, body aimed like a javelin. Below, the ground was beginning to buckle, white light shining through the edges, a sound like echoed thunder beginning to hum through the air, presaging what was yet to come.
She didn't know if she could make it.
She knew that whatever his quirk was, it was powerful. More powerful than any she'd seen before, this wasn't merely the sort of quirk that took out a building or a giant robot, he could take out half a city with this, she was sure. The explosion earlier that had knocked her on her ass, even from a distance, that was him.
If she didn't stop him, he'd kill everyone.
Conditions cleared for Guts! merit to be used. +3 dice on all actions against Kimblee
Ochako Attack
Speed (1) + Technique (3) + Guts (3) + Telekinesis Stunt (1) = 8 dice ((7 +4 +5 +1 +7 +4 +7 +4) = 3 successes)
Kimblee Reaction
Speed (4) + Technique (4) + Battlefield Reflexes (3) = 11 dice ((4 +1 +1 +5 +7 +2 +9 +9 +9 +10 +1) = 5 successes
FAILURE
Ochako Attack
Speed (1) + Technique (3) + Guts (3) + Telekinesis Stunt (1) = 8 dice ((7 +4 +5 +1 +7 +4 +7 +4) = 3 successes)
Kimblee Reaction
Speed (4) + Technique (4) + Battlefield Reflexes (3) = 11 dice ((4 +1 +1 +5 +7 +2 +9 +9 +9 +10 +1) = 5 successes
FAILURE
She nearly got him.
Her fingers brushed the hairs on his arm, but at the very last second, he sprang up, and away, hands leaving the cracked roof. Below the rumbling ceased, the light dimmed and the world itself seemed to sigh. People had been hurt, but not nearly as badly as they could have been if she had let him finish.
The soldier nodded at her.
"Impressive - that was very nearly flight. And by the looks of you - is Xing poking their nose in?"
"I-"
A palm filled her vision, tattoo of a circle, triangle and moon taking up the world, then it clapped itself around her face.
"Nevermind. Work to do, you know how it is."
There was a crackle and then a smell like ozone.
A beat passed.
"Well, that usually doesn't happen," he said. "How are neither of us dead?"
Ochako couldn't reply, there being a hand in the way, but she could touch him. Her fingertips brushed his arm and then Zero Gravity took hold, making him float in the air. Something red fell out of his pocket, sparkling as it bounced across the roof.
She picked it up warily.
The soldier chuckled. "Well, now, that's inter-"
He jerked to the side. Blood tore out through his back, painting a chrysanthemum in the air. Another bullet hit him, spinning him around, making an arm flop deadly, drops spraying from the wound, glittering as they hung in the air. Pain creased his features.
Shadows flickered around her.
"OH NO YOU DOOOOOOOOON'T!!!"
And then DeVraal was there. Somehow, the woman had run straight up a multiple-story building. Or possibly climbed, Ochako didn't have the right angle to see, but whatever the case, it had taken the Lord Ruler's observer seconds to cross the distance.
Arms grabbed hold of hers, and the world changed.
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World Gains: 3 xp, 1 Mysterious Red Stone, 1 Mysterious Soldier
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[x] [World] write-in
Any world that is written-in must include an element of 'villainous defeat.' For example, Luffy beating up Mr. Crocodile, Harry Potter making Professor Quirrell turn to dust, Link defeating some bad-guy boss, River Tam taking on Reavers, Batman hip-checking some random back alley mooks, Vaarsuvius from OOTS killing orcs and goblins, etc. etc. etc.
Try to be specific so if I don't know the setting I can more easily do the research. o3o;
At this point, you also have the option of going back home (though you are not obliged).
[x][home] six minutes after you vanished
[x][home] six hours after you vanished
[x][home] six days after you vanished
[x] What to do with Mysterious Soldier?
-[x] Heal him using the Horse Talisman
-[x] Seal him using the Sealing Staff
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-[x] write-in