I did that because everyone was assuming that each Milestone would yield you a knew Ability until it reaches three (ignoring Shop-bought ones); at this point, the message should have been received.
I think I might speak up if it happens again, but maybe I will leave the players to actually experiment instead of telling them of a not-as-good result beforehand.
[X] Do your best to change the situation so you won't have to kill.
-[X] Sometimes you fall short despite your best. Try to learn from that and do better.
[X] Do your best to change the situation so you won't have to kill.
-[X] Sometimes you fall short despite your best. Try to learn from that and do better.
White Glory's weapon is literally "Contractor" - as in, a human she empowered. That's how Divine Beings have weapons, more often than not. Enslavement is also somewhat doubtful. On a side note, I can't help but think of biblical connotations for her name.
Kyubey fits in terms of contracts, but White Glory and her particulars don't fit.
On the other hand, "White Horseman", the first of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, is supposed to be about the Glory of War, or something like that. And White Glory is White, Glory, and empowers armies (who will then go and wage war).
Your sister shrugs at the rude question and leans aside to look at something outside of the screen... then a stranger's voice speaks up from where you can not see them: "I have you know that I'm the best source you will find anywhere. I know everything that happens on Earth."
Who is that? You can see the same question on Strength's face, but she does not ask. Instead, she snorts and waves dismissively. "Yeah, sure. Everything. If you know everything, mind telling me what kind of panties I'm wearing right now?"
There is a momentary silence while Bianca groans and buries her head in her hands... and then the voice answers with a giggle: "Considering the twins are listening, I will just say that you're a naughty girl."
More silence follows that, with Strength just looking a little annoyed and a bit smug while your sister slowly breathes in and out. That was a weird question... and why is she naughty? You consider asking, but your sister is obviously unhappy with the topic; so you change it by asking another question: "Big sis? Who is that? Is she your friend?"
Bright laughter from the stranger rings over in response, but at least your sister looks at you again. "I have no idea if she can be called a friend... but we can leave introductions for another time. She won't leave me alone anytime soon, anyway."
"How hurtful, Bianca! I thought what we had was special!"
Now the girl you are sitting on laughs openly at the minute frown on your sister's face... and you giggle a little bit, too. You do not really understand what she means, but the face is funny.
"Nah, whatever. I think I like her. Back to where we were, the attack? Anything you can tell me?"
A few seconds pass before Bianca starts browsing through the report in her hand and shaking her head slowly. "The problem is that the Chinese were always the least forthcoming. They only gave me the bare necessities and nothing on their future plans. Aside from that, my sources-", where she gives a glare to the person you can not see, "-do not give me much additional data at the moment."
And a moment later, the voice answers again: "Don't sweat it. The main thing you have to know is that White Glory is trusworthy and that the four girls will be alright with what Kibo gathered already."
"Four girls? Wait... I'm missing something here"
"...huh. Okay, now I'm curious how you know that."
After saying this, Strength responds to Bianca's inquisitive gaze by squeezing the two of you for a moment. "These two volunteered to free White Glory, together with two other girls."
Aaaand there goes Bianca's expression. Now she frowns at all of you with this special 'You did not just say that' look. But while she still regards you all in judgemental silence to make you feel bad, the other miss speaks up with mirth in her voice: "Heh, that's for you to find out. Maybe I pay you a visit sometime soon, who knows?"
Because unless I miss my guess wildly? This is Gaia beside Bianca right now.
Her assurances about White Glory and the mission make me much less worried, so I take solace in that. And my funny bone is tickled by Strength going commando and drawing attention to it in such a manner.
now that we are finally talking to Bianca, how about the twins mention the dreams they had in the meantime.
Especially the one about the unified light.
Also how cool she was running through the horde of Nightmare Child's Zombies. Or wait, that was an Interlude, not a dream and therefor not IC knowledge.
On the other hand, "White Horseman", the first of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, is supposed to be about the Glory of War, or something like that. And White Glory is White, Glory, and empowers armies (who will then go and wage war).
Adhoc vote count started by Naron on Feb 1, 2018 at 12:51 PM, finished with 2935 posts and 11 votes.
[X] Do your best to change the situation so you won't have to kill.
-[X] Sometimes you fall short despite your best. Try to learn from that and do better.
[X] Actually ... thinking like those are the only options seems ... wrong, it's like saying you can only get burned by the hot sun or left freezing in the moon's cold illumination, but that's not the case there are cool sunny days and warm moonlit nights all you have to do is wait for those times to come or seek them out yourself.
-[X] But hiding inside and waiting for someone to tell you when they've come just leaves you without any of them.
[X] Do your best to change the situation so you won't have to kill.
-[X] Sometimes you fall short despite your best. Try to learn from that and do better.
You sit quiet for a while, thoughts passing back and forth while your sister waits patiently. The frown stays, though; she is serious about this.
Answering this kind of question is not easy; how could you decide to hurt someone so others do not get hurt? How could you decide to just let events pass and do nothing? No, the answer you find for yourself is different. Eva is better at talking about this kind of thing, so you leave it to her... however, both of you return Bianca's look calmly to show you are serious as well.
"We... we would refuse to kill that one person. And we would refuse to let the thousand die. If something like this happens... we rather want to try to save everyone anyway, to change the situation so no one needs to die."
Bianca does not yet say anything; she just frowns a little at your words and waits for if you have to say anything else... so after a moment of thought, Eva adds one more thing: "Even if we fall short at times... the best we can do is to try and learn from it to do better."
No matter what happens, you will always seek for the best possible ending. It is a good answer is what you think... and going from that weak smile on Bianca's face, she agrees with you both.
When she speaks, however, something in her voice makes you shiver: "It's good to see you're still as compassionate as you used to be... maybe even more, now that you're starting to see the world and grow up."
This is... something about this is wrong. You can not tell what or why, but you know that much. Big sister is off right now... you can see it on her face, she did want to say more. But pressing her again might go too far.
Even though you want to know what she thinks, you change the topic; Bianca will tell you eventually, you are sure of that.
"Oh, right! Big sis, we're dreaming of people!"
That sounds weird...
You give Eva a stink eye and start explaining to your confused sister: "I mean, not like normal dreams. We can see people we never met and know their names and stuff. And... uh... we had a dream about the Unified Light, too."
This gets her to sit a bit more straight while Eva takes over for you, with a finger lying on her lip. "It was really weird... and we did not find out all that much, just that there are a lot of interesting races out there. And a Magical Girl was fighting for the Unified Dark... do you know anything about her?"
...With the way Bianca frowns, she does. With the way she shakes her head, you are now confused. "I... I know about that girl... but I don't want to talk about it."
Oh.
....just how do you make it to bring up uncomfortable topics even with Bianca?
"That's okay", you quickly assure her before this gets any worse. "There were some other things, too... uh... there was this one girl... um... I think people treat her as a goddess?"
Thankfully for your fluttering nerves, Bianca stops looking unhappy and gets back to her usual half-blank-half-smile when she ponders your words. "Yes, that one was probably Forsaken God. She's gathering the scattered tribes in Africa into a cohesive nation at the moment."
Ohhh, Bianca knows her! Just like you thought, the distraction worked perfectly and you learned something new. Maybe you can get to meet that girl later...
But those thoughts are for later; right now, you want to talk more to your big sister.
. . .
Line Break Recognised . . .
It is a little sad when you have to say goodbye, but Bianca needs to do some more paperwork and has to go. You also have a meeting with Ana, Sky, Strength, and the Seasons, this time in a smaller side room of the town hall.
The talking goes on for a while as everyone discusses viable strategies and you are given a layout of the area as well as whatever data you got about important threats nearby. From what White Glory relayed, another Magical Girl and someone Strength calls a "Practitioner" are in the area; the latter seems to be a normal human that can use magic.
You are a bit concerned about those two, but it is ultimately no use to fret about them right now. When the meeting ends and you decided on a plan together, all of you go to sleep after a quick dinner.
Tomorrow will be an important day.
While the twins sleep, other events take place around the world; important events they are. Choose whose perspective to take:
[] Bianca
[] Patricia
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+1xp Lots of Talking
EXP gained: 1 + 1 = 2 Total EXP: 195
The Shop is locked for this turn.
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You will get the detailed write-up of what is going on during your mission once it actually starts.
Huh, apparently it's a slight gray area. Because English is stupid like that.
Article:
There Is vs. There Are With a Series of Items
When you're making a list of things, sometimes there are sounds wrong:
There are a kitchen, a living room, and a bedroom in my apartment.
There are sounds bad because the noun that follows it, kitchen, is singular. Even though you're really talking about multiple things, (a kitchen, a living room, a bedroom), it's often better to use the singular verb is in a construction like this.
There is a kitchen, a living room, and a bedroom in my apartment.
Some language commentators still insist on using are in sentences like this despite the awkwardness, but actual usage is extremely mixed. Remember, if the sentence sounds awkward either way, you can always rewrite it to avoid the "there is/are" problem altogether.
You don't know the half of it. I, however, can guess why she isn't accepting of this naivete as her own world view anymore.
On a side note, I'm half sure Patricia is our mother. Then there's one another candidate I'm sure is a runner-up if it's not our Mom. But other than those two, I'll be at a loss.
Huh, apparently it's a slight gray area. Because English is stupid like that.
Article:
There Is vs. There Are With a Series of Items
When you're making a list of things, sometimes there are sounds wrong:
There are a kitchen, a living room, and a bedroom in my apartment.
There are sounds bad because the noun that follows it, kitchen, is singular. Even though you're really talking about multiple things, (a kitchen, a living room, a bedroom), it's often better to use the singular verb is in a construction like this.
There is a kitchen, a living room, and a bedroom in my apartment.
Some language commentators still insist on using are in sentences like this despite the awkwardness, but actual usage is extremely mixed. Remember, if the sentence sounds awkward either way, you can always rewrite it to avoid the "there is/are" problem altogether.
On a side note, I'm half sure Patricia is our mother. Then there's one another candidate I'm sure is a runner-up if it's not our Mom. But other than those two, I'll be at a loss.
On a side note, I'm half sure Patricia is our mother. Then there's one another candidate I'm sure is a runner-up if it's not our Mom. But other than those two, I'll be at a loss.
I'm guessing that Patricia is either Abyss Knight or White Glory.
Other identities that sounds possible but less likely include being one of the two other magic users guarding White Glory, the UD MG, Brave Heart, or Judge.
Or wait, that was an Interlude, not a dream and therefor not IC knowledge.
