Libra's Lament, a Magical Girl Quest [Complete]

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The impromptu standoff ends as fast as it started; you separate to the left and right while lifting Moon's scepter; Eva below raises her Katana in response, though there is a confused pause in her reaction once you pull back your arms and throw. All the force in your muscles makes the weapon fly fast, gravity making it become faster on the way down before it crashes into her parade. Sun is already taking aim in the meantime.

(Moonlight Scepter: 28544 Base Damage 14272 Disciplined, +7136 Superior Discipline, +11250 Overwhelm -7136 Threw Her Weapon, +2500 Gravity Assist, +837 dice, +1500 Rebalanced Existence = 29,359 Total Damage

Intercept!
Both sides have Godlike Strength; Godlike Strength negated!

Silver Lotus: +15000 Base Damage, -12000 Covering Herself, +3000 Opposing Weapon Uncontrolled, +362 dice, +500 Hostile Legend Effect Out of Balance = 6,362 Damage
Silver Lotus: +15000 Base Damage, -12000 Covering Herself, +3000 Opposing Weapon Uncontrolled, +2161 dice, +500 Hostile Legend Effect Out of Balance = 8,161 Damage
Silver Lotus: +15000 Base Damage, -12000 Covering Herself, +3000 Opposing Weapon Uncontrolled, +2298 dice, +500 Hostile Legend Effect Out of Balance = 8,298 Damage

22,821 Unified Damage

6,538 Difference, Moonlight Scepter Wins!

Moonlight Scepter: +6538 Intercept Damage, +3269 Superior Discipline, +98 dice, +500 Rebalanced Existence = 10,405 Total Damage
Benign Guardian: +40000 Base Resilience, -26000 Armor Removal, +4000 Covering Herself, +2160 dice, +500 Legendary Existence Out of Balance = 20,160 Total Damage Reduction

No damage)

It manages to push aside her haphazardly held blade, but the one arm holding up her top snakes out to smash your scepter aside before it can impact with her chest; you were not meaning to deal damage on that one, anyway.

"Scorching Sunlight!!"
Your voice comes loud and clear, making it apparent what you were doing. Rico's head turns for a moment and you can see both twins become slack-jawed at the titanic beam rushing out of Sun's scepter; a cascade of bright sunlight bigger than either of your bodies banishes all shadows from the city for but an instant as it rushes to meet Benign Guardian, whose blade is too slow to catch it.

But something is wrong.

(Scorching Sunlight: +327680 Base Damage, +131072 Ordnance, +165 dice, x2 Radiant Shine Unbroken = 917,834 Total Damage

Threshold met!
Legendary Aegis says "screw you": Damage negated

No damage)

You watch in horror how a shimmer of magic grasps for the powerful torrent and... snuffs it out. Just like that, with nothing happening. Eva's eyes are wide in shock and she moves her hand before you can finish casting Moon's spell, the second scepter returning to your hand in an instant.

"Guarded Zone!"
"Scorching Sunlight!"

Another, not as powerful beam rushes out yet does not make it before a strong shine begins to coalesce around Rogue and Guardian, the former now completely turned your way and the latter finally having let go of her ruined top. Malevolent sunlight crashes into her defensive field, punching through only to get caught by her Katana. Before it collapses, you can see the actinic glimmer of her field's walls reach even into actual walls surrounding her; it is the same kind of shine you saw around the place of your first confrontation earlier.

(Scorching Sunlight: +327680 Base Damage, +177 dice, +1500 Rebalanced Existence = 329,357 Total Damage

Guarded Zone: +3250 Base Resilience, -812 Armor Pierce (False), +406 Adamantine, no dice = 2,844 Total Damage Reduction

Guarded Zone Health: 150,000 - 326,513 = -176,513

176,513 Damage go through

Intercept!
Both sides have Godlike Strength; Godlike Strength negated!

Silver Lotus: +15000 Base Damage, +1572 dice, +500 Hostile Legend Effect Out of Balance = 16,572 Damage
Silver Lotus: +15000 Base Damage, +42 dice, +500 Hostile Legend Effect Out of Balance = 15,042 Damage
Silver Lotus: +15000 Base Damage, +4993 dice, +500 Hostile Legend Effect Out of Balance = 19,993 Damage

51,607 Unified Damage


124,906 Difference, Scorching Sunlight wins!

Scorching Sunlight: +124906 Intercept Damage, +297 dice, +500 Rebalanced Existence = 125,703 Total Damage
Benign Guardian: +40000 Base Resilience, -26000 Armor Removal, -10000 Armor Pierce (False), +2451 dice = 6,451 Total Damage Reduction

119,252 Final End Damage

Benign Guardian Health: 499,877 - 119,252 = 380,625

Brave Souls triggers!
Benign Guardian +2 actions)

Even with all her defenses, your suddenly powerful attack goes through and pushes her back into the skyscraper behind her; only a trail of scorched concrete is left while the building begins to shake. Eva smashes out of it a moment later with but a few scratches, though, which is is when Rico all but dances over to her side. You refuse to get closer because of whatever those Kunai might do, so you can only watch and listen.

"Hey sis, I can see your boob!"
"Don't say it, I knooow..."
"Nah, it's fine. Here, have a Protective Talisman. Now you're decent again."
"...you're horrible..."

Out of nowhere she pulls a strip of paper with some weird signs on it, then gently attaches it over Eva's exposed breast. You can tell easily from your own thoughts how embarassing that must feel, her beet red cheeks and ears only confirming the fact.

Then Rico's head turns back to where you are hovering in the air, easily a hundred metres above and away. A dozen Kunai appear in her hands as she turns around and throws, one after the other before waiting a moment and throwing more. You faintly wonder why her Shuriken remains unused, but push the thought aside to take care of the weapons flying directly your way. Something is going to happen with how she threw some that could never hit you with their trajectories, but they are too fast for you to get Sun out of whatever it is.

A moment before you manage to intercept the first Kunai though, Rogue appears out of nowhere with one foot placed on its center. Her grin is more grim now, which is all you see before-

(Black Star: +150000 Base Damage, +6994 dice, +500 Hostile Legend Effect Out of Balance = 156,994 Total Damage
Primordial Moon: +1000 Base Resilience, -500 holyshitwtf, +464 dice, +500 Rebalanced Existence = 1,464 Total Damage Reduction

155,530 Final End Damage

Primordial Moon Health: 752,966 - 155,530 = 597,436)

-her fastest weapon sears into you again. Wounds you did not even realise had healed are ripped open once more and the force of her strike throws you back. Sun's attack is pushed aside by a flurry of Kunais smashing into her scepter, one of which comes for her instead. You can not do anything even though you are nearby, despite all your new speed. It is too fast for even you to react to.

(No Opening Too Small: Attack is Unblockable

Silver Diamond: +150000 Base Damage, -7500 Mid-Air Battle, +1763 dice, +500 Hostile Legend Effect Out of Balance = 144,263 Total Damage
Primordial Sun: +105 Base Resilience, +4961 dice, +500 Rebalanced Existence = 5,566 Total Damage Reduction

138,697 Total End Damage

Veil of the Solar Goddess (-9,500): 129,197 Total End Damage
Radiant Shine Unbroken (50%): 64,599 Total End Damage

Mistress of the Tide: Moon takes the damage instead

Primordial Moon Health: 597,436 - 64,599 = 532,837)

While your other half is pushed around as well and another deep gash opens on Moon as you relocate the damages, you realise what is going on. The flurry of Kunais has become small platforms, allowing Rico to dance through the air with uninterrupted grace and precision. You rush her to use the opening her attack left, but...

(Moonlight Scepter: +28544 Base Damage, +14272 Superior Discipline, +764 dice = 53,580 Total Damage

Target is not there)

She vanishes into thin air a moment before your weapon connects, reappearing on another Kunai's tip right behind you.

That is when you notice the boulder flying right at your side.

(Boulder: No Base Damage, +20000 Thrown with Godlike Strength, -2500 Gravity Disagrees, no dice = 17500 Total Damage

It will not go through Veil of the Lunar Goddess anyway, let me spare you this)

You ignore it, the large piece of concrete shattering against your protective magic as if it had run straight into an iron wall. Eva below does not look any happier, but continues to throw boulders which you ignore. The only thing they do is giving Rico more platforms, but she is busy enough dodging... and you do notice she only ever appears above her Kunai.

She evades another two strikes, but you planned for this; Sun's latest hit makes her appear again in a place you can reach, so you rush in again. She has to get tired sooner or later. Not right now, though; a flurry of hand-long blades diverts your angle and Rico bends her back around it before throwing one more at you and vanishing.

(No Opening Too Small: Attack is Unblockable

Silver Diamond: +150000 Base Damage, -7500 Mid-Air Battle, +7708 dice, +500 Hostile Legend Effect Out of Balance = 150,208 Total Damage
Primordial Moon: +1000 Base Resilience, +327dice, +500 Rebalanced Existence = 1,827 Total Damage Reduction

148,381 Final End Damage

Primordial Moon Health: 532,837 - 148,381 = 384,456)

You only barely manage to lean your head out of the way and take the hit with Moon's shoulder instead. Blood trickles down from the various open wounds you ignore, though the wet and squishy feeling is weird when it starts creeping under your armour. Your magic thankfully closes that up quickly.

Rico is on the ground again, all those weapons she threw are past you and she seems to shake out her arms and legs for a moment. Eva is right by her side... but Rico quickly darts out of the way once you look back down. That is perfect for your new plan; Moon charges ahead while Sun aims and stays still, letting the magic build up. It is much harder to hold back magic now, but you manage. Eva casts before you can, but your spell follows right behind with Moon already close. "Guarded Zone!" "Scorching Sunlight!" "Hyaa!"

(Scorching Sunlight: +327680 Base Damage 196608 Disciplined, +78643 Ordnance, +104 dice, +500 Rebalanced Existence, x2 Radiant Shine Unbroken = 551,710

Guarded Zone: +3250 Base Resilience, -812 Armor Pierce (False), +406 Adamantine, no dice = 2,844 Total Damage Reduction

Guarded Zone Health: 150,000 - 548,866 = -398,866

Benign Guardian: +40000 Base Resilience, -26000 Armor Removal, -10000 Armor Pierce (False), -10000 Wat?!, +5000 Protective Talisman, +978 dice, +500 Legendary Existence Out of Balance = 1,978 Total Damage Reduction

396,888 Final End Damage

Benign Guardian Health: 380,625 - 396,888 = -16,263)

You figured that, while it did not stop your magic before, Eva's magic completely nullified a much stronger attack later. Which means that if you can get the right strength to be just below whatever threshold there is, it will go through.

And you are right. It works even better than expected because Eva does not try to do anything, hoping for her magic to snuff out your light again; she does not have that luck this time but instead of being thrown away, it spears right through her side and leaves a hole the size of your head before melting the concrete behind her.

The field suddenly gets quiet; you slow down as fast as you can and drop your scepter to catch the older Eva before she can actually fall. Her clothes are still there and her eyes still hold light, so she is not dead. You try not to look at the large void where her abdomen used to be, only noting the smell of burnt flesh yet again. Barely any blood, though.

Your other pair of eyes takes note of Rico closing in again, but Sun's "Wait!" gives her pause. She looks up at you, down at you, and lowers both arms to her sides before walking closer. Yet you can clearly see that her cheeks are wet with tears over what was inevitable.

Eva in your arms squirms a little bit, but ultimately lies still. Her lips quiver, trying to form words that never come... while you concentrate. Your magic does this, did this just before. There is a chance. Slowly, gently, Primordial Moon's veil retracts and loses its shine in all but her right hand, which you push onto your older self's lips to shush her. "Shh, it will be alright. Sleep now, we will meet again soon."

Her eyelids flutter for a moment and those very same eyes reflect the tenderness found in yours. Then they fall shut as you begin to intone. "Become-"

You can feel it, the magic surging from your very being through Moon and into this one hand. Magic flickers within the girl you hold, trying its hardest to hold onto life even though her body is already giving up. "-Whole-"

Rico watches curiously and you place Sun next to her, taking her hand to give at least a bit of comfort. The force she squeezes back with almost breaks your hand.

Then Eva's breathing stops, her heart fails and her outfit begins to dissolve. The moment you were waiting for. "-AGAIN!"

The last word is a shout out against fate, a scream louder than any you ever produced before. Magic explodes from your single hand and rushes into the dead body, finding resistance before flowing around and pulling.

Everything becomes quiet, even the very concept of sound seems to stop existing for but an instant.

And then the resistance gives, allowing you to pull the girl in your arms back to life. Her torn outfit vanishes entirely and leaves her nude, but this makes it even easier to see how every tiny bit of charred flesh becomes pristine and rosy once more, what was gone instantly growing back. Evangeline Vescovi The Older opens her eyes with a start and sits up straight in your hold, which you allow. Her own twin stands frozen, with a myriad of emotions running over her face.

"...what... happened? I just..."
"You died."

Her eyes meet your own as she becomes aware of her surroundings once more. You gently squeeze her suddenly frail body while explaining: "My magic... just did this. I brought you back. I don't know if it helps with your whole condition, but I want to try. I got you back, now it's Rico's turn. And once I repeated this with her, we are going out of here and become a family. Are we clear?"

She nods mutely, silent tears streaming down her face while her arms slowly snake around your waist and pull you into the strongest hug she can muster untransformed.

(Evangeline Vescovi revived

Primordial Moon's spellcasting is blocked for 7 days)

You stand by for a minute or two, watching the newly revived girl cry out her happiness. At some point Rico stops squeezing Sun's hand and gives you a determined look, slightly ruined by the still present tears. "Thank you. This means the world to us, I'm so incredibly happy right now... but I still want to see this through to the end. Fight me, defeat me. Okay?"

You nod solemnly, to which she smiles and gives you a shaky thumbs up. "Good. Eva! Get out of here, go look after the others!"

The other twin perks up in response and turns to look Sun's way, then at Moon holding her, before nodding. "Okay... good luck. W-Wait, why am I...!"

Only to realise she is stark naked, which makes her quickly push Moon aside and wrap her arms around herself. "Kind flowers grow even in hell. I am Magical Girl Benign Guardian!"

And then her outfit is back, pristine and the girl herself happier than you have seen her so far. She quickly runs off with a last wave, the Katana sheathed and out of the fight. Both of them furiously rub their faces dry, as do you; now is not the time for tears.

Still, that leaves only one.

Rico snickers at the both of you before leaping back a bit. "Guess it's time for the neat stuff. Let the steel sing."

Where Moon's shine dimmed after using so much magic, you can visibly see power course through Benign Rogue's entire being now. Her smirk grows an order of magnitude and lithe arms grab Kunais out of empty air.

This is it.

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[] Plan (write-in)

[] EXP-Plan
-[] Write-in what to buy
-[] Save it


+300xp Survived Turn Three
+400xp Survived Turn Four
+500xp Felled Benign Guardian
+100xp Revived Benign Guardian

EXP gained: 1,300 + 1,300 + 0 = 2,600
Status of Combatants:
-Primordial Moon: 384,456 / 752,966 Health {No further effects, No spellcasting possible}
-Primordial Sun: 2,100 / 2,100 Health {No further effects}

-Benign Guardian: 400,000 / 400,000 Health {No further effects} Defeated and Revived

Magical Girl Benign Rogue

Rico Vescovi

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Stats

Health: 60,000
Base Damage: 150,000
Base Resilience: 2,000
Magic Modifier: 15,000


Affinity: Determination | Skill | Legend

Weapon

Silver Diamonds
Level 15
Attacks Per Turn: 8
Affinities: Determination | Legend
Ability: Limitless | Unerring (when thrown) | Rain of Blows (in melee)


Black Star
Level 15
Attacks Per Turn: 4
Affinities: Skill | Legend
Ability: ??? | ??? | Hypersonic (lvl 3)

Spells

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Level ???
Base Damage: ???
Magic Modifier: ???
Affinity: ???
Ability: ???


Protective Talisman
Attach a sticker that protects the target (increases Resilience)
Level 10
Base Boost: 5,000
Magic Modifier: N/A
Affinity: Legend
Ability: Boost Other | Backup

Abilities

Shadow Dance
-Spend an action to gain two movement-tokens; spending one lets you instantly move to an instance of Silver Diamonds created in the current battle. Token's unused at the turn's end are lost.

No Opening Too Small
-If you negate an opponent's action and attack them right afterward, your attack counts as having Unblockable.

Brave Souls
-If Benign Guardian is on the field, gain an additional action each time an enemy dies.

Singing Steel (Active)
-Lose 10% of your Health each turn this Ability is active; during that time, Shadow Dance allows twice as many movements per action spent and all opposing damage-negation is ignored.

Impossible Agility
-Benign Rogue can perform feats of agility that are blatantly impossible according to standard physics.

Legendary Skill
-Sacrifice 2 actions to negate another's action; this Ability turns into Unmatched Skill while Singing Steel is active.

Rogue's Silk
Level 10
-Increases Maximum Health and Base Resilience

Magical Girl Benign Guardian

Evangeline Vescovi
a.k.a. Eva
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Stats

Health: 400,000
Base Damage: 15,000
Base Resilience: 40,000
Magic Modifier: 5,000


Affinity: Love | Courage | Legend

Weapon

Silver Lotus
Level 15
Attacks Per Turn: 4
Affinities: Love | Courage
Ability: Primordia | Multi Slash | Juggernaut

Spells

Guarded Zone
Raise a powerful shield all around an area of 10x10m; it heals everyone within for its Base Resilience each turn.
Level 15
Shield Health: 150,000
Shield Base Resilience: 3,250
Affinity: Love
Ability: Mass Heal | Adamantine

Abilities

First to the Fray
-The first opposing attack each turn hits Benign Guardian, no matter where it is aimed. Its Total End Damage is reduced by 99%.

Humble Heartache
-Gain 25% of your Maximum Health each time you protect an ally; shed excess Health after battle.

Legendary Aegis
-Negate incoming damage from all sources with Supremacy, Time Walk, Scale to Target, or a Base Damage higher than your Maximum Health. Does not work against surprise attacks.

Godlike Strength
-When meeting an opposing force, increase Base Damage by 125%. Negate if opposing force is backed by: Godlike Strength, Unstoppable, Juggernaut, or a 5-1 damage advantage.

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Brave Souls
-If Benign Rogue is on the field, gain half your ApT each time you take damage

Guardian's Silk
Level 10
-Increases Maximum Health and Base Resilience.