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Usagi Quest (CK3/Princess Maker) (Sailor Moon)

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Pittauro said:
I'm a bit surprised by the low amount of funding though. Usagi's allowance is 6. She gives us 5.

She's, quite literally, doubling Usagi's allowance, which while it's nice.. well, it's a bit underwhelming
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She did admit that it's only a fraction of her own personal allowance, and it's still almost as much as Usagi's entire allowance.

Don't want her dad asking questions I suppose, and she still wants to buy stuff for herself, I'm sure.
 
[X][Alice] Large Support
[X][Stardust] Heal those who are at the Cinderella Caravan

I do want large support, though there is the problem of attention from the enemy. As a compromise, I think that medium would be a good start for now, eventually to upgrade to large support.

Ah, Alice Yotsuba of Doki Doki! Pretty Cure. She is not yet Cure Rosetta, though I do hope that it will come in the relatively near future. Such joy, to finally begin integrating with the Pretty Cure magical girls, infinitely more interesting than the Ranma and Inuyasha lot. I can scarcely wait for all the other Pretty Cure magical girls to awaken. Imagine when they all finally join forces with the Sailor Senshi. It will be a veritable army of magical girls.

Edit: Upon further consideration, I have changed my vote to large support. Weighing the benefits against the drawbacks, I think that the net benefits outweigh the costs.
 
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[X][Alice] Medium Support
[X][Stardust] Heal those who are at the Cinderella Caravan

I'm wondering if we can get paid in stock. Given how big the company is in Precure, the shares must be pretty good for passive income.

Maybe down the road when we get more income streams though. *Note to self: plan corporate takeover for the new Silver Millenium.*

...Wait a minute, could Usagi become the owner of former DK properties? Can you imagine how cheap a place like Shapelin Gym after the prior owners are...removed through criminal controversy?

Now that I think about it, where does the Dark Kingdom get their money to legally own property?
 
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Lunaryon said:
[ ][Alice] Medium Support
- Medium Attention Gain
- Small Dark Kingdom Attention Gain
-- Gain +5 weekly funds
-- I could also create a small company with which to donate money to you
[ ][Alice] Large Support
- Medium Attention Gain
- Medium Dark Kingdom Attention Gain
-- Gain a Weekly bonus to funds, gain a base, gain access to base building
-- Lastly, I could become your full on Manager
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I just found the PERFECT argument to convince everyone to go for Large Support.

Not only we get MORE funds (it says weekly bonus, presumably it means we get more than the basic 5).

Not only we get a Manager, with the stewardship bonus (the category no other senshi is really good at), and the extra action from this advisor.

Not only we get a base

We get a base... in which we can store Mercury's glass head!

Where would we put it otherwise? It's too suspicious to bring home!



On another note, Alice can also likely sell the precious stone for us.

SlyOverlord said:
I'm wondering if we can get paid in stock. Given how big the company is in Precure, the shares must be pretty good for passive income.

Maybe down the road when we get more income streams though. *Note to self: plan corporate takeover for the new Silver Millenium.*

...Wait a minute, could Usagi become the owner of former DK properties? Can you imagine how cheap a place like Shapelin Gym after the prior owners are...removed through criminal controversy?

Now that I think about it, where does the Dark Kingdom get their money to legally own property?
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She's basically paying us little more than Usagi's allowance. Dividends would be a FRACTION of that.

You don't buy stocks with a child's allowance, it's just not worth it, and we can't wait the weeks to months it would take for the money to start compounding upon itself.

Buying previous DK properties... not a bad idea, though I expect there would be more people interested. Space in Tokyo in VERY expensive after all, so the moment some is available at relatively low prices I'd expect many to make offers.


..also, legally? They probably simply mind-controlled people into selling/gifting to them, whenever they don't do like here and simply mind control the whole society and replace a few of the leaders/important figures.
 
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"I... think it might be a Sapphire," Makoto says, "But I'm not sure."

Usagi looks at the rock for a long moment, before a massive grin breaks across her face, and with a flash of light, the Senshi of Love and Justice is once more just Usagi Tsukino.

An Usagi Tsukino who happens to have a mostly empty school bag. "We can stick everything we plan on keeping in here," She says as she puts her bag down. "Moon Prism Power." Another flash of light, and she is once more Sailor Moon. "I'll regrab and retransform once we're all done."

Both of the other Senshi blink at that, before Mercury gives off a small laugh. "I would have never thought of that." She admits, causing Moon to rub the back of her head.

"I noticed it a bit back," Usagi explains, "The fact that anything I was carrying when I transform just disappears until I transform back."
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Re-equip magic is surprisingly powerful. ;)

Usagi finds a slate holding a beautiful piece of stained glass artwork, one that has the image of Cendrillon kneeling before a tall thin man with short blonde hair.

"Meanwhile..." Usagi starts, looking more than a little nervous, "I found this." It was a little pink book. "Every page is filled with some guy named Jadeite. The times that he wakes up, what he has for breakfast, where he goes, every single person (or maybe Youma) that he speaks to, what he does for lunch, what times he goes to the bathroom. It's kind of creepy honestly..."
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OK, some stalkerishness going on here. I guess if a youma gets a crush it's inevitably gonna be creepy.

"Really..." Jupiter asks, drawing the attention of the other two senshi - The Senshi of Thunder and Courage is... holding a tri-fold pamphlet. Moon and Mercury are curious, and upon looking over Jupiter's shoulders, Usagi can't help but giggle. There, on the right is a relatively accurate doodle of her - There is a little arrow pointing to her tiara, with a hastily scribbled note that her tiara is dangerous.
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This is kind of... adorable... on some level. "DANGER. TIARA EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. HIGHLY VOLATILE, CHARGED WITH HOLY FIRE. DO NOT LICK."

A mention of how a Doctor Macht and a Mister Heben are working over at Shapelin - Supposedly, according to the notes, the two Youma have decided to develop a far slower and methodical means of collecting energy. The book brings up that this is some kind of 'Course correction' brought on by the efforts of Sailor Moon and the police sniffing around places that they shouldn't be.

From the sound of it, they originally were planning on doing something that would draw a lot of life energy out of those who came into the Gym, but recent events have necessitated a change. What that change is, it doesn't say.
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Hm. That's... arguably good news, in that it relieves us of some of our sense of urgency regarding the Shapelin Gym. Both because it's unlikely that the youma will kill anyone if we delay a bit before clearing the place out, and because it's unlikely that the police will notice and take action too quickly if we do delay.

There is one other entry in the book - This is very new, according to the date written just yesterday, there was a Youma in town that had set up a store selling clocks. Apparently, the store had been raided by the Police. The entry almost joyfully states that casualties were extremely high. Apparently, due to the raid, the store is having to move.

The Youma apparently is planning on setting up shop again somewhere to the South of Tokyo, but that Youma hasn't found quite the right place yet. "This are things that we are definitely going to have to look into..." Usagi says, as she looks over the information.
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Hm, so she's relocating and starting over, not just turning into free-roaming muscle for Jadeite. Noted...

Taking the lead, Sailor Moon approaches the doors, carefully but firmly opening them and entering into the room. While there are all the general amenities that one would expect from an office - A desk and chair, a computer, even a vase with a flowers in it. However, that isn't the part of the room that draws the attention of the three Senshi.

No, that would be the small table set up to one side of the room. Sitting there is a young girl - A year, maybe two younger than Usagi herself, sipping quietly from a cup of tea as a tall Butler with silver hair and the most impressive mustache that any of the girls have ever seen stands in the background, his eyes carefully watching the Senshi as they enter into the room.

Dressed in a beautiful yellow and orange dress, the girl's brown hair is done up into a pair of buns, with a few small clover shaped pins in each bun. Her eyes are the color of burnt honey as she puts down her cup of tea, before motioning to the three seats opposite her. "Greetings." The girl says cheerfully, "Won't you sit. Sebastian can have tea ready for you if you desire."

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With a bright grin, Usagi quickly slides into the center of the chairs, across from the girl. "Yes, please. Thank you."
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Whoever thought it was her called it.

[nodnods]

"I see. I had hoped that removing the source would cause my employees to return to their senses, but it seems that whatever..." The girl pauses here for a moment, as if she isn't sure of the next word she is about to say. "Magic, has taken hold of them is more difficult to remove than that."

"I was afraid of that," Mercury confirms. "We had hoped that dealing with the..." the girl glances to Moon for a moment, before continuing, "source of the problem would automatically resolve the issue, but given that that isn't the case, then at least we already have a plan for dealing with the majority of the effected, tomorrow during the Talent Show."

Alice blinks, before she nods. "Ah, of course. Everyone has become entirely focused on the Talent Show, which means that they are all going to be at the same location, allowing you to deal with the effect at the same time, correct?" Moon nods, "If that is the case, would it be possible for you to deal with those effected on the premise?" She asks, "While dealing with them tomorrow is... acceptable, their families have been worried over the ways that they have been acting the last few days."

[ ][Stardust] Heal those who are at the Cinderella Caravan
[ ][Stardust] Wait for tomorrow
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Probably better to heal them here and now.

This is broadly speaking the scenario I'd hoped for- we liberate the functional human staff, with their collaboration keep the talent show itself open, and thus draw the rest of the mind control victims in to be Moon Tiara Stardusted.

"Speaking of which," Mercury says, looking at the girl and her butler, "How did you manage to avoid the effects?"

It was the butler who stepped forward at this, "We have been monitoring the building around the clock ever since the... creature first took Mikan's place, and we thus alerted when you infiltrated the building."
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Notably, this does not answer the question... save for the implication that Alice and Sebastian weren't even in the building when all the mind control was being thrown around, and only entered after they saw us go in.

"The very least that I can do for the three of you is..." Alice begins, "Pay you a little of my allowance on occasion to try and assist in your works, but that feels like a gross misuse of the options I have... Admittedly, it would be the least intrusive option as well."

"Moving beyond that, it would be far easier on the both of us for me to create a company through which I donate funds to you, given the... Strange effect that is preventing me from being able to commit your faces to memory, I assume that your identities are a secret and you do not want them to be known."

"Finally, the last of the three options and the one that I will admit I am the most interested in - I am offering my services as a full managerial suite for you and your offense against whatever this threat against the world is. I can definitely not only form a company through which you will be able to be paid, but also acquire a base of operations from which you will be able to work, and I will be able to assist in acquiring just about anything that you desire." The girl pauses here for a moment, "Note, that doing this will shine a bit of a spotlight not only on you, but on your opponents as well. But as your fame grows, there will be chances for even more monetary gain in the future."
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Hmm.

Interesting. The big thing to note is that in the long run, keeping Attention down may be a lost cause. It's growing faster than we can readily control. On the other hand, we may not want to let it grow arbitrarily fast.

So, is more resources worth more attention? Alice here can offer us a LOT of resources, there is that much. And having Alice as Manager of the Silver Millennium could be nice, I suppose...
 
Lunaryon said:
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While we currently want funds for the magic shop, beyond that we have no actual use for funds.

Medium is the worst of all worlds, as it is too much funds to be useful but not enough support to make money useful.
No meaningful advantage in outright refusal. Unless there is some inane 'bonus' from not accepting money for saving people.

Having a company… I can see one significant advantage: When we go to the police/government, being an organisation rather than a bunch of random girls could improve our position. However that option gives the new 'manager' a great deal of leverage. And risks officialdom finding the Scouts before we decide to contact them.

As we can upgrade later I will go with:
[X][Alice] Minor Support
- Small Attention Gain
- No Dark Kingdom Attention Gain
-- Every even week gain 1d6+2 funds
-- The very least of the things that I can do for you all is to occasionally pay a small amount of my allowance to you all

[X][Alice] Large Support
Approval vote.


[X][Stardust] Heal those who are at the Cinderella Caravan
Obvious choice is obvious.
 
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Lunaryon said:
[ ][Alice] Minor Support
- Small Attention Gain
- No Dark Kingdom Attention Gain
-- Every even week gain 1d6+2 funds
-- The very least of the things that I can do for you all is to occasionally pay a small amount of my allowance to you all,
[ ][Alice] Medium Support
- Medium Attention Gain
- Small Dark Kingdom Attention Gain
-- Gain +5 weekly funds
-- I could also create a small company with which to donate money to you
[ ][Alice] Large Support
- Medium Attention Gain
- Medium Dark Kingdom Attention Gain
-- Gain a Weekly bonus to funds, gain a base, gain access to base building
-- Lastly, I could become your full on Manager
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How is +5 weekly funds a medium support?
Usagi's allowance is 6.
 
[X][Stardust] Heal those who are at the Cinderella Caravan

SlyOverlord said:
Now that I think about it, where does the Dark Kingdom get their money to legally own property?
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They have casual mind control spam, casual shapeshifting for purposes of identity theft, the ability to create bespoke magical artifacts with a bewildering array of sizes, shapes, and purposes, and no scruples whatsoever.

Youma may be kind of stupid, but with that many advantages... You would do better to ask, where don't they get money?
 
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[X][Alice] Large Support
- Medium Attention Gain
- Medium Dark Kingdom Attention Gain
-- Gain a Weekly bonus to funds, gain a base, gain access to base building
-- Lastly, I could become your full on Manager

[X][Question]
-[x]How exactly did your company get taken over, and when?
-[x]Is there any way you could get us a secure location to practice our skills?
-[x]Would you like me to see if you can learn magic?

Possibly co-opting Cure Rosetta? Yes.
 
[X][Stardust] Heal those who are at the Cinderella Caravan

[X][Alice] Large Support
- Medium Attention Gain
- Medium Dark Kingdom Attention Gain
-- Gain a Weekly bonus to funds, gain a base, gain access to base building
-- Lastly, I could become your full on Manager

[X][Question]
-[x]How exactly did your company get taken over, and when?
-[x]Is there any way you could get us a secure location to practice our skills?
-[x]Would you like me to see if you can learn magic?

Obvious choice is obvious; I'm pretty happy with this line of questioning; and, well -

An extra level of DK Attention seems like, in all honesty, a fairly small price to pay for infrastructure, safe harbor, a legal presence, a steady funds stream, and allies.
 
[X][Stardust] Heal those who are at the Cinderella Caravan

[X][Alice] Minor Support
 
[X][Alice] Large Support

One of our major roadblocks to having the police work with us is them believing us. this deals with that dilemma and more.

The overall structure of an organization allows us to create groups to investigate rumors about the Dark Kingdom, create a basic school for teaching people magic so they can fight against said DK without getting mulched, and gives us access to top of the line trainers. All of these things are things we've spent valuable time and money on.

Unless people have a good reason to wait, we can grow a lot faster, help law enforcement sooner, and investigate much faster this way.
 
Hm, I am actually wavering between medium and large support. I am uncertain about whether the Senshi can handle such increased attention from the Dark Kingdom now. It will inevitably increase, yes, but I was hoping to delay it at least a small while longer.

On the other hand, gaining such crucial infrastructure and logistical support now from the heiress of this vast, influential zaibatsu and future magical girl could well be enough to handle said increased scrutiny, along with the benefits of legitimacy and networks that come with this zaibatsu.

To properly combat the Dark Kingdom at the highest levels in the long-term, such support will be crucial.

...Well, I suppose that I will change my vote to large support, then. However, given the increased scrutiny from the Dark Kingdom, I think it would be best to immediately recruit Sailor Mars in the next turn by dealing with the shrine quest, before the Dark Kingdom can potentially interfere via such intensified attention.
 
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Tzaphquiel said:
...Well, I suppose that I will change my vote to large support, then. However, given the increased scrutiny from the Dark Kingdom, I think it would be best to immediately recruit Sailor Mars in the next turn by dealing with the shrine quest, before the Dark Kingdom can potentially interfere via such intensified attention.
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I think nobody really disagrees. With more funding and the manager bonuses (including the extra action), and all the intel we got, we're likely going to deal with at least 2-3 youma plots next week as well, and Mars' bus thing is probably the most important
 
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