Hm, Pisard and the Zakenna should be weakened enough to defeat, even with the Precures'... sub-optimal roll. As for Jadeite, unless he chose to withdraw, I am not sure how the Senshi won with those mediocre rolls. Even Endymion would only tie with Jadeite at best.
Hm, Pisard and the Zakenna should be weakened enough to defeat, even with the Precures'... sub-optimal roll. As for Jadeite, unless he chose to withdraw, I am not sure how the Senshi won with those mediocre rolls. Even Endymion would only tie with Jadeite at best.
Hm, Pisard and the Zakenna should be weakened enough to defeat, even with the Precures'... sub-optimal roll. As for Jadeite, unless he chose to withdraw, I am not sure how the Senshi won with those mediocre rolls. Even Endymion would only tie with Jadeite at best.
Makoto is strong enough to beat him one on one, though given how he's been watching this whole thing play out, I'm betting at best she just drives him off and he flees fairly easily with us having to deal with all the other craziness.
Ranma's in Neko-ken mode. Depending on what he did, he could have rather easily caused Jadeite to retreat, especially when combined with the arrival of Pretty Cure.
The fight ending would likely be more of a measure of Ranma calming down than anything else.
Nagisa looks over to her best friend, a slightly concerned look on her face. "Is this... Okay?" The thirteen year old redhead asks, eyes trailing over to the cityscape passing by the window of the train.
"The bad thing is definitely this waymipo!" Mipple repeats from where the small magical creature hangs off of Honoka's bag in her hidden form.
"I... I'm just worried." Nagisa admits, looking to her new friend. "Pisard nearly killed people earlier this week, and Mepple and Mipple have been trying to lead us to him for... hours now. What if...?" The girl starts to say, before Honoka shakes her head.
"We can't think about that. We just need to find him and stop whatever his plan is now."
"I..." Nagisa takes a deep breath, before nodding. "Yeah." She confirms. "You're right. As usual."
"THEREMEPO!" Mepple calls out, the creature's disguised casing shaking towards a theater that quickly passes, "We have to go backmepo."
"We can't turn the train around," Nagisa says, shaking her head. "But the next stop is close, we'll get off there and figure out what Pisard is up to."
That statement does cause Honoka to pause for a moment, her head tilting just a hair. "What could it be that Pisard wants at the theater anyways?" The dark haired girl asks, "Mister Tuxedo has the Green Prism Gem, and we still have the Red and Indigo..."
"Could there be another here on Earth?" Nagisa asks, looking thoughtful.
Both Mepple and Mipple shake their heads, "Nomipo." The princess of Hope says
"The other Gems were all stolen by the Dotsuku Zone back when they invaded the Realm of Lightmepo." Mepple says, as the train begins to slow. The two girls start to make their way to the doors of the train, waiting for them to open. "Maybe Tuxedo Mask is theremepo?"
"That... is a possibility." Honaka agrees, "But that raises the question of why Mister Tuxedo is at the theater."
"Well, we'll just have to go and see." Nagisa says, as the two hurry down the stairs and out of the train station.
As the fire begins to die down, the girl is once more revealed. Down on all fours, from elbow to fist and knee to foot the girl's limbs are still wreathed in the same sickly, oily flames of purple and black. At the same time, there is a pair of flickering triangular horns sticking atop the girl's head, poking out from her now freely flowing red hair. The flames continue down the girl's back, until they extend up and away from the small of the girl's back in a long, flickering tail of flame.
And... Naturally, at this moment when everything and everyone is reeling with confusion over what is happening... The doors to the theater open, revealing a pair of girls their faces set with determination... at least until they see the situation in front of them, at which point they become just as confused as everyone else.
"This is unbelievable..." Nagisa mutters in confusion as she looks across the room in front of her. The redhead's eyes slowly trail across the different strangers in the room. The tall, thin blonde man with the cruel smile and a sword in hand. Mister Tuxedo, glaring across the damaged seats at the stranger. Pisard and a Zakenna, the Warrior of Destruction glaring at her and Honoka, while the Zakenna glares down at three... Three other magical girls.
And finally, a girl who is covered in purple and black fire. Nagisa can't stop the hiss of air as she breaths in, taking a small step closer to her new friend, the girl's fingers touching for the briefest moment before they clasp hands.
"You were right." Honoka says calmly, eyes locked on Pisard. "Seems that Pisard is here after all."
"You doubted memepo?"Mepple asks, sounding more than a little disgruntled by the lack of trust in his words, but before either girl can respond, the tall blonde stranger smirks, and it is not a kind smirk.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" The man asks, before turning to the strange blonde magical girl. "Behold Sailor Moon!" The man bellows, "Yet more innocent blood that will be spilled because you made the mistake of standing against me."
The stranger whirls, exploding towards Honoka and Nagisa, the blade pointed at their chests. And then...
JADEITE - All this blood is on your hands Sailor Moon! - 5 + 30 = 30
CURE BLACK AND WHITE - DUAL AURORA WAVE - 10 + 20 = 30
TUXEDO - Smoking Bomber Lash - 10 +21 = 30
[TWO CRITICAL SUCCESSES OVERIDES JADEITE'S SUCCESS]
"DUALAURORAWAVE!" The world explodes as a towering beam of RainbowLight, nearly thirty feet across at it's widest explodes up into the air, the roof of the theater all but evaporating as the beam hits it. The beam is large enough that Jadeite is consumed by the beam. It does not evaporate him, however the blast is strong enough that when the man is thrown back into the air, his clothes are blackened and charred, his face the red of a heavy sunburn, and he is smoking from the pure heat that the girls are giving off.
The rainbow light starts to fade, revealing the two girls, now dressed in completely different outfits. "Emissary of Light," the redheaded warrior dressed in black says, "Cure Black!"
"Emissary of Light, Cure White!" The dark haired warrior cloaked in white announces.
"We are Pretty Cure!" The Two say together.
Cure White points to Jadeite's still smoldering form. "Servant of a Dark Power..."
Cure Black instead points to Pisard. "Return to the Darkness from whence you came."
The Dark General is clearly stunned, and Tuxedo Mask sees the opportunity for what it is, he quickly throws a hand forward, "Smoking Bomber Lash!" The man calls out, releasing a shimmering burst of ethereal golden thorny vines from his arm. The vines curl and undulate as they cut through the air, grabbing hold of the general, before turning, swinging the man around the room and slamming him into the ground with great force.
The Demon general groans, dazed and confused. He tries to pull himself to his feet, but before he has a chance, Tuxedo Mask is upon him again, first kicking the sword from his grasp, before he stomps - But in that singular moment when the blade is flipping through the air, the General sees the one opening he has. In a flicker of black and red, the man is gone.
[One Medium Rare Jadeite has retreated]
[ROUND FINA-]
"Fuck this." Pisard growls, "Sailor Moon was it? You will rue this day." The man quickly turns to the Pretty Cure, giving them a quick salute with the most sarcastic look on his face. "Legendary Warriors Pretty Cure, for once it was actually nice to see you. But do not mistake my kindness here for surrender. The next time we meet, I shall kill you." And with those words, Pisard's entire body seems to melt into shadows, fading away.
With the disappearance of the Demon Lord controlling it, the Zakenna goes still for a moment, staring blankly ahead like a puppet with it's strings cut. The creature gives out a long, keening "Zaaakkkkeeeennnna..." Before unleashing a wild roar, and charging towards the gathered magical girls.
A decision that the demon won't have the time to regret, for the creature find itself standing against a massive grouping of rather frustrated magical girls.
With a cry of "Sabão Freeze!" Sailor Mercury sends forth a burst of freezing winds that slam into the creature, coating it with ice and slowing the beast down.
At the same time, the cry of "Moon Tiara Action!" is brought forth, as Sailor Moon rips her tiara off of her head, whirling it around before throwing it directly at the head of the beast. The creature tries to dodge, but before it has a chance to move, the two Legendary Warriors Pretty Cure are there. Cure White grabs hold of one arm, while Cure Black grabs hold of the other. The two hold the creature in place, allowing the veteran magical girl's attack to strike hard and fast.
The Zakenna gives a groan... only to them pop like a balloon. The demon scatters into hundreds of tiny creatures, all crying out "Sorry! Sorry!" as they flee, each bounce that the little creatures do makes them grow smaller and smaller until they fade entirely, vanishing and leaving nothing behind.
"What...?" Sailor Moon asks, staring at where the creatures disappeared to.
"Finally." Tuxedo Mask says, leaning down and picking up his sword. "Caliburn. Back where you belong."
The battle seems to finally be over. "Mrrow?" Everyone turns to the source of the sound. The redheaded Girl kneels next to the shattered crater in the stage, looking down at the girl with a very worried look on her face. The cat turns, looking to the Senshi, before meowing again.
...What now?
Choose 5, you may choose any of these options any number of times.
Please use a plan format.
[ ][Cinder] Plan Name:
[ ][Cinder] Ask Two Questions of Tuxedo Mask
- [ ] Question
- [ ] Question
[ ][Cinder] Ask Two Questions of the... Pretty Cure was it?
- [ ] Question
- [ ] Question
[ ][Cinder] Try and heal Akane
[ ][Cinder] Try and calm Ranma down
[ ][Cinder] The strange black and purple affect feels almost like a curse to Sailor Moon's senses. Try and cure the Curse?
[ ][Cinder] Go and try to find Naru
[ ][Cinder] Go and Find Sebastian
[ ][Cinder] ...You are actually really hungry after that fight. You need to find somewhere to eat
[ ][Cinder] Just go home, it has been a long day
Chibi-Usa thus created a stable time loop permitting her own existence, because if her father didn't stop swooping back out of the plot and at least stand still to have a chat with her mother, she would never have been conceived in the first place... and yet only her own puppy dog eyes were a powerful enough force to compel such a thing!
We DO seem to have pre-performed the obligatory "engage the bad guys in unarmed combat and smack them around a bit," so maybe Pr
As for Jadeite, unless he chose to withdraw, I am not sure how the Senshi won with those mediocre rolls. Even Endymion would only tie with Jadeite at best.
Critical failures plus the power of ganging up on people teamwork? I don't think you need a single Prowess 35 roll or whatever to defeat someone who rolls Prowess 35, if you instead have like eight people all rolling Prowess 25-30 at once.
That, or Pisard may be beaten enough to take off, at which point Jadeite may decide that hanging around this place when he's outnumbered by magical girls five-to-one and has Tuxedo Mask out for his blood on top of that is a losing game.
EDITING IN:
OK, looks like Pisard got to roll an "am I getting paid enough for this shit" check, concluded "no, and in point of fact I'm not getting paid at all," and bailed on us.
We obviously won't do it, but the idea of just... ditching Ranma and Akane and going elsewhere is somehow hilarious to me. "Isn't there something we're forgetting?" "Eh, if we forgot it can't be that important."
Well, it is a rare opportunity to ask questions of Endymion, and obviously the Sailor Senshi need to ask questions of the Pretty Cure fellow magical girls to begin better coordinating and cooperating with them. One option can be spent to try and heal Akane, but beyond it, I am not certain whether further options expended upon the Nerima lot would be wasted. Ranma is not in a crazed, berserker state of attacking everything in sight, so it is good enough for me. Healing Akane even somewhat should help. Afterwards, he can calm down on his own. The Senshi should try to find Naru and Sebastian as well.
[X] Plan: Clean-up
-[X][Cinder] Try and heal Akane x2
--[X] If only one "Try and heal Akane" action was enough to heal her injuries, try to calm Ranma down instead of doing a second heal action.
-[X][Cinder] Go and Find Sebastian
-[X][Cinder] Ask Two Questions of Tuxedo Mask
--[X] You usually turn up at our fights anyway, but is there some way we can contact you for future coordination?
--[X] What's your quest and backstory anyway?
-[X][Cinder] Ask Two Questions of the... Pretty Cure was it?
--[X] Yay, more magical girls! Is there some way we can contact you to coordinate against bad guys?
--[X] What's that "Emissary of Light" stuff about?
Edit: Switched from finding Naru to doubling down on healing Akane or, if doubling down wasn't needed, calming Ranma.
[x][Cinder] Plan: Medical Mystery Q and A
-[x][Cinder] Ask Two Questions of Tuxedo Mask
--[x] Why was that sword so important?
--[x] Why do you keep running away and refuse to talk to us?
-[x][Cinder] Ask Two Questions of the... Pretty Cure was it?
--[x] What is the Realm of Light?
--[x] What happened when the...not youma was defeated?
-[X][Cinder] Try and heal Akane
-[X][Cinder] Try and heal Akane X2
-[X][Cinder] Try and calm Ranma down
Naru might actually be with Sebastion as they were both on evacuation.
Also, I do NOT think we should try to exorcise Catma.
Edit: on second thought, Naru can find US.
Healing Akane is more important.
@tygerbright
Edited out Naru for another Akane Heal.
We can also do actions multiple times, so given how slow and limited our Mend spell is, Healing Akane more than once will probably accomplish more than splitting attention between her and calming Ranma, especially considering how concerned about her Ranma is.
OK, looks like Pisard got to roll an "am I getting paid enough for this shit" check, concluded "no, and in point of fact I'm not getting paid at all," and bailed on us.
Makes sense, he was used to 3 v him + Zakenna, even if it was the Precures and TM instead of the stronger Sailor Scouts, but when it turned to all of them vs him... bailing was probably the smart choice as I'm pretty sure we would have crushed him had he stuck around longer.
And hey, looks like TM got his sword back too! Things are really turning up for Mamoru. Except, now we can force him to answer our questions finally.
[x] Plan: Can't Talk. Healing.
-[x][Cinder] Try and heal Akane
-[x][Cinder] Try and heal Akane
-[x][Cinder] Try and heal Akane
-[x][Cinder] The strange black and purple affect feels almost like a curse to Sailor Moon's senses. Try and cure the Curse?
-[x][Cinder] The strange black and purple affect feels almost like a curse to Sailor Moon's senses. Try and cure the Curse?
[x][Cinder] Plan: Medical Mystery Q and A
-[x][Cinder] Ask Two Questions of Tuxedo Mask
--[x] Why was that sword so important?
--[x] Why do you keep running away and refuse to talk to us?
-[x][Cinder] Ask Two Questions of the... Pretty Cure was it?
--[x] What is the Realm of Light?
--[x] What happened when the...not youma was defeated?
-[X][Cinder] Try and heal Akane
-[X][Cinder] Try and heal Akane X2
-[X][Cinder] Try and calm Ranma down
[X] Plan Do It All Before Lunchtime
-[][Cinder] Try and heal Akane
-[][Cinder] Try and calm Ranma down
-[][Cinder] Ask Two Questions of Tuxedo Mask
--[] Who are you?
--[] Is there a way to contact you? Because if we're going to keep attacking the same places and bad guys like this, we should probably start coordinating.
-[][Cinder] Ask Two Questions of the... Pretty Cure was it?
--[] Hi! I'm Sailor ______, [SNIP DESCRIPTION]. Who are you? I mean, aside from what you shouted out in your intro. Good intro! And, uh, thanks for getting the power back on last week I guess? That was probably you, wasn't it? Blackout, rainbow beam, power comes back, y'know?
--[] Who was that Kabuki guy and what did he want, anyway? Our villain said he tricked your villain into attacking us...
-[][Cinder] ...You are actually really hungry after that fight. You need to find somewhere to eat
People, lunch is good! Can we invite the Pretty Cures? It would involve revealing civilian identities, admittedly. Maybe not.
Injured civilian Akane needs healing now. Luckily, we have healing spells.
TUXEDO MASK!!! We have questions and you owe us some answers (or at least an email address so we can talk to you later).
New magical girls! Time to do some networking.
Regroup with the whole party. Track down our missing team-members for our after-action debriefing.
...Actually, do we just want to invite everyone for an exposition lunch party? We all sit down, grab food, and take turns answering each others' questions until everyone is satisfied? It looks like it isn't an option here, but it sounds like a win-win to me for everybody.
[X][Cinder] Plan: Getting the band together
-[X][Cinder] Ask Two Questions of Tuxedo Mask
--[X] What are your goals?
--[X] We're forming an organization to help deal with these evil magical threats. Can you please join us?
-[X][Cinder] Ask Two Questions of the... Pretty Cure was it?
--[X] So, who are you?
--[X] We're forming an organization to help deal with these evil magical threats. Can you please join us?
-[X][Cinder] Go and Find Sebastian
-[X][Cinder] Try and heal Akane
-[X][Cinder] Try and heal Akane X2
Plan presented.
I explicitly want to recruit Tuxedo Mask and the Precures while we have them here, not just exchange contact info. If worse comes to worse, I think they can give us contact details as a compromise. It is because of this that I want Sebastian here, to act as an intermediary.
We need all the help we can get for setting up our magical organization, and these are our natural allies. I really want to push that.
Beyond that, Ranma seems calm now, so healing Akane should be a thing we can do, and should, in turn, calm him down. Getting Naru is tempting, but we do want to maintain secret identities for now. Maybe in a couple weeks we can reveal ourselves, but not while we're still discussing an alliance. It is also much more important to heal Akane, so doubling down on that.
Honestly while this is a good outcome overall.... i can't help but feel incredibly disappointed that Ranma did literally nothing after that transformation.
Especially as we're likely going to cure it now/work on curing it permanently in the long run and not have much chance to see it again.
Just a bit of a letdown after the previous update (pretty surprised Ranma just stood there while Jadeite went for the Pretty cure girls too).