The Way Forward: Helping a mortal navigate the Celestial Bureaucracy (Transmigration Quest)

Notes: It'll come up, but Xiaoqiao is pretty smart, but the genius's (like Richards, Doom, either Stark, Pym) are in much higher INT ranges and have a lot more points invested into Knowledges.


From Last Turn
Respect: +20 Kamal-Taj, -20 Iron Gang, +13 PRC, -13 HYDRA, +25 Inhumans

Gains:
Melee Attack +1.7sp, Perception +.3sp, Dodge +.5sp, Zone of Truth +20 uses, Instant Transmission +2 uses, The Mountain Stands Alone +4 uses, Dodge +1.3sp, Block +.2sp, Stealth + .3sp, Spellcrafting + .5sp

XP: +12150 XP
Insufficient Uses to Reach Next Level of Understanding On Any Tech

Enemy Actions
Hong Meiling attempts to strike you directly to delay you acting.
Can she target you? [1d100 -> 32] No.

Your Actions
- Nick Fury is currently manning a desk in SHIELD. Maybe he should get some real life experience? (Will randomly discover one ongoing threat.)

The message has SHIELD rattled. So rattled that senior agents are being sent out.. both to find out what they can find, and in some cases, as part of HYDRA scrambling too.

Such that one Nick Fury found himself in Palm Desert, California, and desperatly wishing he had backup. (Continues in Hitomi Actions.)

- Give Bucky Barnes a chance to break out and begin wrecking HYDRA by himself. (4 AP 30 RP)
1d100+55 vs target DC 90. => 135

... Whether it is coincidence, or bad luck on HYDRA's part, but Bucky Barnes.. regains himself, and prevents the other Winter Soliders or anything else coming out of that bunker in Siberia.

And then, armed with what information he can gather, sets out to avenge himself. And Steve.
[Bucky Barnes will be acting on HYDRA assets in Europe for the next few years, but he begins rolling them up, starting in Slovakia...]

- Supercharge the Tree of the Heavens. (4 AP): This action is repeatable to Xiaoqiao's level. (12/15 times taken). Improvement rate is 6%. (115% for Good Heavenly Oversight; 125% for Heavenly Resources Superior.)(Action taken for maintenance recommended in 5 turns.)

1d100+45 => 97, *1.1 results
6 * 1.1 => 6.6 + 107.5 => 114.1%

You note the Tree of the Heavens reminds you a lot of Yggdrasil. The Odin of the Bureaucracy sent you a thank you note for the laughter he got at looking at the Asgardians, in any case.

The tree shines deeply, and you feel that it's probably visible more to mortals in certain realms. This could be bad or good, and you send a note to the Celestial Host, who remarks that they're on it.

- (Unlocked) "Rebuild the Hall of Histories." (6/10 turns)
1d100+45 => 112 (+2 turns)

You make very good progress on this. You even spot something you think is immediately useful, and that is *doing* something with the divine esscenses.

Apparently there were a number of gods that ascended this way.

[Xiaomei Tier 1 Divine Essecne Unlocked]
[She has 5 tier 1 esscenses to allocate. You can allocate 3.
Pick 3:
[ ] The Web of Connections - See the tides of fate, and gain post/precognition. This allows for someone to see something, and get a divination of an important thing related to it on a DC 50+target strength on Spellcrafting. This also applies to post and precognition.
[ ] Divine Health - +500 HP
[ ] Divine Might - +500 Qi
[ ] Imbuing Prescense - Her Qi and Aura soak into objects she's using, constantly, but slowly, raising Artifact level.
[ ] Ability Change - write in, but change something about *one* ability, title, or feat.]


Training
(Random Training rolls locked until end of 1989)
Training from Heimdall Event: Knowledge(Metaphysics) +10sp, Knowledge(Multiverse Theory) +10sp
DC for building or creating planetary bridges is now DC 80 Knowledge(Physics) and Craft(Advanced) DC 70 / magical bridges is a DC 125 Spellcraft effect.

Hitomi Actions
- Engineering: papers by.. Howard Stark and Hank Pym, focus on mechanical and other engineering. (Create items/technology)
- Scientist: Papers by everyone. Focuses on general information + physics, astrophysics and atmospheric science. (...unlocks some more Asgard events)
- Magic: Can she create food with magic? She can't with a technique.(Magic: Create Food/Water.)
(Gain: (1d20+37(luk+level))/3 sp => 15 sp => in K(Engineering), K(Physics), C(Simple),C(Advanced), K(Materials))
(Gain: 1d20+37/4 sp => 13 => in K(Atmospheric Science), K(Astrophysics), K(Multiverse Theory)
(For this turn, gain +15 to any rolls using these disciplines.)

- Nudge Xaiver to remember to try and contact her so she.. can get there. (??? event) (2 AP)

Hitomi was about to make a decision when she felt Charles's voice in her head. Oh, so that's how.

"Hitomi?"

"... Hello, Professor." Hitomi responded mentally, packing up her tent.

"I have need of your help. I will send you a picture of where."

Peculiar. That was .. well, in Langely, and even Hitomi knew the connotations of that. Still, she did in fact concentrate, and appear.

In front of very startled people who pointed guns at her. "You're also a teleporter!?"

"I know a teleportation technique, if that is what you mean." She says, slowly.

"A.. you can be taught this?" One of the men in the corner asks, as Xaiver, and what looked like a doctor recovered.

"My peculiar technique - probably not. But if you have the ability, there is always someone out there to teach you." Hitomi responded after some thought. "And my oaths bind me from telling you where, I regret."

"That would make you not a mutant." Charles realized. There is a younger girl there, in blue as well, looking around and surprised.

".. I'm a kitsune, not a mutant." Hitomi said. "I told you I was a kitsune. I don't know what to say here, but I still am willing to help."

"As fascinating as this all is, I think we should introduce ourselves." The doctor -a woman said. "I am CIA officer Moira MacTaggert. The men in the corner are analysts Stan and Kevin."

"I am Raven." The girl says. She briefly grows foxears and such as well, too, and that allows Hitomi to pin her down for a second.

"Recently, an Army officer - Colonel Hendry - has recently advocated replacing nuclear missiles in-" She cuts off at the suddendly dense and hostile atmosphere, as Hitomi's tails begin to glow with a deep intensity.

"Where is he." Hitomi's voice has gone dangerously flat and space-cold. All of them looked at her in worry.

"H-he's not entirely the problem." Moira fought to regain her voice, and Hitomi seems to be fighting her anger and fear to calm down.

"I apologize." Hitomi says, as the room cleared. "I just think that is an amazingly risky course of action."

"We think he's being blackmailed into it by Sebastian Shaw. Who was also a Nazi scientist named Klaus Schidmt." Moira explains the rest after that.

"..." Hitomi sighs. "I take it you're about to do something risky."

"We are recruiting while we work on working out their next move." Charles says smoothly. "We're working with the CIA here to prevent their plans."

"Well." Hitomi sighs. "I guess I should investigate the Hellfire Club. Well. The one in New York."

"The Hellfire Clubs are closed right now." One CIA man notes. "Their Red King and Queen have decided to close them down for a week as part of a grand reopening."

"..R-" Hitomi pauses, then thinks. "Hm. I think I can see the shape of the dance."

Charles cuts in. "We can talk about this at the mansion. Do you have a place to stay?"

"Nope." Hitomi says, thinking as she leaned against the wall. "I have some long term plans, and I knew not to lay down roots until I got here. It would be nice to have a safe place to stay while I work it out though."

"I can offer you something at the mansion." Charles nods.

"I'll .. follow you there, then." Hitomi nods. "If nothing else, I appreciate it."

Raven looks at her, then frowns. "You feel like you should be a mutant though."

"I should, yes." Hitomi admits. "It's entirely possible I am one here, but it may never manifest for various reasons. But does it matter? If the point of bettering yourself is to become the best possible you you can be, being a mutant or not is irrelevant. It's what you do. It's the path you make. It's the things you fight against. I swore, once, and mean to die with the oath unsullied - improve yourself, never refuse a hand asking for help, strive against the you of yesterday, and oppose evil whereever it may be found. If you can dedicate yourself to an oath.. then you are a warrior, no matter your means, no matter your aims." It was very clear Hitomi was very passionate about this.

[Raven's alignment shifted]

The CIA men.. well, they are probably more cynical, but nod in agreement with the sentiments. They took an oath to help their country, after all.

[Some time later..]

Hitomi raised her eyes at the mansion. ".. It's pretty nice. Surprisingly undefended." She points out at a few basic improvements.

Charles notes them, but admits. "It's more of a family home.. but it might become important."

Hitomi gets a room, and she.. promptly sets up a desk and starts working on things. One day after she got off work cleaning up the mansion, one of the other people there, a Dr. McCoy pokes his head in and stares at the whiteboards and papers everywhere.

"...That is a lot of energy physics." He says. Hitomi nods to the man. "It is. Some of it is some things I've ran across, but the question of power is critical for what I need." She points to a whiteboard with the arc reactor on it. "And that's the issue so far. The arc reactor.. it's fascinating. The problem is the existing elements limit it's power. And it could be made so more efficient.. using technology that, technically, Earth doesn't have." Hitomi frowns. "I am bewildered at that, if I'm honest. But sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."

The blue furred man nodded at this. "So, what is your problem?"

"Getting the arc reactor output out. I'd rather not have to rely on more .. dubious energy sources."

"There's more resources about Howard Stark available in the local library, since there's a dedication from him there. Maybe you should try there?"

Hitomi nods, and assuming the disguise of a college-age student with blonde hair, headed out towards the library. She watched a few films, read a book, then..

[Perception -> 1d100+60: 122; Success]

.. That layout of the expo looks like it should be something. It was .. rather obvious, Hitomi thought.

[Knowledge(Physics) -> 1d100+92 (+50 Base Building +10 Physics/Engineering selected +22 Luck) => 95 vs DC 80]

.. it was an atomic element. If she had to guess, it was in the island of stability about roughly 126 neutrons. It actually reminded her of a something she had seen once.

She returned after checking some books, ironically on songs and dance, since she was using to relax between staring at these equations.

"Well." She looked at the greeting party askance. "Did something happen?"

"No, it's just.... could you look these over?" Dr. McCoy presented her with a batch of papers. Hitomi looked confused, but nods. "I could, yes."

After a while, she returned them, and back to her work. She did some drawing on the sheet of paper, and then spent some time doing a lot of essential but annoying calculations abou the radioactive stability.

It was only after she was very sure it was stable did she create a small alloy of it by transmuting a chunk of iron weighing 1kg.

[Cost: 220 Qi (creating an unknown superheavy element.), DC +55 (Technically a Post-Future Mineral)]
[Spellcrafting DC: 100. Roll 1d100+87+1d22 (Luck) => 1d100+87+22=>207, Lucky Critical]

The iron transmutes.. to not quite what she wanted, but she did get 354-Ubh.. But she got a particular element she would have to describe as better. She also got an element as a side effect she wasn't sure could be made on Earth.

She dubbed the new material for the Arc Reactor 'celestium', and moved on.

[Hitomi has accidentally discovered a mineral form of Adamantium.]
[The synthesis of two superheavys has increased her understanding of Forge of the Gods, and she has gained the trait "High Efficency Mineral Conversion" as well.]
[Gaining understanding has unlocked 'Matter Compression']

"Hmm." She looks at it, and smiles some. She puts the samples in a box with some sensors attached to measure a few things, and starts cleaning up the papers, moving on to her new problems.

- Life Support. And getting up there.

The first is simple enough, she managed to pull a single book that detailed the life support systems of the space shuttle.

It took her some time, but she managed to craft a system she could use to keep a space livable. But she'd need to scale it up.

[Understanding: Craft(Advanced) -> 1d100+24+29+1d22+50 => 1d100+103+1d22 => 178 vs DC 130.]

And she had the plans for it. She'd just need to.. get there.

Now this is, of course, a problem. To kind of keep her mind on more solvable things, she focuses on magic. There was a spell on Keria she had heard about, but she didn't remember it.

But she thinks she could put the elements together for a spell based on the runes and magic of this realm.
[Spellcrafting DC 50+15 (Adept)+20 (Creation)+10 (Scalable) +30(Divination Component) => 105; 1d100+87+1d22 => 128, Success
[Add spell "Create Food and Water, Light."]

[Craft(Advanced) +.8sp, Spellcrafting +.7sp]

- Gets a sign/book that lets her learn how to carry people with her when she uses Instant Transmission.

It was about now, when she got a book that fell into her hands, written in what she was pretty sure was Old Japanese.

[INT check: 1d100+29+1d22 => 62]

And with some thought and effort, she could read it. So she did so.

[Instant Transmission allows her now to carry people with her, or objects of up to her carrying capacity.]

But she was still stuck on getting there. She didn't have the tech necessary for anything resembling a stealthy launch, and while she had been relearning how the ships in the old republic worked, she couldn't do so from first principles enough. So she went on a walkabout. A long one. With teleportation, if you were careful, you could go on a week long jaunt around the country. That said, she wasn't looking forward to cleaning when she got back, but it was her job.

Events
- Random Encounter 1
One of the things Hitomi had done, though, was stop by a graveyard when she had time, and do some cleaning and planting of flowers. The dead lived on only through the living, after all, and she felt strongly about the dignity of death.

She was stopped at one by an old man wearing distinctive sunglasses. "Did you know them?"

"No, but they deserve my respect all the same." Hitomi said, disguised as a college student with long red hair.

"They do." The old man nodded. "If I may offer a suggestion, the planetarium is having an asteroid night tonight, and they may let you point the telescope in any direction."

He walked off before an astonished Hitomi could even thank him, and she did take advantage of it. She managed to get a good enough grip for an Instant Transmission target, although she really should just take time to work on ways to amoreliate this issue.

- Random Encounter 2

Hitomi ran across a pair of SHIELD agents, and had to hope they actually were SHIELD agents. That said, their mission was one of .. well, something they didn't want her involved in. Unfortunatly, that became moot when they all came under gunfire.

"..I'd ask why this is happening, but I don't think I want to know." Hitomi said blandly. "Look, if I distract them, could you take them out?"

"How could you *distract them*?" The woman - Agent May - said.

Hitomi just grinned, and, got up, she demonstrated the value of parkour by .. basically jumping around and wildly dodging, but still wearing her maid uniform. She also strengthened herself using The Mountain Stands Alone Against The Wind and Waves. The bullets focused on her but kept missing, allowing the two agents to focus fire down the people firing at her.

She vanished over the roof, and teleported onwards.

The two agents were told that Fury would follow up.

[Respect +10 SHIELD -10 HYDRA]
[Develop 10 ranks in Acrobatics.]
[+2000 XP]

[The other two encounters are swallowed by paid for events]

- ... she runs across a gun smuggler and intercepts him. (Gain.. a bit of.. vibranium, arrest Ulysses Klaue.)

She .. kinda just stared at the man who was trying to hold a gun to her, and knocked the man out. What was going on here? She was just taking a day cleaning job at a convention center asking for extra help, and it ended up with having to politely disencourage offers..

And being attacked by a gun smuggler. Well. She .. very nicely took a sampling of his merchandize to examine, and then noted the vibranium and .. well, took some of that. She had uses for that. Quite a few. She then turned Ulysses Klaue into the feds, and vanished again into the night.

Wakanadan agents suspected she took some, but Hitomi really didn't care what they thought that much. She wasn't goign to distribute it or anything.

[Respect +10 SHIELD +10 CIA -10 HYDRA -5 Wakanda.]

- .. she has to take a long detour across the south and runs across a peculiar old man with very strong opinions. (Meet Magneto) (positive for character)

Hitomi .. looked at Erik Lehnsherr. He looked back. The two were playing chess in a park, and Hitomi was losing badly.

Which, to be fair, she didn't mind. The two were having a discussion about mutant rights. She could see how there was a degree of disagreement. Her personal opinion was that you should give people a chance, but be ready for them to disappoint you. Lehnsherr was.. very much not even that.

"The thing is. Fear will always eventually fail you." Hitomi said, as she played. "Sometimes people will be rational about it, but you can't rely on that."

Erik countered as they played. "But if they don't fear your might, they'll let their fear run you into harm."

"Of course, but if you temper it, they are less likely to move in such numbers as to pose a real threat."

The two kept going, and at the end, she was pleased that Erik was considering her arguments.

"Besides.. I fear HYDRA is on the move." She mentioned, very quietly. "Too on the move."

Erik nodded. "I've been rethinking my approach to at least.. remove actors who will create something no one wants. On that, I think you, me and Xaiver agrees." He considers. "I would like to believe Xaiver is right. I think he's not though."

".. I think he's on to something, but how to bridge it?" Hitomi nods. "I'm still thinking on it. Regardless, I need to move on. I .. feel a calamity." She bows, and moves on herself.

(+3000 XP)
(Magneto moves more to a neutral stance, but will not stop seeking to become a deterrant.)

- She runs across a "deity" that really should have had the decency to die. As a Maiden of Endings, she takes offense. (Shatter the Church of Gibborium, kill the Magistrate.) [Difficulty: Medium]

She arrived in Palm Desert, California, albeit with the idea of watching the stars, only to find.. well, a call from outside, only to find a .. fortified camp in the middle of a crater, and she got the very distinct feeling that something was very wrong here.

This feeling was amplified when she was flagged down by .. another SHIELD agent. Of course. This one introduced himself as Nick Fury, and he seemed annoyed and irritated she was here.

"Do you just follow us around?" He demaned in an agitated whisper.

"No, I actually just go on journeys where the stars lead me." Hitomi says, seriously. "There's a lot going on under the ground, and outside of SHIELD's vision, Agent Fury. There's something wrong in that camp."

"I know, but look at the perimeter. The guns." He says.

Hitomi nods, and then focuses, trying to convert a spell like she did before.

[Spellcrafting DC 140: Converting Magic Missile to 'Shooting Stars of the Sky' Technique; 1d100+87+1d22 => 172, Success]

[Gain 'Shooting Stars of the Sky']

"I can take them all out if you want to investigate." Hitomi says.

".. you what?" He raised a skeptical eye.

"I can utilize techniques that seem like magic. I'll draw their attention so you can infiltrate."

Fury considered, then nodded. He had less to lose.

Hitomi focused, and making sure her internal energy was surging, unleashed Shooting Stars, stars shooting at the star at multiple targets, and in many cases, blowing them up. This raised alarm, and Fury infiltrated.

[Ranged Attack +.9sp, Shooting Stars usage +3]

The trouble came when Jonah appeared, and Hitomi immediately was on guard. A glowing human-

[Spiritual Arts: 1d100+43+1d22 => 141 => Great Success]

"..Really. You live by possession?" Hitomi seemed almost repulsed. "Ah, I see. You live by possession and sacrifices. Foul creature, prepare for your end."

The people around him began to fire as white tendrils formed around him and lashed out at her. Hitomi flash stepped back, and next to Fury, who was leaving, being chased. "Agent Fury, my advise to you would be to handle the enemies behind us. I can deal with those in front."

"The hell is that. A mutant?" Fury said, looking in worry at Jonah.

"I am the Magistrate, a god that can grant you power if -."

"No. A human being possessed by a class-9 spirit. Maybe an alien. Who knows? It'll shortly be dead." Hitomi was focusing, her tails appearing as an aura appeared around her. "Maybe."

She turned to Jonah. "Spirit - be gone!" Her bokken light up with brilliant colorful light. "May the Stars judge you fairly!"

[400 Qi spent, activating Wrath of the Righteous]
[Melee Attack: 1d100+73 => 149, hit
[Damage: (10d20+12d25+13d20+93)*2 - 400 Armor => 112 (512 before negation)]
[Hit! Purification at +180 => 1d100+180+1d22 vs DC 210 (Hellishly Hard) => 236]
Purified

The strike did little damage as it struck, and Jonah smir - before screaming as the Magistrate was forced out, only to meet Hitomi's second strike.

Hitomi was fully aware that a prolonged fight was not in her favor. There were too many people, and she couldn't rely on her natural resistance forever. So the only other option was to go all out from the start. But she knew deep down this is what she was meant to do.

[400 Qi spent, activating Wrath of the Righteous]
[Melee Attack: 1d100+73-20 (Astral Target) => 127, hit
[Damage: (10d20+12d25+13d20+93)*2 990 - 100 Armor => 890 damage]
[Hit! Purification at +180 => 1d100+180+1d22 vs DC 250 (Hellishly Hard) => 250 ]
Purified

The Gibborium was then killed by her second strike, as Jonah blinked "W-"

The men fled from the scene.

[+4000 XP (Resolved quest "Defeat the Magistrate" with bonus objective (Keep Jonah alive) complete.]
[FATE BROKEN; The stain of sacrifice will recede from this spot.]
[+1000 XP extra (Maiden of Endings, Duty.)]

Fury looked at all of this, and then asked Hitomi to .. see what she could do about a woman who was rather reindoctrinated. And that took Hitomi some time, but Fury agreed to go make inquiries with the police.

Hitomi kept the weird book, though. It took her some time to decode.

[INT 1d100+33+1d22=> 120, Success vs DC 100]]

She was't sure what it'd have, but she wanted to look at later.

Meanwhile, Hitomi .. was a little suspicious about the shaking of the ground, and followed it to see.. a giant hole. Well.

[Strength: 1d100+19+1d22 vs DC 100 => 84, Failure]

She ended up falling down, but eventually got to it with only .. 100 HP left, forcing her to heal herself, and dropping her Qi reserves to half.

And she saw a spaceship. One she could not use, at all, and could not risk letting people out of. So, she did what any sane person in her situation would do. Blow it up.

She really could have used techs from it though. She had an idea for a backup, but it was going to be.. tacky. Still.

[FATE BROKEN; MAGISTRATE FAMILY DEAD.]
[California saved from activation of the high gravity engine.]
[+1000 XP]

She also destroys the book.
[+500 XP]
[Maiden of Endings +1 progress for completely severing many threads, allowing the Norns to reweave them.]
[+30 Respect SHIELD]
[Church of Gibborium members completely arrested. Sacrificial cults make headlines, and she disappears in them, as Fury manages to bury her involvement as a favor.]

Base Building Phase

[March - May 1990]
Hitomi looked at the RV she had bought - it was still intact, but the engine was pretty dead. And it was trashed. That didn't bother her too much, she just needed a good shell that she could fix up. It seems the Hellfire Clubs locations were down longer for repairs, so while some regulars could visit, she'd set off too many alarm bells right now.

Between cleaning at the mansion, learning from the new mutants that were joining, using her magic to slowly convert the RV's materials to an experimental alloy that should hide what it actually is, pressure sealing and reinforcing it..

.. Well, Hitomi was quite busy. She had to fit the ECLSS system she invented to it too.

During this time, she worked to refine her compression, conversion and moving ability, as well as work on creating vibranium now that she knew it's properties.

[Vibranium DC +80 (Unusual Properties) => DC 130, Cost: 220 Qi. Spellcraft Roll: 180. Major Success]
[By creating Vibranium, you have reached one more level of understanding. Gain the trait: "Alloy Melder"]

This sped up conversion work on the "RV" and made getting a base created.. probably an reasonable thing.

The tricky part is - shrinking the arc reactor. She doubted she could get it as small as either Stark, but even a 50% savings would be great.

[Craft(Advanced) -> Medium Size Arc Reactor Mk 2. (DC 120) -> Success; 2 degrees]

She got it shrunk by 60% and with another 10% increase even over the test reactor with the new element. That would be useful.

And in April, she started experimenting with how fast she could withdraw the RV from the spiritual sea in such a way to ensure she was in it. This took a lot of trial and error, and she was very glad she could repair with a touch.

[General Control/Computer/"Avionic" technology rolls: 5 rolls vs DC 105 (150 for Superior, 200 for Exceptional) (+50 base building +10 this turn)]
[211 203 178 172 165; Sensors - Exceptional; Control - Exceptional; Engines- Superior; Weapons - Superior; Defensive Systems (Shields) - Superior]
[Due to known metals: defensive armor: Exceptional.]

A lot of the components she stored in her spiritual sea - a blend of cutting edge tech, Kree Empire tech, and tech she remembered from the Old Republic. It'd let her put a base up quicker. Hopefully. The Sensors would be the most useful, as she suspected near Earth space was more busy than she thought.

And on April 19th, she felt confident enough as she stored everything in her spiritual sea, and promised to return in a month.

And then used Instant Transmission to send herself to the asteroid.

[Resistance vs DC210 to.. be fine in space. => 1d100+79+1d22=>168;]

She, of course, immediately started to decompress and choke, but she held it together long enough to have the "RV" appear around her and immediately stop it as the pressured and life support environment was working, albeit with a few leaks she immediately plugged. She also activated the anchors, keeping it anchored to the location she picked as she focused her magic on the asteroid below.

It took about a full week to clear a cavity enough to move the RV inside and out of the sun. Even with the heat dispersal systems of the Kree and Republic, that was just not a pleasant situation to be in. That said, teleporting through several meters of alloy and rock was.. uncomfortable. Hitomi did start setting up actual permanent rooms in the inside, and started fitting airlocks and hidden doors.

Craft(Hidden Doors) [Advanced] DC 115 -> 139, Success
Craft(Doors) [Simple] DC 70 -> 101, Success
Craft(Weapon Tunnels) [Advanced] DC 115 -> 159, Success

The first thing she did once she had sealed rooms as a secondary measure of support, and a working ECLSS system installed with an arboretum for both her sanity and oxygen generation, she got the power systems brought up to full power next, but after she installed the sensor bafflers and jammers.

That left..
Vote for these in the order you think Hitomi should approach them:
[] Passive stealth and deflector shield grids.
[] Sensors, and storage.
[] Interior dock if she ever gets a spaceship or some way of flying.
[] Weapons.

Should she install more than station keeping engines to allow the asteroid to move?
[] Yes (will require more studying, DCs 150)
[] No (It just needs to stay in the Lagrange point.)

Weapons Level?
[] Enough to defend itself
[] Enough to act as a base for later use

Currently, it is medium armored underneath rock.
[] Increase to heavy armor, but may attract attention. (Very low risk)
[] Increase a layer of armor to act as a passive form of "nothing here, no minerals, no nothing."

Should she establish satellite and terrestrial network uplinks?
[] Yes (may have a small event later)
[] No.

(1 turn to Asgard Event.)



Relations with Kerian Pantheon: Very Good
Current World Goal: Ensure a future for mutants, Defeat ????

AP: 35 (+10 RP from this world) (21 completed quests)
RP: 330 (+23 RP from this world) (Regen: 224 RP)

Tree of the Heavens Health: 114.1% [Celestial Operatives Have Normal Oversight; Heavenly Resources Normal; Celestial Bureaucracy Internal Affairs Bureau: Highly Efficient] (11/15 Times)
Incarnation Investigation: 1 Success; 1 Heat Meter

Enemy: Hong Meiling
Enemy Can Attempt to Interrupt: 1 Action.
Enemy Sight: Extremely Poor (80% miss chance)
Enemy Rolls Bonus: +50

Intrigue Bonus: +45
Celestial Host Time to Clear Orichalum: 3 turns
Celestial Host Time to Clear Diamond Corundum: 8 turns
Sight: Mystical (Gain more information, including the current of Fate, negate any attempt to obscure your sight)
Labyrinth of Regret: Completely Repaired [On Death, Xiaoqiao can live with a 75 instead of a DC 90. Enemy can no longer attempt to interrupt levelups. Xiaoqiao adds her level to your rolls to oppose the enemy.]

Ci Xiaoqiao () Awareness/Defiance: 27/300; 9 (Very Low.)
Ci Xiaoqiao Level: 15 XP: 23400/98500

-[] Generic
--[] Ask for help from Kerian Pantheon. (0 turns until usability) (Gain a +20 to a single roll.)
--[] Spend X points of AP to get more random encounters for Xiaoqiao . (1 AP = 2 encounters)
--[] Spend 8 RP per "suggestion" to have Xiaoqiao train an additional skill or technique. Specify which. Max: 3 suggestions.

-[] Conversion Actions
--[] Burn 2 AP for -10 Defiance (Can take as many times as you want.) (Cost goes up every fifth time) (Times Taken: 4)
--[] Burn 2 AP for -5 Awareness (Can take as many times as you want.) (Cost goes up every fifth time) [Taken 1 time]
--[] Spend resources to enhance your AP (Improve your magical options) (Gain +1 AP per 35 RP spent.) (Cost increases every +2 AP by +20 RP per AP) (AP is for this world, see transmigration mechanics.) (Taken three times)
--[] Improve RP Pool (1 AP for +10 RP. Cost triples every 3 AP spent. RP cost increase is for this world, see transmigration mechanics.) (2 AP spent)

-[] Divine Intervention Pool

---[] (MCU) Change the fate of ..
----[] Howard Stark (2 AP) (write in how) [Available until 1991]
----[] The Ancient One (10 AP) (write in how)
----[] John Garrett and Grant Ward (5 AP) [Available until 1995] (will resolve in Hitomi Actions)
----[] IGH is revealed to be pretty terrible by the NCPD. (3 AP) (will resolve in Hitomi Actions)
----[] More will become relevant as we get closer to 2000.
---[] (MCU) Change..
----[] Nick Fury is currently manning a desk in SHIELD. Maybe he should get some real life experience? (Will randomly discover one ongoing threat.) (2 AP 10 RP)
----[] For that matter, Xiaoqiao is looking for things, maybe she should be nudged towards a suspiciously empty orbital starship that contains an amazing power... (3 AP 50 RP) (Note: This may derail a lot of MCU canon.)


---[] Change the history of an organization (Base Cost: 2 AP. Please explain the change, and why.)
---[] Set an encounter for Xiaoqiao to change the fate of someone. (Explain why, and who. Base Cost:2 AP. Note if this is something impossible it'll convert to a quest. Note that she cannot see Quests. Spending more AP will make it easier on Xiaoqiao.)
--[] Get Xiaoqiao a fortunate encounter (2 AP. Spend +2 AP to make it more fortunate.)
--[] Burn AP to reveal a hint about an ongoing quest. (1 AP for subquests, 2 AP for Main quests.)
--[] Send a Omen to the World. (6 AP. ??? Effects, mostly beneficial to Xiaoqiao.)
--[] Set One Good Roll to .. (30/1 AP, 50/2 AP, 70/3 AP) (This gives you and Xiaoqiao each one good roll.)
--[] Ensure a fateful meeting is positive for character. (+4 AP) (Action taken 7 times)
--[] Change the Fate of a Character. Note that more blatant displays of divine power will increase Awareness and possibly Defiance. (2 AP)
--[] Cause a sidequest to appear for Xiaoqiao. (2AP, spend additional AP to make it easier or increase effects.) (Write in quest in *detail.* Note better rewards might make the quest very annoying if you do not also spend more AP, and Xiaoqiao cannot see the quest details yet.) (Note that if you want it to increase a stat, or unlock stat training, start at 5 AP)

-[] Celestial Intrigue Actions
--[] Supercharge the Tree of the Heavens. (4 AP): This action is repeatable to Xiaoqiao's level. (12/15 times taken). Improvement rate is 6%. (115% for Good Heavenly Oversight; 125% for Heavenly Resources Superior.)(Action taken for maintenance recommended in 5 turns.)
--[] Incarnation seems risky, but yet the enemy persisted? (3 AP per turn, increased risk.) [Taken 2 Times]
--[] Improve trickle of resources. (50 RP 4 AP) (Gain +10 RP)

--[] Celestial Bureaucracy Anti-Corruption Actions (21/25 Completed)
---[] (Unlocked) "Rebuild the Hall of Histories." (5 AP 80 RP) (6/10 turns) [LOCKED IN, must take consecutively.]

--[] [LOCKED] War in Heaven...

--[] Hong Meiling Actions
---[] Block Hong Meiling from placing a catspaw to increase her actions (5 AP 100 RP) (available in 5 turns)
---[] Strengthen your ability to defend. (-10 to Hong Meiling's rolls, +10 to your Intrique) (5 AP 80 RP)

--[] Spend resources in aiding someone. (Cost: Variable)
---[] [Celestial Bureaucracy] You may be sealed up, but you know the ways of things. Grease palms to get things done. This will primarily have ??? benefits, as you're paying for information or slowing down event chains. (Unlocked by the Intrigue action completing) (Explain the cost and what you're looking for for that cost. Assume you'll need at least 35 RP to get anything useful.)
--[] Spend resources to create very bad luck for someone.. (Write-In, explain. Better explanations decrease cost, may have other benefits.)(Cost: 70 RP)

I finally decided how to handle luck, which is just a straight roll of the stat mod. It felt the most thematic and easiest to use.

I'm also changing the flow of events. Base actions occur before your turn, since a lot of them will be based on your vote.

A lot of good rolls, which is good.

.. Picking X-Men First Class turned out to be a mistake, given Xiaoqiao's background...

Anyway, I want to note that for quests with failure conditions, you can specify that encounters or other things are meant to go towards that quest.


From Last Turn
15 sp => in K(Engineering), K(Physics), C(Simple),C(Advanced), K(Materials)
13 sp => in K(Atmospheric Science), K(Astrophysics), K(Multiverse Theory)
[Add spell "Create Food and Water, Light."]
[Instant Transmission allows her now to carry people with her, or objects of up to her carrying capacity.]
[Respect +20 SHIELD -20 HYDRA +10 CIA -5 Wakanda]
[Develop 10 ranks in Acrobatics.]
[+8000 XP]
[2 uses of Blade that Judges]
[Melee Attack +.4sp, Resistance +.3sp, Craft(Advanced) +1.1sp, Craft(Simple) +.8sp, K(Engineering) +.4sp, K(Physics) +.2sp]
(HYDRA rep now at "will target")

Stat changes: K(Engineering) 10->20, K(Physics) 10->20, C(Simple) 24->31, C(Advanced) 24->32, K(Materials) 22->30, K(Planetary Atmospheres) 18->24, K(Astrophysics) 0->13, K(Multiverse Theory) 10->16

Insufficient use of techniques to reach the next level of understanding.
XP TNL: 67100.

Chosen Essences
- The Web of Connections: See the tides of fate, and gain post/precognition. This allows for someone to see something, and get a divination of an important thing related to it on a DC 50+target strength on Spellcrafting. This also applies to post and prediction.
- Divine Might: +500 Qi.
- Imbuing Prescense: Her Qi and Aura soak into objects she's using, constantly, but slowly, raising Artifact level.

Xiaoqiao chooses:
- Killing Instinct: Xiaoqiao can radiate a killing instinct at a target, imposing demoralization.

- Divine Senses: As an incarnate, Xiaoqiao's eyes are not blinded by darkness, nor her ears sound, nor can she can be fooled by mortal means or incarnates or deities with less essecense than her. As her mortal senses increase, so does the effect from this. Gain extremely precise senses.

Base Turn
Xiaoqiao has 10+(1d22 (LUK)/3) days left => 16 days left.

-[X]Vote for these in the order you think Hitomi should approach them:
--[X] Passive stealth and deflector shield grids.
--[X] Sensors, and storage.
--[X] Interior dock if she ever gets a spaceship or some way of flying.
--[X] Weapons.
-[X] Should she install more than station keeping engines to allow the asteroid to move?
--[X] Yes (will require more studying, DCs 150)
-[X] Weapons Level?
--[X] Enough to act as a base for later use
-[X] Currently, it is medium armored underneath rock.
--[X] Increase a layer of armor to act as a passive form of "nothing here, no minerals, no nothing."
-[X] Should she establish satellite and terrestrial network uplinks?
[X] Yes (may have a small event later)

Click to expand...

Click to shrink...

- Passive Stealth and Deflector Shield Grids
Hitomi spends some time installing a second passive layer of armor to deflect any scans reaching into the interior. And, assuming she didn't have her shields or weapons out, any real reason to care about the asteroid.

The shield grids were a bit more tricky, as she needed to layer them and the power systems to prevent good hits on the exterior from disabling the entire thing.

(Craft(Advanced) - Shield Grids (multiple) DC 140 - 1d100+1d22+29(INT)+32 => (90+8+61) => 159)
(Duration: 1d3 days => 1; 15 days remaining)

(Craft(Advanced) - Passive Stealth Bafflers - DC 150 - 1d100+1d22+29(INT)+32 => (90+9+61) => 160)
(Duration: 1d3 days => 1; 14 days remaining)

She got it all down in one day, relying on her limited need to sleep, and then got the stealth bafflers up, as well as passive measures. She wasn't a hole in space, but she should seem like a fairly useless asteroid, and the power emissions from her arc reactors minimal.

Which was good, because the heat dispersal systems created a signature that she could only mask somewhat.

- Sensors, and storage.

The Kree technology was.. something. Hitomi was reminded uncomfortable with some Sith technology using it, and setting up the holoprojectors. It supported more interactive holograms and such, which she was happy with, and it had interesting implications for her communication systems. Which, to be fair, could support holocommunications.

But she was going to need advanced sensors to penetrate other people's stealth, too.

(Craft(Advanced) - Highly Advanced Sensors (DC 140) (duration roll is now 1d3+2) => 1d100+1d22+61 (Craft) => 92+17+61 => 170; (Duration roll is -1 bonus))
(Duration Roll: 1d3+1 => 2 days; 12 days remaining.)

She set up the storage to be secured and sealable - the principles were actually familar to most secure storage professionals, with the advantage of her using holotechnology to provide labels and notes that did not need to be written on the box aside from warnings.

That took a good few hours, what took more time was her finally going through everything stuffed in her spiritual sea. Why did HYDRA's agents have so much money? Bribes?

The plane, as she suspected, was useless, but it did have some fascinating technologies that she could use to track SHIELD and HYDRA, and implemented them in. The cars.. had plenty of trackers, but also enough that she promptly built an properly secured armory and shoved all of the weaponry in there that wasn't personal.

(Gain: Currency (+13,112$ USD), 5x Glock 17s, plenty of ammo, taser guns, etc.)

Most of it she just used as fodder to build some armor around the core base where it couldn't be detected and provide proper internal security systems, as well as prototype the communications systems. She suspected the technology would be inferior to Republic or Kree technology.

She also had to isolate the several computer systems. Just in case.

(This takes, flat, 2 days. 10 days remaining.)
(Craft(Advanced) +2.5sp)

- Interior dock if she ever gets a spaceship or some way of flying.

Hitomi considered what to do here with securing and power outputs needed for what she knew. Actually, she had an idea. She wanted to get some of this tech into Earth's hands. She might be a daughter of another Earth, and she might not longer be human, but she was still a daughter of Earth.

So she visited Howard Stark, posing as something close to the truth, a scientist wanting the opinion of one of the most famous scientific-inventors.

The thing she sent ahead was her notes on how to miniaturize the arc reactor and - well, that opened doors.

- Hitomi wants to discuss some of the scientific research of one of the most famous scientists of our time... Instead, she finds herself embroiled in an assassination attempt.

So she does so. She was surprised but not too much that her dress as a maid got raised eyebrows, but she had been cleaning anyway, but she presented her notes, including one that drew Howard's attention rigidly.

"You..you synthesized it?"

"Yes. I have access to methods that allow me to synthesize any material I can understand." Hitomi nods. "I can't share them, nor can I give access to them, but I can synthesize a limited sample of minerals."

She could do more, but she wasn't going to admit that. "If you look at the pages behind you, you can see the calculations I worked out. It's not the most optimal, but I think an element with atomic weight 164 is beyond me."

Howard laughed weakly. "I expected Tony to do that." The younger Stark poked his head in on hearing that, well, almost hitting on her, if it wasn't for her warning look.

"Your son likely could." Hitomi had heard plenty about him. "I was lucky."

She soon has some suggestions, as well as some optimizations of the proposed engines.

"I think, if I am honest.." Hitomi says, thinking. "I'm not a good scientist or engineer, in the sense I can synthesize from what I know. I am not able to take the intuitive leaps of logic yet. Maybe never. I've been learning by reading papers and then following them back to books at a library, but."

The two stare at her. "That is.. an inefficient way to learn." Howard scribbles some things down. "I'd start with these. They'll give you a grounding."

[Hitomi will now get +40sp to spread across Knowledge and Craft skills every month until Jan 1997.]

Hitomi nods, then ..

[Perception: 1d100+1d22+94 Situational Awareness vs DC 140 (Oppposed Stealth Roll) => 154, Success]
(Perception: +.6 sp)

Her ears twitch as she suddenly tackles Howard and Tony down, only for a hail of bullets to fill the hall they were in. She turns to see a group of men dressed as SHIELD agents, and her tone goes flat. "HYDRA."

"Wh-" Howard gets out, Tony white as a sheet.

"HAIL HYDRA!" They chant, only to be surprised when Hitomi has already closed the distance in a flash, drawing her sword in a horizontal slash against them. She would extremely anticipate a faildeadly attack, possibly a fallback team, and therefore, the only defense is an extremely rapid offense.

[Hitomi uses Perfect Strike (+100 atk, +100 dmg), The Blade of the Star That Judges; -1170 Qi]

[3 +166 to-attack vs +50 dodge; all three hit, no critical hit or miss]

The bokken seemed to be laughable, but her slice cuts through all three as it lights on fire.

[Perfect Strike 3 uses, The Fire of the Star That Judges 3 uses]
(Hitomi feels she has an insight into a mass attack technique and adding elemental traits to it. Next 'downtime', she can attempt to unlock the technique.)

The two stare at her in .. shock. Hitomi shakes her head at them. "We need to get moving. I cannot beleive they'd rest with a single technique. Also, where is your staff?"

Howard tenses. "I'd call SHIELD but.."

"I'd still do it." Hitomi says, cheerfully. "But I'd contact Coulson, May, or Fury. I've met them, they seemed trustworthy." Hitomi is still disguised as a blonde American, so it's the same disguise.

".. I am very worried you know them."

"I've ran across them." Hitomi says, blandly. Howard needs no further encouragement, and Hitomi.. cautiously, but firmly, clears the mansion. The staff was fine, just misdirected. She does have to flush out a second squad with RPGs, though.

"... What were you working on?" Hitomi looks at Howard after they recouped. "It must have drawn attention. And even if you can't tell me, I'd be careful with it." Tony was.. off recovering somewhere, and seemed surprised when Howard promised to discuss with him what he was allowed to discuss.

"He could not." A new voice cuts in, and they see.. Director Carter, being escorted by Fury and Coulson. "You must be.."

"Takeda Hitomi." She bows. Fury's eyes twitches.

She was unsurprised Fury knew it essentially meant "Jane Doe" in Japanese.

"She was here to consult about improvements to the Arc Reactor." Howard said. "They were SHIELD agents, but she prevented them from killing us. She called them HYDRA."

"Well, they are." Hitomi observed blandly. "I don't know if it's what happened here, but consider that Operation Paperclip just let a lot of Nazi scientists work for the United States so it could maintain its superiority over the Communist East. It didn't mean they stopped being Nazi's."

Carter looked at her in horror as she realized both meanings of the statement. Fury was.. furious.

"I do have some useful things for you, though." Hitomi said. She handed a box to Fury. "Recordings, data, and other information about several HYDRA operations I ran across. They were going to experiment on .. mmm, call them Inhumans. Someone called "the Secretary" let a scientist - Werner Reinhardt - loose. I corrected it."

"... What is your goal?" Coulson asked, taking this opening.

"Evil must be opposed." She said flatly. "That and to build a future for mutants, but even that path requires HYDRA and other such organizations to be gone. I may dislike the US government - it's always been hypocritical and too willing to run ramshod over other nations - but at least, theoretically, it answers to it's electorate."

Carter and Fury looked over the box, their faces darkening. "Where are these agents?"

"Gone. The villagers took offense."

"And why di-" Fury knew the answer to this. She had no way to turn them into any agency. "I must ask you stop." Carter said

"I already have." Hitomi raised her eyebrows. "I was preparing to find a way to just get the information to Fury, Coulson, or May, as I trust they are actually SHIELD agents. I cannot trust your leadership, as the first thing I'd do if I was trying to infiltrate an organization is co-op their leadership, so that anamalous orders can be hidden."

"Logical." Coulson said. "But we would like a way to contact you if we need to."

Hitomi considers. "I was going to discuss this technology with Mr. Stark as well. So." She hands Coulson a disc. "This is a holocommunicator. I have it rigged to a relay and I will answer if you contact. Let me demonstrate it's use."

A tiny Hitomi appeared, shocking them. "I suspect that Stark can make it more.. well, featured." Hitomi says with a twitch of her lips. "I am not great at engineering, and I could not add more features to this basic model. It's secured, but that's about it."

She hands one to Fury and Stark. "That last one is for you to experiment with. I do not have more, so I would be careful."

"Couldn't you patent it and make money?" Howard Stark asks after a second.

Fury interrupts. "That's likely not her real name. It's the equivalant of Jane Doe in Japan."

Hitomi smiles some. "It's the only name I've ever used here, so it's real enough. Seriously, though, I thought about it, but I was going to ask you if you could sign it over to Xaiver's Institute for Gifted Youngsters.. whenever he forms it... They'll need it long term."

"Xaiver.. that's the mutant behind the new mutant-human alliance and humantarian organizations, right?" Coulson says.

"Close, I'm the one working on the organizations. Xaiver.. chases the dream of everyone living together. I'm not sure it'll happen, but.. it is worth chasing. If nothing else, it should lessen the fear of the other."

Hitomi considers. "Hopefully. Regardless, I would worry more about HYDRA. How long have they been infilitrating? I don't have the access, or the time, to check on every SHIELD, or former SHIELD base.."

The four look at each other, and realize the magnitude of the task in front of them. Hitomi smiles, and "You have my contact information. I am on a timeline, too. I'll forward a report of why once it's over, I feel you may need the information. I am also willing to work on a quid pro quo basis. Just.. not for the next.. 20 days. I suspect I will be unavilable..."

"You want money?" Carter said, clearly disapproving.

"I don't need it as much. I make a decent wage working as a maid." Hitomi said. "No, I .. am not able to research things in depth sometimes. I may just ask for information or where to get it, or if I can't, why I can't. In return, I am happy to either provide information or assist in an operation as long as it's something that doesn't compromise my current goals. For example, I'm currently looking into the Hellfire Clubs, but as they're closed, it's hard for me to make first-person investigations and assessments."

Fury's eyes narrow. "Why are you looking into that?"

Carter holds a hand up. "I do know why, and it's currently classified above your levels. You must be one of the consultants the CIA hired on." Hitomi nods.

"Well, that's fair then." Director Carter nods, understanding that she wasn't going to be unreasonable.

Hitomi nods, and looks again at Howard Stark, then says in an entirely sober, serious voice. "Your current project will kill you within a year if you do not abandon it. The Heavens have decreed so, and your enemies are aware of what it is. Heed my voice, Howard, son of Howard. You will not see a new world's dawn if you do not divert from this path. So has this Maiden of Endings seen." She disappeared in a bolt of light.

Unknowingly, Tony had heard that.

The others looked at each other.

"What kind of my-"

Fury interrupted "Director, permission to go to Nepal? I have a friend who might know more of what she was talking about."

"Granted. Stark, suspend progress. We'll make a judgement once we get more information. Spend some time with your son."

Howard laughs bitterly. "I don't know how to, but I'll try. Maybe we can work on this communicator together."

"I would like that." Tony said from the doorway. "And I would like to know more about our mystery guest."

"Believe me." Coulson said. "I think we all would."

[FATE DIVERTED... for now.]
[Contacts: Coulson, Fury.]
[FATE DIVERTED. Tony Stark is .. forced with the reality he almost lost his father. ]
[+6000 XP]

[Howard+Tony Stark's DC to trace the communicator to its general location: DC 200. 1d100+1d10+130 => 224]

The only thing they figured out was the relay was in the second lagrange point, indicating it was positioned to recieve from anywhere on the Earth-Moon sphere, which was in itself an oddity. Still, the technology lead to Tony Stark becoming the CEO of a Stark Industries Subsidiary focusing on the uses of holotechnology.

What.. all of them realized with some surprise, was that it seemed straight out of Star Wars.

Fury returned back, with a report that basically indicated that she was known to the Sorcerers of Kamar-Taj, and that a Maiden of Endings appeared to herald the end of an age, and were nearly always correct about such fates. Fury did not seem pleased they knew he was coming and he couldn't get any other information.

Stark .. reluctantly stopped working on the project. Officially, it was cancelled, and unofficially, it was known it had defeated him. HYDRA was more busy trying to find this Hitomi, anyway.

[MCU tech advanced, slightly, on pace now for IM. Holophones replace cell phones.]
[Respect: SHIELD +5 Howard Stark/Tony Stark -5 (Unsettled) HYDRA -30]
[FATE DIVERTED. Howard Stark does not die in 1991.]

Meanwhile, Hitomi did get away with some suggestions.

[Knowledge(Engineering) +2sp, Knowledge(Physics) +.5sp]

And.. implemented them. The increased output gave her the margin she needed for the forcefields used to secure decks, and she created two loading bays, using ..

Craft(Advanced) - Extradimensional Storage Bay Doors (+stealth +armor) - DC 150; 151 Success
Duration 1d3+3(+1 day Howard Stark event) => 5 days. (5 days remaining)

.. extradimensional storage bay doors. It was a particualrly annoying utilization of Kree technology combined with Republic technology, but she didn't want the weak point when she didn't have staff or ships or anything but turrets in here.

She was going to have to do something about that.

- Weapons

This was the trickiest bit, but she had a suite of weapons that would defend the ship, as well as provide a lot of firepower. She could see situations where she might have to provide sustained firepower to say, defeat a mass nuclear attack.

[Weapons Level: Good]
Duration 1d3+1d3 days: 2 days; 3 days remaining.

The capacitors were.. well. Hitomi went for a fifth reactor - she had the space for twenty, but she didn't have the crew to manage them, so.

The plus side was that she was well defended.

She still had some time free, apparently, so she went to install full engines and thrusters, sans the ability to go faster than light. Even with all the changes, it was still an asteroid base. Maybe a goal for the future?

Thankfully, with the books she had access to, she could come up with a good engine cluster that didn't reveal too much about the base. Making it look like an asteroid was .. tricky.

(Hitomi gains the long-term quest "Develop a Fold Drive for the Base")
[3 days remaining, can attempt Tier 3 Engine Power.]
Duration 1d3+1d3 => 3 days, 0 days remaining.
Craft(Advanced) DC 135: 98+61 => 159; (no bonus to duraiton)]
[Craft(Advanced) +1.8sp]
[Base Complete. +10000 XP]

She even had time to install a navcomp, although that was a bit of a laugh as she is abruptly called short by Xaiver. "Hitomi. We've got a lead on this Shaw. He sent an agent - a telepath - into the Soviet Union."

Hitomi responds instantly. "I'll be right there."

She leaves her notes on portals to other planes, or ways to scan them behind. Nilfheim still nagged at her.

(1d100+30 (Tony Stark); over 50 is an event. 75, resolved in Hitomi Actions.)

Hong Meiling Actions
1d100 vs DC 80 for hit: 12; Misses

Hong Meiling is unable to act.

Your Actions
-Nick Fury is currently manning a desk in SHIELD. Maybe he should get some real life experience?

After the assassination attempt at Stark's mansion, well... Tony Stark was actually designing his own mansion, and SHIELD was sending people out everywhere.

(Roll 1d100: 74)

Coulson had drawn the short straw, and him and May were checking out abanonded bases in New Jersey and the Applachians.

Fury was sent to the North Institute. And .. promptly arrested everyone and shut it down. And burnt the research. Most of the people arrested.. mysteriously died in prison. Peculiar, that. But he was really curious why there was Russian operatives here.

[FATE ALTERATION: The Red Room will no longer be boosted by this.]
[Fury is read into the file on the Red Room.]

- Hong Meiling Actions
- Strengthen your ability to defend. (-10 to Hong Meiling's rolls, +10 to your Intrique) [+20]
1d100+65 vs 1d100+50 => 117 vs 74; Success

You strengthen your arms, and your agents are trained to better defend themselves. This helps a lot just going about. (Gain +12 to Intrique)

- Supercharge the Tree of the Heavens. (4 AP): This action is repeatable to Xiaoqiao's level. (13/15 times taken). Improvement rate is 6%.
1d100+57 => 89
114.1 + 6% => 120.1%

This effectively stops a lot of plots dead, and sets even more alarms at how easily things were being bypassed. The Host is .. quite alarmed, and doubles their preparations.

(The rate they will reclaim their resources is now doubled.)

- (Unlocked) "Rebuild the Hall of Histories." (9/10 turns)
1d100+57 => 153, Sublime Success, 3 turns progress (+1 from Host Alarm).

You make a lot of progress as resources are being thrown at you. It was increasingly clear that this is what was keeping gods from advancing, as many now were able to refine and use their essence. This was having pleasant results, and many worlds began to fight back against demons on them.

You see a figure near Xiaoqiao in her murals, and note surprisingly that it looks familiar. Weird. Wasn't that similar to the woman who gave you the rose to give to Xiaoqiao?

(1 turn remaining, will unlock Tier 2 Divine Essences)

You see the upcoming war. What do you choose to do to aid the effort?

[ ] Focus on empowering the local pantheons to deny demons powers from the various planes. (Xiaoqiao gains the subclass "Coordinator of the Spheres")
[ ] Focus on empowering the Celestial Sphere to defend itself. (Xiaoqiao gains the subclass "Guardian of the Heavens")
[ ] Take the fight to the enemy, and kick down the gates of the Underworld! (Xiaoqiao gains the subclass "Warrior of the Stars")
[ ] A mix of two of the above. (Xiaoqiao gains the subclass "Sentinel of the Void")
(QM Note: these will determine what war actions you get, as well.)

Training Actions
+40sp for April to Knowledge: Knowledge(Engineering) +10sp, Knowledge(Materials) +10sp, Craft(Simple) +5sp, Craft(Advanced) +10sp, Knowledge(Multiverse Theory) +5sp

+40sp for May to Knowledge: Knowledge(Planetary Atmosphere) +10sp, Craft(Simple) +8sp, Craft(Advanced) +8sp, Knowledge(Physics) +5sp, Knowledge(Botany/Biology) +5sp, Knowledge(Materials) +4sp

(QM Note: K(Multiverse Theory) also contains planar theory.)

No other organized training at this time.

Hitomi Actions
When she reappeared, she found .. Magneto, and a cast of people there. Magneto eyed her with some surprise.

Hitomi smiled faintly. "I had to deal with SHIELD, and I didn't change back after I spent some time getting things working. I am Takeda Hitomi."

The others - Angel Salvatore, Alex Summers, Munoz - are surprised to see her. "Are you a teleporter?"

"I am a kitsune - I know some techniques." Hitomi says dryly. "And, Cerebro confirms, a mutant. It must be latent, still." Xaiver interjects, standing against the table.

That seems to soothe an unease. "We plan to lead a mission into the Soviet Union to find out what is going on."

And so they do! .. Hitomi is left behind with the others to defend the CIA agency - only to get.. well, attacked.

Hitomi peers at them, unamused, having to barrier and let the CIA men get away. She's also trying to figure someway to block the teleportation. The enemy teleporter obligingly helps her by teleporting around, causing the two to play cat and mouse as she has to unleash attacks to just hold them back.

(Perception: 1d100+96 => 148)
(Spellcrafting 1d100+1d22+83 vs DC 150 => 86+14+83 => 183 (Success))
[Perception +.3sp, Spellcrafting +.5sp]

And then promptly floods the area by emulating a type of EM Radiation mixed with gravitational fields with her aura - and the teleporting stops.

"...Please tell me you didn't intend just to attack." She finally says, seeing Shaw.

"No, I intended to get you mutants to join me. For we shall survive the nuclear war I-"

[Hitomi gains "URGENT QUEST: Stop World War Three. 'You swore never again. And these fools shall feel your wrath.' Objectives: Stop the nuclear missiles being prepared in the Soviet Union and United States. Rewards: Epithet, +20000 XP."]

"You shall do naught but fail." Hitomi's voice is choral, echoing, and deeply deeply enraged.

[Hitomi has exceeded herself!]
[Hitomi failed her Wisdom throw against excessive force]

Hitomi releases her full killing intent, her eyes burning as her hands light up in blue fire.

Much to her dismay, though, Shaw just seems to absorb the energy, leading her to come to a conclusion.

Either try to overpower it, or drain it.

Hitomi was reminded of a statement from an old serial. "What happens when a vampire meets a black hole?"

(Spellcrafting 1d100+1d22+100 (temporary boost) vs DC 200 => 46+100 => 146 (Failure))
(Spellcrafting: .1sp)

It was not one she'd be able to find out, as her technique fizzled and she was forced more and more on the defensive.

She did not have the ability to overpower it. Well, there was always option B. She took a deep breath, and tried one more time. She could see the morale beginning to waver and knew she had to push herself again.

(Spellcrafting: 1d100+1d22+100 (temporary boost) vs DC 200 (energy drain, greater) => 208 (success))
[Spellcrafting: +.5sp)

[From the past, to the future, everything becomes determination. Refill Qi.]

Hitomi's blade lights up.. but turns a sinister black-purple as she attacks Shaw. This time, she connects.. and Shaw's eyes light up in fury. "What-"

"Tell me, Sebastian Shaw." Hitomi says flatly, aware she shouldn't know his name. "What happens when a vampire encounters a black hole?" Shaw was beginning to visibly weaken as she pulled in more and more energy to the blade.. but also had to weaken the field as it's aura was sucked in, allowing the enemy teleporter to attempt to teleport them out.

[Enemy Spellcraft Roll vs DC 130. 1d100+45 (Azreal Mutant PL Bonus) => 49]
[Azrael surges (burning a villain point) and teleports Shaw out. Does he manage to get Riptide, or...?
1d100+45 vs 100 => 129]
[Yes.]

The two disappear, but Hitomi swings her blade.. and Azrael pretty much dies instantly.

[Shaw and Riptide escape. Azrael dies.]

The others stare at her as the blade disappears. "I should have anticipated someone could poke a hole through that." Hitomi says. She looks dispassionately at Azrael. "At least Shaw no longer has at-will transportation. My apologies. "

Havoc, formerly a member of the military, nods. "Well, at least we've beaten him off. I wonder why he wanted a nuclear exchange."

"Supremicists do not work on logic." Hitomi says. "There are very few mutants that could survive a limited nuclear exchange, the odds of having enough survive a general exchange are tiny. It might be a mutant empire...but it'd be a gesture of futile defiance, and gone within a generation or two, from my understanding of the X gene unless they got excessively lucky about who was in the group, and where they were."

".. He's even more in trouble by the fact if I can't find a way to depower him to stand trial, he's likely dead." Hitomi says flatly. "In any case.." She pulls out a communicator, having handed one to Xaiver, and contacts him. "Shaw attacked the base." She says. "I drove him back, and his transporter is dead. Still, he likely has a lot of resources."

"We've arrested their telepath. Emma Frost," Xaiver continues. "But we can't find where three missiles went, nor a Soviet general. It's chaos over here, and I think Shaw is taking full advantage of it."

"Great." Hitomi says flatly.

"We're recouping at base." Moira's voice comes on.

[FATE DIVERTED; Salvatore no longer joins the Hellfire Club.]

(Later: At Xaiver's Mansion)
Dr. McCoy was talking to Raven about a "cure" for their appearence, but Raven seemed to be unwilling, after having several discussinds. Hitomi had been reading several books and doing some calculations, debating if she'd need a set of satellites.

She looked up as it neared an argument, and said rather plainly. "Let her. She doesn't want to fit in, and shouldn't have to. How others behave is up to them." She eyed the 'cure' carefully. "I think I'd reexamine it, myself. Just make sure it does what you think it does."

Raven said "Then you think we shouldn't fit in?"

"I think that's up to the individual. There's an argument that fitting in is wise to avoid fights. But mutants are people, and we celebrate the diversity in people - mutatis mutandis, or as a Trek fan might tell you, Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations." Hitomi said, giving Raven a long look. "I do not think any one person is superior in being a person to any other by might alone. That also means I do not think they are inferior. I fight to make sure anyone can live their life, provided they hurt no one. "

Hitomi doesn't realize by now she's got an audience. "And that is why I make my own decisions about who I work with. Organizations and people can change. Remain constant in your oath, in your ideals, do not accept needless harm."

".. you killed someone yesterday." Havok points out.

"I did, but that was an combat situation." Hitomi said. "And I said needless. Stopping people who wish to provoke a nuclear war is very much needed harm."

Raven seems thoughtful.

[FATE DIVERTED. Raven will join the X-Men.]
[+8000 XP]

[1d100 +30 ; on a 65 or higher, McCoy will rework his cure. 112]
[McCoy will.. try again!]

Meanwhile, Hitomi resumed her normal duties at the manor, as well as working with someone the Professor had hired - Wolverine - to create defenses and secure the mansion.

Craft(Simple) 1d100+1d22+87 vs DC 120 (x5) => (100, 76, 76, 70, 69)+(22, 18, 18, 14, 13) =>
(122, 94, 94, 84, 82) + 87 => 5 successes, One Critical Lucky Success
[Craft(Simple): +4.1sp]

Craft(Advanced) 1d100+1d22+87 vs DC 150 (x2) => (72, 70)+(22,20)=181; 2 successes
[Craft(Advanced): +1.4sp]

It goes well, including the cutting edge ECW systems for 1990. Although 'ECW' is a misnomer, it's mostly sensors and detection, and secured landline and communications. There's a lot of work for future growth, too.

[+3000 XP]

Hitomi also does some research while she works. This sends her to various places, and to keep SHIELD from getting *too* worried, she keeps them appraised.

One takes her to.. Sarajevo, to pin down a peculiar reading. And promptly overhears a SHIELD agent asking for extraction.. and not getting it. Hitomi .. ends up performing emergency medical aid while contacting Coulson, who immediately informs the two that he'll be there personally in six hours.

[Healing: 1d100+63 => 127]
[Healing: +.4sp]

"If SHIELD isn't loyal to me." John Garett mutters mutinously.

".. You would say your primary loyalty is SHIELD, correct?" Hitomi looks up briefly as she continues to administer emergency aid. He'd really need proper care, but she could bridge him there. "I would say someone or something in SHIELD is working to injure agents of SHIELD. That or it's a particularly bad form of office politics."

Garett laughs weakly. "I almost hope that's right. How did you have Coulson's number?"

"I've ran across him." Hitomi is evasive, but honest.

A few hours later, Coulson arrives with a paramedic, and the paramedic gives her an approving nod seeing her emergency medicine. "Good going. Are you trained?"

Hitomi smiles, some. "Yes, by an order of monks far far away. They wanted all of the disciples to be able to provide aid to those who need it long enough to get them to a hospital."

Everyone just looked at her, the paramedic in both horror and intrigue at who would do that. "Anyway, I'm off." Hitomi said. "I need to get the data I came for, after all."

"..Which data?" Coulson said

"There's some.. peculiar gravitational artifacts here. I'm not sure why, and I'm looking into it." Hitomi bowed, and then went to investigate. When she felt the HYDRA and SHIELD tails, she.. well, cheated. After all, a way to disappear was to blend in, and in the red light sector, she had multiple options.

This later meant that Grant Ward was recruited by a SHIELD aligned Garrett, who got his father arrested when he happened to see his father trying to let his brother die.

[FATE BROKEN; Project Centipede is no more. Ward and Garrett stay SHIELD aligned, with a particular hatred for HYDRA.]
[+ 1200 XP]

Hitomi was in New York. By now she had to resort to creating another disguise and had studied Raven's ability enough to shape her own ability to change herself. Actually, her and Raven were disguised as tourists from Latin America, and ran across IGH. The guards tried to grab them as potential subjects, and .. well, Hitomi took offense.

The NCPD was called in and immediately arrested everyone.. Well. By now, Hitomi and Raven had abandoned that disguise and were now German women, leaving New York... and Raven had a far better understanding of why Hitomi was inflexible and very understanding that there was no real power difference.

[FATE BROKEN; IGH is shut down before they can create more "superheroes" - Jessica Jones is the last. Her mother is committed to a hospital to heal.. but without her powers. The doctor loses her license and goes to jail. The research was destroyed by Hitomi.]
[Raven shifts alignment. Something seems off about her.]
[+1200 XP]

- Spend X points of AP to get more random encounters for Xiaoqiao. (1 AP = 2 encounters)

In Great Britain.. Hitomi was walking down a country path, disguised as a black haired older Scottish woman. It was her vacation, but she was also investigating a rumour about a possible base of Shaw's. And.. she saw what looked like someone controlling their parents, in what was.. well, malicious glee.

"Do not do that." Hitomi projected command into her voice, countering and cancelling the command.

The boy looked at her.. then again at her, a bit more.. Hitomi calmly knocked him out in a surprise move. "Mind explaining?" She said, bluntly.

And once she got her stories, she .. was very conflicted. But the easiest method was to "heal", the powers away.

[Healing (Hostile): 1d100+63 => 156 vs DC 140; Success]

And .. she did, channeling her Qi. She also was pretty sure this boy would not be long for the world, as his parents showed no sign of wanting him around anymore.

So.. she dropped him off with a warning and explanation at Child Services with his parents and left.. and made a point of never using that again.

Not, that it turned out, that it mattered.

[1d10 => 5]

[FATE BROKEN; Kilgrave dies in 1995 in a car accident. At the time, he was trying to get someone else injured.]
[+400 XP]

- Hitomi meets.. (Fortunate Encounter x2, Ensured Positive)
The thing about criss-crossing the world, Hitomi thought, is that she often relied on her eidetic memory to keep track of her disguises. It's also why she stock to a very few and simply tried to avoid nations that were behind the Iron Curtain when she had any choice in the matter.

Hence why she was in Japan currently, on a trip to Hokkaido. This was more a personal curiosity. This was where she was born, and she had a few theories she needed to rule out. And..

Well, she never got close. Some agents politely but firmly asked her if she could visit a shrine with them, which .. struck her as odd. Japan had it's share of rather secretive agencies, but.. the shrine?

Still, she followed. To let the events come to you, rather than fight them, was as important to seek out and prevent events. And.. when she got there, she understood exactly why. The shrine maiden was a kitsune. This kitsune, if she was forced to guess, was a good hundred years older, and had nine tails.

Hitomi had reverted from her disguise - which was.. not very involved, if she was honest - out of respect. The shrine maiden bowed as the others left, with Hitomi cutting a deeper bow.

"I am glad to see a fellow daughter of the spirits here, Ci Xiaoqiao." The maiden says. "I am Takeshimura Keiko. I am glad I stopped you, but I do think this would be beneficial to you to learn this before I get to why I stopped you."

She walks her to something on the edge of the shrine - a veritable crack that sets Hitomi's teeth on end. "Look inside.. but not too deeply."

Hitomi sees.. what she thinks is a dark dimension, and dares not extend her senses into it. But.. the sense of wrongness grows. And she finds herself instinctively closing it, repairing the fabric of the veil.

"I thought so." The maiden nods to herself, a theory confirmed.

Hitomi eyes the maiden. "... What was that dark dimension? And why did it feel like it had demons in it?"

"That was the Dark Dimension. It has demons in it."

Hitomi, out of respect, does not facepalm. She really wanted to.
(Quest: Main: "A War In Heaven: Clear the MCU front.": 'You saw one of the first fractures of an oncoming war. Now you had to clean it.' Objectives: Defeat Morgannu, Morgan Le Fay and Clear the Portals and Defeat the Fallen Goddess Dai Qishia, Repair the Rift. Rewards Epithet, Divine Essences, +100k XP, Void Power)

"Here." Hitomi is handed a book, some blessed paper, and ofuda. "You might need these."

[Hitomi has gained the subclass Priestess. Details pending.]

"And you should avoid getting near the you of this world. Bad things will happen, in your case specifically."

Still.. she got to spend some time just being with other kitsune. Hitomi had apparently been suppressing herself, although she commented it was probably wise for her to do so.


Relations with Kerian Pantheon: Very Good
Current World Goal: Ensure a future for mutants, Defeat ????, Purge the Daemonic Invasion

AP: 35 (+10 RP from this world) (21 completed quests)
RP: 414 (+23 RP from this world) (Regen: 224 RP)

Tree of the Heavens Health: 114.1% [Celestial Operatives Have Good Oversight; Heavenly Resources Normal; Celestial Bureaucracy Internal Affairs Bureau: Highly Efficient] (11/15 Times)
Incarnation Investigation: 1 Success; 1 Heat Meter

Enemy: Hong Meiling
Enemy Can Attempt to Interrupt: 1 Action.
Enemy Sight: Extremely Poor (80% miss chance)
Enemy Rolls Bonus: +40

Intrigue Bonus: +57
Celestial Host Time to Clear Orichalum: 1 turns
Celestial Host Time to Clear Diamond Corundum: 6 turns
Sight: Mystical (Gain more information, including the current of Fate, negate any attempt to obscure your sight)
Labyrinth of Regret: Completely Repaired [On Death, Xiaoqiao can live with a 75 instead of a DC 90. Enemy can no longer attempt to interrupt levelups. Xiaoqiao adds her level to your rolls to oppose the enemy.]

Ci Xiaoqiao () Awareness/Defiance: 27/300; 9 (Very Low.)
Ci Xiaoqiao Level: 15 XP: 31400/98500

-[] Generic
--[] Ask for help from Kerian Pantheon. (1 turns until usability) (Gain a +20 to a single roll.)
--[] Spend X points of AP to get more random encounters for Xiaoqiao . (1 AP = 2 encounters)
--[] Spend 8 RP per "suggestion" to have Xiaoqiao train an additional skill or technique. Specify which. Max: 3 suggestions.

-[] Conversion Actions
--[] Burn 2 AP for -10 Defiance (Can take as many times as you want.) (Cost goes up every fifth time) (Times Taken: 4)
--[] Burn 2 AP for -5 Awareness (Can take as many times as you want.) (Cost goes up every fifth time) [Taken 1 time]
--[] Spend resources to enhance your AP (Improve your magical options) (Gain +1 AP per 35 RP spent.) (Cost increases every +2 AP by +20 RP per AP) (AP is for this world, see transmigration mechanics.) (Taken three times)
--[] Improve RP Pool (1 AP for +10 RP. Cost triples every 3 AP spent. RP cost increase is for this world, see transmigration mechanics.) (2 AP spent)

-[] Divine Intervention Pool
---[] (MCU) Change the fate of ..
----[] The Ancient One (10 AP) (write in how)
----[] More will become relevant as we get closer to 2000.
---[] (MCU) Change..
----[] The Dark Dimension has apparently become a front for the Underworld. You could give Xiaoqiao some assistance by.. well, creating the Modern Knights of St. John. (3 AP)
----[] Nick Fury is currently manning a desk in SHIELD. Maybe he should get some real life experience? (Will randomly discover one ongoing threat.) (2 AP 10 RP) (On cooldown.)
----[] Cyberpunk enhancements? Way cool. Illegal cyber commanders under HYDRA's control? Very not. (Cybertek is revealed) (3 AP)
----[] For that matter, Xiaoqiao is looking for things, maybe she should be nudged towards a suspiciously empty orbital starship that contains an amazing power... (3 AP 50 RP) (Note: This may derail a lot of MCU canon.)
----[] A mutant nation? Maybe Genosha could.. not suffer the fate of it's canon counterpart. (2 AP 100 RP)
---[] Change the history of an organization (Base Cost: 2 AP. Please explain the change, and why.)
---[] Accelerate the history of an Avenger. (Cost: 16 AP 120 RP. Defiance/Awareness +10.) (pick one, explain how.) (Cost decreases per in universe year.)
---[] Set an encounter for Xiaoqiao to change the fate of someone. (Explain why, and who. Base Cost:2 AP. Note if this is something impossible it'll convert to a quest. Note that she cannot see Quests. Spending more AP will make it easier on Xiaoqiao.)
--[] Get Xiaoqiao a fortunate encounter (2 AP. Spend +2 AP to make it more fortunate.)
--[] Burn AP to reveal a hint about an ongoing quest. (1 AP for subquests, 2 AP for Main quests.)
--[] Send a Omen to the World. (6 AP. ??? Effects, mostly beneficial to Xiaoqiao.)
--[] Set One Good Roll to .. (30/1 AP, 50/2 AP, 70/3 AP) (This gives you and Xiaoqiao each one good roll.)
--[] Ensure a fateful meeting is positive for character. (+6 AP) (Action taken 8 times)
--[] Change the Fate of a Character. Note that more blatant displays of divine power will increase Awareness and possibly Defiance. (2 AP)
--[] Cause a sidequest to appear for Xiaoqiao. (2AP, spend additional AP to make it easier or increase effects.) (Write in quest in *detail.* Note better rewards might make the quest very annoying if you do not also spend more AP, and Xiaoqiao cannot see the quest details yet.) (Note that if you want it to increase a stat, or unlock stat training, start at 5 AP)

-[] Celestial Intrigue Actions
--[] Supercharge the Tree of the Heavens. (4 AP): This action is repeatable to Xiaoqiao's level. (12/15 times taken). Improvement rate is 6%. (115% for Good Heavenly Oversight; 125% for Heavenly Resources Superior.)(Action taken for maintenance recommended in 5 turns.)
--[] Incarnation seems risky, but yet the enemy persisted? (3 AP per turn, increased risk.) [Taken 2 Times]
--[] Improve trickle of resources. (50 RP 4 AP) (Gain +10 RP)
--[] Investigate Raven. (30 RP 3 AP)

--[] Celestial Bureaucracy Anti-Corruption Actions (24/25 Completed)
---[] (Unlocked) "Rebuild the Hall of Histories." (5 AP 80 RP) (9/10 turns) [LOCKED IN, must take consecutively.]

--[] [LOCKED] War in Heaven...

--[] Hong Meiling Actions
---[] Block Hong Meiling from placing a catspaw to increase her actions (5 AP 100 RP) (available in 5 turns)
---[] Strengthen your ability to defend. (-10 to Hong Meiling's rolls, +10 to your Intrigue) (5 AP 80 RP)

--[] Spend resources in aiding someone. (Cost: Variable)
---[] [Celestial Bureaucracy] You may be sealed up, but you know the ways of things. Grease palms to get things done. This will primarily have ??? benefits, as you're paying for information or slowing down event chains. (Unlocked by the Intrigue action completing) (Explain the cost and what you're looking for for that cost. Assume you'll need at least 35 RP to get anything useful.)
--[] Spend resources to create very bad luck for someone.. (Write-In, explain. Better explanations decrease cost, may have other benefits.)(Cost: 70 RP)

The interlude!



Tony Stark was working on back engineering the holographic technology in the communicator, as he had some ideas for it. On a screen, he was glaring at the newest Microsoft offering, Windows 3.0. And already contemplating rewriting it to better serve his needs.

But it was something he wanted to try out, and it let him backtrack an oddity. There had been buzz in some BBSs about a new node - something labeled themorningstar.t01k.space. And it was well secured. But he found it a fun puzzle, and eventually hacked through it..

But it took forever. He started timing responses, and found it came to about 16 and 2/3rds minutes. That... He drew a map, and drawing a line.. realized it wasn't a L1 or L2 relay. It was a L3 or L4 relay, much further out.

Except.. the time was decreasing. Every time. Whatever it was pointing to, was getting closer.

The terminal beeped, and he looked at it. "... I should have figured it'd have been you, Stark. Either one of you. Well, thanks for pointing out what wasn't secured. I've fixed it. Just.. contact me via the communicator, would you - CX." The terminal disconnects.

Tony laughed a bit. Well, that might explain the advanced.. well, in some places not.. technology.

(Hitomi is relocating her base to the L2 point, making it behave like an asteroid being captured to a closer orbit to Earth... not that anyone on Earth except the Kree would even know...)

Alexander Pierce liked to think he could control people like pawns. And having all of the security council's badges replaced ruined that. Director Carter was.. getting suspicious, he felt. Although, she was still focusing on branches that he could sacrifice without any compuction.

It was this Japanese maid that caused this, he felt, and even if it wasn't, she had eliminated several very important operatives and caused various targets of HYDRA to go to ground. As such, he sent a priority one call to HYDRA - eliminate this Takeda Hitomi.

(Hitomi is now Reputation HYDRA: -80 (Hunted.))
(Xiaoqiao has gained the title "Known By Your Enemies" (MCU) - "You've made enemies, and some would say that is the truest mark you stood for something. Still, keep your head on a swivel." (+3 DEX, +3 Perception, Sense Hostility in Auras.))

So. You've made yourself an enemy of HYDRA.
[ ] Well, if they're looking for a Japanese maid with blonde hair, just be none of those things. (Will spawn an event with Raven.)
[ ] Well. This means I can be walking bait? (More combat encounters.)
[ ] Write-In for a third option.

Meanwhile, on Asgard..

Thor was troubled, as he had been since encountering that strange fox-woman. Dimly, he could understand, but how should he be a warrior now? Loki had offered some suggestions, and Thor had struggled with it.. but he felt that this was a lot. A lot a lot.

Odin watched from a distance, and contemplated how to approach it, on his end. And .. between him and Frigga, the two were trying to bridge the gap with their sons. It was hard work.

But he had been reminded that hard work was necessary. And soon, he promised himself, he'd tell Loki about his heritage.

Heimdall continued to watch, and occasionally slip scrolls.

Moving it here:

Base Information

Ci Xiaoqiao (Keria: Cilia)(SWTOR: Xi'kahi)(MCU: Takeda Hitomi)

• Lv: 16
• Class: Combat Maid 1 (+LVL*20 to HP, +4 DEX, +4 VIT, +4 Armor)
  • Subclass: Sentinel of the Void - (+20 Armor, +10 Dodge, Gain ability to force foes to attack you, +10 Attack when defending) [? TNL]
  • Subclass: Jedi Consular 2 (+LVL*10 to Qi, +4 DEX, +2 INT, +5 VIT, +5 CHA; +3 to all Force Skills.) [Sealed, can no longer progress.]
  • Subclass: Meditant 5 (+LVL to VIT, CHA, DEX; +5 to Resistance; Gain "Unarmored Vitality", +30 Qi) [level MAX]
  • Subclass: Justicar 3 (+LVL*5 to Sense Motive, Perception, Investigation, Detect Lies L2, +LVL to WIS) [1/25 to progress]
  • Subclass Locked: Righteous Warrior (Prestige; Requirements: DEX or STR 75, Meditant and Justicar 5) (Gain Free +lvld10 holy damage to all attacks unless it's turned off.)
  • Subclass: Priestess 3 (+LVL*10 to Spellcraft, Healing, Spiritual Arts. Healing can regenerate lost or missing organs or parts. Gain feat "Repel Corruption". Gain the ability to create ofuda to deliver effects. +5 CHA, +5 WIS.) (1/40 to Priestess 4)
  • Subclass Locked: Miko (Prestige; req: Priestess 5, CHA 75, Blessing of the kamigami of Japan.) (+CHA to attacks and damage.)

• Race: Five-Tailed Kitsune (Keria: Four-tailed Kitsune.) (SWTOR: Amaran) (MCU: Five-tailed Kitsune.)
• HP: [2480/2480] (50 + 50 (feat) + 1000 Transcendental Health + 20 (class) + (5*64 (VIT) + 16*65 (64+1) (Lvl*(VIT+1))))
• Qi: [4001/4001] (147 + 100 Familiar + 500 Divine Might + 10*77 CHA + 32(2*Lvl)*77 CHA + 20 Jedi Consular)
• XP: 27,910/123,500

Combat Stats

[Proficiency Track: Unskilled (-20) (2 progress)/Novice (-15) (5 progress)/Initiate (-10) (15 progress)/Adept (-5) (25 progress)/Expert (0) (30 progress)/Master (+5) (55 progress)/Grandmaster (+10) (80 progress)]

Offensive (*2 skill points in training)

• Unarmed Attack [CHA]: 15 (Novice) (15 Trans) (+47 to-hit/+36 to damage (skill/4))
• Melee Attack[DEX]: 37 (Intermediate) (24 Trans 4 Title 3 Ability) [1.1/2 skill points] (+73 to-hit/+52 damage (skill/4))
  • Quarterstaff (Adept: -5 to rolls) [8/25]
  • Long Swords (Expert: 0 to rolls) [6/30]
    • Arms of the Starry Heavens [Lightsaber Mode]: (+9 Artifact) +72 to-hit/+57 damage
    • Blessed Sword of the Heavens: (+3 Artifact) +66 to-hit/+51 damage
• Ranged Attack[DEX]: 28 (Intermediate) (6 Title 22 Trans) (+68 to-hit/+42 damage (skill/4))
  • Handguns (20th Century Earth) (Initiate -10 to rolls) [8/15]
    • Glock 17 (+0) (+58 to-hit/+32 damage)
  • Chakram (Adept -5 to rolls) [3/25]
    • Arms of the Starry Heavens [Lightchakram Mode]: (+9 Artifact) +67 to-hit/+45 damage
  • Sniper Blaster Rifle (Adept: -5 to rolls) [5/25]

Armor: 81 (Base +35 Vitality/2 +16 + 10 Title + 2o Class)

• Heaven-Silk Kimono: 81 (10 Item +10 Amulet) + 5 Armor/Qi sunk into it
• Combat Maid Outfit: 71 (+10 Amulet) + 5 Armor/Qi sunk into it.

Skill Defenses (*2 skill points in training)

• Dodge [DEX]: 33 (Intermediate) (17 Trans + 3 Ability + 13 Class) [.5/2]
• Block [VIT]: 9 (Novice) (9 Trans) [.2/1]
• Parry [WIS]: 8 (Novice) (8 Trans)

Attributes:

• (Trans) Race: Kitsune [5*HP, full 4*INT MP, 4*(CHA+1) Qi; +3 STR +10 DEX +3 VIT +5 INT +10 WIS +10 CHA]

• STR: 38 (+19) (trans.str 11 + trans.race 3 + title 5 + epithet 4 + quest 15)
• DEX: 71 (+35) (trans.dex 12 + trans.race 10 + title 16 + class 13 + epithet 5 + quest 15)
  • AGI: 74 (+37) (dex: 68 + 2 title + 4 familiar)
• VIT: 65 (+32) (trans.vit 14 + trans.race 3 + title 9 + class 13 + epithet 11 + quest 15) (2/4)
• INT: 61 (+30) (trans.int 21 + trans.race 10 + class 3 + titles 8 + quest 15 + familiar 4)
• WIS: 59 (+29) (trans.wis 15 + trans.race 10 + titles 8 + class 7 + quest 15 + familiar 4)
• CHA: 77 (+38) (trans.cha 11 + titles 16 + epithet 9 + trans.race 10 + class 12 + quest 15 + familiar 4)
• LUK: 46 (+23) (trans.luk 8 + titles 3 + epithet 10 + aspect 10 + quest 15)

Unused Stat Point Pool: 0pts.

Skills

Languages

• Modern Serian, Aurebesh, Chinese, Japanese, English [Native Fluency]
• Russian [Mostly Fluent]

Passive Skills

• Knowledge (Late 13th Era Keria) [INT]: 11 (Novice) (11 Base)
• Knowledge (Kerian History) [INT]: 5 (Novice) (5 Base)
• Knowledge (Kerian Mysteries) [INT]: 9 (Novice) (9 Base)
• Knowledge(0 ATC era Star Wars) [INT]: 12 (Novice) (12 Base)
• Knowledge(The Force) [CHA]: 14 (Novice) (14 Base)
• Knowledge(1980s era MCU) [INT]: 45 (Adept) (45 Trans)
• Knowledge(Military Tactics) [INT]: 15 (Intermediate) (15 Trans)
• Knowledge(Astropyhsics) [INT]: 13 (Intermediate) (13 Trans)
• Knowledge(Botany/Biology) [INT]: 32 (Intermediate) (32 Trans) (1/2 sp)
• Knowledge(Chemistry) [INT]: 19 (Intermediate) (19 Trans) (1/2 sp)
• Knowledge(Engineering) [INT]: 26 (Intermediate) (26 Trans) (.4/2sp)
• Knowledge(Geology) [INT]: 22 (Intermediate) (22 Trans) (1/2 sp)
• Knowledge(Metaphysics) [INT]: 43 (Adept) (43 Trans) (1/3 sp)
• Knowledge(Materials) [INT] 41 (Adept) (41 Trans) (1/3 sp)
• Knowledge(Multiverse Theory) [INT] 29 (Novice) (29 Trans) (0/2 pts)
• Knowledge(Physics) [INT]: 25 (Intermediate) (25 Trans) (.7/2 pts)
• Knowledge(Planetary Atmospheres) [INT]: 29 (29 Trans) (1/2 pts)
• Knowledge(Psionics) [INT]: 6 (Novice) (6 Trans)
• Spiritual Arts [WIS]: 48 (Adept) (18 Trans + 30 Class) (0/3 pts)
• Perception [WIS]: 63 (Expert) (25 Trans + 23 Ability + 10 Class + 3 Titles) (2.5/3 pts) [+7 Situational Awareness]
• Resistance [VIT]: 47 (Adept) (18 Title + 3 Aspect + 19 Trans + 7 Item) (1.3/3pts)
• Sense Motive [WIS]: 57 (Adept) (42 Trans + 10 Class + 5 Title)
• Tranquility [VIT]: 49 (Intermediate) (46 Trans + 3 Class)

Active Skills

• Acrobatics [DEX]: 10 (Novice) (10 Trans)
• Appraise [INT]: 27 (Intermediate) (12 Trans + 15 Title) (1/2 sp)
• Craft (Simple) [INT]: 39 (Intermediate) (39 Trans) (1.9/2)
• Craft (Advanced) [INT]: 44 (Adept) (44 Trans) (.9/3)
• Create Magical Device [INT]: 26 (Intermediate) (26 Trans)
• Combat Dancing [DEX]: 18 (Intermediate) (18 Trans)
• Diplomacy [CHA]: 57 (Adept) (34 Trans+20 Epithet+3 Class) [+17 to [Persuasion]] [+10 to [Intimidate]] [*.6]
• Empathy [CHA]: 13 (Novice) (5 Title 5 Trans 3 Class)
• Escape Artist [DEX]: 16 (Novice) (3 Title 13 Trans)
• Flight [DEX]: 20 (Intermediate) (20 Familiar)
• Harvest [WIS]: 17 (Intermediate) (17 Trans) (1/2 sp)
• Healing [WIS]: 50 (Adept) (17 Trans + 30 Class + 3 Class) (1.8/2 sp) [*.6]
• Investigation [INT]: 47 (Adept) (22 Trans + 12 Title + 13 Class) (1/3 sp)
• Perform(Singer) [CHA]: 18 (Adept) (18 Trans) (1/2)
• Pilot (Large Craft) [INT]: 45 (Adept) (25 Trans + 20 Title)
• Pilot (Small Craft) [INT]: 24 (Intermediate) (24 Trans)
• Profession(Carpenter) [INT]: 6 (Novice) (6 Trans)
• Profession (Maid) [INT]: 58 (Adept) (58 Trans) (0/3 sp)
• Repair(Large Craft) [INT]: 46 (Adept) (10 Ability + 21 Trans + 25 Title) (1/2 sp)
• Repair(Small Craft) [INT]: 29 (Intermediate) (24 Trans + 5 Title)
• Riding (Four Legged Beasts) [DEX]: 6 (Novice) (6 Trans)
• Sleight of Hand [DEX]: 27 (Intermediate) (27 Trans) (1/2 sp)
• Spellcrafting [CHA]: 72 (Expert) (30 Trans + 30 Class + 2 Class + 10 Familiar) (0.26/3) [*.6]
• Stealth [DEX]: 22 (Intermediate) (22 Trans) (.3/2)
• Survival [WIS]: 21 (Intermediate) (8 Title + 3 Aspect + 10 Trans)
• Use Magical Device [CHA]: 35 (Intermediate) (35 Trans)

Quirks

Feats

• Perfect Memory (SRC: L1 Selection) - Your memory is perfect. You can recall anything not blocked by supernatural means of any kind, and gain a bonus to resistance rolls vs. supernatural memory means. Memory drugs do not work on you. You suffer no proficiency or skill loss due to memory dulling, and have vastly slowed loss of skills. Note that this only lessens the penalty due to the transmigration process for skills.
• Situational Awareness (Encounter): Being able to maintain situational awareness is key to survival. Gain the sub-skill and +1 to it.
• Memorized Aura Ping (SRC: L2 Selection): Once you have met someone, you will always have their presence or the feel of their aura memorized, and you will instinctively know when they draw near
• "Magic is Magic" (SRC: OPA) - All magic of types contribute to like pools (external magic to MP, internal magic to Qi). Transmigration does not seal access or progress in old pools
• "Keen Senses" (SRC: L3 Selection): Your senses are exceptionally keen. (Perception range doubled. Bonus of +5 Perception.)
• "Unarmored Vitality" (SRC: Meditant 3): Gain +VIT to Armor when wearing clothing or clothing armor.
• "Expand Spiritual Sea" (SRC: L4 Selection): Your spiritual sea can store double the weight and double the size of previous objects.
• "Blindfight" (SRC: L5 Selection) - Can make Perception without being able to see; No penalty to attack enemies she can hear.
• "To Be A Guardian" (SRC: L6 Selection) - When defending innocents, gain a +2 (+3 if the action costs you hp) bonus to all rolls that directly defend them from harm
• "Tough as the Mountains" (SRC: L7 Selection) - Gain +50 HP
• "Repel Corruption" (SRC: Cleric 1): Healing or magical healing will clear corruptive effects as well.
• "Unarmed Fighting" (SRC: Training): Can deal lethal and full damage (via STR or DEX) via unarmed attacks.
• "Evasion" (SRC: Training): On a successful dodge save, take half damage from area attacks.
• "Deadly Reflex" (SRC: L8 Selection) - You have a premonition of danger. Any sneak attack triggers an immediate perception roll to make a reaction attack. This attack can have only one technique or spell effect attached at a maximum of 150% strength. If this attack is a success, they do not gain the benefit of surprise.
• "Prodigious Caster" (SRC: L9 Selection) - You have a knack for understanding magic and techniques. Gain +5 Spellcraft, and require less time to learn techniques or spells.
• "Fatebreaker" (SRC: L10 Award) - Spot inflection points before you break Fate.
• "Qi Affinity" (SRC: L11 Selection) - You are attuned to magic very acutely. All costs -10% and you can sense other wizards or sorcerers within 100 miles.
• "Psionic Awakening" (SRC: L12 Selection) - "You have potential for psionic abilities. Can attempt to develop precognition, postcognition, telepathy, empathy, etc."
• "Improvised Weapon Mastery" (SRC: L13 Selection) "Anything in your hands can become deadly. Use nonstandard weapons, or anything that can hurt as a relevant category weapon. You will still need to practice to gain mastery of the weapon."
• "Crafter" (SRC: L14 Selection) "Can use Magic to convert matter to desired matter. Must know what you are converting to, at least to some degree. More involved knowledge makes this easier." (Unlocks the technique/spell category to do so. Does not innately award the spells.)
• "Acute Senses" (SRC: L15 Selection) "Can pinpoint noise, sight, or other sensory data with any sense."
• "Demon Hunter" (SRC: L16 Selection). "Thanks to experience, Xiaoqiao receives a bonus to perception against Demons and to resisting their magic."

Aspects

• Combat Style: The Scarlet Dancer [Tier 1]- 'To dance in combat is to be a dervish, constantly moving, a maelstrom of danger'
  • While moving, damage is 150%. Must move at least 10 feet every attack. Performance(Dance) adds to attack and damage. Flurry of attacks and multiple weapons penalty is decreased by -5*Tier (Currently Tier 1, penalty is -20) [7/25 combats to next tier]
• Rejected System Interface- "Pet, I see you chose your way, even if it is too much for a maid like you. I applaud it. May you grow into your role as Daughter of the Stars, than my pet maid. But you only get one shot." [Innate].
  • +5% XP gain, gain permanent Advantage (always get the best of two chances) on checks
  • +20 starting respect from patron Aphrial/ Heavenly Order of the Three Moonlit Paths
  • -20 starting respect from the Heavenly Order of the Sunlit Glades
• Questor of the Heavens- For better or worse, the PTB have their eyes on you now, and are watching you. At least they like you..? [Innate]
  • All quests are auto accepted. Events will conspire to give you more encounters and more chances to fulfill it, whether it's ill or good. (+10 LUK)
  • +35% chance of any random encounters.
  • Gain Amulet of the 7 Moons
• Gain Gamer's Body and Limited Gamer's Mind
• Patron: Aphrial, Outer Circle God of Romance [Tier 2]- "You are certainly able to withstand the storms. But you need to survive them, my fox. I will assist you in this." [Patron]
  • Marked as Owned by Aphrial to other deities and powers.
  • +30% damage to slavers, -15 Diplomacy vs slavers.
  • +30 to Diplomacy when matchmaking or convincing someone to give into desire or spend time with their partner, etc.
  • A Fire That Never Shall Go Out - When in a situation where enemies outnumber or outpower her, Xiaoqiao gains +30 Armor, +30 Melee Weapon Attack Power, +30 Ranged Attack Power
  • Daughter-in-Training of the Stars is now Tier 2, Forced Into Service updated to Forced Into Service [Tier 2]
  • Next tier unlocks at 1000 Respect (501 Respect) ("Princess of the Stars" unlocks then.)
• "Daughter of the Stars [Tier 2]: You are a daughter of the stars. They empower you, and you can hear the vast wisdom of the night sky.
  • In space, you always know your location.
  • +20 to Pilot/Repair (Large Vehicles)
  • You always know your orientation, and distance to poles and equator.
  • A bit dazzled by noon light
  • Gain Title: "Maiden of Endings" (replaces "Daughter of Endings")
• Guided by the North Star- "You keep your eyes fixed ever starward, and the heavens have demonstrated their faith in you."
  • Gain Performance(Singer) +5
  • Gain Song of the Stars: Once an hour, use Song of the Stars to boost morale and all stats of allies by +10.
• Celestial Navigation - "If you can see the sky
• Forced Into Service- "You make the most adorable maid, my pet. I think you should help others." [Patron]
  • You are a combat maid, and no matter your other professional skills, you will always be one.
  • Gain a starting 40 ranks in Profession(Maid)
  • A Maid Outfit always counts as armor.
  • Gain Title: "Professional Combat Maid" (replaces "Professional Maid")
  • +25 Diplo with other working class people, +45 on Diplo with other service workers
  • Elements of this aspect will upgrade with ranks and feats
• Blessings of the Kerian Pantheon: The pantheon did not withdraw their blessing, grateful for your actions.
  • +3 Resistance, +3 Survival, +3 Dodge, +3 Melee Attack
• Boon of Kahria: Upon migrating to Keria, you were granted a boon. [Innate]
  • +5 Empathy (and access to the restricted skill); +5 Healing; Access to the MP pool;
• Divine Conduit: Khalian Worship[Setting]: You were deemed worthy of Khaliah's power.
  
  • Spend an hour each morning in ritual prayer, gain spells "Cure", "Guidance", "Sanctuary", and "Longstride.". Spell potency and number increase with use of power/spells.
  • (Sealed)
• Innate Sense: Detect any form of magic (qi, mana or force) at will.
• Attune Items: Can attune x items to your spiritual sea and quick withdraw them without concern to time. Current limit: 40
  • Note this does not include items inside bags of holding, but the bag itself must be pulled out to access items inside it.
• Heavenly Library Access [Tier 1] - Boost one training by +40, two slots up to 60 ranks. Gain SP for use of a skill in a turn.
• Ofuda - Deliever a spell, or attempt a banish attempt at your Spellcraft DC+class total+25+relevant bonuses.(158+relative bonuses).

Titles

• "Last of Her World" - +2 to VIT, +5 to Survival, +5 to Resistance (skill)
• "Fox Maid"- +10 to CHA, +5 to INT.
• "Star in Training" - Every star in the heavens was once a mortal, or so the teachings go. You are training, so that one day, your wishes will be as a star in the heavens. +2 CHA, +2 VIT, +5% to Diplomacy
• "Maiden of Endings [Tier 1]" - +15 Respect gain, +10 Inspiration to revolutionaries, +20 vs rolls to impose fate, +10 [Intimidate], +5 Investigation
• "Professional Combat Maid" - +10 to Appraise, +2 STR, +4 DEX, +1 AGI, +1 INT, +20 on Diplomacy vs Other Maids, +10 Armor, +5 Repair
• "The Defender of the Many": +5 to VIT,STR,DEX when in combat or defending others. +10% to checks to defuse combat situations.
• "Freedom Seeker": +3 to Escape Artist, +3 to DEX.
• "Bringer of Peace": +1 WIS, +1 CHA, +5 to all rolls involving the undead.
• "Reluctant Defender": Your gentle strength has been made to kill.. but you will always regret the necessity. (+1 WIS, +1 DEX, +2 Melee Combat, +2 Ranged Combat, +10 HP vs betrayal ambush/sneak attack.)
• "Memories of Keria": +3 WIS, +1 VIT, +1 CHA, +15% chance of seeing fragments of the past, +2 Diplomacy bonus when interacting with Deities or other Meditants), +1 to Ranged/Melee Weapons, +3 Resistance
• "Unbroken": You faced an army that sought to kill you, and those you would protect, and they broke upon you. +2 VIT, +10 to Resistance.
• "Battle Tested": You have been tested in battle, and not found wanting. +1 VIT, +1 DEX, +1 Bladed Weapons, +1 Ranged Weapons
• "Surpassing Oneself": When you reached your limit, you broke through Fate, and pushed forward. This is the truth of being a hero - to never give up in the face of adversity. +1 to all stats;
  • Gain +5 to all stats per surpassing oneself. [3 time]
• "Curse Breaker" (Acquisition Conditions: Break 5 curses) "You ain't afraid of no curse." (+10 Resistance)
• "A True Righteous Warrior" (Acquisition: >1000 Qi) "Your spiritual sea is a raging ocean, your mind clear. This is a true righteous warrior. Your first step on the path to challenge the heavens." (+10% chances of gaining understanding)]
• "A True Warrior of the Three Kingdoms" (Acquisition: >1000 HP) "Your body is a temple, your health clear. You are a true warrior of th three kingdoms!" (2* skill progress for any combat skill or defense.)
• "The Exceeder" (Acquisition: Beat a DC 200) "To surmount a challenge by the gods is to surpass all reason." (+15% XP, one time +30 Respect from friendly Celestial Bureaucracy entities)]
• "Detective-Inspector of Phoenix City" (Quest Reward) "You know that one truth will prevail" (+10 Investigation, +2 WIS)
• "Memories of A Galaxy Far Far Away" (Transmigration) - "Your life may have been short, but you had an interesting one." (+5 Appraise, +5 Empathy, +10 Armor)
• "Known By Your Enemies" (MCU) - "You've made enemies, and some would say that is the truest mark you stood for something. Still, keep your head on a swivel." (+3 DEX, +3 Perception, Sense Hostility in Auras.)
• ""An Outlaw In Space" 'Being an outlaw means you often have to rely on your wits.' (Gain +15 to sneak attack detection, +15 to sneak attack initiation.)

Epithets

• Godslayer: You have killed a god. Deservedly, but still, even a incarnate who is still mortal killing a god changes you. You have stood up, and proved loud and clear, that Fate must be challenged as often as obeyed, and that even a god cannot be immune to justice if it goes against the Mandate of the Heavens.
  • +20 Persuade/Intimidate with Divine Followers
  • +2.5* damage to Deities
  • +10 Luck.
  • -10 to Divine Aura in encounters/battles.
• Xiaoqiao, the Defender. 'You protected all three, against an organization and nation that would see you founder. You proved that you are willing to stand any storm to defend those you hold dear.' (+4 STR, +6 VIT, +3 Resistance, +3 Tranquility, +40 Reputation(Pheonix City), +40 Reputation Aphrial, +10 Reputation(Keria)
• Xiaoqiao, the Saintess of Warriors - Through your arms and deeds, you are remembered as a Saintess on Cilia (+4 CHA, +Reputation with Revolutionaries, +30 Rep with Aphrial, +20% Damage against Tyranny)
• Xiaoqiao, the Dawnseeker: To fall for the new dawn is no misery. +10 Diplomacy, +5 DEX, +5 VIT, +15 damage/to-hit vs evil, Reputation Gains: +20 Reputation with Aphrial, +10 Reputation with Kerian Pantheon
• Xiaoqiao, the Vigilant: 'The horrors of the past should never be repeated. The price of peace is constant vigilance.', +10 Diplomacy, +5 CHA, Enemy agents have a chance to treat you as an ally if they are not moving against you.

Divine Aspects

• Essences: 12 total (5 spent on aspects) (1 spent on other)
  • [Tier 1] The Web of Connections - See the tides of fate, and gain post/precognition. This allows for her to see something related to a person, and get a divination of an important thing related to it on a DC 50+target strength on Spellcrafting. This also applies to post and prediction.
  • [Tier 1] Divine Might +500 Qi
  • [Tier 1] Imbuing Presence - Her Qi and Aura soak into objects she's using, constantly, but slowly, raising Artifact level.
  • [Tier 1] - Killing Instinct: Xiaoqiao can radiate a killing instinct at a target, imposing demoralization.
  • [Tier 2] - Divine Senses: As an incarnate, Xiaoqiao's eyes are not blinded by darkness, nor her ears sound, nor can she can be fooled by mortal means or incarnates or deities with less essence than her. As her mortal senses increase, so does the effect from this. Gain extremely precise senses.
  • [Tier 2] - Flying Sword - While originally a mortal art, an incarnate can fly on an sword made of energy, with the added boni that once created, it requires no maintenance, and will only disappear once the incarnate runs out of energy. For every tier of divine aspect reached (2, currently), you can shoot 2 swords at the same damage as your melee attack as an ranged attack while flying. Flies at move speed (or Flash Step speed if used)
  • [Tier 2] - Transcendent Health - +1000 HP
  • [Tier 2] - Divine Resilience - Gain immunities to many mortal worries, and gain the ability to breathe in space or other voids. (Immunity: Aging, Poisons, Temperature Extremes (within reason, she would, like Thor, be very unhappy when a sun's output is focused on her.), etc.)
  • [Tier 2] - Create A Pocket Plane - You can create a plane that you control and can retreat to. This plane is considered coterminus to the main one, and it's defenses are based on your rank. Note that you can not overlay your plane onto this one yet. Such a plane will by default not be habitable without work. Powers that work on your spiritual sea will work on this plane, and enhance your plane's size. (Note: Xiaoqiao can use this for attunement, but later, will get powers that enhance this, such as using it to overlay onto another plane and unleashing attacks from prepared weapons.)

Powers

• Gamer's Body - Medicines take effect instantly, and every hour of rest restores 15% of all resources, and 1 extreme injury, 2 serious injuries, and 4 minor injuries. Injuries that would remove limbs or immediately kill the player are converted to HP damage instead. In this case, though, it's a blessing of the Celestial Bureaucracy.
• Wandering Last Survivor- You are the last survivor of your world. You have made your peace with this, but it has affected you deeply.
  • When attempting an Appraise or Performance roll, gain 18 in it, as you recall a story, or event, from your old world.
  • Gain Title: "Last of Her World"
• Kitsune Tail Powers
  • First Tail' - Channel magic/technique through weapons; requires a certain amount of material.
  • Second Tail - Gain Fox-Fire. (3d10 mystical fire, can target targets = number of tails, or use it to enhance stats by +3 per tail)
  • Third Tail - Damage of Fox-Fire increases to 5d10, stat increase to +5 per tail.
  • Fourth Tail - Gain Create Illusions, as if it was a L3 spell. These are exceptionally believable.
  • Fifth Tail - Can disguise kitsune nature, bypassable with a Very Difficult Spellcraft check, as well as Fox-Fire being 7d10 per 10 Qi spent on it (stat increase is now +7 per tail.)
• Fatebreaker - Gain +5 to any roll to alter fate. In certain situations, can change history towards the users will.
• Limited Gamer's Mind- One playing the Game of the System gains a mind of a video game character. In this case, though, it's a blessing of the Celestial Bureaucracy.
  • Needs 2 hour of rest per 24 hours up. Can force immediate sleep, and mind control and alteration effects no longer function. Lessens the effects of extreme stress and emotion, and grants access to the Concentration and Tranquility skills.
• "The Stars of the Heavens Purify All In Their Sight" - +10 to any roll purifying or cleansing an area, can spend +50% Qi to make any area attack cleanse.
• Instructor - Can teach others arts and techniques that the user knows, as long as they are not more complex than the level of Instructor. (Current Level 1: Dim Perception)

Techniques

[Dim Perception -> Slight Perception -> Approaching -> Slight Understanding -> Deep Understanding -> True Understanding -> Instinctive Mastery][Unskilled->Initiate->Adept->Disciple->Expert->Master->Grand Master->True Master]

• From the sounds of the rivers, to the winds of the forests, to the mist of the sea, everything becomes enlightenment. [Tier 3][+50% accuracy][DC 50+Difficulty Spellcraft to learn techniques]

• Spiritual Sea(School: The Void and the Stars)[Deep Understanding][Disciple] - The size of a medium town (1 mi by 1 mi by .4996 mi) (1609.3 x 1609.3 x 804.1 meters )
  • The Filament of Stars [Spellcrafting Check: DC 36] - Can control the atmosphere of a bubble in the spiritual sea, as well as methods of access to it.
  • Chapel of the Void Completion Bonus - Bump the sea size up by three tiers.
• The Inner Flow of Qi (School: The Void and the Stars)[Instinctive Understanding][Master] - Refills 70/Qi minute up to the cap. Negates 110 Qi cost/-25 to-hit on [Qi] tagged techniques. Can focus this to add 25% damage, +40 to-hit. This focus costs 80 Qi, and lasts for two minutes. Can absorb Qi from the environment up to 15% of cap.
• Perfect Vision (School: The Void and the Stars)[Deep Understanding][Adept] - "See beyond sight. Hear beyond hearing." Costs: 131 Qi activation; With effort, see through suppressed or hidden Qi. Sense Qi flow (all known types), and other magical or supernatural powers. Once activated, does not turn off. Can see through invisibility effects. Sense auras and hostility. Will grant a Dodge chance for an attack from Stealth even if undetected. [Qi]
• Flash Step (School: The Void and the Stars)[Slight Understanding][Adept] Cost: 190 Qi/minute. When activated, you can move at 21*AGI ft/round. (176.59 mph/284.194 kph) [Qi]
• Mastery of Self(School: The Void and the Stars)[True Understanding][Adept] Cost: 125 Qi for activation. During activation, gain +60 to resist curses, or technologies that alter your self. You are aware of memory alteration effects, and able to detect reality alteration effects. Resist atmospheric penalties for low oxygen, too cold, too warm (-30 C to 60 C). This stays on until deactivated. [Qi]
  • Trait: Psionic Resistance: Immunity to mental takeover, +70 to telepathic attacks and mind reading attempts.
• True Strike (School: The Void and the Stars)[Instinctive Mastery][Initiate] Cost: 120 Qi. This allows you to add double your attack bonus to a cap of +50 added. [Qi]
• Perfect Strike (School: The Void and the Stars)[Approaching Understanding][Adept] Cost: 300 Qi. This allows you to add double your attack bonus to damage and to-hit to a cap of +100 added. [Qi]
• The Mountain Stands Alone Against The Wind and Trees (School: The Cold Light of the Moon)[Deep Understanding][Initiate] - Cost: 120 Qi/pool. Each pool allows you to negate 100 damage. On taking 200 damage from any single source, make a Tranquility DC check at damage/10 to maintain the remaining pools. Can replenish floating pool by spending same amount of activation Qi. [4 uses]
• Instant Transmission(School: The Techniques of a Hero of the Past) [Approaching][Expert] [Spellcrafting Check: DC 90]- Cost: 120 Qi. Can teleport yourself to a location you can see or place. Can do this without regard to distance, plane. Must be in the same universe. [12 uses]
  • Trait: Can carry people with her, or objects up to her carrying capacity. Can also group teleport within a radius of 100'.
  • Trait: Can summon the Bifrost as a visual to mask her teleportation.
  • Trait: Inherent boost to manipulating any device or spell that deals with teleportation or spatial manipulation
• "Zone of Truth" (School: The Cold Light of the Moon)[Dim Perception][Disciple] "The moon compels truth to all who see it's beauty" Cost: 150 Qi/minute. While active, the caster can compel a target to speak. The DC is the casters CHA+INT vs their CHA+INT. It is a pure battle of aura. [20 uses]
• Shield of the Heavens (School: The Cold Light of the Moon)[Slight Perception][Disciple] "The moon shields the stars from view, so shall you shield those behind you." Cost: 150 Qi/minute. Extend a shield to deflect blows in a arc in front of you, covering 60'. This will block attacks up to 400 damage. While you are doing this, you cannot move.
• "Jedi Persuade" (School: The Force)[Approaching][Adept Art] (Spellcrafting DC 100) - Cost 120+? Qi (see notes). You can attempt to influence minds to agree with you or do something. Note that stronger willed individuals will add 100 Qi. You may need a Spiritual Arts check to influence them. Some are just immune.
• "The Eternal Library" (School: Technique of a Hero of the Past)[Approaching][Adept Art] - Cost 40 Qi/minute. Can manifest a book that Xiaoqiao took time to learn. Note that books require 6 hours per three hundred pages to add to the library. The library can store 10 + 5 * Understanding Tier + INT + CHA books. Books added to the library can only be retrievable for a month unless copied down to something else and readded. (Improvements allow for more books, faster copying, longer storage.)
• Status(School: The Cold Light of the Moon) Cost: 30 Qi. Gain basic weather status, time, location, magic flows. Viewable data is limited by wielders understanding and ability to understand what raw data means.
  • Unlocked Features: Self Status
  • Locked Features: Is Person Enemy?, Weather Prediction, Adv. Weather Prediction, Electromagnetic Flow, Magic Status, Biome Status, Chemical and Radioactive Breakdown, Sanctity, Geological Resources, Enemy Power Level Perception, Enemy Status
• "Matter Conversion"(School: The Forge of the Gods) [Initiate Art][True Understanding] - Cost 85 Qi/cubic meter or liter. The spellcrafting DC goes up by the chart below depending on material. So does the cost. Improvement of the technique increases the amount that can be converted per cast, and decreases DC/cost increases.
  • Trait: In Situ Repair: Can repair components that are primarily metallic or alloys with this spell.
  • Trait: High Efficiency Mineral Conversion: When converting to a metal or other mineral that is solo element, it is -20 Qi/cubic meter.
  • Trait: Alloy Melder: Can create an alloy with the same cost as HEMC. Alloys created in this way are harder to analyze or identify.
• "Matter Compression"' (School: The Forge of the Gods) [Initiate Art][Dim Perception] - Cost 200 Qi per cubic meter to compress a mineral into a much more dense form.
• "Matter Transference" (School: The Forge of the Gods) [Initiate Art][Dim Perception] - Cost 100 Qi per cubic meter per meter moved. - Move materials x meters. Can move through solid objects.
• The Night Winds That Bring Relief "The cool night winds bring relief to all." (School: The Flashing Sands, the Hot Winds)[Slight Understanding][Initiate Art] (Spellcrafting DC: 45+12 for every 50 Qi) - For every 50 Qi spent, heal 12d10 damage.
• The Fire That Summons the Night Winds "Alight your sword, and charge your soul! Summon the night winds with the purifying fire." (School: The Flashing Sands, the Hot Winds)[Approaching][Expert Art] (Spellcrafting: DC 115) - Cost: 110 Qi. Single target, damage: 14d25 + 15d20 fire.
• The Blade of the Stars That Judges"The light of the stars overflows with the judgement of the just." (School: The Flashing Sands, the Hot Winds)[Instinctive Mastery][Adept Art] (Spellcrafting: DC 44)- Cost: 200 Qi. (Damage: 10d20 normal + 12d25 holy + 13d20 fire) If the target takes any damage, you can attempt to purify them. You purify at a bonus of +130.
  • Traits: Purifying Judgement: Gain +20% damage against enemies standing in the way of a new dawn as long as they are equal or greater than you in power.
  • Traits: The Wrath of the Righteous: Can double the cost for double the damage and a +50 in purification bonus.
• [Forbidden Technique: Megiddo] "Channel the wrath of Armageddon. Let no evil survive." (School: The Flashing Sands, the Hot Winds)[Dim Perception][Grand Master Art] (Spellcrafting: DC 200) - Cost: 500 Qi. Deal (20d15 fire+20d20 void+25d20 normal+20d20 stellar) damage to everything within a 250' range. Requires a DC 140 Tranquility check to avoid dealing this damage to yourself. Requires a DC 125 Tranquility check to not lose an amount of Qi equal to amount used. This technique takes three days to recharge. Using a ritual cast decreases all DCs by 30.
• "Star Clone Technique" (School: The Cold Light of the Moon) [Deep Understanding][Expert][50 Qi/clone/hour] OR [50 Qi/minute] - This can be used in two ways. First, to provide clones with enough Qi to act as decoys or effective shadows. (Grants +15 Dodge, +25% chance to negate attack.) A second usage is using clones to speed learn skills and knowledge. This is at a penalty, and is mostly useful for low level skills or current information. These clones can do some level of tasks, but nothing that the owner regards as complex.
• "The Light of the Moon Leeches All"(School: The Cold Light of the Moon) [Deep Understanding][Disciple] 40 Qi/attempt. - Dispel magic and magical effects from an person. Spellcraft DC is level of enemy caster + spell bonus - 50. Permanent curses from non deities are DC 100 to dispel for objects and people. Deities are DC 170. To gain the spell or effect from a dispelled item, make a DC 140+item rarity grade spellcheck.
  • Traits: Divine Healer, Disenchanter.
• "Telekinetics" (School: Psionics) [Slight Perception][Initiate] - Cost: 140 Qi per 5 kg. This lets you push, pull, or throw something telekinetically.
• "The March of the Righteous Host" (School: The Cold Light of the Moon) [Deep Understanding][Disciple] - Cost: 90 Qi, Allies gain +(CHA/3)+8 to Attack, Damage, Regeneration +100 HP/minute, +3 Qi/minute, Corruption Resistance, and +30 to resist fear.
• ["Straight Fist Punch"]["Seiken-zuki"](School: Jigen Haō-ryū)[Approaching][Initiate] - Cost: 185 Qi. Deal 14d20 normal damage to a single target. Has a -20 to-hit penalty. [Qi]
  • Variant ["Holy Fist Punch"] replace normal with holy.
• ["Holy Spear Kick"]["Seiken-zuki"] (School: Jigen Haō-ryū)[Slight Understanding][Initiate] - Cost: 210 Qi. Jump high, and descend with a diving kick, charging with holy energy - 15d10 normal damage and 18d10 holy damage. On damage > 150, knock target back. Has a -20 to-hit penalty. [Qi]
• ["Whirlwind Tornado Kick"]["Senpū Tatsumaki-geri"] (School: Jigen Haō-ryū)[Slight Understanding][Disciple] - Cost: 200 Qi. Spins rapidly to generate a powerful vortex, parrying attacks and incoming long ranged attacks. Incoming attacks have a 35% hit chance until this attack is completed. Enemies nearby have a 60% chance to miss anything due to the vortex. It ends with a 19d20 normal attack to a target. Has a -20 to-hit penalty. [Qi].
• ["Bullet Rock-Breaking Fist"]["Dangan Hagan-ken"] (School: Jigen Haō-ryū)[True Understanding][Adept] - Cost: 220 Qi. This attack strikes the ground with a charged fist, shattering the ground and dealing 13d20 to everyone around for a 90' range, potentially knocking them over if they fail an Athletics check. [Qi]
• ["Flashing Magic Kick"]["Senkō Majutsu-geri"] (School: Jigen Haō-ryū)[Seeking Understanding][Adept] - Cost: 190 Qi. This attack strikes the enemy with a leg charged with the wind from above, followed by a bounce back blow. (Damage: 9d20 wind + 17d20 electric + 10d20 normal). [Qi]
• ["Blue Sky Crimson Fist"]["Soten Guren-ken"] (School: Jigen Haō-ryū)[Seeking Understanding][Adept] - Cost: 190 Qi. A simple uppercut, blowing the enemy back. (Damage: 14d20 fire + 12d20 water + 8d10 normal) [Qi]
• ["Spinning Meteor Punch"]["Ryusei Rasen-ken"] (School: Jigen Haō-ryū)[Seeking Understanding][Adept] - Cost: 340 Qi. Pierce a target with stellar damage and then behind it for 150'. (Deal: 30d30 damage to one target, then 12d20 stellar damage for 150' in a line behind it.) [Qi]
• ["The Force of the Cleansing Gale"]["Shippu-zuki"] (School: Jigen Haō-ryū)[Deep Understanding][Intitiate] - Cost: 310 Qi. Disperses Misama or other harmful gasses within a 300' sphere. Any enemies in it are blown back with 15d20 damage. (Deal: 30d30 damage to one target, then 12d20 stellar damage for 150' in a line behind it.) [Qi]
• ["Earth-Rending Wave Fist"]["Hadō Reppaku-ken"] (School: Jigen Haō-ryū)[Deep Understanding][Intitiate] - Cost: 260 Qi. Deal damage of 15d20 earth in a 120' wave in front. [Qi]
• [Meikyo Shisui] (School: Jigen Haō-ryū)[Adept Art][True Understanding] - Cost: 115 Qi. Pass a Tranquility check of DC 70 to activate, 40 Qi activation cost. Unlocks attacks tagged Inner Mystery. Your next three attacks are double damage. Gain +40 Armor (40 DR) and +20 Dodge. After 5 minutes, this deactivates and you cannot reactivate it for an hour. [Qi]
• [Pheonix Technique]["Kyōiwaza"] (School: Jigen Haō-ryū)[Dim Perception][Expert] (Spellcraft DC: 170) - Cost: 450 Qi. Manifest all the fragments of your soul into a blazing pheonix, and summon it forth. Deal 40d30 damage to one target. The technique also deals the same damage to any buildings in it's path. As a finale, use it to shatter any target. (DC 130+30 per object size Spellcraft, must succeed in a ranged or melee attack depending on distance.) [Qi][Inner Mystery]]
• [Burning Heat Fist]["Netsu-ken"] (School: Jigen Haō-ryū)[Approaching][Expert] (Spellcraft DC: 130) - Cost: 425 Qi. Channel your will to win, your love, your sorrow and all of your anger. [Melee Attack] (Deal 25d20 transcendent damage + 30d20 fire damage to one target. Make an immediate melee attack. On success, the target is caught in a giant glowing hand. All further attacks bypass armor to this target for 10 turns. Make a further DC 70 Tranquility check for HEAT END (Deal 55d20 fire damage.) [Qi][Inner Mystery]
• [Sky and Earth Shattering Fist]["Sekiha Tenkyoken"] (School: Jigen Haō-ryū)[True Understanding][Expert] (Spellcraft DC: 120) - Cost: 500 Qi. Focus all of the might of your soul into your fist, and summon the winds of the King, to restore the peace. [Ranged Attack] (Deal 70d40 transcendent damage to one target) [Qi][Inner Mystery]]
• [Hidden Technique: "Killing Blow: Holy Gale Crimson Rock-Breaking Flash Meteor Rending Fist"; Acquire Conditions: Drop below 10% HP. Use: Under 25% HP, Meikyo Shisui and The Inner Flow of Qi Active, Cost: All Remaining Qi. Manifest a bunch of spiritual clones that all channel an attack. Damage: 18d20 holy + 13d20 wind + 14d20 fire + 13d20 normal + 17d20 + 20d20 stellar + 20d20 Earth + 50d25 transcendent. The last will also damage/destroy terrain behind the target. After usage, all damage from techniques is quartered for a hour. Level: Expert. Understanding: True] [Not Yet Realized]
• Spells: Create Book From Memory, Copy Book

Allies

• Teria, White Dove Familiar
  • Tier 10 Familiar: +100 Qi, +20 Perception, Flight +15, +10 Spellcrafting, +4 to all mental stats and AGI.
  • Ability: Shared Senses, Deliver Ranged Spell, Bestow Flight, Maximize Technique (4/turn), Teleport Boost, Shield (10 uses/turn)

Items

• Amulet of the 7 Moons- A mystical amulet. [bound to transmigrator soul]
  • Effects: Sigil of Khaliah, +1 to all rolls at night, +10 Armor, +25% Holy Damage
  • Effects: Blessing of Water, +1 to all rolls near water, +5% chance to resist disease and poisons
• 'The Arms of the Starry Heavens' [Artifact Level 1][Extraordinary Grade][Attuned] - +9 to-hit/+9 damage. Ability: "Magic is Magic" granted; These weapons are attunable, and allow for any arts to be channeled through them. Force Powers and Qi based Techniques deal double damage when channeled. When in use, the wielder throws off doubles, in a Bunshin like effect, granting the wielder +15% to Dodge.]
• 'Blessed Sword of the Stars' [Artifact Level 1][Unknown Grade][Attuned] - +3 to-hit/+3 damage. Ability: None. Is an impossibly hard sword, but counts as wooden. Is also immune to fire. Permits any arts to be channeled through them.
• Heaven-Silk Kimono (Artifact) - [Attuned][Legendary Grade] This beautiful kimono made of mystical silk provides resilience and armor to match full armor. (Resistance works against all hazards, does not require feats; +7 Resistance; +5 Armor +5 Armor/Qi spent on the kimono) [+5 Armor for attuning][10 upgrades remaining]
• "The Way of Flowing Lakes, Roaring Waterfalls and Still Waters", an instructional book that can be read and studied to improved Martial Arts and teach up to and including Adept level Arts
• Small Knapsack of Holding - [Attuned] Can store up to 25kg of items in the spiritual sea.
• Astral Starshine - [Artifact Level 1] 200 damage/30 Qi a shot. Must declare elemental type per shot. When attuned, gain +50 damage and +20 accuracy. Can be set to "semi-automatic", allowing three shots a round. Qi a shot is now 35. On a spellcrafting check of DC 140, the gun can be overloaded to go to fire nine shots a round, at 500 damage/75 Qi per. This lasts for five rounds, after which time the gun needs to be magically cooled down and cannot be overloaded again for a day. [Attuned]
• Ring of the Stars - [Attuned] *1.5 damage to all spells.
• Bracer of Armor - [Wore] 15% chance to negate attacks that make it past Dodge.
• Rainbow Rose - ???

Currency

• 13,112 USD.
• 5x Glock 17s, ammo, taser guns, etc.

Collectibles

• Historic Tomes of The Slime Country: Vol. 1, 2

Setting Archive

• Kerian Specific Things
• SW TOR Specific Things

Quests

Ongoing

• [Defining][Main] Become Who You Were Meant To Be": You saw a beautiful ten-tailed kitsune in that pool of stars, pretty and strong. You saw your future. Objectives: Gain Level 100, CHA 100. Have Eight Moments of Exceeding Yourself [4/8], ???? , ????. Reward: Epithet, Power.
• [Subquest] "Develop a Fold Drive for the Base": 'You need an FTL drive. And you know of a way to make multiple things make the fold drive from an old theory.' Objectives: Develop a Working Fold Drive, Rewards: 12000 XP, gain a base that can travel through space, ???), Failure: Leave the MCU world before completion, do not attune the base.
• [Main] "A War In Heaven: Clear the MCU front.": 'You saw one of the first fractures of an oncoming war. Now you had to clean it.' Objectives: Defeat Morgannu, Morgan Le Fay and Clear the Portals and Defeat the Fallen Goddess Dai Qishia, Repair the Rift. Rewards: Epithet, Divine Essences, +100k XP, Void Power
• [MCU] "Demonic Incursion: Repair the Seal or Defeat the Sealed Demon": 'A seal in Japan is weakening, and you have been asked to investigate.' Objectives: Investigate the Seal, ????, ????. Rewards +1 Priestess Level, Ofuda Ability Improves, 15000 XP
• [MCU] "Investigate the Kree Monolith 'No one who has entered this has left.' Objectives: Enter the Monolith, Defeat Hive. Failure State: Get Absorbed by Hive. Rewards: Title, +Rep with Vatican, +Knights Hospitaller, +SHIELD, --Rep with HYDRA, 50000 XP. NOTE: Not recommended under Level 20.
• [Main] "Gain Divine Senses" 'A being of divine rank 3 does approach the threshold of demigod-hood. You should work on senses beyond senses.', Objectives: Find the Library of All Worlds, Research Divine Senses, Meet the Requirements for Tier 1, Reach Perception 101 Rewards: +26000 XP, Title "Demigoddess of the Void"

Contacts

• Coulson, Fury

Respect

• Aphrial: 501 (Trusted Agent)
• Heavenly Order of the Three Moonlit Paths: 298 (Trusted Daughter)
• Kamal-Taj: 20
• Iron Gang: -20
• Howard Stark: -5 (Unsettled)
• Tony Stark: -5 (Unsettled)
• MCU PRC: 13
• MCU Inhumans: 25
• MCU Ten Rings: -10
• MCU Soviet Union: 15
• MCU CIA: 10
• MCU Wakanda: -5
• MCU HYDRA: -80 (Hunted)
• MCU SHIELD: 25 (Useful Freelancer)
• Kerian Pantheon: 93 (Very Positive)
• Keria: 250 (Saintess)
• Jedi Order: 100 (Respected Jedi Knight of Antiquity)
• Heavenly Order of the Sunlit Glades: -20 (Slightly Negative)

And now, the next turn. War in Heaven actions will be affected by heaven status - for example, at 125% progress on the Tree of the Heavens.


From Last Turn(s)
Gain: Currency (+13,112$ USD), 5x Glock 17s, plenty of ammo, taser guns, etc.)
Craft(Advanced): +23.7sp, Craft(Simple): +17.1sp, Perception: +.9 sp, Knowledge(Engineering) +12sp, Knowledge(Physics) +5.5sp, Knowledge(Materials) +14sp, Knowledge(Multiverse Theory) +5sp, Knowledge(Planetary Atmosphere) +10sp, Knowledge(Botany/Biology) +5sp, Spellcraft +1.1sp, Healing +.8sp

(Healing will now have it's points multiplied by .6 as it is at rank 50. Spellcrafting will now multiply it's points by .6 as well.)

Subclass: Priestess 3 (conv Cleric 2) -> (+LVL*10 to Spellcraft, Healing, Spiritual Arts. Healing can regenerate lost or missing organs orparts. Gain feat "Repel Corruption". Gain the ability to create ofuda to deliver effects. +5 CHA, +5 WIS.) (1/40 to Priestess 4)
Subclass Locked: Miko 1 (Prestige of Priestess, req: Priestess 5, CHA 75, Blessing of the kamigami of Japan.) (+CHA to attacks and damage.)

Ability: Ofuda - Deliever a spell, or attempt a banish attempt at your Spellcraft DC+class total+25+relevant bonuses.

Perfect Strike 3 uses, The Fire of the Star That Judges 3 uses
(Hitomi feels she has an insight into a mass attack technique and adding elemental traits to it. Next 'downtime', she can attempt to unlock the technique.)
Contacts: Coulson, Fury.
+29800 XP
Respect: SHIELD +5 Howard Stark/Tony Stark -5 (Unsettled)
Exceeded Herself +1

Hitomi is now Reputation HYDRA: -80 (Hunted.)
Xiaoqiao has gained the title "Known By Your Enemies" (MCU) - "You've made enemies, and some would say that is the truest mark you stood for something. Still, keep your head on a swivel." (+3 DEX, +3 Perception, Sense Hostility in Auras.)

Artifacts: 3 turns to each gaining one level.

Base Turn
Hitomi spends a few days creating a crafters environment. She had been tweaking the holographics to allow interaction - and she had promptly spent the next day to create a library, create books from memory.. and that had been a fun spell experiment.
(Gain the spell (cantrip): Create Book From Memory, Copy Book)

And had then.. copied a bunch of books for reference. She had been poking at the computers, but the computers she remembrered were still years in the future.

She returned to prototyping the build. The hyperspace drive wouldn't work here. She had tested it by doing a basic experiment, and then looked into various methods. She wasn't sure where she'd need to experiment with, and while she understood how to create a bridge.. she didn't think she wanted to use this as a drive method.

So she prototyped one, to see where she was running into problems.

[Craft(Advanced) -> 1d100+71+1d23 vs DC 220 (-30 Prototyping) => 171; Major Failure]

She would need more research and patience to get a protoype out.

She was going to need some data. And maybe experimenting more with physics. And to make a room to make crafting and creating easier..

[Hitomi takes a day and creates an manufacturing room, giving her a flat +20 when crafting in it.]

[Hitomi needs a lot of .. well, things.]

But she did fiddle with projectors and such. And getting the computer system up, and .. dealing with Stark.

She still kinda wished she had spaceplanes, though...

But she was going to have to study to see where she went wrong.

Crafting time:

Hitomi was idly going through things, when she ran across the caster gun she had gotten so long ago. And now, she could see how to improve it.

So she did. She pulled out several of the guns she'd never need, and cross comparing, came up with .. a magic gun.

[Craft(Advanced) vs DC 175 (Artifact Creation) => 1d100+1d23+71+20(Base Crafting) => 67+22+71+20 => 180]

[Caster Gun, Mk II Prototype becomes 'Astral Starshine' (Magical Gun) - 200 damage/30 Qi a shot. Must declare elemental type per shot. When attuned, gain +50 damage and +20 accuracy. Can be set to "semi-automatic", allowing three shots a round. Qi a shot is now 35. On a spellcrafting check of DC 140, the gun can be overloaded to go to fire nine shots a round, at 500 damage/75 Qi per. This lasts for five rounds, after which time the gun needs to be magically cooled down and cannot be overloaded again for a day. Alternatively, you can spend 50+technique Qi to launch a bullet of a technique, etc. etc.]

[She creates 2, a paired pair of pistols, and attunes them. Loses all stored artifact materials.]

Xiaoqiao has only a few weeks to finialize the base's special rooms. (This will occur over this and the next turn)

Vote for

- [] Strategic Coordination Room. (Chance to detect ongoing issue, Tracking of military assets, Weapons Accuracy +20) - A room to track wars, threats, and create an traffic control diagram of near-Earth space. (1 AP)
- [] Secondary Command Center (Redundancy in the command center.) (1 AP)
- [] Crew Quarters - Xiaoqiao doesn't have a crew yet, but she very well might get one eventually. This would give them some comfort, and let her base be an actual base. (Enables second vote.) (2 AP 20 RP)
- [] Industrial Manufacturing - Xiaoqiao can now manufacturer parts without needing to.. well, create them herself. They aren't as good as her parts directly, but they are sufficiently close. (Also enables creating of starfighters.) (80 RP)
- [] Portal Room - Xiaoqiao will want one to go planehopping. Securing it will be a pain though. (10 RP to create an event to start working on it.)

If you vote for Crew Quarters:
- [ ] Just.. create magical phantoms. (Creates a quest for her to get the artifact) (1 AP 10 RP) (Crew Skill Level: Low, but still enables her to add in 3 more arc reactors and use all of the base weaponry+shields)
-- [ ] .. Crew Skill Medium, +10 RP, +1 AP.
-- [ ] ... Crew Skill High, +20 RP, +2 AP, quest to get the artifact may be much more difficult.
- [ ] As above, but this time, alter fate so that a race of foxgirls is assisting her. (2 AP 20 RP) (Crew Skill Level: Medium. Base is now unlikely to be taken over by anyone who can manage to teleport or reach it. Better monitoring of the Earth as well.)
- [ ] ... skilled foxgirls, who were exiled from their home. (2 AP 50 RP) (Crew Skill Level: High. As above, but can now maintain both CAP and combat starfighter squadrons if she gets any. Can provide effective intelligence reports. Xiaoqiao is now likely to spend more time on base.)
- [ ] ... why foxgirls? (Write in description of crew here.)

Enemy Turn
Hong Meiling is beginning to strike frequently at the Hall of Histories
[Does she hit? 1d100 -> 46; No.]

Your Actions
- You see the upcoming war. What do you choose to do to aid the effort?
-- A mix of two of the above. (Xiaoqiao gains the subclass "Sentinel of the Void")
--- Focus on empowering the local pantheons to deny demons powers from the various planes. (Xiaoqiao gains the subclass "Coordinator of the Spheres")
--- Focus on empowering the Celestial Sphere to defend itself. (Xiaoqiao gains the subclass "Guardian of the Heavens")

It makes sense, to focus on defending and empowering. N..ot to mention she'll be jumping world to world anyway, right? It does mean you'll need to pick more carefully so she goes to inflection points. But it will be a difficult line to walk.

- The Dark Dimension has apparently become a front for the Underworld. You could give Xiaoqiao some assistance by.. well, creating the Modern Knights of St. John.

The Knights Hospitaller, or the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, sometimes called the Knights of St. John trace their origin to Napoleon forcing them off Malta. It is said they started to decline, but in 1806, they accepted Sweden's offer of Gotland.

And, when Napoleon was forced out, regained Malta and their French Priories. They donated quite a few back to the government, but continued on as a well known charitable organiation. It was only the mysterious Tezsburg Incident that reactivated their military arm.

And since then, the rumour among the darker of the magician communities is that mysterious modern knights will come in, and attack you. Whatever the truth, they have been seeming to be more active as the end of the 20th century approaches.

Click to expand...

Click to shrink...

- Atlas of Catholic Orders, Vol LXI, published 1988

(There is no Zero Matter left, and HYDRA operations have now been limited. The location of the Kree Monolith is known, now, as a top secret of the order.)
(Demonic Incursion Level Lowered.)

- Cyberpunk enhancements? Way cool. Illegal cyber commanders under HYDRA's control? Very not. (Cybertek is revealed)

The US government.. very promptly shuts it the hell down. And the EU has a horrific fit over it. Pointed questions are asked to SHIELD, and ..

- While HYDRA infected SHIELD, not every one of their agents was adamant in their views. Some of the disillusioned HYDRA agents begin collaborating in secret to clean up S.H.I.E.L.D.

... thanks to agents in HYDRA, which had been cleaning up their use of indoctrinating children to become future agents, Director Carter was able to prove to the council that they were the ones to leak it to Interpol and the FBI, without a link back to them, such that they could face proper justice.

(Deathlok is disabled, and medical science advances a bit in various cybernetic replacements for organs.)
[FATE BROKEN; Hale does not become a HYDRA agent, but joins the Air Force.]
[FATE BROKEN: Staffer does not go to Slovakia..]

- A mutant nation? Maybe Genosha could.. not suffer the fate of it's canon counterpart.

COUP IN GENOSHA
HAMMER BAY, GENOSHA.

In new trials, held by the courts, it came out that the Republic of Genosha had been inflicting wide spread human rights in order to maintain it's wealth. The new government has promised equality to all who remain.

Neighboring nations, such as the Democratic Republic of Madagascar, the Republic of Seychelles, and Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros have all expressed their unease of this new government.

The newly elected regime has stated they will continue to try all criminals by the rule of law...

(Genosha is now a pure equality based nation, attracting mutants to it. Sugar Man and Genengineer are dead.)

- Supercharge the Tree of the Heavens. (4 AP): This action is repeatable to Xiaoqiao's level.
1d100+57 => 82
114.1 + (6 * 1.1) => 120.7%

More progress on this. You suspect you'll soon hit diminishing returns, but the Tree of Heavens being stronger can only help you at this point.

- Investigate Raven.
It turns out that Aphrael has sent a temporary agent to help Xiaoqiao on this world. It was that simple. She can't do it frequently, but she is trying to give Xiaoqiao allied support, if not ideas via messages.

Xiaoqiao's rejection of the System makes this extremely difficult, though.

- Celestial Bureaucracy Anti-Corruption Actions (24/25 Completed)
-- (Unlocked) "Rebuild the Hall of Histories."
[Autocompletes]

You finalize the Hall of Histories, and the knowledge gods are glad to have a place again.. that they fortify, and one says to you.

"Did you know Ci Xiaoqiao is married? Surely, her wife was also an incarnate.. wouldn't you think?"

Gain access to Divine Powers, Tier 2.

You can pick three. (Xiaoqiao's selection is marked)
[XQ] Flying Sword - While originally a mortal art, an incarnate can fly on an sword made of energy, with the added boni that once created, it requires no mainteance, and will only disappear once the incarnate runs out of energy. For every tier of divine aspect reached (2, currently), you can shoot 2 swords at the same damage as your melee attack as an ranged attack while flying.
[ ] Transcendant Health - +1000 HP
[ ] Transcendant Might - +1000 Qi
[ ] Divine Resilliance - Gain immunities to many mortal worries, and gain the ability to breath in space or other voids. (Immunity: Aging, Poisons, Temperature Extremes (within reason, she would, like Thor, be very unhappy when a sun's output is focused on her.), etc.)
[ ] Create A Pocket Plane - You can create a plane that you control and can retreat to. This plane is considered coterminus to the main one, and it's defenses are based on your rank. Note that you can not overlay your plane onto this one yet. Such a plane will by default not be habitable without work. Powers that work on your spiritual sea will work on this plane, and enhance your plane's size. (Note: Xiaoqiao can use this for attument, but later, will get powers that enhance this, such as using it to overlay onto another plane and unleashing attacks from prepared weapons.)

- Strengthen your ability to defend. (-10 to Hong Meiling's rolls, +10 to your Intrigue) (5 AP 80 RP)
1d100+57=>152, Critical Success
[Hong Meiling has a -15, you have a +15]

You strengthen a bit more, also realizing that if you are going to be operating in the war, you'll need it.

So you take the step that only some greater gods have - you create an armored plane around your bases, and .. find that some infiltrators were suddendly revealed.

If you didn't know war was imminent, you'd be worried. You're just .. very worried.

You recieve word that the Celestial Host has recovered the Orichalum, decreasing Hong Meiling's resources further.

Training
June 1990: +8sp Knowledge(Military Tactics) +5sp Knowledge(Astrophysics) +9sp Knowledge(Metaphysics) +9sp Knowledge(Physics) +9sp Knowledge(Multiverse Theory)

Xiaoqiao gains "Sentinel of the Void" - (+20 Armor, +10 Dodge, Gain ability to force foes to attack you, +10 Attack when defending) [? TNL]

Hitomi's Turn
Hitomi was busy getting the base customized, and such, but she didn't forget why she was there. She was scanning the planet for nuclear missiles. It would take time to verify it against known and what intelligence the CIA had, but she knew she needed to find the missiles. It's also why she had taken trips to various locations, and well.. the library in the base was growing. That and the fact she could use extradimensional space to create larger-than-it-looks containers and the library database with holoprojectors..

Well. Hitomi had plans for a neat spell effect, but shelved them in her private office, which was well secured, for when she had time to verify her calculations.

[Base will gain 'Archive Library' (+15 to all Knowledge rolls that can use a reference book, and Linguistics rolls to learn a language while on base) in 4 turns.]

It wasn't long before she detected some suspicious readings from Siberia, and as she was basically splitting her time between her base and the mansion, she was about to bring it up when..

[- Burn AP to reveal a hint about an ongoing quest. (1 AP for subquests, 2 AP for Main quests): URGENT QUEST: Stop World War Three. Hint 'Not all is at it seems']

... she felt there was something suspicious about this. She brought online some of the more advanced sensors she normally kept off to avoid suspicion, and ..

[1d100+1d23+ 92 Perception vs DC 150 'Very Difficult Deception' => 181, Success]

.. a lot of the readings disappeared. They were clearly traps. There was only one reading left that could be it, located near .. Saskylakh, Russia. Looking at heat maps.. it was in the middle of nowhere, deep in the Arctic Circle.

Well then. She flipped back down to her normal sensors, and left a note to herself about fixing the issues here, and headed back to the mansion.

It took more time than she liked to convince everyone.. including the CIA who were VERY curious how she found that data when they didn't. But when she pointed out how she'd attempt to fool orbiting satellites, and they recalibrated.. they found it too. Essentially, her paranoia was something they accepted.

The issue is.. well, the Soviet Union may be falling apart at this point of time, but they'd still notice most methods of inserting.

But they manage to get in, and Hitomi was well.. less hot* than the others, but it was really only her and Wolverine who seemed less bothered by the temps. So they made their way.. covertly.. against someone who .. well, Hitomi wasn't sure.


- Ensure a fateful meeting is positive for character. - URGENT QUEST: Stop World War Three.

.. Hitomi, Xaiver, Moira, and Erik were having a debate. It was largely over exclusivtism, and eventually, Hitomi won it by pointing out that both approaches were needed to a limited extent... And by pointing out that there were completely undeveloped lands in the South Pacific miles away from anything but Point Nemo, albeit as she reminded them, for a very good reason, and failing that, they could build one.

"You need to try and work with everyone." Hitomi said, thinking. "But you can't be unreasonable about your own security. We all know that people fear difference. And.. I cannot speak to wanting to live with people who hate me. I wouldn't. So having the choice.."

Magneto, thoughtful, had agreed. It would be a challenge, but ..

[FATE BROKEN; Magneto does not become a villian, but rather a bit of an anti-hero.]
[+9510 XP]

The fight itself.. was messy. The Hellfire Club mutants were unable to put up a long fight, but everyone knew that was going to happen. So everyone goes all out. It's a very bruising fight, and at the end, it's Xaiver and Magneto facing Shaw.. and Hitomi facing what she could charitably call.. a minor demon.

The fight in the base turned a bit feral as Hitomi was forced to resort to constant use of her techniques, before they started to retreat. The problem is, she was working on how to close the portal, and that's really hard to do when you are under constant attack.

It wasa good thing that the fight against Shaw was very anticlimatic, as Hitomi was almost out of energy and very injured. She hadn't even really defeated any demon, just forced them to retreat. The portal had been closed by the brute force firing of the energy drain techniques into it, and draining it's energy to nothing.

The real fight came after, and Hitomi very much had to point out to Xaiver that many were fully aware where he was located. They rapidly cleaned up after themselves as best they could.

And.. then they saw the approaching Soviet Army, and retreated.

That was a problem. Sort of. Hitomi can't mass teleport, but she knew where their plane was, and they started fighting a rear guard action as they retreated.

.. But honestly, Hitomi got good at rapid-fire teleportation, and they retreated out before they could get identified.

[Sebastian Shaw is dead. Emma Frost.. stays in prison]
[Quest End]

Hitomi was very surprised to recieve an engraved invitation to the Knights Hospitaller that day.

Also, she had to take another trip to Japan soon.. (Upcoming Quest "Demonic Incursion: Repair the Seal or Defeat the Sealed Demon" unlocked.)





Relations with Kerian Pantheon: Very Good
Current World Goal: Ensure a future for mutants, Defeat ????, Purge the Daemonic Invasion

AP: 35 (+10 RP from this world) (21 completed quests)
RP: 348 (+23 RP from this world) (Regen: 224 RP)

Tree of the Heavens Health: 120.7% [Celestial Operatives Have Good Oversight; Heavenly Resources Normal; Celestial Bureaucracy Internal Affairs Bureau: Highly Efficient] (13/15 Times)
Incarnation Investigation: 1 Success; 1 Heat Meter

Enemy: Hong Meiling
Enemy Can Attempt to Interrupt: 1 Action.
Enemy Sight: Extremely Poor (80% miss chance)
Enemy Rolls Bonus: +25

Intrigue Bonus: +72
Celestial Host Time to Clear Diamond Corundum: 5 turns
Sight: Mystical (Gain more information, including the current of Fate, negate any attempt to obscure your sight)
Labyrinth of Regret: Completely Repaired [On Death, Xiaoqiao can live with a 75 instead of a DC 90. Enemy can no longer attempt to interrupt levelups. Xiaoqiao adds her level to your rolls to oppose the enemy.]

Ci Xiaoqiao () Awareness/Defiance: 27/300; 9 (Very Low.)
Ci Xiaoqiao Level: 15 XP: 61200/98500

-[] Generic
--[] Ask for help from Kerian Pantheon. (1 turns until usability) (Gain a +20 to a single roll.)
--[] Spend X points of AP to get more random encounters for Xiaoqiao . (1 AP = 2 encounters)
--[] Spend 8 RP per "suggestion" to have Xiaoqiao train an additional skill or technique. Specify which. Max: 3 suggestions.

-[] Conversion Actions
--[] Burn 2 AP for -10 Defiance (Can take as many times as you want.) (Cost goes up every fifth time) (Times Taken: 4)
--[] Burn 2 AP for -5 Awareness (Can take as many times as you want.) (Cost goes up every fifth time) [Taken 1 time]
--[] Spend resources to enhance your AP (Improve your magical options) (Gain +1 AP per 35 RP spent.) (Cost increases every +2 AP by +20 RP per AP) (AP is for this world, see transmigration mechanics.) (Taken three times)
--[] Improve RP Pool (1 AP for +10 RP. Cost triples every 3 AP spent. RP cost increase is for this world, see transmigration mechanics.) (2 AP spent)

-[] Divine Intervention Pool
---[] (MCU) Change the fate of ..
----[] The Ancient One (10 AP) (write in how)
----[] More will become relevant as we get closer to 2000.
---[] (MCU) Change..
----[] Nick Fury is currently manning a desk in SHIELD. Maybe he should get some real life experience? (Will randomly discover one ongoing threat.) (2 AP 10 RP) (On cooldown.)
----[] For that matter, Xiaoqiao is looking for things, maybe she should be nudged towards a suspiciously empty orbital starship that contains an amazing power... (3 AP 50 RP) (Note: This may derail a lot of MCU canon.)
---[] Change the history of an organization (Base Cost: 2 AP. Please explain the change, and why.)
---[] Accelerate the history of an Avenger. (Cost: 16 AP 120 RP. Defiance/Awareness +10.) (pick one, explain how.) (Cost decreases per in universe year.)
---[] Set an encounter for Xiaoqiao to change the fate of someone. (Explain why, and who. Base Cost:2 AP. Note if this is something impossible it'll convert to a quest. Note that she cannot see Quests. Spending more AP will make it easier on Xiaoqiao.)
--[] Get Xiaoqiao a fortunate encounter (2 AP. Spend +2 AP to make it more fortunate.)
--[] Burn AP to reveal a hint about an ongoing quest. (1 AP for subquests, 2 AP for Main quests.)
--[] Send a Omen to the World. (6 AP. ??? Effects, mostly beneficial to Xiaoqiao.)
--[] Set One Good Roll to .. (30/1 AP, 50/2 AP, 70/3 AP) (This gives you and Xiaoqiao each one good roll.)
--[] Ensure a fateful meeting is positive for character. (+9 AP) (Action taken 10 times)
--[] Change the Fate of a Character. Note that more blatant displays of divine power will increase Awareness and possibly Defiance. (2 AP)
--[] Cause a sidequest to appear for Xiaoqiao. (2AP, spend additional AP to make it easier or increase effects.) (Write in quest in *detail.* Note better rewards might make the quest very annoying if you do not also spend more AP, and Xiaoqiao cannot see the quest details yet.) (Note that if you want it to increase a stat, or unlock stat training, start at 5 AP)

-[] Celestial Intrigue Actions
--[] Supercharge the Tree of the Heavens. (4 AP): This action is repeatable to Xiaoqiao's level. (13/15 times taken). Improvement rate is 6%. (115% for Good Heavenly Oversight; 125% for Heavenly Resources Superior.)(Action taken for maintenance recommended in 5 turns.)
--[] Incarnation seems risky, but yet the enemy persisted? (3 AP per turn, increased risk.) [Taken 2 Times]
--[] Improve trickle of resources. (50 RP 4 AP) (Gain +10 RP)

- Celestial Bureaucracy Anti-Corruption Actions (25/25 Completed)

-- [] War in Heaven...
--- [ ] Phase 1: The Calm Before the Storm (The first three actions taken will determine the next phase, as well as the events.)
---- [ ] Surely they'd prepare for an first strike. You should red-team this and figure out where, and eliminate the demons. (5 AP 50 RP)
---- [ ] You should investigate the defenses of the underworld, or ways to fortify the tree. (2 AP 25 RP) (Costs decreased by 120% progress on the Tree of the Heavens.)
---- [ ] Long range divine symbology is often challenging, and you should recon to see where theirs is. (4 AP 75 RP)
---- [ ] Long range divine symbology is often challenging, and you should work out how best to set up and create the ones for the Celestial Host. (4 AP 75 RP)
---- [ ] How many were co-opted? How many planes need to be taken to prevent bases from within the Celestial Bureaucracy? (8 AP)

--[] Hong Meiling Actions
---[] Block Hong Meiling from placing a catspaw to increase her actions (5 AP 100 RP) (available in 3 turns)
---[] Strengthen your ability to defend. (-10 to Hong Meiling's rolls, +10 to your Intrigue) (5 AP 80 RP)

--[] Spend resources in aiding someone. (Cost: Variable)
---[] [Celestial Bureaucracy] You may be sealed up, but you know the ways of things. Grease palms to get things done. This will primarily have ??? benefits, as you're paying for information or slowing down event chains. (Unlocked by the Intrigue action completing) (Explain the cost and what you're looking for for that cost. Assume you'll need at least 35 RP to get anything useful.)
--[] Spend resources to create very bad luck for someone.. (Write-In, explain. Better explanations decrease cost, may have other benefits.)(Cost: 70 RP)