Choice Made:
[x] Plan Victory Lies in a Purple Soul
-[x] …Experimenting in a fight is a thing you really shouldn't keep doing… but… well… Time is linked to space. Space is linked to Energy. And Energy is linked to Time. It's not as clean a triangle as that… but… well… you're running real cold right now. So what if you focused on using Time, to give you more Energy. And then flung that Energy at the Huntress with everything you have. It'll drain your core… both cores probably… but that thing won't get out unscathed. No way. No How. (Unlocks Conversion Ability: Charges are now Interchangeable at a 4:1 Ratio (Further Training can bring the ratio down to a minimum of 1:1)) (Unlocks Ability: Overcharge) (Drains both Cores to 0) (Each Charge Consumed Causes the resulting Lighting Bolt to cause an Extra Major Wound) (Huntress is Destroyed) (Rift Core Destroyed)
Rolls:
N/A
Macro Effects:
Discovered: The House is Alive
Discovered: Odd goings on?
No Longer have Access to Shotgun (Added to Timeless Armory) (??? occurs in 5 Days)
No Longer have Access To Scout Rifle (Added to Timeless Armory) (??? occurs in 10 Days)
No Longer have Access to Mundane Rifle (Added to Timeless Armory) (??? occurs in 5 Days)
Gained Conversion Ability (Ratio = 4:1)
Gained Overcharge Ability (At the expense of Core Charges, Increase an Abilities Minimum Wound threshold (Wound Dealt) (Can only Increase to Major to Critical with 100 Lethal Reputation or if in HyperLethal Trance) (Costs 2 Core Charge to increase, Applies on First Hit) (Can Be stacked) (Can be used to Boost effects such as Bleed or Stun by an extra turn for 1 Core Charge) (Roll a d100 on use… May have additional effects depending on the ability.)
Learned Effect of Overcharge (90 - 100) on Lightning Bolt = Upgrades to Disintegrate (Any Wounds dealt cannot be healed without intensive care by a Saint level healer. Any Critical Wounds dealt cannot be healed without extradimensional assistance)
Pending effects
- 17 Taser Rounds (Added to Timeless Armory) Upgrade Has Occurred) (17 Taser Rounds have become 17 Chronal Taser Rounds) (If a Roll using these Rounds would cause a Critical Failure, ReRoll the dice and pick the larger result) (Will be picked up as part of next Castle action)
- 1 Fragmentation Grenade (Added to Timeless Armory) (??? occurs in 1 Days)
- 1 Acid Grenade (Added to Timeless Armory) (??? occurs in 1 Days)
- 1 Flashbang Grenade (Added to Timeless Armory) (??? occurs in 1 Days)
- 1 Smoke Grenade (Added to Timeless Armory) (??? occurs in 1 Days)
- 1 Tear Gas Grenade (Mundane) (Added to Timeless Armory) (??? occurs in 1 Days)
- 1 Tear Gas Grenade (Magical) (Added to Timeless Armory) (??? occurs in 1 Days)
- 1 Thermite Grenade (Added to Timeless Armory) (??? occurs in 1 Days)
- 1 Incendiary Grenade (Added to Timeless Armory) (??? occurs in 1 Days)
- Void Stalker has been Revealed to the MaGi (Time Slow effect still hidden)
- Lightning Bolt has Been Revealed to the MaGi
- Gained a Mutation for Destroying a Tier 6 Interloper without a Critical Wound and being most active in the fight.
- Argent and Azure Gain a PEP (Group Fight: Victory)
- Argent Regains Trauma (Close Shave) (Event Pending. D100 on next Meeting or 2 Meetings)
Micro Effects:
- Cores Reduced to 0
- Overcharge Used (Due to First Time Use, Cores Will Remain at 0 Tomorrow, Recharged on Full Rest Tomorrow)
-Huntress is Destroyed
- Rift Core Destroyed
- Gained + 45 Shards (30 Shards Base, + 15 For 3 Person Group Raid)
- Gained + 30 Shards for Destroying a Tier 6 Interloper.
What is Space?
It's the result of Energy dispersed over Time to create movement.
What is Time?
An extension of Energy… the passage of Energy over a Space… a measurement.
What is Energy?
It's everything.
Some things make it.
Some things consume it.
But. It's something that everything is involved with in some way.
That… kind of makes sense to you.
In some twisting circular logic kind of way.
But the big thing you need, is that Time is linked to Space through Energy.
And if Mana is anything, it's energy.
MaGi use it to fuel abilities.
People use it to fuel weapons.
And you… You ARE the weapon.
A cute weapon. But a weapon none the less.
The cold chill that runs through your body interrupts your tangent, and you mutter a silent thanks to your void core. Eyes watching the half speed world as you breathe out slowly.
Your breath mists. A thick plume of crystal white.
Cold air enters your lungs. And you focus.
Not on your Void Core.
Not on your Chrono Core.
But on the both of them…
Elly said that Primitive magic is built on Intent. A battle of Will against Logic.
'I've not actually said that.'
You ignore Elly. She doesn't remember it right.
There's an amused sound, but that gets pushed out of your mind too.
Step one. Envision your cores.
Your Chrono Core. The cracked, broken sundial. A large stone with a glowing purple crack through its center.
A shadowy hand pointing out the flow of time. The speed. The angle. The way time navigates through space to affect the world around you.
The hand slowly moves. Moves at half the speed it should be moving at. Just like the world.
Your Void Core. A room of mirrors. Of Light. Of mirrors with blurry reflections now that the light has died down as far as it has.
Space is harder to manipulate with it as low as it is. A more solid boundary around you. A less malleable one.
Step Two, Visualize what you want.
A hand reaches out, metaphorical, maybe physical. And you reach for the shadowy hand of your Chrono Core.
A second reaches out, physical, maybe metaphorical. And you reach for the lights in your Void Core.
Space is full of Energy.
Energy power Time.
Time leads to Space.
Step Three, Remove all distractions, crystalise the image as clearly as you can.
The heat of your Chrono Core disappears.
The cold of your Void Core disappears.
The crunch of snow, the shaking of trees, the howling of the wind, They all disappear.
Your bubble disappears. Knowledge disappears. The world disappears.
You don't need to focus on it. You don't need to focus on anything.
But this.
Focus on this.
It's stupid, to close your eyes in a fight.
It's stupid, to experiment against a powerful opponent.
Every instinct in your body, built up from so many fights, tells you that you shouldn't do this.
Not now. Not yet. Not ever.
Yet… At the same time… those instincts tell you to push.
To press against the barrier of logic. Of what is right.
For that is what you fight for. And sometimes, that means doing what is Wrong, to do what is Right.
So your image crystallizes. You want, to push the energy in your Chrono Core, into your Void Core.
To Fuel it. To Empower it. To give it what it needs to do its job. To turn Time into Space.
Step Four. Will.
You'd huff in amusement if your mind wasn't so focused.
The one thing you've never lacked.
The one thing that's helped the least in the many, many failures you've suffered.
What does Will matter in a fight against that which overpowers you?
What does Will matter when blood stains all those around you?
What does Will matter when you're left alone on that hill? To see that tree with all those you call allies bleeding.
What does Will matter when everything you care for is just an illusion to mask the many sins you bear…
Exhaustion leaks in… exhaustion from who knows where. From one loop. From two… from one too many…
The world leaks back in. Trying to crush you. To crush your Will.
Why fight? Why keep trying? Why push for that future you want, when you've seen just how impossible it is to achieve?
The doubt is pushed away. Claws of will tearing it to pieces.
There's one thing you have, no matter what the world takes from you.
And that's Will.
Your Core's roar as snow starts to glitch around you.
Tiny specks of icy blue light that mix with purple.
Snow changes. Becomes water, Becomes ice, Becomes crystal.
Becomes steam.
Becomes energy
The lights in your Void Core brighten, as the shadows in your Chrono Core fade.
Your hand twitches as you push that energy into it.
Not Void. Not Chrono. But Energy.
Raw. Unfettered. Uncontrolled.
Just aimed.
A hand reaches out of the ever expansive mirror in your Void Core. And you take it, without hesitation, without doubt. A willful step towards a future you've created.
For Better.
For Worse.
For the goal of Ending this before anyone gets hurt.
Your form shatters. Shards of dimension, of energy, of space, scattering in all directions as you appear right in front of the Huntress.
Time accelerates to normal speed. A jarring transition, not smooth like it normally is.
Your cores grind to a halt. A pain that thunders in your chest like your nerves burning and freezing at the same time in excruciating detail.
But. You thrust your hand forward.
Black lightning thunders forth. Edged in white, edged in rainbow.
Edged in concepts rather than things.
A simple concept. One everyone understands.
Even you.
Finality appears on that bolt. And it crashes through the Huntresses chest in a thunderous crack.
A crack louder than thunder, with a reverb of shattering crystal. Mixed with ash.
It booms in your ears. In the ears of every single thing in this dimension as space visibly warps around your bolt. As time visibly warps around your bolt.
As the concept of Energy crashes into the huntress and flings it to the ground, turning it to dust upon impact.
Such that there's nothing left. Not even a speck of a speck.
Your arc down continues. And despite the raw exhaustion that floods your body, Curtana snaps into your hands.
Something shifts as you land. And instead of a hard crash, you're just there. On the ground. As if you'd always been there, not even disturbing the snow under your feet.
…It's weird… but not that odd.
You take a breath… and promptly feel your body sway the slightest amount.
…Maybe that thing, whatever you did with the lightning… drained you way more than you thought.
A mental call to your cores gets no response… an annoyingly familiar situation now.
And, well…. You doubt even Murphy knows how many more times this'll happen.
He probably tries, but you doubt even future seers can see where your future will end up.
A glance at the magical girls has Azure over by Argent, leaning into her and muttering while the Red looks down at her hand.
…You'd like to intervene… or at least join the conversation…
But something tells you this isn't something for you to interrupt.
So, you pick a tree. And settle in against it.
Your Bubble'll tell you if someone gets close.
You take a breath, of cold, chilling air… and breathe out white as reality cracks around the rift.
That should alarm you… but Elly doesn't say anything, and you trust her when it comes to stuff like this.
The rift cracks, breaks, and all at once, just vanishes.
You're left leaning on the wall of a building. Azure and Argent are still together, though can tell that Argent's a little tenser for the briefest of moments before she calms.
She looks up at Azure, a fragile expression on her normally happy face.
An expression you don't recognise. An expression you do. An expression you ha-
And it's gone. She smiles at you. A bright wide smile. That reassures you that everything is okay.
…Something cracks a little… somewhere.
And you let Purple's visage take over as you give the girls a bit of a curtsey.
Any other time, perhaps you'd have stuck around for what probably would be Argent praising you.
Or maybe to watch Azure stutter out her thanks or something…
But… the exhaustion hits you hard…
Bones lead. Muscles tense and sore. Core's stopped in place in a painful feeling like two weights you struggle to lift.
Paper flutters, a stopwatch edging the pages in what you assume is one of Elly's many flourishes to your mundane things… like how your smoke became purple at some point.
You still haven't figured out how Elly did that… or why?
A promise to Argent that you'll meet them some other time.
And then a second that you need to give her a real fight the next time you meet.
She smiles at you… yet you can tell that something is just the slightest fraction off about it.
Something miniscule. Something you'd never notice in most other cases…
But. Well…
Time looping shenanigans and stupid honed instincts….
Argh… it'd be so easy to ignore this if you didn't see it…
It's like seeing a book that's just slightly not pushed in enough on a perfectly arranged bookcase…
One more piece of your pad lands in front of Argent as you hop onto the roof. A simple offer. One she gave you not too long ago.
Sometimes people just need a person to talk to.
Not one they know everything about. But one who can give them an opinion that isn't what they want to hear, but what they have to hear.
The knowledge isn't your own. Yet it is.
And you let your bleeding memories slide for now. Too tired. Too exhausted. Too done with the day and its shenanigans.
Tomorrow. Next Time. Some time in the future. You'll sort through them.
When you have time to breathe. When you have time to focus.
When the world isn't exploding around you everywhere you don't happen to be.
Sleep comes quickly that night. Yet… it isn't without dreams. Of a girl in red with a blade through her chest.
Of a girl in blue, with that same blade through hers.
Of a girl with GREEN eyes, laughing down at you with a knowing look.
You don't get much sleep that night…
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(Sunday Planning)
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MUTATION (Pick One)
[ x ] [Gae Bolg] Mutation β: (Lightweight Materials) (Improves Injury chance for actions using this Weapon by 10) (Passive)
[ x ] [Curtana] Mutation α: (Focused Emitter) (Improves Normal Stun chance against Boss Type enemies by 10) (Only effects Boss type enemies or Superior type magical girls) (Passive)
[ x ] [Curtana] Mutation β: (Sonic burst) (If the previous action used Curtana, you may use 20% of its charge to evade a Major Injury you would have suffered this turn) (Doing so stops charge regeneration for two turns ) (Active)
[ x ] [Curtana] Mutation Δ: (Overcharged Emitters) (Allows for the use of a base 33% chance Enhanced Stun attack on all enemies. Lasts 1 turn) (Reduced to 20% against Bosses and Superior Magical Girls) (Uses 30% Charge) (3 Turn cooldown, Cannot use Curtana during this Duration) (Active)
[x] [Grendel's Arm] Mutation β: (Concussive Propulsion) (Use Grendel's Arm to help boost you towards an enemy, arriving so suddenly that you get a free turn, probably) ( 20% Chance for a free turn when used) (- 1 Grendel Charge) (5 Turn cooldown) (Active)
[x] [Grendel's Arm] Mutation ∞: (_____ to _____ Part 1) (All are _____ before the Truth. Existence is a ___. Become the _____. Become the ___. And ___ that which stands in your way to ribbons) (Grants a Unique Ability on Collecting all 3 parts) (Requires at least Half of Grendel's Current Maximum Charge) (Activates ____ which gives every Grendel attack a 10% (+ 2 For every Charge invested above half of max capacity) Chance to inflict a Major Wound)) (IS Considered Lethal, every enemy defeated by this adds 1 Lethal Rep) (On Minion Groups, Destroys an additional 2 ( + 1 For every Charge Invested above half of max capacity) on successful hits))
[x] Babr-e Bayan Mutation α: (Cloak of Resistance) (Once per day, choose an element (Fire, Ice, Wind, Earth) (Attacks of that Element deal reduced damage for the day. Major Wounds become Minor, and Minor wounds of that type heal in one turn) (Passive)
[x] Babr-e Bayan Mutation β: (Overcharged Hex) ( For one turn, Decreases all Injury chances by 40%, One the next turn, Increase Injury Chances by 40% as Babr-e Bayan resets) (Active Ability)
[x] Angels Halo Mutation α: (Sloth) (Disables Self Healing while Active) (Allows you to heal all minor wounds of allies around you at half speed while active) (Resets own healing durations and bleeding effects are no longer Nullified while active) (Toggleable Mutation)
[x] Angels Halo Mutation β: (Wrath) (Disables Self Healing) (While Active, has a 33% Chance to inflict a Minor wound on an enemy any time you get hit by an attack) (If an enemy is weak to an element, this effect inflicts that elements damage type.) (Has a one turn cooldown between activations, but can activate multiple times in a single turn) (Toggleable Mutation)
[x] Angels Halo Mutation Δ: (Greed) (While Active, all Minor wounds become Major Wounds) (Major Wound threshold increased by five while Active) (Each Major Wound increases the Success and Crit Rate by 2%) (When deactivated, all Major Wounds become Minor wounds, and you are stunned for one turn).
[x] Balmung Mutation ∞: (____ Dragon's ______ Part 1) (Collect All 5 Parts to Unlock ________) (Warning: Each Part Unlocked is Dormant Until the Appropriate Condition has been reached (Part 1 Requirements: Chrono Core must reach C Tier, Clear 10 Floors in The Tower/Cavern/Castle/Colosseum of Trials)) (Effect Revealed on Successful Requirement Completion))
[X] Ability Upgrade: Lighting Bolt: Twinned Spell: Whenever a Lightning Bolt is cast. A second may be cast free of charge. The 2nd has a 25% Chance of doing Half the damage else doing full damage.
[X] Ability Upgrade: Lightning Bolt: Empowered Bolt: When a Lightning Bolt is cast. You can spend an additional Core Charge to Empower it, doing so adds a reroll for the Stun chance. And a 25% Chance to do an additional minor wound. (Effects all Bolts in a single use)
[x] Ability Upgrade: Lightning Bolt: Stunning Bolt: When a Lightning Bolt is cast. You can choose to forgo damage and instead boost the Stun chance by 20%. (Effects all Bolts in a single use)
Morning:
[x] Read a book (Considered a Free action, Pick one more)
[] On Gae Bolg (30 % Chance of Adding a +10 to Training Rolls relating to Gae Bolg)
[] On Grendel and Beowulf (30 % Chance of Adding a +10 to Training Rolls relating to Grendel's Arm)
[] On Curtana (30 % Chance of Adding a +10 to Training Rolls relating to Curtana)
[] On Angels (30 % Chance of Adding a +10 to Training Rolls relating to Angels Halo)
[] On Dragons (30 % Chance of Adding a +10 to Training Rolls relating to Babr-e Bayan and Balmung)
[x] Meet up with someone:
[] Alice (And Do What?)
[] Satsuki (And Do What?)
[] Lorica(About Do What?)
[] Elly (And do what?)
[] Argent (And Do what?)
[] Someone Else? (Write in)
[x] Research someone/Something? (Who/What) (Gives information on a person or thing.)
[x] Rest and Relax with someone? (Who?) (Reduces Red Mist by a certain amount) (You do not know how much anyone reduces it by)
[x] Read a book (Considered a Free action, Pick one more)
[] On Gae Bolg (30 % Chance of Adding a +10 to Training Rolls relating to Gae Bolg)
[] On Grendel and Beowulf (30 % Chance of Adding a +10 to Training Rolls relating to Grendel's Arm)
[] On Curtana (30 % Chance of Adding a +10 to Training Rolls relating to Curtana)
[] On Angels (30 % Chance of Adding a +10 to Training Rolls relating to Angels Halo)
[] On Dragons (30 % Chance of Adding a +10 to Training Rolls relating to Babr-e Bayan and Balmung)
[x] Meet up with someone:
[] Alice (And Do What?)
[] Satsuki (And Do What?)
[]Lorica(About Do What?)
[] Someone Else? (Write in)
[x] Research someone/Something? (Who/What) (Gives information on a person or thing.)
[x] Practice with your cores. (NOTE: This is only available once per day)
[]Your Void Core, you can literally shoot LIGHTNING from your hands! That's cool right? Maybe you can focus on the Space part now, see what else you can do with it (+ 1d10 to Void Core Mastery)
[]Your Chrono Core, you've gotten that slowing of time to three quarters…. But maybe it's time to start pushing it harder. Can you get to half speed? (+ 1d10 to Chrono Core Mastery)
[x] Go out and practice with one of your weapons (20% Chance to gain a new ability) (NOTE: This is only available once per day). (+ 20 from Knight Fight) (+10 From Timeless Armory)
[]Gae Bolg (Beam Cannon)
[]Gae Bolg (Rail Cannon)
[]Curtana (Sonic Blaster form)
[]Curtana (Sword Form) (+10 from Practice)
[]Grendel's Arm (+10 from Practice)
[]Angels Halo
[]Babr-e Bayan
[]Balmung
[x] Rest and Relax with someone? (Who?) (Reduces Red Mist by a certain amount) (You do not know how much anyone reduces it by)
[x] Something else? (Write in)
[x] Read a book (Considered a Free action, Pick one more)
[] On Gae Bolg (30 % Chance of Adding a +10 to Training Rolls relating to Gae Bolg)
[] On Grendel and Beowulf (30 % Chance of Adding a +10 to Training Rolls relating to Grendel's Arm)
[] On Curtana (30 % Chance of Adding a +10 to Training Rolls relating to Curtana)
[] On Angels (30 % Chance of Adding a +10 to Training Rolls relating to Angels Halo)
[] On Dragons (30 % Chance of Adding a +10 to Training Rolls relating to Babr-e Bayan and Balmung)
[x] Attempt the Tower of Trials (Ignores Time Dilation (IE, No Free Action)) (Cleared 5/??) (Next Reward at Floor 10)
[x]Talking with the assassin (About what?) (Increases Captive Cooperation by 10% (15% Total this turn) (60% Currently) (May Discover something depending on what is asked)
[x] Focus on exploring that thing in the corner of your castle that Morgana mentioned (0% Cooperation) (Discovers ???)
[x] Chat with someone else (Can be multiple people)
[] Chat with your parents (About what?)
[] Alice (About what?)
[] Satsuki (About what?)
[] Elly (About what?)
[] Chat with Lillia. (About what?)
[]Azure (About what?)
[]Argent(About what?)
[]Lorica(About what?)
[x] Research someone/Something? (Who/What) (Gives information on a person or thing.)
[x] Practice with your cores. (NOTE: This is only available once per day)
[]Your Void Core, you've got lighting. That's cool right? Maybe you can focus on the Space part now, see what else you can do with it (+ 1d10 to Void Core Mastery + 50% Due to Focusing Room Discovery)
[]Your Chrono Core, you've gotten that slowing of time to three quarters…. But maybe it's time to start pushing it harder. Can you get to half speed? (+ 1d10 to Chrono Core Mastery + 50% Due to Focusing Room Discovery)
[x] Go out and practice with one of your weapons (20% Chance to gain a new ability) (NOTE: This is only available once per day). (+ 20 Gained from Fighting Knight) (+10 From Timeless Armory)
[]Gae Bolg (Beam Cannon)
[]Gae Bolg (Rail Cannon)
[]Curtana (Sonic Blaster form)
[]Curtana (Sword Form) (+10 from Practice)
[]Grendel's Arm (+10 from Practice)
[]Angels Halo
[]Babr-e Bayan
[]Balmung
[x] Go out and try to attract the Magical girls to you. ( - 2 Core Charge (1 From Each)) (Pick A Magical girl) (Describe how you attract them) (High (+20) Chance of Working) (Story Telling Dice)
[x] Call Number 20 and buy something? (What?) (Free Action)
[x] Go out and hunt a rift (Can take up to two). (UNAVAILABLE DUE TO ALL RIFTS BEING CLEARED)
[] Tier 1 (0 Available)
[] Tier 2 (0 Available)
[] Tier 3 (0 Available)
[] Tier 4 ( 0 Available)
[] Tier 5 (0 Available)
[x] Something else?
[x] Have Question (Write in as many as you'd like)
[x] Don't have questions (SKIP)
TLDR: New Day planning and Mutation Option for this chapter~
Clearing a Tier 6 and not taking a Crit is quite the achievement~ Even if it was kinda done though a bunch of luck and MaGi BS~ Still a worthy achievement and one to be rewarded~
There's even a Balmung mutation for ya if you want it~
Also, as this is a mutation option, you get a Q/A session with Elly as usual for free. So take it if you got more stuff to ask your wonderful NOAC Patron~ Perhaps she'll answer and explain~
All in all~ Have fun all~ No chapter tomorrow due to LIFE, but I should hopefully be around to help with questions and such as usual. Cheers all~ Thank you again for your support.
Look at how far Fia's come, and she's not even close to her peak yet heheheh~ Tis gonna be a fuuuun time for sure~
