Grue
滅亡迅雷
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The Legendary Super Pretty Cures are going with Genjuro to crash a Precure villian's HQ.
Usagi Quest (CK3/Princess Maker) (Sailor Moon)
[x] Plan Belay Rope.
So who else will be at this party?
MCAT will be bringing as many of their heavy hitters as possible, presumably including Jadeite and the Symphogear users.
Probably not tux boy as he would be rather jet-lagged.
None of the Precures. All are known to be young and none are particularly powerful without their specific type advantage against their normal enemies. Even aside from that I doubt most would be eager to fight humans.
Nanoha… does MCAT even know about White Meteor yet?
Ranma still isn't in the loop as yet. Although MCAT might have hired some Neriman martial artists. Ryoga will as always get a roll to show up.
The past Inuyasha is very unlikely but we are expecting the present Inuyasha to make a move at some point. Now might be the time.
While I don't imagine any of the evil factions would plan to take part I also would not be surprised at one or more launching their own independent attack at the same time.
MCAT will be bringing as many of their heavy hitters as possible, presumably including Jadeite and the Symphogear users.
Probably not tux boy as he would be rather jet-lagged.
None of the Precures. All are known to be young and none are particularly powerful without their specific type advantage against their normal enemies. Even aside from that I doubt most would be eager to fight humans.
Nanoha… does MCAT even know about White Meteor yet?
Ranma still isn't in the loop as yet. Although MCAT might have hired some Neriman martial artists. Ryoga will as always get a roll to show up.
The past Inuyasha is very unlikely but we are expecting the present Inuyasha to make a move at some point. Now might be the time.
While I don't imagine any of the evil factions would plan to take part I also would not be surprised at one or more launching their own independent attack at the same time.
- Location
- Canada
[x] Plan Belay Rope
SuperBigMac
My titles: MacTheEditor; SuperiorPosterior
- Location
- Untitled States of Disarray
- Pronouns
- N/A
It would be such a hilarious moment if we were getting all set for a huge, epic battle with the Ministry to finally settle which government is in control of Magical Japan, but before we could do anything every other enemy we're fighting swooped in, tripped over each other, and accidentally solved themselves for us.
Like, that maybe could potentially happen, on a small scale, but a gambit pile-up of that magnitude would be a bigger headache to deal with than beating them normally one by one.
The idea of the Shitennou and Witches Five ending up in one giant Meet Cute is hilarious though.
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- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
Though I'm not sure what Oblivion would want to take revenge on MCAT for, since so far it's just been Haruka and Michiru bullying them and once bringing Usagi along for maximum damage.
And I can imagine a lot of specific and highly unusual events taking place in this 'Midnight Incident.'
To be fair, that's not strictly a certainty... but it does sound more like a 'spring' mindset than an 'evade' mindset, now that you mention it.
Assuming, of course, that this event doesn't disrupt those plans significantly. We saw with the outcome of the Choshi City raid that despite the way we get stingers for the week's events in the Results post, those events are not strictly "on rails" if the dice cause some specific and unusual event to happen.
And I can imagine a lot of specific and highly unusual events taking place in this 'Midnight Incident.'
I think Eas already played that card, and it looks like Onogoro delayed their own attack because how we sorted out Eas made them think that maybe they'd been underestimating the defenses they'd be up against...
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Torgamous
Aspiring Gynoid
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- She/Her
[x] Plan Belay Rope
Leave out the ones that aren't eager to go. And while Rei might be able to figure out how to unseal everyone, she's also our best shot at identifying the important components of the ritual before they get used.
Leave out the ones that aren't eager to go. And while Rei might be able to figure out how to unseal everyone, she's also our best shot at identifying the important components of the ritual before they get used.
Amazons. Cologne is local for this battle, even.
- Location
- San Ramon, CA
It might be good to review some of Onogoro's potential objectives for this assault (or at least go a bit more granular than 'Destroy MCAT'):
- Kill Director Samui.
- Recover Lord Kurayami and his retinue (and maybe the Sadist Squad if they're feeling charitable).
- Secure some of the stolen youkai "property" (wait, where are their collars? Seriously, where are their collars!?).
- Steal any research and materials regarding this "musical magitech" that MCAT has been using.
- Steal any classified material regarding MCAT's backers and allies (secret identities, etc.).
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
I apologize, I know this will come across as nitpicky, but I really do feel like motivation descriptions like "eager to go" are complicated with the Senshi.
For example, Haruka and Michiru are absolutely down for "show up to fight for the princess." They are probably predisposed to ignore their own needs for her sake, given a chance; we know they kinda do this in canon and we know Minako seems to be doing it in this vote. Usagi can say "no, go rest, we've got this," but that's not the same as "they aren't eager," though I suppose it could all be a matter of quibbling over what 'eager' means.
Ami is in a different but similar situation. She obviously cares very intensely about Usagi and wants to fight for her, but also has a big phobia of screwing up at school and really gets caught up in school stuff. If she had a fear of spiders and we were deciding whether to bring her along to fight a giant spider, it's hard to say whether "Usagi is going into danger, but there will be spiders" was causing Ami to be eager or not eager to go.
People who are conflicted between two things they want or believe they have a duty to do... well, it gets messy trying to describe them.
I might not be talking about this except that I've had issues in my own life with people who oversimplify other people's motivations and make assumptions like "obviously you don't want to do, or don't care about, X because you didn't do Y and I am incapable of understanding any reason to do Y other than indifference to X."
Torgamous
Aspiring Gynoid
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- She/Her
I thought there was a clear distinction between the ones who Usagi would have to actively work to convince them not to go, and the ones that will just accept her decision. Makoto's in kind of a grey area since it doesn't say it'll take time to convince her but she is noted to have volunteered especially quickly, but also it'd be stupid not to take Makoto.
They also might want to
- Round up all Samui's fellow Icewind clan snow maidens and send them back to Kyuushu or maybe Okinawa without AC.
- Kidnap any of Little Brother's politicians they can find, in retaliation for Lord Kurayami's treatment.
- Maintain the Masquerade by carpet-bombing the employees with memory-erasure charms and maybe even kidnapping a few.
- Score points in their arcane internal politics and rivalry, where the left hand and the right do not consult each other.
jwolfe_beta
Semi Genre-Savvy Overlord
- Location
- Canada
TLDR the Onogoro likely want to do a whole lot of stuff that we, MCAT, the youkai, the Cures, and the government of Japan would object to.
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
Okay, that is a fairly clear decision, with two caveats:
1) Haruka and Michiru did volunteer, but low-key: "We're ready to go if you need us" and "That's right."
2) Ami is, per traits and persona, Shy, so it can be hard to get a read on her sometimes. Fortunately Usagi has Diplomacy 23 and that comes with a fair amount of insight into what she's feeling when she doesn't say anything.
Winged One
Not the Simurgh
- Location
- definitely the ground
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- They/Them/It
If the trap actually works, Ami (and possibly Rei) might need some muscle to implement the getting us out part anyway.
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
Ami: "Aaand that's the story of how we turned the picnic into an experiment in what happens when you loop about a dozen Pretty Cures into a feedback mechanism."
Grue
滅亡迅雷
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Wonder if MCAT's going to risk deploying the full Bayonet Charge or stick to just Tsubasa, given the troubles Chris has had with getting the Castrating Sickle to cooperate. Doubt they're holding much back they're aware of* other than that though.
*Dr Sakurai breaking out her AT field would probably be a suprise to both parties, for example.
*Dr Sakurai breaking out her AT field would probably be a suprise to both parties, for example.
jwolfe_beta
Semi Genre-Savvy Overlord
- Location
- Canada
Well the 'Master of the Mountain' incident occurred back on the 24th and the attack is happening late on the 25th/early on the 26th. And since the rest of that interlude hasn't been written, we don't know what if anything/anybody Chris is bringing back to MCAT in the aftermath.
Currently leaning this direction
[X] Plan Belay Rope
I kind of want to do a full-court press and bring everyone, just because Samui insinuated that this attack from Onogoro is going to be their biggest and most dramatic action in decades at least.... but I recognize that isn't the smart play. Leaving Ami outside as both the person least comfortable not going, and the as the most capable of scanning our prison should be we in trouble is solid. The Outers can not only be brawn, but they can bring hurt on any issue that crops up while we are incapped.
I can see the argument for Rei working on the outside, but I think that argument may work just as well from the inside, and we are fairly sure the Kami can be communicated with from within. Put an inferno inside and a blizzard outside, and your spellforms may suffer many a catastrophic failure.
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There could still be a layer of fear here as well. Samui intellectually knows that MCAT is full of very capable people. But these are literally the bogeymen that destroyed her culture and took out all the most terrifying monsters of a generation, and they aren't moving to stomp her, she is bait for them to capture gods.
That fear has to be choking, and I'm impressed she was able to keep a cool head at all.
This is actually one of those situations where we may not need to worry about those situations, at least the last two, maybe three. Because, if my headquarters was known to be attacked in the next few days by people with invisibly mind-whammying supplies... I'd take my classified material and stick it in an undisclosed 3rd location under a time-lock.
"Sorry, your 'princess' is in another castle and the doors don't unlock until tomorrow afternoon. Have fun~"
That doesn't mean we shouldn't keep an eye out about them pulling some shady or desperate moves, or prisoner transfers, but I think we can safely assume the research materials are secured against a potential infiltration.
[X] Plan Belay Rope
I kind of want to do a full-court press and bring everyone, just because Samui insinuated that this attack from Onogoro is going to be their biggest and most dramatic action in decades at least.... but I recognize that isn't the smart play. Leaving Ami outside as both the person least comfortable not going, and the as the most capable of scanning our prison should be we in trouble is solid. The Outers can not only be brawn, but they can bring hurt on any issue that crops up while we are incapped.
I can see the argument for Rei working on the outside, but I think that argument may work just as well from the inside, and we are fairly sure the Kami can be communicated with from within. Put an inferno inside and a blizzard outside, and your spellforms may suffer many a catastrophic failure.
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There could still be a layer of fear here as well. Samui intellectually knows that MCAT is full of very capable people. But these are literally the bogeymen that destroyed her culture and took out all the most terrifying monsters of a generation, and they aren't moving to stomp her, she is bait for them to capture gods.
That fear has to be choking, and I'm impressed she was able to keep a cool head at all.
This is actually one of those situations where we may not need to worry about those situations, at least the last two, maybe three. Because, if my headquarters was known to be attacked in the next few days by people with invisibly mind-whammying supplies... I'd take my classified material and stick it in an undisclosed 3rd location under a time-lock.
"Sorry, your 'princess' is in another castle and the doors don't unlock until tomorrow afternoon. Have fun~"
That doesn't mean we shouldn't keep an eye out about them pulling some shady or desperate moves, or prisoner transfers, but I think we can safely assume the research materials are secured against a potential infiltration.
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
That invites the question:
How many suitably safe locations do you think MCAT has? It may be harder for them to relocate some of their stuff than to pile it together and hope the combined weight lets them see off intruders.
Among other things, infiltration by Empty Faces is a concern they've probably been planning for for some time; the problem is that their expertise in magical security probably leaves a good deal to be desired compared to Onogoro's expertise in magical infiltration.
At least one more.
I'm imagining a lot of the research is data and papers. You don't need a large facility to secure those in. I understand there is larger stuff that would be harder for them to move or secure, but without the notes and research explaining what was going on, stealing things like proto-types doesn't do much to help Ongoro learn anything.