And some of them focus on characters in the upper teens and early 20s.
Like Symphogear and the later seasons of Sailor Moon and Nanoha.
The Practice War [Complete]
- Thread starter Snowfire
- Start date
- Original Sci-Fi
Like Symphogear and the later seasons of Sailor Moon and Nanoha.
- Location
- In a Fantasy
I read this in day and half. It was amazing>>>>!
[X] You had led humanity through the fire, and emerged victorious. Now was the time for another to take the helm, and for you to take a new path.
I too feel that we should focus on more personal things now. The vault , catching up on science with our soulmate and the other things.
And of course the most important point:
Having more time for us to work and be with our love <3 Mary <3
[X] You had led humanity through the fire, and emerged victorious. Now was the time for another to take the helm, and for you to take a new path.
I too feel that we should focus on more personal things now. The vault , catching up on science with our soulmate and the other things.
And of course the most important point:
Having more time for us to work and be with our love <3 Mary <3
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Snowfire
Polyglot of Chimera
- Location
- Wordcats
Shush you
Thanks! I'm glad you liked i-
MAAALAAAQUUUUEZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!
Just kidding. Welcome to the quest and I hope you'll enjoy your stay
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acegunner
Planeswalker - Nicol Bolas
- Location
- Dominaria
[X] You had led humanity through the fire, and emerged victorious. Now was the time for another to take the helm, and for you to take a new path. (Leads to path choice sub-vote)
If we need to take the stearing wheel again we can, but there is more important things for us to do right now. Things that need a personal touch. Like the vault, and building alliances with other races.
As the president our abilities as a potential are limited due to running the government. We need to fully utilize everything we have to win this war. We have a cabinet fill of people, any of them would be better canidates for the presidency right now.
Edit: And there I go unintentionally joining a band wagon.
Guys please think about this vote and its consequences before you choose. We cannot afford to make a choice based on a bunch of people joining whichever band wagon happened to be bigger at the time.
This decision will have very big cconsequences either which way we go. Uninformed and thoughtless decisions are not the way to choose a path for a decision like this.
If we need to take the stearing wheel again we can, but there is more important things for us to do right now. Things that need a personal touch. Like the vault, and building alliances with other races.
As the president our abilities as a potential are limited due to running the government. We need to fully utilize everything we have to win this war. We have a cabinet fill of people, any of them would be better canidates for the presidency right now.
Edit: And there I go unintentionally joining a band wagon.
Guys please think about this vote and its consequences before you choose. We cannot afford to make a choice based on a bunch of people joining whichever band wagon happened to be bigger at the time.
This decision will have very big cconsequences either which way we go. Uninformed and thoughtless decisions are not the way to choose a path for a decision like this.
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- Location
- Somewhere other than where I am.
People have been thinking about and discussing this for some time, because it is important.
Snowfire
Polyglot of Chimera
- Location
- Wordcats
I'll be closing this vote in the next hour or two and part two of the voting process will probably drop tonight. This one I'm hoping for a little more discussion on, and I will be accepting suggestions if people think I've missed anything.
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- Location
- In a Fantasy
MAAALAAAQUUUUEZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!
Now now , my shipping heart is at fault not Malaquez. The moment I saw them in the story together , it went into overdrive.
Snowfire
Polyglot of Chimera
- Location
- Wordcats
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You were saying?
Songs of Possibility
Snowfire
Polyglot of Chimera
- Location
- Wordcats
"Kazuki," you remembered the moment, your voice as calm as his had been when he'd sat you down a few weeks prior. You might not know exactly where you wanted to go, but now you knew the start, at least.
"You've made your choice, then." He said, and you nodded firmly. You'd made it the night of the new year, looking out as lights shone and sparked on the water and sky. Fireworks were still the celebratory tradition of choice, and the bursts of coloured light had been almost soothing in their beauty.
"New Years," you replied, cocking your head at grin that blossomed across his face. "What?"
"Oh nothing," he chuckled, "I just owe Marcus a composition." You blinked, what was he getting a- it clicked.
"You bet on how long it would take?" The laughter behind the words made a lie of the outrage on your face. "You're terrible!"
"Would you really have it any other way?" He asked, and you shook your head through the last of your laughter. "Didn't think so. Although you might be happy to know that Mary didn't bet. Something about not betting on a friend."
"That sounds like her," you said softly, the laughter in your voice fading into a deep affection. "She was happy when I told her, you know."
"You chose to step down, then?" From more than a few others, that might have prompted a biting reaction, but strangely not from Kazuki. At least not today, when he said it like that. "None of us were going to say it, but we've seen how the last two years have started to wear on you. Twelve years is a long time to lead and the only other President who led for that long did so during the Time of Miracles. This has been a very different Presidency."
"Ain't that the truth." If your Second Secret biomods hadn't made it almost impossible, you were convinced that your hair should have been silver at least two years ago. If nothing else, facing a Shiplord in hand to hand combat should have done the trick. "But you're right. Part of me still wants to stay, but it's time to step aside," you sighed, not wanting to admit the next words, but forcing yourself anyhow. "Before it gets harder to let go."
"I understand." Kazuki said, and looking up at him you found with some shock that you believed him.
:I told you,: Sidra slid the words into your mind, glimmering in their shell around your neck. :You keep on forgetting who he was before he joined your government, don't you.:
:I think I might be about to get some help with that,: you sent back, but it wasn't a deflection. You had forgotten, and even after being reminded once you still found it hard to remember. You weren't the only one who had suffered the privilege of mass adoration.
"I won't bore you with details," the former singer continued, "but knowing that what you do will always be heard is a powerful thing. The ability to shape society, effect change, it's hard to lay that down. Especially when you've spent so long being so successful at it."
"Leading is a drug," you said, and he nodded slowly, recognising his own words from two and a half decades past. "It takes so much, but you'll never want to let it go."
"To captain a world is wonder," he sang gently, "and the greatest of burdens I know." The click of a chip on the table between you broke the sudden silence that followed, and he slid it out towards you. "These are the more detailed files that I'm sure you guessed I had, I used the last few weeks to refine them." He tapped it with an immaculate fingernail. "In there are the compiled suggestions and possibilities from every member of your cabinet, although if I've done my job right it shouldn't be obvious who came up with them. Read it, and think on it, like you did with the last one. We'll be ready for whatever your decision might be at the next cabinet meeting."
You reached out and took the chip, then past it to catch his hand, squeezing gently as you caught his eyes with your own. "Thank you, Kazuki." The words were short, but they came from the heart. It was the same thank you you'd given him after the last concert you'd held with him, and you were glad to see he recognised it. There weren't any words, but after so long working together, you could read his eyes.
"Madame President."
He'd given you a song for each path, now you had to choose which one to sing.
[] Freedom Rain: You'd had your time in the sun, and paid the dues of exposure. You'd never be able to escape from that, not after everything you'd done, but that didn't mean you couldn't have peace. You might not be able to keep it forever, but the freedom to be nothing more than a Potential again could be a blessing. To have the time to go back to go back to the Circles, the family of blood and bonds that you'd neglected so much during your time as President, and so much more.
Benefits: Fewest Responsibilities, Guaranteed Peace (for a while), Heart of Circles, Lots Of Tinkering Time, Extensive Opportunities For Personal Growth
Drawbacks: Lowest Available Connections, Soft Power, Possible Clearance Issues, Retreat From Politics
[] Tongues of Gold: Of course, you could seek a place of no small power within the structures you'd come to know, but without sacrificing as much freedom as you'd done so as President. Accept the light, learn to withstand it, and carve out a place for yourself inside it. You'd have to work for one of the two seats you could take at the table, but that was within your capabilities.
Benefits: Low Responsibility, Legislative Leverage, Connections, Voice of Experience, Best Opportunity For Public And Political Growth
Drawbacks: Least Peace, Moderate Freedom, Two Is A Hard Number, You Aren't A Politician
[] Ever Present: The skills you'd honed over your life would make you an excellent choice for any Ministry, but to limit you like that was foolish in the eyes of your Cabinet. There was another option, however; to be a Minister without Ministry. To fade from the light, but not leave it behind, and maintain a place within the world that had become your own the last twelve years.
Benefits: Effective Freedom, Cabinet Connections, Ministerial Office, Blank Check, Surrounded By Talent
Drawbacks: High Responsibility, Troubleshooter, Technical Subordinate, Moderate Peace
[] The World's Lover: Finally, there was an option that drew you deeply, but that you weren't sure if you should follow. Your passion for understanding the intricacies of the world was all but without limit, and there was a way to allow you to pursue that. One that would bring your closest friends with you, and allow you to chart your own path into the light of reason.
Benefits: Considerable Resources, High Peace, Research Actions, Charting The Future, Mary
Drawbacks: Low Connections, Moderate Freedom, Moderate Responsibility, Least Legislative Influence
This is a Ranked Vote. Please number by preference.
Note: Freedom Rain may be chosen for a period of time no greater than two years. If this limit is held to, the Retreat From Politics drawback will be nullified. Please add in your chosen time period to the vote like so: [] Freedom Rain (2 years). Write-in suggestions are welcome, but please tag me about them before voting so I can tell you if they're viable and how they'd work if so.
"You've made your choice, then." He said, and you nodded firmly. You'd made it the night of the new year, looking out as lights shone and sparked on the water and sky. Fireworks were still the celebratory tradition of choice, and the bursts of coloured light had been almost soothing in their beauty.
"New Years," you replied, cocking your head at grin that blossomed across his face. "What?"
"Oh nothing," he chuckled, "I just owe Marcus a composition." You blinked, what was he getting a- it clicked.
"You bet on how long it would take?" The laughter behind the words made a lie of the outrage on your face. "You're terrible!"
"Would you really have it any other way?" He asked, and you shook your head through the last of your laughter. "Didn't think so. Although you might be happy to know that Mary didn't bet. Something about not betting on a friend."
"That sounds like her," you said softly, the laughter in your voice fading into a deep affection. "She was happy when I told her, you know."
"You chose to step down, then?" From more than a few others, that might have prompted a biting reaction, but strangely not from Kazuki. At least not today, when he said it like that. "None of us were going to say it, but we've seen how the last two years have started to wear on you. Twelve years is a long time to lead and the only other President who led for that long did so during the Time of Miracles. This has been a very different Presidency."
"Ain't that the truth." If your Second Secret biomods hadn't made it almost impossible, you were convinced that your hair should have been silver at least two years ago. If nothing else, facing a Shiplord in hand to hand combat should have done the trick. "But you're right. Part of me still wants to stay, but it's time to step aside," you sighed, not wanting to admit the next words, but forcing yourself anyhow. "Before it gets harder to let go."
"I understand." Kazuki said, and looking up at him you found with some shock that you believed him.
:I told you,: Sidra slid the words into your mind, glimmering in their shell around your neck. :You keep on forgetting who he was before he joined your government, don't you.:
:I think I might be about to get some help with that,: you sent back, but it wasn't a deflection. You had forgotten, and even after being reminded once you still found it hard to remember. You weren't the only one who had suffered the privilege of mass adoration.
"I won't bore you with details," the former singer continued, "but knowing that what you do will always be heard is a powerful thing. The ability to shape society, effect change, it's hard to lay that down. Especially when you've spent so long being so successful at it."
"Leading is a drug," you said, and he nodded slowly, recognising his own words from two and a half decades past. "It takes so much, but you'll never want to let it go."
"To captain a world is wonder," he sang gently, "and the greatest of burdens I know." The click of a chip on the table between you broke the sudden silence that followed, and he slid it out towards you. "These are the more detailed files that I'm sure you guessed I had, I used the last few weeks to refine them." He tapped it with an immaculate fingernail. "In there are the compiled suggestions and possibilities from every member of your cabinet, although if I've done my job right it shouldn't be obvious who came up with them. Read it, and think on it, like you did with the last one. We'll be ready for whatever your decision might be at the next cabinet meeting."
You reached out and took the chip, then past it to catch his hand, squeezing gently as you caught his eyes with your own. "Thank you, Kazuki." The words were short, but they came from the heart. It was the same thank you you'd given him after the last concert you'd held with him, and you were glad to see he recognised it. There weren't any words, but after so long working together, you could read his eyes.
"Madame President."
He'd given you a song for each path, now you had to choose which one to sing.
[] Freedom Rain: You'd had your time in the sun, and paid the dues of exposure. You'd never be able to escape from that, not after everything you'd done, but that didn't mean you couldn't have peace. You might not be able to keep it forever, but the freedom to be nothing more than a Potential again could be a blessing. To have the time to go back to go back to the Circles, the family of blood and bonds that you'd neglected so much during your time as President, and so much more.
Benefits: Fewest Responsibilities, Guaranteed Peace (for a while), Heart of Circles, Lots Of Tinkering Time, Extensive Opportunities For Personal Growth
Drawbacks: Lowest Available Connections, Soft Power, Possible Clearance Issues, Retreat From Politics
[] Tongues of Gold: Of course, you could seek a place of no small power within the structures you'd come to know, but without sacrificing as much freedom as you'd done so as President. Accept the light, learn to withstand it, and carve out a place for yourself inside it. You'd have to work for one of the two seats you could take at the table, but that was within your capabilities.
Benefits: Low Responsibility, Legislative Leverage, Connections, Voice of Experience, Best Opportunity For Public And Political Growth
Drawbacks: Least Peace, Moderate Freedom, Two Is A Hard Number, You Aren't A Politician
[] Ever Present: The skills you'd honed over your life would make you an excellent choice for any Ministry, but to limit you like that was foolish in the eyes of your Cabinet. There was another option, however; to be a Minister without Ministry. To fade from the light, but not leave it behind, and maintain a place within the world that had become your own the last twelve years.
Benefits: Effective Freedom, Cabinet Connections, Ministerial Office, Blank Check, Surrounded By Talent
Drawbacks: High Responsibility, Troubleshooter, Technical Subordinate, Moderate Peace
[] The World's Lover: Finally, there was an option that drew you deeply, but that you weren't sure if you should follow. Your passion for understanding the intricacies of the world was all but without limit, and there was a way to allow you to pursue that. One that would bring your closest friends with you, and allow you to chart your own path into the light of reason.
Benefits: Considerable Resources, High Peace, Research Actions, Charting The Future, Mary
Drawbacks: Low Connections, Moderate Freedom, Moderate Responsibility, Least Legislative Influence
This is a Ranked Vote. Please number by preference.
Note: Freedom Rain may be chosen for a period of time no greater than two years. If this limit is held to, the Retreat From Politics drawback will be nullified. Please add in your chosen time period to the vote like so: [] Freedom Rain (2 years). Write-in suggestions are welcome, but please tag me about them before voting so I can tell you if they're viable and how they'd work if so.
There will be a 12 hour voting moratorium for this vote.
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Please number by preference with 1 being the highest? Or the lowest?
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Focus on the circles and ourselves, turning away from politics in the meantime.
Not sure what the "Possible Clearance Issues" refers to.
I think this is a ministry position? If so, it would have to be Diplomacy or Practice. Or, I could be misunderstanding and this is a congressional position or the like?
I'm not sure what "Two Is A Hard Number" refers to, in any case. I mean, I assume we aren't going for both positions at the same time, are we?
Effectively be a Hero on Retainer. Go around doing stuff we think is valuable, without the responsibility of running a bureaucracy in the process.
Not sure what "Technical Subordinate" means.
Go set up an independent research organization of some sort with Mary? Presumably learn something about the world? SCIENCE everything.
I do think we should go back to the Circles, if only for a little while. It's our equivalent to the farm.
I'll take a crack at what I think they mean and see if you agree with me.
With the first Amanda leaves the government entirely, so she probably wouldn't keep her top secret clearance, so finding out so information might be hard.
The second probably refers to Amanda still being in a very powerful political position when the new president comes in, some would see that as a power behind the throne deal, and could have political repercussions.
With the third, as a Minister, even one without portfolio, for the first time in over a decade Amanda would be required to follow someone else's orders, the new presidents. (She'd just be politically powerful enough to choose to ignore orders, possibly)
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Snowfire, I'm pretty sure you put this in the wrong column.
- Location
- .wa.us
You will, technically, be subordinate to people who have gotten very very used to being your subordinates. This is awkward to navigate.
Goldenlima
Statistical Anomaly
I'm actually inclined to take 1-2 years of freedom rain as a sabbatical. Get our head back together, work with the circles and let the new president find their feet without us in the way.
acegunner
Planeswalker - Nicol Bolas
- Location
- Dominaria
I agree, although the other two options are also tempting. I'll think about it more during my lunch break tommorow.
Its been a long day...
The same. Two years would be best, I think; that should be enough time to let things settle down and let Amanda do some serious work with the Circles and possibly integrating them into the beginnings of a non-Potential Practice scheme. On a side note, though:
This should really not be a problem; no matter how free Amanda becomes she can't suddenly not be one of the Unisonbound, and as such would have to retain highest-level clearances since as outlined the 223 seem to be a very communicative group.
After that, though, here's my preferences, at first blush:
Tongues of Gold
--Getting one of the two unelected advisor positions in the totally-not-a-shadow-government is somewhat tempting from a control standpoint, but really in my opinion it's pretty much giving up most of our power without reducing the strain on our time. It's kind of the worst of all worlds: as much or more politics than we have now, but less power to dictate what gets done. Pass.
The World's Lover
--Yeah, as much as I like the idea of eloping with Mary (and Vega; I'm not giving up my visions of kinky threesomes, darnit!), I'm not sure the added freedom of going private sector is worth being so far from the centers of power. Pass, but it's better than Tongues of Gold since at least we're focusing on the R&D rather than the political machines.
Ever Present
--This is probably the one I'd go for, after a two-year hiatus. This I think gives us the greatest combination of resources to direct and freedom to use said resources.
Robinton
Probably petting Schrödinger's cat
- Location
- Scientifically proving a miracle
A jury-rigged table, as a quick approximation...
(If anyone can do better, please do!)
BTW, Freedom = chance to get misc stuff done (Circles, Elder's Vault, etc.), Rest/Heal = chance to heal, and Influence = chance to keep government running well.
*Special advantage: reduced effect if you choose this for 1 or 2 years
**Special drawback: you wouldn't get to choose your priorities as much
(If anyone can do better, please do!
)BTW, Freedom = chance to get misc stuff done (Circles, Elder's Vault, etc.), Rest/Heal = chance to heal, and Influence = chance to keep government running well.
Code:
Freedom Rest/Heal Influence
Freedom Rain 9 10 1*
Tongues of Gold 5 2 8
Ever Present 7** 5 5
The World's Lover 5 9 2**Special drawback: you wouldn't get to choose your priorities as much
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- Location
- Somewhere out there
[1] Tongues of Gold
[2] Ever Present
[3] The World's Lover
[4] Freedom Rain
I could be convinced to swap 1 and 2 if 2 would give Amanda more time doing things like Elder's Vault that only she can do, but some formal acknowledgement from Snowfire would be appreciated in this regard.
[2] Ever Present
[3] The World's Lover
[4] Freedom Rain
I could be convinced to swap 1 and 2 if 2 would give Amanda more time doing things like Elder's Vault that only she can do, but some formal acknowledgement from Snowfire would be appreciated in this regard.
acegunner
Planeswalker - Nicol Bolas
- Location
- Dominaria
5 practiced miracles, and numerous crit success rolls later...
...
Edit: to make things easy for myself when voting opens at 6AM:
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