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Libra's Lament, a Magical Girl Quest [Complete]

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I guess I can call it here. Rico is going to do her homework, whether she wants to or not.
Adhoc vote count started by Naron on Aug 15, 2017 at 2:21 AM, finished with 13 posts and 8 votes.
  • [X] Have Rico do her homework; slacking off is not a good thing
    [X] Continue examining your connection; there has to be something there
    [X] Go over your situation with Rico; what can you do now?
    [X] Go into the basement to examine your magic; maybe you can find out how it works?
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Adhoc vote count started by Naron on Oct 13, 2017 at 11:42 AM, finished with 77 posts and 11 votes.
  • [X] Have Rico do her homework; slacking off is not a good thing
    [X] Continue examining your connection; there has to be something there
    [X] Go into the basement to examine your magic; maybe you can find out how it works?
    [X] EXP Plan
    -[X] Shell of Light
    [X] Stay in your room and figure out how this mind-thing works
    [X] Play with Ludger
    [X] Make breakfast for everyone and surprise your mother
    [X] Go through your situation with Rico; what can you do now?
    [X] Read your schoolbooks to find out more about the situation; you might need it
    [X] Go over your situation with Rico; what can you do now?
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    • Primordial Sun: New Ability

    New Ability gained: Shell of Light

    Shell of Light
    Level 1
    -Increases Primordial Sun's Base Resilience with a protective layer of hardened sunlight

    Base Resilience: 5 -----> 25


    [X] Take Ludger for his morning-walk
    [X] Make breakfast for everyone and surprise your mother
    [X] Have Rico do her homework; slacking off is not a good thing


    You carefully comb through Eva's hair; your sister forgot it again.
    She lets you and hums happily, much to your dismay; just how can anyone be so happy in the morning?

    There is a cheerful yip by your feet and Ludger jumps up at you, standing on his hindlegs and resting the front paws against your leg. He looks up at you and Eva, then goes back down on all fours and runs a few circles around you again.

    And there comes a wave of fondness rolling over from your twin, who lets you finish before crouching and petting the dog again. "I think he has to go for little corgis. Do you want to come with me?"

    Instead of responding, you just hum and try to... to poke your sister with your mind, but it does not really work. Oh well...

    Eva goes ahead and you follow a moment later, the dog walking after her and watching what she is doing; he only gets more excited the moment he hears his collar rustle. Ludger loves going outside.

    Okay, he also loves digging up the garden, which is why he is not allowed to go outside without someone watching him.

    As you click the leash onto... wait, Eva again. This is really weird and you start to wonder what happens if the two of you are in entirely different places. Or if you stub your toe again...

    You cast open the door and hold it for your sister; she holds the leash with her left hand today, so her injuries are probably not yet gone. Maybe you should take it instead of risking something... but your sister can handle it; she will tell you if she can not.

    It is sunny outside, the morning air a little cold for your liking... you give your sister a sign and dart back inside to get your jackets. At least the cold air will help you wake up properly.

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    There is not much happening as you wander the neighbourhood. A few adults are already awake and wave at you from their own gardens as you pass by, but this is basically it; Ludger does his business as you go and you circle around onto another street after reaching the Adige.

    On the way back however, you see her; she sits on a bench next to the walkway, a steaming paper cup in her hands and looking the other way... where you live.

    The woman wears blue jeans and a dark sweater, but you recognise her black hair and how she looks like the moment she turns to you. That is the soldier person that brought you home yesterday.

    Were you found out?

    A spike of nervousness from Eva tickles through your head and makes you shiver, but you quickly get yourself under control and dart forward. "Hello, miss!"

    She smiles and gets to her feet, looking you over for a moment before responding: "Hey there. Are you girls doing okay?"

    You nod... maybe a little too forcefully while Eva comes up next to you and does the same. At the same time, Ludger comes up by the soldier's foot and starts to sniff it, bringing her attention down to him. "Oh, you were walking your dog?"

    "Yup. I think he likes you, miss."
    She chuckles and bows down to gently pat Ludger's head, who happily lets her. You watch this for a moment and exchange a glance with your twin, who passes you the leash. "Do you live over here, too?"

    "Hm? Oh... uh... no, not really."
    She looks up from your pet, although her hand stays on his head. There is... something in her eyes, you are not sure. She pauses for a second, then sighs and straightens again. "I was just... a little worried about you two. Did everything go well with your parents?"

    You nod enthusiastically and beam up at her. "Yeah, everything was good. Mommy gave us hugs and ice cream and now everything's good!"

    Eva giggles and nods, too; the soldier-woman has to laugh as well... for some reason. You did not say something funny, did you?

    She chuckles some more and ruffles your hair; no, you just combed it!
    Squealing and holding up your hands, you duck behind Eva, who giggles more and laughs at you while Ludger looks back and forth between you. The miss looks after you, her hand still in the air. Then she smiles again and lowers it. "Oh, sorry."

    "It's okay, miss", your sister tells her. Of course it is a lie, how could anything be okay with your hair all wobbly and weird again? Now you have to brush it more...

    "But we have to go, I want to do breakfast and Rico has homework."

    Your world screeches to a halt and loses colour. A quick look to Eva tells you that you did not hear it wrong... she really said that. Your horror grows ever more when the woman smiles and tells you she understands; you look at her for help, but she ignores it... damn mean traitor-bully! And you thought she was nice!

    "Come on, Rico."
    An arm gets a hold of yours and you feel yourself drawn away, Ludger happily yipping somewhere.

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    With the dog off his leash again, he cheerfully follows you and Eva around; your twin is leading the way towards the bedroom, where horror waits.

    And you know you can not get around it; you can feel your sister's determinedness over that weird connection. Eva only does that at home, though... she is never like this when with her friends.
    Maybe she is the big sister after all.

    "Of course I am."

    Grr...

    The walk into your room is quick, far too quick for you to like. Eva opens the door and tells Ludger to sit, then takes you inside and shuts the dog out. Why does he even sit when she tells him, but not when you do? How unfair...

    "There you go, Rico."

    She smiles at you... but you can feel how much fun she has with this. Pouting at your sister, you slump down in your chair -the left one- and get your pencil case. Eva sits down next to you with her own homework that she already made and she does not let you look...

    You groan and get your books from the bag your usually keep under the desk. You have a few questions for geography, a lot of math, some English and Italian. Ugh, where to start... math is last, you do not even want to think about it.

    Grumbling, you just start with geography; it is just a sheet with a few questions for you to answer and knowing the teacher, all the answers are in your book.

    Which countries are part of the UES? Oh, that one is easy; you quickly scribble down the first three that come to mind: Italy, France and Germany.

    After a moment of thinking, you can also put Great Britain and Poland to the list.

    Then you have to look into your book for the rest; Spain, Norway, Iceland, Sweden and the Netherlands.

    Eva checks her own answer after looking over to you, then shows you she has the same thing written.

    Ugh, this will take a while...

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    It was mostly just that weird stuff about what the capital's name was and the like... you do not really get why you need to know anything besides Rome and maybe Berlin, where the government is. You even know they put it there because it is in the middle of Europe.

    At least Italian is nice; you have to write a full page about whatever you like... so you write about your big sister and how she is the best big sis ever.

    English is just a lot of words to learn again; Eva tests you a little and it goes... okay. You test her, too... and she is good.

    Then it is already time for... that. Math... ugh, you really do not want to, but your sister rubs her arm against yours and pushes the textbook over.

    But there is also a lot of unwant coming from her; aha!
    "You don't want to, too!"

    Eva makes a face and looks back down at her notebook, then gets her pencil and looks back at you. "But we have to."

    You groan and take up your own pencil, then sharpen it a little bit.

    When you get started, though... it is easy. You look up how things are done and then it just... works. You can feel a few things coming over from Eva, but she works through everything really fast, just like you... this is great!

    You knew you could do math, but this is... hehe, Elisa will be really surprised.

    "This is great, Rico! I love the connection!"
    You beam right back at your sister and put down the pencil. "Yup, it's great! And we're done, can we play now?"

    Only then do you hear something grumble from below and feel how empty your stomach is. Eva giggles and pushes her notebooks back into her bag. "We can play... but I want breakfast first. Come on, lets make it!"

    Your twin skips ahead while you put away the books; it is nice to see Eva this open, she never is with others around... but it would be better if she did not make you make your homework.

    You make a quick stop in the bathroom to comb your hair again and watch yourself in the mirror. The cheerfulness from your sister is coming to you, too... you try to concentrate on it and get a glimpse of the table you always eat at.

    It only makes your tummy hurt a bit because you are hungry!

    But before you actually get to the kitchen, the phone starts ringing and you quickly dart over to take it before it wakes up your mother. But who would call in the morning like this?
    "H-Hello, this is Vescovi?"

    You forgot to look who it is, so you have no idea... until you can hear a quiet chuckle from the other end. "You're still afraid of the phone, Rico?"
    "Big Sis!"

    That has Eva poke her head out of the kitchen... and Ludger does the same below her. You ignore them and wander over there while your big sister talks: "I went to bed earlier and didn't catch mother's call. Is she still asleep?"

    "Yup! We're making breakfast for her right now!"
    "I see."

    Eva goes back to filling three bowls with cereal and milk while you sit down at the table, Ludger taking his place at your feet.

    You love your big sister; she is always really nice, even when you barely see her. "Mommy wants you to come here next week... you can, can you? Please?"

    You pout at the air and wait for her to respond; your twin is busy filling glasses with juice and pulling plates out of the cupboard. Your side stings a little... maybe you should go and help her anyway?

    "I... hold on a second, I have to check my schedule."
    "'Kay!"

    You try holding the phone with your shoulder like you saw your mother do it, but it slips away and you almost do not catch it in time. That would have been bad...

    Then you just shrug and poke Eva's side, handing the phone to her while you take over getting things ready for breakfast. She takes it and takes the place you just left, watching you as you push the stool around.

    "Ah, big sister! Good morning!"
    There she goes. You concentrate on getting the last few plates, then give the frying pan a look; maybe you could make some eggs? But your mother told you not to use the stove alone... eh, better not do it then.

    "Huh... oh, really?! That's great! How long can you stay?"
    You hum while bringing out spoons; she just said yes, you know it. Your big sister is coming over! A wave of warmth from Eva tells you that she feels the same way.

    You add some toast and get the butter from the fridge, then poke around for other things to put on it; your sister quietly says her goodbye to Bianca and presses the red button, then puts the phone down and beams at you. "She says she can come on Tuesday and stay until Thursday evening."

    That is a whole three days for you to play together!

    "Sounds like you're having fun, girls."
    The voice makes you jump a little as your mother enters, a good-natured smile on her face and the bedhair still visible. She looks around the kitchen and then smiles down at you and Eva. "Oh? You're making breakfast for me?"

    Your tummy growls again and you quickly look away while she laughs quietly. "Or maybe you made it for yourself."

    She looks at you for a moment longer before ruffling your hair -again!- and then Eva's; after that, she walks off to the bathroom and you can hear running water.

    You groan and slump onto the chair next to your twin, who giggles and combs your longer hair back into order as best as she can with her fingers.
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    Breakfast is nice; the three of you sit together and eat, telling your parent about Bianca's call and what she said. She seems happy that her oldest daughter can come over for a bit.

    After a while of chatting and you getting praise for actually doing your homework -yay?-, she calms down a little and smiles at the two of you.

    "I wanted to go to the market later, do you want to tag along?"
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    There is some time you can spend until dinner. Pick two each:​
    (No plan-voting; votes are counted separately)

    [] [Rico] Spend time with Eva (defaults to whatever Eva is doing)

    [] [Rico] Go to the market with your mother

    [] [Rico] Wander far off to train your magic in some place where no one ever looks
    [] [Rico] Run away, you are no longer safe here
    [] [Rico] Examine your connection with Eva some more

    [] [Rico] Play with Ludger

    [] [Rico] Go play with your friends; someone has to have time on a Saturday afternoon

    [] [Rico] Rest a little

    [] [Rico] Double Down (repeat the other action)

    [] [Rico] Write-in


    [] [Eva] Spend time with Rico (defaults to whatever Rico is doing)

    [] [Eva] Go to the market with your mother

    [] [Eva] Go into the basement to examine your magic; maybe you can find something interesting

    [] [Eva] Look through your schoolbooks; maybe you can find something helpful for your situation?

    [] [Eva] Examine your connection with Rico some more
    [] [Eva] Run away, you are no longer safe here
    [] [Eva] Go over your situation; what can you do now?

    [] [Eva] Play with Ludger

    [] [Eva] Clean up at home; there is fur and dust everywhere

    [] [Eva] Tend to the garden; those weeds were not invited to live with you, they are still rude

    [] [Eva] Read a book

    [] [Eva] Rest a little

    [] [Eva] Double Down (repeat the other action)

    [] [Eva] Write-in


    [] EXP Plan
    -[] Write-in what to buy
    -[] Save it

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    +1xp Walked your Dog
    +10xp Actually Did Her Homework (Only Rico)
    +5xp I Can Into Math!
    +2xp Made Breakfast Without Destroying Anything
    +2xp Happy Mommy

    EXP gained: 10 + 20 = 30
    Total EXP: 30

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    (Unlocked Character Sheet Level 4: Ludger the Faithful!)
     
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    • Ah. Yeah, we should practice the mental connection actually. Not knowing how it works is actually more likely to cause a crossed wire somewhere than knowing it. I was wrong on that front anyway.

    I think.

    [X] [Rico] Go to the market with your mother
    [X] [Rico] Examine your connection with Eva some more


    [X] [Eva] Tend to the garden; those weeds were not invited to live with you, they are still rude
    [X] [Eva] Look through your schoolbooks; maybe you can find something helpful for your situation?
    [] [Eva] Go over your situation; what can you do now?

    I'd like to look through the schoolbooks, even if they likely have nothing but propaganda, but doing that while Rico is out with mom would likely be a bad idea. Going over their situation after reading that only makes sense as well, but in the mean time while Rico is out I figure Eva can take care of the Garden since she seems to like that.
     
    [X] [Rico] Wander far off to train your magic in some place where no one ever looks
    [X] [Rico] Play with Ludger

    [X] [Eva] Go to the market with your mother
    [X] [Eva] Clean up at home; there is fur and dust everywhere!

    I think we should show off Eva's responsibility while have Rico train and play.
     
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    Naron said:
    Which countries are part of the UES? Oh, that one is easy; you quickly scribble down the first three that come to mind: Italy, France and Germany.
    After a moment of thinking, you can also put Great Britain and Poland to the list.

    Then you have to look into your book for the rest; Spain, Norway, Iceland, Sweden and the Netherlands.
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    For the rest? Damn, either they're part of another collection of countries or the many smaller European countries are simply gone or maybe absorbed by the bigger ones.
    Naron said:
    It was mostly just that weird stuff about what the capital's name was and the like... you do not really get why you need to know anything besides Rome and maybe Berlin, where the government is. You even know they put it there because it is in the middle of Europe.
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    And we picked human nature, there's gonna be Nazi's for sure! And since there's a magical girl that makes zombies... they'll be Nazi zombies!:o:wink:

    I think this is the perfect chance to look at our magic with Eva if we have Rico go with their mom, and since Eva has potentially less destructive magic the chance of bad things happening are less likely.

    [X] [Rico] Go to the market with your mother
    [X] [Rico] Examine your connection with Eva some more


    [X] [Eva] Tend to the garden; those weeds were not invited to live with you, they arestill rude
    [X] [Eva] Go into the basement to examine your magic; maybe you can find something interesting
     
    MilitaryAaa said:
    And we picked human nature, there's gonna be Nazi's for sure! And since there's a magical girl that makes zombies... they'll be Nazi zombies!:o:wink:
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    Actually, racism and its derivatives are rather rare these days. With so few people actually alive, everyone understands they have to stay together to survive as a species.
    Adhoc vote count started by Naron on Aug 15, 2017 at 4:01 PM, finished with 26 posts and 9 votes.
    • [X] [Rico] Go to the market with your mother
      [X] [Rico] Examine your connection with Eva some more
      [X] [Eva] Go into the basement to examine your magic; maybe you can find something interesting
      [X] [Eva] Tend to the garden; those weeds were not invited to live with you, they are still rude
      [X] Have Rico do her homework; slacking off is not a good thing
      [X] [Eva] Clean up at home; there is fur and dust everywhere!
      [X] Continue examining your connection; there has to be something there
      [X] [Eva] Look through your schoolbooks; maybe you can find something helpful for your situation?
      [X] [Rico] Wander far off to train your magic in some place where no one ever looks
      [X] [Rico] Play with Ludger
      [X] [Eva] Go to the market with your mother
      [X] [Eva] Examine your connection with Rico some more
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    Adhoc vote count started by Naron on Aug 15, 2017 at 4:02 PM, finished with 12 posts and 6 votes.
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    [X] [Eva] Go into the basement to examine your magic; maybe you can find something interesting
    [X] [Eva] Examine your connection with Rico some more

    [X] [Rico] Examine your connection with Eva some more
    [X] [Rico] Go to the market with your mother

    Someday we must train our magic. Therefore as long our mother isnt home we should use that chance. Hopefully nothing goes wrong and rico is surprised on the market aaaaand Eva is warned through that connection when Rico and her mother are on their way home.



    [] [Eva] Run away, you are no longer safe here
    [] [Rico] Run away, you are no longer safe here

    Do we have this option every vote now? Partly i hope so.

    MilitaryAaa said:
    For the rest? Damn, either they're part of another collection of countries or the many smaller European countries are simply gone or maybe absorbed by the bigger ones.
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    I think they are all gone.
     
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    [X] [Rico] Go to the market with your mother
    [X] [Rico] Examine your connection with Eva some more


    [X] [Eva] Tend to the garden; those weeds were not invited to live with you, they arestill rude
    [X] [Eva] Go into the basement to examine your magic; maybe you can find something interesting
     
    [X] [Rico] Go to the market with your mother
    [x] [Rico] Examine your connection with Eva some more

    [x] [Eva] Go into the basement to examine your magic; maybe you can find something interesting
    [x] [Eva] Clean up at home; there is fur and dust everywhere

    Split work and share research.
     
    Rico:
    [X] [Rico] Spend time with Eva (defaults to whatever Eva is doing)
    [X] [Rico] Examine your connection with Eva some more

    Eva:
    [X] [Eva] Go into the basement to examine your magic; maybe you can find something interesting
    [X] [Eva] Look through your schoolbooks; maybe you can find something helpful for your situation?

    Our mom is going to the market , perfect time to do some basement magic.
    Guys what's even the point of going to the market or cleaning when we can do twin magic
     
    SkyLing said:
    Rico:
    [X] [Rico] Spend time with Eva (defaults to whatever Eva is doing)
    [X] [Rico] Examine your connection with Eva some more

    Eva:
    [X] [Eva] Go into the basement to examine your magic; maybe you can find something interesting
    [X] [Eva] Look through your schoolbooks; maybe you can find something helpful for your situation?

    Our mom is going to the market , perfect time to do some basement magic.
    Guys what's even the point of going to the market or cleaning when we can do twin magic
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    Being good kids and being praised as such?
     
    SkyLing said:
    Our mom is going to the market , perfect time to do some basement magic.
    Guys what's even the point of going to the market or cleaning when we can do twin magic
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    Well We have the lesser destructive magic user to try and see what magic is, how to use it, just in general dipping your toes and from there Eva can hopefully help Rico when she tries it next time as soon as possible. Also Rico can warn Eva through there link if Mom is coming home unnoticed. Plus they're ten who love doing things with their mom.
     
    ShadowAngelBeta said:
    People with a single shred of self-preservation in them that have been brought up by a society that hates and reviles Magical Girls?
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    Still will magic away , who cares if they will off me. So long as I play it safe ofc which we are doing cause nobody will be home when we magic away
    And we really need to know how to the magic before something bad happens to us , which it will
     
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