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A Pure Sword, A Pure Soul (Bleach)

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Scheduled vote count started by No Country on Nov 6, 2021 at 12:45 PM, finished with 47 posts and 37 votes.
  • [X] The monster is big, and it seems pretty slow, aside from whatever it used to drag Tousuke out of the house. You may not be the star of the track team, or much of a runner really, but you can move fast when you want to. Maybe even faster if you try to get this pressure thing down? (Movement Arts)
    [X] A huge, single-bladed sword shaped more like a knife than anything else, about half as long as you are tall. Your hand naturally adopts a loose grip, away from the blade, which is contrary to all your training, but just feels right. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] You've always been flexible, even as a kid when mom was still around you used to make her laugh by contorting yourself. Your flexibility has even helped you out of more than one jam in the ring or demoing locks, and if this 'magic' the girl used on you is trapping your arms behind your back. Makes sense that you'd be able to use your arms' flexibility and slip out. (Movement Arts)
    [X] The monster is vaguely shaped like a person, it probably has an internal structure like one. You may be strong for your age, strong in general even, but you don't think you could even hope to hurt it with your strength alone. But maybe, just maybe you can hype up your strength with whatever ghost power you feel? It seems like you're the only one not struggling under the oppressive pressure you feel bleeding off the monster. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] A golden rapier, thin but oversized in how long it is. The thin, needle-like blade comes to a point, and it thrums with power all along its length. Just by holding this sword in your hand, you can feel the flow and presence of the spiritual power all around you, and that inside you, so much clearer. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] It doesn't feel like there's too much keeping you down, and you've trained for a long time against opponents both bigger and older than you. It may be crude, and it may go against some of your training, but since there are no joints or weapons to work against, the best way out of this may just be brute force. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] Along with seeing ghosts, you've always been able to feel them, if you concentrate. You know that they have a similar sixth sense that draws them to you, as well as to other people who can see them. If you have enough of this 'spiritual weight' to see and even attract ghosts, perhaps you can leverage it to get out of this spell. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] You felt the pressure from the spell, and you can feel the pressure coming off of the monster. Not to mention, ghosts are attracted to you as well. Maybe you can increase your own pressure, and somehow use it to hurt the monster? If the 'Soul Reaper' girl could put her pressure into a spell, if you can manipulate your own, then you'll be able to push it into your sword. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] She said number one, right? So whatever it is, it must be pretty weak, and she didn't seem that confident. You've done enough jiu-jitsu and judo to know how to break out of a lock like this, and you've been conditioning ever since you were a kid. You can definitely break out of this. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] An oversized golden cleaver, nearly as long as you are tall. The wide blade comes to a wicked point, and you can feel the amount of sheer power in it just by holding it in your hand. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] A golden greatsword, even longer than you are tall. You're surprised that you barely feel its weight in your hand, but that might just be because it's your own power. Because it's your own power though, you can tell without a doubt just how strong you'll be wielding it. (Armed Combat)
    [X] A golden saber, almost as long as you are tall. It has a split tip, and a long, curving blade. And you can feel, somehow, that just by holding it, you're faster than you were before. (Movement Arts)
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Adhoc vote count started by RandyTrevelyan on Nov 13, 2021 at 8:29 PM, finished with 48 posts and 37 votes.
  • [X] Along with seeing ghosts, you've always been able to feel them, if you concentrate. You know that they have a similar sixth sense that draws them to you, as well as to other people who can see them. If you have enough of this 'spiritual weight' to see and even attract ghosts, perhaps you can leverage it to get out of this spell. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] The monster is big, and it seems pretty slow, aside from whatever it used to drag Tousuke out of the house. You may not be the star of the track team, or much of a runner really, but you can move fast when you want to. Maybe even faster if you try to get this pressure thing down? (Movement Arts)
    [X] A golden rapier, thin but oversized in how long it is. The thin, needle-like blade comes to a point, and it thrums with power all along its length. Just by holding this sword in your hand, you can feel the flow and presence of the spiritual power all around you, and that inside you, so much clearer. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] You've always been flexible, even as a kid when mom was still around you used to make her laugh by contorting yourself. Your flexibility has even helped you out of more than one jam in the ring or demoing locks, and if this 'magic' the girl used on you is trapping your arms behind your back. Makes sense that you'd be able to use your arms' flexibility and slip out. (Movement Arts)
    [X] You felt the pressure from the spell, and you can feel the pressure coming off of the monster. Not to mention, ghosts are attracted to you as well. Maybe you can increase your own pressure, and somehow use it to hurt the monster? If the 'Soul Reaper' girl could put her pressure into a spell, if you can manipulate your own, then you'll be able to push it into your sword. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] A huge, single-bladed sword shaped more like a knife than anything else, about half as long as you are tall. Your hand naturally adopts a loose grip, away from the blade, which is contrary to all your training, but just feels right. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] It doesn't feel like there's too much keeping you down, and you've trained for a long time against opponents both bigger and older than you. It may be crude, and it may go against some of your training, but since there are no joints or weapons to work against, the best way out of this may just be brute force. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] The monster is vaguely shaped like a person, it probably has an internal structure like one. You may be strong for your age, strong in general even, but you don't think you could even hope to hurt it with your strength alone. But maybe, just maybe you can hype up your strength with whatever ghost power you feel? It seems like you're the only one not struggling under the oppressive pressure you feel bleeding off the monster. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] An oversized golden cleaver, nearly as long as you are tall. The wide blade comes to a wicked point, and you can feel the amount of sheer power in it just by holding it in your hand. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] You've always been flexible, even as a kid when mom was still around you used to make her laugh by contorting yourself. Your flexibility has even helped you out of more than one jam in the ring or demoing locks, and if this 'magic' the girl used on you is trapping your arms behind your back. Makes sense that you'd be able to use your arms' flexibility and slip out. (Movement Arts)
    [X] The monster is vaguely shaped like a person, it probably has an internal structure like one. You may be strong for your age, strong in general even, but you don't think you could even hope to hurt it with your strength alone. But maybe, just maybe you can hype up your strength with whatever ghost power you feel? It seems like you're the only one not struggling under the oppressive pressure you feel bleeding off the monster. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] A golden greatsword, even longer than you are tall. You're surprised that you barely feel its weight in your hand, but that might just be because it's your own power. Because it's your own power though, you can tell without a doubt just how strong you'll be wielding it. (Armed Combat)
    [X] It doesn't feel like there's too much keeping you down, and you've trained for a long time against opponents both bigger and older than you. It may be crude, and it may go against some of your training, but since there are no joints or weapons to work against, the best way out of this may just be brute force. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] The monster is big, and it seems pretty slow, aside from whatever it used to drag Tousuke out of the house. You may not be the star of the track team, or much of a runner really, but you can move fast when you want to. Maybe even faster if you try to get this pressure thing down? (Movement Arts)
    [X] A huge, single-bladed sword shaped more like a knife than anything else, about half as long as you are tall. Your hand naturally adopts a loose grip, away from the blade, which is contrary to all your training, but just feels right. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] She said number one, right? So whatever it is, it must be pretty weak, and she didn't seem that confident. You've done enough jiu-jitsu and judo to know how to break out of a lock like this, and you've been conditioning ever since you were a kid. You can definitely break out of this. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] The monster is vaguely shaped like a person, it probably has an internal structure like one. You may be strong for your age, strong in general even, but you don't think you could even hope to hurt it with your strength alone. But maybe, just maybe you can hype up your strength with whatever ghost power you feel? It seems like you're the only one not struggling under the oppressive pressure you feel bleeding off the monster. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] A huge, single-bladed sword shaped more like a knife than anything else, about half as long as you are tall. Your hand naturally adopts a loose grip, away from the blade, which is contrary to all your training, but just feels right. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] You've always been flexible, even as a kid when mom was still around you used to make her laugh by contorting yourself. Your flexibility has even helped you out of more than one jam in the ring or demoing locks, and if this 'magic' the girl used on you is trapping your arms behind your back. Makes sense that you'd be able to use your arms' flexibility and slip out. (Movement Arts)
    [X] The monster is big, and it seems pretty slow, aside from whatever it used to drag Tousuke out of the house. You may not be the star of the track team, or much of a runner really, but you can move fast when you want to. Maybe even faster if you try to get this pressure thing down? (Movement Arts)
    [X] A golden saber, almost as long as you are tall. It has a split tip, and a long, curving blade. And you can feel, somehow, that just by holding it, you're faster than you were before. (Movement Arts)
    [X] It doesn't feel like there's too much keeping you down, and you've trained for a long time against opponents both bigger and older than you. It may be crude, and it may go against some of your training, but since there are no joints or weapons to work against, the best way out of this may just be brute force. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] The monster is vaguely shaped like a person, it probably has an internal structure like one. You may be strong for your age, strong in general even, but you don't think you could even hope to hurt it with your strength alone. But maybe, just maybe you can hype up your strength with whatever ghost power you feel? It seems like you're the only one not struggling under the oppressive pressure you feel bleeding off the monster. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] A huge, single-bladed sword shaped more like a knife than anything else, about half as long as you are tall. Your hand naturally adopts a loose grip, away from the blade, which is contrary to all your training, but just feels right. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] She said number one, right? So whatever it is, it must be pretty weak, and she didn't seem that confident. You've done enough jiu-jitsu and judo to know how to break out of a lock like this, and you've been conditioning ever since you were a kid. You can definitely break out of this. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] You felt the pressure from the spell, and you can feel the pressure coming off of the monster. Not to mention, ghosts are attracted to you as well. Maybe you can increase your own pressure, and somehow use it to hurt the monster? If the 'Soul Reaper' girl could put her pressure into a spell, if you can manipulate your own, then you'll be able to push it into your sword. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] A huge, single-bladed sword shaped more like a knife than anything else, about half as long as you are tall. Your hand naturally adopts a loose grip, away from the blade, which is contrary to all your training, but just feels right. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] It doesn't feel like there's too much keeping you down, and you've trained for a long time against opponents both bigger and older than you. It may be crude, and it may go against some of your training, but since there are no joints or weapons to work against, the best way out of this may just be brute force. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] A golden greatsword, even longer than you are tall. You're surprised that you barely feel its weight in your hand, but that might just be because it's your own power. Because it's your own power though, you can tell without a doubt just how strong you'll be wielding it. (Armed Combat)
    [X] The monster is big, and it seems pretty slow, aside from whatever it used to drag Tousuke out of the house. You may not be the star of the track team, or much of a runner really, but you can move fast when you want to. Maybe even faster if you try to get this pressure thing down? (Movement Arts)
    [X] You've always been flexible, even as a kid when mom was still around you used to make her laugh by contorting yourself. Your flexibility has even helped you out of more than one jam in the ring or demoing locks, and if this 'magic' the girl used on you is trapping your arms behind your back. Makes sense that you'd be able to use your arms' flexibility and slip out. (Movement Arts)
    [X] A golden saber, almost as long as you are tall. It has a split tip, and a long, curving blade. And you can feel, somehow, that just by holding it, you're faster than you were before. (Movement Arts)
    [X] You felt the pressure from the spell, and you can feel the pressure coming off of the monster. Not to mention, ghosts are attracted to you as well. Maybe you can increase your own pressure, and somehow use it to hurt the monster? If the 'Soul Reaper' girl could put her pressure into a spell, if you can manipulate your own, then you'll be able to push it into your sword. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] You've always been flexible, even as a kid when mom was still around you used to make her laugh by contorting yourself. Your flexibility has even helped you out of more than one jam in the ring or demoing locks, and if this 'magic' the girl used on you is trapping your arms behind your back. Makes sense that you'd be able to use your arms' flexibility and slip out. (Movement Arts)
    [X] The monster is big, and it seems pretty slow, aside from whatever it used to drag Tousuke out of the house. You may not be the star of the track team, or much of a runner really, but you can move fast when you want to. Maybe even faster if you try to get this pressure thing down? (Movement Arts)
    [X] A golden rapier, thin but oversized in how long it is. The thin, needle-like blade comes to a point, and it thrums with power all along its length. Just by holding this sword in your hand, you can feel the flow and presence of the spiritual power all around you, and that inside you, so much clearer. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] She said number one, right? So whatever it is, it must be pretty weak, and she didn't seem that confident. You've done enough jiu-jitsu and judo to know how to break out of a lock like this, and you've been conditioning ever since you were a kid. You can definitely break out of this. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] The monster is big, and it seems pretty slow, aside from whatever it used to drag Tousuke out of the house. You may not be the star of the track team, or much of a runner really, but you can move fast when you want to. Maybe even faster if you try to get this pressure thing down? (Movement Arts)
    [X] A golden rapier, thin but oversized in how long it is. The thin, needle-like blade comes to a point, and it thrums with power all along its length. Just by holding this sword in your hand, you can feel the flow and presence of the spiritual power all around you, and that inside you, so much clearer. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] You've always been flexible, even as a kid when mom was still around you used to make her laugh by contorting yourself. Your flexibility has even helped you out of more than one jam in the ring or demoing locks, and if this 'magic' the girl used on you is trapping your arms behind your back. Makes sense that you'd be able to use your arms' flexibility and slip out. (Movement Arts)
    [X] The monster is big, and it seems pretty slow, aside from whatever it used to drag Tousuke out of the house. You may not be the star of the track team, or much of a runner really, but you can move fast when you want to. Maybe even faster if you try to get this pressure thing down? (Movement Arts)
    [X] An oversized golden cleaver, nearly as long as you are tall. The wide blade comes to a wicked point, and you can feel the amount of sheer power in it just by holding it in your hand. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] Along with seeing ghosts, you've always been able to feel them, if you concentrate. You know that they have a similar sixth sense that draws them to you, as well as to other people who can see them. If you have enough of this 'spiritual weight' to see and even attract ghosts, perhaps you can leverage it to get out of this spell. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] You felt the pressure from the spell, and you can feel the pressure coming off of the monster. Not to mention, ghosts are attracted to you as well. Maybe you can increase your own pressure, and somehow use it to hurt the monster? If the 'Soul Reaper' girl could put her pressure into a spell, if you can manipulate your own, then you'll be able to push it into your sword. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] A golden rapier, thin but oversized in how long it is. The thin, needle-like blade comes to a point, and it thrums with power all along its length. Just by holding this sword in your hand, you can feel the flow and presence of the spiritual power all around you, and that inside you, so much clearer. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] Along with seeing ghosts, you've always been able to feel them, if you concentrate. You know that they have a similar sixth sense that draws them to you, as well as to other people who can see them. If you have enough of this 'spiritual weight' to see and even attract ghosts, perhaps you can leverage it to get out of this spell. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] A golden rapier, thin but oversized in how long it is. The thin, needle-like blade comes to a point, and it thrums with power all along its length. Just by holding this sword in your hand, you can feel the flow and presence of the spiritual power all around you, and that inside you, so much clearer. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
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Scheduled vote count started by No Country on Nov 6, 2021 at 12:45 PM, finished with 47 posts and 37 votes.
  • [X] The monster is big, and it seems pretty slow, aside from whatever it used to drag Tousuke out of the house. You may not be the star of the track team, or much of a runner really, but you can move fast when you want to. Maybe even faster if you try to get this pressure thing down? (Movement Arts)
    [X] A huge, single-bladed sword shaped more like a knife than anything else, about half as long as you are tall. Your hand naturally adopts a loose grip, away from the blade, which is contrary to all your training, but just feels right. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] You've always been flexible, even as a kid when mom was still around you used to make her laugh by contorting yourself. Your flexibility has even helped you out of more than one jam in the ring or demoing locks, and if this 'magic' the girl used on you is trapping your arms behind your back. Makes sense that you'd be able to use your arms' flexibility and slip out. (Movement Arts)
    [X] The monster is vaguely shaped like a person, it probably has an internal structure like one. You may be strong for your age, strong in general even, but you don't think you could even hope to hurt it with your strength alone. But maybe, just maybe you can hype up your strength with whatever ghost power you feel? It seems like you're the only one not struggling under the oppressive pressure you feel bleeding off the monster. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] A golden rapier, thin but oversized in how long it is. The thin, needle-like blade comes to a point, and it thrums with power all along its length. Just by holding this sword in your hand, you can feel the flow and presence of the spiritual power all around you, and that inside you, so much clearer. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] It doesn't feel like there's too much keeping you down, and you've trained for a long time against opponents both bigger and older than you. It may be crude, and it may go against some of your training, but since there are no joints or weapons to work against, the best way out of this may just be brute force. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] Along with seeing ghosts, you've always been able to feel them, if you concentrate. You know that they have a similar sixth sense that draws them to you, as well as to other people who can see them. If you have enough of this 'spiritual weight' to see and even attract ghosts, perhaps you can leverage it to get out of this spell. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] You felt the pressure from the spell, and you can feel the pressure coming off of the monster. Not to mention, ghosts are attracted to you as well. Maybe you can increase your own pressure, and somehow use it to hurt the monster? If the 'Soul Reaper' girl could put her pressure into a spell, if you can manipulate your own, then you'll be able to push it into your sword. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] She said number one, right? So whatever it is, it must be pretty weak, and she didn't seem that confident. You've done enough jiu-jitsu and judo to know how to break out of a lock like this, and you've been conditioning ever since you were a kid. You can definitely break out of this. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] An oversized golden cleaver, nearly as long as you are tall. The wide blade comes to a wicked point, and you can feel the amount of sheer power in it just by holding it in your hand. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] A golden greatsword, even longer than you are tall. You're surprised that you barely feel its weight in your hand, but that might just be because it's your own power. Because it's your own power though, you can tell without a doubt just how strong you'll be wielding it. (Armed Combat)
    [X] A golden saber, almost as long as you are tall. It has a split tip, and a long, curving blade. And you can feel, somehow, that just by holding it, you're faster than you were before. (Movement Arts)
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Adhoc vote count started by RandyTrevelyan on Nov 13, 2021 at 8:29 PM, finished with 48 posts and 37 votes.
  • [X] Along with seeing ghosts, you've always been able to feel them, if you concentrate. You know that they have a similar sixth sense that draws them to you, as well as to other people who can see them. If you have enough of this 'spiritual weight' to see and even attract ghosts, perhaps you can leverage it to get out of this spell. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] The monster is big, and it seems pretty slow, aside from whatever it used to drag Tousuke out of the house. You may not be the star of the track team, or much of a runner really, but you can move fast when you want to. Maybe even faster if you try to get this pressure thing down? (Movement Arts)
    [X] A golden rapier, thin but oversized in how long it is. The thin, needle-like blade comes to a point, and it thrums with power all along its length. Just by holding this sword in your hand, you can feel the flow and presence of the spiritual power all around you, and that inside you, so much clearer. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] You've always been flexible, even as a kid when mom was still around you used to make her laugh by contorting yourself. Your flexibility has even helped you out of more than one jam in the ring or demoing locks, and if this 'magic' the girl used on you is trapping your arms behind your back. Makes sense that you'd be able to use your arms' flexibility and slip out. (Movement Arts)
    [X] You felt the pressure from the spell, and you can feel the pressure coming off of the monster. Not to mention, ghosts are attracted to you as well. Maybe you can increase your own pressure, and somehow use it to hurt the monster? If the 'Soul Reaper' girl could put her pressure into a spell, if you can manipulate your own, then you'll be able to push it into your sword. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] A huge, single-bladed sword shaped more like a knife than anything else, about half as long as you are tall. Your hand naturally adopts a loose grip, away from the blade, which is contrary to all your training, but just feels right. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] It doesn't feel like there's too much keeping you down, and you've trained for a long time against opponents both bigger and older than you. It may be crude, and it may go against some of your training, but since there are no joints or weapons to work against, the best way out of this may just be brute force. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] The monster is vaguely shaped like a person, it probably has an internal structure like one. You may be strong for your age, strong in general even, but you don't think you could even hope to hurt it with your strength alone. But maybe, just maybe you can hype up your strength with whatever ghost power you feel? It seems like you're the only one not struggling under the oppressive pressure you feel bleeding off the monster. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] An oversized golden cleaver, nearly as long as you are tall. The wide blade comes to a wicked point, and you can feel the amount of sheer power in it just by holding it in your hand. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] You've always been flexible, even as a kid when mom was still around you used to make her laugh by contorting yourself. Your flexibility has even helped you out of more than one jam in the ring or demoing locks, and if this 'magic' the girl used on you is trapping your arms behind your back. Makes sense that you'd be able to use your arms' flexibility and slip out. (Movement Arts)
    [X] The monster is vaguely shaped like a person, it probably has an internal structure like one. You may be strong for your age, strong in general even, but you don't think you could even hope to hurt it with your strength alone. But maybe, just maybe you can hype up your strength with whatever ghost power you feel? It seems like you're the only one not struggling under the oppressive pressure you feel bleeding off the monster. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] A golden greatsword, even longer than you are tall. You're surprised that you barely feel its weight in your hand, but that might just be because it's your own power. Because it's your own power though, you can tell without a doubt just how strong you'll be wielding it. (Armed Combat)
    [X] It doesn't feel like there's too much keeping you down, and you've trained for a long time against opponents both bigger and older than you. It may be crude, and it may go against some of your training, but since there are no joints or weapons to work against, the best way out of this may just be brute force. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] The monster is big, and it seems pretty slow, aside from whatever it used to drag Tousuke out of the house. You may not be the star of the track team, or much of a runner really, but you can move fast when you want to. Maybe even faster if you try to get this pressure thing down? (Movement Arts)
    [X] A huge, single-bladed sword shaped more like a knife than anything else, about half as long as you are tall. Your hand naturally adopts a loose grip, away from the blade, which is contrary to all your training, but just feels right. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] She said number one, right? So whatever it is, it must be pretty weak, and she didn't seem that confident. You've done enough jiu-jitsu and judo to know how to break out of a lock like this, and you've been conditioning ever since you were a kid. You can definitely break out of this. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] The monster is vaguely shaped like a person, it probably has an internal structure like one. You may be strong for your age, strong in general even, but you don't think you could even hope to hurt it with your strength alone. But maybe, just maybe you can hype up your strength with whatever ghost power you feel? It seems like you're the only one not struggling under the oppressive pressure you feel bleeding off the monster. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] A huge, single-bladed sword shaped more like a knife than anything else, about half as long as you are tall. Your hand naturally adopts a loose grip, away from the blade, which is contrary to all your training, but just feels right. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] You've always been flexible, even as a kid when mom was still around you used to make her laugh by contorting yourself. Your flexibility has even helped you out of more than one jam in the ring or demoing locks, and if this 'magic' the girl used on you is trapping your arms behind your back. Makes sense that you'd be able to use your arms' flexibility and slip out. (Movement Arts)
    [X] The monster is big, and it seems pretty slow, aside from whatever it used to drag Tousuke out of the house. You may not be the star of the track team, or much of a runner really, but you can move fast when you want to. Maybe even faster if you try to get this pressure thing down? (Movement Arts)
    [X] A golden saber, almost as long as you are tall. It has a split tip, and a long, curving blade. And you can feel, somehow, that just by holding it, you're faster than you were before. (Movement Arts)
    [X] It doesn't feel like there's too much keeping you down, and you've trained for a long time against opponents both bigger and older than you. It may be crude, and it may go against some of your training, but since there are no joints or weapons to work against, the best way out of this may just be brute force. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] The monster is vaguely shaped like a person, it probably has an internal structure like one. You may be strong for your age, strong in general even, but you don't think you could even hope to hurt it with your strength alone. But maybe, just maybe you can hype up your strength with whatever ghost power you feel? It seems like you're the only one not struggling under the oppressive pressure you feel bleeding off the monster. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] A huge, single-bladed sword shaped more like a knife than anything else, about half as long as you are tall. Your hand naturally adopts a loose grip, away from the blade, which is contrary to all your training, but just feels right. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] She said number one, right? So whatever it is, it must be pretty weak, and she didn't seem that confident. You've done enough jiu-jitsu and judo to know how to break out of a lock like this, and you've been conditioning ever since you were a kid. You can definitely break out of this. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] You felt the pressure from the spell, and you can feel the pressure coming off of the monster. Not to mention, ghosts are attracted to you as well. Maybe you can increase your own pressure, and somehow use it to hurt the monster? If the 'Soul Reaper' girl could put her pressure into a spell, if you can manipulate your own, then you'll be able to push it into your sword. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] A huge, single-bladed sword shaped more like a knife than anything else, about half as long as you are tall. Your hand naturally adopts a loose grip, away from the blade, which is contrary to all your training, but just feels right. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] It doesn't feel like there's too much keeping you down, and you've trained for a long time against opponents both bigger and older than you. It may be crude, and it may go against some of your training, but since there are no joints or weapons to work against, the best way out of this may just be brute force. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] A golden greatsword, even longer than you are tall. You're surprised that you barely feel its weight in your hand, but that might just be because it's your own power. Because it's your own power though, you can tell without a doubt just how strong you'll be wielding it. (Armed Combat)
    [X] The monster is big, and it seems pretty slow, aside from whatever it used to drag Tousuke out of the house. You may not be the star of the track team, or much of a runner really, but you can move fast when you want to. Maybe even faster if you try to get this pressure thing down? (Movement Arts)
    [X] You've always been flexible, even as a kid when mom was still around you used to make her laugh by contorting yourself. Your flexibility has even helped you out of more than one jam in the ring or demoing locks, and if this 'magic' the girl used on you is trapping your arms behind your back. Makes sense that you'd be able to use your arms' flexibility and slip out. (Movement Arts)
    [X] A golden saber, almost as long as you are tall. It has a split tip, and a long, curving blade. And you can feel, somehow, that just by holding it, you're faster than you were before. (Movement Arts)
    [X] You felt the pressure from the spell, and you can feel the pressure coming off of the monster. Not to mention, ghosts are attracted to you as well. Maybe you can increase your own pressure, and somehow use it to hurt the monster? If the 'Soul Reaper' girl could put her pressure into a spell, if you can manipulate your own, then you'll be able to push it into your sword. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] You've always been flexible, even as a kid when mom was still around you used to make her laugh by contorting yourself. Your flexibility has even helped you out of more than one jam in the ring or demoing locks, and if this 'magic' the girl used on you is trapping your arms behind your back. Makes sense that you'd be able to use your arms' flexibility and slip out. (Movement Arts)
    [X] The monster is big, and it seems pretty slow, aside from whatever it used to drag Tousuke out of the house. You may not be the star of the track team, or much of a runner really, but you can move fast when you want to. Maybe even faster if you try to get this pressure thing down? (Movement Arts)
    [X] A golden rapier, thin but oversized in how long it is. The thin, needle-like blade comes to a point, and it thrums with power all along its length. Just by holding this sword in your hand, you can feel the flow and presence of the spiritual power all around you, and that inside you, so much clearer. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] She said number one, right? So whatever it is, it must be pretty weak, and she didn't seem that confident. You've done enough jiu-jitsu and judo to know how to break out of a lock like this, and you've been conditioning ever since you were a kid. You can definitely break out of this. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] The monster is big, and it seems pretty slow, aside from whatever it used to drag Tousuke out of the house. You may not be the star of the track team, or much of a runner really, but you can move fast when you want to. Maybe even faster if you try to get this pressure thing down? (Movement Arts)
    [X] A golden rapier, thin but oversized in how long it is. The thin, needle-like blade comes to a point, and it thrums with power all along its length. Just by holding this sword in your hand, you can feel the flow and presence of the spiritual power all around you, and that inside you, so much clearer. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] You've always been flexible, even as a kid when mom was still around you used to make her laugh by contorting yourself. Your flexibility has even helped you out of more than one jam in the ring or demoing locks, and if this 'magic' the girl used on you is trapping your arms behind your back. Makes sense that you'd be able to use your arms' flexibility and slip out. (Movement Arts)
    [X] The monster is big, and it seems pretty slow, aside from whatever it used to drag Tousuke out of the house. You may not be the star of the track team, or much of a runner really, but you can move fast when you want to. Maybe even faster if you try to get this pressure thing down? (Movement Arts)
    [X] An oversized golden cleaver, nearly as long as you are tall. The wide blade comes to a wicked point, and you can feel the amount of sheer power in it just by holding it in your hand. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] Along with seeing ghosts, you've always been able to feel them, if you concentrate. You know that they have a similar sixth sense that draws them to you, as well as to other people who can see them. If you have enough of this 'spiritual weight' to see and even attract ghosts, perhaps you can leverage it to get out of this spell. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] You felt the pressure from the spell, and you can feel the pressure coming off of the monster. Not to mention, ghosts are attracted to you as well. Maybe you can increase your own pressure, and somehow use it to hurt the monster? If the 'Soul Reaper' girl could put her pressure into a spell, if you can manipulate your own, then you'll be able to push it into your sword. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] A golden rapier, thin but oversized in how long it is. The thin, needle-like blade comes to a point, and it thrums with power all along its length. Just by holding this sword in your hand, you can feel the flow and presence of the spiritual power all around you, and that inside you, so much clearer. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] Along with seeing ghosts, you've always been able to feel them, if you concentrate. You know that they have a similar sixth sense that draws them to you, as well as to other people who can see them. If you have enough of this 'spiritual weight' to see and even attract ghosts, perhaps you can leverage it to get out of this spell. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] A golden rapier, thin but oversized in how long it is. The thin, needle-like blade comes to a point, and it thrums with power all along its length. Just by holding this sword in your hand, you can feel the flow and presence of the spiritual power all around you, and that inside you, so much clearer. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
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I thought we were switching to this method of counting votes instead?
 
RandyTrevelyan said:
Adhoc vote count started by RandyTrevelyan on Nov 13, 2021 at 8:29 PM, finished with 48 posts and 37 votes.
  • [X] Along with seeing ghosts, you've always been able to feel them, if you concentrate. You know that they have a similar sixth sense that draws them to you, as well as to other people who can see them. If you have enough of this 'spiritual weight' to see and even attract ghosts, perhaps you can leverage it to get out of this spell. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] The monster is big, and it seems pretty slow, aside from whatever it used to drag Tousuke out of the house. You may not be the star of the track team, or much of a runner really, but you can move fast when you want to. Maybe even faster if you try to get this pressure thing down? (Movement Arts)
    [X] A golden rapier, thin but oversized in how long it is. The thin, needle-like blade comes to a point, and it thrums with power all along its length. Just by holding this sword in your hand, you can feel the flow and presence of the spiritual power all around you, and that inside you, so much clearer. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] You've always been flexible, even as a kid when mom was still around you used to make her laugh by contorting yourself. Your flexibility has even helped you out of more than one jam in the ring or demoing locks, and if this 'magic' the girl used on you is trapping your arms behind your back. Makes sense that you'd be able to use your arms' flexibility and slip out. (Movement Arts)
    [X] You felt the pressure from the spell, and you can feel the pressure coming off of the monster. Not to mention, ghosts are attracted to you as well. Maybe you can increase your own pressure, and somehow use it to hurt the monster? If the 'Soul Reaper' girl could put her pressure into a spell, if you can manipulate your own, then you'll be able to push it into your sword. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] A huge, single-bladed sword shaped more like a knife than anything else, about half as long as you are tall. Your hand naturally adopts a loose grip, away from the blade, which is contrary to all your training, but just feels right. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] It doesn't feel like there's too much keeping you down, and you've trained for a long time against opponents both bigger and older than you. It may be crude, and it may go against some of your training, but since there are no joints or weapons to work against, the best way out of this may just be brute force. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] The monster is vaguely shaped like a person, it probably has an internal structure like one. You may be strong for your age, strong in general even, but you don't think you could even hope to hurt it with your strength alone. But maybe, just maybe you can hype up your strength with whatever ghost power you feel? It seems like you're the only one not struggling under the oppressive pressure you feel bleeding off the monster. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] An oversized golden cleaver, nearly as long as you are tall. The wide blade comes to a wicked point, and you can feel the amount of sheer power in it just by holding it in your hand. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] You've always been flexible, even as a kid when mom was still around you used to make her laugh by contorting yourself. Your flexibility has even helped you out of more than one jam in the ring or demoing locks, and if this 'magic' the girl used on you is trapping your arms behind your back. Makes sense that you'd be able to use your arms' flexibility and slip out. (Movement Arts)
    [X] The monster is vaguely shaped like a person, it probably has an internal structure like one. You may be strong for your age, strong in general even, but you don't think you could even hope to hurt it with your strength alone. But maybe, just maybe you can hype up your strength with whatever ghost power you feel? It seems like you're the only one not struggling under the oppressive pressure you feel bleeding off the monster. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] A golden greatsword, even longer than you are tall. You're surprised that you barely feel its weight in your hand, but that might just be because it's your own power. Because it's your own power though, you can tell without a doubt just how strong you'll be wielding it. (Armed Combat)
    [X] It doesn't feel like there's too much keeping you down, and you've trained for a long time against opponents both bigger and older than you. It may be crude, and it may go against some of your training, but since there are no joints or weapons to work against, the best way out of this may just be brute force. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] The monster is big, and it seems pretty slow, aside from whatever it used to drag Tousuke out of the house. You may not be the star of the track team, or much of a runner really, but you can move fast when you want to. Maybe even faster if you try to get this pressure thing down? (Movement Arts)
    [X] A huge, single-bladed sword shaped more like a knife than anything else, about half as long as you are tall. Your hand naturally adopts a loose grip, away from the blade, which is contrary to all your training, but just feels right. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] She said number one, right? So whatever it is, it must be pretty weak, and she didn't seem that confident. You've done enough jiu-jitsu and judo to know how to break out of a lock like this, and you've been conditioning ever since you were a kid. You can definitely break out of this. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] The monster is vaguely shaped like a person, it probably has an internal structure like one. You may be strong for your age, strong in general even, but you don't think you could even hope to hurt it with your strength alone. But maybe, just maybe you can hype up your strength with whatever ghost power you feel? It seems like you're the only one not struggling under the oppressive pressure you feel bleeding off the monster. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] A huge, single-bladed sword shaped more like a knife than anything else, about half as long as you are tall. Your hand naturally adopts a loose grip, away from the blade, which is contrary to all your training, but just feels right. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] You've always been flexible, even as a kid when mom was still around you used to make her laugh by contorting yourself. Your flexibility has even helped you out of more than one jam in the ring or demoing locks, and if this 'magic' the girl used on you is trapping your arms behind your back. Makes sense that you'd be able to use your arms' flexibility and slip out. (Movement Arts)
    [X] The monster is big, and it seems pretty slow, aside from whatever it used to drag Tousuke out of the house. You may not be the star of the track team, or much of a runner really, but you can move fast when you want to. Maybe even faster if you try to get this pressure thing down? (Movement Arts)
    [X] A golden saber, almost as long as you are tall. It has a split tip, and a long, curving blade. And you can feel, somehow, that just by holding it, you're faster than you were before. (Movement Arts)
    [X] It doesn't feel like there's too much keeping you down, and you've trained for a long time against opponents both bigger and older than you. It may be crude, and it may go against some of your training, but since there are no joints or weapons to work against, the best way out of this may just be brute force. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] The monster is vaguely shaped like a person, it probably has an internal structure like one. You may be strong for your age, strong in general even, but you don't think you could even hope to hurt it with your strength alone. But maybe, just maybe you can hype up your strength with whatever ghost power you feel? It seems like you're the only one not struggling under the oppressive pressure you feel bleeding off the monster. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] A huge, single-bladed sword shaped more like a knife than anything else, about half as long as you are tall. Your hand naturally adopts a loose grip, away from the blade, which is contrary to all your training, but just feels right. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] She said number one, right? So whatever it is, it must be pretty weak, and she didn't seem that confident. You've done enough jiu-jitsu and judo to know how to break out of a lock like this, and you've been conditioning ever since you were a kid. You can definitely break out of this. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] You felt the pressure from the spell, and you can feel the pressure coming off of the monster. Not to mention, ghosts are attracted to you as well. Maybe you can increase your own pressure, and somehow use it to hurt the monster? If the 'Soul Reaper' girl could put her pressure into a spell, if you can manipulate your own, then you'll be able to push it into your sword. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] A huge, single-bladed sword shaped more like a knife than anything else, about half as long as you are tall. Your hand naturally adopts a loose grip, away from the blade, which is contrary to all your training, but just feels right. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] It doesn't feel like there's too much keeping you down, and you've trained for a long time against opponents both bigger and older than you. It may be crude, and it may go against some of your training, but since there are no joints or weapons to work against, the best way out of this may just be brute force. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] A golden greatsword, even longer than you are tall. You're surprised that you barely feel its weight in your hand, but that might just be because it's your own power. Because it's your own power though, you can tell without a doubt just how strong you'll be wielding it. (Armed Combat)
    [X] The monster is big, and it seems pretty slow, aside from whatever it used to drag Tousuke out of the house. You may not be the star of the track team, or much of a runner really, but you can move fast when you want to. Maybe even faster if you try to get this pressure thing down? (Movement Arts)
    [X] You've always been flexible, even as a kid when mom was still around you used to make her laugh by contorting yourself. Your flexibility has even helped you out of more than one jam in the ring or demoing locks, and if this 'magic' the girl used on you is trapping your arms behind your back. Makes sense that you'd be able to use your arms' flexibility and slip out. (Movement Arts)
    [X] A golden saber, almost as long as you are tall. It has a split tip, and a long, curving blade. And you can feel, somehow, that just by holding it, you're faster than you were before. (Movement Arts)
    [X] You felt the pressure from the spell, and you can feel the pressure coming off of the monster. Not to mention, ghosts are attracted to you as well. Maybe you can increase your own pressure, and somehow use it to hurt the monster? If the 'Soul Reaper' girl could put her pressure into a spell, if you can manipulate your own, then you'll be able to push it into your sword. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] You've always been flexible, even as a kid when mom was still around you used to make her laugh by contorting yourself. Your flexibility has even helped you out of more than one jam in the ring or demoing locks, and if this 'magic' the girl used on you is trapping your arms behind your back. Makes sense that you'd be able to use your arms' flexibility and slip out. (Movement Arts)
    [X] The monster is big, and it seems pretty slow, aside from whatever it used to drag Tousuke out of the house. You may not be the star of the track team, or much of a runner really, but you can move fast when you want to. Maybe even faster if you try to get this pressure thing down? (Movement Arts)
    [X] A golden rapier, thin but oversized in how long it is. The thin, needle-like blade comes to a point, and it thrums with power all along its length. Just by holding this sword in your hand, you can feel the flow and presence of the spiritual power all around you, and that inside you, so much clearer. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] She said number one, right? So whatever it is, it must be pretty weak, and she didn't seem that confident. You've done enough jiu-jitsu and judo to know how to break out of a lock like this, and you've been conditioning ever since you were a kid. You can definitely break out of this. (Unarmed Combat)
    [X] The monster is big, and it seems pretty slow, aside from whatever it used to drag Tousuke out of the house. You may not be the star of the track team, or much of a runner really, but you can move fast when you want to. Maybe even faster if you try to get this pressure thing down? (Movement Arts)
    [X] A golden rapier, thin but oversized in how long it is. The thin, needle-like blade comes to a point, and it thrums with power all along its length. Just by holding this sword in your hand, you can feel the flow and presence of the spiritual power all around you, and that inside you, so much clearer. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] You've always been flexible, even as a kid when mom was still around you used to make her laugh by contorting yourself. Your flexibility has even helped you out of more than one jam in the ring or demoing locks, and if this 'magic' the girl used on you is trapping your arms behind your back. Makes sense that you'd be able to use your arms' flexibility and slip out. (Movement Arts)
    [X] The monster is big, and it seems pretty slow, aside from whatever it used to drag Tousuke out of the house. You may not be the star of the track team, or much of a runner really, but you can move fast when you want to. Maybe even faster if you try to get this pressure thing down? (Movement Arts)
    [X] An oversized golden cleaver, nearly as long as you are tall. The wide blade comes to a wicked point, and you can feel the amount of sheer power in it just by holding it in your hand. (Physical Enhancement)
    [X] Along with seeing ghosts, you've always been able to feel them, if you concentrate. You know that they have a similar sixth sense that draws them to you, as well as to other people who can see them. If you have enough of this 'spiritual weight' to see and even attract ghosts, perhaps you can leverage it to get out of this spell. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] You felt the pressure from the spell, and you can feel the pressure coming off of the monster. Not to mention, ghosts are attracted to you as well. Maybe you can increase your own pressure, and somehow use it to hurt the monster? If the 'Soul Reaper' girl could put her pressure into a spell, if you can manipulate your own, then you'll be able to push it into your sword. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] A golden rapier, thin but oversized in how long it is. The thin, needle-like blade comes to a point, and it thrums with power all along its length. Just by holding this sword in your hand, you can feel the flow and presence of the spiritual power all around you, and that inside you, so much clearer. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] Along with seeing ghosts, you've always been able to feel them, if you concentrate. You know that they have a similar sixth sense that draws them to you, as well as to other people who can see them. If you have enough of this 'spiritual weight' to see and even attract ghosts, perhaps you can leverage it to get out of this spell. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
    [X] A golden rapier, thin but oversized in how long it is. The thin, needle-like blade comes to a point, and it thrums with power all along its length. Just by holding this sword in your hand, you can feel the flow and presence of the spiritual power all around you, and that inside you, so much clearer. (Reiryoku Manipulation)
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I thought we were switching to this method of counting votes instead?
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We were, I just did not find the option...

Wish I had seen this before I was halfway through counting by hand.
 
I dislike the idea of 8 people out of 48 deciding the vote when it was not clearly a 'vote by plan' situation.
 
Silver719 said:
I dislike the idea of 8 people out of 48 deciding the vote when it was not clearly a 'vote by plan' situation.
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This wasn't handled as well as it could have been, sorry about that. I'll definitely see that it doesn't happen again.

However, the winning combination of the Movement/Unarmed/Movement didn't have any votes for it. At this point it looks like a plurality is the best option, though if we've overlooked something so far I'm open, the post won't be tonight either way.
 
No Country said:
This wasn't handled as well as it could have been, sorry about that. I'll definitely see that it doesn't happen again.

However, the winning combination of the Movement/Unarmed/Movement didn't have any votes for it. At this point it looks like a plurality is the best option, though if we've overlooked something so far I'm open, the post won't be tonight either way.
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Maybe have a compromise of Movement/Unarmed/Reiryoku, since they seem to be the most popular options? I assume subsequent votes on training will let us further customize the direction "Red" will go in the future anyway. Plus, spreading the boosts around at this point stops the mentality of being "locked in" to a certain build due to prior investment since questers tend to like increasing their strengths over shoring up weak points.
 
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One way to resolve this is to give each combination of attributes a score based on how good a fit it has to the whole of the votes. Give it something like 1 point for one shared attribute, 2 for two shared and 3 for a full fit. For example RMx2 + MA would have a score of 3*8 + 2*10 + 1*9 = 53. Then from whatever combination has the highest score you can pick the most popular aesthetic combination of it.

If this dosen't sound like a pointless overcomplication I could be free to do it in a few hours from now.
 
veekie said:
The aesthetics matter tho
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I suppose? But the only one that will have any lasting effect is the sword's appearance. Stating stats will have a far more defined and long-lasting impacting on the Quest than the aesthetics of the other actions. And at this point, it's just an Asauchi, which are typically very bland save for a few details. I think just having it be a golden sword/katana is fine if people don't want to go through the trouble of specifically voting for the appearance again. We could just vote on it's Shikai appearance instead when it inevitably comes up, which is far more interesting anyway.
 
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Exo said:
One way to resolve this is to give each combination of attributes a score based on how good a fit it has to the whole of the votes. Give it something like 1 point for one shared attribute, 2 for two shared and 3 for a full fit. For example RMx2 + MA would have a score of 3*8 + 2*10 + 1*9 = 53. Then from whatever combination has the highest score you can pick the most popular aesthetic combination of it.

If this dosen't sound like a pointless overcomplication I could be free to do it in a few hours from now.
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Go for it, I'd like to see what that turns out as. I was just going to use a different manually tallying method, but this will probably be a more genuine result.
 
Well, this is what I got summing all this through excel.

Glossary: MA - Movement Arts, RM - Reiryoku Manipulation, PE - Physical Enhancement, UC - Unarmed Combat, AC - Armed Combat

combination​
score​
MA+RM+PE​
60​
MA+RM+UC​
54​
RMx2+MA​
53​
MA+PE+UC​
53​
MA+RM+AC​
50​
MA+PE+AC​
49​
MAx2+RM​
48​
PEx2+MA​
48​
MAx2+PE​
47​
RM+PE+UC​
46​
RMx2+PE​
45​
MA+UC+AC​
43​
RM+PE+AC​
42​
MAx2+UC​
41​
PEx2+RM​
41​
UCx2+MA​
40​
RMx2+UC​
39​
MAx2+AC​
37​
RM+UC+AC​
36​
RMx2+AC​
35​
PE+UC+AC​
35​
PEx2+UC​
34​
UCx2+RM​
33​
MAx3​
32​
ACx2+MA​
32​
UCx2+PE​
32​
PEx2+AC​
30​
RMx3​
29​
PEx3​
27​
ACx2+MA​
25​
ACx2+PE​
24​
UCx2+AC​
22​
ACx2+UC​
18​
UCx3​
15​
ACx3​
​
7​

Which would give us a combination of movement arts, reiryoku manipulation and physical enhancement as the closest to the most votes choice. Since there's no vote for that exact combination, the most popular aesthetic choices would be the movement arts option for hitting the monster pre zanpakuto, the golden saber for the zanpakuto itself and physical enhancement to escape the soul reaper's kido as the leftover vote.
 
Exo said:
Well, this is what I got summing all this through excel.

Glossary: MA - Movement Arts, RM - Reiryoku Manipulation, PE - Physical Enhancement, UC - Unarmed Combat, AC - Armed Combat

combination​
score​
MA+RM+PE​
60​
MA+RM+UC​
54​
RMx2+MA​
53​
MA+PE+UC​
53​
MA+RM+AC​
50​
MA+PE+AC​
49​
MAx2+RM​
48​
PEx2+MA​
48​
MAx2+PE​
47​
RM+PE+UC​
46​
RMx2+PE​
45​
MA+UC+AC​
43​
RM+PE+AC​
42​
MAx2+UC​
41​
PEx2+RM​
41​
UCx2+MA​
40​
RMx2+UC​
39​
MAx2+AC​
37​
RM+UC+AC​
36​
RMx2+AC​
35​
PE+UC+AC​
35​
PEx2+UC​
34​
UCx2+RM​
33​
MAx3​
32​
ACx2+MA​
32​
UCx2+PE​
32​
PEx2+AC​
30​
RMx3​
29​
PEx3​
27​
ACx2+MA​
25​
ACx2+PE​
24​
UCx2+AC​
22​
ACx2+UC​
18​
UCx3​
15​
ACx3​
​
7​

Which would give us a combination of movement arts, reiryoku manipulation and physical enhancement as the closest to the most votes choice. Since there's no vote for that exact combination, the most popular aesthetic choices would be the movement arts option for hitting the monster pre zanpakuto, the golden saber for the zanpakuto itself and physical enhancement to escape the soul reaper's kido as the leftover vote.
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Golden Saber has the fewest votes of any zanpakuto, and I'd say we all care about the zanpakuto result more than any other. UC Knife & RM Rapier are the two most popular weapons with only a single vote difference, and each has a combination in the top 3 of your chart. I say we flip a coin(roll 2 sided dice) between MA+RM+UC & RM+MA+RM.
 
RandyTrevelyan said:
Golden Saber has the fewest votes of any zanpakuto, and I'd say we all care about the zanpakuto result more than any other. UC Knife & RM Rapier are the two most popular weapons with only a single vote difference, and each has a combination in the top 3 of your chart. I say we flip a coin(roll 2 sided dice) between MA+RM+UC & RM+MA+RM.
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Apperantly I confused the rapier and saber, my bad on that. I meant that the RM zanpakuto (which is the rapier) was the highest voted zanpakuto that fits in the highest scoring attribute combination.
 
Exo said:
Well, this is what I got summing all this through excel.

Glossary: MA - Movement Arts, RM - Reiryoku Manipulation, PE - Physical Enhancement, UC - Unarmed Combat, AC - Armed Combat

combination​
score​
MA+RM+PE​
60​
MA+RM+UC​
54​
RMx2+MA​
53​
MA+PE+UC​
53​
MA+RM+AC​
50​
MA+PE+AC​
49​
MAx2+RM​
48​
PEx2+MA​
48​
MAx2+PE​
47​
RM+PE+UC​
46​
RMx2+PE​
45​
MA+UC+AC​
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RM+PE+AC​
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MAx2+UC​
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PEx2+RM​
41​
UCx2+MA​
40​
RMx2+UC​
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MAx2+AC​
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RM+UC+AC​
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RMx2+AC​
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PE+UC+AC​
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PEx2+UC​
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UCx2+RM​
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MAx3​
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ACx2+MA​
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UCx2+PE​
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PEx2+AC​
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RMx3​
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PEx3​
27​
ACx2+MA​
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ACx2+PE​
24​
UCx2+AC​
22​
ACx2+UC​
18​
UCx3​
15​
ACx3​
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Which would give us a combination of movement arts, reiryoku manipulation and physical enhancement as the closest to the most votes choice. Since there's no vote for that exact combination, the most popular aesthetic choices would be the movement arts option for hitting the monster pre zanpakuto, the golden saber for the zanpakuto itself and physical enhancement to escape the soul reaper's kido as the leftover vote.
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RandyTrevelyan said:
Works for me. @No Country you fine with this?
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A combination of Reiryoku, Movement, and Unarmed/Physical are definitely combinations that work, and ones that had some support.
 
Damn, wish I found this quest on time to vote for the Chad build. Going all in on physical enhancement legit sounded like it would've been really cool to see in terms of fight scenes and how people react to the character and the like. But regardless, quest looks neat and I'm looking forward to the next update.
 
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    • Power and powerlessness
    The Sun in a cloudless Sky
    And a cloudy Sky in front of the Sun

    ~~~~~~~~~~​

    Despite looking like a giant knife, and having a katana-style hilt and guard, wrapped in orange-y cloth, the blade in your hand feels right. You don't even have to look down at the thing to know how to use it, you're supposed to use it like an extension of you. Another tool in the toolbox you've been building up your entire life in the martial arts, another weapon in that arsenal.

    A weapon meant for fighting monsters. Different from the ones you had for friendly spars, proving yourself at tournaments, and chasing off delinquents.

    The monster swings a massive fist at you again, but it's different now. Everything is. Instead of being a freight train barrelling down on you like it was before, all the monster's fist is now is a punch. A sloppy, amateur punch thrown by a big bully used to relying on his strength, never needing skill, never being challenged.

    Like water flowing over a well-worn rock, the blade in your hand shifts into a traditional taiho grip. You catch the monster's slow, sloppy punch with laughable ease.

    "This is the hand you were crushing my little brother in," you state the fact to the monster, looking it in its dead, fishy eyes. Before you could barely look at its face. Now your glare is practically boring twin holes through its skull. "I'll be taking it."

    Your wrists flicks, the oversized, golden knife severs its hand at the wrist like butter.

    The monster- the Hollow, roars in pain. An eerie, echoing noise that reverberates on itself. The pain quickly turns to rage as its eyes narrow, and it takes two stumbling steps back.

    It rears up again, preparing another punch. Again, it's telegraphing, one of the signs of a rank amateur. You would think it was no better than an animal if you hadn't seen how it had treated your family.

    You move before its fist can connect with you, though glancing over your shoulder you can instead see that it grasped for empty air. It was going to try and grab you and bite you like it had done the Soul Rea- Mai. Like it had done to Mai.

    In response to that, you do a move that you've always wanted to do, but never had the opportunity to do. Mainly because it would blow out someone's knee. Bracing one hand against the other, and placing your oversized knife against the Hollow's leg, you push down and out.

    The Hollow's entire body buckles as its left leg collapses bonelessly against the street, a mass of messy flesh spurting black blood bouncing away behind you.

    It's still not done though. It's neck shoots out, a desperate bid to crush you in its jaws while you're inside its guard, where it thinks it has you trapped.

    Once more, you move. Movement as a Soul Reaper feels incredible, like all of your power can flow into your limbs and put you where you have to be as soon as you want to be there. The Hollow's jaws come together on the pavement, tearing out a gouge in the roadway.

    It doesn't notice that you're next to it until your blade is practically touching its eye.

    The Hollow lets out one more baneful, echoing, rageful roar before you separate the top of its head from the rest of its body at the eyes.

    You barely notice the monster collapse next to you in the street, you barely even notice it dissolve into motes which float away on some non-existent breeze. You never even really noticed how you had gone from wearing your normal, at-home loungewear, to being clad in the elegant traditional Japanese garb of the Soul Reapers.

    All you do know is that you just stood up to a monster, attacking your home and family, and you won.

    "Alright!" You shout to nobody but yourself, hoisting your blade in the air above your head. "I won!"

    Turning back to your house, an immense sense of tiredness overtakes you, and, without wanting to or realizing it, you collapse on the ground. Completely exhausted.

    ~~~~~~~~~~​

    Mai Koukin's eyes were wide as the Human she gave her Soul Reaper powers to beat the Hollow Snakeneck right in front of her.

    She practically let out a yelp when the Human, Chiyu, collapsed after the fight. That was before she realized how normal it was; she had heard in her tutoring sections, long ago, when she had first put in to join the Thirteen Court Guard Squads, she heard that the konpaku of Mediums often experienced great stress and rapidly tired themselves out the first time they exerted themselves as spirits. It would make sense that the same would happen to a human-turned-reaper.

    A moment after Chiyu collapsed however, she realized something which did make her yelp. She was going to have to clean all this up. All on her own. With no Soul Reaper powers.

    "Perhaps I can be of assistance?" The divine voice of heaven shined down upon her, stopping her just short of hyperventilating.

    Wait no, the voice wasn't divine.

    It was just a voice. Well, a female voice, a female voice who sounded oddly at ease and calm in this strange situation.

    Mai looked behind her, then next to her, at the stranger who had appeared.

    She was a woman, clearly an adult though of uncertain age, clad in a long, blue jacket over a rather dull outfit of a button-up and baggy pants. With glasses on her face, and straight black hair, she was rather unassuming, though it was strange to be carrying a parasol on a rainless night.

    "Who are you?" Mai said, astonishment and confusion successfully connected that circuit of her brain which caused her to stutter.

    "Someone who's got experience getting people out of sticky situations," the mysterious woman said, producing a business card with a flick of the wrist. Mai took it. "And hopefully, a friend."

    'Mirror Mirror Specialty Shop', the card read, with a graphic of a house in silver behind it.

    "Pretty neat, huh?" The mysterious proprietress said, before clapping. "Alright, let's get this fixed before anyone shows up."

    Four figures came out of the late-night darkness behind the mysterious proprietress, who simply took Mai with an arm around the shoulder, spinning her around. "Come now, you. Let's get everything sorted out."

    ~~~~~~~~~~​

    You wake up like any other morning, excepting the minor headache and twinge in your shoulder. Those are probably just from not getting enough sleep last night and sleeping funny though. Not because you met a ghost dressed as some kind of ninja and fought a giant monster that was tearing your house apart.

    It was a really vivid dream though-

    'Oh no,' you realize with a start, looking at your alarm clock. It's 8:10, meaning you only have 20 minutes to get to school. All the way across town.

    When you run out in front of your house, you realize that it wasn't a dream. You really do have spirit powers, and you really did kill a monster on the street outside your home last night. Two of the windows are boarded up, along with one of the walls, and there are still gouges on the street.

    "Holy crap," a voice next to you says. One that you last heard yesterday morning.

    You turn to see Soichiro standing next to you, bag slung over his shoulder. Your elder brother is tall for his age, towering over your more just-above-average height, and both his hair and eyes are a lighter shade than yours. Unfortunately, this has marked him out as a delinquent, a role which it seems he's taken to lately.

    "What happened last night…?" Your brother asks, looking at you expectantly.

    [] Make up a lie… a truck hit the house or something.

    [] Pawn off the question to Dad. His car is still in the driveway so he hasn't left for work yet.

    [] Ask him where he was last night, that he's only noticing it now.

    [] Answer, as crazy as it sounds. You don't have the time to stay and explain it though.

    ~~~~~~~~~~​

    "Woah, I can't believe you made it here today," Mio Abayumi, one of your best friends, comments as she takes her seat next to yours at school, promptly at 8:29.

    "On time too," Ryota Heiondo, another one of your close friends comments, from the seat on the other side of Mio's.

    Ryota (Ryo for short), and Mio (no nickname needed, it's already one syllable), along with Naoto (Nao, though he doesn't go by that as much) Kuritachi, who sits in front of you, have been friends with you for a long time. Since before middle school, since you somehow all managed to get into Kanawanatake. You're commonly seen as the informal leader of the group, with the snarky Mio and scheming Ryota driving most of the action, and the more reserved Naoto tagging along and acting as the voice of reason.

    Mio, the other girl of the group, is shorter than you, with longer, straighter, and tamer black hair, as well as a distinctive (to put it politely) pair of eyebrows peaking over her pair of glasses. Her and Nao are members of the gaming club, and favor physical activity less than you or Ryo do. She makes up for her less distinct appearance and seemingly-mundane interests with a bubbly personality and penchant for trouble.

    Ryo would probably be more popular with the girls in your grade if he wasn't such a jerk. He plays on the soccer team, used to run with the track team, and regularly swims when the weather permits it. His hair is brown and messy, and his eyes a dark shade of blue, which only stand out thanks to his practically year-round tan. He's probably the fittest person in the school, you notwithstanding. Again, this would typically make him king jock, but he hangs out with your group… and has a pretty long track record of mischief and pranks.

    Naoto is the quietest member of your group, and at a glance seems like the odd man out. It's not true though, he's just quiet during class and school, his nondescript demeanor hiding a wicked wit and sometimes too-mature sense of humor. Naoto keeps his black hair long, though unlike Mio, has graduated to contacts.

    "What do you mean by that?" You ask, right before the bell sounds, signifying the beginning of the day.

    "My little sister," Naoto practically whispers over his shoulder, even though your homeroom teacher, Ms. Rokougi, has yet to enter the room. "Talked to Tousuke-kun on the way to school today, he said that your house got hit by a truck overnight?"

    "Oh, uh, yeah," you concede, sure that you can't talk about a two-story monster tearing up your street before being killed by ghost warrior!you last night. "It was just property damage though really, I think insurance should cover it."

    "Really, the way I heard it, it sounded like a hit-and-run," Mio says, leaning over to you, practically in-range to jab you in the side with her elbow.

    You shoot her a look that tells her to knock it off, though she only barely stops herself from tazing you. "How do you guys know so much about this?"

    "Well-" Ryo begins, before being cut off, along with the rest of the idle, before-class chatter, by the classroom door slamming open.

    "ALRIGHT CLASS SIMMER DOWN!" Your teacher calls out, around seven hundred decibels too loud. "I've got an announcement before we begin today, so you'd all better listen up. And sit there and look nice. Be on your best behavior, at least for the next period." Everyone sees her eyes laser-focus on Ryota.

    To his credit, he suppresses the shrug.

    "It's my great pleasure," your too-tall, too-busty homeroom teacher says with manufactured glee, the kind a game show host uses when announcing a prize, as she gestures towards the door. "To welcome our new Teacher's Assistant, Ms. Mai Koukin!"

    'Wait what. She didn't say-' Your train of thought is tragically derailed with the majority of your brain cells on board when the Soul Reaper girl from last night of all people walks through the door to your classroom.

    "Good morning class," the Soul Reaper, now entirely flesh and blood (wait, what was she before? Spirit flesh and spirit blood? You did see her bleed…), says without much confidence, bowing awkwardly. Her wavy hair is tied into a thick ponytail, and she's dressed in a yellowish shrug over a sensible-looking pocketed dress. She just looks like a normal teacher's assistant, well, more like a college student sitting in to observe. "It's very nice to meet you all," her smile is somehow more forced than her bow.

    "So I'm gonna call roll call," Ms. Rokougi says, slamming the roll book open with flare. "When I call your names, you're gonna stand up and say something about yourselves to introduce you to Ms. Koukin, got it?"

    A collective "yes" rises up from the class, nobody willing to risk the homeroom teacher's wrath.

    "Miriko Iaibana!"

    "Here, my family owns a…" the roll call goes on, from the side of the room to the teacher's left to her right, from front to back. Meaning you'll be last. That's fine with you, you spend that time trying to melt the Soul Reaper-turned-teacher standing at the front of the room. She's amicably nodding and occasionally commenting on your classmate's facts about themselves. But you see her eyes darting over to you, far more than any other student.

    "Mio Abayumi!" Your friend's name being called breaks your concentration, and you get ready to introduce yourself. Wait, what should you say…?

    "Here! I've jailbroken every single phone and game con-" an eraser square to the face stops Mio in her tracks.

    "No admitting to crimes in your introduction, try again!" Ms. Rokougi admonishes, another eraser already bouncing in her palm.

    "Ow, fine fine," your friend concedes, rubbing her rapidly-reddening forehead. "I built my own PC over last summer break."

    "Very impressive," Mai acknowledges with a smile and a nod, then turns to you.

    "Chiyu Makiyou!"

    "Here!" You call and stand up, and your words uncharacteristically fail you. Mai is looking at you, expectantly and knowingly. "Ah, hmmm," you start and stop, before you say the first thing that comes to mind. "A truck hit my house last night." Instantly your palm smacks against your forehead.

    "Oh my," the 'assistant teacher' feigns surprise (is it fake? Does she know what your family thinks happened? Did she do that? Can they erase memories???). "That's terrible, I hope everyone is okay."

    "Uh, yeah," you answer, before sitting down.

    "Well, that certainly is interesting. Not quite what I expected from you, Makiyou." Your real teacher says flatly. "Oh, and sorry to hear about that."

    Ms. Rokougi launches into a lesson before the murmuring and rumor-milling can begin about your introduction to the substitute.

    Mio leans over to you a few minutes later, using her open lesson book to shield her from your homeroom teacher's all-seeing eyes. "What's wrong with you Shu? You look like you've seen a ghost."

    You shoot her an evil sideye before you hiss out your excuse. "It's nothing, just tired, and isn't it weird to get a new teacher's assistant in the middle of the term? What even happened to Hirakata-sensei?"

    "Huh? He left last week, don't you remember?" Mio says, a little too loud.

    "Something to share with the class, Abayumi-kun?" Your homeroom teacher demands of your classmate.

    "Nope, sorry Rokougi-sensei," Mio says, not without an edge in her voice.

    "So," Naoto says, low enough for only you to hear and far better disguised by his lesson book than Mio was. "What are we doing for lunch?"

    ~~~~~~~~~~​

    Near the end of the period after lunch, your day is turned completely upside down.

    It all starts with a strange chiming coming from the front of the classroom. What makes the strange noise even stranger is that the only ones who look up from their worksheets are you, and the two quiet, top-student twins who sit near the front of the class. It's probably a coincidence though, because they quickly look back down (maybe they're barely-aware the way your younger siblings are) instead of having their eyes lock onto the source of the sound.

    The new 'Teacher's Assistant', the Soul Reaper, Mai.

    While you watch, she turns toward the corner of the room, taps on something a few times, and the noise stops.

    Then, "It looks like you need more copies, Rokougi-san, I'll go get more. Um…"

    'No, no no no,' you think desperately, not wanting whatever she has in store for you to derail your normal day.

    "... how about Makiyou?"

    'Crap,' you don't stand up right away though, after all it isn't like you're on duty today or the class rep.

    "That's… fine? I suppose," Ms. Rokougi confusedly concedes. "But Iwaba-kun is on duty today, and Iwaba-kun is the class rep."

    "That's confusing so I'll just take Makiyou with me-" the weird device beeps again, and again you're basically the only one to react, "-okayMakiyoulet'sgogetthosecopiesokaywehave to go." The disguised Soul Reaper says the last part in one breath, then exits the classroom door way too fast.

    "You heard her Makiyou, get going," Ms. Rokougi says with a shrug, gesturing over her shoulder.

    Swallowing your pride, you do.

    "What are you doing here?" Is the first of the questions you pepper Mai with.

    "Keeping an eye out-" she says, but you're already launching into the next one, even as you follow her up the stairs, rather than down.

    "How are you-" you rapidly and abstractly gesture with your hands, trying to form the outline of a figure, "-a mea- a bod- like a real physical person?"

    "It's called a gigai, Soul Reaper-" again, she doesn't get much out.

    "How come everyone thinks my house got hit by a truck? Do you change memories? What about the old assistant? Wait how can you teach you're from some kinda ghost world right you can't be a teacher here right?" You begin speaking faster and faster as the two of you emerge onto the roof.

    "This-" she pulls a weird… "It's a kiokukichan, it replaces people's memories randomly. D-did you want your family to remember all that stuff?"

    "I guess not-"

    She quickly cuts you off, not answering the rest of your barrage. "Alright then, let's go."

    "Whe-" Mai smacks you in the face before you can ask. "What was that?!" You shout instead, before you see you lying motionless on the roof of the school, eyes glazed over. "What the f- what the hell!?"

    'C-c-calm down, calm down," Mai pleads with you, waving lightly and trying to get you to stop shouting. "I-I just had to get you out of your body so you could become a Soul Reaper, everything is fine."

    "Out of my body," you hiss, "and everything is fine????"

    "Yes," she says, dragging you back behind an A/C unit. "Now let's go, the Hollow is three quarters of a ri north-northwest."

    You look down at yourself, seeing the black robes and the sandals of a Soul Reaper, and the yellow-handled, burnt-orange sheathed knife attached to your belt around your back.

    "Wait," it's something you saw last night, but which didn't register, "where's the chain? You said why you didn't have one, but why don't I? I'm still human."

    "Uh, well that's because you aren't dead."

    "Oh," you nod. "So how do we get to the Hollow?"

    "Soul Reapers are stronger than normal souls, and we have ways of moving faster as well," she smiles at you disarmingly, "and you seemed pretty strong and fast last night."

    "So you're going to leave your body- er, gigai too?"

    Mai scratches the back of her head sheepishly, "Well, no. I-I won't you see- I mean I can't leave the gigai, because I gave you a lot of my powers…"

    She looks over the edge of the roof, a pretty far distance from the next building, the gym shed, "I-I think I can manage though."

    ~~~~~~~~~~​

    A few minutes later, you're standing on the outskirts of the park on the other side of the hill from Kanawanatake Middle School. You remember coming here as a kid, and bringing your younger siblings here, in the past. It was always one of the few places you saw ghosts, you rarely did around places where kids hung out a lot. You… don't like to think about the times you did see ghosts of young kids around young kids.

    A few minutes after that, you're getting impatient. It's been almost half an hour since you left class.

    "I thought you said the Hollow was here?!" you shout, knowing that most normal people can't hear you, "it's been like, twenty-five minutes!"

    "I-it's been less than twenty, and the Hollow should be here soon, look," the Soul Reaper flips her phone over, showing you the screen.

    The screen of her smartphone reads 'Hollow will appear | 12:30pm +/- 15min | ~100m radius around Yumizawa Children's Park'.

    "I can't tell if that's really precise or really imprecise," you state flatly.

    "It's v-v-ver- it's incredibly precise," Mai counters, placing the weird spirit phone back in her pocket.

    "Heeeeeeeeeeeelp!" The high-pitched shriek comes from the other side of the play structure.

    The ghost of a young boy runs out of the small wooded area further up the hill, screaming and crying the whole way.

    Then you see what he's running from. A Hollow.

    This one is a lot smaller than the first one, though it's almost more monstrous.

    It looks like a spider riding an octopus. Its body is pretty small, and it's blue all over aside from the tips of its arms. Speaking of its arms, it has four of them sticking out of the back of its chunky, round body, each thick at the base and very thin at the top, a gradient of blue at the bottom to purple at the top. The arms are jointed, like those of an insect or spider, and some kind of caustic liquid drips from the tips. It moves on eight, fleshy tentacles, which stretch out to almost double their length as it darts at the young ghost from the woods.

    With a thought, your blade is in your hand, though the katana-style hilt makes drawing the knife from its soft sheath somewhat awkward.

    "H-hold on," Mai stops you, lightly grasping your arm. "Why are you saving him? He's just a random ghost, w-what reason do you, as a human have? Have to help the dead- I mean."

    "What do you mea- I don't have time for this." You shake her hand off your wrist, and see that the Hollow is still a good distance from the boy's ghost, who has taken shelter behind the play structure.

    "I-I mean, you're a human and that's a ghost. Y-you kil- you defended your family last night. I understand b-but you are- I mean, not really- you aren't a Soul Reaper."

    "So why am I going to stop a Hollow from murdering a kid right in front of me?!"

    "Yeah, why are you- I mean, well. Yes, that?" You wonder just how someone with such a lack of confidence could be operating on their own in what you assume is some sort of military organization.

    Glancing back towards the Hollow and the ghost, you can see that you have, at least, time enough to answer the question.

    [] You can't save every ghost, but you can save the ghosts in front of you. That will be enough.

    [] It's not about saving every ghost, or even saving the ones in front of you. It's about protecting your family, and by extension, your home or Rotaku City.

    [] It's not about saving ghosts, it's about stopping and punishing the monsters hunting them down. You've seen enough of how they work, especially now that you can connect all of the ghosts who mysteriously disappeared to them.

    [] It's not really about saving ghosts, it's about fighting the monsters. You felt something different than you've ever felt before last night, something good. Not that you'll say that to Mai, you'll make something else up.

    [] Write-in (subject to QM approval).

    ~~~~~~~~~~​

    After answering Mai's question, you dart in between the boy's ghost, and the monster, which has toppled the climbing bars off to the side of the playground.

    The Hollow's venomous arm comes down at the boy, and you grab it just above the dripping claw.

    "You should pick on someone your own size," you say to the many-legged beast, before you thrust-kick it just below its mask, sending it careening back into the trees. The monster rights itself midair, turning back to face the playground and the ghost of the boy, where it thinks you still are. But you're already behind it, hacking off a pair of its tentacles when it lands.

    The Hollow spins, still agile despite losing two of its legs. A pair of its sharp, venomous arms lashes out, coming at you from either side. You catch one arm with your left hand, again just above the venomous stinger. The other arm you catch on the flat of your knife's blade, held against your forearm in a reverse-grip. You sever both limbs, one by crushing and twisting it off barehanded, and the other by simply hacking it off with your knife.

    The Hollow roars, in pain and shock, before it darts backwards, seemingly in an attempt to escape.

    Again, you're faster than the monster, and you catch up to it before it can gain any real distance. You hack the Hollow's mask clean in half vertically.

    ~~~~~~~~~~​

    Breathing only as hard as you would after a good warm-up, you return to Mai and the ghost of the boy.

    The Soul Reaper is gently talking to the boy, though she stumbles over her own words. "S-so my friend is gonna send you to the Soul Society, i-it's a place where you w-wo- where you won't have to worry about being hunted by monsters. And she's go- she'll get rid of that chain for you."

    "Excuse me," you butt in gently, "I send him off to the afterlife by cutting the chain?"

    "N-NO! NO NO NO! I mean, well- No, ABSOLUTELY not!" Mai looks even more scared than she was while the Hollow was tearing up your house, and her tone borders on angry. You're surprised.

    "So, what do I do then?"

    "First you calm him down, t-tell him about the Soul Society," she wraps her hand around your right hand, which is still holding the hilt of your blade, and gently lifts the knife. "Then, you tap the end of your sword against his forehead, which purifies the soul."

    You nod, "alright, what do I say about Soul Society?"

    Mai puts a hand to her chin, thinking for a moment, "I usually just say that it's a nice place where you don't have to worry about Hollows."

    "Y-you're gonna send me to the afterlife?" The ghost says, looking at you in awe, after you kneel down to his level.

    "Yeah, it's-"

    [] "-A really nice place, where you won't be hungry, or hurt, or sad. One day, you'll meet all the people you remember from your life there too."

    [] "-A nice place, you don't have to worry about monsters or sickness, and there's plenty of nice people there."

    [] "-Just like earth, except you don't have to worry about the stuff you have to worry about here. You'll find someone to take care of you on the other side."

    [] "-not a place I've ever been. I couldn't say anything about it, but my friend seems to think it's a nice place."

    [] Write-in (subject to QM approval)

    Please vote in the plan format.

    A/N: Been a busy time of year for me, plus both of these updates are pretty beefy. No real translation notes in this one, but the Hollow Bounty board is getting an update. Unarmed won out in the end as the third vote, the knife is just a cooler aesthetic than basically Zangetsu.
     
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    • [x] Answer, as crazy as it sounds. You don't have the time to stay and explain it though.
    [x] You can't save every ghost, but you can save the ghosts in front of you. That will be enough.
    [x] "-not a place I've ever been. I couldn't say anything about it, but my friend seems to think it's a nice place."
     
    [X] Plan Blunt-Hearted Protector
    - [X] Make up a lie… a truck hit the house or something.
    - [X] It's not about saving every ghost, or even saving the ones in front of you. It's about protecting your family, and by extension, your home or Rotaku City.
    - [X] "-not a place I've ever been. I couldn't say anything about it, but my friend seems to think it's a nice place."

    Not exactly dense, but certainly not the type to be shrewd, ahaha.
    But a well-meaning lass who'd punt the nearest jackass who threaten the neighborhood, be they physical or spiritual.
     
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    [X] Pawn off the question to Dad. His car is still in the driveway so he hasn't left for work yet.

    [X] It's not really about saving ghosts, it's about fighting the monsters. You felt something different than you've ever felt before last night, something good. Not that you'll say that to Mai, you'll make something else up.

    [X] "-A nice place, you don't have to worry about monsters or sickness, and there's plenty of nice people there."
     
    [X] Pawn off the question to Dad. His car is still in the driveway so he hasn't left for work yet.

    [X] It's not really about saving ghosts, it's about fighting the monsters. You felt something different than you've ever felt before last night, something good. Not that you'll say that to Mai, you'll make something else up.

    [X] "-A nice place, you don't have to worry about monsters or sickness, and there's plenty of nice people there."
     
    [X] Make up a lie… a truck hit the house or something.
    [X] You can't save every ghost, but you can save the ghosts in front of you. That will be enough.
    [X] "-not a place I've ever been. I couldn't say anything about it, but my friend seems to think it's a nice place."
     
    [X]Plan: Good Question Maybe Not The Best Answer
    -[X] Ask him where he was last night, that he's only noticing it now.
    -[X] It's not about saving every ghost, or even saving the ones in front of you. It's about protecting your family, and by extension, your home or Rotaku City.
    -[X] "-not a place I've ever been. I couldn't say anything about it, but my friend seems to think it's a nice place."
     
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