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Could you remind us what exactly is planned today? I'm think I recall them deciding to go to the mall, but was there anything else we should be accounting for?
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Anything. You, the voters, get to decide what they do at the mall. Arcade,shopping, the movies? Food court or do we go somewhere else to eat after we're done? Maybe just some general mallrat'ing? do we go anywhere else when we're done? Who do we talk to, and about what? When do we feel like leaving? Things like that. Maybe I'll need multiple posts, but as long as everything is organised coherently I'd rather have more to work with and go over, than not have enough and have to drag my feet into making a full post.
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Alright, edited my vote and made a proper plan.
I'm guessing that Hitomi doesn't get to try out a genuine Mystic Code, then? I'd have assumed that she would've loved to try one out what with her interest in
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Archer already gave us a talking to about using magic in public. Talking about what we plan to do after school in hushed tones while everyone else around us is invested in their own conversations is one thing, but handing off a magic ring to Hitomi and telling her to give it a try in the middle of a crowded cafeteria is another.
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Based on your earlier assessment of the runes,
Can I ask which aspect of those rune(s) you think Kirika should focus on, and why you think she'd benefit from that aspect?
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For Nauthiz, it's purely for the Love Magecraft. For someone whose Origin and Element is Love, it'll be drastically supercharged and likely will gain some sort of super effective manifestation of the skill; an obvious example of this in action is Emiya Shirou, who could make his false recreations a reality and who could recreate just about any armament to near perfection. With Kirika, I'd wager she'd be able to even affect Heroic Spirits and esoteric enemies like Witches or their familiars if she goes down Nauthiz's path of Love Magecraft; aligning Origin and Elements are very very rare and no joke.
For Wunjo, it would be the bond path. I'm pretty sure Mami's already kinda gone down it some as well, so she could help out. By bonding everyone in the team, everyone will get boosts to their parameters to an extent depending on their bond level with Kirika, especially so with her Origin and Element synergizing greatly effectively supercharging it above and beyond. They'd have to be working together in some way though, though maybe her synergy with it would maximize her effective range when it comes to who's connected to her through Wunjo. Of course, this is all speculation; it's ultimately up to you to decide what kind of effect a path would give someone.
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Is this something Kirika would even want, though? She's already got Oriko's love, so from her perspective what's she gaining by dabbling in love magic if the one she loves already loves her in return? Make other people love her? Other people are gross and icky and not Oriko and some of them are probably even guys with thingies that can make you pregnant.
Again, who would Kirika want to bond with? From her perspective, she's already bonded enough with Oriko as is, so what's the point of bonding with other people? Plus, considering all the phat stacks of resources the pair are sitting on, plus their own ability to transfer mana between the two of them, and I don't see Kirika as seeing this as essential.
If I were going to make a stab at assigning either of these to Kirika, I'd actually point to Nauthiz giving a pseudo-Mad Enhancement, since Kirika already fights like a wild berserker as it is; no reason to waste that potential by denying her some much-needed combat buffs while suffering almost no downside to her fighting ability. But then, I don't know how well everyone else on the team would take having
But what does everyone else think?
Hmm...
How is this any different from normal? She only listens to the others because Oriko told her too.
Maybe just tell her something like, "Hey, this rune supposedly does stuff with love, and Love is your Element and Origin. Was wondering if you could do something with it?" And see how she reacts.
I understand if she doesn't want to though, since she already doing so much studying. She loves Oriko enough to, literally, kill for her, but not enough to do school work for her.
How is this any different from normal? She only listens to the others because Oriko told her too.
Maybe just tell her something like, "Hey, this rune supposedly does stuff with love, and Love is your Element and Origin. Was wondering if you could do something with it?" And see how she reacts.
I understand if she doesn't want to though, since she already doing so much studying. She loves Oriko enough to, literally, kill for her, but not enough to do school work for her.
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Huh, I didn't get any notifications from you quoting me, weird.
Anyways, for Nauthiz, it would be more like Kirika weaponizing her love for Oriko against their enemies, I think that's a good way of putting it. Love Magecraft isn't only about causing someone to fall in love with another, it can - and frankly is throughout much of mythology - be very devious. Just one application would be to forcibly Geis/curse someone into being unable to harm someone Kirika loves, and unlike most Geisa Kirika probably wouldn't need to beat or be in a position of power over someone in order to apply it due to the absurd synergy she has via her Element and Origin (though probably not as absurd as Emiya 'can make NPs out of Projection Magecraft' Shirou).
For Wunjo, she could use it to be able to keep track of and protect Oriko on the battlefield, even when she's too far away from her to physically protect her. That's an easy application that I could see Kirika liking.
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The difference is that she can listen to the others, even if it feels pointless having anyone but Oriko tell her to do [X] But if Kirika were to go
Oriko told her directly to kill for her. Oriko told her directly to play nice with us. But Oriko hasn't told her directly to hit the books yet. She's also, you know, not that bright, and didn't like or do well in school even before she met Oriko.
Not a bad take, but does Homura know enough about what you're proposing to be able to propose it to Kirika? I don't think she does, considering Homura's fairly low level of magecraft knowledge.
And then Kirika cursed Archer to always love and treat her mom right under pain of death by Geis, and there was nothing Archer could do about it. Not Sure If Good or Bad End achieved.
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1. Homura is studying Arthurian mythology right now. Morgan le Fay exists.
2. Didn't Lancer explicitly lay out exactly what each Rune could generally do to the group at least once, if not several times?
Obviously Kirika would have to deliver it through some medium like through a dosed meal/drink, through her claws, or be right up on top of him in order to bewitch him like that. It's not exactly likely Kirika would be able to sneak attack Archer like that what with his Eye of the Mind (True) skill.
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The Once And Future King is a softer version of Arthurian canon than what's in le Morte d"Arthur. And, having not read it in... Fuck knows how long, I don't remember how much of Morgan and what she can do is put on display. I probably hit the books just like Kirika is doing to find out if that's something she pulls out in the text Homura is reading from.
She did, but that doesn't mean she went through every single application for each and every rune. However, if on the flip side you think it's reasonable to assume that Lancer brought up at least the basics of how to use love magic with Nauthiz, then do we even need to lay it out for Kirika?
"Hey dad, I made you a snack! Hope you're hungry!"
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Well, Morgan charms and puts people under contracts all the time, and she gets around a lot with her Magecraft what with all of her kids/niece she put in Artoria's kingdom. She wasn't a very good mom though obviously, considering every single one of them betrayed her and joined up with Artoria in short order. At the very least, in that book, it should probably talk about how Mordred came to be; Morgan did steal a certain something from Artoria after all in order to produce Mordred.
Hm, she probably went through the bare basics for each application, like for Mad Enhancement she'd elaborate that "it boosts your parameters at the cost of your sanity", and for Love Magecraft she'd probably say something like "it's a discipline full of curses" or something like that considering she herself was cursed with Love.
"Oh honey, did you accidentally drop some kind of magical potion in my food again? I could smell it the moment you took it out of the oven."
Well, if Archer smells Doritos and/or Mountain Dew coming from his food then he'll know not to touch it. /s
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Considering that the majority of them came from her legitimate husband and one was specifically for the purpose of overthrowing her brother, I don't think the number of kids she has is any indication of how much she gets around. Not saying she doesn't, just that her kids aren't a good indicator of it.
Oh, no, she'll just give him spiked Mountain Dew and Doritos directly. She'll call it "gamer fuel" and ask Archer if he's interested in some father-daughter bonding over videogames. Can't spot the scent of Mountain Dew and Doritos if you're already smelling Mountain Dew and Doritos.
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[X] Plan In Which Homura Will Definitely Not Run Into A Witch At The Mall
"I hope you don't mind me asking, but what exactly caused your defeat at Kobe last year?"
Your question catches the other members of the club off their guards, and each of your four teammates pauses what they're doing, as they put their equipment away at the end of practice, causing them to turn in your direction. "I've heard that the archery club has had a poor track record of late, but what made your defeat at Kobe so memorable? ... I don't mean to drag your loss in front of you; I honestly don't know the story."
"Honestly?" Mochizumi-san says. "We just really screwed up, badly."
"Kobe's bad; like, worse than us, bad," Suzuhara Daigo adds. "So, when we got matched up against them in the bracket to determine whether we'd go on to the next round, everyone had their money on us to finally win one."
"We went in so overconfident that we'd win," Tanaka Haruo thirds. "We didn't practice at all the week before, and every little screwup that one of us made the day of, we just shrugged it off and said 'It's just Kobe; we can afford to make one slip'. Well, one slip turned into all of us royally screwing up, because we got cocky and overestimated ourselves in the face of an opponent we didn't take seriously."
Kasuga-san nods his head, and with a "mhm" joins in with the others to say "So now, we've taken to using Kobe as a reminder of why we need to practice in the first place."
The round comes back to Mochizumi-san who ends things by saying "It's also just really funny how badly we screwed up." Your tanned classmate turns her head to Tanaka Haruo and says "I can't believe you almost shot the ref's ratty toupé off. Just a centimeter lower, too."
Tanaka Haruo smirks for Mochizumi-san, and says "What can I say? I'm just that good."
Mochizumi-san sticks her tongue out, returning fire with "Yeah, if only your luck with the girls were as good as your aim."
This always happens whenever you're around your fellow teammates; you're left feeling like you've walked into a story that's well into being told. Well, trying to rectify that is what you're hoping to get out of this outing, after all. There's no harm in asking one more question. "I hope you don't mind me asking," you say, primarily for Tanaka Haruo, but also to anyone else who might answer for him. "But... Well, how are you going about romancing girls if your efforts are that infamous. Again, I'm not trying to make you feel bad; I honestly don't know."
"You ever seen City Hunter?" Kasuga-san asks; you shake your head. You remembering hearing Kirika mention it as the name of an anime series she was fond of, but you've never seen it. "Well, when it comes to wooing the ladies, Haru here takes all his advice from the main character."
"I do not!" Tanaka Haruo exclaims. "Well, not all the time. I really tried the right way with Sora... I guess my reputation just preceded me."
You're not going to say anything. You don't know him well enough to feel comfortable with rubbing it in. "Well, let that be a lesson to cut that crap out if you really want to impress a lady." Fortunately, Mochizumi-san says it so you don't have to. "Now, what are we all standing around for? Come on, let's get this party started!"
"Wow, you're really good at this, aren't you?"
"Not really," you say to Mochizumi-san, setting down the controller as you resign yourself to another unavoidable game over. "It might be a fun distraction to watch me play, but I can never get over the boss." The boys had been watching you playing previously, but not too long ago they took off to have a go at the racing machines, leaving just you and Mochizumi-san by yourselves. Hardly chivalrous of them, you think. Leaving a pair of innocent young maidens alone and undefended in an arcade.
Who are you kidding? You're more of a threat than anyone who might try to harm you.
"Hey, can I talk to you for a second?" Mochizumi-san asks, sliding in close even though she doesn't have to; all three of your other party members are elsewhere, so there's no reason to keep things a secret. "So, yesterday, I saw Tomoe talking to some boys from her class. I know that blockhead Shin didn't see her, or we'd have all heard it by now, so I gotta ask- She and him... That's definitely not going to be a thing, right?"
You nod, saying "That's correct. Tomoe-san and I talked the other night, and she doesn't see herself being able to return Kasuga-san's romantic feelings." Flashing her a thumbs-up, you say "You're in the clear, just as soon as you decide to ask him out yourself."
"Geez, Akemi, you know I can't do that." You roll your eyes at Mochizumi-san's stubborn refusal to be her own best advocate. "A true gentleman has to be the one to approach his waiting lady, not the other way around. You know, chivalry, and courtly love, and all that fru-fru jazz we're reading about in our book."
"Yet you've been waiting how long, exactly?"
"Don't rub it in!" Mochizumi-san gives you a playful shove, not unlike Sayaka might do were she to find herself in a similar situation. But once she's done, Mochizumi-san turns away to look in the direction that the boys headed off in, and says "Besides, I'm not even his type. There's no way he'd notice some scrawny tomboy like me, not as long as there's a girl like Tomoe he's got his eyes on."
"Then let's make him take his eyes off Tomoe-san then, and make him see the perfectly good tomboy that's been by his side all this time."
"Yeah, and how do you propose we do that?"
"Simple." It's cruel, perhaps, what you're about to suggest; but you think it's better in the long run to turn Kasuga-san's attention away from someone who won't ever return his affections. "We make him ask Tomoe-san out, so he can hear for himself that she's not interested."
Mochizumi-san cracks a devious smile, again, not unlike Sayaka might, but it quickly fades when she asks "Will that actually work? I mean, he's had years to ask Tomoe out but he's never so much as said 'hi' to her. Are you sure we can get him to ask her out?"
"It never hurts to try." And here come the boys now; what perfect timing. "Hey!" you call out, and ask "Did you three enjoy yourselves?" Three heads nod as one.
"Would have enjoyed it more if this guy-" Suzuhara Daigo thumbs in the direction of a sheepish-looking Tanaka Haruo as he scratches the back of his head "-hadn't stolen the win out from under me, ya big cheater."
"hey, I told you; I know those racing machines inside and out. You were the one who decided to get cocky and 'give me a chance' ."
"At any rate," Kasuga-san says, ending the discussion before those two have the opportunity to turn this fun trip into a disfunctional one. "Did you two enjoy yourselves?" You and Mochizumi-san both nod your heads; you've enjoyed this chance to talk with her about things that aren't school-related, and being able to put Kasuga-san's foolish affections for a girl who can't return them behind him is just a nice bonus. "Glad to hear it. Say, we were thinking we'd go grab something to eat now; you two hungry, or do you want to stick around for a little longer?"
You look to Mochizumi-san; you don't need to eat, and you're in no rush to sit down to food court fare after a month of Archer's cooking, so you'll let Mochizumi-san decide. "Heck yeah! I'm starving!" She ignores it when Tanaka Haruo whispers to Suzuhara Daigo "Typical Mochi. She could eat an entire horse and still be hungry," and turns to you, asking "What about you, Akemi? You hungry?"
"Not particularly, but I don't mind getting something to eat if everyone else is."
"Great! How's international sound?"
International, of course, is the club's code word for mall food court fare; and today's sampler comes to you from China, Italy, and the United States. The table that your club-mates and you have chosen is piled high with dishes that could moderately be called Chinese, if they hadn't all been slathered in a variety of savoury sauces you're sure aren't authentic; pizza and pasta dishes that are probably closer to American than Italian; and burgers that are probably the most authentic to their country of origin out of everything selected. You aren't sure where to start, because everything before you looks more like a caricature of food than of actual food, and you aren't sure what would be the least offensive to your Archer-cultivated taste buds.
You decide that a burger would probably be the least offensive; you've had similar burgers at the school cafeteria, on the rare day when Archer hasn't made lunch for you, and it's inoffensive enough for your tastes. "You're always so quiet, Akemi," Kasuga-san says, in-between the seconds when he isn't shoveling something into his mouth. "Why don't you tell us about yourself? Why did you decide to join the archery club?"
You can't respond with your true answer, "To improve my skill with a bow so I can use it in combat against the monsters that stalk the city when night falls" so instead, you have to go with a decent cover. Based on what you've already said to Mochizumi-san in the past, "My adoptive father used to do archery when he was in high school. He got me interested in the sport, and I wanted to do something to make him proud of me," was probably your best bet. "What about you? How did you end up as the captain of the club?"
Kasuga-san shrugs, and responds with "I was the only one who wasn't graduating that year. I think if there had been anyone but me still in the club at the time, that Miho-sensei wouldn't have picked me. I mean, who would pick a seventh-year to captain a sports club if there was any other choice?"
"Well, I don't think you've done as bad a job as you think you have, all things considered. You took a club that consisted of only you, and managed to populate it with four other members; that's got to count for something, right?"
"I did the bare minimum expected of me. Whoopdie-freaking-do." Kasuga-san's tone is a sarcastic one; you can tell he doesn't mean what he's saying. "But no, seriously. I love all the crazy weirdos sitting at this table; without them, I'd be nothing. Especially you, Akemi- We're all counting on you to help bring us the gold this year so Haru and I can go out with a bang for our final season."
"Ah, but no pressure, okay?" Tanaka Haruo adds. "Winning would be nice, but we'd rather you enjoy yourself so that you, Mochi, and Daigo are able to find another pair of weirdos to replace us."
You nod; you aren't even worried about there being a season this year. Walpurgisnacht will see to that. "Well, since this is your last year, maybe you'll finally find the courage to speak up and tell Tomoe-san how you feel about her."
"Yeah!" Mochizumi-san adds, with a bit more enthusiasm than you would have liked; too much, and you fear Kasuga-san might suspect something. "It's rude to keep a lady waiting, you know; and you've been keeping her waiting far too long. It's high time you stopped being afraid of your own feelings and said something to her already."
"Well, when you put it like that..." Kasuga-san looks around the table for a way out of this confrontation you and Mochizumi-san have put on him, and he settles on "Hey, Daigo, how's your sister doing? Is she still in the hospital?" You want to believe that Kasuga-san isn't using Suzuhara Daigo's sister solely to get out of giving you and Mochizumi-san an answer.
"Nah, they let her out. She's still in a cast, but the doctor said she'll be walking again soon. I wish I could have been there when it happened, though. I'd have torn that jerk right off his stupid moped and made him pay her hospital bill."
"What hospital was your sister at?" you ask. "I was in the hospital recently myself, so I'm curious if I might have seen her there."
"Huh? When were you in?"
You don't want to say "My entire seventh year" for pointless pity points, so you say "I got out just before the start of the school year."
"Ah. You definitely didn't see her, then. This only just happened recently."
You nod, and fall silent as the other four members of your club talk among themselves, eating whatever international cuisine you can fit into your mouth.
[ ] Wat do?
"I hope you don't mind me asking, but what exactly caused your defeat at Kobe last year?"
Your question catches the other members of the club off their guards, and each of your four teammates pauses what they're doing, as they put their equipment away at the end of practice, causing them to turn in your direction. "I've heard that the archery club has had a poor track record of late, but what made your defeat at Kobe so memorable? ... I don't mean to drag your loss in front of you; I honestly don't know the story."
"Honestly?" Mochizumi-san says. "We just really screwed up, badly."
"Kobe's bad; like, worse than us, bad," Suzuhara Daigo adds. "So, when we got matched up against them in the bracket to determine whether we'd go on to the next round, everyone had their money on us to finally win one."
"We went in so overconfident that we'd win," Tanaka Haruo thirds. "We didn't practice at all the week before, and every little screwup that one of us made the day of, we just shrugged it off and said 'It's just Kobe; we can afford to make one slip'. Well, one slip turned into all of us royally screwing up, because we got cocky and overestimated ourselves in the face of an opponent we didn't take seriously."
Kasuga-san nods his head, and with a "mhm" joins in with the others to say "So now, we've taken to using Kobe as a reminder of why we need to practice in the first place."
The round comes back to Mochizumi-san who ends things by saying "It's also just really funny how badly we screwed up." Your tanned classmate turns her head to Tanaka Haruo and says "I can't believe you almost shot the ref's ratty toupé off. Just a centimeter lower, too."
Tanaka Haruo smirks for Mochizumi-san, and says "What can I say? I'm just that good."
Mochizumi-san sticks her tongue out, returning fire with "Yeah, if only your luck with the girls were as good as your aim."
This always happens whenever you're around your fellow teammates; you're left feeling like you've walked into a story that's well into being told. Well, trying to rectify that is what you're hoping to get out of this outing, after all. There's no harm in asking one more question. "I hope you don't mind me asking," you say, primarily for Tanaka Haruo, but also to anyone else who might answer for him. "But... Well, how are you going about romancing girls if your efforts are that infamous. Again, I'm not trying to make you feel bad; I honestly don't know."
"You ever seen City Hunter?" Kasuga-san asks; you shake your head. You remembering hearing Kirika mention it as the name of an anime series she was fond of, but you've never seen it. "Well, when it comes to wooing the ladies, Haru here takes all his advice from the main character."
"I do not!" Tanaka Haruo exclaims. "Well, not all the time. I really tried the right way with Sora... I guess my reputation just preceded me."
You're not going to say anything. You don't know him well enough to feel comfortable with rubbing it in. "Well, let that be a lesson to cut that crap out if you really want to impress a lady." Fortunately, Mochizumi-san says it so you don't have to. "Now, what are we all standing around for? Come on, let's get this party started!"
"Wow, you're really good at this, aren't you?"
"Not really," you say to Mochizumi-san, setting down the controller as you resign yourself to another unavoidable game over. "It might be a fun distraction to watch me play, but I can never get over the boss." The boys had been watching you playing previously, but not too long ago they took off to have a go at the racing machines, leaving just you and Mochizumi-san by yourselves. Hardly chivalrous of them, you think. Leaving a pair of innocent young maidens alone and undefended in an arcade.
Who are you kidding? You're more of a threat than anyone who might try to harm you.
"Hey, can I talk to you for a second?" Mochizumi-san asks, sliding in close even though she doesn't have to; all three of your other party members are elsewhere, so there's no reason to keep things a secret. "So, yesterday, I saw Tomoe talking to some boys from her class. I know that blockhead Shin didn't see her, or we'd have all heard it by now, so I gotta ask- She and him... That's definitely not going to be a thing, right?"
You nod, saying "That's correct. Tomoe-san and I talked the other night, and she doesn't see herself being able to return Kasuga-san's romantic feelings." Flashing her a thumbs-up, you say "You're in the clear, just as soon as you decide to ask him out yourself."
"Geez, Akemi, you know I can't do that." You roll your eyes at Mochizumi-san's stubborn refusal to be her own best advocate. "A true gentleman has to be the one to approach his waiting lady, not the other way around. You know, chivalry, and courtly love, and all that fru-fru jazz we're reading about in our book."
"Yet you've been waiting how long, exactly?"
"Don't rub it in!" Mochizumi-san gives you a playful shove, not unlike Sayaka might do were she to find herself in a similar situation. But once she's done, Mochizumi-san turns away to look in the direction that the boys headed off in, and says "Besides, I'm not even his type. There's no way he'd notice some scrawny tomboy like me, not as long as there's a girl like Tomoe he's got his eyes on."
"Then let's make him take his eyes off Tomoe-san then, and make him see the perfectly good tomboy that's been by his side all this time."
"Yeah, and how do you propose we do that?"
"Simple." It's cruel, perhaps, what you're about to suggest; but you think it's better in the long run to turn Kasuga-san's attention away from someone who won't ever return his affections. "We make him ask Tomoe-san out, so he can hear for himself that she's not interested."
Mochizumi-san cracks a devious smile, again, not unlike Sayaka might, but it quickly fades when she asks "Will that actually work? I mean, he's had years to ask Tomoe out but he's never so much as said 'hi' to her. Are you sure we can get him to ask her out?"
"It never hurts to try." And here come the boys now; what perfect timing. "Hey!" you call out, and ask "Did you three enjoy yourselves?" Three heads nod as one.
"Would have enjoyed it more if this guy-" Suzuhara Daigo thumbs in the direction of a sheepish-looking Tanaka Haruo as he scratches the back of his head "-hadn't stolen the win out from under me, ya big cheater."
"hey, I told you; I know those racing machines inside and out. You were the one who decided to get cocky and 'give me a chance' ."
"At any rate," Kasuga-san says, ending the discussion before those two have the opportunity to turn this fun trip into a disfunctional one. "Did you two enjoy yourselves?" You and Mochizumi-san both nod your heads; you've enjoyed this chance to talk with her about things that aren't school-related, and being able to put Kasuga-san's foolish affections for a girl who can't return them behind him is just a nice bonus. "Glad to hear it. Say, we were thinking we'd go grab something to eat now; you two hungry, or do you want to stick around for a little longer?"
You look to Mochizumi-san; you don't need to eat, and you're in no rush to sit down to food court fare after a month of Archer's cooking, so you'll let Mochizumi-san decide. "Heck yeah! I'm starving!" She ignores it when Tanaka Haruo whispers to Suzuhara Daigo "Typical Mochi. She could eat an entire horse and still be hungry," and turns to you, asking "What about you, Akemi? You hungry?"
"Not particularly, but I don't mind getting something to eat if everyone else is."
"Great! How's international sound?"
International, of course, is the club's code word for mall food court fare; and today's sampler comes to you from China, Italy, and the United States. The table that your club-mates and you have chosen is piled high with dishes that could moderately be called Chinese, if they hadn't all been slathered in a variety of savoury sauces you're sure aren't authentic; pizza and pasta dishes that are probably closer to American than Italian; and burgers that are probably the most authentic to their country of origin out of everything selected. You aren't sure where to start, because everything before you looks more like a caricature of food than of actual food, and you aren't sure what would be the least offensive to your Archer-cultivated taste buds.
You decide that a burger would probably be the least offensive; you've had similar burgers at the school cafeteria, on the rare day when Archer hasn't made lunch for you, and it's inoffensive enough for your tastes. "You're always so quiet, Akemi," Kasuga-san says, in-between the seconds when he isn't shoveling something into his mouth. "Why don't you tell us about yourself? Why did you decide to join the archery club?"
You can't respond with your true answer, "To improve my skill with a bow so I can use it in combat against the monsters that stalk the city when night falls" so instead, you have to go with a decent cover. Based on what you've already said to Mochizumi-san in the past, "My adoptive father used to do archery when he was in high school. He got me interested in the sport, and I wanted to do something to make him proud of me," was probably your best bet. "What about you? How did you end up as the captain of the club?"
Kasuga-san shrugs, and responds with "I was the only one who wasn't graduating that year. I think if there had been anyone but me still in the club at the time, that Miho-sensei wouldn't have picked me. I mean, who would pick a seventh-year to captain a sports club if there was any other choice?"
"Well, I don't think you've done as bad a job as you think you have, all things considered. You took a club that consisted of only you, and managed to populate it with four other members; that's got to count for something, right?"
"I did the bare minimum expected of me. Whoopdie-freaking-do." Kasuga-san's tone is a sarcastic one; you can tell he doesn't mean what he's saying. "But no, seriously. I love all the crazy weirdos sitting at this table; without them, I'd be nothing. Especially you, Akemi- We're all counting on you to help bring us the gold this year so Haru and I can go out with a bang for our final season."
"Ah, but no pressure, okay?" Tanaka Haruo adds. "Winning would be nice, but we'd rather you enjoy yourself so that you, Mochi, and Daigo are able to find another pair of weirdos to replace us."
You nod; you aren't even worried about there being a season this year. Walpurgisnacht will see to that. "Well, since this is your last year, maybe you'll finally find the courage to speak up and tell Tomoe-san how you feel about her."
"Yeah!" Mochizumi-san adds, with a bit more enthusiasm than you would have liked; too much, and you fear Kasuga-san might suspect something. "It's rude to keep a lady waiting, you know; and you've been keeping her waiting far too long. It's high time you stopped being afraid of your own feelings and said something to her already."
"Well, when you put it like that..." Kasuga-san looks around the table for a way out of this confrontation you and Mochizumi-san have put on him, and he settles on "Hey, Daigo, how's your sister doing? Is she still in the hospital?" You want to believe that Kasuga-san isn't using Suzuhara Daigo's sister solely to get out of giving you and Mochizumi-san an answer.
"Nah, they let her out. She's still in a cast, but the doctor said she'll be walking again soon. I wish I could have been there when it happened, though. I'd have torn that jerk right off his stupid moped and made him pay her hospital bill."
"What hospital was your sister at?" you ask. "I was in the hospital recently myself, so I'm curious if I might have seen her there."
"Huh? When were you in?"
You don't want to say "My entire seventh year" for pointless pity points, so you say "I got out just before the start of the school year."
"Ah. You definitely didn't see her, then. This only just happened recently."
You nod, and fall silent as the other four members of your club talk among themselves, eating whatever international cuisine you can fit into your mouth.
[ ] Wat do?
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I went looking back through older days to see if I could find whether or not I'd mentioned the gender of Mochi's sibling-to-be, when I found that they had actually already been born and I'd forgotten about it, hence why I neglected to include that talking point. She's got a baby brother.
I'll be tackling the mallrat'ing and the more general talking points after this, so for right now what I need voted on is what we're doing after this trip is over.
I'll be tackling the mallrat'ing and the more general talking points after this, so for right now what I need voted on is what we're doing after this trip is over.
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[X] Meet up with Hitomi - and maybe Sayaka - at the Homucave; help instruct both of them in their respective fields with the limited knowledge and experience that you have and allow Hitomi to inspect and test out your new Mystic Code, but do not practice anything proper until tonight
-[X] Talk to
--[X] Sayaka
---[X] asking her what exactly her goals are for her studies in Magecraft, and what kind of Mystic Codes in general she wants to eventually collect for herself and fuel via Formalcraft
----[X] You'd personally suggest aiming for something defensive first - perhaps something to do with boosting mobility and reflexes or reducing incoming kinetic/magical forces if Hitomi is taking care of the Mystic Code crafting
----[X] Maybe once you progress enough into Inguz and when Hitomi progresses enough into Mystic Code crafting you could take care of the battery component of the Mystic Code(s) in question
--[X] Hitomi
---[X] about her possibly learning a Rune from Lancer sometime in the future, once she becomes more adept at Mystic Code crafting; if anything it could help her with creating specific functions of Mystic Code crafting, or allow her to do some things with finesse, if she can't use any absurdly expensive attacks like you and many other Puella Magi/Servants can
-[X] Switch perspectives to Archer
Basically Homura's going to share her current knowledge and experience with Hitomi/Sayaka, but isn't going to practice anything as we should probably save today's practice session for pushing Inguz into its next tier.
EDIT: Added some conversation topics to Homura/Sayaka/Hitomi's Magecraft discussion at the Homucave
-[X] Talk to
--[X] Sayaka
---[X] asking her what exactly her goals are for her studies in Magecraft, and what kind of Mystic Codes in general she wants to eventually collect for herself and fuel via Formalcraft
----[X] You'd personally suggest aiming for something defensive first - perhaps something to do with boosting mobility and reflexes or reducing incoming kinetic/magical forces if Hitomi is taking care of the Mystic Code crafting
----[X] Maybe once you progress enough into Inguz and when Hitomi progresses enough into Mystic Code crafting you could take care of the battery component of the Mystic Code(s) in question
--[X] Hitomi
---[X] about her possibly learning a Rune from Lancer sometime in the future, once she becomes more adept at Mystic Code crafting; if anything it could help her with creating specific functions of Mystic Code crafting, or allow her to do some things with finesse, if she can't use any absurdly expensive attacks like you and many other Puella Magi/Servants can
-[X] Switch perspectives to Archer
Basically Homura's going to share her current knowledge and experience with Hitomi/Sayaka, but isn't going to practice anything as we should probably save today's practice session for pushing Inguz into its next tier.
EDIT: Added some conversation topics to Homura/Sayaka/Hitomi's Magecraft discussion at the Homucave
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I mean, I'd assume that she tested it since she considers it complete. There's no way to know that it's complete without testing it to see if it works, after all.
Besides, I doubt Hitomi could pull off such a stunt without using her magical energy recklessly, considering she has significantly less than even a weak Puella Magi like Homura.
[x] Meet up with Hitomi - and maybe Sayaka - at the Homucave; help instruct both of them in their respective fields with the limited knowledge and experience that you have and allow Hitomi to inspect and test out your new Mystic Code, but do not practice anything proper until tonight
-[x] Switch perspectives to Archer
Archer should be getting ready for his date with Minako, right? Any special prep you want to do?
-[x] Switch perspectives to Archer
Archer should be getting ready for his date with Minako, right? Any special prep you want to do?
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Well, Archer already looked up local venues around some theater they're going to, found a movie for them to watch, and was voted to change into something different from what he wore yesterday. Bringing roses again for a second day in the row probably isn't a great idea, so not doing that again; he could do another repeat of acting suave and pretending to know what he's doing when he's picking her up and escorting her to the theater, and they'll make some memories when they're out in the town after the movie.
... Actually, why do I feel like Minako might try something in the theater before they even go out proper?
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This kills the Hitomi /s
And this?
Looks like someone else was thinking the same thing I was.
Maybe we still want some idea of how to totally have this in the bag and we're not just pretending like we know what we're doing, no ma'am, we're totally prepared for tonight one-hundred per cent.
"Minako, why is there a hole in the bottom of the popcorn bucket?"