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Constellations (Worm/Okami)

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Yesssssss. I love every scene Oni Lee is in. He is a fantastic character here, and the story in general is just so sweet! It's blissful.

Think Taylor said Sunny too much in so few sentences at the beginning but otherwise it was great.

Also, the Merchants should count themselves as fortunate that Oni Lee wasn't the first one to respond to the attack on the Miko. There would be so many dead bodies.
 
This always brings a smile to my face.

Interesting notes from this one are, confirmation that Taylor can see Amaratsu's Divine Markings. Wonder when she will find out nobody else can see them. Negotiations with Oni Lee by her self. How thrilled will whatshisname be with her cutting him out of ABB membership? I do wonder if the final off hand "yea Merchants attacked my house" was intentionally setting Lee and the ABB (and possibly one RAGE DRAGON brand new Union Leader and "Legitimate Businessman") on the warpath.
 
UnwelcomeStorm said:
Employing her allegedly parahuman powers of Pattern Recognition, Taylor sketched a quick cat on the sticky note and slapped the paper onto the railing. It was a good sketch for something so quick, if she did say so herself; she was getting a lot of practice lately with making the Emas. Sunny whined again, far below, and Taylor pried up the paper square and flipped it upside-down before sticking it back onto the metal bar. She then stood back and waited patiently as the two Wards had a quiet freakout over Sunshine slowly jump-chaining her way up the main support of the Rig until the wolf managed to scramble over the guard railing.
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Wait, when did she realize Sunny had an ability dependent on cat marks? (And wasn't it catpaws in the game?) I mean, this is a cool moment, but I feel like I missed something.

UnwelcomeStorm said:
so she drug a spare
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I think 'drug' in this context is technically correct, but I personally always find it disorienting to see 'drug' used as a form of 'dragged'...

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That left just one small task before they could leave. Taylor raided the intact cupboards in the kitchen for a couple of items, then snuck out the back door and crept over to the Henricks' house. Old Mrs. Henrick answered her knocks after a couple of tries.
"Oh! Taylor, sweetie, come in! Oh, we've been worried, there was a terrible commotion in the night, are you okay?" The old woman hustled them inside, though Sunny elected to stay in the elderly couple's living room to keep an eye on Taylor's laden bike through the window. Taylor followed Old Mrs. Henrick and did her best to assure her of their well being.
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Missing a proper paragraph break.

UnwelcomeStorm said:
A minute of hyperventilation later, she slumped over her desk and let the bag tumble to the floor-- she could clean up later, when her legs weren't made of jelly. "I-- I did it. I did it."
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Oh! I'm surprised to see that Taylor was deliberately behaving in roughly the manner Oni Lee was attributing to her.

Our little Taylor is growing up. *Pretends to wipe a tear from one eye*

Also: this Lee is Best Lee, and I write that as someone who has only ever written him as a disturbingly effective assassin. It's always a delight to see Lee in Constellations.
 
Ghoul King said:
Wait, when did she realize Sunny had an ability dependent on cat marks? (And wasn't it catpaws in the game?) I mean, this is a cool moment, but I feel like I missed something.
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In game, cat statues could be used to create the vertical multi-jump surfaces. Taylor probably figured out this power after Purity dropped in on her flute practice. That night involved her "painting the town" taking her by the Medhall building, where she drew a couple cat pictures that allowed Sunny to sit on Kaiser's twentieth-story window.
 
Oni Lee: "Yuuta, you have impressed the ABB, but also the Miko. From now on, the ABB will not recruit youths of your age or younger. Except for you, the Miko suggested that your drawing skills are sufficient that you can make ema. From now on, you will be the ABB point man in dealing with youkai threats to the ABB."

Yuuta: *nods*, *internal screaming*

Oni Lee: *dust in the wind*

Yuuta: *external screaming*
 
ChandraMagic said:
Emas is wrong, because quite simply, the Japanese language does not pluralise. So it should be one Ema, two Ema, three thousand five hundred sixty two Ema. A few Ema, a lot of Ema, many Ema. Etc, etc, until I finish running this example into the ground.
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We are the English language. Lower your grammar rules and surrender, we will add your vocabulary and conceptual distinctiveness to our own. Resistance is futile.


You know, I feel sorry for Oni Lee in this chapter, he got over (what he though was) the heavy issues with the Miko without any major concessions from the ABB and with a promise they'd continue to have protection against the spirits, then when he's relaxed and leaving Taylor drops those bombs on him. And it's not as if the ABB has a choice about refusing a ceasefire to protect the Miko.
 
rogthnor said:
The best part of this chapter was finding out that all the social maneuvering wasn't just in Lee's head.
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Had to happen sooner or later. All those people assuming she knew what was going on (beyond "important/scary people are here and I need to keep calm where's the tea where's the tea?") and doing half the work for her couldn't last forever.

But yes, Taylor has finally prestiged into a true Diplomancer rather than merely having some deific assistance/prodding and lucky rolls. The Baachan Collective would be so proud that their teachings have not been for naught.
 
UnwelcomeStorm said:
I'm sure it's a simple mistake…" Translation: The Ōkami will overlook your transgression. Do not repeat it... So the Miko escapes the neutrality clause without breaking it, and the individuals under her patronage reap the rewards, with no loss of face or safety for the ABB. Lung was right to be wary.
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This is a trope that worm introduced me to and I find that I just love to read. The MC being unintentionally intimidating or outright terrifying. Seeing actions from someone else's perspective and seeing how they see the nice and peaceful MC as some sort of terrifying entity.

Absolutely delightful. Thank you for letting me read more of my favorite indulgence
 
Well, Squealer and Mush are screwed on two sides. Only two sides because Kaiser isn't pissed at them yet.
 
Kaiser might think it worthwhile to join the Smash the Merchants party as a PR move though.
 
ChaosRuneSmith said:
This is a trope that worm introduced me to and I find that I just love to read. The MC being unintentionally intimidating or outright terrifying. Seeing actions from someone else's perspective and seeing how they see the nice and peaceful MC as some sort of terrifying entity.

Absolutely delightful. Thank you for letting me read more of my favorite indulgence
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I love the trope. Unfortunately the ONLY other fic I know of that uses that trope is Harry Potter fic called make a wish.

TLDR Harry doesn't think he'll survive voldemort and wants to live before he dies. So he goes on vacation under a sep field that's just strong enough for people to to see him as Harry Potter. In stead a certain Mr Black travels the world.

Hilarity ensues. (And yes, the increasingly improbable and hilarious events do have a perfectly plausible explanation by the end of book one.)

Man I'd love to see more like that, and this fic.

Of cours this fic is somewhat more adorable and less hysterical. This one just feels good man.
 
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