CountDown PreCure!
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Solarstream
It's all in the cards
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[X] They turned into animal form to sniff them out.
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[x] They turned into animal form to sniff them out.
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Echolocation? Miscommunication
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[x] They turned into animal form to sniff them out.
Without hesitation, Mira had already morphed into a wolf and leapt up and out of the window in a single bound. Satsuki rushed over and, minding the broken glass, peered down to see the silvery lupine Mira already awaiting her.
Satsuki first had other inclinations, like to barricade her door should her mother come in and see that her daughter nowhere in sight. Yet she then thought that blocking the door would cause its own problems, as if a mother not being able to enter her daughter's room wouldn't raise eyebrows.
As Mira began to bark, Satsuki sighed and went with just winging it, in more ways than one. It's not like Mum checks my room that often, if I'm quick she won't even know I'm gone, Satsuki thought, as she for the second time morphed bat. She just had not to morph back anywhere near her window, that was all.
Being furry enough as a bat to withstand the night air sure helped, but as she looked down at Mira a whole new problem raised its head: How would the two even talk to each other without humanoid, or even the same species', vocal cords?
For now, Mira communicated by barking towards the slope beneath the Yumenos' stilt home. Satsuki flapped on down to also investigate the area, trying to squeak out sonar waves to find anyone hiding out down there, just like bats were supposed to. Most of what pinged back at her felt like a bunch of rocks and dust, no human heartbeat or the like.
Mira rushed back out from beneath and shook her head, before she tried standing on her hind legs and barking upwards, like she was asking Satsuki to fly up higher. Satsuki in return squeaked back at her, trying to communicate that Mira shouldn't make so much noise or Mum would hear. Yet none of that seemed to get through to Mira, who just kept pointing one paw upwards.
Satsuki groaned, as much as a bat could do anyway, and then flew up high while Mira kept sniffing around on the ground. The good news was there was no wind that night, so she was secure in that she wouldn't be blown around. The bad was that, vampire bats being microbats, being this high up failed to give her an advantage in seeing anything. At least she now had echolocation... only for her to sigh when she remembered that skill was most useful for navigating tight spaces like caves (or underwater if you were somehow a dolphin), not the open air.
She was able to ping at least one human, but she had no way of telling if it was her mother, Goichi, an Archimedea agent, or someone else entirely. Satsuki then took the risk of landing on her roof and then changing back, hoping her 'human' eyesight would let her make out this mystery figure.
But then there was the matter of even landing on her roof in the first place, since as a bat her overriding instinct was to find something to hang upside-down from, hence her crash in the courtyard earlier. Another bark from Mira signalled for her to come back anyway, or as far as Satsuki could even tell anyway.
Mira leapt right back up into Satsuki's room, even if this time she had to scramble up the side of her house a bit to do so. Satsuki flew in after her, making dead sure not to try transforming back until she was more than indoors. Her luck paid off as she morphed back to human right on top of her bed, even if doing so caused an almighty squeak to erupt from it.
Mira naturally morphed back more effortlessly, and then said, "As I was trying to tell you, I may have tracked down exactly who sent that blood bag!"
Before Satsuki could ask who though, the door flung open as her mother stepped in. Good thing the angle at which said door opened obscured her desk, hence the blood bag, from sight.
"Good, you're both still here," Hifumi said, making her daughter sigh internally with relief. "I heard what sounded like a wolf howl coming from nearby, or some unusually loud dog bark anyway."
Mira cut in with an explanation before Satsuki got any chance. "A wolf howl? Why, Mrs. Yumeno, you must be hearing things! There've been no werewolves in Hayagawa since the vampires chased them out aeons ago," she laughed.
Hifumi rolled her eyes at that. "How droll," she muttered, "Anyway, isn't it time for your new friend to get going? Night's not getting any younger."
Well, least she's changing the conversation, Satsuki thought.
"Ah, I was just preparing to go," Mira said, "But a few more words with your daughter first, if I may?"
"...Fine, but be down in ten," Hifumi said before she left the two.
Satsuki's mother no longer in earshot, Mira then said, "Like I was about to say, I could only pick up Goichi's scent nearby. Not that he particularly smelled of anything, but regardless."
"Hold on, that doesn't prove it was him," Satsuki said.
"Why yes it does, by process of elimination," Mira said, "If not him, who else?"
"My Mum, going by your logic. While we were up here she couldn't have gone out, thrown the bag in, and you wouldn't have picked up her scent since it's all around the house," Satsuki went over. "Not saying it is my Mum, just that we couldn't rule her out by your logic.
Or Hell, what if it's Archimedea, and they know to mask their scent in preparation for stuff like this?" she kept on going, "Or- or Ichiya. Goichi knows him, he'd have access to blood bags, and could hide his scent being a medical trainee."
"...Satsuki, are you honestly trying to complicate things?" Mira asked, hands at her hips.
"What? N-no, I'm just... trying to cover all bases, yeah," Satsuki said as she sweated. She then placed her bets on the culprit being:
[ ] Goichi.
[ ] Ichiya.
[ ] Her mother.
[ ] An Archimedea agent.
[ ] Not enough information to draw a conclusion. (Write-in)
[ ] Write-in
Without hesitation, Mira had already morphed into a wolf and leapt up and out of the window in a single bound. Satsuki rushed over and, minding the broken glass, peered down to see the silvery lupine Mira already awaiting her.
Satsuki first had other inclinations, like to barricade her door should her mother come in and see that her daughter nowhere in sight. Yet she then thought that blocking the door would cause its own problems, as if a mother not being able to enter her daughter's room wouldn't raise eyebrows.
As Mira began to bark, Satsuki sighed and went with just winging it, in more ways than one. It's not like Mum checks my room that often, if I'm quick she won't even know I'm gone, Satsuki thought, as she for the second time morphed bat. She just had not to morph back anywhere near her window, that was all.
Being furry enough as a bat to withstand the night air sure helped, but as she looked down at Mira a whole new problem raised its head: How would the two even talk to each other without humanoid, or even the same species', vocal cords?
For now, Mira communicated by barking towards the slope beneath the Yumenos' stilt home. Satsuki flapped on down to also investigate the area, trying to squeak out sonar waves to find anyone hiding out down there, just like bats were supposed to. Most of what pinged back at her felt like a bunch of rocks and dust, no human heartbeat or the like.
Mira rushed back out from beneath and shook her head, before she tried standing on her hind legs and barking upwards, like she was asking Satsuki to fly up higher. Satsuki in return squeaked back at her, trying to communicate that Mira shouldn't make so much noise or Mum would hear. Yet none of that seemed to get through to Mira, who just kept pointing one paw upwards.
Satsuki groaned, as much as a bat could do anyway, and then flew up high while Mira kept sniffing around on the ground. The good news was there was no wind that night, so she was secure in that she wouldn't be blown around. The bad was that, vampire bats being microbats, being this high up failed to give her an advantage in seeing anything. At least she now had echolocation... only for her to sigh when she remembered that skill was most useful for navigating tight spaces like caves (or underwater if you were somehow a dolphin), not the open air.
She was able to ping at least one human, but she had no way of telling if it was her mother, Goichi, an Archimedea agent, or someone else entirely. Satsuki then took the risk of landing on her roof and then changing back, hoping her 'human' eyesight would let her make out this mystery figure.
But then there was the matter of even landing on her roof in the first place, since as a bat her overriding instinct was to find something to hang upside-down from, hence her crash in the courtyard earlier. Another bark from Mira signalled for her to come back anyway, or as far as Satsuki could even tell anyway.
Mira leapt right back up into Satsuki's room, even if this time she had to scramble up the side of her house a bit to do so. Satsuki flew in after her, making dead sure not to try transforming back until she was more than indoors. Her luck paid off as she morphed back to human right on top of her bed, even if doing so caused an almighty squeak to erupt from it.
Mira naturally morphed back more effortlessly, and then said, "As I was trying to tell you, I may have tracked down exactly who sent that blood bag!"
Before Satsuki could ask who though, the door flung open as her mother stepped in. Good thing the angle at which said door opened obscured her desk, hence the blood bag, from sight.
"Good, you're both still here," Hifumi said, making her daughter sigh internally with relief. "I heard what sounded like a wolf howl coming from nearby, or some unusually loud dog bark anyway."
Mira cut in with an explanation before Satsuki got any chance. "A wolf howl? Why, Mrs. Yumeno, you must be hearing things! There've been no werewolves in Hayagawa since the vampires chased them out aeons ago," she laughed.
Hifumi rolled her eyes at that. "How droll," she muttered, "Anyway, isn't it time for your new friend to get going? Night's not getting any younger."
Well, least she's changing the conversation, Satsuki thought.
"Ah, I was just preparing to go," Mira said, "But a few more words with your daughter first, if I may?"
"...Fine, but be down in ten," Hifumi said before she left the two.
Satsuki's mother no longer in earshot, Mira then said, "Like I was about to say, I could only pick up Goichi's scent nearby. Not that he particularly smelled of anything, but regardless."
"Hold on, that doesn't prove it was him," Satsuki said.
"Why yes it does, by process of elimination," Mira said, "If not him, who else?"
"My Mum, going by your logic. While we were up here she couldn't have gone out, thrown the bag in, and you wouldn't have picked up her scent since it's all around the house," Satsuki went over. "Not saying it is my Mum, just that we couldn't rule her out by your logic.
Or Hell, what if it's Archimedea, and they know to mask their scent in preparation for stuff like this?" she kept on going, "Or- or Ichiya. Goichi knows him, he'd have access to blood bags, and could hide his scent being a medical trainee."
"...Satsuki, are you honestly trying to complicate things?" Mira asked, hands at her hips.
"What? N-no, I'm just... trying to cover all bases, yeah," Satsuki said as she sweated. She then placed her bets on the culprit being:
[ ] Goichi.
[ ] Ichiya.
[ ] Her mother.
[ ] An Archimedea agent.
[ ] Not enough information to draw a conclusion. (Write-in)
[ ] Write-in
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- Attached to a wall
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- She/Her
Seems to be the lowest risk to confront. If he is not it then we can always move down to the next suspect.
[X] Goichi.
[X] Goichi.
Eternal_0bserver
(Unverified Bookworm)
- Location
- Earth, Northern Europe
[X] Not enough information to draw a conclusion.
[x] Not enough information to draw a conclusion.
- Location
- Germany
[X] Goichi.
I could join in the not enough information gang, but if I had to make a guess, a blood bag isn't much of a threat, so Archimedea probably could have done better and both the mother and Ichiya seem pretty far fetched, which I guess also leaves me with Goichi through elimination.
I suppose if you can connect the dots that somebody was recently turned into a vampire, but don't know about blood fruits, tossing them a blood bag does make sense? Although, it's still hard to tell what Goichi's deal actually is, so he's ultimately kinda hard to judge.
I could join in the not enough information gang, but if I had to make a guess, a blood bag isn't much of a threat, so Archimedea probably could have done better and both the mother and Ichiya seem pretty far fetched, which I guess also leaves me with Goichi through elimination.
I suppose if you can connect the dots that somebody was recently turned into a vampire, but don't know about blood fruits, tossing them a blood bag does make sense? Although, it's still hard to tell what Goichi's deal actually is, so he's ultimately kinda hard to judge.
- Location
- USA
[x] Goichi.
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- SV's Only Complete Persona Quest
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- She/Her
In hindsight, yeah, probably should've included a 'don't know enough yet' option straight up. Ah well, that's what write-ins are for
Solarstream
It's all in the cards
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- Zombie World
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Goichi.
Vote closed
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- SV's Only Complete Persona Quest
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Shiba Inu? Evening and Morning
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- SV's Only Complete Persona Quest
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- She/Her
[X] Goichi.
"Fine, Goichi then," Satsuki relented, "Guess it wouldn't hurt to at least ask him about this. Worse that happens is he rats us out to Archimedea, which is... pretty bad, but still."
Mira narrowed her eyes. "Is that a note of defensiveness I hear? Sounds like something beyond just wanting to cover our bases," she said.
Satsuki gulped, then slowly said, "Goichi, well, feels like one of the few links I have left to my human life, especially after Rinko- well you already know. So I kinda don't want him to get caught up in all this."
"'Few links left'? You've barely known him longer than me," Mira said.
"You know what? Nevermind," Satsuki mumbled, "If it was him, suppose there's no helping it."
"Well, I must be off now, Satsuki. Shame what time we got to spend together tonight was so uncouthly interrupted," Mira said before she turned to leave. "I was so looking forward living like a human girl for one night, but oh well, we can't help who we are."
"Hey, just wait one sec," Satsuki said, before she handed over a small stack of her RPG books, "You're free to borrow these, er, if you'd like to read up on them. We didn't exactly get much time to talk about them, after all."
"Really, Satsuki? You're too kind," Mira said, but as she took hold of them, she had to add, "Little clunky to carry, but the manor isn't far, so I suppose I'll manage. Till we meet again."
"Bye Mira," came Satsuki's more standard farewell. 'Till we meet again' is hardly needed when we'll meet each other for school tomorrow, she thought, but then had to consider that school really was a new experience for Mira. Well, human school at least, given Satsuki couldn't speak for the educational system in the Castle of Night, and was kinda nervous to even ask.
It was a suitably cloudy morning when Satsuki, well, didn't so much 'awake' as merely get up. Huh, and to think that just a few weeks ago, I would've said I wasn't a fan of cloudy weather, she thought.
She left her curtains closed, despite her human-trained muscle memory of throwing them open each morning, then otherwise did her standard preparations. Breakfast was, well, the same as most 'meals' had been since her being sired, but Mira had hidden her away an extra Bloodfruit for some real nourishment. Keeping Bloodfruits fresh didn't seem to harsh, just as long as they were kept in total darkness.
Now she knew beforehand that Mira had enrolled in her school, Satsuki thought to head right over to her manor and walk with her. It was on the path away from school, but at the same time it wasn't that big a detour.
Before she reached the manor though, Satsuki noticed a dog, a Shiba Inu by the look of him, had begun to follow her. Okay, nothing major, dogs follow strangers around all the time, she thought, taking a few breaths. This dog did appear to have a collar, but rather than a name, all Satsuki could see on it was... a series of 1s, ending in '1293'.
Quickening her pace, Satsuki made it over to Mira's manor, only to be met with Phibo. "My apologies, Miss Satsuki, but the Mistress is still getting used to 'waking up' at morning," he said.
"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Mira called out from within, as she then scrambled her way out the front door. "Why Satsuki, you've brought up a dog along with you," she then said, her eyes starting to gleam as she bent down to look at this Inu.
"More like this dog just started tagging along, you know how dogs are," Satsuki said, then hastened to add, "Ah, totally didn't say that because of your wolf form!"
Mira stood up to look at Satsuki. "Right. Anyway, I suppose you're going to start suspecting this dog, since he's not connected with your 'past human life'?" she asked.
"I mean, yeah a little," Satsuki admitted.
[ ] They'd try to lose this dog before reaching school, maybe by heading through the woods.
[ ] They'd play fetch with this dog, eventually throwing a stick far enough to lose him by running the other way.
[ ] They'd walk to school as usual, the dog wouldn't be allowed to follow them in anyway.
[ ] They'd have Phibo watch over this dog, he was right there.
[ ] Maybe if they tried bonding with this dog, it'd be less eager to go back to Archimedea (if that was the case). They could start by petting him.
[ ] Write-in
"Fine, Goichi then," Satsuki relented, "Guess it wouldn't hurt to at least ask him about this. Worse that happens is he rats us out to Archimedea, which is... pretty bad, but still."
Mira narrowed her eyes. "Is that a note of defensiveness I hear? Sounds like something beyond just wanting to cover our bases," she said.
Satsuki gulped, then slowly said, "Goichi, well, feels like one of the few links I have left to my human life, especially after Rinko- well you already know. So I kinda don't want him to get caught up in all this."
"'Few links left'? You've barely known him longer than me," Mira said.
"You know what? Nevermind," Satsuki mumbled, "If it was him, suppose there's no helping it."
"Well, I must be off now, Satsuki. Shame what time we got to spend together tonight was so uncouthly interrupted," Mira said before she turned to leave. "I was so looking forward living like a human girl for one night, but oh well, we can't help who we are."
"Hey, just wait one sec," Satsuki said, before she handed over a small stack of her RPG books, "You're free to borrow these, er, if you'd like to read up on them. We didn't exactly get much time to talk about them, after all."
"Really, Satsuki? You're too kind," Mira said, but as she took hold of them, she had to add, "Little clunky to carry, but the manor isn't far, so I suppose I'll manage. Till we meet again."
"Bye Mira," came Satsuki's more standard farewell. 'Till we meet again' is hardly needed when we'll meet each other for school tomorrow, she thought, but then had to consider that school really was a new experience for Mira. Well, human school at least, given Satsuki couldn't speak for the educational system in the Castle of Night, and was kinda nervous to even ask.
It was a suitably cloudy morning when Satsuki, well, didn't so much 'awake' as merely get up. Huh, and to think that just a few weeks ago, I would've said I wasn't a fan of cloudy weather, she thought.
She left her curtains closed, despite her human-trained muscle memory of throwing them open each morning, then otherwise did her standard preparations. Breakfast was, well, the same as most 'meals' had been since her being sired, but Mira had hidden her away an extra Bloodfruit for some real nourishment. Keeping Bloodfruits fresh didn't seem to harsh, just as long as they were kept in total darkness.
Now she knew beforehand that Mira had enrolled in her school, Satsuki thought to head right over to her manor and walk with her. It was on the path away from school, but at the same time it wasn't that big a detour.
Before she reached the manor though, Satsuki noticed a dog, a Shiba Inu by the look of him, had begun to follow her. Okay, nothing major, dogs follow strangers around all the time, she thought, taking a few breaths. This dog did appear to have a collar, but rather than a name, all Satsuki could see on it was... a series of 1s, ending in '1293'.
Quickening her pace, Satsuki made it over to Mira's manor, only to be met with Phibo. "My apologies, Miss Satsuki, but the Mistress is still getting used to 'waking up' at morning," he said.
"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Mira called out from within, as she then scrambled her way out the front door. "Why Satsuki, you've brought up a dog along with you," she then said, her eyes starting to gleam as she bent down to look at this Inu.
"More like this dog just started tagging along, you know how dogs are," Satsuki said, then hastened to add, "Ah, totally didn't say that because of your wolf form!"
Mira stood up to look at Satsuki. "Right. Anyway, I suppose you're going to start suspecting this dog, since he's not connected with your 'past human life'?" she asked.
"I mean, yeah a little," Satsuki admitted.
[ ] They'd try to lose this dog before reaching school, maybe by heading through the woods.
[ ] They'd play fetch with this dog, eventually throwing a stick far enough to lose him by running the other way.
[ ] They'd walk to school as usual, the dog wouldn't be allowed to follow them in anyway.
[ ] They'd have Phibo watch over this dog, he was right there.
[ ] Maybe if they tried bonding with this dog, it'd be less eager to go back to Archimedea (if that was the case). They could start by petting him.
[ ] Write-in
- Location
- United States
[X] They'd walk to school as usual, the dog wouldn't be allowed to follow them in anyway.
- Location
- Germany
[X] Maybe if they tried bonding with this dog, it'd be less eager to go back to Archimedea (if that was the case). They could start by petting him.
Long term scheming aside, I'm mostly just taking the opportunity to pet a dog.
Long term scheming aside, I'm mostly just taking the opportunity to pet a dog.
- Location
- Attached to a wall
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] Maybe if they tried bonding with this dog, it'd be less eager to go back to Archimedea (if that was the case). They could start by petting him.
-[] Write-in Ask the dog whether they were behind the bloodbag.
My guess is that the dog is a cursed normal.
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] Write-in Ask the dog whether they were behind the bloodbag.My guess is that the dog is a cursed normal.
Eternal_0bserver
(Unverified Bookworm)
- Location
- Earth, Northern Europe
[X] They'd walk to school as usual, the dog wouldn't be allowed to follow them in anyway.
- Location
- USA
[x] They'd have Phibo watch over this dog, he was right there.
A Shiba Inu. With red eyes? On the other hand, we already know its name isn't Koromaru. (Too bad, since gorowase can be tortured into translating that as "560".)
A Shiba Inu. With red eyes? On the other hand, we already know its name isn't Koromaru.
(Too bad, since gorowase can be tortured into translating that as "560".)
- Location
- over there
[X] Maybe if they tried bonding with this dog, it'd be less eager to go back to Archimedea (if that was the case). They could start by petting him.
Solarstream
It's all in the cards
- Location
- Zombie World
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] They'd walk to school as usual, the dog wouldn't be allowed to follow them in anyway.