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Weird, there's usually a lot more conversation when I'm typing up a segment.
Crystalwatcher's Magical Girl Quest!
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Crystalwatcher
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Sad.
Did see it.
In fact, placing these here for reference purposes.
chocolote12
A Penguin Flailing Against The Keyboard Of Life.
@Gore17, Could you please explain the colored one to me? I don't understand.
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Um... I'm almost positive he means this.
When he says this:
chocolote12
A Penguin Flailing Against The Keyboard Of Life.
But what does the blood have to do with it?!?!?
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I'm honestly shocked you don't know about the Nosebleed trope. It even appeared earlier in the story.
That was the inspiration, yes, but I made it deliberately unclear: could have been anything from Ana returning from a battle and snuggling up to Rei, to the base getting hit by a Nudifier.
POTATO GEAR
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With a smile on your face, and a spring in your step, you almost skip across the base as the Counter Force Personnel bustle about on various errands of their own. A few nod to you as you pass. Some you recognize from the food fight the previous day, others from the previous base entirely. And one or two, from flashes of the battle in New York. Your existence as a Magical Girl was spreading around the camp, more and more soldiers memorizing your face and tacking it up alongside Carnage and Truth's in their thoughts.
The quick trip to the training grounds was short and without fanfare. Once there, with the happy spring to your step not yet leaving you, you transform. Once your glow fades, and your weapon rests within your hand, you float into the air. You take the Purifier Beam in both hands and hold it up to your face, gazing at the bright blade.
Holding it like this, you can feel the well of power that you drew from to fuel your abilities. A single drop in a bucket you cannot begin to measure. But at the same time... You can feel the buffer. The separation between you and that unimaginable well.
"What are you...?"
Magical girls were Humanity's ultimate trump card. They could be pulled again, and again, and the chances that their foes had anything capable of stopping the average Magical Girl on hand when they showed up was slim to none. Unless it was a specifically designed trap to draw one in. And even then the chances of being able to handle the one that showed up relied on little more than pure luck.
At the same time though, Magical Girls were restricted by the collective Human perception.
The genre itself started out as slice of life stories. Of mostly average girls using magic to spread love and happiness to others. Then over time it changed to Magical Girls being what amounted to willing child soldiers fighting back the forces of evil with little to no support from where it should have been coming from.
And from that came the preconceptions that lead to Human Magical Girls being what they were.
The first: a Magical Girl was always exactly that. A young female, with incredible magical abilities. They were always few and very far between.
The second: a Magical Girl needed no prior training to use the basics of their powers. They were combat capable and ready right out of the gate. Training would make them more versatile and stronger, but they didn't need it to use their powers.
The Third: a Magical Girl could operate completely and totally independent of any kind of support network. This also translated into being capable of keeping their existence as Magical Girls a secret from everyone they knew. A kind of passive masquerade if you would.
The Fourth: Magical Girls could operate in teams. Started by Sailor Moon and later carried on by Magical Knight Rayearth, it was widely accepted that teams of Magical Girls could operate on a far larger scale together than alone.
The Fifth: Magical Girls that operated best in teams would always share themes and names. This made it easier for potential Magical Girls find those they were best suited for working with, but it could also cause problems. Problems you probably wouldn't have to worry about because they tended to come from personality clashes more than anything.
The Sixth: Magical Girl names always meant something. Either the source of their powers or some deeper meaning then that, they meant it. An unlucky Magical Girl would find their name defining their powers and the form they would take, while a lucky one would get something weird. Like you and Candy Heart.
There were numerous more than that, but those were the big ones that were passed around to other members of the Unified Light by the Counter Force because the rest lay in pop-culture references no one else would get.
These facts were well understood by pretty much everybody. And since they were true between all Magical Girls...
"What does my name mean?" Your gazes focuses into a soft glare as you consider the question. SOLID CORE. 'Core' would point towards you being the power source for... something, but why 'solid'? "A Synonym for Solid is Hard... Heh, I'm literally Magical Girl Hardcore. Sega would get a laugh out of that." Your heart clenches at the thought of your sister. She would be nineteen this year, and graduating her college classes. "Wish you were here Sega..." If you took the assumption that you were a power core, instead of just another Magical Girl...
"The Purifier Beam is probably some kind of release valve." That made sense. So long as you held the trigger, the Purifier Beam had never seemed to run out of charge for it's attack. It would spout a continuous beam of energy so long a the 'valve' was open... "Well... Let see if I'm right."
You swing the Purifier Beam out to the side, taking aim at the ground, away from the base. A moment to make sure there was nothing else in an area, you pull the trigger. The beam that comes out is larger than you remember it being from your fight with the Spawn of Mayhem. Instead of being around the size of your torso, what instead spears across the space is enough to envelop a fully grown man. As the energy hits the ground, surrounding shrubbery dries out almost instantly and ignites into miniature pyres.
Still holding the trigger, you sweep the beam across the ground, and you listen to it as it tears through rock and dirt. Bushes and grass ignite along the edge of it's path, molten rock cooling into crackling glass as the heat dissipates at an unnatural pace. In moments, a line of destruction arcs across the ground below you: smoke rising from burning plants, while the angry red scar slowly blackens. The new ditch is two feet wide and at least four deep.
"Seems I'm right." If the Purifier Beam was a release valve... then Core Purge was probably opening a connection directly to the Core. "Meaning, if I do it right, I might be able to open lesser connections to other receivers and pass them a bit of extra power." You didn't have a clue if you were even using the analogy correctly, but it fit.
"I think today was successful." More than the last three days combined.
-/LINE BREAK IDENTIFIED\-
"Hey Nepgear." It's nearly an hour later when you finally track down Rei by the western edge of the base. Goddess Gold is overseeing several dozen different workers as they help clear away a large area of shrubbery and rocks. "Haven't seen you since the party. Having fun?"
Your grin is brilliant. "Lots. I think taking yesterday off did me a lot of good. And the party this morning was a lot of help as well. I'm happy you managed to talk me into it."
Rei nods, grinning, she then turns back to the work she was overseeing. "That's good. You need to remember that growing stronger is all well and good, but if you don't take a break once in a while then it's all for nothing." You don't know what to say to that. Instead you look past her to the work crew.
"So what are they up to?"
She blinks and looks at you for a moment in confusion. Then rolls her eyes as she realizes something, "I forget that you don't keep up on recent events on the front lines. Everyone else in the base knows it: Heaven is planning a new offensive to try and break the stalemate that's sprung up. Talks have been going on for a while, but recently the Pillar agreed to let them use Earth as a staging ground. We're going to be playing host to a group of Angels for a short while, while they gear up to assault the front lines. The Counter Force is also drawing together some forces to help out. Heck, I think even the Empire and Home Realm are seeing what they can throw into it."
You blink. That was news... but what did it have with you? "Umm... So how can I expect this to effect Team GEAR?" You'd rather it wouldn't, but you were unlucky like that. Better to figure out what was going to hit you now, instead of right before a fight.
"Well... Heaven has recently had a population boom so they have a few more angels then they know what to do with: which is the reason they're planning this offensive. So you might get an angel temporarily assigned to Team GEAR for field experience. Don't be surprised if one moves in with us over at my tent."
Well, that could be worse... and that reminds you...
"Hey Rei?"
"Hm...? GAH!"
Your tackle-glomp takes her by complete surprise. You're light, and weigh little compared to her, but it's enough to carry the older female to the ground in one loud thump that draws everyone's attention. Spluttering in annoyance she forces herself onto her back despite your grip, but whatever scolding he had been planning on giving you dies on her lips as she takes in your smile.
"I wanted to say thanks for everything. And so far your headpats are still the best." With that, you unlatch from your grip and stand. "If everything ever gets too much, just remember that I'm still here, ok?" And before she gets a chance to answer you skip away.
They day is pretty much over. Short, but sweet, you find that you can't really care: it was all worth it.
-end of the day, pick one-
[]Go to bed early. It's been two days since something big has happened. Something is likely to come up tomorrow.
[]Meet an angel. One might get attached to your squad, so you might as well figure out which.
[]Check up on team GEAR.
[]Visit another MG.
[]Take a long bath. Last night's bath was awesome, and you want a longer one.
[]Check up on the War. The fuck is going on?
+50xp Rested Training Bonus Bitches (R.T.B.B.) Ignore the bad joke please.
+10xp Rei Feels
60 EXP Gained = 283 Total EXP
(Shop Item Identified!
Shop Item Clarified!)
(Progenitor Golems Upgraded.)
The quick trip to the training grounds was short and without fanfare. Once there, with the happy spring to your step not yet leaving you, you transform. Once your glow fades, and your weapon rests within your hand, you float into the air. You take the Purifier Beam in both hands and hold it up to your face, gazing at the bright blade.
Holding it like this, you can feel the well of power that you drew from to fuel your abilities. A single drop in a bucket you cannot begin to measure. But at the same time... You can feel the buffer. The separation between you and that unimaginable well.
"What are you...?"
Magical girls were Humanity's ultimate trump card. They could be pulled again, and again, and the chances that their foes had anything capable of stopping the average Magical Girl on hand when they showed up was slim to none. Unless it was a specifically designed trap to draw one in. And even then the chances of being able to handle the one that showed up relied on little more than pure luck.
At the same time though, Magical Girls were restricted by the collective Human perception.
The genre itself started out as slice of life stories. Of mostly average girls using magic to spread love and happiness to others. Then over time it changed to Magical Girls being what amounted to willing child soldiers fighting back the forces of evil with little to no support from where it should have been coming from.
And from that came the preconceptions that lead to Human Magical Girls being what they were.
The first: a Magical Girl was always exactly that. A young female, with incredible magical abilities. They were always few and very far between.
The second: a Magical Girl needed no prior training to use the basics of their powers. They were combat capable and ready right out of the gate. Training would make them more versatile and stronger, but they didn't need it to use their powers.
The Third: a Magical Girl could operate completely and totally independent of any kind of support network. This also translated into being capable of keeping their existence as Magical Girls a secret from everyone they knew. A kind of passive masquerade if you would.
The Fourth: Magical Girls could operate in teams. Started by Sailor Moon and later carried on by Magical Knight Rayearth, it was widely accepted that teams of Magical Girls could operate on a far larger scale together than alone.
The Fifth: Magical Girls that operated best in teams would always share themes and names. This made it easier for potential Magical Girls find those they were best suited for working with, but it could also cause problems. Problems you probably wouldn't have to worry about because they tended to come from personality clashes more than anything.
The Sixth: Magical Girl names always meant something. Either the source of their powers or some deeper meaning then that, they meant it. An unlucky Magical Girl would find their name defining their powers and the form they would take, while a lucky one would get something weird. Like you and Candy Heart.
There were numerous more than that, but those were the big ones that were passed around to other members of the Unified Light by the Counter Force because the rest lay in pop-culture references no one else would get.
These facts were well understood by pretty much everybody. And since they were true between all Magical Girls...
"What does my name mean?" Your gazes focuses into a soft glare as you consider the question. SOLID CORE. 'Core' would point towards you being the power source for... something, but why 'solid'? "A Synonym for Solid is Hard... Heh, I'm literally Magical Girl Hardcore. Sega would get a laugh out of that." Your heart clenches at the thought of your sister. She would be nineteen this year, and graduating her college classes. "Wish you were here Sega..." If you took the assumption that you were a power core, instead of just another Magical Girl...
"The Purifier Beam is probably some kind of release valve." That made sense. So long as you held the trigger, the Purifier Beam had never seemed to run out of charge for it's attack. It would spout a continuous beam of energy so long a the 'valve' was open... "Well... Let see if I'm right."
You swing the Purifier Beam out to the side, taking aim at the ground, away from the base. A moment to make sure there was nothing else in an area, you pull the trigger. The beam that comes out is larger than you remember it being from your fight with the Spawn of Mayhem. Instead of being around the size of your torso, what instead spears across the space is enough to envelop a fully grown man. As the energy hits the ground, surrounding shrubbery dries out almost instantly and ignites into miniature pyres.
Still holding the trigger, you sweep the beam across the ground, and you listen to it as it tears through rock and dirt. Bushes and grass ignite along the edge of it's path, molten rock cooling into crackling glass as the heat dissipates at an unnatural pace. In moments, a line of destruction arcs across the ground below you: smoke rising from burning plants, while the angry red scar slowly blackens. The new ditch is two feet wide and at least four deep.
"Seems I'm right." If the Purifier Beam was a release valve... then Core Purge was probably opening a connection directly to the Core. "Meaning, if I do it right, I might be able to open lesser connections to other receivers and pass them a bit of extra power." You didn't have a clue if you were even using the analogy correctly, but it fit.
"I think today was successful." More than the last three days combined.
-/LINE BREAK IDENTIFIED\-
"Hey Nepgear." It's nearly an hour later when you finally track down Rei by the western edge of the base. Goddess Gold is overseeing several dozen different workers as they help clear away a large area of shrubbery and rocks. "Haven't seen you since the party. Having fun?"
Your grin is brilliant. "Lots. I think taking yesterday off did me a lot of good. And the party this morning was a lot of help as well. I'm happy you managed to talk me into it."
Rei nods, grinning, she then turns back to the work she was overseeing. "That's good. You need to remember that growing stronger is all well and good, but if you don't take a break once in a while then it's all for nothing." You don't know what to say to that. Instead you look past her to the work crew.
"So what are they up to?"
She blinks and looks at you for a moment in confusion. Then rolls her eyes as she realizes something, "I forget that you don't keep up on recent events on the front lines. Everyone else in the base knows it: Heaven is planning a new offensive to try and break the stalemate that's sprung up. Talks have been going on for a while, but recently the Pillar agreed to let them use Earth as a staging ground. We're going to be playing host to a group of Angels for a short while, while they gear up to assault the front lines. The Counter Force is also drawing together some forces to help out. Heck, I think even the Empire and Home Realm are seeing what they can throw into it."
You blink. That was news... but what did it have with you? "Umm... So how can I expect this to effect Team GEAR?" You'd rather it wouldn't, but you were unlucky like that. Better to figure out what was going to hit you now, instead of right before a fight.
"Well... Heaven has recently had a population boom so they have a few more angels then they know what to do with: which is the reason they're planning this offensive. So you might get an angel temporarily assigned to Team GEAR for field experience. Don't be surprised if one moves in with us over at my tent."
Well, that could be worse... and that reminds you...
"Hey Rei?"
"Hm...? GAH!"
Your tackle-glomp takes her by complete surprise. You're light, and weigh little compared to her, but it's enough to carry the older female to the ground in one loud thump that draws everyone's attention. Spluttering in annoyance she forces herself onto her back despite your grip, but whatever scolding he had been planning on giving you dies on her lips as she takes in your smile.
"I wanted to say thanks for everything. And so far your headpats are still the best." With that, you unlatch from your grip and stand. "If everything ever gets too much, just remember that I'm still here, ok?" And before she gets a chance to answer you skip away.
They day is pretty much over. Short, but sweet, you find that you can't really care: it was all worth it.
-end of the day, pick one-
[]Go to bed early. It's been two days since something big has happened. Something is likely to come up tomorrow.
[]Meet an angel. One might get attached to your squad, so you might as well figure out which.
[]Check up on team GEAR.
[]Visit another MG.
[]Take a long bath. Last night's bath was awesome, and you want a longer one.
[]Check up on the War. The fuck is going on?
+50xp Rested Training Bonus Bitches (R.T.B.B.) Ignore the bad joke please.
+10xp Rei Feels
60 EXP Gained = 283 Total EXP
(Shop Item Identified!
Shop Item Clarified!)
(Progenitor Golems Upgraded.)
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Dragonloli123
Bonedad
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oops. posted that before I fixed up the shop.
Crystalwatcher
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I am so confused.
Crystalwatcher
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Edited the shop for you guys.
chocolote12
A Penguin Flailing Against The Keyboard Of Life.
-+Notices a post+-
-+Writes frantically so that I don't end up skipping a night+-
Holy crap Reequip is powerful 
Segarite Core is also extremely powerful, but its cost is highly prohibitive......for now......
Segarite Core is also extremely powerful, but its cost is highly prohibitive......for now......
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OverReactionGuy
Verified Sanity
hmm.
That..puts them at discount magical girls with the shield...
Wow.
Hardcore nintendium
LostDeviljho
Flame Dragon Princess
- Location
- The glorious Pacific Northwest
- Pronouns
- Any
Yeah you are. *thumbs up*
OverReactionGuy
Verified Sanity
[X]Visit another MG.
Nix's Warden
Welcome to Hades
- Location
- United States
[X]Check up on the War. The fuck is going on?
I do want to meet the angel, but the fact that a massive counter attack is about to take place across multiple dimensions, starting on Earth, and we didn't know about it, is absurd. We need to know what the fuck is happening.
I do want to meet the angel, but the fact that a massive counter attack is about to take place across multiple dimensions, starting on Earth, and we didn't know about it, is absurd. We need to know what the fuck is happening.
Crystalwatcher
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Funny part is I think Chocolate is responsible for the original joke.