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Pretty hard to say, since we know nothing what the show is about what the tone of the show is.
 
Well we can make guesses about the tone and setting. With the overly high familiarity people have with the magical and all the dancing I'd wager it's pretty lighthearted and follows a new monster of the week plot.
 
Icipall said:
Pretty hard to say, since we know nothing what the show is about what the tone of the show is.
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Tyrant_Rayne said:
Well we can make guesses about the tone and setting. With the overly high familiarity people have with the magical and all the dancing I'd wager it's pretty lighthearted and follows a new monster of the week plot.
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Eh, incongruous branding can be part of the appeal. Seriously, don't worry about tone or such, just spitball some names.
 
Maybe "Magical Cadence"?
Tyrant_Rayne said:
Well we can make guesses about the tone and setting. With the overly high familiarity people have with the magical and all the dancing I'd wager it's pretty lighthearted and follows a new monster of the week plot.
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You know, how exactly can the people be so familiar with magic and supernatural phenomenon when Argus' investigation did not bring up anything that would indicate that supernatural even exists in this world?
 
Or it's a very recent thing. I'm pretty sure Argus was looking at the worlds history rather than recent news. So if these things only started happening in the last year or so then it makes sense he wouldn't find anything. Invaders from another dimension or planet or something.
 
Ashen Cross said:
Maybe the info on magic and supernatural stuff is on the internet?
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Tyrant_Rayne said:
Or it's a very recent thing. I'm pretty sure Argus was looking at the worlds history rather than recent news. So if these things only started happening in the last year or so then it makes sense he wouldn't find anything. Invaders from another dimension or planet or something.
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He checked the Internet and started with local history. There was nothing.
Thozmp said:
Dusk starts carefully taking what books he can, and you use the old computer, first looking into the local history, and then branching out rather quickly.
Argus & Dusk: 3,3,6,7 = 1 success
Argus & Dusk: 2,3,5,9 = 1 success
Argus & Dusk: 1,6,8,10 = 2 successes
Argus & Dusk: 1,3,5,9 = 0 successes, Fail
???: 2,2,2 = 0 successes, Fail
Argus & Dusk: 3,6,6,10 = 2 successes
What you find leaves you shaken.

Nothing.

There never was anything, no discussions with spirits, no agreements with mana, no pacts with daemons. Things which you knew to be known the world over, such as the war between the Mana of Cochmis Ocean and the Mana of Mount Wadetague which a continent and initiated several laws and statutes the world over, were just... not there.

Legends and myths, stories and make believe. That's all you could find. Nothing real, nothing that made sense to you. You screamed to release some of the complicated feelings you had building up, nearly waking the still sleeping librarian, which brought you to your next revelation.

You didn't recognize the names of the mountains, or the oceans, or especially the countries.

Nothing.
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What about "Heart Beats" ?

With each girl's name being an element followed by "Beat". Like "Fire Beat" or "Dark Beat".
 
Icipall said:
You know, how exactly can the people be so familiar with magic and supernatural phenomenon when Argus' investigation did not bring up anything that would indicate that supernatural even exists in this world?
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I'm going to say that it's something almost like "What time the sun rises" levels of information. Easy enough to find if you know to look for it, but by the same token most people aren't really thinking of it, just knowing that the sun rises.

As for why Argus and Dusk didn't find anything: they weren't exactly getting a whole lot of successes, with difficulty being increased due to unfamiliarity with the world, and in general not knowing where to look.
 
Thozmp said:
I'm going to say that it's something almost like "What time the sun rises" levels of information. Easy enough to find if you know to look for it, but by the same token most people aren't really thinking of it, just knowing that the sun rises.

As for why Argus and Dusk didn't find anything: they weren't exactly getting a whole lot of successes, with difficulty being increased due to unfamiliarity with the world, and in general not knowing where to look.
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So it is not a case of supernatural things happening, but due to lack of concrete evidence or due to someone cleaning it up afterwards, people thinking all the weird stuff is just elaborate hoax. People in costumes, special effects, hallucinations caused by gas leaks...
 
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Adhoc vote count started by Thozmp on Jan 30, 2021 at 3:36 PM, finished with 30 posts and 13 votes.
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For the magical girls' title, maybe something playing on the double meaning of "drumhead."

The first meaning is the part of a drum that you hit to make noise. The second meaning is a court-martial trial held in the field due to emergency circumstances, named for being put together so fast the officer in charge is often sitting at a drum instead of a writing-table.
 
So, I've got two ideas for the title of the anime Argus got dropped into. I'm not going to tell you what they are, but you get to choose: 8 or 10.
 
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[X] 10. Just to be contrary.
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My scientific calculator does all the dice rolls when I play a WWII boardgame against my twin sis and did all of them when I taught my husband the game and for his first campaign game.

It has a tendancy to take what's almost guaranteed to work and turn it into an absolute catastrophe at the worst possible moment.

It rolled (1) when I said (1) meant (8) and (2) meant (10). I do not feel confident that this is good for Argus.
 
I think I'll call it here since it doesn't have much, if any impact on the game itself. You chose 10.

As for what was behind door number one? The title of the anime could have been: Balance of the Craven Mechanical Adoration: Radiant Determination!
 
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    You are Argus, and you may be in trouble.

    This is because of the officer of the law standing just outside your tent with the most unamused expression you've ever seen, and you've seen your teacher sober (once).

    He seems to be giving you a chance to speak, which probably means he isn't blaming you for something you may or may not have done.

    [ ] "How can I help you this fine morning, officer?" Be polite.
    [ ] "I'm glad you're here officer!" Baffle them with Bullshit!
    [ ] "I didn't do it!" Deny, deny, deny.
    [ ] "Ba weep granna weep ninny bong" They may leave you alone if they think you're crazy.
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