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God A Sword (CWMGQ Spin off #64)

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[X] Plan A Bit Of Everything
-[X] Martial
--[X] Who cares about your magical girl form, it's time to W O R K I T until your base form has those glistening abs.

-[X] Social
--[X] Hang out with Lan

-[X] Information
--[X] Man the cafe and keep an ear out on what the customers have to say

-[X] Time-Wasters
--[X] An active social life? An exciting world full of magic and wonder? Motherfucker you're in highschool. Get back to work studying and doing homework.
 
[X] Social
-[X] Get in contact with and hang out with Dark Grasper
-[X] Hang out with Lan
[X] Martial
-[X] Who cares about your magical girl form, it's time to W O R K I T until your base form has those glistening abs.
[X] Time-Wasters
-[X] An active social life? An exciting world full of magic and wonder? Motherfucker you're in highschool. Get back to work studying and doing homework.
 
Since it looks like we've got a majority going here I think I'll lock the vote in... twelve hours? Yeah unless you guys inecplicably burst into a major discussion ya'll have 12 hours.
 
Lost encouraged me :V
[Summit has Level 2 everything]
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Magical Girl Summit ran through the parking lot, her long hair fluttering behind her and the bottom of her labcoat fluttering beneath her. While she still wasn't sure what brought her to this place she had seen a glimpse of magic on the top of the parking ramp. Boot magic wasn't promising, but she had nothing better to work off of.

A minute later saw Summit reach an edge of the ramp. She pulls a coil of rope and grippers from somewhere in her sleeves and tosses an end upwards. Somehow, despite being tossed by a girl who couldn't exceed 140 cm or 35 kilos, the thrown rope glided upwards and tangled itself around a railing as if guided by magic. And if one had the ability to sense magic they would be able to see that Summit had done exactly that.

With each hand on a gripper Summit scaled the rope rope in moments and flipped over the outside railing into the top level of the parking ramp. The rope faded into motes of light behind her.

"Hello! Miss!" Summit cried out to the pink figure near the ramps.

The strange creature, all in shades of pink and red with two swept back antenna on the top of its head, jolted in place. Then it bounced the volleyball it was holding, spun in place, and kicked it towards Summit.

As it flew Summit watched it fly, waiting for it to slow in the air and bounce off the concrete. It hit her in the face, to no apparent effect, and flies back across the lot.

(Volleyball: 20 Base Damage, +29 Dice = 49 Damage

Magical Girl Summit: 80 Resilience, +9 Dice, -20 What? = 69 Damage Reduction

Attack Ineffective!)

"How dare you sneak up on me brat! Now die!" the pink figure shouted, "...ugh, you were supposed to fall off the edge so I could be done already. What a pain." it added in a quieter voice.

"What!? I don't even know who you are!" Summit called back.

"I'm the one Drag Guildy sent to fight you you dummy! I am Rabbit Guildy of the Boot Affinity! Now stay put so I can kick you to your death and get this over with."

Summit scampered into a run before Rabbit finished talking, taking a nail gun out of her sleeves as she moved. She squeezed out an orange bolt of energy at the sprinting Guildy after a moment of aiming. Rabbit tried to shift out of the way but was hit on her shoulders as she barreled along at speeds higher than a parking lot should contain.

(Staplegun Panoply: 80 Base Damage, +14 Dice, -12 One-handed, = 82 Damage

Rabbit Guildy: 160 Resilience, +45 Dice = 205 Damage Reduction

Attack Ineffective!)

The shot plinks off without even leaving a mark. Rabbit Guildy slows slightly, then laughs and rushes Summit at full tilt through the empty parking lot.

"Perfect! This will be over in no time! You can't outrun me!"

Summit spared a glance behind her and tried to shoot Rabbit in her leading foot, but missed by inches. She then dropped the staplegun, which turned into motes of orange light before hitting the ground.

Her next glance showed Rabbit Guildy taking a leap into the air to fall upon her.

"INABA DROP!"
"Ramming Speed!"


Summit sharply veered from her prior trajectory and became covered by a shell of green magic. Looking like she had decided to make an awkward shoulder tackle with her legs twisted away from her current direction of motion. Rabbit Guildy flipped in mid-air and caught Summit with a heel anyway. Which hit the shell of green magic like a cork hammer hitting an anvil.

A second later Rabbit hit the ground head first and Summit wobbled as she got her feet underneath her, the spell bringing her to a standstill as she failed to strike anything.

"What was that?" Rabbit asked blankly.

"I'm not going to let you hit me!" Summit screamed back.

Summit pulled a coil of rope from somewhere in the sleeves of her labcoat and tossed it to hook a nearby lightpole. She quickly shimmied up the magical rope.

"Why didn't you say so before?" Rabbit said while righting herself.

"I don't need to say it!" Summit shouted as she wrapped her legs around the light pole, dismissed the rope, and pulled a small water gun from her sleeves.

"Shouldn't be a problem, she doesn't hit hard at all. Cameras? Okay, I'll pull her down first."

Rabbit stood up and frowned at Summit pumping her water gun, "That's sad, but I'm gonna have to pull you down from there and kill you to maintain secrecy."

Summit just glared and kept pumping her water gun. Her long brown hair shifted slightly in the wind as it hung from it's upside-down owner.

Rabbit hopped over to stand underneath Summit, "Yanking you down by your hair is annoying, just get down here and die like a man."

"No!"

Rabbit shook her head, jogged in a tight circle to get a running start, and leapt up at Summit.

The target of this action fired a wide beam of orange energy, larger than its source by far, targeted at the knee of Rabbit Guildy as soon as she left the ground.

(Water Gun Panoply: 80 Base Damage, +10 Dice, +160 Laser(x2), +20 Damn Good Ground = 270 Damage

Rabbit Guildy, 160 Resilience, +7 Dice, -25 OMGWTF! = 142 Damage Reduction

128 End Damage

Rabbit Guildy: 600 -128 = 472 Health)

The pink Guildy's momentum carried her forward and up, but her resolve was shattered when her knee was hit and she abandoned any attempt to drag Summit down.

"AAA! You, you, my KNEE! You Fucker!"

"That's a bad word!" Summit chided reflexively.

"What!? Fuck you! What are you? Twelve? I hate your stupid trick and-"

"Don't say that! I'm eleven you monster!"

"Ugh, I should just get my-" Rabbit gingerly stretched out her legs.

Summit uncrossed her legs from the lightpole, "Ramming Speed!"

(Ramming Speed: 200 Base Damage, +28 Dice, +50 Gravity Assist = 278 Damage

Rabbit Guildy: 160 Resilience, +10 Dice, -100 Nowhere To Go (Knockback) =70 Damage Reduction

208 End Damage

Rabbit Guildy: 472 - 208 = 264 Health)

Summit slammed into the unharmed knee of Rabbit foot first. The forces of her spell causing the Guildy to shake like a ragdoll around the impact. When Summit hopped off the limb was cracked and bent in the opposite of its intended direction.

Rabbit Guildy let out a sound between a sob and a whimper.

Summit started pumping her water gun again, "As a Magical Girl it is my duty to stop you monsters. I won't let you kill another girl's father."

"Ah! Wait- FUCK! I was supposed to fight a different girl! I haven't killed anyone you know! You can just leave and stuff!"

"Stop saying swear words." Summit chided as she pulled the trigger.
I wanted to show a Magical Girl doing things like staying on the move, and working towards a plan even when your enemy is talking. Rabbit still ended up being a bit (a lot) cocky, but I thought I gave her enough of a reason to not take things at all seriously.
 
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Adhoc vote count started by InfiniteDaze on Oct 27, 2018 at 5:10 AM, finished with 658 posts and 10 votes.
  • [X] Plan A Bit Of Everything
    -[X] Martial
    --[X] Who cares about your magical girl form, it's time to W O R K I T until your base form has those glistening abs.
    -[X] Social
    --[X] Hang out with Lan
    -[X] Information
    --[X] Man the cafe and keep an ear out on what the customers have to say
    -[X] Time-Wasters
    --[X] An active social life? An exciting world full of magic and wonder? Motherfucker you're in highschool. Get back to work studying and doing homework.
    [X] Plan Getting Swole
    -[X] Social
    --[X] Get in contact with and hang out with Dark Grasper
    -[X] Martial
    --[X] Have Lan kick your ass in Magical Girl Boot Camp
    --[X] Who cares about your magical girl form, it's time to W O R K I T until your base form has those glistening abs.
    --[X] Come up with alternatives to Grand Blazer and train the spells you have (No, it's not ridiculous shut up)
    [X] Social
    -[X] Get in contact with and hang out with Dark Grasper
    -[X] Hang out with Lan
    [X] Martial
    -[X] Who cares about your magical girl form, it's time to W O R K I T until your base form has those glistening abs.
    [X] Time-Wasters
    -[X] An active social life? An exciting world full of magic and wonder? Motherfucker you're in highschool. Get back to work studying and doing homework.
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kelllogo said:
Lost encouraged me :V
[Summit has Level 2 everything]
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Magical Girl Summit ran through the parking lot, her long hair fluttering behind her and the bottom of her labcoat fluttering beneath her. While she still wasn't sure what brought her to this place she had seen a glimpse of magic on the top of the parking ramp. Boot magic wasn't promising, but she had nothing better to work off of.

A minute later saw Summit reach an edge of the ramp. She pulls a coil of rope and grippers from somewhere in her sleeves and tosses an end upwards. Somehow, despite being tossed by a girl who couldn't exceed 140 cm or 35 kilos, the thrown rope glided upwards and tangled itself around a railing as if guided by magic. And if one had the ability to sense magic they would be able to see that Summit had done exactly that.

With each hand on a gripper Summit scaled the rope rope in moments and flipped over the outside railing into the top level of the parking ramp. The rope faded into motes of light behind her.

"Hello! Miss!" Summit cried out to the pink figure near the ramps.

The strange creature, all in shades of pink and red with two swept back antenna on the top of its head, jolted in place. Then it bounced the volleyball it was holding, spun in place, and kicked it towards Summit.

As it flew Summit watched it fly, waiting for it to slow in the air and bounce off the concrete. It hit her in the face, to no apparent effect, and flies back across the lot.

(Soccer Ball: 20 Base Damage, +29 Dice = 49 Damage

Magical Girl Summit: 80 Resilience, +9 Dice, -20 What? = 69 Damage Reduction

Attack Ineffective!)

"How dare you sneak up on me brat! Now die!" the pink figure shouted, "...ugh, you were supposed to fall off the edge so I could be done already. What a pain." it added in a quieter voice.

"What!? I don't even know who you are!" Summit called back.

"I'm the one Drag Guildy sent to fight you you dummy! I am Rabbit Guildy of the Boot Affinity! Now stay put so I can kick you to your death and get this over with."

Summit scampered into a run before Rabbit finished talking, taking a nail gun out of her sleeves as she moved. She squeezed out an orange bolt of energy at the sprinting Guildy after a moment of aiming. Rabbit tried to shift out of the way but was hit on her shoulders as she barreled along at speeds higher than a parking lot should contain.

(Staplegun Panoply: 80 Base Damage, +14 Dice, -12 One-handed, = 82 Damage

Rabbit Guildy: 160 Resilience, +45 Dice = 205 Damage Reduction

Attack Ineffective!)

The shot plinks off without even leaving a mark. Rabbit Guildy slows slightly, then laughs and rushes Summit at full tilt through the empty parking lot.

"Perfect! This will be over in no time! You can't outrun me!"

Summit spared a glance behind her and tried to shoot Rabbit in her leading foot, but missed by inches. She then dropped the staplegun, which turned into motes of orange light before hitting the ground.

Her next glance showed Rabbit Guildy taking a leap into the air to fall upon her.

"INABA DROP!"
"Ramming Speed!"


Summit sharply veered from her prior trajectory and became covered by a shell of green magic. Looking like she had decided to make an awkward shoulder tackle with her legs twisted away from her current direction of motion. Rabbit Guildy flipped in mid-air and caught Summit with a heel anyway. Which hit the shell of green magic like a cork hammer hitting an anvil.

A second later Rabbit hit the ground head first and Summit wobbled as she got her feet underneath her, the spell bringing her to a standstill as she failed to strike anything.

"What was that?" Rabbit asked blankly.

"I'm not going to let you hit me!" Summit screamed back.

Summit pulled a coil of rope from somewhere in the sleeves of her labcoat and tossed it to hook a nearby lightpole. She quickly shimmied up the magical rope.

"Why didn't you say so before?" Rabbit said while righting herself.

"I don't need to say it!" Summit shouted as she wrapped her legs around the light pole, dismissed the rope, and pulled a small water gun from her sleeves.

"Shouldn't be a problem, she doesn't hit hard at all. Cameras? Okay, I'll pull her down first."

Rabbit stood up and frowned at Summit pumping her water gun, "That's sad, but I'm gonna have to pull you down from there and kill you to maintain secrecy."

Summit just glared and kept pumping her water gun. Her long brown hair shifted slightly in the wind as it hung from it's upside-down owner.

Rabbit hopped over to stand underneath Summit, "Yanking you down by your hair is annoying, just get down here and die like a man."

"No!"

Rabbit shook her head, jogged in a tight circle to get a running start, and leapt up at Summit.

The target of this action fired a wide beam of orange energy, larger than its source by far, targeted at the knee of Rabbit Guildy as soon as she left the ground.

(Water Gun Panoply: 80 Base Damage, +10 Dice, +160 Laser(x2), +20 Damn Good Ground = 270 Damage

Rabbit Guildy, 160 Resilience, +7 Dice, -25 OMGWTF! = 142 Damage Reduction

128 End Damage

Rabbit Guildy: 600 -128 = 472 Health)

The pink Guildy's momentum carried her forward and up, but her resolve was shattered when her knee was hit and she abandoned any attempt to drag Summit down.

"AAA! You, you, my KNEE! You Fucker!"

"That's a bad word!" Summit chided reflexively.

"What!? Fuck you! What are you? Twelve? I hate your stupid trick and-"

"Don't say that! I'm eleven you monster!"

"Ugh, I should just get my-" Rabbit gingerly stretched out her legs.

Summit uncrossed her legs from the lightpole, "Ramming Speed!"

(Ramming Speed: 200 Base Damage, +28 Dice, +50 Gravity Assist = 278 Damage

Rabbit Guildy: 160 Resilience, +10 Dice, -100 Nowhere To Go (Knockback) =70 Damage Reduction

208 End Damage

Rabbit Guildy: 472 - 208 = 264 Health)

Summit slammed into the unharmed knee of Rabbit foot first. The forces of her spell causing the Guildy to shake like a ragdoll around the impact. When Summit hopped off the limb was cracked and bent in the opposite of its intended direction.

Rabbit Guildy let out a sound between a sob and a whimper.

Summit started pumping her water gun again, "As a Magical Girl it is my duty to stop you monsters. I won't let you kill another girl's father."

"Ah! Wait- FUCK! I was supposed to fight a different girl! I haven't killed anyone you know! You can just leave and stuff!"

"Stop saying swear words." Summit chided as she pulled the trigger.
I wanted to show a Magical Girl doing things like staying on the move, and working towards a plan even when your enemy is talking. Rabbit still ended up being a bit (a lot) cocky, but I thought I gave her enough of a reason to not take things at all seriously.
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Ah Summit, the badass adorable we know, in her first steps. So she has Fuse 2 and her "size" is 20 cm sphere for object fusing? Also 240 Health, 80 each of Resilience and Damage, 20 Magic Modifier, and got one of those small pumped water guns (had some, once upon a time) to imitate Laser of all things?

For some reason, I can't help but think of her as the White Rabbit from Alice's, as she is in this snippet...

Also, is UtOS on hiatus, or it's a writer's block fault, or something?
 
Faraway-R said:
Ah Summit, the badass adorable we know, in her first steps. So she has Fuse 2 and her "size" is 20 cm sphere for object fusing? Also 240 Health, 80 each of Resilience and Damage, 20 Magic Modifier, and got one of those small pumped water guns (had some, once upon a time) to imitate Laser of all things?

For some reason, I can't help but think of her as the White Rabbit from Alice's, as she is in this snippet...

Also, is UtOS on hiatus, or it's a writer's block fault, or something?
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That is indeed an accurate summation of powers. I'd say she was using Locate Plot Point, but everyone has that (almost everyone).

I've been stuck on writing bits for a while...

And on a more relevant topic: Did Grasper talk Rabbit into getting herself killed? There was mention of giving a cut to Rabbit and Grasper put some weight on the last record Rabbit made.
 
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    • For some reason the cafe was busy this morning so mom had to make an emergency run to grab more supplies.

    Which of course means I was in charge manning the counter. Lan was also there, idly chatting with me in between the times I had to deal with the customers.

    "Thank you for waiting, here's your coffee." With a smile I gave the customer a hot drink. He was a boy around my age, sadly. He'd been coming here for the past few weeks and he was… the same as the other customers, terrible fashion sense and all. I pray he grows out of this phase soon.

    "Ah, the fabled drink of ambrosia," he sighed dramatically, taking a sip before jolting back. "Kuh! It's as hot as the legends say!"

    "Seriously man you don't have to force it."

    "No!" He held up a hand. "Of course such a drink is hard to handle! It is through hardships that we grow stronger!"

    "I don't think that applies in this context," Lan deadpanned from her spot on the counter.

    "Ha! Watch me as I grow more powerful than you could ever imagine!" With a loud shout he moved his hands and-

    "No no no no no no no!!!" Lan and I exclaimed in unison but it was too late. He had already begun to chug the burning hot drink down his throat like a thirsty man in a desert. The two of us watched in horror as not ten seconds later he slammed the cup down the table and started coughing.

    "Gahk, ack! H-Hot!" He managed to get out as he leaned against the counter. "Hot!"

    "Hong!"

    "Right!"

    In a burst of motion Lan quickly grabbed a nearby cup and tossed it over to me. I sprinted over to where we kept the water and quickly began to pour some into the cup. Once it was full enough I quickly ran back towards Lan as we hovered over the poor guy.

    "Lan keep his mouth open." She nodded before obeying my instructions. Carefully, I poured the cold water down his throat.

    Eventually, I figured he had enough water and placed the drink on the counter. We both let out a sigh of relief as the boy calmed down, slowly reaching for the water to take sips of his own.

    "Alright!" Lan and I shouted, slapping our hands against each other. However, the feeling of accomplishment in us was quickly diminished by the sound of clapping. And more clapping, in fact it felt like the whole cafe was clapp-

    Oh. Wait. That's right, we're packed today.

    For the next five minutes we were showered in praise, which would've been nice if the praise wasn't stuff like "You really are the son of the Dragon Queen." and "A worthy duo that time has not seen before!"

    Lan looked at me and we both nodded, feeling like we'd rather like to die right about now.


    Eventually, my mom came back and I was relieved of my cafe duties and with the customers slowly leaving to do.. whatever they do at 10 am I was free to just sit down at one of the cafe tables with Lan.

    Oh and that boy from earlier.

    I don't know why he was still here.

    "I repeat my most expressive gratitude!" he shouted, bowing his head. "I cannot follow you for I already have a master, but allow me to give my greatest thanks!"

    "Ah… Yeah… That's okay." I awkwardly glanced towards Lan for help, "Please stop."

    "No! I must repay the life debt!" The hell is a life debt?! "Please, tell me what I can do!"

    "Uh, let me think." Come on come on… "I've been thinking of uh, working out lately."

    There was a loud snort as Lan held a hand to her face, clearly trying to suppress a giggle. "Y-You? Working out?! Hahahaha!"

    "I'm sorry, not all of us can just naturally dent metal with our fists."

    With a growl she slammed a hand into the table. "How! Many! Times! Have! I! Told you! My abilities come from my techniques, not my body strength!"

    "Uh-huh…" With one finger I pointed towards the table we were sitting at, which now had a noticeable dent underneath Lan's fist.

    Silently, she stared at the damage before turning back to me. "That doesn't count."

    "You're paying for that."

    "Oh come on!" she shouted, throwing up her hands, "Just have Twirl fix it like usual!"

    "I see, I see…" The boy leaned in closer to the dent before nodding sagely to the two of us. "So you are walkers of the path of strength! I regret to inform you that the road I walk is one of speed! However, I know a place that can help!"

    With a quick motion he pulled out a business card that would've looked profesional if he didn't doodle on it. "A friend of mine works at a gym not far from here! He should be working there today, so just show him this card and he can help you!"

    "Uh, alright…" I cautiously took the card from his hands. "Thanks."

    "You're welcome!" He stood up before waving, "And with that my debt is paid! May our paths cross again!"

    With that he began running and- "Hey slow down!"

    A loud bang echoed through the cafe as the boy ran into the door, falling backwards. Before I could move however, he stood back up on his feet. "I'm alright!"

    Much more safely this time, he left the building.

    Lan and I just stared at the door before sighing and slumping down in our seats.

    "Business as usual huh?" Lan muttered, idly tracing her finger around the damage on the table. "So, why'd you want to work out anyways?"

    "Well you know, I thought it'd help me against the Guildys." I replied looking at my arms, "I don't know if it'll help me during the fight itself but I think working on my actual body should help in other areas. I mean, Rabbit Guildy tried to get me before I transformed after all."

    "Eh… Yeah I get that." She sighed, "You know we only have a limited amount of time in our magical girl forms right? If you're gonna be running through the city after these things it's better to make the most efficient use out of your time as possible rather than wasting it trying to get to the danger in the first place."

    "Right?"

    "Mhmm…" Lan paused before her eyes went wide, "Wait did you just think of something smart?!"

    "Oi."

    "I'm sorry it's just…" She gestured at me, "You!"

    "You don't have to rub it in…" I grumbled only for Lan to lightly punch me in the arm.

    "Oh don't be like that." Her twintails danced as she grinned at me, "You're finally learning!"

    "Well I mean, it's not like I have any other way of getting to them." A sigh escaped my lips as I thought back to TV, "A teleporter sure would be handy..."

    "Can't you just get something to drive there?"

    "And drive what? An electric bike?"

    "Pfft," Lan looked away, "You're right, that'd look ridiculous."

    "Oh, Hong." Mom said as she came out of the kitchen with a grin. "I could drive you to your fights if you want."

    "No!" I shouted, standing up while crossing my arms. "Do you know how embarrassing that would be for me?! And what if you get hurt?!"

    "It was just a joke." She laughed, "Relax, I won't get in your way."

    "And thank god for that." With a sigh of relief I plopped back down at the table. "...Lan stop laughing."

    "Hahaha!" My childhood friend was bent over the table, "If, if you ever have your mom drive you to a fight I need to get pictures."

    "Nope." I held up a hand, "Try it and I'm destroying the cameras!"

    "You're going to have to pay for those!"

    "Like you haven't wracked up a debt here anyways! Do you know how much curry you eat?!"

    "Auntie Yuen said those were on the house!"

    She looked towards mom who smiled before pulling out her cellphone. "Let's see… If I decided to make your tab it would be… this much?"

    We got up and ran to see the number on her phone before reeling backwards.

    H-Holy shit that's…

    "I-I can't pay that much!" Lan cried in despair, "And you were keeping track?!"

    "Yep, for the past eight years." Mom nodded. "It was something Emu suggested I do."

    "Figures." The two of us replied in unison. Feeling like all the energy had left us, we slumped onto the counter before sighing.

    "Oh relax, I'm not going to start making you pay it." Mom shoved her headphones into her pocket before smiling, "I could if you wanted me to-"

    "No thanks." Lan replied with empty eyes before turning to me. "Ignoring the crushing realization of my existence, are you sure that gym is legit?"

    "I think so." I held the card in my hand before googling the name. "Mmh, the website checks out…"

    "Just be careful, alright?" She sighed, "In fact, why don't I grab a weapon for you to use?"

    "I'll be fine. It's not like they'll be any Guildys there."

    "It's not those losers that I'm worried about."

    "Hey, I'm still a magical girl." I held up a hand, "I'm pretty sure I can defend myself."

    There was a tense silence as Lan stared at me.

    "...Okay, defend myself a little."

    The blue haired girl just sighed, "At least give me a call if things get suspicious."

    "Okay mom."

    "Huh? What?" My actual mom let out as she looked from her… Phone… "Oh yes I was listening. Totally."

    Should I?

    Probably.

    "I'm telling Mrs. Huang you're playing Gacha games during work again."

    "Now now Hong," She smiled sweetly. "I'm just taking a break."

    "On the job."

    There was a beat before I glanced at Lan and we both nodded.

    "Hey Auntie Yuen-" Lan began getting up from her spot and jumping over the counter. While she was distracted from whatever Lan was saying I jumped and sprinted out the door, phone in hand while my fingers moved to speed dial Miss Huang.

    Hopefully I don't get grounded for this!


    So Miss Huang is coming to my house soon. Very soon.

    I'm glad I actually have an excuse not to be there right at this moment. Sorry Mom, but it had to be done.

    Anyways I had managed to run around town for a bit before I finally found the gym the guy from earlier was talking about. Surprisingly, it was not a rundown building on the outskirts of town. It actually looked kind of modern. The cool AC air blasted into my face as I walked into the gym.

    Okay so let's hope that this wasn't a scam…

    Cautiously, I walked towards the reception desk before holding up the card the boy gave me. "Hi I'm uh, looking for this guy?"

    The person at the reception desk looked up before smiling and taking the card. Their smile quickly turned into a face of puzzlement as they looked at the card closely, "Do we… have a trainer by that name?"

    With the sound of keyboard clacks the receptionist turned to the monitor before pausing and letting out an 'Ah'. With a smile, they gave the card back to me and pointed down the corridor. "Just head that way and take a right, he should be over there right now. You'll want to find the person in the hoodie."

    "Thank you." I waved before following the instructions. The noise of the other gym members echoed throughout the halls as I silently navigated my way through the building. Eventually I came across a guy that matched the description given to me.


    A messy mop of blonde hair adorned his head as he idly walked around the room. He looked to be about my age, surprisingly. The guy wore a black jacket that was white inside of the hood, over a vaguely old brown t-shirt and blue jeans to finish off the look. His eyes seemed welcoming, despite the fact that he looked to be doing literally nothing, so I nervously walked over to him and started speaking.

    "Hi, are you, uh…" I glanced at the card, "Shuo Huang?"

    Huh, that's a weird name.

    "Hm?" He glanced at me before smiling. "Oh yeah! Hey man, how's it going? You need anything from me?"

    "Oh uh, I was thinking of starting to work out and a friend of yours said you could help me." I quickly gave him the card. "Considering who it is I'm not exactly sure but…"

    "Hm, I see… Oh did Huan give you this?" he rubbed the back of his neck. "Huh, I didn't even know he had other friends."

    "We're not friends really, he just wanted to 'repay the life debt'," I quoted, cringing as I said it. "He's a customer at my family's cafe and he chugged a piping hot cup of coffee down his throat this morning to gain… infinite power or something."

    "Pfft!" Shuo turned his head to the side and started laughing, "Hahaha! Yeah that sounds like him alright. So he wants me to help you train? What kind of exercise do you do right now?"

    "I run around a lot and do martial arts… technically."

    "Technically?"

    "I'm really bad at it," I sighed, "and my sparring partner wipes the floor with me every time."

    "Ah, yeah I feel you kid." He patted my shoulder in sympathy. "Tried to learn one of those along time ago. Couldn't walk without wincing for like a week afterwards."

    The two of us both nodded in unison as the memories came back to us. For the first time in my life, I felt like I had finally met a kindred soul.

    "Well I've persisted for the last two years if nothing else." I clenched my fist. "I dunno how fit I am since I never really tested it but…"

    "Don't worry, that's what I'm here for," the blond trainer said with trainer smiled, "I don't really train many people though, only got about one or two regulars really. Huan probably knew about this and gave you my card… I think. He's a good kid, really, I just can't tell what he's thinking half the time."

    Shuo looked around as if making sure no one was watching before whispering, "And quite frankly I don't think I want to know."

    "Ahaha… Hey why do you call him kid?" I asked, trying to change the subject, "The three of us look to be the same age."

    "I get that a lot." He shrugged. "I'm actually 24, believe it or not. Wouldn't be able to get a job here if I wasn't."

    "I- Uh-" Wait, what?

    Man the adults in this town look like a decade younger than their actual age.

    "Anyways, you didn't come here just to chat, right?" With a grin, the hoodie wearing blond stuck out his hand. "As you know, I'm Shuo Huang. What's your name?"

    "Hong. Hong Liang." I said, shaking his hand. "Thanks for this by the way."

    "Oh it's no problem. Seriously, it's literally in the job description." He let go of my hands before patting my back. "Now why don't we come over here for a bit to hash things out…"


    I didn't think working out could be this complicated. I must've spent like a half an hour hashing out the details, getting my physical capabilities down, phoning in my mom to have him talk more details, and some more stuff like talking about the basics of working out that I didn't even know about.

    Then we got to the actual work outs. Weight lifting, treadmill running… By the time I got home I was exhausted.

    But noooo. I had my most dangerous enemy to face. There was no time to rest. I had.. Homework.

    Which is how I found myself in the living room, textbook and homework on the table as I desperately tried to fill in the problems. Twirl idly lazed on the couch, looking over my paper occasionally, while Mom just sulked in the corner. Apparently in the hours I had left the house, Miss Huang had redecorated the cafe to look like it was from the "Edo period of Japan". Whatever that meant.

    How she did it in such a short period of time I had no idea, but I guess we had a theme for this week.

    "You got this one wrong." Twirl commented, interrupting my thoughts as she pointed at one of my answers. "The Nitrogenous bases in DNA is Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine, Thymine. You put down Uracil instead of Thymine. That's RNA, not DNA."

    I stared at her blankly before she sighed, "DNA is GACT, RNA is GACU."

    "Oh." I nodded, crossing the answer out before writing the correct one in. "Thanks Twirl."

    "Eh, this is easy work for me. It's no problem." She shrugged, "Been a while since I properly reviewed biology since I've been working on machines lately, but I've still got it down well."

    Heh.

    I smiled at the white haired scientist. Despite appearances, the woman was probably the most intelligent person I had ever met…

    Not the wisest though. Definitely not.

    "I'm surprised you remembered it for this long though." I sighed, "You graduated from college ages ago right?"

    "It was only eight years ago. You're gonna make me feel old if you put it like that." She smiled. "In my line of work you have to remember this kind of stuff if you want to get by. Ah, but you know I'm not too good at literature so don't ask me with any help on your literature homework."

    "Last time I did that you told me something about how the turkey was a stand in for the communist revolution."

    "Psh, it was a high school English paper. No one noticed."

    They did. I had to rewrite the whole paper.

    With a sigh I went back to finishing my homework and the time passed quietly as I slowly filled in every question. Twirl did… something. I'm not sure, she was staring at the living room ceiling occasionally mumbling out a bit of math and physics? I think?

    I don't think I'd understand what she was thinking about even if I tried so I just ignored it until the final question on my paper was answered. With a stretch of my arms I grabbed the paper and held it out in front of Twirl, "Finished, mind looking it over?"

    "Huh? Oh right." She jolted up before grabbing the paper, her eyes scanning it over before she gave it back to me. "Looks good."

    "Really?"

    "Nope. Sorry, I lied. Everything after number 26 is wrong."

    "Ugh, way to get my hopes up," I groaned, staring at the paper, "...I'm not even sure what the correct answer is anyways."

    Twirl shrugged, "If it was something like math I could help you study there but biology is more memorization then problem solving. I mean, I could help you memorize but…"

    She lazily waved a hand.

    I got the message. "What do you want me to do?"

    "Hm, I wonder…" Her blue eyes looked towards the ceiling as she put a finger to her chin. "I haven't figured out anything new to invent in a while now. My brain is kinda gone kaput you know? It's making me go a little stir crazy so if you have anything you want to suggest go for it."

    "Henshin devi-"

    "Besides that." She rolled her eyes. "Haven't I told you? Power armor like that is tricky business. It's all prototypes really, and even then, it just increases your physical abilities. The kind you're thinking of require something more from the user themselves… Also you're a magical girl, you are the last person who should ask for a henshin device."

    "Well, I mean…" I moved my hands before realizing I had no excuse.

    Damn.

    With a sigh I turned towards my homework, stared at it, before packing it away. "Yeah I'm just gonna go ask Lan to help me with this in the morning."

    "Good luck with that." Twirl nodded before frowning. "Wait a minute…"

    Slowly she got off the couch and walked to where my mom sat. Quietly, Twirl moved the woman before letting out a sigh.

    "Oh my god, she fell asleep in the living room."


    It took a bit but we finally managed to get mom back to her bed. I'm surprised she didn't accidentally wake up, considering we almost dropped he-

    I mean we carefully took her body and lifted it up the stairs and gently placed it on the bed. And you can't prove otherwise.

    Still, I eventually managed to pull myself out of bed the next morning for the start of another school week. There was a soft buzz as my phone vibrated, two new text messages apparently having been sent to me throughout the night.

    New Message from: Dark Grasper: Are you ready Tail Red?! Come to this location Sunday afternoon for your next duel!

    New Message from: Xu Mei Han: Hey I've managed to clear out my schedule so I'm free this week. Hit me up if you want to hang out!

    I smiled at Xu Mei's message before nodding resolutely at Grasper. Sunday huh…

    My phone vibrated again

    New Message from: Lan: Check the time.

    Check the ti- OH SHIT I SLEPT IN!

    AHHHHHH!!!!!!

    Decide what to do for the next 3 days. You have (5) actions. The same action may be selected up to 3 times.

    [] Social
    -[] Hang out with Lan
    -[] Hang out with Twirl
    -[] Hang out with your Mom (Loser)
    -[] Hang out with Dark Grasper
    -[] Hang out with Xu Mei Han
    [] Martial
    -[] Have Lan kick your ass in Magical Girl Boot Camp
    -[] Go beat up the Twirl Bots
    -[] Who cares about your magical girl form, it's time to W O R K I T until your base form has those glistening abs.
    -[] Come up with alternatives to Grand Blazer and train the spells you have (No, it's not ridiculous shut up)
    [] Information
    -[] Waste time crawling through shitposts Read threads on ToHO
    -[] Man the cafe and keep an ear out on what the customers have to say
    -[] Research the site of your next Duel.
    [] Time-Wasters
    -[] Waste time watching TV instead of being productive
    -[] Spend a chunk of the day admiring your twintails and hope no one finds out
    -[] An active social life? An exciting world full of magic and wonder? Motherfucker you're in highschool. Get back to work studying and doing homework.

    +3 EXP "Met" Huan Xiang
    +6 EXP Met Shuo Huang
    +6 EXP WORK IT
    +3 EXP Study study study
    +5 EXP OMAKE (That Hong probably saw in the Kaleidoscope but I don't want to put it in the update)

    Current EXP: 54
     
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    • So, 5 actions for 3 days, right?

    [] Social
    -[] Hang out with Lan
    -[] Hang out with Xu Mei Han
    [] Martial
    -[] Have Lan kick your ass in Magical Girl Boot Camp
    -[] Who cares about your magical girl form, it's time to W O R K I T until your base form has those glistening abs.
    [] Information
    -[] Research the site of your next Duel.
    [] Time-Wasters
    -[] An active social life? An exciting world full of magic and wonder? Motherfucker you're in highschool. Get back to work studying and doing homework.

    Honestly, these SIX actions are the ones I want to narrow our options down to.
    And, frankly, the reason why I'm NOT picking up Information for our next duel - is because I figure out it's Monday, and we'll have time in the second half of the week to pick it up.
    So, plan goes without information trawling.

    [X] Social
    -[X] Hang out with Lan
    -[X] Hang out with Xu Mei Han
    [X] Martial
    -[X] Have Lan kick your ass in Magical Girl Boot Camp
    -[X] Who cares about your magical girl form, it's time to W O R K I T until your base form has those glistening abs.
    [X] Time-Wasters
    -[X] An active social life? An exciting world full of magic and wonder? Motherfucker you're in highschool. Get back to work studying and doing homework.

    In other words - study and training with Lan. Gym times. Meeting the nicer girl and telling her how Lan appreciated your gift for her. And actually working on your school life.

    Not sure if I want anything from EXP, but upgrading Grand Blazer to LVL 4 is an option.
    Or - improving Health and Resilience (525, 140).
     
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    [X] Plan Practice Getting Butt Kicked
    -[X] Martial
    --[X] Have Lan kick your ass in Magical Girl Boot Camp
    --[X] Who cares about your magical girl form, it's time to W O R K I T until your base form has those glistening abs.
    --[X] Come up with alternatives to Grand Blazer and train the spells you have (No, it's not ridiculous shut up)
    -[X] Social
    --[X] Hang out with Dark Grasper
    --[X] Hang out with Xu Mei Han
     
    [X] Social
    -[X] Hang out with Lan
    -[X] Hang out with Xu Mei Han
    [X] Martial
    -[X] Have Lan kick your ass in Magical Girl Boot Camp
    -[X] Who cares about your magical girl form, it's time to W O R K I T until your base form has those glistening abs.
    [X] Time-Wasters
    -[X] An active social life? An exciting world full of magic and wonder? Motherfucker you're in highschool. Get back to work studying and doing homework.
     
    So, @InfiniteDaze what counts as terrain modifiers for Transience Part: BOOT? Could we use it to walk on air, make improbable jumps, that sort of thing?
     
    InfiniteDaze said:
    For some reason the cafe was busy this morning so mom had to make an emergency run to grab more supplies.

    Which of course means I was in charge manning the counter. Lan was also there, idly chatting with me in between the times I had to deal with the customers.

    "Thank you for waiting, here's your coffee." With a smile I gave the customer a hot drink. He was a boy around my age, sadly. He'd been coming here for the past few weeks and he was… the same as the other customers, terrible fashion sense and all. I pray he grows out of this phase soon.

    "Ah, the fabled drink of ambrosia," he sighed dramatically, taking a sip before jolting back. "Kuh! It's as hot as the legends say!"

    "Seriously man you don't have to force it."

    "No!" He held up a hand. "Of course such a drink is hard to handle! It is through hardships that we grow stronger!"

    "I don't think that applies in this context," Lan deadpanned from her spot on the counter.

    "Ha! Watch me as I grow more powerful than you could ever imagine!" With a loud shout he moved his hands and-

    "No no no no no no no!!!" Lan and I exclaimed in unison but it was too late. He had already begun to chug the burning hot drink down his throat like a thirsty man in a desert. The two of us watched in horror as not ten seconds later he slammed the cup down the table and started coughing.

    "Gahk, ack! H-Hot!" He managed to get out as he leaned against the counter. "Hot!"

    "Hong!"

    "Right!"

    In a burst of motion Lan quickly grabbed a nearby cup and tossed it over to me. I sprinted over to where we kept the water and quickly began to pour some into the cup. Once it was full enough I quickly ran back towards Lan as we hovered over the poor guy.

    "Lan keep his mouth open." She nodded before obeying my instructions. Carefully, I poured the cold water down his throat.

    Eventually, I figured he had enough water and placed the drink on the counter. We both let out a sigh of relief as the boy calmed down, slowly reaching for the water to take sips of his own.

    "Alright!" Lan and I shouted, slapping our hands against each other. However, the feeling of accomplishment in us was quickly diminished by the sound of clapping. And more clapping, in fact it felt like the whole cafe was clapp-

    Oh. Wait. That's right, we're packed today.

    For the next five minutes we were showered in praise, which would've been nice if the praise wasn't stuff like "You really are the son of the Dragon Queen." and "A worthy duo that time has not seen before!"

    Lan looked at me and we both nodded, feeling like we'd rather like to die right about now.
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    I'll be honest, that right there sounds like my dream job :cool:

    [X] Social
    -[X] Hang out with Dark Grasper
    -[X] Hang out with Xu Mei Han
    [X] Martial
    -[X] Who cares about your magical girl form, it's time to W O R K I T until your base form has those glistening abs.
    [X] Information
    -[X] Research the site of your next Duel.
    [X] Time-Wasters
    -[X] Spend a chunk of the day admiring your twintails and hope no one finds out
     
    Highwind said:
    So, @InfiniteDaze what counts as terrain modifiers for Transience Part: BOOT? Could we use it to walk on air, make improbable jumps, that sort of thing?
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    Nah, think unstable terrain from Exalted or D&D. That is my guess.

    This power allows us to run over ice rinks, dropped ball bearings, caltrops, quicksands or just the uneven root-and-hole-riddled forest floor as if it was a running track.

    No mud sticking to us, no slipping, no stumbling, that kind of thing.

    Maybe parkour and wall-running...

    Perfect to make Sprint a form of quasi-flight-at-ground-level.
     
    Faraway-R said:
    Nah, think unstable terrain from Exalted or D&D. That is my guess.

    This power allows us to run over ice rinks, dropped ball bearings, caltrops, quicksands or just the uneven root-and-hole-riddled forest floor as if it was a running track.

    No mud sticking to us, no slipping, no stumbling, that kind of thing.

    Maybe parkour and wall-running...

    Perfect to make Sprint a form of quasi-flight-at-ground-level.
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    I get that, but I'm trying to think of weirder uses for it. We ignore terrain modifiers, so can we ignore how thin and difficult to run on a wire is? Can we ignore all the problems involved in trying to jump off of a bird in flight? Could we run up a wall despite it being at a right angle to the ground?

    We're a comparatively weak Magical Girl, we need to milk our powers for all they're worth.
     
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