Why would anyone give a damn? The governments are no more. 7 billions people are dead. Everything collapsed, and now is being rebuilt anew.
What is the point of shifting blame if one of the factions isn't around anymore? And even so, do MGs become automatically safe if people know it were the Evil Governments that used them the wrong way?
Nobody has to gain anything from a nuclear apocalypse, and yet I don't see anyone relaxing control over who has nukes. The question is kinda meaningless.
Of course such a total wipeout was never anyone's goal, but things ended up this way anyway.
I'm more on the conquering them if we can't genocide them though. Magical Society is... well, the monster that attacked the twins was not a Demon. And while Magical Girls may be immortal, they can't exactly reproduce on their own, so some males would be needed.
[X] [Rico] Examine your connection with Eva some more
[X] [Rico] Go to the market with your mother
[X] [Eva] Go into the basement to examine your magic; maybe you can find something interesting
[X] [Eva] Tend to the garden; those weeds were not invited to live with you, they are still rude
You look at each other for a moment, then Rico's hand shoots up. "Yes, I want!"
However, she is alone with her call; you do not feel like going out right now... there are still some things you want to take care of. And your side is still aching.
"I want to stay here, Mommy."
She smiles at the both of you and nods, then takes another sip from her juice and gets up. "Okay then, you watch the house with Ludger and Rico comes with me. We can get going around noon, so you can take your time."
Your mother puts her bowl and plate into the sink, then starts washing them while you still sit and finish breakfast. She seems happy and you like that.
Ludger is looking up at the table with wide eyes, but you and Rico do good in ignoring him. He always wants your food, but it is yours.
You wait a minute until Rico is done with her cereal, then get up with her and bring your things over to the sink. Before you can join your mother however, she turns to you and looks serious. "Ah, right; we need to change your bandages, Eva."
Oh.
You nod and let go of the dish towel, then take a step back to wait while Rico thinks for a moment and then dives for the first-aid kit; she hits her head at the counter.
And you can feel a wave of pain roll through yours.
"Ow..."
Your murmur is drowned out by Rico's squeak and she holds her head while you rub yours. Your mother qlances over and sighs, then dries her hands and gently rubs your sister's head. "There there, Rico. You have to be careful or you get hurt like that."
At least she did not see you... or so you hope.
"And what is with you, Eva? Come over here."
Um... okay... she did see you.
You crouch next to your sister and have another hand on your head in a moment; it lightly rubs over the ache and you feel a little better very soon. Rico looks sheepish and you can feel a poke of... sadness? No, not sadness... apologious? Yes, probably that.
. . .
Line Break Recognised . . .
"Take care, Eva. We will be back... hm... maybe around four?"
"Okay. Have fun!"
You hug them both goodbye and wave until they are down the street, then close the door and look down at Ludger, who sits still by your side.
You want to work in the garden. But right now is maybe no good...
But... you are home alone. Now is a good time to look at your magic, maybe the best you can have. The basement is dark and scary and wet and bad and dark and you always hit your something there, but it is big and has no windows.
It also stinks because it has no windows, but you can be sure no one will see you. And there is some way for a little bit of air to get inside, you just never found out where it comes from.
There is a sense of air blowing over your face... but that is probably from Rico.
Shaking your head, you try to...push?... the feelings away and concentrate. Big sister always says to not get dis... uh... that word where you do not pay attention because you look at something else. Rico does that a lot.
You carefully wander down the creaking stairs; it smells bad already and you do not know where the light switch is... was it here?
Or there?
Your hand lands in something wet and you squeak while pulling it back. It felt so weird...
Ludger yips from behind and you see him sitting on the lowest step, watching you from where there is still light. Ugh, you do not want to... but it is important...
Taking all your courage together, you reach out again and feel over the walls... there is something... a click and a lightbulb gets on.
Hooray! You did it!
But there is no one to pet your head and praise you... aww...
Ah, focus. Magic.
You slowly enter the room fully and, after a moment of consideration, let Ludger in as well before closing the door. The light is not that strong, but you can see the shelves on the walls and that there is some free room in the middle.
There is the old sleeping bag you and Rico used to share in the shelter, before the war ended. You barely remember it because you were so young at the time... but it was really warm and nice, just like sleeping together yesterday.
You look over the few other things your mother put down here, but most is just stuff you no longer use. Some old shoes, your textbooks and notes from last year -in a pretty cardboard box-, a tent and... huh, what is your shirt doing down here?
You want to take it up, but mother would know you were down here if you did. She always knows, somehow... better not risk it.
Instead, you finish your poking and go into the middle of the room, Ludger still right by your feet. Hm...
"No, Ludger, I need room. Go over there."
He follows your finger and looks into the corner, but stays where he is. You try to make him move with the force of your will... but you only poke Rico with something and get a faint scaredness back... oh... um...
You try to poke her again with reassuring and hope it reaches her, then go back to your problem. Ludger is looking at you again.
"Come Ludger."
If he does not want to go, then you just bring him there. The dog quickly walks after you and into the corner you want him in, then you pet his head. "Now sit."
He sits and you pet him again.
Then you get up and take a step back. "Stay."
You take some more steps and Ludger does stay where he is. Good, you have been training him a lot to do this... it works!
But again, there is no one to praise you... but you can praise Ludger later, so it is okay.
Now, what did you say back there again? The words come to your mind as easily as if you knew them since your birth...
"I am the custodian of all! I am Magical Girl Primordial Moon! Light flows out from you and you can feel it form into that cute suit, then your scepter appears in your hands, half a metre long and pretty.
Ludger stays where he is even after your light is gone... okay, not all is gone. There is some left coming from your wings...... wait, wings?
You try looking behind yourself, but there is only a little bit of light visible... but you know they are there. You know it... somehow. And then you push your arm behind your back to feel for them... yes, they are there. You can feel your hand on something over your back, both from your hand and from whatever it is.
You have wings.
Maybe you can move them?
Trying to poke around does not really work, though. But maybe you can fly anyway?
So you try flying... and take off the ground! There is nothing under your feet and you are flying and everything looks so different and you are flying and this is great and... ow.
You hit your head on the ceiling. Ow...
This hurts. You try not to go higher and stop pushing against the cold stone at once; then you go a little lower and look around, watching the tops of the shelves and the dust on them. You are so far up!
Next you try to fly around, but you are really slow... like when you go shopping with your mother and she wants you to stay next to her. But you can fly around and lie in the air and... okay, turning upside-down was a bad idea. You quickly turn back upwards and shake your head. Ludger is still watching you happily and you fly down to pet him. "There, good boy."
He yips at you, then wiggles away and runs off... only to come back with your scepter in his mouth. Huh, did you drop it?
Seems like you did, it is not there anymore. You pet the dog again and take your weapon, then look at it.
What can you do with that? You have a spell, but you probably can hit things with it, too. Hm... but you can not just hit things in here.
Still, you do some swings and listen to the buzzing air for a moment.
Battle is done in turns; each character has a set amount of actions per turn based on their Attacks Per Turn to move around the battlefield or do other things. Attacking takes up one action per attack.
(Primordial Moon: +10 Base Damage, -10 Not really trying, +5 dice = 5 Total Damage)
Base Damage is the regular damage of whatever you are doing.
The malus for "Not really trying" is a situational modifier due to the nature of what Eva is doing; all kinds of situations in a fight can lead to those, some positive and some negative.
"dice" is the bonus added from your Magic Modifier in form of a rolled die, the number of its sides equal to the Magic Modifier; this is basically your magic putting more weight into the attack. The same goes for defense.
(Air: +0 Base Resilience, +5 Nothing to Hit = 5 Total Damage Reduction
0 Final End Damage)
It... feels just like waving a stick around. Just that your scepter is a bit heavier than sticks.
After a minute or two, you are too bored and decide to do something else; maybe your weapon can do something cool?
Unfortunately, staring at it intently does not make it tell you. You stop before you accidentally poke Rico again and wonder what it might do. But you have no real idea, so you leave that be and decide to do some magic now.
You have a healing spell, so... you are probably supposed to help and heal others. Maybe you can be strong and protect Rico? That would be nice...
Why are you feeling like laughing... oh, ahh! She heard what you just thought!
How embarassing...
You drop your weapon and hide your face in Ludger's side, the dog licking your arm and yipping a few times. At least he is soft and cute and warm... you cuddle a little longer and then let go again, then pet his head.
Then you realise that you left your scepter on the ground again.
As you get up to get it though, it just disappears and is suddenly in your hand again.
Oh, that is nice! Now you will never lose it!
Weapons as well as spells have Abilities of their own, mostly centered around their effect. Due to your Moonlight Scepter's "Return", you can recall the weapon to your hand from everywhere.
Additional Abilities can be unlocked either in the Shop, if there are any, or by increasing a weapon's level.
You like this.
Anyway, back to magic. How was the spell's name... ah, yes.
"Soothing Moonlight!"
Pretty light quickly wraps around the shelf you aimed it at... and does nothing. Huh, it is a healing spell, but the shelf is not hurt. You think, at least.
Can you cast it on yourself? It seems to go to where you point your weapon, so maybe if you switch around and point it at yourself... "Soothing Moonlight!"
(Soothing Moonlight: +36 Base Heal, +2 dice = 38 Total Damage Healed
Primordial Moon Health: 92 + 38 = 100 Health)
Your whole body is filled with warmth and the stinging in your side stops completely. You carefully touch it, but the wound you had there is completely gone; that is nice, too. You can make people unhurt and heal them.
Spells are separate from regular attacks.
Regularly, everyone can only cast one spell per turn. There are Abilities that change this, but you do not have any at the moment.
Hm... you feel really good now... but maybe you can make it feel better?
With that thought, you turn your weapon towards your chest and cast Soothing Moonlight again... but nothing happens, the warmth just flows through you for a moment and then goes away.
"Aww..."
So you can not do more with that... but at least it helps a lot already. Huh, is there anything else you can do right now? Rico is not there and you do not think you have anything else to do... so that means you can fly around some more until they come back, right?
You think that is what it means.
. . .
Line Break Recognised . . .
You are now Rico Vescovi, on your way back home and... confused, yes. Confused. And a bit angry... and jel...ly? jellus? Whatever.
While you went around with your mother to buy groceries and talk to the people there, Eva had lots of fun back at home. You could feel it... and you dropped an apple you were holding when she poked you before, that was not fun...
Anyway, the point is that your sister had fun without you... you can tell from how much fun she felt she had. And you got some feelings of flying and felt all warm two times, too.
It is not fair... but you already decided to forgive Eva. It is okay if it is your sister.
Now that you are almost home, you try to poke her and try to tell her to stop playing in your head, but... it does not work. You really need to make that work.
There is some confusedness coming back and you poke her again, almost tripping because you have to concentrate. You stumble, but the hand holding yours keeps you upright; your mother smiles down at you and stops for a moment, then you both go on together again.
Hm... okay, Eva could play, but you had your mother for yourself for a bit. Her hand is really strong and warm.
You smile up at her as you walk and it does not take much longer until you are back home. Your mother unlocks the door, unleashing a happy corgi upon the both of you while you enter.
Eva comes in from the living room with a wide smile. "You're back!"
Then she shoots over to you and takes the bag you were holding before bringing it into the kitchen. You take off your shoes and put them back onto the rack, then pet Ludger for a bit and follow your sister.
Your mother is already in the kitchen by that time, looking through the things she bought and putting them into the fridge. Eva is bouncing around and looks at everything you brought.
"Did you have fun while we weren't here, dear?"
"Yup! I had lots of fun! But now I want to do stuff... mommy, where is my shovel? And the gloves?"
Eva slows down and looks back up at your mother, who looks back and into her eyes for a moment. "You want to work the garden with your injuries?"
Oh.
"Um... yes? It is not that bad... and I just want to pull out some weeds I didn't invite to live with my flowers!"
She is quiet for a moment... and then she laughs and hides her mouth behind her hand. "Oh my, Eva. Okay, your things are in the basement; I go and get them when I'm done here... but you only pull weeds."
Then she turns to you. "Do you mind watching your sister, to make sure she doesn't overwork herself?"
It is not so much overworking... Eva just has lots of fun when doing these things for some reason you do not get, so she does not stop.
"Okay!"
You do not mind... with what you wanted to do, staying near your sister sounds like a good idea anyway. So you help putting things into the fridge to make things go faster.
When your mother goes down into the basement to get Eva's things, your twin grabs your hand and beams at you. "I can fly, Rico!" "Really?!"
Eva nods happily and you jump a little with her.
So that was... oh, how mean! You want to fly, too!
...hm... maybe you can? You have to test that.
But later. Now it is time for other stuff... even if you would rather just fly around for a bit. That must be great!
Once your mother is back, Eva puts on her dirty gloves and takes her small shovel, then runs out to slip into her gumboots.
And then she is out of the door, so you quickly follow her.
The patio is big enough for a few chairs and a small table next to the door, so you get yourself one and sit down, watching as Eva starts to crouch next to her bed of flowers; it is right next to the vegetables your mother grows.
While your sister starts pulling on the weird weeds that always pop up, you get going as well and... well, what do you do?
This is still so weird to think about, you can feel what your sister feels and she feels what you feel and you are both hurt when one is and... hm... you also sometimes feel as if you did something when it was actually Eva.
Hm...
Instead of pushing something to her, you try pulling instead. There is flickering confusion and Eva looks over to you, but you just smile back and act as if nothing happened; so she felt that...
A cheerful yip behind you and the tapping of paws on the ground tell you that Ludger is out of the house. You turn and find him with his collar and leash; your mother walks out of the door a moment later, closing behind herself. "I'm taking the dog for a walk while you're busy."
""'Kay!"" "Woof!"
You wait until she is out of sight before you continue 'pulling' on Eva... until you feel something react... but nothing happens. Your sister looks over to you again, another pulled weed in her hand. You tilt your head in wonder and pull some more... and then your... no, Eva's arm moves to the side. She eeps and tries to stop it from moving and you quickly let go of whatever you had been pulling on there. "Sorry!"
Your sister shily moves her arm back and looks at her right hand, then back up at you.
Then she looks around; no neighbours... okay, the next actual house is fifty metres away, but still.
"How did you do that?"
She tries to be as quiet as possible while asking... it is probably better to do that, too. If someone hears, you might be in trouble.
"I... uh... I pulled instead of pushing?"
"Huh... um... like this?"
And then you feel something glomp on you. It is there and not at the same time and... and it feels like Eva. And it is warm...
And then it gets stronger, and your leg feels weird and moves up until your knee is at your chest; Eva looks in wonder... you can still feel your leg, but you did not move it... or did you? Weird...
The glomping gets weaker again and your leg stops feeling weird. You put it back down and Eva looks at her arm again... then she goes back to her plants.
But you can feel her pulling you back in and do the same... this is interesting, too.
. . .
Line Break Recognised . . .
When Eva is done pulling weeds, the sun already started to set... but you learned a lot! You can move her arms and legs and she can move yours... and you even can look through your sister's eyes if you concentrate!
Talking in your head still does not work, though...
Anyway, the two of you get back inside and Eva wipes her sleeve over her sweaty forehead. She is dirty and smells now... you do not mind, but she probably wants to wash herself now.
Thinking of which... you probably should do that, too. It has been three days again.
[] Go bathing...
-[] Together
-[] Seperately
You have some time to spend after dinner and before bed. Pick one:
[] Work some more on your mind-connection
[] Watch TV with your mother
[] Turn in early
[] Play with Ludger [] Run away, you are no longer safe here
[] Go read your schoolbooks for interesting things you might need
[] Write-in
[] EXP Plan
-[] Write-in what to buy
-[] Save it
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+5xp I believe I can fly (only Eva)
+2xp No Weeds Allowed (only Eva)
+1xp Went Shopping (only Rico)
+3xp Big Sister is Watching You (only Rico)
+2xp Actually Decided to Work By Herself (only Rico)
+1xp Basic Experimentation
+3xp I am The Big Sister
EXP gained: 11 + 10 = 21 Total EXP: 51
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(Primordial Sun and Primordial Moon gained a new Ability)
Sun & Moon: New Ability
Incompetent:
-Every attack in melee loses 80% of its Base Damage
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Just so you guys know, I previously played with the idea of tying their transformations together; meaning that when one transforms, so does the other automatically.
Be glad I did not actually implement that.
[X] Go bathing...
-[X] Together
[X] Work some more on your mind-connection
-[X] Try to control what is sent and received. Getting poked or hurt at a bad time is making Mom look at you funny.
[X] Buy Protective Silhouette
Less confusing that way.
The twins are slipping up a bit, and mom's starting to notice when they get distracted or hurt without cause. They need to control the connection better.
So don't take any risky unusual actions. The mind link works fine in bedroom with no overt sign, but kids going into a place they are known to be afraid of is going to make mom notice
So don't take any risky unusual actions. The mind link works fine in bedroom with no overt sign, but kids going into a place they are known to be afraid of is going to make mom notice
[X] Work some more on your mind-connection
-[X] Try to control what is sent and received. Getting poked or hurt at a bad time is making Mom look at you funny
-[X] Do it in your room when mom isn't watching
--[X] Make it look like you are just playing around.
And the mother will know. She will definitely know now and I hoped that Naron wouldnt think about that thing with the self-heal. Besides the suggestion of veekie is a good one with the send and received things. Even when our mother knows she will love us (she is a good mother), but we cant afford to be found out by anyone else.
PS: I will add most things you specify with that mind-connection option within my own vote. YOU made me do this.
[X] Work some more on your mind-connection
-[X] Try to control what is sent and received. Getting poked or hurt at a bad time is making Mom look at you funny
-[X] Do it in your room when mom isn't watching
--[X] Make it look like you are sleeping in case she comes in
[X] EXP Plan
-[X] Protective Silhouette
Together Forever
I'm going to add one more for work on mind-connection , better to be safe than sorry
Edit: edit edit here it is < nice one king
[X] Work some more on your mind-connection
-[X] Try to control what is sent and received. Getting poked or hurt at a bad time is making Mom look at you funny
-[X] Do it in your room when mom isn't watching
--[X] Make it look like you are sleeping in case she comes in
[X] EXP Plan
-[X] Protective Silhouette
I'll do you one better. If we are going to be careful as hell about this, may as well do it all the way.
I don't remember when pretending to be asleep has fooled any parent, ever.
But it is pretty normal thing to be pretending, all things considered. It does, however, suggest that you were up to something you'd rather keep a secret. Like a pillow fight. Dunno.
[X] Work some more on your mind-connection
-[X] Try to control what is sent and received. Getting poked or hurt at a bad time is making Mom look at you funny
[X] Go bathing...
-[X] Together
[X] EXP Plan
-[X] Protective Silhouette
[X] Work some more on your mind-connection
-[X] Try to control what is sent and received. Getting poked or hurt at a bad time is making Mom look at you funny
-[X] Do it in your room when mom isn't watching
--[X] Make it look like you are just playing around.
