As for whether its appropriate...Julia seems stuck. She's not moving anywhere until something changes the map, like with Ana. Adding her to the link is less forcing her to unshell, but to actually feel for herself that we aren't doing this out of a sense of obligation.
By taking her to our hometown and linking with her(and whatever the questers say, we have word of QM if its not the right time it wouldn't be on the purchase list)
I wouldn't be arguing too strenuously to sway anyone who specifically doesn't want it, as its a matter of personal opinion, but I think a trip to our home is one of the best opportunities to do so. It's well...a bonding moment, and one that'd be much improved by her not spending the entire time since we took her home, effectively sulking.
Your other reasoning aside, I have to veto this.
For one, Strength's group is not yet back; Chitin Dancer is not available.
For two, Pris will not take Ludger on a trip that includes at least 5 hours of flight; she did it on the journey to New York, but only because she had to.
For three,
They are fourteen, so no.
That aside, keep in mind that any journey by car would be quite a bit longer than by air; you would have to keep to unmaintained streets and -more importantly- have to make a wide bow around the Adriatic See to get to Italy.
One thing that is possible is having everyone ride Ana's Caterpillar form. Leveling her transformation spell would also increase its flight speed to make the trip shorter.
One thing that is possible is having everyone ride Ana's Caterpillar form. Leveling her transformation spell would also increase its flight speed to make the trip shorter.
[X] [Group] Primordial Sun, Primordial Moon
-[X] Ludger
-[X] Older Eva
-[X] Older Rico
-[X] Ana
-[X] Julia
[X] [Travel Plan] How do you get to Verona?
-[X] Fly there on Ana. See if you can get someone to build a harness for Big Eva and Big Rico, and a backpack carrier so that Ludger can sit more comfortably rather than be carried.
[X] [EXP Plan] Plan Bigger Orbits
-[X] Joint - Harmonious Incorporation - The Heroine - 1500 XP
-[X] World Eater - Life Sense 5 -> 6 - 50 XP
-[X] World Eater - Life Sense 6 -> 7 - 60 XP
-[X] World Eater - Life Sense 7 -> 8 - 70 XP
-[X] World Eater - Life Sense 8 -> 9 - 80 XP
-[X] World Eater - Life Sense 9 -> 10 - 90 XP
-[X] World Eater - Advanced Life Sense - 400 XP
-[X] World Eater - Prepare the Feast 10 -> 11 - 100 XP
-[X] World Eater - Prepare the Feast 11 -> 12 - 110 XP
-[X] World Eater - Prepare the Feast 12 -> 13 - 120 XP
-[X] World Eater - Prepare the Feast 13 -> 14 - 130 XP
-[X] World Eater - Prepare the Feast 14 -> 15 - 140 XP
-[X] Moon - Neverending Moonlight - 450 XP
[X] [Group] Primordial Sun, Primordial Moon
-[X] Ludger
-[X] Older Eva
-[X] Older Rico
-[X] Ana
-[X] Julia
[X] [Travel Plan] How do you get to Verona?
-[X] Fly there on Ana. See if you can get someone to build a harness for Big Eva and Big Rico, and a backpack carrier so that Ludger can sit more comfortably rather than be carried.
[X] [EXP Plan] Neverending Mysteries + Caterpillar Airlines
-[X] World Eater - Life Sense 5 -> 10 (350 XP)
-[X] World Eater - Advanced Life Sense (400 XP)
-[X] World Eater - Prepare the Feast 10 -> 15 (600 XP)
-[X] Purchase Event Horizon (1000)
-[X] Purchase Reflected Godlight (750)
-[X] Purchase Neverending Moonlight (450)
[X] [Group] Primordial Sun, Primordial Moon
-[X] Ludger
-[X] Older Eva
-[X] Older Rico
-[X] Ana
-[X] Julia
[X] [Travel Plan] How do you get to Verona?
-[X] Fly there on Ana. See if you can get someone to build a harness for Big Eva and Big Rico, and a backpack carrier so that Ludger can sit more comfortably rather than be carried.
[X] [EXP Plan] Neverending Mysteries + Caterpillar Airlines
-[X] World Eater - Life Sense 5 -> 10 (350 XP)
-[X] World Eater - Advanced Life Sense (400 XP)
-[X] World Eater - Prepare the Feast 10 -> 15 (600 XP)
-[X] Purchase Event Horizon (1000)
-[X] Purchase Reflected Godlight (750)
-[X] Purchase Neverending Moonlight (450)
[X] [Group] Primordial Sun, Primordial Moon
-[X] Ludger
-[X] Older Eva
-[X] Older Rico
-[X] Ana
-[X] Julia
[X] [Travel Plan] How do you get to Verona?
-[X] Fly there on Ana. See if you can get someone to build a harness for Big Eva and Big Rico, and a backpack carrier so that Ludger can sit more comfortably rather than be carried.
[X] [EXP Plan] Neverending Mysteries + Caterpillar Airlines
-[X] World Eater - Life Sense 5 -> 10 (350 XP)
-[X] World Eater - Advanced Life Sense (400 XP)
-[X] World Eater - Prepare the Feast 10 -> 15 (600 XP)
-[X] Purchase Event Horizon (1000)
-[X] Purchase Reflected Godlight (750)
-[X] Purchase Neverending Moonlight (450)
Adhoc vote count started by Faraway-R on Jun 27, 2018 at 5:10 AM, finished with 4860 posts and 7 votes.
[X] [Group] Primordial Sun, Primordial Moon
-[X] Ludger
-[X] Older Eva
-[X] Older Rico
-[X] Ana
-[X] Julia
[X] [Travel Plan] How do you get to Verona?
-[X] Fly there on Ana. See if you can get someone to build a harness for Big Eva and Big Rico, and a backpack carrier so that Ludger can sit more comfortably rather than be carried.
[X] [EXP Plan] Plan Bigger Orbits
-[X] Joint - Harmonious Incorporation - The Heroine - 1500 XP
-[X] World Eater - Life Sense 5 -> 6 - 50 XP
-[X] World Eater - Life Sense 6 -> 7 - 60 XP
-[X] World Eater - Life Sense 7 -> 8 - 70 XP
-[X] World Eater - Life Sense 8 -> 9 - 80 XP
-[X] World Eater - Life Sense 9 -> 10 - 90 XP
-[X] World Eater - Advanced Life Sense - 400 XP
-[X] World Eater - Prepare the Feast 10 -> 11 - 100 XP
-[X] World Eater - Prepare the Feast 11 -> 12 - 110 XP
-[X] World Eater - Prepare the Feast 12 -> 13 - 120 XP
-[X] World Eater - Prepare the Feast 13 -> 14 - 130 XP
-[X] World Eater - Prepare the Feast 14 -> 15 - 140 XP
-[X] Moon - Neverending Moonlight - 450 XP
[X] [Group] Primordial Sun, Primordial Moon
-[X] Ludger
-[X] Older Eva
-[X] Older Rico
-[X] Ana
-[X] Julia
[X] [Travel Plan] How do you get to Verona?
-[X] Fly there on Ana. See if you can get someone to build a harness for Big Eva and Big Rico, and a backpack carrier so that Ludger can sit more comfortably rather than be carried.
[X] [EXP Plan] Neverending Mysteries + Caterpillar Airlines
-[X] World Eater - Life Sense 5 -> 10 (350 XP)
-[X] World Eater - Advanced Life Sense (400 XP)
-[X] World Eater - Prepare the Feast 10 -> 15 (600 XP)
-[X] Purchase Event Horizon (1000)
-[X] Purchase Reflected Godlight (750)
-[X] Purchase Neverending Moonlight (450)
[X] [Group] Primordial Sun, Primordial Moon
-[X] Ludger
-[X] Older Eva
-[X] Older Rico
-[X] Ana
-[X] Julia
[X] [Travel Plan] How do you get to Verona?
-[X] Fly there on Ana. See if you can get someone to build a harness for Big Eva and Big Rico, and a backpack carrier so that Ludger can sit more comfortably rather than be carried.
[X] [Group] Primordial Sun, Primordial Moon
-[X] Ludger
-[X] Older Eva
-[X] Older Rico
-[X] Ana
-[X] Julia
[X] [Travel Plan] How do you get to Verona?
-[X] Fly there on Ana. See if you can get someone to build a harness for Big Eva and Big Rico, and a backpack carrier so that Ludger can sit more comfortably rather than be carried.
[X] [EXP Plan] Neverending Mysteries + Caterpillar Airlines
-[X] World Eater - Life Sense 5 -> 10 (350 XP)
-[X] World Eater - Advanced Life Sense (400 XP)
-[X] World Eater - Prepare the Feast 10 -> 15 (600 XP)
-[X] Purchase Event Horizon (1000)
-[X] Purchase Reflected Godlight (750)
-[X] Purchase Neverending Moonlight (450)
[X] [Group] Primordial Sun, Primordial Moon
-[X] Ludger
-[X] Older Eva
-[X] Older Rico
-[X] Ana
-[X] Julia
[X] [Travel Plan] How do you get to Verona?
-[X] Fly there on Ana. See if you can get someone to build a harness for Big Eva and Big Rico, and a backpack carrier so that Ludger can sit more comfortably rather than be carried.
[X] [Group] Primordial Sun, Primordial Moon
-[X] Ludger
-[X] Older Eva
-[X] Older Rico
-[X] Ana
-[X] Julia
[X] [Travel Plan] How do you get to Verona?
-[X] Fly there on Ana. See if you can get someone to build a harness for Big Eva and Big Rico, and a backpack carrier so that Ludger can sit more comfortably rather than be carried.
[X] [EXP Plan] Neverending Mysteries + Caterpillar Airlines
-[X] World Eater - Life Sense 5 -> 10 (350 XP)
-[X] World Eater - Advanced Life Sense (400 XP)
-[X] World Eater - Prepare the Feast 10 -> 15 (600 XP)
-[X] Purchase Event Horizon (1000)
-[X] Purchase Reflected Godlight (750)
-[X] Purchase Neverending Moonlight (450)
[X] [Travel Plan] How do you get to Verona?
-[X] Fly there on Ana. See if you can get someone to build a harness for Big Eva and Big Rico, and a backpack carrier so that Ludger can sit more comfortably rather than be carried.
[X] [EXP Plan] Plan Bigger Orbits
-[X] Joint - Harmonious Incorporation - The Heroine - 1500 XP
-[X] World Eater - Life Sense 5 -> 6 - 50 XP
-[X] World Eater - Life Sense 6 -> 7 - 60 XP
-[X] World Eater - Life Sense 7 -> 8 - 70 XP
-[X] World Eater - Life Sense 8 -> 9 - 80 XP
-[X] World Eater - Life Sense 9 -> 10 - 90 XP
-[X] World Eater - Advanced Life Sense - 400 XP
-[X] World Eater - Prepare the Feast 10 -> 11 - 100 XP
-[X] World Eater - Prepare the Feast 11 -> 12 - 110 XP
-[X] World Eater - Prepare the Feast 12 -> 13 - 120 XP
-[X] World Eater - Prepare the Feast 13 -> 14 - 130 XP
-[X] World Eater - Prepare the Feast 14 -> 15 - 140 XP
-[X] Moon - Neverending Moonlight - 450 XP
Only now do I realise I completely missed out on letting Forsaken God, who is Chinese, fawn over Ludger and say he "is so cute I could eat him right up"...
Only now do I realise I completely missed out on letting Forsaken God, who is Chinese, fawn over Ludger and say he "is so cute I could eat him right up"...
Only now do I realise I completely missed out on letting Forsaken God, who is Chinese, fawn over Ludger and say he "is so cute I could eat him right up"...
Advanced Catalyst
-The Sunlight Scepter's Magic Modifier is doubled.
Primordial Sun: New Ability
Event Horizon
-(Passive) Primordial Sun's Magic Modifier is doubled; this Ability can not be negated while active.
-(Active) Become immune to any means of detection and all outside influences while this Ability is active; directly interacting with something deactivates it. Once deactivated, this Ability can not be reactivated for 3 turns.
Primordial Moon: New Ability
Lit Moon (Lvl 3)
-During the night, Moon may cast an additional number of Spells equal to this Ability's level per turn.
-This Ability's level is a fifth of the lower level between Soothing Moonlight and Become Whole Again, but not lower than 1
Primordial Moon: New Ability
Reflected Godlight
-Take no damage from your own Spells. Whenever Primordial Sun casts a Spell, Moon may auto-cast the same Spell at halved effectiveness as a free action; this does not count toward your Spell-limit.
Life Sense
Level 10
-Can sense living beings within 1,000m of yourself; capable of distinguishing different beings, exactly determining their size, distance, and movements; can not sense anything smaller than a mouse
-Remains active even when untransformed and during Caterpillar Mode
It takes half a day to prepare everything, but Arc does leave you with a harness to put on Ana's caterpillar-form; she is the only one big and strong enough to carry three people and a corgi, though she does grumble about being your packmule half the time.
Your choices in who to take along are rather intuitive too, without counting Julia, that is. All your sisters and your dog are coming. And your current roommate, who was pretty bewildered when you asked her to come along. You do want her with you, though; maybe the trip will help clear her head a little.
"I'm not sure this is safe..."
It is now dusk as you finish outfitting your sister; Julia seems decidedly unhappy about these arrangements, though Rico and Eva seem more than thrilled about the ride. Ludger wags his tail but probably has no idea what is actually going on. He is just happy to get out a bit more.
Spikes of annoyance and pain come from Ana as well; her sense for all things alive doubled in range over night and became much more clear for her. The only saving grace for the poor thing was that you are far above ground and she can only pick up things from a small amount of surface area, so the amount of sensations is not much increased at the moment, only their intensity. Another headache for Ana.
"Don't worry, Julia. We will be fine," you reassure your friend with a slap on her shoulder and a smile. "I'll catch you if you fall."
"Joy..."
You are rather sure this is sarcasm, the fact she uses it at all giving you an idea how unhappy Julia actually is. She does come along with you, though. Everyone mounts up and you steadily rise into the sky a moment later, three girls huddled into the impromptu seating around you and Ludger in the middle. Rico whoops and you join her while spying Autumn take off a little to the side; she raises her scythe at you in greeting before vanishing, magic whisking her away.
You wonder whether she is going to get Strength now, but push the thought aside to enjoy your ride. Ana needs a while to get it right, bumping you from time to time when she wants to go higher or lower. Journeying above the clouds is incredible and also allows you to stay mostly undetected. Wind picks up at times, but the girl who made this thing is called Grand Architect for a reason; it holds perfectly fine.
Further and further you go west, passing plains and hillsides and even the Adriatic Sea separating Italy's southeast from the continent proper. Navigating is not really difficult with everyone helping out; the travel map you drew up becomes useful already, as does the compass.
And then, long before noon, you think you finally reached it. The Adige is your first big clue... and the only one, really. Everything looks much different when seen from above, though the city in the distance has a few abandoned, crumbling districts and vast fields surrounding it. People are getting to work, but you see no children. Looking at the time... oh.
"It's Monday, isn't it?"
"I think so, why do you ask?"
"...all my friends are in school now."
There is a moment of baffled silence before Rico and Eva both break into laughter, which you respond to with a doubled pout. Ana keeps hovering as you asked her to, allowing everyone to get a good look. You ponder what to do now, how to make sure this is the place. Then you remember the thing your magic did over the last weeks. "How about we get to the ground for now and I take a look around?"
That immediately wipes the mirth away from your sisters and makes them make strange faces. Julia raises an eyebrow at you as well, nodding at Sun's bright shine. "And how exactly are you going to stay unseen?"
Now it is for you to smirk. "Like this. Event Horizon!"
And just like that, you are gone... and not. It is a really, really weird state you are in now. Primordial Sun is no longer visible even to Primordial Moon's eyes, having become perfectly invisible and intangible. You gently slip right through Ana's belly -with your eyes closed because eww- while everyone else stares at the place your brighter body used to be. So while you descend to the ground unseen, you use the time to explain properly: "I got it some time last week and had no good opportunity to show you before. Event Horizon makes Sun vanish to all senses; not even Ana's life sense could pick her up now and nothing can hurt her, either. That is a two-way street, though; I can't interact with anything or anyone. If I do, it immediately dissolves. But it is neat for scouting... and I can phase through walls and all the other stuff just like that as long as I want to go through."
You are already halfway down, the connection with Ana the only thing still working; it is a powerful combination, one body completely imperceivable and another far away to relay your findings. You are a little sad about getting this only now, seeing that it would have been great to have sooner... but there is no sense crying over it.
"That is... well, a little niche in its applicability, but I can still think of a few interesting ways to use such an Ability," Julia allows while slowly relaxing again. She continues to ponder quietly, though you refrain from reminding her how niche her own stuff is. Reaching street levels, things start to look familiar and you quickly go through two houses before landing in front of a building you know well.
"This is Verona. We can go down, Ana."
Your sister hiccup-groans in response, which is basically a relieved sigh in that form, before gently lowering herself. You are far enough outside of the city not to get noticed despite how fast you descend... and there is mist coming up. Probably Gaia covering for you.
Meanwhile, you look around the school with interest; classes are going on as usual, some a little more difficult than your own in Kibo, some easier... and your own classroom looks just like you remember it, with a history-lesson going on at the moment. The girls are all here, except for Elisa for some reason. You decide to spend a little longer in here while tuning out the teacher, looking around what everyone is doing and giggling over a few funny doodles.
Then you hover through the roof and out to the fields, where the boys are helping out. People are joking with each other as they work, with workloads distributed by age and most being chipper. Someone complains about having too little rain these days... but ultimately, this is it.
So you carry on to find the missing girl; Elisa is always diligent and friendly, so you can not imagine her skipping classes for any normal reason. Maybe, you reason, she became a Magical Girl as well or ran away from home for some other reason. But four Magical Girls at around your age within four months, in the same place? That does not sound right. While Eva and you take off the harness, you also set course to Elisa's house. Your sisters seem eager as well, though they wait patiently. Julia still appears as if she does not fit in, carefully standing guard while the caterpillar flakes away and Ana drops to the ground. "Ugh, remind me not to do that again after we are back. I still want to wiggle..."
"Sad that there's not much to wiggle with just yet," Rico tells her coyly, though she looks away with a snicker once Ana's gaze turns to her. "What?" "Nothing!"
You have the feeling you are missing out on something... and the feeling it was something lewd, considering how Eva and Julia roll their eyes at Rico. They did that a lot lately, though your other self started to mellow out over the weeks. She kept talking to Ming a lot, though.
Your thoughts pause as you finally lay your eyes on the inside of Elisa's house; she is right there at the table with uneaten breakfast in front of her, her father opposite to her and with badly hidden concern on his face. You can understand that, with how listless your friend appears right now. Ana tenses from the sight as well, both of you recalling the kind smile Elisa always offered anyone. This is not like her and neither is her disheveled state.
"You should eat at least a bit, dear. It's not healthy."
"I know, I'm just not hungry..."
Despite her words however, your friend's left hand grabs for the bread... and then you realise what is going on here. Elisa is right-handed... but that hand is not there. It cuts off in a stump halfway hidden by the table and clad in bloody bandages.
The sight breaks your heart almost in an instant, your own sorrow evenly matched by Ana. This is not right and you know it; whatever happened to Elisa was definitely undeserved, be it by people or by bad luck.
"I'm going to compromise my stealth in a moment," you warn the others. Ana just closes her eyes and shrugs, but everyone else looks surprised. "There is at least one thing I need to do right now. How about we just get the reveal over with and head over? You can all detransform, it will be enough if I stay like this."
Then you sit down on the chair in-between father and daughter. "How did this happen?," your voice carries into the room; magic snaps away and weakly dimmed sunlight fills the room, blinding the surprised family. Elisa squeaks in surprise while shielding her eyes, her father doing much the same. You wait patiently and note how your friends and family drop their transformations.
They are already walking when Elisa lowers her arms to squint at you, which makes you feel a little bad. "I'm sorry about the light, I can not really dim it any more."
"W-Who are you?," her father demands as he gets up and around the table to his daughter. "And how did you get in here?"
Elisa shivers in fear, clutching the adult's back with wide eyes... so you simply detransform, taking the light with you and kicking your legs. "An old friend coming for a visit... and as for the how... well, magic."
You offer a sheepish wave while both of your unexpecting hosts gape at you; Elisa did not bring you to her place that often in the past, but her family was always happy to have you. They seem to remember you well enough, though their faces are rather similar to what your sisters get on their way into the city; Moon stays above everyone's heads and somehow avoided detection so far. It makes sense with everyone's attention either on the ground or on the girls wandering down main street.
"Rico? That's you, but... but when? How? I thought-I mean-I..."
Elisa looks like a funny fish and you have to do your hardest not to laugh at her disbelieving expression. Instead you shrug and twirl a strand of hair around your fingers to busy yourself. "Long story... the gist of it is that I was already like this when I left for Germany. And I never reached the place, then traveled around the world because I was found out. Right now I'm back to see everyone here again and I don't like what I found here."
"A-And Eva? What about her?"
Elisa slowly calms down, though her father still looms nearby; you can see how torn he is between welcoming someone who can distract his child, and fear for dangerous magic flying around. You smile up at him. "It's okay, I really am just visiting. I won't pick any fights except to defend myself."
Then you fluidly switch to your old classmate. "It's complicated with Eva and me right now. I can't explain it in short though, but she will be around soon enough. And I brought Ana along, too."
Dropping your sister's name has the intended effect and immediately makes Elisa go along with the change of topic. Before she can ask however, you already start elaborating: "It took a while until I met her again, but she made it away fine. She worked through her problems... mostly," where you poke the snorting Ana with mirth, "and is alright. We are basically living door to door these days and I adopted her as my sister, so she's a Vescovi now."
The stunned silence holds for a while, long enough for a commotion to start up outside; of course you know it is because people started noticing Moon, though the response should be slow at this time of day. You rap against the door from the outside a few times while smirking at father and daughter. "That's the rest of my group, by the way. How about we go outside so you can meet everyone?"
"Wait, I don't-" "Nope!," you interrupt her earnestly and with a boop to the nose, even though you have to lean onto the table to do it. Elisa recoils from the touch and you frown at her. "I can tell something bad happened with your hand, but that doesn't mean you can hole up inside all the time. So either you go get dressed, or I carry you outside like you are."
"Yes, Ma'am!"
And off she goes to her room, almost whimpering while you watch. That was unusual; either she really does not want to be seen in her nightgown, or you finally managed to figure out Bianca's commanding tone. Elisa's father is standing by now, though his expression relaxes with a deep sigh the moment you notice; he calmly walks over to the door and opens up to you, taking in the group with rising eyebrows. Ludger is already running around sniffing his surroundings, but you just let him be for now and smile up at the adult. "Good morning, sir."
Rico salutes playfully while Eva just shakes her head and leans against a nearby wall; a few people are watching from the distance and you use the moment to transform and get out to yourself, immediately banishing all nearby shadows. There is bumbling further down the house before a hastily dressed Elisa comes running; she stops the moment she spots Rico next to you, who gives her a cheerful wave. "What..."
"As I said, a long story. Here, hug Ana instead."
With that you push your sister into Elisa; it is gentle for Moon's new standards, but easily enough to tell her this is a mandatory action and refusal will not be tolerated. Ana sighs before bringing her arms up and around the older girl, who slowly returns the embrace. "Um..." "Yes, I know. She got incredibly weird over the last two months. Thank you for taking care of me all the time, Elisa. I never really said it before."
Once they separate, you switch the Moonlight Scepter to Sun in order to have both hands free. "Now for that hand of yours."
Elisa's expression immediately falls, but she holds out her crippled arm without a fuss. More people are watching by the minute, though you ignore them; the soldiers you keep an eye on, but none of them appears willing to engage you just yet. Elisa relucantly starts while you peel off the bandages: "I... uh... we were scavenging two weeks ago and I... I got it caught in some falling rubble. The doctors said they couldn't do anything to save the hand, so they took it off. I..." "Shh, it's okay. You will be okay," you soothe her while gathering magic. It is easier than ever before. "Become Whole Again," your whisper almost echoes through the quiet street. Magic surges from your fingertips, running through your friend. Elisa tries to squirm, but your other hand keeps her in place.
(Become Whole Again: +1556 Base Heal, no dice = 1,556 Total Damage Healed
Elisa Health: 100 + 1,556 = 1,656
Missing Hand Restored)
Everyone gathered watches in awe as Elisa's flesh begins to grow out of the unappetising stump, glowing with actinic light as energy surges through her entire body. Fingers reform within moments and the Spell completes, leaving behind a faintly glowing girl staring at the restored limb in shock. Elisa slowly flexes her fingers one by one and you let go so she can turn her arm to inspect the back. Your vice-like grip left a few bruises on her arm, which you quietly apologise for.
"I love my magic for things like these," is your final comment while the crowd continues to watch from a distance and more soldiers appearing by now. Once they get explained what is going on however, most of their aggressive stances drop and a middle-aged man walks up to you with just the tiniest bit of hesitation. "What is the meaning of this?"
He was talking to one of the older girls, but they all just quietly point at you for explanations. So you rise into the air a little bit and offer a friendly smile. "Just visiting my old home, sir. There will be no trouble and we will leave at sunset, if that is okay?"
He keeps quiet at that for a long moment, looking from you to your group and to Elisa, who is hugging her father and crying in relief. Then he closes his eyes and turns around. "Make no trouble. Not like we could stop you in the first place."
"Of course."
You barely have time to get back to the ground before being hit by a ballistic Elisa, teary-eyed and beaming with an amount of joy usually reserved for Rico. "Thank you! Oh, thank you thank you thank you-"
You just sigh and rub soothing circles over her back while detransforming. Helping people is what the moonlight does after all.
. . .
Line Break Recognised . . .
You spend the morning talking to Elisa, who continues to grasp things with her restored hand and caresses it like a long lost treasure. Julia and your older selves are looking around in the meantime, but you are content with relaxing for a bit. Seeing that you are equipped with sandwiches for lunch, there is no problems at all.
"It's nice to have you around again, even if it is only for today," she notes with a happy smile. "Everyone was missing you."
"Aww, how sweet." "Even the boys?"
She giggles before nodding, telling you that "Yes, even the boys".
This time Ana chimes in with a teasing poke: "Were you thinking of someone in particular, Pris?"
"...no?"
You really were not, but the assumption tints your cheeks pink; just because Bruno is one of your best friends does not mean you like him that way. Thankfully neither of them says anything and Elisa changes the topic. "I'm a little surprised that you didn't get arrested, though. I mean, I thought..."
She trails off with an embarassed expression, which you wave away. "I guess helping you helped us in that moment... and he was right, you know?" you add with a motion to yourself and Ana, "even though I think he just said it so nobody can blame him for cowardice or somesuch... all the soldiers in the country could not take us down."
"Hm..."
You talk some more about one thing or other until it is time and you get up. "Okay, school let out a few minutes ago. Let's find everyone else!"
And with that you are off, Elisa and Ana tagging along as you reunite with the older girls. Ludger ran off to somewhere else, but you are not worried about him. He is a strong boy.
. . .
Line Break Recognised . . .
The first thing you hear from Bruno once Ana located the others is "Oh there's two of you! Uh... four I mean..."
Rico rolls her eyes at him while you and Eva giggle; everyone else looks a bit more surprised and you just forego the upcoming questions by distributing hugs to them.
The rest of your afternoon is spent with Ana and you recounting your respective journeys. Julia chimes in at times, but mostly leaves it to you. It turns out none of your friends really cares that you are Magical Girls and they even welcome Ana back; they must have thought about this for a long while since you left.
Then everyone goes scavenging together, with you and Eva easily pushing through rubble and clearing streets. It feels as if you were never gone, nice and relaxing and exciting. Some teenagers and adults watch you from time to time, but nobody stays around.
You consider visiting your house, but all personal belongings are no longer there and seeing it empty might make you sad, so you decide not to do it.
The day sadly ends much too soon, with sunset and even an hour of the night passing before you actually move to leave. Your friends stay around to see you off, so now you are all transformed on the main street with people observing from a distance. More hugs are had and you promise to come visit again sometime.
Ana cuts off the sentimentality by sliding to the ground right in front of you, to many gasps from the boys and girls around. Eva and Rico climb her back the moment she stills while you let out the loudest whistle you can. It is answered by a yip and Ludger darting out of the dark a moment later. He comes to stand in front of you, waiting for whatever comes next, so you quickly pick him up and rise to the seats to tuck him in.
Everyone waves as you take off, leaving the city behind with a smile. You will have to take a long detour and go down to rest up a few hours in case someone follows you, but that will be alright. Maybe you can be back in Kibo at noon.
All in all though, you are content with today's events. Elisa is well again, your friends are still your friends... and the people stopped being as jumpy around Magical Girls. Bianca's and Gaia's work are showing.
Event Horizon
-(Passive) Primordial Sun's Magic Modifier is doubled; this Ability can not be negated while active.
-(Active) Become immune to any means of detection and all outside influences while this Ability is active; directly interacting with something deactivates it. Once deactivated, this Ability can not be reactivated for 3 turns.
Reflected Godlight
-Take no damage from your own Spells. Whenever Primordial Sun casts a Spell, Moon may auto-cast the same Spell at halved effectiveness as a free action; this does not count toward your Spell-limit.
Lit Moon (Lvl 3)
-During the night, Moon may cast an additional number of Spells equal to this Ability's level per turn.
-This Ability's level is a fifth of the lower level between Soothing Moonlight and Become Whole Again, but not lower than 1
Life Sense
Level 10
-Can sense living beings within 1,000m of yourself; capable of distinguishing different beings, exactly determining their size, distance, and movements; can not sense anything smaller than a mouse
-Remains active even when untransformed and during Caterpillar Mode
Julia still appears as if she does not fit in, carefully standing guard while the caterpillar flakes away and Ana drops to the ground. "Ugh, remind me not to do that again after we are back. I still want to wiggle..."
"Sad that there's not much to wiggle with just yet," Rico tells her coyly, though she looks away with a snicker once Ana's gaze turns to her. "What?" "Nothing!"
You have the feeling you are missing out on something... and the feeling it was something lewd, considering how Eva and Julia roll their eyes at Rico. They did that a lot lately, though your other self started to mellow out over the weeks. She kept talking to Ming a lot, though.
There is bumbling further down the house before a hastily dressed Elisa comes running; she stops the moment she spots Rico next to you, who gives her a cheerful wave. "What..."
"As I said, a long story. Here, hug Ana instead."
With that you push your sister into Elisa; it is gentle for Moon's new standards, but easily enough to tell her this is a mandatory action and refusal will not be tolerated. Ana sighs before bringing her arms up and around the older girl, who slowly returns the embrace.
The first thing you hear from Bruno once Ana located the others is "Oh there's two of you! Uh... four I mean..."
Rico rolls her eyes at him while you and Eva giggle; everyone else looks a bit more surprised and you just forego the upcoming questions by distributing hugs to them.
The rest of your afternoon is spent with Ana and you recounting your respective journeys. Julia chimes in at times, but mostly leaves it to you. It turns out none of your friends really cares that you are Magical Girls and they even welcome Ana back; they must have thought about this for a long while since you left.
All in all though, you are content with today's events. Elisa is well again, your friends are still your friends... and the people stopped being as jumpy around Magical Girls. Bianca's and Gaia's work are showing.
Nice to see that everyone treated us decently. This day should do good things for improving people's opinions of magical girls, especially if someone started recording stuff and will upload it to the internet.
Reflected Godlight
-Take no damage from your own Spells. Whenever Primordial Sun casts a Spell, Moon may auto-cast the same Spell at halved effectiveness as a free action; this does not count toward your Spell-limit.
Does this theoretically allow for a Sun and Moon to cast a sync spell with their spell actions while at the same time Moon casts a weaker copy of Sun's spell as an automatic free action (possibly even syncing its damage with the sync spell)?
"There is at least one thing I need to do right now. How about we just get the reveal over with and head over? You can all detransform, it will be enough if I stay like this.
Ana cuts off the sentimentality by sliding to the ground right in front of you, to many gasps from the boys and girls around. Eva and Rico climb her back the moment she stills while you let out the loudest whistle you can. It is answered by a yip and Ludger darting out of the dark a moment later. He comes to stand in front of you, waiting for whatever comes next, so you quickly pick him up and rise to the seats to tuck him in.
Does this theoretically allow for a Sun and Moon to cast a sync spell with their spell actions while at the same time Moon casts a weaker copy of Sun's spell as an automatic free action (possibly even syncing its damage with the sync spell)?
