You know I dont think you will realize that you shouldnt take facts from other Quests here and think they will hold true. I am out of this, because even I dont have the endurance to try explain that over and over to you, besides the point Justinkal that YOU are going for the things we dont know, not me. I will be back when you maybe learned your lessen. I cant wait to write my:"I said it."
But please dont cry that this will be unfair. The ones who absolutly resist to learn or think about it shouldnt do that.
1. Remember the bullshit known as Brave Heart. She pulled a new power out of her ass and wrecked Ignition. We needed Judge to stop her without casualties. Someone that isn't part of this escort squad.
2. Never assume safety in numbers. It will always backfire.
1. Remember the bullshit known as Brave Heart. She pulled a new power out of her ass and wrecked Ignition. We needed Judge to stop her without casualties. Someone that isn't part of this escort squad.
2. Never assume safety in numbers. It will always backfire.
Read the rest of my post. My point was that the state of the world and having an escort means that the only situation in which we'd be in real danger soon is if someone like Judge shows up, and if someone like that shows up, no defensive upgrades we have access to right now will help us even the slightest bit.
Uh... no.
She got the new Ability for wrecking Igni like she did. Avatar of Retribution is her own Spell and has always been hers.
Edit: Besides, another reason she got it is that she wrecked quite a few Fables and Myths before; plucking a Legend in one hit just finished what her previous work started.
Uh... no.
She got the new Ability for wrecking Igni like she did. Avatar of Retribution is her own Spell and has always been hers.
Edit: Besides, another reason she got it is that she wrecked quite a few Fables and Myths before; plucking a Legend in one hit just finished what her previous work started.
Eh. My memory is bad. Also, I do enjoy her. I like to jokingly call her Magical Girl Anime Protagonist. Because I don't care that Heros Never Die is a Overwatch quote, it's quite an anime thing to say.
Still enjoy her though.
Adhoc vote count started by DarkKing98 on Nov 29, 2017 at 9:19 AM, finished with 1856 posts and 10 votes.
[X] Spend time with Iron and Mirror; you have been waiting for them a long time!
When you enter however, Red is sitting at one of the tables and... oh, she has Ludger wrapped in a hug. Okay, that is fine, too. You smile at your dog and go do something else, he has everything under control.
Now that you are so close to her, though... huh. "You smell weird, Red..."
Rico can see Soul's eyes narrow over your shoulder and the winged Magical Girl leans in a little until she can smell this weird scent, too. You do not think you ever smelled anything like it before, a bit sweet and... nope, still weird.
But Soul quickly snaps back and focusses on Red. There is a low rumble in her chest and she slowly lets go of you. "Uh... I kind of forgot to shower this morning. We were too busy making up."
Advanced Connection
-Sun and Moon are capable of auto-synchronising their attacks against the same target; both sides know what the other sees and hears. Negates pain-backlash and emotional resonance. More difficult to surprise. Synchronised attacks deal 150% Total Damage.
Sun & Moon: New Ability
Complete Connection
-Anything that one experiences, the other knows about, making them more difficult to surprise. The twins are capable of auto-synchronising attacks against the same target; Total Damage from such synchronisation is doubled
-Capable of pooling ApT for using Skilled, Skillful Dodge or any of their derivatives
New Shop Item unlocked.
[X] Spend time with Iron and Mirror; you have been waiting for them a long time!
[X] Hand of Fate looks interesting, maybe she wants to play?
You wave cheerfully at the new girl. "Hey there, I'm Sun!"
"And I'm Moon!"
"Can we play with you later?"
Hand of Fate looks back and forth, then offers a small smile and nods. Yes!
Great work, Rico!
You blink away the haziness that comes over you for a moment, pushing back the weight from Eva a bit. She is so heavy...
Hey!
But it's true, you're all heavy lying on me! And you flop like a fish!
Boo, you're so mean, Rico...
"Actually", Hand of Fate interrupts your mental bickering with a slightly raised eyebrow. "Would you like to play right now? I'm planning on having a match with everyone in this city anyway."
A match?
Like a fight?
Or maybe a race?
"What do you mean?"
That was Eva, voice steady just like she should... no wait, that was you. "What do we do for a match?"
You can see the others watching, too. Iron and Mirror exchange glances before shrugging. "It's interesting, I guess. The two of us both won."
"That you did", Hand of Fate notes with a weak smile. Then she offers you a single card from her deck. "What do you think, girls? It will take just a moment."
Huh... you look at the Mementos for a moment, but Mirror gives you a thumbs up and nods. Iron stands with her usual expression.
It could be fun.
Of course it will.
Okay, in three.
One, two...
You both grab the card... but nothing happens. The older girl looks down at you with an interested expression. "Both at once? Oh, why not. Set the Board."
And the world around you changes.
Huh?
What?!
Everything is dark for a few moments, then white mist snakes all over the places... only to become opaque and reveal walls of grey a bit further away. Both of you sit on a large chair, holding hands.
Opposite to you at the massive wooden table sits Hand of Fate, with her weird deck in hand. The smile on her face is genuine and she opens her arms wide to encompass the featureless place around you as it becomes a garden. "Welcome to the game. Granted, you will only lose a moment on the outside, no matter how long we play in here."
The scent of flowers and freshly cut grass fills your noses, but you are too busy looking at all the things. No wait, Rico does that. You keep an eye on the older girl; you never saw anything like this before. "What did you do?"
"Hm?"
Hand of Fate points at your surroundings in question, but then she shrugs. "It's my magic, I can create this wherever I want it to be. Having some privacy is nice. Hungry?"
You both shake your head and the girl shrugs, then she has a plate with a piece of cake appear out of nowhere. "Alright then, just tell me when you need anything."
You do not bother her while she eats and join Rico in looking around instead. It smells like your garden, but you can not see or hear any insects. No flies or bees or bumblebees or spiders...
No spiders! Eva, stop!
But spiders are cute...
Nope, they aren't!
Aww...
Rico is a spoilsport. You really don't get why she doesn't like spiders.
The clinking stops before you get to look at more or pluck some of the flowers; with her plate vanishing, Hand of Fate wipes a few crumbs from the table and then pushes two glasses of juice over to your side. "Anyway, let's start with the rules."
Her smile vanishes and she intones with a heavy voice:
"First, once The Game is over, no matter the outcome, neither party will speak about its specifics to another.
Second, neither Magical Girl Hand of Fate nor her opponent's can receive damage while The Game is in session.
Third, no Abilities are functional in this realm.
Fourth, neither Hand of Fate nor her opponents are allowed to attack the other side. Addendum: when one side is found cheating, they lose their protection and may be attacked at will.
Fifth, no time passes on the outside while The Game is in session."
She grows quiet after saying this and you quickly nod once she looks at you. Those rules sound easy enough to keep in mind. No attacking and no cheating and no telling others when you get back out.
"Good to see you understand. It's useful, too... I can play with my opponent's when in battle, after all. Some think attacking me is a good idea before even listening to the rules."
She slowly shuffles the cards she put on the table before, keeping her eyes on you at all times. "We won't take particularly long, though... there is just one Queen in the deck, so you have only one floor to clear."
That makes no sense.
She talks so weird.
The other girl pauses at your confused expressions and sighs. "Sorry, I sometimes forget... give me a moment."
She brings tokens into order and shuffles a few more times, then sets the cards down before taking a sip from her juice. You do the same and -orange! That's orange juice! Cold and sweet and nice!
Rico...
Sorry.
You take the moment to take another look around; there is a blue sky where grey walls were before, the meadow seems to go on endlessly. But the sun above is fake, Rico can tell. There is no light for her to take in.
"This is my Black Deck."
You turn back to your... opponent and watch the cards she is pointing at. They are a dark brown with black rims and four shimmering diamonds on the corners. "In here, the cards draw from your past experiences. On each floor, a number of cards is drawn and will put you into a situation of your past, only that it will go differently based on the choices offered."
She gently picks up half the deck and then turns the card on top of the half on the table, revealing... the creepy spider-thing. "Oh my, whatever that is... anyway, you will choose an option each time a card is given and proceed through the game. You can surrender at any time if it is too much for you."
Surrender? Like giving up?
Why would you have to do that?
"You said there's a queen?"
Rico watches Hand of Fate now, so you look at the cards and the spider-thing and then all around you again. Then you take another sip from your juice.
"The Queens are... peculiar in their existence; I may tell you where they originate from... if you win, that is."
She gives you a smirk and winks while her shadow starts moving and grows upwards from the ground; it wobbles a lot before taking a solid form... becoming a girl. With a scythe.
"...she's standing right behind me, isn't she?"
Hand of Fate rolls her eyes, with the other girl doing the same a moment later before laying a hand on her shoulder. "Greetings, children. I am the Queen of Darkness, forebearer of the court that shall soon be... pfft..."
She snorts before breaking into a giggling fit, dropping her scythe in the process and having to support herself on the table to make sure not to fall. "Ohoho god, never thought I'd get to be all high and mighty like that..."
Hand of Fate sighs before motioning for her. "Right now, she's the only Queen in the deck. The rules allow only for a fixed number of floors that depends on the number of Queens, so you're only going through one regular floor. Plus the last floor, but I will leave that for later."
Uh...
Um...
What is going on?
Your opponent rolls her eyes again and you think you can see a vein throbbing on her temple; the armoured girl finally stops giggling and straightens up again, offering both of you a smile. "I'm looking forward to meeting you later. Until then."
And she turns all black and shadowy again, then flows back down into the ground. Hand of Fate sips from her own juice again and holds up the glass for a moment. "Hm... maybe I should have spiked my drink..."
...why would anyone want to put spikes in their juice? That would hurt a lot, would it not?
"Anyway, let's get started."
The cards start taking off from the table and woosh through the air, forming a circle and then flitting around each other for a bit before coming back together and setting down. "One floor to go through, one event of your past to revisit... I wonder, how strong is your conviction?"
Hand of Fate offers a weak smile as a tiny figure appears on the table, with four cards shifting around it. It is miniature of Eva and you, standing in the center of the cards now. "Take your pick."
The other Magical Girl leans back and crosses her arms in front of her chest, saying no more as she waits for you. Rico looks at the table and so do you. One out of four, but which one?
Can you find out what is on the cards without choosing them? Probably not.
Up, down, left or right?
Just pick what you like, Rico.
Okay...
Your sister takes the figure and carefully puts it down on the card closer to Hand of Fate, who nods slightly. The other three cards start to burn and vanish, their ashes coming together where your figure stood before and forming what looks like a staircase.
Then the last remaining card floats through your figure, right upwards, and turns around for you to see... the sight makes you grow a little cold.
Anastasia's face is looking back at you, scrunched in pain.
"Very well then."
Hand of Fate scrunches her eyes at the card before intoning again: "One fine day as you sit in class, you notice the girl behind you, the same one you are bullied by, clasping her stomach in pain. Before anyone in the room can react, she utters a transformation phrase and turns into a Magical Girl."
Another three cards appear in front of you now, each of them with a sentence written on it.
1) You scream and try to get away.
2) You quietly leave the room.
3) To protect those around you, you transform as well and fight.
Huh?
"Is... is that what we can do?"
"But I want to help her!"
Your fear and Rico's anger don't bother Hand of Fate, she just keeps her hands folded and shrugs. "I told you before that the game has you go different paths. I didn't make these options, either... heh, I'm just the one offering to play."
I don't like her anymore.
But she said it wasn't her?
So what, I don't like this.
Rico...
You look at the cards and try to think of something. She said you can surrender, right? But... but this is just a game, so... running away just because you do not like it is bad.
I don't want to leave Ana...
I don't want to fight her.
What do we do?
"Take your time, the cards have patience."
You look back to Hand of Fate and see her mixing something into her juice, but the bottle vanishes before you get a good look at it. She takes another sip, shudders and nods in appreciation.
. . .
Line Break Recognised . . .
You almost manage to make a choice. But then you think about it again and stop. It happened more than a dozen times by now, you have no idea how much time passed since the cards were laid out.
All of these are bad!
You sigh sadly and look back up to Hand of Fate; she refilled your glasses and gave you a few cookies some time ago and is otherwise watching you quietly. You have no idea what her gaze is about, it is not warm and not cold. Just... maybe curious?
Maybe you can just have her shuffle the cards and choose one at random?
But then it would be no choice you made. This game is about what you would do, right?
Eva, what would we do if we hadn't thought about helping her like we did?
Huh... not fighting, I guess?
Hum... but we wouldn't run, either.
You glance at each other for reassurance and then back down at the cards. Rico just realised that... fighting does not mean killing. Fighting her to make sure she does not hurt anyone sounds like the thing you would prefer doing.
So you slowly tap the third card and make all three vanish in fire again. The main card that hovers in the air starts to shift, turning Ana's face a little more pale and her hair white while smoothing her out some more. Her Magical Girl form...
"You quickly transform as well, stunning the upcoming panic into a deadly silence as three Magical Girls now stand within the classroom. The other girl stares at you wide-eyed and slowly falls over backwards while crawling away. Before you get to say anything though, the screaming starts in earnest and your classmates flee the room."
Another set of cards appears in front of you.
1) Attack the girl anyway.
2) Help her up.
3) Flee by yourselves.
Oh. Thank goodness you were right.
Before Rico's hand can tap down on the second option however, Hand of Fate sighs. "You know, it's pretty creepy how you can sit there and do this without saying a single word. How do you communicate? Or... are those weird twin powers actually there?"
Weird... twin powers?
I don't know what she means. Maybe our magic?
You both shrug and Eva... uh, you explain. "Our magic lets us feel what the other feels and talk in our heads. It's great!"
You get a measuring glance from narrowed eyes in response, though. The other girl taps the table a few times with her index finger before responding: "Weird, this place is supposed to suppress that kind of thing. I guess there are exceptions to that rule. Thanks for telling me, anyway."
She leans back again and watches as you tap the option for helping Ana, you wanted to do this all the time anyway. The card vanishes just like before and the one hovering in the air changes again, now showing an empty room with three people inside of it. There is screaming coming from everywhere this time, though. Hand of Fate nods slowly and continues.
"You walk over to the scared Magical Girl and offer your hand. She crawls away a moment longer, wide eyes on you all the time. But then she blinks and slowly reaches out, as if she could not believe what was happening. You pull her up and tell her now is not the time to stand around talking, you have to..."
1) Flee
2) Fight
Uh...
This is better than you thought it would go, but... where is the option to go find Bianca? Why can't you go find her? Why is the screaming still there?
Ugh... you quickly tap the first option, no fighting other people for no reason. There will be someone to pick you up, it will be fine.
The screams grow a little weaker once Rico taps the card, but now there is the sound of shoes tapping on the ground. Hand of Fate gives you a slow nod before squinting at the card again; now it shows a dirt path leading into a forest.
"She does not resist as you pull her along, following you without care as you run out of the building and through the streets. People that see you panic and flee as well. There are a few soldiers in the distance, but you move faster than them and out of the city. At the end of the day, when the sun sets, the three of you are still together in a forest you don't know. Your old life lies behind you."
No more cards show up; the one that hung in the air gently comes back to the table and becomes... greyed out? Something like that, it keeps lying below your figure now. The ashen staircase shines a little bit and Hand of Fate nods again. "It seems that was a short journey after all. They are never uniform about how long the thread they follow is... no matter, go on."
She motions for the staircase... and you hesitantly take up the figure. Could your story with Ana have gone that way? Would you have sacrificed everything to help her?
Are you that good a person?
You don't know and that scares you. Now that you know more about her, you definitely would have... but back then?
Letting out a shuddering sigh, you set the figure on the stairs and see it swallowed by the ash. Rico rubs your shoulder and warms your thoughts, you are done with this now. At least you hope there will be no more cards like this one.
But then the sky darkens until it is pitch black and a set of candles light up left and right of the table, Hand of Fate offering another smile while straightening up. "A short journey indeed. Yet it always comes to an end as you approach the court."
Mist comes up and clouds your vision... when you can see again, you are standing in a pit of sand with high, black walls to all sides and a chained ceiling. Before you stands the Queen of Darkness, her face calm and devoid of emotion. You can feel your magic bubbling back... so you guess you can use it again.
Before you can do anything else however, Hand of Fate's voice echoes over the battlefield: "As it is, there is only one Queen present. She shall be your downfall nonetheless."
The Queen of Darkness keeps her eyes on you as she caresses her scythe lovingly. "Don't worry girls, I'll eviscerate you gently. You won't die in here even if you lose, anyway."
Then she moves into position. Ah, what do you do?!
[] Write-in a battle plan
[] EXP-Plan
-[] Write-in what to buy
-[] Save it
[X] Spend time with Iron and Mirror; you have been waiting for them a long time!
Okay, before anyone misunderstands: since the girls entered the arena, all their Abilities and Spells are usable again. They were only blocked while at the table.
Rico's Evaluation "Uh... she is creepy..."
The Queen of Darkness
Stats
Health: 2,500
Base Damage: ???
Base Resilience: 200
Magic Modifier: N/A
Night has Fallen When the sun leaves you behind and only a pale moon is left to illuminate your path, all is lost. Fear the dark, my friend.
Level 1
Base Damage: ???
Magic Modifier: ???
Affinity: Darkness
Ability: ???
Abilities
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-???????????????????
Felled by Winter
-Final End Damage from daggers and shortswords is reduced by 50%
...your existence bonus only becomes active in combat? And only when attacked by something else that has one, or when having your growth-Affinity on your attack.
Hehe the mental conversations between the twins is adorable. If people didnt think they were weird before its going to be blatantly obvious soon. Since it says that they know everything that the other knows im assuming that means they share all senses and memories all the time? They dont have to 'look' through the others eyes but instead have it going all the time.
Im wandering how Night has Fallen interacts with Primordial moon considering how the flavor text describes it. "only a pale moon is left to illuminate your path" "Thats cool the moon is all we need."
Hehe the mental conversations between the twins is adorable. If people didnt think they were weird before its going to be blatantly obvious soon. Since it says that they know everything that the other knows im assuming that means they share all senses and memories all the time? They dont have to 'look' through the others eyes but instead having it going all the time.
[ ] Plan Something Fishy
-[ ] First things first, fly up and prepare to evade.
-[ ] Rico tries to burn through the chained ceiling. Eva casts Soothing Moonlight on Queen of Darkness and everything else (target-by-level) to see if anything happens or if she can dazzle her.
-[ ] If nothing useful happens, go to the default response of burning the queen with fire. Reserve the boost for defense just in case.
[] Plan Just Shoot Her
-[] First things first, fly up and prepare to evade.
-[] Try to burn down the Queen with maximum power and throw Eva's Scepter at her at the same time.
-[] Prepare to DODGE if it fails.
The first one shouldn't take more than a couple of turns.
She seemed rather amicable when we first saw her. She'll at least not attack us while we are still trying to talk, I think.
Also Rule 4 might still be in effect? She might count as the other side?
Fourth, neither Hand of Fate nor her opponents are allowed to attack the other side. Addendum: when one side is found cheating, they lose their protection and may be attacked at will.
She seemed rather amicable when we first saw her. She'll at least not attack us while we are still trying to talk, I think.
Also Rule 4 might still be in effect? She might count as the other side?
still, I'd like to keep that fight as in character for the twins as possible which means at least talking first and if/when a fight comes aim for the nonlethal take down.
still, I'd like to keep that fight as in character for the twins as possible which means at least talking first and if/when a fight comes aim for the nonlethal take down.
[X] Plan Something Fishy
-[X] First things first, fly up and prepare to evade.
-[X] Ask the Queen of Darkness if she intends to attack us now, and whether it won't be a violation of rules. Can't we all get along?
-[X] If she persists and tries to attack, Rico tries to burn through the chained ceiling, while Eva casts Soothing Moonlight on everything (target-by-level - SO useful) to see if anything happens.
-[X] If nothing useful happens, go to the default response of burning the queen with fire. Reserve the boost for defense just in case. Eva should see about keeping us all healed in the meantime.
-[X] Most importantly: Don't let Queen of Darkness separate you.
[] Plan Just Shoot Her
-[] First things first, fly up and prepare to evade.
-[] Ask the Queen of Darkness if she intends to attack us now, and whether it won't be a violation of rules. Can't we all get along?
-[] If she persists and tries to attack, try to burn down the Queen with maximum power and throw Eva's Scepter at her at the same time.
-[] Prepare to DODGE if it fails.
-[] Most importantly: Don't let Queen of Darkness separate you.
