Chronobreak
Chara Appreciator
- Location
- Chicago
- Pronouns
- He/Him
It doesn't work on the phone
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Magical Girl Monster Quest
- Thread starter Walker
- Start date
- Original
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- Tags
- magical girl setting
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Daecl
CURSED BY THE DICE
Rolling...
- Location
- A Place Miserably Bereft of Cats
Goddamnit.
- Location
- Pittsburgh PA
- Pronouns
- He/Him
So a 15, 48, 73 and a 2...
most systems would have that as a fail unless trivial, an average pass, a good pass,... and a crit fail...
most systems would have that as a fail unless trivial, an average pass, a good pass,... and a crit fail...
Ivan the Not-so-Terrible
AH MEW CHEEKI BREEKI I V DAMKE
- Location
- Mikonyan’s USSR
So I just caught up.
Oh my god we're so arrogant.
This is amazing.
And I'm guessing the 2 is gonna be linked to the Mystery Meido. This is gonna be fun.
Oh my god we're so arrogant.
This is amazing.
And I'm guessing the 2 is gonna be linked to the Mystery Meido. This is gonna be fun.
LostDeviljho
Flame Dragon Princess
- Location
- The glorious Pacific Northwest
- Pronouns
- Any
No, a crit-fail is a 1. 2 is "just" a pretty abysmal failure.
Balduran
Smuggest Plague-Bearer
- Location
- a quiet, rainy place
I fail even at failing.
LostDeviljho
Flame Dragon Princess
- Location
- The glorious Pacific Northwest
- Pronouns
- Any
Failing at crit-failing is a good thing.I fail even at failing.
It's the difference between "your sword misses by a mile" and "your sword misses by a mile, instead smashing into the MacGuffin and shattering it, releasing the apocalyptic demon god imprisoned within."
We're the bad guy though. Releasing apocalyptic demon gods is sort of our thing.
LostDeviljho
Flame Dragon Princess
- Location
- The glorious Pacific Northwest
- Pronouns
- Any
Random Member
Gardener of Human Happiness
- Location
- Behind You
If we become King of the world, I'd rather not become the King of a post-apocalyptic world.
chocolote12
A Penguin Flailing Against The Keyboard Of Life.
But if we triple crit-fail, we then proceed to instant-kill the demon by taking him with us.
014 - I saw a shadow of a man creep out of sight
- Location
- [REDACTED]
[X] Try to map out the magical world in the area. You need to know what's happening.
Once you get home, you spend the next little while doing all the tests you can to figure out what on earth could have caused that maid to figure out your...unusual nature. Unfortunately, results are mostly inconclusive. While you do emit a slight metallic scent, it's hardly noticeable unless you know it's there to look for it. Moreover, you only smell metallic instead of gold, so her mention of that specific metal only muddles things further. You sound the same, although you like to think that your Pride gives you a certain...gravitas. You even look similar enough to normal that any changes in coloration can be dismissed as natural variation or tricks of the light.
So how on earth did that maid know?
And come to think of it, what was her name, anyway? You can't just keep thinking of her as "that maid chick", can you? (Well, you can, but that would be rather rude of you.)
You sigh and dismiss these nagging thoughts with a shake of your head. You're going to go take an enthusiastic walk. Hopefully you'll figure something out. Also, this way, you can report that you've been working on reconnaissance as well as developing an information network, proving the sheer diversity of your skillset.
Your first discovery is that the nexus at the jewelry store, the one you watched get destroyed, has been repaired, which is concerning. It means that whichever group has arranged that has the resources to replace a broken detection system with reasonable promptness. That might be a problem, if you decide to take a subtle approach with them. Either you'll have to refrain from using your Sin, lest it be detected, you'll have to be prepared to face their entire might as soon as you trigger their alarm system, or you have to sabotage their system. Honestly, you prefer the last. It seems the most efficient.
You do some more exploring, and find that the network they've established is extensive to say the least. You can understand establishing redundancies across the network, with nexuses (nexii?) overlapping and detecting each other, just in case. You can understand the use of fields over key areas to ensure that if anything happens anywhere interesting, you can see it coming. You can even understand the need for cross-nexus communication, to ensure that the center is not the only location from which the network can be accessed or controlled. However, while you can appreciate the sheer amount of preparation and effort that went into establishing these networks is impressive, even you have to concede that this is perhaps rather too much for what is supposed to be a simple alarm system.
You stand there, simply goggling at the sheer intricacy of this network, when your thoughts are abruptly interrupted. Again. Is there something in the water, perhaps, that makes people enjoy surprising others? Or do people just like to sneak up on you?
"Huh, did someone else find a Remnant before us?" the brunette inquires, visibly shocked. "I thought we were the only ones looking for them, Skopeo."
"no, i don't think he realizes quite what he's looking at. i think he's just a bystander." the other responds. Something is very wrong with her voice. It grates against you, like the sound of nails on a chalkboard. It shouldn't be happening. It's wrong.
"Oh? Well, in that case, you'll probably want to move on, innocent bystander! This area is about to get a lot less interesting, you know!"
"Of course," you reply amiably. "I was just out on a stroll, anyway. No particular objective, I just couldn't sleep."
"well, move on." the dark one responds. "this place is ... private."
"Wait, don't I know you?" The brunette interrupts. You blink at her. Is she really... "I do! Don't you go to Kunugigaoka? You're that new transfer! You're...um..."
You can't help but grin. Your fame is spreading. Excellent.
"Victor Crowne, at your service. A pleasure, miss. And you are?"
"Ah! I'm-" she is interrupted by her blonde friend. "representatives kaleido and skopeo, of THRONE. you should leave the area now. we're trying to work."
"Drop by and say hello at school sometime!" you chirp at the brunette. "It'll only do good things for my ego!"
You wave as you walk away. The one in white waves back, while the blonde just watches silently. As you amble homeward, you note with no small amount of amusement that she appears to be remonstrating with her friend. How gratifying, to know that your fame is already spreading.
You are brought up short on your journey homeward by a rather unexpected occurrence. Namely, two awkward looking individuals lurking outside your apartment looking as shady as is reasonably possible. They do have very nice suits though.
Both of their heads snap around as you loudly walk down the street, with the sort of reaction that suggests they've been trained to react to sudden surprises, but not well enough to hide those reactions. Hmm. You stop about five feet away from them- that is to say, about two and two-thirds meters.
"You seem conflicted. And rather lost." you observe helpfully. "Can I help you?"
They exchange glances, and begin whispering to each other. You can hear their conversation well enough to make out the gist, which is 'do we really want to ask this random kid? well, who else are we going to ask?'
Finally, the silver-haired guy steps forward. "Do you, by any chance happen to live here?"
"I do." You respond. Quietly you consider. Something about this situation seems very very wrong.
"Excellent. We're looking for a certain resident of this building, but he doesn't seem to be home. Could you help us find him?"
These two seem more and more morally dubious, now. You slide one hand to your carefully concealed sword, and slip into a stance.
"That depends. Who are you looking for?" Throughout the entire exchange, your smile remains warmly fixed upon your face. It'd take a better dissembler than these two to realize you might be faking it.
"His name is Victor Crowne. Do you know him?"
...
Well. With a straight line like that, how can you possibly refuse.
"Know him? Why, ladies and gentlemen, you're looking right at him!" you brag with a smirk and an elegant flourish. One which your audience, from the way they're looking at each other, do not seem to appreciate.
"Well, now I just feel bad." Silver murmurs.
His partner does not seem to share his emotions. Get on with it, she motions emphatically.
"Right, sorry about this, kid, but orders are orders. You know how it goes." Silver sighs, as he pulls a pair of black sticks out of his jacket. "Nothing personal, no hard feelings. You just did something to annoy someone higher up the food chain, and now you get screwed for it. Sorry."
Even as he says this, he strikes in a lightning-quick motion of each stick that would be too fast for any normal eye to catch. Unfortunately, you're not normal. To you, he's certainly fast. But. He's not fast enough.
Even as both of his sticks fall, you've slipped to the side, out of their path. Your blade swings around, to the side, and-
"Motherfu-" he gets out, before you cut through him in a single neat slice, severing him at the waist as you slide around to stand behind him. You stay tense until you hear the sound of him falling, and throw a quick glance to make sure that he's down. Which he is, although his skin is crawling in a truly disturbing fashion.
That addressed, you turn back to the woman and start stepping slowly forward. Your every instinct screams at you to beware, to be careful, to be cautious, that this one is a more dangerous for by far. You heed them, stopping at over seven feet away from her. She smiles at you, approvingly.
"Good." she rasps, in a voice like she's been gargling glass.
And then her arms light on fire, from her fists down to roughly mid-forearm. The fire is a pure white, a beautiful unnatural shade that screams its nature for all to see. It wants to hurt. It wants to hurt you, specifically. You can feel it.
You feel it in your bones, and in your Sin. This woman, like you, bears a Sin. That flame of hers...Wrath, you think. The expression of what Kaho might be.
She shows her teeth, as she begins circling towards you. She, at least, is enjoying this fight. You're glad someone is.
You just chopped a guy in half, and his partner is now trying to light you on fire by punching you. What do, SV?
[] Write-in
QM: I'm writing this on a phone, through the flu, so please point out any errors. Also, first actual fight scene where you're involved. Except not really, since he rolled so badly. Hopefully she does better. Also, music suggestions please. You need a theme.
Once you get home, you spend the next little while doing all the tests you can to figure out what on earth could have caused that maid to figure out your...unusual nature. Unfortunately, results are mostly inconclusive. While you do emit a slight metallic scent, it's hardly noticeable unless you know it's there to look for it. Moreover, you only smell metallic instead of gold, so her mention of that specific metal only muddles things further. You sound the same, although you like to think that your Pride gives you a certain...gravitas. You even look similar enough to normal that any changes in coloration can be dismissed as natural variation or tricks of the light.
So how on earth did that maid know?
And come to think of it, what was her name, anyway? You can't just keep thinking of her as "that maid chick", can you? (Well, you can, but that would be rather rude of you.)
You sigh and dismiss these nagging thoughts with a shake of your head. You're going to go take an enthusiastic walk. Hopefully you'll figure something out. Also, this way, you can report that you've been working on reconnaissance as well as developing an information network, proving the sheer diversity of your skillset.
Your first discovery is that the nexus at the jewelry store, the one you watched get destroyed, has been repaired, which is concerning. It means that whichever group has arranged that has the resources to replace a broken detection system with reasonable promptness. That might be a problem, if you decide to take a subtle approach with them. Either you'll have to refrain from using your Sin, lest it be detected, you'll have to be prepared to face their entire might as soon as you trigger their alarm system, or you have to sabotage their system. Honestly, you prefer the last. It seems the most efficient.
You do some more exploring, and find that the network they've established is extensive to say the least. You can understand establishing redundancies across the network, with nexuses (nexii?) overlapping and detecting each other, just in case. You can understand the use of fields over key areas to ensure that if anything happens anywhere interesting, you can see it coming. You can even understand the need for cross-nexus communication, to ensure that the center is not the only location from which the network can be accessed or controlled. However, while you can appreciate the sheer amount of preparation and effort that went into establishing these networks is impressive, even you have to concede that this is perhaps rather too much for what is supposed to be a simple alarm system.
You stand there, simply goggling at the sheer intricacy of this network, when your thoughts are abruptly interrupted. Again. Is there something in the water, perhaps, that makes people enjoy surprising others? Or do people just like to sneak up on you?
"Huh, did someone else find a Remnant before us?" the brunette inquires, visibly shocked. "I thought we were the only ones looking for them, Skopeo."
"no, i don't think he realizes quite what he's looking at. i think he's just a bystander." the other responds. Something is very wrong with her voice. It grates against you, like the sound of nails on a chalkboard. It shouldn't be happening. It's wrong.
"Oh? Well, in that case, you'll probably want to move on, innocent bystander! This area is about to get a lot less interesting, you know!"
"Of course," you reply amiably. "I was just out on a stroll, anyway. No particular objective, I just couldn't sleep."
"well, move on." the dark one responds. "this place is ... private."
"Wait, don't I know you?" The brunette interrupts. You blink at her. Is she really... "I do! Don't you go to Kunugigaoka? You're that new transfer! You're...um..."
You can't help but grin. Your fame is spreading. Excellent.
"Victor Crowne, at your service. A pleasure, miss. And you are?"
"Ah! I'm-" she is interrupted by her blonde friend. "representatives kaleido and skopeo, of THRONE. you should leave the area now. we're trying to work."
"Drop by and say hello at school sometime!" you chirp at the brunette. "It'll only do good things for my ego!"
You wave as you walk away. The one in white waves back, while the blonde just watches silently. As you amble homeward, you note with no small amount of amusement that she appears to be remonstrating with her friend. How gratifying, to know that your fame is already spreading.
You are brought up short on your journey homeward by a rather unexpected occurrence. Namely, two awkward looking individuals lurking outside your apartment looking as shady as is reasonably possible. They do have very nice suits though.
Both of their heads snap around as you loudly walk down the street, with the sort of reaction that suggests they've been trained to react to sudden surprises, but not well enough to hide those reactions. Hmm. You stop about five feet away from them- that is to say, about two and two-thirds meters.
"You seem conflicted. And rather lost." you observe helpfully. "Can I help you?"
They exchange glances, and begin whispering to each other. You can hear their conversation well enough to make out the gist, which is 'do we really want to ask this random kid? well, who else are we going to ask?'
Finally, the silver-haired guy steps forward. "Do you, by any chance happen to live here?"
"I do." You respond. Quietly you consider. Something about this situation seems very very wrong.
"Excellent. We're looking for a certain resident of this building, but he doesn't seem to be home. Could you help us find him?"
These two seem more and more morally dubious, now. You slide one hand to your carefully concealed sword, and slip into a stance.
"That depends. Who are you looking for?" Throughout the entire exchange, your smile remains warmly fixed upon your face. It'd take a better dissembler than these two to realize you might be faking it.
"His name is Victor Crowne. Do you know him?"
...
Well. With a straight line like that, how can you possibly refuse.
"Know him? Why, ladies and gentlemen, you're looking right at him!" you brag with a smirk and an elegant flourish. One which your audience, from the way they're looking at each other, do not seem to appreciate.
"Well, now I just feel bad." Silver murmurs.
His partner does not seem to share his emotions. Get on with it, she motions emphatically.
"Right, sorry about this, kid, but orders are orders. You know how it goes." Silver sighs, as he pulls a pair of black sticks out of his jacket. "Nothing personal, no hard feelings. You just did something to annoy someone higher up the food chain, and now you get screwed for it. Sorry."
Even as he says this, he strikes in a lightning-quick motion of each stick that would be too fast for any normal eye to catch. Unfortunately, you're not normal. To you, he's certainly fast. But. He's not fast enough.
Even as both of his sticks fall, you've slipped to the side, out of their path. Your blade swings around, to the side, and-
"Motherfu-" he gets out, before you cut through him in a single neat slice, severing him at the waist as you slide around to stand behind him. You stay tense until you hear the sound of him falling, and throw a quick glance to make sure that he's down. Which he is, although his skin is crawling in a truly disturbing fashion.
That addressed, you turn back to the woman and start stepping slowly forward. Your every instinct screams at you to beware, to be careful, to be cautious, that this one is a more dangerous for by far. You heed them, stopping at over seven feet away from her. She smiles at you, approvingly.
"Good." she rasps, in a voice like she's been gargling glass.
And then her arms light on fire, from her fists down to roughly mid-forearm. The fire is a pure white, a beautiful unnatural shade that screams its nature for all to see. It wants to hurt. It wants to hurt you, specifically. You can feel it.
You feel it in your bones, and in your Sin. This woman, like you, bears a Sin. That flame of hers...Wrath, you think. The expression of what Kaho might be.
She shows her teeth, as she begins circling towards you. She, at least, is enjoying this fight. You're glad someone is.
You just chopped a guy in half, and his partner is now trying to light you on fire by punching you. What do, SV?
[] Write-in
QM: I'm writing this on a phone, through the flu, so please point out any errors. Also, first actual fight scene where you're involved. Except not really, since he rolled so badly. Hopefully she does better. Also, music suggestions please. You need a theme.
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- Location
- St. Petersburg
This is on the character sheet page.Seems to have spilled over from the last edit.
'surprises'
Haha, so it turned out to be their reaction rolls, after all.
Hm. We seem to have a Monocle on our person. Do we expect it to be of any use in this situation? Does this Sin vision help with the incoming attacks in any way? Normally, abilities are augmented by Sin application...
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Okay, lets see:
1) She's taller than us. naturally. But since she's using fists vs swords, she needs less horizontal room.
2) We have better reach, due to using a sword vs fists
3) Wrath hits hard, but we tank hard. She's using what looks like magic augmented melee however, which isn't so good for our health.
4) We know the terrain better than she does.
5) Using Sin powers would trigger MG detection network. It's probably already ringing.
That looks awfully like a fair fight.
Now, we COULD just flee towards the magical girls from before and let them wipe her out, but that's not very Prideful.
[X] Match her aggression with your own. Strike hard and fast to reduce her mobility, taking advantage of your shorter stature to make attacks that are difficult to guard against, as you maneuver the fight to more favorable grounds. Keep the banter up, goad her into overcommitting on attacks while you bleed her.
1) She's taller than us. naturally. But since she's using fists vs swords, she needs less horizontal room.
2) We have better reach, due to using a sword vs fists
3) Wrath hits hard, but we tank hard. She's using what looks like magic augmented melee however, which isn't so good for our health.
4) We know the terrain better than she does.
5) Using Sin powers would trigger MG detection network. It's probably already ringing.
That looks awfully like a fair fight.
Now, we COULD just flee towards the magical girls from before and let them wipe her out, but that's not very Prideful.
[X] Match her aggression with your own. Strike hard and fast to reduce her mobility, taking advantage of your shorter stature to make attacks that are difficult to guard against, as you maneuver the fight to more favorable grounds. Keep the banter up, goad her into overcommitting on attacks while you bleed her.
Ivan the Not-so-Terrible
AH MEW CHEEKI BREEKI I V DAMKE
- Location
- Mikonyan’s USSR
[X] Stab the guy on the ground in the head.
[X] Match her aggression with your own. Strike hard and fast to reduce her mobility, taking advantage of your shorter stature to make attacks that are difficult to guard against, as you maneuver the fight to more favorable grounds. Keep the banter up, goad her into overcommitting on attacks while you bleed her.
Looks like one of them is half the man he used to be.
[X] Match her aggression with your own. Strike hard and fast to reduce her mobility, taking advantage of your shorter stature to make attacks that are difficult to guard against, as you maneuver the fight to more favorable grounds. Keep the banter up, goad her into overcommitting on attacks while you bleed her.
Looks like one of them is half the man he used to be.
Thozmp
Gets my kicks above the waistline, Sunshine.
[X] Stab the guy on the ground in the head.
[X] Play defensively, ceding ground and keeping her talking (with an aim to find out who sent her if possible) while 'coincidentally' backing over to where those hero-types happened to be with the aim of getting them to mob Victor's assailant. Use Sin as needed to survive intact, but preferably minimized especially around the sensor and any heroes.
[X] Play defensively, ceding ground and keeping her talking (with an aim to find out who sent her if possible) while 'coincidentally' backing over to where those hero-types happened to be with the aim of getting them to mob Victor's assailant. Use Sin as needed to survive intact, but preferably minimized especially around the sensor and any heroes.
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- Location
- Pittsburgh PA
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Stab the guy on the ground in the head.
[X] Match her aggression with your own. Strike hard and fast to reduce her mobility, taking advantage of your shorter stature to make attacks that are difficult to guard against, as you maneuver the fight to more favorable grounds. Keep the banter up, goad her into overcommitting on attacks while you bleed her.
[X] Match her aggression with your own. Strike hard and fast to reduce her mobility, taking advantage of your shorter stature to make attacks that are difficult to guard against, as you maneuver the fight to more favorable grounds. Keep the banter up, goad her into overcommitting on attacks while you bleed her.
- Location
- [REDACTED]
The problem here is that she's being incredibly blatant, so most of what your Monocle's telling you, you already know. For example, she's drawing on a significant amount of Sin, but all of it goes to her arms, and nowhere else. Which...you could have guessed. The other uy is covered in a strange layer of Sin across his whole body, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything.
In your defense, they started it. Which is a remarkably persuasive defense, all things considered. Also, Kaho's family aren't the only group that could be responsible for this. You've attracted the attention of at least three groups in the area.
Actually, the reaction rolls happened behind the scene, as does most combat resolution. This is very much on the scale of a significant failure. It could really only have been worse if it were an actual critical failure (i.e. <1). Your opponent has seen that you are at least capable of exceptional speed and will probably realize the nature of your power the first time she hits you. You're close enough to that mysterious sensor network that you might be setting it off right now. Whoever these people report to are going to realize that they've been incapacitated by a teenager. And finally, you are going to have to deal with the fallout of this fight somehow, which could end very badly for you.Be very grateful for that 94 Daecl rolled.
Hora Hora ~~
[X] Stab the guy on the ground in the head.
[X] Match her aggression with your own. Strike hard and fast to reduce her mobility, taking advantage of your shorter stature to make attacks that are difficult to guard against, as you maneuver the fight to more favorable grounds. Keep the banter up, goad her into overcommitting on attacks while you bleed her.
[X] Match her aggression with your own. Strike hard and fast to reduce her mobility, taking advantage of your shorter stature to make attacks that are difficult to guard against, as you maneuver the fight to more favorable grounds. Keep the banter up, goad her into overcommitting on attacks while you bleed her.
- Location
- CA
[X] Stab the guy on the ground in the head.
[X] Match her aggression with your own. Strike hard and fast to reduce her mobility, taking advantage of your shorter stature to make attacks that are difficult to guard against, as you maneuver the fight to more favorable grounds. Keep the banter up, goad her into overcommitting on attacks while you bleed her.
[X] Match her aggression with your own. Strike hard and fast to reduce her mobility, taking advantage of your shorter stature to make attacks that are difficult to guard against, as you maneuver the fight to more favorable grounds. Keep the banter up, goad her into overcommitting on attacks while you bleed her.
- Location
- Vicksburg, MS
This looks pretty terrible for us. I don't know why we're assuming we can take her; yeah, the other guy died like a chump (possibly), but he was reluctant to strike and had no idea of our capabilities. That's not the case with this lady, and what we have in reserve (general protection from Pride) seems unlikely to overcome the getting torched with brute force issue while we also have no idea what else she holds in stock. Or what's going on with creepy-crawly skin guy. On top of that, the girl is described as more powerful by far.
Also, we're right next to a sensor. Let's not show that all our tricks, that makes it harder for us in the future.
My proposal:
[x] Play defensively, ceding ground and keeping her talking (with an aim to find out who sent her if possible) while 'coincidentally' backing over to where those hero-types happened to be with the aim of getting them to mob Victor's assailant. Use Sin as needed to survive intact, but preferably minimized especially around the sensor and any heroes.
We need to keep our eyes on our objectives. Wasting time with this two-bit grunt can only serve to hurt us. Ideally if we can get her distracted by heros we can double back to the home to grab our stuff and go, the house has been compromised and we don't want to deal with whatever villain of the week from now to eternity.
Also, we're right next to a sensor. Let's not show that all our tricks, that makes it harder for us in the future.
My proposal:
[x] Play defensively, ceding ground and keeping her talking (with an aim to find out who sent her if possible) while 'coincidentally' backing over to where those hero-types happened to be with the aim of getting them to mob Victor's assailant. Use Sin as needed to survive intact, but preferably minimized especially around the sensor and any heroes.
We need to keep our eyes on our objectives. Wasting time with this two-bit grunt can only serve to hurt us. Ideally if we can get her distracted by heros we can double back to the home to grab our stuff and go, the house has been compromised and we don't want to deal with whatever villain of the week from now to eternity.
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