AsuraKyoko
The Witch who was known as the Goddess of War
- Location
- Brockton Bay
Oh.
Oh no.
Oh no.
Magical Girl Quest - The Fire That Burns
- Thread starter Rukia
- Start date
- Original
Spectral Waltz
Scatterbrained Writer
- Location
- Walking the Endless Corridors
So... Either this is a dream sequence or we're just getting locked out because Rukia has decided to revive this by going maximum suffering and grimderp.
LostDeviljho
Flame Dragon Princess
- Location
- The glorious Pacific Northwest
- Pronouns
- Any
For those who can't read the last line, like I couldn't until I ran it through a de-zalgo-er:
Her Dream
- Location
- England
"Comfortable there?" She nods against your stomach, a sleepy murmur muffled into your lap as your sister yawns. You gently run your fingers through her hair, shifting a little against the tree you were propped against. Comfortable position acquired, you close your eyes and bask in the sun, the gentle sound of the sea lapping up the beach briefly interrupted by the sounds of things being thrown into the water. You do your best to ignore it, content to take this moment to relax.
CRACK
Your eye twitches as you look at the beach ball gripped tightly in your hand, the brief snap of it breaking the sound barrier as it stopped making your sister curl into you even further. You lift a baleful glare in the direction of the beach, catching sight of Sabina vanishing her sword as Knight-san tries to hide his ten foot frame behind the tiny girl. l̸͔͑ē̴̯̏͠t̷͔͖́͛ͅ ̵̲̻̙̍m̸̖͔͋̕͜ę̷̨̢̠̀̽ ̸̛͉̹̻͌̕h̸̰̗̐ã̴̰̘̱̄̄̑v̸̰̂̽̓ĕ̷͓̓ ̵͍͋t̶̳̉͛͝ḣ̵̖̥͓̄ͅĭ̸͙̘͜s̷̨̬͈̀̽̃
You gently flick the ball in their direction, watching smugly as they do their best to muffle a whine when the ball flies well clear and into the jungle somewhere, the pair of them sharing a glance and speaking at the same time: "Not it." "TOGETHER!"
Your hand returns to your sisters hair and she settles down, her tiny little breaths tickling your skin as you close your eyes. This is how things shoü̴͓l̷̼̀d̶̛̘ b̴̺̓é̴̬̄̓
D̷͙̳̐̎̊ǒ̴̲̥̬n̵̛͔̲̊̈́'̴̧̃̚t̸̡͆ ̴̠̘̽̽͒Ḯ̸̥͝ ̸̦̅̀d̷̦̮͆̆́ḛ̸̼̆̄s̸͕͊̃ẻ̷̻r̸̤̘̍̋͝v̷̰̑̈̃è̵͉ ̶̞͒̊̚à̵̩t̸̻̖̫̅͐͑ ̸̛̤̜̇l̸̳͌é̴̳a̷̲̺̹̕͝s̴̤̆́t̴̝̒̾ ̷͙̽̆̈́t̵͚̣̎͝h̴̩͓̒i̸͙̙͔͊̉̋s̵͔̖̑͜͝
CRACK
Your eye twitches as you look at the beach ball gripped tightly in your hand, the brief snap of it breaking the sound barrier as it stopped making your sister curl into you even further. You lift a baleful glare in the direction of the beach, catching sight of Sabina vanishing her sword as Knight-san tries to hide his ten foot frame behind the tiny girl. l̸͔͑ē̴̯̏͠t̷͔͖́͛ͅ ̵̲̻̙̍m̸̖͔͋̕͜ę̷̨̢̠̀̽ ̸̛͉̹̻͌̕h̸̰̗̐ã̴̰̘̱̄̄̑v̸̰̂̽̓ĕ̷͓̓ ̵͍͋t̶̳̉͛͝ḣ̵̖̥͓̄ͅĭ̸͙̘͜s̷̨̬͈̀̽̃
You gently flick the ball in their direction, watching smugly as they do their best to muffle a whine when the ball flies well clear and into the jungle somewhere, the pair of them sharing a glance and speaking at the same time: "Not it." "TOGETHER!"
Your hand returns to your sisters hair and she settles down, her tiny little breaths tickling your skin as you close your eyes. This is how things shoü̴͓l̷̼̀d̶̛̘ b̴̺̓é̴̬̄̓
D̷͙̳̐̎̊ǒ̴̲̥̬n̵̛͔̲̊̈́'̴̧̃̚t̸̡͆ ̴̠̘̽̽͒Ḯ̸̥͝ ̸̦̅̀d̷̦̮͆̆́ḛ̸̼̆̄s̸͕͊̃ẻ̷̻r̸̤̘̍̋͝v̷̰̑̈̃è̵͉ ̶̞͒̊̚à̵̩t̸̻̖̫̅͐͑ ̸̛̤̜̇l̸̳͌é̴̳a̷̲̺̹̕͝s̴̤̆́t̴̝̒̾ ̷͙̽̆̈́t̵͚̣̎͝h̴̩͓̒i̸͙̙͔͊̉̋s̵͔̖̑͜͝
The End of The Beginning
- Location
- England
Your grunt as your magic settles onto the creature, feeling as if a continent is trying to escape through your forehead as your head pounds, but regardless, the mountain ceases moving.
Sabina takes the opportunity to dash past you and the pain in your head takes a back seat as she roars, a guttural sound accompanying the sound of the world shatters into a million pieces.
(Soul Edge: 1500 Base Damage, +20 Magic Modifier = 1520 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +39 Magic Modifier = 3639 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +75 Magic Modifier = 3675 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +153 Magic Modifier = 3753 Total Damage
12,587 Unified Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +895 Magic Modifier, -1500 Juggernaut = 11,192 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 199,958, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -11,192 Final End Damage = 588,808 Health Remaining
Soul Edge: 1500 Base Damage, +42 Magic Modifier = 1542 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +275 Magic Modifier = 3875 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +273 Magic Modifier = 3873 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +96 Magic Modifier = 3639 Total Damage
12,929 Unified Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +170 Magic Modifier, -1500 Juggernaut = 12,259 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 196,269, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -12,259 Final End Damage = 576,549 Health Remaining
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Soul Edge: 1500 Base Damage, +167 Magic Modifier = 1667 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +65 Magic Modifier = 3665 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +65 Magic Modifier = 3665 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +65 Magic Modifier = 3665 Total Damage
12,662 Unified Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +725 Magic Modifier, -1500 Juggernaut = 11,437 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 192,183, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -11,437 Final End Damage = 565,112 Health Remaining
Soul Edge: 1500 Base Damage, +42 Magic Modifier = 1542 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +39 Magic Modifier = 3875 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +39 Magic Modifier = 3873 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +39 Magic Modifier = 3639 Total Damage
12,459 Unified Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +170 Magic Modifier, -1500 Juggernaut = 11,789 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 188,370, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -11,789 Final End Damage = 553,323 Health Remaining
-
Soul Edge: 1500 Base Damage, +82 Magic Modifier = 1582 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +412 Magic Modifier = 4012 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +412 Magic Modifier = 4012 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +412 Magic Modifier = 4012 Total Damage
13,618 Unified Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +144 Magic Modifier, -1500 Juggernaut = 12,974 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 184,441, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -12,974 Final End Damage = 540,349 Health Remaining
Soul Edge: 1500 Base Damage, +129 Magic Modifier = 1629 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +130 Magic Modifier = 3730 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +130 Magic Modifier = 3730 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +130 Magic Modifier = 3730 Total Damage
12,819 Unified Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +331 Magic Modifier, -1500 Juggernaut = 11,988 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 180,116, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -11,988 Final End Damage = 528,361 Health Remaining
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Soul Edge: 1500 Base Damage, +8 Magic Modifier = 1508 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +62 Magic Modifier = 3662 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +62 Magic Modifier = 3662 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +62 Magic Modifier = 3662 Total Damage
12,494 Unified Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +48 Magic Modifier, -1500 Juggernaut = 11,946 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 176,120, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -11,946 Final End Damage = 516,415 Health Remaining
Soul Edge: 1500 Base Damage, +36 Magic Modifier = 1536 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +120 Magic Modifier = 3720 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +120 Magic Modifier = 3720 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +120 Magic Modifier = 3720 Total Damage
12,696 Unified Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +474 Magic Modifier, -1500 Juggernaut = 11,722 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 172,138, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -11,722 Final End Damage = 504,693 Health Remaining
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Soul Edge: 1500 Base Damage, +158 Magic Modifier = 1658 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +421 Magic Modifier = 4021 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +421 Magic Modifier = 4021 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +421 Magic Modifier = 4021 Total Damage
13,721 Unified Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +251 Magic Modifier, -1500 Juggernaut = 12,970 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 168,231, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -12,970 Final End Damage = 491,723 Health Remaining
Soul Edge: 1500 Base Damage, +42 Magic Modifier = 1542 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +421 Magic Modifier = 4021 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +421 Magic Modifier = 4021 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +421 Magic Modifier = 4021 Total Damage
13,605 Unified Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +535 Magic Modifier, -1500 Juggernaut = 12,570 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 163,907, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -12,570 Final End Damage = 479,153 Health Remaining)
Momentum carries you into the area of shattered sky, the gaping wounds of space flashing around and through you as you give a yell of your own, determined not to let her outdo you.
(Ignition Aura: 29,285 Base Damage = 29,285 Total Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +1717 Magic Modifier = 25,568 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 159,717, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -25,568 Final End Damage = 453,585 Health Remaining
Infinity Edge: 1545 Base Damage, 10,045 Magic Modifier, 77,316 Magic Surge x6, x3 Crush = 266,718 Total Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +634 Magic Modifier, -1550 Juggernaut = 265,584 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 151,195, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -265,584 Final End Damage = 188,001 Health Remaining)
T̸̰͙͇̠̥̭͖͍͇̼̲̟͕̾͋͑͜͝o̴̟̮̘͙̩̟̻̬̙̒̽͛̑̎̏͛̈̽̌̿̇̉͆̎͠͝o̵͓̖̞͑̈́̉ ̸̧̢̩̫̦̙͖̙̳̰̘̗̥̫̪̬͎̻̫̄̾͝w̶̧͓̙̃̈ë̶̮̭͇́̌̂̍a̷̧̟̖̟̘̹̔͋̇͠͝k̶͍͎̱͒͘,̷̡̢̛͙̤͚̱̭͍̦̞̩̩̖̭́̒͒̊̽͊͑̒̈̇͘ͅ ̶̛̝̜̦̟̳̣̳̤̲̈́̌̇̎̅́̆͘͝͝ͅa̷̛̤̬̮̪̫̫̔̄̎́͛́͛̑͋̍̌̿̎̐g̵̫̯̦͎̰̜̥̹̻͖̫̰̯̜̩̰͆̉̇a̸̭͓̟̯͎̦̹̰̰̟̜̿͑̎̀̍͂͛͆̅͂͂͋̃̓̒̀͂͘͜͝í̸̪̰̰͈̦̳̭̯̥̜͍̗͛͊̔̿͂̐͑̎̐̕͝͠͝͠͝͝n̸̛̳̣͇͕̙͔͈͑͛̌̎̅̊̈́͌̂͒͑̇͆̎͝
You sigh, futility trying to rub away the headache that had been building all day. I can't focus like this. A quick trip to the kitchen avails you of the small box of painkillers, the Counter Force logo proudly stamped across the front letting you know that mum had probably borrowed a few from the outpost again. Hopefully the only thing this time. I'm continually amazed they let her back in there.
A glass of water later and the placebo effect kindly washes away the pain for you, even though you know that they can't have reached your stomach yet. Not like I was making any progress anyway. Your feet carry you out into the garden, mindlessly guiding you around the various sharp implements scattered haphazardly about, the distant sound of a deep engine washing over your ears. Are they out on patrol again? I though there was a holiday or something.
Or so dad had claimed, he's probably run off to go get drunk with his old war buddies again. Focus. You pull open the door to the shed with a creak, spotting the pot of oil that had been set aside for it... a year ago or so sitting in the corner. Further in, behind a dirty tarp that was almost certainly older than you are, sits the little box of things you'd been working on.
A sense of guilty excitement fills you as you lift the lid, a pile of notes and a small pink book stare back up at you in the dim lighting. "Hello again, I'm sorry for not coming for so long, I'm just..." You sigh, brushing imaginary dust off of the surface of the book. "I wish you were here..."
Sabina takes the opportunity to dash past you and the pain in your head takes a back seat as she roars, a guttural sound accompanying the sound of the world shatters into a million pieces.
(Soul Edge: 1500 Base Damage, +20 Magic Modifier = 1520 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +39 Magic Modifier = 3639 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +75 Magic Modifier = 3675 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +153 Magic Modifier = 3753 Total Damage
12,587 Unified Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +895 Magic Modifier, -1500 Juggernaut = 11,192 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 199,958, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -11,192 Final End Damage = 588,808 Health Remaining
Soul Edge: 1500 Base Damage, +42 Magic Modifier = 1542 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +275 Magic Modifier = 3875 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +273 Magic Modifier = 3873 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +96 Magic Modifier = 3639 Total Damage
12,929 Unified Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +170 Magic Modifier, -1500 Juggernaut = 12,259 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 196,269, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -12,259 Final End Damage = 576,549 Health Remaining
-
Soul Edge: 1500 Base Damage, +167 Magic Modifier = 1667 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +65 Magic Modifier = 3665 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +65 Magic Modifier = 3665 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +65 Magic Modifier = 3665 Total Damage
12,662 Unified Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +725 Magic Modifier, -1500 Juggernaut = 11,437 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 192,183, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -11,437 Final End Damage = 565,112 Health Remaining
Soul Edge: 1500 Base Damage, +42 Magic Modifier = 1542 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +39 Magic Modifier = 3875 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +39 Magic Modifier = 3873 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +39 Magic Modifier = 3639 Total Damage
12,459 Unified Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +170 Magic Modifier, -1500 Juggernaut = 11,789 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 188,370, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -11,789 Final End Damage = 553,323 Health Remaining
-
Soul Edge: 1500 Base Damage, +82 Magic Modifier = 1582 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +412 Magic Modifier = 4012 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +412 Magic Modifier = 4012 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +412 Magic Modifier = 4012 Total Damage
13,618 Unified Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +144 Magic Modifier, -1500 Juggernaut = 12,974 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 184,441, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -12,974 Final End Damage = 540,349 Health Remaining
Soul Edge: 1500 Base Damage, +129 Magic Modifier = 1629 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +130 Magic Modifier = 3730 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +130 Magic Modifier = 3730 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +130 Magic Modifier = 3730 Total Damage
12,819 Unified Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +331 Magic Modifier, -1500 Juggernaut = 11,988 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 180,116, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -11,988 Final End Damage = 528,361 Health Remaining
Soul Edge: 1500 Base Damage, +8 Magic Modifier = 1508 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +62 Magic Modifier = 3662 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +62 Magic Modifier = 3662 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +62 Magic Modifier = 3662 Total Damage
12,494 Unified Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +48 Magic Modifier, -1500 Juggernaut = 11,946 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 176,120, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -11,946 Final End Damage = 516,415 Health Remaining
Soul Edge: 1500 Base Damage, +36 Magic Modifier = 1536 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +120 Magic Modifier = 3720 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +120 Magic Modifier = 3720 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +120 Magic Modifier = 3720 Total Damage
12,696 Unified Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +474 Magic Modifier, -1500 Juggernaut = 11,722 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 172,138, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -11,722 Final End Damage = 504,693 Health Remaining
-
Soul Edge: 1500 Base Damage, +158 Magic Modifier = 1658 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +421 Magic Modifier = 4021 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +421 Magic Modifier = 4021 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +421 Magic Modifier = 4021 Total Damage
13,721 Unified Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +251 Magic Modifier, -1500 Juggernaut = 12,970 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 168,231, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -12,970 Final End Damage = 491,723 Health Remaining
Soul Edge: 1500 Base Damage, +42 Magic Modifier = 1542 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +421 Magic Modifier = 4021 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +421 Magic Modifier = 4021 Total Damage
Sever: 3600 Base Damage, +421 Magic Modifier = 4021 Total Damage
13,605 Unified Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +535 Magic Modifier, -1500 Juggernaut = 12,570 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 163,907, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -12,570 Final End Damage = 479,153 Health Remaining)
Momentum carries you into the area of shattered sky, the gaping wounds of space flashing around and through you as you give a yell of your own, determined not to let her outdo you.
(Ignition Aura: 29,285 Base Damage = 29,285 Total Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +1717 Magic Modifier = 25,568 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 159,717, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -25,568 Final End Damage = 453,585 Health Remaining
Infinity Edge: 1545 Base Damage, 10,045 Magic Modifier, 77,316 Magic Surge x6, x3 Crush = 266,718 Total Damage
Beast II: 2000 Base Resilience, +634 Magic Modifier, -1550 Juggernaut = 265,584 Total Damage
Beast II Health: 151,195, x3 Spirit of The Earth, -265,584 Final End Damage = 188,001 Health Remaining)
You sigh, futility trying to rub away the headache that had been building all day. I can't focus like this. A quick trip to the kitchen avails you of the small box of painkillers, the Counter Force logo proudly stamped across the front letting you know that mum had probably borrowed a few from the outpost again. Hopefully the only thing this time. I'm continually amazed they let her back in there.
A glass of water later and the placebo effect kindly washes away the pain for you, even though you know that they can't have reached your stomach yet. Not like I was making any progress anyway. Your feet carry you out into the garden, mindlessly guiding you around the various sharp implements scattered haphazardly about, the distant sound of a deep engine washing over your ears. Are they out on patrol again? I though there was a holiday or something.
Or so dad had claimed, he's probably run off to go get drunk with his old war buddies again. Focus. You pull open the door to the shed with a creak, spotting the pot of oil that had been set aside for it... a year ago or so sitting in the corner. Further in, behind a dirty tarp that was almost certainly older than you are, sits the little box of things you'd been working on.
A sense of guilty excitement fills you as you lift the lid, a pile of notes and a small pink book stare back up at you in the dim lighting. "Hello again, I'm sorry for not coming for so long, I'm just..." You sigh, brushing imaginary dust off of the surface of the book. "I wish you were here..."
Spectral Waltz
Scatterbrained Writer
- Location
- Walking the Endless Corridors
Things continue to make zero sense...
This is a dream sequence, has to be right now.
This is a dream sequence, has to be right now.
- Location
- Where I need to be
Ok so this is what I've gotten from this update:
1. This is an actual threadmark, so if we assume the sidestory tags was because she was in an illusion the entire update and therefore it wasn't real, then that implies that part of this update was real.
2. This is most likely the beast fight part, seeing how that was what the last true threadmark was building up to.
3. This means that my first thought (as I mentioned on discord, but was unsure of, and forgot to post here), that sidestory threadmarks were an illusion was brought on by the beast fight, was probably true.
4. This isn't the first round with the beast. You can tell because it's initial health was 199,958 rather than say a more tidy 200, 000.
5. The x3 Spirit of The Earth buff to health seems to only apply on the Health lines, after damage is taken, the total health is divided by 3 again ( example, the end of 1 damage line has a total of 453,585 Health Remaining, whilst the beginning of the next beast health line it is : 151,195 Health, which is a third of the above, before getting hit by another x3 Spirit of the Earth health buff). Do not know if Spirit of the Earth buff does anything else. However it does imply that beast II is related to Gaia in some way.
6 Given that the beast was effected by Halt, it is likely that the illusion is automatic, or at least doesn't need any movement.
Now if we were to get into assumptions and assume that each sidestory is the beast hitting us with another illusion at the beginnings of its turn, that makes 3 side stories and us falling into another illusion now, so 4 turns for the beast, and probably for us as well so far.
Normally, i'd imagine 4 turns of damage from the Beast, when you include the high damage modifiers that would come from attacking Cerys and Sabina whilst they are in an illusion would probably have killed them, at least based of the picture and size.
Luckily Plan Guillotine won.
Even if they were trapped in an illusion at the start of the Beast's turn, it was bound under total lockdown, and couldn't attack them while they were vulnerable.
That said, if the illusions don't automatically end each turn, and Cerys and Sabina were instead simply managing to break out of them each turn, if they failed to escape it timely for even one turn, this would have turned the match on its head. Seeing how the beast would have been freed from Halt and had free reign to attack them, and even if only one attack landed and that pain woke them up from the illusion it still would have been an attack when they were completely off-guard and unable to react.
1. This is an actual threadmark, so if we assume the sidestory tags was because she was in an illusion the entire update and therefore it wasn't real, then that implies that part of this update was real.
2. This is most likely the beast fight part, seeing how that was what the last true threadmark was building up to.
3. This means that my first thought (as I mentioned on discord, but was unsure of, and forgot to post here), that sidestory threadmarks were an illusion was brought on by the beast fight, was probably true.
4. This isn't the first round with the beast. You can tell because it's initial health was 199,958 rather than say a more tidy 200, 000.
5. The x3 Spirit of The Earth buff to health seems to only apply on the Health lines, after damage is taken, the total health is divided by 3 again ( example, the end of 1 damage line has a total of 453,585 Health Remaining, whilst the beginning of the next beast health line it is : 151,195 Health, which is a third of the above, before getting hit by another x3 Spirit of the Earth health buff). Do not know if Spirit of the Earth buff does anything else. However it does imply that beast II is related to Gaia in some way.
6 Given that the beast was effected by Halt, it is likely that the illusion is automatic, or at least doesn't need any movement.
Now if we were to get into assumptions and assume that each sidestory is the beast hitting us with another illusion at the beginnings of its turn, that makes 3 side stories and us falling into another illusion now, so 4 turns for the beast, and probably for us as well so far.
Normally, i'd imagine 4 turns of damage from the Beast, when you include the high damage modifiers that would come from attacking Cerys and Sabina whilst they are in an illusion would probably have killed them, at least based of the picture and size.
Luckily Plan Guillotine won.
Even if they were trapped in an illusion at the start of the Beast's turn, it was bound under total lockdown, and couldn't attack them while they were vulnerable.
That said, if the illusions don't automatically end each turn, and Cerys and Sabina were instead simply managing to break out of them each turn, if they failed to escape it timely for even one turn, this would have turned the match on its head. Seeing how the beast would have been freed from Halt and had free reign to attack them, and even if only one attack landed and that pain woke them up from the illusion it still would have been an attack when they were completely off-guard and unable to react.
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T HVE I M A G ION A R Y W IIS H M A KDE R
- Location
- England
The thick paper of the cover rasps slightly as you crack it open, being gentle with the well worn edges to prevent them from fraying any further, it wasn't like you could just replace her. You can't resist the urge to glance over your shoulder to check that you are really alone, despite knowing that both of your parents were out of the house right now for something or other. Your fingers tremble slightly as you stop breathing, squinting your eyes slightly as you try to listen for any sign of a watcher... before you finally let out a sign of relief.
"It's been so stressful lately, Dad doesn't like talking about it but Mum thinks something big is going to happen soon, and they keep arguing about if it's better to live closer to or further from the base- somewhere safe to evacuate to or closer to ground zero?" You shrug, eyes slowly roving the messy walls of scribbles that you called writing, hardly noticing one of your fingers continually brushing over the motif you'd pencilled onto the back of the book so hard it had left a permanent impression even after you'd tried getting it off.
Magic weakly flitters against your fingers as you trace the lines sketched into the paper, it was hardly your first attempt, dozens of practice runs had scribbled themselves into spare pieces of paper you'd had lying around before you'd committed to finally putting it into the book. The drawing in the centre catches your eye for a moment, the centerpiece of so much effort and self doubt, the result of years of indecision. zzdxlitfdhJpBNIZgex
It might not even work. Your lip aches as you chew on it, painfully memorised lessons you'd begged Dad to let you attend early- far too early, as he often complains, had informed you. It's not like I can check. Magic didn't really follow any rules but it's own, changing wildly from person to person, unless you used some kind of common framework- which this really wasn't. Plus... your father would probably have a heart attack if he knew, which was half the reason it was buried in the deepest parts of the dusty old shed.
"What would you do...?" The answer immediately jumps to mind, you knew exactly what she would do, but... Your magic, that bottomless well of possibility that eagerly jumped at the slightest nudge to act, was now silent. You reached out, futilely hoping, looking for just the smallest sign that the other side wouldn't be empty.
It always is. It always has been. Maybe, You always will be.
Always Alone.
A familiar siren blares in the distance, and you feel your eyes water. Fingers spasm for a moment as the sound hits you and the pink cover falls through your limp fingers, landing back in that brown box with a quiet whumph, another little bit of crumpled corner for the friend that had followed you through nine different backline housing zones. Taking a deep breath and roughly scrubbing your face, you grit your teeth and slam the cover shut, stuffing it back inside the box.
Of course she wasn't there.
Why would She want to be with You.
"It's been so stressful lately, Dad doesn't like talking about it but Mum thinks something big is going to happen soon, and they keep arguing about if it's better to live closer to or further from the base- somewhere safe to evacuate to or closer to ground zero?" You shrug, eyes slowly roving the messy walls of scribbles that you called writing, hardly noticing one of your fingers continually brushing over the motif you'd pencilled onto the back of the book so hard it had left a permanent impression even after you'd tried getting it off.
Magic weakly flitters against your fingers as you trace the lines sketched into the paper, it was hardly your first attempt, dozens of practice runs had scribbled themselves into spare pieces of paper you'd had lying around before you'd committed to finally putting it into the book. The drawing in the centre catches your eye for a moment, the centerpiece of so much effort and self doubt, the result of years of indecision. zzdxlitfdhJpBNIZgex
It might not even work. Your lip aches as you chew on it, painfully memorised lessons you'd begged Dad to let you attend early- far too early, as he often complains, had informed you. It's not like I can check. Magic didn't really follow any rules but it's own, changing wildly from person to person, unless you used some kind of common framework- which this really wasn't. Plus... your father would probably have a heart attack if he knew, which was half the reason it was buried in the deepest parts of the dusty old shed.
"What would you do...?" The answer immediately jumps to mind, you knew exactly what she would do, but... Your magic, that bottomless well of possibility that eagerly jumped at the slightest nudge to act, was now silent. You reached out, futilely hoping, looking for just the smallest sign that the other side wouldn't be empty.
It always is. It always has been. Maybe, You always will be.
Always Alone.
A familiar siren blares in the distance, and you feel your eyes water. Fingers spasm for a moment as the sound hits you and the pink cover falls through your limp fingers, landing back in that brown box with a quiet whumph, another little bit of crumpled corner for the friend that had followed you through nine different backline housing zones. Taking a deep breath and roughly scrubbing your face, you grit your teeth and slam the cover shut, stuffing it back inside the box.
Of course she wasn't there.
Why would She want to be with You.
- Location
- A Computer
Well, I'm not inclined to think this is a dream/illusion but it might be considering the last couple of updates. I'm was already considering rereading the quest again but wasn't in the first few chapters wasn't there a dude that was figuring/figured out magic all on his own, though I don't think the timeline matches up for that. This might be the aftereffects of that, assuming that this a real thing that is happening in reality.
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- universe
This was one of the better quests i've experienced. Good to see this back again. Has it really been three years? Time flies after covid ig.
- Location
- England
- Location
- over there
well, that doesn't seem normal
- Location
- Elsewhere
Okay, so my dumb, very out-there guess is that this is the person who wrote TFTB in mainline. But I doubt it.
This is someone with a magic involving void/imaginary space/etc, going off both the name and the thing about the "other side" and "bottomless well of possibility".
They're already aware of magic and have some grounding in it beyond personal experience, and have been working on this for years.
They are doing some really risky untested high-end magic in their shed.
There's a familiar siren going on, which...doesn't really narrow it down for me.
They have a probably-dead friend who they really want back. The magic is probably somehow connected to them - bringing them back, doing something they would want, or the like.
I'm not going to try to figure out the invisitext. People better than me are already looking at it
This is someone with a magic involving void/imaginary space/etc, going off both the name and the thing about the "other side" and "bottomless well of possibility".
They're already aware of magic and have some grounding in it beyond personal experience, and have been working on this for years.
They are doing some really risky untested high-end magic in their shed.
There's a familiar siren going on, which...doesn't really narrow it down for me.
They have a probably-dead friend who they really want back. The magic is probably somehow connected to them - bringing them back, doing something they would want, or the like.
I'm not going to try to figure out the invisitext. People better than me are already looking at it
Familiar
The Vaguely Recognized
- Location
- Washington
I got it! It's a Ceasar cipher, shifted nine backward. That gives the result iimgurcomqSyKWRIpng.
Translating that to a proper URL gives us i.imgur.com/qSyKWRI.png
- Location
- England
2/2I got it! It's a Ceasar cipher, shifted nine backward. That gives the result iimgurcomqSyKWRIpng.
Translating that to a proper URL gives us i.imgur.com/qSyKWRI.png
Next chapter should(?) be tomorrow.
Don't Make A Girl A Promise
- Location
- England
"I don't care." Familiar blue eyes flick upwards from where they are glued to the floor, framed by a face a little older and... rougher than what matched your memories. She tries to murmur something in response, but you just hold her tighter, dropping your chin atop her head and finding that you don't need to bend quite as far as you expected. "What matters is that you are here, by my side." The constant pressure pressing in on you from reality, demanding that you stop existing is even less consequential. "And it's going to stay that way, no matter what."
She shakes silently against you, but the strength of her grip only grows stronger and you feel something settle into place. This is how things should be. You glance around, not having dropped your guard even as you comforted her, silently watching the sea of flames crawl across the landscape. A handful of the creatures infesting the area skulk in the ruins of the buildings furthest from the two of you, but you haven't forgotten how willing they were to rush over the corpses of their allies when they thought you weak.
You were perfectly willing to stand vigil over her for as long as needed, but staying out in the open here didn't seem all that safe, especially when you could feel the air shuddering every so often as some fight far of in the distance shook the world. Nudging her a little, she gathers herself much faster than you remember- but well, it wasn't really what you remembered, was it? Pointless. You shake off the thought and sigh, sending a glare at a distant pack of the red creatures and sending them scattering back out of sight. "This would be much easier if I had the others, Daiyu at least."
She nods for a moment before freezing, a small flush of red creeping down the back of her neck as she turns away from you and coughs several times. "Y-yes, right I... don't know if they are really...?" Your lips purse at the implication, that part of you wanting to scoff at the absurdity of the idea, while the rest of you tries not to think about what it means. Later. "I don't think I can do it?" her voice is quiet, but your big sister instincts tell you there is something she isn't saying. "Sorry-" she rushes before pausing, and you catch the edge of a smile in her voice. "big sister."
You don't like it when she lies to you, even if it's more of a white lie, but... you can guess what goes unsaid. I don't want to go away either.
"Right." You let go of her and rest a hand on her shoulder, being careful to avoid pinching the fabric of her dress between the metal of your gauntlet. "Then I'll just have to do it all myself." You cast a look towards the direction the frequent booming and flashes of multi-coloured light is coming from, obviously some kind of massive fight, but she'd said that the Counter-Force -symbol is the same?- army base was in that direction. Your... memories of dealing with them probably were a little biased, all things considered, but they at least had an army you could use as an ablative layer.
On the other hand... You tighten your grip on her for a second, thinking about that demand constantly weighing down on you, commanding you to no longer be here. This place... everything she had told you made you want to pull her closer, the endless war and eternal enemy? She would never be safe here, even if you ground the universe to dust beneath your feet, there were powers far beyond even that. Your memories, the place you call home and the friends you had -that she made you- around you?
That was a place where you could keep her safe, provide her happiness an be the big sister you wanted to be. A quiet village at the base of the mountains, the softly burbling stream trickling as you pulled the tray from the oven, catching the scent of freshly cooked bread and called for-
What did it matter what reality thought of your dreams?
I don't care.
What matters is that she is here, by my side.
And it's going to stay that way, no matter what.
[] The World That Is
[] The World Beyond
She shakes silently against you, but the strength of her grip only grows stronger and you feel something settle into place. This is how things should be. You glance around, not having dropped your guard even as you comforted her, silently watching the sea of flames crawl across the landscape. A handful of the creatures infesting the area skulk in the ruins of the buildings furthest from the two of you, but you haven't forgotten how willing they were to rush over the corpses of their allies when they thought you weak.
You were perfectly willing to stand vigil over her for as long as needed, but staying out in the open here didn't seem all that safe, especially when you could feel the air shuddering every so often as some fight far of in the distance shook the world. Nudging her a little, she gathers herself much faster than you remember- but well, it wasn't really what you remembered, was it? Pointless. You shake off the thought and sigh, sending a glare at a distant pack of the red creatures and sending them scattering back out of sight. "This would be much easier if I had the others, Daiyu at least."
She nods for a moment before freezing, a small flush of red creeping down the back of her neck as she turns away from you and coughs several times. "Y-yes, right I... don't know if they are really...?" Your lips purse at the implication, that part of you wanting to scoff at the absurdity of the idea, while the rest of you tries not to think about what it means. Later. "I don't think I can do it?" her voice is quiet, but your big sister instincts tell you there is something she isn't saying. "Sorry-" she rushes before pausing, and you catch the edge of a smile in her voice. "big sister."
You don't like it when she lies to you, even if it's more of a white lie, but... you can guess what goes unsaid. I don't want to go away either.
"Right." You let go of her and rest a hand on her shoulder, being careful to avoid pinching the fabric of her dress between the metal of your gauntlet. "Then I'll just have to do it all myself." You cast a look towards the direction the frequent booming and flashes of multi-coloured light is coming from, obviously some kind of massive fight, but she'd said that the Counter-Force -symbol is the same?- army base was in that direction. Your... memories of dealing with them probably were a little biased, all things considered, but they at least had an army you could use as an ablative layer.
On the other hand... You tighten your grip on her for a second, thinking about that demand constantly weighing down on you, commanding you to no longer be here. This place... everything she had told you made you want to pull her closer, the endless war and eternal enemy? She would never be safe here, even if you ground the universe to dust beneath your feet, there were powers far beyond even that. Your memories, the place you call home and the friends you had -that she made you- around you?
That was a place where you could keep her safe, provide her happiness an be the big sister you wanted to be. A quiet village at the base of the mountains, the softly burbling stream trickling as you pulled the tray from the oven, catching the scent of freshly cooked bread and called for-
What did it matter what reality thought of your dreams?
I don't care.
What matters is that she is here, by my side.
And it's going to stay that way, no matter what.
[] The World That Is
[] The World Beyond
LostDeviljho
Flame Dragon Princess
- Location
- The glorious Pacific Northwest
- Pronouns
- Any
which of these two options is which?
I remember most of the story beats, but not what we're doing right now.
Also that I stopped posting cause someone was a huge... lets go with jerk so I don't get in trouble.
And people not knowing what Platonic Life Partners means so likely making our poor MC even more unhinged than she already is.
Also that I stopped posting cause someone was a huge... lets go with jerk so I don't get in trouble.
And people not knowing what Platonic Life Partners means so likely making our poor MC even more unhinged than she already is.
Anyone voting
LostDeviljho
Flame Dragon Princess
- Location
- The glorious Pacific Northwest
- Pronouns
- Any
As soon as I know which option is which.
As best I can tell the choices are "stay here", wherever "here" is, VS "take her away with you", whoever "her" is. I know my personal preference, but I don't know which of those corresponds to which vote option.
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- England
It seems that I might have made the vote choices too oblique.
That is = Stay here
Beyond = Go back
LostDeviljho
Flame Dragon Princess
- Location
- The glorious Pacific Northwest
- Pronouns
- Any
[X] The World That Is
[X] The World That Is