You know I just noticed this is the Silent Orchestra's screen. Does Moon have any relation to the Loud Orchestra perchance? Their leader(?) does have De Capo on her somehow.
Mao makes a face, as if tasting shit. "Remember 'Tomorrow's New You'?"

You nod. Hair rises, alarm rising. "That's the Distortion Candle thing, right?" your eyes widen slightly. "Don't fucking tell me that's how Moon –"

"Nope," she shakes her head. "The girls at Yellow Road told me that they're not connected – but the candles are back, and someone managed to connect them to the Loud Orchestra," you inhale sharply. "Yeah, they're now an Urban Nightmare – and Ran's on a warpath and pulling Fixers left and right. She even got some Distortion experts from 'nother District," her eyes darken slightly at that. "Mori and Kai are the two who got successful experience on spotting the candles, and while we're an Independent Office, that doesn't mean we could just ignore the Hana willy-nilly."
On the Border of District H, the Black-Masked Beat stands and stops. There is only rage and misery in his mind. Then he takes another step forward, to continue his personal and senseless rampage, leaving behind innumerable yet unseen ruins and destructions. In that moment, the rows of white-masked men and women begin to sing and play, led by the guidance of the Conductor. Deeper still, up North, two Factories continue its chugging – brains of fragmented memories processed, and stored, and sold to the highest bidders. One candle – two, three, dozens of candles flicker to life. In the Nest, up in tall antenna-like tower of H-Corp, the CEO of Hello Corporation looks over their own District; the Nest, and the Backstreets – they look the same to them. Swirling a glass of red wine in one hand, a piece of paper hangs in the other. Unsigned, waiting for his approval to finally realize his Vision. Elsewhere, two newly reborn Managers and a discomfited Rat-turned-Middle-recruit returned to kneel before their King Administrator.

The info gatherers say no but they might be missing pieces of the puzzle. The Loud Orchestra is related to Distortions though, specifically causing them through special candles. The interesting part is in the second quote has the candles are talked about after the Dreamers' factories, not the Loud Orchestra. Still not definitive proof but something to think about.

We do have quite a few troublemakers ahead. The Library, Loud Orchestra, Dreamers, H-Corp, and Middle. We knew about four of them but H-Corp is new, I am not looking forward to the mess a wing creates.
 
We knew about four of them but H-Corp is new, I am not looking forward to the mess a wing creates.
Looking at how the schools in our District - the ones used by H-Corp to fish out recruits - use literal brainwashing and how H-Corp's speciality is communication, I'm guessing it will involve controlling the entirety of District 8 through means that are a lot more...direct than usual. Better we start investing in tinfoil hats, is what I'm saying.
 
And here I thought I had stumbled into a major point plot :V

I still maintain that the Loud Orchestra has some ties to the Silent one and that H-Corp is planning some third act of the Spongebob movie type shit tho.
Oof... woulda been kinda funny if SC didn't correct this and just left us with our conspiracy theories. Having them just connect more and more things together that canonically have no connections. Until eventually some info is given that just destroys all of the conspiracy theories and we're left in a heap of failed theories...
 
As we're waiting for the next update I decided to take another stab at the word puzzle from a few updates ago and fill in some stuff with the information we gained during the fight.
A hum.

You wake up to the sound of humming, and the smell of food. Blearily, with a groan, you roll off your mattress onto your belly, and turn towards the voice. Your lips curve as you watch her back. She looks over her shoulders, ***** patterned blouse swaying underneath her coat. She ***** back at you, ***** eyes curving gently, ****** hair reflecting the light.

"**** ******, ** ******."

You hum, bobbing your head. "*****, ***. ******** *******?"

She glances back to the stove, a ********** look on her face. "It's ****, * *****?"

You blink, then giggle.

*** pouts, before her lips melt into a *****.

Groaning, you climb up to your feet, and –
A hum.

You wake up to the sound of humming, and the smell of food. Blearily, with a groan, you roll off your mattress onto your belly, and turn towards the voice. Your lips curve as you watch her back. She looks over her shoulders, ***** patterned blouse swaying underneath her coat. She looks back at you, azure eyes curving gently, golden hair reflecting the light.

"Come closer, my flower."

You hum, bobbing your head. "*****, ***. ******** *******?"

She glances back to the stove, a triumphant look on her face. "It's food, I think?"

You blink, then giggle.

She pouts, before her lips melt into a smile.

Groaning, you climb up to your feet, and –
waddle your way up to her. You foot touches the floor wrong, and a squeak leaps from your lips as the ground grows closer – only except, you don't even come close to it. *** hand holds you up, and you catch a glimpse of her ****** eyes before she ******** you close. "Geez," she sighs, muffled and reverberating. Warm. "I know you're excited, but be careful, ** ******."

You mumble, and grumble as you're shifted up, until your head rests on her shoulder. Strands of her hair tickle your nose, sending it twitching, yet the floral scent comforts you. "Mmhm. *****?"

"**'* out *******, ****," she answers you, chuckling. "***'* worry. **'** be **** before it's your *******. Now, come, it's done. Taste this."

You're twisted around in her ******, facing forward. One hand carries you, and the other on the stove. You stare at the content of the pan, suddenly filled with ****. A pair of chopsticks pick a chunk out, going towards you. It looks like ****, but you open your mouth.

It tastes like –

"Shit."
– waddle your way up to her. You foot touches the floor wrong, and a squeak leaps from your lips as the ground grows closer – only except, you don't even come close to it. She hand holds you up, and you catch a glimpse of her ****** eyes before she ******** you close. "Geez," she sighs, muffled and reverberating. Warm. "I know you're excited, but be careful, my flower."

You mumble, and grumble as you're shifted up, until your head rests on her shoulder. Strands of her hair tickle your nose, sending it twitching, yet the floral scent comforts you. "Mmhm. Daddy?"

"He's out working, Lily," she answers you, chuckling. "Don't worry. He'll be back before it's your bedtime. Now, come, it's done. Taste this."

You're twisted around in her armpit, facing forward. One hand carries you, and the other on the stove. You stare at the content of the pan, suddenly filled with food. A pair of chopsticks pick a chunk out, going towards you. It looks like shit, but you open your mouth.

It tastes like –


"Shit."
Not entirely sure how accurate some of this to be honest.
 
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As we're waiting for the next update I decided to take another stab at the word puzzle from a few updates ago and fill in some stuff with the information we gained during the fight.
A hum.

You wake up to the sound of humming, and the smell of food. Blearily, with a groan, you roll off your mattress onto your belly, and turn towards the voice. Your lips curve as you watch her back. She looks over her shoulders, ***** patterned blouse swaying underneath her coat. She ***** back at you, ***** eyes curving gently, ****** hair reflecting the light.

"**** ******, ** ******."

You hum, bobbing your head. "*****, ***. ******** *******?"

She glances back to the stove, a ********** look on her face. "It's ****, * *****?"

You blink, then giggle.

*** pouts, before her lips melt into a *****.

Groaning, you climb up to your feet, and –

waddle your way up to her. You foot touches the floor wrong, and a squeak leaps from your lips as the ground grows closer – only except, you don't even come close to it. *** hand holds you up, and you catch a glimpse of her ****** eyes before she ******** you close. "Geez," she sighs, muffled and reverberating. Warm. "I know you're excited, but be careful, ** ******."

You mumble, and grumble as you're shifted up, until your head rests on her shoulder. Strands of her hair tickle your nose, sending it twitching, yet the floral scent comforts you. "Mmhm. *****?"

"**'* out *******, ****," she answers you, chuckling. "***'* worry. **'** be **** before it's your *******. Now, come, it's done. Taste this."

You're twisted around in her ******, facing forward. One hand carries you, and the other on the stove. You stare at the content of the pan, suddenly filled with ****. A pair of chopsticks pick a chunk out, going towards you. It looks like ****, but you open your mouth.

It tastes like –

"Shit."

Not entirely sure how accurate some of this to be honest.

Looks good to me. Lily bringing up "Daddy" makes the next bit of dialogue make more sense than what I thought of first.

The nickname helps a bit too.
 
Yeah having the nickname definitely helps, don't think we would've thought of that before. Well... I wouldn't have at least. Still not entirely sure what Lily's line of dialogue in the first section would be though.

Considering Iris/Mom's line of following dialogue its definitely about Mom trying to cook but I'm not sure what the word choice there would be.
 
"*****, ***. ******** *******?"
"Hello, Mom. ******** cooking?"

*** is clearly 'mom' to me but 'hello' feels stilted to me.

Not sure what about before cooking though, 'what'cha' does not fit I think?
 
Other examples of punctuation were given to us so what'cha doesn't work there otherwise don't would have been ***** instead of ***'*.
 
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It's a hard one, it can't be just asking what she's cooking since the word's too long. Maybe we're missing something?
 
Its an 8 letter word followed by a 7 letter word and a question mark.

My original attempts there revolved around specific comments about her cooking rather than asking what but I couldn't think of anything that would fit the letter restrictions.

I'm still not certain about Mom's first line of dialogue, it could definitely throw us off Lily's actual response there if its incorrect.
 
I don't know why, but I wanna write a omake where Lily dies, goes to afterlife, somehow talks with Funeral of dead butterflies, refuse its the eternal rest offer(aka death), punch it in the face because they're dick, got back to life like a boss, and hugs a crying mao/kai.
 
[Omake] The Courage to Keep on Living (Kaillll)
I don't know why, but I wanna write a omake where Lily dies, goes to afterlife, somehow talks with Funeral of dead butterflies, refuse its the eternal rest offer(aka death), punch it in the face because they're dick, got back to life like a boss, and hugs a crying mao/kai.

omake: The courage to keep on living

yeah so i wrote it, don't know how bad it is but i hope you will enjoy this badly written reference to Netzach core suppression
Warning: Possibly very ooc
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It was cold at first.
It was not like the kind of cold that you will freeze to death in three seconds. No, it was just…cold…Distance and unwelcoming, that you don't belong here, like the silence after a Night in backstreets, like those dark alleys that no one walks pass.
[Ego hard: pass]
like that apartment you call home.
oh shut it…
Then, there was noises, butterflies.
she was dead, she was sure about that, that chunk of lung and heart is hers, she is sure about that.
[Endurance medium: failed]
I call bullshit to that sister.
but now…does the afterlife have butterflies? or is it a illusion that your dying brain is making to make you fell better?
you don't know, you don't really cares.
So, you opened your eyes, and…
white, black, and a field full of butterflies.
how many are there? you wonder, felling the coldness bleeding away…
There's no sun up on the sky, and the black fields fells ever stretching with no end in sight, How wonderful will it be to just run through those fields, without care, without pain…
How lovely will it be to have a burial at a place like this?
To enjoy your eternal slumber without worry…won't it be just so wonderful?
[Ego easy: Success]
No it won't, we still have stuff to do, don't we?
"enjoying the view?"
A mans voice, gentle, kind, like closing ones eyes, for they to rest without worry that they will burn under the sun.
"…"Not like the usual, you're not talking…why are you not talking? maybe is because you're shocked, maybe is because the man did not try to attack you as he closing the distance between you and him.
[Vision trivial: auto pass]
Maybe it's because he has a butterfly for a head, have you thought of that?
"oh, right, Sorry about this…People like butterflies you see, so… i thought that if i used it to represent myself, they will calm down more."
well, it didn't fucking work.You said in your mind
…But judging by his expression, you just straight up told him that, did you?
" Now that is just rude, but again, sorry."
the man sits down, hands on its knees, you can almost feel it, that he is smiling.
Creepy…
"So, for real now…you are dead, There's really no other way to say this…but you are indeed dead. "
Butterflies gather around him, some sit on his shoulder, on rest on his hand, it's really pretty.
You want to tear your hairs out, it … can't "Wha? no but…i still have stuff to do! i can't… just fucking dies!"Clutching your two fists, this, this is how you died? under the hands of a fucked in the head piece of shit? It can't and it won't! be your end!
"what about mao! I can't just dies! I need to go back! She still needs me! And kai! Im her partner! I can't just die like this! "
[Melee easy: auto pass]
I still have so many things left to punch!
[Endurance easy:auto pass]
I still haven't feel that bullet in my head yet!
[Prudence easy: pass]
You still haven't level me up yet!
"But you have died, and you need to accept that. You don't need to think about it anymore. You can rest. Now you don't need to worry about it…Even the wicked get their rest, you know?"
he almost sounds regretful.
[Repression Medium: pass]
Those thing you press down… have you let go of them yet?
will you ever?

[Ego nightmare: failed]
but…aren't you supposed to let go? you're dead right? let it go…We'll make peace with it in afterlife anyway…Why would you care anyway?It's not like you're really attached a bunch of stranger you just met a few weeks ago. right?
You can finally rest, You can finally escape that god forsaken city.
Why won't you take the chance? It's so much better than living!

"…i can't, I finally got the chance to live a better life! Now you're telling me it has fucking ended!? "
"what is better then death anyway? You can enjoy the view, you can play with the butterfly, There's no demon whose only purpose is to torture you. You can give up everything and no one will blame you for it,You have died remember? "
[Ego hard: pass]
…No.
"Sit down with me, give up, there is no bargaining about life and death…Just relax, for you have done your best."
[Repression medium: pass]
No.
"still don't get it? You don't have a way to go back. And you don't need to go back too! Isn't this all human wanted? peace? "
[Melee easy: pass]
HELL NO!
"What is so good about life anyway, it's full of pain! And suffering! Just close your eyes, And fall asleep…won't it just be so much easier?"
[Endurance easy: pass]
I do not accept it! IT.WILL.NOT.END.LIKE.THIS!
A punch, and before you know it, the man falls down.
"I WILL NOT FUCKING DIE!"
You scream, so much life, so much pain.
"I will not become you! A coward! who has nothing! is nothing! "
"I will live! No matter how painful! No matter how much suffering I will have to endure!"
"Go die by yourself! and rot! "
The man looks at you, fearing…scared…
what a coward.
then…
then there was darkness.
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you open your eyes, the white hospital lights shines so bright like it wants to burn a hole in your eyes.
your heart, beating, slowly but steadily…
Those stitches on your body…the pain in your chest…how alive it fells…
Your hand, slowly moving, so weak, like you have been born again.
"Lily?"
You look at her, smiles, you think your face is hurting, but you don't really care.
How joyful, how alive it feels, the happiness that almost broken her voice…That shiny drop of water, on the side of her face…
Two women embrace in joy, for they have the courage to lives in pain.
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edit: I really want to add a scene were Endurance wants to fell what death is like, then Ego and Repression (And maybe the long forgotten Prudence) just fucking slap a tape on his face and kicking him to death while melee is just over there laughing his ass off and punching FoDBs face in.
 
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So after this, assuming we get off Yomi of course, should we have a tea time with Adil to try and find out what the hell is up with Iris or socialize with Kai in a non-work context? Maybe both?
 
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So after this, assuming we get off Yomi of course, should we have a tea time with Adil to try and find out what the hell is up with Iris or socialize with Kai in a non-work context? Maybe both?

Both is my goal. Kai because of the clock and Adil because it feels important

This does not include my list of meeting with the rest of the Scarecrow Office and whatever pops up next turn.
 
Both is my goal. Kai because of the clock and Adil because it feels important

This does not include my list of meeting with the rest of the Scarecrow Office and whatever pops up next turn.
Yeah, that's roughly what I'm thinking. We need to hammer into Lily's brain that it's okay for her to think Kai as more than a workmate before Cool Mom comes knocking.

Though if there's one thing I want us to do next turn is buy a AOE weapon, anything that can make mobs go *splat* is good. Especially since one of the higher paying jobs also involves a mob of Fixers, and who knows, maybe we'll find a Not!Clarent on sale :V
 
Hmmm...

Getting a one-per-battle AOE, or single target, weapon would be excellent.

Something to start the fight off strong to give us momentum while our defense slows that momentum from bleeding off.

Mao: "First impressions are important you know? You have to start off strong."
Lily: "Start off strong, huh?" *proceeds to cause chaos in the first round*
Mao: "...Close enough."
 
Binged this after having binged the author's not!2B RWBY quest.

It was a journey.

Also it was odd hearing names being forgotten when I still remembered Alexis and Min.

I hope something explodes when Lily breaks out of this
 
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