If the Magala's are on the table as a possible form, they HAVE to be the Switchaxe weapon. It's a literal scythe. And Gore Magala's armor is basically a demonic reaper in aesthetic.
Funnily enough? Magala was the other monster armor Form thing me and Kermie talked about.
I'm not sure if Kermie would be okay if I went over what we talked about in full, but we played around with the idea that Magala- oh here is the evoline Kermie wrote out!
Kermie said:
Rookie (Unawakened) Champion (Awakened) Ultimate (Molting) Mega (Shagaru)
But we played around with the idea of Shagaru being locked behind a timer for the 'Molting' to complete for the Ultimate Stage Armor
Also Rei using the set to turn her armor's shoulder blades into tempt monster arms to deck Takeru/Agunimon (Because the Legendary Warriors would be the 'Kamen Riders' of this AU and would not like Rei and Akemi taking digicores) to next week.
Also throwing around the ideas of, since Digicores are the parrelle in this Au to Shade Cores, having (at least early game) the higher forms requring resources to get to. Ya know, to make sure Rei would be doing her job as a Monter Hunter!
(Ignore the fact that Chaotic is supposed to never hit Shagaru for a second. We were playing fast and loose with the lore and focusing on the aesthetics and FUCKING HORIZONTAL EXPLOSIONS.)
Also Rei using the set to turn her armor's shoulder blades into tempt monster arms to deck Takeru/Agunimon (Because the Legendary Warriors would be the 'Kamen Riders' of this AU and would not like Rei and Akemi taking digicores) to next week.
[X] Plan Foundations for a Confrontation
-[X] Missions
--[X] Scout The Skies
--[X] Missing Piece
-[X] Major Actions
--[X] Figure out what the hell is happening with Akemi. (DC ???, Magical)
-[X] Minor Actions
--[X] Recall Memory (Special)
--[X] Work the cashier at Animate. (DC 55)
--[X] Talk with the strange spirits in the deck.
---[X] Malice
-[X] Free Actions
--[X] Go pay for your subscription.
--[X] Explore Kyoto
--[X] Buy something from Kirata.
---[X] 1 Air Glyph, 1 Earth Glyph (2 Capital Total)
--[X] Buy something from Jun.
---[X] Convenient Bug (2 Capital)
--[X] Craft A Spell
-[X] Kuromi Actions
--[X] Get some sunglasses. (Mental Check, DC 40/70)
--[X] Figure out the secret of the Archfiend's Armor. (Progress: 50/100, Mental)
-[X] Akemi Actions
--[X] Consume a Shade Core
--[X] Get situated
-[X] Kirata Action
--[X] Help out Himari with something
---[X] Figure out the secret of the Archfiend's Armor. (Progress: 50/100, Mental)
Get some sunglasses, Consume a Shade Core, Get situated
Monday, March 3rd, 2080, 9:27 AM
Jun's Place
You are Akemi Kaneko. Kaneko Akemi? Whatever, everyone calls you by your first name anyways. Rei's out working right now, so you've just been chilling.
A sickening cough racks your body, causing you to curl in from the chest pain. Purrson instinctively jumps from the table and up onto your shoulder, but you shoo him off back onto the couch cushion. Ah. It seems like the effects of your Void Contract are creeping up on you.
Purrson looks at you, concerned. Or as concerned as a cat can look, at least. "Akemi…"
"Don't worry, it'll be fine. Especially since," you take the time to pull out a Shade Core from your pocket, "Rei got me two more of these."
Shade Cores. You've gotten a few on your own, but Rei brought one extra to you after an "eventful day in Tokyo." Whatever that means. The cores are the excess Void residue left behind after you kill a Shade, and according to the Void Contract that you made with the other cat, they "stabilize your soul and prevent it from being consumed by the latent Void energies you take in". Whatever that means. They look like black holes contained inside a glass sphere you can hold in the palm of your hand, and they're about the size of a pool ball. Which makes this next part a bit more painful.
You summon Voidcutter to your hand, and untie the golden bell hanging from its hilt before handing the bell over to Purrson. Best not to take any chances of breaking something vague, mysterious, and magical, after all. Then, you set the Core down, and slam your sword's hilt into it.
A large amount of magical energy flies through the air, purple streaks of light temporarily blinding you. But they vanish as soon as you see them, before revealing what you actually did this for. Black glass shards, arranged into a flat circle. Before anything else can happen, you shatter the palm-sized circle and crush the glass shards as much as you can, before unceremoniously shoving the dust/shard combo down your throat. Ow.
Purrson looks at you worriedly, but doesn't stop you. You and him have wasted a total of three different Shade Cores, because they disappear if you:
Drop them too hard
Leave them out exposed to direct sunlight (this sadly does not seem to apply to the Shades themselves)
Take your eyes away from them after they're crushed for thirty seconds because the episode of the anime you were watching was getting extra hype, Sawano soundtrack and all what the fuck—
So this is the best way to consume them and extend your life, even if by only two more weeks. You'll do what you must to survive, no matter how painful it is.
But still, even if they're slowly dissolving and your wounds are quickly healing, you're still basically shoving glass shards down your throat. You need water. Ouch.
One Shade Core has been consumed. (Remaining: 3)
Akemi's Deadline has been pushed back to Week 7.
Monday, March 3rd, 2080, 11:43 AM
Some Fashion Store In Tokyo
You are Himari Kuromi, and you are bored. Whoever said that girls always like shopping for fashion and clothes and accessories… clearly never met you. Or any actual girls, for that matter.
Jun is right next to you, running through every pair of sunglasses he can pull off of the stand. Considering that the Void took the light from your eyes, he and your sister had the wonderful, horrible, terrible idea to go and get you some sunglasses so that people don't have to stare at your stupid empty void (lowercase v) eyes.
While you'd really just be fine talking with only Rei, Akemi, Purrson, Jun, and Kirata for the rest of your life, you still understand that meeting with others and making small talk so that you can gain intel is very important and yadda yadda yadda-
"Himari. Hey. Himari. Look up."
You blink, snapping out of your stupor. The crowd in the mall passes both of you by, while Jun hands you a pair of glasses, gray, thin, and metallic. "Try this on."
You put on the sunglasses. They're a bit annoying to see through, but you can still see just fine, and they fit well enough on your face. "Ok, just tell me honestly Jun. How do I look? Is it better than the last ten pairs you tried for me?"
If that sounded a bit too fed up, then you really don't care. Both you and Jun were planning on either Shiny hunting or grinding Monster Hunter Magi - Awakening today, but that's definitely out of the question now, because Kirata just so happened to have an opening in her schedule to work with you on studying the Archfiend's armor on Friday. Yes, it's very important to go and make sure that Umbra and the Guild can't find you, but you and Jun have been doing counterespionage for the past two days straight! You're tired!
You channel that annoyance into staring at Jun with your best "done with this" face, and he flinches back a bit. "Uh, no. I still kinda feel like I'm gonna get stalked home when I look at you…"
"Fine, I guess I'll have to do this myself. Hold my phone, these pants don't have pockets."
"Then why didn't you bring a purse-"
"Doesn't fit with my aesthetic!"
"Do you even know what that word means?!"
[Mental Check; DC 40/70/???]
34+29+7(EP)=70. Great Success!
You browse the stands, shuffling through a few pairs. That one's too cheap. That one falls off too easily. This one fucks with your contacts- on that note, you need to get a prescription for your new pair. That'll take longer, but you're tired of having to go through the drudgery of removing your contact lenses every single day. As you keep looking through the options, you try to calm yourself down, and think.
The other ones seemed to have a mildly better effect the darker they were, but ones made with Glyph material also seemed to work better. You also need them to not be so opaque you can't see through them, otherwise they'll just interfere with any work or fights you're in, even if you can just seal them away into a personal hammerspace while transformed.
It also might not be just your pupils- you also have to worry about covering your entire eye area just to stave off the curse. So that one's too thin, that one could work but it's too uncomfortable…
There! As you browse through the wares, you pull at a mirror, revealing a cabinet behind it. You pull out a pair of sunglasses near the bottom and try them on. These ones are thin, with wide lenses and a frame painted pure black. Perfect! And since it says on the side lenses were polarized with a Glyph, they should work for your purposes as well.
Jun walks up to you and whistles in appreciation. "Oh, you want those? I think we should be able to get you a prescription on that by the end of today, and… whoa."
You turn to look at him, glasses on and arms crossed. "What? Do these make me look any less intimidating?"
"I- um- you look really cool with those on, holy crap. Like, you could do a sick pose and those glasses would help sell it. Also I can't see your eyes at all, so I think it helps with the whole Void thing."
Nice, this is finally over. "Sweet. Let's get out of here, I wanna get back to playing Monster Hunter. You can give them my prescription and pay, I'm 16.3/20 on both eyes, and it hasn't gotten any better or worse for a while now."
"Ok, I'll… wait, what? Hey, come back here Himari! Himari, we can't leave the store just yet-"
Just a normal pair of sunglasses, polarized using a Fire Glyph and a tad bit wider. Still very cool, though!
-Reduces the effect of Cursed Eyes from a -20 to a -5.
-Cannot be worn during formal events or in certain other environments.
Monday, March 3rd, 2080, 11:37 AM
Jun's Place
You are Kaneko Akemi. You've got headphones on, Purrson lounging on your shoulder, and a podcast playing.
"Alright Akasuki, Sora. I'm gonna have you roll for initiative."
"…wait, that wasn't a normal chest?"
"Probably a mimic, Bashira. Also, really Kira?"
"I said I was a fun DM, not a fair one. Roll for initiative!"
Turns out your newest friend has a monthly D&D podcast. The adventures of Vilthin the Dragonborn, Agro the unfortunately named Orc Cleric, and whatever celebrity guest comes on each month to be tormented by Kirata are pretty entertaining.
As you're listening, you take out a vacuum cleaner, and begin to clear out the spots where a Roomba you set up in the kitchen can't reach. Your vacuum sucks up the dust from underneath the couch, in the corners, and on the windowsill. After a while, you swap over to wiping down the windows, and then sorting some of the boxes and putting them into closets and drawers (which you label). The time begins to fly, as the adventures of Kirata and her D&D group go on in your ears. Your experience as a cleaner of both corpses and more mundane things lets you focus. Purrson is sleeping on the kitchen table now, so you turn off the Roomba and focus more on sorting.
"Ok, here we go. Eldritch Blast!"
"Bashira, are you really going to use that again?"
"I mean, he does have a +4 thanks to that Ring of Inspiration and Agonizing Blast… but first you're gonna have to roll to hit."
"And that's a… 6. Dang it."
"It broke out of the ice last turn, so the mimic will dodge, hopping away even though it doesn't have legs. Unfortunately, I will not be letting you roll for Intelligence here, Sora."
Is this a questionable coping mechanism? Maybe. First you'd probably need to Google the definition of "coping mechanism", but it's not like you're hurting yourself mentally or physically with this.
It's a bit past 1 when the door opens, and Jun and Himari walk in. Himari's decked out in a pair of black shades, which go very well with her casual outfit. Very nice!
Jun's jaw drops to the floor, and you have a feeling that Himari's eyes are widening… well, they might be. You can't see them. You take off your headphones.
"Holy crap, Akemi, you cleaned this place out! It looks way nicer than when we left. This is crazy…" Jun says.
You look around. While Jun's place wasn't nasty or anything of the sort beforehand, now it's positively spotless. Any spare computer parts that were lying around have been put away and sorted, and every pillow in the house has been fluffed and well arranged. All in a day's work.
He scratches his head, as Himari goes over to the couch to lay down and play on her handheld console. "If there's any way I can repay you for the full cleaning, I'll do it. I don't think this place has looked so nice in ages!"
"Oh, don't worry about it. Besides, I'm living here with you guys as well. There's no need to pay me."
"No, I insist. I'll discount my prices for you and Rei, just this one time. I have other clients, they'll do me well enough."
d10=4.
Next time Intel is bought, it costs nothing!
"Jun, get on Monster Hunter with me! The new Phoenixfire Rathalos isn't going to be waiting forever!"
As Jun hops on his computer to play with Himari, you can't help but sigh and smile. It's not too bad to have a break every once in a while. Author's Note:
I ditched Rei for this one (just for fun), and had part of this written out over the weekend. You could probably tell by how there wasn't as much rolling. One fun fact, though: Vilthin (from the D&D podcast) is played by Akasuki, and was based on an actual character I played.
I need to show you guys Dokuro and Senkensha's side of things, because they're just doing insane espionage and running around the entire whole of Tokyo while Rei and the gang are just… there, slowly building up power and relaxing. Rei's working a 9 to 5, for god's sake.
I need to show you guys Dokuro and Senkensha's side of things, because they're just doing insane espionage and running around the entire whole of Tokyo while Rei and the gang are just… there, slowly building up power and relaxing. Rei's working a 9 to 5, for god's sake.
Ah that's was nice thing to read after a writing section. 2 exams and then a bunch of self indulgence and bad jokes. That's the good stuff. Cool as always Kermie, Also the Archmages play DND? Based. Also I want Whatever MH Jun and Himari are playing. I have MH withdrawal *Looks at Sunbreak for the switch that has been untouched since tbefore Orange Espinas quests were dropped*.... actually never mind, my rusty butt would get carted faster than you can say Palico.
Monday, March 3rd, 2080, 1:56 PM
Fuck if I know where they are
Somewhere in… uh… Japan… I think… were two people, sitting in the back of a fancy fashion store. You know the kind. Snobby people, items priced at about the price of your kidney. One of them was dressed in a suit, while the other was in a splendid white dress with black accents.
They were both so tired of the day. They both wanted to go home. So bad. Unfortunately, their apartments weren't much more fun, so they were just sitting there. Bored.
Dokuro brushed his clean cut, brown hair out of his eyes, and looked at Senkesha, who was busy typing on her phone. "Hey. What are you doing?"
"Nunya."
"I had younger siblings, that won't work on me. Do you at least have any more leads on the girl?"
The girl readjusted her circular glasses, and scoffed. Dokuro half expected her to say something snarky again, but dismissed that thought. Void Corrosion made him a little- nope, he wouldn't say that- but he was fine when he was away from the power! Really.
"Nada. All I've got is some mild rumors. Uh, we've got a wild Shade attack in Shibuya and another in Harajuku. One fiery one that didn't hit any gas lines, and this other one… mechanical samurai? Man, I'd like to pull that one out of the Void at some point. Neither of which were caused by us, I'd bet on it being triggered by the Contractors or Night Market."
Dokuro gritted his teeth. Shades sometimes left evidence of their battles with Kamen Riders or Magical Girls, but just like the unstable Cores that made them up, that magical residue tended to burn away after… what, five minutes? Nothing usable, that was for sure. "Tsk, no chance any evidence survived this long. Besides, could have been any upstart Kamen Rider or Magical Girl. You know damn well they pop up like flies. Or cicadas. I dunno, never lived in the county. Are there any other leads from February?"
She readjusted her glasses, before swiping up on her phone. "Hm, lemme check. Ok, our site's loading… nope. Archmages are silent again, since the government's blockade of info on them is still holding way too strong. We've also got—"
The girl who called herself Senkesha went silent all of a sudden. "Um."
The boy who called himself Dokuro immediately put his head into his hands. "Don't. Don't fucking tell me there's nothing else."
Senkesha went silent for a second, before shrugging. "Yeah, I've got nothing, partner. Any face recognition software or database didn't work since you didn't see "The Girl" that clearly, and I checked at Animate. The HumaGear boss said that nothing happened on that day a month ago, and then threatened to kick me in the crotch and toss me out the window if I was just standing around and being a bother."
He tilted his head quizzically. "Doesn't that hurt less for you—"
"Maybe, but they're still my private parts for a reason! In all honesty, if it wasn't for the whole secrecy thing, I was tempted to just pull out the Reaper Gun and just fucking shoot her and everyone else on that floor in the face right there…"
Dokuro nodded despairingly, trying his best to stave off his coworker partner?'s murderous grumbling. He punched his nose to stop the impending migraine, and took a deep breath. "Ok. Ok. Nice to hear that. My phone's charging right now though, so can you please tell me the agenda for next week of Umbra and please tell it to me gently? Awakening Day's still a while away, and The Girl's been off grid for a while, right? So there's not much going on, right?"
Senkesha looked at him, and he could have sworn upon the bodies of every single person he had ever grieved— that she was just barely smirking. "Tomorrow, we have to take down a wild Shade that targeted our front in Osaka. Thursday, we hunt down the Lily Dragon, who charred thirty of our guys to a crisp last month. Friday, we have to show some Night Market yokai what their place is. Saturday, group training session. The meeting on Sunday in the Unemptied Ending is still on."
His jaw dropped, right before he took his hand to his chin and slammed it back into place. "…You have to be kidding me. There is no way in hell, heaven, or wherever both of us are going that this is real."
"Superhell?"
"Yeah, sure. Let's go with that. Is there any way either of us can get out of this… any indirect leads of any Magical Girls who might… be ok with just giving up her powers without a fight?"
"Yukinobu already took that lead five seconds after it appeared. All of the other easy missions were taken by our part-timers."
"…Sen, can I get a break to scream into a closet somewhere? I think I'll need it."
"We're in the backroom of this shop right now, partner. It's soundproofed. Go ahead." Senkesha said, closing her eyes and taking off her glasses to polish them.
"Again. Stop calling me that. But thanks for the permission to scream. Ahem. EXCUSE ME UMBRA, BUT WHAT IN THE FLYING FU—" Author's Note:
Absolutely nothing you guys did last in-game week was traceable back to you, thanks to Kirata. You didn't even use the Atry form once. Keep it up, so I can make Dokuro and Senkesha suffer more more funny content like this.
In case you're wondering how Jun managed to get Mai on his side without formally contacting her, he sent her a strongly worded letter along with 50 BluRedGrnRay DVDs of anime that went out of print in 2065 and are hard to get on streaming services. Yes, really.
My ten cents on writing villains like them is this: if the antagonists don't seem like they could be the protagonists of their own Quest, they don't have enough going on.
Can't truly be shonen if there's other evil/black company organizations running around the world right? I mean obiviously there was more then umbra judging by the chara-gen but it's nice to have names.
(even if they're all staler then like Umbra? Like c'mon Contractors?? Night Market??)
Also huh, not being in Atry form unintentionally went really well for staying off the grid huh? Good for us. Let's keep that in mind for future fights, it's even in character because Rei should know about keepin on the down low.
Contractors, no, it just sounds cooler.
Night Market has gone through three different versions of the name. But popular consensus (their leader's opinion) is that it's chunni in a good way now.
Night Market has gone through three different versions of the name
. But popular consensus (their leader's opinion) is that it's chunni in a good way now.
"Nada. All I've got is some mild rumors. Uh, we've got a wild Shade attack in Shibuya and another in Harajuku. One fiery one that didn't hit any gas lines, and this other one… mechanical samurai? Man, I'd like to pull that one out of the Void at some point. Neither of which were caused by us, I'd bet on it being triggered by the Contractors or Night Market."
Author's Note:
Absolutely nothing you guys did last in-game week was traceable back to you, thanks to Kirata. You didn't even use the Atry form once. Keep it up, so I can make Dokuro and Senkesha suffer more more funny content like this.
In case you're wondering how Jun managed to get Mai on his side without formally contacting her, he sent her a strongly worded letter along with 50 BluRedGrnRay DVDs of anime that went out of print in 2065 and are hard to get on streaming services. Yes, really.
Also huh, not being in Atry form unintentionally went really well for staying off the grid huh? Good for us. Let's keep that in mind for future fights, it's even in character because Rei should know about keepin on the down low.
We were joking about Aktio causing panic, making the villains think there were tons of new Riders around, maybe even part of a team, but it is very funny to me that we are actually sorta doing it with Rei too!
We were joking about Aktio causing panic, making the villains think there were tons of new Riders around, maybe even part of a team, but it is very funny to me that we are actually sorta doing it with Rei too!
Yup just gotta stick with the Ninja, Wonderland and Pirate forms (more coming soon) and not our baseline for as long as possible.
Won't last forever obviously since Atry form is our panick button form but yknow. Best to prolong it.
We were joking about Aktio causing panic, making the villains think there were tons of new Riders around, maybe even part of a team, but it is very funny to me that we are actually sorta doing it with Rei too!
I mean yes- Yay for possible new forms, but Kermie mentioned that if Rei manages to get surprised or runs out of steam for ideas she reverts back to Atry as baseline.
Obiviously more options to run through is great though.
I mean yes- Yay for possible new forms, but Kermie mentioned that if Rei manages to get surprised or runs out of steam for ideas she reverts back to Atry as baseline.
