What about making a giant sphere that our body rides around inside of? And our soul gem is elsewhere, at the edge of our range.
 
Wings for the gods, with every man touched by a feather.

Wings for the angels, pure and whole, a million million dancing on a measure.

Wings for the fallen, rising anew, once for the beloved, once for the world, and once for the king.

Wings for the the Lord, absolute, almighty and for whom the righteous sing.

Wings for the skybirds, unbound and free, untouched by the follies of the land and sea.

Wings for the Hero, look up and see, the Ultraman who redefines how it is to be.

Wings are fucking badass, okay? We're sticking with it.
 
If we do go for grief wings, can we possibly make each of those feathers explosive?

I have no idea how it got there, but my mind went into danmaku, then into ray storm at the thought of their combat potential .

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This is just a shitty little inversions-based thing, but I feel it adequately illustrates what "Grief!IronMeguca" might look like. I would like to argue that it is immensely excellent.

...Also, Iron Meguca? Why not Iron Maiden?

Edit: Also, sorry for white background. I wanted a .PNG, but...
 
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It's all fun and games until we slip up with a giant griefblob connected directly to our gem. :p

But we'd *glow orange hellfire*. Can you imagine landing in front of Hostile Megucas going:

"Surrender and you will not be harmed. Resist..."

Suddenly Pipebombs surround the Megucas. Hellfire burns forth from our hands in a fiery cascade that pools onto the ground.

"...and we will be moved to use force."
 
You know what's more awesome than grief wings?



Grief-powered remote detachable laser falls wings.
 
If we do go for grief wings, can we possibly make each of those feathers explosive?

I have no idea how it got there, but my mind went into danmaku, then into ray storm at the thought of their combat potential .

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Your mind went to Danmaku and you didn't immediately think of Touhou? Shame on you.


The awesome bit starts at about a minute in.
 
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Surface Tension pt. 17
You're definitely going to have to fly out, since wandering the school corridors with your very distinctively not-a-school-uniform clothes is just going to raise more questions. Still, wings or perhaps something new, considering that you did an excellent impression of a drunken moth with said wings?

After a brief debate with yourself that involved a diversion into thoughts about fixed wing flight at some point, you decide to try something new, and hopefully more stable. Under your control, the Grief marbles file out of your sling bag, pushing aside the flap. You mould them into a flat, skateboard sized platform, hovering a few centimeters above the floor.

You nudge it with your foot, simultaneously trying to keep it in place with your powers. It doesn't budge, and so you gingerly place one foot on it, pressing down hard. Again, it doesn't so much as move a millimeter. With increasing confidence, you bring both feet, your entire body weight onto the hoverboard, which remains obdurately stationary in mid air, nailed in place by your Grief manipulation.

... Magic is such bullshit.

You flick your fingers, and the board rises, under your control, with you carefully balancing on top of it. You easily clear the top of the fence, and float off. The hoverboard is nice, but balancing on it is slightly annoying - one slip and you're in for a rather long fall which might not be fatal, but would be... unfortunate.

Still, this is quite pleasant as compared to the wings of corruption - certainly a lot smoother than the flight with your wings, though you can't help but wonder if that's more because of your inexperience with them.

High above the city, in the clean, clear air, you cruise along, one hand casually slung in your pocket. What now, with the four or so hours to burn?

You decide that you could go look for the girl out by the west - Gaikotsu Masami. Might as well go sound her out a bit early, before things come to a head. Other than 'somewhere in the western end', though, you're not terribly sure where she lives.

You head back home, and look her up with Mami's computer. You're vaguely surprised that residential listings still exist... Ah, well. It's terribly convenient that they do, so you're not complaining, really.

You're soon zipping along at speed towards the west end of the city on your hoverboard, finding yourself cruising amongst some upscale apartment blocks. They look relatively new, built within the past few years, at a guess. Construction works are dotted here and there, new buildings still going up.

Masami's apartment is on the seventh floor, and you're soon standing outside the apartment door - to your surprise, there are two magical presences inside the apartment, both seemingly sitting in what you'd guess is the living room.

... they're sitting rather close together, you note with amusement.

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For the record, Masami is her first name.
 
So, do we ring the doorbell and introduce ourselves,, or do we go full on stalker on them.

We probably should have spent more time planning what are we going to do when we actually meet her than arguing over the merits of Grief wings vs Grief hoverboard, now that I think about it.
 
[x]Try and sense how high the pair's grief levels are remotely if it's at all possible.
[x]Detransform, and knock.
[x]If they don't answer...go and get some paper and leave a note under the door explaining who we are, where we're staying/contact information, and that we're offering gem cleansing without any strings attached.
[x]If one or both answer...
-[x]Hi! We're Sabrina. It's Masami, right? We're a new magical girl from to the east, and thought we'd introduce ourselves- just being neighborly.
-[x]We can cleanse their gems and any full seeds they've got on hand- no catches or strings attached.
-[x]Can we come in?
 
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I agree with not heading straight to grief cleansing. They might react badly to anything strange happening anywhere near the vicinity of their soul gems. Maybe offer to clean just their nearly topped-up grief seeds?
 
Okay so what's your plan about bringing Masami up to speed about events in Mitakihara?
Leave out Walpurgisnight and Oriko completely, give her vague info about the state of affairs re: us staying with Mami and Homu, and keep it at "we're around if you ever need the help".

Of course when she turns out to be a Lich, this plan'll be sunk anyway.
 
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