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859: "Why?"
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    • [X] "(LIE) Nah, I'm aight." "Why'd you say "lie"?"

    "...I lobbed someone's arm off a few days ago." You begin, taking a deep breath, "And I had enough power to just... Make that go away, with a flick of my wrist and a magic spell. A-And now..." You sigh, your shoulders drooping, "...I killed someone."

    No one interrupts, so you take that as a go ahead.

    "Sure, it was Old Man Hino, I walked into that room knowing full well only one of us would walk out, but..." You shake your head, "...But I wanted to think he might've had some good in him. That he might've just been another victim of his surroundings, or just him getting consumed by himself."

    "That exact line of thinking kept me under his thumb for years." Kohaku shivers, her hands balling up into fists, "I tried to sympathize with that monster, but he just kept hurting everyone! He had so much power, so much potential to help, but he didn't." Kohaku huffs a frustrated breath, "He... He deserved it."

    "It's not like you had much of a choice, anyhow." Grandpa solemnly nods, "It was you or the world, kid. But I understand."

    You put your hand to your forehead, "Damnit, what kind of world do we live in that killing my best friend's father and essentially axing her mom is a good thing?!"

    "That is the scenario we find ourselves in." Grandma puts a hand on your shoulder, "Yumi, you picked the only path he left for you to follow."

    "...Then why do I still feel... Awful?" You take in a shakey breath.

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    • TremendousMilk3 said:
    "...Then why do I still feel... Awful?"
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    I'd like to know that too, because, quite frankly, I do not understand Yumi's problem here. Like Kohaku said, like I have been saying, Fuckwad deserved it, and as far as I'm concerned, the fact that he deserved to die means that no one should feel the least bit bad about killing him unless they personally cared about him. And last I checked, Yumi had zero positive emotions towards the guy.
     
    JAGwin said:
    I do not understand Yumi's problem here.
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    Because it means that, despite everything that's happened, she feels like she hasn't changed at all, at least in my opinion.

    Given how we've gotten dialogue about Shoji holding Yumi back at points, to Yumi herself, she hasn't changed much from the child that was angry enough to fight impossible odds the the point where others could say she went too far.

    Yumi came to this place to get away from her violent past, only for way worse stuff to appear, and finally push her to realize her fear of finally killing someone.

    Also, being apathetic to killing as much as you have been suggesting so far just really reminds me of Eren from AoT who had a whole stabbing cabin episode. He was justified obviously, but it's still kind of jarring and horrifying to see in person.

    Edit: Another thing, it feels odd to me for Yumi to have a worse reaction to dismemberment than to taking a life.
     
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    Herofox said:
    Edit: Another thing, it feels odd to me for Yumi to have a worse reaction to dismemberment than to taking a life.
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    I don't have a problem with Yumi feeling awful. I do have a big problem with her going "but what if he was actually a good person deep down?"

    As for my vote, I this is all I can see that wouldn't conflict with the tone the chapter ended on. This isn't something we should have a long rambling vote for:

    [X] Sit there for a bit. Even if he truly deserved it, you still took a life today. You can only hope it never becomes something easy to do.
     
    [X] Sit there for a bit. Even if he truly deserved it, you still took a life today. You can only hope it never becomes something easy to do.
     
    [X] Sit there for a bit. Even if he truly deserved it, you still took a life today. You can only hope it never becomes something easy to do.
     
    [X] Sit there for a bit. Even if he truly deserved it, you still took a life today. You can only hope it never becomes something easy to do.
     
    JAGwin said:
    I do not understand Yumi's problem here.
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    The thing is, despite everything, Yumi is a good person. Not to say that you aren't, of course, but the thing is that hearing from people who have, in fact, taken a life, it is generally deeply traumatising, especially as personally as Yumi just did. Even if that person may have deserved it, it is a visceral thing, and I don't want Yumi to be cold to that, like Homura made herself be. As cool as she is, Homuhomu isn't the best person to emulate too closely.

    Herofox said:
    Edit: Another thing, it feels odd to me for Yumi to have a worse reaction to dismemberment than to taking a life.
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    Quick mention to this : There are ways to attribute this, but the simplest argument would be to say that she didn't know Father Hino in any personal way, like she did what'shisname brainwashedman. They might not have been friendly, but they still knew each other, and are thus harder to rationalise around.

    Isiri Pudireach said:
    "but what if he was actually a good person deep down?"
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    I do get you on this, and perhaps it shouldn't've been in the vote, but it's also important to keep hope.
     
    [X] Sit there for a bit. Even if he truly deserved it, you still took a life today. You can only hope it never becomes something easy to do.
     
    Pharos: Hey. It's almost a full moon again. In just a few days, another strong enemy will appear. You've handled them well so far, but--

    Homura, pointing a gun: Who the hell are you?!

    Pharos: ...Ah, my mistake. Wrong edgy teenager. Sorry. *Disappears*
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    860: It's Never Easy.
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    • [X] "Sit. Good boy!" - Fuuka to Koromaru

    "Yumi, that's normal." Grandma says, "Anyone would feel the same way if they had to do what you did."

    "None of this is normal." Grandpa argues, guiding you to a free spot on the couch, "Listen, kid. You made the right call here, but remember this feeling. That way, you won't want to deal out death all willy nilly."

    "I think what Haruki is trying to say..." Grandma interrupts, stepping in front of you, "...Is that this feeling, this awfulness... It's a sign that you still care. You care about people, you care about life, and you care about the impact their lives have. You did something you consider terrible, and even if it was necessary, you still feel this way. That's good, Yumi. It means you're still human."

    But, a little voice in the back of your mind argues, you still took a life today, no matter how necessary.

    "I hope it never becomes easy." You mumble to yourself.

    "Me too." Kohaku mumbles back.

    (YUMI LEVELS UP ×4!!!!)
    (YOU HAVE 36 SKILL POINTS.)
    [] Write in your stat growth!
    -[] Learn/Replace skills?

    (DAWN GROWS...!)
    (CHOOSE ONE SWORD PERK.)
    [] UPGRADE: Blustering Strike > Tornado Sever (uses Zandyne)
    [] From Death's Grasp: Once per day, if you would take fatal damage, Dawn will revive you to half HP.
    [] Sharpness: Adds +5 DMG.
    [] Engravings: Gives Dawn some engravings. They look nice, but serve no tactical advantage whatsoever.

    (THE WORLD QUAKES IN THE WAKE OF YOUR VICTORY...)

    Just sitting here, surrounded by friends and family after what you went through, is soothing. Your eyes begin to shut on their own...

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    (CHOOSE A POINT OF VIEW)

    [] Green.
    [] Blue.
    [] Pink.
    [] White.
    [] Gold.
    [] Black.
    [] Write in?
     
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    • Isiri Pudireach said:
    I really like this one.
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    I think we would get more use out of the Zandyne skill tbh.

    We don't exactly lose enough health in fights to even come close to dying, though it is hilariously powerful, even limited to once per day.

    Honestly okay with either option.

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    Going with this atm cause she's kind of important. Might change it later.
     
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    Herofox said:
    I think we would get more use out of the Zandyne skill tbh.

    We don't exactly lose enough health in fights to even come close to dying, though it is hilariously powerful, even limited to once per day.

    Honestly okay with either option.
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    It's basically a break health bar. Add in our Endure and... Even if you can hit her, she Just. Will. Not. Stay. Down.
     
    TremendousMilk3 said:
    (DAWN GROWS...!)
    (CHOOSE ONE SWORD PERK.)
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    Shouldn't we be getting four since we gained four levels?

    Also, there are supposed to be four options per Sword Perk choice because of Extra Choice.

    [X] Stats: +28 AGL, +7 INT, +1 LUK
    -[X] Do not change Skills

    Get our AGL and INT up to 70, thereby giving us a +10 to both their modifiers, and add the remaining point to LUK continue working on getting that caught up.

    EDIT: I also do not think we should change our Skills just yet, because at the moment, the only way to maintain our current Skill Point gain rate would require us to swap out at least one of Me Patra, Mediarama, Recarm or Dekaja, and I don't think anyone is willing to give those up just yet.

    [X] UPGRADE: Blustering Strike > Tornado Sever (uses Zandyne)

    Weren't the Tier III Sword Skills going to be called X Break? Regardless, I consider upgrading our Sword Perks to be the best option available to us at the moment.

    [X] Purple

    Let's get Homura's perspective.
     
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    JAGwin said:
    Weren't the Tier III Sword Skills going to be called X Break? Regardless, I consider upgrading our Sword Perks to be the best option available to us at the moment.
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    It's also upgrading our weakest Sword Skill into being our strongest, going from Tier 1 to Tier 3.

    [X] Stats: +28 AGL, +7 INT, +1 LUK
    -[X] Do not change Skills

    [X] UPGRADE: Blustering Strike > Tornado Sever (uses Zandyne)
     
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    [X] From Death's Grasp: Once per day, if you would take fatal damage, Dawn will revive you to half HP.
    Better to have it and not need it, than to need it at a critical moment and be caught lacking.

    [X] Stats: +28 AGL, +7 INT, +1 LUK
    -[X] Do not change Skills
    TremendousMilk3 said:
    (CHOOSE A POINT OF VIEW)

    [] Green.
    [] Blue.
    [] Pink.
    [] White.
    [] Gold.
    [] Black.
    [] Write in?
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    Hitomi
    Sayaka
    Madoka
    Nagisa
    Mami
    Homura
    Custom
     
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    JAGwin said:
    [X] Stats: +28 AGL, +7 INT, +1 LUK
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    Wait, so when are we leveling DEX again? I remember we needed that for the Rainbow Sword fusion thing.

    [X] UPGRADE: Blustering Strike > Tornado Sever (uses Zandyne)

    Considering our play style, damage is more important imo

    [X] Purple

    Changing to this one, since she's more in the loop and we can probably get more info from this interlude.
     
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