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Renascence: A Homura Quest

Honorifics or Western-style Titles? I've used both before, which is bothersomely inconsistent

  • Japanese Honorifics (-san, -sama, -dono, -chan, -kun, -senpai, etcetera)

    Votes: 12 33.3%

  • Western Titles (Mister, Miss, job titles, Lord, Lady, etcetera)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Use whichever works better for a given sentence.

    Votes: 24 66.7%
  • Total voters
    36
  • Poll closed .
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TheEyes said:
Wait, what? When did we get another grief seed? I thought the only Witch we fought was Sachiel?

Hell, if that's the case then I'll be fine with switching to cleanse now; I still think it's a little overly cautious, but in this case with <150 Sanity it's probably worth the inefficiency.
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Ah-ha!
Higure said:
Kyouko glances between the two of you, "...do you two know each other?"

"Yes." "No."

You shoot a glare at Oriko, before answering again, "It's...complex. We know of each other more than anything."

Oriko nods, "That seems a fair description. Now, Akemi-san, as for your question...my presence here will be beneficial, as will Kirika's in the future. She's presently busy, but we will all meet again soon."

You sigh, "Straight answer?"

She smirks back at you, "Oh, now that would be no fun. Just wait for it. For now...consider this a gift to celebrate your release." With that, she lobs a small object towards you. You catch the thrown Grief Seed, blinking twice, "Why?"

She shrugs, "You're low. You are needed. Nothing more."
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So we do have a second Grief Seed! Do we get to know how many charges it has?
 
Okay, with that in mind, changed the base plan:

TheEyes said:
[X] Base Plan Force Recon - Time Stop Style
-[X] Cleanse Soul Gem
-[X] Time Stop
-[X] Quick recon: what is the situation? Who/what is attacking? Are Kyouko/Nanoha injured? Holding their own? Winning? (Expected usage: 10 seconds. Max usage: 30 seconds)
--[X] If fight is not going well, use Time Stop to evacuate Mami's apartment. Cover retreat with time-stopped machine gun fire (Expected usage: 1 minute. Max usage: 2 minutes)
--[X] Otherwise, end Time Stop and help evacuate Sayaka+Mami.
---[X] Once Mami and Sayaka are safe return to back up Nanoha and Kyouko.
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@SailorMidgard @FelOnyx take note (though we're still the vast underdogs here, so ultimately we're almost certainly going to end up just running away).
 
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[x] Flight. Safe-ish distance, observe, figure out what in the world is attacking and why.
-[x] Use a grief seed on the way out.
No. of Votes: 10
Dorryza
B_mod
FelOnyx
FelSpite
JarringToaster
Kinematics
LostDeviljho
Silver
Skarmory
theauthor

[X] Plan Force Recon - Time Stop Style
-[X] Cleanse Soul Gem
-[X] Time Stop
-[X] Quick recon: what is the situation? Who/what is attacking? Are Kyouko/Nanoha injured? Holding their own? Winning? (Expected usage: 10 seconds. Max usage: 30 seconds)
--[X] If fight is not going well, use Time Stop to evacuate Mami's apartment. Cover retreat with time-stopped machine gun fire (Expected usage: 1 minute. Max usage: 2 minutes)
--[X] Otherwise, end Time Stop and help evacuate Sayaka+Mami.
---[X] Once Mami and Sayaka are safe return to back up Nanoha and Kyouko.
No. of Votes: 7
Plan: ◈Force Recon - Time Stop Style
ConsumerOfAll
MrLZRS
SailorMidgard
Sk8torchic
SynchronizedWritersBlock
TheEyes
UbeOne
[X] Time stop
[X] Pull Sayaka into time stop and help her move Mami out of danger.
[X] Flight. Safe-ish distance, observe, figure out what the hell's attacking and why.
-[X] Use a grief seed on the way out.
[X] Once Mami and Sayaka are safe return to investigate the situation in time stop.
-[X] Arm self with machine gun
--[X] Be prepared to fight anything that moves despite time stop.
No. of Votes: 4
TriggerBlaze345
Crow
Hyp3rB14d3
Omegastar

[X] Flight
No. of Votes: 1
Impstar
Total No. of Voters: 21

You'll currently be following the plan in green.
 
[X] Plan Force Recon - Time Stop Style
-[X] Cleanse Soul Gem
-[X] Time Stop
-[X] Quick recon: what is the situation? Who/what is attacking? Are Kyouko/Nanoha injured? Holding their own? Winning? (Expected usage: 10 seconds. Max usage: 30 seconds)
--[X] If fight is not going well, use Time Stop to evacuate Mami's apartment. Cover retreat with time-stopped machine gun fire (Expected usage: 1 minute. Max usage: 2 minutes)
--[X] Otherwise, end Time Stop and help evacuate Sayaka+Mami.
---[X] Once Mami and Sayaka are safe return to back up Nanoha and Kyouko.
 
[X] Plan Force Recon - Time Stop Style
-[X] Cleanse Soul Gem
-[X] Time Stop
-[X] Quick recon: what is the situation? Who/what is attacking? Are Kyouko/Nanoha injured? Holding their own? Winning? (Expected usage: 10 seconds. Max usage: 30 seconds)
--[X] If fight is not going well, use Time Stop to evacuate Mami's apartment. Cover retreat with time-stopped machine gun fire (Expected usage: 1 minute. Max usage: 2 minutes)
--[X] Otherwise, end Time Stop and help evacuate Sayaka+Mami.
---[X] Once Mami and Sayaka are safe return to back up Nanoha and Kyouko.
 
[:V] Flight. Safe-ish distance, observe, figure out what in the world is attacking and why.
-[:V] Use a grief seed on the way out.
 
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    • [X] Plan Force Recon - Time Stop Style
    -[X] Cleanse Soul Gem
    -[X] Time Stop
    -[X] Quick recon: what is the situation? Who/what is attacking? Are Kyouko/Nanoha injured? Holding their own? Winning? (Expected usage: 10 seconds. Max usage: 30 seconds)
    --[X] If fight is not going well, use Time Stop to evacuate Mami's apartment. Cover retreat with time-stopped machine gun fire (Expected usage: 1 minute. Max usage: 2 minutes)
    --[X] Otherwise, end Time Stop and help evacuate Sayaka+Mami.
    ---[X] Once Mami and Sayaka are safe return to back up Nanoha and Kyouko.

    You nod, drawing Sachiel's Soul Gem out and cleansing. The world seems to brighten around you as your Grief slips away, and you immediately turn your shield, the world going grey around you.

    Taking a breath, you hurry and perform some Recon...the sounds were coming from the living room, so you hurry there...and find Kyouko in close melee with a massive, grey-skinned figure. Your first instinct is to call it a monster...something different from a Witch, but no less terrifying. Soon, though, instinct fades and you recognize it's form of that of a man...one standing easily twelve feet tall, with an expression more suited to a beast, but certainly a human being, or something like one.


    The time-stopped world around you seems on the verge of suddenly jerking back into motion...you jerk away as his gaze turns to meet yours. That shouldn't be...No. NO. NO! MINE! Y-you can't do anything here! YOU CAN'T!"

    You shake your head and quickly retreat, satisfied that...whatever this thing is...the spear millimeters from its exposed throat will stop it, or at least slow it down. Kyouko and Nanoha appear to have things in hand...

    You hurry back to Sayaka, return to your original position, and drop out of Time Stop, "Okay, let's go." Sayaka nods, and takes point, leading you towards the...window?

    "Sayaka...you can't make that jump. Your legs..."

    She just smirks, mischief glimmering in her eye as she leaps. You follow in an instant, hand reaching for your Shield...and are interrupted by a bank of green fog.

    Your moment of hesitation is too long, and you hear Sayaka impact the ground...and almost smack her as she sticks her tongue out at you, Mami in her arms, "Reinforcement. I'll explain later. For now...what's up with this fog?"

    You've already stopped listening, your gaze flicking around the area as you try to spot...there! "Look out, Sayaka!"

    You have a machine gun in your hands in an instant, a spray of bullets flying to intercept a vague silhouette as it approaches Sayaka.

    The beast seems not to care, bursting through the fog, its teeth grasping for Sayaka...

    ...who has dropped Mami, and drawn that Sword of hers. With a snarl, she throws herself aside and lunges to slash it across the beast's ribs...only for it to hurl itself aside in turn, lashing at her with it's tail. She ducks with unnatural speed, letting out a shout as the Sword flashes again, but she still only manages to nick the monstrosity...



    It seems to be focused on her for the moment, but...

    "Homura! This fog's some kind of poison...if you don't get away from it soon..."

    You curse under your breath...you could try to take this thing out, if you could cook up something deadly enough, but you can't afford to leave Sayaka and Mami exposed for very long. Not to mention Kyouko...you can't back her up if you're stuck down here.

    You cough involuntarily, trying to evaluate the situation quickly...



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    [CENTER OF THE MIND]​





    --Calendar
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    Weapons Armor Accessories Abilities

    • Progressive Knife Shield of Love

        • Durability: 300
        • Maximum Number: 1
        • Attack Types:
          • Slash: Effective Power = Power * 1.2, Standard Damage
          • Stab: Effective Power = Power * 1.5, Moderate decrease in Damage
        • Special Ability:
          • Progressive: If contact is maintained with the target, the attack's effective Power increases by 10 for each second of sustained contact, assuming pressure is maintained, to a maximum of +100 Power

        • Durability: Infinite
        • Maximum Number: 1
        • Special Abilities
          • Focus for Shield of Protection
          • Focus for Time Stop
          • Required for Time Reversal


    • Magical Girl Outfit

        • Durability: 50
        • Special Abilties
          • Multiplies Speed and Strength by 10


    • Soul Gem

        • Durability: 15
        • Special Abilities
          • Contains your Soul


    • Time Stop Shield of Protection Magic Blast Enchantment Bargaining

        • Cost:
          • 1 EE/Second; Rounded Up
          • 10 Sanity/30 Minutes; Rounded Down; Totaled Daily

        • Negates a single attack entirely.
        • Cost
          • X EE
          • X is equal to the Power of the attack negated.

        • Fire an energy blast from your Shield.
          • Instant Attack
          • 100% Accuracy
          • 100 Power
          • Low Damage
        • Cost
          • 20 EE/Second; Rounded Up
        • Fairly easy to alter, with a little work.

        • Adds to or alters the abilities of an object. Different effect have different costs, and must be discovered and studied in order to determine what works and what doesn't. As always, proximity to your natural magical talents lowers Cost and Difficulty.
        • The costs listed below are the costs to enchant a handheld item. Vehicles cost 5 times this amount to enchant, and larger objects (buildings, warships, etc.) cost 5 times as much as a vehicle (25x the listed cost). All Enchantment Costs are rounded up.
          • Automation: The object or device will act on its own according to your will. (Cost: 5 EE/Hour)
          • Increase Power (1 EE/Power point. Max 20.)
          • Increase Speed (10 EE to double speed. Max 4x Speed.)
          • Increase Durability (1 EE/Durability point. Max 20.)
          • Increase Damage (30 EE to increase Damage scale by 1 step. Max 1.)
          • Enhance Other Ability: Examples include allowing plane to fly freely in hurricane, improving the sight enhancement from glasses, and making medicine more effective. Extremely exotic effects may be achieved through study, experimentation, and practice.(Cost: Varies).
          • Grant Supernatural Ability: Allow an object to do something that it normally can't. The stronger the relationship between the object and the effect, the lower the Cost and Difficulty will be (Homing Bullets and Auto Reload are relatively cheap. A Homing Cello, on the other hand...)
            • Homing Projectiles (1 EE/Projectile)
            • Auto Reload (5 EE)

        • Use Magic to distort the past slightly, averting a single disaster before it occurred. Very powerful, but has limits.
        • Cost
          • 500 Sanity
          • 500 EE


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    [CENTER OF THE MIND]​

    Time: 12:32:38
    Grief: 13/1000
    Sanity: 115/1000
    Stability Multiplier: 0.9​

    Calendar

    Active Effects:
    [Enchantment: Increase Heart Performance. Cost: 5 Grief/Hour]

    Time Stop:
    • Cost:
      • 1 EE/Second; Rounded Up
      • 10 Sanity/30 Minutes; Rounded Down; Totaled Daily
    Shield of Protection:
    • Negates a single attack entirely.
    • Cost
      • X EE
      • X is equal to the Power of the attack negated.
    Magic Blast:
    • Fire an energy blast from your Shield.
      • Instant Attack
      • 100% Accuracy
      • 100 Power
      • Low Damage
    • Cost
      • 20 EE/Second; Rounded Up
    • Fairly easy to alter, with a little work.

    Enchant:
    • Adds to or alters the abilities of an object. Different effect have different costs, and must be discovered and studied in order to determine what works and what doesn't. As always, proximity to your natural magical talents lowers Cost and Difficulty.
    • The costs listed below are the costs to enchant a handheld item. Vehicles cost 5 times this amount to enchant, and larger objects (buildings, warships, etc.) cost 5 times as much as a vehicle (25x the listed cost). All Enchantment Costs are rounded up.
      • Automation: The object or device will act on its own according to your will. (Cost: 5 EE/Hour)
      • Increase Power (1 EE/Power point. Max 20.)
      • Increase Speed (10 EE to double speed. Max 4x Speed.)
      • Increase Durability (1 EE/Durability point. Max 20.)
      • Increase Damage (30 EE to increase Damage scale by 1 step. Max 1.)
      • Enhance Other Ability: Examples include allowing plane to fly freely in hurricane, improving the sight enhancement from glasses, and making medicine more effective. Extremely exotic effects may be achieved through study, experimentation, and practice.(Cost: Varies).
      • Grant Supernatural Ability: Allow an object to do something that it normally can't. The stronger the relationship between the object and the effect, the lower the Cost and Difficulty will be (Homing Bullets and Auto Reload are relatively cheap. A Homing Cello, on the other hand...)
        • Homing Projectiles (1 EE/Projectile)
        • Auto Reload (5 EE)
    Bargaining:
    • Use Magic to distort the past slightly, averting a single disaster before it occurred. Very powerful, but has limits.
    • Cost
      • 500 Sanity
      • 500 EE

    Weapons:
    • Durability: 300
    • Maximum Number: 1
    • Attack Types:
      • Slash: Effective Power = Power * 1.2, Standard Damage
      • Stab: Effective Power = Power * 1.5, Moderate decrease in Damage
    • Special Ability:
      • Progressive: If contact is maintained with the target, the attack's effective Power increases by 10 for each second of sustained contact, assuming pressure is maintained, to a maximum of +100 Power
    • Durability: Infinite
    • Maximum Number: 1
    • Special Abilities
      • Focus for Shield of Protection}
      • Focus for Time Stop
      • Required for Time Reversal

    Armor:
    • Durability: 50
    • Special Abilties
      • Multiplies Speed and Strength by 10

    Accessories:

    • Durability: 15
    • Special Abilities
      • Contains your Soul
     
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    • *raises a finger*
    *lowers it*

    I allowed myself to be convinced we were dealing with a Lovecraftian nightmare.
    ...Can we have the Lovecraftian nightmare instead?

    Berserker. The mighty Heracles, son of Zeus and Alcmene. God of Heroes, from whose name the word "Hero" is said to derive.

    It would be cheating to use meta-knowledge to fight him, wouldn't it?

    Fucking God Hand...
     
    Sk8torchic said:
    *raises a finger*
    *lowers it*

    I allowed myself to be convinced we were dealing with a Lovecraftian nightmare.
    ...Can we have the Lovecraftian nightmare instead?

    Berserker. The mighty Heracles, son of Zeus and Alcmene. God of Heroes, from whose name the word "Hero" is said to derive.

    It would be cheating to use meta-knowledge to fight him, wouldn't it?

    Fucking God Hand...
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    Making decisions based on Metaknowledge is not cheating. That said, Homura doesn't have that knowledge, and may be reluctant to do anything that seems foolish to her.
     
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