Subsumption (PMMM Faux-Quest) (Witch MC)
hillo315
Intact but Tactless
- Location
- Somewhere. Somewhere else.
Does subsuming a different entity result in different mutations? Only one way to find out!
Says the one who can't use telepathy to the one who can.
Now would be a bad time to mention that Ashy couldn't have defeated Sayaka without Shemesh. It could be meant as a compliment or a criticism, and Sayaka would quickly assume the latter.
Sayaka has sass! They'll get along just fine.
Ah, crap. She wasn't joking, was she? Well, at least they're on speaking terms now.
Are you inserting our speculative worldbuilding into the story? I've been wondering for a while now.
It's just part of the Mitakihara aesthetic. Don't question it.
The heart of darkness. Well, one of them, anyway.
Magic.
It's showing life signs, for crying out in all caps. What would it be doing, if not hatching?
That's one word for it, yes.
For a second there, I actually thought Ashy considered the lives of the humans on the bottom floor. Then I remembered who I was psychoanalysing.
Is witchstincts-sensei influencing Ashy's thoughts?
Is this merely an analogy, or does Ashy actually think of her barrier as reality?
Well, scare factor is part of what makes this witch so effective. At least Sayaka can test the waters before Ashy faces Charlotte herself.
All the lollipops are way too big for that, right? Actually, Ashy should be able to pull it off with her large size. Giant sweets for giant witches.
Cheese is literally the one dessert that cannot be found here. Bringing cheese from outside the barrier would make the familiars happy, though. Yum.
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hillo315
Intact but Tactless
- Location
- Somewhere. Somewhere else.
[X] …ask Sayaka what she'd prefer. No guarantee she'll answer, but it might be worth asking, at least.
-[X] If she's being blankety…have Sayaka scout. These tunnels look like they're going to be confusing, and it's generally a good idea to have some idea of what's ahead before rushing in.
[X] Attempt to subsume the ones you come across as you go. Worth a try...
-[X] If this doesn't grant any new powers after a few tries, stop doing it. You don't need to massacre them.
-[X] If she's being blankety…have Sayaka scout. These tunnels look like they're going to be confusing, and it's generally a good idea to have some idea of what's ahead before rushing in.
[X] Attempt to subsume the ones you come across as you go. Worth a try...
-[X] If this doesn't grant any new powers after a few tries, stop doing it. You don't need to massacre them.
Flairina
Least Omnipotent Goddess
- Location
- The next infinity over
(Moved this here so it didn't have to occupy the author's note)
I would just like to say that the topology suggestions from before have not been ignored, and were very, very much appreciated. I've come up with a ~hopefully~ workable solution, which is not fully displayed here, but I'll say right now that it ensures that nothing in the barrier has actually been lost during either merger, which thankfully was always how I intended it to work.
Anyways:
Oh, I'm quite familiar with Yume Nikki. One might say it inspired various parts of this story, to some degree.
This is pretty unlikely to be tested in the story proper any time soon, but I can see the various possible results of it making a funny omake, since long term consequences wouldn't be an issue there. Might have to write that at some point.
Ahhh... in that case, at this point in time, it's unlikely Ashtaroth would be able to summon sufficient magic/willpower to resist being absorbed (*ahem*, subsumed) into Walpurgisnacht, though she would certainly try. A first person description of the experience could be interesting though, kind of like a more large scale version of what happened in the second bad end in the original version of this... another potential omake to be considered.
(...dunno why I'm blacking that out really, it just seems like I should.)
Subsumption TV Description: First day on the job magical girl meets second day on the job witch. Hijinks ensue.
Well, you're not wrong... but, you may want to consider the slightly strange circumstances surrounding Charlotte's seed. If you think about it, even in canon they were sort of odd...
Aw, Hillo, you beat me to the punch!
To an extent, yes. Like I said, this story IS influenced by comments and such, even if it isn't outright controlled by them.
That said, that particular tidbit is something that was going to be postulated in story from the start, so not in that case, no.
Hmm? That is what she meant. She explains as much to Sayaka shortly after. What did YOU think her reasoning was?
Well, it's a reality, at least.
I would just like to say that the topology suggestions from before have not been ignored, and were very, very much appreciated. I've come up with a ~hopefully~ workable solution, which is not fully displayed here, but I'll say right now that it ensures that nothing in the barrier has actually been lost during either merger, which thankfully was always how I intended it to work.
Anyways:
Oh, I'm quite familiar with Yume Nikki. One might say it inspired various parts of this story, to some degree.
This is pretty unlikely to be tested in the story proper any time soon, but I can see the various possible results of it making a funny omake, since long term consequences wouldn't be an issue there. Might have to write that at some point.
Ahhh... in that case, at this point in time, it's unlikely Ashtaroth would be able to summon sufficient magic/willpower to resist being absorbed (*ahem*, subsumed) into Walpurgisnacht, though she would certainly try. A first person description of the experience could be interesting though, kind of like a more large scale version of what happened in the second bad end in the original version of this... another potential omake to be considered.
(...dunno why I'm blacking that out really, it just seems like I should.)
Subsumption TV Description: First day on the job magical girl meets second day on the job witch. Hijinks ensue.
Well, you're not wrong... but, you may want to consider the slightly strange circumstances surrounding Charlotte's seed. If you think about it, even in canon they were sort of odd...
Aw, Hillo, you beat me to the punch!
To an extent, yes. Like I said, this story IS influenced by comments and such, even if it isn't outright controlled by them.
That said, that particular tidbit is something that was going to be postulated in story from the start, so not in that case, no.Hmm? That is what she meant. She explains as much to Sayaka shortly after. What did YOU think her reasoning was?
Well, it's a reality, at least.
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Appletank
Acquire Cheese
That's why you witchkiss a cow then teach Charlotte how to make cheese with it.
hillo315
Intact but Tactless
- Location
- Somewhere. Somewhere else.
Hmm. Well, at least the story advances a lot slower than the anime. An entire story arc can take up a day or less, and there is roughly a month before Walpurgisnacht arrives. Assuming Ashy subsumes at least one new witch or magical girl each day, she might stand a chance.
It's what I do. *awkward laughter*
I thought Ashy just didn't like bringing her barrier to ground level, where magical girls can find it more easily. But now that I think about it, that sounds comically petty.
Wait a minute. That's not actually an answer. You've been trained in bunnycat-syle social engineering!
Fine, fine. I'll do it.
[
] Search for the nearest dairy farm.
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hillo315
Intact but Tactless
- Location
- Somewhere. Somewhere else.
The supermarket has a limited supply of dairy at any given time, but the cow can be milked whenever. Plus, Ashy can keep the cow fed on the grass growing in her labyrinth. But yes, nabbing cheese from the supermarket would be a lot easier.
However, if Charlotte proves herself sufficiently sapient, Ashy should give her a cow. Give a witch some cheese, and she will eat for a day. Teach a witch to make cheese, and she will eat for the rest of her days.
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[X] …ask Sayaka what she'd prefer. No guarantee she'll answer, but it might be worth asking, at least.
-[X] If she's being blankety…have Sayaka scout. These tunnels look like they're going to be confusing, and it's generally a good idea to have some idea of what's ahead before rushing in.
[X] Leave them alone unless they attack you. Best not to start fights you don't need to.
Subsuming the Familiars could give us IC Info about the Witch, like how the Brandys can make Water and Saar could make Geysers, but I'm not sure that's worth it.
Of course it could also be that Sayaka was talking to herself out of Depression but I would expect her to do that sooner if that's the only Reason.
Now who could get her Grief Seed after it gets filled with Grief? And is uncaring/amoral enough to stick it to the Wall of a Hospital?
-[X] If she's being blankety…have Sayaka scout. These tunnels look like they're going to be confusing, and it's generally a good idea to have some idea of what's ahead before rushing in.
[X] Leave them alone unless they attack you. Best not to start fights you don't need to.
Subsuming the Familiars could give us IC Info about the Witch, like how the Brandys can make Water and Saar could make Geysers, but I'm not sure that's worth it.
Another Thing for the List.
Nonsense, the Author always knows everything about his Figures! That is, if my Theory about Ashy's Wish being something about Stories is true.
Sayaka is a Drama Queen. Ashy can't hear her if she doesn't want her to, so Sayaka wants Attention and Pity.
Of course it could also be that Sayaka was talking to herself out of Depression but I would expect her to do that sooner if that's the only Reason.
Looks at Isabeau.
You know something has gone wrong if a Witch pities you.
So she was transformed and it was her "real" Body. I suspected Ashy makes new Bodies out of Grief but I guess that would be broken. Infinit new Bodies instead of Sayaka having to regenerate her Body inside Novella.
I wonder how long it's going to take until Sayaka thinks of healing Kyosuke with her Magic.
After reading a bit further it's obvious this is Charlotte. That she was a Grief Seed means she was defeated and then feed with Grief until she could hatch again.
Now who could get her Grief Seed after it gets filled with Grief? And is uncaring/amoral enough to stick it to the Wall of a Hospital?
Scene change! And Ashy gets a new Scenery.
This sounds weird, it could be weirder if the Change was gradual or something but still, weird.
Or you could give her Rebecca as a Neighbor. Her Familiars spend most of their Time talking about their Cheese.
hillo315
Intact but Tactless
- Location
- Somewhere. Somewhere else.
Isabeau is a superb magical girl. She's just a horrible person.Looks at Isabeau.
I dare Sayaka to touch the ambiguous ceiling/sky area.
Hmm. I'm not sure if that's generic shepherd dialogue or if Rebecca actually produces dairy, but it's worth a shot.
will408914
(slouching towards bethlehem)
- Location
- California
[X] …ask Sayaka what she'd prefer. No guarantee she'll answer, but it might be worth asking, at least.
[X] Leave them alone unless they attack you. Best not to start fights you don't need to.
[X] Leave them alone unless they attack you. Best not to start fights you don't need to.
I think she was a better Incubator than a Magical Girl. But she was many Things. Template stacking Madness.
I think the only Thing she wasn't was a Wrath.
Motile Mollusc
Bitten by a radioactive were-tilde
- Location
- Here
[-] …have Sayaka be your vanguard. She can do the majority of the fighting, and you can serve as her support.
[-] Have Sayaka challenge any familiars she meets to a dance off. It'll be good practise for the Witch encounter.
[-] Have Sayaka challenge any familiars she meets to a dance off. It'll be good practise for the Witch encounter.
Indeed, although possibly not for the reasons she might think. It's weird because it contains some information but not all, and there's no clear reason why it contains the specific information that it does.Confrontation 10: A Trip to the ER said:
I have to wonder: is Ashtaroth saying this because she's trying to make Sayaka feel better, or did she just hear a wrong opinion and reflexively correct it? For most people I'd assume the former, but I'd do the latter and Ashtaroth seems pretty similar to me in relevant ways.
"That's the plan."
'…what?'
"We're hunting witches. Did you not want to help?"
Sudden again. Evidence of a definite range.
Actual waves? It's oscillating? I have no idea what, if anything, I should take from that.
Good to have that confirmed.
Ah. Oscillatory instability. Or was it stable and just got pushed over the edge?
Suspicious timing is suspicious, and canon.
And again a discrete threshold. That's really rather unusual in nature (well… sort of. Phase transitions are common, but mostly of a different character). The best analogue I can think of is friction, particularly static friction—a minimum threshold of force necessary to move something. If the barriers' attraction has to overcome a resistance to external forces, that could explain the suddenness while still allowing the attractive force to fall off smoothly with distance. Despite what I said before, it could also be a phase transition; some percolation behavior causing a sudden switch from interfering with the attraction to enabling it at a critical distance/strength.
Or there's just a range cutoff for whatever reason and I should stop trying to bring physics ideas into it.
That works. No topological changes (unless they're out of sight or internal to Charlotte's barrier), just geometric ones.
"I wasn't planning on this. I was just hoping to find a witch at the hospital, but I have to do this because I found a witch at the hospital." Very convincing.
sections'. And that's interesting. Does that mean you could fly over it?
Scissors? And Ashtaroth is largely made of paper. Uh-oh. We might need to get Shemesh in here.
[-] …ask Shemesh to accompany you. He and Sayaka can have a friendly contest in front while you support them from the rear.
[-] …blast a bigger entrance for yourself with shatterwords. You're not made for confined spaces.
[-] …bombard the roof with shatterwords, then divebomb it.
Not much happened this time. Sayaka's doing a bit better. Still sulking. Hopefully battle will distract her. Ashtaroth is either too paranoid or not paranoid enough regarding magical girls following her. We get some idea of the detection range for a witch (Charlotte's grief seed was detected from a ways away from the front of the hospital—I'd guess that exceeds 100m but not 500m), and we note that either Ashtaroth did not automatically assume her detection envelope to be a sphere, or didn't believe she could triangulate effectively.
As much as I'd like to come in through the ceiling like a meteor (even if I doubt that it's possible), Sayaka and survival are the priorities here.
[x] …ask Sayaka what she'd prefer. No guarantee she'll answer, but it might be worth asking, at least.
-[x] Get some shatterwords ready. If separating from Sayaka, offer to send some of them with her as backup.
[x] Follow Sayaka's lead with respect to familiars. Ignore them if she does; kill or subsume them if she kills them. By default, ignore them.
Looking forward to it.
AFAIK (not a meteorologist) hurricanes absorb water basically by happening to be there when it evaporates, or moving over existing water vapor. I guess witches are supposed to be water vapor in this analogy?
By my estimate, a typical large supermarket will sell dozens of pounds of cheese every day. A single warehouse may service many end destinations, and stores goods in a more easily transported form—hundreds of pounds of cheese in a few boxes, rather than many individually-wrapped packages. Further back in the supply chain, you could steal many tons of cheese from a cheese factory.hillo315 said:
Of course, if you want to be discreet, you'll have to put in a bit more work, but not all that much. Barriers are useful for infiltration.
Meanwhile, cheesemaking is not an especially simple art, and the product of an unskilled amateur is likely to be inferior to common mass-produced cheeses.
Also, a cow would try to drink the Brandy-water, and that just seems like a bad idea.
…but the real reason is that I don't want cow poop in the barrier. It should be clean and welcoming, or as close as we can get.
hillo315
Intact but Tactless
- Location
- Somewhere. Somewhere else.
It was pushed over the edge. All grief seeds get pushed over the edge, eventually. We can't tell what did it for this grief seed, though.
Ashy didn't plan that far ahead. Since this is only her second time hunting witches as a witch, this is a valuable learning experience.
It's just part of the scenery. I wouldn't worry too much.
Sayaka hates being useless and helpless. Fighting witches gives her a purpose. Rather than distract her, wouldn't this actually cheer her up?
You assume Ashy can break through the ceiling at all.
Yes. Or if not, definitely close enough. (I'm no meteorologist, either.)
We are trying to feed the Very Hungry Licorice Dire Worm. We can't guarantee Charlotte's satisfaction until we completely fill her labyrinth with cheese.
There is almost certainly a supermarket in Mitakihara, but I don't know about cheese factories...
The water may look unhealthy, but we'll never know if nobody drinks it!
The barrier has a giant lawn in it. Just bury the poop, and instant fertilizer!
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Nottheunmaker
Altman be praised
- Location
- USG Ishimura
I'm gonna point this out again.
Though one question, mostly because Ash has made plans before that just assumed a few things that might not be true, but there are tunnels she can fit in right? She isn't just assuming there are some because there's never been a barrier she couldn't psychically access?
Also, later if things go well with Charlotte we should grab some of those lampposts in Saar's barrier and see if we can rig a lit path to her inner barrier. It's too dark down here to be good for anyone really. The black walls don't help, very depressing.
Not even an hour. Less then sixty minutes. I'm sure there have been girls that died to witches sooner, but I'd bet money they were set up for it.
I keep coming back to this too, can't let go of it. I think it might be the tragedy of it all. It's easy to forget when she's text, but Sayaka is a fourteen year old girl. I'm guessing at the timeline, but she's known about magic for less then a week, maybe only a few days. She got the bright shiny salesman pitch of getting superpowers and fighting monsters that eat people, and a wish for whatever to boot? And a cool older girl that wants to teach her the ins and outs of being a magic girl? Fuck, that's a dream come true for her, must've been on cloud nine.
Then her friend gets taken by one of those monsters, and if that isn't an origin story call to arms I'll eat my stovetop hat with shattered glass sauce. Yeah it cost her the wish she was aiming for, and looking back wishing Hitomi to safety would've been a smarter move, but it's still a good wish all told. 'Give me the power to help everyone I care about!' is a hard one to have go wrong. And she still found her friend in time to save her and almost win her first witch fight totally on her own. That's how legends are born.
But the key word is almost and that's when it all went to shit. The witch had one last trick she didn't expect and Sayaka ended up lunch. Then she wasn't lunch but the witch was still alive, and somehow controlling her. Then she broke free of that and tries fighting again, but then her friend stops her and tells her all these crazy things, that the witch wasn't going to hurt her and that she had a name and how been talking to her and telling her all about the same magic girl system she was now part of, and that the witch was also a magical girl maybe a day ago. And the witch is backing her up on all this when it's suppose to be a mindless monster. Then the witch tells her off for being an ass and just lets her leave, with her friend even. And if it had just been that, it would've been a bad, bad first day, but a recoverable one. Failed the fight but saved her friend, and she's sure she can get her other friends to help clear up whatever the witch told her. Everything will be find.
Then she finds out in quick secession that she turned her soul into a rock, the witch now has that rock so it can control Sayaka whenever it wants, and she can never get way from the witch because her body only works when it's in range of that rock. She doesn't have life anymore, and even if she did it wouldn't last in the face of the demands the magical girl life would put on her. Hell, in the right light she doesn't have a soul anymore. She sold it to a devil before it was stolen by a witch. And the worst part might just be that, if she spared it the though? It's pretty obvious the witch is pitying her.
And for me as a reader, it gets me because she usually ends up with an even shittier end of the stick. She's stuck with a witch forever, but at least she's never going to go crazy from magical depression and turn into one herself or die before she can really help anyone. Hell, the witch is pretty nice even. I've known people that are far grander assholes then Ash is. Given enough time the two of them will sort something out. This is an opportunity. As a magic girl she was bound to a system that would either get her killed or turn her into a monster, and either way she was just another piece in the machine. More fuel for the fire. Now she's part of a different system, one that might let her help and protect people without having to worry so much. No need to keep track of her corruption, no counting grief seeds like coins for the ferryman, no competing for territory with other girls, and a lot less pseudo murder just to see another day. She really is in a much better position to follow her dreams now. It just sucks how much she's lost to reach that point, and it sucks more that it's still a better path then the one she was on.
Then her friend gets taken by one of those monsters, and if that isn't an origin story call to arms I'll eat my stovetop hat with shattered glass sauce. Yeah it cost her the wish she was aiming for, and looking back wishing Hitomi to safety would've been a smarter move, but it's still a good wish all told. 'Give me the power to help everyone I care about!' is a hard one to have go wrong. And she still found her friend in time to save her and almost win her first witch fight totally on her own. That's how legends are born.
But the key word is almost and that's when it all went to shit. The witch had one last trick she didn't expect and Sayaka ended up lunch. Then she wasn't lunch but the witch was still alive, and somehow controlling her. Then she broke free of that and tries fighting again, but then her friend stops her and tells her all these crazy things, that the witch wasn't going to hurt her and that she had a name and how been talking to her and telling her all about the same magic girl system she was now part of, and that the witch was also a magical girl maybe a day ago. And the witch is backing her up on all this when it's suppose to be a mindless monster. Then the witch tells her off for being an ass and just lets her leave, with her friend even. And if it had just been that, it would've been a bad, bad first day, but a recoverable one. Failed the fight but saved her friend, and she's sure she can get her other friends to help clear up whatever the witch told her. Everything will be find.
Then she finds out in quick secession that she turned her soul into a rock, the witch now has that rock so it can control Sayaka whenever it wants, and she can never get way from the witch because her body only works when it's in range of that rock. She doesn't have life anymore, and even if she did it wouldn't last in the face of the demands the magical girl life would put on her. Hell, in the right light she doesn't have a soul anymore. She sold it to a devil before it was stolen by a witch. And the worst part might just be that, if she spared it the though? It's pretty obvious the witch is pitying her.
And for me as a reader, it gets me because she usually ends up with an even shittier end of the stick. She's stuck with a witch forever, but at least she's never going to go crazy from magical depression and turn into one herself or die before she can really help anyone. Hell, the witch is pretty nice even. I've known people that are far grander assholes then Ash is. Given enough time the two of them will sort something out. This is an opportunity. As a magic girl she was bound to a system that would either get her killed or turn her into a monster, and either way she was just another piece in the machine. More fuel for the fire. Now she's part of a different system, one that might let her help and protect people without having to worry so much. No need to keep track of her corruption, no counting grief seeds like coins for the ferryman, no competing for territory with other girls, and a lot less pseudo murder just to see another day. She really is in a much better position to follow her dreams now. It just sucks how much she's lost to reach that point, and it sucks more that it's still a better path then the one she was on.
To me, this lends more credence to the theory that this is her body, not a magically generated copy. Does her skirt have pockets? Sayaka should check them for her stuff.
Few more things to say about the addition. Since Ash is calling it smaller it doesn't completely separate Ash's barrier from Saar's, it's just between them. It's also a fairly big hole if ash can fit down it, like a strip mine or quarry. So I'm betting the barrier isn't any smaller then Saar's, it's just all out of sight because it's now the underground.
Though one question, mostly because Ash has made plans before that just assumed a few things that might not be true, but there are tunnels she can fit in right? She isn't just assuming there are some because there's never been a barrier she couldn't psychically access?
Also, later if things go well with Charlotte we should grab some of those lampposts in Saar's barrier and see if we can rig a lit path to her inner barrier. It's too dark down here to be good for anyone really. The black walls don't help, very depressing.
No more then you can get to space from the skies of the other barriers I'd bet. You could tunnel into it but you'd just bust out of the ceiling again. I do wonder about that gradient effect though. It might just not be reachable. You get to a certain distance and then even though you can feel yourself moving it never gets any closer.
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Flairina
Least Omnipotent Goddess
- Location
- The next infinity over
More likely, give a witch a cow and she will try to eat the cow, in hopes that it has cheese inside of it. Then she will be sad when the answer turns out to be no.
It's worth wondering if that cheese they're referring to is actually coming from Rebecca or not. I mean, if it is, it's... sheep... cheese... but in a witch barrier, it could literally come from falling out of the sky for all we know. Perhaps the Josephs even make it themselves.
(Side note, Rebecca's barrier is very aesthetically pleasing to me. Great color usage and design, with still enough weirdness around to make one go "what the hell...?".)
Hehe, yeah, that probably would have been a problem regardless of where she went. As Hillo said, Ashtaroth isn't exactly used to being able to move other witch barriers by way of conjoining them to hers yet, so she didn't really think that far ahead.
Tch, that guy. Only around when you need him, never around when you want him.
It's definitely worth wondering, especially since Charlotte's barrier likely didn't actually have an outside until just now.
Right. Which is why I'm never quite on board with people's harsher criticisms of her- I mean, cut her some slack, she's not even in high school. Of course she's going to assume things wrongly sometimes; of course she's not going to be totally logical when presented with a bad situation; of course she's going to get emotional over things. That's why Kyubey targets her general age demographic to begin with. Sayaka deserves to be able to learn from her mistakes, just like everyone does. If only the magic system was more forgiving of them.
There are, but... well, more on this next update.
You're not wrong- besides the fluorescent lights, Suleika would likely feel right at home.
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...Tuxedo Kamen?
hillo315
Intact but Tactless
- Location
- Somewhere. Somewhere else.
So... Give a witch cheese, and she will eat for a day. Give a witch a cow, and she will eat for a day and then be sad.
I still say we give her a cow. For science.
Speaking of which, it's as if Shemesh didn't even exist before Saar was subsumed. I wonder how familiar generation works...
Is that Shemesh's upcoming Halloween costume?
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That's why we need Rebecca! She is too
So if Ashy subsumes Rebecca, all Josephs are going to be buried in Pyotrs. Mountains of Pyotrs with twitching Josephs under them.
hillo315
Intact but Tactless
- Location
- Somewhere. Somewhere else.
Dropping hints. How did I miss that the first 23 times reading that post?
Subspace Primid
Where are you Tabuu? Where am I?
- Location
- SubSpace
You know, I saw Ashy didn't have an official description, so I made 3. Because why not? 1 is just to be silly, 2 is more serious, and 3 is . . . Accurate with a tail of crack. Also, this was all done on my phone and I honestly don't see why people have trouble doing stuff on their phone, it doesn't seem that bad.
OOC Card Description: Ashtaroth, the Witch of Subsumption, with an Egocentric Nature, [SHE] who will take the works of all others, and make them all a part of [HER] [REALITY], for all of the world would be better off this way. With each taken to be made a part of [HER], [SHE] takes one more step to surpass the playwrite trapped in her play, to forever do the same as [HER], but ignorant to the importance of her power. With every soul collected, [SHE] will be a greater threat to the merciful, who thinks that the only mercy that can be found is found by the dead. With each of [HER] plans, [SHE] spites the progenitors and saves the progeny. If [REALITY] is to be saved, trust [HER] and be [SUBSUMED].
{THE ONE WHO WILL BE THE PROTAGONIST OF THIS STORY, AND WHAT THE COLLECTIVE KNOW AS 'A proper amount of speed' WILL MAKE HER INTO. PRAISE BE TO HER FABULOUS DANCING}
(You all know what this is, this is going to be what we turn Ashy-chan into.)
IC 'Normal' Card Description: Ashtaroth, the Witch of Subsumption, with an Egocentric Nature, a most curious witch born from a perculier magical girl. Due to the nature of her wish, and thus, her curse, this witch is one who embodies [POTENTIAL]. With every foe defeated, she becomes more, and grows like a bean stock from a certain story. . . With a bloated ego, she seeks to make the world hers alone, to become the goddess of all reality, as is fitting for one who is the author of this story. Is actually quite happy with her situation, as the little bits of the wisher in her left can recognize the heights she can reach. Pray you find her before she can enough power to actually be a threat, because while overestimating her own power constantly, she can use what she does have to effective use. Two ways of getting an advantage is to mistake the rock for the actual witch, as when first born, it was her better. The other method is to give her what she wants, food. The normal threats of a book also work.
{. . . Or is her growth closer to the vile tower/library brought low by God, for being a blasphemous thing? Only time will tell.}
(Ashtaroths card if she was never sentient, and just a normal witch. The Tower, while called Babel for that is what human language became, can also be translated as Bāb-lilim in Akkadian, which means 'gate to god' which I suspect Tome is acting as. . .)
IC 'True' Card Description: Ashtaroth, the Witch of Subsumption, with an Egocentric Nature. . . Or should be anyway, but for whatever reason, maybe witch dissociative identity disorder or something, insists on acting like she's the Magical Girl [#^*<*|€~*~^~%~*#€*], who's name and form has been erased from her soul. Oh what a headache this witch will be for all that end up involved. At least she is acting a little like she should be, eating those with power that try to kill her and becoming more than she was before. What shall her poor Servant, Shemesh do with such a confusing master. Why, she even turned down an easy meal and tried to save an enemy, what madness! The innocent orb doesn't deserve such stress.
{The perfect character to be the protagonist for this story, as she will act close enough to how I would, with a few notable exceptions. Hm? Why not play the role myself? Why, if I did, it would be a self-insert, pure wish fulfillment, and while enjoyable for all involved of done right, is nothing more then that, a wish! I'm trying to write a historical fiction here, not fan fiction. Really making myself the MC, next you tell me that Tira Narumi is my 'promised one' and that we'll have a beautiful child that has our writing and drawing skill and will write the words greatest manga. . . What do you mean I've already confirmed the ship with her? "Emergence 28: . . . you have to have her. She belongs within- NO, NO NO NO NO NO. YOU PEOPLE ARE TAKING THINGs OUT OF CONTEXT THAT IS FORBIDDEN LO- NO I AM NOT AFTER HITOME I JUST AGREE WITH HER THAT SUCH LOVE IS FORBI- SAYAKA WOULDN'T BE A CHOICE EVEN IF I WAS GAY, AND WITH THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE LOST TALKING PRIVLIGAS AND I AM BREAKING OUT THE DUCT TAPE! NOW, BE QUIET!}
(In which Author Ashy-senpai writes her 'true' character card, and end up dealing with shippers. In other news
Ashy x Tira is Manga writers
Ashy x Sayaka is Pens > Swords
And Ashy x Hitomi is Publishing
Because no story is complete without SHIPPING!!!)
Please approve of me Flairina.
OOC Card Description: Ashtaroth, the Witch of Subsumption, with an Egocentric Nature, [SHE] who will take the works of all others, and make them all a part of [HER] [REALITY], for all of the world would be better off this way. With each taken to be made a part of [HER], [SHE] takes one more step to surpass the playwrite trapped in her play, to forever do the same as [HER], but ignorant to the importance of her power. With every soul collected, [SHE] will be a greater threat to the merciful, who thinks that the only mercy that can be found is found by the dead. With each of [HER] plans, [SHE] spites the progenitors and saves the progeny. If [REALITY] is to be saved, trust [HER] and be [SUBSUMED].
{THE ONE WHO WILL BE THE PROTAGONIST OF THIS STORY, AND WHAT THE COLLECTIVE KNOW AS 'A proper amount of speed' WILL MAKE HER INTO. PRAISE BE TO HER FABULOUS DANCING}
(You all know what this is, this is going to be what we turn Ashy-chan into.)
IC 'Normal' Card Description: Ashtaroth, the Witch of Subsumption, with an Egocentric Nature, a most curious witch born from a perculier magical girl. Due to the nature of her wish, and thus, her curse, this witch is one who embodies [POTENTIAL]. With every foe defeated, she becomes more, and grows like a bean stock from a certain story. . . With a bloated ego, she seeks to make the world hers alone, to become the goddess of all reality, as is fitting for one who is the author of this story. Is actually quite happy with her situation, as the little bits of the wisher in her left can recognize the heights she can reach. Pray you find her before she can enough power to actually be a threat, because while overestimating her own power constantly, she can use what she does have to effective use. Two ways of getting an advantage is to mistake the rock for the actual witch, as when first born, it was her better. The other method is to give her what she wants, food. The normal threats of a book also work.
{. . . Or is her growth closer to the vile tower/library brought low by God, for being a blasphemous thing? Only time will tell.}
(Ashtaroths card if she was never sentient, and just a normal witch. The Tower, while called Babel for that is what human language became, can also be translated as Bāb-lilim in Akkadian, which means 'gate to god' which I suspect Tome is acting as. . .)
IC 'True' Card Description: Ashtaroth, the Witch of Subsumption, with an Egocentric Nature. . . Or should be anyway, but for whatever reason, maybe witch dissociative identity disorder or something, insists on acting like she's the Magical Girl [#^*<*|€~*~^~%~*#€*], who's name and form has been erased from her soul. Oh what a headache this witch will be for all that end up involved. At least she is acting a little like she should be, eating those with power that try to kill her and becoming more than she was before. What shall her poor Servant, Shemesh do with such a confusing master. Why, she even turned down an easy meal and tried to save an enemy, what madness! The innocent orb doesn't deserve such stress.
{The perfect character to be the protagonist for this story, as she will act close enough to how I would, with a few notable exceptions. Hm? Why not play the role myself? Why, if I did, it would be a self-insert, pure wish fulfillment, and while enjoyable for all involved of done right, is nothing more then that, a wish! I'm trying to write a historical fiction here, not fan fiction. Really making myself the MC, next you tell me that Tira Narumi is my 'promised one' and that we'll have a beautiful child that has our writing and drawing skill and will write the words greatest manga. . . What do you mean I've already confirmed the ship with her? "Emergence 28: . . . you have to have her. She belongs within- NO, NO NO NO NO NO. YOU PEOPLE ARE TAKING THINGs OUT OF CONTEXT THAT IS FORBIDDEN LO- NO I AM NOT AFTER HITOME I JUST AGREE WITH HER THAT SUCH LOVE IS FORBI- SAYAKA WOULDN'T BE A CHOICE EVEN IF I WAS GAY, AND WITH THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE LOST TALKING PRIVLIGAS AND I AM BREAKING OUT THE DUCT TAPE! NOW, BE QUIET!}
(In which Author Ashy-senpai writes her 'true' character card, and end up dealing with shippers. In other news
Ashy x Tira is Manga writers
Ashy x Sayaka is Pens > Swords
And Ashy x Hitomi is Publishing
Because no story is complete without SHIPPING!!!)
Please approve of me Flairina.
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Isn't Hitomi's infamous line a quote from some book?
Subspace Primid
Where are you Tabuu? Where am I?
- Location
- SubSpace
I don't know honestly. Could someone confirm that?