Welcome to Usagi Quest, an odd blend between CK3 and Princess Maker that has been bouncing around in my brain for a while now.
You are Usagi Tsukino, the girl who will one day rule over the entire solar system from Crystal Tokyo. Sure is a big destiny for such a regular girl.
And to make it worse, Usagi isn't exactly leadership material yet. She's a softhearted crybaby who would rather spend her days playing video games, eat, or sleep instead of handling the responsibilities put in front of her.
You need to help this poor girl learn to maneuver her way through high school, learn how to balance her friendships and her duties...
Oh, and help her fight off the extra-dimensional invasion of the Dark Kingdom, its terrifying Queen Beryl, and the Dark Generals who serve under her.
Thankfully, Usagi isn't alone. Sort of.
Yes, she has a cat named Luna who was there back in the fall of the Moon Kingdom, but there is also You.
Serenity Celene, the Moon Princess, and the little voice in the back of Usagi's head that will be able to push her to overcoming her flaws, and discovering just how amazing of a person she can be.
And perhaps... even more important than helping Usagi discover who she is...
Look at this place. Humanity is trapped, stuck on this singular rock.
Once they expanded across the whole of the Solar System.
They can do so again, but it will take wits, it will take effort, and it will take time.
They say that dreams are the windows into the secrets that you don't know that you know. For years and years, you thought that the Royal Magisters were talking out of their asses when they said things like that.
Now?
Now you know that they were speaking the truth, and you know it in the most frustrating... the most infuriating way possible.
Your name is Serenity Artimisa Celene. You are the daughter of the Queen of the Moon Kingdom, which naturally makes you the Moon Princess. The Heir of the Ginzuishou, and rightful ruler of the Sol System.
You are beautiful and wise. Able to turn conflict to peace with only a few words, though of course that means that you never learned how to fight.
From the day you were born, you were raised to rule a kingdom, and though you find it boring, you understand all the intricacies of how your kingdom functions. You learned how to keep the kingdom running, even if at the top you only manage the broad sweeps, leaving the more intricate parts of the systems to those specialists in their fields.
You are a master of stealth and disguise, able to sneak away down to the Earthen Kingdoms with ease. No one ever the wiser that you go to see your love, your Endymion down on the surface of the planet.
Not a single soul knew of your cunning actions.
And of course, as the daughter of the most magically powerful government in the entire solar system you are... You are magically powerful! You had learned the Theorems and the formula which governed the mystical arts.
...
Well... You were all of those things. Once upon a time. A time long gone now. You... You're dead. You died. And you have no real idea how long it has been since you died, either.
All that you have, even here, in this world of your dreams are memories... But your memories of the last days of your kingdom are... fractured, fragmented, so badly splintered that you can only recall a moment here, or a second there.
All of your memories, except for one. Of everything that you can remember, there is but a single fragment of your last days that is large enough, that is sturdy enough for you to truly recall in whole.
Endymion... Dead on the ground before you, the pearlescent stones of the Royal Rose Garden stained with his blood. Terrifying beasts surround you, howling and baying, jeering mockeries on their lips as they leer at you with bloodthirsty eyes.
And there was the pain.
You remember the pain most of all. The sharp, cold sting of steel burying itself into the center of your chest.
In the end, you died by the sword that you forsook in life.
You can almost appreciate the irony of it.
Then... There is another something in the fragments of your memories, something that you know you will never be able to truly recall - Something that exists as a hole in your mind and your memories. Something that you can almost remember, in spite of the fact that you...
In spite of being dead when it happened.
You don't know how you know what happened, but you can feel it in your bones, you can feel it in your blood. You can feel it in every inch of your new body.
Mother.
Your mother, the Queen of the Moon died.
You know that she did not die in vein, the fact that you are here proves that.
So you know that she must have done... something. She must have used the powers of the Ginzuishou, and somehow... impossibly...
Your soul inhabits a mortal coil once more.
You aren't dead.
Yet, neither are you alive. At least, not outside of your dreams.
And... as if somehow summoned by that last thought, you hear the ever so irritating sound of the alarm designed to draw your waking self away from this world of dreams.
Away to a waking world where she cannot remember the things that you remember. A life where you don't know the many things that you know.
But the alarm blares on and on, and as it does the world of dreams slowly darkens, fading into a blur of color and sound.
BRRRING! BRRRING!
BRRRING! BRRRING!
With a tired groan and bleary eyes, you look out into the wasteland of blinding white and off-cream yellow. Somewhere, out there, is the source of the terrible evil that now besets you.
BRRRING! BRRRING!
BRRRING! BRRRING!
With sleep encrusted eyes, you try and glare at the source of the sound, even as the remnants of your dream start to slip between your thoughts like droplets of water sliding between your fingers in the rain. You wish you had laser eyes.
If you had laser eyes, you could blow the irritation without having to get out from under your most lux... luxour... Your really nice blanket.
Just BOOM! And no more alarm clock. Or... Or if your alarm clock was evil, then you could use your Moon Tiara on it to dest-
Everything stops. You go from laying in your bed to sitting up so fast that your comforter flops over, knocking the alarm clock off your dresser, but that isn't important right now.
No, all the countless thoughts bouncing back and forth the inside of your head suddenly cease, as you remember.
You remember everything from last night. You remember meeting Luna, you remember the fact that the cat could talk.
You remember her telling you a strange incantation. Words that caused you to transform, changing your clothes and filling your body with a strange energy that you still don't understand.
Hearing Naru's voice, and tracking the source down to her mother's shop. The creature that was using the store to steal the life from people using the store's jewelry.
You remember fighting the monster, nearly getting killed by the men and women under its sway.
Then, those three words.
Moon. Tiara. Action.
Turning the mystical tiara that had appeared on your head with your transformation into a mystical weapon which killed the demon and purified those affected by it.
Most importantly, you remember one thing above all else.
Your eyes snap over to the windowsill, where Luna lays outside in the branches of the tree beyond your window.
Luna, the space cat which gave you your powers said that she would explain everything in the morning.
Well it is morning now, and you have a lot of questions that need to be answered.
With a twist and a roll, you push off the mattress beneath you, and then with a flip you land on your feet, knees bending cushioning your weight and preventing your landing from making the slightest of sounds.
Then, as you rise back up to standing, you realize just what the hell you did right there.
How the hell did you just do that? Starting to turn back towards your bed, you find one leg where the other should be, ankles catching hold and-
You hit the ground with a solid thump.
Well... The grace and the finesse were nice while they lasted.
Your name is Usagi Tsukino. You are the first child of your mother, Ikuko Tsukino, and your father, Kenji Tsukino. Which means...
Well, it means that you are fourteen years old and in your first year of high school. It also means that you have a younger brother by four years named Shingo Tsukino.
Really, by every accounting, you seem to be an entirely ordinary teenage girl. Nothing special about you in any way.
Sure, you might have a knack for getting along with others. Figuring out the right things to say to people to make them smile and laugh has always come easy to you.
But really, beyond that? You don't have a lot going for you. Other than the events of last night.
If you were not to count last night, then you would have to grudgingly admit that you have never thrown a punch. You don't know the first thing about how to fight, or defend yourself. The best defense you have is to cry, and hope that someone saves you.
Again, this isn't counting last night, where you managed to nearly keep pace with a car on the highway, and leapt from the ground to the top of a house.
When it comes to numbers...
Ah! Well... You are... Not... exactly a very good liar. Everyone seems to always know when you are trying to hide things from them.
And then there is your... schoolwork...
...
Like you said. You are pretty, and you are nice. But those are just about the only things in your life that you have going for you... Personally.
Yes, you have a wonderful family, and you aren't broke all the time. Okay, yes, you are broke all the time, but that is because you spend your money at the Arcade.
One of these days you are going to get the high score on the Sailor V game, alright? It'll all be worth it in the end. Yes.
Huh.
That was a very odd, and somewhat depressing tangent your thoughts went on right there. Must have been because you fell. Yes. Anyways. You need to talk with Luna.
That cat mentioned that there are supposed to be other guardians. That there is a great evil who has come to Tokyo.
She mentioned something about a Princess.
Stumbling back up to your feet, you cross the room and slide open your window.
"Hey!" You whisper, trying to get Luna's attention without waking up anyone else in the house. "Hey Luna, wake up."
Unfortunately, you hurried whispers are not enough to wake the sleeping cat, and as you lean back away from the window, you glance back towards you bed...
Towards your clock.
Wait... Today is a school day! Oh no, what time is it? With the kind of energy that only ever comes with your regular morning panic, you skitter over to the clock, picking it up and returning it to your bedside table.
And there, on the face of the clock reads...
7:20!
You're never up this early!
CHOOSE ONE:
[ ][OP] If you start getting ready for school now... You might actually make it to class on time.
[ ][OP] You normally leave later than this, so demanding answers from Luna about everything she said last night should be fine!
[Trait Discovered- Overly Emotional: During Character Events, there is a 15% chance of Usagi ignoring the vote and taking an option that fits her Personality Traits (Craven, Lazy, and Impatient), meaning that she will take the path of least resistance and whatever could possibly get her the results she wants now. This effect of this trait will decrease by 5% for each Negative Personality Trait that Usagi manages to Overcome. Overcoming all Negative Personality Traits will cause this trait to transform into a positive trait.]
Welcome to Usagi Quest, an odd blend between CK3 and Princess Maker that has been bouncing around in my brain for a while now.
You are Usagi Tsukino, the girl who will one day rule over the entire solar system from Crystal Tokyo. Sure is a big destiny for such a regular girl.
And to make it worse, Usagi isn't exactly leadership material yet. She's a softhearted crybaby who would rather spend her days playing video games, eat, or sleep instead of handling the responsibilities put in front of her.
You need to help this poor girl learn to maneuver her way through high school, learn how to balance her friendships and her duties...
Oh, and help her fight off the extra-dimensional invasion of the Dark Kingdom, its terrifying Queen Beryl, and the Dark Generals who serve under her.
Thankfully, Usagi isn't alone. Sort of.
Yes, she has a cat named Luna who was there back in the fall of the Moon Kingdom, but there is also You.
Serenity Celene, the Moon Princess, and the little voice in the back of Usagi's head that will be able to push her to overcoming her flaws, and discovering just how amazing of a person she can be.
And perhaps... even more important than helping Usagi discover who she is...
Look at this place. Humanity is trapped, stuck on this singular rock.
Once they expanded across the whole of the Solar System.
They can do so again, but it will take wits, it will take effort, and it will take time.
Usagi will one day rise to become the new Queen of the Moon, and that means that she needs a kingdom to rule.
This quest is split into two separate but equally important... Phases (Modes?)
To start with, this first update is a Character Event, something focused on Usagi (Or later other characters) and the decisions that they make. It is small, focused, and a singular event.
The second mode, which will commence once this tutorial event is complete, are Turns.
To begin with, Turns take place over a single week, during which Serenity is able to effect Usagi's subconscious guiding her towards a particular goal over a week long time period.
During a Turn, there we be various actions that Usagi is able to partake in, one for each of her five Attributes: Diplomacy, Martial, Stewardship, Intrigue, and Learning.
These actions will push Usagi slowly closer to the End Goal? of uniting humanity, uplifting the species to once more fill the solar system, and creating Crystal Tokyo.
Some of these actions will work to push Usagi to slowly overcome her flaws, or become better in a stat. Maybe she might spend some time trying to learn to fight, or reading from her school books.
And of course, she needs to be on the lookout for potential plans of her enemies, and trying to find the other Sailor Senshi too.
Sure is a lot on her plate for a single girl.
But every good Queen has a council of advisors, people to help her rule her kingdom. Unfortunately, for now, Usagi only has a single voice crying out from her corner. A single person who can act as an advisor to her.
What Role does Luna act in for Usagi?
[ ][Luna] Chancellor
- 20% of Luna's Diplomacy (1) is added to Usagi's functional Diplomacy
- Has no effect on how fast Usagi increases her Diplomacy score
- Gives Usagi one additional Diplomacy action a turn
- Every time Usagi's Diplomacy increases, there is a chance of Usagi gaining a Trait related to Diplomacy
[ ][Luna] Trainer
- 20% of Luna's Martial (1) is added to Usagi's functional Martial
- Increases how fast Usagi increases her Martial Score up to Luna's own (6)
- Gives Usagi one additional Martial action a turn
- Every time Usagi's Martial increases there is a chance of Usagi Overcoming Craven (-2 Martial)
[ ][Luna] Manager
- 20% of Luna's Stewardship (1) is added to Usagi's functional Stewardship
- Increases how fast Usagi increases her Stewardship up to Luna's own (8)
- Gives Usagi one additional Stewardship action a turn
- Every time Usagi's Stewardship increases, there is a chance of gaining a Permanent Increase to Income
[ ][Luna] Spymaster
- 20% of Luna's Intrigue (2) is added to Usagi's functional Intrigue
- Increases how fast Usagi increases her Intrigue up to Luna's own (13)
- Gives Usagi one additional Intrigue Action a turn
- Every time Usagi's Intrigue increases, there is a chance of Usagi Overcoming Impatient (-2 Learning)
[ ][Luna] Grand Magister
- 20% of Luna's Learning (1) is added to Usagi's functional Learning
- Has no effect on how fast Usagi increases her Learning score
- Gives Usagi one additional Learning action a turn
- Every time Usagi's Learning Increases, there is a chance of Usagi Overcoming Lazy (-1 Diplomacy, -1 Marital, -1 Stewardship, -1 Intrigue, -1 Learning)
Estranged love?
Eloquence?
...That doesn't sound right
Family
Minori Tsukino
Usagi's Daughter and Heir from the future, escaping backwards into the past to escape an unknown threat.
Element: Unknown
Kenji Tsukino
Usagi's Father! Works as an editor for a newspaper.
Element: Paper?
Ikuko Tsukino
Usagi's mother. A housewife who is still coming to terms with magic and all of what it can do.
Element: Wind?
Shingo Tsukino
Usagi's younger brother. May... technically be heir to the Moon Kingdom since Mini hasn't actually been born yet? Or is she... How does time travel effect lines of succession?
Element: Gravity?
Equipment
Equipment
Eyes of the Heart
+2 Intrigue
Shows Heart Flowers
Signet Stamp
A magical Signet Stamp that creates a unique signature for every person who uses it.
When used, Magical individuals and societies will be able to tell that messages are not falsified
Emergency Beacon
A small crystal device that can be tracked using magical means
If equipped to a character, they will activate the beacon if they end up in trouble and need help
Disguise Pen
A Magic Pen that allows Usagi to transform into near any appearance that she can imagine, with the skills and capabilities that come with the disguise.
When transformed into a alternate form, instead of rolling Intrigue for rolls related to that position, instead roll the appropriate attribute, add Usagi's Intrigue Score, and then multiply by 1.1
Moon Rod
A rod of Orichalcum with a crescent of mithril, the Moon Rod is the symbol of the Princess of the Moon, a unique magical foci created for the original Serenity.
[Planetary] Healing Escalation - A Powerful healing spell that disrupts magical methods of mind control, and is capable of reverting transformed Humans back to their native forms
Beacon of War - Creates a shimmering magical weapon crafted from light that takes on a unique form for each user
Crescent Beam - Fires a beam of light out of the Crystal Rod that can damage the target
Communicators
Allows instant communication between everyone who has one
Traits
Traits
Empathic
(1 of 5 Nat 10 Diplomacy Rolls)
The more people that Usagi meets, the more walks of life she interacts with, the more that Usagi comes to understand those around her, a strength mightier than her magic or her muscles, it is the fact that people are people at the end of the day, be the Yokai or human, dark general or dawn goddess... People are people, and that means that despite whatever cruelties that they cast into the world, they are still at their core naturally good, they've just learned to be bad.
+2 Dip
Moon Princess, Waxing Crescent
Usagi has experienced what it meant to truly be the Moon Princess, if only for a moment. Now she has sworn to herself to no longer be just a beneficiary of her friend's talents. It is time for her to lead and inspire them with her own talents
+ 2 Dip
When one of Usagi's base stats is 10 or less, she gains 20% of the appropriate Councilor's relevant stat to her own, marked in brackets [] in her stats.
When Usagi's relevant base stat is 11+, she gains 10% of the relevant stat from the Councilor. All other members of her inner circle except herself and the Councilor gain 10% of Usagi's stat to their own.
[+1] Dip from Naru, [+2] Mar from Makoto, [+4] Ste from Alice, [+2] Int from Luna, [+2] Lrn from Ami
Waxing Lunar Will
As the Moon begins to rumble back to life, the connection that the orbiting body has with it's senshi begins to give her more energy and power and life
Gain 0.5 actions to each stat per turn. This combined with Emotional Composure to give a total of +1 action in every category, and 1 free action to eeither Intrigue or Stewardship.
Secretarial Aid
Usagi gains 10% of her Secretary's Stats to her own in {} Brackets
{+1} Dip, {+2} Mar, {+1} Ste, {+0} Int, {+1} Lrn
Tech Savvy
During an encounter with a device designed by the Dark Kingdom, Usagi has had information related to how to use computers accidentally downloaded into her brain.
+1 Stew, (+2 Lrn when interacting with computers)
Swirling Blade
(1 of 4 Combats until Proc)
With each passing battle, Usagi grows better and better with her sword, now having direction to increase her skills
+0 Prowess
Emotional Composure
(6 of 15 Non-Diplomacy Attribute Increases until Proc)
Having thrown herself into a crucible of sweat, blood, and tears, Usagi has been heated and hammered out from an ingot into a long bar, but the forging process is yet done. She may be one step closer to becoming the woman she will one day become, but for now, the girl still needs to become well rounded, to strengthen that which she is weakest at.
Usagi gains additional actions for each Attribute whose BASE score = 10+
+1 to All, Increase Diplomacy by 20% (Effective +4)
Tuning III
Evolves to Tuning IV on the week of August 3, 1992
The changes are slowing, not because they are weakening, but because with every passing day there is less and less that needs to be changed.
+4 Mar, +4 Base Pro | +12 Transformed Pro
Roiling Mana [INACTIVE]
Usagi has discovered that she has so much MORE mana to work with than she ever thought she has. When she really gets going, she simply overflows with power
Add 20% of Lrn to Martial
Sliver of Silver
(702 of 1000)
Usagi knows that she has far more mana to work with than she ever thought possible. Her attempts to tap the tiniest, most fragmentary trickle of that power and stabilize it for her own use have succeeded! On the other hand, it seems to be stuck that way, at least for now...
+2 Lrn
Impulse Strike
Usagi has discovered that letting loose control of her magic at the exact moment that she pushes creates a burst of power that imparts more force than she would otherwise
Add 10% of Mar to Prowess
Spells
Name
Effect
Description
SM/UT
Moon Tiara Action
+2 Prowess
Sailor Moon transforms her Tiara into a magical ring that is able to purify and puree Evil forces
SM
Moon Tiara Melee Action
+3 Prowess
A variation of the Moon Tiara Action that holds onto the magical ring instead of throwing it, treating it as a melee weapon instead
SM
Lunar Rainbow Burst
+3 Prowess
+1 Pro to Allies
Removes Possession Bonus to Youma
Creates a rainbow colored wave of light that grants a +1 to all allies, and wears away at curses and mind control, while healing the area around the user.
SM
Moon Healing Escalation
Heals mind control, reverts Youma back to their native forms, and can purify up to medium severity curses
Creating a Shimmering ring of light, Usagi somehow... changes the space inside of the light, reverting things back to how they were before.
SM
UT
Beacon of War I
Either Add +3 to Learning
Only one can be used per combat
Transforms the Moon Rod into a the Moonlight Staff
SM
Beacon of War II
Add +3 to Prowess
Only one can be used per combat
Transforms the Moon Rod into a long, two handed straight edged blade made of crystal
SM
UT
Crescent Beam
+2 Prowess
Fire a laser from the Moon Rod
SM
UT
Moon Sparkling Sensation
+2 Prowess, Can set enemies and objects on fire
Gathers magical energy between framed fingers to fire a laser of intense Moonlight
SM
UT
Sonic Barrage
+1 Prowess, Allows usage of 1 Roll against up to 3 Enemies
By uncapping the Limits on the Sonic Enhancers that Sailor Moon has for the purposes of Public Speaking, Sailor Moon is able to generate a powerful sonic blast that is capable of causing physical damage through sound waves alone
SM
Lunar Healing Burst
A spell that heals the target
A powerful holy magic that heals and purifies and even repairs the physiciality of all things within it's range
SM
UT
Restore
Reverts Sailor Moon to pristine condition
A powerful spell that can be used once per 24 hours that resets Usagi's body back to how it was at the moment of first transforming
SM
Sailor Teleport
A spell that teleports the user
Shifting into a level of subspace, the user can teleport distances
SM
UT
Sailor Side Step
+1 Mar, +3 Pro.
This spell can be used for free every other found. When this spell is used, the enemy rolls a d6, if they roll a 1 they lose their attack. Allows for short range teleportation during combat, which can occasionally confuse enemies
SM
UT
Reformation
Reverts Target to how they were an hour ago
10% chance t to forget the events of the last hour
A spell that alters the target's body to the condition in which it was an hour ago. However, this spell is complex and hard to cast.
SM
Techniques
Name
Effect
Style
Description
SM/UT
Celestial Maiden Ascends Offending Pervert
Roll 2 Prowess Challenges and a Learning Challenge
If all succeed, then target is removed from the field
Venusian Royal Defender Style
An originally Venusian creation for the protection of the defenseless Moon Princess, the Celestial Maiden Ascends Offending Pervert technique is not actually magic, but a complex bit of marital arts that taps into the local leylines, finding a point where the Leyline either terminates or turns, and temporarily causing the two points to be connected, allowing an over the shoulder toss the target a great distance away.
SM
Training
+2 Pro
N/A
A record of the Prowess Training that Usagi has done
There is a company selling lessons about how to use magic, and it... It isn't like the others that have popped up over the years. This requires a lot of math, and it has visible effects.
Wrathful:
+3 Mar, -1 Dip, +1 Int
Determination:
+1 Dip, +1 Mar, +1 Ste, +1 Int, +1 Lrn
Diligent:
+1 Dip, +1 Mar, +1 Ste, +1 Int, +1 Lrn
Vengeful:
+2 Int, -2 Dip
Methodical:
+3 Ste
Heart Flower
Dianthus Superstar
A Pure Love
I'll Never Forget You
Fascination
Distinction
Equipment
Emergency Beacon
If equipped to a character, they will activate the beacon if they end up in trouble and need help
Communicators
Allows for instantaneous communication between everyone who has one
Traits
Traits
Awakened Magic
Rei is capable of using magic even when she is not transformed.
Moon Princess, Waxing Crescent
(Receiving)
All other members of her inner circle except herself and the Councilor gain 10% of Usagi's stat to their own.
[+2]Dip,[+2]Pro,[+1]Ste,[+0]Int,[+1]Lrn
Androphobia
(2 of 5)
(1 of 5 Successful Interactions till the next Procc)
Due to events in Rei's past, she finds it difficult to interact with and relate to men. There is a part of the girl who feels that every action is transactional in nature.
-2 Diplo
Diplomacy Rolls toward Rei from men have x1.8 the DC
Tuning II
Evolves to Tuning III on Week of July 20th
Rei's body is slowly acclimatizing to the power that she has, allowing her to tap into more of it without being transformed.
+4 Mar
+3 Base Pro | +10 Transformed Pro
Beautiful
Rei is absolutely stunningly beautiful
+5 Dip
The Drums of Mars
Rei is a idol by her actions, and a Miko by her training, but there in the depths of her heart and her blood beats the Drums of Mars, the skills and memories of War
When training in a physical way, or when fighting against enemies there is a bonus to increasing stats and learning spells
Spells
Name
Effect
Description
SM/RH
Akuryo Taisan
+3 Pro against Demonic entities
A basic exorcism skill taught to Rei by her grandfather during her time at the temple
SM/RH
Burning Spear
Roll twice for the last round of Combat, taking the better of the two
A rudimentary spell created by Rei as she first transformed. A singular beam of heat and fire that pierce through a target
SM
Ofuda Hurricane
+2 Pro | +4 Pro against Demons
By empowering a number of Ofuda, Sailor Mars is able to create a burning holy whirlwind of razor edged holy sigils
SM/RH
Dance of Vermilion!
+1 Pro | +2 against Earthly supernatural foes | +3 against specifically Chinese supernatural foes
An Anti-Elemental Spell that calls upon one of the Four Guardian Beasts of China to purify corrupted elementals and other non-demonic spirits
SM/RH
The Honest Flame
Counters and removes all illusions and untruths from the area
These near pearlescent white flames have the ability to strip away all falsehoods and lies, dispersing with illusions and lies, and revealing the truth to all who stand within the circle they form
SM/RH
Accel
+5 During the first round
By creating a burst of explosive power, Sailor Mars takes advantage of the Third Law of Motion.
SM/RH
Veil of Flames
By covering the upper half of Sailor Mars's face with flames, the Miko relies on her ability to read the future in the flames for combat
If Rei were to lose a clash, roll again and take the higher of the two.
Automatically Cast at the start of combat. Usable once per every other round.
SM
Tyr Spell
Summon a pair of wolves for a teamwork attack
Better spell description here
SM
Techniques
Name
Style
Effect
Description
Tai Chi
Apprentice
+1 Mar, +3 Pro
(6 of 12 weeks till Procc)
Having been training in Tai Chi for over 9 months now, Rei has developed some level of skill in the martial art.
Rei's Stats
Attribute
Base
Effects
Functional
Diplomacy
7
[+2]-1+1+1-2-2+5+2
13
Martial
11
[+2]+3+1+1+4+1
23
Stewardship
10
[+1]+1+1+3
16
Intrigue
5
-1+1+1+2
8
Learning
8
[+1]+1+1+1
12
Prowess
23
+2+1+2
28
Prowess Against Demons
23
+2+2+1+2+3
33
Sailor Mars Stats
Attribute
Base
Effects
Functional
Diplomacy
7
[+2]-1+1+1-2-3+5+2
12
Martial
11
[+2]+3+1+1+4+1
23
Stewardship
10
[+1]+1+1+3
16
Intrigue
5
-1+1+1+2
8
Learning
8
[+1]+1+1+1
12
Prowess
23
+10+2+1+2
38
Prowess Against Demons
23
+10+2+2+1+2+3
43
- 10% of all of Rei's Stats are added to Usagi's Own
Calm:
+1 Dip, +1 Int
Gregarious:
+2 Dip
Honest:
+2 Dip, -4 Int
Heart Flower
Freesia
Innocence
Friendship
Trust
Traits
Traits
Mother of Monsters
(6 of ??? until Procc)
Naru is the Reincarnation of Tiamat, the mother of all monsters, which is the cause of her mighty hunger, and the very confusing feelings about the Moon Princess
When Naru is greatly stressed, tired, or out of magic, roll d20.
1-8: Naru abandons all actions she was taking in order to try and sate the hunger
9-20: Naru manages to keep her focus, denying the hunger
Add 50% of Learning to Prowess
Speaker of Tongues
(7 of ??? until Procc)
It seems that Naru has something of a natural gift with languages... Is this something to do with Pandora?
When Learning a new language, or translating something from one language to another, increase the results of the roll by 10%, and decrease the max total required by 10%
Awakened Magic, Middling
(0% Cumulative)
(30% cumulative chance of upgrading per week)
Naru has reached the point of being practically average with her magic, if not for the hunger
To be entirely honest, Naru's reserves have reached the point of being remarkably only in their unremarkability, matching the power of the mages that Usagi has encountered, but Naru still struggles with the fact that she consumes more magic than she creates
Equipment
Magical Training Toy
A magical training game that uses magical skills
When equipped, adds a cumulative 33% chance to increase Base Learning up to a max of 12
Crystal Guardians
A pair of golems disguised as Hairpieces
+6 Pro
Chance of Prowess increase each week. Max: ??? Prowess
Crystal Rod
A replica of the Original Moon Rod of unknown Origin. Notably, the Crystal Rod cannot handle the power of Senshi level spell casting
Gain the Spells:
[Planetary] Healing Escalation
Beacon of War
Crescent Beam
Beacon of War Rod
The weapon that the Crystal Rod transforms into when Naru casts the Beacon of War spell
While wielding this staff, all of Naru's spells cost half of what they should magic wise, and their effects are increased.
Additionally, Naru gets a +2 to her Prowess Score
Magical Primers Vol 1 and 2
(194 of 300)
Vol 1:+3 LRN, +2 STE
Vol 2: +3 LRN, +3 STE
Once per turn when a LRN roll involving magic rolls a 5 or less, you may reroll and take the higher
Manual of Elemental Animation
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+1 Learning
Every turn a 9% Cumulative chance of learning an elemental spell
Emergency Beacon
A small crystal device that can be tracked using magical means
If equipped to a character, they will activate the beacon if they end up in trouble and need help
Communicator
Allows for instant communication between everyone who has one
Spells
Elementalism
+2 Pro
Generate a number of elemental based effects, such as compacting dirt and rubble into stone, creating air, blooming flowers, emiting light, generating shadows, or creating flames
WARNING: Do not use this spell as the only air you breath for prolonged periods, as this can cause effects similar to the Bends
Crystal Walker
Cause a Crystal to transform into a basic Quadripedal Golem
A spell that creates a very basic Crystal Golem
Basic Biped
A simple spell that allows the creation of bipedal Golems
A spell that creates a Basic Crystal Golem that is capable of bipedal movement
Terra Healin Escalate
Creates a wave of dark shadowy mist that roils out from Naru, healing those she cares about and harming those she does not. Has an unknown effect on Youma
One of the Spells contained within the Crystal Rod. The spell functions differently for Naru than it did for Usagi
Beacon of War
Transforms the Crystal Rod into a staff taller than the girl, with a weighted head like a hammer, and a bladed base like a sword
One of the Spells contained within the Crystal Rod. The spell functions differently for Naru than it did for Usagi
Crescent Beam
+2 Prowess
Naru draws forth a beam so dark that it is blacker than night, firing it forth from a finger. Somehow, the beam completely ignores those Naru cares about, passing through them without injuring them.
Techniques
Name
Style
Effect
Description
Awakening
Lilim Racial
Creates new species
By embuing Life Energy or Mana into an object, you can enhance and evolve it beyond what it was and into what it now is
Lilim Mutation
N/A
+2 Pro
Records the changes made to Naru due to her unique powers
Stats
Attribute
Base
Effects
Functional
Diplomacy
6
+1+2+2
11
Martial
2
+2
4
Stewardship
7
+2+3
12
Intrigue
10
+1-4
7
Learning
10
+2+2+2+2
18
Prowess
5
+2+2+6+2+7+2
26
- 20% of Naru's Diplomacy (1) is added to Usagi's functional Diplomacy
- Has no effect on how fast Usagi increases her Diplomacy score
- Every Even numbered turn, Naru generates a d8 of Funds for that turn
- Every Turn there is a 5% chance of getting a Diplomacy random event
Makato Kino
Age
14
Sex
Female
Education
--
Personality Traits
Brave:
+2 Mar, +2 Pro
Calm:
+1 Dip, +1 Int
Lustful:
+2 Int
Just"
+2 Ste, +1 Lrn, -3 Int
Compassionate:
+2 Dip
Heart Flower
Gladiolus?
The look like Gladiolus, but they are upsidedown
A small crystal device that can be tracked using magical means
If equipped to a character, they will activate the beacon if they end up in trouble and need help
Rose Belt
(Not Equipped)
A Jovian Belt that symbolizes that the wearer is interested in finding a romantic partner.
Communicators
Allows for instantaneous communication between everyone who has one
Jupiter Guardian Bracelet (x1)
A single Bracelet that Luna believes belonged to the last bearer of the Sailor Jupiter Title. Not as powerful as if the full set was there, but still terrifying in scope.
+2 Martial!
Once per combat, the wearer can decide to activate the Bracelets for +10 Prowess in that round
Traits
Traits
Awakened Magic
Makoto is capable of using magic without transforming
Jupiter Serendipity Revelation
Makoto occasionally discovers odd and unexpected ways to solve problems.
+2 Stewardship, (+10%) of each stat is added to the stat above
Delinquent Disposition
(1 of 5)
Maybe it is something about the way the girl dresses, or the way that she moves, but there is something about this girl that makes people think she is a delinquent.
(1 of 5 conversations with affected individuals till next Procc)
Diplo -5 when talking with teachers, Diplo -2 when talking to people who believe her to be a delinquent. These effects do not stack
TuningII
Evolves to Tuning III on Week of July 13th
Makoto body is slowly acclimatizing to the power that she has, allowing her to tap into more of it without being transformed.
+4 Mar
+3 Base Pro | +10 Transformed Pro
Junoesque
Makoto towers over those around her, and is even stronger than her robust build would lead one to believe.
+5 Pro
Bully Hunter
Before becoming a senshi, Makoto experienced far more than her share of fights, often against older and even stronger ones
+1 Mar
Spells
Spells
Supreme Thunder
+1 Prowess, allows Makoto to fight from range
Makoto draws upon and absorbs the electrical energy in the air around the girl, before collecting it and firing it at the target.
SJ
Thunder Knuckle
+1 Pro
Enhancing and increasing the electrical energy within her body, Makoto causes her physical strikes to discharge electricity
SJ
MK
Chloro Knuckle
-1 Enemy Pro
By Drawing on the energy of plant-life, Makoto causes her punches to sprout thick vines that try and bind a person in place
SJ
Graviton Knuckle
If Attack roll lower than target, roll d4. On even #, reduce Enemy roll by 5 and Increase Makoto's roll by 5
Calling on the powers of Gravity, Makoto's punches make the attacker heavier, making it harder for them to attack her back
SJ
Electro-Targeting Interference
Temporarily prevents the usage of teleportation abilities
By slamming her fists together, Makoto generates a massive field of electromagical interference, screwing with the kinds of senses that are required for spatial magics of nearly all kinds, most specifically teleportation. However, a skilled teleporter can account for the interference after a few moments of studying it. Interference is unique per casting, so countermeasures cannot be created
Graviton Field Aegis
-10 to Prowess checks against Makoto
-5 Prowess for Makoto due to being unable to move from her position
By layering inverted gravitational layers in front of the herself, Makoto creates a layer of spacetime that is nearly solid, heavily reducing the force of blows and attacks going through the shield, however the spell is in it's current state unable to be moved, locking the girl in place. This spell can be improved!
Styles
Style
Rank
Effect
Description
Judo
Apprentice
+2 Martial, +1 Prowess
--
Neriman Mixed Judo/Karate Hybrid
Journeyman
+2 Martial, +3 Prowess
+10 to Rolls to increase Martial or Prowess
--
Gainax Galactice Style
--
+5 to Rolls to increase Martial or Prowess
--
Techniques
Name
Style
Effect
Description
SJ/MK
Inuzuma Kick
Gainax Galactic Style
Roll Opposed Prowess 3 times
If best of 3, then the target is removed from the fight
Powered by Determination, Guts, and Hard Work, this technique allows Makoto to impart far more force through a kick than should be normally possible.
SJ/MK
Makoto's Stats
Attribute
Base
Effects
Functional
Diplomacy
5
+1+2+(2)[+2]
12
Martial
13
+2+2(+1)+4+1+2+2
27
Stewardship
8
+2+0
10
Intrigue
7
+1+2-3+(1)
8
Learning
10
+1+(3)[+1]
15
Prowess
27
+2(+1)+3+5+1+1+1+3
43
Sailor Jupiter's Stats
Attribute
Base
Effects
Functional
Diplomacy
5
+1+2+(2)[+2]
12
Martial
13
+2+2(+1)+4+1+2+2
27
Stewardship
8
+2+0
10
Intrigue
7
+1+2-3+(1)
8
Learning
10
+1+(4)[+1]
16
Prowess
27
+10+2(+1)+3+5+1+1+1+3
53
- 20% of Makoto's Martial (6) is added to Usagi's functional Martial
- Increases how fast Usagi increases her Martial Score up to Makoto's own (17)
- Every time Usagi's Martial increases, there is a 5% chance of a random other stat increasing
Alice Yotsuba
Age
12
Sex
Female
Equipment
.
Spells
.
Traits
Traits
Yotsuba Princess
Born in the purple, Alice has been surrounded by all that wealth can buy from the moment she was born, a fact only made truer by the fact that she is an utter savant when it comes to handling money
+2 Stewardship
Increase Stewardship by 75% (x1.75)
Never to Harm Another Again
Alice is a kind hearted young woman, but even she has limits to her patience, and after nearly putting a high schooler in the hospital after he bullied her two best friends, Alice has sworn never to raise a hand in anger again
+4 Martial
Alice's Stats
Attribute
Base
Effects
Functional
Diplomacy
8
+2
10
Martial
4
+4+2
10
Stewardship
10
+2 x1.75
21
Intrigue
11
--
11
Learning
10
+1
11
Prowess
10
--
10
- 20% of Alice's Stewardship (4) is added to Usagi's functional Stewardship
- Increases how fast Usagi increases her Stewardship up to Alice's own (21)
- Every time Usagi's Stewardship increases, there is a chance of gaining a Permanent Increase to Income
Luna
Age
13 (Biologically)
??? (Chronologically)
Sex
Female
Education
???
Personality Traits
Diligent:
+1 Dip, +1 Mar, +1 Stew, +1 Int, +1 Lrn
Vengeful:
+2 Int, +2 Prow, -2 Dip
Wrathful:
+3 Mar, -1 Dip, -1 Int
Heart Flower
Zinnia
Thoughts of absent friends
I mourn your absence
Traits
Traits
Last of their Kind
(2 of 10)
Luna and Artemis may be the last of the Mao, a space faring race who were part of the Silver Millennium, this... deeply distresses Luna, a fact that when combined with her building attraction towards Artemis leaves the girl deeply confused and terrified of her future.
Dip rolls towards Artemis are decreased by 10% due to being an emotional mess
DC of Rolls Artemis does against Luna are decreased by 10% due to her emotional state
Shattered Memories
Due to the particular method by which Luna was cryogenically frozen, and the method by which she was awoken, her memories are scattered and fragmented
There are a great many things that Luna does not know that she knows/
Out of Place, Out of Time
(0 of 5)
Luna is from the ancient past, and while she has adapted well to the modern age, there are still social mores and cultural differences that she struggles to really understand
(1 of 3 Interactions towards the next Procc)
Diplo / 2 when interacting with modern elected officials unless they have sworn fealty to the Silver Millennium
Awakened Magic
Luna is capable of casting magic
Luna knows spells
Mao
Luna is a member of the Mao species, who have a very similar appearance to modern domesticated cats.
Equipment
Emergency Beacon
A small crystal device that can be tracked using magical means
If equipped to a character, they will activate the beacon if they end up in trouble and need help
Spells
Slip Space
A basic teleport spell that works through the usage of a network
By setting different beacons throughout Tokyo, Luna is capable of teleporting around, slipping in and out of sight and across the city with ease.
Stats
Attribute
Base
Effects
Functional
Diplomacy
13
+1-2-1+2
13
Martial
12
+1+3+2
18
Stewardship
11
+1
12
Intrigue
16
+1+2-1
18
Learning
9
+1+1
11
Prowess
17
--
17
- 20% of Luna's Intrigue (2) is added to Usagi's functional Intrigue
- Increases how fast Usagi increases her Intrigue up to Luna's own (13)
- Every week, there is a 5% cumulative chance for Usagi to begin the process of upgrading one of her positive traits (Either Compassionate or Forgiving)(15% cumulative current)
Ami is among the most intelligent people on the planet
+5 Lrn
Calculative Combat
Ami has learned how to think in the midst of combat, her every move planned out in advance, every action slowly moving enemies towards traps that they cannot escape.
Add 10% of Learning (adjusted value 2) to Martial, and add 10% of Learning (adjusted value 2) to Prowess
Tuning II
Evolves to Tuning III on Week of July 6th
Ami body is slowly acclimatizing to the power that she has, allowing her to tap into more of it without being transformed.
+4 Mar
+3 Base Pro | +10 Transformed Pro
Moon Princess, Waxing Crescent
(Recieving)
Usagi's MP,WC gives a bonus to her Senshi
[+2] Mar
Mercury Super Computer
Ami has access to the Mercury Super Computer, giving her access to a massive library of magical texts and resources
For rolls involving Magic, Ami adds half her learning to the roll
eg: (18/2)=9 Lrn
Equipment
Equipment
Star Map
An ancient crystal slate with an interactive screen that can show the location of the Sol System along with the locations of other polities in the local galactic area
+1 Learning when dealing with stars
Emergency Beacon
A small crystal device that can be tracked using magical means
If equipped to a character, they will activate the beacon if they end up in trouble and need help
Communicator
Allows for instant communication between everyone who has one
Spells
Sabão Spray
All Enemies Prowess -2
Sailor Mercury summons forth a thick mist that makes it hard for others to see
Sabão Freeze
+1 Prowess, One Enemy Prowess -2
Sailor Mercury summons forth a heavy freezing cold mist that makes it harder for others to see, and even coats enemies in frost and ice
Sabão πολική δίνη
If Ami rolls 10 over the enemy, roll again. If the second roll is higher the enemy roll, that enemy is defeated
The pinnacle of the Sabão spell line, this spell was not contained within the Mercury Computer because it was considered so dangerous that the Princess felt it unwise to allow any child from Mercury to have the ability to access it.
If Ami uses this spell untransformed, she cannot act during the next round
Πανοπλία παγετού υδραργύρου
+2 Pro, with an additional +2 when active. This spell is deactivated if an opponent were to roll a +10 success over Sailor Mercury, however it additionally nullifies the enemy attack
Ami summons forth an armor crafted entirely out of ice to strengthen and protect her
Crash Launcher
+1 Prowess, and negates one enemy attack
Sailor Mercury fires a blast of water along the ground towards an opponent, when it hits, it explodes, creating the illusion of a leaping Dolphin
Mercury Weather: Aurora Cannon
+2 Pro, May only be used once per combat. During the round that this spell is cast, ALL ENEMIES ROLL TWICE and take the lower.
When Ami draws on the power of the planet, she can feel it, a glimmering aurora that wraps around the planet, shining at all hours of the day, glimmering with the light and the love and the hopes of it's people.
Those hopes, those dreams they are gone. Yet... Not forgotten. Calling on this power allows Mercury to unleash a beam of brilliant kaleidoscopic force that strikes at the enemy with all the rage of a dead people.
Dual Cast Mode I
One time per combat, Mercury can cast two spells during the same round. However, during the next round she suffers from -3 Pro
This isn't actually a Spell, but Ami set the System to cast a spell, while casting another under her own power.
Right now, that causes the Mercury Computer to successfully cast the spell, but it lags up afterwords, and so can only be done once in a combat. Perhaps if Mercury knew more about the Mercury Computer, she could upgrade this.
Techniques
Name
Style
Effect
Description
SM/AM
Break Step
πυγμαχία διόνυσος
Enemy attacks targeting her are rolled twice, take the lower
Sailor Mercury creates a thin mirage around herself that makes her appear to be roughly two feet to the left of where she actually is
SM
Training
N/A
+2 Pro
A register of the Prowess Training Ami has done
Ami's Stats
Attribute
Base
Effects
Functional
Diplomacy
7
-2+1+1-1-2+2
6
Martial
6
+2+1+1+3+2+4
19
Stewardship
8
+1+1
10
Intrigue
7
+1+1-1+2
10
Learning
12
+5+1+1+1
20
Prowess
19
+2+2+3+1+2+1+2+2
34
Sailor Mercury's Stats
Attribute
Base
Effects
Functional
Diplomacy
7
-2+1+1-1-2+2
6
Martial
6
+1+1+6+2+3+2
21
Stewardship
8
+1+1
10
Intrigue
7
+1+1-1+2
10
Learning
12
+5+1+1+1
20
Prowess
21
+2+2+10+1+2+1+2+2
41
- 20% of Ami's Learning (3) is added to Usagi's functional Learning
- Increases how fast Usagi increases her Learning up to Ami's own (18)
- Gives Usagi one additional Personal Action per Turn
- Every week, there is a 5% cumulative chance of Usagi unlocking the process to upgrade the Awakened Magic trait to it's next level (15% current Cumulative)
Michiru has awakened to her magical potential, allowing her to tap into her mana while not transformed
--
Tuned III
Evolves to Tuning IV on (Date TBD)
Michiru's body is slowly acclimatizing to the power that she has, allowing her to tap into a little more of it without transforming
+4 Mar
+4 Base Pro | + 12 Transformed Pro
Red string of Fate
Michiru and Haruka were already close before they gained their Senshi abilities, and having those abilities have only brought them closer together.
They trust each other implicitly
Prowess increased by 20% when fighting with Haruka
Prowess decreased by 20% when fighting without Haruka
Blessing of the seas
(1 of ???)
(??? of ???)
For as long as Michiru can remember, the girl has always felt at home in the water, with the very sounds of the tides being the metronome by which she trained her music
Add 33% of Intrigue to Martial
Specular
(1 of ???)
Michiru Kaioh is a thing of tawny, elegant, brazen curvature, framing a layer of lucid adamant that shelters a smooth, impermeable backing. She will give you what you bring to her, if sometimes reversed, if not always unchanged.
+3 bonus to resisting mental effects, alterations to the self, and to mind based combat rolls
Equipment
.
Spells
Splash Edge
+2 Prowess
Neptune creates a swirling rippling pressure cutter edge of water along her hands and forearms.
SN
Whispered Secrets
Target -(2d4/2 + 1) Prowess.
By whispering a secret word into the ear of an enemy, Neptune is for a moment able to allow her enemy access to the entirity of the damaged by still functioning Listening Stations built around Neptune. While this on the surface sound like a terrible idea, the fact of the matter is that becoming intimately aware of every molecule of existance within a 4 light year radius is horribly distracting during combat
- By the same metric, Neptune is able to use the Listening Stations outside of combat for Intrigue Actions Which you may select up to one per turn to take advantage of this bonus. However as the system is damaged there is a chance of something going wrong. Roll a 1d2, if it is a 2 it is negative, if it is a 1 it is positive, then roll a 1d6. If it is positive it adds to the roll, but if it is negative it takes away.
SN
Dragon Rise
+3 Pro
Counter 1 Attack
AUTO CAST
1 Turn Cooldown
Drawing on ancient secrets, lost to time, Neptune fortifies herself, gaining a thin barrier of ethereal energies to flows across her Fuku, protecting her from a single attack.
Attacker must roll a second time, and if this new roll is lower than the original, they are treated as taking one round of damage from their own attack
SN
Neptune Weather: Oncoming Pressure Wave
+3 Pro
Calling on the power of the Great Dark Spot of her home planet, Sailor Neptune unleashes a powerful pulse of pressure, slamming into foes around and knocking them to their knees if Neptune's score is higher than their own
SN
Techniques
.
Michiru's Stats
Attribute
Base
Effects
Functional
Diplomacy
10
--
10
Martial
6
+3+8
17
Stewardship
8
--
8
Intrigue
9
--
9
Learning
7
+1
8
Prowess
17
+2+3+3*1.2
25 (30)
Sailor Neptune's Stats
Attribute
Base
Effects
Functional
Diplomacy
10
--
10
Martial
6
+3+8
17
Stewardship
8
--
8
Intrigue
9
--
9
Learning
7
+1
8
Prowess
17
+8+2+3+3*1.2
33 (40)
Haruka Tennou
Age
17
Sex
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Traits
Traits
Awakened Magic
Haruka has awakened to her magical potential, allowing her to tap into her mana while not transformed
--
Tuned III
Evolves to Tuning IV on (Date tbd)
With each passing Day, Haruka slowly grows more accustomed to the power that she wields
+4 Mar
+4 Base Pro | +12 Transformed Pro
Red string of Fate
Michiru and Haruka were already close before they gained their Senshi abilities, and having those abilities have only brought them closer together.
They trust each other implicitly
Prowess increased by 20% when fighting with Michiru
Prowess decreased by 20% when fighting without Michiru
Fashion Dynamo
(1 of ???)
Haruka understands the ways that clothing can be used to manipulate and alter the perceptions and expectations of those around Haruka
+20% of Intrigue to Diplomacy, with an additional +20% added if Haruka is wearing appropriate attire for the situation
Champion of the Winds
(1 of ???)
For as long as Haruka has been alive, she has heard the melody of the winds.
Add 20% of Intrigue to Dip,Mar,Ste,and Lrn
+1 Prowess
Spells
Name
Effect
Description
SU/HT
Sky Splitting
+2 Pro
Drawing on the power of the winds, Haruka creates a shotgun blast of small magical projectiles. Each hits hard, but not as hard as a bullet.
SU/HT
Uranus Weather: Pressure Crasher
+3 Pro
By recreating the power of the The Great Dark Spot of her homeworld, Uranus explodes forward, faster than even a Senshi's eye can see to strike at a foe.
When this spell is used, she will move fast enough to choose another spell to use. This spell requires a one round cooldown before being used again
SU
Uranus Weather: Ring Stabilization System
+3 Pro
A whirling axe kick so quick that it seems to leave a glimmering ring through the air where it strikes. Enemies hit by this attack have -2 Pro for the rest of combat
SU
Heavensworn Strike
+3 Pro
If this strike succeeds against the enemy, roll again with a -1 Prowess penalty, repeat until such time as Uranus fails the roll. If a Nat 10 is rolled, roll twice
A microphone that is filled with the planetary energy of Venus
Requires setup to use properly. Artemis is keeping it in storage until needed.
Emergency Beacon
A small crystal device that can be tracked using magical means
If equipped to a character, they will activate the beacon if they end up in trouble and need help
Communicators
Allows for instantaneous communication between everyone who has one.
Traits
Traits
Fully Tuned
Minako has been a Senshi for over a year now, and her body has become fully awakened to its natural power. This allows the true power of the Senshi Transformation to manifest, now that her body is capable of withstanding it.
+5 Mar
+5 Base Pro | +15 Transformed Pro
Curse of the Lonely Heart
(0 of ???)
(??? of ??? Until Procc)
In her battles against the Dark Agency in London, Minako found herself face to face with the man she was to marry in her last life. In order to protect the present, she smote him down. But as the former human died, the demon he'd become cursed Minako to never find love.
???
A 'curse' of this particular type is strange and esoteric, it cannot be removed by normal means, but instead must be 'unlocked' by fulfilling the specific requirements hidden within it.
Senshi of the Innermost (2 of 5)
Minako is Sailor Venus, the leader of the Inner Senshi the same way that Usagi is the Princess of the Moon. But for more than a year now, Minako has been on her own, relying on allies she didn't fully trust, and an advisor who couldn't stand by her in combat. Learning to accept help is hard. But with each passing day with her new friends she comes a little closer to being free.
+2 Prowess when all the Inner Senshi are working under common orders
Moon Princess, Waxing Crescent
(Receiving)
All other members of her inner circle except herself and the Councilor gain 10% of Usagi's stat to their own.
[+2] Mar
Never Tarnished
A quirk of Minako's Sailor glamour usually covers visible evidence of her injuries. Fighting alone against youma has taught her to take advantage of that. Being able to take a beating without showing or admitting weakness becomes an advantage.
+10% of Intrigue (+1) to Prowess in the second round of combat.
+20% of Intrigue (+2) to Prowess in the third round of combat.
Worldly Traveler
Minako has traveled across much of the world in her journey to deal with the Dark Agency and its warriors. She's seen different cultures and picked up more than one additional language. Altogether, it gives the girl a distinct edge when it comes to disguising herself as others.
+1 Dip, +2 Int
For the Sake of the World
In order to save the world, to face the threats of the Dark Kingdom and the Agency through which it works, Minako sacrificed everything. Going so far as to run away from home, traveling halfway around the world. It has been over a year since Minako has seen her mother or father.
-1 Ste, -1 Lrn
Spells
Spells
Crescent Beam
+2 Pro
A beam of brilliant energy that Sailor V fires from a finger
SV/MA
Venusian Weather: Rains of the Broken Heart
+2 Pro, attacks a large area
Casting a hand to the sky, Sailor V calls upon the power of her home planet, summoning forth the sulfuric acid rains of Venus
SV
Love Crescent Shower
Purifies Mind altering affects in an area, restores stolen energy, repairs physical damage, removes curses, and purifies toxins
A variation of the Rains of the Broken Heart. Instead of summoning forth the physical rains of Venus, Sailor V infuses the air around her with a silver energy that condenses into a rain that heals and repairs the area around her.
SV/MA
Venusian Weather: Black Heart Snow
+1 Pro, attacks a large area
Throwing a hand forward, Sailor V summons a burst of the shimmering black metal 'snow' that falls around the poles of Venus, shredding everything in its path
SV
Venusian Weather: Sulfur Smoke
+2 Pro, attacks a large area
Throwing a hand forward, Sailor V summons forth a thick heavy fog of the Venusian cloud cover- droplets of sulfuric acid.
SV
Venus Love Me Chain
+1 Pro, make a Pro check between the attacked enemy and Venus, if they fail, they are unable to act during the next turn of combat
Collecting her power, Sailor V summons forth a chain of sharped metal hearts that she can control with her mind, wrapping- and, optionally, slashing- an enemy tight.
SV/MA
Styles
Style
Rank
Effect
Description
Venus Knucklevee 'Style'
Expert
+2 Mar, +2 Pro, Mar x1.2
Minako is an entirely self-taught fighter. Her style seems wild and savage, but has a brutally efficient aspect. And as in all things that Minako does, there is an aspect of looking good built straight in.
A small crystal device that can be tracked using magical means
If equipped to a character, they will activate the beacon if they end up in trouble and need help
Communicators
Allows for instantaneous communication between everyone who has one.
Traits
Traits
Tuning II
Evolves to Tuning III on (Date TBD)
Setsuna is only just beginning to tap into the powers that she has as a Sailor Senshi.
+4 Mar
+3 Base Pro | +13 Transformed Pro
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Spells
Spells
Name
Description
Effect
SP/SM
Spectral Whisper
Summons forth a haze of magic from the Garnet Rod that applies Aging effects to objects temporarily
--
SP
Tick-Tock Twister
By twirling the Garnet Rod overhead, Sailor Pluto can summon forth a small windstorm that has the ability to rust metals, however the spell is extremely hard to aim
When this spell is used, roll twice for combat and take the lower
SP
Temporal Dome
Summons forth a barrier of warped time around Setsuna, protecting her from attacks, however the spell requires the Garnet Rod to be held in both hands, butt against the ground, leaving Setsuna immobile
--
SP
Stutter Sweep
a confusing spell that alters how light interacts with Setsuna, showing her roughly two feet off from where she is, and roughly 15 seconds in the past.
When this spell in used, roll twice for combat and take the higher
SP
GIGA BONK
A unique spell that Setsuna herself created, using her time element, she is able to cause a strike (either by herself or using the Garnet Rod) to last for roughly 60 seconds, the actual force of the impact continuing to apply pressure for the entirety of that time
--
SP/SM
Song of Healing
To be entirely honest, Setsuna isn't sure how this spell works. It seems to have something to do with making it so that the person affected by the spell has essentially had a full night's rest, and that their wounds are healed... but it isn't a time spell so she doesn't really understand it that well
Nagisa and Honoka travel with a pair of strange creatures who are from the Land of Light
Increase Diplomacy by 20%
Increase Stewardship by 20%
Together Strong (4 of 5)
Nagisa... Nagisa has learned something very important recently. Something that changes the way that she looks at the world, at herself, and most importantly at Honoka.
Nagisa and Honoka have gone through trials and tribulations, facing off against Warrior after Warrior of the Dark Zone and have come to trust each other implicitly... There is something more... but they don't yet understand what it is yet...
Teamwork Score set at 0.6
Nagisa gains +3 Prowess when fighting by Honoka's side
Club Leaders
Nagisa is the ace of her school's lacross team, while Honoka is the leader of the school science team
33% of Base Martial added to Learning
33% of Base Learning added to Martial
Together, We Are Pretty Cure!
Due to the nature of their powers, there can be no Cure White without Cure Black, and no Cure Black without Cure white
A Pretty Cure team counts as a single fighting unit. When Cures Black and White are present simultaneously and fighting together, they cannot be forced to engage separately against their will without immobilizing one of them. Unless this happens, they will always get the benefit of team combat rules. For multiple opponents to engage them, those multiple opponents must likewise use team combat rules.
Equipment
Card Communes
The Transformation Trinkets that the Two Precure use to transform into their empowered selves
+5 Prowess when transformed
Spells
Name
Effect
Description
Civ/PC
Black/White Lightning
+3 Pro
Following the events of the Museum, and seeing Usagi and Naru use magic without being transformed have awoken Nagisa's competitive nature, and Honoka's analytic mind, together, they have learned how to draw upon the Lightning magics which are used to power the Marble Screw separate from the spell itself.
Civ(N)
PC
Marble Screw
+5 Pro
The Final Technique designed for the Guardians of Light Pretty Cure, by calling on the power of their relationship, Cure Black and Cure White can summon forth an Artillery Beam Bombardment Type Spell Array
PC
Black/White Pulsar
+1 Pro, Weakens Possession
Summoning forth their lightning powers, Cure Black and Cure White are able to generate a pulse of energy that throws objects back and away from them
PC
Rainbow Therapy
+1 Pro, Removes Possession without damaging the surroundings
Upon calling on the powers of the Black and the White Pulsars, the two Cures bring the attacks together, where they overlap and then cancel each other out, generating a wave of rainbow light that purifies everything it touches.
Notable Oddity: Somehow this technique additionally cancels out poisons and purifies tainted water
PC
Techniques
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Cures Black and White Stats
Attribute
Base
Effects
Functional
Diplomacy
9
+2
11
Martial
9
+3
12
Stewardship
7
+1
8
Intrigue
7
--
7
Learning
10
+2
12
Cure Black Prowess
12
+5+3+5+1+1+3
30
Cure White Prowess
11
+5+3+5+1+1
26
Teamwork Prowess
30
+(26*0.6)
47
Splash Star Pretty Cure
Cure Bloom and Cure Egret
Saki Hyuuga and Mai Mishou
Age
13
Sex
???
Traits
Emissaries of the Land of Fountains
The Pretty Cures are a pair of magical girls who transform to gain power
+5 Prowess when transformed
Elemental Companions
Saki is bound to Flappi, the Spirit of the Flowers and Mai is bound to Choppy, the Spirit of the Birds
+20% Stewardship
+20% Intrigue
The Moon is Beautiful Tonight
(1 of ???)
(This trait slowly evolves as the relationship between the two grows)
Saki and Mai have realized that the bond they share is not just one of camaraderie, not just one of friendship, but one of mutual attraction. However, with everything else going on in their lives, they fear what this might mean for them.
Teamwork score is set to 0.65
Prowess increased by 10% when working together
Innocent Attraction
Saki and Mai managed to become fast friends after just a few hours of knowing one another. Best friends who are always thinking of the other.
+33% Diplomacy
Ace Artists
Saki is the Ace of her Softball team
Mai is a talented sketch artist and painter
33% Base Stewardship added to Martial
33% Base Intrigue added to Diplomacy
Together, We Are Pretty Cure!
Due to the nature of their powers, there can be no Cure Bloom without Cure Egret, and no Cure Egret without Cure Bloom
A Pretty Cure team counts as a single fighting unit. When Cures Black and White are present simultaneously and fighting together, they cannot be forced to engage separately against their will without immobilizing one of them. Unless this happens, they will always get the benefit of team combat rules. For multiple opponents to engage them, those multiple opponents must likewise use team combat rules.
Equipment
Mix Communes
The Transformation Trinkets of the Guardians of the Land of Fountains
+3 Prowess when transformed
Spiral Rings
Granted to Saki and Mai after rescuing the Fountain of Sky by the Spirits Foop and Moop
Gains access to the Spiral Heart Splash Attack
Spells
Name
Effect
Description
Civ/PC
Twin Stream Splash
+3 Pro
The Final Technique designed for the Guardians of Fountains Pretty Cure, by calling on the elemental power of Flowers and the Sky, the two Precure unleash a wave of liquid like purification magic that returns things to their Base forms
PC
Spiral Heart Splash
+3 Pro
A new technique that uses the enhancing capabilities of the Spiral Rings to increase the strength of the Twin Stream Splash, as well as make it purify toxins in the air and water around it
PC
Techniques
Name
Style
Effect
Description
Civ/PC
Spirits of Earth/Spirits of Sky
Splash Star Made Up on the Spot Style
+2 Pro
Even from the beginning, Saki and Mai both showed an inherent talent for calling on their native elements, using it to increase their strength, speed and durability even without training
PC
Call of the Sunny Blue Sky
Splash Star Made Up on the Spot Style
+2 Pro
It was not long into their battles against the Dark Fall that Saki and Mai discovered that the bursts of elemental force that protects them can be used as solid footing in the air, as well as an explosive source of locomotion. The two are still mastering the art of flight
Using the Pinky Catch, this character is able to transform into a Pretty Cure
+10 Prowess when Transformed
Spells
Name
Effect
Description
Dream Attack
+1 Prowess
Summons forth a Glimmering pink butterfly that flies forwards and explodes against the enemy. Has the ability to purify many Precure related monsters
BEEG Dream Attack
+3 Prowess
Summons forth a massive shining butterfly construct that rumbles forwards and explodes with great force. Has the ability to purify many Precure related monsters. However, at this time this spell removes Nozomi from Combat for 3 rounds.
Originally: ??
Identifies as a Guy
Changes with Water
Education
--
Personality Traits
Brave:
+2 Mar, +3 Pro
Gregarious:
+3(2) Dip
Honest:
+3(2) Dip, -4 Int
Traits
Blunt
(2 of 7)
(4 of 5 successful Interactions until Procc)
Ranma thinks that Tact is something that you eat, and is entirely incapable of handling a situation with any kind of social graces
Positive Bonuses from Traits to Diplomacy are decreased by 1
Unless Ranma is specifically acting in a roll, Diplomacy is divided by 1.75
Equipment
Dragon Whisker
Keeps ??? Curse at Bay
A magical whisker from an Eastern Dragon. Has the ability to contain a curse within it
Curses
Name
Severity
Effect
Description
Lessons of Sorrow : Nyannīchuan
Severe
When splashed with Cold Water, Ranma transforms into his female form, and when splashed with hot water transforms into her male form
An ancient Chinese curse from the Valley of zhòuquánxiāng. There is more to this than is known
???
???
???
???
???
???
???
???
Nekoken
???
???
Said to be a Secret Martial Arts Style, Rei knows that this is somehow a Curse
Potentially More...
Styles
Style
Rank
Effect
Description
F/M
Saotome Anything Goes
Journeyman
+5 Mar, +5 Pro
Martial can be used in place of Intrigue
33% Marital can be used in place of all other stats
When attempting to learn a new Technique, Roll Three additional times, take the average, Divide by ten and add the result to the roll to learn technique
The Saotome School of the Anything Goes style is far more focused on single combat and aerial fighting
F/M
Tendou Anything Goes
Apprentice
+2 Mar, +2 Pro
Martial can be used in place of Intrigue
33% Marital can be used in place of all other stats
When attempting to learn a new Technique, Roll one additional times divide by 10 and add the result to the roll to learn technique
The Tendou School of the Anything Goes style is far more focused on multiple enemy combat and ground based techniques
F/M
Celestial Terran Reborn
Novice
--
This is the best attempted recreation of an ancient style long lost to time. The Amazons who practice this style say that it was original used by an ancient royal family, but after some calamity the style was lost, and only in the last thousand years have the Amazons of China begun to recreate the techniques
F/M
Obsidian Flame
Technically Grandmaster?
+5 Prowess
Technically not yet a style, as Ranma is developing this style as she goes
F
Obsidian Brawler
N/A
+2 Mar, +2 Int, +3 Pro
Technically not a Style, but seems to be a side effect of whatever granted Ranma the Obsidian Flame
M
Nekoken
???
When Entering into the Nekoken Stance, Diplomacy, Stewardship, Intrigue and Learning are Multiplied by 0
While in Nekoken stance, +5 Martial, increase the bonus from Obsidian Flame by 40%, and increase Prowess by 50%
A strange technique that Ranma was taught by his father. According to Rei, it is somehow also a curse?
Nanoha is remarkably talented at certain academic pursuits. If she'd been brought up in a different culture, she might well have already been identified as being a child prodigy in the field of hermetic/computational magic.
+3 Learning, +2 to Learning for magic-related actions
Bully Hunter
In addition to being naturally courageous, Nanoha has cultivated a certain aptitude for all-out aggression against targets she considers deserving from a very early age.
+1 Prowess
Someone Must, Who Else Can?
Nanoha has an extremely strong sense of personal responsibility. She can and will go to grueling lengths to make sure she is ready to carry those responsibilities out.
Bonus to training actions, but narrative disadvantage when it comes to asking for help
A Warrior Born
While Nanoha's early childhood was quite peaceful with only a few schoolyard scuffles, changing circumstances quickly reveal that her natural instincts for combat are outstanding.
The DC for Nanoha's Martial/Prowess d100 training rolls is determined off the base stat, instead of off the modified stat as usual. Nanoha gets a Martial d100 training roll whenever she first encounters a significantly unfamiliar style of combat or opponent.
Wind in the Sky, Stars in the Heavens, An Unbreakable Spirit In My Heart:
Nanoha's transformed state's barrier jacket protections provide +10 Prowess. Her barrier jacket is fully void-capable. She has an ontological obfuscation glamour to reduce the risk that she will be identified while transformed without the need for significant physical changes.
Nanoha's spells cannot be cast un-transformed unless specifically noted.
+10 to Prowess when transformed
Styles
Ace of Aces (Beginner)
Nanoha is beginning to develop a distinct air combat style, combining her own sheer natural instincts as a fighter with the experiences she's been through.
+2 Base Martial, from 6 at start of fight
Equipment
Equipment
Raising Heart
+40% to Learning for magic rolls. Enables access to a wide variety of Shantair transformations, spells, and capabilities. Special notes:
The Ancient Contract
Raising Heart dates back to a period no more than a few centuries after the Fall of the Silver Millennium, and was constructed by the Shantair, a race who had been a Silver Millennium protectorate. She is compatible with Silver Millennium communications infrastructure. She has legacy code granting special access privileges to certain figures identified as authorities of the old Celestial Dominion of Tsuki. She has knowledge of that era, though it is likely to have interesting gaps and areas of detail.
Translator Functionality
While linked to Nanoha, Raising Heart provides full translation of all languages originally loaded in Raising Heart's database before the fall of the Shantair civilization, plus contemporary Belkan, Midchildan, and Japanese, the three languages adequately known to the two individuals to activate Raising Heart in the modern era.
Thaumaturgical Countermeasure Pod (Shantair)
Nanoha can choose to substitute a fraction of raw Prowess for other stats in contested rolls associated with magical effects (such as opposed Intrigue+Learning checks for illusions). Can replace one of the core five stats with (3/8ths Prowess) or the sum of two core stats with (3/4th Prowess)
Shoot/Snipe Mode
Nanoha can fix herself in place to cast ranged spells. While doing this, she cannot choose to engage in melee combat. This mode can be used on the ground or on a conjured aerial platform. +3 to Prowess in ranged combat. -8 to Prowess if confronting an opponent who reaches melee range during that combat round. Permits a significant variety of feats of extreme-range targeting that would otherwise be infeasible.
Spells
Spells
Barrier Shield
Generates planar or dome-shaped mana shields. Can be used to shelter individual allies, highly effective as localized protection against area attacks. Volume-limited, roughly 5-10 meter diameter maximum coverage
+2 Prowess.
Jewel Seed Sealing Ritual
Can be performed at close range or heterodyned on the Divine Buster beam spell.
Deactivates a Jewel Seed and stores it within Raising Heart in some fashion.
Flier Fin
Generates 'wings' of fractal mana streamers at Nanoha's ankles. Grants B-rank aerospace maneuverability. A-rank aerospace speed and acceleration.
Reroll d10s for Prowess checks against opponents who lack the mobility or other capabilities needed to properly contest flying opponents at this level of performance.
Wide Area Search
Conjures a prodigious number of small autonomous magical 'drones' that can comb the surrounding volume for items or phenomena of interest.
(??? of ??? until Procc)
Mamoru's sense of fashion is... You would say that it doesn't exist, but that is entirely incorrect. Because it does exist, like a black hole exists, consuming all fashion in the area around it
When dressed in some abomination against Fashion, Mamoru's Diplomacy is reduced by 33%
Royal Duelist
Mamoru is well trained in the fighting style of the ancient Earth Kingdom
+4 Martial, +5 Prowess when Transformed
Alpha-Numeric
Mamoru it turns out, is all but a savant when it comes to numbers, he handles stocks as a means of keeping himself afloat, and he notably rarely loses money
-1 Stew, Double Stewardship
Featherstep
For all the horrors of Mamoru's fashion sense and how loud he can be when it pokes at Usagi, the boy still has the ability to be all but invisible at a moment's notice. Somehow.
Increase Intrigue by 33% (rounded up)
Blind Spots
???
+1 Mar, +2 Ste, +4 Prow
Heart Flower
Blue Rose
???
Equipment
Caliburn
+6 Pro
Emergency Beacon
A small crystal device that can be tracked using magical means
If equipped to a character, they will activate the beacon if they end up in trouble and need help
Attribute
Base
Effects
Functional
Diplomacy
10
+1+1 /1.5
8
Martial
6
+1+1+4
12
Stewardship
5
+1-1+2 x2
14
Intrigue
10
+1+1+2 x1.3
19 (18.6)
Learning
7
+2+2+5
16
Prowess
12
+5+4+6
27
Spells
- Atthe beginning of each turn, Endymion will inform the Senshi about something that he plans on doing over the course of the turn. The results of which will be in the Turn results post.
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Rules, Mechanics, Artifacts, and Live Turn Action List
Character Events
A Character Event is a series of small updates covering the actions of a certain character over the time span of a turn.
The most notable thing about Character Events is that Usagi's Overly Emotional is only able to activate once during a particular character event. Once it activates it cannot activate again over the course of the event.
Turns
Each Turn encompasses everything done over the course of a week period in game. As time goes on, the length of turns will increase, but for now there are an approximate 50 turns for a year, and there will be certain actions that will become available or unavailable depending on the time period.
'Nation' Actions
National Actions are the choices that you are able to make during your turns that further your end goal or standing in the world. These actions encompass everything from Acquiring and Training forces, interacting with other polities, handling merchandising to create income, trying to hunt down leads on your enemies, to studying, developing, or rediscovering new magitechs.
All of these actions fall into one of five categories - Martial, Diplomacy, Stewardship, Intrigue, and Learning.
In each turn, you have one action from each category may be attempted, for a total of Five National Actions per turn. This limit may in time be raised through special actions.
The base roll for a National Action will be as follows - Rolling against a standard DC:
I may do something to allow Omake bonuses, but I'm not sure. The last CK style quest I ran had an issue with Omakes running wild over things. I am going to have to think about that.
I am currently deliberating over if I want Critical Success and Failures to be based on a Ten Over, Ten Under system like Pathfinder 2 does for their own Critical System, or something closer to the more standard idea of Below Half DC is a Crit Fail, and Double DC is Crit Success.
Rolling a Nat 10 on a Nation Action (But not a Character Event) will cause the Die to explode, allowing it to be rolled again. Eventually, there will be actions that can be unlocked to lower to Explosion Threshold - The number that the die has to surpass naturally in order to explode.
Personal Actions
Personal Actions are additional Actions that your Councilors are able to attempt to do each turn. The majority of these actions are simpler things that range from talking to people, building social connections, hanging out with friends or doing things to relax. However, each Councilor will additionally have a unique branch of actions that they are able to take.
I.E. Luna has a series of unique actions that differ depending on which Councilor Position that she is in. These actions all either search for information about the Dark Kingdom, or decrease the amount of attention and information that are publicly known about the Sailor Senshi.
Usagi herself has a total of 3 personal actions per turn. These may be spent as you wish, but you may also choose to spend all three of your actions to give any one project your 'Special Attention'. Any action that has been designated as Special Attention gets a flat +5 to the action.
Action Mechanics
Enemy Actions
Artifacts
Thunder Guardian Bracelet
Thunder Guardian Bracelets (Damaged)
+2 Martial; during combat roll a d10:
On a 1 -10 Prowess for the Round
On any other +10 Prowess for the Round.
Usable once per Combat
Unknown Stone
Unknown Stone
A strange rock that shocks you?
You have 49 of them
Emergency Beacon
Emergency Beacon
A small crystal device that can be tracked using magical means
17 count
If equipped to a character, they will activate the beacon if they end up in trouble and need help
Navigational Beacon
Navigational Beacon
A large crystalline device that can be used as a Navigational aid
Can be activated at locations in order to make it easier to teleport to the locations
Curse Breaker's Kettle
The Curse Breaker's Kettle
A magical kettle that is said to be able to cure many types of curses by boiling water within it.
The kettle is capable of handling more complex curses, but the steps are far more complex for that.
Eyes of the Heart
Eyes of the Heart
+2 Intrigue
Shows Heart Flowers
Petals of the Storm
Petals of the Storm
???
Royal Guard Helm
Royal Guard Helm
The unpowered helmet of a Silver Millennium Royal Guard. Once powered, this helm should be able to locate the rest of the armor.
Communicators
Communicators
Magical Communicators
24 Remaining
Sailor Star
Sailor Star
The Primary lens of a Magical Starship Grade Laser
Is damaged and missing the Wings
Venus Mike
Venus Mike
A microphone that is filled with the planetary energy of Venus
Ordel
Ordel
A music box once owned by the Princess of the Moon
Sleepy?
Sleepy?
A tiny sleepy creature that Usagi and Rei found in Shapelin Gym. Notably, ever since that day, Usagi and Luna have had better sleep.
Violin
Violin
A violin that Artemis found at some point.
Strange Machine
Strange Machine
A strange machine that turns itself off?
Non-Reflective Mirror
Non-reflective Mirror
A strange mirror that doesn't reflect the one looking into it
Fractured Tablet
Fractured Tablet
A Tablet covered in High Lunar, Elysian, and another unknown language. The tablet is worn with age and fractured from having a mirror dropped on it
Qilin Egg
Qilin Egg
The Fossilized Egg of the Qilin, a magical species from China that apparently was hunted to extinction in the early 1800s for their horns.
Constellation Eyes
Constellation Eyes
A set of magical sunglasses that can show astrological conditions under which a person has been born.
Bracer of War
Bracer of War
A metal bracer that seems to have some kind of greater purpose...
Live Turn Action List
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Thank God It's Friday! The weekend awaits once class is out!
Usagi continues to stand next to her bed for a moment, staring at the red numbers that continue to blink at her over and over again.
7:20
Usagi is never up and awake this early. For a moment, the girl starts to step towards her closet. If she's awake this early, then...
Then she could get breakfast. She could get out the door and to school on time. She might even be the first person to get to class...
Well, first person other than Umino. The blonde haired girl knows that the boy doesn't mean bad, but there is just something about him that kind of creeps her out.
So why would she want to get to school that early? That would just leave her and Umino all alone, and he might try to do something weird! Like talk about bugs or show her his collection of bottlecaps or something.
No, it would be far better to avoid going to school early to make sure that nothing like that happens. And if she's not going to go to school early, then...
Why is she even awake?
After all, girls need their beauty sleep to be able to do their best in class... right?
Right.
It is with a wide grin on her face that Usagi rights her alarm clock, before crawling back into bed.
The girl's eyes are closed tight, her blanket pulled up over her head to keep her in the darkness, as she tries to do everything she can think of to bring sleep to her faster.
Minute by minute passes, and the girl's goal seems no closer than it was before. But Usagi is the height of laziness, and she isn't going to let something as little as a bit of boredom stop the girl from achieving her goal of doing nothing.
Still, idly her thoughts start to whirl up.
She, Usagi Tsukino, the most ordinary of ordinary girls was the one to be chosen to become Sailor Moon.
She fought a monster last night. And from what Luna said that might not have been the only monster out about, wanting to hurt people.
And it was up to her to stop them? There was a little part of Usagi that quietly wondered if the cat may have made a mistake, might have chosen the wrong person.
But...
Even though there is that little part of her that cries that there is no way that she can help anyone like that...
Well, she did.
Last night she destroyed that monster. She saved those people who had been affected by the cursed jewelry. Then there is another part of the girl, one so quiet that Usagi barely knows its there, but one she can feel all the same.
This... Sailor Moon, defeating the monsters and protecting people.
Nothing in her life has ever felt as right as that did last night.
The crisp chill of the air, so familiar, and yet so different at the same time made the girl feel almost... Nostalgic, but for what is a question that is in her heart. A question that she casually ignores with all the skill of a master of idleness.
Rolling over, Usagi peeps out from beneath her comforter, looking at the clock again. 7:25.
Still too early. The girl pouts before turning back over again, curling tight into a ball, and covering her ears with her hands. Maybe there is too much noise, and that is what is keeping her awake?
Or...
Or...
[INTRIGUE CHECK: DC 9]
[ROLL: 7]
[CHECK FAILED]
Well, Usagi doesn't rightfully know, it certainly isn't any feelings of disappointment in herself. She has no idea why she would feel anything like that. She is completely confident in her own decisions and actions, and are willing to stand by the end results of those actions.
Thus, Usagi continues to lay under her comforter, pretending that the rest of the world doesn't exist, and while she never really falls back asleep in total, the girl does eventually start to doze.
Then, with a jolt, she starts to awaken again. Flipping over one last time, the girl looks to the clock again, but this time her eyes go wide.
8:10
She's late. She's late and there is no time!
She has got to get out of the house within the next five minutes, or she is going to end up late to class! She can't do that again, not the very day after she got in trouble for it last time!
It is with a surprising amount of speed that the girl manages to slip out of her bed and to her feet, before crossing her bedroom and flinging the door to the closet open. In a record short amount of time later. Usagi is down the stairs, flailing to get her bag on her shoulders, before slipping through the kitchen.
"Morning Usagi!" Ikuko says with a smile. One that Usagi barely manages to return as she grabs her plate.
"Morning Mom! No time to talk, running late again!" Pushing up from the table, Usagi nearly dashes out of the room, before she stops.
A quick check confirms what she almost forgot to think about. "Hey mom, where did I put my lunch?" Ikuko smiles, before grabbing the girl's Bento box off of the counter, and sliding it over to her daughter.
"Right here honey. Have a good day at school!" Popping around the table, Usagi gives her mother a hug, and a kiss on the cheek before dashing out the door. "That girl... What am I going to do with her?" the Tsukino matriarch wonders aloud, before shaking the thought from her head.
Usagi doesn't have the time to think about much of anything as she dashes to school, barely even noticing that she isn't nearly as tired as she was just the morning before, doing the same thing.
Instead, she is simply happy to see her school come into sight, and even better, the school bell hasn't rung yet, which means that there is still a chance for the girl to get to class on time.
It isn't until she starts to notice that there are students standing and talking and laughing that she realizes...
She isn't late.
She made it.
From off to the side, Usagi hears a girl call out, "Hey Naru!" The blonde haired girl turns, trying to spot her best friend, but nearly trips over another girl as she spins.
Arms flail out, as Usagi steps back from the surprisingly close girl, before barely managing to right herself. "Sorry!" Usagi says, scratching the back of her head.
The girl she nearly hit nods back. She is two, maybe three inches taller, with short blue hair. "It's alright." The girl says quietly, "I wasn't paying attention to where I was going. Hope you have a good day." After a quick bow of apology, the girl quickly went on her way again, leaving Usagi without even the chance to try and talk to her again.
Looking around again, Usagi spots Naru practically vibrating as she approaches a group of girls waiting near the entrance of the school. "I had quite the night last night!" Naru says, eyes bright and filled with energy. "Mom's store was nearly robbed last night!"
The other girls there look to Naru, surprised. "What?" "Oh No!" "Are you okay?" The entire gaggle of girls explode with noise, all trying to talk over one another in order to check on Naru and make sure she is okay. "What did the robber look like?" One finally manages to ask over the rest.
"There were two robbers!" Naru explains. "The first did something and made it look like she was my mom!"The girls all gasp, but Naru continues on without delay. "She grabbed me!" At this Naru mimes grabbing her own throat, "And lifted me up off the ground! I was about to pass out, but before that happened..." Her grin is even bigger and wider than it was before.
"I was saved by a Heroine in a Sailor Suit!" Naru declares posing... heroically? "I just wish I hadn't passed out, so I would have been able to see her face..."
The other girls seem a little less impressed now though. "Are you sure that really happened?" One girl asks, while another asks "You weren't just dreaming this all, were you?"
Naru pouts at them, stomping a foot. "No, I wasn't. You'll be able to see at least a little for yourself. OsaP is closed due to the damages." The girl huffs as she starts to turn away.
[DIPLOMACY CHECK == DC 15]
[ROLL: 2+13=15]
[CHECK PASSED]
With hurried steps, you cross the courtyard over towards the gathered girls. "Naru!" You cry with a smile, latching onto your best friend with a big hug. "Good Morning!"
"Usagi?" Naru asks, the tension you noticed slipping away as she pushes you off of her with a chuckle.
Naru may be putting up a strong front, but Usagi can tell that she is more than a little shaken by the events of the previous night. It's in all the little things.
Naru's bow is off center, and off kilter, tilted to one side. Her hands were shaking the entire time she was talking about the attack last night. And now that Usagi is closer, she can tell that Naru's makeup is properly done either, both sloppy and heavier than it normally is.
Usagi starts to open her mouth to say something else, anything else to keep Naru's mind away from the subjects that the girl clearly doesn't want to think about, but before she can, the bell rings.
Naru sighs, but there is a smile on her face. "We better get to class, Usagi."
Usagi pouts, but nods.
[LEARNING CHECK: DC 12]
[ROLL: 10+7=17]
[CHECK PASSED]
Usagi stares at the blackboard at the front of the class, looking over the math equation one more time, slowly mouthing numbers under her breath before she slowly, haltingly raises a hand.
"Usagi," The teacher calls out, nodding to the girl.
"Two X plus eight equals twenty." Usagi says before taking a breath, clearly psyching herself up. "X is... Six?" She answers, though she is clearly uncertain about her answer. "Because twenty minus eight is twelve. And twelve divided by two is six... Right?"
"Very good, Usagi." The teacher says with a smile, clapping politely.
It is only with the barest of quivering legs that Usagi sits back down, ignoring the sudden bustle of voices that arise now that she actually answered a problem correctly.
Unable to keep the smile off of her face, Usagi finds herself slouching down, covering her lips with her arms.
She did it.
Soon enough, class comes to an end, leading to Lunch.
Luna mentioned something to Usagi last night... Something about... About...
It was something important, about other people... but Usagi can't remember what was that the space cat said.
Shaking her head, Usagi glances across the classroom over towards her best friend.
Should she...
[ ][Naru] Tell Naru that she is the one who saved her last night
[ ][Naru] Convince Naru to have lunch on the roof, and transform to show Naru that Usagi is Sailor Moon
[ ][Naru] No. Luna says there are more monsters, it might be safer to keep Naru away from all of this...
[X]Convince Naru to have lunch on the roof, and transform to show Naru that Usagi is Sailor Moon
All throughout the morning, Usagi finds herself blessed with a strange level of focus. The work is still hard, as she struggles against the dizzying equations of math, fights against the strange symbols of English, and thrashes away at the bizarre rules of physics.
However, for every time that the girl finds herself slamming her against a stumbling block in her classes, there is another moment where something actually clicks. Where an equation makes sense, or a word comes easily.
Science...
Not so much in science, instead there is this niggling in the back of her mind that there is something distinctly wrong with everything that is being written down before her. Parts seem... Almost right, but at the same time, there is almost a sense like she feels like they are forgetting something.
That clearly can't be the case however, as they are the teachers, and teachers don't teach people things wrong. That would be stupid and silly.
But this strange continuing roll of things actually making sense help pass each class with a speed that Usagi has never felt before. She is almost looking forward for lunch to pass by so that she can try to see if this is going to continue through the afternoon.
However, before she can really start thinking about any of that, there is something else that needs to be handled.
Naru is still clearly shaken from the events that happened last night. If anything, over the course of the day, her carefully constructed disguise is slowly slipping more and more.
More than once, the girl's attention slips off, wavering as she looks into the distance, out the window in the direction of her home, and starts with a muffled, cut off scream when someone catches her off guard. [DIPLOMACY CHECK == DC 18]
[ROLL: 3 + 13 + 3 = 19]
[CHECK PASSED]
Usagi moseys on over, stopping next to Naru's desk as the bell that ends Science class and starts lunch rings. "Hey, Naru?" The blonde says softly.
There is the briefest moment where she can see her best friend's walls start to tighten up, bringing back the bright smile that doesn't reach Naru's eyes, and stilling the brunette's slightly trembling fingers. "Yeah?" She responds, her voice too chipper compared to anything Naru would actually allow herself to sound like.
"I've got a bit of a headache," Usagi complains, putting a hand to your head, tilting it and putting on your most put upon look. "I dun wanna deal with people in the cafeteria today. Let's eat on the roof, okay?"
Naru looks at Usagi for a moment, before there is a hint of a real smile on her face. "Usagi," she responds, shaking her head. "There's no reason to pretend for my sake. I can handle the cafeteria just fine."
"I know," Usagi chimes back, slowly kicking the ground with a foot. "But there is something that we need to talk about, and..."
"It's private?" Naru asks, with just the faintest hint of a blush on her cheeks. "Usagi, I love you like a sister but..."
There must be something about the absolutely confused look that the blonde gives to the brunette, because it makes Naru laugh.
The way Usagi's face turns brighter red than the ripest of tomatoes as she realizes what her best friend was implying makes Naru laugh even more. "Nononono! I mean, I don't not like you, Naru! But I don't like, like like, like you?" She babbles out.
Naru shakes her head, waving Usagi off. "I had a feeling, but it was too easy not to do."
Usagi pouts, crossing her arms, looking away from her best friend. "Well, now I don't wanna tell you."
Of course, Usagi's stern look is only able to last for a few moments before both girls break down laughing. "Alright, alright," Naru says, "I'm sorry, Usagi."
"Anyways," Usagi starts, "Up to the roof?"
"Yeah." Naru replies, as the two gather their lunches, starting up towards the roof of the school. After finding a comforting spot out of the sun, and making quick work of their lunches (Usagi particularly so), the blonde haired girl pops up to her feet, spinning around to face her best friend.
"So. First of all, Naru. This is a secret, okay?" Usagi explains. "A big secret, like, the biggest secret you will probably ever keep secret."
Naru clearly doesn't look that impressed by Usagi's words, but she nods anyways. "Alright, a secret."
Pouting, Usagi actually stops, looking at Naru with a look on her face that Naru doesn't think she has ever seen on Usagi's face before. A truly serious look. "I know that my words aren't exactly making it sound super serious, but I am Naru. I..." Usagi pauses for a moment, trying to figure out how to word the words that she needs to say. "This changes everything, Naru. Everything. The world isn't going to be the same anymore. And I... I don't know if I know how to handle that, without losing what makes me, me."
Naru gives Usagi another look, and this time she nods, Solemn and certain. "So this is a big secret?" [LEARNING CHECK: DC 2]
[ROLL: 8 + 7 = 15]
[GREATER SUCCESS]
"The biggest." With that, Usagi takes a step back, looking all around as she tries to make sure that there isn't anyone else around. Clenching a fist, Usagi incants the words that she was given by Luna.
"Moon Prism Power!"
Naru's absolutely baffled expression quickly turns to one of surprise, as her best friend starts to glow, then flashes with blinding rainbow light.
As the brunette blinks the dots from her eyes, she looks to where her best friend was a moment ago, only to see the warrior in a sailor uniform who saved her the night before standing there instead.
There is the briefest of moments, where Naru nearly starts to panic, her best friend is gone.
Replaced by this stranger, with sparkling blue eyes almost exactly like Usagi's, and long golden hair almost exactly like Usagi's, but this is Not Usagi.
However, that briefest moment passes sharply. There is an almost audible snap in the back of Naru's mind as the fact that she saw Usagi become this Not Usagi break the illusion, making the uncanny familiar, and the unexpected understood.
Not Usagi is, in fact, Usagi.
It is like a cloudy sheet of plastic is pulled off of her memories, and all of a sudden, Naru can clearly remember the fact that it was Usagi who busted into her mother's store, saving her from the robber who had somehow taken her mother's form.
Naru starts to open her mouth, before closing it. She tries again, but the result is the same. "What?" Is the best that the girl can achieve.
"I know, right?!" Usagi says, holding out a gloved hand. "Yesterday morning, I was late to class because I saw these kids picking on a cat. They stuck a bandage on her forehead, and were hitting her with sticks."
At this point, Naru is simply absorbing the words, because they don't exactly make sense, but her best friend just transformed like magic in front of her, and the transformation did something that screwed with her ability to remember what happened.
"I took the bandaid off, and there was a moon symbol on the cat's forehead. After class yesterday, I uhh..." Usagi is suddenly bashful, as if she doesn't exactly want to say what she was doing... "I was so upset with how bad my test scores were, that I didn't want to do my homework, and took a nap instead."
Well, if Naru had any worries that this is not Usagi, but some kind of impostor, those worries are now gone. The brunette girl simply sighs, shaking her head, and Usagi pouts at her.
"But while I was trying to sleep, that cat snuck into my window, she poked and prodded at me to wake me up. Then, she started TALKING. She gave me the new brooch I was wearing to school today - which I get why you didn't notice, but no one else noticed either..." Shaking her head, Usagi continues. "Anyways, Luna, that's the cat's name by the way, said that I was a chosen warrior of the Moon." Usagi says, with the biggest grin on her face.
"It is up to me to find the other Guardians, awaken them to their powers, and to find our Princess!"
Naru looks at Usagi for a moment, when the girl realizes something. "You have no idea how to find them do you?"
Just like that, Usagi practically falls to her knees, completely defeated. "I have no idddeeeeaaaaa!!!"
This whole thing is surreal, and Naru can barely comprehend what she is seeing, what she is hearing...
All of this is madness. But it is clearly real, and more importantly, it is affecting her friend. "So you are trying to find these other Guardians, right?" Naru asks, to which Usagi nods. "Then, at the very least, I am willing to do whatever I can to help, alright?"
Usagi's head snaps up, eyes filled with tears as she looks to her best friend. "Reeeally?" For a small moment, Naru wonders if she is making a mistake, but Usagi has always been by her side when she needed it, so Naru can be by her side when Usagi needs it.
"Yeah..." Naru is going to regret saying those words though, because Usagi dives forward, grabbing hold of Naru, crying into her shoulder with all the force of a broken fire hydrant. With a sigh, Naru kindly pats her best friend on the shoulder, doing what she can to get Usagi off of her before her clothes are completely soaked.
After finally managing to pull the still crying girl off of her, Naru starts to open her mouth, ready to say something more, before all of a sudden
BRRRINNGG!
The bell rings. "Right." Naru says, putting the question she has to the back of her mind. She can ask Usagi about the thing that looked like her mother sometime later. "Thank you Usagi." She says instead. "For trusting me with this."
Her best friend is a magical girl. And like the question that she has about the thing that attacked her, that sentence is something that Naru is going to have to think about later, when she has time to really parse what that all means.
"Usagi, is something wrong?" Naru asks.
"I uhh..." Usagi begins, scratching at the back of her head. "I dunno how I turn back to normal."
Usagi didn't really just say that, did she? Naru must have heard her wrong. "What?"
With a pout, Usagi crosses her arms. "Look, I fought the scary monster, made sure that no one was badly hurt, made it back to my house, before poof, and I was normal again. I dunno if I wasn't scared anymore of if my form has batteries or something."
"Does that mean you have to wait after yoy transform?" Naru asks, feeling something akin to a headache at the edge of her mind.
"Uhhh..." Truly, a completely comforting answer that Usagi gives her. Yes, Naru is starting to wonder if she really will end up regretting agreeing to help Usagi. "Look, All of this is new to me! I got these powers last night, and there isn't anything like an instruction manual! The only person who seems to know how my powers work is the cat who sleeps in even later than I do!"
"And you aren't just saying this as an excuse to get out of class this afternoon?" Naru posits, which actually brings Usagi up short for a moment. [LEARNING CHECK: DC 9]
[ROLL: 6 + 7 = 13]
[SUCCESS]
"What? No!" Usagi denies. "I've been doing great today!" Usagi says, before looking down at her hands.
There is a moment, where even Naru can see the gears turning in Usagi's head. "I can... feel it." Naru can barely hear that Usagi is speaking, but can't quite understand the words proper. "The flow all through me. If I just..." The sensation is closer to closing a fist, or turning a dial, but the flow of energy constricts, until holding the form is too much for the small amount of power flowing out of Usagi's soul.
Then, the form of Sailor Moon bursts, fading into rainbow colored light, revealing a slightly winded looking Usagi underneath. "I..." She takes a few breathes, trying to get her lungs under control. "I did it."
What Role does Naru act in for Usagi?
[ ][Naru] Do not make Naru a Councilor
[ ][Naru] Chancellor
- 20% of Naru's Diplomacy (1) is added to Usagi's functional Diplomacy
- Has no effect on how fast Usagi increases her Diplomacy score
- Every Even numbered turn, Naru generates a d8 of Funds for that turn
- Every Turn there is a 5% chance of getting a Diplomacy random event
[ ][Naru] Trainer
- 20% of Naru's Martial (1) is added to Usagi's functional Martial
- Has no effect on how fast Usagi increases her Martial score
- Naru takes control of Usagi's Arcade Budge, reducing the Deficit to 1 from 2
- Every Turn there is a 5% chance of gaining a Martial random event
[ ][Naru] Manager
- 20% of Naru's Stewardship (1) is added to Usagi's functional Stewardship
- Increases how fast Usagi increases her Stewardship up to Naru's own (6)
- Naru takes control of Usagi's Candy Budget, reducing the Deficit to 1.5 from 3
- Every Turn there is a 5% chance of gaining a Stewardship random event
[ ][Naru] Spymaster
- 20% of Naru's Intrigue (1) is added to Usagi's functional Intrigue
- Increases how fast Usagi increases her Intrigue up to Naru's own (7)
- Every Even numbered turn, Naru generates a d8 of Funds for that turn
- Every Turn there is a 5% chance of automatically revealing Enemy Actions
[ ][Naru] Grand Magister
- 20% of Naru's Learning (1) is added to Usagi's functional Learning
- Increases how fast Usagi increases her Learning up to Naru's own (8)
- Every Even numbered turn, Naru generates a d8 of Funds for that turn
- Every Turn there is a 5% chance of gaining a Learning random event Usagi looks down at her hands, slowly spreading and clenching them. Changing from Sailor Moon back to Usagi just feels...
Odd. The girl only allows herself a single short moment to ponder that, before shaking her head, smacking her cheeks, and following after Naru.
Much to Usagi's glee, her increased luck in class continues through the rest of the day. Yes, she still flails against the majority of the metaphors of Literature, and stumbles more than she runs in History, but she is still managing to answer questions correctly more often than she has in the past.
Getting answers right feels nice. Usagi has never really thought about that before.
Still, there are only so many classes before school comes to an end, bringing Usagi's streak of victory to a close with it. The walk home is calm enough, allowing the girl a few moments to think over the events of the last day, particularly as the clock slowly creeps towards the twenty four hour mark from when she first gained her powers.
"Usagi!" A voice calls out, and a surprising weight lands heavily on Usagi's shoulder, nearly throwing her off balance. It is only with whirling arms that the girl manages to keep on her feet. "Where have you been all day?" Luna demands, "There was still more that we needed to speak of this morning, but when I awoke, you were gone."
"I was at school!" Usagi says, defending herself. The answer brings the cat up short, leaving her simply standing on Usagi's shoulder, one paw raised, before she draws herself back up, and nods once.
"Very well. Your schooling is very important, however now that school is over, we need to finish our conversation from last night." Usagi sighs, but nods, as the cat leaps down from her shoulder.
"Sure, uhmm... Should I go and get Naru?" Usagi asks, which makes Luna pause, turning to face Usagi once more.
"What do you mean?" Luna asks, and there is something sharp in her tone. Something that makes Usagi nervous.
"I... uh..." Usagi tries to draw on all her courage... "I told Naru about my powers." She says after a moment, and Luna goes so still that she almost looks like a statue of a cat.
She doesn't even seem to be breathing. "You. Did. What!?!" Luna's voice rings out through the streets, as all the cat's fur sticks up on end.
"I told Naru about my powers." Usagi repeats, trying to keep her voice from wavering. "She was the girl who was attacked last night, and she deserves to know what happened to her."
"Did you not listen to a thing I said last night?" Luna hisses, her eyes narrowed and ears draw back flat against her skull. [DIPLOMACY CHECK: DC 18]
[ROLL: 3 +13 + 3 - 4= 15]
[CHECK FAILED]
Usagi winces, trying to think of something, anything that she can say that will calm the space cat down. "I..." She starts to say, but Luna simply glares at her, leaping up to the top of the stone wall that separates the street from the houses beyond.
"You stay here," Luna orders, "I'll go and take care of this."
Usagi's eyes go wide, as she tries to figure out what Luna means by that. "What do you mean? What are you going to do?"
Luna looks down at Usagi, before sighing. "I'm not going to hurt her, Usagi. But anyone knowing about you is very dangerous. Both for you, and for her. The best possible option is to erase her memories of Sailor Moon."
Usagi struggles for her words again, trying to figure out how to stop Luna...
And there is only one thing that she can think to say. "No."
"No?" Luna replies, confused.
"No. If you erase Naru's memories, then I won't fight anymore."
...
Luna stares at Usagi, with an almost comedic look on her face. "I... What? Usagi, please-"
"No." Usagi repeats, turning away. "I trust Naru. I've known her all my life. She won't betray me, she won't spill my secrets."
Things are quiet, for a long, long moment, but eventually, Luna sighs. "Fine." She nearly spits the word, even as Usagi turns back to face her, a small sad smile on her face. "I don't like that you are holding the world's future over my head."
"And I don't like that you are trying to keep me away from everyone around me." Usagi argues back.
"I'm not..." Luna tries to retort, but her words trail off. "If this Naru girl does anything that jeopardizes the mission, then I will erase her memories." Luna says, holding up a paw when Usagi starts to argue again. "This is to protect her. If she is captured by your enemies, then she could be tortured for the information that she has. So if it comes down to it, in order to protect her, and to protect you, I will erase her memories if I have to."
"Don't make me do that, Usagi."
Turn 1
[ ][Turn] Please put your Turn actions in a plan format
[ ] Diplomacy Actions [One Actions Available]:
- [ ] Clear the Air with Luna [DC 15]
-- Usagi and Luna had an argument recently, and letting these things fester never ends well, the two need to talk things out.
- [ ] Convince your parents to increase your allowance [DC ??]
-- [-3 bonus] Usagi recently brought home a 30 on a test
- [ ] Talk with your Classmates [DC 8]
-- Talk with your classmates, listening in for any interesting rumors going around
[ ] Martial Actions [One Actions Available]:
- [ ] Go to the Arcade [DC 8]
-- Go play games at the Arcade... There are fighting games there. You might come up with an idea for an attack...
- [ ] Search for a Dojo [DC 10]
-- See if there are any Dojos in the local area, and if they are taking students.
- [ ] Test your transformed abilities [DC ??]
-- Transform into Sailor Moon, and try and figure out how strong and fast your other form is
[ ] Stewardship Actions [One Actions Available]:
- [ ] Search the couch cushions for loose change [DC 11]
-- Look through the house for additional funds
- [ ] Study your maths textbook [DC 10]
-- Money stuff is just math stuff? right?
- [ ] Figure out how much you make, and how much you spend [DC 10]
-- You have an allowance, but you are broke all the time, what gives?
[ ] Intrigue Actions [Two Actions Available]:
- [ ] Search for the Dark Kingdom's Agents [DC ??]
-- The Dark Kingdom is sending agents to collect Life Energy. You need to find and stop them
- [ ] Try to find another Guardian [DC ??]
-- Supposedly, there are other guardians of the Moon Princess, you need to find them
- [ ] Luna wants to teach you a game called Liar's Dice [DC 8]
-- Learning this game might help you learn more about Intrigue
[ ] Learning Actions [One Actions Available]:
- [ ] Try and find a tutor [DC ??]
-- Getting a Tutor might help your grades improve.
- [ ] Study your schoolwork [DC 10]
-- Of course, doing your school work will also help your grades improve
- [ ] Experiment with Sailor Moon's Magics [DC ??]
-- When you transformed into Sailor Moon, you caused glass to explode by crying, and killed a monster by throwing your tiara at it. What else can Sailor Moon do?
Personal Actions are a d100 roll, and use slightly different rules from National Rolls above, which use a d10 system
[ ] Luna Personal Action [One Actions Available]:
- [ ] Search for the Dark Kingdom's Agents [DC ??]
-- The Dark Kingdom is sending agents to collect Life Energy. You need to find and stop them
- [ ] Search for members of the Moon Kingdom [DC ??]
-- Usagi... Usagi isn't going to be able to do this all alone. You need to find the rest of the Guardians, and fast.
- [ ] Try and recall lost memories [DC ??]
-- There is so much that you don't remember, who knows what benefits could come of remembering these things
[ ] Naru Personal Action [One Actions Available]:
- [ ] Help your Mother at OsaP [DC ??]
-- Between the Damages that occurred when the monster attacked, and the damages born from it's scheme to sell jewelry cheap, Mom definitely needs help around OsaP
- [ ] Help Usagi study [DC 12]
-- Your best friend isn't an idiot, but getting her to study is a challenge
- [ ] Search for weird things in Tokyo [DC ??]
-- So many weird things have been happening around Tokyo lately, maybe some of these things are things that Sailor Moon should be involved in?
[ ] Usagi Personal Action [Three Actions Available]:
- [ ] Personal Attention (Takes all three actions)
-- Give a National Action your full attention
- [ ] Go to the Gym
-- Small chance of increasing Martial
- [ ] Ask Daddy about budgeting
-- Small chance of increasing Stewardship
- [ ] Have Luna teach you to be sneaky
-- Small chance of increasing Intrigue
- [ ] Do your Homework
-- Small chance of increasing Learning
- [ ] Ask Luna about the Moon Kingdom
-- Small chance of increasing Learning, small chance of learning new info about the Moon Kingdom
- [ ] Ask Luna about the Dark Kingdom
-- Small chance of increasing Learning, chance of learning new information about the Dark Kingdom
- [ ] Ask Luna about Magic
-- Chance of increasing Learning
- [ ] Have your fortune told
-- ???
Diplomacy DC 15
Roll 8 + 14 = 22 [PASS] Luna Convo
Martial DC ??
Roll 10 + 15 =25 [??] Test Abilities
Stewardship DC 10
Roll 4 + 4 = 8 [Fail] Figure Out Money
Intrigue DC ??/DC 8
Roll 6 [??] Guardian Search
Roll 8 [PASS] Liar's Dice
Learning DC ??
Roll 2 + 7 + (6/2) = 12 [??] Experiment Magic
Luna Personal DC ??
Roll 41 + 13 = 54 [??] Search Dark Agents
Naru Personal DC ??
Roll 51 + 6 + 3 = 60 [??] Help at OsaP
Usagi Personal DC ??/??/??
Roll 50 + 7 = 57 [??] Homework
Roll 71 + 7 = 78 [??] Moon Kingdom Info
Roll 14 + 7 = 21 [??] Dark Kingdom Info
The sky is dark, filled with swirling clouds of shining gold and glimmering green. There, high above the dance floor is a bright orb of green and blue.
It is familiar... but...
Usagi doesn't recognize what she is seeing. She stands there, looking up into the sky, but no matter how long she looks at the distant... moon? she cannot parse what she sees.
"!" There is a sound? A voice? Something - The girl turns, and blinks. All around her, there are people. She is surrounded, almost the same way she was surrounded the night she first became Sailor Moon. The controlled women all around her, hands stretching like claws towards her.
Yet... There is no fear. There is no sound. There is no anger on the faces of the people all around, instead they dance.
One two three four
One two three four
Around and around and around they swirl, beautiful dresses flaring out as they are lifted by tall men in tuxedos.
"!" There is the sound again, and Usagi spins around once more. There...
In front Usagi is...
Someone. Someone important. Usagi- No. Sailor Moon knows that the figure in front of her is important. Knows that the figure in front of her is someone that... That...
"!" The figure's face moves. Sailor Moon? Usagi?
The girl in the sailor suit frowns, she can't see the face of the woman in front of her. The woman is chiding her. Usagi knows from the way that the beautiful woman moves, she is being told off.
If only she could hear the words that the person is telling her. If only she knew what was being said. She could fix the problem. She could make things better. Usagi doesn't know why, but seeing this figure, seeing them frustrated and sad...
It makes Usagi sad. She doesn't want the girl to be sad. She doesn't want the woman to be upset.
The silence goes faster, faster and faster and faster, the beat that Sailor Moon cannot hear means that each of the dancers spin more and more, whirling and twirling, and swirling about, as everything starts to become like wet paint.
All the lights and the colors mix and blend, until the light becomes blindingly bright - And Usagi wakes up. Slumping up into a sitting position, the girl slowly wipes at her face, wet tears smearing across her cheeks.
Why... Why was she crying? Well, clearly, it was because of the dream. But she doesn't even know what was happening in that dream. Just that she feels like she failed. Like she did something wrong, and that she needs to fix it. With a deep sigh, the girl flops back again, and starts to roll over in bed. Maybe she can get back to slee-
As she turns over, Usagi finds the window before her. A window through which Luna is slowly pacing back and forth, an odd, forlorn look on her face. The looks like she is feeling as bad as Usagi does this morning.
On the one hand, Usagi really doesn't want to talk to Luna this morning, not after Luna threatened to take her friend's memories away. How could she even say something like that?
But...
Usagi groans, rolling herself back up into a sitting position again. Rubbing at her eyes one more time, the girl pushes herself out of bed. Making sure to keep her back to the window, Usagi heads to the closet, starting to gather everything she needs for the day.
...
...
She can't focus. Not when Luna is so sad. Usagi knows that she shouldn't feel bad, she did the right thing...
Right?
Right?
The fact that Usagi isn't sure the answer to that question says plenty about how she feels about this whole situation. Sighing, the girl finishes getting dressed, before she approaches the window, quickly throwing it open before she can convince herself not to do so.
Luna starts, leaping nearly six feet up, passing out of Usagi's sight for a moment before she lands again. Spinning towards the girl, the cat's face is filled with fury, fury that drains away as she sees Usagi standing there.
Everything is quiet and still, "I..." Usagi starts, but she can't think of any other words to put to Luna. "Well..." Usagi starts again, and again her words fail her.
[DIPLOMACY CHECK: DC 15]
[ROLL: 8 + 14= 22]
[CHECK PASSED]
"I was lying yesterday." Usagi finally manages to say, causing the space cat to blink. "I was angry at you, but... But that monster was hurting people. I can't..." Her words are starting to fail her again, but Usagi won't let herself stop, not when she is finally starting to get progress. "Fighting that monster was the scariest thing in my life, but if I didn't do that... then Naru would be dead. You said that that monster won't be the last. That means other people might die if I do nothing." Usagi just lets the words spill out.
"I can't just stand by and do nothing. Not when people might get hurt." Usagi explains a little further. "So I was lying when I said I wouldn't fight anymore."
Luna looks as Usagi for a moment, before sighing herself. "I... I need to apologize too." Luna says after a moment. "What I did was wrong. The last thing I wanted was to screw up your life. I need your help, but the entire reason why we are fighting is to stop the Dark Kingdom from conquering the earth. To keep them from destroying everyday lives. Had I taken your friend's memories... I would have been just as bad as they are. I'm just..." Luna trails off, the first time that Usagi can remember the cat being at a loss for words.
"I'm worried Usagi." Luna continues after a moment. "If the Dark Kingdom discovers that your friend knows your identity... They would feel nothing but joy at the prospect of torturing the information out of her. Then they would come here, they would find your mother, they would find your father, and your little brother. Then they would do the same thing to Naru's family."
There is a moment of silence between the two, but unlike the terse silence from the night before, this is more companionable quiet.
"I'm sorry that I overreacted last night." Usagi said, "Let's stop the Dark Kingdom, all together."
"In that case," Luna says after a moment, a small smile on her face. "Then I'm going to need to meet Naru and work with her to keep you in line."
"Heeeeey!" Usagi complains, even though she's smiling. "No picking on me!" Usagi yawns, slumping over onto her desk. Thanks to the strange nightmare that she had Usagi woke up far earlier than she normally did in the morning, and even counting her conversation with Luna, the girl was still far earlier to school then she is normally.
If Usagi were more awake, she would probably be annoyed by the way that several of her fellow students were staring at her with wide eyes. She was far too tired to listen to the whispers and quiet questions. What she wasn't too tired to dismiss however was -
"GOOD MORNING USAGI!" Gurio Umino says loudly, standing stock still in front of the girl's desk. The sound makes Usagi snap up, bleary eyes blinking as she looks all around.
"Sorry Miss Haruna, I wasn't sleeping!" Usagi yells out, before realizing that it wasn't the teacher that woke her up. The girl could feel her face burning as the other students around her started to chuckle.
Much to Usagi's relief, before the girl has a chance to embarrass herself further, Miss Haruna enters the classroom. "I was called?" The teacher asks, quickly quieting the laughing students. After looking back and forth across the class, she settles at the front of the room and begins taking attendance.
Frustratingly, there is something very odd going on with Umino today. It seems that every time that Usagi has even a spare moment, the glasses wearing Umino is there.
In between every class he is there, a wavering smile on his lips as he pushes himself into any and every conversation that Usagi tries to have with anyone, about any subject. She tries to ask someone next to her to borrow a pencil, and a row away the boy leans over, offering one of his own to her.
She tries to ask a question of the teacher, and Umino answers instead. The inability to interact with anyone other than the boy is starting to get on Usagi's nerves, most of all because she needs to speak with Naru.
Naru knows her secret, but Umino doesn't, and to be honest, the girl would much rather that stay that way, particularly if the boy is going to continue acting like this around her all the time. Thankfully, today is Saturday, which means that today is a half day of school.
Finally, after what feels like hours and hours, the last class of the day - History, comes to an end. As everyone starts heading to their lockers, Usagi finds her chance. Grabbing hold of Naru's sleeve, the girl quickly motions to an empty classroom.
"Sorry for grabbing you like this," Usagi starts off, sighing as she slides down the now closed door to the floor. "I've been trying to find a moment to talk to you all day, but every time I turn around, Umino has been there." Usagi drags her hands down her face, sighing as she shakes her head. "I don't know what is getting into him, but it has made getting a moment alone a nightmare." Usagi sighs again, before slowly pulling herself back up to her feet. "Anyways, tomorrow's Sunday, so we don't have any school. Which means that my... boss? Guide? Magical Mascot Character? Anyways - Luna is having me go with her to the park in order to do some training as Sailor Moon. You know about Sailor Moon, so I was wondering if you might like to come see what I can do... and stuff?"
Naru worries at her lip for a few moments, before shaking her head. "I'd love to, Usagi..." Naru says, "But given the damage to OsaP, Mom needs my help for a while. I'm going to be helping her around the store all tomorrow."
"Well, we'll have to see about showing you all my magical girl stuff some other time then." Usagi declares, and after a moment, Naru nods a small smile on her face.
"I'd like that."
Having finally managed a chance to talk with her best friend, Usagi has completed the most important thing that she needed to do today - Which means that she is now free to try and handle the now most intrusive part of the day.
The fact that Umino was standing outside the door to the classroom when Usagi finally opened it up again. Luckily, Naru manages to drag the boy away saying that she has something she needs to talk to him about, allowing Usagi to leave the school without being bothered. However, Umino has been acting strange all day, which bothers the blonde.
Umino doesn't normally act like this.
Usagi tries to think of why he might be acting the way he is, but after a few moments of thinking, the girl comes to the only conclusion that she can.
She needs the assistance of a Professional. And Usagi knows just the person to help her with this. Luckily, it's Saturday, which means that the nearly twenty minute ride on the Oedo line to get from Juban to the northern side of the Nakano Ward isn't too much of an issue for the girl.
The particular alleyway that Usagi heads towards is just a hop and a skip away from the subway station, but much to Usagi's surprise, the line that is normally there every Saturday afternoon is not to be found.
There isn't a single girl looking to have their palms read or their Tarot cast by the Mysterious High Schooler Psychic named Miyo.
Usagi first discovered Miyo three months ago, when the blonde accidentally ended up dozing on the subway, missing her stop. The seventeen year old girl had been setting up a stall, right across from the station - Something about a girl from her school suggesting that the Psychic could probably sell her services instead of just helping out students at her high school.
Intrigued but not entirely sure that she trusted the girl, Usagi gave her a try, and found that Miyo's predictions were far and away more accurate than the old man down in Juban that she normally went to before then. Ever since, Usagi had spread word of the girl around, and within two weeks Miyo's Saturday business had been booming.
"Miss Tsukino." The psychic says, without even looking up from the tarot spread that she has laid out on the table. "Nearly everyone else has decided to go to the newly opening House of Fortune down in Juban." Miyo explains, "I have a feeling the place is a sham. But you are here for a Fortune, not my complaints about my competitors. Come, sit, sit. Let the cards show your fate."
Usagi sits down across from the psychic, who begins to flip over the cards without another word. "So your troubles begin with a boy? No. Two." The girl says, an answer which slightly confuses Usagi.
Sure, Usagi has had trouble with how Umino has been acting, but she hasn't had any issues with anyone else. "The first of the two is acting differently from how he normally does. Crowding you tight, giving you no space to breath. My condolences, that can be most irritating." Another card is flipped. "The second acts much the same as he always does around you, yet that in itself is the trouble." For the first time, Usagi starts to wonder if the girl she has been going to may be a fake, or at the least having an off day. "My readings don't always make sense in the moment, but you have experienced their abilities before." Miyo says as a means of trying to settle Usagi's doubts.
Another card flips. "There is a shadow over both - Yet the way they handle the darkness differs. One succumbs, the other flees. Hmmm..." Miyo flips two cards at the same time. "For your current worries - The shadow that covers your friend will pass by Midnight on Monday, at the latest." Miyo looks down at the last of the cards that she flipped for a moment, before shaking her head.
"Today the reading is on the house. You should get going, you have a meeting to get to." Usagi isn't exactly sure what Miyo means by that, but the girl is already returning her Tarot cards to their box, gathering up her things, and beginning the process of folding her table back into a suitcase.
On the one hand, Miyo said that Usagi had a meeting to get too, which is a particularly odd thing for the girl to say, but on the other she says that Umino should be back to normal before this time next week, so that is good. Finally, she also mentioned another boy, Usagi has no idea who that could be...
Regardless...
Well, She's all the way up in the Nakano Ward. From here, the most direct path back to her house passes by the Arcade! A bonus to coming here to meet Miyo instead of her old Fortune Teller. With a smug smile, Usagi steps out from the Alleyway, eyes closed and a big smile on her fa-
The girl's legs tangle, something caught between them. Usagi tips, she tilts, she falls and hits the ground with a crash.
"You again?" A familiar voice asks, and Usagi can practically feel the hairs on the back on her neck rising in anger. It can't be. There is no way. Glaring up at the source of the voice, Usagi knew what she was going to see.
"What are you doing hiding in Alleyways, dough-head?" The tall, sunglasses wearing asshole asks, before looking down the alleyway, spotting Miyo who waves at the two, before he turns back to Usagi. "Were you... getting your fortune told in a seedy alleyway? Are you trying to get yourself drugged and stabbed?"
"I..." Usagi starts, as she untangles her limbs, pulling herself back up to her feet. "I don't have to answer to you!" The girl says, "Whats it to you anyways?"
The young man just sighs, and she can practically feel him roll his eyes, despite being unable to see his eyes behind his sunglasses. "You'd probably have better grades if you just studied instead of trying to find out the answers from a scam."
"I wasn't trying to - HEY! Miyo isn't a scammer!" Usagi starts to argue, before changing her words to defend the girl she had come to trust. "Not that its any of your business, but I was asking for advice on how to handle someone suddenly deciding to act differently than normal."
"Right... right..." Usagi growls as she turns away from the mysterious guy that she keeps running into, stomping towards the subway and ignoring anything that he might have to say. Following... That...
Usagi decides that the best thing that she can do is burn off a bit of her anger, and frustration. Where else would be the best place to do that than Crown Center Arcade and Karaoke
The two story building is one of Usagi's favorite places to hang out after school, particularly on days when she has a...
Less than stellar score to show her mom, and wants to avoid that for as long as possible. There are dozens of different games all spread through the first floor of the massive building - Games of every shape and size and genre. Arcade shooters and fighting games galore. Everything from House of the Dead to Mortal Kombat, and of course, what kind of Arcade would be complete without at least two separate Dance Dance Revolution games on the floor. (Not Crown, that's for sure.)
Slipping in through the door, Usagi starts wandering the rows of machines, before reaching into a pocket to pull out her mini-purse.
With a grin and flair, the blonde haired girl opens her purse with a flourish, flipping it upside down to allow all of her cash to fall freely down into her hand!
...
...
Not even a single yen falls from the mouth of the bone dry coin purse.
Usagi is completely and totally broke! Already, without even getting a chance to play a single game, she is already out of cash! That just doesn't seem fair to the girl.
As if he might be the only possible solution to her problems, Motoki Furuhata slide up to the Counter next to Usagi.
"Good afternoon Usagi!" Motoki says with a smile, "How are you this afternoon, happy that school is out for the day?"
"I wish..." Usagi groans trying to ignore the heat rising to her cheeks, "I came to play some games at the Arcade, but when I got here, my wallet was completely empty!"
The blonde haired girl pouts up towards the blonde haired young man at the counter, but Motoki only laughs. "Seems like you might not be handling your money responsibly then, you should see about planning your spending better."
That was not the answer that Usagi had hoped for, but it was an answer. Motoki was not going to give her free tokens. So instead, Usagi sighs, hanging her head and nodding. "Yeah..."
"Well then, be seeing you." Motoki says with a smile and a wave, before heading somewhere deeper into the Arcade. Good Evening Lovely Listeners, it's the midnight hour, and you all know what that means. It's time for Midnight Zero on FM 10. Tonight we have a very special love letter from a very lucky lady. She's reaching out to a long lost love, hoping to find him once again. This is for you, Hopeful Haruna.
Of course, before I read the letter, I'd like to remind all my wonderful listeners that Midnight Zero always does what it can to help those searching for love; Write to FM 10, and if you read your letter on the air, then we will send you a truly romantic gift to help you find the man or woman of your dreams.
"I know that you aren't going to hear this. You never liked sappy romantic shows like this, but... for so long, I only wrote about you in my old diaries.
Now I find myself only every writing about the old days. I miss you, Darien. I want to see you again, and tell you the feeling I never managed to all those years ago, back when we were in high school." Sunday Morning, April 5th 1992
Kenji Tsukino sits at the kitchen table, slowly flipping through the Newspaper, while occasionally glancing up, over the edge of the paper to look at the other two sitting at the table.
Usagi is nearly face down on the table, her eyes red and bleary as seems to try and force food to appear on the plate in front of her through sheer will - A will that she seems to lack as her eyes drift close for a moment, and the girl starts to droop forward, before her eyes snap open again, and she sits back up.
Kenji's other child, Shingo instead is sitting at the table, his Gameboy in hand as he waits patiently for breakfast to be ready.
Everything seems to be quiet and calm, which is almost a little odd. Then again, it is Sunday - There is no need for the hustle and bustle of weekday life - No Usagi barely managing to get out of bed and rushing down the stairs, grabbing something to eat as she dashes out the door.
...Then again. For the last two days the girl has been getting out of the door far earlier than she normally does. Could it be that his little girl is finally starting to grow up?
Seeing the peaceful scene, Kenji slowly allows his eyes to trail back down to the paper in front of him. There, one news article stands out among the rest - "Hmm... There seems to be a new sickness getting around," He says, more to Ikuko than either of his children. "Some sort of sleeping sickness, putting people into comas that they aren't waking up from, no matter what people try."
Ikuko practically dances into the kitchen, the very picture of poise and grace, plates of pancakes sliding perfectly in front of both children, even as a piece of toast is offered to the head of the house. "A new sickness, you say?" Ikuko asks.
"Yes, I'll admit... The idea of getting to sleep in more is a little tempting..." Kenji says, even as his wife's brow starts to furrow.
"And if you end up like that, what would the rest of us do?" She asks.
"I didn't mean it like that, my cinnamon bun." Kenji tries to walk back the statement, but his wife isn't giving him the chance.
"And what exactly did you mean?" She wonders aloud.
"I..." Kenji starts to say, but before he has a chance to dig himself either deeper into the hole, or out of it, there is a sharp loud clap.
"Itadakimasu!" Usagi says, and quickly begins to dig into the food with the gusto and speed only reserved for the starving. "So..." Usagi starts, looking at Luna sitting on her windowsill, "Where were you thinking of us going for my practice? I think there is a part not too far from here."
Luna paces back and forth a few times before answering. "There are a few options, though I am not... particularly fond of going to a park. While you've been at school the last two days, I have been searching to see if I can find any of the Dark Kingdom's plans." The cat says, a smug look on her face. "And I've hit pay-dirt."
Usagi perks up, a scared look on her face. "You... found Youma?" Usagi's voice most certainly doesn't waver, and anyone who says otherwise is lying. "Are... you wanting me to fight them... Now?"
"Not today, no." Luna reassures Usagi with a shake of her head. "But the Gym I found that was basting in dark magics is on the way to an unfinished construction site that would be perfect for practicing your magics. On the way there, we could stop and scout out the place." Usagi lets out a little sigh, nodding slightly.
"Other than that, There is a train heading out to Yuunagi down in Kanagawa, which would get us far and away from any spying eyes. And if you aren't wanting to go that far out, then there is also a closed amusement park off the coast of the Minato Ward."
[ ][Training] Abandoned Construction Zone
[ ][Training] Yuunagi the Coastal City
[ ][Training] Closed Amusement Part
[Training to be continued After the Vote]
[hr/hr] [The Events of Monday to be continued in Future Clouded! The Fate of the House of Fortunes!] [The Events of Tuesday to be continued in Search from the Skies to the Streets! Where are the Other Sailor Senshi?] [The Turn shall resume following the Results of The Monday and Tuesday Event!]
Checking out Shapelin, tests at the Construction Site
Usagi stands in her room for a long moment, silent as she thinks over the different options that Luna has presented to her.
"I..." She starts, but can't seem to find the right words. "I really wish I had a good reason to choose something other than the Construction site." She admits after a moment. "The idea of going and checking on those Youma you mentioned scares me... But I'm going to have to fight them eventually, aren't I?"
The question is clearly rhetorical, but Luna answers anyways, nodding. "I wish I could say otherwise, but yes. This would be so much easier if we could find any of the other guardians."
If nothing else, the reminder that there are others out there like Usagi does seem to calm her a little bit.
"Alright." The girl says after a moment. "Let's... Let's go before I convince myself that this is a bad idea!" Usagi says with much more force than the cat would have expected, but given that the girl practically stomps as she turns on her heel to leave the room.
Luna winces as the girl slams the door, slowly shaking her head. "What am I going to do with that girl?" She asks, before turning, and leaping down from the windowsill to the ground below.
From the house, it is less than a fifteen minute walk to Juuban Municipal Junior High School, and then another five minute walk to reach the Gym that Luna says has been taken over by Youma.
[SEARCH FOR DARK AGENTS]
[ROLL: 41 + 13= 54]
[UNCERTAIN RESULTS]
The building is massive, at least six stories. Apparently the place is called Shapelin, and according to the fliers taped to the inside of the doors, the Gym is supposed to be having it's grand opening on Thursday - And for the first week, they are offering their services completely Free!
Apparently there is going to be some kind of competition over the first week that everyone can enter, and whoever wins will receive a free lifetime membership at the gym. "Are you sure that this place is Evil, Luna?" Usagi asks, as she reads the flier for a second time. "I... have been gaining a little weight, and this sounds like it could be really useful."
"You're... joking right?" Luna asks, but Usagi doesn't answer.
"I mean, what kind of evil is going to go on in a Gym anyways..." Usagi slowly trails off, before looking over to Luna. "And... What exactly are we doing here anyways? The place is closed, so how are we supposed to do any scouting?"
"I didn't know that!" Luna argues back, before looking up at the door for a long moment. Then, she sighs, shaking her head. "Well, you know where the place is now. We can't break in without letting the Youma know that we've been here, and then they would just go to ground. We'll have to wait until the place is open to try and see what is going on."
Leaving the mysterious gym behind, it is another ten minutes of walking before the duo reach the unfinished construction site, much to Luna's frustration. "Are we there yet?" Usagi whines, slumped over as she stumbles along.
"You can't seriously be tired..." Luna groans, before glancing around. "Ah! There, just one more block, and then we're there. Alright?"
Hearing that, Usagi perks up, running the last block. Arriving at the front of the construction site, Usagi peers around the fencing set up. From the looks of it, the city is in the middle of burrowing down and laying the new foundations for what is probably some kind of Parking Garage.
The lot is a good hundred and twenty feet long, with massive concrete pillars that are going to hold the building up already built. Beams stretch from pillar to pillar like some kind of massive metal ribcage left to rot till there are nothing but bones left.
Slowly looking around, Usagi checks to make sure that she doesn't see anyone around. No people peaking out of windows or walking the sidewalks.
Nope. Everything looks clear from here. Carefully, the girl steps through the open entrance to the construction site, following the packed dirt path down to the bottom of excavated under street.
"All right!" Usagi says, stretching back and forth, before doing a quick half squat and pulling on each of her arms. "Moon Prism Power!"
"Okay, so what are we going to do first?" Sailor Moon asks, slowly shifting back and forth, from one foot to the other.
[ROLL: 10 + 15= 25]
[CRITICAL SUCCESS]
"First!" Luna says, dropping down in front of Usagi, before pointing upwards with her paw. "The Magic of the Senshi transformation means that you are faster and stronger than you are normally. We need to figure out how strong and fast you are, before we begin to experiment with your spells."
"So let's see how high you can jump."
Taking a deep breath, Sailor Moon kneels, one gloved hand touching the dirt, before she kicks off with all her might.
There is a mighty echoing CRACK! as the hardened dirt shatters, all the while Usagi rises up, up, up! She passes the ground, then past the first level of windows on the building next to the construction site - The second, and then third pass just as quickly, before the sailor suited girl begins to slow.
It is only when she passes the roof that the girl finds herself no longer rising. There is a moment where she hangs in the air, almost like she is flying, before gravity takes hold of her once more. Looking down, the ground seems so far away.
Down the girl begins to fall, first ten, then twenty feet - There, she passes within inches of one of the steel I-beams that mark the building's construction. Her hand snaps out, grabbing hold of the metal. With a grace and a finesse that she doesn't feel, the girl flips over, hanging from the bottom of the metal, before kicking off, shooting outwards to one of the towering pillars. She lands on the side hard, dropping to a kneel along the sheer surface, before kicking off again, not giving gravity even a moment to assert itself on the girl.
Down and down she hops, dropping a full ten foot story with each leap... Then, with but a single leap separating the girl from the ground, Sailor Moon shoots down - But her foot catches on a beam, and all that forward momentum turns, and with another deafening crack, the girl slams into the ground face first.
The impact hard enough to not only make Luna wince, but also literally knock the cat into the air.
"Sailor Moon!" The Cat cries, rushing over to the girl, "Are you okay?"
There is no answer for a long moment, and Luna is left with the slowly building horror that she may have just killed one of the Sailor Senshi.
She may have just doomed the earth.
Sailor Moon twitches after a moment, then her hands drop to the ground, and the girl pulls her head out of the crater that her impact left. With dazed, confused eyes, the girl looks up at Luna, opening her mouth to say something, and a solid clump and stone and dirt and grass falls out of the girl's mouth. "Uuuugguuaaaaah~" The sound that Usagi makes is somewhere between gagging and crying, as her hands come up to her face. "That tasted Gross!!!"
"Sailor Moon..." Luna asks again, but there is still no answer. "Usagi?"
"Can we stop?" Usagi almost begs of the cat, to which Luna can only sigh with relief.
"Come one, Sailor Moon. That was only one test, you really aren't going to let one screw up stop you, are you?"
"Yes!" Usagi replies back heatedly, "That was gross, and it was scary! And I! I!" With each word, the girl's voice is less angry... "I jumped all the way up to the top of that building!" Usagi finally manages to get out, laughing. "Did you see that Luna! That was sooo cool!"
Then, with a grace unlike anything that Luna has seen the girl pull off, Usagi flips over, balancing on one hand for the briefest of moments, before pushing off and landing back on her feet. There is something about the way that Sailor Moon does that, something that niggles at the back of Luna's memories... but - "What's next?" Sailor Moon asks.
She isn't sure what it is. Regardless, the cat shakes her head. "Well, we've seen how high you can jump, but we still need to figure out how fast and how strong you are."
"So how are we going to do that?" Sailor Moon asks, to which Luna walks over to one of the walls at the end of the construction site. "You'll start here." Luna says, before she starts running down to near the other end of the construction site. "Then about... Here." The cat stops, marking a spot down on the ground with her paw, "Is one hundred feet from where you started. We'll see how long it takes you to run one hundred feet, and that will tell us how fast you are."
"Ready?" Luna calls, "GO!" However, the word is barely out of her mouth, before Sailor Moon is skidding to a stop in front of her, chest heaving from the effort. The cat blinks, looking from where the girl started to where she is now. "Three... quarters... of a second?" Luna mutters, surprised. "That's... what... one hundred and thirty two feet a second, or... A hundred miles an hour."
Usagi looks down at the cat, with a completely blank look on her face. "How much is that in meters?" The girl asks, and Luna simply sighs, placing her face in a palm.
"That would be just over 40 meters a second." Luna says, and Usagi boggles at the cat.
"That's FASTER THAN A CAR!" Usagi only barely manages to keep herself from yelling, and Luna nods. Hopping a little in place, there is one of the biggest grins on the girl's face. "All that is left is to see how strong I am, right?" She asks, and when Luna nods, the girl is simply not there in front of Luna anymore.
It is at this moment that Luna realizes something that horrifies her.
Sailor Moon can run at a hundred miles an hour.
Usagi can move at a hundred miles an hour.
"What have I released on Tokyo?" The cat wonders aloud, as she slowly turns to try and find her overexcited ward. There, over the edge of excavated area is one of the large machines that the construction crew must have used to dig out the ground - A massive orange vehicle that has a massive metal arm sticking out of the front that rises up, before ending in a big scooping claw.
Usagi stand to one side of the excavator, struggling as she braces against the ground and tries to lift. Even from the nearly twenty feet away, the cat is able to hear the creak of metal as the machine slowly starts to shift.
Bit by bit, the vehicle rises, until Usagi has lifted one end nearly a whole foot off the ground, but as she struggles to push any further... There is a shimmering silver dust that seems to be billowing off of the girl, almost like a steam... or...
"Sailor Moon!" Luna calls out, realizing what is about to happen. "GET BACK!"
The Sailor Senshi might not know why Luna was yelling such a thing to her, but she reacted all the same, letting go of the machine, and leaping backwards, clearing nearly ten feet before her sailor suit seems to explode, and Usagi hits the ground, feet sliding backwards before the girl starts to tumble back.
There is another moment where Usagi lies still, before the girl groans. "Luna..." She whines out. "Why am I so tired?"
Luna looks from Usagi, over to the Excavator with one step and the bottom edge both bent and twisted with a clear handprint embedded in the metal, then back to Usagi. "Gee," The sheer level of sarcasm present in Luna's voice has to weigh as much as that excavator itself, "I can't imagine why you would be tired after trying to lift something that has to weigh several tons." Luna comes and sits next to Usagi, and her tone turns far more comforting. "Usagi, your powers aren't infinite. They are... Like a muscle." The last three words have a completely different tone of voice to them - Sounding almost like Luna remembers something she had forgotten. "Who told me that...?" The cat asks, as Usagi slowly pushed herself up to a sitting position.
"Moon..." She gasps out. "Prism. Power." With a flash of light, Usagi is once more replaced with Sailor Moon, before pushing herself back up to her feet. "Okay... Okay." The girl says, even as she still wobbles a little on her feet. "So we know I'm strong, but not strong enough to lift a big construction machine. That I'm as fast as a car, and that I can jump really high."
Prowess Score Discovered: 15
"All that is left is learning about my magic... right?"
[ROLL: 2 + 7 + (6/2)= 12]
[LESSER SUCCESS]
At that, Luna starts to pace back and forth. "To be completely honest, Sailor Moon... I don't know how much help I can be here. We can practice your spells, but I don't..." Frustration creeps into the black cat's voice. "I know that I learned about your powers. I saw enough of all the sailor scouts that I had to have seen what you can do... but my memories..."
Luna stops, shaking her head, "No. Right. To start off with, right now, you have one spell that you have actually cast. Moon Tiara Action. "A long ranged attack spell. You charge your Tiara with power and throw it at the Youma. We could try and see what happens if you were to hold on the Tiara instead of throwing it?"
Sailor Moon looks down at her hand, as she bites her lip. "Do you think there is a chance that I might, like, hurt myself doing that?"
Luna's head tilts, as she thinks over the question. "To be completely honest, I'm not certain, but I don't think you'll be able to hurt yourself with your magic. Not these spells at least."
"These spells?" Usagi asks, perking up, "Do you mean that I might be able to learn more spells?"
"Well, you have magic. It's in your blood, and in your soul, Usagi. Honestly, Usagi if I could remember the basics, we could even start training you to be able to tap into your magic when you aren't transformed."
If Luna didn't know better, she would say that Usagi's eyes turned to stars when she heard that. "I could learn to use magic even when I'm not transformed? Do you think we'd be able to teach Naru?"
"No!" Luna says firmly, "Well... Probably not." Her words are less firm now. "Maybe. It depends on if Naru has any ability for magic. And even then, I know I remember that the way that Senshi use their magic is different from how other spell casters used magic back in the Silver Millennium."
"There is one other idea that I had." Luna says, turning the subject back to what it is supposed to be about. "That night, against the monster that Attacked Naru - You cried." Usagi cringes a little at that.
"I broke a bunch of windows... I asked Naru if she wanted to be here for this, but she has to work at her mom's store to help clean up all the glass."
"Exactly." Luna agrees. "That could be a useful ability if you can master it - Imagine being able to control where the sound goes, and blasting Youma with it."
Usagi doesn't exactly look to be enthused by the idea, but she nods all the same.
Choose 2 spells to learn:
[ ][Magic] Ultrasonic Cry
- AOE Attack that hits everything in range with super high frequency waves
-- Bonus to Prowess against multiple targets
-- Hits Enemies, Allies, Bystanders, and Fragile objects in range
[ ][Magic] Sonic Barrage
- Directed version of the Ultrasonic Cry
-- Bonus to Prowess
-- Can damage fragile objects in range
[ ][Magic] Moon Tiara Stardust
- AOE Anti-Possession Spell
-- Deal no damage, but can non violently defeat possessed Bystanders
[ ][Magic] Moon Tiara Melee Action
- Variation of base Moon Tiara Action Spell to function in Melee
-- Bonus to Prowess
-- Minus to Prowess until you learn how to fight with the Tiara
[ ][Magic] Try to use magic without transforming
- Chance of discovering how to use magic while untransformed
-- Unlocks a whole slew of different potential Learning Actions
[X][Magic] Moon Tiara Stardust
[X][Magic] Sonic Barrage
Standing there, Sailor Moon slowly looks up to the sky. "That night..." She starts to say, "When I first got my powers, that Youma had the ability to control the people who it stole energy from. Do you think that other Youma are going to be able to do that as well?"
Luna doesn't answer for a moment, "That... is a very good question." She answers after a moment. "I can barely remember the fall of the Silver Millennium, but I don't remember any of the Youma there controlling people... But... I don't exactly remember any of the Youma leaving any survivors either." she admits. "However, that Youma didn't seem interested in killing the women affected by its scheme. That behavior is quite strange to what I know of Youma... There may have been someone stopping it from gorging itself on the life energy... But I don't know for certain. It is entirely possible that Youma from here on out may end up... Killing people."
"But if they aren't?" Usagi asks, words slow and carefully chosen. "Do you think there is any kind of magic that I might be able to do that could stop that, that could protect people... or cure them of being controlled?"
"From what I know about the Sailor Senshi, it is never a question of what you Can do, but simply a question of what you want to do." The cat says, staring directly as Sailor Moon. Hearing that statement, Usagi takes a deep breath through her nose, before she nods.
"Not what I can do, but what I want to do." Usagi says the words, almost more lika a Mantra than instructions.
Slowly, the Sailor Senshi closes her eyes, reaching a hand up to her tiara, and drawing it down from her head. "I don't want to hurt anyone..." Sailor Moon whispers, feeling the energy building in her hands as her tiara begins to spin, faster and faster and faster, until it becomes nothing more than a blur, spinning so fast that it makes a whirring noise as it cuts through the air, even as it floats there above the girl's hand. "I want to help people..."
But there is something... not quite right. Something that seems to be amiss. Slowly, the tiara floating over Sailor Moon's hand starts to wobble, listing from side to side, but with each passing moment the effect seems to accelerate, even as the light that the tiara gives off starts to deepen, turning from a bright white to an almost reddish orange.
With a yelp, Usagi throws her hand out, allowing the altered spell loose. The whirling dervish of energy shoots out nearly ten feet, before there is a thundering BOOM!
The spell explodes, scattering a shimmering glitter like light over every surface. Fascinatingly, it seems that the glitter is doing... something. Slowly, dust and pebbles seem to skitter along the grounds towards the shattered stone footprints next to the Excavator, and near where Usagi first jumped.
Somehow, despite how... extra the spell seems to be, the core concept of healing and helping holds firm.
"That..." Luna says after a moment, "Isn't exactly what I had hoped would happen, but look!" She points to the recovering stone. "You almost got it!" It sounds like the cat can't believe her eyes, "On your first try..."
The second and the third tries aren't much better, with the spell barely managing to fire off before exploding again. Still, it is worth noting that even in it's explosive state, the spell is still able to heal and repair your surroundings.
The fourth try... Also doesn't work, but it is a distinctly different type of failure. Instead of the spell exploding when Usagi tries to cast it, instead, there is a moment of what had to have been sheer madness. The spell nearly bursts of Sailor Moon's hands, only for the girl's other hand to suddenly snap out, both hands grabbing hold of the circle of light.
The spell is twisted, and instead of exploding, it is a near beam of blasting glitter that erupts from the hoop of light. Yet, there is something about that particular spell - Something that catches Usagi's eye.
"I'm trying too hard." She says in wonder, laughing at the metal pillar that now gleams like sliver. "I can't hold all the glitter... or whatever that stuff is inside of the Moon Tiara. It just won't stay there."
Then, Sailor Moon takes a step back, pulling her Tiara from her head with a poise and a grace that she normally lacks. "Moon." Her hand lays flat, even as the Tiara begins to lift up, off of her palm, "Tiara." Faster and faster the Tiara begins to spin, only now... Instead of the tiara glowing with inner light, the entire surface begins to glimmer with the same glittery stardust like appearance. "Stardust." Sailor Moon twirls, throwing the tiara like a discus, the ring of light zooms outwards, arcing out and around before returning to her, all the while glittering light practically rains off of the ring. The spell, in this new form is still clearly not perfect - First and foremost for the fact that the returning tiara hit Usagi in the head, but this... This is a functional spell.
A spell that requires work in the future, but a spell none the less.
"Owww..." Usagi complains as she rubs the spot on her head where the Tiara struck her. Thanks to all the experimental spells she has been casting in quick succession, the tiara hitting her was enough to knock her out of her transformed state. And for the moment, it doesn't look like she has the energy to return to her powered state either. "I'm just..." Usagi says, dropping down into a crouch before sitting on the ground. "Sit here for a moment, is that okay with you, Luna?" The blonde's words are interrupted by how hard she is breathing. "This whole being a magical girl thing is really hard work. But... But I did a thing. I chose to do a thing, and I did the thing. I made a new spell thing."
"Taking a rest is perfectly fine, Usagi." Luna confirms, sitting next to Usagi. "You've already managed to do more than I expected for the day, so if you want to quit now..."
"I..." Usagi goes quiet, before slowly shaking her head. "I'm scared. I don't want to fight. I don't like getting hurt. But if I get stronger here, then I won't get hurt when the monsters come."
[PROGRESS: 1 Event of 5 to Automatically Overcome Lazy]
Taking a few moments more. Usagi slowly sits up, groaning in discomfort, but there is something like a ghost of a smile on her face. "I also have a feeling that the other spell I want to learn is going to be a lot easier."
Another incantation and Sailor Moon stands tall again. She takes a moment, looking around the construction site, before jogging to one end. "Luna, you might... want to be behind me?" There is something of a question in the girl's tone. "Well, if this works, then you'll want to be behind me. If it doesn't, then being behind me won't matter." Luna quickly complies, getting behind the girl, not sure what she is planning.
Usagi takes a deep breath, her chest rising as her lungs fill with air. Then, the girl's hands rise up, and one after the other, she taps the crimson caps that her transformation has added to her buns, treating them almost the way one that one does a Microphone while testing to see if they are on.
Then, Sailor Moon takes a step forward, and SCREAMS! She lets loose a high keening wail that starts low, but builds higher and higher in both pitch and volume. For a moment, that seems to be all that she achieves, but as the cry crosses some unknown barrier, the volume doubles, and double again, turning from a scream to an almost solid wall of noise that picks up stones and dirt, flinging them with impressive force away from the girl.
But it seems that casting yet another spell is once more more than the transformation can take, and Usagi drops to her knees, her Sailor Power disintegrating as she pants and gasps, trying to get her strength back. "Okay..." The girl says, her voice creaking a little. "That's it. That's enough for today. Wanna go home and sleep now."
Thus the two, Girl and Cat make their way out of the unfinished construction yard, heading back to their home.
Neither Luna nor Usagi stop to think about the mess that they have left behind - Two separate pairs of shoe prints carved into solid stone, the crater in the ground nearly the size and shape of a human head, and most notably of all, the Excavator moved nearly six inches from where it originally sat, and that has a pair of hand prints impressed into the metal.
The next morning, there were many a question to be had, but no answers to be found. Monday Morning, April 6th 1992
Usagi slowly opens her eyes, blearily looking at the ceiling. With a soft groan, the girl rolls over in bed, taking a long look at the clock on her bedside table.
6:00
...
"Nope." The girl whispers before rolling back over, allowing herself to drift back into the realm of dreams. It is nearly an hour later, when the process begins all over again.
...
Again, the girl's eyes slowly start to open. Usagi stares up at the ceiling for a long moment, before rolling to one side, glancing over to the clock on her bedside table.
7:05
...
[ROLL: 76]
[OVERLY EMOTIONAL DOES NOT ACTIVATE]
For all that Usagi wants to roll back over, and go back to sleep again... She has school today, which means that she really does need to get up and get ready for the day.
Stumbling out of bed, the girl trails over to her closet, gathering up her school clothes. From there, the girl shuffles out of her room and to the bathroom.
Once Usagi has had a shower, the girl is far more awake, heading down the stairs and into the kitchen. "Morning Mom! Morning Dad!" She says, even as she rubs at an eye with the back of her hand. "Morning Shingo. How are you all this morning?"
"You're awake?" Shingo asks, surprised. "Who are you, and what have you done with my sister?"
"Oh, Har-de-har-har." Usagi snips back, "I'm me. Who else would I have been?" Dropping into a chair, the girl yawns, dropping her head onto the table with a thunk. "I'm just getting up earlier, and it sucks."
Her brother's only response is to snicker, leading the girl to pout. At the head of the table, Kenji shakes his head as he reads the newspaper, but there is a smile on his face. The Tsukino household has always been a busy and loud home, but to be honest, that is how the head of the house prefers it.
Once everyone has eaten Breakfast, Usagi finds herself getting out of the house and heading to school. "Usagi!" Luna calls from one of the walls along the side of the street. "Have a good day at school!"
Arriving at the Junior High School, Usagi comes to a stop at the front shoe lockers, opening the Locker and pulling out her Calculator.
Usagi didn't have any money on Friday, when she stopped by the Arcade on her way home.
Why didn't she have any money?
She has an allowance... So she should have had money, where did her money go?
So she gets 2000 yen a week from her parents.
[ROLL: 4 + 4= 8]
[CHECK FAILED]
Of that she spends...
uhh...
Usagi looks down at the Calculator, trying to figure out just how much money she spent last week on her candy...
Well, she bought...
A lot?
But she couldn't have spent enough to have no money. After all, she managed to go to the Arcade on Monday, and Tuesday, and Wednesday, and Thursday.
The girl continues to stare down at her calculator, a pout on her face as she slowly starts to realize that she doesn't have any of the information that she needs to figure out what is happening to her money.
"Good Morning, Usagi!" Naru calls out, as she approaches the lockers herself. "How are you doing this morning?"
"I'm tired... but doing alright. Had a busy day yesterday." Usagi replies, replacing her calculator back in her shoe locker.
"...Why do you keep a calculator in there?" Naru asks, a little baffled.
"Where else would I put my calculator?" The blonde asks back, an answer that leaves Naru speechless for a moment.
Shaking her head, the girl puts on a sly smile, "Soooo..." She starts, "Has Umino said anything yet?"
Usagi's head tilts to one side, a completely lost look on her face. "Said something? About what?"
Naru can't help but giggle, popping up to her feet. "About how he likes you! Like, likes you likes you."
Usagi openly boggles at the news, "Whaa?" She asks, trying to understand what her best friend is saying. He said Saturday that he was just too shy to tel-"
"Why Hello There~" Umino's voice calls out, entering the school.
Umino isn't wearing the school uniform. Usagi doesn't think she has ever seen Umino wear anything other than the school uniform, even on those rare weekends where she has seen him out of school. Instead... Instead he's wearing some kind of blazer...
And pleated pants.
"Usagi." It takes everything that Usagi has not to shiver at the oily, slimy tone to Umino's voice. "You. Me. Let's go out on a date, alright?"
"Umino..." Naru starts quietly, her tone more than a little worried. "What are you doing? What are you wearing?"
"Re~lax." The boy says, "I'm just living my life to the fullest, doing what I want to do and living how I want to live."
Naru's brow furrows, "That doesn't answer my question, and what are you planning on doing when-" Both Naru and Usagi's faces pale a little, even as Naru's words cut off.
"Mister Umino." Miss Haruna's words are clipped and short, as the Teacher stands behind Umino. "Is there a reason that you aren't wearing the school uniform?"
Turning, Umino laughs in the teacher's face, reaching up behind his glasses - Pulling down an eye lid and sticking his tongue out at her. "Mister Umin-"
Umino isn't paying any attention to the teacher, instead walking right on past her, even as a hand snaps out, flipping up the teacher's skirt.
Usagi and Naru stares, minds blown as they try and parse what they just saw.
Miss Haruna is still for a moment, her face pallid in shock, before she slumps down, dropping to her knees, even as she starts to cry.
The rest of the day continues to be absolutely insane. Umino isn't acting anything like himself. He is loud and brash, but even more than that, even worse than that...
Something has happened to the soft spoken nerd, turning him cruel and callous. All through the day's classes he sits at his desk, feet kicked up to rest on his desk as he reads some kind of Manga openly through the day. He laughs and he giggles without the slightest bit of subtlety, completely ignoring the teachers and doing everything he can to disrupt the classroom.
As if that wasn't enough, Umino isn't the only person acting out. Umino isn't even the only student in her class that has completely abandoned good sense. There is another boy and a girl who have both ignored the school uniform.
After a very frustrating day, Lunch eventually rolls around. Usagi is glad that classes are out for the moment, because with everyone out of the classrooms there really isn't anything that those crazy kids can do to screw with anyth-
Crash!
Usagi nearly groans, head dropping into her hands. "Come on!" She complains, "I just want something today to not be completely crazy! What is going on!"
Popping up to her feet Usagi leans around the edge of the building, nearly dropping her bento box at what she sees.
There, around the building is Umino. He's standing there, casually tossing a rock into the air before catching it. And there, in front of him is a shattered window.
Umino wouldn't even break a window. Then again, nothing about how Umino is acting today is how Usagi used to think he would act.
"Hey..." Naru says quietly, causing Usagi to jump before she whirls around to face the source of the sound. Naru was approaching the girl from the other direction of Umino and the slowly gathering crowd of cackling boys and girls. "Hey, Usagi... I think I might have screwed up."
"What?" Usagi has no idea what Naru could mean by that.
"Saturday, when Umino mentioned to me that he had feelings for you..." Naru starts to explain, "I suggested that he go to a Fortune Teller to try and figure out the best way to talk to you." The girl looks very nervous. "I suggested that he go to the new House of Fortune that opened up last Thursday."
Usagi isn't quite sure what Naru is getting at. "Okay?"
"Umino went to the House of Fortune, and is acting like this now. So did Malei, and Ito, and Saito." Naru explains a little more. "Everyone who has gone to the House of Fortune is acting completely different from how they were acting before."
...And just like that, the light bulb goes on in the dusty attic of Usagi's mind. "They're acting like all those women did when they saw the Sale that Youma that replaced your Mom set up."
Naru nods slowly at that, a not particularly enthused look on her face. "I'm sorry. This is all my fault."
Usagi looks at her best friend, and shakes her head with a smile on her face. "No. Naru, this is the monster's fault. Not yours. But the House of Mysteries..."
"Sailor Moon is going to have to go and take a look later tonight."
[To be Continued in House of Mystery]
