Fair enough, there may be other factors at play that we won't be able to find unless we do some more digging. And I will say that the thought of the Spellblades pulling that kind of stunt on people they've cultivated a mutual respect with would be rather "off-brand" of what we've seen of them so far.
...However, I will be keeping my eyes open if Usagi ever encounters this phenomenon again. Something's strange about this, and it'll be interesting to find out what's actually happened here.
I figured the point of the Quest was to make a nation-state. That is quite different that "Nine people police the world"
Also, you seem to have misunderstood my point on why the story would get darker. You proposed a set-up that seemed very much to be "Do we decide to stop the wildfires in Australia or the demon invasion of Europe" with the statement that we can't do both, so we are essentially just dealing with trolley-problem after trolley-problem. Pick who dies from your inaction since you can't be everywhere at once.
Now, maybe you didn't intend that to be the interpretation. But that is what it sounded like, where the question is not "can we help" but "who do we decide to help and who do we decide not to help". Which inevitably leaves a lot of focus on our failures, instead of our successes, because success is a given, it is the baseline of that scenario. Of course we succeed, we can't not succeed due to how powerful we have become. But we still failed because we can't be everywhere. It is a much grimmer tone, inevitably.
Because he was brought up "as a problem" as someone we have to make sure we take care of if we don't want him distracting us at a bad time. Which... I don't see. Frankly, as much as he is a creep, I doubt he is the type that wants to see a city full of people killed so he is very possibly an ally.
And, for someone who is supposed to be a serious threat that we can't just defeat... acknowledging that we just need to team up with two members of the team to defeat him... kind of defeats your argument, doesn't it? We can just defeat him. We are already that strong, it just takes two of us. And that isn't a problem. A team needing to use teamwork is a good thing.
That nation state would be built on the fact that there is 9 super powered individuals sitting at the top. So give us the super powers and we are suddenly quickstarting the building of said state, while also able to deal with so much more.
Currently we are in a state where we can't make the decision, so those wildfires, and demon invasions, are both just, going to keep happening anyway.
Except the quest does not frame it as such, we are not staring at every tragedy we can't fix. There is only a trolley problem if Lunaryon decides to set one up. Because right now, the only reason framing is not dark is because we don't focus on all the misery we can do nothing about. There is no rule that would force a story not using struggle in combat as a draw to focus on that either.
Happosai was brought up as an example of an individual who can actually put up a fight against the Senshi.
That makes him a problem only so far as he shows that there are individuals who can fight at Senshi level.
Same as Inuyasha, and now that i think about it, Ranma, and i would assume Ryoga is due to a power boost due to his nature as Ranma's rival.
That is 3, potentially 4, people, who we can't just roll over easily, and only one of them is not a human (or possible 2, not really sure about Happosai at this point).
The point is not thay we can't defeat him, it never was, he is an example of someone we need to make an effort to defeat, and i would not discount there being more, even in just Japan.
I would not call Happosai a creep, he is, but i would call him more than just that, creep is someone who stares at women in the subway, a person who assaults them, is more than just a creep. Yes, in certain situations Happosai might fight on our side. But as he is a selfish, short sighted and vindictive easily manipulated asshole, he could easily also endup fighting against us, especially if we do anything to stop him from doing all the shit he does.
Yes, we can win against him if we gang up, we can probably defeat most things in the world if we gang up.
But that was not (i assume, not the person you originally disagreed with) the point.
You say it is a good thing we need to use team work, i disagree.
Because i do not consider us having to work to defeat enemies an inherently good thing.
It can be exciting, good storytelling, but that is not what i am here for.
This is not a good/bad or right/wrong thing, we simple are interested in different things in the story.
We struggle (well, not during this fight, no, but in the past), and we will no doubt continue to struggle in the future, and that is not a problem.
It is just a part of the story i, as a voter in this quest, will seek to bypass where i can see a way to do so, and enjoy reading on the results because eve if the struggle in combat is not a major draw for me, i have enjoyed it, just like i did enjoy all the fights where we just wiped the floor with opposition.
And what then?
So he is punched, do we imprison him somewhere? Hand him to MCAT and hope he does not escape to become a recurring problem? Kill him (probably not)?
The decision might not be difficult, when the time comes, but there is one to be made.
You say it is a good thing we need to use team work, i disagree.
Because i do not consider us having to work to defeat enemies an inherently good thing.
It can be exciting, good storytelling, but that is not what i am here for.
This is not a good/bad or right/wrong thing, we simple are interested in different things in the story.
We struggle (well, not during this fight, no, but in the past), and we will no doubt continue to struggle in the future, and that is not a problem.
It is just a part of the story i, as a voter in this quest, will seek to bypass where i can see a way to do so, and enjoy reading on the results because eve if the struggle in combat is not a major draw for me, i have enjoyed it, just like i did enjoy all the fights where we just wiped the floor with opposition.
Cutting a lot of this to get to the heart of the matter.
I do consider us having to work to defeat our enemies to be a good thing, from a Doylist perspective. I have read stories where the Main Character is so overwhelmingly powerful that any attempts to fight them are laughable at best, and unless that story is attempting to be a comedy they tend to immediately start withering on the vine. Just read any fanfiction with a mary sue OC and you will see exactly what I am talking about. Because there is simply nothing to latch onto interest in reading "and they casually destroyed their opponents with no effort, again"
And I think if you are actively seeking to bypass the idea of struggle, you are doing one of two things. You are setting yourself up for disappointment, or you are seeking a goal that can only be bad for the story. I honestly still do remember some of the early fights were we had the Senshi get injured and bleeding and I was enthralled, because it was clear this story was one where the cost of fighting these battles was clear. This isn't full Madoka, but there is that edge where we are looking beyond the intent of the source material and pointing out... this is a war for the lives of billions of people, against an enemy who has no qualms about severe injury or death to the people we care about. And that's what makes this so good, so worth reading in my opinion. It is Sailor Moon, taken more seriously than Sailor Moon was intended to be.
But, I've got frustrated in our last two major encounters. Against Kunzite and here at the Night Market, because the moment something interesting happens in the fight, the moment I perk up and go "Oh snap!" there are immediately people putting forth that we have a problem that needs to be fixed because that shouldn't ever happen. I don't want Lunaryon to have to adjust our future enemies to match us, and invalidate our efforts via the Quantum Ogre, but I also don't want to get to the point where we are all asking "why did we bother to roll, our Prowess is 25 points higher than all the enemies, just have it as a cut scene and move on" I wouldn't expect us to have to roll against a common mugger. It would be a waste of time. And if we get to the point where even putting in effort is not needed... then I'd just start asking to skip the fight scenes. They'd be flash with no substance and not worth Lunaryon spending the time to write and at that point.... what's the point of the Sailor Senshi? We saved a bunch of people? I'd rather read a story about a monster who is harming people but has risks and challenges than a hero who saves the world without any effort.
You disagree, and you are welcome to. But just be aware I'm going to oppose you every single time, because I enjoy this story too much to see it killed off by becoming about heroes who never have to try and always succeed.
And what then?
So he is punched, do we imprison him somewhere? Hand him to MCAT and hope he does not escape to become a recurring problem? Kill him (probably not)?
The decision might not be difficult, when the time comes, but there is one to be made.
How would he become a recurring problem? That's the thing I don't get. He's a panty thief. Sure, it is a despicable set of actions, but you don't send SWAT after a panty thief. You don't have the Police Commissioner really weighing in and deciding policy based off a panty thief. Especially not in the middle of a civil war which is quickly to be followed by potential actual wars against multiple state-actors.
If he comes after us maybe we purify him back into being a human, but realistically he isn't "a concern". Just like Cologne isn't really a concern despite us being fairly certain she set up Chen to have his life ruined.
Maybe it is because I've never once read or watched or really cared about Ranma 1/2 before this quest, but it seems like a lot of people are putting a lot of effort into caring about these individuals based solely on wish fulfillment of wanting them to get their "just desserts" compared to the show. And I just... don't see it as being worth all that much thought. We shouldn't just ignore it entirely, it is one of the crossovers, but... if we never end up encountering Happosai then I'm fine with that. He isn't worth the effort.
How would he become a recurring problem? That's the thing I don't get. He's a panty thief. Sure, it is a despicable set of actions, but you don't send SWAT after a panty thief. You don't have the Police Commissioner really weighing in and deciding policy based off a panty thief. Especially not in the middle of a civil war which is quickly to be followed by potential actual wars against multiple state-actors.
If he comes after us maybe we purify him back into being a human, but realistically he isn't "a concern". Just like Cologne isn't really a concern despite us being fairly certain she set up Chen to have his life ruined.
Maybe it is because I've never once read or watched or really cared about Ranma 1/2 before this quest, but it seems like a lot of people are putting a lot of effort into caring about these individuals based solely on wish fulfillment of wanting them to get their "just desserts" compared to the show. And I just... don't see it as being worth all that much thought. We shouldn't just ignore it entirely, it is one of the crossovers, but... if we never end up encountering Happosai then I'm fine with that. He isn't worth the effort.
He could become a recurring problem because just slapping him down does not do anything, except piss him off.
And he is an experienced martial artist who can actually outfight most Senshi as it is, with a vindictive streak a mile wide who is likely to seek revenge for even the slightest inconvenience.
If we never actually encounter Happosai, great, problem solved.
I just don't think it likely if we want to continue interacting with Ranma, because he is the grandmaster of the martial arts style Ranma practices, and Ranma is the only real candidate he has for someone to take up that mantle.
But, as i said previously, i did not bring him up as a problem to solve, but an example of people who actually can combat the Senshi, to show that we are not at a level where we can just casually roll over all opposition.
Japan has 3, possibly 4 (5 if we count both past and present Inuyasha), people not under control of IMO who could put up some serious resistance.
3 (2, if Oni was one of them and just had really bad rolls) more controlled by IMO.
And that is the magical backwater nation with 100 million people.
How many could Russia muster? USA? India?
As it is, Senshi need to, if not play nice, then at least take care not to over reach because if they really wanted to, i suspect world could gather more than enough firepower to casually roll over them.
We are powerful, but not invincible.
I am not bringing this up as a problem, but as an example how the "I want to see the Senshi steamroll everything" is not yet reality.
Which is where our current tangent came up.
I'm pretty sure I've mentioned this before, but I got into fanfiction because of Ranma half and Sailor Moon crossovers, and even the most evil yet still in character he's ever been in any of those is the time he accidentally lets loose a demon that he couldn't control, and it cancels Ranma's curse (losing the Senshi one of their comrades and teleporters), and starts a ritual to turn all women into men, because that would torture Happosai the most of anything (The Demon also became Barney the Dinosaur and started draining everyone's IQ).
After Rei Seals it and Happosai, Setsuna buries their container on Saturn. And when someone else attempts to resummon it, it drops off Happosai and GTFOs back to its plane because even for a demon Happosai's too big a lech. Afterwards, the worst he does is interrupt Ranma when he's on dates to grope his female form, because he still doesn't know the other Senshi's civilian forms.
And I feel confident in saying that this Quest won't go anywhere near that dumb, so Happosai, while strong, is a complete non issue for us, even if I do feel he should be stopped for sanity's sake.
Alright, @Valmond, @Chaosmancer, you have, in my opinion at least, now killed yet another topic. Please stop. Yes, both of you have valid points. No, I do not want to spend the next three days watching this continually escalate until the original topic is lost to the ages in yet another pointless flame war. And please none of the last post sniping where you seem to think you're graciously dropping the topic, but want to send of just a few more paragraphs of argument, or had a post half written and 'don't want to waste it'. It's incredibly rude.
Now then, onto some other potential topics pulled from recent stuff!
What kinds of things do we think we might get from the NIght Market? Outright taking everything not nailed down (and some things that are) probably isn't on the table like in an independent DK raid, but MCAT likes us and will probably be fine with us making off with a fair haul of stuff even if technically they shouldn't let us. Pick of the best from the weapon shop, snazzy artifacts from Fuast's Bargains or the Lord's Manor, and so forth, but what else might there be?
Lunaryon just teased a picture of Venus' Castle. What kinds of fallout might there be from some space probes getting photos of it? Will people associate it with the weird stuff going on in the world, get excited about aliens, wonder how in the world a city-sized castle avoided notice this long? Might other spaceborne relics start popping out of their hiding places as the Senshi continue to grow and poke things?
What do we think the Spellblades will get up to now that they can check Kunzite off their list of issues? When will we be seeing them again? Maybe do that fairy concert thing?
Naru just had a big thing happen because she kept a promise. What kind of effects might that have on her deific maturation process? She should definitely tell her mom at least some of this soon, but should she dump it all at once, or just start with 'Usagi's friendgroup (which I am a part of), is secretly a witch coven.'?
We've got Alice backing us, which may well be step one in achieving a higher level of organization and deployment. Where might we find other capable managers for what is likely to be an organization that grows into a full-on nation?
What madness do we think Ami is going to get up to with all the inspiration she's been getting lately?
What should we have be the official species name for Naru's crystal-crab hairpins?
There should be defenses protecting this last room, and yet, as the three make their way into the relatively small chamber, there is only one thing there. A surprisingly complex looking circle drawn with one half onto the ground, and the rest crawling up the walls over above the small fire place that is in the very center of the circle. There, sitting in a metal sconce sticking up out of the floor is a diamond shaped stone, twice the size of Naru's fist.
Well, saying that it is sitting in the sconce is not entirely accurate, as the stone has been knocked loose, and is more haphazardly balanced atop the sconce, rather than sitting within it.
Standing there, in this small room, something about all of this is deeply familiar to Naru. Something about all of this pings at memories so ancient that the girl doesn't have the words to try and parse the distance that these memories returned from, and yet, at the same time there is something new and unique tied up in them. Thoughts and feelings that aren't Naru's, but at the same time aren't not the girl's.
Remove the stone from the circle, and the house is no more. Remove the stone from the Sconce entirely, and the house is paralyzed. Should the stone pass the edge of the circle, the magic will be completely lost.
[X][House] Remove the Stone from the Sconce
Taking a breath, Naru allows the magic and the half packaged memories sent forwards to her from whatever remnants of Pandora that are floating around in her head to sift and settle into her mind, the information slotting into the gaps in what she knows with ease, and once she realizes everything that she now knows that she knows, there is only one thing to do. The simplest of things, and the quickest.
Reaching up, she carefully grabs hold of the stone, lifting it all the way free of the sconce on the floor, and as she does, she can feel the magic settle and flow into the wood and the stone. Somehow, it seems that when the Hearthstone is removed, but not destroyed, the actual left over magic that normally runs everything, the magic that allows the house to move is instead spent making the house all the more durable and defensive.
With a smile, the girl realizes that if that is the case, it might even be possible for the Senshi to manage to move this thing even before they put the stone back in the sconce. Carefully glancing around, Naru gives a little 'Ah!'. and points over towards a jewelry box near the other end of the room. "Bright, can you get that for me?" She asks, "I can't leave the circle with the stone, and I don't want to leave it anywhere where it might roll around or something."
Minivote time: PLEASE USE A PLAN FORMAT
I've been trying to figure out how to handle the update and the scene in which you get your Loot, but it feels all sorts of off-kilter, so I think it would be a lot easier for me to put together the Loot table and have you guys vote on that, and then I can write the update with that in mind.
You have a grand total of 7 Points to spend: [ ][Loot] Shattered Stone Shishi Statue
-- To be entirely honest, MCAT doesn't have the slightest idea why you might want this...[COSTS 0]
[ ][Loot] Wand of Washing
- +0 Prowess
-- A six inch wand that magically conjures soapy water from the tip with the application of magic. Additionally, the there is a bubble of swirling force an inch from the tip that is strong enough to scour away food without damaging most flatware.[COSTS 0]
[ ][Loot] Nun-Chucks
- +1 Prowess
-- Enchanted such that they do not impact shock the wielder {COSTS 1]
[ ][Loot] Staff of Resistance
- +1 Prowess
-- A staff, roughly the height of Usagi's shoulder that has an interesting magical effect of altering the electrical properties of the target, which essentially causes an arc of electricity similar in strength to a particularly weak taser. [COSTS 1]
[ ][Loot] Iron Red Dagger
- +2 Prowess
-- A dagger enchanted to be so hot as to turn the very metal red [COSTS 1]
[ ][Loot] Tanto
- +2 Prowess
-- A rather ordinary looking Tanto that stores an electric charge that is placed in it [COSTS 1]
[ ][Loot] Archon Staff
- +2 Prowess
-- The Archon staff is able to manifest a small burst of any of the Four Classical Elements of Greek Magic. [COSTS 1]
[ ][Loot] Wobble Hammer
- +2 Prowess
-- A Sledge hammer that weighs half as much when going up, but twice as much when going down [COSTS 1]
[ ][Loot] Kanebo
- +2 Prowess
-- Sailor Uranus was using a massive Kanebo over the course of the fight, apparently she got the thing from beating down an Oni. She's... Not against getting rid of it, but she certainly liked using it. [COSTS 1]
[ ][Loot] That Sword
- ??? Prowess?
-- You know the one. It is very, very unique. Spiky and purple and up on the Mantle of the Weapon Shop. That... That thing which is unlike any other weapon that you have ever seen. [COSTS 2 POINTS]
[ ][Loot] The Lord's Blade
- ??? Prowess?
-- This massive titan of a hunk of metal is supposedly the sword of the Lord of the Night Market. The thing is so massive and so heavy that even you have trouble imagining anyone trying to use this massive thing, and just... The idea that anyone being able to use this accurately strains even your sense of realism. [COSTS 2 POINTS]
[ ][Loot] A few random magical books
- Gives a handful of random bonuses either to the Senshi using them, or for the Magic Classroom [COSTS 2 POINTS]
[ ][Loot] Faust's Reagents
- Down in the basement of Faust's bargains, in addition to the collection of slaves that MCAT is taking into custody while they try and figure out how to remove the enchantment on them (Pending latter vote), there is also a large number of different magical plants and animal parts, reagents and even lab equipment that is normally used for Alchemy. [COSTS 2 POINTS]
[ ][Loot] Cracked Fueled Armor
- ???
-- Following the battle between Jadeite and the Lord of the Manor, the armor that the Lord was wearing, which was some kind of enchanted armor that was actually using Diesel fuel like a car was badly damaged and is currently unusable. It would take a lot of work to be able to restore this thing... And even then... what would you use it for? [COSTS 3 POINTS]
[ ][Loot] A favor
- Assistance with something in the future, or a Turn action
-- The Senshi did a lot today to assist with MCAT handling the Night Market, and well... It isn't so much that you are wanting things from the organization, but perhaps some point in the future, there will be something that they can help you with? [COSTS 3 Points]
[ ][Loot] A Favor 2
- Assistance with something in the future or a Turn Action
-- You have enough points that you could theoretically grab both a favor twice, so here it is as a second option if that is what you are wanting. [COSTS 3 POINTS]
[ ][Loot] A slave collar
- Can be used to enslave someone. More importantly, can be studied to know more about the slave magic, and to potentially create an entirely new spell to try and break the enchantment that way
-- Even with the general understanding that you are not the kind of people who would want this thing for the actual reason it was created, there is still going to be a bit of... nervousness among MCAT if you ask for this. That is going to take a lot of effort to convince them to let you have it, and that is going to be enough to keep you from getting much else. [COSTS 4 POINTS]
[ ][Loot] The Devil Demesne
- It's a giant Chicken House
-- The massive building that was once Faust's Bargains. This thing is... It's an absolute terrifying thing, something that all together it took all of the Senshi and even a Pretty Cure to take down... It does make sense that not only are MCAT worried about you having this thing... but so are Luna and Artemis. Not the least of which because where the heck are you going to put the thing? It took all the Senshi working together to pick up and move the building back where it was. For now, the best idea that comes to your mind is just to either take the sconce itself, or lock the Hearthstone into a safe in the circle... or both. But seriously. MCAT is a little nervous to let you have this thing. It is going to take some talking for them to let you have it. [COSTS 4 POINTS] This will have it's threadmark status removed (or probably shifted to Voting) once the vote duration comes to an end. In the next bit I will show some various final bits to give context, and then on to the next even finally.
Well, for loot there is pretty obviously the house and i am all in on that.
Weapons from the weapon shop, though i suspect MCAT would do more with those.
The real loot is obviously the friends we made along the way, but apart from that the other real loot might be all the knowledge that can be gotten from any paperwork in the lords mansion, and that, like friendship, can be shared.
That magitech armor and sword are kinda cool, but not sure who in our team would want that.
Well Naru does need armor, but i'm still putting my hopes on the helmet we have.
Oh, and the stick Sailor Uranus got from the Oni.
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Ooh, vote time
[X][Loot] Shattered Stone Shishi Statue
-- To be entirely honest, MCAT doesn't have the slightest idea why you might want this...[COSTS 0]
[X][Loot] Kanebo
- +2 Prowess
-- Sailor Uranus was using a massive Kanebo over the course of the fight, apparently she got the thing from beating down an Oni. She's... Not against getting rid of it, but she certainly liked using it.
[X][Loot] The Devil Demesne
- It's a giant Chicken House
-- The massive building that was once Faust's Bargains. This thing is... It's an absolute terrifying thing, something that all together it took all of the Senshi and even a Pretty Cure to take down... It does make sense that not only are MCAT worried about you having this thing... but so are Luna and Artemis. Not the least of which because where the heck are you going to put the thing? It took all the Senshi working together to pick up and move the building back where it was. For now, the best idea that comes to your mind is just to either take the sconce itself, or lock the Hearthstone into a safe in the circle... or both. But seriously. MCAT is a little nervous to let you have this thing. It is going to take some talking for them to let you have it. [COSTS 4 POINTS]
i want these.
[X] Plan Drive me closer, I want to hit them with my kanebo!
What kinds of things do we think we might get from the NIght Market? Outright taking everything not nailed down (and some things that are) probably isn't on the table like in an independent DK raid, but MCAT likes us and will probably be fine with us making off with a fair haul of stuff even if technically they shouldn't let us. Pick of the best from the weapon shop, snazzy artifacts from Fuast's Bargains or the Lord's Manor, and so forth, but what else might there be?
Well, I believe there's a faction that wants the chicken-house for ourselves (although I'm not sure where we would store the blasted thing). Some more magic manuals or training tools would be nice, and given that people in the Night Market are able to implement spatial compression into tent canvas, I'm sure we wouldn't mind getting a manual on that.
Lunaryon just teased a picture of Venus' Castle. What kinds of fallout might there be from some space probes getting photos of it? Will people associate it with the weird stuff going on in the world, get excited about aliens, wonder how in the world a city-sized castle avoided notice this long?
Oh, they'll get excited about aliens, and some may speculate on a connection to "metanormal activity". However, trying to connect that to "wizardry" might be a bit of a harder sell.
What do we think the Spellblades will get up to now that they can check Kunzite off their list of issues? When will we be seeing them again? Maybe do that fairy concert thing?
The fairy concert may be handled before the Senshi leave, but that depends on how the interlude goes. As for the Spellblades, I think the Knights of Oblivion are still a problem they're looking into, and I'm sure there's a backlog of minor issues that had been pushed to the backburner until now. Also, Dame Carroll is going to be filing reports on the high-level wizardry of her newfound allies, with a lot of "yes, really" peppered in where appropriate.
She should definitely tell her mom at least some of this soon, but should she dump it all at once, or just start with 'Usagi's friendgroup (which I am a part of), is secretly a witch coven.'?
We've brought Ami's mom into the "witch coven" level, so that would be a good place to start. As for the "no, I can't go to the doctor anymore because I'm actively not-human" conversation, that's probably a separate vote.
Actually given that Castle Magellan has a radius of like 10 miles at the widest point and more importantly is in orbit you wouldn't actually need a space probe to get a look at it. Hell, you should be able to use a telescope as small as 20 inches which is at the high end of the hobbyist range to catch a glimpse of when the planets are near each other.
That in turn raises the question of how badly NASA is panicking if Venus raised the castle after awakening though if it has always been there it probably was discovered by someone between the early 1600s and late 1800s.
You have a grand total of 7 Points to spend: [ ][Loot] Shattered Stone Shishi Statue
-- To be entirely honest, MCAT doesn't have the slightest idea why you might want this...[COSTS 0]
[ ][Loot] Wand of Washing
- +0 Prowess
-- A six inch wand that magically conjures soapy water from the tip with the application of magic. Additionally, the there is a bubble of swirling force an inch from the tip that is strong enough to scour away food without damaging most flatware.
[ ][Loot] Nun-Chucks
- +1 Prowess
-- Enchanted such that they do not impact shock the wielder
[ ][Loot] Staff of Resistance
- +1 Prowess
-- A staff, roughly the height of Usagi's shoulder that has an interesting magical effect of altering the electrical properties of the target, which essentially causes an arc of electricity similar in strength to a particularly weak taser.
[ ][Loot] Iron Red Dagger
- +2 Prowess
-- A dagger enchanted to be so hot as to turn the very metal red
[ ][Loot] Tanto
- +2 Prowess
-- A rather ordinary looking Tanto that stores an electric charge that is placed in it
[ ][Loot] Archon Staff
- +2 Prowess
-- The Archon staff is able to manifest a small burst of any of the Four Classical Elements of Greek Magic.
[ ][Loot] Wobble Hammer
- +2 Prowess
-- A Sledge hammer that weighs half as much when going up, but twice as much when going down
[ ][Loot] Kanebo
- +2 Prowess
-- Sailor Uranus was using a massive Kanebo over the course of the fight, apparently she got the thing from beating down an Oni. She's... Not against getting rid of it, but she certainly liked using it.
[ ][Loot] A few random magical books
- Gives a handful of random bonuses either to the Senshi using them, or for the Magic Classroom [COSTS 2 POINTS]
[ ][Loot] Faust's Reagents
- Down in the basement of Faust's bargains, in addition to the collection of slaves that MCAT is taking into custody while they try and figure out how to remove the enchantment on them (Pending latter vote), there is also a large number of different magical plants and animal parts, reagents and even lab equipment that is normally used for Alchemy. [COSTS 2 POINTS]
[ ][Loot] A favor
- Assistance with something in the future, or a Turn action
-- The Senshi did a lot today to assist with MCAT handling the Night Market, and well... It isn't so much that you are wanting things from the organization, but perhaps some point in the future, there will be something that they can help you with? [COSTS 3 Points]
I feel like these are a better idea. Yes, taking the house is fun and all, but it will take a long time until we can use it, and our security isn't strong enough to ensure that someone won't be able to reactivate the house and turn it against us. Alchemy would be a useful field to study and the books will help out with the magic teaching.
Lunaryon just teased a picture of Venus' Castle. What kinds of fallout might there be from some space probes getting photos of it? Will people associate it with the weird stuff going on in the world, get excited about aliens, wonder how in the world a city-sized castle avoided notice this long? Might other spaceborne relics start popping out of their hiding places as the Senshi continue to grow and poke things?
It's quite possible that the Magellan Orbiter around Venus will smack into it, though maybe not; I'd have to think about that. Given that Lunaryon obligingly gave us distances and sizes, it should be possible to for me (or anyone else who really, really paid attention in high school math, including the trigonometry bits) to calculate the distance the castle is orbiting at above Venus.
People will turn telescopes on something like that, mind you! I'd fully expect it to attract Hubble time, for instance. Hubble hasn't had its servicing mission yet, but they might be able to get something out of that. I'd have to do math to see how much of a blur the spherical aberration problem would make of it.
I'd have to think about what instruments there are currently orbiting Venus (on Magellan) that could try to image it. I think Magellan has radar systems and they might at least try those, but I'm not sure how well it'd work.
You'd probably see a frantic mission to throw together space probes for flyby missions of the new anomalous object, but that would take months and months just because of transfer windows.
What do we think the Spellblades will get up to now that they can check Kunzite off their list of issues? When will we be seeing them again? Maybe do that fairy concert thing?
Well, they've evidently started helping MCAT, and Sir Frederick personally accompanied Minako Aino back to Japan on a passenger airliner and, so far as the Senshi know, has not left Japan since. Not that it's actually been more than a few days in-story.
Naru just had a big thing happen because she kept a promise. What kind of effects might that have on her deific maturation process? She should definitely tell her mom at least some of this soon, but should she dump it all at once, or just start with 'Usagi's friendgroup (which I am a part of), is secretly a witch coven.'?
The big problem Naru faces is that unlike the rest of Usagi's friendgroup, she's going to start undergoing significant physical changes. Her mom has a right to know about that.
And the tricky bit is making sure Naru's mom doesn't blame Naru's friends for "turning her into a monster."
We've got Alice backing us, which may well be step one in achieving a higher level of organization and deployment. Where might we find other capable managers for what is likely to be an organization that grows into a full-on nation?
Oooh, that's a toughie. Honestly, Alice is top-notch and just poaching her out from under her dad might be the best move there overall; she can hire the rest of the staff.
What madness do we think Ami is going to get up to with all the inspiration she's been getting lately?
The real loot is obviously the friends we made along the way, but apart from that the other real loot might be all the knowledge that can be gotten from any paperwork in the lords mansion, and that, like friendship, can be shared.
MCAT is probably much better suited to digging through a mass of Japanese-language documents than the Senshi, what with us having very limited time to do such things, especially as long as we're keeping up the vague pretense of being normal Japanese schoolgirls.
That magitech armor and sword are kinda cool, but not sure who in our team would want that.
MCAT could really use a working magical power-armor prototype. It'd probably accelerate the Symphogear research project by quite a bit. Lord Wossname was using a diesel generator because he had magic armor but needed an external power source; MCAT has a power source but needs workable magic armor. Match made in Heaven.
It will not; by the time Usagi gets done healing everyone there won't be time. Besides, it would take too long just to publicize the concert among England's pixie population, because the pixies who weren't there would never forgive the pixies who already knew about it if they didn't spread the word.
As for the Spellblades, I think the Knights of Oblivion are still a problem they're looking into, and I'm sure there's a backlog of minor issues that had been pushed to the backburner until now. Also, Dame Carroll is going to be filing reports on the high-level wizardry of her newfound allies, with a lot of "yes, really" peppered in where appropriate.
...I'm going to steal @ThatGuyWithIdeas choices, and make a plan out of it (since I suspect trying to tally all the individual items is going to get conflicting.
[X] Plan Foundations without a House
-[X][Loot] A few random magical books
-[X][Loot] Faust's Reagents
-[X][Loot] A favor
-[X][Loot] Shattered Stone Shishi Statue
-[X][Loot] Wand of Washing
MCAT is probably much better suited to digging through a mass of Japanese-language documents than the Senshi, what with us having very limited time to do such things, especially as long as we're keeping up the vague pretense of being normal Japanese schoolgirls.
I 100% agree.
I'd just like to have copies of any papers there are.
Though as i am not planning on a huge campaign to systematically take down IMO (we are kinda busy, and MCAT does have our phone number if they need help), it is not a huge deal if we don't.
Actually given that Castle Magellan has a radius of like 10 miles at the widest point and more importantly is in orbit you wouldn't actually need a space probe to get a look at it. Hell, you should be able to use a telescope as small as 20 inches which is at the high end of the hobbyist range to catch a glimpse of when the planets are near each other.
That in turn raises the question of how badly NASA is panicking if Venus raised the castle after awakening though if it has always been there it probably was discovered by someone between the early 1600s and late 1800s.
The lesser equipment is missing a point cost, I'm assuming each of them cost 1?
[X] Plan A Snowball's Chance
-[X][Loot] Shattered Stone Shishi Statue + 1 Lunar Healing Burst = New deterrent to vandals.
-- To be entirely honest, MCAT doesn't have the slightest idea why you might want this...[COSTS 0]
-[X][Loot] Archon Staff
- +2 Prowess
-- The Archon staff is able to manifest a small burst of any of the Four Classical Elements of Greek Magic.
-[X][Loot] Kanebo
- +2 Prowess
-- Sailor Uranus was using a massive Kanebo over the course of the fight, apparently she got the thing from beating down an Oni. She's... Not against getting rid of it, but she certainly liked using it.
-[X][Loot] A few random magical books
- Gives a handful of random bonuses either to the Senshi using them, or for the Magic Classroom [COSTS 2 POINTS]
-[X][Loot] A favor
- Assistance with something in the future, or a Turn action
-- The Senshi did a lot today to assist with MCAT handling the Night Market, and well... It isn't so much that you are wanting things from the organization, but perhaps some point in the future, there will be something that they can help you with? [COSTS 3 Points]
I already know the Devil Demesne is getting voted in, but I think these could be useful to us as well.
- ??? Prowess?
-- You know the one. It is very, very unique. Spiky and purple and up on the Mantle of the Weapon Shop. That... That thing which is unlike any other weapon that you have ever seen. [COSTS 2 POINTS]
I would not call the house a safe bet just yet, wether we do this in plan format or otherwise.
Because, while i am all in on the house, i have to admit that the security concern is not non existent.
Other than an abomination against all style?
I don't think so.
It's big, and expensive, so presumably it has some power, unless it is just a very fancy paperweight for rich people to show of.
[X] Plan Drive me closer, I want to hit them with my kanebo!
-[X][Loot] Shattered Stone Shishi Statue
-[X][Loot] Kanebo
-[X][Loot] Faust's Reagents
-[X][Loot] The Devil Demesne
Devil Demense is basically a tank / armored troop carrier. It's a 70+ prowess combatant right now. And, from Faust's dialog, the "real one" is much stronger, likely at prowess >100. It can likely be upgraded via application of Naru;s blood and senshi magic. Having a mobile rapid deployment base would be invaluable. We really, really should get it. Yes, it's an investment, but it's a huge opportunity. And we have teleportation. This would allow for storming Dark Kingdom bases and operating in Pretty Cure dimensions on a whole new level. Basically, anywhere that's not urban combat that thing would be king.
Faust's reagents are something we could probably do more with than anyone else thanks to Silver Millennium knowledge.
[X][Loot] Kanebo
[X][Loot] The Devil Demesne
[X][Loot] Faust's Reagents
[X][Loot] Shattered Stone Shishi Statue
-- To be entirely honest, MCAT doesn't have the slightest idea why you might want this...[COSTS 0]
Yeah this sounds good.
If we had 1 more point I'd get the mystery sword from the store instead but a house Naru has a connection with, new alchemy lab for the science types, and a needed weapon sound great.
