Scurrying across the ground, seven of the Takimotos hurry towards the fight, while the last of her many selves instead heads back down towards the shore. If absolutely required, Takochi can abandon the other parts of herself… but that would mean days, if not weeks of slowly regrowing. Cashing in vacation days for paid leave, and spending her hard earned cash on extra Life Energy to assist in regrowing what she would be forced to leave behind.
Zoicite is a surprisingly good boss
It might even be possible for the Senshi to become allies of the Dark Liberators!

And if they become allies of the Dark Liberators, then the future for all of Youmakind would be bright indeed.
Ok, either Zoicite is pulling some super ultra long con here, Takochi is well-intentioned but naive, or Zoicite is just a social spec operating a war theater with the power of friendship. Any way I slice it, a lot of Youma would be very damned happy to hear about what Naru can do for them
 
Looks like Zoisite's crew have a class conflict-esque worldview and genuinely think they're liberating people from their oppressors. While we can't make use of this information now, if we're able to make them realize their under the thumb of the big kahuna oppressor herself...
 
Huh, Tako's perspective is so different the other active Youma, and it sounds like Zoicite has instilled a rather different set of values into their subordinates. Which once again raises the question of what exactly is going on with them.

Also mini Tako is surprisingly adorable, especially compared to the more alien full sized form.

While it is very good that the IMO is getting their asses handed to them I'm also really hoping Zhu Zheng can calm down after all of this. I know this doesn't have any Warhammer connection but seeing a reroll granted from BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! is always concerning.
 
WALK WITHOUT RHYME ACTIVATES

GORGAN BLADE TRAIT DEACTIVATED
PHONIC GAIN TRAIT DEACTIVATED

POWERED ARMOR TRAIT DEACTIVATED
SAKURAI SYSTEM OVERRIDE ACTIVATED
POWERED ARMOR TRAIT REACTIVATED
Ow, owowowowow. Harpe does not want to work with Chris at all.
Takeda and Onogoro Forces = 1d10 + 23 + (18 x 0.25) + (17 x 0.25 x 0.37) + (16 x 0.25 x 0.37 x 0.37) + (16 x 0.25 x 0.37 x 0.37 x 0.37) = 1 + 23 + 4.5 + 1.6 + 0.5 + 0.2 = 31
NAT 1!
1d4 = 1
CRIT FAIL CONFIRMED!
HA HA!
but every time that Ryoko made a change to Chris's rig, the armor would instead shift something else back. She could loosen the rig from around Chris's chest, only for the gauntlets to grow so large as to entirely trap Chris's arms inside of them, locking off the use of her hands completely.

There is something different about Chris's rig.

Mama doesn't agree, but Chris is certain that the armor, and the piece of the ancient artifact that it uses, hates her.

Chris knows all of this. She's suffered through the discomfort of attempting to summon the rig over and over and over again as her mother worked out all the issues with the Hidden Armor system. She was there, wincing in pain as her mother adjusted settings and altered limiters in order to try and make the rig as comfortable for Chris to wear as she could. So Chris doesn't have to think about any of it. She knows it all already.
It's heartwarming that Dr. Sakurai is trying so much to help Chris but if it's doing this much in response to any and all of the adjustments; better off finding her a different artifact to attune to.

Well with any luck, one day Ichaival's song shall be heard on the battlefield.
 
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The sound is sharp and loud enough that it captures the attention of each of the fighters. Takochi watches carefully from where she hides in the trees around the edge of the compound.
I have a feeling a nat 1 for Tako would be the equivalent of yelling into a listening device.

this theater of the war to free the Youma.
Technically correct yes, but you are fighting for the oppressor side.

In fact, this reconnaissance mission is the very first action that the Dark Liberators have approved for the eastern hemisphere
Good to know nothing Insidious has started yet.

Oppressors such as the Onogoro Ministry are enemies. Enemies of the Dark Liberators, enemies of the Cryptids, the native humans, and seemingly even enemies of the Senshi.
Look Onogoro. You have no allies. Negative friends. Wake up and smell the magical girl death lasers.

Is MCAT allied with the humans of the Japanese government? Given what information that Lord Zoisite has managed to retrieve from the leadership of the humans, it just isn't clear.
How is it not clear? MCAT was literally made by the Diet, they are a Japanese government organization.

And where do the Sailor Scouts fit into all of this?
Independent contractors!

So who do the Senshi serve? Do they serve anyone at all?
Not!Selene, aka The Moon Rabbit Empress Usagi!!

And if they become allies of the Dark Liberators, then the future for all of Youmakind would be bright indeed.
Aww she's sweet. Let's recruit her!

She's both the greater Takochi, and the smaller Takimoto.
Huh, she's a Rabiroo type Youma...
 
How is it not clear? MCAT was literally made by the Diet, they are a Japanese government organization.
At a wild guess, Fudou fucked things up again.
Ow, owowowowow. Harpe does not want to work with Chris at all.
The BLADES EVERYWHERE isn't normal for a Symphogear either, usually the morph weapon shenanigans are channeled through a single weapon(presumably that Gorgan Blade trait that didn't activate), this is honestly probably going worse than early Hibiki.
 
It's heartwarming that Dr. Sakurai is trying so much to help Chris but if it's doing this much in response to any and all of the adjustments; better off finding her a different artifact to attune to.

Well with any luck, one day Ichaival's song shall be heard on the battlefield.
She hasn't yet reached the point of 'oh, these things actually do have a hidden compatibility stat! .... I owe my daughter a bigger allowance.'.
 
She hasn't yet reached the point of 'oh, these things actually do have a hidden compatibility stat! .... I owe my daughter a bigger allowance.'.
Well it's kind of understandable since her previous tests (Jadeite, Tsubasa and Genjuro) didn't have any problems. So she's operating on the assumption that there is some experimental setting etc that is maladjusted; instead of the thing actually having opinions about the human its working with.
 
Well it's kind of understandable since her previous tests (Jadeite, Tsubasa and Genjuro) didn't have any problems. So she's operating on the assumption that there is some experimental setting etc that is maladjusted; instead of the thing actually having opinions about the human its working with.
People also have weapon compatability. Some that are well suited to a dagger just cannot get the right feel for a flail for example.
 
Doesn't help that the development of stuff like LINKER to make relics play ball would be on a lot more early stages compared to canon, since this Ryoko is nothing like her canon self.

So no leekage of LINKER to the black market to get results data and probably keeping the thing under a lot of restrictions to avoid any kind of incident.

There is also that Dr. Ver also had some input into the thing later down the road and he is kinda busy with the ranger project over at Mariner Bay iirc.
 
There is also that Dr. Ver also had some input into the thing later down the road and he is kinda busy with the ranger project over at Mariner Bay iirc.
Yeah, Ver significantly improved the burden, consistentcy and cleansing aspects of LiNKeR; Model K is a lot harsher on the body, as the overdose Kanade had to get Gungnir working demonstrated.

(Alternatively they can throw an idol at Ver to secure his cooperation.:V)
 
Zoicite is a surprisingly good boss
Good bosses don't take workplace injuries out of their employee's pay.
Technically correct yes, but you are fighting for the oppressor side.
Might not be.
How is it not clear? MCAT was literally made by the Diet, they are a Japanese government organization.
Consider how the Dark Kingdom, her primary point of reference, is organized.
People also have weapon compatability. Some that are well suited to a dagger just cannot get the right feel for a flail for example.
Yeah but no matter how bad you are with a flail it's not going to hate you. Describing equipment as hating its user is generally metaphorical.
 
So, Anyo may be an intrigue monster, but from Takochi's inner dialogue, with the right in-character queues and circumstances we might be able to diplomancer some of their subordinates to our side without a fight.
 
It isn't entirely clear exactly where on the scale of loyalty to Beryl Zoicite sits.

Though from what we've seen, it's entirely possible that he's both sincere in his liberator propaganda and loyal to Beryl, because Beryl's mind control can cause some serious mental gymnastics and self-delusion if necessary to justify itself.
 
...I think only Jadeite really figured it out, and he didn't tell anyone.
Kunzite might have an idea after the London raid when he saw Moon and Venus in the same place though.

...Alternatively, he may have mistaken her for the other other blonde in the Senshi.

I mean, Uranus being active is far more likely than the non-combatant Moon Princess deciding to throw hands.

...That Uranus actually is active is only feeds the confirmation bias.
 
Zoicite is a surprisingly good boss
I think if one of your subordinates is injured in the line of duty, you owe them significantly more than "you can take some vacation days while you pay for your own medical treatment".
Huh, Tako's perspective is so different the other active Youma, and it sounds like Zoicite has instilled a rather different set of values into their subordinates. Which once again raises the question of what exactly is going on with them.
I... disagree, somewhat. Despite her unusual mode of speaking, the core doesn't seem all that different from the story we heard from Rabiroo. The Youma were unfairly oppressed by the Silver Millennium and especially the Senshi, and it is both necessary for survival, and morally justified, to fight back against humanity and seize Life Energy from them.

She does seem more open to genuine alliances with non-Youma then Cendrellion's purely exploitative arrangements though.
 
...Alternatively, he may have mistaken her for the other other blonde in the Senshi.

I mean, Uranus being active is far more likely than the non-combatant Moon Princess deciding to throw hands.

...That Uranus actually is active is only feeds the confirmation bias.
Are you suggesting a cascading information failure?!

It's nice to know that literally noone on Earth has any idea what is actually happening on Earth. Seriously every faction is pretty much clueless to the big picture of everyone in play...
 
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