Sailor_Skarro
The Lurker
At least if Venus brings up these communication problems we might be able to take advantage of it by facilitating the networking ourselves.
Usagi Quest (CK3/Princess Maker) (Sailor Moon)
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How about having a nonsenshi activity retreat where the senshi can take care of their social lives away from their inner circle and magical gir business.
Such as :
1. Rei trying to stand up or rich a accord with her father.
2. Makoto visiting Ranma and trying to rehabilitate Chen or at the least try to teach him the lesson the Amazon clan was trying to teach him in defeat and guiding him back to the path of a martial artist honor, who knows he may become a pupil of the silver millennium ancient arts. She could use this opportunity to take control of her life in Nerima back, consult with Ranma on his perspective about Chen, offer to awaken Nabiki's magic, tour around the amazons and she if her school life is salvageable. Maybe she can reveal her identity to Ranma as a sign of trust and friendship offer him a communicator if the wrecking crew needs help.
3. Usagi attempting to socialize with Endymion, it seems she has a better relationship with MCAT and kimiko than Endy ion. She should spend time on a friendly outing having fun like she does with her friends, during this time she could try to read Endymion or Mamoru and she if there is a spark of remaining romance between her past life or any attraction or just sort through the awkward past life thing, who knows maybe Mamoru isn't completely dead and Endymion will stop avoiding the senshi gang and start opening up, all of these may pave a way for serenity to have a conversation with Endymion.
Usagi diplomacy should be able to counter Endymion intrigue score to get him to open up.
In canon wasn't Mamoru the one in the pilot seat who fell for Usagi.
3. Ami could try to get along with her social age peers and hang out with her older men peers in whatever her friendship with them in canon was. She seems to be well adjusted barring the same age isolation from her peers thing.
I don't know enough about the other members to see if they have a character arc or something.
4. Maybe hang with Alice in civilian person or something doing fun things.
5. Use the well to go on a vacation, visit historical landmarks on other countries, visit feudal Japan, maybe Kagome and Inuyasha will like to go to America, France for a vacation.
Here are somethings we should prioritize.
1. Joint effort between MCAT, Tokyo police and Silver Milleniuum to build a magical prison for low ranking Youma, a secret prison for Dark general tiered opponents.
2. Repurpose slave collars and binders for prison use.
3. Teaching Yukio na how to use phones, communicator and help magically buff up MCAT the Wards. The senshi are only as strong as their weakest allies after all.
4. Help Naru explore her powers of life creation.
5. Esoteric magic like turning opponents into stone, putting dark general tier enemies inside paintings.
6. Targetting Mundane crimes like serial killers, dark web serial killers ( like the cult that creates snuff films in unfriended movie) tyrant governments that commit atrocities like murdering civillians, going after human traffickers organ harvesters, bullies, child abusers and other evil doers to earn good will and hearts plus it sends the message that Sailor moon does not discriminate between humans and nonhumans. That and it also makes it harder for dark Faustinan enemies to tempt other humans into their organization for empowerment
7. If six is done the people may be willing to donate small portion of their life force, or trust Sailor moon enough to participate in mass rituals that can empower Sailor moon like a spirit bomb or something.
8. Combine modern weapons with magic for example a bullet with the power of Mars ofuda paralysis combined with the speed of a bullet.
9. Weaponize Jusenkyo curse.
10. Networking with the martial artist community and the amazons.
Such as :
1. Rei trying to stand up or rich a accord with her father.
2. Makoto visiting Ranma and trying to rehabilitate Chen or at the least try to teach him the lesson the Amazon clan was trying to teach him in defeat and guiding him back to the path of a martial artist honor, who knows he may become a pupil of the silver millennium ancient arts. She could use this opportunity to take control of her life in Nerima back, consult with Ranma on his perspective about Chen, offer to awaken Nabiki's magic, tour around the amazons and she if her school life is salvageable. Maybe she can reveal her identity to Ranma as a sign of trust and friendship offer him a communicator if the wrecking crew needs help.
3. Usagi attempting to socialize with Endymion, it seems she has a better relationship with MCAT and kimiko than Endy ion. She should spend time on a friendly outing having fun like she does with her friends, during this time she could try to read Endymion or Mamoru and she if there is a spark of remaining romance between her past life or any attraction or just sort through the awkward past life thing, who knows maybe Mamoru isn't completely dead and Endymion will stop avoiding the senshi gang and start opening up, all of these may pave a way for serenity to have a conversation with Endymion.
Usagi diplomacy should be able to counter Endymion intrigue score to get him to open up.
In canon wasn't Mamoru the one in the pilot seat who fell for Usagi.
3. Ami could try to get along with her social age peers and hang out with her older men peers in whatever her friendship with them in canon was. She seems to be well adjusted barring the same age isolation from her peers thing.
I don't know enough about the other members to see if they have a character arc or something.
4. Maybe hang with Alice in civilian person or something doing fun things.
5. Use the well to go on a vacation, visit historical landmarks on other countries, visit feudal Japan, maybe Kagome and Inuyasha will like to go to America, France for a vacation.
Here are somethings we should prioritize.
1. Joint effort between MCAT, Tokyo police and Silver Milleniuum to build a magical prison for low ranking Youma, a secret prison for Dark general tiered opponents.
2. Repurpose slave collars and binders for prison use.
3. Teaching Yukio na how to use phones, communicator and help magically buff up MCAT the Wards. The senshi are only as strong as their weakest allies after all.
4. Help Naru explore her powers of life creation.
5. Esoteric magic like turning opponents into stone, putting dark general tier enemies inside paintings.
6. Targetting Mundane crimes like serial killers, dark web serial killers ( like the cult that creates snuff films in unfriended movie) tyrant governments that commit atrocities like murdering civillians, going after human traffickers organ harvesters, bullies, child abusers and other evil doers to earn good will and hearts plus it sends the message that Sailor moon does not discriminate between humans and nonhumans. That and it also makes it harder for dark Faustinan enemies to tempt other humans into their organization for empowerment
7. If six is done the people may be willing to donate small portion of their life force, or trust Sailor moon enough to participate in mass rituals that can empower Sailor moon like a spirit bomb or something.
8. Combine modern weapons with magic for example a bullet with the power of Mars ofuda paralysis combined with the speed of a bullet.
9. Weaponize Jusenkyo curse.
10. Networking with the martial artist community and the amazons.
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Why?
No, really, why?
Others i don't really have strong opinion on.
But this just feels like trying to force a romance where there is none because of what happened in original work.
Mamoru is, as far as we know, gone, and Endymion is way, way, way too old to be dating a 14 year old.
Let's not.
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Number 3 is to see if there is anything between Endymion and Usagi whether it is friendship, romance or anything really, since Endymion has been sort of avoiding her and everyone for no good reason outside of senshi work, it's more to get a idea if there is a problem that he is having towards Usagi.
It's been two months, they can't avoid the past life discussion forever. It's better to start a social link now than later. They have to talk.
It's been two months, they can't avoid the past life discussion forever. It's better to start a social link now than later. They have to talk.
Well, yes, I'm talking about how Britain and the Spellblades feel about Onogoro, not their ability to act on those feelings. If they could simply crush the Youkai slave trade, they'd probably have done it a long time ago*. Especially if their own Youkai have been victim to it.
*Because the kind of chattel slavery practiced by Onogoro was considered out of line even in the very racist post-1830s British Empire.
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First the romance part is not for us to decide, it's for Usagi to ultimately decide. You have no say in the characters romantic prospects or as the case maybe lack of one
Second the spark of romance thing is a unknown, in fact the past life and current life thing between Endymion and Usagi is unknown because Endymion has for lack of better term been ghosting himself.
So Usagi has to do the socializing and say what's up Endy, I don't mean to offend you, it seems like you've been avoiding everyone so do you like have a problem, want to talk to me about it.? The past life thing and past romance thing talk can come later when they both can get over the problem that's making Endymion avoid everyone.
Past romance between serenity and Endymion exist whether we like it or not, and jsut because of the age thing it does not mean the two should just pretend the other does not exist to avoid awkwardness, Ultimately Usagi is the one who decides her romantic prospects if she has one in this life not us the voters.
Ultimately, I want Endymion to stop ghosting himself and for the two to sort everything out, but two months have pass and it seems Usagi has to take the first step if Endymion wants to keep avoiding everyone.
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Usagi is not Serenity, and Endymion is aware of that.
Even if (and that is an if) we have no choice on Usagi's romantic feelings, that does not mean we should go digging for it.
And what do you mean "avoiding everyone"?
Usagi and Endymion have different social circles, they interact mostly through work and by sharing a coffee shop.
Why should we expect him to hangout with us more than he has? And how do we know he is avoiding people?
Is he avoiding people?
Endymion is our ally, even friend, but he is not part of our in group the same way Senshi and Naru are.
Even if (and that is an if) we have no choice on Usagi's romantic feelings, that does not mean we should go digging for it.
And what do you mean "avoiding everyone"?
Usagi and Endymion have different social circles, they interact mostly through work and by sharing a coffee shop.
Why should we expect him to hangout with us more than he has? And how do we know he is avoiding people?
Is he avoiding people?
Endymion is our ally, even friend, but he is not part of our in group the same way Senshi and Naru are.
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still not fully sure i understand what happend apart from something pretty big on a magical nature?
does anyone know or do we just know its big and magical and thats about it?
does anyone know or do we just know its big and magical and thats about it?
Main thing about his rule is redistribution of Church Lands, creation of an actual state property and semi-regular army. He was crowned as a King, so he wanted to actually be The King. He succeed, price was paid. Of course many people were angry at him, so memory of him was sullied, deaths of turmoil times were counted as his work and so on.
Funny, but forgotten thing about this: Even after this he was not as 'Terrible' as European Kings. Henry VIII was excommunicated from church for destruction of monasteries. Edward VI - his reign was marked by economic problems and social unrest that in 1549 erupted into riot and rebellion.
Not to mention this
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Our going Moon Ascendant on the Lotus Man was enough power thrown around that it was felt literally all over the world (and magically awakened everyone in a 6-block radius from mana doping), and the various people that felt our power are trying to figure out what the heck that was.
We also apparently blew out every magical sensor in Tokyo, so the IMO are panicking as well, and everyone will be shocked when they found out we did it. Not even through a magical ritual with weeks of buildup time, but by getting angry enough.
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Endymion isn't really a friend, he barely qualify as a acquaintance, which Alice is, he's more of a distant coworker who has amazing moments of badassery who also sometimes embarrasses himself, yet he is so mysterious that Usagi and her inner friends barely know anything about as other than he banters during fights, he hardly talks outside them, his goals are unknown, his personality or innermost person are unknown, what he feels about the group is unknown, all Usagi knows is that he and her past reincarnation are lovers and that he is invested in helping the senshi, works in a coffee shop has bad fashion sense, other than that nothing. The talk is long over due.
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Winged One
Not the Simurgh
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- definitely the ground
- Pronouns
- They/Them/It
That's the goal, yes.
He must have been feeling terrible.
So it was the other way around? Some Hexen-SS bigwig threw a snitfit about the Spellblades shutting down his latest superweapon/atrocity and bypassed the chain of command to park a panzer division on it in a vainglorious attempt to get it back, didn't he? Because it was a move that didn't make military sense and was likely deliberately obfuscated from his nominal superiors, Allied intellegence failed to pick up on it in time. Nazi factionalism, waste, and incompetence - it's a blessing right up until it isn't.
For an example of infighting look at the division of the Nazi Germany nuclear program: split between various institutes and the freaking post office (seriously), on top of it being regarded as "jewish physics". So yes, that does sound like a possibility.
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In general, I note that your list is very long and includes a lot of things we may not want to do, or that might be complex and problematic. For instance:
1) Rei may not want to "reach an accord" with her father, she may honestly prefer not to deal with him. People don't automatically 'get better' just because you spend time with them, and some people are just toxic and obnoxious so that spending time with them will always be a cost, not a benefit.
2) Likewise, it's not Makoto's job to rehabilitate Chen or teach him any lessons. Just because a person shows up in your life doesn't mean your obligated to "fix" them. Some of the other goals you list for Makoto are reasonable, but fall under the general heading of "us choosing to interact with the Ranma cast as a whole," not Makoto personally having some kind of unique connection to them. The extent to which we should connect ourselves to the Wrecking Crew is hotly debated precisely because of all the shit they get into and the likelihood that it would distract us from problems more likely to become life-threatening. Makoto's school life, definitely something we want to take a look at putting back together, but the obvious solution is the canonical one- she moves to Azabu-Juban Public where most of her friends go.
3) Usagi interacting with Endymion is fine, but seriously, we shouldn't push or force it. As others note, Endymion is mentally an adult and Usagi is in some important ways mentally fourteen. If there's any potential for romance there (further noting that probably in part because of Doylist considerations, Usagi's sexual orientation looks to be along the lines of "bi, favoring women over men significantly" and "just plain lesbian," which raises compatibility issues too)... Well, if there's potential for romance then frankly it should be let be for now and explored at least 5-10 years from now, by which point at this rate Usagi will hopefully be running her own kingdom or something and have done a lot of stuff that makes her 'adultness' more solid and the whole thing less creepy.
4) Ami socializing isn't a bad thing, but Ami choosing to do other things isn't a bad thing either. People don't all have to live the same lifestyle, and you can't create a character arc for
5) Slice of life (including with Alice) sounds fun! I like this idea and would be happy to have an occasional slice of life episode; the quest format tends to discourage it because we keep pushing for more action and for more "optimal" schedules where Usagi constantly strives to fill her schedule.
2) There may be better sources for how to do this properly than slave collars. Also SV quest voters tend to be uncomfortable around mental compulsion and I don't blame them.
3) Isn't our job and frankly there are so many things only Senshi can do that Senshi probably shouldn't be spending their very limited time working on them when someone else could do it better.
4) Entendres aside I approve.
5) Given that Sailor Moon is perfectly capable of sealing or depowering opponents without shoving them into paintings or turning them to stone, I think this would be redundant. Same point aplies to (9).
6) I have no desire to see Sailor Moon going after real-life mundane criminals, mostly because such criminals are loathsome and lack the veil of mental distance that more cartoonish villains have.
7) We can get there without chasing mundane criminals by repeatedly saving the world, but one of the things about Sailor Moon is that she has a power supply of her own that makes spirit bomb-like techniques less necessary.
While I wouldn't want to put too rosy a picture on the sentiments of 19th century British people, I agree that most modern British people are unlikely to have any sympathy for Onogoro's practices.
Okay, I'll just tell you.
After Operation Market Garden's partial success (in that it gained ground), the large bridge at Nijmegen was a key strategic point for the Allied forward positions. The Germans launched a counterattack aimed at destroying the bridge and cutting off a significant Allied force. On September 27, a thaumaturgical attempt was made to cause the bridge to collapse with a mass sacrifice ritual (on a considerably smaller scale than Bryansk).
While the ritual was carried out, the British deployment of Ezekiel's Wheel system trucks to defend the bridge successfully fended off the magical attack on the bridge. Backlash from the ritual caused much less effect than at Bryansk, but still enough to cause some amount of disruption to the 'public' German counterattack a few days later. In a counter-counterattack, units from Q Division working with a select and minimalized-as-far-as-possible force from the Grenadier Guards overran the ritual site and subsequently sealed and repaired the ley line damage.
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I honestly din't see why?
I'm not opposed to getting to know him more, or inviting him to more events we hold.
I just don't see where this idea we should, or need to, become friends with him is coming from.
Oh, I have no illusions about 19th century Britain. They'd have been totally fine with the reservations. It would have fit in right alongside things like the Canadian residential schools, or their treatment of Aboriginal Australians. A substantial number of Britains would probably have been fine with them even in the early 20th century, for that matter, maybe even the mid 20th.
It's the sort of chattel slavery practiced by the weapons and pet shops in the Night Market that would likely have been frowned upon. The Royal Navy devoted quite a bit of effort to stamping out that kind of thing.
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I don't know, sentimentality? Interacting with each other so the bonds between Serenity and Endimyon aren't just forgotten. It would be sad and tragic if the incarnation of Endimyon and Serenity became less than aquiantances and almost strangers.
Serenity and Endimyon does not deserve that.
It's already bad enough that Mamoru may or may not be permanently dead without Usagi knowing.
Endimyon and Usagi probably has no idea what to do or feel about the past, so the only solution is to talk to each other, and Endimyon probably thinks that he should not be part of Usagi's life since like he said Usagi is not Serenity, so he likely refused to interact with her, unfortunately that means Usagi has to initiate the confrontation, figure out where they stand which they have no idea how to begin talking with each other neither do you or I know what will happen if they meet, but presumably it will be awkward, confusing. Endimyon probably feels guilt about Mamoru's apparent death and is in a probable depression about being a sole survivor of a silver millennium Era and cut himself out of the senshi's group life and is focusing on more goal oriented actions (precure mcgruffin which we still in character don't know about his plan)
I have no idea what will happen if the two meet but I do know it's better than Endimyon and Usagi pretending or ignoring the elephant in the room. Maybe Usagi can fix whatever happened to Mamoru or maybe not. Regardless romance or not these two have to have a serious talk on Mamoru's, Serenity's past life, what they will do about the past memories etc...
Romance at this time is the least of their concerns since there is so many package on Endimyon's end the biggest is Mamoru's 'death' not having any genuine friends from his Era. Two months is too much time ignoring each other or pretending everything is OK. I am not aware how many episodes have past, but not just for Serenity's, Endimyon sake these two don't deserve their social links to devolve to almost strangers then there's Mamoru's fate if he can be restored than Usagi should do it after of course conversing with Endimyon. This is bigger than romance.
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I'm really not seeing the tragedy you are thinking of.
Serenity is gone, Usagi has inherited some memories, but that does not obligate Usagi to seek some potential past flame, or to rekindle relationships Serenity had that Usagi can't even remember.
As for "pretending everything is OK".
As far as i can see, everything is OK.
So i guess that's where the disconnect is, you are seeing a tragedy i can't find even with a magnifying glass.
Serenity is gone, Usagi has inherited some memories, but that does not obligate Usagi to seek some potential past flame, or to rekindle relationships Serenity had that Usagi can't even remember.
As for "pretending everything is OK".
As far as i can see, everything is OK.
So i guess that's where the disconnect is, you are seeing a tragedy i can't find even with a magnifying glass.
Well, to be fair, for an ambassador, that is exactly what you should be doing unless you are a trained and designated negotiator. And both the IMO and Q-Division probably know Nigel is neither, so he's just a go between who also helps keep cooperation smooth.
Or at least, as far away from violence as possible.
Secretarial Spellcasting Part 1: Aftershocks
Lunaryon
Dual Aurora Wave
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Sailor Moon takes a step forward, eyes shining with magic as she raises one hand. A casual backhand shatters the Glimmering wall of magic that had been keeping them separate from the rest of the world. There is almost a moment where the Senshi can feel the nature of the ritual, but before a taste can even touch them it is washed away by the deluge of Sailor Moon's power. There is a shout as the outer layer of mages are blown off their feet, knocked back and down from the sheer feedback of their spell being unmade.
Sailor Moon stalks forward, past the first line as Sailor Jupiter raises a hand, slamming all sixteen into the ceiling with near bone shattering force.
Sailor Moon glides past the second line as the eight mages find themselves on the ground, gasping and choking as every ounce of moisture is sucked out of them.
Sailor Moon passes the third line as the four mages are blown away, each slamming into a wall from the whirling winds that had built up.
All that are left are the two standing at the center of the ritual. A man in deep russet robes, and a figure in black robes.
"Sailor Senshi." The man says, his voice calm and flat. Sailor Moon does not respond. "So you've come. I knew that you would." The man reaches up, grabbing hold of the clasp of his robe, and with a click it slides open falling past his shoulders and to the ground. He stands there, shirtless. Every inch of the man's chest is covered in tattoos of lotuses, but these are no ordinary tattoos. They undulate and writhe across his skin, moving in strange, hypnotic patterns that reach out, clawing for a grip on Sailor Moon's mind.
Usagi's attention is drawn first to the man in the russet robes as he takes a step towards the child. That was a mistake. A blink of an eye, and the man disappears. The Lotus man pauses the speech that Usagi was ignoring, before the girl turns her attention to him. "I've seen enough." Is all she says. The tattoos on the Lotus man stop moving, the magic animating them stripped away. "I won't let you hurt anyone else."
"You won't let me?" The Lotus man asks with a sharp cackle. "There isn't anything that you can do to stop me! Kill me and I rise again!"
"Is that so?" Usagi asks quietly, her voice flat as she looks at the man. "If you die, then you come right back. I wonder what the rest of your men in this room think of that." She says, not even bothering to speak above a whisper.
It is then that the Lotus Man takes a closer look at the people around him. The first ring of mages are writhing on the ceiling, groaning in pain as their bones slowly work themselves back into the positions that they should be in.
He looks to the second ring, where the men are continuing to wheeze and gasp and choke. Their skins so dry that it flakes off of them like dust, only to shuck off and reveal fresh new skin that begins to dry all over again.
He looks to the third ring, where the men's chest seem to collapse inward, their ribs easily visible. Their faces are blue as they struggle to breath, and yet still they live. None of the people that the Senshi have attacked had died here today. They all live, and they are regretting every moment of it.
The Lotus Man goes quiet as he looks at his men, then he takes a deep, long breath and turns back to the woman standing in front of him. There is a hint of fear in his eyes, but it is quickly buried beneath a veneer of rage. "HOW DARE YOU!?!" He roars, summoning forth as much magic as the man can in an attempt to impress Sailor Moon. He does not succeed, and in fact he isn't even managing to impress the small child chained to the slab anymore. Miku Kenjou's eyes are wide, but they shine with joy as she watches the heroes she'd heard some of her friends tell her about when they'd visit her in the hospital, standing there between her and the scary bad guys. "FEEL THE SUFFERING OF THE AGES!" The Lotus Man bellows out, before he snaps a hand forward, unleashing a beam of purplish shadowy magic.
The spell hits Usagi, and there is a brief fragment of a moment where the girl finds herself feeling all the pain and suffering that the people the Lotus Man had captured have been forced to suffer through. Unfortunately for the Lotus Man, that simply makes Usagi angrier. The Moon Ascendant reaches up, grabbing hold of the spell with her bare hands, and pulls.
At first the Lotus Man seems confused, both by the very action that the Princess takes, but more by how he can feel his spell costing more and more magic, the power required to keep it going ratcheting up with every passing moment. That confusion begins to turn once more to fear as the man releases control of the spell. It doesn't dissipate. It doesn't fade. The spell has gripped him tight, pulling more and more and more and more and more and more out of him. The Lotus Man begins to feel like a sponge, wrung out for every last drop of magic that he has. It's only when he no longer has even enough magic in him to sustain the spell that it finally fails. With a gasp, he drops to his knees.
Slowly, wheezing the man looks up as he hears the soft clack of Sailor Moon's heels against the stone floor. "Wha... What did you?" He manages to wheeze out, but he isn't given a chance to wonder any further, as Usagi's hand reaches out, clenching into a grasping motion before she lifts him into the air with magic alone.
"So much pain, so much suffering." Usagi says plainly, "You have used this gift you have to hurt so many people. If that is how you are going to treat this gift, then you don't deserve it." The girl's other hand reaches up and out, sliding into the Lotus Man's chest. There is no blood, because she isn't reaching into him physically, but there...
In the depths of his soul there is an organ which all humans have, their 「Chain Core」, which allows them the ability to absorb mana passively from the air around them, to tap into their own well of magic, and to channel both into shapes and forms.
This is what allows magic users to use their spells. Under normal circumstances, even if one were to lose their Chain Core, or have it destroyed, then it simply heal, regrowing over time. However, this is by far no normal circumstance, and as Usagi pulls out the man's Chain Core, her magic flows into the gap in his soul, healing it over like a scar. Changing the very way that his soul is shaped such that he will never be able to shape Mana again.
As she draws her hand out of the man, there is a flicker of silver, and his every tattoo disappears like smoke before a fan.
"What..." The man groans out, eyes looking up to Usagi in confusion and horror. "What did you just... do to me?" He asks.
"As I said." Usagi explains, still not even bothering to raise her voice. "You have chosen to use the gift of magic that you were granted to hurt and to kill and to steal from others. So you don't get to play anymore. I've taken your magic."
"You... you can't..." The former Lotus Man groans out, but it is clear to see that Usagi can. She has. Thus ends the Memory Den. The threat to the people is stopped, those who were hurt and healed, and all the lost memories are regained. The Lotus Man is turned over to MCAT, who additionally ask for permission to claim the Mirror of Infinite Reflections that was in the last room. A bit of explanation later, and Usagi is more than willing to hand the magical device over. Though, she does wrangle a promise that if the Senshi ever wish to study the thing that they will be given the ability to do so.
All together, Usagi is a little too exhausted to understand the whole of the explanation about the mirror, but she gets the jist of it. Somehow the mirror has the ability to hold souls inside of it, and it seems that whenever the Oblivion would end up dying, their souls would go to the mirror. And then they could have their souls put into new bodies that are empty, lacking memories.
Or... something like that. As it is, Sailor Moon is about ready to just collapse under the exhaustion of doing... whatever the hell it was that she did. Her body and muscles ache, and even the idea of trying to draw on her magic now makes her feel more than a little queasy.
There is a part of the girl that just wants to go home, to lay down and rest... but she agreed to at the very least try and help at the hospital...
After spending a few minutes talking with some of the troopers connected to MCAT, it is clear that they are dealing with some kind of magical black out or the like? But between Usagi's own exhaustion and the chaos that is unfolding, they are more than willing to put off that visit to the hospital that Usagi agreed to. However on the other hand, Usagi did agree to go and help, and it just feels wrong to agree and then back out.
On the third hand of course, Usagi is exhausted. So what does she choose?
[ ][Hospice] Go and try to help
- Usagi may be exhausted, but there is someone who is sick, and it's not in Usagi's nature to wait.
[ ][Hospice] Reschedule
- Usagi is exhausted, and this thing has apparently been adapting dangerously fast. It would be for the best is Usagi was at her strongest to deal with this. Adds Hospital Visit to Actions for the new turn
Tuesday, May 19th, 1992
Yesterday was... It was a day. It was long, and hard and utterly exhausting. Really, the whole of the last week was that given Exams. Of course, given how much Usagi absolutely rocked her exams, the girl just wants to take a day to lay back and relax.
So the order of the day is to relax and spend some time with a member of the Senshi that she hasn't gotten a lot of time to hang out with yet. To get to know Rei, her life, and what kinds of things that she enjoys.
She doesn't want to do anything hard or upsetting or... just...
Anything that would lead her to remember the events of the previous afternoon. Even without thinking about it in detail, Usagi still finds herself shuddering at the thought of the Memory Den.
Making her way up the steps, Usagi can't help but feel a little melancholy as she tries to avoid the more upsetting thoughts of the day before. "Ah!" A voice says cheerfully as she reaches the top of the steps. "Miss Usagi. It is good to see you!" Rei's grandfather says with cheer. "Are you looking for Rei, or miss Kino?" He asks, and that question does bring Usagi up a little short. She had kind of thought that now that the water main was fixed that Makoto was planning on returning to her apartments. "Rei is in the inner courtyard, experimenting with her magic, and Miss Kino is out somewhere in the forest behind the shrine. Last that Muninn mentioned she was lifting boulders over and over."
Hmmm... That is a good question. The two girls aren't in the same place, so you have to talk to one or the other first.
[ ][Shrine] Rei
- If Rei is experimenting with her magic, then you'll probably be able to help her. Of course... on the other hand your magic has felt... off since what happened yesterday.
[ ][Shrine] Makoto
- If Makoto is working on her Senshi form in the forest, that would be a good chance to test your strength... especially since yesterday you're body has felt... odd.
Due to the Awakening of the Moon Ascendant, Usagi has gotten a chance to get two traits, one will be stronger than the other, and this vote is to choose which of the two traits will be the stronger trait. The one focused on your magic and spells, or the one focused on the Senshi Physicality.
Sailor Moon stalks forward, past the first line as Sailor Jupiter raises a hand, slamming all sixteen into the ceiling with near bone shattering force.
Sailor Moon glides past the second line as the eight mages find themselves on the ground, gasping and choking as every ounce of moisture is sucked out of them.
Sailor Moon passes the third line as the four mages are blown away, each slamming into a wall from the whirling winds that had built up.
All that are left are the two standing at the center of the ritual. A man in deep russet robes, and a figure in black robes.
"Sailor Senshi." The man says, his voice calm and flat. Sailor Moon does not respond. "So you've come. I knew that you would." The man reaches up, grabbing hold of the clasp of his robe, and with a click it slides open falling past his shoulders and to the ground. He stands there, shirtless. Every inch of the man's chest is covered in tattoos of lotuses, but these are no ordinary tattoos. They undulate and writhe across his skin, moving in strange, hypnotic patterns that reach out, clawing for a grip on Sailor Moon's mind.
Usagi's attention is drawn first to the man in the russet robes as he takes a step towards the child. That was a mistake. A blink of an eye, and the man disappears. The Lotus man pauses the speech that Usagi was ignoring, before the girl turns her attention to him. "I've seen enough." Is all she says. The tattoos on the Lotus man stop moving, the magic animating them stripped away. "I won't let you hurt anyone else."
"You won't let me?" The Lotus man asks with a sharp cackle. "There isn't anything that you can do to stop me! Kill me and I rise again!"
"Is that so?" Usagi asks quietly, her voice flat as she looks at the man. "If you die, then you come right back. I wonder what the rest of your men in this room think of that." She says, not even bothering to speak above a whisper.
It is then that the Lotus Man takes a closer look at the people around him. The first ring of mages are writhing on the ceiling, groaning in pain as their bones slowly work themselves back into the positions that they should be in.
He looks to the second ring, where the men are continuing to wheeze and gasp and choke. Their skins so dry that it flakes off of them like dust, only to shuck off and reveal fresh new skin that begins to dry all over again.
He looks to the third ring, where the men's chest seem to collapse inward, their ribs easily visible. Their faces are blue as they struggle to breath, and yet still they live. None of the people that the Senshi have attacked had died here today. They all live, and they are regretting every moment of it.
The Lotus Man goes quiet as he looks at his men, then he takes a deep, long breath and turns back to the woman standing in front of him. There is a hint of fear in his eyes, but it is quickly buried beneath a veneer of rage. "HOW DARE YOU!?!" He roars, summoning forth as much magic as the man can in an attempt to impress Sailor Moon. He does not succeed, and in fact he isn't even managing to impress the small child chained to the slab anymore. Miku Kenjou's eyes are wide, but they shine with joy as she watches the heroes she'd heard some of her friends tell her about when they'd visit her in the hospital, standing there between her and the scary bad guys. "FEEL THE SUFFERING OF THE AGES!" The Lotus Man bellows out, before he snaps a hand forward, unleashing a beam of purplish shadowy magic.
The spell hits Usagi, and there is a brief fragment of a moment where the girl finds herself feeling all the pain and suffering that the people the Lotus Man had captured have been forced to suffer through. Unfortunately for the Lotus Man, that simply makes Usagi angrier. The Moon Ascendant reaches up, grabbing hold of the spell with her bare hands, and pulls.
At first the Lotus Man seems confused, both by the very action that the Princess takes, but more by how he can feel his spell costing more and more magic, the power required to keep it going ratcheting up with every passing moment. That confusion begins to turn once more to fear as the man releases control of the spell. It doesn't dissipate. It doesn't fade. The spell has gripped him tight, pulling more and more and more and more and more and more out of him. The Lotus Man begins to feel like a sponge, wrung out for every last drop of magic that he has. It's only when he no longer has even enough magic in him to sustain the spell that it finally fails. With a gasp, he drops to his knees.
Slowly, wheezing the man looks up as he hears the soft clack of Sailor Moon's heels against the stone floor. "Wha... What did you?" He manages to wheeze out, but he isn't given a chance to wonder any further, as Usagi's hand reaches out, clenching into a grasping motion before she lifts him into the air with magic alone.
"So much pain, so much suffering." Usagi says plainly, "You have used this gift you have to hurt so many people. If that is how you are going to treat this gift, then you don't deserve it." The girl's other hand reaches up and out, sliding into the Lotus Man's chest. There is no blood, because she isn't reaching into him physically, but there...
In the depths of his soul there is an organ which all humans have, their 「Chain Core」, which allows them the ability to absorb mana passively from the air around them, to tap into their own well of magic, and to channel both into shapes and forms.
This is what allows magic users to use their spells. Under normal circumstances, even if one were to lose their Chain Core, or have it destroyed, then it simply heal, regrowing over time. However, this is by far no normal circumstance, and as Usagi pulls out the man's Chain Core, her magic flows into the gap in his soul, healing it over like a scar. Changing the very way that his soul is shaped such that he will never be able to shape Mana again.
As she draws her hand out of the man, there is a flicker of silver, and his every tattoo disappears like smoke before a fan.
"What..." The man groans out, eyes looking up to Usagi in confusion and horror. "What did you just... do to me?" He asks.
"As I said." Usagi explains, still not even bothering to raise her voice. "You have chosen to use the gift of magic that you were granted to hurt and to kill and to steal from others. So you don't get to play anymore. I've taken your magic."
"You... you can't..." The former Lotus Man groans out, but it is clear to see that Usagi can. She has. Thus ends the Memory Den. The threat to the people is stopped, those who were hurt and healed, and all the lost memories are regained. The Lotus Man is turned over to MCAT, who additionally ask for permission to claim the Mirror of Infinite Reflections that was in the last room. A bit of explanation later, and Usagi is more than willing to hand the magical device over. Though, she does wrangle a promise that if the Senshi ever wish to study the thing that they will be given the ability to do so.
All together, Usagi is a little too exhausted to understand the whole of the explanation about the mirror, but she gets the jist of it. Somehow the mirror has the ability to hold souls inside of it, and it seems that whenever the Oblivion would end up dying, their souls would go to the mirror. And then they could have their souls put into new bodies that are empty, lacking memories.
Or... something like that. As it is, Sailor Moon is about ready to just collapse under the exhaustion of doing... whatever the hell it was that she did. Her body and muscles ache, and even the idea of trying to draw on her magic now makes her feel more than a little queasy.
There is a part of the girl that just wants to go home, to lay down and rest... but she agreed to at the very least try and help at the hospital...
After spending a few minutes talking with some of the troopers connected to MCAT, it is clear that they are dealing with some kind of magical black out or the like? But between Usagi's own exhaustion and the chaos that is unfolding, they are more than willing to put off that visit to the hospital that Usagi agreed to. However on the other hand, Usagi did agree to go and help, and it just feels wrong to agree and then back out.
On the third hand of course, Usagi is exhausted. So what does she choose?
[ ][Hospice] Go and try to help
- Usagi may be exhausted, but there is someone who is sick, and it's not in Usagi's nature to wait.
[ ][Hospice] Reschedule
- Usagi is exhausted, and this thing has apparently been adapting dangerously fast. It would be for the best is Usagi was at her strongest to deal with this. Adds Hospital Visit to Actions for the new turn
Tuesday, May 19th, 1992
Usagi Study Primer == 4 + 16 = 20
Rei Study Primer == 46
Training == 6 + 16 = 22
Mars New Spell == 67 +10 = 77
Rei Study Primer == 46
Training == 6 + 16 = 22
Mars New Spell == 67 +10 = 77
So the order of the day is to relax and spend some time with a member of the Senshi that she hasn't gotten a lot of time to hang out with yet. To get to know Rei, her life, and what kinds of things that she enjoys.
She doesn't want to do anything hard or upsetting or... just...
Anything that would lead her to remember the events of the previous afternoon. Even without thinking about it in detail, Usagi still finds herself shuddering at the thought of the Memory Den.
Making her way up the steps, Usagi can't help but feel a little melancholy as she tries to avoid the more upsetting thoughts of the day before. "Ah!" A voice says cheerfully as she reaches the top of the steps. "Miss Usagi. It is good to see you!" Rei's grandfather says with cheer. "Are you looking for Rei, or miss Kino?" He asks, and that question does bring Usagi up a little short. She had kind of thought that now that the water main was fixed that Makoto was planning on returning to her apartments. "Rei is in the inner courtyard, experimenting with her magic, and Miss Kino is out somewhere in the forest behind the shrine. Last that Muninn mentioned she was lifting boulders over and over."
Hmmm... That is a good question. The two girls aren't in the same place, so you have to talk to one or the other first.
[ ][Shrine] Rei
- If Rei is experimenting with her magic, then you'll probably be able to help her. Of course... on the other hand your magic has felt... off since what happened yesterday.
[ ][Shrine] Makoto
- If Makoto is working on her Senshi form in the forest, that would be a good chance to test your strength... especially since yesterday you're body has felt... odd.
Due to the Awakening of the Moon Ascendant, Usagi has gotten a chance to get two traits, one will be stronger than the other, and this vote is to choose which of the two traits will be the stronger trait. The one focused on your magic and spells, or the one focused on the Senshi Physicality.
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Sailor_Skarro
The Lurker
[X][Shrine] Rei
It just feels more thematically appropriate for the UsagiFlex to have buffed Usagi's magic more than her physicality, because the UsagiFlex was all about Usagi tapping on world-shaking levels of magic, not about Usagi punching someone so hard the planet shook.
I could take arguments either way about the Hospice vote though.
EDIT: WingedOne made a good argument.
[X][Hospice] Reschedule
It just feels more thematically appropriate for the UsagiFlex to have buffed Usagi's magic more than her physicality, because the UsagiFlex was all about Usagi tapping on world-shaking levels of magic, not about Usagi punching someone so hard the planet shook.
I could take arguments either way about the Hospice vote though.
EDIT: WingedOne made a good argument.
[X][Hospice] Reschedule
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