You're being reasonable, and reasonable is what you're being.

The former you - the one you left behind a lifetime ago in a collapsed barrier as a headless, lifeless corpse, her face smashed into a concave, unrecognizable ruin by your own hand - would have gone for the kill the moment she set foot on the field your opponent had demanded you meet her on. In fact, you're pretty sure she'd have blown up the entire stadium - and everyone along with it - just to put an exclamation point on the whole thing. The old you would have burned the entire city if it meant catching the culprit in the flames.

It's a good thing you're being reasonable then, ignoring every cell screaming in your body to do just that. Ignoring reflex, instinct, and impulse to see the smirking Magical Girl making her way to you dead even before her body registers it, before gravity pulls her lifeless corpse down into the dew-moist astroturf in a crumpled heap.

Ignoring the tempting pull of the bracelets clasped on your wrists, stilling your fingers from the simple gesture of curling them into fists - knowing that gesture itself would be enough to signal the meek revenant sleeping within, and have her transform what should only be unremarkable-looking jewelry into huge robotic fists designed to destroy the indestructible with blunt force trauma.

Reasonable is what you are, reasonable is what's to be expected of you, and it's reasonable that this conceited little bitch with her oversized pigsticker and hilariously-oversized pistols hanging from her belts will get from you.

Because a reasonable Chiaki Matsuda is Tomoe Mami wants, and you're not about to disappoint her.

[1/2]

>>27447922

You know people are watching. Sure, the concert's still going strong, with your client still singing loud and proud on stage - but it's pretty hard to miss two people suddenly walking onto the stadium's baseball diamond like this, unannounced. You even heard Ruri's voice falter for just a second when you made your entrance, although she recovered easily enough.

But somehow, that stopped mattering. Everyone watching suddenly didn't matter. The wariness you felt earlier, in confronting the concept that you'd have to kill a fellow Magical Girl in national TV was also gone. All of it, replaced with a sudden and inexplicable desire to see this through. Down to its final, uncompromising, brutal finality.

Maybe you're just irritated and want this mission to be over and done with.

Maybe you've just been itching for a fight - you haven't had one ever since you got back from Siberia. Your altercation with Mine earlier wasn't even close to one, with the burly, slicked-back Yakuza easily buckling under the typical interrogation technique of applying a solid wall to someone's face multiple times.

Or maybe you just want to get to that dinner with Tomoe Mami. The both of you, alone, with none of this Warmaster crap to deal with. Just you and her. And probably pancakes. Definitely pancakes.

Well, whatever it is, you're here now. Standing exactly six paces away from Lucius - the Magical Girl who'd jacked into your comms frequency earlier, after having done away with one of your Vindicares. She called you out, right in earshot of your entire team, asking you to meet her in this exact place, for the sole purpose of humiliating you in front of the entire world. A last-ditch plan to challenge a Warmaster and prove how worthless she was, not only to her prospective clients, but also the girls she commanded.

[2/3]

>>27447931

She had also stopped walking, standing with her arms crossed over her chest. Still sneering, still looking at you like you're some sort of slouching fan about to pester an idol for an autograph. ...Yeah, actually, she does have the kind of air that would probably be ideal for an idol.

The thought makes you hate her more than you already do, and that's saying something.

At this distance, you finally get a close look at her costume. It's not that frilly now - rather, it's an outfit consisting of a black jacket, open and worn under a white silk camisole ending just slightly above midriff line. Her pistols' holsters are slung over a rather tight-fitting pair of spats, crossing over a polished belt buckle shaped like a screaming demon skull. Her boots are similarly black in color, with flared white cuffs and the toes capped with metal, each one engraved with one half of a popular American epithet you usually see printed on T-shirts and worn by clueless youngsters.

You'd probably laugh at how ridiculous her costume was - and yours is a boring, monochrome mess with fucking HEELS to run in on - but the fact that she looks halfway competent with the massive pigsticker slung on her back muffles the temptation a bit. The dual-hued pistols would probably be worth a chuckle or two, if you weren't also overcompensating with a goddamn .50 Action Express Desert Eagle made golden by an insane eldritchian nightmare.

"Hail, Murderer." Lucius grins as she bends her knee into a mocking little curtsey, her gloved hands taking the hem of her white camisole and spreading it slightly like a skirt. "Couldn't resist the idea of an honor duel, can you? I figured as much. The Warmaster of the Ninth never had a good track record with common sense, or restraint." She straightens up. "But then again, I'm glad for that. For once, I will take advantage of the Ninth's undercurrent lust for blood and skulls to save the world - from you and your Blessed Lady."

How do you respond?

>>27447940
[x] "Her Soul Gem. Return her, unharmed, as agreed. What would your Prophet say if you reneged on an agreement?"

>>27447940

Light a cigarette and take a long draw.

"No, YOU, couldn't resist the idea of a duel. Me? I'm here for that soul gem. You want your duel? Fine. But give me back my girl."

Spit on her duel and her honour.

>>27447940
Is her character design a reference to someone?
I dont recognise it.

YAY BEST QUEST!!

>>27447973
no on disrespecting her honor pls.

Just a friendly reminder that once the fight starts, we'd better go full FLESH OF FALLEN ANGELS

>>27447940
[x] "Oh, that's your goal? Well I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I've tried the whole 'dying' thing before, and it hasn't really helped much. Tends to make the Blessed Lady more irate than anything. You might want to retreat and think up a new one. How about you throw me my subordinate's soulgem and we'll just forget all about this little scuffle. Just some civilized interaction between two fellow killers. What do you say?"

>>27447973

[x] This.

She'll get her duel anyways so she'll hand over the soul gem.

And get her mad. Fuming mad. Mad enough for her bloodlust to override her judgement and get her to make mistakes.

Just like what Wes Janson did on Adumar. We're not interested in the duel, only the conditions on it.

>>27447940
[x] this >>27447971

>>27447940
I am here for Ayumu's soul gem, nothing more
Although if you decide to force the issue then I will gladly reduce you to a fine paste

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>>27447940

[x]Timestop
[x]Grab her Soulgem that is probably somewhere on her outfit
[x]Walk back to your previous position and cancel your TImestop.
[x]"There will be no honorable fight. No duel. You don`t even have to throw your life away.
Surrender now and I will show mercy towards you and your teammates, I might even forget that you killed someone completly uninvolved for some Mami Tomoe-Cosplay."

If she tries to do something:

[x]Crush her Soulgem.


We are not Kharn, we dont do retarded duels. Stuff like that is for Sallaka, Kyouko and Kharn. If we intend to kill, we kill, without any grace.

Hope it wasn't anything serious yesterday Decu.

Also man, this chick really has a hard on for moral superiority, huh. Even though she's just as bad herself, which makes her somewhat unpalatable.

>>27447940
>[x] I will grant this duel you so desire. But I have a condition. The soulgem given to me or the callidus. And one question before we begin, why must the world be protected from me?

>...and your Blessed Lady

Hooo boy. Potential allies have showed up. If we can get their leader or someone high-ranking to sit and listen for a while. And hope Pinky is listening in and not Faust.

>>27448050
This fucker gets it

>>27448055
Pinky IS Faust.

You are talking about Godoka.

>>27448050
Our timestop isn't that easy to use.
>>27448055
>allies
You what mate?
>Pinky != Faust
Uh no. Pinky very much = Faust.

>>27447973

[x] More or less this. Get our subordinate back.

>>27448068
Maybe, I can't remember who's who except that Pinky is the most sane one of them which is pretty alarming.

>>27448050

We cant.

We're going with the whole charade because she has the whole stadium at bombpoint.

We NEED to fight her. To buy time for the Hiyru, Enishi and Kyosuke & Co. to find and disable the walking MG suicide bombers.

>>27448003
SHOW HER OUR HONOR!

[x] Yeah, yeah, give me my sniper's soulgem back or you can forget the duel.

This girl's got something up her sleeve, or she's not the real threat. There's something very wrong here.

In either case, I think we'll want to nab her soul gem intact, if she's not a threat under timestop - or finish her as fast as possible if not.

I highly suspect that she's going to be immune to timestop, or be horribly regenerative or something. Or the threat's going to hit AFTER she she bites the dust. Stay on guard.

>>27448050
Are you forgetting that she still has suicide-bomber MG's seeded throughout the stadium, and that we turned this duel into a setup where all of her MG's will be paying attention to the fight and be easier to pick off for our team?

It's like you've completely forgotten the plan.

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It's happening.

>>27447973

Do it

>>27448050

>Implying Pinky doesn't murder us in timestop

Hopefully we can navigate her insanity and get out without TOO many losses. Well, no collateral damage at least.

>>27448108
We won't be able to spot them until they're in the countdown. The sniper team can't start shooting until the girls start trying to explode.

(which is why I am suggesting put ALL our MGs on alert, and have Enshi highlight any exploding girl for the crowd to deal with immediately. I hope Kyubey did send out that text to our girls in the 9th about that.)

Why not just like have the duel and shit?

We've got giant robot punchy fists.

>>27448156

We are having it. Just pissing her off first.

I feel like I should mention this again.

The soulgem bombs have a very unsubtle 10 second fuse that can be detected by what I'll just call magic radar. Everyone is currently spread out looking for them and I'll just go wild and assume Enishi cover most of the stadium with her magic radar because she's not rank master for nothing. And then there's like 5(?) other MGs looking around too.

>>27448156
Gotta have some kind of pre-fight sledging.
It's the rules or something.

>>27448145
>which is why I am suggesting put ALL our MGs on alert, and have Enshi highlight any exploding girl for the crowd to deal with immediately
That was exactly what we already told Enishi, Squad Hiryu, and the mundane security detail to do. We told them to use the distraction of the duel in order to get re-setup so that we won't waste any of the precious 10 seconds before a Soul Gem explodes getting into position.

>>27448089
>>27448108
The plan is shit and yeah, we can.

If you havtn figured iut out yet, this is supposed to show how much of a freaking bad idea it is to go against us. To Intimidate her.
What kind of tard do you have to be to play by her rules? Did you forget that this is trap? This is why we change the rules.

This is why we show her how much of a minor annoyence it would be to kill her and if not, we go with plan B and kill those Suicidebombers. We are basically scaring the shit out of her to force her into negotiations, something she doesnt give a shit about because she is sure she has the upper hand.

Do you get it now?

>>27448179
I meant, even the girls in the crowd off duty. That'd get us a good deal amount more firepower on hand.

>>27448156
The point of not renegading it up was to squeeze some info out before engaging. So that's what we do.

>>27448188
>timestop
>take her gem
>as soon as we show that we have her gem she dets the infiltrators
>teams not in place yet
>collateral everywhere
>paperwork

>>27448072
>>27448136

Yes, yes it is THAT easy to use and its time use it since we are on good terms.
I mean for chrisst sake, you people didnt have a problem with using timestop to chase after the girl who delivered the package but it we can actualy use in our favour you oussy out? Are you people serious?

We ae on Pinky`s good side right now, so lets use that.

>>27448101
NO YOUR OTHER HONOR

>>27448188

No, I see recklessly endangering our principal for bravado and to make a point. The mission comes first.

>>27447940
>your Blessed Lady

"I didn't ask for her. Hell, she won't leave me alone. I've gotten use to her though. I think she was my girlfriend before we killed each other."

>>27448188

Who cares what she thinks.

She's a dead girl walking.

>>27448204
I don't know what you fags are arguing about now (and I don't care) but killing her through timestop will likely detonate the suicide bombers. Before our teams can get in position to take them out.

At least that's what I'd tell the jihadists if I was in Lucius' place. Strange, momentary death? Go wild.

>>27448199
>as soon as we show that we have her gem she dets the infiltrators

Except that she wont because than she can not gloat and humiliate us like she intends. How can a single person suck so bad at sense motive?
If you think that indulging her will actually help us out you are a moron.

Also, we walked all this way here, our people are probably in place by now.

So, our objectives:

>get sniper soulgem

>hear rant

>hope squad has got in position

>take our 1 hit KO cheap shot in timestop that never ever actually works

>see if the enemy MGs explode and take them out

>hope the other officios don't think we're executing random magical girls and they return fire

>watch for Wendy or another MG possibly backstabbing us, but hopefully not

That's our priority list, right?

>>27448188
You stupid shit.
First, we're doing this to get Ayumu's Soul Gem back.
Second, we're doing this to get Lucius talking about the Prophet.
And third, the teams are supposed to be spreading out first and they need the distraction of the duel. Otherwise they will be out of position to get all of the suicide bomber MG's when they set off their 10-second fuse.

>>27448204
Are you advocating using the Time Stop before we get Ayumu's Soul Gem, before we get the information we wanted from Lucius, or after the duel has started in earnest and our teams are in place?

>>27448213
>No, I see recklessly endangering our principal for bravado and to make a point.

Oh and fighting her is what exactly? Hmm? Well?

>>27448243
Significantly less likely to result in the whole place exploding.

>>27448230
My point is as soon as she realises we have the gem, she knows shes fucked.
In that kind of situation she might just hit the switch because she's boned either way.
If you're gonna timestop and dick around, just kill her rather than potentially fucking everything up by giving her a change to set things off.

>>27448243

Playing to exactly what she wants so she doesn't detonate the suicide bombers?

We can kill her in the fight and as long as the fight is ongoing, our girls have more time to search out the suicide bombers.

win-win.

>>27448243
A good delaying tactic so we can get rid of the stadium-ending suicide bombers which would kill our principle?

timestop always seem to backfire and be more trouble than it's worth. Otherwise everything would have been able to be solved like through it.

>>27448243
Distracting Lucius from Ruri. She's here for us, and we'll do just that. As other people have said, we're drawing attention to ourselves while Enishi and co. get to work on eliminating the Suicide Megucas.

Hey, does anyone even KNOW that we have the gauntlets? I mean IIRC we've only sparred with Kharn and Midorin was the only witness. This bitch is in for a surprise.

>>27448243
>enemy combatant is after US and not
>has said she actually likes ruri
>will blow up stadium if we don't fight her
>if this is some elaborate ploy to take a shot at Ruri Sayaka's STILL defending her
>at least listening to her rant gives our teams to stop bombs exploding

How exactly is stalling for time bravado?

Pretty sure we can punch her to death without timestop

>>27448272
No. Just Kyuubey. :3

>>27448241
>I suck at reading comprehension, please fuck my face.

No, I advocate talking to her and making her surrunder by showing off how much of a big deal we are and that she cannot hope to stop us. Showing off the Time-Stop-Ability we can even bluff her with "You know, your Suicidegirls dont pose a threa to me because I can stop time."

Its like you cant even plan two steps ahead if someone doesnt spell it out.

She believes that she will die and that her death will mean something, this is why I propose to shake that belief of her. To startle her by making a demonstration of our powers.

>>27448230
And retreating would be a preferable option for a fanatic? Besides, she can still try to blow up the stadium and kill our principal. Even one MG successfully detonating would be a black mark on our record, especially since this entire thing is being broadcast globally.
Sure she won't be able to gloat, but given that she was going to blow up the entire stadium with herself still in it, I think she's willing to accept that loss in order to humiliate us.

>>27448283

>Asking someone who has already planned for a suicide attack to surrender.

Jesus christ, mate. Even marines are not that bone-headed.

>>27448000
Reboot Devil May Cry Donte.

>>27448272
Well people would have seen the golden bangles but no, outside of Kharn, Midorin and supposedly Malal if she was still piggybacking on our soul gem at the time

>>27448283
That is the dumbest fucking plan.

>>27448296
Fuck you and your pessimism. We'll ask REALLY fucking nicely.

>>27448284
And you still forget that there is no delay for stopping and starting timestop. We get the soul gems, we tell her she's a retard, we timestop again to remove MG kebab.

>>Oriko trying to kill Madoka again

does she never learn?

>>27448283
>>27448308

That's a big IF there, my friend. Lucius rigged the entire stadium with suicide bombers so she has the advantage here. We're in no room to make bargains with her as of now.

How do we even HEAR what she is saying? I thought the concert was still going on. Don't tell me our exchenge is being broadcasted

>>27448296
>Giving a Suicide Bomber what he wants

I dont think I am the retarded here, bro,

>>27448312
Time Stop requires that we very visibly and noticeably crank our shield for it to work. So there is a delay for starting Time Stop.

Hell, what if she somehow has the gembombs on a deadmans switch.
That could be a right mess.

>>27448319

So that you can clobber them sideways when they're distracted?

Yes.

Hostage negotiation works somewhat like this if its apparent its not going anywhere. Give them the getaway plane and kill them on the tarmac.

Just make sure you don't have germans executing the plan.

>>27448335
And the gears tend to..overheat? So we can't stay in it indefinitely.

>>27448338
Very visible on magic radar.

>>27448312
Not only is there a delay but Pinky can kick us out at will and hates idols so she'll just as likely want the bombs to go off as not.

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>>27448314
She's not trying to kill Madoka, she's trying to kill Homura.

>>27448283
...If she doesn't know our damn powers these are the most retarded magical girl assassins ever.

It'd be far, far more likely they lured us in here because at this range if she can somehow negate our timestop she would actually have a decent chance of stabbing us (fortunately we've got our own trump card).

>>27448350
>Pinky can kick us out at will and hates idols so she'll just as likely want the bombs to go off as not.

I was jus about to point this out. Pinky has made it clear several times that she hates idols, and probably doesn't think highly of their fans either.

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>>27448338
>gembombs on a deadmans switch.
According to QB, the things work by overcharging the Soul Gem, and the process can be stopped by either breaking the Soul Gem, or even knocking the MG unconscious (implying that the overcharging is a continuous conscious action).

A deadman switch might be possible with some jury-rigging, but at that point we would have to destroy the Soul Gem. Though are you suggesting that the Soul Gem be modified so that it releases all of its overcharged power upon shattering?

>>27448350
>>27448366
She was among the fans waving around her own banner when we first got to the hotel, though.

>>27448366
Yeah. Let's not piss off the batshit insane Goddess of whom dealing with is like walking in a minefield without a detector. I'm serious.

>>27448376
Do we want to take that chance? I'd rather not.

>>27448032
>Just like what Wes Janson did on Adumar.

I love you.

>>27448383

Shes been abit whimsical and likes to fit the mood.

Besides. Iorin's on that stage. She wants her dead.

>>27448383
She is also insane and prone to dramatic sarcasm

>>27448390

My Ewok co-pilot of Endorian descent

>>27448402
Yub yub, commander.

>>27448383
So she's unpredictable and we don't know what she says are lies and what are whimsical sarcasm.

This group of rogue Magical Girls seem to view the Blessed Lady as the insane eldritch monstrosity that she is, but that doesn't mean that Pinky will do much to prevent them from killing themselves.
And then there's the point of Pinky wanting Chiaki to suffer; it's taken a backseat recently, but that's still what Pinky wants, and what better way than to sabotage Chiaki's shot at a date with Mami?

>>27448376
I was more implying that all the mooks bombs are somehow wired to the "muh prophet" bint that we're dealing with.
We pop her, they all go off.
Although if our teams on the ball that probably wont be a huge issue.

Ok, guys, look. This isn't too hard.

STEP 1
>let her rant and try to get her to give soul gem back

STEP 2
>once soul gem is retrieved or it's clear she's not going to give it back, timestop, shoot her in the face multiple times and across her body at point blank range (the bullets emerge from the guns about 4, 5 feet, so point blank shots should work with no chance to dodge)

If timestop fails because pinky/resistance/whatever

STEP 3
>Yuu to the rescue, get a normal fight done and try not to die

STEP 4
>let Enshi handle the MG bombs. We can't do shit with that except if we let this bitch kill us.


There's an easy plan of action.

>>27448435
Why even bother with step 2?

>>27448390
>>27448402
Yub yub my brothers

>>27448442
for reasons.

>>27448427
Ah, I see.
Yeah, I could see Lucius doing that.
She's probably got orders to have all the MG's detonate if she loses.

>>27448442
I'd like to see what Lucius has for defeating Time Stop, so that we can finally get people to realize that our Time Stop is not the ultimate weapon that Homura used to have.

>>27448442
She has the soul gem of our subordinate. We need to at least try to retrieve it.

>Play GTA V
>Realise Trevor is like a less classy Male Pinky.

>>27448455
But that's Step 1
>let her rant and try to get her to give soul gem back
Step 2 is to use Time Stop if we get the Soul Gem back, or it becomes apparent that she won't give it back and we need to take it back.

>>27448454
The only fight I recall where we used Timestop was during our first mission safeguarding Iori. Every other battle we've fought (especially Kirika and Kilgore's) relied on Chiaki's skills and quite a bit of prep-up.

>>27448473
Didn't we try to use timestop against Kirika, only to have it fail?

>>27448473
We attempted to use Time Stop during the Kirika fight, but she was able to counteract it.

>>27448318
Actually, that would give the situation a show-y feel to it.

>>27448476
>>27448481
I don't recall, actually. Thanks for the refresher. Kirika had a bit of Time Manipulation of her own as well, seeing as she moved like a speed freak in that fight.

>>27448473
>>27448481
>>27448476

Personaly I tend to not vote for time stop in fights because I'm certain Decu will come up with a way for it to fail, as it would be too much of an instant win button (not to mention the boring fight scenes) if it always worked.

>>27448509
Shield is borked, Pinky said collecting all the Golden Weapons will fix it.

>>27448509

Chiaki's shield is broken.

The physical action is required.

>>27448491
I agree. Timestop is unreliable as fuck and Decu tends to give us cues on when and when not to use it. (The Shield heats up when Pinky is calling for us.)

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>>27448509
See that glow round the shield?
Homura used her TK powers to crank it. It's the same TK she used to drive TANK TRUK into Walpurgisnaght's face.

Okay, went back to the archives, and we actually weren't able to use Time Stop in the Kirika fight.
This is from Thread 10, the fight with Kirika:
>The shield on your arm - the device that stops time itself around you - is behaving strangely. It's clicking, as always, and you feel it grow warmer with each passing second - but there's something strange in the way it clicks. Like the gears are catching against something, unable to function.

Also, indicating that Time Stop can't be activated if we're pressed:
>Kirika is not giving you any time to activate your Time Stop, either

NYAN NYAN

>>27448530

Obligatory. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S09mEDCqSx4

>>27448509
You can try to hide your shame, but foolz has already recorded it for all to see.

http://archive.foolz.us/tg/thread/27447918/#27448509

>>27448539

NYAN NYAN

DECIDUOUS

HA HA TIME FOR NYAN NYAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsTe7-F8evs

>>27448552
That archive is really handy, isn't it? Showing the deleted posts as well...

>>27448553

NIHAO NYAN

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Threadly reminder that Ruri is a robot and you better fucking keep that in mind for our next interaction with her.

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>>27448564
With extentions like 4chan x you can see it in the thread too.

>>27448509
Dont' feel too bad, it's hard enough to keep track of everything even with a high attendance, and some details go back a few dozen threads.

>>27448566
GORGEOUS

>>27448577
DELICIOUS

HASTUR

>>27448584

DECULTURE

>>27448355
This picture is amazing.

>>27448536
As I understand it, we could not use timestop while fighting Kirika because she had a similar time dilation power than we de. Weaker but enough to interfere.
I suppose we can use it in a fight as long as we get to actually move our shield manually.

>>27448591
>>27448584
>>27448577
>>27448566
>>27448553
>>27448539

Oh shit it was done right.

>>27448604
THE END IS NIGH

>>27447940
[X]LET'S TALK IT OUT, FAGGOT

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>>27448604
Wait.
Did that really just happen correctly for once?

>>27448604

But what about the one job?

>>27448603
>As I understand it, we could not use timestop while fighting Kirika because she had a similar time dilation power than we de
Actually, the text makes it apparent that it's because she's able to keep us from cranking our shield. Time Dilation jamming Time Stop was mentioned once; checking archives for that.
>The shield on your arm - the device that stops time itself around you - is behaving strangely. It's clicking, as always, and you feel it grow warmer with each passing second - but there's something strange in the way it clicks. Like the gears are catching against something, unable to function.

>You'd have thought this strange, of course, if you weren't busy at the moment, snarling an oath at the cackling, black-garbed form of Kirika Kure as you roll to the side to dodge her just as she comes charging past - and it's then, on one knee, you start unloading at her general direction. Pulling the trigger far enough and hard enough that you're pressing it into the grip.

>The first shot takes Kirika by complete surprise as it slams right into her back, tearing into her uniform, tearing into flesh, and blasting her across the helipad. She manages to right herself in mid-air a split-second after, and you're shown just how quick and slippery the cackling bitch can get with her time dilation ability as you try to track her, firing all the while.

>It's difficult. She phases out of reality one moment, phasing in the next. Like an animation with some of its frames missing in between, her motion is incomplete, jumping and then landing in two places while being non-existent in between.It's her time dilation ability, working to her favor. Kirika is not giving you any time to activate your Time Stop, either - she's sticking close to you, making you move, making you dodge, making you react instantly just as you strive to blast her full of holes. She cackles as she hears your drum magazine click empty, and you curse as you let it drop and shove the other one in.

>>27448639
That's the point, it was done right this time, except for the little bit of hastur in the middle.

>>27448639
That is only if and usually when it is fucked up

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>>27448639
THEY HAD ONE JOB

AND THEY PERFORMED IT ADMIRABLY

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>>27448604

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>>27448638
>>27448651
>>27448656
>>27448712

>DECIDUOUS
>HASUTA-KUN

How exactly was it done right? Are you guys blind?

>>27448746

They weren't linked?

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>>27448746
Hastur is fine too.

>>27448746
Unlinked does not count.

>>27447971 >>27447973

Why do you always get the mouthy ones? The kind who loved to talk themselves up, who gloating and hamming it up, like they're the protagonist of their own fucking third-rate anime? She's even got the posturing that Kirika had down to a science, shoulders thrown back, chin up, and such. Looking at you down the bridge of her nose like some fucking high-breed.

You shake your head irritably at this, before reaching into your inventory and taking out your slightly-squashed pack of cigarettes. You stick one between your lips, and cup the flame of your lighter as you light the tip, sucking in soothing smoke into your lungs as the tobacco ignites. You see her wrinkle her nose in faint distaste at the vice, and you snap your lighter shut before stuffing it back into your inventory.

Her frown deepens as you take the time to draw long and deep from the cigarette, burning it nearly halfway through. You hold in the smoke for as long as you can, before letting it out in a soft sigh.

It's when she's all but chomping at the bit to say something again that you growl out your reply.

"Soul gem." You say it simply, coldly, calmly. Not a request, but an undeniable demand. Holding out your hand - your empty hand - for emphasis. "Now."

"Ah, so she does have a tongue," Lucius grins, and she takes what appears to be a rather bloodied Soul Gem - a dark salmon pink in color, with brass gilding - from somewhere inside her jacket. "I have to say, for Kharn's successor, you seem to be much too concerned about your subordinates. It's...not exactly what I expected, actually."

...Well, what the fuck did she expect, then?

Lucius seems to consider the question seriously, blinking - before suddenly breaking out into another smile. A moment later, she starts to casually toss Ayumu's soul gem from hand to hand, in an infuriatingly casual manner.

[1/2]

I guess we're just missing a:

BECAUSE KYOKO

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>>27448757

This guy gets it!

>>27448784
>taking out your slightly-squashed pack of cigarettes
But didn't we give it to Iori? Or do we have Unlimited Cigarette Works in our shield?

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This blueballing....

>>27448784

"Honestly? I expected someone worse than Kharn. Someone wilder, more bestial, like the Sixth. Someone where elegance or finesse is nonexistent." She shrugs. "I am actually kind of disappointed. But more than that, I'm disappointed that you're even bothering to recover this from me." She snatches the Soul Gem out of the air in mid-toss, before holding it up between thumb and forefinger.

"Don't you know that subordinates are expendable, Matsuda?" Lucius says this with the air of someone about to start a very long lecture. "Kharn certainly thought that, not just for all the Magical Girls she'd killed - but for you and the rest of the cursed Ninth. You, Mami Tomoe, even her little freak of an Equerry. She spent the lives of the Ninth like a king spends coin." The blonde shakes her head as she looks at you, eyes narrowed in suspicion.

"Where is this uncharacteristic compassion coming from, Warmaster of the Ninth? Of course, I can sense your killing intent right this very moment - you do a very poor job of hiding it, even someone blind would be able to tell - but don't tell me that you actually WISH to protect everyone under your command from danger? From the repercussions of fighting under your emblem?"

You're silent at this, and she blinks at you incredulously before breaking up into peals of laughter. "W-what?...Ahahaha! Are you THAT optimistic of a fool, Matsuda?! Have you not realized that as Warmaster, such a thing is patently impossible, and speaks of a naivete that's witless as it is hopelessly insipid?"

+...No, Chiaki-san, don't listen to her. + Yuu's voice echoes faintly in your mind. + You're not the Blood God's Daughter. Come on, Chiaki-san. Use me. Let's shut her up together. +

[]Shut Lucius up by attacking.
[]Ask for the Soul Gem more firmly this time. You didn't ask for a lecture on how to be a Warmaster - you want your sniper's Soul Gem back.
[]Allow her to keep talking. Quietly check up on the security detail.

>>27448829
We gave Iori the pack she knew about, not our super secret reserve pack.

>>27448829
Wouldn't be surprised if we jacked a cigar container. Or a whiskey one, should check.

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>>27448794
>not kuuko

>>27448829
Yeah I was wondering about that.

Have we ever gotten a new carton of cigarettes since thread one?

>>27448829

We gave one pack to Midori back at the apartment but the shield probably has tons of stolen cigs

>>27448837

>[x]Allow her to keep talking. Quietly check up on the security detail.

When she finally pauses for breathe:

"Well, if you're quite finished, hand over the soul gem if you want your duel."

Hand it off to one of kyosuke's nearby if she agrees to hand it over.

>>27448837
>[x]Ask for the Soul Gem more firmly this time. You didn't ask for a lecture on how to be a Warmaster - you want your sniper's Soul Gem back.
If she still doesn't give it back, we either take it from her corpse or write the sniper off as acceptable losses.

>>27448837
[x]OTHER: goddamn timestop and take the gem out of her hand , then go right back to standing where you were and leave her talking until she notices.

THIS I'm willing to compromise on. If it fails, it fails. But this is the perfect chance to go for it.

Might even manage to save our subordinate.

Yes, they're expendable, but that doesn't mean we can waste them just like that.

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>>27448841
My sibling of african heritage.

>>27448837
>[x]Allow her to keep talking. Quietly check up on the security detail.

>>27448837
>[x]Ask for the Soul Gem more firmly this time. You didn't ask for a lecture on how to be a Warmaster - you want your sniper's Soul Gem back.

I'm ALL FOR [x]Flesh of Fallen Angels, BUT! With Yuu we risk shattering the soulgem and by God I will have a 0 casualty mission even if it means dragging this along.

>>27448837
>[x]Allow her to keep talking. Quietly check up on the security detail.

>>27448837
[x] Allow her to keep talking. Quietly check up on the security detail.

>>27448837
>[x]Ask for the Soul Gem more firmly this time. You didn't ask for a lecture on how to be a Warmaster - you want your sniper's Soul Gem back.
"Then call me a miser. Return her to me; if only to refrain from impugning your Prophet's honor."
The more she talks, the more time the security detail has to move into position.

>>27448864

You can conquer me if you want, boy~

>>27448837
[x]Ask for the Soul Gem more firmly this time. You didn't ask for a lecture on how to be a Warmaster - you want your sniper's Soul Gem back.

>>27448868

I am pretty sure she will not hold her end of the deal and crush the gem before us to piss us off.
we should be ready for that

>>27448837

[X]Allow her to keep talking. Quietly check up on the security detail.

My thoughts? We don't want to spring this too fast. I'd really like to get Ayumu back, but I'm thinking very soon she's gonna just crush the soul gem to spite us. Would like to have a handle on magical girl jihadis first.

>>27448837
>[x]Allow her to keep talking. Quietly check up on the security detail.

She seems to have a boner for speeches, if we're lucky she'll ramble on a little longer to buy the team time.

>>27448837
>[x]Allow her to keep talking. Quietly check up on the security detail.

>>27448862
I'm with this guy

>>27448862

Voting no.

This is the sideshow.

Main event is the bomb defusing which is what we're playing for.

>>27448837
[x] "You seem to be misunderstanding. I've long since killed and seen dead enough people to know many will die during my reign as Warmaster. Going into any situation with the goal of keeping all my subordinates' gems in one piece simply decreases casualty rates in my experience. I don't know why all you edgy fuckers seem to wilfully misunderstand trying to save everyone as desperately needing to do so, or even believing it's possible.


Now, the gem please?"

>>27448837

option two smells like a set up for her to show us just how futile it is to try and protect our subordinates,

[X] Timestop and snag that gem while it is in the open.

if that doesn't get chosen.

>[X]Allow her to keep talking. Quietly check up on the security detail.

is a close second.

>>27448837
Finish our cigarette while she blathers on.

"So, are we doing this, or what? I'm here for my girl. What are you here for?"

>>27448837
[X]Ask for the Soul Gem more firmly this time. You didn't ask for a lecture on how to be a Warmaster - you want your sniper's Soul Gem back.

>>27448888
>>27448862
Wouldn't us reaching for the shield be enough of a giveaway that we're going to activate Time Stop, that Lucius will be able to crush the Soul Gem?
She looks like an Eversor, so she likely has enhanced speed and reflexes, superior to our own.

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>>27448837
[x]Allow her to keep talking
[x]"...Ho. Ho. Ho. Ho. Someone who cuts other girls up for some creepy cosplay and is okay with blowing up a whole Stadium of people just to prove a point is lecturing me about murder?

I wonder how flimsy your excuse will be. Let me guess 'Murder is bad, except when for the Prophet'. Is is something as self-rightous as this? Are you was empty and vapid as your words make you out to be?"

>>27448899

That sounds like an invitation for her to say "this" and give the detonation order.

>>27448862
I say we pick a wordy option, and keep stalling to get people into position. The problem is that if she decides to smash the gem as a 'lesson' or whatever, there's probably not going to be enough time to stop before she does it, so if we're not pre-emptive it's probably done for.

>>27448911
You little chenfaggot. Why do you always make sense.

>>27448837
[x]Allow her to keep talking
[x]"...Ho. Ho. Ho. Ho. Someone who cuts other girls up for some creepy cosplay and is okay with blowing up a whole Stadium of people just to prove a point is lecturing me about murder?

>>27448837
Ask for the gem firmly
We don't want to protect everyone but as warmaster their lives are our responsibility
Therefore we care

Also we are not Kharn, countless others might have been but we are different and we intend to prove it

>>27448837
>]Ask for the Soul Gem more firmly this time. You didn't ask for a lecture on how to be a Warmaster - you want your sniper's Soul Gem back.

She makes good coffee...

>>27448884

What worries me is that she might be doing the same. Talking to buy her people time.

[X] I vote for attacking. We're being too passive here. We should trust our team to do their jobs.

>>27448910
Really, we should have timestopped the moment the soul gem left her hand. But, ah, well. All I can suggest is do it while talking.

"I'll give you one chance," -ready timestop - "give up the soul gem or-" timestop

>>27448837

>[x]Allow her to keep talking. Quietly check up on the security detail.

Play for time.

When shes finally had enough of her own voice, she might toss it over out of exasperation.

>>27448933
If Enshi is on the ball she'll notice and start the sniper squad firing. She has ONE JOB and we can't do that about it.

We on the other hand have one of our objectives that we can secure right here, and we should, before it gets smashed.

>>27448837
In order:

> [X] Allow her to keep talking. Quietly check up on the security detail.
> [X]Ask for the Soul Gem more firmly this time. You didn't ask for a lecture on how to be a Warmaster - you want your sniper's Soul Gem back.

We can turn her into a red smear after we get rid of her trump card.

>>27448837
Ugh, this shit again. I said last time going out there for the gem was going to weaken us, now on air, we're basically telling the world that anyone that kidnaps the soul gem of one of our officio members is going to get a personal response from the warmaster. A bit scary for the kidnapper, and certainly gonna make our officio want our babies. Seriously would your boss put their ass on the line for you? But again the downside is we just set a precedent here for getting our attention. Chiaki is going to be extremely busy in the future with all the kidnapping/blackmail to handle.

We are set on this fucking course now though, let's see it through.

[X] ask for the gem again.

>timestop
>walk over to grab it
>notice her mouth twitch into a smile during timestop

>ohshit.jpg

>>27448968
> now on air, we're basically telling the world that anyone that kidnaps the soul gem of one of our officio members is going to get a personal response from the warmaster.

I'm not sure if anyone but Lucius can hear us. We don't have a microphone.

[X]more diplomacy
Keep in mind where we are; if we act optimistic, we get style points for keeping with the concert theme.
Then if negotiations break down, we pulverize her. But in tune with the music.

>>27448837
>[X]Ask for the Soul Gem more firmly this time. You didn't ask for a lecture on how to be a Warmaster - you want your sniper's Soul Gem back.

You said you've give it back, and if we can reclaim one of our agents we might as well. They may be expendable, but there's no sense in wasting them.

If she's not going to hand it over, so be it. I'm sure the crowd would like to see a good fight.

>>27448837
"Just give me back the fucking soul gem already. I promise to even feign interest in your monologue afterwards."

>>27448975
>it's pinky standing behind her playing with her face
>every time she moves her cheeks the claws cut her face up
>time resumes
>lucius very confused

>>27448845
Nope. That half-squashed cig we took came straight from said threat.

Note for later: Ask Kharn about Lucius. Lucius sounds like she might have met her, so it would be interesting to get the backstory on that.

>>27448983
any meguca can probably hear us even with the music, any officio has access to the tech to figure it out if they can't. Have you ever seen a football game, they are able to get clear soundbytes from the field even with the crowd and speakers blasting, hearing us isn't even remotely a stretch.

There is a crowd of fangirls watching Murder Mayumi smoke while staring down some crazy bitch.

"Oh yeah, hang on a second. Smoking is bad for your health, so don't do it. I'm not a good role model for young girls."

"I hate this PR bullshit..."

>>27448911
[X]this

>>27449003
And check the laminated panty photos!

>>27449008
I still don't know what Zidane actually said
ur full of shit m8

>>27448837
>[x]Allow her to keep talking. Quietly check up on the security detail.

>>27449014
> Murderface
> Murder Mayumi
> H-Doujinshi
> Role Model

Uhh.............

>>27449008

There are some lizards that are eating your legs!

Wait, Lucius is blonde.

"...Whats your beef with Kharn? She didn't leave a goodbye note on the dresser?"

Don't actually say this or she'll go mental

>>27449008
>, they are able to get clear soundbytes from the field even with the crowd and speakers blasting

I thought the refs had small clip on mics on them these days to talk to the other officials.

>>27448648
>Time Dilation jamming Time Stop was mentioned once; checking archives for that.
Checked the archives.
No, nothing from Deculture confirming that Time Dilation interfered with Time Stop.
However, we never got a chance to use Time Stop against Kirika, so the possibility remains that other Time powers can interfere with our own.

>>27449031
Like I said, check the panties later.

>>27449018
even better
[x] pull your cell phone, start browsing through photos of Kharn's collection, right here in front of her

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>>27449031

I want this because of reasons.

Slip it in before the duel commences or use it as bait during the fight.

>>27449029
oh god
NECO doing Bad Lip Reading fucking when

>>27449031
We need to say this.

>>27449026
For other megucas. And it's so popular, it's getting an anime.

>>27449031
We need to say this at some point. After we get the soul gem back we should start talking mad smack

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>>27449031
>don't do this

Do you even chucklefuck?
At least snerk it out just before the fight.

>>27449020
Fuckoff britfag, take your shitty excuse for a sport and shove it up your ass. I'm talking football, your talking soccer, we have the modern-day tech you fucking limeys wish you had so some whiny soccer player could get what's comin to him. We can hear what's happening on the gridiron just find, step it up or step out.

>>27448911
>>27448837
[x]This


Diplomance the shit out of her.

>>27449053
>>27449031

This. Don't antagonise her while we still have a chance to get the gem, wait for when conflict is inevitable.

>>27448829
>>27448838
I think we just gave her one cigarette.

>>27449053
>>27449065

It's like you guys don't even read them spoilers mang.

>>27449057
At least our sports dont stop for commercials every few minutes. Don't have the attention span for any longer?

>>27449051
Megucas don't need internal organs and any prepubescent one is going to have bigger problems than the possible moral issues of taking up a vice.

Also, I was under the impression that the anime was every bit as Adult as the Doujin. Sorry.

>>27448837

And you're lecturing me about being a murderer?
While threatening the lives of thousands of innocents?

put the gem on the ground and walk away from this?

What excuse do you have for killing so many?

(check on detail while she replies to question)

>>27449053
That picture need watermelon edit. Badly.

>>27449093
It is.

>>27449057

Football's football.

Only in murrika do they call rugby football.

>>27449034
It was how I interpret the unusual sounds from our shield that time. Since we didn't get to try it out we're just gonna have to wait until somebody else with time altering powers shows up. Which hopefully doesn't happen. Hahah...
thanks for being thorough anon, I like the way you work.

>>27449032
No, the mic is for making announcements to the audience, the televised soundbytes are picked up by the broadcasters at the side of the field. Besides, why are we having this discussion, even in a zone of silence, chiaki just put her hand out foe ahem being tossed about by Blondie what would you thought you saw that as a Meguca

>>27449057
>this phenomenal amount of mad
I didn't even try and still rekt you hurhur

>>27449093
>Megucas don't need internal organs
They do. The die from having their hearts torn out surely as anybody would.

>the anime was every bit as Adult as the Doujin
It is. But I'm sure it will also get a SFW version. Or we can ask Midori about that.

>>27449106
>calling rugby football
Oh no, they are very different things. Rugby is like American Football, except played by men.

>>27449124
>The die from having their hearts torn out surely as anybody would.
Well yeah, but they can get better after that.

>>27448968
It's not that. She's threatening us personally with bomb and failing our mission. We wouldn't go out unless it's pertaining to mission specific stuff - or one of our close friends.

But a warlady isn't going to overlook the tackling of our subordinate right under her nose.

Besides, if they wanted us out for a duel we just don't respond to constant kidnap attempts, we just send out hit squads as normal to recover them.

>>27449124
Magic can remove illnesses so slow illnesses aren't as much of an issue - you'll get more soul gem corruption, though.

>>27449138
Chiaki didn't.

>>27448837
... So you're NOT one to keep your word?
if only we had created a code word that meant sitrep... So we could get one while saying something inconspicuous so terrorist MG wouldn't realize we were asking for one

>>>/a/94087686

Just thought i'd share something i just found in /a/

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>>27449170
Shot through the heart!
And you're to blame!
Eldritch horrors give love a bad name!

Man, why did she even go through all this trouble? Bitch should have sent a letter requesting a duel to the death like a normal person. Not interrupt our mission. It's excessive, and only shows that we're not as cold and uncaring as she claims.

>>27449227
She's taking the crazy pills.

>>27449227

Because now we can't refuse.

Otherwise we could just timestop slaughter.

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>>27449220

Heh
Of course the goddess would have the biggest penis.

>>27449243
This doesn't actually... stop us from timestop slaughtering.

At all.

It's not like she specified "we're going to duel, and you're not allowed to use any powers or I'LL BLOW UP THE MOON!!!!" is it?

We're not going to fight at a disadvantage.

we should time stop and pickpocket everything she owns.

or at least the soul gem and panties

Is it finally time for the Flesh of Fallen Angels?

Idea : if we have to kill her, we should coup de grace her with the vehicle (I wanna say plane) we stole by crashing it into her in a big explosion. Then pose in front of the smoking wreckage.

Maximum style.

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>>27449220
Brilliant.

>>27449260

No, i mean we wouldn't even meet her like this.

We'd just kill her off unglamorously without any pretence at a duel.

Pardon the confusion.

>>27449220
>>The obscene hysterical satan
Getting it right once more

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....

She is going to smash Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga soul gem right in front of us.

>>27449257
Every fucking time with this picture
My sides

>>27449314

As long we don't show too much interest in it, like asking for it, harder.

(Hope it didn't win)

This is exactly why we should timestop and goddamn take it.

Smashing it will make us mad. Mad people make mistakes.

>>27449314
>>27449327
She's likely been planning to do it just to prove a point. The given options don't really make much of a difference in that area, just about when and how it would happen. While letting her ramble gives her more opportunity to do so, attacking her may have her destroy it sooner, or - worst case - cause us to possibly break it ourselves on accident.

This isn't exactly a situation we can get out of so easily. Maybe if we tried to act while she's distracted in her monologue, but it generally boils down to faith in the crazy girl's actions.

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>>27449324

Good to see that you enjoy it.

Seriously. The dick that she wishes for in the doujin is huge

>>27449393

One the rest of the squad is up, I"m basically all for Yuu-punching Lucius in a renegade interrupt to try and snatch the gem away.

>>27449386

Ultimately, our girl knew the risks in the squad.

We'll try to retrieve her but the main goal is still to buy time.

>>27449399
For some reason I just find it so damn funny

So, [x] once the squad's in position grab the gem and if she stops talking shoot her

basically?

>>27449327
Going by the posts that at least link back to the post properly, even if they screwed up in other ways, Allow Her To Keep Talking wins at 13 to Ask For The Soul Gem at 11.

If we only keep the votes that voted right, we have:
Allow
12
Ask
9

>>27449463
You realize Decu already counted 27 minutes ago.

>>27449481
Yes, but >>27449327
seemed to be unclear as to what option had won, so I counted for them.

>>27449463
It's pretty obvious our opponent isn't going to fight fair

And that she's going to shatter the gem to make a point

And then, if she looses, send the signal for the suicide bombers

but this is the best time to get a lead on the prophet. We need this girl alive.

>>27448860 >>27448869 >>27448873

You allow Lucius to continue her high-minded, overly-elaborate lecturing - tuning it out with a roll of your eyes - as you quietly check up on the security detail, focusing on the muffled snatches of conversations coming from your earbud. Enishi, wherever she is, seems to get what you're trying to do - and her hushed voice immediately comes to the for, whispering in your ear with enough clarity for you to understand.

"Stop looking around, Matsuda-sama. Please keep eye contact with the enemy - I know her type, she'll stop and question you if she thinks you're not paying attention."

"Of course you'd know," You hear Sayaka snort softly - but it's then that she seems to capitulate, as if only suddenly realizing she'd spoken out loud. "O-oh. ...Shit. Sorry, sorry. Go ahead, sorry."

"...Frequency silence, please, trying to update the Warmaster here," Enishi breathlessly chides, before continuing. "In any case, I've managed to detect at least four distinct spikes in the stadium's magical field. I've deployed three of Kyosuke's squad to each one, just to be on the safe side. I'm sure there's a few more, no squad leader would take less than eight, most especially if it's a mission of this kind of magnitude."

Hnh. Right. Well, it's good to know that they've got it handled. Sayaka seems to be doing her part, too, sticking relatively close to Ruri. The idol, of course, seems to be a bit distracted with her singing - not looking at the audience now, but rather at you. As if anticipating the fight about to break out between you and Lucius. You could tell, and easily enough - the wall-sized screens put up around the stage for the benefit of those sitting in really cheap seats are focused on her, after all.

[1/2]

>>27449497

And you have my thanks, anon.

Gotta love how meticulous we are with this... What happened to GET FUCKED?

>>27449536
Enough people learned I guess.

>>27449536
We learned. Thank Faust.

>>27449531
"....And furthermore, smoking is a filthy habit! Kharn had her vice with carnal pleasures and the drink, yes, but at the very least, she looked and smelled good while partaking in them! While you have an overpowering stench of stale nicotine and gunpowder hanging around you like some sort of foul, sentient miasma!" Lucius snaps at you, her eyes all but aflame. "If you're going to wear the rank at all, then have some respect for it, at least!"

. . .How the fuck did her lecture jump from trying to become a more decent human being than Valnikov Kharn to smelling good? You almost growled the question out, but you at least managed to stifle it into an irritated-sounding grunt, one the prattling blonde seems to take as your temper reaching its limit. Not knowing that you've already reached it way earlier - even before this stupid little mission started.

"The truth hurts, doesn't it?" Lucius giggles, here. "Ah, but I probably shouldn't be so hard on you. Your pathetic little run as Warmaster of the Ninth ends tonight, by my blade." With her free hand, she reaches up and back to grasp the skull-enrusted handle of her oversized sword - drawing it free from the sling it slept in with a smooth metallic hiss. The dragon etched on the blade seems to snarl in the shifting light. "Now I feel a bit silly trying to impart all that knowledge to you, seeing as you'll be dead in a few moments anyway. But never do anything halfheartedly, that's what I"ve always lived by."

...Right. If she's so raring to go, then can she at least give you the Soul Gem you've been asking her for the last half hour, then?

"Hmm? Oh, yes. I very nearly forgot!" Lucius laughs, shaking her head. She gives the glowing soul gem a small, playful kiss - before clenching her fingers around it in a tight fist, and then drawing her whole arm back. As if winding up for a fastball throw.

...Wait. What? No. No, she wouldn't--

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>>27449553

You could only watch as the Soul Gem hurtles past you, like a bullet - the glowing pink gemstone spinning end over end as it's thrown with enough speed and force that it's likely to shatter the moment it hits something. You turn back to snarl at Lucius - only to find that she's gone from where she stood only moments ago.

+ Up! Chiaki-san, look UP! +

Yuu's urgent warning tore your eyes upward - and you see Lucius's form plummeting down toward you, wielding her enormous pigsticker with both hands, the weapon brought up and back in preparation for a splitting blow from above. Cold murder in her eyes and unrestrained glee curling her lips.

"YOU AND YOUR PLOT WITH YOUR BLESSED LADY ENDS HERE, CHIAKI MATSUDA!"

How do you react? You only have mere moments to do so.

[]Dive after Ayumu's Soul Gem.
[]Engage the gauntlets and catch Lucius' sword.
[]Other.

>>27449553
in during homerun

>>27449564
>[x] Other

Stop time, do both

>>27449564
>[x] timestop

>>27449553
>Kharn had her vice with carnal pleasures and the drink, yes, but at the very least, she looked and smelled good while partaking in them
confirmed for pantywall?

>>27449564
>[x]Other.
Time Stop and go after Ayumu's Soul Gem, then activate Yuu Gauntlets.

>>27449564
>[x]Engage the gauntlets and catch Lucius' sword.
Her sacrifice will be remembered. FLESH OF FALLEN ANGELS

>>27449564

Is there time for timestop?

If Yes, engage and retrieve Ayumu's sould Gem.

If not, DIVE

>>27449564
[x]Dive after Ayumu's Soul Gem.

>>27449565
THIS ISN'T THE TIME TO BE MAKING JOKES!?
WHATDOWEDOWHATDOWEDOWHATDOWEDO

>>27449564
>[x] Dodge and timestop. .50 AE from our DEage to her head and then go catch that fucking soulgem

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>>27449564
[x]Pull out MIG
[x]Ride atop the TK controlled MIG to get the Soulgem in time.

>>27449586
The post immediately after that was also me.

Y'all motherfuckers are slow readers I tell ya what

>>27449564
[x] Timestop
It is time for kebab removal

>>27449586
You're right. We make jokes after the play.

>>27449564
Time for stop. Stopping time. Yes. Then unload at her a bit, and go secure the gem. If things go well that is, which of course they won't.

>>27449577
I had the same thought.

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>>27449565
Don't you mean Homurun?

>>27449564
>[]Other.
Timestop.
Swiss cheese-ify Lucius with Deagle.
Catch soul gem.

>>27449564
[x] Dodge, timestop if there's time, otherwise keep focus on her - trust one of the minions to be in position and catch the gem. Of course, if timestop works, go and stop it personally.

>>27449564
[X]dive
You are not going to take away my 100% mission success rating bitch

>>27449564
[x]other: diving Timestop
Don't rely on the timestop. But use it anyway.

>>27449574
Fuck choices. Do both.

I don't think we've ever used a flamethrower.

If we could yank one out of the shield lotto, burning Lucius alive would be an excellent "Fuck You".

Can we extend the gauntlets?

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>>27449565
>>27449602

>>27449564
[x] Other: Timestop. Catch Ayumus soul gem before engaging Lucius. I don't think Pinky would give us a hard time for it since Lucius is kind of talking bad about her, too.

>>27449564
Yes, this >>27449618
[x]other: diving Timestop

Has it been confirmed that the gem is actually a subordinate?

This bitch is so dead.

[x] Diving timestop pls decu

Then put it in our shield inventory for safekeeping until the fight is over.

>>27449564

>[X]Other.

Time stop get that Gem, pray that Pinky is in a cooperative mood for once.

>>27449645
Nope. But if it is....

>>27449564
>>27449618
Diving TS sounds good, yeah.

I can't believe how off-base Chiaki is. The first step you should do as a timestopper is keep your finger ready to timestop in case of emergency. If you see something happening, you don't think OH SHIT THINGS ARE HAPPENING

You get ready to STOP TIME
In fact, you STOP TIME AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE READY before unpausing ready to STOP TIME immediately.

If the bitch threw the soul gem in the air we should have immediately TIMESTOP and GRAB.

I mean, this should be second nature to Chiaki by now.