>>28057330
>any place we need to go to first, pick up anything?"
(back to yesterday to retrieve my sanity?)
"Well, my duffle bag has all that I have so. . .no not really"

>>28057330
Every scrap of booze between here and your ramshackle headquarters.

Sidenote: There you are, I've been waiting for you.

Where were we heading at the station anyway before Sato lured us into the rabbit hole?
Outside of town?

>>28057440
Yeah, I think at this point we need to walk in to a liquor store and drink it.

>>28057511
If you count oblivion by way of suicide by train as out of town, kinda.

>>28057561
Heh, we even packed our bags.
Too bad, we could've come back to haunt the train and give Sato a bit of a surprise.

>>28057440
If we have cash. We'll need some good spirits if we're gonna hunt bad spirits.
>>28057407
Alternatively if we're piss broke

>>28057407
(Back to yesterday to retrieve my sanity?) You think to yourself.

"Well, my duffle bag has all that I have so...no not really" You say.

"Alright!" Akira slaps you on the back, hard. "On we go then!"

Your drive through the city of Tokyo is one you'll never forget. Akira drives like a lunatic wo seems to operate on simple principles. '1) Get there as quickly as possible. 2) Don't hit anything.' all other things like laws, traffic flow, buildings, streets, and possibly even the laws of physics don't apply.

Also, apparently Star controls the radio, and this whole trip is done to the tune of Oingo Boingo's 'Dead Man's Party'

Finally, you arrive and you stumble out the van, legs shaking.

"Welcome to the 'Great For Happiness Dumplings' Factory!" Sato says. "Your new home and our base of operations."

"What's that smell?" You ask.

"That would be the horse." Sato says. "Long story, you'll meet her later."

You go inside, the place is...well...you're starting to recognize the 'exploded electronic' look of GB tech. This time it's merged with a mass-production dumpling factory.

"Our dorms are on the second floor." Akira says. "You and Starr have your own room, of course."

"Roomies!" Star says.

"Oh." A voice says. "You're back.

A woman with long black hair, glasses, a green t-shit, jeans and strappy sandals, is sitting behind a desk that's been placed near the front of the factory. You know she's got jeans and sandals on because she has her feet up on the desk and is watching a daytime drama on her laptop.

"This is Tamotsu Sana!" Sato says. "Our secr-"

"Operations Manager." The woman in glasses and long black hair said, not looking away from the tv show. "So...you got a death wish, stupid, or both?"

"I thought you had a callback today?" Akira asks.

"Found out that one of my competition is fucking the casting director." She says. "Figured 'why bother,' I got another audition coming up. No big."

"Sana's trying to be an actress." Sato says.

(cont)

>>28057659
>not even trying
Never get a role with that attitude, banging the director or not.

>>28057659
"Anyway," Akira says. "We have some forms for you to sign. Just legal stuff. It's no big deal."

'No big deal' turns out to be the LONGEST group of liability/non-disclosure/employee health insurance forms you'v ever seen in your life.

Apparently being a Ghostbuster gives you great benefits, even dental.

Although from the list of things that the liability form says that could happen to you...you think that may be out of necessity rather than generosity.

There's also some rather insulting forms detailing your membership into something called P-COC. It looks like a lot of protocol...but the Ghostbusters have been Grandfathered past a lot of the more restrictive red tape.

> Sign it all without reading further
> Carefully sign everything.
> Sign and ask where the nearest beer is being sold.

>>28057712
Read before signing. Harutora Daisuke is no chump.

>>28057659
>Also, apparently Star controls the radio, and this whole trip is done to the tune of Oingo Boingo's 'Dead Man's Party'

I like her more by the minute.

>>28057712
>Carefully sign everything and make Sato give us that drink he owes us.

>>28057712
> Sign it all without reading further
Ghostbusters are real, but their reputation for being cons isn't 100% unfounded.

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>>28057763
Fuck I mean
> Carefully sign everything.

>>28057712
> Carefully read everything, then go looking for beer.

No need to go halfassing this.

>>28057777
At least not till we've drunk ourselves blind

>>28057712
Read carefully. We may be disgraced, but we are no fool...okay we may be a fool, signing up with these guys.

You slowly read through the entire documents. There's not many red flags, save two,

The Non-Disclosure Agreement is a little weird. You can't talk to others about your work especially 'anything that may cause memetic damage to society, or could cause distress due to actions taken by ambulatory beings that take the image of known formerly alive individuals.' Also, if you tell anyone how to unlock or access and ESPECIALLY 'shut down,' the Containment Field. (Whatever that is) You are SO fired.' It's really weird. Some tech you're actively encouraged to talk about, others you have to keep your mouth SHUT.

The P-COC, or Paranormal Control Oversight Coalition also has some weird stuff. Basically, whenever your local representative arrives at your place, you have to follow his 'suggestions and efficiency recommendations' or else they'll throw your ass in jail, or an asylum. Ghostbusters get more leeway than others, but this seems less like an consultant or oversight committee and more like a collection of dickless assholes.

Also, your pay isn't that great. I mean, it's good, but there's equipment fees, maintenance costs, your power bill is ABSURD, health insurance costs, and Union Dues...which is strange because the only members of the Union of Paranormal Cleansers and Managers are the Ghostbusters and their franchises.

Still, lots of tax write offs...which are written to the American Tax Code. You have no idea what that means for you specifically but you think jack shit.

Still, no real red flags. Just imminent death and dismemberment, and while you can ask Central for technical help, NEVER ask them for money and you aren't seeing yen one for any merchandising, but are expected to report any store that selling bootleg goods.

You sign the last form and look at Sato. "So, how about that drink you owe me?"

"Sure. There's the cafe run by this nice couple, or a convenience store run by a sweet family." Sato says. "They're walking distance away, both serve beer."

>>28057992
>American biased contracts and profits
Why hello there Peter and Janine, how are you two doing?

(Sorry about that comment earlier about you and Star being roomies, that was a mixup. You bunk with Sato and Akira. Sana and Star bunk together. Sadly you have no firepole, but you do have an industrial auto-mixer and oversized whisk.)

> Cafe
> Store
> I'm gonna go unpack, you get beer and bring it back here.
> Other

>>28058027
>Not letting us room with a chick
Aww.
Hmm. I vote store.

>>28057992
> There's not many red flags, save two,
So either we're bad at reading or they've gotten better at writing ha.

>Paranormal Control Oversight Coalition
Dammit, I bet Walter Peck had something to do with this. These assholes are international too (gods help us all).

>>28058062
I wouldn't be surprised if peck was president or chief commissioner of that.
>>28058027
Store. We train tomorrow, tonight we drink.

>>28058027
Yeah sure store.

>>28057992
Store. You can buy a sixpack or something and have cold beer at the factory when you need it.

The store is a block away. You notice that the neighborhood is a little...unique as compared to the usual places in Tokyo you've seen. There's a bit more decoration here and there, and a little less cleanliness in places you've come to expect.

"They call it the Reject Zone." Sato says, apparently picking up on what you're picking up. "It's where the dross of Tokyo end up. A lot of refugees, hikikomori who got kicked out, lowest class workers, people who are a bit too out of place." He shrugs. "The cafe's run by a lovely homosexual couple. Nicest guys you'll ever meet but..." He shrugs. "Well, people can be stupid."

The store is a small corner convenience store, with food, diapers, snacks, batteries, and beer. Sato buys a couple cases from the nice Koreans that run the place.

You walk back. "We're kind of the biggest thing to happen to this part of town since...ever." He shrugs. "We just thought it was a cheap building."

> Ask about GBs
> Ask about P-COC
> Ask about Reject Zone
> Ask about Sato/Akira/Star/Sana/Dr. Griffin
> Crack open a beer.

>>28058334
>Ask about GBs
> Ask about P-COC

>>28058334
Crack beer, ask about Doctor Griffin.

Then ask about peacock!

>>28058334
Every option at once, take a drink for each question

>>28058363

This.

I'm sure you want to ask about them all, but in this case it's important to decide what you want to ask about FIRST.

>>28058429
Fine, this order:
GBs (+beer)
P-COC (they'll come up soon, I can feel it) (+beer)
Teammates (+beer)
Reject zone (+beer)

>>28058429
Ghostbusters.
Mainly, what happened to the original crew.

>>28058461
That's the way!

>>28058461
"So," You crack open a beer and take a drink. "Tell me about the Ghostbusters. Is what happened earlier today all that they do?"

"Kinda." Sato says. "We're considered to be a specialized pest control business. With a little bit of Apocalypse Averting on the side." He grins. "But that's Central's stuff."

"Central, that's the ones in New York who were on the news back in the 80s?"

"The very same." He nods.

"They've got franchises now?"

"A couple in America, one in England, one in South Africa, and us." Sato says.

"South Africa?"

"Yeah, someone who worked for Central for a little bit had family, and when they heard that they had PKE issues, they moved there and opened up shop." Sato says. "The guy was a heavy hitter, took out a Class X called Dumazu."

"Class X?" You ask. "I thought the manual had them by numbers?"

"Yeah, don't ask." Sato shakes his head. "If we ever fight a Class X, YOU'LL KNOW."

"Okay, so what's the bussiness plan and why is there an arrow in our door?" You ask.

"Aww fuck, again?" He yanks it out. "She just doesn't give up, does she...and she can HURT people!"

You see a note attached to the arrow. You take it off and read it aloud. "False prophets of unholy science, know that you bolster your ranks fruitlessly. Soon your lies will be exposed. You will know the TRUE power of the world beyond, and I well see you sent to HELL!" You blink. "Who wrote this?"

"Our neighbor." Sato points across the street. You see that there's a rather decent sized temple on the top of a flight of stairs.

"Is...is that the reason why the sign is filled with arrows?" You ask.

"Yeah," Sato sighs. "Turns out some mikos have hair trigger tempers and good aim." He shakes his head. "Sachiko's a piece of work. If she's a proper priestess, then Ishtar had a slight temper. She's been extorting these poor people for years. Offering good luck charms and exorcisms to these people, and charging them for 'spiritual protection.' Ugh." He shakes his head.

(cont)

>>28058719
Remember guys, if a Class X asks if you're a god, what's the appropriate response?

>>28058719
"I guess she sees us as competition." Sato says. "We're back!" He announces as he enters the room. "We brought carbs and alcohol!"

There's a general cheer and soon you're sitting around a table, eating microwave pork buns and drinking beer with your new 'co-workers' it's nice. Reminds you of your friends back in college before they turned on you.

Akira and Sana are talking about their respective work. Dr. Griffin and Star are talking in english about something.

"You know," Sato says. "It's really sad that she's so against us. It furthers that nasty science vs. mysticism stereotype. It says in the handbook that all Ghostbusters are to defer to spiritual authorities, and to view all rituals with deference and respect." He nods. "I mean, we're not SO different from the classic Shaman role, just with different methodology."

> Ask about P-COC
> Ask about Reject Zone
> Ask about Sato/Akira/Star/Sana/Dr. Griffin
> Crack open a beer.

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>>28058764
No?

>>28058799
Goddamit ray

>>28058791
> Ask about P-COC

>>28058791
>Ask about P-COC
These guys sound like some kind of regulatory agency.

>>28058791
"Shaman? Nah, more like Hunter class with pew! pew! laser guns and stuff."
>Crack open a bear
>Ask about the Zone

>>28058719
>Apocalypse Averting is only for Central
Oh lawdy

>>28058791
Have you tried talking to her about that in a civil manner...of course you have, she shot you, didn't she.

>>28058791
Ask about P-COC (+=1 beer)
>handbook says defer to spiritual authorities and view all rituals with respect
Egon, you have the right idea.

>>28058719
>Making money off superstitions of people
Maybe she doesn't have the Sight. Then again, none of the othe GBs do and THEY can see ghosts....
Unless the Sight is much more common in this world....

>>28058764
That's page one of the handbook isn't it?

>>28058791
>It furthers that nasty science vs. mysticism stereotype.
It might be a stereotype.
But you can't blame rationality for trying to be rational, and for the most part our science has been very effective.
It's all semantics anyway.

>>28058877
>Crack open a bear
Apparently we are really impressive.

>>28059022
Depends if we're using Tobins Spirit Guide or Spengler's Spirit Guide.

>>28059023
Science is more badass as well.

Fuck your hocus pocus superstition.

>>28059093
>science is more badass
Whomsoever wields this hammer, be he worthy, shall possess the power of Thor.

>>28058791
> Ask about P-COC
Followed by beer.

"So," You ask as you open another beer. "What's this P-COC thing?"

The table groans.

"Dickless bastards." Star grumbles.

"THEY are the bad stereotype of the modern world trying to smash out mysticism." Sato says. "You know they've already come down like a bag of bricks on three different exorcist groups, and totally shut down a school?"

"They are enforcing their force so that they may be forceful and hurt others because they cannot hurt us, they are complete roosters who feed upon each other." Dr. Griffin says...you think...her Japanese isn't very good.

"Daisuke," Akira says. "P-COC are the people who watch us, and they make sure that we are unable to help people."

"Do be fair, they helped Central that ONE time." Star says.

"1) That was someone from Miskatonic who worked for P-COC who recognized the signs and saw the ads for the Play. 2) His bosses dismissed his claims so he went behind their back to tell Central. 3) They STILL took credit for it! Fuck. Them."

"Half of them can't even see PKE entities." Sato says. "Cushy government job, be an asshole, and you don't even have to believe...I know plenty of members of the Diet who should be in there."

"Why CAN we see ghosts?" You ask. "Thought only special people could."

"I got this." Star smiles. "You go into the woods, and you don't see anything. You walk through it, and suddenly you see a snake right in front of you, one more step and you'd have stepped on it.

"Next time you enter the woods, your brain is working overtime, looking at the foliage, making sure that you don't miss seeing the snake. Dr. Spengler hypothesizes that it's the same thing. People don't see PKE entities, because they don't recognize the threat or feel threatened. If a PKE Entity attacks, THEN they see it, unless the Entity is applying energy to be unnoticed. However, WE'RE constantly looking out for the things, so our brains are geared towards seeing them. It's fight/flight."

"That or the GB Tech has warped us." Dr. Griffin says.

>>28059506
"But you did not hear that from me and should not repeat it." She says.

Topics:
> Sachiko
> Reject Zone
> Teammates
> Why is there a horse over there?

>>28058984
>>28059506
I'm confused, what's all this about "sight" and not being able to see PKE entities?

Movies and games, you can only see ghosts if they choose to show themselves (which was often) or if hidden you were using the PKE and scanner goggles.

>>28059506
>"They are enforcing their force so that they may be forceful and hurt others because they cannot hurt us, they are complete roosters who feed upon each other." Dr. Griffin says...you think...her Japanese isn't very good.

HA!

>>28059525
> Reject Zone

Might as well get the general lay of the land before we start asking specifics.

>>28059580
Oh wait, nvm read on an understood.

>>28059525
Reject zone. (+=1 beer)

>>28059525
>Reject Zone
May as well learn the neighborhood.

>>28059580
I'm not entirely sure either. I think it's talking about the ghosts aren't actively trying to create a form for or show themselves or scare anyone.
The movies and games and film were mostly filled with ghosts that were trying to create forms for themselves that anyone could see. They were "active" entities (according to the game) that are on this dimension.

This probably means we can see "inactive" entities, spirits that haven't exactly crossed into this dimension nor left it (Yurei perhaps). In the game, the merging of Gozers realm and the realworld, as well as by the design of New York city on a giant mandala, allowed people to see the souls of the dead that were supposed to be invisible. "psychokinetic echos" or "ghosts of ghosts" according to egon. The equipment doesn't really effect them because of that (though more powerful ghosts can eat them and slowly gain power).

>>28059580
>>28059839
The Sight, as something from mystical tradition means that you can see the spirits of the dead.
For a great example, watch the movie Paranorman. It's not an especially great power, but can be very useful when you need to interview murder victims.
That said, the people of the Ghostbusters world are able to see ghosts, at least the ones we see on screen and especially the Ghostbusters themselves.
This leads to two conclusions: the Sight is a trainable skill OR everyone in the Ghostbusters universe has the Sight unless they are particularly unimaginative.

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>>28059839
Those common souls of the dead that don't try to show themselves or hurt anyone are completely harmless btw, if you can see them (not even the scanner can). At least according to game lore.
They're not even a class 1 entity.

>>28059922
I'm almost certain this sight only refers to the ability to see "souls of the dead" or very weak PKE entities that aren't "active" (ghosts).

>>28059943
My take on it is
>Soul of the dead (inactive PKE entity)
Can't normally see unless special conditions (curses, rituals, apocalypse, ect.). Can only be seen when inactive if you have the sight, or under special ocasions [rituals, apocalypse, ect.]
>"Ghost" (active PKE entity)
These have chosen to take on quasi-material/ethereal forms and will always be seen unless hiding in an inanimate object or possessing a person.

Souls that will themselves to be seen/act or are too emotionally charged to simply "lay low" automatically become ghost. It is likely prolonged willful interaction with people or things naturally causes souls to become active ghost (slimer constantly trying to eat).

"So...this is the 'Reject Zone' then?"

The other two natives look at Sato. He shrugs. "What? I should lie?"

"No, but not use that bogus nickname!" Star huffs. "It's lame, lame, LAME!" She fumes. "This place is NOT a 'reject!' Okay?"

"This dumpling factory belonged to Star's uncle." Akira says, putting a hand on Star's shoulder. "He was a very good man, and heh...very imaginative. Then the bubble burst." He gestures to the large empty factory. "Now this is it."

"Some Men Fall, They Rise, Some Men Fall, They Break." Sato says. "Or something like that."

Star sniffs. "I loved him a lot, and he tried he really really tried to come back...but...but we do not live in a country that tolerates failure. Japan told him that he was a loser and a failure, and there was only one way to salvage his family name." She sighs. "So one day there was a train incident."

There's a long pause. You stare at the beer in your hand. Maybe you've had enough for today.

The phone rings, and Sana gets up to answer it.

"Ghostbusters..." She asks. "Really? How bad? What do you mean by fatal crockery? Oh, has anyone been killed? Because Ghostbusters doesn't...okay...okay...well for a home visitation, an evening visit, and you're asking for a full-on inspection, cleansing, AND...heh alright, if YOU don't want to haggle...we'll also need you to sign the proper liability and property waiv...alright but a rush job will cost you extra, cause we ARE putting you on the front of the line. Okay...thank you." She hands up. "We got one!" She says.

"YEEE-HAW!" Akira says.

"I'll go get the packs!" Star says.

"I am very engaged to be here and happy to be present as well tomatoes!" Dr. Griffin says.

"Dai..." Sato says. "You know you don't have to come, you've had a fuck of a morning, no need to add more tonight."

> Eh, I'm in.
> Yeah, have fun. I'm gonna finish my beers.
> Do I still get paid either way?

>>28060124
> Eh, I'm in.

>>28060124
>Eh, I'm in.
Better to keep active than to wallow in misery.

>>28060124
Let's go watch these people work.
Preferably without getting chocked out.
Though we've been drinking, so let's not help out unless we have to.

>>28060124
>> Eh, I'm in.

>>28060124
"Eh, might as well get on the job training. So you guys do, I'll watch on the sidelines, ok?"

>>28060124
So we've "had enough for the night" and she's asking us to handle a particle stream weapon?
>eh I'm in.
Shit we better bone up on our equipment on the way. We have the game upgraded abilities right? What were they?

>>28060124
>Eh, I'm in.

Finish off the rest of that beer and gear up.

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>>28060207
From what I remember.

>Capture Stream
Default weapon. Throws a stream of charged plasma that neutralizes the negative energy of ghosts. and can hold them down over traps or slam them against walls to knock them out
Can also lift solid objects into the air
>Boson Dart
Launches explosive boson darts, very effective against tearing apart material constructs and knocking down the more larger ghosts. Takes a lot of power and cooldown time.
>Stasis beam
Launches order reducing particles which bind to ectoplasmic or physical matter, freezing them in place and turning them brittle to smash
Also comes in a shotgun shrapnel shot version, to take down large groups of swarmers or knock back opponents
>Plasm Distribution system
Comes in two modes, sprayer and sling
Sprayer launches positively-charged Psychomagnotheric Slime, which can slow down ghosts, disperse their effects and illusions (show fake walls, reveal hidden doors, land floating furniture) and neutralize caustic black slime. Also can be used to purge living beings of possessing entities
Sling launches a slingshot slime that quickly contracts and turns brittle, and can quickly sling two objects together. Use your imagination on this one, the ghostbusters used it to bring down drawbridges or sling explosive ghosts at an “unbreakable” gate.

>>28060255
(This is pretty much it.
Oh, also (even though the game is lousy) Sanctum of Slime is also canon here.)

You finish your beer. "Eh, I'm in."

"How many of those have you had?" Sato asks as you and he suit up.

You shrug. "My tolerance these days is really high."

"I bet." Sato pauses and looks at you. "Keio University....was it that test score thing?"

You give him a look. "Show me how to work these neutro-whatever wands."

"Neutrino." Sato says, catching the hint. "Yeah, sure."

You get a very good crash course in the car, which once again is filled with Akira's driving madness and Star's pick of 'Weird Science.'

Once the training is over, you get a conference call with Sana.

"Okay, so I looked up what I heard. And I think I found something similar to what you guys have."

"Did you find it in Tobin's or Spengler's?"

"My niece's storybook that she gave me when she heard I was working in this madhouse." She says. "Sounds like Okiku."

"The plate ghost?" Sato says.

"Yeah." Sana says. "But it's weird. There's no well in this property, and there's been no stated incidents of counting."

"Not to mention Okiku has never been recorded as being a hostile ghost, much less PKE-Induced Telekinetic Forces." Sato says. "But, if it is Okiku, or a PKE Entity that's taken on her Aspect, then...guess we could try out the simple method."

> What's the simple method?
> Oh you mean (Quiz: How do you dispel Okiku? Going by honor system here, no looking it up!)
> Can we PLEASE change the radio?!

>>28060255
Oh, and then there's the PKE meter and scanner goggles. Green means general paranormal anomalies or energy (slime, lights, floating furniter). Blue means an "active sample" (cursed relics, tomes, magically enhanced gadgets). Red means an active ghost is about, either in plain sight or hiding.

The scanner can be used to see through illusions like fake walls and hidden doors. Also used to take snapshots of ghosts for study back home.

Apparently doesn't really work to detect ghosts possesing people though, since they "blend in to natural aura" and not even harder scans like electrodes can find them (Ivo Shandor possesed the mayor for months and none the wiser). On a side note, in the film the GB had a spectronalizer to use to look for ghosts in regular photographs (pictures Vigo's portrait for instance). Though in Vigo's case he was so powerful that the photograph copies burst into flame and locked the door (maybe there is something to the whole "camera's steal a piece of your soul" thing)

>>28060410
>What's the easy way, since we won't be using it?
Aside; what DID we do that got us kicked out? You said it was something to do with ethics and getting poor test scores wouldn't fit the bill unless everyone else cheating horribly using the 'official' method or something and we tried to report them.

>>28060481
Ditto

>>28060410
If experience has taught me, few things are every simple. What is this method?

>>28060481
I suggested a long winded "why" possibility toward the end of last thread. Tis in the archive.

>>28060410
>Might as well go over both ways.

>>28060410
>What's the simple method?
I remember this from somewhere but I can't really remember how it works without looking it up and cheating. Something to do with a missing plate.

>>28060538
Oh, you wrote the theory about the culture deconstruction and suicide causes? Sweet.

>>28060410
>What's the simple method?

>>28060548
Oh wait, counting. That was it. You count the missing plate she lost.

"What's the easy method?" You ask.

"Finish helping her count to ten." Sato says. "Short version of one version of the tale. Okiko was a maid in a noble's household. Noble had the hots for her. Wife finds out. Wife breaks one of the 10 precious heirloom plates. Okiku is blamed, executed, and dumped down an empty well. Her ghost then mournfully counts to ten every night, or tries to, at Nine she breaks down weeping. If someone says 'Ten' at the right spot, she is satisfied and Moves On."

"But that's not exactly what's happening here."

"Well, when crockery is involved, people go to Okiku first." Sato says.

"Kind of a dumb tale." Akira says. "Not that I'm knocking it. But, I'm a bigger fan of Sugawara no Michizane, or Yuki-Onna...or Oiwa."

"Yeah, well...let's see if this is Okiku, a Shade of her, or just someone acting like her." Star says. "Could just be a Class 3 Poltergeist."

Roll 1d20

Rolled 3

>>28060802

Rolled 16

>>28060802
Lets rock

Rolled 19

>>28060802
Schoolhouse Rock

>>28060846
>>28060847
>>28060876
Average of 12.7
Hmm,

>>28060913
I don't think we're using averages for the rolls. If we were, then 1s wouldn't take away successful rolls and Ghost Die wouldn't matter.

>>28060940
We did last thread though.
If we're going to use the 3, this isn't going to be easy.

But we're up to a challenge.

>>28060964
>http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/28009567/
>Roll 1d20, I'll take the best of the first three rolls. Crit fails eliminate the best roll.

>A '4' means a ghost roll. (This is Japan, 4 = Death.) You don't want ghost rolls.

>>28061033
Ah yes, I was remembering a different quest. Lucky us then. For now.

>>28060876
That was weird. Star's tape skipped when Akira mentioned those other tales.

Well...that's certainly not ominous.

Either way, you arrive at the place. It's an actual house. Looks like a nice one too.

You suit up and put the pack on your back.

"Wish Dr. Griffin could come along." Sato says.

"She's getting our containment field right." Akira says. "I don't want anything to go wrong with THAT."

"Agreed."

Akira knocks on the door and a very upset man opens the door and stammers out something half-intelligible.

Akira smiles and takes him outside to calm him down, and to fill out the forms and pay the fees.

"Okay," Sato says. "Standard procedure for residential haunting, everyone take a room, constant radio contact, first sign of trouble signal for support, and remember we MUST do the proper protocol greeting." He waves his handbook. "This is by the book folks."

"Alright, we know. Don't got mental on me." Star says.

"Which room you want?"

> Bedroom
> Kitchen
> Main Room

>>28061033
Too bad we're not gaijin. 13 would the unlucky number but 7 would give us a bonus.

>>28061080
>Kitchen

Hey, do we still have Yurei's Chyme on us?

>>28061080
Kitchen, where all the dishes are.
Let's be bad guys (Ghostbusters bull in a china shop ensues)

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>>28061080
Kitchen, if this is indeed Okiku that would be logical.

Get out our PKE meters and watch for the faintest twinge of red or even green. Use the scanner to check for footprints or fingerprints. Any hint of a ectoplasmic activity.

>>28061080
Main room. Kitchen is probably where the ghost is so no. Bedroom is where a lot of hauntings are so no. We're still a rookie and slightly drunk so... Mainroom.

>>28061126
It's robably in our pockets if we haven't changed clothes. She's moved on, and I don't think she was powerful enough to enchant it for anything more than the recordings of the dead. It'll probably be a low level blue item if we use meter at best.

>>28061080
>Kitchen because we're the awesome rookie that took on three angry girl ghosts before taking the job.

>>28061126
>Hey, do we still have Yurei's Chyme on us?

Sure.

"I'll take the Kitchen." You say.

Sato looks disappointed, Star looks relieved. You split up, and take out your PKE meter.

Roll 3d6 (Three dice to check for a ghost roll, because it's a poltergeist, and you're in a kitchen.)

>>28061192
3 Class VI transformed electronic composites to be precise.
actually that was a mistake yesterday, they were supposed to be class 6's not class 4's.

Rolled 3, 6, 2 = 11

>>28061238
Oh no...

>>28061244
Oh wait, nvm they were indeed class IV or class V. They were constructs without a focal object for added power.

>>28061244
Like. A. Boss. That was untrained and under a hopeless workload and as such highly likely to fail.

>>28061238
Is either Sato or us wearing scanner goggles?

Rolled 2, 6, 5 = 13

>>28061238

As an aside OP: Thank you for running this. This is fun as hell to watch and is making me very nostalgic (Without just being a rehash of existing stuff. The japan culture stuff is really interesting if consistently dark as hell)

>>28061305
This isn't even scratching the surface of Japanese mythos.

And a solid Hell Yes to that sentiment.

Rolled 6, 1, 5 = 12

>>28061238
Strangers in the night

9d6 and not a single 4. Yeah baby.

>>28061313

>This isn't even scratching the surface of Japanese mythos.

Oh, I was talking about the culture stuff. Like well the 'Train accident' and the cause of the first ghosts.

Is Japan's suicide rate really that bad?

>>28061411
>Japan has one of the world's highest suicide rates, and the Japanese government reported the rate for 2006 as being the ninth highest in the world.[3] 71% of suicides in Japan were male,[2] and it is the leading cause of death in men aged 20–44.[4][5]

>>28061411
It's pretty crazy.
Aokigahara, is probably a Twinkie the size of the Knock Nevis.

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>>28061448
That's a big twinkie.

>>28061265
Generally speaking, the classes can be inferred from the game and can get a little different that the classes for ghosts/entities.

1-2 Swarmers. Flying books, flying knives, generally little things that fly in swarms but don't really act as individuals or have identity. Often just energy given sentience or directed by one, or lost disgruntled souls and animals spirits.
3-5 Your basic humanoid constructs, people who have willed material objects to take up bodies for them.
6-7 Golems and monsters. At this stage they take a focal object and can draw great masses of material and often have energy blasts, but if the focal object is taken out of the hulk the whole structure falls apart.
8-9 Very powerful constructs. The Spider Witch and the Collector from the video games or the a weakened return of Stay Puft Gozer. Wizards the likes of Vigo and Ivo Shandor in the mayors body, or Zuul the demigod, would be 9's.
10-above. Here be the gods and demons. Gozer in his prime, and Ivo becoming the Architect God.

You have your Spectra-Goggles on and are waving the PKE meter around. Nothing.

Well, that's not true. You're picking up a lot of residue, and this place has a lovely light patina of Negatively Charged Spectral Residue on every heavily used surface.

This is something the manual says that you'd expect more at a hospice, or a mental health facility. A private residence is...unusual.

Still no active signatures.

You head out into the main room. Star is there, checking things out.

"Hey." She says. "Any luck?"

"Nah, kitchen's clean...sorta. Hey, this place is pretty heavily coated in slime." You say.

"Yeah." Star says. "This is actually not that bad. Average for a Tokyo household. We've seen apartments with worse."

"Shouldn't we do something about it?" You ask.

"Only if they offer to pay for a cleansing." Star says. "We tried doing a gratis spraying. It didn't end well...a small fire, and Sato ended up getting hurled through a wall."

"Huh." You help her scan the whole room.

"You know, I know what you did." Starr says. "I think you did the right thing. I don't know if I would have the courage. So...HOW many people have been fired?"

"Last count was 12." You say. "I don't like talking about it."

"Okay." Star says.

Roll 1d6 for Ghost Roll.

Rolled 5

>>28061506
Monster Mash

Rolled 5

>>28061506

Rolled 4

>>28061506

>>28061549
You fucker.

>>28061549
Well shit.

>>28061549
Welp

>>28061549
NO! GODDAMMIT YOU BROKE THE STREAK
Sometimes, when people are scared they say mean things.

>>28061549
!Fun! intensifies.

>>28061549
>Dice is 1d6
>Lucky number in japan is 8
Awww, no counter rolls.

If four is unlucky in Japan, what do people do for fourth birthday parties?

>>28061549
Your PKE meters suddenly spike red.

You see the large wall clock, family pictures, wall scroll, and anything else on the wall start to shake and rattle.

"ONE!" A female voice howls.

"SATO GET IN HERE!" Star yells.

There's a THOK! As all the sliding doors to the room slam closed.

"TWO!"

You hear Sato charge down and then a THUNK sound. "DAMNIT!" You hear him yell. The hell?! That's just a normal screen door, Sato should have blasted right through it!

"THREE!"

> Blast the rattling objects.
> Blast the Door.
> Wait until Okiku gets to Nine and then shout TEN
> Other

>>28061687
>Shout TEN after Nine
It probably won't work since we got a 4, but it's worth a shot.

>>28061605
Four is unlucky specifically because the word for it, "shi", is a homophone for the word for death. This is why, when counting, people will often use "yon" instead.

>>28061687
>enchanted door
We could try to spray it with slime to neutralize the spell then use a quick blast of the capture stream (I'd highly not reccomend the boson inside a small room unless you want deep fried ghostbuster [on top of colateral damage equivalent to the whole house]).

>>28061687
> Wait until Okiku gets to Nine and then shout TEN
Don't want to miss a chance while messing with the door.

>>28061765
Then again, Sato might be trying to push in from the otherside and I don't want deep fried ghostbuster either.

>>28061687
Wait to count to 10.

>>28061726
Oh yes, I forgot about the sheer amount of WORDS WORDS WORDS in the Japanese language. That and their absolutely appalling love of puns as a result.

>>28061829
"FOUR!"

"FUCK! Could she BE any quieter?!" Star shouts to you.

"FIVE!"

"JUST HANG ON!" You say. "WE'LL WAIT IT OUT!"

"SIX!"

"WHAT?!"

"SEVEN!"

"WHAT?!"

"EIGHT!"

"YOU SAID SOMETHING?"

"NINE!"

"TEN!" You shout. "TEN! FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT'S HOLY, THERE'S TEN!"

A pause, and the rattling and the shouting stops. There's a moment of quiet.

"LIAR!!"

All the items from the wall rip free and float in the air.

"I can't see her! She's hiding or invisible! Specs on!" Star shouts.

"DIE!" Okiku screams.

Roll for initiative. 1d10

Rolled 1

>>28061880
You know I love to count to ten, so I made this song....

Rolled 2

>>28061880
>All the items from the wall rip free and float in the air.
Switch to Stasis Shotgun!

>>28061687

> Wait until Okiku gets to Nine and then shout TEN while blasting the Door
>>

>>28061902
>>28061910
Welp.

>>28061902
>>28061910
Welp, we're dead m8's

Rolled 1

>>28061880

Rolled 3

>>28061902
>>28061910
Geh
>>28061880
For the love all that is holy COUNTER TEN roll.

Rolled 4, 6 = 10

>>28061931
Some days, I love the die.

>>28061902
>>28061910
>>28061941
Oh look, my song came true.

>>28061902
>>28061910
>>28061931
We have offended the dice gods

>>28061951
What happens if the ghost gets a ghost die?

Rolled 14, 20 = 34

>>28061951
"DUCK!" A family photo comes at you, spinning sideways like a very large, nostalgia-filled, shuriken.

>>28061980
Roll 1d20 to dodge, you want to beat a 14.

There's a BOOM and you see a huge hole in the door, and Akira and Sato standing there.

"Told you a double boson dart would override almost damn anything!" Sato says. "And I didn't burn my eyebrows off this time!"

Rolled 14

>>28062004

Rolled 3

>>28062004
Can't touch this

Rolled 16

>>28062004

Rolled 15

>>28062004

Rolled 12, 6, 10 = 28

>>28062028
You duck out to the side and the picture embeds itself in the wall.

"Everyone scan the walls, look for a concentration of black slime, and NAIL it." Akira says. "Handbook says it could be as small as a saucer plate."

Roll 1d20

Rolled 1

>>28062071
"Don't see it!" "Nothing" "Sorry!"

Rolled 11

>>28062071

Rolled 1

>>28062071

>>28062088
>>28062099
wut

Rolled 10

>>28062071
Everything you know is wrong

Rolled 1

>>28062071

>>28062088
>predicting the future
Well that's not fair.

Also are you rolling for the ghost?

Rolled 12

>>28062071

Rolled 6

>>28062088
Son
>>28062099
of
>>28062118
a bitch!

Rolled 9, 19 = 28

>>28062114
Damn, you don't see it yet.

The wall scroll rolls itself up with a snap and hurls itself at Akira.

Rolled 12, 1, 4 = 17

>>28062144
Akira grabs the scroll out of mid-air and tosses it aside.

"You're fighting the quickest gun in the East girl!" He crows. "You'll have to do better than that!"

"DON'T. BAIT. THEM!" Star snaps. "Everyone keep looking!"

Roll 1d20

Rolled 11

>>28062186
Cmon, where are you.

GHOST ROLL
>>28062186
The 'Quickest Gun In The East' gets nailed in the back of the head with a ceramic cow. He hits the floor like a sack of potatoes.

Rolled 15

>>28062186
One last attempt at rolling well.

Rolled 4

>>28062186

Rolled 3

>>28062186
The Ballad of Irving

>>28062212
Damn it! The dice hate me.

>>28062212
It is a 1d10. that doesn't count right?

>>28062212
Thank god that was a d10.

>>28062212
d20, not d10

Rolled 12

>>28062186
I HATE GHOSTS

>>28062212
Well shit.

>>28062223
>>28062226
Oh, whoops. Nevermind then.

>>28062203
> gets nailed in the back of the head with a ceramic cow.
You know we really ought to invest in protective helmets with built in spectra-goggles on day.

Rolled 8

>>28062244
Hell, if this equipment weren't so heavy I'd advocate full body armor.
Even Dr. Griffin wore shoulder pads and upper torso armor.

>>28062244
So basically hockey helmets with a mount, Delta-style?

Rolled 1

>>28062212
This is your ONE mercy. From now on, dud roll, wrong die, or you're a guy who rolls all the time, doesn't matter. Ghost Roll is a Ghost Roll.

>>28062210
"THERE!" You shout and point out at a spot above the blasted door, a dense throbbing boil of black slime.

Rolled 14, 2 = 16

>>28062267
Please don't make a 'Time Flies' joke as the wall clock comes hurling at Sato.

>>28062263
HA!

>>28062264
Whatever works, and that does sound like an idea.

>>28062290
We make a 'Time Flies' joke as the wall clock comes hurling at Sato.

Rolled 2, 17 = 19

>>28062290
CRACK!

"UH!" Sato snaps his head back and it comes back with a bloody mouth. He spits out a mass of blood and a tooth on the ground. "Fuck! ANOTHER one? Blessed be our dental plan! SLIME THE BITCH!"

Roll 1d20

Rolled 15

>>28062340

Rolled 12

>>28062340

>>28062263
You know, with all the breakthroughs in lightweight materials you'd think we could design a less heavy set of equipment and then sell it back to central.
Now how do you lessen the weight of radiation shielding without reducing effectiveness...

Rolled 3

>>28062340
Ooo, you'll love my toxic love

>>>/co/55609925
Well would you look at that, somebody feels inspired.

>>28062362
>sell back to central

Please don't turn this again into X-COM.

>>28062345
The smile boil bursts with a flare of light and a hissing noise. A woman in...well you're not sure what you would call that.

It looks like someone from the feudal era was told to make a uniform for a Maid Cafe, specifically a classic 'french maid' costume, but not given the best description.

There's black slime all over her body, and dripping from her skirt, her sleeves, and she has no legs and is slightly transparent.

There's a mass of black slime around her neck, and oozing out from her tear ducts, and nose.

"Ten...ten...there's ten...please...help...meeee..." She croaks out.

Suddenly there's a glow of red from within her, and the black slime all gets sucked back up within her and you hear that sizzling sound. Her eyes flash red and she snarls at you.

She ten floats down to the kotatsu, and with a blast of heat it lifts off of the ground, actual fire licking from under the blanket. It looks like a ridiculous, lethal, skirt.

"DIE!" She screams.

What'll it be?

> Proton Beam
> Stasis Blast
> Slime Blower
> Meson Collider
> Fermion Shock
> Plasma Inductor

2 work great, 2 are average, 2 are lousy

>>28062495
Proton Beam
Stick with the classics?

>>28062495
At this point, I would like to remind that black slime sucks out your very lifeforce on contact and hurts like a son of a bitch, on top of the ghost being on fire.
Of which I would recommend the slime blower to neutralize both those threats.

I'm not entirely sure about the second weapon.

>>28062495
> Slime Blower

>>28062495
>Slime Blower
Black slime and a ghost possessed by something else? This is probably one of the great choices.

>>28062495
The meson collider isn't even a real offensive weapon, it's meant as a target beacon for the Overload Pulse (basically rapid fire machine gun plasma).

Fermion shock and Plasma inductor are based on ghost color types (blue and yellow respective) and this one clearly has red.

those are likely the lousy ones in this situation.

>>28062550
No no, parton. Let me explain. You pick one weapon out of the list.

Two weapons will give you a bonus.
Two weapons will give you a penalty.
Two weapons do neither.

Hint: No slime or physical manifestation of the Ghost is apparent. The ghost is manipulating the kotatsu, not possessing it. Pyro-kinesis is considered to be an 'accelerating' PKE manipulation, which is why none of you can see your breath...apart from the fire.

>>28062591
Stasis Blast! Stasis Blast!

>>28062591
>Hint: No slime or physical manifestation of the Ghost is apparent. The ghost is manipulating the kotatsu, not possessing it. Pyro-kinesis is considered to be an 'accelerating' PKE manipulation, which is why none of you can see your breath...apart from the fire.
Well that changes everything, I recant my vote >>28062601

>>28062591
>>28062615
A stasis blast would decelerate the PKE manipulations.

>>28062591
Stasis blast.

The ghost isn't taking manifesting physical, and slime might or might not phase through her, but the stasis stream is garaunteedgive it one for us to smash, that and at least it stops that damned table.

>>28062644
(I know that one was a tad easy, but they'll get harder later.)

You unleash a stasis stream at Okiku...or THE Okiku...or the Maid Gho...whatever, you blast the bitch before she can cook Akira on the ground. The fire instantly begins to develop stasis crystals as it reverts back to inert PKE.

"Good one man. Blast her!" Star says.

Roll 1d20+2

Rolled 9, 2 + 2 = 13

>>28062738
The other two GBs unleash with stasis blasts of their own.

Rolled 2 + 2

>>28062738
Alright, here it goes.

Rolled 14 + 2

>>28062738
Everything is catching on fire

Rolled 13 + 2

>>28062738

Rolled 12 + 2

>>28062738
>Inser Sato "We're putting you on ice" joke here.

Rolled 4 + 2

>>28062738

Rolled 14 + 1

>>28062767
She dodges the other two but you nail her.

(You can choose to toss the trap any time after the first hit, but obviously the more you blast her, the better chance you have of trapping her.)

She tries to break through the stasis crystals and hurl the kotatsu at you.

Rolled 9, 6 = 15

>>28062831
(That's supposed to be a penalty.)

She just barely misses you and your jumpsuit gets singed. She does break free of the stasis crystals though.

You can blast her, like the other two are doing, or you can use the stasis beam again, your call.

>>28062844
Stasis beam!

>>28062844
Both miss, mostly because they're dragging the cowboy out of the way. Throwing the trap and going capture beam is option as well.

>>28062851
"Fool me once, shame on you." She won't fall for the same trick twice.

>>28062856
Beam her up scotty!

>>28062844
For the time being I think Stasis Beam would be best unitl we can force the black slime out of her and use the SLime Blower on that.

>>28062844
Blast the bitch

>>28062844
Stasis stream, don't let her break free

>>28062844
Stasis Beam

>>28062951
>>28062920
>>28062905
1d20

Rolled 1

>>28063037

Rolled 11

>>28063037
Running to stand still

Rolled 3

>>28063037
C'mon 20

Rolled 16

>>28063037

Rolled 17

>>28063037
Rolling

Rolled 20

>>28063063
Well, there's a bunch of nifty new stasis crystals gracing this place's walls. But sadly, none on the ghost.

At all.

She tries to hit you with the spinning kotatsu of doom.

>>28063130
Actually only the ghost would get stasis crystals, walls and stuff would just burst into flame because you're still launching ionized particles at it. But again, artisitic license

>rolled 20
OW

>>28063130
>Rolled 20
And that's two men down.

Rolled 3

>>28063130
>She tries to hit you with the spinning kotatsu of doom.
>Rolled 20
Man, these rolls are stacked

Rolled 18, 1 = 19

>>28063130
You go flying through the outer wall of the house and land hard in the small garden that these people have.

You really really hope that's squashed tomatoes...and...nope...nope that's too black. That's your blood. Yeah, you just got stabbed in the side by a sweetpea-fence. Great. And now you know why your health coverage is so good and comprehensive. That's REALLY going to hurt when the adrenaline wears off.

The other two try and blast her, as you try and get up and untangled.

Rolled 6

>>28063179
Sato's misses, and worse, his pack has overheated and caused a dead charge. He's got to vent and swap in a new energy pack.

Star hits.

Okiku tries to hit Sato as he's recharging.

Rolled 16 + 2

>>28063199
Sato ducks and rolls out of the way. Star blasts again.

Rolled 12 + 2

>>28063208
You drag your bleeding self, back up into the room to see Sato prime his pack back up, and see Star nail the bitch again.

Okiku pauses in her assault. The flames die down to just underneat the kotatsu and her head droops.

Your call.

>>28063219
Set the trap.

>>28063219
Strike while the iron is hot! Trap and hold her in the field!

>>28063219
TRAP.
NOW.

>>28063219
Trap the bitch.

Is the book where Peter and Winston end up running for office of Mayor of New York canon?

Rolled 10

You toss the trap and the other two unleash capture beams.

She tries to pull away but a third pops up. It's Akria from the ground. "How'd YOU like sucker punches?"

You're the fourth beam. Okiku wails and screams, you see the red light in her eyes and that black slime flare up.

The trap opens and that white light leaks out. She thrashes and shifts, but it's going to take an unholy miracle for her to break free.

>>28063219
Proton stream.

She's not there yet. Get her weaker before the shift to wrangling.

>>28063251
Which book is that? Novels tend to be tetriary canon and that would certainly be in conflict with cartoon and game canon where the Mayor gives the GB his blessings to run in NYC

>>28063276
Oh, don't say that! Your next post is going to require a roll!

>>28063277
Traps and usage of capture streams are simultaneous and implied.

>>28063297
Nevermind, appears Ghostbusters: The Return isn't movie canon

CONTINUE

>>28063276
NOPE! With a shreek she's sucked down inside and the trap SNAPS closed.

All is well.

Save your bleeding side-wound, Akira's concussion, Sato's 1st degree burns, the two broken doors, the damaged walls and the total destruction of everything no nailed down in this room and a TOTALED kotatsu.

But all that's covered in the liability agreement, as Star explains to the homeowner as you all limp back to YOMI-1 and go to the emergency room.

Nurse Reika, an angel in white and a possessor of ample...bandages...sighs as the three of you limp into her sight. "There's another one of you now?"

She bandages you up, (and she gives you a wink) and you head back to the van. Star finishes her Oingo Boing mix-tape on the way home with 'Stay' and Akira's driving only violates 4 traffic laws.

You have gotten used to this shit WAY too fast.

"So..." Sana asks as you all stagger back into the Factory pushing open the arrow filled door. "How'd it go?"

> Grunt 'fine' and go to bed.
> Flirt with Sana
> Collapse onto the assembly line and go to sleep there. You were safer when you got death threats.

>>28063369
>Grunt 'fine' and go to bed.

>>28063369
Attempt to flirth with Sana only to comically pass out sprawled over the assembly line.

So gentlemen, what have we learned from today's episode?

>It is a good idea to pre-emptively slime objects that could potentially fly up and hit you in the face
>Better a slimy mess than a bloody one, and we ain't paying for the cleanup costs

>>28063369
>Flirt with Sana

>>28063401
Right, also invest in helmets and lightweight body armor immediately
>>28063369
>Flirt with Sana

>>28063369
> Grunt 'fine' and go to bed.
Or at least try to make it to bed. Two ass kickings in one day is two too many.

> pushing open the arrow filled door
Nice to see someone's been busy while we've been doing all the hard work.

>>28063369
>>28063399
Wait, can I add that we shout at the temple that they could be out actually HELPING people instead of committing vandalism?

>>28063471
We can go hit on the tsundere miko tomorrow.

>>28063471
It's not about helping.
It's about business.

Our best hope is to get the P-COC on ourside and against them. Somehow.

>>28063490
>sicking the P-COC on someone
>ever
That's the very definition of selling out.

>>28063399
"Sana," You say as you stagger over to the assembly line. "I felt safer when I got death threats."

"Oh." Sana says. "So...I guess you're quitting like the others, huh?"

She looks at you with nice looking grey-ish eyes behind a pair of glasses that work for her and she nervously tugs at a bit of hair. She's cute, when she isn't snarking.

You smile at her. "Safer, but...heavens help me, I'm...happier here. With the craziness, danger, copious need for medical attention, and you."

She blushes.

"And the other idiots, does Star have any other tapes other than Oingo Boingo."

"Don't ask or we'll have Devo Week again." Sana says.

"Good...now...I'm gonna pass out...right here." You lie down on the assembly line.

"Good Night Daisuke." Sana says. "Sleep well."

"How many people have joined and quit this job anyway?" You ask.

Sana smiles. "You're number Ten."

END EPISODE 2

Next Episode, November 7th 3-5pm PST

>>28063490
>>28063504
That's too much like putting our friends in the cacky.
Also, unethical.

Rolled 4

So, GM. I've got to point out something incredibly stupid you did today:

>This is your ONE mercy. From now on, dud roll, wrong die, or you're a guy who rolls all the time, doesn't matter. Ghost Roll is a Ghost Roll.

Seriously? It doesn't matter what die? It doesn't matter when it's rolled? Why not just say "hey, if you want be an asshole and fuck over my quest, just keep rolling d4s until you've got enough 4s to kill off the cast?"

Just stick to the first three legit rolls. You're on 4chan, not everyone here wants to see things work out. There's quite a lot who'd like to see the exact opposite and it just takes one of those people willing to do exactly what I just said to ruin things for everyone based on your rule.

>>28063508
It's not as if they're being any ethical towards us anyway. I'd hardly call people who lob arrows at us on a regular basis "friends".

If they had the chance, I'd imagine they'd turn the P-COC on us in half a heartbeat.

>>28063511
We'll be able to tell when someone is actively trying to fuck us over. If that's the case, then adjustments will be made.

>>28063530
So what, you gotta be as low as them, huh? No, we go the high road. We do better than them, we stick to the letter of the regs, and by god we show them that if they don't change they're out of a job!

>>28063530
>It's not as if they're being any ethical towards us anyway. I'd hardly call people who lob arrows at us on a regular basis "friends".
Clearly you aren't familiar with that uniquely Japanese phenomenon known as the tsundere.
I say we get the little psycho a proton pack and see how much damage she can do. Plus we get to see which of the other two male busters has shit taste in -deres.

NEXT EPISODE

"That was our Dickless headache from P-COC."
"You did see that she's a woman. Right?"
"She still has no dick!"

THUNK
"So we have to wait until AFTER we get shot by an arrow, before we can burn her temple to the ground."
"Right, otherwise it's a hate crime. That's not covered by the lawyers."
"But revenge is?"
"Yup."

"DIE!"
"Look, I can be killed by a long-haired ghost girl. I can be killed by an eldritch horror from beyond the stars, I can be killed by a bus, but I am NOT getting killed by a SAKE BOTTLE that has angry eyes PAINTED on it!"
"To be fair you'd be killed by the fork it's wielding."
"Shut up and SHOOT!"

>>28063548
>P-COC next episode
I KNEW IT
Also, calling people wanting to hatefuck her.

>>28063539
Well if you want to white knight all the way through this then be my guest. Technically it would sort of be in character so I'd support it.
>>28063542
>Give our current rival access to our technology and weaknesses
>Directly violate the contract we just signed today
>In addition to giving her a weapon with our signature on it that she can spray on anything she wants

>>28063548
>sake bottle
I thought Kameosa were one of the few things out there that were outright benign to people.

>>28063511
Fair enough. First three legit rolls it is.

>>28063561
I was trying to imply a recruitment opportunity.
If there's one thing I've learned from Fire Emblem it's that anyone who has a name can be recruited, and trusted by your side in battle.

>>28063561
Just because we're white knighting doesn't mean we have to play strictly nice. I'm just saying that playing dirty sits ill with me and sounds unethical for our character.
Especially since that priestess bitch is putting holes in our property. Bitch must PAY.

>>28063566
Close but not correct. Different yomi. A Seto Taisho.

Also, you're still not sure if that was the same Okiku of legend or someone aping her. The others think it was the latter, some maid that got killed and went nuts as a spirit.

It's not uncommon for yurei to imitate well known stories. As Dr. Spengler says in his books, entities can manipulate PKE more dramatically and have more 'substance' the more frightened people are. It causes mood slime and higher PKE fields and a lot of technical stuff in Egon-speak.

Basically scared people make bigger twinkies than not-scared people.

So a lot of ghosts cash in on old legends, as it's easy to act them out as their in the Collective Zeitgeist/Gestalt of people, and thus easy to replicate, and cause a big draw of power. THe down side to this is that, you play by an old story, you play by it's rules. Also, you have a chance of losing your own sense of self and 'becoming' the character in the story. So the maid ghost would have forgotten who she was and thought herself as being Okiku.

That being said, you may have gotten her mid-transferrence which explains why she attacked instead of Crossing Over when you said 'Ten.' Otherwise, there's Something Strange happening, because Okiku should NOT have attacked you if you said 'Ten.'

But it was probably just a maid ghost in the middle of becoming Okiku. That explains it. There's certainly nothing more deep and sinister going on.

Oh by the by, there's a named Episode coming up down the line. I would like you to start talking about which one you want:

Be Kind, Rewind

Water Damage

BeGrudging Respect

Do you have a preference?

>>28063669
>Certainly nothing more deep and sinister going on
Blatant Lies: the Home Game
So what, the stories breaking down? Ghosts getting put into their zeitgeist boxes able to break out at will? Shit.

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>>28063669
>"There's certainly nothing more deep and sinister going on."

>>28063669
BeGrudging Respect.
Why not.

>>28063669
>So a lot of ghosts cash in on old legends, as it's easy to act them out as their in the Collective Zeitgeist/Gestalt of people, and thus easy to replicate, and cause a big draw of power. THe down side to this is that, you play by an old story, you play by it's rules. Also, you have a chance of losing your own sense of self and 'becoming' the character in the story. So the maid ghost would have forgotten who she was and thought herself as being Okiku.
I wonder if that's a regional cultural-socio psionic phenomenon.

The New York ghosts were certainly on the other end of the spectrum, favoring individualistic forms based on their living lives, many non standard. Apart from the plethora of monsters and creatures, there were indivuals like the Ghost taxi driver, the Grey Lady of the LIbrary, the Spider Witch. Alternatively ghosts stuck together in archtypes like the passengers Ghost Train or the Titanic. Probably because New Yorkers and Western culture in general don't have such a strong a tradition of ghosts for a strong Collective Zeitgeist/Gestalt . In addition to the other factors of Shandor's fingers all over the place and the city designed as a sumerian god beacon.

>>28063669
>Be Kind, Rewind
And pass out lots of copies of this tape?

>>28063748
>I wonder if that's a regional cultural-socio psionic phenomenon.

Japan is really conformist in a lot of ways so that makes sense.

>>28063765
>Inb4 Inadvertantly copying passing out ghost videos copies of The Ring or something to that effect, and having to clean (and charge) every home
>Le happy merchant intensifies

>>28063771
>>28063748
>Ghost's losing their individuality and sense of self by conforming to old legends
>Ghostbuster's headquarters is located in the 'Reject Zone'
>MC was kicked out of college for not keeping his head down and sticking to his principles
>lots of suicide

Something tells me GM doesn't really like how Japan does things.

>>28063811
Or perhaps he's enlightened to the way things really are.

Well, let's just be glad. Thankfully there's no slime sewer system from an inter-dimensional portal in Tokyo like there is/was in New York, because if angry New Yorkers created hostile ghosts, gods know what fatalistic sentiments would spawn from rivers of mood slime.

>>28063914
>gods know what fatalistic sentiments would spawn from rivers of mood slime.
Suddenly fatalistic Shinigami everywhere