Eclipsed Moon Quest Episode 15Sheets and Info: pastebin.com/u/phantomcrossingTwitter Account: https://twitter.com/Artemis_QMArchive: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Eclipsed+moon1/9InterudesCapoeira DreamsThe concourse and elevated pedestrian walkways of this area of the city are nice, and at this hour they are also quiet. You finish your morning warm up jog and a quick free run path you’d been mapping for a few months before meeting up with your little brother. Its been scary, following your dad and grandad to Japan. For your grandfather, god rest his soul, it was coming home.Your first two years, before the old man passed, were interesting. Delving into a world and a new richness and complexity to the language you grew up speaking in the home. Sure there was this weird social aura where people treated you like an oddity, or spoke about you quietly behind your back because they thought you didn’t know nihongo, or the…Know what, you’re starting to depress yourself. You’ve always been a Glass half full kind of guy and now you’re getting worked up about some ignorant jerks who all keep their heads down as they file to and fro. Doesn’t matter. You and your family are building a new life in the homeland that still treats you like an outsider. Sure it looks like the automotive plant that dad became a manager at might be going under. Sure your argument with the professor last week might get you kicked out of your culinary arts program. Sure your little brother is considering pursuing his art history degree in America. With so many sure things your life has to be going great....no, that joke was terrible. Never tell it to anyone ever.Jogging up to you and flipping up the side of the handicap ramp access to the elevated walkway, your little brother lands in a crouch in front of you.
>>310063622/9“You’re late, Danilo,” you scold.“Sorry,” he smiles, “I took a swing by the school to drop off my bag first. The girl’s volleyball team was doing some kind of early practice so I spectated in the interest of school spirit,”“What am I going to do with you, ya little perv,”“I’m just being honest. I think they have a shot at the regionals this year, and,” he pauses, “I was trying to catch Karin before the day started and she goes back to ignoring me because her friends don’t approve of me being a Brazilian Sansei,”He’s grousing. You know, distinctly, why he is grousing. Not Japanese. Don’t belong. Stand out too much. Should conform better. Can they even read kanji. People suck, people are venomous, and they can judge by appearances all too easily.“Any girl who’d let her friends dictate her love life over that reason isn’t worth it, brother,” you sigh falling into your low and ready stance, “Now are you warmed up or do I need to wait?”He glances past you, to the cross path another story above and behind you. You are relatively sure you know what he’s looking at.“Well, if it isn’t your favorite -spectator-,” he grins and gets ready.“The tall brunette?” you smile.You’ve only caught sight of this girl a few times, but you have a sense of when she watches you practice. She’s usually in jogging clothes and trainers, out on her own morning run no doubt.“Lets make a wager,” Your little brother chirps.“Terms?”“If you win, I’ll stop pining after Karin,”“Tempting, and if you win?”“You ask her,” he subtly gestures over your shoulder, “out,”
>>310064503/9If you turned, she’d be up there, arms leaning on the rail of the walkway above to watch the two of you go through your paces. Your spar almost looks choreographed, for it’s speed and smooth flow. He’s being sloppy; thinking you’ll let him win just so you have an excuse to talk to the girl overhead. Funny thing about this bet, it’s like he just told you that you’d win either outcome of a coin toss. After winning there isn’t anything stopping you from asking that girl out besides you, and right now you’re over yourself.He runs off, dejected, to make sure he isn’t late for class. Little brat thought he had a sure win. Doing some cool down stretches, you feel a presence coming up behind you. Still guarded from the fight, you rise from your lunge in a turn.Its the girl in the green sweats, and she is tall compared to the other women you’ve met. Maybe just a hair shorter than yourself. She’s closer than you’d expected, you step back in surprise during your rise to avoid bumping into her. Her arms are crossed under her chest and she’s smiling confident and pretty.“Hi,” she chirps, “That was Capoeira, right?”“Yeah,”“It was really beautiful,” her arms relax and she places her hands on her hips, “It looks li-”“Like dancing?” you interrupt. Shoot, you’re being too eager.“Yeah. Don’t suppose you’d be up for a spar with someone with a different style?”Okay. Nothing to be nervous about. You’re an attractive an exotic young man whose piqued a lady’s interest enough that she’s making the first move to get to know you. She knows you and your brother have noticed her watching, she has to have. Out of the blue she takes initiative and asks you for a fight before you even get her name. Hey, that’s an idea. Now to do this smoothly.“That depends,” you lean against the middle height wall of the walkway, “I prefer to know the name of my dance partners,”
>>310064724/9Hopefully that didn’t come across as aloof or pandering. Casual tone, relaxed voice and body language. Don’t fuck this up.“Heh. My name is Makoto Kino,” she’s beaming, “nice to meet you,”She falls into a low stance, it comes as natural to her as breathing. You can see influences of Judo in how she is positioning her arms...but her footwork reminds you a bit of karate. The mixture has a few obvious openings, though you think they might be intentional.“Nice to meet you, Miss Kino,” you glide into place opposite her, “I’m Thiago Souza,”You dance, and it is quite intense for a friendly spar. You dance for a long while. Have you ever really stopped?Jarred from these pleasant memories, you awaken to the sound of asphalt and concrete being cut by a jackhammer. You’d have been grateful for the morning off if you’d have been able to sleep in a bit later. The lovely cafe you run with your wife was closed for breakfast today, city workers were taking care of some cabling under your immediate sidewalk and the street. They would be done before noon, so today wouldn’t be a total loss.You rise and throw on a shirt and descend to the apartment kitchen, she’s humming to herself at the counter despite the chopping ruckus shaking your walls from the outside.Back when you were first dating, she always kept her distance from the sadness you knew she harbored. Things between you moved fast, there was a spark of challenge between you that always drove the both of you and your passion for life and one another. That sadness mixed with fear showed itself openly when she told you that she was pregnant. She thought you might leave her.‘Never’, you remember comforting her before pulling her into a kiss, ‘I would never abandon our family,'
>>310065245/9She repeated the word. You’d found out she was an orphan quite by accident. When you met she was just finishing high school. You had wondered if you would finally meet her parents at her Graduation. Back then she shared her fears with you, her loss, and her loneliness. There were no secrets between you, save for one. One secret she kept until the world was ending, and the sky collapsed with inky darkness above the city.It isn’t the most pleasant memory, outside of the emergency shelter. Trying to drag her back inside to those you couldn’t believe she would leave at the eleventh hour.‘WHY!’ you demanded.Her answer had been wreathed in bolts of blue and white lightening and the swirl of fall leaves. Standing before you changed in green and white, with an all too familiar determination.‘To make sure they have a tomorrow,’ in tears, ‘I love you,’That is the burden. A secret she kept from you, despite what you built together. You understood. Now you share it as lovers, partners, spouses, &-“OH GOD, I’M LATE!”-parents.Both of you turn to the stairwell. Kanari barrels down behind you, almost winging you with her arm as she tries to pull her riding jacket on. Landing in a crouch, she springs toward the table for an apple.“LOVE YOU DAD, LOVE YOU MOM, GOTTA GO, BYE!” She disappears down to the ground level, probably startling the crew outside.You look into your beloved’s eyes, bemused and perplexed. She shrugs.“So...I guess Koitome already made it out,” you venture.“Yeah, he was up early as usual,” Makoto smiles.“And you? What time did you get back last night?” you stand beside her at the counter and fall into a pattern. You see what she’s making and in tandem you begin working together.“I didn’t, running off of cheap coffee right now. After the meeting was over, I volunteered to look into something for Usagi,”“Anything I should worry about?”Pausing, she sets down the knife.
>>310065576/9“Maybe. Should we tell Kanari...or let it happen when it happens,”“How’s Mizuno’s kid dealing with it?”“Not sure. I didn’t really talk with Ami much last night,”“hmmm...well, this is really your call, but I think we should,”“When she gets home this afternoon.”“Know how you’ll break it,”“No, but I have time to think of something,”End Capoeira DreamsI have not failed, there is hope for this child:You sit with your son, watching the last of the students vacate the athletic field. Some linger, along with onlookers as caution tape and a police barricade are erected in front of the school. Wincing at the likely repair costs and damage to the year’s curriculum schedule, you hang your head in defeat. There is, of course, insurance for this sort of incident. More than that, the damage will fall under Paranormal Incident Task Force’s public collateral fund.Still, its been years since you had to deal with problems as invasive as this. When the fourth Sailor Moon showed up, you were worried that things would be like when she first appeared. Worse, that things would turn out like the year that didn’t happen. The lost time became a cultural touchstone, and your repeat encounters with dangerous supernatural events from that year continue to haunt you. How many times did the original Sailor Moon save your life that year and the repeat that followed?“Mother? You seem troubled,” he lays a hand on your shoulder, a worried look in his eyes.“I am,” you smile and lay a hand on his head, twisting lightly to mess up his normally carefully groom hair.
>>310065777/9Your son, Yoshi, is your pride. After you learned one of the worst students you ever taught back when you still a middle school teacher was getting married right out of highschool, you may have gone a little mad. Here you were, a string of failed relationships and repeated care of other peoples kids while still alone yourself. The revelation at the wedding of Usagi Tsukino and her law school bound groom Mamoru Chiba that Usagi was already pregnant killed you a little inside. It was the primary reason you made a snap decision to go to a fertility clinic and wouldn’t leave until they shot you full of the donor profile of your selection. Rash, immature, and reactionary to be sure; but you’ve never once regretted your own choice to become a mother.Usagi, though a problem student, was a wonderful girl. She’d eventually grown into a doting mother, a wonderful doctor, and always remained your student in a way. You were shocked when she adopted her suddenly orphaned little cousin. Frequently she would come to you for advice at times, looking to be able to better help with the school work of her kids, or for someone to talk to while her mother and father were away for their year abroad.In the last year, since her eldest born child entered your care at the High School, she’s always asked after how Mikage was doing. If she was coming out of her shell or not.You told her of the girl’s request to withdraw. She seemed pensive and sad, asking you to help her child. For the longest time, you thought Mikage Chiba was beyond help. What happened at her Junior High Graduation must have been so traumatizing...to see a second generation of close friendship between the daughters of two of your students end…Today. Today despite the tragedy, you saw hope.Perhaps you have not failed that child.“Mom, quite it!” he’s such a good boy.“I’m glad you’re safe,”
>>310066318/9Sitting with your son for a while longer, you wonder how much longer before the Paranormal Incident Task Force to show up...you need to speak with Naru Osaka.And after that, you need to, you would need to speak with Usagi Chiba.End I have not failed, there is hope for this childQuest StartYou are Mikage Chiba. 2nd year High School Student, 15 Years old. A year and a half ago, you had a very traumatic experience in which you re-killed the animated corpse of your best friend's father. This sank you into a deep depression and a general withdrawal from anyone who cared about you. Shunning your birthright, you instead turned to a magical trinket stolen from your mother to occasionally live other lives of your own design and generally just drift through life while avoiding both guilt and the warmth of others.Yesterday, that all changed. The life you abandoned came crashing back down on all sides. All the things you sought to avoid wormed their way back into your life, and you resolved that your younger sister wouldn't have to become the killer you thought that you were. In an exhausting whirlwind and personal confrontation of the things you'd been running from, you learned the truth about the blood you'd thought you would never be able to wash off your hands.You are not a murderer. The man you couldn't save, the monster you killed...he had been dead for months. An empty shell walking about with twisted memories and ghastly directives is what fell to your hand that night.Since this revelation, you have tried taking back the life you left behind when you gave up your mother's mantle, when you stopped being the Champion of Love and Justice, Sailor Moon. Now, that power and name belong to your younger sister Koyomi.
>>310066539/9In the past turbulent 24 hours you've faced your fears, witnessed the birth of the new Sailor Mercury, witnessed the birth of a moon cat, met most of the yet to awaken next generation of Sailor Scouts, met a nice if awkward alien boy who has history with your family, made up with your best friend after almost screwing that relationship over forever, and prevented a magical ninja from murdering one of your class mates who is the reincarnation of the corrupt sorceress Queen Beryl, faced your own inner darkness and accepted it into yourself, gained the power to draw deliciously infectious evil out of people, and become a rose throwing bad-ass in disguise like your old man.Koyomi, your reclaimed best friend Kairi Osaka, and yourself now stand before your family home. Waiting there for you patiently is your classmate Gai Ginga, secretly an Alien life form that feeds passively off of ambient positive emotions while naturally projecting his own. Currently, he is projecting a manic and nervous energy.“Ah, Chiba-sans & Osaka-san. I was a little excited so I rushed over,” he laughs...nervously.Held in his hands is a simple potted plant, a flower curled in on itself and not yet in bloom. It radiates a gentle and pleasing aura.“Er...Chiba-san,” he turns to you directly, “Will it be okay to speak to your mother about...my family history right now or should I save it for later?”He casts a quick glance over to Kairi. Ah...this may be a bit of trouble.>Its okay, I trust Kairi, and you can too. If you want to get the alien reveal out with her before we go inside, I'd recommend it.>Its okay, I trust Kairi and you can too. Let's head in and bite the bullet.>I'll bring her upstairs after I introduce you to my mother.>Hey, Kairi, did you know Gai here is an Alien whose parents used to throw down with the original Sailor Moon?>Write in.
>>31006669>Its okay, I trust Kairi, and you can too. If you want to get the alien reveal out with her before we go inside, I'd recommend it.
>>31006557Really cool bit of backstory here.I guess that explains the portuguese on the character sheet, I wonder if we're going to be on-hand when they tell her.
yay thread, readin'
>>31006669>~Just a sec~Pull Kairi to the side, tell her you don't want to lie to her, but revealing your secret risks a whole bunch of other people's secrets that weren't yours to reveal.. She can choose to pretend she doesn't know, or just down the rabbit hole with the family today.
>>31007521Oh, and that anything beyond you having been a certain sailor soldier hasn't been shared with the others yet, so you'd need to keep that quiet from the others.. can you do that? It could be -really- important.
>>31007606You've already asked Kairi not to talk about your New Developments, namely the fangs, drinking shadows, and being a rescuing prince.
>>31007632Still asking her to take on a pile of secrets though.
>http://en.wikipedia dot org/wiki/Brazilians_in_Japan
>>31006669>Its okay, I trust Kairi and you can too. Let's head in and bite the bullet.We don't out people unless they want to out themselves. It's not how we roll.
Rolled 46>>31007864>>31007521>>31007606>>31006772Writing shortlyRoll unimportant
>>31007955>Roll unimportantThere is no QM ever who can say that with credibility.There is only one reaction.EVERYTHING IS PEACHY
>>31007955You place a hand on Gai's arm and smile, ~Just a second,~ before withdrawing to Kairi and pulling her back several paces leaving the emotive extraterrestrial and your younger sister visibly confused. The two share a look and both shrug.~Kairi,~ you being in a quiet voice, ~I really don't like lying to you and I'm glad I don't have to lie about myself anymore...but telling you my secret opened your eyes to a number of others that I really have no place to tell,~She glances over to your sister, then lingering on Gai before returning her full focus to you.~You can pretend you don't know and we can carry on as we have, of your could follow me down the rabbit hole that is my family,~With a worried resolve she nods her head firmly.“I came back earlier,” she seems a bit hurt, “With the ax, I don't know how useful I would have been...but I came back. I'm involved, and I want to stay involved. Friends stick together,”That...Kairi-chan.~Alright Gai, lets take care of business!~Striding over to the door, you draw your key and swing the door open wide. Your mother sits startled on the couch, Luna and the mewling kitten beside her. She holds the television remote angrily, her other hand is clutched around a small collection of chocolates from an open box on the table in front of her. On the TV screen, paused, is the newscast your watched last night. There behind the laughing anchor is the photograph of your family from four years ago.“Mikage? Koyomi? Kairi?” she is stunned and confused, “What are you doing here so early...and with some guy?”>How do you want to introduce Gai?>Write in.
>>31008564"More fallout from your youth here"
>>31008564>It is more of your past come back to haunt us, this rather twitchy ball of positive energy is Gai he is the child of two aliens you stopped from feeding on negative emotions and apparently restored them to being all sunshine and rainbows
>>31008564~Some incident at school, closed early, everyone is fine. As for the boy, well..~Make room for him and step to the side.Feel free to look a little impish, a little secret you know that the others don't that you get to help share.~His parents are old friends of your's and dad's and he's been going to school here and hoped to pay his respects..~Is it appropriate for us to continue the introduction of Estra of the Makaiju, son of Eiru & En, or better to let him take it from here?..Not that he'd actually be familiar with what we'd consider proper, but whatever.
>>31008564When the inevitable questioning looks toward Kairi happen, hug her toward you a bit, smile, and nod that it is alright to the concerned person.I imagine we haven't smiled much around Mom or Koyomi in a long while.
>>31008861I like this. Let's do this. It's a completely proper introduction and it forces Estra to deliciously explain exactly who his parents are in front of everyone.
>>31009029>>31008861>>31008850>>31008611>>31008944All on a relatively lined up page. Okay, combining and writing.
>>31007374Glad it was enjoyed. I quite liked writing it.
>>310091161/2~There was an incident at school, wound up closed for the rest of the day. Everyone is fine.~ you smile while leading the group into the living room, sliding off your shoes at the door. Your mom is still probably not used to you smiling, ~As for this boy, well...~Hell, YOU aren't used to you smiling.You step off to the side slightly, giving Gai some room as you gesture to him as though showing off a cool thing you found or an artist showing off the exhibit. From the nervous energy that you've cultivated in him by those simple acts, you may well consider yourself just such an artist.~His parents are old friends of yours and dad's. He's been going to school with us for a while now and finally got the courage to come and pay his respects,~Your mother sets the chocolates back in the box slowly, save for one. She pops it into her mouth and slowly rises to great the nervous boy. And he is nervous. The remnant voice of your shadow calls and urges calmly for you to drag him upstairs, rip his shirt open to get him nice and flustered before sinking teeth to his neck and giving him delectable fear for us to sup on top of that tasty jittering do...things to him.“I'm Usagi Chiba, its a pleasure to meet you,” she smiles warmly, “Do I need to guess who you parents are or could you introduce yourself?”Gai, to his credit, sets down his potted plant and bows his head slightly. Your mother seems taken back by his reverence.“Chiba-san,” he beings, “I...I owe you and your husband my life. Had you not been present, the folly of my parents would have been their end and my siblings and I would never have been born,”
>>310097812/2A great sadness wells up inside of Gai. You feel it rattle against your shadow and fill you with the faintest pangs of hunger. Not true hunger, like when you want a few chips between meals just because you know the snack is on hand and flavorful. As Gai looks up, you are almost knocked off your feet by the pressure of his emotions. He's crying, really weepy but not sobbing happy tears. Even thought you had found even his positive emotions enticing before, this really didn't speak to you.Kairi casts you a questioning look, wondering if you're alright. Koyomi seems transfixed by the exchange between your mother and classmate.“My name, my name here is Gai Ginga. The given name bestowed upon me by my mother and father is Estra.” his head bows back down...and his disguise fails, “Child of Eiru and En,”It wasn't like the dismissal when he showed you his true form earlier. It is as if he was unable to maintain his illusion any longer due to stress as it peeled and shattered from him. Still bowed, his hair and skin have taken unnatural hue, while his uniform was replaced by a black bodysuit and the ornate jacket he had worn just the other day.Kairi seems a bit shocked, casting eyes to you in worry before you give her a calming and placating gesture.Mom just takes the crying boy by the shoulders, lifts him straight, and pulls him into a full squeezing hug.“I'm so glad you're here,” she continues to smile, “I'm so glad they made it and were able to have you,”She cries with him, you know from repeat telling of this tale was that your mother and father never knew the fates of the misguided children of the Makaiju. Gai just brought her a sense of closure.>Let this moment continue>Interrupt, what do you say?>Ask mom about the what she was watching on the DVR.>Go get changed into something casual while this carries on.>write in
>>31009804Let continue for a moment, then lean in."You should tell her how _many_ siblings you have, mister eldest son. I think she'll be glad to hear it."
>>31009804>Let this moment continueThere's no need to interrupt. We're not the centerpiece here. And even if it's not that hard to suppress certain urges, that doesn't mean we can't enjoy having them, right? Actually, we already have a pretty good idea how this is gonna go down, so maybe we could just soak in those sweet emotions and daydream a little. Won't hurt nothing.
>>31009804I gotta agree with >>31009940Have to maintain a little snark
>>31009804Let this moment continue
>>31009804>Let this moment continue
voting continues, I just dozed off. Going to take a nap and continue in the morning. Sorry for the delay.Couldn't keep my eyes open thinking of Usagi's reaction just now...and it should have me rolling in the aisles...I had energy...I swear I did...am I under attack by a cardian?Continue to talk amongst yourselves about the quest.
I don't think we should interrupt to ask about it, but I wonder what that plant is.Estra being an alien and all I assume it isn't ordinary.
>>31009804>mfw when I realize Allen An/Eiru En naming theme.Well shit, and I thought Art was being just being clever with the kids' names, instead he's upholding the show's naming theme for them.
>>31010219>mfw I forget the face
>>31009804>>31010001Something sad is going on in there, which is odd.Not happy tears. I think there is something he left before.
>>31010007Well, thinking it as a more lighthearted way to break into a less-weepy mood.
>>31010219>Allen An/Eiru EnSay it out loud in that order if you haven't gotten it yet.I can't believe I totally missed that, though it is slightly more obvious with the Japan names.
Rolled 31Are we going to go full Homura? Cause' that would be wonderful. We could even use our delinquent ID to do it. We go Eclipse for dashing hero nick-of-time shenanigans, and then we can have the delinquent persona for the messier, high-octane explosive FUN.
Brief twitter report of energy issues on QM's end, may explain current delay we seem to be having.I presume electrical energy.
>>31010974I really need to watch that sometime, but at the moment I don't know what going 'full Hornura' means..?
Rolled 96>>31011170She's a timehax mage devoted to saving her precious person through superior firepower.Think Unlimited Blade Works, but with military ordinance that includes: grenades, RPG's, mortars, and anti-ship ballistic missiles. There was also a time when she used a stadium full of C4 as a trap.
>>31011509I think we're leaning toward playing her a bit more traditionally bro.Lots of guns and blowing shit up are a bit outside my comfort zone for this MC.
Rolled 37>>31011619Yeah, I think the idea was a combination of wanting all her different disguise persona's to have some unique combat capabilities and playing too much Titanfall. (there's just something about wallrunning through a town while chucking explosives that sticks with you.)
>>31011509Well, we seem to be favoring blades a bit more, but I won't rule out a willingness to do whatever to protect the scouts.
>>31011509>Think Unlimited Blade Works, but with military ordinance that includes: grenades, RPG's, mortars, and anti-ship ballistic missiles. There was also a time when she used a stadium full of C4 as a trap.Okay, I'm not trying to be rude, but I will ask thisPlease don't do this in this quest, we nearly became suicidal after killing one guy, Mikage is not a killer. The whole point is that she's not like the monsters that she fights. The second you suggest using guns and firearms, and it gets into the quest, I'm out. I'm sure I won't be the only one. I'm uneasy about using that cattle prod even. I don't want to become Mikage the ripper in this quest when we had an entire character arc about how we were not that person.
>>31012116Eh, not that guy, but I don't anticipate going that direction. Homura's powers, situation, and to a large extent her personality are fundamentally different from ours.The JSDF may have ordinance that works on the shit we deal with. I forget how much we know about Naru's job, but it's distinctly possible she has more cards to play than just her bat-signal. The most we're likely to get out of that, if they're generous, is a radio for calling in artillery strikes. And really, if we end up in a situation where magical spotting for mundane artillery would be a viable strategy at all, I think they'd prefer to have Ami or Mamoru doing that coordination instead.
Just woke up to use restrioom. Need just bit more sleep. Returning to write at 6 am. Sorry about that.
>>31012918And up and backWriting
>>31012918They were both exceptionally pretty characters, weren't they? Artemis, does Mikage think Gai is very pretty?
>>31009940>>31010007>>31010320>>31010001>>31010134>>31010140>>31010189Okay, let the moment continue until it's conclusion, then break things with a snark.
>>31013667Eh Gai is probably pretty enough, but I would imagine Mikage is hard to sway lovewise. After all her first crush NTR'd her fairly hard. (Not that that is any specific persons fault... despite mikage blaming HER)Also for the anon interested in it I downloaded all of exalted and all of sailormoon. I am currently burning through both of them concurrently. Plus cellular biology and organic chemistry, but im trying not to let those interfere.Starseeds seem to have a lot of similarity to exaltation shards...
>>31014177Buh ntr isn't the correct term. Blasted sleep deprivation.
>>31014206>>31014177It seems close though.Have recurring dreams about a handsome boy, in those dreams you feel a bit older and experience a few years worth of romance between yourself and him, never realizing that they are your sister's dreams, and your sister is a time traveling you from an alternate future.
>>310141481/?Leaving them to their outpouring of happy sadness, you drag the still slightly shocked Kairi and the completely speechless Koyomi into the kitchen.~Come on, we can let them have their moment~ you whisper to the two.From the next over, you watch your mother's hug on the boy continue for a long while. She simply releasing years of worry over people whose ultimate fate she always wondered about, he about finally following through on meeting the person whom he believed he owed his life too.“Eiru and En?” Koyomi whispers looking out at the two of them in awe, “The Makaiju story mom and dad used to tell when we were little?”“Mikage, I said I was ready for the rabbit hole...but I think this needs explaining,” Kairi intones slightly dumbfounded.~Yes, sis. That's the right story,~ you smile a bit, it seems to reel her in before you turn to Koyomi, “Aliens came to earth with a giant dying magic tree. Thought they could save it and themselves by stealing earth's life energy. They were wrong, tree feeds off of love, misunderstanding was sorted nearly at the cost of his mom's life, and they left earth with a tiny baby tree and the promise to do things right this time,~Koyomi's eyes go wide as you so casually summarize a tale she had always thought to keep secret. Her eyes dart rapidly between the two of you with sudden worry and apprehension.~Calm down~“B-but,” Koyomi seems extremely worried.“It's okay, Koyomi-chan,” Kairi says softly, “Your sister and I unburdened a few secrets on each other when we made up. I've no intention of parading that knowledge about or betraying her confidence,”“O-okay,” she looks down, a bit guiltily. Not enough to show noticeably on your senses, but noticeable enough in general.~Did mom seem worried? Buck up crybaby~ she continues to look guilty, ~...I'm going to impart to you an important secret. Where mom hides her good chocolates,~
>>310143722/3This perks your younger sister up immediately, though that course is momentarily derailed by the entrance of Estra and your mother into the kitchen. The young alien seems to have recomposed himself, and your mother is carrying the potted plant happily.“Mikage, thank you for bringing Estra over this afternoon,” there is a warm and thankful pride in her voice, Estra himself seems suddenly beaming, “Kairi, you're taking this well,”“Yes...yes I am,” she says absently and still a bit confused.Taking the opportunity to bring the focus back on Estra, you interrupt and grin mischievously.~You should tell her how _many_ siblings you have, mister eldest son. I think she'll be glad to hear it,~Estra, for his part in things, seems a bit embarrassed, “I've fifty six younger siblings. I only came to earth because several of the others are finally old enough to actually help my parents look after the youngest...and I imagine in the time I've come to earth there might be a few more,”Your mother loses her semblance of composure as her jaw goes slack, as does Kairi and Koyomi. Placing her hands just below her stomach absentmindedly, your mother mouths the number with disbelief and a wince of remembered pain. Her focus returns a moment later and she zeroes back in on you.
>>310144053/3“So, Mikage,” your mother turns to you as she sets the potted flower on the table, “What happened to close the school down for the day?”>Tell your mother everything, right here.>Tell your mother everything, not in front of everyone.>Tell your mother the version where you aren't outed as Eclipse.>Write in.What beats do you want to hit?>Keiko Sugimoto is the reincarnation of Beryl.>Jewel Thief blew up your class room and targeted a classmate for murder>Eclipse showed up, scared him off, and saved Keiko.>You, Kairi, and Estra helped your other classmate's out of the building.>We're all going to see Venus-chan's album launch later today. Her manager gave us tickets as thanks for letting them know about Artemis's activities.>Venus's Manager is going to try and get Artemis fixed.
>>31014417>>You, Kairi, and Estra helped your other classmate's out of the building.>>We're all going to see Venus-chan's album launch later today. Her manager gave us tickets as thanks for letting them know about Artemis's activities.Deflect to Estra for description of events the rest of you weren't there for.Then deflect brooding a worry with this gem of information:>>Venus's Manager is going to try and get Artemis fixed.Incoming laughter from three people and a cat., and confusion from two others.At talking cat confusion, hug Kairi, "When I say down the rabbithole, I don't kid around."
>>31014417>Tell mother most of it right here and the part about us being eclipse away from our sister's ears>Keiko is Beryl>Jewel Thief blew up class but eclipse saved her>Going to Venus-chan's album launch>Manager wants to get Artemis fixedI know it is most of them but it is sort of all important and she will find the last one funny
>>31014467>>31014529Counting, writing
>>31014417>Tell your mother the version where you aren't outed as Eclipse.Hold back>Keiko Sugimoto is the reincarnation of Beryl.We can tell her that we Keiko told us about what happened and then 'speculate' about the identities of the masked men.
>>31014417>>31014467>>31014529>Artemis fixedShould introduce Luna if it comes to that."While you have met before," she has probably provided great scritching to Luna the housecat while visiting before, "-allow me to more formally introduce Luna, family guardian, second mother to me, recent mother herself, and not just a darn cat."Bit of emotion in that as we turn the introduction into a bit of a public apology for how we've treated therapy cat the past year and a half.
>>31014529I'd hold back the Eclipse stuff for now, at least until she approaches us about it, likely surprising us that she can figure things out too.Also the Keiko is Beryl part, we brough it under better control, feel like we should deal with that rather than spread the secret she doesn't even know about herself.
>>31014548Yeeeesss, delicious feels.Though I think we'd need to retreat for awhile after that, seemed like we'd have hit out emotional quotient for the day if we do that.
>>31014417> tell your mother the version where you aren't outed as eclipse.> jewel thief showed up> eclipse showed up> helped classmates> going to see venus chans album> oh and someone needs to stop her manager from getting artemis fixed.Somone needs to write a book.How I Met A Teenage Moon Vampire On My Vacation To Earth.It almost writes itself.
>>31014649I'm sure it would be a best seller for Estra back home.
1/?~Well, I didn't see most of what happened. I was in the bathroom at the time...but Kairi, Estra, and I helped a couple of my class mate's out of the building after the dust cleared,~Estra steps forward.“The man young Koyomi has infrequently entered combat against in the news blew out the outer wall of our homeroom class, shunted a student through the far wall with considerable magical force, and was preparing to execute the girl as she lay bleeding,” his tone is sudden, serious, and cold.For the first time since his reveal, you don't feel his usual outpouring of emotions. He's standing ramrod straight and without his usual sense of mirth or amusement. There is a dangerous edge to him when he's like this, so unlike when he is acting a bit more goofy or casual.Your mother becomes serious as well. Adopting a tactical poise as she casts a quick glance to the stunned and suddenly worried Koyomi, and then more curious eyes upon yourself. You almost miss Luna padding into the room and laying her kitten, by the scruff of it's neck, into the blanket filled box still sitting in the corner before turning and watching the exchange intently.“I was preparing to intervene. Intent upon interrupting his move and catching him off guard,” his fist clenches before he smiles, “But I was beaten to the punch by a figure matching the description mother once gave me of your sometimes companion the Moon Light Knight, only his colors were dark rather than white,”Koyomi's eyes widen. Your mother casts a quick look to you that seems to go unnoticed by the others.“Eclipse! He helped,” she hesitantly looks at you, your mother, and Kairi before swallowing and continuing, “He helped me and Mercury yesterday...but why would he attack one of your classmate's...he-he kept saying that he would destroy everything I stood for,”She's afraid. Hesitant. There is a worry in her heart as she regards you carefully.
>>310148192/?“If he attacked your class...could he have been trying to target you, sister?” her eyes are watery and on the verge of tears.“I think Keiko, the girl in question, was the honest and true target,” Estra crosses his arms, “He promised 'Death to Usurpers' and the girl was filled with an overwhelming dark emotive energy. This, Eclipse,” he rolls the name about on his tongue in thought, “Sunk a rose into the man's side like a dagger before interposing himself between them and scaring him off quite gallantly,”He sighs and his shoulders slacken.“I admit that I am sad I missed a chance to perform heroically, but this man did more than I could have imagined. With a touch he mended Keiko Sugimoto's injuries and all but dispelled the darkness from within her. I've never seen anything like it before. Then, he vanished,”~That's about when I got there and we helped everyone still in the ruins of the class room get out. Now we're all going to Venus-Chan's album launch late this afternoon in Akihabra,~“How can we think about going now! What if Keiko is targeted again. This is my fault, I should have taken the thief more seriously. He never did anything explosive before,” Your sister is almost screaming a mile a minute in worry.It's your mother who reacts first and wraps her youngest child into a calming hug. Luna hops carefully onto the table and Kairi begins to reflexively begin petting her.~Just as well, this means you and Estra will be around Keiko for a good portion of the day with convenient access to a pair of active Sailor Scouts, a magic alien, and an ex scout who knows how to throw down,~This combination calms your sister.“I'll confer with the elder Mercury about this. We had no indication that Koyomi's thief was anything but mundane. My Queen, could you please look over my child in my absence?” Luna intones seriously and with intent.
>>310148273/?“No, old friend,” your mother smiles as she releases your sister, “Stay with your baby for now. I'll handle the leg work this time,”Kairi freezes and looks down her arm in shock. Everything else she could deal with perfectly fine. Not murder, magic, ninja attack, and being a vampire's snack. A talking cat however seems to have made her completely crash.“...talking kitty?” her pupils dilate in a weird shock.“Oh! uh...Meow?” Luna ventures.~Kairi, I know the two of you met already...but this is Luna. Family Guardian, Pet, and practically a second mother to me while also a recent mother herself,~ he remove her stiffened hand from Luna's head and calmly place hands on her shoulders.Luna looks shocked and turns to you, watery eyed and happy. Kairi nods slowly.~Hey, when I said Rabbit hole, did you think I was kidding?~“I thought it was a joke about Chiba-san's given name,” she laughs nervously.The room calms. Usagi Chiba takes the lead of things.“Kairi, why don't you and Koyomi allow, now do you prefer Estra or Gai?”“Right now Estra is fine...I've been masquerading for so long that it feels nice ot hear my own name,” he smiles.“Why don't the two of you help Estra find a place in the garden for his lovely gift,” she places the flower pot into Koyomi's hands who nods with the ghost of a smile breaking across her face, “Mikage and I need to have a few words,”Once the other three are out of the room, your mother turns to you. Crap. What does she know? What did Luna tell her? What did dad tell her? You figured she would get the gist of things from one of them...especially dad, they aren't in the habit of keeping secrets from one another.
>>310148344/4“So, being in the bathroom when all the action happens is one of my old excuses,” she smiles and sits down, “anything you want to tell me?”~...~ DEFLECTION! ~Venus's manager wants to get Artemis fixed,~The reaction is immediate. Luna roars in worry.“NO! THOSE ARE MINE!”While your mother explodes in peels of laughter for a good minute and a half before wiping the intensity from her face.“Oh man, we'll have to do something about that,”“YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT!”“Anyway, is there anything you can tell me that you didn't want to talk about in front of the others?”...she isn't letting this go?What happened to all the leeway she gave you for the past yea-Oh...right...>Write in
>>31014847~so how much did dad tell you and how much did you already know? Sigh. I did it. Im eclipse. I saved keiko. But i had to. He was going to kill her!~
>>31014847>>31014918I like thisI also think we hould at least tell her as much as we told Usa about the nightmares and the shadows. Leaving out the connected dreams bit, and the vampire thing if we can.
Special Interlude: Red & BlueYou sit on the park bench. After yesterday, school was still closed. The tickets feel heavy in your pocket...you don't have many friends and didn't even have the excuse of school's semi forced socialization to venture if anyone else wanted your extra tickets to the Venus's Album Launch.It's pathetic. You could try your online friends...but you don't know them well enough to comfortably meet them in a public space. Sure, you are Sailor Mercury, but there is something to be said about caution in all things.It's still hours before the show...you still aren't sure how you're going to get yourself to Akihabra. You could take the bus, or the train, or even ask dad to drive you when he gets home...but that just leaves you several boring hours to while away.A pressure emerges suddenly beside you, you never even noticed it's approach. There is a girl with long black hair, a priestess’s outfit, and sporting a concealing Noh mask sitting next to you.“Hey,” she ventures confidently, “You look like you could use a friend today,”“Ah...I'm sorry. I need to be going,” you rise until the newcomer's words make your blood freeze.“Calm down, Mercury,” she giggles behind the mask, “I'm a friend,”Turning and drawing your transformation wand, you are stunned as the masked girl holds a red one up along with a placating gesture. The astrological symbol of mars is emblazoned on the top of the wand. Tension slips from your shoulders, the girl hooks one of her hands under the mask to reveal a smiling face.“My name is Kumada Rin,” her grin widens, “And I think we've met in passing before,”End Red & Blue
>>31014847Sigh."Talked to Dad this morning, I'm still working through some things.. Sorry about Kairi, I needed to talk to her.. about the things that happened.. and later she was asking how you felt about a certain someone hanging off of Dad on the news and she put things together,,I think.. I'm happier this way though. Someone outside the family to try and be normal with.. without having to hide everything else...I still want to take the independent study though.More time to focus on my studies, you know?..but.. maybe still include non-academic stuff at the school. Like lunch, with Kairi."Effectively bury her in everything _except_ talking about Eclipse.We can still be a bit selfish with out secrets (futile because she probably actually knows but should make the attempt)
>>31014918>>31014941>>31014973Writing
>>31014970We haven't even met Rin properly yet in the quest, but I like her more and more.
>>31014987Noh and Eclipse, dynamic duo!
>>31014973Actually we have a bunch of secrets. Hiding the obvious ones will just make her dig harder. Or make us curry. Mmm curry... anyway we really dont need sailor mom scrutinizing us today because someone has to feed/purify beryl. So relenting on a lesser secret provides protection for our deeper secret.
>>31014996*announcer voice* Noh & Eclipse*movie explosion* [movie logo]*announcer voice* Fate won't noh what hit it.
>>31014980~So. How much did dad tell you and how much did you already know?~ you sigh, ~I did it. I'm Eclipse. I saved Keiko. But i had to. He was going to kill her!~She wraps you up in a hug. She beams with pride.“And I thought you were going to leave the heavy lifting to your little sister,”~Mom,~ you cast your eyes down, ~You aren't going to tell her, are you?~“Nope, that's up to you. Ami and I caught the end of things over at West. You're dad said some other things happened, but didn't go into detail. Said they were your own issues. You don't have to tell me if you don't want too,”While there are aspects of it you don't want to tell her, there are parts she needs to know.~I was attacked in my dreams last night...by my own negative emotions made manifest,~ you break her hug slowly, ~Later today, I'm going to try and meet with Usa remotely because...~No, not all of it.~If they can get to my dreams I think they can get to hers...I sometimes get her dreams by mistake~“Do you want any help?” she offers.~No, we should be able to handle it. Its the two of us and Helios,~“Okay,” she smiles, “Good luck,”She squeezes you hard, renewing the hug.“Do your best, baby,” it's warm, “I believe in you,”End Thread 15
>>31014987Can't wait to meet our scarlet stalker.Our ocher observer.Our crimson conspiritor.Our carmine census.Etc.
>>31014996Do we get her this outfit then? Pretty much the right colors anyway..
>>31015055>it's warmOuch.
>>31015092Ouch? It's warm. Familial. Comforting.
>>31015055>End Thread 15Aww. I'm almost awake now.Thanks for thread Artie!Think we'll have a Monday run again?
>>31015103Memories.
>>31015132Well that ultimately worked out...but probably shouldn't say it, not that we'd know not to say it...is it wrong of me to wish we would say it for inadvertent additional feels moment?
Next thread Interlude VOTE:>Purple>How does your garden grow?>The Talk>The Ignored>A mother's worry.>Liquid Metal Liason
>>31015330>PurpleI'd like to see what happens with Red and Blue.
>>31015330There's a lot of stuff I'd love to hear, and I'd love to waffle and list half the things..>>31015394But my growing Rin fandom demands this as well.
>>31015132Shit, I'd forgotten that wording.Hahaha!
>>31015553I had figured you did it on purpose, it was exactly the right place for it.
>>31015394>>31015330Wait, if Purple is with Mercury, what is>Liquid Metal Liason..?
>>31016015Red + Blue = PurpleTherefore, this would be Rin x Aiha interlude.At least that's how I'm interpreting it.
>>31016015Ami.
>>31016107Gah, I really want to know her status too, only one we haven't had an interlude really center on.And I'm curious who is Ignored.. and which mother is worrying.. but.. the Adventures of Rin..
>>31016290My guess is that the worrying mother is Minato angsting about Venus.
>>31015330>Liquid Metal Liason
>>31016325Oh, Minato's big interlude will be a freebie when it comes up. And it is coming, this in game day.
>>31015108I intended to.See everyone Monday.Any Q's before, I've got A's?
>>31015330>PurpleHoping for Maiden of Endings.
>>31018063Going up in Tiers, will that be working along the lines of Mythic and will just sort of happen as we get big stuff done, or will there be more to it?
>>31018336Depends. Tier stuff will follow normal rules, or require certain Milestones. The scouts will all hit tier 2 after the first combat all 5 are involved in. Mikage follows normal rules, until the next hurdle requires a...push
>>31018597Oh, Mikage is at a hurdle. Our Protagonist will require something extra to move her mythic power forward.
>>31015330>How does your garden grow?
Looks like our winner is the Color Purple. New thread early tomorrow.
>>31025163Cool. Looking forward to it!
>>31018063Do we need feats for exotic-type weapons in your system?Since coming across it in the SRD, the idea of wielding something like the elven curve blade made of shadow keeps rattling around in my head.
>>31031446Simple weapons: freeMartial weapons: training in Melee or ranged TrainingsExotic weapon: exotic weapon proficiency feat.
>>31035439Dang, well if we see something that grants proficency and a finesseable two-handed scimitar laying around, let me know.
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