>>32238330

The weird issue from last night with your skin getting all pale and veiny has resolved itself, but you find that you’re able to bring it back when you want to. It’s kind of like your claws, manifesting when you will it to. This worries you, but the cool factor drowns out the worry factor. So long as you’re in control, you’re game for anything.

Before Cassandra went out, she said Rowan would be getting out of the hospital today. Apparently there wasn’t anything too broken with her to warrant her staying there any longer than one night. She’s going to be back at eleven or so to pick you up. You and Ro have reached some level of understanding, and you want to be there when she gets out, even though you are the reason she went in in the first place.

Having nothing better to do with yourself, you stretch out on the living room sofa and read yesterday’s paper. All of it. You’re glad you did, because when you get to the obituary section, you see a familiar face and name. Benjamin Cook. Monster’s funeral is today, at three. You grab a piece of paper and write down the information, then head up to change your clothes into something street appropriate. You will be there.

>>32238343

You spend the next while sitting on the edge of your bed, looking at the worn Polaroid of you and Ben when you both had marshmallows stuffed in your mouths. You really wish you had a different picture. You’d always just assumed you’d get a better one sometime. You feel a wave of bitterness at the thought. Past you was stupid. (+2 Stress: 7/100)

You hear a car horn from outside. Sounds like Cassandra is back to pick you up.

You scowl and put your photo away. Before heading out, you make sure to slip your switchblade into your back pocket, just in case. Thankfully Isaac recovered it somehow. You walk out to the curb and climb into the minivan, taking a seat up front.

“I’m glad I didn’t wake you up earlier,” Cassandra says, taking a second to adjust her tinted glasses from where they’d slipped down her nose. “You still look tired. How are you feeling?”

>Like I got hit by a truck.
>Like I look.
>Better. Kind of.
>I’ve got fangs now. Cool, right?
>Whatever. Let’s pick up Rowan.
>Hey. There’s someplace I have to be later.
>Other (?)

>>32238361

You have new abilities!

>Venomous Fangs: Sierra's teeth can sharpen to points, at will. Her canines become slightly elongated, and secrete a venom with unknown properties. Her bite can crack through many types of material. >Unnerving Countenance: Sierra's veins become darker than usual, and show through her skin. Her eyes darken and her features become more gaunt, and her skin takes on a deathly pallor. She can hide or exhibit these traits at will, which features many may find unsettling or even frightening.

Also, your powers have changed. Choose two new abilities. Voting shall be ongoing.

--Corrupt
>Fill an object with hate, causing it to become untouchable for a period of time.
--Shadow Grasp
>Compress shadows into tangible material that can physically interact with surroundings.
--Uncanny Reflexes
>You’re quicker with your hands. Sometimes it seems as if everything is moving in slow motion.
--Terrorizing Glare
>Make eye contact with a target, filling it with horrific, all-consuming fear.
--Active Regeneration
>Spend 10 PP. Gain 1 HP. This is equivalent to 1 HP/hour if Sierra is left to regenerate power on her own.

>>32238376
>--Shadow Grasp
Fo sure.

Before I pick a second, would buying Active Regen lead to a better regen unlocking during the next round of power getting?

>>32238361
>>I’ve got fangs now. Cool, right?
>>Whatever. Let’s pick up Rowan.
>>Hey. There’s someplace I have to be later.

>>32238376
--Uncanny Reflexes
Seems useful
--Terrorizing Glare
Can be useful, also fun for the MC

>>32238397

It's necessary for higher tiers of regeneration, but Sierra will have to increase in level before those unlock.

Anyway, they all lead to things, so don't worry about it too much.

>>32238361
>Other (?)
'Nother day and I'll be good as new.

>>32238376
--Uncanny Reflexes
--Shadow Grasp

>>32238361
>Better. Kind of.
>I’ve got fangs now. Cool, right?
>Whatever. Let’s pick up Rowan.

>>32238376
--Shadow Grasp
--Active Regeneration

>>32238361
>Better. Kind of.
>Hey. There's someplace I have to be later.

I've been waiting for this!

>>32238361
>Like I look.
Though
>Better. Kind of.
>Hey. There's someplace I have to be later.

I think they should know.

>>32238376
>Shadow Grasp
>Terrorizing Gaze
Could use a more subtle power too, in addition to the other one.

Though I have to say that going full combat could be cool too.

>>32238361
>>Like a truck parked on me and it finally decided to drive off.
>>Let’s pick up Rowan.
>>Hey. There’s someplace I have to be later.
>>32238376
The shadow sneaking thing was probably our most useful power, so I would like to get more shadow stuff.
>Shadow Grasp

And then I'm not really sure if I want the regeneration or the reflexes. Regen is good, but this level is only good for out of combat healing. Reflexes are cool as fuck. Matrix and shit, yo. The terrorizing glare looks good as well; like a Sap Will that doesn't use PP and induces fear instead of depression. Or does it cost PP? Meh. Either way, looks cool. Corrupt is also good. Looks bad at first glance, but it would make it impossible to steal a gun from Sierra. "Oh, you wanna take my gun? Too bad. It's full of HATE."

Uhh. I guess just put me down for shadows and then whatever else is cool for the second power.

>>32238376
>Shadow Grasp
>Uncanny Reflexes

>>32238376
>--Shadow Grasp
>--Terrorizing Glare

>>32238429
Then I'll go with the regen as my second pick (shadow grasp was the first).

I'd be cool with Uncanny Reflexes too, though. Sorry if being indecisive and all....

Err. I'll roll a 1d2 for my second pick.
1- Regen
2- Reflexes

>>32238526
Shadow stuff seems really useful but I get this feeling like there's this massive drawback from investing into it. Higher chance of crazy, likely.

Rolled 1

>>32238562
You forgot the roll, anon

Rolled 1

>>32238562
Forgot the dice...

>>32238565
The drawback is that the Hallows have verwelken issues. Inferni seems far more likely to be crazy problems.

>>32238596
They do, but in addition to that, didn't Sierra get sanity meter after using shadow powers excessively? And Isaac explained that most verwelken are insane.

So maybe the more shadow powers Sierra uses, the higher the danger of losing it for good?

I've nothing to back this up though. Too much paranoia?

>>32238376
>Uncanny Reflexes
>Active Regeneration
Generic buffs are always useful, especially stuff that we don't have to spend points activating, like Uncanny Reflexes.

What's her current HP recovery rate, though?

--Corrupt 0 poor corrupt. It's actually pretty good.

--Shadow Grasp 7

--Uncanny Reflexes 5

--Terrorizing Glare 2

--Active Regeneration 3

>>32238630
1hp per 12hr
says it in the pastebin

>>32238376
> shadow grasp
> uncanny reflexes

>Get Shadow Grasp + Uncanny Reflexes
>Pull all the shadows in the area into our hand
>Form it into a sword
>Cut bullets in half

>>32238709
I don't think Shadow Grasp will be that solid. It's a 'tangible material that can interact with our surroundings.' I expect a single point of damage is all it takes to turn it back to normal shadow.

“Kind of crappy, in a better kind of way,” you say flatly. “I got cobra fangs now though. Check it.” You bare your teeth at Cassandra.

Cassandra takes a second to process what she’s seeing. “That’s charming,” she says. You can tell though that she’s a little worried, probably because it wouldn’t be easy to blend in when you have freaking shark teeth.

“Keep your pants on, I can control it.” you say, making your teeth normal again. “It’s whatever. Let’s go get Rowan.”

As you drive to the hospital, the information you wrote down and stuffed in your pocket keeps coming to mind. While you could manage to get there on your own with public transportation, you don’t feel so hot walking around and doing a bunch of physical type stuff just yet. “Hey uh. Cassandra? There’s someplace I gotta be later.”

Cassandra raises her eyebrows, keeping her eyes on the road. “Oh? Do you need a ride? You can borrow the van if you need to.” Thankfully she doesn’t pry. The situation is complicated, and you don’t know if you want to talk about it.

Seeing that you do not have a license, and after your close brushes with automotive death last night, you don’t think that would be wise. “I’d ask for a ride, you know, if you’re offering I guess.”

Cassandra laughs lightly. “I am offering.”

You nod then, in agreement. “Okay then.”

>So how was work?
>It’s actually kind of a funeral thing.
>What’s Borislav’s deal? He’s like, Dr. Dolittle or something?
>Say nothing.
>Fall asleep.
>Other (?)

>Unnerving Countenance: Sierra's veins become darker than usual, and show through her skin. Her eyes darken and her features become more gaunt, and her skin takes on a deathly pallor. She can hide or exhibit these traits at will, which features many may find unsettling or even frightening. Cost: 0 PP (Take one turn to assume transformation) Stress Sensitive.
What does that actually do besides make her look spooky? I guess it would be useful for playing dead or attempting to intimidate someone.

I'll be back. My lawn's looking like it needs to be taught it's place in society.

>>32238725
>thanks..

>>32238725
>What’s Borislav’s deal? He’s like, Dr. Dolittle or something?

augh this runs so early

>Uncanny reflexes
>Active regen

>>32238725
>It's actually kind of a funeral thing.

>>32238725
>It’s actually kind of a funeral thing.

>>32238376
>Shadow Grasp
>Uncanny Reflexes.

Active regen would be nice, but right now the PP cost is a bit too high for it to be generally useful without us getting far more efficient at absorbing PP as we go along in combat.

We probably want to be careful about using shadow stuff given the whole "insane" thing that affects most users, at least until we can learn more about it.

>>32238725
>Thankyou
>It’s actually kind of a funeral thing.
Then once there's been a little bit of silence maybe say the
>What’s Borislav’s deal? He’s like, Dr. Dolittle or something?
Thing to lighten the mood.

>>32238725
After a moment of awkward silence?
>It’s actually kind of a funeral thing.

I wanna tell them we're verlwelken. Is this a bad idea? Or a really bad one?

>>32238791
>Is this a bad idea? Or a really bad one?
It's a CRAZY bad idea.

But we should probably tell them anyway. Cassandra, especially, would probably handle it decently well.

>>32238791
We should let it slide in slowly, give them time you know?

>>32238808
>>32238827
I guess that makes sense, yeah. Isaac would probably find the whole thing most distressing.

>>32238782
The "insane" thing affects most hellborn in general. I'm willing to bet that the 'verwelken hellborn being really rare and extra crazy' thing has less to do with power use and more to do with their physiology generally isolating them and preventing any attempts at being raised as a normal human. Tweeds thought it was weird that Sierra hadn't been burned to death by the sun. Living like a vampire from birth can't be good for ya.

>>32238782
insane thing?

>>32238791
>>32238808
>>32238827
>>32238843
How do we know they didn't already see us using our shadow powers when we lost it? It's already established we tangled with Ro; Isaac might have seen us as well, and she could tell him even if he didn't. She has no reason to keep it a secret.

>>32238873
Like I said, it's an INSANELY bad idea to tell them, but we probably should anyway. Especially at this point.

>>32238848
I guess being mixed blood is a good thing. Burning shadow demon-vampire is a pretty cool deal. On the field anyway.

>>32238873
That's why we drag Issac or Rowan to one side and break it to him, see how they react.

Rolled 44

>>32238725
>It’s actually kind of a funeral thing.
>What’s Borislav’s deal? He’s like, Dr. Dolittle or something?

So, can we control the poison thing? I mean, we probably want to kiss a boy someday, or something, when our life is less completely fucked up. It would be pretty bad if our saliva is effectively poisonous.

>>32238849
Tweed said that Verwelken hellborn are generally unstable or just straight up die. That anon is trying to use that to say that the shadow powers might be bad or something, but Sierra still being alive at all and not completely 100% crazy shows that she didn't get slammed with the instability.

>>32238887
Can you or anyone explain to me why it's such a bad idea? I'm not seeing it.

>>32238873
Good point. It's likely going berserk triggered verwelken instead (or in addition to) our usual claws and hellfire. I mean, we looked like a corpse with all them veins and "cobra-teeth", and a guy's throat was ripped open so we likely drank some delicious red B+.

>>32238900
Yes, we can control it.

But that doesn't matter anyway. Venom is fine to ingest. Poison is not.

>>32238361
>worn Polaroid of you and Ben

At some point we should ask if they have a scanner and get a reprint of this.

And get it laminated too.

>>32238791

It would be best to tell them rather than get caught when something goes to shit, but it needs to be broken veeeeeeeeery carefully and gently. And probably not right now.

Isaac most likely has suspicions given that we clearly didn't know shit about demons and so forth, but asked questions about shadow magic anyway while asking what type we were. The whole "killed his dad" thing would be a serious issue though, and Rowan seems fairly emotional about it in particular.

When it does come out, emphasis should probably be placed on how it seems to only be a tiny part of our background compared to the flames n' fear parts, going by how we can survive light just fine barring a tendency to sunburn quickly and how the other powers seem more numerous and well developed to begin with.

Given our latent nerdiness, a small part of us is probably secretly hoping it all works out with the shadow powers since this superhero team seems to be sorely lacking a Nightcrawler or Batman member.

>>32238910
It stems from Isaac explaining how velwelken are bad nasty guys who are insane. And one killed his father, though there might be even more to it.

Anons - me included - worry that Isaac (and the rest of the family) will shun the fuck out of Sierra when they find out.

>>32238910
Because the family is only barely able to look past our demonic heritage. Also being descended from the type that killed the kids' grandfather will just make tensions worse.

But we really should bring it out into the open.

>>32238922
>Yes, we can control it.
We can control the tooth sharpening. No sign on whether or not we can control the venom.

>Venom is fine to ingest. Poison is not.
ANIMAL venom is fine to ingest. Who knows what demon venom does to someone's digestive tract and mucus membranes? Plus, there's almost always some kind of micro-tear somewhere in the mouth.

>>32238950
But but humans are animals AND demons are people TOO. Demon rights mang don't discriminate

Guys who are saying that Verwelkens are vampires, no. They're not. They only share the sun weakness with them. They're closer to just straight shadow monsters.

Belphegorans are the ones that are closest to Vampires in what they actually do.

>You see no harm in confirming his suspicion. “Yeah, actually. What about the Belphegoran part?”

>He searches a little bit to find a suitable explanation for you. “They’re closest to vampires,” he says. “Not their weaknesses, but their powers.

The veiny stuff and the blood drinking was from the Belphegoran parts, which the Hallows already know we are.

>>32238930
Different anon, but I'm sure that if we explain it properly, they'd have as much reason to hate us for being part verwelken as we would any random infernus for Monster's death. If.

I suspect Isaac already suspects anyway, after we asked about shadow powers out of the blue.

>>32238964
Man, I'm just trying to make sure that we'll be able to maybe someday kinda kiss a boy without poisoning him. We need to know whether or not we need to use protection - you know, in the hypothetical chance that we might someday be un-fucked-up-enough to have a romantic life. As unlikely as they might be.

>>32238992
There's no way Isaac doesn't suspect. He probably only pulled that "oh you must have seen a Verwelken on the streets somewhere [nervous laughter]" thing so that Rowan wouldn't freak out on us even more.

>>32238977
Oh shit. I guess I mixed them up.

Thanks for pointing that out.

>>32238930
>>32238934
Yeah, but they're going to find out eventually. Telling them now will be far better than them finding out on their own.

In addition, I wouldn't say they're barely able to accept us. They've been ridiculously accepting. They also seem reasonable enough to not judge us based on who our parents were and what powers we inherited from them.

>>32238977
Oh, well that's relieving.

>>32238995
Time to buy some fang-condoms!

>>32239027
Again, I'm saying it's a bad idea and we should do it anyway. I'm not disagreeing that we should do it.

You're arguing about my motive while agreeing on the action we should take.

Just shut the fuck up already.

>>32239007
Then wouldn't attempting to hide it only cause more suspicion and disagreements later on? Not that we should just blurt it out of nowhere; obviously we wait for a good time to drop the bomb. Asking Rowan what we actually did when in rage mode is probably a good idea too.

>>32239027
Oh yeah, definitely. I agree we should tell them.

I just hope shit doesn't hit the fan at mach 5 when we do.

>>32239044
An oral condom is an actual thing for people who have, or worry about, herpes. If we can't control the flow of venom from our gums, we'll probably need one if we ever want to maybe someday kiss a boy or something.

The fangs don't secrete venom unless they're actually extended as fangs. Sierra can control the fang extension unless she's super angry.

This talk of teeth condoms is silly.

>>32239049
It's not even a bad idea though, it's a good idea. Maybe even a great one.

>>32239059
I did not need to know that. Sounds nasty.

Seriously though, I immediately assumed that both the fangs themselves and venom production are within conscious control.

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>>32238900
>we probably want to kiss a boy someday

That poor boy.

>>32239059
>kiss a boy
>tg

>>32239069
No, her gums secrete the venom, and they do it all the time. We can control the sharpness of our teeth, but our gums seem to be secreting venom all the time.

We need to know if we can stem that flow.

>>32239085
This Anon gets it.

Clearly Sierra is lesbian with Rowyn. Geez, guys.

>inb4 poison isn't from Inferni, Belphegoran, or Verwelken.
>inb4 it's from Stygian.
Suck on that, Tweed.

>>32239109
>Rowan
>not Nevada
Anon pls

>>32239109
That's disgusting, she's like our sister.

I for one will be voting to kiss boys.

>>32239109
Sierra thinks Rowan's body is gross, and has the hots for Rowan's sexy male friend.

Sierra's heterosexual, anon. I'm so, so sorry.

>>32239131
I too, will be voting for holding hands and hugging [spoiler/]

>>32239137
not after a vote or two

>>32239102
Chill, it's a simple test. We could clearly see the venom being produced when our fangs were extended. We just need to look in the mirror when our fangs are retracted.

>>32238930
We really REALLY want to avoid getting shunned as well. These are probably the only people who both have our backs and actually know anything about our problems that we've ever met, besides probably our parents. The fact that since staying with the Hallows Sierra has managed to start getting on top of a horrific nightmare that has plagued her for as long as she can remember gives them a very powerful positive association that would make her want to stay.

>>32239055
Sierra has generally been quite disturbed by a lot of her powers, reacting more or less like any normal person would to them. Being honest with her own fear and concern about them would probably do a lot to smooth things over.

Her comic reading makes a lot of sense as an effort to make her powers feel like a good thing because she's like the heroes in those stories, rather than like a monster because she heals/feels good when causing pain. Hoping that the dead guy earlier was a crab feels like she wants to make sure she directs the damage she does to people who deserve it.

>>32239148
Yeah, nah, I'm totally on board to have a heterosexual female protagonist. There's plenty of other lesbian quests out there.

That said, I'm also voting hard against ANY romance/intimacy. She's way too fucked up - and knows it - for any of that kind of stuff right now.

>>32239154
Bro, I'm not even worked up. I'm just asking the QM whether or not we can choose to not secrete venom. It's everyone else jumping on my case for asking in the first place.

>>32239137
>Rowan's sexy male friend
Funny way to spell Benjamin Cook.

Seriously though, given that angels and demons exist, I wonder what would happen if it transpired that there's an afterlife, and it's possible to pull his soul back from it?

>>32239163
>Sierra has generally been quite disturbed by a lot of her powers
Really? She seemed to think that they were pretty damn cool so long as she's in control.

>>32239131
>>32239137
>heterosexual

What are you, gay?

>>32239164
Not saying you're not free to vote for whatever you want (I'm hoping for no romance myself), but I can think of far more straight female MCs.

>>32239164
>That said, I'm also voting hard against ANY romance/intimacy. She's way too fucked up - and knows it - for any of that kind of stuff right now.

I think you're missing the point of playing a half demon high schooler.

>>32238742

I'm back. Don't panic.

>>32239188
>Benjamin Cook
Gross, he's like our big brother! He could have taken the relationship that way if he'd pushed for it, maybe, but that would ruin what they had.

At any rate, Sierra's into Rowan's dude friend, and not at all into Rowan. The QM made that perfectly clear to us.

We don't have full control over her characterization.

>>32239199
>I think you're missing the point of playing a half demon high schooler.
This is not BFQ, and we're not at the Scholomance yet.

>>32239248
>We don't have full control over her characterization
But we will or most people will be upset

>>32239277
fuck most people

>>32239277
>But we will or most people will be upset
Bullshit. I'm quite happy with it, and considering the fact that we haven't had full control over her characterization this whole time, so are most of the players. She's a pre-existing character whose actions we can steer, but whose characterization and personality are pre-existent.

And she's been characterized as an extremely fucked up heterosexual teenage girl.

That's not a matter of us voting. That's just who the character we're exerting some control over already is.

>>32239277
Then fuck them, they need to be purged. It's better for the quest if the mc has consistent characterization handled by the QM

>>32239245
TOO LATE! Commencing panic.

>>32239277
people upset by something like that deserve to be upset
we can only hope they get driven out, because these quests will be far better without them.

>>32239248
I can't remember any dude friend. Seriously, I can't. Who are we talking about here?

>>32239383
That random guy at school.

>>32239383
The dude who was trying to flirt with us in the library? The one we thought was super hot and couldn't make eye contact with?

Also, you can control the venom. It comes with the teeth. Sorry, fang condom fans.

>>32239396
>Sorry, fang condom fans.
Whoa, whoa, I was worried we would need an oral condom, not a fan of them. I'm just glad we can control it.

Not that we're ever likely to kiss a boy in the near future anyway. We're WAY too fucked up for that.

>>32239189
She definitely thinks the powers are cool as fuck, but she's also recoiled from her appearance out of more than just surprise, and has dwelled over the fact that she gets a rush from violence and so on. It's a muted response, but in the same way that anyone with a bad childhood becomes jaded. When she's let go, it's come out that she's frightened of hurting people (blaming herself for driving people away, distraught that she might have crippled Rowan)

The fact that she is apparently a huge nerd who likes cape comics and Harry Potter (and likes the heros rather than cheering the villains) suggests that deep down she's pretty idealistic. That her response to Rowan being in hospital was to panic that now she'd have to be like Oracle is telling, since it suggests she's already internalized Rowan as being some sort of superhero character.

>>32239383
>You glance up at the guy with the deep voice. And then up some more, at a really tall dude in a camouflage hoodie and scuffed jeans. He has wavy brown hair and is close enough that you can tell he’s smoking – not in the literal way that you used to, but rather the figurative, much more attractive way that you much prefer. He’s got his backpack in hand, as if he were planning on sitting somewhere else, but instead held up to talk to you.

>You shake his hand, trying to keep your cool. It doesn’t really work very well, and a zap of static electricity stings your fingertip when your hands touch, highlighting your discomfort.

>“Sierra. Y’know, like the mountains.” Ugh. You shouldn’t have said that. Stupid.

Sierra likes boys, and gets uncomfortable and awkward when she's talking to a good-looking one. She's a fairly normal heterosexual teenage girl.

You know, aside from being a hellborn gangbangers trying to go straight with a mysterious and tragic past.

>>32239413
speak 4 urself there

>>32239389
>>32239392
>>32239465
Oh, right! I already dismissed him. He seemed sketchy.

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>>32239396
>No fang condoms

Why even continue...?

>>32239465

Also the time when she went to sleep thinking of shirtless Daniel Radcliffe. She's seems pretty geeky under her protective bluster.

>>32239517
Well, Sierra was super uncomfortable around him,to the point it was kind of weird really. I'm used to characters being written as uncomfortably awkward around people they found attractive, but it just went on and on, and not in a cute, blushy way either.

>>32239545
>Also the time when she went to sleep thinking of shirtless Daniel Radcliffe.
Exactly. She's pretty blatantly into dudes, not ladies.

Hey, she could be bi!
I'll just vote on that assumption until proven otherwise/it's ogre.

>>32239628
She's already said she finds Rowan's body gross, and has expressed exactly zero interest in any ladies. It's a lot smarter to assume that a teenage girl is heterosexual if she's expressing interest in dudes and, if anything, finding female bodies explicitly unattractive.

Since that's, you know, literally the definition of being attracted to men and unattracted to women.

>>32239568
Well, the static didn't help, though you could say there's a spark between then

>>32239648
I thought found Rowans body gross because she's muscled up to the nines

>>32239648
but that is forbidden love here

>>32239648
Not that I'm arguing against you since I don't much care if she's straight or not, but when was it mentioned she found Ro's body gross? Also was there a reason for it?

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>>32239665
>I thought found Rowans body gross because she's muscled up to the nines

Exactly. How can you be into women and not find that sexy as hell?

>>32239648
Indeed, many signs point to straightness. But not being attracted to Rowan doesn't really mean much, she could simply have a different type(s). And there's no reason to make assumptions at all - eventually we'll find out (unless it ends up irrelevant to the quest), so I might as well vote for my preferences until then.

>>32239691
Damn, son. Would lift with.

>>32239628
Listen, it's cool that you want an estsblished bisexual protag, but there's a lot of evidence in the narrative that suggest Siera's straight, and that's okay too. Sexual equality should go both ways

>>32239691
I suppose it could be giving Seirra feelings of inadequacy, bu that seems unlikely for someone who can throw fire around like a tennis ball

>>32239724
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with straightness though? I'm just saying I prefer reading female romance, and so until Sierra gets into a relationship or explicitly rules out ladies, I'll be making my votes in that direction. I don't have any illusion that it's particularly likely, and you're free to vote otherwise anon.

>>32239691
>How can you be into women and not find that sexy as hell?

Maybe she's not into msucle girls because she wants to be the dom?

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>QM fucks off to mow the lawn for an hour and a half
>Douchenozzles descend into the mandatory argument about mc sexuality which consumes 80% of the postcount
>Bored jackasses fan the flames with "I'm gonna vote for /u/ and you can't do anything about it! Teehee!" every time it looks like its about to die down.

>>32239771
In all fairness, it is now probably a very nice lawn.

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>>32239752

>>32239800
I hope Languid was forced to do this by his wife or something. I'd feel rather resentful if he knowingly scheduled a thread 30mins before lawn mowing time.

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>>32239760
>not into msucle girls

Does not compute.

Don't be ridiculous. You can totally Dom a musclegirl.

>>32239771
Well, I made my post as a joke (lel easy to say so now but it's the tooth).

Guess I should've kept it to myself.

Aaanyway, there are other, more pressing things than boys or whatever right now.

>>32239852
like muscle girls

>>32239864
Seriously, cool it. It's getting annoying, and I say it as a guy who generally digs girl abs. We'll get our fix later, ok?

Nobody says anything for a couple minutes, and you drive in silence.

“The thing is actually this kind of funeral deal,” you say.

Cassandra says nothing, but you can tell she’s listening.

“For uh. A friend, I guess,” you add. “He died.” No duh, you think to yourself. Errgh. (+1 Stress: 8/100)

Cassandra glances at you. “When is it?”

“Three,” you say. “They’re doing it in a church in Hunter’s Point.“ You give her the rest of the details.

She nods. “All right.”

A while later, you pull up to the hospital. The two of you head in. Ro looks notably better from last night, though she’s still pretty beat up. (Rowan: 3/15 HP) Cassandra helps Rowan get out of bed, and gives her a bag with a change of clothes. Unsurprisingly, the shirt Cass brought for her daughter has a subtle, but very large DC logo on it.

A couple minutes later you’re all headed out, with Rowan in a wheelchair, even though she doesn’t really need it. She’s got one of those casts on her foot that you can walk around in, and her right arm is in a sling. When you reach the exit, Rowan abandons the wheel chair and gets her feet. She walks with effort, so you all walk slowly enough to match her pace.

You give up your front seat real estate for the cripple, and take up residence in the back.

“The bed felt like it was made out of plastic,” says Rowan. “I couldn’t go to sleep without feeling like I was being shrink-wrapped.”

>>32239771
Well to be fair, it was overdue. I mean, a FeMC in a quest where romance wouldn't be unthinkable, and the QM didn't explicitly state her sexuality in the first thread? Don't think there's been one of those without at least slight shit-flinging and buttpain since...maybe Sorceress Quest?

>>32239927

Cassandra smiles. “Sounds like you’re back to normal.”

“I never was out of being normal,” says Ro, somewhat resentfully. She puts on a stern expression when she continues. “I’m going to school tomorrow.”

“Um. Sweetie? You’re entitled to a couple days off after getting home from the hospital,” Cassandra reminds her.

“And have to make up all that classwork? Teachers pile it on like it’s their job,” she says, somewhat jokingly, but still sounding adamant in her decision. “Thanks, no thanks.”

“You sound exactly like your dad,” says Cassandra, chuckling. “Before we stop at home, the optometrist’s office called and said my new Irlen lenses came in. Does that sound okay with you two?”

“Whatever,” you say.

Rowan, however, glances back at you, and exchanges a weird kind of meaningful look with her mom. “Um. Hey, remember that time you thought I needed glasses?”

“Most kids don’t claim they can’t see the letters when they can’t read.”

>>32239946

Rowan rolls her eyes. “I’m just saying, I think maybe I do need glasses. Can we have my eyes checked when we’re there?”

“If they’re not too busy,” Cassandra says. “Have you been having trouble reading?”

“Not exactly,” says Ro. “Hey Sierra. Maybe you can get your eyes checked while we’re there, too. Could be cool to find exactly how good your eyes can see.”

>What, you nervous about doctors or something? Want me to hold your hand too?
>Whatever.
>Ha ha, very funny. This is about yesterday, isn’t it.
>Screw that. I don't need a guy in a lab coat to tell me that I can see just fine.
>Other (?)
(Shadow Grasp+Reflexes. Y/N?)

>>32239946
glasses demon girl nerd yes please

>>32239966
>Ha ha, very funny. This is about yesterday, isn’t it.

>(Shadow Grasp+Reflexes. Y/N?)
Yes. It's what won the vote already.

>>32239993

So be it.

>>32239752
And what if a vote to woo a women doesn't appear or ones that do appear are ignored because they are out of character? You going to let that go?

>>32239966
>What, you nervous about doctors or something? Want me to hold your hand too?

>>32239966
>Ha ha, very funny. This is about yesterday, isn’t it.

Shadows & reflexes. Y

>>32239966
lets get our eyes checked

>>32240016
not voting for /u/
Are you some kind of faggot

>>32239966
Rather would have reflexes + healing

>Ha ha, very funny. This is about yesterday, isn’t it.

>>32239966
>Ha ha, very funny. This is about yesterday, isn’t it.
>I can hear and smell and taste better and I'm almost healing like fuckin' wolverine. Why would my eyes suddenly be the only thing that doesn't work?
>grumble grumble wasn't wearing a tie grumble grumble

(Shadow Grasp+Reflexes. Y/N?)
Y

>>32239966
>Ha ha, very funny. This is about yesterday, isn’t it.
>(Shadow Grasp+Reflexes. Y)
I'd prefer Reflexes+Regen, but Grasp+Reflexes was the clear winner.

>>32239966
>What, you nervous about doctors or something? Want me to hold your hand too?
>Oh wait...
>Ha ha, very funny. This is about yesterday, isn’t it.

Y
Those were the two powers that got the most votes.

>>32239966
>What, you nervous about doctors or something? Want me to hold your hand too?
Yes to the combo

>>32239966
>Ha ha, very funny. This is about yesterday, isn’t it.
She can just say it, she doesn't need to be this circumspect with us. What does she think we're gonna do, flip out?

Also, >Y.

Rolled 81

>>32239966
>>Ha ha, very funny. This is about yesterday, isn’t it.

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>Maybe you can get your eyes checked while we’re there, too. Could be cool to find exactly how good your eyes can see.

Dat appeal to our pride.

"I'll have you know my senses are fucking AMAZING."

>>32239966
>Ha ha, very funny

she is going to be adorably self conscious through this whole ordeal.

at the end of it she will secretly think the glasses make her look cute/hot, not that she would ever admit this to anyone in a million years.

>>32240068
>>32240055
Combine these two.

>What, you nervous about doctors or something? Want me to hold your hand too?
>Oh wait...
>Ha ha, very funny. This is about yesterday, isn’t it.
>I can hear and smell and taste better and I'm almost healing like fuckin' wolverine. Why would my eyes suddenly be the only thing that don't work?
>grumble grumble he wasn't wearing a tie grumble grumble
Throw in a comical scowl and arm crossing that says "there might be a problem but you are going to have to beat me over the head with vision charts to make me admit it".

>>32239966
Damn it, Rowan.
>Ha ha, very funny. This is about yesterday, isn’t it.

>(Shadow Grasp+Reflexes. Y/N?)
I guess it's fine. It's a very combat centric boost though. I'm not against it.

>>32240016
Yes? I'm not sure what you're expecting anon, that would be the result of effective QM veto, or other players all voting for straight, either of which are fair. Though I'd hope Languid wouldn't leave it up in the air for long if it's never gonna be possible.

>>32240134
Alright, you seem like a decent anon, and I apologize for my initial wariness; tg is known for its hyperbole, and you never know who's going to start shit flinging

>>32240012
I'm really curious to see just how hard these shadows can get.

Would we be able to theoretically make a staircase out of shadows to walk up the side of a building at night?

>>32238376
>--Shadow Grasp
>--Terrorizing Glare
Am i too late for this?

>>32240220
Technically not but Languid did call for a Shadow Grasp / Reflexes Y/N vote.

>>32240202
We'll have to test and practice with them.

Rocky style training montage?

>>32239966
>Ha ha, very funny. This is about yesterday, isn't it.

Y on shadow grasp/reflexes

>>32240234
Reflexes would be my close second to glare so that's not bad.

>>32240267
>Punch the meat
>With shadows

No wonder our driving was so shit earlier.

>>32240284
No shit. We had to stop and get out of the car to read street signs. Our eyes are fucking terrible.

>>32240284
Ha, yeah, I noticed that.

You know,

>Sierra has supersenses for everything except vision and she has healing as >>32240055 has said.
>Bad vision seems like a very Verwelken thing. They're bad with light and all that.
>The thing from earlier where we asked about what controls shadows
I wonder how long it will take the Hallows to put 2 and 2 together.
Calling it now, we can see great in the dark and the eyedoctor is all weirded out by it.

>>32239801
>Sage and move on.
Sage is not a fucking downvote.

>>32240344
I don't know, weren't we in a dimly lighted classrom science lab?

>>32240344
And when we were visiting Rowan in the hospital the darkness was comforting.

Belphegorian, Infernus, Verwelken. Jesus, how much of a hellmutt are we?

>>32240374
We are Lucifer child

>>32240344
Having shitty vision also can also make your other senses better, even without demon blood. I'm almost legally blind, and everything is so damn loud...

>>32240374
>Belphegorian, Infernus, Verwelken. Jesus, how much of a hellmutt are we?
All of it. We are all of the demons.

>>32240374
None of those three really jumps out as something venomous.

>Belph is emotion fuckery and is vampire-like
>Infenus is standard fire&RAGE demon
>Verwelken is shadow monsters

I'm betting that there are at least 1 or 2 more types mixed up in there.

>>32240374
How much is human?

>>32240396
>and everything is so damn loud
That's... not how that works. Your other senses just get more of your brainpower dedicated to analyzing them. They don't actually get any stronger. You just have sensitive ears.

>>32240344
I always thought we actually had improved senses (including vision) but our eyes was just bad, meaning if/when we get glasses we will actually have better eyes than a normal person.

We will see i guess.

>>32240202

Shadow powers seem to be a fantastic defensive powerset for a group, given that you can create widea-area cover that could become physically protective in the future. Hell, if shadow grasp is strong enough the cover could reach out and drag friendlies to safety as well as offering some sort of wide area control. A Verwelken who wants you dead is a dangerous opponent but imagine how dangerous an entire group benefiting from the defensive buffs of a Verwelken would be.

“Didn’t get the phobia of doctors vibe from you,” you say, smirking to yourself. “Need me to hold your hand too?” Then you understand where this is coming from. “Oh wait. Ha ha. Good one,” you say. “This is about that thing in Physics, isn’t it. Well just FYI, I can hear through soundproof glass and smell the Cheez-its you ate before we picked you up, so guess what, my eyesight is pretty damn good too. If you want to know the numbers, you could have just asked straight up.”

Rowan suppresses a smile. What the hell’s she smiling about? “Oh. Okay. You’re so right, I just wanted to know how much better than me you are,” she says, keeping her voice suspiciously neutral.

“Yeah whatever, you sit there and smile at yourself,” you say, sitting back in your seat.

A few minutes later, you’re at the optometrist’s. Rowan has given up on the ‘I need glasses’ ruse since you called her out on it, but you’re prepared to get in that chair and put your money where your mouth is. The whole place is boring and quiet, which suits you just fine. Cassandra and Rowan wait in the room, Cass with her special tinted glasses box under arm, and Ro taking a seat nearby.

Dr. Howling comes in and runs you through all the generic stuff, asking about your eyesight and whatever, what you see and don’t see, and so on. Then he rotates out that big metal goggle thing and makes you look for it.

>>32240406
None, we are such a mutt the contradiction of forms and bodies led to us looking baseline (human) but we are actually just fully demon

>>32240508

Then you start reading the chart. First few rows are fine, and then you get to the little stuff, but it is what it is. And then he starts ‘better or worse’ing you and spinning those little glass optical things around.

“Better,” you say, seeing most of the chart snap into greater focus. It’s like you’re holding it up at arm’s length.

“Better, or worse?” asks Dr. Howling.

“Better?”

“Better, or worse?”

“Better, I guess,” you say. How much better does better get?

A couple repetitions later, the doctor asks, “Better, or worse?”

Everything snaps into crystal clarity. It’s like you’re at it with a magnifying glass or something. You can even see the tiniest bottom row, which you didn’t even know was there until you started doing the goggle thing. “Its good,” you say.

When the doctor pulls away, you look over at the Hallows. Cassandra has a shocked look on her face, while Rowan seems smug. As you walk out back into the lobby with all the display cases, you can’t shake the feeling that something is seriously off.

An assistant person comes out sits down across from you at a little table with a bunch of optical equipment on it, and rattles off some numbers about what you see in each eye. You don’t know what’s considered really good, but they sound like sizable numbers. And then the woman pulls a pair of glasses out of a little case and hands them to you. “Try these on,” she says.

>>32240508
It turns out angels have eagle eyes or something, doesn't it.

>>32240519

You snort. “This is a joke, right?” you say, turning the glasses over in your hands. They look like something an old librarian lady would wear. “These things are crazy.”

“You can choose frames later, but this is near to your prescription,” says the woman.

You laugh to yourself and slide them on, and then swivel around in your chair to show your ridiculous appearance to Cassandra and Rowan. “So, how do I… look?” You trail off.

What the hell.

“So?” asks Cassandra. You can see her teeth from here. Every strand of hair. The slight crows feet at the edges of her eyes. “How are they?”

>I have ultra vision.
>Holy hell I can see every leaf on that tree!
>Oh god. How could I have been so blind?
>How come nobody ever told me I had shitty mole-vision?
>Other (?)

>>32240535
>Oh god. How could I have been so blind?

>>32240535
>>Oh god. How could I have been so blind?

>>32240535
>I have ultra vision.
>Holy hell I can see every leaf on that tree!
Refuse to accept that our vision was bad. These glasses are just fucking binoculars/microscopes.

Rolled 64

>>32240535
>Oh god. How could I have been so blind?
>How come nobody ever told me I had shitty mole-vision?

>>32240535
>How come nobody ever told me I had shitty mole-vision?

>>32240535
>Other (?)
Wide-eyed "oh god why the fuck have I been living with blob-sight for all these years?" stare

>>32240535
>I have ultra vision.
>Oh god. How could I have been so blind?

First one, then the other as realization sets in.
>Is this what everyone else can see

>>32240535
I AM THE SEER OF ALL

>>32240535
>>How come nobody ever told me I had shitty mole-vision?


Seriously, none of the foster homes? None of our gang buddies?

I guess we probably bit anyone who tried.

>>32240535
>How come nobody ever told me I had shitty mole-vision?
Later on, like back in the van or something I guess, I want to ask why broken bones get fixed in a day but mole-eyes don't.

>>32240535
>Holy hell I can see every leaf on that tree!

So she does have the vision from improved senses. That's fun.

>>32240535
>Dammit, this doesn't make sense. How the hell can I snap shot a gun right out of a crab's fucking hand with shirty mole vision?

>>32240620
woah woah woah
not in front of the doctor buddy

Rolled 56

You'd be surpriesed how many people with shortsightedness don't realise they're shortsighted.Their shit vision is normal to them and they have nothing to compare it

>>32240616
Uhh. Not really. I remember saying the same thing when I got my glasses for the first time. Apparently my mom did it too when she got hers as a kid.

>>32240535
>Holy hell I can see every leaf on that tree!
>I have ultra vision.

>>32240616
...what? Normal people can see distinct leaves on trees. If it's all just a green haze then your vision is fucked, bro. Like how most people can see someone's teeth as individual things if they're in the same room. Or see that they have crow's feet.

>>32240535
I CAN SEE THROUGH TIME

>>32240628
It seems relevant, and we are not the epitome of self-control.

Also, I don't think we can wear this to the funeral, nor would they be good if they shattered in a fight. Can we get contacts or prescription goggles?

>>32240554
Second.

Rolled 94

>>32240535
>other?
OH god... I can see Forever!

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Insane, violent demon girl with anger control problems in glasses.

>>32240689
She's totally sane. Except when she's not.

>>32240535
>Oh god, how could I have been so blind?
>How come nobody ever told me I had shitty mole-vision?

>>32240535
Sight of a bat. Faaantastic.
>Holy hell I can see every leaf on that tree!
>How come nobody ever told me I had shitty mole-vision?
>Other: Not a word, Ro. Not. A. Single. One.

“I’ve been fucking blind all my life,” you say. Your eyes hurt a little at the strain the lenses put on them. Okay, you’ve knocked glasses in the past, but this is seriously big news. You take a moment to consider the leaves on a tree outside the window, as the wind rustles through it. It’s like you’re watching HD TV, but in real life. “Is this really how you guys see crap?” you ask, raising and lowering the glasses to compare the difference. You can even read the street signs across the street now. “I can literally read fucking everything I see!”

“Next time you can write your own notes,” Rowan says.

About a half hour later, you all walk out of the optomitrist’s, you wearing a pair of the least offensive pair of glasses you could find. You also have a box of contacts, though it was a living nightmare trying to get them in and out when you were trying them on. All courtesy of Cassandra’s wallet. You couldn’t turn it down or even bring yourself to argue – not after you’ve seen what you haven’t been seeing.

As you drive away, you keep your eyes on the front of the road. Man, driving looks way easy with glasses on. There are signs telling you how fast to go, lines to tell you where to stay, and you can see anyone around you by glancing in a mirror. You can even see people’s license plates if you needed to remember somebody’s car. It’s like everything has been designed with wearing glasses in mind.

>>32240873

“How come nobody told me I have shitty mole-vision?” you say, bitter that you’ve been going without this sly advantage all this time.

“Didn’t you ever complain in class when you couldn’t see what the teacher was writing?” Rowan asks.

“Well yeah, but they always just told me to learn to read and shut up,” you say. You stopped complaining after that, and just wised up that you needed to sit up front. “I don’t know. Everyone just told me I sucked at school and words.” Little did you know, you were a latent powerhouse of vision all that time. If only your old schools knew the beast they had so unwisely taunted all those years.

“I don’t think anyone will tell you that anymore,” Cassandra tells you.

A while later, you’re sitting in the Hallow house watching TV. You’re not as interested in the programming as you are in seeing every inch of the picture in clarity. Rowan’s up in her room doing Rowan things, you guess, and Cassandra is off doing some kind of sewing work with blanks. The funeral is in a couple hours, so you have some time to kill.

>Find a dark place and screw around with your shadow powers.
>Go read a book in the guest bedroom.
>Go for a walk.
>Be artistic.
>Badger Rowan.
>Badger Cassandra.
>Other (?)

>>32240893
>Find a dark place and screw around with your shadow powers.

>>32240893
>Find a dark place and screw around with your shadow powers.

>>32240893
>Go for a walk.

>>32240893
>Find a dark place and screw around with your shadow powers.
>Be artistic.
Try to make shadow pictures!
Once we figure our that we can make the shadows solid, we can make shapes and then press it into wood or something to make neat carvings.

>>32240893
>Be artistic.
>Badger Rowan.

Draw Rowan using our new Superman X-Ray Vision!

>>32240893
>Badger Rowan.

We never found out if the angel family can do shit like us. See of we can get her to show what she can do.

Rolled 60

>>32240893
>be artistic

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>>32240893
>Badger Rowan.

>>32240893
>Find a dark place- JUST KIDDING WE'RE NOT DOING THIS
>Badger Rowan.

I'm still a little worried for her, and our budding friendship.

>>32240893
>Find a dark place and screw around with your shadow powers.

>>32240942
No seriously. What if someone catches us doing verwelken stuff? We've yet to tell anyone!

>>32240893
>Be artistic.
>Find a dark place and screw around with your shadow powers.
Make shadow pictures with shadows.

>>32240893
>Badger Rowan.

>>32240929
>>32240963
second

>>32240893
>Badger Rowan

I want to know what Rowan things are. If it's not too much of a sore topic, it'd be good to try and find out what happened after we bugged the fuck out.

Messing with shadow powers is just asking for trouble when Rowan inevitably barges in to see how we're doing

Sorry guys. I'll be back in an hour.

>>32240983
Our room has a lock

>>32240991
You go show that lawn once more! I believe in you!

>>32240991
>it resumes

>>32240893
>Badger Rowan.

>>32240996
Given the option specified "find a dark place" rather than "go to the guest bedroom" like the option immediately below, I assumed we would have to go elsewhere. It's possible that our room is too bright in the day and the curtains aren't thick enough for us to really do much with the shadows.

>>32241080
I assumed it was something akin to the house's basement.

>>32241080
Our room has a closet?

I'm about to start reading this. Has this quest been taken over by /u/boating yet?

>>32241417
Not at all
We are the straightest female quest protagonist in a while, like Hunzuu from Scorpion Girl Quest.

>>32241417
No, not yet
So far the MC has seemed fairly into guys, and utterly uninterested in girls

>>32241417
Not really. Probably not a good idea for Sierra to get involved in romance of any sort until the occasional homicidal fits of rage are dealt with somehow. Heaven help us all if she gets a boyfriend and he cheats on her or something.

>>32241417
There's no romance. Hopefully it will stay that way.

>>32241417
Nope. Sure looks like Sierra wants the d.

Though right now she wants super cool shadow powers with ART.

>>32241442
>in a while
What is BPQ, that Sailor Moon quest thing, Loli STALKER, the one KoF quest, probably that InuYasa Quest (because it's InuYasha, would /u/ even go near that?), etc..
There's never been more straight female protags than now, which isn't a bad thing, but pretending it's some rarity is dumb. Hell, the only lesbian ones I can think of are MGNQ and Pokemon quest, and of those MGNQ is ancient and PQ is technically bisexual. 2 quests against 6+

>>32241442
>>32241445
>>32241470
>>32241478
>>32241521

Thanks.

>>32241529
...um, about Inuyasha Quest... we may have kissed our mom on the lips.

>>32241704
...why? At that point you can't even blame the /u/-boats, why did the QM think letting that happen was a good idea? I mean, I know shit about InuYasha or the quest, maybe incest is a thing there...

>>32241744
In contextt of the story, we did it to snap her out of whatever posession she had undergone that caused her to stab us. A lot. Needless to say it didn't take

>>32241529
AOPH quest is also completely lesbian, but the real issue isn't that they've taken over a lot of quests, but that they try in every quest with a female protag. The ones listed are just where they've succeeded.

Looks like I'm not getting back for another thirty minutes. Don't hate me too much.

>>32241824
That is not about yurifags, that happens in every quest regardless. People try to find a girl to waifu in every quest with a male protag too. You just get irritated when they do it with a female.
Also, of course they will try in every quest. People try all kinds of shit in every quest. And some just like to hate as a part of bandwagon as in your case.

>>32241920
Only a little.

That aside, Sierra is a teenage girl who draws pretty well, is awkward around (handome) guys, and has glasses. If we join the press club or whatever, we'll be motherfucking Clark Kent.

>>32241470
>Heaven help us all if she gets a boyfriend and he cheats on her or something.
>NTRing a quest MC
You would have bigger problems than protag's devil powers.

>>32241824
I don't read AoPH, but I haven't seen anything about lesbians regarding it in QTG. If anything it's all about dudes from the conversations there.

>>32241920
FFfffffffffffffine

>>32241956
Everyone in the QTG is retarded. Literally retarded. They don't even know what they're talking about.

>>32241995
I dunno, I still have a hard time believing it, but whatever, that's hardly relevant to this quest anyway.

>>32241824
>>32241995
AoPH isn't remotely lesbian, and you sound like a nutcase.

>>32242084
Refrain from arguing with the stupid.

>>32242125
>implying anyone on /tg/ has that level of restraint

>>32242154
>implying you woukd know if they did

>>32242208
See, even you don't have that level of restraint, otherwise you wouldn't have replied.

>>32241937
I'd think that Clarissa Kent wouldn't be prone to fits of demonic rage and regular, switchblade-assisted edgemancy.

>>32242250
Anti-Kent then?

>>32242258
Isn't that Lex Luthor?

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Jesus fuck, if romance comes up we'll get to that route when it comes to to.

Right now, no romance has come up yet. But it is retarded to avoid romance solely because "hurr i hate waifus/husbandos"

Also she's a fucking teenaged girl, teen girls don't know what they want as far as sexuality is concerned. So it could literally go either way.

>>32242285
Goddamnit just leave me in peace!

Also technically Lex Luthor is Superman's gay lover, not Kent's. Technically.

>>32242289
>I don't like this discussion
>I should bring it up after everyone stopped talking about it.

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>>32240893
>“I don’t know. Everyone just told me I sucked at school and words.”

Man, between this and HMQ, I should just have Self Esteem playing constantly.

>>32242285
Or Bizarro!Superman.

>>32242326
Well, she WAS in one of those super shitty schools IN DA HOODZ. That's how I understood it anyway.

I guess there was nobody to trying to reach those kiiids.

So why didn't anyone like Active Healing? It may be too slow to use in combat, but it's been a full day since the big fight. Since then, we've gone from 3 hp to 5 hp. If we had active healing we could be topped off at 13 already. Not only that, but Languid confirmed it would open the path to more advanced regen, like the ridiculous level Trevon had of points per round of combat. It just seems like it would have been a much better choice than any of the others to me.

>>32242289
>says it could go either way
I smell a u/boater apologist, and not a good one

>>32242356
It would be highly useful, but it's boring. Not showy enough.

>>32242289
I think we should avoid romance because it's super in-character. No matter how much we'd like to kiss boys, we're CRAZY fucked up and in terrible situations at the moment. There is NO WAY IN HELL we want to add dating to that mix.

>>32242356
I personally didn't fancy it because of the crazy high PP cost to get the regen going. I do realise that later on it would likely turn into something crazy good though.

It's more of liking the other powers more rather than disliking any of them. Also instant gratification.

>>32242356
It got five votes - like from me - so it definitely had its supporters. It was the next-highest thing after reflexes.

>>32242356
We can still pick it up later, and by then we'll have the PP to make greater use of it.

I'm not sure how efficient we are at collecting PP mid combat right now, which would make a difference. If we could reliably harvest 2 PP for every melee kill then it would be viable pretty quickly, as well as making power usage more viable in general. It's definitely at the top of the list for "GET ME NEXT" right now though.

>>32242430
I would have taken it and reflexes. We already have darkness cloaking as a shadow power, and anything shadow isn't as useful when we have to keep it hidden from the Hallows. Plus the only way we can fast heal now is by drinking the blood of our enemies, which is a bit gross.

>>32242460
I don't think the PP cost for the first level of the skill will ever be efficient. Ever. It's like the other anons said, there's no instant gratification for this one. We gotta take it now, which opens up the more powerful version later.

>>32242356
>So why didn't anyone like Active Healing?
Mostly because I was asleep when the vote was called. Definitely voting for it next time if we have the option, though. Regen would be super useful, even if it's pretty much just an out of combat thing at this point.

>>32242487
>I would have taken it and reflexes. We already have darkness cloaking as a shadow power, and anything shadow isn't as useful when we have to keep it hidden from the Hallows. Plus the only way we can fast heal now is by drinking the blood of our enemies, which is a bit gross.
Yeah, I voted regen/reflexes. But it's whatever. People are way into the shadow shit at the moment because it's controversial (because we haven't told the Hallows about it yet).

>>32242487
I wasn't under the impression that higher level powers in this quest would cost less to use; either way though it's topping my personal wishlist for our next new set.

>>32242509
It's frustrating because that's exactly why we shouldn't take it though. Not only can we not use shadow skills in strong light without the PP cost becoming ridiculous, we can't use them at all in sight of the Hallows or anyone that would tell the Hallows. We shouldn't spend our sparse ability points on stuff we'll barely get the chance to use.

>>32242534
Hey, people vote for what's on the forefront of their minds, and people are currently thinking about shadow demons and kissing boys. It's understandable, even if it isn't smart.

Sure is 30 mins same as 60 mins.

I need to sleep soon. This suuucks.

Well, I was under the impression that I would have more time today, but it looks like that was false. Should we just pick this up tomorrow? I'll only have a couple hours by the time I get back.

>>32242526
Trevon was regenerating multiple points per round of combat. If he spent 10 for each point regained he either had far more PP than he had HP, or he had a more efficient skill that didn't require so much PP. Maybe even a passive regen skill that healed him without PP use.

>>32242550
Hey, that's what I'm thinking of too, it doesn't stop me from recognizing useful abilities.

>>32242571
I'd rather have the couple hours PLUS picking it up again tomorrow, if that's in the cards. If not, then tomorrow's fine too.

>>32242571
>>32242597
Tomorrow works for me as well.

>>32242571
Tommorrows cool, any idea what time?

>>32242571
Another couple hours today would be nice, unless it would probably wind up in an awkward cutoff before we had to leave it untill tomorrow.

>>32242571
incidentally, any progress on drawing up a skill tree?

>>32242571
If you do have a few hours why not put up an update or two in addition to the thread tomorrow? Otherwise, tomorrow is fine.

Okay, I'm actually back now.

A couple notes:

I'll run for a couple more hours, probably up until we've got to go to the funeral.

On the issue of Sierra's sexuality: all the hints given in game aren't resolving the debate for the more hardcore among you, so even though this game isn't a dating sim and I am really loathe to decree anything out of character, I guess I have to come out and explicitly say that the MC is straight. Hopefully now we don't have a huge flame war on our hands every time I step away for more than ten minutes.

The time I'll be running tomorrow is 8:00 AM MST to whenever, since I have the day off.

>>32243538
>a huge flame war
Are you new? That would hardly qualify as an arguement as far as flame wars go.

>>32243538
MC is straight and a girl?
Quest dropped.
You'll find me in something that's actually tasteful, faggots.

>>32243538
>huge flame war

Honestly, this whole "SHE LESBO!" argument is less of a shitstorm and more like a pissdrizzle.

I've seen worse in quests. Much, much worse...

>>32243674
>tasteful
>/tg/

Good luck with that.

>>32243767
We will always have BFQ.

You turn off the TV and close the door, making the family room go almost nearly black You leave it slightly ajar, so you have something to look at. You find you’re really enjoying looking at things now.

With all the crap you did with darkness yesterday, you think you’ve figured out how to do something a little bit cooler. You sit back down on the edge of the couch, and push the cup you’d been drinking out of to the center of the little table in front of you. It casts a dark shadow in the dim lighting. You’re not concerned about being interrupted by anybody, as you’d hear their footsteps long before they barged in on you.

You fix your concentration on the darkness, and become aware of its presence. Then you begin twisting and pushing it, contorting the cup’s shadow into different kinds of shapes and forms. Now, though, it’s time for what you wanted to try. You push some of your power into the darkness. Almost imperceptibly, it becomes denser. Eventually its density becomes such that it you feel it exerting pressure on the things around it. You then move the shadow from the table mostly up onto the cup.

The cup slides to the side a couple inches.

>>32243908

Grinning, you put a little more effort into it. The cup suddenly jerks off the table, flies through the air, and bounces off the wall. It lands softly on the carpet – good thing you didn’t grab one of those glass cups. It takes a little more power and effort, but you manage to retried the cup from where it fell and replace it on the table, all without ever touching it or moving from your seat on the couch. The shadows do all. (-1 PP 12/13)

Walking out of the darkened family room, you feel pretty cool about your umbrakinesis. That’s almost like, telekinesis or something. Except you need to have the lights off? You probably wouldn’t be able to put on a very good magic show. Still, it’s something that gets your imagination going. The things you could do. (-5 Stress: 3/100)

>>32243927

Thoughts of zany shadow antics aside for the time being, however, you find yourself curious as to what Rowan’s up to. While she seems like a cool enough person, you don’t actually know too much about her, except that she likes comic books and smiting demons. You feel (nearly) on good enough terms with her to be a little bit invasive, so of all the other things you could do instead, you decide to go bug her.

You head upstairs to her room. The door is slightly ajar, so you kind of push your way in. What you find is not totally unexpected. Ro has posters all over the place of superheroes and superhero movies, with Batman being chief among them. She’s got a ton of Batman paraphernalia all over the place. There’s a batgirl on batcycle action figure up on a shelf, a little bat signal lamp on her dresser, and a batman mask bust on her desk. There are boxes filled with stacks of comic books scattered about the floor, along with forgotten laundry, papers, and school materials.

Rowan sits atop her bed with laptop in lap, earbuds in ears, and eyes focused on her screen. She looks up at your entrance, and pulls out her earphones. “What’s up?” she asks.

You didn’t think this through. “Uh…”

>You like Batman a lot.
>I was kind of bored. Thought I’d see what you were up to.
>How’re you doing?
>I didn’t really get around to asking earlier. What exactly happened last night?
>You mind if I borrow a couple of your comics?
>Other (?)