>>35594796
>I… I did this?

Please explain. It's been so long since anyone has ever told me anything without couching it in an enigmatic statement or ominous foreshadowing. I'll try not to freak out, honest.

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>>35594796
>>I… I did this?

>>35594796
>I… I did this?

>Homecoming weekend
>SJQ
Why you gotta be like this snow?

>>35594796
>I… I did this?

>>35594921
>>35595025
>>35595073
>Ok, starting off slow again.
>roll me dice+1d20

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>35595242

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>35595242
Here when I can be dude. DMING at the saame time.

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>35595242

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>35595242

>>35595270
All good; have fun DMing and try not to get too distracted. Real Life stuff first and foremost friend.

>16
>Writing

>Ok, fair warning; this one may take a little time to get goldilocks good, so please bear with me.

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Your eyes widen as your pupils recede into fine points and the sensation of pinpricks washes over your body. Your breathing grows labored and sporadic, but you maintain control.

“I did this?” you whisper. “No way.”

Last night… the things you saw… the things you did…. More concerned for answers that saving that woman. That poor wretched soul. Those men, dead by your hand. Not entirely true, but you were responsible. YOU. murderer. It was impossible. There was no other way… it had to be done! No escape. No salvation. Only action would save everyone! Your heart continues its rampage, threatening to tear itself out of your chest. You have to survive.

Looking at the carnage that surrounds you… though animal, you had taken so many lives In an instant and without a second thought. Had you really done this? Surely there was no way a suburban schoolgirl could possibly be so cruel. No, this had to be an illusion. A dream.

“I… I did this?” You collapse to your hands and knees, tears begin to bead at your eyes. You clutch at your heart as you hyperventilate, but find no comfort. An arm loops itself along your waist and pulls you upright. The hair demon gently rubs your shoulders having sat next to you, hip to hip.

She places a finger over your lips to silence you, before gesturing in a wide sweeping motion, the surrounding area. “All of this… ALL of it is your work my pretty pretty. I’m so PROUD of you.” She finishes, hugging the side of your heads together, her words like venom.

>2/2

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>>35596227
>2/2

“N-no way!”

“Oh yes! Don’t you just adore it? You’re a natural! OOOOH I’m ever so proud of you!” The peppy demon embraces you, sticky with blood. She tips her finger in the pool at your feet and taps your nose with a smile, leaving a red dot on the tip before she skips away to survey the carnage, humming a tune to herself.

You however remain alone. Your mouth agape and your mind empty. “I did this.” You say to yourself once more yet confessing to no one in particular. You move to stand, however your legs fail you and you fall back to the wet earth. Is this who you are now? Or was it who you were the whole time? You know you should feel bad. That you should be shocked and disgusted with yourself, but can you really be?

You lay their looking at the clouds, your mind clear for how long you’re not sure. Eventually your sun is blotted out and looking over you see Inuyasha looking at you slightly concerned, his arms crossed. Kujo stands next to him adjusting his pack.

>Pick someone to have a short talk with on the way:
>Kujo (About what?)
>Inuyasha (About what?)
>Yura (About what?)
>Keep to yourself

>>35596258
>Inuyasha
What he remembers from the fight.

>>35596258
>>Inuyasha (About what?)
About Kikyo

>Kujo What exactly happened?
He will most likely tell us what we did when were were out

>>35596258
>Inuyasha (About what?)

What happened back there?

How do you deal with living in a world that tries to kill you almost every week?

>>35596258
>Kujo (About what?)

Hell did we do?

>>35596452
I like the second question. I'm not sure we should really press things too much.
I do like how Kagome's moved on from denial about her actions to just empty acceptance. She'll feel weird about it for a long while, but soon it will become routine.
A sickness has infected her.

>>35596258
>>Inuyasha (About what?)
What happened. Yura's too excitet to be clear.

Rolled 19 - 2 (1d20 - 2)

>Ok, asking Inuyasha what he remembers
>Roll me personality (dice+1d2+3)
>DC is this roll

>>35596850
>sorry, 1d20+3

>>35596850
They see me rolling

Rolled 19 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>35596850
Oh, now the dog rolls well...

Rolled 20 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>35596850
Right lets try this again

>>35596932
They not Hatin?

>>35596948
Don't see you rolling. Dicefail.
It was pithy, but rather undermined by more dice failure.

>>35596926
>>35596929
...and I think we got this.

Rolled 16 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>35596850

>>35596926
>>35596929
>20 vs 17 (critical success)
>Writing

>Anything else you would like to talk about to Inuyasha?

>>35596926
>>35596929
Well, I guess it doesn't matter what Inuyasha rolled, even if the next roll is a 1.

>>35597036
Maybe like
>>35596452 said how he deals with living like this.

>>35597036

Perhaps mention how we really think that Kagome has more than a few malevolent entities watching her progress with great interest? Some of which might be related to that Worm-king thing? Of which she's pretty sure she's inherited some powers from which she used to melt those guys?

>>35597090
>>35597093
>Ok I'll try to work these in
>How are you guys doing tonight? Seems deader than usual. which sort of works because I'll probably have to make this a shorter session so I can wake up early tomorrow and take care of some things.

>>35597172
Not much for me too talk about so just hanging back until someone brings up something Interesting too talk about

>>35597172
Ehh allright. Dming is over.

>>35597172
Doing good, though I wouldn't mind that spoiler, since I always miss the last couple votes to go to sleep.

>>35597172

Doing fine. Following quests. Trying to make a mountain/valley stronghold in a largely empty MC server.

>>35597172
Ill.
But I got a solid 6 hours kip for once, so I'm counting it as a good day.

>>35597172
Just got in, over here.

Safety bump!

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“So…” the half demon begins “You gunna just sit their on your big butt all day or are we gunna keep goen? Hey are you listening to me? Helloooooo!”

He begins waving a hand in front of your face, trying to break you from your trance and your body, realizing it had remained stationary for wuite some time, provides you with control once more. “Ya… ok…” you respond, your voice flat and lifeless.

“You feelen alright?”

You don’t answer him, you just stand and walk. You can’t even feel the weight of your body or the wind in your face. The whole thing seems so surreal. Like you’re in a dream or a walking corpse. You have to admit you’re taking this better than you have a lot of other incidents, but this new and alien feeling is one you can’t stand.

The rest of your party soon surrounds you and once again you find yourselves in the woods traveling uphill. Kujo and Yura seem to have increased their pace or maybe you’ve slowed down, but none the less a sharp prick on your arm breaks you out of your trance.

You glance over at Inuyasha who recoils his arm as you go to rub yours. He’s trying to look agitated, but the signs of concern are there in his face. “So you finally done with that?”

“I… I don’t know… did I zone out?”

“Well ya werren’t payen attention so if that’s what it means… then sure. Man yer a pain. Don’t ya know any words that make sense?”

You walk in awkward silence with the half demon before speaking up once more “Hey… do you know… do you know what happened back there? I think I m-”

“What, with the wolves? Ppppf. Amateur hour! Once I get that sword it an’t even gunna be a thing!”

>1/3

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>>35599327
>2/3

“No… what happened exactly? I can’t remember anything.”

“… really?” he asks, raising an eyebrow. “Well we got into town an-“

“No! When they jumped us all at once. What happened?!” As the words leave your mouth you realize you may have oversold it.

“Ok ok! Geeze. Calm down will ya? Lets see…” He taps his finger against his chin in contemplation “Well you asked Yura for help, which she shoulda been doing anyway. Not that I couldn’t handle it!”

You suppress a sigh as you recall that he’s won one fight since you met him. “What’er you smilen about? S’any way, they all jump on us right, then Yura comes out of nowhere, you start screamen’ like someone took yer damn foot off so I look over and yer waven’ yer stick thing around looken’ like ya seen a ghost, then something cracks me upsid th’ backath’ head. probably you.”

“So I di-“ Inuyasha crouches slightly to get on your level and whispers to you ”Ya ask me, nah ya didn’t… I’d keep an eye on yer pet up there though.” “Something ‘bout that just rubs me th’ wrong way. S’not like you anyway. Even back at the village.”

“Really? Hey ya, she did seem a bit too happy.” Inuyashas eyes narrow a little before his attention turns back to the road.

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>>35599347
>3/3

“Speaking of the village… I don’t know how to explain it, but I feel like something’s watching me. Ever since that weird guy in the black armor strange things keep happening to me and weird people yelling weird cryptic things at me.”

“Nah, that’s just life ‘round here. Ya get used to it. Be'en cautious s’good instincts though. I know in Tokyo it’s giant rock houses and those gun things or whatever, but here if yer not strong, ya die.” The half demons pace slows a bit and he lets out a sigh, “When I was a kid everyone’d make funna me and throw rocks at me cuz I wasn’t a demon er a human. I remember the look on my moms face after I asked her what a ‘half breed’ was… remember I’d always go crien to my mom after getten’ a beating… then one day she-” He pauses for a moment

“Inu-“

“I spent my childhood always runnen away from everything kuz I was too scared ta fight. After that my choice was pretty easy ta make. Become the strongest around 'er die. Before long wasn’t just about survival or winen’…”

“It was about proving you existed.”

“…what are you talken’ about?”

You open your mouth to speak, but the smell of smoke and the sound of metal on metal assault your senses. In front of you is a small shack, smoke billowing out of a large stone chimney. A… three eyed ox lays tied to a nearby tree. “Looks like we finally made it.”


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Sacred Jewel Quest will be paused here and resume tomorrow. Really sorry guys, but I have rewritten this 3 times and nothing is clicking despite having prepped for this for a decent while and I am frustrated as hell.

Thank you for reading tonight and I hope to see you all back here tomorrow so we can keep moving forward.

As usual, I’ll post when I resume via my twitter and give a warning in the thread. If it’s still around.

>>35599427
Happens man. See you tomorrow.

>>35599427
On the one hand, it sucks that you're having writing problems, but yay I can sleep at my normal time without missing half the thread!

>>35599427
Eh. I needed to be abed soon anyway.
See you tomorrow, assuming it's still being bumped.

That hiatus you took in august really did a number on you didn't it?
Hope this doesn't end up killing the quest.
also you should maybe run earlier in the day or pick a day that's not Friday. Also questing is shit during school months.

>>35599480
>Sorry again and I'll hopefully see you all then.

>>35599569
>>35599572
>It does me good to hear people are loosing a little sleep to follow the quest. It's not healthy for you, but it means I've got a little something going. Sleep well guys!

>>35599597
>The only thing that will kill the quest are empty sessions. I want to take this thing to the end and I hope you'll all come with me one way or another.
>I have considered moving days again or times since it seems like a lot of folks leave for sleep or only catch it at the tail end. Not to mention competition has decreased a bit.


>If you guys want, you can try and keep the thread bumped or archived. If not, I'll just make a new #21 tomorrow and repost everything.

>>35599740
I'd do a just in case archive, if I could think of a decent description.

>>35599932
Ya, not much happened yet this "session" other than Kagome beginning to come to terms with herself and a little Inuyasha backstory that kind of hits me in the feels a bit.

>>35600053
Inuyasha can only hit me in the feels if he falls on me.

I cannot stand his mannerisms.

>>35600093
Ok, I've seen you in a few of the threads while reading archives and you keep railing on the guy. Could you elaborate? What exactly rubs you the wrong way and why?

>>35600146
His overall intelligence level. It's exacerbated by his speech.

I know he can't help it due to his upbringing. But the, "cuz I wasn’t a demon er a human"

Cuz Er'a

Causes me physical pain.

>>35600208
Well I don't think Snow can really help you there because that's just the way he talks in canon; Sorry to hear that though. I quite like him.
at least he's not written like he has a super thick Scottish accent.

>>35600208
Honestly, I haven't been a part of this discussion yet, but I think you have legitimate issues. The guy just talks, and if that's such a fucking issue for you, suicide is the answer.

>>35600256
He talks, but he doesn't really annunciate and it's laid on a bit too thick. I don't remember him being that bad in the show.

Also remember global rule 1: "Be excellent to one another."

>>35600246
I'm familiar with cannon. Part of the reason the accent bugs me so much. I read it in his voice.

>>35600256
If someone being bothered by someone else's accent upsets you, you have issues. You should legitimately consider suicide.

>>35599740
Holy shit when did SJQ start up again? Guess I got some reading to catch up on!

>>35600317
Wait, someone writes a character so spot on you read the lines in the characters voice and it's bad? Eh, I got nothen, but I hope we can all still chill together.

>>35600342
Ya, check the archives; you only missed a little over a months worth since he restarted in September I think.

>>35600317
It doesn't bother me that it bothers you; that'd be weird. It's strange that it bothers you, and it certainly does imply there are problems. That's about the extent of it, though.

>>35600342
>Yep; started back up mid-september once I finished the website I was building. Glad to see you again and I hope you stick around and can play with us again!

>As for Inuyasha; I'm sorry the way he talks annoys you, but I'm not sure I can turn it off since it's a pretty big part of his character in my opinion. I am planning to ratchet it down little by little over time though just like the show does.

>Remember: Be excellent to one another. I don't mind a good debate and discussion, but lets try and keep the attacks to the baddies in the quest.

>And with that I'm going to get myself to bed since I have to get up early tomorrow to rush to and yell at the post office. Sleep well and I'll see you tomorrow (keep an eye on twitter)

https://twitter.com/Snowloss
http://ask.fm/SnowLoss

>>35600317
Ok, so if he didn't talk like he does would you be ok with him then?

>>35600893
More or less? I'd still think he's a bit slow.

It's sort of like when you see people text: R u cmin? I ardy hr

>>35600982
Ah so it is all in the way his dialog's written then. That analogy helped clear things up quite a bit. He IS dumb though thanks to his canon upbringing. No getting around that even if he is well meaning.

>>35600576
And I just missed it. Oh, well. There's always tomorrow. I should be over this headache by then.

Nice to see Kagome acknowledging her problem.

>>35601121
Yep she's in that PTSD school of thought, but at the same time for all she's seen something as mundane as death doesn't really mean much to her. She's numb to it at this point, and that scares her. CHARACTER EVOLUTION HO!

>>35601121
Clearly Yura is helping. Without her we would still be in Egypt.

>>35601173
At first I was confused, then I got it.

Every time we interact with her, I get more and more worried. I think her and Kujo are working together towards something.

>>35601234
Don't worry Kubo planned for this and the devil dog Kujo will never accomplish anything.

Unless by Kujo you meant Inuyasha...

>>35601260
Pretygy sure he mean d the merchant. sorry, little drunk, but wanted to chiml iin. Yura's shady ya, but something hit our head and we doin't know much about notcanon guy.

>>35601299
It's cool. Keep drinking your drinks. I'll think on the possibility of the shop keeper being shady.

>>35601323
>>35601299
Shady yes (and only because snow uses Urahara pics), but not malicious.

I think in the shows canon it was Naraku who told Yura about the jewel.

so... are we going to archive this? because I can't.

keeping alive

>>35601361
>I think in the shows canon it was Naraku who told Yura about the jewel.

I'm pretty sure Naraku hadn't been introduced at that point of the manga or the anime. (Episode 3 vs. 8)

>>35605672
Doesn't Inuyasha ask her how she even knows about the jewel and she says something like "a little bird told me"?
Might be remembering it wrong, but after Naraku got introduced and everything was his fault always, it kind of made sense.

Went ahead and archived, just in case.

>>35606301
Good good
Hope he doesn't start back up at 9 though. There's Toonami to watch tonight.

>>35606301
>Not starting with 'Our young heroine'
You monster.

>>35607040
This phone anon begs forgiveness! And for someone to post the sudoku image for me.

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>>35607094

Healthy bump?

>Son't worry guys, we'll be resuming today. Just trying to block out some time for it is all. Also fleshing out a character sheet a little since I may be giving you guys the option to vote for a POV change.

>Looking to resume around 6 or 7 tonight.

>>35609361
can't wait. Also, EST, right?

>>35610969
His twitter says est and he always says est. don't see why he'd change it.

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>>35599427
Inuyasha walks forward and pushes through the door. Following behind him you creep into the dark single room home. A spindly old man lays hunched over a large put lined with stones hammering on something.

The heat in the house causes you to instantly break out in a fevered sweat, mixing with the blood and dirt that's clung to you.

After a short while and a few more powerful blows with his hammer, the odd old man finally turns his head to face you. His eyes wide and unblinking. The tip of his beard slightly singed.

"Oh and who might you be?"

>Wait, what?
>Inuyasha and friends
>Write in

>>35612731
>Inuyasha and friends

Introduce ourselves properly.

>>35612731
>>Wait, what?
Those eyes, man.

>>35612731
>Inuyasha and friends
Are you alright?

>>35612731
>Wait, what?

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>35612840
>>35612869
>1

>>35612856
>>35612896
>2


>Breaken the tie then writing.
>Thanks for coming back today. Hope you've had a relaxing saturday.

>>35613104
We're back baby! Looking forward to this.

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Oh god his eyes. His giant googly eyes. Don’t stare. Don’t laugh.

“Name’s Inuyasha… you must be Totosai, the swordsmith.”

The old man looks up, rubbing his soot encrusted beard “Hmmmm… nope. Can’t say I’ve heard that name before.” The man returns to his forge. "You can stay and watch if you want though. Don't get many visitors."

Inuyasha purses his lips and marches over to the man, grabbing him by the shoulder and spinning him around. “Look we busted our asses all the way up the mountain ta find ya and yer yellen me ya an’t Totosai? I’m gunna smash that flea…”

“Flea… flea… Myoga? Oh you must be one of Inu no Taisho’s boys! Why didn’t you say so before? Come in come in!”

Soon enough the five of you are sitting around on the middle of the floor while Totosai brings a pot of water to a boil, occasionally striking on an object in the forge with his hammer.

“Sooo… Inuyasha was it? What brings you and your friends all the way out here?”

>Inuyashas Birthright
>I think my naginata may be haunted
>Sesshomaru’s after some sword
>Write in

>>35613502
>I think my naginata may be haunted

>>35613502
>Inuyasha's Birthright
>I think my naginata may be haunted
>Sesshomaru’s after some sword

Infodump inc.

>>35613502
>Inuyashas Birthright
>I think my naginata may be haunted
>Sesshomaru’s after some sword
Going for the info dump here also who is this dude anyways some kind of master smith from the show or something

>>35613603
yep

>Ok guys you've been wanting more information? Well grab onto something and brace yourselves, because we're going in dry. this may take a while so I guess talk about whatever as I write.

>>35613888
Whatever.

Am I doing this right.

>>35614035
Yeah. Seem's good. So! How bought that... weather.

>>35614053
Well, I don't feel strongly about the barometric pressure.

>>35614119
So was this guy a master smith from the show and if he was what kind of stuff you guys think we can get from him

>>35614186

Well, one of his bum apprentices forged an awesome demonic sword that possessed him, but was later used to great effect by Shesshoumaru. So if we can get him the right materials and persuade him, we might be able to get a pretty kickass weapon from him.

>>35614254
Or some half decent armor. We'll murder something.. Or hell if we go to Inuyasha's fathers grave let's snag some of those Big ol' demon bones.

Those will make something neat right?

>>35614186
Totosai only makes swords for people he knows and likes. Almost all of them are demonic in nature and thus can only be used effectively by demons.

>>35614254
Correct. He did have a shitlord of an apprentice that he disowned, but I don't know if that was filler or not. Toto told him to piss off after he used something like 10 orphans or something else edgy and grimdurp like that to make his first masterpiece.

Can't believe I skimmed over the part last night with the three-eyed bull...

>>35614830
You were probably drunk. Don't beat yourself up over it.

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“Well ta tell the truth, it was Myoga who told me ta come here.”

“Mmm hmm mm” the old man responds, blowing out and then rubbing his finger inside of a teacup before setting it on the forges stone ledge and pouring some of the hot water he had been preparing in it,

“Apparently the old mans bones ‘er gone or somethin’ and Sesshomaru’s wrecken’ everything looken’ for it himself. Ant nothen new there. Something about taken something dad left fer me in his tomb. That’s new.”

The old smith sits down between you and Inuyasha, closing his eyes as if in deep thought. “I didn’t quite catch all of th-“ His words are cut short however as Inuyasha punches the old man in the head.

“INUYASHA!” you scold “You have to be nice to your hosts!”

“HE STARTED IT!’

The old man rubs his head. “To think such a good friend could have such brutish offspring! One sadistic, the other a half wit.

“WHO YOU CALLEN HALF WI-“

“Enough; lets see what he has to say already.” The merchant interrupts, supping his tea.

“So, what IS his birthright?“ you ask.

“Well young lady, it was a blade that this oafs father commissioned for me to forge before he died, rest his soul. I created it by using one of his own fangs.” The old man begins scratching the top of his head “It has the power to slay 100 demons in a single stroke… or maybe 1000. I can’t really remember. Was it 10?”

“Ok fine. So it’s strong, now how do I GET ta my fathers resting place before my brother does?”

““Seeing, yet never seen. Protected, yet unknown to its protector”. That’s about all I know. Then there was something about a black pearl. It was very elaborate. I wasn’t in charge of hiding it. Hosenki was in charge of that. Or was it Myoga? That was another one of your fathers friends who DIDN’T go around punching people!”

>1/2

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>>35615081
>2/2

The half demon growls, trying to compose himself “Ok… we need to find Hosenki then?”

“Nope, he’s dead.”

“So… you made a weapon… and a dead guy hid it somewhere… and Myoga… Myoga somehow watches over that tomb? That right?”

“That’s about the long and short of it.”

“DID ANY OF YOU NOT SEE A PROBLEM WITH THIS?! Great… this is just great. An’t nobody knows where it is, meanwhile Sesshomaru’s tearing up anything that gets in his way. What’s gunna happen when he can’t find it I wonder? Think he’ll come fer you? Cuz I bet he will.”

The old man clears his throat, sweat forming on his brow and the following silence is defining with only Kujos loud slurping breaking it.

“SO!” you clap your hands together, eager to hear yourself talk again “You’re a master smith right? Do… you think you could take a look at this thing? I think it may be haunted” you lean in and whisper.

“A saving grace.” The old man sighs before taking your naginata and drags it over to the forge, picking up a large hammer in the process. The geriatric lifts it over his head “WAIT!” And with that, the hammer crashes down, a loud metallic reverberation echos through the room. “Hmmmm…”

“…well?”

“Just an ordinary naginata. It’s got no counter balance and it could use some sharpening though.”

“That’s it?”

“Young miss, whoever lead you to think this is anything more than painfully average craftsmenship pulled a fast one on you.” Kujo shifts, but keeps silent.


Pick one:
>Think about what you know of the tomb so far (perception check)
>Ask about Inuyashas Father. Maybe there’s a clue?
>Write in

>>35615121
>>Ask about Inuyashas Father. Maybe there’s a clue?
Let's gather as much info as we can.

>>35615121
>Ask about Inuyasha's dad.

Any in game hints would be nice.

>>35615121
>Ask about Inuyashas Father. Maybe there’s a clue?

It's been years I can't actually remember where the Tomb was...

>>35615121
>>Ask about Inuyashas Father. Maybe there’s a clue?

No reason not to.

>>35615121
>Ask about Inuyashas Father. Maybe there’s a clue?

Going for the first one would be cheating...

>>35614905
No, I had a headache from spending most of the 24 hours before that glued to a screen.

>>35615270
I can. Maybe the spoiler will jog your memory?
The answer lies in plain sight, for all to see, resting next to beauty.

>>35615270
Good, you get to enjoy that surprise a second time.

>>35615375
Yep that did it. First line anyway.

>Writing
also there is a loud ringing in my ears, but no giant skeleton man behind me which is nice.

>Checking on a few things. These godamn movies...

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>35615672
Also checking something

>>35615746
... Ok, gunna need a perception check (dice+1d20+2)
>Still writing

Rolled 20 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>35615772

>>35615778
Done in one. Good job we can all go home.

Rolled 10 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>35615772

Rolled 4 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>35615772
They see me rolling

>>35615778
>>35615813
>>35615820
>You are the most observant
and the most alive

Rolled 15 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>35615835
OH SHIT THAT SOCIOPATH IS HERE ISN'T HE?!

FUCK YOU SHESHOMARU!

>>35615778

You perceive the universe, the flow of life, your dimension and those in between, and everything that could be and can be.

Make a sanity check.

Rolled 5 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>35615942
Rolling for crawling chaos.

>>35615942
It was too much for you to bear. You are now a Keeper of Secrets.

>>35615968
A keeper of secrets? Damn. I was hoping for a changer of ways.

>>35616022
the human mind can only bear so much

>>35615835
those are the best things to be

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The old man drops the weapon back into your arms before retaking his seat. That… was a bit disappointing and scary. You KNOW you’ve heard voices and you know you’ve been to weird unreal places. Is it all in your head? Are you losing it? No way. You’re totally in control! That would be crazy! HAHAHA!

“So.” Kujo speaks up “Tell me about his old man. Maybe there’s a clue in there.”

“Well where do I begin… Inu no Taisho, as I’m sure you know, once ruled over much of the western lands 200 years ago or so. Though powerful and in command of a mighty army, he remained humble and, much to the confusion of many of his men, fond of humans. That fondness would later result in your birth Inuyasha. “

“That’s… still kind of v-“

“Let me finish. I swear your generation has no patience. Now where was I? Ah, your father first wed another demon who bore a son; your half-brother Sesshomaro. I never was fond of him. Later your fathers affections were turned towards Izayoi, your mother and the daughter of a wealthy lord who had recently fallen on hard times.” The old man begins swishing his tea in his cup “She was quite the catch really… anywho she and your father began seeking each others company more and more frequen-“

“OH COME ON!”

“UNTIL YOU WERE BORN! However the day you were brought into this world was also the day your father left it. After fighting off a powerful demon, it was said he rushed to your mothers side to defend her from a jealous admirer. Your father was too late to save her and used the power of his blade, the Tenseiga, to revive her before facing her attacker and his guards. The strain of injuries from the earlier battle was too much for your father to bear and he fell, taking his opponent with him. Dying and reverting to his true form he was sealed in the black pearl between this world and the neitherworld. Or so I’ve heard. I wasn’t there you see.” He finishes, sipping his tea.

>1/2

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>>35616843
>2/3

You mull the story over in your head. Most of it pointless in Inuyashas quest aside for the details leading up to his fathers death; tragic though it may be. You bite down on your nails as Inuyasha and the old man exchange words, but you’re far too lost in thought. Ok, so this black pearl is the key… and it leads to the “underworld”. Hell. It leads to hell where his dads body is. Ok. So Inuyashas fathers body and his belongings are in hell and the only way to get there is through this black pearl. Terrible, but fine. What could it be? A ship? No… something smaller and less obvious. An actual pearl perhaps? And what about the original clue? “Seeing, yet never seen. Protected, yet unknown to its protector” Not to mention Myoga was hanging around Inuyasha like a squire when he’s supposed to be protecting the tomb. Ok… so maybe the black pearl is on Inuyasha and he doesn’t know it? Maybe it’s sewn into his outfit? No, he’d feel it. Inside of him somehow like you with the Jewel? And how would you be able to get to hell anyway, the only thing allowed there are… souls… “The window to the soul is through the eyes.”

>>35616923
thanks for the run Snow, good time as always

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>>35616873
>3/3

“What was that?”

“The window… to the soul… is through the eyes. Seeing, yet never seen. Protected, yet unknown to its protector. It was inside of you this whole time. In one of your… eyes.”

“...That… has’ta be one of the dumbest things I ever hear- wait… No.” he snarls.

The dog demon bolts out of the door and you give chase. Dark clouds dance across the sky as an ominous wind roars around you, slamming the door shut.

In front of you stands a very regal looking… man? Dressed from head to toe in while. He speaks in a cold and distant voice, his words dripping with venom “It’s been a long while brother and I must say you have put on quite an interesting show…”


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{Sacred Jewel Quest 21 End} Brothers War begins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhSQzEDUVm4

>Next run time: Next week on Friday at 9pm eastern (keep an eye on twitter though)
https://twitter.com/Snowloss (#SacredJewelQuest)

Quest questions when I'm not around?:
http://ask.fm/SnowLoss

Like the quest, but don’t want to chat with my on twitter? Consider giving the archives a positive rating on suptg!

Thank you very much for reading and playing! Spread the word if you're into that sort of thing.

>>35616977
Nice thread

>>35616977
Every time I see That Fluffy Thing, I want it more.
Fun times ahead.
Good thread, Snow.

>>35616977
And the big brother is here. We totally got this.

Thanks for running Snow.

>>35617030
We can loot it after we stomp his head in

>>35616949
>>35617021
>>35617030
>>35617036
>Glad you enjoyed!
>Hopefully the 60's style Batman-esque deduction helped make up for last nights truncated session.
hilariously enough I had modified Inuyashas character sheet enough to be usable by the players to help mix things up one day and now it looks like you might get that chance.
I'll give you guys the option to take him out for a spin next session (if you vote yes to it) so you can opt to do the whole sibling rivalry thing.

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Did Kikyou fucking win yet or what ?

>>35617036
Wait...we still have the sit boy necklace that's keyed for Inuyasha...maybe we can use it on Seshy if things go south?

>>35617030
I always think its his tail until the back end billows.

>>35617089
She won the sanity.

>>35617089
technically. I think we're bros with her now

>>35617089
We maybe met her last thread shipfriend.

>>35617086
>Ever being jobdog
Nah dude, nah. Not even once. I don't want that bad luck to rub off.

>>35617101
That would be hilarious if it worked. Probably won't though.

>>35617107
technically it is

>>35617052
I've got a bad feeling about this fight. This shit an't gunna be a cutscene.

>These natural quest stopping points
>week until the fight
It hurts

thanks for running though

>>35617052
True, but this fight's going to be a doozy. Might cost us Yura or Kujo

>>35617211
Does Kujo actually bring us anything, though? He might be an acceptable loss.

>>35617242
he's a cool dude with awesome stories and probably a few connections. I'd rather lose Yura than him

>>35617264
Yura's useful and good for the quest. She just wants to help~

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>>35617126
>>35617129
>>35617156

Kikyou has to win.

Anyone got an idea how we can still get and activate the Tetsaiga aside from how it happened canonically? This might be a good time to plan it out in case things SNAFU out of control.

If you don't know what happened, watch episodes 5-7.

>>35617389
I think we're going to end up actually fusing personalities/memories with her, which could be interesting

>>35617211
>Kujo dies
>We're going to the afterlife anyway
>Snow does what a lot of us have wanted and introduces a little Bleach in
>We now have an invisible lightning fast murder machine following us around

>>35617242
>>35617264
>Ever wanting to sacrifice a party member.
>Brings nothing
We haven't even tried talking to him. AT ALL.

>>35616977
Dammit I missed it! Not quite through the archives though.

I'm late to the party, but that skin-muscle spindle thing from a few threads ago? Horrifying.

>>35617505
I didn't say I wanted to get him killed or that he doesn't bring anything. Just that, if it had to be someone, he'd probably be the best pick.

>>35617530
If anyone is going die it is going too be Inuyashas his lucks just been awful in this quest

>>35617516
>Thanks! If you haven't been able to tell yet, I quite enjoy making monsters and writing spooky things. As always any and all feedback is greatly appreciated. Glad to have you!

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Ok guys, I'm going to try something here now... I will give you guys Inuyashas brief (current) thoughts on ONE of the below party members:

>Kagome
>Yura
>Kujo

>>35617599
I'm hoping that we can take control of him and win a fight, but I've got a feeling we're losing an eye next quest.

>>35617626
>Yura

>>35617626
>>Kujo

>>35617626
That's hard. I kind of want to see if he caught on to us being a fucking lunatic yet.

>Kagome

>>35617626
>Kagome
We got a general idea for how he felt about Yura earlier this thread.

>>35617626
>Kagome
Squee!

>>35617626
Herk- I want to know them all.
Screw it. Let's see little miss sociopath.
>>Yura

>Yura

>>35617670
>>35617737
>>35617740
>Yura

>>35617705
>>35617723
>>35617730
>Kagome

>>35617692
>Kujo (poor bastard)


Ok, roll me dice+1d2
1 for Yura
2 for Kagome
Best two of three

Hmmm... Kagome

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>35617862
If you'd prefer, I could just switch my vote to Kagome.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>35617862
Go dice, go!

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>35617862

I had rolled using an eraser case (weird...)

>>35617921
>>35617924
>>35617941
>The dice and some of the players demand it and so it shall be.
>Give me a minute or two

>>35617626
Yura

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What do I think about Kagome? She's a pretty weird one if ya ask me. She's got this inner fire about her an she keeps jumpen' inta things she doesn't understand. She an't nothen like Kikyo, that's fer sure. I admit I kinda like the brash attitude when she shows it, but she an't cut out for this life and seen' her break down and get hurt has me worried. S'not like I like her or anything; I just don't wanna havta drag around a corpse ok! Who asked you anyway?!

>>35618106
Could not get any more tsuntsun if he tried.

>>35618106
Maximum TSUN!

>>35618106
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNv4JN4BXg
mandatory

>>35618132
>>35618154
S-shut up. It's not like I like battle girls or anything. I just like to fight is all. B-bakka!

>>35618106
>S'not like I like her or anything
That's kind of adorable and man demons shouldn't inspire reactions like that.

I was kind of hoping he'd be mad at him constantly stealing his thunder, but I bet in his mind he somehow was the winner of all those fights.

>>35618106
Dogboy, continue to be a best

Don't know how many of you guys are still here, but I've been thinking of doing a "for fun" halloweeny extra session next week or the last week of October. Just throwing that out there.
not sure if it would tie into SJQ, be a one-shot, or its own stand alone thing

How much longer until we can reach combat unity with godboy? I want to stand back to back cutting down waves of enemies while we proceed to be cute with each other, leaving Yura sulking in the corner.

>>35618512
Never. He gets better when he learns to be a reliable and healthy person. We get better when we learn to be a violent and crazy person.

>>35618540
Surely we'll be able to meet on middle ground once we reach our respective polar opposites...

>>35618462
I would be interested in such a thing, especially given your talent for the spoopy.

>>35618462
When you're going to do it, comment on twitter. If I'm conscious and not completely drunk, I'll show up.

>>35618563
Well, it's been a very long time, but I think he becomes a full demon every full moon and goes berserk, right?

>>35618617
Is that what it is? I thought he became a full HUMAN every NEW moon and went PLACID.

>>35618564
>>35618576
>If I run something I'll absolutely post about it on twitter and may have a poll to help me decide what to run.
>As for spoopy, the ones I was thinking of are actually a bit more lighthearted since I do the creepy thing in this thread every once in a while. I'll keep that in mind though.

>>35618649
Yeah, I definitely remember that, but I thought he did both. Must have been mistaken then.

>>35618617
No; he only goes "full demon" when his sword breaks or he's close to death. When there's a new moon (ie no moon) he becomes a regular human. Sort of like a reverse werewolf.

>>35618686

Would that make him a werehuman?

Ok so next thread or two; ONE of these guys is going to lose SOMETHING. The question is what and will it be permanent and how brutal and devastating will this brothers war be? Who's the Urza?

>>35618722
A manhuman? sure.

>>35618462
that would be pretty awesome. Personally I'd prefer it tying into this quest, especially if the party dresses up

>>35618722
That would be a tautology. 'Were' is Old English for 'man'.

>>35618754
It actually wouldn't involve the party at all... Maybe "slice of life" halloween next year if we make it that far

>>35618650
I'd enjoy it. I like lighthearted quests, since I mostly quest to relieving stress.

Mmmmm info dump. About damn time. Glad to see we're inching toward the knot and giving him a mch needed power up.

>>35619071
Then you are reading the wrong quest brother. We an't got nothing here other than sorrow, mind breaking, and spooky

>>35619353
And daemonic abominations

>>35619486
Oh ya lots of those, but they're filed under spooky.

>that feel when no one cares about not!urahara any more and people wouldn't even mind if he was a collateral fatality.
feels bad man

>>35620017
It wouldn't mind if he survived either, if that helps.

>>35620017
I care about Kujo and the narrative of his revenge on Koga.

>>35620147
That's... something I guess. It's just weird how excited people seemed to be for him when we went on our trip together and how speechless a lot of us were when we saw his dead kid... then we didn't bother to talk to him or interact for a good long while and now people are suddenly offering him up as a saccrificial lamb.

If he dies, he at least needs to die avenging his son.

>>35620017
I like Kujo a lot. The issue I've been having is that I also really like Inuyasha in this quest, and I feel the need to interact with Yura just to keep her from murdering us

>>35620235
Ya it's kind of tricky to balance talking to three party members. Snow hasn't given us much social linking time, but this session was ALL about Inuyasha in every way and this arc we're on is only going to shift the focus more.
Then I imagine it's Kujos turn when we go back down the mountain and Sango may get involved as well.
Yura? Who knows. She is an enigma. A bloodstained yandre enigma.

>>35620289
Yura's stuck with us. She likes us and wants only the best. She's pretty cool.

>>35620309
Well she is stuck with us i am not sure about her liking us remember she did try too kill us in our sleep at one point

>>35620309
>She wants the best for us
Going to have to say I disagree. She's a psychotic murderer. Best case scenario, she just wants to drag us down to her level.

>>35620326
>>35620343
Okay, there are quibbles, but hey, look at our last conversation. If that aint taking an interest then I don't know what is.

>>35620358
It is a dark and creepy interest. Like Hannibal asking you what your favorite food is or Freddy saying you should chill out because you've got the body and he's got the brains or any given "we're not so different you and I" speech.

>>35620404
If that's what you want to call it then it is a very charming one. I'm rather endeared.

>>35620404
>>35620417
any day we're going to start waking up to dead peasants in our shoes

>>35620499
We should probably fluff out our party with one or two additional members, incidentally. You know, just in case we actually do lose someone, so we can keep a properly sized adventuring party. Anyone appropriately hopeless, crazy or damned come to mind?

>>35620587
Well depending on how things go with Sango, maybe her.

He teased Ayame a long while back, but we haven't seen much of her and she's way too pure for this.

If we can ever get down and dirty with Naraku in any capacity, we might be able to rope Miroku when we meet him.

Then Snow may just give us more OC to round out the cast, which while I guess I might be ok with since Yura's pretty much just that right now in addition to Kujo, I want to see a little more canon. I just can't think of any one else that fits the bill.

If we didn't have Koga on our shit list, he'd be a good fit.

>>35620667
I want to hedge my bets for Sango on "recurring villain." She was a demon hunter anyway, and probably wouldn't approve of making friends with monsters.

>>35620707
She has a pet demon. In the show most of the demon hunters are pretty apathetic towards demons unless they're fucking with humans in a bad way.
Depending on how hard we piss her off she might end up as a mole, a threat, or dead in a ditch.

Can't think of any other canon characters that would fit our group.

>>35620777
The mountain demon in that one filler episode near the end of the original series maybe? Although he's too big because he's an actual godamn mountain.

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>>35620876
sup?

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>Goodnight guys! Hope you all had as much fun playing as I did. Archivers, I hope you enjoyed the read.

>Rest well guys and I'll see you next week!
>Until then don't be shy or afraid to shoot a tweet or a question or two my way.

So, anyone have any final thoughts for the week?

>>35622579
It's late and I can't think of anything left to discuss since I'm not very familiar with canon characters we may be able to add to our team and I doubt we can bump the thread long enough and convince Snow to do another interlude.

Oh, just had a thought. How are we going to handle Sir Fluffybottom? Are we going to switch to Inuyashas perspective? How hard will he job?

>>35622750
Well if we try to fight him head on, we'll lose character swap or no. Inyasha's going to wantt to solo this and hate us if we interfere so if we can, switching is a good idea. Crious to see how SL will pilot Kagome on his own.
Also i think out rot hands might be able to counter his acid hands. Maybe.

>>35617129
I don't know. That encounter didn't seem exactly friendly to me. Maybe I'm just paranoid.

>>35623166
i could be completely misreading it too. It seemed like we accepted each other to me, at least tentatively

>>35623100
problem with that is that we have to touch him

>>35625804
With how quick he is mixed with his grappling style when Inuyasha first fights him, I don't think that's going to be a problem.
Of corse we'll have to get him "interested" in us first.

>>35626605
He's not going to fuck us and we're not going to fuck him if that's what you're implying.

>>35627308
I hope they mean interested in fighting us. Romancing Sesshomaru is an exercise in stupid choices

>>35628386
Pretty sure that's what was meant. Otherwise he'd be an idiot of the highest caliber. Not to mention Snow gave in and let us do one stupid out of character thing early on before putting his foot down anyway.

Now that it's mid-day; anyone else have any potential party up ideas?

>>35620587
>we should probably fluff out our party with one or two additional members, incidentally. You know, just in case we actually do lose someone
this is the most casual I have ever seen /tg/ about losing party members.

>>35629286
To be fair, losing Yura would probably be beneficial from a meta-perspective

>>35629644
True, but we'd lose a lot of firepower. I think she got a new ability not too long ago to boot.

>>35629644
Ya'll some two-faced motherfuckers.

Don't kill Yura bind her she'll be a great party member!

Hmm we should off Yura she's kind of crazy.


Overall I think we should keep her. She adds some serious battlefield control to the party. We've used and abused her triplines often.

She's a bit edgy but she'll mellow out a bit and I'm sure Kagome is going to get a bit darker.

With the whole sanity checks and murdering going on.

>>35630089
She's only going to get worse the deeper we go.
Also I was against sparing her from the start.
/tg/ just wanted to FRIENDSHIP the baddie again like they always do and the QM allowed it.

As for new party members, we probably won't get Koga or Ayame, but maybe one of his underlings. I can barely recall the show so I'm not sure what two-bit half baked filler characters we might run into and be comparable with. Maybe the witch that revives Kikyo?

>>35630144
If we keep with befriending the bad guy thing... then the witch is a possibility. I like Yura personally. She's a combat monster. She is infatuated with Inuyasha (his hair) Kagome (Dat Murdering).

Koga's chumps would be useless or next to it.. but anything is better than shippo.

Maybe we'll snag a few of Naraku's incarnations? Or some other B list demons who never actually did anything but die?

>>35630196
Why would you want any part of Naraku on the team?
That only ends in tears, sadness, broken trust, and death
Outside of the thunder brothers I can't even think of any other throw always.

>>35630271
There was one woman who was some fire goddess phoenix thing. Think her name was... Abi or some such.

Naraku's incarnations deserve love too!

Any of the Panther Devas might be fun as well.

>>35630497
I liked the one fire panther girl in what I think was a mini filler arc, but funny enough according to the wiki Inuyasha's dad skullfucked the panther tribe after they tried to move into his territory. Don't think they'd be thrilled to work with his son. You never know though.
Also we'd then have a little too much fire. We need type coverage.

>>35630089
I voted to kill Yura, and her further descent into edginess has just reinforced my opinion. I'm not going to try and kill her now, she's in our party, but we need to have a goddamn chat with her

>>35630271
Kagura'd be alright, the rest are all bad

>>35630573
You can never have too much fire.

>>35632323
She controls wind... that would boost the amount of fire we've got going!


>>35632305
I'm perfectly fine with her. If she can keep Kagome aware of the horrible reality that is around her.

>>35632305
She was busy skinning and murdering when we found her. Why would people suspect she'd be any different all of a sudden? We have her on a leash though. It's our job to groom her.

>>35632323
Kagura would be ok for sure... but then we'd have three people specializing in wind on the team. Also she's busy being a hipster advisor.

>>35629644
Nah, she's great for the quest and a solid fighter. Wouldn't benefit anything. Urahara has added the least to the quest, and dying at the end of his journey for revenge is all kinds of closure.

>>35632785
I'm still banking on him being Naraku.
If he did die, we wouldn't really feel much of anything. Snow would say we felt something maybe, but as players? Nah. We barely know the guy.
He's the equivalent of an escort NPC right now.

>>35632822
>>35632785
... I am sort of expecting a kubo level reveal eventually. Like he was actually a lich agent or a european the whole time or something. Or he was actually Urahara for reals in a gigai or something.

>>35632910
I was going to say he's with the future guys, but we met him before them and they only now potentially maybe opened the portal back up.

... ooooor Snow could just subvert our expectations and and shadowrunning and make him an ordinary guy for reals.

see you guys next week