>>36213597

“Wait? What!” the man balks and turns to you, looking you up and down.

“H-hello,” you offer.

His eyes light up as a beam of light lances from the crest on his forehead and into your chest. He blinks in surprise a few times, rubbing his eyes.

“Wow, yeah that’s bright...haha!” he laughs in glee, “This changes things in a big way. I can see it now, an ace in the hole, a Sailor Sol. Small miracle that this happened, right?”

You glance at Luna worriedly, why would she just...no. This man, he is also a Mau, you need to…

“Actually, I-”

“Yes, it is a small miracle. So we’d better get to work,” Luna says and takes his hand.

Giving Luna a questioning look, she regards you carefully. Why doesn’t she want you to tell this Artemis who you were? Following them, you power past your guilt and remember why you are doing this. Penance. Repaying kindness, love, and friendship.

Though, Sailor Sol...you like the sound of that.

Interlude End

Quest Start

Leaving your mother to compose herself and finish her mental preparations for this afternoon, you find yourself again in the second story hallway of your family home. Music still sounds from behind your elder sister’s door. Your father is likely reading something or preparing for later in his study. Kairi and Midori are with your little sister, distracting her with juicy gossip and debate about the interest of certain boys and who might be interested in them in return.

You are Mikage Chiba, second year high school student age 15, and secretly the mysterious figure known as Eclipse who has repeatedly intervened in supernatural occurrences protecting and bolstering the actions of the young fourth Sailor Moon. This fourth Sailor Moon, Sailor New Moon, is your younger sister Koyomi Chiba. The second was your elder sister Usa. The first was your mother, Usagi. You were the third until circumstances left you unable to wear the mantle.

>>36213687

Bringing a hand to the white broach hanging from your neck, you breath uneasily. Mother confirmed your suspicions. The locket given to you to contain the half of the Golden Crystal you recovered was indeed a transformation broach, originally constructed like several others Luna and Artemis put together for the purpose of containing the Silver Imperium Crystal that your mother once held. It is keyed to you, and can draw on the power of the crystal and your own awakened starseed.

You will never have to use it if you don’t want to. That is what your mother told you just moments ago, and in her immediate presence and unexpected glow of emotional warmth it didn’t seem so bad. It did not anger you that they gave it to you, now outside of her immediate presence you feel a lingering hurt to that revelation. It isn’t running hot, but you understand.

Something was strange, you’ve been in the presence of your mother’s magic and her appearance as Sailor Moon before, but this time felt...warmer. She practically glowed with energy and an oozing emotional compassion and empathy you only remember as a child, but you cannot place where.

Still, there is much to be done. While Luna and Artemis are busy crafting Keiko a transformation device for her own recently revealed starseed, you need to let Midori know that her best friend and more will not be joining the lot of you when you go to the hospital to meet with Setsuna Meioh, Sailor Pluto, and a girl named Azusa Mugen whom you know for certain to hold some clues to confirm the whereabouts of the other half of the crystal in your locket.

There is much to do.

>Investigate Usa’s room and the music.
>Retrieve your Knights of Jadeite and Nephrite from Koyomi’s room and leave.
>Join Koyomi and your Knights of Jadeite and Nephrite in her room to chat.
>Enter the study and speak with your father.
>Retreat to your room to find your center or retrieve something. What?
>Write in

>>36213597
>unexplained d100
MISFORTUNE AND PESTILENCE WILL BEFALL US

>>36213712
>>Investigate Usa’s room and the music.
I must admit curiosity as to what older 'sis' is up to. Haven't chatted since she went to deal with her Hotaru/Helios confliction.

Also, when we do get back to our team, I suggest having Midori stay near Keiko here, and meditate with Jadeite for awhile while waiting for her to finish.

>>36213712
>She practically glowed with energy and an oozing emotional compassion and empathy you only remember as a child, but you cannot place where.
We have nine months to figure it out.

>Enter the study and speak with your father.
For all that we've been trying to carry his torch, we haven't talked to Dad much lately. Let's fix this.

>>36213712
>>Enter the study and speak with your father.

We should ask him about the earth node we claimed.

>>36213712
>Enter the study and speak with your father.

writing

Will reaction test.

dice+1d20+4 best of 3 1s and 20s wild

Rolled 7 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>36214399
DICESPOSION?!!?

Rolled 3 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>36214399

Rolled 20 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>36214399

>>36214447
Well.. Whatever we see we take it in stride. Good dice all round tonight. Was worried other threads were going too well.

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>>36214447
THANK YOU FOR DICE.

Turning toward the study on a sudden whim, you advance and find your father within sitting at his desk. He’s wearing his reading glasses and pouring over a black ring binder of important looking papers with lots of text, numbers and diagrams.

He looks up, removes his glasses, and closes the binder as you enter. The sight of your father seated behind that desk is comforting and familiar. It conjures memories of being a small child and slipping into this room to demand he tuck you in and tell you a story on the nights he was either in the country or home early enough to do so. This is where, as a small child, you would sometimes hide under his desk and wrap your arms and legs around his shin and calf to surprise him.

If he hadn’t seen you for a week, he would pick you right up and sit you on the edge of the desk and marvel at how you’d grown.

Even if he had now been home for a few days, he wasn’t truly home until you saw him in his office. Its been so long since you sought him out in his office that perhaps as far as your own self imposed isolation is concerned...this is the first time he’s been truly home since you locked yourself away.

>>36214568

This wells within you emotionally, and you might cry tears of joy were it not for your ironclad strength of will. Keeping your composure, you offer a silent prayer of ‘welcome home’ before approaching the desk and standing perhaps a bit awkwardly off to the side of your father’s chair as he regards your entry.

“Mikage,” he smiles, “Is everything okay?”

~Yes, its fine,~ you beam, ~I think everything is better than its been in a long time,~

>Talk to your father about Keiko...what do you want to tell him?
>Excitedly tell your father that you’ve entrusted Kairi and Midori with Nephrite and Jadeite.
>Ask your father about the crossing of planetary leylines, the earthnode, and what it did to you, what you felt.
>Don’t talk shop at all, talk to him about having friends again and how amazing it is. Having friends, opening up to your sisters, to him, and to mom. You’re happy.
>Write in

>>36214599
>Ask your father about the crossing of planetary leylines, the earthnode, and what it did to you, what you felt.

>>36214599
>Ask your father about the crossing of planetary leylines, the earthnode, and what it did to you, what you felt.

>>36214599
>>Ask your father about the crossing of planetary leylines, the earthnode, and what it did to you, what you felt.
Show him the mask it gave us.
Mention the bunny-hair-deelies it gave Koyomi.

>>36214599
>>Don’t talk shop at all, talk to him about having friends again and how amazing it is. Having friends, opening up to your sisters, to him, and to mom. You’re happy.
Everything is fine. Doom is coming, and pretty soon everything's going straight to hell, but right here, right now, all is well.

>>36214599
>Ask your father about the crossing of planetary leylines, the earthnode, and what it did to you, what you felt.

>>36214823
No. This is but a passing happiness. Horrible things are coming. She can be happy afterwards.

>>36214599
>Ask your father about the crossing of planetary leylines, the earthnode, and what it did to you, what you felt.

>>36214922
Sometimes you have to remind yourself what you're fighting for. Sometimes you have to remind yourself a lot.

>>36215049
She had five seconds of that. Clearly she needs to be prepared for whats coming. Daydreaming now could be deadly later.

Writing

Royal down-to-business mode is go.

>>36215376
Long live the Queen.

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>>36215423

>>36215530
We'll totally avoid that.

>>36215530
This made my day. Thank You

>>36215530
Hell happened? Who goes around stabbing cute little girls?

>>36215775
Jerks. Jerks go around stabbing little girls.
But if she learns magic, she can fry him with a fireball. It's hilarious.

>>36215775
It's from Ling Live the Queen. Get it, it fun.

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>>36215775

>>36215945
Dude needs a haircut.

>>36216009
His mother won't let him.

Here I am! Rockin like a hurricane! Making arguments and losing friends! So we're off to a decent start so far.

>>36216221
Fashionably late is still better than not appearing.

>>36216221
Good to have you.

>>36216221
Good evening. Tonight we are... probably not getting into any violence.

>>36216221
Awesome. You're in charge of staying up late today. I'm gonna need to rest at some point.

>>36216350
I myself am probably going to pass out in front of the computer as an alternative to sleep.

~Dad, the other night I found something at the Zodiac Academy for girls,~ you explain tentatively, ~While Koyomi and the girls were fighting a monster, I found a font of pure water and magic beneath the athletic field. It was a convergence point for leylines of earth magic...and when I submerged myself in the waters...it changed me and I think I changed it,~

Setting his held glasses down, your father swivels his high backed office chair to face you. Drawing the white domino mask from your pocket, you place it on the bridge of your nose and are again clad in the white regalia you stumbled home in just last night.

Now that you aren’t drained physically and emotionally...you feel different clad in these garments of white, silver, and gold. Flexing your hand within the glove, you feel the inlaid braces stretch against your movements. The patterns of intricate gold embroidery across your shoulders, the elegant clasps across the side of your chest, and the swishing motion of the tasseled pauldrons fill you with an odd confidence

“Impressive,” your father smiles and stands to regard your outfit, “How do you think you changed the node?”

Thinking back to the blinding experience, you remember the reaching into the wellspring and claiming something you knew to be yours. How it drew into you and lessened the burden you had been shouldering.

>>36216465

~I think I made it mine...I know that if I were to go back there I would find unique powers in the water that only I or someone I gave permission to could use,~ you reason and look away, ~It changed Koyomi too. She reached into the water because she saw me,~

You pause and press your finger against your cheek.

~Well, she didn’t see ME, she saw someone in the water and reached in,~ you huff, ~It changed her costume and gave her those little bunny hairclips,~

You father considers this a moment before laying a hand on your shoulder and removing the mask from your face to inspect it.

“I only draw on the leylines to increase my own perception of the earth,” he explains, “My connection with the planet has usually only sympathetic,”

~Mom said you used to mostly rely on your psychic powers,~ you nod as he returns the domino mask to you, ~I keep finding myself tapping into something...more,~

“Hmph,” he smiles and pats you on the shoulder, “Because you are your mother’s daughter. There is great power inside of you, Mikage, you’re growing into it just as your little sister is growing into her own. You are children on the moon and the earth, of course the world itself would lend you its power,”

~Thanks daddy,~ you say as you step forward suddenly and hug him tightly and burry your face into his stomach.

>Go retrieve your knights and go to the hospital.
>Go converse with your friends and your sister.
>Investigate Usa’s room
>There’s something else you want to talk to your father about. What?
>Write in

>>36216350
Don't worry! I'm writing a paper while participating. I wont be getting any sleep.

>>36216483
>Investigate Usa’s room
This keeps popping up.. I must know.

>>36216483
>Investigate Usa’s room
>Go retrieve your knights and go to the hospital.

Just past by Usa's room with your senses primed. Maybe there's something interesting or maybe not.

>>36216483
>Usa

>>36216483
>>36216521
Still curious myself how thing went since we saw her last.

>>36216483
>Go retrieve your knights and go to the hospital.
HAHA TIME FOR TIME SENSHINANIGANS.

>>36216569
Yeah. It'll be interesting to see what's up. I wonder if she'll be tactful.. or pushy about the subject.

ReeAaaAally hoping Hotaru isn't for some inexplicable reason just.. hanging out in there.

>>36216483
>>Investigate Usa’s room
This can only result in awkwardness and embarrassment.

>>36216536
This. Spend very little time investigating Usa then head on to the hospital.

>>36216483
>Go converse with your friends and your sister.

>>36216622
Well we keep seeing that Music is playing. If it's Barry White.. we should not open that door. Ever.

If it's Jpop she might be playing with that tiny kitten.. who's name I've forgotten.. while her parents are away making a scout.

>>36216502
Well, going to only my third week of new job, honestly I should already be asleep, but I'm going to that a shot at napping and glancing in through the night.

>>36216670
I getcha. Third or first shift? Or God help you.. on call.

Counting and writnig

And while we wait here's some music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2-gHbSh2AY

>>36216918
Great. Nice and soothing. However... with the scenario that's developing. I feel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNjgfTfQjCQ is more appropriate.

>>36216962
Dropped my name... five seco-minute.. rule.

>>36216962
It was just some soothing music. But if we're going thread appropriate...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UU9lmMDVtBa6Hppy8Ehfpwpg&v=0_aFSNB8E5Y

or

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIEEIif21g4

alternatively

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQlX2nJK12Q

Rolled 8, 6 = 14 (2d20)

Perception Test

dice+1d20+2 best of 3, 1st and 20s wild.

Versus the above two rolls.

The first one has a modifier of 9, the second has a modifier of 12.

Think of this as scaling DCs

Rolled 19 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>36217123

Rolled 11 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>36217123

>>36217123
TIME FOR CRITICAL FAILURE

Rolled 5 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>36217123
More semi-thread appropriate music!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEWuP7bgqr8

>>36217137
Objective accomplished. You've failed.

Rolled 3 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>36217123

>>36217137
OH GOD I LOOK REALLY SILLY NOW

>>36217129
I think we've got this... however I'm not sure how to feel about success on this one.

>>36217123
What kind of music is playing?

Bidding your father a quick goodbye, you leave him to his studies for his upcoming work this afternoon during the PIT briefing. Again in the hallway you are drawn to the sound of quick music coming from Usa’s room and cross the hallway toward that door. You can’t afford to spend much more time dallying here when you still have to head over to the hospital, but your curiosity is getting the better of you.

Laying a hand on Usa’s door, you hear the the quick pace of contemporary pop pour over your ears in a cascade of bubblegum and sugar and energetic happiness.

Knocking lightly, you don’t get a response. Oh well, the music is pretty loud. Normally at night she’d wear her headphones, but since its daytime she probably isn’t bothering. Its something you can understand, but you listen for a moment longer and notice something. Beneath the tone of the music, your sister laughs lightly and playfully. Miraculously you can actually hear words. Wait...that isn’t your sister.

“-o, no its fine. You really are nervous about this, though. It isn’t as though we haven’t done this before,” it's a familiar voice, one your remember from your childhood dreams and from your recent dreamscape adventures.

“Well, that did benefit from being in a place where all the conditions were perfect and subject to our whims, this is far more delicate...and far more taxing. If I’m doing this, I’m doing this right,” your sister explains in a huff.

Wait...what?

>About face, time to get the girls and go. You heard nothing.
>Just...just stand there like a deer in headlights because you cannot process this.
>Knock louder, maybe they’ll hear you this time.
>Burst in and try to protect your big sister’s/your own alternate future’s purity!
>Write in

>>36217355
>>Just...just stand there like a deer in headlights because you cannot process this.

>>36217355
>About face, time to go get the girls and go. You heard nothing.

>>36217355
>About face, time to get the girls and go. You heard nothing.

But maybe a little deer in headlights, first.

>>36217355
>Just...just stand there like a deer in headlights because you cannot process this.

>>36217355
>Just...just stand there like a deer in headlights because you cannot process this.
It's like a train wreck. It's horrible, but you just can't look away.
And all things considered, this is a step more traumatizing than catching her parents in the act.

>>36217355
>Just...just stand there like a deer in headlights because you cannot process this.

Clearly they mean Karaoke or something like that.

>>36217489
Yes. Reliving the dreams more or less.

>>36217355
>About face, time to get the girls and go. You heard nothing.

>>36217355
Doesn't really sound like she's doing anything like THAT, particularly at home with everyone around and a meeting coming.
We did plan to talk to Helios, but we can hassle him after we hit the hospital when he isn't busy.

>>36217551
Jpop. My money is on karaoke... or mybe dancing.

>>36217355
NOPE.

>>36217551
Actually, we should find out if he is going to the briefing. If not, we could ask him to meet us during.

Just knock a bit louder and ask.

Writing

Looks like we need a Final Destination actually. as the about face is pretty much hardcore NOPING out of there.

so. queue up your refresh buttons. We've got incoing

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FINAL DESTINATION

Reply to this post with only the number of your selection. No line breaks. No punctuation. No comments. No dice. Break these rules and I will not count your vote.

Only votes cast within the first four minutes of this post being posted will be counted.

1 NOPE
2 Dear in Headlights

>>36217689
2

>>36217689
2

>>36217689
2

>>36217689
2

>>36217689
1

>>36217689
2

>>36217689
I enjoy that gif far too much.

I dare say this is looking rather conclusive.

>>36217689
2

>>36217768
That'll teach people not stuck at their computers.

>>36217784
Wat.

>>36217832
There was a greater divide before the vote. I'm making the assumption that most of the get up and goes were afk or something similar.

>>36217870
Either AFK or switched.

>>36217885
Judging by the number of votes, I'm thinking mostly the latter.

You...you really can’t move. Its just...all this time and now its just happening right over there. The amount of concern and doubt your sister had just the other day, and now she’s doing this? Your own damnable curiosity gets the better of you as your mind wanders away from your frozen body.

Did they reach some kind of agreement with Tomoe-sensei, are they going behind her back. What if she’s in there too and you didn’t hear here.

“The lighting in here is always terrible. Here, lay like this,” there

“Ow! Usa-chan, this isn’t a particularly comfortable position,”

“Its not about comfort. Please, this is what I want to do right now, and I guarantee you’ll appreciate it when I’m done,” your sister starts sternly but ends slyly.

Oh god, is that what you sounded like to Sasha the other night. You are so embarrassed right now. Are you blushing? DAMNIT YOU ARE BLUSHING!

No. No, you are not Usa. You are a pure and innocent girl. Even if you thought you weren’t innocent. Well, not that kind of innocent. ARGH, innocence and purity are stupid concepts anyway especially applied to the other moral baggage you used to drag around.

“Now then, lets get started,”

>NOPE, get the girls and leave this cursed place.
> Stay, listen. You’re curious, just a little bit curious
>Burst in and protect Usa’s purity...or Helios’s. Really it does sound like she’s taking the reigns. You thought that on purpose, it is funny.
>Write in

>>36218030
>> Stay, listen. You’re curious, just a little bit curious

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>>36218030
>NOPE, get the girls and leave this cursed place.

>>36218030
>> Stay, listen. You’re curious, just a little bit curious
This sounds delicious. Probably moreso if we stay and eavesdrop than if we find out what's really going on in there.

>>36218030
>NOPE, get the girls and leave this cursed place.

>>36218030
> Stay, listen. You’re curious, just a little bit curious

>>36218030
>Write-in
Knock more firmly.
"While you are certainly not doing anything untoward with the WHOLE FAMILY here, I was going to ask if Helios was going to the briefing today or not.."
Rescue his with words! and embarrass Usa without us actually seeing what is going on. Hell, if we turn beat red thinking we may have said something lewb, imagin the colors Usa will turn realiing that we thing she'd DOING something lewd. Muahahahah

>>36218030
>Burst in and protect Usa’s purity...or Helios’s. Really it does sound like she’s taking the reigns. You thought that on purpose, it is funny.

>>36218140
Much typo, but intent is clear enough. Nap+thread plan continues.

It's like a train wreck. You just can't stop it.

>>36218167
Clearly it means we're off the rails.

>>36218167
Can't, and don't want to.

Writing

>>36218030
> Stay, listen. You're curious, just a bit curious

>>36218186
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09EWchLSeH4

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You stare at the painted grain of the door and steady yourself, withdrawing your hand. Honestly you are curious about this kind of thing, and maybe you can learn something of value. Eventually you may need to know about this kind of thing, and not just from your more...romantic comics.

The music continues to pump, but nothing else. Whatever is going on in there is exceptionally quiet. What are they doing? Pressing your ear against the door, you listen for several minutes with nothing...interesting happening. Your blush persists, though lightly, as you become frustrated with the lack of anything sounding from within the room.

“Mikage?” you jump as Kairi lays a hand on your shoulder, but manage not to squeak out or make any noise.

“What are you doing?” Midori asks, “What happened with Keiko and your mom? Where is Keiko?”

>Write in

>>36218227
http://youtu.be/otdHbA4GlSI

>>36218341
She's with Luna and Artemis, Mom is having them work out a wand or similar to harness her Starseed after faceting it.

Allow questions from this statement to distract them from us not answering the 'what are we doing' question.

>>36218341
>>36218445
Seconding

>>36218341
Time to go then. Let's get out of here and update them on Keiko as we go.

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>>36218445
Seconded.

What was Mikage doing? Nothing! SAY WHERE IS THE KITTEN?! WHAT TIME IS IT?! WE SHOULD GO!

>>36218341
>You stare at the painted grain of the door and steady yourself, withdrawing your hand. Honestly you are curious about this kind of thing, and maybe you can learn something of value. Eventually you may need to know about this kind of thing, and not just from your more...romantic comics.

Learn how to fuck a horse? I don't think you need to know that sort of thing.

>>36218445
Seems legit. Misdirection it is!

>>36218519
clearly she's rubbing his back

you pervert

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>>36218519
He is a fairly attractive guy right now.

>>36218445
>>36218341

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Okay, so, it seems to me that we should be able to work up a combo strike with Keiko and Koyomi. The question in my mind is, where should Koyomi be positioned for optimal power throughput?

I'm thinking Solar Eclipse because shadow is our thing. Could be fun way to hulk out and wreck some stuff, ya?

Okay, I need a Deception test to deflect.

Dice+1d20+10 best of 3, 1s and 20s wild.

vs the above with the following modifiers. +2 & +4

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Rolled 15 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>36218632
There is no way this could go badly!

Rolled 9 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>36218632

Rolled 5 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>36218632

Rolled 12 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>36218632

Rolled 4, 3 = 7 (2d20)

>>36218632
Forgot the opposed rolls.

>>36218682
The dice love only us tonight. They care for us like that stupid ponyboi never will.

>>36218695
Next drawthread request for Decu, Mikage in the throws of passion with a nondescript guy with a d20 for a head. Meanwhile Aizen from Improvaizen quest has honey drizzled over him by a faceless woman with d%s for breasts.

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>>36218695

Yeah! She never liked horses anyway!

~Keiko, She's with Luna and Artemis. Mom is having them work out a wand or a broach to harness her Starseed after mom faceted it,~ you raise your hands defensively after turning full and away from the door, leaving whatever activity was transpiring beyond lost to you.

“Luna and Artemis?” Midori asks in slight confusion, “Isn’t your cat named Luna? I remember she was always prowling around your mother’s practice or sitting on her shoulder,”

“Yup, she’s a magical talking cat,” Kairi confirms.

“A talking cat,”

~From the moon,~ you continue, still amazed they bought your deflection and have lost all interest in what you’re doing here in front of your sister’s bedroom door.

Shit, you’re still in front of your sister’s bedroom door.

Midori just sort of...glances back between the two of you.

“Right...so are we waiting for her to be done getting her magical costume jewelry?” Midori offers in mild frustration.


You grab her by the arm and start off to the stairs, hauling her away from the zone in which your own shameful and embarrassing behavior could have been exposed and seen by two of your closest friends.

~Actually its going to take a few hours. So I thought we could head over to the Hospital now while she gets her needs taken care of,~ you offer.


Kairi follows behind with a shrug, and soon enough the three of you are en route to the hospital. After hopping a rail on the local metro circuit you are only a few blocks away as you continue just to talk about relaxing nonsense on the way.

You wonder while this goes on, as the hospital’s front gate comes into view, who do you want to try to visit first?

>Azusa Mugen
>Setsuna Meioh

Omake

He reclines on the bed, his body tensed and shirt open. White hair falls in wavy curls around his pale face as sweat accumulates above his brow. His back is arched for his esoteric position or pose, and he breaths slowly and carefully.

“Done!” you exclaim in jubilation and the young man releases a breath he was holding and collapses down into the sheets and pillows.

“Being physical is so different,” he stretches, “and difficult,”

“Oh come on,” you whine, “It was fun. I really feel like I’m back in my comfort zone now,”

“Maybe I’m just worried. I know agreed we should all do things like this...but I can’t help but be worried she’d take this the wrong way,”

“No worries. I’m actually going to do her when she comes over after the briefing,” you smile and laugh curtly to yourself, “So, honestly tell me what you think of my talented hands?”

Flipping the canvas, you display to him your oil painting of him lying posed on your bed. He considers it a moment.

“Its quite striking, actually. You do quick and wonderful work, Usa-chan,” he smiles at you and your heart flutters as he begins to button his loose shirt, “Now, will you have Tomoe-san prostrating herself as salaciously as you had me posed, or something more dignified?”

“Hmmm…” you muse and consider with a snicker, “She probably wouldn’t appreciate me asking to paint her with an open shirt for this collection,”

>>36218886
>>Setsuna Meioh

>>36218886
>Azusa Mugen

>>36218886
>Setsuna Meioh

>>36218886
>Setsuna Meioh
TIME FOR TIME SENSHINANIGANS!

>>36218886
>Setsuna Meioh

>>36218894
It's even more amusing than I'd thought.

>>36218894
>Comes over after the briefing
Oh dear.

>>36218940
Similar thoughts.

>>36218886
>Setsuna Meioh

>>36218886
>Setsuna Meioh

>>36218886
I guess Setsuna first since we don't know if she is going to attend the briefing..

Shit. I don't know why it didn't occur to me until just now that she might be affected by Shadow Stuff. I mean we know she was comatose before, what if it was just gestating and she's being controlled rather than have fought it off first?

>>36219013
This is exactly why we're visiting her first.

>>36219013
We might know. Our "shadow" has been reasonable to an almost unbelievable extent. She'll hopefully smell it and warn us. Then we either take a bite.. or cast.. purification cannon.. or.. something.

>>36219071
Mega Purification Hyper Ultra Cannon Giga Mode FIRE!

>>36219129
That's the one.

>>36218894
Exactly what I suspected was happening as soon as I heard the line about lighting.

Thanks for thread and time for get a couple hours for bed sleep. G'night all.

Coming to a decision you hold out your hands and stop the two girls walking on either side of you. The first person you’ll talk to in this hospital, you’ve made your decision.

~The first person we’ll be seeing in here is Sailor Pluto,~ you whisper, ~Though she is likely not listed by that name, and she is certainly under guard by PIT personnel,~

“So we have to find her and figure out a way to get close to her?” Midori crosses her arms, “I knew this whole Knight thing wasn’t going to be easy, but how do we find her?”

“We have two options. We can use our powers to scoure the hospital for her location, and then the two of us run interference and backup while Mikage sneaks into Sailor Pluto’s room...or wherever she is. Second, we use the passcode my mom gave to us and disguise ourselves sufficiently before heading in,”

“Well when you put it like that, lets get changed and take the easy way,” Midori stretches her arms and then looks at you, “Running interference with your sister was tiring.

“Actually, the way Mikage-chan was talking about it, she wants the challenge of breaking into the hospital, sneaking to see Pluto as training,” Kairi giggles.

“What, ah man. No, you can’t be serious/”

>Tell Midori the four of you will covertly enter the Hospital to do this the hard way
>Tell Midori that of course you’ll take the easy way on this.
>Write in

Also >Thread resume in the morning because I'm crashing.

>>36219281
>Tell Midori the four of you will covertly enter the Hospital to do this the hard way
"Random security check"

>>36219281
>Tell Midori the four of you will covertly enter the Hospital to do this the hard way

>>36219281
>Tell Midori the three of you will covertly enter the Hospital to do this the hard way.

Not four, we're still minus Keiko.

Thanks for running Arty, see you in the morning.

>>36219329
>>36219341
"It's time for our first practical training exercise. This is a sneaking mission."

>>36219281
>Tell Midori the four of you will covertly enter the Hospital to do this the hard way
~You should be happy, Midori. Kairi's first mission was baiting a huge shadow monster so I could sneak up on it.~

>>36219281
>Tell Midori the four of you will covertly enter the Hospital to do this the hard way
But see if we can call ahead to Hotaru as a buffer.

>>36221380
If you mean call Hotaru herself.. I'm not sure that's a great idea. We've got some unresolved issues with her to the extent of being unable to sit down across the table with her.

>>36219303
>>36219368
Yep.
>>36219281

~For Pluto, at least, we will be entering the hospital covertly to do this the hard way,~ you nod and turn to face the girls.


“But why bother if we can literally just walk in, Miki?” she crosses her arms expectantly.

~We’re testing out the PIT security surrounding her, and treating this as our first group training mission,~ you nod, ~Its perfect because we have a way to call the guards down if we fail and things get hairy,~

Midori sighs and then looks about to the left and right. Satisfied she found what she was looking for she grabs both you and Kairi and drags you over to a thin alleyway between two lowish walls between some hospital adjacent properties. Safely out of sight she and Kairi ready their rings to don their regalia as Knights in a moment’s notice.

~Kairi, can you or Nephrite find Pluto?~ you query.

“Not from out here, we’d need to attempt it somewhere in the hospital proper to cover all our ground. He’s seen the her transform before in your father’s study so he’ll try to divine the location of her transformation Wand,” she explains after some thought and internal conversation.

>>36222895

“People will notice us if we walk in fully decked out. We might be able to sneak in from the roof access or just walk in under the pretense of visiting Moe-chan’s friend, Azusa. I’ve met her before,” Midori reasons.

“Or we could try sneaking in through the back, where they bring in supplies?” Kairi offers.

“Either way, then we can split off, find her, and I can distract the guards with...I can do that? I can distract the guards with an illusion of a Nurse or patient in trouble, or disguise myself as one and draw them off,” Midori explains after a brief internal conversation.

Hmmm, you think to yourself that once you find where Setsuna is being kept it will probably easy for you to sneak past the guards even if they aren’t distracted. Mostly given your natural ability toward stealth and your magical inclination toward invisibility.

Three Choices:

Entry?
>We’ll walk in under pretense
>We’ll take to the roof access
>Sneak in the back loading area
>Feign injury and enter through the ER
>Write in

&

Method?
>Let Kairi use her ability with Nephrite to locate the Pluto Transformation Wand
>Attempt Manual sleuthing, asking questions and looking for suspicious evidence of disguised security.
>Wander through the Hospital manually attempting telepathic communication with Setsuna Meioh until you find her.
>Write in

&


Once you’ve found her?
>Try to slink past the guards once found on your own.
>Give Midori her chance at magical misdirection
>You and Midori disguise yourselves as Nurses while Kairi hangs back to watch.
>Stealth takedown training, we’re knocking out the guards and doing as we please.
>Write in

Missed the first tweet.

>>36222912
>Sneak in the back loading area
>Let Kairi use her ability with Nephrite to locate the Pluto Transformation Wand
>Give Midori her chance at magical misdirection

May as well go for the full training exercise experience, stealthing and letting them use their abilities.

>>36222912
>We’ll walk in under pretense
>Attempt Manual sleuthing, asking questions and looking for suspicious evidence of disguised security.
>Try to slink past the guards once found on your own.

Let's first test PIT on the more mundane approach. That's what we need them for anyway as the magical approach is our purview.

>>36222912
Good morning Arty!

>Sneak in the back loading area

>Let Kairi use her ability with Nephrite to locate the Pluto Transformation Wand

>Give Midori her chance at magical misdirection

We might as well do the nurse disguises too because why not.

writing

Rolled 14, 2 = 16 (2d20)

Roll me Stealth, dice+1d20+9

Kairi's roll is +5
then
Midori's roll is +5

At least one of your group needs to total a DC 15 to sneak everyone in. If one person totals in 6 or lower, they're spotted. If no one beats DC 15, you're all spotted.

Rolled 4 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>>36223315

Rolled 5 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>>36223315

Rolled 12 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>>36223315

>>36222912
>We’ll walk in under pretense
>Let Kairi use her ability with Nephrite to locate the Pluto Transformation Wand
>Give Midori her chance at magical misdirection

Seems to me that if we're not going in full transformed from the start, magical subtlety is the order of the day.

And here I go off to work. -_-

>>36223315
Wow, Midori nearly failed there.

>>36223315
Hey, didn't we have something that we could help Midori's roll with?
Gonna double check the sheet..

>>36223402
Must have been one of the ones we didn't select yet.
At least she got through with our and Kairi's help.

Rolled 8 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

Rolled 4 + 13 (1d20 + 13)

Rolled 7 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

Kairi and Midori don their Regalia as Nephrite Knight and Jadeite Knight as you cloak yourself in the mantle of Eclipse and invoke your enhanced disguise field, that if you are spotted people won’t quite remember what or who they saw. Together, the three of you sneak through the streets and across the hospital campus property to the back loading area of the main building. Once there you find three trucks up against the raised loading platform rising out of the downward hill the vehicles are meant to back into.

Coordinating with your telepathy, you share with them the passphrase should they get cornered by the PIT security agents with no chance of escape or in the face of imminent injury. Midori focuses for a few moments as you wait and watch sidled against the wall and alters the makeup of her uniform, trimming her bracers and boots with fine fur. She explains its to make up for her lack of natural sneakiness over your shared telepathic connection.

After watching the pattern of loaders and normal security, the three of you advance toward your window of opportunity and entry, only for Midori to stumble once already inside near a corridor intersection and to prompt an orderly to turn. You and Kairi manage to grab her back and hide pressed alongside the corner as he reasons his mind is playing tricks on him and continues on.

Your Jadeite Knight sheepishly apologizes for the stumble, and the three of you press on in tandem avoiding security cameras, nurses, doctors, maintenance, and Hospital Security proper until you are on the fourth floor of the building near its center.

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>>36223769

Certain that you’ll be undisturbed, having avoided immediate notice by patients and employees alike, you and Nephrite Knight use the magics available to you to disguise yourself as nurses like those you’ve seen passing through in the hospital. Using a quick ruse at one of the stations, you explain a coworker has a noticeable tear and borrow one of the extra uniforms on hand, they have so many.

Hiding out quickly in one of the public restrooms, the two of you dress Kairi in in the spare uniform, Midori using her makeup kit and a few hair ties to change her hair style and alter the way her cheekbones look ever so slightly. Finishing her mundane disguise before two of you by donning her glasses, she raises her ring hand and relaxes.

“This will take him a moment,” she says as the ring glows softly, “Alright, girls, follow me,”

The two of you follow behind Kairi, having stolen props for all of you to carry with the uniforms. Well, not stolen. You’ll leave them behind when you leave, so its more like you’ve borrowed the clipboards, stethoscope, and small plastic bin of IV lines and still wrapped disposable needles.

“There” she stops and points around the corner.

Midori pops out her makeup compact and uses the mirror to peer around the edge. Of the many rooms down the corridor, there is one with two male nurses standing sentry. They are very bad at trying to look casual, and they not so obviously have at least one sidearm each and bullet proof vests on beneath their scrubs. Also, the communicator earpieces are sort of obvious. Everyone else in the hospital has a walkie talkie or a smartphone.

Midori nods to the two of you and crosses the intersection casually, once on the other side she seems to mentally count down before dropping the small bin with a clatter and all but running back around the corner to call out to the two.

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Alas, time is out, and work must be had.
See ya'll in nine hours.

Remember to check for shadows and cast restoration either way.
Tell Saturn and Uranus 'Hi!' if you see them.

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>>36223786

“I need help!” she cries out, “A fall risk patient just ran out of his room!”

Your awareness of the supernatural picks up that it is Jadeite’s disguised voice coming out from her lips, making use of his extremely skilled ability at deception to draw the guards off. They look at each other and nod, one breaks off and heads down toward Midori quickly and then follows her pointed direction in a run.

Once the orderly has run off, she conjures an illusion on the other end of the hallway of a mousy looking young woman in scrubs slowly pushing a book cart across the other intersection. The guard notices the figment and looks over to it, she makes it wave nervously and awkwardly at the guard who continues to give it a bit of attention while the three of you sidle on down the way and slip into the kept open door of the hospital room.

It is normally a two person room, and once past the first bed’s curtain you carefully push aside the one you assume hides Sailor Pluto, only to find another empty bed. The sheets are askew as someone had been sleeping in the bed a moment ago, and the window is open. Looking about confused and concerned, the three of you quietly take in the room while remaining hidden by the exterior curtain for the first bed. Kairi sweeps the room carefully as you telepathically ask them to keep their eyes sharp for-

Someone is behind you as a long silver key shaped rod drops in front of you and presses just against your neck, held by the person who snuck up behind you in this very small room.

Kairi and Midori give quiet gasps and look in slight awe at the person you already know to be behind you, the object now superficially restraining you and being used to threaten action is of course the Garnet Rod, weapon of the Guardian of Time. Sailor Pluto.

“Well well,” she says evenly and quiet, “I expected the other two...but why couldn’t I perceive your arrival? Who are you and why have you come?”

>Write in

I am so gonna be cutting this close leaving..

>>36223820
"Friends, Setsuna."
Reach up slowly and pull the headpiece back to reveal hair.
"Sorry for dropping in unannounced, I wanted to see how well PIT was protecting you. Glad to see you feeling well enough to take up their slack."

>>36223820

>>36223891
This is fine.

>>36223820
Let's drop the disguise mojo.

~You look well. I was hoping we could talk.~

>>36223820
mmm... perhaps this wasn't the brightest idea. time to come clean

>>36223891
You are currently disguised as a nurse. Your hair is already revealed. I will interpret this as dropping your disguise field.

In the parking lot of work.

>>36224134
Well, is there a nurse hat to take off?
Sorry was typethink quickly.
Now to work. Good luck all.

>>36224134
seconded

>>36219281
>>Tell Midori the four of you will covertly enter the Hospital to do this the hard way
As if there was ever any other possibility

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Turning your head so she can see your profile, you drop the supernatural ability to appear as no one of consequence to the perception and memories of others as well as makes you a blind spot for supernatural divination and other perceptions. Recognition and surprise crosses the Guardian of Time’s face as you giggle quietly so not to alert her exterior guard.

~Friends, Auntie Setsuna,~ you smile as her posture relaxes.

“Mikage?” she says at first confused and then in certain realization, “The White Lady informed me that you had become active and involved again. I take it that these two human girls empowered by the Shintennou are with you,”

You nod as the sets the Garnet Rod into the ground and releases it. It stays upright and alone as she inspects you, carefully, and then casts eyes over the two girls.

~Yes, they’re my Knights,~ you say with pride before joking, ~Sorry for dropping in unannounced, but I wanted to see how well PIT was protecting you. I’m glad to see you’re well enough to pick up their slack,~

“That is well and understandable, but I think you have much to explain,” she limps back to the bed, grabbing the garnet rod as she passes.

>>36224472

Laying down carefully, she winces in pain. As it spikes within her, you feel a lingering bit of infecting darkness held in check by her immense magical power. A contained cyst within her, whose attentions seem to be causing or keeping her in pain.

It smells more savory than sweet.

Oh, what is this? Something new? We can’t leave it in her, now can we.

Phantoms of Zoisite and Kunzite appear above either of your shoulders.

<Nephrite predicted a new enemy would arise, and among their machinations seek to grant us a false and controlled resurrection,> Zoisite explains.

<In doing so, would turn us against the interest of the house of Endymion...ultimately leading to our Master’s death.> Kunzite continues.

Jadeite and Nephrite appear just behind Midori and Kairi.

<Having learned that our Prince would not sacrifice our remains to prevent this outcome, we instead asked it of his eldest heir,> Jadeite gestures to you.

<Instead of destroying us, she sheltered us within her spirit and has been entrusting us to those who would protect and stand beside her as we once did for Endymion,> Nephrite concludes.

“Ugh, even with Keiko’s explanations I am still not caught up on all of this,” Midori complains.

“For once, I am of like confusion,” Sailor Pluto relaxes back into the bed, “I am not accustomed to not knowing, thank you for the explanation. This explains why that terrible possibility was averted, then. Good,”

>>36224485

~What possibility?~ you query.

“Before I was assaulted within my place of power, I witnessed an unraveling future come and gone from the gates. I see now how it was undone, for it contained evidence of the false and controlled resurrection of the Four Kings. I need not trouble you with the details beyond this...part of the plan of these last soldiers of Elysion is to perform such a ressurect upon Queen Kalyke and build a new and misguided Elysion on the broken remains of this present,”

~Queen Kalyke?~ you question.

“In a tragic greek myth,” Midori begins behind you as the Shintennou fade, “The Goddess of the Moon, Selene, was in love with the mortal prince of a forgotten kingdom, this Prince’s name was Endymion. Son of sovereigns Aethlios & Kalyke...is that myth informed by the events of Elysion and the Silver Millenium?”

“It is,” Pluto nods, “You’ve a sharp eye,”

So...the enemy plans to make an undead version of your father’s past life’s mother. Your spiritual grandmother?

>~So...whoever is leading these guys must be a reincarnated soul who got their memories back?~
>Ask Setsuna about the Golden Crystal, and if she has any insights to your next move.
>Tell her about the shadow cyst in her leg. Offer to cleanse it.
>Tell her about the shadow cyst in her leg. Offer to purify it. New, new and tasty and not just snacking on Kairi-chan’s empty calories!
>Ask Setsuna something else?
>Tell Setsuna bout something?
>Write in

>>36224507
>Tell her about the shadow cyst in her leg. Offer to purify it. New, new and tasty and not just snacking on Kairi-chan’s empty calories!
Then maybe drop the bomb about Metallia and the Starseed. Just to see her reaction.

>>36224507
>~So...whoever is leading these guys must be a reincarnated soul who got their memories back?~
>Ask Setsuna about the Golden Crystal, and if she has any insights to your next move.
>Tell her about the shadow cyst in her leg. Offer to purify it. New, new and tasty and not just snacking on Kairi-chan’s empty calories!

>>36224507
>Tell her about the shadow cyst in her leg. Offer to purify it. New, new and tasty and not just snacking on Kairi-chan’s empty calories!

Too distracted by our hunger.

>>36224507
>Tell her about the shadow cyst in her leg. Offer to purify it. New, new and tasty and not just snacking on Kairi-chan’s empty calories!
WE FEAST!!

>>36224507
>~So...whoever is leading these guys must be a reincarnated soul who got their memories back?~
>Tell her about the shadow cyst in her leg. Offer to cleanse it.

>>36224507
>Tell her about the shadow cyst in her leg. Offer to purify it. New, new and tasty and not just snacking on Kairi-chan’s empty calories!

>>36224507
>>~So...whoever is leading these guys must be a reincarnated soul who got their memories back?~
>>Ask Setsuna about the Golden Crystal, and if she has any insights to your next move.
>>Tell her about the shadow cyst in her leg. Offer to purify it. New, new and tasty and not just snacking on Kairi-chan’s empty calories!
>Then maybe drop the bomb about Metallia and the Starseed. Just to see her reaction.

>>36224507

>Tell her about the shadow cyst in her leg. Offer to purify it. New, new and tasty and not just snacking on Kairi-chan’s empty calories!
>Ask Setsuna about the Golden Crystal, and if she has any insights to your next move.

In that order, if that's something they can use to spy on the host as opposed to take them over with spoopy shadow powers, divulging anything else before draining it would be a bad idea.

Driving a spell, picking up a package, and diving some more. Then writing.

Slow boil today.

>>36224507
>Tell her about the shadow cyst in her leg. Offer to purify it. New, new and tasty and not just snacking on Kairi-chan’s empty calories!
>~So...whoever is leading these guys must be a reincarnated soul who got their memories back?~
>Ask Setsuna about the Golden Crystal, and if she has any insights to your next move.

~Auntie,~ you say with urgency as your eyes fall hungrily upon the smooth olive skin of her legs, ~before we continue...I think the enemy infected you with a touch of their shadow energies. I could draw it out and purify it if you like, it will probably quicken your healing and avert other untoward circumstances,~

She looks at you and down at her bent right leg in concern and thought. Nodding in acceptance she slides the leg with some pain toward the edge of the bed.

"The White Lady mentioned this new power of yours," she explains, "I am quiet curious to see it in actions,"

Walking around the bed, you kneel down and take her leg. The taint is quite contained in one place, just biting her wherever would draw it into your waiting maw. Carefully you sink your teeth into her calve. She doesn't react in pain, shock, or disgust. Merely, Setsuna watches.

"Wait, eldest?" Midori questions as you prick the cyst and let it's filling savory flavor engulf your senses, "What about your big sister?"

>>36225820
"They are the same person, separated by different events and the gulf of time. Usa came back to this time from an imperiled future. After her own time and this present was saved and their mutual timelines stabilized against changes caused by her interference on multiple world changing occasion, she opted to stay in the past to prepare herself for the duties of her own time," the Guardian of time winces as your meal weakly struggles.

Midori is silent a moment before reaching a conclusion and crossing her arms in frustration.

"I really don't like time travel, doubly so now that I know it can actually happen," she explains.

"I don't know," Kairi posits and adjusts her glasses, "it might be fun to visit one day to see what could have been. What duties are expected of Usa?"

"To ascend the throne of Crystal Tokyo of Queen and Protector of Humanity when her parents abdicate or allow themselves to move on from their mortal plane," Pluto explains.

Your meal struggles a bit, but you're clamped on it above and below. Sucking slowly you enjoy the flavor that seems more as a true meal than a favor to your sweet tooth. It holds none of Setsuna's memories, and isn't as much an infection as some kind of parasitic incubator.

>>36225831
As it's contents are drained and the last of it's retaining membrane slips into your mouth with a pop, you swallow and rise in a satisfied and pleased haze.

~Thanks for the meal,~ you swoon in a daze as your faculties reassertion themselves.

>10 pts to be added to the counter when I get to my computer.

"Hmm, so my recovery was being artificially hampered. Thank you, Princess," Pluto regards you carefully, "That was informative to observe. Though I admit concern from what I have heard, my emotions do not feel in flux, and I am experiencing only physical relief,"

~Dunno, this was something new,~ you express concern and offer an idea, ~So, the leader of the enemy could be someone who reincarnated from that time and regained their memories,~

She rises in her bed, sitting up and testing her leg as the three of you give her your complete attention.

>>36225847
"No. As part of my duties I monitored the movement of souls sent forward by Queen Serenity in their cycle of reincarnation. That is how I knew to activate Artemis and Luna for their then needed tasks when Beryl first returned and succumbed again to Metalia," Setsuna explains, "I should congratulate you on freeing her from that curse. No one from that Era has awakened that I am not aware of, I fear it may be a survivor or the dead raised by fell magic,"

"How could there be survivors?" Midori asks while Keiko consults her ring, "Didn't Metallia kill everyone and rip worlds apart before she was sealed?"

"Metallia killed most of the system, all but a few survivors so tainted and cursed by her power that had would have become monsters in time and pose a greater threat to the cosmos and the cycle of reincarnation set into motion by Metallia's sealing had they not been purified and pushed into the cycle,"

The three of you stare at her awestruck.

~Did you have to kill them?~

"I was already sequestered away at the gates, phasing myself out of step with time so that my own voluntary entry into that cycle would leave only no instant between my passing and the awakening of this life to my duties. No, that task was left to our weapon of last resort. Wielding the power of death and rebirth, she reset all life in our Solar System to the zero point of its evolution and sacrificed herself to do it, closing her into the cycle as well," Setsuna explains grimly.

"Who is the weapon of last resort?" Kairi asks hesitantly.

A lump forms in your throat. You didn't know this, but the terms and context of her power is clear. Death and rebirth, attacks that sacrifice her own life...

"The messiah of Silence. Sailor Saturn,"

>write in

>>36225865
~I see~
>Ask Setsuna about the Golden Crystal, and if she has any insights to your next move.


Knowing this will help Mikage understand Hotaru a little better, but I don't think it's that big of a revelation or anything that would cause much of an immediate reaction.

>>36225865
I'm not really sure how to react here.

Mikage didn't know the details of the whole Sailor Saturn thing before did she?

>>36225865
>~So you mean, Tomoe-sensei is...~

>>36225865
>>36226057
Seconded. Taking it in stride and getting important information seems more prudent.

Falling outs and emotional disturbances can happen later.

>>36225865
>>36226057
Backing.

Oh so thats why she wad so cold and heartless. She's a monster.

Booting lappy, settling in, writing.

Thank you for putting up with today's slow boil thread.

>>36226590
All good man. Still haven't slept so it's about my speed.

>>36226590
it's actually worked out quite wonderfully for me.

>>36226833
Still? it's been like 15 hours. What's keeping you up?

>>36227121
Hah. Been up for... around 26 hours. Was writing a paper due at noon today. Now I've got to power through so I don't fuck up my schedule.

~I see,~ you say neutrally, marshalling your calm and resolve while riding out the lingering dose of your anti anxiety medication.

Kairi and Midori pick up on something in your tone, you feel them close in on you in mild worry. Raising a hand, you indicate that you’re fine as you fix Sailor Pluto with the next query.

~What about the Golden Crystal?~ you say plainly, ~Helios broke it to keep it from enemy hands, and I’ve managed to recover half of it. Do you have any insights on what our next move should be?~

She smiles, a calm and enigmatic smile and seems amused by your resolve.

“The remaining half of the golden crystal is presently blocked in my vision, though I am aware that the impromptu host of the piece you possess is nearby. I must warn you, the broken halves of the crystal will not be able to just be fit back together. You will need to be in a place of crisis to call it whole again, or you will need to make use of esoteric technology and magic to return it if you don’t wish to wait for all hope to be otherwise lost,” she leans back into her pillow and runs her hands down the skirt of her outfit, still in the sailor uniform that you and the other younger girls wear, ”As for insight to your next move...that depends, Mikage Chiba, on what your goals are?”

>>36227443

You are quiet for a moment.

~To protect my sister from feeling like I once did. To protect my friends. To save anyone who's been forced into becoming a monster against their will,~ you take in a sharp breath, ~And stop whoever is behind this, so they can’t make anyone else suffer,~

“Then for your next move, I would suggest checking where this enemy made their first forray. I spoke with Captain Osaka of PIT Command and your father earlier, they shared with me what they learned from the lab of a man killed and possessed. I would suggest investigating Magician’s Lair, where a yet known assailant killed Umino Osaka,”

>Thank you, Auntie. We have someone else to visit, please recover quickly.
>I WON’T go back there. I WON’T.
>Where can I find someone with Magic and Technology to restore the crystal?
>Oh, about Beryl’s reincarnation, Keiko. Metallia kinda left a sliver of…
>Leave without a word
>Anything else you want to tell or ask Setsuna?
>Write in

>>36227463
>Write in
FFFFFFFFFF...FML. Okay. Next stop after we're done here.

>>36227463
>*Hugs* Get well soon Auntie. We have some one else to visit.

>>36227463
>Thank you, Auntie. We have someone else to visit, please recover quickly.

>>36227463
>Where can I find someone with Magic and Technology to restore the crystal?
>Oh, about Beryl’s reincarnation, Keiko. Metallia kinda left a sliver of…

Let's see if we can stave off that panic by asking more questions. It's rare for Pluto to answer so directly, so let's take advantage of that.

>>36227463
>>36227544
Seconded

writing

~Thank you Auntie,~ you lean down and hug the older woman, ~I wish you a quick recovery, but we have someone else to visit here today,~

She smiles, enigmatically and returns your hug. Letting you go you stand with Kairi and Midori. Kairi looks a bit uncomfortable after what Setsuna had said, Midori gives you a worried look and gestures to Kairi...she doesn’t know about your baggage regarding your best friend’s father’s death.

Won’t that be a conversation. Unless Jadeite takes it upon himself to inform her...she is already probably shocked to learn that Magician was Kairi’s dad. Actually, Setsuna didn’t say it directly...you’ll leave that for Jadeite to explain.

~Alright, let’s go meet Mugen-san,~ you tell the others and find your emotional balance laying a hand on Kairi’s arm, ~Are you okay?~

“Yeah...I may just need a pick me up sooner than expected...but I’ll be fine right now,” she responds as Midori looks away sheepishly and with no small amount of guilt.

“Allow me to help you on your way,” the Guardian of Time interrupts while hefting the Garnet Rod aloft.

It glows brightly and streams of red and white light rise around the three of you in a spiral. This luminescence closes around you and as the world inside and out twists. The light fades and the three of you stand on a different floor of the hospital, transported amid frozen time just outside of a room so tagged for Azusa Mugen. Quickly stepping off into a nearby medical supply closet as time resumes and the stationary employees and patients return to motion and life, you take stock of the situation in whispered words.

“Osaka-san, I didn’t know,” Midori whispers, “I-I’m sorry…”

“I’ll be okay, Mori-san,” she smiles bravely and removes the paper hat that had been tied to her hair as part of the manual disguise so applied to her, “I just need a minute,”

>>36228345

“And...Miki...I didn’t…” she can’t look you directly in the eye, “That’s why you quit...isn’t it? I saw flashes of it in the dream...but I didn’t understand,”

~Yeah. I don’t much feel like talking about it right now,~ you want to ignore it and curl up in a dark corner, but you’ve work to do and too much at stake to keep letting the world leave you behind.

Midori nods, firmly and resolutely. Looking over at Azusa’s room you wonder what you’ll find. Moreover, you wonder if you should have Kunzite and Zoisite check the girl for compatibility.

>Approach Azusa as Nurses, take her vitals and under the guise of medical query ask about any weird dreams.
>Approach Azusa in your normal clothes, let Midori lead the way as she is apparently known to her.
>Approach as Eclipse, Nephrite Knight, and Jadeite Knight. She fought beside you, that might be worth some trust there.
>Write in

>>36228369
>Approach as Eclipse, Nephrite Knight, and Jadeite Knight. She fought beside you, that might be worth some trust there.

Our previous discussion has two of us struggling with our emotions, but we have work to do. Changing into our work clothes might help.

>>36228369
>Approach as Eclipse, Nephrite Knight, and Jadeite Knight. She fought beside you, that might be worth some trust there.

>>36228369
>Approach Azusa in your normal clothes, let Midori lead the way as she is apparently known to her.

Writing

“Okay,” Midori relaxes, “Just, how do we want to play this. I’m a pretty good excuse for you to meet her,”

~No, once we get in her room don your masks. She’ll remember me, too, and given the things I may need to ask her it would be better she didn’t connect anything back to any of us,~

Bot girls nod and follow your lead. Three nurses discretely emerge from a medical supply closet, cross the hallway toward the room of Azusa Mugen, enter, and close the door quietly behind them.

Unlike Setsuna’s room, which was only a half filled double, this room is smaller, but with more individual space. A girl sits by the window in a wheelchair, she turns as the door clicks shut. She never sees your disguises as nurses as you stand in the flutter of your cloak and mantle, your knights wreathed in the last fiery vestiges of their transformations.

“Eclipse?” she asks in a slight amount of shock, sitting suddenly tense in her chair, “You’re Eclipse and you’re here...you’re real?”

~Hello again, Azusa,~ you say and the girl blushes and you approach, taking a knee before her chair, ~I am glad to hear you’ve been recovering. It is unfair, the circumstances that have sapped a budding rose of its time to blossom. To help stave this threat off in others I require your help. With it I may yet who else may be slowly succumbing to the power of the golden crystal that their bodies cannot withstand,~

Your flowery tongue works its power behind your mask, the girl already has reason to trust you, and your appearance here in the waking world seems only to confirm that bond.

>>36229632

-Kunzite, Zoisite, please look the girl over and see if she has any compatibility. She withstood half of the golden crystal for a time, perhaps that means she is something special,-

You feel them bow in your mind and break off from you as shadows along the ground.

You also feel Kairi rolling her eyes at your flowery and over dramatic tone. Additionally you feel Midori’s eyes boring into the base of your skull. They just can’t appreciate the classics.

“After what you did for me, I’ll help in anyway I can,” she smiles and blushes as she leans forward and takes your hand in both of her own.

They are cold to your touch, still faintly shaky, but regaining forgotten strength. In her lap, now visible to you, is a teddy bear dressed in the garments of your father’s first mysterious identity, Tuxedo Mask.

>Ask Azusa about the other bear she mentioned.
>Attempt to sniff out any threads of energy attached to the girl still with assorted psychic powers.
>Scold your Knights for their mockery behind your back, how?
>Ask Nephrite Knight to try to sniff out any threads of energy attached to the girl with her limited psychic powers.
>There is nothing to be gained here, merely be supportive of the girl and leave.
>Ask something else of Azusa, or tell her something. What do you ask or tell?
>Write in

>>36229650
>Attempt to sniff out any threads of energy attached to the girl still with assorted psychic powers.
>Ask Azusa about the other bear she mentioned.

>>36229650
>Ask Azusa about the other bear she mentioned.
>Ask Nephrite Knight to try to sniff out any threads of energy attached to the girl with her limited psychic powers.

Delegate. Have your knights work while you talk flirt with her.

>>36229672
Seems like a good idea.

>>36229650
>Ask Azusa about the other bear she mentioned.
>Att to try and sniff out any threads of energy still attached to the girl still with assorted psychic powers.

Writing. Wow, the difference a weekday makes.

Running back to back like this really highlights. the differences.

give me an insight test, dice+1d20+6

best of 3, 1s and 20s wild

Rolled 19 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>36230461
HERE COMES THE FAILURE

Rolled 1 + 6 (1d120 + 6)

>>36230461

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Rolled 2 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>36230461
>>36230546
Ya blew it.

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>>36230469
>>36230546

I hate you both so much.

So. So much.

>>36230667
Would it make a difference if we surged it?

>>36230712
We don't have a DC to go against.

>>36230546
>>36230461

Planet Power, Planet Power!

It was an open roll, better results for higher.

So theoretically a surge can still help, if only a little bit. I mean, if you roll an eight you'll hit 15.

Just know ahead of time that there is no immediate harmful consequence for your failure here.

>>36230798
>>36230756
I'm going to advise against a surge here.

So, is that a call for spending Planet Power on a Surge I hear?

Yay or Nay?

>>36230800
Could we, just this once, save our surge for when we might actually need it?

>>36230800
>there is no immediate harmful consequence
I hate this phrase.

>>36230822
Nah I guess not.

>>36230844

What are your opinions on these phrases as they get used at the table?
"As far as you know, he's telling the truth,"
"You find no traps upon the vault door,"
"It doesn't taste like poison,"

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>>36230822
Which one means no?

>>36230875
>"As far as you know, he's telling the truth,"
Seems legit.
"You find no traps upon the vault door,"
Sweet.
"It doesn't taste like poison,"
I never had a Constitution score to write home about anyway.

>>36230893

Yay - Yes I would like to spend Planet Power on a surge, my right and honorable friend.
Nay - No thank you, kind sir, I have no need to spend planet power today on any surges. At least not right now.

>>36230952
Neigh.

>>36230952
Nay.

Very well then, that 1, it rides.

Rolled 13 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

Other roll, for her this time.

>>36231062
Bueno.

Extending your senses, you rise and place the girls hands back into her lap, setting them to clasp around the dashing stuffed bear. Leaning forward so you are at eye height to the seated girl, you speak softly and regard her with eyes of worry and concern.

~After the fray, you mentioned that the bear I fought came out of another that had earlier helped you,~ you being, ~Anything you can tell me regarding the bear, anything at all, would be of immense importance to me and my task at hand,~

From that contact, you become aware of the courses of magical energy in her body, you cannot find any external threads or connections, as your psychic perceptions trip upon the tangle of ruined fate and broken pathways of energy in her body. It appears the Golden Crystal caused her so much more hurt than you could have imagined... damage of a supernatural calibur that medical science could not notice, let alone heal with any kind of speed on its own.

Your supernatural sensitivity retracts, just coursing through her jagged and tangled pathways has left you in a slight daze, where you fatigued and of weaker constitution you might have thrown up. Luckily you are neither, so you keep the pretense of the hero.

“Yes, of course,” she smiles warmly, “Helios said it was strange that he had something called a Dream Mirror. I had one too, but he didn’t comment on it. I woke up wearing the boxing gloves he gifted me that had originally come from his mirror, they’re in the closet over there,” she points to the thin closet astride the sink basin of her hospital room, “And...and he gave me his name...I just…”

She seems to concentrate, and look away from you. It takes her a moment to marshal her thoughts and make her memories of that dream clear. You nod over to Jadeite Knight and tilt your head over to the so directed closet.

>>36231476

<I cannot tell regarding your request, Princess, the pathways of magical energy within her body are warped and strain from her hosting an active half of the Golden Crystal,> Kunzite bows in the back of your mind.


Midori opens the closet and withdraws a pair of worn boxing gloves, across the knuckles are cyrillic characters. You cannot read or speak Russian.

<Even if her body will recover, my lady, she will remain sick unless someone uses supernatural means to me and her spirit. Beyond ourselves I see evidence that someone has made use of cursory diagnostic magics on the girl since last we encountered her,>

“It was Borris,” she says to you with certainty, “The bear said his name was Borris,” before regarding your associates queerly, “Who are they?”

~These good women are my retainers. Heroic vassals in my service to aid the weak. Nephrite Knight and Jadeite Knight,~

“Well, please take care of Eclipse,” she smiles to the two of them, “He helped save my life, so please take very good care of him,”

Midori says nothing, just sharply nods, you think she may be afraid of this girl recognizing her voice. Kairi on the other hand.

“I’ll do my best, but the big dummy is still learning when to let us help,” she smiles wryly and winks.

~And you, brutus,~ you sigh while staring at her blankly.

Either way, Azusa has given you all the proof you need. You have a sharply good idea of where the other half of the golden crystal waits for you. More so considering the phantom of a young child you witnessed within the shadow bear. You thought it was a young girl, but now that you know better you realize you were mistaken.

>>36231497
There are no coincidences. The final part of the crystal you seek is inside of Sasha himself or his training Bear.

Your stealthy escapades and whatever distortion was caused by Sailor Pluto’s teleport have eaten at your precious time. It is already 2:30.


Please vote on each list.
Regarding Azusa.
>Offer to ease her pain before you go, cast Restoration to try and mend the wounds in her spirit.
>Bid her goodnight, someone has already taken a look at her spirit and is probably formulating a treatment, likely Tomoe Sensei.
>Press her for more information, butter her up first. Anything you are searching for?
>Butter her up further to feed your own ego because you like playing at being the heroic prince.
>Write in

&


Regarding what the three of you will do next.
>Come on, we’re going to Magician’s lair.
>Ladies, we must see a man about a bear.
>We’re sneaking into that briefing..
>We’re going to that briefing openly.
>Stop for something light, you’ve worked up a thirst and an appetite.
>Write in

>>36231497
*means to mend her spirit

>>36231519
>Offer to ease her pain before you go, cast Restoration to try and mend the wounds in her spirit.
>Ladies, we must see a man about a bear.

>>36231519
>Offer to ease her pain before you go, cast Restoration to try and mend the wounds in her spirit.

>Ladies, we must see a man about a bear.

>>36231519
>Offer to ease her pain before you go, cast Restoration to try and mend the wounds in her spirit.
It is something like a duty to give what aid we can.
>Come on, we’re going to Magician’s lair.
And this is absolutely the last thing we want to do, so it's probably the most important. Also, make sure we have a bag to puke into.

>>36231519
>Bid her goodnight, someone has already taken a look at her spirit and is probably formulating a treatment, likely Tomoe Sensei.
>Stop for something light, you’ve worked up a thirst and an appetite.

Writing

~Before I go,~ you say and rise to your full height, ~Please allow me to try to ease your pain, perhaps it can help your recovery,~

She nods and you extend your hand out and place it upon her forehead. Willing your magic to the surface, you work your spell of cleansing to ease the burden left on her soul by the weight of the fractured Golden Crystal.

>Lesser Restoration cast
>Azusa Mugen is ?????????

An amount of color returns to her cheeks, along with the vivacious nature of life. She outwardly appears less frail, and her eyes sparkle warmly.

She thanks you, truly, for whatever it is you have done as the three of you take your leave. Closing the curtain between her bed and door, you exit again as a trio of nurses. Once outside of the hospital, you and Midori wait for Kairi to finish changing back into her proper clothes from her assembled disguise. It isn’t long before she emerges and removes the hair ties binding her hair in a neat bun and restores her glasses. All of you are wearing your normal clothes.

“Alright, we should have enough time to get to the Metro building,” Kairi reasons and checks her phone, “If I call my mom she should be able to sneak us inside from one of the sub level access points,”

“Secret VIP entrance to the metro building? We’re moving up in the world,” Midori nods and stretches her arms behind her back.

>>36232587

~We’re skipping the meeting,~ you say and turn back toward the train to Minato Ward.

“What?” Midori asks, “I thought you said we were going to the big meeting with the Senshi. I know I need to get caught up to speed on everything that’s going on,”

~Have Jadeite give you the rundown of everything I’ve seen since this whole mess started while we’re on the train,~ you sigh and look ahead with purpose before turning slightly to look back at her and Kairi, ~but now we need to see a man about a bear,~

“So, he is involved?” Kairi asks while scrolling through her phone falling in step with you, “I have his number if you want to call him...or are we doing this incognito?”

Midori is silent as she begrudgingly begins your suggested rundown with her mentor.

You wait for a few minutes and board the afternoon rail back toward your neighborhood. As you go…

>Call Sasha on the phone. What do you even say to him about this? Do you just find out where he is or try to arrange a meeting?
>Text Sasha, what do you text him? Do you just try to find out where he is or try to arrange a meeting.
>Use your Lurk account to get in contact with Sasha, what do you say to him? Do you just try to find out where he is or try to arrange a meeting.
>Get Kairi to use Nephrite’s ability to locate objects to sweep for the nearest Ural Sportsman bike, and then roofhop together up and down Juuban until you get a hit.
>Write in

>>36232606
>>Get Kairi to use Nephrite’s ability to locate objects to sweep for the nearest Ural Sportsman bike, and then roofhop together up and down Juuban until you get a hit.

>>36232606
>Call Sasha on the phone. What do you even say to him about this? Do you just find out where he is or try to arrange a meeting?
Arrange a meeting.

>>36232687
Yes. Maybe go a bit deeper down the rabbit hole.

>>36232606
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9vGMMPM5Lg

Writing

Home now. Catching up.

>>36233244
Timing is decent it seems. Yayification.

>>36232687
>>36232769
"Hello, Sasha? I need to talk to Boris."
There's bears down that rabbit hole.

Rolled 11 (1d100)

Nothing to see here.

Rolled 3, 8 = 11 (2d10)

Absolutely nothing.

Did anyone take a picture of the gloves to show Sasha?

Rolled 6 (1d6)

Nothing

>>36233647
Lies
>>36233674
Damn Lies

Statistics?

>>36233713
It pleases me to no end that Artemis makes use of random rolls. I love random rolls.

>>36233713
>Statistics?
That would be >>36233706

>>36233703
Midori did, because she is conscious of recording evidence. You were busy doing magic.

>>36233758
There are some times when I like events that unfold be beyond my direct control. It forces me to adapt to my story more than just the curve balls you guys sometimes throw me.

Copying the number from Kairi’s phone into your own you dial quickly and find yourself anxiously pacing on the sparsely populated train car.

Midori kind of glares at you, not angrily, its more pitiable.


Ring

“What the hell are you doing?” she asks.


Ring

~Being nervous,~ you groan and drop your shoulders.


Ring

“Like hell you are. Since when has Miki ever been made nervous by talking to a guy,” she smirks and leans back in her seat along the wall of the car, “Then again, if you’re going to fall to pieces over something, maybe I can give your little crush a call,”


Ring

~Like hell you are,~ you bite back, you bark, ~I can handle this!~

Ring

“There’s the bitch I know,” she smiles honestly and gives you a thumbs up.

“Hello?” sounds an accented voice in japanese on the other end of the line, “This is Sasha, who is this?”

>>36233903

~Hey, Sasha,~ you begin and smile into the receiver, ~It’s Mikage,~

“Oh, hey,” he seems genuinely surprised, “I wasn’t expecting to hear back from you so soon,”

~Yeah, well I’m having a bit of a whirlwind day and thought it would be nice to spend some of the afternoon with friends,~ you laugh, ~And maybe see you again to better apologize for this morning. Maybe go to the comic shop or this awesome local arcade,~

He considers it a moment on the other end of the line before speaking.

“I think that could be fun, but I’m not sure how long I’ll be. I actually got tabbed for a special entrance interview with the director of the High School I’m enrolling in while in Japan,”

~Oh?~ aha, an opportunity to know where he’ll be, ~And where are you enrolling, maybe we can meet you there when you’re done?~

“We? Your two scoops isn’t with you, is she?”

~No, she has her own thing today. I promise,~ teasing Koyomi is your right as her older sibling, you may need to establish that boundary with Sasha later today, ~Now come on, where are you enrolling,~

“Infinity Academy,” he says and you freeze, “Oh, they’re calling me in to see the director. I have to go. I’ve heard that if you get tapped for an interview it's an assurance that you’ll get admitted. Perhaps we can celebrate that later, Mikage, yes?”

~Yeah...yes...of course,~ you respond dead eyed and slack jawed as your soul slowly tries to creep past your lips and escape into the next life.

You close the connection. Infinity Academy is a few more stops past home on this line, so you’re already ahead of the game it would seem.

Yay. Not an actual yay. A long drawn out yay with no enthusiasm behind it. Just perfect. Pefect perfect perfect.

“So...it seems like we’re seeing this guy, but you don’t look happy,” Midori gives you a critical up and down, “What happened,”

>write in

>>36233926
"Life just got more complicated." Not sure if we feel like elaborating.

>>36233926
He's going to be enrolled in Mugen while here.

>>36233926
>>36233979
Pretty much this. Don't think we are going to be able to go into much detail.

>>36233926
>Infinity Academy
Yay indeed.
That's Tomoe's school, for those unaware.
He's meeting with Hotaru right now.

>write in
I just picture Mikage opening her mouth and trying to process how to fill Midori in.
Then closing her mouth again.
"He's going to Infinity Academy, and is meeting with the director now. And I already said we'd meet him at his school beforehand."
Sit down, no more pacing now.
"I'm not sure I have the energy to go into detail there."

Writing

>>36233926
>~Yeah...yes...of course,~ you respond dead eyed and slack jawed as your soul slowly tries to creep past your lips and escape into the next life.
I love this live.

Perception test, my players. Best of 3, 1s and 20s wild.

Dice+1d20+2 against DC 20

>>36234368

Rolled 18 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>36234368

Rolled 6 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>36234368
Remember, it hates capital letters.

Rolled 13 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>36234368

Rolled 2 (1d20)

????'s friendly urging that certainly isn't intimidation. No modifier given to not give anything away.

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>>36234583

~Life just got more complicated,~ you sigh and slide your phone back into your skirt pocket as the train comes to a stop and picks up a large influx of mostly mid afternoon student commuters, going home from the schools still in session, on the way to university classes after staying up late, and a few older men and women as well.

“Do you want to talk about it?” Kairi ventures.

You level the two of them with a piercing stare, looking past them and at the skyline in the distance.

~And it was shaping up to be such a nice day, all things considered,~ you lament to no one as Kairi laughs nervously.

“Well, its getting crowded. Come on, sit down,” Kairi suggests as indeed the new compliment of riders disperse through the train as it is again in motion.

~A good idea, I don’t have the energy to deal with this or go into detail,~ you sink down between Kairi and Midori, ~He’s meeting the director of Infinity Academy now for an entrance interview, and I said beforehand that we’d meet him at the school before I knew where he was,~

“Do you have some kind of history with the place?” she asks and then pauses.

You imagine Jadeite is filling her in now about your Sensei. Director Hotaru Tomoe MD.

“Oh my god I am the token sane woman on team crazy,” Midori scoffs and slumps into her seat as more people fill seats and everyone finds a place to stand in the crowded mess.

“I’d take offense to that, but I am clinically depressed and did strong arm her into letting me get involved in these dangerous exploits,” Kairi says matter of factly.

Looking down, you sigh. You’re not going to argue against any assessment of you being a bit mad. You’re all mad in here, in your own mind. So many of you. A glint catches your eye.