>>36486626
> "Ah nice to meet you! I'm Itsukima Masami!"

>>36486626
>> "Ah nice to meet you! I'm Itsukima Masami!"

>>36486626
>"Maybe we can talk this over?"

>>36486626
> "Ah nice to meet you! I'm Itsukima Masami!"

>>36486626
>> "Ah nice to meet you! I'm Itsukima Masami!"
If you are not looking for a fight, what do you want with the "Magician"?

>>36486626

>I need an adult

>>36486626
> "Ah nice to meet you! I'm Itsukima Masami!"
>"Maybe we can talk this over?"

>Ah nice to meet you! I'm Itsukuma Masami!
>Maybe we can talk this over?

That's an interesting way to go about it!

>writing!

>>36486775
The right way!

>>36486915
The Masami way.

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Um.. Umm!

Wait, something is strange here.

"Um. You don't know who I am?" I ask, meekly.
"Should I know who you are?" The monster replies, unamused.

This is also the first monster I've met who doesn't know my connection with Fortune. He also didn't call me 'Priestess' when I first met him. Maybe if I'm careful, it can stay that way.


"H-Hi! It's nice to meet you! I'm Itsukuma Masami!"
Whew, saved it!

He looks at me with confusion, lowering his sword slightly.

I raise my hands up and try to pretend like I really don't know what I'm doing.
"Maybe we can talk about this?"

He moves in a swift motion as his sword is sheathed back to his side. He kneels down to reach about my eye level.
"Forgive me for earlier. What did you want to talk about , little girl?"
"Call me Masami, Please. And, um-"

I look around to see if anyone else is around, or at least if anyone has noticed that there's a huge monster standing in the courtyard. It's like everyone at this school is blind, sometimes!

"Did you come alone?" I ask him.

He then REACHES OVER AND PATS MY HEAD, UGH GET IT OFF.

I reach my hand up and try prying his gauntlet from my scalp. Which is when I realize that his hand is very strong. Normally I would think that it's my usual lack of strength at fault.
That's when I realize that I'm still wearing Bel, a card that gives me super strength. Which means this monster is way stronger than even Bel is.
That's troubling.

He notices my discomfort and removes his hand from my head.
"We're looking for a special person named 'Magician'. She took something very special from a friend of mine. Do you know anyone like that around here?"

>"C-can't say I do!"
>"She's not here!"
>"I don't know her, but maybe I can help you look?"
>"Stay here! I'll go try and find her!"
>"Forget it! I wouldn't tell you even if I knew!"
>Other?

Guys, in advance, I probably won't be able to run as late as I normally do. My sleep cycle has been all kinds of messed up lately. I'll try to get as many storyposts as possible before I decide that I'm too tired and call it a night.

Anyway, back to the thread!

>>36487585
>Other?
>"I can't tell you where she is, but stealing is wrong. Maybe I could get you your thing back?"

>>36487585
>Other?
i don't know where she is, but i really don't think she'd steal something she doesn't really need

>>36487585
>"I can't tell you where she is, but stealing is wrong. Maybe I could get you your thing back?"

>>36487585
>>Other?
>>"I can't tell you where she is, but stealing is wrong. Maybe I could get you your thing back?"

>>36487636
It's all good, thanks for your efforts! We might bump all night long this if need be if you plan on finishing it in a day or two.

>>36487659
>>36487686
>>36487687
I'm sorry, what's the plan? Is there one?

>>36487730
Getting on good terms with this monster to find out more about it.
And stealing really is wrong.

>>36487585
>"I can't tell you where she is, but stealing is wrong. Maybe I could get you your thing back?"

>>36487730
Ask her what she stole and if she'd give it back. If she says no we'll tell him sorry we tried.

>>36487585
>"Friend of your's?"

>"I can't tell you where she is, but stealing is wrong. Maybe I could get you your thing back?"

Well, okay

>writing!

>>36487761
I do hope we aren't actually planning on giving it back. Kaori stole it from FORTUNE, the guys we're fighting against.

>>36488115
But.. stealing is wrong!

>>36488066
Victory through being too goddamn nice to fight against.

>>36488115
But anon, stealing is bad! We'd be just as bad as Fortune if we did that.

>>36488139
>>36488173
But helping the enemy is even more wrong.

>>36488139
>>36488173
but fortune is straight up evil, doing wrong things that fight (or at least put a nail in the feet of) evil is good!

>>36488139
>>36488173

What if they were planning it to do wronger...er things? We'll just ask Kaori what's up when we find her.

>>36488197
That just means we have to make him our friend!

>>36488228
Nope. Stealing is wrong. Even stealing from bad people. Except if they stole it first, then it's fine.

>>36488173
They don't need it, and Kaori needs it to fight the monsters that fortune creates.

>>36488249
Well, since Kaori was working for them when she took it, technically they did steal it first. She just never gave it back when she switched sides.

>>36488307
Well if "Dad" gave it to her, then its not stealing.

Child tries to rationalize that sometimes bad things are okay if they're to bad people.

Yeah this one isn't going over too well. We should ask Kaori. She's the older sister anyway she probably knows everything.

>>36488323
Silence, my logic if infallible.

>>36488307
It's like keeping your stapler when you get fired. Some things that are "technically" company property just become yours after nobody else uses them for long enough.

>>36488343
>She's the older sister anyway she probably knows everything.
See, now you're thinking with Masami.

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Hmm, so he's really only here because he's looking for something.
This is silly, there is nothing here that is worth risking the safety of everyone at school. Especially if this guy is as tough as he seems to be.

"Well! I can't tell you where she is, buuut I may be able to help you get what you're looking for back! Stealing is wrong after all."

The monster eyes me incredulously.
"You 'can't tell' me, does that mean you know where Magician is?"

Wait wait wait wait, no no!
"No no no, I just think I can help you look for it!"
I try to act cheery, but that was a really close call.

He stands to his feet and brushes himself off.
"Where do you think she may have hid something like that?"

>Have him search around here fruitlessly while you go find Kaori and try to get it back.
>Have him search around here while you gather everyone and make a plan of attack!
>Lead him on a wild goosechase throughout the school looking for it and hope he gets bored and leaves.
>Lead him to the occult clubroom, if she hid anything it's probably there.
>Text someone and ask them to help you distract the monster
>Text someone and see if they can convince Kaori to hand it over
>Other?

>>36488572
>Text someone and ask them to help you distract the monster

>>36488572
>Text someone and ask them to help you distract the monster

>>36488572
>Other?
tell him to search far, far away from here, she wouldn't hide it anywhere that would have civils around, right?

>>36488572
>Ask him to leave, because he is scaring people that want to learn here, we will ask around for what he searches, obviously we have a much better chance of actually getting answers.

>>36488572
>Text someone and ask them to help you distract the monster
Anything but actually giving it back.

>>36488572
>>36488586
Changing to
>>36488624

>>36488572
>Ask him to leave, because he is scaring people that want to learn here, we will ask around for what he searches, obviously we have a much better chance of actually getting answers.

>>36488572
>>36488624
Sure!

Okay!

>Ask him to leave, because he is scaring people that want to learn here, we will ask around for what he searches, obviously we have a much better chance of actually getting answers.

Asking politely is the Masami way!

Writing!

Wow, something really pulled me away for a while there.

Still writing!

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We search around the courtyard for an hour while I keep trying to think of a plan on what to do next.
I don't think I'm fooling him, sooner or later he's going to realize that I'm just stalling for time.
Still, it really isn't nice for Kaori to just take something from them like that. Terrible monsters or not, stealing isn't something that she should be doing.

Gentle chimes ring out from the open window of the library. A grandfather clock inside rings its hourly tune, finishing with three very loud chimes.

I check my phone, it's 3 o'clock. How did so much time slip away with this?
Classes will be letting out in the next hour, I need to do something.

"Excuse me!" I flag him down, I know he doesn't have much of a face, but I can still tell that he's annoyed from the lack of progress that his search has brought him.
"Um, it's getting kind of late, and classes will be letting out soon. Can you leave and come back some other time? I'll keep looking for this 'Magician', I promise!"

Which is true, it just won't be very hard for me to find her.

"Okay, this is enough!" he yells, crossing his arms. "You know something, and you're making a fool of me!"
He draws his sword again, pointing it at me.
"I demand that you tell me where Magician is right this instant!"

I raise my hands up in the air, trying to deflect once more.
"W-w-wait! Wait! Listen! I don't know where Magician is right now!"
Also true! It's been at least an hour since the last text from Kaori.
"B-b-but classes are going to be let out soon! And-and!-"

And it's really hard to explain myself while someone is pointing a sword at me!
"A-and it'll be really hard to look for it while there are students everywhere after class! M-maybe you should come back some other day a-and I'll look around in the meantime!"

The monster lets out a low growl and sheathes his sword.
"We'll be back, and next time, I will find it."

With a leap, he takes to the sky and disappears from view.

(1/2)

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>>36490154
My knees give way and I fall into the grass.
"That... I think fighting them would have been easier."

My breath is short, and I can feel my heart pounding like a drum.
Or maybe it's just the cell phone vibrating in my pocket. Taking it out, I can see that I just got a text from Kaori.
'Masami, Monsters left, what did you do?'

With more than a little bit of anger, my thumbs start hammering on the virtual keyboard.
'kaori we have to talk right now see you in the occult room'

My hands ball up into fists, and I can feel pangs of annoyance bubbling inside of me. Why did she take something from her Dad when she wanted to go unnoticed?

I need to at least ask her about it. Maybe I should-

>Invite some of your friends to come to this meeting with her, maybe they have questions too
>Like maybe Aiko, or Maeda, they might be good at grilling her for information!
>No no, this is a meeting between me and her. She is probably stressed out enough as it is.
>Maybe this can wait until we get home.
>Other?

>>36490414
>>No no, this is a meeting between me and her. She is probably stressed out enough as it is.

>>36490414

>No no, this is a meeting between me and her. She is probably stressed out enough as it is.

>>36490414
>No no, this is a meeting between me and her. She is probably stressed out enough as it is.

>>36490414
>No no, this is a meeting between me and her. She is probably stressed out enough as it is.
Big sis!!

>>36490414
>No no, this is a meeting between me and her. She is probably stressed out enough as it is.
Obviously.

Unanimous!

>writing

>>36490414
>>No no, this is a meeting between me and her. She is probably stressed out enough as it is.

I'm still here

>writing continues

There may be an intermission after the next story post. It should only last a couple hours max if there is.

>>36491082
Alright!

>>36491082
sure

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I walk into the Occult club with my bag slung over my shoulder as I enter. Gently, I close the door behind me and lock it.

At the only table in the room sits Kaori. She nervously kneads her hands and twists at her hair as she sits. As she looks up at me, I can tell that she looks as if she's about to cry. She quickly breaks eye contact.

"Kaori, I texted everyone and told them that you're fine and that we're going home after this. I'm not mad at you or anything."
I say that, but I'm actually really mad! No no, I have to remain calm. I got to do that thing Kaori always did to me where she was mad but never really told me that she was.

I sit down at the table across from Kaori. She's still looking away at the ceiling, the walls, everything except for me.

I'm really not good at this confrontational stuff.
"Kaori, what is it they were looking for?"

Sheepishly, Kaori takes something from her lap and sets it on the table.
It's the bracelet that I saw Dad using the other day. If what he was saying is correct, this is one of the three bracelets that Fortune made.

"This is what they're after?"

"Yeah.." Kaori replies, still gazing at the tabletop.

>Get mad at her
>Calmly suggest that she return it
>Say that she should keep it
>Tell on her, Go to Mom and ask her to solve this.
>Other?

Guys I'm sorry for the sudden slowdown. I don't like it when I go an hour and thirty minutes without an update. I apologize.

>>36492027
>Wassit do? Do you need it? Do you wana talk to mom about it?

Big sister clearly has all the answers.

>>36492027
>Say that she should keep it
It's something dear to her.

>>36492027
>How did you get it? What does Fortune use it for? Should we talk to mom about this?

>>36492027
>Say that she should keep it
with that she can use cards like us
we should train, and the next time a monster shows up, gang up on his ass

>>36492027
>>36492061
Gonna back this!

>>36492027
>>36492061
This or >>36492101
More or less the same

If she wants to keep it though it's probably for the best. We will be best Imouto

>>36492027
>Ask her how she got it. What does Fortune use them for? What does she plan on doing with it?

>>36492027

>"Why'd you take it? What were they planning on doing with those, anyway?"

>>36492061

I'm pretty sure it's the card reader.

>Why'd you take it? What were they planning on doing with those, anyway? Should we talk to mom about this?

Guys, I am wearing down fast, so I'm hoping next story post will be a stopping point for the night.

Writing!

>>36492297
How she got it would be a important point to cover too.
If we can get that in.

>>36492297
Awww, okay!

>>36492297
okay...

>>36492385
>>36492361
>>36492359
Yeah, sorry guys for the short thread. I'll try to get that other point in, too!

>still writing

Have the enemies in this revealed their evil plan yet?

>>36492717
No. They're making monsters because

>>36492747
And apparently superstrong and nice monsters too.

>>36492788
well it's probably more "can think on their own and aren't completely insane" than really "nice"

>>36492814
It's the same thing.

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I sigh, getting angry at her when she's like this isn't going to give me any answers. Nor is it going to make her feel any more comfortable.

I'll try to just do that thing Mom does where she acts all calm and spaced out all the time. Yes, that seems like the correct approach here.

"Kaori, I'm still not mad at you."
No reponse.

"But.. Why did you take this? What's so important about it?"
"It's.."

She doesn't finish, she looks back at the table with the same dull expression.
I know exactly what to do, standing up, I walk over to her side of the table and sit down next to her.

"Kaori, is this really important enough to risk yourself to keep it? Why don't you just give it back?"
No response.

"Please, Kaori, why is this important to you?"
"Because.." She struggles with her words for a minute.

"Because it's the only way I can be as strong as you are, Masami."

Wait, but, I'm not very strong at all.
"I don't get it."
"Masami! Don't you realize that you are way stronger than anyone else we know?"

"..Not Ryouta."
"ESPECIALLY Ryouta!" Kaori tone has shifted to that of annoyance rather than sadness.

(1/2)

>>36493662
It's not like her being as strong as us would be helpful. We're nothing compared to these guys.

>>36493662
Pffft Like we're stronger than her. She's the big sister. She' knows all the things.

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>>36493662
"Are you kidding? I'm not as strong as Ryouta."
Kaori looks at me as if I've genuinely hurt her by saying that. I decide to change the subject before I offend her any further.

"So, um, how did you take it? I thought there were only a couple of these that were made."
"Oh.. That was easy.. I took them during the first inventory at Fortune. Dad didn't even realize it was gone, at first."

"Hey.. What's so different about that monster I met? He had a name and everything."
Plus he felt really, really strong.

"That was Emillion, and he's one of Dad's bodyguards." Kaori etches at the table with her finger, "All of Dad's bodyguards predate the founding of Fortune."

"Then, why does Fortune want this bracelet? Why do they need it when they have monsters who are that strong working for them?"
Kaori coughs, "The monsters are not working for Fortune. They're working for Dad. Dad is their master. There's a big difference."

I don't see the difference, but I'm not going to question it.
"And.. I think the bracelets are the only way to use the cards powers like you do, Masami. I think the bracelets were made to replicate your powers."

"Are.. are you sure?"
Kaori fumbles with it in her hand, "That's how it's like when I use it. It's like I have superpowers, and.. I don't want to give that away. Not to Dad, at least. Anyone but him."

"..Do you want to talk to Mom about this? She knows a lot about how the cards work. Just show her the bracelet!"
"Um, bracelets. "
"Huh?"

She looks even more guilty than before.
"They're not after me because I took one thing, they're.. sort of after me because I took three things."

You..
Did
"What?!"

>Thread End

>>36494476
Yeah..that'd do it.

>>36494476
Kaori is the reckless variety of nee-san.

Thanks for the thread!

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okay, sorry for the length of the thread and dropping out in the middle there.

Thanks to everyone who participated tonight. I'm really glad to run this after a long week. Maybe I can run twice this week, but it's iffy because I have an interview this Thursday out of town.

Speaking of which, if I get this job that I'm interviewing for, that will mean that I'll be living in an apartment with only a laptop and a 3G card. Which means the only thing I'll be able to do for entertainment is run quests as I'll be completely unable to play video games! Yay! I guess.

Thank you everyone, let me know what you thought of today's thread. See you around.

>>36494476
Oh, so she took more than one? Who does she plan to have use the other two? Mae and Aiko?

>>36494539
Thread was good. Masami is going to have to hug the shit out of her.

We've got to lock down and establish if dad or.. fortune or both.. are evil.

>>36494539
Thanks for running. The length of the thread was fine.

>>36494539
Thread was fun, thanks for running. Best of luck with your interview.

>>36494476
>"Oh.. That was easy.. I took them during the first inventory at Fortune. Dad didn't even realize it was gone, at first."
She took them a long time ago and he was planning to demand them back before we kidnapped her? Is that the timeline here?

Man, she has done a huuuge turnaround from her opinion on Dad.