Bruce! What time is it?
Hammer time!
Let's rock!

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>>42314015
C-can this be?
Did I manage to catch the start of this thread?

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>>42314015

It's a day until the third round, and your team is training hard.

Well, most of them are, as far as you can tell. Aalgan wandered off into the woods sometime right after dawn, and Kasai has been spending the last few hours in deep meditation.

With Kara's help, Bruce's arm has gone through an accelerated recovery. As best as Kara can tell, it will finish healing itself within an hour or so. Kara herself stopped working on it before she went to bed last night, and now stands in front of you in a fighting stance.

"Look, John, I haven't had a single fight since we started this tournament," she tells you. "I need to know exactly where I stand, and I think a sparring match should give me a good indication."

>A. Tell her to attack whenever she's ready

>B. Attack

>C. Defend

>D. Dialogue writein

>E. Fire Fists

>F. Flame Jet

>G. Spirit Gun

>H. Spirit Blast

>I. Refuse to spar

>J. Something else

>>42314227
>A. Tell her to attack whenever she's ready
Block her attacks, use her momentum against her

>>42314227
>I. Refuse to spar
Training powerful techniques would be a better use of our time.

>>42314227
>A. Tell her to attack whenever she's ready
Might as well see whats she learned from her new master

So does Koe know something similar to the spirit cuffs, probably something like demon cuffs that act the same way, but at the same time try and corrupt the users spirit energy if they don't maintain a balance of it to keep the demon energy at bay.

>>42314267
"Attack whenever you're ready," you tell her, dropping into a defensive stance.

Kara nods, then runs at you, seeming to vanish from sight almost immediately. A faint surge of Spirit Energy behind you gets your attention, and you turn just in time to receive a kick to the face. You stagger back, and Kara moves in, pummeling your gut with a rapid barrage of punches before throwing an uppercut that slams into your jaw and knocks you to the ground.

She jumps, and you roll out of the way as he fist slams into the ground, creating a deep crater/ Hopping back to your feet, you block the next kick she throws, and answer with one of your own, narrowly missing her face as she hastily leaps back.

>A. Chase her and attack

>B. Spirit Blast

>C. Go on the defensive

>D. Dialogue writein

>E. Spirit Explosion

>F. Spirit Gun

>G. Fire fists

>H. Flame Jet

>I. Activate your suit

>J. Call it quits

>F. Something else

You guys are dumb. We could be perfecting our flame+spirit gun instead of wasting time and possibly injuring each other in a spar.

>>42314526
>A. Chase her and attack

>>42314526
>J. Call it quits
Complete waste of time.

>>42314526
>>C. Go on the defensive

>>42314526
>I. Activate your suit
Injury is not the goal here

>>42314689
Second

>>42314227
>No option to activate the suit before the sparring actually starts
Sure, we could have used 'something else'.
But you also could give john a lick of fucking common sense.

>>42314526
>I. Activate your suit
"No point if either of us get hurt in this spar, so we should set the rule that whoever can pin the other opponent down for 5 seconds wins"

>>42314719
It should really just be done automatically before each fight. But Som won't do it and he won't give any reason either.

>>42314719
A lick of fucking common sense would have been to use "something else" rather than bitching about it later.

>>42314762
You know that you're being a shit about the suit, right?
You were a shit about it previously, and are still pulling it.
John KNOWS TO USE THE SUIT BY NOW, WHENEVER HE'S GOING TO BE FIGHTING.
Get over your fucking self.

>>42314762
Seriously, why are you being such a dick about the suit? We want to put it on before every fight so there's no reason to make us vote for it every time.

>>42314774
>>42314805
you guys are starting early aint ya.

>>42314865
Vaelys posting is everywhere now a days

>>42314724
You say the word, and your body erupts into flames, flames that quickly extinguish themselves and reveal the suit Koe gave you.

"No point in either of us getting hurt in this spar," you tell Kara. "So, we should set the rule that the winner is whoever can pin their opponent for five seconds."

"Deal," Kara tells you, running towards you once again.

She leaps above you, pointing down at you with her right index finger, which begins to glow blue.

"SPIRIT GUN!"

A blast of Spirit Energy flies from her finger, heading right towards you. Clenching your hand into a fist, you punch the blast as it reaches you. Her attack pushes against your hand, very nearly pushing it back, before you give an extra burst of energy, and slowly push the attack away, sending it flying up into the sky.

Your right hand feels numb for a moment as Kara lands, staring into the sky as her blast disappears.

"Well...I guess that answers that," Kara comments, sounding both impressed and disappointed. "I still have some training to do."

>A. Tell her she's pretty strong

>B. Tell her that you do as well

>C. Look towards the sound you just heard from the trees

>D. Dialogue writein

>E. Something else

>>42314927
>C. Look towards the sound you just heard from the trees

>>42314927
>>C. Look towards the sound you just heard from the trees

>>42314927
>C. Look towards the sound you just heard from the trees
"Kara, I suggest you remain on guard"

>>42314927
>C. Look towards the sound you just heard from the trees
Never relax around demons.

So. Has Belial actively been using his darkness and shape shifting powers on us?

>>42314927
>C
>D
C'mon Kara show me something new! Belial is probably watching us now anyway.

>>42314927
>C. Look towards the sound you just heard from the trees

I ain't fallin' for no tricks

>>42314927
>A. Tell her she's pretty strong

>>42314927
>>C. Look towards the sound you just heard from the trees
>>E. Something else
Keep 'watching' Kara, in case it's a trick of hers.

>>42314940
A sound from the trees catches your attention, and you immediately turn your head towards it. Kara and Bruce to the same, and even Kasai, who is hovering in the air not too far away opens her eyes to see what's coming.

You feel cold, and nauseous, and weak. You feel as though you have about ten different sicknesses all at once, and it takes effort just to remain standing.

"A-anyone else feel like they're gonna be sick?" Bruce asks from behind you.

"Y-yes," Kara comments, sounding like she's shivering.

From the forest, a creature you've seen once before emerges. He's tall, with powerful arms and legs, and a single, closed eye on his head.

Belial.

"All of the training in the world won't save you," he comments, turning his head towards Kara. "I thought Koenma smarter than to send his precious Spirit Detective on a suicide mission."

You hear Kara give an angry hiss, but she doesn't say anything more.

Belial smirks, turning his head towards you. "And you as well. You're here to fight a battle you can't possibly win. I thought Koe more cunning than to send you headlong into this kind of battle. Or perhaps he's betrayed you, it wouldn't be the first time he's done that to an ally."

>A. Ask what he's talking about

>B. Ask Belial what he wants

>C. Tell everyone to attack him at once

>D. Dialogue writein

>E. Run

>F. Something else

>>42315162
>Look for the cloaked demon.

>>42315162
>B. Ask Belial what he wants

>>42315162
>B. Ask Belial what he wants

>>42315162
>>B. Ask Belial what he wants

>>42315162
>D. Dialogue writein
"Well I can see where your little brother got the attitude from. What do you want Beliel and what the hell are talking about this not being the first time?"

>>42315192
Considering how we know what his power is now, and how obvious this shit is, we really ought to do this.
It's clearly him fucking with us, you know?

>>42315192
>>42315264
These ask him where his friend is hiding

>>42315197
"What do you want?" you ask Belial, trying to keep your voice level.

"I want to see if you'll even be able to provide me sport when the time comes," Belial answers. "We won't have our battle until the final round, and I want to know if it will even be a battle."

"Well I can see where your little brother got his attitude," you comment. "And what the hell are you talking about this not being the first time?"

Belial smirks. "What would you say if I told you that Koe was once an ally to my master? That the two of them made a deal for the conquest of your world. What would you say if I told you that he was the one who told us of Mahou, and even the one who told us of Koenma's new Spirit Detective, Kara?"

>A. You'd say he's a liar

>B. You'd ask what happened

>C. Say nothing

>D. Dialogue writein

>E. Something else

>>42315162

>D. Dialogue writein
Save the smack talk when we fight Belial. I didn't even need your glasses

>>42315381
>>D. Dialogue writein
"And now I'm supposed to renounce my loyalty to him because of shit in the past? Get bent."

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>>42315381
>E. Something else
Pic related

>>42315381
>B. You'd ask what happened
That changes nothing about my current objective.

>>42315381
>D. Dialogue writein
"Before you answer that can you ask your friend that is hiding near by to stop trying to intimidate us."

>>42315381
Boss got ambitions.
He wants the pawns to interact.
Your boss wants the same. Powerful demons like to play these games.

>>42315450
"And I'm supposed to renounce my loyalty to him because of shit in the past?" you ask. "Get bent."

Belial chuckles. "Koe chose a loyal pet indeed. Truth be told, I don't care where your loyalties lie. As I said, I'm only here to find out if you'll be able to give me a challenge."

Belial's eye slowly starts to open.

"Brace yourself!" Kasai warns.

Before Belial's eye is even half open, you feel as it a truck has just slammed into you. You're lifted off of your feet and sent flying through the air, crashing right through tree after tree after tree and landing deep in the forest.

You're bleeding, though you can't tell where. You still feel so weak, and it takes a lot to even push yourself back up. You look around to see your friends struggling to do the same. The sky darkens. A powerful gust of wind blows at you, and you instinctively raise a hand to shield yourself before your attention is drawn by a squawk from above.

"This is it?" a voice demands. "Belial could defeat all of these fools blindfolded!"

You look up to see a massive winged creature hovering above the forest, seeming to indeed be blocking out the sun.

Ziz.

You can't make out anything about the creature other than its size and the fact that it has wings, but something is greatly unsettling about it.

"As a matter of fact, I could kill them all just as easily," Ziz comments, sounding more disappointed than amused.

>A. Shoot a Spirit Gun at him

>B. Ask everyone if they're okay

>C. Run

>D. Dialogue writein

>E. Something else

>>42315701
>A. Shoot a concentration Spirit Gun at him
Use a really focused and thin beam for more penetrating power

>>42315701
>>A. Shoot a Spirit Gun at him

>>42315701
>E. Something else
Mix the spirit gun and our fire together, good time if any to try it out here

>>42315701
"Don't tell me you're all trying to get disqualified?"

>>42315701>D. Dialogue writein
Leviathan and Behemoth are cooler than you Ziz!

>>42315701
>B. Ask everyone if they're okay

>>42315762
>>42315750
>>42315732
You point your right index finger up at Ziz, gathering energy into it and feeding that energy with your inner flame. Your finger glows blue, and flames begin to dance around it as you take aim, concentrating your energy at best you can for a precise and devastating attack.

"SPIRIT GUN!" you shout, shooting a thin orange beam of energy from your fingertip.

Ziz squawks and gives a mighty flaps of his wings, creating a guest of wind so powerful it slams your entire body to the ground and sends it sliding back towards the trees. Your blast is redirected, and crashes somewhere deep into the forest with an impact that makes the ground shake. You see smoke rising in the distance, and quickly realize that your attack has started a fire.

"Pathetic," Belial comments as he steps into the clearing. "And you still cling to hope that you can defeat me. You show some promise, boy. Under the tutelage of my master, you could have become a fighter of note, but instead you chose to fight, and you can't stand up to even one of us."

Ziz squawks with laughter up above. "He thought he could hurt me with that attack? Why are humans always so foolish?"

Belial chuckles. "Attacking you was a foolish move."

The large demon crouches down in front of you, looking right at you even with a closed eye.

"You attacked one of my teammates, now I'm going to attack one of yours," he tells you. "And they won't be able to stop it."

>A. Attack

>B. Beg him not to

>C. Call for Koe to help you

>D. Dialogue writein

>E. Spirit Explosion

>F. Concentration Ring Spirit Gun

>G. Something else

>>42316127
>F. Concentration Ring Spirit Gun
Throw in our fire, our soul, fire everything!

>>42316127
>>A. Attack
fire fists.

>>42316127
"There's only one way to settle this, Belial. You and me, dance-off. Show me your moves."

>>42316127
>D. Dialogue writein
"I don't think so, this makes us even since you did attack my entire team as well since they were caught in the crossfire from your attack that you aimed at me. Unless your helping out your team by trying to weaken us, what are they afraid that we that we are going to be strong enough to take them on after this match?"

>>42316248
You may have demonic blood, but do you have moves like this?

>>42316224
That's one of our weakest attacks anon.

>>42316221
This, I guess.

>>42316342
then we punch him in the eye.

>>42316302
This

>>42316127
>>42316302
Give it a shot? He'll probably say some bullshit like "that wasn't an attack hurr hurr look at how powerful my villain is," but maybe it'll work.

>D. "You started this first Belial, Confronting us in the middle of our training. Are you that afraid of what we can accomplish in a few days that you had to barge in and look for excuses to take us down early?

So contact Koe and ask for the most hellish training he thinks would be enough to at least give John a small chance that we can do within 3 days, since the next match is tomorrow and then we have two more days to train.

>>42316127
>our attack was stopped by wind
Now that's some bullshit

To bad Tebuschus isn't nearby by to pounce on Belial and eat him.

>>42316387
>>42316221
You gather everything you have, raising your left hand and pointing your index finger right at Belial. The demon takes a step back as you push yourself back to your feet.

"Another attack?" he asks. "Some people never learn, do they?"

Your left index finger glows orange, and you take aim.

"John, don't try it!" Kara warns.

"SPIRIT GUN!" you scream, firing the most powerful blast you can muster at Belial.

The demon stays where he is, holding out his left palm as the blast comes right for him. Your attack slams into his palm, pushing against him. For a moment, it looks as if you might actually succeed in pushing him back. His heels dig into the dirt, and you see him move back an inch, then two. Then, with a yell, he pushes your attack back, sending it right back over your shoulder.

"Kara, look out!" you hear Bruce shout before Kara lets out a frightened cry.

You hear a loud crash and see a bright flash of light in the corner of your eye. You turn, and see a line of broken trees, most of which are now burning. Kara is nowhere to be seen.

Exhausted, you fall to your knees, and Belial laughs as he walks past you.

"Your arrogance has cost one friend dearly already," he comments. "And I still haven't made my attack."

You gasp in pain as Belial's foot comes down on your head.

"Hold still, I think you might want to see this," he tells you.

You see Bruce and Kasai turn their attention back to Belial, each of them dropping into a fighting stance. Bruce's aura is a bright red, and spreads for several yards around him. Kasai's body is covered in flames, and her fists crackle with energy.

You see Kasai's eyes widen, and an instant later, her body becomes surrounded by a red light. Her eyes suddenly turn black, and she lets out a shriek before she falls to her knees, the flames on her body dying as she collapses.

Belial removes his foot from your head, stepping back.

>A. Crawl to Kasai

>B. Look for Kara

>C. Lie there

>D. Dialogue writein

>>42316662
Hurr durr he's somehow way stronger despite having died like a bitch when we were weaker, etc etc

>>42316662
>>A. Crawl to Kasai

>>42316697
would you stop.

>>42316697
You're thinking of Balor, anon

>>42316662
>A. Crawl to Kasai
You guys should have just talked to him instead of thinking attacking the guy that blasted us with half his power was going to be affected by a fire spirit gun.

>>42316662
>A. Crawl to Kasai

>>42316712
oh, whoops
carry on then, i was totally mistaken
whole time i thought we were speaking to a spooky ghost

>>42316662
>A. Crawl to Kasai

>>42316712
I keep following your quests because I think they'll get better but they never do. You are fucking awful at this.

>>42316820
I love you too.

>>42316662

>A. Crawl to Kasai

Well. Fuck.

goddamn can we just die already?

>>42316827
Seriously, just stop trying.

You know, I wanted us to try to run away before specifically because of bullshit like this.

It's all tedious bullshit, SOM's fault and the anon's fault.

This is so tiring at this point.

So either we just suffered a TPK against an opponent we had literally no chance of stopping, or this is just a nightmare.

>>42316716
Despite your exhaustion, you find the energy to crawl over to your friend, who lies on the ground not far from you. She's trembling, which tells you she's alive, but she's also in great pain, as far as you can tell.

Bruce moves to help her stand, but she pushes herself back up to her knees, looking around, her expression growing more and more distraught with each passing second.

>A. Ask Kasai what's wrong

>B. Ask Bruce to help her up

>C. Crawl to look for Kara

>D. Dialogue writein

>E. Something else

>>42316912
>A. Ask Kasai what's wrong

>>42316912
>>B. Ask Bruce to help her up
>A. Ask Kasai what's wrong

>>42316867
I just write the story, anon, and you could have run.

>>42316864
Take your own advice.

>>42316912
>A. Ask Kasai what's wrong
> Ask Bruce to find kara

>>42316912
>A. Ask Kasai what's wrong
>D. Dialogue writein
"Bruce look for Kara"

>C. Crawl to look for Kara

Seriously just kill us already. Give John a heart attack or Brain aneurysm

I just figured it out.

Belial is Cell.

/tg/ can't handle any kind of failure. It always falls apart into shitposting whenever any failure occurs, no matter how slight. First, /tg/ blames people for 'voting wrong'. After enough time, it starts to blame the QM. It doesn't matter what the QM actually did, some faggot will always whine about how if ONLY the QM told them everything that was going to happen with every choice then surely failure could be avoided.

The problem is that not only can /tg/ not deal with failure, it also suffers from clinical stupidity. Exalted quest had players be given multiple warnings to get the hell out of dodge, which they repeatedly ignored, and resulted in the MC getting killed and resurrected by their patron god (and out of mercy of the QM despite the raging idiocy going on in the thread).

And the QM's players still got angry at him.

>>42317009
I wanted to see if we could even scratch one of them. It was fair considering he attacked all of us right before that. I'm angry at Som because he's a dick in general and he keeps making enemies ridiculously overpowered.

>>42316912
>E. Something else
Try to reach through to her by mustering the last bit of fire into her.
Something at least.

>>42316946
"Bruce, look for Kara," you instruct your friend.

"Yes, find what's left of her," Belial agrees.

Bruce looks back at Belial, his aura flaring as he trembles with anger. He hefts his massive hammer and begins rushing towards the demon.

Belial's eye opens part way, and Bruce is sent flying in the same direction where Kara vanished.

You reach Kasai, who continues to look around in a panic. You place your hand on her shoulder, and she tenses up.

"What's wrong?" you ask her.

She turns her head towards you, and you notice that the flames in her eyes are gone.

"I can't see."

>A. Ask Belial what he did to her

>B. Crawl to find Bruce and Kara

>C. Something else

>D. Dialogue writein

>>42316938
>and you could have run.

No we couldn't.

The vast majority were under the impression that John and co. had a chance. From your own writing we were supposed to

But here we are, being thrown about like we are level 1 mooks when we are at A class strength, or upper B-class.

There was no chance, there was never any chance, and anything that makes us have a chance is fiat macguffin bullshit and no one likes that.

When all the effort you put into something results in an entirely pointless result with the only thing fixing it being a specific stipulation after following cliche it's just exhausting. It stops being fun and becomes a grind.

On your part it was misleading, and everyone elses part it was confidence or stupidity.

This was fun, the Balor fight was pretty fun. The Mahou fight was pretty fun, the redneck demon fight was fun, getting the shit slapped out of us by Kaya was pretty fun, this isn't fun.

At least we're in our suit.

Yaaaay.

>>42317126
>A. Ask Belial what he did to her

>>42317126
>A. Ask Belial what he did to her
And probably try and give her some our fire if it helps.

>>42317126
>>A. Ask Belial what he did to her

>>42317130
I made it abundantly clear that you guys had little to no chance against Belial's team. Koe told you, Aalgan told you, you chose not to listen. There's also a difference between Upper B-Class/ lower A-Class and upper A-Class. You were outmatched.

>>42317126
>C.

Does that effect you summoning the mortal flame?
I've emptied everything I had and wasn't enough. If we want to live you need to use me as a host to the flame.

>>42317202
So why even start this arc in the first place? It just bad writing.

>>42317228
oh stop complaining.

>>42317202
just end us now Som, no way are we getting out of this alive.

>>42317247
Complaining is better than asking som to end the quest.

>>42317247
I Agree, heart attack us

>>42317228
Gee, it's almost like you have a difficult obstacle to overcome on your journey. Like something out of a...huh, what are those called? Quests?

>>42317228
Because he wanted to emulate the show and do a dark tournament arc.
I mean, it takes a real nigga to do something like give something that houses some of the spirit of the big bad of the show's version of this arc.
What do you expect? Very poor quality, overall. Including items from canon characters is pretty much fanfiction-tier bad form and super unoriginal.

>>42317282
Oh fuck off with your defeatist attitude

>>42317300
I'm not ready to back down. Keep the punishment flowing!

>>42317202
I chose to leave.

You proposed a chance. You did, even if small, you proposed a chance. What does that mean? That means we are supposed to take this huge risk. That is how most of /tg/ thinks.

You're expecting /tg/ to understand what you mean when most of us are unable to grasp what you want.

Let's look at this, Koe wanted us to fight in this tournament, expecting Belial to not have a team of near biblical proportions. Meanwhile, Belial himself is massively more powerful than we could hope to become. To the point of everyone on our team being unable to defeat him, yet Koe still sent us here?

It was a death sentence from the start, even without all of his allies being so strong, the entire team couldn't stop Belial.

There was -no- chance yet you said there was a slim one.

And you know what would happen if we did get our shit together and ran?

Belial would have chased us, and we'd be in this exact situation.

Really, SOM.

>>42317300
You just told us that we should have given up and left the tournament. There's a difference between difficult obstacles and whatever this is supposed to be.

>>42317303
Not to mention all the other emulations. Regular human guy who's evil and has demons working for him? Check. Flame dragon attack? Check. Standard spirit techniques? Checkaroni. Honestly, if I listed off all the emulations, i'd be writing all night. It'd be nice if som was more creative, but from what I've seen...that doesn't seem all that possible. Either that, or he can be creative, he just doesn't want to.

>>42317354
Exactly, stay or run, we'd still end up in this exact situation.

Isn't there a spooky magic cave around here that boosts our power

>>42317429
Gotta have a sensei shove a chunk of their power into John.

>>42317147
"What did you do to her?" you demand of Belial.

"I believe she told you herself," he responds. "I blinded her. I could have killed her, but decided that me taking the life of one of your friends wouldn't hurt nearly as badly as doing it yourself."

"She's alive!" you hear Bruce call from nearby. "Kara is still alive!"

"Well then, it seems you still have a full team afterall," Belial comments, smirking as he steps back. "See you in a few days. Enjoy them, they'll be your last."

Belial turns and walks off into the woods, Ziz flying off in the same direction, and leaving you alone with your friends.

>A. Get up and try to carry Kasai

>B. Contact Koenma and have him send Kaya

>C. Stay where you are

>D. Dialogue writein

>E. Call for Koe

>F. Something else

>>42317569

>E. Call for Koe
I think we're ready for the next tier.

>>42317569
>>B. Contact Koenma and have him send Kaya
>D. Dialogue writein
"well we are fucked."

>>42317569
>B. Contact Koenma and have him send Kaya

>>42317569
>A. Get up and try to carry Kasai
Contact Koenma to bring Kaya to bring Kaya to the medical ward. Head towards it if we can with Kasai, then contact Koe.

>B. Contact Koenma and have him send Kaya

>>42317569
>E. Call for Koe
Tell him that this plan isn't going to work, and that we need a place that's protected and safe from getting ganked in order to train up to actually stand a shot at offing belial and his new friends.
There's no point to the tournament if we can't win it, might as well abandon it and get our friends and family out of there too.

>>42317650
>>42317569
this

>>42317569
>A. Get up and try to carry Kasai
>B. Contact Koenma and have him send Kaya
Transfer some spirit energy to Kara to help her recover a bit

>>42317569
Just hold kasai for a while and apologize

>>42317650
>>42317569
this

>>42317608
>>42317650
Deadlock

>>42317650
>>42317877
this b

>>42317888
>this b

Wut?

>>42317923
>B. Contact Koenma and have him send Kaya
We can talk to koe afterwards when everyone is save

>>42317923
I meant to say to use this option>>42317650

>>42317650
>>42317681
>>42317796
>Let's talk about leaving instead of getting medical help for our friends!
Gods I hate all of you.

>>42317944
Okay, first clear vote I got, so B wins.

>>42317877
I don't get why you let the fastest samefag decide the vote instead of using a tiebreaker roll

too bad, i was gonna veto that.

>>42317608
You retrieve your communication mirror, opening it and contacting Koenma. All you tell him is to send Kaya, and you close the mirror before he has time to say anything else. Bruce carries Kara over, and you hold Kasai until Kaya arrives.

When she sees you all, she goes into full panic mode, at first believing Kara to be dead. She calms down when she finds out that the girl is still alive, and takes her to the medical wing before coming back for the rest of you. You and Kasai get up on the oar, and Bruce tells you that he'll meet you at the hotel.

Kaya flies you the short distance there, and begins helping you towards the building, when a chill runs down your spine, and a voice speaks clearly in your mind.

"We need to talk," Koe tells you.

>A. Ask him to bring you to his castle

>B. Ask him to come to you

>C. Now's not a good time

>D. Dialogue writein

>>42318150
>A. Ask him to bring you to his castle
All of us, though.
The fam too.

>A. Ask him to bring you to his castle

>>42318150
>>B. Ask him to come to you

>>42318150
>A. Ask him to bring you to his castle

>>42318177
"Can you bring me to your castle?" you ask him.

"Of course," you hear before everything goes dark.

Your sight returns, and you find yourself standing in Koe's throne room, where the demon lord sits and stares at you.

"Welcome back," he greets. "Today was not a good one for you."

>A. That's putting it mildly

>B. Ask what you're supposed to do about Belial

>C. Something else

>D. Dialogue writein

>>42318407
State that this plan is definitely not going to work now, and that we need to train in a secure area until we all actually stand a chance.

>>42318407
>>A. That's putting it mildly
>B. Ask what you're supposed to do about Belial

>>42318407
>B. Ask what you're supposed to do about Belial
You were right, there's nothing I can do to beat him as I am now.

>>42318407
>B. Ask what you're supposed to do about Belial
I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get strong enough to beat that bastard. He blinded Kasai.

>>42318407
>D. Dialogue writein
"Well that is just sugar coating it if anything. What am I suppose to do about Belial now, we can't beat him the way everyone is, isn't there some way to get everyone strong enough to stand a chance against his team. No matter how tough or whatever it takes I want to make him pay for what he did to Kasai and Kara. Even Bruce would agree, Aalgan would go with it as well if means he has a chance of survival."

>>42318549
"Well, that's just sugar coating it if anything," you tell him. "What am I supposed to do about Belial? We can't beat him as we are. Is there some way to get everybody strong enough to stand a chance? No matter how tough it is, no matter what it takes, I want to make him pay for what he did to Kasai and Kara."

Koe smiles. "I may have one way. I didn't suggest it before because I wasn't sure you'd be willing to try it. But, if you're truly ready to do whatever it takes, hold your hands together out in front of you, and put your feet together."

>A. Do as he says

>B. Ask why

>C. Something else

>D. Dialogue writein

>>42318844
>A. Do as he says

>>42318844
>>A. Do as he says

>>42318844
>A. Do as he says

>>42318844
Isnt that the position to be bound in?
>B. Ask why

>A. Do as he says

Those fuckers are gonna get murdered.

>>42318844
>>A. Do as he says
We spirit cuffs now

>>42318844
>A. Do as he says
Demon cuffs, 10x effective and worse than spirit cuffs since we probably are going to have keep the demon energy from corrupting our spirit energy

>>42318863
They're spirit cuffs.

Can we get Aalgan in on this? He's the only other party member that can move right now right?

>>42318960
He's hermiting it up in the woods or doing something since he didn't rush back towards everyone was when Beliel showed up.

>>42318850
You do as he says, putting your hands together and holding them out, and then putting your feet together.

Koe rises from his throne and slowly approaches, touching your wrists and shouting something you don't understand. Red rings appear around your wrist, connected by a strand of light. Suddenly your arms feel incredibly heavy, and quickly collapse to the ground in front of you, forcing you to bend over. An instant later, your ankles are given the same treatment, and you can't move a muscle.

"These are called Demon Cuffs," Koe explains. "With these in place, you'll be able to gain quite a bit of power. Physical strength has its limits for humans, but your Spirit Energy still has a great deal of room to grow. Without your spirit and body working in complete unity, you won't be able to so much as move a muscle."

>A. Try to move

>B. Ask how long you need to keep these on for

>C. Ask why he waited to use these

>D. Dialogue writein

>E. Something else

>>42319027
>B. Ask how long you need to keep these on for
>C. Ask why he waited to use these

>C. Ask why he waited to use these

>>42319027
How original of you

>>42319027
>>A. Try to move
>B. Ask how long you need to keep these on for


>>42319060
piss off.

>>42319027
>A. Try to move
So there's some downside or serious risk to using these right?

>>42319027
>D. Dialogue writein
"So how long are these going to need to be in place for? Let alone how come you decided to wait to use these. And can anyone else on the team use these besides me?"

>>42319027
>A. Try to move
Focus on our hatred of Belial and getting revenge for Kasai.

>>42319091
>>42319096
You try to move, but find yourself unable to do so. It's only when you focus your Spirit Energy that you can spread your arms apart.

"So, how long do these things need to be in place for?" you ask.

"As long as possible," he answers. "Do not remove them until it is absolutely necessary."

"Why did you wait to use these?" you ask. "And can anybody else on the team use them?"

"I waited to use them because prolonged exposure to demon energy can have adverse effects on humans," Koe explains. "As for your teammates using them, Kasai has more pressing concerns, and Aalgan refuses to use anything that weakens him even temporarily. Bruce may say yes, but Kara will certainly refuse out of principle. For now, you must keep yourself at top shape at all times in order to use these properly. And be careful to keep your emotions in check while you wear these."

>To be continued

This chapter is done, and the next thread will probably be tomorrow or Monday

Follow me @qmdralo to see when the next thread is up

I'll answer questions/discuss the quest here for a while

>>42319251
How badly hurt is Kara?

>>42319251
We in deep with the shit now right.

also how can we heal or find a way to get Kansais eye sight back?

>>42319251
>And be careful to keep your emotions in check while you wear these.
I have utter faith that we'll manage that.

We're going to be a demon by the end of this arc, aren't we?

>>42319251
>And be careful to keep your emotions in check while you wear these."

No untoward thoughts towards Kasai, then?

Damn, shame.

>>42319251
So how do we bring Kasai's sight or do we have to kill Beliel to dispel the curse?

>>42319273
She'll be out for the next day or two

>>42319285
You probably can't.

>>42319299
Who knows?

>>42319303
Your main concern with her should be keeping her alive

>>42319305
It's not a curse, he blinded her permanently.

Why not use a more original training method? We don't have to copy everything from some part of the show. We have an uncountably old, immensely powerful mentor. I'm sure he knows of better training techniques than not!spiritcuffs.
For the love of god man, quests need creativity.

>>42319324
How's it gonna work if we're still wearing the shackles when we're supposed to be fighting Belial's team

>>42319324
So we have to ask Koe then if there is anyway to bring her sight back I'm guessing.

>>42319365
You take them off

>>42319366
You could, he's old enough where he might be able to find a way.

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>>42319365
Just remember, when Belial spits out a midget, don't try to do some Ric Flair shit on it and just punch it like normal.

>>42319383
So Koe waited until we were super pissed because our team got fucked up to give us the training method that's dangerous when we feel strong emotion? That makes no sense.

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>>42319544
It will, it will.

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>>42319635
Doubtful.

>>42319787
Trust me, somewhere down the line, it will become apparent.

>>42319845
I'm totally fine with becoming a demon if that's what you're getting at

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>>42319845
Whatever you say, pal.

I just wanted an excuse to do this.

>>42319845
You waiting for super to build up the episodes to continue the quest?

>>42319845
So is our team wondering where the hell we went? That wasn't a great time to just disappear without saying anything

>>42319984
Yep

>>42320163
Kaya told them

>>42320715
Any quests you want to do that are game related?

>>42320762
Game related? I could try a shitty Kingdom Hearts Quest.

No, very little springs to mind as far as games.

>>42320809
Haven't seen a castlevania quest on tg, if anything it could cover the demon castle wars.

>>42320854
Whoa, whoa, hold on, let's not touch Castlevania.

The early ones were good, it's been a steady decline.

I would say try Onimusha, but that wouldn't be easy, either.

Basically avoid older stuff, because they tended to be secret heavy, and /tg/ is utter shit at secrets.