>>2641818
>Do some warmup and physical exercises, no use tiring yourself up too much if you plan to train Chouko- or at least test what losing her weapon did to her.

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>>2641818
>Do some warmup and physical exercises, no use tiring yourself up too much if you plan to train Chouko- or at least test what losing her weapon did to her.
yes

>Do some warmup and physical exercises, no use tiring yourself up too much if you plan to train Chouko- or at least test what losing her weapon did to her.

We HAVE been neglecting ourselves.

>>2641828
Well, we've been doing plenty of solo training. We've just not gotten into many actual fights.
>Take a walk
I kind of want to stalk Machiko at some point and see what books she reads so we can slip notes in them to fuck with her before we murder her.

Alright, now that my interent is not dead, Writing!

You decide that it’s probably best if you do some warmups before getting into anything too physically stressful today. You’ve never pulled a muscle back when you were a magical girl, but you’re not going to start risking it now. Besides, it’s good to brush up on the basics often- all the fancy shadow and ice tricks are good, but in your opinion, they don’t really compare to a good old slice with a giant sword. Of course, if you trained with that in here, that’d get everyone’s attention, so you just begin by doing some one armed pushups after the warmups. It’s rather hard to get used to only using one arm, but once you do, it comes with ease. You don’t have any training equipment, so once you’re done with all you can do while staying in the house, you whistle to call the Shade over to you, and do some running along the riverside , under the morning sun. It’s not really tiring, but it’s definitely refreshing, and it helped clear your head after the nightmare you had tonight. Reliving that battle is something you hope you can avoid, even if it means sleeping less.

As you run, you sort of unconsciously let your mind wander, tapping into the connection to the Shade, faint impressions from the monster present at the edges of your senses. The first time you do, you immediately pull back when you realize- last time this happened was definitely not pleasant, and getting into a monster’s mind can’t be good. However, you find yourself just skirting the edges of that bond again, curious, but careful. It’s smell is much better than yours- and being able to smell negative emotions, even if what you’re getting is just faint impressions from it, is definitely interesting. Eventually, though, you decide it’s better not to try your luck with this.

Sitting next to the river, you take out a bottle of water from your hoodie’s pocket, taking a long sip from it. The Shade sits down next to you, in its “mundane but incredibly intimidating huge black dog” guise. You hate to admit it, but you’ve gotten used to that thing in just a couple of days. It’s been very useful.

You’ve spent a fair amount of time doing physical exercise, but you feel like you could maybe squeeze in some light training in something else.
>Ice.
>Shadow.
>Just rest for a bit, and prepare to meet Ochako again. It’s going to be a long day.

>>2641845
Aw, the demon dog is adorable and I can't shake the feeling we're influencing it just as much as it influences us.
>Shadow.
I don't think this is too important if it's light exercise. We're a very trainy girl, we do it every day. That just makes me afraid of power scaling of our opponents, if they train as hard as we do.

>>2641845
>Shadow.
Need to go full Shadow route, yes.

>Shadow.

>>2641845
>Shadow.

Who's Ochako? Yes I'm nitpicking

>>2641850
>Ochako
MOTHERFUCKER
I've been writing it like that and noticing, then erasing it the entier quest.
God DAMMIT brain

Alright, writing.
I'm just going to beat myself up over getting Chouko's name wrong every time I blame Saki Anon

>>2641854
We in My Hero Academia now?

>>2641857
Ochako is a good girl unlike Chouko

You sit on top of the bed inside the abandoned house, tapping into the shadows, grabbing them with your hand. The inky black, dense liquid form of darkness slowly drips down your arm, staining the bed with squirming splotches that crawl back towards you, an endless loop. You know you would probably have been repulsed by the sight of this, before you became what you are now, but you can't bring yourself to feel anything about it. It's just another tool. There’s a couple of ways you could practice this…
>Focus on its use as weapons. Versatility is key, since you’ll be facing very different opponents.
>Focus on its use as armor- More protection is always welcome, and perhaps a helmet would help you hide your identity better, even when transformed.

>>2641860
>Focus on its use as armor- More protection is always welcome, and perhaps a helmet would help you hide your identity better, even when transformed.
We should be disguised as long as possible until we fight amane

>>2641860
>Focus on its use as weapons. Versatility is key, since you’ll be facing very different opponents.

>Focus on its use as weapons
I kind of want to give Chouko a shadow version of her spear.

Unlimited Blade Works
Writing...

Focusing, you will the shadows to coalesce into the shape of a knife. Giving it a few temptative swings, you get a feel for its weight, tossing it into the air and catching it. You try pouring more shadows into it, sticking it into the one cast by the bed, and pulling it out- dragging more of the same black honey-like substance, reshaping it into a sword. Probably something better to train with than a broom- you take a couple more swings, but it’s too light for your liking, compared to your Greatsword. Still, you practice a few more shapes, until eventually you have an idea.

Stabbing the blade into the ground, you tap into the shadows, remembering your fight with Chouko. How you corrupted her spear, and it just turned to dust- well, if she doesn’t have a weapon now… Changing the shape of the darkness, you create a rudimentary spear, pushing a fragment of your cold into it to better allow you to control it. It’s crude, yes, and looks only vaguely similar to the girl’s weapon, but she should be able to wield it anyways. It’s about the same length and weight. A couple thrusts confirm it- it should work just fine for your training with her.

Done with training for now, you call on the Shade, dismissing the shadow weapon and heading towards…
>The school. Pick up Chouko there, maybe you’ll get to catch a glimpse of the other girls. But it may be risky.
>Chouko’s home. After all, they already think you’re her friend, so it’s not like they’ll raise an eyebrow at you coming to pick her up.

>Chouko’s home. After all, they already think you’re her friend, so it’s not like they’ll raise an eyebrow at you coming to pick her up.

>>2641871
>The school. Pick up Chouko there, maybe you’ll get to catch a glimpse of the other girls. But it may be risky.
We need more info and also I wanna see how chouko deal with "our" friends and what she said about leave everything behind isn't bullshit talk to her.

>>2641871
>The school. Pick up Chouko there, maybe you’ll get to catch a glimpse of the other girls. But it may be risky.

Sorry about being slower, I'm pretty sure I caught a cold yesterday, not feeling the best.
Writing! Seems we're visiting the school for i want to say the first time since we came back.

Heading towards the school, you keep the Shade close to yourself. Judging by how Chouko didn’t notice it until you got her attention, you can guess it’s not something the normal girls can just detect- but you’re not so sure about Ayane’s little pet. But the risk is worth it, to get a closer look at them… And perhaps find out something you can use. A couple people stare at you oddly on the street, being a school-aged girl who was clearly skipping class, but the huge black dog and concealing clothes took care of any chances they’d speak up about it while you were around.

The school building brings back memories. Of when you spent time together with the Magical Girls, part of their group. Of ruffling Saki’s hair and her getting touchy about her height, saying she wasn’t small. Of walking back home with Kaiya, talking about nothing in particular. Book recommendations from Machiko… By the time you notice your anger, the “dog” is already growling, feeling it as well. You’ve dug your nails into your palm to the point of bleeding, and as you let your arm hang limply at your side, the Shade licks it away. You’re too angry to notice.

As classes end, Chouko takes a while to exit, next to Saki, who seems to be trying to talk to the very nervous looking girl. She seems to be getting increasingly frustrated and worried, and at one point she looks around, likely looking for the rest of the group. Kaiya, meanwhile, seems to be talking to Machiko at the entrance. Inside your hoodie’s pocket, you shape the shadows into a knife, eyeing them. No. Too dangerous, here. Stick to the plan.

>Approach Chouko and Saki. Just claim to be a friend of Chouko who came to pick her up. Measure the other girl, get a better look into her current emotional state.
>Wait for Saki to leave, following both of them from a distance.

Slower thread today. Probably because things IC are at a lull rn.

>Wait
I don't think we should reveal ourselves to Saki so soon. Or risk it.

>>2641885
>Wait for Saki to leave, following both of them from a distance.
No need to rush things.

>>2641879
Dont worry, I haven't noticed you being any slower at all, just the thread in general - reason for that probably being monday or what this anon said >>2641887

>>2641885
>Wait for Saki to leave, following both of them from a distance.
I'm watching the thread, but I'm busy at work. I'll vote when I can though.

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>>2641885
>Wait for Saki to leave, following both of them from a distance.

Just got here. This looks like fun.

>>2641895
Adorable. 10/10 would Contract with
>>2641892
>>2641891
>>2641887
Back from grabbing food, so writing! i am so fucking hungry for some reason

Gripping the dagger inside your pocket, you decide to stay at a distance and wait for the other Magical Girl to leave, watching from a distance. You let the cold chill inside you flow towards your ears, sharpening your hearing and allowing you to listen in
“Why don’t you want to talk to me? We’re friends, aren’t we?”
“I… I’m fine, okay? I’m doing better.”
“Chouko…” The brown haired girl reaches to put her hand on Chouko’s shoulder, and she freezes.
“…Please. Just… let me be, okay? I need to think about things.”
Saki lowers her head, sighing, but gives a thumbs up.
“Look, if you want to talk…”
“…I don’t want to” The blue haired one shakes her head.
You can almost smell the frustration wafting off Saki, even without tapping into the Shade’s senses. It’s delicious, to see her like this. How much longer could she pretend to care, before Ayane forced her to leave? Not long, was your guess.

When Saki leaves, you approach Chouko, your do- your monster growling to catch her attention. She jumps, and you shush her.
“O-ooh, it’s you, Ak-” One look at your eyes, and whatever she sees there shuts her up immediately. Good.
“Come with me. We have a long distance to walk.”
She gulps, nodding. “Can I at least change clothes first…? I’m still in my uniform”
You smile, knowing exactly where you’re taking her. “Just text your parents saying you’re visiting a friend’s home.”
“Okay…”

You lead her through the city, the streets getting increasingly shadier as you go along. She seems reluctant to get closer to you or the “dog” at first, but as you start passing by love hotels and gambling dens, she gets closer and closer.
“Where are you taking me…?”
“A place where we can train without interruptions.”

You’d slept there before. An abandoned casino, you slept there just the night you beat her within an inch of her life. It’d make a nice place to do the same again. When you arrive, you take off your hoodie, the dagger you’d kept in the hoodie vanishing into wisps of smoke, though she doesn’t seem to have noticed.

“So what are you waiting for? Transform?”
“I…”
“You can’t?”
“I haven’t…tried since. You said I didn’t deserve to be a hero, so…”
You shake your head. “You aren’t a hero. But neither are Ayane and Kaiya, are they? Now show me.”
She reluctantly follows your orders, glowing in a light shade of blue as her outfit changes. Transformation sequences… you’d never really taken a good look at them from the outside, but comparing them to what yours must look like now is interesting. Yours seems slower.

1/2

Her weapon doesn’t appear, even as she holds her hand out for it. Her expression turns from one of anxiety to one of fear as she keeps trying to call onto her spear, but it never comes. Chouko looks on the verge of tears, and she begins apologizing.
“I can’t, I’m sorry, I’m useless-”
“Shut. Up.” And almost as obediently as your Shade, she does. What a pushover. You reach out, forming a spear of shadow in your hand- her eyes widen, the first time she sees you draw on the darkness itself since corrupting her weapon. Perhaps she thought the source of that power was something different, but as the realization dawns on her, she takes a step back.
“ You- you’re a…”
You throw the spear like a javelin, embedding it into the ground in front of her.
“I am what you made me into, Chouko. Now pick up the weapon. You were willing to give everything up, weren’t you?”
She looks uneasy, but cautiously reaches forwards for the shadowy spear, grabbing it with both hands and wielding it in an awkward stance. You frown.
“You can do better than that.”
She seems to still be too focused on trying to come to terms with what you are, now, and you can smell her guilt and fear in the air. So tempting…
>Throw the Shade at her to force her to fight.
>Correct her posture yourself. Being overly aggressive might ruin this, and you’d be dammned if you throw the effort you’ve put into not killing her to waste.

Hoo Boi. Things are kicking back into gear. I guess its nice to have some comfier, slower things in between for pacing, though.
>Correct her posture.
As much as I dislike her, throwing an angry hungry monster at her will just probably end up with her defaulting to Saki, or being so afraid of us she will eventually defect.

>>2641909
>Correct her posture yourself. Being overly aggressive might ruin this, and you’d be dammned if you throw the effort you’ve put into not killing her to waste.

People can only bend so far before they break. Carrot and stick.

>>2641909
>Correct her posture yourself. Being overly aggressive might ruin this, and you’d be dammned if you throw the effort you’ve put into not killing her to waste.
We have to convince her that we care and are not a sadistic psychopath.

>>2641912
But anon, we kind of are.

>>2641910
>>2641911
>>2641912
Well, it seems we're a strict teacher, but not pointlessly cruel. Yet.
>>2641913
this anon has the right idea

>>2641913
We aren't yet

You sigh, reaching into the shadows again and forming a sword. She raises her spear, afraid.
“I-I’m sorry I’ll correct myselfIpleas-” She begins running over her own words as you just slowly step towards her and tap her leg with the flat of the black blade.
“Left.” You say, not raising your voice. Chouko looks confused for a moment, but then you slap the sword against her leg a bit harder, and she corrects her posture slightly.
“Good.” You slap the spear out of her hands, and it clatters to the ground. “Grip it harder.”
She kneels down, grabbing her spear and shakily standing up. You slap the side of her leg again, and she corrects her posture.
“Who’s been training you?”
“K-Kaiya was… And Machiko with magic”
Kaiya. A bow user, teaching her to fight in melee. No wonder she was still so bad at it, but the fact she’d picked up any skill at all with spears herself was new. Normally, Magical Girls only used one weapon, as far as you were aware. Your shadow weapons would’ve made you unique in being able to have more than one.
“Can you still cast magic?”
She raises her hand, and it glows a soft, ocean blue, water dripping from it and splashing against the ground. She wraps the water up into a sphere, which swirls slowly.
“Y-yeah. Even without my spear…”
“You’re still weak.”
She shrinks, the water sphere losing cohesiveness and falling to the ground. You slap her hand with the black blade.
“Focus. Call it again, and don’t let it falter. You’re weak now, but you want to stop being weak.”
She nods weakly, reforming the water ball.
>”Now explain what you’re doing as you create it.” Try to learn a bit more about their magic. See what you can learn from it.
>”Show me what you can do with it.” Find out more about her abilities with magic.
>”Good. Let’s train with weapons, then.” Focus on training her physically.

>>2641917
>>”Now explain what you’re doing as you create it.” Try to learn a bit more about their magic. See what you can learn from it.
We already know she's shit in magic, and doubly so for melee. Let's tinker with the part of her that's less shit.

>>2641917
>”Show me what you can do with it.” Find out more about her abilities with magic.
See what kind of arsenal the girl are then we can incorporate it to her skillset

>>2641917
>”Now explain what you’re doing as you create it.” Try to learn a bit more about their magic. See what you can learn from it.
We know too little about magic to teach her.

>>2641917
>”Now explain what you’re doing as you create it.” Try to learn a bit more about their magic. See what you can learn from it.

>>2641924
Good point.

>>2641917
>”Now explain what you’re doing as you create it.” Try to learn a bit more about their magic. See what you can learn from it.

>>2641919
>>2641922
>>2641924
>>2641926
>>2641929
Alright, seems like we're going to try learning some magic. Who knows what we'll find out?
Please roll 1d100, Best of Three, Lower is better.

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Rolled 58 (1d100)

>>2641930
Check this 5

Rolled 60 (1d100)

Check this 100 Yugi-Boy.

Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>2641930

Rolled 86 (1d100)

>>2641930

>>2641934
Oh my~
>>2641932
>>2641933
>>2641935

Good job anons. You're a Witch

>>2641934
Nice Job anon! Wooo
Wonder what we'll get off this.

>>2641937
Just like Jeanne Alter-senpai and Medea-senpai.

We're gonna be great Witch of Betrayal.

Rolled 26 (1d100)

Nothing but 1s

“Now explain, step by step, what you’re doing as you create this ball of water. Let’s see what your technical knowledge is like.” Best to not let her know that you don’t have much knowledge of magic, other than Shadows, right now. How theirs work could be completely different, and you wouldn’t know.
“Well, I reach for my power… You know, that energy that’s inside us when we transform. And I just shape it, but it’s kind of hard to move it sharply like Machiko told me to… I can’t do it fast enough, and it just ends up breaking if I try to move it far from me. I’m not very good at this…”
-Best roll: 13- Nice Success!

You take a couple steps forwards, then grab her wrist. The ball of water quivers, but doesn’t break its shape- some small progress, at least. Chouko stares at you, afraid. “Y-your hand is… cold”
Was it? You didn’t even notice you were channeling the ice through your body. But she’ll have to get over it.
“Move it slowly. You’re using water, not… lightning” You recall Machiko having used electricity before. “Just keep the shape stable and make it bigger.”
She nods slowly, pouring more power into the ball. Water flows from her hand, adding to the sphere. It’s rather different from how you shape shadows, but you can notice some similarities, taking a close look. Eventually, it gets to about the size of a basketball, and she begins having trouble keeping it together

1/2-

Of course I get interrupted, I'll be back in a bit

When the water begins spilling off, you grip her hand a bit tighter. More falls off, and it starts to lose cohesion as she begins to panic.
“If you can’t focus just because someone’s grabbing your hand, you won’t be able to use it in a fight. Come on- show me that you meant what you said about becoming better.”
She bites her lip and tries to focus despite your increasingly tighter grip. While she is in her transformed state and you aren’t- which would normally place you at a huge disadvantage, if it wasn’t for your new powers- she’s enough of a wimp that you can tell you’re hurting her, though not seriously. Eventually, she manages to at least maintain the shape, with some still falling off the sides.
“Better.” You say, not really sounding happy about it. You grab your sword, then correct her posture again. “But keep in fighting stance.”
You’ll have to try out copying what you could gleam off her explanations and what you saw her do once she can’t see you. No use showing someone who could still be a potential enemy that you’re still not in full control of your powers.
>Throw it at me. Let’s do some basic accuracy and ranged fighting practice.
>Use it on your weapon. Let’s spar.

>>2641948
We're already a better magic teacher than Machiko, apparently. Who I'm calling now is an autist. Maybe because our Cold magic is probably similar enough to water?
Also, off hand comments with important info: Our transformation sequence is slower than Chouko's. Which might be an issue later.

>>2641948
>Throw it at me. Let’s do some basic accuracy and ranged fighting practice.
Since magic is a weaker point for her I'd like to focus on it more. Having her stay slinging spells at the other girls will definitely catch them off guard.

>>2641948
Throw it at me.

>>2641948
>Throw it at me. Let’s do some basic accuracy and ranged fighting practice.
Versatility is good

>>2641956
>>2641955
>>2641952
>>2641951
Are you trying to shape her into a new Kaiya for the ranged/melee pairing, Anons? Is that what I'm seeing here?
Writing...

“Throw it at me.”
“But you’re not transformed-”
You call upon the shadows, digging your foot into them and kicking up a splash of the black liquid into the air, grabbing it with your hand, much to Chouko’s surprise. You shape it back into the black sword, giving it a couple of swings. “ Just how much power…”
Instead of answering, you take a few steps away, pointing the sword at her. “Throw it. Let’s see what you can do.”

Please roll 1d100, Best of Three.

Rolled 55 (1d100)

>>2641962

Rolled 48 (1d100)

>>2641962
I will catch you this time, my 5

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>2641962

>>2641966
N-nani?!

>>2641966
Fuck.

>>2641966
Say it with me anons
A crit fail a thread.

>>2641966
Nice

>>2641966
hahahahahahahahahah
ahahahahaha
oh boy
fuck
i dont know how to take this, i'll need a moment

>>2641970
The one time I roll ahundred and it's when it's bad.

>>2641971
Roll under system. I fucked us.

>>2641973
>Roll under system. I fucked us.
I know. Nice.

Chouko throws the ball like one would a baseball, but clearly lacks any experience in the spot. The ball loses cohesion halfway through the distance to you, water weakly splashing all over your clothes instead of hitting with blunt force. She immediately begins apologizing, but you cut her off before she can get a single word in, anger clearly visible in your face.
“What kind of pathetic throw was that?”
“I’m so-”
“Sorry isn’t good enough” You step forwards, slapping her hand down with the sword. Her fingers make a cracking sound, and she clutches it, gritting her teeth as a squeal escapes from her lips. You used too much force there, but you’re not going to ask her if she’s alright.
“Try again, with your other hand.”
It seems she’s at least gotten down the part about forming it, though it’s smaller this time, and the water sloughing off is almost as much as she’s pouring in, probably due to the pain in her other hand. No matter, it’d be healed by the time she got home. For a moment, before this, she seemed almost happy as you taught her, but that same fear seems to have returned. As much as you enjoy it, you can’t shake off the feeling that it won’t do wonders for her loyalty.

“Throw it again.”
It doesn’t even fly halfway this time. It seems like you’re losing progress, and you sigh, rubbing your eyes. This was going to take a while.

Wrong, wrong, how could she be doing things so wrong?
“How the hell do you fail at throwing a fucking ball?”
“She’s useless, we knew that already! You should just kill her-”
“I-I can do better, I just need to-”
“Everyone shut up!”
There’s silence for a minute or so before you hear the fear creeping up in Chouko’s voice
“Everyone…?”
There’s some noise outside. Seems like someone’s heard the shouting.
>Quick, hide in the back of the casino and wait for them to leave. Prepare an ambush, just in case.
>Leave as fast as possible, even if it risks you being seen.

>>2641987
>Quick, hide in the back of the casino and wait for them to leave. Prepare an ambush, just in case.
Try and distract them with shadow familiars.
We rolling?

>Leave as fast as possible, even if it risks you being seen.
do it in Shadow form

>>2641987
>Quick, hide in the back of the casino and wait for them to leave. Prepare an ambush, just in case.

>>2641987
>Quick, hide in the back of the casino and wait for them to leave. Prepare an ambush, just in case.

>>2641987
>>Quick, hide in the back of the casino and wait for them to leave. Prepare an ambush, just in case.

>>2641987
>Quick, hide in the back of the casino and wait for them to leave. Prepare an ambush, just in case.
Eugh, Saki followed her friend, didn’t she?

>>2641989
No need for a roll here just yet.
Also i keep being called to do shit around the house, which is why i've been mysteriously absent for a bit.
Writing...
Also, transform y/n?

>>2641997
>Y
Better safe than sorry.

>Quick, hide in the back of the casino and wait for them to leave. Prepare an ambush, just in case.

Don't transform yet.

>>2641997
>N

>>2641997
Hide first, transform later, our transformation is slow.

You shush Chouko, motioning for her to follow you into the back of the abandoned casino. Of course someone would’ve heard you berating her for being worthless.
The door, which you’d already had to force open to enter the first time you came here, is opened, and what looks to be a police officer steps in.
“Hello? Is anybody in here?”
Someone outside with them talks as well “It’s probably just some of those weirdos who get off on exploring abandoned places. We going to shove them out?”
Shit, it’s the police, now of all times… you briefly consider transforming for access to more power, but decide against it. “Chouko” You whisper. “Untransform, quickly.”
She seems to doubt you for a second. Shit, she was going to hold the whole “breaking her hand” thing against you, of course.
“If you don’t, the police will see you in it. I can get us out of here without being seen. But you’re going to need to trust me.”
Chouko hesitates for a moment longer, but her costume fades into blue motes of light as both of you take cover behind a wall. Now you just need to find a way to get out of here…
>Use the Shade as a distraction. It looks just like a dog, and it’s unkempt enough that they’d probably think it was a stray. Perfect way to get them off your back
>Tap into the shadows. You think you have a good idea that doesn’t risk your Shade getting into a fight…
>Make a run for one of the windows, breaking through it with ice. You can probably do it, with what you’ve gleaned off Chouko’s use of Water.

>>2642006
>>Tap into the shadows. You think you have a good idea that doesn’t risk your Shade getting into a fight…

>>2642006
>Tap into the shadows. You think you have a good idea that doesn’t risk your Shade getting into a fight…

>>2642006
>Tap into the shadows. You think you have a good idea that doesn’t risk your Shade getting into a fight…

>>2642006
>Tap into the shadows. You think you have a good idea that doesn’t risk your Shade getting into a fight…

>>2642006
>Tap into the shadows. You think you have a good idea that doesn’t risk your Shade getting into a fight…

>Tap into the shadows. You think you have a good idea that doesn’t risk your Shade getting into a fight…

Well, it seems like everyone wants to try getting that shiny new power eh?
You'll actually have to roll for this one. You know the drill.

Rolled 23 (1d100)

>>2642016

>>2642017
you know i'm beggining to think maybe this roll system is too easy

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>2642016

Rolled 42 (1d100)

>>2642016
We can do better than 23

Writing...
You guys really like Shadow magic, don't you?

>>2642023
It let's us summon a doggo.

You place your hand on the ground, feeling around for the familiar inky blackness- but instead of dragging it out of the floor, you pour your power into it, feeling the shadows extend outwards and creep into the room the police officers are in.
”What are you doing?”
Instead of answering, you allow the dark tendrils to slither around the other room, listening to the police officers.
“Hey, we know you’re in there, come out!”
“Maybe there isn’t anybody here, dude. Why do we care, anyways?”
“Because it’s our job, and someone could get hurt in here. Come on, don’t tell me you’re scared of this place”
“This place’s been empty for months. Who knows what’s in here? Could be ghosts”
“Don’t tell me you believe in that-”
The tendrils of darkness knock over one of the few pieces of furniture still in the casino, making a loud noise as the wood hits the ground. You don’t see the officers jump, but you can feel the sudden spike in fear that slowly recedes afterwards.
“I told you it was ghosts”
“M-maybe it was just the wind”

To your surprise, Chouko tries to repress a giggle. You motion for her to shut the fuck up before she gets both of you found, and she bites her lip.
“Did you hear that? Sounded like laughing”
“ It’s nothing, just… let’s look.”
“Are you crazy? I’m not going in there”

You let the tendril of darkness brush against one of the officers legs, quickly dispelling part of it into nothingness as he turns to look, stepping back
“SOMETHING JUST TOUCHED MY LEG”
“Come on, stop overrea- aa…“
They don’t say anything else before leaving, likely to call for reinforcements.
“Let’s just get out of here before they come back.”
The other girl doesn’t answer, but you get the feeling she enjoyed your solution to it. That wasn’t really your intention- you just wanted to make sure those two didn’t come back. Restraining your urge to slap the blue haired girl, you command the Shade to keep watch until the exits are clear, and the three- the two of you make your way outside.
“That’s as much training as you’re going to get today. Now I’ll have to look for somewhere else to train, because of you.”
The smile vanishes from her face, and she just returns to the same old apologetic look. Good. You ponder if you should train her tomorrow as well, or focus that time on furthering your own plans- You still need to work on the other girls…
>I’ll pick you back at the same place tomorrow. Practice with magic in your spare time.
>I won’t be there tomorrow. I have better things to do for now.

>I’ll pick you back at the same place tomorrow. Practice with magic in your spare time

I wasn't expecting a comedy scene, but I didn't know I wanted it. Good, Chouko enjoys others suffering already.

>I'll pick you back up at the same place.
But let's keep the training shorter so we have other things to do as well, and don't get OP burnt out on writing so much training.

>>2642034
>I’ll pick you back at the same place tomorrow. Practice with magic in your spare time.

>>2642034
>>I’ll pick you back at the same place tomorrow. Practice with magic in your spare time.

The thread actually ended up going for longer than usual, but the thread still feels shorter, since not as much happened. I blame having to take breaks, as well as a slower thread- probably because of monday.
Last post of the day incoming. I may have to examine my schedule, not sure i can keep running every day.

>>2642039
Now that you've chosen the general direction you want to take her training, it won't be an entire thread just training her. It'll just be mostly timeskipped over.

I'm not sure how well my dialog worked here. I'd like opinions on that, honestly, since I'm new at writing this kind of stuff- as well as trying to balance out the darker parts with some lighter things, which i'm not sure if its working.

“I’ll come back to pick you up at the same spot tomorrow. Practice your magic whenever you have time- I want to see results, understood?”
She nods, seeming in a slightly better, less horribly anxious mood than before. But with the Shade’s senses, you can still feel a faint trace of uneasiness and fear- and you’re very okay with that. Your goal is not to be loved.

Putting your hoodie back on, you leave without waving or saying goodbye, the beast at your side sniffing the air, catching oh so many scents of sadness and general depression. Nothing seems to really stand out to it, the occasional spike in those emotions being like a blip on a radar. So many places to go…

But, for now, you just put one foot in front of the other, and think about what you’ve already done today.


I’m afraid I’ll have to cut the thread here today- Sorry if it felt shorter than usual, or lower quality! We’ll be back to the action soon enough, but I wanted to have a bit more of an interaction thread with Chouko, as well as shape how she will be developing from now on.
As always, thank you for reading. Comments and criticism are appreciated, and I hope you had fun!

>>2642050
It was good! I wouldn't worry about today being a slower thread, specially if you're sick. Take some time to yourself, you've been running almost daily for what, 4,5 days?

>>2642057
I still want to run tomorrow and do some more exciting things than training, but I'll have to see how I wake up.

>>2642142
Maybe we could go out at night or some time and come across how the gang is faring against monsters without us.

Jesus fucking christ I'm exhausted.
I don't think I can run with a fever. So I'm going to have to delay this for tomorrow, as much as I hate to say that.

>>2644148
lol we said that you should rest i mean we can hold out for a few days...take care of your health QM we just gonna plan for some training edginess and some revenge plots here

>>2641970
dice+2d6

>>2644758
You put it into the "options" line.

>>2644783
thank you kindly anon

Sorry for all the delays. Between getting sick and loved ones being in bad econonical situations, together with studies, I'm struggling to find the time. But I will. Somehow.

>>2646192
Take care first, do quest later.

>>2646192
Do quest now. Allow your life to fall apart. Place quest on permanent hiatus.

>>2646192
Considering you're actually keeping us updated instead of just ghosting, I'd say you're doing better than most other qms. Handle your shit bud. We'll be here.

>>2646192
we all understand how live can be, spider. please, be well. update with a quick hello post everyonce and awhile helps.

THREAD TODAY