>>3006868
>Ask where she is
>Ask how long it'll be until she gets back

>>3006978
She just says "With her dad. She'll be back at school within a couple of days probably. I probably won't see her for a long time." with a scowl on her face.
>Why?
>With her dad? Are you getting a divorce?
>Are you alright?
>Other

>>3007002
>Are you alright?
It'd probably be insensitive to ask if they're getting divorced.

>>3007002
>>Are you alright?
do we know what divorce even is?

>>3007203
You know it's a thing where mommies and daddies stop living together and that's basically it. But then again, our character knows what child abuse is for some reason.
>>3007162
>>3007203
You ask if she's alright and she just says "No. It's not my fault. I was just helping." before closing the door. Uh.... well then, that was unsettling. You go and study for the rest of the day.
You don't see Nakano at school for a couple of days. When she does reappear she seems to be really happy though. She says that she's staying at her grandma's house with her dad and that she won't have to study as much anymore because her mom isn't there. You say...
>Why did your dad take you to your mom's house?
>Congrats Nakano, good for you.
>Do you like your dad more than your mom?
>Are your parents getting divorced?
>Other

>>3007309
>Do you like your dad more than your mom?

>>3007322
She doesn't stop to think and just replies "Yeah. Isn't it normal to like one parent more than the other? Plus, mom was being meaner than usual." You reply...
>I don't know, I don't have any.
>Probably
>No

After that you say...
>Why did your dad take you to your mom's house?
>Congrats Nakano, good for you.
>Are your parents getting divorced?
>Other

>>3007333
>>I don't know, I don't have any.
>>Why did your dad take you to your mom's house?

>mom's house
this is an unfortunate typo for the ages, I should be better at proofreading these
>>3007340
She seems scared for a moment before she quietly says "My dad found out that my mom was being mean to me after he lost his job so he took me to grandma's house. Mom kept wanting me to study so that I could get a job at dad's old company and fire his boss. When I didn't score well enough on these practice tests mom would get really angry."
>Congrats Nakano, good for you.
>Are your parents getting divorced?
>Other

>>3007358
>"How do you feel about it?"

>>3007525
This, I really hope she doesn't straight up hate her mom. Maybe we should tell Nakano that she misses her?

>>3007525
>>3007674
She just says "I'm pretty happy about it."
>Congrats Nakano, good for you.
>Are your parents getting divorced?
>Other

Forgot I hadn't updated already, whoops.

>>3008104
>>Congrats Nakano, good for you.

>>3008104
>"That's great, Nakano, just try not to dislike your mom too much. I'm sure she didn't mean to act unkindly."

>>3008119
You congratulate Nakano and some time passes until it's the 16th of June. You've spent your time recently...
[Spend units of time here. You have 7 in total. Where it says a to b, they're lower/upper limits to how much time you can spend. The more you spend the greater the overall effect is.]
>Exercising! [-1 to -3] (Adds to physical ability of both yourself and the hands)
>Practicing your kanji after school [-1] (Adds to reading level)
>Reading [-1 to -3] [Can choose what to read assuming it fits your reading level] (Adds more to reading level, less than practicing kanji, adds some basic knowledge)
>Doing odd-jobs for the Norths to earn some money [-2] (If this option is taken you gain 11,100 yen. [600xWeekday, 900xWeekend (you work longer) (Due to Fukuda's promotion, the possible wage has increased)])
>Practicing with your powers [-1 to -3] (???)
>Making friends with your classmates [-1 to -2] (-1 will maintain the relative popularity you have in your grade, -2 will add to it. -0 will have it decay slightly. )
>Studying [-1 to -3] (improves grades and overall knowledge)
>Other [???] [???]

During this period of time Kurosaki asks if you want to allow a food kiosk a friend of him runs to set up at the tournament for a flat fee. You...
>Agree
>Disagree

He also asks if a few of his friends who are former martial artists can come, most of them his ages. Some of them are retired and some of them run dojos now, and they're mostly just interested in watching teenagers fight because it makes them nostalgic.
>Yes
>No

>>3008141
>Exercising! 2
>Practicing with your powers 2
We need an even number
>Studying 2
>Making friends with your classmates 1

>>3008141
>>Exercising! [-2]
>>Practicing your kanji after school [-1]
>>Reading [-1] [thriller novel]
>>Practicing with your powers [-1]
>>Making friends with your classmates [-1]
>>Studying [-1]

>>Agree

>>Yes

>>3008141
>>Exercising! (-2)
make a habit out of jogging
>Reading -1
>Practicing with your powers -1

>Making friends with your classmates -1
>Studying -2


>Agree
>Yes

>>3008160
>Agree
>Yes

>>3008160
>>3008162
>>3008166
-2 Study, -2 Exercising, -1 Reading, -1 Practicing with Powers, -1 Making friends with your classmates

You diligently study to prepare for your end of term exams and are making good progress. You haven't taken any ranked tests yet though, so you don't know how good you are among your grade. It's probably above average.
You exercise more than before and end up making a pretty good habit of jogging. You make friends with that one tanned teenage girl since you jog that route a lot and find out that her name is Kaneko and that she's the ace of her high school's track team. She corrects your technique a bit and your running speed is improved. Kurosaki seems happy about your increased exercising.
You practice with your powers and work towards...
>Producing more arms
>Seeing if you could make the arms visible to others at will [as in specific people/all people on purpose, not visible all the time]
>Changing the size of your invisible arms
>Seeing if you could make more delicate movements with your arms
>Trying to multitask with the arms [ie making one arm sort through stuff while you do something else]
>Other [if feasible]

You read through the rest of your thriller novel among some other things and find that it was pretty good. You now know that cool guys don't look at explosions.
You maintain your relative popularity in your grade by hanging out a bit, and the few other popular kids outside of your class seem appeased by this, as if a balance of power has been struck. You're on decent terms with them for the time being.

>Date: Wednesday June 16th, 2004
You've got back from school and... some of your money is missing. You decided to keep 5,000 yen hidden in a box under your bed so that if you got mugged or something you wouldn't lose it all, but it's gone now. You...
>Interrogate the other kids at the orphanage like a god of war incarnate [1d100]
>Set a bounty of 1000 for whoever gets your 5000 yen back
>Investigate [1d100 + 5] (SHEALOKU HOLMSU)
>Other

Rolled 77 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>3008201
>>Seeing if you could make more delicate movements with your arms
>>Trying to multitask with the arms [ie making one arm sort through stuff while you do something else]

>>Investigate [1d100 + 5] (SHEALOKU HOLMSU)

Rolled 24 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>3008201
>Producing more arms
Odd numbers are bad, unless we get nine. Then we can get a fox mask and exclusively eat chicken liver.

>Investigate

>>3008227
>>3008238
You look at the box where the money was and see that there's some short, black hair there. This is a clue! There are about six kids in the orphanage with short black hair. You...
>Interrogate them all [2d100 advantage]
>Search their stuff [1d100 luck]
>Other
You're not exactly remembering what you did over the past of couple of weeks while practicing your powers. Did you...
>See if you could make more delicate movements with your arms
>Try to multitask with the arms
>Produce more arms
[choose one, results not guaranteed tm]

Rolled 66, 7 = 73 (2d100)

>>3008265
>>Search their stuff [1d100 luck]
Last I heard people were afraid of me. We should not try to be more scary. We have our powers and temper under control
>>Produce more arms

Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>3008270
that was meant to be a 1d100

>>3008265
>>3008270
I insist we try to do something else than getting new arms. No amount of arms is gonna help if they're all useless.

>>3008286
I stop at 4, and strength we gain from other things.
Delicate movement have not been too important till now.
But for flying and enhanced running he wanted to have 4

>>3008300
Alright, guess we can wait a bit more. Four arms it is.

Rolled 93, 30 = 123 (2d100)

>>3008265
>Interrogate them all
Professionally, though. No need to use threats.
>Produce more
It's only because 3 is odd.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>3008270
>>3008286
>>3008316
rollin' for which search vs. interrogation

>>3008276
>>3008286
>>3008316
You practice towards getting another arm and feel that you're getting closer, but not sure how close you are. At this rate of practice it'll probably be at least a couple months.
After finding the black hair you interrogate the possible suspects. The boy you talk to very quickly breaks and hands the money back to you. You...
>Tell him the "Morales Committee" will be in contact with him for his fine
>Tell him he's joining the "Morales Committee" or you're telling the supervisors at the orphanage [2d100, advantage]
>Let him go without consequence
>Other

Rolled 35, 56 = 91 (2d100)

>>3008379
>>Tell him he's joining the "Morales Committee" or you're telling the supervisors at the orphanage [2d100, advantage]

Rolled 68, 47 = 115 (2d100)

>>3008379
>Tell him he's joining the "Morales Committee" or you're telling the supervisors at the orphanage [2d100, advantage]
This lost sheep needs guidance.

>>3008390
>>3008403
You manage to convince him to join the group, albeit reluctantly. The next day at school you show up and find that Sakamoto will be gone for two weeks due to "personal circumstances". For the time being you have a substitute teacher. After school you...
>Ask Aizawa-sensei why Sakamoto-sensei isn't at school
>Play laser tag/paint ball with Fukuda after you do your martial arts practice
>Gather people for a D&D 3.5E group
>Other

>>3008452
>>Ask Aizawa-sensei why Sakamoto-sensei isn't at school

>>3008452
>Ask Aizawa-sensei why Sakamoto-sensei isn't at school
>Gather people for a D&D 3.5E group
It can be a teamwork exercise for the committee.

>>3008459
>>3008472
You ask Aizawa-sensei why Sakamoto-sensei isn't at school and she seems to be mulling over telling you for a moment before she just goes "I'm not supposed to tell the students, but he went on a road trip of 'self-discovery' and so on and so forth. He could've at least waited until break, the rest of the faculty isn't exactly happy about it."
You talk to...
>Nakano (2d100 + 15, advantage)
>Hikaru
>Fukuda (2d100 + 20, advantage)
>Kurosaki
>Murata (2d100)
>Kaneko (2d100 - 20, advantage)
>Other
about joining the group first.

>>3008786
>"Does that mean you're not getting married?"

Rolled 7, 12 + 15 = 34 (2d100 + 15)

>>3008786
>Hikaru
>Kurosaki
>Nakano

Rolled 85, 82 + 20 = 187 (2d100 + 20)

>>3008843
>Fukuda

Rolled 83, 94 = 177 (2d100)

>>3008843
>Murata

Rolled 2, 82 + 20 = 104 (2d100 + 20)

>>3008860
>Kaneko

>>3008795
and ask this first

>>3008867
that was minus 20, not plus

>>3008795
>>3008843
Aizawa blushes for a moment before going on about how marriage is a lot of responsibility and how you should only do it with someone you love and have been with for a while. You assume that this is a tentative no.
You ask Hikaru and he goes along with it, partially because he doesn't want to disagree with you and partially because he seems interested.
You bring the subject up with Kurosaki and he seems... more excited than you expected. He says that he calls monk and that he'll bring his miniatures. Er, well then.
You call Fukuda up and ask about it and she notes that her Call of Cthulhu group just fell apart and says sure. That was easy.
After that you talk to Murata and he just stares you down and says "Can I bring in a homebrew class?"
>Sure
>No
You talk to Kaneko while you're jogging and she thinks about it for a moment before going "Eh, sure, tell me whenever it starts."
You decide to...
>See if the pawnshop has any modules to run
>Write something ahead of time to run (1d100)
>Wing it

Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>3008879
is a 6yo seriously going to GM a dnd group? And the teens just roll with it?
Oh well.
>No homebrew
might be easier, but we will have some work ou our hands just learning base stuff. We can add stuff later
>write the best campaign!

Rolled 83 (1d100)

>>3008879
>Write something ahead of time to run
This is gonna be dope

Rolled 28, 74 = 102 (2d100)

>>3008912
If I had a 6 year old offer to DM I would be interested in playing solely because of what a joke it would likely be.
>>3008912
>>3009013
Murata sighs and says "And so the glorious superbard is rejected once more." before saying "Alright, I'm in."
You write up something ahead of time to run that's so-so and prepare to run the campaign the next day (because hey, nobody was busy then).

Rolling for your grasp of the rules and your grasp how to properly run a game of D&D.

>>3009335
The session begins and you have...
>Hikaru, the cleric
>Kurosaki, the monk
>Fukada, the fighter
>Murata, the bard
>Kaneko, the person rapidly scribbling into their character sheet while glancing at the rules in the tavern. You begin to...
>railroad them beyond compare with your cheesy and so-so plot
>make very obvious hints to the plot and see if they take it
>do absolutely nothing and see if they find it on their own
>Other

>>3009346
>do absolutely nothing and see if they find it on their own
Maybe give some sublte hints

>>3009385
You drop no hints towards your main questline, thinking that the oh-so-clever adventurers will find your well laid plot easily. Instead they, in an act of chaotic totally-neutral-not-evil murderhoboness end up getting in a scuffle with and killing another patron at the tavern. You...
>Continue letting them do what they wish
>Railroad them towards the quest
>Drop some major hints to where they're supposed to go
>Send the town guards at them
>Rocks fall, everybody dies
>Other

>>3009727
>>Continue letting them do what they wish
This is going to be fun

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>>3009802
You don't really interfere with their actions and they, partially through decision and partially through some unfortunate accidents, end up killing the proprietor of the bar, whose employees are not there. You watch as they attempt to pretend they own the bar, preparing a plan to greet the employees in the morning.
You are...
>Going to continue let them do what they wish
>Railroad them towards the quest
>Not going to let them convince anyone that they're the new owners in the morning
>Going to let them convince the employees if they roll well enough
>Rocks fall, everyone dies
>Other

>>3009822
>Going to let them convince the employees if they roll well enough
They have to be responsible now though

>>3009822
>Going to let them convince the employees if they roll well enough
This is the best thing that could've happened.

Rolled 10 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>3010207
>>3010217
Rolling for how well they rolled.

>>3010207
>>3010217
You let them convince the employees if they roll well enough, and through what you feel is a slightly cheaty diplomancer of a bard, they manage to do so, averting their other plan of "doing that Weekend at Bernie's shit with the corpse of the owner". They're now (questionably) the owners of a small, rundown tavern and have two corpses to dispose of in the back of the tavern. Currently they're trying to find the deed to the place and get rid of the corpses. You...
>Force an alignment change to evil for everyone. (this would mess with some classes in 3.5E iirc but I only know that Paladin is one of them so i'm going to assume that Jigoku doesn't know either)
>Send in the town guards
>Just let them do whatever they're doing
>Tavern falls, everyone dies
>Other

>>3010223
>The owner's son comes to visit them

>>3010250
The owner's son comes to visit and when he asks where the owner is the party introduces themselves as the owners. This confuses and angers the son greatly before you see Murata convince the son it was a sudden sale and to at least hear them out since they have the deed upstairs. The son follows Murata and Fukuda up the stairs before they kill him as well. Kurosaki is laughing his ass off while Hikaru is mostly just confused. Kaneko is... not doing much to be honest. Mostly just taking care of the actual customers in the game. You...
>Force an alignment change to evil for everyone, there was a line between CN and E and we're way past it.
>Send in the town guards
>Just let them do whatever they're doing
>Tavern falls, everyone dies
>Other

>>3010275
>get a little bit pissy
Have partons come who gossip too much, and unsubtly hint at the main quest this time

>>3010281
You begin hinting towards the main quest that you had planned and the party begins discussing sending someone out to complete it. They put up a flyer in the tavern. Of course, they can't do this as they currently have bodies to dispose of and a respectable establishment to run. They've found the dead and are currently trying to sneak the bodies out of the city using some magic, perfume, and their cart. You...
>Have the guards find the bodies.
>Let them continue
>Have the quest giver literally walk into the tavern and ask them to do it.
>Dragon falls, everybody dies
>Other

>>3010286
>The bodies become undead because of their desire for vengeance and manage to bite one of them! A magical infection will spread and kill them if they don't find the at the end of the quest!

I've never played, so I'm not sure if this is something that can happen.

>>3010309
*find the cure

>>3010309
>>3010318
Never played either, but if possible, +1

can we hurry up GMing so we can be QM'd again?
Try to incorporate Hikaru and Kaneko a bit more though.

>>3010939
if this is a comment on my speed, I pulled an all-nighter playing Rimworld and on my schedule am basically dead right now. If it's on pacing, D&D sessions only last so long in the first place so it'll end soon.
>>3010309
>>3010514
You tell thim this and you see looks of exasperation fall over most of their faces before Kurosaki says "But that doesn't make any sense!" See, you didn't really make any flavor reason why this made sense, and even if you did they'd think it was bullshit. You just kinda told them that they're going to die if they don't complete the test. Even if only one PC was bitten. They all agree to ignore this, as their characters would, as possibly leave the one they may actually suspect of carrying a disease to die. You decide to...
>Plague, everyone dies
>Tavern falls, everyone dies
>Town guards storm in, everyone guys
>say screw it, you guys can do what you want
>Other

>>3011115
>>Plague, everyone dies
describe how their teeth fall out and bones turn to yellow and how their characters, even if someone cares for them are unable to properly eat anymore and will starve to death.

>>3011132
Supporting, we're spookier than the average 1st grader.

>>3011115
guards walk in with a lawyer thats saying saying someone has made a illegal deal here and not paid for the ownership transfer papers and how the last owner had not paid there morgage on the building and how the last owner had skipped to pay taxes and that now because they can find the old owner they now hold the dept and how they simply can pay it back with interest or they cna give the building back and they need to reposes some items to make up for the loss

>>3011148
simply adult spookyness and constant financial fear and a get of YOUR ASSES AND DO STUFF to our players and a small punishment
or
just let them do what they want

>>3011132
>>3011140
You very descriptively murder all of their players , ignoring all the reasons they're presenting as to why they shouldn't die. The entire party has been eradicated, and with it, your D&D group have been. Hikaru and Kaneko are ultimately confused while Fukuda, Hikaru, and Murata have laughed their asses off and are saying something about a "partywipe by train". You feel like you've learned a lot about the natural instincts of player characters in tabletop games today. You take this lesson
>Date: Saturday June 19th, 2004
>Play laser tag/paint ball with Fukuda
>Ask Kurosaki about the current states of the tournament and who might win
>Ask Kurosaki if there's some last minute special technique or something he can teach you before the tournament like the stuff from shonen manga
>See what a track meet looks like, Kaneko mentioned there was a high school one nearby after her character died
>Other

>>3011160
>Ask Kurosaki if there's some last minute special technique or something he can teach you before the tournament like the stuff from shonen manga
I hope he's actually been training us, because I'm stoked to do some shounen bullshit.

>>3011160
>>See what a track meet looks like, Kaneko mentioned there was a high school one nearby after her character died

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>3011201
>>3011205
rollin'

>>3011205
You decide to head to the track meet and see people who are probably aged from the 6th grade to the last year of high school. They're almost all in shorts and you see them stretch for a while before they begin running in groups of five. They're... fast. Unbelievably fast. They remind you of Goku or something. As you watch the heats you notice that Kaneko is about to run the 200m dash. Next to you there are about five people who have a banner with her school on it. You...
>Watch the race normally
>Cheer for her alone
>Have been cheering for, and will cheer for your Elementary School every race because maybe they'll have someone competing
>Cheer for her with her school group
>Get closer to the track and see if you can trip anyone who gets ahead of her
>Other

>>3011390
>>Cheer for her with her school group

(yay, first time that the roll landed on my suggestion)

>>3011390
>Cheer for her with her school group
She'd be disappointed if she found out we rigged it.
>>3011407
Congrats, anon.

>>3011407
You cheer her with her school group but your focus keeps being interrupted by the guy in classes next yo you. You here him speaking more quickly than you could've imagined and can only make out a few lines such as "The 200 meter dash relies on experience in addition to pure speed due to the curve which isn't in the 100 meter dash. Curve technique can be just as important as pure speed here and can make up to tenths of a seconds of a difference." and so on and so forth. He also really likes adjusting his glasses. Well then. Kaneko is in 2nd in her group of two and loses by a hair. As she nears you she loudly swears before going "Fuck, I was hoping to beat her. I should be able to qualify for regionals but shit!" she then notices you and goes "Oh, hi Jigoku-chan." before swearing some more. You...
>Ask her if the guy in the glasses is trying to become a sports commentator
>Congratulate her
>Say nothing and leave
>Other

After you're done talking to her you'll....
>Head home and study
>Play laser tag/paint ball with Fukuda
>Ask Kurosaki about the current states of the tournament and who might win
>Ask Kurosaki if there's some last minute special technique or something he can teach you before the tournament like the stuff from shonen manga
>See if there's anything interesting nearby [1d100 luck]
>Other

>>3011465
*next to you. You hear him
typos forever
update when I do some of this mymathlab bullshit, Calc 2 at my uni is pain, 50% median on this last test

>>3011465
>>Congratulate her

>>Ask Kurosaki if there's some last minute special technique or something he can teach you before the tournament like the stuff from shonen manga

Rolled 69 (1d100)

>>3011465
>Congratulate her
>See if there's anything interesting nearby [1d100 luck]
come on dice

>>3011465
>Congratulate her
Saying nothing would be funny though

>Ask Kurosaki if there's some last minute special technique or something he can teach you before the tournament like the stuff from shonen manga

>>3011473
Good luck

>>3011484
69 now that's interesting

Would we still have time to visit Kurosaki later? If so, I can't help but wonder what 69 gets us.

>>3011513
Assuming you don't put a ton of time into whatever you find, sure, there's time.
>>3011482
>>3011484
>>3011487
You congratulate Kaneko on her sprint and she grumbles and swears more about "That damn Ando." and mutters something like "how can she even run that fast with udders that big". Her friends mostly stifle laughter while talking to her. The glasses man is still adjusting his glasses. Maybe he needs new ones.
You take a look around the neighborhood and come across two groups of three tough looking teenagers staring each other down. Just when you think it's about to be a fight you see one of them begin to beatbox before another starts rapping. The third of the group starts breakdancing. This continues for a verse before the other group starts up. The whole cycle repeats a few times, and you're pretty sure you just saw a real street rap battle. After seeing this spectacle you...
>Drop some sick lyrics on these guys [two 2d100 with disadvantage]
>Show off your sick breakdancing skills [2d100, disadvantage]
>Declare one side the winner despite nobody asking your opinion
>Politely clap
>Other

>>3011686
>>Politely clap

Rolled 38, 56 = 94 (2d100)

>>3011686
>Show off your sick breakdancing skills [2d100, disadvantage]

Rolled 81, 56 = 137 (2d100)

>>3011686
>Show off your sick breakdancing skills [2d100, disadvantage]

>>3011708
>>3011735
>>3011777
You drop your "sick" breakdancing skills and the teenagers burst out into laughter before going "G'job man, g'job. That's sick." while still laughing their asses off. One of them tries to correct you on the move you imitated but you aren't really getting it. Oh well.
You head over to the library ask Kurosaki if there's any sort of technique you can learn at the last minute like in shonen manga that will let you win the tournament.
He starts thinking for a moment before going "Well, maybe, but we have today, tomorrow, and if you're fine with pretending you're doing some volunteer project or something that could get you out of school four more days after that until you need to stop training before the tournament. So, we have less than six days if you want to master the technique since you'd need to rest for the other one and a half. This would be truly hellish training, and results would not be guaranteed. I do have a couple of ideas though. Actually, make that three. Two of them would be "special moves" you're thinking of, and the last one would just be me trying to polish your technique. Are you interested?"
>Yes, I need to win
>No, that sounds like a pain
>Other

>>3011828
>Yes, I need to win
We're a good student, so I'm sure we can make up the work relatively easily.

>>3011873
You say "I'm interested Kurosaki-sensei, I need to win." before he happily nods and goes "Alright young warrior. Well then, we have three options. I can teach you one of the more advanced moves of the Black Vortex Dragoncrusher Style and you can try to use that as your trump card, we can polish your technique for the next six days, or we can see if you're able to access a strand of chi within the next six days which is... extremely unlikely, but worth mentioning. You'd effectively be able to use it to strengthen one of your attacks or speed up your reaction time at one point in the tournament. That's other than the long-term benefits." You reply with...
>Chi? Is that actually real?
>Let's polish my technique
>Let's learn one of those 'advanced moves' you mentioned.
>Chi. I want chi. That sounds cool.
>Other

>>3011898
>Let's polish my technique
I just feel like we should do things in order, if that makes sense.

>>3011898
>Chi? Is that actually real?
might be

>>3011928
>>3012389
You tell him that you want him to polish your technique for the time left and he goes "Alright, that's the safest option. You're not incredibly talented, but from what I can tell you're picking this up faster than most would, so by then your moves shouldn't look so... chunky and disjointed."
After that you go "Chi? Is that actually real?" before he indignantly huffs and goes "Of course chi is real! Just because the rest of the world refuses to acknowledge that fact doesn't mean it's not!" he then leaves for a moment before you see him carrying a book on dieting, something he says "people won't miss". He places it on a counter about eight feet away from him and says "Alright, watch closely." before he punches the air. You notice that his moves look different from when he was fighting the Souths and more competent overall. A moment passes and you're just about to call the geezer out when you see the book split into two pieces and fly until it hits the wall. Kurosaki then smugly looks at you and says "You wouldn't be able to do it even if you managed to get a strand of chi, but that's one of the uses of it there." while striking a cool pose. You...
>Think it's time for a training montage
>Want to ask who signed up for the teenage division and who will probably win
>Want to ask why chi isn't well-known if it really exists
>Other

>>3012461
>>Want to ask why chi isn't well-known if it really exists

>>3012466
Kurosaki shrugs and goes "Most normal practitioners can't use it and as far as I know nobody can shoot beams of energy with it or do weird mystical shit for the most part, so I guess they just think we're fakes. I remember that back in the 70s there was a concentrated effort to go public with this but they all just assumed it was martial arts dojos trying to rip them off." Kurosaki stops talking for a moment before you hear him mutter "It's actually kinda funny" to himself.
>Think it's time for a training montage
>Want to ask who signed up for the teenage division and who will probably win
>Other

>>3012467
>Think it's time for a training montage
We already know Fukuda is going to win.

>>3012485
You train for about six days and six nights, Kurosaki shoving all of his work onto the Souths and the other employees at the library while he trains you in the library's basement. You notice that eight sets of mats that make up 10x10 feet areas are scattered across the floor and are most likely the arena for the tournament.
You go through physical training every day until you get tired, upon which point Kurosaki either makes you eat a bitter bean (which you later learned is called a 'coffee bean') and continue doing less taxing movement practice or... meditate. Meditation is boring, but you guess it's good for something, otherwise you wouldn't be learning it.
By the end of this six days of extreme training, along with your former training sessions, you've learned that the Black Vortex Dragoncrusher Style is a style which focuses on...
>Punches
>Kicks
>Throws
>The vitals
>Other
Your training is done and you can feel that your movements have become far smoother than before. As Kurosaki put it, "Now you won't completely embarrass me. Get at 'em young warrior." Friday, the day before the sports tournament, you...
>Go with Fukuda to see the North's preliminaries for the teenage division of the tournament
>Get Hikaru to teach you that board game he was playing in the Morales Committee room
>Catch up on your studies with Nakano
>Other

>>3012505
>Throws
>Catch up on your studies with Nakano

>>3012505
>The vitals
>Catch up on your studies with Nakano

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>3012513
>>3012516
rolling for Throws vs. Vitals

>>3012513
>>3012516
The Black Vortex Dragoncrusher Style is one which focuses on targeting the opponent's vitals, whether it's to knock them out or to kill them. It can be harder to hit the opponent when aiming for the vitals, but the damage inflicted makes up for it.
You study with Nakano at her grandmother's house, but she seems happier while doing it and she's actually willing to take breaks now. She still seems smarter than you though, so that appears to be a constant.
Another day passes and it's time for the sports day in the morning, the fighting tournament after school, and the teenage division of the tournament at night.
In the morning you see that there are a lot of parents visiting the school for sports day and the teachers are helping set up equipment for some of the events. Apparently the winning class is supposed to get a pizza party. You...
>Cheat with the arms for your class, we're getting that pizza party
>Are waiting for the dodgeball event to start, you'll go and get it yourself
>Other

>>3012565
>pace around because our title as dodgeball queen is on the line and we only got that through cheating.

>>3012571
Nah, we didn't cheat.

>>3012565
>Are waiting for the dodgeball event to start, you'll go and get it yourself
We're gonna send kids home crying and bereft of pizza.

>>3012571
>>3012577
You think to yourself "Crap, I could lose my title as Dodgeball Queen. I mean, nobody ever called me that, but still! I only got it through che-, err, using Hikaru as bait in a highly advanced maneuver. High advanced maneuver, yeah, I technically didn't cheat. I thought about it, but I didn't. Maybe I can use people as bait again this time. Yeah, it'll go fine, just let them be bait!"
Relatively soon the dodgeball event is up and you're in the first of two games for your class. You..
>Attempt to catch and throw the balls while making cool martial arts noises and make your motions as close to moves from practice as possible in order to strike fear into the enemy [1d70]
>Bait people and throw the balls from behind them, just like last time [1d100]
>Use your invisible arms to stealthily keep your balls on course and play normally [1d100 + 25]
>Other

Rolled 81 + 25 (1d100 + 25)

>>3012581
>Use your invisible arms to stealthily keep your balls on course and play normally [1d100 + 25]

>>3012582
See, totally not cheating. We're just taking advantage of our natural abilities.

Rolled 41 (1d70)

>>3012581
>Attempt to catch and throw the balls
>WITHOUT making cool martial arts noises and make unnecessary motions
>make them learn fear anyway

>>3012582
>>3012588
You use your arms to stabilize the courses of your balls for ten feet after your throw them and seem akin to Artemis with a bow, a god of dodgeball in earthly form. The game is quickly over and your team is 1-0. The class you just beat loses their next game as well, meaning the second game decides the victor. You...
>Intimidate them by making a speech about the true skill needed in dodgeball, and how they lack both the skill and the thirst for battle to win [2d100, advantage]
>Play normally [1d100]
>Use your arms like last game, it worked well last time, may as well use it here too [1d100 + 25]
>Use your arms and both a sword and a shield. No ball will touch you nor will any miss your opponents. [10d100, highest roll counts]
>Other

Rolled 22 (1d70)

>>3012589
Made me think 1 inch punch

>>3012597
*arms as both a sword and a shield
that typo is unfortunate

Rolled 55 + 25 (1d100 + 25)

>>3012597
>>Use your arms like last game, it worked well last time, may as well use it here too [1d100 + 25]
If we'd use them as shields, people could notice
just up our attack stat

>>3012598
I thought that reply was supporting the other one, oops, my bad.

>>3012601
It was, I just like rolling.

Rolled 53 + 25 (1d100 + 25)

>>3012597
>Use your arms like last game, it worked well last time, may as well use it here too [1d100 + 25]
Maybe we could try slowing incoming balls slightly.

>>3012600
>>3012605
Your performance lags behind that of last game, partially due to luck and partially due to the fact that the other team is standing much further away from you than before, but you win the game. Your class is that much closer to the elusive reward of pizza, and you've retained your self-proclaimed title as the Dodgeball Queen.
You watch the rest of the events and see that Hikaru is way faster than you expected and that Nakano is even less athletic than you expected. All in all, it was a pretty good day at school. Your class barely clenches first in the grade and you have been promised pizza for your valiant efforts. You now head over to the library and see Kurosaki standing outside in a suit. He sees you and says "Hello young warrior, the tournament is starting in a couple of hours for your division. There were 37 entries in total. I'm about to go collect the laminated printouts for the brackets, do you want me to make sure you aren't one of the 10 to have to fight an extra round?" You respond...
>Sure
>No, leave it up to chance (1d37)
After Kurosaki gets back with the brackets (you notice that the high school division has 64 people exactly), Kurosaki turns to you and says "So, we have some time before this gets started. Do you want me to go over the financials and how the teenagers decided who to send and such, or is that too boring."
>Go over the financials
>Go over how the teenagers selected contestants
>Both of the above
>No, I don't care
>Other

Rolled 15 (1d37)

>>3012621
>>No, leave it up to chance (1d37)

>>Go over the financials

>>3012625
+1

Rolled 1 (1d37)

>>3012621
>No, leave it up to chance (1d37)
>Both of the above

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>>3012625
>>3012628
>>3012630
It seems that chance has decided against you, and you slated for an extra round. You also notice that you're supposed to be fighting Hikaru the round after that. You almost feel bad for him.
You ask Kurosaki about the financials and how the participants in the teenage bracket were decided and he says "Well, first I'll go over the financials."
"We're making 3,600 yen from the entry fees of the kids, 25,600 yen from the teenagers, and 30,000 yen from the food stand's fee. 10,000 is being spent on the employee who's managing the gambling, 20,000 has been spent on renting the mats, decorating the place a bit, getting the brackets made, that sort of thing, and I'm spending 20,000 so that we actually have someone on staff doing first-aid who knows what they're doing. That means the profits will be 9,200 yen plus whatever cut we get of the gambling. I had it set at a pretty low 3% fee, but we could change it if you want." You...
>Lower the fee to 1%
>Decide to leave it at 3%
>Raise the fee to 5%
>Other
You decide to...
>Keep the profits for yourself
>Give 25% to Kurosaki
>Give half to Kurosaki
>Other
Kurosaki then begins explaining how the teenagers decided who was competing. "Well, the teenagers wanted an even 64 person bracket so the six gangs who were organizing groups to formally go agreed on an amount of representatives each group could send. The Norths sent 12, the Souths sent 10, the Thorns sent 8, the Reapers sent 7, the Gold Rose Gang sent 6, and The Riders sent 5. This made up 75% of the participants. The other 16 were people who held their own preliminary. They were either from gangs who didn't want to organize a group to come or were just strong teenagers who heard about the event." Hm. Well then.
You...
>Have more questions to ask
>Wait until the tournament starts, yay fighting!

>>3012657
>Decide to leave it at 3%
>Ask how much of it he wants, after all, he managed most of it
>Wait until the tournament starts, yay fighting!

>>3012657
>Decide to leave it at 3%
>Give half to Kurosaki
>Wait until the tournament starts, yay fighting!

>>3012668
This

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>3012664
>>3012668
rollin on fee

>>3012668
>>3012687
You tell Kurosaki that he'll get half the profits and he says "Alright, I'll take it as a fee for running the tournament and for teaching you since I'd feel bad taking that much for this when I'm mostly just having fun."
The tournament starts up in a couple of hours and you see that the venue is a bit more empty than you thought. A lot of the Souths are there early since it's on their turf, and you see Kurosaki hanging out with a few other old men who are wearing martial arts outfits, but besides that it's mostly just kids from your school watching from now. There's also Fukuda, who says she'll loudly cheer for you. Good to know.
The first match passes, and one of the people in it seemed to be pretty powerful. You should be able to beat them, but you're not sure.
Due to the way the rules are worded pocket sand and ball bearings don't count as weapons. You...
>Keep them on you just in case, it doesn't violate my rules
>Leave them outside the ring, I'd probably look like a jerk
For the first match your opponent is a little girl who doesn't appear to be very strong at all. You...
>Go all out from the start
>Go easy on them
>Other

tournament resumes in about 2.5 hours, I have a lecture and dinner

>>3012700
>Leave them outside the ring, I'd probably look like a jerk
>Go easy on them
push her out the ring or use a technicality to make her lose

>>3012700
>Leave them outside the ring, I'd probably look like a jerk
>Go easy
Don't waste energy, but take them seriously take them out quickly.

>>3012700
>Leave them outside the ring, I'd probably look like a jerk
>Go easy on them

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>>3012710
>>3012731
>>3012734
You go easy on them and just land a normal punch to their abdomen, aiming to push them off of the stage afterwards. Instead they start crying after you punch them and give up. Er, well then. You can hear Fukuda loudly yelling "Yeah, kick their as- oh, nevermind, stop, stop!" after she gives up. You've easily won your first round match and the tournament continues as normal, the other first round matches finishing up shortly after yours. Most of the people being eliminated seemed pretty weak besides one match that dragged on between some second-graders. They only lost after one of them got held down for 10 seconds.
After the first round is over Kurosaki walks up to the center of the mats and loudly yells "Welcome to the 6 to 8 year-old division of the first annual Morales Committee Fighting Tournament! Today we fight for fame, money, and glory, but there can only be one winner among all of the warriors here today! Now, to shortly readdress some of the rules, no attacks to the groin or eyes and no weapons are allowed. A winner is decided when one person touches the outside of the arena, gives up, is incapacitated, declared unfit to fight, or is pinned for 10 seconds or longer. The best of luck to all of you."
Kurosaki then tells the first four matches in block A to queue up, and you see the other old men with him take places to judge the matches. The matches end pretty uneventfully for the most part and now you're up against Hikaru. He seems rather scared. You...
>Tell him to give up since you don't want to hurt him [2d100, advantage]
>Quickly go to pin him [1d100 + 30]
>Quickly go to pin him and use your invisible arms to help hold him down once he's pinned [1d100 + 50]
>Go for some quick hits to get him to the edge of the arena [1d100 + 30]
>Other

>>3013056
>Quickly go to pin him [1d100 + 30]
We don't actually want to hurt him so he gets to be pinned against our loli chest

Rolled 35 + 30 (1d100 + 30)

>>3013071
I should have rolled too

Rolled 63, 46 = 109 (2d100)

>>3013056
>Tell him to give up since you don't want to hurt him [2d100, advantage]

Rolled 88, 34 = 122 (2d100)

>>3013056
>Tell him to give up

>>3013110
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XPY5P0TaC4k

>>3013094
>>3013110
You tell him "To give up and just walk away or to see the horrors of fighting me." and he's ultimately too intimidated to fight you. Having suffered from your powers at the orphanage and seen the true face of the Dodgeball Queen, Hikaru declares his loss. You hear some very confused cheering from Fukuda as she goes from "Yeah, kick this one's ass!" to "Wha- I guess that works too, yeah, intimidate the shit out of them!"
The other participants seem confused but don't really say anything, even if it'd be expected that someone complain when you just win your match through talking. You watch the rest of the matches and there's not really much to note for the time being. Either people are holding back their true strength because they don't have to use it all yet, or most of the people here are pretty weak.
As the third round starts the old men start doing the matches two at a time in order to "make them seem more important", in Kurosaki's words.
As your match approaches you're fighting a 1st-grade boy who doesn't seem particularly athletic or unathletic. You...
>Go for his solar plexus to stun him [1d100]
>Aim for his head with your hands while trying to trip his feet [1d100]
>Go into martial arts stance and wait for him to attack
>Punch him in the face [1d100]
>Other

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>>3013150
forgot pic

Rolled 27 (1d100)

>>3013150
>Aim for his head with your hands while trying to trip his feet [1d100]

blood for the blood god
outmaneuver him

>>3013150
>Go into martial arts stance and wait for him to attack
We should talk to Hikaru about how he made the right decision by forfeiting.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>3013158
>>3013164
RNGesus take the wheel

>>3013150
>Go into martial arts stance and wait for him to attack

>>3013191
second vote overrides dice since I hadn't posted yet
>>3013164
>>3013191
You go into a martial arts stance and wait for him to attack. After a moment he goes for a punch to your face and you easily dodge it since you were focusing. He swung too wide so he's still open. You...
>Go for an uppercut
>Use your body to pull him to ground and pin him since you're in his guard
>Headbutt him in the nose
>Other

>>3013196
>Use your body to pull him to ground and pin him since you're in his guard

>>3013196
>Use your body to pull him to ground and pin him since you're in his guard

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>>3013200
>>3013202
You pull him to the ground with your momentum and keep him on the ground for ten seconds despite his struggling, although you're not that much stronger than him. You can hear more of Fukuda cheering and she seems happier now that she doesn't have to change her cheers to accommodate weird stuff happening.
None of the other matches are particularly eventful besides a couple more tooth and nail struggles in the 3rd round, one between two people who seem pretty strong, and one between what appear to be two of the weakest people in the tournament.
The fourth round comes and Kurosaki takes center stage once more, saying that "Now that the quarterfinals are here, we're down to the eight strongest and bravest warriors here. We'll now observe their matches one by one as a show of respect and to give the glory and attention deserved to them." You can hear the other martial arts geezers that are with him muttering something about "That melodramatic idiot." while he speaks.
The match after his announcement is... surprisingly entertaining. The kid that you initially thought was pretty strong goes up to his opponent and attempts to punch him before the other one catches it mid-air. You could see the fist struggling to move after getting caught, but it couldn't do anything. This was followed by him grabbing for the other hand, succeeding, and headbutting the boy who attacked first several times, along with some guttural yells. After this the fight was finished with a short brawl between the two which the headbutter dominated. You guess you have an opponent to look forward to next round.
Your opponent for this round is a boy from your class who you recognize as being slightly more fit than average. You...
>Try to throw a feint even though you haven't really been taught how (Fukuda was too focused showing you how to fight dirty for this) [1d60]
>Aim for his head with your hands while trying to trip his feet [1d100]
>Go into martial arts stance and wait for him to attack
>Punch him in the face [1d100]

Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>3013220
>>Aim for his head with your hands while trying to trip his feet [1d100]
going for this again

>>3013228
You throw a punch toward's the boy's face which he manages to dodge, but before he knows what hit him your leg has swept his feet, making him trip and sending him falling towards the ground. You...
>Jump on top of him for a pin
>Knee him in the nose and then try to pin him
>Throw a kick at his chest
>Other

Rolled 34 (1d100)

>>3013220
Aim for his head with your hands while trying to trip his feet [1d100]
The harder they fall.

>>3013238
*and he manages to dodge
you forget how much you rely on old forums' edit buttons until you don't have them

>>3013238
>Throw a kick at his chest

>>3013238
>atomic elbow drop on him before pining him down to the ground

>>3013247
I'll just switch to this

>>3013247
>>3013246
You drop your elbow at him, increasing the speed he hits the mat before you hold him down. After a few seconds he starts struggling and by the 7th you think he might break free. You...
>Use your invisible arms to hold him down
>Just keep pinning him down [1d100]

Rolled 36 (1d100)

>>3013260
>>Just keep pinning him down [1d100]

Rolled 79 (1d100)

>>3013260

>>3013262
You keep trying to pin him down and just barely make it to the 10-second mark before he manages to push you off. He sighs before he goes "Good match." and leaves. There is more cheering from Fukuda. She's REALLY loud, wow. You think you also heard her yell "I bet 2,000 yen on you, you better win the tournament!" That's encouraging.
The next match consisted of a couple pretty capable people having an interesting fight while the one after that was a curbstomp. Well then.
Now it's time for the semifinals and you can see groups of teenagers slowly flowing in, gathering up, chatting, buying food, that sort of thing. The betting is pretty empty for the most part since they aren't interested in watching kids fight, but you saw Murata and Fukuda place bets earlier.
You enter the mat and see a large 2nd-grade boy standing before you who apparently has a really strong skull based off of what happened last round. The match starts and you...
>Make some space and wait for him to approach
>Get into a martial arts stance and wait where you are
>Try to throw a feint even though you haven't really been taught how [1d60]
>Punch him [1d100]
>Kick him in the chest [1d100]
>Use your hands to hold his arms down slightly and then punch him in the face [1d100 + 40]
>Other

>>3013287
>Make some space and wait for him to approach
he has mass on his side so we should use his momentum against him

>>3013287
>Make some space and wait for him to approach
We should make him throw his weight around to tire him out

>>3013294
>>3013307
You move back and he charges towards you faster than you expected. You manage to dodge and move back once more. This repeats a few times but he doesn't seem to be getting tired any faster than you. You...
>Continue this until one of you start getting short of breath [1d100]
>Get into a martial arts stance and wait where you are
>Try to throw a feint even though you haven't really been taught how [1d60]
>Punch him [1d100]
>Kick him in the chest [1d100]
>Use your hands to hold his arms down slightly and then punch him in the face [1d100 + 40]
>Other

Rolled 69 (1d100)

>>3013312
>Continue this until one of you start getting short of breath [1d100]
+
>trip him when possible

Rolled 37 (1d100)

>>3013320

>>3013320
>>3013326
You keep doing this back and forth, the dodging occasionally being by a very thin margin, before you notice him slowing down slightly. You take this chance and go to trip him and he begins falling towards the ground. You...
>Try to pin him [3d100, lowest number counts]
>Aim a hit for his throat
>Go for his solar plexus
>Throw an uppercut at him
>Try to kick him towards the edge of the arena [1d100]

>>3013349
>Throw an uppercut at him

Rolled 38 (1d100)

>>3013349
>Try to kick him towards the edge of the arena [1d100]

>>3013353
You throw an uppercut at him and come back with a bloody fist as you see him begin to get up. You...
>Step back and wait for him to get up
>Punch him in the face again
>Other

>>3013393
>swipe at his feet and keep him from getting up, then trying to pin him again

>>3013402
Was gonna suggest same thing

Rolled 39 (1d100)

>>3013402
>>3013415

>>3013402
>>3013415
You swipe at his feet and he slips partially, but doesn't fall back down to the ground completely. He manages to grab one of your feet and you...
>Kick him in the face with the other one
>Try to pull your foot out of his grip [3d100, lowest roll]
>Use your hands along with your foot to try to pull out of the grip [1d100]
>Other

Rolled 80 (1d100)

>>3013425
Thunder clap him!

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>>3013432
Urban dictionary isn't helping, is that the act of loudly clapping your hands onto his head or what.

>>3013440
Yeah, I mean slapping his ears.

>>3013449
You loudly slap your hands onto his ears and he flinches, disconcerted by the sound. His hands reflexively travel towards his ears, but by then your hands have moved away from his head. With this opening you...
>Kick him in the face [1d100]
>Kick him in the side [1d100]
>Punch him in the face again [1d100]
>Step back and wait for him to get up
>Other

>>3013457
>>Kick him in the face [1d100]
WHO LOVES PUNCH?

Rolled 36 (1d100)

>>3013464
rolling

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>3013457
>Kick him in the face [1d100]
Gotta have a nice finisher

>>3013464
>>3013479
You kick him in the face and blood sprays out of his nose, dripping onto your foot and onto the mat. As he tries to say something you kick him in the face again, and a bit more blood sprays out. You hear the kid saying to stop before you...
>Try to roll him off of the arena [1d100]
>Attempt to pin him [1d100]
>Attempt to pin him with the help of your invisible arms [1d100 + 30]
>Other

>>3013483
>stop
why is stop not an option if he says so?

>>3013490
You stop and he begins to get up and says "I'm going to get you back for this. You're going to hurt more than me when this is over and I'm going to win the money."
>Kick him in the face again [1d100]
>Kick him in the chest again [1d100]
>Punch him in the chest and try to pin him [2d100, disadvantage]
>Ask Kurosaki at what point he'll be considered incapacitated
>Wait for him to get up
>Other
>>3013490
because Jigoku expected this

Rolled 47, 77 = 124 (2d100)

>>3013516
>Punch him in the chest and try to pin him

>expected this
Good, she's a smart girl

>>3013516
>"Oh come on, you said stop as if to surrender!"
cheat ourselves
>Punch him in the face while tripping him with our invisible arms

>>3013535
+1
He's going back to the ground

>>3013535
>>3013547
>wanting to use our arms this far in
Come on guys, we can do this without them.

>>3013561
I mean, what he did was a dick move, I say fuck him

>>3013561
Also, old martial arts dudes are bound to notice.

>>3013577
It was obvious and a stupid move to stop.
I just think it's a waste when we're perfectly capable of beating without the arms.

>>3013578
>Also, old martial arts dudes are bound to notice.
uhm.... we used.... Chi?

>>3013587
Like, if we were going to use the arms then we should've done so from the beginning. But at this point I'd rather just fight without their assistance unless we actually need to use them.

>>3013598
just this once

>>3013535
>>3013547
He seems confused for a moment before he yells "That doesn't count!" He gets up and moves towards you before you trip him with your arms and punch him in the face again on the way down. You can hear him sadly go "Why did I have to trip now?!" as this happens you can hear Fukuda's cheering turn into raucous laughter. He doesn't seem to have much fighting spirit left in him.
>Pin him [1d100 + 30]
>Slowly kick him out of the arena [1d100]
>Other

Rolled 70 + 30 (1d100 + 30)

>>3013624
>Pin him [1d100 + 30]
true to our word, no more invisiarms usage

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>>3013627
You pin them down and they struggle but ultimately don't break free. They probably could, but their resolve seems gone after being punched and kicked in the face over... and over... and over...
You've won the much and the teenagers seem to be amused and the next match of the semifinals begins. You go near the three old martial arts geezers who aren't refereeing right now and they just laughing about how "the little kid tripped on nothing" and how stupid he looked. You thought they might suspect you, but uh, guess not.
The next match is won when one of the boys charges at the other and is consequently grabbed and swung out of the ring.
The loser of that match and the person you beat up face off in a 3rd place match and the person you beat up, although he seems more injured, wins without too much trouble.
You approach the ring for the final match after another cheesy speech from Kurosaki, and notice that there are hundreds of teenagers crowding around now. Activity at the betting table has picked up as a few of them decided to bet on the finals for this division and far more have prepared to set up initial bets for the upcoming high school division. You...
>Taunt the opponent into attacking you [2d100, advantage versus DC decided by another 1d100 i'll roll]
>Wait in a martial arts stance for him to attack
>Try to stun him with a punch to the throat [1d100]
>Try to put him in a clinch and headbutt him [1d100]
>Try to use your signature move: punch to the face [1d100]

>>3013645
so far we have not taken any real damage, have we?

>Wait in a martial arts stance for him to attack

>>3013650
Not really, no. This guy might have taken one or two hits, but nothing serious so far.

You wait for him to attack and eventually he begins closing in before you see one hand go to grab for your shirt while the other goes for your opposite shoulder. You...
>Dodge [1d100]
>Try to counterpunch him [1d100]
>Try to grab his arms and headbutt him [1d100]
>Other

>>3013645
>The next match is won when one of the boys charges at the other and is consequently grabbed and swung out of the ring.

also: get ready to dodge

... too late

>>3013661
>dodge

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>3013661
>Dodge

>>3013665
Apparently we're the fucking wind.

>>3013663
>>3013665
You're in top form and dodge as quickly as possible as his arms miss their mark. You...
>Try to pull him onto the ground since he's already partially in motion
>Try to sweep his legs
>Throw in a kick with your dodge that's aimed across his chest

>>3013670
>Try to use his momentum to send him out the ring in the first few seconds of the fight for extra humiliation points

>>3013670
>Kick him in the throat

>>3013677
Wait, this is far more amusing.

>>3013677
>>3013685
You try to use his momentum to send him flying out of the arena by kicking him forward in the direction he was going, and he skids to a stop on the ground at the very edge of the mat. You then lightly kick him once more and he rolls off of the map with a flopping noise. You hear more laughing from Fukuda. Everyone seems amused by what just happened.
>Come up with a cheesy victory line to be remembered by all here [Say what]
>Say nothing
>Other

>>3013688
>>Come up with a cheesy victory line to be remembered by all here [Say what]
"You should have a match with the big guy" and point to the one we fought in the previous round who then managed to get third place

>>3013688
>Come up with a cheesy victory line to be remembered by all here
"This is but a sliver of the power that will bring this world to its knees and reshape it in my image!"

>>3013695
Also this, second was a chump.

>>3013717
Oh gosh yes please let some of the chuuni we've been exposed to infect us as well.

>>3013695
>>3013717
You say "This is but a sliver of the power that will bring this world to its knees and reshape it in my image!" while maliciously posing. You then pause for a moment before saying "You should have a match with the big guy." and point to the one you fought last round.
You don't know what everyone else thought, but you're pretty sure that was ridiculously cool. You leave your place and collect your prize of 14,400 yen. You watch as Kurosaki begins another opening speech for the "proud warriors" of the high school division and...
>Go to place a bet [Fukuda and Murata are the only ones you know competing]
>Talk to the old men
>Talk to Fukuda
>Make a declaration that all children under age 10 must leave or join the Morales Committee to stage
>Other

>>3013732
>Talk to the old men
they are interesting and maybe can teach you other stuff... like kendo with a rad sword

>>3013732
>>Talk to the old men
Let's see what they have to say.
>>Talk to Fukuda
Let's wish her luck.

>>3013732
>Talk to the old men
I wonder if Kaneko will pop up.

>>3013748
We should hug her.

>>3013741
>>3013748
>>3013749
You talk to the old men and one of them goes "Congratulations young warrior, I'm Kurosaki's blood brother, Kanozaki. I practice a variant of kendo- the Violet Inferno Destroyer Technique." you see the other two old men look at him with disdain while one just mutters "Oh god not again..." The other two introduce themselves as Hiroshi and Isamu, The names of their martial arts also sound far more normal. You hear them chat for a bit about how they're excited for the upcoming tournament and you ask them how well they expect Fukuda to do. They look over at her and say that they can't give a definitive answer but mostly say the top 8 or top 16 based on all of the competition here.
>Tell them off
>Ask them how well Murata will do
>Other

>>3013772
>Ask them how well Murata will do
Ask the two later in more private setting why they dislike Kurosaki and Kanozakis styles

>>3013781
They think for a moment before one of them goes "He'd probably make it to the semifinals?" and they seem to vaguely agree before they say that they aren't that sure. You then...
>Go talk to Fukuda
>Go place a bet
>Make a declaration that all children under age 10 must leave or join the Morales Committee to stay and watch the rest
>Other

>>3013812
>Go talk to Fukuda

>>3013812
>>Go talk to Fukuda

>>3013817
You go talk to Fukuda and she says "Hey, good job Jigoku-chan. My bet won! You should be able to kick some real ass by the time you're my age." before she pulls out four 1,000 yen bills and smiles. You then say...
>What's your seed? [the thing in the tournament that determines how good you're considering when matchups are being determined]
>How much money should I bet on you?
>Thanks for the cheering.
>Thanks for the cheering. *hug*
>Are you gonna "kick their ass" like you told me to Fukuda?
>Good luck
>Other

>>3013828
*you're considered
THE TYPOMAN

>>3013828
>>Thanks for the cheering. *hug*
HUG

>>3013828
>Thanks for the cheering. *hug*

>>3013835
>>3013833
You thank her for cheering and hug her and you receive several headpats in return, as well as a smiling Fukuda. The last time you remember hugging someone is... have you hugged someone before? You're not sure. You then say...
>What's your seed? [the thing in the tournament that determines how good you're considering when matchups are being determined]
>How much money should I bet on you?
>Thanks for the cheering.
>Thanks for the cheering. *hug*
>Are you gonna "kick their ass" like you told me to Fukuda?
>I've never actually hugged someone before now that I think about it
>Other

>>3013865
>I've never actually hugged someone before now that I think about it
Please don't get hurt Fukuda

>>3013877
Fukuda just seems surprised and awkwardly looks for a response for a moment before she gives you more headpats and a hug.
>What's your seed? [the thing in the tournament that determines how good you're considering when matchups are being determined]
>How much money should I bet on you?
>Are you gonna "kick their ass" like you told me to Fukuda?
>Other

>>3013887
>Are you gonna "kick their ass" like you told me to Fukuda?

>>3013910
She stops for a moment, surprised by the sudden change of topic, and then goes "Yeah, I'm gonna kick all of their asses! Or they'll kick my ass! I'll get a few of them at least, if I don't get at least Top 8 then fucking hell."
>What's your seed? [the thing in the tournament that determines how good you're considering when matchups are being determined]
>How much money should I bet on you?
>Other

>>3013919
>What's your seed?

>>3013924
You ask her what her seed is and she stops and you can hear her counting for a moment before she goes "Uh.... 16th? I was ranked 3rd strongest in the Norths after the preliminaries so I think that's where they put me." You reply with...
>How much should I bet on you?
>Good luck
>Other

>>3013934
>Good luck

>>3013970
You tell her good luck and she heads off to get ready for the preliminaries. Kurosaki gets ready to say some more words, this time dragging a box behind him to stand on. You...
>Go to place a bet
>Listen to Kurosaki
>Other

>>3013973
>Listen to Kurosaki

>>3013984
Kurosaki begins yet another speech and "beseeches everyone here to watch this struggle between 64 elite warriors who are coming into their prime" and "the struggle for dominance between powerful factions". Wonderful. He finishes after a few minutes and eight teenagers step onto the mats, getting ready for the Round of 64. With six factions and 16 outsiders fighting it out, who knows who'll come out on top in this battle of true fighters.

and so the updates end for now since one of my coding assignment deadlines got misremembered and now I need to a lot of coding by Friday at noon and I have some stuff going on outside of that. At the earliest I'll update in a little under 48 hours, at the latest it'l be four days. I'll post at https://twitter.com/QmWalrus when I'm going to update soon and on /qtg/ when it goes live. Also, I need to figure out how to make an entire tournament interesting when your choices are mostly
>cheer
>don't cheer
>cheer LOUDLY
either way it should be shorter than this one because you're not fighting in it
feel free to leave meta-comments/opinions/shitposting below as always

>>3013993
Good luck with your coding, OP.

Now if you don't mind, I'm going back to spooking the shit out of myself in /x/.

>>3013993
>>cheer LOUDLY for op

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So I'm thinking Tamomo no mae and Kali for symbolism and allusion. I'm not sure what I, but they're things that crossed my mind in relation to the quest.

We should read Journey to the West.

How well can we control the arms while doing other things? The next time we scheduele , we should do as the other anon said and practice that kind of stuff. That way we can work on advancing them while still improving in other areas.

An officer's coat would be cool.

I wonder if OP is in a fighting tournament too.

>>3013993
baby come back

>>3013993
holding down the fort

>>3017984
doing my part

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The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.

>>3019372
Mitochondria is plural
Midochondria are the powerhouses of the cell
or
Mitochondrion is the powerhouse of the cell

your life is a lie

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What you can immediately gleam from the first matches of the high school division is that these people are far better at fighting than the children you just beat up. They're probably better than the vast majority of high schoolers, but since they're high-ranking gang members for the most part, this should be a given. Most of the matches end relatively quickly, but... one of them is still going on.
The two fighting appear to be a 17 or 18 year-old who's easily dodging whatever is thrown at him, and a 15 or 16 year-old who's tired and has a look of despair in his eyes. The young kid intermittently gets hit while the other one dodges his strikes leisurely. He seems to be dragging it out on purpose.
A full couple of minutes after the rest of the matches have ended you see a group of men in suits walk in and the boy yells "Fuck, you guys are late. Why do I have to drag this out for you if you're not going to show up on time. Whatever, you're here." before you see a blow, far more powerful and faster than those thrown before, land on the other kid's face. He immediately hits the ground, unconscious and bleeding out of his nose.
Kurosaki goes to announce the next matches before the winner says "Hold on old man, I have something to say. As some of you may know, I'm the first seed. What none of you do know is that I'm the strongest fighter that Central has in this region, Goto. Yes, THAT Central. Now, we know a lot of you guys have a bone to pick with us, especially the Norths and Souths after that little gang war incident, but we don't have the resources to deal with all you fucks right now. That's why I was sent here. We're gonna put up a $5,000 bet against every one of you on me winning the tournament, I'm going to win, and then we're going to get $30,000 all together from you guys once I win. Any questions?"
You hear some muttering before Murata, the leader of the Norths, and four other people step out of the crowd. You hear the leader of the Norths yell "Why the fuck should we take you up on that? There's no reason for us to risk all of our funds like that when have maybe an 80% chance of losing." The boy on stage just smiles before he says "What if I said we had a few cops outside?" The six gang leaders falter and whisper among each other for a moment before one of them flatly says "We accept."
Goto smiles and claps his hands before he says "Excellent! Suits, get the money to that betting stand over there. You, gangs, send some of your guys to go get the cash before we're done. I don't want to stick around and wait for you guys to pawn off your motorcycles or whatever to get it."
You hear some grumbling as a few gangsters leave the place, assumedly to grab the $5,000 from each gang. You're not really sure what's going on, but, uh, this seems to be more gang intrigue of some sort. You...
>Ask Fukuda what Central is
>Ask Fukuda if she knows who Goto is
>Ask the old men what Central is
>Other

>>3019613
>walk up to that Goto kid and tell him he's a huge fucking jerk

>>3019629
You walk towards him, point at him, and call him a "huge jerk", but he seems unfazed by this. He just smiles in response and says "So? What are you going to do about it?" As this is going on the second set of four matches begin and you see Fukuda ruining some poor gangster's day. You...
>Don't really have a response
>Will raise the betting fee to [X]% in response
>say "I WILL CALL DOWN THE POWER OF THE BLACK VORTEX DRAGONCRUSHER STYLE UPON YOU AND SHOW YOU TRUE DESPAIR!"
>Other

>>3019637
>Don't say anything, just poke him in the eyes with our arms

>>3019643
Repeatedly

>>3019637
>We can't hold that many bets in one guy's favor, that's not how betting works. Double his fee if he's so sure

>>3019660
Eh, this is fine too, but I still want to poke him first. Maybe fight him. It'll be a show of our conviction and determination.

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>>3019660
>>3019671
You poke him in the eyes once with your invisible arms, and he does swear, like most everyone does when you do that, but instead of seeming confused, like most, he just has a shocked look in his eyes as he stares at you intently.
You follow your attack up with "We can't hold that many bets in your favor, that's not how betting works. If you're so sure you can win we'll double your fee." Goto calms down after a moment, but he still has an odd look on his face as he goes "Alright then, you can take a 6% fee on our bets. We're going to win anyways, so it's not too much to pay. I would just bet between ourselves so you couldn't take a fee at all, but I respect a couple of the old guys over there and you seem... interesting." before going over to talk with the men in suits.
>Ask the old guys why Goto mentioned them
>Ask the old guys who Goto is
>Ask the old guys what central is
>Ask Fukuda who Goto is
>Ask Fukuda what Central is
>Multiple of the above
>Other

>>3019682
>>Ask the old guys why Goto mentioned them
>>Ask the old guys who Goto is
>>Ask the old guys what central is

>>3019697
You ask the old guys why Goto mentioned them in between matches and they just shrug and give you answers along the lines of "Dunno."
After that you ask who Goto is and get the same sort of responses, but when you get around to asking what Central is supposed to be one of them actually has an answer. He goes "Central is... a semi-yakuza gang? They're larger than any high school gang would be, far more professional, and they have some sort of backing. They're mostly made up of former high-ranking high-school gang members who are in their 20s. They do have some younger members who decide to skip over joining a normal gang and join them directly though. They're trying to clear out some of the high school gangs in what they deem 'their territory' but can't really devote much effort to it because they have their hands full dealing with actual yakuza."
After the old man says this the other one whose name you don't know seems to have realized something and goes "Oh, well, that would explain why he respects me at least. In my younger days I was a member of the yakuza for about 30 years. I didn't realize my name was still around though."
>What'd you do in the yakuza?
>What's a yakuza?
>Oh. Ok.
>Other