>>3978303
It doesn’t take a lot of waiting before you get your next dose of combat...

>Roll 1d8, first four taken.

Rolled 4 (1d8)

>>3978303
>>3978304
Hey boss. Life treating you well?

Rolled 6 (1d8)

>>3978304
Here goes, let's keep this thread clean folks.

Rolled 5 (1d8)

>>3978304
Woo time to smash!

Rolled 7 (1d8)

>>3978304

Rolled 3 (1d8)

>>3978304


last thread needs archiving.

In a row, essentially...

Writing.

>>3978310
>>3978311
>>3978314
>>3978316
>>3978318

Too bad it wasn't 5 dices taken, or this could get a poker straight bonus haha!

By the way, we can fix the cabin up with the gauntlets between waves, if it gets damaged too much.

>>3978304
>>3978310
>>3978311
>>3978314
>>3978316
...and the flash of shadow that isn’t shadow- form where there wasn’t one before- is what gives it away. They’re darting between trees, but there’s no other option for them but to charge if they want to get anywhere close to your side of the house. “I’ve got a visual on hostiles.”

“Likewise, far to my right,” Izumi confirms. “They might be trying to simply bash the door down.”

“Might be!” Gartoum weighs in. “Arc’s noticed a few coming in at an angle away from her, as well…guess they’re wanting to make up for earlier. Not that we won’t have our own issues to worry about, mind. Seems they didn’t take kindly to getting stabbed.”

“Few do,” you note.

>You’ll handle the entire south side yourself; don’t risk bringing someone else in and leaving their area open.
>Izumi would be good in helping clear the southeastern edge…
>Get Gartoum over to assist you on the southwest edge.
>Other

>Roll 4d100, best of three.

>>3978363
Dunno how much good it'd do, but it should be possible.

Rolled 92, 33, 60, 57 = 242 (4d100)

>>3978369
>there’s no other option for them but to charge if they want to get anywhere close to your side of the house

Miranda's got this.
>You’ll handle the entire south side yourself; don’t risk bringing someone else in and leaving their area open.

Rolled 32, 43, 16, 62 = 153 (4d100)

>>3978369
>You’ll handle the entire south side yourself; don’t risk bringing someone else in and leaving their area open.

Rolled 100, 22, 64, 74 = 260 (4d100)

>>3978369
>You’ll handle the entire south side yourself; don’t risk bringing someone else in and leaving their area open.

Rolled 55, 52, 97, 93 = 297 (4d100)

>>3978369
>You’ll handle the entire south side yourself; don’t risk bringing someone else in and leaving their area open.

Rolled 57, 78, 17, 43 = 195 (4d100)

>>3978369
>You’ll handle the entire south side yourself; don’t risk bringing someone else in and leaving their area open.

>>3978369
Handler, you said that you would mark rolls for each of our team members right?

>>3978376
*wheeze*

>>3978369
>>You’ll handle the entire south side yourself; don’t risk bringing someone else in and leaving their area open.

>>3978373
>>3978374
>>3978375
>100, 43,64, 74
another hundred

>>3978383
Randa ain't jobbing to fodders.

>>3978369
Man, I want our response to the next wave to be "Oh gee, this sure looks hopeless, time to execute the hostages!" Just to see what Junko does.

>>3978383
Its 52, not 43

>>3978418
Sorry, anon, it's best of three.

>>3978406
> Killing hostages just to see
Anon...
> Hopeless
Anon.

>>3978464
Well. Killing Marie.

>>3978468
Good idea. She's slated to die anyways, so that's just being efficient.

>>3978468
>>3978469
There is nothin effficiant in doing things 'just to see what happens.' Anon, are you just trying to kill people becauae again?

>>3978468
On the one hand, it would help us out a lot...

On the other, our bosses would just LOVE to get their hands on the adopted daughter of a prominent businessman and potential political candidate.

Plus, I really, really want to gloat when we show Marie Junko's severed head.

This is some murderhobo talks right here

>>3978474
I mean, we can just wound her and let her bleed out to put the pressure on Junko.

Can't you keep your edgy sadistic fantasies to yourselves?

>>3978496
Oh nO I wOnDeR whO rOlLs 1o0. mAybE iTs ArC Aga1n.

>>3978500
Why you starting this up again?

>>3978500
Please don't.

>>3978507
Don't feed it. Hide post and replies, hide even the ID. Keep the thread clean.

>>3978510
And you too. That was obvious.

>>3978499
Instead of being such a triggered bitch, give us some good ideas to bring our target here in the flesh.
So far on the only non-edgy/violent idea is to call the org to help locate the queen.

>>3978499
Uh. It's called a Honey Trap and it's a very common strategy to draw people out of cover, by the way.

>>3978520
Threatening the hostage is fine, and I'm not shy against making the threat more real. An anon pointed out that we would have to send someone away from the siege if we're coming to her. Might as well make her come to us.

>Cover the cabin with Great Barrier
>Now they have to focus Miranda with their heavy hitters
>Queen comes once we deal with them, since nothing else could beat us
>????
>PROFIT

>>3978535
Barrier is on a timer, isn't it? A considerable on, but on the order of maybe minutes, not tens of minutes

>>3978535
Does Great Barrier even stretch that far? Last time we used it it was for trapping Junko for a getaway.

And this anon pointed out >>3978539. This is a siege, the barrier's not gonna last. That's why I didn't suggest reinforcing the cabin with mini barriers. At most we can fix the busted down spots with the gauntlets.

>>3978539
Pastebin says it can be mainteined if we focus on it, so we could just recall Gartoum and other girls to protect us.

>>3978535
>>3978542
Hmm, if you are concerned about the size, then swap GB with Izumi's Rajomon and protect her while she maintains it. Can hook her to condenser if she starts getting low on mana

>>3978553
Oh boy, I'm not for that sorry, too risky? Miranda/Izumi is a considerable force and the siege will struggle without her. Good idea though, assuming we can stretch the barrier that far. Even then it will make Miranda or Izumi exhausted for a while, right before Junko descents. I mean what's wrong with just forcing her hands by threatening the hostages?

Why are we even discussing this lol we're not that far into the battle yet to see that she's not coming.

>>3978553
In addition, Izumi's Hope is extremely effective against shadows, so they'd probably get damaged from contact with it. That way we don't need to defend the entire house - just the person shielding the house. Then we can just give a seither crystal to the person maintaining it for a quick pickmeup when the Queen arrives.

>>3978553
We can call that "Plan B". We're hoping to draw the queen herself in. If we go into full lockdown, we're going to end up in a proper siege situation, as opposed to our current "assault defense" situation. They could easily wait us out if they wanted to.

>>3978566
Ya know, you can just have the person maintaining the barrier INSIDE the barrier? So we don't have to worry about her

>>3978566
>>3978574
>>3978576
Actually, I think we can lure her to the cabin, erect a barrier and trapping her with all 5 of us in close quarters. She should be dead within minutes.

Assuming she can't teleport.

>>3978576
It's a double edged sword - the Queen won't take the chance if there's no chance to begin with.

Sorry, I passed out because I am extremely tired. And that one anon was right, I did say I would mark them.

I'm tempted to call a re-roll, but in order, they were for

Lorelei/Izumi/Arc/Gartoum.

...I'm still extremely tired, so I'll have to continue tomorrow. Apologies.

>>3978647
Well, Lori did much better for herself this time. Why is Randa not part of that though? Are you reserving those rolls for after we determine an action?

>>3978649
You're fine, get some rest.

Thanks for running.

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>>3978652
Forgot pic

>>3978647
So Lori got mad from all those scratches, Izumi is having a hard time, Arc and Gartoum fared decently.

>>3978369
>>3978373
>>3978374
>>3978375
You’re quick to hear your fellows (and Arc) strike out as shouts and sounds of magic and energy fill the air again. It seems like the mass is larger for certain this time, and you’re not very confident that it won’t be increasing; whatever kinda mojo she’s packing, she’s slinging all of it. It’s several magiblasts that start your end of things, a quick flurry blasting the first wave off their feet, leaving several miniature craters between the trees.

A massive explosion- one of your mines- goes off to your left, and that triggers two more off to your right as well; seems like they CAN be triggered by these shadows, which is a relief. Part of you was worried that it wouldn’t happen. “My my, they’re stepping things up rather quickly…” Gartoum mutters through your link. You can hear a few explosions going off behind the house, but you’re not in a position to guess what’s happening.

You can see a flash of Izumi’s blade, real and ready nearby as she closes into melee with a number of rushing shadow spawn; she flips over a number of them and lands to split one head to toe, and quickly spins to cut down the ones that had gotten past. Her arc reaches the majority, but there’s a number that manage to thrust themselves forward enough to escape the reach of her blade- at least briefly. Still, it’s enough for her to have to pursue, jumping in front of them to cut off their path through the door, and forcing her to begin something of a run and gun defense, constantly having to reposition in order to intercept the rushers attempting to blow past her.

You have to turn around in order to focus on your own work, however, and it’s good timing when you do- amidst a fleet of shadows, many of them those weird humanoid types. Although, when you see one of them raise their hands and appear to cast...something...on its fellows that make their dim eyes suddenly get a vicious orange glow, you get the feeling that these are already a good step up from the usuals- just in time to see a quartet charge you, all of them coming at different angles. You fire off a pair of magiblasts- only to have them duck one- and the other is hit in the shoulder, shearing the elbow on down off...only for it to continue coming, a shadowy smoke coming out of its ‘stump’ in a strange way. Damnit...

>Rule one: Geek the Mage. So it is.
>Maybe drawing them to Izumi IS the play; see if you can’t divide and conquer.
>You’ll have to clear these fodder fast. Time to get swordy.
>Other

>>3980180
>Rule one: Geek the Mage. So it is.
Let's bring out the Rapier and spam Magiwaves/Magiblasts, since they're upping their game too.

>>3980180
>>Rule one: Geek the Mage. So it is.

>>3980180
>Rule one: Geek the Mage. So it is.
>Do keep an eye out for the Backup Mages planning to geek the Mage Killer.

>>3980180
>Rule one: Geek the Mage. So it is.
rapier for 1hit kills.

>>3980180
>Rule one: Geek the Mage. So it is.

>>3980180
Supporting rapier

>>3980180
>>Rule one: Geek the Mage. So it is.

>>3980180
>>Rule one: Geek the Mage. So it is.
Sure, let's bring out the rapier.

>>3980180
>>3980183
>>3980185
>>3980186
>>3980188
>>3980189
>>3980191
>>3980208
>>3980224
First rule of mixed combat engagements: ‘If there’s a mage, kill them first.’ Unless there’s a healer, in which case kill THEM first, then the mage. Point is, magic users need to go first. In this case, it’s time to fight fire with fire. And you’ve got one hell of a lighter.

Drawing your rapier, you quickly put it to use, pointing and firing a good basketball sized blast with minimal effort. The resulting eruption detonates a bit close for your tastes, but it annihilates the charging shadow creatures that try to scatter well enough. A second one decimates the tree you aimed at entirely, a massive cloud of dirt getting thrown up alongside a massive amount of splinters.

Still, those aren’t your target. The spellcaster that was trying to hide is the problem. He seems to at least recognize that he needs to keep cover- and while you saw it go flying, it was a jump, you’re pretty sure. Still, you don’t think it can keep that pace up forever...but you can. Which is why a proper salvo might well be the order of the day.

The area rocks with explosions as you fire off one after another, decimating shadows that even dare to peek out; your own symphony of destruction is backed by explosions on the opposite end of the house, although it’s clear Izumi is less than enthused with your choice of tactic, having her own issues with essentially playing goalkeeper. “Just what are you trying to do?!” she complains. “Rip the entire forest asunder?!” You’re not sure if she’s particularly mad- she doesn’t SOUND like it, but still…

“Holy shit, March, is everything okay over there?” Lorelei suddenly asks through comms.

“She’s doing ‘her’ things,” Izumi grumbles as the shadows start to taper off again, and a bit of quiet returns to the area. “Ignore the explosions- not that YOU’RE not doing a capable imitation.”

“Arc wants you to know that all is well on this front,” Gartoum chimes in. “Had a close shave or two, but nothing severe.”

Well, that’s good, at least.

>Roll 1d100, best of 3.
<45.

Rolled 36 (1d100)

>>3980263
Dunno what that means, but let's see.

Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>3980263

Rolled 84 (1d100)

>>3980263
Oh, it's Corruptor's dice this time?

>>3980266
Whatever the case, we passed.

Clear. Writing.

>>3980263
Ah, nothing like gratuitous violence against the forces of evil, it's magical girl bread and butter. If it's still twitching, shoot more moon beams at it!
Of course, ours explode indiscriminately but that's not the point.

>>3980266
But Corruptor dice is the lower you roll the better.

>>3980272
So. Was that roll for Junko?

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She has been frowning for 3 years, let's put a smile on that face.

>>3980295
You can't make Punished Miranda, a girl denied her life, smile.

>>3980328
Handler, that's the old post.

Don't tell me you deleted the new one by accident.

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>>3980328
Handler please.

>>3980295
Oh no, I'm in love!

>>3980328
Deja Vu! I've read this post before...

Rolled 80 (1d100)

>>3980328

(Ah, sorry. Seems like it didn't copy. Last one for tonight.)

>>3980263

Well, all well so far, knock on wood. “Then we’re all good so far?”

“Seems so,” Izumi says as she cuts down a lone shadow, rendering the area quiet again...and it seems you’re not the only one puzzled by that fact, judging by how she looks at the treeline. “I’m surprised the onslaught stopped again. Why waves and not a continuous siege? The first attempt being something of a probing strike makes sense, but why pull back now? Has she come up with a new tactic?”

“She better!” Lorelei mocks. “Can’t get me off guard but once! They’re not getting anywhere closer to the cabin again.”

“Likewise,” Izumi agrees. “It got a bit troublesome there, but we’ve done well enough so far. Still...it’s odd.”

“Maybe she has to focus her energy or something?” Lorelei postulates. “Like, she can’t do it at this level for very long or else she gets exhausted?” Hmm…

“Arc says she has a theory on that front,” Gartoum says from out of nowhere. “She claims that perhaps due to the despair field surrounding the city, she’s far more powerful whenever she has to do anything within in than without. She’s pretty sure this is the case, although she’s not one-hundred percent confident.”

“Huh...so if that’s the case, then Lorelei might be right on the money,” you surmise. “Which means there’s no way that she can keep this pace…we just have to hold out until she cracks and comes here to try and deal with us personally. Stakes are too high for her to not.”

“Y’think she can hear us?” Lorelei asks. “I want her to know how much her shadows suck!”

> “Try it if you dare, but don’t blame me if she gets pissed over it. Well, MORE pissed, anyway.”
> “Let’s just draw it out for as long as we can. Longer we do, the better for us.”
> “I dunno if it’d mean much coming from you. Maybe if someone else said something, though…”
> Other

>>3980344
> Other

Shoot Marie in the gut!

>>3980344
> “I dunno if it’d mean much coming from you. Maybe if someone else said something, though…”

For a moment, I thought Junko pulled a groundhog day on us.
Good night Handler! May you see smiling Randas in your dreams.

>>3980344
> “I dunno if it’d mean much coming from you. Maybe if someone else said something, though…”
>>3980345
Anon, give it a rest

>>3980344
> “Let’s just draw it out for as long as we can. Longer we do, the better for us.”
If she wastes even more mana to create minions, I don't see why not. Let's play it safe, our deck is stacked.

>>3980344
>> “Try it if you dare, but don’t blame me if she gets pissed over it. Well, MORE pissed, anyway.”

>“Holy shit, March, is everything okay over there?” Lorelei suddenly asks through comms.

>“She’s doing ‘her’ things,” Izumi grumbles

pfft

>>3980344
>> “Try it if you dare, but don’t blame me if she gets pissed over it. Well, MORE pissed, anyway.”
>>3980345
Yeah sure why not. More distractions to knock the enemy off their game is always good.

>>3978406
To clarify, I meant this in a goading, sarcastic way.
I thought "hopeless" was contextually witty

Gee did anyone occur to you that some character has an ability to RECHARGE a despaired laden person? They can do this everyday if needed be. Here's a hint It's Mako Hirayama

>>3980430
No? Why would we? We've no reason to consider it.

>>3980430
yes, but since the MGs don't know about it, we can't use that information.

>>3980344
> “I dunno if it’d mean much coming from you. Maybe if someone else said something, though…”

>>3980430
Maybe we should call to locate Junko? She has to be near, and slip in a question about Mako while we're at it. We have no idea about Mako's role after all.

>>3980345
Seconded, might as well give it a try.

>>3980345
You inow anon, I know you're baiting right now, but sure, we can do that!
Let's do it right now, in fact!
And then Izumi will heal her qnd ask us what the fuck is wrong with us.
To which we will reply how?
Anyway, fun times.
Although considering Izumi is hope energy, it would mean marie would be in alot of pain, assuming her shadow side is there.

So yeah, let's do that, and then Izumi will do her thing.
Wonder if we can play Izumi so Anon can't bait as much anymore.

>>3980344

>>3980345
This, shoot her. That will light a fire under Junko's ass, We need her to come unprepared

>>3980552
>tfw Izumi joins Junko crusade
Truly the weirdest timeline

anons that are either falling for the bait, or genuinely think that shooting marie will work.

Kanna is a way better target; remember that she made a raid for her, not marie. Hell, Yuu is the best target for that because she's junko's BFF (But i'm not sure miranda knows that).

>>3980676
Oh I see, So if Miranda doesn't know who to shoot for best effects, she should just shoot them all once at least to make sure Junko reacts.

>>3980344
> “I dunno if it’d mean much coming from you. Maybe if someone else said something, though…”

>>3980484
I'm in favor of this.

Mako is most likely next time to her right now if she's charging. We find Junko, we find her.

>>3980345
>>3980552
>>3980676
I do not like unnecessary murderhoboing like >>3980687 suggested, for the moment. It's important to not blow our load early, but hurting them should force her hands, and if we do so, we start with one.

But I'm not supportive of this for now, since we still don't know where Junko is.

>>3980715
>unnecessary murderhoboing
You know, I don't get what you mean by this when they're are all secondary targets that we were told we can kill for bonus pay. If this were from Izumi's perspective that would be indeed OOC, but we're playing Miranda's perspective right now and she doesn't care about that sort of thing. So why not make use of their deaths while they're here to distract the primary target?

>>3980726
For the moment anon, for the moment.

>So why not make use of their deaths
And you just upscaled from just wounding them all to outright murder, yikes. See, if we do as you say, we BURN our entire supply of bargain chips, and Junko can fully commit to us, with fully charged mana and rage and we don't have anything to hide behind.

If we locate her first however, we can finish a wave and just storm her while she's charging. That way she will be caught off guard with less than full charge, and we don't have to wait for her to come to us. And believe me, I bet she's rather close to this site.

>>3980726
We've got enough stuff stacked in our favor, no need to rush things. The post says that Junko will come eventually once she realizes that her only chance is to do the job herself. Why are you in such a hurry?

>>3980430
Literally who?

>>3980345
not yet, I'm voting against this one courtesy of >>3980751. Lull her into thinking she can outlast us and then stomp
>>3980758
Okada's maid, suspected to be recharging Junko

>>3980726
Because Marie’s the adopted niece of a powerful businessman, and she’s worth keeping alive so the higher ups can influence him.

>>3980676
Kanna and Yuu just betrayed Junko while Marie was in contact with Junko.

Miranda was there for that, and knows Marie was updating Junko.

>>3980751
This guy gets it. Since Junko probably wants to mindfuck or kill the two who betrayed her, Marie is the one who stayed mad loyal.

So she's the one we have to put in danger to force Junko to throw everything she can at us in a desperate attempt to get Marie out before she dies.

Marie is going to die anyways, and Izumi should know that ending Junko here and now means more lives saved. Especially since we don't know if Junko is trying to save or silence Kanna and Yuu.

>>3980676
Also Kanna isn't technically one of the targets, and we promised her safety in exchange for selling out Junko.

I don't see any Outgoer being in the habit of breaking deals.

You can't just accuse me of baiting because I didn't read the other quest and don't give a fuck if we kill the girls.

Hell, this is just wounding them and like you said, if Izumi has a problem with it she can heal them afterwards so they're nice and healthy when we kill them.

They're fucking mobster scum, IMO, they're lucky we don't feed them spaghetti.

>>3980776
That's not the contract. But sure, we can sell her into a life of slavery as a hostage I guess. After we heal her from the gut shot, and IF the Organization wants her alive.

>>3980785
That reminds me, what if we force Junko to give herself up as a test subject in exchange for the hostages' lives?

Think about it. They won't be able to resist such an unique specimen, and they will definitely pay us way more for a living Queen on their operating table.

>>3980484
tossing a vote to call the spooks as well

>>3980484
Finding her is our job. It's a significant part of our time spent here, and is why we're doing this shadow defense thing in the first place. Why would they be able or willing to find her?

>>3980846
The cabin's outside of the city so they can send scouts very easily, we're very close and they want the Queen as badly as we do. I also think just asking won't hurt, they must have some kind of detector for Despair so if there's a giant blob of Despair near us that's not the bubble in the city they'll know immediately.

>>3980780
We've made a deal with Junko that as long as we do not harm the hostages she won't try to make any moves to reveal ourselves as Org agents. Your suggestion to injure a relative of the guy who runs for mayor could put our Low Profile Rider at risk. I'd rather wait it out rather than rush the job and risk a cut in our pay.

>>3980860
>The cabin's outside of the city so they can send scouts very easily
Not sure how that's relevant. We don't know if she has to be nearby to summon or control them.
>they must have some kind of detector for Despair
If they had that, they wouldn't have needed to hire very expensive mercenaries to find her.
They're not going to do our job for us.

>>3980803
> They won't be able to resist such an unique specimen, and they will definitely pay us way more for a living Queen on their operating table.

How do we know this?

>>3980882
We're leaving after this, and the deal was over once she sent her shadows after us.

>>3980882
Also, we can heal her after.

Although once again we're going to kill Junko, Yuu, and Marie because that's the contract - unless our employer wishes to renegotiate.

>>3980912
They took Natalia off our hands when we told them, rather then tell us to kill her, no reason why they wouldn’t do the same with the other hostages.

>>3980958
More work, same pay. If they paid a bonus for 'alive' it might be worth the effort. But they're not.

>>3980969
At this point, we did all the work of capturing them, killing them would essentially mean players wasted a whole bunch of time and effort.

>>3981003
Well, they fell in our laps for the most part, but yes, our lucky dice are to credit.

>>3981003
Still easier to off them. There's literally no downside. Yes, really. We already had the talk with Izumi.

>>3980958
Eh, if they're willing to take them alive sure but none of that keeps us from putting them in a life threatening situation.

Heck, we could always just shout out to Junko first that if she doesn't come out to play we'll shoot Marie, and then only shoot her if Junko still plays coy. We don't have to escalate all at once.

And then if shooting Marie (to wound, not immediately fatal) doesn't work then we move on to Yuu.

Like I said, Kanna isn't on the list and she flipped on Junko so I don't think Miranda or Lori would break the deal to not hurt her. Well, Lori might argue that so long as they heal Kanna after it's not technically breaking their word.

>>3981095
They should die, yeah, but there's no need to be cruel unless we have a reason to; Randa is pragmatic, not a sadist. We're not on a timer or having a hard time fending them off at the moment. If that changes then we can (and should) consider more unpleasant measures.

>>3981153
We are in a reactive position though, which is bad. That's why I want to put Junko on a timer so that she is forced to make compromises that will give us opportunities to take her out

>>3980621
Feels more like she'd take over, but then again, paycheck, can't hurt the client.

Seems like Anon always likes to ignore the choice that isn't 'don't get payed for leaving them alone' and ' need to kill for extra pay.'
Dropping targets off at base, or have them be transported there is also a possibility.
Anon keeps pushing to kill people, not sure why really. To piss off the reat of the players? Make a point? Did their dog die laat week? Or are they just ignorant to all the alternatives provided?

I mean, this isn't anon saying 'Lets torture our hostages', anon is saying 'lets kill our hostages.'

>>3981515
Because we don't get to do it enough. We went on a job specifically to kill our targets and a bunch of ninnies get queasy and spend all their energy on finding ways to avoid performing our primary objective.

Miranda is a stone cold professional can't we fucking act like one for once without white knights trying to be something else?

>>3981558
sure, but killing them right now, in this very moment is pointless.
the main advantage of killing them would be because it's a drag to move them to a safe location and wait for a recovery team, but since they are already in the safehouse and the anons decided to be idiots by calling junko to it, there is no real difference between letting them die and turning them alive. I mean, there are more chances of receiving a bigger bonus for delivering alive than dead and at this point is worth a shot.

>>3981581
> I mean, there are more chances of receiving a bigger bonus for delivering alive than dead and at this point is worth a shot.

I haven't heard anything from the Institute about this, nor do I remember us getting a bonus for turning that other girl in.

I don't really give a damn about how they end up so long as we get paid and don't hire any of them though.

>>3981581
Oh, and killing one of them, or wounding one so they'll die wihout medical attention, is to rush Junko so she can't bait us out or infiltrate with shadows etc.

Sure, she might be weak AF but there's that low visibility rider and Miranda has already redecorated the landscape in a meteor shower style so I figure we're cutting it close on that one.

Even this far out, we're gonna see a response to the fireworks, especially in Japan where they have a huge fear of fires starting.

>>3981592
...come on, we have to paste this at least three times on every new thread. does nobody read or what?
>http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/3872501
>3882899:
>“Of course, the assassination of the source of this will be a great boon,” Fujin explains as he knits his fingers together. “But we’re also fairly certain that whoever she is, she has allies. If they cannot be restrained, then…we must consider action towards those individuals as well, depending on their loyalty.”
>“Of course,” Izanami starts. “You’ll get paid more if’n you can confirm one o’ the Shadow Queen’s assets and take ‘em out.”

>>3981581
The anons who called junko and the anons who want to kill the hostages are not necessarily the same 'nons.
I'm pretty sure we threatened to chop up her friends and mail them to her, wasn't that if she followed us?

>>3981606
That's more if she brought it into the public eye.

>>3981603
Yeah, so we get paid more per person we kill. Nothing about kill vs turn in.

If anything that's more incentive to kill as many of them as possible.

But this is Izumi's gig that she asked Miranda to come along on, so I presume we're only killing the minimum necessary.

Marie, Junko, Yuu, so far.

>>3981623
its implied in the text that they'd rather get the marks alive.
>If they cannot be restrained, then…we must consider action towards those individuals as well, depending on their loyalty.

>>3981558
This, pretty much. Randa has wiped cities. 3 people is nothing.

>>3981581
>there are more chances of receiving a bigger bonus for delivering alive than dead and at this point is worth a shot.
No, there's not. If they haven't agreed yo pay extra for alive, they're just gonna go "thanks" and leave.

>>3981603
>“You’ll get paid more if’n you can confirm one o’ the Shadow Queen’s assets and take ‘em out.”
Take them out means kill, anon.

>>3981629
If they're not paying more, it doesn't matter what they'd prefer.

Uuuuh, I hate to be a broken recorder but from here
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/3872501
>Back then, we found ourselves unable to SCRY
>We have bits and pieces of information thanks to the sacrifice our agents have made, but we need more intelligence on just how bad the situation is before we can do anything to assist in recovery.

This confirms they can scry Despair spots to assist if given enough info. If Junko is out of the bubble they can paint a target for us.
If she's still in the bubble, we proceed as usual.

>>3981629
No, they just don't want us going on a murder spree and then claiming we need to be paid per kill.

>>3981649
So what are we doing here? Yes, retirement job.
Who is the target? Shadow Queen a.k.a. Junko Kurosaki.
What is the mission statement? Investigate and uncover who is the shadow queen. And we did it.

Now we go in, kill Junko, get paid and get out. If you want to kill hostages which I dunno if there's a Geneva convention here which is probably ignored considering the firepower and amount of magical bullshit means we can just do anything right? So let's blow a mountain, raze the forest, kill the hostage and then the Shadow Queen will go to us and kill us with our stupidity. That way we fail this job and then make the world we contracted to fall under her tyrannical rule.

First of all, you are arguing that has already been established to. We defend the Outpost for the incoming SQ from the invading shadows. If we really want to just let the Queenie go to us directly, we (Miranda) could just accompany Izumi while Lori executes Mari. Because who cares that this is Izumi Quest amirite? Then we kill the SQ in her fit rage, Make Izumi fight her or gang her up and deliver her body (shadow tend to dissapate when defeated) to the official where they would do whatever they want.

OR

We could stop arguing, let's the dice roll do the work and move the narrative and base our actions on what to do next. Or we could let Izumi/Lori scout and Gartoum to cover the missing spot. Since we already rigged the hostage with explosive, they won't do anything stupid.

>>3981657
>What is the mission statement? Investigate and uncover who is the shadow queen.
And remove her associates for a bonus a head.

>>3981629
> it's implied

Not how contracts work.

>>3981664
Also take out tainted MGs which is why Izumi took the job.

She asked Miranda along because Izumi knew there would be some killing needed.

Y'all really want to leave Marie behind to become Junko 2.0?

>>3981668
and it has also been shown that by doing a little bit of extra work that wasn't on the contract -a.k.a. secondary and tertiary side missions- we get more motes. At this point everyone is just wanting to get less money just because of a murderboner.

>>3981657
>Because who cares that this is Izumi Quest amirite?
It's not fucking Izumi Quest. She brought us along to do what she didn't want to. We've talked to her about needing to kill them. She agreed they need to die.

>>3981669
Not our problem. We could deal with her as well, I guess. But what happens after we leave is not our issue.

>>3981671
see
>>3981668

>>3981677
yes, but 200+ years of experience combined between the three girls (and all the previous missions we have done) tell us how things really are. do the sidequests that aren't implied on the contract and you get extra money.

Either way delivering the girls alive is the same as delivering dead, except that by turning them in alive there is a way higher chance of getting extra money than dead.

>>3981679
Anon, quit trying to justify overturning something Randa herself stated is going to happen, and Izumi agreed to. The die is cast. Their fate is sealed.

>>3981679
>>3981685
You know, maybe we can just call the Org to see if they prefer them dead or alive and restrained?

>>3981689
>Randa herself stated is going to happen, and Izumi agreed to.

>>3981685
no, that's regarding arc. she's still gonna die because those were direct orders. Don't confuse stuff.

what i'm saying is that the rest of the girls can be turned alive, and should be turned alive because there is a higher chance of getting more money. either way, the effort we do is the same.

>>3981690
>those orders were only regarding arc.
anon, come on.

>>3981685
>Wanting to kill so much you're unwilling to call up a single phone number to see if you get paid extra for keeping people alive for brainwashing.

Man, anon, at least gather the curiosity to see if there's a bonus, not asking about extra pay's for amateurs.

>>3981692
Last time this was brought up when anons were trying to kill arc they said it was only for the other 3. Make up your minds.
>What is up with you trying to save our MARKS?!”
plural
> that something can be done to resolve it peacefully- something that doesn’t end in the death of fellow magical girls. I mean, look at Arc!
implies Arc was included initially
>“...look, I can understand the Kanna girl, I guess,” you allow. “She’s not on the list, so hey. But she’s involved now. And none of them are innocent.” You put your hand on her shoulder, and she doesn’t brush it off. “You know that. They need to die.”
>And none of them are innocent
implies group, not singular.

>>3981698
>not asking about extra pay's for amateurs.
and that's how we lost the chance to get paid extra for arc's demise.

>>3981701
oh, so now you want to imply stuff.

But ok.

Now, what is the downside from turning them alive now? we already have them and they prefer that we turn them alive. we have nothing to lose from doing that.

>>3981706
>implying
if we're going to squabble over who 'they' was, we gotta look at context clues. Or wait for Handler to get back.


>But their time WILL come. It’s an inevitable thing.
how much more explicit do you need?

>>3981706
The Org said they could get an evac vehicle to the cabin in just 15 minutes, that's pretty damn quick. We can either start wounding them or just call evac, slip the damp off Marie and Junko'll know she's not getting them back anytime soon if she doesn't show herself. I can am not against turning them in alive.

>>3981709
and just like how >>3981714 says, the organization very gladly took natalya out of our hands and even payed us for that. that should be enough to reason that they also accept them alive. Either way in those 15 minutes after the fight we will be either licking out wounds or taking a breather; its basically wasted time.

Christ I hope handler gets back soon. You faggots are shitting up the thread talking past each other.

Last thread still isn't archived.

>>3981720
Archive it yourself, you dolt.

Writing shortly. Oh dear.

Also, yeah, seems like putting one in Marie's gut wins out. Just an FYI.

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>>3981739
>>3981714
I mean. I would have gone with this plan instead if it had come up earlier.

Oh well.

Junko -

>>3981749
to be fair, shooting marie in the gut isn't a bad idea. as long as she survives. otherwise we lose our only bargain chip.

>>3981754
We've still got 2 others if she bites it. But I doubt that'll happen on accident.

>>3981758
the other two already betrayed her. Given that we know how irrational she can be, do you think she cares about them at the moment?

>>3981749
This is why I'm always quick to post my approval of other anons' ideas. Maybe next time?

>>3981769
Yeah, a little late to fix it now I guess.

Tried to compromise on *telling* Junko we were gonna shoot Marie if she didn't come out first, but people were so upset about shooting her it sidetracked back into "Who Gets Killed" argument.

Like damn. I explicitly don't want anyone killed. Yet.

>>3981788
To be honest I didn't know how shooting Marie won since it's very mixed. It's not disastrously bad mind you, but it's not the most optimal by far. A lot of better ones had been posted but people somehow didn't vote for any of them much.

>>3981764
I figured it was more a 'break your leg' kinda thing, rather than a 'you're dead to me' thing. But she certainly seems crazy enough.

>>3981795
Too busy fighting I guess.

Oh well. I'm interested to see Arc's reaction, as well as Yuu and Kanna's.

Like. We aren't here to fuck around or play games. This should drive that home.

>>3981739
Oh yeah! Remember to remove the block between Marie and Junko's psychic link or whatever first - don't want to wonder why she isn't responding.

>>3981821
We were playing dumb about knowing about her mental link. That would tip our hand, though I dunno if that really matters.

>>3981828
If we didn't remove it, what would be the point of shooting her in the first place?

>>3981828
It doesn't actually, not at this stage.

>>3981828
>That would tip our hand
Not really. originally we blocked her link to avoid being in the situation we already are, so its a moot point.

Hm. You doubt that’ll do much to get her attention- she seems principled, if deluded. Some simple insults aren’t going to cause her to come running in a rage. If you wanted that to happen, you’d need to do something that she considered...

...time sensitive...hm. “I’ll be right back,” you tell Izumi and Arc. “April, meet me inside real quick.”

“Hm? What are you doing?” you hear Izumi ask.

“Accelerating things,” is all you say back.

Well, you can’t say you don’t have an idea. And after some careful musing on it (and by careful, you mean about the time it takes for you to go from your position to the front door, and you’re honestly fairly surprised that the noise hadn’t seem to wake any of them up. They ARE still alive, right…?

Lorelei steps in as you listen in close; they’re all breathing, so they’re still in the land of the living for now, yeah. Might be that the mana drain took it out of them. Would make sense enough to you, at least...but you need a certain someone awake for this to work out well. “So, what’s up?” Lorelei asks. “They’re still will us?”

You nod. “Yup. Way I figure it, she might need a bit of an extra incentive to really WANT to get out of her ‘comfort zone’, so to speak.” You take a glance at the sleeping Marie- she’s still out of it, but you’ll change that soon enough. “Mind if I borrow ‘Molly’?”

She hands it over to you easily enough, then darts off with a quick “I’m getting a glass of water!” Fine. Might as well wake her up with a shock to the system.

Oh, right, nearly forgot- need to take this dampener off her if you want her message to go out. That’d just ruin the purpose of it. Now, you just need to wake her…

“Hey, she’s not up yet?” you turn around, to see Lorelei...sipping on a glass of water.

…

She has the gall to look surprised. “...what? I SAID I was getting a glass of water.”

...turning back to your captive, you decide to simply settle on slapping her about a bit. Fortunately, that does the trick just as well, and she groggily wakes up. “Wwhwha? You! H-how long have I been out?”

“Iunno, about an hour or more?” Lorelei shrugs. “But, we’re here for a reason.”

“Last words, mostly,” you say easily as you lift the pistol. Her lips part briefly, and then her lips thin as she scowls at you. “Got any?”

She’s silent for a moment before she spits. “Do it. I’ll see you in hell.”

“Unlikely,” you quip, and a shot rings out that jars the other two awake and echos throughout the house.

(cont.)

>>3981853
She jumps hard as the bullet impacts; there’s no REAL place in the gut that’s not deadly eventually, but if you got your anatomy right... “We’re in no hurry, so it should at least take a minute to bleed out, superhuman or not. Gives you a last chance to repent on your way out.” She just grunts heavily, straining herself to not scream at the pain as she writhes.

“Oh- oh shit…” Yuu panics as she realizes what she woke up to. “Shit...shit…”

“God no, oh please god no…” Kanna begs, mouth dry and reedy.

“S-screw both of you,” she growls. “I-If I have to, then...then it’s fine! Junko never...she felt so much WORSE…” Her hissing with clenched teeth kinda undersells her devotion, though…

Well, regardless of what they have to say to each other, you’re just hoping Junko takes the bait…

And that’s when Izumi bursts in. “What did you just do!?” Not that she doesn’t know what a gunshot sounds like, far from it, but… “Oh...oh damnit…” Her face twists into something like she’s bitten into a sour lemon but doesn’t want to admit it, and she only half-starts toward the girl before stopping. Good, she remembers the talk.

Roll 1d100-30, best of three.

Rolled 85 - 30 (1d100 - 30)

>>3981854

Rolled 63 + 30 (1d100 + 30)

>>3981854
>"You can heal her if you want to May."

Rolled 11 + 30 (1d100 + 30)

>>3981854
It's happening!

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>3981854
Seek my 100, you will want it.

Rolled 57 - 30 (1d100 - 30)

>>3981854

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>>3981860
>>3981861
Oh damn it, I forgot it's -30. Do we need to reroll?

>>3981860
tell her that after placing the locket back on. otherwise the threat will be useless

>>3981860
>>3981869
This, wait a bit.

>>3981868
i doubt its needed; negatives are notoriously hard to insert properly into the options box. either way, the best number was the first one.

>>3981860
This

Rolled 41 - 30 (1d100 - 30)

>>3981854
Haha! That looks like Progress is being made! Forcing the enemy fight angrily and at your pace is so much better than letting them do what they want. Finally it's getting !Fun!

Also, here's hoping I remembered how to roll with - mods.

Rolled 4 - 30 (1d100 - 30)

For shits, but Handler isn't really strict about modifiers.

>>3981860
No, please.

>>3981860
Not now dammit. If she's not hurt this isn't going to work. Not to mention Izumi is going to be awfully needed soon to fight.

If it does win though, at least this:>>3981869

>>3981854
>55
Tolerable. Better ready our Gaia gun and knock Yuu and Kanna out.
shadow bitch better show up.

Rolled 99 - 30 (1d100 - 30)

>>3981879
negative modifiers require a plus first, like so: dice+1d100+-30

>>3981908
heh

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>>3981788
When I suggested we loudly declare we kill the hostages to see Junko's reaction everyone assumed I meant go and kill them. Communication is not strong here this thread.

Rolled 72 - 30 (1d100 - 30)

>>3981908
Awwwww
rollan for Junko with my dice

...Yeah, that'll do it.

Writing.

>>3981943
>reading comprehension is not strong on this thread
ftfy

>>3981854
You can die for like, half a day to three days from a lower gut wound, and that's before considering being a MG.

It's the sepsis that gets you.

>>3981978
Things I learned today, thanks anon. How did you know that by chance?

>>3981985
google has a lot of answers for a lot of perturbing questions. That, or you are a doctor.

>>3981978
You're not wrong, but the exact timing would depend on the exact positioning and severity of the wound. In any case, they are debilitating wounds.

>>3981985
It's pretty straightforward. There's nothing vital in your gut, but the flora, acids, and core muscles in the area mean they are prime candidates for infection, and trying to move causes incredibly intense pain.

>>3981994
Yeah, basically there is a lot of shit, "dirty" blood and literal shit that is contained in your gut that you don't want to reach your "clean" bloodstream and other healthy parts of your body.

>>3982003
Like I said, it's the sepsis that kills you. So long as the shot doesn't fuck up anything in your spine/pelvis, it's a lingering for days death. Like. If you get first aid.

Humans! Shockingly tough, ridiculously fragile. Like temples, or "Gods Joke". Heavy skeleton protection everywhere except these two super thin spots lol.

Fun story, I am a doctor but I first learned about gut wounds was in "Eaters of the Dead".

Historical Fiiiic~tion.

>>3982023
I was thinking you started from "The Da Vinci Code".

...Like me...

>>3981854
>>3981855
>>3981860
>>3981861
You step away wordlessly from the bleeding girl, hand Lorelei her pistol back, and walk outside easily as you pat a distressed Izumi on the shoulder. “Accelerating things,” you whisper to her. Pulling back, you jerk your thumb outside. “Come on. Still got work to do, don’t you?” With that, you step outside and wait.

You get the feeling Junko’s not going to waste any more time on simple shadows. You hear footsteps behind you, and you expect her to say SOMETHING…

A muttered “It IS what I brought you here for…painful though it may be...” isn’t what you were quite expecting, though.

“I heard a gunshot,” Arc says, actually within audible range now as she jogs up to you. “What happened?”

“March isn’t one to draw things out,” April explains with a smirk, “So she decided to put a timer on the whole thing. Now Miss Shadow Queen has to beat OUR clock.”

“Ohhh?” Gartoum seems curious about it. “Well well. How viciously devious. I approve!”

“Dangerous, but understandable…” Arc decides. “Be cautious, though. Strong as you are, I’ve still never seen someone use Despair quite like her…”

A chill comes through the air before much longer, however, and you can smell...power. Strong power, too. You’re impressed that she got here under a half hour. You let out a cough as the rank smell infiltrates your body; she’s not like her subordinates. Girl can actually pack a punch, seems like.

“You...BASTARDS…” comes from out of nowhere as shadows boil and burble along the thin, but consistent treeline, seeming to coalesce several meters in front of you. “You will give her- ALL of them- back to me NOW. Or I’ll make you regret you ever being born…”

“Like we haven’t heard that one a million times,” Lorelei scoffs. “Come out here so we can send you along with ‘em!”

Arc, for her effort, draws her spear. “I’m normally not so vindictive, but I’d like to personally give you my...resignation from your organization.”

The shadows suddenly still, then in the middle of them, a large bubble, almost cocoon like rises up from the ground. For a moment, there’s nothing. Then… “There’s only one way out for you. For ALL of you. DIE!” And the moment it pops is the moment you realize the fight is on.

>Action!

>>3982040
Really, just like that? She wants to take on all 5 of us.

> Get Flamebringer out, activate GRAVITY STONE and start slamming.

In fights like this, mobility is the key. We don't even need to get a good hit in, just clashing with her will cripple her speed.

>>3982040
voting for this >>3982043

>Really, just like that? She wants to take on all 5 of us.
She isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. Lets just make sure she is the real one, though.

>>3982043
This. Be a tank, make her immobile while others take potshots and sneaky hits in. She can't dodge or escape while slowed.

>>3982031
Nah man, a restoring of the Epic of Ibn Fadlin by Micahel Crighton.

But shit I'm drunk, and so are you.

>>3982040
>"Let's be honest, even if you did get them back, Junko, you'd never be able to trust Yuu and Kanna as part of your circle again. You're going to have to kill them in order for you to prove you can handle ruling the city. Hell, I'm surprised you haven't killed your own mother yet."

>>3982023
>>3982031
You're gonna love this blog then.
http://www.endofshiftreport.com/2015/07/liver-failure-101-or-how-that-one.html

>>3982043
>>3982040
She can make decoys.
Flux Wave then Mana Knuckles to the face.

>>3982054
But doc, Flux Wave hits our team too.

>>3982040
Well, that worked rather quite well.

Stuff we got last thread from the girls:
> “...she can use both. Despair and Hope energy. She isn’t hurt by Hope energy as much as normal.”

>“...s-she hates being reminded of when she was imprisoned. Betrayed. She loses sight of everything else. Blind rage.” Yuu lets out. “S-she can shapeshift, too. Just the look, though. And only humans.”

>“...She’s really good with magic.

>“I...I know she can move in shadow. Make...make clones of herself that have a little of her power. Like a puppet she’s controlling in the distance.”

Those seem to be the major points.

>>3982052
Holy fuck that's perfect.

>>3982058
Meh.

Her team is bigger with all those shadows, and we can warn ourt team. Have that slut Arc anti-magic zone them while we flux and then turn it off.

>>3982040
Miranda:
>Put up a great barrier over the cabin
>tell Gartoum to watch over said cabin
>consume one small seither crystal,
> bring out our flame+gravity sword
>start using the gravity stone on everything coming to us.

Izumi:
>mana Infuse sword
>start spamming palms of Succor around the area
>start spirit slashing that bitch

Lori:
>get out a gun
>Start using magic limbs to push aside/counter shadow attacks

>>3982060
>“...s-she hates being reminded of when she was imprisoned. Betrayed. She loses sight of everything else. Blind rage.
We can do something about this.
Izumi or Miranda can erect a big Barrier to box both of us and her in. No shadow splitting tricks can save her in that kind of close quarters

>>3982069
Nah lead with flux wave to wipe the shadows, then have Izumi take a ranged shot on the junko while Lori scouts to make sure that Izumi isn't shooting a decoy.

Miranda either pins the visible Junko, or defends the Cabin if it is a fake.

>>3982040
This >>3982069

>>3982040
>Action!
First up, start verbally needling her. Angry people make more mistakes.
Next start probing attacks, looking for fighting style, etc. Maybe try baiting her into wasting powerful attacks.
Stay away from heavily shadowed areas.

>>3982073
Oh this can work too, just trap the real one.
And keep taunting/guilt tripping her about her friends and mommy.

>>3982068
>anon can't let go of his spiteful hateboner

>>3982069
don't need all that.
The barrier is redundant, the c4 and turret is still in place. Save Seither for emergencies.

>>3982040
What's our current mana?

>>3982073
Doesn't that hurt both of us and her?

You know what, I can support this. Find the real one and box her in. Thunderdome style.

>>3982083
I'm assuming we recharged off-screen? We also didn't use any mana to clear the zombie hordes.

>>3982073
Or, if we want to trigger Junko, get in Maries face and say

> "You wouldn't break. No matter what we said or did to Yuu and Kanna, you wouldn't give up Arc, would you. So since you would rather die then betray this Junko, you can die watching her fail to save you."

Twist the knife, how can Junko "betray" Marie when Marie refused to betray Junko. Ride Or Die /U/ Boats.

>>3982083
10,000/12,500 still, apologies.

>>3982090
The boat already sailed anon. There's 2 ways that it's going to happen. Floats eternally or sink in the abyss.

>>3982095
Whaaaaat? Isn't that kinda irresponsible for Miranda to not recharge before a fight? I thought it was sidelined, oh well.

>>3982060
>“I...I know she can move in shadow.

Something we might actually theoretically buy: road flares or similar persistent area lighting.
For that matter do we even have a flashlight?

>>3982040
btw, are there any mines left? might make a good distraction to kite her into one.

>>3982095
Cool, thanks. Where does that leave us with mana crystals?

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>>3982082
> Arc played for multiple teams.

All 3 so far. Sluuuuuuut

Pic related is supposed to be amazons talking about sex negative gendered slurs but I couldn't find that one.

>>3982099
I don't understand this post.

>>3982065
she also has one about diabetes. all in all, a very informative blog.
http://www.endofshiftreport.com/2015/07/a-colleague-of-mine-related-tale-of-pt.html

>>3982095
>>3982101
>>3982103
>10000/12500 when we switched to Miranda last thread
>Used Great Barrier before teleporting
>Used 3000+ Meditation Room bonus (-20%) = 2400 Mana
>Recharged with our Mana Crystals (10×250=2500)
The total should be roughly the same

>>3982112
>Ride Or Die /U/ Boats.
reference to this. It took me way to long to figure that one out.
Check the /u/ board if you need more data. enter at your own risk.

>>3982107
I don't think Arc deserves the hate, but calling her a S is just hilarious to me and I don't know why, and by a doctor no less.

So we're going with this?
> Get Flamebringer out, activate GRAVITY STONE and start slamming to immobilize.
> Try to find the real one and box her in with barriers.
> MAYBE use Flux Wave if she clones herself too many times and there are too many mobs. Have Arc do something and warn our team before doing so.
> Taunts and battle banters. Izumi and Lori can do this >>3982069

>>3982040
Yeah, sure >>3982144
Btw, no final boss music this time?
https://youtu.be/NLrHqy6bD5g

Gonna trim things down before I pass out again, sorry. Seems like the major suggestions are essentially:

>Play the insult game, and try to draw her into melee distance to pin her down.
>Multiple barriers to limit her range of movement and force her into a 2v1 with you and Izumi.
>Attempt Flux Wave to disable any of her minions before anything else, and hopefully her.

>>3982160
Standard Barriers, and make sure we leave ourselves enough time to actually cast the Flux, but yeah, looks good.

>>3982160
And make sure Flux Wave don't hit our allies.
I can dig that.

>>3982168
I still don't want to hire arc, but if she can oper8 within our flux wave then the sluuuuuuuut has some synergy with Miranda.

Really opens some tactics and shit.

>>3982160
>Multiple barriers to limit her range of movement and force her into a 2v1 with you and Izumi.
This and a fair dosage of Opportunism sounds like a recipe for success.

>>3982158
I've always been partial to

> https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zs474lPgO54

>>3982043
Seconded

If handler doesn't get done soon...
Perhaps there will be a christmas miracle, where everyone will be happy!
Wouldn't that be nice?
Where all the despair people give up, become hope, and once we get payed fuck over the organisation...
That'd make everyone happy, maybe.
Never question christmas magic.

>>3983650
>Where all the despair people give up, become hope, and once we get payed fuck over the organisation...
Fuck no.

>>3983650
>Final fight
>Izumi vs Junko
>Junko conversations are all about edgy stuff
>Izumi replies with friendship and love
>Final clash
>Izumi suddenly fire a hope beam
>A beam so big that it engulfed the whole city and the surrounding other towns
>It turned into a dance musical of friendship and hope
>Miranda: What are we doing here again?
>Lori: *dances with Izumi*
>Miranda: I'm out of here
>Meanwhile the organization is also dancing because the beam light got caught in the camera feeds that they were directly affected by it.

>>3983650
There is so much wrong with what you wrote I don't even know where to start.

We're gonna end these magical mobsters, and get paid, and inform our client that Silver Eye Solutions always gives 100% satisfaction to the letter of their contracts.

>>3983650
I like surprises, but it becomes hard when we have people like >>3983653 on our side.

>>3983658
Ah, the Minmei Defense.

>>3983658
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00L0ed_Z7hA
>Izumi to Junko.

>>3983671
>>3983675
Anyone who remembers classic /m/s like Macross is not that bad in my book.

>>3983650
You know what would be real Christmas miracle? If this job ended smoothly without any further complications and surprises, and all the secondary objectives were achieved and paid for.

>>3983679
Who could possibly forget the very first Idol anime?

Hey, I'm here, just holiday stuff kept my day occupied. I'll be writing shortly.

Also happy 1st anniversary to my quest. I started this one because I didn't have anything to do in Christmas. But then I realized I can't write shit much less construct a readable sentence. But still thanks for my previous players who read my broken English and whoever took interest and never peeked on it with a 10ft. stick or suffer with brain aneurysm.

>>3983776
You actually finished your stuff despite knowing your flaws, I actually prefer that kind of dedication.

>>3983776
yeah, it was... a wild ride, but you did finish, and that's what matters.

>Current Mana: 9000/12500

You barely have time to draw your sword before you realize that there’s not just one, but THREE Shadow Queens rushing your position- as two splinter off to the sides and one seemingly charging straight for you.

“SCATTER!” both you and Izumi yell, and the group quickly breaks off into different directions, Arc and Gartoum breaking off to their right, pursed by one of the ‘Queens’ Lorelei backflipping onto the rooftop, and Izumi breaking to your left to give you a bit of room to work with- being followed by her own Queen. The centermost immediately leaps into the air, and for a moment you think it’s trying to pursue Lorelei as you throw up a barrier to keep it from getting closer; her blade swipes the air twice in impressively quick succession, and two magiwaves of her own sweep from it- near pure black that detonates against your own magic wall with an impressive, inky explosion.

“That all you can do?!” you shout. You’re not generally one for smack talk, but you recall being told she has a bit of a temper. “Figures.”

“HARDLY!” she shouts back as she lands, and rears back one of her hands- “Gaia, release unto me your sharpened rage!” Oh, she has to incant? Good to know.

Especially considering a massive chunk of earth about the size of a truck is ripped from the ground, split into sharpened chunks, and hurled at you faster than you can cock an eyebrow. You’ve got maybe a half-second to be surprised before they start to pummel your shield relentlessly…

Your not going to bend from something like that, though, and she notices that as readies her own blade again, and you’re readying...something else, even as the stone flies and your barrier holds.

“We got incoming!” Lorelei suddenly shouts as a flurry of Fireworks shoot from her, and you can just see behind her...a few of those impressively humanoid shadows- ones that can cast some kind of magic, no less.

Fantastic. You’re going to have to be on top of your game, as you ready for incoming, the sounds of Arc, Gartoum and Izumi fighting off their Queen clones already. Still, for now, at least, things are going according to plan...knock on wood.

>Roll 4d20: Arc Combat/Gartoum Combat/Izumi Combat/Lorelei Combat. Best of three.

Rolled 3, 1, 8, 10 = 22 (4d20)

>>3983804

Rolled 13, 15, 5, 16 = 49 (4d20)

>>3983804
Turn 1.

Rolled 7, 10, 16, 10 = 43 (4d20)

>>3983804

>>3983805
Goddamnit...

Decent, we're holding.

First exchange...

Writing.

>>3983679
I got all of Robotech on VHS and Blueray.

>>3983804
>>3983805
>>3983806
>>3983807
If you can hold them off enough to run through your Flux Wave ‘setup’, that’d tip the scales of the fight damn quick. Unfortunately, as she rushes in to collide her ichorous blade against your barrier, you realize that that’s probably not going to take; she’s legit fast and strong, and you’re going to either need a lot of space or a lot of luck to get her off her game for the few seconds needed to execute the technique. She’s actually pushing damn hard against this, and you’re quick to realize that she’s trying to down your barrier asap. Smart, really; but, that’s more or less what you were hoping for her to do anyway- which is why you feign it fading as you let out a grunt of exertion and let it drop, allowing her to surge forwards and meet her blade to yours.

There’s practically a sizzle between the two of you as you briefly lock blades, her trying her damndest to overpower you. Whatever abilities she might have, though, she’s not so strong as to be able to overpower you outright, as you slowly manage to bend her backwards. “Not really the sharpest in the shed, huh?” you say sharply. Still trying to throw her off. “If that’s how you got locked up, then I’m not surprised.”

“SHUT IT!” she yells, and for a moment you think that’s enough as you begin to activate your Flamebringer’s gravity well. If you can keep her pinned, she’ll be a sitting duck.

To your surprise, however, she grits her teeth, plants her feet, and after a second, RIPS her sword from yours, stumbling back a bit and quickly dissolving into shadow- just as a gunshot rips through the air over your head and hits the ground where she’d been hardly a second ago. You can’t waste the time to turn and see, but no points for guessing that Lorelei’s making the most of her height advantage.

(cont)

>>3983874
You can hear something impact the cabin over to your right where Arc and Gartoum are, and you hope it’s not them. Further impacts that sound like steel on steel at least reassure you from there as ‘your’ Junko reforms at a distance; you’re not sure you’ll be able to box her in very effectively, either, if she can slither around like that…

Another gunshot- this time off to the left, around where Izumi’s clash is taking place; blades impacting and singing through the air with vicious cadence. There’s a second-long pause, then you hear a yell of exertion from Izumi briefly, and the sounds resume.

This time, you’re forced to leap for distance as a bolt of shadow is launched from her again- only this time, it curves to follow your trajectory- and you’re forced to meet it with your own magiwave to eliminate it, the two energies colliding and detonating with a small yet forceful burst of power.

“You don’t know ANYTHING about what I went through! You couldn’t even BEGIN to guess!” she roars as she rears back and waves of heat begin to come off of her.

>Keep taunting, keep dodging. This is going to be a battle of attrition, and you’re going to have to play smart to win.
>You can’t let her keep any breathing room to herself. Body armor up, and time to take the fight to her!
>Keep her distracted; you or Lorelei need to clear out those mages in the backline- again!
>Other

>>3983876
>Keep taunting, keep dodging. This is going to be a battle of attrition, and you’re going to have to play smart to win.
>"Was it bad enough that you had to drag other people down to suffer with you? "

Our allies got their share, this one looks real enough so let's make her busy.
Also
>she roars as she rears back and waves of heat begin to come off of her
That's the sight of a heavy boss attack folks.

>>3983876
>>Keep taunting, keep dodging. This is going to be a battle of attrition, and you’re going to have to play smart to win.
Is she mad? I think she's mad!

>>3983876
>Keep taunting, keep dodging. This is going to be a battle of attrition, and you’re going to have to play smart to win.
Let the bitch waste her powers so that we can see the weaknesses of it.