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You are currently marching back home along some pine forest trail. Just a few moments earlier, you managed to escape the clutches of the MANIFOLD with two kidnappers in tow - one now an ally and the other unresponsive. Unfortunately, the unresponsive one doesn’t seem too keen on returning her current body - YOUR body - back to you.

“S-so.. what should we do?” Kasane peers out from behind you, still carrying her depressed sister.

>Head to Katsu’s first.
>Head to Akira’s first.
>Return home and deal with this yourself.
>Write-In.

>>4239728
>Head to Akira’s first.

>>4239728
>Head to Akira’s first.

We probably don't want to bring her anywhere near Katsu after that illusion.

Also it's been a while, did we already try reclaiming our body while she's konked out? Cause it seems like a golden opportunity.

>>4239728
>>Head to Akira’s first.

Oh shit, I was wondering where this quest was!

>>4239728
>go to your job he might have an idea about this

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>>4239738
>>4239744
>>4239762

>Head to Akira’s first.

“Fufufu. Not to worry.” You scoff. “I have a MINION on hand that will help us! S-somehow.” You’re not actually sure WHAT you’d get your evil servant to do for you, but it’s probably better than going at this with some kid and a traumatized esper.

You manage your way to her dwelling, a short-roofed building at the junction between two other suburb streets. Kasane - and by extension Rise - hang out back at the sidewalk just out of sight as you take a deep breath, sliding the hood off your mane of newly blonde hair.

Akira opens the door. “Oh, Rise..?” She stares at you lazily, resting a thin arm on the doorframe. “It’s been a couple days, huh? You seen Victoria around? .. What’s with the bedsheet?”

>What do you do?

>>4239785
>Minion! Do some ghost things and put me back in my body!

>>4239785
>I make smalltalk

>>4239785
>Tell her the situation

>>4239785
>screw cult shit

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>>4239801
>>4239824

>Tell her the situation
>Minion! Do some ghost things and put me back in my body!

“Fufufu - you could so easily overlook me, minion?!” You strike a cool pose to convince her.
“.. Ehh..” Akira’s eyes narrow.

After bringing her inside - and taking Kasane and Rise in along with you - you explain the events of the last few days, neglecting to mention the parts where you cried as you paint yourself in a much cooler light. You make sure to do a cool few hand motions too.

“.. Now, minion! I need you to do some ghost things and put me back in my body!” You wave Akira to the catatonic Rise inhabiting your meatsack, who groans.
“.. I see.” Akira nods, tapping on her chin. “Don’t know if I could do that, though. Espers souls are pretty tough for any ghost to involve themselves with, and it seems like she’s really clinging to that meat sack of yours. Don’t know why she’d actually want to, though.”

Akira taps your thigh with a finger as if to prove her point. “I-icecream. Please.” Rise murmurs dully.
“Got any other ideas?” Akira tilts her head at you.
“A-and-.. we should probably hurry.” Kasane pipes up from next to you. “I-I mean-.. Ragyo definitely knows that Rise messed up now. She’s probably gonna be coming here herself, soon, w-with everyone else..”

>What do you do?

>>4239908
>Call up that ghost store girl. She's a possession junkie. She probably knows some tricks to make it easier.

>>4239908
This >>4239920
And get some icecream too

>>4239908
>just contact your job, your boss probably has the Esper police or whatever

>>4239929
+1

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>>4239920
>>4239929

>Call up that ghost store girl. She's a possession junkie. She probably knows some tricks to make it easier.
>And get some icecream too

You quickly duck into the other room away from Rise and ring up that clerk, Sunderland. She picks up and you hear a drowsy voice on the other end. “Yeah? Morgan? What do you want?”
“It’s Victoria Asmodeia Malefecorum.” You quickly correct her. “Nevertheless, I require your-”
“Why do you sound so weird?” She cuts in.
“Doesn’t matter.” You hiss. “I need your help. Let’s say someone’s in my body - again - and I need them out and they don’t want to come out. A-and they’re an esper. Is there any way to, uh.. get her out?”
“Mmmmmm. I mean, maybe if you opened up a vortex to the MANIFOLD and drag them in. That’d be pretty tough to do though. I doubt you could pull it off.” Sunderland shrugs. “Have you tried talking them out? Espers’ souls are typically too powerful to just force around. Not like your garden brand human or ghost.”
“TALK her out..? Sunderland, I really don’t want to talk to her..” You murmur, peeking into the other room.
“Sounds like your only option. You could try to convince her that your body sucks, but she probably already knows that. If she’s a REALLY tough nut to crack, you could use physical violence, I guess..”

After a short moment, you enter the living room with a tub of ICECREAM and a spoon, tossing them onto your still body. Rise, zombie-like, stumbles with it for a moment before peeling the lid off and beginning to eat it. Jesus. This is the esper that threatened to kill you just days ago?

>What do you do?

>>4240009
>Snatch it away from her and tell her she can only have it if she returns your body. Then make a big show of eating it in front of her while saying how good it is. Tell her you're gonna eat so much her body will get fat so she better swap back.

>>4240009
>sit next to Risu, together with Kasane
>ask why she won't give us our body back - Ragyo is going to take it away, together with us and her sister. She's basically handing over everything Ragyo wants to win - neither of us want that, right?

>>4240039
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>>4240039
>>4240042

>sit next to Risu, together with Kasane
>ask why she won't give us our body back - Ragyo is going to take it away, together with us and her sister. She's basically handing over everything Ragyo wants to win - neither of us want that, right?

You sit next to the hunched over girl. She’s eating her icecream by the spoonful. “.. Why aren’t you giving me my body back? Ragyo is going to take it - and the both of us, AND your sister.” You argue. “You’re basically giving Ragyo everything she needs to win. Neither of us want that-.. right?”
“When she comes - today, or tomorrow, or the day after - she’s going to kill me for what I tried to do. And then she’ll rip the demon out of your soul and gain enough power for world domination or whatever.” She mumbles, letting the ice cream drip out of her mouth. “Why should I give your body back? I already know how this goes. I might as well spend my last hours with some memories that make me happy. Even if they’re not mine.”

Jesus, she’s REALLY bumming you out. Plus she’s getting icecream all over your face.

>What do you do?

>>4240070
>what exactly does she like about our memories? We were pretty much a delusional loser and people barely put up with us.

>>4240070
>So you're just gonna give up? What about your sister?

>>4240070
>"Fool, you think I would let that happen. You said I had a much more powerful power than even raygo herself."

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>>4240093
>>4240088
>>4240082

>what exactly does she like about our memories? We were pretty much a delusional loser and people barely put up with us.

“Your friends. Your dad. It’s.. nice.” She murmurs. “It feels warm.”

>"Fool, you think I would let that happen. You said I had a much more powerful power than even raygo herself."

“Maybe. But against a hundred other psychics? They’ll burn this town to the ground.” Rise snorts. “They’ll rip your soul from your body and toss the rest away.”

>So you're just gonna give up? What about your sister?

She seems to hesitate at the thought for a moment, flashing a quick glance at her sister. It’s not enough, however. “Whatever. Same thing’ll happen to her as everything else.” Rise mutters. She turns around and hunches up with her icecream. “Leave me alone.”

“Ah-..! great. She’s getting icecream all over the couch.” Akira sighs despondently.

>What do you do?

>>4240120
>Go with the ice cream deprivation plan outlined >>4240033

>>4240120
>ask akira if they have any ideas

>>4240120
>Grab her icecream spoon arm. "Fool, don't you just give up like that. You say you like the memories of people close to me and you don't want to move a finger to save a true memory of happiness, your sister. Get some sense in this peanut brain". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgVuQ_Fbs5g

>>4240120
>"there are other espers in this town - surely they won't stand for a bunch of cultists moving in on their turf. We can ask them to help us, starting with my boss"
>"It may sound crazy, but some ghosts mentioned their hatred for Ragyo's group - and considering that she want to hunt them all down to grow in power then maybe we can make an alliance? There was quite a few spirits who've escaped the Manifold, we can ask them."

>>4240120
>>4240131
>"I have the ability to drain espers of their powers - if we get enough people to help us then I might get a shot at Ragyo herself. And for that I need my body back."

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>>4240136
>>4240131
>>4240130

>Grab her icecream spoon arm. "Fool, don't you just give up like that. You say you like the memories of people close to me and you don't want to move a finger to save a true memory of happiness, your sister. Get some sense in this peanut brain". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgVuQ_Fbs5g [Embed]

You grab her icecream spoon arm. “Fool! Don’t just give up like that.” You shout into her face. She cringes under your grab. “You say you like the memories of people close to me and you don't want to move a finger to save a true memory of happiness, your sister. Get some sense in that peanut brain."
Rise starts to ugly cry in your body now that you’ve got her icecream spoon arm. “Oh god..” She snivels. “I’m such a fuck-up.”

>"there are other espers in this town - surely they won't stand for a bunch of cultists moving in on their turf. We can ask them to help us, starting with my boss"
>"It may sound crazy, but some ghosts mentioned their hatred for Ragyo's group - and considering that she want to hunt them all down to grow in power then maybe we can make an alliance? There was quite a few spirits who've escaped the Manifold, we can ask them."
>"I have the ability to drain espers of their powers - if we get enough people to help us then I might get a shot at Ragyo herself. And for that I need my body back."

"There are other espers in this town - surely they won't stand for a bunch of cultists moving in on their turf. We can ask them to help us, starting with my boss." You begin to pace the room, THINKING. "It may sound crazy, but some ghosts mentioned their hatred for Ragyo's group - and considering that she wants to hunt them all down to grow in power then maybe we can make an alliance? There were quite a few spirits who've escaped the Manifold, we can ask them."
“I-I mean.. maybe. W-working with spirits, though? Isn’t that kind of like, bad..?” Akira SIDE-EYES her. “And what about Ragyo? Not like a ghost is gonna do anything to her..”
"I have the ability to drain espers of their powers - if we get enough people to help us then I might get a shot at Ragyo herself. And for that I need my body back." You conclude, looking at her.

Rise thinks about it for a long while, glancing from you and back to her sister. “O-okay.” She croaks out. “B-but.. Do you need your body right now? It’s comfy.”

>What do you do?

>>4240156
>Well, I need to go find more minions to help against your cult, so if you're comfortable with me using your body for that I guess we can hold off on the swap

>>4240156
>Okay, just until morning - we need to rest. I need my body back before we step outside.

>>4240181
everyone is asleep anyways

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>>4240171
>>4240181

>Well, I need to go find more minions to help against your cult, so if you're comfortable with me using your body for that I guess we can hold off on the swap
>Okay, just until morning - we need to rest. I need my body back before we step outside.

“Well.. we’ll hold off. For NOW.” You think on it. Rise nods eagerly.
Now that you’ve got two new ALLIES, you consider your current prospects.
It is currently 10 PM. According to Kasane and Rise’s estimates, it’s likely that Ragyo is going to be arriving tomorrow to start her siege and take you. Probably tomorrow night.
You have at least four people on your side for sure. Katsu, Akira, Rise, and Kasane. You’ll have to talk to Kagyu and Sunderland about lending some aid, and Katsu still doesn’t know about all this.
Rise and Kasane are the only real ‘strong’ espers you have on hand, but even then, if what they said was true, you doubt the three of you could take on an army of cult-obsessed psychics.
After your little “oopsy” in the MANIFOLD, though, you suppose you might have a fresh army of ghosts to recruit to help you. You’ll have to see what you can do about actually contacting all of them though..

You should probably focus on the “now,” however. Rise and Kasane need a place to stay and Akira lets you know that her parents are not gonna want all three of you staying over.

>What do you do?

>>4240236
>take them to your house, check on Meatloaf, find your Dowsing Rods from way back then - you'll need them to find your new ghost army

>>4240236
backing >>4240242

is big ghost still fucked off to adjacent town? he had a real talent for ghost wrangling.

>>4240236
Supporting >>4240242

>>4240269
He might still be fighting cultists at where Victoria was held

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>>4240242
>>4240269
>>4240288

>take them to your house, check on Meatloaf, find your Dowsing Rods from way back then - you'll need them to find your new ghost army

After bidding Akira goodbye, you drag Kasane and Rise out with you to your place. It’s a brisk, cold walk back home, but opening the door to MEATLOAF is pure bliss as he nearly jumps atop you. Although you may not look the same, he still recognizes your spirit!
With dad still on his business trip for another few days, you don’t have to worry about him wondering why you’re suddenly tall and thin and blonde, so you manage to set up some bedding for the sisters in your room. The two are quiet - Kasane quietly thanking you and Rise looking around the halls with a warm kind of loneliness.

As the two get set for bed, you find your DOWSING RODS tucked away underneath your mattress. The two steel rods glow brightly near MEATLOAF, so they’re still working. Seems useful, but you can’t imagine you’ll be able to find too many ghosts to amass an army with these alone. You’ll figure it out tomorrow.

You take a good look around your room. Kasane’s sound asleep, evidently exhausted by the events of the last few days, but Rise remains awake as she stares up at the ceiling. You have a lot of work to do tomorrow.

>What do you do?

>>4240314
>get dressed in something that isn't cult crap

>>4240314
>Sing a lullaby to Rise because our body will need the sleep.
> Switch bodies in the morning

>>4240314
This >>4240338
And yeah, find something else to wear, like the stuff we gave Rise when she came for sleepover

>>4240314

>>4240338
this.

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>>4240376
>>4240361
>>4240338
>>4240325

>get dressed in something that isn't cult crap
>Sing a lullaby to Rise because our body will need the sleep.
>Switch bodies in the morning

You look through your wardrobe for something that isn’t cult crap and eventually come across a COOL NOVELTY SHIRT you got that reads “LOW FAT MILK.” You slip into it with ease.
Meanwhile, you sit down onto the ground next to Rise and Kasane and awkwardly and quietly try to sing a lullaby. It’s not a real lullaby - it’s a tune you remembered from some anime - but nevertheless, the esper has an indescribable look on her face as you hum to her. She quietly thanks you after you finish.

You slip into bed and prepare for you LONG DAY tomorrow.

[...]

You slowly drag yourself out of bed the following morning, peeling your new long hair from your face and smacking your lips as you look over to the right to see-.. an empty bedspread. Although Kasane is still sound asleep in her mat, Rise has vanished, leaving a messy blanket and an open bedroom door behind her. Oh fuck, you fucked up.

>What do you do?

>>4240399
>Wake up Kasane
>Get her and Meatloaf to help find Rise. Call Akira about it too.
Don't forget the dowsing rods

>>4240399
>Use our esper senses to track her!

>>4240399
This >>4240411

>>4240399
>call everyone to keep a eye out for your body

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>>4240423
>>4240418
>>4240412
>>4240411

>Wake up Kasane
>Get her and Meatloaf to help find Rise. Call Akira about it too.

You quickly shake Kasane awake as you hover over her. “Rise. Rise. Your sister’s gone with MY body..!” You scowl. The little girl is slow to wake.
“H-huh..?” She looks up at you drowsily.
You decide to let Kasane take her time as you slip down the stairs, followed closely behind by Meatloaf and tapping Akira’s number into the phone. You can’t BELIEVE you trusted h-

“Surprise.” Rise stands in the kitchen in your body, holding a plate of pancakes - at least, that’s what you presume the burnt mess of batter on the plate is supposed to be. “I-I made you pancakes. Sorry. They’re kind of.. bad. I was going off your memory of the recipe, b-but it’s kind of hazy.”

>What do you do?

>>4240429
>Oh. Thanks.
>give her a hug

>>4240429
>Thanks. I'll return the favor and more after we switch back.
>Hug

>>4240429
>Those are some lewd looking pancakes.

>>4240429
>breathe a sigh of relief
>to be honest I don't think I made them very well either

>>4240445
>>4240459
+ "Eh, they probably turned out that way because of the... last time I made them"

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>>4240445
>>4240459
>>4240497

>Oh. Thanks.
>Thanks. I'll return the favor and more after we switch back.
>give her a hug
>"Eh, they probably turned out that way because of the... last time I made them"

“Oh. Thanks.” You breathe a sigh of relief. “They probably turned out that way because of the.. last time I made them. I’ll return the favor after we switch back.”

You HUG Rise. While she initially cringes under your touch, she slowly returns it.

Now that you’ve got BREAKFAST, you’d better determine what you’re gonna do first. You’ve gotta get your body back. You gotta reach out to your BOSS and SUNDERLAND, and probably tell KATSU about all this. You’ve gotta wrangle together some ghosts. And you’ve gotta figure out how you’re actually gonna handle this.

>What do?

>>4240974
>swap bodies
>call our boss, sunderland and shiro are probably on their job as well

>>4240974
What the hell, you're back OP? Well damn!
>Let's contact Sunderland first, that's usually the best option (heh)

>>4240974
>Call Katsu
>Call Sunderland
>Call our boss
>Call the police
>Call the FBI
>Call the CIA
>Call the president
>Call our dad
>Call Big Ghost
>Call spider ghost
>Call the ESP police
>Call Mob
>Call Tatsumaki

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>>4240988
>>4241118
>>4241123

>swap bodies
>call our boss, sunderland and shiro are probably on their job as well
>Let's contact Sunderland first, that's usually the best option (heh)

First, breaking off the hug, Rise finally lets her spirit’s grip on your body go and you find yourself sinking back into your old Victoria-ness with ease. You raise your hands in the air and fire off some BOLTS. Your power no longer feels like it’s being bottlenecked by your body! Damn, you’re GOOD.
You figure you’d better call Shiro/Sunderland and Kagyu first. They’re pretty knowledgeable about the spiritual AND esper world. Ringing up the PHANTOM THIEF OFFICE, your faithful spirit servant, SHIRO, picks up the phone. You switch her over to SUNDERLAND to talk serious matters.

Explaining the situation in its totality, you close on an EVIL LAUGH you’ve been practicing. Rise noticeably cringes. “.. And I believe I’ll need YOUR HELP to fend off the ORACULAR ORDER! And KAGYU, of course - any esper that can lend their strength.”
“The ORACULAR ORDER is REALLY bad news, Morgan. I- don’t think you can do this.” Sunderland finally responds after a LONG pause. “Even the old shop was scared of them. Maybe just-.. move out of town? And tell everyone else to move out of town too?”
“Not an option.” You frown. “Can you get your boss on the phone..?”
“One sec. I’ll tell him.” You hear her cover the receiver with her hand as a muffled conversation breaks out on the other end. Gradually, the muffled audio turns to frantic shouts and loud crashing and banging. Sunderland returns. “.. Uh-.. Kagyu’s packing a bunch of stuff up now. Said something about.. skipping town.”

>What do you do?

>>4241215
>Tell him if he does we're leaving his business an eternity of bad Yelp reviews

>>4241215
STRONKTORIA
Also what the fuck, skipping town.
>Tell her to get him on the phone, so you can chuuni at him until he changes his mind.

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>>4241228
>>4241233

>Tell him if he does we're leaving his business an eternity of bad Yelp reviews
>Tell her to get him on the phone, so you can chuuni at him until he changes his mind.

“Get him on the phone..!” You groan into the mic as the loud banging and crashing the background continues.
“Your call.” Sunderland sighs. You listen to the hum and click of the receiver as she tosses it over to her boss, who scrambles to pick it up.
“Ohohoho, WONDERFUL job, assistant!” He laughs, audibly nervous. “Been a while since I last saw you, but I ASSURE you, the deal is still up for grabs - in fact, why not simply take my whole office? Good luck with that whole ORACULAR ORDER affair and all.”
“Th-the whole office? No!” You scowl. “Kagyu, you FOOLISH IGNORAMUS. I need you to enact my plot of revenge on the cult..! Maybe us alone couldn’t handle them, but with you, maybe-”
“With me? What me?! Morganette, I’m already miles away in SHIN DETROIT with a brand new location!” He laughs nervously. “This town is a living crater if the ORDER’S intent on coming tonight. You’d do nicely to NOT follow me and leave this whole affair here.”
“I’ll give your place an eternity of bad YELP reviews if you abandon me.” You threaten.
“And I’ll pay SHIRO to make an eternity more to counter them.” You can almost hear the sweat coming through the mic.

>What do you do?

>>4241248
>Think of the prestige you'll have after fighting off the Order! It's not going to be just us, I'm recruiting other ESPers and a ton of spirits.

>>4241248
>Well if you're already out of here, what's the harm in having Sunderland keep the store open? Worst case is mitigated, and best case everything blows over just fine! Just leave me some stock already! I'm like your only customer anyway!

>>4241248
>at least let me shop online, you're not some kind of technologically backwards yokel store right?
this is very inconvenient, also does this mean sunderland is gone too? damn

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>>4241256

>Think of the prestige you'll have after fighting off the Order! It's not going to be just us, I'm recruiting other ESPers and a ton of spirits.

“W-wait. Think of the prestige you’ll gain after fighting the ORDER!” You try to goad him into staying. “It’s not just going to be us-..! I’m recruiting some other ESPers, a-and some spirits, too! Plus, I can drain ESPER POWER, too, so-..”
You hear the banging and crashing come to a sudden stop. The pause continues for a short while. “Just how many spirits and ESPers, exactly?” You’ve got his ear. “.. AND draining esper power, too, hmm..?”
“Uh-.. me and two others espers, not including you. They’re strong, though! And a couple hundred spirits that slipped through with me into the MANIFOLD too, but I-I still gotta ask them.” You breathe into the mic. “What do you think..?”
“Well-.. maybe. That’s a rather LARGE maybe, though, VICTORIA.” He calls you by your correct name! “Everything you do - gathering your little spirits and espers and friends - must be done to DISTRACT the cultists. Your friends will lose, undoubtedly. Just one of those espers could take on hundreds of spirits with ease. But if you manage to distract them long enough for you to take out the leader herself.. they’ll fall into disarray. The entire organization is structured around her lead.You MUST take care of the leader first. That is, assuming you actually can. Do you have a plan, exactly?”

>What do you do?

>>4241328
>How about you tell me some more about this chick and I'll make one, for some reason everyone loves to tell me how scary and terrifying these guys are but never want to provide details.
Time to p l a n

>>4241328
we should have inflated our numbers!

Anyway he thinks those espers can take hundreds of spirits each, but I dunno I remember some of those spirits being hella scary

Anyway no we don't have a plan yet, that's why we're recruiting him. He's the plan guy, with his high tier precog power and all.

well fuck anons can we make a plan? I mean we tend to fly by the seat of our pants a lot

>>4241328
>i need more information about raygo
>i keep hearing about her but only hearsay

>>4241353
Kagyu just told us our plan. Recruit a ton of sacrificial fodder, throw them at the cult as a distraction to isolate Ragyo, then gank her and nom her powers away.

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>>4241363
>>4241334

>How about you tell me some more about this chick and I'll make one, for some reason everyone loves to tell me how scary and terrifying these guys are but never want to provide details.
>i need more information about raygo
>i keep hearing about her but only hearsay

“How about you tell me some more about this chick and I'll make one?” You ask. “Everyone loves to tell me how scary and terrifying these guys are but never want to provide details.”
“Ehh..” Kagyu trails off. “Not too many ESPERS live to say much, Morgana-..”

“I can help.” Rise speaks up from behind you. “.. Ragyo’s power is GODKIND. She can drag you into her own little plane of reality and warp it to suit her needs. She can make you temporarily forget big parts of your life and slot in new memories, change your perception of time, and create your own little personalized slice of hell. It’s.. kind of like that ghost you fought one time. But RAGYO can do way more than trawl through your memories. It’s.. rough.”

>What do you do?

>>4241365
thats a very general plan though leaving out the 'how to sneak to her' and 'how to beat her' parts. probably the most important parts

>>4241393
>This isn't gonna be one of those episodes where she makes me think I'm living a happy life but something isn't quite right and soon enough my POWERFUL WILL breaks through her illusions so I can give her an uppercut while she goes 'T-this can't be! How did you overcome my power!?' and then I win....right? Cause that sounds very easy but also a bit meh...

>>4241393
>does it have a range. powers like that always have a weakness.

>>4241393
>Alright, so one of the espers we recruit has to be a dumb enough sap that we can dupe them into getting yeeted to hell by Ragyo. Then while she's busy torturing them to death I can sneak up and give her a whammy.

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>>4241406

>This isn't gonna be one of those episodes where she makes me think I'm living a happy life but something isn't quite right and soon enough my POWERFUL WILL breaks through her illusions so I can give her an uppercut while she goes 'T-this can't be! How did you overcome my power!?' and then I win....right? Cause that sounds very easy but also a bit meh...

“Mmm.. no. She’ll probably try to mentally break you. Ideally, she DOESN’T trap you in her reality.” Rise thinks on it for a minute. “A happy life would be kind of nice though..”

>>4241412

>does it have a range. powers like that always have a weakness.

“A range? If she sees you, I guess..”

>>4241415

>Alright, so one of the espers we recruit has to be a dumb enough sap that we can dupe them into getting yeeted to hell by Ragyo. Then while she's busy torturing them to death I can sneak up and give her a whammy.

“What espers? It’s just me and Kasane..” Rise tilts her head. “Y-you mean, l-like.. Me?”

Kagyu interrupts over the phone. “Got a plan yet?! Nonetheless, come to the OFFICE as soon as possible. Sunderland mentioned that she might have a way for you to contact ghosts en masse.” He rattles over the buzz of the cell.

>What do you do?

>>4241436
>head over and keep planning on the way. doea her power work ny sight or is it just an approximation of the range?

>>4241436
>Go to the Office

>"No Rise, of course not you! But, did I say dumb enough sap? I meant someone brave and courageous who's willing to fight for their friends!"

>>4241436
>>4241452
Hah, I like this one.

>>4241436
>Head to office
>A building could work. Close quarters, limited line of sight, and movement advantage for our incorporeal allies.

>>4241436
>"just spitballing"

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>>4241452
>>4241458
>>4241460
>>4241477

>head over and keep planning on the way. doea her power work ny sight or is it just an approximation of the range?
>Go to the Office
>"No Rise, of course not you! But, did I say dumb enough sap? I meant someone brave and courageous who's willing to fight for their friends!"

"No Rise, of course not you! But, did I say dumb enough sap? I meant someone brave and courageous who's willing to fight for their friends!" You laugh, side-eyeing her. She looks like she’s about to cry.

Nevertheless, you head over to the office. On the way, RISE talks business with you. “Getting caught in her reality is a REAL bad idea. She’ll probably mash your brain into little bits, knowing her. If you do, you lose.” She grimaces. “Her power is based on line of sight, but-.. she’s got a pretty big line of sight. Plus, she has some weird artifacts that nullify ESPER power in a range around her. Best bet probably is to try and have her trap someone else and then-.. figure out what to do with her from there. She’ll be distracted while torturing someone, so that’s our only real chance.”
Upon arriving, Sunderland greets you at the entrance while Kagyu packs up a comically large trunk behind you. Looks like disaster insurance. “.. I can set you up to broadcast a message to ghosts in the surrounding area. Just gonna take a pretty big SPIRITIUM RITUAL CIRCLE, but it’s possible. It’s generally a bad idea to contact spirits en masse like this - they tend to get annoyed pretty easy - but I guess the situation warrants it.” She drums her fingers on the counter. “We’ll put the SPIRITIUM on your tab. You got an idea for a message yet?”

>What do you do?

>>4241499
Hmmm, well as much as I like being an edgy chuuni, sentencing someone to torture sounds like a bad time. Maybe we could get tortured and just have one of our pals take her out instead, reverse the roles?
>If we tell the ghosts about the Oracular Order, what are the odds they just flee in fear?

>>4241499
>tell them to gather near the office
we can give them more orders once we know how many will show

>>4241499
>Gather at the office
>Offer negotiations

>>4241499
>"Yo ghosts we're taking down the Oracular order who's in?"

Hey, it worked for big ghost last thread.

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>>4241519

>tell them to gather near the office
>Gather at the office
>Offer negotiations
>If we tell the ghosts about the Oracular Order, what are the odds they just flee in fear?

“We could tell them to gather near the office, right? Then we could negotiate with them!” You exclaim.
“.. Right. You know ghosts. I know ghosts. Do you REALLY think that would work..?” You think back on that time you nearly got dragged to your death from a TV spirit and the skull ghost releasing thousands of spirits into the air out of bitterness. “Ghosts aren’t a very orderly bunch.”
“You are NOT summoning them near my office space!” Kagyu exclaims as he hoists the trunk over his head.
“If we tell the ghosts about the Oracular Order, what are the odds they just flee in fear?” You offer up.
“Mmm.. that might be good, but only if you assure them that you have a way of taking it out. They’d be all over that..” Sunderland nods, tapping her chin under the mask. “You could tell them that the ORDER is coming and that you’re willing to work with them to take the entire cult out. I got the stuff to paint with if you can figure out your message and where we do this. You’re on vacation, right? Maybe your school rooftop..”

>What’s your message to the spirits?
>Where do you summon them?

>>4241572
yeah lets meet at the school, and tell the ghosts that we're gonna beat the oracular order and we have a very cunning plan for it if everyone cooperates

>>4241572
School rooftop...sure, why not.
>"Hail, incorporeal friends! Today, I have for you a spectacular opportunity! The hated Oracular Order are here to torment you all with their despicable powers, but FEAR NOT! With MY help, you can turn the tables and send these so-called 'oracles' fleeing in terror! By MY hand, their leader will be dragged low! All I require of you is to meet at the school roof for a great struggle against this hated foe!"

>>4241572
This >>4241585
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This >>4241596

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>>4241598

>School rooftop...sure, why not.
>"Hail, incorporeal friends! Today, I have for you a spectacular opportunity! The hated Oracular Order are here to torment you all with their despicable powers, but FEAR NOT! With MY help, you can turn the tables and send these so-called 'oracles' fleeing in terror! By MY hand, their leader will be dragged low! All I require of you is to meet at the school roof for a great struggle against this hated foe!"

You write the message down so that you won’t forget it, making sure to use ALL of your literary merit and fanfic skill to create a message worth reading. You proudly pass the slip of paper to the secretary, who reads it while cringing.

“It’s.. good.” She lies. “At least, it’ll work. Ghosts are a theatrical bunch. They’ll buy this.”

[...]

You, Rise, and Sunderland stand atop your school rooftop, a vast symbol slathered across the tiles. Sunderland crosses her arms, glancing to you. You figure you still have a good 9-10 hours before the ORACLE arrives.

“You ready?” She asks, glancing to you. She tosses a pocket knife to you. “All it’ll take is a little blood. Just spill some along the border. Be careful about this.”

>Do it.
>Force Rise to do it because you're a baby.
>Write-In.

>>4241681
>Dew it.

>>4241681
>Do it.

Imagine we're Anakin and Palpatine is commanding us

>>4241681
>Force Rise to do it because you're a baby.
Force her to spill our blood, or her own? I'm all about the latter.

>>4241681
>Do it.
We can Evil Heal afterwards

Psych

>>4241715
P-psych what, anon?

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>>4241686

>Do it.

You step up to the occasion, running the blade across the palm of your hand. Sunderland cringes behind you. “Y-you could have just pricked it, y’know..”

You spill the blood onto the seal. It glows with the hum of your COOL demonic blood as the red liquid courses along the pattern. It eventually coalesces in the center as a red flash of light floods your vision in a familiar explosion of SPECTRAL ENERGY that you haven’t seen since you first summoned the 10 TALISMAN ghosts.

A vortex of ENNUMERABLE ghosts stands before you - the pillar of red stretching into the sky. They’re trapped within the confines of the ritual circle. Rise takes a few hesitant steps away from the pillar while Sunderland places a hand on her shoulder.

“Go on. Tell them.” She whispers. You notice that your breath has caught in your throat. You’re pretty sure that if this circle broke, the spirits would OVERRUN you.

>What do you do?

>>4241787
What are we telling them exactly? We already delivered our CHUUNI speech right? And we don't have a plan yet.

>>4241787
> " I have called you here today to aid me in destroying our mutual enemy in the Oracular Order. I possess the ability to drain espers of their powers and I planned use this on their leader to destroy the Oracular Order. I need all of you to distract her and her followers so that I may get an opening on her. I hope our mutual hatred for the Order shall be enough for your cooperation. If not, the chance will never arise again."

>>4241787
>tell them that the leader of Oracular Order is coming tonight to steal our powers and use them to hunt you spirits to become unstoppable. If we are to stop her then we need to drain her power, but she's protected by her minions. Ask spirits to help us by distracting her goons long enough for us to make our move.

>>4241787
>my sprit friends, I need you to distract the order, while I deliver the killing blow. you will not need to fight, only mislead them for a time!

>>4241787
Well, I think these sound good.
>>4241810
>>4241815

Also, gotta sleep so don't fuck this up too badly anons!

>>4241787
>"MINIONS! I will soon strike down the leader of the Ocular Order for daring to oppose me! I require you to deal with her lackies so that I may accomplish this uninterrupted!"

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>>4241815
>>4241820

>"I have called you here today to aid me in destroying our mutual enemy in the Oracular Order. I possess the ability to drain espers of their powers and I planned use this on their leader to destroy the Oracular Order. I need all of you to distract her and her followers so that I may get an opening on her. I hope our mutual hatred for the Order shall be enough for your cooperation. If not, the chance will never arise again."
>tell them that the leader of Oracular Order is coming tonight to steal our powers and use them to hunt you spirits to become unstoppable. If we are to stop her then we need to drain her power, but she's protected by her minions. Ask spirits to help us by distracting her goons long enough for us to make our move.

"I have called you here today to aid me in destroying our mutual enemy in the Oracular Order. The leader is coming here TONIGHT to hunt you spirits and become unstoppable. I possess the ability to drain espers of their powers and I plan on using this on their leader to destroy the Oracular Order.” You take a clear, deep, and STEELY breath as you recite this from your head. You sound super cool! “I need all of you to distract her and her followers so that I may get an opening on her. I hope our mutual hatred for the Order shall be enough for your cooperation. If not, the chance will never arise again."

The spirits don’t react. The seem as volatile as ever, but nonetheless, you’re sure your message at least reached them. The coursing mass of VOLATILE ENERGY pulsates as a SPIRIT loosens himself from the grip of the pillar.

“And what’s stopping us from turning you into the ORDER for our guaranteed safety?” The SPIDER smirks in a hissing, greasy voice. “How are you so sure that you’ll even get CLOSE to the leader? What’s your plan, little girl?”

>What do you do?

>>4241838
>"Oh, it's you. You little shit. I got you all out of the manifold, you owe me."

>>4241838
>What safety? You know that they are not going to stop and I've never seen them working with other spirits, unlike me.
>Since she's coming for me, then we know where she'll be looking - we can ambush them.

>>4241838
>very shortsighted, I'm not doing anything to you unless you go out of line while these guys will remove you right after me.

>>4241838
>They'll never even consider negotiating with spirits. All of you are mounds of Spiritium to the Order.
>An ambush is guaranteed to work if Ragyo is busy torturing someone with her power and her goons are distracted. We just need a volunteer to distract her. Maybe a possessed stranger who isn't any of my friends?

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>What safety? You know that they are not going to stop and I've never seen them working with other spirits, unlike me.
>Since she's coming for me, then we know where she'll be looking - we can ambush them.
>They'll never even consider negotiating with spirits. All of you are mounds of Spiritium to the Order.
>An ambush is guaranteed to work if Ragyo is busy torturing someone with her power and her goons are distracted. We just need a volunteer to distract her. Maybe a possessed stranger who isn't any of my friends?

“What safety? You know that they are not going to stop. They'll never even consider negotiating with spirits. All of you are mounds of Spiritium to the Order.” You stand your ground, staring the SPIDER SPIRIT in the face. It grimaces at you. “Since she's coming for me, then we know where she'll be looking - we can ambush them. An ambush is guaranteed to work if Ragyo is busy torturing someone with her power and her goons are distracted. All you spirits need to do is distract them and these espers will be out of your.”

The SPIDER SPIRIT remains silent before recoiling back into the vortex, a grimace on its face. “We’ll mull it over.” He hisses in a low, throaty tone. “Goodbye, Victoria.”

With that, the SPIRIT COLUMN slowly dissipates - various spirits caught in the tornado of energy fading away and returning to their haunting grounds. Eventually, all that’s left is a thin, smudged stain that was once the RITUAL CIRCLE on the school rooftop.

“So.. what next..?” Rise peers over your shoulder.

>What next?

>>4241923
>"Any rogue ESPers in town we can try to recruit?"

>>4241923
>Call Kagyu, ask if there are other espers in this town who might join us
>if not then meet with Katsu, maybe he can help with planning out the ambush.

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>>4241939

>"Any rogue ESPers in town we can try to recruit?"
>Call Kagyu, ask if there are other espers in this town who might join us
>if not then meet with Katsu, maybe he can help with planning out the ambush.

“Any rogue ESPers in town we can try to recruit? You scouted out this town before-.. y’know, right?” You turn to RISE.
“As far as we checked, there was no one. Espers are rare, and this is a small enough town as is.” Rise awkwardly grabs at her arm at the mention of her being a psycho cultist. “I think it’s just us. And Kagyu. If you really think that guy is an actual esper.”

“Right.” You groan. Fishing your cellphone out of your pocket, you dial up your BOY that is a FRIEND, Katsu. He picks up nearly immediately.
“V-Victoria! Thank god..!” He exclaims on the other side. “.. Are you okay?! You got kidnapped by that ESPER MONSTER a few days ago, right..? Where have you been?”

>What do you do?

>>4241983
>"Held captive by some crazy cult, which is now coming to this town. You might want to take a short vacation."

>>4241983
>"yeah about that [commence explanation] sorry i forgot talking to you this morning"

>>4241983
>Explain the situation to Katsu and ask for his help in making a strategy.
>Ask him if he knows somewhere safe to hide when the attack comes. Victoria doesn't need to see Katsu crushed again.

>>4242005
this!

>>4241983
>>4241998
Wooo vacation!

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>>4242566
>>4242110

>"Held captive by some crazy cult, which is now coming to this town. You might want to take a short vacation."
>Explain the situation to Katsu and ask for his help in making a strategy.
>Ask him if he knows somewhere safe to hide when the attack comes. Victoria doesn't need to see Katsu crushed again.

You explain the situation in full to him. Your friend shrieks at you SEVERAL times during this process out of frustration and worry, but luckily, he doesn’t faint. “.. And that’s it!” You proudly finish your story, placing your hands on your hips for having SURVIVED the ordeal. “D-do you, uh.. Do you have any ideas for a strategy, my FAITHFUL servant? And do you know anywhere safe to hide when the attack comes..? I don’t want you getting.. hurt.” You purposefully omit seeing him get physically crushed again. That’s best left for you to shoulder.

Katsu catches his breath after about 10 seconds. “A strategy.. L-let me think.” He hums. “W-well, you know you have to dupe RAGYO into warping someone else, right..? A-and she’s apparently pretty smart? Maybe put someone else’s soul in your body. Fake that they’re you. And-.. you’ll have to figure out how to deal with her after that, since she has something that can apparently nullify ESPER powers. Maybe.. Y-you could open up a portal to the MANIFOLD and shove her inside? You need TWO espers to open a portal back, right? So she wouldn’t be able to come back. But I’m NOT leaving you here to die, Victoria. Th-there’s gotta be some way I can help, right..?”

>What do you do?

>>4243140
>"I'm sorry I don't really know what you can do..."

>>4243140
Oh shit, I'm late
>Let's get a volunteer bodyswapper in here. Surely some ghost wants a try at it.
Katsu's cool but kinda outgunned unless anons have an idea.

>>4243140
>"Sunderland already no confidenced me on the Manifold portal, and I think I need to be in my own body to eat her power. Maybe there's a ghost out there with shapeshifting or illusion abilities who can possess someone and look like me? Or maybe Kasane can biohorror herself into me and then have a ghost possess her so she doesn't take the GODKIND hit."

>>4243140
>What do you do?
Mmm. We kinda need our body to use our powers effectively.
What if we go on a ghost eating rampage and just snatch as many powers as possible so we can fight Ragyo?

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>>4243301

>"Sunderland already no confidenced me on the Manifold portal, and I think I need to be in my own body to eat her power. Maybe there's a ghost out there with shapeshifting or illusion abilities who can possess someone and look like me? Or maybe Kasane can biohorror herself into me and then have a ghost possess her so she doesn't take the GODKIND hit."
>Let's get a volunteer bodyswapper in here. Surely some ghost wants a try at it.
>"I'm sorry I don't really know what you can do..."

"Sunderland already no confidenced me on the Manifold portal, and I think I need to be in my own body to eat her power. Maybe there's a ghost out there with shapeshifting or illusion abilities who can possess someone and look like me? Or maybe Kasane can biohorror herself into me and then have a ghost possess her so she doesn't take the GODKIND hit." You offer aloud. “.. Or we could get some to voluntarily switch with me. Like.. a ghost, o-or.. Rise.”
“.. A-alright.” Katsu settles. “It sounds like you’ve got some plans. But I c-can’t just leave you here against some psycho cult..!”
“I-I’m sorry, Katsu, but I don’t really know what you can do..”

You think on it.

>Ask him to stay and provide moral support.
>Ask him to lead the people in the town in evacuating.
>Ask him to leave alone now with his family.
>Write-In.

>>4243405
>Ask him to lead the people in the town in evacuating.
A very useful job that should be motivational!
Also not sure about getting Rise or anyone we even mildly like in for the bodyswap, if they're gonna get tortures. Asshole ghost would be ideal. Unless we can just do it ourself and have our team deal with her, but that doesn't sound very likely.

>>4243405
>Ask him to lead the people in the town in evacuating.

I'd ask him to be a meatpuppet for the hypothetical illusion ghost, but we already got illusioned hard by Rise of him dying so we should find someone else.

At least Rise doing it to us is proof the power exists. We don't even need something near that powerful.

>>4243405
>Ask him to lead the people in the town in evacuating.

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>>4243413

>Ask him to lead the people in the town in evacuating.

“You could lead the people in town evacuating..!” You exclaim. “Y-you could head out to that old FLOOD ALARM building and get on the comm equipment to announce it. This town’s gonna get-.. pretty bad pretty soon.”
“Y-yeah, y-you’re right..” Katsu thinks on it. “Okay. I can do that. You’ll be fine. You’ll be okay.” He repeats to assure himself.
“Tcch. Don’t be stupid. No one could kill a DARK LORD of my caliber.” You sneer. “And I know you’ll do great, too. No stupid CULTIST could ever take on one of MY VILE MINIONS.”
“Right. I-I.. trust you.” Katsu’s nods on the other end. “Do your best, okay? A-and th-thanks for helping me with the club. Bye.”

With that, he HANGS UP on you. You stand atop the roof with SUNDERLAND and RISE. Now that the SPIRITS seem to be amicable to your plan and the PEOPLE are gonna be evacuated, you feel a bit more confident. Checking your watch, you find that it’s HIGH NOON. You figure you have about 6-7 hours before the OCCULTIC CULTISTS arrive.

>What do you do?

>>4243467
What the fuck how is wasting time this difficult
>go out for lunch
It's for calming nerves, ok?

>>4243467
>Parse your spooky allies for one that has the powers you need

>>4243467
ask rise and subderland who they think should be tortured
sounds a bit grim phrasing it that way...

>>4243467
>get to thd Kagyu's office, we'll need the artifacts that he's appropriated from the old store.
>are the cloak and mask we grabbed one one of his tadks really useless?

>>4243498
sunderland sorry, not sure she's much of a sub

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>>4243498

>Parse your spooky allies for one that has the powers you need
>ask rise and subderland who they think should be tortured
>sounds a bit grim phrasing it that way…

“Rise. Sunderland.” You turn toward them. “Who do you think we should let be tortured?”
Oh, man. That doesn’t really come out of your mouth the way you thought it would.

“Not me.” Sunderland states bluntly.
“W-well, it’s just like trapping you in a mental prison of your worst idealized reality. Not like my life could get any worse.” Rise states. Was that meant to be a joke? “I mean-.. I-I could do it. I’d prefer not to. But as long as you deal with RAGYO quickly, it can’t be too bad. And I’d prefer you not use my kid sister..”

>>4243504

>get to thd Kagyu's office, we'll need the artifacts that he's appropriated from the old store.
>are the cloak and mask we grabbed one one of his tadks really useless?

“But how are we GOING to deal with RAGYO?” You ask aloud. “If she’s got an artifact that can DRAIN esper abilities, we’ll probably have to deal with that-.. but even THEN, her esper powers are pretty strong..”
“Katsu might’ve had a good point. I mean, it’d still be tough-.. but with some resources from the old STORE, MAYBE we could open up a portal to the MANIFOLD. A small one.” She nods. “Kagyu pilfered some old items from it and I still have some stuff I picked up for.. personal use. If we gather enough SPIRITUAL ITEMS together in close enough proximity, we could open up a hole that we could just.. dump her in. Wouldn’t take any esper abilities to shove her in.”

>What do you do?

>>4243519
>Let's go LOOT the STORE!
Finding some items that can help sounds like a good bet even if we can't manage a portal.
Still not super comfortable with all the torture stuff...damn rude of Ragyo to bring that to the table.

>>4243519
we should probably visit the store then

>>4243519
>Loot the Store
I hope Store came back from the Manifold

>>4243519
>loot the office

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>>4243566
>>4243568

>Let's go LOOT the STORE!

“Right. We’ll LOOT the STORE!” You exclaim, raising your fist in the air as you begin to march down along the school roof. Rise and Sunderland slowly walk after you.

You spend the good part of the next few hours scrounging together whatever you can - spanning the range from Sunderland’s own private reserve at her apartment, to what items Kagyu managed to snag from the old store, to some of your own stuff. Sunderland bemoans the loss of some of her “private” items. All the while, you listen to the blaring siren of a “FLOOD” evacuation. Presumably, KATSU managed to get the job done - you watch as cars file out of the area en masse. Hopefully, this’ll minimize anyone hurt in the fallout of your EPIC psychic battle.

By the time you’re done, you’ve managed to collect enough SPIRITUAL ITEMS in a stable enough holding bag to consider it a PORTABLE MANIFOLD PORTAL. Sunderland advises you to not poke it lest your spirit get curb-stomped across 12 different planes of reality. The bag sits on the office lobby floor, surrounded by YOU, RISE, KAGYU, SUNDERLAND, and AKIRA. The sky outside is SUNSET RED. Spirits dart in and out of the abandoned houses and businesses. You suppose you have an hour or so left.

“The cult are probably going to TRANSPOND here via a wormhole. They’ve got an esper that can do that. Probably in the center of town.” Rise nods to you. “From there, they’ll spread out across town. Scatter different parties of espers across the area. I guess - at least, hope - that the spirits handle them. Ragyo won’t do much hunting herself. She’ll probably hang by the VORTEX, but it’s IMPERATIVE we split her from the rest. What do you think..?”

>What do you do?

>>4243603
If she's lazy, we just gotta make the vortex area comfy I suppose.
Now, who we gonna distract the bitch with, anons? Any great ideas before we just pick a sacrificial lamb?

>>4243603
>Make sure everyone's had something to eat before this all goes down
>Make sure whoever we choose as a bait can mimic our AWESOME CHUUNI ROLE so as to not tip off that its them and not us

>"So what you're saying is, we should hang out nearby the center of town in wait. Same with the spirits, but once they port in we have all the spirits just explode across town and drag all of the hunter teams away in different directions before we jump her?"
Maybe we should try calling Big Ghost or Spider Ghost to make sure they can help get things working well with the spirits in that regard.

>>4243624
Contacting the ghosts is probably a good idea. Should we try trick a ghost into possessing us and have them get hit by Ragyo? The others can probably do the 'shove into portal' bit if we get her to focus on our passenger. Might backfire in a variety of ways though since ghosts are not exactly reliable helpers.

>>4243634
It's once again time for me to sleep so I hope more anons come along and steer us through this very important fight.

>>4243603
>Still think we should find a ghost that can do illusions so we can make a fake me to draw her away and take the mind torture hit.

>>4243603
>We need to hit them as soon as they get comfortable
>We need to find a ghost with illusions to cover our approach and create a false image of us over our decoy.
>Akira could be the torture victim and let Ryuko take the mental damage or take it himself if he feels.

Actually, why can't we just use ourselves as the bait for the mind duel?
We have the best coping mechanism, a strong will otherwise, and it feels like a bit of a dick move to force this onto anyone that's a human or close-ghost ally. Even if Rise doesn't think it'd be much worse for her, it still doesn't send a good message to her that we are more than happy to let her get mind-fucked.

I mean, if we have the portable bag of tele-fragging, then anyone can make do with the throwing. Akira would probably be pretty good at it with the /fit/ bod. It doesn't rely on us sending her to the MANIFOLD personally. Plus it has a lesser chance of the leader thinking the body or spirit is expendable or just going for a kill once the illusion has been broken.

>>4244326
I'm okay with this, the biggest issue is if something goes wrong with the rest of the plan we're best positioned to deal with it. But the basic plan as we have it now doesn't really require our powers or abilities.

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>>4244326
>>4244345
>>4243624

>Make sure everyone's had something to eat before this all goes down
>"So what you're saying is, we should hang out nearby the center of town in wait. Same with the spirits, but once they port in we have all the spirits just explode across town and drag all of the hunter teams away in different directions before we jump her?"
>Actually, why can't we just use ourselves as the bait for the mind duel?
>We have the best coping mechanism, a strong will otherwise, and it feels like a bit of a dick move to force this onto anyone that's a human or close-ghost ally. Even if Rise doesn't think it'd be much worse for her, it still doesn't send a good message to her that we are more than happy to let her get mind-fucked.
>I mean, if we have the portable bag of tele-fragging, then anyone can make do with the throwing. Akira would probably be pretty good at it with the /fit/ bod. It doesn't rely on us sending her to the MANIFOLD personally. Plus it has a lesser chance of the leader thinking the body or spirit is expendable or just going for a kill once the illusion has been broken.

Despite the offer, no one else seems to reciprocate your offer to raid the local MCDONALD’S for MCNUGGETS. Seems like their nerves got the best of their guts. What a shame.
“I’ve been thinking-.. I could use MYSELF as bait.” You admit. “I think I’ve got a pretty good will. And AKIRA could hurl the MANIFOLD bag from a distance. I don’t have to send her to the MANIFOLD personally, and there’s less of a chance of RAGYO thinking the body or spirit is expendable and killing it once the illusion is broken.”
“That could work.” Rise pipes up. “But are you sure you wanna mentally torture yourself AGAIN..? I-I’m still willing to do it, as long as you take care of her quick.”
“Pssh. I’m used to it.” You scoff. "But when she comes-.. you’re saying we should hang out nearby the center of town in wait. Same with the spirits, but once they port in we have all the spirits just explode across town and drag all of the hunter teams away in different directions before we jump her?"

Rise thinks on it. “As long as the spirits follow along with it, that sounds like the best move. We should still try to keep a distance from her, though. Don’t want to get dragged into the MANIFOLD with her.” She nods. “And we can’t get too FLIPPANT with opening up portals and causing REALITY SHIFTS. Opening up a portal so often is.. kind of dangerous. Could end up obliterating a pretty big section of this country. This is our last and only shot.”
Akira taps her phone clock. “You ready? They should be coming soon.”

>What do you do?

>>4244576
>group hug
>inform the spirits about your plan adjustments

>>4244576
By the way, where's Kasane?

>>4244576
>Let's go!
Team huddle does sound nice. Now we just have to see what the Order has up their sleeve (hopefully nothing).

>>4244576
>ready as can be
>how about you guys, handling this portal isn't exactly safe

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>>4244591
>>4244594
>>4244595

>By the way, where's Kasane?

Kasane is currently at your home, watching over MEATLOAF. Once the SIEGE begins, you plan on keeping her relegated to the back lines. Ideally, she won’t have to step in at all since she’s a kid, but you still need all the help you can get.

>Let's go!
>group hug
>inform the spirits about your plan adjustments

While informing the spirits about an adjustment in plan directly would help, you’re certain that even now, small ghosts pervade the room and outer area and word spreads fast spiritually. You just hope that they’ll follow along with it.

“Good luck, DARK LORD.” Akira sneers. With RISE’S help, she HOISTS you into the air.
“You’ve got this, FAITHFUL ASSISTANT.” Kagyu grunts from under you, evidently struggling to keep you up.
“Don’t die KID.” Sunderland responds dully. Shiro pipes out from within her. “G-good luck SENPAI!”
“Good luck, VICTORIA.” Rise smiles faintly.

With that, they lead you out of the BUILDING and out into the STREET to face the FINAL BOSS.

[...]

A small, slowly growing crackling RED VORTEX hovers in the air in front of you, about the size of a basketball. Ghosts whisper STRANGE THINGS around you as spectral wind threatens to bowl you over. The area crackles with SPIRITUAL ENERGY that makes your hair stand on end. The sky is a bright red. Akira is just behind the both of you with the MANIFOLD BAG. Kagyu and Sunderland hang farther back with KASANE in towe.

“That’s the hole. It’ll be done in a moment. Then they’ll start coming through.” Rise nudges you. The portal starts to slowly CREEP open as the air hums with energy. Dark shadows move in the red light. “You gonna say something to her?”

>What do you do?

>>4244628
So uh...what happens if we throw the bag in the hole?
Granted the wind doesn't really support that plan...oh well. Also, shouldn't we avoid contact until her minions have spread out? Or do we want to taunt and then disperse to return later?

>>4244628
> tell her she's a LOSER with SHITTY POWERS and her ancestors probably make fun of her in the afterlife

I love the quest and your art OP, I'm guessing starting mid-story when returning after quite a few months absence wasn't great for roping in anons though. Hopefully numbers pick up a bit as the day goes on!

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>>4244779
Thanks! While (you)s are nice, chuuni is REALLY close to finishing, so I'm just happy to carry it to the end.

>>4244628
>Her fate was sealed the moment she inconvenienced me.

>>4244628
>Text "I love you" to Dad

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>>4244648
>>4244795

>Her fate was sealed the moment she inconvenienced me.
> tell her she's a LOSER with SHITTY POWERS and her ancestors probably make fun of her in the afterlife

The portal opens wider with a CRACKLE of SPECTRAL energy. The vortex warbles with a worrying unstability, and just as it expands to the point that it looks like it’s about to blow, it stabilizes and the tear in reality hums ominously in front of you. A line of dark shapes begins to fade in through the horizon line - RISE ducks behind you into a nearby hedge, just out of sight.
As the shapes emerge through the hole, you can make out the familiar white garb and red eye patterned hoods. They file through the vortex - one at a time, they come out in rows of four. Several different parties emerge from the hole, one at a time. They’re near indistinguishable from one another, their figures silhouetted by the red hole.

“Asmodeus.” One at the front steps forward - a tall, gaunt-looking ESPER. He keeps the hood up. “We’ve come to bring you home.”
“Fufufu.” You strike a pose. “You dare challenge the DARK LORD and her VILE ARMY to a battle?! Face your reward for your hubris.”

With that, a COURSING RIVER of spectral energy bursts out from all around you, twisting and malforming itself into an ethereal streak leading to a clawed hand. The spectral wind knocks you flat on your ass as you watch the hand tear through the crowd of espers - it reaches out to the portal and opens it WIDER, extended fingers reaching in and dragging more out.
It’s a chaotic mess as many cultists lose their cool, spirits dragging them into the darkness of the town and the hand flinging some out across the town. It lasts for several minutes - a distended maelstrom of shrieks and flying bolts of psychic powers as the ghosts drag the espers out of your sight. You catch sight of the SPIDER SPIRIT piercing one cultist through the chest - the MARSHMALLOW GHOST devouring another - and the MCDONALD’S BAG kicking one in the dick.

By the time your DARK ARMY has divided the cultists, you stand alone on the street - some esper bodies and cloaks dotting the ground around you. This diversion won’t last long and once the cultists get their bearings, they’re gonna slaughter the ghosts and come at you all at once. A TALL, DARK SILHOUETTE appears in the portal. It’s long hair twists around it.

The cool insults you thought of in your head die in your throat. The silhouette tilts its head at you. “That was cute. Asking spirits for help?” She asks in a low, cool voice. “It’s nice to meet you face to face. My name is RAGYO.”

>What do you do?

>>4244824
MCDONALD'S BAG is the best ghost. Also, I'm guessing the mindtricks have already begun, so I kinda wanna not give anything away WRT our plan.
>The name's Victoria Asmodeia Malefecorum. Sup.

>>4244824
>"Foolish human. You thought you came here to capture me, but all you did was deliver me hundreds of espers to devour!"

>>4244824
>>4244854
supporting
the ghosts were really cool this time around

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>>4244871

>"Foolish human. You thought you came here to capture me, but all you did was deliver me hundreds of espers to devour!"

"Foolish human. You thought you came here to capture me, but all you did was deliver me hundreds of espers to devour!" You laugh, crossing your arms. The shadow slowly floats forward, her hair WAVING in the spectral wind. You stare her down. “The name's Victoria Asmodeia Malefecorum. Remember it.”
You feel your spectral powers die in your chest. That’s presumably whatever ESPER NULLIFIER she has on hand. It feels like a cork was placed over your soul. Ragyo doesn’t make a move as she looms over you, staring you down. Isn’t she supposed to have thrown your soul into your own persona hell already?

“.. Are you waiting for something, VICTORIA?” She smiles thinly as she lowers herself down to face you. “What’s the matter? Aren’t you gonna spring you grand plan on me?”

>What do you do?

>>4244967
Inconvenient, but Victoria is used to improvising. This is nothing. We can win a game of chicken for sure!
>"Oh I'm in no rush. Hope you don't mind, surely you have supreme confidence that time is on your side here? Or are you feeling antsy?".

>>4244967
Suppin' >>4244969

>>4244967
Supporting >>4244969
+
>Punch if in punching range.

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>>4244969
>>4244973
>>4244986

>"Oh I'm in no rush. Hope you don't mind, surely you have supreme confidence that time is on your side here? Or are you feeling antsy?".

"Oh, I'm in no rush. Hope you don't mind. Surely you have supreme confidence that time is on your side here? Or are you feeling antsy?" You smirk. Unfortunately, she’s still floating in the air, and your reach isn’t exactly anything amazing for a solid punch to the face.
“Don’t worry. We have all the time in the world.” She tilts her head at you. “I suppose the better question to ask if your father has any more time.”

>What do you do?

>>4245008
>"Even if you're not just bluffing, all I can really do to help him is beat your ass as hard as I can, and a real DARK LORD doesn't ruin her plans by panicking!"
I'm surprised she's not more blunt about things, psychological warfare is just uncouth.

>>4245008
>and how is he in danger, exactly
fucking low blow, lets demolish this bitch

>>4245008
>Fake Confidence is the Chuuni way
> Back away a bit to keep distance, but disguise it as possible fear.

>>4245008
>>4245074
Hold true to our chuuni roots

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>>4245074
>>4245069
>>4245024

>"Even if you're not just bluffing, all I can really do to help him is beat your ass as hard as I can, and a real DARK LORD doesn't ruin her plans by panicking!"
>and how is he in danger, exactly
>Fake Confidence is the Chuuni way
> Back away a bit to keep distance, but disguise it as possible fear.

"Even if you're not just bluffing, all I can really do to help him is beat your ass as hard as I can, and a real DARK LORD doesn't ruin her plans by panicking!" You exclaim. You start to sweat. “A-and-.. If he WERE in danger, how, exactly, in danger would he be..? Not that I’m worried.”

“Were you hoping to get a taste of my own esper power? The fabled “GODKIND” that RISE would’ve told you of, scared for her life and hoping you could save her?” She doesn’t answer your question. “That I’d drag you into some fictionalized reality and with the power of friendship, you’d punch through the illusion and defeat me? I’m afraid I can’t afford you that luxury. It’s time to face reality, Morgan Koizumi. Enough of the DARK LORD talk.”

She tosses a small cloth sack down in front of you, flinging it from her cloak. She stops floating, sinking to the ground - the portal behind her closes. “Your father is in this bag. Open it if you’d like.”

>What do you do?

>>4245172
>"It's better if you keep it vaguely normal you know. Your power, I mean. Lay it on too thick, and the cracks appear."
Let's not open the bag. GODKIND or actual sadistic twist, either way we won't learn anything useful.

>>4245172
She looks like a goofy cyclops
>ignore the bag

>>4245172
>take a peek

>>4245172
>I don't have to be a Dark Lord to kick your ass.
>"Godkind" more like "Dogkind", you bitch.
We can't open the bag or else it might break our act. Ignorance is helping right now.

>>4245172
hmm we should have planned out a way to figure out if we got caught in her illusion or not...well, we could try bluffing maybe? if we pretend someone who isn't around, like Katsu, then it should be an illusion if they show up and get thwartwd. worst case we just look a bit dumb
ok idea anons?

>>4245216
pretensd someone who isn't around is part of our plan that is, sorry

>>4245216
she can probably already read our mind so i don't think that will work

>>4245222
I hope not cause if so she knows our actual plan too and doesn't seem too worried

>>4245224
as long as we're stubborn I think we can win since they need our soul to whatever it was and I don't think there is way to control those in this universe. At least I think

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>>4245215
>>4245209

"It's better if you keep it vaguely normal you know. Your power, I mean. Lay it on too thick, and the cracks appear." You take your eyes off the bag. Don’t think about it. Don’t think about it. “I don't have to be a Dark Lord to kick your ass. “Godkind" more like "Dogkind", you bitch.”
“How boring. Is this really all you’ve got to offer? No more ghosts to sick on me? No spare espers to surprise me with? I’d have expected more from such a POWERFUL esper.” She rolls her eyes. Not that you can actually see her rolling her eyes, because, y’know. “Don’t tell me your entire plan was contingent on me using my esper ability, was it?”

You feel an ache in your chest. Your ESPER POWER is still being blocked by whatever artifact she has nearby. The ache turns to a throb as your breath catches in your lungs - she’s lifting you up using her TELEKINETIC POWERS. “I wish you could’ve just gone along with RISE. Your soul is necessary, of course, but not your body.” The edges of your vision are going hazy and dark. “Goodbye.”

>Shout for RISE to DO SOMETHING.
>Yell at AKIRA to THROW THE BAG.
>Write-In.

>>4245286

>Shout for RISE to DO SOMETHING.

>>4245286
Hmmm...whoever we yell for first might get caught by her esper power (assuming she's not bluffing about it), so Rise first maybe?
>Shout for RISE to DO SOMETHING.

>>4245286
>Shout for RISE to DO SOMETHING.

>>4245286
>Shout for RISE to DO SOMETHING
fuck hope rise has an idea to distract her this bitch is too op
also this seems a bit straightforward for a torture reality so maybe it isn't...unless that's the ruse...can never let our guard down here

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>>4245302
>>4245305
>>4245319

>Shout for RISE to DO SOMETHING.

“R-RISE! DO SOMETHING..!” You shout as your vision fades, your words growing duller and wetter in your mouth.
“STOP..!” Rise tumbles out of the bushes, noticeably shaking in fear. Her words may carry the weight of her PSYCHIC ABILITY, but are nullified by RAGYO. Nonetheless, RISE flings a rock at RAGYO, who’s focus shifts to hold it mid-air as she drops you.

“I see! You brought RISE with you.” The occultic leader smiles. “Color me surprised. I’d have assumed she’d fled by now. That’s more along her lines.”
“..Y-you can’t do this.” Rise musters up what little defiance she has to challenge her, but some part of her seems reluctant to fully speak up against her. "M-mom.."
“Once I’m done with your new best friend, we’ll have to have a heart to heart with one another again. I’ll ask your sister to join us.” Ragyo states matter-of-factly. Rise goes pale.

Ragyo seems briefly distracted with the appearance of her adopted daughter. Although it isn’t much, you might have a chance to do something..

>Have AKIRA up the portal now.
>Fling the BAG that RAGYO threw at her own head.
>Write-In.

>>4245352
>Fling the BAG that RAGYO threw at her own head.
We gotta keep Akira for our trump card, no using until everything else is spent/we know Ragyo's espering it up. Presumably she will have the presence of mind to act on her own if we faint anyway.

>>4245352
>Fling the BAG that RAGYO threw at her own head.

>>4245352
also
>is a terrible mom
>named raygo

>>4245375
At least she's not into incest!

>>4245352
>Fling the BAG that RAGYO threw at her own head.
Rise might be too close

>>4245352
>Fling the BAG that RAGYO threw at her own head.
hard please

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>>4245383
>>4245380
>>4245374
>>4245360

>Fling the BAG that RAGYO threw at her own head.

You scramble over on all fours to the bag while Ragyo and Rise hash it out, grabbing the small sack in your fist. You feel your heart sink in your chest upon touching it. Is your dad.. really in here..? Maybe you’d should just take a peek. Just one..

You peer into the sack to see some sort of ETCHED STONE. A rune is written into the slab and it hums with a sort of ODD PSYCHIC POWER. Holding it close to your chest, you feel the STOPGAP on your soul grow stronger.

>What do?

>>4245392
A runestone? Well shit, I dunno. Doesn't seem very dad, though. Should we toss it at her, or try to use it in some what anons?

>>4245392
>brain her with it

>>4245392
>crush it
>if that doesn't work - use it on Ragyo

>>4245392
>Let's break this thing
maybe on Ragyo's head

>>4245426
>>4245431
>>4245436

>brain her with it

>ROLL a 1D666. BEST OF 3.

Rolled 107 (1d666)

>>4245451
She wont be so psychic with her skull caved in

Rolled 558 (1d666)

>>4245451
time to fuck her up

Rolled 461 (1d666)

>>4245451
A Koizumi K.O.

>>4245458
Aww yisss, hopefully the DC wasn't ridiculous.

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>Rolled 558 (1d666)

You heft the stone in your hands and fling it at the back of RAGYO’s head. Upon hitting her, it shatters - looks like it wasn’t that solid - and fragments fly across the pavement. Ragyo doubles over for a moment as she swings around to catch sight of you. Her gaze seems to dart from you and back to the fragments on the ground.

“.. I see.” She hisses. You feel your ESPER POWERS flood your body again. Thin red sparks hum off your fingertips.

>What do you do?

>>4245475
What, that was her solution to inhibiting esper powers? Why on earth would she throw it to us in that case? This might be false hope, but we gotta grab it anyway.
>PSYCHO DASH up and kick her face in before she can react
If nothing else it might force her to use her powers now.

>>4245475
>esper drain!

>>4245475
>>4245486
supporting

>>4245475
>Psycho Dash into her for an Esper Drain

>>4245493
>>4245491
>>4245486

>Psycho Dash into her for an Esper Drain

>ROLL a 1D666. BEST OF 3.

Rolled 126 (1d666)

>>4245499
get fucked ragyo

Rolled 634 (1d666)

>>4245499

>>4245511
good job

Rolled 396 (1d666)

>>4245499

Rolled 352 (1d666)

>>4245499

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>>4245511
>Rolled 634 (1d666)
>Psycho Dash into her for an Esper Drain

Without thinking, you PUMP all your PSYCHIC ENERGY into your legs, kicking up off the ground just like Akira taught you as you rush toward Ragyo, your hand distended. She raises her hand as you feel just the slightest telekinetic push, but you’re too fast - gripping her by her exposed arm and draining her dry.

You feel her energy being sapped from her SOUL, and evidently, so does she. Her lips tighten. “Full of surprises today, aren’t we? Who knew you’d have it in you to open a bag full of your father’s remains.” She smiles. “I have some of my own, too.”

With one hand, she reaches into her cloak, removes a pistol from her side, and shoots you. You feel your PSYKER POWER instantly drain as you collapse to the ground, a searing, unimaginable pain shooting up along your stomach. Your hands spark with remnants of PSYCHIC POWER to EVIL HEAL yourself - but the sudden piercing pain is unimaginable, breaking your focus. You lie on the ground.

“VICTORIA!” Rise shrieks from the side as she rushes toward you, but with a single movement, Ragyo flings her to the side - she slams into the concrete, rolling away.
Ragyo stands over you with the pistol in her hands. Did she just FUCKING SHOOT YOU?! You attempt to express your incredulity, but only a thin groan escapes your lips. Shit. You need help.

“Just one moment, VICTORIA.” She curls her fingers. Thin red sparks play along them. You drained a good chunk of her power, but it’s rejuvenating fast. You can guess what happens when they’re fully restored.

>What do you do?

>>4245559
Powers drained, you say? Maybe it's time for
>AKIRA, time for the bag of portally tricks!

>>4245559
>Now is the time for our portal plan
>"Akira! Now!"
I hope we survive this gunshot wound

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>>4245579
I'm hoping it's some kinda special anti-esper bullshit that isn't too lethal, or failing that just a clean, not-too-bleedy wound.

>>4245559
>call Akira
Didn't they have a tazer at some point?

>>4245559
>akira!

>>4245559
>>4245569
>>4245579
alright, guess it's do or die time
maybe Rise can contribute too

>>4245618
She can help us not get dragged into the Manifold

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>>4245569
>>4245579
>>4245613
>>4245614

>AKIRA, time for the bag of portally tricks!

“A-Akira-..” You groan.

Your name is now AKIRA. You are a spirit that’s been inhabiting the body of this girl for like, a month or two. You are “contractually” soul bound to this esper girl, VICTORIA, and she’s super lame. You currently have a bag containing an extremely unstable and dangerous vortex leading back to the spirit world.

Victoria just got shot, which is pretty worrying. You feel a pang of dread and anxiety upon watching her collapse, but you’d never tell her that.

>What do you do?

>>4245688
>Do a mad powerful GHOST TOSS with the bag of portal nicknacks right at the crazy lady waving a gun around.
The power of tsun will propel it true!

>>4245688
support >>4245698

>>4245688
>Throw it to get Ragyo and Ghost Sprint to get Victoria after that.

>>4245698
>>4245712
if we put ghost before an action does it get more powerful? because that sounds really useful

>>4245698
>>4245703
>>4245712

>Do a mad powerful GHOST TOSS with the bag of portal nicknacks right at the crazy lady waving a gun around.

>Roll a 1d100. Because you're not edgy like VICTORIA.

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>4245726

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>4245726
guess this is a ghost roll

>>4245727
What the fuck?

Rolled 49 (1d100)

>>4245726

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>>4245727
>Rolled 100 (1d100)

>Do a mad powerful GHOST TOSS with the bag of portal nicknacks right at the crazy lady waving a gun around.

You perform a POWERFUL GHOST TOSS - tilting your LITHE MUSCLES back, you fling the sack of knicknacks in a physics-defying spiral. It lands directly atop RAGYO - before exploding into a vortex of twisting, spiralling spectral energy.

The shrieks of uncounted dead howl from the portal as gnarled, twisting red streaks of spectral energy course from the opened hole. This rift is jagged and torn - more like a rip in reality than a hole. It does it’s job. Ragyo’s figure begins to dissipate in the vortex. Nonetheless, she seems to still maintain presence here - her will is TOO STRONG to just be dragged in immediately.

“I sEe.” Her voice is warped by the PULL of the dead. “She had another friend. C ute. A-and a GHOST, tOo?”
She stares directly at you. It fills you with DREAD.
“SmART to SEND me to the MaNIFOlD. I’ M noOt DoNE yet, though.” The woman wraps a hand around VICTORIA’S limp form. You watch as the PORTAL begins to drag the two figures in.

You scan your surroundings - some cultists have reappeared at the edges of the FIGHT, presumably having taken care of some spirits, but they don’t step in. Seems like even they’re too scared of the MANIFOLD. Rise is unconscious nearby. Kagyu and Sunderland are presumably dealing with some cultists. It’s just YOU and a rapidly disappearing RAGYO and VICTORIA.

>What do you do?

>>4245786
>ghost sprint in and pull Victoria out
fuck, great throw though

>>4245786
Supporting >>4245794
Sacrifice ourselves in if need be, but save Victoria.

>>4245786
>get out of the girl's body first
>then possess Victoria to get out of the Manifold
Nope, only Ragyo gets sent there, no need to sacrifice people. Ghosts can abuse bodies to do some unnatural feats, we can do that to get Vic outta there

>>4245809
Adding this >>4245872 to my vote

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>>4245809
>>4245872
>>4245884

>get out of the girl's body first
>then possess Victoria to get out of the Manifold

You take a deep breath and SLIP out of RYUKO’S body for the first time in ages. It collapses to the ground and your spirit courses forward into VICTORIA. You feel some resistance at first - but upon realizing your PLAN, she allows you in, sinking into unconsciousness as you slide into the driver’s seat.

You awaken to an unfamiliar, unnatural perspective. Your hair is coarse and thick, your legs stubbier and shorter. You feel SHORTNESS, POWER, and IMMENSE PAIN. Ragyo is still dragging you right in along with her. You can focus her powers a bit more as an outsider, but this is still pretty taxing on her body. You don’t want to push her past the point of killing her.

>What do?

>>4245962
>PSYCHO DASH KICK! Get her hands off of us!

>>4245962
>>What do?
Telekentically crush Ragyo's hands
Cab't grab us if your hands are broken

>>4245962
Ah crud, I forget, what other powers did we have at our dispossal again?
Dash, Heal, Drain, and basics like telepathy and blasts of energy. Anything else I'm forgetting.

Also, I see our problem here. We're still wearing our eyepatch. This is the final battle people! Against a super esper tier cultist. We should've removed the eyepatch to tap into our full potential as a DARK LORD. We'll just have to bug Akira to remove it while she's also busy saving our asses.

>>4246146
no telepathy, just telekinesis - but it's not strong enough to crush limbs like the other anon suggesting

>>4245962
>Psycho Dash + Ghost Kick Combo to break Ragyo's hold on Victoria and to launch ourselves a bit away from her.
Let's put some effort into a good kick

>>4245962
>>4246146
Removing the patch does sound like a solid powerboost. And I can get behind dash+kick combo.

>>4246463
>>4246697
>>4246146
>>4245976

>ROLL a 1D666. [IMPORTANT ROLL.]

Rolled 325 (1d666)

>>4246753
Akira gets to chuuroll now that she's in Victoria, eh.

Rolled 600 (1d666)

>>4246753

Rolled 375 (1d666)

>>4246753
dice have been very nice this thread

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>>4246761
>Rolled 600 (1d666)

>Psycho Dash + Ghost Kick Combo to break Ragyo's hold on Victoria and to launch ourselves a bit away from her.

What was that stupid move VICTORIA always did? It had something to do with dashing? Psycho Run?.. It doesn’t matter. This is the SECOND time you’ve saved your DARK MASTER from getting dragged to her death, but this is a little bigger than a TV. Pulsing her ESPER POWER into her legs, you manage to successfully kick yourself away from RAGYO. She fades deeper into the vortex as you regain your physicality, tumbling away from the tear in reality.

You swing around to catch sight of the cultist leader fading back into her vortex. She stares DAGGERS at you. You check VICKY’S consciousness. She’s out cold. You should probably say something for her.

>What do you do?