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SCREW ALTERNATE PoV INTRODUCTIONS.
WE DON'T NEED THAT 'PLOT' CRAP HERE!

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There's a strange, almost ethereal quality to the light in Mami's apartment, and it seems to suffuse everything with a maternal gentleness that makes you feel a strange sort of comfort, makes you all relaxed and such.

Mami's apartment is really nice all-around, and it reallly highlights how abnormal you and Mato's are.

You attempt to sip at your tea as daintily as Mami-sempai, but, much to your indignation, you cannot.

“It's your lips, Akari-chan,” Mami says, apparently having sobered up in the short period of time she spent in the kitchen preparing the tea (how does that even work, anyways? Is she a wizard or something?) “you need to make them more like this, see?” She sips at her tea.

The Twins come out, apparently having figured out whose clothes were whose, and seat themselves on either side of Mami, who pours the both of them cups of tea without missing a beat.



The caffeine seems to perk them both up in no-time at all, because they go from acting like normal people to being themselves in a matter of moments.
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“Takamichi-chan, are you dressed up as Roy Mustang?” “Oooooh, she is. She's rather dashing, isn't she?” “Hmm, yes, she is. Mato-chan's a lucky girl, isn't she, sister?” “Oh-ho, jumping to conclusions now, are we, sister?” “Come now, sister, we both felt the disturbance in the lily side of the Force when they kissed just now.” “Oh, right you are, sister. Chills! It WAS quite the thing, wasn't it?” “Mm, it was... Mato-chan, why do you seem to enjoy wearing such tiny bikinis all the time? Don't you get chilly?” “I think that's what the coat is for, sister.” “Oh, I suppose so. I figured it was to dramatically flutter in the breeze or something similar!”

It occurs to you now that Mato was definitely NOT there while you were having your ability re-measured.

“Hey, Mato?”

Mato tilts her head at you, her once-again-short pig-tails bobbing ever-so-slightly as she does so. “Hm? What is it, Akari?”



How do you broach this topic? You trust Mato with your life (and perhaps more, you seem to be a bit of a romantic, after all!), so you don't want to imply otherwise, but...

Your 'Mato-did-something senses' are tingling like a 'Mo-fo'.

>Ask Mato what she was doing. Simple as that.
>Tell her about your tests, and how they went.
>Other (Write-in!)
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>>34161214
>>Ask Mato what she was doing. Simple as that.
>>Tell her about your tests, and how they went.

Glad to see you so soon Esper.
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>>34161214
>Tell her about your tests, and how they went.
Let's ease into things first, then go for the awkward stuff.
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>>34161214
>Tell her about your tests, and how they went.
To lead into
>Ask Mato what she was doing.
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>>34161214
>Try to not think about the twincest
>Fail to not think about that hot, hot twincest
>Turn redder than your hair.

Oh, and I guess ask Mato about what she was doing.
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>>34161214
>Tell her about your tests, and how they went.
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>>34161214
>Tell her about your tests, and how they went.
>>34161312
>Definitly fail to not think about the implied twincest
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>>34161214
>>Tell her about your tests, and how they went.
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>>34161247
>>34161312
Straightforward! (I'm glad to be here so soon!)

>>34161330
>>34161475
>>34161361
TESTING TESTING, 1-2-3

>>34161277
>>34161309
Ease it out of her

>Be embarassed
I guess that's mildly warranted or something

Okay, writing!
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>>34161539
>Ease it out of her
LEWD!
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>>34161559
You'd better believe it, anon
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>>34162152
No. No stop.
>How dare you Mami, I resent the implication that my amazing Mato would every sully her reputation and status as best friend by failing to attend the most important event in my life so far.
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Those feels when you used the right image on the wrong post

Yes, that's it. You'll smoothly direct the conversation where you want it to go without being blunt about it.

You grin. “Did you see the look on Steve and those other researchers' faces when I shot that rainbow heat ray and completely wrecked their measuring equipment stuff?” You giggle. “They were all like, 'WHOA' and 'HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE'!”

You're like a fuckin' shark right now, Akari, holy crap. You can sense the metaphorical blood that is metaphorically spurting from the metaphorically ripped-open flesh of the metaphorical baby seal that represents Mato in this particular metaphor.

Metaphorically, that is.

But, in all seriousness, you can tell how uncomfortable Mato is right now.

You have her right where you want her.

Now it's just time to KICK IT INTO MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE.

You frown and look down and away, as if ashamed, “S-sorry, but I was just so focused on the tests that I didn't think to look for you, y'know? I mean, this was a really big deal for me, and I was just so caught up in it, and-”

Mami clears her throat.

“Akari-chan, if you want to find out where Mato-chan was this morning, asking her is a much nicer way to do it. I can tell that you want her to know that you trust her, but making her feel like she let you down isn't much better as an alternative. Look- you're laying it on too thick- too much more and you're going to make the poor girl cry.”

You look back up at Mato, and see that she is indeed on the verge of tears.

… Maybe MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE was a bit too much this time? Usually she's not so sensitive...
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“Normally it wouldn't be so bad, Akari-chan,” Mami continues, “but you really should consider that there are other... /factors/ involved.” She gives you a warm smile. “Important dates, for example, or work-related engagements. Perhaps she went and had her hair cut, or visited some of your hospitalized classmates? If she wanted you to know, then she'd tell you, sooner or later. Trust is integral to a relationship!”

She winked at you when she said 'important dates', you could swear it.



Is today important?

It's the 23rd of July...



Wait, tomorrow's-

Awwww, shit.

No wonder Mato didn't tell you anything.

She was birthday shopping For YOU.

Probably getting her hair cut (the hair that was absurdly long because of her going Big!Mato-mode to save you), and maybe even visiting the classmates you didn't even know were in the hospital, too.

Now you feel a lot like a jerk.
>Be affectionate to the Mato (What do? Hug? Hold hands? Kissu? Something else?)
>Apologize to the Mato
>Say something super-corny about only needing Mato's RABU RABU for your birthday (Write-in)
>Ask about the hospitalized classmates (HOLY CRAP YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW)
>Other (Write-in!)
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>>34162209
>Be affectionate to the Mato (MAXIMUM HUG)
>>Apologize to the Mato
Oh shit, time for an apology hug!
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>>34162209
>Be affectionate to the Mato
Hug, nuzzle neck.
>Say something super-corny about only needing Mato's RABU RABU for your birthday (Write-in)
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>>34162209
>Be affectionate to the Mato (Hug time)
>Apologize to the Mato
Disregard classmates, acquire Mato.
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>>34162209
>Apologize to the Mato
>Be affectionate to the Mato
Give her a sheepish, 'I feel really bad about that' hug.
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>>34162181
>No, Mami, how dare you keep me from making my amazing Mato cry
>You monster

Don't go jumpan' to conclusions without the whole clump of posts, anon, you look like a madman!
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>>34162209

>Mato on the verge of tears

I didn't know I wanted this, but I do.
>Ask about the hospitalized classmates
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>>34162209
>>Apologize to the Mato
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>>34162209
>>Be affectionate to the Mato
>HUG!
>>Apologize to the Mato
Mind, she could have still just told Akari she would be gone for a few hours(?).
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>>34162266
>Write-in
>Doesn't write anything in
This frustrates me, anon.

>>34162279
>Wanting Mato to be sad
>Ever
PIC. RELATED.

>>34162309
She's not the smartest girl around, anon. She wants it to be a "SURPRISE!"

>>34162254
>>34162266
>>34162269
>>34162271
>>34162309
>Hug dat Mato
>Say you is sorry

>>34162279
Be a monster and also ask about your classmates

>>34162301
Only sorry, no huggle-wuggles

Okay, looks like hugs and apologies are imminent
Writing!
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>>34162363
>This frustrates me, anon.
I'm not doing our work! Faster, slave!
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>>34162209
>classmates

Wait, I thought we were between schools right now and don't have a class yet. Have we even decided on the school ?
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>>34162389
>Pic related

>>34162414
They were your classmates last year, and throughout most of elementary school.
They're in the same grade as you, and are your age, and you've had classes with them within the past two weeks.
Pic related for you, too!

I still love you, don't be sad
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You can't stand this! This isn't justice! THIS IS A CRYING GIRLFRIEND.

YOU CREATED HER.

AND YOU MUST BE THE ONE TO UN-CREATE HER.

You wrap your arms around Mato in the least-manly hug you can muster, which is pretty un-manly given that you're a dainty little lily trying to make your waifu feel better after inadvertently making her feel bad.

You stroke her hair and nuzzle her and generally get as cuddly as you can. You bring your lips to her ear and whisper, “I'm sorry, Mato.”

“It-I-it-it-it's-I'm-it'salrightI'mnotevenupsetreally.Couldwepleasenotdothisinfrontofoursempais?”

Mami giggles, prompting you to look at her, and winks.



Wait a minute.

She wasn't drunk at all earlier, was she?

...

Sunnuva b-

MEANWHILE, IN ANOTHER LOCATION THAT WILL PROVIDE A CONVENIENT GAP IN TIME TO ALLOW THE QM TO SKIP ANOTHER LARGELY IRRELEVANT AND PLAYED-AS-A-JOKE BURST OF ANGER...

>You are 'Sister' Ume Kaminski
>You are Patricia Martin
>You'd rather just skip ahead to the patrolling stuff
>Other (Write-in! AND WHEN I SAY “WRITE-IN,” I MEAN IT, BUB)
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>>34162747
>You are Patricia Martin
Yeas!
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>>34162747
>You are 'Sister' Ume Kaminski
IT'S TIME TO PURGE THE UNCLEAN!
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>>34162747
>You are Patricia Martin
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>>34162747
>You'd rather just skip ahead to the patrolling stuff
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>>34162747
>You are Patricia Martin
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>>34162747
>You'd rather just skip ahead to the patrolling stuff
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>>34162747
Oka ychanging >>34162822
to
>You'd rather just skip ahead to the patrolling stuff
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>>34162747
>You'd rather just skip ahead to the patrolling stuff

All this diabetes. When do they fug?
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>>34162747
>You are Patricia Martin
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>>34162871
Once Akari has reached level 5 of course. Then she got enough ice cream to spare.
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>>34162747
>You'd rather just skip ahead to the patrolling stuff
My wishes were answered, more Judgement business!
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>>34162893
Well the use of ice cream that comes to mind would see most of it inside her anyway...one way or another.
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>>34162747

Who is Patricia Martin? Some kind of consultant?

>You'd rather just skip ahead to the patrolling stuff
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>>34162917
That's way too lewd.
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>>34162971
>Who is Patricia Martin?
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>>34162978
It's perfectly acceptable levels of lewd. Akari and Mato clearly have the hots for one-another, and are budding teens. It's only natural that this and that might happen.
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>>34162747
>You are Patricia Martin
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>>34163029
But that's not what ice cream is for!
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>>34162815
>>34162828
>>34162848
>>34162891
>>34163033
AMERICA, FUCK YEAH

>>34162840
>>34162853
>>34162867
>>34162867
>>34162871
>>34162915
>>34162971
>COMIN' AGAIN TO SAVE THE MOTHA-FUCKIN' DAY YEAH

Hmm. That's pretty close. I think. I'm not actually counting, mind you, just looking at how tall the stacks of votes are relevant to one another.
Counting is for squares.

Would forgoing BEING Patty-chan be acceptable if she was 'randomly' (WINK WINK) selected as your first encounter? Or should I just write a half-page bit as her and abruptly cut it off with JUSTICE?
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>>34163052
I dunno, have you asked whoever invented it?
I mean, they could use chocolate-sauce or whipped cream...I hear the cold feeling of ice-cream gives a most amazing sensation though.
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>>34163104
I don't mind either way, steer your ship OP!
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>>34163104
I voted and prefer Judgement business, but if others are so entusiastic for the character, a little intro with a half a page would be fine with me.
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>>34163167
>>34163145
Okay! I think I've got an idea, here.

Lemme just cook up an American esper rating system real fast...

Hmm... Okay, got it!

Writing!

>also, roll me some pairs of six-sided dice, my cohabitant-canines.
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>>34163244
So, would Akari and Mato prefer ice-cream or whipped cream?
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Rolled 6, 5 = 11 (2d6)

>>34163244
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Rolled 2, 1 = 3 (2d6)

>>34163244
Encounters fuck yeah.
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Rolled 4, 3 = 7 (2d6)

>>34163244
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Rolled 2, 5 = 7 (2d6)

>>34163244
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>>34163244
>an American esper rating system r
Do they use the Imperial rating system,, unlike the rest of the world?
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>>34163119
...Even if they tried to do that, I'm fairly sure Akari is too hot for it to work well at all!
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>>34163312
Or it'll work perfectly. Who can say?
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>>34163336
I suppose some experimentation in to this would be warranted...
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>>34163263
Both would melt too fast in that sort of situation

Learn cryomancy, then we'll talk

>>34163308
That's the joke, yes. I'm American, and all of my science stuff has been in metric, while my everything else has been imperial. Calculus and Physics aren't as useful to one another as they're supposed to be (apparently) when you're learning different stuff for both! I have no idea how long a kilometer is, and I have no idea how long a mile is (other than the numbers, that is. I mean that I can't tell if I've walked a mile or driven a kilometer or what-have-you! FUN!

>>34163267
>6,5
>>34163272
>2,1
>>34163276
>4,3

FUN!


WRITAN
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>>34163417
>I have no idea how long a kilometer is, and I have no idea how long a mile is (other than the numbers, that is. I mean that I can't tell if I've walked a mile or driven a kilometer or what-have-you!
Oh thank god I'm not alone in this
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>>34163417
>implying melting is a bad thing
What about chocolate sauce?
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>>34163460
>Implying molten/boiling anything is pleasant when smeared on the body or applied to the genitals
>implying these aren't things that were done in times long gone as torture
Stop with the lewd food stuff. This is not an appropriate time/PoV for it.
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>>34163558
It's always appropriate.
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Wait a minute. Does being immune to temperature mean Akari can eat ice cream as fast as she wants without getting brainfreeze?

Truly she is a goddess.
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You are Patricia Martin, a BETA-ranked psion from the good ol' U.S. of A. and (apparently) the most talented Geokineticist on the planet.

There's a pretty funny story behind that, actually. You were just a kid at the time, maybe four or five years old, and you had been introduced to a show called AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER. You saw all of the characters who could do all sorts of cool things with water and fire, and watched Aang do cool stuff with air, but it wasn't all THAT impressive... until Toph was introduced.

Not only was she blind, sassy, and awesome, she was also a kick-ass earth-bender!

Your father, Dr. Martin, was the head of the newly-formed NORTH-AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION of PSIONICS TESTING, INVESTIGATION, MEASUREMENT, and EDUCATION. Thus, when you asked him if you could be like Toph, he said, “Sure thing, kiddo. Heck, you don't even need to be blind, just willful enough to make it happen.”

He explained the theories to you, how it was all about making it real in your mind, but you just couldn't do it.

In other words, you weren't crazy.

No matter how much time you spent playing with rocks, digging up dirt, or going with mom into the mines, you couldn't make the earth bend to your will. You just... couldn't see it.

That is, until that one fateful day... you had been trying for a good five months, going down into the mines at every opportunity and everything.

That day was no different, at first.

It was a Thursday. When the tunnel collapsed, though, and that big rock fell on your head...

It stopped being Thursday, at least for a minute.
Your eyes stopped working. The world went dark, your mother's screams blocked out all other sounds, and the gritty dust and gravel filled your nose and your mouth.
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But you could tell what was happening, anyways.

You could feel it.

You were one with the earth.

You gave everyone quite a shock when you found a new deposit of ore before creating a new tunnel out with a stomp of your foot and a hand gesture.

… To make a long story short, you still haven't quite gotten the hang of Thursdays!

… Anyways, you're here in Academy City on 'extended foreign exchange', and you were supposed to have your 'level' tested today... but apparently the equipment got broken this morning?

You sigh and turn those stupid prosthetic eyes off with a mental flick of a switch, going back to your REAL sight. It's not that the eyes are bad, but black and white everything just really annoys you for some reason.



INSERT TRANSITION HERE. INSERT TRANSITION HERE. INSERT TRANSITION HERE.

ALSO, I AM A SLOW MCSLOWPANTS, SO GIVE ME ANOTHER FEW MINUTES. BLAME MY DESIRE TO CREATE A SILLY ACRONYM INSTEAD OF A BLEH INITIALISM
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Mato stretches her arms and yawns. “Hey, Akari? I meant to ask you earlier, but-”

Her question is interrupted by a very familiar idiot and a very familiar pair of bre- err, her equally familiar and far less possibly-retarded girlfriend.

More specifically, it was a shout of, “FREEZE, MUTHAFUCKA!” as both Sakurako-san and Himawari-san leapt out of the alleyway.

Well, Himawari was more 'dragged' than anything, but that's not particularly relevant.

The blonde and stupid one is holding you at spray-bottle-point, and the buxom... bluenette(?) that is Himawari is standing there and sighing.

Mato tilts her head and stares.

You cross your arms and frown. “What the heck are you two doing in The Strange? This place is dangerous!”

Himawari makes a face that says, 'Oh god I'm so sorry', and Sakurako grins. “We're hunting!”

Mato joins you in crossing her arms. “Hunting what, exactly?”


>ROLL 2d6 TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE HUNTING
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Rolled 5, 6 = 11 (2d6)

>>34164604
Oh boy.
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Rolled 2, 6 = 8 (2d6)

>>34164604
>>
Rolled 2, 6 = 8 (2d6)

>>34164604
What?
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Rolled 5, 2 = 7 (2d6)

>>34164604
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>>34164650
>>34164685
>>34164686
>Rollin' doubles
>on best result

THE DICE GODS HAVE SPOKEN

Writing!
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>>34164802
>best
That sounds...SUBJECTIVE!
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>>34164822
SILENCE
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Sakurako leans in a little closer and looks around the decrepit, graffiti-covered, run-down, urban hell-hole that is The Strange, then whispers conspiratorially, “A cow.”



You and Mato exchange glances.

Mato is the first to respond, and she says the thing that was probably the only thing one could say. “What.”

Himawari looks like she could die of embarrassment.

Sakurako frowns. “A /cow/. Y'know, a big fat thing with four legs and horns? They eat grass and stuff, and go 'Moo'.”

You rub your temples. “She knows what a cow is, Sakurako-san. What she doesn't understand is why IN THE NAME OF GOD YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO FIND A COW ANYWHERE IN ACADEMY CITY, LET ALONE IN THE RUN-DOWN AND LAWLESS GHETTOS!”

Your hair's on fire a bit.

Himawari looks startled, but doesn't otherwise show any fear. “See, Sa-chan? I wasn't trying to trick you.”

Sakurako lowers her spray bottle, primarily to cross her arms and pout.

“Maybe, but that doesn't mean you're not wrong! Right, Mato-chan!?” She emphasizes the outburst at the end by suddenly whipping her hand out to point at Mato, who frowns.

“Even if there was a cow here...” She scratches her chin.



>Let Mato try to figure it out on her own
>Point out that the cow wouldn't have anywhere to graze and would likely be stolen (and probably eaten) by Skill-Outs
>Just tell the two of them to get out of District 10 already.
>>Escort them out? [Y/N]
>Something else (Write-in!)
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>>34165224
>Ask them what they want with a cow.
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>>34165224
>Point out that the cow wouldn't have anywhere to graze and would likely be stolen (and probably eaten) by Skill-Outs
>Just tell the two of them to get out of District 10 already.
Your quest is in vain, so get off my beat already.
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>>34165224
>Let Mato try to figure it out on her own
Let's see where it goes.
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>>34165224
>Ask them what they want with a cow.

>Your hair's on fire a bit.
We seriously need to get that temper in check. This is unseemly.
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>>34165224
>Point out that the cow wouldn't have anywhere to graze and would likely be stolen (and probably eaten) by Skill-Outs
>Escort them out
>Ask what the hell they need a cow for.
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>>34165224
>Point out that the cow wouldn't have anywhere to graze and would likely be stolen (and probably eaten) by Skill-Outs
>>Escort them out? [Y]
Akari is a good girl.
Except in bed.
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>>34165259
>>34165316
>WHY DO YOU NEED A COW

>>34165283
>>34165345
>>34165349
>Deny Mato her thunder

>>34165283
Tell them to get
>>/out/

>>34165345
>>34165349
>Escort them out

Looks like you're usurping the brainwork from Mato, asking what the heck they need a cow for, and escorting them out?
Is this acceptable?
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>>34165471
That sounds good, yes.
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>>34165224
>Let Mato try to figure it out on her own

Try harder.
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>>34165482
Alright!

Akari is grumpy when she's grumpy.

Writing!
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>>34165506
>>34165284
Oops, missed one.

I'll tell you what, roll d20, if she does well enough she can say it before you decide to intervene!
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Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>34165539
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>>34165557
Hmm. Pretty okay, I suppose.
COLLABORATIVE EXPLANATION IS GO
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>>34165510
>Akari is grumpy when she's grumpy.
Mato isn't going to love us like this ;_;
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>>34165621
If she can't love Akari even when she's grumpy then she never truly loved Akari in the first place.
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Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>34165539
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>>34165736
I was thinking about how Akari got angry without us voting for it.

We're going to be the angriest level 5 and will beat Mato and that's domestic abuse
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“... wouldn't it, y'know, starve? There's not any grass here.” Good job, Mato!

She's adorable when she's thinking. You feel the tension and RAGE lift somewhat as you appreciate her elevated cuteness-levels.

“It would,” you say, “if it managed to live unmolested by the Skill-Outs long enough.”

Sakurako pouts. “You were supposed to be on my side, Mato-chan...”

“But your side doesn't make any sense...”

“Yeah,” you agree, “and just what the heck do you want a cow for, anyways?”

“What DON'T /YOU/ want a cow for?!”

Mato responds again, with something of a 'burn', as they say. “...Any reason at all?”

You suppress a snicker, as does Himawari.

Sakurako just pouts harder. “You guys're no fun,” she complains.

You counter by pointing out that they're just begging to be shot- or worse- and offer to escort them back to civilization. Himawari agrees, and drags Sakurako along with her.

It's kinda funny, you think- Sakurako dragged Himawari in, and now Himawari's dragging Sakurako out.



It's not long before you're back on patrol. “I really didn't expect to see those two out here... do you think anyone else we know could be wandering around this place?”

>Shrug. “Maybe, I guess. I dunno.”
>Sigh. “I sure hope not.”
>Shake your head. “I don't even know anymore.”
>Other? (Write-in)
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>>34165998
Mato seems like the only thing that makes her unmad.
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>>34166022
>Shake your head. “I don't even know anymore.”
This is AC, who knows what sort of crazy shit we might encounter just around the corner?
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>>34166022
>Shrug. “Maybe, I guess. I dunno.”
Weird stuff happens here.
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>>34166022
>>Shake your head. “I don't even know anymore.”

>>34166068
Overcoming that is the barrier to becoming level 5. PANIC.
>>
>>34166022
>>Shake your head. “I don't even know anymore.”
then
>>Sigh. “I sure hope not.”
>>
>>34165998
...
>Without us voting for it

That's not how emotions work, anon!

If you're voting for emotions, then it's probably going to be something like:
>Just take it lying down, you deserve it
>Cry
>GET ANGRY

Your temper gets worse the more powerful you get, and, while Miku's chip helped reduce that in a roundabout sort of way, it wasn't enough to douse the UNDYING FLAMES of your RAGE

>>34166101
>>34166108
>>34166123
>I don't even know

>>34166106
Maybe

>>34166123
Sure hope not


Maaaaaan, you don't even know.
Writing!
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>>34166256
So, is Akari's madness going to be rage and fury? I think we could fill out that niche in level 5's pretty nicely.
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You shake your head and exhale the deep breath you'd just taken. “I... I don't even know anymore.”

Mato puts a hand on your shoulder and squeezes gently. “I know what you mean. Judgment work... it's always something different, that's for sure.” She chuckles a little. “I had just gotten used to how things were when you started, and then... well, you started.” She flashes you a grin. “And now everything's a hundred times crazier than it was before.”

Her grin proves to be infectious. “I'll try to take that as a compliment, I think.”

The two of you patrol in silence for a bit. “You know,” Mato says as the two of you turn a corner, “I'm pretty impressed, Akari.”



Huh?

She sees the confused look on you face and elaborates, “Just a few days ago, you couldn't keep pace with me, even when I was hopping backwards on one leg. And here you are now, matching me exactly! Not many people could do that, y'know?”

“O-oh. Okay...” You think you're probably blushing. For Mato to compliment your athleticism... that's like if you were to compliment someone's ability to burn stuff!



>Was there something she wanted to ask earlier?
>Ask about your hospitalized classmates.
>Bring up the (failed) confession
>Talk about... [suggest a topic]
>Other (Write-in!)
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>>34166633
>Bring up the (failed) confession
Best have this out while we're alone, away from prying eyes.
>>
>>34166603
Yeah, I thought so, too!
This is the part where I pretend that it was the plan from the beginning, and not something that came up over time, even though I have a lot of respect for people who can think on their feet, because KEIKAKU
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>>34166633
>Ask about your hospitalized classmates.
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>>34166633
>Ask about your hospitalized classmates.
Needs moar justice.
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>>34166633
>Bring up the (failed) confession
No time like the present!
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>>34166633
>Ask about your hospitalized classmates.
>>
>>34166633
>>Ask about your hospitalized classmates.
I'm concerned about all these things but especially this.
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>>34166664
>>34166731
CONFESSION

>>34166698
>>34166704
>>34166736
>>34166790
>CLASSMATES

>>34166704
Cute! SAVED!

... Wait, were you awake for that part of the conversation before...

... Nah, I'm probably in the clear.

... right?
>>
>>34166863
I don't remember anything about classmates so Akari isn't allowed to either.

Unless they're Feito's gang.
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>>34166947
They make up a portion of it, yeah.

Bleh, gotta dig through notes.

I'll get to writing once I find out!
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>>34167004
Is Kyuubey a nice enough guy to wake everyone up when Fate only asked for her friends? Stupid literal-minded aliens.
>>
>>34167485
Kyuubey's capable of using context clues, if that's what you mean- he might not be certain what exactly differentiates a friend from, say, an acquaintance, but he can pretty well figure out that when 20 people you know are in the hospital, and you ask him to fix 'your friends', that you prooooooooobably mean all of them.
Especially when they were all harmed by the same thing.
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You frown. Something's been bothering you for a bit, now. “What was Mami talking about earlier? Some of our classmates are in the hospital?”

Mato nods. “Yeah, but they're alright. They were all in my class last year, so I suppose they weren't really /your/ classmates.” She stops. “They were part of Fate's gang- the good Doctor Testarossa tested her weirdo gas on 'em, remember?” She frowns. “Were you awake for that?” She shrugs. “Anyways, like I said, they're fine. Fate's contract agreement with Kyuubey was that he would fix 'em up, good as new!”

You frown. Something about consorting with invisible xenos doesn't sit well with you.

“Anyways, do you know Minami-chan? Tall; mint-green hair; pretty in a weird, kinda androgynous sort of way? Head-over-heels for Kobayakawa-chan?”

You frown. “Kobayakawa... Yutaka-chan?” Oh, right! Wait, Iwasaki-san's a girl? Holy shit, you thought she was just a strangely attractive guy.

… Better not say that out loud.

Mato nods. “Yeah, you know who I'm talkin' about?”

“Yeah, I do. Continue.” Yutaka's sick all the time, and Iwasaki-san- err, Minami, is always taking care of her. They make a cute couple... didn't Iwasaki-san have some weird ability or something? You guess she probably did, if she was part of Fate's gang, given that was their schtick and all.

“She made a contract with Kyuubey, too, and her weird time thing is freakin' amazing, now! She can actually stop time and everything! And she asked Kyuubey to find a way to fix Kobayakawa-chan!” She laughs and laces her fingers together behind her head. “Can you believe that? It's like something out of a manga or a fairy tale!”

Hmm.

What's your first thought about all of that?
>You still don't trust that thing.
>You're glad to hear everyone's alright.
>Precia Testarossa needs to have her ass kicked...
>Other (Write-in)
>>
>>34167854
>Precia Testarossa needs to have her ass kicked...
Justice is our first thought, always justice.
>>
>>34167854
>Precia Testarossa needs to have her ass kicked...
She must be forced to answer for her crimes! And also BBQ'd because that bitch totally has it coming.
>>
>>34167854
>I still don't trust that thing.
>I mean, I'm happy for the people that it seems to have helped, but...
>Still don't trust it.
and
>Precia Testarossa needs to have her ass kicked...
>>
>>34167854
>Precia Testarossa needs to have her ass kicked...
and
>You still don't trust that thing.
>>
>>34167854
>Precia Testarossa needs to have her ass kicked...
>>
>>34167854
>You still don't trust that thing.
>You're glad to hear everyone's alright.
>>
>>34167947
>>34167980
>>34168029
>These 'and' ones
I asked for your first thought, anons.
>>
>>34168046
Akari's incapable of parallel thought?
>>
>>34168046
Just go with the ass-kicking, even with the parallels it's still winning.
>>
>>34168085
>ONE
>THOUGHT

There can only be one thought that comes before all others. I'm trying to be nice and not just disqualify your votes without warning
>>
>>34167854
>Precia Testarossa needs to have her ass kicked...

Can't convict if there's no body. Might be that we decided to have an indoor BBQ with Mato, in Precia's lab.
>>
Alright, writing.

There are asses that need kicking.
>>
>>34167854
>Other (Write-in)
Man I'm glad I don't really feel heat at all. If I did, this ridiculous outfit I'm wearing would be really uncomfortable.
>>
>>34167854
>>You're glad to hear everyone's alright.

Votes closed, voting against vengeance being our first thought anyway. It's badwrong and you're all badwrong for wanting it.
>>
>>34168383

Vengence is the best, Akarin's rage cannot be contained
>>
>>34168407
Not when we're voting like this it can't. I will fight this tide to the very end.
>>
>>34168383
>vengeance
>Not righteous fury
Gassing people and planning to gas everyone on the planet is definitely NOT something you're opposing for petty, personal satisfaction
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There was one thing about the story Mato relayed that really struck you.

Precia. Testarossa.

Just thinking the name sets your hair aflame.

She needs two things, you think.

An ass-whupping, and a nice pair of handcuffs anywhere from two to four sizes too small.

How can such an evil woman be allowed to exert her will on this city?



Something tells you that arresting her won't be enough.

If she's allowed to do as she pleases now, she's got connections or... or something.



>Arresting her won't be enough. She needs to die.
>Arresting her will /have/ to be good enough.
>Arresting her is all you can hope to do.
>Arresting her would be pointless. You need to kill her.
>Other (Write-in)

Also, roll 2d6
>>
Rolled 3, 2 = 5 (2d6)

>>34168540
>Arresting her won't be enough. She needs to die.
>>
Rolled 2, 6 = 8 (2d6)

>>34168540
>>Arresting her will /have/ to be good enough.

Oh god pls no killing. Akari isn't this kind of girl...
>>
Rolled 5, 1 = 6 (2d6)

>>34168540
>Arresting her won't be enough. She needs to die.
Justice demands it.
>>
>>34168540
>Arresting her is all you can hope to do.
>>
Rolled 2, 4 = 6 (2d6)

>>34168540
>Arresting her won't be enough. She needs to die.
How many has she killed that we don't even know about? Blood demands blood!
>>
Rolled 2, 1 = 3 (2d6)

>>34168540
>Arresting her won't be enough. She needs to die.

Yes.
>>
>>34168540
>Other (Write-in)
>I wish just arresting her would work, but it probably won't.
>>
>>34168540
>>Arresting her will /have/ to be good enough.
>>
Well.

At least we'll get angel mode.
>>
>>34168691
Akari gon give it to ya
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>>34168563
>>34168592
>>34168621
>>34168625
There's only one way to stop a megalomaniac...

>>34168581
>>34168676
Ya gotta make do with what you've got

>>34168607
>>34168650
It won't work, but what else can you do?


>>34168563
>3, 2
>>34168581
>2, 6
>>34168592
>5, 1
>>34168581
It's not the killing that changes a person, anon. It's the reasons for doing it.

Okay, writing. You guys rolled up a pretty interesting encounter, I think...
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>>34168540
>Arresting her won't be enough. She needs to die.

Immolate
Conflagrate
Incinerate x3
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Arresting her wouldn't solve anything. Sure, it might stop her for awhile, but, sooner or later, she'd get out.

No, you take back the bit about the handcuffs.

She needs a good ass-whupping, true enough, but the other thing she needs... that's a hastily-dug six-foot-deep hole in the dirt.

You're completely engulfed in flames, now.

Which is good, because the playing card that's whizzing through the air and headed straight at your neck is incinerated before it can come within an inch of you.



Your eye twitches at the laughter that follows.

You hear someone drop to the pavement behind you, and turn to see a young man in a black suit, cape, and oversized hat rising from a crouch. “It seems like Lady Luck is on your side... or, at the very least, /was/ on your side.”

Mato makes eye contact with you, wondering if you're alright, and you nod in affirmation before returning your smoldering glare to the man with the deck of cards in his hand.

“Ah, how impolite of me,” he says, making a sweeping bow as if performing for an audience, “I should introduce myself.” He rights himself and smirks. “Mother named me Jack LaCasa. I prefer “Blackjack,” myself.”



>Ask what he wants.
>Inform him that this is a bad time, and that he should only stay if he'd like to be 'Extra Crispy' Jack.
>BURNINATE HIM.
>Ask why he's throwing cards at people. It's rather rude.
>Other (Write-in!)
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>>34169417
>>Inform him that this is a bad time, and that he should only stay if he'd like to be 'Extra Crispy' Jack.
We're not so far gone as to attack on sight, but we're not gonna be friendly with him either.
>>
>>34169417
>>Ask why he's throwing cards at people. It's rather rude.
>>
Rolled 5, 1 = 6 (2d6)

>>34169417
>>Inform him that this is a bad time, and that he should only stay if he'd like to be 'Extra Crispy' Jack.
>Ask what he wants.
>>
>>34169417
>>Ask what he wants.
>>Inform him that this is a bad time, and that he should only stay if he'd like to be 'Extra Crispy' Jack.
>>
>>34169417
>Ignite the cards
>>
>>34169417
>>34169492
>>34169587
Changing my vote to add Ingiting cards.
>>
>>34169417
>Ask why he's throwing cards at people. It's rather rude.

It is. Why we gotta be rude back. Rude thread.
>>
>>34169417
>Ask why he's throwing cards at people. It's rather rude.
>BURNINATE the deck of cards
>Ask what he wants.
>>
If we can do spontaneous detonations just by dressing up like Mustang, I wonder if we can do other cosplay-related fire shenanigans.

inb4 someone says to dress up like Sasuke to get some of that edgy black fire that never goes out. Also giant fire skeleton armor.
>>
>>34169417
>Ask why he's throwing cards at people. It's rather rude.
Can we not resort to immediately burninating something for once?
>>
>>34169481
>>34169564
>>34169492
U got a death wish, m8?

>>34169491
>>34169628
>>34169629
The F*** IS YOUR PROBLEM?

>>34169492
>>34169564
>>34169629
What do you want?

>>34169587
>>34169629
>>34169492
Burn the cards

...

Welp.

Okay, you can burn the cards and address him in one way.
>Ask why he's here
>Threaten him
>Banter with him
>>
>>34169843
>Threaten him

Akarin's not to be trifled with
>>
>>34169843
>>Ask why he's here
>>
>>34169843
>Banter with him
>>
>>34169843
>Banter with him

I love banter.
>>
>>34169843
>Threaten him
We're not in a good mood at the moment, if he couldn't tell.
>>
>>34169843
>Banter with him
>>
>>34169885
Mercurial mood changes could be part of our insanity. It'd be fun.
>>
>>34169860
>>34169885
You're in no mood for this

>>34169868
Let the old Akari shine through

>>34169872
>>34169879
>>34169918
>Sass him

Akari's getting crazier and crazier...
>Someone attacks you
>You sass him and sneak attack him

Gimme 1d100, best of 3.
>>
Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>34170133
>>
Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>34170133
Oh boy
>>
Rolled 55 (1d100)

>>34170133
>>
Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>34170133
Will our waifu take care ofcis when we lose our minds for good?
>>
>>34170156
>>34170158
>>34170177
>77

Alrighty.

Now, three rolls of a d20, if you'd please.


>>34170185
She wouldn't have to if you'd stop acting like a (dangerously unstable/unpredictable) crazy person
>>
>>34170133
We've burned the "weapons" of everyone who has had one.

Mop guy's mop.
Desert guy's staff.
Did we burn the guns in the big esper vs skill out fight?

Akari just plain hates weapons.
>>
>>34170238
>She wouldn't have to if you'd stop acting like a (dangerously unstable/unpredictable) crazy person
Precia might be dying, but she's going to get the last laugh from beyond the grave.

Remember that her goal was to make Akari snap? Yeah. Good job doing her work for her.
>>
Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>34170238
Here we go!
>>
Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>34170238
No idea what we're rolling for here.
>>
Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>34170238
>>
Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>34170238
Time to burn!
>>
>>34170238
I'm trying, man. But anon just can't stop being firestarters.
>>
>>34170319
>>34170332
Well whatever it is we're apparently experts at it.
>>
>>34170262
You didn't burn any guns.

The other times were less... insane. This guy attacked you, and your response is to give him some lip and attack him. Simultaneously.

>>34170319
>>34170332
>>34170352
Good job, anons. That was your save. He shoots first, so you won't take another step towards becoming the type of person who smiles and laughs and tells jokes... whilst hurling fireballs into crowds of civilians for your amusement.

>>34170383
If you had done one or the other, it wouldn't be nearly as questionable.
>>
>>34170477

Damn it
>>
>>34170508
You want her insane?

I kind of do too, if only because it might earn us a moment of seriousness when Mato is crying and begging for us to return to how she used to be.
>>
>>34170477
Eh, so far I don't think we've done anything Misaka wouldn't do or hasn't done, so from a level 5 perspective I think we're still relatively sane.
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>>34170477
>Good job, anons. That was your save. He shoots first
But he already shot first `?
>>
>>34170641
He did, and you elected to banter with him instead of asking what his problem was or simply shooting back.
Instead of trying to learn what was happening (doing the reasonable thing) or defending yourself (the most understandable reaction), you've decided to tease him a bit.

Just be patient, I'm writing as we speak.

>>34170508
There's a difference between crazy and violently insane.
>>
You raise an eyebrow. “You know, for someone who's apparently concerned with being polite, you're very cavalier with your throwing cards at unsuspecting passers-by.”

“Oh-ho, for someone who was seething and simmering with rage not ten seconds ago, you're rather jovial, don't you think?”

He laughs and sends a card flying at you with a flick of his wrist. Your reaction is immediate and effective- you snap your fingers, and the deck of cards explodes rather pleasantly.

“Quick on the draw, too, eh?” He says, even has he jumps backwards to avoid being caught in the flames, “That's nice, honey, but you should know-” He reaches into his jacket and pulls out another deck of cards. “-blackjack is played with several decks mixed together!”

Mato hurls a rock at him... or, rather, she tries to, but manages to lose her footing and go sprawling to the ground.

He hurls a few cards at her, but you incinerate them in midair with a jet of flame.

“Awfully competent, aren't we, Miss Takamichi?” He cackles madly. “That's just what Miss Testarossa told me to expect, so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised!”

… Testarossa...?

Your eye twitches in response to the name.

He's standing there, laughing at you, having just admitted that he's working for that genocidal bitch...

>???
>>
>>34171049
>Rainbow Ray of JUSTICE!
>>
>>34171049
>Light ourselves on fire, plant/detonate a fireball behind us to act as a rocket and charge the fucker
>>
>>34171049

>I want to see your bones melt
>>
>>34171049
>Knock him out with RAINBOW RAYS

That is our most non-lethal option, right?
>>
>>34171122
>Light yourself on fire

You never stopped being on fire, anon.

And there are things that your explosion would damage that I think you find rather important.
Mato, more specifically.
>>
>>34171185
Oh, good point. Let's stick with the classics then!
>Rainbow Ray
>>
>>34171049
Can we try to use the snappy detonations to beat the crap of him without, like, pulping him completely?
>>
>>34171049

Beat him up with our powers, this is what a Hero of Justice would do
>>
>>34171049
>Knock him off his feet with RAINBOWS
>>
>>34171178
I don't think you do, anon.

>>34171265
You could, yes. But I don't foresee that outvoting RAINBOWS.

>>34171181
Probably. It's more powerful than the heat rays you used for awhile there, though.

>>34171296
Indeed.
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>>34171358
>You could, yes. But I don't foresee that outvoting RAINBOWS.
A shame. I like snappy detonations
>>
>>34171358
>You could, yes. But I don't foresee that outvoting RAINBOWS.
How about a combination? Akari can use both depending on what's appropriate.
>>
>>34171049

>Use spontaneous combustion on the air he's breathing.

Now he can add fire-swallowing to his card tricks!
Maybe if he can Houdini himself out of a pool of hot tar we'll attend his magic show!
>>
>>34171382
I quite like them, too. I'm rather glad you did so well on your hidden cosplay authenticity roll

>>34171399
Well, most of the votes specified RAINBOWS, y'know?
If it had just been 'BURNINATE', then that most likely would have been the case.

I'll give a few minutes more, then tally and write.

Are you willing to use multiple powers against him?
>Y
>N

Also, roll some d100s for me
>>
Rolled 40 (1d100)

>>34171471
>Y
Let's get fancy, why don't we?
>>
Rolled 33 (1d100)

>>34171471
Y

Shoot the RAINBOW from the front, snap detonate behind him for a sandwich?
>>
Rolled 84 (1d100)

>>34171471
>>Y

As long as they aren't lethal.
>>
Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>34171471

Yes
>>
Rolled 58 (1d100)

>>34171471
>Y
Multitasking is go!
>>
>>34171515
>84
nice save
>>
>>34171498
>>34171499
>>34171515
>84

Alright, now give me a single, solitary d10
>>
Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>34171629
>>
Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>34171629
>>
Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>34171629
>>
>>34171636
Good job.

Writing.
>>
>>34171636
>>34171657
>>34171650
>these rolls
Can we get a bonus because daaaamn.
>>
>>34171636
>>34171650
>>34171657
Holy crap, we're really bringing our A-game for this one.
>>
>>34171667

Thanks, I try
>>
>>34171667
Wait, are you only taking first roll instead of best of three there?
>>
>>34171742
Yep.
It was an all-or-nothing, 'save against going berserk' sort of roll.

the DC was 6.
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>>34171800
It's not an Esper quest thread if we aren't rolling to save against berserking or rolling to snap out of berserking.
>>
So Akari gets really pissed, but is also great at controlling herself.
>>
>>34171800
Oh ok, I thought it was a cosplay authenticity roll for someone we hadn't seen yet. Either way I'm glad we rolled high! Quick question though, are we gonna have to roll a save every time we use our powers now, because that could get old real fast.
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>>34171845
>DC 6
I don't think this counts as great at controlling herself.
>>
>>34171869
This guy works for a woman we just got done deciding to kill. It's a bit of an extraordinary circumstance.
>>
>>34171869
Not unless you're seething with rage enough that you're on the verge of snapping and killing someone every time you try to use your powers.
>>
You flare up for a moment, but the hissing and sizzling of the asphalt beneath your feet snaps you out of it rather quickly.

You shake your head and take a deep, calming breath.

“Ah, I see your deal,” he says, “your self-control is rather admirable.”

He throws more cards at you, and you incinerate all but one of them. The one you miss hits a building to your left and nicks the side wall ever-so-slightly... but apparently enough to cause the wall to crumble and fall apart.

“But,” he adds, “you have much to learn!” You blast him in the chest with a prismatic heat ray, sending him flying into a building on the opposite side of the road, then, with a snap of your fingers, you collapse the front of the building, which may or may not have been a store at one point in time, burying him in a smallish mound of rubble.

The smoke and dust clear quickly, but the pile of broken storefront does not.

>Approach the rubble and try to find him.
>BURNINATE.
>Check on Mato.
>Try to calm down.
>Do something else (Write-in!)
>>
>>34172171
>>Check on Mato.
>>Try to calm down.
>>
>>34172171
>Approach the rubble and try to find him.
>BURNINATE.
If he's working for Precia then we can't let this bastard get away.
>>
>>34172171
>BURNINATE.
>>
>>34172171
>Check on Mato.
>Try to calm down.
Husbando before BURNINATING
>>
>>34172171
>Check on Mato.
>Try to calm down.
Mato should always take priority.
>>
>>34172171
>>Check on Mato.
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>>34172199
>>34172302
>>34172336
Peace and love

>>34172237
Seek and destroy

>>34172301
Destroy

>>34172394
RABU?!

Okay. Writing.
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>>34172555
>Destroy
Oh wow. I feel really stupid now, and I'm glad it didn't win, because I meant to vote to check on Mato and not burninate.
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You whip around and see the prone, unmoving form of Mato, and the blood on the alley wall and the ground by her head, and your fire fizzles out without so much as a puff of smoke.

Eyes wide, you rush to her side and roll her over onto her back. There's a nasty gash across the upper left side of her face, stretching from her forehead to just shy of her ear.

She's out like a light, but other than that she seems to be alright.

You hug her awkwardly and whisper to her that you took care of that guy anyways, and you're trying to figure out how to move her when...

>ROLL D20
>>
Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>34172776
Uh oh
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Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>34172776
Of course he wasn't down. But no regrets. Mato came first.
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Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>34172776
Oh shit! At least she's gonna be ok, otherwise Akari might have had to take certain measures...
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>>34172828
Hahahahaahahah.

Are we going to switch to Mokarin POV and save their asses?
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Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>34172776
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>>34172828
>>34172820
>>34172808
Oh. Shit. Motherfucker.

Alright gimme 2d10.

Let's see what the damage is.
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>>34172828
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>>34172828
I think the real question is if Akari is going to be ok after this.
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Rolled 4, 10 = 14 (2d10)

>>34172868
Damage is low!!!
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Rolled 6, 8 = 14 (2d10)

>>34172868
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Rolled 10, 4 = 14 (2d10)

>>34172868
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Rolled 6, 3 = 9 (2d10)

>>34172868
Maybe we'll be alright? C'mon dice gods, show mercy!
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>>34172887
>>34172902
10, 10? Is that how it works?
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>>34172887
>>34172893
>>34172902
>every total is 14
What is this. Wow.
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>>34172917
I don't think so, I think it just means we got extra-14'd.
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>>34172887
Oh boy.

>>34172946
Oh, I hadn't noticed that. DOUBLES.

>>34172917
Nope. I suppose using 'damage' there was probably a poor choice of words.

That was hit location/severity, basically. Well, kind of.

You'll see.

Writing!
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>>34172993
>Oh, I hadn't noticed that. DOUBLES.
Triples!
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>>34172993
...if this is what I think it is, then card man just signed his own death warrent
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>>34172993

Mato will probably be fine.

Blackjack, on the other hand, is going relish the sensation of being turned into plasma. He's lucky, nobody alive today has experienced it!
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You don't hear him as he rises from the rubble.

You don't hear the cards whizzing through the air, either, not until there's already a gash in your forehead spilling hot blood into your eyes and all over Mato.

You recoil, bringing your hands up to try and wipe the crimson fluid from your eyes.

It hurts.

It hurts a lot.

Everything is red.

“See, kid, that's how they get ya. They make ya think you've won, that you're the luckiest sunnuvabitch alive, and then, when you lose, you realize it ain't a run of bad luck, it's that the game was rigged from the start.”

You rise to your feet and stagger away from Mato.

You boil the blood out of your eyes.

But everything's still red.



And there's a fresh gash across Mato's stomach.

He laughs. “Don't you get it, kid? The house ALWAYS wins.”

>Roll d100 to see if you can control yourself or, more realistically, if he has time to scream before you kill him
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Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>34173322
I don't want to control ourself
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Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>34173322
That stupid fuck...
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Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>34173322

I don't want to stop
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Rolled 18 (1d100)

>>34173322
He brought it on himself.
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>>34173322
Burn him
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>>34173383

Can we take this roll?
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>>34173383
>>34173398
I think it's too late to count, which is probably a good thing from a mental health standpoint.
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>>34173398
I'd rather not lose too much control and destroy everything around us in the fallout. We still need to get Mato medical attention asap.
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>>34173454
Yeah. Just burn this guy's arms and legs off and book it.
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>>34173353
>>34173355
>>34173362
>All huge failures
You had a -60 circumstance penalty, by the way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOy6hqzfsAs

Writing!
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>>34173523
As long as we don't lose our shit completly and hurt Mato more, its pretty much alright.
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>>34173523
Hey, we rolled pretty well! Well enough not to fry Mato at least I think, which is my primary concern at the moment.
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>>34173523
>You had a -60 circumstance penalty, by the way.
Can you tell us these things up front? It's more fun that way, I think.
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>>34173523

The harder we burn this asshole, the faster we can get Mato to safety.
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>>34173704
I wasn't going to make you not burninate him if you all wanted to, silly!
And it's pretty obvious that your rage at seeing Mato bleed is FAR more potent than the anger you feel most other times.

Most of the time, though, I really prefer to keep that kind of thing to myself.
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>>34173740
Oh we were gonna kill him regardless, I think the problem is how much collateral damage we might inflict in the process and therefore whether we hurt Mato in doing so.
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>>34173760
But I like cold, hard numbers...

Understood.
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You find yourself leaning against what little remains of the wall his playing card destroyed, still on your own two feet, but too unsteady to stand unsupported.



“The house always wins,” you mutter, parroting his words and following them up with a giggle that you just can't seem to suppress.

You look over at him, cock your head, and consider him for a moment.

… His mouth is still moving up and down.

It's pretty funny to watch.

It's like he has no idea what burning alive feels like.

You wonder what he's saying.

Maybe he's asking you not to burn him?

No, he looks way too smug for that.

He's probably talking more about gambling.

It's a shame, really, but you won't get to watch him bleed out and die slowly, like he deserves.

Unfortunately, he's already made Mato bleedy and sleepy, which means he's super-duper-dangerous and needs to be exterminated immediately!

You giggle some more, and he stops and frowns at you. “The problem with houses is that they always seem to burn down!”

His eyes widen as you raise your right hand and press your thumb and middle finger together, palm facing up.



Your mouth splits your face with a wicked grin as you let him squirm for a split second before... SNAP!

>What do you target first?
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>>34173872
>What do you target first?
>Head. We got more important shit to do.
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>>34173872
>What do you target first?
Start with his dominant hand, make sure he can't try any last-second card throws.
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>>34173872
>Head

Sounds good. A nice quick kill since Akari seems too far gone to not torture him.
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>>34173872
>What do you target first?
>Everything from the neck up, kill him and be done with it so we can get Mato to a hospital.
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>>34173872
Hands. Turn them to ash.
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>>34173935
... That doesn't make any sense, anon.
You ARE Akari.
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>>34173872

>Eyes. We can listen to him scream and beg while we take Mato away. Then, when Mato is safe, we can find him again.
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>>34173872
If we can specifically torch his eyeballs, ears, nose, and tongue, then do that. If not, then I guess the whole head will have to do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGx6K90TmCI
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>>34173962
>You ARE Akari.
And look at the way the rest of the thread is voting.

Like I said, Akari is too far gone to not torture him.
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>>34173980
>>34173969
I had considered boiling his eyeballs first, but his pain induced spasm would have probably ruined outr line of sight before we could do anything.
>>
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>>34173994
>Akari is too far gone to not torture him
>I'm Akari
>I'd better go for a quick kill

I'm sorry if I'm just crazy or something, but that doesn't make any sense to me.
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This is starting to get into >90° territory.
Perfect.
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>>34173872
His everything. We got wide area ignition. Turn him and everything around him into one giant hell-pit.
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>>34173872
>>What do you target first?
His dick
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>>34174031
It's not "I'm Akari"
It's "We're Akari"
Right now the Akari collective is mostly in favor of doing horrible things to this man.
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>>34174126
At this point the majority is for the quick head-shot, though.
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>>34173910
>>34173935
>>34173945
>>34173969
>>34173980
>SKULL

>>34173918
>>34173950
Extremities

>>34174111
"Extremities"

Efficiency is key in saving your waifu
Writing!
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>>34174143
I only regret we can't take his skull for the skull throne.
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>>34174141
I'm not sure if I would count the pop his eyeballs votes as skull votes when they clearly have different intents. Whatever.

This is fun.
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>>34174143
How we doing this? Max power detonation inside his mouth to blow em apart? Just immolate the head so hard it turns into ash?
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>>34174194
>Max power detonation inside his mouth
His fault for talking so much.
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>>34174194
I would say by doing that cool dragon thing in the gif.

But that would give him time to dodge...
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The really funny thing about this whole murder thing is the same corrupt Academy City that protects Precia will also go out of its way to protect Akari.

Ah, implied consent. The best kind of consent.
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… You'd better not take too long with this.

You need to find some big band-aids for Mato-chan!

It's a simple decision, then, to start from the top and work your way down.

BOOM!

SNAP!

BOOM!

SNAP!

BOOM!

SNAPSNAP!

KRA-KOOM!

SNAP! BOOM! SNAP! BOOM! SNAP! BOOM!



More blood flows into your eyes, but you can see well enough as the smoke clears that there's nothing left of him.

Unless there's some in that crater?

No, wait, that crater wasn't there before.

You hope nobody minds.



You stagger over to Mato-chan, your flames sputtering out as soon as you step away from the wall, and drop to your knees beside her.



Why does your head feel so... funny?

>It's nothing! You're FINE! Hahahahaha, yes, absolutely fine~! So fine you feel like singing~
>... It's... it's nap time, Nee-chan... stop reading weird magazines and go to bed...
>Snap out of it
>... something else? Is it a present? (Write-in!)
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>>34174355
>Snap out of it
DC 110 inc
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>>34174355
>>... It's... it's nap time, Nee-chan... stop reading weird magazines and go to bed...
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>>34174355
>Snap out of it
>No time for crazy. Give Mami a phone call.
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>>34174355
>It's nothing! You're FINE! Hahahahaha, yes, absolutely fine~! So fine you feel like singing~
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>>34174355
>Snap out of it
Mato needs your help right now, Akari, and you can't let her down!
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>>34174373
>impossible DCs
nope.jpg

Even with a -60 on that roll, you still had a bit of a chance.

There are other penalties and bonuses, y'know. Well, no, you don't, and I prefer to keep it that way.
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>>34174355

>Is this what it feels like to run on nuclear power?
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>>34174355
>It's nothing! You're FINE! Hahahahaha, yes, absolutely fine~! So fine you feel like singing~
Powerup please
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>>34174355
>Snap out of it
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>>34174355
>Snap out of it
Gotta save Mato, all the power in the world is worthless if we can't use it to SAVE HER
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>>34174458
>powerup
>over the waifu

Disgusting.
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>>34174373
>>34174400
>>34174406
>>34174459
>>34174477
>INSANITY ISN'T JUSTICE

>>34174388
Just close your eyes and... rest.

>>34174403
>>34174458
"There is a flower
Within my heart..."

>>34174458
Be careful what you wish, anon. Someone might take you seriously and grant it.

Okay, let's see if you can un-crazy yourself.

>TOSS THEM HUNDRED SIDED DICE, AMIGOS.
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Rolled 9 (1d100)

>>34174588
Nat 1 all aboard choochoochittytoo
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Rolled 51 (1d100)

>>34174588
Cmon
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Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>34174588
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Rolled 16 (1d100)

>>34174588
>Finally, I have found it, I have!…
>My very own sun… I am the sun!…
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>>34174624
>>34174653
>>34174663
Welp, lets hope thinking of Matos tummy gives us a good circumstance bonus.
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>>34174624
>>34174653
>>34174663
Well at least we tried.
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>>34174624
>>34174653
>>34174663
... Huh.

That's kinda surprising.

I was half-expecting nat 100 city.

Oh well.

Writing!
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Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>34174728
>That's kinda surprising.
>
>I was half-expecting nat 100 city.
Never expect 100s when it would be cool.
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Rolled 75 (1d100)

>>34174728

The crazy is spilling over into all our rolls

Watch, I'm rolling to stay and torture gambler dude
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Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>34174789
I'm rolling to stop you.
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>>34174755
>That roll would've been a success

>>34174789
>Implying there's anything left
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>>34174755
And of course NOW we get the awesome rolls. At least we didn't kill Mato outright.
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Rolled 6 (1d100)

>>34174814
>pic
Drills are the worst hairstyle
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>>34174848
Not liking drills confirmed for shit taste,
The dice gods have spoken.
>>
Healing factor waifu best waifu.
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You grimace as your vision blurs and your head swims.

… What just happened?

Oh geez.

Why's everything spinning?

You blink a few times, but there's something in your eyes, and you squeeze them shut tight reflexively.



Are you about to pass-
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YOU ARE MATO.

Fffffff- EVERYTHING HURTS.

You force your eyes open and become aware of a huge, smoldering crater in the middle of the street, Akari passed out in your arms, and both of you stained red with dried blood.

Did you hit your head or something?

… the hell happened?

Akari's breathing normally, but there's a pretty nasty gash in her forehead.

There's also what appears to be a nasty scar on your stomach. Normally, you heal in such a way that scars don't get to form... did Akari cauterize it?

You don't feel anything, so it must have been a few hours ago at least.

The cut on Akari's forhead isn't bleeding at the moment, but that may just be because her face- and the wound- were flat against your stomach.



What the hell do you do?
>???
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>>34174989
>investigate crater
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>>34174989
>Call Mami, then go Big and double-time it to the nearest hospital
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>>34174989
>Lets see what the waidu has wrought. Investigate crater.
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>>34174989
>Report and carry Akari to a hospital for check up.
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>>34175015
The cut isn't too bad, she'd probably be fine with some bandages. Besides, if you go big, you can't talk to tell them what happened, and they won't know that, so they might not take you seriously.
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>>34174989

>Do the eyeball thing, to check for head injuries without a mirror
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>>34175050
Ok, don't go big then. Still, I feel like we should get her checked out.
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>>34175060
>>34175045
>>34175015
>>34175079
Your JUDGMENT STANDARD FIRST AID TRAINING has probably taught you to bandage wounds like this with some cloth.
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>>34175109
Well, if she can tell it isn't too bad a injury
changing >>34175045
to
>Report and check out crater. After having bandaged Akaris head.
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>>34175109
Alright then change >>34175015
to
>bandage cut, call Mami and investigate crater
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>>34175154
Your wounds only scar when they're particularly nasty or when they're cauterized or otherwise not allowed to heal naturally.

You heal significantly faster while unconscious.

hmm

Either way, it's looking like investigating the crater and maybe calling Mami are popular?

Whose clothing do you want to use to bandage Akari's forehead? Your jacket or her shirt would probably be the best.
Please don't say bikini, please don't say bikini, please don't say bikini...
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>>34175208
Bikini
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>>34175208
>Bi-... Nah, Matos flat is for Akari only. Take a stripe from Matos coat.
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>>34175208
>Your jacket
Mato strikes me as the chivalrous type.
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>>34175208
Tear off the midriff of her shirt. Bikini is just stupid, it wouldn't wrap properly.
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>>34175208

Don't be silly, the bikini wouldn't stop the blood flow because it's the wrong kind of fabric. This is serious!

>Your jacket, it'll look way cooler if it's tattered at the bottom.
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>>34175208
>Mato's jacket
Using your waifu's shirt is too lewd.
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>>34175225
SUNNUVA BITCH

>>34175240
>>34175241
>>34175255
>>34175278
>Jacket

>>34175248
BARE HER MIDRIFF

Okey dokey
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… First thing's first, you need to bandage Akari's head.

You use your teeth to tear off a strip of the bottom of your coat, then wrap it around Akari's head and tie it tight. You stand up with a grunt and grit your teeth until the various aches and pains accrued by taking a spontaneous nap using a building as a pillow and crumbled bits of building as a bed subside, cradling Akari in your arms like the precious package she is.

You make your way to the edge of the crater in the middle of the big, four-lane road, and note that it is not only FUCKING ENORMOUS, it's STILL BURNING.

In fact, there's still liquid pavement bubbling in the bottom.

Sunnuva bitch.

You can only assume that the guy with the cards is either very dead or so terrified that he'll die from lack of sleep or something soon enough.



Part of you says you should call Mami, but... something's holding you back.

Could there be something dangerous about calling her about this?



Well?
>Call Mami? [Y/N]
>Do something else? (Write-in!)
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>>34175483
...let's take the waifu to frogface ourself
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>>34175483
>Call Mami? Y
Akari probably just killed somebody, we have to call that in.
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>>34175506
I don't think there's any evidence, like, at all.
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>>34175483
>Call Mami? Y
Someone has to fill out the paperwork on this.
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>>34175526
Precia will make evidence if we don't call. Lose/lose.
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>>34175483
>>Call Mami? Y

Fuck your danger sense, Mato. Mami is our superior and we will report all things to her.
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>>34175483
Do we have, like, a phone? I want that crater to be our background.
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>>34175567
>Call Mami
>Wait, do we have a phone?

Dammit, anon.

>>34175506
>>34175539
>>34175563
CALLIN'
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>>34175506

>A friend will hide your weed for you
>A true friend will hide the body for you
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>>34175635
I didn't want to assume that we were using a cell phone. AC has lots of pay phones around
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>>34175645
Nobody needs to hide Akari's bodies because she's so important to Academy City that they'll let her get away with an awful lot.
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>>34175675
She's not level 5 yet, I'm not sure she can get away with only a slap on the wrist.
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>>34175645
We're a level 4 going on 5, AC ain't gonna do shit to us even if they got it on tape.
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… It's probably nothing, right?

You step away from the crater and flip open your phone.



“... Mato-chan?”

“Yeah, it's me, Sempai. I, uh...”

You pause, considering how best to explain... whatever it is that happened here.

“Okay, so Akari and I got attacked by this guy with playing cards...”



“...and you're sure there's not a dead body lying around anywhere?”

“Yeah,” you say, looking around once more, “no body, no bloodstains or anything- apart from ours, anyways. Just a bunch of exploded stuff and a little bit of lava.”

Mami clears her throat. “Well, then, I don't see any reason to think that Akari-chan has killed anyone, do you?”

You blink.



OH, this is one of those things, isn't it?

“No, I guess not. Thanks, Mami-sempai.”

“Anytime, Mato-chan. I'll file a report with Anti-Skill and inform them that there's a madman with playing cards attacking people in The Strange. You two should get home and rest. It sounds like whatever Akari did exhausted her in some way or another, after all.”

“Right, okay. Goodnight, sempai.”

“Goodnight, Mato-chan.”
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>>34175675
Nobody needs to hide Akaris bodys, because she doesn't leave bodies behind.
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>>34175645

If Mato was killed today, Akari wouldn't attend her funeral, because she'd be in jail for killing the dude who killed her.

(ascii fire)

We ride together, we die together, ect.
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>>34175833
>“Yeah,” you say, looking around once more, “no body, no bloodstains or anything- apart from ours, anyways. Just a bunch of exploded stuff and a little bit of lava.”

>Mami clears her throat. “Well, then, I don't see any reason to think that Akari-chan has killed anyone, do you?”
She knows exactly what happened.

Based Mami.
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>>34175833

I'm sorry I ever thought you were a bad influence, Mami.

You are the best senpai.
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>>34175880
To be fair, really only Akari would know for sure if she got him.
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Alright, y'all, I think that's a nice, comfy place to leave off for tonight!

And if you disagree, TAKE A HIKE.

Or go kayaking or something.

I dunno.
Just get
>>/out/

Did I do that right?


uh, anyways, be sure to vote in the archives and stuff.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Raildex

If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here in the thread, or at the PLACE OF ASKING, where QUESTIONS become ANSWERED.
ask.fm/EsperQuestQM
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>>34175908
She doesn't know for sure either. She was kinda out of it at the time.
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>>34175917
Was the table you pulled card dude from a list of Precia's goons or what? Do we get to fight ALL OF THEM?
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>>34175917
Does Akari have one of those goofy Akatsuki jacket things with the red clouds on it?
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>>34175952
>all of them
Lolno

He was from the esper encounter table, and just so happened to be Precia-hired

Today's thread was a rather bizarre and probably unfortunate series of events, I think.

>>34175968
I have no idea what you speak of, anon.
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>>34175917

Can Mato do the thumb detachment trick... for real?
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>>34176014
I'm blankly staring at that question.
No.

I don't- just- just... no, anon. I can't even-
you're a madman
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>>34175998
>I have no idea what you speak of, anon.
He wants to cosplay as a Naruto.

Tell him no.
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>>34175934
All things considered, while a bit unrestraint, she probably does remember all things she did and saw. And since she aimed at one body part after another, yeah, she will remember.

>>34175917
Thanks for running Esper.


I hope these events don't make Mato do something rash to gain more power of her own.
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>>34175998
>I have no idea what you speak of, anon.
One of these goofy fucking things
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>>34175998

What's so unfortunate? All we did was resolve ourselves to murder our enemy, let Mato get hurt badly, fall deeper into madness, kill a man so thoroughly there's no evidence he existed, and fall unconscious for unknown reasons.
...
Oh.
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>>34175998
>He was from the esper encounter table, and just so happened to be Precia-hired
Since he died before we bothered to ask him why he was here, why was he here?
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>>34176118
I don't think we're going to find out
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>>34176153
Nonsense. We just have to find an Esper with the Speak to Dead ability.
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>>34176060
Actually, I meant it as she just drew a line of explosions starting at the forehead and going straight down.

Why would Mato want to do something rash to gain more power?

>>34176056
>Naruto
Why would anyone want to cosplay as human feces, anon?

I don't understand.

Akane is crazy, not...

bleh.


>>34176115
>unknown reasons
psychological trauma and the subsiding of a significant adrenaline rush
also maybe poor rolls

>>34176118
Because of reasons, anon.
You had the option to ask.
It was right there.

Even in death, THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS

>>34176153
You are a wise anon, anon.
I dub you CHIEFTAN ANON OF THE NOT-FINDING-OUT BRIGADE.
No, wait, I don't.
I take it back.


...

Was there someone drawing stuff earlier in the thread?
I can't really remember.
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>>34176204
>Why would Mato want to do something rash to gain more power?
I dunno, she just seems to be very protective of Akari, and getting knocked out and having her waifu protect her, leading to her killing a dude might make her think she isn't "up to the task" so to speak.
Lets be honest, Mato has not performed very well in our fights so far and I'm not sure how much if at all it bothers her.
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>>34176185

I'm pretty sure a person who hears the voices of dead people is regular insane, rather than esper insane.

Unless they're a really messed up past-viewing esper who can only see the lives of dead people, and uses the delusion of speaking to a ghost to protect themselves from information overload.
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>>34176185
That sounds like a really specific ability to have

>>34176266
It's not her fault she didn't make the save VS Probability manipulation!

>>34176276
That /is/ messed up.
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>>34176204
I know it will never happen, but that's why I need to ask! Let's say that hypothetically Akari and Yutaka got into a deathmatch. Would Akari be able to burn through the regen?
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>>34176276
Personal realities are fucked up, man. I can see someone being able to get information from BEYOND THE GRAVE with one.
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Mato has a method to get MORE POWER. It's called Kyuubey.
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>>34176329
Assuming no TIMESTOP BLAMMINGS?

Probably, at least if she tried hard and long enough.


>>34176332
Yeah, personal realities are WAY too much fun.

Like mutating your powers based on an anime character because AWWW YEAH.


In case you're wondering, SNAP!BOOM! is that happens when Fireball and Spontaneous Ignition blur together in your subconscious mind.
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>>34176389
I wish to be stronger! Strong enough to protect Akari from anything!

And then Kyuubey does so. Waifu powerup get.
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>>34176397
Can we blur SI and Heatbeam/Flamethrower to make an orbital strike thing that just burns through the ground in a massive pillar of fire and light?
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>>34176397
Can we make all our flames rainbow? It's unfair that heat rays get all the rainbow.
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>>34176389

Watch her Psistone fill up within a few hours of being around Akari.

Will she be able to confess? Or will her hips start moving on their own?
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>>34176425
You can't subconsciously blur things together on purpose.
And mixing heat rays with flamethrowers would just shit up your heat rays.

>>34176436
I agree.
You can try soon.
Maybe a birthday wish would suffice...?
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>>34176436
I'd rather not. If all of them are rainbow, then the heat beam is less special
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>>34176471
>And mixing heat rays with flamethrowers would just shit up your heat rays.
I never said to do that. I said to mix Spontaneous ignition with either the heat ray OR the flamethrower.
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>>34176425
We can learn to shape the blast of our fireballs, and if we find a way to create fireballs at a distance, we would have this.
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>>34176473
It should be less special! That way we won't have a reason to spam it because rainbows.

But I suppose coming up with different custom looks for everything else is almost as good.
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>>34176471
I still like the white and red flames idea since it contrasts nicely with Mato's color scheme.
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Can our personal reality make Mato immune to burning from our fires too?
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>>34176573
I think that would require Matos personal reality to change. Since she would be the one affected.
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>>34176495
I realized that after replying

>>34176495
>>34176497
You'll need to make a BRAIN check to see if you can still do Spontaneous Ignition and Fireballs after you get out of your COLONEL MUSTANG getup.

>>34176497
Also, no, you'd have shaped charges at a distance, not A MASSIVE ORBITAL STRIKE PILLAR THING

Snap!Boom! was one of the AWWW-YEAH-TIER evolutions that you were supposed to be unlocking slightly later than this, but your cosplay was just so damn good that I gave it to you early.

>>34176501
That could be nice, too.

>>34176547
I don't know why, but that seems lewd to me for some reason.

>>34176573
I don't think so, no. Personal and all that.
Besides, worrying about Mato is one of few things that seems to consistently keep you guys sane.
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If you want an upgrade, find the Utsuho outfit.

Once the fireball explodes, it keeps exploding. Forever. Our own miniature sun we can throw at dudes.
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Can we make our fires smell good?

Making them pretty is nice but they need to smell good too.
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>>34176638
ARE YOU TRYING TO IMPLY THAT YOU DO NOT FIND THE SMELL OF MOLTEN CRATER TO BE PLEASANT, ANON?!
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>>34176638
You're killing me, anon.
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>>34176668
I think it's an acquired taste! Everyone needs to find it pleasing.

Make it smell like roses or freshly baked cookies. Maybe make it smell like alcohol so it'll burn better!
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>>34176586
>You'll need to make a BRAIN check to see if you can still do Spontaneous Ignition and Fireballs after you get out of your COLONEL MUSTANG getup.
We both know we are gonna win that brain check. Lets not do that. Akari is already crazy powerful before we even entered school and we have yet to have our first real fight.
Its a cool thing that Akari can do it if she gets into the Colonel Mustang cosplay, but has otherwise not the mindset for it yet.
I think its better if our upgrades become very rare from here on out, our maybe a few more situational cosplay things.

I wonder if Mato freaks out a little inside about having a living WMD as waifu.
Or maybe she finds it ... hot ?
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>>34176707
>I think it's an acquired taste!
THEY CAN'T LEARN TO APPRECIATE AUTHENTIC CRATER IF YOU GO AND MAKE IT SMELL LIKE A BAKERY, ANON! THEY DON'T EVEN SELL MOLTEN CRATERS IN THOSE DREADFUL PLACES.
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>>34176748
I would like for Akaris fires to smell like cinnamon. I don't know why, but the thought pleases me.
The molten stone would still smell like molten stone, just the fire would smell pleasant, it would be a nice "signature" for Akari.
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>>34176737
Dude, if we don't get the snap-boom we're going to end up never wearing anything other than Mustang cosplay.

Try to think these things through more.
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>>34176786
>never wearing anything other than Mustang cosplay.
I'm okay with that.
Also, do you really want to risk the Roy Mustang outfit to get incinerated like Akaris outfits tend to be ?
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>>34176786
I think this quest doesn't care enough about powergaming to manage that.
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>>34176804
>Also, do you really want to risk the Roy Mustang outfit to get incinerated like Akaris outfits tend to be ?
It's fireproof!

Was fireproof before Akari got ridiculously hot fires, anyway.
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>>34176815
>My 'the anons are going to start referencing all sorts of shows I haven't watched in attempt to make a mad grab for cooler power' sense is tingling.

Oh god why

>>34176737
>You don't understand, anon
>For the time being?
>No more spontaneous ignition
>it's like christmas
>but better

>also explodier
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>>34176894
>>You don't understand, anon
>>For the time being?
>>No more spontaneous ignition
Poor silly Esper, we are still going to use that, unless you give us a reason to want to murder every one of our opponents.
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>>34176784
I like this a lot.

Cinnamon smells great and is kind of associated with fire.
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>>34176973
We really need more non-lethal options.

By the way, was our fight caught on any cameras? I thought Academy City was a police state.
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>>34176894
>>My 'the anons are going to start referencing all sorts of shows I haven't watched in attempt to make a mad grab for cooler power' sense is tingling.
>Oh god why

Frederica Tenjuin from Psyren. PSI user. Name of ability: Pyro Queen.

Imagine Akari's powerset, but way more powerful and with way more control. And the ability to summon up a giant fire avatar monster/armour thing that belches massive volumes of flame.
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>>34177053
It probably was, is just that no one in AC gives a shit about a level 4 killing some lesser Esper.
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>>34176894
And the thing she summons up, Salamandra.
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>>34177080
>with way more control
We should definitly start working on more creative use for Akaris skillset for more fine control.
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Do our fires give off smoke? I want to weaponize this.

Make some super-smoky fire Akarin.
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>>34177101
I just really like this thing. It's badass.
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>>34177101
It does look cool, but summons are kind of outside Akari's skillset I think.

The Mustang thing totally fits and this just.. doesn't.
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>>34177081
Oh yeah, he was barely level 2.
AND a foreigner.

The fucks were not given in the slightest.

>>34177102
OR JUST STOP GETTING INTO SITUATIONS WHERE YOU'LL BE ANGRY

I mean, really, unless I'm crazy, the VAST majority of options don't lead to you gettin' all pissed off.

>>34177122
>Do our fires give off smoke? I want to weaponize this.

ANON PLS

DON'T DO THIS TO ME

>>34177080
She'd be cuter if she wasn't so grumpy
*cough* *cough*
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>>34177101
>>34177123
>>34177151

>Mato becomes a better body manipulator
>learns to make herself immune to fire and deaden her nerves
>Akari sets Mato on fire for every fight.
>Mato is now Akaris familiar.
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>>34177152
>She'd be cuter if she wasn't so grumpy
>*cough* *cough*
Well, there's a loli version of her. That's grown-up future her because Psyren has lots of confusing timetravel stuff.
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>>34177152
>OR JUST STOP GETTING INTO SITUATIONS WHERE YOU'LL BE ANGRY
You mean don't swear to kill anyone? I wish.

The dice screwing us over with this guy showing up isn't our fault.
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>>34177151
It's less of a summon and more of a large construct made of flame and psionic energy. A summon is more something that is brought from somewhere else with one's power. Salamandra is something that she makes herself.
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>>34177152
>AND a foreigner.
I thought that wasn't a thing except for really rare natural occurences ?

>>34177152
>OR JUST STOP GETTING INTO SITUATIONS WHERE YOU'LL BE ANGRY
I dunno, most of the time, we have all reason to be angry. I don't expect angry Akari to be a common thing as such, it really only showed up alot the last few threads over Precia.
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>>34177200
So it just looks cool? I'm down with that.
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>>34177205
>I don't expect angry Akari to be a common thing as such,
Hahahahaha.

You do know she's going insane, right? That's like half the plot of this story. Not getting angry when she has reason to is probably good for her mental health.
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>>34177211
More or less. It has limited programming for limited autonomous action, but it could just be a massive fireball and it would function exactly the same. The looks is just from Frederica's personal taste.

Think of it kinda like power armor made of fire.
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>>34177152
>implying grumpy wouldn't be pretty damn fitting for Akari
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>>34177174
>loli version
awwwww yeah

>>34177181
I blame you specifically, anon.

It seems like you guys pick the grumpiest options available every time, except when Mato's DIRECTLY involved.

/tg/ is just /TG/RUMPY

>>34177205
Gemstones are ones who are already full power without the POWER CURRICULUM PROGRAM

Potential isn't nearly as rare.

Besides, he was usually such a lucky guy...
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>>34177221
>You do know she's going insane, right?
There are many ways to be insane, that doesn't mean Akari needs to flip her shit all the time. Or even very often, if she gets that problem under control.
It probably didn't help we used the "MAXIMUM REVENGE SPREE OF DESTRUCTION" to define her new PR. But we can work on that.
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>>34177264
>It seems like you guys pick the grumpiest options available every time, except when Mato's DIRECTLY involved.
Banter wasn't the grumpy option! It was an entirely different kind of insane.
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>>34177264
>Gemstones are ones who are already full power without the POWER CURRICULUM PROGRAM
No, Gemstones are the ones who get esper powers naturally without undergoing the shit they do to you at AC.

Gunha isn't at full power. He fights Ollerus one time, loses, and Ollerus tells him that if he understood what his power actually was and got up to full potential, he'd be an equal.
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>>34176894

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIi-S9AMQKI

>Her abilities come from the god of nuclear fusion, Yatagarasu, and were granted to her byKanako Yasakain the god's attempt to turn theHell of Blazing Firesinto an energy source forGensokyo.

>Before the events ofSubterranean Animism, she was told bya voicethat she could swallow the god, Yatagarasu, that was hidden in the flames to gain a power that would fulfill the wishes of both the worlds below and above the surface. This power was nuclear fusion. Utsuho misunderstood what the voice had told her, and decided that, using these powers, she would take overGensokyo.

There are similarities, some of them uncomfortable.
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>>34177264
>It seems like you guys pick the grumpiest options available every time
I don't really see that ? We have only been grumpy most of the time since the first dream with Precia, which makes sense. But before then Akari was pretty upbeat, and I'm sure once people stop trying to drive us insane or injure our waifu, we can go back to that.
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>>34177310
>I'm sure once people stop trying to drive us insane or injure our waifu,
...

I wish I could share your optimism.
I don't think we'd be going insane nearly as quickly if BURNINATE wasn't such a... catchphrasy word.
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>>34177264
>Besides, he was usually such a lucky guy...
You would think a experienced gamblerr would know when to cut his losses and run, instead of standing around and taunting someone who can boil you alive.
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>>34177331
>BURNINATE wasn't such a... catchphrasy word.
We can definitly BURNINATE without being angry though.
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>>34177310
>We have only been grumpy most of the time since the first dream with Precia, which makes sense.
No, it doesn't. We never asked what Precia was doing on the first dream. Burninating her was completely uncalled for.
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>>34177273
>used the "MAXIMUM REVENGE SPREE OF DESTRUCTION" to define her new PR.
It was so cool, though

>>34177298
Oh, right. Close enough.

>>34177331
>Implying BURNINATE isn't one of the most consistently 'safe' options

>>34177336
>Luck=/= wisdom

>>34177308
... I can't read that with the spaces messed up, anon.
But I see that you believe there to be uncomfortable similarities between stuff and things. Or something.

>Pic
>HI, CIRNO

>>34177369
Oh, the burnination was so called for
She was asking for it, anon
that fireslut
Not your fault she was so wonderfully FLAMMABLE
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>>34177369
I meant it makes sense we were grumpy after the first dream with Precia. Which it does, because that was exactly what Precia was trying to accomplish with that dream.
And we only attacked her in that dream because we wanted to get out and didn't know how else.
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What's Akarin's favorite kind of candy?
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>>34177426

Bah. She was normal animal convinced by a higher being to swallow a god in order to power her home. However, she wasn't all there to begin with and holding the power of the sun in her hands only made it worse, so her best friend had to bail her out by calling in the magic police, who delivered righteous beatings until she stopped with her megalomania.
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>>34177470
...

I think I almost made a lewd joke there

...

you guys are rubbing off on me

I'm scared

...


Akari probably enjoys skittles
no melting
no not being great
etc.
also prismatic

>>34177502
...
I think my brain is officially fried

Why is Cirno so cute
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>>34177541
He's talking about Utsuho not Cirno.
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>>34177541
Skittles a shit
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>>34177541
>Akari probably enjoys skittles
TASTE THE RAINBOW

Heat Rays now smell like skittles. Excellent.
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>>34177576
I figured as much

but
I just can't care about words anymore

>>34177580
>Skittles a better than you
>anon worst candy
>0/19.3, would not leave a positive review on
>pic related
>it's my face when your face
>aka butthurt out the wazoo

>>34177593
I NEVER SAID THIS

NEVER
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>>34177614
Maybe you should shove the skittles up your ass. it might help with the butthurt, and a butt is the place where skittles deserve to be.
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>>34177614
Go to bed.
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Does Akari ever set her farts on fire?
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>>34177645
I think the real question is does she ever not?
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>>34177631
You're a monster
that's canon
Everyone in this quest, when asked about you, will say, "Oh, yeah, I heard about him. He's a real monster."

>>34177632
Okay.

>>34177645
>>34177653
>WHY

Anon's right, I'm going to go to bed.

G'night, everyone.
Don't let the moon out of your sight! YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'LL STRIKE

I never got around to showing Mato's hatred of the moon in-quest. Now I feel bad
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>>34177632

It's late. Best QM deserves rest.

(pic related, my mental image of you)
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>>34177679
>I never got around to showing Mato's hatred of the moon in-quest. Now I feel bad
Whoa what.

New goal: BLOW UP THE MOON
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What is it with quest characters and hating the moon?
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>>34177703
>(pic related, my mental image of you)
My mental image of Esper QM is a small redheaded hyper boy.

Wait. No. It's that one kid from the iron giant. Cause of the coffee scene.
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>>34177725
>Wait. No. It's that one kid from the iron giant. Cause of the coffee scene.
Jesus Christ. I didn't think there'd be another person thinking that.
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>>34177703
>Best QM

...

wait, what

And my hair isn't THAT long. Geez.

>>34177706
Excellent.
GLORIOUS

>>34177720
Is this a thing?

>>34177725
>redheaded
I thought that said 'retarded' for a moment, there
I was moderately saddened

NO, DAMMIT, I WAS GOING TO BED
STOP GLOWING, ELECTRONICS
I'M LIKE SOME SORT OF MOTH
EXCEPT WITH THUMBS AND STUFF

Okay, I can do this
I can sleep and stuff
I got this



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