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>"Looks like we didn't need extra help after all," Irene says as she carefully steps towards her fallen opponent. Even though she has a strong Branch, her body's no different from any oth-"
>"NO!" Mina shrieks as an ice spear juts from the ground and forces its way right through Irene's chest. She immediately grabs it and breaks it off, but the damage is done... she's bleeding heavily as she staggers backwards.

>"Irene!!" Archibald screams, running to her side just as Mina runs past the two of them.


"Dammit, Irene..." Archibald says to Irene as he holds her bloodied frame in his arms, "...why the hell are you always so careless?"
"Force of habit, I guess," Irene coughs out.

Mina's already far in front of them at this point... and way closer to that Jessica girl than I'd like her to be.

"Oh, hello again..." Jessica says, waving sheepishly. "You were one of the girls who helped me out last night, right? You came just in time... these awful people are attacking me and I don't know if I can defend myself against-"
"Shut the fuck up," Mina growls. "I saw what you did."

Sighing, Jessica drops the cutesy expression and meets Mina's murderous glare with one of her own.

"Oh, so you did," Jessica laughs. "In that case, might I ask you to just back the hell off and leave me be? I don't have any quarrel with you or your friends."
"But -I- have a quarrel with you, you sick fuck," Mina replies, cracking her knuckles. And I'll be damned before I let a serialkiller get away from me -two- nights in a row..."
"Oh, so we've got another wannabe hero here!"

It feels like the overall temperature drops like ten degrees while Jessica and Mina have what seems like a battle of wills... but then the first move is made. Just as fast as the one that impaled Irene was, an ice stalagmite sprouts from the ground and shoots towards Mina...

...and then I hear that "breaking glass" sound once again.


>back mina up
>help irene, she might be bleeding out!
>[REMOVE]

>>37236422
>back mina up
We are not a healer.

>>37236422
>back mina up

>>37236422
>back mina up

Should we go for the standard eye-sight removal? I feel like that's just going to cause her to make a blizzard.

HA HA TIME FOR REMOVAL

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>>37236473
of course I fuckk it up.

>>37236422
>help irene, she might be bleeding out!
>Other
Steal Jessica's sight.

>>37236422
>back mina up

>>37236422
>back mina up

Bitch still has functioning eyes, let's fix that.

>>37236422
>>back mina up

>>37236422
>[REMOVE]
Whenever given the chance

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>>37236422
>>[REMOVE]

Bring up that we snuffed Leo, it'll make her angry and by extension predictable.

>writing

>>37237036
Damn girl! Looks like Mina's got this!

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"Wha..."

With a shocked expression on her face, Jessica staggers away from Mina as the remaining fragments of her ice stalagmite fall harmlessly from my friend's armored chest.

"A-" Jessica gasps, "Armored Heart!?"
"That's right," Mina replies as she rushes right towards her.

THUD

Mina's fist hits true, launching Jessica into the air from the force of her blow. But unlike when Irene did the same thing, Mina doesn't stop there. Just as gravity pulls Jessica back down and into her reach, Mina draws back her fist and lets loose with a powerful punch to the back of the girl's head.


>[1/?]

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>>37237055
>>37237059
I think she might have knocked Jessica out cold

>>37237114
IS IT TIME FOR MORE NICE PUNS?

>>37237149
Hope Jessica's not pulling out a sealed king.

>>37237149
Only if Arch is cool with them.

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>>37237059

While Jessica tries to get back on her feet, Mina casually steps in and kicks her across the alley, sending her flying into a wall.

"Wh..." Jessica brushes off some ice crystals from her chest, "...who the hell ARE you? Nobody said anything about an Armored Heart living in this town!"
"You already know my Branch's name," Mina replies, "so you ought to know that I'm 'the devil who guards the priceless treasure,' So if I have to bloody my hands a little in order to protect MY city..." she says as she starts walking towards Jessica, "...then that's just fine with me!"

As Mina starts running towards Jessica, I notice that the pink-haired psycho doesn't seem scared at all. Not so fast, you bitch.

stolen light


>[2/?]

>>37237219
>the devil who guards the priceless treasure,
OtherMina?

>>37237219
> 'the devil who guards the priceless treasure,'
If she's going into the Kaitou game, she might wanna pick something a little catchier.
Guardian Devil's a decent enough play on "guardian angel".

>>37237219
That's a really nice commission Arch.

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>>37237219
>[3/3]

"AAAAGH!!" Jessica clutches her newly-blinded eyes. "What the f-"

CRUNCH

Mina's fist goes -into- the wall right by where Jessica's head just was. How the hell did she dodge that!?

"Fuckin'..." Mina growls. "You think that I'm done for just because I can't see!?" she laughs as she blocks another of Mina's punches with an ice wall. Though Mina breaks right through it, it's enough of a distraction for Jessica to gain some distance between them. "That fancy armor might be insulated but you're still warmer than your surroundings! And I can see your two friends -just- fine!"

Oh shit...

But even though I'm taken aback by the realization that my blinding her turned out to be little more than a nuisance to Jessica, Mina's still on the rampage. With a roar, she charges towards the laughing girl...

"MINA!!!"

She... she's frozen. All of her. In a huge sheet of ice.

A- and that horrible bitch is running away!


>chase after her
>help mina
>[REMOVE]

>>37237219
>jscervini
Man, I haven't seen that guy since AdEva. Wonder what he's been up to.

>>37237340
It was a drawthread request, actually.
And surprisingly enough, I'm not even the one who made said request.

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>>37237381
>>[REMOVE]
That bitch isn't getting away.

>>37237381
>[REMOVE]
What could go wrong?

>>37237381

Laser her legs

>>37237381
>>help mina
Helping Mina before she ends up suffocating is our top priority.

>>37237381
>[REMOVE]

>>37237381
>help mina

>>37237381
>[REMOVE]

F҉̻̦o̞͖̞̱̪͈̻͂͗̇́͘o͓̫̺̜l͚̿͡ị͚̑̍͐͋ͭ́s̵͖̳̭ͬh̻̟̱̑ͯ̐̽̆̈́͡ ̦̯̬̤̻̭̓̋̏w͎̗̯͚͉͈͆ͣ̾̐͝e̱̖̗̠̯̞̊ḛ͈̜̩̒̓d̫̬̦̒̃.̇ ̻͓̮̲̐̅̑̚̚͜Y̭̜̟̝ͥͨ̋̊o̖͍͉͇͋̕ͅű̼͖͉̮ͫ̑̒ͅ ̺͎͓̥ͧ͑ͪ͌̒̀͢c͓̜͉͙͝a͕̞͈̣̯̯̤͂̈́n̦͉̞̱̉͂ͅn̢̳̮̥̝̮̰ͤͧ̏͂̍ͮo̤̰ͫͮ̑̈́t̶̅̀ͨ͌ ͈̜͇̗̪ͤͬ̑ͅr̙̟ȕ̲̬̣ṉ̺̯̳̹̬ͫ ̩̹̤͈͎ͫ̏́̀̓̂͗f̳̩̲ͨ͑͆ͦͫ̈r̼̙̺͕̗͐̔̐ͥ̔̈́͢ͅo̎ͮ͋͋̏͑͂m̖̠͓̤̰̻̼̋̀̉ͣ ͯ͘t̢̜̘̣͖̞̬̓͂ͮ̂͑ͧͬh̡̍̉e̤̙͒ͯͤ ͔̮̮̝̃̆̃͛̾s̼ͪ͐ͩͧͩ̄̐͡üͮ̊҉̙̬n̤.͎̺̪͒ͣͪ̓

>>37237381
>REMOVE

>>37237381

You gave it as an option?
>[REMOVE]

>>37237381
>help mina

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>writing

>>37237381
[REMOVE]

>>37237537
I've got a bad feeling about this

>>37237635
It's going to go so wrong
I'm excited

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Mina. My best friend. The person who's always been there for me, no matter what. She only wanted to help people, and now she's...

...no. No no no no no no no no no. You are not going to get away. Jessica, weed, it matters not. You will be removed from this world.

"Wait!" that which communes with the lesser calls out to me as I race past the frozen devil., but I pay it no mind. I will avenge the one who fought for my sake.


>[1/?]

>>37237709
Yo, Over-chan. What's the difference between a Weed and a Vine?
Is a Vine when the branch's voice and personality takes over the branch holder's body?

>>37237749
I believe weed and vine are the same but weed is an insult?

>>37237709
I don't get it Arch, Overshine is limited by the light it can grab but White Crystal is not limited by the humidity in the air?

If Cecile trains enough, will she one day overcome such limits?

>>37237792
She can already create light, it's just really draining compared to ambient light, and sunlight is so intense as to be really easy.

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>>37237709

As I turn the corner, I see the weed fleeing from me. It turns back as it runs, and our eyes meet... the expression on its face betrays the terror that it feels.

"What, now you're the one who wants to play!?" it taunts. "Well that's just too bad, I have other things that I wanted to do tonight!"

In some pathetic attempt to deter my pursuit, a wall of ice sprouts from the ground directly in front of me. Not that it makes any difference. I simply bend the light that reflects from its fleeing figure in order to keep my target in sight as I move around the obstacle and continue my pursuit.

As I continue to chase after the one who would harm what is mine, I draw from all the lamps that line the streets and add to the charge of light that I am gathering from the small accessory that the Devil gave to me. A gift, given in hopes that I need not be reliant on the sun's power.

It will be avenged.


>[2/?]

>>37237903
>[3/3]

The amount of light that I have gathered is adequate. While it is no comparison from the blast that eradicated this fool's mate two weeks ago, it should be enough to end its life.

"Kh..." the weed glances back at me, clearly distressed at the rapidly closing distance between us. IN a desperate move, it suddenly changes direction and ducks around a corner into another alley. Of course I continue my pursuit.

Only to find my path blocked once again, this time by a wall of ice that extends to either wall of the alley where I stand.


>blast through it
>do something else

Cool.

Tranceil hasn't noticed that the suit is insulated and Mina will be fine after we chip the ice off, I guess.

... Assuming she doesn't suffocate before we do?

>>37237973
>blast AROUND it
We shoot light. We can also bend light. Ergo.

>>37237973
I'm getting the feeling that we won't have enough time to charge up another blast if we blast through it.

>>37237973
Can't think of anything, but blasting through seems to be a bad idea.

Having spent the charge, it would be a perfect time for Jessica to counter attack us.

>>37237973
>blast through it

>>37237973

This
>>37238012

>>37237973

I dont want to waste what light we have built up, so maybe just make it see through, and then shoot her through it?

>>37238012

Use the ice as a focusing lens and blast though it harder

>>37238050
>>37237973
If this is possible, use the ice as a focal lens for surgical strike.

>>37238050
>>37238059
I think that unless the ice was completely put it would act as a dispersion lens

>>37238068
*completely pure

>>37237973
CC, this is why you should be studying optics.

Okay, um...

>blast through the ice
>blast around the ice (explain what exactly you mean by this because I don't really get it)

>>37238117
>blast around the ice (explain what exactly you mean by this because I don't really get it)

Bend the outgoing light around the wall to hit her like we are doing to the incoming light to see her

>>37238117
Think that anon meant to curve the light around the ice barrier.

Other anons are saying to blast through the ice, but to do so to hit Jessica. Not to destroy the wall.

>>37238117
I think it means if she can bend light she should be able to bend her laser beam, so shoot a blast and bend it so it hits the girl.

>>37238117
>>blast through the ice
eh why not. might be fun.

>writing

While continuing to maintain the charge that I had been collecting, I split my focus just enough to bend what little light I can find shining over this barrier and bring it to my eyes. What I find is an entire alley with either wall covered in ice.

While I had planned on attempting to launch this blast over the barrier and bend it towards the weed, I see no sign of it.

Has it escaped me?


>what do I do now?

>>37238288

Turn back and make sure Mina is okay.

>>37238288
Blast the entire fucking alley anyway. She might be camouflaging herself.

>>37238288

Clearly she has the same power as pic related.
Just shoot all the ice mirrors, she'll probably die.

Burn it all down Overshine. Burn it all.

>>37238288
She's above you, dumbass.

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>>37238339
Whoops, pic didn't attach for some reason

>>37238288
From a point, let's say, about 500 meters in the air and 100 meters forward, collect all the beams of light being reflected from the ground upwards towards it and, while maintaining the relative directions to each other (and thus preserving the image), direct them towards our eyes. This should produce a bird's eye view of the surrounding area beneath the chosen point. Using this, search for the weed. Using this, arc your blast through the air onto her head.

>>37238340
Most likely. Let's look up.

>>37238371
Good idea.

>>37238371
I'm an idiot and this has enough science I don't understand to get my vote.

>>37238371
Bahaha. The downsides of Pink Hair.

[REMOVE] intensifies

I write about a girl with ice powers while it's SUPER COLD in here...


>writing

>>37238408
What you doing outside your blanket cocoon? Best part of winter.

>>37238408
At least it's not Paris right now.

>>37238420
Because of the general sentiment towards me by the other people in this house being "fuck you zenigame," I'm stuck typing here in the coldest room of the house outside my own, and the chair that I'm stuck sitting in isn't suited for blankets.

If I even had one.

>>37238420
Blanket cocoon-plus-keyboard is a pretty high-level technique, anon. I'm not sure we're ready.

>>37238441

Someone get this man a snuggie

>>37238441
>Because of the general sentiment towards me by the other people in this house being "fuck you zenigame,"

Harsh.

>>37238468
He's been takka-takkaing away at all hours of the night for over a year now. I'd have snapped by now too.

>>37238441
Would you say that the cold partially contributed to you leaving your NEET phase?

>>37238496
I thought he did that before too.

"No..." I growl, "...you will not escape me."

Pulling from as far away as I can, I choose a point in the sky to act as my "vantage point." From there, I redirect all the light that is reflected below it from said point and towards my eyes... and I find nothing. Just buildings and insignificant fools and vehicles that are rolling past.

I have failed.


>[1/?]

>>37238562
Maximum Fuck

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>>37238562

>>37238562
We should have killed that chick when she was down.

>>37238562
This is why we don't put you in charge, Overshine.

It's ok. It wasn't your fault. Probably.

>>37238562
>[2/2]

I took pursuit after that weed and I have nothing to show for it. No blood on my hands from striking its face, no scent of ash in the air from having released this charge that I hold in my hand...

...no, there is only this wall.

This wall.

THIS WALL.


>remove the wall
>head back towards the remaining weeds

>>37238590
Jessica might have an accomplice or something.

Or it might be Theresa administering an invisible beatdown.

Our birdseye view trick doesn't work against camouflage. Just saying.

>>37238603
Remove the wall.
Jessica might be hiding in it?
We won't need the charge anymore anyways?

>>37238590
I'd be interested in knowing if Over-Chan has anything to say besides bitching now that we're in a difficult spot.

It's during moments like this that a voice obsessed with hunting down evil people would be of help.

>>37238603
>remove the wall
this wall is an eyesore this wall this wall this wall this wall this wall this wall

>>37238603
>remove the wall

>>37238603
>>remove the wall
Seems like a bad idea, but what the hell.

>>37238603
>head back towards the remaining weeds
If you remove the wall, you release the charge you're holding and are left without heavy ammunition against an enemy hiding in an unknown location after having revealed to them your primary offensive capability. While you have no backup.

Cut your losses, Overshine.

>>37238603
Screw it
>remove the wall

>>37238603
>>head back towards the remaining weeds
free the weed from that which confines it.

if the weed shall die

our fool will despair.

>>37238603
>head back towards the remaining weeds

Though give the alley one last scan before leaving, check for anything hidden within it, we should be able to make the ice transparent, or maybe look for anomalous amounts of infra-red.

>>37238603
>head back towards the remaining weeds
Overshine don't be a dumb dumb. Random destruction won't get you anywhere, probably.

Unless it's a chair. Fuck chairs.

>>37238603
>>remove the wall

>>37238603
>remove the wall

>>37238603
>>head back towards the remaining weeds

>>37238603
>remove the wall

>>37238603
>remove the wall

>writing

>>37238603
>>37238623
Thought it over, changing to head back.

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With no other target to direct my anger onto, I extend my hand towards the wall of ice that continues to block off the alley and release the gathered light that I had been holding for so long. In a wide beam, it melts right through the ice and continues on for quite some ways before it peters out.

Destroying about half of the ice that coated that alley was somewhat satisfying, but-

"You..."

So THAT'S where the pink-haired weed had disappeared to! It was hidden inside the ice that coated the alley walls and then I...

"So -that's- what your Branch is," it growls, stepping from what remains of its hiding place while not taking its eyes off of me. "Sunflower. And it's capable of replicating what was done to Leo..."
"Oh, you mean the weed that wore that ridiculous hat?" I ask. "Yes, it was no match before my power."

It glares at me with impotent rage.


>remove it
>leave it alone
>[OTHER]

>>37238847
>remove it

>>37238847
>>remove it

>>37238847
>>remove it

TO CINDERS

>>37238847
>[REMOVE]

>>37238847
>remove it

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>>37238847
>remove it
Fire everything!

Is it just me or are we slowly becoming just like her?

>>37238847

>remove it

Remove with extreme prejudice

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>>37238847
>>remove it
back up is on the way, time to go nuts

>>37238847
Nice dose of weed killer here.
REMOVE

>>37238847
>remove

>writing

>>37238623
Shit, self doubt always gets me.

>>37238847
>remove it

Can't properly manipulated ice act as a mirror? Overshine might be about to get fucked up.

Mina Ded now isn't she.
daaang.
Theresa gonna be top PJSalt about that.
Probs gonna try to remove our shit and blame us. Or blame herself and go full Otheresa.

>>37238943
The fall into insanity is going to be great.

>>37238943
She died of suffocation, too. No quick death by ice for her.

We could have saved her.

>>37238965
The other weeds can handle it.

And who says that Mina isn't strong enough to bust out eventually.

>>37238941
Yes, it's possible to achieve total internal refraction with ice and thereby direct light around as though with optical cables.

Fortunately they'll overheat.

Ice overheating in this type of environment won't become water, it'll damn-near instantly become STEAM.

>>37238943
Archibald's doritos are extra sharp and are probably good for digging.

Worst case scenario:
>the ice reflects our laser, we get injured and Jessica escapes
>Mina dies
>Irene dies
>everyone hates our guts

>>37238985
I see no reason why Char would hate our guts if that happened.

>>37238973
Mina is currently experiencing asphyxiation and hypothermia. At the moment, it's probably somewhat difficult for her to manifest her StandPersonaBranch.

Meanwhile, Char and Shary will probably have some difficulties extracting Mina without injuring her since they have to resort to blunt force on the ice.

Quite possibly, we're the only one with the ability to get Mina out quickly and safely.

>>37238979
>Archibald's doritos are extra sharp and are probably good for digging.
Why would he bother? He's busy worrying about Irene.

"L..." the weed struggles to speak, "Leo was killed by YOU... a stupid little four-eyed bitch in a fancy dress?"
"Yes," I reply with the widest smile I can manage. "That which guides the way burned quite nicely, if I recall correctly."

Yes.

That rage.

The look of absolute hatred in its eyes.

I will enjoy this so very much.


>[1/?]

>>37239004
She's in her insulated armor, isn't she? Blunt force is fine.

>>37239014
Damn, Overshine. Tone it down a little.

Now we have to kill her before she tells Irene.

>>37239014
I wonder if psychological help before you get the Branch would affect which one you get and how crazy the personality gets.

Hang on. I just realised what Over-chan is doing.

It's trying to emotionally destabilise pinkhair's emotional state, so her branch takes over her body.

It is removing weeds, not by destroying their body, but by freeing up their bodies for possession.

>>37239042
You're giving Overshine too much credit. CC is just a secret sadist.

I'm surprised that Overshine isn't correcting her mistaken assumption that we're that worthless Sunflower.

>>37239058
you wish to remove the deception

you wish to remove my advantage

foolish

>>37239064
>"So -that's- what your Branch is," it growls, stepping from what remains of its hiding place while not taking its eyes off of me. "Sunflower. And it's capable of replicating what was done to Leo..."

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>>37239042
>>37239049
Por que no los dos?

>Strike
>Strikes are fast, precision based attacks. Any attack which seems like it may rely on overwhelming speed or pinpoint accuracy is likely a Strike. As a general rule of thumb, most mundane small arms fire is considered a Strike. Strikes defeat Crashes, but are defeated by Guards.

>Crash
>A Crash is a highly telegraphed, but extremely powerful blow. Any attack which seems to rely mostly on the brute strength or overwhelming force is likely a Crash. As a general rule of thumb, most thrown objects, like trees or boulders, are considered Crashes. Crashes defeat Guards, but are defeated by Strikes.


>Guard
>A Guard is a defensive posture or evasive stance which is used to set up a counter-blow. Any attack which appears as if it could be a feint, focuses on counterattacks, or which seems to be a stalling tactic is likely to be a Guard. Guards defeat Strikes, but are defeated by Crashes.


>Every time you get a hit in, you gain a point of Advantage. The first to get three points, be it you or the opponent, is the winner.

>There are also special attacks, which are capable of breaking the usual strike/crash/guard dichotomy, so be careful!

I'm surprised pink hair's branch isn't going "OH SHIT SON THATS NOT SUNFLOWER THAT WAS TOO STONK RUNUUUUUUUUU"

>>37239090
>>There are also special attacks, which are capable of breaking the usual strike/crash/guard dichotomy, so be careful!
We're fucked. This isn't the tutorial anymore.

>>37239058
Why would Overshine do that? It's a handy tactical advantage.

The bitch won't expect stuff like refracting her view, lasers curving in weird fucking ways, making her ice transparent, using UV lasers so they're invisible or using low powered lasers to feint.

Or blinding her and throwing off her thermal sense by warming up CC shaped areas, or in a zone around us so she can't pinpoint us.

>>37239014
>[2/2]

The air runs cold as the weed shrieks something unintelligible and runs towards me as fast as it can. As it draws close, I see a long implement made from ice form in its hands...


>strike
>crash
>guard

>>37239090
How are we supposed to identify special attacks?

>>37239105
>strike

>>37239105
>guard

Overwhelming speed and pinpoint accuracy. She's too out of it to be faking.

>>37239105
>strike
she couldn't have telegraphed harder unless she outright said "Yo, imma attack now"

>>37239090
Where do her ice spears fall? Do the go both crash and strike, or fall between? If they can be both, will we get description indicating which it will manifest as?

>>37239105
>>strike
Probably a crash, but worst case we get a tie.

>>37239105
Feeling
>crash

>>37239118
never said anything about overwhelming speed or pinpoint accuracy, dude. While she runs as fast as she can, she runs slower overall than Pizzabutt, so that isn't overwhelming in the slightest. She is shrieking the whole way though, which is generally a tell for an attack.

>>37239105
>strike

>>37239105
Looks like that's probably a crash.
Go with strike.
At worst we'll crosscounter.

REMOVE the tendons in bitch's foot.

>>37239138
how the ACTUAL fuck did that description make you think pinky was guarding?

>>37239105

What happens for ties? Strike on strike, ect ect

>>37239168
Nobody gets advantage and the fight continues.

>>37239161
Maybe it's all a feint, and the actual attack was the air growing cold around us.

But fuck if I know what he was thinking.

>>37239168
I think both gain a point of advantage.

>>37239168
I think that both parties gain a point.

>>37239168
>Strike on strike
both parties gain a point.


>writing

>>37239187
So with two guards nobody gain one?

>>37239187
is that what happens when two strikes happen, or did that just happen in quest?

>>37239203
It's what happens when you get a tie. One point to either party.

>>37239208
oh

>>37239161
Are we supposed to state the action we want to make, or what we think the other person is doing?

>>37239215
You state the option that you want to take, the same as in every other vote.

>>37239105
Telegraphed attack (Crash coming).

Time to strike

>>37239225
I thought so, that means the anon questioning me is have a head full of dum.

>>37239234
He already said it's a strike. Spears are pointy, and gunshots are telegraphed yet they're still strikes.

For her, a crash would be something like a giant ice wall crashing on us.

Even if we win, I feel like CC's getting on some kind of Tree of Life watch list.

>>37239250
Obviously. She's been trancing this entire time, and that's a big no no.

As the weed thrusts its ice spear towards my abdomen, I throw my weight to the side and slap it aside with the back of my hand.

This was a mistake.

Gritting my teeth as I feel a sharp pain tear through the skin on the back of my hand, I continue my previous action nevertheless. With my fingers clenched around the small lamp which the devil gave me, I draw back my fist and send it flying towards the weed's face.

CRACK


>[1/?]

>>37239237
crashes only work when the enemy is guarding you mouth breathing retard
so either you thought that pinky was guarding, or you can't understand the basic rules of the combat that Arch posted less than an hour ago.

>>37239258
>DRAW!
>Strike = Strike, both sides gain one point of Advantage!

>>37239259
I think this guy was the guard vote, not the crash vote. At least I hope he is.

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>>37239258

As the weed reels back, I grab the scarf that is wrapped around its neck and pull it back towards me. With every punch I send crashing into its gradually swelling face, a tinge of excitement flows through me.

While this is nowhere as efficient as incinerating it with light, I must admit that this method of attacking is satisfying on a more basic level.

>[2/?]

Well shit, I think we missed arch's first soft ball.

>>37239286
PUNCH IN FACE

This combat system feels dumbed down and we still manage to get it wrong.

>>37239296
we are not the most intelligent of individuals.

>>37239296
Beats rolling.

>>37239313
I'm not sure about that. Dice are intrinsicaly fun, and when we fail with them it's nobody's fault which means we can laugh at our failure.

This is a shameful display.

>>>>37239305
Why else would we make so many trips to the twelfth plane of torment?

>>37239323
I did jump out of my chair when Andreas scored triple 20s.

>>37239323
not if we cosgrove a roll, we'd be to busy crying salty salty tears of buttpain to laugh.

>>37239286
>[3/3]

"What's wrong, weed!?" I shout as I continue my assault on its face. "I don't even need to use my Branch to end your life!"

Another mistake.

Immediately after I finish my taunt, I pull my fist back and find a thin later of ice crystals coating it. Naturally, I toss my opponent away before it's able to do anything worse to me.

"S... stupid fucking bitch..." it growls as it clutches its aching face. It then forces me back by sprouting several ice spikes from the ground and takes a deep breath.

I feel another sharp decrease in the temperature in the air.


>strike
>crash
>guard

>>37239330
pretty sure that I couldn't stop snort laughing from all the reactions to that. I;m going to enjoy rereading that.

>>37239337
>>strike

Huge ice attack incoming.

>>37239337
That's a guard.

Use a crash.
>crash

>>37239337
>>crash

>>37239337
>crash

>>37239337
I think the deep breath is a windup for a crash

>>Strike

>>37239337
>>crash

>>37239337
>strike

Deep breath and everything getting extra cold say "crash incoming" to me.

>>37239337
>crash

>>37239337
>strike

I think this is a Crash or something special. I get the feeling that not interrupting her immediately will be a bad idea.

>>37239337
>crash

Looks like we're aiming for triple ties. Then we die of cold when we're both knocked unconscious.

>>37239337
It seems like she's going to do some nasty shit with the spikes.

So let's strike.

I voted for crash, because I think we're countering the
>>forces me back by sprouting several ice spikes from the ground

The alternative is that we're expected to counter
>>takes a deep breath
and
>>another sharp decrease in the temperature in the air."
which really could be anything, though everybody seems to think it's a crash.

>>37239337
Strike the earth!

>>37239337
>crash
We can speculate about what she is about to do, or we can work off of her having already made and maintained a defensive perimeter to keep us back.

>>37239401
We must defeat the polar knight!

>>37239395
This is the reasoning on my crash vote as well. Everything this bitch does makes the air colder, that doesn't mean anything. She just got us off her to catch her breath, that's a guard.

>>37239395
>>>forces me back by sprouting several ice spikes from the ground
They were meant to get her space. Mission accomplished, they did their work, and we're countering something else now.

Why couldn't we have cold powers. We could use so many cool puns.

>>37239424
Nah, we aren't that bright.

>writing

>>37239417
That's what I though as well.
Might even be a Guard + Crash special.

Overshine please stop making yourself look stupid with these lame taunts. It's embarassing.

>>37239417
But that doesn't make sense, because archelon has always described the actions we should be facing. What's the point of the system if
>>Your opponent forces you back. Wat do?

She could be getting herself space to erect a large ice wall, or to bullet spam, or to make a giant ice hammer. Rather then that, it makes more sense to counter what we've been given.

>>37239447
Give him a break, this is I think the first time he's thrown a punch.

>>37239417
The issue is that we don't know whether it's an extension of her backing us up or winding up something huge.

Crash at least ties with her again if she's Crashing, but if we Strike and this is a Guard we lose. I'm not confident enough that she can't be Guarding that I'd side with people wanting to Strike.

This is why the RPS system is kind of terrible; without the modifiers from special actions, you only need to get one clean victory and then can play the comparatively safe rule-out-one-and-then-play-for-ties game for the remaining rounds.

>>37239451
Yes, and what we've been given is a sharp decrease in temperature. A crash isn't coming out of nowhere.

It could go either way, so it's hard to get angry. Worst case scenario we still tie.

>>37239467
Eh. I disagree with you, but it seems pointless to argue when it's already been decided, so we'll just wait and see.

>>37239465
>the comparatively safe rule-out-one-and-then-play-for-ties game for the remaining rounds.
Those ties still get us fucked up. We could easily end up in the hospital with two ties and no defeats.

>>37239477
Playing for ties doesn't mean actively attempting to tie, but picking the option that has a tie as the worst-case scenario if we are able to rule one category out.

It's not like some kind of combat Take 10 where we decide to automatically get a mediocre result.

>we go back
>Mina is crippled from the cold injuries
>her Branch starts giving her augmentations and gets her into increasingly dangerous situations to continue doing so

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While the temperature continues to drop, I find difficult to keep the hand in which I hold the small lamp that provides the light that I'm gathering from trembling.

Shivering.

I... I'm unable to hold it any longer, I have to put an end to this before I freeze to death. Steeling all my will, I let loose with the blast that I'd had charged.

At the exact same that icicles sprout from every flat surface within ten feet of my target.


>[1/?]

>>37239535
Ha ha it was a guard.

>>37239535
Crash people seem to be right?

Won by one.

>>37239535

Somehow, I manage to stumble back just in time to avoid suffering much worse than a few scratches... but those few scratches hurt like nothing I've ever felt before. And as for my target, it tried to block my attack with its forearms and now suffers from horrible burns.

It looks like we're even.


>[2/?]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUmE-tne5U

Over-chan's theme song.

>>37239565
>DRAW!
>Crash = Crash, both sides gain one point of Advantage!

>>37239574
Okay, we seriously can't fuck up the next one now.

>>37239574
This is getting embarrassing.

>>37239548
>>37239550
Making everything erupt into spikes definitely doesn't seem like a Guard, guys.

That said, when people can see the actual action and STILL not know what category it was I think things need some work on one end or the other.

In hindsight

>takes a deep breath.
Was the telegraph.

>"S... stupid fucking bitch..."
Indicated aggression.

>>37239599
The spikes forms an area of denial that keeps CC from coming close.
That's what I was thinking.

>>37239565

Were that simpering fool in control of this body right now, she would surely be weeping from this pain... I long to see her reaction when I finally return control to her.

Assuming that I ever feel like doing so again, that is.

But that is a worry for some other time, as my quarry still draws breath. With a muffled scream, she removes her scarf from around her neck and wraps it around one of her burned forearms.

It looks like the other will have to remain exposed, though. Not that it will matter for long.


>[3/?]

>>37239599
>That said, when people can see the actual action and STILL not know what category it was I think things need some work on one end or the other.
Uh, dude. We're predicting their next action, not responding to what we see. If we saw their action and countered that, we'd be playing rock paper scissors where they always go first. Which is obviously dumb and not what we're doing.

>>37239629
He meant that two guys thought that Arch's description of Jessica's Ice Crash was a Guard.

>>37239641
Oh. Consider that a reply to >>37239451 then.

>>37239620
>Were that simpering fool in control of this body right now, she would surely be weeping from this pain... I long to see her reaction when I finally return control to her.
Fuck you overshine.

>>37239620
>[4/4]

Without warning, I'm forced to leap to my right as an ice spike suddenly juts from the ground where I was standing. Had I not been paying attention, it would have gone right through my heart...

"Wha!?"

Every time I regain my footing, I'm forced to evade one spike after another, each aiming for the same place on my body. It looks like this weed has some kind of pervert fixation with penetrating me.
>strike
>crash
>guard

>>37239684
>>guard

Okay. This time. We can't fuck this up. Come on.

>>37239684
>strike

>>37239691
Sure we can, it's easy.

>>37239684
>crash

Delaying tactic, keeping us off balance

>>37239684
>guard

>I'm forced to evade one spike after another, each aiming for the same place on my body.

This sounds like fast accurate to me.

>>37239684
>guard

>>37239691
>>37239697
>>37239703
I...I don't even wanna vote anymore.

>>37239684
>It looks like this weed has some kind of pervert fixation with penetrating me.
I think you're mixing things up, Overshine.

>guard

>>37239703
The important bit seems to be
>each aiming for the same place on my body
It's not just harrying, it's all aimed.

>>37239703
What the fuck? She's clearly aiming for the kill in a precise way with overwhelming speed. That's a strike. Definitely not a guard.

>>37239684
>>guard
Rapid attacks, each one aiming for the same place. She's trying to Strike.

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>>37239684
>guard

>It looks like this weed has some kind of pervert fixation with penetrating me.
I'm starting to believe this is no pure turtle we're dealing with.

>>37239684
Guard against that shit.

>>37239684
>Guard
>A Guard is a defensive posture or evasive stance which is used to set up a counter-blow. Any attack which appears as if it could be a feint, focuses on counterattacks, or which seems to be a stalling tactic is likely to be a Guard. Guards defeat Strikes, but are defeated by Crashes.

It looks like Jessica is throwing some light attacks to distract and stall CC while preparing for a huge attack. I would say that fits as a guard.

Since CC could evade the attacks.

So we shall Crash.

>>37239684
>guard

>>37239725
In what world is aiming for the heart a distraction? Are you trying to prove a point that these rules are way too vague?

>>37239725
NO NO NO NO
THESE ARE STRIKES, WE GUARD, SHE FAILS. WE CRASH, WE FAIL.
>GUARD
>GUARD
>GUARD

>>37239736
It's not fast enough if CC could keep evading them.

It's more like a threat so she can't just stand and take it.

We're really going to cross-counter this, aren't we?

>writing

>>37239736
The same way firing a machine gun in someone's general direction could be a Guard, otherwise known as Suppressing Fire.

If it were a Strike we wouldn't be hop-skipping backwards evading repeated identical attacks that don't land. It's half-assed, a stall.

>>37239747
We can evade them because Overshine is smart and is Guarding. We continue Guarding because scarf bitch has shown no sign of changing tactics.

>>37239747
I thought we established that pinky was slower the pizzabutt, considering how easily we caught up with her. IT might actually be that she's to slow to hit us.

>>37239756
If we end up knocked out too the rest of the quest will be pretty boring since Charlotte's gonna chain us in a basement to keep us from getting in trouble.

>>37239763
What this guy said.
Suppressing fire, couldn't find the word for it.

>>37239763
Machinegun fire in someone's general direction is obviously a crash, dude. Especially if it's halfassed.

>>37239778
suppressing fire is a good thought, but that is directed, not aimed. These attacks are specifically aimed at stabbing us in the heart.

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>>37239772
It's just like my Korean abstract art slideshows!

>>37239784
It's more of the intent, shoot to kill or shoot to keep them pinned down.

But I'll be content with a draw.

You know, if we weren't picking strike/crash/guard, the solution to this attack would be obvious. We need to seem like we're somewhere we're not, so she aims wrong. Which is a guard.

>>37239684
Precision and speed. Jessica is striking.

>Guard
we guard.

>>37239807
No, that's a strike.

Are you guys doing this stuff on purpose now?

I think Jessica is aiming at the heart because she's tracking heat guys.

Sight trickery won't work.

>>37239816
The system is very confusing.

>>37239816
no, we're kinda retarded.

>>37239817
Oh. Right. Shit.

>>37239817
It's not for because of some killing intent.

>>37239817
If she's tracking heat at that speed she's obviously using IR. Which is light. It gets reflected by mirrors and stuff.

>>37239828
Should have realized this earlier.
The turtle is tricky.
Too late guys.

>>37239816
For my part I just voted guarding and hope we don't get killed.

I'm no expert on the ballistic aspects of urban elemental close combat warfare.

>>37239838
Can't CC not control IR? There was a big ol' stink about her only being able to control a subset of light, but I can't remember what the subset was.

>>37239816
They're homing in on words like "right at my heart" and "aiming for the same place on my body" without giving thought to the general intent that should be conveyed.

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This cold is sapping my strength, and I don't know how much longer I can keep this up. I need to do something to end these attacks before one of them actually connects... but what? I -would- simply steal the light from its eyes, but that's already been shown to be of no real help against it since it has some other method of sight.

But then I remember that there is more than one way to blind an opponent.

Drawing forth all of my inner light, I release it in one massive burst in all directions. For a splitsecond, day returns to this alley and I am able to race backwards to safety. As for my opponent, it clutches its eyes in agony while screaming obscenities.

>>37239816
This is why Reinhold is dense Arch.

>>37239853
I think that one was about whether or not only IR can burn things, which is false. That doesn't answer whether or not she can use IR.

>>37239859
>GUARD SUCCESS!
>Guard > Strike, you gain one point of Advantage!

>final tally:
>Cecile (trance): 3
>Jessica: 2

>>37239857
Yeah, the general intent that there's no fucking way that could be considered a stalling tactic? She was trying to end the fight.

>>37239859
I guess a tiny solar flare would probably obscure our heat signature, yeah.

>>37239869
Well we're OOM, we're wounded, but we fucked Jessica up pretty good too.

And that ends tonight's thread, folks. Though the fight was a lot closer than I'd expected it to be, you guys ended up winning in the end.

The next thread will be on Thursday night, with more False Dendrite.


and now I take questions.

>>37239894
Why is the strike guard crash system better than just freeform like most other decisions are? If it was freeform then it would actually be obvious what a strike or a guard does, so people could decide on it easier.

>>37239894
Why am I stupid?! D=
I need a guide to strikes, crashes and guards.

>>37239894

On a scale from 1 to retarded, how dumb are we?

>>37239894
Why didn't we REMOVE?

>>37239894
When was the point that Overshine took over?

Which words in the enemy description did you consider as hints?

>>37239904
This. I have no idea what they are supposed to do. There should be a description of the resulting action next to the word "strike" or something.

>>37239910
>When was the point that Overshine took over?
When CC assumed that Mina is dead because she got encased in ice.

Judging by the evolution of our fights I predict endless crushing defeats for us by the end of the month.

>>37239894
Cheers.

Could Cecile still use her power if her eyes got injured?

>>37239901
It's a lot easier to manage. Freeform would lead to endless debates about whether our tactics "should" work or not.

>>37239894
How mad is CC going to be when she wakes up and Overshine lets her know that he left Mina and Irene for dead so he could run off and shoot lasers and aren't you proud of me?

>>37239904

He posted the guide literally before every fight including this one lol.

>>37239894
Is Overshine in complete control or is it a sort of fusion of Overshine's and Cecile's personalities?

>>37239926
>It's a lot easier to manage. Freeform would lead to endless debates about whether our tactics "should" work or not.
But at least people could vote for what they want the character to do, instead of something completely different happening. The fact that it would be harder to manage is true, since there would actually be something to manage, unlike right now.

>>37239894
How much lewdness would there be in the hospital?

>>37239894
Are branch owners centralized in the USA and Europe? or it's more of a random distribution across the globe?

How do the branch peoples keep the mundies from knowing about branches?

>>37239910
>When was the point that Overshine took over?
When we picked [REMOVE]. Come on.

>>37239950
>Are branch owners centralized in the USA and Europe? or it's more of a random distribution across the globe?

It apparently correlates with how educated the country is.

>>37239967
By what measure of education? Pretty much everywhere except Africa is "educated".

>>37239894
So how Mina react if she received the picture of her in JOJO style above?

>>37239978
Maybe literacy rate?

How pissed is Charlotte going to be?

>>37239994
So it would be pretty much the same everywhere except in Africa.

>>37239901
>Why is the strike guard crash system better than just freeform like most other decisions are? If it was freeform then it would actually be obvious what a strike or a guard does, so people could decide on it easier.
Because of the reasons posted in >>37239926
>It's a lot easier to manage. Freeform would lead to endless debates about whether our tactics "should" work or not.

>>37239905
>On a scale from 1 to retarded, how dumb are we?
You ignored your friend who was trapped in a block of ice and knowingly gave control of Cecile's body to a known psychopath so you that could try and kill some chick. You tell me.

>>37239906
>Why didn't we REMOVE?
Final choice was a Guard, and Cecile's pretty spent at this point.

>>37239910
>When was the point that Overshine took over?
When you voted to [REMOVE].

>>37239926
>Could Cecile still use her power if her eyes got injured?
Yes, though she wouldn't be able to, you know, see what she was doing.

>>37239928
>How mad is CC going to be when she wakes up and Overshine lets her know that he left Mina and Irene for dead so he could run off and shoot lasers and aren't you proud of me?
Cecile's the one who made the decision to let the alternate personality take over and kill shit.

>>37239932
>Is Overshine in complete control or is it a sort of fusion of Overshine's and Cecile's personalities?
When Cecile willingly gives it control, it's a combination of the two's desires with the alternate personality taking the dominant role.

>>37239937
>But at least people could vote for what they want the character to do, instead of something completely different happening.
You can always say
>strike
and then post an example of how exactly you want Cecile to perform said Strike, you know. That's always been how I've done it in previous fights in both this and Princess Guard since I switched to this battle system.


>continued...

>>37240008
>You can always say >strike and then post an example of how exactly you want Cecile to perform said Strike, you know. That's always been how I've done it in previous fights in both this and Princess Guard since I switched to this battle system.

The problem is that the same action can get tacked onto the three different words. Crash (make a big burst of light), Strike (make a big burst of light) and Guard (make a big burst of light) are all valid and equivalent.

Couldn't we have, you know, lasered Jessica while she was arguing with Mina?

>>37239938
>How much lewdness would there be in the hospital?
No hospital sex for you. Bad Anon.

>>37239950
>Are branch owners centralized in the USA and Europe? or it's more of a random distribution across the globe?
The population of Branch holders within a country varies with the literacy rate. The higher the literacy rate, the higher the number of Branch holders in the world.

>How do the branch peoples keep the mundies from knowing about branches?
Suppression of information, government collusion, disappearing people, etc.

>>37239996
>How pissed is Charlotte going to be?
You'll see.


And now it is time for me to sleep. Thanks for playing!
For further questioning:
http://ask.fm/Maou_Zenigame

>>37240033
No, because that was no the same "we" as the one that was doing the lasering.

>>37240018
A big burst of light can't be considered a strike in any way.

>>37240044
According to your definitions of the two words, which aren't shared by randomanon who's voting for something.

It would be better to just roll 1d3.

>>37240056
No, really. Please explain how a big burst of light fits this definition.

>>Strikes are fast, precision based attacks. Any attack which seems like it may rely on overwhelming speed or pinpoint accuracy is likely a Strike. As a general rule of thumb, most mundane small arms fire is considered a Strike. Strikes defeat Crashes, but are defeated by Guards.

>>37240077
(big burst of light with overwhelming speed)

There you go.

>>37240092
That's a guard.

>>37240151
No, it would have to be defensive for that.

>>37240172
If it's offensive, it's a crash. You can't make a big area effect a strike.

>>37240194
It can't be a crash because it's done with overwhelming speed.