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1043457 No. 1043457 ID: 5499f4

Tension: a balance maintained between opposing forces or elements

Written by EDMANGO and illustrated by TIPPLER


DISCUSSION: https://questden.org/kusaba/questdis/res/135736.html
EDMANGO'S PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/Edmango
TIPPLER'S PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/tippler

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EDMANGO NOTE: This quest will likely contain 18+ like violence, and light sexual content.

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No. 1043458 ID: 5499f4
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1043458

EDMANGO: Please read the previous page to get a vibe of the story and what’s coming. The setting and team size have been locked in by me. You will only be creating one character, and will be playing on Faunus!

Who are you?

Name:
Race:
Sex:
Background:
Weapon of choice:
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No. 1043462 ID: e51896

Name: Hailey or Hector

Race: We be an Object-Kin STAPLE REMOVER OM NOM NOM NOM! It's like a gator, but with large fangs! Object-kin needs more love in an EDMANGO quest lore, and we don't see a lot of them. So lets choose this race this time.

Sex: female or male, I'm fine with either

Background: Bouncer! let's stop some bar fights and hear some crazy rumors and stories, and see people get drunk. (alternatively, sex worker. Contrary to our sharp mouth, we're actually really good at oral stuff)

Weapon of choice: Brass Knuckles punch punch!
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No. 1043463 ID: 629f2e

Name: Nessie

Race: I will fully support Polt's Object-Kin Staple Remover idea

Sex: Eh, I'll say female since we went male in Crystal Spire

Background: Sex Worker. Because we're gonna want to spend time with our friends all the time anyways, so we might as well make socializing a free action for us.

Weapon of choice: A slingshot. There are not enough characters in the world who use slingshots, which is a shame.
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No. 1043464 ID: 908530

>>1043458
Name: Nigel
Race: Staple-Remover
Sex: Presenting Male
Background: Tailor (Seamstress)
Weapon: "Teeth"
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No. 1043465 ID: 515982

Name: Karude
Race: Demihuman (Ogre!)
Sex: F
Background: Hug Worker (Who doesn't love an orc massage?)
Weapon of choice: Unarmed! Or a really heavy club, if people wanted to, but free gear is cool.
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No. 1043468 ID: 244451

>>1043464
Lol, basically what I was thinking of. (Upvote)

I thought it could be nice If the character either designed his own suit or it didn't and constantly complain about it.
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No. 1043482 ID: bbb04b

Gonna go for a dark-horse suggestion.

Name: Pioggi
Race: Axolotl Anthro-Kin
Sex: Male
... Yeah, it's not a mystery which karmaling this guy is. Sue me.

Background: [Bartender] - We'll look dapper as hell both in and out of costume, and it's only polite to offer a toast to the folks we're going to war with. In bocca al lupo, mio nemico.
Weapon: Liquid Revolver - I have no idea how it works, but it sounds cool as hell. (Maybe pressurized bullets that make heatless geyser explosions on impact or... weaponized water cutter (or other fluids cutter). Or something. It Just Works(TM).)
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No. 1043485 ID: bfc523

Name: Hailey
Race: Staple Remover
Sex: Female
Background: Sex Worker
Weapon of choice: Unarmed
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No. 1043486 ID: 01fe07

>>1043485
I'm voting for this one.
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No. 1043489 ID: ae4094

>>1043482
+1
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No. 1043490 ID: 205be1

Name:Tammy G. Yeller
Race:Anthro beast kin(Raccoon)
Sex:Female
Background:Con artist
Weapon of choice: sharp playing cards.
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No. 1043492 ID: 9c15be

>>1043490
+1 for this.
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No. 1043494 ID: e5709d

Name: Tempel
Race: Object-Kin (Comet)
Sex: F / Herm
Weapon: Trick Weapon (Kirkhammer) which uses your own head as the mallet.
Occupation: (1.5-bit) Gangster
+ You gain access to criminal connections, up to and including supervillain networks, and gain the opportunity to commit crimes for profit or influence.
- During downtime, there is a 25% chance of encountering opposition to law or security. You must resolve the issue without using your superpowers or lose this perk. Encounters are difficult but earn exp.
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No. 1043495 ID: 8483cf

>>1043490
Tossing my card in the ring for this one.
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No. 1043501 ID: 894419

>>1043462
This, but female
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No. 1043507 ID: 36784c

If we’re allowed to say, "Henshin-A-Go-Go, baby!" when we transform, then I’ll be happy!

>>1043485
I like this!
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No. 1043539 ID: 4f60b2

Name:Beauty

Race:Anthro beast kin "Mink"

Sex:Female

Background: an experienced Sex worker.

Weapon of choice: Black whip that can extend in length at will.
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No. 1043585 ID: 5499f4
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1043585

Locking in the character now, the next page of the chart isn't finished yet, I've got 7 more drawings to finish for it, but the text is done.

In the meantime, have a doodle of our protagonist, HAILEY MARY! More info on her and object-kin coming tomorrow/tuesday.
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No. 1043589 ID: e5709d

>>1043585
Needs the ability to puncture herself in 'strategic places' without causing lasting damage.
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No. 1043679 ID: 5499f4
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1043679

With a surprising amount of certainty, you assert yourself to the world as HAILEY MARY, SEX WORKER, FEMALE, and most importantly of all, an OBJECT-KIN.

You think back briefly on your history, to your day of rebirth. You were once a mundane, but well and truly beloved [RED STAPLE REMOVER]. You were used frequently and cared for by an office of workers, passing hands frequently, repaired, and being lubricated due to cost cutting measures at the office. You also witnessed several office affairs, an amount that you would later find out is staggeringly high for any workplace.

It was after around 10 years at the company that you gained sapience, a nascent spirit forming inside of you from the care, use and lives you witnessed. A body formed, sharp, alluring, young, and very confused. You came into this world much to the shock of others, but were cared for and educated afterwards. Those scenes you witnessed as a forming soul became your keystones, and as soon as you were 18, you became a sex worker, one with a decent level of proficiency.
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No. 1043680 ID: 5499f4
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1043680

It was in one of these moments, occasionally accosted by thugs and weirdos, that you picked up a skill with HAND TO HAND COMBAT, and when your fists wouldn’t suffice… Well, you did have a sharp maw.

You’re now a chipper, young late 20-something young woman, still just as sharp, but somehow even more erotic than your younger days.
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No. 1043681 ID: 5499f4
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1043681

One day, after work, or during your free time, something happens. You find a device. What does it look like?
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No. 1043682 ID: e7c7d3

Whistles and collar. Become a chain chomp when transformed
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No. 1043683 ID: 629f2e

The Watch or Dice would be my pick. I like stupid RNG, and the wand is a classic.

I like the Whistles and Collar, but it's gonna be tough enough picking allies without losing a point. Not against it, just doesn't have my vote.
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No. 1043685 ID: b7598d

Matching jewelry seems an interesting choice
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No. 1043686 ID: 36784c

I’m voting for the Watch.
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No. 1043687 ID: 7c0da2

The wand or the watch, in that order.
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No. 1043689 ID: 94ef2a

I cant choose between these two choices:

Considering we are a sex worker, collar and whistle. We'll use one of the allies from the ally section instead of creating a new one. I feel Hailey is into domming people.

Dice is also a lot of fun too (for potential clothing damage)
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No. 1043691 ID: e873e5

Dice, dice, dice!
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No. 1043692 ID: 515982

Symbiote! This silicon based lifeform, or Stapleworm, came from space and has been exposed to many cosmic rays.
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No. 1043694 ID: e5709d

d8
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No. 1043695 ID: ae4094

collar
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No. 1043714 ID: 33f0ce

>>1043680
>Cell Phone
Because fellas, we're a call girl!
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No. 1043722 ID: 629f2e

>>1043683

I'll drop my Watch support and just go all in on Dice since both received some support, just to help simplify things.
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No. 1043726 ID: 8483cf

Dice!
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No. 1043731 ID: 5499f4
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1043731

You found it in the bush in your favorite park. It was a sunny day and the thing shined in your eye, and after a moment of digging through the bush you found an eight sided die.

It has an almost crystal-like appearance. Slightly translucent, and is of a deep ruby red, just like you! You gave the air a sniff, smelling ozone, and realized it was coming from the dice. Weird.
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No. 1043732 ID: 5499f4
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1043732

You rolled the die when you got home and realized that it could transform you. This was it, what you had been waiting for. But, one thing kept turning in your mind, what about your friends, your confidants? Surely there must be someone to trust with this secret.

Who are your Confidants?

YOU HAVE 3 ALLY TOKENS THAT YOU MAY SPEND
UNSPENT ALLY TOKENS CAN BE EXCHANGED FOR TRAIT TOKENS


EDMANGO: As a refresher, you have 3 Trait Tokens (usable for powers or gear) and 1 Gear Token (usable only on getting gear)

Please format your votes from most desired to least desired, and state if you want to save any tokens. Your vote in first place will get 2 votes, the rest will get one vote.

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No. 1043733 ID: e51896

The Psionic Mage is a must. Not just because I'm Biased, but because since we got dice, this dude can like, use his telekinetic powers to help bring the dice roll to our favor if he's around! Granted it only works if he is nearby and not drunk, but still a really good ally to have
plus, it'd be cool to have someone we can fight by our side since he will jump at any opportunity for a fight

The Government for some security and protection and keeps our PR good

Finally, the fairy to give us pocket space and help us translate different languages
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No. 1043734 ID: 515982

THE BOUNTY HUNTER
The Fairy
The Parasite
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No. 1043735 ID: 629f2e

Top vote has gotta be for The Government Agency. You get paid, which means less time you'll have to spend working, and you get free PR support. Add on the various connections for below market prices, and the money they give you is worth more than it otherwise would be. Getting an occasional order or having to do paperwork at times is well worth the benefits they offer.

The Historic Parasite was gonna be next for me because they're adorable. Completely and utterly a choice I wanted to make because I like their design. However, if we already have one shadowy force giving us shit then I don't think we need another. Instead, I'm gonna vote up The Psionic Mage for battle support and having another real person to befriend and talk to. Even if he talks too much and is annoying.

The 2 Best Friends are also great, strong temptation there, but I think I'm gonna support The Rival instead for two reasons. The BFFs bring money and connections, two things which the Government already provides. That isn't their only benefit of course, having pals that will stay by your side is their main one, but having two of their major bases covered is a big detriment (though credit where it's due, their specific connections likely differ from what the government will offer in terms of how it'll help). The second reason is just that The Rival is hilarious, and I love him. This dude is fucking your mom (which fits very well with our backstory all things considered), and yet is still trying to compete with you despite clearly having already won the war? Who the fuck is this dweeb, he's terrible! I love him.
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No. 1043736 ID: 8483cf

Government Agency
Fairy
Parasite
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No. 1043737 ID: 894419

>>1043732
Back Alley Surgeon
The Rival
The Bounty Hunter
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No. 1043740 ID: e5709d

Special: Pet Crystal
Over time, some 'dust' from the die grows and collects the lint and toxic chemicals in the air, until it's large enough to say 'hi'.
A strange mix between neurological monofibers and dynamic polycrystalline megastructures, this is the closest you can get to a living rock.
Best of all, she gets smarter when you throw her hard enough to cause brain damage! Also, her organs can be used to augment your intelligence. Not the fastest animal ever, though.
(Warning: Crystal implants may cause memory loss, sociopathy, and a potential resonance cascade that will crystallize your insides)
Surgeon
Fairy
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No. 1043741 ID: b7598d

The Rival, admitably solely so we can find out just who would be the Rival to a staple remover, though also with them having the same weakness, it means if we DO have to work together, most likely someone will be useful at least
Parasite and Holographic, I want to know what would make them work together, and how they wouldn't
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No. 1043742 ID: 36784c

The Government Agency. One of their agents randomly saw us transforming and they tracked us to our place of employment. They had to send someone in as a customer in order to make contact with us.

I want to save the other 2 tokens to exchange for 2 trait tokens.
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No. 1043764 ID: 58af12

The Holographic Entity, your dice is their holographic core;
The Fairy;
save the last point for more Traits Tokens.
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No. 1043765 ID: ae4094

parasite
government
extra trait
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No. 1043767 ID: 466872

>>1043742
This and the Parasite.

Save the last point for traits.
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No. 1043768 ID: bbb04b

The 2 Best Friends, the Rival, and the Robot Butler - hopefully, Friend B will take the edge off of the "people think you're a ponce" aspect if you explain it's a gift from him.
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No. 1043773 ID: 244451

2 best friends
Historical parasite
Hedonistic fairy
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No. 1043779 ID: 4204cd

Bounty hunter
Government agency
Mad- sorry, Eccentric scientist.
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No. 1043815 ID: bbb04b

>>1043768
Customization addendum to my Rival vote: Male Axolotl Anthro-Kin named SLEET. Bring forth Angy Li'l Shit Mk.III (now with the ability to actively maintain a semi-functional relationship, i.e. Your Mom)!
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No. 1043836 ID: 5499f4
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1043836

THE GOVERNMENT
You will begin with a C rank relationship with the following characters
- Josephine - The disguise artist
- Alberta - The avian database
- Phyllis - The boss
- The Government - This is an organizational relationship

THE HEDONISTIC FAIRY
You will begin with a C rank relationship with her

THE HISTORIC PARASITE
You will begin with a C rank relationship with them


EDMANGO: Relationships range from [N/A], [C], [B], [A], [S]. The higher the rank, the better friends you are, the better they treat you, and the more willing they would be to skirt their morality to help you, should your paths not align. It’s possible to drop in rank if you are truly a terrible friend, but that shouldn’t be a concern for a true hero!

You can also romance characters, should you be so bold as to juggle a relationship and life as a hero.

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No. 1043837 ID: 5499f4
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1043837

Before you could run off and talk to your drinking buddies from some weird division of the city government, you took some time to take stock of your capabilities, and to see if there was anything you could share.
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No. 1043838 ID: 5499f4
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1043838

What are your traits, and do you plan to share your powers?

EDMANGO: As a refresher, you have 3 Trait Tokens (usable for powers or gear) and 1 Gear Token (usable only on getting gear)

Your top vote will count as 2 votes, and please declare if you will share your powers with any of your allies, if you do, the next update will be distribution.

Also, anyone you gift a power to will jump up to a rank B relationship, and some characters may have special events if you do this.

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No. 1043840 ID: e5709d

Nanobots
Beast Shifting
Implant (Electric Manipulation)

Linked Sub-Brain
Your chest piece is a close-to-bursting corporate envelope.
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No. 1043842 ID: 515982

Size shifting. Purchase twice if possible.
Nanobots.
if Size is not enhanced, grant Lust to the hedonistic fairy.
Gear: Improvised weapons.
I like pattern 6 as a chest emblem. As for accessories, a serpentine theme seems keen.
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No. 1043847 ID: e51896

telekinesis is my top vote so that when we get enough experience with practice, we might be able to manipulate the dice roll to our favor without our tension suit.

faith: Lust (because we're sex worker) or medium is my second vote. I think I lean more towards lust faith

save the last vote for size manipulation for our fairy pal so she can be our size.

For gear, sub brain if telekinesis is chosen. if it isn't, go for the motor skates or custom gadget
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No. 1043849 ID: 629f2e

[Purity]

Hailey Mary is not the shining example of what we'd think of as a follower of purity. She's from a minority race, she's a sex worker (which Queen of Hell definitely confirmed angels aren't fans of), and she seems like a confident bitch just going off looks. Her being a believer in Purity doesn't seem right with all of that in mind, but it will have to be rationalized if we go with it. I see two ways it could be explained, both being incredibly fun.

1: The god of purity in this world is different. Maybe Virge got the spot from the impostor in CS, and he's a much more chill deity than what we had before.

2: The god of purity is in a really rough spot right now, with very few loyal followers, and Hailey is genuinely just one of their better ones. God may not like all of her choices, but perhaps she exemplifies a willingness to fight evil that is just enough to get their blessing. It's a reluctant arrangement, but Purity needs followers and Hailey needs power to defend her city.

However it gets rationalized, I think it'd make for a very fun story.

Alright, second point! Let's go with Elemental Manipulation, with our chosen element being Earth. It seems fitting, given that we're made of metal. Earth Benders don't get enough credit for being able to manipulate most solid forms of matter. Let's rep the best Avatar character Toph and embrace her element.

Finally, let's be generous and gift something. I like Polt's suggestion of giving our fairy friend Size Manipulation, and I absolutely support her getting it if enough people suggest taking it. I'm gonna go in a different direction though, and instead suggest giving the fairy Telekinesis. She may be small, but she'll be able to lift some massive objects with enough concentration.

For Gear, take the Linked Sub-Brain. The training boost is massive and will let us improve at a really nice rate. And just like how being a Sex-Worker means less downtime spent on hanging out, or working for the Government means less time spent worrying about PR, decreasing the time we have to spend on training gives us more options to respond to our needs. If we have some junk we want to buy, then we can spend more time working to earn enough for it. If we really need to get better at something, we can pick up the skills faster. All in all, it's a great early investment that will payoff over time.
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No. 1043854 ID: 8483cf

Top vote: Give the Fairy telekinesis, she doesn't like working, so let her Trait do the lifting for her!

Let's go with nanobots! All made of tiny staples!

Hidden weapon: Letter Opener in Hailey's arm. Honestly I think this one should be free.

Gear: Motorcycle for sick wheelies

Suit Pattern 6.
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No. 1043861 ID: 36784c

Spend 1 Trait Token on Size Shifting.
Spend 1 Trait Token on Telekinesis.
Spend 1 Trait Token on Leg Armor.
Spend the Gear Token on Motor Skates.

Take the Suit Pattern 6 as a Bonus.

No sharing with allies.
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No. 1043865 ID: 898517

Powers :
-Faith : Purity. She is pure of heart and dedicated to fighting evil, and in the end it's what counts, not her job.
-Energy. It's always useful and should combo nicely with the Parasite's Magic.
-Cantrip, gift it to the Fairy. It's classic fairy tricks.
Gear :
-Linked Sub-brain. It will help the Parasite teach us, and mental resistance is always useful and will help manage the stress of saving the world.
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No. 1043866 ID: e97e06

Size Shifting twice (two trait tokens)

Telekinesis (one trait token)

Motorcycle (gear token)

Suit pattern 6 (bonus)
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No. 1043882 ID: e51896

(edited)

Actually, Himitsu gave me a good idea, so I'm changing my vote a bit >>1043847

top vote and main reason for changing my vote is: use first trait point to give our fairy friend TELEKINESIS, she can hide in our pocket, and make enemies think we're manipulating things, not her. Plus, she can help give us good rolls with our dice when we transform, using her telekinesis to help the dice roll into a number we want! She just has to transform first before we transform

second trait point for ourself: size shifting

third trait point for ourself: Nanobots

for gear, I really want motorcycle, but that might leave us tied with sub brain as of writing this. if there is still a tie, change my vote to sub brain instead
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No. 1043886 ID: f4beea

Size Shifting, Energy, Telekinesis, and Linked Sub-Brain.

Don't share powers with allies.
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No. 1043888 ID: f49688

Lust and Hope, Give parasite Tele, Power Gems
lust for obvious reasons, Hope because really, why are you heroing BUT hope, Parasite tele so they can do cool things and the relationship bonus, Power gems to lean into Chaos ever more, while also counterbalancing it
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No. 1043895 ID: 0838d6
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1043895

Your first transformation was short, but useful, helping you find out a fraction of your capabilities.

Your first power, SIZE SHIFTING, ended up with you accidentally punching a hole into the wall and denting the ceiling.

Your second power, TELEKINESIS, lets you lift all the furniture in your room, but you accidentally broke a few things from concentrating too hard, splattering and puncturing the walls just a little bit more than necessary.

You aren’t getting your deposit back on the place...
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No. 1043897 ID: 0838d6
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1043897

You feel two more things tickling the back of your mind, but you’re drawing a blank, almost like you vaguely remember them.

What is your third power?
1. Nanobots
- The suit comes with a nanobot swarm you intuitively shape like cute lil’ staples
2. Purity
- A devout FAITH courses through your veins, with this you KNOW you can defeat Evil
3. 2x Size shifting
3a. (remove penalty) Size shifting is instantaneous
3b. (increased proficiency to B rank) Size shifting can selectively target limbs


And What is your free gear?
I. Motorcycle
- Your flaming red ride, it’s your baby
II. Linked Sub-Brain
- Transforming has grafted something to that nebulous space where your brain exists



EDMANGO: The votes are 5 for, 2 against, 3 abstains from sharing, so a final vote towards sharing will be next update and will determine your backstory with THE HEDONISTIC FAIRY
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No. 1043900 ID: d98cb8

Absolutely a vote for

Nanobots + Subbrain
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No. 1043901 ID: e5709d

Nanobots and Sub-Brain
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No. 1043902 ID: a5bc30

Nanobots because we have a staple family now!

And

Motorcycle!
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No. 1043903 ID: 629f2e

Sticking by [Purity] for all the reasons given before. Admittedly doubling up on Size could be cool, and while Nanobots aren't bad I feel like they're the most achievable trait to unlock at a later time of all the ones on this list. We have government connections, I could see a technology hookup in our future.

And Linked Sub-Brain of course.
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No. 1043904 ID: 515982

Nanobots, and while sub-brain could synergize well with coordinating our staple swarm, I absolutely must vote Motorcycle for the cartoonish image of a big Hailey riding on a tiny bike.
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No. 1043907 ID: 7c0da2

Purity and Sub-Brain.
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No. 1043910 ID: bbb04b

Nanobots and sub-brain.

Voting against telling anyone.
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No. 1043913 ID: a9af05

>>1043897
Nanobots and Linked Sub-Brain

Also, I want to-
>a final vote towards sharing will be next update
Never mind, I'll wait until the next update to vote on that.
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No. 1043914 ID: 99ca7b

Nanobots and Sub-brain sounds like a good, useful combo. But also like a a fun combo.
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No. 1043917 ID: f4beea

>>1043897
2x Size shifting (increased proficiency to B rank) Size shifting can selectively target limbs + Linked Sub-Brain

>no one else picking 2x size shifting
Aw man.
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No. 1043918 ID: 36784c

>>1043895
>You aren’t getting your deposit back on the place...
Look on the bright side. At least you didn’t accidentally shred your clothes from testing your powers!

>>1043897
Nanobots and Linked Sub-Brain

>>1043917
>Aw man.
Don’t worry. I’m sure we can still get it through training Size Shifting.
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No. 1043920 ID: f49688

Ok the nanobots being staples is irresistible (and would help you fix the mess you made... and will make), and a Sub-brain to help command them, and who doesn't want to be smarter! too bad this only gives a slightly bigger brain
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No. 1043924 ID: 1119a1

Nanobots
Sub-Brain

Staplers are too cute an image and it's something useful to round out the skill set. I am secretly biased against the motorbike because I want cool skates.

I have no strong opinion on fairy sharing.
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No. 1043953 ID: 244451

Purity is a awful selection right now. Purity will likely opose agains the hedonistic fairy, the historical parasite and Hailey's work!

In other hand is the most interesting option narratively-wise so... Purity and Bike!
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No. 1043954 ID: 0838d6
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1043954

In your daze, trying to figure out your final power, you were looking at a box of your favorite snack, STAPLES. Honestly it’s a bit of an expensive snack if you do a cost to weight analysis in comparison to a lot of other snacks available, but who cares they are CUTE and DELICIOUS. Part of your metabolism as an Object-kin means that you digest things a bit slower and more thoroughly, so you only really need to eat once a week.

You feel this third power was one you could only use when in your suit, so you transformed again, ROLLING A 2, your thoughts back then focusing on the little metallic munchies as you looked at a pile of junk in your room. A few staples popped off of your skirt, surprising you and heading towards the pile, eating it. You almost screamed in a panic before they reformed the pile into many small, flexible, and adorable staples.

Your third power, NANOBOTS lets you control incredibly small staple-like robots that have a variety of uses. You found out that you could only store so many of them in your suit’s skirt when transformed, and lose control of them when out of costume.

At least they can be used to clean up your apartment a bit.
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No. 1043956 ID: 0838d6
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1043956

There’s one last thing that you gained, THE LINKED SUB-BRAIN. But you don’t notice the clarity in your thoughts, how stress just seems to fall off of you and how it’s much easier to commit to choices. No, you’re too excited by having cute staple babies but also being concerned if this means you can’t eat them anymore.

Thinking back to your MOTHER, she always said you were so cute that she could just eat you up. You think that logic applies here, they’re still super tasty after all!

You headed over to the mirror and admire yourself, damn, you bet you could get a premium for some of those kin who are into COSPLAY if you went to work dressed like this!
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No. 1043957 ID: 0838d6
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1043957

We flash forward to the present, thoughts of visiting your friends at the bar being shifted slightly. You send a text to JOSEPHINE, letting her know that you’ll be a little late. You get a pair of shades and a thumbs down as a response. Instead, you are drawn to the park.

Do you share a power with THE HEDONISTIC FAIRY?
- This choice will influence your backstory with her.

A. Share
- Head to a shrine dedicated to the god of [LUST]
B. Don’t Share
- Head to your favorite spot deep in the PARK

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No. 1043958 ID: e5709d

Share the wealth.
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No. 1043959 ID: bbb04b

Aha, I'm assuming, then, that if we pick B, then she would know us in-costume, but not out of costume. Debt of gratitude for dealing with assailants, here we come!
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No. 1043961 ID: ece376

A, share Telekinesis. Size shifting means you can shift down to her size now, so convenient!
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No. 1043962 ID: 63ae51

A, give TELEKINESIS for reasons i said before along with Himitsu and Donut

She can transform first and use her powers to help us get a high roll on our own dice roll to transform. Tho if that dont work, she is still small enough to hide in places or in our suit to perform her powers stealthyfully to help us. The Power needs concentration after all, and with her hiding out of enemy focus, she can concentrate without distractions from enemies attacking her and cause all sorts of trouble for our enemies

We keep size manipulation and nanobots tho.
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No. 1043968 ID: 8483cf

Share telekinesis
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No. 1043973 ID: 7c0da2

A.
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No. 1043975 ID: 244451

A)
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No. 1043977 ID: 629f2e

A, share it!
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No. 1044003 ID: 5499f4
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1044003

You head into the park, smelling the fresh air and well maintained, but not too frequently cut grass. It’s nice, but you feel a metaphysical tug driving you deeper in. Instead of your favorite spot under a secluded oak tree, you head towards a more overgrown area. There’s the occasional thorn bush, but you just bite it away with your metal jaws, foliage never stood a chance.

Eventually you reach a lightly foliage encrusted shrine to the god of [LUST]. This one interprets her as a stone rabbit bent over the ground with her rear pointed directly at the sky. The legs and arms have some kudzu creeping up them, so you bite them off, cleaning the statue and notice a stone offering plate. You kneel in front of the statue.

You: Hmm, you know, my mom tried to raise me towards [PURITY]
You: But I was always kind of more into [LUST] even if I wasn’t all that religious
You: Certainly spiritual, after all, I’m an inanimate object come alive
You: …
You: I think… I’ll leave this here, to show my gratitude
You: I’ve seen what too much of a good thing can do to a kin.


You focus your intent on your dice, on the TELEKINESIS aspect of it, and tug. It takes a moment, but a second die, similar in size, but PURPLE comes out. You set it down on the plate and mutter your thanks to the gods for the gift of your power.

You: I’m probably being stupid aren’t I?

And then you hear something, it’s barely above a whisper. To you, it almost sounds like a chorus of a million kin moaning, with those moans forming words.

[LUST]: Thank you for the offering my LOVER
[LUST]: Please welcome my LOVING DISCIPLE to her new home
[LUST]: May your [LUST] incite PASSION


There’s a thrum deep in your loins as you hear this voice, your mind grows slightly foggy, but you’re able to keep control for the most part. You almost worry that you’re hallucinating before you see a rip in the very fabric of reality tear open next to you. The air around you distorts and pops uncomfortably as you witness this phenomena.
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No. 1044004 ID: 5499f4
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1044004

You see a triangularly shaped shortie, a sharply dressed feline, and a rather upset looking fairy talking to each other.

Rude Lawyer: With the rights given to me by the statutes and laws of [NEW CRUST CITY]
Rude Lawyer: You are banished to dimension [08-B], forever to remain
Mean Triangle: Can’t she just come back if she finds a legal portal
Rude Lawyer: WHO IS THE LAWYER AROUND HERE?


A beat passes as the portal widens slightly and you see the fairy get launched through the gate. It closes just as abruptly as it opened, and the fairy sits in front of you, completely exposed and without the glow you’ve heard of in stories. You would say that she’s around 10 cm tall. You also notice that the [DICE OF TELEKINESIS] is missing.

Fairy: Well fuck, how was I supposed to know there was a whole district for orgies and nudity!
You: Uh, Hi, I uh, think god told me to welcome you?
Fairy: Uhhhh, who?
Fairy: Ah! Wait you… you heard [HER]?!?
You: I mean it was like an orgy of noise that vaguely sounded like language?
Fairy: Moistening in your loins? Loss of self control?
You: Not the last part, no
Fairy: Weird, you must have some AMAZING MENTAL STRENGTH
You: Well I do beat up excessively aggressive cat-callers
Donna: Nice, well, I’m Prima Donna, go by Donna though.
Donna: I guess if [SHE] picked you as my partner I’m game


The fairy then explains that in order for her to SURVIVE in this new world she has to form a CONTRACT with someone. The lingering effects of [LUST] slightly cloud your judgment, but you figure she’s giving you better terms than normal since you just heard god’s voice. After listening to her brief tale, you impulsively accept the contract.
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No. 1044005 ID: 5499f4
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1044005

Donna: So what do you do?
You: Sex worker
Donna: Oh thank [LUST] that’s a thing here?
You: Why wouldn’t it be?
Donna: The universe is vast and some places suck
You: What about you?
Donna: I just look pretty and host sensational sensual siestas!
You: With what money?
Donna: Your money, duh!


You give the fairy some side eye, causing her to vanish into your chest, claiming she’s tired from interdimensional travel and slinks in there next to your comm. Looks like she can hide in there to avoid being spotted. Fairies are rare, but not impossible to find in your world, though ones that can store things in an extradimensional space are just unheard of.

PRIMA DONNA - THE HEDONISTIC FAIRY
- You start with a Rank [B] relationship with her
- She’ll ask for favors infrequently, but the most common one will be to hang out in your boobs
- She has gained latent Telekinetic capabilities but does not yet know it due to your actions
- See the chart for more details.


You head out of the forest and park, continuing on your trip to the bar, riding this massive high and also feeling the sparks of [LUST] flowing through you. Maybe you can drag one or more of your drinking buddies out for some more salacious activities later.
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No. 1044007 ID: 5499f4
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1044007

After a moment’s contemplation, you decide something, you WILL tell your friends about your powers. This is non negotiable in your mind, full stop. You TRUST them, you KNOW that they trust you, and you want them to be your CONFIDANTS.

You step into the bar known as the SLEAZY STEVE, easily recognized by the < shaped signboard. Steve is a bit of a weirdo at times, but he gives you discounts because of your tits and can take a punch when he gets to be too much, which is a win in your book.

Josephine: LATE AGAIN HUH?!?
Alberta: Hmm, I think that someone owes everyone a round of shots
Phyllis: I’ll just take a beer thanks
Josephine: Paranoid work’ll call?
Phyllis: Nah, she just has that look in her eyes that makes me think this’ll be work.
You: Sorry I’m late gals! I-Just-The-The coolest thing happened!!


But before you spill the beans, you have a choice: do you reveal DONNA to your companions, or do you keep her a secret?

A. Hide Donna
- The government won't know about her
B. Reveal Donna
- She will help you negotiate for a better deal on your government contract

Bonus: You may ask some questions to these characters, I’ll pick 2 to answer.

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No. 1044008 ID: 629f2e

B, reveal Donna and get the best damn deal you can get on this contract.

As for questions, maybe just ask what they've been up to today?
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No. 1044009 ID: 903b8f

A., hide Donna. When has the government ever been good at keeping secrets?
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No. 1044010 ID: 1d37c6

B, I have a feeling Donna ain't exactly subtle
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No. 1044011 ID: a3b25e

Howd you make friends with the government is my main question. Reminisce the time with youe friends.

Second is not important since i think we're find out down the road, but who leads the government agency?
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No. 1044013 ID: 36784c

>>1044007
B

Since you’re going to trust them about your powers, you might as well let them know about Donna.
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No. 1044014 ID: 629f2e

>>1044013

^ Exactly that. Hiding Donna specifically doesn't really do much for us when we're gonna be spilling everything else. Keeping a secret like that might negatively impact our personal relationships with these three, while also giving the government reason to think we may be hiding more and thus keeping a closer eye on us.

That, and we wouldn't have her arguing for us to get a better deal on whatever contract we're about to make with them.
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No. 1044019 ID: 515982

B, if you keep working with them they'll find out eventually anyway.
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No. 1044020 ID: 01fe07

B

>>1044013
Exactly! We might as well tell them about her, since we're trusting them on our powers!
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No. 1044024 ID: 99ca7b

Tell them, you're far too sensible a person to do the whole "two separate friend groups you desperately keep hidden from one another" gig.
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No. 1044025 ID: 7c0da2

B. They will learn about her sooner or later anyway.

Question : Is this the first time this happen to someone? If no, do they know why this happens?
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No. 1044028 ID: ddec8d

>>1044025
All of this
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No. 1044029 ID: e51896

B

BUT, you're not the one who introduced her. She introduces herself to them instead from her booby cushion.
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No. 1044039 ID: 244451

A) I have the sensation that Donna is the kind of person that help better when not helping. (At least in negociations)

-"Yo boys! By any chance do you know about some decent job offer?" (Secretly asking for Donna)
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No. 1044085 ID: 5499f4

rolled 8 = 8

Roll for clothing damage!
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No. 1044132 ID: 5499f4
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1044132

Before you can decide if you were going to introduce DONNA or not, she pops out of your breasts, startling everyone but Phyllis.

Donna: Sup! I smelt booze!
Phyllis: Well, a rare fairy isn’t necessarily work, but is kind of cool.
Josephine: I’ve never seen one in person!
Josephine: That they can fly similarly to a bee on such a small scale is practically magic!
Alberta: Pretty sure it’s some offshoot of radiation though, harmless for the most part.
Donna: But I AM magic!
Alberta: Eh, doubtful.
You: Donna, meet Phyllis, Josephine, and Alberta, they’re cool
Donna: Oooh, a posse!
Donna: So how’d you all meet this sharp broad?
Alberta: I met her at the orphanage, and we met these two in grade school
Josephine: Alberta’s parents gave her up cause she has a rather potent skin condition
Alberta: And weak constitution, compromised immune system, blah blah blah
Phyllis: Josephine joined the crew after asking to cheat off of her history exam too many times
Josephine: It was like THREE… maybe FOUR TIMES TOPS and you know it!


It’s at this moment that Steve pops up to take your order, he oggles your breasts, fairy inside.

Steve: And who might this lady be?
Donna: Is he cool?
You: Definitely not.
Josephine: Hard pass.
Phyllis: Eh, I guess
Steve: Ladies, you’re breaking my heart here!
Donna: Alright lame boy, I want drinks!
You: Round of shots, beer and uh, maybe a mixed drink in a shot glass for her
Donna: OI! I can drink a full glass!
You: Not on my wallet you’re not.
Donna: Well I’m calling in a favor then.


You sigh, feeling a slight compulsion to do so, you can fight it if you need to, but see no reason to. Steve leaves and drops off the drink, but you can feel him glancing occasionally in the direction of your small companion. He’ll get over the mystique of her soon enough.
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No. 1044133 ID: 5499f4
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1044133

Donna: What about you?
Phyllis: Me? Oh, they always hung around my BROTHER
Phyllis: I was always the big try hard nerd and eventually started hanging with Alberta
Alberta: Phyllis knew I was the smart one after all!
Phyllis: I regret that decision every day.
Josephine: Truly you wound my poetic heart
You: Doubly so, I feel a tear stretching through my immortal soul.
Phyllis: See what I put up with?


The five of you let out a hearty laugh before you get to the heart of the matter. Not wanting STEVE to listen in, you motion for everyone to head back to Phyllis’s place. You eventually arrive and put on some documentary in the background about wolves in captivity.

Alberta: I’m not in the mood for hanky panky tonight Haliey
Donna: Gasp! Not in the mood?!?
Donna: I could never not be in the mood.
Alberta: Oh goddess there’s two of them now.
You: So I met the goddess today
Josephine: Uh huh, the goddess of [LUST] right?
You: I’m serious Josephine, and Donna fell out of a portal!
Donna: It’s true, I did!


Both Alberta and Josephine roll their eyes at your statement, but Phyllis locks eyes with you, looking dead serious.

Phyllis: Interesting, I imagine there’s more?
You: Well I can transform into something right out of a Wanomay now too!
Phyllis: … go on?


You pulled out your dice, tossing it onto the coffee table. It’s rolling clacks against the glass for a few moments before you see it roll an 8. You transform almost instantaneously, and what’s more, you feel… stronger, ridiculously so, your skirt is a bit longer, your helmet’s a bit spikier, and you think MORE skin is being revealed. Nice.

Phyllis: Josephine, unholy shit
Alberta: This… were we wrong?
Josephine: I KNEW I WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG!

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No. 1044134 ID: 5499f4
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1044134

What follows is a rather intensive slew of questions, explanations, curiosities, and promises that you are in fact the same HAILEY MARY that they know and love. You know at this moment that this was the right decision, none of them look at you with fear. Part of their expressions are in awe, but the thing you see the most is shock and trust.

You don’t sleep that night as they rush you to a government bunker and you go through another series of explanations, curiosities, curses, and the like. You’re treated very well, all things considered, and attempts to take your things are met with firm refusal by Phyllis who appears to have a large amount of sway.

Both you and Donna are immediately hired by the government as independent contractors, you for your POWERS, her for the TRANSLATION skills she presented. She refuses to translate text, but knowing more than 10 languages and being verbally proficient has sealed her spot on the team.

At the negotiating table Donna also showcases another skill, her ability to haggle and cut at a contract for better pay and benefits not only for you, but for your HANDLERS, otherwise known as your three companions.

Phyllis: Welcome to the [PARANORMAL RESEARCH DIVISION], [PRD] for short
You: So is this what y’all did before?
Alberta: Well we were mostly accounting and grunt work, except for Phyllis
Phyllis: Eh, my old position doesn't really matter, it’s REDACTED information
Josephine: We’re all in REDACTION territory now y'know
Phyllis: Hmm, yeah, but if it’s all the same I don’t wanna talk about it.


You’ve been hired by a special branch of the government!
- See the chart for specifics
- You will passively gain [2 WEALTH] after every mission due to Donna’s help.
- Donna will now provide tips when you’re commanded by the government so she can be lazier

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No. 1044135 ID: 5499f4
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1044135

> THE CITY OF DONJON - YOUR APARTMENT
> THREE DAYS LATER

After some extensive testing of your powers, mostly focusing on the NANITES, their capabilities, and whatever else they could come up with, you finally are given a break. The other members of the department will need lots of time to go through all the data and paperwork, so you’re basically free to do whatever.

It’s in this moment, this respite, that you go home, enter your bathroom and look at yourself in the mirror. You think you see something, a purple cat? In the reflection, turning around shows you nothing. Strange, are you hallucinating, or are mysterious phenomena going to keep happening to you.

If it were your normal self, you might hyperventilate at the thought that something bad might happen, you feel slightly shaken, anxiety tinging your thoughts, but not obstructing them. Something is coming, will happen, or is already happening. And you’re probably going to be asked to deal with it.
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No. 1044136 ID: 5499f4
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1044136

> YOUR APARTMENT - BATHROOM
You curl your fist in excitement.

You: Bring it on!!

Pick a Crisis.
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No. 1044145 ID: e5709d

Reverse Isekai! Let's crush the bloodied idealism of these deluded middle-class high-school gangsters with your mighty jaws and mightier sex appeal!
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No. 1044146 ID: 8483cf

Kaiju kaiju kaiju!
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No. 1044148 ID: fce62b

I'd say Kaiju or Space Pirates!
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No. 1044149 ID: e51896

Go for the KNOCKOFFS. I feel they are a perfect rival to the government, plus since our allies are with the government, they can help protect our reputation when these jokers try to ruin it (one of the benefits said we won't suffer from bad PR)

Also, the fact they will try to make us reach maximum visibility means more chances for CLOTHING DAMAGE.
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No. 1044151 ID: 629f2e

Okay, so originally I was all for Cult of Tension, as that sounded like some Mirai Nikki BS that I was all for.

But I see Eugene.

And I see Hook.

And I am a creature of incredible bias.

I'm equally for The Knockoffs and Reverse Isekai at this point. Just put a half-vote towards both for me please.
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No. 1044153 ID: d98cb8

I'm absolutely sold on Reverse Isekai, please and thank you. Let's see weird fantasy shit dropped into this world.

Especially since you just had a friend argue against a fairy being magic!
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No. 1044154 ID: 515982

Kaiju! Or reverse isekai, maybe.
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No. 1044155 ID: 894419

>>1044136
Reverse Isekai!
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No. 1044167 ID: 99ca7b

Hard Mode: All 5 at once, competing with one another.
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No. 1044170 ID: 36784c

Kaiju or Space Pirates has my vote.
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No. 1044183 ID: ef6b2a

Kaiju!
We have size shifting, with enough training we will be able to grow to the same size as them and brawl with them directly!
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No. 1044190 ID: bbb04b

Yeah, having the guv'ment on our side seems like a hard counter to the Knock-offs' subgoal; visibility might still be an issue, but we can focus more fully on stopping their primary objective.
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No. 1044195 ID: acaa96

oh the fun things we have. Kaiju I'd reckon, not much else use for size growth, AND a good use for those nanobots is still probably reconstruction, and also I wanna use mana-magic against kaiju and see what happens
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No. 1044196 ID: ae4094

I see Hook, I vote Reverse Isekai
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No. 1044197 ID: a2d88b

I vote the Reverse Isekai!
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No. 1044199 ID: d9ada6

Voting Reverse Isekai!
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No. 1044200 ID: 74fc3b

>>1044136
Let's go beat up some Kaiju!
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No. 1044229 ID: a9af05

>>1044136
Kaiju and Space Pirates sound interesting. But if I have to choose only 1 of them, I'll choose the Kaiju.
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No. 1044236 ID: 629f2e

Okay, since this became a pretty two-horse race, I'll just put my full support towards Reverse Isekai.
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No. 1044262 ID: bbb04b

>>1044236
I'm in agreement on the sentiment, but not on the destination; changing my vote to Attack of the Kaiju.
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No. 1044278 ID: 244451

Reverse Isekai
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No. 1044279 ID: bc8f56

One does not usually see reverse isekai, especially as the main focus of the story.

Let's go, baby!
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No. 1044282 ID: 4c75f0

I want to fight some giant monsters! Voting for Kaiju!
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No. 1044295 ID: 0838d6
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1044295

> YOUR APARTMENT - INDECISION
You unclench your fist, releasing a deep exhale. Part of you wonders if the way you're thinking about this means that you're ASKING for a crisis to occur.

You decide that you're focusing too hard on the matter and that you should take a nap, just to clear your head.

This dream, you feel, is different. You float through the abyss, soaring through the inky black cosmos. Eventually, you close in on something twinkling purple in the distance. It's that purple cat thing that you've seen a few times. It doesn't seem to notice you.

[PURPLE CREATURE]: The [8TH CYCLE] approaches.
[PURPLE CREATURE]: The [AUTHORITY] has gained a [TOOL].
[PURPLE CREATURE]: [LUST] has intervened.
[PURPLE CREATURE]: And I have been [SEEN].
[PURPLE CREATURE]: Allow me a glimpse into [WHAT MAY BE].

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No. 1044296 ID: 0838d6
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1044296

> THE DREAMSCAPE - POSSIBILITIES
A tear in space, not dissimilar to the one Donna came out of appears. At first, it looks like incomprehensible static, but slowly, you are able to pick up images, and weirdly enough, RAW EMOTION.

TIME FOR A RUNOFF VOTE.
- Pick 2, the first vote gets 2 points.

A. [THE BEASTS THAT LEAD BEASTS]
- The ones that returned from the future were in some brutal prehistoric fantasy realm.
- They lead a pack of MEGAFAUNA, Kaiju-like furred and feathered beasts.
- They value power and the law of the jungle above all else.

[PURPLE CREATURE]: Huh, some of these beasts look like [PLANETARY PROGENITORS]…

B. [THE REVERSE ISEKAI]
- The ones that returned from the future were in a bronze-age fantasy realm.
- They are led by THE QUEEN, a brilliant tactician, and THE NEEDLE, a proficient warrior
- They are looking for an ancient and inactive font of magic.

[PURPLE CREATURE]: The [QUEEN] and the [NEEDLE] survived this iteration, interesting.

C. [THE KAIJU CREATORS]
- The few that returned from the future were in a futuristic fantasy realm.
- They are somehow creating the Kaiju-like abominations they send out to the city.
- They act in fear of the whispers they hear from beyond the stars.

[PURPLE CREATURE]: They escaped the [ANCIENT'S] trap, the poor fools.

D. [THE ATTACK OF THE KAIJU]
- The monsters come from an island that is magically protected from anyone that encroaches upon it.
- They are led by the KING OF MONSTERS, a serpentine, dragon-like beast.
- They are seeking energy sources which will allow them to GROW to accomplish some unknown goal.

[PURPLE CREATURE]: What [LUSTFUL] beasts, no wonder.

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No. 1044298 ID: 515982

D!
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No. 1044299 ID: acaa96

D is both mysterious and interesting
C sounds like a strange balance
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No. 1044300 ID: 629f2e

A is my top pick personally, as I'm very neutral on the kaijus. Big monster fights are cool, so B and C would be fine with me too. D is the only one I'm actively against, as that seems more like wrangling animals than fighting against a real malicious force.

Top vote: A, Second vote: C. May flip those if D takes a bigger lead.
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No. 1044302 ID: e11ba6

Ranked choice voting time!

I like D, very mysterious and old school. A is my second choice, because it's smaller scale and very cool.
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No. 1044304 ID: 99ca7b

D, A.
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No. 1044305 ID: 7c0da2

D. That island is simply really intriguing.
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No. 1044309 ID: bbb04b

A, followed by C. We get the desired plot-bunny of isekai, while being able to leverage our size-shifting in a conflict we can take full advantage of. (Prefer A because it’s most adjacent to both original premises, and C barely won out against the others with the implied cosmic horror mystery.)
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No. 1044315 ID: e5709d

Primary Vote: C
Secondary Vote: B
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No. 1044316 ID: 36784c

>>1044296
First vote is for C.

Second vote is for D.
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No. 1044328 ID: eb15a3

B, D
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No. 1044332 ID: c1c650

C, D
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No. 1044347 ID: 515982

>>1044298
(secondary choice: C)
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No. 1044349 ID: a2d88b

C, B.
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No. 1044351 ID: d9ada6

D, B
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No. 1044365 ID: 5ec37b

>>1044296
C , D
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No. 1044368 ID: 629f2e

>>1044300

Really was not expecting D to be the leading choice. If we're def having kaijus though, C is my top pick followed by A.
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No. 1044369 ID: bf7d5b

D or C
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No. 1044372 ID: b9efee

Oh yeah, before the dream ends...

HUG THE PURPLE CAT CREATURE! this is important

(I have not learned my lesson from hugging ancestor in plush quest)
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No. 1044374 ID: 244451

A) or C) (but all of those looks fantastic!)
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No. 1044504 ID: 5499f4
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1044504

> THE DREAMSCAPE - A HARD CHOICE
You reach your hand out, grasping at these potential futures, as if you could grab one. But nothing happens. You feel yourself being pulled away from this space, thinking longingly about how cool it would be to visit an island of giant monsters.

And then you wake up. You shake your head and rub the sleep out of your eyes, noticing that it's 2PM.

You: Weird dream.
You: Ah well, time to mindlessly scroll CHIRPER


You pull out your comm and check out your favorite social media platform, CHIRPER. People tend to post images and short blurbs of text in bite sized formats. You grab the bag of staples you keep near your bed and begin to munch on them as you look for anything interesting.
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No. 1044506 ID: 5499f4
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1044506

> YOUR BEDROOM - SOCIAL MEDIA
Porn, pictures of cats, some guy yelling about some political issue, nature photos, sexy pictures of anthropomorphic staplers, you like that one immediately and re-chirp it to your account. Something about some famous musician you don't care about. Weird seismic activity reported in the oceans. Guys talking about radio signals from space - Almost always bogus claims. Oh, a chirp from Josephine. She moonlights as a monster movie practical SFX artist, this picture is of some really excited guy dressed as some sort of CORRUPTED HUMAN with ALIEN-LIKE features from that one RTS about crafting in the stars. You re-chirp that one too. But don’t find anything else of note.

Maybe you should just go out and do something instead, it's your day off!

What do you do on your day off?

A. Go to the Ruffled haunch, your workplace
- Describe a character to add to the setting
B. Go somewhere else
- Describe a location to add to the setting
C. Wander around
- Describe an event to add to the setting

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No. 1044507 ID: e51896

A.
I cant think of any new characters, so im just going to request putting Hyun and/or Laverne in there, because those were characters who worked at the Ruffled Haunch in Catalyst and we never met them, and I really want to see them finally

...

Maybe put Momo in there too, she's been showing up everywhere recently... with Crows permission of course
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No. 1044508 ID: a7a180

A. I guess it's a fun place to hang out on your day off!
Jager, the demihuman bouncer (of this establishment or a bar perhaps), is thin as a rail but can fold someone over like a piece of paper. Until today, he's always called you 'shortcut' because he had at most an ear over you in height.
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No. 1044509 ID: d98cb8

>>1044507
I'm on board for any Momo sighting, so also A please
:momotalk:
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No. 1044512 ID: d98cb8

Alternatively, Tenshin-verse Nipha please
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No. 1044513 ID: e5709d

A) A plush-object-kin hybrid named Symuntha, whose object form was a furry squeaky ferret plushie with a built-in GPS.
What's interesting about her is that she shouldn't be a kin - as an object, her previous owners (dog-kin) constantly used her as a punching bag and stress relief. They had to be put on suicide watch when the guilt of watching their literal chew toy come to life and sob every second of every day nearly crushed them to bits.
Her special power is that she never gets lost as long as her internal GPS is working.
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No. 1044515 ID: 8483cf

B. A ridiculously photogenic local coffee shop full of influencers posing with lattes, but no actual customers.
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No. 1044517 ID: 629f2e

A, head to work and meet with one of your coworkers, Naail, who is definitely just Nail from CATALYST. He's an effeminate catboy and the most popular of your male coworkers at the haunch.
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No. 1044521 ID: f4beea

>>1044506
A

It just so happens to be Ladies' Night, which means drinks are half price for women. You also benefit from your employee discount, making everything even cheeper for you!

Because it's Ladies' Night, you get to watch your male coworkers show what they've got. One male in particular is your boss Gavin, (a well endowed Anthro Beast Kin Dragon with a dad bod). It's a rare occurrence to see him up on stage, so it must be a special occasion of some kind!
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No. 1044536 ID: bbb04b

A: It’s Ladies’ Night, and between that and the employee discount, drinks are dirt cheap. Talking to Pioggi, the male axolotl anthro-kin that mans the bar, is also fun. He’s kinda low-key pissed at the world, doing his own venting as much as he listens, but he’s good about not going too hard on his customers and coworkers. Male co-workers are supposed to show off tonight, so while he wouldn’t be caught dead on the stage, he does have his uniform mostly undone in a sexy-messy way.
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No. 1044559 ID: 26bc39

A. It just so happens to be Gladys Knight, who serves you drinks half off at the bar. She has a cousin named Jack that visits her occasionally.
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No. 1044599 ID: a9af05

>>1044521
>>1044536
I like both of these.
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No. 1044613 ID: dcb9fb

>>1044507
Momo would be good!

>>1044521
Dad bod dragon boss also sounds fun!

>>1044536
An axolotl buddy is another good one!

Why does everyone have to suggest such good ideas?! I don't know which one to pick!
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No. 1044744 ID: 5499f4
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1044744

> DONJON - DOWNTOWN
You head out of your one bedroom apartment and take a short walk to the DOWNTOWN area, taking in the sights as you do so. You live just on the edge of a series of skyscrapers, which means there’s quite a few SHOPS around here. You pass by your favorite, a coffee shop that sells dirt cheap brews that no one ever drinks, instead, using them to pose for selfies. You snag one out of the hand of an influencer who just took a selfie.

You: Thank you!
Influencer: WOAH, and would you look at THAT
Influencer: My coffee just got JACKED by this BROAD while I’m on my VACATION!
Influencer: What do YOU, my darling demonic fans think I should do about this?!


Looks like he was streaming, you give him a once over, some kind of demi-human that’s incredibly thin, purple, with DEVIL HORNS and a LONG NOSE. You keep walking, he’s scrawny and just acting like that for clout anyway. You sip on the coffee, it tastes like a vanilla latte.
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No. 1044745 ID: 5499f4
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1044745

> DOWNTOWN - PINK-LIGHT DISTRICT
You keep walking, not passing by any stores of note, or getting harassed by anyone asking for change. Though that stopped a while ago after you threw like three guys into a trash can in front of a homeless encampment when they tried to grope you without paying, the nerve of some kin!

You pass by a coworker, Naail. He’s an effeminate catboy and the most popular of your male coworkers at the RUFFLED HAUNCH. He gives you a wave and you stop by him.

You: Yo, what’s good?
Naail: Eh, you know, it’s LADIES NIGHT.
Naail: You coming in for the cheap drinks?
You: You know it!
Donna: I heard talk of drinks!


Donna pops out of your chest and gives Naail a flirty eyebrow wiggle. Nail does not seem surprised by her at all. He gives you an eye roll, no doubt assuming something, probably how awesome you are.

Naail: You two have fun, I’ve got a DATE.
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No. 1044747 ID: 5499f4
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1044747

> DOWNTOWN - THE RUFFLED HAUNCH
You keep wandering and chittering about in conversation with Donna. You pass by several stores selling lewd and shadier products. There’s one store that sells tasers that are 200% stronger than is legally allowed. Nice.

Eventually you reach it, your workplace of very respectable repute. THE RUFFLED HAUNCH. You spy a smoking axolotl off to the side and can hear muttered cursing. Pioggi must be on break, though you would have thought he’d PASS on a night like this since there’d be SO MANY KIN around, likely to set him off. Part of you wonders if he secretly gets off on it, you know some clients certainly do.

You head in and take the space in, it’s been a while after all. The room you enter is a mansion-like foyer, framed with paintings made by local artists of the workers here. There’s quite a few lush seats and tables, to the right is an extensive bar and to the back is a massive stage where your BOSS, Gavin the Dragon, is actually performing some sort of strip-pyrotechnics show. The only other thing of note in the room is that there’s a hallway, some rooms, and a staircase to another floor where much of the same exists.

You toss Gavin a wink and he nods back at you, not stopping his performance, spectated by a decent number of people, so you walk over to the bar, sitting next to a rather buxom white and red fox.
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No. 1044750 ID: 5499f4
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1044750

> THE RUFFLED HAUNCH - BAR
You: Oh, you’re a new face!
Fox: Or I’m a significantly older face you haven’t been acquainted with.
Fox: Momo, a pleasure.
You: Hailey, pleasure to pleasure you.
Momo: Oh, one as spirited as yourself works here?
You: Ah, slip of the tongue, yeah, I’m off duty, just here to drink and schmooze
Donna: SCHMOOZE AND DRINK!


Donna plops out on the table and floats over to the bartender, who seems surprised, and follows her back to your space.

Gladys: Ah, if it isn’t my second favorite object-kin
Gladys: Appearing once again on half-off ladies night, like clockwork
You: Wait, I got demoted!?!?!?
Donna: Hah, sucks to suck!
Gladys: Yup, I found a much cooler Lamp-girl who is quite bright
You: Oh, just cause I’m a bit DIM that means I lost in the race?
Donna: Less talky, more drinky, then as much talky as inhumanly possible!
Gladys: So this is?
Donna: Donna, give me a dumpster fire on the rocks
Gladys: That’s like 3 energy drinks and a mixed cocktail y’know
Donna: Yes.
Momo: Ah, spirits drinking spirits, I’ll have the same!
You: Man I don’t want to start off that strong, something lighter please
Gladys: Two dumpster fires and a quick and easy, coming right up

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No. 1044751 ID: 5499f4
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1044751

> BAR - BAR TALK
Gladys quickly makes the three of you drinks, and hovers around for a moment to chat, before getting to the slowly growing queue of clients.

You: So, what’s new?
Gladys: Long lost cousin came into town.
You: No shit, wait, I thought she died, Jack or something?
Gladys: Yeah, turned out the ID was wrong, even went to her funeral
Gladys: Turned out they buried a different unidentified corpse, super weird
You: Where was she?
Gladys: Dunno, but Beaky’s ecstatic that she’s back
Gladys: Though he’s getting obsessed with KAIJU lately for some reason.
You: …


The conversation dies out after that, you nurse your drink, feeling a bit weird about that statement. You hear a scuffle in the breakroom you know to be behind the bar. Pioggi maybe? Gladys heads back there, but before you can say anything about it, Momo cradles her breasts and bends towards you, speaking up.

Momo: So tell me, what does one as young, sharp, and vivacious as yourself do for fun?

A. Flirt with Momo
- Suggest something to do for fun
- It doesn’t have to be sexual

B. Go check on Pioggi
- Donna will flirt with Momo instead
- Go find out why he’s so pissed

C. Skip the fluff, I want Kaiju
- Time will skip forward slightly
- You will reach the site of a Crisis in progress

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No. 1044752 ID: e51896

I wanna hang out with Momo. Really do.

But B. After getting that Tension suit, you're feeling a bit heroic, so you Better take care of our coworker
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No. 1044753 ID: 8483cf

>>1044751
Agreed, as fun as Momo is, we've got disturbances to dis-disturb
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No. 1044754 ID: d98cb8

B, sadly.

As much as flirting with me would absolutely delight, it seems like you've got hero work to do!

Maybe I'll see if Donna has what it takes! She does seem incredibly thirsty, after all~
:momotalk:
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No. 1044755 ID: a7a180

A. You and Donna can be the angel and devil on Momo's shoulders. But which witch is which?
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No. 1044798 ID: 1cb3cb

>>1044751
B
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No. 1044805 ID: ca633f

B. You're a hero now, get used to disturbances that start at the worst possible time.
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No. 1044885 ID: 0838d6
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1044885

> THE RUFFLED HAUNCH - BREAKROOM
Disturbances during inconvenient moments truly means that you're becoming a hero, right? You HAVE to go check it out. What if it's some sort of CLUE related to a CRISIS. Okay, maybe that's a bit of a stretch, he's just a coworker that is probably breaking something, but it doesn't HURT to help out Gladys in case it is a problem.Plus you’ve got a bit of CONFIDENCE now that you have SUPERPOWERS.

You: I usually go to the park to relax, but uh brb
Donna: Wow, leaving this bountiful babe alone with just lil' old me huh?
Momo: That's okay, I respect a woman who cares for her coworkers


You head back into the break room, the wallpaper is a striped maroon and black. On the walls are various posters about workplace safety, boring legal stuff, and various pinned photos of everyone who works here in hilarious positions with various clients.

Your vision glazes over the tables, chairs, fridge, counter, and disposable cutlery to the corner by some lockers and a door. There's a visible dent in one of them and you see Gladys wiggling a finger at a simmering Pioggi.

Gladys: This is the third time you fuck, you know-
Pioggi: Yeah, yeah I know, at least it wasn't a WALL this time
Pioggi: And it was MY locker
Gladys: Dude I even offered to PAY for ANGER MANAGEMENT classes
Pioggi: I don't need CLASSES for that
Pioggi: I just hate being GASLIT and no one BELIEVING me
Gladys: Hailey, perfect timing, come talk some sense into this guy
You: Yo, sup, I'm in a snoopy mood, what's going on
Pioggi: Ok, sure, whatever, I'll give you the brief version
Gladys: Your brief versions can sometimes be novels

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No. 1044886 ID: 0838d6
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1044886

> THE RUFFLED HAUNCH - BREAKROOM
Pioggi: Pedant. Fine. The BRIEFEST version.
Pioggi: On a boat with my sister.
Pioggi: Saw a misty island.
Pioggi: Took a shitty picture of it.
Pioggi: Big wave hit.
Pioggi: Saw some sorta megafauna.
Pioggi: Comm fell in the water.
Pioggi: Sister and her beaux refuse to believe me.
Pioggi: No one else does either.
You: So you're... mad no one believes you saw... a rare, possibly extinct progenitor species
You: And a spooky mystery island that you could have pointed out when your sis came to check
Pioggi: IT VANISHED OKAY!?!
You: I mean anything's possible


The two look at you in shock, as if you just birthed a fully grown child from your maw and did a dance on the table.

You: What?
Pioggi: Great, YOU are the one who believes me, YOU.
You: I reiterate. What?
Gladys: C’mon Hailey, floating island, extinct species?
Gladys: I was expecting you to suggest he get into writing fantasy dramas or something
You: So what if I have a flair for the dramatic sometimes
You: Who's to say he didn’t see that, unless you were on drugs.
You: Are you on drugs Pioggi?
Pioggi: No, I-
You: Then go get a backup of the cloud data when you get a new comm
You: And show us that picture, and the problem is solved!
Pioggi: …
Pioggi: Maybe I will…

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No. 1044889 ID: 0838d6
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1044889

> THE RUFFLED HAUNCH - BAR
Gladys: I… was not expecting that quick of a de-escalation.
Pioggi: So uh, can you cover my shift while I go do that


You give Pioggi a leveled glare, tilting your head so that one eye can get a really good look at the man.

Pioggi: UGH, FINE. I’LL DO MY JOB FIRST.
You: Text me the photo later, though, allright?
Pioggi: I’ll just Chirp it at you.


You get the feeling that this may actually have something to do with an incoming CRISIS. But it’s purely conjecture at this point in time. You’ll receive a NOTIFICATION when Pioggi has more info on the situation. You return back to the bar, where Gladys joins you. And Pioggi heads off to the SECOND FLOOR. Probably to pleasure a client he left bound and gagged up there. Momo and Donna are nowhere to be found, but you find a napkin saying that they went to the BARCADE by the DOCKS to try to win PLUSHIES. Dammit, they couldn’t have waited like 5 minutes? There’s this rad STAPLER plush you’ve been eying for MONTHS.

Gladys: So, gonna stick around?
Comm: CHIRP CHIRP SQUEAK!
You: Shrug, we’ll see


You pull out your comm, it’s a notification from ALBERTA.

Alberta: At the beach house
Alberta: Josephine got me this new skin cream, goes under the feathers
Alberta: It’s disgusting and goopy and like slime, you’d love it
Alberta: Need moral support she’s gonna EXPERIMENT again
Alberta: Josephine says “Hi, sunglasses emoji, thumbs up emoji”
Alberta: Josephine also says “I don’t mean the literal emojis but the word emoji, to be clear”


A. Spend time with JOSEPHINE and ALBERTA at the BEACH HOUSE
- Head to the beach
B. Go find DONNA and MOMO at the BARCADE
- Head to the docks
C. Other
- Suggest something else to do

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No. 1044890 ID: a7a180

To the barcade!
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No. 1044893 ID: 629f2e

Barcade. There'll be time to hang with your government pals later.
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No. 1044895 ID: 02a9d6

B. Go get that stapler plush!
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No. 1044900 ID: 8483cf

To the barricade! I mean, the barcade!
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No. 1044902 ID: 49e2b5

>>1044889
B
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No. 1044904 ID: f6770d

A. Alberta needs our help!
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No. 1044908 ID: bbb04b

Yeah, we can't just leave Alberta in the lurch.
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No. 1044912 ID: e5709d

B) You are not dealing with creme de la shenanigans today. You are dealing with sex problems today.
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No. 1044938 ID: 0441fc

>>1044889
Both A and B are moving us over towards the ocean. I'm guessing our first Kaiju encounter is going to happen soon after we spend some time at one of those locations.

A
Let's go check out what your government friends are doing.
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No. 1044966 ID: 36784c

A
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No. 1045047 ID: 0838d6
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1045047

> DONJON - THE DOCKS
You: That's a big negatory m'lady
Gladys: Ugh, that's so cringe, please don't
You: What dost thou mean good madam?
Gladys: Okay okay go, I'll pay for your drinks this time
You: Yessssssss


You head out, successfully dodging paying for those drinks after helping her out of a SITUATION. Being a HERO has its perks sometimes, huh? You also shoot Alberta a text saying that you’re gonna pass, hanging out with DONNA and some BIG TITTY FOX LADY. You immediately get a CLIPCLOP video in response of both Alberta and Josephine practically covered in goop waving in this sort of back and forth 3 second motion.

You dip, duck and weave through the city proper, regretting how you never bought SKATES or a SICK MOTORCYCLE, even a MOPED would be fine really. But on the bright side you get awesome toned thighs from all the walking when you don't bus anywhere. You eventually reach the barcade known as VIDEO JAMES. It's run by this fox beast-kin game developer tycoon from WANO called VIDEO JAJIMA. Well, you say run, more like he just has it as a pet project and pays kin to run it and sometimes test out his new, experimental JAMES as he calls them. He works on the floor above the barcade.
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No. 1045049 ID: 0838d6
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1045049

> THE DOCKS - VIDEO JAMES BARCADE
As you get around half a block away you can hear the thrum, beeping, and noise of the barcade and its patrons. Sure it's a little loud, but it's got AMBIENCE. You head to the door, but are stopped by a bouncer, they're a new face.

Bouncer: ID, m'aam
You: Here ya go, though I haven't been ID'd in years
Bouncer: It's uh... policy to ID all Object-Kin, sorry
You: That's a weird policy, that none of the other bouncers ever mentioned
Bouncer: Uh, there was an INCIDENT, one of BIG BOSS'S uh
Bouncer: Friend's cameras turned into an object-kin when in the barcade
Bouncer: Wants to make sure that no minors get in
You: Wooooaaaaaahh, so cool!!!!
Bouncer: I hear you're a close knit community, maybe visit the OBJECT-ORPHANAGE
Bouncer: He's pretty precocious, and I bet he'd like to meet an ADULT and GOOD INFLUENCE
Bouncer: He’s around 13 if we go by object-years
You: Guess I could go see MAMITA and the OBJECTLINGS, it's been a hot minute


The bouncer passes your ID back to you, and nods at you, you head in. The inside is filled with flashing lights, the sound of change, and excited adults whooshing back and forth to various machines, bars, and tables.
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No. 1045050 ID: 0838d6
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1045050

> VIDEO JAMES BARCADE - INTERIOR
You do a quick walk around the main room. The balcony is open, and you think you can hear the sound of flirting. It's probably MOMO and DONNA! That spot always has a lovely view of the upcoming sunset, so it’s a good DATE spot. There's also that STAPLER PLUSH stuck in that blessed claw machine that you wanted to try to beat. Or maybe you could get some drinks and just chill.

A. Watch the sunset with DONNA and MOMO
- There will be light to heavy petting and smooches
- Maybe you can do something to make the mood extra spicy

B. Get the plush
- 75% chance of success
- Maybe you can do something to increase the odds

C. Other
- Do something else
- You’ll probably play some arcade machines as well


You: Oh man I want that plush....
You: But friends and smooches…
You: Oooooohhhh choices…


EDMANGO: Time to introduce a new mechanic, DESIRE. Hailey wants to do things, and will get a [1 VOTE] of her own. [2 Votes] if there are 10 or more suggestions. This is just to help break ties.
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No. 1045052 ID: 629f2e

A, smooches and pets!

> Maybe you can do something to make the mood extra spicy?

Donna could get naked? She's small, nobody would notice.
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No. 1045054 ID: a7a180

A, but you can probably do B real quick if you or Donna just sneak into the claw game to nab that plushie.
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No. 1045079 ID: 9b1ec9

B
See if Donna can cheer you on (and maybe find out she has telekinesis in the process, and help you win... but for the price of sharing the plush with her. Awww maaaaaaan...
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No. 1045081 ID: 36784c

>>1045050
B

>Maybe you can do something to increase the odds
Telekinesis would help here.
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No. 1045083 ID: 15c72a

Um yeah A.
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No. 1045095 ID: 3fe471

>>1045050
B. Try your telekinesis to get the plush to stay in the claw's grasp.
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No. 1045114 ID: 84a59e

B, don't cheat.
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No. 1045121 ID: a9af05

>>1045050
B. Get that plush and show it off to your friends.
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No. 1045160 ID: 7ffd6f

B. Use your Nanobots to help the claw grab your prize.
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No. 1045178 ID: 5499f4

rolled 94 = 94

CLAW MACHINE
SCORE TO BEAT - 25 or higher
+10 DONNA TK BONUS
+3 MOMO MORAL SUPPORT

FINAL SCORE TO BEAT
12 or less = failure
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No. 1045187 ID: 5499f4
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1045187

> VIDEO JAMES BARCADE - BALCONY
It’s a no brainer, you’re going for that darn plush! But you need the moral support, time to use the power of guilt on your selfish boob-resting friend! You quickly walk out of the balcony and slowly peek your head out of the corner.

You: Doooooooonnnnnnaaaaaaaaaa
Donna and Momo: *Giggling and vague flirting*
You: Doooooooonnnnnaaaaaaaaa you leeeeeeefttt meeeeeee
Donna: eeeEEP!


You poke your whole body and jump out, startling Donna, but not Momo. She lets out a cute little squeak, nice.

You: You couldn’t have waited 5 minutes!
Donna: Well I dunno how long you take in back rooms!
You: I said I’d be right baaaaack


You pout slightly, or whatever it is that approximates as a pout that your giant metal maw can handle. You’re not really mad, but you have to sell it.
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No. 1045188 ID: 5499f4
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1045188

> VIDEO JAMES BARCADE - BALCONY
You: In order to make it up to me now you have to offer moral support as I CLAW
Donna: But smoocheeeeeees
You: I’m calling in a FAVOR then!
Donna: GASP, that’s MY thing!
You: Smooches are forever, but stuffed creatures stuck in machines are fleeting.
Momo: I’ve treasured our time together.
Momo: But I understand when one must attend to their companions.
You: You know you can join us right, this isn’t like exclusionary
You: Like you can get back to smooching after.
Momo: OH.
Momo: Then let us claw some machines ladies!
Donna: I’m not a fan of delayed gratification.
You: I’ve trained in the art of EDGING you see, it builds TENSION.


You let out a cackle the likes of which the world has definitely seen before. There’s a slight quake in the ground as you say that, but no one else seems to notice it. Weird. You head inside and quickly slide up to the machine.
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No. 1045189 ID: 5499f4
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1045189

> VIDEO JAMES BARCADE - CLAW MACHINE
It’s got two buttons, one for moving horizontally and one for vertical movement, it’s a classic Wano design. You crack your knuckles and twist your back, cracking it too. And then you begin. You’ve got some cash, so you give it a trial grab, you miss terribly, but now you’re calibrated.

You: You’re mine you hot plush you
Donna: Is it weird that you think staplers are hot and you eat staples?
You: Probably
Momo: Oh, so you push the buttons to move the claw?
You: Yeah, the pressure the claw puts on the plush when it grabs is random though
Momo: That sounds delightfully unfair
You: Yessss it’s part of the charm!


You give it another go, nearly getting it the second time. The ladies coo in excitement as you watch, but you catch Donna smirking out of the corner of your eye. Which, to be fair, is most of your vision since you have to tilt your head just to coordinate where the claw goes. You see the claw wiggle slightly unnaturally, but not to help you! Oh no!

Just as it’s about to clamp down, the claw seems to face resistance before snapping with the strength that only the RNG of hundreds of bux of other kin’s money can produce. Hooray!!! You see Donna crane her back in shock before switching gears and congratulating you with Momo.

Donna: Woah, that machine is crazy strong, it like grasped it!
You: The Number gods allowed me to win this day, thank you RNGeezus.
Momo: May I try?

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No. 1045190 ID: 5499f4
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1045190

> VIDEO JAMES BARCADE - CLAW MACHINE
You take your prize and bend over in your best impression of a royal from the 1300s. Momo bends at the knee and curtsies before giggling and heading over to the machine. Donna seems to have finally gotten in the mood for games after watching you, and tries to help Momo out by guiding the claw from the teeny tiny space between the machines. The other prizes don’t really call your attention, inside are plushies of various object supplies, bootleg slimes, and one CAT WITCH that you overlooked.

Momo: I want that cat!
Momo: She reminds me of somebody I used to know.
You: You got this girl!


You cradle your red stapler plush and give it a squeeze as you provide tips and enjoy the atmosphere of the game. This is nice, though that quake you felt earlier is slightly concerning.
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No. 1045191 ID: 5499f4
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1045191

> CRISIS - CREATE A KAIJU 1
Your eyes wander to the windows of the place occasionally, almost like you’re hoping for something to happen. Not that you’d want something bad to happen to your favorite barcade, but an earthquake? That only you felt? That sounds like GIANT MONSTERS to you, but what could it be?

How TALL is it?
- Can be no taller than 3 meters
How LONG is it?
- Can be no longer than 5 meters
What does it DO?
- Can have no more than 2 gimmicks

BONUS: How does it expose its presence to you?
WARNING: One trait of said creature WILL carry forward or be iterated upon on other Kaijus

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No. 1045194 ID: 99ca7b

3 x 5 Berzerker, and it's skull looks vaguely like a holepunch.
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No. 1045199 ID: e5709d

3X3 meters
This disgusting kaiju looks like a centauroid octopus with most of its tentacles centered around its mouth, with a giant portal inside its throat. It also has weird protrusions throughout its skin attempting to feebly suck anything.
Portal Fiend: Once per battle, spews out Travelers from another dimension.
Elan's Musk: Spews forth a continuous stream of evaporating mucus that causes the Berserk status effect when absorbed via skin contact.
Let's get some Horned into this fight!
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No. 1045200 ID: 629f2e

3 X 5 Meters, and it introduces itself by singing. It actually has a very nice voice, if it wasn't loud enough to shatter glass it'd be pleasant.
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No. 1045201 ID: 8483cf

1 meter tall, 5 meters long. It is SNEK.

It fights by trying to either constrict opponents or poison them with its venom.

It's not just a regular SNEK though, it can burrow underground like a worm.
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No. 1045204 ID: 536b91

1 x 5 snake, with a head at each end. Only one of the heads has a brain inside, the other is a bait (but it can bite you just fine). It likes to pretend to be injured when it's not to trick its preys.
It introduces itself with a ringing noise.
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No. 1045205 ID: 7ffd6f

3 tall X 2 long

It looks like a giant pufferfish with arms and legs.

>What does it DO?
It acts like a pufferfish and balloons itself out before exhaling hard enough make winds strong enough to tip over cars! (If it can tip over a car, then imagine how bad it is for the people! They'd be sent flying!)

It can also suck up ocean water and spit it out hard enough to punch a hole through the wall of a building!
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No. 1045217 ID: e51896

(edited)

>>1045201 >>1045204

I like the snek idea, especially if it's two headed, one on each side

one thing I'll change is that its venom is NOT actually poisonous, but its actually more like a solvent that can dissolve things like clothing and cause some pain if contacted with the skin. but thankfully, since its a low level monster, it can only spit minor venom, not a whole lot, or its venom is kinda weak causing only minor pain or clothing damage.

It lets itself be known by some pest exterminators having trouble getting rid of it, probably giving up and running away screaming after realizing this is no normal snake.

Also, idea: maybe one of the heads of the snake kaiju looks somewhat like noodle from SHARDS for some reason?

Be sure to text our government buddies about what is going on.
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No. 1045236 ID: b5f2af

One-headed snake monster, 3 x 5 meters. She has a long tongue for yanking creatures into arm’s reach and two glowing weak points that can shoot LASERS.
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No. 1045251 ID: 01fe07

>>1045205
The first monster is usually silly looking, so I'm supporting this one.
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No. 1045268 ID: a9af05

>>1045205
>>1045217
I'm good with either of these.
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No. 1045373 ID: 0838d6
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1045373

> VIDEO JAMES BARCADE - EXTERIOR
You think about how funny it’d be to fight a giant puffer-fish snake with tentacles that shoots out minions with berserk mucus and shatters glass with its voice. Okay, maybe you’re spending too much time with Josephine. You then hear a chiming, almost like a bell on a collar. It’s distinct from the rest of the barcade, but once again, it appears that only you hear it. And then you catch the glimpse of something, that purple cat. It walks out of a side door. You mutter a late brb to your companions and head outside. The alleyway you find yourself in is moist and the air is humid from being so close to the dock, you twist to and fro before catching another glimpse of the cat, this time it runs behind a van in the distance. You start to head towards it but then read the text on the van.

COCK AND REX-TERMINATORS - “We get rid of FOWL infestations”
Above is a stylized picture of an Insect-kin roach and a Wing-kin rooster.


You dismiss the truck and dash behind it, the purple cat vanishing into thin air.

You: Goddess bless it, where is that-
Distant Sound: That is NOT wh- [inaudible] -ned up for
Distant Sound: Shit’s bur- [inaudible] - go go!
Distant Sound: Hissssssss

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No. 1045374 ID: 0838d6
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1045374

> THE DOCKS - SEWER ENTRANCE
You move quickly towards the source of the noise and duck around the corner a few meters away. In front of you is a dock and a sandbank, you try to listen again.

Distant Sound: Fuck *pant* sewer jo- *pant*
Distant Sound: *crash*
Distant Sound: My COMM!
Distant Sound: ForgetthedamnCOMM!


The sound of wet footsteps gets closer and you realize that it’s coming from UNDER the dock. You hop down the sandback and get under the wooden planks to see a large, open, metal grate. There are flashes of light from what you could only imagine are a few flashlights.

You: OVER HERE, HEY!
Distant Sound: The exit!


Two forms rush past you, a slightly obese rooster whom you assume to be cock and an extremely thin female anthropomorphic roach whom you assume to be Rex. Both of them are in various states of slight undress, their clothes looking like they were melted, hanging on by a thread.

Rex?: Thanksgottagobye
Cock?: Fucking *pant* hate *pant* snaaaakes
Rex?: That’sracistasfuckbutIagreerightnowfuckfuckfuck

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No. 1045377 ID: 0838d6
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1045377

> THE DOCKS - SEWER ENTRANCE
They drop their remaining extermination tools, a big fumigation pack, large flashlight, and a halfway melted toolbox. Various tools spill out and the torch falls, conveniently highlighting the entrance to the sewer. And then you see it. From the distance you can’t tell how long it is, but you can tell that it’s about a meter tall snake, reaching around half your height. It rears its body back at the light before turning and facing you, hissing violently, but refusing to move forward.

You: …
Snake: …
You: …
You: A REASONABLY SIZED LARGE MONSTER?
You: Well, better than the alternative I guess.
Snake: Hissssssss


You pull out your comm and hit the Emergency App you were told to download by the government. It takes a few moments before your screen turns a bright red, to which the snake responds by spitting at you. At this distance you dodge it with ease, but see it melt the sand near your feet very slowly. Hmm.

A. Engage the beast
- It won’t have a chance to get deeper into the sewers
- What’s your opening gambit?

B. Wait for backup
- It will retreat deeper into the sewers
- You will get an opportunity to ask questions to Cock and Rex

C. Other
- Do something else, contact someone else, or ask specific questions
- The more things you do, the harder it will be to find the snake
- STATS PAGE: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats


You: RNGeezus it’s dark in there, and the sun is setting…
You: Maybe I can bait it out here?
You: But that might be BAD for the CITY if I fuck up…

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No. 1045381 ID: e5709d

Fire staples into the beast's hide and retreat. Track them down later.
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No. 1045384 ID: 8430b6

Initial thoughts, I think I'll choose A, cant let it cause damage down here and lose it. We gotta keep it here until backup arrives.

Spaghetti here seems to hate the light, which is probably why it isnt coming out, and responded negatively to the red light from our COMM. As an opening gambit, try to blind it with the flashlight aiming for the eyes, or the fumigation pack, and then while it's disoriented, TRANSFORM!
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No. 1045389 ID: 1aeac2

A, you should jump in headfirst to your first big adventure. Roll the dice on making a splash!
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No. 1045414 ID: 36784c

>>1045377
A

Use your awesome toned thighs to help you dodge attacks! Look for an opportunity to throw sewer water into its mouth with your telekinesis, then roll your dice and transform!
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No. 1045415 ID: 8483cf

A, transform and ride the beast like a true teenage mutant ninja staple remover
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No. 1045420 ID: dcead9

>>1045381
If the staples can do that I thinks it's a good idea. It's better to interrogate the exterminators before they have the chance to forget or confuse things.
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No. 1045432 ID: e51896

>>1045414
We gave our telekinesis to Donna. Also, we can only use our powers when we transform.
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No. 1045435 ID: 36784c

>>1045432
I thought the vote for that said we were only going to share that power with Donna? Sharing would imply letting her have some of it, not giving all of it to her!

>we can only use our powers when we transform.
Incorrect.

Size Shifting and Telekinesis can be used whenever we want. The Nanobots can only be used while transformed.
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No. 1045438 ID: e51896

Sorry about that, I might have gotten confused. When it said in the chart >>1043836 that "maybe with enough practice, you can emulate these capabilities outside the suit", it gave me the impression that that right now we can only use our powers when transformed and can only use them outside if we practice enough.
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No. 1045439 ID: e303a1

Remember that Donna literally used her telekinesis earlier without a tension suit!
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No. 1045440 ID: 7c0da2

I thought the nanobots were permanently grafted to the body but the size shifting require the suit?
Can't Donna just activate the suit anyway if it's needed?
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No. 1045446 ID: 657851

>>1045435
>Sharing would imply letting her have some of it, not giving all of it to her!
Yeah, I thought sharing meant we'd just start at a Proficiency lower than C and we'd still have it, but it looks like we just completely gave away all of the Telekinesis to Donna.

I'm pretty sure this confusion is unintentional from when the mechanics of the quest were being made and will be clarified by the quest author(s) later.

>>1045440
>I thought the nanobots were permanently grafted to the body but the size shifting require the suit?
The Nanobots were permanently grafted to the suit and requires transforming to use them. The Size Shifting can be used without transforming.
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No. 1045448 ID: 0838d6
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1045448

EDMANGO NOTE: First off, pic unrelated, have a picture of an alternate Hailey transformation that I had tippler concept, back before I knew how I wanted her helmet to work.

Updated the stat page with relevant info on what you can do in and out of the suit with powers, also let me clarify direct questions.
https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats

>>1045381
You can control your nanobots only when in suit, so if you de-transform you will lose control of them, turning them into HARMLESS dust (no iron bits in your lungs). I will also say for the sake of narrative convenience if the staples are reasonably far away from you they will stop functioning/turn into dust.

>>1045435
The chart itself says gift, I used the word share, to clarify, Donna has the Telekenesis now and Hailey does not. She's figuring it out and is fairy sized, as of right now she cannot transform.

You can size shift between 150-200cm when outside of the suit since you have yet to train, and between 30-300cm when inside the suit

Nanobots can only be used when transformed, yes, I decided that after tallying the votes and reading the vibes of what everyone said.

EDMANGO NOTE: I wanted to leave some things unclear for the sake of exploring them through the narrative but will clarify this for now so people do not get confused.

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No. 1045456 ID: 7c0da2

Thanks for the explanations.

A. First grab the flash light the exterminators left behind and then transform to get access to the full extent of your powers. And get ready to shift your size down to dodge.
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No. 1045457 ID: 657851

>>1045377
>A. Engage the beast
Those teeth aren't just for show. Bite the monster!
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No. 1045464 ID: e5709d

A) Fire your nanomachines into the beast's mouth. Get them to puncture the acid glands (or staple them shut) and this fight is as good as won.
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No. 1045503 ID: 5499f4

rolled 4 = 4

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No. 1045511 ID: 5499f4
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1045511

> THE DOCKS - SEWER ENTRANCE
Comms (speakerphone): Comms here, Operative Theta can I get a sitrep?
You: If it gets further into the sewers it could DAMAGE the city
You: And we’d be none the wiser
Comms: *Ahem* Sitrep, please.
Snake: *SPIT*
You: Little busy, giant snake, sewer entrance, acid spit
Comms: Acknowledged, backup en route.


It’s a standoff between you and the beast. You think you see a twinkling of eyes further in the distance, could there be more of them? And it’s so damned dark here, you pick up the nearby discarded flashlight and point it right at the beast, hoping blind it for a moment.

Snake: *SCREECH*

It seems to be working, so you stick your palm into your cleavage, pulling out the now familiar ruby octahedron. You toss it behind you, not bothering to look as it rolls a FOUR. The telltale clacking of dice echoes throughout the chamber and you strike a pose from your favored CLOSE QUARTERS COMBAT discipline, Muay Thai.

You: TENSHIN!
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No. 1045512 ID: 5499f4
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1045512

> SEWER ENTRANCE - TRANSFORMATION SEQUENCE
The dice vanishes, and an aura of violent ruby energy crackles at the edges of your frame. Your clothes vanish for a nanosecond, imperceptible to even the fastest of cameras the government could afford, and instead the ruby energy coats your body for a few moments before discharging.

You stand, still lightly glowing as you take a moment to appreciate your new gloves, thigh high heels, revealing skirt, something reminiscent of a one-piece swimsuit, and helmet. A thrum of this energy pulses through you and you feel nearly giddy with excitement, maybe it’s from the thought of fighting this thing, or from the suit, or a combination of both, but you’re ready.

The snake glares at you, having regained its sight, but also looks confused, like it’s looking for someone else. It’s now looking for the other you, perfect!
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No. 1045513 ID: 5499f4
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1045513

> SEWER ENTRANCE - CONFLICT
You start running towards it, charging a SIZE SHIFT, waiting for the right moment. The snake reels back and attempts to take a bite at you, but misses as you release your charged SIZE SHIFT and shrink down to half your size. The creature flies over you, and allows you to get a good look at its full size. It’s around 5 meters long and- *CRASH*

You get knocked back against the wall by its tail, no wait, by its head?

Snake Head 2: Hiss Hiss Hiss Hiss

Taking in its appearance in full using the flashlight lets you see that it does in fact have two heads, one on either end of its body. It appears each head can move independently and things might have just gotten more complicated. You gradually shift back to your normal height and instead direct your NANOBOTS towards the beast. Staples start to flow from your skirt, revealing more of your toned thighs and sparkling in the light. In fact, the nanobots sparkle so much that it’s making the snake rather uneasy.
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No. 1045514 ID: 5499f4
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1045514

> SEWER ENTRANCE - CONFLICT
The snake is trying to stay away from the sparkling nanobots, so you can’t get it into its mouth to pull off your cool gambit, which would likely disable its venom sacks, or better, allow you to rupture its internal organs. You duck and weave, eventually stationing yourself with your back to the dark sewer. A sound comes from inside of your helmet, apparently the thing absorbed your COMM.

You: Okay, so you’re scared of the light, nocturnal, great, and it’s almost nighttime…
Comms: Backup ETA - 2 updates
Comms: Command has issued a SUBDUE not KILL order
You: You try subduing a giant snake with acid, why don’t you!
Comms: Operative Theta, a live subject will help us prevent ongoing and future crises


There’s still a bit of light out, so the snake is hesitant to flee into the city proper, and it’s looking desperate. You can expect it to FLEE or GO ALL OUT against you depending on your next move.

You’ve been issued a COMMAND - NONLETHALLY SUBDUE THE 2 HEADED ACID SNAKE
- Rewards and Penalties will be distributed upon mission completion

A. Injure the beast
- 75% chance to be hit with acid and be partially naked
- Will allow you to staple shut it’s acid glands
- Will increase the likelihood of the beast dying at the end of the conflict
- Depending on your actions, it could rush past you into the sewers

B. Corral the beast
- 50% chance of being hit with acid be partially naked
- Skip to 2 updates later
- The beast will flee out of the docks and into your backup of unknown quality
- Will expose you and giant monsters to the public

C. Other
- Do something else
- Different tactics can REDUCE or INCREASE any %(d100) chance die roll s
- https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats

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No. 1045516 ID: a2d88b

(sorry no idea for C)
B. We can't risk it retreating to the sewers, and trying to keep this under wraps may cause more problem than it solves (if people know about monsters the govt can open a hotline for them to report sightings)
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No. 1045517 ID: 9b127b

A!
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No. 1045518 ID: d98cb8

I'm a sucker for nudity, you tease.

A, absolutely
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No. 1045519 ID: 19da02

Definitely B
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No. 1045520 ID: 7c0da2

B. We need it alive. And invading its body to staple its organs is a bit cruel, the poor thing hasn't actually done anything yet.
Exposing our existence is not a big deal, the agency takes care of the PR. Or of the cover up I guess.
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No. 1045521 ID: 3ed4a9

B
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No. 1045526 ID: f4315b

C One of the exterminators lost their comm in the sewers. If you find it nearby, grab it and use one flashlight to blind one head, and the comm's flashlight to blind the other head. Should keep it disoriented for a bit to stall time for backup without hurting it.

Otherwise, if C doesnt get enough votes, then change my vote to A instead. Maybe we can still use the double flashlight tactic with A too.

Double flashlight trick might work with B too, but B isnt my choice. Whatever choice is chosen, do that two flashlights tactic to lower any percentage of failure.
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No. 1045528 ID: fe8ffd

C: Size shift up, and while the outward head is blinded and the inward head is harassed by staples grab the outer head and slam dunk it in the sewer water, putting one side out of commission and letting you wrangle the other one head at a time.
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No. 1045529 ID: a9af05

>>1045514
C. Use the Nanobots to wrap around both snakes' snouts to hold them closed and prevent them from spitting acid.

If you can't get both of them at the same time, then focus on one at a time.
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No. 1045534 ID: 15c72a

B. Use that backup, and prevent the worst case scenario to boot. Keeping this away from public view isn't a good long term plan, as there will be more.
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No. 1045598 ID: 36784c

>>1045511
>Operative Theta
Oh hell no! That is not going to be our superhero name! We have to think of a better one!

>>1045514
C

Have the Nanobots swarm one head to try and put a muzzle on it like >>1045529 suggested. Both of the heads will be distracted by this, which will give you a chance to Size Shift yourself bigger. But don’t go too big! You don’t want to hit your head on the ceiling!

Then use your toned thighs to deliver some kicks to the head that isn’t being muzzled by the Nanobots to try and knock it out.
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No. 1045600 ID: e5709d

>Superhero Name
Something MGSy. Fanged Gosling?

C) Hm... it has two heads.
Blind one, crush the other. You'll still have a full set of organs to vivisect.
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No. 1045718 ID: 47ff7a
1045718

Probably too late to post this, but Another idea i had for any idea we do for any of the choices:
Summon a bunch of staples, and then shine lights at them, the shine the staples cause fromtl the light will be bright enough to blind the monster maybe

Whatever we do, take the exterminators comm if you happen to see it, would be nice to return it.
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No. 1045719 ID: 0838d6

rolled 89 = 89

DODGE THE ACID
SCORE TO BEAT - 50+
-20 SIZE SHIFT UP (penalty)
-10 PHYSICALLY RESTRAIN IT (penalty)
+10 USE NANO-STAPLES TO RESTRAIN HEAD 2 (bonus)

FINAL SCORE TO BEAT
SCORE >= 70 = SUCCESS
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No. 1045722 ID: 0838d6
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1045722

> SEWER ENTRANCE - CONFLICT
You think about what the creature has done, at this point it’s only acting in self defense, and it’s kind of cute, so hurting it would make you feel a little bad… But it’s also a large monster that can spit acid and definitely has a kin-shaped diet given its size, carnivorous heritage, and possible caloric intake. You might be making a mistake in this, but you decide to attempt to CORRAL and DELAY it. You take a step to the right, noticing a discarded comm. Picking it up, you see that it has 10% battery left, good enough. You flick on the built in FLASHLIGHT, thankfully that doesn't require unlocking it, and use both of your collected lights to blind the creature’s two heads.

Snake Head 1: *SHRIEK*
Snake Head 2: *HISSSS HISS SHRIEK*


In its moment of distraction, you do two things. First you start to shift, growing so that you’re only about a half- meter from hitting the ceiling with your head, just to give yourself some elbow room. You close in and wrap yourself around its first head, clamping it shut.

Then, with an ease that you find slightly unsettling, your mind partitions itself, effectively running in parallel as you order your nano-staple swarm to clamp itself around one of the heads like a makeshift muzzle. For the shits and giggles you form it so the exterior looks like a ball gag. Heh.
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No. 1045723 ID: 0838d6
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1045723

> THE DOCKS - BEACHSIDE - 2 UPDATES LATER
Your tactic is EXTREMELY effective. There is little to nothing the beast can do to open its dual maws and spew acid at you, and you’re big enough that it struggles to break free. The only thing you can’t do is stop it from wriggling and thrashing about. And thrash about it does. At one point you dunk its head in the water, but this appears to do nothing. You’re not sure if it’s amphibian, or if it can use either head to breath though. You get bruised slightly as it smacks you against the wall in the far too long minutes it takes as the clock ticks down towards your backup arriving.

And then night hits. The beast’s thrashing increases as it starts to head OUTSIDE to the docs, right into a waiting trap. There are two helicopters circling the area with spotlights, blinding the creature as it steps into the sandy beach, just short of the water. You can see two unmarked government boats closeby, mounted with some large hoses of some sort. It’s too dark to see anything else, but you do hear other, distinct noises. There’s a NATURAL DISASTER siren blaring, and the sound of kin off in the distance. Probably at the barcade balcony, they can DEFINITELY see the creature.

Comms: Operative Theta, keep her steady
You: IT’S BEEN 2 UPDATES OF THIS
You: I CAN’T REALLY GO MUCH LONGER YOU KNOW THAT
Comms: Noted, stamina enhancement facilities will be added to the training facility
You: HURRY *thrashing* UP

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No. 1045725 ID: 0838d6
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1045725

> BEACHSIDE - BOUND SNAKE PILE
The two boats let out a stream of something white, clumpy, and sticky looking. You recognize it to be ANTI-INFANTRY RESTRAINT FOAM. It was invented to nonlethally subdue mobs and kin who decided to radicalize with deadly weaponry. It’s also got a ton of other non-combat related uses for temporary shelters. At first, it slips off of the creature, but, noting that you’re out of the sewers, you grow to your maximum height of 3 Meters and PIN the thing down as best as you can. The foam starts to coalesce and lock the creature down. You get some on you in the end and are even partially stuck, but a quick size shift down breaks it off of you, and the creature is secured, muffled screams coming from its restrained jaws.

Comms: Good work Operative Theta
You: … We gotta talk about that name, that is NOT gonna be my hero name
Comms: Acknowledged, submitting a ticket for name reviewal
Comms: Good work out there
You: Thanks Alberta
Comms: CODE-NAMES-ONLY-OVER-COMMS-THANK-YOU


You can hear the crowd a little more clearly, there’s shock, awe, praise, and some kin comparing you to one of the mechs in Video Jajima’s hit SILICONE BOLT espionage games. You’re feeling your energy reserves dying down, and that you’ve only got a short time left in your transformation now that the conflict is over.

A. Greet your adoring fans
- Change what the public calls you, but to what?
- If you shill for the government they’ll be EXTRA happy with you

B. Return the comm to COCK AND REX
- Do an act of kindness
- Feel free to say or ask anything

C. Other
- Do or look for something else
- You can also choose to skip to the post-mission debriefing

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No. 1045727 ID: 629f2e

B, don't address the public. Be mysterious, leave them wondering. Doing a simple kind act will do a lot more for how they perceive you than any public address ever would.

Return the borrowed comm, and head home for the day.
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No. 1045728 ID: 71691d

A. As cool as it is to be mysterious, i much prefer getting to pick our name and build our rep.

Chompy!!!
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No. 1045729 ID: 19da02

A. CHOMPY
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No. 1045730 ID: d98cb8

Definitely gonna go with Chompy
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No. 1045731 ID: 9b127b

A. Chompy!
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No. 1045732 ID: 19da02

>>1045729
just to clarify, I am suggesting to be known as "Chompy"
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No. 1045734 ID: b7d43c

A, come on even the public would pick a snappier name than Chompy. Literally.
Let’s answer to Miss Tear.
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No. 1045738 ID: e5709d

Uh... your mask glamour does make you look like a general reptile, right?

A) Form a rope from your nanomachines and hitch a ride from a helicopter, blowing a kiss as you go.

Oh and your name is Sashimi (Japanese Staple Crop -> Rice, Pierced Body of Sushi with Rice Removed -> Sashimi)
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No. 1045739 ID: c2dac0

I was going to say B, but I realize if we return it to them now, they'll wonder how you know it belonged to them, and might suspect you're the staple remover they saw earlier since your the only one who heard them lose it. Instead, let Alberta, err... I mean "Two-Cans" or whatever her code name is or whichever other government official return the COMM to Rex and Cock instead.

Go for A, let them know your hero name (Chompy) for the rep. That way, we can have our fairy friend market our image later on once we get more popular, thats part of the benefits of having her as an ally after all.

And yeah, be sure to announce your thanks to the government too to let the public know they are safe with you and them around as it was a team effort. Gotta raise our relationship level with our govt friends after all by sharing the credit.

>>1045738
I like this idea, so heroric! But ONLY if we have enough staples to do that to keep our skirt relatively decent enough (even though it is a crotchless skirt already). Maybe use the staples from the snake too now that it is subdued so we dont ruin our skirt too much, and signal the helicopter closer to you to not make the rope too long.
Otherwise if we cant, just make your exit normally
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No. 1045740 ID: 36784c

>>1045725
A

As for shilling for the government, all you really need to do is politely ask that everyone stay back where it’s safe. Then tell them that they don’t need to worry about the giant 2 headed snake because the government agents will handle the situation.

>Chompy
Oh, come on! We can’t have a name that sounds so childish! We can do better than that!

How about Madama Scarlet (kinda like Madama Butterfly from Bayonetta)?

Or maybe we could be Red Riot?

What about Crimson Fang?
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No. 1045743 ID: 7c0da2

B. It's not yours after all. Give back the flashlight too.

>>1045734
+1 to that name.
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No. 1045747 ID: e950d6

>>1045725
A.

>adoring fans
They're ain't your adoring fans...yet. If you make a good first impression, then they will start to become your adoring fans.

But we definitely need a better name than "Chompy".

>>1045734
>Miss Tear
This sounds like a better name.
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No. 1045867 ID: 42a284

>>1045734
This
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No. 1045873 ID: e51896

I'll change my vote to Miss Tear after reading through the other suggestions.

consider this If we want: We can probably combine the two and say "The name's Chompy Tear, but you may call me 'Miss Tear!'" That way, people who like cute things can call us by the "Chompy" alias while people who want to see us as a cool superhero can call us by "Miss Tear"

Still want to let the Government give back the exterminator's comm later, though I did have one idea, they can probably look through the last few numbers that called them and see who called in that pest extermination of that giant snake, that way we can see who may have witnessed the giant monster and question them to get an idea of when exactly the snake was found wandering the sewers and maybe how... or the government can ask the exterminators when they return the comm. Either way, still give the Comm to the government and ask them to return it later. It's like evidence we found at the crime scene for now.
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No. 1045909 ID: 99ca7b

B but also strike a cool pose before you HERO JAUNT out of there.
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No. 1045929 ID: dcb9fb

>hero name game
I was kinda hoping we could have a name with a color in it that matches the color of our outfit. Like "[name of color of outfit] something".

>Chompy
>Miss Tear
We could be the "Red Chomp" or the "Scarlet Tear" or something.

.....wait, what even is the color of our outfit? Is it Rouge? Ruby? Scarlet? Red? I can't tell what color it is.
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No. 1045950 ID: a7a180

>>1045929
Scarlet Tear suggests a drop of blood, not bad. Still, officially I'd go by Miss (Rip and) Tear!
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No. 1045951 ID: 5499f4

rolled 7 = 7

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No. 1045970 ID: 5499f4
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1045970

> MISSION 0 - COMPLETE
This is it, the moment anyone with superpowers could dream of. You’ve got a captive public of *potential* fans. And the government can’t really stop you from stating a name better than your code name, so you wave your hands to the crowd as you shrink down to a normal size. You can see several of them pull out their comms to RECORD this moment.

You: Hey everykin, please stay back where it’s safe.
You: As you can see, WE have disabled the 2 headed creature.
You: And the government agents will protect the citizens as they handle it from here.
You: The name’s CHOMPY TEAR, but call me MISS TEAR.
You: Later~


You motion for a chopper to come closer and create a rope out of your nanomachines. You sort of wobble for a moment as you get on, but quickly get pulled up to the carriage, much to the surprise of the pilots. They close the door and in a much dimmer flash of light, return to normal. You’re a little scuffed up, but none the worse for wear. The chopper flies you back to the base, you’re exhausted, but you have the debrief to finish.

Your debrief is met with champagne and celebratory cheers. Your superiors are VERY happy with your work today. You not only successfully captured a live specimen, but you also shared credit with the government, which they were able to spin well in conservative news sources. The city’s favor towards you has grown. There’s one angry guy in the PR department, he wanted to change your callsign to [THE GOOD SAMARITAN or THE FRIEND], but was soundly rejected when the higher ups heard CHOMPY and MISS TEAR. Some of them are planning on focusing on refining that image, and you will receive a COMMAND later surrounding their decision. You’ve also gained a BONUS for your job well done.

Government Passive Income
+ 2 funds
Command successfully executed
+ You will be given a choice between 2 rewards once downtime begins
+ You will be allowed input on your callsign and hero name
Specimen captured
+ Kaiju research (results after downtime)
Government PR Adjustment
+ 2 Heroism [2 total]
2 were gained from the PR spin on your acts
+ 0 Visibility [1 total]
1 was gained for fighting in public


EDMANGO NOTE: And now for some COMPLICATIONS. We will roll for tension and see if there was something that you failed to prevent. Tension is added in a variety of different scenarios, typically when you get into conflict with a foe for the first time, are witnessed causing damage, are seen in costume, or if you take too long. For this first time I will provide a list of each of the events that added tension:

1 - Title drop
1 - Fought a new foe
2 - Delayed for 2 updates
1 - Nonlethally subdued and captured
TOTAL = [5]

> Attempting to roll over Tension value… [ROLL = 7]
> Success, nothing happens!!

Nothing happened this time and your foe lost, but next time you might not be so lucky.


After more paperwork, which Donna is conveniently absent from, you’re given leave but are told to remain in the city with your comm on hand, just in case another incident occurs.

You: Freeeeedom!
You: Time for social media then a nap.

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No. 1045971 ID: 5499f4
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1045971

> INTERMISSION - SOCIAL MEDIA
You pull out your comm as well as the one you found from Cock and Rex, handing it to Josephine, telling her to return it to them after they do whatever they need to do. Now that that’s out of the way, it’s time to browse the net and see what everykin’s saying about your appearance. While you get driven home by some random agent.

> CHIRPER
The platform is absolutely popping with news and clips of your fight. Well, it was pretty one-sided, but it was still a fight. You find the post with the most likes and comments, opening it to feed the vanity that always craved this kind of validation inside of you.

Swordnoob2057: Great superpowers are real and they don’t involve swords
Dogslayer: THE BIG BITCH IS HEEEERE, sit on me mommy~
TheSmallBitch: Her name better not be the big bitch, there’s only room in town for 1 bitch, me
Tipster: she didn’t kill and eat the snake in front of us on the beach 0/10.
BasicBoi: Chompy’s kind of a childish name though?
- Hopps’n’Crops: Whatch the full video fucknuts
- BasicBoi: Oh, i misheard, so she’s a [censored], what with the name Mister and all
- [BASICBOI HAS BEEN BANNED FOR VIOLATING THE HATE SPEECH TOS]
- Hopps’n’Crops: Baited
Entrance: Eh, I kind of like the names, one’s good for kids, the other for adults, it’s marketable
JajimaGames: She dresses like a protagonist from one of my games, would love to offer thanks
- BayoNutter: Jajima, I will cosplay as her, will you offer me “thanks” too?
DetectiveDunk: Hrm, Beast-kin or Object kin, the head’s like a lizard, but I saw no tail
- Mymushroom: Look at timestamp 3:04, the skirt sways kind of like there’s a tail there
- DetectiveDunk: That’s a distortion of the light, it sparkles with those weird staple things
- ItsTooLoudOutside: If super/psychic powers are real it’s likely in TF territory, no way to tell
MahouNiceGuy: Can’t believe govt has a supe on retainer, how can I get Mahou, goddess???
- HumerousZealot: Purchase my charming Financial Guide and you won’t need Mahou!
- SillyShiller: Or you could buy My guide to channeling the god of PURITY for power!
- DavidBib: I heard the charming Financial guide is impressive and everyone should buy it
- Strfindent: I’m coming back for you, you fucker
- DavidBib: Bring it
HotRatFromHell: Subscribe to my OnlyFaunus for Chompy/MissTear lewds
- Secret: So fast!
- SweetTorus: God I love the internet
- AcidFromAPoltergeist: Praise the 7 hells
AngryLotyl: Fucking fucks didnt fucking believe me I fucking knew monsters were real!!!
- WordLord: Stfu, ofc monsters are real
- EnslavedBredAndFed: There’s always that one guy trying to get in on the clout
- Entrance: Pics or it didn’t happen lmao
- AngryLotyl: I LOST MY PHONE, IT’S RECOVERING, I FLUFFING WILL
- Entrance: Sorry for your lost phone
- WordLord: +1
- SlaveOwnerPNG: EBAF tf are you doing here
- EnslavedBredAndFed: ITS MY VACATION TOO
SizeKing: She can get bigger, but can she get smaller and climb into my asshole?
- QueenOfMuff: Or, or, and just humor me, what if you climbed inside of a big her
- StuffingFairy: But… if she shrunk wouldn’t that crush you, or cause you to implode
- YeenBeanMachine: Let em dream, this shit’s right out of fanfic
- DetectiveDunk: Do you think the strength scales with height, or can she use regular sized-
FaunaFreak: That poor beast, it wasn’t harming any-kin, we need kin rights in here asap!
- FaunaFreak: What if it was a foreign feral beast-kin? What if this is a major foreign incident!
- TraverseTheLine: Would the government really subdue a big kin for no reason?
- TraverseTheLine: There’s probably some big conspiracy forcing her to do this!
- FaunaFreak: Just… look at the history of West Fluxtopa it’s [...]
[Expand 134 more posts?]



Nice you already got fanart, or is it cosplay after… 2 hours? That’s kind of ridiculous actually. You make a note to check out that later, for RESEARCH PURPOSES…. That last post about kin rights is a little concerning, but you’re sure the PR teams will do a good job handling it. You spend the rest of your break scrolling through the other social media, but it looks like they need more time before a good report comes out. You expect KitsuNews to have some opinion piece on you in the morning, that’ll be interesting to see.
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No. 1045972 ID: 5499f4
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1045972

> ??? - THE HISTORIC PARASITE
You reach your home, unlocking the door, and falling flat on your face. Your thoughts linger on that purple cat. It did help you find the crisis in time, but something’s off. You’re not sure if it’s a delusion or not, it has to be real… right? These thoughts assail you briefly before fading as you enter a restful slumber.

You’re in that dark space again, stars floating in the distance, but this time you feel pulled towards a specific direction, it’s the same as before, so you don’t resist it. That purple cat’s there again, it’s back to you.

[PURPLE CREATURE]: A [TOOL] certainly shows it’s use when wielded by [AUTHORITY]
[PURPLE CREATURE]: Wouldn’t you agree?
You: Uh


It turns around to face you, and licks the back of its paw, before grooming itself, and pausing.

[PURPLE CREATURE]: Ah right, names, the obsession of the mortals
[PURPLE CREATURE]: To find joy in [SPECIFICITY] and [UNIQUENESS]
[PURPLE CREATURE]: It’s been… a while since this one has gone by anything other than…
[PURPLE CREATURE]: Than a conceptual idealization really.
[PAZURU]: Call me [PAZURU]
[PAZURU]: I would say I was lonely, but that would be a [LIE]
[PAZURU]: I quite liked the [PEACE] of being [PUNISHED] as an [OBSERVER]
[PAZURU]: But then again, I am prattling on like some old crone
[PAZURU]: Choose two:

A. [PAZURU]: You could have a conversation with my formerly divine self
- Ask any questions you might have to the historic parasite
- She’ll pick the ones she’s most interested in answering

B. [PAZURU]: You could request the boon of mystical knowledge
- Learn how to use Mana-Based magic
- Will start the side quest - [ADDICTED TO MAGIC]

C. [PAZURU]: You could learn briefly about your true foe
- Learn about the origin of the Kaiju
- Will offer a hint to the [MAJOR CHALLENGE] you will face fighting your foes

D. [PAZURU]: Or, you could ask what this one wants
- Learn about [PAZURU]
- Will start the side quest - [PARASITIC REINCARNATION]

E. [PAZURU]: Or you could ask for something more specific
- Pick something else
- Though, what?

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No. 1045978 ID: 8483cf

A and D. We succeeded on our TENSION roll, we have time for sidequests for companions. Always max out the relationships!

Questions for Paz:

- Why were you punished?
- Why are we talking? What's our connection?
- What happens if I hang up the phone?
- Why am I naked?
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No. 1045979 ID: a7a180

BC, sure why not add more stuff to the toolbox.
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No. 1045980 ID: e5709d

>which they were able to spin well in conservative news sources
Insecure LOL

B, D
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No. 1045989 ID: 625df2

B.
It's good to have more options and with the Sub-brain we should be able to manage training everything, we don't have that many powers.
Are cybernenetics capped by the way? On the chart it says it's a bonus rule?

D.
Of course we are gonna help, it's what heroes do.
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No. 1045998 ID: 36784c

>>1045972
>pick 2
C
We’ll learn what’s happening and we can tell the government so they can start preparing ahead of time, instead of trying to do something at the last minute.

D
If she’s helping us, then it’s only fair that we help her.
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No. 1045999 ID: 99ca7b

Options B, D, and H
(the H stands for Hug)
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No. 1046018 ID: 629f2e

Cool as magic would be, we don't really want to add addiction to our growing list of concerns.

I'm for CDH. C to learn about what we're fighting, D to learn about our new friend, and H to hug them because they're cute.
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No. 1046021 ID: b1383a

>>1045972
C, E Can we hook up in floaty brain space?
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No. 1046034 ID: 244451

C), D) I'm really curious about historic parasite, but she works nice as omnipresent and multiverse character.
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No. 1046080 ID: a9af05

>>1045972
C , D
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No. 1046082 ID: e51896

(edited, deleted my old post to switch one of my votes from A to C since not a lot of people chose A)

E. HUG [PAZURU] as much as I want this to happen, ignore this choice

C. as much as I was A to happen to learn about this cat, Let's learn What our main threat is and get a peek into what's in store for us so we know how to prepare.
Tho we'll have to be careful to tell the government about it, as I want [Pazuru] to be one of the very few things to be kept a secret from them... you never know, she might be a demon after all.

D. We're heroes, we gotta help her if she's going to be our ally. I'm sure she'll appreciate it. It's the right thing to do, and we can learn more about her! I bet the sidequest involves finding her a body she can use as a vessel.

not B, we already got enough powers to focus on leveling up like size manipulation and our nanobots, we don't need more abilities to train. Plus, ADDICTION doesn't sound all that good.

bonus suggestion: Realize you left Donna behind at the arcade. Oh no!
eh, she's probably fine and will return when she's hungry. Most likely sleeping with Momo at her place.
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No. 1046200 ID: 0838d6
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1046200

> ??? - PAZURU - THE HISTORIC PARASITE
You: Well, I’m Hailey Mary
[PAZURU]: I know, I’ve been [WATCHING] you partially for this [CYCLE]
You: Whack, anywho, maybe tell me about this true foe.
You: Is it Kaiju? I hope it's Kaiju!


Pazuru exaggeratedly rolls her eyes at you

[PAZURU]: Well, at least you’re enthusiastic, the “Kaiju” as you call them are ancient beasts
[PAZURU]: Your planet existed billions of years ago as a fertile rock
[PAZURU]: And then the ancient beasts, known as [MEGAFAUNA] were deposited on the planet
[PAZURU]: I have… [THEORIES] as to the reason why, but cannot share them
You: Why not
[PAZURU]: Because [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
You: ???


You could hear the words, but… they were almost like static, almost like the cacophony you heard before, when [LUST] spoke, but more… [CHAOTIC]. Even thinking about what you tried to hear gives you a headache, a rare occurrence.

[PAZURU]: Suffice it to say, the planet was seeded with the origins of sapient life.
[PAZURU]: [EXTATEM], the [BEAST] of [LUST], progenitor of the [FLESH]
[PAZURU]: [LOGOS], the [TOOL] of [LOGIC], progenitor of the [BIPEDS]
You: Do you mean like Humans and Demi-humans?
[PAZURU]: Correct, though they played a part evolution for a time
[PAZURU]: [PUDICITIA], the [ANGEL] of [PURITY], progenitor of [CULTURE]
[PAZURU]: And lastly [SPES], the [SPARK] of [HOPE], progenitor of [PASSION]
[PAZURU]: There were [OTHERS], but for the sake of brevity I will only focus on these
[PAZURU]: They intermingled, reproduced, and spread their seeds, slowly losing sapience
[PAZURU]: Sacrificial, as they were meant to be, and accelerated development in this…
[PAZURU]: Relatively [SAFE] space
You: I think I’ve heard of them actually, some cultures worship them as gods that gave us life

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No. 1046201 ID: 0838d6
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1046201

> ??? - PAZURU - THE HISTORIC PARASITE
[PAZURU]: Yes, [PUDICITIA] did do a decent job of keeping their history extant for a time
[PAZURU]: It was twisted a fair bit due to [REDACTED], as if they could compare to gods
You: What’s this got to do with the Kaiju though?
[PAZURU]: Their less than sapient descendents, the [REMNANTS], [ARE] the [KAIJU]
You: … So I have to kill god, like in those wanomays and games?!?!?!
[PAZURU]: Let me answer your question with another
[PAZURU]: Are you the [AUTHORITY] or are you the [TOOL]?
[PAZURU]: Are you wielded, or do you wield?
[PAZURU]: [THAT] will inform your decisions.
[PAZURU]: The location of the remnants and of [PARADISO] are [SHROUDED]
[PAZURU]: I of course can enter freely, as I am not of [FLESH]


An image appears behind her, of an island, shrouded in mist, you see the shadows of giant creatures in the distance, and… Is that a dragon? With tits? Nice. The view switches to a top down perspective, and you can see the island moving at a flickering and stressful speed, distorting the water and anything that comes near it.

[PAZURU]: You must take steps to to [ANCHOR] the land of [PARADISO]
[PAZURU]: Whilst protecting sources of [ENERGY]
You: Uh, how?
[PAZURU]: Success must be earned, not given freely, else it is taken for granted


You ponder on her words, it sounds like she wants you to figure out the specifics for yourself. This is already a huge amount of information, so they’re after energy? Like Power Plants? Or could it be metaphorical? You shake your metaphysical head and ask your second question.

You: You said you wanted something
You: I am trying to be a hero after all, and it seems like you’ll be around
[PAZURU]: Ah, are you sure? You might regret knowing.
You: Of course I’m sure!

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No. 1046202 ID: 0838d6
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1046202

> ??? - PAZURU - THE HISTORIC PARASITE
[PAZURU]: It’s quite simple, truly, I am being denied [RELEASE], forced to [OBSERVE]
[PAZURU]: To put it in simple terms, I wish to die so that I may grow again
You: Uhhhhhh what
[PAZURU]: You might not understand, but in this place I cannot enact [CHANGE]
[PAZURU]: Well, except through you now, however, the gains will be minimal to me
You: I uh, kind of would rather not kill you if I can help it
[PAZURU]: Regardless, I was informed of a [CHANCE] long ago
[PAZURU]: Find me a [WILLING VESSEL], or [CRAFT] one, I care not which
[PAZURU]: It must have [VAGUELY FELINE] traits
[PAZURU]: And I shall [COHABITATE] with it until it’s demise
[PAZURU]: If successful, I will be [REPLACED] with a new [OBSERVER]
[PAZURU]: And it would be treated as a [SHORTENED] sentence.
You: Uh, what did you do?


[PAZURU] grows silent at your question, and you can see flickers of… something, emotions? Images. You see an inky black creature, twisted and distorted, it’s wearing a distinct red poncho. They are surrounded by kin that look on in horror. There is an intense amount of [LOVE], [SADNESS], and [FEAR] filling the crowd. Then you feel an intense [DESIRE] to [RETURN] to the past, to [FIX] things, and then the feeling is gone.

[PAZURU]: I didn’t do enough, that’s what
[PAZURU]: I was taunted and didn’t do enough…
[PAZURU]: Begone, we shall speak again soon enough
You: Wait, how do I-

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No. 1046204 ID: 0838d6
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1046204

> INTERMISSION - DOWNTIME
You wake up in a cold sweat, a nightmare? No, that was real, but that vision, with the red poncho, you feel like you’ve seen it before, almost like… You’ve seen it in a video game you played. But that’s crazy, why would that be? You get up and wash your face, there’s a lot to do, better get to it. You look at your COMM, there’s a notification from an unknown number, and you see a photo of Donna cradled deep inside of Momo’s breasts, she’s also very naked. Looks like she was off having A GOOD TIME while you were busy, dammit, you could have fucked a cool fox, though there’s always next time…

You: I guess I’ll have to just coast off of the satisfaction of being a hero instead…
You: Though honestly it’s kind of fulfilling…
You: Okay less talking to myself, more doing stuff!


After pumping yourself up you pull up your comm, to begrudgingly check your work email, and immediately sigh when you see an email from the government. You’ll look at it after you do ONE activity. There’s a lot of legal jargon that you can’t be bothered to read.You have a total of 2 downtime actions and 1 free “hangout” action due to your impeccable time management skills gained from working at the brothel. What do you do?

EDMANGO NOTE: It’s time for DOWNTIME, use this convenient chart to pick what you’re going to do. Please vote for 2 options, the first you vote will count twice, and we’ll handle downtime events one at a time, you can also suggest alternate activities. Also important to note that a RANDOM EVENT will be rolled at the end of downtime to start off your next mission.

You may choose to spend time with anyone you’ve met thus far, but please keep in mind that you only have enough room in your life for 3-4 more confidants AT THE MOST. You can have as many F Rank acquaintances as you like, but are limited in the number of C or higher ranked companions for the sake of narrative focus.

A list of met characters can be found on the stats page:
- STATS: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats#Relationships
- You can also choose to spend time on the internet, making online friends or playing games
- Anyone that posted on the intermission is able to become a named character
- I encourage you to do fun or weird stuff, as the results may surprise you!

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No. 1046205 ID: e5709d

Train in Size, Go to Work, Hangout with Donna
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No. 1046213 ID: 908530

>>1046204
I want to personally work on our PR. Is Sex Symbol a direction we can take it?

For our other downtime action, we should get another random encounter. This seems like it will be the best way to meet new people as our civilian identity.
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No. 1046215 ID: 0838d6

>>1046213
EDMANGO NOTE: Sex symbol is a valid direction that can be chosen, however I would like an example of what you're doing to change yourself towards a sex symbol instead of a hero or a menace since that's something a bit different

Also feel free to ask questions, the deadline for this update is on the 13th, I'll answer any specifics that confuse anyone

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No. 1046236 ID: a7a180

Train your proficiency in size shifting, do your job, and hang out with Alberta.
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No. 1046248 ID: bbb04b

> FREE HANGOUT
Catch up with Pioggi. He's probably in a, if not good, then at least vindicated mood, and he's the closest thing we have to a proactive lead on PARADISO (not to mention that we do have an in with some interested parties if he wants more than just clout out of this find). Also, the dude kinda needs a touchstone friend in his life. Also, also; a cute, dapper, and stone-cold professional freak in the bedroom, if you can afford him. ("I know what I'm worth!")

> ACTION 1: TRAIN
Train up your Nanobots power; that stuff has sooooooo much potential for abuse if you know how to get creative with it.

> ACTION 2: SHOPPING
Purchase a Lair. It's the logical next step... (yes yes yes YES YES!)
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No. 1046254 ID: 1620be

1. Go to work, earn two wealths before we do anything else

2. Train your Size! Use 1 or 2 wealth on that

Hang out with Alberta
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No. 1046267 ID: a9af05

>>1046204
I'm curious on how spending money on a trainer would help us train our powers? We're supposedly the only one with these powers, so it seems kinda weird that we'd be able to find someone that can train us to use our powers.

>action 1
Train in size shifting. The kaiju are possibly gonna be getting bigger, so we've gotta make sure we can keep up.

>action 2
Go to work. Might as well do something normal.

>Free hangout
Go hang out with Pioggi. He'll probably appreciate the fact that, even if he can't prove it yet, we believe him about what he saw.
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No. 1046283 ID: 8483cf

REMINDER TO EVERYONE THAT WE PASSIVELY GET TWO WEALTH EVERY MISSION BECAUSE OF DONNA AND THE GOVERNMENT, PLUS MERCH SALES ON TOP OF THAT

Seriously though, we have Donna’s passive income from figurines in the future, and the salary from the government job, which was boosted from Donna’s negotiation. We don’t have to work another day in our lives.

We should spend time training to be a hero, we have the time and the money.

I vote we:

>Buy a lair (no action needed)

>Train size shifting. Gotta fight. Maybe our nanobots can get bigger as we do! MEGABOTS

>Work on PR (social media). Donna and Hailey can absolutely team up to be geniuses at this. We need an official presence everywhere: Tweetr, Staplebook, Instafam, OnlyFaunus. EVERYWHERE.

>Hang out with Pioggi, he’s cool
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No. 1046285 ID: 908530

>>1046215
I'm thinking we could model for risque posters and engage with some of the horny talk on chatter.
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No. 1046286 ID: 908530

>>1046285
We could also modify our costume to be sexier.
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No. 1046291 ID: 36784c

>>1046204
I kinda want to hang out with our boss, Gavin the Dragon. If we get a good enough relationship with him, he'll excuse us not showing up for work when we have to run off to be a hero.

While we're at the Ruffled Haunch, we might as well work for our 1st action.

Then we can train Size Shifting as our 2nd action.

>>1046267
>I'm curious on how spending money on a trainer would help us train our powers? We're supposedly the only one with these powers, so it seems kinda weird that we'd be able to find someone that can train us to use our powers.
I mean, I would think that maybe our government allies have a training facility set up for us and we're paying them to give us ideas on how to improve our powers.
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No. 1046293 ID: e51896

>>1046291
Your right, Alberta mentioned they have a training facility here >>1045723
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No. 1046304 ID: 5a2d9b

Let's train our size shifting. Kaijus will become bigger, we shall become even bigger. Or smaller I guess, we could ride nanobots into battle if we become small enough.

Then shopping !
I'm not sure if it's possible but I wondering if we could by a train to serve as a base AND vehicule. It would combo nicely with the nanobots I think. And it's a big vehicule, we could ride in it when we are small and on it when we are big.

For the Free Hangout I suggest Faunafreak, the one who was worried about harming the kaiju.
It will help PR and it's good to try to understand what people dislike about our actions. And, well, I also think it's a legitimate concern, especially after what Pazuru said about their origin and being the Authority or the tool, I don't think we should blindly kill them.
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No. 1046336 ID: 2aa5f0

Train in Size

Go to Work

Hangout with Donna
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No. 1046338 ID: 244451

Roll the dice! RNG POWER!!!

Hang out with Naail to check possesion disponibility.

Train

Buy a scooter

Hang out with Donna?
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No. 1046351 ID: fdb84d

>>1046215
>ask questions
I've got a question: Since most of the votes are wanting to go to the Ruffled Haunch and the stat page says we're allowed to hangout with someone for free there, does this mean that we'll have 2 downtime actions and 2 free “hangout” actions?

I'm asking to see if you'd allow this, since one hangout action was given to us and another hangout action would be from the Ruffled Haunch's bonus.
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No. 1046360 ID: 8f4c06

>>1046204
Here, it says >You have a total of 2 downtime actions and 1 free “hangout” action due to your impeccable time management skills gained from working at the brothel. 

Because we work at the Ruffled Haunch as our career choice, we get to hang out with someone as a free bonus action . If we didnt work there, i assume we'd only have two downtime and no free hangout action like we do now.
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No. 1046379 ID: 5499f4

EDMANGO NOTE: here's some answers

> Nanobots training
You can't do that yet, the only way to do that is to give FUNDING to the GOVERNMENT or find a specialized trainer (the Eccentric Scientist) who can help you get more cybernetics. Cybernetics only improve with more cybernetics or with creative use.

> How does spending money on a trainer help your powers
You work with the government so they'll spend time thinking about applications, training methods, and more effecient methodologies. Giving them funding means they can buy stuff for you to use and try out. If you didn't have the government then you'd be spending money on esoteric books, comics, traveling, and trying to get inspiration. Though if you find someone with superpowers that can train your skillset that would be more effective.


> Donna's figurine sales
This will be a plot point coming up soon, but hasnt earned you anything yet

> Govt. Training facility
It's a garbage training facility at the moment, but you'll be getting an update on that soon

>>1046351
Nice try, no you dont get 4 total actions, just the 3. I let bloat happen in shards and I shall not repeat the same mistake here. But you can spend time with more than one person at once, just expect the confidant ranking growth to be slower since it's being split unless you spend mad money.

> Do you lose the perk if you lose your job?
No, the perk has no corellation to your job loss, however if something happens and the government kicks you out or can no longer fund you, then you'll need to find a job if you lost this one, but they're very lax since it's just part time. It *should* have a correlation with your job, but then it'd be no different from the high paying jobs, so I'm just hand waving this as a gimme.

> Unasked Question: Rent
You dont have to pay rent as it automatically comes out of your funds. You'll only have to pay rent on Lairs or if you want a bigger place or something. It's an abstraction to make the quest focus just on hero related stuff and not become micromanagy

> Unasked Question: You're going to have a lot of money
Then that just means you'll deal with money problems as a plot point ;)

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No. 1046461 ID: 0838d6
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1046461

> INTERMISSION - TRAINING
You peek out the window, it's the crack of dawn, you're restless. Might as well get some morning exercise in. You head to the tiny office space that the government provided to you. It's got a decently sized warehouse attached and is isolated away from any major housing centers, so you can make some noise if you need to.

You shift back and forth, rolling the dice many times, and try numerous ideas, this time using your shifting powers outside the suit and find that, after some extended effort that leaves you panting and sweating on the ground, you can grow a bit bigger. Your mind immediately goes into overdrive at this revelation, consolidating these gains. You go at it again, with a renewed vigor and a few spectators, and can almost see two, no, three paths laid out in front of you.

You have gained (1(base)x2(sub-brain-bonus) = 2XP) in SIZE SHIFTING
SIZE SHIFTING has increased to [RANK B], you require [4 MORE XP] to reach [RANK A]
+ In suit size increase to 3cm(min)/600cm(max)
+ Out of suit size increase to 100cm(min)/250cm(max)
You've gained a SPECIALIZATION

PICK ONE
A. Granularity
- Size shifting can selectively target limbs
- Expend stamina to explosively increase strength in in short bursts

B. Reinforcement
- Retain normal strength when small
- Become four times as strong when big

C. Consolidation
- Size shifting becomes instantaneous
- You can size shift for longer


But just as you’re about to choose, Alberta comes up to you, coughing to get your attention. You feel a fleck of annoyance as you’re pulled away from your focus, but shrug it off as she addresses you.

Alberta: You should REALLY check your email sometimes
You: But there was just too many woooooooorrrrrddddsssssss
Alberta: Well it involves us, and this place, though the specifics haven’t been given to me
Alberta: Also, we gotta talk about DONNA
You: Is it important?
Alberta: More annoying than anything else, just read the email first.


You sigh and check out the email, finally reading through it. Looks like you’ve got a CHOICE to make, and it’s really good too!!!!

PICK ONE
1. Upgrade your government funded workplace into a [LAIR]
- You will get one random lair bonus valued between [1-3 FUNDS]
- This includes a free set of comfortable, ergonomic chairs and a snack room!
- You can also suggest any aesthetic changes you want

2. Cash reward
- Get [1 FUNDS]
- Everyone else you work with also gets [1 FUNDS]
- Everyone will be very happy with this decision

3. Other
- Make a specific request
- But what?
- Stats: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats

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No. 1046462 ID: a7a180

Consolidation! Time limits are the worst. You'll still be strong when big!
Also establish a lair. Everyone will be happy with a snack room!
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No. 1046467 ID: bbb04b

B: Reinforcement. Being big is rendered partially irrelevant if you can't take full advantage of it, and being small is insanely dangerous without it.

1: LAIR LAIR LAIR LAIR! Gotta be crimson, like you, and with racing stripes 'cause you wanna buy a good bike eventually. Crossing my fingers for a dedicated garage/hidden vehicle launch point, but obviously don't expect it to just happen.
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No. 1046469 ID: 8483cf

>>1046467
Agreed. Make our strengths stronger when big, and weaknesses smaller when, uh, smaller.

Lair is good too. Aesthetics... how about a nice, nostalgic break room with a water cooler for gossip?
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No. 1046472 ID: e51896

C. CONSOLIDATION! This is highly important.
While the other two are fun, I think we should be patient and first need to focus on growing quickly if we want to spend more time fighting monsters and not waste a turn changing size and not get caught by an attack while we grow. Next time, we can choose between the other two powers.
plus as >>1046462 said, we're still strong enough when big right now, and we're still in early game territory, I don't think the monsters are going to be super tough to deal with right now, but right now they can still attack us if we're taking too long to change size. And we can use our size shifting for longer without worrying too much on losing energy


I think I'll go for 1. lair, it's something we can share with our buddies too! Plus, if they're gifting us the lair, we won't have to buy it ourself later!

Things to keep in mind, we should probably sometime after our mission buy at least a wealth 2 ride to get to our objectives quicker, and some armor and/or weapons to protect ourself (mainly armor)
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No. 1046473 ID: 629f2e

C, Consolidation. Instant size-shifting has a lot of potential, from turning small to dodge attacks or growing while throwing out a punch to weave past an opponent's guard (since the hit comes in higher than they planned for). Plus, the extra stamina will be useful if the government insists that we keep kaiju alive long enough for them to extract them.

And 1, Lair. Cool as it'd be to get all your pals some cash, getting a real lair is just the most practical option.
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No. 1046479 ID: c4b6a6

A. Granulatiry. These all look great but I can't resist the GIGACHOMP finisher.

Lair for the bonus.
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No. 1046483 ID: e5709d

A) But only if it means enhance knockers
Otherwise B

2) Cash Reward - Your team gets a total of 3 Funds and you get relationship XP
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No. 1046493 ID: 36784c

>>1046461
C and 1

>stat page update
>[PRIMAL PENATLY] is currently at RANK F
Eventually we’ll have to find a way to counter these penalties, but for now, they’re not dangerous yet.
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No. 1046507 ID: 9f1bb6

B. More strength opens up a lot a possibilities. Better to take a turn and then be at full power for the rest of the fight than to have less power immediately. And it also makes being small less dangerous.

2. Buying a lair is cheaper than spending funds to level relationships.
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No. 1046512 ID: ddfcf8

Consolidation and lair.
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No. 1046516 ID: f2320a

>>1046461
A
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No. 1046561 ID: 5d9599

B. Reinforcement and 2. Cash reward
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No. 1046651 ID: 5499f4
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1046651

> INTERMISSION - TRAINING II
You: Oh, this is rad, let’s get them to upgrade the office
You: Should be more cost effective and time effective than doing it myself
Alberta: Well, just send them the reply then
You: Aaaaaand….. Done!
Alberta: They’ll probably finish construction in a few Updates

Your workplace will be upgraded into a [LAIR]
- Your randomly decided lair bonus will finish construction at the end of the intermission
- Your Lair will have a RUBY RED aesthetic

Alberta: Now, about Donna
You: Yeah, where is she anyway?
Alberta: She’s been pestering everyone for some FUNDS
You: Hah, that sounds like her
Alberta: She’s got the CRAZY scheme about making toys designed after her
Alberta: Well I say crazy, it’s not that crazy, it’s just expensive and she wants everyone’s funds
Alberta: She’ll probably bother you soon about it, but, yknow, we’re not FUNDY TREES


You feel slight flecks of annoyance at these statements, not that there’s anything factually wrong, you just, at this moment, want to keep training. Weird, you haven’t felt like this since you were a kid. You decide to continue working out, just to get this feeling to go away.

You: Yeah, I’ll talk to her, maybe we can get a cut of the royalties!
Alberta: Ugh Hailey, please, don’t enable EVERY flight of fancy she has, that could end poorly…
Alberta: At least get her to buy a blessed comm already or something, seriously.
Alberta: I get the feeling she’ll just spend all her funds on trivialities and not afford food
You: I’ll deal with that later, I think I’m close to a breakthrough.

You selected the [CONSOLIDATION] specialization
- You can instantly size shift and last longer!
- The effects will fully mature at the end of the Intermission

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No. 1046652 ID: 5499f4
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1046652

> INTERMISSION - DOWNTIME
Time seems to go by quickly as you focus on training your stamina and reflexes, and those flecks of annoyance all but vanish. You just needed a good workout to clear your mind! You wipe yourself down with a towel and the office sink as you browse Chirper for anything new.

You’re getting quite a few ads today, and what’s worse is that they’re for a SUPER SICK RUBY RED MOTORCYCLE. It’s got a sleek, modern design and comes with the latest in safety foam technology meant to prevent horrible accidents and dissolve easily so that you don’t get stuck in explosions. It taunts and teases you with its sensuous edges and energy saving batteries. You look at the cost, [2 FUNDS]. You have enough now, but… should you, would you? You could always go to work and earn more so you can guarantee to get it, but what about Donna? She probably needs money, and could make you more money, but maybe she should earn it on her own?

You put your Comm away and clack your jaw in contemplation of what you want to do next with your free time.

PICK TWO - Your first selection will get 2 votes, the action with the most votes will happen next.
A. Work at the Ruffled Haunch
- Text from Gladys: Oi, come in already, I want moral and physical support, the job kind.
- Get [2 FUNDS]
- 20% chance someone can help find you a discounted motorcycle

B. Hang out with Donna
- Text from Momo: Donna just found out that I’m fiscally challenged and her expressions are quite amusing!
- Donna will pitch you her get rich quick scheme
- You’ll get to see Momo again

C. Hang out with Pioggi
- Text from Pioggi’s sister: This is Pioggi, having tech troubles, you should fix it for me
- He needs help fixing his Comm so that you can see the photo of [PARADISO]
- You’ll get to meet Pioggi’s sister on her boat-house

D. Other
- Refer to post >>1046204 for more options
- Shopping takes an action, but you will be given options as well as the ability to buy specifics
- Stats: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats

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No. 1046653 ID: 629f2e

B, because you gotta spend some time with Donna. You left her to her own devices last time, spend some time with your fairy companion.

C, because really I just want to meet his sister. Though the pic of the island might help us. Even if it doesn't, it'll at least make him feel better to show off the proof. Maybe the government will appreciate it?
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No. 1046654 ID: 8b43ab

A for the funds plz, we'll be really useful for buying a trainer, buying a scooter, and/or buying armor. Plus, LEWDS!

C so we can see about getting those pics of the island he took to send to the government to help us investigate, and he seems cool. That seems real important

Talk to Donna either tonight or tomorrow.

We can talk to Donna o
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No. 1046657 ID: a7a180

I mean, it's a bit early for her to merchandise herself... no, she does want those product lines ready to go when she does hit the limelight, fair enough.
D: Go clothes shopping! You can wear anything that catches your eye no matter what the size, and you also need more spandex in your wardrobe. Something that fits you at the very small and very tall ends is going to be tricky, you'll probably want shirts that can double as a sundress?
Then A, Motorcycle connections, yes please.
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No. 1046658 ID: 8483cf

C, then D: Clothes shopping. I'd like to see a new locale (boat-house) and this is a great intro! Plus I just like boats.

Also Donna is a gem, but clothes shopping is too good to pass up. Sorry Donna, I promise we'll hang with you and Momo when we can!
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No. 1046659 ID: e5709d

B) Help Donna start a cashflow
A) Keep your secret identity stable and make some moolah while you're at it.
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No. 1046661 ID: 864754

A
C
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No. 1046662 ID: 7c0da2

C. Let's see this photo, it may give us some idea of how exactly we are supposed to anchor an island.
B. Let's hear Donna's pitch before choosing how to spend the FUNDs.
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No. 1046663 ID: d98cb8

:momotalk: "Obviously B, since you'll get to come see me!

But if not that, why not do A and pick up a little work? It's good to get out and make new connections, meet new people, and no better way to do it than on your back with your legs spread~"
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No. 1046673 ID: 99ca7b

A, cause dat bike.

C, cause that sounds important
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No. 1046674 ID: bbb04b

C; dude appreciates a fast response, and clues are always welcome.

Followed by B; long-term gains, baby.
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No. 1046688 ID: a9af05

>>1046652
B. Hang out with Donna

C. Hang out with Pioggi
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No. 1046697 ID: c161fb

C 1st, B 2nd
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No. 1046712 ID: 36784c

C , B
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No. 1046725 ID: 2a3927

>>1046652
C. That photo could help us out. And if the government questions why we're listening to a warning we got in a dream, we just tell them that it's probably a side effect of our super powers. They might believe that.

B. We need to spend time with our fairy friend.
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No. 1046771 ID: 0838d6
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1046771

> INTERMISSION - HANGOUT WITH PIOGGI [FREE]
You firm your decision and say goodbye to the kin at the office, taking a bus to the DOCKS. The salty air of the sea begins to assault your senses through the barely cracked window of the bus, giving you a craving for sushi. You see more ads for food, boats, boat houses, and the VIDEO JAMES BARCADE. Eventually you reach the BOATHOUSE PIER and head off to marina D01.

The only boathouse you see on this pier is a medium sized craft, the exterior is spacious and the edges are decorated with planters that are blooming with various fruits and veggies. You step aboard the vessel and it wobbles slightly. After getting your bearings you knock on the door to the interior. It takes a few moments before a rather chubby Aqua-kin opens the door to greet you. Her seaweed-like hair covers her eyes, but this does not stop you from seeing the massive, sharp, toothy grin she gives you. You recognize her to be Nubs, Pioggi's sister.

Nubs: Ah, welcome aboard!
Nubs: Yer Pioggi's friend righ?
Nubs: OI PIOGGI YA DIDNT TELL ME YA WERE FRIENDS WITH A HOTTIE!


You do your best not to blush at her overt flirting, and you're successful. All those years of sex work have trained your flirting instincts. Instead, you fight back

You: And those pics I've seen haven't done you justice
You: Specially yer sharp maw
You: It's so hard to find somekin with teeth as sharp as mine!
Nubs: I know riiiiigh?
Nubs: Everykin's all like omnivore this, four canines that
Nubs: Where's the love for the highly carnivorous kin with descalers nd’ grinders for sea life?


You clack your maw and chuckle, this lady's great! After a moment you hear the telltale sound of a toilet flushing as Pioggi exits the restroom.

Pioggi: Oh good, over here
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No. 1046773 ID: 0838d6
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1046773

> INTERMISSION - HANGOUT WITH PIOGGI [FREE]
He gestures for you to follow and you head over to a table where you see a brand new comm connected to a pretty old and beat up looking laptop. It works, but seems a little slow.

Pioggi: Fix it, it’s broken
You: Uh, how?
Pioggi: I can’t get it to bring back anything from the clouds
Nubs: I can’t believe they store computers in the clouds now
You: Do you mean the cloud?
Nubs: Don’t be fishdiculuous!
Nubs: How could all those computers be held in just one cloud!
Pioggi: In case it wasn’t clear, technology escapes us
Nubs: Nah, that’s wrong, I can fix the engine on my boat here and do hand crafts!
Nubs: I’m a genius!


Normally, this is where you’d see Pioggi get up in a huff over something minor, but he seems much calmer, much more at least. Still just as stern and forceful with his words, but like his turbulent thoughts are calmer somehow. And then you hear a comm ringing. Nubs pulls out a very dated FLIP-COMM and excuses herself, claiming it’s a call from her HOT FISH BEAU, she explains that he runs a fishing ToriTori channel and she scoots outside. She then pokes her head back in for a moment and briefly states that she doesn't mind sharing before giving you another toothy grin and what you imagine is a wink.

Pioggi shrugs and points to the laptop, it’s beat up, but there’s wifi connection. It’s honestly not too hard to help Pioggi with the whole process. Eventually you get the device to bring back the cloud data. It’s going to take some time, and Nubs even returns after a little, carrying a rather large fish. She starts to filet it in the background and the fishy smell gets you craving sushi again, it’s to the point that your stomach grumbles.

Nubs: Oh I gotchu fam, lemme sashimi up some of this ere’ cod!
You: Uh thanks

A. You: So did you hear that superpowers are real?
- Talk about the news
- Hear what Nubs and Pioggi think about it

B. You: Why didn’t you tell me your sister was this hot?
- Flirt with Nubs
- Hear an embarrassing story

C. Other
- You could technically go do something else, since the work is done
- Ask or say something else, feel free to tweak one of the other options as well
- Stats: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats

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No. 1046775 ID: 7c0da2

C. Offer to borrow the laptop to repair it.
We'll actually do it with the nanobots, it's an opportunity to try hacking and precision work with them and Pioggi will probably be thankful.
And discuss recent events if there is still enough time to talk. They live on the DOCKS, maybe they saw things before the Kaiju revealed itself?
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No. 1046776 ID: bbb04b

A: Nubs is flirty, but she has someone, so I wouldn't say it's an urgent matter. Maybe later; become friends before you become lovers (off-hours), even if it looks like she can take it fast. Plus, I really am curious about what Pioggi thought of the whole thing after he came down from his vindication high.
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No. 1046778 ID: d36a71

A, this will inform flirtation decisions later.
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No. 1046779 ID: 629f2e

B. You cannot resist the magnetic pull that is Nubs.
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No. 1046869 ID: 36784c

>>1046773
A
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No. 1046871 ID: 8483cf

A. Save the flirting for Momo
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No. 1046890 ID: 591e1d

A
And once we get the picture, I say we show the picture to JOSEPHINE, and tell her to look into it. Knowing her being interested in the paranormal, I'm sure she'd be excited and willing to investigate it.
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No. 1046970 ID: 5499f4
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1046970

> INTERMISSION - HANGOUT WITH PIOGGI [FREE]
You: So, did you hear that superpowers are real?!?!
Nubs: Glub?
Pioggi: Eh?
You: Are you uh, not at all excited
Nubs: Uh, superpowers aren’t real hun
Pioggi: Yeah, are YOU on drugs Hailey?
You: First off, turnabout is fair play, but I am not on drugs.
You: Second, NO ONE HAS TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH YOU?!?!?!


It’s only been a few days, but you’re honestly shocked they haven’t even heard a peep about this. You explain that there was some GEORGEOUS RUBY RED HERO who subdued a GIANT SNAKE at the DOCKS, which surprises the two of them. You then show them both the video and watch as their expressions turn to shock.

Pioggi: S E E!
Pioggi: I told you Nubs!
Pioggi: T O L D Y O U S O!
Nubs: Ok but she’s hawt tho
Nubs: Need a that big lady to sit on lil’ ol’ me pronto
Pioggi: You’d die.
Nubs: Worth it.
Pioggi: Yer Beau would be sad.
Nubs: No, he’d respect me going out doing something I love
Nubs: Just like I’d respect him getting eaten by a giant fish, or him eating a giant fish
Pioggi: You’re both so fucking weird

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No. 1046971 ID: 5499f4
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1046971

> INTERMISSION - HANGOUT WITH PIOGGI [FREE]
Nubs looks extremely infatuated with the image of you online and swoons when the you on the screen addresses the camera. Pioggi seems to feel vindicated that he DID in fact see a giant monster. His phone then beeps as it has finished downloading the cloud data and he pulls up the image.

It’s surprisingly clear even though you can tell that it’s raining. You see the island, similar to the one you saw in that weird space with Pazuru. But what you catch is that there’s actually several points on the island with INCREDIBLY DENSE MIST. The mist seems to be radiating out, wrapping the island and forming some sort of barrier.

You: You said a big wave hit, yeah?
Pioggi: What about it?
You: I think when the island appeared or vanished or whatever it displaced the water
You: Thus causing that wave
Pioggi: When did you become a miss smart-y-skirts
You: I fixed your Comm Pioggi, I’ve always been smarter than you.
Nubs: B U R N!
Nubs: Could be the snake popping out that caused the crashing waves tho
Nubs: Anything that can come from there to here, if that IS what happened
Nubs: Would have to at the very minimum know how to swim.
Pioggi: Why weren’t you this helpful when I was talking about this before!
Nubs: Becuz I didn’t believe ya, ya crispy fish stick!
Nubs: Old sailor tales are fantasy, I didn’t want ya going all delusional
You: Hey can I get a copy of this, I wanna give it to my government buddies
Pioggi: Yeah, sure, sent.
Nubs: Eww, the government’s slicker than an eel you know that righ?
You: Maybe, but they did successfully stop a giant snake from destroying the city
Nubs: Ugh does this mean I have to maroon my baby, is the water even safe…
Pioggi: Okay, you can go now Hailey, thanks or whatever.
Nubs: UGhhhhhHGHGHhhhhh you know how I get on land fish sticks
Pioggi: Pff, can’t be worse than me, I have an apartment in the RED district.
Nubs: UGGHHHHHGHHHHHHH or maybe I can try fishing for one of these gian-
Pioggi: Nubs, don’t, just...

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No. 1046972 ID: 5499f4
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1046972

> INTERMISSION - DOWNTIME
You leave, sensing this is about to get deeply familial, but not before you grab the promised sashimi that was bundled up for you. It’s savory and covered in a lovely eel sauce, you much on it as you wander to the bus stop.

Then you feel goosebumps on the back of your neck, giving you the sensation that this is going to be the last bit of free time you have before your next MISSION. You send the photo to your government contacts and suggest they investigate more into it as it might be a CLUE towards the monstrous origins. You also flip through your Comm, noticing you have a few unread messages.

From Donna: New phone biiiiiiitch
From Donna: Or wait they’re called Comms here
From Donna: New Comm biiiiiiiitch!
From Donna: Also I need a FAVOR
From Donna: Comm hoooooooooooooooooooooome


Looks like Donna really wants to get you in on her get rich quick scheme. You wonder just what she has in mind. There’s also a message from Alberta.

From Alberta: Haven’t seen ya in a while
From Alberta: Well not at work anyway
From Alberta: Still on for ladies night at Steve’s?


Oh shit, it is that time of the week. Hmmm, why can’t there be more time, or just more of you! Why didn’t you end up with some cool multiplication power instead of growing big! Maybe you can do both, or combine them into one!

This will be your final downtime activity.

PICK 2 - First choice gets 2 points, option with the most points happens next
A. Go to Ladies night at Steve’s
- Get drinks with the ladies
- You may describe a character to add to the setting or introduce one from the chart

B. Talk business with Donna
- Donna will pitch you her get rich quick scheme
- Apparently Momo is going to help somehow

C. Invite Donna to Ladies night
- Talk drinks AND money
- 50% chance you make a risky business decision due to the alcohol

D. Do something else
- Refer to post >>1046204 for more options
- Stats: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats

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No. 1046977 ID: a7a180

A for Antoinette, an ant lady that's sweet as honey, just like the drink she downs copiously.
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No. 1046981 ID: 15c72a

>>1046972
🅱️
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No. 1046982 ID: e5709d

C) Regular risk does not factor in giant monsters crushing various businesses.
Just saying.
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No. 1046983 ID: a7a180

>>1046977
And a secondary vote for shopping!
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No. 1046984 ID: e51896

Ask how da fuq she got your phone number?

Since we can vote for two things, I'm going to vote B TWICE. A favor is a favor, and Alberta and the higher ups did tell you to talk to Donna, so she has no reason to complain if you cant make it. Just let her know you need to talk to Donna like the govt wanted.

(Plus not feeling lucky right now).

Also, Momo!
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No. 1046985 ID: 629f2e

First vote C, because we should spend some time with Donna and also keep our previous commitments, and I'll either forego my second vote or also place it on C as well.
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No. 1046986 ID: 8483cf

First: B, then: C.

Gotta earn money to waste money!
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No. 1047029 ID: bbb04b

Primary C, secondary B. Make an effort to have everyone go light on the alcohol until negotiations are done.
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No. 1047036 ID: 244451

C) Because I like risk and A) Because I like Alberta
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No. 1047038 ID: d98cb8

B and then C

Even if I wasn't biased, which I comfortably am, I'd still be curious about whatever idea Donna has that seems to only be gaining in urgency
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No. 1047040 ID: 7c0da2

C and B

Also, I am in favor of making the risky business decision even if the alcohol doesn't forces us to.
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No. 1047042 ID: 36784c

>>1046972
>50% chance you make a risky business decision due to the alcohol
Wow, our Linked Sub-Brain gave us a 50% chance to to keep our wits when we drink alcohol! I guess increasing our mental acuity also helps us fight off being drunk!

>pick 2
C , B

Let's see how lucky we get.
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No. 1047104 ID: 0838d6

rolled 93 = 93

RISKY BUSINESS
SCORE TO BEAT - 50 or higher
-5 PEER PRESSURE PENALTY
-5 LADIES NIGHT PENALTY
-5 BORING BUSINESS PENALTY
+5 ATTEMPT TO BE SOBER (poorly) BONUS
+5 SUB BRAIN REALLY TRYING BONUS

FINAL SCORE TO BEAT
55 or less = failure
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No. 1047112 ID: 0838d6
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1047112

> INTERMISSION - SLEAZY STEVE'S HANGOUT SESH
You want it aaaaaaaaallll, you want the friends and the business and the not-leaving-anyone-out-of-a-good-night. So you tell Donna to meet you at Sleazy Steve's instead for your regularly scheduled Ladies night. Donna of course, is excited to get drinks, but Momo can't come this time. Apparently Donna has been running her ragged. The two of you meet up a little early at Sleazy Steve's and share a light mead.

Donna: Yeah apparently she had to "go back home"
Donna: For some kind of "emergency"
You: She gonna be okay?
Donna: Oh yeah she said it should just take a few days
You: It's amazing that you can just take a plane somewhere nowadays, huh
Donna: Yeah, a plane, that's definitely how she travels
You: ???
Donna: You should hang out with her more, she could definitely…


Donna then eyes you over and squints a bit before smirking.

Donna: Show you some… SHIFTY MOVES.
You: I have… SHIFTY… MOVES!
You: You… sassy lass!
Donna: No I mean like-


It's then that the rest of the crew arrives.
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No. 1047113 ID: 0838d6
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1047113

> INTERMISSION - SLEAZY STEVE'S HANGOUT SESH
Everyone excitedly gathers and starts chattering about their days. Alberta talks about how she’s just been doing the paperwork and really needs the break. Josephine says that she’s been doing field work, investigating other claimed monster sightings. Phyllis remarks that the higher ups are pleased with work, but not to make it too much about work today.

You’re a few drinks in, and even though you always tell yourself that you won’t drink too much, you can’t help yourself when someone orders a round of JELLY-SHOTS, those goo filled masterpieces, and the BLENDED DRINKS, just absolutely plow through your system and give you those feel good alcohol vibes you can't resist. But this time you’re successful, maybe it’s your BIG BRAIN, or maybe it’s all the TRAINING, but even when you’re like 5 drinks and 3 shots in you still feel clear as can be. Yes, all that post adulthood drinking really has paid off. And now Donna looks ready to talk business.

Donna: So, those plushies at the barcade had me thinking
Donna: Damn it’s a shame no one has a plushie of me
Donna: Or an Onahole shaped like me for the nerds who are into that
Josephine: That’s actually a popular niche subculture online
Donna: Prime market for the pickings, so I was working with Momo to schmooze
Donna: And we met this cute lil redhead SORCIE or whatever
Donna: She makes clothes n stuff at this TEMPORAL STITCH place or whatever
Donna: She’s got this friend, big buff guy, OREL I think his name is, mega hot buff dad bod
Donna: He does MEDICAL stuff but also knows a bit about silicone and tpe stuff
Donna: He’s got the hookup for discount medical grade shit
Donna: It’ll absolutely suck any kin dry like a succubus when I’m done fucking with it
Donna: And one thing led to another, so I need some FUNDS to help kickstart the project

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No. 1047114 ID: 0838d6
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1047114

> INTERMISSION - SLEAZY STEVE'S HANGOUT SESH
There are coos of excitement and interest, Alberta just rolls her eyes and points out that starting a business is actually really hard in the modern era, but Donna just retorts how she actually ran several successful businesses back in her day before they were shut down and she was kicked out. Which led to a brief argument that you settled with more Jelly shots.

You: Hmmm, what to invest in…
Phyllis: I invested a little, but I’ll keep it secret for now, heheheh
Josephine: I invested in a fairy shaped dildo because that shit’s hot
Josephine: *urp* uh, too much JELLY.
Alberta: Eh, I dunno about this
Steve: Hey I overheard business talk if you give me a sample of that plump fairy ass, I can-
You: Steve, don’t be a creep
Donna: Hey, I appreciate a man who gets that fairies are the hottest commodity around!
Steve: Seeeeeeee!


You have 2 FUNDS, what do you invest in? (you can invest in more than one option)

A. INVEST IN PLUSH
- Chose an amount of funds to invest
- The cute option

B. INVEST IN SEX TOYS
- Chose an amount of funds to invest
- The sexy option

C. INVEST IN MARKETING
- Chose an amount of funds to invest
- The big brain option that no one is talking about

D. INVEST IN SOMETHING ELSE
- Suggest another idea to invest in related to donna and her toy production
- Can lead to unexpected results or a total flop

E. REFUSAL
- Don’t invest
- Donna will be sad, but because you bought her drinks, will not be upset
- Alberta will think you’re so cool for also not investing
- Each aspect invested in will change the final result by an unknown amount


EDMANGO NOTE: Because you chose to hangout with everyone and not someone specific, there will be no relationship advancement EXP gained.
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No. 1047116 ID: f496f4

>>1047114
B. 2 funds, but I want dildo attachments too.
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No. 1047122 ID: d98cb8

As much as I love the idea of just all in on the sex toys, do we want to be exclusively an 18+ superhero here?

...Yes we do. Let's be terrible.

2 funds to B
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No. 1047128 ID: a7a180

Half and half on marketing and plush.
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No. 1047129 ID: 629f2e

Half and half B/C. Marketing is important and Donna is the perfect size for sex toys.
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No. 1047131 ID: 17983e

Im not sure where this will lie, maybe on D but I think it will work on A, maybe C since we'd be marketing Chompy with Donna? but it could probably work with either of the options. So i'll say whichever this fits most with, that will be my vote:

But WHATEVER CHOICE WE MAKE, heres an idea: talk about how the government should totally take advantage of marketing Chompy Tear's super heroism in some way, and if they can get Donna a disguise and follow Chompy around during her herorics, we can market Donna as well with making her a plush toy (which can also work as Aseriously, the higher our PR, the more money we can make from Donna Plushes

Of course, the Donna plushes would have to be in her super hero suit to hide her secret identity, And this will give incentive for Donna to maybe help chompy stop crime with her telekinesis once she figures it out!

Mention thay people will be more interested in buying Donna plushes if she is out there with you saving peoples lives and getting people to think shes cool because of it.

Against sex toys, we need something of all ages to make a lot of money, not just a specific group.
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No. 1047136 ID: 15c72a

>>1047114
🅱️
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No. 1047147 ID: a9af05

>>1047114
Put 2 funds in A.

We'll get more money if we make a product for all ages.
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No. 1047179 ID: e51896

Decided to lock in my vote here >>1047131
for mainly A & C or just A, 2 funds

But still, like I said in my previous post, tell Donna and the government that if we want Donna's plush to do well in price, or whatever crazy product she is planning on selling to do good (like the sex toy), she should probably become Chompy Tear's crime-fighting partner MANAGER with a disguise of her own. You can't sell a lot of products on just cuteness alone. (I think we should word it as MANAGER over PARTNER so she doesn't think she is going to fight crime with you, but still brings her close to the action whenever your fighting crime and make her feel like she's an important big shot)

However, Since she is lazy, she'll probably say it might be too much work, in which case, just tell her she doesn't have to do much as manager, just cheer you on, fly near you and look cute for the audience to adore, get the audience hype for the action, or most importantly, start a celebration if we get a victory over the monsters if there are anyone to see it, and do cool PR stuff with you so she gets a lot of attention from everyone.
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No. 1047186 ID: 743e67

>>1047114
A, 2 funds

>>1047179
>Donna should probably become Chompy Tear's crime-fighting partner MANAGER with a disguise of her own.
Maybe we shouldn't talk about that out loud in a public bar? Gotta make an attempt at keeping a superhero's identity a secret.

Also, I think Donna might want to go with a plush that has her own natural looks first before she makes an attempt to do superhero themed plushes of Chompy Tear and her super fairy friend.
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No. 1047188 ID: 7c0da2

2 Funds on A.
Marketing can come later once Donna is more famous.
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No. 1047189 ID: e5709d

C - Let's be... 'ethical' about insider trading.
Have your government team buy stocks into whatever is about to be attacked next. This will motivate you to keep these businesses protected and alive. Also, have a general portfolio of various stocks of the entire city as a whole, and link your general income to the health of the city.
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No. 1047202 ID: f2320a

>>1047189
After the attack so its cheaper buy the dips not the highs
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No. 1047208 ID: 36784c

>everyone investing 2 funds
I see everyone is wanting to be a Spider-Man type hero, where we do good hero stuff, but we're always really poor.

>>1047114
A with 1 fund. Gotta keep some money for ourselves!

>Because you chose to hangout with everyone and not someone specific, there will be no relationship advancement EXP gained.
Ah shit, I forgot about that. I guess this means we also don't get anything from hanging with Pioggi earlier.

Then again, I don't think helping him with his comm counts as hanging out.
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No. 1047228 ID: 7c0da2

>>1047208
We got a clue, that's always useful.
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No. 1047230 ID: 8483cf

2 funds to A because redhed
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No. 1047305 ID: e51896

>>1047186
Good point, though we really should at one point still talk to her and the government about it, if only to get her to help us in battle at one point and get her a disguise so she can help us in battle with her telekinesis when she figures that out, and so that her super hero alter ego is more recognizable as a hero that people would want to buy plushes of. one idea: Maybe we can keep it private by texting each other about it with the Govt and Donna through our comms so we don't talk about it publicly at the bar, or just wait until tonight when we're alone with Donna to try to convince her of the idea
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No. 1047378 ID: 0838d6

rolled 19 = 19

RANDOM EVENTS
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No. 1047380 ID: bbb04b

A & C.
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No. 1047421 ID: 0838d6
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1047421

> INTERMISSION - INVESTMENTS
There is a brief moment, amongst the commotion of everyone speaking, that you get a brilliant idea. What if you used Donna’s sales and marketing to help [CHOMPY TEAR] / [MISS TEAR], your hero identity, get more cool PR. The idea is quickly squashed as you realize there’s many problems with that, one of which is that you can't just talk about secret identities at a bar.

First, convincing Donna to do any amount of work that isn’t self motivated is a tall order. Second, adding to the workload of a fledgling business by diversifying the initial product line is likely to cause complications or even failure. Thirdly, immediately associating Donna with the hero identity in any official form will immediately out you as the hero, which may or may not be a bad thing. No, first you have to make sure this idea works in the first place, and only then, after she’s in debt to you from your startup funds, can you corrupt her vision into one about you. Imagine, a CHOMPY TEAR plush! Or a masturbator shaped like your head! Or even one of those life-sized robot maids designed in your image. The thought causes your loins to moisten in excitement, or… maybe it’s the alcohol.

After a quick bathroom break and some uncomfortable snorting sounds coming from the women’s restroom you pop back outside and agree to help finance the idea. You of course, throw out ideas about various things, dildo attachments, but also decide to focus a little more on the plush angle, the all ages angle. There should be more money there, and products can be sold locally to places like VIDEO JAMES BARCADE.

You've made an INVESTMENT in DONNA'S BUSINESS
- You've invested 2 funds in PLUSHIES
- Phyllis, Steve, and Josephine have also invested
- Results will be shown in the middle of next downtime

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No. 1047422 ID: 0838d6
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1047422

> INTERMISSION - TIME PASSES - THE RUBY RED LAIR
You wake up the next morning with a bit of a hangover due to the TEQUILA you had at the very end. Never could handle the stuff. You’re fully aware that you’re FLAT BROKE right now, but hopefully that won’t always be the case, right? You shake off the sensation and see a dozing Donna in her cat bed that you had installed on a high shelf. You try to wake her up, but it’s to no avail, she’s out cold, where does that lady even store her alcohol, it’s probably MAGIC.

A few weeks pass as you get into a routine, work, train, explore, work, train, paperwork, and eventually, you get the news that the office redesign is completed. After a brief bus ride to the office, you notice that the exterior is slightly different, more fortified. Walking in even shows that the interior wallpaper has been redesigned. Ruby red racing stripes. Exactly what you asked for.

Alberta: You’re here early, I was going to text you to say the work was done
You: It’s…. Beautiful!!!
Alberta: Not as beautiful as this.


Alberta walks you over to a brand new room, inside is a massive fridge, several cabinets, and a few vending machines straight out of Wano. It’s a snack heaven, and there’s a number you can call to get anything refilled. It brings a tear to your eye as you and Alberta tear into some food.

You: *sobs* I just love the government
Alberta: *munch munch* See, and you always *munch* looked down on government work
You: I was wrong, disfiguring *munch* wrong *sobs*
You: Are those fluffin’ salt and vinegar STAPLES?!!?!?
You: I thought they stopped selling them what with the kids thinking they were edible
Alberta: Small miracles I *munch* guess
You: What about the other thing we were promised?


You hear a rather deep thud coming from below your seat. Which causes you to arch an eyebrow. Alberta grabs a canned coffee and leads you through a brand new staircase to what looks like an UNDERGROUND BUNKER.
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No. 1047423 ID: 0838d6
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1047423

> INTERMISSION - MONSTER LABORATORY
You see a large chamber reinforced with glass, graphene windows, a few chambers, and a rather large TUNNEL. It’s sterile looking and white, kind of like a hospital. Inside you see some suits dressed in professional lab coats next to some sophisticated machinery, right next to that two headed snake you caught, it seems angry. You head over to the suits that wave at you and as you head over you notice that one is holding a cane, while the other is wearing a mask and protective gear that is failing to hide what appear to be chemical burns and patchy fur.

Suit 1 (Human): Welcome to the new MONSTER LAB, sponsored by your local government!
Suit 2 (Possum): Thank fuck, we were working out of a shitty place before
Suit 2: Now we have a budget
You: Where are all the scientists, shouldn't something like this warrant… I dunno, teams?
Suit 1: Budget cuts and lack of qualification
Suit 2: It’s hard to find qualified kin in biotech for this specific task
Suit 1: We had higher ups and some… enthusiasts working, but it was shit show
Suit 2: There’s a stricter screening process, so we have contractors to do guff work externally
Suit 1: Yeah, there was a brief incident where some-kin tried to free this bad girl
Suit 1: Said this was racially insensitive because she was a snake too
Suit 2: So it’s just us until we can figure *gestures* all that out
Saba (Suit 1): The name’s Saba, Saba Hadlee.
Rutherford (Suit 2): Rutherford Oppa at your service!
Alberta: Wait, Saba, the guy who modernized the COMM?
Alberta: And you’re uh, okay I don’t know you
Rutherford: This is why I don’t fucking hang out with you Saba
Saba: Do you even know how annoying it is to be vaguely famous, PR is a nightmare
Rutherford: I’ve won a few peace prizes for advancements in medical fields
Rutherford: I was working on a few redacted level projects for the country before
Rutherford: You know the foam, the anti infantry foam?
Rutherford: That was all me baby!
Rutherford: Adaptation from mycelium and the venom of a certain fluxtopan creature
Rutherford: It causes rapid expansion and-
Saba: Alright, calm down Ruth, they get it.
Rutherford: *grumble grumble* no fun *grumble*
You: What about security?
Saba: Ah, they’re out of sight, the place is wired and camera’d up, it’s like a freeway tunnel

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No. 1047424 ID: 0838d6
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1047424

> INTERMISSION - MONSTER LABORATORY
The two give you a brief rundown of what they can do, and what the facility can handle.

Your MONSTER LABORATORY is a combination LAB and PRISON
- It can hold up to 2 reasonably large creatures safely, but can be stressed to hold 4 with risk
- It can be used to gather data on the creatures you capture
- It comes with a security team and 2 highly trained scientists
- Has a large, secreted away supply tunnel that exits to somewhere outside of the city
- Each new creature that is caught can be kept here, but be careful you don’t run out of room or there could be a MONSTER OUTBREAK.


They also inform you of two things they discovered about the creature that they are dubbing subject P_001.

P_001’s acid gland appears to be a last minute evolutionary advancement
- All monsters going forward will keep the clothing damage gland trait
- The acid melts TEXTILES, CONCRETE and PLASTIC unless diluted
- GLASS, METAL, and PAPER is CURRENTLY unaffected
- It’s apparently an extremely tasty condiment and has potential digestive benefits


P_001 can breathe in air and in water
- All monsters must have some way of traversing the water, some breathe water, others float
- Any creature with gills, if you can spot them, will take extra damage at that location
- This is not a permanent evolutionary trait and has a chance to not be on a creature


You: Hmm, do you think there’s enough room in there for me to fight it again?
Everyone: What?
You: I mean for training, it’s getting harder to progress, but a monster I know I can take?
You: In a somewhat safe environment?
Rutherford: I almost feel bad for the poor girl, I mean, yeah, I guess???
Rutherford: Next time you do that we can milk her glands easier for some of that venom
Rutherford: I’m trying to find new applications other than just slapping it on a burger
Saba: Can’t believe you tasted the stuff, or that it tasted good, *gags*


Your CONSOLIDATION specialization has matured
- You can now access it’s full capabilities

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No. 1047427 ID: 0838d6
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1047427

> RANDOM EVENT - PRIEST OF PURITY + NEWS
That afternoon, after handling the paperwork and getting to know Rutherford and Saba, you decide to head out to that same coffee shop you stole a drink from that purple demon looking guy before. It’s not that busy today, but that’s mostly because there’s a woman in a brown, hooded robe screeching about [PURITY] and how she has been blessed with the power of healing, right outside of the place. Her face is, unfortunately, completely obscured by the hood.

Preacher: [PURITY] has blessed me as a prophet!
Preacher: The end is nigh and shall be filled with [LUST]!
Preacher: Please, come to me and I can remove your ills!
Preacher: Just [1 FUND] and your wounds shall be instantly cured!
Rude Heckler: Prove it!
Rude Heckler 2: Yeah, prove it!
Preacher: Alas, my capabilities require the [FUNDS], they vanish into the Orphanage’s coffers
Preacher: And you get healed, as is the [EXCHANGE] that is [REQUIRED] by our world!
Rude Heckler: Fucking scammer, just cause superpowers are real she’s trying to get in on it
Rude Heckler 2: Bet she’s an uggo under that hood, covering up her maw
Rude Heckler: Hey, that’s fucked up, she could be a beaut over in Fluxtopa!
Rude Hecklers: *laughter*
Preacher: *whisper* Heathens, the lot of you *whisper*
Preacher: Won’t anyone think of the poor orphans!
Preacher: And healing magic!


Fortunately for you, you’re both completely healthy and out of funds. You snatch a filled and completely untouched frappuccino and slurp it up as you give a wave to the barista who simply shrugs at you.

You stop to sip on the frosted drink and stop by a nearby TV retailer. They’re selling these old CRT screens and have KITSUNEWS on, yep, only old fogies would use these things instead of a COMM. Might as well listen in though, looks like it’s about you.
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No. 1047428 ID: 0838d6
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1047428

> MISSION 1 - MULTIPLICITY - START
Good afternoon citizens of DONJON, I'm your news anchor POLKA D. ARTEP with the daily KITSUNEWS.

As you know, a few weeks ago, evacuation sirens blared not for a tsunami, or hurricane, but unbelievably, the threat of a GIANT TWO-HEADED WORM that was lurking within the sewers of DONJON. Incredibly still, a figure clad in a provocative superhero outfit swooped in to dispel the threat with size-altering and what appears to be magnetic powers. The “hero” calls herself CHOMPY TEAR and has not made an appearance since that night. The government has secured the beast with very little injury, but is this unbelievable event truly an act of HEROISM?

With something this unbelievable unfolding before many kins' eyes, some speculate that this is just one big elaborate magic show the government is pulling out of their hat to save face for what happened since THE OCCURRENCE months ago. We turn to one of these skeptics, special effects and lighting expert, Lemmy Chavowitz for his thoughts.


Aaaaand that's where you stop paying attention.

Because you hear it, that extremely distinct CHIME. You look around but don’t see PAZURU like last time. Instead you feel a calling deep inside of you to move, to go somewhere. The last time you got this feeling you found a monster, are you developing ESP? You head over to the bus stop and look at the routes. This one can take you anywhere in the city, where do you want to go?

A. The Docks
- A place by the sea
- Where the BARCADE and BEACH HOUSE is

B. The Pink-Light District
- A place of salaciousness
- Where the RUFFLED HAUNCH and various NAUGHTY BUSINESSES are

C. Add a location to the setting
- Describe a district or part of the city of Donjon to go to
- STATS: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats

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No. 1047429 ID: a7a180

B.
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No. 1047433 ID: 629f2e

B for sure.
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No. 1047436 ID: bbb04b

C: Violet Arcadia, or just the Verdant District if you're not pretentious (which the inhabitants totally are). The neighborhood is totally overgrown with ivy and ferns, which is a-okay for all the artists, garden enthusiasts, and hipsters who predominantly make their homes there. It probably has cafes, galleries, studio apartments, and maybe a combination tea shop and alt-medicine apothecary called Giovanna Herbals.

Think of an overgrown verdant Portland or Soho.
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No. 1047439 ID: d98cb8

I'm in with B
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No. 1047442 ID: 060ced

A

Because if clothing damage happens, it will be more lewd if it happens where it is less expected to see lewds making the potential ENF more effective. Also, kaiju seem to show up from the sea, maybe we'll be able to ambush one?

Also it would suck if a kaiju destroyed our workplace, making money might get harder

C idea: perspiration destrict, it's where SPORTS happens. It has a huge arena for multiple sports like football, soccer, baseball, it'd be cool to fight a monster there
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No. 1047449 ID: 8dbf40

Hm, are there plan for more long-term storage of live kajiu when more of them inevutably appear? (Even if those plans are just "spend funds to expand the labs")
It's unfortunate that they can all traverse large bodies of water, means we can't simply ship them off to an island Godzilla-style.

>>1047442
Both of these sound good.
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No. 1047476 ID: f8273a

>>1047428
>news report
>blah blah blah
>Aaaaand that's where you stop paying attention.
You were paying attention? I didn't hear anything she said. I was too distracted looking at her huge boobs.

.....what? Don't give me that look! Those things were bouncing ridiculously! It's very hard to not look at them when they're moving around so much!

>where do you want to go?
B. The Pink-Light District
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No. 1047478 ID: c3e059

>>1047442
I agree with this. Voting for A.

>>1047476
>news lady's huge boobs
Pretty sure that's on purpose to draw in more viewers.
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No. 1047479 ID: 26b4e0

C. The business center, where a lot of important businesses got their headquarters.
Towering skyscrappers, giant TV screens showing ads non-stop and big panicking mobs of innocent bystanders.
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No. 1047494 ID: 36784c

>>1047428
C.

This calling deep inside of you is urging you to go towards the area where Mamita‘s Orphanage is located. Is a monster going to show up there?!
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No. 1047506 ID: 6810fd

C
I can't think of a clever name, but a district that houses a carnival, or theme park with roller coasters, carnie games, and treats.
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No. 1047508 ID: 8483cf

B!
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No. 1047520 ID: cf9629

>>1047494
Voting for this. Let's go protect the orphanage!
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No. 1047580 ID: 5499f4
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1047580

> ACTIVITY ARCADIA - MAMITA’S ORPHANAGE
You decide to take the bus to ACTIVITY ARCADIA, it’s a verdant green district filled with lots of old, brick and mortar buildings that have been taken over by various plants, gardens, kudzu, and the like. It’s also where carnivals, sports, and some of the more rustic residences are. There’s a city ordinance in place to prevent overly large buildings from overtaking the place, which, of course means tons of artists flock to here. You’d like it if the hipsters were more chill, which is a shame, because it’s where you grew up.

Eventually the bus stops vaguely near the residences and after a brisk walk you make it to your destination, your post-sapience childhood home, Mamita’s orphanage. It’s a solid two block building reminiscent of a wano-styled schoolhouse. In fact, it was originally a schoolhouse founded by Wano immigrants. You wave to a few of the social workers and employees that flit about through the place, a few recognize you and point you towards your destination, the roof. A sharp clack echoes throughout the halls with each of your heeled footsteps, it’s mid day, so the kids are probably goofing off on the rooftop garden.

After two flights of stairs you push open the still rather heavy metal door to the roof and are assaulted by a cacophony of child laughter. You see around three dozen children playing various games in this enclosed rooftop garden. More than half of them are object-kin, but you see a few beast-kin, humans, and the rare plush kin off in the corner, oh wait, no, that’s just Mr. Carter. But before you’re able to bask in the nostalgia, you hear a familiar and absolutely terrifying voice.

Mamita: You’re still too skinny!
Mamita: And you never visit!
Mamita: Come, give Mamita a hug, it’s been years!

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No. 1047581 ID: 5499f4
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1047581

> MAMITA’S ORPHANAGE - ROOFTOP GARDEN
You are not given a chance to resist as you are practically crushed under the iron grip of this little old spider lady. You give her a once over as your back cracks in a slightly pleasing yet still terrifying way. Mamita is a short, old, spider lady that has never skipped arm day, ever. And she has 6 arms, so this means that she’s RIPPED.

You: *urk* Hi… Mamita…
Mamita: How is my little Li of Hay doing?
You: Good *urk* can’t *uhf* breathe
Mamita: So weak, many gyms in the city, go to them more!
You: I’m *erk* plenty *ah* strong


She eventually sets you down from her vice grip and thus begins a whirlwind of introductions. You’re not going to pretend that you’ve memorized all the names, actually, you can remember ALL the names. It’s distinct, almost too distinct in your mind. In fact, you don’t think that since you’ve picked up the dice you’ve forgotten a single name. This brings you to the only reasonable conclusion, that superpowers are awesome and improve your memory.

The whirlwind of introductions eventually comes to a close and you’re brought to the corner of the rooftop. You give a knowing nod to M. Carter the Plush-Kin geography teacher and turn your glance to the new Object-kin. He introduces himself as Guillermo, having freshly gained sapience, and that he is extremely [CURIOUS] about you.

Mr. Carter: Uh… Hi again Hailey…
Guillermo: How are you so tall!?!?
Guillermo: And so hot!?!?
Guillermo: And why do you look like that one super hero on the web?!!?
Guillermo: Are monsters real!?!
Guillermo: Why are you so cool looking!?!?!
Guillermo: And- And- And- And-
Mr. Carter: *whispers* Help me…*whispers*

A. Yes.
- Just say yes, oh god this kid is talking a mile a minute
B. No.
- Just say no, oh god, this kid is talking a mile a minute
C. Uhhh?
- Say or do something else, oh god, this kid is STILL talking

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No. 1047583 ID: bbb04b

I wouldn't be surprised if like 75% of the buildings in the ARCADIA had a rooftop garden of some kind (even if it's just a box garden or mini greenhouse). Add that to the similarly sized building ordinance... I dunno about you guys, but I'm getting a "rooftop run" vibe from this event.

A: "Yes, monsters are real. Uh- Cool, right?"

Maybe shoot a 'help me' glance of your own at the other adults.
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No. 1047584 ID: a7a180

A. Eat your batteries and you too may grow up to be a superhero, kid. Wink!
(I mean, there's no lying to the camera, what you can do is minimize how much he looks into it and how much other people take him seriously.)
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No. 1047585 ID: 15c72a

>>1047581
wubbadubadub is that true?
A.
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No. 1047590 ID: 3b901e

C. Ask if he wants to stream DEVILRILLA on the tv or something, a kaiju movie from Wano about a giant gorilla with radioactive powers who saves the city by fighting other kaiju monsters... and also destroys the city.
It might get the kid passionate for film and monster movies and shut him up!
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No. 1047596 ID: a320af

>>1047580
>You’re still too skinny!
She's not wrong. It wouldn't hurt to eat a little more.

>>1047581
>How are you so tall!?!?
"Because Mamita took care of me and made sure I grew up right."
>And so hot!?!?
"Natural talent."
>And why do you look like that one super hero on the web?!!?
"No, I don't look like her. She's got way more muscles than I do."
>Are monsters real!?!
"Yes."
>Why are you so cool looking!?!?!
"Natural talent?"

>what do you say?
C. Distract him by asking him a question! Ask if he's taken any cool pictures lately?
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No. 1047603 ID: e51896

>>1047590

Actually, here's another idea for C

in our inventory, it says we have some Wano snacks! Give him the snacks so he can stuff his mouth up to keep him quiet. I'm sure he'll be happy trying something from a foreign country

(still think we should get him to watch monster movies more tho, but seeing the snacks there in our inventory feels like this is a good time to use it.)
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No. 1047631 ID: 9b0053

>>1047596
All of this.

>>1047603
There's a problem with this plan. If we give one kid some snacks, then ALL of the other kids will also want snacks. I don't think we're carrying enough snacks for all three dozen children that are here.
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No. 1047633 ID: e51896

>>1047631

Good point, but We're in the corner of the rooftop away from the other kids, so they won't see the snacks

And if they do, here's a solution: tell the others that it is a (late) birthday gift for Guillermo since he was given form recently. They'll understand.
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No. 1047635 ID: 9b0053

>>1047633
Yeah, that could work.
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No. 1047687 ID: 629f2e

C, because if you just agree with him, he'll keep going.
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No. 1047688 ID: 8483cf

>>1047633
This
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No. 1047689 ID: 0838d6
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1047689

> MAMITA’S ORPHANAGE - ROOFTOP GARDEN
You take a deep breath and this causes the kid to pause, and then you see it, that look in his eye, the light fear that he's going to get yelled at. It causes you to deflate slightly and even makes you feel a little sad. Being a camera and all he must have seen a lot of on-site yelling and is worried that he'll just get ignored or yelled over. You refuse to take the easy route, the kid deserves that much at least.

> How are you so tall?!?!
You: Because Mamita fed me right to make sure I grew up big and strong!
> And so hot!?!?
You: The Ol natural talent, also pointy shapes are the best
> And why do you look like that one super hero on the web!?!?
You: First, no I don't look like her, she looks like me
You: Second, she's got way more muscles than I do!
> Are monsters real
You: Yes, at least according to the government
> Why are you so cool looking
You: Because pointy shapes are the coolest


You clack your jaw in laughter and the kid giggles, taking a picture of you before spitting it out and handing it to you. You give the picture once over, damn, this kid's got built in photoshop enhancers, he must see the world so differently from everykin else. Seeing as how Mr. Carter is speechless at how you actually handled Guillermo, and how he seems placated for now, you offer a question of your own.

You: Now I have a question for you!
Guillermo: Yes pretty lady!
You: The name’s Hailey, not “pretty lady”, but thank you
Guillermo: Yes Hailey!
You: Take any cool pictures lately?
Guillermo: Oh boy did I!

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No. 1047690 ID: 0838d6
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1047690

> MAMITA’S ORPHANAGE - ROOFTOP GARDEN
The boy pulls out a fanny pack from… somewhere, you’re not sure, probably the same place he keeps his photos and whatever data storage he uses, and eats a few rolls of polaroid film. A few moments later, some photos pop out of his mouth.

Guillermo: Don’t tell anyone but I took those from that fox guy and his friend
Guillermo: He has like a million of them anyway
You: Your secret’s safe with me
Mr. Carter: Don’t steal Guillermo…
Guillermo: I do what I want! Hehehehehe!


He presents the photos to you and you give them a once order. Quite a few of them are well angled shots of the various kids, one of them is a beautiful shot of Mamita looking wistfully at the sunset, you ask if you can keep that one and he allows it, and then there’s one with a speck in the distance.

You: What’s that?
Guillermo: I dunno, I don’t have the PARTS to zoom in yet, might get em when I grow up!
Guillermo: It was flying towards the BIG ENERGY POLES though
You: How long ago?
Guillermo: Unno, like an hour or two?


Uh oh.

You: Uh, I have somewhere I need to be
Guillermo: Okay!
You: Oh, but happy sapience, here’s a present!

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No. 1047691 ID: 0838d6
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1047691

> ENERGY SUBSTATION 08-H - CREATE A KAIJU 2
You toss Guillermo your sack of Wano snacks, they’re batteries that are nacho cheese flavored. It’s metal and the acid gives it a lovely aftertaste. Of course only Object-kin could ever eat them, so they’re highly regulated.

You: Don’t let a non-object-kin eat it, they could get sick
Guillermo: Sooooooo coooooooool
Guillermo: Mr. Carto can I marry her when I grow up????
Mr. Carto: Oh no I don’t want to give “the talk”....
Mr. Carto: I don’t even have genitals…


A brisk jog and 10 minutes later you arrive at the power station. It’s disguised as a fake building to blend in with the atmosphere of the city. Apparently people got *really upset* when they could see it out in the open, so the city planners had to disguise it in plain sight. You strain your ears as you try to find a way in and eventually, behind the building itself, spot a rather large, 2-3 meter hole way high up the wall. Its edges are corroding as the concrete and brick melts from what you assume to be monster goop.

You: Shit shit shit shit shit

You pull up your COMM and trigger the alert, causing your Comm to only lightly glow red after your complaint from last time, and then you HEAR something, more specifically, you hear *THEM*. The creature isn’t alone this time, there’s 2… maybe 3 of them.

Known Traits
FLIGHT
- These creatures have limited flight capabilities
ACID GLANDS
- These creatures have clothing damage acid glands somewhere on their bodies

Unknown Traits
WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE?
- Must look *somewhat* monstrous
- Different suggestions will be used for each creature

WHAT CAN THEY DO?
- Each creature can have no more than 1 gimmick
- Overpowered gimmicks will be balanced


EDMANGO NOTE: If a majority power is suggested, that power will be given to all creatures, otherwise it is possible that each creature will have a different power.
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No. 1047692 ID: bbb04b

A big ol' bat, with its skeleton on the outside - not an exoskeleton, but a normal one, just out instead of in.

And of course, it can shoot those bones out and regrow them quickly.
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No. 1047696 ID: 7c0da2

WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE?
An object-kind Frankenstein monster : appliances welded together and leaking a corrosive, clothing-damaging acid. It flies with a big ceiling fan in its back.

WHAT CAN THEY DO?
Hit like a train, mostly. It even make a loud train whistle sound while doing so.
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No. 1047697 ID: 4deb08

A kite with fangs. What looks like a kite string is a very long, sharp, garrote-like tail. It’s an Object-Kaiju!
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No. 1047699 ID: 3c5e8e

Because I love references to EDMANGO'S other quests, and the buildings have kudzus on it, how about a giant WHIRLYBIRD from PLANTIMALS? It is a plantbased kudzu kaiju that rain stinging nettles from the sky. Since it is plant based, It was able to hide among the kudzu of the buildings to get here.

https://questden.org/kusaba/questarch/res/1001663.html#1003885

https://questden.org/kusaba/questarch/res/1001663.html#1003886 (what they look like)

It probably isn't as big as the other Kaiju though...
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No. 1047700 ID: be133d

>>1047697
Also, support for the giant kite monster! That's brilliant.
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No. 1047705 ID: a7a180

A harpy, whose claws are not just sharp but sticky. What can she do by gluing to half-melted objects together? I don't want to find out.
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No. 1047706 ID: e5709d

Acid Eye-Beams
* Pros: Can spew a near-weightless moderately acidic substance at breakneck speeds with pinpoint precision. This is the equivalent of shooting a 3-round burst of acid-type bullets.
* Cons: This sacrifices an eye and may damage other eyes during a misfire.

Also, the beasts have multiple eyes across their face and can regenerate them at a slow rate.
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No. 1047733 ID: 260607

>>1047691
>monster's appearance
You know how scientists say that a bee shouldn't be able to fly with its fat body and tiny wings, but it flies anyways? The same concept applies to this Kaiju: It’s got a big fat bee body, with small bee wings. It's also got a reptilian head with sharp teeth, sharp claws on its hands, and a long reptilian tail with a bee stinger sticking out of the end.

>monster's gimmick
It can shoot the stinger out of its tail, which then quickly regrows so it can be fired again and again. The good news is that there is no poison in the stinger and it can only fire it a certain number of times before the stinger stops regrowing.
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No. 1047773 ID: 36784c

>>1047692
>>1047697
>>1047733
Supporting these because I've got nothing better to suggest.
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No. 1047859 ID: 5499f4

rolled 3 = 3

TRANSFORM!
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No. 1047914 ID: 5499f4
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1047914

> ENERGY SUBSTATION 08-H - INTERIOR
You chuck the dice and get yourself into a sprinter’s position to try out this new trick you’ve been practicing. The dice rolls a [3] and your body is coated in that all too familiar energy. You feel slightly weaker than normal, probably because you rolled too low. Hopefully the creatures aren’t too big. The transformation completes a fraction of a second later and you kick out the ground, instantly shifting in size and instantly reducing in size to gain momentum and LAUNCH yourself towards the hole.

You are successful, you are small, you are sneaky, and you’re in the room. You look around and can hear bolts of electricity hitting the substation, echoing around the sound of 2 beasts. You sneak forward, reaching the end of the hallway and see them.

The first kaiju looks reminiscent of a kite object-kin, only it’s twisted and honestly a little gross looking. It’s got huge fangs that you can see are dripping with acid, but you don’t think this one made the hole in the wall, with those teeth it would have taken too long. You do, however, notice its long, garotte-like tail. It’s sharp, thin, and jabbed into a transformer. Electricity is actively being sucked through the tail, increasing its girth like some sort of rubber hose. You can now recognize the sounds from earlier as moans of pleasure, likely from a meal.

The second kaiju is just a large, fat bee, it’s got really tiny wings that say fuck you to the square cube law, a long stinger that doesen’t appear to be leaking acit, and a rather large maw with razor sharp teeth. The maw itself appears to be dribbling the Acid, and something red. Looks like you found the creature that made the holes. Still, how did neither of these things get caught or even seen? There couldn’t be a THIRD kaiju, right?

Comms (helmet): Comms here, Operative Tear can I get a sitrep?
You (helmet): Two kaiju, smaller than the snake, capable of flight, different…
You: Parts?
Comms: Elaborate

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No. 1047915 ID: 5499f4
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1047915

> ENERGY SUBSTATION 08-H - INTERIOR
You: One’s a bee-thing with a stinger and massive acid maw
You: The other’s an abomination of object-kind with a garotte-like tail and acid fangs
Comms: Acknowledged
You: And, I may be off base here, but if they weren’t SEEN by anyone
You: There MIGHT be a THIRD
Comms: Understood, assigning a team to review GPS and SATELLITE data
Comms: What are they doing?
You: They’re… eating the electricity I think
You: Though, oh, oh goddess


And then you see it, what caused the RED on the bee-thing’s maw. The CORPSE of some utility-worker.

You: Oh goddess I want to vomit
You: They ate a guy
Comms: …
Comms: I’d reply a “no duh, they’re monsters” in this situation if this wasn’t serious
Comms: KIA or alive?
You: I’d have to get closer to check, but, oh goddess their lower half is
Comms: Subdue the targets or restrain them, choppers armed with foam en route in [3 UPDATES]
Comms: You’re a bit far away this time so it’ll take a bit
You: *mutters* I’m going to fucking kill that bee *mutters*

You’ve been issued a COMMAND - SUBDUE OR RESTRAIN THE BEASTS
- Rewards and Penalties will be distributed upon mission completion

Your INSTINCTS have been ROUSED - F RANK PRIMAL PENALTY
- Ties will be broken in favor of wounding or killing the bee-ju
- Reasonable arguments will cause Hailey to NOT use her DESIRE to break ties in this way


A. Wait and see what happens
- [2 updates will pass]
- The kaiju will [CHANGE]

B. Attempt to lure the bee towards you
- 75% chance of success
- What do you do once it is near you
- Your following actions could alert the other creature

C. Other
You: Okay, deep breath, maybe there’s another option
- Stats: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats

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No. 1047916 ID: a7a180

The Kit's going to bee a problem if it eats enough electricity. The bee's victim is already dead, let that keep it occupied for now.
C. Short circuit the kite's power source using your staples.
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No. 1047923 ID: fc0440

C. They eat electricity, try to ground them to drain their strength. Create a lasso from electrical cable, grab the bee with it (and restrain it if possible). Then attach the other end to a metal rod and stick it in the ground.

You should also expect electric attacks, try to remain close to things that can act as a lightning rod.
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No. 1047924 ID: bbb04b

C: Deal with the Kite for now while the bee is distracted, seeing as there's no way that guy is living (even assuming he isn't technically dead yet). Use your bots to pop its tail loose and grab it, maybe swing it around a bit before whipping it into the ground - I doubt mundane blunt trauma is enough to kill these things, and we can't wrassle two or three at once, so aim for a KO.

... Oh, and keep a cautious eye out for that third kaiju.
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No. 1047925 ID: e51896

Note to self, as soon as you can afford it, GET A VEHICLE ASAP, we could have prevented that death if we can get to our locations faster


Good reason not to hurt bee: it is currently distracted along with the kite, and we can use the time to use our NANOBOTS to JAM the flow of electricity before they get stronger

C: our nanobots are small enough to not be seen and can be used for hacking, jamming weapons, or eating things. that means we can sneakfully use our nanobots to be able JAM flow of electricity away from the monsters on the transformers they are stealing it from before the get stronger. Use our nanobots on the transformers or generators so the monsters can't get stronger
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No. 1047936 ID: 8483cf

>>1047925
This
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No. 1047944 ID: 36784c

>>1047915
C

Use your Nanobots to hack the power and shut it down.

>>1047925
A vehicle would be nice, but it'd also be noticeable. Anyone would notice that Hailey has the exact same vehicle as the superhero, which would give away her identity.

But if we could get a vehicle that could change it's appearance, then we could use it as both in and out of costume. Normal looking vehicle, push button to change appearance to hero vehicle, push button again to return to normal. Something like that would be helpful.
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No. 1047959 ID: e51896

>>1047944
If I remember correctly, the vehicles were said to change to fit our aesthetic when we transform in the chart: >>1043838
We'll most likely be fine
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No. 1048013 ID: a9af05

>>1047915
C. Hack the power station with nanobots. If possible, you could make it so the power station drains the monsters' energy.

If that's not possible, then just turn it off to stop the monsters from getting stronger.

>possible 3rd monster?
Look up. It might be hiding on the ceiling above you.
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No. 1048114 ID: e51896

a few other reasons not to kill bee

- bees have an instinct to return to their hive. if we can convince the government to put a tracking device somewhere on the bee, and let it loose to escape back into the island while monitoring it, and making sure it doesn't destroy anything on its way out, we might be able to find out a path to the island and see how it gets there, while also studying its life through its eyes while its over there and get some information on the island and the other monsters there. Sure that could apply to all monster and we can do the same with them, but with the bee, its a smaller kaiju, and has more mobility with its flight. And if it returns, we'll have the tracking device alert us and the government will be ready for it

- bees produce honey. we can probably make our snacks tastier with its honey and maybe sell the stuff?

- more of a cruel reason and I don't support it, but if Hailey was already wanting to kill it, what if instead we gave Saba and Rutherford the okay to do more intense inhumane experiments on the bee for revenge for killing the utility worker instead of killing it? This reason is more of a last resort.
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No. 1048117 ID: 6fe2f9

>>1048114
>bees have an instinct to return to their hive.
Normal bees do that, but this isn’t a normal bee. Releasing it and hoping it'll be tracked to Paradiso is just asking for it stop and attack somewhere else instead of going to the island.
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No. 1048160 ID: 87e33c
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1048160

> ENERGY SUBSTATION 08-H - INTERIOR
You take a deep breath, in, and then out. There are always solutions hidden just out of sight, killing the thing right away would likely *feel* really good, but is not the primary goal. You have to figure out where they’re coming from and if there’s a third. You look up and see another hole, this one wider than all the others.

Your brain processes the only assumption that makes sense in the heat of the moment. There is a third one that can shoot massive globules of acid, it entered with these two from the roof, and left from the hole you entered through. Otherwise, why would it make a second hole and not leave from the first. Perhaps it CAN’T FLY? But… the hole was BIG, so how could no one have seen it?

You feel the ground beneath your feet tremble slightly, like a small earthquake. There’s no time to ponder hypotheticals, the government will watch the satellite data, maybe getting more info on it later.

Instead, you reach out to your nanomachines, they crawl off of your dress and jump into the nearby junction box. You can feel them passing through the mechanical devices, becoming energy, eventually reaching the master control for this facility. The electrical security here is atrocious and you require almost no thinking to HACK into it.
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No. 1048161 ID: 87e33c
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1048161

> ENERGY SUBSTATION 08-H - INTERIOR
Jamming the flow is easy. Though it *does* turn off power to the area. The kaiju then poke at the transformers, confused at the lack of energy. You then attempt to go further, deeper, into the transformer, trying to REVERSE the flow. But you can’t, these things were meant to CONDUCT and SPREAD electricity to the city, not to ABSORB or GENERATE it. You’d have to spend [1 UPDATE] sending your nanobots deeper into the city’s power grid to facilitate this, but by that time the kaiju may leave for a new power source. You suppose you could always DELAY them and try to TRICK the kaiju by briefly reactivating the power, but you’ll definitely lose the element of surprise once one of them is damaged.

Comms: The power went off in your area, did the kaiju do something?
You: No, I attempted to stop their siphoning, jamming the electricity
Comms: Uh, you can do that?
You: I’m trying to see if I can REVERSE the flow, maybe drain them of energy
You: Could make subduing them cake
Comms: Do so, then, we’ll deal with the PR and many, many angry comm calls
You: Uh oh, I think one of them is leaving

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No. 1048162 ID: 87e33c
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1048162

> ENERGY SUBSTATION 08-H - INTERIOR
The Bee-ju is distracted, consuming more of the uh… UNICORN corpse, but the Kite-ju is getting agitated, you see it eying the hole in the roof but hesitating.

A. Turn the power back on just long enough to keep them distracted
- The [Kite-ju] will gain enough energy to CHANGE
- The [Bee-ju] will get DRAINED by the REVERSE flow


B. Become the distraction at a COST
- Base 50% chance that one of the kaiju will flee
- Reduce this chance by paying a COST

B1. They will hurt you
- Take at least 1 hit of damage (you may take more than one)
- Reduces the chance of the kaiju fleeing by 25% per hit point spent

B2. Your acts will damage the structure and power grid
- City destruction will increase by 1
- Reduces the chance of the kaiju fleeing by 50%

B3. One might get away
- Pick one of the Kaiju to successfully subdue
- Increases the chance of the other kaiju fleeing by 25%


C. Other
- Do something else
- Your NANOMACHINES are currently in the power grid and are unavailable unless recalled
- STATS: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats


EDMANGO NOTE: Vehicles collected will transform with your suit just like how your COMM comes with you and fuses with your helmet. When you de-transform it will return to normal. Of course, Hailey doesn't know that so you’ll get a scene with her figuring that out if it happens.
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No. 1048163 ID: 7c0da2

I'd say A, and prepare to fight the Kite-ju. You'll have to fight anyway but at least this way one of them is out of the fight before it starts. Just be careful, the third one could be around here somewhere.
And watching them change could allow you to learn more about them.
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No. 1048165 ID: a7a180

A. Weaken the Beeju. Study the kite.
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No. 1048176 ID: 36784c

>>1048162
C

Quickly recall your Nanobots and have them form into a giant staple to pin one of the monsters to the wall. Then you can fight the other one with your Size Shifting!
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No. 1048187 ID: e51896

Dont forget, we have a third kaiju somewhere around here. Might be bad to fight a stronger kite kaiju along with the third after dealing with the bee


B2. We can afford a point of city destruction, and the cost of 1 isnt bad, we can even pay to rebuild later if i remeber correctly.
Alberta also said they'll handle PR and told us to do this.

Even though im not voting for C right now, >>1048176 this idea is cool too. If this vote wins, aim for the tail of the kite kaiju to pin against the wall since its tail is thin and we can use lesser staples, and the bee is already too distracted with the corpse to get back to the electical power when it turns back on.

But my vote is only B2 right now

Idea for whenever we get the chance, the bee's wings are tiny, we can tear them off to stop it from flying i think when we grow big.
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No. 1048200 ID: a2d88b

I vote A.
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No. 1048212 ID: aef708

>>1048187
Yeah, let's do this! Now that the power is off, we can start throwing the machines in here at the monsters and we won't have to worry about zapping ourselves!

>Tear off bee's wings
Yeah, we can do that too! We were told to subdue the monsters, but that doesn't mean they have to be unharmed!
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No. 1048228 ID: e5709d

>>1048212
Agreed. You are Miss Tear, after all, so tear the wings off the bee and then tear a few holes into the kite so it'll be easier for your backup to catch themselves.
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No. 1048247 ID: a9af05

>>1048162
C. Do this idea >>1048176 but make it so that the giant staple holds the kite monster's body to the wall and a few smaller staples to also pin down the tail so it doesn't whip us while we're focused on the bee monster!
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No. 1048254 ID: bf98ae

>>1048162
C

I like the idea of pinning the kite-ju to the wall. It's a much better idea than letting it become a bigger threat.
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No. 1048346 ID: bceec2

>>1048162
We've got [2 UPDATES] left until those choppers armed with foam show up to help us.

>action?
If Mamita's orphanage wasn't in the area, I wouldn't mind being reckless and possibly breaking something during the fight. But the thought of those kids being without power is something I'd like to avoid, if possible.

Let's go with C and play a game of pin the kite-ju to the wall.
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No. 1048376 ID: 87e33c

rolled 73 = 73

51 OR HIGHER
- The Kite-ju is facing the room's interior
50 OR LOWER
- The Kite-ju is facing the wall
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No. 1048391 ID: 87e33c
File 166751251635.png - (16.61KB , 500x500 , p77.png )
1048391

> ENERGY SUBSTATION 08-H - COMBAT
You do a very quick cost/risk analysis. The Kaiju can't be allowed to escape. You'd have to either be hurt, or cause this part of the city to be without power for a time to guarantee success, and neither of those options sound great. So, instead, you go for the riskier play, a fight in this room. It SHOULD be okay if some of the machines get damaged, but you want to minimize risk, so you recall your nano-staples. You grow TENSE as the seconds drag by and your staples exit the electrical grid.

Just as the kite-ju is about to take off, your nanomachines return. You quickly form a large portion of them into one big staple, shift, and chuck it at the beast, not wanting to waste any time. It’s alarmed and unprepared as it turns to face you, eyes widening and slams their back against the wall. The Kite-ju is hissing hysterically and begins to dribble and spit it’s acid everywhere in an attempt to free itself. Fortunately for you, it cannot melt METAL with that, your staples are safe, and it is effectively SUBDUED. Unfortunately for you, it will try to get you with the acid during your now very real combat with the Bee-ju. The Bee-ju has stopped chewing on the unicorn and looks at you with hostility. Its jaw unhinges and the beast lets out a massive wail in your direction.

You shrink as the Bee-ju turns its rear to you and fires a stinger in your direction. It misses but the stinger embeds itself halfway through the wall.
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No. 1048392 ID: 87e33c
File 166751253644.png - (15.67KB , 500x500 , p78.png )
1048392

> ENERGY SUBSTATION 08-H - COMBAT
You: At least it just has just the one-
You: Goddess dammit.


You watch in real time as the stinger starts to grow back at a speed not too dissimilar to your previous growth rate before consolidation. You dash towards the bee and it fires another stinger at you. This one grazes the side of your skirt, tearing into it. And at the same time your rear is hit by the spittle of the Kite-ju. You can feel a slight breeze but don’t focus on it, you want to fuck up this damned bee, but just as you’re about to reach the thing it’s wings start vibrating and it jumps into the air with surprising speed.

Your brain cannot process what you are seeing, those wings are MINISCULE in comparison to it’s MASSIVE body, and yet it is flying ridiculously quickly. Not fast enough to evade you forever in this confined space, but certainly fast enough to try to hit you with some more singers before you catch it. The ground quakes slightly, you’re not sure if it’s because of your size shifting or because of a genuine earthquake, but you pay no attention to it as this bee takes all of your attention. And then you feel something, something PRIMAL, stirring within you.
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No. 1048393 ID: 87e33c
File 166751256203.png - (16.68KB , 500x500 , p79a.png )
1048393

> ENERGY SUBSTATION 08-H - PRIMAL WHISPERS
It’s almost like a whisper, one made of instinct, barely distinguishable from your own thoughts, but it’s there, and you can tell that it’s different.

Prey… Found… Hunger…
Consume… Grow… Adapt…
Instinct… Lust… Sustenance…


If you weren’t feeling so big brained lately you would have completely ignored this feeling as an errant thought, but it tugs at you, begs to be noticed, to be acknowledged, almost like an orphan. The room has only suffered from LIGHT damage, mostly cosmetic due to the fight and planning. And then there’s that quaking again, but you can’t focus on it, not with the FIGHT and the WHISPERS.

A. INDULGE
- Consume the Bee-ju
- Gain [3 SIZE SHIFTING XP]
- A new [PATH] will be opened up when size shifting levels up
- 40% chance of suffering an injury in the process
- 40% chance of damaging the power grid in the process
- 5% chance of both
- Your [PRIMAL PENALTY] will vanish for now

B. REJECT
- Capture both Kaiju for the government
- 25% chance the Bee-ju disregards safety, hurting both you and itself
- 25% chance the Bee-ju attempts to take the building down with it
- The actions you take can reduce or increase either of these odds
- Loss of this [OPPORTUNITY] to Consume the Bee-ju
- Your [PRIMAL PENALTY] will rank up

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No. 1048394 ID: a7a180

A. It's hip to eat bees!
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No. 1048395 ID: 629f2e

CONSUME!
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No. 1048396 ID: 15c72a

>>1048393
A.
Let's remember that the containment facility has a maximum size. It's a pity that the chance for zero damage is a measily 15% but the chance for not damaging the power grid is 55% which is good enough, and I think we're going to need that xp.
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No. 1048398 ID: 7c0da2

A. Consume the flesh of your enemy! Gain its strength!
You don't have room to capture them both anyway. Just try not to think about the fact that you are indirectly eating the unicorn it ate, because I highly doubt it had time to digest it...
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No. 1048400 ID: 8483cf

A. Consume!
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No. 1048401 ID: 7c0da2

Oh, and once the fight is over you'll have to make sure the security footage is recovered before anyone has time to view it. Either with your hacking nanobots or your government friends. Making sure the public doesn't see you devour freshly killed kaijus is part of handling your PR after all.
Actually, try "accidentally" destroying any cameras before consuming the bee.
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No. 1048402 ID: a9af05

>>1048393
A.
If you're going to do this, then you'd better do it quickly! Those choppers are going to arrive in [Next Update] and you don’t want them to see you doing that!

>>1048401
>security footage worries
We turned off the power to prevent the kaiju from feeding on it. With the power turned off, that means the security cameras are also turned off.
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No. 1048425 ID: 70f804

>>1048392
>The ground quakes slightly
>>1048393
>there’s that quaking again
Ok, that's been happening often enough that I'm starting to suspect that there's a 3rd kaiju on a floor under us. Might need to call in and ask if there's an update on that GPS and SATELLITE data to confirm if there is another one or not.

>choice
Go with A.

You can pick up and throw the stingers back at the bee to throw off its aim towards you.
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No. 1048456 ID: 9b0053

>>1048393
Mamita did say that you needed to eat more, so you might as well do A.
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No. 1048463 ID: 15c72a

...the quaking... I know why they didn't see the third monster! It's a burrowing monster! Watch out for an attack from below!
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No. 1048486 ID: e51896

When we were choosing three Kaiju, none of the ones we created could dig, and we know there is two holes in this building, one on the wall (where we entered) one on the ceiling,

I don't think the third Kaiju is underground, rather, I think it is somehow hiding literally above us on the roof near the ceiling, and causing the place to shake

Tell the government through your comm to be careful around the building, specifically the top portion of the building. It might be underground, but that hole in the ceiling suggests otherwise... Warn them it might even be Camouflaged

And then do A. Live up to your name.
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No. 1048487 ID: 36784c

>>1048486
>possible 3rd monster outside near roof
Yeah, it’s either there or it’s in one of the floors under us. We didn’t circle the entire building, so we could’ve missed another hole somewhere above or below the floor we’re currently on.
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No. 1048592 ID: 87e33c

rolled 62 = 62

THE BEE-JU STRUGGLES
86-100 = NO PENALTIES
- Nothing happens
46-85 = -1 HEALTH
- You suffer a wound
6-45 = -1 CITY DESTRUCTION
- The power grid is damaged
1-5 = BOTH PENALTIES
- You are wounded and the power grid is damaged
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No. 1048602 ID: 87e33c
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1048602

> PRIMAL WHISPERS - DESIRE
You wonder if Mamita would consider what you’re about to do as eating more, she did always say you were too skinny. You try to justify that there’s not enough room to keep both, or that the security cameras are off, or this is the most optimal path. But you can't lie to yourself deep inside, you’ve always kind of WANTED to do something like this, even if it was a small, whispering part, different from the new whispers.

So you get close to the creature and you grow. You grow much larger than you were before, but definitely not big enough to put the whole thing in your maw, and you think, in this moment, that the bee-ju can feel your INTENT, the DESIRE to CONSUME. It makes a final attempt, a struggle to escape, to fly through one of the holes. It doesn't escape. You suffer several gashes along your chest as its rear end bursts with the last few pitiful projectile stingers in its failure of a last ditch effort.

You’ve lost [1 HEALTH]
- The wound is incredibly minor


You feel no pain in this moment, and while you do feel an influence come over your body, this DESIRE, you are fully in control of your next move, there is no mind control, there is no mental manipulations, this is you, consciously being in CONTROL of this decision. And you love every moment of it.

Your jaw unhinges.
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No. 1048603 ID: 87e33c
File 166777026276.png - (16.02KB , 500x500 , p81.png )
1048603

> PRIMAL WHISPERS - CRUNCH
… CHOMP!

… TEAR!

… ADAPT!


You’ve gained [3 SIZE SHIFTING XP]
- Your PRIMAL PENALTY has vanished

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No. 1048604 ID: 87e33c
File 166777028277.png - (14.30KB , 500x500 , p82.png )
1048604

> ENERGY SUBSTATION 08-H - AFTERMATH
You let out a PRIMAL roar of ecstasy. The feeling you have right now, akin to the greatest post coitus high you’ve ever had. The Bee-Ju is slain, torn in half by your massive chomp. You consumed the area where you assume the HEART would be, leaving the head, wings, and lower half of the body RELATIVELY whole. The suits can probably get something out of this, right? Not like they’d have had the room without worrying about the things cannibalizing themselves, getting into conflict, or forming an escape plan.

You can hear the choppers arriving, and take in your appearance in the puddle of blood pooling at your feet. Your helmet is covered in gore, as is much of your upper half. The rumbling has stopped, and the Kite-Ju looks absolutely terrified of you.

You: Hey Comms, careful on your way in, there was some rumbling, I think we have one more
Comms: Roger that, satellite footage came back
Comms: The big problem is that the footage is scrambled
Comms: Though we can confirm three vague shapes from the clearest of shots
You: I’m going to check the compound again, see if I can catch it
Comms: So the other Kaiju are subdued?
You: …

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No. 1048606 ID: 87e33c
File 166777051156.png - (12.23KB , 500x500 , p83.png )
1048606

> ENERGY SUBSTATION 08-H - COLLAPSED TUNNEL
You: One KIA, one fully restrained and terrified
Comms: … Understood


You quickly duck and weave through the building and find several thrashed transformers on the lower level. There is also another massive hole, you follow it down to the basement level and see a collapsed tunnel, the barest of noise streaming through the cracks in the rock. The hole itself is around 1-2 METERS in diameter, and by the look of the grooves on the ground it seems like the creature is around 5 METERS long. There are also SCUFFS along the ground which you assume were made by LEGS like a MILLIPEDE.

You start to pull rocks away even as the choppers arrive and subdue the beast, but the tunnel appears to have collapsed behind the creature all the way down. There is no chasing whatever made this tunnel.

You: Shit.
You: One got away, and it’s a digger.
Comms: Roger that.


You sit down on a larger piece of debris and rest your helmet on your hand, the blood has only partially dried at this point, but you don’t care, you’re just frustrated you couldn’t catch them all. Footsteps approach you and you hear a familiar voice talking into her comm.


Phyllis: Hire a subsurface mapper and seismologist while you’re at it…
Phyllis: Yeah, code brown, code sky too, next few months are going to get messy…
Phyllis: Gotta go, meeting with Tear…


She hangs up the comm and slides it into her pocket, sitting beside you.

Phyllis: Wanna tell me what happened up there?

What do you say?

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No. 1048607 ID: 629f2e

"If you mean what happened with the bee kaiju, I ate it. Felt some instinctual draw to do so, and I needed to deal with it quickly so that I could find the third kaiju I had a feeling about. Couldn't pin it like the kite, since the staplers were still in-use. The worst possible outcome would have been the third kaiju joining the fight before I had the bee subdued, so logic and primal urges agreed it was the right play given what I knew at the time."
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No. 1048608 ID: e51896

Vent your frustrations and apologize

tell her that you're frustrated that you couldn't subdue all the monsters, and you just weren't fast enough to get here to save the unicorn's life. You were angry at the bee kaiju for killing her, and there was just so much going on in the fight worrying about three monsters that you just couldn't focus and eventually couldn't handle your frustration any longer to the point that you couldn't focus on anything other than taking down that bee, and couldn't reach the third kaiju fast enough because you were focused on the other two monsters. Really, it was just too much TENSION for a single hero like yourself.

Let her know you'll do better next time though. inform her you'll be more prepared next time. Tell her about that 6th sense you seemed to have had that alerted you that a monster was coming in the area before you went to Mamita's place, and you'll contact them the next time you get that feeling again so the government can be better prepared, and you'll also get a vehicle that can get you to your destination fast enough to prevent another death like that again, and prevent the monsters from stealing energy.
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No. 1048610 ID: a7a180

We arrived on the scene, one creature was attacking the power grid, the other was eating a civilian. So we subdued one and used necessary force on the other. And it filled something empty inside us. Not our stomach, but like... well, I think there may be some merit to old myths about consuming an enemy's heart to absorb their strength. When it's a giant monster, anyway.
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No. 1048615 ID: 7c0da2

Just tell the truth : you ate the bee. It tasted like victory.
Ask if it's a problem if you do it again, because it looks like it's an actual need you have now.
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No. 1048620 ID: 2aa5f0

pinned kite to wall, bee tried to flee, you stopped it.
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No. 1048628 ID: a9af05

>>1048606
>several thrashed transformers on the lower level.
Looks like the other kaiju was upset that the power got turned off and started breaking things.

>What do you say?
Tell Phyllis that you got mad at the bee for killing someone and you killed it. It ate that other person, so you gave the bee a taste of its own medicine by eating it. You're not entirely sure why you decided to specifically eat it, but it felt right to do that.
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No. 1048630 ID: e51896

>>1048608
To add to my post, I don't think we should be proud of ourselves killing the bee. The government didn't want us to kill it, and showing we were proud of our accomplishment might get us in trouble. Still admit that you did it, but show frustration over it.
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No. 1048683 ID: 908530

>>1048606
I got the munchies.
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No. 1048688 ID: e5709d

Quick, enhance knockers to distract her!
Speak in a formal deadpan voice while you do so she thinks she's hallucinating.
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No. 1048718 ID: 441109

>>1048606
After we explain what happened up there, we should take this opportunity to ask Phyllis if she thinks we did ok? Does she think we messed up or does she think there's something we could do to be better? Just ask for her honest opinion as your friend.
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No. 1048741 ID: 87e33c

rolled 15 = 15

TENSION
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No. 1048761 ID: 87e33c
File 166795330082.png - (10.02KB , 500x500 , p84.png )
1048761

> ENERGY SUBSTATION 08-H - COLLAPSED TUNNEL
You decide to tell the truth, because in all honesty, there’s no reason not to. PHYLLIS is your CONFIDANT, as are most of the others you work with, and you’d bet a whole FUND that she’s been in your corner from the backlines during this whole process.

You: I won’t sugarcoat things, I ate the damned bee.
Phyllis: Yeah, but you know that’s not what I’m asking.
You: I can only do so much…
You: I’m just one kin, Phyllis
You: I… I get this [6TH SENSE] about these [CRISES]
You: It’s sometimes vague, sometimes I can, right before the moment guess what’s coming
You: And I FELT, no, KNEW there was a third and that I didn’t have the time to waste
You: And look, I was right, there was a third, and it got pissed


You point to the destroyed room nearby, the transformers and conduits thrashed.

You: So, yeah, sorry I couldn’t subdue it like the other one
You: I *had* to eat it, I mean…
You: It felt right to do, like…
You: You know those old myths about consuming an enemy’s heart to absorb their strength?
Phyllis: Yeah, I know them, I read them to you when I had a fantasy novel binge phase.
You: I think there’s merit to it, and that I’m on the cusp of growing my power again.

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No. 1048762 ID: 87e33c
File 166795332060.png - (12.59KB , 500x500 , p85.png )
1048762

> ENERGY SUBSTATION 08-H - COLLAPSED TUNNEL
You: Did… did I do okay, I couldn’t save that UNICORN.
Phyllis: I-
You: I’m not asking THE GOVERNMENT AGENT here
You: I’m asking you, Phyllis, my friend


She looks caught off guard and hesitates for a moment before gesturing to your helmet and taking the battery out of hers. You disable your helmet-comm. She reaches over and takes you into a hug, covering her suit in blood. She whispers into your metaphorical ear.

Phyllis: You did great, I couldn’t be prouder of you.
Phyllis: The boys in the lab wanted a deceased subject anyway.
Phyllis: Though the HIGHER UPS will give you a hard time anyway for INSUBORDINATION
You: Technically they were subdued with NECESSARY FORCE
You: Lethal force, but necessary, Donna pointed out that part of the contract
Phyllis: Then that’s the angle you lean on
You: I’ll probably have to do it again, non-lethal takedowns take TIME
Phyllis: Yeah well, they always DEMAND more than most can deliver
Phyllis: You just happen to be more competent than they expected.

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No. 1048763 ID: 87e33c
File 166795333572.png - (15.93KB , 500x500 , p86.png )
1048763

> MISSION 1 - COMPLETE
There is no crowd this time, no captive fans, or kin pulling out their comms. Well, there is one, but they are shuffled away as you are led to a chopper. Probably for the best, as being covered in blood might make you seem like a MENACE. You’re kind of glad the government is around to handle this PR, it’d be a nightmare otherwise to manage.

> You will not be alerted to TENSION causes for this mission
> Your TENSION is currently at 12
> Attempting to roll over Tension value… [ROLL = 15]
> Success, nothing happens!!

Unless you are truly lucky, [2 CONSEQUENCES] will occur after the next mission.


The post-mission debrief is met with stern looks and harsh language, but you can tell that it’s mostly a farce. The same angry guy in the PR department is furious after hearing what happened but he’s shuffled out of the meeting. Your priority in protecting the city’s power grid, visible injuries even post-de-transformation, and commitment to at least attempting to follow the orders, however, causes their tune to change. They can see that you care, are doing your job, and that punishing you for something they cannot do would be a bit *too* unreasonable at this moment. You’re almost worried they would try to push, to take advantage of your care, but several pointed coughs and stern looks from Phyllis cut those lines of dialogue. Just what kind of position did she have in the past to have this much CONTROL over the situation?

The meeting ends as you’re shown footage taken from the ENERGY SUBSTATION. At first it was static, but then the static vanished and the form of the third creature was visible. A large millipede with glowing antennae and a massive, razor-tooth filled maw. It appears to also have two heads, spitting out the debris it consumes with one maw out the other end. That thing is going to be a headache to deal with.

Government Passive Income
+ 2 Funds
Command partially executed
+ You will be given a choice between 2 MINOR base upgrades
Specimen Captured
+ Kite-ju Research (results after downtime)
+ Bee-ju Corpse (results after downtime)
Government PR adjustment
+ The government cited a secret operation you were a part of, but disclosed no details
+ 1 HEROISM [2 total]
+ You were not seen, therefore gain no VISIBILITY

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No. 1048764 ID: 87e33c
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1048764

> ??? - THE HISTORIC PARASITE
Part of you is frustrated as you’re put under medical watch for your injury. They want to make sure that there’s no ACID in your system or some other VENOM or POISON that could have long lasting effects. You assure them that you’re MOSTLY FINE, but the many tests show that you’re suffering from bruised ribs and large gouges of serrated flesh. They bandage you up and you pass out on a cot in your BASE, entering the DARK SPACE again.

You’re not pulled anywhere this time, you know where to go. You float there of your own volition and pause as you see [PAZURU] staring back at you.

[PAZURU]: It seems that you prefer the path of [AUTHORITY], and lack a need for [ME]
You: Wait, so that wasn’t you guiding me to them?
[PAZURU]: It was not, in fact, I never [GUIDED] you.
[PAZURU]: You simply [SAW] me and [FOLLOWED]
[PAZURU]: And it seems that you have [NOT] made [PROGRESS] on finding me a [VESSEL]
You: Yeah, uh, there’s just a lot to do
You: And I’m only one kin
[PAZURU]: But you are not alone, you have [CONFIDANTS]
[PAZURU]: Take advantage of what my formerly [DIVINE] self lacks that [YOU] have
[PAZURU]: I have not lost [HOPE] in the [CHANCE] for [RELEASE]
[PAZURU]: But I won’t hold my metaphorical breath either
[PAZURU]: You may choose two

A. [PAZURU]: Do you have questions?
- Ask questions to the historic parasite
- She’ll answer the 3 that she finds most interesting
- She has seen nearly all of history and is a fount of knowledge
- You can choose this twice

B. [PAZURU]: Do you seek mystical knowledge, to teach and grow [ALLIES]?
- Learn how to teach others to use Mana-Based magic
- Will start the side quest - [MAGIC VS TECH]
- [PAZURU]: Your [PRIMAL VESSEL] is nearing a [TURNING POINT]
- [PAZURU]: It cannot hold [MANA] until you [EVOLVE]

C. [PAZURU]: Perhaps you would like to know where to find a new [CONFIDANT]
- Pick a confidant from the original chart
- Your random event will be replaced with a chance encounter with them
- You will be given INFORMATION that could make them INTERESTED in you

D. [PAZURU]: Or you could ask for something more specific
- Pick something else
- But what?

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No. 1048765 ID: a7a180

Can I interest you in a slightly used bee vessel?
C: Bring in the bounty hunter!
Also B, mana probably has better synergy with primal energy than tech and you have a fairy companion.
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No. 1048768 ID: 36784c

>>1048764
>But you are not alone, you have [CONFIDANTS]
Pazuru is right. We can have our government friends help us with [CRAFTING] a body for them to inhabit.

Alberta is knowledgeable in a lot of things and might know about Historic Parasites, Josephine can use her creative cosplaying energies to help design the body, and Phyllis has connections that could help us get what we need for making a body. Of course, it’ll be easier to convince them to help if we increase our Relationship Rank with each of them, since they’d be more willing to pull some extra strings and call in favors to help us out.

>You may choose two
D. Ask for something more specific.
We know that Pazuru wants a body with [VAGUELY FELINE] traits and I’m sure our government friends can help us [CRAFT] that body. The specific question I want to ask is: Would Pazuru want a [CRAFTED] body that was organically grown or mechanically build? I’m sure the government has ways to do both.

B. Mystical knowledge to teach to our allies would be helpful if they ever need it.
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No. 1048794 ID: 8483cf

>>1048768
C: Bounty Hunter
D: The suggestion about government-funded cat crafting is fun.
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No. 1048800 ID: 629f2e

Y'all gettin' hyped about picking up new allies like we aren't already neglecting the ones we currently have. Pazuru literally just pointed out how much nothing we have done for her.

A and B are my picks. Donna already has magic, so those teachings will probably go to our government buddies. Questions for A are:

"What are the origins of my power?" We sort of just found that d8 in a bush, but where did it come from?

"What is the greatest misconception I currently hold?" It's an intentionally broad question. Give Pazuru a blank check to let you in on some deep truths and see what she throws your way.

"What would be the most productive step I could take towards getting you a vessel?" Spare a question for her to make up for your lack of progress.
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No. 1048809 ID: e51896

A. Ask about (choose from the list)

- The dice, where did it even come from and why does it give us powers?

- We met somebody claiming to be a prophet of [PURITY]. Is that true? will this play into (interested in this question because it said Pazuru would hide us from angels and hates them, and would like to see her opinion.

- any way to lower TENSION POINTS? Probably not.

- You heard a voice urging you to eat the bee, and you gave in. What was that and why are they getting involved? (I know it is probably the [WILD] god, but I am interested as to why they are getting involved along with [LUST] and maybe [PURITY]

C. It was a tought choice between B or C, andI considered the MANA option, but in the end, I don't think I want to get involved getting busy in a sidequest when we have so little time to do other things, like train ourselves, or go shopping and other things during our downtime. That said, an ally like a bounty hunter to help us fight kaiju I think is better since Donna isn't going to help us fight with her powers, and the government is already helping us with our PR and researching things already.

I'll try to think up more potential questions for A, and I miiiight switch from C to B, but we'll see.
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No. 1048810 ID: 15c72a

A,B.
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No. 1048813 ID: 948df6

B and A.

- Why were the kaijus attracted to the power station, for what purpose beside damaging the city would they need to drain its energy ?

- What is the greatest active threat to the city right now ?

- Where could I find accounts of events both past and present that are similar to what's happening ?

- What is the city's biggest weakness, among the parts that are vital to its survival which one is the most vulnerable ?

- What am I overlooking at the moment ?
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No. 1048823 ID: a9af05

>>1048768
>government friends can help build Pazuru a body.
That might be possible.

I'll support this one for D.

And I'll vote for A with the questions that >>1048800 is asking.

>Y'all gettin' hyped about picking up new allies like we aren't already neglecting the ones we currently have. Pazuru literally just pointed out how much nothing we have done for her.
That's the exact reason why I'm NOT voting for that option.
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No. 1049044 ID: 87e33c
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1049044

> ??? - THE HISTORIC PARASITE
You: Probably a good idea to figure out magic for others
You: It’s getting kind of hard to SOLO these monsters
[PAZURU]: It will continue to get worse, as you shall soon see
[PAZURU]: The process isn’t at all complicated, one must simply [FILL] their [VESSEL] with [MANA]
[PAZURU]: Then one must either be at a [PLACE OF POWER]
[PAZURU]: Or must have an [ARCANE FOCUS]
[PAZURU]: The most annoying part is that [TECHNOLOGY] can [INTERFERE] with it


[PAZURU] proceeds to explain the process of creating an [ARCANE FOCUS] and where to find a [MANA VENT], apparently they’ve become scarce, but there is one near [DONJON] in this small town called [LYST].

You’ve learned about [MANA]
- Your big brain has somehow retained all this information, neat!
- You can teach others how to use [MANA] and create [ARCANE FOCUSES]
- You can't learn how to use it yourself until after you [LEVEL UP] your [SIZE SHIFTING]


You: What’s this about TECHNOLOGY interfering?
[PAZURU]: [MAGIC] is the process of using [CREATIVITY] and [CONCEPTUALIZATION]
[PAZURU]: [TECHNOLOGY] is the process of using [LOGIC] and [CONCEPTUALIZATION]
[PAZURU]: The complex circuitry creates an aura of [ANTIMAGIC]
[PAZURU]: Simply put, the two do not mix and are at odds
[PAZURU]: Technology is just conceptually more powerful in your [REALM]
[PAZURU]: You will need to create a localized [DEAD ZONE] via [EMP] to use the capabilities
[PAZURU]: Or create an [ARCANE FOCUS] to act as a personal [DEAD ZONE]
[PAZURU]: One localized directly around the [WIELDER]
You: So the focus nullifies the effect?
[PAZURU]: It does to some extent, though the farther it goes from the focus, the weaker it is
[PAZURU]: [MANA] does not reinforce a Kin’s body normally, but can reinforce [MATERIALS]
[PAZURU]: And most kin outright refuse to [IRRADIATE] themselves for [POTENCY] anyway
You: Yeahhhhh, cancer kind of is uh kind of a big deal


Pazuru shrugs, muttering something about *power* and *cost*. You pause for a moment to think, you decide to ask some questions that have been ruminating in your mind.
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No. 1049045 ID: 87e33c
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1049045

> ??? - THE HISTORIC PARASITE
You: So, about your [VESSEL], do you have a preference, or?
You: Basically I’m wanting a point in the right direction for this.
[PAZURU]: A purely mechanical one would be [TOLERABLE]
[PAZURU]: An synthetic one would be [FINE]
[PAZURU]: A biological one would be [FAVORABLE]
[PAZURU]: I cannot specifically [GUIDE] the process for you on this
[PAZURU]: But the most productive first step would likely be…
[PAZURU]: To spend time with DONNA, or to spend time with JOSEPHINE
[PAZURU]: It is [IMPORTANT] that [YOU] make this choice, not me
You: Whack, that makes no sense to me, but whatever.
You: What about the city and the kaiju?
[PAZURU]: What is the city’s [WEAKNESS] and why did the [KAIJU] want [POWER]?
[PAZURU]: It’s weakness is it’s [KIN], their reliance on [INFRASTRUCTURE]
[PAZURU]: You are… [COMPASSIONATE], and they [WILL] become [OBSTACLES]
[PAZURU]: They are like… moths to a [FLAME] and will only flee when it is too [LATE]
[PAZURU]: As for why the [KAIJU] wanted the [POWER STATION]
[PAZURU]: They have simply learned to adapt and [EVOLVE] using [ELECTRICITY]
[PAZURU]: Although, the [NUCLEAR POWER PLANT] is a better alternative
You: Uh, but that could, uh, NUKE the city
[PAZURU]: They would absorb the fallout, no, it would be worse for another reason
[PAZURU]: The aftermath of a giant monster trudging through your domain, the lives lost
[PAZURU]: The [POWERS] they could gain with that much [EVOLUTIONARY POTENTIAL]


The staple-like hairs on your neck stand on their ends and you feel your skin prickle with goosebumps. Taking out the NUCLEAR POWER PLANT would be absolutely CATASTROPHIC to the city. Sure, the government has enhanced and quadrupled security around the place in the last 10 years, but that’s nothing against a GIANT MONSTER. You should probably talk to the government about this, or at least your CONFIDANTS.
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No. 1049046 ID: 87e33c
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1049046

> ??? - THE HISTORIC PARASITE
You: Uhh, Uhh, Oh, this one’s been bothering me.
You: So what even ARE my powers?
You: And the dice, I just found it in a bush.
[PAZURU]: The device is a product of [CREATIVITY] and [LOGIC]
[PAZURU]: It is not [NEW] nor is it [OLD], it is both from [HERE] and [NOT]
[PAZURU]: They take many [FORMS] and will [MANIFEST] randomly throughout history
[PAZURU]: Typically the creator will reach a [FUGUE] state after witnessing a [MUSE]
[PAZURU]: And the device shall then exist, created by their hands
[PAZURU]: Some will retain some knowledge of the process
[PAZURU]: Becoming capable of breaking [LOGIC] and producing more
[PAZURU]: The [MUSE] Of your device is now primarily [WILD], your [SIZE SHIFTING]
[PAZURU]: Tinged with motes of [LOGIC], your [NANOBOTS]
[PAZURU]: And the powers are a [MANIFESTATION] of a [MUSE]
You: So it’s someone seeing a [GOD] and then going into a manic artistic phase?
[PAZURU]: A bit crude of a summary, not quite right, but close enough.
You: And the [VOICES] I heard whispering to eat the bee?
[PAZURU]: That’s just the [WILD] attempting to assert itself
[PAZURU]: The [MUSE] in your device is quite potent, the more you use it, the more it uses you
[PAZURU]: It is a [PARASITE] in a way, as no font of [POWER] comes free
You: Should I be worried?
[PAZURU]: [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [EGO] in the [7TH CYCLE]
You: Uh, I couldn’t quite catch that


[PAZURU] pauses for a moment, a brief moment of concern flashes in her expression before she turns away from you, sulking again. This doesn't worry you at all, not one bit, what the heck is a [CYCLE]? You think she mentioned the [8TH CYCLE] when you first saw her. And what’s with the sulking?!
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No. 1049047 ID: 87e33c
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1049047

> INTERMISSION II - START
You feel yourself fading from this place, falling away and back into your body. Bless it, you should have asked her how to contact her more easily.

[PAZURU]: Until we meet again, [HAILEY MARY].

You wake up in a cold sweat. You don’t look at the news or social media, that doesn't matter right now. The suits and doctors try to get you to stay in bed to recover, but you just don’t have enough time, and you’re not even sure where to start on all the things you have to do. At least you have this moment’s reprieve, this DOWNTIME before a new KAIJU strikes. You almost stop to think how weird it is that you KNOW that this is true, but don’t ponder on it for long, you feel a sense of URGENCY. You think your next MISSION might be a BIG one, but also that you might have A BIT MORE TIME before it happens.

INTERMISSION II - DOWNTIME
- Please see >>1046204 for basic downtime options
- You have 3 free downtime actions (one more than usual)
- You have 1 free “hangout” action
- [FISCAL SUPERIORITY] will update after this action
- You will be given a choice for your [BASE] after the next action
- You will be given a warning about [MONSTER EVOLUTION] at the end of the intermission
- STATS and list of met characters: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats


You may suggest up to 2 actions to do next, the most popular will be selected and the others will be used to create unique downtime actions as additional choices.
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No. 1049053 ID: a7a180

1: We should do another hangout in addition to the free one. Top two people to hang out with would be Josephine, since you passed up the last opportunity, and... Huh. Well, she's on the list so why not? My number two pick for a hangout is the dead unicorn energy utility worker.
2: Train size shifting! We're close to another breakthrough.
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No. 1049068 ID: c2ecd6

(Edited)

1st action: We absolutely need to shop for a SUPER SICK RUBY RED MOTORCYCLE. We couldn't save that unicorn because we were not fast enough from running alone, and the monsters got into the electrical power before we arrived. We need some wheels. right now, SHOPPING is important, especially for a motorcycle

(Speaking of which, i wonder how donna's get rich quick scheme went and if we got money for a better bike or buy something extra. Maybe we can see the results of Donna's plush first before we shop and see how much money we have?)

Second action: see our government buddies, specifically Josephine. That way we can tell her about the historical parasite and her wishes, AND let them know about LYST and its mana vent. Kill two birds with one stone this way.

our free hangout action can be Donna.

(I like training or going to the ruffled haunch as our third option, with ruffled haunch if Donna couldnt make money, but right now, i want to get a motorcycle and possibly other items mainly as one of our first two options. We already got exp from the bee after all)
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No. 1049092 ID: 36784c

>>1049047
Since the Monster Lab in our Lair allow us to research specific details of the monsters, I'd like to have the scientists research the monsters' ability to absorb electricity to become stronger. Hopefully the scientists will be able to figure out a way to counter that so we can stop them from doing that.

We should also warn our allies to tell the higher ups to NOT give any orders to try and shoot the monsters with any nukes, since those would supercharge the monsters!

>>1049068
>see our government buddies, specifically Josephine. That way we can tell her about the historical parasite and her wishes, AND let them know about LYST and its mana vent. Kill two birds with one stone this way.
Yeah, do this.
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No. 1049094 ID: e5709d

Attempt to generate extreme amounts of sexual fluids using your size-shifting powers.

And get some work done in the process.
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No. 1049098 ID: 7c0da2

First action : go hang out with Donna, see how her business is going and talk to her about Pazuru's vessel. Maybe she could make a plush vessel for her, like a plush kin ? I'm not sure if it counts as biological, but she said a synthetic one would be fine.
And you could also talk to her about learning magic. She would make a great teammate.

Second action : Train! You unlocked something by eating the bee, you need to discover what it is!

>>1049053 I also vote for hanging out with PTSD-induced hallucination of dead unicorn for the free hangout. Or maybe hangout with them during other tasks. Or at all time, in the corner of your vision, just barely out of sight, glimpsed in reflections or in the middle of a crowd.
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No. 1049100 ID: 17983e

Training

Go shopping
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No. 1049101 ID: 629f2e

Talk to Josephine and Donna at the aame time. Get government and magic in the same room so they can share notes quickly to help Pazuru's quest. Plus, Donna can contribute her only magic knowledge if you bring up the magic stuff you were told about.

Other than that, gonna say to train.

>>1049094

Yes. This is the natural evolution of our power. Gotta do it.
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No. 1049106 ID: 72bc96

>>1049047
Suddenly discover that your clothes have ripped and no longer fit properly because apparently kaiju are very high in calories and eating one makes you chubby.

>activities?
I kinda want to transform and let the scientists look at our Nanobots to see if they could improve them or something.

But we should definitely hangout with one of the people that Pazuru said could help us with making a body for her.
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No. 1049155 ID: 740803

>>1049092
>have the scientists research the monsters' ability to absorb electricity to become stronger.
Yeah, it makes sense to do this. If we can find a weakness, we might have an easier time in stopping them.

>>1049106
>let the scientists look at our Nanobots to see if they could improve them or something.
This is something else we should look into. We don't want to completely ignore one of our powers and not try to upgrade the nanobots.
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No. 1049269 ID: 87e33c
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1049269

> INTERMISSION II - RESEARCH [ENERGY]
You head outside the makeshift emergency bedroom that was put inside one of the empty rooms of your LAIR, pushing past the doctors and shooting several texts to your CONFIDANTS. Donna says that she’s in the middle of something and will be there LATE, after you’ve met with the others. Josephine, Alberta, and Phyllis have been waiting in the other room for you to wake up, so you gesture for them to get into the conference room, you’ve got something important to talk about. But first, you snag the nearest lab coat. Saba was mid-bite on this glazed sandwich looking thing and raises an eyebrow at you.

You: I need to you switch gears and research something about the monsters
Saba: Uh huh, *m u n c h* to what?
You: They can absorb energy and I think EVOLVE with it
Saba: … what? *munches slowly*
You: I’m pretty sure they can absorb other forms of energy, like nuclear too
Saba: That seems highly unlikely, are you sure?
You: Fairly certain, can you look into what would happen if they got a hold of a lot of it
You: If we can stop or even counter it mid-process that might give us an edge
Saba: We’ll look into it *m u n c h* *mumble* Tear, after lunch.

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No. 1049270 ID: 87e33c
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1049270

> INTERMISSION II - HANGOUT WITH JOSEPHINE AND CO [FREE]
You snag the following snacks from the break room while you’re there. Nacho cheese flavored staples, little cream puffs that are matcha flavored, and whole freeze dried eggs stuffed with bacon, squid, and croutons. You’re about to grab more when you realize that there seems to be a bit more weight around your belly and thighs. You even feel your normally loose-fitting clothes constraining around your body. Oh, oh no, Kaijus make you fat! You stumble into the meeting room upon realizing this information and the others look back at you in confusion.

Josephine: You okay Hails?
You: KAIJUS MAKE YOU FAT GUYS!!!
Alberta: Kaijus… make you… fat?
Everyone: …
Phyllis: I feel like that’s not what you wanted to talk about
You: OH!
You: It wasn’t no, I just realized I put on a few pounds and-
You: Wait no, no distractions I have something important to say!

A. THE FULL STORY
- Reveal to those in the room everything about [PAZURU] and about [MANA]
- You will be specifically focusing on JOSEPHINE throughout your retelling

B. SELECTIVE RETELLING
- Withhold certain information, but what?

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No. 1049271 ID: 629f2e

A, tell all! Total honesty has been a solid strat thus far, and I see no reason to start keeping secrets.
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No. 1049283 ID: 7def1e

A. Tell the truth. I dont see how they wont believe us after they met donna with her own magic, and the fact we got magic dice too, and you showed Phyllis you have a 6th sense to find monsters. Plus they deal with paranormal stuff, so it shouldn't be too bad.

And i think Pazuru wanted us to tell them about her in order to help her find a body
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No. 1049284 ID: 9d289f

Also, look closely at Saba's sandwich. See if he caved in and is eating that sandwich with the Kaiju acid sauce in it. Look for anything green and gooey.
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No. 1049286 ID: 7c0da2

A. They are your confidants (well, except Saba, you'll just have to trust him I guess), don't lie to them.
But Pazuru seems wary of [AUTHORITY], so maybe tell your friends not to repeat too much. Or not to repeat anything at all, really, because you having a weird mental (?) parasite in your head and/or dreams might make their higher-ups distrustful of you.

Also, apparently you'll need to exercise more if you want to keep eating kaijus. Which is good, because you need to train anyway to turn that kaiju into an awesome power-up! (instead of, you know, turning it into a very mundane kind of size shifting)
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No. 1049290 ID: a9af05

>>1049270
A

And when you get to the part about being able to teach magic, you absolutely need to let them know of the risks of learning it. Especially the part where using mana would mean [IRRADIATING] themselves, which could potentially cause cancer.
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No. 1049312 ID: a7a180

A. It's likely that Paz predicts that Josephine will be inclined to make her a vessel once she learns about her.
To explain it simply to them, mana and technology are two incompatible fields... but somehow, you've learned to use both, and the kaiju have learned how to feed on technology to feed their primal energy.
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No. 1049313 ID: 8483cf

A!
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No. 1049319 ID: 36784c

>>1049270
A. Make sure you explain that you've been meeting Pazuru in your dreams when you first got your powers. Because if they think it's a recent development, they might think the stress of being a hero is starting to make you hallucinate a helper so you can cope with the stress.

Also, mention how Pazuru reminds you of a video game character. If you're lucky, one of your friends will know which game you're talking about.
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No. 1049500 ID: 5499f4
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1049500

> INTERMISSION II - HANGOUT WITH JOSEPHINE AND CO [FREE]
You look around the room, making sure that no one else is around. Saba already left, you just shoved him safely down the staircase so he could eat his probably-not-kaiju-juice filled meal.

You: I want to talk about [MAGIC] and [MANA] and also about a [HISTORIC PARASITE]
Phyllis: Uh, hold the comm, as in you know about [MANA]?
Phyllis: Like as in know, know, and how it works
You: Uh, yeah
Josephine: I thought you said it wasn’t real Phyllis?


A silence goes throughout the room as all eyes lock on her. She sighs and fiddles with a panel hidden in the table that you didn't know was there. Shutters appear on the windows and the room feels oddly quieter than normal. Almost like there’s a ringing of white noise going on.

Phyllis: Sorry, had to shut off the cameras, what we talk about next stays with us.
Phyllis: I’ll deal with the shouting match from the higher ups
You: Oh….kay?


You don’t pause to think about the definite recording of all of your actions thus far and instead continue. You explain what you know about [MANA], how you met [PAZURU], the complications surrounding it, your 6TH SENSE, and even how you think you’ve seen [PAZURU] in a video game before. You pay attention to Josephine the entire time, and watch as her eyes glow with a manic DESIRE, EXCITEMENT, and a little bit of HURT aimed towards Phyllis.

Josephine: So, Phyllis, you lied because I’d need to get Irradiated to use it
Phyllis: No, I lied because our testing, at least until now, showed it was basically unusable
Phyllis: You can’t retain the stuff, it’s isolated, and the labcoats couldn't find shit
Phyllis: This is over a hundred years mind you
Phyllis: Technically I only know because I browsed a document and I thought it was bullshit
Alberta: Phyllis what the hell do you even do to have this high of a clearance
Josphine: I always thought you were in higher admin or something…


Phyllis cringes at the question, looking visibly uncomfortable.
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No. 1049501 ID: 5499f4
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1049501

> INTERMISSION II - HANGOUT WITH JOSEPHINE AND CO [FREE]
Phyllis: Too many things neither of you would be comfortable with, the work is…
Phyllis: Uncomfortably WET.
Phyllis: But that was a while ago, sorry.
Josephine: Are ALIENS real too? GODS even?
Phyllis: Sigh, and then I knew you’d get like this too…
You: So, can you guys help?
Alberta: I would say I could look into the [HISTORIC PARASITE] but that’s now Phyllis’s job
Phyllis: Yeah, I’ll see what I can do about that, also SABA would be VERY interested in this
Phyllis: He’s one of the few that was still toiling away over in LYST trying to crack it
Phyllis: Just pick the TWO that you want to train when you’re ready and they’ll delegate it
Josephine: I can work on body acquisition, I don’t uh… I want uh…
Josephine: I’m sad I’m not FELINE ADJACENT because otherwise I’d offer myself up
Alberta: We’re not letting you get special reconstruction surgery for this
Josephine: I… I know, but maybe I can MAKE her something, I do have practical SFX knowledge
Josephine: Maybe we can give it a CORE of [MANA]?
Alberta: I’ll also look into the game front, I think I know the one you’re talking about
Alberta: Old indie game, about lust combat or something, made by this solo dev who vanished
Alberta: Probably hard to track down, but I’ve been stuck doing paperwork, sooooo.
You: Thanks guys, I really appreciate it
Alberta: I will say I’m not really for the plan, I don't like the idea of giving a ghost a body
Alberta: Sounds like a PRISONER of some sort, which leads to the question of, well.
Phyllis: Why was she punished?
Alberta: Yeah, but she has helped, and from the sounds of it things will get worse
Josephine: But if we can figure out [MANA] then we can protect the ENERGY SITES better
Phyllis: Yeah, this uh, you know we’re going to have to tell the higher ups about this
Phyllis: At least in some form, right?
You: I’d prefer it if we didn’t, since well, there might be PROBLEMS
Phyllis: There won’t BE a planet left with us on it if they evolve to that point.
You: Fair…
Phyllis: Though, giving up a COMM to be able to use magic is going to be a hard sell
You: Yeah, apparently the ARCANE FOCUS can only do so much, a COMM kind of uh
You: Well it *could* be fine, or it could also not work and fail when you need it
Phyllis: I’ll talk to the coats, maybe they have an old school communication method
Phyllis: You said that ADVANCED CIRCUITS are the problem right?
You: I THINK so, yeah, like clocks and analog stuff is fine

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No. 1049502 ID: 5499f4
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1049502

> INTERMISSION II - FISCAL SUPERIORITY [UPDATE]
You head out of the meeting room, some very angry turtle in a hat and snazzy military outfit stomping about outside the room. You think you’ve seen them in a meeting once or twice. They brush past you and yank Phyllis back into the room, slamming the door shut. You hear the beginning of a shouting match occur as you duck out and notice Donna sitting on just a massive pile of BUX.

Donna: Laaaaadiesss
Donna: We’re RICH!
Donna: Well, specifically, I am the rich one
Donna: But that does not mean that I cannot… spread the wealth towards my investors!
Josephine: Bet yer regretting not investing in her plan now, huh Alberta
Alberta: … yes, you were right...
Josephine: Hmmm, sorry what was that?
Alberta: Don’t make me hit you with my cane
Donna: Ladies, ladies, no need to fight, we ALL get money, Hailey the most tho
Donna: Oh, and JUST LOOK AT HOW CUTE I AM, LOOK SEE!!!


Donna pulls out a plush of herself, exactly her size. It’s honestly pretty lifelike, whoever sewed these is an absolute beast at stitching. You grab the plush and stuff it in your breasts, it even fits in the Donna sized hole you call your cleavage. You’re glad that it worked out in the end. Then she pulls out another object, sneakily passing it to Josephine who squeals in excitement. Looks like it’s the sex toy variant. Your apartment’s probably going to be full of these things later.

Your investment of 2 funds has turned into 3 funds!
- Your investment into the PLUSHIE MARKET was met with success!
- You will gain an extra 1 fund every downtime so long as the CITY STABILITY is high enough
- Everyone else who invested has earned some amount of FUNDS as well
- You no longer have an opportunity to invest in plushies

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No. 1049504 ID: 5499f4
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1049504

> INTERMISSION II - DOWNTIME
Donna: Whelp, Now that that’s over I’ll just coast off the FUNDS, so what’s up SLUTS?
You: Oh, y’know, just magic and superpowers and monsters
Donna: Sounds like work, I’m gonna take a nap and cuddle the me in your breasts


Donna settles back in your bosom as you plan your next move.

You have 3 free downtime actions left, PICK ONE.
- You will be given a choice for your [BASE] after the next action
- Your warning about [MONSTER EVOLUTION] has been replaced
- You will instead be given tips on how to counter their [ENERGY ABSORPTION] at the end of the intermission
- You have a total of [5 FUNDS]

A. SEXY SIZE SHIFTING TRAINING
- (.5(base)x2(sub-brain bonus) = 1XP) in SIZE SHIFTING, leveling up to RANK A
- Training as you increase in rank is HARDER
- Suggest a more productive training regimen to increase the base value
- Something special will happen
- You: Okay, so what if I jerked off in big form while I was training
- *The lab coats ALL liked the sound of this idea*

B. NANOBOT UPGRADE RESEARCH
- Pay up to 4 FUNDS and this action
- The Labcoats will attempt more invasive procedures to see if they can UPGRADE the tech
- Base SUCCESS chance - 20%
- there is a 40% chance of sustaining an INJURY throughout the process
- Each fund invested increases the SUCCESS chance by 20%
- Each fund invested reduces the INJURY chance by 5%

C. SHOPPING
- Go buy something
- Maybe there’ll be something EXTRA on the bike
- Or maybe one of the other VEHICLES will be more tempting
- Feel free to suggest other things you’d like to purchase as well

D. OTHER
- Do something else
- Stats: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats

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No. 1049506 ID: e51896

C. With 5 wealth, I think it's now time to go SHOPPING.

SHOP for the bike (3 funds or 2), and some armor/weapons (lean towards armor) We don't want another unicorn death on our hands for not being there quick enough, and we gotta be extra prepared for the big fight coming.
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No. 1049508 ID: a7a180

AAA. We can buy stuff and go to funerals later. Also, wow, that XP rate drops fast.
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No. 1049509 ID: 629f2e

A!

> You: Okay, so what if I jerked off in big form while I was training

Do this. This is absolutely the direction your powers should go.
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No. 1049510 ID: e51896

Still want C, BUT If we do A, lets train by fighting against the monster(s) we captured, and milk them for their yummy venom like Rutherford wanted (we can probably sell them to some food chain restaurant for them to research for a lotta money later too!)
and I think fighting a monster will help with Saba and Rutherford's energy research by studying how much stronger they get when we fight them.

Invite Donna to watch too! (tho i don't think we have a choice if she's resting in our breasts)
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No. 1049511 ID: 8483cf

A, with a secondary vote for C later. Motorcycle!
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No. 1049512 ID: 15c72a

>>1049504
A
Training regimens:
Alternate between big and small, see how far you can go each time and how fast you can do it. If you're fast enough, do exercises during shifts. Like jumping jacks where you do one jumping jack small and then one big, etc.
Obstacle course where you try to get through it as fast as possible, but there are small gaps you have to shrink to get through.
Training to dodge attacks by size shifting. Someone throws balls at you, you stand still and only shift size to dodge. Maybe you can learn to shrink your body in only one dimension to dodge best like this? Become flat or narrow!
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No. 1049538 ID: 99ca7b

A!
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No. 1049579 ID: 87e33c

rolled 5 = 5

TRANSFORM!
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No. 1049594 ID: 5499f4
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1049594

> INTERMISSION II - SIZE SHIFTING TRAINING
You decide to train, you're close to a BREAKTHROUGH, and you have a few novel ideas. This training process takes a little while, being stretched across a few weeks. One day you try to fight the snake and at first it seems to go alright, but then it gets absolutely terrified of you as you grow even bigger than you were before. Maybe there's an EDGE to you that you didn't have before that the other kaiju are starting to pick up on?

Seeing as you're not getting a true challenge you try to do some quick shifting exercises. These are met with more success and you feel that this exercise is both more novel and trains a part of your orthogonal thinking. The immediate shifting to dodge balls is helping to focus your skills in this regard, projectiles might be less of a problem now, at least you hope that's the case.

And then there's the final tactic so many kin in the lab have been dying to see this, and part of you misses the life of a sex worker, you haven't been back to the haunch in an occupational capacity in a while after all. So you transform in a flashy pose to begin your best strip tease yet to the audience of your government pals and the lab coats. You Roll a 5, a respectable number and do a sexy dance in the middle of your training yard, your steps hit the ground with loud thuds, As you grow and shift, accentuating your curves with each movement.

You strip your underwear, push away the nanobots and pop in your chestpiece, they disintegrate into harmless dust that adds a smoky RUBY RED mist of ambience to your performance. Your helmet, boots, and gloves stay on throughout the performance though, have to keep them wanting for something. You then start to touch yourself, gentle touches, stimulating probes, clitoral depressions. You haven't gotten off in what feels like an eternity as you can feel the LUST building within you. It doesn't take much to get your lower half going, practically leaking with excitement.
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No. 1049596 ID: 5499f4
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1049596

> INTERMISSION II - SIZE SHIFTING TRAINING
The gaze of your friends and coworkers on you sets your heart ablaze. Each of their tiny little eyes roving over your form. Your first orgasm strikes, sending a quiver down your legs that almost topples you over, you leak sexual fluids on the ground, and it’s size does not reduce at all as it leaves your body. Your performance continues as you begin to get lost in an experience so intimate and so known by you that it’s like a long lost friend that comes to visit for dinner. Only you’ve skipped the wining and dining and skipped straight to the lovemaking.

Another orgasm strikes you and this time you squirt, accidentally coating an audience member, but you don’t care, you’re in a blissful state. You get lost in your own world as this continues for the rest of the session until you’re splayed out on your back, still in giant form, dirt be damned. The post nut clarity has given you revelation and understanding towards your power and you see new paths, but one of these paths feels different, more PRIMAL than the others.

You gained ([.5(base)+.5(unique training regimen)]x2(sub brain) = 2XP) in SIZE SHIFTING
SIZE SHIFTING HAS INCREASED TO [RANK A]... but something happened!
+ In suit size increased to 1cm (min)/1,000cm (max)
+ Out of suit size increase to 30cm (min)/300cm (max)
+ The [PRIMAL PENALTY] has returned at [RANK F]

PICK ONE
A. Expansion
]- Your max height cap is now 5,000cm
- Size shifting can selectively target limbs
- Become four times as strong when big

B. Recession
- Your body can shrink in one dimension, allowing you to flatten or narrow at will
- Your body becomes twice as tough as its largest size at all times when transformed
- Retain normal sized strength when small

C. Omission
- Your minimum height is now less than 1mm
- You can change your weight at will between your heaviest and lightest values
- Will, if used properly, allow for a somewhat unreliable form of flight

D. Regression [A NEW PATH]
- [SIZE SHIFTING] will drop to [RANK B]
- Gain one of the bee’s powers from this list at [RANK C]
- Increase the [PRIMAL PENALTY] to [RANK C]

D1. Flight
- You can fly as fast as your sprinting pace at maximum size (no matter the size)
D2. Energy Absorption [Cannot rank up]
- You can absorb energy to gain XP
D3. Bone Manipulation
- You can grow and shape the bones in your body, firing them out if you chose

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No. 1049599 ID: e51896

see if one of the scientists wants to explore your "cave" at your size Forget it, it might kill them.

A! If the monsters are getting bigger, so must we!

plus, selective limbs growth will be fun. Bigger boobah!
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No. 1049600 ID: a7a180

A. That's a huge boost compared to the other options.
Second choice would be D2, because you'll be able to deny energy to the kaiju should you be unable to keep them from getting to the grid, and if the grid's doing well you can use the excess to power up.
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No. 1049601 ID: 8483cf

C: Omission. Being MAX HEAVY at MIN SIZE is stupid good, plus we get the ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
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No. 1049603 ID: a7a180

>>1049599
You can't make a science omelette without breaking a few eggheads!
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No. 1049604 ID: e51896

To add on to the A choice, becoming 4 times stronger when big is no joke!

and with selective limbs growth, we can also make our head bigger to chomp more effectively, make our arms or fist bigger or longer for stronger punches, and use our larger arms to reach higher ledges to climb up high places at normal size without breaking the structure we climb up if we were big

(also consider For context, the statue of liberty is 4602 CM tall, with choice A bringing us to 5000 CM tall with choice A, we'll pretty much be taller than the statue of liberty, or whatever this world's equivalent of that statue would be. This doesn't count the pedestal the statue is on)
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No. 1049606 ID: 629f2e

C. Don't underestimate the kinds of shenanigans you can get up to with weight changing.

Imagine bumping up your weight as you jump onto a trampoline, and then as the tension releases dropping it dramatically to send yourself flying high up into the sky.

Or, for a more practical example, consider lowering your weight as you dodge a monster's blows, making yourself more nimble, but bringing your weight back up to put it all into your attacks. Or making yourself heavy to more easily pin a monster down. How about big but light so that you can climb buildings without doing much damage to the structures of them?

Add to that letting you become small enough for some real stealth/maneuvering through tight spaces, and this becomes a boon of significant value.
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No. 1049609 ID: 99ca7b

C

Consider the following:
- minimize weight
- leap above an enemy
- Maximize weight, minimum size
- drop on their head like a tungsten rod orbital impactor, as physics goes wheeeeee
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No. 1049610 ID: 2aa5f0

going with C because it reminds me of the ant man memes around endgame so...

>C
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No. 1049612 ID: 36784c

I’m voting for C for these reasons >>1049606

Also, if we ever decide to actually go work at our job, it’ll be much easier to dance on the stripper pole when we make ourselves super lightweight!
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No. 1049618 ID: 7c0da2

A.
You will be fighting bigger Kaijus sooner or latter, you need to be somewhat on their level to effectively punch them. Or eat them.
And you will need to deal with the flying island at some point. If you keep getting bigger you may end up being able to simply walk there and climb on it. Or even grab it and turn it into a regular island.
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No. 1049619 ID: a9af05

>>1049596
A
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No. 1049648 ID: 2ef7dd

>>1049594
>part of you misses the life of a sex worker, you haven't been back to the haunch in an occupational capacity in a while after all.
You should definitely go in to work sometime soon. If you keep skipping out, eventually you'll get fired.

>>1049596
C. Omission
We need more variety in our arsenal besides just "get bigger". And if any flying kaiju try to carry us away, we can surprise them by becoming too heavy to lift.

>Will, if used properly, allow for a somewhat unreliable form of flight
Pretty sure this means that we can make ourself light enough to start floating. What makes it somewhat unreliable is figuring out how to move while floating, but I'm sure we can think of something.
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No. 1049658 ID: 1e7b2a

D2. Energy Absorption

Slight hurt short term but government backing means some easy power sources, Hailey can probably eat more kaiju if the team has her as a cooperative baseline for how this energy absorption works, it may not even be that expensive if the electricity grid just dump surplus energy to the lair during off peak times.

I also just want to see some training scenes like getting Hailey to gigantify and then pedal really hard on an exercise bike hooked to a generator or run around with a lightning rod during a storm.
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No. 1049687 ID: a9af05

Ignore my vote here >>1049619 . I'm changing my vote to D1. Flight.

We need the mobility if we run into flying enemies.
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No. 1049693 ID: e5709d

I vote D2
Think about it; most of these monsters are going to have biological energy storages for all the power they harness. Eat them, see if you can siphon some of it back.
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No. 1049708 ID: 5499f4
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1049708

> INTERMISSION II - SIZE SHIFTING TRAINING FINAL
There’s a part of you, the PRIMAL part, that growls a quiet, whispery moan of HUNGER. You dismiss it entirely. There’s no need to REGRESS, your mental acuity is too strong to accept that temptation, and if you really do need the other power, you get the feeling that you could just consume a different Kaiju. The last vestiges of the Bee-Ju’s will fade from your mind, forgotten and unnecessary as you intuit your way forward, there are no distractions, you’ve made it clear last time that you’re not to be interrupted when you’re in this state.

You can feel your body shift, shrinking until you’re the size of an ant, no, smaller than an ant. Everything is just so big. And then, like you’ve discovered a new muscle, you realize that you can adjust your weight. You’re giddy with excitement as you realize that physics has no hold on you anymore, you bet that the other ladies are going to be jealous of this new power.

You selected the [OMISSION] specialization
- You can adjust your weight at will between your heaviest and lightest values
- Your minimum height is now less than 1mm
- This power works when out of suit using those values
- You have [9/16 XP] needed to reach RANK S
- The effects will fully mature at the end of the intermission


You come back into focus and return to your normal size, de-transforming and appearing back in your normal clothes. Alberta approaches you, nearly slipping on your pile of sex goo on the ground. She hands you a tablet that asks for your passcode.

Alberta: Okay, I know you never check your email, so here, hurry up and pick one.

PICK ONE, It will complete construction after your next downtime action
A. Increased Kaiju Containment
- Lets you store an additional 2 large kaiju safely or 4 more at a risk
- Would increase your capacity to 4 (safe)/8 (risky) kaiju

B. Discount Medical Supplies
- Enough supplies to heal 2 blocks of health that you must pay to replenish
- Each block of health healed this way takes up a downtime action


Stats Page: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats
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No. 1049709 ID: a7a180

We're out of safe kaiju storage, so let's upgrade that.
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No. 1049713 ID: e51896

Before I vote, I'd like to ask how much will the discounted medical supplies cost, and if we store more than the safe amount of kaiju, what will the percentage be for a complication to happen?
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No. 1049717 ID: 5499f4

>>1049713
EDMANGO NOTE: This is an upgrade worth [1 FUND]

Every Kaiju past capacity increases the chance of a messy event by a base value of 20% + 40% per Kaiju past capacity as of right now.

If you increase your kaiju storage capacity it changes to base 20% + 10% per kaiju added

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No. 1049719 ID: 629f2e

A, we need more kaiju storage
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No. 1049722 ID: e51896

I'm fine with either option, but I'd like to propose this idea for B:

If our government buddies are going to help us after they get magic, there could be a chance that they too might get hurt and will need access to some easy heals.

If there is a complication like the kaiju escaping, or if we need to make room for new kaiju, we'll just eat the weaker kaiju to make more space and get XP out of it. the kite and snake are scared of us, so they should be pushovers. Just make sure we ask the scientists and the government for permission first and try to persuade them. (don't eat any right now, we need Saba and Rutherford to finish their energy research. We'll wait to eat one or two after we capture the next kaiju(s))

with that in mind, I'll wait to vote later until I see other people's argument, but I'm leaning slightly towards A.
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No. 1049741 ID: 0392d0

A.
We can only eat so many kaijus, we need more storage space.
Besides, on the power chart it warns that you need to control the impulses you get from primal powers, so maybe eating kaijus is not that good an idea.
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No. 1049763 ID: 36784c

>>1049708
Let's go with A
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No. 1049778 ID: 6f23a7

>>1049708
A. Also where's Donna? It was never mentioned that we removed her from between our boobs before we started training. Did we accidentally squish her between our boobs when we started shrinking?
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No. 1049787 ID: f2320a

>>1049708
not so bad being fatter, look at donna and then look at yourself how most everything ends up in your tits if you where not a stapler you would put dairy cows to shame in tit proportions
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No. 1049936 ID: 87e33c
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1049936

> INTERMISSION II - DOWNTIME PART II
You: Easiest decision of my life, more containment.
Alberta: Uh, you sure, you're kind of still injured.
You: It's just surface wounds, I'll be fiiiiiiiine
You: I get the feeling the next attack's going to be big
You: Its either that or I kill all of them
You: And, well, I feel like the coats would prefer this option
Alberta: Hey uh, don't forget to look after yourself, okay...

Your [MONSTER LAB] will recieve an upgrade
- Your total Kaiju capacity has been increased!


The coats babble on about running tests on your sexual fluids and on analyzing the data that they've recorded after your performance. Donna gives you a thumbs up from the audience seating, claiming that [LUST] would approve of what you've done here. And eventually you head back home to take a quick nap before deciding your next move.

You have 2 free downtime actions left PICK ONE
- You have a total of [5 FUNDS]
- You will be given tips on how to counter the kaiju's [ENERGY ABSORPTION] at the end of the intermission

A. SHOPPING WITH SOMEONE
- Invite a friend to go shopping with you!
- They'll provide colorful commentary and unique shopping options.
- If you buy them something, you might increase your confidant XP with them!

B. OTHER
- Any options previously suggested are applicable options
- Please see >>1046204 for basic downtime options
- STATS and list of met characters: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats

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No. 1049939 ID: e51896

Shopping is really important, and I think it should be one of our last two actions so we can get a vehicle, and some weapons or armor or anything else that can help us.

That said, I think before we do that, we can probably stand to make a couple more wealth if we work in the Ruffled Haunch as our second action, and then do some shopping as our third action with the extra money we make from work. Imagine how much stuff we will be able to buy after we make that extra cash (we'll have about 7 wealth overall after work). Plus we haven't been at work in awhile. Maybe we can hear more about that bounty hunter from Gladys, and maybe meet an interesting customer.

however, if we want to see about doing something else as one of our last two actions, then shopping will be my second choice.

so for my second action, I want B: be working at the Ruffled Haunch


But I'm fine if A is chosen to shop and we do something else as our last action That'd be my second choice
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No. 1049940 ID: e51896

>>1049939
And if we go shopping, I nominate Alberta to shop with us. She's the one that has been getting a play by play from us on what happens during battle, so she should be able to give us input on what she recommends we should get with our wealth. She might want to buy something too.
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No. 1049944 ID: a7a180

We'll be sure to look after our health, but we're fine for now.
B: Hang out with the dead unicorn.
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No. 1049946 ID: 629f2e

Why don't we make Alberta feel better by going home, resting, and rejuvenating. Recover from injuries before we get even more ones.
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No. 1049950 ID: 8483cf

Buy a motorcycle with Alberta!
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No. 1049951 ID: a9af05

>>1049936
B: work at the Ruffled Haunch.

If we get more money, then we can go shopping later to buy a good vehicle, instead of a cheap one. Or if we bring someone with us, we can buy them something with the extra money.
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No. 1049955 ID: a0094e

B Ruffled Haunch

Maybe we'll bump into Pioggi and Naail at work?
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No. 1049962 ID: 30a1cc

>>1049936
.....fuck. I just realized something: The government higher-ups just tricked us into getting the Lair upgrade that would benefit them when the tell us to capture more kaiju.

The choices were between upgrading the kaiju prison or getting some discount medical supplies that we replace with money out of our own pocket and would take up one of our downtime actions. Obviously, we'd end up picking the one that was automatic and didn't require us to use our own time and money to use.

Next time we get a choice like that, we'd better be a little more careful on what we choose.

>what do?
I'm supporting going to the Ruffled Haunch. I choose B.
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No. 1049965 ID: a7a180

>>1049962
We were going to be ordered to catch more kaiju anyway. By increasing the capacity we've just made it safer to do so instead of being forced to hold more kaiju in a facility unable to safely contain any more.
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No. 1049969 ID: e51896

>>1049962

>The choices were between upgrading the kaiju prison or getting some discount medical supplies that we replace with money out of our own pocket and would take up one of our downtime actions. Obviously, we'd end up picking the one that was automatic and didn't require us to use our own time and money to use.

Don't worry, even though they've been offering lair upgrades for free, upgrades to the lair is also one of the things we can buy when we're shopping according to the downtime options >>1046204 [3 wealth for medical supplies lair upgrade],

we can potentially pay for that upgrade while we shop for a vehicle and armor/gadgets. We should have more than enough if we spend some time at the haunch.
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No. 1049990 ID: 629f2e

>>1049962

...Wait no, this is actually fucked up, u right. Why the hell are WE paying THEM to be able to store more kaiju when THEY are the ones asking us to capture them alive in the first place? Killing them is easier, we're actively trying to avoid that because of them, and it got us injured last time! We are literally paying them to be able to make our job more difficult, why the hell aren't they paying for this shit themselves?

You should call up Phyllis and ask about this ASAP, because the idea that your naiveté in wanting to help people is being taken advantage of bites.
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No. 1049996 ID: e51896

consider that by capturing more monsters, Saba, Rutherford, and their research team will be able to study these monsters to help us in future crisis. They're already researching and going to give us information about how to prevent them from taking energy. By imprisoning more monsters, they should be able to help get an idea of their weaknesses and their movesets and behavior to get an advantage over them in battle bit more, and help us come up with a plan of action
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No. 1049997 ID: 36784c

>>1049936
B. Go to the Ruffled Haunch for work. I’m pretty sure you’re gonna get fired if you keep skipping out for too much longer.

>>1049990
>Why the hell are WE paying THEM to be able to store more kaiju
We’re not. The government is doing that themselves and we’re not paying them. But if we got the medical supplies, we would’ve paid the government to restock it when we use it.
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No. 1049998 ID: 15c72a

B: Haunch
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No. 1050001 ID: 40ce9c

Go shopping with Donna. Buy that ruby red motorcycle and cool motorcycle helmets for the two of you. Ask her if she wants her own vehicle, maybe a drone that you could customise to add a cockpit with a couch or an armchair or something ? She can already fly, but now she could fly in comfort.

And of course the free upgrades are for things they want us to have, no surprises here. I doubt they would agree to spend our budget on, I don't know, a ballroom. We have our own funds for that kind of things.
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No. 1050044 ID: 741cc9

>>1049936
B.

I was kinda hoping we could do the Arcane Focus Creation to teach Saba and Josephine.

Choosing them because Saba volunteered and wants to do it and Josephine because during the meeting she seemed to be really interested in the subject and would probably want to learn this stuff.
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No. 1050061 ID: 2a605f

>>1049936
B
I'm good with either the Ruffled Haunch or doing this >>1050044
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No. 1050118 ID: cf3ad1

>>1049936
B. Ruffled Haunch to get more money.
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No. 1050178 ID: 87e33c

rolled 98 = 98

RANDOM COWORKER TIME
1-20 THE BOSS
21-40 GLADYS
41-60 PIOGGI
61-100 UNICORN
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No. 1050182 ID: 87e33c
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1050182

> INTERMISSION II - WORK AT THE RUFFLED HAUNCH
You decide to go to the RUFFLED HAUNCH and put in some hours over the course of a few days. That sexual training kind of kick started your sex drive again, you were so distracted with ACTUAL REAL SUPERPOWERS that you nearly forgot about both your former profession and just how much you enjoyed the act itself.

A few kin comment on your SICK BRUISES, whose origins you claim are from several SCRAPS you got into over the past month. None of them bat an eye at your excuse as your melee combat prowess is actually somewhat well known by your workplace and clientele. A lot of them want to KNOW that they're being dominated by a badass woman who could easily crush their heads between their thighs.

You take in as many offers as you can and even participate in a few hedonic orgies that were apparently organized by Donna. She's been making rounds in the sex worker community as a generous patron as of late, only for her to make bank as the profits are funneled back towards her.

Going to the haunch is work, but it's also relieving your accumulated mental fatigue. Seeing the faces you pleased, watching their expressions, faking orgasms, having some, etc. It's good, it's carnal, it doesn't require you to think or plan, and also scaring the living shit out of kin as you gain and lose weight while on top of them is absolutely hilarious.

You've gained [2 FUNDS] by working at the Ruffled Haunch.
- You now have a total of [7 FUNDS]

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No. 1050183 ID: 87e33c
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1050183

> INTERMISSION II - CHIRPER
You browse Chirper for the latest and most popular chirps and there's a few topics that catch your eye. The first is that you're seeing hundreds of re-chirps of kin posing with the Donna dolls, apparently she started some viral stunt where you toss the Donna toy into weird places and try to get other kin to find it, kind of like geocaching but just with a stuffed toy.

There's tons of reviews about her sex toy and how the material almost feels alive, just like magic. But that's probably just a ton of buzzwords and kin hyping it up. Whoever she paid to handle marketing is certainly spamming the net for her, even making a few memes.

The next thing to catch your eye is a thread about the [PURITY] preacher. They've started to gather a small following of believers online. Turns out the preacher actually has been donating to orphanages across the town, though there still appears to be conflicting evidence as to whether or not their [HEALING POWERS] are legitimate. [1 FUND] for a heal is still a lot of cash. You note that they're still in town, and that should you want to visit them, it will likely be very easy to find them.
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No. 1050184 ID: 87e33c
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1050184

> INTERMISSION II - ZANA IN THE NEWS
> Featuring art by Poltergeist Ethanoic Acid!
The last thing you find of relevance is a highly viewed video by KITSUNEWS talking about some dead unicorn. You look a little closer at the thumbnail and you realize that it's THE dead unicorn from the power station. Guilt forces you to watch it.

I'm your news anchor Polka D. Artep with today's solemn episode of KITSUNEWS.

A beloved former child star Zana Ly has recently passed away due to an unfortunate accident at the local power station. Zana was a star on the hit childrens show "Our Smalltown Horsies" and "Stuffed House", loved by many kin in southern communities. She also guest starred in the hit television drama CATALYST when she was wasn't pursuing her passion of electronic engineering and Mechanical Repair.

Some critics claim that she should have stuck to film, instead of trying to double dip as an engineer and movie star. But as a woman and entrepreneur I commend her for reaching out and working in the STEM field whilst not giving up on her dream of becoming a star on the big screen. She was an intelligent woman and friend and will be sincerely missed. A funeral pyre will be held in her honor at the DONJON BEACH LIFE AQUARIUM. And now a moment of silence for her loss.

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No. 1050185 ID: 87e33c
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1050185

> INTERMISSION II - DOWNTIME PART III
You can feel your body depress as the words ring in your ears. She was a child star, and you even remember those shows, "Our Smalltown Horsies" is a classic. She played this one rich, bratty unicorn who was really into sewing and had magic. You think they even sold hats with her head on it at some point. If... If only you were faster. Your COMM chooses this moment to buzz with a notification.

Alberta: Heya Hails, wanna maybe watch a movie and REST?
Alberta: We could cuddle if you want, could invite Josephine over for a MONSTER MOVIE?
Alberta: We could even do (a little) ONLINE SHOPPING
Alberta: No pressure or anything!


Hmm…

This is your LAST downtime action of the intermission. PICK ONE
- You have a total of [7 FUNDS]
- You will be given tips on how to counter the Kaiju's [ENERGY ABSORPTION] at the end of the intermission

A. REST WITH ALBERTA
- Counts as both the rest action and the hangout action with Alberta
- Heal ½ of a point of health
- Gain relationship XP with Alberta
- Be advertised products on the TV

B. SHOPPING WITH A BUDDY
- Counts as both the shopping action and the hangout action with a partner
- Gain relationship XP with said partner
- Be given one guaranteed HOT DEAL, but it may not be for something you want

C. ARCANE FOCUS CREATION
- Teach 2 kin (of your choice) how to make an arcane focus
- Will make the government more effective at supporting you in the field
- Will kickstart the creation of the government's magical division

D. ZANA'S FUNERAL
- Visit the unicorn's funeral
- A random event will occur
- You'll bump into someone you may know

E. OTHER
- Suggest something else to do

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No. 1050187 ID: 8483cf

B stands for Buy the bloody motorcycle with Alberta!
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No. 1050188 ID: bc4cda

D.
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No. 1050196 ID: 629f2e

A, hang out with your friends and recover some of your injuries before you pick up even more. Ranking up the relationship is a nice bonus too.

If you can get Phyllis to come over, take the opportunity to bitch about those stupid base upgrade choices.
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No. 1050207 ID: eb3b9d

B. With all that wealth, we need to start shopping. Bring Alberta with you since she wants to spend time with you

My current shopping list:

- Motorbike (2 wealth) we dont want another incident like Zana's death

- Fortress upgrade, medical supplies (3 wealth) to make Alberta feel relief

- alberta gift (1 wealth) she didnt get the shared wealth from Donna. Give Alberta a break

- Get heals from [purity] preacher (1 wealth) this should make Alberta feel a little better about our current health and get us prepared for the next fight
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No. 1050210 ID: d08adc

>>1050185
B. Online shopping with Alberta

>Be given one guaranteed HOT DEAL, but it may not be for something you want
Hopefully it'll be for some Skates. When we take them into battle, they'll help us get around enemies on the battlefield and will double as weapons on our feet!
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No. 1050245 ID: 85d357

>>1050185
B with Alberta
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No. 1050246 ID: 381e6d

D. Random events are fun.
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No. 1050250 ID: 629f2e

>>1050207

If we're going shopping, I'll support getting the bike, the medical facilities at our lair upgraded, and a gift for Alberta. Think we should pass on the preacher though, PURITY and LUST don't really mix well.
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No. 1050254 ID: 85d357

I don't think we should be making decisions on what to buy yet. We'll be given one guaranteed HOT DEAL, but it may not be for something we want.

We should wait to see what the random HOT DEAL is before we make decisions.
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No. 1050270 ID: e5709d

B with Phyllis
She has the clearance on what's actually clearance and what's bulk sale con-marketing.
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No. 1050271 ID: e51896

>>1050254
Agreed. i just wanted to make a list of what I currently want from the shop before we hear the special sales we might get. Fortress upgrade for medical facilities and motorbike are a must IMHO tho regardless of what is on sale or not.
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No. 1050317 ID: 5499f4

rolled 30 = 30

What is the hot deal
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No. 1050355 ID: 5499f4
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1050355

> INTERMISSION II - REVELATIONS WITH ALBERTA
You've been so distracted lately with all the goings on you completely missed that tomorrow is the infamous NOIR FRIDAY, deals are scattered throughout the city and announced through physical media. Josephine's prevailing theory is that they use physical media to advertise so that those who use comms and the like can't find the easiest deals and have to spend more time throughout the city.

You head over to Alberta's place, and while she's expecting you to rest, instead you push the topic towards SHOPPING. She gives you an eyeroll.

Alberta: Well, at least it'll be a relatively casual activity.
Alberta: Aren't you still hurt?
You: I'll be fine!
You: I think out of a scale from zero to eight I'm at about a seven.
Alberta: Like, if you had videogame hitpoints?
You: Yup!
Alberta: Superpowers are weird...
You: So, what're the hot deals?
Alberta: Well, actually, before that I wanted to talk about that thing you asked about.
Alberta: Do you remember the time I was a short-lived streamer?
You: Yeah, you went viral for a video about hitting and never missing!
You: And then you proceeded to miss every shot which caused us all to laugh.
Alberta: Ugh, yeah, that time.
Alberta: Josephine helped with my makeup but, skin issues, so I had to stop.
You: You still look good without it y'know?
Alberta: Flattery gets you nowhere with me Hailey!
Alberta: Anyway, so I think I found the game you were talking about.
You: OOOH!

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No. 1050356 ID: 5499f4
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1050356

> INTERMISSION II - REVELATIONS WITH ALBERTA
Alberta pulls out her LAPCOMM and taps away at the keys for a few minutes before showing you a little browser game called LUST QUEST.

Alberta: See, this game was made by this author, Mango something.
Alberta: Most of the games are just quirky lewd sims with too much writing.
Alberta: So obviously I was obsessed with them!
Alberta: Anyway, so there was a supposed third game in the series that had a brief beta.
Alberta: It's kind of become lost media as the creator vanished somewhere.
Alberta: Apparently they discovered that magic was real or something, which uh.
You: Does that mean I'm not the only one with superpowers?
Alberta: Well, maybe, anyway, look here, I found some of the documentation.


Alberta flips through a few tabs before showing you a concept document, in it are a few illustrations of someone who looks eerily similar to [PAZURU].

You: Hey, that's her!
Alberta: Yeah, it matched the description, her name was PUZZLE, supposed to be a party member.
You: Anything else on her?
Alberta: Well, the synopsis of the game was supposed to be the same as the other ones
Alberta: Meet'n'Fuck some kin, do some silly side stories
Alberta: But then there were aspects of [MIND CONTROL] and [MIND BREAK]
Alberta: And the protagonist was supposed to [DIE] to protect the kin on the island
You: From what?
Alberta: So it's a little vague on the details but they were like... inky blob monsters?
Alberta: Here, let me just show you this clip.

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No. 1050357 ID: 5499f4
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1050357

> INTERMISSION II - REVELATIONS WITH ALBERTA
A clip plays of the game, the characters are a bit stiff and the art's a little jank, but the music is pretty on point. A turn based fight is happening, and the opponent, simply named [APOTHEOSIS] just lets out an attack knocking a bunch of characters unconscious, leaving just 2 kin standing.

The first kin, [PROTA] is a black wolf-like creature of some kind in a distinctly red poncho. The second kin is a mirror image of [PAZURU]. It looks like a scripted event is happening.

Prota: Sorry Puzzle, guess I have to take one for the team.
Puzzle: No, no, I, please, not like this!
Prota: We're both the only kin with enough [MAGIC] to take this thing down
Puzzle: But, but, but, it's immune to your [LUST]!
Puzzle: And my [MANA] is too weak to hurt it!
Puzzle: Only [MIZU]'s sword can hurt it and she's unconscious!
Prota: This... this place was supposed to be safe... isolated from that.
Prota: Isolated from things like that sword...
Puzzle: What do you mean [PROTA]?
Prota: Take care of everykin, stay horny alright!


Prota then pulls out an IRON BLADE, there's nothing special about it, it's just a sword, but Prota starts glowing as they hold it. A prompt appears:

SACRIFICE

You can see blanks where other options would be, but they're scratched out and illegible. There is only one option available. SACRIFICE is selected.
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No. 1050358 ID: 5499f4
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1050358

> INTERMISSION II - REVELATIONS WITH ALBERTA
Prota dashes forward as the prompt is selected, their body glowing with white hot energy, the energy transfers to the blade and the screen fades to white. You're shown a zoomed out view of what looks like an island. Weirdly, this island looks exactly like PARADISO. But before you can say anything, a massive HEART SHAPED EXPLOSION occurs on screen. It's almost exactly like a NUKE, but heart shaped. Text fills the screen.

The lives of many kin were saved that day, but the hearts of the remaining kin could not recover from this fatal wound. Puzzle went into seclusion, becoming more and more hostile as she practiced and failed her incantations in an attempt to change the past. The Queen's Lust for Prota blinded her and her charges, leading to a period of instability, and Mizu was never seen again.

But the island was kept safe, the corruption destroyed, forever protecting the outside world from invaders from beyond their understanding.

TRUE ENDING


You: What kind of bullshit ending was that???!?!
You: It's all bad stuff!
You: Like the bad end to sexcom 1 leading to sexcom 2!!!
Alberta: Yeah, they had a bunch of other endings planned cause the game was about branching choices.
Alberta: This was the only one that got finished apparently.
You: So Puzzle was just... A mage that was hurt by the event?
Alberta: Apparently in the author's notes about her she was supposed to be a sphinx.
Alberta: She was obsessed with history and witnessing it herself and her... route
Alberta: Was you trying to help her learn to look to the future, or try to help her invent time travel.
You: But this doesn't explain how she became a [HISTORIC PARASITE]


You look up and see Pazuru there, watching the game, she doesn't notice your gaze, but you do see her crying.

Alberta: Well, whatever it is, I do feel some sympathy, IF it's true.
Alberta: It's just a game after all.
You: I dunno...
Alberta: It could just be propaganda that this Mango guy made after seeing her in a dream.
Alberta: We can't even be sure what she can do, that doesn't seem too far fetched right?
You: ...

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No. 1050359 ID: 5499f4
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1050359

> INTERMISSION II - SHOPPING WITH ALBERTA
You spend the rest of the night talking about various things, watching shows, and planning your route for tomorrow. Alberta manages to sift through a few of the digitized ads that she's scanned and while you don't find any deals on BIKES, you do find a deal on something else.

HEAVY DUTY MOTOR SKATES [RANK 2]
- A pair of skates that pop in and out of their specially designed boots
- Made to handle heavyset-kin but not reduce the speed they give
- They're DARK RED in color
- Comes with one set of [REPLACEMENT PARTS]
- ON SALE FOR [2 FUNDS]

You: Oooh, modified skates!
You: These would probably go for [3 FUNDS] at least
Alberta: So expensive!
You: They're on sale Alberta.
Alberta: And out of my price range.
You: Shoulda bet on Donna, just sayin!
Alberta: *grumble grumble*


The two of you then cuddle up in bed, you're the big spoon. You don't dream of anything tonight, though you wished that [PAZURU] would appear so you could ask some questions. The next morning you wake up fresh and early and the two of you head over to the SUPER MALL.

WHAT DO YOU BUY?
- Pick 2, your first suggested purchase will count twice
- The highest voted item will be purchased (If there is a tie then both are purchased)
- You will be given another opportunity to buy things so long as you have funds
- You may suggest one thing twice if you like

A. HEAVY DUTY MOTOR SKATES [RANK 2]
- Spend [2 FUNDS] (HOT DEAL 1 FUND OFF!!!)
- Comes with [REPLACEMENT PARTS]
- No penalties to use while transformed

B. RUBY RED MOTORCYCLE [RANK 1]
- Spend [2 FUNDS]
- Comes with a [2 MISSION WARRANTY REPAIR]
- Not built to withstand you at your heaviest
- Suggest an ANIMAL that the bike is designed after, this will indicate the BRAND.

C. RANDOM ANTIQUES [UNKNOWN]
- Spend up to [4 FUNDS]
- 25% chance to find an ARTIFACT per spent fund
- The Artifact can be an ARMOR PART or a VEHICLE MOD

D. A VISIT TO THE PREACHER
- Spend [1 FUND] to heal 1 block of health
- You will see something strange
- An opportunity will be presented

E. OTHER
- See >>1046204 for more options
- Lair upgrades purchased will be completed by the end of the next mission
- STATS: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats
- You may also purchase a GIFT for someone if you want

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No. 1050361 ID: 8483cf

1st Choice: the Motorcycle! It's modeled after an orca/killer whale.

2nd choice: dem skates (A)
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No. 1050363 ID: e51896

first choice (2 points): A. HEAVY DUTY MOTOR SKATES RANK 2 (2 WEALTH). It may not be the fastest choice of vehicle, but we should still be able to get to our destinations relatively quick as the second fastest gear (it's not as slow as the ATV ride, that's for sure), AND we can even use it in battle to become more agile and harder to hit maybe. Plus a bike would not be able to support our weight if we shift our own weight to HEAVY. Not to mention, it's on SALE!

And if we can customize our roller skates, I suggest them being black, with red blood splatter designs on the bottom, It'll fit with our suit and be intimidating to our foes!

Second choice (1 point): E. OTHER (LAIR UPGRADE: MEDICAL SUPPLIES) (3 WEALTH) we're going to need it sooner or later, and Alberta will be more relieved.

We probably do not need both a motorcycle and motor skates since they are both considered vehicles.
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No. 1050367 ID: 629f2e

>>1050363

I'll support both of these choices with the same priority.
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No. 1050368 ID: b5d202

Buy skates, and visit the preacher.
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No. 1050380 ID: 36784c

>>1050359
First choice is A. Heavy Duty Motor Skates [Rank 2]!
It’s on sale and we need a vehicle that can handle us changing our weight.

Second choice is E. Other - Buy a book that Alberta would be interested in.
She likes reading, so we should buy her a really interesting book to show that we appreciate her looking out for us (and to increase our Friendship Rank)!
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No. 1050422 ID: bdba10

C. 4 [FUNDS] on antiques, you can put those who are not special in your lair.

And buy a gift for Alberta, like those skates she wanted.
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No. 1050445 ID: 71fa80

>>1050380
This.
It's important to get the skates and being nice to our friend is something we should do anyways.
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No. 1050454 ID: e5709d

A) Skates can be used for all-situation transport and powered combat, great combo.

D) Yay opportunity
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No. 1050492 ID: 260607

A. Skates, E. Gift for Alberta
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No. 1050516 ID: 87e33c
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1050516

> INTERMISSION II - BREEZY GEAR'S PART SHOP
The SUPER MALL is absolutely packed with kin of all shapes and sizes. They're buzzing with excitement from all the NOIR FRIDAY deals. The two of you squish through the crowd and you can feel a slight pain in your bruised ribs as the other kin retaliate with their elbows and pushing. Eventually you reach your destination, BREEZY GEARS PART SHOP. The place has a much smaller grouping of mostly teenage kin getting teary eyed at the cost of the skates. You saunter on over to the desk and are greeted by a one-armed sparrow. He eyes you before nodding and gesturing to a pair of skates.

The skates themselves look to be about as big as your current boots. The top of the skates are black, but the bottom are a BLOOD RED, they look like you stepped in a puddle of nearly flaming blood. It's not a MOTORCYCLE, but they certainly look badass. The skates call to you as the sparrow speaks up.

Sparrow: I call em BLOODY MARY, the pair o' skates that is.
You: Woah, I'm Mary too!
Sparrow: Then I think they're calling out to ya.
Sparrow: I can see it, the need to fly in your eyes.
Breezy: They call me Breezy I-
Alberta: Hailey we can't stop for every sidequest, there's shopping to do!
You: Weren't you the one saying I should take my time?
Alberta: That was in the comfort of a home, this is bruise city!
Alberta: The faster we're done here, the faster I can cuddle up with a book.
Breezy: Well I won't keep ya, [2 FUNDS], there's a manual included.

You nod and hand the man [2 FUNDS], acquiring the skates.

You've acquired the [BLOODY MARY SKATES] [RANK 2]
- These skates will replace your normal boots
- The wheels can pop in and out at will
- Comes with a set of [REPLACEMENT PARTS]
- You will have no problems using them while transformed
- You will be a bit unsteady in their use during the next mission
- But will become PROFICIENT during the next INTERMISSION
- You feel a resonance from them

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No. 1050517 ID: 87e33c
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1050517

> INTERMISSION II - SHOPPING WITH ALBERTA
Impatient as you are known to be, you take off to a corner of the store to put them on. They fit like a glove, err, a boot. More specifically they are comfortable, like a lock fitting in a key, like a long lost friend. For a moment, you completely forget about your desires for a motorcycle and you imagine yourself riding these. Skating up walls, becoming so light that the friction from the wheels actually let you glide mid-air.

Well, that last one is totally a fantasy, but with your new OMISSION capabilities, you're sure that you could probably skate up a wall with some practice. You look at yourself in the mirror, your style is the definition of KILLER GOOD LOOKS. You notice Alberta also staring, so you look in her direction and give her a little smirk, to which she blushes and eyerolls slightly.

Alberta: What's next, we've got some options.
Alberta: Though the chances of finding a sale slow down the longer we take.
You: Eh, I doubt we'll find anything as cheap as this
You: We can just take our time and I'll beat anyone up who bruises you!
Alberta: That'll be a loooong list, I'm like a banana Hailey.
You: The perfectly fuckable shape?
Alberta: Flattery... Nowhere!
Alberta: *grumble* Stupid cute staple-remover lady *grumble*
Alberta: Bananas bruise easily!!!!
You: Heh


WHAT DO YOU BUY?
- Pick 2, your first suggested purchase will count twice
- The TOP 2 items will be purchased
- If you have leftover funds you will be given another opportunity to buy
- You have [5 FUNDS] left

A. TALK TO BREEZY
- Learn more about the MOTOR SKATING scene
- Suggest SKATE MODIFICATIONS to purchase
- Upgrades cost [2 FUNDS] at [RANK 2]
- You can only fit one more upgrade on your skates

B. VISIT PERRY'S EVIL LAIRS INC
- Suggest what LAIR UPGRADES you want to purchase from the mute platypus salesman
- Alberta will look at the magazine LAIRS MONTHLY while you shop
- [3 FUND+] Purchases have a 10% chance of having a [1 FUND discount]

C. THE BOOK STORE
- Spend [1 FUND] to get a nice book for you and Alberta
- Guaranteed confidant XP
- Suggest what book you buy for potential bonus XP.

D. SOMETHING ELSE
- Do previously suggested options or something new
- Or just stop shopping
- STATS: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats

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No. 1050519 ID: a7a180

C: From Makeup to Monsters: A history of special effects.
Alt choice, talk to Perry about science lab setups. The faster your guys can research the more breakthroughs you’ll make.
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No. 1050525 ID: 449212

C, A.
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No. 1050529 ID: 7c0da2

C. and B.
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No. 1050547 ID: a9af05

>>1050517
>pick 2
First choice is C. The Book Store
>Suggest what book you buy for potential bonus XP.
Alberta mentioned that she has skin issues, so we should try to find a book that can help her with that.

Second choice is B. Visit Perry's Evil Lairs Inc
Lair upgrades are important.
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No. 1050556 ID: 4f05e0

First choice: B lair upgrade! We need a Medical facility for medical supplies from there

Second choice: C book store (you find THE FANTASTIC ADVENTURES OF KAMAL LIN: OMNIMBUS, and gift it to Alberta. A huge book like that ought to keep her busy.
That, or the dances of unfortunate travel book. It doesnt make anyone travel tho because nobody has mana or knows magic... yet so it is just a book that teaches dance moves. I dont think Alberta can dance with her cane though.)
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No. 1050561 ID: 8483cf

B, C
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No. 1050569 ID: e51896

>>1050556
>Spend [1 FUND] to get a nice book for you and Alberta

Oh wait, it says you AND Alberta. then yeah, if 1 fund can get us two books, then Alberta gets the Kamal Lin omnibus, and we get the unfortunate travel book. We might learn some dance moves to help us dodge enemy attacks better, even if it can't help us travel... if anything else, it's a silly novelty to read.
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No. 1050570 ID: 5499f4

>>1050569
This is the correct read, you can get something for yourself too if you do this option.
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No. 1050572 ID: 629f2e

>>1050569

Yeah, I'm down for supporting this.
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No. 1050577 ID: 36784c

>>1050517
We've got 5 Funds, so if we only spend 1 to get some books, then we've got 4 left for Lair Upgrades. Besides, as long as we have money, we can continue shopping, so it doesn't really matter what order we do this in.

That being said, I'd prefer going to C. The Book Store first and then B. The Lair Store second.

>book mentions for bounus XP?
I'll support this: >>1050569 . omnibus for Alberta and unfortunate travel for us.
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No. 1050777 ID: 87e33c
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1050777

> INTERMISSION II - BOOKWYRMS
You decide to push through the crowds with your companion in tow. Your steps feel almost like you're trudging through a thick sludge, there's an oppressive atmosphere surrounding you, and eventually you duck to the right and find yourself at your destination a lot faster than you expected. The door to the BOOKSTORE quietly shuts behind the two of you as you enter.

The place is absolutely quiet in comparison to the rest of the mall, in fact, you strangely can't hear the hustle and bustle of the world outside while you are in this place. It feels almost like you're in another world entirely. You shrug off the thought and look towards the store's sign. Apparently the place is called BOOKWYRMS. You haven't heard of it either.

Alberta: It's so quiet...
Large Woman: Hooooo, It's not often someone stops by my humble little shop.
Mint: My name is Mint, and welcome to Bookwyrms
Mint: What kind of book are you lusting after today?


The woman in question is a big dragon… wyrm? Something draconic, around two times your height, she's about a head taller than Gavin and is wearing a beautiful top and jagged, nearly hexagonal glasses. More importantly, she's not wearing any pants, and you can't even see her junk even though it looks smooth as hell down there. She quirks an eyebrow at you as she notices you visibly oggle her.
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No. 1050778 ID: 87e33c
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1050778

> INTERMISSION II - BOOKWYRMS
You receive a nudge from Alberta and avert your gaze, instead eying the book she's holding, the book itself is teal, and the design of a circle split by a horizontal line remains visible on both its front and back, you can't read the full title due to her meaty paws but you can make out the word "Cycle".

Alberta: I uhm I think I'll just browse for a little
Mint: Absolutely!
Mint: You'll find my tomes are reasonably priced for their value.
You: I uhm, got anything kinda long form?
Mint: Ah, why don't you browse, let the book come to you.
Mint: Though it's ONE PER CUSTOMER.
Alberta: Kinda seems weird for a book shop to limit sales...
Mint: Well, NOIR FRIDAY'S are kinda crazy.
Alberta: Didn't you just say you don't often have someone stop by?
Mint: Hmm Hmm hmmm~
Mint: Let me know when you've chosen.


You wander around the shop with Alberta while you wait for Mint, the place is rather small, and the books are set up similarly to how a comic store would set them up. The faces and titles facing out with a small number of copies behind or underneath them. You read a few titles out to yourselves, but a lot of the names are long or esoteric. This bores you immediately.

After a few minutes Alberta stops at one particular book [THE KAMAL LIN OMNIMBUS]. You see her get a little teary eyed as she stares at it, and then you see her jump back in shock at the price.
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No. 1050779 ID: 87e33c
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1050779

> INTERMISSION II - BOOKWYRMS
Alberta: [1 FUND]!?!?
Mint: Ah, that old book, it's a collectors item, the first one made.
You: What's it about?
Mint: It's basically a book of life lessons about this guy KAMAL-LIN
Mint: There's a bunch of smut, but what's nice about it is that it's a compilation
Mint: Many authors added to the Kamal-Lin story
Mint: It's expected those who buy the book add their own version of a Kamal Lin story before passing on to the next kin.
Alberta: But the price…
Mint: Gotta filter out kin who are really passionate, also it's like 80 years old
You: I got you Alberta, this kinda thing was made for you.
Alberta: I've always wanted a copy but they're soo hard to find, and it's the first one…
Alberta: Hailey you can't It's… it's…
You: Motherfluffer I'm buying you this.


You slap your debit card on the table and Mint runs it through her handheld e-reader. She then hands you a magazine.

Mint: Here, this is for you, I have an eye for books a kin would like
You: This is a magazine
Mint: Eh, yer helping a fellow nerd keep on with tradition, I can bend my rules for you
You: … are magazines not books…
You: Whatever.
You: The [DANCES OF UNFORTUNATE TRAVEL]?
Mint: They may seem weird but they're cool I swear, it's an exercise routine!!

You've bought Alberta a gift that she LOVES
- Your relationship with Alberta has increased to [RANK B]
Alberta will now provide the mission trait - OOPS, THE LINE DROPPED
- Alberta is in charge of your COMMS and PAPERWORK during a mission
- She can now fudge the communications or paperwork, nullifying a single failed government directive per mission.
- Each subsequent successful use of this will reduce the chance of success by 30%
- currently an 80% chance of success

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No. 1050780 ID: 87e33c
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1050780

> INTERMISSION II - PERRY'S EVIL LAIRS INC
You shrug, bundle up your purchase and duck out of the store. As soon as you do, you are assaulted by the sounds of other kin bustling around. Apparently that store just had really good soundproofing. You waste no time entering your next destination, PERRY'S EVIL LAIRS INC.

There's a few kin eying some of the magazines nearby and you watch as Alberta takes a seat in one of the nearby bean bags. You head over to the counter and after explaining your situation, and about how much you want to spend, are ushered over to a private room. In it is the man himself, Perry, Perry the evil lair enthusiast. The man is wearing a fedora and lab coat that compliment his platypus bill. He cocks an eyebrow at you as you explain your situation.

You: So yeah, I basically need things your company provides that could help
You: Though, uh I actually want the more *practical* stuff
You: Not just the *evil chic*
Perry: …


Perry types something on a keypad you can't see and a projector activates, showing you various vistas on the projection behind him. The screen cycles through a pool of docile sharks, a lava pit, an evil scientist styled set of paneling, and a few other traditionally spooky building additions before stopping at three distinct purchases.

The Platypus stares at you with a blank expression as they wait for your choice.

WHAT DO YOU BUY?
- You have [4 FUNDS] left


A. EVIL MEDICAL ROOM [3 FUNDS]
- You heal at a x2 rate
- Does not run out
- Comes with enough supplies and beds for other kin

B. EVIL EXPERIMENTAL MACHINERY [4 FUNDS]
- Reduces the injury chance of attempting Nanobot research by 80%
- Increases the success chance of up to [B RANK] Nanobot research by 50%
- You honestly can't tell what equipment here is practical or aesthetic

C. EVIL MOAT [3 FUNDS]
- Any kaiju that attack or attempt to leave your base will be distracted
- The poor animals used to fill the moat will certainly get eaten though
- Costs [1 FUND] to refill if used

D. EVIL OTHER [??? FUNDS]
- Anything you buy here will have EVIL flavoring
- Suggest something else to buy
- [3 FUND +] Purchases have a 10% chance to give a [1 FUND] discount
- All purchases will finish construction before the next mission starts

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No. 1050781 ID: e5709d

... Wait are you saying we secretly got the dragon in the auction?
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No. 1050782 ID: e5709d

Evil Medical Room seems practical.
Ask if they have a sex dungeon theme for this one.
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No. 1050786 ID: 15c72a

>>1050780
A!
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No. 1050789 ID: a7a180

:redb: ehold, the Nanobot Researchinator!
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No. 1050795 ID: f7f1cf

A, medical room so Alberta can calm her tits about our health, lol

Joking aside, we're going to need it, especially since we are bruised now. And it can help heal multiple kin too.

And yeah, see about making it sex dungeon theme because lol!

B is cool and all, but we can pay our own money to upgrade our nanobots with lower chance of injury later without the lair upgrade when we attempt to power up the nanobots, and if we fail our roll for injury, thats what the medical supply room is for

Plus, that costs 4 funds, we'd be broke if we bought the evil experimental machinery. Best to have 1 fund for the random enounter event before the mission just in case
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No. 1050840 ID: a9af05

>>1050780
A makes the most sense to get.
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No. 1050843 ID: 55d157

>>1050782

Seconding this.
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No. 1051025 ID: 87e33c
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1051025

> INTERMISSION II - PERRY'S EVIL LAIRS INC
You: So I see the mad doctor MEDICAL room style, but uh
You: Do you have something Sexier?
You: Something in the sex dungeon chic maybe?


Perry looks at you with his blank stare and clicks a few buttons on his remote, quickly going through several more room styles before settling on a red room filled with wooden and iron equipment. At first you're going to object, but then the projector zooms in before cycling through the various pieces in the room.

The room itself uses a stone styled wall paneling, the edges are filled with neon strips that give out an eerie GREEN glow. The floor is a matte ceramic tile, the grooves are decorative, so it'll be easy to clean messes. There are decorative torches that you think use that fake paper stuff, but look easily swappable with real torches.

The tables, BDSM equipment, and various other props look to be made of actual cushion and soft material, just painted to look like real wood and iron. The Iron maidens and chests when opened are more modern and filled with the supplies you need. It gives off the vibe of an EVIL DUNGEON without compromising on what you need. You buy it immediately.

You've bought the EVIL MEDICAL ROOM
- This will finish construction before the next mission starts
- Those that use it heal at a x2 rate
- Has enough supplies that it's more likely they will expire before they run out of supplies
- Can be used to heal other kin as well

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No. 1051026 ID: 87e33c
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1051026

> INTERMISSION II - PERRY'S EVIL LAIRS INC
You: So can I change the color of the lights, maybe a spooky RED?
You: Or have it cycle depending on mood lighting?
Perry: *nods*
You: YEssssssssss thank you, you handsome platypus you!


You give Perry a big hug, which seems to surprise him as he lets out the only sound you've heard from him all day, a quiet little "WAK". He seems embarrassed as you pull away and he hands you his business card.

PERRY, CEO OF PERRY'S EVIL INC
XXX-XXX-XXXX


OOOH you got his number, for his… evil enterprise that's not about lairs? Sweet. You thank the man and he tips his fedora at you. Normally this gesture would make you feel weird, but he's kind of got this old 60s Dnob Villain aesthetic down fantastically. Also he's mute so there's no way he could say anything creepy with it.
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No. 1051027 ID: 87e33c
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1051027

> INTERMISSION II - PERRY'S EVIL LAIRS INC
Alberta: So, got anything else we need to buy?
Alberta: Or do you just wanna browse around and visit the food court?
You: Won't the food court be busy?
Alberta: Nah, everykin's too busy with the SALES.
You: Hmmmm


WHAT DO YOU DO?
- You have [1 FUND] left
- You will be given tips on how to counter [ENERGY ABSORPTION] at the end of the intermission
- A RANDOM EVENT will occur when you finish


A. BUY SOMETHING!
- See >>1046204 for more options
- Feel free to suggest something else
- When you run out of funds we will automatically proceed to the random event

B. FINISH SHOPPING!
- Head to the food court for your random event
- That's it, nothing else is special about this option
- You can suggest what food you get at the court I guess

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No. 1051028 ID: a7a180

You can hire a rank B ally to do something for 1 wealth. Maybe you can get magic lessons from Donna, to help you teach it better to others.
Otherwise, you can buy tickets for you and Alberta to go see a Dnob movie, then apply what you’ve learned in the new medical bay afterward.
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No. 1051029 ID: 7c0da2

Finish shopping, save your last fund for later.
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No. 1051030 ID: 629f2e

B, save your wealth
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No. 1051031 ID: 15c72a

>>1051027
B
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No. 1051032 ID: e5709d

... Buy some staple guns from that weird shop with a glowing pumpkin with a speaker saying "Rumpus Pumpus, fight with Chungus"?
[Buy a whole supply of abnormal Staple Guns as weapons, transforms with your suit and is a mix between knuckles and uzis, uses your nanomachine staples as ammo, significantly harder to use as a conventional non-transformed weapon]
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No. 1051036 ID: a9af05

>>1051027
B

>You can suggest what food you get at the court I guess
Pizza
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No. 1051037 ID: 5ae700

It's always a good idea to not be completely broke.

B.
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No. 1051073 ID: c878b2

B. Done! Lets save that last fund for in case there is a random encounter that wants moneys.

Get a borger
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No. 1051140 ID: 36784c

>>1051027
B. No more shopping.

>food?
Can’t go wrong with some food court pizza.
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No. 1051147 ID: e51896

>>1051036
>>1051140
If we get pizza, better make it with staple toppings with a huge sheet of printer paper substituting the mozzarella cheese. (still has pizza sauce and crust though)
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No. 1051177 ID: 63f410

B

And I was thinking that maybe we could get some ice cream. If not, then getting this >>1051147 is also good.
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No. 1051302 ID: 87e33c

rolled 5 = 5

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANDOM
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No. 1051306 ID: f2320a

>>1051147
Dont forget the peperonni covered in spicy slick spice grease
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No. 1051324 ID: 87e33c
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1051324

> INTERMISSION II - FOOD COURT
You: Let's get some food
Alberta: Pizza?
You: I was thinking about that combination Pizzid-Hut and Burgervania King place!
Alberta: *stomach grumbles*
Alberta: I could go for a pizza-burger
You: I can't believe those geniuses combined two slices of Za with meat!
Alberta: Truly we are blessed with amazing junk food.


The two of you nod as you head to the sparsely populated food court. The lines are very short, so you head on up and order something from the incredibly bored fast food worker. They shout something incomprehensible to the back room and it only takes a minute before your order is ready.

Unfortunately, due to THE FOOD ADMINISTRATION'S regulations, they cant sell staples on food. Personally you find that to be excluding your dietary wants, but there were too many court cases of kids eating staples and, well, better safe than surgeried, right? You settle for a spicy Pizza-Burg with a side of fried napkins. It's as delicious of a meal as it is incredibly unhealthy.
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No. 1051325 ID: 87e33c
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1051325

> RANDOM EVENT - THE PERFECT GIFT
After filling your bellies you wander over to the cinnamon bun and ice cream parlor for dessert. You get a quintuple scoop cone and are able to successfully balance it as you take massive licks out of the side. Alberta picks a more reasonable banana shake and your eyes browse the room before stopping at one of those reflex-based prize machines. It calls to you, and you can barely hear Alberta as you swipe your card and try your luck.

It takes a few tries but eventually a small box the size of two fists comes out. You strike a pose of victory, reminiscent of some old video games you've played and eye your prize. The box itself is wrapped with a ribbon and large bow. Shaking it tells you nothing about the contents, so you read the tag.

You: "The Perfect Gift?"
Alberta: Oh, I heard about those!
Alberta: They're from this overseas toy company.
Alberta: Apparently the contents are totally random.
You: But why are they called perfect gifts?
Alberta: Because the best gift is a surprise gift!


You put away the gift into your boob-pocket, maybe you can give it to someone later.
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No. 1051326 ID: 87e33c
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1051326

> INTERMISSION II - MONSTER LABORATORY
A few days pass before you head back to the Lair. A report from the Labcoats is ready, so they give you a rundown on their findings.

Rutherford: *munch* Okay, so we have confirmed that they can absorb ENERGY.
You: I told you this already
Saba: Yeah well we had to confirm it, anyway, they can absorb energy via touch.
Rutherford: More specifically the energy is stored in the brain.
Rutherford: We've found, using the 2 headed snake as an example
Rutherford: That trauma to the head interrupts and reduces the efficacy of this process.
You: So is the snake uh... evolved?
Saba: Yeah, but it's contained enough, though we can't tell what the changes were.
Rutherford: Likely it was some internal change we can't perceive yet without killing it
Rutherford: Or using your help to hold it down while we run a complicated X-Ray-like scan

You've received a MONSTER FIGHTING TIP
- Hitting a monster in the head/brain while it is absorbing energy will STUN it for an UPDATE
- The 2-Headed-Snake has EVOLVED and gained an unknown trait

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No. 1051327 ID: 87e33c
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1051327

> MISSION 2 - SWARM - START
You head upstairs, this time, flanked by a new addition decided upon by the government. Alberta and a small squad of GUARDS armed with foam guns loiter near you. Ever since Phyllis told them about your pseudo prescience, you've had a tail longer than you would have liked, but it had to happen eventually. There were too many coincidences and you were almost always in the right position. You let out a sigh as you look at the clock. It's 11:13AM, and then you hear it, that distinct CHIME.

You were waiting for it, and it still caught you off guard. The Kaiju are coming, and this time you can't tell where they are coming because it feels like they're going to target AT LEAST 3 different locations. You feel a panic attempt to grip you before your mind cools, it's weird, ever since you got these powers, most mental fatigue and issues you've had have simply been bypassed. They're still there, but you're more... you, more in control.

But even then, you're not sure what you should do this time, but there's something nagging at you, in the recesses of your mind. Something about the 2-Headed-Snake-ju evolving worries you beyond normal. You look at a map of the city, separated into 5 sections, with a sticky note over your LAIR.

Where do YOU go?
- You will be guaranteed to encounter Kaiju at your destination
- Every update that passes increases the likelihood of the next kaiju group appearing in a random region
- Stats page: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats


A. THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
- Protected by state of the art equipment
- You will have significant advanced notice if it is assaulted

B. THE DOCKS
- A place of trade by the water filled with house-boats
- Likely the first place to be assaulted by sea

C. THE PINK-LIGHT DISTRICT
- A den of sin that holds the residences of many of the lower class
- Likely the first place to be assaulted by land

D. ACTIVITY ARCADIA
- The historic district overgrown with foliage and middle class housing
- Likely the first place to be assaulted by air

E. THE ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT
- Home to government, financial, and administrative buildings
- Your LAIR lies to its fringes

F. THE LAIR
- Where you house the Kaiju and train
- It's on the outskirts of the city, near the Admin district


AND what do you tell the government as you leave?

1. BACK ME UP
- Bring your guards with you
- Will speed up your kaiju subduing

2. STAY HERE
- Skate ahead of your guards
- They will act separately from you to subdue kaiju

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No. 1051328 ID: 629f2e

B, because anybody out on the docks will have the hardest time getting away. Plus, any damage done to house boats will by and far come out far worse to damage done to buildings on land, since they might sink the entire structure. There may not be the most people here, but they're in the most danger.

1, because the faster you can take down each threat, the sooner you can move onto the next, which overall should allow you to mitigate more overall damage and casualties in the long run.
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No. 1051330 ID: a7a180

The pinklight district, back me up! Speed is the key! We'll split up later.
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No. 1051334 ID: 15c72a

>>1051327
Evolving in captivity means it probably evolved something that will allow it to escape. I think we'd better do that X-RAY as soon as the mission is over.

B1
Because other areas can be evacuated much faster. Also I wanna see a fish kaiju.
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No. 1051341 ID: 395a24

B. Whatever kaiju invades, they mostly come from the sea, whether it be flying, or land.

And while we fight a sea kaiju, If we see any flying kaiju or land kaiju going a certain direction, we'll alert the guards. To go over there.

That said, 2. Have them stay. That way, if any other district gets attacked, the guards will be ready to head over there.
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No. 1051354 ID: 8483cf

B2
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No. 1051363 ID: 99ca7b

B1

Lets go fishing, boys.
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No. 1051365 ID: e5709d

F1 The Kaiju are staging a jailbreak! Use your home field advantage and defend your lair!
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No. 1051386 ID: 36784c

>>1051327
B. THE DOCKS , 1. BACK ME UP

Also, I'm worried about the foam capture guns our guards are using. Does the foam work while wet? Because right here: >>1045725 , the foam slipped off the 2-Headed-Snake and we had to keep holding it down until the foam hardened. I think that was because the 2-Headed-Snake was still wet with sewer water and that prevented the foam from working for a bit.

Since we're going to the Docks, then we'll need to make sure the kaiju is dry and on land so that the foam guns will be able to capture it!
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No. 1051423 ID: a9af05

>>1051327
B. The Docks
We've gotta make sure Pioggi and Nubs don't get hurt! And we've gotta make sure their house-boat doesn't get sunk or they'll be homeless!

1. Back me up
The sooner we subdue one kaiju, the sooner we can be ready for when the next one shows up!
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No. 1051428 ID: 3e2220

>>1051326
Please don't bonk the snake more than necessary. :(
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No. 1051576 ID: 87e33c
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1051576

> THE DOCKS - EYE IN THE SKY
You: They're coming, and there's going to be a lot.
You: Time to back me up.
Josephine: Where to, boss?
Guard: Technically she's a contractor.
Josephine: Where too MISS TEAR.
Guard: Heh.


You roll your eyes at their antics and after a few moments point towards THE DOCKS.

You: I don't know where they're all going to be.
You: But we should head to the DOCKS first.
You: After all, they seem to come from the OCEAN.
Josephine: I'll start the chopper.


Josephine leads you to the rooftop helipad, there's already a helicopter waiting for you. You hear the guards chatting away on their comms and boot up yours as well.

Comms: What's the situation?
You: I don't know much more than it's STARTING at the docks.
Comms: Roger that, give us info as you get it, no orders yet.


The flight to the Docks is relatively silent, you can feel the TENSION building in your mind. You're hit with the same adrenaline spike that you get at the beginning of every mission, it itches at the back of your mind, calling you to action. You even feel a little impatient at having to wait on this chopper even though you know that it's faster than a bus or your new skates. So instead you think about the 2 headed snake for a bit. You hope it's not being bonked too much, or that its mutation isn't too extreme. Maybe you should do something about that after the mission.
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No. 1051577 ID: 87e33c
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1051577

> THE DOCKS - OCEANSIDE POWERSTATION - CREATE A KAIJU 3
You arrive at your destination, and things are quiet. The waters seem calm, no, that's not right, they're actually slightly turbulent. You squint your big eyes at the water. There may be up to 5 shapes down there, but you can't tell their size yet. Deep down you wonder if the stronger the power, the bigger the Kaiju, but toss that idea to the side as you order the chopper to land, foam guns facing this small strip of sand between the OCEANSIDE POWERSTATION and THE WATER.

You can hear some of your guards mumbling about how this better not be a waste of time, but you know better.

Known Traits
CLOTHING DAMAGE ACID GLANDS
- All Kaiju will always have this
GILLS AND LUNGS
- Kaiju coming from the sea will have this

Unknown Traits
WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE?
- All of these kaiju will have a somewhat uniform appearance
- Suggest their appearance
WHAT CAN THEY DO?
- What single gimmick does this swarm of monsters have?
- Suggest their gimmick


EDMANGO NOTE: Powers suggested now will carry on to the next KAIJU GROUP, which shall from now on be referred to as a SWARM.

NEW MECHANIC - [SWARM CHANCE]
- Swarm chance will be rolled every update starting after the next update.
- Current Swarm chance: 10%
- Swarm chance will increase each time it fails
- If a Swarm roll is successful, a SWARM will appear at a DIFFERENT location from your current one at random and reset to 10%
- If you have already subdued the Kaiju in your area, you will get to choose the next destination OR their next gimmick
- There will be at least 3 waves

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No. 1051578 ID: 629f2e

How about some Hippo kaiju? Big fat hippos with huge mouths ready to eat whole houseboats.

For gimmicks, why don't we take the acid glands up a level? These hippos don't just spit it, they can exhale it as well in an awful AOE gas attack. It deals a little damage to a wide area with ease, and will make it tougher for Hailey to use her staples as restraint since they're individually small and easy to melt down. Hailey will need to get creative to stop them, and careful not to overexpose herself to the gas, lest she be hurt by it.
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No. 1051584 ID: d4db55

Acid bubble. Kaijus need a move that can threaten to cause city damage since they already know hp damaging moves.

The Kaijus now know how to blow HUGE bubbles from their acid glands through their mouths. For the first update, they'll blow a giant bubble, and will have a 50-75% chance (or whatever percentage EDMANGO wants) to pop each update, or will pop whenever it hits it's target, or someone purposely pops it.

If it pops, it will explode into a huge explosion of acid, causing huge amounts of damage to any buildings around it, enough to raise the city destruction points by 1, or cause major damage to anyone's clothing it lands on. It pretty much pops like a bomb.

Hailey will have to figure out whether to sacrifice her dignity by growing and blocking most of the buildings with her body at the cost of a percentage of her clothes (depending on her size), or find a way to blow it away into a safe place, or dodge it and not get hit by it, but let it hit the buildings and focus more on the monsters, causing city damage to go up one point.

I still want a kudzu kaiju from Plantimals to be a kaiju. Otherwise, maybe a giant tentacled octopus with a canon on its face Its half octopus half object
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No. 1051586 ID: d4db55

>>1051578
I like the giant hippo idea too, and will support.

BUT I'm still going with my idea for the Acid Bubble over the gas attack as the new move
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No. 1051587 ID: a7a180

Kelpie kaiju. These not so little ponies have a hypnotic harmony that attracts bystanders to get trampled.
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No. 1051593 ID: 7c0da2

>>1051587
+1 for this.
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No. 1051600 ID: a9af05

>>1051577
>monster appearance
A bipedal narwhal with muscular arms and has shark teeth in its mouth.

>gimmick
The horn on the narwhal's head can spin like a drill.

>>1051578
>will make it tougher for Hailey to use her staples as restraint since they're individually small and easy to melt down.
We've been told here >>1047424 that METAL is one of the things that's unaffected by the acid. So even with acid breath, Hailey's staples will not get melted.
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No. 1051614 ID: 36784c

>>1051586
A giant hippo that blows Acid Bubbles. I like this idea! But it can't just be a hippo! We need to add on more features so it looks more like a monster!

How about we also give it a whale tail and piranha teeth?
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No. 1051645 ID: 8483cf

Hippo Kaiju, and for the gimmick, I vote for Selkie Kaiju that can change forms by shedding their animal skin.
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No. 1051880 ID: 87e33c

rolled 2 = 2

TENSHIN!
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No. 1051891 ID: 87e33c
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1051891

> THE DOCKS - OCEANSIDE POWERSTATION
The turbulent waters churn as the motion intensifies and you can even see the water fizzing a bit as it gets greener. Then you see a LARGE GREEN BUBBLE float out of the water and into the air. Without hesitation one of your GUARDS fires on it, causing the bubble to POP and hit a nearby wooden pole, probably a remnant from an older dock. The pole starts to disintegrate at a much faster rate than the acid you're familiar with on other kaiju.

You toss your dice, rolling a 2, the lowest roll you've ever gotten, and you feel... weaker than normal. You instinctively know that, were you to TAKE DAMAGE, your transformation would destabilize and you'd have to transform again.

LOW ROLL PENALTY HAS (FINALLY) BEEN TRIGGERED!
- Taking damage will cause you to waste an update transforming again
- You can choose to fight with your de-transformed capabilities if you want, but will be limited in power
- You can also choose to waste an update de-transforming and transforming again
- If you complete the current swarm unharmed you can transform again on your way to the next swarm for free

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No. 1051892 ID: 87e33c
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1051892

> THE DOCKS - OCEANSIDE POWERSTATION
You gesture for your crew to stay FAR away from those bubbles as THREE heads pop up out of the water. They look reminiscent of a short snouted hippo, but with jagged and misshapen tusks, each of their faces are scarred over, as if they were wounded long ago. At their necks lie a large mass of flesh, and you can see one of them inflating, almost like a frog's would.

The beasts stand at around 3 meters tall, revealing the rest of their form, a mishmash of horse, hippo, and whale physiology. You watch as two of them stare at the power station, whilst one stares at a few nearby houseboats.

You: Bad day for a low roll
Comms: Status report?
You: 3 Hippo-like things, improved acid apparently.
Josephine (Sponge): Sponge here, looks like some sort of acid bubble gullet in the neck.
Sponge: One's eying the civilian houses.
Comms: Orders in, lethal force is permitted on one target.
Comms: Subdue the rest.
You: Yeah, if they go after civvies that's not happening
Comms: Those are the orders.

You've been issued a COMMAND - NONLETHALLY SUBDUE 2 OF THE 3 KAIJU
- Rewards and Penalties will be distributed upon mission completion

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No. 1051893 ID: 87e33c
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1051893

> THE DOCKS - OCEANSIDE POWERSTATION
The air stills as no one, not even the Kaiju moves. You know instinctively that this is your moment to act, your moment to do, your moment to be a genuine hero. Your guards nearby have already begun aiming at the Kaiju, but is that the right decision? No civilians have taken notice of the Kaiju yet, but they will unless you have a solution that instantly solves the situation.

DO YOU TELL THE GUARDS TO DO ANYTHING?
- The guards will act in a HELPFUL and AUTONOMOUS manner unless given orders
- The guards are armed with foam guns made to RESTRAIN
- You will be WARNED if they are about to be in harm's way


HOW DO YOU INITIATE COMBAT?
- STATS: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats
- Please suggest a strategy or course of action


SWARM UPDATE
- Swarm chance will be rolled every update after suggestions are tallied
- Current Swarm chance: 10%

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No. 1051895 ID: a7a180

Use your wide jaws to perform a mating display for the hipporse whales.
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No. 1051897 ID: a7a180

Oh, and tell the guards to hold fire until you give the signal. You want to focus on the one that’s hungry for houseboats first.
Quietly summon up your staples to lay pointy end up as caltrops on the beach in a pattern that will funnel them towards you.
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No. 1051928 ID: 36784c

>>1051892
Yeah, this is a really bad day for a low roll.

>At their necks lie a large mass of flesh, and you can see one of them inflating, almost like a frog's would.
If I had to guess, I'd say poking a hole there might let us stop them from blowing bubbles.

>You watch as two of them stare at the power station, whilst one stares at a few nearby houseboats.
Uh oh. Protect the the civilians in the houseboats!

>>1051893
Make yourself light and leap towards the hippo that's starting at the houseboats! Once you're close enough, form your Nanobots into a spike to pierce a hole in that hippo's bulbous neck!
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No. 1051958 ID: e51896

I'll probably think of another idea later, but here is one strategy I came up with:
One hippo is targeting the boathouses, two is targeting the power station

With that in mind, tell the guard in the chopper to rev up the propellers and stay near you. We will need him for later.

Then, have you, and half to most of your guards (50-75% of them) focus on dealing with the hippo targeting the boathouses. Don't be afraid to kill it. (I'll try to think of a way to kill it later, or you can use somebody else's suggestion on killing it)

But if it starts blowing a bubble, that is when you grow big, grab that helicopter you told the pilot to start up (let them know to hang on tight), and use the propellers as a fan to blow the bubble right back at the hippo. This will either have the bubble to pop right back in it's face, or force it to dodge it by going under water, probably to get closer to us. When that happens, use that distraction to attack and kill it with your weight and size, and/or nanobots (or kill it any other way that other suggesters come up with. I might think of another idea later for a kill move on the boathouse hippo)

Meanwhile the other guards (25-50% of them) can stay by the powerstation to slow down the two hippos targeting the power station with foam and pop bubbles as they blow them with guns. Let those guards know to immediately retreat when the hippos get close enough to the power station to get them out of danger, and then ALLOW the hippos to charge up. Their job is to only slow down the hippos until we are done killing the boathouse hippo. We will need those hippos to eat the power around the time we finish with the first hippo. I like the idea of laying some nanobot on the ground as caltrops on the ground around the power station to further slow down the hippos going that way, but if it takes away too much nanobots to make dealing with the boathouse hippo difficult if we decide to use the nanobots as a weapon, forget it.

Once we are done dealing with the first hippo, hopefully, it'll be around the time the other hippos reach the power station to start taking its power. When that happens, grow big, take a nearby street light POLE, and BONK both in the head to stun them, and subdue them with the foam. kaiju charging up gets stunned when bonked after all.

I'll probably make edits to refine it, but anyone can feel free to make changes.
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No. 1051971 ID: 6ca1f5

>>1051893
Let's go stop the one moving towards the houseboats.
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No. 1052193 ID: f2320a

>>1051895
A mating or threat display either scaring them away or attracting them here so they dont damage so much of the city
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No. 1052196 ID: 8483cf

Threaten the hippos with your GIANT JAW and draw them away from the City.

Guards can follow the instructions here: >>1051958
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No. 1052416 ID: 87e33c

rolled 64 = 64

if (roll<=10) swarmChance(true);
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No. 1052425 ID: 87e33c
File 167176357385.png - (16.42KB , 500x500 , p129.png )
1052425

> THE DOCKS - OCEANSIDE POWERSTATION
You: Can like a fourth of you go to the station while the others protect the civilians?
Guard: There's an odd number of us, the math doesn't check out.
Guard: And protocol dictates we stick together as a unit
Guard: Also we're not POWERED like you, someone off by themselves is likely to get eaten
Sponge: We'll prioritize civilian protection, can probably handle just ONE of them though
You: Okay, I'm gonna set up some TRAPS so you're protected


You gesture with one arm towards your Nanobots, sending a majority of them towards the land between the KELPPO(Kelpie-Hippo)-KAIJU and the houseboats. They form spikes and barbs and various annoying shapes in the hope that they'll act as a DETERRANT. You watch as your companions engage the lone Kelppo-Kaiju, and by the looks of it, they're having little to no trouble. The caltrops are blocking its movements, popping the bubbles before they can grow too large, and it's being EXTRA CAREFUL not to let its neck sack get popped.

At this rate, your guards will disable the Kaiju [AT THE END OF THE NEXT UPDATE]
- Your guards will refuse to do separate activities for fear for their lives
- Removing your nanobots will increase the chance of the kaiju escaping by 30%

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No. 1052426 ID: 87e33c
File 167176358820.png - (10.38KB , 500x500 , p130.png )
1052426

> THE DOCKS - OCEANSIDE POWERSTATION
The Kelppo-Kaiju eye the nanobots with curiosity, but otherwise pay it no attention as they trudge forward, their heavy hoofsteps crashing against the sand. You grow in size, vaguely matching them in size before channeling what little you remember about hippo and horse mating rituals that you've watched on TORITORI. You shift your weight until the clacks resemble a heavy thudding instead of your typical sharp clacks. Then, you get on all fours and begin a weird dance. At first, you are ignored, but as they get closer, they stare at you, slowing down and giving you the side eye. Almost as if they find your display beneath them.

This frustrates you, and you feel that irritation, the same one from when you first upgraded your size shifting, come back. You channel that feeling into a slight ANGER, a bit of HUNGER, and several angry chomps. You briefly wonder how one of them would taste, and this feeling causes them to snap at you, retaliating with similar gestures and a similar feeling of HUNGER.

You can feel… the vaguest sense of DESIRE and HUNGER coming from the beasts as you lead them towards a nearby sandlot, away from civilians, but still within sight of your GUARDS and the NANOBOTS. Controlling them at the same time as you do other things is rather trivial, especially if it's just keeping the form stable.
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No. 1052427 ID: 87e33c
File 167176359901.png - (15.50KB , 500x500 , p131.png )
1052427

> THE DOCKS - OCEANSIDE SANDLOT
The sandlot is a flat area filled with sand, small stones, and several puddles of seawater. Moving on all fours is a bit of a pain, especially on the sand, but you can adjust your weight enough that it isn't a problem. The biggest issue is that you're unsure how to handle these things. They're giving off a stronger feeling of something, LUST you think, and you see them pouring various gross liquids out of their rear ends.

You: Oh god are they in heat?!?! Oh no….
Kellpo-1: *Snarrrrl!*
Kellpo-2: *Grunt?!


But then, the unexpected happens, they start biting and ramming into each other. It seems that they're performing some sort of aggressive display of dominance. You think you remember something about Hippos in the wild doing things like this as a part of their mating rituals, and that it's even possible for them to kill prospective rivals.

What do you do?
SWARM ROLL - FAILED
- Swarm chance increased to 25%


A. Allow the battle for dominance
- 50% chance one Kellpo kills the other
- If this happens, the remaining Kellpo will be in a [LUST-FILLED RAGE]
- 100% chance of both Kellpos being somewhat injured

B. Intervene
- They're distracted, you could intercept at an opportune moment
- You have a small amount of Nanobots on your person for use
- How do you intervene?

C. Other
- Do something else
- STATS: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats

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No. 1052428 ID: 629f2e

B, you can't let them kill each other. If one eats the other, they might get a stat boost just like you did from eating the bee before. Add lust-filled rage to that, and you're looking at some real damage.

Shrink down and get underneath the one that seems to be doing better, and launch a punch while growing right into their neck sack.
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No. 1052429 ID: a7a180

A. You won't even be the one that killed one of them, how's the government going to blame you for that! Use your weight and size shifting to ensure you're the larger partner, because you may need to help the victor work out his issues as you subdue them.
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No. 1052435 ID: e51896

B. Intervene.

I noticed that that first hippo was being VERY protective of it's bubble sack. THAT is their weak point.

So here's what you do, WAIT and watch the two hippos fight so they can weaken each other a bit and give the government time to capture the hippo they are dealing with by the boathouse. Once the two fighting hippos start looking a bit tired, throw the rest of your nanobots at the weakest looking hippo's bubble sack to eat at so they can pop it and and allow the stronger hippo to finish off and kill the weaker hippo. Be sure to grow big when you do that so the nanobots can get big as well and be more effective at eating at the bubble sack (and throwing the nanobots at it will be much easier. But lets hope that no civilian is around to see you without your nanobot skirt after you grow big and use up the last of your nanobots.)

hopefully, once one of the hippos kills the other, that should give the government enough time to finish capturing the hippo by the boathouses, and then can help you capture the last hippo! I think we should be able to deal with it after it gets tired from the fight, and we have our government buddies to help us, even if it gets into a lust-filled rage.

>>1052428

I doubt they are going to eat each other, but in case they do, that is pretty much why I said to wait a bit for the two hippos to fight and weaken each other before throwing nanobots at them, so that the government can help us take down the last one before it even starts eating the other hippo. plus, we'll be at a safe distance when we throw the nanobots at the weaker hippo instead of having to be close to attack them.
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No. 1052444 ID: 8483cf

>>1052428
Agreed!
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No. 1052446 ID: a2d88b

B) Intervene, the victorious hippo could become very dangerous.
>>1052428 this.
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No. 1052448 ID: 36784c

>>1052427
B

>>1052428
>Shrink down and get underneath the one that seems to be doing better, and launch a punch while growing right into their neck sack.
While that sounds like a good idea, I’ve gotta ask, what do we do if that bursts the neck sack and the acid spills on us? Because if we take a single hit, we’ll be forced out of our transformation and need to spend an update to transform again.

Couldn’t we just make ourselves small and light enough to jump above them and then grow big and make ourselves heavy in order to slam down on top of one of them? We could even use the small amount of Nanobots still with us to form a spike so that when we slam down on one of them, it’ll be like driving a nail into them!
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No. 1052451 ID: a9af05

>>1052427
B

>>1052435
This is a good plan. Let's do this one!
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No. 1052460 ID: ba1dc0

>>1052425
>guards not powered
That's another reason to start doing the Arcane Focus Creation. We'd have help fighting the kaiju.

>>1052426
>mating dance
What are the odds that the guards have cameras in their helmets? Do you think this dance is gonna end up on the internet?

>>1052427
B

>>1052435
This
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No. 1052516 ID: e51896

>>1052448


>While that sounds like a good idea, I’ve gotta ask, what do we do if that bursts the neck sack and the acid spills on us? Because if we take a single hit, we’ll be forced out of our transformation and need to spend an update to transform again.

If i remember correctly, the acid doesnt hurt us, it just damages clothing and buildings. We'll still be in our transformed state, we'll just end up naked if the acid spills on us (which is still bad, but at least we wont suffer from bad pr)
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No. 1052550 ID: 1ecc81

>>1052448
>We could even use the small amount of Nanobots still with us to form a spike so that when we slam down on one of them, it’ll be like driving a nail into them!
Wouldn't it be better to have the Nanobots form a spiral and spin us as we go down? That way we drill through the monster!
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No. 1052552 ID: f2320a

>>1052427
Cant we use nanobots to modify our appearance like having nanobots swarm around us too form a silhouette of a female hippo or tusks for even bigger chompers we need to be the big girl that brings all the boys to the yard, milkshake and all
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No. 1052610 ID: 87e33c

rolled 56 = 56

if (roll<=25) swarmChance(true);
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No. 1052614 ID: 87e33c
File 167210373292.png - (10.72KB , 500x500 , p132.png )
1052614

> THE DOCKS - OCEANSIDE SANDLOT
You hold your breath as you watch the two duke Kellpo-Kaiju fiercely compete for your rear in breeding. They bleed everywhere in their attempts to defeat the other, and you can even see some of their internals from a few of the gashes. It's weirdly more unsettling to watch them slowly build into this rage than it was to see the unicorn guts. Their manic nature lightly unnerves you, but you steel yourself.

You almost come up with a plan to appear from underneath them, spearing through one of the necks with your remaining nanobots. But then you realize that clothing damage is still a form of damage and you'd definitely destabilize your suit and be left vulnerable. You could probably do something with the nanobots, making a kind of DRILL, or a kind of unstable STAPLESUIT to make yourself seem bigger, but the latter would require you to have a significantly larger amount of staples than you already have.

So instead, you take the safe option, you wait and watch.
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No. 1052615 ID: 87e33c
File 167210374694.png - (12.16KB , 500x500 , p133.png )
1052615

> THE DOCKS - OCEANSIDE SANDLOT
Your companions are almost done with their Kaiju, and after a few minutes of raucous combat, it almost looks like there will be a victor. And then you feel it, something ominous coming, you watch the stronger of the two get a second wind and charge towards the weaker. You feel the lightest of twinges from your [PRIMAL PENALTY] and take that as your cue to shift in both size and weight, launching both yourself and your miniscule number of nanobots in a needlelike shape towards the weaker of the two. The nanobots hit, piercing the neck-sack and begin to eat away at it.

You can hear the Kellpo cry out in terror, gurgling as blood fills its throat, it lacks the energy or will to live as the cries slowly fade. The second one continues its charge, but you increase in size and prevent it from securing the kill. Its expression is full of fury, and if it were able to speak, you imagine it'd be shouting in fury about how much of a "kill stealer" you are.
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No. 1052616 ID: 87e33c
File 167210375913.png - (14.32KB , 500x500 , p134.png )
1052616

> THE DOCKS - OCEANSIDE SANDLOT
The other guards start to head towards you after having successfully captured their Kaiju as you duck, weave, dodge, and skate your way out of the creature's maw as it attempts to take a bite out of you. There is no more DESIRE left in it's expression or intention, only ANGER, but at least it's not a LUST FILLED RAGE, just the normal kind.

You pull your nanobots back to you as you dodge, keeping your distance. Noticing how it can't get close to you, it charges up and fires three smaller bubbles of acid at you and its surroundings. The first two miss entirely, but the third ends up on a collision course with your GUARDS.

WHAT DO YOU DO?
SWARM ROLL - FAILED
- Swarm chance increased to 50%


A. TAKE THE HIT
- Your suit will fail and you will be naked
- 50% chance someone sees your secret identity as your outfit fails
- Your guards will successfully subdue the Kaiju using this distraction

B. SUBDUE IT NOW
- Your guards outfits will be destroyed and they will be naked
- Your guards will be unavailable for 2 updates as they regroup and foam up the last Kaiju
- You will successfully knock out the Kaiju using this distraction

C. Other
- Do something else
- STATS: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats
- If the swarm roll fails again then you will get to choose BOTH the DESTINATION and the GIMMICK for the next SWARM
- If it's successful then you will only be able to chose one

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No. 1052617 ID: 8483cf

B. They knew what they were getting into, and they don't have secret identities.
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No. 1052618 ID: e5709d

C) Take the hit and dive straight into the ocean to re-transform.
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No. 1052620 ID: a7a180

A, it's a difference of 1 update's downtime. You can go small even out of your suit so as to reduce your visibility.
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No. 1052625 ID: b621b5

>>1052618
Good idea! if we can get between the bubbles and the ocean, and jump into the bubbles as we dive into the ocean before someone sees our identity and not get any acid on the guards, then this has my vote (C).

Either that or just (A) since the government is supposed to protect our PR. I'm sure they'll keep whoever sees our identity silent (plus potential enf is fun) we can even become small after the hit to lower our visibility as >>1052620 mentioned
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No. 1052627 ID: 36784c

>>1052616
C. Other

The guards don't need the Nanobots we left behind to act as caltrops anymore! So have all of the Nanobots closest to the guards change into a large metal bowl to scoop that last bubble away from them! Even if it pops, the bowl shape will keep the acid inside and prevent it from splashing on the guards!
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No. 1052628 ID: 36784c

>>1052627
And with the bubble taken care of, we can focus on knocking out the last Kellpo!
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No. 1052644 ID: 96a9a8

>>1052627
Reusing those nanobots is smart
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No. 1052667 ID: f8273a

>>1052616
C. Other

I agree with what >>1052627 said. The guards don't need caltrops, so we should repurpose the nanobots closest to the guards to intercept the bubble. But instead of a metal bowl, the nanobots should form into a large flat hand fan, which can be waved back-and-forth to create an airflow and blow the bubble away from the guards.
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No. 1052692 ID: a9af05

>>1052627
>nanobots as a bowl to scoop away bubble
>>1052667
>nanobots as a hand fan to blow away bubble
Do we even have enough nanobots to do either of these?
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No. 1052753 ID: e51896

>>1052692
If it's not enough, then we can simply grow big after bringing our nanobots back, the nanobots should grow big with us and be enough. (still leaning towards jumping into the bubble and ocean or taking the hit tho)
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No. 1052765 ID: a9af05

>>1052753
That wouldn't work. By the time we bring the nanobots all the way back to us, the guards will have been hit by the bubble before we can send the nanobots back out again.
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No. 1052808 ID: e51896

>>1052765
Ah, but thats where our MOTOR SKATES come into play. We didnt just buy them to get from point a to point b quicker, and for it's cool design, we can use it to also become quick in battle. Plus, we get to see how the skates work in action

If there is an issue of taking too much time to gather nanobots, simply use our motorskates to skate to the caltrops quick, gather as much as we can up before the bubble gets too close, then skate back, turn big, and take care of the bubble that way with our large nanobot bowl/fan
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No. 1052811 ID: 6eafc2

>>1052807
You... do realize the it was posted here: >>1050516 that we're not proficient at our motorskates yet until the next intermission, right? We could probably fall on our face doing that.
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No. 1052814 ID: e51896

>>1052811
Sorry. I just thought it'd be fun and awesome to try out our motor skates in an epic race against the bubble kind of thing, and was trying to come up with solutions to any potential problems that may arise if we use our nanobots if the vote to use our nanobots wins out.

As I said, I'm still going for either A and turning small to lower visibility, or Diving into the bubble towards the ocean.
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No. 1052854 ID: 87e33c

rolled 63 = 63

if (roll<=50) swarmChance(true);
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No. 1052865 ID: 87e33c
File 167235591834.png - (13.25KB , 500x500 , p135.png )
1052865

> THE DOCKS - OCEANSIDE SANDLOT
Your mind goes into overdrive as you analyze the situation, taking the hit and subduing it are surefire plots, but what about your nanobots? You were pulling them back as you kept your distance, and they're close enough to use. Maybe you could make some sort of WALL or BOWL with them.

You jump in front of the bubble, whilst also manipulating your remaining Nanobots. Luckily, the bubbles are SMALL and you have JUST enough Nanobots to block the SMALL bubble, were it any bigger, and you couldn't protect EVERYONE. It bursts, melting the garbage accumulated on the sandlot and some of the wooden detritus. You point at the Kaiju and shout towards your government companions.

You: FIRE!
You: It's distracted!


You look to the sides as your companions do their job. The bubbles that missed have hit a building and a house-boat. You see some kin inside, you don't recognize them, but they're terrified and watching your fight in silent awe. Within a few short moments the Kellpo is subdued. You can hear it thumping around inside of the FOAM and letting out uncomfortable grunts and wails as it runs out of the last bursts of energy it had.

You've successfully subdued the first swarm!
- Swarm chance reset to 10%
- You will reroll your transformation after this update for free

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No. 1052866 ID: 87e33c
File 167235592755.png - (13.00KB , 500x500 , p136.png )
1052866

> THE DOCKS - EYE IN THE SKY
Sponge: Did we get them all?
Guard: Looks like it...
Comms: Has the mission been completed?
You: No, we got LUCKY, there's more coming.
You: But not here...


This calm in the middle of the adrenaline has given you a moment of clarity, a moment of INSIGHT. You heard the chime when Kaiju first arrived, you've heard the chime when the swarm starts, and you've especially heard the chime when you were in ACTIVITY ARCADIA, but one kaiju got away that time and it bothers you still...

What if... what if instead of going towards the feeling of KAIJU you get when you hear the chime, you focus, you dig deep, and maybe, you'll figure out what that chiming is.

You get in the chopper, backup has arrived to run damage control and to ship away the kaiju. You look at the pilot and pause, thinking of your next move.

Due to your absurd luck, an alternate path has been presented!

A. THE KAIJU SUMMONER
- You will encounter the source of the chiming, the [KAIJU SUMMONER]
- Your guards will act proactively at the location of the next swarm in your stead
- 60% chance that they subdue their targets with no issues
- 40% chance that the kaiju are subdued but the city takes damage

B. DINNER AND DEFENSE
- Pick a new DESTINATION for the Kaiju to spawn
- You will be given an opportunity to decide their next gimmick
- Due to your preparations you can instantly subdue one target and act first
- An opportunity for bonus XP will be presented


You have gained the side quest - [RING A DING DING]
- No matter what you choose you can now attempt to hunt down the [KAIJU SUMMONER]

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No. 1052867 ID: a7a180

B. Let's catch the summoner while they're not already summoning.
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No. 1052868 ID: 701cdb

Ill decide later a or b later (im fine with either one, kaiju summoner sounds fun)

but heres a kaiju gimmick: Kaiju language. The Kaiju can now talk instead of roar and growl! But they only speak in their own kaiju language and you cant understand a word they say. So they can coordinate attacks better.

Luckily they cant speak your language, so you can still talk to your guards without kaijus listening in.

This brings into question the morailty of how we treat these monsters.
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No. 1052870 ID: 629f2e

A. Going after the source of the problem will help us put an end to the ongoing Kaiju situation. There's never going to be a good time to do it, since the chimes occurring always means that Kaiju are on their way, so why not do it now when we have people who can keep the city safe in top form?
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No. 1052872 ID: be210c

>>1052865
>civilians
Hey, we're getting noticed again! I guess this will also end up on the internet.

>>1052866
A. Let's go find who's bringing these kaiju here!

>>1052868
>kaiju language
>morality
Please no. Can't we just have monsters be monsters without trying to make everyone feel bad for them?
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No. 1052874 ID: a2d88b

B. Defense first, counterattack then.
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No. 1052913 ID: ffdfae

Hmm, we probably could have eaten that dead kaiju for more exp. Maybe we can ask our govt friends if we can eat the dead hippo after the government finishes researching it.

Finally decided and im Gonna say A for several reasons

-our hp is pretty good, so we can deal with this threat now at almost full hp over potentially getting hurt during the next two waves. If we get hit, we might have to waste a downtime action healing and we wont be able to have time to do the sidequest later

-the city's damage hp is also still real good. So there is room to allow some hp to get lost to the city from a bad roll

-we were smart enough to purchase a medical facility that can hold several people. If our guards get hurt, they can heal in there

- if we hurt, capture, or kill the one summoning kaiju, that could weaken the kaijus or lower the amount of attacks for awhile, and we could get some more clues on what is happening. Maybe even have the government interrogate them too.

- this will turn this three wave mission into a two wave mission

-there is probably a greater chance of hp damage to ourself and the city to happen if we do two more waves of this mission over doing the rest of the mission dealing with one summoner while the guards deal with a single wave.
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No. 1052916 ID: e5709d

A) You need to go on the offensive. Find the summoner and gather intel on how to disrupt the summons. Or see if killing them prevents kaiju from teleporting back to the island.
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No. 1052923 ID: 8483cf

A
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No. 1052935 ID: 0b6d35

>>1052866
>absurd luck
Maybe the dice was apologizing for the low roll on the transformation?

>choice
A

>>1052913
>eat dead hippo for XP
I have a feeling that eating enemy monsters will only give XP if they're still alive. Otherwise, it'd be too easy to get XP.
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No. 1052946 ID: a9af05

>>1052866
B

If we wait until after the next wave, then the guards should be able to handle the final wave without us. And if something bad happens, then it's best for it to happen on the final wave, when we know there isn't another one afterwards.
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No. 1052952 ID: 36784c

>>1052866
B

Getting a chance to instantly subdue one target so we can act first and gettig an opportunity for bonus XP sound really nice right about now.

Also >>1052946 makes a good point. It's best to let the guards handle the final wave when we know another one isn't coming. And I'm sure if we start doing the Arcane Focus Creation on our next downtime, the guards will be better equipped to handle kaiju without us, if necessary.
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No. 1052970 ID: a320af

B
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No. 1052989 ID: e7c7d3

Let's go A.) What's the point of minions if you don't delegate tasks to them?
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No. 1052990 ID: 38349b

rolled 1 = 1

TENSHIN THO
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No. 1052991 ID: 38349b

rolled 2 = 2

Another Tenshin roll for real this time
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No. 1052998 ID: 38349b
File 167252477438.png - (15.47KB , 500x500 , p137.png )
1052998

> CONCRETE JUNGLE - EYE IN THE SKY
You tell the pilot to head to the middle of the NUCLEAR POWER PLANT and ACTIVITY ARCADIA. It's a relative concrete jungle that houses a few key power junctions that redirect outside of the city. It's a backup in case something were to happen at the nuclear power plant.

Josephine, er you mean Sponge, and your guards take their seats on the chopper as it takes off, but you remain standing as you de-transform. Luckily you didn't take any damage, and thus your outfit underneath is fine. You chuck the dice again, but the chopper gets some unexpected turbulence and you stumble a bit, grasping for one of the ceiling rungs.

You roll a 1, and your clothes act like they've gone through a wood chipper, scattering throughout the room, tossing your COMM right into Josephine's lap, and slipping you directly out of your boots somehow!

You: AIEEEEEEEEEEEEE
You: WHAT?!?!
You: HOW!??!?!

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No. 1052999 ID: 38349b
File 167252480028.png - (14.46KB , 500x500 , p138.png )
1052999

> CONCRETE JUNGLE - EYE IN THE SKY
You cover up as best as you can with only one arm, as the chopper is still going through turbulence, but notice quite a few of your guards are attempting (and failing) to avert their eyes, since they've got pretty monstrous nosebleeds.

Sponge: *cough* Uh did you uh?
Guard: Wow, she can get embarrassed after all!
You: NO, NOTHING, SHUT UP!
You: This was uh, a tactical failure of a roll!!!
You: Though uh, I really liked that outfit...
Guard 2: *spits* I think her panties ended up in my maw!
You: Lmao, okay, can I have a backup outfit or something


Josephine grabs a bundle from under her and hands it to you. It's just a basic military vest and pair of shorts. The material is coarse and uncomfortable, but you find some basic survival gear and a FLASHLIGHT inside the pockets, it'll have to do. You equip the rest of your gear and grab your dice again.

You: I'm warning you, you better not fuck around
You: Or you'll find out!!!!!


The dice gives you no response as it rolls a 2 and you transform again, you let out an audible sigh at the result.

LOW ROLL PENALTY HAS BEEN TRIGGERED!
- Taking damage will cause you to waste an update transforming again
- You can choose to fight with your de-transformed capabilities if you want, but will be limited in power
- You can also choose to waste an update de-transforming and transforming again
- If you complete the current swarm unharmed you can transform again on your way to the next swarm for free

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No. 1053000 ID: 38349b
File 167252482304.png - (12.90KB , 500x500 , p139.png )
1053000

> CONCRETE JUNGLE - FALLING WITH STYLE
You: You guys can handle this one, and if not, you can delay!
You: I've got a hunch I can find the thing bringing them here.
Comm: Tear, I've got reports of two incoming bogies to ACTIVITY ARCADIA
Comm: They're MASSIVE ones
You: Okay well, do your best alright, if I can stop this thing, maybe the NEXT SWARM won't appear!
You: All of you handled yourselves competently, I trust you guys!
Guards: We won't let you down boss!


You see the guards nod at you and then each other before you jump out of the chopper, not bothering to get them to slow down or stop. You reduce your weight to negligible amounts and float slowly in the air.

You: Now where are you, you motherfucker.

You calm yourself, it's quiet up here in the sky, the chopper's gone, only the dull hum of electricity and light breeze can be heard. And then you hear it, the CHIME. It's closer, more distinct, the feeling of Kaiju leads towards ACTIVITY ARCADIA, so you ring that into comms but then mute communications. You need the utmost of focus to find this THING.
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No. 1053002 ID: 38349b
File 167252492784.png - (15.32KB , 500x500 , p140.png )
1053002

> CONCRETE JUNGLE - ABANDONED POWER STATION
And then you see several things glowing unnaturally in the distance, a sense of [LUST] and [HUNGER] emanating from them. You land, and use your skates to boost you along as you reduce your weight. You can't really use the skates to skate too well at the moment, but they certainly help to speed up your progress as you zip and dash through the CONCRETE JUNGLE, a maze of concrete, pipes, and old industrial buildings.

Eventually you reach your destination, a completely dilapidated train station. The place looks old, so old you doubt it was even in working order 20 years ago. Why would there be a Summoner or Kaiju here? This looks like the worst place for them, there should be no POWER here not that you can tell. You quietly sneak up to a cracked window. The interior is massive, you see several massive holes in the ground and that the walls are covered in... something

Eventually, you steel yourself and head in through a rather large hole in the ceiling and land, doing your best to disturb nothing and make no noise. The walls are covered in this sludge-like dust, if you had a kin-like nasal cavity, you imagine you'd want to sneeze. The patterns mean nothing to you, so you continue looking, until you spot 2 large tunnels and one smaller one. Each tunnel seems important in their own ways, it's time to pick a destination.

A. THE LEFT-MOST TUNNEL
- You think you can see a large writhing mass, many legs and… something else, but it's too dark to really tell
- The path looks incredibly fresh, with barely any dust or markings to be found

B. THE CENTER-MOST TUNNEL
- More markings marr the walls, glowing slightly, you could probably just barely see
- The sound of millipede-like legs can be heard clicking in the distance

C. THE SMALL TUNNEL
- Intermittent sparks and shadows can be seen down this path
- The shadows look vaguely kin-shaped

D. OTHER
- Do something else
- Time will pass and swarm chance will roll no matter what you do
- STATS: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats


And do you use your FLASHLIGHT?

1. USE THE FLASHLIGHT
- 70% chance that you are spotted in advance
- Your foe will act at the same time as you if you are caught
- You will gain extra insight into at least one thing you see

2. BLEND WITH THE SHADOWS
- 5% chance you are spotted in advance
- You will get to act in advance even if you are caught
- You will gain less insights due to the darkness and spooky vibes

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No. 1053003 ID: a7a180

Check the small tunnel first.
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No. 1053009 ID: e51896

I choose C. I think that's where our summoner is. They've probably been hiding here for a long time enough for the tunnel not to be fresh. Plus, a kin sized person should be easier to deal with compared to a large kaiju. And if we distract them early, they won't summon a third wave and will be too busy dealing with us.

I think B is the millipede that got away during the second mission, A is probably a new upcoming kaiju for the third wave

and go with no flashlight. that way, we can strike first and catch our target by surprise. We can't have our target hurting us since one hit ruins our transformation. And also it can be used as an element of surprise during battle. if we get hit by our target, we can shine the flashlight into their eyes, blinding them while we try transforming again, hopefully keeping them from acting as we transform. if they know we have a flashlight, they'll be prepared for it. With them being in a dark place like this for so long, it should greatly blind them temporarily
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No. 1053020 ID: c793d5

C, no flashlight.
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No. 1053032 ID: 36784c

>>1052998
Yeah, I knew that was going to happen. We used up our absurd luck with avoiding the swarm chance and now the dice have decided to punish us by rolling a 1 and a 2.

>tossing your COMM right into Josephine's lap, and slipping you directly out of your boots somehow!
Let's just be glad that it only destroyed our clothes and our Comm and Skates were unharmed.

>>1053002
C2

>shadows look vaguely kin-shaped
That might be one person or a group of people summoning the kaiju. Or it could be a bunch of people have been kidnapped and they're being drained of their life energies in order to feed the kaiju without them having to go for any power stations...which would also require one or more people to do the kidnapping.
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No. 1053046 ID: a9af05

>>1053002
C2
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No. 1053049 ID: 629f2e

A1, it sounds like there may be a kaiju down there, potentially the one that escaped ftom the plant.
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No. 1053065 ID: b7e3c4

>>1053002
C , 2

Reduce your weight as you approach so that your footsteps make less noise. Once you get closer, start making yourself smaller so that you're even harder to detect.
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No. 1053154 ID: 87e33c

rolled 93 = 93

if (roll<=10) swarmChance(true);
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No. 1053175 ID: 87e33c
File 167279161157.png - (14.48KB , 500x500 , p141.png )
1053175

> ABANDONED POWER STATION - THE SMALL TUNNEL
You take a deep breath, reduce your weight, and size, and head down the small tunnel, there's no chance anything will see you unless they're right on top of you.

Discovery chance reduced due to size and weight reduction!

The intermittent flashes of sparks coming from barely-functioning power transformers provide poor illumination, but it's enough for you to find your way.

The air starts to become musky and you can hear the sound of clicking legs start to increase in volume. Eventually you reach the corner from which those shadows are being produced, discovering kin-shaped statues.

It's hard to tell their features without getting any closer, but one thing that you absolutely can tell is that they are posed as if they are in intense agony. Many of these statues look as if they were IMPALED by some sort of LONG STINGER that has left some rod-shaped residue, made of a similar material to the statues. There's no sound or movement coming from the things, but you do not let up your vigilance or get closer.
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No. 1053176 ID: 87e33c
File 167279162456.png - (13.27KB , 500x500 , p142.png )
1053176

> ABANDONED POWER STATION - CAVERN OVERLOOK
You head towards the sound of clicking, eventually finding a somewhat scarred, yet fully functioning large crank motor electrical generator, another massive hole in the wall, and what appears to be a massive flood light pointed down the hole. You examine the generator first.

There's a slight glow illuminating it, making it easy to make out the details surrounding it. This is likely what's generating the power for those transformers you passed by. The handle itself is completely scarred, its plastic coating nearly completely stripped, leaving a steel rod that is probably usable if you were unconcerned with destroying your hands.

The floodlight wire appears to be clawed and torn to bits, however, you could use some of your nanobots to reconnect them long enough for it to turn on.

Turning your attention to the massive hole, you can clearly hear the sound of an uncomfortable amount of millipede-like legs scratching against and through stone. The sound itself echoes around and gives you the impression that this cavern is BIG.
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No. 1053177 ID: 87e33c
File 167279163811.png - (13.55KB , 500x500 , p143.png )
1053177

> ABANDONED POWER STATION - CAVERN OVERLOOK
You can tell that there's those weird glowy markings off in the distance in part of the cavern, but you can only see what you imagine to be a rather large kaiju with far too many legs.

You think you see a slightly more illuminated mass of several round things off in a corner, but it could just be a trick of the light, or lack thereof.

SWARM ROLL - FAILED
- Swarm chance increased to 25%


A. DOUBLE BACK/INVESTIGATE
- Go back down another tunnel
- see >>1053002 for prior options
- Using the flashlight will now only incur a 50% chance to be spotted in advance

B. ILLUMINATE THE CAVERN
- Turn on the floodlights and see what's down there
- You will be given insight into what is going on here
- 70% chance your foe will attempt to flee

C. OTHER
- Do something else
- Time will pass and swarm chance will roll no matter what you do
- STATS: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats

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No. 1053178 ID: a7a180

B. You're here to put a stop to this, and chase after the beast if you can!
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No. 1053183 ID: 15c72a

>>1053177
C. Reroll your transformation. This is gonna be a tough fight, you need a better suit.
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No. 1053194 ID: e51896

B. if our foe flees, that will mean they will not be able to summon the third wave.
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No. 1053195 ID: 8483cf

>>1053183
C. Agreed
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No. 1053204 ID: 9b0053

>>1053175
>statues
Oh shit. Those aren't statues, those are people! Something killed them and turned them to stone!

>stinger
Since the statues look like they're in pain, it's safe to assume the stinger didn't immediately kill them. So maybe the stinger is just to hold them in place while their life is drained away? Them turning to stone might be the result of them getting their life drained away.

>>1053177
>You think you see a slightly more illuminated mass of several round things off in a corner
Don't tell me……are those baby bug kaiju? Shit. We've gotta kill them, we can't let an infestation of bug kaiju run loose in the city!

This also explains why there's a 70% chance of the enemy running: They're unable to fight and will run if we turn on the lights!

Luckily, the government didn’t give us any orders to keep anything alive here, so we're allowed to kill all the kaiju here!

>what do?
C

Back out of the room and reroll your transformation. You're gonna need to roll higher than a 2 so you don't have to worry about being hit canceling your transformation!
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No. 1053210 ID: b3280b

B. Focus on the job! A roll of 2 is good enough, do not waste an update getting dressed again. Wait until a scene change, should you end up paying the price in health or strength later nothing can replace acting in a timely fashion.
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No. 1053211 ID: 36784c

>>1053177
Do not reroll the transformation! You don’t have time to waste an update transforming again!

Put your Nanobots into the generator, but don't turn it on yet. Climb up above the large kaiju and when you get into position, turn on the generator and drop down on top of the large kaiju while growing big and heavy! The generator turning on will be enough of a distraction that the large kaiju won't notice you dropping in until you've landed on it!

I'm not sure if this counts as B or C, so whichever it is, put my vote towards that one. As long as we don't waste time rerolling our transformation.
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No. 1053220 ID: a9af05

>>1053211
This sounds better than anything I can think of, so I'll support it.
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No. 1053223 ID: 3f7b23

>>1053211
This sounds fun. Support.
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No. 1053286 ID: 87e33c

rolled 33 = 33

if (roll<=25) swarmChance(true);
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No. 1053287 ID: 87e33c

rolled 34 = 34

if (roll<=40) {
cityDamage(1);
kaijuSubjugation();
} else if (roll >=41) {
kaijuSubjugation();
}
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No. 1053288 ID: 87e33c

rolled 16 = 16

if (roll<=20) {
AlbertaSkill(False);
} else {
AlbertaSkill(true);}
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No. 1053303 ID: 87e33c
File 167297329106.png - (11.88KB , 500x500 , p144.png )
1053303

> ABANDONED POWERSTATION - A BRIEF ASIDE
Part of you wants to reroll your transformation, but knows that if you do, it will waste time and potentially expose you. Running back and coming here would definitely delay, making a swarm potentially come and attack two parts of the city.

You can't take that risk, you have to act soon, so you check on your team briefly.

You: So uh-
Comm: WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOU!?!?!
You: Investigating a much bigger problem...
Comm: BIGGER THAN TWO MASSIVE KAIJU!?!!?
You: Yeah, I think I found a nest of one underground
Sponge: Glad these things are slow then
Comm: The higherups are NOT happy you went and fucked off
Sponge: But we're handling it!
Comm: Barely!!!
Sponge: *distant crashing noises*
Sponge: Oh shit, THEY GOT TO THE PUPPY ORPHANAGE!
Comm: Thank the goddess it wasn't the actual orphanage...
Sponge: THE PUPPIEEEESSSSS!!!!!
Comm: Sponge they were already evacuated.
Sponge: Then what are they eating?
Sponge: Kibble???
Sponge: Oh shit they're distracted, GET EM LADIES!

The city has been damaged!
- [+1 CITY DESTRUCTION]

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No. 1053304 ID: 87e33c
File 167297330330.png - (13.25KB , 500x500 , p145.png )
1053304

> ABANDONED POWERSTATION - A BRIEF ASIDE
The pit of your stomach clenches and your shoulders tense as you receive this news. If you were there you could have prevented this, but you weren't. Instead you came here. You punch yourself in the gut.

You: No.
You: It's not my fault.
You: I'm going to fuck up this asshole.
Comm: There's going to be so much paperwork after this...
Comm: Ughhh I think this is still workable, but you better have RESULTS
Comm: I'll see what I can do for you...
Comm: But they are NOT happy
You: Love ya, thanks!!!!
Sponge: So I think we have this in like… [3 UPDATES]
Sponge: Things are stupid easy to kite
Sponge: So uh, as long as another wave doesn't come...
Comm: Don't you fucking dare jinx us
Sponge: Woah calm down Comms
Comm: YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE ADMIN CHANNEL OKAY!
Comm: IT'S REALLY BAD OVER THERE!!


Alberta has used her trait - OOPS, THE LINE DROPPED
- But it failed
- A new event with the government will occur after this mission!
- Your GUARDS will have the current swarm subdued in [2 UPDATES]

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No. 1053305 ID: 87e33c
File 167297331496.png - (13.54KB , 500x500 , p146.png )
1053305

> ABANDONED POWERSTATION - CAVERN CEILING
You shut off communications, there's no time for distractions right now. You not only cannot waste time, but you cannot get hit either. This is going to be tricky. You send your Nanobots over to the floodlight cable to prepare for activation. Then you climb a nearby stalactite up to the ceiling carefully moving between handholds at a low weight until you're directly over what you assume to be the center of this cavern.

You turn on the recording feature of your helmet, just in case you miss something in your initial overview, not that you would. And then, you think you hear something, the scraping intensifies, and some of that weird glow starts to get etched into the wall. You think that this kaiju is... writing something, and the sound it's making... it sounds SO similar to that distinct CHIME!

No, you can't let this continue. You let go and increase your weight, and turn on the floodlights. You feel time slow to a crawl as your eyes take in the scene below you, almost like you've been pumped full of adrenaline. The sight fills you with terror.
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No. 1053306 ID: 87e33c
File 167297332634.png - (15.99KB , 500x500 , p147.png )
1053306

> ABANDONED POWERSTATION - SUMMONER'S CAVERN
There is a Kaiju, bigger than any of the ones you've seen before, below you. It's a thick, infinitely legged creature with two heads, just like the one that escaped, no, not just like, it's the same one. It's frozen in place, staring at the floodlight, but you hear no telltale screech coming from its maws. Instead, you hear the sound of an infinite amount of nails against an infinite number of chalkboards. It's loud, hurts to hear, and almost reminds you of a little girl's shrill shriek.

The creature's antennae are covered in some sort of colored, yet dimming goop like the markings on the wall, which have weirdly vanished in the light. If you had to guess, they'd be some sort of MODIFIED PHEROMONES being used to MARK THE WALLS. Its segmented body has several plump protrusions and a few ORIFICES.

And then you turn your gaze to the writhing mass. More than a dozen slightly transparent egg sacs filled with what you hope are not nearly matured centipede kaiju. Oh goddess, it can lay eggs, this would have been a DISASTER to the entire CITY.

And then you land on it. The crunch of chitin against your heels is viscerally satisfying, your angle perfect as you create two calf-deep holes into its center, even at your max height. The chiming has been interrupted, and you weirdly now know that there will not be a third wave even if this kaiju escapes.

You have stopped the KAIJU SUMMONER from summoning the next wave!
- There will not be a third wave
- Due to your inventive approach, the Kaiju's escape attempt has been interrupted!

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No. 1053307 ID: 87e33c
File 167297334454.png - (13.46KB , 500x500 , p148.png )
1053307

> SUMMONER'S CAVERN - MINIBOSS - THE FALSE QUEENS
The cavern shakes, stalactites fall, and dust is thrown everywhere as you settle on the ground. The creature's "shrieking" stops. The left head looks at a nearby uncovered tunnel, the right looks at the eggs, and then the both look at you. The tension between you leads to an eerie silence as the quakes subside. The only sound in the room is the wild fwipping of the kaiju's four antennae, its body remaining eerily still. Eventually, a sickening sound, almost like fleshy tape peeling, starts to fill your ears, and you can see the two heads separating ever so slightly.

You: Oh goddess, it's splitting…
You: Is… Is this a boss fight irl?

A. THE RIGHT
- Prevent the FALSE RIGHT QUEEN from acting by KILLING it
- The FALSE LEFT QUEEN will rush into the tunnels
- 30% chance that the FALSE LEFT QUEEN will escape

B. THE LEFT
- Prevent the FALSE LEFT QUEEN from acting by KILLING it
- The FALSE RIGHT QUEEN will attempt to coax it's eggs into hatching early
- 30% chance that the FALSE RIGHT QUEEN will successfully hatch some of it's CENTI-MINONS

C. NO ESCAPE
- Destroy the Kaiju's escape tunnel, they can only escape to the CONCRETE JUNGLE now
- The FALSE QUEENS will attempt to ENSNARE you
- 60% chance of losing your transformation, but taking no damage, forcing you to fight for one update in a weakened state

D. THE EGGS
- Prevent the CENTI-MINIONS from spawning at all by eating them!
- The FALSE QUEENS will become enraged, striking you with as much malice as possible
- Gain [2 SIZE SHIFTING XP]
- 90% chance of taking [1 HEALTH] in damage, losing your transformation, and forcing you to fight for one update in a weakened state

E. OTHER
- You: Today was a really, really bad day to roll low…
- Come up with another plan, paying a [COST] may increase the likelihood of its success
- STATS: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats

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No. 1053308 ID: 8483cf

C. THUNDERDOOOOME
>>
No. 1053310 ID: 629f2e

D. EXP gain, and if you don't you know the government will get on your ass about collecting these.
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No. 1053311 ID: e5709d

D) Time for some survival horror superheroics! That's a rare sentence.

Alternatively, you could send your nanomachines to infiltrate the eggs, and pop them all at once while you yeet away in micro-size, then attack while they're stunned by the apparently spontaneous deaths of all their babies.
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No. 1053316 ID: 9daea1

I'll think about what to vote later

But realize this: o
We have control over the lights in this room with our nanobots!

whatever action we decide to vote wins, make sure to shut off the lights when it attacks to make it have troble seeing and miss us, or make it have trouble when it tries doing any other actions. Turn it on when you need to see again

Also... FLICKER the lights to disorient it! The lights and darkness are on your side now!

And yes, im aware it can most likely see in the dark, but I'm sure it will still need a little time to adjust their eyes to the darkness, so it might still work
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No. 1053323 ID: e51896

(edited)

Alright, thinking it over, I think that it is very important we do NOT get hit. if we get hit, we might lose our nanobots as we lose our transformation and will have to fight in the dark AND in a weakened state if that happens. This thing can see in the dark and will have a heavy advantage over us without light.

That said, I'm thinking A, but making sure we flicker the lights once the left queen tries to escape to disorient it and to make it have some trouble escaping That way, we won't have the eggs hatch too early and deal with those minions, and we'll have eggs for the government to research as an apology.

Though if not enough people votes A, I'll vote C over voting for D. Exp is nice, but it's more important NOT to lose our nanobots, and C has a lower chance of us getting hit. Plus, I think the government would like us to retrieve those eggs instead of eating them, and will be happier with us since they're right now angry with our actions. The research team might also be able to experiment and get something from them. Be sure to shut off the lights before it tries to ensnare us! and alter our size to be as tiny as we can be to make it harder for them to catch us! be sure to also make ourself as heavy as possible too so that they don't crush us

If D wins, use Kome's alternative idea of having our nanobots eat the eggs instead of us eating them, and turning small as the kaiju are distracted. We can sacrifice not gaining 2 exp from eating them ourselves. We'll just have the nanobots destroy them instead so we can focus more on dodging its attacks. Be sure to also turn off the lights before it attempts to attack us!
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No. 1053327 ID: a2d88b

Voting A.
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No. 1053329 ID: a7a180

Woah, eatin' babies? Why didn't we think of this sooner!
D with secondary support for C. If you lose your transformation, remember you have a flashlight on you. We want to prevent this threat from recurring first and foremost, and ensuring that nothing escapes is key.
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No. 1053362 ID: a9af05

>>1053307
A. Kill the False Right Queen by eating it!
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No. 1053395 ID: 36784c

>>1053307
B. Kill the False Left Queen so it doesn’t escape out the tunnels!

And can we have our Nanobots move the generator over to the eggs and overload it so it explodes in a bunch of shrapnel? Yes, I know that’ll turn the lights off (and possibly put us in danger), but it’d take out some eggs and injure the False Right Queen when it goes towards the eggs.

Even without the generator’s lights, we’d still have our flashlight and only 1 enemy to fight!
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No. 1053396 ID: 15c72a

B. Priority one is preventing the escape... but doing it this way is safer. The minions are troublesome but in this underground arena we can use our shapeshifting powers to great effect by bouncing around between the walls and ceiling via a low weight, and switching to a larger, heavier form to attack. Be a wrecking pinball!
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No. 1053410 ID: 15ccb1

>>1053307
B and do this >>1053396 ! Wrecking pinball attack!
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No. 1053543 ID: d98cb8

I vote B!

We can handle some minions if that happens.
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No. 1053548 ID: cea6bb

D, so you only have to deal with two of these.
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No. 1053552 ID: 2aaa4b

I'll change my vote to B
Do so by eating it.
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No. 1053564 ID: a9af05

Can we use the giant monster as an improvised weapon? Like, after we kill it, we could pick up its corpse and use it like a whip on the other monster. Or just throw it really hard at the other monster. We might even be able to squish a few eggs by doing this!
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No. 1053565 ID: 87e33c

rolled 24 = 24

if (roll <= 30) CentiMinionSpawn(Random.Range(1,10));
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No. 1053567 ID: 87e33c

rolled 8 = 8

EXECUTING CentiMinionSpawn(Random.Range(1,10));
>>
No. 1053569 ID: 87e33c

rolled 3 = 3

CONTINGENCY NanobotDefense(random.range(1,4));
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No. 1053584 ID: 87e33c
File 167331618098.png - (18.37KB , 500x500 , p149.png )
1053584

> MINIBOSS - THE FALSE QUEENS - START!
You quickly scan the beast for any sort of ocular sensory organs and find that the kaiju HAS NO EYES. It probably senses things via vibration and heat, or maybe motion, you're not sure.But you do think that flickering the lights would do anything other than make the fight harder on yourself.

Unfortunately you're wracked with indecision in the moment as you watch the two kaiju fully split from each other, it's a tough call, but as you see them head in different directions you assault the FALSE LEFT QUEEN.

You jam your hand into the gooey, still sealing crease in its body, gripping the nerves that once connected the two false queens. It flails about in pain and you finally realize where the "shrieking" was coming from, it was a sound created as many of its legs scrape against its other legs and parts of its carapace.

It takes your full concentration to not lose your transformation in the death throes of your foe. You're able to rip, tear, punch, kick, bite, slam, and disembowel this kaiju as it struggles, but are not able to fully CONSUME it like with the bee. Luckily, your new capabilities let you dash around the room like some sort of pinball and eventually it perishes under your might.

And then you feel... something similar to that PRIMAL HUNGER you had before, but like it's muted, halved even. You think you'll need to CONSUME the RIGHT QUEEN if you want to gain any benefits, but understand that it may be COSTLY to do so under the current circumstances.

MINIBOSS - THE FALSE LEFT QUEEN [FLQ] HAS BEEN SLAIN
- You've partially consumed some of the [FLQ] while it was alive in the fight
- Consuming the right queen while it still breathes will reward you with [XP]

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No. 1053585 ID: 87e33c
File 167331619507.png - (18.63KB , 500x500 , p150.png )
1053585

> MINIBOSS - CENTIMINIONS RISE
You look to the side and watch as the FALSE RIGHT QUEEN reaches the pile of eggs. A generous observation tells you that there are no more than 20 there. You urgently toss your remaining nanobots at the kaiju, knowing you won't make it in time, but it smashes your staples, destabilizing their spike-like form and scattering them over the eggs.

You let out a manic grin as a little less than half of the eggs hatch and your destabilized staples tear their way through three of the eight newly spawned CENTIMINIONS. The False Right Queen protects her brood by knocking the covered eggs off into the distance before they can do any more damage. Your grin fades a little as the remaining 5 CENTI MINIONS rush in front of the egg pile, ready to protect their brood mother. The false right queen grates her legs against her carapace, this time making a sound that echoes something like a child's laugh.

You: Are you... taunting me?
False Right Queen: *scre scre scre screeeech*
You: I'm going to pretend that means yes.
False Right Queen: *scre scre scre screeeech*

NEW MECHANIC - MINION BONUS
- Each minion under a Miniboss increases their success percentage by an additional 5%

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No. 1053586 ID: 87e33c
File 167331620553.png - (16.89KB , 500x500 , p151.png )
1053586

> MINIBOSS - THE FALSE RIGHT QUEEN AND HER MINIONS
The Centiminions themselves aren't nearly as big as the False Right Queen, but they are still 8 meters long at even the most generous of estimates. You're relieved that this cave is so big, otherwise you would most certainly have destroyed several city blocks in your rumble with the False Queens and their Minions.

You brace yourself, bending over in a sprinters pose as you find your surroundings fading, and you find yourself looking inward. The same PRIMAL feeling that you get when you train, when you EVOLVE is here. And you feel like a UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY is in front of you.

UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY - ORGANIC NANOBOTS
- Consuming the other half of this kaiju will mutate your Nanobots, allowing them to gain XP
- You WILL have to pay a COST for this opportunity


But you shake your head, deciding to FOCUS on the task at hand. The Minions are FRAIL, but DISTRACTING, while the FALSE RIGHT QUEEN appears to be focusing solely on creating more Centiminions. Looks like you're going to have to split your focus.

NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO
- A random number of CENTIMINIONS will spawn [Up to 6], until no eggs remain
- 12 unhatched eggs remain
- 5 hatched Centiminions are on the battlefield


A. DESTROY THE EGGS
- Prevent any more Centiminions from spawning by destroying the remaining eggs
- The FALSE QUEEN and CENTIMINIONS will become enraged, striking you with as much malice as possible
- 35% [10% + 25% CENTIMINION BONUS] chance of taking [1 HEALTH] in damage, losing your transformation, and forcing you to fight for one update in a weakened state

B. CRACK THE SHELL
- Assault the now toughened carapace of the FALSE RIGHT QUEEN
- 60% chance of making your foe vulnerable to a [KILLING BLOW]
- The FALSE QUEEN and CENTIMINIONS will desperately try to defend against your pointed assault
- 35% [10% +25% CENTIMINION BONUS] chance of taking [1 HEALTH] in damage, losing your transformation, and forcing you to fight for one update in a weakened state

C. SET THE STAGE [OTHER]
- Do or prepare something else while you destroy 5 Centiminions
- 45% [20% +25% CENTIMINION BONUS] chance of losing your transformation, but taking no damage
- STATS: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats

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No. 1053587 ID: a7a180

A, prevent those odds of success from rising. Stomp 'em flat!
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No. 1053599 ID: e51896

[edited]

C. SET THE STAGE: run towards the generator, increase size, have some or all your nanobots get on the generator, and trow it at the centipede while making the nanobots overheat it to the point of an explosion. The centipede queen and the minions is staying in one spot, so even while it's dark, we should be able to throw the generator towards the queen and the minions' location if they're not moving. It might even destroy the eggs too. But you can use a flashlight if you need help aiming. thankfully, they won't notice the light since they have no eyes.

downside, we'll fight in the dark as a sacrifice, but that should cause a whole lot of damage towards all our foes at the same time, weakening them maybe even killing them and as much of the eggs as possible. And we'll have a flashlight to help us fight

Oh! and as you run towards the generator, decrease your weight so that they don't feel the vibrations of your footsteps and try to follow you. increase it when your ready to throw it. Maybe we can throw it as close to it as we can to the queen as possible instead of at her, so that the centiminions will go towards that spot thinking its you, and we can cause an explosion then, harming the queen, and the minions that scurried towards it.
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No. 1053606 ID: e51896

>>1053599
One last thing, if they do not use vibrations to find where their target is, and instead just senses heat and movement and start following you regardless of the less weight, grab one of the lighters in your survival kit you got (stats page says we have some), have a nanobot, or if it's needed, more nanobots get the lighter as hot as it can, and as lit as it can if possible (it's small, so not a lot , and roll it somewhere on the ground away from you. Maybe they'll go after the lighter instead of you.
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No. 1053612 ID: e5709d

C) Okay, I have an idea. The bugs have some kind of ultra-vibration detection going on, so shrink yourself and have your staples rub against one another to act as chaff. They'll waste time trying to find you while you ride a staple straight into firing position.
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No. 1053619 ID: 71fa80

Wow, the dice were nice enough to not spawn more swarms, but then the dice got brutal with everything else that's happening!

>>1053599
>>1053606
This sounds like a solid plan.

Also, in addition to our flashlight, the explosion from the generator would create some fires that'll also provide light for us. And if the kaiju rely on sensing heat, the explosion will disorient them and make it harder for them to find us among all the flames.
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No. 1053620 ID: cde0b1

>>1053599
I like this idea.
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No. 1053624 ID: a9af05

>>1053586
>organic nanobots
That makes it sound like our nanobots will spawn out of our own body instead of being a part of our costume. And that seems like it would be extremely painful just to use that power.

Even though we really need to upgrade our nanobots, this upgrade doesn't seem like it'd be worth it.

>>1053599
>>1053606
Supporting this plan.

I'd also like to use our nanobots to spread out and have them make noise by rubbing against each other at different parts of the cave. If these things sense us with sound, then the nanobots making noise all over the place should confuse them on where we are.
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No. 1053679 ID: 87e33c

rolled 4 = 4

EXECUTING CentiMinionSpawn(Random.Range(1,6));
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No. 1053680 ID: 87e33c

rolled 30 = 30

// 85% chance now, rip
float dustExplosion = 40
if(Roll <= 45+dustExplosion) transform(false);
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No. 1053681 ID: 87e33c

rolled 93 = 93

if(Roll <= 50) collateralDamage();
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No. 1053687 ID: 87e33c
File 167357051177.png - (15.35KB , 500x500 , p152.png )
1053687

> MINIBOSS - THE FALSE RIGHT QUEEN [FRQ] AND HER MINIONS
You back several steps away from the [FRQ], her eggs, and her minions. In an attempt to distract and gauge out the senses of the beasts you reduce your weight and scatter your nanobots across the massive chamber. The nanobots rub against each other, vibrate, and attempt to create as much noise as possible as you observe your foes' responses.

The queen pays your distraction attempts no heed, focusing on her brood and coating more eggs in that weird goop. You can see a change occurring in FOUR of them. But you've got a little time before they hatch.
The CENTIMINIONS on the other hand are slightly affected. Three of things follow your staples, leaving you to only contend with two of them. It only takes the laziest of kicks for you to send the fastest one to its death as it is impaled on a nearby stalagmite. The second one stupidly dashes at you, so you grow a bit larger and open your maw.

The stupid beast clambers forward disregarding its life as you swallow its head whole. If you had to describe the taste, their flesh would be somewhere in between a prawn and a salted ant, whereas the carapace tastes somewhat like a dusty eggshell.
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No. 1053688 ID: 87e33c
File 167357052316.png - (13.18KB , 500x500 , p153.png )
1053688

> MINIBOSS - [FRQ] AND HER MINIONS
You return to the FLOODLIGHT and GENERATOR that you are using to brighten the room, giving them a once over with your FLASHLIGHT. It's a moderately sized crank generator with a small diesel backup. You take a quick look around the chamber you were in previously, see the statues, which you now recognize as bodies completely siphoned of life, a few discarded crates and several upturned minecarts you missed. You don't register the contents of the cart, upturned on the floor as you hyperfocus on the generator and your flashlight.

You: Hope this dinky little flashlight is good enough to see in the dark…
You: This GENERATOR oughta give a big enough boom though…


You mount the flashlight on your shoulder with the nanobots that were connecting the generator to the floodlights, causing the place to grow dark again. You pick up the generator and shift your size until it is comfortable to throw. The remaining Centiminions are following your staples around, gnashing madly at them as you move them right into your expected blast radius. The [FRQ] finishes hatching FOUR new Centiminions as well, who seem equally distracted by your nanobots.

And then you throw the generator.
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No. 1053689 ID: 87e33c
File 167357054096.png - (13.76KB , 500x500 , p154.png )
1053689

> MINIBOSS - [FRQ] AND HER MINIONS
Kin, in the past, have pointed out that you're not very smart. You would have agreed with this point of view in the past, but now you have superpowers and feel that your memory has drastically improved. In the split-second moment just as you trigger the detonation of the generator you realize several things.

The Government would probably want to study the sludge and get as many eggs as possible. The bodies look siphoned by some kind of stinger that you haven't seen the Kaiju in this cave use yet. This cave probably contains some sort of SECRET related to summoning Kaiju and finding your way to Paradiso. Oh, and those upturned minecarts looked to be at least half-filled with coal dust.

You: Uh oh.

You dash forward, exposing yourself from any form of cover, attempting to undo what is potentially going to be a major delay in actually solving the Kaiju problem, but it's too late. The reaction is triggered and the detonation has occurred. The explosion is light at first, a pop, a fizzle, and a small orange bloom. And then the dust that fills the cavern comes alight. You watch in slow motion as a dust explosion licks the cavern walls, spreading out in a circle and hitting everything.
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No. 1053690 ID: 87e33c
File 167357055074.png - (17.05KB , 500x500 , p155 (1).png )
1053690

> MINIBOSS - [FRQ] AND HER MINIONS
You are knocked back, your body scraping against the sharp cavern floor. You watch as your transformation fades, the force of the blast too much for you to handle. 3 Centiminions are fried by this fire due to their dangerously exposed undersides. They curl up into delicious smelling balls. The queen, completely caught off guard, was unable to protect 3 eggs, leaving 5 unhatched ones intact. Unfortunately the [FRQ] and recently spawned 4 Centiminions took no damage, but each does look somewhat disoriented.

And then there's the rest of the room. What catches your eye first is that some of the statue-like bodies are scattered about, and on fire. Pieces of abandoned debris, piles of centipede feces, and upturned minecarts along the edges of the cave, barely out of sight, are set aflame, helping to brighten the room. Miraculously, none of the wall markings were damaged and the cave's still intact! You'd let out a held breath of relief if you weren't winded when you were smacked against the floor.

YOUR FOES ARE STUNNED
- The Centi-minions and [FRQ] will not act this update
- You are currently de-transformed and are WEAKER than normal
- You will automatically transform at the end of the update, not before then


A. EGGNAPPING
- Steal an egg and hide it
- Will guarantee at least one intact egg by this mission's end

B. MINION CRUNCHING
- Get rid of the minions, lowering the success chance of the [FRQ]'s retaliatory actions
- Kill or KO the 4 remaining Centiminions (your choice)

C. OTHER
- Do something else, you CANNOT land a FINISHING BLOW untransformed
- STATS: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats

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No. 1053694 ID: dd9d3d

KO the remaining Centiminions. That gives you a sample and improved chances.
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No. 1053708 ID: 8483cf

B
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No. 1053721 ID: a9af05

>>1053690
>You will automatically transform at the end of the update, not before then
Hopefully we'll finally roll higher than a 2!

>what do?
B
We need to kill off the minions so that our enemy has a lower chance of being able to do something to us!

Grow bigger and start ripping the minions apart and slamming them into each other! Pick up 2 minecarts and hold them in your hands to use them like boxing gloves!
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No. 1053723 ID: e51896

I'll probably pick later since right now I'm fine with either choice

but one thing I will suggest: apologize to the dice for threatening it earlier, and ask it politely to not roll a 1 or 2, and give it a kiss for good luck. (not that it will do anything, but the thought is funny

If B is chosen, I'd say only KO them. Getting exp for eating them is good and all, but the government was not happy with us splitting up with our guards, so it's probably important to ko them for them to capture and research to make the fallout from our misconduct less painful
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No. 1053741 ID: 2420bf

>>1053690
>3 Centiminions are fried by this fire due to their dangerously exposed undersides. They curl up into delicious smelling balls.
You can snack on them later, after you deal with the current threats!

You may not be transformed, but you're also not completely powerless! Get back in the fight!

>vote
Go for B. You need to reduce the queen's helpers as much as possible!
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No. 1053744 ID: f67e86

I wish i thought of this sooner, and i might be too late to suggest it, but i have another idea

Is it possible to call Pazuru and let her have one of the bodies that aren't burning while the Kaiji are stunned? If possible, i'll go for C, let Pazuru have one of the lifeless bodies of her choice. That way, she can fight the minions, and we can fight the queen.

If it's not possible, then nevermind, and stick with B while KOing the minions
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No. 1053750 ID: 36784c

>>1053744
>let Pazuru have one of the bodies
Didn’t Pazuru specifically tell us that she wants a body that’s got cat like features? I’m pretty sure she’s not going to want any of these insect kaiju bodies.
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No. 1053756 ID: e51896

>>1053750

I was talking about these bodies: >>1053175
and look! one of them is a cat
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No. 1053757 ID: 033f9c

>>1053756
Dude... it's not hard to see that they're literally impaled! Even IF Pazuru decides to take one of those bodies, she's going to instantly get killed because she'll have a giant kaiju stinger impaled to her heart.
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No. 1053759 ID: e51896

Oh, Sorry about that. Yeah, those were some good points. I guess I was hoping that wouldn't matter because of magic healing the body in the process of Pazuru taking the body or something, but I'll drop it.

But maybe after the mission, we can see about salvaging one of these bodies for Pazuru after we get some of the government researchers or doctors to patch the body up of their injuries for her to use?
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No. 1053823 ID: 01fe07

>>1053690
B

Let's knock out the minions. Grab some debris and start whacking them!

>>1053759
>salvage stoned bodies
>government can fix them
I don't think government science can fix bodies being turned to stone.
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No. 1053829 ID: 38349b

rolled 2 = 2

*smooches you*
Tension Plz!!!
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No. 1053855 ID: 38349b
File 167383184739.png - (16.27KB , 500x500 , p156.png )
1053855

> MINIBOSS - [FRQ] AND HER MINIONS
You get up off the ground, scuffed, but otherwise fine. Ready to transform again you toss the dice, only to discover that it doesn't work. You start to panic before grabbing the dice again and watching it slowly pulse with energy.

You: It takes an [UPDATE] to charge??!?!?
You: At least they're stunned...


You fix your eyes on the Centiminions and dash forward, 3 meters may not be enough to rival the FALSE RIGHT QUEEN, but it's certainly enough to rival the Centiminions. Their movements are sluggish and poor, they're probably CONCUSSED from the explosion, so you dodge, duck, and weave around their flailings before beating them with upturned minecarts. Some cracks form in the carapaces of the ones you do hit, but since you cut open the big one, you've got a good idea of where their nerve clusters are.

You target the weakest point and incapacitate all of the Centiminions, just as the FALSE RIGHT QUEEN's stun wears off.
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No. 1053856 ID: 38349b
File 167383186594.png - (14.52KB , 500x500 , p157.png )
1053856

> MINIBOSS - [FRQ] AND HER MINIONS
The false queen flicks her antennae in your direction before looking around wildly, seeming confused at the lack of Centiminion followers. She lets out several shrill "shrieks", four short ones, a pause, a short one and a long one. You feel like it's almost communicating disdain towards you, but shrug it off, thinking you must be imagining it.

You: Alright, no messing around!
You: TENSHIN!


You pull out your Ruby D8 and kiss it, muttering a small apology for yelling at it earlier before letting it loose and rolling another 2. You briefly wonder if the universe and RNG are mad at you for some reason as your transformation returns.

You: COME THE FUCK ON!!!!
You: THREE 2s IN A ROW?!?!?!?
You: Okay, there was the one 1 in there, but STILL!!!!
You: I hope the other team is doing well...


LOW ROLL PENALTY HAS BEEN TRIGGERED!
- Taking damage will cause you to waste an update transforming again
- You can choose to fight with your de-transformed capabilities if you want, but will be limited in power
- You can also choose to waste an update de-transforming and transforming again

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No. 1053857 ID: 38349b
File 167383187646.png - (16.90KB , 500x500 , p158.png )
1053857

> MINIBOSS - [FRQ] AND HER MINIONS
You think that if Josephine's timeline was accurate then they should be done fighting the Kaiju in ACTIVITY ARCADIA, but talking to them right now might risk taking a hit and letting this thing spawn even more minions.

You think deeply about this moment, about the dice, about the [CHAOS] of this situation and about the [TENSION] being built. You're incredibly glad that these things didn't escape, but if things keep ramping up like this, you're not sure what the future is going to be like. Especially if you keep being so darn unlucky!!!!!!!!

You: Seriously, what the fuck dice...

NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO
- A random number of CENTIMINIONS will spawn [Up to 5], until no eggs remain
- 5 unhatched eggs remain
- 0 hatched Centiminions are on the battlefield


A. CALL FOR BACKUP
- Fight while distracted as you call for backup
- Backup will arrive in between [1 and 3 UPDATES] later
- 20% Chance of taking [1 HEALTH] in damage, losing your transformation, and forcing you to fight for one update in a weakened state

B. CRACK THE SHELL
- Assault the toughened carapace of the FALSE RIGHT QUEEN
- 65% chance of making your foe vulnerable to a killing blow
- 30% Chance of taking [1 HEALTH] in damage, losing your transformation, and forcing you to fight for one update in a weakened state

C. [OTHER]
- Do or prepare another action
- 20% Chance of taking [1 HEALTH] in damage, losing your transformation, and forcing you to fight for one update in a weakened state
- STATS: https://questden.org/wiki/Tension_Stats


1. REROLL
- You will fight while de-transformed for the UPDATE
- There is an additional +40% chance of suffering a penalty if you do this

2. FIGHT AS IS
- You will fight with what you have, who knows if you'll roll a 1 next time!
- No penalty or bonus for taking this action

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No. 1053858 ID: 8483cf

B1!
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No. 1053861 ID: e51896

A, 2.

Just accept the fact that we probably won't get any eggs, and we can't do this on our own. At the very least, the cavern with the markings is in once piece, and we stunned some of the minions for the government as consolation.
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No. 1053862 ID: efa0a8

B2. Her chance to hit you is at its lowest! Hopefully her shell stays cracked and the killing blow remains open, just in case you do de-transform.
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No. 1053863 ID: e51896

>>1053856
>She lets out several shrill "shrieks", four short ones, a pause, a short one and a long one

That's Morse code for: HA. Probably a laugh because it found us.
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No. 1053869 ID: 629f2e

A2! Call for backup, because the eggs and the other half of the queen aren't around to be detained anymore. Capturing this kaiju could be a big deal, we shouldn't give up on doing so.
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No. 1053875 ID: 15c72a

>>1053857
B2
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No. 1053917 ID: 36784c

>>1053857
Since we no longer need to keep the generator on, we have access to all of our nanobots, instead of just a few of them. So let’s use them as much as possible!

B , 2
For our assault, we should have most of our nanobots swarm the False Right Queen and have them form into a bunch of drills and saw blades. The drills can start digging at [FRQ]’s head to try and crack the shell, while the saw blades aim for the joints, where [FRQ]’s armored shell is the weakest, to try and start cutting off limbs!

And while that’s happening, we make ourselves lighter, jump up, have our remaining nanobots form a spike around our legs, grow big and heavy, then drop down on the [FRQ]! Hopefully our heavy weight and a spike around our legs will be enough to crack the [FRQ]’s armored shell.

>chance of taking 1 damage, no matter what
Then it’s a good thing we recently bought a medical upgrade for our Lair!
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No. 1053953 ID: a9af05

>>1053857
B2

I'd still like to do my idea of picking up 2 minecarts and holding them in our hands to use them like boxing gloves.
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No. 1053966 ID: 85c6ae

>>1053857
B2

>>1053953
>minecart boxing gloves
Could we do this and add our nanobots onto the front and form them into several large spikes? That way we can punch with metal boxing gloves with large spikes on them!
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No. 1054001 ID: e51896

>>1053917
>>1053966
If we decide to attack, do both these. Also, see about turning big too so our nanobots grow as well for more damage, and to keep the queen more distracted.

And I'd like to add, now that we have all our nanobots not focusing on the generator, or any centiminions, go ahead and use ALL the nanobots we have against the queen to perform these actions, don't be afraid to go skirtless to do this. Hopefully using all our nanobots will be more effective in helping us succeed than when we had some of them power the generator or distract the minions.
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No. 1054004 ID: bab136

>>1054001
Agreeing with this!
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No. 1054023 ID: 87e33c

rolled 16 = 16

if(Roll >= 35) makeVulnerable(FRQ);
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No. 1054024 ID: 87e33c

rolled 68 = 68

if(Roll <= 30) selfDamage(1);
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No. 1054025 ID: 87e33c

rolled 1 = 1

EXECUTING CentiMinionSpawn(Random.Range(1,5));
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No. 1054033 ID: 87e33c
File 167400744880.png - (12.83KB , 500x500 , p159.png )
1054033

> MINIBOSS - [FRQ] AND HER MINIONS
No time to worry about that, instead, you grab two of the minecarts, grow to a comfortable size, and cover them in nanobots. They quickly take the form of STUDDED MINECART BOXING GLOVES that glint from the light spread by the many fires in this cave. You take a step forward and the False Right Queen lolls her head at you, wrapping tightly around her clutch of eggs.

You: Round uh.... 3?
You: FIGHT!!!
FRQ: .. .-..
You: YOUR SCREECHING WILL NOT PROTECT YOU FROM MY FISTS!!!
You: Am I really talking to a centipede now…


You're nearly distracted by your own musings as a tail sweep arcs towards your legs. You leap into the air, dodging it with moments to spare.
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No. 1054034 ID: 87e33c
File 167400748461.png - (15.93KB , 500x500 , p160.png )
1054034

> MINIBOSS - [FRQ] AND HER MINIONS
The Kaiju's legs tap steadily against the ground as it writhes and swipes, remaining a fervent protector of the eggs. You mix light and heavy steps into your motions, reducing and enhancing your weight to keep away from its feral movements and serrating legs. This keeps the Kaiju on its toes and while it does release some of that weird sludge, it's only able to cover one of the eggs, adding ONE CENTIMINION to the fight. You lightly kick it to the side, far away from the fight, not heeding it any mind. No, your focus is on the boss.

You attempt to focus your punches on one point, on a certain joint, even shifting and vibrating your nanobots to create some sort of pseudo drill or saw blade. You get into a zen-state as time passes and you're NOT able to create a LETHAL VULNERABILITY, however, you think that you're starting to wear on the beast. This fight has been going for too long, and while you only just feel warmed up due to your CONSOLIDATED GAINS, you think that this Kaiju may not have enough energy left in them to keep going much longer.
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No. 1054036 ID: 87e33c
File 167400762825.png - (12.02KB , 500x500 , p161.png )
1054036

> MINIBOSS - [FRQ] AND HER MINIONS
Your strikes are seeming to have little effect on damaging the creature, probably because you suck at using these makeshift weapons. But that may not matter as the Kaiju's movements start to slow, not to a crawl, but enough that it benefits you. The cavern is starting to get a little warm from all the fires, and you think you remember reading something about how insects tend to OVERHEAT since they cannot sweat. Maybe that explosion was a good thing and you'll just exhaust this thing out.

But then it shifts, leaving the clutch of eggs for the first time since it split. The giant Kaiju starts to shift towards a deeper tunnel, but you cut off its path to retreat. Seeing that it can't escape that way, the FALSE RIGHT QUEEN turns towards one of the crispy CENTIMINIONS that combusted earlier, opens its maw, and shoots a lance from its mouth. The lance is connected by some sort of disgusting intestine-like tube, so you sever it with a punch. The Kaiju looks at you with malice, but there's no way you're just letting it EAT in front of you. It could EVOLVE or REGAIN STAMINA.

The LONE CENTIMINION and FALSE RIGHT QUEEN regroup, you don't like the looks of it, and think they might TRY TO MAKE A BREAK FOR IT. How much will you sacrifice to prevent their escape

A. LEAVE NOTHING TO CHANCE
- The Eggs are preserved, no Centiminions will escape, and this FALSE RIGHT QUEEN will be captured.
- Lose [3 HEALTH]
- Successfully KO the CENTIMINIONS, [FRQ], and protect the remaining eggs

B. ONE GOT AWAY (AGAIN)
- The CENTIMINION will attempt to escape after consuming the remaining EGGS, but the FALSE RIGHT QUEEN will be captured
- Lose [2 HEALTH]
- Successfully KO the [FRQ], but the last CENTIMINION will flee back to PARADISO, giving the Kaiju INTEL on your capabilities

C. [GAMBLE] WITH YOUR LIFE
- Maybe... Maybe you can make it all happen...
- Roll three times
- [ROLL 1] 35% chance the FALSE RIGHT QUEEN will escape
- [ROLL 2] 35% chance the EGGS will be damaged
- [ROLL 3] 35% chance the the lone CENTIMINION will escape
- For every failed roll past the first, take [1 HEALTH] of damage

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No. 1054040 ID: e51896

A. we can take the 3 hp loss, especially since we now have a medical facility that we're immediately going to rest up in afterwards at during a downtime. Thats what we bought it for. Best take advantage of it.

We are going to need to make sure to have the eggs for research, the queen captured to prevent another summoning for a while, and a minion captured to prevent another summoner from getting out for the government to greatly help us later. And after all our bad rolls, I'm not taking anything to chance. The Government is expecting results from us after we ditched the mission after all. This is the best we can do.

Be the hero!


(But afterwards, thinking ahead after we rest I recommend we also need to see about getting help in battle during another downtime, like training Saba and Josephine on Arcane Focus Creation in LYST.)
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No. 1054042 ID: 629f2e

C. We're on interesting terms with lady luck right now, and I want to see how our rolls will play out.

The only really bad option of this bunch is if the FRQ escapes really. If the eggs get smashed, oh well. If the Centiminion escapes, that's manageable. Honestly, if we just hit one of any of these, even FRQ escape, I think we'll be fine. If we hit two, that's not great, and on three then we're officially on a bad luck streak (if the repeated 2s haven't confirmed it already).

I don't think we should do A. We can't push ourselves that hard all the time, it's just not healthy. Yes, we can spend our free time resting up, but at that point even our free time becomes part of the job. There are things Hailey probably wants to do outside of just resting in bed to recover from her injuries.

Pick the lighter option, hope you roll well, but don't beat yourself up if you can't achieve all your goals. You're just one person, you have limits.
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No. 1054043 ID: a7a180

A. Leave nothing to chance.
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No. 1054045 ID: 15c72a

>>1054036
A. We'll be making the most out of that hospital...
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No. 1054047 ID: 8483cf

A
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No. 1054048 ID: 2a82d3

A. You must take no chances. Think of the puppies.

>>1054042
1) There's a chance her friends will visit her during her stint at the ward.

2) Having no personal life sucks, but so does having to (in theory) explain to a pack of puppies why they're homeless. Failure would've been easier to swallow if it weren't for the latter. Heroic guilt is a bitch like that.
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No. 1054050 ID: e51896

Wait a minute:
the first of the Kaiju's morse code was "four short ones, a pause, a short one and a long one
" translating in morse code to HA

this time, it said ".. .-.. " Translating to IL

together, they say HAIL...
I think it's trying to say Hailey's name. if it says ". -.--" next, then it's confirmed. How would it know Hailey's name tho? Too bad Hailey doesn't know morse code, but we will need to have the researchers tranlate what it says next time.

Keep in mind, it saw us without our tension suit right before it started morse coding. So somehow, it may have recognized us as Hailey.
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No. 1054055 ID: 4c75f0

>>1054036
>you think you remember reading something about how insects tend to OVERHEAT since they cannot sweat.
……you know, for someone who claims to have gotten a better memory ever since getting superpowers, you really suck at remembering an important insect fact while fighting an insect enemy! If you remembered that sooner, then you could've just shoved these enemies into the flames to weaken them earlier in the fight!

>choice
A
With the constant low rolls on your transformations and how nothing seems to be working out during this fight, you must be getting pretty frustrated, right? Then use that! Turn your anger into a weapon! Unleash thy wrath and start beating the shit out of the enemies!

Just because you're going to KO them, that doesn't mean you have to be gentle about it! Beat them so badly that they need to make dice rolls to not die!
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No. 1054063 ID: a9af05

>>1054036
>opens its maw, and shoots a lance from its mouth. The lance is connected by some sort of disgusting intestine-like tube
I believe you just found the thing that impaled those other kin and turned them to stone! Good thing you destroyed it's tongue thingy!

>what do?
Choose A.

This is going to hurt like hell, but you'll be able to stop them from escaping!

>>1054055
>Unleash thy wrath and start beating the shit out of the enemies!
I agree with this. Don't hold back and hit them as hard as possible!
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No. 1054108 ID: e51896

I'm against hitting them so hard that they have to roll for death. It is possible that the queen can communicate through morse code, and might know who Hailey is somehow. If we accidentally kill it, the government may lose the chance to interrogate it for information.

Plus, we weren't able to make it vulnerable to a killing blow earlier. I don't think we'd be able to kill it if we tried, just knock her out.
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No. 1054125 ID: 36784c

>>1054036
Do not pick C! With how bad our luck has been recently, we’re gonna fail all of those!

I’m voting for A. We’re over capacity for monsters we can safely keep contained in our Lair and we’re risking a break out by trying to capture our current opponents, so it sucks that we don’t get an option to kill them.

And we definitely need to start on that Arcane Focus Creation stuff. If the government can get some magic wielding guys to come fight with us, then things might be a little easier next time (and hopefully we stop rolling low on our transformations).

>>1054108
>I'm against hitting them so hard that they have to roll for death.
This is a life or death situation. We don’t have the luxury to be gentle with them.
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No. 1054127 ID: e51896

>We’re over capacity for monsters we can safely keep contained in our Lair and we’re risking a break out by trying to capture our current opponents

We should ask if we can eat the snake and kite kaiju later, I'm sure the scientists got enough research off of them for us to get rid of them for a little bit of exp.
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No. 1054143 ID: 87e33c

rolled 4 = 4

TENSHIN (AGAIN)
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No. 1054169 ID: 38349b
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1054169

> MINIBOSS - [FRQ] AND HER MINIONS
You think of the puppies, those poor puppies from the orphanage that are now most definitely displaced due to the Kaiju uprising in the ACTIVITY ARCADIA. You think of your teammates who fought huge monsters without you, of the government who will probably be pissed at you. And you get angry.

Complaining about them breaking your near perfect record of defending the city doesn't accomplish anything, but it will make you feel good to take it out on these Kaiju that just… won't… die. So you do.

You kick the CENTIMINION into the wall, knocking it out and disturbing enough rocks to block the exit path.

You: BRING IT BUG!
FRQ: . -.--
You: YOUR SCRATCHES MEAN NOTHING TO ME!!!!
You: … Note to self, check out if that's morse code later.
You: Also figure out how the FUCK a Kaiju could learn morse code.

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No. 1054175 ID: 38349b
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1054175

> MINIBOSS - FIGHT COMPLETE
You become engrossed in an absolutely grueling fight. You're quickly knocked out of your suited form after a particularly nasty bite, but the adrenaline fueling through your body lets you shrug off the damage. It's incredibly difficult to keep the FALSE RIGHT QUEEN in place and so you do the only thing you can think of to keep it here. You let it think that it's winning, you let it hit you some more, and it works.

Even in your adrenaline filled state you can tell that moving stings, you ache all over. The arena looks like the bloodiest boxing ring you've ever seen, blood caking the floor and streaking from your body from visceral jagged gashes that cover your arms, legs, and one stray shot at your belly.

You've lost [3 HEALTH]
- It hurts to move
- Your body is covered in many visible wounds


But the great news is that after all of the PAIN, and after all of the BLOOD LOSS, the FALSE RIGHT QUEEN isn't looking so hot either. It doesn't have enough energy to escape, and although it's locked down tight, preventing you from performing a FINISHING BLOW, it' lost most of its mobility out of sheer exhaustion.

You transform once more, rolling a middling [4], but it's enough. You eat one of the crispy Kaiju and get to work tying the FALSE RIGHT QUEEN into a knotted ball. It won't be able to untangle itself without some choice amputation or the assistance of something REALLY BIG. You gather up the remaining CENTIMINIONS and do the same to them, bundling the living ones into a ball and tossing the dead ones into a corner.

And then, only after you confirm that the eggs aren't hatching, and that there's no surprises remaining, do you collapse to the ground, de-transform, and check back in with your squad.
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No. 1054176 ID: 38349b
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1054176

> ABANDONED POWERSTATION - SUMMONER'S CAVERN
You: Yo, Tear or whatever my codename was, here with-
Comms: ABOUT DAMN TIME, YOU BETTER-
You: Stop.
You: Come to my coordinates.
Comms: WE WERE ALREADY-
You: Less yelling, migraine
Sponge: Uh, you alright there?
You: Oh, you know, just took down a nest of centipede monsters
You: CAPTURED a thing that was breeding Kaiju under the city
You: Also CAPTURED a bunch of Minion sized Kaiju
You: Bleeding out on the floor
You: Oh, and there's a bunch of BODIES that probably need to be studied
You: and EGGS, did I mention EGGS?!?!
You: And goddess knows what else
Sponge: Holy shit this cavern is massive!


You tilt your head slightly to the side, only to see Sponge/Josephine and your guards descending down a path right next to the EGGS. You let out a groan and they rush over to you.
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No. 1054177 ID: 38349b
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1054177

> ABANDONED POWERSTATION - SUMMONER'S CAVERN
Sponge: Man down, man down!
You: It's just blood, man
You: Gimme a transfusion or something later
Sponge: There is literally more blood here than is physically kept inside of a normal body!!!
You: Quieter, migraine time.
Guard: Definitely not going to be enough room at the base for all this
You: Just shove the CENTIMINIONS in some jail cells with foam or whatever
You: They're weak as shit
Guard: But then there's all the Kellpo and the two weird things we fought
You: Mmmm can we pretend we're talking about hot stapler-men
Guard: These "Hot Stapler Men" did some real damage with their LONG LEGS
Sponge: Don't forget the WEIRD BULBOUS BODIES
You: Ew, fantasy ruined
Sponge: But seriously, we're beyond capacity here
You: Wow, sounds like a great problem for the government to deal with
You: All the Kaiju they could ever want!
You: Maybe they'll invest in their own storage space instead of pretending it's a reward for me
Comms: Definitely a concussion.


You let out a groan and sit up just as some medics round the corner with a stretcher. You could probably fake it just a bit longer till you get home if you needed to, but you're just so tired. You take the offered seat and ride the stretcher up until you can hear the sound two kin in a heated debate, it… must be an adoring fan and Phyllis!!! Here to see you after you saved the day! You can't lay on this stretcher now, letting them know their HERO is weak. You try to sit up but are lightly pushed down.

Medic: Concussion.
Medic: Stay down please.


You don't FEEL like you have one, but you feel like you could probably transform again if you really need to. The only frustrating part is that just your body and mind have been pushed to their limit.

A. PRETEND TO BE UNCONSCIOUS
- Secretly listen in on the full conversation
B. CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE
- Will give you a chance to interject in whatever is being discussed
C. DO SOMETHING ELSE
- You could say or do something else as you go up

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No. 1054179 ID: 8483cf

A
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No. 1054183 ID: a7a180

B. Never stop never stopping. Who is your fan?
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No. 1054184 ID: 1371b2

C, for go to sleep.
We can talk about Morse-code using mainly another time. Maybe test if the two-head snake knows it like the centipedes do.
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No. 1054187 ID: e51896

C. Just sleep. You've earned it, hero.

don't worry about the adoring fan seeing their hero being weak, remember: you're NOT in suit. They'll just see you as a civilian who got caught in the crossfire, and Phyllis can let them deal with the fan.
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No. 1054190 ID: 629f2e

A, there is literally no benefit to going to sleep right now, you just don't get to hear the conversation. That "Adoring Fan" is probably just another member of the government if they're talking to Phyllis (Plus, we were just in the fuckin' sewers, so how would our fan know to be here?). Listen to what they're saying.
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No. 1054191 ID: e51896

Changing my vote to A
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No. 1054194 ID: 36784c

>>1054175
>You transform once more, rolling a middling [4], but it's enough.
Forget about it being middling, just be happy you finally rolled higher than a 2!

>>1054177
>There is literally more blood here than is physically kept inside of a normal body!!!
Most of it probably belongs to the kaiju. Or if it is your blood, then apparently superpowers give you more blood for some strange reason.

>two weird things we fought
>did some real damage with their LONG LEGS
>Don't forget the WEIRD BULBOUS BODIES
Now I wanna know what they fought against. And don’t worry about the damages, we can donate some money to fix it up.

>you can hear the sound two kin in a heated debate, it…must be an adoring fan and Phyllis!!!
Doubtful it’s a fan. It’s probably one of the higher ups wanting to chew you out for running off on your own and Phyllis is trying to stop them.

>you feel like you could probably transform again if you really need to.
With how bad your luck has been recently? You might just destroy your clothes again. Better not risk it.

You should just lie back and do A. Let’s listen in on what’s being said.
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No. 1054201 ID: 15c72a

>>1054177
A
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No. 1054293 ID: e5709d

C) Freak out at the impending horror of being drastically bedridden for a whole intermission:
"NOOO I can't do No Nut [month], I don't wanna, please! You there! Suck me off through the medical procedure!"
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No. 1054324 ID: facc9c

>>1054177
A sounds like the best option.
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No. 1054563 ID: 38349b
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1054563

> CONCRETE JUNGLE - ABANDONED POWER STATION EXTERIOR
You let out a groan as the medic pushes you lightly but firmly down, you stop resisting their efforts and shut your eyes for a moment, focusing on the conversation.

Phyllis: -ore casualties if she didn't-
???: She's completely out of line!
???: We don't pay her to just let her go AWOL
Phyllis: You're missing the point, things would have been WORSE if she didn-
???: Didn't what? Follow another one of her INSANE HUNCHES?
Phyllis: You mean the same ones that let her pinpoint Kaiju with surgical precision?
???: It's either a case of complete randomness
???: OR, she's the one who BRINGS the THINGS here
???: Watch, I bet she's gonna be pulled out of there pretending it's fucking fine
???: Saving the day, resting on her fat fucking laurels
Phyllis: Uh huh, just ignore the TRAINING, RESOURCES, and LACK OF FREE TIME

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No. 1054564 ID: 38349b
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1054564

> CONCRETE JUNGLE - ABANDONED POWER STATION EXTERIOR
You don't open your eyes as you feel the warmth of the sun on your flesh and metal head. The two are silent for a moment, before you hear Phyllis's smug response.

Phyllis: You were saying
???: Uh... that's a lot of blood
Phyllis: She's not like you, never has been
Phyllis: This isn't about capital interests, investments, or the like
Phyllis: She SACRIFICES for us
Phyllis: Imagine if the GUARDS went in when the things in there left her like THAT
Phyllis: It'd be like the Midland Insurgencies all over again
Phyllis: We'd be lucky to get even ONE survivor, AGAIN!
???: ...
???: It's still not her call on where to send her guards
Phyllis: And yet her direction WORKED and managed to give us such good PR
???: That's OUR job, not yours are you trying to-
Phyllis: Fuck off Knee, you couldn't pay me to take your job
Phyllis: I've rejected the position dozens of times anyway
???: And yet you're somehow still hanging around…


You open your eyes a peek and spot the form of that same very angry turtle in a snazzy military outfit that you remember seeing shout at Phyllis before. His name is WAKE KNEE, and while you've never heard what his actual rank was, you imagine that he's significantly high up the chain if he's able to treat Phyllis like this.
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No. 1054568 ID: 38349b
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1054568

> MISSION 2 - COMPLETE
Phyllis: You're not going to be able to strong arm her this times
Knee: Pfff, as if, we'll just offer the minimum reward to grease things as normal
Phyllis: You might want to rethink that
Phyllis: he's been not so quietly simmering on your self-serving "rewards"
Phyllis: Or, you know, do, and I can certainly let some parties know about-
Knee: You wouldn't!
Phyllis: I may not, however there are plenty of Kin who would
Phyllis: Whom I'm sure you know well enough!
Knee: God you're such a bitch Phyllis
Knee: I liked you better when you were a recruit
Phyllis: I liked me better back then too...


You're not able to hear the rest of the conversation as you feel yourself actually start to fall asleep. You wonder just exactly what Phyllis did in the past, and how she'd wield this much influence.

You're put in an ambulance and driven back to the lair, where you can feel the fatigue leave your body, the mission is finally over.

GOVERNMENT PASSIVE INCOME (+ DONNA BONUS)
+ 3 Funds
MISSION 2 COMMANDS
+ Passed one command
+ Failed one command
+ No bonuses
THE KAIJU SUMMONER [MISSION 3] EARLY COMPLETION
+ An EVENT will occur with the higher ups in the government during the next intermission
MULTIPLE SPECIMENS CAPTURED
+ An EVENT will occur where you resolve the capacity limitation issues
GOVERNMENT PR ADJUSTMENT
+ 1 Heroism [3 Total] (from saving the boat houses)
+ 1 Visibility [2 Total] (from fighting at the docks)


> Your TENSION has maxed out, [2 CONSEQUENCES] will occur
> Your TENSION has been reset to 0
> [+1 Foe Objective] [1 total]
> The Kaiju have only barely made progress on their true objective
> [+1 City Stability Damage] [1 total]
> Kin are starting to be concerned now that they know that giant monsters are real

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No. 1054569 ID: 38349b
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1054569

> ??? - [PAZURU] THE HISTORIC PARASITE
You realize that it's not that the fatigue is leaving your body, but it's you. You find yourself in that DARK SPACE again, this time you appear right in front of [PAZURU] who is eyeing you with incredulity.

[PAZURU]: Welcome back, you statistical [ANOMALY]
You: I am pretty anomalous, thanks
[PAZURU]: Actually taking steps towards helping [ME] is appreciated as well
[PAZURU]: But I see that you continue to [SACRIFICE] yourself
[PAZURU]: One such as yourself should consider getting [AID]
You: I'm workin on it geez
[PAZURU]: I [HOPE] you do, before it's too [LATE]…


Something... feels different this time, something's off about [PAZURU], like she's been caught off guard, or maybe it's the space, or maybe it's you. Either way, you feel like maybe she likes you a bit more.

What do you do?
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No. 1054571 ID: d05352

Ask about what cycles are, and that you saw someone at the bookstore holding a book about them, describe what bookstore owner looks like too, and the place's name. Pazuru might know. Weve been meaning to ask about cycles.

Also, let her know you found a cat body during that mission that the queen took the life out of, and if she wants it, we can see about one of our friends getting her that one when the scientists study the bodies... assuming she can use that one as a body (this one: >>1053175) might not be able to, but who knows, maybe magic will allow her to take that cat body despite its current state

Note to self: give Phyllis the perfect gift, she deserves it after speaking for us.
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No. 1054575 ID: 629f2e

Okay, hear me out. Pazuru comes from LUST QUEST, right? That means she's probably one horny cat.

Have you considered soliciting Pazuru for funky magic void sex? Give it a try.

As for questions, I've got two.

1: Should we actually be calling you "Puzzle"?
2: Is there any way we can talk to you outside of you reaching out to us after every mission?
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No. 1054576 ID: a7a180

The space feels a little smaller, does it not?
Pull her into your lap and pet the the Pazuru.
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No. 1054588 ID: 36784c

>>1054563
>>1054564
>>1054568
>Phyllis standing up to the higher-ups for us
……you know what? I really want to give Phyllis The Perfect Gift now. She deserves it for standing up for us like that!

>>1054569
Ask Pazuru why she seems so surprised? Was she not expecting us to beat that centipede kaiju?

>One such as yourself should consider getting [AID]
Definitely need to do the Arcane Focus Creation to teach Saba and Josephine.

And if she's willing, we could politely ask Pazuru for aid. She might be able to teach us another technique.
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No. 1054603 ID: 261d45

There were a lot of moments where we could've used Telekinesis to make the previous fight a little easier for us. But we couldn't do any of that since a bunch of people insisted on pointlessly giving away that power!

>>1054569
>get yourself some aid before it's too late
It's like Pazuru said before, we're not alone, we have [CONFIDANTS]. And since she's one of them, let's ask if she can aid us.

Then ask Pazuru if there's some sort of significance to us beating the centipede? She seems surprised that we did that.
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No. 1054607 ID: e51896

I think she's implying when she tells us about getting aid, she means "hey, give me a body already so I can [AID] you." I think that's the only real way she can aid us right now.
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No. 1054608 ID: 36784c

>>1054607
Having a body isn't the only way she can aid us. Remember: She can teach us magic, as stated here: >>1043732 . That's another type of aid she can provide, until she gets a body.

You know, as long as we don't mind being irradiated and increasing our chances of getting cancer from it.
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No. 1054617 ID: 632e8c

Ask Pazuru if she wants any of the kins' bodies we found in the centipede kaiju's cavern.
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No. 1054676 ID: 1757ea

>>1054569
Here's something to ask: Someone told us we'd need to go to the town of [LYST] after we create our Arcane Focus. Ask Pazuru if there's any kind of dangers to worry about in the town of [LYST] that would interfere with our attempts to use magic?

I'm sure that teaching Josephine magic would help with creating a body for her, since she told us to focus on getting Josephine's help for that.
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No. 1054836 ID: 87e33c
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1054836

> ??? - [PAZURU] THE HISTORIC PARASITE
You: We should have sex, casual sex
[PAZURU]: …
[PAZURU]: I don't have genitals, so good [LUCK] with that
You: Okay what about pats and scritches
[PAZURU]: Those [TERMS] are… [ACCEPTABLE]


You float over, cross your legs, and invite [PAZURU] into your lap. The sensation when she touches your ethereal body is somewhat reminiscent of the feeling of your leg falling asleep. She feels tingly, vague, and like you need to exert more pressure than normal to actually grasp her. You can't really hear her purr either, but you can feel the vibrations ever so slightly.

You: Soooooooo
[PAZURU]: Hmm?
You: Do I call you Puzzle?
[PAZURU]: That… is an [OLD] nickname
[PAZURU]: Perhaps if you finish making my [BODY] I shall [ALLOW] you to do so
You: It's a cute name!
[PAZURU]: I know

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No. 1054838 ID: 87e33c
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1054838

> ??? - [PAZURU] THE HISTORIC PARASITE
You: So, have you ever heard of Bookwyrms?
[PAZURU]: There are 48 different bookstores that go by that name, so yes
You: Uh, run by a dragon called Mint?
[PAZURU]: …
[PAZURU]: It's likely not the same [MINT] that I knew, but yes
You: Well she talked about [CYCLES] and I only ever heard you mention that
[PAZURU]: [CYCLES] are… context sensitive
[PAZURU]: Some [REDACTED] have ones of different length and times
[PAZURU]: Yours just happens to last a frustratingly long amount of time
You: So that means….
[PAZURU]: I've watched your universe get [REDACTED] too many times
You: See, I feel like I should be able to understand what you just said just from context
You: But those two words could be literally anything
[PAZURU]: *shrugs*
You: So why am I a statistical anomaly, just cause I beat up a big bug?
[PAZURU]: Hardly, more that you found them much faster than…
You: Go on… *scratch scratch scratch*

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No. 1054839 ID: 87e33c
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1054839

> ??? - [PAZURU] THE HISTORIC PARASITE
[PAZURU]: Well *ah* imagine a statistical chart of a single dice roll
[PAZURU]: It's not likely that it would consistently roll the same number
[PAZURU]: And yet it did, and poorly at that, and you committed even when it hurt you
[PAZURU]: You could have come back and fought it later, or gotten back up, etc.
[PAZURU]: One would have to be an [IDIOT] to do what you did, and an [IDIOT SAVANT] to win
You: Wow, rude
[PAZURU]: Some might say the odds were SO unlikely it's like you [CHEATED]
You: Rng bby, get rekt!
You: So it's a good thing I beat the snot out of the bugs right?
[PAZURU]: Good and bad are relative to emotional stimuli and situational factors
[PAZURU]: You just were… efficient in your methods, well, mostly
[PAZURU]: And well, it gets my [HOPES] up, when it shouldn't
You: Why not?
You: I'm here after all!
[PAZURU]: You'll never understand…


You want to argue, but feel like that would be a waste of your limited time here. In fact, you wonder about that and settle for a pout and knowing glare, squinting your eyes at her.
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No. 1054840 ID: 87e33c
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1054840

> ??? - [PAZURU] THE HISTORIC PARASITE
You: That reminds me, we found a bunch of bodies, want that cat shaped one?
[PAZURU]: Those [VESSELS] are too fragile and cannot be used
[PAZURU]: The [KAIJU] siphoned the [ENERGY] from them
[PAZURU]: That's why they're all gray and stone-like, they took their lives, their essence, their…
[PAZURU]: Their [POTENTIAL] to be anything other than they were
[PAZURU]: Honestly I wonder if it's even [LEGAL] for them to do that
You: Legal according to whom?
[PAZURU]: Suffice it to say, no, it won't work
[PAZURU]: It has to be either a [WILLING] or [CONSTRUCTED] vessel
You: You know, it would be easier to do this if I could see you more often
[PAZURU]: I doubt you'd want to hear me blather on all the time like some old crone
You: Maybe I could do that if I learned magic!
[PAZURU]: But you should ask yourself if you need to at this point
You: It's Magic [PAZURU]
[PAZURU]: That you would have to train and spend your [FREE TIME] on
You: I'll probably be stuck in the hospital for a bit, I can do both!
[PAZURU]: You know as well as I do that that's not how it works.


You exaggeratedly roll your eyes at her, she's so tsun, you, with your many years of sex training and body language reading can totally tell that she's enjoying the attention. Maybe all the isolation has gotten to her and she just needs that extra push! But then again, learning magic could be really useful, but you get the feeling that you probably won't be able to reach her until the end of the next mission if you ask.

A. GET [PAZURU] TO FOLLOW YOU
- [PAZURU] will now follow you around
- [PAZURU] will provide "historical facts" when she feels like it, or is prompted
- You might not like the "facts" that she drops

B. GET [PAZURU] TO TEACH YOU MAGIC
- [PAZURU] will teach you magic
- [PAZURU] won't appear in front of you until the next mission
- You'll definitely get Irradiated [suffer a permanent health penalty]

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No. 1054846 ID: a7a180

Gee, one or the other? Well, let's get irradiated. That is how people get superpowers, right? We could always use more powers!
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No. 1054850 ID: 629f2e

A. 100% A, this isn't even a question.

-More Pazuru!

-We can't afford the health loss with how frequently we throw care to the wind with regard to our life

-We already won't have much in the way of spare time during this rest period to practice, given that we have SO MUCH damage to heal up from.

-Magic would mean not having more Pazuru, which would suck, fuck that.
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No. 1054863 ID: 15c72a

B. Health penalty? No big deal. Magic will prevent damage if it's at all useful.
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No. 1054867 ID: 4ecd00

A. it's like Hailey said here: >>1044003
>I’ve seen what too much of a good thing can do to a kin.

I think Pazuru also said we'd have to train our magic too, which won't give us time to heal and teach our allies Arcane Focus.
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No. 1054880 ID: e51896

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I'm going with A mainly for time managing reasons, and to have Pazuru follow us along to help.

After getting hurt the previous two missions, with this one having us lose three points, and Pazuru saying things are going to get worse during one of our previous meetings with her, I don't think the Health penalty just for magic is a good idea. Especially since we already lost four out of eight health, with resting only giving us two health back during downtime, and we already got superpowers that we're already leveling up.

Also, with the limited amount of downtime we have in mind, I think it might be better to let our friends learn magic instead so that we'll have more firepower on our side in battle instead of having magic for ourself that we'd have to spend some downtime training when we could be doing other stuff with our downtime, like finding Pazuru a body. Plus, remember, we already have Josephine and Saba willing to learn magic to help us in battle. Focusing on giving our friends magic instead of getting ourself irradiated for magic and fighting alone being the only one with powers that we'd have to train should help us better in the long run, especially with us already with growing powers, and nanobots.

overall, Lets focus on leveling our size and nanobots up and not focus on another thing we'll need to level up when we have friends that can train themselves in to help us out.

Lets not try to do everything ourseleves, especially if it means harming ourself to do thme. We have our friends that want to help.

Also, we'll have Pazuru, another ally on our side guiding us. She can help teach us stuff, alert us of danger, and she can help us help her find a suitable body for her. And most importantly, her bluntness, judging, and nagging can lead to some funny moments with Hailey's silly or lewd moments, especially when Hailey is the only one who can hear her..
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No. 1054881 ID: 99ca7b

A.

Better to focus on our already-gained powers, than try to take one rank in everything and then get our collective ass whooped.

Plus. Kitty!
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No. 1054888 ID: 3fe471

>>1054840
A

>>1054876
>leveling our size and nanobots up
It's gonna be difficult to level up size because of how advanced it already is and we don't have a specialized trainer to help us with that. And we can't level up nanobots by training, we'd need the scientists to do surgery on us to improve them, as shown here: >>1049504 , which involves dice rolls and paying money to decrease the chances of them messing up and hurting us.

Of course, there are Lair Upgrades that can help with reducing the chance of injury for the upgrading nanobots surgery, as shown here: >>1050780 , but odds are, we'd have to pay for that ourselves, since the higher-ups in the government want to be stingy with things like that.

However, I don't want use money to get that Lair Upgrade yet. I want to donate it to heal the city, and as shown here: >>1046204 , doing that won't use up an action. So we can help heal the city and still get to do another action!
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No. 1054889 ID: 36784c

>>1054840
A

Be nice when she starts providing those "historical facts". She hasn't had anyone to talk to for a long time, so she might do a lot talking.

And, yes, you're going to tell your friends about being able to see Pazuru more often now. Preferably in that room where Phyllis could completely block out anyone listening in.
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No. 1054892 ID: e5709d

A) Do not irradiate yourself.
You have an entire R&D team. Incompetent they may be, but they're not the ones who would go out into public spewing radiation everywhere.
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No. 1054897 ID: 9de4b1

A!
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No. 1054958 ID: e9e1ef

>>1054840
A

Also, you ended up getting a little chonky from eating just one kaiju last time and this time you ate a little more than that. I hope you still have clothes that'll fit!
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No. 1054976 ID: 01fe07

>>1054840
A seems to be the best option.
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No. 1055030 ID: 87e33c
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1055030

> ??? - [PAZURU] THE HISTORIC PARASITE
You: I'd like one blather sphinx please!
You: It must be boring not having anykin to talk to!
[PAZURU]: You get used to it after the first eon
[PAZURU]: [SANITY] is truly quite burdensome in that regard
You: Uh, you don't seem insane
[PAZURU]: I told you that I wanted to die in our first meeting
You: Lots of sane people feel that way, have you seen the internet?
[PAZURU]: ... fair point...
[PAZURU]: Guess I can watch the [HAILEY MARY SHOW] for a bit
You: Hell yeah, don't steal my thunder though
[PAZURU]: Me, steal your thunder?
[PAZURU]: Did you forget that only you could see me?
You: Oh right, well... don't let me steal your thunder then!


You watch [PAZURU] roll her eyes at you as a small grin tugs at her lip. And this time, when you abruptly wake up, [PAZURU] is there, sitting on your lap. You look around, to the right of your bed, finding yourself inside of your MEDICAL SEX DUNGEON, hooked up to blood bags, a saline drip, a bedpan, and restraints.

You: Yup, definitely the right choice, I feel so cozy here.
You: Kinda kinky that I'm already tied down though.
Alberta: That's cause otherwise you'd get up and do something else

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No. 1055031 ID: 87e33c
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1055031

> MEDICAL SEX DUNGEON - YOUR BED
You turn your head to the other side of the bed, spotting a very disheveled and puffy eyed Alberta.

You: That's cause I'm fiiiiiiiine!
Alberta: You've lost SO much blood man
Alberta: And carved up like a butchered pig!!
Alberta: They're putting you under medical lockdown for [1 DOWNTIME ACTIVITY]
You: Boooooooooo
You: Booooooooooooooooo
You: What about teaching them how to make the [ARCANE FOCUSES]?
Alberta: Hailey, please
You: Ughhh fine
Alberta: Good because otherwise you'd have to do a ton of paperwork
Alberta: The higher ups want to see you too
Alberta: Take your rest when you can get it!
[PAZURU]: Alberta has two bullets inside of her at all times
[PAZURU]: The first was from a firing range training accident
[PAZURU]: The second is to distract her from her skin condition via pleasure
You: *COUGH* WHAT?!?
You: You have a vibrator in you right now?!
Alberta: Did you get another superpower through that concussion?
Alberta: It gave you X-Ray vision, didn't it Hailey.


You get the distinct feeling that you're soon going to know the most intimate details about many of your friends and coworkers. The thought fills you with a [LUSTFUL] feeling, awesome!

[TENSION - END OF SEASON 1]
- TO BE CONTINUED IN SEASON 2
- THANK YOU FOR READING

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No. 1055033 ID: 908530

>>1055031
>Random horny commentary

Pazuru is officially the best character.
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No. 1055038 ID: 8483cf

When I said I'd take a bullet for you I didn't mean it like that
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No. 1055063 ID: a9af05

>>1055031
You're gonna have to learn to control those outbursts, so that you don’t say those things out loud and in public!

But with these random facts, we might learn something we can use in battle against the kaijus!
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