BrokenPromise

I need someone to code a CS

@role model lets take a look

A thought about the two writing competitions.

Yes, the contest section is looking kinda sorry on the front of contestants/voters, and having two contests run side by side instead of back to back will likely result in both contests receiving fewer contestants than they would otherwise.

If I had to speculate, I'd say that there's a chance that the reigns are changing hands. Alternatively, it could be that the new contest mod is eager to get his feet wet with their own contest. Either way, their avatars are Petyr Baelish and some assassin dude, so you know it's some shady stuff.

Fortunately, we don't need to speculate.

@Frizan@Jorick

Yooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo contest staff, what's up with this contest double whammy?

Beyond the Looking Glass: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

H i l a r i a, M i k a, & L u p a

Hilaria and Lupa were on the beach when Mika appeared. “Hi guys!” She was still carrying way too much lotion on her person. “You missed it, but there’s going to be a bunch of cool events, and we’re going to get paid to participate in them and make lots of friends while we do it!”

Hilaria had been staring at the copious amount of sunscreen Mika had been holding -- err, attempting to hold, that is. "Whatever could you use that much sunblock for, I wonder~?"

“We won it!” Mika hopped up and down. “You got us over here dry, so we get unlimited beach supplies! So I brought enough for everyone!” A bottle slipped out of her arms.

“Just because there’s an infinite amount of something doesn’t mean you need to take so much of it with you.” Lupa picked the bottle up off the beach. “I’m sure one bottle would be enough for you, me, Su, Helga, and I don’t think the ghosties need any.”

“What about Hilaria though?” Mika walked up to the giant magical woman. “I want to share the prize with her too!”

Hilaria gave a soft smile. Since Mika seemed so happy, Hilaria felt her 'sacrifice' was not in vain. "Hmm~? You want to share the sunscreen with me~?" she would normally decline because she did not do something like this expecting repayment unless it was a job. But in this case, she felt taking some of the sun block off of the girls' hands would probably be for the best. "If you don't mind, Hilaria would appreciate it~"

Lupa shrugged her shoulders. “I guess it makes sense to share it with everyone who didn’t complete the challenge. This vacation would kind of suck if you had to spend all day inside.” Lupa took a few of the bottles off of Mika. “I’m going to run these over to a few people. You don’t mind do you?”

“Nope! Just hurry back! It’ll probably be your turn soon.” Lupa gave Mika a nod before unloading everything under her arms and sprinting away.

As Lupa set off, Hilaria waved at her. "Hilaria appreciates you getting her here~!" She watched for a moment as the girl disappeared into the distance.

The feline cat girl spun on her heel to face Hilaria. “Your name is Hillaria right?”

She looked into Mika's feline eyes and nodded. "Yes, Hilaria is Hilaria~ And you're Mika, yes~?"

“Yup! That’s me!” With a smile, Mika cocked her head to the side. “You’re really pretty. You could be a supermodel.”

The silver-haired girl couldn't help but giggle at Mika's compliment. "Do you think so~? Some boys said the same thing the other day, too~" She placed a hand on her cheek and blushed, though this was because she was remembering the big meal she had that day. "But Hilaria heard that supermodels don't get to eat as much~ How horrible that must be~!"

Mika opened her mouth in shock. “I didn’t know that!” Mika crossed her arms. “Well, maybe be a librarian then? Wait, what was Tetrad’s job again? You might be good at that too.” The girl mumbled to herself before approaching some tropical ferns. “I just realized you don’t have anything to lay on. One second.” She shoved the remaining lotions in her swimsuit before turning her hands into crab pincers. Mika whistled to herself as she snipped away at the oversized plant. “There we go.” The ferns bounced with every step the cat girl took until she spread them out on the beach. “Now just have a seat!” Her hands turned back to normal as she pointed at the makeshift beach towel.

Hilaria had clapped her hands together in delight after witnessing Mika’s DIY beach towel. She thought that the girl must have been really resourceful. “My~ How wonderful~!” she admired Mika’s handiwork for a second longer before plopping down right on the ‘towel’. “Hmm~ Hilaria isn’t too used to being helped herself, you know~” she paused. “Sorry to impose upon you.”

“Don’t worry about it!” Mika tugged Hilaria’s jacket off of her shoulders and cast it aside, exposing most of her back. Next, Mika took one of the bottles and squeezed it out in a zig-zag motion between Hilaria’s shoulder blades. She went about half way down the woman’s spine before setting the bottle aside. Then Mika placed her hands on Hilaria’s back and worked the lotion into her skin. It was a symphony of sensations. The cat girl’s warm hands swirling in cool sunblock. “I enjoy doing stuff like this, It’s fun!” Mika used her tail to hold up Hilaria’s hair and her fingers over her shoulder blades. She worked every bump along her vertebrae, and was determined to get everything.

“Mmm~” Hilaria softly moaned, obviously satisfied with Mika’s work. She could feel the tension leaving her body by the second, and the sun being blocked.

“Have you been in Penrose long? I don’t think I’ve seen you before today.”

“Mmm, Hilaria hasn’t been in Penrose for too long~” she answered. “Only a couple of weeks. Hilaria hasn’t seen many magical girls, even though she was told there would be a lot here~ Until today, that is~ How about you, Mika~?”

“About a month now.” Mika had finished Hilaria’s back, and was now moving along her arms. “I didn’t see a lot of magical girls either at first, but once you start seeing them, you don’t stop!” Mika took one of Hilaria’s hands and opened it up, stretching out all of her fingers before running her own between them. “I think it’s because I have so many magical friends right now. They’re all over the place, you just don’t know it until they put on their costumes. I’ve seen more in Penrose than anywhere else.” She grinned. “Lay on your chest please. I wanna get your legs and feet next.”Once Hilaria changed her position, Mika sat on Hillaria’s back and started to slather up her hamstring with lotion. “Whoever told you there were magical girls in Penrose didn’t lie. You just need to look harder.” Mika looked over her shoulder at Hilaria. “Why are you looking for magical girls? Is it because you want some friends?”

"Mmm~ Not exactly~" Hilaria was silent for a moment, idly staring to the side. Eventually, she gave a somber smile and answered. "Hilaria knows that there are always people in need of saving wherever there are magical girls. They go hand-in-hand. That's why." She told Mika. "...Hilaria isn't looking for friends."

“You’re not?” Mika didn’t look away from her “work.” Her tongue was sticking out of the side of her head as she tried to get everything above the ankle. “What about the boys that feed you, aren’t they kinda like friends?”

"Mmm...Hilaria can't save her friends, so it's better if she has none to begin with." She explained, still enjoying the feeling of Mika's hands despite what was clearly not the fondest subject she could be speaking about. "Boys...Hmm, did they even have names? I wonder? Hilaria is approached by a lot of boys, but they're never in need of saving, so there's not really any reason to stick around."

“Of course they have names silly!” Much like what Mika had done to Hilaria’s hands, she was running her fingers between each of her toes. “But no friends, that’s just, weird.” Mika climbed off of Hilaria. “Roll over, please.” Mika helped Hilaria roll over before sitting on top of her hips and eyed her body. “Lots of large surfaces. I’m glad I have so much lotion!” She reached into her swimsuit and pulled out a new bottle.

"I hope they're not troublesome~" she worried. There was, unfortunately, nothing she could do about her chest so she merely remained on her back and allowed Mika to work her magic.

Mika squeezed more lotion over Hilaria’s stomach before placing the bottle back. She rubbed her hands together before placing her hands on Hilaria. “If you don’t want to have any friends, why did you want to help me fly?”

"Ah!" the cold sunscreen on her stomach elicited a cute gasp from the silver-haired girl. She quietly tried to pretend that did not happen as Mika spoke. "Why? Whatever do you mean?" she asked, confused. "Hilaria likes helping those in need~"

“Silly Hilaria!” Mika Leaned over her, their faces were just inches apart. Her hands had moved up to the woman’s collarbones. “Even a knight who helps people eventually finds their princess.” She took her finger and went over the bridge of Hilaria’s nose. “Once that happens, protecting them comes above everything else!” Her hands traversed Hilaria’s chest and stomach, avoiding the bikini-clad mountains. But her vigorous hand movements were causing the mountains to tremble like jello resisting an earthquake. “Then you’ve gotta raise a family of littler knights! And then you go on adventures together and rescue even more princesses! And the cycle continues!”

Hilaria hadn’t bothered to comment on Mika’s story initially. She found that naivety rather cute, but it also brought her a bit of sorrow. At one point in her life, she did think like that. That she could befriend people and work together to help others. Be a family. But, of course, one could only think that way when they had yet to experience loss after loss. “Hilaria wonders if that is what Mika wants~? A family of princesses? How noble~!” She laughed as Mika continued applying the sun block.

Mika was not oblivious to the keyhole opening in Hilaria’s bikini. She promptly sent her “mountain climbers” in to cover the exposed flesh. “I wouldn’t mind that!” Mika froze when her fingers touched Hilaria’s sternum. “Um…” Mika pushed Hilaria’s breasts apart and looked inside.

Hilaria gave a soft yelp, not expecting Mika to delve so deep. “Mmm~! Hilaria isn’t worried about the sun getting there~!”

The sight caused Mika’s eyes to bug out of her head. “Wow! That’s a pretty big scar. I didn’t know magical girls could get those.”

She looked down, noticing Mika staring rather intensely. “Hilaria is getting a bit embarrassed with the way you’re staring at her~” But then came the question she figured she was going to be asked. “Mmm, that one’s been there since Hilaria changed.” she told the cat girl, resisting the urge to run her hand over it. Most of the specifics of the event were lost to her, but she did retain the negative feelings she experienced. “Is it really that strange~?”

Mika needed to think about her response. She let out a low hum as her tail wagged side to side. “I’m kind of new at this, actually, but that’s the first one I’ve ever seen.” She hopped backwards. “I think that’s everything. I’m going to go find my friends. You take care!” she turned around to run off.

Standing up, Hilaria reached out and held onto Mika’s shoulder. “Mmm, but what about you, Mika~? Hilaria can help you, too~”

Mika froze in place. She made no sudden movements, but eventually decided to turn around. “Um, you mean with the lotion?” She put her hands together. “I wouldn’t mind, but I kind of have someone else in mind.” She gently pushed Hilaria’s hand off of her shoulder. “But I’m sure there’s plenty of other girls that could use it! Here.” She pulled a bunch of bottles out of her swimsuit and dropped them into the sand. “I can always get more, but you can use these to do as many people as you want!” She took a step backwards. “If you need any more, I’ll be around!” She was a bit faster to turn around and sprint away this time.

Hilaria looked rather dejected, and wasn’t able to say anything before she ran off. “But Hilaria wanted to help…” She eventually decided to look at the bottles of sunscreen. Well, if she couldn’t help Mika, maybe someone else? She placed them in her swimsuit and set off.

Beyond the Looking Glass: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

The downsides to being evicted from penrose were easy for anyone to see. You had no idea what was going on, and any other type of magical threat was likely running around unchecked. By the same token, you’re free to personally visit anyone you wish without the fear of being attacked. Most magical girls would look at this as the perfect vacation. A space where everyone is free to relax. But Veronica saw this as an opportunity. One that she wasn’t going to let slip through her fingers. Only a fool wouldn’t make the most of this unique situation. But in order to do that, Veronica had to prepare. She planned on meeting with several people. Chloe was one of them, but there would be more. Each of them had different expectations, and Veronica would need to arm her with the tools to meet all of them.

To that end, she went to the boutique.

Veronica saw Chloe leave, so she knew she didn’t have a lot of time to look around. When Veronica approached the front counter, she could see that the inside of the boutique had two main sections. First, the center, loaded with all manners of common items found in any normal shop, with ice cream, sun lotion, all that which Dan had promised that was free for everyone except the two that had actually failed to get to the island without getting wet, and then there were more special items outlined along the walls, each with a small description of what it was and did and a price-tag in magical currency to match. And, of course, to the immediate left was a bouncy little witch behind a cash-register and the widest of smiles, as well as an archetypical crystal ball for divination…

‘Welcome to Brittany’s Bewitched Beach Boutique! How may I be of service~?’ Brittany happily called out as Veronica entered the shop, placing her hands together and smiling.

Veronica took a moment to eye the girl up and down before speaking. “Greetings.” She gave Brittany a nod. “I did not expect to see another magical girl behind the counter.” Veronica approached the girl. “Were you kidnapped like everyone else?”

‘Keh-heh! I didn’t expect to be selling stuff here, either. I was planning on having my grand opening in actual Penrose, but this works too! So, yeah, I woke up here and a big dolphin told me I’d be selling stuff! And I’m in a swimsuit! Without Agatha! Really strange stuff, but I’ll make do~!’ So Brittany excitedly told. ‘So, what’ll it be~? Do you want me to recommend something~?’ Brittany asked, hands together and smiling widely.

Veronica blinked a few times. It was clear to her that Brittany was just your average retailer. Her exterior was plastered with a smile, only to hide a hollow core that could only be filled with money. Her overly personalised account of how she wound up here was also telling of a lonely or narcissistic individual. But none of that mattered if Brittany could do her job. Not to Veronica anyway. “I would be willing to hear your recommendations.” She turned away from her and looked at the magical items for sale.

‘Oooh, then, how about the Eternal Ice Cream? It’s ice cream, but it’ll never run out! Or how about the Parasol of Cool, under which there’ll always be comfortably-’

“What’s this?” Veronica pulled a rolled up swimsuit off of the shelf. It was sealed inside a bag, and was labeled “quick change” with a short description of the contents.

‘Oh, that!’ Brittany exclaimed, smiling brightly as she skipped beside the swimsuit. ‘This is the Quick Change swimsuit! Are you unhappy with the swimsuit you've been provided? Never fear, for this swimsuit will change your default look! Simply get somewhere safe to take off your current swimsuit and put this on, and it’ll transform into your new swimsuit! Keep an image of the swimsuit you want it to become in mind, and it’ll at the very least take inspiration from it! Your old swimsuit will vanish and be gone forever, though, so keep that in mind! Since it’ll only work in this particular dimension, I’m selling it for the low-low price of just 2 bronze coins! I have multiple in stock, so feel free to buy as many as you like~!’ Brittany explained excitedly.

“So your old one just vanishes?” Veronica scratched her chin. “I suppose you can’t expect much for two copper these days.”

‘Yeah, sorry, what you're really doing is changing the magic attire attached to your transformed state, and that sees no reason to remember past shapes~!’ Brittany commented with a bright smile.

All the same, this sounded like exactly what she needed. It would certainly be useful for her dealing with Chloe. She pulled out a few more. “It doesn’t look like you’re in danger of running out, so I can always come back for more.” Veronica placed them on the counter. “So let’s start with six.”

Brittany’s eyes widened. ‘Righto! That'll be twelve bronze coins! Would you like anything else?’ Brittany asked excitedly.

“This should suffice for now.” With a wave of her hand, twelve bronze coins spilled out of her hand and landed on the table. Veronica was about to leave when she turned around again. “Actually, I do have one question before I leave, who are you?” Never hurt to know your supplier.

Brittany grinned, closed one eye and raised one peace-sign hand. ‘I am Brittany Todd, Psychic-specialized Magical Girl of Lesser Force Agatha, diviner and treasure hunter using my own divinations to find magical artifacts which to sell in my shop! With a bit of support from Cindy Ford my Magical Market is minutes from opening! I look forward to your patronage! Keh-heh~!’

That had to be one of the most long winded and pretentious titles Veronica had ever heard. But this lined up with her previous assertion of the witch girl. “I will have to take a better look around in time. Until next time.” With a nod, Veronica walked out of the boutique.

‘Sure! See you next time! Oh, and if you find any magic artifacts you don’t need, I’d be interested~!’ Brittany said with a smile, waving after her as she left. She then looked down on the bronze coins on her counter, her fingers wandering over them. ‘My first customer… hahahaha…’ She scooped them up and beamed so happily. ‘Sorry, Agatha, that you couldn’t be here to see this~!’

Not long after Veronica left, someone else entered the establishment. This was a boy with soft red hair who was just wearing a pair of swimming trunks and a red shirt. The front was wide open, showing his bare chest. He wasn’t overly muscular, but few magical boys were.

A boy!?!?

”How we doin’, Miss Todd?” His thick bronx accent would have caught most off guard, but it was nothing new to Brittany.

‘Nuncio! You’re here, too!?’ Brittany called out, happily. ‘Listen, listen! I just had my first customer! Sure, the location isn’t what I’d thought it’d be, but my shop’s now officially a shop~! I’m so happy~!’ Brittany said, smiling and leaning forward on the counter so she could kick with her legs up behind her excitedly.

Nuncio chuckled before stepping up to the counter. There was something in his hand. ”If people are doin’ business with ya, that’s good. Means you can buy more of my stuff.” He leaned across the counter. ”Afraid the news im goin’ to share ain’t quite as happy. Not for me anyway, It’s good if ya like those plushies though.”

‘Oh? What’s the matter? Want a Dan plushie? The description says they spread joy!’ Brittany asked, lifting up a plushie of the Dan the dolphin Nuncio definitely didn’t make. ‘… It’s one of the extra things the dolphin put in my store, probably inspired by the plushies I got from you, heh~! Anyways! I like when you have plushies for me, so yes! What’s up?’ Brittany asked, leaning forward and looking at Nuncio with interest.

”Take a look for yaself.” Nuncio held out his hand and opened it for Brittany. Resting in his palm was a plush of Penny. ”Seems she changed her style on me. She ain’t look nothin’ like that now, so this one’s not so collectable, ya get me?” He lowered the plush into Brittany’s hands. ”I’ll letcha have this one cheap, unless ya wanna trade me that ugly dolphin for it.” Nuncio grinned.

‘Keh-heh, I’m gonna get so many questions about why I have plushies of locals. What would you like me to tell them?’

”I unno, you never ask me why I make ‘em, heh.”

Brittany inspected the Penny plushie… ‘I love it! … And I’ll totally trade you Dan plushies for it if you want it~! I actually have quite a few of them, though. Dan ensured I’d have multiple in stock,’ Brittany admitted.

”That was a joke, but if ya gunna take it seriously...” Nuncio took a few dolphin plushies in his hand and gave one a squeeze. ”My girl would love snugglin’ a few things like this.” His smile widened, if only barely. ”Guess I’d better get outa here before more customers show up.” With a nod, he turned to leave. ”Take care, ma’am!”

Brittany happily provided him a few Dan plushies in exchange for the Penny one. ‘Yepp! Thank you, Nuncio, and come again!’ Then her eyes widened a little and… ‘Oh, and if you some day could make me an Agatha plushie, I'd be super happy and could give you a whole lot in return~!’ … So Brittany called after him as he left.

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Do what I couldn't: Get the contest section trophies again.

Bring em back.

Bring em all back.

Beyond the Looking Glass: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

“Dancing?” Helga repeated the word to herself, and bit her lip as she held her hips, slowly shifting them from side to side in thought. “Never done it, but sure. Fighting is a kind of dance, right? I’m sure that would be fun to do as well.” The two walked outside the Arena. “But maybe I should get some practice moving around. I happened to hear some of the girls mention volleyball, and I kinda wanna check that out.”

”Oh! I’d also like to play Volleyball.” Su nodded and smiled. ”I didn’t realize you had such a competitive spirit. But I guess that’s why you’re so good at your Hotel responsibilities. You’re constantly challenging yourself.” She placed a hand on her chin. ”I should renovate the upper floors of the hotel. There are a lot of rooms made for those sorts of activities.”

“Upper floors? If anything, I think the ground floor could use a gym,” Helga commented, nudging Su playfully on her shoulder.

Su only had time to blush before a bottle of lotion flew into Helga and Su’s hands.

“Hi Helga, Hi su!” It was Mika, still loaded up with way too many lotion bottles.

Helga waved to Mika. “Yo, Mika! Thanks for the lotion: I think I’m burning up something fierce here, heh.” She opened up the bottle, and began coating her arm.

“And before I forget: Big news! You know how Penny was the terrible one’s champion, and we had to do everything in our power to stop her for Boteg?” She pranced over to the two of them. “She abandoned him! So she’s not his champion anymore! We can be friends and play together!”

When she heard Mika speak; she accidentally crushed the lotion bottle in her hand, spraying herself in the face. “Pfff-What?” She wiped her face with a towel Dan graciously happened to offer. “No way, really! Is she a Solo now? Or is it because of those White Coins?” She looked at Su. “I’m going to that game: I need to see for myself.” She then began running as fast as she can, leaving only dust behind her. “See you girls later!”

Su was still absorbing the information when Helga sped off. ”I hope she remembers to ask about Amber’s boat.” She turned to Mika. ”Where did you hear this?” 

“She told me herself!” Mika ran towards the beach. “Gotta get these to Lupa and Hilaria!”And just like that, Su was alone again.

”Curious.” No point worrying about it now. ”Guess I might as well find something to do too.”

But Su would not have to wait very long for that. With so many girls around, it was only a matter of time before someone else aproched her.

"Hi Su!" Regina ran up to Su "Did someone say Volleyball? I freaking love Volleyball!" She reached for Su’s arm, but she pulled away sharply.

”Weren’t you going to do a Keijo match or something?”

"They left without saying a word! Boo! No fun!" Regina reached for Su’s other arm, this time successfully grabbing onto it. "We should play some Volleyball! I can tell you’re feeling stressed out, and a physical sport like that would be good for you!"

Su fret her brow. ”Are you the one who dug up Amber’s body, dragged it to a graveyard, and used it in a ritual?”

Regina’s smile broadened. "I learned my lesson, and I’ll never do it again." Su groaned and was about to pull away when Regina kept talking. ”I would sincerely like to anthologize for the atrocities I’ve committed against you and everyone around me. I feel horrible about what I’ve done, and I would do anything to change the past. But I’ve taken something from you that can never be replaced. No amount of good deeds can ever erase what I’ve done, and I’m not going to try. So instead, I’d like to enrich the lives of those around me.” Regina hugged Su’s arm against her chest. "It won’t be just you and I, promise. More people will show up to play. We can play on opposing teams if that makes you feel more comfortable."

Su looked at Regina with scorn. It was evident the beacon girl was nervous. She was shifting her weight from foot to foot, avoiding making direct eye contact with Su. ”One game.” Su wanted to just throw Regina to the ground and be on her way, but she was making an effort to put her anger behind herself. Helga was a decent person and she had done things on par with what Regina had done. If Regina wanted a chance, she would give it to her. Just one though.

"You are an angel from heaven!" Regina held onto Su’s arm and walked towards the beach. "You won’t regret this at all Su! Not one bit!"

New Contest Mod

@Jorick Maybe don't have Petyr Baelish as your set and we'll trust you more. Because that was way too easy to read in his voice.

You have your work cut out for you, good luck.

Beyond the Looking Glass: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

”Money, or confidentiality...”

— Tonya “Mac” Murphy

Tonya “Mac” Murphy

Age: 24/11 | Gender: Female/Female | Illusion, Gravity
Body | Power of Friendship, Regeneration, Third Eye | Moirai
Coercion, Soul Jar, Martial Training, True Sight, Parasite, Gifted, Awareness, Mystic Artifact

Magical Overload, Paragon, Blessing, Gifted Item | Monster Form, Big Brother, Arrogance, Vendetta
Redirected Magic, Second Specialization | Non-Standard Limbs, Destroyer

STR: 05 | AGI: 04 | VIT: 05 | MAG: 03 | LCK: 03

STR: 10 | AGI: 08 | VIT: 11 | MAG: 17 | LCK: 05

Earnings this post: Zilch

Total: 5 Gold, 111 Silver, 120 Bronze

Getting paid to have fun was pretty much the best thing ever. It was unfortunate that she couldn't participate.

Aside from the Keijo match, the pay was pretty low anyway. Though it would allow her to study the magical girls of penrose a bit more up close and not exclusively through the spool of fate. As convenient as it was to see their future actions, she didn't always understand them, and that was because she did not know the girls on a more personal level.

As someone who spends so much of their time hidden, person watching was a bit of a hobby for Mac. Though she usually watched after humans rather than magical girls. It was less useful to her mission, but she found the everyday lives of mundane people more refreshing and interesting than the generic dramatic bullshit most magical girls found themselves going through. But if there were no normal; people to watch, this was okay.

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@Ariamis

So it wasn’t Boteg after all. Not surprising, considering that the only reason why Boteg would get a bunch of magical girls together would be to remove them from Penrose. Thing is, he lacked the back bone to do something on this grand a scale. At least Su thought so. Regardless, it did seem like they weren’t in any real danger at the moment. There was the possibility that everyone had been removed from Penrose so that something sinister could be done back home. But if that were the case, killing them all made more sense. Su would play nice for now, but she was skeptical about this whole thing.

However, Su did not have a lot of opportunities to interact with the girls of Penrose. Boteg was afraid of magical entities, and Veronica had told her to keep a low profile with her powers to avoid attracting the Mint. As a result, she typically avoided or fought most magical girls she encountered. Though over the past few weeks, that was becoming harder and harder to do. Between Charlie’s angels, Lupa, and the ghost twins, Su was interacting with magical girls more and more. But such interactions were always strange with Boteg nearby. This was her chance to get to know her neighbors without worrying about what her Patron would think.

None of the “events” Dan mentioned really interested her. She did take notice of Helga’s interest in Keijo. The sport sounded ridiculous, which was another way of saying it sounded like most of the girls present would be interested in it. ”No cooperating with our own island group?” That was fine. Su had no interest in the sport, and knowing that she couldn’t ally with any of her friends gave her little reason to participate. She certainly wasn’t going to ally herself with Sophia or any of those Beacon girls. Simply participating in something so uncouth was below her, beyond the fact that she wasn’t very capable physically. But that didn’t mean she couldn’t play against her friends. Su wasn’t sure why that made playing more interesting to her.

”The stage show looks interesting.” Su aproched Helga while saying this. She didn’t look at her, but she spoke a little louder than one typically does. ”I haven’t danced in a really long time. That would be fun.” She placed her hands on her hips. ”But dancing by myself in front of so many strangers would be weird.” She turned to look at Helga. ”Would you like to sing and dance with me?” Su overheard Lily talking about a double date and her body tensed up. ”Actually, if you’d rather not, that’s fine. It’s your vacation too, and I’m sure Mika or Lupa would like to dance with me.”

“Yay! We all won!” Mika wasn’t sure how good the sun lotion tasted, but she was glad that she was getting an infinite supply of it. Her skin was already pretty tan, and she didn’t want to burn up much further than that. A shame Lupa and Hillaria hadn’t arrived yet, but that just meant she’d have to share with them. Maybe they could go to the beach and Mika could work the stuff into their skin. They deserved it for sacrificing their shot at the prize so that Mika could fly to victory.

Then Dan explained everything else. “We’re getting paid to have fun? It’s like Chunky Cheddar’s!” Needless to say, that sounded like a pretty good deal to Mika. She had to make sure to get a Keijo match in, and all those other sports sounded good too. But first she needed to find some opponents. But before that, she needed to get ready for Hilaria and Lupa’s arrival. “Gunna grab some lotion, I’ll be right back!” She got on all fours and ran towards the shop.

@FamishedPants

“Seems we were too late.” Without any animals on the island to pick from, Lupa had to catch a seagull and transform into a giant version of one. She then made two clones of herself which Hilaria and her were able to sail to shore. Birds are able to fly because their bones are porous, and thus very light. They wouldn’t be able to fly to the island, but they were more than capable of floating ashore. “Well, I think you made Mika happy anyway.” She stepped onto the beach. “Seems like there’s quite a gathering, maybe someone can fill us in.”

”Operation: Successful!”

— Tetrad

Tetrad was quite pleased that no one had uncovered her hiding place yet. Given the circumstances, she anticipated that she would have been discovered much earlier. In a way, she was almost disappointed no one had found her. But that was fine.

She was able to hear everything Dan said. It all sounded too good to be true, bordering on suspicious. But Tetrad wasn’t one to say no to free money. Even if the money was a lie, she hadn’t had an opportunity to meet most of Penrose’s most popular faces. So this was her chance to meet as many people as possible. The temptation was to make the first move, but she was in hiding. No point in doing anything until she was discovered. Or got bored.

@ERode@Rune_Alchemist

Veronica nodded to Amaryllis’s suggestion that all the girls came from Penrose, so the two of them meeting was nothing special. “I have not confirmed the location of all the magical girls present, but they do appear to all come from Penrose. In regards to forming alliances, I find that most magical girls are quick to ally with those they consider attractive or powerful, if not both. I’m not trying to flatter you, I’ve made an observation based on current trends.” When she asked for Veronica’s name, she had turned to observed the dolphin. “I am Vermilion Veronica. ” She looked back at Amaryllis. “We should probably be listening to the dolphin, let us descend and resume our conversation momentarily. ” Veronica stood up and leaped out of her chair, Amaryllis following shortly afterwards.

Once Dan was done talking, Veronica turned back to face Amaryllis. “I had wanted to talk to you sooner, but you caught me at a bad time. I was hiding from the Mint using an alter ego while trying to monitor the city during the graveyard escapade. But to skip to why I approached you, I think it would benefit you to ally with my organization.” She grinned. “Given the unique properties of this place, where our patrons are nowhere to be scene, it might even be possible for you to switch employers.” She patted Amaryllis on the shoulder. “If you’re unhappy with your current arrangement that is. Cutting ties with a patron is fairly serious, and they won’t forgive you for it.” Veronica looked towards Chloe and frowned. “I have to catch one of my former arrangements before she runs off. ” Veronica started to walk away. “Enjoy your vacation. I hope we get a chance to talk more later.” Veronica walked up to Chloe. “So” She folded her hands behind her back. “Maybe when you’re done there, we can meet me by the elevated swimming pools. You and me, no spectators. There may be beverages involved.”

@DarkwolfX37

”Oh my!” Betty placed a finger on her lower lip. ”There’s a lot to do! I just, wow.” She folded her arms. ”There’s almost too much to choose from.” She thumped her foot. ”Uh…” Betty walked up to Shion again. ”Is there anything you wanted to do?”

@Shifter_Master[@t2wave]@Flamelord

Regina laughed at Jenna’s remark about thinking outside the box. "Actually, I wouldn’t be surprised if someone else used a very similar method to get to the island. But creative or not, it worked, right?" She nodded to Janet. "I saw the sign, I just didn’t want to do anything until the rest of you guys showed up. I’m so scared and all of this is really new." She looked at Alicia when she neared. "Yup! It’s me!" She approached Alicia and gave her a tight (yet brief) hug. Regina might have had a petite appearance, but she was surprisingly tall. "Let’s have lots of fun later!" Regina gave one of Kimble’s tails a tug as she attempted to scoot by "Gotcha!" She waved to Penny as she walked past. "Hey Penneh!" Next up was Aurelio. Regina was able to pick up on his true emotions, regardless of how he tried to act. But she didn’t remark on it, instead choosing to embrace him in a tight hug. "Aurelio! I’m so glad you’re here!" She let go of him to hug Sally. "And you too! Man, everything’s going to be great!" She gave Aurelio a quick peck on the cheek before walking past them to greet Sylvia. But by this point she looked exhausted. "Yea, it takes a lot out of me to be this positive." She cleared her throat and puffed out her chest. "But maybe if we all work together, we can beat this and have fun doing it!" She turned around to run back towards Aurelio and Sally. "Yea, ring that bell, I’m kinda scared to do it."

After Dan explained everything, Regina placed her hands on her hips. "Well, I just realized something really cool." She pointed at the arena. "Aurelio, you and I started on different islands, so we can play Keijo on the same team!" She hugged him and laid her head on his shoulder, looking directly at Sally. "You should grab someone and fight against us, it would be a lot of fun!"

Abigail was watching everyone from the treeline. She was able to hear everything Dan said, but didn’t want to get involved with Regina again too soon if she could help it. That, and it seemed like there were a lot of monster girls present.

"Hmmm…" she placed her hands on her hips. "If Aurelio and Regina are going to play Keijo, I need to get on Sally’s side." She pounded one fist into the other. "I’m sure if I beat him at Keijo, he’ll want to go on a date with me. I just have to convince Sally to attack Regina, which shouldn’t be too hard given Regina’s history." Abigail lifted a hand to her chin. ”Unless she likes Aurelio. Then she might want to fight him and leave Regina to me. That would backfire considerably.” She lowered her arms. ”I need to talk to Sally regardless. If there’s a Keijo fight involved with Aurelio, I need to be a part of it!” The trees under Abigail rustled around. ”Huh? Who’s the-” She was pulled behind the tree line.

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In hindsight, that didn’t work out so well.

It was a simple idea. Binky had made the world’s largest bowl of ramen soup. She then removed all of the noodles and emptied the broth into the sea, creating a giant boat. All Binky had to do was push it into the water, and use the oversized spoon as an ore to row to land. Binky had made a few oversights however. The bowl was perfectly round and flat on the bottom. When Binky tried to use the giant plastic spoon as an ore, it just caused the “boat” to spin instead of moving it in any particular direction. This put Binky at the mercy of the incoming waves, which appeared to be moving away from the central island. It was too late to do anything, as Binky’s mana reserves were quite low after making such a big bowl of ramen. She also had a hard time looking anywhere, as the sun’s rays were reflected off the white walls of the bowl directly into Binky’s eyes. She created a much smaller bowl of ramen to wear overhead to shield herself from the incoming rays.

”I’m okay.” She told herself. ”I’m okay.”

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???

Penrose was a rather chaotic place. For the most part, that was because so many magical beings had taken interest in it. But just by removing the magical girls, things had calmed down considerably. Even to the point where a once timid dragon felt okay just taking a stroll by the interior swimming pools in his own establishment.

Sexy Pool Kid

”This be a blessed day!”

Questions and things like that

It's a shame you decided to use an alt, because I could look at a few of your posts and tell you exactly how you could make your posts longer. But here's some general "tips and shit"

-Write in more detail. Write exactly what the character is doing instead of a one word summary of the action. Don't just "mix a potion," explain how the potion is being made. Where did the herbs come from? what do they smell like? Did you need to boil any water for this? Is making potions a mundane skill or is it actually really hard?

-Write what your character is thinking. You have to be careful with this one. Some people have a tendency to write every mundane thought they have, but it's certainly welcome to see how a character makes a choice or a decision that doesn't normally side with the way they operate.

-Write the history of something, or a character's history of something. If your character finds themselves in familiar territory, write a brief description of why they know this place or how they know how a particular device works.

-Educate your readers. I'm constantly reading articles about things my characters are into so that I can better explain what they are doing or why things work a certain way. Your average reader probably doesn't know how a mountain climber ties off their equipment, that an alligator has a transparent third eyelid for hunting underwater, or that a blow fish's liver is the most poisonous organ in its body.

And as @Ammokkx already pointed out, there needs to be a reason for it. Nobody wants to read an empty post that was long for the sake of being long.

Re: Zero: The High Council

Vertti’s Room

Vertti had been around Grisaia long enough to be able to pick up the subtle cues of his emotions. He was very good at pretending to be calm, but she could tell he was anything but right now. "Ahem." She she pretended to cough into her hand. "I’m not concerned about the seal right now. Mie’s hands is the last place anyone would expect to find it. Having said that…" Vertti stood up. "I’m not sure it is wise to have you to assist in a fight. Knowing who sent you, I can’t help but feel this was all staged somehow. Like he expected this to happen." Vertti held her chin. "I don’t want to see anyone in this room get hurt. Maybe it’s selfish, but I’d feel a lot better if we all remained together." She looked to Mie. "Not that you’re going to listen to me anyway. You’re going to do whatever you feel like." Her eyes swung over to Grisaia. "You’ve always had this household’s best interests at heart. If you feel Mie needs to be watched over, you may go with her." She closed her eyes. "I feel that I would be the most helpful hiding, as I’m sure the demihuman bandits will be looking for me. I shall remain here unless you think otherwise, Grisaia."

As Chieko spoke, Quill only lowered her head to look at a spot on the floor. The metal on her club was glowing red, and a shadow masked her eyes.

Fritzi lifted a finger to her lips. ”Ahhh, again with that condescending tone. It’s a wonder nobody broke your jaw yet.” Fritzi’s tail was wagging side to side. ”I’m not a fortune teller, so I can’t say when the war is going to end. I’d like it to be as easy as electing a demihuman, but I doubt it’s going to be as easy as taking Vertti’s seal.” Fritzi placed her foot on the first step. ”But I do have to ask, since you brought it up. This ‘something like this’ that you ‘won’t let continue to happen,’ what exactly are you talking about?” She took a second step. ”Because if you mean things like cultists taking to the street and killing poor, innocent, fat and wealthy humans? I can’t say for sure that will stop.” every word was delivered by Fritzi’s smiling lips, she took another step. ”But you know what will stop? The prejudice behavior. Donovan will be allowed to pursue a doctor’s licence and gain access to life saving medicine, Quill will rest easy knowing that humans won’t be permitted to take turns with an entire village of non-humans, and Chiyo won’t be ostracised just because she was adopted by demihumans. Once this war is over, Lugnicia will once again know what equality is. And you’re split up on this because of, what exactly? You want to save a few aristocrats held up in their mansions, drinking tea while their demihuman servants polish their boots?” Fritzi shook her head. ”Isn’t it a shame that heroes don’t exist? If only it were as easy as picking up a magical sword and slaying a demon. I get the feeling you’ve read a lot of stories like that.” The wolf girl scoffed and placed a hand on her hip. ”Sorry if that was a little long, but it was the best I could do under the circumstances. Now, tell me where the seal is or ready your sword.”

That was when Crusader Lord finally posted, and Aerith made her appearance behind them.

Quill held up her hand in front of her face. “Well, that’s not right.”

”Chiyo doesn’t like the look of this!”

Fritzi flashed over to Aerith’s position and shoved her into the other room with a debilitating gut punch. Fritzi then appeared to vanish altogether, leaving Aerith in a room filled with cowering servants.

“What’s going on?” Quill had stopped laughing, as did Chiyo. Though they appeared to still be blind. “I don’t know what kind of sorcery you’re pulling Chieko, but I’m not going to fall to such cowardly tactics. Elgoa!” The metal bands came off of her club and hovered behind her back. “You were only ever stronger than me because my horns were cut off. Fortunately, I have a replacement.” She tapped Chiyo’s shoulder, and the girl stepped in front of her. “Together, Chiyo and I are stronger than I ever could have been.” Quill took a step folward, and so did Chiyo. Or was Quill following Chiyo’s lead? It was impossible to tell. An amazing feat considering what they were both experiencing. “If you’re going to attack us, do it before this curse wears off!” Chiyo and Quill bolted up the stairs. The two remained close to each other, as if an invisible rope was tied to their limbs.

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Gris jumped over the wall of fire. ”Want a peice of me? Fine, you’re going to get it!” Alistair and Gris’s spells collided in a fantastic display while odessa could only watch.

"Ahhhh." Odessa was also lobbing spells at Gris, but he was managing to avoid them. "This guy knows what he’s doing." She looked through the flame wall, "Ashton, do something! I’ll create an opening if I can get a clear shot."

”How many woman does that man have acess too?” Sandra fret her brow. ”He’s not even a very good dancer. Well whatever!” she pointed at Ashton. ”You’ve gone mad. You can’t even believe your own eyes. ” She picked up her banner with both hands. ”Only one thing to do with you now.” when she brought down her banner, a giant nova of fire blasted outward in all directions.

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”You got my entire name down already? That’s amazing!” The golum’s shattered hand fell to the ground in pieces, but the stump soon grew more fingers. Vaux had to have mastered his magic if he could do all this without incantations. ”You can only be that focused when you’re angry.” The golem beneath him continued to grow, keeping Vaux above Eiko’s altitude. ”All the same, I will not take back a single word I’ve said. The words I’m speaking are gospel, you’re just a filthy nonbeliever worshiping a false god.” The archbishop dove off of the golum’s head and descended towards Eiko. Large diamond claws formed around his hands as he approached, clearly planning on swiping at her.