BrokenPromise

Mahz's Dev Journal

@Yankee @Terry Bogard Hmm, I was worried about removing table scroll.

What if I default to scrolling tables and let people opt in to tables that don't scroll if they are doing some weird design stuff?

I do want to prioritize mobile usability over table hacks.

@Mahz

Can confirm that tables more often than not are too big on a phone, even when holding the phone in landscape mode. I'm not sure why this is. you would think that a table holding a few words each in a cell could display with no problems, but that does not seem to be the case.

I don't think removing scroll was ever about table hacks, it was more like even the smallest tables formatted poorly and often required a scroll to see anything and might just need some better logic. But if the option is scroll or no scroll. I'll choose to scroll.

@Terry Bogard Is the image resolution issue a new issue?

@Mahz

It's not a new issue. Previewed posts have always shown the image in its native resolution instead of what it will look like scaled down. It's almost like preview mode does not take the page's size into consideration and will give you a scroll bar to see everything. It's something I've learned to deal with, but one does expect preview to show the post as it will look on the forum.

Kurai Majokko: Tsundere Gekido

"Aight, ima head out now."

— Suki Oyama

Haruna lived in the city of light too? When did the surprises end?

That wasn’t really a problem on its own, but the GEMS were out to get them. If she could be trusted then she didn’t get along with them very well. Then again, "sorry guys, I didn’t think you’d invite me into your club if you knew I was a GEM" sounded like something she might say. But maybe that would have been the more convenient option, as Haruna made them sound like some sort of light magical girl cult that was out to get her. She could be the reason why they were all hanging around here. Maybe Haruna had joined up with them and then decided to come here when she got bored of them. Maybe the only reason she joined the detention club was to protect herself. It was fortunate that Tsubomi was stroking her hair, as that made it a lot easier to just not care about any of this bullshit. If only Haruna could have stayed as a super cutie…

"I don’t think Boss Baby is showing up." Suki practically sighed the words.

Never wasting a moment to feel important, Roche stated what everyone was probably going to do anyway if she kept her mouth shut. She got a side glance from Suki, and nothing else.

But as the case typically was with Suki, none of her emotional turmoil lasted more than a few seconds. Her attention had been snatched away by something else. It seemed like Tsubomi had stopped patting her head and was just laying her hand there. Suki was very still. If she didn’t do anything, maybe she’d get one of those coveted head pats. That might have sounded weird to most, but getting a head pat and getting patted wasn’t the same thing. They called them pats, but it always looked more like a rub to her. As a tall girl that most people found kind of disgusting, the opportunity to receive a head pat had never really presented itself. Suki bit her lower lip in anticipation, only for Tsubomi’s hand to slip away. Another sigh escaped Suki’s mouth. That was twice today her dreams had been shattered. Oh well, the reassuring shoulder hold wasn’t a bad consolation prize. That or Tsubomi making an effort to engage with the conversation that was comprehensible. Both were silver linings, and she’d take both of them.

"If they are going after the mogalls, then setting a trap shouldn’t be hard." Suki stood up, begrudgingly allowing Tsubomi’s other hand to slip off of her. "Unless the monkeys are attacking in self defense, but then Aneki can point them out we just can’t let them get away." Suki pricked her finger on the rim of her skirt. Then she placed her finger on the side of her head, and a giant blood needle shot out of the other side. Rather than splashing over everyone present, the blood from her wound wrapped around her body and transformed Suki into Oros the Joyful, complete with an attention stealing smile. "I’m ready when you guys are! Let’s see if we get lucky tonight!" The innuendo was unintentional and something she only noticed after the fact. "I know we can get to the bottom of this."

---

"If you like frogs so much, why don’t you just croak?"

— Willow

"This is serious, frog legs! You could fail your biology class! I go meow meow, Oros goes woof woof! Big difference!" Willow continued to play and float through the air. The frog girl’s attack had failed and she seemed to be a little lethargic today. Instead of throwing more attacks in her direction, she seemed to be talking to herself. Good. She was probably frustrated and had totally forgotten how to fight Willow. Though it wasn’t long before she had two more frogs at her sides, if they could be called that. Kaeru soon after reintroduced them to Willow. "Of course I remember them. We have tea parties every Thursday. Fujin never skips leg day while Rajin is getting a full body tattoo. Maybe you can join us next time and we can have an intervention? You have an unhealthy obsession with amphibians."

The dark unicorn attempted to gore Rajin, but the frog was able to just barely keep it at bay. Though the horn was shooting off sparks and rotating like a drill. Slowly it was starting to pick up speed and slip in Rajin’s hands, allowing the unicorn to inch closer.

In the air, Willow stuck out her tongue and attempted to lick Kaeru’s face as she flew by, but turned incorporeal before either of them could make contact. "If at first you don’t succeed, remember the definition of insanity is trying the same thi-"

Fujin grabbed Willow with his tongue and whipped her straight into her unicorn. It was enough to knock the beast off course, and Fujin could release its horn and allow the unicorn to stumble past. The webbing between his toes had been scorched off, but he was otherwise fine.

When the smoke cleared, the unicorn was getting up again. Willow’s spine was bent into a perfect "U" over her steed’s back. She sat upright, looked at Kaeru, and pulled out her cell phone. It was already dialing Haruna. Naturally, being the boss’s personal partner meant that you could have access to everyone’s number regardless if they wanted to share it or not.

"Hey, I kind of got stopped by a light girl on my way to the meeting. If you guys could get over here and-" One of the monkeys had jumped to Willow’s position and snatched the phone out of her hand. She just sat there with her hand up against the side of her head. "...Hmmm." She hopped off of her unicorn, which took off after the offending monkey. "So um, did you want to wait for everyone to show up, or should I summon some farries?" She chuckled. "You’re stronger than when we last fought, but how do you expect this to end? You don’t actually think you can drive us out of town, do you?" She placed her violin on her shoulder. "You could join us. You wouldn’t even be the first light girl to do so."

March of the White Rabbit: A Roll-Your-Own Magical Girl Roleplay

"I swear I’m not really mad..."

— Mac

Tonya "Mac" Murphy

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

Magical Overload, Cradle Supply, Connected, Gifted Item (Aigorost) | Monstrous Form, Exposed, Mercy, Distrust
Redirected Magic, Second Specialization | Non-Standard Limbs, Destroyer

STR: 05 | AGI: 04 | VIT: 05 | MAG: 03 | LCK: 03
+46
STR: 20 | AGI: 20 | VIT: 20 | MAG: 20 | LCK: 20

Remaining: 8 Gold, 30 Silver, 39 Bronze
Total: 12 Gold, 162 Silver, 183 Bronze

Alright, things seemed to be calm for now.

But as calm as things felt on Mac’s side, she knew that the rest of her friends were fighting tooth and nail to destroy those eggs. Well, the eggs should have been toast, but the queen was likely nearby. It wouldn’t do to rest here or leave this bird in the overcity. It would only be a matter of time before its whereabouts were discovered and the poor thing was slaughtered.

Poor thing? Yes, Mac was starting to sympathize with the creature. It looked kind of pathetic eating the illusionary seed.

It hadn’t decided to be made, nor had it decided to serve the queen of hearts. It was all the work of nefarious actors that had made the magical petrification chicken what it was. In the past Mac would have fought the creature until one of them was slain. But the world of tomorrow was forged by the actions of today, and in her time watching over Penrose she had seen that play out a number of times. It wasn’t too late to try to form a kinder world. She hoped.

But there were no easy solutions here. She had already decided that she couldn’t kill it. Nor could she leave it alone. Romance also seemed to fail as Chicken Ultra Crushing Mega wasn’t interested in the giant cock she had presented it with. The only option left was to tame it.

Though Mac vaguely remembered reading a passage about chickens. They could recognize faces, and moreover, they seemed to prefer looking at people who were "aesthetically pleasing." Mac was certain most magical girls could be considered aesthetically pleasing, But Mac found that most people tended to enjoy being around her when she wasn’t trying to be repulsive. Welp, she didn’t have all day to ponder her options.

"Okay…"

This was going to be more nuts than normal, but time was not on her side. She made herself a blindfold and placed it over her eyes. Sound and feel were going to be more important for this next part anyway.

While the super clucker was distracted, Mac hopped onto the creature’s back and placed an illusionary bit in its mouth. From what Mac had seen, the bit would likely be real for the super clucker, but didn’t know if it would be real for her. That was why she used her gravity magic to secure herself in place. Though this was no ordinary chicken, and Mac was prepared to hug the beast by the neck if it prevented her from flying off. The cock faded away, as Mac chose to conserve her mana for other tasks.

"Alright girl, stay calm, I’m not gunna hurt you, I’m not going to whyareyoumovingsofastI’mtryingnottoresorttoviolenceyousuperclucker-"

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"The Grand Magistrate puts us all in rope and it’s not for Shibari. SMH my head."

— Chloe Irving

Chloe Irving

03 03 03 03 03
10 10 06 17 04
23/12 | Babe/Baby | Spirit
Mystic orb, Gauntlets | Third Eye, Tentacles | Horror
Wings, Enhanced Outfit, Big Damn Hero, Blood Magic, Interdimensional Home, Sorcery, Enhanced Transformation
Dominator | Dark Weapon
Nagash

6 Gold, 9 silver, 13 bronze

"...What?"

Yes, a little voice whispering into Chloe’s ear was exactly what she needed right now. She didn’t know exactly who the "green helms" were, but she got confirmation from her troops that they wouldn’t be attacking them. It was fortunate that she had several Ossiarch on the front line who could manage all of her squadrons.

But that wasn’t going to matter shortly, as Chloe and Lily were about to fall prey to an attack. Caterpillar had Pinnochio come out of nowhere and fire an unavoidable paralyzing string at them. While the animals were pinned to the ground, the way it worked on magical girls would make anyone with a doll fetish happy. Because this wasn’t quite overkill enough, a spectral noose was lowered around Lily and Chloe’s unmoving necks. Alex was there somewhere, but that wasn’t too important to Chloe. Then Caterpillar and Pinnochio took turns styling on them with some rhyme. And to this humiliation, this absolute degradation of their dignity, Chloe was the first person to speak.

"...What?"

The last few seconds, nay, this entire encounter, felt like some weird fever dream. Chloe had forced the most powerful person on the battlefield into a retreat with her army, only to be reduced to this seconds later. And now she was being forced to reveal a dark truth. What sort of dark truth did they want to hear? Nagash’s plans for Penrose? Nagash’s plans for Wonderland? Her antics with the CAPRICORN? And then she was going to be judged for it afterwards? It sounded like she was doomed regardless of what she said, and there was no reason to further humiliate herself for their amusement. It would be one thing if she could at least enjoy wiping that smug look off of their faces, but she had no ammo here. Why did Wonderland even care about the things she did outside of Wonderland? The nonsensical nature of it all, the madness...

"wiwwy." Chloe turned to look at Lily. "uwu’we gowing to hawve to s-sway someting, becawse we’we all gawnya die if I duwu."

Alexander might have been trying to cut Lily free, but that wasn't going to help Chloe. Not to mention her troops were being converted just from coming in contact with them as lore inaccurate as that was.

Symphony on High

"Now is not the time for romance!”

— Mika Fang

Mika Stat Block

16 | Female | Gemini | Mad World (lesser)
Nails | Hands | Arcane | Cat Scratch Fever
Eye of the Tiger | Survivor
Spirit Animals | Nature | ANIMAL
[Poison, Transform], MAD WORLD

DAMAGE: C | SPEED: B | SENTINEL: E | 500

PHYSICAL: D | ARCANE: B | CHAOS: C | 500

The metal gear mech was not a slow thing. Ashley had to shout her orders to overcome the howls of metal grinding on metal. The sound reverberated through the room along with melodies and a cacophony of other sounds nobody could pick out. Regardless, Gemini had a job to do.

The miko twins opened fire on the legs. Both of them launched pulsing beams of light at the metal monstrocitiy’s legs. Raven drew her pistol and fired at the mech’s burning arm, and Mika hurled a glowing hedgehog at the other. That was four different melodies, and the mech visibly shook from the attack. But the hull hadn’t been breached yet. Moreover, the mech was ready to counter attack.

The upper torso spun like a top, spreading a ring of flame around the room. Mika and Raven were able to take cover behind the nearby pillars, but the Miko twins and Ashley were right in harm's way. It kept spinning, getting closer and closer. The shrine maidens would need a moment to erect a shield and it didn’t look like they’d make it in time.

All wasn’t safe around the pillars either. A giant fist broke through the roof of the room and slammed down on Mika. Translucent energies sped out from under the fist and converted again, placing Mika in a much safer position. For the moment.

"There’s something else?”

As the oldest person in the group, Binky was a little caught off guard when Marrie locked eyes with her, sighed (perhaps out of annoyance) before grabbing her hand and pulling her. A simple hand signal or a “come on” would have sufficed. It seemed like she had been nothing but a bother to people recently, so she should have expected this behavior. Though there was something about the spectral esper’s assertive behavior that made Binky blush. Maybe it was from all the teasing Fritzi did. This wasn’t really the place to think about that. It didn’t feel good to step away from combat, but by the sound of it, Ashley wasn’t ready for her assistance yet.

”Okay.” Binky looked to Marrie. Her grip on her M4 tight. ”It doesn’t look like the hallway is going to be safe for long.”

And it wasn’t. More of those brainwashed construction workers were pouring down both sides of the isle. Binky pressed her back against the door frame and aimed down one side. It was clear the place was pretty durable, so no one should be able to shoot through the walls.

But that wasn’t going to stop another voice that Marrie may or may not have recognized from entering her ears.

"Don’t get too close. Wait for them to try and leave. Maybe we can get a grenade in there. There should be no risk of damaging the mech without magic."

If Marrie cared to look at the camera feeds, Baleful Sofron would be there. He stood behind several construction workers. Her briefly looked up at the camera before giving more orders.

---

Ciri and Lenore laughed together, like two sisters in an insane asylum. Though Ciri eventually had to stop to explain why there was no fucking way that was going to fly. This just seemed to make it funnier to Lenore, who waved her weapon around with the same kind of nonchalant energy Ciri was displaying.

”I could see your white haired metal head reacting like that, but I thought we made a good team last time. Both of the trains rode off into the sunset, did they not?”

That was just long enough for Ciri to look at a few minds.

Monsters, and even some humans, didn’t always think in words. Tony’s mindscape was filled with wrathful images. Blood splattering the walls, gore landing like wet laundry, and his hulking fist buried inside Billy’s chest. This could have been his intent, but it didn’t mean that he was literally going to use this form of attack on Billy. It didn’t seem like he was focusing on a spell or anything of the sort. He was just psyching himself up for his target, envisioning the best possible outcome.

…

”It’s like the little lady here says, you bozos are about do for an ass woopin’!” There was some hootin’ and hollerin’ from the other Mavericks.

”And if we wanted to beat up the gems, we’d do it ourselves!” Stacy added.

The cigar chomping bunny nun shrugged her shoulders. ”Be our guest!”

Stacy’s eyes went wide. ”I get it! We’re in a hotel, so you said-” The first attack of the encounter came from behind enemy lines. A sniper shot off Stacy’s head, sending the girl running after it. It wasn’t long before the others jumped into action.

Nova erected a smoke screen, Lenore ran for Luna, Lexi put a blessing on Bobo, who lifted her flamethrower and shot napalm across the space.

Luna tossed Stacy her head, who turned around in time to deflect Lenore. Trixy fired a rocket into the crowd of weretigers, Amanda flung a ball of sand at the others. Billy met Tony’s charge, and Ciri…

Ciri had gotten the fight she wanted. There was a good deal of chaos erupting all around her. Enemy reinforcements would show up, but Fritzi was right outside, and she was supposed to be a strong esper or something. Though that initial sniper round had come from somewhere, and it might be best to deal with them before they get smart and shoot at Tetrad or Trixy next time. Then at the far back of the room, Ciri caught a glimpse of them. There hunched over a desk was someone in pillaged military gear with only a small lock of cyan hair hanging out of the side of their helmet.

”We need to get upstairs.” Amanda produced another ball of sand. It started out as a few grains before swirling into a glossy tan sphere. ”If we get up there, I know we can find him…”

---

"Haggling with me will cost you time, partner.”

— Bookman

"We continue to find common ground among these deals. Before moving onto the next one, don’t you want what you signed up for?” With a snap of his fingers, a gilded bird cage appeared in his hand. His finger was looped through a ring that held the entire thing up. Between the golden bars and gilded floral decorations was a small black bird. Bookman produced a key with the other hand and unlocked the cage. The door swung open, and the tiny yet rotund bird flew to her hand. If she looked at it long enough, she would notice stars floating in its perfectly black plumage. "I’ve heard an Endless Eclipse can take many shapes, but I’ve never seen one take on the shape of a living creature.” His tone sounded genuine. Though they could not marvel at it forever.

"Halfway done now.” Bookman turned the page. "Your partner is in trouble. Their position has been compromised, and it won’t be long before they are apprehended by the police. It’s not too late to save them. I can get them off of their trail for good, but there’s a caveat.” He placed his hands together. "Cerberus, Orion, and Time Keeper have special artifacts on their person. We would like to examine one of them. You may select one of them to hunt down and retrieve their artifact. It’s effectively the same deal as the first one. You will help us with a task and be granted the resources to do so. Only you get to select the target yourself when the time comes. But are they worth the hassle?” The demon extended his hand.

i actually hate these kinds of people who i ask are interested in my roleplays

@tealrootssss I'm not offended. Articulating wordy and (hopefully) helpful RP advice is just something I do from time to time.

I understand you are a younger person, and likely don't have as much experience with the internet as some of us. I'd like to give you some advice about sharing jokes. Each one has a specific audience, and often comes at someone's expense. You risk your joke missing the mark or offending when people of the wrong audience hear your joke. If you shared this with your RP's OOC or on discord where most of the guild would never see it, it might have gotten a chuckle out of someone. But placing it prominently in a section where many people look, including a lot of people you likely advertised to, is going to give your joke the wrong kind of attention. Moreover, jokes of this nature tend to have an element of truth to them and most people can see that.

I share some pretty wild stuff with my RP groups, but I can maintain this appearance as a psudo intellectual by keeping jokes where they are more likely to be seen by the right people.

Kurai Majokko: Tsundere Gekido

”Honeys to my left, honeys to my right!"

— Suki Oyama

Haruna actually met a dark magical girl? Just how weird does this get?

If she was keeping her identity a secret this long, it was hard to be surprised she’d hide a whole dark magical girl too. Whatever. Some people just found it easier to lie than tell the truth. Suki didn’t even know how to respond to this new information, but it seemed like Kiyo did. She had to wonder if all that stuff Willow was saying about the two of them didn’t have an element of truth to it. Kiyo was acting all bored and curt until Haruna opened her mouth. But Suki had no intention of saying anything. Partially because she didn’t need the extra drama right now, but also that was a really good burger. It wasn’t a date or anything, but hopefully Kiyo would take her out to eat again sometime.

Then Tsubomi changed seats. It was unusual for her to do something like that. Typically the girl liked to move around as little as possible, but hell if Suki could understand why. The slow motion patting only served to confuse Suki more, but it wasn’t an unwelcome gesture. It took her back to the time on the roof before Ashbringer showed up. Though it was difficult to fully appreciate when she was trying to listen to everyone speak and knew Nyxia was, well, inr ange to say something snarky. But as baffled as Suki had been, she was even more so when Tsubomi opened her mouth.

What. Even. Was that?

She was talking in some strange code that Suki didn’t understand. That wasn’t something she normally did, Suki didn’t think. In fact, Tsubomi was usually very bad at interpreting things told to her that weren’t very specific. Just the other day she hadn’t realized Suki had called her sunshine. Though before Suki could come up with some idea of what the numbers and nicknames were a reference to, it seemed like Kiyo had worked it out. It was good that someone had understood her, but horrible that again, Suki could do nothing for her friend.

”Yea.” Suki added, if only in a futile attempt to feel like she was a part of this. Then Shuuko started speaking. Honestly, she had been kind of weird recently, and was much less open than anyone else here. It wasn’t like talking had ever gotten Suki in trouble. ”I uh, I really only said we could recruit them in jest. Some of them are sort of mean. Really though, you think that two whole dark magical girls are hiding? What if one of them’s a light girl? I really fine the idea of anyone hiding in the town itself hard to believe.” Surely the all knowing Rei would have done something about it. And if not her, then her house cat. Though they had been playing a lot of hooky recently…

The comment about Tsubomi wasn’t even worth addressing. It wasn’t a surprise that she had already forgotten what Suki had told her the other day. She knew Shuuko was all about her honey pot Roche. ”How many GEMs are there? I dunno. The City of Light is sorta mysterious. I imagine a light girl from there would know."

And sure enough, Haruna did know. She had even met a few of them. And if she chose to say how many she thought there were, that number would have been “a lot.” There used to be several magical girl teams in the City of Light, but gradually they’ve been absorbed by the GEMS into a giant super team. Not counting the few solo girls that roam the place, they are the only team in the City of Light. They likely had over ten members, maybe closer to twenty.

---

”Well I thought that was funny.”

— Willow

”Lap dog? Come on, frog legs, at least get my race right!“ Willow grit her teeth. ”I didn’t spend all my time getting my PhD in kitty behavior school just to have you call me lap dog! You call yourself a light girl with such a naked display of racism?!“ Oh yes, Willow was having a good time.

Though it did seem like something was amiss. Magic was bullshit, but using airborne frogs as a stepping stone to get higher in the sky was a level of BS she only got to see when Rei chose to do anything. But that was some sexy BS. This was just someone frogging around.

”Someone drank their redbull this morning.“

Willow’s ability to float above a fight was great, but it wasn’t something that allowed for a quick getaway. As soon as the frog priestess jumped off her last frog, and shot it towards her unicorn. The steed wasn’t about to get crushed twice, and managed to get out of the way just as the meteor frog slammed into its previous position. Kaeru flew towards Willow’s face. The dropkick was coming in, Willow winced and braced for impact, and then Kaeru’s leg passed right through her on her way back down. Her face lit up with twisted joy.

”Oh yea! I forgot, I’m a little ghost kitty!“ She smirked down at her opponent. ”I’m already dead! The fight’s over, you should cry for me atop the mountain!“ Or Willow could phase through some attacks.

The unicorn was preparing itself for another charge, this time aimed at Kaeru herself. But it seemed that some other animals were making their way onto the scene. A few dwarf monkeys peaked down from the rooftops to examine the fight taking place.

i actually hate these kinds of people who i ask are interested in my roleplays

@tealrootssss You hate those people? I don't know why, they actually bothered to respond to you.

You're not wrong. When you PMed me I didn't bother looking at it. I'm GMing 2 RPs of my own and am participating in several others. I know my limits and have no reason to look at another RP that I know I won't be able to join. So I wrote "no thank you," which I felt was a polite enough response.

Do you feel wronged because I didn't bother to look at your RP? Your invitation was two sentences long I've had no interaction with you prior to you PMing me. I figured you were just a new user who was more interested in getting a +1 for your RP than someone who wanted to RP with me specifically. Because if you spent as much time writing your invitation to me as you did looking at my profile you'd know better. I write at Advanced and Casual levels and participate primarily in Anime RPs. Your Free level Victorian era RP is well outside my wheelhouse.

I have asked people to join my RPs before Via PM, but I didn't wing out those invitations like a kid on a paper route. I read their posts, their comments. I took their avatars into account, how they interacted with people OOC. When I PMed them it was to talk about the fandom my RP was based on. We talked for about a week before I revealed I had an RP idea brewing. But I didn't ask them to join, I asked them for ideas. I would explain how parts of the RP functioned and take their comments and criticisms to heart. More time passed, and eventually I posted it. Not only did they join, they brought friends with them and we ran the RP for about 4 or 5 years. But if I said "Hey you wanna join an RP I made?" And then linked them, falsely believing that they would look at it out of curiosity? It never would have gotten off the ground. I didn't throw an invite to random strangers, I became friends with them and then showed them something that was relevant to their interests.

I do hope you have better luck in the future. Turning your frustrations into a pie chart meme isn't a great recruitment strategy.

Kurai Majokko: Tsundere Gekido

”Everything is going to be okay."

— Suki Oyama

”We know, Roach." In the day prior, Kiyo had told Suki and Tsubomi about the change to the teams. It would be kind of awkward if she had waited several days to tell her own squad about it, but Suki didn’t bother herself with that. Honestly, It was kind of weird that She, Tsubomi, and Kiyo were on the same team now. Should they have come up with a new team name? Was there even a theme that could be used to connect the three of them together? A blood witch, someone who played with eyeballs, and someone who made water that altered emotions. No… a brew. Yes, they could run with a witch theme. If only they could get themselves pointy hats. Was it possible to alter their magical girl forms to have pointy hats? Pointy hats were pretty dope if you weren’t trying to kiss anybody. But maybe the hats could be pointy, just with a small brim. Yea, that would be sweet!

What wasn't sweet was this atmosphere.

Haruna’s apologies weren’t helping, Nyxia’s shitty disposition wasn’t helping, Tsubomi’s apathy wasn’t helping, Shuuko’s confusion wasn’t helping, Roche wasn’t worth mentioning, and Kiyo’s boredom wasn’t… immediately helpful.

"Little monkeys?" It didn’t sound like it was related to the Gems if it was a dark girl. But if there was a magical girl attacking Kiyo’s eyeballs, then that meant something was up. Admittedly, Nyxia was probably right. Whoever was attacking them likely didn’t want to be spotted. And who knew, maybe it was the Gems and also the reason why they had been able to move around so easily. "Well, you know what? I think we should try to find the source of those monkeys. If it’s a dark magical girl, maybe we can team up with them and uh, hopefully it won’t go like last time. By which I mean they’re gunna help us or we’ll kick their ass before they kick ours!"

Fortunately it seemed like her earlier humiliation blew over without anyone caring! Now Suki felt like she had a purpose, and she desired to see where it lead.

"Are there any of those monkeys out right now? Or like, a spot where you normally see them?"

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”Your frog must be depraved if it’s sitting on unicorn horns.”

— Willow

Willow stopped playing the second her steed disappeared under a mountain of a frog. Her eyes trailed up the slick creature to the person mounted on top of. Then her lips curled into a smile.

And she played.

[ ♫ ]

”Long time no smell, froglegs.“ Willow's hair bristled, like a cat preparing for a fight. ”And what an interesting greeting! You accuse me of bullying creatures smaller than myself and then bring out a sizable creature of your own. On a bullfrog no less!“ She clicked her tongue. Her crimson orbs glowed like fresh embers. ”But I’m glad you decided to come play with me! What kept you so long? Was it that fake maiden who tended to the mountain shrine? Hmmm? She died around the same time you stopped coming around here. Let me guess, you were using her corpse to catch flies? Or was she cremated? I’ll have to ask Rei next time I see her. I wonder if she’d even remember such an unremarkable woman.“

A dark flame erupted from underneath Kaeru’s frog, detonating like a bomb. It was enough to tip it sideways, and for the unicorn trapped underneath to stand up and thrust it’s horn into the frog’s soft underbelly. Willow had taken to the sky, whirling like a dervish and playing only the way paganini could.

March of the White Rabbit: A Roll-Your-Own Magical Girl Roleplay

”I'm not a furry, I swear!”

— Mac

Tonya “Mac” Murphy

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

Magical Overload, Cradle Supply, Connected, Gifted Item (Aigorost) | Monstrous Form, Exposed, Mercy, Distrust
Redirected Magic, Second Specialization | Non-Standard Limbs, Destroyer

STR: 05 | AGI: 04 | VIT: 05 | MAG: 03 | LCK: 03
+46
STR: 20 | AGI: 20 | VIT: 20 | MAG: 20 | LCK: 20

Remaining: 8 Gold, 30 Silver, 39 Bronze
Total: 12 Gold, 162 Silver, 183 Bronze

Chicken Ultra Crushing Mega. The Mad Hatter had to be a bigger weeb than most magical girls. That was the first thought that entered Mac’s head.

The second one was that her gambit seemed to pay off. Her companions were likely destroying the eggs as she spoke, and all she had to do was keep this thing busy for as long as possible. No, she would aim to destroy it. Anything that could turn people to stone or lay eggs like that needed to be dealt with swiftly. She had fought by herself in the past, this was merely a return to those times.

There were only two parts of her plan that were unexpected. One was getting cut by the chicken kick. She was bound to get hurt tackling something as massive and chickeny as this, but getting sliced by a kick was not a wound she expected to take. Chickens did have sharp claws, but that was it. Claws were only sharp at the tip, and that allowed the chicken to scratch the ground and other chickens. Something like a straight kick that would throw Mac like a ragdoll across the empty dreamscape wouldn’t have allowed the bird to also scratch her. Despite this, she had been wounded and would have to accept it. The super clucker (abridged name) continued to confound by having the ability to cast aside illusions like they were physical objects. Her third eye hadn’t revealed any trickery, but she knew better than to rely completely on any of her many magic detection abilities. But magic was too unpredictable to not have some way of observing it when it was possible.

Presently, the issue was that she was being charged down by an enemy she couldn’t look at directly. The solution to this could have been simple. Her Ghetto Endless Eclipse could be held over her eyes to allow her to look at the chicken indirectly and protect her own vision. The issue with this, aside from using both hands, was that she wasn’t sure if it was worth going mad over.

Next was to just fight the damn thing. She didn’t have to look at the super clucker to fight it. It’s legs were easily it’s most vulnerable part, and she could just hide under its plumage and go to town on them. Of course it risked going south somehow. The chicken seemed to have potent arcane defences. Maybe as an option Z this would work, but not as a first.

Her final idea was to… romance it?

It was a hair brained and silly idea, but it seemed to work for Magical Dream Princess. A lot of that was probably her magic, but part of Mac really wanted to try befriending the feathered giant. Aside from hugging it, throwing a one liner at it, and giving it the tackiest sunglasses she could manage, Mac didn’t feel like she did anything to warrant an all out battle with the creature. It was clearly upset at everything that was going on. Chickens were relatively intelligent creatures despite what most believed. They could do math, feel empathy, and had complex social structures. The super clucker seemed to perceive her illusions as being real, so maybe there was something she could do.

Mac pointed forward to the super clucker and a portal opened up. An illusionary one, but that hardly mattered. On the other side was what looked like a giant rooster, who strut his way out of the portal. He preened himself while the portal closed behind him.

*buck buck buck*

An illusionary bag of feed appeared in Mac’s hand. She began to cast the seed on the ground, and the rooster started to peck away at it. If the super clucker could cast sunglasses off of its head, maybe it could eat illusionary seed?

---

"Damn nature, you scary.”

— Chloe Irving

Chloe Irving

03 03 03 03 03
10 10 06 17 04
23/12 | Babe/Baby | Spirit
Mystic orb, Gauntlets | Third Eye, Tentacles | Horror
Wings, Enhanced Outfit, Big Damn Hero, Blood Magic, Interdimensional Home, Sorcery, Enhanced Transformation
Dominator | Dark Weapon
Nagash

6 Gold, 9 silver, 13 bronze

"...What?”

Chloe could have said that in reaction to anything. How the queen flip flopped on issues, her backpedaling, missing important details that she had already stated earlier. The queen was no debate champ that was for damn sure. But what got Chloe to “what” this time was how the seemingly invincible and almighty queen of hearts was sent running by one of her skeletal siege engines. Was this queen the big bad everyone was so scared of? Chloe couldn’t help but let out an impish laugh.

"That’s right! Run!” She laughed again. "That’s right! Run!” She gave chase on her mount, which was usually fast enough to keep up with her victims. But that did not seem to be the case this time. Then some stuff happened, but it seemed like Alex had it taken care of. Apparently his cute little mascots were actually vicious killers.

"...What?”

She looked at everyone present, eventually resting her eyes on Connie.

"...What?”

Symphony on High

"I'm gunna push for equal rights for all!”

— Mika Fang

Mika Stat Block

16 | Female | Gemini | Mad World (lesser)
Nails | Hands | Arcane | Cat Scratch Fever
Eye of the Tiger | Survivor
Spirit Animals | Nature | ANIMAL
[Poison, Transform], MAD WORLD

DAMAGE: C | SPEED: B | SENTINEL: E | 500

PHYSICAL: D | ARCANE: B | CHAOS: C | 500

Ashley fired her melody at the sentient TV. As soon as the projectile left her wand, a blast door slammed shut right in front of XVIII Morning Dragon Fruit. The scanning bolt struck the door and gave a readout of the metal. It appeared to be extremely resistant to all forms of attack, being that it was some arcane infused steel. It was extra resistant to arcane effects, but the powers of chaos might have been able to damage it more easily. Otherwise, it didn’t have any other special abilities,

”Yahtzee! ” The TV screeched. ”What a surprise! I wasn’t lying. Are you hard of hearing or just high on booger sugar? Does it even materrrrrrrrrr…” The voice seemed to be moving up the wall into the ceiling. ”It’s okay, once I’ve broken you of that Gemini brainwashing, I’ll have you scrubbing toilets and tucking guests in! But I’m definitely going to cut your pay for this. Hope you don’t have any outstanding mortgages.”

And then, silence. Binky turned around and ran back for the door.

”Come on.” She waved Marrie off to the side. ”We need to go back up and catch them before it escapes!”

”Honey?” The TV’s voice seemed to come from the room itself. ”I’m not going anywhere...”

Several more lights flipped on. It was now possible to see some markings in the ceiling. With a click, two platforms slid apart, and an intense red light shined down into the room. The hum of an electric motor accompanied a trap door sliding open. It just took a few seconds for it to open up all the way, revealing a massive hole into the floor above. The motors went quiet, and the room was still. But it only stayed that way for a moment. Something passed in front of the red lamp, and shortly afterwards, it fell into room 1408. When it landed, it shook the floor, and everyone lost their footing.

Mika managed to get her footing first. She braced herself against a pillar and looked up at what had fallen before them. It was the mecha that had retreated earlier.

"Aria?”

”Area?” Morning Dragon Fruit incorrectly called back. ”Yes this takes up a lot of area. We call it space though. Anyway, I know Orion tried to shoot me, but I thought it was cool how they whipped out that cool one liner. I’m gunna pass the mic over to Time Keeper and let him give you a few choice words.”

After a moment, a voice no one wanted to hear ever again spoke up. ”You know, I barely see a reason to humor this act. I already know you’re all dead set in your… personal goals. Practically chomping at the bits at the chance to kill me.” His voice sounded cold, almost mechanical. ”But I should be thanking you, really. You’ve gathered nearly every loose thread I hadn’t the chance to wrap up.” Nearly. He knew things were going to escalate, as per usual, reinforcements were to be expected.

The mecha lifted one of its arms, igniting a burst of fire from it.

”I’m going to have fun breaking you.”

Mika stared up at the mech, body shaking in anger. With a flick of her wrists, her claws popped all the way out, but she stood her ground.

The TV grunted out a barely contained laugh. ”Wew! Now that’s cold! And guys, I haven’t even done anything to him. Are you sure he used to be on your side? And speaking of cold, someone else has something she wants to say to you.”

“Sup.” It was Klava. “I’m really just here for the paycheck and to help an old friend.” The other arm came up, and a post hole digging drill flipped out of the arm and started spinning. “But I feel like this’ll put a smile on both of our faces.”

”Eh… I think we can start now.”

The mech surged forward. Rather than the clunky movement it had displayed before, it hopped forward and froze the ground beneath its feet. Thrusters opened up in the back of it as it barreled forwards. Mika and Raven rushed to either flank, awaiting the word of their commander.

Marrie’s magical site was able to tell that the mech was able to enhance and take on an esper’s abilities. Klava’s magical frost was freezing the ground beneath the giant mech so that it could slide around like she used to do. It did not look like Finn was using any magic at this time. The room they were in, while magically enchanted, was only done so for protection. While impossibly large, the only explanation was that the upper half of the hotel was made with larger rooms in mind. There was a distinct lack of rooms on this floor, and perhaps all of them were equally big, if not as well armored.

Then, from outside the room, Marrie could see every door in the hallway open at the same time. Nothing came out yet, but it seemed that Dragon Fruit would be getting reinforcements shortly. The camera systems showed this as well, with construction workers making their way up flights of stairs to reach the top. It looked like the rest of the threats were still engaged in combat on the first floor.

Still no sign of the Bates.

Where were they?

---

The Bastion wasn’t such a secure location with everyone laying siege to the Golden Trove. At the end of the day, the Bastion was just a large tunnel system, and without Billy there to maintain it, anyone could just walk in and slay as many monsters as they wanted. It was far safer to have everyone join the siege, even if it seemed more dangerous. Of course the weak and inexperienced were expected to stay back. Amanda was only here to sit on the sidelines so that nothing happened to her. That was the idea anyway.

But Maverick Alternative didn’t have babysitters, and they were down a lieutenant. Nobody was exclusively required to look after Amanda, and Billy’s order for her to remain out of harm's way was given to her directly. Ciri was not privy to it, and nobody nearby was going to correct her. Billy had already sped ahead, and the other bikes were forming up behind him. After Amanda looked at her for a moment, she nodded.

”I remember you.” She gave a single nod. ”You’re the one that helped get me out of there.” She pulled herself up on the dark horse. With the two sitting so close it became evident, yet again, that the pink oni girl was the shortest thing in Maverick. But Amanda didn’t say anything. Ciri had kept her word thus far, and this time they were headed towards the danger instead of away from it.

…

…

…

There might not have been a fancy banner for Ciri’s section, but she was still determined to make short work of the scattered weretigers. She did this by scattering insects all over them.

”Gah! It itches!”

”It burns!”

”This was a new suit!”

They didn’t even get a single shot off before the motorcycles rolled by. Two of them managed to get back inside before they were peppered by shots from Luna’s wand. Stacy Stitches crashed her motorcycle into a hedge and threw herself into the hedge beside it. When she emerged, she was brandishing her chainsaw and running her way up the steps. The other Mavericks were quick to dismount and follow her inside. Billy got out of his cadillac. Trixy hopped off of her motorcycle. She was about to rush inside when she turned to look at Ciri. A mischievous smile crossed her face and she waited for duo on horseback before joining everyone else inside.

The interior was about as lavish as one would expect. The center of the room had a fountain made of solid gold, and just beyond that was a solid gold koi fish. The rest of the room had a distinctly chinese motif that felt more authentic than the tourist traps in chinatown. One of the retreating weretigers stumbled, and Billy threw a car rotor at it’s head. Normally such mundane devices wouldn’t harm them, but being a mechromancer, Billy could create arcane car parts out of thin air. It bisected the tiger’s head, and he collapsed.

Further ahead, the enemy had assembled. Big tony stood at the front, this time dressed in a fancy business suit. He was flanked by the nuns, and stared at Billy as he entered.

…

”The big guy doesn’t like to talk.” Lenore twirled her sword before placing it on her shoulder. ”But none of you have to die today. You can back off and we’ll go upstairs and finish off Gemini for good. That’ll give you guys free reign of the city, right?”

---

"That’s not how this works you little shit.”

— Bookman

Again, Bookman remained stoic as Himiko went on. He did not seem to react to anything she said. Not from the implication that the hand feared her to her clarifications about her relationship with Cerberus. His hand remained extended as she spoke of Oros the mad. It wasn’t until she suggested a clause and extended her own hand that the goat man moved. His eyes looked down at her hand, and he slowly lowered his.

"I will certainly keep all that in mind should we make future negotiations.” He said with a slight bow of his head. "It is not our goal to do you harm, so I would not have any issue including your clause. Though the way you worded it makes me wonder if you understand the conditions of the initial contract. We do not wish for you to merely avoid scrying us with your Endless Eclipse. You will need to refrain from using all of your magic to harm any of our main leaders. If we wished to stop you from using it to harm us, we could ensure that by merely keeping it out of your hands. I’m sure you understand, but I must clarify. My goal is not to deceive.”

The contents of the contract changed to reflect Himiko’s desired changes without conflicting with the idea of the contract. Then the devil raised his hand again, fingertips just out of reach.