Hammerman

My Isekai Costumed Adventures

Sayu Takayomi

In retrospect, Sayu's decision was indeed the correct one.

It didn't take long until the others heard the sound as well. And when the ratmen appeared, she was already well-hidden behind her tree, unlike some of the others.

W-what? What in the world are those? R-rats?! Giant rats! And they're standing on their feet, with all kinds of weapons in their hands! This really is a fantasy world!

When the ratmen attacked the other girls, Sayu froze. She didn't know what to do. Should she help them? But what could she do?! She couldn't fight! She might throw a punch or two at some kids who deserved it back at her school but punching monsters like them was a completely different thing!

Or was it?

She remembered the magic the bunnygirl used before. And she remembered stomping the ground so hard it actually made a crater. Both were clearly superhuman feats so she should have superhuman powers as well.

And then, all of a sudden, a window popped out in her vision.

Skill:

Rampaging Wolf

Creates claws jutting out from her knuckles

That's… that's my skill?

She looked down at her hands.

With just a simple thought, the claws shot out.

It was real. She really possessed this power now.

And with it, for some strange reason—

She started to believe she could fight.

"Hyaaaah!"

She ran forward as fast as she could, aiming her claws towards the rat gunning for Da'Niyah, simply because she felt it was too much for the latter to take on on her own. She would aim at the rat's jugular, purely out of the battle instinct that her skill (or costume) had bestowed upon her.

@PINKPANTHERESS

My Isekai Costumed Adventures

“That sounds more like the devil than God,” she muttered, resolving to classify the ‘sender’ as a Being or Entity rather than the Christian god that she was far more familiar with. A real god wouldn’t put her in a skimpy bikini, tell her it was clothing, and then force her to wear it in some messed up sort of skill-based hostage system.

"I agree!" Sayu nodded enthusiastically. "A god wouldn't speak like that! They would be more… grandiose or elegant or dignified…" She wasn't really a religious person back at home so all the gods she knew came from the fiction she read.

“If you don’t like that outfit, we can swap,” she offered. Unlike what Cecilia was wearing, what the girl was wearing was cute. It was cosplay that she wouldn’t mind wearing, unlike what she had on now…

"Swap our outfits? I'm not sure if we can—"

Her eyes widened with surprise as she realized what she was wearing.

"Nonono, absolutely not! I'd rather wear this than a scandalous bikini like that!"

"I had information I never knew before implanted in my head, and I can fire magic dice at a tree while wearing a bunnysuit. Seems more believable. Besides, it technically was a kidnapper like you said before."

 

Sayu opened her mouth to reply but no words came out.

She was right.

There really was a legitimate, honest-to-goodness possibility that they really had been transported into another world, and one with magic at that.

"Aaahh!" She stomped her foot to the ground out of anger and frustration.

Only to be surprised by the small crater she left on the point of contact.

W-what? Did I… did I just do that?

Her eyes widened in shock.

She really had superpowers now. Just like the bunny girl.

"I don't hear anything in particular," Aria responded, her voice hushed as she scanned the forest. There was a lingering sense of unease, a feeling that they were not alone in this strange place. The chirping birds were still tweeting away, and the tension in the air had not changed for her. 

"Perhaps it was...the wind?"

"Nonono, it's not the wind." Sayu shook her head. "It's… it's something else… and it's coming here fast!"

She crossed her hands, under her all-too breezy chest. “I don’t hear anything either.”

"Argh, just trust me! We better run or hide right away!"

"Actually, I can hear something as well. Voices or something, maybe, but it seems maybe the animal ears on these costumes actually work somehow. 

There's something moving in our direction, I believe. Perhaps we should try to hide for the moment just in case."

"Thank you!" Sayu let out a relieved sigh that someone else agreed with her. "Finally, someone else with an actually good hearing around here!"

Charlotte didn't need to grab Sayu to go with her. She willingly took refuge behind the tree, readying herself from anything coming her way.

Isekai Harem Adventures

Bump. Mainly interested in the kingdom building one above.

My Isekai Costumed Adventures

BEEP

The moment the ringtone sounded, Sayu gasped. Her instinct made her reach over to her skirt pocket. Only to find that her skirt had no pockets and that the sound wasn't coming from anywhere near her. In fact, it sounded more like it came from inside her own head!

BEEP

That sound again! What's going on now? How many weird things must I suffer today?!

BEEP!

The last tone was higher pitched than the rest, followed by a bizarre sight right in front of her eyes.

An envelope icon, floating in mid-air, suddenly popped into existence, blocking her sight.

"Eeek!"

She yelped, falling over to the forest ground butt first with her legs wide open, revealing to the world her girly, frilly white panties — the exact kind of panties she would never wear!

And then, by its own volition, the icon opened, revealing a message.

A message that made her jaws drop.

"What?! Did it just say 'God'?! And different world? You — you gotta be joking!"

"What do you mean by personal wardrobe?! Is this… is this your doing?! Were you the one who put us in these ridiculous clothes?! Give our clothes back, you pervert!"

"Keep the clothes on? As if! I'll change out of it the moment I find another, less ridiculous set of clothes!"

She, of course, was just yelling to thin air. But she had to! This whole thing was so outrageous she just had to protest, even if the person responsible wasn't actually there!

Even after the email disappeared, the girl continued her rant. She only stopped once she was out of breath.

And then, and only then, she realized she had been sitting in quite the unfortunate position.

BLUSH

Her cheeks turned crimson while she hurriedly closed her legs and pushed the hem of her skirt down.

"Y-you idiot God!"

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5 minutes later…

"Unbelievable! It's completely, totally unbelievable!"

Now back on her feet, Sayu continued to rant at the others. All the while holding the hem of her skirt down with both of her hands, still reeling from the embarrassment she had just received.

"A new, alternate, parallel dimension world? Are we supposed to just believe that?"

The more logical side of her brain answered with a yes. After all, she just witnessed magic with her own eyes, courtesy of the bunny girl.

Unfortunately, the more emotional side was still winning and once again she started to pinch her own cheeks in a futile effort to wake herself up.

Suddenly, however, she froze.

Her wolf ears twitched. Fear flashed on her face.

"Hey… guys.. Do you hear that? It's coming closer… from that way…"

"I… I think it might be some sort of a wild animal!"

My Isekai Costumed Adventures

@Crusader Lord

Sayu nearly jumped out of her skin at the sudden cracking sound, whirling around to see a tree embedded with icy shrapnel. Her eyes went wide as she spotted the girl in the bunny outfit who seemed to have caused it.

"What in the..." Sayu muttered under her breath, before calling out cautiously, "Did you… did you do that?"

Was that… was that some kind of...magic? Sayu wasn't sure what she had just witnessed, glancing uncertainly at Aria and Da'Niyah. 

Cautiously, she approached the bunny girl, one hand gripping her red cloak tight. "I'm Sayu," she said slowly, offering her hand for a shake.

Sayu studied the girl's bizarre outfit, feeling somewhat relieved that her own costume was at least a bit more dignified . A bunny girl outfit? Really? 

Still, that cracking ice power, or whatever it was — it unsettled her. With a nervous gulp, she summoned her courage to ask the question brimming under her tongue.

"Do you...know how you did that?" Sayu asked hesitantly, gesturing to the damaged tree. "I'm starting to think we really are in a dream…"

She glanced back at the others, wondering if anyone else had discovered strange new abilities. This whole situation just kept getting more confusing by the minute.

My Isekai Costumed Adventures

Sayu's eyes flashed with anger as she listened to Aria and Da'Niyah's calm reasoning.

"Don't tell me to stay calm!" she burst out, her voice sharp. "We've been kidnapped and dumped in the middle of nowhere, and you want me to be rational about it?"

She clutched her red cloak tightly around herself, feeling suddenly self-conscious in the ridiculous outfit. Her heart was pounding as she looked around the unfamiliar forest surrounding them.

"I just want to go home," Sayu said after a moment, her voice strained. "But I guess you're right - we should try to figure out what happened first."

She stood up, taking a deep breath to steady her nerves. Getting angry wouldn't help. They needed to work together to understand their situation.

"Does anyone remember anything before waking up here?" she asked. "Did we know each other before this?"

Sayu felt totally lost, but getting answers was the only way forward. She had to keep her head and try to solve this bizarre mystery, as much as she wanted to break down. Who had done this to them? And why?

My Isekai Costumed Adventures

Another one of the unconscious women awoke, asking Sayu whether she was dressed in a ridiculous outfit as well. Or rather, it was an affirmation that both of them were dressed in ridiculous outfits.

"How can you be so calm?!" She scolded her, not out of anger but out of disbelief. "Clearly we've been kidnapped and forced into these stupid clothes! We have to run! Now!"

Sayu had no idea how she got kidnapped from her classroom but it was the only explanation she had in her mind.

When Aria tried to calm her down, she replied with, "It's the only explanation that makes sense, no?! I was sleeping in my class before I got here! Unless this is all just a dream, that is… but I tried to wake myself up before and it wasn't working!"

@Qia@PiNKPANTHERESS

My Isekai Costumed Adventures

@Qia
Sayu's attention shifted towards Aria. Her panicked expression softened before she lunged forward and grabbed her hands.

"Oh thank God you're awake! Look, we got to get away from here before the kidnappers return!"

My Isekai Costumed Adventures

@Crusader Lord

"U-urgh…"

Sayu's eyes fluttered open. Huh, is this a dream? Why am I seeing the blue sky? I'm supposed to be in the classroom.

This smell… it's the smell of grass… 

She sat up abruptly, rubbing her hands to the ground. Grass… and dirt… how… why Her eyes went wide open as she took in her new surroundings. This is… this isn't the classroom! I'm in some forest! This… this has to be a dream, isn't it?!

She stood up. Swish. The air caressed her upper thighs, making her push her skirt down with a yelp.

Wait… my skirt… Why is it so short?

She looked down.

And, to her horror, she wasn't wearing her school uniform anymore.

She was wearing what could only be described as a cosplay of some sort, of Little Red Riding Hood for that matter. With wolf ears jutting out of her hood. And a skirt that was so short it barely covered her panties when she stood.

This… this must be a bad dream! I just to wake up! Wake up! Wake uppppp! She slapped her face over and over before pinching her cheek and twisting it as hard as she could.

It didn't work. She was still stuck here in this ridiculous costume in this ridiculous place.

Along with a number of other people she had just noticed was there as well, each in their own ridiculous costumes.

This… this must be a kidnapping of some sort!

She quickly ran over to the woman with the bunny suit, kneeling down before shaking her body vigorously.

"Wake up! Wake up!" she whispered, panic overtaking her completely. The kidnappers didn't seem to be around so this was their chance to escape!

Ark of Humanity Online

I'm interested but I'm not sure what the overall plot would be.