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5 mos ago
Current i'm not sure the appropriate use of an OLED TV is to play random scenic train videos but here we are
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7 mos ago
swish
8 mos ago
Being truly on my own is a bit of a weird feeling. It's never really happened.
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9 mos ago
Let it never be said that sometimes extreme brevity isn't the most appropriate post, though. Everything is a tool.
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11 mos ago
a loaf is a surprisingly hard thing to make
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Nope, was meant to be the one in front of Shinfloppy. Just smashing a table would lead to being ignored, so it had to be that one. :T
Ryuuko followed her boss's gaze and noted the... damaged wall? She wasn't an expert of architecture but the general fastidiousness this mansion exemplified from its sheer volume of maids made her expect that something like that would have been immediately repaired. Plaster was made from and could be ground back into a powder, which might explain why there was something in the library... but how was it in the library and what could even have damaged the wall?

"Maybe the damaged ofuda is because whatever the thief was doing worked imperfectly and somehow damaged the wall over in the library? That would explain the damage here and the plaster there. I cannot see how a wall would end up in the library or why that would be a thief's first choice, however."
Not how a proper magi does magic? Sometimes, the attitude of western-style magi to to onmyoudo irked Ryuuko: why did they insist on treating their own country's magical style as some secondary and inferior art. As far as she and her family were concerned, it was nothing more than one style, even if a heavily specialised one, that their affinities tended to work poorly with. But unlike alchemy, there was enough similarity with the magical mainstream that they should really approach it as something less exotic...

That onmyoudo could interfere with defences like this was a prime example of why.

"Might it be possible that a charm could match the defences from the outside and then insert it in place before temporarily disrupting them? Onmyoudo is almost a specialisation in the application of barriers."

Well, the skill's wording seems to necessitate letting the other person take action or get an advantage first. Given the contest in question, that's a great way to lose. XD
"You" as in "Atalanta". Not with the way that skill is worded. @_@
Err... I don't think you're going to outsmart someone in arm wrestling. O_o
"Are ghosts common enough that defences against them would be employed as a matter of course?" Ryuuko wondered, homing in on something out of place in the otherwise immaculate, but empty when compared with the rest of the house, corridor. Paper? No, more than paper--it was only a fragment but the hints of its original shape and the characters on one side were more than enough. "Master, it seems that the infiltrator is an onmyouji or styling themselves as one.

"Unless your family would use ofuda in their defences, of course, Yuuno-san."
I still think that your Tamamo colour should be a few degrees lighter, just for contrast. It's more difficult to read than it ought to be. ^^;
Svetleaze von Einzbern


The competition was as short and one-sided as it was predictable, the homunculus decided. Her Servant, obviously muscular and incomparably shiny, had forced his opponent's hand into the table not once but twice, with no strain on Kintoki's part. The opponent seemed to not be able to understand this... and accused Kintoki of cheating. Not only that, he indirectly implied that she would lower herself to cheat for such a lopsided display. Her, cheat to defeat such an unknown foe? The nerve...

The drained bowl of soup met the table with an audible thud as Svetleaze rose, grasping the axe-sword. A second later, the table split in two to make sure that the Berserker would listen.

"First, you challenged him to a fair contest and were defeated. Second, you refused to concede defeat and forced another attempt. Yet you refuse to accept your own failure? A hero should know of their own ability and seek to exceed it or acknowledge where they can fail. No matter who you are, I can name one hero that would be able to crush you in might alone," the white-haired girl said, heart racing. Even with her confidence, to stare down a legendary hero was a challenging situation, "If you wish to humiliate yourself further, I will aid Kintoki or spend time to improve myself. If you wish to keep your pride intact, then I suggest that you remember that the purpose for your summoning is to work as a group and not insult any number of heroes that might surpass you one way or the other."
The defences weren't triggered, the exterior was an impenetrable wall... and to have triggered the library ward after activating the defences would have meant resetting them. Presumably, then, someone who could have pulled off hiding their tracks that well would have fixed the library barrier before even getting around to this one. Or was it an unrelated incident, or even something meant to throw them off their trail?

"Which wall is the exterior?" the Yakuza heir questioned, stepping forwards into the corridor and looking for anything that seemed out of place in a more mundane manner. She might not have the skill to detect magical anomalies yet, but somewhere more damaged or disturbed than another point, or a region strangely free of dust if the place was regularly cleaned... she could look at that. Though with no trace at all, another possibility came to mind... "Might we be looking at a 'phantom thief'? Could someone have magic to pass through physical barriers undetected, or could ghosts do so?"
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