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STATUS: Need info, so might as well throw a bottled question into the ocean of statuses... What are some features/ideas/etc. that YOU want to see in a monster taming/raising game? All genuine ideas welcome. 4 mos ago
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4 mos ago
Current Need info, so might as well throw a bottled question into the ocean of statuses... What are some features/ideas/etc. that YOU want to see in a monster taming/raising game? All genuine ideas welcome.
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4 mos ago
@Dane, I need you to talk to a physicist and a psychiatrist, in that order, twice.
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5 mos ago
"The worst thing you can do to a character is to make them aware that they're fictional." Ironically, the character who would say this is from an RP I'm not in anymore... Funny, that.
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5 mos ago
Just like in JJK, explaining the joke makes it funnier. Luckily that's built into this one.
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5 mos ago
Jimbo that's not right. Humans are a social creature, there's not a single one who can truly survive on their own. Even those who seem to be able can only do so because they learned from others.
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"Unfortunately, gods aren't the type that should be believed in."
"No doubt this drought will one day end, but it will be by tears."





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In Kurai Majokko: Tsundere Gekido → 12 mos ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
"You should not do bad things."



That's the Club's job, after all.

From when Diamond entered Tsubomi's sight to when she noticed the heat from the eyeball(s) wasn't a long enough time for Tsubomi to register the Light Girl's words. All she actually had time to process was that some form of bat-based attack was incoming. Not when, not where, not aimed at what. 'An attack. Move.' And so she did. Slowly. When the splatter of the Mogall hit her, Acid Drop was already falling, having tripped on her own foot. The next thing she heard was the bursting of a tire, the last one to do so in response to Evil Eye's minion.

At least, that's what it seemed like to Tsubomi. She hadn't heard the voice in her head calling her an idiot as she fell, nor did she realize how hard she hit her head on the ground. What she did realize was that something was different. She couldn't put her finger on what, though. The giant eyeball monster? That might be it. The painful source of the blood running down the side of her head? Could be too.

Oh. I'm standing. And she was. She'd already stood up. Sure, she'd done so at the speed her mundane self would, maybe just a hair faster, but she was definitely standing again. She didn't remember doing that. Maybe she hit her head harder than she had assumed.

She twisted her head, first tilting to one side, then the other, then to face towards her right, then her left. There was a crowd growing. She couldn't feel them, so seeing them was the only way she could become aware of them. But they were there. Looking back at Diamond, it seemed that she was having a hard time too. Why was she here, though? Last time the two had met, she'd fought Shatterscape and left after that. If she wanted a fight, she had interesting timing, picking a time where Tsubomi couldn't.

She blinked.

When her eyes reopened, nothing new had happened. Strange, normally when she blinked, things were notably different after. Just how fast had she closed her eyes? She blinked once more, and again there was little change. The thought to count as she did passed by lazily, but she knew that her counting wouldn't be fast enough to measure with. The idea that maybe she had her magic back, enough to perform, was there, but it was fleeting. She couldn't feel it in her.

Something seemed to click inside, making Tsubomi walk over to the Light Girl. Slowly, yes, but not as slow as she'd been on her walk from the school. She stopped a few feet away, and looked directly into Diamond's eyes.

"Mm. Are you okay?"

Am I okay?

In Digimon: Dawn's Glimmering (Dead) → 12 mos ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
Kari Black
& ...Sora?

Hyokomon began to chase the fleeing fish, but stopped after a few steps. Coelamon was too far in the water which made chasing it as a non-aquatic digimon very difficult. Going further would be dangerous for her, and she didn't want to leave her new Shogun right after finding them. Speaking of, what even was it? She still didn't know what species these weird digimon were. After having missed the earlier explanation and being in the process of missing the current explanation that Andrew (though she didn't catch the name) was giving as she walked past him, Hyokomon had no idea what was going on.

When she returned to Kari, she found the human peeking around the vehicle she had used as a shield. To Kari, this was both a dream and a nightmare. Going to a new world, something she had to assume had happened given the existence of the monsters she'd seen, was something she'd fantasized about often. The problem, or rather problems, were that she didn't get freed of her mental shackles, and she doubted that this world was the magic and clean space that she always wished for. Not to mention that there were various monsters that had already proven themselves capable of killing her with ease. The best news was that she somehow managed to find one monster that wanted to... befriend her? Ally with her? She still wasn't sure what the bird had intended by calling her a "Shogun."

These thoughts and the fear of the fish monster returning filled up her mental RAM, making her miss most of Andrew's introduction. She caught the words "relax" and "mansion," and the two received mixed reviews from the young woman. Relaxing was hard enough in the other world, and she wasn't exactly the type to like people who could afford mansions... But soon those thoughts left, as Hyokomon had returned to her side.

"It ran away. I'm sorry I couldn't win." Hyokomon's voice sounded like a scolded child's. But as far as Kari was concerned, driving it off was a victory.

"Oh, uh... That's okay. If it ran away, that is a win. You survive to fight another day." Having said what she hoped was an adequate response, Kari slowly stood up to her full height and looked around. It looked like all the humans there were the ones from the ballroom. Which implied that this was all premeditated. Again, two conflicting emotions rose in her. Was she angry or glad that it had happened? She didn't know.

"I'll win next time." Confidence was brimming in Hyokomon's voice, totally replacing the former defeated tone. Kari smiled back at her and nodded.


---

As the other duos began to leave for the mansion, Kari hesitated, but quickly decided to follow behind them. Not close enough to worry about making physical contact, not far enough to worry about losing them from sight around a corner. Some of them had introduced themselves, but she'd kept to herself instead. No reason to make them dislike her right away, she figured.

When she finally got there, the sight of an actual, literal angel stunned her for a moment. Then came the talk of 'Demon Lords.' Really? This new world worked on that level of cliche? Or was this the source of the beliefs in her world? It didn't matter, really. All she knew for sure was that she was absolutely not going to eat food without knowing where it'd been. Sora had no such reservations, and quickly grabbed a fruit to begin snacking on.
In Kurai Majokko: Tsundere Gekido → 12 mos ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
"Does anyone else see that?"



Nope. The eye is just in your head.

"Wondering if any of the others will wait for you?" The voice in Tsubomi's head was tinted with sarcasm. "They shouldn't waste their time, right? I bet Evil will keep you in her sight, though."

Acid Drop shook her head, not bothering to close her eyes. In the process she noticed the strange Mogall hovering next to her.

"Bullseye."

Once more the rainbow haired head shook itself. "No, that's a wyrm's eye."

"Shut up, idiot. I didn't mean that the eye was that of a bull, it's a term that means something is accurate. Not that you'd have ever experienced that."

Now that she'd noticed her strange pace, Tsubomi instinctively slowed back to her normal speed. Or abnormal, considering she was transformed.

"You didn't come to the show."

"Even in this messed up head, there's no reason to go to a play that isn't being performed. The way you visualize things is stupid, too. If you're aware that you're acting then why pretend that it's a stage-play?"

In a very Tsubomi fashion, Acid Drop's head tilted to the side. "It just happens that way on it's own."

To the Mogall, regardless of if it could hear or not, it certainly appeared that Tsubomi was having a conversation with nothing. With no external evidence of the "other" Acid Drop or her voice, the pausing and resuming of speech would lead one to think she was crazy. Maybe she was?

"That's just yet another reason you're an idiot, then."

She couldn't help but think it was unlucky that she didn't have her empathetic magic right now. She never thought to use it on this seemingly a tulpa voice she heard, and now she couldn't. What would she notice if she could?

"Hey, moron. Just because you don't think it at me doesn't mean I don't know you're thinking it."

"Mm." A pause took over for a few seconds. "Who are you? Why are you inside my brain? Did someone put you in me? ... Are you my magic?"

"Dumbass. That's the wrong question. You know who I am."

Acid Drop's head slowly moved to tilt to the other side. "Do I?" Her eyes moved to the side and towards the floating one. "... Do you know who she is, moogle?"

As her eyes drifted back to a point that she could see in front of her, a glint of light in the sky caught her attention. Was that a magical girl? Was it the one from the other night? That was apparently Haruna, right? It seemed like she'd be below that point in a minute or two, so Tsubomi closed the script that held her conversation with herself and shelved it for later.

In Symphony on High → 12 mos ago Forum: Advanced Roleplay
Marrie Knight

Marrie coughed. She didn't have the strength to intend to spit on Sofron, it was just a happy accident that she did. The timer on her previous Melody was just about out. With the flame slowly melting her left her with few options, and not enough time to think through them. Instead, a new Melody was cast, the magic working itself out almost on instinct. The only thought she could send her magic was that she needed to do it again.

{Genre: Warm; Diamond Touch - Quicken - Transplace - Multicast}

With their relative positions switched, Marrie retracted her Instrument as quickly as she could back to her hand. Just as she spun around to face Sofron's back, her second Melody activated.

{Gold Self - Dispel}

And then her Instrument was in the side of his neck, and she was jumping backwards. [Devour Chance] She jumped again, backing a few feet away from her opponent, leaving Fenrir where it was stuck (if it had pierced) with its chain now extended fully. Her thinking was muddled from pain, but she was still able to speak.

"Good. If you're immortal, I don't have to worry about killing you."

Having said what she felt she needed to, she reached her left hand into her Style to grab something. Hoping that Sofron would notice, she grabbed the Tungsten Rod she kept inside but left it hidden behind magic fabric.

With her hand still hidden, she retracted Fenrir's chain to retrieve it as quickly as it would.

In Digimon: Dawn's Glimmering (Dead) → 12 mos ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
Kari Black
& Hyokomon!

Kari couldn't help it, the explosion of water made her flinch and duck down behind the nearest vehicle, her still hurting hands held just above the ground. Her breathing was becoming ragged, her pulse was quickening, and she could tell she was on the verge of panic. With the distance between her and the water she'd managed to not get hit, but that didn't matter. What mattered was that it could happen again, and she might not be so lucky next time. Glancing towards her new bird friend for just an instant, she saw that the avian wasn't looking her way anymore. Instead it was staring at the source of the wave.

"Coelamon..." Hyokomon's voice trailed off. In a battle against an aquatic digimon, she didn't have many options. The sea was not a place for a samurai to fight comfortably in. Unsure of what to do, she turned towards the weird digimon she'd sparred with only to find that it was no longer next to her. Hyokomon's head whipped back and forth as she searched the field for it, and after a few seconds she saw the end of one of the bags Kari was carrying sticking out from behind one of the strange boxes, much farther away from the sea than the two had started at.

Hyokomon ran over to check on the trembling human. In the few seconds since the water explosion, Kari had ran to the other side of the field and hunched down behind a pickup truck that had its front end buried in the ground, standing as a vertical shield for her. She'd just finished switching her gloves for new ones, her now 'clean' hands folded over her head. She jumped slightly when she saw Hyokomon come into view.

"Are you okay?" Hyokomon asked, genuine concern in her voice. This kind of reaction wasn't normal. It was even less normal when she considered what she knew about her new Shogun. After all, she was certain that one who had gone unscathed in the sparring match was a Champion [Adult] level, if not higher... Aha! Hyokomon's eyes lit up with recognition from her sudden epiphany. Her Shogun must have a weakness to water! Even an Ultimate [Perfect] stage would have trouble against a digimon that wielded their weakness, to the point that a battle could be decided by affinity despite a stage difference. Hyokomon reasoned that she could be forgiven for not knowing, since she didn't notice any fire anywhere on her Shogun. But that left a difficult situation. If her Shogun couldn't fight, and she herself was at a disadvantage in the water...

Hyokomon glanced back toward the beach, where she saw several other digimon battling Coelamon. Though... some of them looked like her Shogun. Were they the same species? If they were all weak to water, then it would be up to the others. Based on their size, she had to assume that all of the digimon who weren't the same species as her Shogun were Rookie [Child] stage like herself. She wasn't sure what stage Coelamon was, just that it was beyond her own. Her head turned to look once more at Kari. She began to say something when she was struck by a splash of sandy water. Not enough to do any damage, in fact there wasn't much at all given the distance away from the impact, but it was enough for Kari to see Hyokomon getting hit by, enough to slightly dirty her left wing.

The human gasped as she saw it. If that had hit me... If I wasn't behind this, then... Her mind began to slowly spiral until Hyokomon spoke.

"Shogun, if you're weak to water, that's fine. As your samurai, I'll fight for you." The bird digimon unsheathed her blade, looking back to the battle. Coelamon seemed to be on land now. Why had it left it advantageous habitat when it could attack at range? The reason didin't matter. What mattered was that Hyokomon could assist now. But first... "Just give me permission to leave your side and fight. If that's okay, I'll do my best to win so you don't have to hide anymore."

Kari didn't move a muscle. Hyokomon's words were enough to snap her out of her anxiety, if only for a moment. The bird was serious about that Shogun thing? Really? Her eyes moved upwards to look in Hyokomon's directly. Something like it, whatever it was, that could have killed her in a single blow when it wasn't even fighting seriously, and it wanted to give her that kind of authority? If that was the case, then...

"Get 'em."

Hyokomon smiled, and her response was brimming with joy. "Right!"

The samurai began towards Coelamon as quickly as it could, taking stock of the battle as she moved. The others were all attacking Coelamon's eyes, except for two who were trying to pierce its scales. She had a few options, but she decided on one just as she entered fighting range, jumping into the air.

"Cleaving Cut!" A two-handed swing downwards at Coelamon's right eye. Not perfectly executed, it began its contact above the eye that she targeted, and would end below it. But if it didn't move in time, it would also deeply cut the eyeball itself.
In Symphony on High → 12 mos ago Forum: Advanced Roleplay
Marrie Knight

Shit, really?

Marrie was making a quick mental note to focus more on her actual target next time when she saw that she managed to hit the grenade she'd been "warned" about, rather than the door frames. Oh well, she'd have plenty of time to learn that lesson after recovering from the decent burns she'd gotten. Having hoped for an explosion anyway she'd ducked behind the door, but not quite far enough to avoid the whole fireball. Still, it wasn't enough to put her down. A glance at Binky showed that the older esper had gotten away better than herself, so that was good.

Her head turned to look down the other side of the hall, and Marrie's breath froze. Walking towards her was someone she hadn't seen in months. She wasn't quite sure how to feel about that. This was one of the two people who had consumed her thoughts for much of that time, one she thought was dead. One she thought she'd been the one to kill. She wondered how he had survived, but that was quickly overridden by competing feelings. If he was alive, that was a death off her counter, at least. A death off her conscious. On the other hand, this was one of the justified ones. He'd nearly killed both her and Orion, after all. He'd helped Justin. He'd taken off her leg. And he had killed Maiden.

Unacceptable.

She felt her body moving before she'd told it to, it stepping forward without her consent. Just as she realized that she'd moved, another thought hit, the force of it stopping her completely.

Does that mean Maiden is alive too?

She didn't want to hope. Instead, she decided it was time to try something.

Her head turned towards Binky. "Are you going to be okay if I move from here?" She'd wait for an answer.

-Affirmation-

As soon as Binky gave her permission to leave her proximity, Marrie nodded. "Then I'll be back soon."

With her Instrument's chain at only three feet, its blade began to circle through the air as its wielder spun it by the chain. Kusarigama weren't considered a very good weapon by most. It was also true that this was not the way one would be used. But neither of those facts mattered. Kusarigama's continued existence throughout Japan's history was evidence of their effectiveness. And while the use of a proper one would manifest in an entirely different way, Fenrir had advantages that a Kusarigama did not. She had trained herself to her limits, and this was one of the ways she had.

The three-foot radius might not be very effective, but all she had to do was get closer. So she did, breaking into a run towards Sofron, keeping the spinning Instrument steady as she did, watching for an opening.

--Offense--

With Sofron not taking the opportunity to attack, Marrie chose to. Once she was within ten feet of him, she threw her hand forwards to launch the now-expanding chain towards him. Fenrir's blade soared towards him with all the momentum it could have, and a Melody on it.

{Silver Touch - Blink}

Two and a half seconds. There would be two and a half seconds between her striking something and her teleportation. She'd practiced this enough to know that, and enough to know the options she had.

If she struck Sofron, {Devour Chance} then she'd blink to her Instrument to continue the assault up close. If she struck someone else, {Devour Chance} then she'd decide when it happened. In front of Sofron and she'd stay where she was. But if she struck someone behind him, she'd Blink. If she struck a surface, the opposite would be better. If it was in front of Sofron, she'd Blink, but if it was behind him then she wouldn't. Lastly, if it struck his Instrument... Then she'd decide when the timer was almost up. {Devour Chance} On the chance that he was able to aim at her current position after the hit, she'd have to Blink to what would hopefully be the side of it to avoid his attack. The problem was that doing so would leave Binky in the crosshairs, which meant... she'd stop the Blink instead.

All of the plans running through her mind agreed on one thing: she had to confuse him. Surprising him would be difficult regardless of where she Blink'd to, but she had a chance here. She'd just need some luck too...

--Defense--

Whatever Sofron's attack was, Marrie's response would be the same.

{Genre: Cold; Gold Self - Shield - Reflect}

Maybe a Diamond cast would be better, but the increase to her SENTINEL was more useful, in her mind. With the Melody cast, she'd dash towards Sofron, ducking past and slashing any peons who got in her way, to stab him in the sternum. {Devour Chance}

-Cooperation-

"... Got it." With Binky's request that she stay nearby, Marrie would acquiesce. She'd simply stay near her and cut down anyone who got past Binky's gunfire. The only Melody she might need to cast would be on Binky, and only when she needed to reload, if an attack was coming.

{Genre: Cold; Silver Touch - Shield - Reflect}

In Kurai Majokko: Tsundere Gekido → 12 mos ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
"So we're in three-woman squads now?"



Team Three is a Team of Three.


Acid Drop's head tilted to the side, then to the other. It was too slow to crack her neck, but it confirmed to her that she didn't just magically get her magic back. At this point, she'd slow everyone else down. Which would normally not occur to her, but given her recent attempts to be understanding of others, she was learning to think of things like that.

"Mm. Go on ahead. I'll catch up." It was too mundane for Acid Drop, the way her words crawled their way off her tongue. Once more it was as if Tsubomi was piloting a facsimile of her magical alter ego, rather than turning into it.

The inner landscape of her mind was once more the stage she used to perform on, but now it was a blank canvas with no props or actors. She had no script, she had only her now tattered and worn costume, and there was nobody in the audience other than those in the room with her outside of her head. There wasn't any lighting on the stage, and even the voice in her head was a no-show this time.

With nothing else to do, she sat on the edge of the stage once more as her real-world body began its walk out the door to the Club room and further to the school entrance. Having no script to read to pass the time, no movements to practice, no spotlight to lead her to the right place... It was not an experience she was used to.

A silver lining seemed to be there, though. While she was busy in her own internal world, her body was moving at a just notably faster pace than it had been all day. Just barely fast enough to get out of the school before she expected, before she realized she was moving like she was.

Mm. Strange.

In Mahz's Dev Journal → 12 mos ago Forum: News
Almost suggested this the other day, but it's looking more useful now. Would it be plausible to have a different system for images and/or tables on mobile and computer? Idk how websites work in depth, but I would think it'd just be a matter of making two... viewers, for lack of the correct term, and maybe putting a button somewhere to switch between them if desired?
In Kurai Majokko: Tsundere Gekido → 1 yr ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
"Maybe we need to find a barrel..."



Wouldn't that just give them a weapon?

It seemed that Kiyo didn't understand Tsubomi's comment, but she didn't realize that. With her mind moving at its usual pace and focused on Suki, all she heard was that Kiyo agreed with her. Though Haruna talking about there being a lot of gems did register. Followed by Roche's comment on strategy. If she was now with Kiyo, and Kiyo was going to find the monkeys...

"Mm." That'd be difficult. It was one thing to hunt down a Magical Girl, it was another to do so in her current state. Could Tsubomi even do anything for that? She couldn't really talk her way through things, not without her usual perk-up from transforming, but she wasn't in a state to fight either. Had her magical self even healed yet? She wasn't sure.

Granted, all of these thoughts dragged their way through her mind at a pace befitting someone out of shape climbing a mountain, but at least she was thinking.

"Oh god, you're thinking." The voice that she hadn't heard since the mess of a "fight" was back. A slow glance around showed that once again it was only in her own mind. Though the other somewhat mind-reader in the room would notice that Tsubomi's desires were back to how they were in the past, without the newer one showing itself anymore.

Having just barely enough awareness to not speak aloud, Tsubomi thought back at her supposed other self. Sometimes.

"Uhuh. In the sense that twice ever is 'sometimes,' I guess."

Exactly.

It was this moment that she noticed that her hand had stopped its pitiful attempts to pat Suki's head, simple laying on it. Tsubomi began to pull her hand back, letting gravity return it to her side faster than she could herself. Still, she wanted to keep her other hand on Suki's shoulder.

"It's weird to see you trying to be nice. You want to pretend, but you can't even fake it right."

Tsubomi's head once more moved in the way it was most used to, tilting to the side. But an answer to her silent question never came. The voice had stopped, and with its disappearance, a focused Haruna might notice the apathetic girl's desires returning to how they were moments ago.

"Set a trap?" It seemed that she was back to the world around her. As much as she usually was, at least.
In Symphony on High → 1 yr ago Forum: Advanced Roleplay
Marrie Knight

Marrie wasn't sure what to do. There weren't a lot of rooms, but there were enough entrances to the hallway to be problematic. A glance at Binky showed that she was still in mundane form, but at least she was well armed. Why not transform? Could she? No time to wonder about that, just do what you can. But what?

"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."

She blinked. That... that was a good idea. Great, they had a strategist to supplement their brainless drones. The voice sounded vaguely familiar again, but she didn't have time to try to recognize it. Instead...

{Bronze Projectile - Scatter - Homing - Damage X}

She cast a Melody. She didn't need it to be powerful. She didn't need it to be fast. She just needed there to be enough of them. Her target wasn't the small army that was trying to get near, but just above each of the doorways around the hallway, barring the one she and Binky were standing near. If she could collapse them, add even a moment of difficult terrain, that would work. Better yet, maybe she'd bring down part of the hotel entirely.

With the hope that some of the enemy's own explosives, if they had any, would get triggered, Marrie took a moment to glance at the cameras on her phone. Specifically, the first floor's. It looked like the fight had started, but at least nobody seemed to have fallen yet. She could only hope that things would stay that way.

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