Prof (GM): AHEM
	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVehoGdrAms Mood music!
Shadow Emiko: "It's time to finally cast aside all your burdens... my other half."
Emiko Yubari: Emiko freezes.
	(Pun intended.)
	Her grip on her cane is so tight that her knuckles are white.
Kazuki Saito: "What... what on earth?"
Kazuki looks at Emiko, and then back at... well... Emiko.
Natsumi Ishida: "What the hell..." This is seriously freaky. What. How.
Emiko Yubari: "...Who... are you....?"
Shadow Emiko idly skates back and forth, her gaze never straying from Emiko's face.
Shadow Emiko: "I remember exactly how it felt..."
	"The last time you skated."
	"The joy. The exhilaration. The freedom."
	"And... I remember everything that came next."
Emiko Yubari: "...Stop....."
Shadow Emiko: "The pain, when your body failed you."
	"The fear, when you didn't know what your future would look like."
	"The emptiness, when you realized you no longer had one."
Emiko Yubari: "STOP IT!!"
Shadow Emiko: "Why don't you just let me take over for you? I'll say everything you don't want to say."
	"How you hate this backwater town."
	"How the people who call themselves your friends are just reminders of your own failure."
	"The life you'll never be able to lead again."
Kazuki Saito: "That..."
Shadow Emiko: "You wanted to know who I am? You must already know by now."
Emiko Yubari: "You're... you're just something this place created, aren't you? To mess with my head? That's it, isn't it!?" She's not crying. (She is.)
Kouki Hagiwara stands there, frozen. This isn't quite what he expected to find in this dungeon. Only if this creature was a snarling monster, not... not whatever this is supposed tobe.
Shadow Emiko: "I wasn't created by this place. You just wouldn't let yourself see me until now."
	"I'm you, Emiko."
Takeshi Sato is trying really hard to think of something more insightful than "What the fuck?", but he's not having any luck.
Shadow Emiko: "I'm who you are once all the lies have been torn aside."
	"So, there's no need for you to keep on struggling. You can just stop thinking, and let me replace you."
Emiko Yubari: "What gave you the right to look like that? To wear that outfit!? To talk for me!?! You're NOT me!!"
Shadow Emiko: "...Heh..."
	"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
	The earth shakes.
Takeshi Sato: "Uh..."
Shadow Emiko: She begins to change.
Kazuki Saito: "Y'ever get the feeling something -really- bad is about to happen...?"
Emiko Yubari takes a step back
Shadow Emiko: "That's right! Deny me, deny the truth all you want!"
Kouki Hagiwara: "... Incoming!!"
Shadow Emiko: "You can cry all you want, but there's no escaping who you are!"
	https://i.imgur.com/9WZfhae.jpg
Takeshi Sato: (duuuuuude)
Shadow Emiko: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMEbmXaIGgI
	"I AM THE SHADOW. THE TRUE SELF."
Kouki Hagiwara: (ooof)
Shadow Emiko: "I'LL ERASE YOU FROM THIS WORLD, AND THEN ONLY I SHALL REMAIN."
	ROLL INITIATIVE
Kazuki Saito: Initiative! 11
Kouki Hagiwara: rolling 1d10+5 = 6
	(wow that's not a good sign)
Takeshi Sato: Init: 10
Shadow Emiko: 9
Shadow: 8
Natsumi Ishida: 11
Aiko Shoda: 7
Emiko Yubari: 10
Kazuki Saito: (roll-offs?)
Aiko Shoda: not needed
Kazuki Saito: (fair nuff)
Aiko Shoda: KAZUKI
Kazuki Saito: Kazuki grits his teeth, this was bad... "Alright, everyone, we need a plan - now!"
Shadow Emiko: OH RIGHT FIRST
	Special mechanics!
Emiko Yubari: yess shadow fight mechanics
Shadow Emiko: Psyche is Emiko's mental state!
	In her current state, Emiko has a -2 penalty to all opposed rolls against Shadow Emiko.
	Anybody can, as a Support Action, make an attempt to boost Emiko's psyche via friendship et cetera.
	Rejection is the degree to which Emiko's soul rejects her shadow! The higher it is, the harder the Shadow is to kill.
	Generally speaking, only Emiko can reduce it.
	That is all for now!
Kazuki Saito: "Alright- Takeshi-san, Natsumi-san, try and cover for Emiko-chan! Kouki-senpai and I will try and clear the chaff! Aiko-chan will support from the rear!"
	"Everyone cool with that?"
Takeshi Sato: "Got it"
Natsumi Ishida: "Well, you're Mr. Strategist, so I'll go with whatever you say..."
Emiko Yubari: "..........."
Kazuki Saito: "...Emiko-chan..."
	"Right then! It's game time!"
Kouki Hagiwara: "Wipe the board clean of the rabble, I gotcha, chief!"
Takeshi Sato: "That's my line."
Kazuki Saito: Kazuki moves to the right flank, firing off a long-range blast at the farthest shadow.
	Piercing Gaze! Mind 11
Shadow: Int: 12
	The attack fails!
Kazuki Saito: "Darnit..."
Shadow: End turn?
Kazuki Saito: Yep.
Shadow: NATSUMI
Remaix: First off, time to move closer to Emiko. "Senpai..." She's... not really sure what to say. But for the moment, she can at least fire off a ranged attack...
	Zio Strike at the shadow down and to the right! Spirit: 14
Shadow: Dex: 7
	Hit! You blast the nurse for...
	...can you link me your level 2 sheet again, I forgot to bookmark it
Natsumi Ishida: whoops, connection error. Yeah, one sec!
	https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6a7IhNd6br9c0ZmSnRRbmw4WlE/view
Shadow: OKAY, for 44 damage!
	Anything else?
Emiko Yubari: (+increment for failing dex right?)
Shadow: Oh right, +7 damage
Natsumi Ishida: Hm... nah, end turn.
Shadow: EMIKO
Emiko Yubari: (So how does lowering Rejection work?)
Shadow: (Support Action, opposed roll against Shadow Emiko.)
	(Either shouting at it or just mental force.)
Emiko Yubari: (Which isn't happening this turn because Emiko is too freaked out and not in an accept-ur-shadow mood BUT good to know)
	Instead, she's going full on denial. "You're nothing like me! Stop trying to... to....!"
	KNIFE RAIN INSTEAD
	16 dex vs top right shadow, 9 vs bottom right shadow, 9? vs shadow Emiko
	might be a 7 if attacks against shadow Emiko are also at penalty due to psyche
Shadow: they are!
Emiko Yubari: then 7!
Shadow: Dex dodges: 1012
Shadow Emiko: Dex dodge: 11
	You hit the top nurse, but your shadow and the other nurse both dodge!
	Hit for 31 damage.
Emiko Yubari: Her hands are shaking. That might be why she missed.
Shadow Emiko: Anything else?
Emiko Yubari: She's too shaken up to think of doing anything else.
	Turn end!
Shadow Emiko: TAKESHI
Takeshi Sato: Readying a counter, and SUPPORTING Emiko with Guts
Shadow Emiko: (which tech?)
Takeshi Sato: (Tackle)
	"I dunno what the hell that thing thinks it's doing, but we got your back through this whole thing, just like all those other fights."
	Guts: 7
	booooo
Shadow Emiko: Your words don't reach Emiko.
Emiko Yubari: "......."
Shadow Emiko: AND HERE SHE COMES
	Blade kick to Emiko! 11
	Dex
Emiko Yubari: Dex 10
	or -2?
	either way fail
Takeshi Sato: Taking the hit and countering!
	Muscle: 10
Shadow Emiko: Dex: 14
Takeshi Sato: Just taking the hit, then
Shadow Emiko: Camel spin!
	Takesh takes 34 damage.
	But she doesn't stop there!
Shadow Emiko swings her four arms, the trophy anchors at the end of them whirling across the battlefield!
Shadow Emiko: ALL DEX:
	VS Natsumi: 12
	VS Kouki: 12
	VS Kazuki: 9
	VS Emiko: 15
Kazuki Saito: DEX DEFENSE 15
Emiko Yubari: IMPOSSIBLE TO WIN 10 dex
Kazuki Saito: muda da
Natsumi Ishida: Dex: 12
Kouki Hagiwara: (oh jeez. Is it possible to defend with another stat?)
Kazuki Saito: (yep)
Shadow Emiko: (Yes!)
Emiko takes 42 damage!
Natsumi takes 35 damage!
Takeshi Sato: "Holy flaming shit. what does that thing hit with, a BUS?"
Kazuki Saito: (Int gives you -2 Initiative iirc? Str means you take increment in damage. Aura is expending stamina to block)
	(Resolve needs Valor 2+)
Kouki Hagiwara: rolling 1d10+6 INT = 12
Shadow Emiko: (Kouki is actually in a good position to int defend since he's already going last)
Kouki Hagiwara: (ooh, jeez.)
Shadow Emiko: Kouki is hit for 45 damage!
Kouki Hagiwara: (haha, yeah, it really doesn't matter if he loses more initiative)
	(ouchhh)
Kouki yells as he feels his brittle bones snap upon impact!
Shadow: The other shadows attack! Scalpel attacks, Dex versus...
Kazuki: 15
Natsumi: 14
Kazuki Saito: Dex defense! 9
	ooof.
Shadow: 21 damage!
Natsumi Ishida: Dex... 10
	Yeaaaaah, no surprise there.
Shadow: 19 damage!
Aiko Shoda: Aiko casts Accuracy Blessing on Takeshi, Emiko and Natsumi!
Takeshi Sato: hooray for accuracy
Emiko Yubari: Accuracy is gud
Aiko Shoda: Then, Pain Curse on the boss!
	Aura 12 VS Dex 10
Kazuki Saito: niiice
Aiko Shoda: Hit, with bonus damage! For 39 damage!
	+7!
	KOUKI
Takeshi Sato: "Ha! See? It's not invincible! It's just another monster."
Kazuki Saito: "I'm not so sure..."
Kouki Hagiwara: Endurance isn't his forte. A few more of these shots and he'll be out cold. But running won't help, he knows it. So here goes another offensive! Kouki casts Mudo Spotlight against the nurse in front of him and Emiko's Shadow!
Aiko Shoda: Won't that hit Natsumi, too?
Emiko Yubari: sorry Natsumi gotta take one for the team
Kouki Hagiwara: (oh no)
Shadow: Oh wait
	MY BAD
Kouki Hagiwara: (it's a bit more precise)
Shadow: Proceed!
Natsumi Ishida: Ahaha thank goodness.
Kouki Hagiwara: rolling 1d10+6 INT = 7
	... /well/
Natsumi Ishida: ...
Shadow: Roll for each target!
Shadow Emiko: Int: 7
	THERE YOU GO
Kouki Hagiwara: oh. shoot, I forgot to call the enemy. erm. For the sake of fairness, who shoudl that be dire- ah
	HUH
Shadow: Keep going!
Kouki Hagiwara: rolling 1d10+6 INT = 14
Shadow: 12
Kazuki Saito: yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Shadow: Double hit!
Natsumi Ishida: Aw yesss.
Takeshi Sato: (Everyone with big AOEs look at the skill "Discretion" on page 43 of the rule book)
Shadow: Shadow Emiko takes 14 damage, and the nurse takes 18 damage!
Emiko Yubari: (Kali has Discretion in DBV. She never uses it.)
Takeshi Sato: (Amazing)
Kouki Hagiwara: (plus -1 to defense!)
Shadow: NEW ROUND, +1 VALOR
	Or did you want to do something with your support action
Kouki Hagiwara: (nah, I'm good for now)
Shadow: KAZUKI
Kazuki Saito: HAMA LANCE! A 3-square line of those pinged spot, to hit the shadow in front of him and Shadow Emiko!
	INT 16 VS Nurse Shadow
	INT 8 VS Shadow Emiko
Shadow: Int 14
Shadow Emiko: Int-1 15
	You hit the nurse!
	For 35 damage.
	Anything else?
Kazuki Saito: Annnd using my support action to try and rally Emiko!
	"Emiko... come on, shake it off! You can't be losing your cool at a time like this!"
	"You have to keep it together!"
	using RESOLVE. 14
Shadow Emiko: Emiko's Psyche increases to 2!
	NATSUMI
Natsumi Ishida: Well, Shadow Emiko is right in front of her now... Gripping her sword tightly, Natsumi swings it with all her might!
	Cleave at Shadow Emiko. Muscle: 13
Shadow Emiko: Dex: 6
	HIT
Natsumi Ishida: Aw yeah.
Shadow Emiko: For 47 damage!
	Anything else?
Emiko Yubari: ((I LIVE))
Natsumi Ishida: (I can cast Sukukaja as my support action, right?)
Shadow Emiko: (Yes!)
Natsumi Ishida: Alright then. Casting Sukukaja on Emiko!
Kazuki Saito: KAZUKI IS PROUD OF U KOUHAI
Shadow Emiko: EMIKO
Emiko Yubari: "You...." She still hasn't shaken off this feeling within her. This... shadow... it brings forth everything she tried so desperately to bury.
	She doesn't know if she can handle this. Her determination falters.
	She backs up, behind Takeshi. "Just... go away! Leave me alone!"
Shadow Emiko: Oh, one thing I should make sure is clear:
	Emiko can roll to raise her own Psyche
Emiko Yubari: ((...that actually IS good to know.))
Kazuki Saito: "Emiko-chan... come on! We're trying to help!"
Emiko Yubari: "After everything... everything I've gone through! You think I haven't faced down my fears every single day!?" Doing that raising psyche thing then
	10 with RESOLVE
Shadow Emiko: Psyche raises to 3!
	Your penalty drops to -1!
Emiko Yubari: And then Knife Rain vs shadows directly above, below, and the Shadow; 9 7 12 respectively (all dex)
Shadow: 1410
Emiko Yubari: (wow)
Shadow Emiko: 9
	You only hit yourself!
Kouki Hagiwara: pfft
Emiko Yubari: ((Stop hittin' yourself))
Shadow Emiko: For 28 damage!
	TAKESHI
Takeshi Sato: (Sorry was taking a call)
	That blade kick hurt, but Takeshi grits his teeth through the pain (game face), and prepares himself for the next attack (Readying tackle counter)
	And unfortunately can't all keep encouraging Emiko with a move action so I'm done
Shadow Emiko swings her leg around, icy blade cutting at Natsumi and Takeshi!
Shadow Emiko: Dex VS Natsumi: 15
	Dex VS Takeshi: 8
Takeshi Sato: Muscle: 8
	oh for fuck's sake
Natsumi Ishida: Dex 15
Takeshi Sato: FOR BOTH OF US?
Shadow Emiko: Ties for days
Natsumi Ishida: Amazing.
Kazuki Saito: fucking incredible
Shadow Emiko: Takeshi takes 14 damage, and Natsumi takes 21 damage,
	and you have Aggravated Wounds, halving all healing you receive!
Takeshi Sato: rude
Emiko Yubari: totally rude
Shadow Emiko: Then, she fires off a blast of ice at Takeshi for the followup!
	Int: 14
Takeshi Sato: Muscle: 11
Shadow Emiko: You're blasted for 19,
	plus 7 per turn!
Takeshi Sato: "MotherFUCKER that's cold"
Shadow: NURSE TIME
Kazuki! Anesthetic injection incoming! 7 Dex weaken
Kazuki Saito: 7 Dex Defense!
	MOTHERFU-
Shadow: -1 to attack rolls!
	And next, a bonesaw! 7 Dex attack
Kazuki Saito: 14 Dex Defense...
	there we go!
Shadow: Aiko gets the same fate!
	7 VS 14 weaken...
	then 9 VS 11 attack!
	Emiko! Stabbing attack!
	6 Dex
	Natsumi, the same: 14 Dex
Natsumi Ishida: Oh geez... 11
Emiko Yubari: Wow hdu (what did sakujadjadju do btw)
Shadow: +1 Evasion
	Hit, for 19 damage!
Emiko Yubari: 11 dex then
Natsumi Ishida: Natsumi is not having a good day right now.
Aiko Shoda heals Kouki and Natsumi!
Aiko Shoda: Kouki recovers 33 HP, Natsumi recovers 17 HP.
Takeshi Sato: oh right because aggravated wounds
Kouki Hagiwara: "Whew, I needed that... Thanks, Aiko!"
Aiko Shoda: Then, Vulnerability Curse on Shadow Emiko! 12 Aura VS 15 Int
	Ineffective!
	KOUKI
Kouki Hagiwara: Okay!!
Kouki summons Enmesarra to cast Ragtime Howler on the two nurses!
	rolling 1d10+6 Aura = 11
	rolling 1d10+6 Aura = 9
Shadow: Dex: 15 15
Kouki Hagiwara: (WOW)
Shadow: WHOOPS
	The Nurses avoid the darkness!
Takeshi Sato: Denied
Shadow: Persistent creatures...
	NEW ROUND, +1 VALOR
Kouki Hagiwara: (oh wait)
Shadow: Or wait
Kouki Hagiwara: (yeah, I wanted to try to get Emiko's psyche up)
Shadow: bad habit of mine. proceed!
Kouki Hagiwara: (No worries!) "Emiko! Whatever happened in the past can't control the you here. You've been fighting your fears all this time, alone. That monster might look big and mean, but you've got all of us fighting with you"
	rolling 1d10+3 Resolve = 9
Shadow: +1 bonus from speech content.
	Which is enough to push Psyche up to 4!
Emiko Yubari: "....Thank you."
Shadow: NEW ROUND, +1 VALOR
	KAZUKI
Kazuki Saito: Zenshin Rush! Through the line, through the two low-health Nurses~
Shadow: So I may be missing something buuut
	isn't your Move 4?
	that's a 6-space move.
Kazuki Saito: I have Dash on Zenshin
	ANYHOOZLE 12 vs Top Shadow and 6 vs Bottom Shadow!
	both dex.
Shadow: Dex: 1215
	One hit!
	And you destroy that one!
	14 on the other one, but it still dodges.
	End turn?
Kazuki Saito: Gonna PROVOKE Shadow Emiko!
Takeshi Sato: I totally forgot I had Provoke
Kazuki Saito: "Hey! I don't care if you -are- some twisted, messed up, MC Escher style representation of what Emiko-chan fears! You aren't getting through to her!"
RESOLVE 15
Emiko Yubari: Who the heck is MC Escher, Emiko wonders
Shadow: RESOLVE: 15
	NARROW SUCCESS
Kazuki Saito: stay in school, emiko
Emiko Yubari: Emiko was homeschooled
Kazuki Saito: ANYWAY that's my turn
Shadow: "I'm NOTHING so simple! I'll show you exactly what the real Emiko is capable of!"
	NATSUMI
	Also +1 Valor to Kazuki.
Kazuki Saito: "As Takeshi-san might say... BRING IT ON!"
Natsumi Ishida: "Yeah, you tell that thing, Senpai!" Meanwhile, well, there's a shadow right by Natsumi... Time for some more lightning!
	Zio Strike at the bottom shadow! Aura: 16
Shadow: Dex that it can't possibly win: 10
	44 damage!
	EMIKO
	OR WAIT
	Turn end?
Natsumi Ishida: Yep
Shadow: EMIKO
Emiko Yubari: "You say that... you're me...."
	"..........."
	"....It's true that I felt lost after the accident. But I'm not... as weak as you think I am!" 13 resolve vs shadow Emiko SHE'S TRYING
Shadow: Resolve: 9
	Something subtle fades slightly from the Shadow's aura of malevolence.
	Rejection reduced to 9!
Kazuki Saito: "Yeah,... you tell 'em, Emiko-chan!"
Emiko Yubari: AND THEN KNIFE RAIN 11 lower right shadow, 15 lower left shadow, 11 shadow Emiko (all dex)
Shadow: Shadow Dex: 158
Shadow Emiko: 13
	You hit the lower left shadow, the other two dodge!
	For 28 damage, I think?
	No, 3 more than that.
	Which kills it!
Emiko Yubari: (I forgot the +1 to accuracy, not that it mattered)
Kazuki Saito ...lets a small smile escape his lips.
Kazuki Saito: "Nice one, Emiko-chan...!"
Shadow: TAKESHI
Takeshi Sato: Still have that counter from last turn so I'ma fire check the nurse next to me: muscle: 9
Shadow: Dex: 11
	You have +1 to hit right now, but that still falls short.
Takeshi Sato: persistent creatures
	alright shuffling over a bit
	"You think she's weak because she's scared of a sports injury?"
	"That's nothing special. Every athlete hates the idea of having to stop! If you're supposed to be messing with her head, you should have picked something more original."
	It's...a kind of backhanded attempt to make her feel less isolated. Guts to improve psyche: 8
	I cannot roll to save my life tonight jesus christ
Kazuki Saito: TEAMWORKIN' THAT SHIT
Takeshi Sato: (Would 11 be enough to help?)
Shadow: (Yes.)
Kazuki Saito: "Yeah....Takeshi...Takeshi-kun's right! At least you got to compete at such a high level!"
	"You got to live your dream!"
Shadow: Psyche increases to 5!
	Emiko's penalty has been neutralized!
Shadow Emiko: "Yes, why don't you go ahead and remind her of the glory days?"
	"That's a world she can never go back to!"
	WAVE OF ICE, aimed at Natsuhi and through her to Kazuki!
	Ntasumi*
	Natsumi*
	Int: 13 VS Nacchan, 16 VS Kazooky
Kazuki Saito: Int Defense that I don't think I can match... 10
Takeshi Sato: "Tons of people can't go back! They do fine!"
Natsumi Ishida: Oh geez. I can roll Aura for defense instead, right?
Kazuki Saito: Yep!
Shadow Emiko: Yes! For 2 stamina.
Natsumi Ishida: Right then. Aura: 13
Emiko Yubari: the ties continue
Shadow Emiko: Takeshi, want to cover?
Takeshi Sato: Yes
Natsumi is tiny frail flower who cannot take hits
	Counterattack: 12
Shadow Emiko: Dex: 9
	HIT
Kazuki Saito: TACKLE ATTACK
Natsumi Ishida: Yes, good. Protect the kouhai.
Shadow Emiko: Where are you pushing her?
Takeshi Sato: Straight back
	sadly there is nothing to push her into
	but it DOES mean that none of that attack actually gets to resolve!
Shadow Emiko: For 33 damage!
	BUT
	the action is refunded!
	But BUT, it's now out of range!
Takeshi Sato: "Nothin' doin', pal"
Kazuki Saito: "Hey, Takeshi-kun, ain't that a little big, even for you?"
Shadow Emiko: Icy Blast at Natsumi! 10 Int
Takeshi Sato: "Nope."
Kazuki Saito: "Heh."
Natsumi Ishida: Going for Aura again because my Int is super terrible. 12
Shadow Emiko: And then, a pair of chain-trophies flying across the battlefield!
	Dex, VS Takeshi: 9
	VS Natsumi: 9
Takeshi Sato: GUTS: 10
Natsumi Ishida: Wuh-oh! Dex: 9
Shadow Emiko: Overdriving VS Takeshi!
Takeshi Sato: BRING IT
Shadow Emiko: Double hit!
	Takeshi takes 29 damage, Natsuhi takes 36 damage.
	Natsumi's at critical health!
	I keep calling her Natsuhi! Blame Umineko!
Natsumi Ishida: Welp.
Kazuki Saito: Natsumi!
	"Natsumi-chan...!"
Shadow: The almost-dead shadow goes for the needle-and-saw combo against Kazuki!
	Dex weaken: 8
Kazuki Saito: Dex Defense! 8
	WOW
Natsumi Ishida: "Ngh... That seriously hurt." Like. A lot. Damn that thing can really hit hard...
Shadow: Fortunately you were already weakened!
	ATTACK 13 Dex
Kazuki Saito: DEXFENSE 12
	ow.
Emiko Yubari: wait
	doesn't natsumi
	..........
Shadow: What
Emiko Yubari: have berserker?
Shadow: YEP
She's berserkin' now!
Kazuki Saito: OH BOY
Shadow: As Kazuki takes 31 damage!
	EMIKO, same combo!
Needle: 12 Dex Weaken
Takeshi Sato: Natsumi why
	Stop biting your sword in half you are a delicate flower
Kazuki Saito: because ojou-sama
Emiko Yubari: 10 dex defense
Natsumi Ishida: She's a delicate flower who's gonna fuck shit up, because how dare.
Emiko Yubari: :<
Emiko Yubari is weakened
Shadow: Accuracy bonus neutralized!
	Dex attack 12
Emiko Yubari: 11 dex defense
	wow
Shadow: 31 damage!
Aiko Shoda: AIKO heals Emiko and Natsumi, for 33 and 17 respectively!
	Then, Pain Curse on the uninjured nurse!
	8 Aura VS 12 Dex
	Overdrive!
	For 39 damage.
	KOUKI
Kouki Hagiwara: oh, wait
	(right, shoot, I can't move that far, can I? the nurse is right there)
Aiko Shoda: Where did you start?
Kouki Hagiwara: (There, I think)
Shadow: You can make that, just barely
Kouki Hagiwara: (excellent!)
Shadow: Max move distance rounds up
Kouki Hagiwara: Kouki casts Mudo Spotlight on the Nurse above and on the Shadow!
rolling 1d10+6 INT vs Shadow = 8
rolling 1d10+6 INT vs Nurse = 9
	(man, my rolls have not been great tonight)
Shadow: Nurse Int: 10
Shadow Emiko Int: 8
Takeshi Sato: (Everything rounds up in Valor)
Shadow: A HIT
	For 14 damage, and she already has that debuff!
	ROUND 4, +1 VALOR
	OH WAIT
	were you done
Emiko Yubari: (the debuff is extended tho!!! which is gud)
Kouki Hagiwara: (Oh, yes, I was done, haha. Sorry, my computer just lost power)
Kazuki Saito: (welp)
Kouki Hagiwara: (at least, yes!)
Shadow: KAZUKI
Kazuki Saito: Kazuki moves in front of the injured Natsumi, eyes facing forward, staring at Shadow Emiko.
	"...That's right, I did remind her of the glory days... because you know what?"
	"That proves that Emiko-chan is as strong as she wants to be. That she can do anything she sets her mind to!"
	"You think she can only be that good at skating? That she can't be the best at something else!?"
	"The fact that Emiko-chan got to live that kind of life, that she got so good cause she spent all that time wanting to be the best she could..."
	"That's the proof that she's more than just her skating career! She can be anything else she wants to be!"
Kazuki Saito: NO ATTACK, double psyche-up!
	7 13 RESOLVE x2
Shadow Emiko: +2 to rolls due to speech content!
	First roll is ineffective, but the second raises Psyche to 7!
	Emiko now gets a +1 Bonus against her Shadow!
Takeshi Sato: Time to take the offensive!
Shadow Emiko: NATSUMI
Natsumi Ishida: While Kazuki is over there, being all cool with his big speech, Natsumi is just... gonna take out her frustrations over constantly being hit on that shadow to the right. By which I mean, I hope it likes getting a sword to the face.
	Cleave at the shadow on the right. Muscle: 13
Shadow: Dex: 8
	Annihilated!
Natsumi Ishida: Damn right.
Shadow: End turn?
Natsumi Ishida: Yes!
Shadow: EMIKO
Emiko Yubari: "You're right that... my career is behind me now." She's silent for a moment. "And thinking about that... is still painful."
	"I don't even know what direction my life is going to head from here, and that's scary."
	"I'm scared! Okay!?"
	"But.... for the first time, I feel like.... maybe I can still find out what to do. Thanks to my........."
	"............Friends."
Shadow Aiko: +2 Valor
Shadow Emiko: Oops
Takeshi Sato: SPOILERS THERE'S GOING TO BE A SHADOW AIKO
Emiko Yubari: 11 resolve for ACCEPTANCE
	((Spoilers there's going to be a shadow everybody))
Shadow Emiko: Resolve: 9
Emiko Yubari: will an OVERDRIVE make it work better?
Shadow Emiko: Yes!
Emiko Yubari: OVERDRIVE
Shadow Emiko: Rejection drops to 7!
	"..."
Emiko Yubari: Then she steps back and throws some knives
	12 against the remaining nurse 8 vs not!Emiko
	wow
Shadow: Dex: 13
Shadow Emiko: Dex: 13
Emiko Yubari: yeah nope
Shadow Emiko: Your words ring true, but your knives do not!
Emiko Yubari: at least she got to make a gud speech
Shadow Emiko: TAKESHI
Kazuki Saito: "That's the way, Emiko...!"
Takeshi Sato: Game face, Fire checking that nurse
	Muscle: 11
Shadow Emiko: Between aggravated wounds and the ongoing damage, you come out 10 HP ahead!
Shadow: Dex: 15
Takeshi Sato: grrrr overdrive
Shadow: Hit! Elemental weakness!
Takeshi Sato: (Did you count that Firecheck costs 10 hp to use?)
Emiko Yubari: "Oh, those guys are weak to fire."
Shadow: (I didn't)
	(So you exactly break even)
	For 42 damage!
Takeshi Sato: I'll take it!
Shadow: It blows up!
Takeshi Sato: "Get some!"
Emiko Yubari: "...Were."
Kazuki Saito: "...Heh."
	"Feeling better, Emiko-chan?"
Shadow Emiko Freezes Takeshi! 11 Int weaken
Takeshi Sato: Guts: 8
Takeshi Sato is freeze
Shadow Emiko: -1 to defense rolls!
	And then, a wave of ice through him and Kouki!
Takeshi Sato: Muscle: 6
Shadow Emiko: Int attack: 16 VS Takeshi, 9 VS Kouki
Takeshi Sato: Well
Shadow Emiko: OH BOY
Takeshi Sato: Good thing I have lots of h-THAT'S A CRIT, FRIENDS
Shadow Emiko: Takeshi is slammed with ice for 71 damage!
Kouki Hagiwara: rolling 1d10+6 Int = 7
	(WOW)
	(um. Can I go Overdrive for this?)
Shadow Emiko: And Kouki for 42 damage!
	You can!
Takeshi Sato: "Grhk!"
	"Definitely a bus"
Kazuki Saito: "Takeshi-kun! You okay?"
Kouki Hagiwara: (y-yeah, haha. Want to avoid that damage.)
Takeshi Sato: "Yeah...sure..."
Shadow Emiko: AND THEN
	ANCHOR RAAAIN
Kazuki Saito: "Hang back a bit, we don't need you getting too mucked u- AH!"
Shadow Emiko: Dex attack!
Kouki Hagiwara: Kouki sees it coming a little faster and side steps out of range, heart racing fast
Shadow Emiko: VS Kazuki: 15
	VS Kouki: 13
	VS Emiko: 17
	VS Aiko: 8 VS 10 Aura
Emiko Yubari: o.o
Kazuki Saito: DEX DEFEND 13
	welp ow
Kouki Hagiwara: rolling 1d10+6 Int = 15
Emiko Yubari: literally impossible to win wow 14
Takeshi Sato: Are you counting your +1?
	I mean it still loses BUT
Emiko Yubari: oh right
	but still
Shadow Emiko: Kazuki is hit for 38 damage, and Emiko is hit for 42 damage!
Kazuki Saito: "Gh... that... definitely hurts."
Shadow Emiko: "It's pointless to resist! I am... I am the true self!"
Aiko Shoda can't heal due to an ill-advised Overdrive last turn!
Aiko Shoda: So instead...
	Accuracy Blessing!
	Then... delaying to Team Attack with Kouki!
	KOUKI
Kazuki Saito: "I'm gonna try and draw its attention again... you guys keep at it!"
Takeshi Sato: "You're not doing any better than I am."
	"I'll do it."
Kazuki Saito: "It's fine. I've got a few more tricks yet to deal with it."
Natsumi Ishida: "Oh, I'm gonna keep at it alright." S-Someone's... looking awfully mad over here. "This thing is seriously getting on my nerves!"
Aiko Shoda: Reminder of effects!
Emiko Yubari: (brb)
Prof (GM): Ntasumi MUST move towards and attack enemies each turn.
	She gets +1 to attack rolls and does +10 damage!
	But, she gets -1 to defense rolls and has -20 def/res!
	Oops no
	-2 to defense rolls and -10 def/res
Takeshi Sato: -20 would be a LOT
	-10 is already a LOT
Natsumi Ishida: The tiny kouhai has zero chill left.
Kouki Hagiwara: "No problem, chief! Let's have at it, Aiko!" he shouts, giving a pirouette and a point in the air. A dark circle is drawn around the Shadow, shooting up a barrage of negative energy!
	(hm, so since my normal aura is 6, would I roll with 8?)
Kazuki Saito: (7)
Shadow Kouki: (with team attack, 8)
Kazuki Saito: (the +2 is errata)
Kouki Hagiwara: (thanks to team attack and yeah)
Prof (GM): Wow I keep fucking that up
Kazuki Saito: HAHAHAHA
Prof (GM): He also has an accuracy buff
Kazuki Saito: oh, yeah
Kouki Hagiwara: (haha, yeah, wanted to make sure that counted.)
	rolling 1d10+8 Aura = 17
Aiko Shoda: Pain Curse: 15 Aura VS 7 Dex
Kazuki Saito: CRIT
Aiko Shoda: Wrong roll!
Kazuki Saito: oop
	damn
Shadow Emiko: VS Kouki: 11 Dex
	Both hit! But which technique was that?
Kouki Hagiwara: Oh, that was Ragtime Howler. The description at least matches.
Shadow Emiko: Total damage: 84!
Emiko Yubari: (back!)
Shadow Emiko: ROUND 5, +1 VALOR
	If you were done
	Are you done?
	I'll take that as a yes!
	KAZUKI
Kazuki Saito: Kazuki moves away from the others to draw more attacks from Shadow Emiko.
	"What, all out of showboating? Come on! I'm not even winded over here! Feels like a pleasant autumn evening!"
	I'm using SAGE GUARD to boost defenses, and PROVOKE! 15
Emiko Yubari: (Can you swap an attack actin out for a support...?)
Kazuki Saito: (You can!)
Shadow Emiko: (Yes)
Emiko Yubari: (I did not know that! that is actually good to know)
Kazuki Saito: (That's how Kazuki double-psyched up.)
Shadow Emiko: Resolve: 16
	NO
	SELL
Emiko Yubari: wow shadow Emiko
Kazuki Saito: (Sage Guard costs 5 health btw)
Shadow Emiko: NATSUMI
Natsumi Ishida: Well, there goes the tiny berserker, off to blast Shadow Emiko with lightning. Zio Strike!
	Aura: 9
Shadow Emiko: Dex: 14
Kazuki Saito: "N-Natsumi-chan!?"
Shadow Emiko: Spin! Leap! Dodge!
Takeshi Sato: "She lost it"
Natsumi Ishida: "Ugh... Would you just sit still already so I can hit you?!" Natsumi is... not having a super great day. Best not get in her way too much...
	Just gonna end turn. :T
Shadow Emiko: EMIKO
Emiko Yubari: Emiko is looking at her shadow. "...I've never recovered from my accident. Not just in... my ankle."
	"Ever since it happened, I've been lost in the past. I'm not ready to let it go..."
	"....but recovery is a process. It's about time I got started on that."
	"And the first step is... always acceptance, isn't it?"
	"You're not just some part of the dungeon. You're a part of me."
	"And I'll never move on if I don't accept that."
Shadow Emiko: +2 Valor again!
Emiko Yubari: Resolve to ACCEPT HER SHADOW SELF
	9
	wow go me
Shadow Emiko: Resolve: 9
Emiko Yubari: DOUBLE OVERDRIVE IT
	I have the Valor why not
Shadow Emiko: Rejection falls to 4!
	Somehow, the monster doesn't look as monstrous as it did a few minutes ago.
Emiko Yubari: "Guys.... I think facing her will be a little easier now."
	Tossing a knife at her because I still have an action left 13
Shadow Emiko: Dex: 13
	For 28 damage!
	"Rrrrgh..."
	"I... I am the true self..."
	"Don't kid yourself into thinking you've accepted that just because you can say the words!"
	The shadow strengthens!
Shadow Emiko: It seems that Emiko's doubts haven't completely disappeared yet...
	(MECHANICS: As long as Rejection is above 1, the Shadow will recover health up to a certain point, after its double's turn ends. The lower the Rejection, the less health it gets!)
	(To defeat it, either Emiko must destroy it or you must reduce it to 1 Rejection.)
	AND HERE SHE COMES
	Swift blade! Attacking in a circle!
	Dex, VS Natsumi: 10
Shadow Emiko: VS Takeshi: 9
	VS Aiko: 10 VS 11 Resolve
Natsumi Ishida: Dex: 4
	. . . :'D
Shadow Emiko: Natsumi takes 31 damage,
	plus 11 per round ongoing!
Takeshi Sato: Wait
	did I just get skipped?
Shadow Emiko: YES you apparently did
	TAKESHI GO
Takeshi Sato: Using Game Face TWICE
	And...I guess that's it
	carry on
Shadow Emiko: SAME ATTACK, reusing those rolls!
Takeshi, roll defense!
Takeshi Sato: (Also I should have 1 valor shouldn't I?")
	Muscle: 8
Shadow Emiko: sure
Takeshi Sato: Good thing I healed
Shadow Emiko: Takeshi takes 14 damage,
	plus 5 per round ongoing!
	Both of you have aggravated wounds!
Takeshi Sato: Goddammit
Aiko Shoda blows all her remaining stamina for a double heal!
Aiko Shoda: Natsumi heals 34 HP, Emiko and Kazuki both get 33 HP!
	KOUKI
Kouki Hagiwara: Kouki focuses on paving a way for his comrades! Standing his ground, he puts more force into his next Mudo Spotlight! "Shine on, Dark Radiance!" he shouts. Nonsense words.
	rolling 1d10+7 Mind = 10
Aiko Shoda: Dex: 14
Shadow Emiko: SAID THIS GUY
Takeshi Sato: The dark radiance does not shine on
Kouki Hagiwara: (WELP!)
Shadow Emiko: ROUND 6, +1 VALOR
	KAZUKI
Kazuki Saito: Well, provoking it to come to him didn't work, so he's gonna head towards it now, because, well, why not.
	"Get away from them!"
	HAMA LANCE! INT 6
	son of a-
Shadow Emiko: Dex: 9
Kazuki Saito: OVERDRIVING
Shadow Emiko: HIT, for 38 damage!
	It's in bad shape!
Kazuki Saito: "We've almost got it! Come on everyone! For Emiko!"
Shadow Emiko: NATSUMI
Kazuki Saito: "Now's the time to rally!"
Natsumi Ishida: Well, might as well go with something simple. Sword time, once again! Cleave!
Muscle: 14
Shadow Emiko: Dex: 15
	SWOOOOSH
Takeshi Sato: WHY WON'T YOU DIE?
Shadow Emiko: EMIKO
	It's up to you!
Emiko Yubari: NO PRESSURE OR ANYTHING
	Ha nah it's fine she performs under pressure
	"Are you really so desperate to be the only me? A shadow, clinging onto my insecurities? It's true that I've felt hopeless, but I am so much more than that."
	"It's true that I've felt the way you describe. But I can move beyond that... with the help of my friends."
	"So just knock it off already!"
	11 resolve acceptance etc
Shadow Emiko: Resolve: 15
Emiko Yubari: welp I got nothin'
Shadow Emiko: You have your attack action!
Kazuki Saito: IF YOU CAN'T AGREE PUNCH IT IN THE FACE
Takeshi Sato: Yeah we don't have to get rejection to zero we just need to kick it's ass
Emiko Yubari: ATTACK ACTION IS TO ATTACK 16 aura Icy Paradise
Takeshi Sato: Wait up, Emiko is weak to fire isn't she?
Shadow Emiko: Dex: 16
Emiko Yubari: oh come on
Shadow Emiko: A HIT
Takeshi Sato: Oh, this is better
Shadow Emiko: The monstrous shadow body disintegrates!
	Leaving just the original shadow.
Emiko Yubari walks over to her
Shadow Emiko: "..."
Emiko Yubari: "....Come on."
	"I said it, didn't I? I need you."
	"You're a part of me.... one that I need to accept."
Kazuki Saito: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HPr3SwQdtk
Shadow Emiko: The shadow smiles, before being enveloped by light and disappearing.
	The light flows into the real Emiko.
Prof (GM): You feel new power awakening within you.