Fate of The World Session 10

"Alright girls, that'll do it! Thanks for coming and we'll be in touch." The photographer said as he began packing up his things. "And Renee, really good job on your part, those were some excellent poses and I got some great shots!"

"Hehe, thanks! I'm grateful for the chance to be here." you reply as you get ready to return to the dressing room. It really looked like things were looking up for you. It'd been a bit since you moved in with Hiro and since you weren't getting molested anymore(Seriously, fuck that guy you're glad Ace and the others kicked his ass) you had decided to go back to pursuing your dream of being a fashion model. So...while Hiro had been doing his usual thing, and when you weren't helping him take down Nyarly's forces, you did a bit of reaching out.

This was just an amateur thing right now, but what was important was building connections and hopefully you'd managed to do so. Hell, you know you did, the photographer couldn't take his eyes off you and while you aren't one to be openly egocentric, you knew damn well that you were a fine piece of ass and you could leave men drooling easily.
In fact, you look at yourself in the mirror of the dressing room.

Yeah, this outfit was perfect for the shoot. Sexy, but not overtly so. Enough to leave a person's imagination running wild at what lies underneath. Just what you wanted. If things went well maybe Hiro would...

You shake that thought out of your mind for a moment and get ready to strip out of your clothing when you notice a weird...something happen. It's almost as if your being pulled somewhere, your body lurching a bit before finally stopping.

"What was that..." You mutter

You're about to check outside when you hear your COMP going off inside your bag. Good thing you didn't leave it behind. You slip it onto your wrist before tapping a few buttons and you're met with Hanekoma's face

"Hey Hanekoma, what's up?"

"What's up? You tell me, I just got readings of a UG showing up where you are. It's concentrated right on that building."

"UG...? Oh right, that thing that happened when we went shopping!"

"Yeah, and whats worse, that place is crawling with Noise. Look, you do what you gotta do to get out of there okay? I'm gonna try to get in touch with Hiro and Holly, see if I can't send em your way."

"Okay...thanks Hanekoma."

"One last thing, we've got a velvet room door for you set up. We can sneak it in, but not much else besides that."

As he finishes speaking, a blue portal materializes on the left side of the room.

Looks like your flying solo for now...

>Leave the dressing room
>Head to the velvet room
>Other/Write-in

>Leave the dressing room

Okay, it's your time to shine Renee! You bring up your spear (You aren't a fool, you definitely weren't leaving home without it) and leave the dressing room. You should be fine more or less, you've got your summons with you after all. Looking around the hallway, it's deserted, no signs of anything or anything, which is good. All you have to do is make it to the elevator. That should get you to where you need to go, which is the first floor. This building isn't especially big, only 10 floors, so it shouldn't take long for the elevator to arrive.

Except that the elevator is already on floor 1...so you've got a bit of a wait to go. You continue standing there waiting for what seems like ages and the damn thing is only on floor 3! What the hell, did the enemy screw with the elevator speed or something?

"Come on, come on!" You mutter, feeling a bit on edge as if someone or something is watching your movements

You watch as the elevator dings and it's now on the 4th floor...

"Oh come the fuck on!" You growl

>Continue waiting it out
>Screw this, time to take the stairs

>stairs

Yeah no, this is too much. You make a beeline to the stairs. The good thing about being on the top floor is that all you have to do is go down. That should make getting out of here easy enough!  As soon as you enter the stairs and descend to the 9th floor however, you're met with a bunch of red symbols that transform into...a kangaroo and a porcupine...thing?


"W-what the hell are these?!" You exclaim drawing your spear and aiming it at them "Alright, you assholes, I don't care how you do it down under, lets go!"

>You are fighting Jungle Boomer x2 and Metal Corehog x2!

>Choose who you're fielding!

>Fielding everyone

You quickly call out all of your girls from your COMP, they won't know what hit them!

"Alright everyone, we're breaking through!"

Your summons all reply in a chorus of agreement as they draw their weapons and prepare to fight it out. Thankfully, it doesn't look like the enemy has any back up coming, at least for now, and looking to your right, you can see the door leading to the 9th floor hallway, so if things start to go south, you can recall everyone and flee through there, but for now, it's time to kick some ass!

>Decide your actions and we'll get started properly

>Renee(Shotgun):90
>Sailor Moon(Attack):30
>Mythra(Attack):78
>Rajaki(Attack):102
>Darkness(Hit me!)

You take out your shotgun and take aim at one of the kangaroos blasting the thing head on and sending it tumbling backward.

Trait Activated: Critical Resonance!

Sailor Moon goes for a kick aimed at the other Kangaroo, but using its superior leg strength it's able to jump out of the way with ease.

"Tch Dammit..." Sailor Moon mumbles
"Let me show you how it's done." Mythra says as she attacks the Kangaroo that Sailor Moon missed, landing a solid hit on it.

What comes next though is Rajaki, and boy...you uh...you didn't see this coming at all. She runs up towards one of the porcupines and slams into the thing with her axe. It actually goes flying and hits the wall even! But it's still able to get back up, showing it's a lot hardier than expected.

Trait Activated: Critical Resonance!

"This battle..." Darkness starts "This is so...so...BEAUTIFUL!!!"

You all whip your heads at Darkness's deceleration as she puts on an extremely aroused face "NOW YOU ALL, HIT ME WITH YOUR HARDEST ATTACKS. SLASH ME, STAB ME. SKEWER ME! DO IT ALL!"

>Darkness's Aggro increased!

So powerful is Darkness's proclamation that one of the little porcupines just flees the battle entirely!


Trait Activated: Perverted Power!

>Metal Corehog B fled the battle...

The others remain though, with one of the Jungle Boomers setting its sights on Darkness, going in for a kick with its huge feet!

Darkness is too slow to dodge, and suffers a powerful blow...and yet all the while she's smiling.

"YES YES, MORE MORE!!!"
Trait Activated: Extreme Masochist!

>Darkness now has a permanent +1 damage on attacks for the battle!

The Second Jungle Boomer leaps into the air...really high in fact and...disappears? Well, whatever if it's gone it's gone.

The Corehog shoots out quills at your group, but manages to miss everyone...even Darkness somehow.

>Renee: HP:65/65 MP:58/58
>Sailor Moon: HP:53/53 MP:75/75
>Mythra: HP:51/51 MP:45/45
>Rajaki: HP: 77/77 MP:33/33
>Darkness: HP:52/76 MP:34/44

>Jungle Boomer A: 47/75
>Jungle Boomer B:56/75
>Metal Corehog A:37/65

>Renee Shotgun(89)
>Sailor Moon:Moonlight
>Mythra:attack(97)
>Rajaki:Adult shift, attack(66)
>Darkness Counter

With the second Jungle Boomer gone, you focus your attacks on the one still here. By which you apply another shotgun to the face, knocking the thing back again.

"Hang on everyone, I'll toughen you up!" Sailor Moon calls out as you feel your body becoming more durable.

>All allies defense increased! They all take -2 damage!

Seeing as her primary target is gone, Mythra instead attacks the same Jungle Boomer as you, hoping to take it down just a bit more quickly. She delivers a hard hit to it, causing it to stumble back

Trait Activated: Critical Resonance!

"Alright, time to change it up!" Rajaki exclaims as she changes into a more voluptuous  womanly form...

Boing

You aren't jealous. Not at all. Not one bit.

She goes for a swing, but the Metal Corehead deftly dodges her attack.

Lastly is Darkness who Brings up her sword ready to counter against any enemy's attack.

>Darkness's defense increased! She now takes -4 damage!

The Jungle Boomer from before comes falling down from above, directly above you! but you're able to dodge it, causing its attack to miss!

The second Jungle Boomer takes aim at Darkness again and once more gets a solid hit on her, causing Darkness to moan again.

"It's so powerful! It hurts so good. SOOOOO GOOD~!" Darkness shouts as her legs buckle

Trait Activated: Extreme Masochist! Darkness's now deals an extra +2 damage!

Though still hurting Darkness delivers a solid hit to the second Jungle Boomer as she continues...being herself.

Once again the Corehog shoots more quills at you, which you all again manage to dodge with ease.

>Renee: HP:65/65 MP:58/58
>Sailor Moon: HP:53/53 MP:75/75
>Mythra: HP:51/51 MP:45/45
>Rajaki: HP: 77/77 MP:33/33
>Darkness: HP:35/76 MP:29/44

>Jungle Boomer A: 12/75
>Jungle Boomer B:45/75
>Metal Corehog A:37/65

>Renee - Thunder Surge(73)
>Sailor Moon - Moonblast(90)
>Mythra - Ray of Light(102)
>Rajaki - Club Spin(NAT 1, CRITICAL FAILURE)
>Darkness - Double Slash(90)

You fire off some thunder magic at the firs Jungle Boomer, but it easily jumps out of the way, causing you to snarl in response.

"Take this! Moonblast!" Sailor Moon calls out, striking each enemy with a small blast of light that hits them surprisingly hard.

Trait Activated: Critical Resonance!

The first Jungle Boomer crumbles away into nothingness,  leaving you with only two enemies to worry about now. Mythra seeing this, raises her blade to the sky and brings forth a ray of light to damage the second Jungle Boomer. It's nearly on it's last legs now, all it needs is one more hit!

"Rajaki, finish it off!" Mythra calls out


"Yeah, I'll finish this in one shot!" The oni calls out as she begins to swing her club...only to hit herself on the head instead. And cause herself to be dazed momentarily

"Seriously?" Mythra sighs as she facepalms

It's Darkness who manages to finish off the last Jungle Boomer, smiling to herself all the while.

This time, Corehog once again fires off more quills, and while it misses you, Sailor Moon, and Mythra, it unfortunately hits Rajaki and Darkness. Rajika, given her current state is hit especially hard by it

"SOOO MUCH PAIN~!" Darkness slurs out as she teeters on the brink of unconsciousness.

Trait Activated: Extreme Masochist! Darkness now has a +3 to damage!



>Renee: HP:65/65 MP:55/58
>Sailor Moon:HP:53/53 MP:75/75
>Mythra: HP:51/51 MP:36/45
>Rajaki: HP: 22/77 MP:33/33
>Darkness: HP:11/76 MP:29/44

>Metal Corehog A:13/65

All it takes is one more attack and the final enemy goes down, leaving you all to take a sigh of relief.

"Glad that's over, this place is cramped." Sailor Moon says

"Yeah, is everyone okay?" You ask checking on your team

The others say that they're mostly fine, but even so, you can tell just by looking at Rajaki and Darkness that they've taken the real brunt of the damage.

You aren't sure if Darkness is even really tired though as she's just smiling contently

>You defeated Jungle Boomer and Metal Corehog
>You obtained a Corehog Quill
>You gained 95 EXP!
>Mythra grew to level 5!
>Mythra learned Grand Slash!
>You obtained $300!

Okay, with that out of the way, you have some options...you can continue going down the stairs or maybe try your luck one of the floors? Either way, you're bound to run into more enemies no matter what.

>Keep going down the stairs
>Check the current floor
>Other/Write-in

>Check the current floor

Well, checking this floor couldn't hurt could it? You go through the door and looking around, you notice that there's several offices. Nothing really fancy at all. However, in one of them you actually see some medicine! Perfect! You aren't particularly hurt, but it could still come in handy!

>Obtained 2 medicines

There doesn't appear to be anything else of note here...maybe the elevator is close to this floor?  You could always go check just to be sure...but you don't like your chances with that really.

>Head to the stairs and continue down
>Go to the elevator
>Other/Write-in

>Stairs

You return to the stairwell and continue downwards, You start to get a bit dizzy, but as you head down towards the 6th floor you're stopped by more of these weird monsters. This time, it's a ton of frogs? Yeah, those are a ton of frogs...

"Ugh more of you guys?" You say whipping out your spear again "Don't you know it's bad manners to bother a girl when she isn't into you?!

>I assume you're gonna field everyone, so decide on your moves instead.

>Renee - Thunder Surge(99)
>Sailor Moon - Moonblast(81)
>Mythra - Attack(81)
>Rajaki - Attack(93)
>Darkness - Attack(96)

There's only 4 of the things, but they don't look too tough at all, in fact, you're sure you can handle these things without issue!  You call forth some lightning to strike one of them and it really hurts, causing the frog to make some sort of odd gurgling noise...as it can't move

Trait Activated: Critical Resonance!

Dixie Frog's Weakness Found!

Dixie Frog A is Paralyzed!
"Moonblast!" Sailor Moon called out hitting all of the frogs with a blast of light, the frogs all gurgling in pain together.

Mythra Attacks the third one with a regular strike, hitting it with ease.

Rajaki does the same to the fourth frog smacking the small thing away with ease, as if it were a bug.

Trait Activated: Critical Resonance!

Seeing that the one you attacked can't move, Darkness moves in and slashes it with her sword, an easy target all things considered, given it can't move at all

While some of the frogs are clearly hurt. They haven't disappeared yet, which means they can still keep going.

>Dixie Frog A is Paralyzed and fails to act!

The second frog belts an odd tune in Rajaki's direction. A small music note appearing out of its mouth and floating towards  Rajaki.

"The heck is this thing? she mutters as it disappears with a pop right in front of her, as it does Rajika's eyes get weird and swirly as she begins to mutter incoherently

>Rajaki is charmed! She might attack herself or allies or help the enemy in some way!

The third attempts to jump at you, but you manage to dodge out of the way easily, it'll have to be faster than that!

The final frog belts out another odd tune at Mythra, but having seen what happened to Rajaki, she dodges out of the way easily.


>Renee:HP:65/65 MP:52/58
>Sailor Moon:HP:53/53 MP:53/75
>Mythra:HP:64/64 MP:40/49
>Rajaki:HP:22/77 MP:33/33
>Darkness:HP22/76 MP:29/44

>Renee - Thunder Surge(88)
>Sailor Moon - Medicine (Rajaki)
>Mythra -Attack(97)
>Rajaki - (Charmed)
>Darkness - Attack(101)

Rajaki is acting far too weird for you to handle right now "Sailor Moon, can you help out Rajaki? We'll handle the rest of these things for now!"

"Got it!" she replies as you blast the first frog with magic, causing it to melt away into nothingness

Sailor Moon pops some medicine in Rajaki's mouth, but aside from healing her wounds


Mythra Attacks the third Dixie Frog with a regular strike and manages to down it in one hit! Causing it to disappear as well!

Trait Activated: Critical Resonance!

Rajaki actually takes a swing at you, but misses! You don't even want to think about how it'd feel to be hit by one of her attacks.

With that out of the way, Darkness takes a swing at the fourth Dixie Frog killing it. Three down, one to go!"

The last frog actually manages to leap onto you and scratch your exposed stomach while leaping away.

"O-ow! You little-!"


>Renee:HP:58/65 MP:49/58
>Sailor Moon:HP:53/53 MP:53/75
>Mythra:HP:64/64 MP:40/49
>Rajaki:HP:33/77 MP:33/33
>Darkness:HP22/76 MP:29/44

>Dixie Frog B:38/50

>Renee - Thunder Surge(93)
>Sailor Moon -Attack(101)
>Mythra -Attack(79)
>Rajaki - (Charmed)
>Darkness - Attack(93)

The last frog suffers an onslaught of attacks from you, Sailor Moon, and Mythra. You all kill the poor thing before it can even act and in doing so free Rajaki from whatever control it had over her.

"Ugh...what happened?" Rajaki asked looking around like she'd just woken up from a long sleep

"It doesn't matter right now, let's just get out of here." You reply

"Yeah, I'm getting sick of this place already. All these weird monsters and who knows what else could appear."

"I hope it's something big! I can only imagine how strong it'd be!" Darkness giggles, which causes you all to shudder in disgust.

"Your disgusted reactions, they're perfect! Look down on me more, step on me! Treat me like trash!"

"Darkness shut the hell up and let's get moving already!" You yell at her, which only serves to turn her on even more.

>You defeated Dixie Frogs!
>You obtained 75 EXP
>Renee grew to level 8!
>Sailor Moon grew to level 6!
>Rajaki grew to level 4!
>You obtained frog legsx3!
>You obtained $100

>Check for stuff

You decide to check the 6th floor. It looks like this area is a gym room of sorts. There's tons of weights for lifting as well as several treadmills and other machines for working out. You look at it all for a moment, quite sure that you'll have to make use of it if you get your big break.

>Check for stuff

You decide to check the 6th floor. It looks like this area is a gym room of sorts. There's tons of weights for lifting as well as several treadmills and other machines for working out. You look at it all for a moment, quite sure that you'll have to make use of it if you get your big break.

No...not if...when.

You move on, checking what other rooms are here, since it's a place meant for working out, it mostly has some bathrooms as well as a small lounge area for when one wants to relax their muscles, otherwise there doesn't seem to be much of note here. You figure that you may as well check out the workout room properly, but the second you go for the doorknob, you hear Mythra call out to you from your COMP.

"Whoa Whoa, stop!"

"What's up Mythra?" you ask

"There's...something behind that door. Something strong. I think there's an enemy waiting for us...and not a pushover like what we've faced so far."

"I feel it too." Sailor Moon says "think carefully before deciding to go through that door."

"Oh you girls are no fun, go on and open it, I bet it'll be fun!" Rajaki says with a laugh.

"I agree, do not fear, for I shall protect all of you from the enemy's blows!" Darkness declares

>Leave it alone
>Open the door

>Renee - Healing Breath
>Sailor Moon - Healing Light (Darkness)
>Mythra - Photon Edge(87)
>Rajaki - Adult, club spin(108)
>Darkness - Double Slash(72)

The fight gets underway, and the first thing you do is break out your healing magic. You're thankful that you picked up these tricks from your summons or otherwise you may have been in some deep shit. The feeling of fatigue leaving your body washes over you and your comrades.

"Sailor Moon, can you heal up Darkness?"

"I'm on it, don't worry!" Sailor Moon replies as she sends even more healing Darkness's way, the knight thanking her for the help.

"I got this!" Mythra calls out, running up Kyle and slashing at him with her blade, causing Kyle to grunt

"Comin' at ya! Rajaki calls out growing into her adult form again and rushing at Kyle, spinning her club and hitting him multipe times. the hits cause Kyle to fly into the air and as he's coming back down for a landing, Darkness goes in for a hit.

"I've got him!" Darkness cries...except she doesn't as right at the last minute, Kyle manages to regain control and lands on his hand, using it as a platform to propel himself away.

"Not bad, not bad! I'm already enjoying this!" Kyle exclaims as he throws his sword on the ground before standing on it with one foot, causing electricity to shoot out from it. You and Sailor Moon dodge it with ease, but the others aren't as lucky with Darkness taking a really bad hit from it.

"Hehe, can't see me!" Kyle calls out before tossing a smoke bomb at your party!

>AGI Decreased! The Party's Hit/Evasion has decreased!

Trait Activated:Extreme Masochist! Darkness now deals an extra +1 damage!


>Renee:HP:72/72 MP:39/66
>Sailor Moon:HP:61/61 MP:62/84
>Mythra:HP:45/64 MP:28/49
>Rajaki:HP:39/92 MP:38/38
>Darkness:HP:6/76 MP:29/44

>Kyle:HP:404/550

>Renee - Healing Breath
>Sailor Moon - Def Buff
>Mythra - Small Potion (Darkness)
>Rajaki - Gourd, Demon Form
>Darkness - Counter

Things aren't looking good, Darkness took a really bad hit and so you once again focus on healing her and the others as best as you can.

"I'll buff us up as best as I can!" Sailor Moon calls out as you feel  yourself becoming more durable.

>Party's Defense raised, they all now take a -2 to damage!

"Here you weirdo! Drink up!" Mythra calls tossing a small potion towards Darkness who downs it

"Oooh drinking! I like that idea!" Rajaki exclaims as she takes a swig of...whatever is in her gourd before growing to a monstrous size. It's frankly, kind of off putting really, how can she have such muscles?!

>Rajaki gains +4 damage on her next attack!

Darkness takes a defensive stance ready to counter Kyle's next move.

>Darkness's Defense increased! She now takes -4 damage!

Kyle Darts in towards you and takes a swipe with his sword, you dodge the first one with ease, but this leaves you open to the second which nicks you pretty good, it doesn't hurt as much thanks to Sailor Moon though.


>Renee:HP:64/72 MP:24/66
>Sailor Moon:HP:61/61 MP:62/84
>Mythra:HP:63/64 MP:28/49
>Rajaki:HP:57/92 MP:30/38
>Darkness:HP:32/76 MP:24/44

>Kyle:HP:404/550

>Renee - Buckshot(71)
>Sailor Moon - Moonlight
>Mythra - Photon Edge(75)
>Rajaki - Barrage of Fists(109)
>Darkness - Hit me!

You take aim with your shotgun and open fire on Kyle, but he easily dodges your attack, laughing all the while as if to taunt you.

"I'll keep it coming for now!" Sailor Moon calls out as you feel  yourself becoming even more durable.

>Party's Defense raised, they all now take a -4 to damage! Darkness takes -6 damage!

Goes in for another slash with her sword and she's able to hit Kyle just like before, although she just barely pulled it off, not hitting as hard last time.

Rajaki in her large demonic form hovers toward Kyle and while he tries to dodge, he instead ends up taking some heavy punches to the face, each one causing Kyle to yelp in pain. When the attack is finished, Rajaki returns to her cute child-like form. "Boy, been a while since I did that!"


"Now then Kyle, Hit me! Hit me with all you have!" Darkness yells at the top of her lungs "Hold nothing back!"

"H-Hehe, you got it lady!" Kyle replies

>Darkness's aggro increased!



Kyle once again throws his sword onto the ground and stands on it, sending out another blast of electrical power and this time you take a devastating hit and so does Rajaki. Sailor Moon thankfully, doesn't have it as bad as you two, and Mythra and Darkness just manage to dodge it, with Darkness dodging the swipe that Kyle took afterwards.


>Renee:HP:41/72 MP:18/66
>Sailor Moon:HP:45/61 MP:58/84
>Mythra:HP:63/64 MP:16/49
>Rajaki:HP:13/92 MP:0/38
>Darkness:HP:32/76 MP:14/44

>Kyle:HP:291/550

>Renee - Healing Breath
>Sailor Moon -Healing Light (Rajaki)
>Mythra - Photon Edge(86)
>Rajaki - Attack(70)
>Darkness - Counter

You and Sailor Moon focus on healing again, with you provided some healing to everyone and Sailor Mon doing her best to patch up Rajaki

Mythra manages to pull off another decent attack in yet again. Leaving him open for Rajaki, but unfortunately, the little Oni is unable to get a hit in on him this time.

Darkness once again, takes a stance and readies to counter any attacks made toward her


Kyle once again throws his sword onto the ground and stands on it, sending out another blast of electrical power and this it isn't just you who takes a really bad hit, but so does Mythra AND Rajaki, only Sailor Moon and Darkness actually manage to move out of the way. You're especially confused about about that last part

"Here's another~!" Kyle laughs tossing another smoke bomb

>Your party's AGI is decreased further! Their hit/evasion has decreased!


>Renee:HP:28/72 MP:3/66
>Sailor Moon:HP:61/61 MP:58/84
>Mythra:HP:36/64 MP:4/49
>Rajaki:HP:10/92 MP:0/38
>Darkness:HP:50/76 MP:9/44

>Kyle:HP:291/550

>Renee - Chakra Drop (Rajaki)
>Sailor Moon - Healing Light (Rajaki)
>Mythra - Sweet Drink (Renee)
>Rajaki - Adult, Gourd
>Darkness - Boiga (Renee)

Okay that hurt, that really fucking hurt! You and your allies scramble to get yourselves fixed up to the best of your abilities with you throwing a chakra drop to Rajaki for her to ingest, while Sailor Moon fixes her up with some healing.

Once she's feeling a bit better, Rajaki transforms into her adult form and takes a quick swig from her gourd again.

>Rajaki's next attack will deal an extra +4 damage!

"Renee, drink up!" Mythra calls out tossing you a drink that Ryza made. It's incredibly sweet, but you can feel your magic power returning to you!

"Take  this as well!" Darkness calls out to you throwing one of the burgers at you, which quickly wolf down, having some of your fatigue drain away. God you gotta ask Ryza how to make these things.

"Man oh man, you girls are  a riot! Well enough eating, here I come~!" Kyle giggles

He lunges at Sailor Moon, but she's easily able to dodge his attacks as if it were nothing.

"Gonna have to do better than that!" Sailor Moon calls out

"Alright, I will! Man, this is FUN!"


>Renee:HP:41/72 MP:21/66
>Sailor Moon:HP:61/61 MP:58/84
>Mythra:HP:36/64 MP:4/49
>Rajaki:HP:21/92 MP:3/38
>Darkness:HP:50/76 MP:14/44

>Kyle:HP:291/550

>Renee - Healing Breath
>Sailor Moon - Moonlight
>Mythra - Attack(90)
>Rajaki - Barrage of Fists(73)
>Darkness - Double Slash(96)

You're back in the fight! Feeling better, you quickly fire off more healing magic to help your allies get back on their feet more as well.

"Here's some more! Stay strong everyone!" Sailor Moon said, buffing your defense even higher.

>The Party's defense has increased! They now take -6! damage! Darkness takes -8!


Mythra slashes at Kyle with her sword and manages to get an even stronger hit off than expected!

Trait Activated:Critical Resonance!

Rajaki once again turns into her giant form and moves in to attack Kyle, but this time she's just a bit too slow and he manages to dodge all of her strikes with ease, after which she returns to her child form.

"I've got you!" Darkness yells, managing to land a couple of solid blows on him as he finishes dodging Rajaki's attack.

Once again Kyle uses another electrical attack, but only Sailor Moon is hit this time, after he which he follows up and takes a slash at Darkness, hitting her pretty hard.

"YES YES! I LOVE IT!" Darkness hollers in ecstasy, even Kyle is put off for a moment as she smiles

Trait Activated: Extreme Masochist! Darkness now deals an extra +2 damage!

>Renee:HP:57/72 MP:6/66
>Sailor Moon:HP:46/61 MP:54/84
>Mythra:HP:52/64 MP:4/49
>Rajaki:HP:37/92 MP:0/38
>Darkness:HP:44/76 MP:14/44

>Kyle:HP:254/550

>Renee - Shotgun(62)
>Sailor Moon - Healing Light (Rajaki)
>Mythra - Attack(80)
>Rajaki - Adult, Club Spin(101)
>Darkness - Attack(81)

You take out your shotgun again and open fire, only for Kyle to dodge it yet again, laughing at you all the while.

"Stay with us Rajaki!" Sailor Moon calls out healing the Oni girl

Mythra slashes at Kyle with her sword and hits him again, though it was just barely done this time as Kyle had almost dodged her entirely.

Right after that, Rajaki transforms into her adult form again, and brings her club towards him and spins it hitting him hard


"Once more!" Darkness yells, Hitting Kyle one time as well.

Kyle goes for an attack on you, but you manage to dodge him easily! His moves being too slow for him to actually hit you. It's clear that he's really starting to wear down at last! You've just got to hold out a bit longer!



>Renee:HP:57/72 MP:6/66
>Sailor Moon:HP:46/61 MP:48/84
>Mythra:HP:52/64 MP:4/49
>Rajaki:HP:43/92 MP:0/38
>Darkness:HP:44/76 MP:14/44

>Kyle:HP:141/550

>Renee - Shotgun(76)
>Sailor Moon -Attack(90)
>Mythra - Attack(92)
>Rajaki -Attack(96)
>Darkness - Attack(89)

You try to attack Kyle with your spear, but it's no good. You just barely miss him! The little face on his mask blowing a rasberry at you. Thankfully, this leaves him open for Sailor Moon to deliver kick directly to his back!

Trait Activated: Critical Resonance!

Following up after is Mythra slashing at Kyle and sending him back towards Rajaki!

Trait Activated: Critical Resonance!

Rajaki follows up by hitting him with her club as hard as possible, causing Kyle to cough in pain

Trait Activated: Critical Resonance!

And lastly Darkness gets in one final attack on him as well, though not as hard as the others

"H-he's still standing?!" Mythra shouts

"Hehe, gonna take a lot more than that to put me down Sweetie! Now then...!"

Kyle once again calls down his lightning and while you, Rajaki, and Darkness dodge, Mythra and Sailor Moon aren't as lucky.

"Made ya look!" Kyle calls out before aiming for Mythra again, luckily, she was able to get herself back together enough to dodge.



>Renee:HP:57/72 MP:6/66
>Sailor Moon:HP:28/61 MP:48/84
>Mythra:HP:10/64 MP:4/49
>Rajaki:HP:43/92 MP:0/38
>Darkness:HP:44/76 MP:14/44

>Kyle:HP:62/550

>Renee - Attack(37)
>Sailor Moon -Healing Light(Mythra)
>Mythra - Medicine(Sailor Moon)
>Rajaki -Attack(79)
>Darkness - Attack(45)

You once more attempt to attack Kyle only to fail miserably and the same can be said for Darkness. The only one who manages to get a solid hit in on Kyle is Rajaki. She manages to knock him back, but Kyle bounces back without not looking too worse off than he already was.

Kyle rounds on Darkness, going for another set of strikes on her, missing the first hit, but exploiting her opening and hitting her with the second, causing Darkness to let out a loud moan.

Trait Activated: Extreme Masochist! Darkness now deals an extra +3 damage!


>Renee:HP:57/72 MP:6/66
>Sailor Moon:HP:40/61 MP:42/84
>Mythra:HP:22/64 MP:4/49
>Rajaki:HP:43/92 MP:0/38
>Darkness:HP:37/76 MP:14/44

>Kyle:HP:42/550

>Renee - Buckshot(55)
>Sailor Moon -Healing light(Mythra)
>Mythra - Attack(105)
>Rajaki -Attack(105)
>Darkness-Counter

You once again take out your shotgun and open fire...only to miss terribly once again. While this is happening,Sailor Moon heals up Mythra some more.

After which Mythra attacks and lands a critical hit on Kyle, with Rajaki following up afterwards.

And it's this attack which finally knocks Kyle out. He staggers, heaving as he looks at you, the face on his mask turning into a wide smile.

"You are amazing. Simply Amazing! You ladies did not disappoint and I'm glad I got a good workout! Now keep up that momentum, and maybe we'll get to do this again some time!"

A bright glow envelops the room...only a summon crystal standing where Kyle once was. The weird aura in the room disappears and you find yourself in the gym room proper.

"What the hell just happened?" You mutter looking at your summons, they all shrug in response, and you just sigh, pocketing the summon crystal.

>You defeated Kyle!
>Obtained 7 Rare Summon Crystals!
>Obtained Kyle's Summon Crystal
>Obtained 350EXP!
>Darkness grew to level 3!
>Darkness learned Wide Slash!
>You obtained $1500!

You drag your body out of the 6th floor and back to the stairs...what will you do now?

>Keep going down
>Other/Write-in

>Keep going down

As worn out as you are from that last battle...you keep on descending downwards. As you hit the next floor, you're surprised nothing jumps out at you and so you can continue heading downwards. The 4th floor doesn't give you any trouble either, and neither does the third.

"Almost out...!" You mutter as you hit the second floor. It's when you finally get to the first floor and head into the lobby area that you...see someone. Some Woman...

"W-who are you?" You ask pointing your spear at her

The woman turns towards you with a smug look on her face "Well, I must admit, I was expecting you to be far more worse for wear than I expected." she adjusts her glasses while wearing a smug grin.

"Still, this is all practice for my eventual ascension, so in that regard I thank you for helping me get my bearings."

What the hell is this woman talking about?

>Are you the one who summoned those monsters
>Who are you?
>What do you mean ascension?
>Other/Write-in

>Bitch who are you and what nonsense are you spewing?
>What do you mean ascension?

"Bitch, who are you and what nonsense are you spewing?" You ask, not letting her out of your sight

"I should introduce myself shouldn't I? "This 'bitch' you're speaking to is  Konishi. Mitsuki Konishi. And I am  your future Conductor."

You raise an eyebrow "Conductor...you mean like a muscian or...?"

"Tch, I've no time to waste on idiots." She replies in an irritated town

"Whatever, what the hell do you mean by 'ascension'?"

"Weren't you listening before? Well...I suppose it's as he said, this world lacks a Conductor, or Composer or anything similar to the Reaper's Game. Very well, it's an actually smart question all things considered. To make it simple, I'll be in charge of the dead when this is all over."

"In charge of the dead? What, like the grim reaper?"

"In a manner of speaking I suppose. Unfortunately for you and your friends, you won't be allowed to participate in the game after your deaths."

"What makes you so sure I'm going to die?"

"Once again you ask a stupid question..." she says with a snap of her fingers, causing a red symbol to appear, though this time it isn't some Kangaroo or frog that pops out. It is something...much much worse... a goddamn rhino!

>Make a run for the door
>Stand and fight!

>Make a run for the door

Okay, you're definitely in no shape to fight a goddamn Rhino. You watch as the thing looks you over before it decides to charge! Though it's terrifying with how its feet cause the ground to tremble, you still manage to dodge out of the way and with the way clear you run towards the lobby entrance! Your feet carry you faster than you'd expected and your out of the front door!

"Oof! Whoa, calm down!"

In your attempt to escape, you ran right into someone, smacking against them. Looking at their face you see that it's...

"Hiro!" You exclaim covering him in a hug "And Holly too!"

you quickly let go of Hiro and wrap Holly in a hug too, which causes the shy girl to blush lightly

"W-we got word you were in trouble and came to he-help!"

"Okay that's great and all but we need to get out of here because-" you start

CRASH

The front of the door is blown off as the Rhino now stands before you, eager and ready to charge again.

"Let me guess, it has to do with the Rhino?" Hiro said in a deadpan voice

"That would be the case yes..."

"Well, only one thing to do...I doubt this UG space will go away until we kill this thing."

You watch as Hiro pulls out his orange glowing sword and Holly whips out her bat.

>Control has returned to Hiromu!
>You're fighting the Dub Rhino
>Choose who you're gonna field

>Hiro:Grateful one
>Duran:break armor(87)
>Dante:Ebony and Sword attack(98,91)
>Patchouli:Silent Selene(100)
>Miku:CWD

The fight begins and you call out your summons, with Holly sending out Patchy to help you as well. Upon coming forth Patchouli speaks

Trait Activated: Immovable Library

"This one has no particular weaknesses that I can find."

Well isn't that just great? You take out your gun and begin to charge it, mimicking the same stance that the Armored Man did

"I've got you!" Duran exclaims hitting the Rhino with his sword, the thing barely reacts, but you're sure he hurt it at least a bit.

Dub Rhino's defense decreased it now takes an extra +2 damage!

Dante opens fire with his guns before going into a sword strike against the enemy, it still doesn't react too much.

Trait Activated: Dope to Stylish

Miku begins to sing, that same song that raises your attack, making you feel stronger than usual!

>All allies attack raised! They all deal an extra +2 damage!

"Silent Selene!" Patchouli calls out as a white energy swirls around and explodes on the Rhino!

The Dub Rhino charges towards Dante, and the demon hunter just barely misses the attack, having nearly been gored by its large horn.

"Yeah, uh...try not to get hit by that thing guys!" Dante calls out

>Hiro:HP:72/72 MP:46/46
>Duran:HP:131/131 MP:42/52
>Dante:HP:79/79 MP:66/69
>Patchouli:HP:31/31 MP:77/112
>Miku:HP:35/35 MP:56/63

>Dub Rhino:519/600

>Hiro - Grateful One(107)
>Duran - Bear it (Hiro)
>Dante - Ebony and Ivory, Sword(81,64)
>Patch - Switch to Mythra
>Miku - LandoltC

"Renee, can you call it Mythra, Holly, have Patchouli withdraw you call out while, charging the attack still. The girls respond in affirmation, as Patchouli disappears and Mythra takes her spot, brandishing her blade, as soon as that happens you let the built up energy from your gun fire off and hit the Ryno smack in the face, forcing it back several feet.

"Aw hell yeah, thanks Moon Guy!" You shout out while twirling your gun as everyone else stares at what they just saw. It's Duran who gets back into things first though, increasing your defenses.

>Hiro's defense increased! He now takes -2 damage!

Following up after that is Dante attacking with another set of shots, but missing his sword attack by just a hair.

Trait activated: Dope to Stylish

Miku once again bursts out into song, causing the Rhino's movements to slow down somewhat, well, slower than it already was.

>Enemy's AGI reduced! Their Hit/Evasion Decreases!

The Dub Rhino swings it horn around in a wide arc meant to hit all of you, but luckily, your entire group managed to dodge out of the way! Though once again, Dante barely managed to evade it.



>Hiro:HP:72/72 MP:21/46
>Duran:HP:131/131 MP:37/52
>Dante:HP:79/79 MP:66/69
>Mythra:HP:33/64 MP:4/49
>Miku:HP:35/35 MP:49/63

>Dub Rhino:431/600

>Hiro - Attack X2(48,81)
>Duran - Break Armor(99)
>Dante - Ebony and Ivory, Sword(48,89)
>Mythra - Grand Slash(70)
>Miku - Love is War


You move in and attack the Rhino, despite its lowered speed, it manages to dodge your first hit, but you hit him the second time, parts of its body melting just a bit from the fire properties of your sword.

Duran follows up behind you, slashing it again with his sword and softening the enemy up some more.

>The enemy's defense decreases! They now take an extra +4 damage!

Trait Activated: Critical Resonance

Dante attempts to fire on it, but misses badly, however he's able to effectively stab the monster  easily.

Mythra attempts grabs the hilt of her blade with both hands and goes for a powerful overhead slash on the Rhino, only for her to miss it at the last second!

"Gah, dammit!" she mutters

Miku once again starts singing, targeting the Rhino again, and making his attacks weaker!

>The enemy's attack decreases! It now deals -2 damage!

Like before, the Rhino Swings it horn in a large arc, trying to hit you all! The only two who manage to dodge it are is Duran, with you taking a REALLY nasty hit out of everyone.

As the attack is about to hit Mythra, Duran leaps in front of her, tanking the hit.

Trait Activated: Take the Blow!

"You okay Mythra?"

"Yeah...yeah I'm fine." she mutters "Thanks."


>Hiro:HP:42/72 MP:21/46
>Duran:HP:108/131 MP:27/52
>Dante:HP:59/79 MP:60/69
>Mythra:HP:23/64 MP:4/49
>Miku:HP:9/35 MP:42/63

>Dub Rhino:355/600

>Hiro - Medicine (Miku),Attack(85)
>Duran - Bear it (Miku)
>Dante - Ebony and Ivory, Sword(85,85)
>Mythra - Attack(69)
>Miku - LandoltC

"Here Miku, use this!" You call out to her as you toss her some medicine, before attacking the enemy again. once again melting his body somewhat with the flames from your sword.

"Miku, hang in there!" Duran calls out as he buffs her defense

>Miku's Defense increased! She now takes -2 damage!

Dante gets back into the flow of things, once again hitting the enemy with his guns(and not missing!) before once more slashfing at it with his sword.

Trait Activated: Dope to Stylish!

Mythra goes in for another attack, but misses it again, as the monster moves its body slightly to the side so she whiffs it!

Miku once again starts singing, targeting the Rhino again, making him even slower!

>The enemy's AGI decreases! Its Hit/Evasion has fallen even lower!

The Rhino locks eyes with Mythra and running at her it gores her right in the chest, sending her flying, she lets out a scream as she turns into a orb of light and returns to Renee's COMP.

"Shit!" You grunt out as you watch this happen

When an ally is KO'd they will return to the COMP. You can revive them, or sub in someone else, but keep in mind this will count as 1 action used for the summoner  and they will not act on the turn summoned



>Hiro:HP:42/72 MP:21/46
>Duran:HP:108/131 MP:22/52
>Dante:HP:59/79 MP:57/69
>Miku:HP:16/35 MP:35/63

>Dub Rhino:289/600

>Hiro - Attack,Summon Y'shtola(96)
>Duran - Break Armor(89)
>Dante - Ebony and Ivory, Sword(102,97)
>Miku - Love is War

With Mythra fallen, you quickly call out Y'shtola from your COMP. The cat woman standing ready to aid you.

"Let's finish this up quickly yes?"

You nod to her and rush the enemy slashing him again,dealing decent enough damage to it

"I've got you!" Duran calls out as he strikes the Rhino, softening it up even more than before!

>Enemy's Defense Decreased! It now takes +6 damage!

Dante lights the Rhino up again, blasting it as furiously as possible, before stabbing it once more with his blade.

Trait Activated: Dope to Stylish!


Miku once again starts singing, targeting the Rhino again, making his attacks even weaker!

>The enemy's Attack decreases! Now deals -4 damage!

The Rhino swings its horn in that same arc like before, You, Dante, and Miku manage to dodge it, but Duran and Y'shtola aren't as lucky...


>Hiro:HP:42/72 MP:21/46
>Duran:HP:80/131 MP:12/52
>Dante:HP:59/79 MP:57/69
>Y'shtola:HP:10/27 MP:59/59
>Miku:HP:16/35 MP:28/63

>Dub Rhino:195/600

>Hiro - Attack X2(65,103)
>Duran - Bear it (Y'shtola)
>Dante - Ebony and Ivory, Sword(89,73)
>Y'shtola - Cure I (Y'shtola)
>Miku - Strobe Last

You attack the Rhino again, the first slash glancing off of its tough hide, but your second one hitting true and dealing damage as well as burning him


"I've got you Y'shtola, stay with us!" Duran calls to her as he raises her defenses!

>Y'shtola's Defense Increased! She now takes -2 damage!

Dante continues hitting the Rhino with a mix of bullets and steel, doing his best to help end the monster.

Trait Activated: Dope to Stylish!


Y'shtola, having taken a bad hit during that last attack heals herself up a bit, while Miku begins to sing again, this time, a warm feeling enveloping you all.

>Gained passive healing for 5 turns!

The dub Rhino swings its horn again, and just barely misses you, And the same is said for everyone else...except for Miku who lets out a cry of pain as she turns into a orb of light and returns back to your COMP.

"Goddammit!"  You growl.


>Hiro:HP:45/72 MP:21/46
>Duran:HP:83/131 MP:12/52
>Dante:HP:62/79 MP:51/69
>Y'shtola:HP:26/27 MP:54/59

>Dub Rhino:114/600

>Hiro attack, Call in Ace(95)
>Duran:Buff Hiro
>Dante:Style(68,99)
>Y'shtola: Aero 2(97)

Damn, Miku's down too. You quickly call out for Ace to help you turn the tide, before attacking the enemy again.

"Never thought I'd see the day some wacky Rhino would give people trouble." Ace mutters "This is gonna be fun."


"Herer you go Hiro stay strong!" Duran calls to her as he raises your defenses!

>Hiro's Defense Increased! He now takes -4 damage!

Dante opens fire, but misses! However, he is able to get a hit off with his sword, though you can't help but wonder how you or anyone else has missed hitting this thing.

Lastly Y'shtola conjures forth wind magic to assault the Rhino, the wind cutting it in several different places. all over it's body.


The dub Rhino swings its horn again, missing everyone except Dante, who grunts at the pain from the attack.


>Hiro:HP:48/72 MP:21/46
>Duran:HP:86/131 MP:2/52
>Dante:HP:46/79 MP:51/69
>Ace:HP:64/64 MP:47/47
>Y'shtola:HP:27/27 MP:54/59

>Dub Rhino:50/600

Finally, it's you and Duran who end this thing, attacking it at the same time as the Rhino finally falls in defeat.

"Jesus, that thing hit like a tank." You mutter

"I'll say." Y'shtola chimes in "Perhaps we should retreat now that the enemy is defeated?"

Sure enough, there's no longer a weird feeling of having entered some kind of altered space and reality fades back to normal as you now see several people going about their business as usual.

"Come on, everyone back in the COMP and let's get back home."

"Yes, please." Renee huffs as you all file into your car after returning your Summons to your COMP. The ride shouldn't be too long and you let Renee fill you in on what happened to her along the way.

>You defeated the Dub Rhino!
>You gained 730 EXP!
>Hiro grew to level 8!
>Ace grew to level 6!
>Ryza grew to level 7!
>Ryza learned Staff Smash
>Duran grew to level 6!
>Miku grew to level 4!
>Dante grew to level 5!
>Dante learned thousand stabs
Y'shtola grew to level 3!
>Y'shtola learned Medica!
>Holly grew to level 8!
>Aqua grew to level 7!
>Aqua learned Cure!
>Patchouli grew to level 4!
>Maple grew to level 3!
>Aurora grew to level 3!
>Aurora learned Blinding Blade!
>You obtained Rhino Horn
>You obtained 6 Common Summon Crystals
>You obtained 4 Rare Summon Crystals
>You obtained $900
"Seriously? You fought some weird guy in a mask with emoticons on it?" You say as you all enter your apartment

"Yeah, and he wouldn't shut up! Dear god, he was annoying."

>Sounds like I missed out on all the fun
>You should get some rest
>Why were you there anyway?
>Other/Write-in

>Why were you there anyway?
>You should rest
>You should also definitely wear that outfit more around the house

"Why were you there anyway?" You ask

At this Renee tenses up a bit. "Oh! Well...that's..."

You notice her outfit too, it's...well it's pretty revealing, not leaving much to the imagination. Renee dances around it more until you finally get the hint.

"Alright, I get it. We can talk about it when you're ready."

"Thanks...Hiro."

"No problem, you should rest."

"Yeah that's a good idea, today has been hectic..." Renee replies heading upstairs

"And you should also definitely wear that outfit more around the house!"

"No way you perv!" She shouts back.

"Wow...Ms...er I mean, Renee must have really been through a lot today..." Holly murmurs

>No doubt about it
>Should I get you home?
>Hey, she didn't get punched by a spaceman, so there's that
>Other/Write-in

>No doubt
>Should I get you home?
>Hey, she didn't get punched by a spaceman, so there's that

"No doubt about that, but hey, she didn't get punched by a spaceman, so  there's that."

"Hiro. Please." Holly replied in a surprisingly deadpan voice

"It's real! It totally happened!" You exclaim, why the hell won't they believe you on this one thing?!

"Okay." Holly replied

DAMMIT ALL.

"Ugh, look. Should I get you home?"

"No it's fine, U-Uncle Karl will be fine with it, e-especially after that lie you came up with."

"Oh...yeah."

You had to make something up to get Karl to let Holly come with you, and so you told him that Renee, your room mate was under extreme emotional duress and when he heard that, he damn near offered to join you along with Ol' Bessie. Something lit a fire in the old man and you're hoping you never see what happens as a result.

"Alright then, just hang tight and wait for Renee to finish up in the bath."

"Okay...I-I should be fine. Thanks Mr-I mean...Hiro."

>End

It was pretty late at night now and Hiromu had finally nodded off to sleep on his couch. Holly couldn't help but feel a bit bad that Hiro always had to sleep on the couch, while she and Renee basically stole his bed. Speaking of which, Holly made her way to that spot as she'd know that's where Renee would be. Upon stepping inside, she was greeted to the woman wearing some modest nightwear as she was preparing for bed.

"Oh hey Holly, what's up, something on your mind?" Renee asked

"Um...M-Ms-I mean...Renee? We're...friends right?"

"Huh? Well I mean, I know it hasn't been that long, but I'd say so Holly. We're totally friends!" Renee said with a grin

"O-oh...th...that really makes me happy." Holly replied, and the genuinely happy smile on her face is something that takes Renee aback if only for a split second before she recovers "So, what is it you want Holly?"

"E-er...well, I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm not the most confident person..."

Renee had more than figured that out, but she knew it'd be rude to say that out loud, so she simply nodded and motioned for Holly to continue

"I-I was wondering if you could um...help me be more like you?"

"Huh? More like me?"

"W-well I mean, more confident! You always seem so in control and so I...er...n-never mind this is silly. I-I'll just go shower and-"

"Whoa there Holly, I get it. You wanna remove that fear and be more bold right?"

"Y-yeah! Like that!" Holly said shaking her head

"Don't you worry Holly! As a friend and fellow woman, I'll be sure to help you out! We'll figure something out first thing in the morning!"

"Re-really?!"

"Really!"

Holly's heart could only become elated at the idea. Finally, she could truly start to better herself, and she had actual friends to help her!