Nagisa Quest Fifth Scene

    [02:04] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Last time on Nagisa Quest, you discovered that Usagi had a friend: Cosmic Peach Rainbow Mami. A blonde with hair like a mop, the only person she gave her emotion away to was your friend Usagi, however, to you she was the eternally blankly staring enemy. Both of them harbored a secret: a military style compound.
    [02:05] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Through some questioning and a can of Cohk, you learned the intent of this base: To recruit a cadre of magical girls all hopping ready to blow the world up. Which went against your wish, so it could be said it was a stroke of luck that you found the place.
    [02:05] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Usagi had requested you join her, both individually and with the organization. You had already 'accepted' - with a possible escape route - the former, but will think about the latter. Usagi accepted that, but Mami had suspicions behind her half lidded eyes.
    [02:05] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Through a subtly worded question, you almost learned Mami's three sizes from Usagi, only to have her cut off by Mami and the questioning to be done. You were put into a time out in your designated room. With nothing to do, body tired, mind running, you laid down on the simple cot with sharply tucked in corners.
    [02:05] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You were Midorikawa Nagisa, or Pretty Idol Beautiful Nagisa, and you wanted the world all to yourself. You desired no rival, no peer, no underling in ruling the great blue orb in the greater blackness.
    [02:05] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You had two choices: Rest while you can, since you've discovered and done a lot. To top that off, last time you slept was right before finding a Smith Weston in bed, dead. Or you could forsake sleep, and prowl the compound.
    [02:08] <Mai_Ikari> Three choices, since "fuck reality, I have a Bag" is always on the list. But I'm faintly suspicious of using a bag product to circumvent sleep.
    [02:11] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> {A bag product? Something like a "Sleep Chamber" in which we'll get a full 8 hours sleep in seconds?}
    [02:12] <@Udz> Something like that. I'm inclined to say, let's rest, after pulling an early warning device from the bag, that will wake us if someone is about to enter the room.
    [02:13] * UdzPhone ([email protected]) Quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds)
    [02:13] <Mai_Ikari> Yeah, exactly. That certainly seems like the best option. But I'm suspicious of, well, any means of avoiding sleep, the last thing we need is to discover it didn't cover REM and we start having sleep-dep hallucinations. I'll go with Udz's suggestion. an earpiece that will wake us if somebody enters the room without alerting that person.
    [02:14] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> {Right. Anyone else wish to throw their choice in?}
    [02:28] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You decided to go with the more prudent choice: To catch up on your rest while you can. However, paranoia tripped, you wanted insurances you would be awake if something happened. Something like kidnapping, like drugging, like violence. Something you could prevent when awake.
    [02:28] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Summoning your ever loyal, and handy dandy, Bag of Everything Imaginable, you dug your hand right into the stomach, all the while thinking on what name to give it, if any at all. An alarm system designed to only alert you sprang to mind. Two objects found your grasp, and you brought them out like rabbits out of a hat.
    [02:28] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> An ear piece, with a button sized and shaped proximity beacon. Pressing down on the button at the side activated it, a red laser faint to the eye you could see.
    [02:28] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Stationing it at the door, you slid the earpiece snug as you like onto your ear, then made your way to the bed. You had faith it would alert you if anyone opened that door, anyone like Mophead Mami.
    [02:28] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Laying down, you didn't need to fuss much, as the fatigue seeped deep into your bones. Your eyelids were made of lead, and fighting them proved to be useless. You fell asleep, on your back, with the blah ceiling as the last thing you saw on this side of the world.
    [02:32] <Sanguis> Crazy dreamscape world time now?
    [02:33] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Next thing you saw was a parking lot for an office building. In fact, several skyscrapers stood proud around you, a sea of grey cement, yellow and white lines, and a sky full of rumbling clouds. You had a helmet on, with a digital hud projected straight into your cornea.
    [02:33] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Your body stats scrolled down the left side of the HUD. Heart beats, respitory rate, chemical levels and everything else about your body was there. You were slightly panicked, with a controlled rate of breathing, while your adrenaline levels were pumping. You apparently had contracted a disease called "Zeptyoid" and also had three points to spend.
    [02:33] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> What do?
    [02:33] <Sanguis> Take stock of our surroundings and threats or allies in the area
    [02:34] <Mai_Ikari> omgmustspendpoints
    [02:36] <Sanguis> That too
    [02:36] <Mai_Ikari> But really, jumping to like a dozen conclusions, the points spend screen should give us a good idea of what world we're looking at and what capabilities we have.
    [02:37] <@Udz> Pinch cheek
    [02:37] <Mai_Ikari> Through our helmet?
    [02:38] <@Udz> It doesn't say it's a full enclosure.
    [02:39] <@Udz> If we can't pinch our cheek, if we can pinch ourself elsewhere, punch ourself there.
    [02:41] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> {So take stock of our surroundings and everything therein, see if we can spend points, and then attempt to pinch/punch ourself?}
    [02:42] <Mai_Ikari> Pinch first, surroundings second, points third, I'm thinking.
    [02:42] <Mai_Ikari> Since if it's going to do anything, it makes the other two irrelevant.
    [02:46] <Sanguis> Seems that way
    [03:00] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> This landscape felt sinister. A nightmare made manifest. You really wanted out of here. With index finger and thumb, you tried pinching your cheek. The helmet got in the way, but you did have exposed flesh despite being in your armor.
    [03:00] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You pinched your neck, hard, and cried when it got too painful. Alright, maybe pinches weren't the escape triggers. You balled your hand into a fist and slugged yourself. A rather good impact, too, since you staggered to the side. It appeared to do the trick, your consciousness leaving this horrible scenario...
    [03:01] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> ... only to be thrust painfully back into your body. Your HUD tells you your heart was beating very hard, but you felt it going away like a jackhammer. You now have a headache, and decided you shouldn't do that again, lest you suffer something worse.
    [03:01] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "Nagisa, are you alright?" Usagi asked you, seeing the little display you put on. The look on her face was enough to tell you that you seemed to have gone mad. You didn't reply yet, instead taking an interest in what you were in.
    [03:01] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Again, proud skyscrapers surrounded you. The scene was almost like that in those zombie horror movies, sans newspapers everywhere. You did spot a newspaper stand near one of the entrances. A school bus was nearby, along with several personal cars.
    [03:01] <Midorikawa_Nagisa>  You were with seven others: Fancy Knight Elegant Usagi, already in her heart costume and attending to you with concern; Cosmic Moon Sweet Fuu, a walking pentagram with a middriff that just wouldn't quit, whom you remember meeting in the hallway sometime ago;
    [03:01] <Midorikawa_Nagisa>  Saint Peach Pretty Yui, examining the school bus with her glittering gold costume and sniper rifle strapped to her back, a girl that loved to belitle those around her; and the others you weren't in the know on. Where was Mami, though?
    [03:02] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You remembered how she opened a portal, how she instructed everyone to get out while they can, that she would be the last. Your eyes moved around and you saw the three points remaining blinking in the corner, and concentrated on it.
    [03:02] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Noothing came up. How... are you able to spend those points?   Zeptyoid was kicking your ass, weakening your joints, muscles, and lungs. You felt the need to find shelter, to get out from the open air, while you can.
    [03:02] <Midorikawa_Nagisa>  "We should probably use the bus to seek safety!" One girl spoke up, pointing to the bus while taking a look at everyone.
    [03:03] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> The bus was a logical choice, since it would hold all of you. Your response?
    [03:03] <Sanguis> It could be dangerous, we don't know what condition it is in despite it being a good choice
    [03:05] <Mai_Ikari> We're sitting in enough magic that we should be able to get to a new safe area if the bus turns out to be the wrong choice.
    [03:06] <Sanguis> True enough
    [03:07] <@Udz> Some one should check the bus first. We're "expendable" if we're infected, so we should volunteer. While in there, assuming our bag still works, we can pull a cure hypo.
    [03:08] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "It could be dangerous, we don't know what condition it is in despite it being a good choice." You said aloud, looking past Usagi to the girl and the bus. Pretty Yui stopped examining the exterior of the bus, more like examining how yellow it was as far as you were concerned with her, and turned to grin toothily at you.
    [03:11] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "It looks delicious enough to eat! That means it's in good shape." Right... She was plain weird, but at least she had initiative to check it before anyone else. "I'll go check inside since I'm closes---" "No, I'll do it, Saint Peach. I can do this myself." You shrugged Usagi off, single mindedly walking toward the bus.
    [03:12] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Yui was about to protest but you gave her a look. She stayed where she was, glaring. You felt someone's eyes boring holes into your back, but ignored that someone. You had to yank the bus door open to enter the potential hazard.
    [03:14] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> That took a lot out of you, as your scans told you. Alright, you breathed in as if you ran a marathon, you need to cure this puppy before you bought a farm. Summoning your bag, you thought up a cure, something to get rid of this blasted Z disease. A hypo came to existence. You injected it into your neck, and the blip for "Zeptyoid" disappeared. Good... good.
    [03:16] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> A burning sensation in your stomach, then your throat, came to your attention. You were about to hurl, that much you knew. You couldn't stop it, but you could minimize the damage; what spot do you choose?
    [03:16] <Mai_Ikari> Anywhere that isn't a seat or the isle.
    [03:17] <@Udz> Back out the door.
    [03:18] <Sanguis> Out a window
    [03:20] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Outside. Yes, outside was the best choice. Inside would nullify the bus, and it was your best bet without having to resort to your bag again. You turned on a dime, stepped down the stairs, and with your head partially out of the bus, you let loose. It was disgusting, and hurt. It looked sickly, to sum the puddle.
    [03:23] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You felt weak, very weak, but better in some ways, your lungs clearer. Plopping back on the hard stairs, you breathed in uninfected air, happy to be done with that damnable disease. Saint Peach walked around with a few other girls, including Usagi, and every one of them unanimously went 'ewwwwww!' in sync. You stood up as Yui walked to the stairs.
    [03:26] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "Why there of all places, you mongrel?!" She snapped at you. You just stared at her, then turned to examine the bus. Seats were obviously used, their skins dangling on with determination. You sat down at the seat and searched for any keys to it, if the bus driver was so inclined to leave them. They were, the keys in the overhead flap.
    [03:27] <UdzPhone> "It was better than in the bus. I feel MUCH better, thank you."
    [03:28] <Mai_Ikari> ^
    [03:28] <Sanguis> ^^
    [03:29] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You turned them in the ignition. The bus turned on after several seconds of trying, purring as a bus would. You stared at the disgusted girls. "It was better than in the bus. I feel MUCH better, thank you." You replied to Yui's question, and she gave you a scowl as she walked past. The other girls followed, until everyone was in.
    [03:30] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Sweet Fuu smiled at you as she passed, genuinely pleased with what just occurred. You... really didn't like her. "Where to now? I'm sure Mami can find us when she's in the clear." Usagi asked everyone, staring around.
    [03:32] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> {Suggestion time~}
    [03:33] <deculture> {Grope Sweet Fuu}
    [03:33] <DragoonExMachina> ...i get the feeling i missed something important.
    [03:33] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Yeah you did
    [03:34] <Mai_Ikari> That's a question of how much is in the tank, really.
    [03:34] <deculture> {Grope Sweet Fuu}
    [03:34] <deculture> Why is it not working
    [03:34] <Spymaster_Purple> Damn it, decu, don't be that guyyyy.
    [03:34] <Mai_Ikari> Apparently Deculture wants some of that midriff, too.
    [03:35] <deculture> D:<
    [03:35] <deculture> RAILROADING
    [03:35] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Guys am I railroading? D:
    [03:35] <Sanguis> Haha
    [03:35] <deculture> (of course not!)
    [03:36] <deculture> I am going to run home
    [03:36] <Spymaster_Purple> Decu's just being a smartass. And a pervert.
    [03:36] <deculture> If there has no groping happened
    [03:36] <deculture> I will be cross
    [03:36] <Spymaster_Purple> Because office work gets him crazy hard.
    [03:36] * Midorikawa_Nagisa gropes deculture
    [03:36] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> There, groping occurred
    [03:37] <DragoonExMachina> ...after he left.
    [03:37] <Sanguis> We need to remember that gropings should occur in MGNQ then
    [03:37] <Sanguis> Preferably of Miami
    [03:37] <Sanguis> *Mami
    [03:37] <Sanguis> Fucking autocorrect
    [03:38] <Spymaster_Purple> Tomoe Miami, Stripperguca
    [03:39] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You really didn't like that Cosmic Moon Sweet Fuu. Not one bit. You just puked up your guts and she was pleased with that. Multiple occasions in the past where something misfortunate happened to you and she laughed, smiled, and all but got her jollies off. Time to flip the tables. You had nothing to lose.
    [03:41] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You stood, strode over to the seat she sat at, a perplexed expression growing. You never fought back before, never seeing the right incentive... until now. With gauntlet, you reached down and groped the cosmic moon out of her. The entire bus went silent, still, and cold. Her eyes were pinpricks. You had initiative.
    [03:42] * Sanguis ([email protected]) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)
    [03:42] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You examined her as if she had breast cancer, and you were her doctor. The lewdest one there was, if you had any idea on their history of lewdness. Your eyes never left hers, dominating her with this simple act. It was petty, yes, but fuck damnit the world was ending and you needed some. Having satisfied your pettiness, you stood up, smirked at her,
    [03:42] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> and went back to the drivers seat, with everyone watching you. Before violence broke out, how do you rectify this situation?
    [03:42] <Sanguis> Gah DC'd and lost the gro
    [03:43] <Sanguis> Ping update
    [03:43] <Sanguis> Grope everyone equally
    [03:43] <Sanguis>  ( or just start driving off like nothing at all happened
    [03:43] <Mai_Ikari> Oh sure, Decu cries railroad, then leaves us to clean up the mess. I see how this is. (lol)
    [03:44] <Mai_Ikari> Declare a destination, take the driver's seat, head off.
    [03:44] <Sanguis> Destination is ADVENTURE!
    [03:45] <Mai_Ikari> Destination... probably a gas station, doubt we found a bus with a conveninetly full tank.
    [03:46] <Sanguis> Magic bag
    [03:47] <Mai_Ikari> Trust the magic bag to solve everything forever and we'll end up like Mami and/or Sayaka and/or FLESH, I just know it. My noir-sense is tingling.
    [03:47] <Sanguis> Haha
    [03:47] <DragoonExMachina> heh.
    [03:48] <DragoonExMachina> yeah, destination is the nearest gas station.
    [03:48] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Destination where? You could go aimless, or have a specific region. You are in the business district of Black City, which is where the skyscrapers live. Up north is the bridge you crossed, and where you discovered poor Smith Weston's corpse. The mayor's house is nearby. There's also the docks, residental zone, and industrial zone.
    [03:50] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Just for you all to get your bearing inside BLACK CITY.
    [03:51] <Sanguis> Mayors house sounds fancy but not very defensible, a skyscraper could be a good base as the high floors generally can be quite hard to reach
    [03:51] <Mai_Ikari> That said, I think my noir-sense needs calibrating, because I'm trying to figure out what the most likely explanation for this dream is via outside interference.
    [03:51] <Sanguis> But they have the problem of being a death trap unless you can fly
    [03:51] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> :)
    [03:51] <Mai_Ikari> OH GOD
    [03:52] <Mai_Ikari> *coughs* Anyway, yeah, skyscrapers are a terrible idea, long-term deathtraps.
    [03:52] <DragoonExMachina> I would have to agree with Mai.
    [03:52] <@Udz> I say industrial. Also, are we dealing with zombies, or what? What's the Z-whatever shit do?
    [03:53] <DragoonExMachina> industrial or docks mean plenty of raw materials but it'll take work before it's defensible.
    [03:53] <DragoonExMachina> Docks mean cranes and warehouses, industrial means factories.
    [03:53] <Mai_Ikari> We seem to be dealing with the classic unnamed biological disease-based threat. Residential or industrial is the best long-term solution.
    [03:53] <DragoonExMachina> the docks'll have at least one fuel store.  it'll be for ships, but we can make it work.
    [03:54] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> I actually have a map of Black City but internet problems means no uploading it
    [03:54] <DragoonExMachina> Also, docks're on the water, means fishing.
    [03:56] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Would it be bad if I just infodumped a few things to you guys? I never want to spoonfeed anyone, but I might be too... vagueo n details.
    [03:56] <@Udz> Go for it
    [03:56] <Mai_Ikari> True, and food imports if we're lucky. Anyway, head towards the highway / main artery, best place to find gas stations, and will presumably connect to our eventual destination.
    [03:58] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> I'll tell you Zeptyoid, for the other two will be answered in due time. Zeptyoid is very new, you're the only one with any significant knowledge on it, and that's because you had it. You were standing outside when you contracted it, and it made you feel weak, and hard to breathe.
    [04:00] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> So, destination Gas station then docks/industrial zone?
    [04:00] <@Udz> I think so
    [04:01] <DragoonExMachina> sounds like a plan to me.
    [04:01] <Mai_Ikari> Gas station would usually have spare materials, food, containers, all that good stuff.
    [04:02] <Mai_Ikari> Assuming that we didn't miss the "looting and rioting" stage of this movie already, at least.
    [04:02] * UdzMobile ([email protected]) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)
    [04:04] <DragoonExMachina> true.
    [04:05] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Cosmic Moon Sweet Fuu was unsheathing her katana, eyes killing you over and over again for the revenge you laid upon her supple, c-cup, warm bosom. You ignored her, turning to drive the bus while Usagi stepped inbetween you and her, acting as your protector. "Calm down, Fuu, she's a loyal ally, and a powerful one at that. Just drop it."
    [04:05] <DragoonExMachina> At the very least we should be able to acquire a gas can or two at the gas station, possibly additional vehicles.
    [04:07] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "Ke! I bet you wanted to be groped by her iron hands, Usagi. I bet you wanted her to do more than grope you-" "Drop it before I drop you." Usagi hissed at her. After that you tuned them out, focusing on getting the bus out of there. Ah, you stopped, a though occurring to you. The others may have it, even if they aren't showing their weakness as prominently
    [04:07] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> as you were. Maybe you should cure them, too? Or leave them be, since they might not be infected?
    [04:09] <@Udz> How well known is our bag among the other girls?
    [04:10] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> I'm treating magical powers as trump cards. No one knows them until they see it in action.
    [04:10] <Mai_Ikari> We know the signs, start looking for them, but that's way too good of a trump card to blow without payment.
    [04:10] <@Udz> Let it be for now, then. As Mai says, look for the signs as we can
    [04:11] <DragoonExMachina> I have to agree.
    [04:11] <Mai_Ikari> Their lives are top priority, of course, but them being in debt to us would be a nice side effect we won't get just by being generous.
    [04:12] <Mai_Ikari> And, at the worst, we just flag ourselves for being Mr Fixit and that's never the label you want in a horror movie.
    [04:16] <Sanguis> This dragon nest game is cute
    [04:16] <Sanguis> Usual "free" MMO though
    [04:16] <@Udz> Of course
    [04:16] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Eyes darting up to the rearview window, you noted the katana being put to a safer place, one that wasn't your body. Fuu sat down, trying to hate you to death. Usagi sat back down behind you, giving you a confidant look. She... appeared to be healthy. As do the others. Hopefully you were wrong on your hunch. You were somewhat comitted to their organization,
    [04:19] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> despite how you felt when Usagi cornered you in Weston's underground library. Getting the bus into the right gear, you just by your own whim decided to go for the gas station. Supplies were needed, more importantly fuel. You drove out of there with uncertainty, not wanting to get blind sided by the thing that assaulted the compound.
    [04:19] <Sanguis> When we get a chance we should try and see if we can scan our allies with the HUD
    [04:19] <Sanguis> Rather than just trying to eyeball it
    [04:21] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> First thing you noticed was the heavy pollution. Walking you didn't quite notice it, but driving, you really had it in your face. The sky had fallen on Black City, and the clouds had made it their home. Second thing you noticed was how... nothing got in your way. No persons or vehicles littered the roads. It was as if you were driving in a ghost city.
    [04:22] <@Udz> Is the city power on?
    [04:22] <Sanguis> Make sure Yui isn't trying to eat the bus behind us as wel
    [04:22] <Sanguis> L
    [04:23] <Sanguis> She was looking disturbingly interested in it earlier
    [04:25] <Mai_Ikari> So... assumption of a Day After scenario... or an oversize barrier, I guess. Make good use of the see-the-passengers mirror.
    [04:25] <@Udz> Assuming there are witches with barriers
    [04:26] <Mai_Ikari> Don't have to be witches to be barriers, thing's a pretty generic magical plot device.
    [04:26] <Sanguis> Thinking about it since I missed a couple of these did anyone keep the logs?
    [04:26] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Turning right at a T intersection, you quickly spotted the still working traffic lights. You just ran a red light, with not a sign of any copper to give you a ticket. You were going slow just in case something popped up. The pollution was really starting to vex you. But yes, the power was working. For now. The city's nuclear plants were prone to combusting
    [04:27] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> {Yeah, let me get them}
    [04:27] <Sanguis> Cool
    [04:27] <Sanguis> Sort of lost on where we were aside from dead city on a bus
    [04:28] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> {I'll PM when it loads}
    [04:28] <@Udz> We're all in that boat at the moment, Sang. We went to sleep in one place, woke up in the dead cit
    [04:28] <@Udz> city
    [04:28] <Mai_Ikari> Well it went murder investigation > magical girl fortress > woke up in the apocalypse.
    [04:28] <Sanguis> K
    [04:29] <Sanguis> Yeah but I missed like half the story before that
    [04:29] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> {Hahah I liked how I'm all over the place :X http://pastebin.com/jJz7fZ36 is the archive }
    [04:31] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> if the mayor so much as thought about them. Funny thing was, they were in the residential zone. In the middle of them, with several parks that were popular with families. Helluva city, you thought. Not enjoying the fact you couldn't see far you examined everything, and in the rearview window was Yui nibbling on a corner of her seat.
    [04:32] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You felt like yelling at her but honestly it was the seat, not the structure itself. It didn't matter if that seat became any worse, right? Eyes back in front, you wondered if you should stop her. Should you?
    [04:32] <@Udz> So long as she doesn't go beyond her seat, should be fine.
    [04:32] <Sanguis> ^
    [04:32] <@Udz> Maybe ask Usagi to keep an eye on her, but I'm inclined to leave it be
    [04:33] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> {Just so you all know: I have a PLOT, a way to make this all make sense. And so you know, there are no witches. Only magical girls, with no grief to their nonexistent gems, and dangerous ones at that}
    [04:34] <@Udz> Good to know!
    [04:34] <Mai_Ikari> Of course there's a way this all makes sense, and it will all make sense in the worst possible way for our plans of world domination. I'm on to you.
    [04:34] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Hehe...
    [04:35] <Mai_Ikari> If eating her seat keeps her out of further trouble, good enough.
    [04:39] <Sanguis> I wonder if we can reach into the bag and pull ourself out?
    [04:39] <Sanguis> Or does that totally destroy reality too much?
    [04:39] <Denton> It's certainly possible.
    [04:40] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You slackened, deflating in your seat. Sometimes you started caring about things. You really should stop caring, life was better that way in the long run. "Midorikawa, you're ok... right? You're feeling fine?" Usagi asked you, seeing your look deaden. You nod, telling her yes you're fine. How was she faring? "Concerned over Mami."
    [04:42] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Usagi frowned, eyebrows furrowing ever so slightly. You nod again, but said nothing. For now at least, you were too busy with the smog. The others began to talk nervously with each other, trying to shake off that post retreat fear, trying to calm their nerves down. You stared up at the window to see them chitchatting. Fuu was fuming, and Yui was nibbling
    [04:44] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> still. You shook your head. Going by your knowledge of Black City's roads, you should be nearing a gas station right about... now. Yes. You pulled into the parking lot, going up to the gas umps at an angle. The girls got up, ready to disembark from the bus, to pillage, raid, loot, and rape the supplies, but should you let them go so easily?
    [04:45] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Or should you, since you can't unfubar the outside air?
    [04:46] <@Udz> Let 'em go, while we gas up. They're already exposed, if they're gonna be.
    [04:46] <@Udz> If it's airborne, that is
    [04:46] <Sanguis> Gas masks for everybody! ( which just happen to have an aerosol antidote in the filter )
    [04:46] <Sanguis> ( from our bag of course )
    [04:47] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> How will you explain the fact eight gasmasks were lying about in a bus?
    [04:47] <Mai_Ikari> Yeah, while instinct says to keep them around, reason says that if they got -into- the bus without issue, getting out should be fine.
    [04:48] <Mai_Ikari> It's a disease, not radiation.
    [04:48] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> ...
    [04:48] <Mai_Ikari> Of course if they come back diseased, we know that's wrong and have to fix it.
    [04:49] <Sanguis> I dunno, we can say they were in a bag in the storage compartment or something
    [04:49] <Sanguis> You would not believe the shit you can find on buses if you know where to look
    [04:49] <Sanguis> Or live in a certain area
    [04:51] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> So the general plan is to summon enough gas masks then lie like a fox if questioned, and give them these masks before they step out?
    [04:52] <Sanguis> Well I figured we would go down the back and look at a closed storage unit and "find" a bag full of them sitting there
    [04:52] <@Udz> It's a school bus, right?
    [04:52] <Sanguis> Maybe with other related survival bits
    [04:53] <@Udz> Eh. I'm not a fan of supplying gas masks
    [04:53] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> {Before I forget, Deculture has to see the log of this session, so HE CAN KNOW HIS INPUT IS CONSIDERED AS MUCH AS ANY OTHER AND THAT I'M NOT RAILROADING}
    [04:53] <@Udz> Indeed
    [04:54] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> ;____;
    [04:54] <Mai_Ikari> I dunno about gas masks, we don't want to stretch disbelief any more than we have to.
    [04:54] <Denton> Lets just kick them out. Zeptyoid won't kill 'em, the smog won't kill 'em, nor anything else for that matter.
    [04:55] <Sanguis> Well I just like it as a precaution
    [04:56] <Sanguis> And as a discreet way to make sure no one else is infected
    [04:56] <Sanguis> And possibly if they are then as a way to make them all puke it out like we did
    [04:56] <Mai_Ikari> Oh, it's a good precaution. But it's relying on none of them to be suspect of our powers.
    [04:57] <Sanguis> That's why we be sneaky about finding them
    [04:57] <Sanguis> And possibly distract them while we do it
    [04:57] <Sanguis> Misdirection is a magicians best friend after all
    [04:58] <Sanguis> If anyone has a better idea though I will go for that
    [04:58] <Mai_Ikari> Finding them in the gas station could work, but I don't like how finding them on the bus could turn out.
    [04:59] <Sanguis> It sort of depends on how thoroughly they have searched the bus and whether we go with them into the gas station or stay on / around the bus
    [04:59] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> So, the floor adopts Sanguis' plan?
    [05:00] <@Udz> If the masks can be reasonable explained away
    [05:08] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> What about... cloth? Tied over the nose and mouth?
    [05:08] <Sanguis> Well so long as it works and we can slip them a cure to ensure they aren't going to become meguzombies on us I don't mind
    [05:09] <Mai_Ikari> Wouldn't have any real effect on a virus, but... plausable enough for them to believe it, and if they come pre-treated with antidote... Yeah, that's good.
    [05:21] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You were going to rule the world, sure, but you still had a need of them. Even Fuu, who was very good to grope, if your secret fancies told you rightly. That meant keeping them possibly healthy, possibly protected from whatever was happening around Black City
    [05:22] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You had your hunches but you needed Mami before anything solid could form. You told everyone to stay for a moment, you wanted to check around before - there was a ripping sound as Yui tore through the chair's tattered covering - stepping out.
    [05:22] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> The girls ignored Yui's feeding, staring at you. Some in disbelief, one in naked hostility, and one more with open acceptance.
    [05:22] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Without Mami around, Usagi became real easy to boss around. You made a show out of looking around, but quietly summoning some rags from your bag.
    [05:22] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> All left handed, a tiny feat you were proud at. Grabbing them you passed them around. Usagi tied hers around her face quickly, some followed, while Fuu didn't catch her tossed-to-her rag.
    [05:22] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "Open the doors, or I will." She said, well out of range from your wandering hands.
    [05:22] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Time to go outside. You opened the doors, and everyone got out with Fuu in the lead. "Alright, we'll need supplies if we wish to survive. Get food, water, and anything else you want." Usagi spoke, before adding, to you,
    [05:22] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "Maybe we should pump gas into the bus? We are going to the docks, or the industrial zone?" She got a pained look on her face. "I should have built a second base when I had the chance..."
    [05:22] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Yui, Fuu, and one other girl were going into the gas station, name obscured by fog. The remaining two meandered around, their motives unknown. Leaving you, and Usagi by the bus. What do you say to her?
    [05:23] <Sanguis> There was no reason to believe the first base wouldn't be secure, I don't think any of us could really have anticipated something like this happening
    [05:25] <@Udz> Get to work on fuelling the bus. "I think a warehouse shouldn't be too difficult to fortify, if we find the right one. Hopefully they'll have plenty of supplies, as well. Check for any empty gas cans, would you?
    [05:25] <@Udz> " Also what Sanguis said about the base.
    [05:26] <@Udz> Also ask Usagi to refresh our memory on the girls' names we can't quite recall
    [05:27] <Mai_Ikari> Docks is more likely to have food supplies, and both should have plenty of equipment to fortify with. And keep a general eye on the girls, don't want them wandering off.
    [05:27] <Mai_Ikari> Or under a bus.
    [05:28] <@Udz> The eater went into the station
    [05:30] <Mai_Ikari> Doesn't mean they'll all stay out of trouble.
    [05:30] <@Udz> True
    [05:31] <Mai_Ikari> Suspect all the things, all the time.
    [05:31] <Sanguis> They are meguca, getting into trouble is what they do
    [05:32] <Sanguis> As well as being hard gay for each other
    [05:39] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You all up for a semi massive run tonight, or is fatigue setting in now?
    [05:39] <@Udz> I'm gonna have to head to bead soon
    [05:39] <@Udz> bed, even
    [05:39] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> No wait I'll cut it off here.
    [05:39] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Soon, gimmie a min
    [05:41] <Sanguis> Weak Udz
    [05:41] <Sanguis> Make sleepy do your sleeping
    [05:41] <Sanguis> Pass on your fatigue!
    [05:42] <Mai_Ikari> I'm about at my limit here, glad to hear it's last post. lol
    [05:42] <@Udz> It's not my present fatigue that's the issue, it's my fatigue in a few hours if i stay up
    [05:43] <Sanguis> Ah
    [05:43] <@Udz> I mean, it's nearly 3 here
    [05:49] <Mai_Ikari> And it's even later here, I'm only awake because dammit it's NagisaQuest.
    [05:49] <@Udz> Quite
    [05:51] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "There was no reason to believe the first base wouldn't be secure, I don't think any of us could really have anticipated something like this happening." Usagi listened to you, but shook her head, not really buying what you were selling. She began to mumble something but cut that line of thought off before it got out.
    [05:51] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "Anyway, I think a warehouse shouldn't be too difficult to fortify, if we find the right one. Hopefully they'll have plenty of supplies, as well. Check for any empty gas cans, would you?" Usagi nodded, looking around to see if any were laying about.
    [05:51] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> None were, so she began to walk around in search of one. You began to fuel the bus, counting your blessing that these weren't updated to ones you had to pay for before use. You called out to her, and she turned around to listen. Fog was so thick she was almost like a ghost. Creepy.
    [05:51] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "The Docks are more likely to have food supplies, and both should have plenty of equipment to fortify with. And keep a general eye on the girls, don't want them wandering off." Usagi nodded then resumed her search. You should ask her, next chance you get, for the names of the four you don't know. They couldn't be generic minion # 1 - 4, right?
    [05:51] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Nothing to do, you just pumped gas into the bus, until it overflowed, or stopped pumping. This was the first time you were bothering with a gas station. You read the HUD, seeing your lifesigns laid out so cleanly, neatly, wondering why you hadn't thought this baby up. Smith Weston... who the hell were you?
    [05:51] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> On the lower right a soundwave box opened up, and began to play. A pinprick of excitement ran up your spin as a very familiar voice filled your ears. Sweet, like honey, with nothing but good will in it. "I'm coming for you, Midorikawa Nagisa. Those she-devils Usagi and Mami can't keep ME down!"
    [05:51] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You knew her very well.
    [05:51] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> With apprenhension soaking in, the base burning away with Mami inside, SHE seeked you out. With a bus of seven magical girls bent on the destruction of the world, dead set in the middle of an abandoned Black City, with a possible epidemic on the loose, your next move was uncertain.
    [05:51] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> The curtains drop, the act fades into blackness, all the while a city burns from the invisible flames of love, while betrayals played out in perpeturity in the background. The high and lofty goal of world domination seemed so far away, but the key to this goal was approaching ever nearer, only if you kept your priorities straight, and your friend close.
    [05:52] <Midorikawa_Nagisa> [Chikuwaaa[