Nagisa Quest Sixth Scene

05:00:57: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Last time on Nagisa Quest, you slept in a guarded room, and had a horrible nightmare for it. A nightmare you couldn't escape from, a nightmare of uncertainty in a city of ghosts. A nightmare that felt too real. The city you lived in devoid of all live besides you and your magical girl entourage.
05:01:04: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> A mysterious something infecting possibly everyone, but most definitely you. Through the bag, you cured yourself, but ended up hurling your stomach to the pavement.
05:01:10: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Sweet Fuu took delight in that, so you took delight in her chest. She wanted to kill you but Usagi managed to calm her down. With the bus you carted your merry band to a gas station. In the middle of gathering supplies, intel, and fueling the bus, SHE contacted you:
05:01:16: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "I'm coming for you, Midorikawa Nagisa. Those she-devils Usagi and Mami can't keep ME down!"
05:01:24: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You were Midorikawa Nagisa, or Pretty Idol Beautiful Nagisa to your magical cohorts, and your ear was killing you. Thrust from your nightmare, the device you planted to be security woke you up, and went dormant. The doorknob was rattling, indicating a person or persons wanting entrance.
05:01:30: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You couldn't exactly say no to them, the door only able to lock on the outside. The door opened, light shone in from the corridor's lighting, and in stepped Mami, now in civilian clothing.
05:01:37: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "Are you awake?" She asked, deadpan, face black. How do you respond?
05:02:29: <Sanguis> oh no, you didn't come to take advantage of a sleeping girl did you?
05:03:22: <Nama-D> ^ I like it. Say it in an obviously amused tone.
05:04:54: <Mai_Ikari> Possibly while clutching the blanket to your chest.
05:05:10: <Mai_Ikari> All snark, all the time.
05:05:26: <Nama-D> Is there a pastebin of the story so far?
05:05:39: <Nama-D> Something like that.
05:05:50: <Sanguis> http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/1040734 sleep eating, we can learn so much
05:06:33: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> {The Archive http://pastebin.com/jJz7fZ36 }
05:06:37: <Nama-D> Danbooru is broken for me.
05:07:38: <Sanguis> yeah we had a pastebin before but i lost the link
05:08:20: <Sanguis> yeah it is up and down
05:08:36: <Sanguis> http://www.jbox.com/product/CHP158 ok i seriously want this now
05:09:07: <Sanguis> lunch time go!
05:11:35: <Nama-D> What kind of item enchantments can I get in WoD? Namely in relation to instruments.
05:12:13: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> A bag. Of everything imaginable.
05:12:43: <Mai_Ikari> Enhanced items are generic "this item performs better" dice bonuses.
05:13:04: <Mai_Ikari> Imbued items are "Take any spell in the book, stick it in the item for use as needed"
05:13:09: <Nama-D> Ah. That's unfun.
05:13:17: <Mai_Ikari> Up to and including spells that are not in the book.
05:13:51: <Mai_Ikari> Like my brass knuckles that unfold into Ogre Arms. There's no actual spell to do that, but if it existed it wouldn't be higher than 4 dots in any arcana, so it's a 4-dot imbue.
05:14:20: <Mai_Ikari> I'll explain better after Nagisaquest.
05:15:07: <Nama-D> I was thinking something like bag of holding case. Because fuck carrying a bass drum for artillery.
05:15:38: <Sanguis> think i might try making my deck into an imbued item or artifact
05:15:43: <Sanguis> use cards for spells
05:16:25: <Nama-D> I always love that idea.
05:17:25: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You felt shaken by your ordeals in bizzaro black city, not having had the time to sift what meaning you could from the dust. Especially since it felt so real. However, this was Cosmic Peach Rainbow Mami! Something about her just rubbed you wrong.
05:17:31: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "Oh no, I'm not asleep. You didn't come in here to take advantage of a sleeping girl, did you?" You asked her, putting a chuckle in the mix. You sat up from your fetal position - one you suspected your body adopted in your sleep - and wrapped what blanket you could around your still clothed body. You made your posture as innocent as you could.
05:17:35: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Mami scoffed. "Grow up, Nagisa. No one wants you in that way. Not even Yuna. Now get up before I have Usagi drag you out of there."
05:17:41: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Do you continue harassing her until her rainbows become knotted, or get up?
05:18:17: <Sanguis> go full touhou
05:18:58: <Sanguis> harass! we need to troll her until she likes it
05:19:21: <Sanguis> and now i am off to the hobbit, have fun everyone
05:19:24: <Nama-D> Sang, you mean TROLL THROTTLE STUCK AT FULL right?
05:19:37: <Mai_Ikari> Would be amusing, but a trolled meguca is an uncooperative meguca, and we're trying to suck them dry of information.
05:19:38: <Nama-D> Damn it.
05:19:39: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> No, he means to pull a decu
05:20:29: <Nama-D> ExplainFurther-Shirou.jpg
05:21:02: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Vote for an action that will have long lasting consequences then leave immediately afterwards.
05:21:31: <Mai_Ikari> One vote for "Get up, pout about it, and make no mention of possibly prophetic dreams"
05:22:19: <Pinkys_Legs> Oh, decu has maneuvers named after him now. Well.
05:22:56: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> {*Cuddles Pinkys_Legs. Strokes them.*}
05:23:49: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Nama-D, Pinkys_Legs, anyone else, please vote as you wish~
05:24:08: <Pinkys_Legs> I got here after the post, so!
05:24:23: <Hat-chan> http://i.imgur.com/bM8cF.png
05:24:40: <Hat-chan> and I think I'm stopping there for tonight
05:26:45: <Mai_Ikari> Purplepink, it's a question of "to troll or not to troll"
05:26:52: <Pinkys_Legs> Troll.
05:26:57: <Nama-D> Troll
05:27:02: <Mai_Ikari> :<
05:27:07: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Hah
05:27:21: <Pinkys_Legs> I'm a bad quester!
05:27:27: <Mai_Ikari> UDZ WHY ARE YOU GONE I NEED YOU TO SUPPORT MY VOICE OF REASONNNNN D:
05:27:54: <Pinkys_Legs> I am opposed to uppity bitches showin' up and telling us what to do, is all!
05:28:06: <Pinkys_Legs> Even if their name sounds -delicious-
05:29:32: <Hat-chan> and now I go to sleep. good night!
05:29:37: <PuRpLePiNk> Sweet dreams, Hat~
05:30:09: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Okay, you're going to push Mami's buttons some more. But how? You were Pretty Idol Beautiful Nagisa, future and present ruler of this world, and you needed to do this in style. As a benchmark for future shenanigans.
05:30:48: <PuRpLePiNk> Set the benchmark low. Tell HER to get up, and afterwards insist SHE doesn't make sense.
05:31:32: <Nama-D> Reason and trolling are not mutually exclusive.
05:32:27: <Nama-D> In fact, trolling with perfect logic and reasoning is the best, most delicious trolling.
05:33:14: <PuRpLePiNk> This is a good point.
05:33:23: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> So your action, Nama-D?
05:33:50: <Nama-D> Question is, how do we do that here? I haven't read the archives yet.
05:34:24: <PuRpLePiNk> Basically we have a bag of plotonium.
05:34:37: <PuRpLePiNk> That's most of our abilities to my knowledge.
05:35:13: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You have an revolver that belches hot air, and your wits and imagination. Otherwise, the bag is your only true magical trump card.
05:37:20: <Mai_Ikari> Most of our stuff amounts to "pull shit directly out of our imaginationbag while nobody's watching"
05:37:52: <Nama-D> Well, what do people think of us? That seems the easiest button to press, that she hates us. So disproving her statements would be a good start.
05:38:11: <PuRpLePiNk> I sort of thought everyone hated us.
05:39:20: <Nama-D> Still need to read the logs, but not suprised. Is there ANY one that does not?
05:39:58: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Everyone hates, dislikes, and tolerates you to an extent. Except one person. They all are like this because of PLOT. Mami is contained hostility. One bad move and she's on you like white on rice.
05:40:47: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Trolling isn't a bad move, fyi.
05:40:58: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Nor is it good but it won't have her stabbing you repeatedly.
05:41:46: <PuRpLePiNk> I think not getting stabbed repeatedly is the best we can ask for from some of these people.
05:42:39: <Nama-D> Unfortunately my trolling skills are not to par with noir MCs.
05:43:16: <PuRpLePiNk> Yeah, I troll by being immature as hell when I do it, hmm.
05:45:25: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You really don't know Mami well enough to troll her flawlessly, with a single masterful stroke that'll boil her blood. You can be immature with your attempt at getting a rise from her, and you can try anything else that'll pop into your head.
05:47:10: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Any ideas, or let Nagisa decide?
05:47:32: <Nama-D> Mai, Purple, any ideas from you?
05:48:10: <PuRpLePiNk> Let's let Nagisa decide, for now. I don't have anything better than being a brat.
05:49:06: <Nama-D> Let the snark flow as it may. But let it flow thick
05:51:15: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Mai_Ikari, before I start, any idea?
05:53:11: <Nama-D> Mai, are you there?
05:54:05: <Mai_Ikari> Sorry, boss fight. I've got nothing in the way of troll ideas.
05:55:36: <Mai_Ikari> Sadly, I cannot troll people for simply existing, which is about the extent of my knowledge of this Cosmic Mami.
05:56:12: <PuRpLePiNk> Lick her.
05:56:16: <PuRpLePiNk> Lick her she must be delicious.
05:56:22: <PuRpLePiNk> We're already some kind of pervert.
05:57:07: <Nama-D> That would be fanservice and trolling the audience.
05:57:23: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> We're Nagisa Quest, we're a step above that~
05:57:51: <Nama-D> Would not rile her the way we want, anyways.
05:58:15: <PuRpLePiNk> Oh sure, when decu says we should molest somebody...
06:05:51: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "No one wants me in that way...? Cosmic Peach Rainbow Mami," You sighed, shaking your head before staring at the silhouette of the girl that Usagi considered a friend. "My hair is better kept than yours."
06:05:58: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Silence was her only reply, before turning and walking out. "USAGI! Deal with her!" Her voice demanded before going off on a tangent of it being a long night and how hard it was to keep the deflectors online or something along thise lines.
06:06:03: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Usagi stepped out of the corridor and beelined toward you. You started to stand when she grabbed your shirt, dragging you out of your darkened room to the light. You threw the earpiece into a corner while you still had a chance.
06:06:08: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "Nagisa, stop playing around. You are the only one to have any sleep last night and everyone else had a LONG night." Her voice was tight, tired, her fist made of iron. You stopped trying to walk and literally had yourself dragged with ease.
06:06:13: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "Where are we going, Usagi? I'm a big girl now, I go to the bathroom all by myself and everything, but let me get there on my own power."
06:06:19: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "I'm taking you to the infirmary, you need to be checked out." Her fist still clutched you. What do?
06:06:39: <PuRpLePiNk> Why do we need to be checked out, again?
06:08:43: <Nama-D> "Checked out for what?"
06:13:58: <Mai_Ikari> "And I thought nobody wanted me that way?"
06:14:41: <Nama-D> Don't let up on asking until she answers.
06:18:34: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "Checked out for what?" You asked, hands gripping her wrist. The both of you turned a corner, and saw Mami turning the one at the end. From the glimpse she looked to be in a hurry. So was Usagi, for that matter. "And I thought nobody wanted me in that way?"
06:18:43: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Usagi didn't answer. You felt something in the air: Fear. The compound reeked of it, the ebbing flow of adrenaline soaking everything. You swallowed. "Checked out for what, Usagi? What's wrong with me? Did I get too much sleep? Or too little?"
06:18:48: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> No answer. So you badgered her with the same question, until finally she stopped. Still holding you, she turned her head to you. Slight dark circles under her eyes. Her eyes showing trauma, as if she had to do a lot in a small amount of time very quickly.
06:18:57: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "Top secret. What I can tell you is this compound's safety depends on this." "COME ON USAGI, BEFORE---" "YEAH YEAH YEAH!" Usagi replied, now dragging you again. Do you resist?
06:20:37: <PuRpLePiNk> No, let's...let's actually be cooperative. This isn't petty bullshit. But quietly tell her we have a right to know, while looking as worn-out and tired, world-weary even, as possible. We noir now.
06:22:01: <Nama-D> She seems stressed to hell and back a couple times. Be nice and cooperate. But ask how you can get clearance for WHY.
06:26:18: <UdzPhone> We have one final question, "It wouldn't happen to be for 'zeptyloid' [or whatever], would it?" but no, don't resist further."
06:27:01: <Mai_Ikari> "What, do you think I have Zeptoid or something? And, uh... am I ever going to get cleared for the super special secrets?"
06:27:18: <Mai_Ikari> Phrased as "I just came up with this name out of the blue" as possible.
06:27:47: <Mai_Ikari> Because if we're right, and we sound like we actually know what we're talking about, I have the funny feeling we'll be drawn and quartered.
06:28:25: <UdzPhone> Disclaimer, I haven't actually read today's session so far, been busy with pillows on Pandora
06:28:41: <Israelhexen> o/
06:28:52: <UdzPhone> Israel!
06:28:55: <Israelhexen> Got about half an hour to be here, then it's off to work
06:28:58: <PuRpLePiNk> Israel~
06:28:59: <Israelhexen> sup
06:29:05: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Hey Israelhexen
06:29:08: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Glad to see you
06:29:14: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Nagisa Quest's in full run
06:29:23: <Israelhexen> Udz! Purple~
06:29:26: <Israelhexen> Denton~
06:29:56: Midorikawa_Nagisa cheekrubs.
06:30:09: Israelhexen cheekrubs
06:30:40: <Israelhexen> Even got some sleep in on the way here, so I'm not as exhausted as I might be! Only about 30 minutes' worth, intermittently, but still, a lot better than nothing
06:30:59: <PuRpLePiNk> A nap can do a lot!
06:31:26: <Israelhexen> Indeed. So, Nagisatime, is it?
06:31:45: <Israelhexen> Glad I could actually catch some of this :D
06:31:52: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Yes. Want last post?
06:32:10: <Israelhexen> sure
06:35:16: <deculture> []Grope Usagi
06:35:19: deculture goes to work.
06:37:34: <Nama-D> Hey Decu.
06:40:01: <Israelhexen> Man, this weather. You'd almost think it's January or something.
06:40:14: <Israelhexen> But that's crazy talk, we don't actually have seasons over here.
06:42:14: <Israelhexen> >check Steam for Sleepy
06:42:16: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Really, Decu?
06:42:18: <Israelhexen> >last on: 1 hour ago
06:42:25: <Israelhexen> aggr
06:42:43: <Israelhexen> Groping is always relevant, Nagisa-chan.
06:42:45: <deculture> It's a joke! Don't take it seriously!
06:42:58: <PuRpLePiNk> He's serious.
06:43:14: <UdzPhone> Well. We'll do it eventually
06:43:27: <Israelhexen> There are few problems that can't be solved by groping the right people.
06:43:47: <UdzPhone> We can start ruling the world by ruling this group of magical girls. Through groping
06:44:26: <Israelhexen> Exactly, groping can be pretty nuanced. In this case it's a power play
06:44:32: <Israelhexen> Grope Usagi to establish dominance
06:44:58: <Israelhexen> Sexy dominance
06:45:03: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> My lewdometer's broken now.
06:45:16: <Nama-D> Should not grope the overly stressed girl. Otherwise I'd have no problem.
06:45:18: <Israelhexen> And Kharn isn't even anywhere near this. Amazing.
06:45:44: <Israelhexen> ..... Or is she.
06:47:18: <UdzPhone> That's what I'm saying, D. We should do it at the right time, and this isn't the right time.
06:47:32: <UdzPhone> We should at least wait till we're checked out as clean
06:47:37: <Israelhexen> Well yeah, I wasn't saying to do it now either
06:47:41: <Israelhexen> just, you know, clarifying
06:47:56: <UdzPhone> Yeah
06:48:21: <Israelhexen> And I can't believe it took me this long to think of this one use for the Bag.
06:48:22: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Time remaining Israel?
06:48:30: <Israelhexen> 'bout ten minutes
06:48:49: <Nama-D> What one use?
06:49:04: <Israelhexen> Never you mind that :3~~
06:49:18: <Israelhexen> I'd stretch it a little farther but I have to miss work tomorrow, so I can't be late today
06:49:28: <Nama-D> Tell me.
06:50:09: <Israelhexen> There.
06:51:23: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You don't resist. You let yourself be carried off to be given an unwanted test. You do, however, tell her that you deserve to know what's going on afterwards. She nodded. A good enough reply in your book, especially from a stressed girl. Turning the corner that Mami did, you catch sight of the infirmary.
06:51:34: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> It... didn't look as you expected it to. Sure, there's beds for someone to lay down on to the right, but beyond that it departed from the norm. A huge screen stood on a wall with databanks surrounding it. In the middle of the room was a tube,
06:51:39: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> wide enough to put a human being into, and tall enough for a seven foot person. A metal frame surrounded it, but the entrance was open. The sliding glass door-wall was open, and it was here that Usagi placed you.
06:51:44: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "Sorry Nagisa, but you really should treat Mami better. She doesn't deserve a barbed tongue." Usagi scolded you as she pressed a button on the console connected to the tube. The door-wall moved, and hissed into close. Usagi gave Mami a thumbs up and Mami began to type away at the screen.
06:51:48: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You felt cozy inside. You couldn't do jumping jacks but you weren't squashed in either. Air began to pump into the tube through six holes in the floor, and a green circle floated up and down the metal framework. Staring up at the screen
06:51:52: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> [Still writing]
06:54:38: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Staring at the screen, you noticed a readout of your vitals in green lettering filled up the black background. Mami and Usagi stood in front of it, reading whatever technosorcery it told them. "Hey!" You hollered and Usagi turned around. "Does this have to do anything with Zepintoids?" Usagi shook her head, pointed at her ear and shrugged. Did that mean she
06:55:04: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> couldn't understand you? Do you try again or examine what you could of the infirmary?
06:56:45: <Israelhexen> Look around, somehow I don't think now is the time for interpretation games.
06:56:54: <Israelhexen> (also that's an ARE YOU SURE if ever I saw one, haha)
06:57:26: <Mai_Ikari> Look around, yeah.
06:57:42: <Nama-D> Examine infirmary, we can ask after we're out if we want.
06:58:39: <Israelhexen> Also I guess I'll say this more publicly now that it won't be interrupting Denton
06:58:51: <Israelhexen> >"Sorry Nagisa, but you really should treat Mami better. She doesn't deserve a barbed tongue."
06:59:02: <Israelhexen> We really should tongue her more gently
06:59:08: <Israelhexen> And on that note...
06:59:12: <Israelhexen> Hexen, awaaaay
06:59:15: <UdzPhone> Wait, and case the joint
06:59:20: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> See ya Workhexen
06:59:29: <UdzPhone> Bye Israel~
06:59:37: <PuRpLePiNk> Laters, Israel~
06:59:51: <PuRpLePiNk> Also, we examine.
07:09:25: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> As a test you jumped up and down a few times, seeing more and more letters fill up the monitor. You realized jumping did absolutely nothing to throw the scans off, and indeed, the green ring scanned the entire length of the tube.
07:09:29: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Standing still, you decided to examine the room. Maybe you'd catch something you hadn't before. With the screen as 12 o clock, you went clockwise.
07:09:37: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Databanks with blinking lights. Databanks with rolls of paper full of data printing to the floor. You had a lot of data to process. You continued moving. More corridors with motivational posters of screaming orange magical girls with the world in their teeth
07:09:45: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> This corridor died early, with only one branch: to the right. Orange and blue lines were painted along the floor. Possibly leading to important rooms. Seven beds laid at attention, each one able to hold up to one person.
07:10:03: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Innocent white, instead of war time red, colored their skins. A pentagram with a middriff that wouldn't quit. You stopped, heart lurching. The antagonist from the dream, Sweet Cosmic Moon Fuu or something was standing right there, eyeing you with cold eyes.
07:10:11: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> [Still writing.]
07:12:27: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Her arms were crossed before the middle point of her star. Her lips moved and Usagi turned, said a few things, then walked up to her. Fuu kept her eyes on you. She didn't look stressed out, but didn't look pleased at all, either. Fuu nodded, and pointed to the screen. Usagi looked over, Mami stared at her and said more items you couldn't hear.
07:13:54: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You kicked the tube, to see if any sound would bound off. None did, but all three did look over at you. You stared at Fuu. Fuu stared at you. Usagi talked, tilted her head to the screen, and escorted Fuu over to it. All three stared at the vitals. Do you have any actions you wish to try? You still have your bag, and your gun.
07:15:29: <Mai_Ikari> Probably better not to fuck with things too much.
07:16:18: <UdzPhone> They could see us with the bag, and that would just give it away. Wait as patiently as we can, Stare at Fuu, and lick our lips.
07:16:24: <Mai_Ikari> And it sure would be nice if blood would flow through my hands. Hint hint, body. Typing with ice cubes is not how this is supposed to work.
07:17:48: <Nama-D> For some reason I want Usagi to not have a shit view of us. Probably the name.
07:17:54: <PuRpLePiNk> Let's just wait patiently.
07:22:05: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> {Yeah Usagi's a nice name}
07:23:44: <Nama-D> Do you know the meaning?
07:28:48: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> The screen flashed blue several times before going black. New lettering filled the screen. They were your vitals, yet again, but positioned differently. In the middle was a green person standing as if they were doing the pharaoh dance and that one picture of the human body. A happy grin was clear to see upon the visage. A red line blinked into existence
07:31:11: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> , shooting off to the right. It connected to the person's chest region. You felt their tension through the thick plexiglass. They stared at it until Fuu pointed at the keyboard. Mami began to type away, and the databanks began to churn anew. Their electrical gerbils going 15 miles over the speed limit, the paper was coming out like it was going out of style.
07:33:09: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Fuu instructed Usagi this time, pointing to the paper. Usagi nodded and skimmed the information contained therein. Thankfully air was still being pumped into your tube, but couldn't they have at least given you a stool? Why was it that every infirmary made you uncomfortable as you waited, or were scanned? You waited patiently.
07:34:50: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You were SO going to learn what's going on after this ordeal. ---- Fuu stuck around for a while, but you did get to stare at her middrif and unintentionally licked your lips. She narrowed her eyes a fraction. The green ring vanished, and Usagi came over to bring you out of storage. Mami stuck near the screen. Your first words, Nagisa?
07:35:34: <UdzPhone> "I am clean, right?"
07:35:47: <PuRpLePiNk> "What's the news, doc? Can I play the piano?"
07:38:01: <Nama-D> Going with Udz.
07:44:44: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Anymore votes?
07:47:05: <Mai_Ikari> Going with Purple.
07:51:53: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "What's the news, doc? Can I play the piano?" Were your first words. Usagi just stared at you, grim. Grim enough to make you say your second words. "I am clean... right?" She shook her head, sad mingling with the grim. "Wha-what's wrong with me?"
07:52:08: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "You're bugged, Nagisa." Mami kept her silence as Usagi told you what was going on. "Someone has been tracking you, and we noticed that last night, as you slept. Now, the signal's weak, so they can't get a clear reading on you but we'll need to increase shielding around the compound and keep you here.
07:52:13: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Maybe indefinitely. Or until we deal with the problem at the source, but..." She tightened her lips, then shrugged. "That's what you wanted to know."
07:52:19: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> How did you respond to the news?
07:53:22: <UdzPhone> "who the hell would… It was yesterday, wasn't it?" a rhetorical question
07:54:33: <Mai_Ikari> Loooovely. "So what exactly does 'deal with the problem' involve? You're not gonna stick a suction cup to my belly and pull, are you?"
07:54:36: <PuRpLePiNk> "Can't you just...take it out? Or something?"
08:08:45: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "Can't you just... take it out? Or something? You're not gonna put a sunction cup on my belly and pull, are you?"
08:08:51: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "It's not a physical thing, so no I... we... can't take it out. From the readouts it's... magical in nature. Before you ask anymore questions, I need to go over what data we collected... off of you..." She looked uncomfortable saying that.
08:08:57: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Mami began to type away at the keyboard again, determination and purpose lacing the clicks. "No more questions, okay? I need sleep. Just stay in the compound, especially near the command center, for your health and our own." Usagi began to walk away.
08:09:06: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "Well ok, Usagi." You told her back, eyes drifting over to Mami. Her back was to you as well. You felt like there was distancing between you and Usagi and Mami. Too many backs pointed at you, with only Fuu's front facing you. Something... was very off about that girl. You couldn't put your finger on it but it made you uncomfortable.
08:09:13: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> They appeared to no longer need you, and Usagi did sort of say you could go. You could do nearly anything right now, within reason of course. No going crazy with your air revolver. Unless you wish to try taking them all out with the hardest difficult on. You were planning on becoming ruler of the globe.
08:09:17: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> What was your first action?
08:11:16: <UdzPhone> Head back to our room, collect the ear piece, then look into some breakfast.
08:13:54: <Mai_Ikari> Sounds about right.
08:15:11: <PuRpLePiNk> I agree.
08:23:59: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You felt hungry. In the tube your stomach growled. You were the only one to have heard its cry for tasty nutrients. You left the infirmary and went back to your room. You collected your earpiece after a minute of looking around, and left your room with it in your pocket. You didn't leave it on the desk because they might get ahold of it.
08:24:08: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> That would lead to unwanted questions. You were in the cafeteria yesterday, that much you remembered. You followed what you could remember of the path, nearly getting lost in the process. However, you found the cafeteria after correcting your mistake.
08:24:16: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Twelve desks with benches stood in this spartan room. Some posters were on the walls, nicely spaced from each other. The food and trays were to your left, with a guard rail to divide the line. You had a feeling they weren't needed.
08:24:21: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> At the furthest table one magical girl sat, with upper class clothes adorning her figure. Almost a race track suit, but honestly you didn't know and was just guessing wildly. She was eating heartily.
08:24:28: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Do you bother her to share a piece of her meal or do you demand something chinese from the lunch ladies?
08:25:27: <BorderUdzToo> Let's at least see what they have to offer, before we make demands.
08:26:55: <PuRpLePiNk> Yes, let's try and make a good impression on someone for once.
08:28:17: <BorderUdzToo> It might not hurt to remember the adage of "You catch more flies with honey, than you do with vinegar." Aside from why you'd waste honey on catching flies, when there are perfectly good fly strips and bug zappers for that.
08:28:50: <PuRpLePiNk> But what about fly honey?
08:29:54: <BorderUdzToo> Uh. Dunno.
08:31:14: <Mai_Ikari> If there's a menu posted somewhere, use it. If not, hope for chinese.
08:31:27: <Mai_Ikari> Whythefuckisitsocoldaaaagh
08:32:08: <Mai_Ikari> Oh. Because the thermostat is set to 62 degrees.
08:32:11: <Mai_Ikari> Murder.
08:32:27: <Mai_Ikari> This calls for murder.
08:32:54: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> I didn't do it
08:33:35: <BorderUdzToo> That is ridiculous
08:36:03: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Walking up to the trays, you take one, and scanned the virtual buffet of breakfast foods. You were new to this cafeteria, but required no instruction on how to use it. Everything was simple, as expected from a quasi military compound, ready to serve the flood of soldiers hopping ready to fill their flattening bellies. Nothing chinese was stocked,
08:37:31: <PuRpLePiNk> Dicks.
08:37:53: <BorderUdzToo> It- It'll be okay. Don't panic.
08:37:55: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> and nothing could be mixed upt o make chinese. A sad tragedy but one you could deal with. You grabbed one of each item, held your tray up so the nice magical lunch lady could pour gravy on your biscuit, and syrup on your pancakes. Breakfast served, do you eat with the magical girl or by yourself?
08:38:05: <Mai_Ikari> Pity. Grab whatever's on the menu that won't make us hate everyone in the room.
08:38:34: <BorderUdzToo> Well, we should at least ASK her if she wouldn't mind if we joined her, before we do
08:38:42: <PuRpLePiNk> Yes, what Udz said.
08:38:51: <PuRpLePiNk> Ask if she minds if we sit next to her, and try to make a friend.
08:39:07: <PuRpLePiNk> Possibly an ojou friend, the best kind.
08:39:18: <BorderUdzToo> Was she in our so very strange dream?
08:44:01: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> You were going to sit with the hopefully nice girl with the rich clothing. Yes. Walking over to her with confidant strides, you stopped in front of her, effectively on the other side of the table. She didn't notice you or ignored you. "May I sit with you?" you asked her, tone neutral, face neutral. She stared up at you, a cut up biscuit on her fork.
08:47:02: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Your heart lurched a second time. The golden girl. The one that inspected the bus at the start of that dream. You nearly dropped your tray but kept your cool, possibilities running around in your head. "A mongrel wishes to sit with me?" She spoke, eyes narrowing. She eyed you up and down. "By the looks of it, the mongrel of all mongrels."
08:47:54: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "Yeah well.. can I sit with you?" "As long as you know your place - mongrel - yes." Like the cur you are, you sat with the girl. Across the table from her, no less.
08:48:07: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> What sort of questions do you wish to ask her?
08:49:37: <PuRpLePiNk> Let's keep up the casual, pleasant conversation. Ask her name, for one. Maybe we should thank her for letting us sit with her, since we kind of have trouble making friends.
08:50:32: <Mai_Ikari> Probably start off with introducing yourself, possibly including the word mongrel in your name. Apart from that, uh... light conversation, maybe an "I'm new here"
08:53:13: <PuRpLePiNk> Yes, let's take the mongrel thing in stride. Not worth getting upset over.
08:53:41: <BorderUdzToo> Yes. I dunno about referring to ourself as one, though
08:54:13: <PuRpLePiNk> We might get some brownie points if we suck up to her a little bit. ...N-not that I'm particularly fond of this archetype, or anything.
08:54:48: <Mai_Ikari> The worst thing that happens is that we acquire a "cute" nickname in the base. It'll distract them from the whole "We're planning to conquer the world" angle. Is good thing.
08:56:39: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "Thank you for letting me sit with you." "Mongrel." She said in between a bite of bacon wrapped sausage dripping in gravy. You started in on your meal as well, ignoring every mention of mongrel. It wasn't growing warmer, and you weren't getting fuller. Cutting up the pancakes, you ate them slice by slice. Mouth empty, you spoke. "So what's your name?
08:59:57: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Don't tell me it's mongrel." This got a snort out of her. "You don't know me?" "Nope. I'm new to this little circus." "Mongrel! As expected of you! I will have to enlighten you as to who I am. I am," She took a sizeable bite out of a biscuit and swallowed it before continuing, hand on chest. "Saint Peach Pretty Yui, the Golden sniper.
09:02:03: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> I'm the one that took out Pretty Cosmic Sun Yuri." You feigned shock, gasping slightly. "Not Pretty Cosmic Sun Yuri! She was a terror in the eastern hemisphere." "Oh yes, the very same! You better not forget my name, Mongrel!" She jutted a finger at you before going back to eating. You took the time to eat a little as well. After a moment.
09:02:24: <Mai_Ikari> ( https://images.4chan.org/tg/src/1357459357999.jpg Relevant )
09:03:54: <UdzPhone> Not enough boobs, Mai
09:04:40: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "Do you even have a name? Do mongrels name other mongrels?" Oh my that word! You thought, smiling painfully in unknown places. "My name is Pretty Mongrel Beautiful Mongrel, the black shaggy Mongrel that drooled all over Moon Peach Cosmic Mongrel." This had Yui laughing uproariously, taking your jests in stride. "HAhah! I knew it, your name WAS! Mongrel!"
09:05:03: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> {Oh yes that's relevant. FemGil's very relevant too}
09:07:45: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "In all seriousness, my name is Pretty Idol Beautiful Nagisa, and I have no glories to account for." If waking up to a dead man in bed counted for one, you were the last one to have been told. "Whatever! That isn't as good as Beautiful Mongrel Pretty Mongrel. You're a pretty mongrel, I suppose." Yui admitted, grinning at you with amusement twinkling in her
09:09:10: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> red slitted eyes. "Compared to other mongrels I've seen, you are." She shrugged, and resumed her eating. You did so as well. It was half warm, half cold! But it still tasted wonderful, and you felt pretty good for getting this far in a conversation with a stranger. Especially an annoying stranger like Saint Peach Pretty Yui, the golden sniper and slayer of
09:12:26: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Pretty Cosmic Sun Yuri. "So, Saint Peach Pretty Yui, how did you come to work for this organization? You're a hero after all, someone to look up to. What could you possibly want with Rainbow Mami and Elegant Usagi?" You stared at her, she stared back, swallowing. She had a lot of food still on her tray. You wondered why, and queued the question.
09:15:06: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "Why? Well. It's something a mongrel like you wouldn't understand." You grinned. "Try me, Yui." "Really, it's not something a mongrel like you would understand. But..." She gave it a neuron's worth of thought before coming back at you. "What they're trying to do will grant my wish faster." You nodded, happy enough to be given a partial reason.
09:16:38: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Better than nothing, and on top of that, you knew she wouldn't betray them. Ideals and goals conflicted already, secretly. "And you Mongrel?" Technically you haven't. You're still giving it thought, and haven't gotten back to Usagi. Yui doesn't know that. How do you respond?
09:17:44: <PuRpLePiNk> Tell her the truth, there's no reason I can see to lie here.
09:19:36: <Mai_Ikari> "We've got a conflict of interests, but I'm giving her side a chance." (Benefit of doubt?) Don't be specific, but don't lie either.
09:20:34: <UdzPhone> "Usagi approached me with a personal plea. I'm… not quite convinced she's right, but I said I'd give her a chance."
09:24:08: <PuRpLePiNk> Yes, that.
09:25:23: <Sanguis> that?
09:26:46: <UdzPhone> That
09:26:51: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> "Usagi approached me with a personal plea. I'm… not quite convinced she's right, but I said I'd give her a chance." "Heh, naturally to a mongrel. You can't make your mind up when you see something good so you stall the inevitable. Really, Mongrel, stop being so low." She shook her head, and continued eating. "It's not that... We have a conflict of interests,
09:29:23: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> and I'm trying to give her side a chance. To see which one of us is ultimately correct." You shrugged your shoulders, eating a few more bites. Yui appraised you, as if suddenly interested in what a mongrel like yourself would consider important enough to reserve your allegiance. Pancakes were gone, but they were delightful while they lasted.
09:31:30: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> The biscuit was almost gone, and the sausages were down to one, out of three. You were dwindling food while Yui had plenty still. "So are you naturally that hungry?" "Yes. I have a big appetite. This won't fill me up yet, either..." You pushed your tray forward. The two of you looked at each other. "I'm full - small mongrel stomach - and wish to give tribute
09:31:30: <Sanguis> more pancakes please
09:33:53: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> to you, for being nice to me. Please accept it." "This isn't enough for a tribute." She stated. "Well, what is?" "The size of my current stack would be sufficient enough." You stood up, taking your tray to the buffet line, and just piled on the food. Proportions were all out of whack. You came back with a sizeable stack of everything, all of them intermixing,
09:35:16: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> cross contaminating, and generally falling over one another. You placed it in front of her again. "Please accept this more befitting tribute." She gave it some thought before nodding, saying that it'll do. A smile was on her lips. Do you spend more time here or leave? It's been half an hour.
09:35:35: <PuRpLePiNk> Let's hang out. We don't have anywhere else to be, and we have a friend now!
09:36:00: <Sanguis> yay friendship, let's hang out for a bit
09:37:17: <UdzPhone> Sounds fine
09:38:18: <Mai_Ikari> The path of conquest has no room for friends. But I suppose we can fit a mongrel or two in.
09:39:31: <Sanguis> ( we got running logs? )
09:39:59: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> {Sure do}
09:40:23: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> {Unless they all failed then oh no all my precious typings D:}
09:40:48: <Sanguis> ( got everything i missed while watching the latest longest movie award contender to share? )
09:44:02: <Mai_Ikari> Switching to phone so I can hide in bed under a million blankets.
09:44:09: <Mai_Ikari> Because fuck this cold.
09:44:12: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Usagi's words filled your skull. You had to stay inside the compound. Not like you had a way out anyway, but still you felt restricted. Having nothing to do inside here, you decided to hang out with Pretty Yui, and asked her to retell the fight with Sun Yuri. You followed up with having known about it but wishing to hear it again, but from the one who slayed
09:46:21: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> her. So Yui granted your mongrel wish, and told you, while eating. "Sun Yuri had a pair of claws that radiated with the sun's essence, They could slice through anything and pretty much did for a lot of the buildings we fought in. I had a sniper rifle, which required long range to be effective. She kept me at a close range affair. It was hit and run for a
09:47:58: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> while but we managed to fight our way to the skyscrapers of this city. She figured she had me cornered and an adopted a pose that screamed, "I'm better than a mongrel." She wasn't, but she fought better than one, I'll give her that! But she didn't know that I could also..."
09:51:10: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Inside the cafeteria of the compound full of magical girls bent on destroying the world, you entertained a mongrel obsessed girl. Face muscles aching from all the acting, your mind growing exhausted, you idly spent a moment to ponder on what the screen told them. All the papers with the data burned on. Sweet Fuu and Pretty Yui. That dream.
09:53:29: <Mai_Ikari|phone> (is it bad I thought Sweet Fuu and Hella Yui?)
09:53:37: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> Was it all prophetic, or just plain luck? You didn't know, and you didn't have a leg to stand on. A voice other than Yui's entered your brain, despite the body not being there. It was far off, as if through a bad connection. What you could pick up was: "... trying... sever... connection... won't.... me... i... you... just wait... free you... Nagisa."
09:56:14: <Mai_Ikari|phone> (Very Bad Thing alarm D:)
09:56:27: <BorderUdzToo> Something's certainly wrong
09:56:48: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> The curtains drop, the act fades to blackness. The world was a giant stage, and all the actors were lining up for their parts. A blood moon was rising, ready to spotlight the incoming dramas for the nonexistent world to enjoy. All you had to was reach out and accept her feelings.
09:57:03: <Midorikawa_Nagisa> [Chikuwaaa