Meguca 4.1: Fate Isn't Allowed To Do Their Job Peacefully

01[18:36] <&GeMshuku> THE YEAR IS 20XX
01[18:37] <&GeMshuku> AS EVERYONE HERE ALREADY KNOWS, EVERYONE PLAYS FOX.
01[18:37] <&GeMshuku> Except the people that select Jigglypuff.
01[18:37] <&GeMshuku> ...Those people are shitposting and they know it!
[18:37] <Shinohara_Haru> NOT WHEN THEY WIN
01[18:38] <&GeMshuku> >win
01[18:38] <&GeMshuku> >against fox
01[18:38] <&GeMshuku> cute (like Jigglypuff)
[18:38] <Himukai_Renge> Hungrybox pls go
[18:39] <Midorikawa_Misao> "Mar-Mar will cleave them all!"
[18:39] <Naoshi_> (jigglypuff confirmed for meguca)
01[18:40] <&GeMshuku> And in this city where the Fox reigns--pls--even MORE people are sought out by Fate. (It escaped the last session by dragging out the conversation to ridiculous lengths!)
01[18:41] <&GeMshuku> For what purpose? ...You know this too! To defeat the youma! And to 1,1hahaha nope          , but obviously that part comes later and is  obviously a jerk move to not mention at the beginning.
[18:44] <Shinohara_Haru> wwow rudes
01[18:45] <&GeMshuku> So let's get to the point! Haru, in her home, actually DOESN'T know about this nonsense. She does know that a lot of people have suddenly collapsed dead on the street, it's sort of messy, and despite that sounding very very concerning, it's like whatever. However, what she DOES know is that something unnerving has happened rather recently that affects her in a deeply personal level. In her room, she may or may not ponder.
[18:47] <Shinohara_Haru> And ponder she did! Though a lot of help that did, since it wasn't like she could really do anything about that aside from staying inside and hopefully not be a victim!
01[18:54] <&GeMshuku> Then, ponder she may! Barely aware that people are dying on the streets en masse...but definitely thinking about it. ...A mood that's easily interrupted by the strange knocking sound on her window....followed by a voice that rang solely in her mind. "Excuse me, may I have a moment?"
[18:58] <Shinohara_Haru> "H-Huh?" Haru instinctively looked around her room for a split second. That appeared to have come from the window, but...it sounded awfully close. She approached the window, and opened the blinds. "Who--wah!"
01[19:05] <&GeMshuku> And as is customary, what met with her was a rabbit, of a particularly white shade...save, of course, the gear in its head? As if it's seen this a hundred times before, it continues, the voice changing to one that you actually HEAR. With your ears. "While it's alright to be surprised, do contain yourself! I am definitely here, you have not gone crazy. I'll allow you a moment to grow accustomed to this!"
[19:08] <Shinohara_Haru> "Um..." Okay, do daydreams get that direct? Probably not, Haru didn't think herself the kind of person who scolds herself mid-dream for having one in the first place, so this was...probably..real..? Okay, that wasn't persuasive enough either. "Er...You are..?"
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01[19:12] <&GeMshuku> "My name is Fate. A pleasure to meet you...?" It sticks out an ear, as if it were to be shaken like a hand, while waiting for a name to be said in return!
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[19:13] <Shinohara_Haru> "...Shinohara Haru, nice to meet you..!" She hesitated for a moment before shaking the ear! ...It would still be kind of helpful to know what this Fate was, though...
01[19:22] <&GeMshuku> It's...unusually dexterous, but not outright unnaturally so! "A nice name! ...In any case, I'm not here just going through people's windows in order to simply greet them, that wouldn't make sense. I'm here on some very important business. As for what that business is...well, take a moment to think about what's going on outside right now. By now, I'm sure that thinking about things will suddenly be...a lot more clearer than before."
01[19:23] <&GeMshuku> ...Indeed, if you return to pondering, you might realize that there's a lot of dead bodies outside what the heck how are you sane right now.
01[19:24] <&GeMshuku> ...And then that might be shortly followed by the fact that it's not like the numbers of 'missing people' have ever been at normal levels here. Oh, and there's that fire that nearly ate up an entire district.
01[19:24] <&GeMshuku> ...And the other enviromental destruction.
01[19:25] <&GeMshuku> ...and, uh, wow. If you make it that far, be applauded, most would probably stop on the relevation of dead bodies.
[19:25] <Shinohara_Haru> Haru instinctively took two steps back, eyes wide and shuddering at all the horrible things that she just started to "remember". "What...How.."
[19:28] <Shinohara_Haru> She could vividly recall seeing the horrible glow and dreadful columns of smoke not long ago, as she was walking home from getting groceries, but...why didn't she react then? How was she so calm?
01[19:30] <&GeMshuku> "That stuff was always there. ...The sudden increase in...well, that's a current issue, but you should recall that there has been a problem in this city long before things got worse all of a sudden. ...But until now, you had never given it much thought. That is, of course, a serious problem that needs addressing...and the things responsible for these grand acts...that would be our enemy."
01[19:31] <&GeMshuku> "Youma, that hold the power to cause these acts of destruction...all while keeping normal people from recognizing it."
[19:36] <Shinohara_Haru> Haru could feel herself breaking out in cold sweat. When the school announced that afterschool and sport clubs were limited to only meeting for half an hour after school until the missing person reports decrease, she was one of ones that thought things couldn't be that serious as long as no one stayed outside after dark, but...learning that things had gotten to this scale, she couldn't help but shudder again, thinking that either
[19:36] <Shinohara_Haru> her or any of her friends could have been caught by these "youma" any moment. "T-Then...Is anyone doing anything about it..?
01[19:42] <&GeMshuku> "Yes...but as one could imagine with a threat like this, it is very difficult to deal with. Not only is it hard to detect, it is frighteningly powerful...and especially numerous. ...That said, those with the power to recognize and fight these things do exist! Strange as it might sound...such is a job for a magical girl. ...OK, more like four or five at once, but case stands!"
[19:45] <Shinohara_Haru> "I see..." Well, after that "everyone was actually dying everywhere" bit, everything else kind of paled on the impact front. "So...I'm guessing you came to me because you want me to become a magical girl..?"
[19:50] <Himukai_Renge> Meanwhile somewhere relatively closeby, Renge is currently walking back home when the sounds of her own footsteps stopped her. She pauses as she stares at the eerily quiet street in front of her, littered with bodies. This street used to be fairly busy at this hour, with people coming home from work or school, perhaps eating a quick snack before dinner while chatting with their friends. Renge
[19:50] <Himukai_Renge> snapped back to her senses and begun inspecting the bodies one by one.
01[19:53] <&GeMshuku> "You're sharp! ...Though I suppose I might have gotten to the point too quickly this time around. The last recruitment was...complicated by outside, non-dangerous forces, so I might have hurried. Aside from the whole 'save the world from disaster' thing, it turns out that the youma drop 'Oblivion Seeds'...which, if utilized properly, can result of thirteen of them being able to grant a single wish!"
01[19:55] <&GeMshuku> MEANWHILE OUTSIDE, THEY ALL LOOK ABOUT THE SAME. Bodies, wiped out...by a force that, despite the rabbit's (extensive) words of how you should be able to recognize these sorts of threats, were clearly wiped out by something hard to define, most easily defined as 'nothing at all' despite definitely not being that. ...But it probably went over how the recent threat is...kind of a void thing. A void things. Void things. So it makes sense really.
[19:56] <Shinohara_Haru> "Oh, then...We just have to defeat enough to get thirteen Seeds, and then everything will return to normal?"
01[19:58] <&GeMshuku> "We...wish it were that simple. Wishes regarding removal of the youma, or anything similar, outright refuse to be granted. Actually wishing that it were this simple is another wish that refuses to be granted."
01[19:58] <&GeMshuku> "Reversing their damages, however, can be done!"
[20:02] <Shinohara_Haru> Doing damage control before the problem was solved seemed to be a waste, though...it was true that the city would be in trouble if it got too desolated! Though really, that was something to consider when she actually had the Oblivion Seeds on hand for a wish. Haru nodded. "I'm not sure how much time the city has left, so...How do I become a magical girl?"
[20:06] <Himukai_Renge> After confirming the cause of death being nothing at all, Renge slowly stands up, with a firm grasp on her school bag. "If only I had become a magical girl sooner, I could have saved these people." Renge thought to herself as she continued to follow the trail of bodies down the street, hoping to find some sort of lead to the youma's whereabouts.
01[20:10] <&GeMshuku> It's about as much of a trail as a road would be. ...They're very through.
01[20:11] <&GeMshuku> "If you want to, well...first, you should really understand that becoming one is a dangerous thing itself. Understand that much before agreeing to it! As for actually becoming one, it's simple...you just have to agree in a very clear manner first!"
01[20:14] <&GeMshuku> "Forcing people's hands on the matter...doesn't end well, let's just say that. The communication part is important!"
[20:15] <Shinohara_Haru> Haru balled her fists defiantly. "I'm not a fool. If these 'youma' can cause this much death and destruction, then it's obvious that they'll be dangerous. But this...this is still safer than being a sitting duck and waiting for them to kill me. I'll..I'll do it."
01[20:19] <&GeMshuku> "Then, with this in mind, take a deep breath, close your eyes, and clear your mind!"
[20:20] <Himukai_Renge> As Renge attempts to wade through the sea of corpses, she is concentrating for any signs of magical activity within the area.
[20:21] <Shinohara_Haru> Haru followed the instructions, and prepared herself to receive the spark!
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01[20:25] <&GeMshuku> Once Haru closes her eyes, she feels that they are...particularly well shut! Eventually, she notices that some sort of light is coming from the rabbit. ...The gear, perhaps? She can't even so much as peek to check, and she'd find out that this would be a bad idea, for it gets brighter and brighter. Bright, so bright, almost as if it were as bright as the sun...and then almost as bright as the sun as if her eyes were OPEN, right through her eyelids...it's a bit mind boggling, but it quickly ceases to be! "Congratulations! You're now a magical girl, able to recognize and help defeat these things that terrorize us all so!"
01[20:26] <&GeMshuku> ...It should be noted that despite it not being night, anyone that's keeping an eye out can in fact see this flash, perhaps owing to the fact that the window quite easily allows light to come through!
[20:28] <Himukai_Renge> I search for flashing lights
[20:28] <Himukai_Renge> /roll d20+4
01[20:30] <&GeMshuku> It's honestly bright enough that anyone paying attention can notice it! Anyone not paying attention obviously can't. Simply paying attention doesn't have too much impact unless you're napping on a bench nearby or something, and even then you might rub your eyes if you're paying attention.
[20:31] <Shinohara_Haru> Haru felt a newfound latent power within herself, and called out to it! Suddenly, she transformed, her indoors clothes replaced by a set of blue dress and long-sleeved shirt, and in her hand was...a TV antenna..? Okay, that was kind of weird. "Alright, now...How does this work? There are other magical girls, right? Do we each patrol by ourselves until someone runs into a youma, or do we get shifts and designated areas?"
[20:31] <Himukai_Renge> Renge notices a bright flash of light coming out of the house around the corner. She quickly makes her way down the end of the street while carefully trying to not step on any of the bodies.
01[20:36] <&GeMshuku> The light is, of course, familiar to anyone that pays attention, though they've likely only seen it with their eyes closed. ANYWAY. "Another one that transforms immediately! This is fine! In any case, yes, there are many other magical girls. You all generally patrol yourselves, for the idea of organizing scans of the entire city is kind of absurd, and it would probably result in youma wising up to it and finding gaps in the patrol anyway...or just making gaps, so we let them so as they want. Girls like that in this day and age!"
[20:39] <Himukai_Renge> Renge finally reaches the house and decides to take a look around, trying to deduce the source of the blinding flash of light.
01[20:43] <&GeMshuku> (-!", + like that sort of thing!
01[20:43] <&GeMshuku> ")
[20:43] <Shinohara_Haru> "Hm, that does make sense. Here I go, then." Haru testily hovered around a bit in her room, before grabbing Fate, flying out the window (and closing it) and taking off on her first patrol!
[20:45] <Himukai_Renge> Renge hears the window opening and looks up to see a girl flying out of the window. She immediately calls out to her and waves "Hey there!"
01[20:46] <&GeMshuku> "Ah, moving about right away, then! ...Both of you are up and at em~!" The flying comes a lot more naturally than you'd expect flying to come to anyone! Fate is content as it's carried around!
[20:47] <Shinohara_Haru> Haru jolted and whipped around, and, spotting the girl waving at her from the ground, immediately started to regret not looking both ways before entering air traffic! She figured that with all these people going missing these days nobody would dare walk around at night, but guess not! "Ah...er...this is..."
[20:49] <Himukai_Renge> "Ah, my name is Himukai Renge. Nice to meet you!" Renge transforms into her magical girl form and meets up with the new recruit in the air.
[20:52] <Shinohara_Haru> "Wh- Oh." She must be another magical girl. "I-I'm Shinohara Haru, nice to meet you too..." Haru managed to return an awkward introduction. "Um...I've just become a magical girl just now, so...I'll be in your care..!" She bowed, inadvertently swing Fate around a bit!
01[20:53] <&GeMshuku> Renge recognizes the look on Fate's face as a familiar 'quiet acceptance'! "You're like, hours apart from each other in terms of recruitment, you know. Perhaps not even an hour. Time is hard."
[20:55] <Himukai_Renge> "I'm fairly new myself, but it seems like you'll be fine. Keep your head up and be fearless in the face of danger." Renge then turns towards Fate specifically. "You really are quite the smooth talker, aren't you? That's two girls in one day?"
01[20:56] <&GeMshuku> "I have to be! You're getting acquainted with the sorts of things you're against, and I'm the only one that can do this with any ease at all.
01[20:56] <&GeMshuku> "
[20:58] <Himukai_Renge> "Well, it seems like you picked up an especially cute one this time." Renge says as she winks at Haru. "That blue dress really highlights your green eyes, Haru. I wish I had a nice dress like that in my wardrobe."
[20:59] <Shinohara_Haru> "I see...Well, with the city in this state--" Haru tried hard to resist the urge to gesture at the bodies below, "I guess I don't blame...him?" Fate sounded like a he. Fate was a he, right? "Eh...T-Thank you very much," Haru awkwardly replied, caught off-guard by the unexpected praise.
01[21:02] <&GeMshuku> Fate's fate. Fate's Fate. "You two seem to get along, perhaps you should join forces~?"
[21:03] <Himukai_Renge> "That's a good idea, what do you say, Haru?" Renge asked with a smile.
[21:06] <Shinohara_Haru> The shy girl timidly nodded. "...Sure, that would help a lot!" Uuu, she immediately started calling me just "Haru"..."Are you free to patrol right now, Himukai-san..?"
01[21:08] <&GeMshuku> "It should be noted that as a set of two, you should still avoid getting into fights. You're both beginners, but youma are particularly fierce, and the ones running about now are fiendishly clever. Still, I can't simply say 'don't do anything', but...remember--and learn, I guess--that magical girls gather in the square at about 3 PM!"
[21:09] <Himukai_Renge> "Sure, I've set up my BD recorder for tonight's special episode of Magical Girl High School so I don't need to be at home." Renge replied.
[21:12] <Shinohara_Haru> "So what you're trying to say is...We should try to form a bigger group before we tackle anything? Hm...In that case, I suppose it'd be better to at least wait until tomorrow and join up with more people..."
[21:14] <Himukai_Renge> Renge's eyes narrow slightly with a more serious look, "Yeah, if the youma are capable of such destruction then we're going to need all the help we can get. But maybe we could use this time to learn about the new powers that we now have?"
01[21:15] <&GeMshuku> "That sounds about right! Just take care to not overdo the experimenting! Save the extertion for when it's really important!"
[21:16] <Shinohara_Haru> "..That sounds prudent! Though, I think we should find somewhere slightly less surrounded by houses, and..." Haru looked at Fate, who was dangling off her grip! "Um...Where should I drop you off?"
[21:17] <Himukai_Renge> "In most magical girl anime, they just know how to use it on the spot most of the time. But we have no idea what powers we have except that we can fly." Renge then starts begin to go off on a tangent. "But I suppose that some more recent series like Galaxy Star did go into about learning and experimenting their new powers...perhaps we could do something like that?...I suppose we'd also have to
[21:17] <Himukai_Renge> practice using our powers as well. Maybe I should watch some more shounen anime instead..."
01[21:18] <&GeMshuku> "Most girls seem to have exactly two sorts of powers, if that makes it any easier?" Being helpful!
01[21:19] <&GeMshuku> "There's plenty of ways to use both, of course!"
[21:19] <Shinohara_Haru> Aaauuu~ Haru started to mentally whimper at the sudden lecture! It didn't help that she didn't watch these kinds of anime, and didn't really know what Renge was talking about!
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[21:20] <Himukai_Renge> "...Oh! Well that certainly helps a lot!" Renge snaps back into the conversation. "Speaking of which, what's that in your hand, Haru?" Renge points at the weird stick object in Haru's hand.
[21:22] <Shinohara_Haru> "....Well." Haru looked at her staff, then at all the TV antennas on top of the nearby houses, and back to her "staff". "It...seems to be a TV antenna!"
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[21:23] <Himukai_Renge> "Eh? What are you doing with a TV antenna? Did it fall off of your roof?" Renge asked, clearly confused.
[21:24] <Shinohara_Haru> "I...think it might be part of my magical girl equipment." Haru tried waving it a little, and it made some sparky noises! "...Seems so."
01[21:25] <&GeMshuku> "Strange things that appear with your new form are likely part of the new form! As for why they're there...they usually are tied to your interests and/or powers!"
[21:26] <Himukai_Renge> "Usabeeeey~ Why didn't I get a cool looking magical stick when I transformed?" Renge whined at Fate in a high pitched tone. "Is it because I'm not cute enough to be a real magical girl?"
01[21:27] <&GeMshuku> Its ears shrug.
[21:28] <Himukai_Renge> Renge pouts in response.
[21:29] <Himukai_Renge> "Haru! We're landing here!" Renge suddenly exclaims in an annoyed and angry tone while pointing down at the children's local playgorund below.
[21:30] <Shinohara_Haru> "Ah, alright." Haru landed after Renge, and placed Usab- Fate on the ground!
01[21:32] <&GeMshuku> It shakes itself off! Thankfully, the playground is bare. After hours, of course! We can't show that on camera! ...At the moment! Too early!
[21:33] <Himukai_Renge> Renge takes a moment after landing to calm herself down before speaking to Haru again "Maybe we should start with your powers first, Haru? Since you...already have...your weapon..." Renge starts trailing off again.
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[21:38] <Shinohara_Haru> Haru could tell her fellow magical girl was still feeling quite annoyed and jealous, but she didn't really know how to placate her, so...she meekly complied! By just willing her 'staff' to...do something, she managed some weak tendrils of electricity! She tried to concentrate harder and closed her eyes, and...felt a weak electromagnetic wave emanating from her staff! As it bounced around, she found that she could mentally map out
[21:38] <Shinohara_Haru> the basic layout of the playground, pinpoint the location of metals by their feedback, and most importantly...she could sense Renge nearby, passively radiating an electrical aura of comparable strength!
[21:40] <Himukai_Renge> Renge looks in awe as the electricity zips around
[21:41] <Himukai_Renge> "Ooh, that's so cool~ I wish I could something like that!" Renge says with a more uplifted mood seeing the display of magical power.
[21:41] <Shinohara_Haru> "It seems...I can control electromagnetism..?" 'Electromagnetism' sounds like such a big word, but she knew that if she called it just "electricity" or "magnetism" around her brother, she'd be promptly corrected! "I could sort of use them to 'sense' my surroundings, too, sort of like a kind of radar, I guess? I couldn't tell everything else apart from each other very well, but I could detect you quite distinctively, Himukai-san."
01[21:42] <&GeMshuku> Fate watches the exchanges! "You won't know what you can do unless you try~"
[21:42] <Himukai_Renge> "Really? Does that mean I have something similar as well?" Renge ponders a bit
01[21:43] <&GeMshuku> "You're a magical girl, so you've got a set of powers! It's only natural to assume you do~"
[21:45] <Himukai_Renge> "No no, that's not what I meant, Usabey." Renge puts her index finger to her chin in a pondering pose. "Haru said she could distinctly detect my presence with her power. Would that mean...I share a similar power?"
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01[21:47] <&GeMshuku> "...Ooooh. Then I suppose it very well might be related, yes! While magic is somewhat seperated from reality even as magic replicates it in some fashion, it would still have most of the same properties..."
01[21:47] <&GeMshuku> Fate is most definitely magical! Really, one would find it sort of hard to not see anything non-magical about it. Gear's a hotspot.
[21:48] <Shinohara_Haru> Gears are steampunk!
[21:48] <Himukai_Renge> Renge stretches out her right arm with an open palm and attempts to tap into her magical power. She imagined herself as one of her favourite characters, Asuha. A beautiful magical girl, dignified, cool calm and collected in any situation that everyone looked to for inspiration. A perfect balance.
[21:50] <Himukai_Renge> Suddenly, a long, thin object began to materialize in her right hand and a circular object around her left wrist. After a brief moment, the light of meterialization dims into a spear and shield.
[21:51] <Shinohara_Haru> "..Oooh! You do get a weapon, Himukai-san! And a shield!"
[21:51] <Himukai_Renge> Renge squeals with glee "I did it! I did it! I'm really a magical girl!" She begins running circles around the playground.
01[21:51] <&GeMshuku> "The spear and shield...if what I've read is accurate, those are a classic pair! Congrats~"
[21:56] <Himukai_Renge> Renge finally calms down after a few minutes, looking down at her equipment that share the same red trimmings as her armour. "So the question is, what else can I do with this?" She points her spear at a nearby see-saw. "Here goes nothing!"
[21:56] <Shinohara_Haru> "Er, you might want to point it away from that--"
[21:57] <Himukai_Renge> Suddenly a bolt of lightning emnantes from the tip of the spear and shoots through the air towards its target with a loud crackle.
01[21:58] <&GeMshuku> The impact was so ferocious it sends the entire thing flying a distance on top of the electrical impact itself! HEAVY DUTY.
[22:00] <Himukai_Renge> "D-did you see that Haru?!" Renge exclaimed in shock
[22:01] <Shinohara_Haru> "....Poor see-saw..." Haru lamely commented! That..seemed so much more powerful than her tiny little sparks! "That was quite impressive!"
[22:02] <Himukai_Renge> "Thanks Haru! Your powers seem like they would be more useful in a lot more situations though."
[22:05] <Shinohara_Haru> Haru smiled and nodded! Though frankly she didn't feel her abilities would be very useful aside from for looking for people and youma..."Can you do anything else with your magic, Himukai-san?"
[22:05] <Himukai_Renge> "Well, Usabey did say magical girls usually have two powers so let's se-
[22:05] <Himukai_Renge> Renge suddenly hears a beeping noise and looks at her watch. "Ah. Sorry Haru. I really should be getting home. My father should be coming back from work and I need to make sure I'm there to open the door for him and get dinner ready."
[22:06] <Shinohara_Haru> "Ah, alright. See you later, Himukai-san," Haru bowed.
[22:06] <Himukai_Renge> "See you tomorrow, Haru. Remember, it's tomorrow at 3 PM in the square."
[22:07] <Shinohara_Haru> Haru nodded, and waved her new friend/colleague goodbye!
[22:07] <Himukai_Renge> Renge waves back as they go their separate ways
01[22:07] <&GeMshuku> "Don't forget! I'll be off too. Take the time to prepare yourself for what tomorrow brings!"
[22:08] <Himukai_Renge> Renge then says to herself, "And tomorrow, I'll be able to see ALL of the magical girls in their cute outfits." Rengeg blushes at the thought of all those cute girls concentrated in one area.