Nagisa Quest Second Scene

    [23:27] <Denton> Last time on Nagisa Quest you woke up on a bed in a flea bag five story motel in a rotten neighborhood in a possible frame up by persons unknown. You disposed of the corpse via the a bag full of acid and a shower drain. You possessed the possible murder weapon, and had a clue. An address. Something concrete that you could touch and influence.
    [23:28] <Tryph> Genkibowl is great. Trouble With Clones is quite funny and well done! And Gangstas In Space! I'd recommend all of those
    [23:29] <Kiri-Schoolgirl> Alrighty! And this is the first I've seen of Nagisa Quest!
    01[23:31] <Mai_Ikari> She has a bag that contains anything she can imagine, so solutions to problems are easy to come by.
    [23:31] <Denton> Now you had to flee the scene of the crime, with a party of eight heavily geared men making their way up to your location. Time was gradually evaporating away, and the claw of nipping was closing in. You were Midorikawa Nagisa, or Pretty Idol Beautiful Midori to your magical girl colleagues. You had a literal wish granting device with unlimited supply
    [23:33] <Denton> As long as your imagination serviced you, you would want for nothing. You were burnt out with life and wished to rule the world like a fat man wishes to raid the cookie jar. Facing an uncertain future, you began to determine how you should escape this troublesome predicament.
    [23:33] <Denton> How do you flee?
    03[23:34] * Kiri-Schoolgirl is now known as Kiri-chan
    01[23:35] <Mai_Ikari> Let's see, were we still in the apartment?
    [23:36] <Denton> Yes. You also still can see through walls with your xray glasses. Literally nothing has changed from how the previous part ended.
    01[23:37] <Mai_Ikari> Making sure that I'm remembering it right. Then, if we've got a clear path to the stairway, let's head to the roof. More options up there, and if they had air coverage we'd hear it.
    [23:39] <Denton> Oh yeah. Anyone else reading this, join in if you feel like it. This is a very open participation quest for the IRC channel
    [23:39] <AFaceInTheCrowd> Hm
    [23:39] <AFaceInTheCrowd> SWAT+ is more than a fleabag motel rates. Leave a flashbang surprise in the room as a token of our esteem?
    [23:39] <UdzI> Nah. We leave them nothing, but an open window while we head to the roof
    01[23:39] <Mai_Ikari> I'd not, the less evidence we were there the better.
    [23:40] <AFaceInTheCrowd> makes sense
    [23:43] <Denton> Like a ghost you should fade from the room. No evidence should be left behind. You double checked everything before committing to the act of departure, finding that you were very thorough. Good. That was what you needed: thoroughness. You left the window open, seeing no point in tampering with it. Plus, it might throw them off track. You could do with that.
    [23:45] <Denton> Grabbing the doorknob, you calmed yourself and opened it like a normal person would if they had never discovered a potential SWAT squad coming up to knock on their door. You closed it behind you, looked side to side, and noticed you still had your glasses on. You scanned the way to the roof and noted how clear it was. Taking them off, you made your way up.
    [23:48] <Denton> The door leading to the roof was locked. It was simple wood, providing no defense if you were to pound it off its hinges. You could deal with it sneakily, quickly, or turn back and find an alternative route to safety.
    [23:48] <Udz> We don't need to resort to brute force when we have the key.
    [23:49] <Mai_Ikari> We'd need to know more about it to imagine the true key, probably, so let's go the easy way and pull a skeleton key out of the bag.
    [23:54] <Denton> Ayou pulled your purse out. It was the key to this situation. You imagined that you had the key, simple as that, and the key to this door, and to all doors, came out of black velvet. You hid your most prized possession away and unlocked the door, going through, then locking it behind you. Leave. No. Trace. You were on top of the Flea Bag Motel.
    [23:56] <Udz> Assuming we've got standard magical girl athletic abilities, let's roof run a few buildings away before we get back down to ground level
    [23:57] <Denton> It was nondescrip beyond a few chimney spouts that had steam rising through them, a few raised planes, and cigarette buts littering here and there. You scanned the horizon, needing to find your baring. Skyscrapers glittered with diamonds in the distance, while the rundown commercial zone you were in was buried in filth. Narrow alleyways separated the
    [00:00] <Denton> buildings from each other. You could easily jump them. Amazingly enough there was a fire escape ladder on the side of the building, loose in its foundation. You could descend this way. You could jump... down to the ground. Five stories won't kill you. You could jump... to any of the three buildings surrounding the one you stood upon. You began to wonder if
    [00:01] <Denton> their had arrived at your room yet. You could take a peek, see how they react to absolutely nothing there. What do you do?
    [00:02] <AFaceInTheCrowd> Run on the roof towards the skyscrapers
    [00:03] <Mai_Ikari> Heading towards the skyscraper section of town seems like the best strategy, it'll be harder for them to pursue in an area with higher population.
    [00:08] <Denton> You felt drawn to the skyscrapers. Their glittering diamonds were like beacons for the ship that was Midorikawa Nagisa. You assumed the position, prepping your body before running with all your speed, jumping with all your might at the lip of the building. Your armor proved to be weightless, for you flew between the two buildings. You landed hard on your feet
    [00:10] <Denton> rolling to a stop and laying out. You weren't use to doing that. Standing up, you began this again, jumping to the next, and the next, and the next, making your way to the skyscrapers. You began to think over who would wish to destroy you in such a way. You had plenty of enemies, and some you clashed with daily. But no names came up as a perfect fit.
    [00:12] <Denton> You needed more information. More time. More leads. All you had was the address the late Mr. Smith Weston lived at. What awaited you there? Was this Weston a critical cog in some clockwork plan, or just someone that would do for the purpose intended for him?
    [00:14] <Denton> You ran out of buildings to jump to, having reached the highway that was the city's artery. The skyscrapers were just beyond the highway, which was a six lane highway on both sides. You sometimes forgot you lived inside a metropolis. Scanning around, this building had a fire escape, as well as a door leading inside. Looking down the walls, it looked like a
    [00:14] <Denton> store but of what you couldn't tell. It looked closed, the parking lot empty of any cars or bicycles. How do you proceed?
    [00:16] <UdzMobile> Down the fire escape, under the highway. Transform while under it, changing into  some reasonable running gear, and head home
    [00:18] <Mai_Ikari> Sounds reasonable to me. Pull out a GPS while on the way home and plug the guy's address into it, the location itself should tell us a thing or two.
    [00:22] <Sleepy-no-Laptop> It's not a very dignified way of travelling but I agree, crawling down the fire escape is preferrable to bumping into people we don't want to meet by accident who may or may not be inside this building.
    [00:27] <Denton> You climbed down the fire escape. It held. Under the highway, the roar of semis and travelers from afar was deafening. Pulling your purse out while looking to and fro for any punks looking for a good time, and finding none, you thought of a GPS device that held Weston's address. Your purse gave it to you, the route already mapped and displayed. You sniggered
    [00:31] <Denton> as you hid it. Of all the powers that could have been yours, the most broken one was chosen. It was as if that incubator wanted to ruin reality. Holding your precious device, you transformed out of your armor, and now stood in a white blouse with black dress pants. Your shoes were shoes, brown as the dirt you sometimes walked on. For kicks you decided to
    [00:34] <Denton> wear a tie half fastened. Originally you used to wear top of the line fashion designs, particularly those that screamed sci fi in origin. You grew out of that habit. Looking at your GPS, your destination was a forty five minute walk away from your current location. You could start now, or go to the bar you often visited, or the chinese restaurant you ate at
    [00:34] <Denton> religiously. You were a slightly hungry, but also slightly hunted. What do you do?
    [00:36] <Mai_Ikari> I'm torn, do we cheat with our bag, or do we get chinese takeout?
    [00:37] <AFaceInTheCrowd> stakeout the takeout place for a little while
    [00:37] <AFaceInTheCrowd> then get takeout.
    [00:37] <Sleepy-no-Laptop> Eat chinese take out on top of highest skyscraper, look out over city and angst it out for a while. Genuflection is optional.
    [00:37] <Mai_Ikari> Bar is a bad idea, even if we can pull an instant sobriety pill out of our bag, that sorta defeats the purpose of drinking.
    [00:38] <Udz> There must be a reason we don't eat out of the bag. Let's hit a street cart or something, not our regular place.
    [00:39] <Mai_Ikari> Even if it's an atom-for-atom replica, it's still not the same. Don't make me hunt down alpha centauri quotes. lol
    [00:40] <Denton> Chinese sounded good to you right now. You were hungry, it was best to satisfy it before delving into something you regretted. But your favorite chinese restaurant could be staked out, they could be waiting for you there. Or they might not be. You didn't know. You had a decision: Hunt down some independent chinese food cart, or risk the restaurant.
    [00:43] <AFaceInTheCrowd> restaurant is an unecessary risk, find a cart
    [00:44] <Udz> Find a cart
    [00:44] <Mai_Ikari> Yeah, cart. Get egg rolls or something else that's easy to eat.
    [00:50] <Denton> You hung your head. You said no to your restaurant, and began hoofing it to Little China Town. A district in Black City that held the largest population of orientals. In fact, it was *only* orientals that lived there, having ran out any other race through gentle nudging. It was in the opposite direction of your destination but hey, you were jonsing for
    [00:53] <Denton> some egg rolls and kung pao chicken. Little China Town had many carts in its territory, from dusk to dawn, and from dawn to dusk. A 24/7 source for food you considered to be really good. You ran down a cart, who held what you needed. You and the owner began to banter back and forth in mandarin, gesturing back and forth as you haggled prices.
    [00:54] <Sleepy-no-Laptop> >Haggling prices
    [00:55] <Sleepy-no-Laptop> Jesus Christt, infinite-money-girl, calm down.
    [00:55] <Israelhexen> It's a hobby!
    [00:55] <Mai_Ikari> But haggling prices is a time-honored tradition with this sort of thing.
    [00:55] <AFaceInTheCrowd> old habits?
    [00:55] <Mai_Ikari> It's also how you know it's damn good chinese.
    [00:55] <Udz> It is the Done Thing, Sleepy. We'd stand out if we didn't haggle!
    [00:55] <Israelhexen> It's part of the experience
    [00:55] <Israelhexen> 'sides, she might be doing the whole comical haggling-up thing.
    [00:56] <Israelhexen> But somehow I doubt that.
    [00:57] <Denton> Finally one was settled and your meal was served. Two egg rolls with a medium bowl of kung pao chicken. You ate it down, noting how average it was. Definitely not the caliber of your restaurant, but doable. You finished, leaving him the trash, and began your hour and five minute trek toward 308 Aspen Rd.
    [00:58] <Sleepy-no-Laptop> At least our tummy is full now~
    [00:59] <AFaceInTheCrowd> >not 308 Winchester
    [01:02] <Israelhexen> >not 7.62x54mmR
    [01:02] <Israelhexen> Wait, sorry, got a little confused there.
    [01:02] <AFaceInTheCrowd> But that's a terrible address.
    [01:02] <Israelhexen> It is a totally awesome address shut up
    [01:02] <AFaceInTheCrowd> Only if the house is shaped like a giant boolet.
    [01:03] <Israelhexen> Why would anyone's house not be shaped like a massive boolet?
    [01:03] <AFaceInTheCrowd> cost of brass siding?
    [01:04] <Israelhexen> But only the rich people do that, the rest of us just paint the sides
    [01:04] <Israelhexen> This isn't Minecraft
    [01:05] <Denton> You cut through the heart of the metropolis, keeping in the crowds so that many people would die before you would, if whoever wanted you out of the picture was ballsy enough to just violently end your life like that. You figured they weren't. Why the secrecy, the set up, the dagger in the back? An hour and five minutes went by with each step, hands in your
    [01:06] <Denton> pockets and your shoulders slouched. Low profile. Incognito, almost. You checked your GPS and saw how much closer it was. Just a turn here, a twist there, and a dash straight, and Aspen rd would be on your right.
    [01:09] <Denton> Aspen Road. Your took a moment to remember what the backstory was, and remembered when you saw the cracks along the sidewalks. A development company came in, bought a plot of land, and made it into a sub division. Cookie cutter houses went up like a forest, and with time, became run down, but still liveable. Whoever did was stuck, unable to escape this road
    [01:11] <Denton> long gangster paradise. Your GPS told you the house you wanted was smack dab in the middle. You stuck the GPS device into your inventory and proceeded along, keeping a weary eye on the surroundings. You weren't in your armor, you were exposed, vulnerable, a target for any punk that saw you as easy prey. A few shady gentlemen stepped out from their porch
    [01:12] <Denton> when you walked by their lawn, clearly staying on the public sidewalk. You never touched their lawn, so they shouldn't have any reason to bother you. But they believed otherwise, and began to follow you. How do you respond?
    [01:14] <AFaceInTheCrowd> what's the public knowledge of mahou shoujos like?
    [01:14] <AFaceInTheCrowd> slash, are we actually a pmmm-style puella magi, i might not have read the first one...
    [01:15] <AFaceInTheCrowd> wait, derp, incubator mentioned, nevermind the second part.
    [01:15] <Mai_Ikari> We're a Magical Burst style MG, which is based directly off PMMM so the only difference is statlines.
    [01:15] <Denton> We PMMM now
    [01:16] <Israelhexen> Hum
    [01:16] <Denton> Public knowledge is that it's known and has been accepted. Since MGs are killable with ease (soul gem) , no regulations or the like have been passed.
    [01:17] <Israelhexen> Look around, is anyone else about at this time?
    [01:17] <Israelhexen> Other than ourselves and the punks.
    [01:17] <Mai_Ikari> If they're simply following us and not gaining on us, continue as normal, duck out of their sight and pull something suitably threatening and lethal out of the bag when the chance presents itself.
    [01:17] <AFaceInTheCrowd> Well, first you have to hit the soul gem...
    [01:17] <AFaceInTheCrowd> I was going to say, we're pretty much something suitably threatening and lethal already.
    [01:18] <Israelhexen> But transformations are flashy
    [01:18] <Israelhexen> And would attract more attention than we could afford right now
    [01:18] <Israelhexen> while we still don't know what's up
    [01:18] <AFaceInTheCrowd> just hold the ring/gem up and try to scare them off?
    [01:19] <Mai_Ikari> Yeah, whereas pulling, say, an assault rifle out of our bag and having it aimed at them when they round the corner in pursuit would be effective without really giving away anything.
    [01:19] <Denton> {Remember, we have a revolver that shoots tiny bullets compressed of typhoon strength winds.}
    [01:19] <Israelhexen> The idea is to threaten rather than kill
    [01:19] <Israelhexen> so the bigger the gun, the better
    [01:19] <Mai_Ikari> Exactly.
    [01:19] <Sleepy-no-Laptop> Pull ou two hander, start talking in a broad scottish accent about freedom.
    [01:20] <Israelhexen> Better
    [01:20] <Mai_Ikari> lol
    [01:20] <Israelhexen> pull out WW2-era British rifle and a claymore
    [01:20] <Israelhexen> make like Jack Chruchill
    [01:20] <Denton> Become...
    [01:20] <Denton> Ok.
    [01:20] <Israelhexen> that mad son of a bitch bluffed out about 40 germans once IIRC
    [01:21] <Mai_Ikari> lol
    [01:21] <Udz> So long as they don't further agress, just keep on walking, I say.
    [01:21] <Sleepy-no-Laptop> I'm probably a bit too tired to actually contribute anything meaningful, I apologise. I'll observe from here on.
    [01:21] <Mai_Ikari> Ideally they stop following us and we don't have to do anything.
    [01:21] <Denton> You scanned around, making it not to obvious you were looking for others, and saw at your 11 two guys shooting the shit on their porch, drinking what looked like lemonade and laughing. Maybe apart of the three behind you, maybe not. What do you do?
    [01:22] <Denton> Sleepy, you're fine :) You contribute a lot as well as the others that are participating
    [01:22] <Israelhexen> Keep walking, be prepared to quickdraw a weapon for intimidation.
    [01:23] <AFaceInTheCrowd> Combine plans, use ring hand to display gun?
    [01:23] <AFaceInTheCrowd> maximum intimidate
    [01:23] <Israelhexen> "TALK TO THE HAND. ALSO THE BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE. BUT MOSTLY THE HAND."
    [01:23] <Mai_Ikari> lol
    [01:24] <Mai_Ikari> Still gonna say that directly MG-related intimidation is a bad idea. Surprise heavy weaponry, not so bad.
    [01:25] <Udz> I still say we should try to maintain a non-aggressive profile unless they act first.
    [01:25] <Israelhexen> Precisely
    [01:25] <Israelhexen> keep walking
    [01:25] <Israelhexen> but be prepared to draw ze cannon if they do anything funny
    [01:25] <Israelhexen> otherwise let them be
    [01:25] <Udz> Yes
    [01:26] <Mai_Ikari> Yeah, there's no reason to make a scene, it's just worth knowing beforehand what scene you'll make.
    [01:29] <Sleepy-no-Laptop> >inb4 spaghetti falls out of purse.
    [01:29] <AFaceInTheCrowd> hahaha
    [01:29] <AFaceInTheCrowd> new plan, pour about 10 kilos of spaghetti out of purse
    [01:29] <AFaceInTheCrowd> escape in the confusion
    [01:29] <Mai_Ikari>  :(
    [01:29] <Israelhexen> 10 kilos of spaghetti is pretty intimidating
    [01:30] <Israelhexen> !
    [01:30] <Israelhexen> Pull Tomoko out of purse
    [01:30] <Israelhexen> throw at pursuers
    [01:30] <Israelhexen> leave
    [01:30] <Udz> That's cruel, israel
    [01:30] <Mai_Ikari> You're terrible.
    [01:30] <Israelhexen> I know, it's great
    [01:30] <Mai_Ikari> And should feel bad.
    [01:31] <Israelhexen> >me in charge of having feels
    [01:31] <Denton> "Hey girlie, chu lookin' fine." "Uhuhuh th-thanks." you mutter back at him, blushing crimson. "Aight, girlie, whas yer name?" "Pr-Pre-PRetty Idol--- Nagisa!" "Aww yeah, das a noice name. You got monies? Aww, hand it over, cutie, and Imma show you a good time." "Al-alright..." You got your purse out and opened it upside down, and spaghetti fell out by the kilo
    [01:32] <AFaceInTheCrowd> aoops
    [01:32] <Denton> Back to seriousness, aight.
    [01:32] <Udz> hahaha
    [01:33] <Sleepy-no-Laptop> F-FUCKING GAMESTOP
    [01:33] <Mai_Ikari> Oh god why did that happen. lol
    [01:33] <Denton> You kept walking. They wouldn't make a scene. There was senseless violence, and then there was senseless violence, and it would be senseless to bother you. .. Then again, you hadn't thought of *that* particular aspect of the violence. Still, you kept an eye on them. They jaywalked the street and met the two laughing shit shooters sipping their lemonade.
    [01:33] <Israelhexen> Because of hue.
    [01:34] <Israelhexen> http://imgdex.com/i/4f3bf53db5a3d.jpg
    [01:36] <Denton> You swore you heard numbers being tossed about like pez. They also glanced your way occasionally. You... decided to get back on track. False alarm. Assholes prowl the streets just as murderers do. You reached 308 Aspen Rd, and looked at the run down generic house. It was average all over, and looked to be only one story, with no basement. You saw no lights on
    [01:36] <Denton> But that didn't mean there weren't anyone inside. Before committing to anything, what was the plan of action?
    [01:37] <Israelhexen> Uh
    [01:37] <Mai_Ikari> Batman glasses.
    [01:37] <Mai_Ikari> The plan is batman.
    [01:37] <Israelhexen> Good plan.
    [01:39] <Udz> Indeed
    [01:40] <Israelhexen> I have a feeling we'd be dead twice over without Mai
    [01:41] <AFaceInTheCrowd> heh
    [01:41] <Mai_Ikari> We're working with an unlimited bag of gadgets straight out of fiction, so "What would batman do" has been my plan. lol
    [01:50] <Udz> Oh man, y'know what we should have done? Looked this dude up on facebook, maybe linkedin
    [01:50] <Mai_Ikari> That's entirely too social for me to have thought of. :(
    [01:50] <Israelhexen> Indeed
    [01:50] <Israelhexen> Same here
    [01:50] <AFaceInTheCrowd> whups
    [01:51] <Denton> Mjuahahahhaah
    [01:51] <Israelhexen> >dat j
    [01:51] <AFaceInTheCrowd> pff, we don't need social skills
    [01:51] <AFaceInTheCrowd> we have a batman bag
    [01:51] <Israelhexen> We've got Unlimited Unlimited Works Works
    [01:51] <Denton> Your doomed has been sealed! Social link ups are the way to winsss
    [01:51] <Denton> No.
    [01:52] <Sleepy-no-Laptop> C-can we pull... guys... listen... guys, can we pull... listen guys.
    [01:52] <Sleepy-no-Laptop> Can we pull another bag out of the bag?
    [01:53] <Israelhexen> We've already done so
    [01:53] <AFaceInTheCrowd> i thought you were going to say 'actual batman'
    [01:53] <Denton> He probably means another purse out of the purse
    [01:53] <Israelhexen> But Batman would beat us up
    [01:53] <Israelhexen> because we want to take over the world
    [01:53] <Sleepy-no-Laptop> Now I feel silly. ;__;
    [01:53] <AFaceInTheCrowd> i think the answer is 'yes, but it won't also be magick'
    [01:53] <Israelhexen> Just really stylish.
    [01:54] <Sleepy-no-Laptop> So we can't start handing out magical cornucopia machines and crash the world economy?
    [01:54] <Israelhexen> Uh
    [01:54] <Mai_Ikari> But we can't rule the world if everyone is creating weapons from their imagination.
    [01:54] <Israelhexen> the bag is limited only by imagination
    [01:54] <Israelhexen> so technically we could
    [01:54] <Israelhexen> but somehow I doubt it can self-replicate
    [01:54] <Mai_Ikari> This idea is directly detrimental to our world domination schemes.
    [01:55] <Israelhexen> Indeed it is
    [01:55] <Israelhexen> It's not impossible, just unwise
    [01:55] <Denton> I'm writing, but I do have one thing to say: This is a free quest. YOu can do whatever you want. *Everything* will have  a consequence, either good or bad. The purse is powered by your imaginations :3
    [01:55] <Israelhexen> ..... I have this sudden suspicion that it burns our imagination as fuel.
    [01:56] <Mai_Ikari> It's entirely possible. Thing's a faustian bargain, it's gotta have a catch.
    [01:56] <AFaceInTheCrowd> well, it already probably depletes the soul gem to use.
    [01:57] <Mai_Ikari> But that just means we need to pull as broadly-applicable gadgets as possible out of it when we use it.
    [01:57] <Udz> Good thing we have the imagination of several people
    [01:57] <Israelhexen> That's not a problem, Face
    [01:57] <Israelhexen> just pull grief seeds out of the bag
    [01:57] <Israelhexen> :3
    [01:57] <Mai_Ikari> I wouldn't trust a grief seed that comes out of this thing.
    [01:57] <Israelhexen> That was a joke.
    [01:58] <Mai_Ikari> I'm sure it violates the third law of magidynamics and would cause us to get eaten by the gods of entropy the moment we touched it to our gem. lol
    [01:58] <AFaceInTheCrowd> lol
    [01:58] <Denton> You took your x ray glasses out and equipped them, the world becoming blueprint again. You scanned the house. Pizza boxes were stacked up by the pillar in each room, holding the ceiling up. You saw no one else in there. Mr. Weston lived alone, with his pizza boxes.
    [01:58] <Denton> One room caught your attention. It looked like a well stocked library, and it was centered exactly in the middle of the house, below it. An unofficial addition, you guessed, making his cookie not so generic. Why the library? Why the pizza boxes? You had more questions than answers.
    [01:58] <Denton> You took your glasses off and entered the house, silently using your skeleton key on it. You cautiously went room to room, from front room to living room to kitchen, and began to grope the wall for any switches. Your glasses told you that much. You found it, in the form of a hook. You had to press upwards to trigger it.
    [01:58] <Denton> A narrow stairway descended downward to the library. You followed it to the bottom, where a pair of doors greeted you. Well polished doors. You opened them and were given the sight of a beautifully maintained library. He loved to read, it was apparent. In the small, cozy library full of richly colored wood were ten bookcases full of books. First editions each
    [01:58] <Denton> and every one of them.  Where do you begin?
    [01:59] <AFaceInTheCrowd> maybe these things are being taken from somewhere.
    [01:59] <AFaceInTheCrowd> we should try to take something unique that we know where it is, and then see if the original disappears
    [02:00] <Mai_Ikari> Given that we've pulled one does-not-exist-in-reality thing from it already, I don't think it operates like that. Worth testing though.
    [02:00] <AFaceInTheCrowd> Oh, and skim the titles for a theme but stay alert.
    [02:00] <Mai_Ikari> Anyway, yhat's an impressively valuable collection. Thumb through a few, see if there's any common.between books.
    [02:00] <Mai_Ikari> *anything
    [02:00] <Mai_Ikari> *that's
    [02:01] <Mai_Ikari> *halpicanttype
    [02:13] <Denton> The room checked out for anything dangerous. You walked the library, looking at the spine of each book, trying to find anything interesting, anything common between them. You did, and it was interesting. Smith Weston enjoyed magical girl literature. From the philiosophical to the scientific, from the romantic, to the adventureous. He had actual books amid his
    [02:13] <Denton> collection, but he really enjoyed that sort of literature.
    [02:13] <Denton> "Pretty Idol Beautiful Nagisa, I've come to save you." You straightened up, and slowly, cautiously, turned around to face your rival, Fancy Knight Elegant Usagi. Her name did not match up with her outfit, which was nothing but hearts. Human hearts, in the shape of love and passion. Blood and life. She had a tennis racket on her back, which idly radiated light
    [02:13] <Denton> from the strings.
    [02:13] <Denton> This wasn't good. This didn't make sense. She was not someone you wanted to meet. She possessed the very rare ability of warping reality and twisting it into stuff of nightmares. All those horror stories you read from H.D. Lovercraft would become reality in this tiny library.
    [02:14] <Denton> How do you respond?
    [02:14] <Israelhexen> "I'm sorry, Usagi, but Nagisa is in another basement."
    [02:14] <Israelhexen> (don't actually say this)
    [02:15] <Udz> "Save me? Why would you want to do that?"
    [02:16] <AFaceInTheCrowd> "Save me from what?" - her answer has about .02 seconds to be sane before we start trying to ventilate her skull.
    [02:16] <AFaceInTheCrowd> because we're trapped in a little underground box with her.
    [02:16] <Israelhexen> REality warper and we are untransformed. First priority if hostilities start is to GTFO
    [02:17] <Mai_Ikari> Stuff our natural panic into a box, deal with it later. "What do you think you're saving me from?" (If we're lucky, we get information of questionable quality)
    [02:19] <Sleepy-no-Laptop> "Don't worry, I saved two minutes ago. Even if it crashed now I've got a backup. I'm fine, really."
    [02:19] <Israelhexen> Haha!
    [02:20] <Israelhexen> I like that one
    [02:28] <Denton> "Save me? From what? Why, and what from?" You asked her, unmoving in your stance. She stepped up to you, grabbed your hands, and peered into your eyes. Pious concern shown. "I know about your wish. Your wish is simply, terrible. You shouldn't act on it. Ruling THIS world is bad. Very bad to do, Nagisa." She smiled a little, seeing your confusion.
    [02:29] <Denton> "I'll tell you my wish, so you can understand. I want the world to end, and end all this misery that has been built up over time. It's the only way, the only way, Nagisa. Join me, we both can do it together. I be-LIEVE in you."
    [02:29] <Denton> Accept, or decline?
    [02:30] <Denton> {I already have the decline written up but wish to give you guys a choice despite our wish of ruling said world]
    [02:30] <AFaceInTheCrowd> Welp, she very definitely failed the "be sane" portion of this quiz.
    [02:30] <Israelhexen> Suddenly, an AA-12.
    [02:31] <Udz> We accept, of course, with the intention of dropping her ASAP. She's worse than we thought, and this is no place to be fighting.
    [02:32] <Israelhexen> Oh, wait, she's holding our hands
    [02:32] <Israelhexen> we can't hold a weapon without hands
    [02:32] <AFaceInTheCrowd> I'm not sure that accepting won't lead to an immediate mindfuck
    [02:32] <Udz> Who says that declining won't lead to an immediate mindfuck?
    [02:32] <Israelhexen> And I don't think we can kill her with our teeth untransformed
    [02:33] <AFaceInTheCrowd> we have access to the revolver when out of uniform, right?
    [02:33] <Israelhexen> She's got our hands.
    [02:33] <Denton> Yes.
    [02:33] <Israelhexen> She's probably expecting violence, also.
    [02:34] <Israelhexen> Shit
    [02:34] <Udz> Which is why we accept, temporarily. We let her think we agree with her plan, whatever it may be. We don't have to try and take her out immediately
    [02:34] <Israelhexen> Uh
    [02:34] <Israelhexen> Sure
    [02:34] <Israelhexen> why not
    [02:34] <Udz> Let her drop her guard
    [02:34] <Israelhexen> It's the best out I can see right now
    [02:34] <Mai_Ikari> Yeah, this is a tough one. Best to let her think we're working with her, and hope she's not so insane as to have initiation rites.
    [02:35] <Israelhexen> First chance we get after this we inject ourselves with antimindfuckery nanites
    [02:35] <Mai_Ikari> lol
    [02:35] <AFaceInTheCrowd> heheh
    [02:35] <Udz> A fine plan
    [02:35] <Israelhexen> magical antimindfuckery nanites
    [02:35] <Israelhexen> Denton, does she know about The Purse?
    [02:36] <Denton> Yes.
    [02:36] <Israelhexen> Dismay!
    [02:36] <Israelhexen> Oh well
    [02:37] <Mai_Ikari> Actually, let's state it to her face. We'll work with her to see if she's really more right than we are.
    [02:38] <Udz> I like it
    [02:38] <Israelhexen> I can see the appeal of that approach
    [02:38] <Israelhexen> Sure, why not
    [02:38] <Denton> State what to her face? Our acceptance? Our Purse?
    [02:39] <Sleepy-no-Laptop> "I AM STATING MY PURSE." "You're what?" "Y-you too!"
    [02:39] <Israelhexen> "Anything to declare?"
    [02:39] <Israelhexen> "MY PURSE."
    [02:39] <Israelhexen> "Pardon?"
    [02:39] <Denton> Lol
    [02:39] <Israelhexen> "MY. PURSE. I AM DECLARING IT."
    [02:39] <Israelhexen> ".... Why?"
    [02:39] <Udz> The bit about "working with her to see if she's really more right than we are"
    [02:39] <Mai_Ikari> But... but I said what we'd state D:
    [02:40] <Mai_Ikari> I just didn't put it in quotes D:
    [02:40] <Israelhexen> Well yeah, quote would imply
    [02:40] <Denton> Hah...
    [02:40] <Denton> Ok. Interessting
    [02:40] <Israelhexen> that we are literally saying "we" and "her"
    [02:40] <Israelhexen> Which is a little creepy
    [02:40] <Denton> Well you're a little tired from the life
    [02:41] <Israelhexen> And then Nagisa was a symbiote
    [02:41] <AFaceInTheCrowd> >symbiote
    [02:41] <AFaceInTheCrowd> just yell at her "JAFFA, KREE!"
    [02:41] <Israelhexen> hue
    [02:42] <Denton> "JAFFA, KREE!" You bellowed, and a moment later your eyes glowed. Usagi quivered in fear, and bowed before her Goa'uld Lord.
    [02:43] <AFaceInTheCrowd> system lord end, best end.
    [02:44] <Sleepy-no-Laptop> I knew it! I KNEW IT!
    [02:52] <Denton> "Of course, Usagi. I accept your proposal to join forces, to see if you really are more right than I am in the end." You stated it to her face, slipping your hands out from her's and letting them fall. YOu didn't step back, for if you did the shaky position you're in may escalate into something bad. Real bad.
    [02:52] <Denton> "Wh..at? To see if I'm more right than you are in the end? Nagisa, I am more right, and I'm going to show that to you. Make you believe that." She wasn't smiling, she had a dead serious look on her face. As if you insulted her ideals. She nodded once. You nodded back.
    [02:52] <Denton> An uneasy truce was made, and accepted, within the library of a dead businessman that ate only pizza and loved magical girl literature. Unknown to Usagi, you had plans on breaking this truce and fleeing the first chance you got. Except those plans haven't been made yet, and you figured your new ally, Fancy Knight Elegant Usagi will be sticking close to you to
    [02:52] <Denton> show you her way of seeing things.  The drapes descend, the act closes, and a new, uncertain path opens up. All you had to do was walk down the hill.