Oct 16 15:17:39 <Sakata_Ginko>	THE YEAR IS 20XX
Oct 16 15:17:45 <Sakata_Ginko>	THE WORLD HAS BEEN ANNIHILATED WITH NUCLEAR FIRE
Oct 16 15:18:01 <MidorikawaMisao>	"Yaaaay, fire!"
Oct 16 15:18:10 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	well yeah combustion kind of only occurs with atomic particles--
Oct 16 15:18:57 <GeMshuku>	The use of Up-B steadily rises.
Oct 16 15:20:56 <MidorikawaMisao>	FIYAAAH
Oct 16 15:21:05 <Sakata_Ginko>	And yet, a group of adventurers were searching for the golden master console in the radioactive wasteland
Oct 16 15:21:09 <Sakata_Ginko>	to destroy Fox once and for all
Oct 16 15:21:55 <GeMshuku>	LAST TIME, ON MEDUKA: The timid girls spy on their boyfriends from a distant rooftop! Only there's no boyfriends! Only girlfriends! Like, four of them. That you don't know, but you do know they're tough. ...And a rainbow jelly youma that radiates both power and death.
Oct 16 15:22:34 *	Lily_White is now known as Yuna_Mizuno
Oct 16 15:22:37 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	And it's in Ginko's apartment! In sensei's old room, to be exact!
Oct 16 15:22:42 <GeMshuku>	...Was that why it was unwilling to make an appearance before? Because it looks silly? Whatever the case, it's a lot easier to make out than literally anything else over there.
Oct 16 15:22:42 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	(rIGHT?)
Oct 16 15:23:07 <GeMshuku>	It's not IN there, but that's because it came out. So it's definitely in that area!
Oct 16 15:23:30 <Sakata_Ginko>	"Looks quite non-discriminatory," Ginko commented. biting her lower lips at the position of the youma. "Maybe it should be a mascot at a pride parade or something."
Oct 16 15:25:12 <MidorikawaMisao>	"This is it..." Misao mutters as she transforms, for the hope of Mae!  Fortunately, she doesn't yell that out.
Oct 16 15:26:29 <GeMshuku>	Also with you are the three other girls, Chiyoko, Nezumi, and Hitomi. The middle shoots Misao a look! "Don't get flashy too flash, could see us."
Oct 16 15:26:39 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	"Wait, wait!" Akiko pre-emptively grabbed Misao by the collar before she could run off and probably kill herself! "Remember what we came here for, we're just investigating that youma! This isn't our fight yet!"
Oct 16 15:27:06 <GeMshuku>	-too flash
Oct 16 15:27:26 <GeMshuku>	The blob...seems to be engaging in conversation with the girls in the distance? It's impossible to hear it from here, but you're sure this was a sort of inevitability too.
Oct 16 15:28:58 <MidorikawaMisao>	"Still, we should be ready at all times, Akiko-sama," Misao stares at the youma. "I... don't like the looks of this at all..."
Oct 16 15:29:16 *	Yuna_Mizuno grumbles quietly to herself, "If only I was able to manipulate sound instead of light..."
Oct 16 15:29:23 <Sakata_Ginko>	"Calm down," Ginko muttered, seemingly annoyed at Misao's indiscretion. "I'd rather not blow up my neighbourhood myself if I could help it."
Oct 16 15:31:30 <GeMshuku>	Nezumi is sharp, and hears that! "...You should still try to scan it from here though. If you try really hard, maybe distance won't make much of a difference?"
Oct 16 15:31:52 <GeMshuku>	"We just need to scan it, learn things, and then get the hell out of here."
Oct 16 15:33:25 *	Yuna_Mizuno "Well maybe this time, now that we're not in the midst of combat, I'll be able to learn more about it..."
Oct 16 15:34:06 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	"I agree, that's the most prudent option. Please give it a try, Mizuno-san."
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Oct 16 15:40:40 *	Yuna_Mizuno nods, and closes her eyes. A small magic circle appears at her feet, surrounding her in a dim light. She opens her eyes, and they seem to be glowing a pale yellowish-green. To Yuna, she had a clear view of the Youma and was able to inspect it from multiple angles. It felt like she was right there next to it.
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Oct 16 15:43:24 <GeMshuku>	She sees it not only up close, but she sees the inner workings of it as well! She sees basically everything! ...Mostly basically everything!
Oct 16 15:46:20 <GeMshuku>	...but what's actually seen is...a bit disorienting, really. Perhaps due to the target...or maybe the high level of analysis...the information comes in slowly.
Oct 16 15:46:40 <GeMshuku>	SCANNING:
Oct 16 15:46:43 <GeMshuku>	NAME: PANDORA (SHARD)
Oct 16 15:46:43 <GeMshuku>	NAME: ZERO
Oct 16 15:46:50 <GeMshuku>	For starters, why can something have two names?
Oct 16 15:47:56 *	Yuna_Mizuno raises an eyebrow as she begins processing the information that was coming in.
Oct 16 15:48:56 <GeMshuku>	VITALITY: 132/132
Oct 16 15:49:01 <GeMshuku>	That's an awfully big number.
Oct 16 15:52:00 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	Akiko noticed the change in Yuna's expression. "Did it work?"
Oct 16 15:52:37 <GeMshuku>	ABILITIES: Manipulation of magic
Oct 16 15:52:37 <GeMshuku>	ABILITIES: CLASSIFIED: DEMIGOD-STATUS (SHARD), CAUTION, PLEASE REPORT
Oct 16 15:52:48 <GeMshuku>	It split it into two again? Both of these things are worrying, really.
Oct 16 15:54:04 *	Yuna_Mizuno 's eyes widen at this last piece... "W-what...?" she whispers, a horrified look on her face. "D-demigod...?"
Oct 16 15:55:22 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	Akiko unfolded her arms, clearly disturbed by that reaction. "...What's wrong..?"
Oct 16 15:55:30 <Sakata_Ginko>	"Well, whatever she saw, it ain't good," Ginko inhaled sharply. Now, what to do... "Are you still getting more information?"
Oct 16 15:58:29 <GeMshuku>	CLASSIFICATION: Irregular Heartspawn. Created due to heavy influx of magic caused by an error in the magical girl creation process.
Oct 16 15:58:29 <GeMshuku>	Comment: Please ask for permission. Not asking for permission leads to this. Never again.
Oct 16 15:58:29 <GeMshuku>	CLASSIFICATION: DEMIGOD. THIS IS A DUMMY MESSAGE. IT SHOULDN'T BE USED. YOU SHOULDN'T BE SEEING THIS. PLEASE REPORT THE ERROR TO THE NEAREST TECHNICAL EXPERT POSITION.
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Oct 16 16:00:59 *	Yuna_Mizuno 's expression is now one of confusion. She wasn't sure which of the information to believe.
Oct 16 16:04:51 <GeMshuku>	SAMPLE SURFACE THOUGHT: ...
Oct 16 16:04:52 <GeMshuku>	SAMPLE SURFACE THOUG--------
Oct 16 16:04:52 <GeMshuku>	POWER SHORTAGE. WILL NOT REPEAT ACTION.
Oct 16 16:04:52 <GeMshuku>	WEAKNESSES: Magic use is typically the way to go against youma. Youma that can use magic are, thus, a lot more complicated to deal with. Especially when it's coated with pure magic. That's hard to get around. Finish it quickly or don't fight it at all. A youma with magic shouldn't happen, but it's the highest level of threat. Expect casualties, and a few more youma threats later.
Oct 16 16:04:52 <GeMshuku>	WEAKNESSES: DEMIGOD. THIS IS A DUMMY MESSAGE. YOU CAN'T KILL A GOD, BUT GOD LEFT. I WAS SURE THIS WAS BUGTESTED.
Oct 16 16:05:09 <GeMshuku>	ADDITIONAL QUERIES?
Oct 16 16:05:26 <GeMshuku>	...You seem to have really tapped into your power, and honestly after that you're not sure just how yours it is.
Oct 16 16:06:23 <GeMshuku>	...But it's asking for an additional query?
Oct 16 16:06:29 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	"Um...How bad is it..?" Akiko asked, slightly worried. If she was that dumbfounded about something that was already known to be powerful, intelligent and able to turn magical girls into youma, then the things she was discovering must be really, really bad.
Oct 16 16:08:02 <Sakata_Ginko>	"Her face should tell you all you need to know," Ginko said, her expression grim. She knew what to do then. "If it was really bad, those four are lost causes. At least we got some intel. We need to get out ASAP."
Oct 16 16:09:17 *	Yuna_Mizuno raises an eyebrow at that last line
Oct 16 16:12:04 *	Yuna_Mizuno nods, wanting to find out as much information as she could.
Oct 16 16:12:14 <MidorikawaMisao>	"Onee-san, we can't leave them!" Misao protests, her weapon out. "What if they're needed to defeat this youma?"
Oct 16 16:13:55 *	Yuna_Mizuno is curious as to what it means by a heartspawn... "Irregular Heartspawn?" she mutters
Oct 16 16:15:08 <Sakata_Ginko>	"In the grand scheme of things, we're expendable. That's why there are so many of us. I pretty much expected it when I sold myself to those furry bastards," Ginko paused after a light sigh. "There'll be replacements for them. They'll be some other magical girls I've never met. But you guys..." she paused again, "To me, you're more valuable than the
Oct 16 16:15:08 <Sakata_Ginko>	m. I'm not going to let you throw away what you got here."
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Oct 16 16:17:18 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	"...But...it's not as simple as that. That thing can turn magical girls into youma, so if we just leave them to die, we might end up just filling the city with more youma. I think...if possible we should at least warn them against trying to fight it now and have everyone withdraw?"
Oct 16 16:21:26 <GeMshuku>	IRREGULAR HEARTSPAWN: Normal Heartspawn are created when magic worms its way into the deeper regions of a magical girl's heart, causing Reality to resonate in defense. This creates an easily classifiable threat...but when the readings are abnormal for some reason (basically, anything that isn't simple magic overcapacity), it gains this classification. This usually results in a more potent
Oct 16 16:21:26 <GeMshuku>	threat, and so the extra tag is added. It may display other oddities, but the termination is always recommended.
Oct 16 16:21:39 <GeMshuku>	POWER SUPPLY DEEMED INSUFFICIENT FOR FURTHER QUERIES.
Oct 16 16:21:44 <GeMshuku>	The link is terminated!
Oct 16 16:22:30 <MidorikawaMisao>	"Er... yeah, what Akiko-sama said! We gotta do somethin', right?"
Oct 16 16:23:10 *	Yuna_Mizuno 's eyes widen, then they suddenly stop glowing. "A-ahh..." Yuna wobbles about for a moment before slumping onto the ground.
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Oct 16 16:24:23 <GeMshuku>	...And shortly after, you notice that the blob, as well as the four specks of girls in the background are covered in a shroud, a barrier of some sort. That would be that thing that youma always end up making, which makes escape harder for them!
Oct 16 16:27:20 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	Akiko stepped forward to lend Yuna a shoulder; as she did so, the shroud caught her eye. "...Looks like they just started fighting...Mizuno-san can tell us what she learned later, right now we have to act quickly if we want to save any of them!"
Oct 16 16:27:26 <GeMshuku>	...And then, a voice rings in the air! "Well, I won't lie, that was unexpected. I expected people...lots of them, to follow regardless of what you four were saying. It's just how you people are. But that? That was impressive enough to wait for."
Oct 16 16:28:39 <SnowMobile>	"Time we say sayonara, people," Ginko snapped. "Let's go!"
Oct 16 16:29:08 <GeMshuku>	"But before you rats skimper off, I've got something to say!"
Oct 16 16:30:13 <MidorikawaMisao>	"R-right!" A nod from Misao.
Oct 16 16:30:19 *	Yuna_Mizuno lifts her head up, "A..Akiko-san..." she groans... "Nnngg...." Using so much magic at once left her feeling exhausted. Mostly mentally exhausted, but that made it feel like she was physicaly exhausted.
Oct 16 16:31:18 <SnowMobile>	"Not interested," Ginko snapped again, transforming, "I'm not about to throw away my life yet. Let's go people! Move it move it move it!!"
Oct 16 16:32:06 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	"...It..realized we were here?" Akiko gritted her teeth. Expecting nothing but taunts and threats from the blob, Akiko turned away. "...I suppose there's no choice." Supporting Yuna, Akiko took off into the air!
Oct 16 16:32:19 <GeMshuku>	You don't think it actually hears you! "And that would be, I'm not killing anyone outside the barrier I've set up! That right goes to the Voidsent."
Oct 16 16:32:57 *	MidorikawaMisao takes to the skies, following Akiko's lead.
Oct 16 16:33:53 *	Yuna_Mizuno "T-that Youma..." she says, "I... it's too powerful for them to handle..."
Oct 16 16:35:08 <GeMshuku>	You notice that you don't actually see the ground below you! ...And that ground you don't see below you is getting a lot bigger. And consists of bodies. "If left undistracted, they'll all home in my position and overwhelm your aces in the hole! They like me, you see."
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Oct 16 16:37:15 <MidorikawaMisao>	"There has to be something I can do to help them..."
Oct 16 16:37:24 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	"...!? What-" No, the right conclusion was obvious. "It used other youma to ambush us?" Akiko frantically swept her eyes all over the immediate area. If that was true, then quickly spotting the enemy was important!
Oct 16 16:38:55 <GeMshuku>	"I actually underestimated their strengths, and I'm aware that things are going to get more complicated for me...that's why I hid them around here in advance, you see. Will they win? Probably not. But will they be able to escape after realizing that? Do you want the Voidsent to all gather in one place and make a concentrated wave of destruction to lead around before I get bored of it? ...Wanna
Oct 16 16:38:55 <GeMshuku>	hear the take of this 'intelligent youma' as well? Then, stick around! Defend your aces! Be entertaining!"
Oct 16 16:40:04 <MidorikawaMisao>	"... it knew? No... it couldn't have!"
Oct 16 16:42:38 <GeMshuku>	Nezumi gets out of her bold-induced daze! "...Shit, it's clever. Take a second to look around."
Oct 16 16:43:27 <GeMshuku>	...If you do, you'll notice that battles around the area have suddenly began to ignite, all a distance from the main showdown happening in the center. A fair amount, that couldn't have been just magical girls that happened to be in the area...
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Oct 16 16:45:17 <GeMshuku>	Hitomi speaks! "...We can't leave them to their fate, but there's no way in hell I'm going over there. Let's beat up some of these...Voidsent? They've got a name? Or did it just name them..."
Oct 16 16:45:58 *	Yuna_Mizuno "Nnngg... They... they are indeed voidsent... That's what it called them..."
Oct 16 16:47:57 <MidorikawaMisao>	"Yuna-chan, don't strain yourself!" Misao looks down at the war ensuing below them.  "If only I could just... destroy them all!"
Oct 16 16:48:11 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	Akiko nodded. "Looks like the best option is to fight at least these 'Voidsent' now. But...where are they..?" Judging from the sounds of battle all around them, the Voidsent should have been making their move right about now. But...why hadn't they striked yet?
Oct 16 16:48:37 <GeMshuku>	There's some literally coming up right now, actually!
Oct 16 16:50:38 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	"...There they are. Mizuno-san, can you keep floating by yourself? Stay behind me."
Oct 16 16:51:17 <Yuna_Mizuno>	[ The 'voidsent', as the youma called them, appeared to be creatures of pure shadow. Their arms ended in sharp, pointed appendages, while they had shackles on their wrists. They had no legs to speak of, but instead floated around, their lower half tapering off to a point, though it was hidden, as clouds of darkness surrounded most of its lower half ]
Oct 16 16:54:26 *	Yuna_Mizuno nods, "I think so..." she says, transforming and letting go of Akiko.
Oct 16 16:54:31 <GeMshuku>	These in particular look like that! And darkness isn't the right word here, but it's definitely the easiest way to describe them! To be more difficult would involve calling them as looking like literally nothing, while not being seethrough or anything. ...They look alot like the things that ambushed you earlier, but they ones that confront you now are definitely a different shape. ...But they're
Oct 16 16:54:32 <GeMshuku>	definitely the same sort of thing.
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Oct 16 17:01:39 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	<SnowMobile> Ginko gritted her teeth and held her weapon tight. "Perfect," she muttered, "I knew it wouldn't be so easy."
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Oct 16 17:08:25 <MidorikawaMisao>	"For the hope of Mae..." Misao flourishes her rapier, then looks back to the others. "Let's pierce the darkness shrouding it!"
Oct 16 17:32:29 <GeMshuku>	...You become acutely aware that there's an awful lot of these things. They look like smallfry, though.
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Oct 16 17:43:18 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	Small fry or not, it'd still be a problem if they swarmed up and overwhelmed the group! Akiko summoned heavy rain, really heavy rain, rain so heavy it casts serious shade on top of the incoming wave of youma, hopefully slowing down their advance. Then, for good measure, she summoned a small bell tower and dropped it directly on the swarm (avoiding Ginko), taking care to dismiss it before it lands on the street below! Hopefully it
Oct 16 17:43:18 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	manages to crush something!
Oct 16 17:46:57 <GeMshuku>	It...it attempts to. Turns out that their wispy bodies made that a lot less effective than it could have been...but even that seems to have inflicted some pain!