Nonahu 7: Rest in Peace

What a lucky session number.
(Also: SUFFERING AHEAD)


[13:13] <Soft> alright lemme just suit up in advance
[13:13] * Soft is now known as Loli_Dressup_Machine_20XX
[13:13] <Loli_Dressup_Machine_20XX> the time has finally come
[13:13] <Loli_Dressup_Machine_20XX> (and so have i)
[13:15] <GeMshuku> THE YEAR IS 20XX, THE TIME ALREADY CAME (AND IT IS FOX)
[13:16] <Loli_Dressup_Machine_20XX> can't be foxed coming up with a pun today
[13:16] * Loli_Dressup_Machine_20XX is now known as Weirdo
[13:18] <GeMshuku> Last time on Nonahu: You stopped cultists! Apparently Nagami's parents were cultists. Who'd have known they'd have an underground secret base?
[13:18] <Weirdo> The fact that they're cultists and that just go hand-in-hand.  All cultists worship in secret underground lairs.
[13:19] <GeMshuku> And they've got the funding for it, too. THE IDLE RICH.
[13:20] <Weirdo> ... Which means their money probably got funneled to them through an Elder-God too.  Mysteries.
[13:20] <Weirdo> CARRY ON
[13:20] <GeMshuku> That said, anything to be said en-route to bringing the kid over? The arts and crafts club probably still be open, if your memory of their time tables serves right.
[13:21] <Weirdo> maybe one and it's coinflip-tier between 'should this be done now or later,' brb
[13:21] <Weirdo> the coin has spoken
[13:22] <Weirdo> ... this suit is too weird lemme put on a better one
[13:22] * Weirdo is now known as Niina
[13:22] * Niina pauses in thought somewhere right outside the school building. "Hey, uh."
[13:23] <Niina> ... with Nagami in tow obv
[13:23] <Niina> "Just curious, but while it's still fresh: You haven't talked to any talking rabbits, right?"
[13:30] <GeMshuku> You wouldn't abandon a kid out on the street! Specifically on the street, you wouldn't. "...I have talked to a rabbit! I'm absolutely sure it's up to no good...but my parents noticed it, so I didn't have much choice but to say yes when it tried to explain!"
[13:31] <GeMshuku> "I think seeing an alien drove them a bit more over the edge."
[13:33] <Niina> "Oh.  ... Pretty much exactly what I expected."  Niina's eyes roll, which gives way to a small, relieved smile.  "Alright, thanks.  You're a good kid."
[13:33] <Niina> "Now, let's get you back to your friends."
[13:33] <Niina> Onward!
[13:35] <GeMshuku> Onward! TO THE ARTS AND CRAFTS.
[13:36] <Niina> good choice, I had even more perfect school music but THAT'S ALSO REMOVED FROM EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET WHAT THE FUCK
[13:37] <Niina> alrigh time to overload and destroy the shukubrain once and for all
[13:38] * Niina makes a beeline straight for the A&C room, looking not like a lazy slacker weirdo, but like a very satisfied and accomplished individual.
[13:41] <GeMshuku> And Nagami follows her straight there, not looking like an eldritch horror, or even a fan of such things, but a girl who looks like she should be in grade school. The door is unlocked, does Niina knock, or BARGE IN SAYING 'I GOT THE GOODS'?
[13:42] <Niina> The latter, duh.
[13:42] <Niina> If you want specifics,
[13:42] * Niina swings the door wide open. "Hi guys!"
[13:43] <Niina> random 2nd/3rd person switching again
[13:44] <GeMshuku> dwi nrd
[13:44] <GeMshuku> ENGAGE 'TOO MANY DAMNED NPCS' MODE
[13:44] <Niina> oh i'm just sayin because i used to be annoyed when i myself did it; i'm helpful!
[13:44] <Niina> Alright time to go get a burger, a pizza, an ice cream, and drink 13 bottles of alcohol
[13:45] <GeMshuku> last thing I need is another reason to think about what I type, it'll take five times as long then
[13:45] <GeMshuku> Nagami: "Hi!"
[13:47] <Niina> "That wasn't so bad, but I gotta say, you definitely would've had trouble without my help."
[13:47] * Niina is way too proud of herself right now
[13:51] <GeMshuku> The entire art class (except the one who's busy with delivering supplies to and from the art nut) is surprised to see her, in the flesh, being brought back so soon! They're all hard at work, as promised, but even they have to pause to realize that THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. Even the smartass is surprised!
[13:53] * Niina is, of course, grinning so big her mouth is transforming into a tilde or something.
[13:53] <Niina> Maybe multiple tildes.
[13:56] <GeMshuku> Nagami runs over to Hana, and they totally hug!  The Leader-Type speaks up! "Y-you found her! ...I'm not sure how or what you went through, but it might be better that I don't ask!" While the words are cautious ones, you can feel the gratitude in them!
[13:56] <Niina> oh she's taken, shame
[13:56] <GeMshuku> It's about now that the delivery girl notices that Nagami is back, and her reaction is similar to pretty much everyone else's!
[13:58] * Niina scratches her head. "Yeah, probably best not to go over all the details now. Or ever, really. Just, uh... her parents might be out for a while, so make arrangements for that if you need to."
[14:00] <GeMshuku> Nagami: "It's OK, they're crazy!
[14:01] <Niina> A shrug.  "I was trying to be polite but yeah, that's the long and short of it."
[14:03] <GeMshuku> The shittalker, for some reason, looks incredibly smug at this relevation, which in combination with the news itself, prompts a sigh from the Leader-Type. "I'll have to see what I can do, then. It's going to be a difficult road, but Nagami's strong, and so are we! ...Oh, I should probably give you my name!"
[14:04] <Niina> see you in an hour
[14:04] <Niina> "Oh yeah, I didn't do that either, huh?  Sorry, guess I was in a hurry... then again, the whole school probably knows me by now.  And not in a good way."
[14:05] <GeMshuku> considering she's going to give the other missing names too, yeah, see you then
[14:06] <Niina> k, time to make coffee, get married, have 13 kids, join the military, fight in world war 3, retire, come home, find out all 13 of the kids were abducted by aliens, and die alone and unloved while crying
[14:16] <GeMshuku> Leader-Type: "My name is Yuzuki, the scruffy one is Yoshi--" She's interrupted by Nagami, who seems to be making rounds to hug everyone now. "--you know her as Nagami, and I believe you know Hana as well. The one hard at work over there is Naomi." She motions to Naomi, who has already resumed work on the cape in full force... "...and the one hard at work keeping her hard at work is Suzu." The delivery girl catches time to wave!
[14:17] * Niina waves back.
[14:17] <Niina> "Ehh, might as well join in then.  Nakamigawa Niina, weirdo extraordinaire, at your service."
[14:19] <Niina> "Maybe we could work together again sometime.  But I know how long it takes so make stuff like that, soooo I should probably let you be..."
[14:23] <GeMshuku> Yuzuki: "A pleasure to meet you, Niina." She bows! "The mask shouldn't take too long, and the cape itself..." Naomi is working like a devil possessed. "...If it takes 12 hours, Naomi might still get sleep. We'll either be done tomorrow or the next day, depending on if we successfully get those two to go home at all!"
[14:24] <GeMshuku> ...You're not excluded from the hug rounds! She hugs you too!
[14:24] <Niina> ... brb checking the heart filter list
[14:24] <Niina> ..... naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
[14:24] * Niina gives the hugger a pat on the head.
[14:25] <Niina> "Don't kill yourselves.  It's pretty important, but can delay a few days if you have to."
[14:27] * Niina winks and gives a wave. "Pleasure doin' business, though. I'll probably at least drop by to check in tomorrow. Good luck!"
[14:31] <GeMshuku> Yoshi: "Don't let the hero status get to your head!" Yoshi gets NUDGED by Yuzuki, which prompts a few more added words. "...But thanks for the help anyway!"
[14:32] * Niina sticks a tongue out, and then happily turns 360 degrees and walks out of the room.
[14:32] <Niina> ... which means exactly what it sounds like, a very twirly exit
[14:34] <Niina> alright now time to go find fate, kill it, and go to the secret developer's room for finishing too early
[14:35] <GeMshuku> You missed your chance for that already!
[14:35] <Niina> yes that's the joke
[14:35] <GeMshuku> Not entirely too late for finishing too early, though. ...Not that Fate's anywhere to be seen.
[14:35] <Niina> Might actually stop by the junkyard though, best girl needs maybe 2-3 lines of screentime
[14:36] <GeMshuku> And maybe sustenance.
[14:36] <Niina> ... And by 'might' I mean 'will,' let's do that and then /day
[14:37] * Niina does, however, go by and grab a burger something on the way. To-go, duh.
[14:37] <Niina> .. Maybe two.
[14:37] <Niina> Yes, two.
[14:37] <Niina> That's benevolent-sounding.
[14:38] <GeMshuku> (Roleplaying dinner)
[14:39] <Niina> (it's ok, there's important words to be said during... maybe)
[14:42] <GeMshuku> The hot summer day is a lot easier to take once the afternoon hits, and as time ever passes en-route to the junkyard, you can feel the great feeling of not being absolutely destroyed by the sun with clarity!
[14:42] <Niina> Perfect.
[14:43] * Niina stops at the edge of the junkyard, still in uniform, and shouts lazily. "Heeeeeeeey! You still here?"
[14:47] <GeMshuku> You do eventually reach the junkyard, and Zero is...about exactly where you left her. She WAS entirely in her hoodie, but on hearing your voice, she pops out, now just wearing it. "Am. This place is as quiet as I had hoped."
[14:48] <Niina> b e s t
[14:48] * Niina tosses a burger over. "Here. I still don't totally understand who or what you are, but you still look human, so, might wanna eat something."
[14:49] <Niina> "That and... I've been thinking a lot today.  I have a question."
[14:49] <Niina> "Well, two actually."
[14:52] <GeMshuku> Zero obtained: Burger! She takes a BIG bite...and then deeming the world a place where people eat waste (and thus are waste), vaporizes--that's a joke, it's a good burger, and she seems to like it! "Speak." Nom.
[14:53] <Niina> "The 'black' power.  Can we use it?  We, as in, humans, I mean."
[14:55] <Niina> "That won't stop me from trying, but you seem to know stuff that doesn't make sense for anybody to know already, so thought I'd ask."
[14:56] * Niina doesn't even unwrap burger #2, but just sits and gets contemplative. That's right, it's Philosophy Hour.
[14:58] <GeMshuku> She seems...intrigued! "...Use the power of the black?" She seems to be deep in thought now.
[15:01] <Niina> "Right.  I guess a lot of them don't talk like the All-Seeing One did, so they're hard to communicate with, but... that doesn't make it impossible, right?  Worst-case, maybe it'd be possible to... take parts of their bodies after they're defeated and make weapons out of them.  That way, we could have our own way of using the black to counteract the white.  Nobody's better at defeating
[15:01] <Niina> humans than other humans."
[15:03] * Niina peps up and realizes she just said dangerous shit. "Er well I mean! With the whites roaming free like they are, some of the blacks are going to be defeated anyway. So kinda like... honoring their memory?"
[15:08] <GeMshuku> She doesn't seem to take offense! "The black is angry, but not all of it is entirely unreasonable. As things stand, however, when the black is defeated, they cease to be, and as much of it tries to return to reality's base as possible."
[15:09] * Savior_of_the_Universe (Bigwood@gamesurge-3b166eb5.rb4.clm.centurytel.net) has joined #HomuHomu
[15:09] <Savior_of_the_Universe> oop it's pingtime
[15:09] <GeMshuku> ya blew it
[15:09] <GeMshuku> [15:08:41] <GeMshuku> She doesn't seem to take offense! "The black is angry, but not all of it is entirely unreasonable. As things stand, however, when the black is defeated, they cease to be, and as much of it tries to return to reality's base as possible."
[15:09] <GeMshuku> er
[15:09] <GeMshuku> [15:08:41] <GeMshuku> She doesn't seem to take offense! "The black is angry, but not all of it is entirely unreasonable. As things stand, however, when the black is defeated, they cease to be, and as much of it tries to return to reality's base as possible."
[15:09] <Savior_of_the_Universe> there you go
[15:09] * Niina (Bigwood@gamesurge-3b166eb5.rb4.clm.centurytel.net) Quit (Ping timeout)
[15:10] <Savior_of_the_Universe> "I see... so that option's a no-go.  So unless we communicate with them... Maybe, find some way to power them up so the white can't beat them?  But that sounds..."
[15:10] * Savior_of_the_Universe is now known as Niina
[15:11] * Niina rubs her temples. "Yeah, alright. If even the universe itself is having trouble coming up with a solution, I guess it makes sense that I couldn't either."
[15:11] <GeMshuku> "...But I feel like as the white's plan progresses, the strength of the black will increase, and they might leave something behind on their passing, their beings too great to be easily managed..."
[15:12] <Niina> "But humanity's tenacity is the thing that makes us so dangerous.  ... Here, by the way, I'm not really hungry."  She tosses the other burger best girl's way.
[15:12] <GeMshuku> ...Whoa, she finished that first burger already. She nods in gratitude, and NOM.
[15:13] <Niina> "So there's no easy solution... mm, figures.  Okay, next Q."
[15:13] <Niina> "You said something about bringing the white here?  What'll happen if I do that?"
[15:14] <GeMshuku> "...Incidentally, I feel something on you. The presence of...madness? ...I would guess you have met another."
[15:15] <Niina> "One, yeah."
[15:16] <Niina> "How do..."  ... "Heh.  I dunno how, but you manage to be more interesting than the alien."
[15:16] <GeMshuku> "...In order for people to stand a chance, they must unify. Continue the line of actions that has brought you to this point."
[15:17] <Niina> "Oh, so, like a meeting for everyone with the alien's power."  A firm nod.  "I see.  Yeah, I'll do that then, there's no reason not to."
[15:17] <GeMshuku> "I am...in tune with the white. And the white rages so strongly, that the only reason that it can be held is my being in tune. And even then, it is an effort."
[15:18] <GeMshuku> "If it were to be able to rage freely, it would be the end." Nom.
[15:18] * Niina stands up. "Okay, I won't push you further. Thanks for the help."
[15:19] <Niina> "... I'll be back some other time with some more of those.  And I'll get the white as soon as I can.  Take care, Zero."
[15:20] <GeMshuku> "...They are delicious. Thank you for the meal, and good luck!" She seems happy enough!
[15:21] <Niina> i cannot NOT imagine the razor teeth now btw
[15:21] <Niina> treeblet inc sometime
[15:22] * Niina goes home, probably lazily grumbles to Micchy about 'maybe tomorrow,' and then collapses on a bed. Any bed.
[15:23] <GeMshuku> Niina, overachieving to the MAX, actually collapses on a bed this time!
[15:24] <Niina> oh yah sue me!
[15:24] <Niina> ... ok either we're done or we can do more hours of talkytimes with the heroine and friends, all up2u
[15:25] <Niina> ..... or something else, what else am i doing all day
[15:26] <GeMshuku> Is it fun?
[15:27] <Niina> if it weren't fun i'd say "f u this is boring i'm leaving"
[15:29] <GeMshuku> I mean whatever something else you eventually remember!
[15:29] <GeMshuku> Is THAT fun?
[15:29] <Niina> oh no, that was 'if you had plans aside from hours of dialogue because i never know what you're thinking'
[15:29] <GeMshuku> Neither do I, though
[15:30] <Niina> ... fair
[15:30] <GeMshuku> ...OK I will admit though, there will obviously be something up the moment /day happens
[15:30] <Niina> b
[15:30] <Niina> r
[15:30] <Niina> i
[15:30] <Niina> n
[15:30] <Niina> g
[15:30] <Niina> i
[15:30] <Niina> t
[15:36] <GeMshuku> Eventually, Niina wakes up. At some point in the night, you actually put the covers over yourself, in a tired haze. Now that it's the morning, you feel...a lot like not leaving your covers. They're very, very snug. I'll switch between second and third all I like!
[15:38] <GeMshuku> ...Honestly right now, 'wake up' seems...subjective?
[15:38] <Niina> WELL YOU DID PROMISE
[15:38] <GeMshuku> You're still tired. And you didn't get woken up by an alarm.
[15:38] * Niina chooses not to wake up and sleeps forever.
[15:38] <Niina> G A M E  O V E R
[15:38] <Niina> [mario music]
[15:39] <Niina> .. ok but really
[15:39] * Niina rolls around in the covers, forming what's basically a cocoon. Some people totally do that.
[15:40] <Niina> ps at least 2nd/3rd person isn't as obnoxious as switching between PRESENT AND PAST TENSE UGH
[15:41] <Niina> juuuust had to get that out
[15:42] <GeMshuku> Definitely better. If you bury your head in there, you might very well be able to get back to sleep!
[15:43] <Niina> .... naaaaah.  Gotta get up, gotta get to school, gotta turn the imouto into a superhero who doesn't unravel reality just by existing...
[15:43] <Niina> ... fuck how did that cocoon thing happen
[15:43] * Niina rolls the opposite direction.
[15:44] <GeMshuku> You are immediately assailed by what you would rather have not on becoming unwrapped at such a clarity it pierces your tired haze: it's way too fucking cold.
[15:45] <GeMshuku> It's not like spring or anything, it's DEEP WINTER. Aaaaaaaaa.
[15:46] <Niina> "Oh, Micchy messed with the AC again.  Mom told her not to do that."
[15:46] * Niina wears her blanket like a robe and gets up with a deadpan face to where the air conditioner is.
[15:47] <Niina> "Excitement's getting to her, should've figured.  Gotta just push this and..."
[15:47] <Niina> ...
[15:47] <GeMshuku> Completely untouched.
[15:47] * Niina peeks out a window.
[15:47] <GeMshuku> It's earlier than Niina thinks it is.
[15:47] <GeMshuku> Also, it's snowing.
[15:48] <GeMshuku> And if you've got the day right, that'snow good.
[15:48] <Niina> I SAID I WAS SORR- wait no i didn't
[15:48] <Niina> never apologize for puns
[15:48] <Niina> never
[15:48] <GeMshuku> I DID PROMISE
[15:48] <Niina> YOU PROMISED
[15:48] <Niina> "..."
[15:49] <Niina> "This is bad, subconscious.  Don't do that."
[15:49] * Niina pinches her own cheeks.
[15:49] <GeMshuku> Your cheeks are cold. Really, you feel cold. It might have been the cold itself that woke you up earlier. ...Were you even awake earlier? You can barely tell.
[15:50] <Niina> "... Right."
[15:50] * Niina considers getting some cold water but foregoes that idea lest her face turn into an ice block.
[15:50] <Niina> Let's hit up the closet... let's see, how many sweaters were in there...
[15:50] <Niina> ... Not nearly enough.  Go figure.
[15:52] <Niina> At least one heavy coat, good enough.  It looks kind of stylish too, blue with little white triangles at the bottom.  Weird design, but somebody must've liked it for it to be popular.  Very snug too.
[15:52] * Niina shoves on some warm tights too, because after all, this is the country where schoolchildren still wear their short-ass skirts in the winter.
[15:53] <Niina> ... And of course that's on too.  Just, covered by sweaters and coats.  Oh, and a scarf.
[15:53] <Niina> White one.  Protagonists gotta have white scarves.
[15:53] <Niina> /dressupblog
[15:54] <Niina> Oh, right, no, yeah, warm boots too
[15:54] <GeMshuku> If not white, then red. You can't REALLY go wrong with red.
[15:54] <Niina> Yeah but blue/red?  ... ok fair enough.
[15:54] <Niina> (but white still looks better)
[15:55] <Niina> oh wait i lied, it's ACTUALLY white with blue triangles
[15:55] <Niina> m y  b a d
[15:55] <Niina> Hooded too.
[15:55] <Niina> ANYWAY /DRESSUPBLOG FOR REAL
[15:56] <GeMshuku> Yeah, blue/red is Laharl's whole thing. He makes it work. ...Then again, he's not dressed for winter.
[15:56] <Niina> http://wiki.tosbase.com/images/f/f9/Cryomancer_F.gif just in case
[15:56] <Niina> what is shame
[15:57] * Niina creaks open the imouto's door to see if she's actually sleeping through this nonsense.
[15:59] <GeMshuku> You open the door and see her making a very pitiful attempt to rise. On noticing you--or rather, more 'hearing someone open the door underneath literally all her covers', she complains. "It's coooooooold..."
[16:00] * Niina walks up and wraps her in another blanket. "Yeah, yeah, guess oneechan has to take care of this. Again."
[16:00] <Niina> "Just stay where it's warm.  Later."
[16:02] <GeMshuku> "Niiiiight." The cold takes a lot out of a person, especially when it wasn't invited!
[16:02] * Niina just goes outside instead of bothering with mom or anybody else. They're older, they'll be fine.
[16:03] <GeMshuku> INSIGHT ROLL
[16:06] <GeMshuku> You catch yourself stepping on ice immediately as the opportunity arises, but it was soon enough that you don't fall over entirely, and manage to right yourself.
[16:07] <GeMshuku> Slippery as hell.
[16:07] <GeMshuku> ...Will school even run like this?
[16:07] * Niina glares at the ice and.... nah. Nah, that's a stupid thing to waste powers on.
[16:08] <Niina> Might as well make the trek to school anyway, just to see.  ... But very slowly.
[16:09] * Niina realizes that this might actually harm the A&C club's progress. And... everyone else too actually.
[16:10] <Niina> ... btw this is a good track but if you want shit to get dangerous i suggest contamination~ice from psu, that one's the BEST contamination
[16:10] <Niina> ..... the music is, fuck actually playing it though argh
[16:10] <Niina> ptsd
[16:11] <Niina> yeah confirmed the cloud has it
[16:11] <Niina> ok carry on
[16:12] <Niina> .. actually lied, dark is the best; dark > ice > fire
[16:12] <Niina> still all good
[16:12] <Niina> when did the sega sound team stop being good
[16:12] <Niina> rip
[16:13] <GeMshuku> It's early enough that deciding to make the trek now would be a better idea than waiting to leave on time, for the trek is slow enough to warrant it! Slipping around to progress is definitely fun, but it's hard to actually find places to launch from.
[16:13] <GeMshuku> Under the assumption that Niina brought a phone, she gets a text!
[16:13] <Niina> Yes, nobody in Japan doesn't have phones
[16:14] * Niina whips it out. The ringtone is a boring default one instead of an anime op or some dumb shit, only kids do that.
[16:14] <GeMshuku> Well, this is Niina here. She might leave it at home because she thinks she's too cool for them.
[16:14] <Niina> The only thing too cool right now is the weather.
[16:17] <GeMshuku> And that's basically the main subject here! [it's basically winter right now and in between that and one of their competition being outed as insane kidnappers, my parents are freaking out big time]
[16:21] * Niina gigglefits out loud, but then goes for the good ol' finger action. [so... snowed in today? : ^ )]
[16:21] <Niina> gee wonder why she has hardly any friends
[16:22] <Niina> TN: that's actually one of those obnox jap smileys but hell if i'm going through the effort to type one of those
[16:24] <Niina> Time for a double post.  [taking care of it]
[16:27] <GeMshuku> [stop having fun without me :(]
[16:27] <GeMshuku> [...might join you though, they're leaving for reasons they refuse to explain!]
[16:27] <Niina> Hnng.  [up for sneaking out then?]
[16:27] <Niina> oh it's one of those things where they both get sent at the same time
[16:27] <Niina> HATE THAT
[16:27] <GeMshuku> THE WORST
[16:28] * Niina just texts back [school gate] then, and TN: that is much more cool/interesting looking in nippo because the kanji for 'gate' is really neat.
[16:28] <Niina> And also it looks more elegant because of how few characters it is compared to, you know, in English.
[16:29] <Niina> END WEEABLOG
[16:29] * Niina does, as promised, hang out at the school gate for a little while upon getting there. Unless there's a bunch of violent snowmen on the way or something.
[16:30] <GeMshuku> Nah, but there IS a lot of traffic. While you can pretend fire demons don't exist even after they literally had a fight, apparently cold weather is--CRUNCH--causing people to really freak out
[16:31] <GeMshuku> which is REALLY bad on the road.
[16:31] <GeMshuku> Especially when it's slick.
[16:31] <Niina> Sure is nice to be walking and not driving a car sometimes.
[16:31] <Niina> ... could be flying, but... naaaaaaaaaah
[16:35] * Niina just walks cooly (get it?) and occasionally does the 'breathing because it's neat to see your breath' thing. Well, I mean, everyone breathes. But there's breath and then there's winter-breath.
[16:40] <GeMshuku> But is her breath minty? ...Yeah, nah. You get there...and eventually, so does Chikako! Rich people have REALLY fancy coats. It's all black and fluffy! Even with leg warmers too, though, she shivers. "I can understand why it's cold, but why does it...have to be C-COLD!"
[16:43] <Niina> "It freaked me out when I first woke up, but now I'm not even surprised anymore."  SOMEBODY is sick enough of this shit to not be shivering anymore.  Well, it's either that or all the sweaters.
[16:44] <Niina> A sigh.  A cold breath-sigh, with the cold breath and everything.  "Oh well.  Sorry about yesterday, got too busy."
[16:45] <Niina> The pupils in Niina's eyes turn heart-shaped for a second.  Actually, not even a second, more like a frame.  1/60ths of a second.  "Hey!  After we fix this, how about I take you somewhere to make up for it?"
[16:46] <Niina> "Once it's done being cold, ice cream'll probably taste good again."
[16:51] <GeMshuku> "Yeah, I get it. You were basically on a top secret mission, it's hard for two people to sneak around!" She accepts this fact, though she doesn't really want to. "...So being taken somewhere would be nice!" But hey, bright sides!
[16:51] <Niina> Thumbs-up.  "Okay then, it's a date!"
[16:51] * Niina pauses and gives a 'did i really just say that' look. rip 4h
[16:52] <Niina> "... Uh.  Er."  And then shakes it off.  "Right, it's a bit more than that."
[16:53] <Niina> "I met someone who might be even crazier than me, and learned a few things.  It's a lot to explain on the fly like this, but..."
[16:54] * Niina holds her forehead in a palm. Rub rub bushy eyebrows. "Ugh. I actually had a really treasonous plan to get the youma on our side and not kill them, but I sort of forgot the part where they MAKE LIFE INCONVENIENT FOR EVERYBODY."
[16:56] <GeMshuku> Chikako tries to process if she actually meant that! "U-uh, date, yeah, I guess it could be called that, we're going somewhere, that's what that's called."
[16:56] <Niina> "Y-Yeah, don't mind that.  That's uh... nevermind."  Templerub.  "Maybe I'm just not used to this whole having-friends thing."
[16:58] <Niina> "But let's sort this out first.  There are a couple ways we can do it, and I've been thinking of how to do it with as little reality-destroying as possible... gonna need to find the culprit before anything else, though."
[16:59] <Niina> "But before that, I uh... have a hunch there might be some people still in the school building right now.  And it might be my fault.  Mind if I go check on that?"
[17:02] <GeMshuku> "There's probably not gonna be school today, with how the roads are, so go ahead! ...Lemme follow you inside, though. It's cold."
[17:03] <Niina> "Doors might be locked, but..."
[17:03] <Niina> ... Whatever.  Using superpowers indiscriminately is all part of being a teenager.
[17:04] * Niina somehow gets into the school building and heads to the A&C room to see if they really stayed 12 hours working, because if so that's dangerous.
[17:04] <Niina> ... Like normally the building closes at a certain time, but, jappo schools are weird.  And these guys also seem weird.  Better safe than etc.
[17:05] <GeMshuku> The doors...aren't locked! ...In fact, you're greeted by some workers that knew some student would try taking shelter here, and basically let you do whatever...for now.
[17:05] <GeMshuku> They sure got here early! The school worker life.
[17:05] <Niina> Oh cool.
[17:05] <Niina> GET IT?
[17:06] <GeMshuku> OUT
[17:06] * Niina gives them a wave and prances inside like a regular student, then.
[17:06] <Niina> k
[17:06] * Niina (Bigwood@gamesurge-3b166eb5.rb4.clm.centurytel.net) has left #HomuHomu
[17:06] * Niina (Bigwood@gamesurge-3b166eb5.rb4.clm.centurytel.net) has joined #HomuHomu
[17:07] <GeMshuku> Eventually, you make it to the arts and crafts room (Chikako understands she's got a rep to uphold, so MAYBE she shouldn't be parading with her 100% of the time)!
[17:07] * Niina peeeeeeeks inside.
[17:08] <Niina> and is definitely not looking for the 2nd best girl candidate or anything no siree
[17:10] <GeMshuku> And inside, you...see just two people. Naomi and Suzu, fast asleep in a corner of the room. The same corner.
[17:10] <GeMshuku> You also spy a HAWK DESIGN MASK and GLORIOUS CAPE!
[17:11] * Niina mutters. "Sheesh."
[17:12] <Niina> "Well... no hurry.  There'll be time for pickup after we're done here."
[17:12] * Niina sighs and looks for something like a thicker blanket to drape the two in, promptly does so if applicable, and then quietly exits to find the Chikako.
[17:16] <GeMshuku> There's cloth material that seems to do the trick well enough! Chikako isn't too far! "Find them?" She might not know who they are, but she knows they can be found!
[17:17] <Niina> "Yeah, just had to check on something.  It's good."
[17:18] <Niina> A pause.  "... Which makes me wonder where someone else is, but..."
[17:18] * Niina headshakes. "Nah. Doesn't matter. Let's go find our icemonster or whatever."
[17:20] <GeMshuku> "Alllright!" She's excited to be going on an adventure! ...Which numbs slightly in anticipation of the cold.
[17:21] <Niina> "... Hm.  One more place I wanna check.  Maybe we can get lazy and not have to find it ourselves."
[17:21] * Niina heads on over to the shed Fate was in yesterday.
[17:24] <Niina> "I have a hunch, and I hope it's wrong."  And shoves the door open of course.  "Hey alien!  You in here?"
[17:25] <GeMshuku> Enter: Shed! ...It doesn't seem like it remained, however, and the call is not responded to.
[17:27] <Niina> "Hunch confirmed.  Looks like it's busy."
[17:27] * Niina slams the door. "We're on our own."
[17:28] <GeMshuku> "...On our own, with no leads, in the cold..." :I
[17:28] <Niina> :I indeed.  That's a cute smiley btw I actually approve of it.
[17:29] <Niina> there's some fucking guy in the Tree general who keeps posting screenshots where he's partying with a guy who uses :I in every single shot, what the actual fuck
[17:29] <Niina> ~mmo players~
[17:29] <Niina> ANYWAY,
[17:29] <GeMshuku> ... "Though it might not be long before the military actually shows up. They definitely don't like whatever's going on here."
[17:30] * Niina groans. "Okay, if you wanted to entomb the world in eternal winter because you were an angry snow-monster spawned by the planet to repel alien invaders, where would you hide out?"
[17:31] <Niina> "Fire chose the area it did because there were a lot of people, which means more to burn, so ice would..."
[17:31] <Niina> ". . ."
[17:31] <Niina> "Hey, what if it's actually not a youma, but some other freak weather phenomenon causing all this?"
[17:32] <Niina> "... Nah, couldn't be."
[17:33] <GeMshuku> "Yeah, I don't think it would be...though we also don't know if it's actually a youma. For all we know, it could be another magical girl."
[17:34] <Niina> "Oh, that'd be good."
[17:34] * Niina doesn't explain why she feels this way, just suddenly looks less upset.
[17:34] <Niina> "... Er.  But.  We were the first ones, right?  And our powers aren't nearly strong enough to cause a phenomenon like this."
[17:35] <Niina> "Sitting around won't help us learn anything though.  Let's get moving."
[17:35] * Niina is oscar mike. Etc etc stay frosty etc etc.
[17:38] <Niina> As for where they're moving... uh... gimme a world map
[17:39] <GeMshuku> "True, but you also beat the All-Seeing One almost singlehandedly, so...but yeah, we should keep moving. Keeps us warm! To...a place with no people? If it's trying to be the opposite of fire...clearly, we should just go to the South Pole."
[17:40] <Niina> ".... The first thing I think of when I think 'place with no people' is where I hope it definitely isn't."  A groan.
[17:40] <Niina> "Maybe it's hiding somewhere private and comfy?  Like underground, or in somebody's garage?"
[17:44] <Niina> "Then again... the snow makes people stay at home.  So what if it's at a place that's normally popular, but isn't now?"
[17:45] <Niina> "Like, its goal is to make everybody leave so it can have someplace all to itself?"
[17:45] <GeMshuku> "...Perhaps, but a good descriptor for all of that would be 'the entire city'. ...So, not the South Pole..."
[17:46] <Niina> "How about Minasan?  You said that was a really trendy and popular place, right?"
[17:47] <GeMshuku> "...I did! I wouldn't be surprised if it was open right now, though, but it does seem like a place where we might be able to get a lead either way!"
[17:48] <Niina> "Yeah.  ... And I wanted to see what it looked like anyway, never got around to that."
[17:48] <Niina> Onward!
[17:49] * Niina still has no dark bags btw. Way-too-rested. Looking pretty cheery & energetic in that not!cryomancer uniform, shit's weird.
[17:52] <GeMshuku> ...Long walk in the snow, but it doesn't dampen Niina's spirits! And if they were dampened, maybe she'd have to make sure she doesn't get hypoth--CRUNCH--ermia.
[17:52] <GeMshuku> Yeeeeep, that's another car crash in the distance.
[17:52] <Niina> Eh it's ok, got bullshit void magic to make that go away
[17:52] <Niina> sure is balanced powers in this universe
[17:53] <GeMshuku> Sure is balanced. After all, it's Fox Only!
[17:53] * Niina strolls close enough to the crash to make sure nobody's trapped in a burning vehicle or someshit that would warrant superhero time, but, in this kind of weather, crashes are usually pretty tame.
[17:53] <Niina> Final Destination.
[17:53] <Niina> ... the youma's going to be the Ice Climbers, isn't it
[17:53] <Niina> preemptive fuck you
[17:54] <GeMshuku> 'WHY'D YOU LEAVE US OUT OF THE GAME SAKURAI'--but no it's not
[17:55] * Niina follows.
[17:55] <GeMshuku> The crash, thankfully, wasn't too serious. As in, no one died! That's what matters!
[17:55] <GeMshuku> They do eventually arrive, though! And...compared to everything else, the towering Minasan Mall does seem pretty lively!
[17:56] <Niina> "Hmm, maybe I was wrong."
[17:57] * Niina headscratches. "Though... it's a little weird that it'd be like this, too. Might as well check it out."
[17:57] <Niina> "Worst that can happen is we waste sometime."
[17:58] <Niina> also inb4 it's likely WITH ZZZZZOOOOOOOOMBIEEEEEEEEES
[17:58] <Niina> >likely
[17:58] <Niina> fuck
[18:01] <GeMshuku> IT'S A ZOMBIE MALL--it's actually not! Chikako seems only slightly troubled. "Not as much people as usual, but yeah, that makes sense..."
[18:02] <Niina> "I guess people are here because it's warm."  It's a mall-mall and not a strip mall, right?  "But, we're already here- let's listen around for rumors or something."
[18:07] <GeMshuku> "It's warm and it's got tons of stuff! ...So I suppose it'll even have rumors~!"
[18:09] <Niina> oh right
[18:10] * Niina goes about this very shoddily. And may even get tricked into going shopping instead of doing anything meaningful, oh my.
[18:16] <GeMshuku> While she's not actually tricked into going shopping, she does find it hard to listen into things when people like stopping their conversations when she's nearby. Dat rep. ...However, you do see quite the curious sight: the mysterious third party member! ...Who isn't so mysterious at all, because it's Nagami reading a book (a very, very thick book, of which you can't see the name) in the bookstore, with Yuzuki at her side.
[18:17] <Niina> I'd say 'called it' but the chance that it could've been Fate was very, terrifyingly real
[18:18] * Niina was in the bookstore not actually listening for people-rumors, but rather, to look up information on ice-monsters and places they like to hide. Needless to say it's more than likely pretty fruitless.
[18:19] <Niina> "Oh, hey."  Her glasses practically push themselves up.  "Weird place to run into you guys.  Enjoying the day off?"
[18:22] <Niina> Drills are also a powerful tool when it comes to digging up information.  This is very noted.
[18:23] <Niina> there's an eyecuts character i can't unsee her as btw
[18:24] <Niina> http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/aikatsu/images/b/b3/Yurika_Todo.png/revision/latest?cb=20130412043659
[18:24] <Niina> vampire confirmed
[18:28] <GeMshuku> Nagami: "Yep! It's kind of weird without Mom or Dad, even if it gets really cold, but I'll get along fine!" She's pet by Yuzuki shortly before sucking her blood--no, not vampire, she doesn't do that.
[18:28] <Niina> hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng
[18:29] <Niina> "Good to hear."
[18:31] <GeMshuku> Yuzuki: "Good to see you've found a place to stay in the cold, as well. ...I don't understand how any of this is happening, but we'll have to endure it for the time being...this really shouldn't all be happening, though. There's something terribly wrong..."
[18:32] * Niina pulls out another book and realizes it's a fucking LIGHT NOVEL UGH WHY ARE THESE SO POPULAR. "I've seen weirder things, but it's definitely strange. Hey uh, just curious, there's no chance you've heard any rumors about what could've caused this, yeah? Maybe crazy people shouting about giant monsters or frost witches somewhere?"
[18:33] <Niina> "That's what I came here expecting to hear, but it's pretty much dead silent on that front."  Cold front.
[18:41] <GeMshuku> Yuzuki: "Nothing of the sort. Any news is either about the cold itself existing or another accident contributing to delayed traffic, and the rumors are pretty much universally about the military occuptation..."
[18:41] <GeMshuku> Nagami: "...The most southern part of the city is where the poorest people live. If the fountain is a hot spot, then..."
[18:43] <Niina> "Hm.  Hey, that's a pretty smart idea.  I'm pretty dry on leads right now, so a hunch like that is better than nothing.  Thanks a lot."
[18:43] * Niina doesn't even consider the weirdness of telling random people that she's going straight for what might be a monster or other strange shit; that's HOW she got the reputation of 'weirdo,' after all. But she pats Nagami's head the second Yuzuki's hand leaves it anyway.
[18:44] <Niina> "Be careful and stay warm, you two.  ... Unless..."
[18:44] * Niina shakes it off. "Nah, it's nothing. Later."
[18:44] <Niina> where'd we leave our chikako at, now
[18:46] <GeMshuku> Yuzuki: "...Please be careful out there!"
[18:46] <Niina> ~
[18:47] <GeMshuku> Nagami: "Have fun fighting...crime!" Sure.
[18:47] * Niina gives the latter a wink before waving and walking off to join the heroine.
[18:50] <GeMshuku> Chikako...oh, there's a text. [Fate's on the top floor, it's complaining about the cold, so I guess it's not a magic induced cold!]
[18:51] <Niina> Ah shit that makes it decision time.
[18:51] * Niina stares at the phone and ponders.
[18:54] <Niina> [found a lead, heading south to the slums] line break [tell fate about that crêpe shop on the 2nd floor, it'd love those]
[18:55] <Niina> [meet me there or don't, might be a dry lead again]
[18:55] <Niina> There we go, no pressure.
[18:55] * Niina exhales deeply and heads outside, probably going to be a long walk ahead.
[18:59] <Niina> ... And it's not like Fate was ever immune to magic anyway.  Was it?  Shit, that's worth testing.
[18:59] * Niina glances at the phone again but is like 'nah' and leaves it @that
[19:00] <GeMshuku> Yeeep. Despite everyone's best efforts, the snow continuously gets deeper and deeper. This may be because 'everyone' has become a lot less people!
[19:01] <GeMshuku> ...Another text! [don't get too far in, it's probably even worse there than usual]
[19:02] * Niina decides to become one of THOSE people and keep continuously texting while thinking. [I'll be ok, but what if the cold itself isn't the magic, but some other magic is CAUSING the cold?]
[19:03] <Niina> [like 'power of pull the moon closer to the earth' or something i think that's how that works]
[19:03] * Niina keeps heading to the aforementioned place anyway, expecting it to be snowstorm-tier there or someshit.
[19:09] <GeMshuku> [weird stuff's only happening here, so thankfully the moon isn't being thrown off course] Yay? You do eventually notice the degrading of the building and street quality. You're next to the slums! ...It doesn't feel much different than the rest of everything though, as far as the cold goes.
[19:10] <Niina> "Why do I not have a magical detection device?  This is when I need to have a magical detection device."  A loud sigh.
[19:10] * Niina finishes grumbling at nobody in particular and heads in, keeping an eye out for anything remotely suspicious.
[19:15] <Niina> ... oh right
[19:15] <Niina> sure, fine
[19:19] <GeMshuku> ...If there's anything suspicious, it's...the helicopters. Huh, there's helicopters flying around the area, now. ...And other noises. ...Conflict?
[19:20] <Niina> Better trans- .. nah, that'd draw attention.
[19:20] <Niina> Gun conflict?
[19:21] <GeMshuku> ...Yeah, you think you can make out the sound of guns.
[19:21] <GeMshuku> ...What even ARE they shooting?
[19:21] * Niina whips out the phone. [we got gunfire]
[19:22] <Niina> That should give her an idea that some shit's going down.
[19:22] <Niina> NOW to go in and find out what that shit is, like a fool.
[19:22] * Niina sneaks closer, but tries to keep behind cover. Like houses if there are any. Even shitty, falling-apart hovels will do.
[19:22] <Niina> ...
[19:22] <Niina> And sets her phone to vibrate too.
[19:23] <Niina> we need more ominous music
[19:23] <GeMshuku> The ominous music I want isn't on soundcloud. :(
[19:23] <Niina> (I still hold by the one suggested earlier)
[19:24] <Niina> ... or post it anyway, whatevs
[19:28] <GeMshuku> She gets closer, like a fool! Thankfully, there's a lot of spare mishmash to hide behind, so your advance is only slowed by the snow (which works as a place to hide in a pinch), ice, and the finding of things to hide behind!
[19:29] <GeMshuku> ...At some point, though, she can make out...what seems to be military types shooting at a...you can't quite tell. Some sort of dark shadow?
[19:29] <Niina> nothing
[19:29] <GeMshuku> http://www.infinitelooper.com/?v=z_1-1x1Ly78 because I can
[19:29] <Niina> personnel
[19:29] <Niina> kid
[19:29] <Niina> ... god damnit
[19:29] <Niina> I CALLED THIS
[19:29] <Niina> I CALLED THIS
[19:30] <Niina> ...
[19:30] * Niina sits down and starts eating some imaginary, metaphorical popcorn while watching to see how they do.
[19:31] <Niina> Phone's out too.  [think i found it- military's fighting it too, looks pretty violent]
[19:32] <GeMshuku> [stop leaving me behind or I swear I will transform as a time cutting measure that might leave me less cold]
[19:32] <Niina> [I could've been wrong!]
[19:33] <Niina> jesus christ this looks a thousand times easier than pso2 how did you enjoy this
[19:33] <Niina> literally toddler games
[19:34] <GeMshuku> First phase ain't shit. ...Better music, than phase 2, though.
[19:35] <Niina> [laying low for now though, maybe they have special guns that can beat it]
[19:35] * Niina is more jaded than anybody in this genre should be allowed to be.
[19:36] <GeMshuku> ...It...doesn't seem like what they're shooting is all that big. But they still keep getting--you're not sure if they're getting knocked around or chopped in hal--oh, it's got a dark laser. It shot that one up...
[19:36] <GeMshuku> ...and a helicopter is coming down. It's safe to say they're not doing well!
[19:37] <GeMshuku> You'd think it'd be shooting ice beams. Huh.
[19:37] <Niina> ....
[19:37] <Niina> *sign*
[19:37] <Niina> [nevermind it's bad, going in]
[19:38] * Niina sneaks just a little bit closer. "Let's see, is there a better way I can do this..."
[19:39] <Niina> "Nnnng."  Are any of the militarymen smart enough to start retreating yet?  Furthermore, are ALL the ones getting attacked shooting at it?
[19:44] <GeMshuku> ...From here, you can actually say for sure: the infantry were knocked around something fierce. Plenty are still dead, but those were just stabbed! Some aren't stabbed, but just seem dead anyway. Probably. Probably?
[19:45] <GeMshuku> It's hard to make out who's shooting who, but you do see that this clearly humanoid (but only humanOID) thing stabs only downed targets!
[19:46] <GeMshuku> It's...shaped like a human, but only roughly. It seems bigger!
[19:46] <Niina> Hmm, the thing worth considering is whether it aggros (lol) on nonhostile targets or not.  But it'd almost definitely aggro on a meguca... choices, choices...
[19:46] <Niina> ... whatevs
[19:47] * Niina goes through the stock footage sequence and, not even flying, casually strolls up to it over the infantry corpses.
[19:47] * Niina is now known as Reina`
[19:47] <GeMshuku> When given a choice to be prudent, proceed to be more reckless than usual! Also I forgot to turn that music off, whoop!
[19:47] <Reina`> "'Scuse me!        !"
[19:48] <GeMshuku> YOU APPROACH THE FIELD OF BATTLE! In proper      .
[19:48] <Reina`> The big hand waves.  "Wanna talk?"
[19:59] <GeMshuku> The inhuman thing can be seen more closely. ...A black...human-shaped suit of armor? Not entirely, for it's also somewhat form fitting, and yet the legs don't end in feet, but points, and instead of a visor of any sort, it's just a black plate. It wields a glowing purple spear, seemingly just made out of energy. Despite not having a moving mouth, you do hear words as it ignores enemy fire entirely for a while and turns to you. And speaks. "...I do not have time for idle chatter, devil. Wait your turn." ...Oh, it speaks! ...It also resumes its work. Those untouched are violently tackled with a force that sends them flying, and some try to shoot from that position. They stop ater a while, because it stabs them. ...But yet, more and more still keep coming, as if fighting to stop the end of the world, and that might be while they try to shoot after being tackled, too...
[19:59] <GeMshuku> Words!
[19:59] <Reina`> seconds away from posting it, nice work
[20:02] <Reina`> "!"  Reina's eye lights up.  The other one doesn't, because, you know, it's basically a black hole.  Still, trembling in excitement, she uses the tendrils at her back to propel herself to higher ground or something.  "No, you listen here, this is MORE than just idle!  Let me just...."
[20:03] * Reina` turns around and inhales deeply, before letting out at max volume, "HEY, EVERYONE! WITHDRAW YOUR FORCES ALREADY! IF YOU STAY IN THE COMBAT            YOU'LL BE DEALING WITH ME!"
[20:03] <Reina`> the deleted word is max volume too, so it basically sounds like a vacuum, like, a loud 'VWOOSH' or something
[20:05] <Reina`> Of course gunfire and helicopters are REALLY loud so that's not likely to work without... doing some bullshit to void all the rest of the sound in the area, but it's at least worth one try before going that far.
[20:07] * Reina` sort of glances around while speaking for like, an unmanned tank or discarded ammo cartridge or something to put a hole in and blow up just to get everybody's attention. That's probably how it works, and if it's not, whatevs, that's how a 14-year-old with chuunibyou probably thinks it works due to seeing it on TV or something.
[20:08] <GeMshuku> It's the void noise as well as the explosion that ultimately causes people to notice that she's even there, and hold their fire. The shooting stops--and consequently, so does the dark one. The military begins to talk amongst themselves...you can catch at least ONE mention of TV.
[20:09] <GeMshuku> ...They steadily begin to withdraw.
[20:09] <Reina`> "Thank you."
[20:09] * Reina` turns back around and, unless she's turning around to a laser beam to the face or something, begins to speak to the creature again.
[20:09] <Reina`> ... which may be worth finding out before starting because, you know, it's pretty bad to try talking in the middle of a laser beam
[20:10] <Reina`> shit hurts
[20:14] <GeMshuku> It doesn't in fact make a preemptive strike! Instead, it seems...well, it isn't brimming with immediate hostility. Just delayed hostility. "...You. What do you think you are, exactly?" But it didn't just call you a devil, so there's improvement!
[20:14] <Reina`> "I only have one chance at this, so listen to me: I am not your enemy.  I have this power by no              of my own, but I think we have the same goal.  You can speak and understand me, right?  So let's talk about it."
[20:21] <GeMshuku> "If you wish to talk further, then explain why I shouldn't kill you. Explain why you aren't killing yourself, given my mission." Fun...er, thing!
[20:24] <Reina`> "It's simple, really.  I could stop using my power forever, but there are others who wouldn't.  I          to make them listen, and to do that I want the bl- 'scuse me, I wish for the youma's power.  If I were able to make a deal to wield, command, or even borrow that, I could enact the will of the planet together with the will of humanity and repel the invasion."
[20:25] * Reina` shifts her position, tendrils writhing uncomfortably too. "As things stand, your side doesn't have the            to accomplish its mission, correct?"
[20:30] <GeMshuku> "You could stop using your power, but it would not end. It cannot end until all those that are responsible for the breach and all those that prolong it lay dead, or if the invaders simply decide to give up and go home." It says the last bit in a mocking tone.
[20:31] <GeMshuku> "What would you use the youma's power to even achieve, girl?"
[20:32] <Reina`> "Exactly what you just said."  She folds her arm and wears a smug grin.  "I allowed the invader in, making it      problem to deal with.  I'll undo all it's done and send it onto another planet."
[20:32] <Reina`> "The two powers oppose one another, counteract each other, like black and white."
[20:35] <Reina`> "If..."  She looks to the side.  "It comes to it, I'd kill everyone who's used this power and commit seppuku to bring the world back to how it should be.  But the youma are rampaging!"  With dramatic effect.  "Can't you      ?  You won't solve the problem like this!"
[20:44] <GeMshuku> "...You...hrmph. You aren't an ordinary human. I have every reason to doubt your resolve, yet...still, your course of action involves finding everyone that has used magic, something that the alien has made quick progress with. In addition, you would have to kill a large amount of people that had opened the gates unwittingly to actually keep it and its friends out. You, part of a species that has only gotten this far by grouping together, has their goal to do that?"
[20:47] <Reina`> "Human tenacity is endless."  Said with a sharp nod.  "If this is the only solution for our continued existence, then... yes!  Even if we cut off our race's head, it'll grow back!"  She whips her hand out, tendrils following.  Also for dramatic effect.  "My            is, you're killing uninvolved innocents now.  I want it to stop.  And..."
[20:47] <Reina`> "... With nobody else who can do it now, I want to take the All-Seeing One's place and restore balance, while proving that humanity is not the planet's enemy."
[20:47] <Reina`> "If you want to test my resolve, I can prove it to you.  I can prove it a hundred times over."
[20:48] <Reina`> "But I will not kill something that has no reason to be my enemy anymore."
[21:01] <GeMshuku> "...Do not think to take the place of something that still yet exists. My actions are taken in hopes that his aren't. The only ones that lie dead here are ones that fully ignored my warning and fought on despite having only their lives to throw away.  Such people may as well wish to die."
[21:04] <Reina`> "Still exists, yeah, but is still recovering.  From what I caused.  So, until the time comes when that            is fully capable again, I want to fight to restore balance."
[21:05] <Reina`> "If we've come to an understanding, then please, undo the changes you've caused.  And then we can REALLY return the world to how it should be."
[21:07] * Reina` looks around, a bit worried. "... My comrade should be here soon. I'll have her tend to the wounded."
[21:15] <GeMshuku> "Then, my ultimate question to you would have to be this: your plan revolves around finding ALL sources of magic, individually. However, this much is clear: you have not yet found the source of this cold, which I assure you, is not my doing. Magic can hide. Magic can move. And every act allows more of the aliens room to come in. It is far more subtle than this. If you miss ONE thing that you cannot easily find, the recovery process cannot even begin. How will you know you found it all when you carry out this theoretical plan? How will you know if it's even gone when you destroy it? How will you be sure that nothing will slip through as you kill yourself?"
[21:17] <GeMshuku> "It just does not seem feasible. ...Truly, neither does my mission."
[21:18] * Reina` bites her lip. "L-Look, I didn't make this plan thinking it would be easy. Only that it's 'not impossible.' I'm..." She looks straight down. "... Fully aware of          will happen if something slips through. But my plan to save the planet is more than everybody else, who just stands by and does nothing. Or even the ones who embrace magic without thinking about what it
[21:18] * Reina` is or what it'll do, or even knowing!"
[21:19] <Reina`> "If I spread knowledge, then there's a chance that, in time, people won't be ignorant anymore.  The infection is still just starting, we still have time.  I just... want to do something, you know?"
[21:20] * Reina` sits down on her vantage point, clearly exhausted from talking too much.
[21:21] <Reina`> "Well, clearly we're not going to fight.  I'm called Reina- and how about you, O Guardian of Reality?"
[21:27] <GeMshuku> "...Shouten. ...Despite your words, I do not think your plans will work. But, you seem like you'll risk anything...so I'll offer you a thought. What if it were possible to outright defeat the aliens themselves?"
[21:27] <GeMshuku> "Let us not talk about that now. Your friend has yet to arrive, and...you should find that worrying. And it does not grow any warmer.
[21:27] <GeMshuku> "
[21:28] <Reina`> "... You're right."  Reina stands up and smiles a soft smile.  "The way you say 'friend' when I said 'comrade'... you might even be more human than I am."
[21:29] * Reina` jumps down and extends a hand. "Then, Shouten- how about a contract? Or at least a truce for now."
[21:32] <Reina`> "I          to wield somebody with your power and wisdom as a sword, to cut down the ignorance of the world and liberate it from those who don't belong before my own existence destroys reality as it is.  But this is our first meeting, after all, so I'd be just as satisfied if you could spare humanity and prepare yourself for facing the real enemy instead."
[21:32] * Reina` shoots another look backwards, as if expecting to see a silhouette flying toward them any second now.
[21:34] <GeMshuku> "Your very existence is toxic to me. I would politely request we refrain from contact." Politely!
[21:34] <GeMshuku> "...But, a truce. To avoid stabbing the ones that shoot me first, if I can help it." Politely!
[21:34] <Reina`> adorable
[21:35] <Reina`> "Thanks.  ... Maybe I'll come back when I'm NOT using the alien's power, but I have a feeling I won't survive without it, for now."
[21:35] <Reina`> "But as you said, I have to find her.  Take care."
[21:35] * Reina` waves and SPRINGS into the air, launching into flightmode the direction Chikako would've been coming from.
[21:38] <Reina`> oh hey your vid just broke, perfect timing too
[21:38] <Reina`> NOW'S when you should boot up contamination ice, that is so perfect right now goddamn
[21:38] <GeMshuku> It is!
[21:39] <Reina`> i checked earlier to make sure searching that on the cloud gets it, it does
[21:39] <Reina`> awwwwwwwww yeah
[21:39] <Reina`> time for DANGER
[21:43] <GeMshuku> That was a lengthy talk, but even as you look through the snow (which does hell for visibility), you cannot even make out footsteps. You would think that she could transform to escape danger (which would explain a lack of footsteps), but...
[21:43] <GeMshuku> Well, clearly, if she transformed, she would have made it to you. Did she get lost? Did something happen? You just don't know!
[21:44] <Reina`> It is time... to use garbo pdf rules that nobody uses again
[21:44] <Reina`> Well, I guess all those Insight rolls were 'locate someone or something,' but... here's uh, another one!
[21:47] <Reina`> ... Oh so here's a shitty idea
[21:47] * Reina` detransforms briefly enough to get the cellphone out, then renews the reality-peeling coat and calls Chikako's cellphone. Surely that'll work.
[21:52] <GeMshuku> Ring! Ring! Ring! ...Yeah, of COURSE there isn't an answer. That would just be t--oh wait no, it was picked up. ...It was picked up, but it's quiet. Huuuuuuuh.
[21:52] <Reina`> "Na- Chikako?  Hey!  Answer me!"
[21:52] * Reina` speaks with pained terror in her voice.
[21:52] <Reina`> "Where are you?  What happened?!"
[21:56] <GeMshuku> The voice of a scumbag rings out clearly. "What HAPPENED was that some girlie decided to run out in the wrong neighborhood, and got tired and careless. You know this kid's parents? We need to get in touch with em, but they're not picking up!" WELP.
[21:58] * Reina` sighs in... relief? Yeah, that's relief. Getting caught by humans is LEAGUES beneath getting caught by... well, either side of the magical conflict really. "... What do you want? Money?"
[22:00] * Reina` keeps flying while talking, too. Good thing this is the scummiest part of town, worst-case every building could just be voided or otherwise loaded with holes until it's revealed where she's being held.
[22:02] <GeMshuku> "No shit. I asked you a QUESTION, kid. Answer it." LOVELY PLACE. Probably more lovely with magic accelerated destruction.
[22:02] <Reina`> "..."
[22:02] * Reina` lands and breathes slowly. And then one of those breaths cracks a little.
[22:06] <Reina`> "Listen, asshole.  You picked the wrong person's friend to mess with- I am a GOD to you and you're either going to let her go," sound of teeth gnashing, "Or you and your entire hellhole of a city block are going to go through an experience where calling it a 'nuclear disaster' will be an understatement.  You have three seconds."
[22:06] <Reina`> WELL THAT WAS A 180
[22:07] * Reina` doesn't even wait for a response or start counting. "Think that's a joke? Look outside."
[22:08] <Reina`> Aaaaand a random building gets leveled.  Preferably an especially old-looking one, but with no concern for whether there's anybody in it or not.  Just one big hole.
[22:15] <GeMshuku> "That's just fine! We're all going to hell anyway! Pfhaaha--eh?" ...By the sound of it, they seem to have noticed a building collapse!
[22:15] <Reina`> "What a coincidence, I got a one-way ticket for you."
[22:15] * Reina` smiles so big the dude can HEAR it over the phone.
[22:15] <Reina`> "It's free."
[22:17] <Reina`> "As promised!"  Her voice gets singsongy- oh hey she actually starts dancing and twirling on top of the building.  "Three~ ♪"
[22:17] <GeMshuku> "...Guess we're playing with fire here, eh? Shit, you MUST be loaded, then."
[22:18] <GeMshuku> "So, let's try this: you try that again and she doesn't wake up."
[22:19] <Reina`> "Oh, two can play at that game.  See, 'look outside' was too easy: I know where you are now.  Got another shot lined up straight at your head.  Two, by the way."
[22:19] * Reina` does actually look around, but keeps with the bluff anyway.
[22:20] <Reina`> It's somewhere where someone could see the building, and must have doors or windows, so it's a circle about thiiiiiiis big...
[22:23] <GeMshuku> "You think I'm dumb enough to look outside? I could hear that for miles! Good luck narrowing it down!"
[22:24] <GeMshuku> "And if you think you can even threaten me with any of that? You'd probably kill her with that shit, and you know it. Any more games and I'll give her a nice cut on her forehead. Hear that's edgy these days."
[22:25] <Reina`> "You're trying some really heavy bluffs, there.  I..."  There's the voice cracking again.  "I'm not stopping either.  Just let her go, else you'll be missing a head.  That's a lot edgier."
[22:25] <Reina`> "O-One."
[22:26] <Reina`> ... Hmm, if the vacuuming does make a noticeable noise...
[22:26] * Reina` uses this time to start sniping smaller holes in various buildings. One close enough will definitely make a noise over the phone.
[22:29] <Reina`> Just like, coin-sized holes.  Probably small enough to where they'd only seriously wound a person if they accidentally hit one.
[22:29] <Reina`> but dat vwoosh
[22:33] <GeMshuku> As you snipe, the voice continues. "You're not fooling anyone, kid. One more mistake, she dies, I vanish, your mistake, my waste of time and effort. Guess I'll have to blame my luck when it happens. Dumbass freak." ...You've missed so far, by the lack of reaction.
[22:35] * Reina` leaps off the building. That zero-count sure is a little delayed.
[22:39] <Reina`> "Y..."  rhggrhgr "J-Joke's on you.  I was eventually... going to..."  Are those tears?  Oh great, they're made of void too, so they leave holes on the ground.  Like acid or someshit.
[22:39] <Reina`> ok guess what i'm leaving my hands in the fate of
[22:41] * Reina` holds a hand out. "One less white for the world..."
[22:45] <Reina`> ... better fate-decider pops up
[22:45] <Reina`> A) Do it.
[22:45] <Reina`> B) RESIST
[22:46] <Reina`> >B) RESIST
[22:46] <Reina`> The tears dry up.  "... Hm."
[22:47] <Reina`> "Nevermind.  I'm not stripping myself of my faith in humanity over scum like you.  Her parents should be on her contact list, right above me."
[22:48] <Reina`> "You won't even need luck getting them to comply.  They love their daughter very deeply."
[22:48] <Reina`> "... Goodbye."
[22:48] <Reina`> Click.
[22:49] <GeMshuku> "I to--" Beep.
[22:49] <GeMshuku> ...Sure is cold.
[22:50] <Reina`> ". . ."
[22:50] <Reina`> Deep sigh.
[22:51] <GeMshuku> ...You can faintly recall the start of the conversation. They never did pick up.
[22:52] <Reina`> Oh, but typically cellphones display the name of who you're talking to, like, on the top of the screen or something
[22:52] <Reina`> unless they're REALLY OLD models
[22:53] <GeMshuku> Which makes somehow makes it even CLEARER that they didn't pick up! Name staring them in the face as they didn't pick up. (That is, if you're taking what they said at face value. You just...don't know!)
[22:54] <GeMshuku> They means parents, of course!
[22:54] <Reina`> oh right vagueness
[22:55] <Reina`> ... chalk it up to nerves
[22:55] * Reina` starts popping some more holes after realizing that, actually. This is a 14-year-old's stress relief.
[22:56] <Reina`> Big holes.  Knocking random buildings over, now.
[22:56] <Reina`> Not completely making them banish like before, but just... causing destruction and watching it.
[22:57] <Reina`> ... A better question would actually be how they'd know those are her parents, 'cause it's not like she's old enough to drive or anything, but
[22:57] <Reina`> Screw it let's just start destroying random houses until somebody comes out.
[22:58] <GeMshuku> BOOM. Probably because they'd be in her contact list as 'Mom' or 'Dad'. Assuming Mom and Dad aren't Mom and Dad is kind of counterproductive!
[22:59] <Reina`> That's true, some people do that I guess, I never did that
[22:59] <GeMshuku> BOOM. I actually do that, calling them by their actual names is kind of awkward round here.
[22:59] <Reina`> cuuute
[22:59] <Reina`> "Wonder why I even bothered."
[22:59] <Reina`> BOOM.
[23:00] <Reina`> "Hey Fate, this is the sort of time where you reveal you've been watching me, right?"
[23:00] <Reina`> "Come out now.  It's okay."
[23:00] <GeMshuku> BOOM. Still though, this is some serious stress relief.
[23:01] * Reina` giggles a bit and starts making the holes bigger. "Maybe I've already killed her by now. Maybe they have."
[23:01] <Reina`> "You doubted my resolve, huh, Shouten?"
[23:02] <GeMshuku> BOOM. Look on the bright side! If you did it, they're probably dea--boom.
[23:02] * Reina` waves an arm and a big line of void cuts a dozen buildings in half. "I never thought it'd be this easy, really."
[23:03] <Reina`> "You too, Zero.  The world can be okay if I just get rid of all the white while they're still human.  I didn't even think about the mission I'm sending my sister on like this until now."
[23:03] <Reina`> "But... it's so, so easy."
[23:04] <Reina`> "It's just like I said..."  She looks up, still pouring void-tears.  "Cut off the head, the body remains.  Only so many humans deserve to live."
[23:04] * Reina` wipes out another dozen or so. "Die. Die, die, DIE DIE DIE."
[23:05] <Reina`> Sniff.  "You're just... standing there watching, aren't you."
[23:07] * Reina` stops. "Stupid rabbit. You just wanted to use me. Now I'm playing right into your hands."
[23:07] <GeMshuku> Building after building falls into rubble. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. The only thing that pierces the quiet is the sound of destruction, as that which is worn gives way at accelerated speeds. Fate is probably having a crêpe right now.
[23:07] <Reina`> too insane to believe that
[23:08] <Reina`> "Alright then... you can watch this."
[23:08] * Reina` flies back to where Shouten is, it probably hasn't been very long since then anyway.
[23:08] <Reina`> "Still here?"
[23:10] <GeMshuku> ...It is. "...Yes. You are disturbed." Well, it can clearly see that much!
[23:11] <Reina`> "No..."  A headshake.  "No, Shouten.  I see clearer than I ever have."
[23:11] * Reina` turns toward the majority of the slums. "I promised I'd show you my resolve, didn't I? Can't let that be an empty promise."
[23:12] <Reina`> "Somewhere in that direction... is the first person who showed a real interest in me and treated me like I was more than some 'weirdo.'  My comrade.  My friend."
[23:12] <Reina`> "And... she's also a magic-user, like me.  Her existence unravels reality just by being."
[23:13] <Reina`> "Remember..."  A couple more stray tears involuntarily pour out.  "... What I said I'd do."
[23:13] * Reina` holds out a hand.
[23:13] <Reina`> Two hands.
[23:13] <Reina`> Three hands.
[23:13] <Reina`> GO FAST, SHUKUGRAPH
[23:15] <GeMshuku> "...Disturbed. You'll have to untransform before that will be lethal."
[23:15] <Reina`> "Myself?  No, no, that comes last, after they're all gone."
[23:16] <Reina`> "One thing at a time.  Cut off the head.  Some humans don't deserve to walk this earth either."
[23:18] <Reina`> "Hear me, Youma!  This is what I'll do to prove I'm willing to save my race!  This is the price I'll pay to ask for your help!  THIS IS MY RESOLVE!"
[23:18] <Reina`> Deep breath, and...
[23:21] <Reina`> ... The hands spread apart, showering the entire slum area in front of where the voidguca stands in a massive void, a single hole meant to enclose everything.  More tears spill out as it expands, and the nuke that's designed to kill thousands stops halfway, maybe only killing a few hundred.  IF that.  The destruction is still real, leaving stumps of former buildings where housing areas used
[23:21] <Reina`> to be.
[23:30] <GeMshuku> The nuke had, thankfully for the population of the entire city, stopped early and started in a place where there wasn't much people to begin with. Had the place been populated, you're sure that the death count might have reached higher. You also know that, with absolute certainty, that you oblitherated that asshole.
[23:30] <Reina`> Oblitherated.
[23:30] <GeMshuku> Get the fuck out.
[23:30] * Reina` (Bigwood@gamesurge-3b166eb5.rb4.clm.centurytel.net) has left #HomuHomu
[23:30] * Reina` (Bigwood@gamesurge-3b166eb5.rb4.clm.centurytel.net) has joined #HomuHomu
[23:30] <GeMshuku> tnx
[23:30] <Reina`> np
[23:31] <Reina`> "... It's done."
[23:32] <GeMshuku> However, in the heat of the moment, you could not maintain your control over magic, and as such, it fell short.
[23:32] <Reina`> "Maybe there were a few innocents there, but she's gone.  We're the same now."
[23:32] <Reina`> "There's... no way that could've missed her."
[23:32] * Reina` tries to keep a straight face, but the tears start falling in rapid succession.
[23:40] <GeMshuku> As Shouten looks on in silence...you feel...everything you're feeling now. Helplessness, pain, the acceptance of death. Tis as if your heart is burning.
[23:41] <Reina`> "... It's both snowing AND raining.  What an awful day."
[23:41] <GeMshuku> ...Shouten speaks. "...You...should brace yourself."
[23:41] <Reina`> "For...?"
[23:42] <Reina`> The tendrils curl a little closer.
[23:43] <GeMshuku> "The results of using the alien's gift extensively. I would like to keep my distance." ...The burning gets stronger. It burns the mind and heart alike--nay, your entire body and soul. They burn so bright it's actually sort of impossible to move right now.
[23:43] <GeMshuku> On the bright side, you're not cold right now!
[23:43] <Reina`> "H-How do... y-you know ab..."
[23:44] <GeMshuku> "You're supposed to be my target. I'm smart and I can feel the presence of magic closeby. And I feel it going out of control. I'll be back, you...er, good luck."
[23:44] <GeMshuku> The burning gets fiercer.
[23:45] <Reina`> "I... w-wanted this."
[23:45] <Reina`> "I wanted this."
[23:45] <Reina`> "THIS IS MY RESOLVE."
[23:46] <GeMshuku> "...Perhaps so." It begins dashing away...as your everything burns, figuratively, to a breaking point.
[23:46] * Reina` just curls up as it happens. Still crying.
[23:47] <Reina`> ... Those probably burn too.
[23:48] <GeMshuku> ...And then, everything goes to nothing. ...You feel yourself existing inside a void. Perhaps it might be the lightening of a burden, or perhaps it's just the nothingness.
[23:48] <Reina`>
[23:49] <GeMshuku> Either way, it isn't something to close your eyes to, which...makes it particularly startling when you a crack open inside the void. A crack of existence, as it were!
[23:50] <Reina`> you a crack open
[23:50] <GeMshuku> +see
[23:50] <Reina`> thx
[23:50] <GeMshuku> you could say I accidentally voided that word
[23:50] <GeMshuku> ayy
[23:50] <Reina`> nice
[23:51] <GeMshuku> At first, all you can recognize is that...but it grows...and it eventually becomes clear. Something is splitting off of it. ...No, not some thing. Some things.
[23:52] * Reina` somehow feels very at ease watching this.
[23:54] <GeMshuku> Of shapes yet undetermined, and they take far too much effort to make out than you can give, but you can tell that there are many of them. So, so many. It eventually becomes clear that they're moving away, as a legion, a dangerous, terrifying hive of little voidlings. If it has a leader, you cannot make it out, but they all move without you regardless, and you can understand that you're not the one.
[23:58] <GeMshuku> ...The Voidsent makes a departure. You are unsure where, but they didn't even put you out of your misery. Is that good or bad?
[23:58] <Reina`> At least it's not cold.
Session Time: Fri Aug 07 00:00:01 2015
[00:01] <GeMshuku> The burning does continue, so yeah, at least it isn't cold...
[00:02] <Reina`> Hey, 'We're all going to Hell eventually' was right, who would've guessed?  What a smart guy.
[00:05] * Reina` is now known as RIP
[00:05] <GeMshuku> IN PEACE--oh wait, you're not dead.
[00:05] <GeMshuku> ...Maybe dead inside?
[00:05] <RIP> Dead inside of WHAT, is the question
[00:06] <GeMshuku> Reina is now lunch for random underground worm youma, RIP
[00:06] <RIP> yeah that's RIP
[00:06] <GeMshuku> ...I'm going to have to make a log without these dumb quips in the middle of things, but they're so carthic to make
[00:07] <RIP> no I do them too, they're what gives the words life
[00:08] <RIP> Well that was a bit of an anticlimax, albeit a deserved one
[00:08] <RIP> could've gone much worse
[00:08] <GeMshuku> We're not done yet, though! I'm just being really slow about it.
[00:09] <RIP> Oh, I was wondering where the THE END message was
[00:09] <GeMshuku> yeah it's not here yet
[00:13] <GeMshuku> ...aside from yourself and the burning, however, there is peace. ...But that peace only lasts for so long...for eventually, you hear something else. Notably, it's not like the voidlings, for their actions were soundless...but step, step. Step, step.
[00:16] <GeMshuku> ...You're not facing them, but you might have the ability to flip over now, if you so desired it.
[00:17] <RIP> It's hard to get used to both noise and moving after so long.  Next you'll say it suddenly become cold.
[00:17] <RIP> Hold on...
[00:17] * RIP is now known as Reina`
[00:18] * Reina` sloooowly changes direction. If direction even still exists.
[00:18] <Reina`> Apparently it must, if flipping over is possible at all.
[00:19] <Reina`> "            "
[00:29] <GeMshuku> What you see is...well, we're kind of past the point where you can even guess as to feelings in general, so there you go. ...What you see, however, is...Chikako, transformed in a dress that defies reality with the impossible mix of durability and grace...but despite her wear, she's holding her throat with her left arm, as if trying to stop something from coming out. You can still see her right arm, but even as you acknowledge what you're seeing, you can't. ...And then you can. And then you can't. ...It's flickering. ...She's wide eyed, and she limps as if recently petrified, but despite all that and possibly common sense itself, she's limping towards you. ...Your hearing seems unreasonably sharp to notice her coming from here, but perhaps that's just weird magical side effects.
[00:31] <Reina`> "Ah.  A           ."  Talking is strange too.  Why is it not soundless?  It's supposed to be soundless.  It always had been.
[00:31] <Reina`> "          "  One more.
[00:32] <Reina`> Third try's the charm.  "Ghost."
[00:32] <Reina`> "S... orry, old f          ."
[00:36] <GeMshuku> ...In this field of white, she does look like a ghost. About as pale as one, and the reflective dress has plenty of white to catch. A part of her flickering in and out of reality doesn't exactly give her any points towards not being a ghost! On noticing you move, she nearly trips, but immediately begins--oh wait no the second start did it, down she goes. It's still slippery, and apparently flying is just beyond her right now.
[00:38] <Reina`> "He  ..."  A hand... reaches forward?  Which one is a mystery.  It just feels like one of them is.  Hopefully it's not... the big one, that's clawed... and...
[00:38] <Reina`> "I prom        ... we'd go        together..."
[00:39] <Reina`> "I   ... not a... liar..."
[00:41] <Reina`> .. Hey, would you look at that, it is the big hand.  ... The one that can stretch itself, because the arm it's attached to is nothing.  There it goes...
[00:42] <GeMshuku> ...It eventually reaches Chikako, who managed to fall over again. Slippery as hell.
[00:43] <Reina`> It tries to prop her up.  Probably doesn't do very well, it feels like it's been thousands of years floating in endless nothing.
[00:44] <Reina`> It just wants to wave farewell to the spirit of its dear departed friend.  ;_;
[00:46] <GeMshuku> She...attempts to lean on the hand. ...It seems to work better than her own attempts at moving! It's amazing she hasn't just phased through the ground by now. Maybe some ghosts CAN'T do that?
[00:46] <Reina`> There'd have to be ground first.
[00:46] <Reina`> ... Is there ground?  Was there ground?  That's weird...
[00:46] * Reina` tries to will herself a little closer, to float over to the ghost. The hand isn't the only thing that wants to wave goodbye or apologize.
[00:47] <Reina`> The big hand changes its shape.  It's more like a rope now.
[00:49] <GeMshuku> ...There is ground...huh, there's ground. It's cold, and a bit slippery. ...You feels...exhausted beyond reason, but it seems everything has stopped burning...and even though you're magical, it feels...cold.
[00:50] <Reina`> ... That's not good.  It was so relieving for the cold to be gone a few... how long ago was that?  Hours?  Days?  Weeks?  Months?  Years?  Decades?  Centuries?  Millennia?  Eons?
[00:50] <GeMshuku> Chikako...lacking a better option considering her hands are full, attempts to wrap herself a bit around the rope. With any luck, she might make it!
[00:50] <Reina`> "Okay..."  The words come out softly, slowly, so they don't get voided.
[00:51] * Reina` doesn't have the energy to pull on the rope, though. Its only beneficial factor is that it's attached to her body.
[00:51] <Reina`> "Thank... you..."
[00:51] <Reina`> "... but... it's... okay..."
[00:51] <Reina`> "Go on... to Heaven..."
[00:52] <Reina`> "This..."  Hmm.  There're the tears again.  Did they ever stop?  Maybe they didn't, this whole time.  "Hell is... mine."
[00:58] <GeMshuku> ...You hear her speak once she's managed to roll herself/push herself closer...but it's not entirely her voice. It's...very raspy and quiet, quite unlike the Chikako you were familiar with prior to this moment. "...Sorry, Reina. Miina. I'm just...too stubborn to go anywhere...without you...in this together...even if it takes us to Hell..." ...You can see that she, too, is crying. Do ghosts cry?
[00:59] <Reina`> "Why me..."  The tears are accompanied with the sniffles now.  "I... killed you..."
[01:00] <Reina`> "But a promise... is... a promise..."
[01:00] * Reina` swims a bit closer and reaches out, this time with an actual hand.
[01:04] <GeMshuku> ...She seems fearful at first, but then reaches out with her own actual, fully existing hand...which is hiding a very clear gash wound. It doesn't bleed, but it's there. Her hand was very clearly bled on, but she reaches out regardless. "...too stubborn...to leave you alone..." ...You're close now. A hand's width away from contact!
[01:04] <Reina`> "You're... wrong, though..."
[01:05] <Reina`> The tendrils at Reina's back draw themselves closer, and then LASH out backwards to propel whatever body remains in this nothingness closer to the outstretched hand.
[01:05] <Reina`> "It's... not Hell... if you're here."
[01:11] <GeMshuku> "...See, you can tell...that it isn't Hell...cause I know it hasn't frozen over yet. ...Because I'm here." Contact! ...You are no longer alone! Her efforts to embrace go about as well as you'd expect with one arm!
[01:12] <Reina`> The tendrils desperately try to help, but instead of pulling her closer they... keep pushing?
[01:13] <Reina`> "That's... too.. corny."  They're SCRAMBLING now, trying to swim forward and not giving up.  "Even... for you..."
[01:14] * Reina` does try to get another arm around her, at least.
[01:15] <Reina`> "..."
[01:15] <Reina`> "I... wasn't the hero, huh?"
[01:22] <GeMshuku> "...I guess...you're rubbing off on me..." She totally called you corny! "...You're...Everyone you've helped up to this point. You were their hero. You're still their hero. And...even now...you can be...but right now...I just want...to stop talking. My throat is sore." Even as she says that, she tries to go forward as well, reaching out, attempting to maintain a connection, being kept aloft yet torn apart by magic.
[01:22] <GeMshuku> Fate might be having another crêpe.
[01:23] <Reina`> Fucking faggot.
[01:23] <Reina`> "Yeah... shhh."  The tendrils keep propelling her forward.  Maybe detransforming would be an option, but then... "I promised.  Let's... go get that ice cream."
[01:24] <Reina`> The tendrils... stop.  They might actually just totally fall off.
[01:25] * Reina` notices the presence of ground and stops floating, but instead starts walking. One step at a time. Try not to slip...
[01:26] <Reina`> As soon as it's possible, Chikako gets... well, it's not a hug.  One hand around her back.
[01:26] <Reina`> the other... that's weird, where is that even going
[01:27] <GeMshuku> It's going to fetch the letter E, obviously.
[01:27] <Reina`> CLOSE
[01:27] <Reina`> Right at the backs of the knees.
[01:27] <Reina`> ... through the dress, however that works
[01:28] * Reina` walks as close as popular, and picks her up bridal-style.
[01:28] <Reina`> ... popular
[01:28] <Reina`> really?  now of all times, freud?
[01:28] <Reina`> possible, but you knew that
[01:29] <GeMshuku> Chikako is pretty popular! And you're walking as close as popular. Cause you're close. To popular. In fact, for once, you might be described as holding popularity!
[01:29] <Reina`> YES I GET IT IT WAS A TYPO GOD UGH
[01:30] <Reina`> ... actually that's a good pun I like it
[01:30] <GeMshuku> ...For she allows herself to be picked up with no complaint. ...She's almost as light as a ghost right now, but that's probably just magic making her feel that way.
[01:30] <Reina`> If this is the part where they actually walk to the afterlife, then maybe they'll get transformed into a bride+groom outfit.
[01:30] <Reina`> Otherwise...
[01:31] * Reina` keeps walking forward, much more confidence in her step.
[01:31] <Reina`> you have about ~a minute before I say my favorite phrase
[01:32] <Reina`> "Let's go home."
[01:35] <GeMshuku> "Mm..." ...You believe that to be a noise of her approval of the idea. Sadly...they seem a bit too sturdy for the afterlife to properly take them...and as such, the two walk forward, to...home. ...Which actually isn't too far away!
[01:35] <Reina`> And home it is, because any more dialogue after that line always spoils the mood.
[01:39] <GeMshuku> At the end of all this madness, one thing is truly clear.
[01:39] <GeMshuku> FUCK ICE LEVELS.
[01:40] <GeMshuku> /session
[01:40] <Reina`> That was the most beautiful thing I have ever read.
[01:40] <Reina`> That was the most beautiful thing I have ever read.
[01:40] <Reina`> That was the most beautiful thing I have ever read.
[01:40] <Reina`> there is nothing more I can express other than that line
[01:40] <Reina`> what the FUCK did you just do
[01:41] <Reina`> oh, and that was more than 12 hours
[01:41] <Reina`> let me just get my mind unfull of fuck
[01:42] * Reina` is now known as Giantree
[01:42] <Giantree> ok- nope still full of fuck
[01:42] <GeMshuku> http://i.imgur.com/8udzIgo.png
[01:42] <Giantree> brb exploding irl