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Oct 24 10:27:48 *	Lumindia_ is now known as Yuna_Mizuno
Oct 24 10:27:55 *	You are now known as Shirayuki_Akiko
Oct 24 10:28:02 <Sakata_Ginko>	IT'S THE YEAR 20XX
Oct 24 10:28:14 <Sakata_Ginko>	THE WORLD QUIVERS UNDER THE THUMB OF ITS ALIEN OVERLORD
Oct 24 10:30:24 <Midorikawa_Misao>	"Wait, what!?"
Oct 24 10:37:53 <Sakata_Ginko>	THE ALIEN OVERLORD KNOWN AS SAMUS ARAN
Oct 24 10:39:48 <MidorikawaMisao>	... it all makes sense now.
Oct 24 10:40:20 <GeMshuku>	BUT IN THE DISTANCE, A TEAM FIGHTS OFF THE OVERLORD'S ARMY! 'UNCLE SAMUSSSSSSSS' *boom*
Oct 24 10:40:28 <GeMshuku>	AN ACE TEAM OF FOUR
Oct 24 10:40:37 <GeMshuku>	STAR FOX
Oct 24 10:40:59 <GeMshuku>	...CONSISTING OF FOX, FOX, FOX, AND 'GET THIS GUY OFF ME' FALCO
Oct 24 10:42:27 <Sakata_Ginko>	UNFORTUNATELY, THE TEAM GOT TARGETED BY THE DEATH STAR'S LASER, AND WAS ANNIHILATED.
Oct 24 10:44:44 <Midorikawa_Misao>	What.
Oct 24 10:45:50 <GeMshuku>	NO, PRETTY SURE THE STAR MEMBER, FOX, FLEW IN, DEFEATED SAMUS (WHO ACTUALLY TURNED OUT TO BE MOTHER BRAIN?????????????), FLEW OUT, AND GOT A RIDICULOUS PAYCHECK
Oct 24 10:48:02 <GeMshuku>	...Last time on: 'Did you know? At the rate you magical girls are going? You're going to defeat all the youma. Isn't that precious? It's true, though! And that will trigger the last one to come out. ...And that one? That one will destroy everything. As an afterthought. Whether you could beat it or not (you're not).'
Oct 24 10:48:07 <GeMshuku>	The jelly's kind of a dick!
Oct 24 10:48:51 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	Eye-rolling intensifies!
Oct 24 10:55:39 <Sakata_Ginko>	Well. Exterminatus starts with one creature at a time! Ginko's sword glowed a sickly candy pink as she swung with a grunt, sending a pulse of energy at one of the voidlings.
Oct 24 11:00:05 <GeMshuku>	Another voidling takes the brunt of a serious blow! ...But, like the last, it rises right back up, very wearily. Another hit, no matter the intensity, would probably do it in, but it proceeds sort of like a zombie regardless!
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Oct 24 11:12:50 *	Topic for #Meguca is: It's THE YEAR 20XX: https://yarukizero.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/magical-burst-4-0.pdf
Oct 24 11:12:50 *	Topic for #Meguca set by Shuku (Wed May 06 16:20:24 2015)
Oct 24 11:13:17 *	You are now known as Shirayuki_Akiko
Oct 24 11:15:38 <Sakata_Ginko>	But Yuna didn't so much get nailed as she got grazed. Ginko's wooden sword drew a graceful arc in the air and collided with the projectile. It didn't alter the course of the shot, but it certainly absorbed a lot of the "oomph" behind it.
Oct 24 11:24:19 *	Yuna_Mizuno saw the voidlings hurl their balls of dark energy into the air like mortars. While the others seemed to get off pretty easily, many of them seemed to home in on her... Perhaps it was her affinity for the light that attracted them... Either way, she braced for impact... only the impact wasn't nearly as bad as she thought it would be...
Oct 24 11:29:02 *	Yuna_Mizuno heard a swoooOOooOOoosh noise as Ginko's sword flew through the air and intercepted the projectiles. It didn't completely block them, but they definitely seemed to have much less energy behind them. What would have been in incredibly painful attack merely left an extremely unpleasant sensation all over her body...
Oct 24 11:47:38 *	Yuna_Mizuno simply shook it off, making a note to thank Ginko for that later. Concentrating her powers, a pale beam of yellow light went from Ginko to Misao as she linked the two of them together. She then planted her staff in the ground,. and three points of light shot forward, converged in the air, then launched several orbs of light down at one of the voidlings... Their trajectory seemed to be true...
Oct 24 11:49:23 <GeMshuku>	...Until the voidling blocked it with its bracelet. Guess those are there for a reason, huh? There might have been many, but they all aimed for the same place!
Oct 24 11:53:06 <GeMshuku>	They continue shambling forth, each following the lead of the last. Again, Chiyoko stands ready, as the youma charges and fires a barrage!
Oct 24 12:04:04 <Sakata_Ginko>	the barrage at Yuna, once again, got its wind taken out of it. The wooden sword once again came to the rescue. It collided with the shots meant for Yuna, absorbing much of the force behind them before returning to Ginko's hand.
Oct 24 12:05:01 <GeMshuku>	...The shots come forth...and then go wild! Chiyoko struggles to keep up! Hitomi recognizes herself getting nailed, and opts to at least brace herself for impact, as Chiyoko somehow manages to trip on the air! She quickly gets up though, and shields Akiko! "Bit shaky right now. Just need a moment to breathe..."
Oct 24 12:06:41 *	Yuna_Mizuno lets out a sigh as the four of them, once again, get carpet-bombed by dark energies. But, once again, it's Ginko-Senpai to the rescue! That wooden sword she had was pretty durable... or was enchanted in some way... Either way, she was extremely grateful for it. The remaining energy impacted her, but merely splashed out, leaving Yuna unaffected by it this time.
Oct 24 12:06:58 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	"Thanks for that!" Akiko realized Chiyoko's original intent, and quickly tried to toss a canvas-shield at Hitomi's front...and it simply sailed through empty air, being too late to intercept the attack!
Oct 24 12:08:36 <GeMshuku>	Hitomi...doesn't like this one bit! "Alright, that's enough of that trash. You're all getting blown to bits!" She raises up one of her hands (is that a black glove on her right hand, but a white one on her left? guess it's the black gloved one then), and some kind of...purple/blue lightning seems to gather in it for a moment, before she unleashes a stream of lightning upon the large pile!
Oct 24 12:21:36 <GeMshuku>	"...Still standing, huh. Pretty sure that helped, though!" And then she throws a Hex on C!
Oct 24 12:22:19 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	"That...was certainly impressive." Well, that probably saved them all a lot of time! Let's hope she could do that more than once!
Oct 24 12:23:03 <Midorikawa_Misao>	"That was awesome!"
Oct 24 12:24:56 <GeMshuku>	The lighting had danced from youma to youma, in a brilliant display of color! Some had vanished entirely, as if ghosts...except for the bracers, which fall down with a clank...before dissolving into purple powder, as youma tend to do! Of course, nothing is left behind.
Oct 24 12:25:14 <GeMshuku>	Chiyoko decides to move now! Might as well, nothing to wait for anymore.
Oct 24 12:25:18 <Sakata_Ginko>	"Ooh." A rather large hand grenade would have achieved the same effect, but Ginko couldn't help but whistle.
Oct 24 12:26:28 <GeMshuku>	She uses the time allotted by the lightshow to calm down a bit. ...A good deal, really. Even the normally excitable Misao and the ever cranky Ginko can feel a strange effect on them, as if they could tell where attacks were going to land with just a little bit more confidence!
Oct 24 12:26:51 <GeMshuku>	Calm on Ginko, Misao, and Chiyoko!
Oct 24 12:27:08 <GeMshuku>	Definitely keep track of that. I see it being forgotten in the future.
Oct 24 12:28:48 <GeMshuku>	She remains in place, sensing she's kind of needed right here, and fires a barrage to attempt finishing off a wounded youma!
Oct 24 12:29:28 <GeMshuku>	Streaks of...what you're pretty sure is simply a very sharp end of a barrier streak the air!
Oct 24 12:32:09 <GeMshuku>	She opts to give her reflector to...Yuna! She's always looking pretty down, and there's two other knights that can feed into the big link loop, if it should even stay there anymore!
Oct 24 12:33:38 <GeMshuku>	THE REST OF THE YOUMA OPEN FIRE.
Oct 24 12:34:45 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	"Here it comes! Everyone get ready!"
Oct 24 12:35:03 <MidorikawaMisao>	"This'll hurt..."
Oct 24 12:35:22 <GeMshuku>	Each one following the lead of the last, a sustained barrage of void shots is continuously shot over the heads of the front line, to continuously come right down upon the back. It can't block out the sun, not even being true shadow, but you can still sense it dim under the blanket of shots that follows.
Oct 24 13:00:16 <GeMshuku>	It's an absurd show of being attacked by things that aren't quite shadows, attacks being dodged left and right, Chiyoko being kept VERY hard at work, and surroundings collapsing around them due to void shots that have to hit something! What will be left when the smoke clears?
Oct 24 13:01:36 <Sakata_Ginko>	Ginko took a deep breath and recalled one of her many "talents". Candy pink circles appeared under her foot, and in the blink of an eye, she swapped places with Akiko. She held that breath in and held up her sword, bracing for the maelstrom of projectiles bearing down at her.
Oct 24 13:07:09 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	Akiko took a deep breath and defiantly stared down the incoming light show...then suddenly found herself directly beneath the barrage as it passed over her head! Deja vu! ....Wow okay that looked like it hurt she was kind of feeling guilty that Ginko was eating all that fire in her place now.
Oct 24 13:12:28 <Sakata_Ginko>	The sword didn't glow this time. Bullets came in at her from every direction like she was the player character in some shmup game. There was a moment of clarity as her heart pumped, and then she started swinging her sword. Projectiles vanished left and right, and a few even changed direction in the form of an improvised counterattack, but plenty found their mark. She was too focused on defense that she
Oct 24 13:12:28 <Sakata_Ginko>	forgot the pain, but once it finished, her leg buckled and she fell onto the ground with one knee, panting heavily.
Oct 24 13:18:45 <GeMshuku>	Hitomi gets nailed once, but there's still a light in her eyes--no wait, that is decidedly lightning. There's a lightning in her eyes. Makes her pupil go a bit weird.
Oct 24 13:19:10 <GeMshuku>	Chiyoko, however, remains entirely undaunted. She seems...almost disappointed?
Oct 24 13:19:56 <GeMshuku>	Nezumi's glad that everyone else is the sheriff, frozen in there. And she's out here.
Oct 24 13:23:59 <GeMshuku>	Hitomi gets a second wind, I guess!
Oct 24 13:25:08 *	Yuna_Mizuno 's eyes widened as the barrage of void energy came hurtling towards them. Yuna did everything in her power to make sure as few of them hit her as possible. Thanks to Chiyoko, those that DID get through bounced off of her and were marked as 'Return to Sender'. This is what happens when you don't use proper postage, people.
Oct 24 13:28:39 <GeMshuku>	...When the dust clears, the youma realize that there's dust around them, actually. Flames that lash out and a true barrier that breaks into shards and pierce the youma result in quite possibly more pain for the youma than they had actually given out! The girls are fine, mostly, though the youma look quite battered.
Oct 24 13:33:40 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	Okay...seemed like the enemy came out of that exchange worse off than hers. Not complaining! Akiko gestured with her right hand, and a chunk of the Big Ben (okay, not the Big Ben, it looked slightly different and artsy like everything else she conjured) appeared on a direct collision course with one of the youma below! Just as before, though, it didn't quite smash them up quite as well as one would expect HAVING A CHUNK OF
Oct 24 13:33:40 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	BUILDING FALL ON YOU to.
Oct 24 13:34:40 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	Without her scepter, Akiko felt that the output of her magic just wasn't the same. In fact, since this was an important fight, she wanted to just bring out Warspite and blast the opposition to oblivion, and maybe leave enough punch in the ship to fry some of the /other/ groups' foes too, but...whenever she tried thinking about summoning Warspite, her mind bombarded her with questions. How does she fire? What mechanism turns the
Oct 24 13:34:40 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	turrets? What are the specifications of the shells being used, and how well would they penetrate targets? The artist had the feeling that as long as the answers to those questions eluded her, any Warspite she can conjure up would be defective, useless failures.
Oct 24 13:34:45 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	On top of that, Akiko was dimly aware that magical power was building up within her, yet she couldn't fully tap into it. It was like being a circuit with a bit of wire burnt off right before going into the battery: all that juicy electric potential just there, barely out of reach, walled in by the burnt wire's tiny capacity to conduct. Was this drastic power difference due to losing her scepter? This was an important battle,
Oct 24 13:34:45 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	however, so she couldn't afford to be this...weak. All that power--she needed it. Even if it was beyond her abilities for now, she needed to push herself, and grasp it once more..!
Oct 24 13:35:52 <GeMshuku>	Really, the youma sort of smashed the building piece as it came down with a bracelet. Despite being a smallfry, that actually kind of worked despite it being a huge bullet. Nice duds? Either way, you're sure it must have felt something. You don't just smack a building piece and feel nothing, right?
Oct 24 13:37:51 <GeMshuku>	She raises her white gloved hand! Another purple electric death forms, and comes lashing out upon all foes! Actually all of them, they're all here now!
Oct 24 13:42:21 <GeMshuku>	And it...well, it goes wild! Bolts begin hitting EVERY which way, most missing the youma, but a lot still hitting them! Despite the shots going wild, it causes the youma to slump over and slowly fade...except one, which gets squinted at very hard. Chiyoko comments! "...Let's try not to get you another pair of wings, alright?" Hitomi mutters something imperceptible.
Oct 24 13:43:47 <GeMshuku>	Hitomi passes to Chiyoko, who attempts to land the last blow!
Oct 24 13:44:30 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	"...Amazing..." ....Yeah, everyone else was making really short work of everything right now. Made Akiko feel kind of redundant. Granted, the vets would obviously get more done regardless, but still.
Oct 24 13:46:05 <GeMshuku>	The youma's chest is pierced! It falls over with a slump, and she opts to refresh the reflectors on the large chain, for what good that's worth considering there aren't any youma in the immediate area!
Oct 24 13:47:49 <GeMshuku>	...It quickly becomes clear that there's still a lot of fighting going on. There's so much fighting you could almost forget that the terrifying shroud of battle is still at seige...and a real talker is inside it, still saying words.
Oct 24 13:48:21 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	"That's the last of them..." Akiko looked around to check if any more youma are approaching them, and for other groups of magical girls who might need help.
Oct 24 13:50:01 <GeMshuku>	"I know, I know. Even despite everything, 'oh, we can beat the last threat'. That always happens, and it always does in whatever form of entertainment it is you guys absorb, that's just how it is. But, uh, take a moment to look around you. The city's already falling apart. You think you can protect it from something far stronger than any youma? Obviously not. But here's the rub: you won't be
Oct 24 13:50:02 <GeMshuku>	able to fix it, either. No amount of seeds will fix this city when the end boss approaches."
Oct 24 13:51:02 <Sakata_Ginko>	"We've got a real charmin' doomsayer around here," Ginko chuckled as she stood up straight with a groan. She patted off the dust on her costume, and glanced at the direction of her apartment. "We should get out of here. No telling what that thing's gonna throw at us while we relax."
Oct 24 13:54:49 <GeMshuku>	"Since when the youma appears? No more seeds. No more wishes. That all stops when it's here. The fuel for their wish granting being gone is precisely when it's going to come out. The tsukaima will stop caring anyway if you manage it, their task complete. If you don't have your seeds then? Shit out of luck. When the youma are gone, you'll have a ruined city and no more wishes to show for it.
Oct 24 13:54:49 <GeMshuku>	Endgame is approaching and you don't have any time to properly prepare!"
Oct 24 13:55:02 <Midorikawa_Misao>	"That's... no, that's not true!" Misao was about to do a victory cheer, but the youma just ruined the moment. "We won't lose, not to the likes of you, /or/ to the final boss! And we won't let Mae fall!"
Oct 24 13:55:50 <GeMshuku>	You figure there's going to be some more youma whether you retreat or stick around...but Nezumi definitely aggres with Ginko! "Yeah. It might not be directly controlling these things, but...these things are sort of prone to ambushes anyway. We'll run into something before we even leave the doom zone, I'm sure of it.
Oct 24 13:55:51 <GeMshuku>	"
Oct 24 13:57:15 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	...That...was an interesting claim. Akiko wasn't quite sure what to make of it. When this "end boss" appears, then wishes won't be granted any more, so they should be useless, but...We would be screwed if we didn't have any seeds when that happens? Hmmm.
Oct 24 13:58:59 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	"...That's actually a good point. Why is the tsukaima even doing all this wish-granting?" Akiko started to distractedly ponder, not paying too much attention to the others' votes for escape!
Oct 24 13:59:39 <Sakata_Ginko>	"Akiko, we need to go, unless we want to stick around while it mocks us and tells us stories that may or may not be true," Ginko glanced around. Something told her that the voice wasn't lying. That feeling, along with the desire to hear more, irked her to say the least. "We need to take this information and digest it, but not here and not now."
Oct 24 13:59:57 <GeMshuku>	"So I ask you. Do you want to fight against an impossible 'evil' and doom the world? Or bide time and prepare by prolonging the presence of youma, and thus allowing more wishes and magical girls? Is the way things are really that bad, compared to what you're shooting for? ...Some of you won't be convinced, I'm sure. ...But others, they know what I'm getting at--" The voice is interrupted by
Oct 24 13:59:57 <GeMshuku>	an annoying gruff voice. It's familiar. "HEARD YOU TALKIN SHIT LIKE I WOULDN'T FIND OUT" "Well, I can't say this wasn't entirely unexpected. You're joining in too then, Emna." Huuuuuh.
Oct 24 14:01:03 <GeMshuku>	Nezumi's flying up to get a clear path out, but she definitely comments while Hitomi catches a breath. "...This IS getting interesting, but at the same time, uh, I just sorta feel like things can get worse."
Oct 24 14:02:12 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	Hnnnn. Akiko reluctantly took off after the rest, but...there was definitely something to think about, there. She didn't care about the youma trying to convince them to let youma remain longer in the world, but...seeds. Seeds, seeds.
Oct 24 14:04:44 <GeMshuku>	The voice of Emna rings along in the same unusual manner as the youma's. "...I don't know why you know my name, but if you're made of magic? It's literally my job to take care of you, right? Come get some!" "Yawn." Who literally says 'yawn'. At the very least, that reinforcement...might help???
Oct 24 14:06:20 <GeMshuku>	In any case, you start making your way out of the warzone...but it seems that the scale of the void youma's coming is bigger than previously invisioned. They spawl on rooftops and fly! ...And they're definitely bigger, though less numerous.
Oct 24 14:12:13 <GeMshuku>	...Especially the one that comes up to greet you! That one's actually pretty big!
Oct 24 14:12:27 <Midorikawa_Misao>	"Today's getting a lot worse by the hour..."
Oct 24 14:12:57 <Sakata_Ginko>	"Son of a bitch," Ginko snarled under her breath and readied her sword. "The mouthy bastard isn't stupid after all."
Oct 24 14:14:20 <GeMshuku>	It's quickly joined by some vaguely familar shapes, and...a smaller, less vaguely familiar shape!
Oct 24 14:16:49 <GeMshuku>	Well, smaller than the big one.
Oct 24 14:16:56 <GeMshuku>	Bigger than the two others though!
Oct 24 14:17:24 <GeMshuku>	The other were...oh, they look kind of like the mage-things that ambushed you way back when!
Oct 24 14:18:53 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	"Tch..." Akiko readied herself just behind the front line. "Is that thing calling every void youma in the city or what?"
Oct 24 14:19:40 <Sakata_Ginko>	"More of them." Hate burned in Ginko like a firestorm. It's unlikely that they were going to go past them without a fight. She licked her lips, "Fantastic."
Oct 24 14:20:02 <Midorikawa_Misao>	"There's not much else we can do, can we?"
Oct 24 14:21:43 <GeMshuku>	There's a nagging worry, as if something's still missing...but if you don't know something's coming, well, you won't be able to see it coming!
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Oct 24 14:27:20 <GeMshuku>	...The nagging feeling...last time those annoying mage types were around, they were joined by something else. ...Er, what was it again? ...Try scrounging your memory...as the youma charge forth, you've little time to, but you still can finish putting this puzzle together before you're...caught off guard again!
Oct 24 14:27:55 <GeMshuku>	Everyone with relevent memories manages to get a nagging feeling. The vets seem mostly undaunted, especially Chiyoko, who might not care either way.
Oct 24 14:28:19 <GeMshuku>	...You'd think she'd look more alive in a fight, really. But she still hasn't been touched. Unnerving.
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Oct 24 14:29:48 <Sakata_Ginko>	Ginko searched her memory. She seemed to remember the pink car, but nothing much more than that. There were mages like those shooting at her, but what else? What else...?"
Oct 24 14:31:36 *	Yuna_Mizuno was able to remember the pink car as well... She mentally berrated herself, because she was normally much more observant than this... "Nnnggghhh..."
Oct 24 14:31:36 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	"Hmm...These little mage-y things, they aren't traveling in a group with those...foot soldier things this time?" Akiko wondered after noticing that they were nowhere in sight.
Oct 24 14:32:41 <GeMshuku>	Well, you're definitely in mid-air right now! There are definitely youma on the ground, though they're actually entirely content on moving right past you to approach the big attraction...
Oct 24 14:32:49 <GeMshuku>	...uh, mostly.
Oct 24 14:33:32 <GeMshuku>	...You have a distinct feeling you're going to be joined shortly, but you're pretty sure you know it's coming.
Oct 24 14:34:59 <Sakata_Ginko>	Oh, shit. "We're not that lucky. Everyone, head on a swivel!" Ginko shouted. "Watch each other's backs!"
Oct 24 14:35:52 <GeMshuku>	...Well, you guys know all about that, anyway. Nezumi perks up! "Oh, you've seen some of these before--ah, right!" Less talking! More listening!
Oct 24 14:43:11 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	...Yikes. That was...a lot of youma running around unhindered. It would be pretty bad if the group had to fight several directions at once, so let's fix that! Let's do a pyramid--no, a glass dome. Not being able to see outside while fighting would be kind of bad. Akiko focused, and summoned a greenhouse dome surrounding the group and the youma they were about to engage (and just them), plus a bunch of plants and shrubbery inside
Oct 24 14:43:11 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	for bonus eco-friendly points!
Oct 24 14:43:43 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	The magical charge...It was growing. It was definitely growing. As it did, it started to feel closer and closer to her grasp. Perhaps the only problem was that she was unused to using magic without a tool? If that was all there was to it, then the solution was obvious. She just needed to try harder, to go all-out and quickly get the hang of it. It seemed to be working already, but not quickly enough...Not trying hard enough. Not
Oct 24 14:43:43 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	trying hard enough.
Oct 24 14:46:59 <GeMshuku>	The youma with the cage rattles it in protest! It makes a soundless noise. It...seems to take offense at the barrier? "         blashphemic   " ...You think you might have heard a noise? In any case, it makes things a bit hotter in here, and certainly seems to put a wall between you and whatever might come knocking!
Oct 24 14:48:14 <GeMshuku>	Of course, it's not like natural heat is going to do much to something that takes friggen magic to kill. Why even think that? That's silly. Doesn't even slow it down. It's just mad.
Oct 24 14:48:40 <GeMshuku>	...Huh, it's mad.
Oct 24 14:48:47 <Sakata_Ginko>	Mad, is it? Well, there's someone equally mad at the fuckers in front of them.
Oct 24 14:49:59 <GeMshuku>	She decides to test the waters, shooting at one of the small mages with a literally clear shot!
Oct 24 14:51:26 <GeMshuku>	Literally, but not figuratively. It ends up simply nicking it!
Oct 24 14:51:54 <GeMshuku>	Still, it's enough to make Akiko feel a bit more safe!
Oct 24 14:57:43 <GeMshuku>	Hitomi recognizes that she's in a bad spot as far as her magic is concerned. "Uh, I was definitely doing flashy stuff back then, but it's starting to take a toll. I'd like to not have another pair of wings, so pick up my slack!"
Oct 24 14:58:18 <GeMshuku>	She still fires...at what you think might be the trio leader! It's just, it's a bolt of lightning that goes directly AT the trio leader, and nothing else!
Oct 24 15:00:28 <GeMshuku>	...It's a very efficent bolt, flashing by in an instant, sending the youma reeling a bit! It reels, and the elecricity continues to crackle inside of it!
Oct 24 15:05:58 <GeMshuku>	She passes to a small youma mage thing! ...It takes offense at Hitomi for passing to it, and sort of shooting their boss? ...You might think. Does it think? You just don't know!
Oct 24 15:07:54 <GeMshuku>	It's a...very small shot--which is suddenly followed up with another small shot?! IT'S SWIFTCASTING
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Oct 24 15:10:57 <GeMshuku>	Chiyoko stubbornly gets in the way of both, which barely even dents her anyway. The youma passes to Nezumi, who's honestly not feeling it right now. It's good at passing to people that don't want to go, it seems. Jerkkk.
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Oct 24 15:18:22 <Midorikawa_Misao>	"Here goes..." Misao throws a javelin at the larger conehead youma thingy!
Oct 24 15:19:53 <GeMshuku>	Despite being electrified, it...stops the javelin. It just...STOPS the Javelin. It stops in midair, and falls down! Didn't even reach it yet, but it must have stopped the Javelin itself, right?
Oct 24 15:22:48 <GeMshuku>	The other conehead...is already tied of Chiyoko's shenanigans. It opts to actually float up and engage in close range combat with Misao!
Oct 24 15:23:00 <GeMshuku>	Close range...VOID BURSTS.
Oct 24 15:25:50 <Sakata_Ginko>	Before Misao could respond, Ginko was there in front of her. Her sword glowed a brilliant candy pink as it lashed out, dispelling the burst of blackness with its luminescence.
Oct 24 15:28:10 <GeMshuku>	...Someone ELSE just gets in the way instead! BULLLLLLLL. It tries a void burst at the one that's now in front of her...but we can imagine how that goes!
Oct 24 15:28:21 <GeMshuku>	In defiance, it passes to Yuna.
Oct 24 15:31:20 <Sakata_Ginko>	That went predictably impotent. "C'mon!" Ginko grinned with a taunt, "Shot your wad already? You haven't even gotten me bothered yet~"
Oct 24 15:41:52 <Yuna_Mizuno>	
ACTION holds her staff up, placing the big guy in the back in it's 'sights', so to speak. Three points of light begin to glow at the head of the staff, then beams of light shoot out towards the youma. When it connects, it doesn't deal any damage, but instead begins pulsating a few times per second. For a moment the pulses flow towards it, then they start coming back towards Yuna's staff, as if she were downloa
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Oct 24 15:45:25 <GeMshuku>	Is it a big guy? ...For you? Who knows! But either way, the scanning is in full force!
Oct 24 15:46:07 <Yuna_Mizuno>	[ Big Guy was, of course, a figure of speech ]
Oct 24 15:56:27 <GeMshuku>	NAME: VOIDSENT (UNIQUE)
Oct 24 15:56:28 <GeMshuku>	VITALITY: 48/48
Oct 24 15:56:28 <GeMshuku>	POWER HELD: 15/15
Oct 24 15:56:28 <GeMshuku>	ABILITIES: Various binding mechanisms, moves and acts with remarkable freedom. Displays cunning in evasion of ranged attacks.
Oct 24 15:56:28 <GeMshuku>	CLASSIFICATION: Fragment of a Heartspawn. Seems to be only a shade of its power, as opposed to part of its whole...that can create more of itself from the base, given rest. Similar readings detected throughout area, diverted from original path to investigate magical anomaly. Of course there's no Oblivion Seeds, there's no core here!
Oct 24 15:56:28 <GeMshuku>	SAMPLE SURFACE THOUGHT (TRANSLATED): diediediediediediediediediediediediediediediediediediediedie--
Oct 24 15:56:29 <GeMshuku>	SURFACE THOUGHT READING CANCELED.
Oct 24 15:56:30 <GeMshuku>	THOUGHT PATTERNS: Mansion? Significance unknown.
Oct 24 15:57:40 <GeMshuku>	Definitely a clearer scan than last time. Maybe scanning a big one was easier?
Oct 24 16:00:58 *	Yuna_Mizuno blinks... that was quite  bit of information to process... though thankfully not anywhere NEAR as much(or as weird) as the last thing she scanned. "There's that word again, heartspawn..." she comments. Was this possibly a heartspawn? It was apparently able to create more of itself...
Oct 24 16:01:59 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	"...'Heartspawn'? Is that what those are?"
Oct 24 16:03:50 *	Yuna_Mizuno turns to Akiko, "Do you know what a heartspawn is?" she says to Akiko. That word had come up in the previous scan...
Oct 24 16:04:46 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	"Hmm...Can't say I do. From the name, do they...hatch within people, or something..?"
Oct 24 16:07:58 <GeMshuku>	Nezumi comments! "...So it's like when those things turn people into youma, then?"
Oct 24 16:08:05 *	Yuna_Mizuno closes her eyes, recalling the information from the scan. "Apparently they're created by a 'heavy influx of magic caused by an error in the magical girl creation process'... if I'm understanding it correctly, it's basically created a corrupt magical girl..."
Oct 24 16:10:06 <Sakata_Ginko>	"Whatever it is," Ginko butted in, eyes still alert and paying attention to the enemy, "there's nothing we could do but smack it down."
Oct 24 16:10:28 <GeMshuku>	The conehead raises a...wand! Yeah, that's definitely a wand of some sort. Maybe big enough to be a staff? "   METEOR   "
Oct 24 16:10:32 <Midorikawa_Misao>	"Yeah, what onee-san said."
Oct 24 16:10:36 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	"Corrupt ma--" Akiko shot a shocked glance at the fighting around them. "Are you saying that many people were turned into youma?"
Oct 24 16:12:58 *	Yuna_Mizuno shakes her head, "No... Those things down there..." she motions towards the mage-like figures "...those are mere shadows. They don't possess the kind of power that one has... They were created by this heartspawn..."
Oct 24 16:13:09 <GeMshuku>	The party's thinking is interrupted, as it feels like a portal were opened from some other dimension...and if you look up, you see that just below the rooftop of the greenhouse sphere, a steady stream of large void blasts started raining down!
Oct 24 16:14:59 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	"...I see." Still, that was still an alarming amount. As for parties involved in the 'magical girl creation process', there were probably only the tsukaima and their recruits. What the heck were they doing--
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Oct 24 16:24:45 <Sakata_Ginko>	Without a second thought, pink lines flared up under Ginko's feet. Again, she switched places with Akiko, staring down on the enormous barrage of void blasts without fear. At least she was tougher than Akiko; she could take more punishment, whether she liked it or not. Which she definitely did not. It wasn't like she was seeking pain or anything!
Oct 24 16:27:44 <GeMshuku>	You wonder if you can think the same of Chiyoko, who seemed to actively seek the barrage that batters her down! ...But even though it was fully capable of that, even as she darts around to help people not die, she's protected by a sudden, grey wall! You're not sure what it is, but it's grey stuff.
Oct 24 16:27:54 <GeMshuku>	Yet still, the maybe meteors pour down!
Oct 24 16:28:02 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	"Wh-" Akiko had a vague feeling that this was going to happen the moment she saw the projectiles coming, but that made the experience no less jarring! And it looked like it hurt even worse this time, even with Misao attempting to soften the damage! Akiko had to start pulling her own weight and then some somtime soon!
Oct 24 16:28:50 <Midorikawa_Misao>	Evidently, barriers made by people who don't specialize in barriers aren't very high-quality!
Oct 24 16:31:08 <Sakata_Ginko>	The void blasts crushed one layer of shielding with a clear shattering sound as if it were breaking a sheet of crystal. Then another. And then another. Then Ginko felt as if a freight train struck her. She was in front of Hitomi, then, and the other blasts--meant for hitomi--smacked her aside like a ragdoll. She tumbled half a dozen yards before stopping, her wind knocked clean out of her. She coughed a
Oct 24 16:31:08 <Sakata_Ginko>	second later, groaning as she tried to stand up.
Oct 24 16:33:35 <GeMshuku>	Hitomi does in fact notice this! "...Get up! ...Thanks, but still, get up!" She's definitely not liking these youma!
Oct 24 16:38:43 *	Yuna_Mizuno runs over to Ginko, "A-ah...! Are you okay?" she cries out, taking hold of one of her arms and trying to lift her up, and failing of course...
Oct 24 16:39:37 <GeMshuku>	...Then she gets hit with a meteor. Jeeez. Make the pain stop! She...can get up though, which is nice! Chiyoko's finally got her hands full, it seems!
Oct 24 16:40:11 <Sakata_Ginko>	"Y-Yeah, I'm fine--GET DOWN!" Through hazy eyes she saw another wave of void blasts came in. She pushed herself up and tackled Yuna to the ground. Both of them rolled; one blast landed where she was with lethal intent, and the other...
Oct 24 16:42:10 <GeMshuku>	The youma twirls its staff in satisfaction, and the spell(?) eventually ceases.
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Oct 24 16:42:29 *	Yuna_Mizuno "Wha-?" Yuna barely has any time to process what Ginko had said before she's violently tackled to the ground. She looks up and sees another onslaught of void bolts coming at them. One of them, thankfully, missed, while the other one impacted Yuna as they were rolling. It sent all sorts of unpleasant feelings coursing through her body as the dark energy seeped in.
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Oct 24 16:52:02 *	Midorikawa_Misao glances at the nearby Conehead, before charging at it with a spear!
Oct 24 16:53:08 <GeMshuku>	The youmawithanicehat ducks! By flying low! You pierce the hat, which DOES seem to hurt it, apparently! ...It definitely doesn't like you now!
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Oct 24 17:03:25 <Sakata_Ginko>	Piercing the hat, though, was nothing compared to what an injured and angry Ginko was gonna do to it. Having stood up and finally recovered from the beating she took, she took aim at the little bastard and charged, her sword glowing as she swung with the full force of a magically-boosted angry freight train at the unfortunate little sucker.
Oct 24 17:05:06 <GeMshuku>	She strikes with the force of a meteor, herself! The hat pierced youma was absolutely destroyed in the wake of Ginko's unholy wrath, sending a message to everything else there! SHE'S COMING.
Oct 24 17:07:25 <GeMshuku>	...But, something else is ready to send a message too.
Oct 24 17:11:47 <GeMshuku>	The youma's claws and cage both begin to glow! From its claws, another voidlike substance comes out. But unlike the previous attacks, this is...n-noxious?! Instead of coming out normally, it spreads, as if the greenhouse is a gas chamber! And the cage it seems to wear glows with an intensity, as if trying to make you feel more trapped than you really are!
Oct 24 17:12:09 <GeMshuku>	Thankfully, it's not going for line two. ...It's going for the front line!
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Oct 24 17:17:50 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	Akiko did the natural thing, and held her breath, but...no good! This wasn't natural! A suffocating feeling overwhelmed her regardless!
Oct 24 17:19:05 <Midorikawa_Misao>	"What is this... ngh!" Misao doesn't even think of holding her breath, and inhales some of the gas!
Oct 24 17:19:58 <Sakata_Ginko>	Ginko wasn't affected. There was a pink glow that blew away the gas, somehow erupting from her. Random magical effect is random.
Oct 24 17:20:37 <GeMshuku>	The gas, one way or the other, makes it in! Only Ginko can seem to properly get it out of there...but still, the cage, now lightly swaying left and right, fills them with a dreadful unease.
Oct 24 17:27:03 *	Yuna_Mizuno closes her eyes and concentrates her magic. The head of her staff glows green, and a few moments later, it shoots a laser out at Chiyoko. The laser then bouncers to Ginko, then to Misao. Chiyoko and Ginko would both feel extremely rejuvinated, though Misao wouldn't feel a thing because the tanks were doing their jobs, and she hadn't taken any damage(yet)
Oct 24 17:32:03 <GeMshuku>	The beating that Chiyoko once took...is quickly patched up by a healing light! Lasers are basically light. She shakes an arm...and tries to figure out what the hell's going on up front!
Oct 24 17:34:49 <GeMshuku>	A sudden pounding becomes audible. You notice that there's a small group of those youma you remember seeing earlier. Those assassinlike fellows...with a tougher looking friend. They beat on the walls, unable to get through...yet.
Oct 24 17:35:52 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	Akiko felt a heavy sense of impending doom, and she felt weak, weak enough to collapse...but she steeled herself, rallied with a cry, and blasted the other small youma with a summoned cannon! ...That cannonball didn't seem awfully fast or devastating, though.
Oct 24 17:37:06 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	This was the brink, Akiko could tell. All her old capabilities, possibly even more than that judging from the magic's overwhelming weight, was right at her metaphorical fingertips. Just one last push, the power seemed to encourage, and she would be able to bring the struggle to an end; possibly even summon a Warspite powerful enough to wipe out the youma in the greenhouse, and the ones pounding on the glass outside, and possibly
Oct 24 17:37:06 <Shirayuki_Akiko>	attempt to help the vets combat the rainbow youma itself!
Oct 24 17:40:09 <GeMshuku>	Hitomi really doesn't want the wizard to ever do anything again. She shoots the lightning!
Oct 24 17:41:37 <GeMshuku>	It's...fairly shocking at how unextravagant the end result is when there isn't like 8 targets. Still, every bit helps so as to not let that thing bring down another meteor shower.
Oct 24 17:44:52 <GeMshuku>	She thinks better of laying down another electrifying hex on it though, opting to get a bit of it in on the smaller youma instead.
Oct 24 17:45:58 <GeMshuku>	The bigger mage...sensing that it's going to be wiped soon, gets desperate! It wades in!
Oct 24 17:46:37 <GeMshuku>	And sends an assault at the (currently distressed) front line!
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Oct 30 15:41:37 *	You are now known as Shinohara_Haru
Oct 30 15:43:46 <Shinohara_Haru>	LAST TIME ON THE YEAR OF 20XX: ONE FOX PLAYER DECIDES TO FOOL AROUND A BIT ON JIGGLYPUFF.
Oct 30 15:44:00 <Kasuga_Makoto>	(TIERS ARE SHIT!)
Oct 30 15:44:03 <Kasuga_Makoto>	(GO BACK TO BRAWL!)
Oct 30 15:44:28 <GeMshuku>	ACTUALLY, THAT WAS A RUMOR. A DIRTY RUMOR, STARTED BY A DIRTY PERSON. THE VERY IDEA.
Oct 30 15:44:48 <Kasuga_Makoto>	NOW, BACK TO THE TRUE EARTH.
Oct 30 15:44:50 <Shinohara_Haru>	THE PERSON WHO STARTED THE RUMOR ACTUALLY PLAYS JIGGLYPUFF, THOUGH.
Oct 30 15:45:00 <GeMshuku>	>implying--I mean
Oct 30 15:45:25 <GeMshuku>	...LAST TIME: The group actually managed to cut out while meeting each other. That doesn't get much more awkward than that. Logs can and will be provided, because an actual recap in the midst of that probably wouldn't do it justice!
Oct 30 15:56:35 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...So, it sounds like you've met one of our associates, before. That's something new." Makoto was a woman of few words. Or rather, well...didn't know what to say, really. After losing a friend and gaining a pile of potential new ones, it was going to be difficult.
Oct 30 15:58:20 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...Though, I'm not sure why people end up getting cat ears so frequently." Makoto casts an uneasy gaze to the Tsukaima. "There was something about a meeting going on, here. Naturally, any news is good news, I guess..."
Oct 30 16:01:05 <Shinohara_Haru>	"...A meeting?" Haru repeated curiously, following Makoto's gaze.
Oct 30 16:03:56 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...Fate, weren't you going to tell us a little more about what's going on, here? About why all these bodies are showing up?"
Oct 30 16:05:30 <GeMshuku>	"In case the crowd is making anyone forget...we're waiting for everyone to show, before we tell everyone. Speaking of which, I suppose it is almost time...so if there's anyone you want to say to anyone, you should be quick about it!"
Oct 30 16:06:17 <Himukai_Renge>	"Hotaru, is this lovely person also a part of your group?" Renge asked pointing at Makoto
Oct 30 16:09:40 <Matsubara_Hotaru>	"She is indeed! Why you ask though?" she asked in curiousity.
Oct 30 16:09:45 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"That I am. We've...been through quite a lot, in our short time, together. But...we'll get to that, later."
Oct 30 16:10:20 <Himukai_Renge>	"Isn't it obvious? If we're grouping up together, we should at least know eachother."
Oct 30 16:12:26 <Himukai_Renge>	Renge extends out a hand, "Hi, my name is Himukai Renge and this person over here..." Renge grabs Haru by the shoulders and puts her in the spotlight, waiting for her to introduce herself.
Oct 30 16:13:16 <Shinohara_Haru>	"Himukai-san is right! ...U-Um, I'm Shinohara Haru, and I will be working with you from now on!" Haru said the last bit somewhat frantically, caught off-guard by Renge suddenly passing the spotlight to her!
Oct 30 16:14:56 *	Kasuga_Makoto tried to smile a little, chuckling a little at such a sudden introduction... "I'm pleased to meet you both. My name's Kasuga Makoto and I hope we'll work well, together."
Oct 30 16:19:25 <Himukai_Renge>	"So Makoto, do you like cats?" Renge asked out of nowhere
Oct 30 16:19:37 <Shinohara_Haru>	Haru nodded nervously at Makoto's reply, and resumed fiddling impatiently while waiting for the announcement to begin. ...Really, it's getting kind of hard to tell if she's nervous or energetic or both.
Oct 30 16:20:15 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...Cats? Well..mn...everyone likes cats." she replied, awkwardly. It was out of nowhere, but...her reply was, at least, true!
Oct 30 16:20:58 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...They're cute, of course." Makoto replied, a little more firmly.
Oct 30 16:22:47 <Himukai_Renge>	"There you go. You just need to loosen up a bit." Renge then turns to Haru with a thumbs up, "Asking about cats always works."
Oct 30 16:24:13 *	Kasuga_Makoto smiles faintly, this time. She's opening up a tiny bit, despite not being...all that great around new people, these days. "I suppose that's good. I just hope we can get along, you know..."
Oct 30 16:24:49 <Shinohara_Haru>	"...That's how it is? Hmm. I'll...keep that in mind!" Ding, Shortcut(?) to Social Interaction I learned!
Oct 30 16:25:15 <Himukai_Renge>	"I'm sure we'll get along just fine!"
Oct 30 16:26:13 <GeMshuku>	Eventually, the voices start to die down...as a result of another voice, the voice of the metal doll, rings through the crowd. While it doesn't do so through the mind, you note that it's somehow incredibly easy to hear despite not actually being said OVER everyone else's voices! "Attention. There have been several major disturbances in Mae that we would like to make you all aware of. Yes, both
Oct 30 16:26:13 <GeMshuku>	incidents were ultimately caused by youma."
Oct 30 16:27:14 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...Thought so."
Oct 30 16:30:16 <GeMshuku>	"First, the fire. The fire was ultimately caused by the actions of the youma pictured...here." A sort of hologram appears just above the fountain, below the slumbering Shen (only visible by holders of Oblivion Seeds, of course, of which the newcomers are certainly not!), showing http://i.imgur.com/0hWzOah.png , about 6 meters in diameter. It's a still image. ...A still image burned in half of
Oct 30 16:30:17 <GeMshuku>	the group's minds. What a jerk. On a similar note, those same people might notice just how subtly the truth of that very situation was bended...for the better.
Oct 30 16:32:33 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...That's the creature from the other day, isn't it?" She held her tongue on the implications of saying the fire was caused by that youma. It happened BECAUSE it was there, but...
Oct 30 16:34:20 <Shinohara_Haru>	"...Senpai, you've...seen that before?"
Oct 30 16:35:27 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"We've encountered it before. We rescued another magical girl from it, but we lost one of our allies in exchange..." She turns her gaze to the ground, a little.
Oct 30 16:36:03 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...But the youma didn't outright CAUSE the fire."
Oct 30 16:36:30 <GeMshuku>	"If you find this youma, do not engage. Report to the roof of your school and call for Vale to report a sighting. Attempts to engage have resulted in several deaths. It is very ill-advised. We would like to organized a group of very experienced magical girls to attempt to defeat it before it claims anymore lives, so it would be good to know its location."
Oct 30 16:37:05 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"The fire broke out as a result of escaping from it. I don't intend to fight it unless I'm much stronger than I am, now..." she muttered to herself.
Oct 30 16:38:07 <Matsubara_Hotaru>	"I wish we were able to handle that damned creature... Doesn't feel good feeling useless against such powerful youma."
Oct 30 16:39:00 <Shinohara_Haru>	...Loss of an ally. Several deaths. Haru shifted her feet around easily as these words hit her. Yes, she did sign up for this knowing that she would be dealing with the cause of all these bodies being on the streets, but...Being reminded that she could very well join their ranks was still a very uncomfortable thing.
Oct 30 16:39:25 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"As much as I'd like to rid this world of it...there isn't much else we can do, except improve ourselves. I don't want anyone else to end up like Miyu..."
Oct 30 16:40:24 <GeMshuku>	The chain-wearing puffball speaks up, in an unexpectedly gruff voice! Unlike the metal doll, it actually speaks over everyone's sudden murmuring. "And if you think that beating it up will getcha a buncha seeds or tons of glory, don't even! It's those hunts for glory, or visions of being a hero, that results in you girls kickin' buckets. And that thing? It knows that. So, don't."
Oct 30 16:40:44 <Himukai_Renge>	Renge looks towards Haru and gives a nod. Not just any nod, a nod that says to Haru that you'll be fine as long as we stick together.
Oct 30 16:42:02 *	Kasuga_Makoto sighs and replies to the gruffball, quietly. "We're aware, we're not taking our chances. Not after what we've seen."
Oct 30 16:43:26 <GeMshuku>	The looks of people around you, of course, tell a different story. The idea of not being allowed to engage seems to have filled a decidedly large amount of them with...disappointment? The gruffball continues! "After all, one of the things it does is transform you INTO a youma. So really, don't do it. You'll save us a lot of hassle."
Oct 30 16:46:25 <Shinohara_Haru>	"...It can turn us into youma?" But then, how did Makoto and Hotaru even--oh. OH. That's...well. A situation where one would hope that a friend of theirs came out of it dead couldn't be anything but a terrible one. Haru couldn't help but glance at her two seniors with a look of horror and sympathy.
Oct 30 16:46:38 *	Kasuga_Makoto shakes her head. She's seen that in action, and doesn't quite want that to happen, again. Especially with a power like hers...
Oct 30 16:47:08 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...I'm sorry, Shinohara. But our friend's a youma, now, and still at large."
Oct 30 16:48:03 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"At least...that's what we've assumed."
Oct 30 16:48:41 <Himukai_Renge>	"Sounds a lot like the antagonists from season 2 of Star Spirit Girls..." Renge lower her head slightly, "And there was only one possible outcome when that happened."
Oct 30 16:50:20 <Shinohara_Haru>	"..I...see." Haru gulped. She didn't even refuse to believe it...That kind of fatalism didn't really leave any room for doubt. "I'm so sorry...Do you know if there's a chance she can be changed back to normal..?"
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Oct 30 16:50:31 <Matsubara_Hotaru>	"The Star huh...?" clearly Hotaru isn't much of one to watch TV often.
Oct 30 16:51:30 <GeMshuku>	The doll resumes! "Attempts to prove Emna wrong go badly. Next, the murders occuring all over Mae. ...This is the work of a youma we cannot properly show with standard measures. It is very difficult to render a void in any meaningful way, so take our word for it that you'll know it when you see it. There are a very, very large amount of these...void youma present. These youma are...much harder
Oct 30 16:51:31 <GeMshuku>	to ignore, due to their desire to...well, kill things. A lot. Individually, they are no threat, but they are very, very crafty and numerous."
Oct 30 16:52:15 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...Void? You mean like some sort of...Void Youma? How does that make any sense..."
Oct 30 16:52:48 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...We already don't have the slightest idea of how regular youma exist, and there's something /worse/?"
Oct 30 16:53:51 <Shinohara_Haru>	"A...void? As in, a vaccuum or something like that?" Haru pondered, tilting her head in confusion. "That can...well. Youma can take the form of..nothing, too?"
Oct 30 16:54:14 <Shinohara_Haru>	"How would we even try to defeat nothing..?"
Oct 30 16:54:24 <Matsubara_Hotaru>	"Great! We're all dead, aren't we? We never had a true fighting chance, did we? Why did I think it was a good idea to sign up for this!?"
Oct 30 16:54:34 <Himukai_Renge>	"That certainly lines up with the bodies I found when I was heading to your house, Haru." Renge replied
Oct 30 16:55:00 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"Matsubara, calm down...we'll...we'll manage, somehow. The future depends on us!"
Oct 30 16:55:14 <GeMshuku>	"...Our current knowledge of this is because, as some of you are aware, they do this every so often. When their numbers thin, they seem to fall back, but we still cannot figure out where, for their nature makes them hard to track. Rest assured, we are still trying. We ask that you defeat these things when you see them, but only if you have failsafe escape plan or there is no choice. ...And be
Oct 30 16:55:15 <GeMshuku>	very careful about following them. Again, they are crafty."
Oct 30 16:55:44 *	Kasuga_Makoto grabs Hotaru's shoulders and looks her in the eyes. Even if she looks troubled, herself, she's trying to keep her partner together...at least, the best she can.
Oct 30 16:58:47 <Shinohara_Haru>	"U-Um..!" Haru started fiddling even more, clearly upset that Hotaru had started to freak out! She had no idea how to calm her senior down, and could only watch nervously as Makoto tried to motivate her teammate.
Oct 30 16:59:20 *	Kasuga_Makoto pulls away for a moment, after trying to calm Hotaru down... "We're going to do this. No matter what the cost, and no matter how painful it is. We have to stop what's coming, and we have no other choice."
Oct 30 16:59:39 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...All of us will bring order back to this world."
Oct 30 17:00:00 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"And..." she pauses... "I'll be there for you, every step of the way."
Oct 30 17:00:34 *	Kasuga_Makoto pulls back a moment and tries to compose herself. Even the collected Makoto seems to have emotional sides once in a while. She adds... "S-so...to summarize: Do not engage the multicoloured creature unless there's stronger magical girls already in position to fight it...And don't engage void youma unless we're able to survive it."
Oct 30 17:00:38 <GeMshuku>	The fluffball speaks up! "How you hit nothing is simple: you hit it. Magic is a wonder! And for the selfish magical girls out there...sorry, they don't drop seeds. At least, none we've seen them drop, even in large groups. On the other hand, you kill one of those, you'll make sure that everyone doesn't die. We can agree on everyone not being dead, right?"
Oct 30 17:01:01 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...Y...yes."
Oct 30 17:01:35 <Matsubara_Hotaru>	"...Thanks. It's just that all of the things that has happened... were just so bad and it all happened too fast. It's sometimes just too stressful for me to handle. ...but you are right, we shouldn't give up. The world depends on all of us, and we need to prevent anymore tragedy to occur. The more we fight back and win, the more likely we'll rid of the youma for good, right?"
Oct 30 17:03:03 <Himukai_Renge>	"Of course, it is our duty as magical girls after all."
Oct 30 17:04:59 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"That's...what I'm guessing will happen. I hope, at least. Because, I've seen how it COULD end up..."
Oct 30 17:05:21 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...We can't afford to let this go on, anymore."
Oct 30 17:06:17 <Shinohara_Haru>	Haru finally worked up the courage to speak up! "Um...Also..! It's as both of you said, it's an important burden, so...I-I'll support everyone! Even when we're not out fighting youma or doing our duty, if things get stressful or something comes up, I'll try my best to help! S-So...Please stay strong..!" Haru kind of ruined the effect by turning it into kind of a recital!
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Oct 30 17:07:57 <GeMshuku>	Deeper in the crowd, you can make out a voice. It's faint compared to the rest of the crowd, but you can make it out anyway. "I'd be happier if that 'everyone' didn't include you lot, but sure." ...It seems to strike a nerve with the fluffball, who turns towards the voice and responds in kind, disregarding the need for order! "Well, look on the bright side! If we die, so do you! Youma'd overrun
Oct 30 17:07:58 <GeMshuku>	you guys without us, and you'd know it if you think. Do you think, girlie?" If you look for Fate, you might see it covering its face with an ear.
Oct 30 17:08:08 <Himukai_Renge>	"That's the spirit, Haru!" Renge smiles at Haru's attempt to be confident and speak her mind.
Oct 30 17:08:49 <GeMshuku>	...The doll continues, trying to calm down the situation. "...That was all that we'd like to share. Good luck!" ...by disbanding it! ...Some stick to watch the ensuing argument, of course
Oct 30 17:08:56 <Shinohara_Haru>	Sweatdrops NO I WAS TRYING TO KEEP NATURAL WHY AM I BEING PRAISED FOR IT.
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Oct 30 17:09:53 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"That's...more like it." Makoto relaxes a little more. It seems that even if these new people were a little naive, they'd try their hardest. "Regardless of who's at stake..." she says to the tsukaima collective... "The entire world is most likely at stake, if these youma are allowed to run rampant."
Oct 30 17:11:19 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"I don't particularily care about whatever your goals are, in the larger scheme of things, is what I'm saying. I just want this world to be free of fear."
Oct 30 17:11:48 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...These youma and void youma are already proof that there's something wrong. And, if I can, I'm going to fix it."
Oct 30 17:12:55 <Himukai_Renge>	"It appears we're on the same page, Makoto."
Oct 30 17:13:34 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"I have a question, before we head out, to all of you."
Oct 30 17:13:52 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...Are you all aware of what you're getting into, now?"
Oct 30 17:14:46 <Himukai_Renge>	"This is exactly what I expected to get into." Renge replied
Oct 30 17:14:49 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"After this...there really isn't time to turn back to normality. We're either going to free this world from these threats, or someone else will take our place."
Oct 30 17:16:07 <Shinohara_Haru>	Haru bristled at being asked a question, and took a deep breath. Chance of joining all these people scattered across the street, check. Chance of proobably being obliterated/eaten/whatever youma do to magical girls, check. Chance of being turned into a roving invisible mass-murdering monster, c-check.
Oct 30 17:17:47 <Shinohara_Haru>	"I...admit that the risks are hitting me harder now than it did when I was first offered the choice to be a magical girl, but..." Haru attempted the closest thing to a firm nod she could do this moment! "I'm prepared. I'll...I'll try to stick with this to the end, Kasuga-senpai!"
Oct 30 17:18:43 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"We've...got more of a chance than their victims, sorry to say. And I'm glad you agree...but the more we try, the less they'll be able to harm, that way."
Oct 30 17:23:53 <GeMshuku>	At some point, the bickering in the background stops. It's followed by a number of the people leaving...and Fate to rejoin you for a moment. "Before I go...you understand why we blurred the matter of the fire a bit, yes?"
Oct 30 17:24:39 *	GeMshuku is now known as Annoying_Dog
Oct 30 17:25:32 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...Because not all of you agree on methods and principle, I'm guessing?"
Oct 30 17:25:50 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...I'm lucky I didn't say that too loudly."
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Oct 30 17:27:09 <Matsubara_Hotaru>	"Um, heh... uh... yeah. I certainly understand why you did that." she said nervously. She whispered "It won't happen again next time... We'll make sure of that."
Oct 30 17:27:42 <Himukai_Renge>	Renge tilts her head with a quizzical look, wondering what they're talking about.
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Oct 30 17:29:30 <Annoying_Dog>	It nods at Hotaru! "Good, good. The last thing we need is more unrest. Now, I'll be seeing you all later!" It...waves with its ear, and trots off!
Oct 30 17:31:52 <Shinohara_Haru>	Haru watched Fate leave, and the other megucas gradually leaving the square and the dissolved argument (oh hey some of the faces are kind of recognizable?), and turned to the two (comparatively) veterans. "So...Do we just patrol the city and search for youma now?"
Oct 30 17:32:39 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...Usually, yes. Though, this time, we need to really pick our battles. If anything looks above our abilities, we can't let it get the upper hand."
Oct 30 17:33:43 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"And like they said...if we encounter that amorphous blob youma, we /run/. It exudes some kind of magical...radiation, almost, that had a troubling reaction to our powers."
Oct 30 17:34:40 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...If we're not careful, we might wind up destroying things just as much as the youma, do. So..." she walked along at a brisk pace. "You need to be careful. And...that's essentially all we know."
Oct 30 17:34:49 <Shinohara_Haru>	Haru nodded in understanding. "Shall we get started, then?" She was starting to get restless again!
Oct 30 17:35:10 <Annoying_Dog>	NPC after NPC barrages the party! ...With the clearing crowds, it leaves time for another group of three to approach! "I've got a better plan!" ...A strange trio, recognizable to...half the party! For the other half, it would seem like a girl who's incredibly monochrome has addressed them boldly! ...Literally. It's almost unnerving, seeing someone with skin that white, and hair/clothes that
Oct 30 17:35:11 <Annoying_Dog>	dark.
Oct 30 17:36:37 <Shinohara_Haru>	Art of Substitution! Haru was hiding behind someone again. D-Don't sneak up to people and suddenly start talking!
Oct 30 17:37:11 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...I had a feeling you'd show up, good timing..." Not quite a feeling as much as an educated assumption. "...We've found some new magical girls, as you can see..."
Oct 30 17:37:30 *	Himukai_Renge waves
Oct 30 17:39:07 *	Kasuga_Makoto watching the newbies, Makoto replies... "You might want to introduce yourselves, before you start telling us any news. One of them's...a bit shy."
Oct 30 17:40:23 *	Annoying_Dog is now known as GeMshuku
Oct 30 17:43:05 <GeMshuku>	...And at her sides, a person wearing some bulky cape, sporting purple hair and red eyes that seems to be quite alert, as well as a girl that seems to be just a bit less shy than Haru, sporting blonde hair and blue eyes, and some sort of weary expression! None of them seem transformed, for what that matters (doubling the peculiarness of the monochrome one)! "...Ah, I noticed. Then...sorry about
Oct 30 17:43:05 <GeMshuku>	the sudden outburst. Name's Nezumi, I met Hotaru and Makoto a bit earlier. The purple one's Hitomi, and the blondie's Chiyako." She's...very frank!
Oct 30 17:44:51 <Himukai_Renge>	"Hello, I'm Renge and this is..." Renge pauses and looks around for Haru, unable to find her. "Where'd she go?"
Oct 30 17:45:23 <Shinohara_Haru>	Someone clicked Haru's layer on photoshop, and pressed left a bunch of times! "I-I'm Shinohara Haru, nice to meet you..!"
Oct 30 18:08:32 <GeMshuku>	honk
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Oct 30 18:08:33 <GeMshuku>	[19:48:19] <GeMshuku> Chiyako speaks, at what might seem to be Hitomi's insistence! "Pleasure to meet you, Renge and Haru." Hitomi...doesn't turn down her dial. "Yeah, pleasure's ours. ...Seriously though, Nezumi noticed something weird that might warrant investigation. It doesn't even seem that hard to look into it...you know, except for the whole void youma deal. I'm pretty good at
Oct 30 18:08:33 <GeMshuku>	shooting those, though, so we should be fine!"
Oct 30 18:08:33 <GeMshuku>	[19:49:57] <Himukai_Renge> "Are they friends of yours, Makoto?"
Oct 30 18:08:33 <GeMshuku>	[19:51:56] <Kasuga_Makoto> "Well, we only met them recently...but they're on the same team, basically."
Oct 30 18:08:36 <GeMshuku>	[19:56:03] <Himukai_Renge> "Ah I see. Well, it seems like they have a lead so shall we go follow up on it?"
Oct 30 18:08:36 <GeMshuku>	[20:02:32] <Kasuga_Makoto> "...I agree. We'll get nowhere if we stand around, like this. Let's go."
Oct 30 18:08:40 <GeMshuku>	[20:04:49] <GeMshuku> Nezumi takes that as her cue to continue! "So, yeah. So there's a big ol' fire, right? Buildings burning down all over the place. It makes sense, considering the fire's origin, that it would be very effective at burning things down, right?"
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Oct 30 18:05:15 *	Now talking on #Meguca
Oct 30 18:05:15 *	Topic for #Meguca is: It's THE YEAR 20XX: https://yarukizero.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/magical-burst-4-0.pdf
Oct 30 18:05:15 *	Topic for #Meguca set by Shuku (Wed May 06 16:20:24 2015)
Oct 30 18:05:24 *	You are now known as Shinohara_Haru
Oct 30 18:05:46 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...Well, that goes without saying." She also keeps quiet about the nature of the fire any more than she has to. It was an unintended consequence, and there wasn't any point regretting it.
Oct 30 18:07:06 <GeMshuku>	"...But, see, there's a building that's just...standing anyway. Despite everything, a building is still standing. That doesn't make sense, right?"
Oct 30 18:07:31 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"Maybe it avoided being destroyed? Or...are you saying there's a youma in there?"
Oct 30 18:08:43 <Himukai_Renge>	"That does sound weird. I think it's worth looking into at least."
Oct 30 18:11:02 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...I wonder if it has anything to do with those 'void youma' the tsukaima were going on about..."
Oct 30 18:11:20 <GeMshuku>	"Yeah, it SEEMS like a youmalike thing. But...uh, the very idea of the tsukaima not at least lightly investigating the area of the fire doesn't seem right at all. And if they investigated it and noticed the presence of any youma at all? They'd hammer it. Or, uh, get someone else to."
Oct 30 18:12:16 <Shinohara_Haru>	Haru ruminated on that a bit. "So...does that mean they did investigate it, found nothing, and left it be..?"
Oct 30 18:15:22 <GeMshuku>	"Honestly, it's very confusing to even think about what happened there. That's why the idea is to investigate it! It's likely there there's nothing that dangerous around there, aside from the void youma running about...uh, everywhere, so I guess it'd be perfect to get the newer girls here used to the action!"
Oct 30 18:16:29 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...They told us to stay away from Void Youma unless we had backup and a clear escape route. I'm...guessing we have both, now. But we'll have to be on our guard, alright?" Makoto's unsure about all this, but seems a little eager to get back into action, too...
Oct 30 18:18:46 <GeMshuku>	"Yeah, we've seen these things fight before. They're like...really good at ambushes. You think you can take a set of three, but boom, out of nowhere, three more, and you're surrounded. But I've got a sharp eye, Hitomi's good at blowing things up, and Chiyako is good at stalling for time. So we'll try to make sure that nothing sneaks up on you guys...which, uh, might mean we'll end up mostly
Oct 30 18:18:46 <GeMshuku>	watching you fight if you encounter some, but hey, you've gotta actually warm up, right?"
Oct 30 18:19:37 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"Look, as long as you keep us out of major trouble, we can probably handle things...though I'm tempted to peek ahead, a bit."
Oct 30 18:20:26 <Shinohara_Haru>	"Hmm..." Haru wasn't entirely convinced that investigating this building will get them anywhere (well, more than investigating anywhere else, that is), but one lead was better than zero leads! "...I don't have any objections, so I'll let the senpai decide." She looked at Makoto and Hotaru for their votes!
Oct 30 18:22:03 <Himukai_Renge>	"Well, you know my stance on this." Renge says crossing her arms, completely misunderstanding Haru's use of senpai.
Oct 30 18:23:09 <Matsubara_Hotaru>	"Well... It could be a trap. I mean, it is kinda suspecious such a building survived. Youmas are really tricky folks. I mean, there's now a void youma, you know?! ...For now, I am undecided. Maybe a coin flip will help."
Oct 30 18:30:24 <GeMshuku>	"If we don't do this, it'll just be the regular patrols. ...And we'll probably find something, since void youma are everywhere. ...But we'll probably only find the void youma, and when something more interesting is just within reach, it kinda hurts!"
Oct 30 18:31:13 *	Matsubara_Hotaru has flipped a coin she had found on the ground. It landed on her palm after a flip, and then it lands. The result is... heads! "Alright, I guess I have no choice but to vote to investigate, huh?"
Oct 30 18:32:27 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...I say we investigate, just to be sure. But at any sign of danger we can't handle, we pull out." She looks uncertain, but is there really any other choice?
Oct 30 18:32:48 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"But first...give me a moment.
Oct 30 18:33:49 <GeMshuku>	"...Alright. It's pretty tense, but...that's why relaxing's a good idea. It's safe in the square, after all."
Oct 30 18:34:04 <Shinohara_Haru>	Haru nodded! ...Haru wanted to ask how they would be able to tell if they've run into danger they couldn't handle, but she assumed that her seniors probably had the experience/ability for that, and kept quiet!
Oct 30 18:43:02 *	Himukai_Renge looks around before turning to Hotaru after a few minutes
Oct 30 18:43:37 <Himukai_Renge>	"So uh, how long is 'a moment' for Makoto?"
Oct 30 18:45:08 <Matsubara_Hotaru>	"...Give her a bit. Takes a bit of time!" she replied back. "One of her powers is that she can sort of see into the future. Usually the answers are very vague, so we won't be able to get a clear idea of what may happen."
Oct 30 18:46:14 *	Kasuga_Makoto has seemingly zoned out a little. She pulls open her tome and flips through a series of pages. Eventually, it floats infront of her and begins turning all on its own. The area immediately around her was bathed in a dull light. As it commanding it to stop, she holds out an arm, 'pulling' the vision towards her.
Oct 30 18:47:09 <Kasuga_Makoto>	The light intensifies as this process goes on, and she closes her eyes, concentrating to pick out that area, that building, and trying to divine their place in all this...
Oct 30 18:47:36 <Shinohara_Haru>	Haru intently watched! Her first impression was...from now on I won't believe any fortune tellers if they don't manage at least this!
Oct 30 18:48:37 <Himukai_Renge>	Renge leans in towards Hotaru and lowers her voice slightly, "So, how often do these visions become true?"
Oct 30 18:52:22 <Matsubara_Hotaru>	"Ummm... hard to say, actually. Parts of it usually becomes true."
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Oct 30 19:08:53 <GeMshuku>	hello darkness my old friend
Oct 30 19:08:54 <GeMshuku>	[20:54:49] * Shinohara_Haru (Raitaki@C1A1B9.160407AB.8E30DF51.IP) Quit (Quit: Leaving)
Oct 30 19:08:54 <GeMshuku>	[20:56:02] <Himukai_Renge> "Ooh, I see. I wonder if she could tell me who is the traitor in Magic Wars. I have to wait another 3 months before the season starts again and it's agony having to wait for a cliffhanger like that to resolve."
Oct 30 19:08:54 <GeMshuku>	[21:01:16] <GeMshuku> After a while, Makoto eventually begins to see, what lies beyond, at their location...and specifically not anything before, lest she lose her focus! ...It's...well, you quickly realize that the destination was in fact a mall. The very mall that you had encountered the youma on (specifically, the mall's roof), even! But the vision...it seems...peaceful? Yet, for a
Oct 30 19:08:55 <GeMshuku>	purpose you don't know, you seem...fixiated on the first floor. Something there. ...Something...not there? ...Something not there. Lying in wait, beyond reach. Waiting. ...An object. An artifact of sorts? ...The past? You have to stop thinking there, lest the vision go looping into some very uncomfortable places.
Oct 30 19:08:59 <GeMshuku>	[21:01:49] <GeMshuku> Vague, but, well, at least it tried, you suppose.

Oct 30 19:07:36 *	Now talking on #Meguca
Oct 30 19:07:36 *	Topic for #Meguca is: It's THE YEAR 20XX: https://yarukizero.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/magical-burst-4-0.pdf
Oct 30 19:07:36 *	Topic for #Meguca set by Shuku (Wed May 06 16:20:24 2015)
Oct 30 19:07:47 *	You are now known as Shinohara_Haru
Oct 30 19:12:40 <Shinohara_Haru>	Haru...started to pace around at some point, waiting for news from the war fr--Makoto's prediction! Not really much of a patient person, it seemed!
Oct 30 19:16:27 <Himukai_Renge>	Renge finds a comfortable place to lie down while waiting for Makoto. She rolls over so that she can see Haru pacing around.
Oct 30 19:23:25 *	Kasuga_Makoto slowly stops glowing and returns to reality, pulling her book back to her side...
Oct 30 19:23:34 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...I have...something, at least."
Oct 30 19:24:11 <Shinohara_Haru>	Haru stopped pacing, and went back to the group! "..." And proceeded to wordlessly give Makoto an expectant look!
Oct 30 19:24:31 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...Matsubara, do you remember the Mall area? Because...while I'm not sure what else might be waiting there, there's something important there, too."
Oct 30 19:25:06 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...But I had this forboding feeling all the while. Something that was there but just....just shouldn't be."
Oct 30 19:25:51 <Himukai_Renge>	Leaning in towards Hotaru again, Renge lowers her volume "You were right Hotaru, that does sound very vague."
Oct 30 19:26:05 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"I couldn't go any further or back, so I don't quite have as much context as I'd like...but I have a feeling that there's something important we all have to do."
Oct 30 19:26:47 *	Kasuga_Makoto shakes her head... "Well, they ARE very vague, but I've been improving it to search for more specific places, people and...variables."
Oct 30 19:27:07 <Shinohara_Haru>	"I see...So is that our mysteriously standing building, or is the building somewhere else?"
Oct 30 19:28:58 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"I can't really tell that, for sure, I'm afraid. These visions are clear in some ways and...unclear in others."
Oct 30 19:29:39 <Matsubara_Hotaru>	"The... mall ugh. That's the very last place I'd ever want to come back to." worried Hotaru. "Do... do we really need to go back there? After all of what has happened? What if that... thing is back!?"
Oct 30 19:32:08 <Shinohara_Haru>	Hotaru's uneasiness spreaded to Haru! "Um...Was there something bad at the mall..?"
Oct 30 19:33:51 *	Kasuga_Makoto gives Shinohara a Look. As if to say 'I don't really want to go back, either.'
Oct 30 19:34:11 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...Exactly my problem with this..."
Oct 30 19:34:38 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"/She/ might be there, as well. That's what I'm guessing, considering that's where...-"
Oct 30 19:34:47 *	Kasuga_Makoto immediately quiets down...
Oct 30 19:36:17 <GeMshuku>	"...Oh, you're peeking ahead, huh? Yeah, that's where we're going. ...Theoretically. If you guys won't come with us, we'll probably have to either rope some other friends, or just outright investigate alone!" She's looking pretty determined to investigate, one way or another!
Oct 30 19:37:45 <Shinohara_Haru>	....That atmosphere got depressing real quick. "Maybe...we shouldn't go there, after all..?" Haru suggested. If both of the veterans were starting to have doubts like this, then the best option was probably to pass the buck to someone else!
Oct 30 19:38:38 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"As...much as I don't want to go there, we can't just leave you to fight whatever's there, alone."
Oct 30 19:38:49 <Matsubara_Hotaru>	"U-ugh... Well... Makoto, was there any hints to that terrible youma in that vision you had...?"
Oct 30 19:39:30 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"I'm, honestly, very conflicted..." she sighs, trying to recall... "I didn't notice anything outright. It all seemed peaceful. But I felt a strong, forboding feeling, as if something was...waiting. Lying in wait..."
Oct 30 19:39:38 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...What if it's a Void Youma...?"
Oct 30 19:40:00 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"It felt like something important was there for us. But...it seemed guarded."
Oct 30 19:40:44 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"And as for what it was guarded by, I could probably tell from that tension, usually. But the evidence seems to stack up in that regard."
Oct 30 19:41:01 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"It felt like something was, and yet /wasn't/ there. So I'm suspecting it's one of those..."
Oct 30 19:42:33 <Matsubara_Hotaru>	"I... guess we have no choice but to really find out what's going on there. High chances that we are going to encounter her."
Oct 30 19:43:45 <GeMshuku>	"...We'll definitely watch out for anything that isn't a void youma, too!" Seems like she'll have to add onto that. "Definitely not expecting the big cheese, though."
Oct 30 19:47:07 <Shinohara_Haru>	Seemed like the two seniors had some loose ends, huh. Dragging those kinds of issues out tended to not work out very well, so deal with it right now it is. Haru tried to give everyone a push in that direction! "Um..It's getting late, so I think we should probably get moving. We have seven people, so I think except for that youma who can turn us into youma, we should be able to handle or at least safely free from anything else..!"
Oct 30 19:48:54 <Matsubara_Hotaru>	"That is true. Seven is more than we ever had, and we might be able to take down whatever is there. I'll do my best to not to lose focus, especially if it's... yeah..."
Oct 30 19:49:44 <Himukai_Renge>	"So it's decided then?"
Oct 30 19:52:43 <Matsubara_Hotaru>	"Well, if we have a good plan to back out if things escalate against our favor... Yeah!"
Oct 30 19:53:57 *	Kasuga_Makoto nods a little... "We'll have to move quickly and do our best, then..."
Oct 30 19:54:35 *	Kasuga_Makoto looks still very uncertain, but she realized that, perhaps it may not be best to ignore this sign...
Oct 30 19:55:37 <GeMshuku>	"...Alright. You all seem nervous, so...we'll be sure to do our best on this end, alright? You've got our words!" The two at her sides nod in agreement with this!
Oct 30 19:56:16 <Shinohara_Haru>	"Thank you all very much..!" Haru awkwardly bowed!
Oct 30 19:56:42 <Himukai_Renge>	"Got it, we're counting on you!"
Oct 30 20:04:55 <GeMshuku>	And so, the party (or parties, as it were) proceeds to tread ground once dangerous! And now, well, it's probably still dangerous, but...it's less dangerous than before, and about as dangerous as any other ground! Probably. ...The reminder as to how dangerous any ground would normally be is frequently displayed on the way there, in the form of bodies with obvious injuries by sort of kind of
Oct 30 20:04:56 <GeMshuku>	obvious sources!
Oct 30 20:08:40 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...More bodies...that can't be good, at all."
Oct 30 20:09:33 <Kasuga_Makoto>	"...My visions suggest..." she continues, as she carefully approaches to examine the damage somewhat... "That what we're looking for, or possibly what's looking for /us/ might be on the first floor."
Oct 30 20:12:58 <Matsubara_Hotaru>	"U...Ugh what is the death toll here. That is disturbingly a lot more than I have anticipated."
Oct 30 20:15:38 <Shinohara_Haru>	Bodies were everywhere, yes, but their presence gets even worse when it's a place where you expect to be jumped on any moment! Haru crept along with the group(s), glancing nervously around every corner and trying to not let her eyes linger on any corpse.
Oct 30 20:16:08 <Himukai_Renge>	"Keep your wits about you, they could be lurking anywhere."
Oct 30 20:20:52 *	Kasuga_Makoto moved ahead, slowly, carefully, making sure that nothing would get the jump on her. BUt knowing what little she did about the Void Youma and their nature, she assumed she'd feel that inherently wrongness if one got closer...
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Oct 30 20:31:50 *	Matsubara_Hotaru becomes wary of their surroundings. She has her hand on her sword that's currently sheathed, expecting a surprise attack at any given moment. "Might be the best time to keep your guard up. Who knows what'll happen at this moment?"