TouhouTracer!hiUA.1Vgbs 2012/04/25(Wed)07:08 No. 404563 ID: 130ace
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> Check with the office staff what the top ten list of crisis level things are that might wake up the boss, maybe get started on trying to deal with them.

"There's the 'Actual' 'the Family', its slow growing, and not hostile, but you said the serpent mentioned wanting them back in the Foundation View, and not here. And you said 'I should clean up my own messes'"

"Your calendar has the next conflict with the Strategist [A kind of Excrusian] Textrix the Deacon fated for next Sunday."

"You owe Cain the Power of Murder a big favor. He hasn't called it in yet, but you could ask?"

"The big boss warned you that a major attack against Plastic and Plauge was coming, but left it up to your discretion."
One of your human aides reads off a set of notes. You could keep it in your own mind, but having an out side record to check against means foes have to mess with two things.
"This was a personal matter, but the current time line has a minor nuclear war over inda break out. It will only directly destory a couple of cities..but it 'brings nukes back into war' you said, and raises a lot of dust that while offsetting global warming, also leads to significantly reduced crop yields and mass starvation. This is apparently 'penciled in' for next month."

"Oh, and you have a meeting with the Power of Fusion over letting humanity have Fusion Power Plants. She seemed Agreeable. You told us to expect her at 6 today."

That matches up with what you remember.

....Shit, I am a busy boy.

Well okay, what are the alignments of Plastic and Plague and do they need more than just warnings?
Get the supplies staff working on preparing the audience and the party favours for our thing with Textrix. It just wouldn't do for me not to be going in with both the advantage and the spike to convince him he's wasting his time punching out of his weight class by trying to fight me. Add communicating with the rest of my Light colleagues about this to the communications staff to-do list, I'm sure that with Textrix distracted by me there has to be at least one opportunity for my guys to score against his guys that opens up.
Send Cain a case of his favourite drink/snack/recreation along with a note that says, "I know I still owe you, but it would be nice if you didn't ask me out of the blue. Call me sometime."
As unintrusively as possible ask Fusion if she'd rather meet in my office, my house, or somewhere else.

I, uh, need to recall more about The Actual, The Family and what leads up to the Indian nuclear incident to decide what to do with those.

Suggestion 2012/04/25(Wed)08:07 No. 404600 ID: 130ace
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> Well okay, what are the alignments of Plastic and Plague and do they need more than just warnings?
[Note you are of Heaven, not the Light. They are usually more aligned then not, but still different. Think of Light like England and Heaven like the USA. But earth is Ireland in this analogy, so The Light and The Dark are most powerful factions here. but are also strictly local.]

Plague serves a Devil wholeheartedly. She/He is nasty, but honest. She/he is powerful and experienced so probably doesn't need the warning, but pays back her favors. And if she found out you could have warned her and didn't she might get vindictive.

Plastics was a powerful Noble, but got in a fight with his Imperator and was replaced by a 12 year old girl with an artificial heart. This would be the first major attack of her career. On the other hand, she will almost certainly never know you could have helped her if you dont, her death is 'penciled' in for a few days, its unclear what her boss would do after that.

Also its hard to tell what her personal leanings are, she hasn't really done anything drastic yet.

Her boss is a True God, though one who likes humanity.
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Suggestion 2012/04/25(Wed)08:13 No. 404603 ID: 130ace
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> Get the supplies staff working on preparing the audience and the party favours for our thing with Textrix. Add communicating with the rest of my Light colleagues about this to the communications staff to-do list.

Okay about how manny Powers do you want to Invite, keep in mind the more you do, the more might not show up.

Give me some examples of cool party favors.

Suggestion 2012/04/25(Wed)08:15 No. 404604 ID: 130ace
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> Send Cain a case of his favourite drink/snack/recreation along with a note that says, "I know I still owe you, but it would be nice if you didn't ask me out of the blue. Call me sometime."

Done.

> As unintrusively as possible ask Fusion if she'd rather meet in my office, my house, or somewhere else.

She gave you a cell phone number so you text her. She replys: "wh4r/8, just hv some O cooked up for me okay! /\:)/\"
"No!! Sis, U no take MY shiny thing! >:( Caaaw! Caaaw"
"Err, sorry ignore last message."

>>404608
... "O?"

Suggestion 2012/04/25(Wed)08:38 No. 404618 ID: 130ace
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The Family is a Actual that infects/consumes humans, very slowly. Its hosts wander the world as broken heroes, looking for the true love that they have lost, and take in those that need a parent or a partner.
One day though their love understands them, and in that moment loses their humanity, becoming a lost hero, and leaves. Basicly its a contagous form of tragic Bishonen ism. (though it can infect women and girls too)
You created it when you went back in time to save a young boy from death. It worked..but you let this..thing into the world of flesh, where it doesn't belong.
Paradoxes do that sort of thing.

Suggestion 2012/04/25(Wed)08:47 No. 404624 ID: 130ace
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Some sort of Terrorist Organization sets off 'dirty' bombs in India, right after a US operation in Pakistan screws the fuck up and kills a bunch of civilians.

While this is still not enough for India to intend to declare war on Pakistan, a triplet of Generals whose sons was killed manage to order a nuclear strike.

And its not until dozens or so bombs have fallen on each side that some measure of sanity is restored.
(I am not a foreign policy wonk or a /k/omando so this may make no sense at the fuck all. Sorry.)

>>404618

AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRARARRRRGGH!!!

*ahem*
Forgot tripcode again man. :)

>>404603
By party favours I meant weaponry and tricks. I don't know enough about combat between inhumans in this world to know if a well-aimed cargo container full of C4 makes a good ranged weapon.

>>404600
Sure, send along the warning to Plague, knock politely on Plastic's door.

Suggestion 2012/04/25(Wed)08:55 No. 404637 ID: 130ace
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"Eggs!! I <3 boiled eggs. ∀x , x == Chicken || duck || turkey || robin : taste x = gr8!"
"Y wont this src work!! T_T"

(Fuckkidy fuck about trip)
> By party favours I meant weaponry and tricks. I don't know enough about combat between inhumans in this world to know if a well-aimed cargo container full of C4 makes a good ranged weapon.

Eh. Its a start. Nobles/Excrusians take roughly two nuclear blasts, a bisecting sword strike (or a truck of c4), and three decent punches, or equivalent to be defeated. (though keep in mind, wounds can be things like "cursed to turn into a cat" or "is hiding the fact that he loves his mortal family")

We are almost immune to direct attack because of our ability to flicker through time. So the Strategist will have something clever up his sleeve.

We are basically on the level of Greek Gods.

Strategists tie themselves into reality by embracing a death. Some age as they use their magic, others starve, The Decon becomes more and more apathetic and uncaring, eventually sort of fading away back into unreality in a fuge of enui.

Because of this he hates true faith, people such as ourselves that have a _cause_ we care about.

> Sure, send along the warning to Plague, knock politely on Plastic's door.

A set of plexyglass doors lies in-front of you, the Lady of Plastic herself opening the door for you. "Yes..?" she says somewhat warily.
A blue lego sky behind her.

>>404624
The history there is... complicated as far as US involvement and such. One of the factors was that the US was worried about India's friendliness to the USSR during the Cold War. They supported Pakistan as a foil, and are alleged to have permitted and supported the Pakistani nuclear development program as part of this. Either way both nations have kept each other's finances and military committed against each other ever since the separation and have had numerous small conflicts and a couple larger armed conflicts in that time, with the single continuing issue throughout being the Pakistani belief that all of Kashmir should be Pakistani territory and Indian disagreement.
Much of the conflict has involved the Pakistani army and intelligence service recruiting primitive tribesmen who live where their federal government doesn't really reach. They give them weapons and bombs and then the tribesmen go have fun in India or smuggle weapons to the separatist Kashmiris or something. Once in a while these tribesmen succeed at this well enough to annoy India into threatening Pakistan and maybe shooting off a couple artillery strikes. There's lots more to it than that but that's the nutshell.

We're going to have to deport some CIA from Pakistan and locate where these dirty bombs came from... if my research division can get started working out a plan for that it'd be great.

Meeting Plastic:
"Greetings, I'm Time, I've heard you're new to this job so I thought I'd come over and say hello, see if you have any questions you need answered."

> "Greetings, I'm Time, I've heard you're new to this job so I thought I'd come over and say hello, see if you have any questions you need answered."
"Umm..no? I mean maybe..why don't you come in? and have some..cookies?" she says hesitantly. "I think I have some around she says walking back into what looks like a set of McMansions made of legos. There's even a sun in the sky made of those transparent yellow pieces."

> We're going to have to deport some CIA from Pakistan and locate where these dirty bombs came from... if my research division can get started working out a plan for that it'd be great.

They do so. You use a Treasure miracle to give them a little mystical umph.

And I forgot my trip again! fuck.

>>404725
She's a little girl with a heart implant, who is also a goddess, and I'm following her into her home dimension. Fucking sounds like a terrible idea for at least three reasons.

"The decor is cute, did you figure out how to change it already or could you use a how-to on doing that?"

TouhouTracer!hiUA.1Vgbs 2012/04/26(Thu)13:55 No. 404920 ID: a356c0
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"Oh, well..um. I's mostly how it was. The old Plastic Set it up. Thats really all I know about him. I don't like owe you my first born or something do I?" she asks "The people here are plastic chemelions, just so you know. They kind of avoid the gate, but be polight please, they can be touchy." She says walking a half pace infront of you. It still smells like the hospital a little." she says sort of skiping as she turns to face you. "Um..is your Imperator a True God, too? I could use some advice on dealing with The Chemelion Lord." she opens the door to the nearest McMansion. A set of rather relistic manicans awnser the door, "We have a guest!" she sort of yells. Its not very loud. A fake robot sounding voice replies "Yes, my dear your Highness." A manikin painted to look like a stepfordwife awnsers, Plasic frowns a little, a pained look on her face "I'm fairly sure titles don't work like that." she grumbles absently.

"Advice is free as long as I'm offering it, and even the warning I'm going to give you, here because we're in your private domain and therefore less likely to be spied upon, is free too. Favours generally require being repaid and even little favours like me telling you when someone is going to attack you... well... over time they add up but I'm certainly not after your firstborn, soul, powers, or anything like that.
"Mostly I need friends, allies and people I'm on decent bargaining terms with, and I'm hoping you can be at least the last one.
"My boss is a serpent. He's powerful enough to be comparable to a god--I think he ate the former god of time actually but I don't know all those details. It was before my time, heh. I can try to arrange a meeting with one of my friends who does work under a god if you like, what that costs depends mostly on how much I have to beg or arm-twist them but if it's no trouble I'd do it for free and if it is trouble I can spot you for that until I need a comparable favour from you instead. Does that sound good?"

"Can..can I think on it?..no, I need help, and I don't know where Lizards is.." she says heastently "Wait.. warning?"

"Oh yes, what I can see of time suggests strongly you're about to be attacked within the next week by someone who succeeds at it. I'm seeing your death in... five or six days? The details of who are not clear to me yet however.
"I don't honestly know if I can tip the scales in your favour on this one but I thought I should at least warn you and give you as much of a fighting chance as possible."

"That's really the main reason I'm here, to help you decide who your friends and enemies are. I find this embarrassingly immature when I consider it but most people, or beings perhaps, around our level seem to act drunk on power. The ones that don't often are very covetous of more.
"What further stirs that mess is the big conflict over the future of the world, which is mostly divided into four basic factions, with some subdivisions in those factions as well. The main divisions are: Those who want to destroy the world, those who wish to give it over to war, plague, pestilence, cancer and pain, those who seek to bring peace, justice and harmony to the world, and those who try to follow their own conscience and justice itself."

"Oh. Well. I guess I should try to not die? Sorry, this is all a bit overwhelming, and my boss just keeps trying to help..and well not realy. Like these 'robots', apparently they are supposed to make it so I don't love my family. So to follow Entropy's Laws. I feel like I should have signed up for the Make a Wish foundation. Then at least I would have something I _wanted_ to do." She finds the cookies on the shelf, and putts them on a plate. "There still warm. 'Mother' there is a good cook."

TouhouTracer!hiUA.1Vgbs 2012/04/27(Fri)18:31 No. 405305 ID: 2a1ec3
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>>405294
"Yeah. Lizards said something like that before he skittled away." she says making quick gestures with her hands. She picks up a double chocolate cookie, and takes a bite.

"Well darn it, I came here to try and do you a favour, possibly making a new friend, and all I've done so far is add to your stress. I'm not all-powerful but I can do better than that.
"Want to come visit my office, I'll make some calls to see who I can get to help? If that takes a while I can probably at least teach you a little bit about how we manipulate our pocket dimensions or something."

"That sounds good. Let me get my jacket."

So take her back to my office then I guess, find the pamphlet on my shelf titled, "So Now You're Immortal," I'll write sometime over the next month (unless I've already written it, in which case bonus!) to explain the basics and hand it to her. Then check that I've got hard-boiled eggs and make a tray of deviled eggs for when Fusion arrives, with a note, "Fusion will scorch you with the heat of the sun if you take her snack," and put that in my office fridge.
Then I'll start looking through my list of folks on the heavenly or light sides I'd trust to hand off the responsibility of training and recruiting the new Plastic.

TouhouTracer!hiUA.1Vgbs 2012/04/28(Sat)19:05 No. 405586 ID: 2a1ec3
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Blades, Fishing, and Salt are the three Powers that pop to mind.
Blades and Salt, like you, seek to serve Heaven, and Fishing serves the Light.
All of them are kind, and dedicated, without being so focused as to be hard to talk too.
Salt can get a little judgmental at times, she has little room for selfishness and, well, petty humanness in the Powers around her, on the other hand she is one of the more subtle and skillful Nobles around.

Check Plastic's death clock, and consider asking Fishing to do it since at this point Plastic really isn't much different from an innocent bystander herself. The powers that serve heaven itself are sometimes lacking in sympathy and that's a terrible trait for dealing with a scared twelve year old girl with the power of a primordial god behind her.

1. Is there a questdis for this?
2. Are you perchance a veteran from 4chan/tg? You seem to do rapidfire questing where essentially you do the first thing someone suggests. This is necessary there because threads get auto deleted after autosage. Here there is no autosage or thread deletion so voting is possible and most people think it prefereable to go with a consensus rather then first person who says something.
Of course, you don't have to, but I think it makes for better quests.
3. EDIT: This was the main reason for my post was asking WTF is going on and how can we be expected to understand what is going on.
But then someone saw my post and explained to me over IRC that this is apparently based on a PnP RPG called Nobilis. So if you are also clueless like I was, go read up about it and things will make more sense.

>>405625
I don't know about Nobilis, and I seem to have been the only player for a while. I think this quest-runner has been going with the first/most sensible suggestion they saw, waiting for an answer they liked better or more answer a couple times.

I've been going with the first awnser mainly to keep things going quickly. Partly because if I let myself wait to post..then I would end up never posting.\

I am actually from touhou-project more then 4chan/tg, but I will try to keep differnces in mind.

This is my first quest in like 2 years, and I have already figuered out a half dozen things I would do differntly if I started a new one. So lerning I guess.

>Check Plastic's death clock, and consider asking Fishing to do it since at this point Plastic really isn't much different from an innocent bystander herself. The powers that serve heaven itself are sometimes lacking in sympathy and that's a terrible trait for dealing with a scared twelve year old with the power of a primordial god behind her.
It looks like she might live out the week. Your getting somewhat confusing signals about it, which might be just be because Noble level fights can snag up time, or someone is going to do something 'clever' like suspend her in a timeless void, or throw her back in time, or de-age her/age her. Hell maybe she finds a way of sommoning her future self, that could cause the tangles you are seeing.

Bah, its a lot easier to do this with mortals.

You could just go and _see_ what happens, but then if you need to change it, it will create a paradox, and that risks letting in a Actual or Excrusian, and then thats even more work, and you can't get around to making the world better.

> What do oh masters of Time?

(I have a dis thread now. : http://tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/361795.html )

could we bring her future self to teach her current self the basics and help her defend herself against the attack without causing a paradox?

Uh, most of her future self probability is less than a week older than this. I doubt she learned enough in that time. The less probable the future we drag from the more I'd be worried about paradox. Also, we also don't necessarily know why she survived that long either in that lesser probability so I'd be wary that we're pulling back a hell-affiliated or Excrusian version of her which might promptly kick us in the face.
Not a fan of that plan.
I am the only person to post in the questdis so far. I like how dense the main thread is with quest-runner content, can we discuss plans in questdis?

Yeah, let's call our shortlist of friends we'd turn to for helping with recruitment and let's see who can spare an hour or three this afternoon training the new Plastic for a decade. As long as there aren't any particular conflicts or issues involved the more the merrier/better I think.

we demonstrated the ability to send ourselves pamplets from the future without paradoxes...
So how about we send ourselves one about our research about the nature of her patron and its affiliation? (its a true god, but how does he/she/it swing?)

>>404600
Just that it likes humanity, which I'm guessing is vague leanings in the direction of light, but it's a god so the teams thing is kind of outside the way he thinks.

Also, the pamphlet is things I already know so there's no worries about causality of knowledge discovery there, and we never did hash out whether we wrote it earlier or later. Teaching someone things I don't know is kind of scary paradox because even if the paradox itself doesn't let in Excrusians they may just feed me their version thanks to the opening caused by the paradox. That could be... bad.

You could just do the research then travel back in time. That won't cause paradox unless something unlucky happens as you are doing the research.

> Yeah, let's call our shortlist of friends we'd turn to for helping with recruitment and let's see who can spare an hour or three this afternoon training the new Plastic for a decade. As long as there aren't any particular conflicts or issues involved the more the merrier/better I think.

Blades and Fishing agree to come over, Your contact method with salt, (paper butterflies) gets a busy signal.

TouhouTracer!hiUA.1Vgbs 2012/04/30(Mon)18:34 No. 406231 ID: 2a1ec3
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Fishing looks like a bit of a dork, and brings over his fishing pole of couse. "Its darn good to see you Time. You should stop by more often. And this here is the new Plastics? I worked with your predesesor on a couple of things, its a shame what happened to him."

TouhouTracer!hiUA.1Vgbs 2012/04/30(Mon)18:43 No. 406233 ID: 2a1ec3
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Blades is a beautiful and very athletic woman of vaguely Asian features, she caries a half dozen blades, some meant for cooking, some for killing.
She nods and crosses her arms, frowning at Plastic.

(Do you have anything specific you want to do in the 10 year study session? Let me know nowish.)

She needs to know multiple forms of combat, tactics, strategy, problem solving, basic chemistry and physics, enough math and computer programming that she can apply the concepts to immortal powers, at least primers on law and ethics but let's not beat her over the head with indoctrination unless she happens to like the topics, and at least two things she wants to learn.
Whatever we can teach of her powers and how to work with her own domain of course, don't know how much that will be.
Anybody else think of something important I'm missing? I left a bunch out because I didn't want this to be a total deathmarch. I don't know how the heck we can teach her social skills that matter, but definitely make time for her to be alone or talk to us and my posse depending on her choice.

>>406234
Not sufficiently familiar with setting to comment.

You can bring a good dozen or so people with you.

> Not sufficiently familiar with setting to comment.
Ask questions if you can!