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Julien judo kicks-- right where the bullet hit-- almost knocking you down. FUCK. You gasp at the pain as it stuns you, body doubling over. You wrap an arm around your abdomen protectively, but it does little to help the CRITICAL hit.

[-2 STAMINA]

You huff. The smoke suffocates. Every bullet fragment feels like it grinds against the torn flesh in your body. You can't move or breathe.

"You think I'm gonna go down that easy? Hah! You're no scary bitch like that other one." He coughs. "I don't need arms to handle you. I've got something higher on my side."

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He steps back again, deeper into the smoke, keeping himself obscured as he chuckles, "But maybe I'm mistaken. You were just reaching out to help your ol' Boss. Ain't that right?"

The Boss pauses, as if waiting for your answer, then growls, "Sorry Boss, I got a little too eager.. Well, I can forgive that. Just help me back inside. Stick your hand out. We can forget anything ever happened."

Fuck. FUCK. FUCK! SHIT! HE'S RIGHT HERE!

DAMNIT! DAMNIT! THINK!

The smoke won't give you a clear shot.

You're slower in this form too. And it'll hurt more if you go small.

You growl, low and threatening. "You."

"Don't make a mistake now, girl." He drawls.



[STAMINA: 7/18]
[INVENTORY: A gun. The Ring. The Ring. The Ring.]

Put on the ring.

Gun first, then... if that doesn't work, the Ring.

If you have to.

He's quick, but he's not faster than a bullet right? shoot the fucker

Something spooked him. He ran.
His pride is dead, and he knows it.
Walk away. Let the bully come to you.
In fact... time for a bluff. Let's see how much of an impression Vex left on him.

Talk into the ring. "Vex, the lamb is in the pit. I'm setting up the beacon, get ready to pounce." Rub the ring a few times with a grin all over your face.

The smoke doubles as cover as well for you, too.
Lower yourself, outstretch that hand. Say something sappy like "really? Everything? You would do that for me? After all this?"
Let him think you're kneeling. Let him think he can just grab your offered hand and jam a knife or a bullet between your ribs.

Of course, you won't be kneeling though. Correct your stance. Bend those knees close to the ground. Coil the spring that is your body. When he responds, be it just before he takes the offered hand, or when he starts his shitty one liner reply, Pounce. Charge. Shoulder check him into oblivion and then finish the job when he's down. With a body like that you can only get speed through a single, powerful movement. Make it count

You have to kill fast and bullets too slow.

At this point, there's no sense in holding back. Whatever the ring does, time to pop it and see.

(1/8) OMNI 2025/11/11(Tue)18:55 No. 1116791 ID: 217993
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>Gun

You put a claw to your revolver, considering its use. You'd need to transform your hand back to grasp it properly, otherwise your bulky fingers will have a hard time with the trigger. And when you cock it, it'll make a sound.

.... You can't risk it.

>Something spooked him. He ran.

You're not sure how. He's outside, so he must have ran? But why try to go back inside? Why ask you to help him? There's too many unknowns for you to parse.

>The smoke doubles as cover as well for you, too.
>Bluff

You step back to match the movement, to try to move farther out and make your position harder to read. You're bigger, so you're a bit more visible, but you'll take anything you can get.

>Let him think you're kneeling. Let him think he can just grab your offered hand and jam a knife or a bullet between your ribs.

You slowly stretch your hand out as you crouch down, legs tensed, ready to pounce. Your body now a bullet in the chamber ready to shoot. Your maw opens to choke out whatever feeble words you can think of to trick him. Persuade him. But you can feel your pride stifling it.

"R-really?" Is all that comes out.. Even you aren't convinced.

Immediately, you clench your jaw, teeth creaking in protest. Even if it's all pretend, to try to lower yourself to him? All your anger, all your rage, turns back inwards.

Burns you.

You hesitate and reach for the ring, to change plans, to bluff a different way.

The fur along your neck raises.

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A maw manifests out of the smoke. Your body lunges to meet it, but it's too late. His jaw arrests your forearm right as you crash into him shoulder first.

Julien bites harder. Things crunch.

Many things crunch.

(3/8) OMNI 2025/11/11(Tue)18:56 No. 1116793 ID: 217993
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Bodies tumble onto the ground. Hard. You're not sure if it's you coughing or him. A knock of your head against the floor has it spinning.

[STAMINA: 4/18]

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You blindly grab where he'd hang at your arm and realize he let go in the tumble.

Everything hurts. Your vision swims.

>The Ring

Fuck it.

With one last coherent thought, you grab at your front until you feel the magnetic pull of the ring.

You put it on.

(5/8) OMNI 2025/11/11(Tue)18:59 No. 1116795 ID: 217993
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You feel weightless. Like TV static. Plasma tickling and crawling into your veins.

The sound of a subway train through a tunnel echoes.

And echoes.

[IMMERSION TEMPORARILY BROKEN]

(6/8) OMNI 2025/11/11(Tue)18:59 No. 1116796 ID: 217993
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Eiko's soul enters a space. A slight rift just between the dimensional facets. Usually, where souls drift during slumber. Or those without a body go to find another.

Here, time moves much......

much......

much....

slower.

(7/8) OMNI 2025/11/11(Tue)19:02 No. 1116797 ID: 217993
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YOU pause to collect YOURSELF at this development. Just as YOUR immersion has been broken, so have the restrictions. The OMNI-SCIENT voice of the ---- is now accessible, re-granting knowledge that YOU can access outside of an occupied world. In this knowledge, YOU realize that that ring is an artifact of rare import.

A God Caller. As characters helpfully refer to them. Temporarily allows direct communication to be opened with the closest multi, in this case, YOURSELF. Temporarily, because it breaks down after each use.

The previous owner had pawned it off after their multi (likely their god in their eyes) abandoned them.

A shame. The minds of other multis can be a fickle thing. All to chase the next best character.

The next best story to feed on.

(8/8) OMNI 2025/11/11(Tue)19:03 No. 1116798 ID: 217993
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"What is this?" Eiko's voice echoes in the abyss. "Who's there?"

YOU, as in "who", are a collective extra-dimensional entity of many names, though commonly known as a multi of FATE. FATE as in achieving power through the... passive manipulation guidance of inter-dimensional beings.

YOU may now speak to Eiko directly.

Be warned. She cannot comprehend the exact truth of YOUR existence. It will damage her.

Hello there Eiko. We are the multi of FATE. By wearing the God Caller you are able to speak with us directly. We have been guiding you for the past few minutes, but that will not always be the case. We mainly guide Vex. Stay close to him and you stay close to us, and we will try to keep you alive. The ring might make you aware of when we are guiding you personally, as you felt just now.

So, what we can give you is information. Vex is fighting an Angel right now, and from the sound of his inner monologue it's an opponent he's fought before-- whether that means he will be able to drive her off or not is uncertain. The other person in the smoke is Vi, but we do not know if she is still alive. Julien was losing a fight against Vex but pulled out a plasma grenade, which caused Vi to tackle him through a portal which led out here. It seems she took the brunt of the explosion.

If Julien wants to go back inside... it might be best for you to let him, so you can check on Vi. You don't seem to be winning and there doesn't seem to be any direct aid we can give... her life is more important, isn't it?

All is as the other of our multitude says.

What we can give is some knowledge.
Perspectives other than your own.
Ideas.
But also another important thing.
Time.
here, it moves slower.
You have time to think clearly.
Ready yourself.
Fully appraise yourself of the situation in a way you could not in the heat of combat.

While it does not seem your physical injuries will heal, the shock of them will not cloud your mind here and mayhap shall be diminished in your return.

If you have questions, we will answer what we can.
I would recommend you dwell not upon the unfathomable and focus more on the moment.

Did you know you're a character in a story?
Well, I'd expect you to. But maybe you weren't allowed to think that.

You... don't have much fight left in you, huh.
It's silly. You were shouting about avenging your brother so often that we picked up on it, and...
Well, it's not a very unique story.
We know more about Julien than about... what was your brother's name again? Rhetorical question, I don't care.
None of us do. You could put a monument to turning Julien into a Spread Eagle and the only thing it would do for your brother is put his name as some pop-quiz question as an allegory to Julien's epic fall, a name that gets cursed by a few dozen teens for being too complex to flash-memorize and gets completely blacklisted from their minds once they graduate.
And really, that's the crux of the matter. None of us remember anyone else you have beef against. Didn't you want to fight back? Fight everything that took your brother away, and then some?
...you silly girl.

I mean, the problem isn't revenge.
No, the problem is that you're not getting a balanced revenge.
Same old story.
You think that killing this one... tiny... pathetic little nobody will satisfy you.
It won't.
It's about as satisfying as taking the blade that tore your brother's heart open (or however he died, whatever) and throwing it into a hydraulic press. Fun, but fleeting. Tiny. A simplistic revenge you use to delude yourself into thinking you're full.
Who made him? He had parents, friends, mentors, or some combination thereof. Who scooped out the little boy and left a brain-damaged, starving beast that ate your brother?
And was your brother really in Julien's way... or did someone else want him gone?
I mean, you know Vex. You know this started with him. Was hoping you'd pick up when you splashed that drink all over his face, but... no, you might have a small mind, girl, but you've got a big, huffing nose. He knows the score.
His quarry is beyond this. That's why you forgave him. His penance sits on his back, every second, every thought. It haunts him. And it has made him so big, while you're still so small, and he still picked you up and brought you along because he wanted you to be you.
And that's the kicker. You. Your whole world. Puppets. Every good and bad thing will be scripted if G0D gets their way. You'll all be chasing tails and taking revenge upon each other when the real architect of all your suffering sits back and completely believes themselves innocent.
Julien isn't your nemesis.
He's your tutorial mission.

If you want an instruction manual on this madness...
Just Ask.

EIKO!
Fate smiles warmly upon you!
Even as far as it smiles wickedly upon Vex!

We see you're in quite the pickle, but that's nothing a little DEUS EX MACHINA can't fix~
But what's this?
Did you know? Your little friend Vi, is so close, and yet just as broken as you are.
And Vex, upstairs? HE'S GONE MAD!
Hahahaha! So delicious!

And yet, something's missing. There's a certain SPICE to all this that only YOU can add!

Let us grant you a WISH!
Shape it as you desire but...
Focus it upon YOURSELF and we will guarantee your revenge!
Focus it upon VI and we will guarantee her survival!
Focus it on VEX and you shall obtain a measure of POWER! Don't you wish for the freedom to take hold of your own fate?

CHOOSE EIKO!
THE STRINGS OF FATE ARE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS! HAHAHAHA!

Don't let five years of living for revenge take away fifty years of living.

Eiko you are at a narrative crossroads. Vi is on the ground, hurt. Will you sacrifice your revenge to save her?

But if you want to defy fate and try for both you have my full support.

From what I learned about this story, you are a violent person in a violent world. Do not get discouraged when you just keep going against more and more opponents, that is just the world working as intended. Be brave, be strong, and most importantly, get ready to get hurt or to hurt others. In the world full of hammers, the only things that stands out is the nails that can't be hammered down.

Dwell not upon our nature, nor the nature of your story.
All creatures are part of a their own tale being told.
While the circumstances vary, choices such as the one you are presented with come to everyone.
Pivotal moments that will shape not only who they are to become but also the tale of others.

What we offer you here is time not afforded to most.
To truly consider what you want to happen.
To yourself and to others whose own tales intersect with your own.

As others in the multitude say, your choices are present and while you may reach for as many of them as you wish, consider carefully with the time we gift you.
Time to question us and yourself over what you truly want and what you and others will pay for it.
While you can try for more than one, remember.
The wolf that chases three deer goes hungry.

(1/6) OMNI 2025/11/18(Tue)20:12 No. 1117242 ID: 217993
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>Hello there Eiko.
>We have been guiding you for the past few minutes, but that will not always be the case...
>Here...
>You have time to think clearly.
>Ready yourself.

"Those whispers... I can hear it clearly now. They were your voice all along in the back of my head. And you've been following Vex too? I thought they were just crazy." Eiko looks around as if to search for YOU. "What was it again? Vex said you were like a god."

>We are the multi of FATE.
>Fate smiles warmly upon you!
>Even as far as it smiles wickedly upon Vex!

"Fate, huh..." Eiko's expression tenses. Despite her lack of voice, YOU can feel her thoughts clearly. A mix of suspicion and fear. A reasonable reaction.

Yet, as afraid as she is, she is just as fascinated.

>What we offer you here is time not afforded to most.
>To truly consider what you want to happen.
>To yourself and to others whose own tales intersect with your own...

"Is that what this place is? A place outside? If time moves slowly here... It should still be moving there..." Eiko ponders this as she looks around once more. "... What I want to happen? Guess that makes sense if you're fate."

>Did you know you're a character in a story?
>Well, I'd expect you to. But maybe you weren't allowed to think that.
>All creatures are part of their own tale being told.

"....." Eiko seems contemplative. "Is that metaphorical? But if you're some higher being... I guess it must be easier to see me that way. In your eyes, I'm just another character to play around with... No wonder Vex hates beings like you."

Well, YOU can't exactly explain the delicate politics of other multis that are not playing by the respected social contract to Vex. But that's a separate matter.

(2/6) OMNI 2025/11/18(Tue)20:16 No. 1117243 ID: 217993
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>You... don't have much fight left in you, huh.
>It's silly. You were shouting about avenging your brother so often that we picked up on it, and...
>You don't seem to be winning...

Eiko's face twitches. "I know. I know... I know!" She growls, "Give me some credit! I had to adapt a plan that was supposed to take years into two days! The last thing I was was ready. I'm trying!"

Eiko gestures around with her hands, trying to find where to look, then grabs her head as if to pull at her hair. Her soul is not quite equipped to mimic the finer material follicles, so she grabs at the vague shape of it instead.

"Maybe Akito was just nameless fodder to you and everyone else... But he matters to me." A light ignites. "Everyone in this whole fucking world can forget him, never know him, say he didn't matter! And that wouldn't change anything. His memory's in me and I won't let go of it as easily as everyone else."

>You think that killing this one... tiny... pathetic little nobody will satisfy you.
>It won't.
>... you know Vex. You know this started with him...
>... it has made him so big, while you're still so small, and he still picked you up and brought you along because he wanted you to be you.
>Don't let years of living for revenge take away fifty years of living.

Eiko inhales, exhales, her fists clenched tightly. "As small and petty and as much of a failure as I'm turning out to be..." She tenses as if to yell. Stops. Sighs. "I just wanted to do right by him for once. I thought it would. Taking this asshole's life won't.."

Eiko looks down, afraid to admit it out loud. Then wrings at her hands for a semblance of comfort.

"It wont fix it... Not by a long shot. But I'd sleep better at night. I know it... And I know I haven't really looked beyond it. I didn't think it would matter, but now there's this grander world out here. Right here. How am I supposed to think about that? Deal with that? Deal with the knowledge that there's something even bigger out there that's a thousand times worse? When I can't even deal with one fucking guy?"

"Am I that pathetic?"

(3/6) OMNI 2025/11/18(Tue)20:17 No. 1117244 ID: 217993
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>Dwell not upon our nature, nor the nature of your story.
>Be brave, be strong, and most importantly, get ready to get hurt or to hurt others....
>Time to question us and yourself over what you truly want and what you and others will pay for it.
>If you want an instruction manual on this madness...
>Just Ask.

"... Right." Eiko looks down at her wispy hands. "Thanks, I guess. I can feel the way that you care. Not sure if that's a good or bad thing. Beings like you have a weird way of showing it."

"What do I even ask?" Eiko seems to address herself. "How to fix everything? How to win? What answers can I even get?"

>... what we can give you is information...
>... some knowledge.
>Perspectives other than your own.
>Fully appraise yourself of the situation in a way you could not in the heat of combat.

She vaguely moves to sit upon her dimension as you convey the past half hour to her.

It's quite comical.

(4/6) OMNI 2025/11/18(Tue)20:19 No. 1117245 ID: 217993
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"..... What a mess." Eiko rubs at her temples. "That angel has to be the one Vex has some... weird relationship with. They should be fine." There's a hint of doubt to her own words.

"They'll be fine." Eiko tries to reassure herself. "What I don't get is Vi... Why do that? Just to spare Vex? She doesn't even like him that much."

Something small seems to click.

"Unless... Vi saw? Smelled? Something? In that split second, what could she have found out? That taking a grenade was better than letting it hit everyone? If Vex died, it would only be bad for me...."

Eiko pauses then covers her face with her hands, steaming. "Ourruggghghhhh..."

She seems embarrassed.

>Did you know? Your little friend Vi, is so close, and yet just as broken as you are.
>... her life is more important, isn't it?
>Will you sacrifice your revenge to save her?

Eiko turns her head, as if it would stop herself from hearing YOU. Closes her eyes.

"..... It's really come to this huh... Shit."

YOU sense her inner conflict. The most intriguing of emotions. There's nothing quite like it when it's spun just right.

"I shouldn't. My revenge-- We just... Fuck. Why is this hard?" Eiko gazes downward, "They were all supposed to be stepping stones. I just-- She had to know I was-- I shouldn't be attached. There wasn't supposed to be any real attachment."

She upends the train of thought. Crashes it down over the bridge. Then quickly covers up the scene.

(5/6) OMNI 2025/11/18(Tue)20:23 No. 1117246 ID: 217993
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"What am I supposed to do?" She finally asks.

YOUR tone flips.

>... you're in quite the pickle, but that's nothing a little DEUS EX MACHINA can't fix~
>There's a certain SPICE to all this that only YOU can add!
>Let us grant you a WISH!

Eiko looks upward skeptically.

>Focus it upon YOURSELF and we will guarantee your revenge!
>Focus it upon VI and we will guarantee her survival!
>Focus it on VEX and you shall obtain a measure of POWER! Don't you wish for the freedom to take hold of your own fate?

>CHOOSE EIKO!
>THE STRINGS OF FATE ARE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS! HAHAHAHA!

Eiko shivers. A dastardly fate is as close as it has ever been. She would be remiss to not take this offer.

"Is that all I can do? Choose one?"

>... if you want to defy fate and try for both you have my full support.
>But... remember.
>The wolf that chases three deer goes hungry.

Her expression grows troubled as she sits. Thinks.

Time remains at a honey crawl...

YOU, meanwhile, have patience. A week or two may pass here and merely cast a second upon her realm. Maybe even less.

(6/6) OMNI 2025/11/18(Tue)20:27 No. 1117248 ID: 217993
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When she stands again, Eiko is different. Her contemplation not nearing even a full half hour of YOUR time. Internally, though, there is a shift. YOU sense it. YOU have followed her story. Seen the way she has struggled against what has been written for her. When afforded the edge, she can be cunning. When given the fight, she will burst.

When given a choice, she won't settle for less.

"On my own, maybe I'd take the easy way. But it's not just me. You're here. You've been watching me. You say you'll support me, but I think you can do more than you say. You're not just some otherworldly being that says cryptic shit and whispers guidance to me."

Eiko points up at YOU, determined, defiant, "I'm not asking for the world. I know I'd be more likely to fail if I do and I'm not trying to lose... But don't you want to see me try for more than just one destiny? If I fail. If I win. You still get to watch it all."

"So if you're so big and great, can't you give me the power for that? I don't want to just save myself, or Vi, or my.. story. Why can't it be more?"

Eiko raises a hand upwards, as if to offer it. "Help me make a better story. That's my wish."


Options:
>A) Grant Wish (Grant Eiko a magical ability.)
>B) Give Knowledge (Continue this discussion...)
>C) Use Vessel (Temporarily take over Eiko's physical body.)
>D) Offer Pact (Decide a cost. Decide what will be exchanged.)

D) You're a werewolf. Want to be a were-anything?
It would require more mental flexibility.
Offer up your memories of Akito.
The catch is that we'll toss them back to you - at our own whims, in any order we wish, in your happiest moments, in your darkest hours. We'll give them all back, and take them all back, and keep doing it until you fundamentally change.

* Cost: Install Memory Parasite. This parasite will not destroy your memories but will allow us to seal or forcefully recall them at will. Focus: 'Akito'.
* Power: Enhanced Shapeshifting. You can now shift into new forms, and acquire more through special events. New forms include:
** Neumono - High Endurance and Charisma, low Dexterity. Their superior neural biology allows them to survive total organ failure and even decapitations with medical assistance.
** Tozol - Above average Strength, Dexterity, and Endurance. Good health regeneration.
** Yinglet - High Dexterity, Low everything else. Not really recommended for combat, but Yinglets have proven themselves to be disturbingly resourceful...

D
>>1117248
VERY WELL! Let's make a Pact. Whereas simply granting a Wish would give you a power... a Pact could give you more! Something of immediate benefit would be healing your wounds. You'd need that to stand a chance against him. Secondly, a power, of course. Don't you want something that would be useful for combat *and* for saving Vi? I'm thinking of something like the ability to take and give lifeforce by contact. We can't give you something too strong, so there will be limits... but it'll give you a bit of an edge against Julien. Draining just a bit of life every time you touch him. Perhaps limit it to your hands... That would help you save Vi, because you'd be able to share your now-replenished lifeforce with her. And a better story? That's the COST, my dear.

You will hear us clearly from here on. You will be compelled to obey our whims, even more so than before. And if you ever take off the ring, you will lose the power granted by us. Though, in addition, a small mercy... you will not be able to hear us if we speak something that would harm your psyche.

>>1117249
>memory recall
Can't we do that already?

>>1117248
...Knew there was a reason we liked you. Alrighty, then in honor of your boldness...we offer something INTERESTING.

We offer a PACT. We grant you the ability to make things interesting. 'Better', but for US as well as you. Continuously.

>>1117248
A pact.
In all things there is cost and this shall be no different.
A boon bought and paid for.
The strength and breadth of this power shall be consumate to your offering.
Value measured not by others, but by you.
Render up something you treasure or hold close, and we shall respond in kind.
Offer trivialities, and be rewarded with meager effort.
Consider carefully what you truly value for that is the only measure here.

Use the plentitude of time you are given.
The multitudes offer ideas and suggestions for both power and price, but ultimately naught will happen unbidden by your own will.
The wheel of fate turns and you stand at the hub.
What you do next will shape your tale.

D)
A better story eh? Well how's this?

We'll grant you the gift of persuasion. Anything you say, that you believe to be true, others will believe too.

And the cost is your detachment. You will care what happens, not just to your friends, but enemies, passersby, everyone. You won't be able to ignore the consequences of your actions.

>>1117333
Oh man, forcing her to have empathy is a good cost.

Okay, you know what? How about I edit my proposition to this:

* Boon: You get superior shapeshifting powers, with access to three new forms (Neumono, Tozol, Yinglet), and the potential of even more
* Cost: We get to transform your sex at will. And not just "you're a dood now", because we can do so much worse.

D) Offer Pact. You offer your fears to turn them into constructs that fight for you. If the fight is going in your way, you will have fewer fears of paying for creating your minions, but if you are losing, there is more fear to give and turn you reckless in return. It is a push and pull power to us.

Oh we're offering pacts now are we?
Than here's one:
The Fool's Gambit
At any time, you may make to us and the world a Boast! Define yourself a goal and challenge and we'll give you the temporary power to help you do it!
Three more that's on the line- the more people who know of it, the more reckless and insane it is- the more power you'll get! Remember, we feed off of drama and emotion- basically, the more entertaining your boast would be too an onlooker, the more power you'll gain! Not that you should expect anything here to be easy, hehe.
As a little bonus, but also part of the price, after every boast, a tiny fraction of the granted power will become permanently yours! If you succeeded, it will become a small boon- if you fail, a small curse!
As for the true price, we will occasionally issue you challenges or dares. Succeeding in one will allow you to reverse the fate of any of your current curses or boons! Attempting and failing one will turn a boon into a curse. Rejecting it outright will leave things to chance! Hahaha!

You're life will become much more complicated, but oh so much more interesting!
Won't you let is in?

(1/1) OMNI 2025/11/25(Tue)21:45 No. 1117693 ID: 217993
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How creative! How juicy! There are many ways this could go... In fact too many ways!

A popular consensus must be made to offer a pact. Two pacts will be offered to Eiko. For the two pacts, the majority picks of boons and costs will be presented.

Boons and costs may be chosen individually or in combination:

Example: A1) B1) & A2) C2)
Example: A1) C1)
Example: A1) w/ C2) & B1) w/ B2)


BOONS:
>A1) Enhanced Shapeshifting - 3 new forms unlocked! (Neumono, Tozol, Yinglet). Stats may vary.
>B1) Life Transfer - STAMINA can be transferred to anyone being touched w/ your hands. Gradually drains or heals the target through prolonged contact.
>C1) Shared Interest - Narratively, something of interest will occur. A random encounter, an item, a change in fortune, or any other mild bend of written reality can happen when called for.
>D1) Silver Tongue - Anything said in truth will be believed. The strength of conviction translates to the strength of persuasion. May have minor mind control effects.
>F1) Fear Manifest - Each separate fear may manifest into a construct of sorts. Each construct will be as strong as the fear felt w/ mild autonomy. Each construct will understand wordless instruction but will not act without them. Current Limit: 2.
>G1) Fool's Gambit - Through boasting, define a goal, the challenge, and be granted a temporary aid decided by FATE. With each Boast, FATE may be made manifest, and will grow stronger with each witness of your wicked will. Succeed and grow strong. Fail and grow weak.


COSTS:
>A2) FATE Speaks - The voice of FATE will not go unheard. Nor without compulsion to obey. Though the psyche will not be as fragile, the ring unworn is a boon unmade.
>B2) Active Empathy - You will care for each individual within your path. The consequences of your actions cannot be ignored. They will be felt every step of the way.
>C2) RANMA 1/2 - Your sex or form will change depending on FATE's whims. (Not due to water exposure).
>D2) Fateful Encounter - Challenges may be called upon to enhance a scene, push your character, or up the danger. Challenges failed may have... unintended effects for your boon.
>F2) Open Confession - For an indeterminate amount of time after a boon has been used, you will feel compelled to tell the truth, no matter how odd, painful, or damaging. What is believed to be the truth, anyway.

[Voting will close after Sat, 11/29]

C1) /w G1) & D2) /w C2) + At will Enhance Knockers.

I'm not sure if this sort of vote was intentional or if I'm causing a headache, but I'm voting to combine two pacts into one.

When I suggested the original G1 D2 pact, it was designed to be a trap of sorts. Powerful, potentially extremely favorable towards Eiko at first, but the more she used the power the more power we'd have over her.

With the potential to combine Ranma and Shared interest with it though I think we have a ton of potential to just screw with her. Heck we could throw in A1)+A2) in there too and she'd basically be ready for her own quest, lol.

G1 & C2

>>1117693
B1 or C1(not gonna be be able to help Vi without those), B2 or F2.

To better clarify, (1) Pact = (1) Boon + (1) Cost.

>>1117697
Not intentional, but I'm not against combining the options. Their effects will just be more subdued vs if it stood alone.

A1+C2

B1. Heal and harm. Sink in tooth and claw to drain, give of self to heal. Weaving the flesh of others, not just uour own.

A2. Our boon brings with it scrutiny and guidance. In some circumstances, compulsion. Remove the ring and lose both. Wear it and all returns. The ring shall be a link in a chain you choose to be bound by.

If allowed to hybridise costs... i would offer A2 F2, truth to be compelled for a time equal to powers used. While it persists the choice to speak remains hers, but if chosen truth must be spoken.
Of course, insistant watchers could push her to speak with the power to compel from the A2 component (but it wouldnt be a constant "liarliar" movie sketch.)

B1+B2 with D1+A2
Become our apostle. Go forth and heal the people. And the universe too, while you're at it.

>>1118027

This

C1 and G1 go very well together, smart choice. I suggest keeping these as a package.

A2 complements C1, and D2 likewise complements G1. These just jive.