Aria 2014/11/01(Sat)16:04 No. 600099 ID: a32d59
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*Yawn* Good morning guys!

immediately phase through your bed and floor down into the room below. I think it's the kitchen, right?

Ma'am...

I am so sorry.

But this is not going to end well.

To explain: We are using a special connection hosted by one of our sponsors to connect to your subconscious. If you can read this message, great. It means that we can talk to you, and warn you that the information we have been given about our/your role in the coming days is...

Not very good. I mean it.

>>600099
Morning! What day is it, right after the sleepover? Sorry if that's a weird question to ask, but sometimes we skip ahead.

>>600101
What the heck are you on about.

>>600101
I think you are confused. We've spoken with Aria before. Check out the previous thread: http://tgchan.org/kusaba/questarch/res/562500.html

>>600099
Hi! Had a good night? Look around, check the adorableness levels of the other girls.

>>600099
suuuuuP

>We are using a special connection hosted by one of our sponsors to connect to your subconscious. If you can read this message, great. It means that we can talk to you, and warn you...
Boy are you late to the party. She already knows about The Good King sponsoring us and she's the one who wants to enter the arenas by her own choice. It's kind of a popular thing among the people these days.
What's up, Aria? I really hope we haven't been asleep for more than one night. It would suck if you had to go without us for some time... Especially on our side, since it means we miss out on so much stuff.

>>600104
Oh. Sorry about that, thanks for the heads-up.

So, Aria. Anti-armor mage, right? Hello, nice to meet you.

Why not greet this wonderful day

WITH AN EXPLOSION?!

Of fireballs or sonic or gravity manipulation or enthusiasm or hope or joy or something else. We're not picky.

Faze through the floor into your kitchen, that should work right? Because >>600100 has the right idea.

>>600101
Well I guess now you know there are newcomers entering your head and thinkin stuff for you to hear every day. Jolly!

>>600146
>Of fireballs or sonic or gravity manipulation or enthusiasm or hope or joy or something else. We're not picky.
...While she can explode with fire, she cannot manipulate gravity or magnetism. Her powers are defensive fire and offensive ghostly powers, though to a small degree she can invert their intended uses, such as burning off a person's clothes, or slicing through them like butter without the body getting in the way, with fire, and ghosting the enemy's weapons or herself as she's about to hit something (or be hit!).

Sonic Manipulation would be Abbey's power, as well as turning herself into metal, was it? Maurine, on the other hand, can, uh.
I forget, what did she do? Make tools for sewing, yeah, but it was a bit more generic than that.

Enthusiam or Joy are viable methods of exploding, however. Yell it out!
>Faze through the floor into your kitchen, that should work right?
Doooon't do this. You're still naked from last night, remember? Instead, phase through the floor with your blanket in tow, so you're at least covered!

>>600146
I'm not going to spoilertext this one because it'll likely make it a pain in the ass to read. Aria still can't hear it.

Okay, I kinda fucked up and kinda forgot to put the wiki and previous thread links on header post. I also apparently accidentally made the banner fuckhuge. I'll talk to moderation possibly later today in hopes of getting that fixed, but I'm not too worried about it as it's kind of a minor error. Anyone reading this exchange will know to look at the previous thread. The banner's annoying as hell though, so I'll look into that.

That said:

Previous thread can be found here: http://tgchan.org/kusaba/questarch/res/562500.html

And the wiki article is here: http://tgchan.org/wiki/Super_Clothing_Damage_Adventure

Please read those in their entirety before suggesting further. The quest will make very little sense to you if you don't.

Hopefully I'll have another post up later today. Even with the almost immediate fuckup, it's great to be back, everyone!

Good morning, have any nice dreams? Also have any thoughts about what you should make your friend wear?

Aria 2014/11/02(Sun)14:20 No. 600209 ID: a32d59
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>Good morning, have any nice dreams?

Good Morning! Nah, can't remember any today!

> Also have any thoughts about what you should make your friend wear?

Nope! I kinda made came up with that bet without thinking at all so I don't even know where to start! Hmmmm….

>immediately phase through your bed and floor down into the room below. I think it's the kitchen, right?

>Faze through the floor into your kitchen, that should work right? 

>Doooon't do this. You're still naked from last night, remember? Instead, phase through the floor with your blanket in tow, so you're at least covered!

Jeez, guys! Why would even I do that? I'm at least gonna get dressed before I go get breakfast!

>Why not greet this wonderful day

>WITH AN EXPLOSION?!

>Of fireballs or sonic or gravity manipulation or enthusiasm or hope or joy or something else. We're not picky.

Um, are you guys feeling okay?

>Sonic Manipulation would be Abbey's power, as well as turning herself into metal, was it? Maurine, on the other hand, can, uh. 

She can turn her skin into rock, and yeah, she can totally shoot sonic blasts, but she can do all kinds of other crazy stuff with her instruments too!

>I forget, what did she do? Make tools for sewing, yeah, but it was a bit more generic than that. 

She can pull sharp things out of her body. Like knives and scissors and needles and stuff. And she can freeze stuff by touching it. It's really handy if we need ice or something.

>Hi! Had a good night? Look around, check the adorableness levels of the other girls.

They're pretty adorable! Maurine looks really cute when she's sleeping!

Uh… I think Maurine's blanket fell off though. She's gonna be pretty upset when she wakes up…

>>600209
gently put it back on, then.

put your clothes on first, then throw a blanket over Maurine and then faze through the floor, because why the hell not.

>Um, are you guys feeling okay
unless your fighting or in some kind a situation that requires us to focus we're usually like that in an attempt to entertain ourselves until something important comes along, so if we start acting weird just ignore it for the most part, unless you want to join in of course.

Get dressed, but don't forget to grab your gear. For bonus points don't wake your friends and cover up Maurine!

Two different strategies to start the day:

1. The energetic method

Start bouncing around, cheering your friends to rise and shine. If they get angry, no arguments with them. Just give them some good clothes, make small talk, discuss how great your birthday was and how they made it 90% better than without friends, etc.

2. The stealth method

Carefully get dressed, put the blanket back on Maurine, go to the kitchen, and get some breakfast for yourself and your friends. Make as little noise as you can, but if they start to wake up, just pretend that you haven't been spotted (Respond if they ask what you're doing, though - They aren't enemies like in stealth games, they're your friends!).

We don't know your friends any better than you do, so pick your own personal method. You can choose one of the two methods described, but if you know how to handle your friends, we're not stopping you from helping them your own way.

Hey, what's that thing on the floor by the tv? A white thing, broken in half, with pink bits?

>you guys feeling alright?
Sometimes we're sillier than usual.

>Uh… I think Maurine's blanket fell off though. She's gonna be pretty upset when she wakes up
Then sneakily put it back on her before she wakes up. Possibly phase it intangible so she doesn't even feel you taking it out of her hand.

Then get dressed.

>She can pull sharp things out of her body. And she can freeze stuff by touching it.
Out of curiosity, which is the offensive and which is the defensive power? Do you know? (Although it might be hard to tell, on another person's power. Kind of a subtle difference, and there are ways to get creative).

Aria 2014/11/07(Fri)14:32 No. 600683 ID: a32d59
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>Sometimes we're sillier than usual. 

>unless your fighting or in some kind a situation that requires us to focus we're usually like that in an attempt to entertain ourselves until something important comes along, so if we start acting weird just ignore it for the most part, unless you want to join in of course.

Oh, okay!

>Hey, what's that thing on the floor by the tv? A white thing, broken in half, with pink bits? 

Those are just my shoes.

>Out of curiosity, which is the offensive and which is the defensive power? Do you know? (Although it might be hard to tell, on another person's power. Kind of a subtle difference, and there are ways to get creative).

I dunno. I've never really seen her fight or anything and even then if nobody tells you it's kinda hard to tell. Maybe I'll ask when she wakes up!

>put your clothes on first,
I start to put on my panties but then I remember I said I'd do the dares too. *sigh*

I put on my clothes on without any underwear. This feels kinda weird. How am I gonna battle like this anyway? Maybe I could put them back on for fights or something. Um, maybe we should talk more about this once everybody's up…

I grab my bag (jeez, it's really full!) and my sword and stick them to my skirt with the attachment stones.

Hmmmm, hairband or no hairband… Eh, I'll pick after I get breakfast and brush out my feathers and take a shower and stuff.

>then throw a blanket over Maurine
I make her blanket intangible with my powers and try to cover her up without waking her up. Whew! It worked! It would've been really awkward if she woke up.

>and then faze through the floor, because why the hell not. 

I can't do that! I mean I guess I could like bumrush through the floor or something but that just feels like kind of a bad idea. Besides, I think the living room's under my room, not the kitchen!

Aria 2014/11/07(Fri)14:32 No. 600684 ID: a32d59
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I just walk downstairs to the kitchen. Huh, looks my Moms left a note on the fridge.

Good morning, dear! Mom and I had to accept a challenger, so we we'll be out for a bit. I left a tray of double-chocolate cookies on the table for you and your friends. Remind me to buy a new vase next time we're out shopping. Please eat an actual breakfast before digging into the cookies though.

Love you, dear! <3

Cookies? Sweet! I'll not be a jerk and get cereal first though. I get out some cereal and milk, and a couple extra bowls and spoons for Maurine and Abbey.

I hear somebody coming down the stairs. Maurine walks in.

"Um… Good morning, Aria."

Greet your friend, ask her if has an idea on what to dress Abbey.

I assume she's in on the dare still, as her face is in a permanent blush.

Greet warmly, offer breakfast and drink and chair.

Oh and we did a little research on your world while you were asleep I suppose you could say, we've learned that it's Drastically different from what we expected at all which could explain a bit of culture shock for us as we were discussing "horror" films.

well Maurine is up so might as well greet her and let her now about the cookies. Guessing she's a bit flustered about the dare so just try and distract with other things. Oh and a tip about going commando, probably shouldn't wear a dress or skirt encase of an up draft or something less you give someone a free show.

Oh and how long do these challenges your moms get take? No real reason just curious is all.

Okay, first question: what are you going to do today? Self-imposed homework may be boring, but you want to be a champion, so you may as well get started.

How about some training? You're going to need physical skills to get an edge in power-based battles.

I suggest you practice flying, close-quarters combat (without powers) and climbing stairs (with phase powers so you don't get hurt).

Aria 2014/11/08(Sat)16:17 No. 600810 ID: a32d59
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>Oh and a tip about going commando, probably shouldn't wear a dress or skirt encase of an up draft or something less you give someone a free show. 

Yeah, maybe I'll change into some pants before I go anywhere. Um, oh right, I'm doing the dares. …Do they pick out what clothes I get to wear or what? I think I'm wearing one of Maurine's outfits either way though?

I still dunno if I can battle today anyway, though. Maybe I could talk them into letting me wear undies for battles since I'm kinda just doing all this to be nice anyway?

>I assume she's in on the dare still, as her face is in a permanent blush. 

Yeah, she's probably still all flustered cause' she can't wear any underwear. Maybe I should go easy on her on the dare, but I dunno. Maybe I'll pick out pants for her, but I'm not sure if she even has any. She really likes her dresses. Maybe some tights, but would those count as underwear…?

>How about some training? You're going to need physical skills to get an edge in power-based battles.

>I suggest you practice flying, close-quarters combat (without powers) and climbing stairs (with phase powers so you don't get hurt).

Hmmm… yeah, maybe I'll do that before we go out and do anything today. Sounds like it would kinda be a pain though.

I've gotta register today anyway, so maybe I could just challenge some people at the battle center instead! If I don't just forget to bet again, I could totally get some awesome stuff for it too. Then I could use the stuff I got to challenge Rosa and get the first badge too! Then I'll be on the road to being the champion! Yeah!

>Greet warmly, offer breakfast and drink and chair. 

>well Maurine is up so might as well greet her and let her now about the cookies. Guessing she's a bit flustered about the dare so just try and distract with other things.

I smile at Maurine and say, "Good morning, Maurine! Sleep good? My Moms left us some cookies, but you've gotta eat breakfast first."

Maurine tugs at the hem of her skirt and looks at me, "…Okay. Cookies sound nice."

She sits down at the table next to me and pours some cereal and milk.

"Uh... so I guess once Abbey's up we're going to my house to pick up some of my outfits…?" Maurine asks, pulling on her skirt again and cringing.

"…So… um… what else are we doing today anyway?"

maybe some training, resister like you said, maybe grab a milkshake or something for lunch. Just get a hang of your powers and get the paperwork out of the way then hang out for a bit if you can still walk after training. Not saying we're going to run you ragged but if you do get into a fight today it's kinda hard to guess how much it will take out of you without even knowing who you'd fight.

Wanna give us a tour of your village? Maybe a map at least?

Also, maybe you can check the status of your newly gained rival, Delia on your League Network app(if it can do that of course).

>Sounds like it would kinda be a pain though
no pain no gain. Training first then battles and tournaments. Training is important god dammit and you will not just skip it!

Don't make bets just yet. You could lose something important... erm, what's the range of things you can bet?

Ask your moms before putting your money where your mouth is. They're seasoned vets, so they will have tips on how to gamble on your matches. Remember, betting is a combination of analysis and charisma - the only thing more dangerous than someone who knows what they're doing is someone who can convince his opponent into a state of 'not knowing what they're doing'.

If you want to make chump change bets, just bet everything unnecessary in your pockets - before you forget to take your money out of your clothes.

It's boring, but I'd put preparation before running strait into fights. Especially ones with actual stakes.

>>600872
>Ask your moms before putting your money where your mouth is. They're seasoned vets, so they will have tips on how to gamble on your matches.
unfortunately, they're gone battling, themselves. They did suggest a bit of practice, though, so maybe you could see about taking advantage of your powers to speed up travel.

Aria 2014/11/10(Mon)17:22 No. 601355 ID: a32d59
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>maybe some training, resister like you said, maybe grab a milkshake or something for lunch.

We're eating breakfast right now! It's a little early to talk about lunch. We can think about that later! Gotta get the stuff with the dares done first though!

>Just get a hang of your powers and get the paperwork out of the way then hang out for a bit if you can still walk after training. Not saying we're going to run you ragged but if you do get into a fight today it's kinda hard to guess how much it will take out of you without even knowing who you'd fight.

Don't worry about me getting tired out, I got this!

>no pain no gain. Training first then battles and tournaments. Training is important god dammit and you will not just skip it!

I'll skip that stuff if I want, jerk! I'm plenty good already! I did great against Delia!

Besides, there's no better practice than battling!

>Don't make bets just yet. You could lose something important... erm, what's the range of things you can bet? 

Anything's fair game for betting! I've got my teleport stone, 135 KingBucks, and my Flash Mark. I have my spares, my phone, and the sword my moms gave me but betting that stuff is a stupid idea, unless somebody's got something good enough to risk them for!

>Wanna give us a tour of your village? Maybe a map at least? 
It's a little bigger than a village! More like a town I guess? I dunno if I can give you a map since I don't know everywhere, and there's only so many places I go anyways, but I could always look stuff up if you guys wanna know about stuff. Umm, maybe I could just tell you about some stuff?

>Ask your moms before putting your money where your mouth is. They're seasoned vets, so they will have tips on how to gamble on your matches. Remember, betting is a combination of analysis and charisma - the only thing more dangerous than someone who knows what they're doing is someone who can convince his opponent into a state of 'not knowing what they're doing'. 

Yeah, maybe I'll ask them when they get home! But they'll probably be gone like all day since it's kinda a big thing when they get a challenge since they're the champs and all, so I'm kinda on my own today!

>They did suggest a bit of practice, though, so maybe you could see about taking advantage of your powers to speed up travel.

*sigh* My moms did tell me to practice, huh? Well maybe I could squeeze that in somewhere today, between beating chumps in fights, of course!

>Also, maybe you can check the status of your newly gained rival, Delia on your League Network app(if it can do that of course).

Yeah, I can totally do that! I grab my phone out of my bag and open up the LeagueNet App and check her contact profile.


DELIA Description: League Champ in the making!
Current location: Duskton, Bacon Beard
Likes: Getting Badges, Battling, Training, cute clothes, Bacon Beard
Dislikes: Stupidity, Cabbage, Coffee

(Yesterday): DELIA has posted a status update!
[I have easily beaten the local arena leader (Rosa) and obtained her badge. Victory is sweet.]


Grrrr, she beat Aunt Rosa before me! And she said it wasn't even hard! Now I HAVE to get that badge!

"Um, Aria, are you okay…?"

>Umm, maybe I could just tell you about some stuff?
Okay, what are the local arenas, who's in charge of them? What kinds of shops are there that sell items relating to the battles?
>"Um, Aria, are you okay…?"
...You are glaring spades at your phone.
Is it really that she's glaring spades or is that a reference to kismesisitude?

>>601357
I am homestuck garbage. So yeah, it's an Easter egg/reference.

>Grrrr, she beat Aunt Rosa before me! And she said it wasn't even hard!
That ended in a freaking tie and you baerly won by the skin of your teeth, uh beak. Listen kid, I know you're eager to kick some ass out there but remember, their is always some better out there if you want to be the better someone you're going to have to work for it. Something as big as champion doesn't just fall into your lap. Besides snake chick has been at this longer then you have, and I bet this isn't the first time she's fought your aunt. My advice would be just register train, and try a battle or two today. I mean we have only tried one on one battles and with abby close at hand might as well try a double battle just to get a feel for it. Beyond that I guess we can just come up with stuff as it happens.

If you're going to train by battling, buy cheap clothes in bulk and start fighting non-official matches with random people.

OR you could play the smart route and practice. Watch some matches of people with similar powers to yours. Fight with your friends. Buy clothes in bulk and fly through obstacle courses.

You are not a ditz, you have a good brain and reaction skills to match. Please don't prove your rival right by going into matches stupidly unprepared.

oh! oh! I have the best idea ever, this is going to be funny! hear me out! if Abbey is still asleep, take a marker, and draw a mustache on her nose/mouth thingy. hee hee hee.

all that aside, I know that you can learn new aspects to your powers, but so far, we have seen you gain new skills for fireballs, and intangibility. I wonder if you will discover new aspects to your headvoice powers? it would be nice to help you even more, like maybe the ability to let us talk to your friends!

>I did great against Delia!
You would have done better if half the things you had tried worked. You have skills, and we helped with some good ideas, but if you're not practiced enough to make those maneuvers work, it'll cost you.

>Grrrr, she beat Aunt Rosa before me!
Oh calm down. Your rival always somehow gets to and beats all the gyms before. It's a trope, a genre convention, part of the construction of the narrative Story. You can't stop it, so there's no point in getting mad about it.

...also, if you measure in terms of how long you've been battling, she isn't 'ahead' of you. Check when she registered her profile. You could wait a whole week, even a month, before beating Rosa and it would still have taken you less time to go from starting to your first badge.

>Bacon
That reminds me. I meant to ask, do you know where bacon comes from? Or meat in general? After learning some about how your world works, I expect the answer isn't what we'd expect.

>>601358
Doesn't an easter egg imply some level of obscurity? I'm not sure an open reference / homage / allusion to a work with that much presence qualifies. [/pedantry]

>>601516
>Doesn't an easter egg imply some level of obscurity? I'm not sure an open reference / homage / allusion to a work with that much presence qualifies. [/pedantry]

I stand corrected.

Uplifted 2014/11/16(Sun)21:40 No. 603133 ID: a32d59
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>Okay, what are the local arenas, who's in charge of them? What kinds of shops are there that sell items relating to the battles? 

Ummm, lemme see what I can remember! There's an alchemy shop called Mange's Merges, and Mark shop called Marty's. They do enchantments too since you need marks for that anyway!

Um, there's WeaselWear where I got my new outfit yesterday, and there's Wart's Armory, too!

The closest Arena other than Rosa's that I have enough badges for is Team d20's, and if I wanna take the train there, Robert's Resort is pretty close too.

>all that aside, I know that you can learn new aspects to your powers, but so far, we have seen you gain new skills for fireballs, and intangibility. I wonder if you will discover new aspects to your headvoice powers? it would be nice to help you even more, like maybe the ability to let us talk to your friends!

Hmmmm, maybe? I dunno how I would do that though. I mean it's not like I can really control you guys or anything like that! Do you guys even count as a power like that?

Do you guys have a name…? I can’t just call you guys "you guys" forever!

>>Bacon 
>That reminds me. I meant to ask, do you know where bacon comes from? Or meat in general? After learning some about how your world works, I expect the answer isn't what we'd expect. 

Oh, I think most people who don't have powers that make bacon use sigils for it. They're like these pictures that people make, and they just kinda make stuff appear. I dunno how they work, but Maurine uses them to make her clothes so maybe she knows more…

>...also, if you measure in terms of how long you've been battling, she isn't 'ahead' of you. Check when she registered her profile. You could wait a whole week, even a month, before beating Rosa and it would still have taken you less time to go from starting to your first badge. 

I check her her full profile real quick to check when she made it.

What?! Looks like it's only like a couple months old! And she's got like three badges! I can't even believe this!

>...You are glaring spades at your phone. 

"Aria…?"

She looks really worried about me. Delia just makes me so mad!

"Yeah, yeah, I'm okay. Delia got to Aunt Rosa first and got her badge!"

"Um… that's that girl you fought yesterday, right?

"Yeah! Uuuurgh, she makes me so mad! She thinks she's so great!"

Maurine kinda looks at me like I'm sick. "Um… I'm only saying this because we're really good friends and I'm worried about you… but maybe you're overreacting a little…? It's not healthy to worry so much about what other people are doing so much."

I sigh and take another bite of cereal, "Yeah, maybe you're right."

>Oh calm down. Your rival always somehow gets to and beats all the gyms before. It's a trope, a genre convention, part of the construction of the narrative Story. You can't stop it, so there's no point in getting mad about it. 

Uh, what are you even saying?

>That ended in a freaking tie and you baerly won by the skin of your teeth, uh beak. Listen kid, I know you're eager to kick some ass out there but remember, their is always some better out there if you want to be the better someone you're going to have to work for it. Something as big as champion doesn't just fall into your lap. Besides snake chick has been at this longer then you have, and I bet this isn't the first time she's fought your aunt.

Yeah! I'm gonna work hard and get better and next time I see her I'm gonna kick her butt!

>My advice would be just register train, and try a battle or two today. I mean we have only tried one on one battles and with abby close at hand might as well try a double battle just to get a feel for it. Beyond that I guess we can just come up with stuff as it happens. Something as big as champion doesn't just fall into your lap. Besides snake chick has been at this longer then you have, and I bet this isn't the first time she's fought your aunt.

Maurine smiles and tilts her head a little, "Um, you never answered my question. What are we doing today?"

"Oh! Right! Maybe after we get the clothes from your house we could get some practice in with our powers and go to the battle center get me registered and maybe have some battles with people?"

She blushes even harder than she was. "Ummm… am I going do any of that battle stuff?"

"Hey, you said you'd help out with this stuff!"

"I did…" Maurine sighs as she eats the last bite of her cereal. "But… maybe isn't the best day for it…? With… the dares… and…"

She just kinda trails off and looks down and tugs on her skirt again.

I finish up my cereal too, then smile and shrug, "I dunno, we can talk about all that stuff later!"

>If you're going to train by battling, buy cheap clothes in bulk and start fighting non-official matches with random people. 

Places don't sell stuff like that for some reason! Besides, nobody would take me seriously in some lame outfit!

>OR you could play the smart route and practice. Watch some matches of people with similar powers to yours. Fight with your friends. Buy clothes in bulk and fly through obstacle courses. 

Or maybe I could just do both!

>You are not a ditz, you have a good brain and reaction skills to match. Please don't prove your rival right by going into matches stupidly unprepared.

That's why I gotta battle people! If I don't do battles I can't get more money or marks or stones or stuff like that!

>oh! oh! I have the best idea ever, this is going to be funny! hear me out! if Abbey is still asleep, take a marker, and draw a mustache on her nose/mouth thingy. hee hee hee. 

That sounds hilarious! I have to do that now!

I grin really wide at Maurine. "Anyway, I've got a prank to do!"

"Oh no…" says, putting a hand on her forehead, "Aria, those never end well…"

"Jeez, I'm just gonna draw a mustache on Abbey."

She narrows her eyes at me suspiciously. "Okay… but if it goes really wrong… I warned you…"

We put the bowls and cups and stuff in the sink and go to the living room. I grab a marker out of the end-table drawer next to the couch and sneak upstairs, Maurine tailing right behind me.

I sneak up on her with the marker and draw a curly mustache. Hah, this is amazing! Maurine rolls her eyes at me from the door. Hmmm, so what now, should we wake her up and get on with our day?

>>603133
Yup!

>Oh, I think most people who don't have powers that make bacon use sigils for it.
so people just make bacon appear out of thin air and no one in this world can get seriously hurt by normal means? Yup, this is one of the more innocent worlds I've seen and that is making me very nervous for some reason. Probably just the pessimist in me acting up.

>so what now, should we wake her up and get on with our day?
stash the marker first so it isn't obvious that you just drew on her but yeah might as well start the day. you're going to Maurine's first so she can fit clothes on the two of you right?

>Do you guys have a name…? I can’t just call you guys "you guys" forever!
The Good's Communal Headvoice Assistance Network. T-G-Chan for short. "The Good" being the Good Wizard, of course.
>Uh, what are you even saying?
Traditionally, any prodigy who meets up with somebody they come to hate so early in their career finds that their rival somehow always manages to get to the arenas before them. Traditionally, the prodigy also surpasses the rival before reaching the final championships, or beats them at the championships.
Of course, these "Traditions" may be little more than wives-tales.
>should we wake her up and get on with our day?
No reason not to!

>Hmmmm, maybe? I dunno how I would do that though. I mean it's not like I can really control you guys or anything like that! Do you guys even count as a power like that?

What a shame. Maybe new skills for us are something we voices have to unlock on our own. In fact, I think we may have already unlocked a new aspect! I noticed your world looks a lot more colorful than it did yesterday.

Before you leave, want to wear a hairband? it saved you from a loss during your previous battle (well you didn't win either, but you know...) Your call.

I think it is about time to start kicking ass and chew some bubblegum, and last time I checked you are all out of gum.

Aria 2014/11/18(Tue)00:28 No. 603417 ID: a32d59
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>The Good's Communal Headvoice Assistance Network. T-G-Chan for short.

TGchan? Okay, TGchan, let's get on with the day!

>"The Good" being the Good Wizard, of course.

For somebody who The Good King sent, you guys sure can't get his name right!

>Traditionally, any prodigy who meets up with somebody they come to hate so early in their career finds that their rival somehow always manages to get to the arenas before them. Traditionally, the prodigy also surpasses the rival before reaching the final championships, or beats them at the championships.
Of course, these "Traditions" may be little more than wives-tales.

Oh, okay!

>What a shame. Maybe new skills for us are something we voices have to unlock on our own. In fact, I think we may have already unlocked a new aspect! I noticed your world looks a lot more colorful than it did yesterday.

I learned new stuff about my powers by just kinda trying stuff! I dunno, maybe that'd work for you guys too!

>so people just make bacon appear out of thin air and no one in this world can get seriously hurt by normal means? Yup, this is one of the more innocent worlds I've seen and that is making me very nervous for some reason. Probably just the pessimist in me acting up.

There are places where people can't do that? That's so weird! What's there to be so nervous about anyways?

>>so what now, should we wake her up and get on with our day?
>stash the marker first so it isn't obvious that you just drew on her but yeah might as well start the day. you're going to Maurine's first so she can fit clothes on the two of you right?

Yep, that's right! Well, kinda. I've gotta pick out which of Maurine's outfits Abbey and Maurine have to wear without undies, and I think they maybe pick out which outfit I have to wear like that since I said I'd do the dares too? I don't wanna do it, but if I back out after saying I did Abbey'll never let me live it down. Ugh, battles'll be hard too.

*sigh* Well anyways, it'll make Maurine feel better if I do it too…

I stuff the marker into my bag and turn my attention to Abbey.

"Hey Abbey, wake up!"

"Hhhhmhrg…" She looks at me like she doesn't know which way's up. "…You can't just… let a girl sleep can you."

She rubs her eyes, looks down like she's remembering something, pulls her blanket up, and frowns at me.

"Get out so I can put some clothes on." she says.

>Before you leave, want to wear a hairband? it saved you from a loss during your previous battle (well you didn't win either, but you know...) Your call.

Yeah, it did save me, didn't it? Maybe they're lucky or something…? I'm putting one on anyway.

"Okay! Just lemme grab some stuff real quick first!" I grab a hairband and some pants out of my drawers and join Maurine in the hall.

"So, how long you think it'll take her to notice?"

Maurine rolls her eyes again, but then grins devilishly. "Probably… when we pick out an outfit for her at my house…"

"Anyways, I'm gonna go take a shower, tie up my feathers, and maybe put on some pants…"

Maurine blushes and tugs on her skirt again. "Okay…"

Abbey walks out of my room and raises an eyebrow at me. "Really, Aria? We have to wear skirts and you're just gonna put on some pants? Guess Me and Maurine can handle it better than you, huh?"

Grrrr!

"I can too handle it! I'm just wearing pants today cause they'll look awesome!" I say, glaring at her.

Maurine kinda awkwardly points at the pants. "Um… Those pants really don't match your outfit…"

"Yeah, sure Aria. I'm gonna go get some breakfast."

"Uugh! Fine!"

I thrust the pants into her tentacles and run off to the bathroom.

I take a shower, then I put my headfeathers into a ponytail and put my clothes back on. Ah, I feel refreshed!

>I think it is about time to start kicking ass and chew some bubblegum, and last time I checked you are all out of gum.

Eh, not yet!

When I come down, everybody's finished with breakfast and ready to go. Heh, Abbey's still got the mustache.

>What's there to be so nervous about anyways?
oh nothing much, it's just when we get called in something bad is about to happen,is happening, or has happened and we have to prevent it, stop it, and/or fix it. Not saying this is always the case but I usually just assume the worst until proven otherwise.

>For somebody who The Good King sent, you guys sure can't get his name right!
Names are irrelevant Jackie, now grab Alex and Chris once they're done eating and lets head over to play dress up!

>I can too handle it! I'm just wearing pants today cause they'll look awesome!
We REALLY got to work on your temper, if an opponent figures out that you're a short fuse they might just keep taunting you so you'll screw up letting them nab an easy win. Plus remember one thing whenever Abby is being a butt, nobody else has a mustache on there face so you win by default.

>For somebody who The Good King sent, you guys sure can't get his name right!
Give us a break, we don't sleep the same way you do!
Honestly, I'm fairly certain we're both oversleeping and undersleeping at the same time.
>What's there to be so nervous about anyways?
The Bad King. I mean, I know he's supposed to be fictional, but hey, what is paranoia if not irrational worry?
>Names are irrelevant Jackie, now grab Alex and Chris once they're done eating and lets head over to play dress up!
Ah, the loopiness of somebody who has yet to even go to sleep!
Or somebody who just wants to be plain old silly, but that's just plain old silly.

Essentially, all of us are rather sort of quirky and we will have some odd thoughts and questions because most of us are quite different from each other.

Also this was a glorious prank, it's rather hilarious to see her walking around with that, play innocent about it.

suggestion 2014/11/18(Tue)08:22 No. 603477 ID: 6cb462
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>I learned new stuff about my powers by just kinda trying stuff! I dunno, maybe that'd work for you guys too!

Okay, let me try this then. I am going to attempt to show you an animated picture of a dancing piece of bacon that I hastily made. Let me know if you see anything at all, even if it is a blur. Try closing your eyes if you have to. If this works, we may be able to give you a visual aid in battles or other situations.

[scan all close allies]
[activate background music]
[move control to Maurine]

>That's so weird! What's there to be so nervous about anyways?
An awareness of balance. If something seems too good to be true, if often is. There are catches, or costs to seeming good fortune. As advisers and strategists, we get suspicious when things seem too easy, or go too right.

If you want context though: remember how easy it is to cut through or chew through a piece of bacon? Imagine a wold where the stuff people were made of wasn't any tougher.

Maybe we're just being paranoid, but maybe you can see how we got that way.

>how long you think it'll take her to notice?
Until she looks in a mirror. If she skips brushing her teeth, it'll be her own fault when she misses the mustache.

>>603477
I am the bacon man.
Bring all the pork I can.
To all the little kids down the row.
Clogging their arteries.
With all my MSGs.
Then they'll all die.
At the age of eight.

Aria 2014/11/20(Thu)22:59 No. 604093 ID: a32d59
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>Okay, let me try this then. I am going to attempt to show you an animated picture of a dancing piece of bacon that I hastily made. Let me know if you see anything at all, even if it is a blur. Try closing your eyes if you have to. If this works, we may be able to give you a visual aid in battles or other situations.

Heh, dancing bacon! That's really silly!

What kinda stuff would you show me in battles, anyway?

>I am the bacon man.
>Bring all the pork I can.
>To all the little kids down the row.
>Clogging their arteries.
>With all my MSGs.
>Then they'll all die.
>At the age of eight.

Ummmm… what?

>We REALLY got to work on your temper, if an opponent figures out that you're a short fuse they might just keep taunting you so you'll screw up letting them nab an easy win.

*sigh* Yeah, maybe...

>Plus remember one thing whenever Abby is being a butt, nobody else has a mustache on there face so you win by default.

That’s right! I'll just remember that I got her with the mustache. Hahahaha!

>Give us a break, we don't sleep the same way you do!
>Honestly, I'm fairly certain we're both oversleeping and undersleeping at the same time.

Wow, that sounds like it really sucks! Sorry you guys can't sleep right. I'll be less of a jerk about it if you forget stuff!

>The Bad King. I mean, I know he's supposed to be fictional, but hey, what is paranoia if not irrational worry?

Yep! He's super fake though.

>>That's so weird! What's there to be so nervous about anyways?
>An awareness of balance. If something seems too good to be true, if often is. There are catches, or costs to seeming good fortune. As advisers and strategists, we get suspicious when things seem too easy, or go too right.

Oh, okay!

>If you want context though: remember how easy it is to cut through or chew through a piece of bacon? Imagine a wold where the stuff people were made of wasn't any tougher.

People here are like that too though, sometimes. So everybody's like that in your world? Jeez, you guys must have to put people back together a lot!

>Maybe we're just being paranoid, but maybe you can see how we got that way.

Um, because sometimes you have to put yourselves back together…?

>>how long you think it'll take her to notice?
>Until she looks in a mirror. If she skips brushing her teeth, it'll be her own fault when she misses the mustache.

Abbey doesn't have to brush her teeth cause she doesn't have any! I think she's got like a beak or something.

>Essentially, all of us are rather sort of quirky and we will have some odd thoughts and questions because most of us are quite different from each other.

Yeah, I know! You guys are kinda super-weird.

>Also this was a glorious prank, it's rather hilarious to see her walking around with that, play innocent about it.

I know, right? Let's keep this going as long as we can!


>[scan all close allies]
[Current Party:]
- [Aria] (core host)
- [Maurine]
- [Abbey]

>[activate background music]
[Resource not found!]


>Names are irrelevant Jackie, now grab Alex and Chris once they're done eating and lets head over to play dress up!

They're already done with breakfast, Tommy!

I wave at them and…

Maurine 2014/11/20(Thu)23:00 No. 604094 ID: a32d59
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>[move control to Maurine]

[Acceptable consensus received. Shifting perspective to Maurine]
[Perspective shift duration remaining: 2 updates]

…Aria waves at me and says it's time to go. We step outside and… I feel a draft under my skirt. I pull it down but it isn't enough at all. I start walking Aria and Abbey to my house and I can feel my skirt rubbing against my naked... This is so embarrassing!

…Why did I ever agree to this…? Right, because Abbey made me angry and I wanted to teach her a lesson.

…This is so stupid!

>>604094
SUP G WE IN YO HEAD NOW

>>604096
Dude, your gonna scare the poor thing.

Anyway, hi, we are tgchan, the voices of Aria's head. We were trying out some things like showing Aria pictures and stuff and somehow ended up in your head.

Feel free to let Aria know that we hanging out with you for a bit so she doesn't get confused of where we went and that we will be back shortly.

Strange, I thought you did it because it was something Aria wanted.

OH MY GOD WE CAN SWITCH PEOPLE!

oh... sorry that must have been rude just popping into your head and then shouting like that, sorry but I didn't know we could do this so I let the surprise get to me. Anyways we are the head voices that until just now where stuck in Aria's head. Also don't worry we seem to be on a time limit and are going to be pulled back to Aria shortly so we won't be with you to long.

Oh and can you please let Aria know we jumped ship so she doesn't think we are ignoring her. Also to answer one of her questions she asked before we stumbled over to you is that no we don't put people back together where we come from, once they, uh, fall to pieces they're gone for good.

I have found the POWER!
Anyway hello there, we mean you no harm. You are not going crazy in fact if you ask Aria she can confirm we exist. If that still unsettles you just know that we are here to help.

>Sorry you guys can't sleep right. I'll be less of a jerk about it if you forget stuff!
Well, further into the day it gets, the more we should wake up proper. So if we're making silly statements late in the evening, that's all on us, not our sleep schedule.
>Jeez, you guys must have to put people back together a lot!
People actually avoid fighting a lot because of it. If anybody purposefully goes and chops a person up, they end up in huge trouble, because it's actually pretty hard to put a person back together. Not "Very" hard, just pretty hard, sort of like if you had a jigsaw puzzle but instead of having the bumps and dips to connect pieces, they were all square, and you had to figure out where it all went anyways.
>Um, because sometimes you have to put yourselves back together…?
Networks can fall apart pretty easily, yeah.
>I think she's got like a beak or something.
Don't you still have to brush beaks? It'd be horrible to get a cavity in it.
>…Why did I ever agree to this…? Right, because Abbey made me angry and I wanted to teach her a lesson.
And Aria wanted to make sure you were doing okay, so she sent us over. Or, well, we sent ourselves over and she let us go. Hey, at least you got a long skirt, so people aren't going to notice unless... Er, well, unless you go into a battle, right? Heh. Yeah.

BILL MURRAY!

[to Aria]
[(if we can't pm from a different character, just put this message in the queue for when we get back)]
>Um, because sometimes you have to put yourselves back together…?
...because a lot of things, once broke can't be put back the way they were before. Or at all, sometimes. Permanence is scary.

[to Maurine]
>This is so stupid!
Yup! But you guys largely seem to find fun in these clothes removal games in one way or another and we're not ones to judge.

Hello, by the way. We're Aria's voices. We were experimenting, and just found out we can jump to her friends. Sorry for the sudden intrusion, didn't mean to be rude.

Maurine 2014/11/26(Wed)03:48 No. 605744 ID: a32d59
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>>Um, because sometimes you have to put yourselves back together…?
>...because a lot of things, once broke can't be put back the way they were before. Or at all, sometimes. Permanence is scary.

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>SUP G WE IN YO HEAD NOW

>OH MY GOD WE CAN SWITCH PEOPLE!

>BILL MURRAY!

*gasp*

>oh... sorry that must have been rude just popping into your head and then shouting like that, sorry but I didn't know we could do this so I let the surprise get to me. Anyways we are the head voices that until just now where stuck in Aria's head. Also don't worry we seem to be on a time limit and are going to be pulled back to Aria shortly so we won't be with you to long.

>Oh and can you please let Aria know we jumped ship so she doesn't think we are ignoring her. Also to answer one of her questions she asked before we stumbled over to you is that no we don't put people back together where we come from, once they, uh, fall to pieces they're gone for good.

I turn stop walking and turn to Aria, "Ah-Aria! T-there are voices in my head saying they c-came from your head…"

She just smiles and says, "Oh, that's where TGchan went! I was wondering why they were so quiet all of a sudden! Are they gonna be back soon?"

Oh king how can she this calm about this…? There are voices in my head!

"Y-yes. They said they were on a t-time limit and they'll be back soon."

"Oh, okay! I'm sure you'll like them. They're really cool!"

Aria just keep walking like we were just discussing the weather. I, um, follow her, I guess.

Abbey speaks up, "Your headvoices can hop to other people?! Awesome!"

"I know, right!"

Um… she did say something about you earlier…

Ummmm… Uh… nice to meet you, TGchan…

Maurine 2014/11/26(Wed)03:49 No. 605745 ID: a32d59
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>Anyway hello there, we mean you no harm. You are not going crazy in fact if you ask Aria she can confirm we exist. If that still unsettles you just know that we are here to help.

…What could you possibly help me with…?

>>This is so stupid!
>Yup! But you guys largely seem to find fun in these clothes removal games in one way or another and we're not ones to judge.

O-oh… you heard all that… didn't you? I don't think those games are fun at all… What's so fun about… exposing myself like that just for some game…? It's just s-so… awkward and uncomfortable…

And… and battles are worse! Destroying perfectly good clothes just to k-keep score? All of the outfits are so pretty, too! Why…!?

>Strange, I thought you did it because it was something Aria wanted.

Yeah, I did agree to play the s-strip games because Aria wanted me to… and it was her birthday and everything…

But I started the dares because I was angry at Abbey…

…If I didn't dare Abbey I wouldn't have had to be naked all night, and I wouldn't have to wear nothing but a knee-length dress, my bow, and some sandals today…

Aria's doing it too though, and her skirt's shorter than mine and… never mind… never mind!

But she didn't even have to, but she's doing it just to make me feel a little bit better…

>Hey, at least you got a long skirt, so people aren't going to notice unless...

Oh no oh no some people are walking by. Are they staring at me, oh king I think they're staring at me. I yank down on my skirt again and try really hard to just stare at the sidewalk. I must look so clumsy and awkward…

Ugh… Maurine, pull yourself together! You can do this…!

>Er, well, unless you go into a battle, right? Heh. Yeah.

She did say she wanted to battle today…! Oh no, if she wants me to go into a team battle or a double battle with her…

I… I promised Aria I would if she asked, so I will no matter how uncomfortable it makes me!

Well Aria wouldn't leave ya behind Maurine, I mean she is partially doing it out of empathy, but it's mostly because you are her friend, if she really wasn't okay with it she wouldn't be doing it in the first place, doesn't bother her too much to sacrifice a little when you yourself are doing something you are vastly uncomfortable with.

We typically provide advice, we've been doing it lately for Aria's battling and assisting her in learning new moves as well as keeping her head cooler when she starts getting mad and/or hotheaded.

It was certainly nice meeting you though, glad to have jumped to you somehow.

You may want to tell Aria that you have a problem with battling. Just don't push the issue yet, she's pretty excited about her next battle. Also, she has the unfortunate desire to just power through the tournaments without training. Can you help her learn the importance of bettering herself? Studying and training might also support your viewpoint of battles.

Also, is there anything you want to do today? We could come up with a schedule or a plan.

>Destroying perfectly good clothes just to k-keep score? All of the outfits are so pretty, too! Why…!?
Ah. Well, if you're bothered by someone who takes clothes seriously, and makes them herself, I can get being bothered by their destruction.

Think of it this way, though. The large scale destruction of clothes creates a much higher demand than there would be otherwise. This gives creators and designs and opportunity to make a lot more. More opportunity to make a living, and to be creative, too. At the price of clothes becoming more of a temporary Buddhist mandala.

>Oh no oh no some people are walking by. Are they staring at me, oh king I think they're staring at me.
Honestly, if they're staring, it's because your expression screams uncomfortable, and you're yanking at your skirt, there. If you'd stop broadcasting that something was wrong, they wouldn't know!

>doing things you're uncomfortable with
Look, there's nothing wrong with pushing yourself, if you want to. Or trying to help Aria on this crazy league challenge thing she's so gung-ho about. But please don't feel like you have to do things that make you uncomfortable in order to fit in with your friends, or anything else, okay? It's okay to be yourself, and to feel the way you do.

I get the feeling you don't get told that, much or at all, considering how we've seen everyone else here acting around this stuff.

So yeah we are about to leave, but don't worry too much. I know that is a lot to ask but try to believe good things will happen. Also you are a good friend, thanks for all your help in this adventure to come!

So you think Aria's butt is cute? You two could probably date if you wanted.

Maurine 2014/12/05(Fri)05:43 No. 609086 ID: a32d59
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[Reverting back to core host on next update, all suggestions will be routed to her, and all queued suggestions will be sent unless cancelled.]

>So you think Aria's butt is cute? You two could probably date if you wanted.

W-what?! I… I never said that! I was just… um… worried…

Besides… I think she could do a lot better than… me…

>Well Aria wouldn't leave ya behind Maurine, I mean she is partially doing it out of empathy, but it's mostly because you are her friend, if she really wasn't okay with it she wouldn't be doing it in the first place, doesn't bother her too much to sacrifice a little when you yourself are doing something you are vastly uncomfortable with.

…That's really kind of her.

>We typically provide advice, we've been doing it lately for Aria's battling and assisting her in learning new moves as well as keeping her head cooler when she starts getting mad and/or hotheaded.

Um… yes… I think… you're doing her a lot of good.

>It was certainly nice meeting you though, glad to have jumped to you somehow.

…It was nice to meet you too.

>You may want to tell Aria that you have a problem with battling. Just don't push the issue yet, she's pretty excited about her next battle. Also, she has the unfortunate desire to just power through the tournaments without training. Can you help her learn the importance of bettering herself? Studying and training might also support your viewpoint of battles.

I can try to talk to her… but it's hard to get her to do anything in any other way but how she wants to… Aria's really headstrong.

>Also, is there anything you want to do today? We could come up with a schedule or a plan.

…I'm running out of paper and mark chalk for my sigils, so maybe a trip to the enchantment shop…? Then… then maybe I'll design some new dresses.

>>Destroying perfectly good clothes just to k-keep score? All of the outfits are so pretty, too! Why…!?

>Ah. Well, if you're bothered by someone who takes clothes seriously, and makes them herself, I can get being bothered by their destruction.

>Think of it this way, though. The large scale destruction of clothes creates a much higher demand than there would be otherwise. This gives creators and designs and opportunity to make a lot more. More opportunity to make a living, and to be creative, too. At the price of clothes becoming more of a temporary Buddhist mandala.

Mandala… like those designs they make out of colored sand over in Spooksville…?

I've… never really thought about it that way. It's still sad to see such pretty clothes getting destroyed though…

>>Oh no oh no some people are walking by. Are they staring at me, oh king I think they're staring at me.
>Honestly, if they're staring, it's because your expression screams uncomfortable, and you're yanking at your skirt, there. If you'd stop broadcasting that something was wrong, they wouldn't know!

…You're right…

…It's so hard to just act like everything's normal, though…

>Look, there's nothing wrong with pushing yourself, if you want to. Or trying to help Aria on this crazy league challenge thing she's so gung-ho about. But please don't feel like you have to do things that make you uncomfortable in order to fit in with your friends, or anything else, okay? It's okay to be yourself, and to feel the way you do.

I… I'm not sure what to say…

um… thanks…

But… I gave Aria my word that I would help her… s-so I will.

>I get the feeling you don't get told that, much or at all, considering how we've seen everyone else here acting around this stuff.

No… I don't…

Um… oh… looks like we just made it to my house. Oh king, what did they do to it now… Why…? Why stripes?

>So yeah we are about to leave, but don't worry too much. I know that is a lot to ask but try to believe good things will happen. Also you are a good friend, thanks for all your help in this adventure to come!

Oh… alright… I'll try not to worry. Th… thank you.

Be good to Aria… okay…?

Something tells me her home isn't supposed to have multi-colored stripes running down it.

Pff, we got so focused on the interpersonal stuff, we forgot to ask about your powers.

Bye, Maurine. We're switching back. We'll talk again sometime later, okay?

>Be good to Aria… okay…?
No worries.

>why stripes?
So... they redecorate often, then?

>swap back
Hello again, Aria.

>Oh king, what did they do to it now… Why…? Why stripes?
eh, I've seen worse

Hey Aria, enjoying the quite walk? So quick question, do Maurine's folks repaint the house a lot? from what we picked up from Maurine it kinda sounded like they do.

Oh, wow, that is a very... interesting looking house.
What's that sign supposed to show? A hammer and a sword?
That makes me think, actually. As powerful as your sword is, your mark didn't get much use, think you should maybe get some other marks?

Aria 2014/12/07(Sun)09:40 No. 609746 ID: a32d59
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>Hello again, Aria.

Hi TGchan! Have fun with Maurine?

>>Be good to Aria… okay…?
>No worries.

…What were you guys talking about, anyways? Maurine looked kinda… intense.

>Something tells me her home isn't supposed to have multi-colored stripes running down it.

>>why stripes?
>So... they redecorate often, then?

>Hey Aria, enjoying the quite walk? So quick question, do Maurine's folks repaint the house a lot? from what we picked up from Maurine it kinda sounded like they do.

Yep, the redecorate the outside of their house every few weeks! Maurine complains about it all the time. They did it sooner than they usually do, though. I wonder what's up with that…

>>Um, because sometimes you have to put yourselves back together…?
>...because a lot of things, once broke can't be put back the way they were before. Or at all, sometimes. Permanence is scary.

Oh, this again! Ummm, we can't always put stuff back together either…

>What's that sign supposed to show? A hammer and a sword?

Yep, those are her Dads' favorite weapons, so they made it the logo for their workshop!

>That makes me think, actually. As powerful as your sword is, your mark didn't get much use, think you should maybe get some other marks?

Maybe I should! Hmmm, maybe before we go battling we could get some marks from Marty's?

Abbey starts laughing, "Ahahahaha, Maurine, your Dads are a trip!"

Maurine shoots a quick glare at Abbey, but then just kinda smiles sweetly, "…Lets go inside… I know you're looking forward to trying on one of the really pretty outfits I designed for you…"

Abbey grumbles and starts for the door, and we follow closely behind.

Maurine's little sister, Marcy, jumps us at the door, and gives Maurine a huge hug.

"Mari, Mari! I missed you soooooooo much!"

Oh king they're so adorable, I can't even deal.

"…I missed you too…", Maurine says, pulling out of the hug and kissing her on the forehead. "Um… so… why did Dad and Father repaint this time…"

"Ooooooh, you won't even guess who we're having for dinner tonight! Go on, guess!"

"…um… Wart…?"

"Naaaaah, it's Cher Nobel!"

We all yell at the same time, "What?!"

>What were you guys talking about, anyways?
Nothing much!

Let's not be mind reading creepers relaying other people's thoughts and insecurities to each other.

>tiny fish bird
Hehe. House of chimeras.

>Cher Nobel
Ask why she's coming over.

And please try to resist the crazy impulse to battle her right off the bat I'm sure you're having right about now.

Aria, imagine if your leg fell off, and then you could never, ever replace it. For the rest of your life, you'd only be able to get around in a wheel chair or crutches, your leg stump would feel constant, dull pain, and you couldn't ever fix it. That happens in our world to people.

>>609746
But people can always get put back together? Or do they just deal with not being all in one piece?

>Maurine's little sister, Marcy, jumps us at the door, and gives Maurine a huge hug.
>Oh king they're so adorable, I can't even deal.
Agreed. Marcy is so adorable I can't even.

>>609758
While that does happen, we've invented false-legs that work in the missing leg's place. The person has to learn to use the new leg, since it works a little differently, but once they figure it out, it works almost as good as, or in some cases, exactly as good as their old leg. Except for the whole lacking any sense of feeling.

>>609760
>>609766
That assumes what's wrong is a simple as a missing piece that can be replaced.

All too often, when 'people need to be put back together' we don't have a way to fix what broke. Or we don't get there in time.

Long story short, the point we're trying to make is we're used to the idea of poor choices having permanent, life-altering consequences.

>Cher Noble
huh, didn't think Maurine's folks would have known someone that high up the pecking order, do all three of you have famous parents? I mean you're moms are the tag team champions, Maurine's folks seem to know a powerful business women, what about Abby's folks?

Also yes Maurine's sister is adorable as hell, and has a interesting mix of creatures. So is she really a flying fish or are the wings only for show?

I am assuming Cher Noble is the one that is challenging your moms.

Aria 2014/12/10(Wed)05:00 No. 610451 ID: a32d59
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>But people can always get put back together? Or do they just deal with not being all in one piece?

Nah, you can always put them back together! Anybody who falls apart is made of something soft or stitched together or something anyways. Stuff, on the other hand…

>That assumes what's wrong is a simple as a missing piece that can be replaced.
>All too often, when 'people need to be put back together' we don't have a way to fix what broke. Or we don't get there in time.
>Long story short, the point we're trying to make is we're used to the idea of poor choices having permanent, life-altering consequences.

>Aria, imagine if your leg fell off, and then you could never, ever replace it. For the rest of your life, you'd only be able to get around in a wheel chair or crutches, your leg stump would feel constant, dull pain, and you couldn't ever fix it. That happens in our world to people.

That sounds like it really sucks… sorry about that…

>While that does happen, we've invented false-legs that work in the missing leg's place. The person has to learn to use the new leg, since it works a little differently, but once they figure it out, it works almost as good as, or in some cases, exactly as good as their old leg. Except for the whole lacking any sense of feeling.

Sounds like the robot parts some people get if they don't have arms or legs or something.

So… you guys are from some other world… right? What is that even like…?

>>Maurine's little sister, Marcy, jumps us at the door, and gives Maurine a huge hug.
>>Oh king they're so adorable, I can't even deal.
>Agreed. Marcy is so adorable I can't even.

I know, right?!

>>What were you guys talking about, anyways?
>Nothing much!

Oh, okay! It sounded like something though…

>>tiny fish bird
>Hehe. House of chimeras.

Eh, not everybody's a chimera. Maurine's big sister is a Zebra, and one of her Dads is a mosquito!

>I am assuming Cher Noble is the one that is challenging your moms.

But… she's already the singles champ. Can she even challenge other leaders…?

>And please try to resist the crazy impulse to battle her right off the bat I'm sure you're having right about now.

Ha… aha… ha… I wasn't thinking about doing that at all!

>>Cher Nobel
>Ask why she's coming over.

"Why is Cher Nobel coming here anyway…?" I ask, still kinda shocked.

Marcy grins at me and waves her arms vaguely, "Father says it's businessy stuff!"

Maurine looks over at me and says "Um… she probably wants to make to make some sort of deal with them… she probably wants them to make weapons based on her sigil configs, and take a cut of the profits."

Maurine looks like she just realized something, then sighs.

Before I can ask her what's up, I hear somebody burst into the room, "Bingo! Nobel wants to make some mad cash off our leet weapons making skills."

Oh King, it's Rufus. What a brat!

"…Right on cue…" Maurine mutters

He gives Maurine a dirty look, and then smirks smugly with his stupid toothy mouth, "Well, for those of us who actually make weapons."

Grrrrr… I swear if he weren't like thirteen, I would burn that stupid grin right off his face!

She looks at him, trying to fake a smile, and says "I'll make what I please..."

Rufus laughs at her and says, "Heh, not like anything you make won't get torn to shreds anyway!"

Maurine's smile breaks, and now she just looks really sad and angry. She starts to say something, but Abbey interrupts.

She leans forward and puts her tentacles up, "You little shit!"

Rufus stares at her for a second in disbelief, then dies laughing, "Hahaha! Hahahaha… Nice… haha.. Moustache… heh… Somebody… ahahahaha… got you good…!"

"Moustache?", Abbey rubs a tentacle on her mouth, and looks at the ink smeared on it. "Well shit."

Ignore him and read up on crafting. You should learn how weapons are made so that you know how to fight with them.

The urge to make him eat his own hair is very strong. Trip him, trip him something good!

Wow, how dumb is this guy? Even if clothes get torn up, it's done in front of large audiences. Everybody watches the fights. And the fights don't go on every second of the day, people go about their normal business, such as making weapons or marks or whatever else, and their clients will see the clothes, and figure out just how talented Maurine is.

>Oh, okay! It sounded like something though…
Sorry. It just feels kind of weird for us to talk about. Like, something someone says in their own head kind of feels like it's supposed to be private?

>Heh, not like anything you make won't get torn to shreds anyway!
Weapons are useful and all, but you couldn't even have clothing battles if someone wasn't making clothing for them! If Maurine or someone like her didn't make 'em, he'd be out of business.

ok so this guy seems to crave attention. may advice, ignore him and everything he does. If he answers a question or just talk in general pretend you never even heard him, if he tries to grab you or something just pretend you got stuck on something. If he wants attention just pretend he doesn't exist, ignore ever action he makes, disregard everything he says and he'll either get pissed, leave or both. The worst thing you can do to an attention whore is to ignore everything they do and starve them of the attention they seek.

>So… you guys are from some other world… right? What is that even like…?
well the people are only one species so clothing can easily be massed produced, individual grudges are usually settled in some way outside of a fight or if it does turn into a fight the goal is to beat the other guy by usually knocking out the other fighter not removing there clothes. Oh and a lot of other crap that would take all day to explain since there is a lot of crap to cover. Both good and bad, stories that would make you feel all warm and fuzzy for days to stories that would make you have be afraid to sleep at night and everything in-between.

>>610451
Could you challenge him to a battle?

Ignore fuzzy for a moment, what weapon would warrant the visit of a powerful player? Maybe you should look for it, see what it could be or you can help dress up abbey. Either way leave the kid be, he is young stupid and really not worth the time.

Aria 2014/12/12(Fri)05:34 No. 610898 ID: a32d59
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>Sorry. It just feels kind of weird for us to talk about. Like, something someone says in their own head kind of feels like it's supposed to be private? 

Okay! I was just kinda curious.

>Ignore him and read up on crafting. You should learn how weapons are made so that you know how to fight with them.

Um… I dunno if that'll help… That'd be like learning to put together a car just so you can ride in it…

Anyways, learning how to make sigils for even like one kind of thing takes like… years.

>ok so this guy seems to crave attention. may advice, ignore him and everything he does. If he answers a question or just talk in general pretend you never even heard him, if he tries to grab you or something just pretend you got stuck on something. If he wants attention just pretend he doesn't exist, ignore ever action he makes, disregard everything he says and he'll either get pissed, leave or both. The worst thing you can do to an attention whore is to ignore everything they do and starve them of the attention they seek. 

Um, he's Maurine's little brother. That'd be kinda hard to do…

>>So… you guys are from some other world… right? What is that even like…? 
>well the people are only one species so clothing can easily be massed produced, individual grudges are usually settled in some way outside of a fight or if it does turn into a fight the goal is to beat the other guy by usually knocking out the other fighter not removing there clothes.

So You're all, like, exactly the same? That sounds so… boring. How do you guys even tell each other apart?

Jeez, how hard do you have to be hitting each other to knock each other out? That sounds really kinda rough. Why not just use clothes to keep score like we do…?

>Oh and a lot of other crap that would take all day to explain since there is a lot of crap to cover. Both good and bad, stories that would make you feel all warm and fuzzy for days to stories that would make you have be afraid to sleep at night and everything in-between.

That sounds really crazy!

>Could you challenge him to a battle?

Nope! Since he doesn't have any powers yet, mine won't work on him! That's just kinda how it works. Besides, he's just a kid anyways.

>The urge to make him eat his own hair is very strong. Trip him, trip him something good!

I totally would, but he's standing way too far away! I should when I get the chance though…

>>Heh, not like anything you make won't get torn to shreds anyway! 
>Weapons are useful and all, but you couldn't even have clothing battles if someone wasn't making clothing for them! If Maurine or someone like her didn't make 'em, he'd be out of business.

>Wow, how dumb is this guy? Even if clothes get torn up, it's done in front of large audiences. Everybody watches the fights. And the fights don't go on every second of the day, people go about their normal business, such as making weapons or marks or whatever else, and their clients will see the clothes, and figure out just how talented Maurine is.

Yeah, about that!

"Hey Jerkface! If nobody made any clothes in the first place, nobody'd want your stupid weapons anyway! And people wear cute clothes all the time when they're not battling anyways. Maurine's clothes are great!"

Rufus just sorta shugs, "Yeah, whatever. Nobody cares. Frilly outfits are stupid. I'm gonna go make some badass chainsaw swords or something."

"Yeah, you'd better go!" Abbey hisses at him.

"Whatever, Mustachio." He says, turning back and starting to leave, but stopping to give one more leering glance at Maurine. "Father just wants you to know that you are 'required for dinner'. Oh, and Aria's invited too. Something about her being a champ's daughter or something. Well, I'm out."

Rufus left. Good riddance.

Maurine manages a smile and blushes, "…Thanks, Aria. He… um… has some growing up to do…"

She stops for a second, and blushes harder. "Um… so I guess we should go to my room and pick out some outfits, huh…"

"This was you, wasn't it." Abbey says to me, pointing to her Moustache.

I kinda grin nervously, "Yeah…"

She grins and bursts out laughing. "Hahahaha! Wicked! You got me good! I'll get you back though. This means war! Prank war!"

Oh Jeez. What have I gotten myself into.

"I'm gonna go wash this off, you two go play dressup without me.", she points at me and winks. "Hehehe, better watch your back though!"

I start following Maurine to her room. She still looks really down, and she's blushing again… I think she just remembered her dare too…

"…I really do this your clothes are great." I say, as we walk into her room.

"Thanks…" she says, forcing another smile. Rufus is such a jerk!

It's really neat in here. She's got all kinds of clothing designs pinned to the walls, she's got a bunch of sketchbooks piled up next to her bed.

She looks at her closet for a second, then shakes her head. She spots some blank sigil paper on her desk and beams at me. Then she runs over to her desk, grabs some mark chalk, some blank sigil paper, and one of her sketchpads.x

"It'll take a couple hours to make them… but it's still pretty early in the day…" She sits down on her bed, flips her sketchpad open, and pulls out a pencil, "Can we… make something new, Aria?"

Eh, the battles can wait a little! This might really cheer her up. "Yeah, let's do it!"

Maurine smiles and sketches out some quick pictures of Me, her, and Abbey.

She chuckles to herself, "Let's make Abbey's extra cute…"

You all know the drill. Pick what Aria suggests to Maurine. Feel free to describe if you can't draw.

>what's that like
Oh. Well, we look sort of like how the Good King does, if you've even seen an image of him.

>So You're all, like, exactly the same?
Haha, no. We don't have the range of physical variation you guys do, but we still vary. People come in different colors, with different faces, different hair, different heights, different builds, different voices... we just don't come with optional tails / wings / snake bodies with 50 tits, etc.

I mean, you can imagine another bird-person who doesn't look exactly like you, can't you? Changes don't have to be big to make something unique.

>Why not just use clothes to keep score like we do…?
We do have competitive games that keep score, if that's the kind of 'fight' you mean.

Throwing damage around to destroy clothes isn't really an option though. Using swords or fireballs or bullets or whatever to destroy clothes is going to hurt the person underneath! They'd be cut, burnt, shot, etc. So it doesn't work as a safe or friendly game in our world.

Might work with two people standing there just tearing clothes off each other, but that's not quite the same thing.

>Why not just use clothes to keep score like we do…?
remember back when we saw that fight will Noble? when she used her gun with exploding rounds to remove that guys clothes? Yeah if you tried that where we come from the person that was shot would resemble chunky salsa instead of a person after that little stunt. And back home while we do have doctors there's only so much modern medicine can do so the "put them back together" option you guys have does work back home. We're not as durable as you guys and aren't very easy to fix so fighting as a whole is usually frowned upon. Of course we have sports and other things for entreatment so we usually just focus on stuff like that. Not to say fights don't happen but like I said outside of wars usually the goal is just to knock the other guy out or at least be in better shape when the fight stops.

>clothes
hmm, well you are planning on fighting later today so I would have to say something that doesn't really restrict your movement but your also going to meet Noble later today so it should probably look nice as well. How about a sleeveless dress that hugs your form, something that only goes down to your ankles so you don't have to worry about tripping on it and still long enough that nobody will be able to see up your dress. Maybe make it out of silk but that's really the only material I know of to make clothes other then cotton. Also tempted to see if Maurine can put a little flame detail along the bottom of your dress because of your powers, also the flames should be gold in color. As for The dress itself I can't decide if it should be green to complement your yellow feathers or red because of your fire powers... eh you choose. Hell if you think it's a bit plain you could put a V cut on the back to expose your back a bit.

Ass for Abby, try and go for a princess look but don't go to overboard. She's also going to be fighting with you later so try to keep it form restricting movement and maybe see if you can't make it look like someone would wear to a formal gathering. Other then that though lit Maurine have free rain.

As for Maurine's clothes... I actually don't want to do a dress. Mostly because all I have ever seen her in is in some kind of dress. Hmm, how about a nice pair of dress pants and a comfortable shirt that goes with the pants. But over the shirt how about a long Jacket made of cotton that's the same color as the pants and helps the shirt pop out more. The Jacket should have large buttons to clothes it and have them be a color that lets them pop a little from the jacket so they're noticeable. It may be a bit simpler then the other two but Maurine can always make another dress if she wants, I just kinda think we should use this opportunity to try and see if we can get her interested in something other then dress and if not oh well at least we can say we tried.

>How do you guys even tell each other apart?
Same species does not mean same appearance. Skin color, hair color, height, physique, eye color, clothing, it's very rare that people look identical.
Of course, I would understand if it seemed more frequent to another species, as we have trouble telling other species apart when they look even slightly similar.
>Jeez, how hard do you have to be hitting each other to knock each other out?
Not very hard, comparitively. Blunt weaponry is easier to get ahold of than sharp weaponry, especially since the fist is a natural blunt weapon of the Primate body (That's what we are, lightly furred primates). The primate skull has certain weak points, that if struck with sufficient force, can knock them out without causing any lasting damage. Of course, for all I know, in your world those weakpoints don't exist, since people are super sturdy in comparison.
>That sounds really crazy!
Imagine a person, if you will, who didn't simply tear up clothes in battles... No, this person had the power to go invisible, and would sneak around the city, tracking down people they decided to punish, and would completely vaporize every. Single. Article of clothing. Suddenly you've got a group gathered together, in a locked building, but WHACK, something's chopping at the door. WACK. A hole's forming in it. WHACK. They're in.
Wouldn't that be a good fright?

Riotmode 2014/12/12(Fri)20:17 No. 611039 ID: a19cd5
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>>610898
I don't know about these other dweebs but here's my suggestion for maurine

Hee, it would probably be nice to see Abbey squirm a bit. If you wanted to get her back with the style of it, it would have to be something victorian-esque with lots of frills, probably pink. There would be the issue of moving around in it, though... I doubt making something revealing would be actually productive at getting back at her, because she seems less embarrassed than many about that kind of thing.

To be honest, I think full-body armor would be a cop-out, but considering how Maurine is, it would probably result in at least one panic attack if the design's of anything too skimpy. So the best thing would probably be somewhere in-between, maybe a little shorter than the dress she has now.

Aria 2014/12/16(Tue)14:22 No. 612458 ID: a32d59
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>>So You're all, like, exactly the same? 
>I mean, you can imagine another bird-person who doesn't look exactly like you, can't you? Changes don't have to be big to make something unique. 

Yeah, okay! So you're all like… a little different.


>>Why not just use clothes to keep score like we do…? 
>We do have competitive games that keep score, if that's the kind of 'fight' you mean. 
>Throwing damage around to destroy clothes isn't really an option though. Using swords or fireballs or bullets or whatever to destroy clothes is going to hurt the person underneath! They'd be cut, burnt, shot, etc. So it doesn't work as a safe or friendly game in our world. 
>Might work with two people standing there just tearing clothes off each other, but that's not quite the same thing.

Jeez, you people really are kinda fragile, huh?

>>That sounds really crazy! 
>Imagine a person, if you will, who didn't simply tear up clothes in battles... No, this person had the power to go invisible, and would sneak around the city, tracking down people they decided to punish, and would completely vaporize every. Single. Article of clothing. Suddenly you've got a group gathered together, in a locked building, but WHACK, something's chopping at the door. WACK. A hole's forming in it. WHACK. They're in. Wouldn't that be a good fright?

That sounds pretty spooky alright! Eh, not like anybody can do stuff like that though.

>I don't know about these other dweebs but here's my suggestion for maurine

"Oh, oh, oh! You should totally make an awesome mecha suit with missiles and a buzzsaw tail and-"
"Um, no…"
"Awwww, c'mon. Why not?"

She looks kinda sad again. Oh no, what did I say?

"Aria… It would take weeks to make something like that… and I don't make weapons anymore…"
"Oh… uh, sorry."
She forces a smile. "It's okay."

>hmm, well you are planning on fighting later today so I would have to say something that doesn't really restrict your movement but your also going to meet Noble later today so it should probably look nice as well. How about a sleeveless dress that hugs your form, something that only goes down to your ankles so you don't have to worry about tripping on it and still long enough that nobody will be able to see up your dress. Maybe make it out of silk but that's really the only material I know of to make clothes other then cotton. Also tempted to see if Maurine can put a little flame detail along the bottom of your dress because of your powers, also the flames should be gold in color. As for The dress itself I can't decide if it should be green to complement your yellow feathers or red because of your fire powers... eh you choose. Hell if you think it's a bit plain you could put a V cut on the back to expose your back a bit. 

Yeah, I'll just tell her what you said.

"…Hmmmm… I like how TGchan's thinking there…"

She starts mumbling to herself and drawing over the picture of me.

"…Roughly ankle length… loose enough to allow for active motion…"
"…could be a little too costumey if I do it wrong…"
Aria, could you get me some markers from the drawer over there…?"

I run over and grab her some markers. Wow, she looks… really into it.

"Red or green…? Well, I could do both…"
"…Can't overdo it with the gold flames, though…"
"…Done."

I smile at her, "Wow, that's a really cool outfit!"

"Uh… thanks." She says, blushing.

"Now let's do Abbey!"

>Ass for Abby, try and go for a princess look but don't go to overboard. She's also going to be fighting with you later so try to keep it form restricting movement and maybe see if you can't make it look like someone would wear to a formal gathering. Other then that though lit Maurine have free rain. 

>Hee, it would probably be nice to see Abbey squirm a bit. If you wanted to get her back with the style of it, it would have to be something victorian-esque with lots of frills, probably pink. There would be the issue of moving around in it, though... I doubt making something revealing would be actually productive at getting back at her, because she seems less embarrassed than many about that kind of thing.

She giggles the whole time she's drawing this one. Abbey's gonna be sooooo embarrassed.

Abbey barges in, "Wazzup, dweebs."

Looks like she washed off the mustache.

I grin at her, "Eh, we decided to design new outfits instead of just picking them out! We're gonna be here for a little while."

She sits down on the other side of Maurine. Looks like she's just finishing up coloring in her picture of Abbey.

"…You're gonna make me wear that."

Maurine looks at her like somebody who just won a really hard battle. "…Yes…"

She gives Maurine a quick pat on the back, "Well played! So what is Aria putting you in?"

>As for Maurine's clothes... I actually don't want to do a dress. Mostly because all I have ever seen her in is in some kind of dress. Hmm, how about a nice pair of dress pants and a comfortable shirt that goes with the pants. But over the shirt how about a long Jacket made of cotton that's the same color as the pants and helps the shirt pop out more. The Jacket should have large buttons to clothes it and have them be a color that lets them pop a little from the jacket so they're noticeable. It may be a bit simpler then the other two but Maurine can always make another dress if she wants, I just kinda think we should use this opportunity to try and see if we can get her interested in something other then dress and if not oh well at least we can say we tried.

"…Dress pants and a jacket…? That's not normally what I work with… but a might just be able to make it work…"

"C'mon, really? Am I the only one who's gonna have to wear something actually humiliating? What a fucking cop-out! What's even the point?"

I look over at her and say, "Hey! I get to pick, remember!"

She sighs and crosses her arms. "Fine…"

"…Done… now I need to start working out the right sigil recipe combinations…"

She dashes over to her bookshelf and gets a three huge books out, then puts three pieces of sigil paper out on the floor. She kneels down and draws a big circle on each of them, then starts poring through the books, occasionally marking the paper with a little line or circle.

This is so boring! There's gotta be something Abbey and me can do while we're waiting.

WOW.

Don't use these in battles, they're WAY too pretty to shred right off the bat!

Okay, now to design some battle clothes. Stuff that has a fair number of pieces (not too many or the fans will see the handicap), but also hard-to-destroy. If some part of the clothing usually gets hit by elemental attacks, make it elemental resistant. If another part of the clothing is usually the site for slash attacks, put extra-resistance fabrics there.

Implement this knowledge in your own costumes, and few will consider it dirty fighting - your brain is one of the best weapons you have, and preparation is expected in tournaments.

And good luck on your next battle!

>Eh, not like anybody can do stuff like that though.
Therein lies the fun! You know it can't happen, but you still get invested in the characters, and as the bad guy comes in, you feel the fright.
>and I don't make weapons anymore…
>anymore
Whoa, um. Don't ask her about that, does not sound like something to press, but do you know anything about that?

>C'mon, really? Am I the only one who's gonna have to wear something actually humiliating? What a fucking cop-out! What's even the point?
think of it as interest for last night, Aria didn't have to get naked but she did so in a way you won that part of the bet last night. So this is interest of sorts. Besides Abbey is probably just going to get it ruined in a fight later anyways and looking at Maurine's design it really kinda looks like something Maurine would wear so just pretend it's something Maurine let you borrow because you got into a fight like Aria did yesterday. and besides it's only for like what? until you get home in a few hours, it won't be all that bad. Plus I'm not sure if she's going to meet Noble since Maurine's sibling only said he dad invited Aria so she can probably go home for a few hours and change since as she said she is getting the short end of the stick so I won't say anything.

>his is so boring! There's gotta be something Abbey and me can do while we're waiting.
well you are in a workshop, maybe you and abby can look around to see if you come across anything worth buying. Also I'm curious about Abby's powers. I remember you saying she can somewhat change her powers depending on the instrument she uses and she seems to have a rock and roll theme down so if she's willing mind asking her about her instruments for me? I just really want to know what kind of music she likes, what her favorite instrument to battle with is, and maybe ask her what she think some other instruments would do with her powers, like a bag pipe for example. Oh and how much longer has she been fighting then you? I kinda want to ask her if she has any tips for double battles since unless the Noble thing takes longer then we think it is we're planning on trying our hand on a double battle today to see how we fair at it.

I kindof want Maurine to wear something more embarrassing too. It could still be the same outfit, but make it polka-dots or something equally loud and silly. ...unless people like that, in which case I don't know. She'd probably die if you put something skimpy on her. Maybe a full-on clown outfit?

Hmm. Well, at least Maurine won't have to worry about any kind of upskirt, now - she'll be the only one that could possibly be aware of the special dare going on.

Aria 2014/12/18(Thu)17:44 No. 613013 ID: a32d59
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>WOW. 
>Don't use these in battles, they're WAY too pretty to shred right off the bat! 

No way! These'll already take Maurine a couple hours to make! If they're really that nice, I think she could just make them again, anyways.

>Okay, now to design some battle clothes. Stuff that has a fair number of pieces (not too many or the fans will see the handicap), but also hard-to-destroy. If some part of the clothing usually gets hit by elemental attacks, make it elemental resistant. If another part of the clothing is usually the site for slash attacks, put extra-resistance fabrics there. 
>Implement this knowledge in your own costumes, and few will consider it dirty fighting - your brain is one of the best weapons you have, and preparation is expected in tournaments. 

Anyways, we can't add resistances and stuff without enchanting them!

>>Eh, not like anybody can do stuff like that though. 
>Therein lies the fun! You know it can't happen, but you still get invested in the characters, and as the bad guy comes in, you feel the fright. 

Meh, still doesn't do it for me. Sounds like it might be kind of a rush though!

>>and I don't make weapons anymore… 
>>anymore 
>Whoa, um. Don't ask her about that, does not sound like something to press, but do you know anything about that?

Um, when we were younger, her family told her to make weapons all the time. Something about the family business or something…? The weapons were really good, but it made her really sad, so I'm happy they stopped doing that…

Jerks.

>I kindof want Maurine to wear something more embarrassing too. It could still be the same outfit, but make it polka-dots or something equally loud and silly. ...unless people like that, in which case I don't know. She'd probably die if you put something skimpy on her. Maybe a full-on clown outfit?

She's already started making the clothes!

>>C'mon, really? Am I the only one who's gonna have to wear something actually humiliating? What a fucking cop-out! What's even the point? 
>think of it as interest for last night, Aria didn't have to get naked but she did so in a way you won that part of the bet last night. So this is interest of sorts. Besides Abbey is probably just going to get it ruined in a fight later anyways and looking at Maurine's design it really kinda looks like something Maurine would wear so just pretend it's something Maurine let you borrow because you got into a fight like Aria did yesterday. and besides it's only for like what? until you get home in a few hours, it won't be all that bad. Plus I'm not sure if she's going to meet Noble since Maurine's sibling only said he dad invited Aria so she can probably go home for a few hours and change since as she said she is getting the short end of the stick so I won't say anything. 

Um… she can't hear you.

>>this is so boring! There's gotta be something Abbey and me can do while we're waiting. 
>well you are in a workshop, maybe you and abby can look around to see if you come across anything worth buying.

I don't wanna just leave Maurine alone right now! Besides, they don't sell their weapons to just anybody, anyways.

>Also I'm curious about Abby's powers. I remember you saying she can somewhat change her powers depending on the instrument she uses and she seems to have a rock and roll theme down so if she's willing mind asking her about her instruments for me? I just really want to know what kind of music she likes, what her favorite instrument to battle with is, and maybe ask her what she think some other instruments would do with her powers, like a bag pipe for example.

"Hey Abbey!"

"Yeah?"

"What kinda powers do you get with your different instruments? TGchan wants to know!"

"Aria, you already know that."

"Yeah, I know! I just don't feel like telling them. We've got a few hours to burn here, anyways."

"Ugh, fine! My mic releases sonic blasts in all directions, my guitar shoots lightning, and I've got a drum set that lets me shoot rocks out of the floor. I don't know what else I can do since those are the only instruments I have.

"My powers let me play like… anything, too, so I don't have to jump though all kinds of fucking hoops to get new power sets from instruments I've never played. Like, I couldn't play the guitar before I got'em.

There, you made me give them a king-damned lecture, happy?"

"Yeah!"

We just kinda sit there for little while.

"Hey Abbey!"

"Yeah?"

"TGchan wants know what kind of music you like!"

"Now I know you're just fucking with me."

"Maaaaayyybe."

"I like rock music! I don't care what kind! Are you done asking me stupid questions that you already know the answer to because you're fucking bored?"

"Jeez, okay. Grumpy."

She just kinda crosses her arms, then pulls out her phone and starts some game. Blehg. So Bored.


>Oh and how much longer has she been fighting then you? I kinda want to ask her if she has any tips for double battles since unless the Noble thing takes longer then we think it is we're planning on trying our hand on a double battle today to see how we fair at it.

Eh, Abbey got her powers like a few months ago. I think she had like… maybe two battles since then. She mostly just practices her instruments to see what kind of cool stuff she can make them do.

So, nah, she probably doesn't have any advice about that. She's being kinda grumpy right now anyways, so I'm not gonna ask her, anyway. We should totally do a double battle later though! If I make a good bet, just think of all the stuff we could get!

I sigh. But first… more boring waiting.

I just kinda watch Maurine work. Nothing better to do…

Aria 2014/12/18(Thu)17:45 No. 613014 ID: a32d59
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She's still drawing out all kinds of lines and circles and stuff. She looks super intense, but she looks really happy. She connects a some lines inside a circle. Her tail twitches a little bit, and she stops and scrubs out a line. She looks back at her drawing, then draws another circle. She draws a dot in the middle, draws a V shape from the edges, then blushes a little. She adds a bunch of curves going through the lines for a little while, moving her hand gracefully. She swishes her tail, perks up her ears, smiles at it and nods.

I watch her do it again for the other two outfits. She stands up, moves over to the closet, and picks up some stones shaped like little columns, then puts them in the middle of the circles, which she arranged neatly on the floor.

She looks a little nervous. "Um… Aria…? The outfits are… uh… pretty much ready. I just need to strike them up…"

Oh, um, I kind of zoned out there. I must've been really, really bored. Yeah…

"…Oh, awesome! Let's see them!" I say.

Aria 2014/12/18(Thu)17:46 No. 613015 ID: a32d59
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She gets a little bag and three little wooden sticks out of her drawer, then gives the tips of the sticks a little lick, looking at me like she's a little worried about something. She dips the sticks in the bag, which look like they're full of some kind of powder, then she kneels down and strikes the edge of each circle with the stick like a match, each shooting off little sparks.

They light up so bright it hurts my eyes, then the circles and lines she drew come right off the paper and wrap around the stones, crushing them into nothing. I hear Abbey fall off the bed.

Then the lines shoot out in all directions, and wrap around invisible outfits like fishing nets. There's another flash, and our new outfits fall to the ground, right in the middle of each of the circles.

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She smiles, picks up my outfit, and hands it to me. It's even better in person!

"Um… do you like it…?"

"It's awesome!" I say, I letting out of squeal of joy.
She blushes really hard and rubs a hand on the back of her head. "U-um… thanks…!"

Um, wow, I must've really flattered her!

She shakes her head, then grins smugly as she hands Abbey her outfit. "…Have fun…"

"Oh… wow… thanks. You shouldn't have." she says sarcastically, taking the outfit.

"Um… I guess we'll… take turns getting changed now…" Maurine says, blushing and grabbing her outfit.

"Awww, that's no fun!" Abbey says.

"C'mon Abbey. We're gonna go wait outside! You get changed first, okay?" I say, clamping a wing around Abbey's tentacle.

"Um… okay."

We take turns getting changed, and we're finally ready to go!

We've probably got a couple hours before we start getting hungry, so what are we doing next? We could go do more shopping, dunno where though! Or, maybe we could just jump right to the battle center and register and do some battles! Or maybe something else? I don't even know what though.

You weren't so much zoned out as hyper-focused on what she was doing at the time, you even noted each twitch and change in her ear patterns to slight twitches in her tail.

Didn't know you could pickup so much through watching, it might actually be a useful trait to help identify combat motions if you watch an enemy combatant long enough.

kinda feeling bad for abby right now, ask what she wants to do to kill time, since she IS getting the short end of the stick might as well let her chose what to do next.

>>613016
how about some fun battle-science? It should be possible to experiment a little with an appropriate target. In particular, it would be good to know how Maurine's ice and your fire interact. And as a plus, it would let Maurine show off her other talents.

>The weapons were really good, but it made her really sad
Huh, that's too bad. I mean, it's good that she stopped if it made her sad, but it seems like Maruine is just a superb crafstman, regardless of what type of item. I bet she could make some neat enchantments if she put her mind to it!
>>613015
Whoa! I thought she was going to take a sheet of fabric and make it all, that was awesome! Is that how weapons crafting works, too?
Maurine's got a gifted mind to be able to memorize all of the patterns for that.

Aria 2014/12/21(Sun)16:05 No. 613790 ID: a32d59
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>The weapons were really good, but it made her really sad 
>Huh, that's too bad. I mean, it's good that she stopped if it made her sad, but it seems like Maruine is just a superb crafstman, regardless of what type of item. I bet she could make some neat enchantments if she put her mind to it! 

She probably totally could! I dunno if she'd want to, though…

>Whoa! I thought she was going to take a sheet of fabric and make it all, that was awesome! Is that how weapons crafting works, too? 
>Maurine's got a gifted mind to be able to memorize all of the patterns for that.

Yeah, Maurine's really smart and good at stuff!

>You weren't so much zoned out as hyper-focused on what she was doing at the time, you even noted each twitch and change in her ear patterns to slight twitches in her tail. 

Um…

>Didn't know you could pickup so much through watching, it might actually be a useful trait to help identify combat motions if you watch an enemy combatant long enough.

Uh, yeah! I'm just super-perceptive and I just didn't know it. That's it. I wasn't just staring at her like a big weirdo! Ahahahaha!

>kinda feeling bad for abby right now, ask what she wants to do to kill time, since she IS getting the short end of the stick might as well let her chose what to do next.

Well, if you say so!

"Hey Abbey, I dunno what to do next. You have any ideas?"

"I feel like kicking someone's ass! Let's get my instruments, get you registered, and kick some asses!" Abbey says crossing her arms and glaring at nobody in particular.

I guess that's what we're doing! Let's go beat some chumps and get some loot!

>how about some fun battle-science? It should be possible to experiment a little with an appropriate target. In particular, it would be good to know how Maurine's ice and your fire interact. And as a plus, it would let Maurine show off her other talents.

While we're on our way out, I ask Maurine if we can try that.

"…Um… I guess there's no harm in trying that…"

I hold out my hand, and she stares at it for a second before grabbing it. Her ears prick up straight and she blushes really hard. Um, I think she just remembered the dare again.

I look her in the eye and say, "On the count of three we should both try our powers… One… Two… Three!"

We push our fire and ice together, and it creates a thin mist of steam, that makes everything a little damp. Neat! Dunno what we can do with that, though…

Eh, whatever! We go to Abbey's house and grab her mic and guitar. Dunno which she's gonna use, but she can carry both. Then we take a bus to the battle center.

Wow… it's more boring in here than I thought it'd be. We go up to the help desk, and there's a grumpy-looking crow guy sitting there.

"Hi! I gotta get registered!"

He looks at me blankly and blinks, then slides some boring looking papers and a pen across the table, "Fill these out, then stand at terminal #3 for you photo-ID. You may use your ID code to create your League Network Account whenever you please."

I sigh, and spend a little while filling out the boring papers, then I go over to the terminal, which has AWAITING APPLICANT on it in big letters. I stand in front of it and smile, and there's a bright flash. It prints out a little card with my picture, name, and ID number on it! I'm an official battler now! Awesome!

"Um… I would like to register as well."

I look behind me, and Maurine's signing up too. She looks at me, and tries to smile. "I… I said I'd help you battle if you… wanted me to… so I'm registering too…"

"Maurine…"

"Aria… I said I would…"

"…Okay."

She walks over to the terminal next to mine, and gets her ID too.

A naked girl with antlers and a pantsless otter guy stumble out of the arena, to the betting desk. Hahaha! Looks like the one with the antlers lost! Maurine blushes and tries really hard not to look.

Abbey speaks up, "Awesome. Now let's figure out who's ass we're kicking!"

Hmmmm… Looks like those two lizards over there, and the bear and crane are together, do they'd probably be up for doubles.

Who'd I pick to fight with me, though? Abbey'd probably get it if I picked Maurine, since she's gotta learn to fight more if she wants to help me be champ! She'd probably just challenge someone to singles instead, since she's probably just here to blow off steam anyways.

team up with maurine, fight lizards

Team up with Maurine, fight the emo and fatso.

At the start of the fight, grab some harpoons from Maurine. Use steam to cloak the battlefield, and then increase heat in some areas and decrease heat in others to lure the opponents into a trap.

I've been doing some experiments on my own time. Turns out, you can make the most zombie soup by throwing grenades into a horde, followed by setting them on fire while they're down. You may want to buy equipment that conjures bombs. Also, it turns out that sharp objects ARE effective against frozen enemies, as long as you use a really, really painful object.

so just a quick recap then, we all know you have intangibility for offense and fire for defense but Maurine's powers were ice and the ability to produce blades from her body right? Which one was her offense and defense powers again? I still remember our first fight with Abby and how poorly it can go if you try to attack with your defensive powers and defend with your offensive ones so I'd like to know before the fight starts so if we make suggestions we don't just mess everything up.

Also Kinda think we should fight the bird and the bear since I kind of find the match up funny since you're a bird yourself and Maurine is at almost as fuzzy as that guy and just as tall. That and the 70s theme the lizards are giving off is giving me an odd feeling and I have no idea why... I think it's the hair for some reason.

>it creates a thin mist of steam, that makes everything a little damp. Neat! Dunno what we can do with that, though…
Boring for you, but for Maruine, steaming cloth can be useful. Good way to get wrinkles out and straighten up already-made clothing.
>Abbey'd probably get it if I picked Maurine, since she's gotta learn to fight more if she wants to help me be champ!
Well, there's no reason she can't fight on her own in singles battles, yeah? And since we discovered we're able to jump to your friends, we might be able to check in on her!

>>613790
Ask Abbey if she's okay with a singles battle right now. Don't make assumptions! Be considerate, she's your friend.

>Use steam to cloak the battlefield, and then increase heat in some areas and decrease heat in others to lure the opponents into a trap.
That's not the way things work. Without practice operating in such a mirage-oriented battle, Aria and Maurine will be just as disoriented. Plus, Aria said it was thin mist, so it doesn't really do much.

Aria 2014/12/23(Tue)16:18 No. 614612 ID: a32d59
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>>it creates a thin mist of steam, that makes everything a little damp. Neat! Dunno what we can do with that, though… 
>Boring for you, but for Maruine, steaming cloth can be useful. Good way to get wrinkles out and straighten up already-made clothing. 

That's super neat! I've totally gotta tell Maurine about that later!

>Ask Abbey if she's okay with a singles battle right now. Don't make assumptions! Be considerate, she's your friend.

>Team up with Maurine

>team up with maurine

"Hey Abbey, are you okay just doing singles? I wanna teach Maurine how to fight!"

Maurine stiffens up, her tail and ears sticking straight up, and blushes bright red. "Y-you want me…? O-okay… I'll fight with you… I c-can do that…"

Abbey smirks at Maurine and winks, "Yeah, I'm cool with that. You two have fun."

She wanders off, looking for somebody to challenge.

>so just a quick recap then, we all know you have intangibility for offense and fire for defense but Maurine's powers were ice and the ability to produce blades from her body right? Which one was her offense and defense powers again? I still remember our first fight with Abby and how poorly it can go if you try to attack with your defensive powers and defend with your offensive ones so I'd like to know before the fight starts so if we make suggestions we don't just mess everything up. 

Um, I think her offensive power is her sharp weapons, and her defense is her ice…

>Also Kinda think we should fight the bird and the bear since I kind of find the match up funny since you're a bird yourself and Maurine is at almost as fuzzy as that guy and just as tall. That and the 70s theme the lizards are giving off is giving me an odd feeling and I have no idea why... I think it's the hair for some reason.

>fight lizards

Hmmm, I dunno which to pick! eenee meenee miney moe…

Ummm… looks like I landed on the flashy lizards! Guess we're fighting them!

I walk up to them and point at them. "I'm challenging you two to a double battle!"

The girl in the green skirt smiles at us and giggles. "About time! I was dying of boredom over here! I'm Mina, and that's by brother, Lou."

Lou pushes up his sunglasses up on his nose and looks a Mina, "Dude, not cool. Call me the 'The Dude'."

"Lou, that's really dumb!"

"No, it's cool."

"Nope, it's not!"

"Whatever! So are who are you two cool dudes?"

I stare at them for a second before saying, "Oh, I'm Aria! And this is Maurine! C'mon, let's do this!"

Mina reaches out and grabs my wing with both hands, then shakes wildly. "It's nice to meet you two!"

Lou… or The Dude maybe, looks at Maurine, "Dude, you okay? You don't look chill at all."

"…Y-yes. I… I'm okay." Maurine says, still bright red.

"She said she'd help me become the champ, but she's really shy about battles and stuff so we're gonna battle together to get her better at it!"

"Ooooooh, is this her first battle?! Maybe she could learn from tricks from us, wouldn't that just be mega-awesome or what?! Oh, oh, oh, you're new too aren't you?! We're totally open to giving you two pointers after we kick your butts! Let's go set the stakes!" She says grabbing me by the hand and dragging me over to the betting counter. Maurine and the other guy follow us, jogging a little to keep up.

"Sooooo what are you betting? Are we betting for spares? What tier rules are we doing? What about dares, are we doing dares? I wanna knoooow!"

Wow she's energetic…

She opens her bag and motions for her brother to do the same. They pull out like four marks, a necklace, a chain, a rock, their spare outfits, and like 30 Kingbucks.

She holds the stuff up one by one and says what they do. The necklace pulls toward the closest person to you all the time, the chain and whatever it's wrapped around keep going in the same direction and speed until something stops it. The rock grows huge when you turn it on, but it's only got like one charge, and it only stays like that for like a minute.

Looks like the circle mark with the dot shoots beams like five times a day, the black dot pulls everyone and everything in 50 feet toward you, the square makes you really heavy all day, and the wiggly line makes you slippery all day.

She says some of the spare clothes are enchanted too, but she won't say what they do because if I know I'll be expecting it.

Um, okay, so what are we betting, TGchan?

So, I think this is the stuff I could bet:

- My Flashmark
- My Spare Clothes? Jeez, I don't think I can wear those anyway though cause' the dare. I'm gonna win anyway though, so whatever.
- The Teleport Stone
- 135 Kingbucks
- My Sword
- My Attachment stones. I've got them hooked up to the inside of the dress right now for my bag and sword, but I could totally just hook those through the belt.

I've got my cell, the marker from this morning, and the blank mark paper left over from when I put on the flashmark, too.

Um… sounds like she maybe wants to try a dare too? I could maybe offer to do a dare to get more of their stuff… What would I even do though?

That mark that pulls everyone in would be an amaaazing mark to have for you, you charge up a nice big fireblast and pull them in and them KABOOOM! Sudden fire explosion to the face, likely burning away all their clothing in one fell swoop, I'd say bet either your spare clothing or kingsbucks.

Bet ALL your money.

Those weapons aren't cheap - you can't afford to lose them this early in your career!

But if you really want to bet your equipment, ask to see theirs as well. See if there's anything worth the risk.

Even if you were invincible, they CAN cheat. Not that they will, but if you bet too much out of pride, it's like you've already lost a game that's more important than the battle itself.

well since this is our first double battle and Maurine's first battle ever I think we should just bet small, you know so Maurine doesn't worry about losing something important to you so she can focus on the battle more. I say just bet about $20. Enough for a bet and if by some fluke you lose oh well you just lost some lunch money. What we're looking for here anyways is just experience so when we get to the serious battles we can tear them apart.

As for tear rules and dares... well since you're not wearing any underwear might as well go full nudity as a sign of defeat and since we really don't know anything about these two I don't really see how we could come up with any good dares so probably no dares unless they have something good/nothing to insane.

As for battle plans, since Maurine can produce blades from her body as an offensive skill does that mean she could shoot shurikens or throwing knifes from her body or is it close range only? Cause they way I see it is you're powers make you a close combat beast. Your fire makes you difficult to touch, your flaming sword lets you block most attacks (or at least the small ones) and your intangibility lets you ignore almost every defense an opponent would have barring weird powers. As for a plan of attack I would suggest (assuming Maurine can attack form a range) is to basically play bodyguard and let her pick away at the 70s twins while you use your flaming sword to protect her form any range attack and just mess them up if they come in close. If she can't hit at range then maybe you can try and aggro the twins and she can come up from behind them and hit them where they're not looking. I mean if she can freeze them somehow that would make a nasty one two punch, Maurine freezing them in place while your intangibility would let you pick off there clothes without risking breaking there icy prison. You two could probably also try to use your fire and ice powers to make a smoke screen of sorts but I wouldn't recommend that since it would be just as much of a disadvantage to you as it would be to them since nether you or Maurine have trained to fight in poor visibility conditions. Just remember that this is a double battle, not a single. It has just as much to do with how well you two fight together as it does with how good of a fighter you are, and of the two of you you have more combat experience and we actually know your moves while with Maurine we just have an idea. So we're going to have to try and cover her while she gets the hang of things.

Aria 2014/12/26(Fri)19:14 No. 615719 ID: a32d59
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>well since this is our first double battle and Maurine's first battle ever I think we should just bet small, you know so Maurine doesn't worry about losing something important to you so she can focus on the battle more. I say just bet about $20. Enough for a bet and if by some fluke you lose oh well you just lost some lunch money. What we're looking for here anyways is just experience so when we get to the serious battles we can tear them apart. 

I can't bet just twenty! I couldn't get anything at all for that!

>That mark that pulls everyone in would be an amaaazing mark to have for you, you charge up a nice big fireblast and pull them in and them KABOOOM! Sudden fire explosion to the face, likely burning away all their clothing in one fell swoop, I'd say bet either your spare clothing or kingsbucks.

>Bet ALL your money. 
>Those weapons aren't cheap - you can't afford to lose them this early in your career! 
>But if you really want to bet your equipment, ask to see theirs as well. See if there's anything worth the risk. 
>Even if you were invincible, they CAN cheat. Not that they will, but if you bet too much out of pride, it's like you've already lost a game that's more important than the battle itself.

I put up my money and spare clothes for the gravity mark! I still can't think of any dares though.

She puts up their spares too, as well as the gravity mark. "Aha! So we are betting for spares! Daaaaring. Looks like you friend doesn't have any so she could just owe me or whatever! You don't wanna bet for more though? I can just tell you're new at all this stuff so I'll tell you, you can totally get more for that much stuff! What tiers are we doing, anyways?"

>As for tear rules and dares... well since you're not wearing any underwear might as well go full nudity as a sign of defeat and since we really don't know anything about these two I don't really see how we could come up with any good dares so probably no dares unless they have something good/nothing to insane. 

They're tier rules! Have you guys been listening at all? Tier 1 is just two layers of normal clothes, up to like six items and accessories don't count, Tier 2 is anything but only up to like twelve things. Tier 3 is pretty much anything goes! Jeez!

"Hmmmm… no ideas for dares though? I could totally like… take some pics after the battle for my collection, or, or maybe a piggyback race, or both! Definitely both! I'll put up more stuff for it!"

"Sis…" Lou says, "You're crazy."

"You know it! I'll even let you dare us too just to spice things up! "

Maurine cringes, but doesn't say anything. There's no way we're losing anyway, so I could totally go for that!

>As for battle plans, since Maurine can produce blades from her body as an offensive skill does that mean she could shoot shurikens or throwing knifes from her body or is it close range only? Cause they way I see it is you're powers make you a close combat beast. Your fire makes you difficult to touch, your flaming sword lets you block most attacks (or at least the small ones) and your intangibility lets you ignore almost every defense an opponent would have barring weird powers. As for a plan of attack I would suggest (assuming Maurine can attack form a range) is to basically play bodyguard and let her pick away at the 70s twins while you use your flaming sword to protect her form any range attack and just mess them up if they come in close. If she can't hit at range then maybe you can try and aggro the twins and she can come up from behind them and hit them where they're not looking. I mean if she can freeze them somehow that would make a nasty one two punch, Maurine freezing them in place while your intangibility would let you pick off there clothes without risking breaking there icy prison. You two could probably also try to use your fire and ice powers to make a smoke screen of sorts but I wouldn't recommend that since it would be just as much of a disadvantage to you as it would be to them since nether you or Maurine have trained to fight in poor visibility conditions. Just remember that this is a double battle, not a single. It has just as much to do with how well you two fight together as it does with how good of a fighter you are, and of the two of you you have more combat experience and we actually know your moves while with Maurine we just have an idea. So we're going to have to try and cover her while she gets the hang of things.

We're not battling yet! I'll totally keep that stuff in mind though!

betting you spare clothes seems unwise, isn't the whole point of it just in case you loose you'll have something to wear?

also since you're betting all your money you'll not be able to buy new clothes

>Dares
uh, well the piggyback one might be a bit much for Maurine... probably the picture as well but not as much? While you're confident the two of you won't lose you have to remember that Maurine is shy to hell and back and if she has to worry about things like the dares it could distract her in battle. If you are going to do any of the dares I'd suggest you bring it up with Maurine first to see if she's ok with it since it effects her as well.

>Bets
honestly don't really care what you bet just as long as you don't bet your sword. You can't easily replace that and about half of your skills are depended on that sword. I don't care how confident you are you should never bet that sword unless you have some way to replace it because all it would take is one fluke, on little mess up that shouldn't have happened and you've crippled yourself since like I said half your skills rely on your sword. I mean once you get a backup weapon or something go ahead but not now.

>what tier
tier 1 probably. I mean all you have right now is a dress and what, three items you can actually use in battle. Maurine has a some nice dress clothes and a coat and I have no idea if she has any items she can use. I mean assuming they're showing you all the items they have with them they could just barely go over the tier 1 item limit in a tier 2 fight and tier 3 would probably just be in name only since from what I'm seeing none of you have enough items to pass the tier 2 item limit.

Tier 1. You lose less clothing that way.

Dare them to let you use her as your pillow for two weeks straight! You need to make more friends.

>>615719
I think they just said you bet more than you needed to against what they bet. Take some of that money back out of the pot, or ask for the beam. Heck do both, see what your opponent says in response. Haggle!

Aria 2014/12/26(Fri)21:35 No. 615772 ID: a32d59
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>betting you spare clothes seems unwise, isn't the whole point of it just in case you loose you'll have something to wear? 

Yeah, but if I win I get their spares! Mina's outfit's really cute and it might even have some enchantments on it! And if I don't want them I could always sell'em. Anyways, that's part of the fun!

>also since you're betting all your money you'll not be able to buy new clothes

Um, I have a closet full at home! And I dunno if I can even wear the spares anyway, since I'm doing a dare to wear Maurine's stuff! Um, oh. We'd have to go all the way back to her house to get more clothes.

It's okay, I'll just beat them before they can even get a scratch on my clothes!

>Tier 1. You lose less clothing that way. 

>tier 1 probably. I mean all you have right now is a dress and what, three items you can actually use in battle. Maurine has a some nice dress clothes and a coat and I have no idea if she has any items she can use. I mean assuming they're showing you all the items they have with them they could just barely go over the tier 1 item limit in a tier 2 fight and tier 3 would probably just be in name only since from what I'm seeing none of you have enough items to pass the tier 2 item limit.

"Let's go with Tier 1!"

"I'm cool with that, let's do it!" Mina has her brother hand over his jacket, and tosses it on the pile with the spares. "We'll bet this too!"

"Dude…"

Maurine hands me her jacket. Hmmmm, maybe I should bet this too…? Maybe I could get some of their kingbucks with it…

>I think they just said you bet more than you needed to against what they bet. Take some of that money back out of the pot, or ask for the beam. Heck do both, see what your opponent says in response. Haggle!

I take out like… 60 kingbucks, then ask for the beam mark.

"Aww, don't lower the stakes, that's lame. C'mon, bet for more stuff instead! I'll put that in the pot, but c'mon let's make this awesome!"

"Sis, we could just settle for lower stakes…"

"Never!"

>Dare them to let you use her as your pillow for two weeks straight! You need to make more friends.

That's really kinda weird. I dunno about that one. We should totally pick something though!

>uh, well the piggyback one might be a bit much for Maurine... probably the picture as well but not as much? While you're confident the two of you won't lose you have to remember that Maurine is shy to hell and back and if she has to worry about things like the dares it could distract her in battle. If you are going to do any of the dares I'd suggest you bring it up with Maurine first to see if she's ok with it since it effects her as well. 

"Hey Maurine, can you do the dares too?"

She stares at me for a second, "Y…yes… I s-said I'd help you with this, a-a-and I'm not b-backing out of… any of it…"

"Okay, we're doing the dares!"

Mina beams at me, "You sure you don't have any for us? C'mon, it's let's make this a total rush!"

Aria: "PILLOW ME."

alright so dares are a go, bets are placed, the tier has been set... we missing anything or are we good to go? You know how these things work better then we do since we're not from around these parts so what happens now? Do we get a minute before the battle starts to come up with a strategy or do we just pick a stage, go to our starting area and just go at it? Guessing we'd have to go to the betting counter before anything to make sure every things official first though huh?

Aria 2014/12/27(Sat)22:34 No. 616125 ID: a32d59
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>Aria: "PILLOW ME."

I… what?

>alright so dares are a go, bets are placed, the tier has been set... we missing anything or are we good to go? You know how these things work better then we do since we're not from around these parts so what happens now? Do we get a minute before the battle starts to come up with a strategy or do we just pick a stage, go to our starting area and just go at it? Guessing we'd have to go to the betting counter before anything to make sure every things official first though huh?

Um, I think we're done with bets, anyways. I put up we hand over the stuff we're betting to the lady at the counter, and give her everything else we're not taking to the battles for safe keeping. Maurine winces at little and hands bear lady the bow from her head. She really likes that thing, huh?

"Still no dares?" Mina asks, pouting.

"Ummm… no?"

"If you win, we'll follow you around all day and do whatever you say, okay!?"

"Uh, I dunno if–"

"Sis, that's–"

"Please report to Arena Three for your double battle!" The bear lady says, kinda giving us a dirty look.

"Cool! Let's go!"

She drags us to Arena Three before anybody can say anything else, then runs to a corner of the arena.

"C'mon Aria, bring it on!"

Um, so I guess we're battling now.

Maurine, charge! Prepare some spikes and cast ice near his feet!

Aria, flail wildly and set yourself on fire!!! Then get serious while Mina is confused - flap your wings and use the heat wave to disorient her.

Yay cartoon physics! We can suggest all manner of gory, violent actions and they'll just result in a few bruises or burn marks!

shit, I was hoping we'd talk strategy with Maurine before we started things. Fuck it, we'll just wing it. Let your sword on fire and get ready to block/dodge whatever they throw at you. Try to stick next to Maurine and ask if she can actually shoot out blades from a distance or if she has to be close.

Depending on the answer we take one of two strategies.
1) yes she can hit form a distance.
-stick close to her and use your flame powers to keep whatever the twins through at the two of you away as she pelts them with blades and generally fuck up anyone who is unwise enough to get in close like you did to snake girl yesterday.
2)no she has to be up close to attack
-tell her to follow you and watch your back. The idea here is to to aggro the twins while she keeps you form getting overwhelmed and getting some cheap shots in. If they aggro her instead of you then make them pay by getting some of your own cheap shots in. Just team up on one of the twins and try and take them down quick.

Neither is really fancy but seeing as we're winging it the simpler the better. less chance for mistakes.

[Attempt joint communication: Maurine and Aria]
Hey, if this works, both of you should hear us. Not really sure if it will, but hey, worth a try, yeah?

Maurine, I notice that Mina has an odd object. Keeping the air cool around you should help compress the mass of it, and if you are capable of making it cold enough, possibly even render it useless for the time being. Of course, this does rely on it being technological in origin, not magical like Aria's sword, but hey, even reducing the size of a magical item should be helpful, yeah?

Aria, I'm not sure what offensive strategies to give you, but if it looks like an opponent is closing in in a threatening manner (As in, a way that might actually cause harm to your clothing with little chance of parrying or blocking), fire up your wings. Literally, summon the fire into them, and flap. The gust of hot air should slow them down and/or propel your movement to assist in a dodge.

Aria 2014/12/29(Mon)17:16 No. 616609 ID: a32d59
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>[Attempt joint communication: Maurine and Aria] 
[Initializing…]
[Battlechat connection established!]

----ARIA----

>Aria, I'm not sure what offensive strategies to give you, but if it looks like an opponent is closing in in a threatening manner (As in, a way that might actually cause harm to your clothing with little chance of parrying or blocking), fire up your wings. Literally, summon the fire into them, and flap. The gust of hot air should slow them down and/or propel your movement to assist in a dodge.

Mina starts running at me with her little metal stick, and it lights up into a huge sword! Jeez she's fast! I light up my wings and flap some hot air at her but it doesn't even slow her down!


----MAURINE----

Oh king oh king oh king why am doing this…!? I n-need to keep my word to Aria. I… I can do this, I can do this I can do this…! I need t-to focus!

>Maurine, I notice that Mina has an odd object. Keeping the air cool around you should help compress the mass of it, and if you are capable of making it cold enough, possibly even render it useless for the time being. Of course, this does rely on it being technological in origin, not magical like Aria's sword, but hey, even reducing the size of a magical item should be helpful, yeah? 

I-I can't get close enough to her to try that…!


>Depending on the answer we take one of two strategies. 
>1) yes she can hit form a distance. 
>-stick close to her and use your flame powers to keep whatever the twins through at the two of you away as she pelts them with blades and generally fuck up anyone who is unwise enough to get in close like you did to snake girl yesterday. 

I… I think I can throw them, b-but I've never done that before!

>2)no she has to be up close to attack 
>-tell her to follow you and watch your back. The idea here is to to aggro the twins while she keeps you form getting overwhelmed and getting some cheap shots in. If they aggro her instead of you then make them pay by getting some of your own cheap shots in. Just team up on one of the twins and try and take them down quick. 

Mina's charging Aria and if I even get close to her…! Oh king I can't do this!

Looks like a feint! Concentrate on Mina, but be ready in case the Dude tries something!

Aria, get ready to defend! Maurine, ice the floors! Or do ice-something-something near the floors whatever

Aria
she charging, with a sword, hm. Grab your sword and fire parry it. when your swords meet use explosion though you sword and see if you can't knock her weapon free of her hands or at least knock her back.

Maurine
Look you'll be fine aria is about to try something and once she does it (you should know when she does it) move in claws or something and try to land a cheap blow or two on lizard girl while Aria gets her feet under her

Both, the brother isn't doing anything so try and keep an eye on him, he's either waiting for Maurine to do something or he has a ranged attack.

can we get a link to the page with Aria's known powers please

>>616647
It's literally just the wiki article.
http://tgchan.org/wiki/Super_Clothing_Damage_Adventure

>I light up my wings and flap some hot air at her but it doesn't even slow her down!
It's... meant as a dodge tactic, not a slow-down tactic. The hot air isn't going to travel very far before it cools down, after all. You combine shoving hot air into their face with pushing your own self out of theirs to make it a good deal harder to hit you.

Maurine, I know they weren't made for channeling, but try channeling your ice through a sharp object; even if it just encases it in a dull layer of ice, it'll add more mass so that it hits harder if thrown.
>can we get a link to the page with Aria's known powers please
http://tgchan.org/wiki/Super_Clothing_Damage_Adventure[/spoiler]

>>616609
Maurine: This is a great time to try things you've never tried before. Go back up Aria. Just move. One step in front of the other. Bring up your defenses preemptively, and just react to threats as they come. Try not to think about what you're doing.

If it helps, think of it as protecting Aria's dignity, not your own.

>>616609
To Aria: Attempt the firey parry against the goofy-huge sword. If that sword's just made of magic or something it may be light as a feather and easy to deflect.

To Maurine: you can totally do this!
First, you just need to protect your clothes. cover yourself with snowy padding and icy plates. Your very own Winter Coat!
From there, you just need to make a blade with lots of little pointy, hooked bits that will catch cloth easily. Look at how loose that girl's shirt and skirt are: it wouldn't be hard at all to snag them.

Aria 2015/01/02(Fri)18:12 No. 617563 ID: a32d59
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----ARIA----

>To Aria: Attempt the firey parry against the goofy-huge sword. If that sword's just made of magic or something it may be light as a feather and easy to deflect. 

[Check Failed]

I go to parry her sword, but it turns into a hammer right before she hits me! It smashes right through my block!

She hits me so hard I go flying, and I feel a shockwave pass through my chest and explode outward! That thing isn't light at all!

Maurine 2015/01/02(Fri)18:14 No. 617565 ID: a32d59
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----MAURINE----


>Maurine: This is a great time to try things you've never tried before. Go back up Aria. Just move. One step in front of the other. Bring up your defenses preemptively, and just react to threats as they come. Try not to think about what you're doing. 

Don't think… J-just focus. Just put one foot in front of the other.

>If it helps, think of it as protecting Aria's dignity, not your own.

…I can do this… I see Mina bat Aria into the air. She… took out the entire top half of the dress! I… I put a lot of work into that!

>To Maurine: you can totally do this! 

I… I can do this…!

>First, you just need to protect your clothes. cover yourself with snowy padding and icy plates. Your very own Winter Coat! 

[Check Failed]

I start running to Mina. The weight from the hammer spun her around. I try to make armor out of my clothes… but it just puts a chilly coating on the inside of them. I… I've never done this before…

>From there, you just need to make a blade with lots of little pointy, hooked bits that will catch cloth easily. Look at how loose that girl's shirt and skirt are: it wouldn't be hard at all to snag them.

[Critical Success!]

I start running to Mina. The weight from the hammer put her off balance... I pull a sword with numerous hooks from my forearm and snag the collar of her shirt, then drag it diagonally across her back and legs as hard as I can.

I, uh, oh my… I… I think tore off most of her clothes…

Aria 2015/01/02(Fri)18:38 No. 617571 ID: a32d59
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----ARIA----

I slam really hard against the ground. Ooooowwww, that hurt!

Oh jeez, she took off the top half of my dress! I try to cover up a little and grab my sword. I'll make her pay for that!

Well, Maurine helped you get payback already, but... Well, she's likely stunned at having managed to drive the girl practically nude in one fell swoop. Might wanna get in there and stop her from wailing on Maurine.

Maurine: Excellent! If you can make the blade a little longer, it would be easy to use those same hooks to cut up her shoelaces. even if her shoes don't fall off, it will make running like she had before much more difficult. Even one shoe would make things lopsided for her.

Aria: Change targets! Lou has to be hanging back for a reason.. His abilities may favor range.. and probably have something to do with smoke.

Okay Maurine, you're pretty close. Grab her... anything, and freeze her up to slow her down. Maybe the tail, that seems like an easy target.

Freeze her tail to the floor! Or her feet whatever you can nab really.

Aria it seems like the brother may be preparing something, you may want to keep him on guard.

Aria 2015/01/13(Tue)15:27 No. 620173 ID: a32d59
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----ARIA----
>Aria it seems like the brother may be preparing something, you may want to keep him on guard.

>Aria: Change targets! Lou has to be hanging back for a reason.. His abilities may favor range.. and probably have something to do with smoke.

[Check Failed!]

I'll finish Mina off later! I turn and stick my feet one by one and phasesprint at the other guy, then try at bumrush him! He puts a hand on the ground and pulls up a wall that looks kinda like Mina's weapon.

Oh no, I'm moving too fast! I smack into the thing face-first. Ow…

He leans against the thing her pulled up, and takes a big drag of his cigarette.

----MAURINE----
>Maurine: Excellent! If you can make the blade a little longer, it would be easy to use those same hooks to cut up her shoelaces. even if her shoes don't fall off, it will make running like she had before much more difficult. Even one shoe would make things lopsided for her. 

…I can't change an object after I make it…

[Check Succeeded!]
…I stomp her tail to freeze it to the ground… and she vanishes and reappears a few feet away! There's a patch of ice where my foot touched the ground. S-she must have some sort of power that allows her to teleport…

>Okay Maurine, you're pretty close. Grab her... anything, and freeze her up to slow her down. Maybe the tail, that seems like an easy target.

>Freeze her tail to the floor! Or her feet whatever you can nab really.

Her back glows purple, and tentacles shoot out…! Th-They wrap around my hands and feet, and hoist me into the air… Mina turns her hammer into a sword, and grins at me.

"Gotcha."

Oh King no, no, no, no, she's going to hit me with that…

TGChan, H-h-help!

Just jut some swords out where the tentacles are grabbing on and cut through them!

...Aria, did you forget you can go intangible?

>>620198
Actually, scratch that, Aria, make his wall intangible! He'll fall right through!

>>620173
Maurine, Make some blades sprout from your wrists and bring them both down with all your strength!
That teleport was probably a Mark, it's not something she'll be able to use repeatedly. If you get a chance, try to freeze her again. Optimally you'd do that to disable her weapon arm.

Man, these shapeshifting weapons are powerful.

>>620199
AND THEN HUG HIM WITH FIRE.

Brother can make walls and sister can make shadow tentacles and teleport. Good to know.

Aria
...quick question, I notice that lizard brother's little wall trick is transparent. Think you could use your fire power to make a large flash and blind him? Then cut his clothes apart with a flaming intangible sword. Just try to make an explosion but instead of trying to blow everything up just focus on making as bright of a light as you can, like a flashbang.

Maurine
Are those tentacles solid? as in they can be cut solid? If so SHOOT SPIKES OUT OF OUR BODY. Around you legs and arms see if you can't tear out of her grip... and if you can shoot them out of you body like a bullet then you might be able to stagger lizard girl as well and get another attack in.

Why not use the flash mark to blind him, if you have it equipped? Like >>620220 said, the wall is transparent.

>>620173
Maurine, be the glacier. Cover and surround yourself with snow and ice. Anchor yourself to the floor, even, to make it harder for her to move you around.

Make them feel the chill of your disapproval

Use the flash mark to blind him, then go through the wall and attack him!

For those saying to blind him: I don't think it will work since he is wearing sunglasses.

>>620437
A person can still be blinded through glasses. It basically fills any darkness, or something like that, too, so it might actually make the glasses themselves bright, or vanish them (which should help, they are a "clothing" piece).

Maybe try and get rid of his glasses before using the flash mark? And tell Maurine to cover her eyes!

>>620782
We can tell Maurine that.

Hey, Maurine, just in case Aria uses the flash mark, keep your eyes away from the brother.

Aria 2015/02/20(Fri)21:25 No. 625940 ID: a32d59
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----ARIA----

>...Aria, did you forget you can go intangible?

No! The wall just sorta stopped me anyways! Maybe it can block my powers or something. I try to phase through it, but nothing happens!

>...quick question, I notice that lizard brother's little wall trick is transparent. Think you could use your fire power to make a large flash and blind him? Then cut his clothes apart with a flaming intangible sword. Just try to make an explosion but instead of trying to blow everything up just focus on making as bright of a light as you can, like a flashbang. 

>Why not use the flash mark to blind him, if you have it equipped? Like >>620220 said, the wall is transparent.

I've had the flash mark on since like last night! I should totally try that!

>For those saying to blind him: I don't think it will work since he is wearing sunglasses.

They don't even really cover his eyes that much! I got this.

[Check Succeeded!]

I push myself off the wall and use the flash mark before that dude guy can do anything else. He turns away from the light and covers his eyes with his hands. The glasses do nothing! As soon as he lets go of the wall, it dissolves! Haha, I've got him right where I want him!

Aria 2015/02/20(Fri)21:26 No. 625941 ID: a32d59
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I take a swipe at his pants with my fiery phaseblade and it takes his undies with it. He's pantsless! And he's so shocked, he drops his cigarette! C'mon guys, how're we gonna finish him off!

Maurine 2015/02/20(Fri)21:27 No. 625942 ID: a32d59
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----MAURINE----

>Maurine, Make some blades sprout from your wrists and bring them both down with all your strength! 
That teleport was probably a Mark, it's not something she'll be able to use repeatedly. If you get a chance, try to freeze her again. Optimally you'd do that to disable her weapon arm. 

I… I push daggers out of my skin where she grabbed me, and it cuts through the tentacles… and my sleeves… and the cuffs of my pants-

Oh king N-NO!

Maurine 2015/02/20(Fri)21:27 No. 625943 ID: a32d59
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S-she cut through m-my shirt…

I c-can do this, I can d-do this, I can do this, I… I just need to not think about it… J-just don't think about it, just don't think about it…

Oh king they're staring at me, I know they're staring at me. N-no! Don't think about it!

"No undies? Heh, That's pretty daring!"

Everyone's looking at me and the know just how clumsy and awkward and dumb and ungraceful I look and Aria's too nice to laugh but I know she wants to a-and all these strangers are st-staring too and I worked so hard on this outfit and it's all shredded and it's all this stupid girls fault and I know she's laughing too and

"Um… you okay there? You look like you're kinda freaking out…"

Oh king I worked so hard on this and it was so pretty and she ruined it and she's staring and laughing

"Uh… should I stop the match here?"

Maurine 2015/02/20(Fri)21:29 No. 625944 ID: a32d59
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"S-STOP STARING AT ME!"

"What?!"

Maurine 2015/02/20(Fri)21:29 No. 625945 ID: a32d59
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"F-fuck."

Oh shit, berserker mode!
SHRED HER UP, MAN! RIP AND TEAR!

aria- swing up with a Fiery Phaseblade and remove his glasses and shirt.

Maurine- can you raise the ice up even higher and completely encase her? If not then grab her arms and try to freeze those to her sides or just make a makeshift pare of ice handcuffs. Then remove her hairbands with your blades.

>>625945
Maurine: Oh interesting, your ice is damaging her clothing. I didn't expect it to do that. Summon any goddamn weapon (bigger the better) and slam her head with it. That should knock off her hairbands or whatever those are. Those do count! Hmm, or freeze her head. Bonus points if you freeze her entire body then slam it so that all the ice shatters, taking the last of her clothing with it. Make her feel your shame!

Aria: I want you to feint with your sword then just grab his shirt and yank it off whole via intangibility.

Since it's been more than a month since the last update, I'm willing to drop a reminder here: This is a tier 1 battle. There hairbands DO NOT matter, since accessories aren't counted. Same with Lou's glasses. They can be removed anyway, but that won't bring Maurine and Aria any closer to victory.

>>625961
>>625956
Aria stays the same then since it's still a good chance to knock off the shirt but I would like to add aiming for a shoe to see if she can't knock that off as well. Maurine also stays the same but just ignore the hairband comment then.

>>625945
Maurine: If you're still taking advice~ grab the terrified little thing and pull her right out of the ice you've trapped her in. the ice will probably keep its grip on her socks and shoes and spell de-feet for her.

>>625941
Keep up the pressure, of course! Follow up on the shirt with the phaseblade if possible, and keep yourself close. Maybe body check him to push him off balance.

Maurine 2015/03/05(Thu)12:04 No. 627840 ID: a32d59
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----MAURINE----

>Oh shit, berserker mode! 
>SHRED HER UP, MAN! RIP AND TEAR!

>Maurine: Oh interesting, your ice is damaging her clothing. I didn't expect it to do that. Summon any goddamn weapon (bigger the better) and slam her head with it.

Aria 2015/03/05(Thu)12:05 No. 627842 ID: a32d59
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----ARIA----

>aria- swing up with a Fiery Phaseblade and remove his glasses and shirt. 

I do a quick upward swing and burn his shirt right off his body! I knock his glasses off too, but I miss his shoe! Wait a sec, it looks like he's got his mouth full of so-

OW OW OW OW OW HOT!

Jeez that hurt! Is that what my fire feels like? Whatever! Now I've gotta get his shoes… wait…

Aria 2015/03/05(Thu)12:06 No. 627843 ID: a32d59
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*gasp*

No skirt... no shoes...

Tgchan... I lost, didn't I?

Maurine still has clothing on! You are out but she's still in and she's removed her opponents clothing as well!

Maurine you gotta do it girl! Head over and finish off theb rothers.

I forget, does your hair thing count?

if shoes count then i argue that your hair thing counts.

yes but this is a team event, and Maurine is just getting started holy shit. You can still win this thing over all but yeah sorry to tell you this but your out kid. just be glad we talked you out of betting your sword

[Maurine]
uh, lizard brother just destroyed that dress you made for Aria... watch out he can breath fire and can cast shields, so don't charge him and be ready to use ice to block his flames. If he does try breathing fire at you it should make a good cloud of steam so you can probably use that to cover you. other then that my advice is just to make something to knock him down and then grab him by his ankles and either spin him around until he slips out and goes flying or make blades in your hands and tear his feat apart.

>>627851
>>627852
here you go
>>625961

Aria: it is a good thing we suggested that you wear your hairband. You're still in, so don't worry. You also still have Maurine (who is doing really well I must add).

For now, jump away from this dude, and Rocket Blast towards Mina and slash her hairbands as she is falling to finish her off, and gain some distance away from the lizard dude.

>>627856
tier 1 battle
>>615719
>They're tier rules! Have you guys been listening at all? Tier 1 is just two layers of normal clothes, up to like six items and accessories don't count, Tier 2 is anything but only up to like twelve things. Tier 3 is pretty much anything goes! Jeez!

>>627843
It's a team battle, Aria. Get out of the way, let Maurine finish him off. Also, that was our bad. He definitely was showing signs of having fire breath. We could've warned you in time.

Also damn Maurine you got some GREAT form there. But look at what that bastard did to Aria! Go get some revenge. Look out for his fire breath, and don't let him regain use of his forcefield weapon.

>>627843
Consistency note: Aria is supposed to have her flash mark in the last image. The fact that she's missing it is an oversight on my part. I really need a checklist or something.

>>627843
Aria: Don't despair. This was an experience to learn from, Besides, wasn't the risk of this part of the fun?

Also, if you can think of anything that will help her calm down after this, it would be fantastic. I suspect she didn't find this very fun after all..

Maurine: This isn't some mean prank: Its a game with friends. The King couldn't want his people, who can't truly hurt one another, to suffer from it.

You have a sharp, creative mind, steady hands, and a strong, solid form. In fact, being as small and light as they are, they're at a bit of a disadvantage once they're in reach.

You have the power to end this match. You can choose to call an end to it with no consequences, if you truly don't want to play any longer.. your friends will understand.

... or you can easily pin mister pompadour down and take his shoes.
Your blades, or your ice, can get around his wall. You can use your hands to block his fire breath with ice.. and bring up something hooked from your feet to slice through his laces and pull his shoes right off.

>>627843
No, you didn't lose. You're out. You haven't really lost until your teammate has been knocked out, too.

And, uh, don't feel bad about that. Team games sometimes require sacrificial moves. You still did good.

All you can really do at this point is hope you hold fire-butt's attention long enough for Maurine to finish him by wiping out his shoes.

Aria 2015/03/09(Mon)15:43 No. 628427 ID: a32d59
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----ARIA----

>Don't despair. This was an experience to learn from, Besides, wasn't the risk of this part of the fun? 

*sigh* Yeah, I guess…

I really do gotta train more, huh?

On my way to the sidelines, I see Mina heading there too. Jeez… did Maurine do that?

When we get to the edge of the arena, Mina looks at me and says, "I gotta give your friend some props, those were totally sicknasty moves for a first-timer. One moment she's freakin' the fuck out, then BAM, she's got me up to my knees in ice and she's hitting me with a wicked uppercut! And that was after she got my whole outfit in like… one shot!"

"That sounds awesome! Too bad I too busy fighting your brother to see it…"

"Yeah, sure hope he pulls through! If your friend hits him as hard as he hit me, we're gonna be stuck doing whatever you say all day! In the nude!"

"Uh, I never said-"

"Lou, you got this! C'mon, kick her butt"

>Also, if you can think of anything that will help her calm down after this, it would be fantastic.

C'mon, there's gotta be something I can do… I got nothing. Guys?

>I suspect she didn't find this very fun after all...

This isn't fun for her at all, is it?

Jeez, This was kind of a giant jerk move making her do this, huh… I wouldn't blame her if she held it against me…

*sigh* I can always get more stuff. It'd be okay if we just called off the match.

Maurine 2015/03/09(Mon)15:43 No. 628428 ID: a32d59
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----MAURINE----
>Maurine: This isn't some mean prank: Its a game with friends. The King couldn't want his people, who can't truly hurt one another, to suffer from it. 

…Yes… I guess you're right…

>You have a sharp, creative mind, steady hands, and a strong, solid form. In fact, being as small and light as they are, they're at a bit of a disadvantage once they're in reach. 

>Also damn Maurine you got some GREAT form there.

…I… th… thank you.

>You have the power to end this match. You can choose to call an end to it with no consequences, if you truly don't want to play any longer.. your friends will understand.

I… I k-know she'd understand…. I c-could just stop… a-and then get my coat back… and…

"Maurine, you're great! Don't worry about winning, you did amazing!"

B-but… I promised I'd help her… and… if I gave up now, even if she's okay with it… she'll lose everything she bet… I'd let her down…

I can do this… One foot in f-front of the other. I… I can do this. I… just can't think about what I'm… doing. J-just put one foot in front of the other… I… just need to get the shoes. Just a pair of shoes and it's over. I can do this…

Maurine 2015/03/09(Mon)15:44 No. 628429 ID: a32d59
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>uh, lizard brother just destroyed that dress you made for Aria...

>But look at what that bastard did to Aria! Go get some revenge. Look out for his fire breath, and don't let him regain use of his forcefield weapon.

I can do this!

>>628430
...hey! Mina dropped her weapon. Pick it up, see if you can figure out how to use it. It'll be super useful if you can.

Oh don't get to bummed out Aria, that guy just had powers that kind trumped yours. I mean the way you've been building yourself up you're more of a hit and run fast attacker. With his shield bullshit he was able to bog you down... and thinking back on it telling you to try and block that one chick's attack instead of dodge was probably a bad call on our part. Oh well you learn more with each loss then with each victory.

-Maurine-
You're doing great kid. Just make sure you have your ice powers ready to protect you at a moments notice because this guy uses fire for his offensive ability so your ice should be able to cancel it out. he can also make shields so direct attacks might be tricky on this guy. maybe try to ice the floor and just have blades come out your feet so you won't slip and he will. turn the terrain into something that benefits you. You don't have to ice the whole floor just where you walk. and if you can stick this guy to the floor like you did to his sister that would also probably help a lot.

*Aria*
>Too bad I too busy fighting your brother to see it…
Oh, uh, let me try something.
[Show >>625945 and >>627840]
>"Uh, I never said-"
Didn't everybody bet their spares, though?

*Maurine*
Hmm. Think you can make a path of ice in front of you? You can possibly protrude some blades from your feet and "skate" around him. If you manage to get behind him, those horns would make great hooks to pull upon in order to slam him down to get at his shoes and socks, and if you happen to jab your feet-claws into them as you toss him, they'll either pull or tear right off, too.

I have an idea

ARIA: ask Mina in a friendly way how her weapon works, we will relay the instructions to Maurine when she uses Mina's weapon on the ground. Don't sound too suspicious though

Maurine: Pick up that weapon Mina dropped. I am going to try to get Aria to get instructions on using that thing from Mina, then we will tell you how to use it.

Aria 2015/03/11(Wed)20:00 No. 628775 ID: a32d59
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----ARIA----

>>Too bad I too busy fighting your brother to see it…
>Oh, uh, let me try something.
>[Show >>625945 and >>627840]

Wow…

She knocked Mina like like ten feet into the air! I didn't know she could be that fierce!


>>"Uh, I never said-"
>Didn't everybody bet their spares, though?

Yeah, but I never said anything about ordering her around! She just kinda… decided that was a dare she was gonna do if she lost.

>I have an idea
>ARIA: ask Mina in a friendly way how her weapon works, we will relay the instructions to Maurine when she uses Mina's weapon on the ground. Don't sound too suspicious though

We gotta do this!

"Hey Mina! That sword-hammer-weapon-thingy you've got is awesome! How's it work?"

She stops cheering a Lou for a second a beams at me. "Oh, it's rad! I had to save up for it for a long time for it, but my offensive power's made of suck so I had to.

It's fitted with an outward-facing projection stone on one side, and a sundering stone on the other! I just think about what I want it to be and it projects my offensive barriers into whatever weapon I want! The sundering stone on the other side makes it deconstruct any clothes it touches. Too mad I can't make it do something with my teleport, but you win some you lose some!"

Oh King that's so awesome! I need one!

"Wow, that's pretty cool!"

Maurine kinda growls a little and uses her free hand to scoop up Mina's weapon.


----MAURINE----

>Maurine: Pick up that weapon Mina dropped. I am going to try to get Aria to get instructions on using that thing from Mina, then we will tell you how to use it.

>...hey! Mina dropped her weapon. Pick it up, see if you can figure out how to use it. It'll be super useful if you can.

…I reach down pick up Mina's weapon… oh king everyone's staring… I j-just need to focus. He ruined the dress I made for Aria…!

Lou's still standing there with his palms out… I… I think he's waiting for me to make the first move…

>>628775
The palms-out thing is also what he did to project that wall.

Mina seems to imply that her weapon might work with defensive powers as well.. so here's an idea. get to about half-court, then try to project your ice through the weapon, holding it so the 'blade' is more or less aiming right up.. make it as long as possible, then bring it down on him. His wall seemed to have a top when Aria er.. tested it, earlier.

It should make him stumble, stagger, or otherwise break his composure, giving you a chance to get in close and strip his sneakers. Heck, if you can keep his head from facing you, you might not even need to use a weapon at that point.

>>628775
Maurine: Projection stone on one side, sundering stone on the other. You just have to think about a type of weapon, and the projection is created. Might I suggest a sickle? It could curve around any shield he tries to make. Make sure the projection stone is on the side you think it is.

Ooooh if you want to be super badass you could project one half of a pair of giant scissors, and create the other half using your weapon-creation ability.

Maurine 2015/03/15(Sun)13:21 No. 629245 ID: a32d59
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----MAURINE----

I… I look down at my shirt again, a-and the ashes of the dress I m-make just for Aria.

I n-need to make Lou pay for th-that… If I g-get his shoes he will!

>Maurine: Projection stone on one side, sundering stone on the other. You just have to think about a type of weapon, and the projection is created. Might I suggest a sickle? It could curve around any shield he tries to make. Make sure the projection stone is on the side you think it is. 

I think of a sickle, and it flickers into existence… it shakes in my hand and the handle is hot! I can feel that it will cut through his shoes like tissue.

I'll make him pay!

Maurine 2015/03/15(Sun)13:22 No. 629246 ID: a32d59
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I run at him, and before I can raise any defenses a lightningbolt crackles from the palm of one of his hands. He had a mark! M-my pants shred into burning pieces and my legs explode into searing pins and needles... They buckle, a-and I my momentum carries me stomach-first across the floor...

Maurine 2015/03/15(Sun)13:22 No. 629247 ID: a32d59
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O-oh king! "You… you okay there friend?"

>>629247
He who hesitates is lost. Strike! Grab his feet and shred those shoes with blades!

we'll you're in a really good spot to take out his shoes so do that while you answer his question.

Strike, now, before he decides to take out what's left of your shirt.

After destroying his shoes politely tell him yes, you're okay, thank you.

>>629250
Use your left arm since that's out of his range of vision.

Oh, you might also want to swipe at his hand so that he can't immediately blast you again.

>>629247
seems you're the one staring this time Maurine.

Bop him with your tail as a distraction and de-feet his shoes.

Bumping to keep this out of the graveyard.

Aria 2015/05/22(Fri)02:23 No. 642081 ID: a32d59
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----MAURINE----
>seems you're the one staring this time Maurine.
N-No! I'm not...!

>He who hesitates is lost. Strike! Grab his feet and shred those shoes with blades!

I... I can do this!

----ARIA----

Wow... I think we won guys! Maurine really did it!

Aria 2015/05/22(Fri)02:24 No. 642082 ID: a32d59
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[WARNING: CONNECTION OVERLOAD]

Guys…

[EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN INITIATED]

Everything sounds kinda f u z z y…

TGchan…?

C a n
y o u
h e a r
m e . . . ?

[CONNECTION SEVERED]

??? 2015/05/22(Fri)02:24 No. 642083 ID: a32d59
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[Estimated hours passed since initial disconnect: 11]

[Attempting to establish temporary backup connection to core host…]

[Connection established, but unstable. ]

[Updates until permanent connection loss: unknown, estimated less than 10]

[Recommended course of action: Say Goodbye]

Aria 2015/05/22(Fri)02:25 No. 642084 ID: a32d59
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Jeez… I hope tgchan's okay...

Well we are here...Kinda, I mean it seems like we won't be for much longer, seems like we can't connect to you for much longer and it seems like we won't be able to connect again.

HEY ARIA, WE'RE DYING... kinda. More like whatever was letting us stick around here has kind of gone kaput and we're about to be disconnected. Either way we're going to be going away soon... sorry about that, didn't mean to put a damper on your day with our petty personal problems but this one seem unavoidable. we've got... about 5 to 10 minutes before we have to leave, 15 at most, so at the very least we came by to say good bye... maybe throw some last minute advice as well. Hey just because we won't be able to see you make it to the top doesn't mean we can't help you get there.

...figures that this'd happen as soon as you win your first match.. Seems almost like fate, to be honest. While we won't die, whatever connection we have to you and your world is rapidly failing. It was really nice knowing you, Aria, and it was nice knowing your friends, but I think you're strong enough to win this on your own, now... You don't need us anymore.