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 Akio // Saturday, June 20th - After School"...Thanks, Tsukiyo. I appreciate the backup. Um, I should probably explain." Akio glances at Adachi, then looks back at Tsukiyo and winces. "I found out that Isabelle had planted a keylogger on my computer which she's been using to spy on me for a while now. I had to meet her to get it removed, and when we did she tried to recruit me again. I turned her down and she demanded to see me again, this time in real life, or else she'd let Thaddeus know where we live." "I'm not exactly thrilled about the meeting," Akio replies to Takano with a frown, "but if we can't beat Thaddeus without her then what choice do I have? Well, besides dropping out." He turns to look Akane in the eyes and nods. "Same. I'm not giving up. There's got to be some way we can win."
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Student Council Room : Takashi nods to the group as Takano sighs. "I had a feeling you'd say that. That's really why I called this meeting. Those two are trying to destroy or control you because you have a chance of beating them. So.. " She grins with a touch of Akane-style mischief and metaphorically pointed teeth. "Let's make that happen." : Akane gives Takano a big hug from the side. : "Intel is our best weapon. As long as you don't know how to counter Thaddeus' power or to keep ahead of Isabelle they'll just pull the rug out from under you at the worst possible moment. Drafting what we know..." Mr Adachi pulls together what you can tell him of past meetings and Other Shore."... Right! Both are likely using and abusing the older facets of powers or "rule sets" of the game. They're designed for different power curves, or that somebody at the top of one system is tiers of ability ahead of somebody in the regular one. In particular Thaddeus is further ahead of anybody as far as raw power goes.. but Isabelle keeps doing things she shouldn't quite be able to. It's rather like.. well, she's making her own rules. Homebrewing, as it were." He makes some adjustments on the chalkboard. "But Thaddeus is playing closer within them. I think he is pressuring his followers into downright otherworldly pacts.. and, well, with the presence of a character like the Lucifer you've described I think that makes their availability an option." "We'll need to do some preparation for you, Akio.. and different prep for you, Tsukiyo." The meeting is adjourned with a need to head out for the rest of the evening! --- Mr Adachi asks you to meet him at two spots nearby. Before you can leave the school somebody pulls you aside to talk in private.. Akio: Takano speaks to Akio and Akane together. : "You know.. there's no way to say this that feels good, or easy.." She rubs the top of her hand with the other, then wrings her hands and sighs again. "I've failed.. I thought I could do it all.. well, myself.. with your help, of course." She smiles at Akane. ".. But I really wanted to just knock them all down myself as that #1..." She smiles sheepishly at Akio. ""World's Best Defender"... it feels embarrassing now, really." She stiffens up and looks dead serious. "Yamamura-kun, I expect you to inherit my title. You have to keep everyone safe. Especially..." She looks down and frowns, then pulls out her phone and gestures across it with her finger multiple times rapidly with focused intent. She calls up the portrait of dapper little squire boy in a mix of Velvet Room uniform and knight's clothes. They share some quick words and the screen of the phone shines. Takano plucks it out as though a tangible item and holds an ethereal sphere in her hand, half the size of her palm.. she offers it to Akane.: "So cute.. ah, er, what's this, onee-san?" She accepts it, the sphere stretching out into a tangible form and manifesting into a shimmering rapier in the image of Charlotte's heavier blade, if not the exact size and weight.: "It is yours, that is what it is." Akane and Takano look eye to eye for a second before Akane's eyes well up with a sudden wetness. The two hug again and Akane pats Akio on the back.quote:Akane gains an Item Daily for 1/Day Banishing Blade : "Bigger then yours now!" She laughs and heads out the room, gesturing to you two to follow.: Letting Akio turn before she follows the group out, Takano does so deliberately so she can grab his shoulder from behind. Feels like iron, like Kawaso. "... If anything happens to my sister, you know I will be very cross, Yamamura-kun." She smiles. "So do your best, you and Noriko-chan."--- Tsukiyo: Before you can head out ahead of or behind the rest Mr Adachi makes sure to catch your attention. : "Chavez, a moment, please?" A student/teacher chat, in a classroom and everything! "I'm not sure what has gone on between you and the others, but I was wondering if something else besides that may be going on. You seem.. hmm.. distracted? ... Forgive my intrusiveness, but I'm wondering if you're not in the sort of trouble a person like Isabelle would force on others to gain an advantage. You may find this hard to believe.. but, ah.. that woman was the kind of person to SWAT others to deny them access to a level playing field online.. incredible, really, how petty and cruel some can be... but it all makes sense now, as this is just a symptom of her true ruthless ambition. ... And if you're in trouble, you know you can come to someone like me for help, right?"Confiding in a supposedly kindly dork like Mr Adachi... your choice to make. But you know Kogatana and his master will probably take you straight to Hell if you follow Akio and get spotted, just like Genjuro's apartment. ---  : Somehow the little bookstore Jennifer works at is open this late, just when you need it. A chance to prepare any additional Ritual or Item muscle you think you might need.: "Uhm.. you know, I've got a Ritual I've been using every day since.. well, awhile ago! I.. kinda stopped trusting Isabelle awhile ago.. so, it's Forbiddance, it blocks scrying efforts.. I think we'll need that, for sure."--- Then Mr Adachi asks you to stop briefly at his home.  : Risako Adachi, his wife, that some of you.. may have already heard about due to earlier antics.. meets with the group. "These are the kids playing the magic game? Fun. Come on, I've got something for you." Risako provides the group with a little compact wire and mic kit. "I guess this handsome young man can wear it? Haha.. but you said, ah..": "Isabelle uses a spell to spoil electronic recording.": "Right!" Mrs Adachi presses a disembodied hand with grey, dead flesh and a bolted covering neatly capping off the stump into Akio's hands. The hand rights itself and "stands" on its fingers, waiting intently. Risako passes it a quill and a scroll and it takes them cleanly, rolling over and resting, ready to scribble. "... What, it's just a kind of familiar." She looks to Tsukiyo. ".. Well, however you want to use it, this guy can record things near it. Just watch out for that witch's senses, he's magical."--- A Weekday Night, Meeting Isabelle IRL  : Isabelle provides Akio with an address for a very nice high rise in the upper class part of the city, as well as a floor number and the name Megumi. "Dress nicely."... When ready, you'll have to catch the train into the city right after school and you'll have a short gap where you can prepare before going to meet Isabelle. Looking up the address it seems to be a very expensive restaurant for the truly elite, a place for a mix of hotel dining on most days, though twice a week it functions by reservation only. There might be a small issue of how Akio gets out of heading home after school but Kunio covers for him by offering to be an alibi for a sleepover. Least he can do after you helping him(something I'll need to port over from discord to the thread later.) Akio, Tsukiyo, Akane: When ready you'll want to enter the building and go to that floor. Akio can ask the front desk for help and directions. For now you're getting ready somewhere outside. Doomykins fucked around with this message at 03:46 on Nov 13, 2021 |
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Akio Student Council Room "You earned that title, Charlotte. I'm sorry it turned out this way." Akio frowns unhappily. "It's always been my goal to become the best, but this isn't at all how I wanted to succeed you..." "I doubt that! It's called a longsword for a reason!" Akio laughs and follows Akane, at least ever so briefly before Takano stops him. "Y-Yes?" He predictably freezes up, unnerved by her smile. "O-Of course, I..." He looks down at the floor for a moment and sighs, relaxing his shoulders slightly, then looks back up at her. "...I know. And I know why you feel like you have to say that. But I meant what I said before. I'll protect Akane with all my might, with not a shred of hesitation." He nods, trying to assure her of his sincerity. "And I'm sure Noriko feels the same way. If anything, having seen how far she's pushed herself when I've been in trouble, I worry what sacrifice she'd make if Akane ended up in danger. But that just means I have yet another reason why I need to keep Akane safe." He smiles. "Besides, what kind of defender would I be if I were the last to fall?" --- Borderless "I looked at Forbiddance before but I was worried Isabelle might have some way of bypassing it, so I've taken to warding myself with Scry Trap instead," Akio replies to Akane. "Then again, I guess layering Forbiddance on top can't hurt." Kinda low on cash, so if Akane already gives us access to Forbiddance I have no purchases to make at the moment. --- Adachi Residence Akio looks down at Risako's familiar in his hands. "Well, if we're going to be seated for the meeting, maybe could hide in my lap under the table? I'll keep my defensive wards up, and in addition with all other sources of magic I have on me the magical aura of a familiar should be pretty hard to pick out." --- A Weekday Night, Meeting Isabelle IRL "Hey..." Akio glumly greets Tsukiyo and Akane as they meet up, making a poor attempt to hide his nervousness. Following Isabelle's instructions to wear something nice he's put on some of his more expensive clothes, a dark vest worn over a deep purple dress shirt, along with a pair of black trousers and dress shoes. After all, it wouldn't be great if he was turned away at the door, though he could not deny that a part of him hoped that would happen anyway. "I wonder if we're going to have dinner. I feel nauseous..." He complains weakly and grimaces. "Um, are you going to need any help getting into position?" Sockerbagarn fucked around with this message at 22:51 on Nov 23, 2021 |
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 Tsukiyo - Student Council"Different prep?" Tsukiyo was surprised at what exactly Adachi meant, so she stayed to talk with him while the others left the Student Council room. Unfortunately it seems this was just him trying to intrude on her affairs and try to snoop around... What an annoying guy! Worst of all, he seemed to notice that she was on... definitely a bad situation, considering the fact that Kogatana's organization had her by the metaphorical balls. Nevertheless... "...I don't really know what you are talking about, Sensei." A polite, if still dismissive nod given towards him. Still, she would help Akio after all, and if she was caught, well, more reason to go all out on the old man and his gang. Being taken towards the teacher's house, she was surprised at the presence of his wife, although thought that it was a bit curious that she was let in on all of this. Maybe she did misjudge Adachi after all? --- A fancy restaurant, how cliché... This sort of place would be hard to sneak around, and thus Tsuki would instead... Hide herself on the roof after climbing atop it, lying down on the floor and watching from a vantage point before Akio were to enter. Perhaps infiltration from there could be possible as well after all.
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A Weekday Night, Meeting Isabelle Akio: Showing up with Tsukiyo, Akane hooks her elbow around Tsukiyo's and leads her away through the hotel lobby after giving Akio some reassurance. : "We'll be right here and we got it, thanks! Uhm.. just be careful, OK?!"--- And so you enter. Polite inquiry with the front desk gets you escorted to the restaurant immediately. You're expected and led in as though you already called in a VIP reservation... The restaurant is immaculate and fancy beyond belief. This is the best of the best, money spent for the sake of letting everyone know that it was. Trained bartenders perform elaborate, nonsensical rituals to produce smoked beverages and rare tastes, savory smells and sights come from the prepared dishes you see coming and going.. but all this dazzle covers up something that tugs at the back of your mind, at your unconscious senses. Something feels off. Perhaps it's the way so many of the diners are the absolute elites and their gazes could be judging your worth down to the dollar, or maybe it is the occasional table you see that reminds you of yourself with an older man or woman and a younger one, though you can't be sure what that means. Most seem to be in good spirits and of family ties.  : Once led to your table you're introduced to a face you're vaguely familiar with, having seen it once before.. enshrouded in a tangibly thick layer of magical energy is Megumi, her identity plainly hidden by what must be an illusion of this charming upper class woman. She thanks the host that's brought you over and gestures for you to sit. "I'm so happy to see you accept my invitation, Akio. You really are an attentive nephew.. order what you like, it is my treat." Isabelle's carefully curated voice comes from her, that of someone used to this environment, of being elite.--- Tsukiyo, Akane: Using the roof isn't an option, the restaurant is in the middle of the building! You could go outside and use the windows, sure.. or try the next floor up, maybe sneak around the ceiling. But the only obvious vantage point would be crawling through vents again, and that's if you can find one big enough for a person. Akane gestures towards service doors further down the hall from the entrance. Staff have to enter and exit discretely of course and there's a constant flow of staff and cooks coming and going with supplies and dishes on carts or tray-racks. : "I don't suppose we could get another disguise gambit going..? We're getting really good at them!"
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Tsukiyo - Outside the Restaurant "I really don't want to do a stealth mission or anything considering what happened last time..." Tsukiyo remembered the traumatic experience on the vent, and how she was almost sliced inside of one, something that explained her reluctance on trying to infiltrate the restaurant. "Not to mention, they usually have ID cards with photos and the like in fancy restaurants, just stealing clothes won't work!"
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Tsukiyo, Akane:: Akane leans in a bit, though she has to look up to give Tsukiyo her usual curious sneer. "Ehhh, Tsuki-chan, I thought you were the bravest one.. but.. ah, it would be really hard to fake it, yeah! But.. I think I could do it! People fall for a lot of bluster, especially when they're anxious and want to avoid conflict..." She leans back and crosses her arms. "I guess if nothing else we're nearby for Akio-kun??" If you don't pick a course of action to get closer you can at least hang out in the halls adjacent to the restaurant.
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Akio // Ludicrously Fancy Restaurant - A Weekday Night In an effort to help conceal Risako's familiar as well as give himself a little peace of mind, Akio bolsters his arcane defenses by casting Impenetrable Warding as he's being led through the overly fancy restaurant. Even in his focused and nervous state the sublime smell coming from the dishes reminded him that he'd barely been able to eat anything today, and his stomach rumbled hungrily. Well, at least he wasn't quite as nauseous anymore, but the odd feeling he had about the place only served to make him feel even more on edge. For all he knew the entire restaurant could be an elaborate illusion fully under Isabelle's control, which was not the most pleasant thought he's had all day... As he reaches the table, Akio takes his seat and smiles sarcastically to Megumi. "Of course. After all, how could I turn you down after you threatened me so nicely, Megumi?" He quickly eyes through the menu and settles for an expensive Kobe beef steak, then puts it back on the table, looks at Megumi and gestures to the environment in general. "Is this supposed to impress me, or what?" Impenetrable Warding: +4 Fort/Ref/Will until the end of the encounter.
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Tsukiyo - Student Council "Look, I got in enough trouble doing this kind of stuff before, bravery or not. This time we are staying cautious!" She glares at Akane, but soon turn her attention towards the hallway, keeping a close look at Akio... But from a distance that is hopefully enough to not attract any attention.
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A Weekday Night, Meeting Isabelle Tsukiyo: As you watch Akio go into the building, through a doorway, further in, completely out of sight and still going as a host escorts him and you can no longer see into the thoroughly walled establishment... you can feel Akane pouting at you from the side. : "There's such a thing as too cautious!"--- Akio: Isabelle's lilting laughter rises at your obvious jabs. She exchanges pleasantries and orders with a waiter who seems to respond quickly and without surprise to her curt orders. With a quick raised palm gesture she cuts off being upselled anything and you two are alone. : As alone as you can be in a crowd but despite the human warmth and pressure that should come off of everyone else here the table feels sheltered and calm. Megumi raises her other hand and a set of four different tomes dance out from around her side, drawn from thin air as though you were inside the MMO together. "Impress you? Hmm.. perhaps.. but you've made it very clear that you do not want to be impressed by me. Hence the need to threaten you." She produces an elaborately feathered quill, an item of pure fantasy, and uses it to begin opening the floating tomes to bookmarked sections and set independent quills to writing in the books. She smiles and points directly under the table, at your lap. "Feel free to use your own. I would not want you to forget what we discuss."When the waiter comes and goes, as well as everyone else in the restaurant, none notice the unusual activity. Megumi watches you during a forced silence as you wait for a shared appetizer, a rare seafood platter. Just bites of dishes, to tease the palate. "It's real.. but it is easier to do what is minimally necessary and to change how I and the objects around me are perceived." She renews her smile after sampling something from the tray. "That is where you have erred, Akio.. you were supposed to be impressed. I can make everyone playing our little game very happy." : "Have you heard from some of your friends lately? Online. At school. Do you know.. how much money an established person can have? Do you know how much money it takes to impact someone who has none? I think your friend does. Itsumi. But maybe that is your problem.. you are well off, Akio. A nice, respected family. A bright future. A secure set of connections in case your life ever becomes difficult. Maybe it is this comfort that allows you to be brave?"She gestures and levitates something from the tray, offering it to you. "I see you are still wearing the ring I made for you. Another bit of comfort.. will that make it easier for you to fight me, perhaps? Or to poetically defeat me with my own power.. hiii hiii.." She slurs out a very unpracticed but bright and natural bit of laughter. Catching herself she shifts back to the cultured tone. The waiter will return with the main course shortly.
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Akio // A Weekday Night, Meeting Isabelle Suffering a minor defeat already, Akio trembles slightly in apprehension as Megumi points at his lap. So much for concealing the presence of Risako's familiar! "...If you insist." On the off chance that she wasn't clear on what familiar was with him, he brings forth his own instead. Dahlia takes a seat on the table in front of a tiny typewriter, typing away like a court stenographer with a pair of glasses low on her nose. Meanwhile on the underside of the table the disembodied hand starts to scribble on the scroll for good measure. "It must vex you that you can't just throw money at this problem to make it go away." Akio dares a slight smirk as he tries to recover his composure. "Sorry not sorry, but it's not going to be that easy to get rid of me. I'm not some mercenary for sale. I fight for my ideals, and I'm not going to abandon them. I'd still resist you if I didn't have a penny to my name." He shakes his head. "Besides, giving up my claim to the wish for wealth? That's a lousy trade, especially without knowing what you're aiming to do with it. For all I know I'll be left holding a briefcase full of Bison dollars while you burn the world to ash around me." As Megumi levitates the morsel towards him, Akio conjures a toothpick-sized Gram that skewers it and brings it the rest of the way to his mouth. "If you want to see something poetic in my choice of equipment be my guest, but I can assure you it's purely pragmatic." He shrugs nonchalantly as he chews and swallows. "If anything its association with you is a source of discomfort. You've proven that you can't be trusted."
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Plutonis posted:Tsukiyo: "We wait for Akio, all right? If he needs backup, he can send us a message and we go in. But meanwhile, we got to keep scouting the place." Tsukiyo says, shrugging while beginning to take a walk around the restaurant's whereabouts, looking at the cars that were parked nearby or if anyone suspicious were to be wandering there as well...
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