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RedMagus
Nov 16, 2005

Male....Female...what does it matter? Power is beautiful, and I've got the power!
Grimey Drawer
Gotta give the people enough time to dig up bad and yet tasteful fanart for the ritual.

Also the blood of a non-virgin. At least in this game, the most scandalous thing anyone does is hold hands

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MadDogMike
Apr 9, 2008

Cute but fanged

RedMagus posted:

Gotta give the people enough time to dig up bad and yet tasteful fanart for the ritual.

Also the blood of a non-virgin. At least in this game, the most scandalous thing anyone does is hold hands

Uh, we not counting the peeping in the baths?

little_firebird
Sep 1, 2008

Why don't you
just eat your
belly button and die?!

MadDogMike posted:

Uh, we not counting the peeping in the baths?

It's not like he actually tries to do that, his body just kinda moves on its own, y'know?

Poor guy can't even fight against Kohran's cybernetic implants control himself. :(

RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer
Kohrahn's already raped him a few times, doesn't that mean he's not a virgin anymore?

Slaan
Mar 16, 2009



ASHERAH DEMANDS I FEAST, I VOTE FOR A FEAST OF FLESH
That wasn't rape. That was SCIENCE! :science:














Mommy, make the images go away! I need an adult!

Also, do not search for images of Sakura Wars without safe search on :gonk:


vvvv I decided to change the picture after I posted, so I deleted it, but then had to register for LPIX because I ran out of free uploads.

Slaan fucked around with this message at 07:29 on Oct 12, 2010

JosephWongKS
Apr 4, 2009

by Nyc_Tattoo

Slaan posted:

That wasn't rape. That was SCIENCE! :science:


I was disappointed to find no link to a picture in the emoticon.

PantsTheReaper
Aug 17, 2010

Slaan posted:


Also, do not search for images of Sakura Wars without safe search on :gonk:


These are important words to follow.:gonk:

PantsTheReaper fucked around with this message at 23:43 on Oct 12, 2010

Warcabbit
Apr 26, 2008

Wedge Regret
Is it... ever... safe?

H.R. Hufflepuff
Aug 5, 2005
The worst of all worlds

PantsTheReaper posted:

These are important words to follow.:gonk:

I can't imagine the horrors you encountered looking for that innocent picture.

Slaan
Mar 16, 2009



ASHERAH DEMANDS I FEAST, I VOTE FOR A FEAST OF FLESH
Innocent? Innocent?

It has the Beast in it!

veekie
Dec 25, 2007

Dice of Chaos
Ia! Ia! Iris Ftaghn!

PantsTheReaper
Aug 17, 2010

H.R. Hufflepuff posted:

I can't imagine the horrors you encountered looking for that innocent picture.
It's not the picture itself. Just the sheer amount of porn you get, fetish or no.

Also Iris. IRIS! :cry: Doesn't that make it bad enough?

Slaan
Mar 16, 2009



ASHERAH DEMANDS I FEAST, I VOTE FOR A FEAST OF FLESH

PantsTheReaper posted:

It's not the picture itself. Just the sheer amount of porn you get, fetish or no.

Also Iris. IRIS! :cry: Doesn't that make it bad enough?

Why? Why would you put that there? WHY?!?! :barf:

Spirit Armor, save us from ourselves!

Nyaa
Jan 7, 2010
Like, Nyaa.

:colbert:

PantsTheReaper posted:

It's not the picture itself. Just the sheer amount of porn you get, fetish or no.

Also Iris. IRIS! :cry: Doesn't that make it bad enough?
Dude, It is an unwritten law to not post the true form of Iris! :barf:

Oh god, someone please poke my gushing spring point! :cry:

Magni
Apr 29, 2009

PantsTheReaper posted:

It's not the picture itself. Just the sheer amount of porn you get, fetish or no.

Also Iris. IRIS! :cry: Doesn't that make it bad enough?

:stare:

I... I think that pic should rate as a crime against humanity.

God, where's the bleach?

PantsTheReaper
Aug 17, 2010
Um, wow. Does this mean I've reached Canuck-level horror yet? I still haven't had the fortune of forgetting a few pictures by him yet.

BrooklynBruiser
Aug 20, 2006

PantsTheReaper posted:

Um, wow. Does this mean I've reached Canuck-level horror yet? I still haven't had the fortune of forgetting a few pictures by him yet.

I think you're his apprentice now.

Nyaa
Jan 7, 2010
Like, Nyaa.

:colbert:

BklynBruzer posted:

I think you're his apprentice now.
By all means, do not surpass your master.

wdarkk
Oct 26, 2007

Friends: Protected
World: Saved
Crablettes: Eaten
Spirit Armor hasn't posted anywhere since July :ohdear:

PantsTheReaper
Aug 17, 2010
Huh. It seems that Iris is really the only one who can scar people.:raise: That makes things difficult. It's horrifying how much Rule 34 there is of her.:cry:

IF YOU VALUE WHAT SANITY YOU HAVE LEFT, KEEP SAFE SEARCH ON!:gonk:

PantsTheReaper fucked around with this message at 05:14 on Oct 16, 2010

Thuryl
Mar 14, 2007

My postillion has been struck by lightning.

wdarkk posted:

Spirit Armor hasn't posted anywhere since July :ohdear:

He hardly ever posted outside of this thread anyway, so it's not like that's an especially dire sign.

little_firebird
Sep 1, 2008

Why don't you
just eat your
belly button and die?!

PantsTheReaper posted:

IF YOU VALUE WHAT SANITY YOU HAVE LEFT, KEEP SAFE SEARCH ON!:gonk:

:stare:

This poster speaks the truth. :gonk:

I think there's something to be said about how the idea of Iristhulu no longer frightens me. It's like...normal now. :geno:

RedMagus
Nov 16, 2005

Male....Female...what does it matter? Power is beautiful, and I've got the power!
Grimey Drawer
It is the man who no longer wonders if he is mad, who has truly slipped into the bonds of insanity.

Spirit Armor
Jul 11, 2007

Love, Justice, and Mid-Season Upgrades Steam-Powered Robots.

Goddamn it you people posted:

IRISCOSPLAYERS.png, EVERYWHERE

Well, it's not like I don't deserve it for being away for so long posted:

IRISFANART.png, EVERYWHERE



U-Update coming tomorrow. Next update soon after, I hope.

RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer
:neckbeard: The offerings worked!!!

Hellioning
Jun 27, 2008

Yay! SA is back!

Roger Explosion
Jan 26, 2006

THAT'S SPECTACULAR.

A student posted:

:neckbeard: The offerings worked!!!
Yes, but at what cost. :gonk:

FighterKnuckles
Apr 17, 2010

The truth is in sight!

Roger Explosion posted:

Yes, but at what cost. :gonk:

This is one advantage to having a slow internet connection. You can tell the URL and close the tab before the image loads. I didn't see, nor wanted to see.

But, in other news, yay SA is back! :neckbeard:

PantsTheReaper
Aug 17, 2010
YAY! The mind rape-y horror has brought back Spirit Armor! Totally worth hitting 0 SAN.

veekie
Dec 25, 2007

Dice of Chaos

A student posted:

:neckbeard: The offerings worked!!!

They always work, thats the scary part.
It's like the internet screams for it to stop.

PantsTheReaper
Aug 17, 2010

veekie posted:

They always work, thats the scary part.
It's like the internet screams for it to stop.

Was there anyone else who posted Iris-related things? It scares me to think I did this by myself.

Hwurmp
May 20, 2005

I wonder how many Let's Plays have their own loving cargo cults

ddegenha
Jan 28, 2009

What is this?!

Really Pants posted:

I wonder how many Let's Plays have their own loving cargo cults

I'm more disturbed by the prevalence of Pants related names associated with this one...

If you think about it, SpiritArmor is something of a hero. He holds back horrors that would destroy time and space through the power of LPing.

ZeeToo
Feb 20, 2008

I'm a kitty!
Yay, SA! :3:

little_firebird
Sep 1, 2008

Why don't you
just eat your
belly button and die?!
SA returns! :neckbeard:

ddegenha posted:

I'm more disturbed by the prevalence of Pants related names associated with this one...
I was just wondering about all the "Pants" names myself. :psyduck:

PantsTheReaper posted:

Was there anyone else who posted Iris-related things? It scares me to think I did this by myself.
You've joined a great(?) tradition. Take a stroll through the emoticons, yeah?

PantsTheReaper
Aug 17, 2010

little_firebird posted:

I was just wondering about all the "Pants" names myself. :psyduck:

You've joined a great(?) tradition. Take a stroll through the emoticons, yeah?

No, I mean recently.

Also, we are now Iris's Pants Cult! Celebrate! :neckbeard: This post would be more horrifying, but I don't want the thread to be shut down.

RedMagus
Nov 16, 2005

Male....Female...what does it matter? Power is beautiful, and I've got the power!
Grimey Drawer
You guys should get like little Black Lantern rings or something.

RISE IRIS.

TheGreenAvenger
Jun 23, 2005

I killed Chin the Conqueror.
I thought that cosplayer was pretty cute :shobon: I mean she was a little chubby but the costume was good and she was having fun soooo

Spirit Armor
Jul 11, 2007

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"... and this is why I believe that the invention of the condom led to a sharp rise in the global demand for various types of fruit, helium gas pumps, and enough lotion and/or chocolate syrup to give an entire third world country cavities. That, I'm afraid, is a story for another day.*

"Back in Ginza, the dastardly forces of evil once again attempted to crush the Flower Division by launching a cowardly attack right at its heart: the Grand Imperial Theater in Ginza. Though their battle took place in a swirling snowstorm and beneath a blood-red moon- an evil omen if there ever was one- the gallant defenders in their equally gallant Jinbu once again rallied to the occasion, preparing to fight off a goodly amount of Kouma.

"While the demon in charge once again went with a frontal assault, he gave it a twist that was as surprising and complicated as it was ill thought-out."


- Excerpt from the 1977 edition of "Samurai Spirits: The History of the Flower Division," written by M. Sunnyside.

*And now you know why I only post excerpts of his book. For all of its countless faults, though, Michael's chronicle of events remains the most accurate take on the Kouma Wars that we might ever see.

... as to how this ever came to be, well, I must admit that I'm likely as confused as you are.
- L. Altair.

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TAISHO ERA, 13th YEAR: MARCH
IN FRONT OF THE GRAND IMPERIAL THEATER



----


[Shika]

In order to show him my true strength, I, Shika, shall simply wipe out the entire Flower Division!


[???]

That's as far as you go!



----


WHOMPF!



Sakura! ("I spy with my little eye something beginning with a Demonaskingforanasskicking!")



Sumire! ("Sakura-san, it is not much of a game if you reveal the answer beforehand.")



Maria! ("... not that this is a very big plot twist.")



Kanna! ("Yeah, we HAVE been doing the whole 'demon shows up and then dies' thing for months now, huh?")



Iris! ("This is boring! I want a plot twist that's like, like... 'and then everyone died and demons took over the planet'!")



Kohran! ("What's wit' that stock Bad Endin' Outta Nowhere!?")


----


O!



GA!



MI! ("The IMPORTANT question is, which side does Iris count herself on...?")

[Everyone]

The Imperial Assault Force has arrived!



----

----


[Sumire]

What on Earth is that supposed to be?


----
[Yoneda]

IT'S A SECRET!

[Kohran]

Well, we walked smack-dab into that one, didn't we?

[Sumire]

...

----

[Yoneda]

I'll tell you when the battle's finished! Anyway, we can't let him set foot in the theater.




[Kohran]

Awright! Let's jes' gotta thrash these guys so we can hurry an' hear all about this here secret!!


[Shika]

Ku ku ku... Assault Force... I'll destroy your base and everything around it.


[Shika]

Assault Force! I, Shika, shall be the one to end your lives!!
Wah~hah hah hah!


----
[Ogami]

... you guys finally ran out of ways to justify your hatred of humanity, huh.

[Shika]

Hmph! You lot are nothing more than a stepping stone on my way to becoming the strongest!

[Sumire]

Do you honestly think that qualifies as a motivating factor after all the villains we have faced? How droll! Go back and think up a more appropriate reason for your irrational hatred, like revenge!

[Kanna]

Oh, yeah! Hey, we DID kill your boar-man friend last time, right?

[Shika]

Do I look like I care? Inoshishi died as he lived-

[Kohran]

Fried in his own fat an' wrapped right 'round a slab o' salmon to cook 'em both in th' oven?

[Shika]

I- ... excuse me?

[Sakura]

He got sort of pre-cooked when we exploded his robot. It seemed criminal to let him go to waste.

[Iris]

We were eating pork and sausages for days!

[Shika]

That's horrifying! Curse you barbaric humans and-

[Maria]

... you know, I hear venison tastes delightful at this time of year.

[Shika]

You wouldn't.

[Ogami]

Oh, no, they would.

----


----


[Sumire]

Ensign, be on your guard! The enemy has vanished into this snowstorm and is surely doing something suspicious!


[Ogami]

THANK YOU, MS. POINTLESS EXPOSITION What!?



----


And, well...


----


They proceed to do JUST THAT.


----


[Ogami]

Those strange objects in the four corners seem to be for summoning Kouma. We're destroying them all!!


[Maria]

Understood!

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Jul 11, 2007

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[Ogami]

Really!? What's the data say?


[Kasumi]

To sum it up, you won't have any luck if you attack the devices normally.


[Ogami]

What did you say!? What do you mean?


[Kasumi]

Those devices cycle between two phases.
The first is the demonic power amplification phase. At that time, demonic power rises to a crescendo.
Because of that, it temporarily becomes immune to all attacks made against it.


[Tsubaki]

The other one is its demonic power release phase, when its demonic power runs down to almost nothing.
So... it'll only be affected by attacks.
Because the device leaks demonic power in its release phase, it should glow bluish-white.


[Ogami]

So if it's not in its release phase, then there's no point attacking it!?


[Yuri]

Yes, exactly.


----
[Ogami]

Well, poo poo, that seems needlessly complicated. We're in trouble, aren't we. I mean, we're at the mercy of some demonic summoning device that apparently becomes immune on a rhythm we don't actually KNOW about, so-

----

[Yuri]

Also, the Koubus' movement will cause the device to switch between its amplification and release phases.
It seems that the devices is matching the Koubus' movement by releasing and amplifying demonic power.


[Ogami]

I see. Then... we'll be fine if we walk around the devices until we lure them into their release phase?


[Yuri]

Yes, that's exactly it. You'll be able to destroy them if you hit them while they're emitting a bluish-white light.


----
[Kohran]

... wow, talk about yer design flaws.

[Ogami]

I know, right? You'd think that they'd capitalize on the whole 'complete immunity' thing to-

[Kohran]

Naw, it's- look, if AH were designin' somethin' like that, I'd add at least fifty big guns t' make it impossible fer us t' walk around 'til the weak point shows itself!

[Ogami]

Ooh. That WOULD work, wouldn't it.

[Kohran]

An' Ah'd ferget about splittin' th' devices up like that- jes' slap 'em all into th' core of some kinda walkin' death machine! That way, you'd get a big mobile killer robot that spawns Kouma every round an' sprays bullets into th' scenery every two seconds!

[Kohran]

... an' then nothin' would ever stand in my way, ever again.

[Ogami]

O... one step at a time, Kohran.

----


[Ogami]

Right, hit them when they're glowing. Everyone, let's go!!




Well, it's once again time to rape face. Asking the higher-ups gets us the usual obvious spiel:



[Kasumi]

The enemy has placed devices called "Maraiki" near the four corners of the theater- and they're producing Kouma!!


[Yuri]

Before the Kouma destroy our theater...


[Tsubaki]

Please destroy all four of the "Maraiki"! We're counting on you, Ogami-san!!


... so yeah.


----

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STORM

And it seems that this battle, Ogami's got a pretty big affinity with the wind and storms, which powers up the 'Wind' strategy.

Which actually makes sense, because Ogami seems to be all about the lightning... but then, since the Wind strategy is powered up by all the "blue" answer choices during the nightly rounds, which are all of the cool guy Casanova answers...

Oh lord, the thought of those answer choices being Ogami's default canon personality worries me to no end. :gonk:



The damned things are arranged kind of haphazardly- there's a second one just out of sight to the left, making it ludicrously easy, but...



On the south side of the theater, a ~MYSTERIOUS ROCK BARRIER~ separates the last two (there's another one out of sight to the left), so I'll have to split the team into three squads: one to destroy the device pictured here, one for the northern two, and one to destroy the one just out of sight.

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[Maria]

... millions of yen into the development and production of these Jinbu and they can't blast through a pile of rocks?

[Kohran]

Hey now, ya darn well know what these babies're capable of!

[Kohran]

... it's jes' that their power output don't have no middle ground b'tween "off" an' "whoops, did Ah jes' accidentally blow a hole through th' side of th' theater?"

[Maria]

... I suppose that WOULD be mildly counterproductive to our mission of guarding the theater, yes.

[Kohran]

Well, actually, if ya jes' redefine th' terms of the mission to "make sure those drat demons don't step foot into th' theater," then if there ISN'T actually a theater for them t' get INTO an' all...

[Ogami]

Okay, yeah, that's kind of a slippery slope there, Kohran.

[Kohran]

More slippery than goin' through every nook an' cr-

[Ogami]

YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN.

----



And to make things even MORE complicated, we've got to stop the Kouma from getting into that door behind Kohran AND the door on the opposite side of the theater.



Thankfully, the first two devices are in ridiculously easy reach.



WOOF WOOF



Yeah, the wind version of his final attack really DOES fit with his theme better.



Anyway, the devices are... really weak. The bulk of this particular stage? Legwork. And also getting potshotted at by Kouma.


----


For some reason, most of the pilots are in a so-so mood- probably because we haven't had a lot of time to talk to them.



Kanna comes right into view of the southeastern device, but that's about as far as she can go this round.


----


Maria and Kanna can handle the southeastern front- she's going to go give backup to Ogami while the rest of the team deals with the southwest.


----


The shooty Kouma turtle up next to their devices and/or shoot their attackers...


----


"HOLD UP!"


----


And Ogami takes VERY little damage.



Kohran's turn comes up! AND BOY IS SHE PISSED.


----


She destroys the Kouma next to the device and does some decent damage, but we've got some ways to go.



MEANWHILE! ... Maria is happy.



[Maria]

Not bad.




[Kanna]

Same to you.


And another Kouma explodes into goopy grape juice.



... is also unhappy for some oblique reason. Welp, I'll just slot her next to Sakura.



... and it appears that only Maria's mood is neutral or above this battle.

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And now... well, it's the bizarro crystal thingies' turns, and-



- SWEET CUPPIN' CAKES!



No, the beam of light doesn't come crashing back down to make a Kouma. It just... pops out of the ground. Ah, THE WONDERS OF DEMONTECH. This process repeats itself three more times, one for each device remaining on the field.



And we're right back to the start of this guy's turn!


After exploding the Kouma, the device goes, too.

[Ogami]

Right! Three to go!!

Spirit Armor fucked around with this message at 04:04 on May 15, 2013

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