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Sun-Touched Dragon King [Exalted/Highschool DxD]

Discussion in 'Questing' started by heralding_bubble, May 26, 2018.

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    heralding_bubble

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    Your name is Hyoudou Issei. Your parents and what few friends you have call you Ise. You are a second year high school student at the previously all-girls school of Kuoh Academy.

    You are also dying at the moment.

    Like all the good stories in the world, it began with a cute girl. She had beautiful black hair going all the way down to her waist, and the most alluring violet eyes. Or at least that was your opinion. Her name was Yuuma, and she asked you out. You who had been labeled one of the three great perverts of your school. You who all the girls looked down upon for your antics and had never had a girlfriend.

    Except this particular girl confessed to you.

    You first thought it was a joke or perhaps the result of a penalty game. In fact you had that thought quite often, and kept an eye out for any of her friends that were watching and laughing at her from the shadows. A natural reaction, considering your unpopularity with girls.

    You didn't find any of them however, and your world changed. You had a girlfriend and wanted to shout it to the world, which you almost even did a few times. You wanted to brag to people you met on the streets that finally, you had graduated from single to having a girlfriend. An actual girlfriend and not just a waifu in your dreams.

    And then the day of the first date came. You came three hours early just in preparation, and to be able to say "Don't worry, I just got here." You had a joyful day of doing all the kinds of stuff couples do; having lunch together, playing games in an arcade, watched a movie in a theater, and so on. The day passed, and you ended up in a quiet park. With no other people in sight, you thought that this might be it. The golden moment. Your first kiss.

    As you were about to take her hand to hold it again she skipped ahead in front of the fountain and turned to you. The perfect scenery and opportunity for a magical first kiss. And then she said the words.

    "Will you die for me?"

    You blinked. Did you hear her right? Did your racing heart and mind confuse the words she said for something else? Then she grew a pair of black wings and in her hands appeared a spear of light, with which she stabbed you with.

    And so you are currently on your bleeding stomach on the ground, bleeding and dying from the wound your first girlfriend gave you. What did you do to deserve this? You didn't cheat on her, and you think the date didn't go so bad as to warrant a death.

    "Sorry. You were a threat to us, so we decided to get rid of you early. If you want to hate someone, then hate God who put the Sacred Gear inside you," she says. Her voice is cold and uncaring above you.

    'Sacred what? What are you talking about Yuuma-chan? No, in the first place it was you who stabbed me, wasn't it?' You think as you hear her walking away.

    This isn't fair.

    You're looking over an army marching against the tide of uncountable monsters of the titans, hoping that maybe this diversion will be worth it and the forever-war will end with it.

    What will your parents say? Haha, maybe they'll be glad they got rid of that useless eyesore of a son? And Matsuda and Motohama? Would they even care when they heard you were dead? Maybe not, the only thing you all really had in common was your prevalence for perverted things. Ah, why are you plagued with such depressing thoughts at your final moments?

    You look upon the bronze skinned four armed man, and while two of his hands are holding a laurel and a spear the other two hold a crown of woven mist. You kneel before him, and he places the crown upon your brow.

    Will you go to Yomi? Or Heaven? Or where ever? What would they even say there, when you who was a total virgin, not even first kiss yet, came in. Would they laugh at you?

    You grit your teeth in anger. This isn't fair.

    You watch as the greatest of gods play their game, and the bronze skinned four armed one ponders his next move. A murmur goes through the crowd as turns towards the stands and grants you the allowance to make the move.

    Bunching up your hands in anger, you move to rise up. This isn't fair. You feel an alien power flow through you and you grasp it like a drowning man grabs for something floaty.

    You stand on a balcony, watching over a golden city. A perfect city. Your city. But there was a flaw in the designs, so you know you must raze it all down and create it again from scratch. It is the only way to fix it. The people will understand.

    Ignoring the 'Huh?' of Yuuma you hear off to the side you lift yourself up to you knees, soaking your pants in your blood before getting your feet under yourself and rising to a stand.

    You turn to glare at Yuuma, staring her straight in her eyes. In her eyes, wide from disbelief, you see yourself reflected in them. Glowing in golden aura like a super saiyan surrounds you, and a mark is glowing on your forehead.

    The mark is
    [][Caste]: A golden sunburst
    Dawn Caste Abilities: Archery, Awareness, Brawl/Martial Arts, Dodge, Melee, Resistance, Thrown, and War.
    Dawn Anima Effects:
    • At bonfire/iconic anima display, the Dawn adds half her Essence score (round up) to her base Initiative upon resetting to base after a successful decisive attack.
    • For 10 motes, all of the Dawn’s combat and movement Charms with outstanding reset conditions are automatically reset. This effect can only be used once per day, becoming available again at sunrise.
    • The Dawn Caste inspires terror in her foes. She adds half her Essence score (round up) in dice to all intimidating social influence. She may also intimidate targets which do not feel fear, such as automatons, golems, and certain undead.
    []Caste]: A golden disk
    Zenith Caste Abilities: Athletics, Integrity, Performance, Lore, Presence, Resistance, Survival and War.
    Zenith Anima Effects:
    • For one mote, the Zenith’s anima leaps from her hand to a corpse she’s touching, igniting it in Solar flame. This power incinerates the corpse and ensures the soul of the deceased will not return as a hungry ghost. In addition, the Zenith may perceive the strongest Intimacies of the deceased and may choose to accept them. When she is ready, she may pay one mote, touching a target of those Intimacies to pass on feelings of peace, love, and assurance, shedding them in the process. She may also transfer them to an object, allowing it to convey comfort or a sense of duty to the subject. Conversely, she may touch someone who caused the deceased to suffer, paying one mote and rolling ([A social Attribute] + Presence) with three automatic non-Charm successes against their Resolve to transfer pain suffered by the deceased back on the one who caused it. The Storyteller is free to dictate the length and weight of such attrition.
    • For 10 motes, one Willpower, the Zenith channels her Essence into an aura of divine retribution, surging around an attack. This power supplements a successful decisive attack against a creature of darkness, preventing the Solar’s Initiative from returning to its base value after the attack. When the Zenith’s anima is at bonfire, reduce the cost of this power by five motes and ignore the Willpower. This power may only be used once per day, resetting when the sun is at its zenith.
    • For seven motes, the Zenith may order a dematerialized spirit to manifest using a (Charisma + Presence) persuade action with (Essence) automatic successes. All spirits inherently recognize the Unconquered Sun’s authority in the priest-kings and are compelled as if by a Defining Intimacy, but may still have Defining Ties or Principles which counter this advantage. If successful, the Zenith’s very command draws the spirit into the material world, so that it does not need to pay the cost to materialize.
    [][Caste]: A half-filled golden disk
    Twilight Caste Abilities: Bureaucracy, Craft, Integrity, Investigation, Linguistics, Lore, Medicine, and Occult
    Twilight Anima Effects:
    • For five motes, the Twilight projects an aura of pure force, reflexively gaining five Hardness for one turn. At the bonfire/iconic level, this power activates itself automatically at no cost. This effect doesn’t stack with other magic that raises Hardness, but it can be used during Initiative Crash.
    • For 10 motes, one Willpower, the Twilight’s anima flares blue and white and consumes her body over the course of the round. On her next turn, she vanishes into her anima and ceases to exist. If the Exalt moves or suffers knockdown before the action is completed, it fails and the effect is wasted. After using this power, the Twilight will not reappear until the following sunset. When she does, it will be at a place of power within 10 miles of her vanishing point, chosen by the Storyteller. She might appear at a temple, a demesne, a major crossroads, the door of a god’s sanctum, the precise center of a city, etc.
    • For 10 motes, the Twilight may touch an Essence 1-3 elemental or a demon of the first circle, conjoining its Essence to her anima. Roll Intelligence + Occult against the creature’s Resolve. If successful, this creates a pact that changes the spirit into her familiar, allowing her to target it with applicable Survival Charms. In addition, the Twilight can reflexively summon the spirit instantly for three motes, drawing it through the Essence of the world to appear beside her. She may banish the creature again, reflexively, for free, returning it to the tides of Essence that suffuse Creation until needed. The Twilight may have up to (Essence) spirit familiars bound in this fashion at once.
    [][Caste]: An empty golden circle
    Night Caste Abilities: Athletics, Awareness, Dodge, Investigation, Larceny, Ride, Stealth, and Socialize
    Night Anima Effects:
    • For two motes, the Night can dampen her anima, treating all Peripheral Essence expenditures as if they were Personal for one instant.
    • For three motes, the Night can ignore up to (higher of 3 or Essence) penalties to a Stealth attempt for one instant. These motes are always considered Personal, regardless of the pool they’re spent from.
    • When the Night’s anima is at the bonfire/iconic level, it wraps around and suffuses her form, hiding her figure and masking her visage in flame. She is merely a fearsome silhouette shrouded in all the hues of evening. It becomes impossible to discern her identity. This is considered a perfect effect, and cannot be pierced by Eye of the Unconquered Sun (see p. 273) or other all-seeing magic.
    [][Caste]: A golden circle with a disk in the center
    Eclipse Caste Abilities: Bureaucracy, Larceny, Linguistics, Occult, Presence, Ride, Sail, and Socialize
    Eclipse Anima Effects:
    • For 10 motes, one Willpower, the Eclipse sanctifies an oath she has witnessed. The Exalt touches the oathgivers (or their words, as they pass through the air), her caste mark flashing imperceptibly. If she wishes, her anima briefly flares, swirling with the words and runes by which Heaven has given her the right to arbitrate such matters. Oath-givers who break pacts sanctified by the Eclipse (including the Exalt herself) are subject to a terrible curse. The details of the curse are devised by the Storyteller, ideally reflecting the oath broken. A woman who breaks a hospitality oath might find herself incapable of rest beneath any roof for a year and a day, while a man who murdered the one he swore to protect may find his defenses utterly failing him when he must next fight for his life.
    • The Eclipse has diplomatic immunity when treating with the enemies of Creation. So long as the Eclipse approaches them on legitimate business of some kind, shades, spirits, the demon princes of Hell, and the Fair Folk may not attack the Eclipse or her companions without just cause, and such creatures must observe the local rules of hospitality. Such beings may still attempt to provoke members of the Solar’s embassy into breaking the peace, thus voiding this effect’s protection.
    • The Eclipse represents all the subtle movements of Essence under Heaven, the strange and self-referencing powers that stir when night merges with day. Eclipses can learn the Charms of spirits, Fair Folk and similar supernatural beings which have the Eclipse keyword for eight experience points each.

    Yuuma stares at you mouth agape and eyes wide with disbelief. "W-what? You should be dead! I stabbed you in the stomach!"

    You give her a savage grin. "I'm sorry but I can't let myself die just yet."

    What do you do?
    [] Attack and retaliate
    -[] Stunt?
    [] Ask why she tried to kill you.
    -[] Stunt?
    [] Run away.
    -[] Stunt?
    [] Write in.
    -[] Stunt?



    Due to just Exalting, all abilities count as if having 5 dots in them and having excellencies for the moment. The effect will dissipate after the scene ends.
     
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      Name: Issei Hyoudou
      Gender: Male
      Exaltation Type: Solar
      Caste:
      Motivation: To become a Harem King, a person worthy of the affection of multiple girls
      Battle Theme:
      Anima Banner:

      Essence: O
      Personal: 13/13
      Peripheral: 33/33
      Committed (Personal): 0
      Committed (Peripheral): 0
      Willpower: 5/5
      Limit: 0

      Health:
      -0 [X]
      -1 [X] [X]
      -2 [ ] [ ]
      -4 [ ]
      Incapacitated [ ]
      Dying [ ] [ ]

      Join Battle: 2d+3
      Dodge DV: 1
      Parry DV: 1
      Soak: 2
      Hardness: 0

      Read Intentions: 2d
      Resolve: 2
      Guile: 1

    • Strength: OO
      Dexterity: OO
      Stamina: OO

      Charisma: OO
      Manipulation: O
      Appearance: OO

      Perception: OO
      Intelligence: OO
      Wits: OO

    • Those marked with - are Favoured/Caste Abilities, that which is marked by + is the Supernal Ability.

      Archery:
      –Athletics:
      –Awareness:
      Brawl:
      Bureaucracy:
      –Dodge:
      –Integrity: O
      Investigation:
      Larceny:
      Linguistics: O
      –Lore: O
       >> Specialty: Eroge
      Medicine:
      –Melee:
      –Occult:
      Performance:
      +Presence:
      –Resistance:
      Ride:
      Sail:
      Socialize:
      Stealth:
      Survival:
      Thrown:
      –War:

      Craft:
      >(Expertise):

    • Language: Japanese

      Selective Conception: You have full conscious control on your own fertility. You cannot ensure pregnancy, but you can prevent any undesired one.

      Common Sense: You have an inner voice that warns you when your present course of action is unwise or dangerous, a voice that sounds remarkably like that of the Storyteller.

      Past Lives O: You have brief flashes of memories from your past Exalted incarnations, allowing you to grasp at the bare basics of the glories of the past. Can be used to boost applicable Craft, Lore, and Occult rolls with (Merit Rating) dice. May sometimes cause flashbacks - visions or emotions for example - to past lives. Can be increased by meditation.

    • N/A

    • Defining Ties:

      Major Ties:
      Beautiful Females (Lust)

      Minor Ties:
      Parents (Filial Love)
      Perverted Trio (Friendship)
      Good looking men (Jealousy)

      Defining Principles:
      "I will have a harem!"

      Major Principles:
      "I will help a girl in need."

      Minor Principles:
      "I help people in need."





      • Archery, the discipline of using ranged weapons. The bow is the dominant form of ranged weapon in Creation in all its different varieties, from the simple wooden self bows used by subsistence hunters to the composite bows carried by the Realm’s archers. However, Archery also applies to the use of more exotic weapons. In the South, weapons fueled by a reagent called firedust shoot streamers of flame rather than arrows, and in the North, the nation-states of the Haslanti League favor the crossbow.

        Athletics, the discipline of physical fitness and acrobatic maneuverability. It is used in performing feats of strength, such as lifting up a fallen cart or bending the metal bars of a prison cage. It is also used for movement both in and out of combat—racing towards a distant enemy, jumping over a gaping chasm, climbing a brick wall, and swimming against a powerful tide are all uses of Athletics.

        Awareness, the practiced discipline of alertness and wariness of one’s surroundings. It is used for rolls to notice or pick up on sensory information, but is also important in combat, adding to the Join Battle roll that determines a character’s starting Initiative and allowing her to notice hidden enemies.

        Brawl, used by unarmed combatants who fight based on instinct and a natural talent for violence, rather than any particular discipline or style. It’s used for punches, kicks, head-butts, shoulder thrusts, grappling, and all similar methods of using one’s own body as a weapon. Brawl also conveys an aptitude for brawling aids such as brass knuckles and improvised weaponry such as chairs and broken bottles. In addition to covering attacks, Brawl can also be used to calculate a character’s Parry rating in combat, although parrying a weapon capable of inflicting lethal damage with one’s bare hands requires a stunt.

        Bureaucracy represents a character’s acumen in organizational, mercantile, and legal endeavors. Bureaucracy is used to assess and evaluate the resources—both wealth and manpower—available to one’s self or one’s rivals, as well as to understand the legal codes of a society or the bureaucratic structure of an organization.

        Craft is used to create or repair objects through skilled labor, whether forging a sword, cutting the gem for a merchant prince’s brooch, or planning and overseeing the construction of a temple. The Exalted and other supernatural beings are capable of using this Ability to create artifacts, treasures of legendary quality that possess powerful magic of their own.

        Special rules: When a character first buys this Ability, she must declare an area of expertise to which her crafting skill applies. Potential areas of expertise include weapon forging, armoring, architecture, tailoring, woodwork, carpentry, cooking, and anything else a player might come up with, covering similarly broad (but not all-encompassing) concepts. Additional areas of expertise must be purchased as independent Abilities—thus, a character might have Craft (Weapon Forging) 4, and Craft (Gem-cutting) 2. Of note are Craft (Artifacts) and Craft (Geomancy); these two craft skills in specific are needed to craft artifacts and design and raise manses, respectively.

        Dodge is the skill of evading one’s enemies, deftly maneuvering out of the way of attacks or managing to avoid the dangers of fighting on hazardous terrain. In combat, a character’s Dodge rating contributes to her Evasion, but is also used to escape from close-quarter conflicts with enemies or to take cover from the attacks of far-off foes.

        Integrity is the Ability to remain resolute in one’s beliefs, principles, and decisions when they are challenged, an active discipline of self-assurance and refuting opposing arguments. It contributes to a character’s Resolve, which is used to resist the persuasion of socially skilled characters.

        Investigation is used to uncover hidden or obscured details through close surveillance or examination, whether it is searching a magistrate’s chamber for a hidden letter, unearthing clues at the scene of a murder, or reconstructing the details of a crime from the evidence presented before a magistrate at court.

        Larceny covers a range of talents that fall under the general penumbra of criminal activity. Pickpocketing, lock picking, and sleight of hand are all uses of Larceny that rely on physical deftness, but it also applies to more intellectual tasks such as creating an effective disguise, hiding evidence at the scene of a crime, or navigating a society’s criminal underworld.

        Linguistics is the Ability used to compose works of writing—literary epics, poetic verse, propaganda pamphlets, or even a simple conversational letter. It can be used to influence the thoughts and feelings of characters who read the work using social actions. A character must have at least one dot of Linguistics to be able to read.

        Lore represents a character’s understanding of the world, covering academic disciplines of history, mathematics, geography, literature, science, philosophy, and similar scholarly pursuits. It can be used both to recall useful pieces of academic knowledge, as well as to perform scholarly research in a library or archive. It is also important in the forging of artifacts and the raising of manses. Players must note the subject of their character’s education when selecting Lore, as this impacts the scope of what the Ability may cover for them (see p. 237 for more details on using Lore)—Lore 5 alone makes the character a world-class savant, but doesn’t mean she knows everything. Lore areas of expertise can be expanded with specialties and roleplaying.

        Medicine is used to diagnose and treat wounds, sickness, poisoning, and other ailments. In the Age of Sorrows, the state of Creation’s medical practice is primitive, with bone saws, sutures, and scalpels representing the most advanced medical technology a physician might have access to. In some of Creation’s cultures, methods of folk medicine such as herbal treatments, acupuncture, or therapeutic yoga take the place of traditional surgical implements, and can be just as effective, if not more so, in treating certain ailments.

        Melee is the Ability of hand-to-hand weaponry, covering swords, knives, hammers, axes, lances, and any other weapon used in close quarters. It is used both to attack with these weapons and to calculate a character’s Parry rating when she blocks enemy attacks

        Occult represents an instinctive facility for dealing with Creation’s mystical and otherworldly elements. It describes a rapport with the uncanny and things normally held beyond mortal ken. This includes understanding of the nature, powers, and ways of gods, ghosts, and demons, but also a sense of those things beyond the ken of Heaven and the gods. Occult is vital to the exorcist and the shaman whose arts cannot be taught to those lacking proper sensitivity, and also to the sorcerer, whose senses pierce the veils of the universe.

        Performance is the Ability of influencing others through creative or artistic displays, covering both traditional forms of artistic expression such as music, dance, and poetry, as well as rhetorical speaking through prepared speeches or oratory. It can be used to influence the thoughts and feelings of other characters through social actions.

        Presence is the Ability to effectively lead, intimidate, or persuade through force of personality. It can be used to influence the thoughts and feelings of other characters through social actions. When a hot-blooded general rallies her troops with an inspiring battle cry, a witty conversationalist charms those around her over the course of a party, or a thief blurts a convincing explanation for how she came into possession of a carved jade idol, all of these characters are using Presence.

        Resistance is the learned Ability of coping with pain, disease, fatigue, and other forms of physical weakness. In combat, it is useful for fighting through the deleterious effects of poisons used by dishonorable foes, or weathering the perils of fighting over hazardous terrain.

        Ride is used to ride on a horse, ox, or more exotic mount, as well as to maneuver in vehicles such as chariots or carts that are led by horses or beasts of burden. In combat, the Ride skill is used for moving across the battlefield while mounted. Also includes riding motorcycles and cars.

        Sail is used to captain a seafaring vessel through the great oceans and rivers that make up much of Creation. It is used both for maneuvering a vessel and for plotting a course using sea charts and navigational instruments. While the vast majority of vehicles in the Second Age are ocean-faring ships, the Sail Ability can also be used to pilot more exotic vessels, such as the hot-air balloon skyships used by the Haslanti League or many of the ancient, wondrous vehicles lost with the First Age.

        Socialize is a character’s understanding of the social context in which she acts, encompassing both knowledge of decorum and etiquette as well as how to use them to one’s advantage in persuasion or manipulation. In formal social situations such as an aristocratic court or a ritualized ceremony, a character can use Socialize to influence the thoughts and feelings of other characters with social actions. Socialize is also used both to read the emotional tells or body language of other characters to discern their inner thoughts, and to conceal such tells on one’s self, contributing to a character’s Guile rating.

        Stealth is used to avoid being noticed, evading the sight of one’s pursuers through physical deftness and cunning. In combat, it can be used to catch foes unawares with sneak attacks or to hide from threatening enemies. Outside of combat, it can be used for covert surveillance, silently infiltrating a guarded building, or blending into a crowd after committing a crime.

        Survival is the Ability used to traverse and survive in wilderness environments. It covers the basic rudiments of outdoor survival, such as finding shelter, finding fresh water, and gathering food, as well as tracking, navigation, and handling animals.

        Thrown is the Ability used for weapons designed to be thrown at an enemy, rather than those which fire projectiles. Throwing knives, shuriken, javelins, chakrams, and nets are all used with this Ability.

        War is the Ability of understanding strategy and tactics. It is used both to direct the long-term progress of a war, planning battles to gain the upper hand over enemy forces, as well as to command the soldiers or warriors that serve a character directly in battle.





      • Name: Unarmed
        Description: Meaty and Hooky, swift deliverers of Justice!

        Accuracy: +4
        Damage: +7
        Defence: +0
        Overwhelming: 1
        Tags: Bashing, Brawl, Grappling, Natural

    • Withering:
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      Decisive:
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      Accuracy: Add this many dice to the (Dexterity + Ability) dice pool when making withering attacks with this weapon.
      Damage: Add this many dice to damage rolls when making withering attacks with this weapon.
      Overwhelming: The minimum damage of withering attacks made with the weapon, after soak has been applied. Soak can’t reduce a weapon’s withering damage pool to below its Overwhelming value.
      Defense: Add or subtract this number from the weapon wielder’s Parry. Attunement: To use this weapon, the wearer must commit five motes to make it respond to her desires more easily. Without this commitment, subtract -5 from the weapon’s Accuracy and its Defense, and lose two Initiative per attempted attack or defense. These penalties can only be negated by attunement.
      Attunement: To use this weapon, the wearer must commit five motes to make it respond to her desires more easily. Without this commitment, subtract -5 from the weapon’s Accuracy and its Defense, and lose two Initiative per attempted attack or defense. These penalties can only be negated by attunement.



      Balanced: The power and leverage provided by this weapon give it an Overwhelming one point higher than normal. For example, a Balanced mundane medium weapon would have an Overwhelming value of 2. This tag is normally found on swords.
      Bashing: This weapon normally does bashing damage when used to deliver a decisive attack.
      Brawl: Attacks with this weapon normally use Brawl.
      Chopping: This weapon is capable of making chopping attacks. A chopping attack costs one point of Defense until the attacker’s next turn, as well as one point of Initiative, but raises a withering attack’s raw damage by 3, or allows a decisive attack to treat Hardness as two points lower than its true value. This tag is primarily found on weapons with heavy blades, such as axes and chopping swords.
      Disarming: This weapon reduces the difficulty and cost of disarm gambits by 1.
      Flexible: This weapon ignores the Defense bonus granted by full defense actions.
      Improvised: Useable with both Brawl and Melee, these simple weapons can be created out of anything sturdy, heavy and roughly well balanced. Because they are not designed for use as weapons, improvised weapons cost 1 Initiative to use in an attack.
      Grappling: This weapon can be used to make grappling gambits.
      Lethal: This weapon normally does lethal damage when used to deliver a decisive attack. Lethal close combat weapons can deliver bashing damage with an appropriate stunt, by e.g. attacking with the pommel or with the flat of the blade.
      Martial Arts: Attacks with this weapon don’t use Melee or Brawl. Wielding it requires an applicable Martial Arts Ability. For example, the hook sword requires facility with a style like Martial Arts (Snake Style) or Martial Arts (Crane Style); Martial Arts (Tiger Style) wouldn’t do.
      Melee: Attacks with this weapon normally use Melee.
      Natural: This weapon is part of the user’s body. It cannot be disarmed, and never requires a draw/ready weapon action to prepare for use.
      Piercing: This weapon specializes in defeating armor, either by punching through it or slipping through its weak points. A piercing attack lowers the attacker’s Defense by one until his next turn, and costs one Initiative to attempt. The resulting withering attack ignores 4 points of soak from armor.
      Reaching: This long weapon negates the advantages of mounted combatants (p. 202).
      Shield: A weapon with this tag allows the character to place the “full defense” action in a flurry, although this flurry can’t also contain an attack action. This is normally used to flurry full defense and rush actions together. The damage of shield-tagged weapons is 2 lower than their class would otherwise indicate (thus a medium shield-tagged weapon would have damage 7 rather than 9).
      Smashing: This weapon can make smash attacks. Smash attacks sacrifice one Defense until the character’s next turn, and cost two Initiative to attempt. If successful, they knock the opponent back one range band, or knock them prone. Targets may be knocked back into dangerous or deadly threats, like lava pits or steep cliffs.
      Thrown: This weapon can be used to make ranged attacks using the Thrown ability. All Thrown weapons also have their maximum range listed in parenthesis, such as Thrown (Medium). When throwing a weapon, the wielder doesn’t benefit from the weapon’s normal Accuracy bonus; see Thrown Weapons, below.
      Two-Handed: This weapon requires the user wield it with both hands, preventing them from holding a shield or another weapon at the same time. Two-handed weapons grant a +2 bonus to Clash attacks.
      Worn: Wearable weapons can be removed, but while worn they count as natural weapons. Equipping or removing a weapon with the worn tag takes an action.



    • N/A

    • Soak: This is how much the armor adds to the wearer’s soak value.
      Mobility Penalty: This is the number of dice heavier armor subtracts from all nimbleness-based Athletics rolls, as well as from any rolls involving chases, running, and dodging. Most armor is noisy and this same number is subtracted from Stealth rolls involving attempts to move silently. Finally, this value is subtracted directly from thewearer’s Evasion score.
      Hardness: Hardness offers protection from decisive attacks; it has no use against withering attacks. If a decisive attack’s damage dice pool is equal to or lower than the target’s Hardness, the decisive attack can’t inflict damage. A decisive attack that strikes but fails to penetrate the target’s Hardness is still considered a successful attack, and causes Initiative to reset to 3 as normal. If a decisive attack’s damage pool exceeds the target’s Hardness, then damage is rolled as normal; Hardness is not subtracted from the damage pool.
      Attunement: To use this armor, the wearer must commit the listed number of motes to allow the armor to respond to the wearer. Without this commitment, artifact armor is bulky, rigid and immobile and imposes a -5 penalty to Defense and to all actions, which cannot be negated by any means save attunement.

      Buoyant: Most armor is made from metal, which means it’s heavy and dense, and its mobility penalty applies to swimming. Armor with the buoyant tag is much lighter and does not inhibit swimming at all.
      Concealable: Most armor is obviously armor. It can be decorated, but not disguised. Armor with the concealable tag can be worn under clothing so as not to reveal that the character is wearing armor.
      Silent: All armor can be camouflaged with paint, grease or even dirt, but most armor is noisy. Armor with the silent tag causes no penalties to silent movement.


    • Current XP: 7
      Total XP: 7

    • Sometimes you need a Charm to get outside a dangerous situation, but you don't have the time or the Xp required? This feature will enable you to acquire a Charm instantly, but you will get into debt: all the XP you gain go to it until the cost is met and your free time will be dedicated to the skipped training (In-Game Issei will work out the kinks of it), again until the cost is met.

      This works only for Charms: you can't raise Attributes and Abilities this way. Also, you can't learn a Charm if you don't meet the requirements.

      The maximum number of Charms that can be under debt is: 3

    • An omake usually nets you 1 XP.
      If enough people like the post (I don't know, 10?) it instead nets you 2 XP.

      Requirements:
      -The omake must not be from Issei's POV.
      -The omake's length must be at least 700+ words.
      -Please use good grammar.

    • Training time for Attributes is [Current Rating] x 7 days of 3+ hours of dedicated training time
      XP cost for Attributes is 6 XP

      Training time for Favoured/Caste Abilities is [New Rating] days with 3+ hours of dedicated training time
      Training time for non-Favoured/Caste Abilities is [New Rating] x 3 days with 3+ hours of dedicated training time
      Training time for Specialties is 3 days with 3+ hours of dedicated training time
      XP cost for Abilities is 3 XP for Favoured/Caste Abilities, and 4 XP for Non-Fav/Caste Abilities
      XP cost for Specialties is 2 XP

      Training time for Favoured/Caste Charms is [Ability Minimum] days with 3+ hours of dedicated training time
      Training time for non-Favoured/Caste Charms is [Ability Minimum]+[Essence Minimum] days with 3+ hours of dedicated training time
      XP cost for Charms is 8 XP for Favoured/Caste Ability Charms, and 10 XP for non-Fav/Caste Ability Charms

      XP cost for Willpower is 5, and has a training time of [Current Rating] days of complete meditation

      Essence increases with XP; Essence 2 at 40 XP, Essence 3 at 100 XP, Essence 4 at 175 XP, Essence 5 at 250 XP
     
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    heralding_bubble Liar and Hypocrite

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    Intimacies and Social Influence

    Intimacies
    Social Influence
    Appearance
    Resisting Influence Rolls
    Unacceptable Influence
    Social Complications
    Retrying Social Actions
    A Social Influence flowchart
    [​IMG]
     
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    heralding_bubble Liar and Hypocrite

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    You can go ahead now.
     
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    Aleh Destroyer of Faith in Humanity

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    Umm... that's not how Solar exaltations happen? I mean, it reads more like an Infernal, at least until the actual moment of getting power thing...
     
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    heralding_bubble Liar and Hypocrite

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    Perhaps, but I don't want to write an Infernal or an Abyssal story.
    At least at the moment.

    And besides,
    [​IMG]
    :p
     
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    Maven Coldblooded Cuddler

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    ...At least tell me that there will be more Exalted stuff than just Issei getting an exaltation. Stories with no conflict are boriiinnnggg...

    ...At least tell me that your going play the Solar part realistically.
     
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    Kelenas Experienced.

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    Awww... when I saw the Exalted/Highschool DxD bit, for a moment I thought this was Alexander reviving/continuing his quest...

    Still, I like Exalted well enough and found DxD mildly interesting as well, so I'll keep an eye on this. :)
     
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    There are currently no plans for other Exaltations to happen in the story, at least at the moment.

    I'll do my best.
     
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    Oniele Not too sore, are you?

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    [x][Caste]: A half-filled golden disk
    [x] Attack and retaliate
    -[x] Stunt: ?
     
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    Alexander That is not dead which can eternal lie

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    Don't worry, I gave my approval.

    [X]Caste]: A golden disk
    [X] Attack and retaliate
    -[X] One of the core tenets of being a man is to never hit a girl. However, when the girl in question clearly means you harm without fault by your part then, naturally, no one would fault you for defending yourself. You feel your body move by itself, every nerve feeling as if on fire. Your right foot stomps down on the ground hard enough to make your lower body shake before you shoot forward, instinctively falling into the runner stance that your sadistic P.E. teacher hammered into your head.
    --[X] The punch you throw at Yuuma's face, on the other hand, is wholly taken from anime and thus likely inefficient, but damn if it doesn't make you feel badass.
     
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    Kelenas Experienced.

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    I'd rather have read something like "Don't worry, I'll continue my quest soon as well". :p
     
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    Kieron Versed in the lewd.

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    I like Exalted and I like Highschool DxD (With Conditions) so I'm keeping an eye on this.

    I think a Zenith fits Issei's cockroach-like endurance at taking shonen levels of punishment and his utter determination when motivated. Also, the idea of being a Priest-King is intriguing if this Issei want to build his own harem/Solar Counterpart to a Devilish Peerage. Except as an Exalted Solar King instead of a Devil-King.

    [X]Caste]: A golden disk
    [X] Attack and retaliate
    -[X] One of the core tenets of being a man is to never hit a girl. However, when the girl in question clearly means you harm without fault by your part then, naturally, no one would fault you for defending yourself. You feel your body move by itself, every nerve feeling as if on fire. Your right foot stomps down on the ground hard enough to make your lower body shake before you shoot forward, instinctively falling into the runner stance that your sadistic P.E. teacher hammered into your head.
    --[X] The punch you throw at Yuuma's face, on the other hand, is wholly taken from anime and thus likely inefficient, but damn if it doesn't make you feel badass.
     
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    Kelenas Experienced.

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    Hm... to me, that's actually a pretty strong argument AGAINST the Zenith route. I mean, if I wanted to see quest!Issei acting and fighting like canon!Issei (except a bit more so), then I could simply read or watch the manga/LN/anime.

    So, I'll go with Night caste:

    [x][Caste]: An empty golden circle

    Should still be able to fight plenty well, but I'd like to see how things play out with him being much more sneaky, and being able to gather information by observation, investigation, etc.
    Plus, I find the idea of him sending texts like "I'm in ur base, stealing ur panties" to Reynare, while he's doing it, AND while she's in said base... :D
     
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    Kieron Versed in the lewd.

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    Hey sure, that's also a good reason to pick any other caste choice for Issei as well.

    Hells, you could do Issei as an Eclipse if you want to suddenly turn him into a Socially Adept Smooth-talking UN-Level Diplomat who can literally just talk people into doing anything for him. And just talk the girls into giving him their panties. :p

    I'm just curious if the Eclipse choice also lets him learn charms/powers from anyone else if given the right teacher?
     
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    Lican Know what you're doing yet?

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    [X]Caste]: A golden disk
    [X] Attack and retaliate
    -[X] One of the core tenets of being a man is to never hit a girl. However, when the girl in question clearly means you harm without fault by your part then, naturally, no one would fault you for defending yourself. You feel your body move by itself, every nerve feeling as if on fire. Your right foot stomps down on the ground hard enough to make your lower body shake before you shoot forward, instinctively falling into the runner stance that your sadistic P.E. teacher hammered into your head.
    --[X] The punch you throw at Yuuma's face, on the other hand, is wholly taken from anime and thus likely inefficient, but damn if itdoesn't make you feel badass.
     
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    mrttao Gone for Good

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    I feel that talky issei fits in more with his previous demeanor prior to exalting. This is the guy who openly preaches to the school about the value of porn and tries to convert them. He was awful at it, but he had the desire.
     
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    [X]Caste]: A golden disk
    [X] Attack and retaliate
    -[X] One of the core tenets of being a man is to never hit a girl. However, when the girl in question clearly means you harm without fault by your part then, naturally, no one would fault you for defending yourself. You feel your body move by itself, every nerve feeling as if on fire. Your right foot stomps down on the ground hard enough to make your lower body shake before you shoot forward, instinctively falling into the runner stance that your sadistic P.E. teacher hammered into your head.
    --[X] The punch you throw at Yuuma's face, on the other hand, is wholly taken from anime and thus likely inefficient, but damn if it doesn't make you feel badass.

     
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    Kerfirou Cultivating Dantian inside a Star

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    [X]Caste]: A golden disk
    [X] Attack and retaliate
    -[X] One of the core tenets of being a man is to never hit a girl. However, when the girl in question clearly means you harm without fault by your part then, naturally, no one would fault you for defending yourself. You feel your body move by itself, every nerve feeling as if on fire. Your right foot stomps down on the ground hard enough to make your lower body shake before you shoot forward, instinctively falling into the runner stance that your sadistic P.E. teacher hammered into your head.
    --[X] The punch you throw at Yuuma's face, on the other hand, is wholly taken from anime and thus likely inefficient, but damn if it doesn't make you feel badass.
     
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    mrttao Gone for Good

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    hmm... isn't the golden disk caste the talky caste? I would have expected talking to her instead of attacking to be combined with it.

    Also, how do you stunt talking actions in exalted? do you write what you plan for your character to say or what?
    Vote Tally : Sun-Touched Dragon King [Exalted/Highschool DxD] | Questionable Questing [Posts: 10-19]
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    [X] Attack and retaliate
    -[X] One of the core tenets of being a man is to never hit a girl. However, when the girl in question clearly means you harm without fault by your part then, naturally, no one would fault you for defending yourself. You feel your body move by itself, every nerve feeling as if on fire. Your right foot stomps down on the ground hard enough to make your lower body shake before you shoot forward, instinctively falling into the runner stance that your sadistic P.E. teacher hammered into your head.
    --[X] The punch you throw at Yuuma's face, on the other hand, is wholly taken from anime and thus likely inefficient, but damn if it doesn't make you feel badass.
    No. of Votes: 5
    [x] Attack and retaliate
    -[x] Stunt: ?
    No. of Votes: 1


    Task: Caste
    [X][Caste] Caste]: A golden disk
    No. of Votes: 5
    [x][Caste]: A half-filled golden disk
    No. of Votes: 1
    [x][Caste]: An empty golden circle
    No. of Votes: 1
    Total No. of Voters: 7
     
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    heralding_bubble Liar and Hypocrite

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    Well there's two talky Castes, so to speak. Eclipse (Circle and Disk) is the diplomatic negotiation and bureaucratic murder machine, while Zenith (Disk) is the grand mass speech priesty talker leader king.
    Kind of.

    I'll try and crank out the update later today or tomorrow at the latest, hopefully. Thanks for the tally.
     
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    [X]Caste]: A golden disk

    [X] Attack and retaliate
    -[X] One of the core tenets of being a man is to never hit a girl. However, when the girl in question clearly means you harm without fault by your part then, naturally, no one would fault you for defending yourself. You feel your body move by itself, every nerve feeling as if on fire. Your right foot stomps down on the ground hard enough to make your lower body shake before you shoot forward, instinctively falling into the runner stance that your sadistic P.E. teacher hammered into your head.
     – [X] The punch you throw at Yuuma’s face, on the other hand, is wholly taken from anime and thus likely inefficient, but damn if it doesn’t make you feel badass.


    One of the core tenets of being a man is to never hit a girl. Some of the words you live by.

    However. When the girl in question clearly means you harm without fault by your part then, naturally, no one would fault you for defending yourself. You feel your body move by itself, every nerve feeling as if on fire. Your right foot stomps down on the ground hard enough to make your lower body shake before you shoot forward, instinctively falling into the runner's stance that your sadistic P.E. teacher had hammered into your head.

    "Wha-" Yuuma's question is cut short as you leap across the space between you leaving a blur of golden light behind you. Her face morphs into a surprise and she brings her hands up to protect herself as you cock your hand back. You don't know anything about fighting but you've seen enough anime to know how to throw a punch. Probably.

    Another spear of light starts forming in her hand but then you're right there and she starts a frightened squawk before your fist wreathed in golden light meets her face, going through her guard.
    Her head snaps to the side and she's thrown back as the half-formed spear dissipates. She's sent flying and skipping a few times on the ground before rolling to a stop at the base of the fountain, wings sprawled haphazardly around her.

    You slide into readiness and prepare for another attack or a retaliation.

    ...

    Any moment now.

    You stare at her prone form. She's still breathing but it's... slow.

    You hold your breath as you achingly slowly sneak towards her, wary for a surprise attack. She's not moving. You nudge her with a glowing foot and immediately jump back just in case, but there's no reaction.
    ...That's it? You expected... more, from her speeches and posturing. And she almost killed you. She would have killed you if not for, well. You stare at the golden aura around your hands. She said something about... God? And Saint Gears? No wait, Sacred Gear. Is this yours? You shrug the thought off. Something to think at when you're safe at home, perhaps. But now...

    You look at the unconscious Yuuma, black wings sprawled around her. What should you do about her? Should you help her somehow? But then, she tried to kill you. Maybe... you grimace with disgust even at the mere thought of killing someone and shake the idea away.

    What do you do?
    []Leave her and go home. She'll manage, maybe.
    []Post an anonymous message for help on GALAX, and maybe someone will come and help her.
    -[]And leave before they arrive.
    -[]Hide and make sure she gets help.
    []Call for an ambulance.
    -[]And leave before they arrive.
    -[]Hide and make sure she gets help.
    []Write in?


    >Join battle: Issei 7+3 successes, Raynare 4+3
    >Issei goes for a decisive attack: 8 successes to hit and 9 successes on 10 dice for damage
    >Raynare K.O.
    [​IMG]

    Not exactly happy with the quality of writing in this myself and it is a bit short, but those rolls...
     
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    Kieron Versed in the lewd.

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    Obviously, our choice of righteous action have the Blessings and Approval of The Unconquered Sun himself...:V
     
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    mrttao Gone for Good

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    Time to do a Mortal Kombat Fatality... I am joking.
    what is galax?
     
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    heralding_bubble Liar and Hypocrite

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    GALAX is a social networking app/site that is in wide use in Japan. It has voice chat and instant messaging allowing users to communicate in a virtual world via their avatars, video streaming, web broadcasts, and it utilizes gamification in getting people to participate in events that help making the world a better place (for example in the event of a car crash, it could give an event to a nearby person with medical training and give points for helping people who got hurt in the crash. Or when a young mother wishes to get legal advice on her noisy neighbor waking her baby, the system contacts a lawyer who is sitting nearby).
     
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    mrttao Gone for Good

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    [x]Post an anonymous message for help on GALAX, and maybe someone will come and help her.
    -[x]Hide and make sure she gets help.

    thanks for the info. well, ambulance seems off since clearly neither of us is a normal human... lets post on galax and see what kind of being comes. And hide to make sure it is not some sort of supernatural predator that eats her.
     
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    Alexander That is not dead which can eternal lie

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    Very neat.

    [X]Post an anonymous message for help on GALAX, and maybe someone will come and help her.
    -[X]Hide and make sure she gets help.
     
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    Kieron Versed in the lewd.

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    Hmm...I dunno. The crazy bitch DID try to kill us for no good reason and sending other innocent people trying to help her might get them hurt or killed once she wakes up...even if she looks like a black-winged angel. Still, we can still hide and hang around to see if it’s a normal person who will come by to try to help or another supernatural weirdo like her. :V

    [X]Post an anonymous message for help on GALAX, and maybe someone will come and help her.
    -[X]Hide and make sure she gets help.
     
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    Alright, let's see how well sneaky sneak snake bush sitting goes.
    heralding_bubble rolled 6 die of 10 faces, total: 28
    For: Issei Stealth


    Target: 7
    Success: 1
    Rolled on: June-03-2018, 08:01pm
    3
    1
    6
    5
    8
    5

    heralding_bubble rolled 4 die of 10 faces, total: 29
    For: ??? (Perception+Awareness)


    Target: 7
    Success: 4
    Rolled on: June-03-2018, 08:02pm
    8
    4
    7
    10
     
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    [X]Post an anonymous message for help on GALAX, and maybe someone will come and help her.
    -[X]Hide and make sure she gets help.




    You swallow a lump in your throat. Even if she tried to kill you, you don't... It takes a few fumbling tries but you confirm she still has pulse. You wonder what to do for a few moments, walking in a literal circle until you remember GALAX. You're not trained in helping people, but maybe other people are.

    You take out your phone from your pocket, accidentally littering with some paper you had in there. You pick it out absentmindedly, it's filled with some squiggles and text but you pocket it since you're focusing on the X icon on your phone. After a few seconds of gathering courage you press it.

    "How can I help, Issei?" the app asks after a few moments of silence, trying to think of what to say.

    "Um," you start. "X, can I uh, post an anonymous message for help?" You ask the program.

    It's quiet for a second. "Yes, it is possible," it says and doesn't continue.

    "Okay, uh." You think of how to exactly phrase what happened. "Okay. So, um, my girlfriend grew black wings and attacked me with a spear of light trying to kill me, then I got better and punched her and she's unconscious and could you post an anonymous message for someone to come and make sure she's okay or something?"

    You wait a few awkward seconds but eventually it manages to parse your rambled message and respond. "Black wings and a spear of light, at your current location?"

    "Yeah." You scratch your cheek as you glance back to confirm that it actually happened and oh you're still glowing that's nice.

    "Very well. Message delivered." X says and you let a sigh of relief. Then another pang of worry comes. What if the guy X sent the message to is some creepy weirdo? You trust X, but it's only a program in the end so it could do mistakes... You frown, glancing at the bushes. Should you...?

    ---

    You're crouching down in the bushes, waiting for the promised help to arrive. Thankfully your glow had died down soon after you'd situated yourself in the bushes. Now, if only whoever X sent the message to came so you could put this day-

    Your ears practically wiggled (you don't know how to actually do that, unfortunately) as they heard something heavy flapping. At first guess you would have said a bird but it sounds heavier than that. Looking upwards, your mouth almost fell open at the bat winged and white haired little girl flying down on the park square.

    What was it with people and wings? First Yuuma and now... You frown and look closer at the girl who's proceeded to looking over Yuuma. It looks like she's wearing a Kuoh Academy uniform? That's worrying, you'd never heard of even rumours of people like that being in your school. Maybe they're using magic to disguise themselves, if magic is a thing. It probably is, you shrug.

    Something at the back of your head tells you you could do magic as well, but you push the thought aside for now.

    The little girl's taken Yuuma's phone from her, which worries you a bit, and she's holding some kind of paper in her other hand that starts to glow with red light. A moment later a red circle of some kind appears under her and another person appears in the park next to her.

    You feel your heart skip a beat in your chest. Those breasts, that blood red hair. You recognize her immediately even looking through a bush after the sun has set. What the hell is Rias Gremory, one of the Three Princesses of Kuoh doing here?

    The little girl says something which causes Rias to scowl, before handing over Yuuma's phone to her. She looks through it for a moment before the little girl says something and points a hand right at your way. Your eyes go wide and your mouth as your masterful hiding place's location is outed just like that. Rias looks over at your location before nodding to the girl, then makes a call using Yuuma's phone.

    The girl's attention seems to be at Rias as she's talking, now's as good as time as any to...

    []Run away, they're probably calling someone she knows to get her
    []Go and talk to them, your cover's blown anyway
    -[]What do you say?
    []Wait and see what happens
    []Write in?
     
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