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Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« on: June 22, 2012, 04:34:36 AM »
>You are Byakuren Hijiri, 18 years old, resident of the city of Mayoiga, caretaker and owner of Rin Kaenbyou, resident of the Moonside apartments, and third year student of Mayoiga High. A few days ago, you were the most popular girl in school, one of the most well-known and liked girls around town. And then you touched a strange doll, and saw a world not your own. That was the day that everything changed, and you became Magical Lotus, the Hero of the Heart.

>You've had a heck of a day. You've been present for the birth of a new youkai, whom you've tentatively named Marigold. Being called 'mother' was somewhat embarrassing, but not in an entirely bad way. You bestowed a power ring upon Lily White, making her a Magical Girl like yourself, and in the process of both, discovered that something is not right with the mikos of the Metal Tiger shrine; specifically, Satori Komeji, the elder miko.
>After befriending the somewhat dubious character who calls herself the Eagle, member of a local gang of no-goodnicks, you and she went off to locate young Chen Yakumo's missing pendant. And after a stop at Kourin-dou's, which yielded in the purchase of a new book for yourself, you found the pendant, in the form of a youma terrorizing Ran Yakumo's store. Despite the old oni named Doubles and Ran herself displaying their own unusual powers and abilities, despite their best efforts, both of them were bested by the youma. You yourself found this one much more powerful than the first youma, and while you're confidant you would have overcome it on your own, you had some unexpected and powerful help in the form of the Metal Tiger miko named Kiku, who greatly hastened the defeat of the youma, and the restoration of the corrupted pendant to its true form, for which Ran promised to repay you for one day.

>With Kiku in tow, you two went to investigate the CRA building, where Lily had brought Marigold and had been reporting strange sensations. Your search revealed a second demon, and its youma, and while you've yet to see either of those two yet, you have encountered a black ooze that defied definition, impressed upon your mind a sensation perhaps too horrible for you to fully comprehend, but left you otherwise unharmed, albeit incredibly hungry.
>While Kiku has dealt with that issue, you and Lily have another problem on your hands: a human, infused by demonic energy and quite obviously unstable, who seems determined to keep possession of 'him', whoever that is. Attempts at talking her down failed, and she is currently attacking both you and Lily with bursts of energy, zigzagging their way across the ground, leaving trails of brass behind them.


And since I don't know how to quote from a locked thread, you'll have to forgive me for doing it this way.

Funkapurvis says:
>With our purification, or physically? I meant to imply the latter.


>Physically, yes.

Hanzo K. says:
>Would using the purification theoretically work to block the attack?


>Taking into acount your Realization of the Wandering destroyed the coffins the people at Ran's had been sealed within, it's quite conceivable your attack would negate the womans' brass wave.
>At least, the one traveling at you. The energy part of the attack heading towards Lily has already entered the aisle she's in, passing out of your line of fire. You're less certain of negating the attack without being able to hit the energy part of it.
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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2012, 05:33:44 AM »
>Can we get to the aisle it's in before it is likely to hit Lily?

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2012, 05:45:48 AM »
>Can we get to the aisle it's in before it is likely to hit Lily?

>Not unless Lily moves, you don't think so. You'd have to jump over the one coming at you, and that runs a very real chance you'd touch ground on the brass, and you're not certain what effect that would have.

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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2012, 06:11:23 AM »
>Focus on the one coming at us, then, and try to catch the one going for Lily in it if possible.

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2012, 08:44:17 AM »
>Focus on the one coming at us, then, and try to catch the one going for Lily in it if possible.

>Given the waves erratic course, when you invoke your Realization of the Wanderings this time, you attempt to manifest a wider beam than you'd employed previously, to ensure a hit. And you succeed, the violet beam of energy emerging from your staff twice as broad as you'd used before, but in doing so, you feel a sharp strain across your body, and wince despite yourself.
>Despite this pain, your attack succeeds, the wave of energy dissipating under your light, and the brass trail behind reverting to normal floor tiles. Some of the brass left by the wave heading up the wall also reverts as your violet light travels down the corridor, as does a portion of the brass trailing the wave heading for Lily. The woman's ring sends another pulse of energy into the floor, and a barrier of copper-colored metal rises from the floor in front of her, intercepting your light. The wall dissolves into thin air as quickly as it forms as it absorbs the energy of your attack, but the woman remains untouched, the stripe on her face pulsing like a heartbeat, her eyes distant, unfocused, gleaming with madness.

>While you dissipated some of the brass trail heading towards Lily, the energy wave itself was unfortunately out of your line of fire, even for the broader beam you generated. However, your winged friend, freed from her watery prison, is no longer helpless, and you hear her invoke a spell of her own:
>"Spring Lily Leaf Shield!"
>It's difficult to see her through the boxes and metal shelves between you two, but you think you see a ring of large green leaves appear from nowhere, circling around the blonde girl like a barrier of some kind. A few seconds later, these leaves turn from a natural shade of green to a metallic brass color. This worries you, for a second, until you hear Lily emit a sigh of relief. "That was close..." she mutters. "You okay, Lotus?"

>Kiku's voice comes in across the shikigami she gave you, "I have discovered the source of that brass I detected earlier."

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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2012, 09:03:14 AM »
>"Yes, I'll be fine. But what was that about the source of the brass?"
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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2012, 02:16:19 AM »
>"Yes, I'll be fine. But what was that about the source of the brass?"

>"I've discovered four statues down here, on the other side of a locker room."
>As Kiku speaks, the unstable woman slowly straightens herself out, coming to a slightly crouching stance, her wild eyes darting between you and Lily.
>"I think these statues are actually people, changed by the same kind of power that made those coffins at Yakumo's."

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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2012, 06:44:44 AM »
>"I'll get down there as soon as I can."
>Can we devise a technique to restrain this woman without actully harming her?

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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2012, 08:03:00 AM »
>Give Lily a nod, since we didn't answer her.
>While we're devising a new strategy, call out to the woman. "There's no need for any of this. We don't mean you any harm, no one here does."

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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #9 on: June 24, 2012, 05:39:45 PM »
>"I'll get down there as soon as I can."

>"Understood. What have you two found up there?"

>Give Lily a nod, since we didn't answer her.
>While we're devising a new strategy, call out to the woman. "There's no need for any of this. We don't mean you any harm, no one here does."

>Lily has advanced a couple of steps during your exchange with Kiku, and is now more fully in your field of vision. She catches your nod, and offers you one of her own.
>The woman's breath comes in short hisses, and her wild eyes focus on you, at least somewhat, as you try once more to reason with her. "But harm will come. The End... no one can stop it." Her eyes roll backward momentarily, and she slouches forward. You think for a second she's about to faint, before she stops herself. Her eyes seem more focused now, holding a terrible fear. "You don't understand." she whispers. "You can't understand. What I have seen...."

>Can we devise a technique to restrain this woman without actully harming her?

>Lily seemed to have one of her own, so it seems relatively safe a bet you can make one of your own. The intent requires a name, a focus, a spell to make it real.

Default attack name of 'Viridian Lotus: Abating Hostility", but, of course, do feel free to whisk up your own.

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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #10 on: June 24, 2012, 06:56:56 PM »
>So she can still hear us and understand us...
>"What do you know about it? What makes you feel it cannot be stopped?"


Gimme a bit to properly flavor that technique. Tired and distracted now.

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #11 on: June 25, 2012, 03:31:28 AM »
>So she can still hear us and understand us...
>"What do you know about it? What makes you feel it cannot be stopped?"

>Perhaps it's NOT impossible you can get through to her...
>"The tides of death!" she answers with a cry. "Black waters from another world, and demons, DEMONS, riding them! Nightmares...." she sags again, pressing her ring hand up against the stripe on her face, whose yellow glow has subsided somewhat.
>In your mind, Lily's voice echoes, "Isn't that sorta like what Kiku said, back when that charm of hers was turning to goo?" A moment later, her voice comes over Kiku's communication paper. "There's a woman up here that attacked me and Lotus. She's got some kinda bad magic, and I think it's playing with her mind."

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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #12 on: June 25, 2012, 05:43:45 AM »
>We've got to get rid of that stripe on her head. Hit it with a purification beam. If that doesn't work, devise that new restraining technique, and we'll go take care of the statues first and see if that helps.

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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #13 on: June 25, 2012, 06:00:11 AM »
>We've got to get rid of that stripe on her head. Hit it with a purification beam. If that doesn't work, devise that new restraining technique, and we'll go take care of the statues first and see if that helps.

>Let's not lash out at her immediately. If we can play our cards right, we won't need to purify her, she'll do it herself. Or get her to accept it rather than forcing it, which is much more in line with the teachings of the Buddha.
>"I've seen the darkness, too. It's very frightening, isn't it? But, it doesn't mean it cannot be stopped, or that it must destroy all. I've seen the demons, too. I think that we can withstand them. Would you like me to show you how?"

Still thinking about a proper way to flavor that restraining technique. I have a few ideas, I'll finalize them once it becomes immediately necessary.

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #14 on: June 25, 2012, 06:22:34 AM »
>We've got to get rid of that stripe on her head. Hit it with a purification beam. If that doesn't work, devise that new restraining technique, and we'll go take care of the statues first and see if that helps.

>While she's, at least temporarily, powered down, you contemplate trying to remove the demonic power from the woman, aiming at the stripe on her face.

>Let's not lash out at her immediately. If we can play our cards right, we won't need to purify her, she'll do it herself. Or get her to accept it rather than forcing it, which is much more in line with the teachings of the Buddha.

>However, you then decide to pass up this opportunity, and continue to try and reason with the unstable girl.

>"I've seen the darkness, too. It's very frightening, isn't it? But, it doesn't mean it cannot be stopped, or that it must destroy all. I've seen the demons, too. I think that we can withstand them. Would you like me to show you how?"

>The woman stares at you for several seconds, her hand falling away from her face, and then she laughs, a short, ugly laugh. "You're insane. There IS no withstanding. Only for those that give in. Like me."
>"What kind of magic?" Kiku's voice asks.
>"The demon kind, I bet." Lily answers.
>"Do you have the situation under-" Kiku's voice cuts off sharply.

>"That's how I saved him, you know." the unstable woman continues, half a smile starting to form on her face again. "I help them come, and I get to live, with him, after the end of the world."

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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #15 on: June 25, 2012, 06:57:04 AM »
>"If I am insane, then there is nothing for you to lose in allowing me to try, is there? And you'd have so much to gain, if I were right... Is it not worth allowing me the opportunity to prove myself?"

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #16 on: June 25, 2012, 07:20:44 AM »
>"If I am insane, then there is nothing for you to lose in allowing me to try, is there? And you'd have so much to gain, if I were right... Is it not worth allowing me the opportunity to prove myself?"

>The woman's smile warps into something like a sneer. "You want an opportunity? Okay. I'll give you both one." She draws herself to her full height again, but keeps her ring pointed at the floor. "Leave. Now. Leave me alone with the man I love, and go find somewhere else to spend the last days of earth."

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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #17 on: June 25, 2012, 07:37:26 AM »
>"If I may, where is he, anyway? I haven't seen him at all. Who is he? I have to admit, it is rather touching, the lengths you've gone to for him."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #18 on: June 25, 2012, 07:48:47 AM »
>"If I may, where is he, anyway? I haven't seen him at all. Who is he? I have to admit, it is rather touching, the lengths you've gone to for him."

>"It was the only thing that made sense. I had to save him. Even if I couldn't save myself." Her twisted smile grows at the corners.
>Lily's voice comes across your mind again, sounding somewhat tense. "Lotus, I've lost contact with Kiku."
>"But she let me do both, the Watery One. If you're lucky, she might reach out to you, too. But it won't be here." The stripe on her face energizes and depowers in a second. "Go away, and leave us alo...." Her voice trails off as her eyes drop down to her ring, which has started glowing a brassy color.

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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #19 on: June 25, 2012, 08:20:14 AM »
Hmm. Should we leave her and go deal with Kiku and the central problem? I am rather tempted to do so, but it would leave us vulnerable to a pincher attack if things go south. I rather dislike the idea of forcing a purification at this point, it doesn't really seem like a thing Byakuren would do. At the same time, she seems willing to respect us as long as we respect her, and I feel it would be appropriate to acknowledge that.

Alternately, we could send Lily off and try to pry more information out of her, but I don't think we're going to get anything useful. I'd be willing to try and bond with this person more and try to secure some more trust, but I don't think it'd be something she'd do over seeking out Kiku.

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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #20 on: June 25, 2012, 08:23:34 AM »
Personally, I think our best bet would be hitting the ring itself with a purification, since that seems to be the cause of all this.
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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #21 on: June 25, 2012, 08:30:37 AM »
Yeah, but if it turns out to be not that simple, we're going to be pinned down while Kiku may be in trouble. This part of why I was trying to talk her into it.

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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #22 on: June 25, 2012, 08:34:51 AM »
If I'm not mistaken, we can have Lily go help her.
Because the way I'm seeing it, Lily + Kiku = Lotus
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« Reply #23 on: June 25, 2012, 08:46:50 AM »
I think I can agree with that. Gimme a bit, and I'll lead into it.

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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #24 on: June 25, 2012, 08:55:19 AM »
Arrite then, I'll leave that to you. But I'll chip in with ideas if I find it lacking in any given area.
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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #25 on: June 25, 2012, 09:05:20 AM »
>If we can, mentally direct to Lily: I am going to deal with her more directly, go and try to find Kiku. I'll be along as soon as I can."
>Don't say anything unnecessary, just purify the ring.

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #26 on: June 26, 2012, 02:22:55 AM »
>If we can, mentally direct to Lily: I am going to deal with her more directly, go and try to find Kiku. I'll be along as soon as I can."
>Don't say anything unnecessary, just purify the ring.

>You can, and do so. Her responding voice sounds tense, "All right.... If you're sure...."
>Confirmation of your concern comes barely a second after Lily's voice, as Kiku announces over the paper, "I have engaged the youma."

>As Lily begins to back down the aisle she's in, keeping an eye on the woman, you raise your scepter once again. But as you begin to invoke the phrase to purify the ring, hopefully freeing the woman from the influence of the demons, she suddenly clenches her fist, and her aura of power erupts again, bathing the walls around you in harsh yellow light. This burst of power and light makes you half close your eyes against both the force and the glare, but you unleash your Violet Lotus attack nevertheless.
>Just before you attack fires, however, the woman launches herself back into the air, up and over your attack, the stripe on her face blazing into incandescence.
>"Your friend.... is below...." her harsh whisper distorted by the energy suffusing her.

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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #27 on: June 26, 2012, 03:06:41 AM »
>"Resist its influence."
>Purification beam. Keep it going as long as we can. If she evades the beam, sweep it after her. Hopefully, her resistance of the enemy's influence will aid us in her purification.

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #28 on: June 26, 2012, 03:33:16 AM »
>"Resist its influence."
>Purification beam. Keep it going as long as we can. If she evades the beam, sweep it after her. Hopefully, her resistance of the enemy's influence will aid us in her purification.

>Readjusting your aim, you unleash your violet light upon the snarling woman once again. She raises her ring in response, and the field of energy around her concentrates in front of her, like a barrier. The impact of your light, however, thrusts her backwards, accompanied but a loud grunt, like one that got hit by something way harder than they were expecting.
>Your attack propels her backwards several inches, and the barrier of light in front of her begins to erode, flaking off into dissipating sparks of energy. She's strong, but her instability hurts her, you don't think she can truly control the power she wields. And even if she could, your light is stronger, of that you have no doubt.
>Abrubtly, the woman dives to her left, towards the cinderblock wall of the basement. You track your beam to your right, keeping up the attack, but spare a second to wonder, what is she doing? The answer to that comes a second later, as she was targeting the brassy trail left on the wall by that attack earlier. And rather than splat against the wall, she passes into the brass, the metal rippling like water in her wake, swallowing her completely.
>Your Violet light removes the brass from that segment of the wall, but the woman is nowhere to be seen.

>"Are you sure you got this, Lotus?" Lily asks in your mind, sounding rather torn between staying to help you, and rushing to Kiku's aid.

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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3
« Reply #29 on: June 26, 2012, 03:55:28 AM »
>"I will be fine. Go to Kiku's aid. And if you encounter any brass, be weary. She can likely emerge from anywhere her brass is. My purification can remove it; you should remove any you come across if you can. It will prevent her from ambushing you, and remove her avenues of escape. She's fighting the force controling her, and I will help her be free of it."
>Begin purifying the brass. Stay alert as we do so; she could emerge from any of it.
>"Kiku, Lily's on her way. Has anything changed on your end?"