Author Topic: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3 (Read 46918 times)

Oldmansour · « **Reply #450 on:** January 22, 2016, 03:09:29 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 22, 2016, 03:05:07 AM

>"Yes. At least two more, and there are four already here. I do not know how long we have."

>"So I should wish you luck?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #451 on:** January 22, 2016, 03:10:51 AM »

>"Well, you've already told me a few things I didn't know, and I appreciate that. I admit I had been hoping that the recognition I saw in your face this morning meant you understood more about this 'Avatar' business, and how Sanae came to become one. I'm sure you can appreciate the value of any piece of tactical information when faced with a dangerous situation."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #452 on:** January 22, 2016, 03:46:59 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 22, 2016, 03:10:51 AM

>"Well, you've already told me a few things I didn't know, and I appreciate that. I admit I had been hoping that the recognition I saw in your face this morning meant you understood more about this 'Avatar' business, and how Sanae came to become one. I'm sure you can appreciate the value of any piece of tactical information when faced with a dangerous situation."

>Kanako chuckles mirthfully. "Indeed. I might even have offered my services as a tactician for your upcoming battles, as well, if I didn't think I'd be dead sometime in the near future. Aaand I hate making commitments I'm not positive I can follow through onnn."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #453 on:** January 22, 2016, 03:59:48 AM »

>"If you're so sure she means to kill you above all else, why do you think she hasn't done so already? She knows where you are, and she was right beside you once already today."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #454 on:** January 22, 2016, 04:46:29 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 22, 2016, 03:59:48 AM

>"If you're so sure she means to kill you above all else, why do you think she hasn't done so already? She knows where you are, and she was right beside you once already today."

>"I assume she has to refamiliarize herself with her powers. She's gone from being human to being a demigod. No one adjusts to that... quickly..." she trails off, looking away from you. "Demigod? Yes she was. And if they.... Maybe that's how she ended up in Makai. They killed her and banished her soul. They did used to do that to demigods."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #455 on:** January 22, 2016, 05:12:22 AM »

>"So her soul might have ended up in Makai, rather than her living body? ...wouldn't that cause her to be reborn there? I am afraid I am not altogether clear on the metaphysical implications."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #456 on:** January 22, 2016, 05:28:54 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 22, 2016, 05:12:22 AM

>"So her soul might have ended up in Makai, rather than her living body? ...wouldn't that cause her to be reborn there? I am afraid I am not altogether clear on the metaphysical implications."

>"No you're right, it would." Kanako muses as she takes a slow, contemplative drink. "But you said there were people living there. They might have had the power to send Sanae's soul back into this cycle. "

DracoOmega · « **Reply #457 on:** January 22, 2016, 05:36:46 AM »

>"Perhaps. I feel as though the Avatars were... recruited, so to speak. That they pledged themselves to the Children's cause, long ago. I know their aid was considered important, though I'm unclear why. The scene that I 'remember' is... fragmentary."
>Reach out to the Purpose: I have a question for you. If a Terran somehow ended up in Makai, would you bar its exit back here in the same way that you bar passage for the denizens of that realm?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #458 on:** January 22, 2016, 05:54:20 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 22, 2016, 05:36:46 AM

>"Perhaps. I feel as though the Avatars were... recruited, so to speak. That they pledged themselves to the Children's cause, long ago. I know their aid was considered important, though I'm unclear why. The scene that I 'remember' is... fragmentary."
>Reach out to the Purpose: I have a question for you. If a Terran somehow ended up in Makai, would you bar its exit back here in the same way that you bar passage for the denizens of that realm?"

>"So you don't know how you ended up in Mamakai either?" Kanako asks, her speech only now starting to show consistent distortion. "If that's what it was."
>I would not. I was created to contain a certain group of people. The denizens of this world are not part of my purpose.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #459 on:** January 22, 2016, 06:03:28 AM »

>"No. I have no idea when or how it was. It was only the sensation of Sanae's becoming an Avatar that brought it to mind, as though it were an inexplicably familiar sensation."
>And the same would be true of a Terran soul, I assume?
>Would you even notice one pass through you?

Oldmansour · « **Reply #460 on:** January 22, 2016, 11:28:28 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 22, 2016, 06:03:28 AM

>"No. I have no idea when or how it was. It was only the sensation of Sanae's becoming an Avatar that brought it to mind, as though it were an inexplicably familiar sensation."
>And the same would be true of a Terran soul, I assume?
>Would you even notice one pass through you?

>"Like you're an Avatar, too?" Kanako asks.
>"No chance in hell!" White Rose retorts hotly. "She's been fighting these guys ever since they showed up!"
>"And Sanae was just my daughter. Until she wasn't." Kanako replies coldly before drinking again.

>Are lives and souls not the same to you mortals?
>I would notice, yes. However, if the lifeform was not a demon, I would dismiss it. Only demons are relavant to my purpose.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #461 on:** January 23, 2016, 01:19:41 AM »

>"I truly wish I could dismiss that possibility out of hand, but... I cannot."

>How precise is your memory of such things? Could you say when was the last time any Terran crossed Makai back into this world?

Oldmansour · « **Reply #462 on:** January 23, 2016, 01:27:37 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 23, 2016, 01:19:41 AM

>"I truly wish I could dismiss that possibility out of hand, but... I cannot."

>How precise is your memory of such things? Could you say when was the last time any Terran crossed Makai back into this world?

>"Well I can." White Rose says firmly. "You're my mis... Uh, leader, and there's not a ghost of a chance of you being anything but good."
>Kanako, refilling her cup again, seems to miss Rin almost referring to you by one of your 'human' titles.

>I do not possess the same sense of the flow of time as mortals do, Hero. I could guess, but I could not be precise.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #463 on:** January 23, 2016, 01:41:20 AM »

>"I appreciate the faith you have in me."

>Then guess, if you could. Would it be a matter of a couple decades? Centuries?

Oldmansour · « **Reply #464 on:** January 23, 2016, 02:56:55 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 23, 2016, 01:41:20 AM

>"I appreciate the faith you have in me."

>Then guess, if you could. Would it be a matter of a couple decades? Centuries?

>Sorry 'bout that. Rin thinks at you. Got a bit carried away there.
>The Purpose is a moment in replying, If my knowledge of time is accurate, there have been three souls that left Makai for Earth that were not demons within the last ten to twenty years.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #465 on:** January 23, 2016, 03:09:41 AM »

>To Rin: It's alright. I don't want to believe it either.
>To the Purpose: Within the last ten to twenty years... could that include very recently, or was it at least some years ago now?

Oldmansour · « **Reply #466 on:** January 23, 2016, 03:32:30 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 23, 2016, 03:09:41 AM

>To Rin: It's alright. I don't want to believe it either.
>To the Purpose: Within the last ten to twenty years... could that include very recently, or was it at least some years ago now?

>I do not understand. The Purpose replies. Are not 'recently' and 'some years' the same thing?

DracoOmega · « **Reply #467 on:** January 23, 2016, 03:34:21 AM »

>I meant more like 'Some weeks' rather than 'Some years', sorry.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #468 on:** January 23, 2016, 03:48:46 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 23, 2016, 03:34:21 AM

>I meant more like 'Some weeks' rather than 'Some years', sorry.

>No, not weeks. The last one was years ago, of that I can be certain.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #469 on:** January 23, 2016, 03:51:51 AM »

>You said you did not understand exactly how the Champions were able to cross through you, yes?

Oldmansour · « **Reply #470 on:** January 23, 2016, 04:09:33 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 23, 2016, 03:51:51 AM

>You said you did not understand exactly how the Champions were able to cross through you, yes?

>They forcefully penetrated me.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #471 on:** January 23, 2016, 04:13:32 AM »

>I wondered now whether their ability to do this might have something to do with them being connected to Terran souls on this side of you. Does that sound possible to you?

Oldmansour · « **Reply #472 on:** January 23, 2016, 04:30:53 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 23, 2016, 04:13:32 AM

>I wondered now whether their ability to do this might have something to do with them being connected to Terran souls on this side of you. Does that sound possible to you?

>I detected no connections between this world and the other. However, since these connections obviously exist, it is possible I cannot detect them.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #473 on:** January 23, 2016, 04:35:25 AM »

>I don't suppose there's any chance you could recognize these specific souls, if your attention was brought to them again?

Oldmansour · « **Reply #474 on:** January 23, 2016, 04:48:00 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 23, 2016, 04:35:25 AM

>I don't suppose there's any chance you could recognize these specific souls, if your attention was brought to them again?

>I do not believe so. Not if their origin was this world.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #475 on:** January 23, 2016, 05:02:06 AM »

>Fair enough. Thank you.

>To Kanako: "I have another question. And I hope you'll forgive me for how insensitive this is under the circumstances, but... you said that everything has a weakness. What's Sanae's? You may know her powers better than anyone. I do not wish to fight her, but if she truly intends to perpetrate this invasion, we may have no other choice. For the sake of all the people of this world, we cannot afford to lose that battle. I promise I will do no harm to her, but if there is any way to counter her abilities, any powers we should be warned of, it might make the difference between people living and dying."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #476 on:** January 23, 2016, 05:30:36 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 23, 2016, 05:02:06 AM

>Fair enough. Thank you.

>To Kanako: "I have another question. And I hope you'll forgive me for how insensitive this is under the circumstances, but... you said that everything has a weakness. What's Sanae's? You may know her powers better than anyone. I do not wish to fight her, but if she truly intends to perpetrate this invasion, we may have no other choice. For the sake of all the people of this world, we cannot afford to lose that battle. I promise I will do no harm to her, but if there is any way to counter her abilities, any powers we should be warned of, it might make the difference between people living and dying."

>"I don't know if she has the same powers she did back then." Kanako replies, eying the dwindling supply of her sake. "Just because she has her old memories doesn't mean she has the same abilities. And I don't know...." Her voice dips down into the bass range and trails off, and her head droops a little before snapping back up. "Don't know what kind of power she got from that Champion of yours."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #477 on:** January 23, 2016, 05:39:13 AM »

>"No, but nonetheless, I would be appreciative of any information you could impart that you think might be useful."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #478 on:** January 23, 2016, 04:34:12 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 23, 2016, 05:39:13 AM

>"No, but nonetheless, I would be appreciative of any information you could impart that you think might be useful."

>"Uhhh... Sure. But, you first, tell me what her Champion can do. I want to see if there's any crossover."
>"The Champion?" White Rose asks.
>"Well, if there's a link between them, then it stands to reason they have at least some powers or abillllities in common."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #479 on:** January 23, 2016, 06:50:23 PM »

>Describe the powers we've seen Elis use