Daiyousei Quest - Greater Fairy: Part 22

[Monarda]

Rikadai-chan:

>"Thank goodness you are okay... but the other me..."
>Look at Koadai-chan.
>"I don't think she will make it..."

Secunde:

>"I-I can't do any either, Miss Rikako from the hypervessel ship went wild and did something, and now i can't cast miracles at all either..."
>Look worried at her.

Yumemibug T:

>"No... Miss Rikako did something... that made the magic i use for that completely useless... like a seal... and it also affected my... sister somehow too ! What is she thinking ?"
>Cough some.
>"I... feel so ill... being made of... magic doesn't help..."

Sumidai-chan:

>Enjoy~ !
>Grow them some bit more too to feel better if both of us feel like it.

Koishidai-chan:

>"Maybe i could strike a deal with Prime to take you there for a bit then... i returned almost all my magic to her so that my absence isn't bad, so i can't really do it now."

//Do you have any objections, Mister Wright Kilga and Mister Nazgul ?

[Suwako Moriya]

Yumemibug T:

>Cough some.
>"I... feel so ill... being made of... magic doesn't help..."

> Don't do this, it'll give away that we're inside her. (The rest is fine.)

[Neovereign]

//A couple of checks before the next wave of Rikako stuff~

FutoBug:

> How large did our host end up growing before she took her hands off?

YamaBug (T, hopefully this can be put down as having happened at the same time as the recent growth):

> Yeah. Plus I don't like fighting very much if I can avoid it. So I don't use those other magics very much. I like the magics I can have fun with a lot more! I bet your web-making can be used a lot for fun, too.

> She's a bit larger than Miko's size.

> "Yea..." Yamame replies.I wonder how it feels when your magic is taken...

Secunde:

>"I-I can't do any either, Miss Rikako from the hypervessel ship went wild and did something, and now i can't cast miracles at all either..."
>Look worried at her.

Sumidai-chan:

>Enjoy~ !
>Grow them some bit more too to feel better if both of us feel like it.

Koishidai-chan:

>"Maybe i could strike a deal with Prime to take you there for a bit then... i returned almost all my magic to her so that my absence isn't bad, so i can't really do it now."

> "What?" Kogasa asks.

> You enjoy the feeling and grow a bit.
> "Truth or dare?" Sumireko continues to feel.

> "The outside world..."
>_

[Monarda]

Secunde:

>"One of the girls from the incident that happened recently, she went berserker and somehow sealed the magic i got from you that i was using to heal someone that got hurt because of an accident, now it's not budging an inch."

Koishidai-chan:

>"Yeah... it's very impressive there... and dangerous... i was almost caught and experimented on..."
>Look a bit sad.

Sumidai-chan:

>"D-Dare."

Flandai-chan:

>Head out to seek for Rumia.

//These aren't advancing time on the Hypervessel are they ?

[Neovereign]

//Time will advance regardless of whichever Dais are performing, so confirmation on hypervessel actions is preferred. Will wait warmly (I suppose...) until then.

[Monarda]

//Yeah, so don't parse those.

[Suwako Moriya]

//We only get one wave of non-science commands per science command group. The commands you've just submitted won't be parsed until after the upcoming set of science commands, and will happen at the same time as the set of science commands after that. Basically, don't submit more than one set of commands for any given Dai between science updates (which means you should not submit any more Secunde, SumiDai, KoishiDai, or FlanDai commands until after the set of science updates that are next after the incoming set of science updates).

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

//Commands seem fine to me.
RuuDai:
>What's going on at home?

Prime:
>Here's an idea, attempt to stop time, but only around our Sanae Magic.

RikaDai:
>(After Raf's) "Still, I never meant for that to happen to you... I should've been more careful... Ugh, I'm such a dumb fairy..."

[Suwako Moriya]

//^ Fine

//Speaking of time magic, what do we think of RikakoDai stopping time before taking Rikako's life energy into herself, in order to set up the mental illusion before Rikako notices anything weird (since it's not an immediate process)? It's not necessary, just an extra precautionary thought I had. (One downside is possibly getting our Sakuya magic nulled, if the global nullification is any indication.)

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

//^ Fine

//Speaking of time magic, what do we think of RikakoDai stopping time before taking Rikako's life energy into herself, in order to set up the mental illusion before Rikako notices anything weird (since it's not an immediate process)? It's not necessary, just an extra precautionary thought I had. (One downside is possibly getting our Sakuya magic nulled, if the global nullification is any indication.)

//I'd try to avoid getting Sakuya Magic nulled, it might be our only edge...
//Plus, we have the possibility of it going back to Sakuya herself, if what happened to Sanae is any indication.

[Suwako Moriya]

//That is fine, we can try it without. It's not as though we can't just make another RikakoDai and try something else if this happens to fail.

[Neovereign]

Prime (R):

> Take Koa's hand, but frown worriedly.
> "Koa...I'm really sorry, but I need to do this. There's a problem with where that scientists are, and it's already led to people getting hurt..."
> Create another Koa clone. Name her RikakoDai.

RikakoDai:

> Return our Koa magic to Prime.
> Cloak and shrink to the size of Prime's fist.
> Warp to the same upper corner of Rikako's room as before.

//Commands seem fine to me.
Prime:
>Here's an idea, attempt to stop time, but only around our Sanae Magic.

RikaDai:
>(After Raf's) "Still, I never meant for that to happen to you... I should've been more careful... Ugh, I'm such a dumb fairy..."

Rikadai-chan:

>"Thank goodness you are okay... but the other me..."
>Look at Koadai-chan.
>"I don't think she will make it..."

Yumemibug T:

>"No... Miss Rikako did something... that made the magic i use for that completely useless... like a seal... and it also affected my... sister somehow too ! What is she thinking ?"

> You hold Koa's hand.
> "N-No, it's completely fine!" Koa says. "Well... n-not completely..." Koa looks down. "I mean, you're helping someone..." Koa's tail uncurls from your hand and returns under her skirt. ^{_{"But I still don't like it..."}}
> You try to stop time around your Sanae magic. Nothing seems to come from it...
> You create a clone with the necessary process.

> You cloak and shrink, then return to the corner again.

> "You're not dumb. It's just that we have a bit of problems... Our home being destroyed and work being delayed hasn't been helping much..." Yumemi says.
> Rika hugs you.
> "You're alright though, right? ...Will you be alright?" She asks.
> "W-Why are you naked?" Chiyuri coughs a bit, picking up Rika's towel.
> "I-I was in a rush to come help!" Rika says.

Secunde:

>"One of the girls from the incident that happened recently, she went berserker and somehow sealed the magic i got from you that i was using to heal someone that got hurt because of an accident, now it's not budging an inch."

> "Ugh... That sounds really troublesome... When will it wear off?" Sanae asks.

Koishidai-chan:

>"Yeah... it's very impressive there... and dangerous... i was almost caught and experimented on..."
>Look a bit sad.

> "Do you think that'd happen to me?" Koishi asks.

Sumidai-chan:

>"D-Dare."

Flandai-chan:

>Head out to seek for Rumia.

> "I dare you to use the miracle again." Sumireko stops and smiles. "You didn't use it for yourself like you said we would, remember?"

> You head out of the room and leave the door open, searching for Rumia.

//Commands seem fine to me.
RuuDai:
>What's going on at home?

> The group is sitting quietly together. Belgrade seems to be tapping your leg a bit. You didn't notice earlier...
>_

[Suwako Moriya]

//For bookkeeping purposes, the recent Secunde/Sumi/Koishi/Flan are theoretically happening at the same time as the next Rikako-related update, not the one that just happened.

RikakoDai:

> What's going on in the room?
> If Rikako is in here, are her barriers still up?
> If Rikako is in here, can we feel any magic inside her?

---

2:

> "Sure! Here we go!"
> Warp ourselves and Hamiya into TenBug's big bubble in outer space.

---

MikoBug:

> Glance down at Futo's chest.
> (F) Huh, Futo grew just a big larger than me...

---

YamaBug:

> Continue growing our host.
> (T) Though it's not THAT bad for the other person. Like, okay, it's kind of weird and hard to explain, but when I go inside people, there's a new source of magic that gets created that lets me use their magic as long as I'm inside them. I just absorb that new magic into myself and I cna use their magic any time I want. It doesn't actually take anything away from the other person. That's why I call it copying!

[Monarda]

Rikadai-chan:

>"I think so... but i can't get too close probably... since i am made of magic if Miss Rikako does another of those i might die..."
>Hug Rika back and turn to Umbra.
>"Why were you out here alone Umbra ? Shouldn't you have been inside too ?"

Dai-chan Secunde:

>"I dunno, Miss Rikako locked herself up on her room, and her friends and one of my clones are trying to get her out to explain the misunderstanding."

Ruudai-chan:

>Turn to her.
>"Yes dear ?"

Koishidai-chan:

>"Mind reading can be used for the good, but it can also be used for evil too... it was so scary... i don't want you to experience the same..."
>Embrace Koishi.
>Where are we currently ?

Sumidai-chan:

>Jump a bit.
>"B-But we don't even know if i am pregnant..."

//Approved ?

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

//Raf did most of the things I was going to do, so yes, I approve his.

//Though, I just thought of something...

AlterDai 2:
>We're still in the other dimension, right?
>Does our Sanae magic have the same weird feelings as the Dais in our home dimension?

[Suwako Moriya]

//Rikako-related stuff is approved. Secunde/Sumi/Koishi/Flan stuff is not approved until after the next update to make sure everyone's times are lined up, as explained before. This could otherwise get confusing and possibly lead to timelines getting too far ahead and forcing Rikako-related stuff ahead a tempo or two due to inaction, which could be very bad. (GM clarification would be appreciated if my statements about aligned timelines are mistaken.)

[Suwako Moriya]

//To better explain what I'm getting at with the whole timeline thing, consider the information below.

//Here is an update at some point in time, on that contains actions immediately affecting Secunde, SumiDai, and FlanDai. This update also contained actions immediately affecting the Rikako situation. Let's say this update happened at Time N.
//Here is an update that contains actions immediately affecting Secunde, SumiDai, and KoishiDai. This could be considered Time N for KoishiDai, but it is Time N+1 for Secunde and SumiDai. Note that this update did not contain anything about the Rikako situation.
//Here is an update that contains actions immediately affecting Secunde, SumiDai, KoishiDai, and FlanDai. This could be considered Time N+1 for FlanDai and KoishiDai, but it is now Time N+2 for Secunde and SumiDai. This update also contains actions immediately affecting the Rikako situation, bring that situation to Time N+1.
//The prompts inputted here contain actions for Secunde, SumiDai, KoishiDai, and FlanDai. This would being FlanDai and KoishiDai to Time N+2, which is safe, but it would also bring Secunde and SumiDai to Time N+3, which is not safe (Rikako situation is still only at Time N+1).

//Given this, I'll greenlight the time lapse commands for FlanDai and KoishiDai (bringing them to Time N+2), but still submit for holding off on making the Secunde and SumiDai updates until after the next Rikako situation update (which would bring the Rikako situation to Time N+2 as well, catching it up with Secunde and SumiDai's current states).

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

//I think you're needlessly over-complicating things... If the parser knew the times would be unsynced, he would've held off until the next hypervessel commands.

[Suwako Moriya]

//If that is indeed the case, then I would like GM clarification on that now; I've been intentionally holding off on submitting more than one update per Rikako update for my side quests, and if I can safely submit more than one update for those side quests, then I'm going to start doing so.

//EDIT: There is this GM comment, though, which seems to suggest we do need to be concerned about advancing time.

[Neovereign]

//Will update Raf's along with the next Hypervessel post.

//For bookkeeping purposes, the recent Secunde/Sumi/Koishi/Flan are theoretically happening at the same time as the next Rikako-related update, not the one that just happened.

RikakoDai:

> What's going on in the room?
> If Rikako is in here, are her barriers still up?
> If Rikako is in here, can we feel any magic inside her?

Rikadai-chan:

>"I think so... but i can't get too close probably... since i am made of magic if Miss Rikako does another of those i might die..."
>Hug Rika back and turn to Umbra.
>"Why were you out here alone Umbra ? Shouldn't you have been inside too ?"

> Rikako is finishing off her water and heading towards the door.
> "Right... Umbra." She sighs. "I still need her warning me..."

> You hug Rika in return.
> "I left after Rikako sat down." Umbra gets up. "We were... talking about if we she could trust you. I think you were in her at the time, but not in me." Umbra looks back to the door. "I-I should get back to Rikako." She starts heading over.

2:

> "Sure! Here we go!"
> Warp ourselves and Hamiya into TenBug's big bubble in outer space.

> You warp with Hamiya to the bubble.
> "Ah..." Hamiya looks around a bit, then to you.

MikoBug:

> Glance down at Futo's chest.
> (F) Huh, Futo grew just a big larger than me...

---

YamaBug:

> Continue growing our host.
> (T) Though it's not THAT bad for the other person. Like, okay, it's kind of weird and hard to explain, but when I go inside people, there's a new source of magic that gets created that lets me use their magic as long as I'm inside them. I just absorb that new magic into myself and I cna use their magic any time I want. It doesn't actually take anything away from the other person. That's why I call it copying!

> It's not like it bothers me... She could go through what I had and probably return. Or she can keep it... Miko thinks. "...Daiyousei? Have the Buddhists done something like this yet?"
> "Virtue, or..." Tojiko looks down. It'd be a bit weird to ask the latter, but maybe they did fuse already.
> "Virtue." Miko answers. I wonder how theirs looks, and who they would have chosen...

> You continue growing.
> "Oh... So, it's like making something new and taking that? That sounds even better..." Yamame says, cheering up some. Is copying her original ability? Maybe she did only have one.
>_

[Suwako Moriya]

//Huh. If Umbra knew we were inside Rikako, why was Rikako so paranoid that we'd do something to her? If we actually wanted to do something, we could have done it at any time when she was alone.

//With that knowledge and Rikako's exiting the room, I have nothing in particular to actively do with the scientists. I'd be content with RikakoDai still staying tiny and cloaked in the corner, monitoring the situation.

RikakoDai:

> Are Rikako's barriers up again?
> Can we feel any magic inside Rikako from here?

---

2:

> "Don't forget to store us in your thoughtscape like before once we're inside you!"
> Warp our life energy inside Hamiya.
> Create a bubble around Hamiya that is just a bit smaller than the current TenBug bubble.

---

TojiBug:

> Is our host looking at her own chest, someone else's, or at nothing in particular?

MikoBug, FutoBug, TojiBug (T):

> No, they haven't made a perfect fusion yet. Come to think of it, I don't think I've even told them they could. I still don't know some of them very well, so it might be kind of weird...

---

YamaBug:

> Continue the growth.
> (T) Yeah! I don't actually take anyone's magic. That'd be stealing, and I dodecatuple promised to behave!

[Monarda]

Rikadai-chan:

>"That ? It was just some leftover of a monitoring system thing that i was asked to so, but i stopped using that ever since what ? Midori was named ? It was definitely a bit earlier before i named you Umbra."
>Look upset.
>"Wait if you knew i had that inside her, why was she so hostile ? That would have obviously shown her i had zero intentions to harm her without her needing to be a Satori or something."

Yumemibug T:

>"Say Miss Yumemi... is your science capable of making extra limbs like arms out of nowhere ?"

//So ?

[Neovereign]

//So (because of time reasons) everything seems like it'll be happening at the same time with the next update... when I've the time to start it and everyone's ready.

[Suwako Moriya]

//Waaaaaaaaaay too overdramatic, inaccurate to boot, and bad in that it immediately confesses that we did a bad thing knowing it was bad. The actual truth, which is that we were originally monitoring them out of suspicion but have long since dropped that suspicion and now just hang around because we enjoy their company, would be leagues better.

[Monarda]

//How bout now ?

[Suwako Moriya]

//Better, but it could still be made more empathetic. Let's try this...

Rikadai-chan:

>"That ? It was just some leftover of a monitoring system thing that i was asked to so, but i stopped using that ever since what ? Midori was named ? It was definitely a bit earlier before i named you Umbra."

> Change this to "Yeah, I was. I...was really scared after the incident and wanted to watch you all to make sure it didn't happen again. But I haven't thought any of you were gonna do anything anymore for a long time...now I stick around because I like everyone's company. And because I should help fix things. Sorry for not saying anything..."

//Then the rest of it can follow that.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

//Well, there's been no actions left for me to do, so I'm just going to approve it.

[Suwako Moriya]

//You could putz around with RuuDai as a side thing. :V

//EDIT: Just noticed the RuuDai command from the previous wave was missed somehow. All the more reason to pick that up!

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

//I would, but there is already a Ruudai action in queue...

[Suwako Moriya]

//That one was part of the last wave. It should have been parsed here, but wasn't; I think it was missed somehow.