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Post by nutty on Apr 26, 2024 20:34:54 GMT
~Earth~
"So Ann, you find anything interesting regarding the clothing?" Kenneth asked Ann while keeping an eye on Futaba and Sophia.
~Arcade~
Erica took a deep breath in order to get herself focused as she stood on the dance pad, a lot was riding on her performing well as she proceeded to crank the difficulty to max and chose PARANOiA Revolution. Erica was about to go through hell as she picked the song and things would begin.
"Vert, what's her likelihood of actually getting past this song?" Blanc asked as Erica was somehow keeping up as best as she could, Vert bringing up. "Slim, the step chart is a mix of past boss songs including a surprise ending string from Valkyrie Dimension." Noire froze up. "V-Valkyrie Dimension!? That h-has to s-screw her chances...right?" Erica on the other hand despite being in a deep sweat was managing to keep up with the dance chart. Eventually Erica would fall on her ass but was still able to play before the collective jaws of the four goddesses dropped, collective eyes on the end screen that read "Passed" before the score tally came up and Erica collapsed backwards looking up. Vert quietly walked over and lifted Erica up bridal style as the weary girl asked. "I...failed, didn't I?" Vert merely said. "On the contrary, you passed with flying colors...a deal is a deal. Now let's get you back to your sister."
~Hanako and Erica's House~
The four goddesses with Vert carrying Erica would arrive back at Erica's home as Vert rang the doorbell. Blanc was quiet and Noire didn't want to admit it, but she actually thought Erica was something else if she was willing to push herself for them." Neptune on the other hand was bobbing her head humming.
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Post by StardustXtreme on Apr 26, 2024 20:56:44 GMT
~Earth~
Daniel looked as Alice bit into ehr food of Asian culture as he had his own liitle tray. "Well, it is fresh off the shelf so there is that and it just hasn't bene festering in a ocena or something to keep warm." Daniel said, it wasn't that bad of a day today either. "it's funny considering how monsters roam about in the wilderness, people still fidn ways to adapt to ensure their businesses keep running, that takes dedication and ahrd work." Daniel said, praising this world's way of still moving forward despite such adversaries.
~Metroville~
That's right, now... Why don't service me, I'm curious as to how you'll perform since you did say you belong to me therefore, I suppose that makes me king of the house." Kuro said moving to sit on her couch. "if you do a good enough job, I'll reward you, if you do a bad job... Well... I wonder how incredible your husband is in a fight against a black hole." Kuro said, looking upon the naked freckled auburn haired woman who held her stomach that held her daughter.
"I'm sure you can imagine what'd happen if you don't do this." Kuro added as a follow-up warning so Helen didn't get any funny ideas.
~Nophica's Blossom~
"Hm?" Hanako asked as he walekd tot he door. "Who could that be?" Hanako wondered and opned the door seeing four women with Erica being piggybacked. "What even...?"
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Post by WhiteRose-Aki on Apr 26, 2024 21:46:20 GMT
-Earth-
Alice nodded, finishing her tray and looked at Daniel, waiting for him to finish his. When he finished, Alice got up and kissed his cheek, getting some food he had left on his cheek. "There we go, all clean." She smiled, looking at him.
Chelsea stretched, leaning against a wall while she and Lyse rested, watching the people walk by.
Ann looked at Kenn and said, "Just checking the fashion which isn't much, really."
-Metroville-
"Right." Helene said, looking at him. She moved to him and began to show her body in its current condition.
-Nophica's Blossom-
Poppy and Medic quietly worked and made sure all the files and supplies in orders for when Chelsea returned and when they had new guests come to the infirmary.
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Post by nutty on Apr 26, 2024 21:54:37 GMT
~Hanako and Erica's House~
"Hi there, Erica here tuckered herself out dancing to Paranoia Revolution." Neptune stated explaining what Erica had done before Vert smiled. "Indeed, she passed the song and now...well..." Noire finally spoke up. "We're all dating her." Blanc looked at Noire before she said. "Yes, all four of us are dating her after she performed excellently." Erica slowly looked at Hanako before she said slowly. "You...wanted me to get some experience under my belt...so...I did it for you..." Vert gently shushed Erica as though telling her to try to rest.
~Earth~
"Well, it is a different era in terms of fashion style and choices versus what you're used to back home." Kenneth merely stated. "It's like one of those places where you can get old-timey photos in tourist spots."
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Post by StardustXtreme on Apr 26, 2024 22:52:59 GMT
~Earth~
Dnaiel blushed a bit. "Well thank you Alice.. oh here." Dnaiel did the same to for ehr as a little get-back as they left the alleyway after throwign their empty trays into a bin nearby and headed out, seeing Yuri was up and about and headed in a direction so they followed and into what was liek a little bar of soem ind where Zhuzhen was kneelign on the groudn iwth a Asian man ina suit suit lookign down on him, lookign superior, the old man looking almost half-dead as Yuri taunted him and the man attempt to figth him with a kind... strange technique called Game of Death, apparently whatever it was suppsoed to do didnt' work because Yuri was protecetd from it by his ow darkness.
"Maybe that's because his Fusion was affinated to Darkness." Daniel thoguht as Yuri told the mook to run abck to hsi boss and count his days and hdie thsoe girlie magazines, Daniel sweatdropepd a bit, not like he could say much, he's seen genuine articles of women naked but Yuri didn't need to know that as ZHuzhen's friend was amazed his odl friend had a son and the group caught up, Yuri sharing his father always left the village for work in summer and came back before winter until one day he enver came backa dn that that day... something else did as he brushed it off.
"It must of been Dehuai's goons seeking retribution after his father stopped their master last time." Dnaiel thougth as the friend say he knew his friend had a Russian wife a sYuri dryly chuckled he outlived both of his parents as Zhuchen explaine dhismelf on how he knew Yuri's father, eh was a special assassin hired when the Japanese Army found out Dehuai was up to no good, they hit his stronghold Kuihai Tower and defeated him as his father put his life on the line and stopped the sritual as teh friend realized Dehuai may be after someone, a Master Xifa as Zhuzhen scolde dhismelf for not realizing it any sooner, he wa sin short ZHuzhen's teacher and one of the Shrien Gods was there, the White Tiger which ZHuzhen realized Dehuai plotted this scheme more carefully than before.
"So it's like Kyoto, with the four beasts in different directions with a White Tiger, Black Turtle, Bleu Dragon and Red Phoenix..." Dnaiel thought as ALice said she wanted to figth Dehuai to learn why her father was killed and why she was so sought after as Zhuzhen said he'd lead them to the Temple where Master Xifa resided.
"Yuri, out of curiosuty, what did your parents look like?" Daniel asked and Yuri put a hand behind his head and dug out an photo. "This is when we were about to leave for China for the first time." Yuri said and Daniel looked as did the others, putting a picture to a face on this Ben hyuga, he certainly looked a lot liek Yuri minus a different hairstyle and in a Colonel uniform, there was a little Yuri and a redhead woman, Daniel's eyes widened a bit, he'd know that face anywhere Haru asked what his mother's name was since she looked pretty and Yuri said she was called Anne before putting the photo away in his jacket.
"Karin!?" Daniel thought, there was no mistaking it there, that was the redhead german so... That meant.. Yuri was Russian/Japanese as he thought he was, he was actually German and Japanese... so that means... "Karin died?" Daniel thought, that was quite... sombering considering how close he got with her over the course of the adventure. "So Dehuai's responsible for her death? I think I got a proper motivation now." Daniel thought to himself.
"So... Karin must of travelled back in time to before Yuri was born and married his father but why go the name of Anne? maybe to not reveal she was German? It was unclear if Karin was aware of that or something happened, but considering Karin was Yuri's mother before Dnaiel was pulled out of his thoughts as he went to catch up with the others, maybe after all of this was over, he'd ask Yuri where his mother's grave was, he felt... no... needed to pay his respects to her.
~Metroville~
Kuro watched the show Helen was presenting to him.
~Nophica's Blossom~
"I see... I don't what that is but it sounds like a bet was made judging by dating her since I can't imagine you all really expected her to do as well she did in that." Hanako said.
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Post by WhiteRose-Aki on Apr 26, 2024 23:49:56 GMT
-Earth-
Chelsea kept quiet, thinking of the redhaired former lieutenant and how she helped. 'But why would her wish to go to the past and meet Yuri's father?' She wondered. 'Wouldn't it have been better to go back to when she met Yuri? Unless her travel to the past is a predetermined event to happen, not sure but time travel is confusing.' She breathed, looking around.
Traveling through the temple, they met a young boy who often gave a meow, Zhuzhen knew him as Master Xiaofang, he told them that a few Japanese soldiers came to the temple and killed them all. He told them that they needed to go through trials to get in, go through three dungeons and only two people could go through them. So he picked Zhuzhen and Yuri.
-Metroville-
Helen groaned, playing with her body and showing her form.
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Post by nutty on Apr 27, 2024 0:06:10 GMT
~Hanako and Erica's House~
"It's a...and pardon my language...a bullshit song in Dance Dance Revolution with a chart comprised of bits and pieces from prior boss songs including as Vert said...the ending surprise of Valkyrie Dimension." Erica said before Noire surprisingly said. "I know, I mean for a bet Vert really wanted to take you through the wringer...I mean....not like I wouldn't have done the same thing." Neptune merely glance at Noire before telling. "Aww, you should cut the tsundere act. You looked concerned when she was still going despite the clear danger." Noire tried justifying it with. "She's a human, she could have fallen, bumped her head on the guardrail or something else because both you and Vert came up with the stupid bet to start with and even dragged Blanc along." Blanc surprisingly said. "I mean....she proved herself despite Neptune being...Neptune....and I'm not going to get angry at that. I'm willing to at least try."
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Post by StardustXtreme on Apr 27, 2024 0:57:38 GMT
~Earth~
Daniel crossed his arms as Yuri adn Zhuzhen went on theri way, apaprently the first trial required them to use any gear that was sealed away, when they did compeltele it, Margarate wand ALice were sent on their own patyh with magic sealed whiel trial three was both sealings in effect so the four would have to rely on brute strength alone, when they emt the master who shared his thoughts, the sole purpose for men wanting ALice was to become superioer beings as they already looked down upon others along with greed and don't care abotut he sacrifices required.
Dehuai managed to infiltrate and get the last apintign ebfore deciding to make the tempel crumbel on top of them and taken Alice with him but the Master sent them back to the entrance as he implored them to get to where Dehuai lived, on their way otu, hsi crony was easily beaten to a pulp by the sherr number of people that he had no time to attack, Roger Bacon did apepar briefly and stunend them ebfore disappearing, but the group got out and met with the smuggelr who revealed herself to be Yoshiko kawashima and the plan to attackD ehuai's tower and given the key, ebfore they all elft to head to the tower, Yuri decided to tell them to be on their guard and if thigns look bad, run.
The group attacke dteh tower, entering through adn beatign the gaurdian and advancing through the tower, solving puzzles until eventually... theyr eached the rooms he was trapped in with Dehuai, hung up on some restraitn machien as Dehuai revealed he planned on Alice's lfie energy and pwoer to perform a Reverse Dmeons; gate summonign for a being known as the Seraphic Radiance., the magci was apaprently far mroe complex than the usual way to summona Earrth Spirit, the battel ensued and Dehuai was beaten as he retraeted and ALice was freed, but exhausted for soem moments untils eh was revitalized with some warm light.
The group ascended tot eh top where soem straneg apparatus wa sin place, pointing up at the sky as Dehuai gaiend a new form but was beaten using the last of hsi lfie force to try and compelte the ritual which wasn't enough but ... well, Roger Bacon apapeared and used his magic to help push the ritual to completeion and from it... a giagantic naked woman-like being with the ears large reain wings that had a gret length and fingernails as long and sharp any deadly thing, Yuri ran to fuse with ti despite everyone's protests as Roger watched, musing to defeat a god, one must become a god, finding ti amusing but the ebast seemed to settled, almost as if the Fusionw as successful btut hen... the beast stirred and razed Shanghai as Roger said he'll tkae his leave now and head back to London and hoped they'd pay hima visit someday
Everythign seemed like a scene from hell... the group evacuated and barely escaped the razing flame sof Shanghai, now Daniel understood what Yuri meant by Shanghai not being a pleasant expeirence as teh Seraphic Radiance took to the skeis and left, the screams and cries of pain, detaha dn agony wailign iN Shanghai,...
....Six Motnher later, the group ahd spilt, Maragrate when off soemwhere while Dnaiel, Chelsea, Kenn, the PT, Alice and Zhuzhen stayed together, they were heading to prague , beign exorists, thinsg ahve changed, Alice laugehd that the client through there a poltergeist but it was actually a woman, hsi neighbor doing aerobics, during the six months, Daniel and Alice had gottne to know each other more closely.
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Post by WhiteRose-Aki on Apr 27, 2024 1:54:27 GMT
-Earth-
Walking with the group as they traveled to the usual spot after a job, Chelsea thought about the past six months. At some point during those months, she had managed to enter a spirit realm and earned her Master Form of Jungle Fury. Her trial was to overcome her fear of unable to think outside the box by using her fairy form and combining various magics from the Clow Cards. To help Alice and Zhuzhen, she used the Songstress sphere a few times and held mini concerts while Lyse danced to her songs.
She wondered what happened to Yuri during everything, while she didn't doubt he could handle himself, she did find it odd that he didn't journey or do anything to find them so they could all meet up. She just kept quiet, hoping they can do their job and maybe find a idea of where to meet him while thinking what else they had to do in the world since the portal didn't open when they stopped Dahuei and his plan. Lyse just walked with everyone, having acted their protection during their duties.
Though Alice was happy to be closer to Daniel, she was also worried about Yuri, especially after seeing him fuse with the beast they saw. She held Daniel's hand as they made it to bar and decided to wait for Margarete to meet up with her. Lyse patted Chelsea's shoulder and she nodded, looking at the blond haired bare handed fighter.
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Post by nutty on Apr 27, 2024 2:11:31 GMT
~Earth~
During the months, the sky had strangely been replaced with a series of lines and code against blackness with some sort of "Sun" or "Moon" still doing what a celestial body would normally do. Kenneth, Akira, nor the others could answer exactly what was up with the sky considering Shanghai was pretty much destroyed. Sure, Kenneth spent a whole lot more time with the group of Phantom Thieves he called a second family, friends, even lovers...but he couldn't help that something was up. The brunette's suspicions were on point when the bar doors opened and Starline along with Fake Kenneth and Robo Kenneth walked inside. Starline sitting down as he told the duo. "Considering Mr. Bacon's actions...it seems as though it has accelerated the time needed to prepare for Phase 2 Testing." Fake Kenneth merely pondered. "Why is that man's last name Bacon anyway? It makes me h u n g r y..." Robo Kenneth merely said. "That is an irrelevant question."
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Post by StardustXtreme on Apr 27, 2024 3:31:06 GMT
~Earth~
Dnaiel rubbed a hand behind his hair as Alice held his hand when they walked into Prague, ZHuzhen deciding a drink was in rode rto celebrate their last expediition as it were, Zhuzhen adn Alice came up with this excrist gig with Alice having her Demon Eyes to sense stuff or see or ehar otu of the orindary and ZHuzhen beign the Taoist magic user, the tohers just joined whenever they wanted to, ti was also ngiht as they headed ot the local bar and Chelsea sat nearby a window , ZHuzhen lamented he needed the bathroom cause the older youg et, the more times you need to go.
"That's a terrifying thoguht when I get older, it'll be annoying to do mroe bathroom breaks." Dnaiel thought, then again, he doubted deities liek Chronoa or such were affected that. , this gig was also to help locate Yuri after the Seraphic Radiance left Shanghai, they been in Prague for a month already as Alice leaned into him and Dnaiel gently wrapped his arms around her waist, ALice had been worried sure but at least she wasn't depressed, for soem reason or another, ALice found his presence to help through things, nobody dare mention if Yuri died because that was ridicilous considering how strong willed the man was.
SOmeoen came in and some exocrists in search fo a job in Bistritz, a small village east of here as he ran a general store there, the owner said it must of been a hard trip indiacting it was certainly a long way for the man to come here, the village was atatcked by monsters every night about a month ago, apaprently a lord used to rule the village but his bloodline died out 300 years agohowever strangely since the attacks began, the lgihts were on in the castle as he wanted them to investigate the monsters and the castle which ZHuzhen agreed and the man left ebfore a bloodcurdlign screma ws heard, rushign otu the stranger ahd been atatcked by monsters and he was dying as he muttered the monsters followed him before succumbign his wounds.
Zhuzhen did feel such an evil presence and ALice agreed every sicne they first step foot in Europe., it was sugegsted they go to the village in the morning so the long trudge walk to the village wasn't at night. "Then elt's rest up for the night, since it'll be a logn wlak tomorrow." Daniel suggested.
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Post by WhiteRose-Aki on Apr 27, 2024 3:59:33 GMT
-Earth-
"Wait, lets get some rest and leave in the morning." Chelsea suggested. "That way, we'll be with Margarete and have enough energy to make the long travel there. Plus, it's better that way with how big a group we have." Lyse nodded, adding, "It's a good idea so we should head back to the inn and head to our rooms. Who knows this place may have a idea of where Yuri is."
"You're both right." Alice said, calming down. Chelsea nodded, holding her hand. "Things will be okay. Lets just rest and get the energy we need first. Plus, you have Daniel and Lyse with their strength, me and my spheres, plus everyone else is here. So come on." Alice nodded, breathing and holding Daniel's hand as they headed back to the inn.
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Lumina sat in a castle, watching Yuri as he had been there for six months and wasn't the best mentally. She sat, swinging her legs and humming.
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Post by nutty on Apr 27, 2024 4:29:10 GMT
~Earth~
However, before any of them could step into the inn, they were immediately met with the presence of Dr. Starline, Fake Kenneth, and Robo Kenneth before the platypus said. "Greetings, you've seen what happened in Shanghai...it's served useful for us and accelerated the prep time. All I will tell you is not to keep us waiting considering what Mr. Bacon's already done." Robo Kenneth then asked. "Doctor, are we to stand in their way?" Starline responded. "Heavens no! They've got to go and find Yuri...doing that would impede them." The trio then walked away.
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Post by StardustXtreme on Apr 29, 2024 14:59:41 GMT
~Earth~
Daniel paused as they were greeted by said indivduals before they said their piece and left as some eyes narrowed at that as Daniel felt Alice's grip tighten around his hand as Zhuzhen remarked waht a unique bunch of characters and Alice wondering if they were working with him. "...Who knows, that's not important right now, what we need to do is rest up for tomorrow's journey considering how far our messenger went to inform us about his request." Daniel said and they was nods.
Entering the Inn, the place was booked by the group ever since their arrival in Prague which the owner or such didn't mind, after all the money frrom doing the jobs or slaying any monsters that came nearby Prague's walls were a welcome bonus, who wouldn't want professionals?
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Post by WhiteRose-Aki on Apr 29, 2024 15:42:57 GMT
-Earth-
Heading to their room, Alice and Daniel undressed and changed into their sleep wear. She undid her hair ribbon and let her hair fall before sitting on the bed. Looking as Daniel sat on the bed, Alice turned to him and asked, touching his hand and looking at him, "What do you think will happen? I'm worried that we may find him and something awful has happened to him." She held him close.
Chelsea laid on her bed, looking at her Solar Morpher. She breathed, putting it on her desk and rolling on her side. 'Wonder what the others are doing in Nophica's Blossom?' She thought. 'I imagine they're okay but still, it's maybe the longest we've stayed in a world.'
-?-
Standing on the edge of a building, Shiro looked as he held a glowing orb with a flower. Robo Rita walked up to him and asked, "What is that?" "A orb that holds the power of the First Woman, the Female Double's power as the evolution of humanity. I have been keeping it safe, but maybe that Reaper or Lord Ohma have a better use for it." "What is the King of Ideals?" Rita asked. "I heard it being mentioned."
"I honestly don't know much." Shiro said, looking out at the horizon. "It's a title bestowed by the Lady of the Lake, a divine being that safeguarded Excalibur and Avalon before giving it to King Arthur. In some stories, she raised the knight that brought the end of Arthur's kingdom, but who knows what the truth is. I just know that Double's partner holds the title." He looked out at the horizon.
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