HighEndNoob (Gaius/Gai) (IVDf VIPw IIIPc IIIWt)Well, this is going to be awkward. Well, time to improvise.
"Sure thing, mother. What do you need?
"Gai-san, we've seen the report card. Your dad and I. And believe me, I am worried for you. I don't mean to antagonize you..."
She pauses.
"But you know that you'll never be successful in life if you don't put effort into your schooling. If you don't try harder, you'll end up like Uncle Michio."
You seem expected to know this.
"As such, I am going to require you to show me your homework before you leave at night. Your brother Rico--"
From your room, you hear the door opening in the living room.
"I'm home! Mom!" you hear, along with a crackling from outside in the hallway. You smell... smoke.
Ozarck (Di/Makiko) (4Df 3Pw 7Pc 2Wt)"Shh! Shh! Someone's coming! Hide!"
Makiko hides near the front window and peeks out a corner of it as unobtrusively as possible.
You peek between a gap in the tables blocking the windows. You see a woman in a modest purple dress, with a yellow scarf. She has an umbrella to stave off the rain. But as the rain changes direction due to the wind, you see something else behind her, off in the distance, a pile of gears, rusted... and standing.
The woman notices the blocked-window and, after knocking and waiting, she approaches the window. You quickly make yourself unseen, losing sight of the strange pile-of-gears thing, but you can hear the woman ask, "What's going on?"
Bloody Knife
-Sharp. Reroll up to two failed dice on your first throw.
Hearing another machine pull up to the house and light footsteps approaching, Nagisa tensed. She didn't know whether the two criminals are returning to finish the job or it was someone else but she didn't cared. All she cared about was making sure that no one could hurt her again or endanger Makiko. Therefore she decided to be sensible and:
Find a good hiding spot and wait. If the newcomer manages to force their way inside, she will hold them up with the makeshift crossbow. If they try anything threatening, open fire.
The newcomer doesn't seem to be the criminals: a hand knocks on the door.
At the same time, though, the criminals may just as well be betraying your trust here. You decide to wait and see if they force their way in.
Makiko looks like she sees something through the window. She dives for cover, and you hear a woman's voice ask: "What's going on?"
For some reason your blood starts to boil in response to the voice. You feel very uncomfortable.
Damage Taken: 0
Wooden Rod
-Quick Weapon. Always strikes first.
Mitsuru continues off the plot away from where she came, she fears that perhaps, as in the past, it can track her down with out sight. Besides losing this beast, she would next like to explore the recent activities of his host body Mitsuru, it will be important to know what she was doing before in order to fit into her prepossessed life.
Continue traveling away but at a reasonable pace that won't draw too much attention. Also check her pockets for a contact book or something to start off her investigation into the past.
A contact book? Though you are able top put the thought into words, the mere image strikes you as odd and... outdated. Your hand reaches for your miniature pocket phone, a curious piece of work with a glass screen and no dial. Instead it has a family of buttons on the bottom of the front as well as a button on the side to turn it on.
You seem to have had former correspondence with a man named Shin Managi, perhaps a colleague, and a couple of other names including Ryo Fuji, Makiko Hamada, Gai Onotoyama, and Nagisa Tsumiya.
A single message from Shin mentions the "Tsukiyomi Academy Ace Robotics Club," and welcomed you aboard at the time. "Club meetings are in room 214 of the L building, 6:30 PM," he noted.
You try to search more, but the screen has stopped responding. You've been tapping the buttons all this time with your fingers, but that doesn't seem to work anymore. The rain on your screen creates the illusion of a grid-pattern of colored dots,
There's a store across the street. "Elektron" is its name, spelled in English. Their logo depicts a yellow sphere with an egregiously smug face. But their storefront says "Electronics," "Tech Support," "Repairs."
Inventory:
Backpack with a bunch of books
Umbrella
Start the climb
It seems like a formidable trek to Floor 32, but you embark on the journey regardless.
Floor 1: You run into nobody using the stairs. It seems that despite all the foot traffic, the stairwell lies unused.
Floor 4: Now it has become apparent that your current body is not well-trained. Perhaps you will want to remedy this.
Floor 10: At this point, panting, you look down and ask yourself: What kind of human designed this building?
Floor 20: Struggling with every step, your heart racing, you would welcome any respite just about now. But every step you do not take, keeps you from your destination.
Floor 30: Your legs are trembling.
Floor 31: Almost there! But the last stairwell feels like an eternity.
Floor 31.5: You feel as if your legs are about to buckle.
Floor 31.75: An elderly man emerges from the door on the next floor. He spots your trembling knees and asks you, "Am I daft, or did you--young man--just climb all of these stairs just now?"
After watching you struggle to move an inch further, he offers you a hand. As he smiles, you notice that all of his teeth are golden, and that underneath his short-sleeved light blue shirt his skin looks red and blistery.
Status:
Completely Exhausted (-2 to your rolls involving moving or attacking with your legs)
Items:
Metal with grip
-Weighty. Roll another die forthwith if you score any number of successes.
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