The Alien Wars 6: Reality Strikers

Session 51

Session Start: Wed Jun 22 00:00:00 2022
Session Ident: #fumoffu
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<DeathStar> Session 51 Weekly (double week until July 5th):
<DeathStar> *Taiga sits in Asteroid C's cafeteria eating and tinkering with a gadget, the sounds of the arcade next door*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *walks into the cafeteria and then sits right across from Taiga* "Mmmmm...so havw you had any other volunteers?"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Not yet. *she sits up* I imagine we won't have a fully fleshed out team for a bit. You're the first offical Striker outside myself.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Si probably will join as well, being Si.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And I joined mostly because our opposition had annoyed me sufficiently. I also could not let the striker outfit you provided go to waste."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> The Striker outfits will definitely protect you in each reality and it should it'll be stronger than your current outfit. While we're here I'll show you how to use the reality portal in the event you want to use it to check out another world. I would advise not going without a navigator back home and with a partner - a navigator here to make sure that you're not swapped with an alternate and the partner to back you up.
<DeathStar> *Taiga hops up and moves to the main room*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Also we should have our own ship soon which should be nice.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Believe it or not ships can travel through the portal
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Yes, Jaime has is pulling some strings to get that ship..."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Yeah I don't care who repairs the old Strikers ship as long as it's repaired. We had it retrofitted for reality travel when I was a kid
<Jackieness> <Noire> "That long ago, was it?"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Ah, yeah. I was kind of a... strong headed brat. When I was 9 I was leading the others - Kitty, Si, Gor and so on in the Strikers. ... Nearly got myself killed
<DeathStar> *Taiga pauses, reflecting on that as she stands before the reality device* They all did think I was dead
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Nine?! Well, I don't feel so precocious now, I guess..."
<DeathStar> *Ren stands by Charlotte, waving* Yeah, mom was a bit crazy
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Strange...I think of you as one of the responsible adults now."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Yeah. Kitty believed I was still alive, but Ouka and some others cloned me. That led to Tora
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Well, as you get older, you don't really want to keep being the type that tries to keep running head strong. Infact, I even looked into aging myself back up to 25. *she holds up a shot* Been debating taking it
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And then at 40, you'll be pondering aging yourself back down again."
<DeathStar> *Taiga laughs and pockets it* Alright. Here's how the machine works everyone. *Ren leans over, watching* <Taiga> As I said, you can take anything through - even something as big as a ship. You just need to open the portal up in the hanger if you wanted to take a space ship like the Strikers ship through, but we need to finish retrofitting it. *She shows them how to select the reality map* You open the map, and all the realities appear. The normal realities are located here - the Oddverses are numebered here. And you just inpt the numbered world you want to go in. The portal will open. Either inside here, or outside in the hanger.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> You keep a navigator inside to monitor you, and a team goes through. If you want to keep a countdown to yank the team back for safety reasons you can. Say, 24 hours, you can input that into the wristwatch.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> This Asteroid C is also connected teleporter wise to Earth and the PAX. So if we need to get out of here keep that in mind.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And what if base is attacked again?"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Well, I got defenses. *she shows Noire the the controls to bring down the guns located throughout the base* I also have an armory on this floor
<DeathStar> *She shows the floor* <Taiga> And finally self-destruct
<DeathStar> <Ren> *Whistles*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "This is the part I'm least excited about."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Cliche really. Have you considered segregating the control room from the portal room?"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Hm, I could work on that. When the Asteroid was built, that's how it was made. I could overhaul it
<DeathStar> <Taiga> In's mom day, self-destruct was in
<Jackieness> <Noire> "The last incursion occurred because they opened their portal rright into the control room, but if ports are anchored to a secured realtiy airlock, then future incursions would be contained."
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I don't know if the term airlock was intentional, but... I love that idea."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I'll work on that. Our system is designed to pick up intrustions of any so of reality - even if it's not here. However. *She lifts a finger* The other Adeline might have more advanced technology than ours
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I cannot guarentee that they might be able to get in without me picking up on it.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I'm using the best technology I have to detect but being reality thieves, they might have something more
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Well, the merciful thing would be to dump them back where they came from."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> That's not a idea, a reality type cage to trap and send back
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Right."
<DeathStar> *not a bad
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I'll work on system to identify allies so they're not caught up. The bad thing is we might need to gather materials for such ideas like reality cages. I couldn't exactly borrow a lot of tech from the PAX due to it's state
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Either way, a reality airlock is a great idea."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> So I've been designing most of this myself
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...why not design what you need, then ahve it custom fabbed at Earth, Cartel, etc suppliers. Then we cna assemble them here."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> *jots things down* Sounds good.
<DeathStar> <Ren> So. *She studies the reality map*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm?"
<DeathStar> <Ren> How do you think we should approach beating the Reality Pirates?
<DeathStar> <Ren> They're clearly going around just stealing all sorts of tech
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Other than trying to outdo them..."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "We don't know what they are up to yet. Their targets have been random from where we sit."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Hm. *She thinks* It'd be nice to visit a reality they stole something, but all we know is that one Michiru reality and they didn't know anything about PAXes
<DeathStar> <Ren> I wonder if we should check up on them later
<Jackieness> <Noire> "The other option is to scan their portals next time we have an encounter, and try to lock on to their reality portal signature... then we can use that to track where they have been."
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "... yess. This is a great way to acquire allies."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Hm, true. We know they're Reality 25. But if we enter 25 and try to plant something on it, I fear they might bring all their PAXes here
<DeathStar> *Taiga muses* I've put a barrier up for the time being so if anything from 25 comes to here, I'll get a notice
<DeathStar> <Ren> And the same thing for them I'm guessing
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Well, let's ask... why do they need PAXs?"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Good question
<DeathStar> *Taiga taps a reality # for Charlotte*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Is there a way to track connections to 25 without enterring? We don't need to go in if we can do that, and they can't really stop us enterring the realities they visited"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Hm. I can try. I know it was mentioned the space inbetween Reality. If there is something to it, maybe it will help me with that.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... we went looking for our PAX when we ran into a threat, right?"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Yes, I believe Erevis was directed to the PAX when dealing with a Future version of herself
<DeathStar> <Taiga> If that's what you're talking abou
<DeathStar> <Ren> Most realities need the PAX so having it stripped away could be bad
<DeathStar> <Ren> It's Progenitor tech
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Right now, my only thought is that they are dealing with a significant threat, thus getting as many PAXs as they can grab."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Lets hope that's what it is and that Adeline isn't bad.
<DeathStar> <Ren> It would mean their Charlotte is good too
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Of course, that's just a guess."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> All we can really do is start exploring realities at some point.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> And gather information. Noire - I'll elect you team lead.
<DeathStar> *she peers at Charlotte and Ren* I assume you two are also interested?
<DeathStar> <Ren> Well, yeah
<Jackieness> <Noire> *flashes a V sign when Taiga looks away*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Obviously."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Then you're the secondary lead, helping Noire and when she is busy you'll step up.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...starting to feel like our club."
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Good. I liked the club."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "As did I."
<DeathStar> <Ren> I-Is there supernatural realities? <Taiga> ... maybe. *She sounds like she doubts it* Anyway, for the most part to get information on a reality one just picks a number and sends some probes to get some information back. That's all you can really do. Then send a team in if it you want more.
<DeathStar> *Taiga motions* Lets pick an Oddverse 3. *She opens the reality and sends in a probe*
<DeathStar> *The images on the screen start coming back*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Ren, really?"
<DeathStar> *it looks like the probe's location chose Earth as the safest location and it's a school. They see Noire dressed in a school uniform and others like Ren and Charlotte and it looks normal enough until it starts to become some sort of battle school type anime drama*
<DeathStar> *with Noire in charge*
<DeathStar> <Ren> ... you're the one leading a battle school
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Naturally."
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I wonder what the deal is with this."
<DeathStar> *The probe picks up Andrea in the shadows of the school overseeing it before it's destroyed*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> And from there I decide if it's worth looking into it more
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Or moving on
<DeathStar> <Taiga> There's an Oddverse where Geyze uses Spirits in a unique way
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Unique, how?"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> They summon them to defeat demons and clear our dungeons that have appeared to over take area, and then during the day study at school. It seems only school age kids use the spirits.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I'm not sure if they could be of use to the current situation or not
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...that's a fighting monster video game."
<DeathStar> <Ren> I thought it sounded familiar.
<DeathStar> <Ren> And the spirits are okay with it?
<DeathStar> <Taiga> They all seem okay. All are alive
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Strange, but unless we want to try to learn that technique, I suggest leaving it alone."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I'll put it on hold then for now. If the situation changes I'll let you know
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Anyway for now, let me show you some things - I doubt with access to the PAX you'll want to stay here
<DeathStar> <Taiga> But just incase
<DeathStar> (And Earth)
<DeathStar> *She heads to the elevator and stairs and takes the group up another floor to the rooms where nicely furnished rooms are located*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm..and I do have an apartment on Earth."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Here are the rooms incase anyone needs to catch some sleep and does not feel like returning to either location
<DeathStar> <Ren> *nods to Noire* See you later, Commander Noire
<Jackieness> <Noire> *adjusts her glasses* "I did not think this place was still this well-appointed."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Ah, yes. Later, Ren."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Yes, there was a time this place could house and feed a lot of peopel
<DeathStar> <Taiga> *sees Noire off*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Still, even with having a place on PAX or Earth, it's nice to have somewhere else to go for a while."
<DeathStar> <Ren> True, PAX has CHIP watching you
<DeathStar> *Ren snuggles Charlotte*
<DeathStar> (*I misread Noire's line)
<Jackieness> (( ;.; ))
<DeathStar> <Taiga> There's also some offices though I am unsure if anyone wants them
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "We might use them... at some point."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Maybe tomorrow we can select a reality to jump to for practice. I suggest an Oddverse for practice.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Right, something unlikely to be targeted by our rivals."
<DeathStar> *Ren seems to be already plotting how to "use" That office"*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...Ren..."
<DeathStar> *Ren pauses* Y-Yes?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I cna tell when you are scheming."
<DeathStar> *Ren motions at Charlotte* Um, well, Charlotte doesn't mind if you join us in helping with the office.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> ... I'll be in the command room
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm...and what exactly are you scheming then?"
<DeathStar> *She heads to the elevator*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Wearing kinky office clothes for Charlotte while taking one of the offices.
<DeathStar> *her tails swish in thought*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Really, there's nothing strange about any of that."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...I'll pass."
<DeathStar> <Ren> But yeah
<DeathStar> <Ren> I guess you're in charge in picking where we go first, huh
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Then I'll have to pick a proper Oddverse for our test run." *turns to ehad to the control room*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Iwonder what type of Reality we'll visit first.
<DeathStar> *Ren ponders*
<DeathStar> *Noire finds tons of realities that seem Odd, but what would be best. There's a reality with the Persona Spirits, the Battle School, one with Warren running a noir detective agency with familiar faces being noir like faces, an odd world where Omega Coke is the main drink and people are addicted to it and an underground resistance has risen up to fight it*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *goes through a few more*
<DeathStar> *there's a reality where there's no catgirls - Dog Girls are the main thing. Famfrits are nowhere to be seen and every dog has it's day*
<DeathStar> *There seems to be a reality where MAkas ar all over the place*
<DeathStar> *Magical Girl overload*
<DeathStar> *Ren eyes that and jerks*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm....amusing..."
<DeathStar> <Ren> IF everyone is a magical girl, how does that even work?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I have no idea."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...imagine Chad Winters as a magicla girl."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Oh god..
<DeathStar> <Ren> I-I kind of want to go there now....
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...like a train wreck...you can't look away..."
<DeathStar> *There's also a reality where gangs fight each other, but they are absurd and non-realistic, with silly cartoon names. There's a medieval reality that is not Tareh where there's a witch medieval MEgumi*
<DeathStar> *according to reports, that reality might have been visited before - her name being Chaos*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *goes through the report of identified realities, progressively looking less and less enthused*
<DeathStar> *talking russian bears, and suddenly there's a Maka version of Andrea battling mechanical Progenitors along with othr maka versions of Dark ones like Charlotte*
<DeathStar> <Ren> MEchanical Progenitors?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...who know!"
<Jackieness> s
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "What even is that place?"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Odd
<DeathStar> <Ren> I think that talking bear was meant to be Noire
<Jackieness> <Noire> "H...how?!"
<DeathStar> *The Dark Makas destroy the mechnical progenitors with magical tendrils, tearing them to pieces*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Well. The way it held itself
<DeathStar> <Ren> I think we should throw a dart
<DeathStar> <Ren> And just pick something
<Jackieness> <Noire> *looks at the bear, whcih is just standing there doing nothing...then looks back at Ren*
<DeathStar> *Ren whistles innocently*
<DeathStar> *Then hides behind Charlotte* Charlotte~ Noire is going to get me~ *She squeals playfully*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *enters a demerit for Ren in the computer*
<DeathStar> <Ren> .. N-Noooooooo
<DeathStar> *Falls to her knees, ears drooped*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Go and have some fun. I'll ahve our mission ready when we reconvene."
<DeathStar> *Ren nods and scampers away*
<Alicia> * Charlotte follows
<DeathStar> -P-
Session Close: Thu Jun 23 00:00:00 2022
Session Start: Thu Jun 23 00:00:00 2022
<DeathStar> -R-
<DeathStar> *Ren works on getting a high score on an arcade machine*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *is in the controll center, making notes about various Oddverse realities*
<DeathStar> *Ren shouts in joy as she wins and the arcade machine gives her a prize*
<DeathStar> *Ren shows Noire her prize - a tiny strange puddle looking monster*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm?"
<DeathStar> <Ren> The arcade spit this out when I won the high prize
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...what is it?
<DeathStar> <Ren> Um... I don't know. It looks old
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Then you have some research to do."
<DeathStar> *Ren sits down and researches the monster*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *taps an entry* "Here, this is the reality that I'm looking at now."
<DeathStar> *Ren leans forward and studies it, her yellow eyes narrowing as she gets a good look* Let's see
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Its a reality where we are otherwise normal high school students, and we go out solving mysteries. Our counterparts will be away from the campus for at least a week, allowing us to use their club room as a base camp."
<DeathStar> <Ren> I---- *She pauses*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm?"
<DeathStar> <Ren> Isn't that what we like do all the time? .... *low voice* Does that make our world an Oddverse?
<Jackieness> <Noire> *facepalms* "It means we can act with minimal risk."
<DeathStar> <Ren> That's true.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "This is a test run, and that means keeping things safe for both us and the natives of the target reality."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Maybe they'll have an arcade I can defeat and get all their goods
<DeathStar> *Ren a'ha's*
<DeathStar> <Ren> This is from a series of pocket monsters that was popular 30 years ago
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Maybe its a collector's item. And Given the setting of this reality, there are bound to be arcades."
<DeathStar> *Ren adjusts her outfit, wearing something akin to: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/641064511306072077/989414568130383872/unknown.png * Well if it is a collector's item, then it's my lucky day. *her tail wiggling with Akatsuki*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...anyway, once the team assembles, we'll have a very special Fummoffu club day."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Right! I wonder how many will join in the end, but for now it seems proper just to be us
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm-hmmm."
<DeathStar> *Ren wiggles her tail, talking to Aka inside*
<DeathStar> <Ren> So, anything you want to do before? *props her head* Go to the PAX, Tokyo, some hotspring?
<Jackieness> <Noire> *slips her glasses off* "I...had not even considered."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Hm. What should we do then for fun.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I was too busy planning our first mission..."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Clearly you need to relax before we go
<DeathStar> *Ren drags Noire away*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Errrr?"
<DeathStar> *Ren soon has dragged Noire to a hotspring*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm..."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Lets get ready. *she hums and moves in before noire, tails swishing*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *goes to the changing room*
<DeathStar> *Ren has soon prepared, Akatsuki being placed in a cute bubble to protect her and allow her to float about in the waters as Ren steps into the hotspring*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *emerges soon after and rhen steps into the water*
<DeathStar> *Ren rises from the water and procedes to massages Noire's back* So! After we spend some time here we'll order some cool drinks and eat some food, then you should be all rested. And then Taiga can see about navigating our jump
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmm...we still need to get the team together..."
<DeathStar> <Ren> True, we need to get at least Charlotte together before we go jumping about. Taiga said have a partner when we do this, but 3 would be best
<DeathStar> <Ren> 4 even better
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm-hmmm..."
<DeathStar> *Ren uses her tails twil Akatsuki's ball about while massaging Noire* I wonder grades high school Ren gets
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...hard to say."
<DeathStar> <Ren> I predict a genius!
<Jackieness> <Noire> "It depends upon the 'role' the other Ren fulfills."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Tch. True. I-I'm sure I'm the leader.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm-hmmm..."
<DeathStar> *Ren tickles with tails*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Gak!"
<DeathStar> <Ren> Surprise attack!
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Ren!"
<DeathStar> <Ren> *smiles and moves off to lean against the edge* Whew. I wonder what mysteries they solve. Probably silly stuff. Like cases for old women and children
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And the monster is always a guy in a rubber mask."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Named Juan. *nods*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...their lives are just like ours..."
<DeathStar> *Ren uses her tail to splash about* You want to get some Japanese food and sake after this?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Sure. It wuld be like family night."
<DeathStar> <Ren> *books a place*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Done
<DeathStar> *Ren sinks*
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<DeathStar> *Ren tugs on her Striker outfit*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *zips her own Striker suit, boingy*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Do you need me to come along or do you want me to help with being the navigator? *She clips wristbands to the two's wrists*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Do we have someone to fill in the nvigator seat?"
<Seraphna> **Jaime eyes her outfit** I still don't know why I have an ass window.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Well, maybe not a navigator but someone that can help out. *A white haired person walks in with red eyes, looking to be older in their 30's and bouncing breasts.* <Ren> Aunt Aurica! <Taiga> She has some experience with this sort of thing.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Alright, if she cna handle the navigaiton job, then go ahead and suit up."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Ah, I gave you the non-joke outfit. You're still wearing the joke outfit Jaime
<DeathStar> *she motions at what Ren and Noire are wearing*
<DeathStar> *Aurica moves behind the navigation, slowly used to it* Alright...
<DeathStar> *She then looks at everyone* Don't let Taiga give you a hard time. *Taiga mumbles about Aurica while she dresses*
<Seraphna> Jaime> You did? Hmm. **she looks suspicious, but vanishes and a few moment slater comes back in the right one, boingy**
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mission briefing... the target reality is an Oddverse: our counterparts are high school students who formed a counterpart to our own fumoffu club. They are on a club trip, giving us the opportunity to take their place for a day."
<DeathStar> *Taiga makes sure all their wristbands are linked up* Also your clothing can transform into anything we need while here. So no need to find clothing while here
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Obviously, we need to switch to the school uniform once w eland."
<DeathStar> *Aurica inputs the coordinates given to her and opens a portal* Good luck, I'll monitor you from here
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And remember, no powers if you cna help it." *steps through the portal*
<DeathStar> <Ren> *As they arrive, Ren looks around* I'm guessing I should try to hide my ears?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Yeah, we don't know enough about your coutnerpart to know if she has the same ears or not."
<DeathStar> *Ren focuses and strains, while Taiga already has managed to hide her's* <Ren> Ah, give me a moment
<DeathStar> *Ren focuses, straining*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Screw it. *she has the Striker armor make a school clothing with a cute hat to hide them*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *shifts her uniform to the school uniform* "Jaime?"
<DeathStar> *Taiga wears a freshman's outfit due to her size*
<Seraphna> **Jaime muses and shifts to a school uniform too**
<Jackieness> <Noire> *heads on toward the campus to mix in with the student body* "And remember if anyone asks about our trip, tell them it was delayed a day."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Right. *She looks around the students* I wonder if we're popular here.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Naturally.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Hard to say."
<DeathStar> *Ren's hat wiggles in thought*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Only glad I age so slowly.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Our rleationships here might reflect those back home, but its better to not go overboard."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I imagine Ren and I are related in some way. If not mother and daughter, siblings in some manner.
<DeathStar> <Ren> I wonder who is crazy enough to run this school. Some evil being?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "The Municipal School District."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Could be another Cedarton.
<DeathStar> <Ren> That sounds evil. *she notes, deadpan*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Lets find thei--our club. *She walks along the campus toward the main doors, nodding to some students*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Unless we find evidence that our coutnerparts are secretly magical girls, then we can assume that this is actually a rather normal high school."
<Seraphna> Jaime> A Normal High School with US in it?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Not us, our counterparts." *looks around and then heads down a hallway*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Oddverses be odd. Though it doesn't sound too bad. A world where we're normal
<DeathStar> *Taiga seems to be looking at the classroom doors with fascination*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Huh. They seem to be telling the kids to abstain from telling kids to do drugs and sex with stickers
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Ah, the clubrooms. Ours must be somewhere this way."
<DeathStar> *Taiga steals one of the stickers slyly and follows. Ren studies the various clubrooms* Some of these clubs are really weird.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "What do you have?"
<DeathStar> <Ren> There's an SOS Brigade Club. I guess they go out and save people. *she walks along* D&D Club Room
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Those don't seem too far afield."
<DeathStar> *Ren pauses* Ah, here it is
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Alright, let's scout out the club room. We cna use it as our base."
<DeathStar> *Taiga steps inside and turns on the lights, peering about the club*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Lets see what they do for club activites.
<Jackieness> <Noire> *closes the door once they are all inside*
<DeathStar> *Ren seems to be going through their club stuff, sitting on a desk*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *checks the contents of the room as well*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...I cna see that Ren planned this trip." *lays down a map and itinerary*
<DeathStar> *Ren leans over* I guess in a world that's normal, all you can do is camp?
<Jackieness> <Noire> *points* "...Lost Dutchamn Mine, Ren..."
<DeathStar> *Ren blinks and double checks* That's ... huh
<Seraphna> Jaime> Ah, yes, they're a scooby squad.
<DeathStar> *Ren seems to subconciously holding her spot that was shot*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "That's where we went when everything went crazy."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Heh, I remember
<DeathStar> <Ren> *rubs her hat, chewing on her snack with rough bites* Everyone should avoid that place
<Jackieness> <Noire> "In that case, they will likely been gone for several days." *sets the trip plan aside* "So we have the run of the place. We should scout out the school, then...mmmmm...the dessert shops."
<DeathStar> *Aurica on comms* I will locate the best shops then
<DeathStar> <Ren> If they come back. *She mumbles* We don't have to go to school in their place do we?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Only for today."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> So what is on the agenda Captain? *she flips through some of the alternate fumoffu's stuff* Oh that's cute. *sets a drawing down of the other clubs people*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Like I said, we're going to explore the school and the the lives of our counterparts."
<DeathStar> *Taiga digs into drawers and Ren moves outside the hallway* Lets go
<Jackieness> <Noire> *heads out into the hall and then starts walking to mix in with the student body*
<DeathStar> *Ren eyes the students; Taiga follows* <Ren> It's been so long, Do we just pick what classes we want to go to?
<DeathStar> *Ren studies the other students*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...we usually have a schedule...snap. We don't know our counterparts sch-" *then a boy trips and faceplants into Noire's breasts* "...!!!!!"
<DeathStar> *Ren stares* I've always wanted to do that.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> ... *mutters*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...p...pervert!" *uppercuts the boy and he sldies down the hallway...he is wearing a nametag that reads MC*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> .... *eyes the nametag* MC? ... really? <Ren> I don't get it
<Seraphna> Jaime> Wait, what kind of a universe are we in???"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> An Oddverse
<Jackieness> <Noire> "What?" *then a pink dot heard appears over Noire's head with four grey hearts waiting to be filled*
<Jackieness> heard == heart
<DeathStar> <Taiga> But I confess. I never heard of an Oddverse having that.
<DeathStar> *Taiga tilts her head*
<Seraphna> **Jaime stares**
<Seraphna> Jaime> We're in a dating simulator.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...oh no..."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Wait... did you LIKE that Noire?
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Or something that appeard to be a dating simulator. Aurica, can you study how such a thing can even appear over her head? Start scanning the area for me
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I'd like to get data
<DeathStar> <Ren> I feel sorry for this world
<Jackieness> <Noire> "No! This must have been a scripted event!"
<DeathStar> *Ren and Taiga eye Noire*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Scripted event?
<DeathStar> *Ren looks for the MC dude*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Well we'd better watch that your attitude doesn't suddenly get lovey dovey for a... a... BOY.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "If this is like a typical visual novel style dating sim, then there are flags that are triggered by specific events. When you trigger all flags, then that completes the romance path for that NPC."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Question
<DeathStar> >Taiga> Assuming this isn't some alien tech making those things float over your head or mass hysteria and Oddverses have gotten even stranger since I was a kid and this strangely a reality where these people go through their days date siming it out. Like in a PC game.
<DeathStar> <Ren> Oddverses mimicing games now. Where have I heard this before
<DeathStar> *Ren mocks Taiga*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> You realize it'll locking be an X-rated dating sim
<DeathStar> *likely
<Jackieness> <Noire> "How do you even know that?!"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> This world has to keep populating
<Seraphna> **Jaime huffs** Cuz most of them are.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> The chances have to be high
<Jackieness> <Noire> "That doens't make it an eroge!"
<DeathStar> <Ren> So you rather be knocked up without a sex scene?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I am not giving it up to a generic guy who needs to trim his bangs!"
<DeathStar> <Ren> You better hope then it doesn't do that thing where the end of the school year it jumps head years and you have a kid with him.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "We're only here for one day!"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Lets just try to spread out across the school and avoid him. Dating sims usually are done over several weeks
<DeathStar> <Taiga> We should be fine
<Seraphna> Jaime> However in the meantime I'm fine with someone else being the female protagonist here. Though I am already preggo.
<DeathStar> *Ren and Taiga eye Jaime*
<Seraphna> Jaime> What?
<Jackieness> <Noire> *just facepalms*
<Seraphna> Jaime> I told you that back with the trickster guy.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "We were a little distracted!"
<DeathStar> *Taiga moves for the cafeteria, being careful and Ren looks around*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Well, Jaime will likely be considered Noire's BFF
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Remember...if you see the Main Character... avoid him."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Hopefully this game doesn't include invisibility or Ninja gags.
<DeathStar> <Ren> I wonder what his name is. Is it really MC?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Whatever the player names them, I suppose."
<DeathStar> *Taiga gets herself some food and sits down at the table; Ren sits and skirt wags due to her tail*
<Seraphna> **Jaime gets extra food and sits with them**
<Jackieness> <Noire> *stands behind Ren while holding her tray* "...your tail, Ren."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Urk
<DeathStar> *she tries to sit on it*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I should be safe. If he went after you, I'm not likely to be bothered
<DeathStar> *Taiga eats her food, enjoying it* So we should probably go back to the clud and find our classes
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Any of us could have romance flags, not just me." *sits with them*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Usually though they'll seek out the girl they want to increase the hearts during times of the day. Like lunch or after school
<DeathStar> <Taiga> That's when you should be wary
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...and this MC must be a breast man... my luck."
<DeathStar> *Taiga nods* Right
<DeathStar> *Ren finishes her food and eats some from Jaime's*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Alright, lets sneak off
<Jackieness> 6* Then a tray crashes on top of Taiga!
<DeathStar> *Taiga eyes herself*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> What the hell?!
<Jackieness> <MC> *mumbles an apology and moves away*
<DeathStar> *Taiga mrrrrr's*
<Jackieness> 6* A Pink heart appears over Taiga's head.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> ... Oh just sample all the girls why don't you.
<Jackieness> 6* The pink heart reappears over Noire's head, as well as most of the non-generic female students in the cafeteria.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Who writes this stuff? Why would that add a heart?
<Seraphna> **Jaime noms her burger**
<Jackieness> <Noire> *makes a fist, shaking* "...he's going for the harem ending."
<Seraphna> Jaime> ...Humans can have harems?
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Sure, why not
<DeathStar> *Taiga props her head*
<DeathStar> <Ren> It's usually frowned on though
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I do not want to be in someone's harem just because the rules of the game world mandate it!"
<Seraphna> Jaime> I wonder... is there one chosen MC or can someone counter them.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Good thinkiong, Jaikme. There is usually at leats one romatic rival in these games."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Is there a bad boy or girl of the school?
<Seraphna> Jaime> **gets a devious smile** I can handle that.
<Jackieness> <Noire> *flat* "...what?"
<Seraphna> **Jaime peers around for a heart**
<DeathStar> <Taiga> *Seems to be trying to swat her heart right now*
<Seraphna> **Tha t isn't a team member**
<Seraphna> **Jaime moves over to the girl and leans over, dousing her with Pheramones** Hey there~
<Jackieness> <Noire> *just facepalms*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Wow, she's really trying to do it
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Uh, can that be done?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I...don't know...this could also just make things worse..."
<Seraphna> **Jaime seems to be trying to find that answer!**
<Jackieness> 6* The girl just looks at Jaime zones out and then walks away.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> It looks like this world follows a script
<Seraphna> Jaime> Interesting. **she steps back** So whatever is doing this is overriding monster pheramones.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "So... maybe the best solution is to derail the plot completely."
<Seraphna> Jaime> The good news is we're not in some of the weirder kinds of these games.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> How would we derail the plot?
<DeathStar> <Ren> Without breaking this world?
<Seraphna> Jaime> Kill the MC or one or us turn out to be hacking the game world to make sure we win?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Right... if could dmagae this reality if we go too far. Let's just hole up int the clubroom and avoid MC-kun at all costs."
<Seraphna> Jaime> ...Did you just add the kun honorific?
<DeathStar> *Taiga nods and walks with Ren* I definitely want to study this world more
<DeathStar> <Taiga> You found a world that is unique so far; I'd like to learn more - it might be worth another visit here
<DeathStar> <Ren> I wonder if we would keep our hearts when we return
<Seraphna> Jaime> Though a Yuri worls wouldn't be too bad.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I-I meant the fact of how this world operates. It deserves another look
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Don't read too much into it..."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Regardless, have you encountered any other game mechanic worlds before, Taiga?"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Mom encountered a world where there was worlds where that things were close and likely based on game worlds
<DeathStar> <Taiga> But never have I seen hearts appear over heads
<Jackieness> <Noire> "ITs probably a side effect of the genre that this world imitates."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Quite fascinating. *she sits in the club room while Ren keeps an eye out for the MC*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I also wonder if we return and our counter parts gain hearts
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Would we have the increased hearts
<DeathStar> <Taiga> So many questions. Also, is this a horror x-rated ergo? Sci-fi? Mystery ergo?
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Or just a plain dating sim
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I picked this one because it appeared the most...normal..."
<DeathStar> <Aurica on comms> I'll keep tabs on this world to see if it ever stops being normal
<DeathStar> <Ren> I do find it strange this MC seems very klutzy
<DeathStar> <Ren> That's kind of odd
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Like Jaime said, lazy writing. Clearly I'm a tsundere character though..."
<DeathStar> <Ren> You mean you're not?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Hmmmmm?"
<DeathStar> <Ren> Kidding!
<Jackieness> <Noire> *adjusts her glasses* "Mmmmmm...I see."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> *keeps the lights dim in the club room*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> So, while we're in here let's talk girl stories and we can eat my snacks
<DeathStar> <Ren> Surely even he won't come into our club room
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I suspect we were just targets of opportunity."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> It would be bad if our character sprites were on some school map
<DeathStar> <Taiga> That would mean the girls were .... main girls in this dating sim
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Why did you say that?!"
<DeathStar> <Ren> Uh, is that bad?
Session Close: Mon Jul 04 00:00:00 2022
Session Start: Mon Jul 04 00:00:00 2022
Session Ident: #fumoffu
<Jackieness> <Noire> "It means he could find us no matter where we go!"
<DeathStar> <Ren> *goest o lock the club door*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Hah, try to get us like this then!
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I had planned for us to explore more, but I did not count on this. If we come back, it will need to be with better preparation."
<DeathStar> *Taigga is trying tot ake pictures of the hearts*
<DeathStar> *and record it*
<DeathStar> <Aurica> Let me bring you all back to be safe
<DeathStar> <Aurica on comm> Less you become a harem
<DeathStar> *She opens a reality in the club*
<DeathStar> *Taiga packs hr snacks and Ren steps inside with Taiga*
* DeathStar changes topic to 'Season 3 | Tuesdays | Phase 1 | Reality Strikers Session 52: Mapping the Multiverse -- July 5th - July 12th'
<DeathStar> -END
Session Close: Tue Jul 05 00:00:00 2022