Author Topic: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 4 (Read 86267 times)

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #630 on:** November 07, 2013, 12:56:34 PM »

>"May I ask what the exact message is, so that it doesn't come as a surprise to me the first time I play it?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #631 on:** November 07, 2013, 01:11:10 PM »

Quote from: Purvijiri on November 07, 2013, 12:56:34 PM

>"May I ask what the exact message is, so that it doesn't come as a surprise to me the first time I play it?"

>"Sensible. I wanted to keep it simple and somewhat versatile, since obviously I cannot be there to change the message for each situation. So I chose, 'The Terran carries a warning about the Beasts that Makai spawned. She confronted a Devouring Tar pool on this world. She does not want these predators in this world any more than we do. If the need arises, her and her allies could be our allies, against Makai if nothing else.'

DracoOmega · « **Reply #632 on:** November 08, 2013, 04:08:09 AM »

>"Thank you. I appreciate this."
>Take the marble in hand and give it another deep scan with our senses. Do we feel any of the demonic aura from it at all now?

Oldmansour · « **Reply #633 on:** November 08, 2013, 04:35:54 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on November 08, 2013, 04:08:09 AM

>"Thank you. I appreciate this."
>Take the marble in hand and give it another deep scan with our senses. Do we feel any of the demonic aura from it at all now?

>"Your appreciation is a bit premature." Louise answers, lowering her arms. "This still may not work."

>You acquire: Message Orb from the Water Champion

>Taking the orb in your hand, you turn your mystic sense upon it once more. But just as before, it responds as a no more than a rock.
>"It will not react to any power apart from that of another Champion." Louise informs you. "That way, it will not activate when not in the presence of one of us, so as not to waste a charge."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #634 on:** November 08, 2013, 04:54:54 AM »

>"That sounds sensible. And I disagree that my appreciation is premature, for I shall remain appreciative even if it cannot leave this place. You offered me this aid of your own volition; I am grateful for your actions, not merely their success."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #635 on:** November 08, 2013, 04:58:20 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on November 08, 2013, 04:54:54 AM

>"That sounds sensible. And I disagree that my appreciation is premature, for I shall remain appreciative even if it cannot leave this place. You offered me this aid of your own volition; I am grateful for your actions, not merely their success."

>"That is your perogative."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #636 on:** November 08, 2013, 05:00:54 AM »

>"Before I leave, I wanted to ask you if there was anything I could do for you here that might make your stay a little more comfortable?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #637 on:** November 08, 2013, 05:03:38 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on November 08, 2013, 05:00:54 AM

>"Before I leave, I wanted to ask you if there was anything I could do for you here that might make your stay a little more comfortable?"

>The Water demon's eyes open in dull surprise. "More?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #638 on:** November 08, 2013, 05:17:39 AM »

>"Well, I understand that you would ideally rather leave, but for the time-being that you remain here, I would rather you be no more uncomfortable than you must. I did not send you to this place to suffer, after all, but to safeguard the people of my world until it was no longer necessary to do so. The surroundings seem fairly pleasant to my eyes, but they are of course not yours. Were it not for our conversation, I might suggest adding a few touches from your homeland, but the place you come from doesn't sound as though it would evoke many happy memories."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #639 on:** November 08, 2013, 05:36:02 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on November 08, 2013, 05:17:39 AM

>"Well, I understand that you would ideally rather leave, but for the time-being that you remain here, I would rather you be no more uncomfortable than you must. I did not send you to this place to suffer, after all, but to safeguard the people of my world until it was no longer necessary to do so. The surroundings seem fairly pleasant to my eyes, but they are of course not yours. Were it not for our conversation, I might suggest adding a few touches from your homeland, but the place you come from doesn't sound as though it would evoke many happy memories."

>Even clarifying your statement doesn't seem to completely alleviate the water demon's confusion. At least not at first, but after a moment, her eyes close again. "Taking our earlier conversation into acount, Magical Lotus, I ask what you think I could want to feel more 'comfortable', than what you have already fashioned."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #640 on:** November 08, 2013, 05:50:05 AM »

>"I don't know; that is why I asked."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #641 on:** November 08, 2013, 05:57:35 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on November 08, 2013, 05:50:05 AM

>"I don't know; that is why I asked."

>"Comfort is a concept virtually unknown to my kind." Louise informs you. "Only in Mother's castle do we ever know any kind of safety at all, and then it is only fleeting, for all of us know we cannot stay. Here, however, there are no pools of Devouring Tar, no creatures of Makai at all. The only thing that I felt threatened me here was the ally of yours who is not here, since I did not know if she could destroy this cell with me still in it. And you have told me you would stop her from doing so, if she had that power. Lotus, there is nothing here to threaten me. I may well be the first Child ever able to say that. I am, in all likelihood, the most comfortable Child that has ever existed."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #642 on:** November 09, 2013, 02:23:12 AM »

>"These are curious times we find ourselves in, I think - all of us. Though the method might be double-edged, I am glad I was at least able to offer you this much. And I promise I will do my best to bring a happy resolution to this conflict, for both our peoples."

>"Hmmm.... do you need to eat anything for sustenance?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #643 on:** November 09, 2013, 08:07:59 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on November 09, 2013, 02:23:12 AM

>"These are curious times we find ourselves in, I think - all of us. Though the method might be double-edged, I am glad I was at least able to offer you this much. And I promise I will do my best to bring a happy resolution to this conflict, for both our peoples."

>"Hmmm.... do you need to eat anything for sustenance?"

>"Not here, it seems." Louise answers, turning her head slightly upwards towards the pink sky. "Whatever force here that stabilizes my energy also seems to have affected my metabolism in a similar way. I've not hungered since you imprisoned me."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #644 on:** November 09, 2013, 08:24:23 AM »

>"Oh. Hmmm... well, I suppose that is rather convenient."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #645 on:** November 09, 2013, 08:28:28 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on November 09, 2013, 08:24:23 AM

>"Oh. Hmmm... well, I suppose that is rather convenient."

>"Agreed. It is one of the reasons I have no need to tax myself trying to escape. Some of the others might try, but I am patient."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #646 on:** November 09, 2013, 08:41:16 AM »

>"I hope to see you free again, one day before too long - in comfort nearly as secure as now. You know what has been asked of you. I can also be patient."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #647 on:** November 09, 2013, 09:07:13 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on November 09, 2013, 08:41:16 AM

>"I hope to see you free again, one day before too long - in comfort nearly as secure as now. You know what has been asked of you. I can also be patient."

>"I am not capable of hope, Magical Lotus. But I would prefer to see you again, as well, if Forest is willing. Time will tell."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #648 on:** November 09, 2013, 10:45:22 AM »

>Nod
>"I am glad I had this chance to get to know you better, and I promise we will speak again. If hope is not something you are capable of, then I will carry enough for the both of us and more besides. Be well, Louise."

>Let's turn and walk back to where we arrived in this world. Approximately, anyway.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #649 on:** November 09, 2013, 11:36:28 PM »

Before we head out, and since you're never on IRC when I am lately, I think there's one last thing we need to ask her, maybe two things.

A. She claimed we worked for someone. Given we work for no one but the Heavenly Buddha, this bears worth in investigating.
B. We ought to ask about what she wanted us to do to join them more in depth.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #650 on:** November 10, 2013, 05:54:59 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on November 09, 2013, 10:45:22 AM

>Nod
>"I am glad I had this chance to get to know you better, and I promise we will speak again. If hope is not something you are capable of, then I will carry enough for the both of us and more besides. Be well, Louise."

>Let's turn and walk back to where we arrived in this world. Approximately, anyway.

>The Water demon merely watches as you turn and walk away, White Rose just behind you. Magical Lily, however, seems to linger for a moment, a mysterious look on her face as she regards Louise. Coming, Lily? Rin asks her quietly. Slowly at first, Lily does turn and starts to follow after you both. Something bothering you? Rin asks her as you head back towards the wooded path you found yourself upon when you entered.
>No. Yes, yeah, there kind of is. Lily answers. How can she say she can't feel hope? EVERYONE has hope, everyTHING. Hope.... is life!

DracoOmega · « **Reply #651 on:** November 10, 2013, 05:59:04 AM »

>For all the ways she is like us, she is also different, and we do not yet know all the ways that this is so. Perhaps she speaks truly? Or perhaps she does not like to call it by that name. Perhaps hope for the future has been something so long-denied her kind that they can no longer even think of it as such? I do not know.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #652 on:** November 10, 2013, 06:06:03 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on November 10, 2013, 05:59:04 AM

>For all the ways she is like us, she is also different, and we do not yet know all the ways that this is so. Perhaps she speaks truly? Or perhaps she does not like to call it by that name. Perhaps hope for the future has been something so long-denied her kind that they can no longer even think of it as such? I do not know.

>Yeah, but... Lily frowns, her wings fluttering sharply. It... It doesn't make sense! Everyone has hope, I mean, you HAVE to.
>Not everyone. Rin replies. Not everyone.
>What.... Oh. The blonde's wings droop. Rin, I'm, I'm sorry...
>"It's all right." the kasha says quietly. "I never got that bad. But I did see some dat were."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #653 on:** November 10, 2013, 06:17:47 AM »

>And however bad their lot was, imagine knowing that it was little better for any other of your kind and that there was no way out - for as long as almost anyone there could remember. A battle for survival that would never end. It is hard for us to even fully grasp what that kind of existence must be like. In truth, perhaps I am glad that I cannot, selfish though that is; we have had a precious privilege they have not. Even if their future brightens, it may still take them a long time to adjust to it not being dark.

>Or perhaps there is some other facet of their psychology that we do not understand. We still know little about them, after all.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #654 on:** November 10, 2013, 06:23:29 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on November 10, 2013, 06:17:47 AM

>And however bad their lot was, imagine knowing that it was little better for any other of your kind and that there was no way out - for as long as almost anyone there could remember. A battle for survival that would never end. It is hard for us to even fully grasp what that kind of existence must be like. In truth, perhaps I am glad that I cannot, selfish though that is; we have had a precious privilege they have not. Even if their future brightens, it may still take them a long time to adjust to it not being dark.

>Or perhaps there is some other facet of their psychology that we do not understand. We still know little about them, after all.

>I wonder if there's anythin' else they can't feel. says Rin. If they don't feel hope, what about... I dunno, love? compassion?
>Well, they're not TOTALLY different from us, at least. Lily counters. You saw how sad Icy was.
>Icy? Rin asks wryly.
>Lily's face brightens just a touch. Sure, why not. I mean, we do want to be their friends.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #655 on:** November 10, 2013, 06:27:59 AM »

>I am very glad that we could find some common ground with Louise. This meeting gives me hope for both our futures, even if the road before us may now be even harder than it was before. Now we have not just one world to save, but a second. And I suspect that some of Louise's compatriots will not share her attitude or reason.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #656 on:** November 10, 2013, 06:56:22 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on November 10, 2013, 06:27:59 AM

>I am very glad that we could find some common ground with Louise. This meeting gives me hope for both our futures, even if the road before us may now be even harder than it was before. Now we have not just one world to save, but a second. And I suspect that some of Louise's compatriots will not share her attitude or reason.

>Yeah, Fire and Air, for a start. Rin states with a mental grunt. Ice and Fire were bad enough as a pair, and Ice didn't really want to fight us. Air does. And then there's the Forest one. If she's as bad as Louise says... Well, I hope she'll take as much as Louise did.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #657 on:** November 10, 2013, 07:08:33 AM »

>As do I. Air, at least, seemed much less powerful than Fire when I encountered her. At the very least, her youma were. I suppose I should not make premature assessments until we actually do battle. I hope they will eventually acquiesce to cooperate with us, but that is a problem to be solved later.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #658 on:** November 10, 2013, 07:23:34 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on November 10, 2013, 07:08:33 AM

>As do I. Air, at least, seemed much less powerful than Fire when I encountered her. At the very least, her youma were. I suppose I should not make premature assessments until we actually do battle. I hope they will eventually acquiesce to cooperate with us, but that is a problem to be solved later.

>An' speakin' of problems, what do you think we should do about these Avatars she talked about? Rin asks you.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #659 on:** November 10, 2013, 07:31:11 AM »

>It is difficult to do anything without knowing what they are.
>I wonder if the Metal Tiger might know something of what she meant? But attempting to contact Him again is probably still unsafe. In truth, I find the issue of Satori weighing on my mind at the moment. We understand much of the demons' objectives, their means, and their motives - not all of it, but much. But the nature of the danger at the shine of the Metal Tiger remains opaque, and worse, it keeps us from operating as freely as we otherwise might; it forces us to be wary and keep secrets that we might otherwise need not. And it may yet even be connected with this other matter in some significant way.