Save Our Senshi

Scribe Notes

Summary

Adventure: Save Our Senshi
GM: Keith
Season: Spring 798 WK

Party

• Sh'rel, Female Human Binder, noted for her good looks and sexual proclivity.
• Antonio, Male Elven Ice Mage and wandering tree, best known for ice-bolts.
• Gideon, Male Elven Earth Mage, with strength in support spells.
• Flamis, Female Human Fire Mage, whose scribe notes these are.

Time on adventure

1 Thaw 798 to 16 Tahw 798 WK

Employer

Luna (a cat)

Mission

Rescue the Champions of Justice

Original Scribe Notes

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Scribe Notes

1 Thaw 798 I’ve come across some unusual employers before at Guild Meetings, but this one was a pussy cat. Literally. A handsome dark grey shorthaired female feline who said her name was Luna. Yes, she could talk. And she had this odd marking, like a crescent moon, on her forehead. Turned out she wanted to hire a bunch of adventures to go rescue the Champions of Justice on her home plane, the Sailor Senshi, who had apparently gone missing. Now, there was something about that cat that intrigued me. Could she be an incarnation of the Counsellor to the Champion, even as I am Consort? Maybe so. Anyhow it sounded like an interesting enough excursion, and I needed and adventure. Motherhood was sending me stir-crazy. Again. So, I presented myself at the proper meeting room, where I met my fellow-adventurers, Gideon, Antonio, and Sh’rel. Luna introduced her companion, a white male cat named Artemis who was sleeping on the windowsill. We had no military scientist among us, and chose no leader. Antonio had offered to be the scribe, but I ended up writing these notes from memory, when he defaulted. So, you’ll forgive any errors. The cats told us that their own plane was in danger of an invasion by forces from what she called the Dark Kingdom. It’s Queen, Beryl, had been vanquished long ago, but her allies were now assembling forces, and attack was imminent. After the last battle, the enemy had retreated through a portal and the Senshi attempted to follow. Unfortunately they hadn’t returned. The enemy were probably responsible. Luna wanted us to try to find them, and in the meanwhile, to defend her world against the Dark Generals and their servants. Sounded like a tall order for a party of two blast mages and two support mages, none of us with much in the way of fighting skills. It helped that Luna could perform enchantments for those who, like me, did not have them. This involved a simple ritual which climaxed in a light beam shining out of Luna’s crescent moon and striking the recipient. There wasn’t much else in the way of research or preparation to be done, so we agreed to leave the next morning. I had only to pick up the Waters of Healing Aqualina had made for me from the Water College. There was a new girl there, short with dark hair and unusually large eyes. She said her name was Amy, and she had the package for me. When Luna addressed her by name, she nearly freaked out. Guess she hasn’t been in the Guild long. When she recovered, I thanked her and left. Curious though, Luna acted as Amy should have known her. I have no idea what the others did that night, but I had a very pleasant evening with Basalic and the children. 2 Thaw 798 We met the following morning at the Guild Refectory. Artemis told us over breakfast that he had obtained an astrology reading as to the whereabouts of the Sailor Senshi. "Lost in time, lost in space" was the answer. Luna suggested that since time was involved, we should perhaps consult the Guardian of Time on her home plane, Sailor Pluto. Luna had no idea where she could be found. Another astrology reading gave us ‘Look for the sign, listen for the sound’. Once we were ready, we went out into the Courtyard. Luna asked if we were ready to go, and when we assented, the cats got us to stand in a circle and, after the cats jumped on two opposing characters, told us to shout "Alusia power, Teleport". As we did, we were enveloped by light emanating from both the cats’ crescent markings. Then the courtyard around us spun out of view and was replaced by a grassy meadow. Almost immediately we were set upon by an assortment of monsters. Behind them, Sh’rel noticed a group of five people dressed in austere grey uniforms. But we were beset. I remember little of the fight, because as it appeared we were in some difficulty, a young man in a white vest, black coat and breeches (later identified as Tuxedo Kaman) tossed a red rose at the foot of the largest of the demonic creatures. I am told that I transformed at that point into a blonde maiden with two long pigtails, wearing a strange outfit consisting of a white leotard with a very short skirt who threw a discus at the monster, crying "Moon tiara magic!". Unfortunately she missed. Obviously not the most competent of my alternate selves. Fortunately Antonio’s ice bolts did not miss, and as the monsters started to lose the battle, the Dark Generals (for that is what Luna named the grey suits) vanished. The mysterious stranger also left us, and I returned to myself. Once we had the time to examine our surroundings, we saw that the meadow was outside a village. The aura of the grass allowed Gideon to identify the plane as Anime. Luna told us that the village was called Juuban, and it was where the Sailor Senshi lived in their guise of ordinary young girls. We headed straight for the Inn so that we might eat, rest and heal up after the fight. We were required to remove weapons and shoes at the door by some local custom. Not that weapons are what made this party dangerous! Then we were led a private eating room with low couches called futons which were also for sleeping on, and eating sticks such as they use in Kin-Loo. The food was akin to that from Kin-Loo also, with delicacies of fish wrapped in rice and seaweed, and fried deep-fried calamari rings. Over the meal we discussed what to do next. Luna suggested that I take the semblance of a Shinto priestess that I might use the holy fire at the Shrine to divine where we should begin in our search. When I pointed out that I had no means of disguising myself, the cat did a backward flip in the air, and a cigar-shaped device fell to the ground. Luna told us it was called the "Lunar Disguise Pen" and could be triggering by shouting the phrase "Lunar Disguise Power". Magic on this plane did appear to involve a lot of shouting! First, however, we needed some local coin. That led to a visit to the marketplace. Even the men were talked into purchasing some of the local fashions, loose garments called kimono and gi. Sh’rel and I had a wonderful time. I found a bright red gi with a golden dragon embroidered over the back for me, and a green one with a flowering tree on it for Basalic. There were also exotic toys for the children. 3 Thaw 798 The next morning, we made our way to the temple. I used the pen to change my appearance to that of a Shinto priestess, and found myself in a white blouse with a red skirt, both embroidered with characters from the local script. Ah, I forgot to mention that. The people here spoke an accented common, but they used a different script, formed of angular pictograms. These adorned the tall uprights and curved crosspiece adorning the gate to the temple. I adopted, what I hoped, was an appropriately priestessly demeanour, and presented myself as Yum-yum, a priestess from the far-off village of Titipu. I must have been sufficiently convincing because the resident priest, Grandpa Hilo, accepted me and allowed me to use the sacred fire in the shrine. Or was it Sh’rel, distracting him with her curvaceous figure? No matter, because we got to use the fire, and I must say it had interesting effects. I was somehow able to combine my Flame sight with Converse with Other Selves rituals and ask questions of the flame. Neat. Here follow the questions and their answers: Where was Pluto last seen? An image of a valley with lots of pools, a stick standing in each pool. None of the symbols was Pluto’s. Who would know where to find Pluto? Vision of two people, a person with short brown hair, and a woman with long green hair. Who can help us? A man in a Tuxedo, the destined companion of the Moon Princess. Where can we get help? Tomobiki, a town on the other side of the country. This also gave us a vision of a girl with long green hair, two stubby horns on her head and wearing only a tigerskin bikini and boots. Is Queen Beryl still alive? No. Is she behind this? No. Where are the Dark Minions from? A dark plain with a brooding gothic fortress. Does Pluto have a different form? A cat with long green hair. Where is the cat with long green hair? Another vision of the valley. Who would know where the valley is? An image of a dark-haired boy with a pigtail, superimposed with a picture of a red-haired girl with a pigtail. At that point the sliding doors opened and the priest came in. He offered us tea, and we learned that his daughter had gone missing. We promised to look for her in our travels and obtained a picture. Luna told us afterwards that this was Hino Rei, otherwise known as Sailor Mars. We spent most of the evening deciding how we would get to Tomobiki, some 300-400 miles across a mountain range and concluded that we’d walk part way into the mountains, and then fly. I’d use fire-flight, and the others would go on Sh’rel’s carpet. Artemis would stay behind to sort out local defence efforts with the help of Tuxedo Kamen and anyone else that could be found, but Luna would accompany us. 4 Thaw 798 We set forth on foot, and walked up the mountain road until the signs of habitation faded. Then we cast our spells. Knowing that the differing speeds would make it impractical for us to stay together we arranged that I should fly ahead and prepare a campsite on the other side of the mountains, where we would camp the night before heading into Tomobiki. I would be there some eight hours ahead of the others, and with any luck would be able to trap some game. I crossed the mountains without mishap, and found a nice campsite beside a stream. I snared a couple of rabbit, and a nice casserole was cooking when Sh’rel and the others flew in. Luna had a frazzled expression that seemed to say that cats were not meant to fly, and promptly set about smoothing her fur and her dignity. She was soon distracted by the rabbit offal I had set aside for her however! We had just finished eating when we heard a shout. "Destroy them, my minions," cried a voice from the trees. We grabbed our weapons, as a score of pinkish-white amorphous creatures rose up from the ground surrounding the campsite. Our first strategy was to ignore the monsters, and to try to spot the Dark General in the trees and fire spells at him. That worked initially, but he soon transported himself away, leaving us to deal to the monsters, which were by that stage upon us. We soon learned that although the creatures were vulnerable to fire and to ice-bolts, edged weapons only served to multiply the monsters. Their tactic was to attempt to engulf each person. Didn’t work very well when the person was immolated and heat-proofed, but Gideon was in trouble when I got free of mine. I cast Dragon-flames at that one, and tripled the damage. Ash drifted down around Gideon. "Toasted marshmallow monster!" I yelled. Luna was impressed. We cleaned up the campsite, and spent the night undisturbed. 5th Thaw 798 The next day we were woken by the sounds of some sort of thumping sounds. When we investigated, we found a young dark-haired girl crushing large multicoloured insects with a long-handled mallet. She had a diamond symbol on her forehead. After we showed ourselves she told us that her name was Skuld and she was getting rid of some bugs that had escaped from the system. We tried to help her, but none of our weapons or spells would affect them. Only Skuld’s ‘debugging hammer’ could dispose of them. During conversation she claimed to be some sort of goddess. We left her to it. We walked into Tomobiki. Just inside the village we were nearly bowled over by a fast running boy. He suddenly stopped, spun around, and leapt onto Sh’rel. Just then a flying girl, with green hair and wearing just a tigerskin bikini and boots, came around the corner and blasted both of them with lightning. The flying girl apologised to Sh’rel then picked up the boy. She introduced herself as Lum and the boy as Ataru. It was then we remembered that she was the one in the vision so we explained that we needed to speak with her. So she took us to the Moroshobi residence, dragging a dazed Ataru with her. Once there we explained the situation and she agreed to go to Juuban and help out there. So Luna did another of her backflips and a transformation pen dropped to the ground. Seemed that Lum was the current princess of the planet Uru and the Urusian Empire had good relationships with the Silver Millennium in the past. This meant Lum was the current incarnation of Sailor Uru. Luna took Lum away to show her how her senshi powers worked while Sh’rel tried to straighten Ataru out. We heard the story of the impending Urusian invasion and the First Tag Race and how, at the end of it, Lum had believed that Ataru wanted to marry her. Now she was acting as his fiancé and zapping him if he even so much looked at another woman. Ataru just wanted to be a free spirit while he was still young. Finally Lum, as Sailor Uru returned and said that she would depart in the morning. To her delight, Ataru also offered to help. Sh’rel then took Lum aside to try and explain a few things to her - presumably about men. Ataru did have one interesting piece of information in his little black book. The red headed pigtailed girl was called Saotome Ranma and she lived in Nerima, a village not far from Tomobiki. She’s a well known martial artist there. Her last known location was at the Tendo School of Anything Goes Martial Arts. Ataru also noted that she was dangerous to tangle with - as he had found out. All this took a while and it was getting dark so we stayed the night at the Moroshobi residence.