I will become God-Harem King of the World! [Highschool DxD/Exalted] (CLOSED)

[megrisvernin]

All I can say is that I am not expending the DxD Universe by choosing themes that doesn't fit. Of course, this being Japan, I am going to concentrate on Japanese lore.
Wow megris, you make the best analysis. All of this helps me immensely: thank you.

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It might help to read up a bit on Japanese Keiretsu. The dynastic politics in play here seem analogous to their business interests & could be a useful shorthand to view how Rias's family views her actions.

I think we should put off investigating the snakes till we can build up a more cooperation between Asia Mittelt & Ruby & Yang. Both in terms of teamwork in combat & their ability to trust each other.

 

[megrisvernin]

You do know that Rias's queen is only half human right?

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...Really? Didn't know that :O. Does she culturally identify as human? Still raised in the human world principally I mean? A culturally human half youkai is not much of an improvement of a human one I'd imagine in devil politics.

[X] Write a proposal for Sona. Include written documents & an overview of some ideas of what flowers we can plant(ones that do well in the climate around Kuoh Academy) where we might get them & cost. Spend Half a day preparing it.

[X] Relax (take half day). Invite Yang, Ruby to join you Asia & Mittelt on an outing to help them explore Japanese culture, cuisine & media.

 

[Brandark]

Snip.

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Wow.

You sure have put a lot of thought and time into this . Again , I agree with you for the most part . Everybody had good intentions - Rias' parents , Sirzechs , Grayfia , Lord Phenex , and if you squint really hard , maybe even Raiser . But as they say , the road to hell is paved with good intentions .

There's got to be a way to include these analyses in the quest somehow . It's too awesome to waste .

 

[Diller]

Akeno and Gasoer are both Half human. Kiba js currently the only pure human reincarnated Devil in Rias Peerage.

Gasoer is half vampire

Akeno is half fallen angel. Her father is actually one of the Grigori's leaders Baraquiel. However thanks to her mother's death and Akeno blaming it all on him for not protecting her their relationship is estranged. At least until Issei fixed it.

 

[iamnuff]

man, i loved Nurarihyon no Mago

i'v never seen a story about it, or a crossover, or a quest.

actually, i don't think i've seen a single fanfic about it at all.

Ryūji Keikain cracks me up super hard.

it's not often that an anime character blatantly lies about how his power work in the middle of a fight.

he's a pretty cool guy.

 

[megrisvernin]

Akeno and Gasoer are both Half human. Kiba js currently the only pure human reincarnated Devil in Rias Peerage.

Gasoer is half vampire

Akeno is half fallen angel. Her father is actually one of the Grigori's leaders Baraquiel. However thanks to her mother's death and Akenk blaming it all on him for not protecting her their relationship is estranged. At least until Issei fixed it.

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Excellent point on Akeno. I'd wage though that her half human status won't help her much in the traditional Devil's minds. She's spent her whole life in Japan, & she's completely immersed in human culture & ways. That she was mistreated might be a bit of a plus in their mind especially since she owes a lot to Rias. I'd consider her...potentially nonthreatening to them. Someone pliable enough for them to culturally convert & with reasons to be loyal.

What's Koneko's background?

 

[Alexander]

What's Koneko's background?

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Her sister is one of the most infamous criminals of the Underworld, a Stray Devil that killed her Master and flew. Koneko was going to be executed until Rias and her brother stopped it.

Which...raises a couple of interesting questions.

 

[Brandark]

Excellent point on Akeno. I'd wage though that her half human status won't help her much in the traditional Devil's minds. She's spent her whole life in Japan, & she's completely immersed in human culture & ways. That she was mistreated might be a bit of a plus in their mind especially since she owes a lot to Rias. I'd consider her...potentially nonthreatening. Someone pliable enough for them to culturally convert & with reasons to be loyal.

What's Koneko's background?

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Koneko is a rare variety of nekomata which is called nekoshou . After she lost her parents , she and her sister Kuroka was taken in by some unknown devil who made Kuroka part of his peerage.

The devil planned to harm Koneko , So Kuroka killed him and escaped . The devils spun the incident as Kuroka's powers going berserk and gave her stray devil status . Koneko was sentenced to death to prevent reapitation of such an incident .

Sirzechs stepped in and put a stop to Koneko's execution and left her in Rias' care. Koneko was extremely depressed because of the perceived betrayal of Kuroka . Rias broke her out of her funk and eventually made her a member of her peerage.

 

[Diller]

Excellent point on Akeno. I'd wage though that her half human status won't help her much in the traditional Devil's minds. She's spent her whole life in Japan, & she's completely immersed in human culture & ways. That she was mistreated might be a bit of a plus in their mind especially since she owes a lot to Rias. I'd consider her...potentially nonthreatening to them. Someone pliable enough for them to culturally convert & with reasons to be loyal.

What's Koneko's background?

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"Kuroka…You who had been blinded by power left a wound on the heart of this girl that won't disappear for her whole life. After you killed your master and left, this child saw hell. When I first met her, there were no feelings left in her. Koneko was betrayed by you, who was her only family to her, lost a future to rely on, and was despised and abused by other devils, to the point where she was going to be disposed of…She saw many harsh things. That's why I will show her many fun things! This girl is Toujou Koneko, [Rook] of Rias Gremory's group! My important servant devil! I won't let you put even a single finger on her!"
Hearing that, Koneko-chan—began to overflow with tears.

Vol 5 life 3


"……Hey Kuroka. What happened at your previous master's place?"

"Nothing. I just killed him because he was a detestable bastard –nyan."

Saying that, Kuroka stopped smiling and put on a serious face.

"Nekoshou….. He became a nuisance because he took too much interest in our powers. Putting me aside, if my previous stupid master were to have asked Shirone to use sennjutsu, she would have used it without hesitation and her powers would have gone berserk. –She is an honest girl after all."
Kuroka who just said that has some kindness in her eyes right now.

"Anyway he was focused on increasing the ability of his servants, and made us go through things forcefully. Having his servants go through that is one thing but he also tried to forcefully strengthen his servants's family –nyan."

The reason why Kuroka became a wanted person. That's because she killed her master. Why did she do that. That's because……..

"…..Did you save Koneko-chan from him? The reason why you tried to take her away at the Underworld forcefully is so she could get away from "power". ……It's because I'm a Sekiryuutei who attracts powers……."

She has evil intentions. She has the heart of a naughty child. I can tell she is someone who does the things she feels like doing. But I started to think that that isn't the only side of her after spending time with her for the past several days.

"……I like fooling around you know? I also like using my powers. I also love entertaining things. I am a stray cat after all –nyan. It's better to wander around how I feel like with comrades who I can relate to. But Shirone is different. She suits being a house cat. That is why Sekiryuutei—chan."
Kuroka says it to me with serious eyes.

"I don't care even if you become a mass of powers, but I want you to become an idiotically honest Heavenly-dragon just like Vali. If that happens, that girl will also become idiotically happy"

Vol 11 life 3

 

[Alexander]

Another thing I don't about Rias is how she costantly use the word "servant" when referring to the others, especially Issei. It's like she puts up an emotional distance.

On another note, do you know? Bright's Essence Rating is 10. 10. In Exalted it's the closest thing to omnipotence.

I gave Issei a literal monster. On top of Ddraig of course.

 

[Diller]

Actually i think i'll post the backstories of all the reincarnated members of Rias peerage before the series started backstories. We'll learn about them and the problems they've caused everyone later anyways. You have no idea how long this took me. Fucking Ioad and reloading the page every time I was almost done copying and lasting from bakatsuki

Akeno

I hear the singing voice of a little girl.

[-Where are you ~you. Higo ~Where is Higo.]

In the garden of a small one-storey house, there was a girl playing maritsuki.

[Akeno, where are you.]

A woman who looks identical to Akeno-san, called for the little girl. Akeno-san.
[Kaa-sama!]

Akeno-san was called by the woman, her mother, and she rushes in to hug her.

She has silky black-hair and seems like a kind mother. She's beautiful, yet it feels like she's going to disappear.

[Kaa-sama. When will Tou-sama[8] be back today?]

[Ara, Akeno. Will you be going somewhere with your Tou-sama?]

Akeno-san shows a very happy smile to her mother's question.

[If he comes home early, we will go shopping together by bus!]

<I was lonely.>

--!
That just now……was Akeno-san's voice.

The scene changed, this time Barakiel-san and the little Akeno-san were inside the bath.


[I don't hate, Tou-sama's wings. They are black, but silky and are the same as Akeno's.]


[I see, thank you. Akeno.]

<It would have been good, if Tou-sama was always with me.>

At the house's veranda, the little Akeno-san is having her hair braided.
[Hey, Kaa-sama. Does Tou-sama like Akeno?]

[Yes, of course he does.]

Her mother smiles while braiding her hair gently.

<I could only see Tou-sama sometimes.>


And the scene changed dramatically.

Inside a worn-out room. The tansu is pushed down on the floor, and there is a huge hole on the tatami-floor. The table is turned upside-down, and dinner food is all over the ground.
Everything in the room is in a mess.

[I will have you hand that child over. She is the child of the hated and evil black angel.]

Several people who seem to be jutsusha are surrounding Akeno-san and her mother.

[I won't hand over this child! This child is my precious daughter! And also an important and precious daughter of that person! Never! I will absolutely not hand her over!]

Akeno-san's mother shouts as if she is protecting Akeno-san.

[…….It seems like you also have been defiled by the black angel. It can't be helped then.]
The jutsusha drew out a katana, and went to slash her down….

[Kaa-samaaaaaaaaaaaaa!]

What appeared next was Barakiel-san covered in blood.

He killed all of the jutsusha, and his body was soaked in blood.

[Kaa-sama! Noooooo! Kaa-samaaaa!]

Akeno-san was……shaking the body of her mother who had already passed away, and was crying out.
[…….Shuri….]

Barakiel-san tries to touch his wife with his trembling hands….

[Don't touch her!]

The little Akeno-san clashed her anger against her father.


[Why!? Why didn't you stay with Kaa-sama!? We always, always waited for Tou-sama! If Tou-sama was here, then Kaa-sama wouldn't have died!]

[……….]


[Those people said this! That Tou-sama is a black-angel, and that you are evil! They said that black-angels are bad people! They said that I'm a bad child because I also have black-wings! If Tou-sama and I didn't have black-wings, then Kaa-sama wouldn't have died! Hate! I hate it! I hate these black wings! I hate you! I hate everyone! I hate them!]


<I knew that it wasn't Tou-sama's fault. But…. If I didn't think of it like that, then my mind wouldn't last….. That's because I'm…….weak……. I was lonely……and I just wanted to live with only the three of us…..>"

Vol 7 life 4


Kiba

"The people of the Church decided to view the ones who couldn't adapt to the holy-swords as "defective products" and disposed of them."

Dispose… Sounds like an unpleasant word. I can imagine what it means. Buchou's eyes changed because she also felt discomfort.

"Most of the people experimented on were killed including Yuuto. Only because they couldn't adapt to the holy-swords……"

"……It can't be. It's not an acceptable act by those who serve God."

It seems like this was a big shock for Asia. Her eyes were covered with tears. It is normal to cry when something you believe in continues to betray you.

"They, the people of the Church, calls us devils an evil existence, but I think the bad intentions of humans are the greatest evil in this world."

Buchou said it with sad eyes. Buchou is a devil. But she is very kind. Buchou told me that she has similar feelings as humans because she stayed in the human's world for too long but I believe that's not the case. I think that Buchou was a kind woman right from the start. Otherwise you can't explain her kind smile. There are also kind people among the devils! And that is my pride of being a devil.

"When I reincarnated Yuuto into a devil, that boy was swearing for his revenge even when he was in a critical situation. Because his talents were being used for holy-swords since he was born, I wanted him to use his talents as a devil. Yuuto's talent at using swords would be a waste for only using it for holy-swords."

Buchou wanted to save Kiba by turning him into a devil because he had a miserable life due to the holy-swords. She wanted to tell him not to get so fixated on holy-swords and use his powers as a devil. But Kiba…

"That boy couldn't forget about it. The holy-swords. Those who were involved with the holy-swords. And the people of the Church……"

The reason why he detests priests. The reason why he is obsessed with the information regarding holy-swords. He still couldn't forget about them. No, they played around with his life and killed him afterwards, it's not weird for him to hold a grudge. When I was killed by that fallen angel, I also held a grudge against her. And it happened to him when he was little so his hatred against them must be enormous. Buchou made a big sigh.

Vol 3 life 2.


Gasper

He hates people, he can't control his sacred gear and causes trouble to people, it seems his worries are complex. No, before that, Morisawa-san was scary. That's for sure.

I heard from Buchou.

Gasper's father is from a noble family of vampires but since his mother was a human mistress, he wasn't pure blooded. I heard they hate those who are non pure bloods even more than devils, the vampires who scorn those who are non pure bloods, even if it's their sibling, their treatment is discriminating.

Gasper was bullied by his siblings since childhood, even when he went to the human world, he was treated as a monster, he had no place he could call home.

However, he possesses the unique abilities of vampires, and the ability as a human----- a special sacred gear, since he was born with both of them, even if he didn't want to, as he grew older, I hear his powers will also became greater.

Even if he wants to become friends, sometimes by some chance his sacred gear gets activated, it will stop the other person.

"Hey, Ise. How would you feel if you could stop time?"

I am asked that by Buchou
"…….I, am a bit scared."

Even if I imagine it, there's only bad images. If I stop time, what will I do? While my time was stopped, what will happen to me? It will definitely bug me. Even if the other person doesn't think about it.
The people who were stopped by Gasper must have thought that. If suspicion gets born once inside the heart, then companionship became impossible, and they must have started to fear Gasper.
Gasper experienced that time and again. It's the unhappiness that is tasted by those who obtain Sacred Gears.

Asia was the same as well. From being called a holy maiden to a witch------

It seems the sacred gears are a gift from God but……. I hear that even though God isn't here, but since the Sacred Gear program God left is still living and operating, the sacred gears won't die out.
Indeed they are powerful as weapons but corresponding to that it has the power to make the user unhappy as well.

"I-I…..don't need such a sacred gear! B-Because I stop everyone! I scare them! I make them dislike me! Even I dislike it! I don't want to stop my f-friends and c-comrades…. Any more of having to look at the face of my cherished ones' stopped….. I-I don't want that……"
Gasper is sobbing inside the room.

He was chased out of his house as well, in any world Gasper wasn't able to live, he was troubled by the roadside. At that time he was targeted by vampire hunters and lost his life once. It seems he was picked up by Buchou there.

However, in those days, Gasper who was endowed with a powerful power couldn't be controlled by Buchou, and was ordered to be sealed by the higher ups. And then, his seal has been lifted now.
"What a quandary….. For making this kid to once again shut himself in….. I am a failure as a King."

Buchou is depressed. Buchou isn't wrong. Gasper isn't wrong either. Rather the one who is wrong is me. Even though they placed their hopes on me and made him accompany me to work, I wasn't able to do anything.

Vol 4 life 3


Also the whole thing with Kurokoa prevented Koneko from being able to use Senjutsu at first as she feared using it would make her as "bad" as Kuroka(she t know tue real reason her sister killed their master until later)

Rias peerage needs a group therapy session badly.

 

[Megaolix]

[X] Relax (take half day). Invite Yang, Ruby to join you Asia & Mittelt on an outing to help them explore Japanese culture, cuisine & media.

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That's not the relax option, that's the date one.

I myself favor relax/date. If you remember one of Issei's complaints in canon and what will eventually happen here, it's that we'll have far less chances for 'me' time as we go on. All work and no play will not help. He needs to unwind by himself too.

So, before I write a vote, I need a reminder: Was Asia ever shown around the city at this point? Mittelt is probably more familiar than Asia since she was here far longer, but we don't know when Raynare set her group here either.

 

[Smuthunter]

Normally I would say Investigate Snake and get them off our quest list before they show up at an inconvenient time but we don't have any way to find them except by retracing our steps and hoping we run into them by chance. So...

[X] Train (half day)
-[X] Turn on the Xbox, read manga, watch anime... The point is to relax. Do what you feels like.
[X] Date (half day)
-[X] Yang/Ruby/Asia/Mittelt

No favoritism. We like all our girls equally and want to do nice things for all of them regardless of how many bases we've gotten to with them.

 

[Diller]

[X] Relax (half day)
-[X] Turn on the Xbox, read manga, watch anime...
The point is to relax. Do what you feels like.
[X] Date (half day)
-[X] Yang/Ruby/Asia/Mittelt

 

[Eler0]

I think training half the day is a good idea, but why train dodge? We already have Martial Arts and Resistance for defense. We can also emergency buy charms by going into xp debt if we really need them as long as we have the perquisites, so we should really make sure we have the perquisites for some serious combat charms if we need them in a hurry.

[X] Train (half day)
-[X] Fist of the Daystar
[X] Date (half day)
-[X] Yang/Ruby/Asia/Mittelt

 

[megrisvernin]

In all honesty there's a fair chance Sona will give us advice or a recommendation that makes much of a work preparing a report for her somewhat limited in use. It would impress her, but not that much & she isn't a romantic target(yet anyways) This whole shrine thing is a priority but not my top one at the moment. I like pursuing it because it lets us leverage some other issues, contacting the Japanese Pantheon & get a feel for Sona plus the effect on Rias. I don't mind training provided its something that improves our combat ability.

Also having a date is a good idea. For those of you worried about Rias poaching them, spending time will minimize that risk even further.

 

[Megaolix]

[X] Relax (half day)
-[X] Turn on the Xbox, read manga, watch anime... The point is to relax. Do what you feels like.
[X] Date (half day)
-[X] Yang/Ruby/Asia/Mittelt

I'm against training. I'm sure Issei needs some me time and he'll have far less chances of that in the future.

 

[Smuthunter]

I think training half the day is a good idea, but why train dodge? We already have Martial Arts and Resistance for defense. We can also emergency buy charms by going into xp debt if we really need them as long as we have the perquisites, so we should really make sure we have the perquisites for some serious combat charms if we need them in a hurry.

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We have good defenses, but if we get taken by surprise we can't use them -- this is a problem for us in the near future because Raiser's pieces make a point of performing surprise attacks in the Rating Game. Yubella took out Koneko that way and I think Kiba got nuked by her too.

Training in Dodge is so that we meet the prerequisites for Reflex Sidestep Technique, which allows us to react normally to surprise attacks. We could also train Awareness and pick up Surprise Anticipation Method but the requirements are a little steeper; Awareness 5 vs Dodge 3. It's two more dots for either of them but I'm pretty sure the Awareness dots cost us more exp.

 

[megrisvernin]

[X] Relax (half day)
-[X] Turn on the Xbox, read manga, watch anime... The point is to relax. Do what you feels like.
[X] Date (half day)
-[X] Yang/Ruby/Asia/Mittelt

I'm against training. I'm sure Issei needs some me time and he'll have far less chances of that in the future.

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We're a little pressed for time at the moment given the number of different problems we're facing. I'm not against resting parsay. Us being mentally fresh for Sona tomorrow would be a big help for instance.

I'd ask those suggesting we train justify what they suggest we train in.

 

[megrisvernin]

We have good defenses, but if we get taken by surprise we can't use them -- this is a problem for us in the near future because Raiser's pieces make a point of performing surprise attacks in the Rating Game. Yubella took out Koneko that way and I think Kiba got nuked by her too.

Training in Dodge is so that we meet the prerequisites for Reflex Sidestep Technique, which allows us to react normally to surprise attacks. We could also train Awareness and pick up Surprise Anticipation Method but the requirements are a little steeper; Awareness 5 vs Dodge 3. It's two more dots for either of them but I'm pretty sure the Awareness dots cost us more exp.

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Good argument.

Oh whats the Devil's relationship with Fallen Angels. Cordial? Tense? Nonexistent?

It would be interesting given that Akeno, Rias has four members of her peerage with strong ties to the Fallen Angels. Akeno being daughter of one & the former three fallen angels that joined her. Issei, one of her affiliates, also lives with & is allied with Mittelt a fallen angel. Their relations might be...relevant.

 

[Fellgar]

[X] Train (half day)
-[X] Fist of the Daystar
[X] Investigate the Snakes
-[X] By walking around looking for gangsters, we can then interrogate them.

We need get around to finishing that quest line for the tasty exp and the follow up quest into fighting Ragnorok? I kind of want us to fight them and get involved in the kenichi strongest disciplenplotline, some martial arts techniques in there would be great to get picked up.

 

[Smuthunter]

We have good defenses, but if we get taken by surprise we can't use them -- this is a problem for us in the near future because Raiser's pieces make a point of performing surprise attacks in the Rating Game. Yubella took out Koneko that way and I think Kiba got nuked by her too.

Training in Dodge is so that we meet the prerequisites for Reflex Sidestep Technique, which allows us to react normally to surprise attacks. We could also train Awareness and pick up Surprise Anticipation Method but the requirements are a little steeper; Awareness 5 vs Dodge 3. It's two more dots for either of them but I'm pretty sure the Awareness dots cost us more exp.

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Actually now that I'm taking a closer look at the rules I think Surprise Anticipation Method might be the better investment. Reflex Sidestep Technique says it allows you to use your Dodge defense value and other dodge charms but it says nothing about Resistance charms like our current defensive spread. SAM also specifically says that it works regardless of whether we're asleep or awake and activates automatically in any circumstances when we might fail the awareness roll to detect danger, while RST doesn't.

Changing my vote to "Train Awareness".

 

[Mu-Sensei]

[X] Train (half day)
[X] Date (half day)
-[X] Yang/Ruby/Asia/Mittelt

 

[touhou ranfuku]

There's a little nitpick, this is Japan, and Issei is a Japanese, so he should have a PS2 instead of a XBOX due to the Japanese prefer their console more than the Microsoft one.

 

[Megaolix]

There's a little nitpick, this is Japan, and Issei is a Japanese, so he should have a PS2 instead of a XBOX due to the Japanese prefer their console more than the Microsoft one.

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True. But PS3 instead of 2.

 

[Diller]

PS3.

True. But PS3 instead of 2.

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And I got ninjaed.

 

[touhou ranfuku]

Come one, this is Issei pre-Solar hacking terrorists bank account, his family is average one so he should have a PS2 instead of PS3. Since Alexander uses XBOX as his console I think we should change it back to PS2, not PS3.

 

[noahgab1133]

[X] Relax (half day)
-[X] Turn on the Xbox, read manga, watch anime... The point is to relax. Do what you feels like.
[X] Date (half day)
-[X] Yang/Ruby/Asia/Mittelt


edit: vote changed due to new info on exalted mechanics
edit2: changed again due to gm info

 

[EternitynChaos]

Nice work on the update Alexander ^^ looks like Fun times ahead of Issei, and less fun times for the worlds organized crime and terrorist groups /snirk

[X] Train (take half day)
-[X] In War (online Chess or Go maybe?)

[X] Date (take half day)
-[X] Ask Asia and Mittelt if they want to go out somewhere

 

[noahgab1133]

i finally got to watching season 2 of the anime and i must say I am looking forward to what you do with kokabiel and vali fight.