> Satori: Examine phonograph.Like most of the small amount of modern technology you've managed to get your hands on, you ordered this KAPPATECH PHONOGRAPH (complete with headphones) by mail order through the KAPPATECH CATALOGUE. When you can find the time, you enjoy settling into your beanbag chair for hours at a time and just listening to an album front to back as you drift off into a dreamlike state.
You possess an affinity for the theater and the fine arts, so most of your collection is classical piano and orchestral pieces, as well as a few operas. The most modern albums you own are some smooth jazz and easy listening compilations.
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You pull the headphones out of the jack and put on some tunes.
> Satori: Check chest for usual growths.
What growths? There is nothing to speak of.
Of course, some people like that sort of thing.
Those people are DAMN DIRTY LOLICONS.
No, Kilga. I don't care what she looks like in SoPM.
> Satori: Check arms for usual length.
They're three or four inches too short for your height, you guess. Doesn't really matter, you have enough telekinesis to make the lack of leverage irrelevant.
Speaking of which,
> Satori: Check Skill Thicket.
HEARTTECH is your core SKILL TREE. Your ABILITY allows you to avoid putting points in the basic prerequisites and get right to the good stuff. It deals with understanding and manipulating memories, thoughts, and emotions, for good or for ill; you have invested mostly in the ILL, as occasions where you find yourself in a position to help someone are rare indeed.
SUMMONTECH is mostly intended for those who make contracts with otherworldly beings to do their bidding - y'know, summoners - but it also has some branches dedicated to working with magical creatures you may find yourself allied with by other means. In particular, you have bought into this SKILL TREE to make better use of your PETS in combat, who are always eager to assist (provided they are around).
PSYCHOTECH is a very expansive SKILL TREE that is similar to MAGICTECH, but the way it is structured lends itself to heavy specialization in one psychic ability at a time, as opposed to the grab bag of spells magic offers. You haven't delved too deep into any one area, though. Some notable techniques you have are short-range telekinesis (useful for circumventing your unimpressive VIM stat) and some basic misdirection/illusion (provided you can get into your enemy's head). You can also shoot GENERIC PSYCHIC ENERGY BALLS, which you use as your standard danmaku.
You are currently trying to develop some PSYCHOTECH skills that would expand the use of your THIRD EYE. Which causes us to, again, segue into...
> Satori: Check third eye and ponder relevant gameplay mechanics.
The eyeball isn't just for show, it needs to actually have a direct line of sight to someone in order to read their heart, and must maintain said line of sight as long as you continue to do so. Fortunately, it is very agile and has excellent tracking ability, which is the upshot of it just floating freely like that. It can also see perfectly in the dark and decently through fog or smoke, but any solid object, even something like a thick curtain, pretty much blocks it.
When you read someone's heart, you get their surface thoughts plus any visualizations the person is seeing. You can't receive sound, but you can understand how the person is interpreting what they're hearing. You can read two or three people at a time if they're standing next to each other, and follow them about as well as you could follow a spoken conversation between a small group. The eye doesn't wander, it pays attention to whoever you're directing your attention at. This is mostly a good thing, preventing you from being overwhelmed by a crowd.
Reading anything deeper than a person's surface thoughts is more complicated. You have techniques for reading a person's memories, but they involve poking at a person's mental weaknesses to stir them up and reveal what's underneath, which is generally an unpleasant experience. For the person being poked at, that is. You usually don't care.
> Satori: Consider possibility of third eye being injured.The upshot of having your third eye float around like that has already been mentioned, so this would be the downside. It happens, and it sucks.
If the veins are torn or cut, it's painful, but they grow back within a few minutes. The eye itself, on the other hand, will be out of commission for days if it gets bruised or cut. When that happens, you have no choice but to keep it shut until it heals. You usually have an accident of the sort every two or three years; whenever it happens, it's a pretty miserable experience because you can't properly communicate with anyone. Your poor pets in particular are left without any way to speak to you, and you are pretty much entirely dependant on your youkai pets to take care of things during this time. It wasn't so bad when you had your sister to help, but...
You shudder to think what she must have done to injure her eye that badly.
Once again, this causes you to segue into...actually, no, you don't want to think about that right now. Let's just look at some things in your room.
> Satori: Examine mirror.
This is a mirror.
A mirror is an object that reflects light in a way that preserves much of its original quality subsequent to its contact with the mirror.
Some mirrors also filter out some wavelengths, while preserving other wavelengths in the reflection. This is different from other light-reflecting objects that do not preserve much of the original wave signal other than color and diffuse reflected light. The most familiar type of mirror is the plane mirror, which has a flat surface. Curved mirrors are also used, to produce magnified or diminished images or focus light or simply distort the reflected image.
Mirrors are commonly used for personal grooming or admiring oneself (in which case the archaic term looking-glass is sometimes still used), decoration, and architecture. Mirrors are also used in scientific apparatus such as telescopes and lasers, cameras, and industrial machinery. Most mirrors are designed for visible light; however, mirrors designed for other types of waves or other wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation are also used, especially in non-optical instruments.
The first mirrors used by people were most lik
> Satori: Stop examining mirror, examine the rest of the vanity.You don't really use your vanity often, as you have opted for a low-maintenance haircut that your veins won't get caught in. You don't know how your sister can stand keeping her hair long.
You'd kind of like to move the vanity elsewhere to make space for another bookshelf in your room, but you wouldn't be able to ensure the safety of your PERFUME COLLECTION that way.
You keep a healthy supply of perfume in stock to combat the various unavoidable odors involved with keeping a large number of animals in the house. Between your perfume and your frequent bathing (you take a bath at least twice a day) you make it a point to smell nice at all times. As a result, your room smells nice, too.
> Satori: Examine desk.This is an ordinary writing desk. It is not your main writing desk, which is in your study, but it is important nonetheless. It is most often used to write in your DREAM DIARY.
You have writing desks in nearly every room in the palace. There are never enough desks around here.
> Satori: Examine bed.This is a king-size four post canopy bed, the kind ideal for doing lewd things in.
...Not that you ever do lewd things.
But you could.
> Satori: Examine lava lamp.
This is a lava lamp full of REAL LAVA, tinted blue and perpetually kept hot by means you do not understand. Handling this thing without potholders is unwise, but the mood lighting it provides is perfect when you turn off the other lights.
It would, again, be perfect for doing lewd things.
Y'know. If lewd things were a thing you did.
> Satori: Examine armoire.If I can't be assed to draw it in the room picture, I can't be assed to draw it now. The appearance of Satori's armoire will forever be a mystery.
You don't really have anything in the way of fashion, just a bunch of different small variations of your usual outfit, and various kinds of outerwear to go over it, depending on the weather. As one can imagine, getting dressed without getting your veins caught is obnoxiously time-consuming. Your clothes are mostly custom made to make it more convenient.
You don't want to get dressed for the party just yet. You can do that to stall when it's time to leave later.
> Satori: Examine Pokemon plushie.
This is Pikachu, a mysterious electrical creature often depicted in the outside world, possibly a relative of the raijuu.
Supposedly, in the mythical land of Kanto, one can encounter "pocket monsters", which are wild beasts with strange powers that humans capture with magical orbs. Humans then compete to see who can raise the strongest pocket monster. To reach the top, one must travel across the land to challenge eight powerful generals, taking their insignias as proof of victory. Only when these are gathered does one gain the right to challenge the four heavenly kings, and once this monumental task is complete, they may duel the champion of all pocket monsters to take the title for themselves.
You happen to possess a book that describes the land of Kanto, and the manner in which it is written leaves it unclear whether it is fictional or not. It almost seems to be a guide of some sort, providing maps and wise advice to anyone who would brave the untamed wilds. How curious!
In any case, this Pikachu here is apparently quite rare. It can only rarely be found in a dense forest swarming with poisonous insects. You admit you'd like to catch a real one for yourself!
> Satori: Examine the conspicuous book.
This is your FAMILY PHOTO ALBUM. It contains a LONG STORY.
You don't want to look at this right now.
> Satori: Examine the other one, then.This, on the other hand, would be a nice distraction.
First of all, though, you make sure your door is securely locked. Can't have anyone walking in on this.
This book is actually a HIDDEN SWITCH that leads to a SECRET CHAMBER.
Inside this room is something you can't let anyone find out about. It is your darkest secret. It is the skeleton in your closet.
It is your MOUNTAIN OF SELF-INSERT FANFICTION.
Nobody can ever know.
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