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Hmm, I have to admit I have a poor grasp of the sensory 'rock-paper-scissors'. Might be good to figure it out. I thought I knew that all 'blunt' anti-detection abilities are built from Invisibility, which covers other senses at higher levels, and that Sixth Sense, Heightened Sense, and Perceptive are used to resist it, so I picked the one which seemed to both fit the situation (somewhat of a roundabout counter for invisibility) and was on-brand for the character concept, oh and also would not detect too much unneeded stuff (e.g. items that lack minds).

I'm fine with getting no-sold in this scene, but I do want to have a better grasp of how we treat such things in the future, both mechanically and in the setting lore.

Hmm... Without giving away too much: the scene isn't over just yet, and the point is that he isn't just turning invisible, my post giving a clue to it and a 'catch' that could be exploited.

By the way, to avoid any future confusion, as a GM, I'll hardly ever arbitrarily make you fail on a check just to proceed the scene the way I want it to go. In this particular case, she couldn't keep track of him because of how his power works in-game, not system-wise; even then, because of her high roll, I gave a clue to it.

All good, I'm just pointing out that if you want it, I'm open to it (though in such a case I wouldn't 'resist' as much, and would go with the flow instead). And of course losing fair and square would be fine too.

As for in-setting way powers work, at some future point (once the dust settles) I would like to still figure out if there are any basic things I don't know that my PC does (if there are none, cool).

Sorry, I'm expecting to be busier than previously expected in the next couple of days, so I'm not sure whether I'll be able to catch up and post.

No problem Vicky. Thanks for letting us know!

Likewise I've developed a bad stomach virus so I'm out of commission for a while. Not long I hope. It's very unpleasant.

Phew, that's though! I whish your fast recovery!

Quick observation / question / request / comment relating to the puzzle:

clearly Hanami figured it out, and Lín Jìng has not, I think. Lín would have a potential idea if she knew in more detail what is Rikishi's trick. Up to you whether you're up for shouting the information.

I'm pretty sure she relayed the information to the rest of the group.

That's right. She verbally told everyone what she figured out. I just didn't feel the need to repeat the same thing in dialogue.

Ah, OK. Let's see if I'll have the time to post this evening.

Ibuki is the only sane person. This amuses me.

I am now interested reading in a totally non-canonical omniscient Sumeryu-psychiatrist take on what kind of insanity each of the PCs has.

I was about to make an IC post, but I will wait for clarification from Moyreau our of respect for Vicky.

Oh, if you want to go ahead, do go ahead. I can catch up later if multi-action-compensation is still in play and I accidentally skip a turn. I'm enjoying this regardless of how precisely it ends.

It's just that I'm unsure when I should post. (And 'when I can' would be a very random schedule.)

Does anyone else want to address Rikishi or otherwise post? I don't want to monopolize the screen, so to speak.

Is Lin visible now? Did I miss that?

Yes, I mentioned that she became visible before throwing the jacket . . . I think I did.

Okie dokey. Herp derp I can read.

I'm thinking back to an earlier request for major NPC images, and I ran into the realisation that while a text introduction can be a suitable substitute in some cases, it's difficult to dig through the threads to find the first, most complete description of NPCs. I think I found Rikishi's, but it looks like he's been mentioned at some point before that. If portraits are a hassle to find even on safebooru or the like, then perhaps the recurring NPCs could get individual description/reminder/&c. posts in the personal files thread?