The Anime Trope System: Stone vs. Viper #19, page 2
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Venus, Goddess of Love and Sex: an incredibly beautiful goddess and a member of the Noble directory in Celestial. She’s helped Team Stone since Volume 4, starting with the rescue of Tessa. Tessa is her champion.
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Stone Maidens:
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Arch Priestess Ichika: a young woman with sky-blue hair and a righteous attitude. Possibly the most normal of her small group. Often takes responsibility very seriously and will easily blame herself for any failures, even if out of her control. The second in command of the Stone Maidens, following Head Maiden Asu.
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High Priestesses that follow Ichika:
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Megu: someone who is somewhat short tempered and sometimes blames others a little too often. The other high priestesses call her lazy. She calls it, “taking a lax approach at life.”
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Emi: a tender-hearted young woman who panics a little when things get out of control. Maybe comedically cries a lot.
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Jae: a kuudere that loves to eat, but never gains weight. She’s blunt about everything, but doesn’t talk much. Many of the others call her adorable behind her back.
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Yumi: a timid girl who is sometimes known for a sense of humor. That is, when she’s actually around. She has a tendency to lock herself in her room after work or take multiple bathroom breaks. Could she be…?
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Team Dark:
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Dark: the Leaf. A chuuni and an interloper from Earth; aka a “player.” Only five interlopers are allowed in the stone-viper games; however, many Watchers consider them illegal, along with any other intruder. Dark’s element is… well, dark. Brought to Satovia by a guide of his own, a green-haired Entity named Selkie, the young man is on a comical mission to… take over the world. Or so he says aloud. The truth is, Satovia is an escape from his horrific old life on Earth. He’s soul-searching. Unfortunately, when he thought he found a place of belonging, the Viper showed up and forced him to abandon them. Selkie was unsuccessful at getting him to return. He did not feel he had the right to show his face to the maids and butlers. He can never face Ikumi again.
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Selkie: a friendly Entity, who loves her Chinese-style dresses. A short beauty with green hair and mystery. Dark’s guide. She’s on a mission to save her sister from a special petrification. The Leaf will eventually gain the ability to save her.
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Myriad: a thunderbird, and Dark’s party member. Curious nature, loves to eat. Harpy family. She hates eggs, especially when they’re cracked near her.
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Team Viper:
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Aunder: the Viper himself. Our “antagonist” who lives for the honor of battle. An esper (from a warrior-race). Like Clyde, he was brought into Satovia against his will. Universally powerful, this man is feared. The Soul Taker was a nickname given to him on his home-world, though he doesn’t acknowledge it. He’s not evil, but will not back down from the sweet call of the fight. He’s on a journey to seek out the other “players,” following the rules of the game. However, his heart isn’t in it. His decisions will mostly depend on the journey. He single-handedly enslaved all three Venus sisters. Let’s not forget his love for the drink.
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Su Yang: a Venus sister. The Venus sisters are incredibly powerful sorceresses dedicated to Venus, the Goddess of Love and Sex. She’s a woman with long dark hair and alluring brown eyes, a beauty that transcends time. She began to fall for Aunder, because despite being the Viper (the Venus sisters know all about the stone-viper games), he was doing more good than anything. Liberating villages, slaying dragons, and saving children. It irritated her when the man blamed what she felt in her heart on Stockholm Syndrome. Her sister Olivia believed her to be a yandere, which was downright ridiculous. Things changed as time passed.
After leaving the side of the Viper, Fatalus, the Goddess of Curses, attacked. Aunder didn’t step in to help, which revealed to Su Yang that she was alone. However, Team Stone stepped in, Clyde rescuing her, and unleashed an attack that caught the powerful goddess of evil off guard. This led to Su Yang joining Team Stone.
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Olivia: a Venus sister. A tall, busty woman with dark blonde hair. She serves as Aunder’s tracker, presenting him with possible whereabouts of the other “players.” She’s the reason why Aunder found the others so easily, despite their vast distances apart. Because the Stone hasn’t imitated the others, she is unable to track him. At least not yet.
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Momo: a Venus sister. A white-haired cool beauty. Lacking in the breast department, she is often seen in more revealing clothing. She’s able to Jump the party vast distances, though Aunder prefers to travel by foot. She is the best at hiding her emotions, not that the Viper cares. None of the Venus sisters can harm him due to the Soul Bond.
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Princess Dire: a mysterious figure throughout the lore, known to be named after a curse that turns its victims into children. There is a possibility that the princess herself is a victim of the curse. Aunder rescued her from being publicly executed by a group of crazy villagers who practiced witch hunting.
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Julius: Seth’s older brother and ex-member of a powerful cult. Bound to Aunder as a member of the Forgotten Party, he shares a mutual discomfort of the Viper with Momo. It is unknown what use Aunder has for him.
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Tiffia: A sex-teasing Crusader researcher with a secret project that could supposedly change the world. Many of her fellow researchers back it. She’s a blonde woman who was secretly a customer of Terrance, though he didn’t recognize her when she attempted to “purify” him. Orders from a now-dead Pillar.
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Terrance: dark-skinned man with black hair. A psychic, although he didn’t know at first. He didn’t believe in anything supernatural until strange things started happening around him. It is unclear why the Crusaders were truly interested in this man; however, so was Aunder, the Viper. He left Terrance a business card for recruitment, which he eventually accepted, seeking answers. He is the Viper’s prophet.
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Other characters:
The Oyabun: Misaka’s father. (Yakuza boss.)
The red-hooded stalker: a mysterious man in a red cloak that serves the Stone Maidens proper.
The Stone Maidens.
The Viper Maidens.
The ex-kid-maid: the 14-year-old Mei sent away in Volume 2.
The Watchers.
Alena: Alice’s mother. An archangel.
Madrian Tanaka: Chika’s mother.
Nila: Alice’s paternal grandmother.
Naomi: a cute and shy, green-haired journalist who gains massive courage when angered. One of Clyde’s first friends.
Hideo: Toru’s uncle. Crusader researcher. Defeated as a major boss of Volume 7.
Kazumi: Harumi’s friend. Perverted girl with the glasses.
Ming’s friends/minions: Han, Peng, Tyrone (Kazumi’s boyfriend), and Zack.
Chesire: servant of the queen of Wonderland.
Ashard: fairy son of Titania the Fairy Queen. He’s a man of mystery at this point, but is definitely a creature of the light.
Thor, God of Thunder.
The Lady Mayor.
The Lady Mayor’s mystery tracker, Jin.
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Risa Soulless: the youngest of the Soulless family’s elder dragons. She was full of ambition to climb to the top. She’s a blonde beauty of a dragon girl with the ability to shift from human form to that of an enormous reptile of death. Chiyo and the others knew her as someone who wouldn’t hurt a thing.
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Sol Niye Lor: the Falcon, one of the five dimensional interlopers invited by the Watchers. With goals of glory, the young man had no intention of letting the other “players” get a one-up on him. If he could change the stone-viper games to the Falcon game… A skilled fighter, although a bit unreasonable. After being brought back to life by the Bright Ones, he joined Team Viper as the Golden Reaper.
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Anzu: from Volume 3. They first walked in on the loli while she was singing a cat-heavy song. She is the real estate agent who booked Clyde his first house. She’s 23. A friend of Harumi and Liru.
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Amaterasu “Juliette”: Melody’s mother. She Who Dawns Time. A legendary trickster demoness, wife of Platus, Dark God of Utopius. Crimson red hair like her daughter. However, she has unnerving glowing eyes. Melody does not share this trait. She was a major 3-phase boss in Volume 8. Clyde pulled a miracle summoning Over-Stone 75%, easily defeating her. (Gave her life to protect her daughter…)
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Platus, Dark God of Utopius: Melody’s father. He is not to be mistaken for He Who Paints the Night, a rogue dark god that impersonated Platus. Platus wants to harshly punish his daughter for accidentally breaking the realm’s core. She couldn’t control her immense strength back then. He sealed it as a result. He’s an angry, kingly figure who will do whatever it takes to get things done. Even if it means hurting loved ones.
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Fumi: a very kind slime girl with the ability to shift into human form. She is Toru’s lover.
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Nina: a gothic loli vampire, who first debuted as Kiko’s mistress, in Volume 4. She didn’t care about the system constructed by the Lot City vampire clan. Instead, she turned out to be a videogame addict and kid at heart. Surrendering and begging for her life the moment Team Stone attacked her clan. Not that she was aware of the plans of those on the upper hierarchy.
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Maya: a mucus toad monster girl, CEO of Nowie pizza chains and more. She’s in love with Seth. First appearance was in Volume 3.
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Nuri: half-pixy servant of Maya who actually attends Sato Academy.
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Ling: Tetra’s coworker and close friend. She’s a short woman with wavy brown hair, a bust somehow exceeding even Tetra’s, and a somewhat sexual-flirty vibe about her.
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Clare: a shopkeeper during the day, a maiden during the night. Long black hair, striking blue eyes, with breasts that are almost on par with Harumi’s. Her weapon of choice is the bow.
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Sahara: leader of the Fireside magical girls. Long silver hair, red eyes. Cool, calm, and collected: she is the picture of serenity. Powerful and resourceful. The FM has a history of trying to recruit Yusuke and Kitome into their group. Clare’s shop has been booming ever since Sahara and her girls worked the café half of it. The maid café on 21st Street may start to notice…
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Entities revealed:
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Mortem: the Entity who brought Clyde to Satovia. Technically Clyde’s guide. An asshole.
Episode 85 (Part 3): Ringed
Last time on the Anime Trope System, Clyde entered a Stone-Tokken battle royale to help Amina accomplish her mission, stopping a threat that had haunted her realm for years. She faced her nemesis and triumphed over him during the duel, but Niphlem the Chaos God wasn’t banished. He unleashed a deadly attack on the sorceress, invoking a violent awakening Clyde.
The Chaos God’s destruction wasn’t pretty, as Clyde dismantled him with terrifying ease. Even Dark began to wonder who the true threat was, before remembering all of the good deeds of Team Stone’s leader.
Behind the scenes, Mortem stumbled into an unexpected guest. Someone who shouldn’t be able to walk the plains of Celestial. And he reluctantly accepted her gift.
Trusting the Fallen God… Mortem’s desperation to be free may have invoked a terrible trap which he did not understand.
But is it really a bad thing for all entities to be free of the deities? Or is this one of the biggest distractions ever known to the universe.
The Fallen God… What could this mean for Satovia? And is Clyde ready for what is to come?
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Welcome to the Anime Trope System Volume 19: Entities Unbound: Mortem’s Rebellion. Cunning of the Fallen God. And the Rumble of a Thunderstorm…
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Morning…
Outside of Clyde’s house…
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“Are you really going to force Amina to deal with you guys’ stupid dueling?” Kitome asked.
Neko stared at them sleepily. Ako and Harumi facepalmed softly.
“Amina agreed to it,” Dark said. “And the great lord of the dark must settle this once and for all.”
“Sorry,” Clyde said. “Selkie was quite insistent on this.”
“It’s okay,” Amina said, eyes suddenly glowing. “Let’s make it quick. I learned something while I was out. Clyde, go into Stone Mode.”
Clyde gave her a skeptical look. “Any reason why?”
“Flashy for nothing and flashy when I crush you,” Dark said. “You know, there’s one thing that’s bugging me. Now that Legasus is gone, do you have to go home, Great Lady Sorceress?”
Amina flinched.
“Nope, she’s not going anywhere… that is… it depends on her answer.” In front of his fiancées, Selkie, and Myriad, Clyde presented the beautiful sorceress with the Ring of Clarity. “Amina, will you marry me?”
Amina nearly knocked the breath out of the young man as she kissed him. He slipped the ring onto her finger, happy to enjoy the sorceress’s lips.
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[Your relationship with Amina has increased to Absolute Cherished, level 10.]
[Amina has fallen in love with you!]
[Perk bonus on hold until you marry her: GOD Tier skill: Light Matter. Completely counter and neutralize all dark and taint elements and convert this into your power. Due to your relationship level with Ruri, this also works on Ki as well. You may also create a sword of purity for a one-time attack. Be aware of its explosive nature. This is the ultimate defense against all darkness and cannot be obtained elsewhere.]
[Warning, God Tier skills will drain a tremendous amount, maybe even all, of your MP upon use. This attack will drop all of your stats by 3% for five minutes after using it, unless you trigger Mystic Wrath, assuming you have the MP to pay for it. Use sparingly. You do not have to train this skill.]
[In Amina’s culture, you are still known as fiancé and husband like the humans, though you must impregnant her as soon as possible. One child is fine, though traditionally in her culture, a married couple went for two.]
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“Ho—holy crap…” Dark said. “I mean congrats.” In a lower voice, he murmured, “The skill he received.”
He looked around, probably to confirm it with Tessa, but Clyde figured his green-haired elfish fiancée was probably asleep.
Clyde pulled Amina into an embrace, enjoying her scent and touch.
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[You are awakening…]
[Awakened Stone Mode…]
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Everyone flinched and struggled to maintain composure as the young man’s aura pushed through them to touch the galaxies.
One thing he knew they realized was that Awakened Stone Mode had increased in intensity. The mode wasn’t static, it grew stronger and rapidly. Could it be due to Limitless?
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[Your power has increased this much due to the acquired Ki, the bond with all of your fiancées and your soul mate, Clare and Chiyo, and Neko and Ako. Your kindness to Naoko also factors in the power. However, be warned that you should not get cocky, for your fiercest fights have yet to come.]
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“Are you ready to start the duel?” Dark asked.
“Let’s do this,” Clyde said.
A burst of light signaled the arrival of the fairy.
“Helllooooo everybody, my name is Lily, and I’m too cute to contain. I will determine who shall go first.”
“So why am I in Stone Mode again?” Clyde asked Amina. Lily landed on the young man’s shoulder, seemingly exhausted.
“Wha… what he said,” Lily said.
“Who’s going first?” Amina asked.
“You… the Leaf will go first,” Lily said. She laid on the young man’s shoulder. “You don’t mind if I rest here, Lord Stone? Thanks.”
“This won’t be long,” Amina told the fairy.
“We’ll see about that!” Dark said.
After he summoned his attackers and dealt eighty points worth of burn damage, leaving Clyde with just twenty, the young man drew.
“I’ll activate my instant to finish you!” Dark said.
“Yeah, no. Amina,” Clyde said.
“We’ll do better than that,” Amina said as he deactivated his card. “You’re in Stone Mode. Notice something different about your cards.”
She was right. Clyde’s deck… God Creed?
“Just go right to the battle step,” Amina said. “None of his attackers can stop me. Not even that deck leader.”
