The Game
The entity known as Balance, a mysterious non-corporeal 'god' or great spirit whose true nature is a mystery, believes that the only way to avoid eternal stagnation is to ensure the Great Struggle between the Light and the Dark never ends. To this end, he empowers Arbiters through a magical contract to serve him by training the next generation of magical girls and boys and ensuring the battle continues forever. In return, the Arbiters get to escape the Fade- at least partially, for while they can still exist beyond the Veil and use magic, that magic is limited in scope, a shadow of what it was before.
But what happens when the Arbiters chosen for this generation are not content to serve Balance's agenda? To put an end to eternal war, to regain lost powers, and to escape the grip of the Fade- lofty ambitions and the ultimate prizes for those who would play the Game.
But is it even possible? Can the Game ever truly be won?
| Title | Date | Scene Summary |
|---|---|---|
| The Same Game | November 12th, 2023 | Kyouka Inai and Fuyuko Yuuhi have a talk about work. As arbiters, they might be on opposite sides of the game, but they still share a mutual interest in keeping the league afloat. |
| Secrets, and how not to keep them | November 29th, 2023 | Kyouka and Fuyuko visit the Kiseru Lady for a little after-dinner discussion of how to cheat time and space. |
| Pushing the Envelope | December 19th, 2023 | After Soryuu Shrine, Kyouka and Fuyuko meet for coffee to discuss the events and also how to better annoy their boss. |
| Putting 'Inai' In Perspective | January 9th, 2024 | Kyouka invites a few of her trusted students to her apartment for a bit of storytime regarding her past. |
| Legacy | February 9th, 2024 | An unwelcome visitor makes Kyouka and Fuyuko's night out much more fraught than anyone expected. |
| Texts: ill add it to the list | February 9th, 2024 | Kyouka and Mamo text about Fuyuko, Corona, and rainbow crystals. |
| Texts: are we good | February 12th, 2024 | Kyouka texts Fuyuko to find out if 'we're good'. |
| Convenient Dinner Conversation | February 14th, 2024 | Kyouka and Kyouko meet at the convenience store and Kyouko gets a run-down of the situation with Corona. |
| Fuyuko's new friend | February 16th, 2024 | Sunbreaker meets Corona, a new 'friend/rival/soon-to-be-taxidermy-paperweight' of Fuyuko's. It doesn't go well. Fuyuko is DEFINITELY going to get some annoyed texts later. |
| Texts: Soon To Be Someone's Bathrug | February 16th, 2024 | Hinoiri met Corona, and didn't enjoy it. She texts Fuyuko soon after. |
| Glorious Misunderstandings | March 1st, 2024 | After seeing a flash of elemental light magic in the sky Lacuna arrives to interrogate Glorious Beacon, fresh from defeating a Vilekin, thinking she's a newly minted Lux Tenebrus. The two speak past each other long enough to infuriate Lacuna enough to use force, at which point Stellar arrives and things start to go downhill even faster. |
| The Gold Brick and the Window | March 1st, 2024 | Kyouka calls Mamoru for some healing after her dustup with Fuyuko. |
| A Healthy Helping of Crow | March 1st, 2024 | Following her fight with Kyouka in Glorious Misunderstandings, Mmaoru Chiba offers to heal Fuyuko's injuries. The lemon face is legendary. |
| Texts: cut the shit | March 5th, 2024 | Kyouka has to apologize. Fuyuko can't wait to see how that turns out. |
| Light Conversation | March 10th, 2024 | Directly following scene 1218 'Glorious Misunderstandings', Stellar and Glorious Beacon have a chat. |
| Truth or Versions of It | April 10th, 2024 | Corona talks to Bow about past crimes and what might be done about them. |
Involved Cutscenes
Performance Review (Kyouka Inai)
Regret (Kyouka Inai)
Game Ender (Kyouka Inai)
