"A girl without any magic. It turns out that magical attacks can't hurt any living thing that isn't magical itself in some way. That's the simple version, anyway. Some conspiracy nuts found out about us, and you'll find all sorts of weird claims online."\n\n[[Back|Secret]]\n<<set $question = "yes">>

You grab your [[wand|wand]], raise it up, and with a quick "Sparkle Princes Cleansing!" you're good as new.\n\n[[Have breakfast.|Breakfast Clean]]\n<<set $dirty = "no">>

"Hello, Margaret. I regret to inform you that a rather dangerous regular girl has come to your area. Approach with caution, and keep in mind that she doesn't know her limits.\n\nA Friend."\n\n[[Call Twinkle Rider Becky.|Becky]]\n[[Go back upstairs|Upstairs]]\n<<set $note2 = "yes">>

"I've been trying to figure that out. I found some articles about crimes that I think were due to regular girls from around two years ago, but those conspiracy nuts claim much earlier stuff. That dog thing found me a few months ago, and since then I've met five other regular girls including you and that masked nutcase. You're the only other one who wasn't a complete asshole."\n\n[[Back|Secret]]\n<<set $question = "yes">>

Rebecca cracks the front door, whistles, and then hurries you all out the back. "They'll be too busy with the bank to bother with us for now."\n\nShe takes you somewhere out of sight and transforms back to her normal, magical state. The rest of you follow suit and take a minute to catch your breath.\n\n"That was awesome!" Daisy finally says.\n\n"You're crazy," Glenda replies. "We nearly got killed!"\n\n"Yeah, but we did bring a criminal to justice," Warrior says. "It was worth it for that. What do you think, Sparks?"\n\n[["It was worth it."|Worth it]]\n[["That was awful."|awful]]

Becky pulls out her cell phone. "Let's all exchange numbers. I don't think any of us want to be stuck alone againt one of those psychos again."\n\nThe <<if $hookie eq "yes">>three<<else>>four<<endif>> of you do so. Becky whistles, and in an instant, her unicorn Sol Invictus gallops in seemingly out of nowhere.\n\n"You called, my lady?" he asks.\n\nBecky turns back to you. "<<if $hookie eq "yes">>Either<<else>>Any<<endif>> of you girls want a ride to school?"\n\n<<if $hookie eq "no">>[["YES!"|later]]\n[["OH MY GOD YES!"|later]]<<else>>[["YES!"|unicorn]]\n[["OH MY GOD YES!"|unicorn]]<<endif>>

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It's mostly a stand-off between the girl and the woman, neither wanting to advance too far. The girl is at a disadvantage in these shelves, since she gets very little space to maneuver. Still they take the occasional swing at each other, and after a couple of minutes, the woman gets a lucky hit and and lands a good gash on the girl.\n\n"Aaahh, fuck!"\n\n"Woof woof woof!" the strange dog responds, getting everyone's attention.\n\nThe girl takes the opportunity to back away. "Someone read that fucking note!"\n\n<<if $note eq "yes">>"I don't think this is going to help," you say, looking at the piece of paper.\n\n"Let me see that," Daisy says, briefly reading it. "It's worth a shot. Just do it."<<else>>Daisy picks up what the dog dropped and reads the note. "Huh. Hold this bottle up and say 'return to normal. It might transform you to be like her. Can't hurt to try.'<<endif>>\n\n[["Fine."|Detransform]]\n[["No way."|Sure?]]\n<<set $watch = "yes">>

"Ugh, really dude?" Daisy says with a sour expression.\n\n"Sorry, <<if $mommad eq "yes">>but my mom's already pissed at me. I don't want to make it worse."<<else>>but I'm feeling a bit better after that game. I should probably should wait until I really feel like I need a day off to skip. I'm only going to get away with that so many times."<<endif>>\n\nDaisy sighs. "All right. I guess I can walk with you most of the way."\n\nYou've walked a few blocks when you hear a loud bang and some screaming from a nearby convenience store.\n\n[[Investigate.|Store]]\n[[Keep going to school|Somewhere else]]

Her name's Fire Princess Peggy. She used to run with a whole group of elemental themed girls back when she was your age. Now she works as a chef.\n\n<<back>>

You decide to listen to whatever the news was talking about. As you tune back in, you recognize the voice of Love Commissioner Girl Arresting Beauty.\n\n"Look, the perpetrator must have just had some minor shielding. These magic immunity rumors are just completely ridiculous."\n\n"But what about the reports of a mysterious girl with weird clothes scaring the guy off?"\n\nThere is a small pause. "Unfortunately, we are out of time for questions. The station will make a statement on any further concerns at a later date."\n\nThe news moves on to sports and weather before cutting to a commercial.\n\n[[Turn the radio off and get up|Up]]\n[[Stay in bed a little longer|Commercial]]\n<<set $news = "yes">>

You remember how excited you were when you reached your 8th birthday and were finally old enough to get an animal companion. Sailor Charon got a kitten. Lovely Warrior had gotten a tiny dragon. Twinkle Rider Becky got a fucking unicorn. And what did you get? A weird, chubby, brown and black thing that insisted it was a "badger-ocelot." He spends most of his time watching TV and bugging you to do your homework. Still, it was better than that spider Spooky Witch Glenda got stuck with.\n\n<<back>>

Into what? You probably won't get a new transformation item until Christmas at the earliest. What are you going to do, use your old Sparkle Gem from elementary school? You have enough problems at school without giving everyone something new to make fun of.\n\n<<back>>

You take a good look a the situation, and you see that the shelving behind the masked woman appears to have been recently damaged by a magic attack. You know why the clerk is so scared. "Hold on. I think--"\n\nDaisy ignores you and throws out a couple of dice. "Snake eyes," she says as an ethereal cobra rises out of them. The snake charges right for the woman and passes through her, into the wall, cracking it.\n\nDaisy stares, stunned. "But I totally hit her!"\n\n"I know," you reply, gritting your teeth. The rumors were right. But what can you do about it?\n\nThe woman chuckles and turns back to the clerk. "Now about that money."\n\n"Back off!" says an unfamiliar voice from behind. You turn around to see a black-haired girl in a sweatshirt. Her legs are covered in this weird blue item that's sort of like long shorts, or loose but stiff leggings. With no makeup, jewelry, or frills of any kind, she's one of the strangest-looking girls you've ever seen. "Leave or I use this!" she shouts, raising a baseball bat.\n\nThe woman responds by walking toward this strange girl. As they prepare to fight, you feel something cold and wet rub against your arm. You look down to see a golden retriever with something in its mouth.\n\n[[See what the deal with the dog is.|Dog]]\n[[Ignore the dog and see what happens.|Watch]]\n

"And you think we'd be okay with something happening to you?" Daisy asks.\n\n"We're experienced," Rebecca replies. "And we were chosen for this. You guys weren't."\n\n"It's my duty to punish wrongdoers. I'm not backing out of this," Wendy says.\n\n"Same here," Daisy says.\n\nRebecca looks frustrated. "Fine. But you do as we say, okay?"\n\n"Fine," Wendy says.\n\n"Fine," Daisy mumbles.\n\n"Well if we're all going, then I guess I'll go too," Glenda says. She carefully takes the bottle, and with a timid "Return to normal," her skirt becomes a couple inches longer and her hat vanishes. She looks at herself with confusion. "Did it work?"\n\n"I'm not sure," Rebecca says. "Try something magical."\n\nShe raises her hands. "By the goddess." Nothing happens. "I guess it must have, then. Aren't I supposed to get those 'pants' things?"\n\nRebecca shrugs. "I guess there's more than one way to be a regular girl."\n\n"So what's your regular girl name?" Daisy asks.\n\n"Raven Silverwolf." She looks confused the second that it leaves her mouth. "Seriously guys, you sure this is the right form?"\n\nEveryone else just shrugs.\n\n"We've spent too long with this transformation stuff," Wendy says. "We need to get moving."\n\nEveryone else nods in agreement.\n\n[[Talk to the police.|Police]]\n[[See if you can find a side entrence.|Side]]

You haven't felt this good about yourself in a long time. You weren't just another magical girl banishing yet another monster. You were feared by the mighty. You were stronger than magic. You were a regular girl.\n\n[[The end.|The end]]\n

"This is too much. I just need to go home."\n\n<<if $hookie eq "yes">>"What?" Daisy asks. "Come on, we both wanna know what the deal with this is. Ask her something."<<else>>"Sparks, you can't let an opportunity for knowledge pass you by," Glenda pleads.\n\n"Yeah, I'd like to know what's going on, too," Warrior adds.<<endif>>\n\n[["Ugh, fine!"|Secret]]

"Return to normal!"\n\nYou are expecting the flash of bright colors and the surge of energy that normally comes with a new transformation. Instead, there's just a sudden onset of what you can only describe as heaviness. You look down to find yourself wearing a t-shirt and those same weird leg things as the other girl. She and the woman fighting don't seem to have noticed.\n\n<<if $skim eq "yes" and $watch eq "no">>"What the fuck?" you say.\n\nDaisy turns and is startled by what she sees. "Who are you?"\n\n"I'm Margaret Johnson!" You pause, realizing what just came out of your mouth automatically. "I mean--"\n\n"Just get over here and help, Margaret!" the other regular girl shouts as she and the woman cautiously swing at each other.<<else>>You immediately run to the other side of the woman with the knife.<<endif>>\n\nYou wait until the woman seems particularly distracted and do what seems to come naturally in this form: kick her in the knee. She stumbles, and the other girl takes the opportunity to get a good hit in with the bat. The woman crumbles.\n\n"Quick, follow me!"\n\n<<if $watch eq "no">>[[Follow.|Follow]]<<else>>[[Follow.|WatchFollow]]<<endif>>\n[[Don't.|Don't]]\n

That was just terrifying and unpleasant. You wish you could go back to the days when all you had to do was kill monsters and banish demons. Being a regular girl is a huge burden, but somebody has to do it.\n\n[[The end.|The end]]\n

"I wasn't asking." She brandishes her bloody weapon at you.\n\n[[Follow.|Follow]]

Blah blah blah, "raise up the bottle and say 'Return to normal,' blah blah blah."\n\n<<if $hookie eq "yes">>[[Give it a shot.|Detransform]]\n[[If this thing's immune to magic, how would this help? Ignore it and keep watching.|Watch]]<<else>>[[Give it a shot.|SchoolDetransform]]\n[[If this thing's immune to magic, how would this help? Ignore it and keep watching.|SchoolWatch]]<<endif>>\n\n<<set $skim = "yes">>\n<<set $note = "yes">>

You sit down and watch as she puts some bread on some plates and places her hands a few inches above them.\n\n"Burning Passion!"\n\nThe area under her hands glows red for an instant before she closes her fists.\n\n"Here you go."\n\nYou're presented with a plate of scrambled eggs and toast. As usual, it's cooked perfectly. You down it in a moment.\n\n[[Go to school.|School]]\n[[Play hooky.|Hookie]]

She rolls her eyes and hands you a piece of paper. "Here's the one I got. Yours was probably the same."\n\n"Congratulations! You have been chosen to be one of the legendary Regular Girls. With this item, you'll have the ability to remove your magical state, allowing you to fight those who de-transform for evil purposes. Just raise up the bottle and say 'Return to normal' and you will change form in an instant. When you wish to return to your magical girl state, simply use whatever it was that gave you your last transformation. Remember to keep this secret.\n\nGood luck, Regular Girl Rebecca Turner. I'll be in touch.\n\nA Friend"\n\n[[Back|Secret]]\n\n<<set $skim = "no">>\n<<set $note = "yes">>\n<<set $question = "yes">>

<<if $dirty eq "yes">>"Well someone's looking badass today,"<<else>>"Hey Sparky,"<<endif>> Daisy says as she sees you. "What's up?"\n\n<<if $mommad eq "yes">>"Hermes is a dick, Mom's a bitch, and I'm out a TV for a while. Sure as hell not going to school after that bullshit."\n\n"Damn, that sucks. Want to blow off some steam with a few rounds of Fuku Fighter?"<<else>>"Fought a tough yoma with Glenda and Lovely late last night. Not really up for classes."\n\n"I really don't know why you go as often as you do. Want to go a few rounds on Fuku Fighter?"<<endif>>\n\nYou can never say no to a good fighting game. As usual, you're about evenly matched as long as Daisy agrees not to abuse Sexy Babe's friendship beam like a scrub. After the fifth match Daisy rolls a handful of her dice and studies them for a moment.\n\n"Hmmm... looks like Truancy Guardian Nanase isn't going to be checking here for at least another hour or so. Want to hang here some more or head somewhere else?"\n\n[["What better than some more gaming?"|More Arcade]]\n[["Let's get something to eat."|Food]]\n[["Let's see if we can find something to fight. There's gotta be some sort of monster or whatever around town somewhere."|Monster]]\n[["Maybe I should go to school. I don't want to get in too much trouble."|School Late]]\n<<set $hookie = "yes">>

<<if $time lt 6>>By the river is mostly a residential area. You wander for a bit, but there really doesn't seem to be anything out of place.\n\n[[North near the mall.|North]]\n[[East in the business district.|East]]\n[[South by the school.|South]]<<endif>><<if $time gte 6 and $split eq "no">>It looks as peaceful as you'd expect when you show up, but then you see some Beautiful Policing Guardians hurrying along the road to the east, sirens blaring.\n\n[[Follow|Bank]]<<endif>><<if $time gte 6 and $split eq "yes">>You look around for a few minutes, but then you get a frantic call from Glenda. "Oh my god, she's at Star Prism Bank!"\n\n[[Hurry over.|Bank]]<<endif>>\n\n<<set $time = $time + 1>>

You hear your mom open the door. "Oh, hello there." There's a few seconds of silence. "Do you speak English?" Silence. "Hablas español? Nihongo o hanashimasu ka?" More silence. "Uh, Princess?" she shouts upstairs. "Were you expecting a dog?"\n\nShit. You almost forgot about that. "Hold on, guys." You pause the game, and sure enough, you find that it's exactly the dog you thought it was. "I'll take that, thanks." The dog drops a slobbery plastic bag in your hand, makes that "woof" noise again, and wanders off.\n\nYour mom just looks confused. "What was that about?"\n\n"Uh, it's a stupid thing with a friend. She likes having her dog send notes. Oh, and her dog got hit on the head when he was a puppy."\n\n"You've got some weird friends."\n\nLuckily, she seems satisfied enough with that answer to not pursue it further.\n\n[[Read note.|Note2]]\n[[Ignore note.|Ignore]]

<<if $time lt 6>>You wander through the streets lined with offices. The banks are open, but not much else is. You see a few women in their business fukus running around busily.\n\n[[North near the mall.|North]]\n[[West near the river.|West]]\n[[South by the school.|South]]<<endif>><<if $split eq "no" and $time gte 6>>You look around for a bit, but then you hear two very loud popping noises.\n\n[[Seek out the source.|Bank]]<<endif>><<if $split eq "yes" and $time gte 6>>You look around for a bit, but then you hear two very loud popping noises.\n\n[[Text your friends and seek out the source.|Bank]]<<endif>>\n\n<<set $time = $time + 1>>

"Your guess is as good as mine. All I know is that the dog brings me a letter every couple of weeks warning when there's going to be new regular girl activity. I kind of wonder if she's the source of these nasty regular girls, too. I don't know where else they could have gotten that power."\n\n[[Back|Secret]]\n<<set $question = "yes">>

Luckily for you, the bank lobby has plenty of chairs, desks, and counters to hide behind. You end up hiding behind a desk with Raven. Luckily, the crazy lady is too busy yelling to notice at the moment.\n\n<<if $note2 eq "yes">>[[Think about what the note said.|Think]]<<endif>>\n[[Rush her now.|rush]]\n[[Wait.|bankwait]]\n<<if $hostages eq "no">>[[Try to free the hostages.|hostages]]<<endif>>

She leads you girls for a few blocks to a side alley. "Okay, I don't think ayone followed us. We're free to transform back."\n\n<<if $skim eq "yes">>"Uh, how do I do that?"\n\nShe blinks at you. "Didn't you read the note?"\n\n"It looked kind of long..."\n\nShe sighs. "Just do whatever you did to activate your last new transformation. Your transformation item should be in your pocket."\n\nYou reach in, and sure enough, you find it.<<else>>You feel your familiar wand in its shrunken form in your pocket.<<endif>>\n\n"Sparkle Princess Destiny Make Up!"\n\nThe familiar colors and surge of energy feel great after all that. You see a flash from the other girl, and soon she has bubblegum pink hair, a tiara, and tutu.\n\n<<if $hookie eq "yes">>"Twinkle Rider Becky!?" Daisy shouts from before you have a chance to react.\n\nBecky sighs. "Yeah, it's me. I really wish I didn't have to share this with you, but you've already seen too much."\n\n[[Assure her that Dice Collector Daisy can keep a secret.|Secret]]\n[[Tell her that you've had enough of this and the two of you are leaving.|Leave]]<<else>>"Twinkle Rider Becky!?" your two friends shout before you have a chance to react.\n\nBecky sighs. "Yeah, it's me. I really wish I didn't have to share this with you two, but you already saw too much."\n\n[[Assure her that your friends can keep a secret.|Secret]]\n[[Tell her that you've had enough of this and that you're all leaving.|Leave]]<<endif>>

<<if $shot gt 0>>You find a stapler on the desk, and you give it a hard toss toward an empty area in the room. Panicking, she turns and shoots, making a hole in the floor a few feet from it. "What the fuck? Who's here?"\n\n[[Try attacking while she's not looking.|rush]]\n[[Yell something when she's looking elsewhere.|Shout]]\n<<if $otherwait eq "no">>[[wait|otherwait]]<<endif>>\n\n<<else>>You find a stapler on the desk, and you give it a hard toss toward an empty area in the room. Panicking, she turns and tries to shoot, but the gun just makes a small clicking noise.\n\n"Huh?"\n\n[[GET HER|takedown]]<<endif>>\n\n<<set $shot = $shot -1>>

<<if $hookie eq "yes">>You text Daisy to cancel. She texts back angrily, but you're sure she'll get over it.<<endif>>\n\nYou meet Spooky Witch Glenda and Lovely Warrior on the usual street corner. The latter looks as tired as you do.\n\n<<if $mommad eq "yes">>Warrior looks at you with concern. "Are you alright, Sparks?"\n\n"Hermes is a dick, Mom's a bitch, I'm out a TV for a while, and now I have to to go fucking school when I'm fucking exhausted."\n\n"Damn, sorry to hear. That's rough," Warrior responds.\n\n"Yeah, thanks," you reply, not really wanting to talk about it further right now. The three of your walk in silence until you hear a loud bang followed by a scream.<<else>>"So are you girls as ready for the biology test as I am?" Glenda asks <html><i>far</i></html> too cheerfully for a morning like this.\n\n"Ugh, don't talk to me about biology," Warrior responds. "I can't tell a heart crystal from a soul gem, and I really don't see why I should."\n\n"I'm just hoping I can pull a B," you reply.\n\n"You girls have to take this more seriously! Knowledge is important!"\n\n"I'm an athlete," Warrior responds, "I don't need--"\n\nShe's suddenly cut off by a loud bang, followed by a scream.<<endif>> As far as you can tell, it's coming from the convenience store.\n\nThe three of your look at each other.\n\n[[Nod silently and head over together.|Schoolstore]]\n[["I don't know guys. We really need to head to school."|Skipstore]]

Luckily, it seems that Arresting Beauty was thinking ahead. One of her officers was arguing over a megaphone with the woman about her demands. She was completely distracted. Looking around, you see three hostages tied up by the counter. The woman is at the front door.\n\n[[Rush her.|rush]]\n[[Sneak in and find hiding spots.|hide]]

Groggily, you drag yourself out of bed,<<if $hermes eq "no">>nearly tripping over [[Hermes|Hermes]]. You look in the mirror and see the<<else>> stretch and look in the mirror. You see the<<endif>> [[same frilly outfit|fuku]] that you've been wearing since the last time you got a new transformation. You collapsed in bed immediately after the fight last night, so it's still dirty and torn, plus there's a scabbed over gash on your knee.\n\n[[Change your clothes.|Change]]\n[[Do something about these clothes.|Fix]]\n[[Fuck it. Just go out as is.|Fuck it]]\n

The two of you start playing some Pose Pose Revolution, but almost immediately you hear a bang and some screaming from outside.\n\n"Did you hear that?" Daisy asks.\n\nYou nod.\n\n"Think it's time to kick some monster ass?"\n\n[["Hell yes."|Store]]\n[["There are plenty of other teenage girls around who can handle it."|Somewhere else]]\n\n<<set $arcade = "yes">>

Whatever it is isn't worth interrupting the game. You go back upstairs and back to the game. A half hour later your phone rings, and you answer it without thinking.\n\n"Hello?"\n\n"It's Becky. Got another note from our 'friend.' You'll probably get one soon, too. Says this one's dangerous. We should start canvassing the city."\n\nYou pause as your friends stare at you. You hope you didn't leave the volume too loud.\n\n"Hello?"\n\n"Yeah, sorry. Give me a few and I'll get out there. Bye."\n\n<<if $hookie eq "yes">>"Oo, is it another regular girl?" asks Daisy nonchelantly. You just stare at her stunned.\n\n"What?" Glenda asks.\n\n"You know the whole magic immunity thing-"\n\n"DAISY!" you shout.\n\n"What? Wait, you didn't tell them?"\n\n"Becky told us to keep it a secret!"\n\n"Wait, Becky's in on this thing now?" Warrior asks.\n\n"No! Well, okay, yes. I mean..."\n\n[[Just tell them everything.|Explanation]]\n[[Tell them that it's a secret.|Secret2]]<<else>>Glenda and Warrior give you a knowing look. Daisy just looks confused. "What's going on now?"\n\n"It's..." you begin, not sure entirely what to say. "We have to go do a thing in town."\n\n"Hey! Don't leave me out of monster hunting!" Daisy replies.\n\n"It's not exactly monster hunting," Glenda tries to explain helpfully.\n\nDaisy just looks more intrigued. "Are you going to tell me, or do I have to use my dice?"\n\nWarrior sighs. "Maybe you should just tell her."\n\n[[Just tell her everything.|Explanation]]\n[[Tell her that it's a secret.|Secret2]]<<endif>>\n\n

"I know, right? It's like he ate too many paint chips as a puppy or something. I don't think he can even understand you."\n\n[[Back|Secret]]\n<<set $question = "yes">>

You sneak over to one of the hostages carefully, and your friends follow suit. You manage to untie them without attracting attention, and you quietly motion for them to move toward the back door. They manage to do so quietly. Amazingly, you've managed to pull this off.\n\n[[Hide.|hide]]\n[[Rush the madwoman.|rush]]\n\n<<set $hostages = "yes">>

The three of you burst in and see someone in a dark outfit with a ski mask on. She's pointing a knife at Wondrous Clerk Yorokonde, who looks confused and frightened.\n\nYou all immediately jump into the poses you've practiced.\n\n"We are warriors of magic and mystery," Glenda begins.\n\n"We defend love and friendship," you continue.\n\n"We bring justice to the world and punish wrongdoers," Warrior chimes in.\n\nThe three of you point at the assailant, and as one say, "and that means you!"\n\nThe masked woman laughs. "Go ahead and try!"\n\n[[Attack!|SchoolAttack]]\n<<if $news eq "yes">>[[Wait, something seems wrong about this.|SchoolWait]]<<endif>>

You go downstairs to find your [[mother|Mom]] making breakfast as usual. She takes a look at you and frowns. "Can't you get yourself cleaned up?"\n\n"Meh."\n\nShe rolls her eyes. "Will you at least have something to eat?"\n\n[["I guess."|Breakfast Dirty]]\n[["I'm just gonna go to school."|School]]\n[[(lie) "I'm just gonna go to school.|Hookie]]

What did that note say? Something about not knowing her limits. You think about it, and you think you might have it. "Raven," you whisper, "if that gun thing is physical, that means that whatever it's shooting out is physical, right?"\n\n"Yeah, probably," she says, clearly worried about even whispering like this.\n\n"Then she has to run out of them at some point, right?"\n\nHer eyes widen. "But how do we get her to use them up?"\n\n[[Throw something.|Throw]]\n[[Shout something.|Shout]]\n[[Just rush her.|rush]]\n[[Wait|otherwait]]

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<<if $bankwatch eq "no">>The five of you run off into a side alley as the officers try their Love Lock Ray. You know just how effective that's going to be.<<else>>The five of you run into a side alley as the Lovely Policing Guardians try to figure out how to handle this.<<endif>> You and Becky raise your bottles in the air, and with a "Return to normal," you're both back to your regular forms.\n\n"So what do we do?" Warrior asks.\n\n"This!" Daisy snatches the bottle out of your hand. "Return to normal!" In an instant, she's in a leather jacket and those "jeans" or whatever they're called. "Meet Regular Girl Daisy O'Sullivan!" she says with a smug smirk.\n\n"But... but you weren't chosen..." Rebecca begins.\n\n"Your turn." Daisy tosses the bottle to Warrior. She catches it, shrugs, and transforms. Her pants and jacket seem to be of a lightweight material, and her sword is replaced by some kind of wooden version. "Regular Girl Wendy Brown ready for action!"\n\nThe group turns to look at Glenda. "Are you guys sure that this is a good idea?"\n\nWendy shrugs. "The more of us there are, the easier it'll be to stop her."\n\n[["Yeah, I wouldn't want to fight her without you guys."|Encourage]]\n[["I don't want you guys to get hurt."|Discourage]]\n

Warrior unsheathes her sword, and your raise your wand. "By the goddess!" Glenda says as her hands begin to glow. The two items soon follow. You let out a "Sparkling Joyful Expanse" as Warrior shouts "Lovely Slash!" You time it perfectly and both attacks hit the woman at once. They then pass through her and break a large hole in the opposite wall. \n\n"W-what?" You gasp in shock.\n\n"But we hit her!" Warrior says.\n\nThe woman laughs again, and you look around. You finally notice that the shelving behind her is damaged, as if by another magical attack. You now know why the clerk is so scared.\n\n"Thanks for the exit, twerps. Now you," she turns to Yorokonde, "I said empty the drawer."\n\n"I don't think so," comes an unfamiliar voice from behind. You turn around to see a black-haired girl in a sweatshirt. Her legs are covered in this weird blue item that's sort of like long shorts, or loose but stiff leggings. With no makeup, jewelry, or frills of any kind, she's one of the strangest-looking girls you've ever seen. "Leave or I use this!" she shouts, raising a baseball bat.\n\nThe woman responds by walking toward this strange girl. As they prepare to fight, you feel something cold and wet rub against your arm. You look down to see a golden retriever with something in its mouth.\n\n[[See what the deal with the dog is.|Dog]]\n[[Ignore the dog and see what happens.|SchoolWatch]]

Dustin Cooper

You give <<if $hookie eq "no">>her<<else>>them<<endif>> a quick rundown on everything and a brief demonstration of your transformation. "So now that dog came back and there's apparently a rather dangerous one out there now."\n\n<<if $hookie eq "no">>"That's awesome!" Daisy shouts. "I'm so in!"\n\n"Are you sure?" Glenda asks. "This sort of thing could be dangerous for magical girls like us."\n\n"I know!" Daisy replies with a huge smile.\n\nWarrior laughs as Glenda sighs. You consider telling them to stay out of it, but you know your friends well enough to know that would be pointless.<<else>>"Can I see that bottle?" Glenda asks. You hand it over, and she starts examining it.\n\n"Heavy stuff," Warrior says, looking slightly worried. "Well, we're here for you. So when do we head out?"\n\n"What!?" Glenda says, snapping out of her concentration. "Do you know how dangerous that is?"\n\n"You want to let Sparky go it alone?"\n\n"Well, no..."\n\n"Then it's settled," Daisy says. "Time to go kick some ass!"\n\nYou consider telling them that you can handle this yourself, but you know your friends well enough to know that would be pointless.<<endif>>\n\n[[Split up and search the town seperately.|Seperate]]\n[[Meet up with Becky and stick together.|Together]]\n\n

As soon as you're around the corner and out of sight, you text your friend Dice Collector Daisy. "skipping 2day. want 2 hang?"\n\nA moment later, she replies: "totally :) meet @ the arcade in 5?"\n\n[[Head to the arcade|Arcade]]\n[[Have a change of heart and go to school.|School]]\n

<<if $hookie eq "yes">>"You sure you don't want to be involved?" Daisy asks. "You might not get another chance."\n\n[["I'm sure.|Daisy end]]\n[["I guess I'll give it a shot.|Detransform]]<<else>>\n"Are you sure you want no part of this?" Warrior asks. "You might not get another opportunity."\n\n[["I'm sure.|Lovely Warrior end]]\n[["I guess I'll give it a shot.|Detransform]]<<endif>>

"Congratulations! You have been chosen to be one of the legendary Regular Girls. With this bottle, you'll have the ability to remove your magical state, allowing you to fight those who de-transform for evil purposes. Just raise up the bottle and say 'Return to normal' and you will change form in an instant. When you wish to return to your magical girl state, simply use whatever it was that gave you your last transformation. Remember to keep this secret.\n\nGood luck, Regular Girl Margaret Johnson. I'll be in touch.\n\nA Friend"\n\n<<if $hookie eq "yes">>[[Might as well try it.|Detransform]]\n[[That sounds ridiculous and unhelpful. Just watch and hope things go well.|Watch]]<<else>>[[Might as well try it.|SchoolDetransform]]\n[[That sounds ridiculous and unhelpful. Just watch and hope things go well.|SchoolWatch]]<<endif>>\n<<set $note = "yes">>

<<silently>>\n<<set $dirty = "yes">>\n<<set $mommad = "no">>\n<<set $arcade = "no">>\n<<set $dragged = "no">>\n<<set $news = "no">>\n<<set $skim = "no">>\n<<set $hookie = "no">>\n<<set $note = "no">>\n<<set $watch = "no">>\n<<set $question = "no">>\n<<set $hermes = "no">>\n<<set $time = 0>>\n<<set $split = "no">>\n<<set $bankwatch = "no">>\n<<set $policequestion = "no">>\n<<set $gettingin = "no">>\n<<set $problem = "no">>\n<<set $note2 = "no">>\n<<set $shot = 3>>\n<<set $otherwait = "no">>\n<<set $hostages = "no">>\n<<set $badend = "no">>\n<<Set $back = "no">>\n<<endsilently>>\n\n“ ...immune to their love lock ray... ”\n\nYou groggily open your eyes as more news comes out of your clock-radio. It’s Monday again, and you know the school isn’t going to care that you were up late neutralizing the forces of darkness.\n\n[[Turn off the alarm and get up.|Up]]\n[[Listen to the radio some more.|News]]\n[[Hit snooze.|Commercial]]

<<if $shot gt 0>>"Over here, bitch!" you shout. She turns and fires, hitting the top of the desk. Luckily she still can't directly see you from her angle. Raven looks at you like you're insane. The woman starts looking around.\n\n[[Throw something when she's turned away.|Throw]]\n<<if $otherwait eq "no">>[[Wait.|otherwait]]<<endif>>\n[[Rush her.|rush]]\n\n<<else>>"Over here, bitch!" you shout. She turns and tries to fire, but the gun only makes a small clicking sound.\n\n"Huh?"\n\n[[GET HER|takedown]]<<endif>>\n\n<<set $shot = $shot -1>>

Knowing what this probably is, you pause the game and rush downstairs before your mom has a chance to answer. Sure enough, it's that dog again with something in his mouth. "I'll take that, thanks." The dog drops a slobbery plastic bag in your hand, makes that "woof" noise, and wanders off.\n\n[[Read note.|Note2]]\n[[Ignore note.|Ignore]]

You hold there for a moment, waiting for an opening.\n\n"Hold on," Raven eventually whispers to you. "That gun thing has to be physical, so that would mean that there's only so many things it can shoot out of it. Do you think we can make her waste them?"\n\n[[Throw something.|Throw]]\n[[Shout something.|Shout]]\n[[Just rush her.|rush]]\n[[Wait more.|otherwait]]\n

You two burst in and see someone in a dark outfit with a ski mask on. She's pointing a knife at Wondrous Clerk Yorokonde, who looks confused and frightened.\n\n<<if $dragged eq "yes">>Daisy immediately jumps into a cool pose. You awkwardly attempt to do the same when she releases your hand, but you're pretty sure your lack of confidence is obvious.<<else>>The two of you immediately jump into a cool pose.<<endif>>\n\n"I'm a warrior of magic and fate," Daisy begins.\n\n<<if $dragged eq "yes">>"And, uh... I am too, I guess," you continue. You're glad you can't see Daisy's face from this angle.\n\n"Together," Daisy says again, "we will punish you!"<<else>>"And I'm a defender of love and friendship," you continue.\n\n"Together," you both say, "we will punish you!"<<endif>>\n\nThe masked woman laughs. "Go ahead and try!"\n\n[[Attack!|Attack]]\n<<if $news eq "yes">>[[Wait, something seems wrong about this.|Wait]]<<endif>>

You go downstairs to find your [[mother|Mom]] making breakfast as usual. "Morning, Princess."\n\nYou sit down and watch as she places a few slices of bread on some plates and positions her open hands a few inches above them.\n\n"Burning Passion!"\n\nThe area under her hands glows red for an instant before she closes her fists.\n\n"Here you go."\n\nYou're presented a plate of scrambled eggs and toast. As usual, it's cooked perfectly. You down it in a moment.\n\n[[Go to school.|School]]\n[[Play hooky.|Hookie]]

<<if $time lt 6>>The mall seems about as busy as it ever is on Saturday. You spend some time looking around, but you don't see anything suspicious.\n\nWhere to now?\n\n[[East in the business district.|East]]\n[[West near the river.|West]]\n[[South by the school.|South]]<<endif>><<if $time gte 6 and $split eq "no">>You look around a bit, and at first it seems that everything's still normal. Then you notice one of the Lovely Policing Guardians answer her radio, and a worried look passes over her face before she hurries away.\n\n[[Follow.|Bank]]<<endif>><<if $time gte 6 and $split eq "yes">>Just as you arrive, you get a frantic call from Becky. "She's at Star Prism Bank!"\n\n[[Hurry over.|Bank]]<<endif>>\n\n<<set $time = $time + 1>>

<<if $arcade eq "no">>"DCD, maybe we should keep going."<<endif>>\n\nDaisy looks at you like you're an idiot. "You can't possibly be serious." She grabs you hand and drags you along with her towards the store.\n\n[[Enter store.|Store]]\n\n<<set $dragged = "yes">>

"Tired of the same old look day after day?" the radio blares. "Maybe it's time for a Space Crystal Makeover from Sparkle Senshi Crystals! Space Crystal transformations are guaranteed to provide at least 40% more frills than Earth Crystals, Elemental Pens, Justice Makeup, or Raven Cards! And 1 in 5 magical girls reports getting a brand new attack!"\n\n"Sparkle Princess Maggie!" an angry voice shouts as a paw reaches up and suddenly turns the radio off. You look down to see your familiar [[badger-ocelot Hermes|Hermes]]. "You need to get going right now or you'll be late!"\n\n[[Grumble, get up, and get ready.|Up]]\n[[Tell that furry asshole to shut the fuck up and let you sleep.|Asshole]]\n<<set $hermes = "yes">>

"Very little. We got a report of two loud bangs and some property damage about 20 minutes ago. Then that bitch did... something... to Lovely Policing Guardian Jenny."\n\n"Is she all right?" Raven asks.\n\n"Yeah, whatever it was just grazed her. Anyway, that maniac went back into the bank. We think she has three hostages."\n\n<<if $gettingin eq "no">>[["How do we get in?"|Getting in]]<<else>>[["I think that's enough. Let's get moving."|enter]]<<endif>>\n<<if $problem eq "no">>[["What's your problem with us?"|Problem]]<<endif>>\n\n<<set $policequestion = "yes">>

You text Becky and soon all meet up at the park. Becky sighs when she see <<if $hookie eq "yes">>Glenda and Warrior<<else>>Daisy<<endif>>, but she doesn't say anything further about it.\n\n"So where exactly are we looking?"\n\n[[North near the mall.|North]]\n[[East in the business district.|East]]\n[[West near the river.|West]]\n[[South by the school.|South]]

<<if $shot gte 1>>"I own this place!" the woman shouts, shooting a bullet straight into the ceiling. "Drop your weapons, come out, and get on the ground or someone's going to get hurt!"\n\n[[Shout something.|Shout]]\n[[Do as she says.|surrender]]<<else>>"I own this place!" the woman shouts. She raises her gun and tries shooting it, but there's only a small click.\n\n"Huh?"\n\n[[GET HER|takedown]]\n<<endif>>\n<<set $shot = $shot -1>>

You should take in what information you can. You take a look at the woman, and you notice that for an instant, she looks disappointed.\n\n"Love Lock Ray!" the remaining officers shout. Beams shoot out of their wands and simultaneously pass through the woman harmlessly. \n\nThe woman laughs. "Your mere magic is useless." She raises her gun. "What I did to your friend was just a warning shot. The next one who tries to enter will get the real deal. And if you don't meet my demands, I'm going to start taking out the hostages. First, I want a helicopter..."\n\nMore officers arrive as she rambles on with ridiculous requests, and soon civilians like yourself are asked to leave.\n\n[[Find a secluded area to transform.|Detransform2]]\n\n<<set $bankwatch = "yes">>

Regular Girl Margaret Johnson

"You can get past almsot any defense our society has. I don't think I've ever encountered anything as dangerous as you 'regular girls' in all my years on the force."\n\n<<if $gettingin eq "no">>[["How do we get in?"|Getting in]]<<else>>[["I think that's enough. Let's get moving."|enter]]<<endif>>\n<<if $policequestion eq "no">>[["What do you know about this lady?"|Police question]]<<endif>>\n<<set $problem = "yes">>\n\n

You slowly stand up with your hands raised and walk toward the woman.\n\n"On the ground!" she shouts.\n\nAs you get down, you heard a banging sound and see a stapler hit the floor. You look up to see her stumbling and grabbing her head. She is immediately tackled by Wendy. The other girls all join and quickly subdue her.\n\n[[We did it!|rushend]]

<<if $shot gt 1>>You charge diretly toward the woman, and Daisy and Wendy follow suit. Unfortunately, you do so quite loudly. She turns and fires a shot in your direction, grazing your shoulder, then fires another toward Daisy, luckily missing. You grab your wound and back off, taking cover behind a desk, your friends taking cover elsewhere.\n\n[[Wait.|rushwait]]\n[[Shout.|Shout]]\n[[Surrender.|surrender]]\n<<endif>><<if $shot eq 1>>You charge diretly toward the woman, and Daisy and Wendy follow suit. Unfortunately, you do so quite loudly. She turns and fires a shot in your direction, grazing your shoulder, then tries firing another at Daisy, but the gun only makes a small clicking sound.\n\n"Huh?"\n\nDaisy tackles the woman, and Wendy hits her as hard as she can with her wooden sword thing.\n\n[[We did it!|rushend]]<<endif>><<if $shot lte 0>>You charge diretly toward the woman, and Daisy and Wendy follow suit. Unfortunately, you do so quite loudly. She turns and tries to fire, but the gun only makes a small clicking sound.\n\n"Huh?"\n\n[[GET HER|takedown]]<<endif>>\n\n<<set $shot = $shot - 2>>

<<if $shot gte 2>>After another moment, it appears that Daisy has had enough. She stands up holding a stapler she found and hurls it as hard as she can at the woman's head before ducking down again. It hits her with a good thunk, causing her to squeeze her trigger finger and shoot off a wild shot at the floor. She then turns roughly in the direction of Daisy and shoots, only damaging a wall.\n\n"WHO'S HERE!?"\n\n[[Shout.|Shout]]\n[[Throw something.|Throw]]\n[[Rush her.|rush]]<<endif>><<if $shot eq 1>>After another moment, it appears that Daisy has had enough. She stands up holding a stapler she found and hurls it as hard as she can at the woman's head before ducking down again. It hits her with a good thunk, causing her to squeeze her trigger finger and shoot off a wild shot at the floor. She then turns roughly in the direction of Daisy and tries to shoot, but the gun only makes a small clicking noise.\n\n"Huh?"\n\n[[GET HER|takedown]]<<endif>>\n<<if $shot lte 0>>After another moment, it appears that Daisy has had enough. She stands up holding a stapler she found and hurls it as hard as she can at the woman's head before ducking down again. It hits her with a good thunk, surprising her into squeezing her itchy trigger finger, but the gun only makes a small clicking noise.\n\n"Huh?"\n\n[[GET HER|takedown]]<<endif>>\n\n\n<<set $shot = $shot -2>>\n<<set $otherwait = "yes">>

"Well, all right," Glenda says, carefully taking the bottle. With a timid "Return to normal," her skirt becomes a couple inches longer and her hat vanishes. She looks at herself with confusion. "Did it work?"\n\n"I'm not sure," Rebecca says. "Try something magical."\n\nShe raises her hands. "By the goddess." Nothing happens. "It must have, then. Aren't I supposed to get those 'pants' things?"\n\nRebecca shrugs. "I guess there's more than one way to be a regular girl."\n\n"So what's your regular girl name?" Daisy asks.\n\n"Raven Silverwolf." She looks confused the second that it leaves her mouth. "Seriously guys, you sure this is the right form?"\n\nEveryone else just shrugs.\n\n"We've spent too long with this transformation stuff," Wendy says. "We need to get moving."\n\nEveryone else nods in agreement.\n\n[[Talk to the police.|Police]]\n[[See if you can find a side entrence.|Side]]

"Maybe we should just break it open," you suggest.\n\n"I don't think that's a good idea," Raven says. "She'd certainly hear us, right?"\n\n"Does anyone have a better idea?"\n\nThere's silence for a moment before Rebecca readies her bat. "So what exactly is the plan once I shatter this?"\n\n"That's what I want to know," says a new voice. You turn, and you see Love Commissioner Girl Arresting Beauty and a couple of her officers. "I guess that psycho isn't the only crazy regular girl around. Do you really think this is going to go well with that weapon of hers?"\n\n"You know about us?" Wendy asks.\n\n"Well I knew about her," she says pointing at Rebecca.\n\n"We've encountered each other before," she explains to the others. "So what do you suggest? We need to get in there."\n\nSilently, she takes out her ATM card, puts it in the slot, and pulls the door open. Sheepishly, the five of you quietly enter.\n\n[[Inside.|Inside]]

She leads you for a few blocks to a side alley. "Okay, I don't think ayone followed us. We're free to transform back."\n\n<<if $skim eq "yes">>"Uh, how do I do that?"\n\nShe blinks at you. "Didn't you read the note?"\n\n"It looked kind of long..."\n\nShe sighs. "Just do whatever you did to activate your last new transformation. Your transformation item should be in your pocket."\n\nYou reach in, and sure enough, there it is.<<else>>You feel your familiar wand in its shrunken form in your pocket.<<endif>>\n\n"Sparkle Princess Destiny Make Up!"\n\nThe familiar colors and surge of energy feel great after all that. You see a flash from the other girl, and soon she has bubblegum pink hair, a tiara, and tutu.\n\n<<if $hookie eq "yes">>"Twinkle Rider Becky!?" Daisy shouts from behind you before you can react.\n\nBecky seems even more startled than you. "How did you...?"\n\nDaisy holds up some dice between her fingers. "You can't hide from Destiny Dice."\n\n"God damn it," she says, frustrated.\n\n[[Assure her that Dice Collector Daisy can keep a secret.|Secret]]\n[[Tell her that you've had enough of this and the two of you are leaving.|Leave]]<<else>>"Twinkle Rider Becky!?" your two friends shout from behind you before you can even react.\n\nBecky seems even more startled than you. "How did you...?"\n\nGlenda smiles. "That was all thanks to Guinevere."\n\nYou feel something small move on your neck and then leap off into Glenda's hand. "Sorry about that, ma'am," the spider squeaked out, "but we wanted to make sure everything was all right."\n\n"God damn it," Becky says, frustrated.\n\n[[Assure her that your friends can keep a secret.|Secret]]\n[[Tell her that you've had enough of this and that you're all leaving.|Leave]]<<endif>>

"Well there's a back entrance for the ATM, but you need a card to get in." She thinks for a minute before pulling one out. "I can't believe I'm doing this. Just make sure you girls give this back."\n\n"Of course," Rebecca says, taking it.\n\n"We can try distracting her from the front to give you more of an opening."\n\n[["Sounds good. Let's go.|enter]]\n<<if $policequestion eq "no">>[["What do you know about this lady?"|Police question]]<<endif>>\n<<if $problem eq "no">>[["What's your problem with us?"|Problem]]<<endif>>\n\n<<set $gettingin = "yes">>

"Maybe we should talk with some of the Lovely Policing Guardians about this," you say. "Maybe they can help us get in there."\n\n"You really think the'll react well to more regular girls showing up?" Daisy asks.\n\n"And I doubt they'll listen to us if we transform back to normal," Raven adds. <<if $bankwatch eq "yes">>"After all, they already kicked us out."<<endif>>\n\n"They already know about us," Rebecca says to everyone else's surprise. "Well they know about me, anyway. I had a little encounter with them before you guys got involved. And they're probably pretty sure that Margaret is out there from last time."\n\n"Does that mean they'll help us?" Raven asks.\n\n<<if $back eq "yes">>"Maybe. Head back to the alley for now, and I'll be there in a minute."\n\nShe soon comes back to the alley with Love Commissioner Girl Arresting Beauty.<<else>>"Maybe. Hold on."\n\nShe heads out for a moment and comes back with Love Commissioner Girl Arresting Beauty.<<endif>> She's not happy with what she sees. "Jesus, there are that many of you?"\n\n"Would you rather I tried taking on this maniac alone?" Rebecca asks.\n\n"That might have been quieter. What exactly is it that you freaks want?"\n\n[["What do you know about this lady?"|Police question]]\n[["How do we get in?"|Getting in]]\n[["What's your problem with us?"|Problem]]

It's a foot and a half long, purple, sparkly, and has a butterfly at the end that matches the two smaller ones on your hair ties. It's rather inconventient to carry everywhere.\n\n<<back>>

<<if $hookie eq "no">>"Don't you just tell me it's a secret or something," Daisy says before you can open your mouth.<<else>>"Well, it's kind of a secret," you say with uncertainty.\n\n"Sparks, we're your friends, and we care about you," Warrior says as she puts her hand on your shoulder. "If it really involves the crazy stuff Daisy was going on about, we want to make sure we can help you."<<endif>>\n\n<<if $hookie eq "yes">>[[Just tell them.|Explanation]]<<else>>[[Just tell her.|Explanation]]<<endif>>

It's a sparkly mini-skirted number in a shade of purple that matches your hair. The oversized bow on the back is rather uncomfortable and seems to get larger and more ridiculous with each new transformation you get. You almost wish you could get away with downgrading again, but you know you'd never hear the end of it at school.\n\n<<back>>

It's mostly a stand-off between the girl and the woman, neither wanting to advance too far. The girl is at a disadvantage in these shelves, since she gets very little space to maneuver. Still they take the occasional swing at each other, and after a couple of minutes, the woman gets a lucky hit and and lands a good gash on the girl.\n\n"Aaahh, fuck!"\n\n"Woof woof woof!" the strange dog responds, getting everyone's attention.\n\nThe girl takes the opportunity to back away. "Someone read that fucking note!"\n\n<<if $note eq "yes">>"I don't think this is going to help," you say, looking at the piece of paper.\n\n"Let me see that," Glenda says as she looks at it. "This just might work. You should do it."<<else>>Glenda picks up what the dog dropped and reads the note. "Interesting. It seems that you can turn into a girl like her if you hold this up and say 'return to normal'. You should try it."<<endif>>\n\n[["Fine."|Detransform]]\n[["No way."|Sure?]]\n<<set $watch = "yes">>

Daisy pulls out two dice and throws them at the ground in front of the criminal. "Snake eyes!" she shouts as an ethereal cobra rises from them. You raise your wand, and with a "Sparkling Joyful Expanse!" a rainbow colored beam shoots from it. Your timing is perfect, and it connects with the masked woman at the same instant as Daisy's snake. They both pass through her harmlessly and blast a large hole in the wall.\n\n"W-what?" You say in shock.\n\n"But we totally hit her!" Daisy says.\n\nThe woman laughs again, and you look around. You finally notice that the shelving behind her is damaged, as if by another magical attack. You now know why the clerk is so scared.\n\n"Thanks for the exit, twerps. Now you," she says, turning to Yorokonde, "I said empty the drawer."\n\n"I don't think so," comes an unfamiliar voice from behind. You turn around to see a black-haired girl in a sweatshirt. Her legs are covered in this weird blue item that's sort of like long shorts, or loose but stiff leggings. With no makeup, jewelry, or frills of any kind, she's one of the strangest-looking girls you've ever seen. "Leave or I use this!" she shouts, raising a baseball bat.\n\nThe woman responds by walking toward this strange girl. As they prepare to fight, you feel something cold and wet rub against your arm. You look down to see a golden retriever with something in its mouth.\n\n[[See what the deal with the dog is.|Dog]]\n[[Ignore the dog and see what happens.|Watch]]\n

You take a good look a the situation, and you see that the shelving behind the masked woman appears to have been recently damaged by a magic attack. You know why the clerk is so scared. "Hold on. I think--"\n\nWhile it seems that you grabbed Glenda's attention, Warrior isn't waiting for anything. "Lovely Slash!" she shouts as she slashes the air, shooting a crecent wave through the masked woman and into the wall. The woman is entirely unaffected.\n\nThe other two girls stare, stunned. "But I--I hit her!" Warrior exclaims.\n\n"I know," you reply, gritting your teeth. The rumors were right. But what can you do about it?\n\nThe woman chuckles and turns back to the clerk. "Now, about that money..."\n\n"Back off!" says an unfamiliar voice from behind. You turn around to see a black-haired girl in a sweatshirt. Her legs are covered in this weird blue item that's sort of like long shorts, or loose but stiff leggings. With no makeup, jewelry, or frills of any kind, she's one of the strangest-looking girls you've ever seen. "Leave or I use this!" she shouts, raising a baseball bat.\n\nThe woman responds by walking toward this strange girl. As they prepare to fight, you feel something cold and wet rub against your arm. You look down to see a golden retriever with something in its mouth.\n\n[[See what the deal with the dog is.|Dog]]\n[[Ignore the dog and see what happens.|SchoolWatch]]

"God damn it, Hermes! I fought a fucking yoma last night!"\n\n"You're a 14-year-old girl. That's what you do. Now get up!"\n\nYou grumble some more before you feel the blanket being yanked off your body.\n\n"I SAID, GET UP!"\n\n[[Get up.|Up]]\n[[Teach that furry bastard a lesson.|Kick ass]]\n

Warrior takes the bottle and follows the instructions, instantly donning a track outfit, her sword turning into a shinai. She tosses the bottle to Glenda, who does the same after a moment of hesitation. Her dress becomes slightly less revealing. The two rush at the woman and take her down instantly.\n\n"Quick, follow me!" the mysterious girl says, and your friends follow. You hesitate, and when you finally try to follow, you find that you lost them. You try searching the city, but they're nowhere to be found.\n\nThey never explain what the deal with all that was, and you never get to find out about all the cool stuff you're sure they've been doing since. You're stuck just being an average, everyday magical girl for the rest of your days.\n\n[[The end.|The end]]\n\n<<set $badend = "yes">>

"I think they're called 'pants,' or maybe 'jeans.' That's what they call them on those weird regular girl conspiracy theorist websites."\n\n[[Back|Secret]]\n<<set $question = "yes">>

You give her a call. "Hey, Becky. It's Sparkle Princess Maggie."\n\n"The dog stopped by?" Becky asks unenthusiastically.\n\n"Yeah. The note says this one's 'rather dangerous.'"\n\n"Damn. I guess we should patrol the city."\n\nGreat. Right in the middle of your game. "Okay, I'll head out in a few. Call me if you see anything."\n\n[[Go back upstairs.|Upstairs]]

<<if $badend eq "yes">>You really didn't want to take part in the premise of the game you're playing? Try again to see if you can get a real ending, weirdo.<<endif>>\n\n<html><center>You've just played<br><big><big><big><whee>Regular Girl Margaret Johnson</html>\n\n<html><center>Written by Dustin Cooper for the 2013 Magical Girl Jam\n<a href="https://twitter.com/GenioAugusti" target="_blank">@GenioAugusti</a> on Twitter</html>\n\n<html><center>CSS, editing, play testing, & sparkling moral support from <a href="https://twitter.com/MsGlitterqueef" target="_blank">@MsGlitterqueef</a></html>\n<html><center>The stylesheet used is a modified version of "ZX Spectwine", one of <a href="http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/5163" target="_blank">Leon Arnott's CSS Stylesheets for Twine</a>. Thanks also goes to <a href="http://www.glitter-graphics.com/" target="_blank">Glitter-Graphics.com</a> for all the sparkles.</html>

The two of you only want some snack food, so you head to the convenience store. But just as you arive, you hear a bang and the sound of screaming coming from inside.\n\n[[Head inside.|Store]]\n[[Tell Daisy that you guys should go somewhere else.|Somewhere else]]\n

Seeing your opportunity, you all rush the woman and quickly knock her unconscious. Rebecca cracks the front door, whistles, and then hurries you all out the back. "They'll be too busy with the bank to bother with us for now."\n\nShe takes you somewhere out of sight and transforms back to her normal, magical state. The rest of you follow suit and take a minute to catch your breath.\n\n"That was awesome!" Daisy finally says.\n\n"You're crazy," Glenda replies. "We nearly got killed!"\n\n"Yeah, but we did bring a criminal to justice," Warrior says. "It was worth it for that. What do you think, Sparks?"\n\n[["I'm glad we all did this."|Worth it]]\n[["That was awful."|awful]]\n\n

You and your friends soon find yourself outside of Star Prism Bank. Some Lovely Policing Guardians are already there, aiming their wands at at a strangely dressed woman at the entrance.\n\n"Behold!" she says, holding up a weird metal thing in her hand. "I have been granted the secret and ancient power of Gun! Observe and tremble!" She aims it vaguely towards one of the officers, and there's a very loud pop. The officer screams and grips her bleeding leg.\n\n[[Watch the scene more.|Bankwatch]]\n[[Run off and transform|Detransform2]]

You give Becky a call, and the group splits up. Which direction do you go?\n\n[[North near the mall.|North]]\n[[East in the business district.|East]]\n[[West near the river.|West]]\n[[South by the school.|South]]\n<<set $split = "yes">>

"Are you crazy?" Warrior asks. "This is our duty!"\n\n"Besides, we should be able to get a note from any adult witness. It won't affect our attendence record," Glenda adds.\n\n[[Succumb to peer pressure.|Schoolstore]]

"What is it?"\n\nThe dog drops the thing in its mouth and lets out this weird "woof" noise.\n\n"What?"\n\nIt just sits there, panting, staring at you.\n\n"Okay..." You pick up the thing on the ground. It's a plastic bag with a folded up note and a small bottle of nail polish remover.\n\n[[Read note carefully.|Note]]\n[[Skim note to see if there's something important.|Skim]]\n<<if $hookie eq "yes">>[[Ignore it and watch the fight.|Watch]]<<else>>[[Ignore it and watch the fight.|SchoolWatch]]<<endif>>\n<<set $dog = "yes">>

"You're going to ditch me?" asks a dejected Daisy.\n\n"I... but ...unicorn!" you say with tears in your eyes.\n\n"You can still ride with us," Becky says to Daisy. "We can just drop you off somewhere else on the way if you want."\n\nDaisy leaps on. "What are you waiting for, Sparky?"\n\n[[Join her on the unicorn.|later]]

Looking around, you find that there's a glass door at the back entrance that leads inward to a small room with an ATM. Unfortunately, it's locked. It looks like you need to slide in an ATM card to get it to open, and none of you have one.\n\n[[Bash it open.|Bash]]\n[[Maybe you should see if the police can help here.|Police]]\n\n<<set $back = "yes">>

<<if $time lt 6>>The softball team is out practicing. You try to get in close, but coach Athletic Defender Sally insists that you stay off the field. Still, there doesn't seem to be anything unusual here.\n\n[[North near the mall.|North]]\n[[East in the business district.|East]]\n[[West near the river.|West]]<<endif>><<if $time gte 6 and $split eq "no">>It looks like another dead end, but then you see some Lovely Policing Guardians hurrying along the road to the east, sirens blaring.\n\n[[Follow|Bank]]<<endif>><<if $time gte 6 and $split eq "yes">>Just as you arrive, you get a text from Daisy. "Star Prism Bank" is all it says.\n\n[[Hurry over.|Bank]]<<endif>>\n\n<<set $time = $time + 1>>

The two of you make your way out of the arcade looking confident and tough. Only a moment later, you hear a bang and some screaming that sounds like it's coming from the direction of the convenience store.\n\n[[Time to kick ass.|Store]]\n

<<if $hookie eq "yes">>"Is it another regular girl?" asks Daisy nonchalantly as you re-enter the room. You just stare at her, stunned.\n\n"What?" Glenda asks.\n\n"You know the whole magic immunity thing--"\n\n"DAISY!" you shout.\n\n"What? Wait, you didn't tell them?"\n\n"Becky told us to keep it a secret!"\n\n"Wait, Becky's in on this thing now?" Warrior asks.\n\n"No! Well, okay, yes. I mean..."\n\n[[Just tell them everything.|Explanation]]\n[[Tell them that it's a secret.|Secret2]]<<else>>Glenda and Warrior give you a knowing look. Daisy just looks confused. "What's going on now?"\n\n"It's..." you begin, not sure entirely what to say. "We have to go do a thing in town."\n\n"Hey! Don't leave me out of monster hunting!" Daisy replies.\n\n"It's not exactly monster hunting," Glenda tries to explain helpfully.\n\nDaisy just looks more intrigued. "Are you going to tell me, or do I have to consult the fates?" she asks, holding up some dice.\n\nWarrior sighs. "Maybe you should just tell her."\n\n[[Just tell her everything.|Explanation]]\n[[Tell her that it's a secret.|Secret2]]<<endif>>\n

Becky is able to convince the school you have a good excuse for being late. They never question the class president. You thought that you guys might end up friends, but she doesn't seem to take much more interest in you now than she did before. You want to say that this upsets you, but if you're honest with yourself, you're more sad that you probably won't be able to ride that unicorn again anytime soon.\n\nOver the next month <<if $mommad eq "no">>you<<else>>your friends<<endif>> fight a monster every other day, <<if $mommad eq "no">>you and everyone else lend<<else>>everyone else lends<<endif>> Beautiful Valkyrie Helga their hope so she can defeat a being of ultimate evil in the sky, and blah blah blah it was April. <<if $mommad eq "yes">>Not that you got to do anything fun like that, stuck in at home with Hermes watching you like a hawk and all.<<endif>>\n\n<<if $mommad eq "yes">>The first Saturday after your punishment's over,<<else>>One Saturday,<<endif>> you're at home playing Peach Party with <<if $hookie eq "yes">>Daisy, Lovely Warrior, and Spooky Witch Glenda<<else>>Warrior, Glenda, and Dice Collector Daisy<<endif>> when you hear scratching at the door. \n\n[[Answer it.|Answer]]\n[[Let your mom answer.|MomAnswer]]

"STOP TELLING ME WHAT TO DO!" You get up and grab your [[wand|wand]]. "Sparkling Joyful Expanse!" A rainbow-colored beam leaps from your wand, but Hermes jumps to the side and dodges. A small bit of smoke rises from the carpet.\n\n"Sparkle Princess--"\n\n"Sparkling Joyful Expanse!" Hermes dodges again and lands in front of the TV. Damn these long attack names! Smoke rises from the spot on the wall you hit.\n\n"Sparkling Joyful Expanse!" As Hermes once more leaps out of the way, you hear the screen of your TV shatter.\n\n"SPARKLE PRINCESS MAGGIE!!!" You gulp at your [[mother's|Mom]] voice as she bursts open the door and takes stock of what you did. "You are grounded, young lady! Now get your butt to school and if I hear that you've done ANYTHING else, I'll--" she lets out a strangled noise of exasperation. "Just go to school!"\n\n[["Yes ma'am."|School]]\n[[(lie)"Yes ma'am."|Hookie]]\n\n<<set $mommad = "yes">>

"Return to normal!"\n\nYou are expecting the flash of bright colors and the surge of energy that normally comes with a new transformation. Instead, there is just a sudden onset of what you can only describe as heaviness. You look down to find yourself wearing a t-shirt and those same weird leg things as the other girl. She and the woman fighting don't seem to have noticed.\n\n<<if $skim eq "yes">>"What the fuck?" you say.\n\nThe other two girls turn and are startled. "Who are you?" Warrior asks.\n\n"I'm Margaret Johnson!" You pause, realizing what just came out of your mouth automatically. "I mean--"\n\n"Just get over here and help, Margaret!" the other regular girl shouts as she and the woman cautiously swing at each other.<<else>>You immediately run to the other side of the woman with the knife.<<endif>>\n\nYou wait until the woman seems particularly distracted and do what seems to come naturally in this form: kick her in the knee. She stumbles, and the other girl takes the opportunity to get a good hit in with the bat. The woman crumbles.\n\n"Quick, follow me!"\n\n[[Follow.|Follow]]\n[[Don't.|Don't]]

Arresting Beauty leaves to rejoin the officers. You girls make your way toward the back entrance. You hear Arresting Beauty through a megaphone asking exactly what sort of helicopter would be sufficient. You figure that's probably the distraction, and the group of you manage to quietly make it into the building. You see three women tied up near the counter, and the woman is at the door yelling back at Arresting Beauty.\n\n[[Rush her.|rush]]\n[[Sneak in and find hiding spots.|hide]]

"Fine. I'll do it." She raises the bottle in the air, and with a "Return to normal," she's instantly in a leather jacket and those weird leg things. "Eat this, bitch!" She tackles the woman and the two strange girls quickly knock her unconscious.\n\n"Quick, follow me!" the first one says, and Daisy does so. You hesitate for a moment, and when you finally try to follow, you find that you lost them. You try searching the whole city, but they're nowhere to be found.\n\nWhen you get home, it turns out that your mom found out you skipped school, and boy is she mad. <<if $mommad eq "yes">>Your already long grounding becomes even longer, and chances are you're not getting a TV again until you move out.<<else>>You're grounded for the next two weeks.<<endif>> By the time you're able to talk to Daisy again, she's started pretending it never happened. You get the impression that she's been doing all sorts of cool stuff, but you're sadly never going to find out what. You're just going to be an ordinary, everyday magical girl for the rest of your days.\n\n[[The end.|The end]]\n\n<<set $badend = "yes">>

<<if $hookie eq "yes" and $watch eq "no">>"Well, I guess she'd probably find out anyway.<<endif>><<if $hookie eq "no" and $watch eq "no">>"Well, I guess they'd probably find out anyway.<<endif>> So what do you want to know?"\n\n<<if $skim eq "yes">>[["So what was on that note? I think I dropped mine."|Beckys Note]]<<endif>><<if $watch eq "yes" and $note eq "no">>[["So what was on that note? I think we dropped mine."|Beckys Note]]<<endif>>\n<<if $skim eq "no" and $note eq "yes">>[["What exactly is a "regular girl?"|Regular Girl]]<<endif>>\n[["How long as this been going on?"|How Long]]\n<<if $skim eq "no" and $note eq "yes">>[["Who's this "friend?"|Friend]]<<endif>>\n[["What's the deal with that dog?"|Dog?]]\n[["What the fuck were those things on our legs?"|Pants]]\n<<if $question eq "yes">>[["I think I know all I need right now.|Part 1 end]]<<endif>>