>>27788170
aww right, let's drop some more spaghetti, team!

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"Er, never mind," you say. "I guess she'll tell me when she's ready. Maybe."
"Ehehe, yeah," Sylvie replies. "It's not really my place to say, even though it's seriously not all that big a deal..."
"Yeah, it's not like I'd act any differently if I did know. I mean, I act the same towards you as I did before I found out that your father is Sir Vincent."
"Yeah, and I want you to know that I really appreciate that," Sylvie says, a warm smile on her face.

Your little moment ended by the sudden reappearance of Gerhard, who is now holding a large wooden bucket.

"As requested, here is your bucket." Gerhard says, placing it on the floor beside the table.
"Ah, thanks!" Sylvie replies.
"I was going to ask why you wanted one, but then I realized what today's magic lesson would entail. I thank you for taking precautions against making a mess."
"I felt bad about before so I wanted to be extra careful this time," Sylvie smiles guiltily.

Sylvie then flips through a few papers again before standing up and cracking her knuckles.

>[1/2]

>>27788195
>[2/2]

"Okay, um..." she begins, "a lot of spells involve creating objects, so I thought it'd be a good idea to start with the easiest thing I know of. After you get this down, we can move on to attack spells and stuff."
"Sounds like it makes sense," you reply.
"Though it's simple, I guess this is a pretty universally useful spell," Sylvie says. "It's called 'Aqua Suspend' and it makes an orb of water."
"...so -that's- what the bucket was for."

"Alright, and how for a demonstration..." Sylvie says as she picks up the bucket and places it on the table. She then holds a hand in the air, and chants.

"Dew of life, come forth and quench my thirst," Sylvie says, Script forming around her. "Aqua Suspend!"

In a flash, the Script disappears as a tiny droplet of water appears several inches above Sylvie's hand, gradually growing to the size of a grapefruit.

"Pretty cool, huh?" Sylvie says, holding the orb of water in place. "It's especially useful in the summer when you get thirsty and don't have anything to drink!"

>how do you react?

>>27788203
"Sweet!"

Now try it yourself.

>>27788203
>Try not to fuck it up and cast the spell

Rolled 16

Sickening.

Try to cast it, at her prompting.

>>27788203
Poke the orb. I have the urge to poke it.

After whatever happens, try casting it yourself.

>>27788203
Awesome. try it. carefully.

and is it really good idea to cast this in vicinity of books?


inb4 someone suggests drenching Sylvie in conjured water

>>27788203
If we were outside we could've had a water fight...
Maybe next time we three are together we could gang up on her with this spell

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>>27788203
Excellent, now we can drench our hot body on command.

This will come in handy for reasons.

But for now try to keep it all in the bucket.

Rolled 16, 20, 6, 8, 8, 3, 1, 12, 12, 13, 2, 17, 2, 1, 13, 9, 20, 19, 13, 11 = 206

>>27788230

>writing

>>27788246
why did you feel the need to do that?

>>27788234
By that I meant us and Sylvie, throwing orbs of water at Nicolette

>>27788260
We can't wet t-shirt contest Ariane's kid.

She'll fucking murder us and not the good kind either.

>>27788255
Theres a pattern to the madness.

>>27788269
Or, perhaps it is madness that makes you see patterns that don't exist.

>>27788274
wrenloft pls.

No tears, now, only dreams.

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>>27788274
do you even pseudorandom?

>>27788170
Just going to throw this out as a suggestion for an incantation:
"Bound by chains of Earth,
The Heavens deny thee passage!
Wingbind!"
For dealing with annoying flying-friends, obviously. Also, I love incantations.

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if i can make a suggestion: why not use strawpoll for your multiple choice questions?

>>27788325
Polls wouldn't archive and would expire.

>>27788336
you could post the general result.

You look at the orb of water that's floating over Sylvie's hand, and a certain urge comes over you.

You want to poke it.

You REALLY want to poke it.

But that would be bad... right?

Just as you decide not to succumb to your todder-like impulses, you find that your finger is already halfway inside the floating water.

"Oh crap-" you stammer as you pull your hand away, expecting something horrible to happen.

...but nothing does! Sylvie just looks at you, laughing.

"I did the exact same thing when my father first showed me this spell," Sylvie giggles. "Don't worry, it won't explode or anything."
"Oh," you sigh, relieved that you didn't screw up horribly.
"Actually, there's a bit of a trick to this spell," Gerhard says.
"Really?" Sylvie replies, surprised.
"Yes, try casting it again, this time using your other hand as the anchor."
"Um... okay."

Sylvie then holds her other arm out aboce the bucket and casts the spell a second time. Now there's an orb of water floating above either of her hands, and she looks quite confused.

"Umm... what do I do now?" Slvie asks.
"Try moving the first orb into the second," Gerhard says.
"O... okay..."

Carefully, Sylvie does as she's told, turning her hands such that the two spheres of water collide and combine with each other.

"W... wow, I never thought to do this," Sylvie says, surprised that the single larger orb is still floating.
"Now you can release one of the instances of the spell, and the orb should remain intact," Gerhard says.
"Really?" Sylvie squints and lets her left arm rest... and the water is indeed still floating above her right hand! "Oh, wow!"
"Yes, you can actually keep on doing that repeatedly until you reach your personal limit for how much water you can maintain at one time," Gerhard explains.

>[1/?]

>>27788345
Guess it becomes more of a "Because he doesn't want to," then.

>>27788348
We have a bathtub: New nightly training routine unlocked.

>>27788361
It dose scream training spell...

>>27788348
Seeing as this is a library, it might not be wise to do that at the moment.

>>27788348
That has many useful applications, from the practical to the mischievous...

With metal affinity, we can get even more utility out of it than most as well, through the creation of metal containers.

>>27788348
>[2/2]

"Huh," you say, scratching your head. "I guess I'll give it a try... um, what was the spell again?"
"Here you go," Gerhard says, handing you a pice of paper with the NEATEST handwriting that you've ever seen."
"Oh, thanks," you say as you take the paper from him.
"I'm watching the two of you in order to relieve stress, so helping out is the least I can do," Gerhard bows.

You then read the words to the spell several times, remembering how you messed up the first time you cast Sparkle Shine. With the words memorized, you begin chanting.

"Dew of life, come forth and quench my thirst," you say as Script forms in the air around you.

You then stretch out your arm, and...

"Aqua Suspend."

The Script vanishes, and...

...it works! You see a tiny drop of water floating in the air above your hand, showly growing in size until it stabilizes around that of a small grape.

"...that's all?" you say, more than a bit disappointed as you look over at the orb that Sylvie is still maintaining.
"Um, you'll start to make bigger ones as you get better with the spell," Sylvie explains. "That's pretty good for a first try though, mine was the size of a pea the first time I cast it!"
"If you say so..."

>ask a question
>LET'S FILL THAT BUCKET WITH MAGICALLY-CREATED WATER!

>>27788402
DRINK IT OUT OF THE AIR!

>>27788402
>LET'S FILL THAT BUCKET WITH MAGICALLY-CREATED WATER!

>>27788402
>>LET'S FILL THAT BUCKET WITH MAGICALLY-CREATED WATER!

>>27788402
See if you can splash her.

>>27788399
Im pretty sure affinity will only really come into play when we have to do things that require a large amount of our capacity like spamming spells 1000 times or casting spells so huge that we NEED the affinity bonus to be abke to manage them

>>27788402
>RAMIREZ, FILL THAT BUCKET

>>27788402

>FILL THAT BUCKET

It's not long until we can make magic lemonade, or magic tea, or Kool-Aid.

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>>27788402
wow. looks like we're a natural.

let's magically come buckets.

>>27788402
Fill that bucket with the best water the kingdom has ever had.

>>27788402
>LET'S FILL THAT BUCKET WITH MAGICALLY-CREATED WATER!

Reinhold casts TIDAL WAVE, one grape-sized droplet at a time.

>>27788421
I'm not sure if everyone can create metal things. From what I gather metal affinity means that sometimes what would ordinarily be earth spells will create metal instead of earth. Which I take to mean people without metal affinity cannot create metal.
A bit of a stretch, maybe we can confirm this later when it really matters.

>writing

>>27788402
>>LET'S FILL THAT BUCKET WITH MAGICALLY-CREATED WATER!

>>27788402
HYDRO STORM!
HYDRO STORM!
HYDRO STORM!
HYDRO STORM!
HYDRO STORM!
HYDRO STORM!

Deciding that now is as good a time as any, you make you best attempt to fill that bucket with water. Fortunately, Sylvie finally drops her spell, which helps a lot.

"Aqua Suspend!"

"Aqua Suspend!"

"Aqua Suspend!"

Over and over and OVER again, you cast the spell until you can't cast it any more. Sadly, the bucket isn't barely half-full.

"Ehehe, it looks like you got the hang of the spell!" Sylvie says to you, happily.
"Yeah, that wasn't too hard," you reply.
"Well, water is generally the easiest thing for people to create with magic."
"Yeah, that makes sense," you reply.

Sylvie then looks at the bucket that's sitting on the table.

"Um, I guess that's it for today, so I'll go pour this out..." Sylvie says as she reaches for the bucket.
"No, that won't be necessary," Gerhard replies. "I can always use this to water some of the plants I keep in the back."
"Um, okay!" Sylvie replies, smiling. "Um, I think I'll go visit Mr. Niklaus now, so I'll be seeing you two later!"
"Goodbye, Miss Sylvie," Gerhard says, bowing. "Watching you and Reinhold here made today a bit less unpleasant."

>what do you do now?

>>27788500
go visit the princess

>>27788500
Go read a book. We got books that need readin.

>>27788520
Readin' sounds good. I'm down for that.

>>27788515
She's gone to sleep though, hasn't she?
Physical training

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>>27788485

Damn it, Reinhold! How many charges do you have?

Really, Reinhold? You're gonna be a cheap ass?

>>27788526
>>27788500
Physical training was meant to link to op

>>27788500
Make sure that map we drew up is still in our drawer. Maybe burn it now that we know the castle layout better.

>>27788500
Offering to accompany her would be probably rude and intrusive, so say goodbye and go finish self off in the training yard

>>27788500
Go read a book on the historic interactions of grnlanacheian queens and foreign powers. Then visit the princess to talk about it

>>27788500
Physical training.

Then brain training with books.

>>27788539
You got that backwards, son.

Incidentally, good idea. We'll walk with Sylvie and THEN read.

>>27788500
Reading sounds like a nice way to wind this day down. Maybe the magic book?

>writing

Anyone still here?

>>27788584
Nope, just you.

>>27788584
Dude, it's only been two minutes.

>>27788584
yo

>>27788584
Sup?

>>27788584
No.

>>27788590
>>27788591
>>27788592
>>27788596
Was reading up on an ambitious game, and the thread seemed to be waiting so thought we throw out a topic.

"Bye, you two," you say, waving. "Thanks for helping me out."
"Any time, Reinhold," Gerhard replies.
"Yeah, I'm always happy to help!"

The two of you then head into the hallway. Sylvie looks at you as if she wants to say something, but then shakes her head and heads off in the opposite direction from where you were headed.

You're a bit sore from Sylvie's amazing exploding punch, so you decide to call it a night and head up to your room. Per usual, you check to make sure that everything's alright with the Princess's room before heading to your own, tossing off your (dirty) jacket into a corner and taking a seat at your desk.

>What will you read?
>A brief history of the Kingdom of Marconetti
>beginning entrepreneurial tactics
>A Beginner's Earth Magic: 12th edition

Isn't this time usually way past QM's bedtime? What sorcery is this?

>>27788613
>A brief history of the Kingdom of Marconetti

>>27788613
>>beginning entrepreneurial tactics

>>27788613
Grab a copy of "A Gentleman's Guide to the Kingdom of Biscotti."

>>27788615
He usually leaves around now, but he said he will be staying for an hour longer.
>>27788613
>>A brief history of the Kingdom of Marconetti
We are going the ball after all.

>>27788613
>>beginning entrepreneurial tactics

>>27788615
Staying up to finish off this day.

>>27788613
A Beginner's Earth Magic: 12th edition

>>27788613
>A brief history of the Kingdom of Marconetti

>>27788613
>>A Beginner's Earth Magic: 12th edition

>>27788613
>beginning entrepreneurial tactics

>>27788634
Fix your sleeping. You live on the east coast yet you go to sleep at like 7AM.

>>27788613
history book oughta make for a fitting bedtime story.

>>27788629
W-what is this sorcery?

>>27788613
Lets go with the history book should prove useful in the coming days.

>>27788613
> HISTORY! Where do we come from?(in marconetti) Where are we going? (In marconetti)

>>27788613
>beginning entrepreneurial tactics

May as well get it out of the way.

Archelon, we can also bother Arnaud for swordsmanship lessons right? I figure it'd be best to improve that too, not just magic.

>>27788641
College student
>>27788634
Also are you doing the vote today or tomorrow?

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>>27788629
>Kingdom of Biscotti.

>>27788652
Also bother the ninja librarian for art lessons.

>>27788657
Should probably do it when the most people are present.

>>27788613
>A brief history of the Kingdom of Marconetti

>>27788613
>A brief history of the Kingdom of Marconetti

Best get learnin'

>>27788613
>beginning entrepreneurial tactics

>>27788670
Yeah, that's what I was figuring.
Though people were saying that they wanted to do the next day to see Marianne's reactions, which I am totally cool with.
time skip skips ahead, but you miss out on things as well

>>27788613
>beginning entrepreneurial tactics

Lets do this.

>>27788686
You could do a highlight reel to show what we "missed"

>>27788686
Highlight reel or give us some choices to do in a week and you give a brief summary of notable events.(which can let us choose our reactions to)

>writing

>>27788686
If you dont do timeskip, you can save ALOT of time by having our PC set up a weekly routine.

Also, you should lock voting by now. I doubt there's like 2 dozen people watching this thread. Lots of samefagging between the history book and business option. You should just roll for it.

Actually, I recommend you limit voting to 5 minutes to minimize samefagging.

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>>27788629
Nice Dog Days reference.

>>27788613
>beginning entrepreneurial tactics

We have a ton of money we got nothing to really do with other than buy things for girls of a higher social class we're acquainted with.

>>27788485
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yrv8-VW_qtU

>>27788705
>>27788686
Routine should be balanced. Something that lets us do:
1. Sparring with Nico/Arnaud OR training
2. Sylvie magic lessons
3. Reading
4. Art
5. Misc shit because we've only been focusing on the above four.
6. Taking care of our finances. Probably not often.

>>27788716
You seem upset with our lifestyle, because that sounds pretty good to me.

>>27788705
When I do a
>writing
post, that means that voting has closed. It's how I've always done it, as a note for those who hadn't figured it out by now.

>>27788727
Not really. I'd never just randomly pay for things to show off/be 'nice', especially when they're richer.

>>27788726
Just alternate between sword/read and magic/art. All our needs met and everything gets targeted.

Monday/Wednesday/Friday muscle man, Tuesday/Thursday grad student, weekends to faff about.

>>27788707
>>27788629
>>27788646
>>27788665
We'll read that book one of these days.

>>27788745
Sounds good.

>>27788726
You forgot ball room dancing,etiquette,politics,exploring the castle,fixing our big three problems.

>>27788745
I'm for this.

>>27788760
>ball room dancing,etiquette,politics

Thats all part of the classes we attend with the princess.

Exploring can be weekends. Though I think we should get everything covered to be balanced. With an emphasis on swordsmanship training followed by magic.

>>27788760
How about just a priority list then rather than a proper routine?

>>27788726
This. This would save up time by not having to vote every day.

>>27788780
Might be a good idea. This way we would focus less on POWERGAMING and more on socializing, which is what is important, anyways.

You pick up "A brief history of the Kingdom of Marconetti," and get to reading.

The book begins with the kingdom's beginning as the northern part of old Granache, and then goes into the Fall of the Old Kings and the turmoil afterwards. Marconetti was divided up into several territories, but the mercenary who would become the first king successfully defeated them all together with the son of the water spirit Sivarios.

After the kingdom's founding, its new king went hard to work at forming trade and military alliances. Though several of the kingdoms that Marconetti has allied with have fallen, the bond between it and Granache has remained unbroken to the present day, most likely due to their shared heritage.

After Granache, Marconetti's longest relationship is with its neighbor Ancellotta. The two countries have always been at odds over one thing or another, the most current being a dispute over the latter's slave trade. While full-fledged war has never broken out between them, there's been the occasional conflict here and there. The writer of the book believes that Ancellotta is afraid to fight a proper war with Marconetti, though it flexes its muscles now and then to show that it's still a threat.

The book then goes on about the various kings of Marconetti, from the first to the current king, Celestino. Born with far above average magical talent, he was an adventurer in his youth, along with his friends Gillaume Arnaud and Nicolas Schroeder. While he made quite a name for himself as an adventurer, he retired after being crowned King and has focused on forming strong alliances to secure Marconetti's future ever since.

The book also says that Celestino became king... nearly sixty years ago? Just how old -is- he?

Ending on that confusing note, you close the book and go to sleep.

1.Classes
2.Magic lessons
3.Art lessons
4.Sword lessons
5.Reading
6.Exploring
7.Training
8.Sketching
9.Go the town
10.Misc
So here the list of things we could do.

>>27788812
hey hey, finally some insight on Nicolette's pedigree.

>>27788812

Schroeder. Presumably that's her mom's last name. Or dad's. I forget which side of the family the royal blood comes from.

>>27788814
You mean classes without the princess? I dont think thats necessary to pay for.

Magic, Art, Sword, Reading, Exploring, Training/Swording are good. Sketching is just a second slot of art, so no. Town is also good.

So I think it'd be:
1. Magic
2. Art
3. Sword
4. Training/Sparring (Magic, Martial or both)
5. Exploring the Castle
6. Go to Town
7. Money matters
8. Misc.

>>27788812
This sounds suspiciously like North Korea. Minus the "no war" part.

>>27788835
It's daddy-o's.

Finally calling it a night, guys.
Next thread is undecided, maybe tomorrow night if I'm feeling like it.

As always, thanks for playing.

>>27788850
Thanks arch

>>27788839
I put art lessons differently than skechting because we would be getting taught by the ninja librarian

YOU FAGGOTS DIDN'T ASK SYLVIE ABOUT GREGORY AND NICOLETTE? JESUS CHRIST.

>>27788858
Oh. Well, that make s9.

>>27788812
>>27788822
Nicolas Schroeder? I don't think we've met him yet. We should probably keep quiet on this for now, there being no benefit to us letting them know that we know.

>>27788859
>Prying
After we had a go at them for doing the same that would be a bit douchey.

>>27788863
wait is he the crazy mage?

>>27788859
Why would we?

>>27788863
What was the lewd mages masters name?

>>27788850

Thanks for the thread, arch. Archived.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/27788170/

>>27788879
>>27788867
We have to fucking confirm it so 'our character' knows the stupid tidbit of knowledge. Arc is still treating us as if we don't know because two of you still don't think it's true.

Approach either Silv or Nico and ask if Gregory is Nicolette's dad. That's it.

>>27788878
>>27788888
Probably. In any case we'll find out for sure when it becomes relevant (either when we meet the guy or when his name is brought up in conversation).

>>27788916

No we don't, asshat. Let Nicolette tell us herself. We got pissed when they pried, why shouldn't they when we do the same?

>>27788916
I honestly don't care if it's true or not, however I'd rather not have 'our character' ask.

>>27788923
This

>>27788916
She doesn't feel like telling us, and it's not actually important in the slightest, so what is the harm in leaving it at "strong suspicion" until she feels comfortable letting us in on the secret?

I don't get why this is such a big deal to you.

>>27788916
>>27788859
Christ, you again? This is a collaborative game, we don't have to anything; powergaming and meta is liable to get us punished or kill the quest, so piss off.

I say we ask Arnaud, Gregory, Vincent and the balroom dancing teacher who their parents are. Who know, it might be relevant one day.

>>27788988
Likely as not, we can find out through textbooks. I have a feeling that finding about these things without the girls telling us themselves will be of little benefit to us. If they feel telling us, or that we need to now, they'd tell us.

>>27788916
You know that it may not be Gregory, right?

You're just looking at the cast list and drawing assumptions.

It's entirely possible that there are more distant branches of the royal family outside the direct descendants we're aware of.

Gregory is a shrewd guess, but it's still a guess until it's confirmed.

>>27788850
You an cool bro OP

>>27789270
It is at this point almost assuredly not Gregory. Mostly because nicolette has royal ties to the kingdom of Marconetti NOT Granache. Though since they are both descended from the sealed king (of water) maybe its not all that dissimilar?

>>27789397
Wait wait wait. Where did you get the idea that she's related to the Marconetti royal family? That makes no sense.

If you're referring to the part where Marianne made an offhand remark about being surprised that she wasn't trying to become a Knight over there, that was a reference to the fact that Nico wants to do butt stuff with Luciana.

>>27789451
She also said nico became a guard in granache to tick off her father indicating that nicos fatherbis in marconetti, or he thinks being a royal guard is stupid. Or both.

>>27789548
> to tick off her father
More has to do with personality and career choice than location, absolutley nothing has hinted at family ties outside of the country, and if that was so, why would she have a manor here?

>>27789548
That theory doesn't track for a several of reasons.

First off, if she were from Marconetti, why would she give a damn if we know who her father is? We know the name of exactly ONE Marconetti noble old enough to be her father, the king, and since its clear that Nico and Luciana are NOT siblings that can't be right.

Not to mention that based on the reactions of both Sylvie and Nico's mum, her dad's secret identity isn't a big deal at all, and thus he MUST be somebody we know or there would be no reason to keep the secret.

Secondly, why would her mother be living in Granache in what appears to be a permanent residence if she was married to a Marconetti noble?

Finally, nothing you said actually implies she's from there, because of what >>27789567 said.

>>27789548
No, it implies that her father is Gregory. With her mother and father both powerful mages and her father holding such a high position already it'd be simplicity itself to just skyrocket her to a lofty position a la Sylvie, not having to do pleb work and getting to work on her skills all day and be good at shit.

The fact that so many of you still don't think Gregory is her father is the reason you need to confirm it. There's going to come a day where knowing Gregory is Nicolette's dad will be of paramount importance.

Who do you want our father in law to be, King HAHA, Sir Vincent the Skilless, or Sir Gregory the Mannerless?

In order this is the greatest list of girls we should court:

Marianne
Sylvie
Luciana
Nicolette
Inconsequential/Bad candidates for wives here

Marrying the heir apparent will make us king. Obviously the best choice.

Marrying Sylvie will make our children incredibly powerful in magery and melee, not to mention giving us connections at the court second only to if we would marry the Princess (Sylvie is fourth in line to the throne if you don't remember). She's also fucking kawaii as shit and has nice tits.

Luciana would give us connections at the court of Marconcicncincicniieieittti, but only weak ones considering she's the seventh child and the inheritance laws are Absolute agnatic.

Nicolette is good with a spear, and bad at everything else. She refuses to learn magic, has a foul temper and poor manners, and doesn't look out of this world drop dead gorgeous.

If anyone disagrees I'll hear their arguments now.

>>27792835
well the fact that Luciana's father uses her as a political tool, and her marrying us gives him no benefit.

>>27792835
What we need to do in order of importance:

Improve magic capabilities (Capacity, knowledge, available spells)
Perfect swordplay (Breathing, footwork, grip)
Continue to develop relationships (Marianne, Sylvie, AnyoneElse)
Read our books and research topics of interest (Finance/Investing, Magic, Sketching/Art)

Side things we should be doing daily or at least as much as possible-
Using our Mana to increase capacity
Participating in dancing classes (other classes should be paid attention to as well, but dancing is our immediate concern)
Making ourselves indispensable to important people (Like saving the Princess or other people like we have been doing)
Improving our standing (Talking to people, learning, doing nice things for people, etc.)

>>27792835
Sword is our woman and no other will ever do our love is is our self. I see Reinhold as being so in love with him self that the thought of a relationship beyond friends is just something he and the deeply ingrained narcism make him constantly strive for self improvement.

magic. art sword

>>27792892
This is true, Luciana isn't really even a possibility for marriage considering her father is draconian and conservative in his views and policies. She would probably run away and live in Granache with us but that's not a desirable ending for us.

Marianne and Sylvie are both vastly superior options.

>>27792835

I disagree because it's inconsequential and irrelevant part of the fluff that will no doubt be revealed to MC in due time.

There's absolutely no compelling reason why to go aspie over Nicolette's pedigree.

There's no reason to go aspie over waifus either. Certainly not on a basis of a min-max table. Love is about emotion, not reason, and MC does not strike me as someone with ambition to become a king, much less scheming and using people as means of achieving this.

>>27792952
Are you crazy or something? We've been playing Reinhold as the nicest motherfucker on the planet, helping people when we don't have to, paying for other people's stuff, forgiving others for trespassing against us, etc.

Reinhold is a selfless philanthropist right now, literally the furthest from a narcissist I could possibly imagine.

>>27792990
That's because /tg/ is completely incapable of playing anything else.

>>27793051
You havent followed many quest, have you?

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>>27792990

That's a good point. We're playing a nice guy hero - and I'm completely down with that.

>>27792990
but every time we do something nice.. people almost immediately reward us with praise and the attentions we desperately seek. I can see this kind of false philanthropy as something learned early on in the whore house were the besting at acting nice/kind got the most money/beat less. All this happens to the point were it became reflex to act like it. but we secretly loth every thing but power. and to us to atain it we must be nice

>>27793117

Nihilist pls go.

>>27793117
>3edgy5me

>>27792835
nicolette is a lez anyway.
and i guess the reason she didn't go to ganache is because luciana's father is insane

>>27793162
Edgy as opposed to the extreme we're playing right now?

>>27793261
Edgy as in it's a complete rewrite of a character's goals and motivations just so you can play a nihilist.

>>27793336
We haven't seen much of it but I haven't said anything about nihilism. I /do/ think Reinhold is being played in a very meta way, though.

>>27792835
>Marrying the heir apparent will make us king. Obviously the best choice.
Neither of these two statements are true.

Concerning the first: at _best_ our title would be "Prince Consort" and we'd have approximately no formal power whatsoever. (See: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.) Alternatively, marrying us might require Marianne to abdicate. (See: King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson.)

Concerning the second: why would we even want to be king? Most of your arguments about the other girls also seem to take the desirability of temporal power as axiomatic or inherent, but I've seen no indication that it's in Reinhold's goal-set.

>>27793386
Because him bein nice and not a total asshole to people is playing meta?

>>27793336
not every one wants to be a pussy chasing bitch like you.

as I see it yea we are nice and we do care about our friends, but are not and will never be interested in a relationship. Unless we become a knight and need to marry for political reasons, I think Reinhold just doesn't care about that stuff and should/dose actively avoid it.

>>27793425

That's your opinion, and you're free to propose suggestions to /tg/ so that Reinhold gets played like that. I'll vote them down whenever you do, though.

>>27793437
And I will vote down any quim chasing good sir.

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>>27793437

I share this sentiment. I don't want a shitstorm about whether or not MC is meant to be a celibate monk of the sword, but if (when) it happens, I'll most probably be against it.

>>27793425
Reinhold isn't chasing down relationships, bu I think it'd be fine if we just let things naturally progress, and not have him be completely celibate.

>>27793407
We are going to be the prince consort, even though we'll get the title King because the current king thinks Prince Consort sounds retarded.

You actually make some good points about wanting to be king and being married to the queen. We'd never see her and we'd have to be super formal all the time.

Which is why I'm a Sylvie guy

Just keep in mind that Reinhold is /tg/, and we can do whatever we want as long as it is the will of the majority. If arc doesn't like it he can kill the quest but nothing will change.

>>27793536
that is so dam boring I want a flawed person, afraid to love,because he has never been in love, and at the same time is slightly repulsed by the thought of physical intimacy.
if we were playing a girl from this quest Reinhold, would be the nearly impossible romance, not saying it couldn't happen but the girl will need to really work at it to get past his nice guy defense.

>>27793536
This. Active pursuit is unnecessary. Active avoidance would be silly.

>>27793604
You want a _particular_ flawed person. You've detailed this person's flaws (>>27793425, >>27793117).

Reinhold isn't that person.

>>27793640
that's, just like your option man.

honestly I want to go with the dancing teacher, I bet Reinhold even has a thing for older women, you know after being raped.

>>27793692
I'm fairly certain being raped as a child would be grounds for not engaging in intimate relationships, especially with older partners.

>>27793692
older women are the best, did we see/no tic a ring on her finger?

>>27793692

He wasn't raped, and this silly attempt at introducing grimdark into this setting will fail like all the others previously.

>>27793692
>>27793728

I hearby vote against stockholm syndrome and/or gerontophilia.

>>27793415
Are you strawmanning or can only see things in black and white? He hardly does anything leisurely--literally all of his free time has been spent working on improving himself instead of leisure. He has shown himself to be incredibly selfless and nice. He even paid for other peoples stuff just because, and apparently not to show off.

I consider it to be meta and not how 99.99% of humanity behave. And yes, just because you aren't Reinhold doesn't make you a nihilistic psychopath who rapes puppies like you seem to imply.

>>27793717
haven't read much on the long term effects of child abuse?

its fucked up but that's pretty much how it goes, looking for security/guidance it even has effect like >>27793692 latter in life.

>>27793692
Didn't him being raped make him into the hyposexual aloof guy who doesn't have an impure thought?
If he wasn't actually raped by Slippy than the dude is straight up asexual.

>>27793756

That's not true though. We're enjoying company of people who are nice back at us. We're enjoying TURKEY LEGS. We're enjoying HOT TUB OF WATER. We're enjoying well paid job that we've gotten through winning a tourney in a thing we enjoy - swording - and we're overall having pretty damn swell time here.

Although you have a point in perhaps self-improving thing, we spend a lot in there and it is kind of meta I suppose, although I'd say it's acceptably within bounds of roleplaying the fucking awesome turn of events this orphan's life has taken.

>>27793759
like
>>27793758
but it can go both ways

>>27793837
Yeah, rape victims usually experience hypo or hypersexuality after the fact. Given how ridiculously pure (or harem protag dense) Reinhold is, I'm inclined to assume the former.
Or, again, he is just asexual.

>>27793812
>We're enjoying TURKEY LEGS.

You mean going to dinner so you don't starve?

>We're enjoying HOT TUB OF WATER.

Doesn't really matter. Show me all the times we chose "take a shower" over "magic lessons" or other things like that.

>We're enjoying well paid job
With the way people seem to play him, it doesn't matter since he's just going to spend it all on anyone he spends time with or on charity.

Personally i'm just waiting for the OP to read as follows;

>Guard Rank: HORSE
>Congratulations, you are now a valued HORSE!
>Not a massively expensive warhorse, perhaps, but still a worthwhile commodity.
>The Princess now considers you good for the occasional ride!
>But she still doesn't consider you to be a person.

>>27793857
I would prefer the Asexual my self

>>27793861


>>We're enjoying well paid job
With the way people seem to play him, it doesn't matter since he's just going to spend it all on anyone he spends time with or on charity.

dude we just got a book on investing we going to make our money work for us, not work for it.

>>27793861
He gets played because he has like zero sense of self importance and is being directed by a hivemind of self esteemless anons.
If he had any self worth he'd get pretty tired of the Princesses shit, you know, like most normal people who weren't some whore's byblow left to be raised by their coworkers.

>>27793861
>You mean going to dinner so you don't starve?
No, the food in this place is really delicious, best Reinhold has in his life, and he get to eat those meals regularly everyday. So he really is enjoying them.

>Doesn't really matter. Show me all the times we chose "take a shower" over "magic lessons" or other things like that.
There are times when its in the fluff and there are times it is not, but Reinhold takes baths in the mornings. Running hot water is a great luxury for him that he enjoys very much.

>With the way people seem to play him, it doesn't matter since he's just going to spend it all on anyone he spends time with or on charity.
That's because there is nothing to spendit on. Reinhold can already get whatever he may want thanks to the job. If you have some good suggestions on where to spend the money, feel free to make them.

Lastly you really are an idiot.

>>27793924
>If he had any self wort

Yet there's like no negative qualities in Reinhold with this. He's just a saint. It sucks the enjoyment out of the quest when we're playing such a flatly nice person who makes spaghetti jokes at most.

>>27793924
dude she is a god dam Princesses and future ruler of our home land show some god dam respect.

and it doesn't matter how annoying or spoiled she is its our god dam job to protect her, and being nice to her will make that easier

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>>27793951
>implying being a push over isn't a negative quality
Reinhold has fucking brain problems m8
>>27793966
Slow your roll son, I'm just saying most people have enough scraps of ego to get tired of being called subhuman day in and day out. Unless they're shitty tsundere fetishists.

>>27793951
look a black comedy quests has started back up just get your edginess out there this is pretty much Mr. Rogers with a sword quest deal with it

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>>27793951

>being a nice guy sucks

I respectfully disagree.

Then again I generally dislike the idea that every protagonist desperately needs a particularly grim and gritty side of himself just because.

>>27793992
fucking fetish shit though man, why does the only evil fantasy quest have to become unironic gender dysphoria before we can have any fun?

>>27793857
>or harem protag dense

Just because he hasn't touched anyone there after like, one week, doesn't mean he's clueless. Though I do find irritating he's not even considering how he comes accross to Sylvie by not clarifying things.

>>27793904
Lol'd. What next?
>Ant
>Lizard
>Snake
>Rat
>Ferret
>Cat
>...

And what happens if she ever sees us as a person? We become a real boy?

>>27794033
>Just because he hasn't touched anyone there after like, one week, doesn't mean he's clueless.
He has literally had zero impure thoughts. Hell, he hasn't even touched on anything to do with Sylvie other than 'magic pls.' The most we get out of him is a blush and stuttering.
That is grade A harem protag shit yo.

>>27793947
>There are times when its in the fluff and there are times it is not

Mary Sue is a really flawed individual! Sure she's the best in her class but she has a phobia of spiders! So she's not a Mary Sue at all!

>>27793947
What does the fact the food is delicious have to do with anything? Because he doesn't go out of his way to just eat bread and cheese?

>Reinhold is played so selflessly to a degree he may as well be a saint and it's unrealistic. People spend every option doing things that directly help Reinhold.
>But he has dinner and the food is great!

>>27793947
>Lastly you really are an idiot.
>>277939922
>just get your edginess out there

You guys really can't tolerate opinions that aren't your own.

>>27794058

Where are you from? Do you regularly come up to girls and ask them whether they want to fuck in plain speech? Is rape like saying hello in your culture? Do you realize that in some cultures it is NOT considered normal or conductive to a healthy relationship to start shagging within hours of meeting a person of opposite sex?

As for impure thoughts, there's been plenty. They've just not been acted upon, which is just as well.

>>27794089

>Mary sue
oh boy here we go. Thanks for invalidating your opinion at least.

>>27794033
>>...
>And what happens if she ever sees us as a person? We become a real boy?


we or she dies

>>27794099
Why are you so assblasted right now?
It's pretty normal in most cultures, even in medieval fantasy europe, for male soldiers to be sexually active. It's also common to have them pursue relationships. Reinhold is neither. I'm not saying he is a harem protag, but I am saying that he is SOMETHING. Hyposexual, asexual, traumatized, anime protag dense, pick your poison.

>>27794089
I can tolerate opinions alright. I just cant tolerate stupidity.

Mary Sue has nothing to do with him enjoying baths. I have no idea what the hell are you on about there. You said shower doesnt matter, and i stated that it really does.

>We're enjoying TURKEY LEGS.
>You mean going to dinner so you don't starve?
Here you state that he does not enjoy meals that much, but just eating not to starve. I said it is not so, because he really does enjoy the meals here very much. So it is completely about deliciousness.

You are making idiotic arguements, so i just call you on it. It is not acting edgy when someone calls you stupid when you are talking like one.

>>27794112
Reinhold isn't anything like a Mary Sue? You really are just looking to win the argument and being intentionally obtuse or I don't even know what's with you. You brought up things that were essentially fluff and didn't matter. You can play an asshole in an RPG but it doesn't matter if off-screen or you occasionally emote that your PC gives money to orphanages if it doesn't really matter. Saying Mary Sue invalidates everything something says?

It's certainly better than:
>Lastly you really are an idiot.
>just get your edginess out there

>>27794198

Because he's not a mary sue, he's an animu quest protagonist and as such justifiably powerful (although not on par with other NPC's) and not a rance-grade sexual maniac. This is not a FATAL quest.

>>27794157

How 'bout "the 17 years old new guy who's rubbing shoulders with girls who 1. come from a completely different social background and 2. he has only know for less than a week"?

Hell, the Princess has gotten suspicious over how fast things are going, and to her we're only some overly nice underling at this point.

Sylvie is the only one he can be pretty sure is interested in him, and she's a 16 years old nerd who panics at every occasion. What is he supposed to do, corner her in a dark alley?

>>27794253

There's no point in arguing with him, he's made up his mind and probably thinks all romance needs to take place in scope of hours.

>>27794253
Find a tavern wench like a normal person.
I doubt he'd be interested in whores after growing up with them, but there's that. Or at least notice the women around him. He still hasn't figured out why portrait drawing flusters them, that is some retarded shit man.
>>27794275
>Romance
Romance isn't sexuality anon, pls.
Either way though, the 300 chapters of 'romance' that lasts months until someone says 'I love you' in whatever the hell you're getting this from isn't what normal, healthy people do.

>>27793756
We've been in the company of whores and skilless mannerless soldiers for our entire life.

We've been given literally everything we could have asked for, money, fame, cute girls, a soft bed, a warm bath, the best food in the world, etc.

I'd be just as nice as him if I were in his shoes.

As for 'improving' ourselves constantly I don't agree. Practicing with our sword is one of our greatest hobbies, we've taken up sketching again, and we're learning magic because it's fucking holy shit dude magic that's awesome.

I don't consider it to be meta because fuck you the word meta is fucking stupid and expecting people to try super extra hard to not use their out of game knowledge is also meta because it makes their characters act differently than they normally would which is what meta is in the first place so there's no fucking point to calling it out because everything is meta all the time you fucking faggot.

>>27794253

>Cornering Sylvie in a dark alley

Oh boy, that would have been the most amusing game over. I wonder if there were enough left of MC by the time Sir Vincent arrived and levelled the district.

>>27794246
>animu quest protagonist
Okay. That does support he's been meta'd and is currently a saint.

>and not a rance-grade sexual maniac. This is not a FATAL quest.
What?

>>27794253
>>27794361
>Cornering Sylvie in a dark alley

All of my boners

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>>27794326

>Implying sex comes before courting

Leave this place, knave, and never return.

>>27794198
Go learn what a Mary Sue is and comeback after.

>>27794334
>I don't consider it to be meta because fuck you the word meta is fucking stupid and expecting people to try super extra hard to not use their out of game knowledge is also meta because it makes their characters act differently than they normally would which is what meta is in the first place so there's no fucking point to calling it out because everything is meta all the time you fucking faggot.

Maybe you should step outside and take a deep breath. You're getting awfully mad over nothing.

I don't get what's with PGQ that makes people get so mad and hostile over minority opinions.

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>>27794427

I suppose it might be because they are seen as threat capable of derailing the quest completely from how it's going now. I don't personally think that's possible, but I'd rather not have been proven wrong either.

>>27794195
>I can tolerate opinions alright. I just cant tolerate stupidity.

Yeah, sure. Go insult me again and go on about mary sues some more like you 'got me'.

>Here you state that he does not enjoy meals that much

Stop trying to insert arguments that aren't there by reading between non-existent lines.

>>You mean going to dinner so you don't starve?
>Here you state that he does not enjoy meals that much, but just eating not to starve.

Enjoying dinner and having dinner so you don't starve aren't mutually exclusive.

>>>Doesn't really matter. Show me all the times we chose "take a shower" over "magic lessons" or other things like that.
>>There are times when its in the fluff and there are times it is not, but Reinhold takes baths in the mornings. Running hot water is a great luxury for him that he enjoys very much.

Reinhold is played extremely selflessly beyond how normal people behave. The players he spend all of the free time doing things that improve Reinhold's performance. The fact he showers (which we never take as an option, and doesn't matter since this is about how we play him) and has dinner (to not starve, regardless of whether it's turkey legs or bread) does not change this.

>>27794490
Yeeah, that's not excusable and only makes them look worse. And Archelon has made a point about not condoning it.

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>>27794570

You're right. He's been very reliable in picking the sensible options. I'll let the matter rest at that.

>>27794570
>>27794627
It's ironic. People get so passionate about the quest while ignoring his pleas about shitstorms.

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>>27794550
You are the one talking about Mary Sue, man. What the hell does this have anything to do Mary Sue i really dont know. I am insulting you because you really dont make any sense. Not at all. Just random idiotic arguements.

>Stop trying to insert arguments that aren't there by reading between non-existent lines.
I am not trying to insert shit. When you respond to "We're enjoying TURKEY LEGS." with "You mean going to dinner so you don't starve?" it means that you trying to make it look like meals here are not a big plus for Reinhold. But they are important for him.
Does your response now claiming i inserted opinions to your text mean you are agreeing that meals are important now?

>Reinhold is played extremely selflessly beyond how normal people behave. The players he spend all of the free time doing things that improve Reinhold's performance. The fact he showers (which we never take as an option, and doesn't matter since this is about how we play him) and has dinner (to not starve, regardless of whether it's turkey legs or bread) does not change this.
What the hell does this mean. Someone translate for me please.

Seriously, take it personal, you are stupid.

>>27794550
I would argue that wanting to excel is not unrealistic. He is in the (rather cushy and comfortable) situation he is because of his talent for combat, and failing to nurture that would be a grievous error.

His selflessness is perhaps a little unusual, but it's hardly outside the 'norm'. I'm quite certain that a commoner in the presence of nobility and entrusted with the safety of royalty would not be considered strange if they were somewhat in awe, and decided to do their best to please. They may never fit in, after all, but if they're nice enough then they may be accepted. So far it seems to be working.

The fact remains that in this situation, our protagonist is in service to someone else. They have a job to do, and the responsibilities that correspond to their position. The Princess, if she really wished it, could probably have our character dismissed - and where would that leave him? He would have had his chance and blown it. Better to show courtesy than be thrown out into the streets.

>>27794646
He made a new thread and left it at hundred posts, so people arguing about various random shit is a given. He doesnt really have the right to argue about what becomes of this particular thread now.

I just hope people would act proper when the quest is still going on.

>>27794756
>His selflessness is perhaps a little unusual, but it's hardly outside the 'norm'.

A little? I think he's been maximum selflessness in every situation he had the opportunity to.

>>27794902

You think wrong.

And even if you were right, there would have been nothing wrong with it.

>>27794902
Eh, he hasn't had that many situations to display selflessness to be honest.

>>27794427
I'm always mad, don't worry. I use it for good.