12th day of Prophecy; hour and location unknown.

The brightly colored enclosed world of the goddess diminished after the conclusion of your business, the marvelous sky which meshed orange and red so well was colored in dark ink as bigger clouds moved to mask the presence of this unusual sun, casting a shadow over the entire area that all but brightened the presence of the starry sky, as well as offered an almost unearthly glower in the hair and eyes of your mother; resisting the urge to pat that waterfall of color falling down her silhouette was a very harsh bargain indeed, especially with the forlorn expression she kept under wrap.

There’s no doubt that your actions have completely thrown her out of the loop and forced great uncertainty upon her shoulders, but you can’t afford to look back now and this new enchanted items of her all but secure the survival of the Demon Lord… and with this, new opportunities arises although, only if you managed to survive the coming trials.

The onus of a demigod is a heavy one.

‘’I shouldn’t be keeping you here.’’

She finally announce the inevitable and slowly stand from her invisible seat; her long, glorious dress spill out just like her hair, a combined silky waterfall forming a reverent painting looking much more like the vision of a perfect woman than any living being.

‘’Take care of Mylen for me, alright?’’

You don’t find the strength to answer right away, the guilt over today events resurface like the unwanted memory it became and you fail to meet the eyes of Mother Earth; when she was reduced to human, the two of them were close friends and it seem that this goddess is shackled with a little too much humanity.

‘’I’d like it more if you’d rekindle your friendship’’

You finally say and you are answered by a sad shake of head followed by a head pat, your mother has to tiptoe to meet your height but the gestures soothes your worries and fill you with longing, reinforcing the fact that your mother is far, far from normal.

You can’t expect any kind of normal family life down the line…

‘’Close your eyes and you’ll be back where you belong, my dear son. I don’t know when we will see each other again but… I’ll try my best at being your guardian angel, you’ve already go tone as a lover after all.’’

A small laugh escapes her as she put her index on her lower lips eyeing you up and down.

‘’I don’t remember raising you like that… what do you have to say for yourself, hmm?’’

>>27973925
>"I don’t remember raising you like that… what do you have to say for yourself, hmm?
"I regret nothing."

I have no idea what this is, but that's always the correct response.

>>27973925
"I only want happiness for the lives of my life, and I just have so much love to give. And I have to admit, a weak spot for fluffiness and softness."

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Suffering from a little interruption, I'll start writing in around 10-15 minutes from now on, sorry about that folks

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>>27973925
"I just want them all to be happy, and I don't really care how that happens. With me, with someone else, with no one else, it doesn't matter. I told you before, I'm not doing this out of a sense of duty, I'm doing this for them, to see them alive and happy once this is all over."

>>27973925
Mom can't i just have a hug for old times sake

>>27973925
"Didn't you? You wanted me to do what I needed in order to be happy. Then you put me through these loops and made sure that I would meet people I could love across them. How could I do anything else?"

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>>27974116

You can't get away that easily

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>>27974391
It's never easy. But it's worth it.

>>27974391
"Won't you at least spare a moment to embrace me, as you did when I was young?"

That okay? I think she'll buy it. Yeah.

‘’I regret nothing’’

Was the very first sentence to escape your mouth, which obviously prompted the goddess to shift to an amusingly ironic expression, which in turn motivated you to continue despite the embarrassment, being put on the spot like that by your own mother isn’t exactly what you envisioned tonight.

‘’You wanted me to do what I needed in order to be happy, right?’’

Her eyes light up at your words and she nods vigorously, going as far as petting your head – again – while you try your best to avoid grimacing at the unending tide of motherly love, you do make sure to look her in the eyes, undaunted by the fact that she’s the living personality of this big, big planet.

‘’You put me through these loops and made sure that I would meet people I could love across them. How could I do anything else?"

From your point of view, this is a perfectly normal and predictable chain of events! You’ve suffered enormously during the trials of these events where you abandoned redemption in favor of love and it left an imprint strong enough to be carried through the rewind of a Goddess; you’d like to think she didn’t had that big of a hand in this.

‘’Through the ages, men and women of valor tend to flock toward each other’s with hyenas passing as lions; strong men need strong women and in turn, strong women needs strong men, just make sure that you don’t suck up they’re tenaciousness.’’

This is a lecture that you didn’t need; one cannot stop being a mother despite the change of status it seem and you simply nod in silence, and then close your eyes as the reality of this separation dawn on you all the more, it may or may not be a final one and this uncertainty leave you more than a little bothered.

‘’I’ll do what I can to make them all happy but… there’s just one thing I’d like to do before you send me back’’

‘’And that i-‘’

You don’t say anything, instead you simply walk forward and put your arms around her shoulders and press her to your chest.
Mother Earth isn’t tall or strong, her lithe body looks just about ready to break under your touch and you actually need to look down at that wonderful waterfall of color to observe her as she just about tall enough for the top of her head to touch your chin; of course that multicolored hair is just as smooth and soft as the fluffy tails and wings you came across on your journey.

…

The scene would probably be a little more touching if she didn’t’ freeze up, her entire body is locked and tense and you almost feel like cracking a joke, but she regain her wits fast enough to prevent that; a pity.

‘’I think I still preferred it when you were smaller than me…’’

‘’So you could overpower me in big feminine hugs?’’

‘’Exactly’’

‘’And you wondered why I seek feminine company…’’

‘’Hush’’

A small white, transparent butterfly hover in front of your eyes, only to escape and disappear back into the sky, this momentary distraction also caused the hug to end as your mother broke the embrace, turning her back to you and your gaze fall on that long, wonderful hair falling into the wet ground.

‘’I’ll send you back forthwith’’

--

You expected some kind of delay, a melting of world like your arrival but it was a surprisingly smooth transition; only a slight sense of vertigo assailed your sense as the colored world was suddenly colored in raw jet black, your feet meet the vegetation of the forest only a few seconds later, leaving you in total isolation and with an inevitable sense of loss given the much, much too abrupt separation…

However, now that you are back in the Church camp, you’ve got some business to attend to.

Do you wish to retire for the evening or inform your allies of your intention, following the revelations brought to you by Mother Earth?

>>27975064
Full paranoia mode, check for bugs and such, then tell em'. You have to be ready to go at a moment's notice!

>>27975064
I'd like to suggest finding Ismael. We want someone ready to clean up loose ends. Like that fucking knife, should we fail to retrieve it, and the Maiden, if she doesn't reveal herself when Siegfried pastes Ahriman.

>>27975250
Ok Ismael is cool and all but do remember we chose to keep Mylen instead of handing her over. Thus, Ahriman is a little suspicious. Talking to her will give him the idea we're in cahoots with Lex.

That isn't a good thing man, at all. And yeah I'm paranoid as fuck we've got another fallen within the camp. Our man isn't totally bound by canon, he can and may have made one up.

>>27975250

Oh? You actually want to reach out for Hieronymus bodyguard?

That'd obviously take some time, but if that's what you guys want to do I can shift my update toward this event.

>>27975349

>>27975325 here. Just saying I don't want that. We need Ahriman to trust us right up to the point we've got an ice dagger shoved up solidly into his kidneys.

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>>27975325

>Our man isn't totally bound by canon, he can and may have made one up.

Would I really do that?

Anyway, there doesn't seem to be a consensus yet so I'll wait a little longer

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>>27975416
Let's just say I wouldn't put it past you. After all, this is you we're talkin' here.

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Given the lack of inputs, the options seem to either be a roll, or go on the more predictable path I've offered up above.

>>27975349
Nothing official. Just wait until she's out of the tent and furiously approach her. Announce that you're reporting to her as she ordered, then lean in close and whisper "Tomorrow I will mete out justice to Ahriman for crimes both general and personal. He owns Caligula's knife; recover it if I do not. One of the Fallen Maidens is in camp. Expect to hear from her about the same time I leave. Lastly, if you have a message for Hadraniel, write a letter and have it at my tent before breakfast tomorrow." Then loudly again, "Justice be with you, Purifier," and storm away.

>>27975325
All depends on how you play it.

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>>27975554

I must warn that doing is obviously dangerous given the paranoia of your mark, you could discuss how to approach Ismael with your fellows at the tent or we can go with what you said, altought I don't think there's enough people for a consensus

>>27975668
Which is exactly why I said not to do it and to just tell our "party" our plans for tomorrow instead.

We're really close now, really really close. We can't afford to risk it all just for an increased chance of recovering the knife.

Also, because of Noscrim the next Fallen will not be fucking around. The corruption burst will summon backup. If Ahriman's body is around when they get there we'll also land an airtight alibi.

"We got here as fast as we could, but the bitch got the drop on him apparently. Care to help a guy out?"

>>27975668
Again, depends on how you play it. If Siggy makes like he's been ordered to report regarding the captive, Mylen being technically under the Purifier's purview, and can act sufficiently upset at the order (but not enough to spread info around), so long as the message is short it could even bolster the role he's taken on. It's about as much of a risk as the harpy eggs on the ship.

If other players don't care for it that's fine, veto it.

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>>27975750

The total lack of input make it pretty hard to come to an unbiased descision on my part; both options have merit and I think it's simply too important to leave to a roll, I'm going to write the continuation while leaving the option of contacting Ismael open for a little while.

>>27975802
That's cool. I wonder where people went. Oh well, fear of fucking up I suppose.

>>27975802
I vote to tell thenm our plan

Perhaps you ought to act upon the new knowledge bestowed upon you forthwith; success is gained through actions however your mark is a careful one and your obviously in his line of sight; one does not hold the title of High Inquisitor at young age without being careful and competent, you’ve yet to sniff out one of the many agents that have been following your every moves, so then, how could you try to warn some of the people that could help you out during the oncoming crisis…? Your tent is filled with allies, but none of them influential, however…

However…

Your train of thoughts is momentarily interrupted as you come out of the forest; your boots finally cease the incessant rustling and tramples of dead leaves as you meet the worked path of dirt and right next to your reinforced tent whose magical aura projected its incessant presence into the small area populated by artisans and soldiers whose presence diminished more and more throughout the day, even now you see several contingents leaving the camp on synchronized march despite the dead of night, these men and woman don’t look at all your regular blocks of soldiers but you can’t exactly investigate.

The question assailing your thoughts is unfortunately left unresolved and thus, you enter your silent tent and come back to the usual, almost heartwarming scenery of lack of furniture’s and women gossiping amongst each other’s with a golem immediately charging you into a big hug, which is quickly broken in favor of a handhold and shadowing your flank.

‘’Siegfried.’’

Leila is the first to salute you, her fist clack loudly on her body as she snap at attention while the little alchemist was still fiddling with Mylen hand, your bodyguard seem to have awoke as well and is now sitting on the bed, rubbing her head and keeping her hair out of her face while her brows furrowed in frustration born out of fatigue, but her bad mood wasn’t too outward, still her gaze did tend to longer on her hand where the missing finger was very much glaring.

‘’I’ve come to a decision’’

You finally announce.

‘’Tomorrow, I will have to do something that will put everyone I’ve associated with in danger’’

Of course your revelation strike them all by surprise and your met with stunned silence, especially from Ithel whose instruments fall uselessly on the bed, her expression turn fearful and stressed while she alternate between you and Leila.

‘’I assume you’ll be taking the route of the circle of teleportation’s…?’’

You nod, slowly walking toward the recovering Succubus whose expression changed back into her usual controlled absence, her mouth open to let out a wary sigh as she finally look upward, landing a fierce gaze into yours.

‘’Don’t you dare do this because of what happened today.

‘’I’m not’’

You answer back promptly.

‘’An opportunity has risen’’

‘’I-I don’t think I need to hear this…’’

Suddenly the small blonde announce this loudly, trembling like a lone leaves in a storm her instruments clacks together in a faux concert of metal as she place them in her pouch and carefully roll the paper she was working on in a papyrus case.

‘’Y-…you all discuss what you gotta discuss but I aint really… I’m a bad liar an’ all beside I gotta pack my things…’’

She’s scared there’s no denying that.

Do you let her leave and discuss the plan with everyone? Or reveal to her everything?

>>27976284
Let her go, no use in forcing her to listen, just give her some minor details if anything important is needed

>>27976284
If she doesn't want to hear it she shouldn't have to. At the same time, she shouldn't be out alone when there's a Maiden and other dangers in camp. Send Emeth along with her; once we're done with the debrief we go to Ithel's tent with Leila, who will stay with Ithel for the night while we return with Emeth.

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>>27976284
I'm with having her plug her ears and staying right here as we quietly discuss the plan amongst ourselves.

Also, just triple checking, nobody here is bugged right?

>>27976429

Of course, your tent is more or less made of the same fabrid used to make Ahriman and Hieronymous personal quarters despite being way out there in the boonies of the camp; if oyu've got something to say do it here, anywhere else and the walls have ears.

>>27976284
Let her go. She's right in that if she's questioned, it will be better if she actually doesn't know anything so that she can pass whatever magical interrogation the Inquisitors have available.

She came into the tent with tools; have her take Emeth back to her tent, making it look like our golem needs additional fine-tuning. We know there's another agent of Deruella around, so we shouldn't take too many chances.

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>>27976284

Let her go.

And bid her good night and to stay safe.

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>>27976749
>wasting precious 20s that could be used to derail everything INH planned

‘’Leila, it’d be safer if you stayed here or at least, went out accompanied by someone.’’

‘’Eh…?’’

This is nothing short of twisting the knife in the wound; Ithel is obviously not one for confrontations in the slightest and the girl look up at you with obvious fear; war is ugly indeed and not everyone can be strong under such conflicts.

‘’Please? Emeth will cover your ears if you really don’t want to hear anything’’

Said golem squeeze your hand harder at the mention of her name but quickly scoffed in faux indignation as you looked at her then nudged her toward the small alchemist; it took a few seconds where she simply stood there motionlessly and then… pounced upon the poor girl, literally lifting her up and exiting the tent in a hurry while poor, poor Ithel could only yelp in surprise and indignation, her fate all but sealed…

This golem is very impulsive, she reminds you of Bletsia…

Part of you suspect that she always wanted to get a good squeeze out of that little girl and her being out also work in your favor; you send your intentions through the link and your sentiment is returned in kind, she’ll keep a look out for anyone observing your tent.

‘’She’ll come through, don’t worry’’

Leila suddenly speaks up and you nod.

‘’I don’t have a choice, I need her to come through for the sake of Emeth’’

A long yawn interrupted your little chat, Mylen follow with a few flap of wings and grunts as she goes back to bed, turning her back on your and Leila as you awkwardly look at each other in silence.

Time to begin…

>This part can be skipped entirely if you guys choose, you can come up with the fine tuning/briefing/what you want to tell them alter or we can do it now, your choice.

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>>27976859

I'm not complaining

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>>27976859

>>27976876
We don't have much to go on either. All we know is that an opportunity will present itself tomorrow; Leila needs to be ready to grab Mylen, Ithel, and Emeth, then run to the teleportation circle and get it ready for our arrival. We're probably going to have a team of Inquisitors and Angels on our tail, so she'll need to be ready to do this at a moment's notice.

We also know that there's an agent of Deruella still in this camp somewhere; we should try to get a warning to Lex. Leila might be able to do this by meeting with Ismael; she's still keeping up the pretense of being a freelancer so it shouldn't raise any alarms.

>>27976876
There isn't a huge amount of detail to tell. Siggy's killing Ahriman and teleporting out with the group, probably to Zipangu. One of the Maidens is in camp according to a source whose trustworthiness is beyond reproach. That fucking knife needs to be claimed, preferably for Siggy but Lex having it would be fine.

>>27977004 has an excellent point. We can use Leila as a messenger if we want Lex to have some forewarning. At the very least we could ask if Ismael wants to send a message to Hadraniel, but that would tip Siggy's hand.

>>27977004

Indeed, Leila is still technically a free agent and that's where you could bring a message to Lex and Ismael if you so choose.

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>>27976876
Ok good, I just know that Fallen is gunning for us, can't leave a damn thing to chance.

If there is any way we can get a warning to Lex without setting Ahriman's paranoia off that would be a good idea. Anything to aid in thwartin' Deruella's plans. Whatever they may be we can be certain it's bad news for everyone.

If she gets any part of it off without a hitch everyone will be making this face.

>>27977087
We can technically summon her at any time due to the link. All we gotta do internally is scream "I'm getting fucked up, OH GOD PLEASE HELP!!!" and she'll beeline for us.

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>>27977128
>If she gets any part of it off without a hitch everyone will be making this face.
Fixed the image for you.

>>27977205

That was when she's in the sword, where she wasn't accepting her nature and emotions, the only one that can pull that off is Radiance and we all know about her peculair state.


>>27977128
>>27977087

So then we will ahve Leila deliver a message to Ismael (and of coruse Lex, he'll be looking at it too).

What do you want to write in? I'l lbe sure to make a little summary of the entire breifing in my next post.

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>>27976876

Where to begin...

I have come into some information that an opportunity to kill our mark will present itself tomorrow evening.

Leila, I would like you to make contact with Lex or his guardian, let him know that we will be making our move tomorrow evening.

Suggest to him that if he can reassign some of the guards near the circle to 'more urgent tasks' temporarily, that will make our job and our exfiltration easier and fewer innocents will have to suffer.

Nearing the appointed time I will have Leila come to fetch mylen from the tent on pretense of further torture. That should allow us to get all of us nearby to execute the attack on our mark.

The real crux will be on revealing the source of our information. If they push for it, I say we reveal it.

>>27977266
>What do you want to write in?
"One of my sources, that I trust implicitly, has informed me that there is a high chance that one of the Fallen Maidens is in the camp, in disguise. I do not know who it is, and do not want to tip them off about my source, so I cannot go public with this information. I can only warn you to be on your guard."

>>27977088
No. Don't send them any messages.

>>27977300

Do you guys want to go with this?

>>27977354
We've altered the scenario to the point where the actions of specific individuals is no longer reliable, but general outcomes will still apply. That means that we don't know what the Fallen is going to do, but we still know that if Lex dies then the after-war peace is doomed to failure.

The previous threat to Lex was Ahriman, but with Deruella altering her plans and putting one of her agents in the Army camp puts Lex at risk, even after we eliminate Ahriman. He needs to be made aware of this potential threat that is new to this iteration of the time loop.

>>27977254
That's the face of the victims. The face of us, Lex, and Tsu will be the one I mentioned. Still, that was fucking great! My sides.

>>27977266
Ah yes the note:

"I have discovered through a very reliable source that the felwhore Deruella has managed to infiltrate an agent into the main camp. For what purposes I am uncertain but as it's her we can be sure it isn't good for any of us. I cannot reveal this information publicly as it will force them to ground and we'll never find them.

Also, if you can have some of the guards around the teleportation circle re-assigned elsewhere tomorrow it'd really help me out. Just, trust me on this one."

>>27977427
I wrote a note, but only send it if there is next to no chance of it setting Ahriman's paranoia off.

>>27977427
Is Lex in charge of the guards for the teleporation circle? I thought it was under the purview of the Inquisition and Ahriman's group.

>>27977491

Lex isn't, actually. He can wave his hand to get SOME agents of the Flaming fist away for special assignement, just like how he had his bodyguard interrupt your first meeting.

He's higher in the echelon of power and can put some hurt on Ahriman that way, but neither has yet to come close to the other for a killing move... yet.

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>>27977455

Considering that Leila was only just recently released from Lex's service, it shouldn't be too unusual that she might wish to speak with him or her guardian.

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>>27977455

It's pratically impossible to not set it off, hell that moment when you walked in the forest for a little fresh air is enough to make him wonder why you did it.

Writing now, I tihnk we do have some sort of consensus

>>27977433
Yep, we've entered the latter half of "A Tale of Monsters: Alternative" here.

>>27977550
I knew they were fucking with each other in the bureaucracy department. Whole "cold war" thing they have going and all.

>>27977580
It's been a good day, we thought we deserved some fresh air, a break as it were.

>>27977433
Unless a person is directly involved in our assassination attempt, anything you do is just making it more likely for things to go wrong.

>>27977580
We don't have consensus but the majority want what they want.

>>27977580
I meant in any major way. Things like torture or fresh air are one thing. Us personally going to see Ishmael is something else entirely. Hard to answer that one.

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>>27977688

Thats why we're sending Leila?

>>27977580
Holy shit, he shadowruns harder than anyone I can think of. Let's make sure to double tap, just in case.

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>>27977919
We run too brother. A good thing most of the shit we've pulled shouldn't have set any good runner off.

A runner's edge of paranoia is keenly honed. He's suspicious of everything and everyone for good reason. But if you don't at least partially trust anyone you're gonna out of work or dead.

>>27977919
>having enough of your target left after the first shot to be able to double tap it

>>27978044
This. We're putting this fucker's remains through an giant Ice Meat Grinder to Hamburgerfy the corpse. It'll be like what happened to Marimo, only this time the fucker deserves it.

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>>27978067

so only the head

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>>27978107
It also got a portion of her torso before her bones jammed it.

But now I know why Leila would likely die day after tomorrow. She's setting off his runner sense. He can't be sure the bitch ain't still workin' for Lex. And she's hanging around us pretty good... Must fix that.

The next thirty minutes fly by in a flash; the discussion with Leila and the apparently disinterested Mylen was far from short lived and dull as they listened to your every words; while the question of how you came about this knowledge was raised, you preferred to avoid the question and instead concentrate on the facts that Ahriman will meet his end as early as tomorrow evening and as such, need the two of them to keep themselves ready and prepared to kill, you’ll be banking absolutely everything on this one chance and as such, Ithel will give Mylen a prosthetic while Leila bring some weaponry into the little alchemist tent – especially the wooden shield of the Fey – and prepare themselves to kill actual human beings as you’ll make your escape in what will no doubt be a confusing chain of events.

Very sobering indeed, while Mylen had obviously no qualm about such things Leila wasn’t’ as free with her ideals and the prospect of betraying her oath toward the Church was a heavy onus indeed, however the needed knowledge of Zipangu toward the angel inside the sword was a motivation, just like her curiosity; what exactly could motivate a man like you to risk so much for a land of monsters…? That girl had been searching for an ideal, something to believe in, a little something that would allow her to wholeheartedly put her considerable talents to full use and the Church obviously failed in that department; even so she felt strong attachments toward Lex and Ismael and that’s perfectly understandable given her arms.

Perhaps giving her an opportunity to talk to them could prove beneficial, it also align perfectly with your intentions, the message you wrote was curt and to the point.

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>>27978153

Did it? I honestly don't like to reread that segment. Sets off too many things.

We can fix that. He won't need to worry about a thing after this.

I have discovered through a very reliable source that the felwhore Deruella has managed to infiltrate an agent into the main camp. For what purposes I am uncertain but as it's her we can be sure it isn't good for any of us. I cannot reveal this information publicly as it will force them to ground and we'll never find them.

Also, if you can have some of the guards around the teleportation circle re-assigned elsewhere tomorrow it'd really help me out. Just, trust me on this one.»

Rolled into a papyrus case and given to her while wishing a good night; she left promptly while groping the holy sword, promising to take her time and try to lose any tails set on her by the High Inquisitor.

--

Now, now it come to this; the dimmed light of the lamp reminded you of this very, very full day and you sat in silence on the bed, feeling the small booklet Mylen gave you in your pocket you reached for it, only to be interrupted by the Succubus as she put her hand on your wrist.

‘’At least read it when I can’t see you’’

She spoke in a small, embarrassed voice that brought a smile to your face.

‘’I didn’t even had the time to finish anyway, gave it to you because… well part of me expected to not walk out of that torture’’
Then, the entrance to the tent is thrown open as Emeth step inside without an ounce of shame; the golem walk up to the bed and once your eyes meet hers, tilt her head in slight puzzlement and reach to pat your head.

‘’Siggy’’

She says simply and you can’t help but smile.

‘’Hey, you, girl come here’’

‘’Eh?’’

Now it’s your time to be confused as you give her an incredulous look.

‘’You can sleep here on this small bed too’’

Mylen speak with a broad, proud smile as the golem give in, putting her knees on the mattress and allowing the raven haired succubus to place her as she please, namely between the both of you and wrapping her arms around the brunette neck.

‘’Think of it as a golem sandwich, she’s cute enough to eat right?’’

Maybe the prospect of getting out of this place brought some vitality…

Well, might as well go for this improvised sleep over! A far cry from most of the nights inside the monster compound, but it’ll have to do. You also make sure to put a barrier around the entrance that could only be breached by someone wearing the proper signet, namely, the High Inquisitor himself.

>Now for the morning, I can start from the moment you guys wake up or advance a little later and start the important chain of events.

>>27978242
Let's go with later. Since we don't know when the opportunity will arise, we've done all the preparations we can.

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>>27978242

Do we have anything else to do?

I'm not sure what other prep we need so I think we can move closer to that time.

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>>27978242
Get everyone in their best fightin' duds.

The Monsters and Angels are Attacking, Humanity's in danger, and our Mother needs us to get shit done.

It's time to get in the robot Siggy.

>>27978242
One last thing. Any sell healing potions? Let's buy a few of the best they got, just in case.

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>>27978322

Quite.

>>27978340

There's no ''Healing Potions'' persay given that the only thing that heal is holy, but you could grab some stimulants off Ithel place.

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>>27978379
Combat Stims. Runners, Dystopian Solders, and addicts the world over swear by em'!

Grab a pack, might need it.

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>>27978199
>you’ll be banking absolutely everything on this one chance
Oh boy, bum rush assassinations with no contingencies. My favourite kind!

>>27978242
I... kinda want to see what happens right when Siggy wakes up. Just to see what Emeth and Mylen have done overnight.

>>27978379
If our wingmen aren't Biggs and Wedge I'm disowning you.

>>27978480
Mama has eliminated the "unknown location" and "Body Double" contingencies. So it'll at least be a very successful bum rush.

>>27978379
Btw how is the Mylen side story going?

>>27978379
Also, please tell the stims do a light heal. Leila was victim of "Alchemical Healing". Which by my reconing is a slow HoT effect that drains the body's metabolism. The stim part counters it of course, but still.

We know the drill with combat stims. Use too many of em' and you'll totally wreck your overall health.

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>>27978480

Is it really a bum rush?

Beside, what could go wrong?

>>27978525

Shaping up to be the longest one I've done, that little book contain her FEELINGS.

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>>27978547
>her FEELINGS

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>>27978808

You wouldn't be this mean

>>27978865
I wouldn't. Not only because it's out of character, but because it's stupid.

Trust me, you WANT to be loved by hot female Guts, if only because your survival is pretty much guaranteed whenever she's around.

>>27978547
When will we see it.

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>>27978865
Wouldn't we?

We wouldn't.

>>27978965

I'll try my hardest to give some time in story for Siegfried to read it, but I'll give it to you guys as soon as its done if you wish for it. I'm not too sure when, but I'll try to aim for the week after the next since I plan to do two updates then given the incoming cascade of events

>>27978865
I wouldn't, but the level of suffering this single gesture could evoke her would be quite exquisite.

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>>27979002
I don't call her hot female Guts for nothing son. Girl's had more than enough suffering, it's time she caught a fucking break for once!

13th day of Prophecy, 8 am, inside your tent of the main camp of the Crusaders, coast of Zipangu.

When you woke up, the vision you were heralded too was very unique indeed; Mylen and Emeth were hugging each other tightly with the black haired succubus deep in slumber, nestling against the warm shoulder of the smaller girl who, obviously, couldn’t exactly sleep; merely enter an inactive mood that obviously left her somewhat perturbed at this whole event, Mylen can be quite a touchy person but that’s only reserved to people she value highly, like your mother or you…

Hmm, could that golem have snuck into her heart?

Oh my, is that a pang of jealousy?

Regardless, your bodyguard was obviously still tired from yesterday torture and didn’t automatically woke when you moved and of course her iron grip prevented the golem from following you and thus, you sent out for some early morning chores before being summoned.
Namely, activating the key of the golem and acquire some stimulant from the little Alchemist…

>You have acquired two vials of magical stimulants, which should provide a gross power boost of half a rank to your overall magical prowess! Side effect of making you excitable.

>You have acquired one vial of pain killer which also act as a sort of healing potion, it’ll keep you alive for a few minutes longer in the event of a mortal wound or allow you to ignore your burning nerves if you cast too much magic. Side effect of making you sluggish and sleepy.

>>27979035
There are no brakes on the rejoice train.

--

One hour after waking, someone came to your tent and were forced to a halt when coming face to face with a foggy golden gate; Mylen and Emeth were already awake by now and thankfully the naïve girl already knew something was amiss given the soul link and your careful explanations, you have something very important to do today and she can’t accompany you, thus, she’s to keep Mylen safe and company and despite the obvious yearning and fear brought by your evasiveness, she proved very understandable, much more than she’d be a few days ago.

When you exited the tent, you came face to face with a woman one inch taller than you with long blond hair falling around the middle of her back, concealing her face in one of those emotionless mask but that didn’t rob her of any kind of intensity as her bright blue eyes bore into you with the pressure of a true, bonafide Inquisitor, a very different aura when compared to Ahriman who kept a warm, fatherly lie all around him.

One thing of note tough was that the entirety of her body was concealed in tight leather clothing, not a single inch of skin was visible.

‘’Are you ready, Sir?’’

She speak, her voice distorted by the closed mask.

Are you, mister Shieffer? Perhaps you have some questions?

>>27979066
"I expect to be briefed on my targets and the operational area, and given some time to synchronize with the armor. Let's get on, then."

>>27979066
Might as well

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>>27979066

"For whatever that this day may bring. Yes.

Do we have a target?"

Walk and talk

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I'll be back in around 20 minutes or so, I won't end this update until we get a feel for the mech so we've got a while to go yet.

>>27979117
This. She called us sir, that means we're in charge. Getting info and exercising our authoritah.

Though I just know what you're planning on throwing at us...

>>27979066
Golem info, I guess. Is it new? Used? How much strain can it handle?

>>27979170
Don't forget the kind of dude the Dwarf Soul was. Need to learn it's berserk type.

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>>27978975
Only because your hand-writing looks like very nice typography

>>27979185
Good point, but what makes you think the dwarf was male?

>>27979298
Spoiler that shit. My sweet virgin eyes!

>>27979329
Nothing really, could have been a chick, but I doubt it as the Dwarves are almost extinct. If you must feed a conciousness into the Not-Evangelion, you'd want it to be a male as they're slightly more expendable in that kind of situation. You need at least 27 females and 7 males to rebuild a viable gene pool at the least. More is always better.

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>>27979298

It's about time we have more hand hold in this quest

>>27979465
While you're absolutely correct from a real world perspective, this is based on Monster Girl Encyclopedia. Humanity is in danger due to the monstergirls needing human males; and many female elves and dwarves were turned into monsters.

Besides, you know how much Insert likes robot girls.

>>27979628
INH, we already know that Emeth is the most debauched girl in the story.

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>>27979628
Dear lord, it's like I'm browsing /d/ with how lewd you guys are getting.

Yes we do, if Ahriman dies like the bitch he is we'll also work in some cuddling

>>27979628
Gotta hold them while they're still attached to their owners, which at this rate might not be for long.

‘’I expect to be fully briefed before setting out along with some needed time for synchronization, but yes, I am as ready as can be’’
The Inquisitor nods and promptly turns around and start walking, forcing you to accompany her forthwith as her stride is one of obvious hurry

‘’We will not exchange sensitive information’s where we can easily be overhead, but Father Ahriman should provide you all you need, I know about as much as you do however…’’

She doesn’t stop at the pause, in fact she simply grow silent as the two of you cut in the middle of the road surrounded by soldiers freshly off the boats; this constant stream of body has been incessant in the last few days, meaning that the main army must number into the tens of thousands.

‘’I’ll be your wingman for this mission’’

You couldn’t get anything else out of her afterward, not even her name.

--

Twice now you’ve laid eyes on what can only be described as an incongruous, out of place giant of metal. It stands 5 meters tall in a vaguely humanoid form, foot large enough to fit half a grown man as a pair of elongated toes dug slightly into the ground while the legs as a whole folded slightly in their reverse joints, all the while strange light would flicker on and off, placed in between the rock-like armor like some green of artificial, translucent metal, colored in bright green as the machine at pause was filled with more than enough magic to blip on any organic radar for a mile. The upper parts, mainly torso, arms and fingers, consisted of a much more reinforced armors of the same rock-like material, with a pair of elongated, thick arms constructed and cut into a perfect rectangle with the fingers, the hands themselves looked to be made in some kind of different material as the flexible metals looked fused onto the rocky, almost stubby arms with gleams of alchemical fibers in between the would-be plates, allowing further vision of the magically infused insides of the magitek superarmor that, of course, pulsed magically in a constant rhythm, very much akin to an organic heartbeat.

Its cockpit was open for all to see, a mere rotund caved in seat with an extended staff of gold upon which was inscribed numerous runes and jewels that pulsed with bright, raw magical power.

The two armors were standing a little apart inside the large circle of teleportation that was, quite simply, much too complex to describe. The amounts of symbols, runes, magic and moving phantasm inside the giant circle was enough to give you a brief sense of dizziness as the entire circumference touched a third of the entire ground of this inner compound.

‘’Impressive, isn’t it? Human ingenuity is unrivaled as ever’’

Of course, your astonishment lowered your guard, but you were still observant enough to count to numbers of crimson colored Inquisitor in the area; they numbered to around 13 or 14, whether Lex managed to do anything is unknown but at the very least you don’t see any trace of Tius or his mercenaries, nor did you spot any angels.

‘’Now then, do you wish to jump straight into it? My asking your presence here can be considered a sort of… favor, so I’ll leave this choice to you.’’

He spoke gently, slowly with the warm, strict tone you’ve associated him with; for the dawn of an important military operation, this entire atmosphere is quite relaxed.

>>27979939
"I'd like to be briefed on its operational capabilities, and any peculiarities due to the soul used in its construction, before I attempt to synchronize with it. Then you can brief me on the mission while I synch with the armor."

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>>27979939

"No time like the present."

Get to it.

Once we imprint ourselves on it, we deny an asset to the church.

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>>27979991
I don't think it works that way. Pretty sure they can Evajack Mari style. Of course, that means re-acclimating a new pilot as opposed to keeping an experienced one so they likely only do that if the former pilot died.

>>27979939
"What should I expect during the synchronization? I have to admit, after hearing about how there's another soul in there I'm a bit nervous. If all goes well I'd like a briefing as I get used to it."

"I'd like to be briefed on its operational capabilities, and any peculiarities due to the soul used in its construction, before I attempt to synchronize with it.’’

‘’Then prepare yourself to listen’’

He answers curtly and start walking toward one of the two identical machines and put his hand on its leg, looking up toward the inert face of the armor in silence while the masked woman make her way to the second one and stop, patiently awaiting the two of why while something perusing over the large machine.

‘’One thing that is very important to keep in mind is that you cannot attack by distance once you’ll be tuned in; doing so tend to provoke too much of a backlash with its predetermined function as well as causing small paradox within the fiber of reality itself; you see, these Armors are powered by magic, they cannot move without it and as such, must reach out toward the opposition to properly dispose of them. It’s the most obvious drawback, the only one in fact, but I hope you don’t try to skewer your opponent for the sake of your magical nerves’’

Now that’s something you don’t like at all; you’ve grown to become quite the shooter over the years

‘’Your best advantage, besides piloting a 3 meters long titan of armor, is the mobility. Once tuned to a mage and infused with magic you will be able to move, crouch, jump, slide, run… a prodigious range of movements that is only increase by one magical origin, and that is where the weapon come in as well as different weapons can be conjured depending on the situations and you defense will be impregnable; the cockpit will be protected by a force field thank to the talisman of your staff and the body is hard enough to rival the walls of fortress’’

A little pause as he step away from the machine, then look back at you.

‘’The soul inside the machine will provide you with all the experience and instinct needed to move in such a large, unique body as well as fight in close quarters should the need arise; usually trampling your foes tend to be enough. It is brute force at its best, but it also work magnificently; as for risk of going berserk… I trust you will keep your emotions in check, yes? Perhaps you need a mask to keep your emotions from running amok?’’

His explanation was rather vague, but then again, everything concerning magic is hard to pinpoint; its realm hasn’t stayed a mysteries throughout the ages for nothing.

‘’You don’t look like you need it, are you ready to get in?’’

He ask while embracing Focus, his veins turning a pure white snow, the very same color of his hair and a few golden shields form themselves in the air, forming a stairs to the open cockpit of the machine.

>>27980521
That should be enough. Let's synch up with the armor; see if our "wingman" gets in her's as well.
She's probably there to keep us from going rogue or berserk; she'll be our second target after we kill Ahriman.

Or maybe wait for her to go through the teleportation circle, we kill Ahriman, then use the circle ourselves.

>>27980521
"But of course."

>>27980609
We kill Ahriman later tonight when we have the opportunity.

>>27980521
I'll say it again, it's time to get in the robot Siggy.

We can't attack with ranged, but we can still shield ourselves right? Because being totally out in the open like that isn't good. We're wearing the chainmail right? I don't want our kidneys to get sniped again.

>>27980609
There's a few too many guards and you can bet Ahriman isn't going to leave that obvious of an opening. Wait for mommy to give the signal.

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Fuck, I forgot it was quest day and went out.

>>27980521
Lets do it.
What could go wrong?

>>27980609

Circle will send the both of you together, it's bit enough for that, kind of why it was such a pain in the ass to make.

>>27980521
Armored core?!?!
I am excite.
Ice beam:go

>>27980764

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnvqcSKho5w

Ah, so you got my main inspiration.

>>27980673
I wouldn't worry about taking damage. There's a forcefield over the cockpit and the armor everywhere else is being described as stupidly tough.

>>27980764
Me too... except our robot is going to be pointed at the wrong people. With luck we'll only be fighting nameless characters and Kyorn, who can probably wreck our giant robot riding ass.

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>>27980858
Ya just... Ya just had to tempt fate didn't you Watashiwa.

>>27980880
Please. It was always going to be fluffy wings versus us in the killbot.

>>27980504
You said it was 5 now you say it's 3 meters tall. Which is it? Because I'm seeing them as about as big as 2 story house.

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>>27980880

He can tempt it even more

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>>27980896

Shit really? I'm sorry, I must be getting tired.

It's 3 meters, nothing more than that.

Sorry for my incompetence, I want to progress a bit to ofast.

>>27980928
It's cool it's cool. I'm just trying to put it into real world terms I can understand. Me no good with measurements as precise things, I always gotta relate them to something.

>>27980819
Armored core V, good taste nigga.

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>>27980898
Oh really now? Do tell; it's more entertaining when REJOICEment is great.

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>>27981042
You...you... Oye are you actively TRYING to get us horribly killed here man?

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>>27981147
Wait, are you telling me you DON'T trust our beneficent and gentle QM?

‘’I am’’

‘’Very well.’’

Then the young man spins to look at the blond.

‘’Two, you are to enter as well’’

‘’Yes sir’’

The woman enter Focus in turn, you can’t see any change in her body given her heavy attire but she form a set of stairs of her own and quickly get into the machine; you follow suit with little hesitation motivated by strong excitation; there’s no describing the rush of making a new discovery and you decided that you might as well wear your feelings on your face, Inquisitor can allow themselves this pleasure.

You seat is strangely comfortable despite its awkwardness, it’s a little on the large side but you can cross your legs comfortable as you grip the staff protruding from a cemented socket; your chainmail make your position a tad uncomfortable but your underclothes are thankfully thick enough to prevent chaffing.
Beside you, a brief pulse of magic make you look sideway; your wingman ‘’Two’’ seem to already be synched as the entrails of the armors change from green to blue while a loud ‘’Psssssh’’ of exhausts resonate in the compound as golden fumes exit the mouth of the superarmor and its empty eyes sockets glower in gold, next a bright, pastel blue field suddenly sprout from the middle of the staff and envelop her entire cockpit, firmly securing her position as pilot…

You’re almost tempted to see if your magic breaching nature would work but, no time for this! You finally find the entrance of the key that you’ve tainted in your own black blood; it’s a good thing that the quartz retained its purplish color else you’d have some explaining to do.

You jam it in with great anticipation.

>’’Man I’m getting excited too’’

…
…
…

Nothing?

Tick tick tick.

You twiddle with the big key in incomprehension until a voice from bellow resonates.

‘’Sir Shieffer!’’

Ahriman Edan gesture and you look down with curiosity; his face is light up with amusement.

‘’Embrace Focus!’’

Oh

>’’Pfftahahaha’’

Thus you embrace the addicting magical state of mental clarity and studious examination of the bounders of reality known as Focus; renewed vitality spring in your body and your heartbeat quicken and then the staff activate, extending its bubble well past the comfy corners of your seat to encompass some of the armor below, a clear show of your magical capacity to be sure but then you also feel a strange sense of loss and emptiness as the machine literally cut into your reserve, robbing you of your potential as it transform your magic into fuel, you feel the rumbling vibrations of activations and soon enough the ‘’Pssssh’’ of exhaust is heard a second time as a stream of cold air exit its opened mouth.

Then a presence invade your body, something completely, unearthly foreign that almost send the Beast in a frenzy.

>’’WHAT THE FUCK IS- Oh’’

Then it retreat to tis dark corner as you were about to pounce to rip a new part of its soul, its slimy nature slither out of your grasp… but a deep, deep voice interrupt your confrontation.

«Hrrrm….»

You expected to hear it in your mind, but instead the sound project itself inside the forcefield.

«What a Cuuuuuurious boy»

What. The. Hell.

« Hrrrrrm… what your name boy?»

Surprise has completely rooted you on the spot.

«First time pilot? Hoho! I wish we had more time!»

There’s no doubt about the sex of the voice at least, it’s deep and rattling as if his entire throat as crushed.

«Now then let’s do it fast afore this white lad here gets pissy. We can do it amiable or ye can be an asshole and tell me to shut up, which will it be?’’

>>27981269
He sounds like a bro, so lets be nice about this.

>>27981231
Oh I trust him alright, but not in the way you seem to be implying.

>>27981269
>We can do it amiable or ye can be an asshole and tell me to shut up, which will it be?
'That depends entirely: How much do you like the Inquisitors?'

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>>27981320
No! Don't say that now they'll hear us you dolt! I swear you really are trying to get us killed.

>>27981341
Single quote not double quote; a thought, not speech.

>>27981351
Don't count this as a vote I am merely responding to him.

There is a chance they can hear the Dwarf. Also, what if he really likes them? He can get the skinny when the time comes. Let's stay on his good side for as long as possible. We do not want any intentional Synch Disruptions or A-10 cutoffs here.

Besides, the Synch Ratio is likely based on his opinion of us. Let's keep it as high as possible.

‘’Amiable’’

You speak slowly, completely overwhelmed by the fact that this machine which house to soul of the almost extinct species of dwarf is talking to you.

«The sound of a good or naïve heart!»

You tighten your grip on the staff and look down, Ahriman is peering intensely at you and waiting; obviously you’ve yet to synch and he can’t hear a single word given the forcefield.

«Hrrrm… oh right I need your consent to that»

‘’Didn’t I gave it just now?’’

You try to find any kind of origin for the voice but there’s nothing that you can look at, thus you resolve to keep your gaze on Ahriman.

«S’more complicated, I gotta get close to ye heart an’ all meaning that… well I gotta take a look in your memory as I slither my way close to ye heart, worry not I can’t judge anyway and I saw some shit. So, what say?»

>''I don't like the sound of that''

>>27981458

Oh right, this is a wat do

>>27981458
"Fine, but be careful. The squatter has teeth."

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>>27981458
So long as there is no way he can hear...

"Ok, It's kinda really complicated but I'm definitely not your average Inquisitor and I've got a bit of a squatter problem. Cheeky bastard's lurking around here somewhere. Stay on guard, he might try something and I don't want you harmed."

>>27981458
>"Yeah? Not much choice if we're going to be using this unstoppable juggernaut of destruction, now is there? Just cooperate for now."
"Don't judge me by your first impressions; there's a lot to what I am. Oh, and be careful of what you find inside, there's more than meets the eye and you might get ambushed."

"Fine, but be careful. The squatter has teeth."

«Squatter? Well now you interest me even more!»

As the machine talk with obvious excitation the rumbling increase slightly but no straight movement is made, whether he want to or is unable is impossible to tell; the frozen fume escaping its… or his mouth increase in intensity and for a moment you look toward your wingman ‘’Two’’ whose gaze is concentrated on you, in fact, everyone is looking at you with Ahriman staying silent, his expression is closed but also interested, it’s obvious he kept this information from you.

«He bugged your seat by the way, but I deactivated it; I don’t like people fucking with my pilots»

…

‘’Thank’’

>’’I MIGHT allow him. MIGHT’’

Ignoring the childish remark of the voyeur, you let down your usual mental guard and allow the presence of the soul to slither into your mind, a forceful entry that leave you incredibly uncomfortable as you feel something going on inside your body that simply has no right to happen, thankfully your magical state allow the exchange to proceed somewhat smoothly but the feeling of having your heart squeezed like a prune leave you breathless fast, but more than that is the very harsh sentiment of being laid nude under the guise of this… dwarf? This machine?

«Hoho…»

>’’Fuck you, you got no right to look at me!»

«That’s pretty rude»

>’’Reason why your still able to keep your goddamn sanity is because we need you to keep my women alive and well, how about to go back to sleep under that rock?’’

«Hrm you talk like my grandson, the one whose beard was plucked because of disrespect. Did I ever tell you he thought of himself as female after that? You don’t want that, do you? Have you ever seen the horror of an overweight beardless dwarf parading in front of mirrors full of make up? His body did jiggle like a girl at least but here, I’ll give you the image»

>’’FUCK’’

«Yeah… He was a real problem child for my son but he turned out alright after that episode with the dog»

>’’IS THAT MILK!?’’

«Corruption is nasty boy, both of you seem to carry a one of a kind deal, now you go along and leave him in peace aight? I’m coming out»

>’’Bitch’’

While you have absolutely no idea what in the world just happened, the shaky feeling of this foreign invading ‘’presence’’ slowly disappear and with it, the pressure on your organ is released and you start breathing comfortably again.

«You are, undoubtedly, the most interesting man I’ve come across; redemption and loves are two fine, fine goal for a young lad like yeself and you’d do these old bones proud if you’d call me by me name, Arnvidur. To your health, little Siegfried!»

The synchronization is complete, you feel a strong sentiment of potent disorientation the entire body under you respond to your coming at the speed of thought, yet you can’t feel anything all; you and the ‘’Old Dwarf’’ seem in perfect tune; he knows the body and move it while transferring his vision while you provide the energy as well as a bigger, better field of view since you can actually move your head and body to look around.

What an experience!

>A Tale of Monsters -87- end

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>>27981907

I like the old coot already.

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>>27981899
>He bugged your seat but I deactivated it

Arnvidur confirmed for Bro status. He even gave no fucks about the beast. Pity he can't just show us the doorway to his secret hideout but oh well, he's still scared of us so that's always a good sign.

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>>27981955
>>27981925

I've been wanting to make a proper ''bro'' type character for a long, long while.

At first I thought Sylphis was it, but she's obviously a broship turned to romance type of deal.

Then Ithought Kyorn would do but e's more of a comrade than a ''bro'', I do hope to make him one in the future.

I think Arnvidur fit the bill, after all, being bro with your mech seem like the very best of things!

>>27981907
Did he just talk down the Beast? Kick ass, we're getting him to teach us how to do that next thread.

>>27981989
You can't force bromanship. There are ways to encourage it, but it has to happen on its own. Turning one party into a warmech certainly helps.

As for Sylphis, all I have to say is greedy gonna greed.

>>27981989
Yes... it is. Of course your plans also involve both Siggy and Kyorn surviving until after we've given Ahriman an Ice Spike Facial or Giant Robot Boot to the Dome.

That... Isn't really assured. One question, when Kyorn loses his shit, how badly does he lose it. Don't stop until the only thing left moving is you or is it more of a focused rage that enables tactical decisions?

>>27982063

Really losing it means total berserk but that doesn ot happen often; msot of the time he channel his rage into strength, an activity that took a LONG LONG TIME to master.

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>>27982093
So basically he's pic related. Good to know, in the event we roll poorly on the encounter chart at least we know he'll retreat if he takes enough damage.

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>>27982144

I've prepared a lovely suprise

>>27982173
Ok I've forgotten. How tall is Leila and what color are her eyes?

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>>27982200

Leila is around an inch shorter than you and she's got bright green eyes.

(Hard to find proper picture, but that's more or less an almost perfect representation.

She's only 18 too, compared to Siggy reasonable 23-24

>>27982222
As much as I understand, why does the beast want Siggy to violate her?

Is this due to a past life or for more base reasons?

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>>27982222
Ok good, chances of wingman being Leila in disguise are thus close to zero.

Her job has now officially been reduced to "Cannon Fodder" or "Fresh Meat" for the grinder. Or in short, see pic. That's us, to her, if we can do it in a way that won't tip off Ahriman.

Optimally she dies during the mission. Or her mech takes way more hurt than ours does so it's an easy fight if it comes to that.

No saying anything bad to her though, I just know she's bugged.

>>27982290

Base, Beast is barely able to keep a reign on its emotions and urges as it is, he has no idea of his past and just doesn't give much of a fuck and patiently biding his time for now, gvien that his influence increase day by day.

>>27982311
I thought the beast will be sated due to the whole hot spring and Tsu comforting.

So Angel is not for Lewd but the Nun is?

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>>27982303

The mechj tend to be more important than the missions themselves, but to commit some also means this is an important assignement too

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>>27982396
Well yeah given how fuck you expensive they are and how it's housing the soul of what was likely a great Dwarven warrior and how the pilot is more replaceable than the mech itself...

Top priority would logically be recovery of the asset if the mission goes south. The mechs are there to ensure it doesn't of course but hey, plans and first contact.

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>>27982459

Yep, early mech be precious; at least they aren'T the total clusterfuc kthat was early TSF, here they move very similarly to the Cores of ACV while obviously being quite a bit clunkier; nevertheless their greatest assets is mobility.

Wall jumping is a thing.

>>27982459
>butt
>plugsuit
>fluffy tails

BY YOUR POWERS COMBINED, I AM CAPTAIN BONER

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>>27982491
Early TSF's were expensive suicide suits really. Those poor, poor eishi never stood a goddamned chance. All they became was more baiters.

Truly, a meaningless death. They just kept the hordes busy by gettin' devoured. Like holding off a zombie invasion by just throwing people at it. Once the zombies are done eating they're gonna resume their march with even greater numbers...

>>27982515
See pic.

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>>27982540

Pretty much.

I also fulyl intend to revive, continue and finish my Muvluv Alternative quest once MGQ is done; I won't abandon that universe of course since I've got a prequel coming and the sequel in mind while I wait for the major events to unfold.

>>27982577
No matter how fucked I think Siggy is (and trust me, he's fucked), Kat is that times 30.

Soooooo, utterly, completely, painfully, ass wreckingly FUCKED! As is anyone who isn't a bratty savior or ruthless manipulative scientist or loli bunny esper

>>27982577
Oh yeah, I vaguely remember that. I don't remember much of the series but was there always yuri undertones or was that just me?

>>27982640
In the setting proper not really (unless you count the Russian esper sisters) but there was some in his quest.

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>>27982638

The russian esper tend to have some longevity in the muvluv universe.

Beside, she's so much fun to write and develop I can't get bored with her and the whole duo of protagonist we've got with Top Sword make for a pretty dynamic amount of scenes that are otherwise simple.

>>27982654

More than some, people were outright shipping.

>>27982660
I thought Russain Esper sisters like the main, *(I like the older one)

Was there Yuri undertones in your quest?

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>>27982699

Basically, I started muvluv alternative by making the players read and choose the backstory of the main cahracter, who was a russian esper loli that got kidnapped by a bunch of merc living on a carrier.

Very quickly things escalated and I made them chosoe a mentor between all the npc I spent a long, long time imagining and fine tuning with the help of a friend, in the end people chose the Imperial Guard self exiled from Japan who lost her family and longed for her younger sisters very, very much.

I started switching pov and in the end made her a main character, knowing /tg/, what do yo uthink would happen between two cute girls trying their best to overcome hardships in a fucked up world?

>>27982738
I don't know you tell me, I bet you partially planned for this

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>>27982760

Of course I did, jsut like how I first planned this quest to become Rance Quest.

Okay the idea of the yuri was/is indeed pretty appealing to me

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>>27982738
It's because there are no girls on the internet and all the self insert types don't want to seduce another man.

I do wonder if there will ever be a straight female MC in a quest... But I doubt I'll live to see it. A pity, as I never self-insert but instead assume the role of Uryuu's god. I'm in heaven, and the happenings of the characters are popcorn material.

>>27982792
I believe someone told you the gentleman trying not to rape or get raped was the more interesting concept. He was quite right.

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>>27982840

Quite, while harem was expected, I made sure taht I'll make you suffer, bleed and cry to try and get it.

>>27982792
I know it's pissing against the tide but is it possible not to be a lesbain? though considering our choices.

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>>27982865
Hence my continuing assertion, Siggy is fucked.

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>>27982893

Oh of course, I was jsut sticking to the usual love story that happen in everything related to muvluv.

Man this discussion really make me feel like reviving it, but I don'T have the stamina to stick with it...

>>27982910
But love is death flags in muvluv and if i recall the only choices are old men and that one casanovawanna be guy

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>>27982935

Hmm, well, waht can I say, my inspiration is jsut that!

>>27982947
No wonder it is so easy to be yuri....there is no competition

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>>27982995

It's not that there was no competition; they were just the very colorful bunch of Eishi I came up with.

Hell the french girl was growing in popularity too.

>>27983015
Colorful cast = no competition