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It is the Year 22XX, and you are Ivan Parkas Kostov, a High Impact Public Representative of the StrikeOut Corporation. But nobody calls you that. To most people, you’re just another merc. Most of the time you get launched out of a Space Cruiser at high speeds in a pod of metal and toxic gel with the simple orders to fuck shit up as much as possible.

Right now you’re deeply in debt, and are working to alleviate that situation. So far you’ve gone on four missions in your quest to alleviate the burden of debt-slavery.

>Operation Ordinary Rendition
Your first drop, and one of your more successful ones. You got bumped up a pay grade for your performance and kidnapped some Japanese scientists.

>Operation Shattered Moon
Another resounding success, you managed to save dozens of asteroid miners held hostage by the nefarious Limited Liability Solutions, a front organization for organized crime on Earth. You also managed to kill the legendary Jamaican Giant Dreads with the aid of a fellow rookie, Tsukino Noriko.

>Operation Bitter Prophet
A deeply unsettling mission, and your first brush with failure. Sent down to investigate a gene therapy clinic that had gone silent, your squad found a horrific scene of slaughter. The staff dead and the patients horribly mutated, the mission cost you many nights of sleep and an arm. Your squad decided to retreat before they could discover how the clinic came to such a grim fate.

>Operation Idol Bashers
Your most recent drop. Suggested by your well intentioned HR Advisor, Svenja Weiss, this drop was a light and easy battle against the theatric, but ultimately ineffectual, merc-idols of the SpaceHeart*Love Mil-Pop TV show. You have yet to receive your earnings for the mission, but you managed to snag three defeated merc-idols, the Himawari Force, for Basic Training as StrikeOut mercs.

Master Pastebin:
http://pastebin.com/nNU28gEA
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Your eyes open and look out into an sky colored orange. Sighing, you roll over in bed and sit upright, rubbing your eyes and yawning. The fluid pours into your mouth, tasting of oranges and champagne. You smile to yourself. It’s better than the usual chemical orange flavor of impact gel. Slurping on the ocean of mimosa, you look out around your bed. It’s rather odd. The furnishings of the suite LWL stored you in are floating in the sky, the floors and walls apparently gone. Peeking out over the edge of the bed, you look down and into the sky once more.

Cocking an eyebrow curiously, you seize one of your pillows and toss it out into the void. It lands with a stolid thump, or at least as much of one as a pillow can manage, where the floor would probably be if it weren’t invisible. Apparently the floor just likes to see how many cases of vertigo it can induce on the unwary sleeper.

Dick.

Regardless of the floor’s dickishness (and there’s a lot to not regard), you are reassured that you won’t plummet to your doom. With that comforting thought in mind you contemplate what you should try and accomplish right now.

>Go over to the minifridge, check up on your stash of Champagne
>Open the door to the main floor and let your squaddies know about the mimosa. You don’t think they’d want to miss out on it
>Turn on the TV, the season 5 finale of CosmoTicker*Passion is on!
>Write In
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>>31065275

>Write In
Throw another pillow at the floor to confirm its solidity.

What a dick.
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>>31065275
>Go over to the minifridge, check up on your stash of Champagne
Made it!
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>>31065275
>Turn on TV softly then sneakily make our way to the bath and take a shower.
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>>31065275
>Go over to the minifridge, check up on your stash of Champagne
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>>31065379
Also order breakfast for when we finish our mourning routine and ping the girl we sent to the ER or whatever last night to make sure hangover aside she's doing alright today.
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>>31065275
>>Turn on the TV, the season 5 finale of CosmoTicker*Passion is on!
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The floor really is a massive tool. It would be just like him to pretend to be solid in order to trick you into plummeting for the rest of eternity. You need to make sure it’s not just gonna fuck you over by going intangible right when you start walking. Yawning theatrically, you scoot over the the edge of the bed and sit on it. You begin to lower your feet with agonizing slowness, getting up off of the bed as if your muscles are powered by turtles on treadmills. As you rise, your left hand slithers across the mattress and grabs a pillow. Just as your feet are about to touch the floor, you spike it into the invisible floor.

It lands with a pained thump. Nodding to yourself, you put your whole weight on the floor, pleased to see that it’s keeping its shenanigans restrained to invisibility today. Last time you woke up, the bastard ended up dropping you naked into your year ten Earth History Final, much to the amusement of all and sundry.

Shuddering at the memory, you decide to make sure you’ve got enough forgetful juice to fully suppress it later. Wandering over to the minifridge, you yank the door open. You are met by a cavernous vault, easily the size of a warehouse, filled to the brim with racks and racks of champagne bottles. The interior of the minifridge is easily large enough to store a Holy Grail or Crystal Skull from Nazis for a good long while.

You nod to yourself, satisfied that your semi-ill gotten gains are safe, and turn around to contemplate the suite. Just as you do so, someone knock on the door.

>Write In
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>>31065553

If we have a peephole, look through it. If we don't, make sure we have some pants on and open it.
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>>31065553
We have a guest! Prepare a mimosa while asking who it is and then letting them in.
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>>31065553
Answer the door while only wearing a glass of mimosa
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>>31065553
>Use future intercom to identify visitor and, if friendly, allow them entry. Also, pillow fight.
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You decide to ensure that you are wearing the appropriate garments for meeting a potential stranger and look down at your waist. You’re pleased to see that you are bedecked in the utterly inoffensive and acceptable costume of the twenty third century, one that might draw a friendly “lookin’ good,” from a limo driver. A translucent mimosa glass that you tuck your genitles into. Nodding at the extreme banality of your clothing of choice, you walk up to the door and peek through the peephole.

You are confronted by a delicious pair of curves bedecked in a merc-idol costume. The mini skirt sways enchantingly as whoever is on the opposite side of the door gives their hips a teasing little wiggle. Placing a hand over your heart to control it’s palpitations, you take a few steps back from the door, mentally bracing yourself. But who for?

>Valkyrie! Somehow she intercepted your package (lol) and wants to show the outfit off herself!
>Elda! Knowing her, she’s probably just trying to trick you into thinking it’s Valkyrie so she can gut you for buying her such a revealing outfit!
>Simge! She’s clearly suffering from a mental break and reverted to her Vix persona!
>Thudnertits! Holy shit, you’re pretty sure that she has an actual name! Maybe you should try to remember it!

>>Write in how you shall prepare yourself.
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>>31065816

Simge
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>>31065816
>Thudnertits! Holy shit, you’re pretty sure that she has an actual name! Maybe you should try to remember it!
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>>31065816
Thundertits
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>>31065816
Elda, Valkyrie and Chiharu. We're too much man for one lady to handle.
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>>31065816
>Why not all of the above?

Otherwise, Elda.
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>>31065816
>>Write in how you shall prepare yourself.

With bombastic aplomb.

Namely, throw the door open, announce your greetings, and offer a mimosa with a silly straw in it. Because silly straws are cool, okay?
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>>31065816
Why not all of them?
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>>31065816
>Valkyrie! somehow she intercepted your package (lol) and wants to show the outfit off herself!

Run to our room, rip our sheets off the bed, tie them together and tie one end of our crude rope to something secure near a window. Open the window, jump out and try to break into our neighbor below us. Assuming we can get in, apologies and escape before Val catches us!
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>>31065816
All of them. Elda, Simge, Val, and the entire Himawari Force, coming for some quality time with Ivan.
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>>31065816
>Val and Thundertits
>lose the cock cup
>open the door and prepare them mimosas
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>>31065816
>Thudnertits! Holy shit, you’re pretty sure that she has an actual name! Maybe you should try to remember it!
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>>31065816
>>31065816
>Elda! Knowing her, she’s probably just trying to trick you into thinking it’s Valkyrie so she can gut you for buying her such a revealing outfit!

Keep that pillow close. Might need it as a distraction!
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>>31065816
Hikaru. For the lone Megane vote.

Which will never win...
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>>31065816
>>Thudnertits! Holy shit, you’re pretty sure that she has an actual name! Maybe you should try to remember it!
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>>31066005
This. We are nothing if not greedy and loyal to all the women in our life.
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>>31065816
>Elda! Knowing her, she’s probably just trying to trick you into thinking it’s Valkyrie so she can gut you for buying her such a revealing outfit!
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>>31065816
>No Hikaru
For shame. Did Cho nab her in dreamscape somehow?
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>>31065816
>Tsukino, because what Niels doesn't know is happening in the recesses of your subconscious probably won't hurt him.
Open door "Tsukino-san, what an unexpected pleasure."
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>>31066005
You, sir, have good priorities.
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>>31065816
>Svenja, didn't know our HR rep was into sexy cosplay

>Panic that somehow our debt has spiraled out of control and that she will "punish" us for you poor fiscal management.
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>>31066099
And just where the hell is Chisaki in all this?! For shame!
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>>31066005
>quality time with Ivan
So, drinking vodka while playing unreal tournament 2?
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>>31066213
Still hung over.
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You’re almsot certain that it’s Thundertits on the other side of that door. Most likely trying to butter up her sempai and possible sensei before she goes into basic training. Hurrying back to the dresser, you grab a champagne flute and glide it through the atmosphere of mimosa. Best to have a drink on hand for your well endowed guest. Skipping and prancing through the air like some sort of over-muscled ballerina, you twirl just before yanking open the door. As mimosa floods out of your suite and into the void, you bow deeply with a flourish.

“My lady!”

You look up and are unpleasantly surprised by Thundertits’ everything really. You kind of expected her to be a bit more… top heavy, rather than so pear shaped. And her complexion, it’s almost green from the nerves. Resolving to over look these failings as a good sempai should, you scoop Thundertits up into your arms.

“Do not be afraid, kouhai. Your sempai shall show the way…”

You lean in for a kiss, tongue hanging out of your mouth. You find yourself frenching an expanse of green, leathery skin. Yanking your head up in alarm, you reconsider Thundertits with deep concern.

Only it’s not Thundertits in your arms. It’s that pear alien dude. Dropping him onto the ground you take a few steps back, slightly appalled. The alien does the same. The two of you eye one another, slightly off put. After a few seconds the alien relaxes and does a quadrisymmetrical approximation of a shrug before beginning to walk down the hall. Or what you assume is the hall, since all the walls are invisible too. Either that or they’ve been painted to look the same as the sky, which would be even more of a dick move.

As you contemplate the extreme dickishness of the walls and floors, you notice that the alien is waving for you to catch up.

>Write in
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>>31066222
The Himawari Force can play whatever /VGA/ they want while we satisfy Val and Elda's carnal needs.
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>>31065816
Marcos in a sheer pink nightie, because we're just at the point where we have a nightmare about the erotishower.
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>>31066236
Follow the alien, grumble a bit about stupid dreams fucking with us.
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>>31066236
Look behind you. Maybe he's waving to one of his buddies and not you. Think about how awkward that would be, if you just decided to follow him.
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>>31066236
Well, shit. Its not going get away that easily, follow it.
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>>31066236
Follow it while singing lewd songs describing the genitals of the women we met.
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>>31066236
go along.

got nothing better to do...

maybe grab some kind of stick or pole to poke the floor infront of us to ensure it's stability. It would be just like the floor to be invisible just to hide holes...
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>>31066236

>Write in

"Dude, the fuck?"
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>>31066236
Reluctantly follow. Suit up in our merc gear for comforts' sake though.
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>>31065206
YES. MY LACK OF SLEEP HAS BEEN REWARDED.
I can finally catch this thing live.
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Things we should do:

>Watch the Finale of SpaceHeart*Love to see how we did

>Read some reviews

>Check our page on Future Wikipedia
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Furiously muttering to yourself about subconscious cock blocking and quantum pears, you make sure the pear alien isn’t waving to one of his buddies instead of you. You know how awkward that could be. After making completely sure that there isn’t some apple shaped alien standing behind you, you reluctantly conclude that the pear alien is here for you and follow after him.

As the two of you walk, the sky fades away from the pink hued clouds of dusk and transform to a clear blue. Looking around once more you find that the ground has decided to reappear. It looks rather like one of those antique motherboards that they have stored in museums. As you walk buildings rise up from the ground, spiral shaped pillars rising into the sky. A distant memory flashes, and dread rises up from the pit of your stomach.

It was hot here. Hot and humid and loud. You don’t much care for that. You stop walking, convulsively swallowing. You don’t want it to happen again. You don’t want to speak to the conversational equivalent of a blast furnace.

Just then, you feel a pressure on your arm. Looking around, you see the par alien once more, still in it’s merc idol uniform. It is resting one of it’s four manipulators on your upper arm. After a moment of consideration, you realize that it’s trying to reassure you. As the two of you stand in place, one of the distant spirals, one that dominates the skyline, rushes towards you.

The pair of you watch it’s approach serenely. The monolith stops a few centimeters from your nose, coming to a complete stop almost instantly. You watch as the alien walks up to what appear to be a window, and fails at it helplessly.

>Write In
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>>31066581
Be a bro and give the little guy a hand, seeing as he doesn't have any of his own.
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>>31066581
See if the window has a way of opening, and try to open it.
However i'm a little suspicious of this pear.
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>>31066581
Go to the window, grab pear-dude's arm, and help him get through it.

"You're not pussying out on me! I still have to cock-block you in the space-time future dream things you're giving me!"
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>>31066581
Help the pear dude.

Sensually.
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>>31066682
We have to say this, if only to see what pearman looks like confused.
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>>31066682

Do it!
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>>31066581
Locate door next to window. Open it for pear dude.
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>>31066765
This, why are we going through the window anyway?
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>>31066682
Yes. Let's make him feel as awkward as we did when making out with him...
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You walk up to your alien compatriot and apply a little bit of human ingenuity to the problem. This time human ingenuity means head butting the window. The pear alien clambers through the opening and you follow it. The pear alien bobbles in what you assume is appreciation. Rubbing your neck sourly you reply, “Just you wait buddy. One of these days I’ll be the one heading cockblocking you during these space-time future dream things you keep on sending me. Then we’ll see how grateful you are.”

The pear’s manipulators wriggle in what you can only assume to be confusion. Shrugging to yourself you follow it down a hallway. It’s honestly rather odd. The hallway is long and winding and very fractal in nature, branching off in many directions at the drop of a hat. The pear alien is difficult to follow, suddenly changing direction without turning first. You figure it can do that since the species doesn’t seem to have a “front”. They are quadrilaterally symmetrical, with eyes on four sides, four flexible manipulators, and four ball jointed legs, allowing them to interact with the world from any side.
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The hallways are also strange, made from the same material that you’d find in a human office building, but weirldy proportioned for the shorter and wider pear aliens. Just before you get too bored however, the pear alien walks through a door. You follow it and find yourself in the middle of a large white medical room. There is another pear alien lying in the middle of the room on some sort of cup shaped bed as peers dressed in white bumble about it.

The alien on the bed seems to be almost dead. You can hear it’s raspy breathing, the entire body inflating and deflating in shuddering gasps. You can see it’s strange skeleton outlined against the papery skin.

Just as one of the aliens dressed in white pulls out a scalpel, you hear a burst of sound from behind you. Turning around you see that another door has opened up behind you. Valkyrie is leaning against the door frame, Elda clinging to her neck for support. The two of them beckon towards you. From behind them you can hear happy drunken laughter and soft thumps as what can only be pillows strike home. You glance back at the pear alien, who wiggles in agitation. Apparently he’d really like it if you stayed.

>What do?
>Sexy pillow fight
>Weird Alien Operation
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>>31067072
Split into two. Do both at once.
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>>31067072

>Weird Alien Operation

Poor bugger
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>>31067072
>>Weird Alien Operation
Bros before hoes.

Even through it's not really a bro.
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>>31067072
>Sexy Pillow Fight
Apologies to our pear buddy, this is important.
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>>31067072
>>Weird Alien Operation
HO BOY YOU FUCKS ARE REALLY STARTING TO PISS ME OFF
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>>31067072

>Weird Alien Operation

I think it'd be a dick move to let this guy die.
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>>31067072
>Weird Alien Operation
FUCK!
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>>31067072
>>Sexy pillow fight

Cockblock me once, shame on you.
Cockblock me twice, shame on me.
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>>31067072
>Weird Alien Operation
You guys own we SO MUCH for this, I swear to god.
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>>31067072
>Weird Alien Operation
To Mr. Pearman...

"I won't go, if only because you'd turn into them to get me back on track..."

"Right?"
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>>31067072
Evidently we must perform precision surgery with a pillow while fighting off Elda and Valkyrie
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>>31067072
Just before I'm off to bed:
>Weird Alien Operation
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>>31067072
>Weird Alien Operation
Well fuck...
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Grumbling miserably to yourself, you shake your head at the two mercs and follow the alien over to the operating table. You wince as the door shuts behind you. The alien seems to sag a bit, as if in apology. You simply snort and cross your arms.

You watch as the medical aliens prepare the alien on the operating table for surgery, inserting IV lines and attaching a variety of life support systems to the dying alien. Once everything is ready to go most of them clear the room, gathering around monitors outside of the operating theater. Four aliens remain however, and they go to work, cutting into their compatriot. They cut into the middle of the alien, going down into his bulbous lower body. You peer at the procedure with detached interest. If this was a human, you think you might be a little sick, but an alien, not so much of a bother.

The surgeons burrow deep into the alien until they encounter a roughly shaped spheroid of bone, a bunch of strands of tissue lying atop flexible columns of cartilage connecting to it. They make three other similar incisions, uncovering three other points of connection. Four spines, you realize.
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You watch as they attach some sort of electronic uplinks to each spinal column. Then they take out a large needle gun, full of some metallic grey fluid. You watch as they inject it into the first spinal column they uncovered. On a large monitor across the room, you can see what can only be the interior of the alien’s brain case. It’s not like a human brain. You’re no neuroscientist, but it seems like the basal structures of the alien’s brain form a sort of cross in between the four spinal columns. From there blooms more advanced structures, symmetrical vertically and horizontally. Humans have a right and left side of the brain, these aliens have an up and down side in addition to that. The Surgeons plug wires into the four electronic devices and wait. After a few minutes the dying aliens suddenly stops breathing, various life support monitors go dark.

The brain on the monitor across the room now blooms with activity. Flowering light and bright strands and lines. Explosions of golden color.

Then the world goes black, and it’s just you and the alien in the idol costume.

>Do you say anything?
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>>31067611
Where'd you get that outfit anyway?
Oh, and you owe me one.
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>>31067611
"Maybe a should be going to those free therapy sessions"
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>>31067611
One thing. You've been jumping into my dreams for a while, and I'd kind of like a name from the person who pokes around my head. So, what's your name?
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>>31067611
>>Do you say anything?
Seriously what the fuck was that.

Are you trying to tell me something little plot relevant alien?
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>>31067611
"Why'd you show me this?"
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>>31067611
>Humans have a right and left side of the brain, these aliens have an up and down side in addition to that.
what? So the pears aren't completely symmetrical on the inside: they have a front/back side and a left/right side.
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>>31067647
We might as well ask Mr. Pearman that. We might even find out what his life was like eventually if we establish a social link to him.
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>>31067611
Ask if it has a name
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>>31067647
Seconded.
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>>31067683
Their brains are basically the same way as the Earth's hemispheres.
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>>31067611
"No offense, but you'd really look better in...almost anything other than that costume."
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>>31067647
And even when it tells us it's name, we still end up calling it Mr. Pearman.
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>>31067742
There is no costume. That's just our visualization of him.
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>>31067647
Might as well ask him, then introduce ourself. Ivan is many things, but he's not rude.
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>>31067755
On that note he's probably not even a pear.
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>>31067611
"Let me guess, they injected a nanotech cocktail to neural map this guy in prepareation for his consciousness to be uploaded into either a new organic body or to a nentwork as an AI construct. Close?"
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>>31067820
Let's go with this.
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>>31067820
...The millenium man is an alien, why did I realise sooner?!
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“The fuck was that shit?”

A voice in your mind responds. {Hopefully irrelevant you. Probably not. Must prepare. Must know.}

Rubbing your head, you sigh. “Ooookay then. Hey... you've been jumping into my dreams for a while now, and I'd kind of like to know the name of the person who pokes around my head. So, what's your name?”

The alien wiggles about. {Name? Untranslatable. Remind fruit. Informal language attaches "-y" make nouns descriptors. Social identifier: Fruity.}

You snort to yourself, shaking your head. “Alright Fruity. I’m Ivan. Could you try to not interrupt me in the middle of things next time?”

The alien seems to deflate slightly, it’s manipulators waving dejectedly. {Apologies. Make Right.}

Then a door opens in front of you two. You can’t very well see what’s going on on the other side due to the swirls of feathers. However, you can easily recognize the laughter. It’s less innocent than last time, deeper and longer.

You turn to face Fruity, elated. The alien waves you towards the door with three of it’s manipulators. The fourth wriggles about and knots around itself until it makes a rough approximation of a thumbs up. {Talk later?}

>Yes
>No
>Maybe
>If you can pull this shit off again, hell fucking yeah
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>>31067923
>Yes

Once you get past the whole pear-shaped thing Fruity is a pretty nice guy.
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>>31067923
>>If you can pull this shit off again, hell fucking yeah
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>>31067923
>Yes
Also, ask >>31067820. If we have to deal with an uplifted Machine/Biorganic race I'd like to know now, if it's standard "Nanotechnology fucks EVERYTHING" I care slightly less.
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>>31067923
>If you can pull this shit off again, hell fucking yeah
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>>31067923
>>Yes
Hug him before we go.
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>>31067923
Yeah, but mind jumping into some of the more depressing dreams instead? I mean having a nightmare about Bitter Prophet cluster fuck A-okay. Dreamin' about was I was origionally not cool dude.
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>>31067923
>If you can pull this shit off again, hell fucking yeah
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You grin and give Fruity your own thumbs up. “If you can pull off this shit again, than hell fucking yeah. Although maybe next time, show up when I’m nightmaring instead?”

Fruity gyrates from side to side. {Negative. Important subconscious venting.}

You sigh and walk up to Fruity. Leaning over, you give him a fierce bear hug. Guy might be a bit weird and pear shaped, but you suppose he means well. {Ocular patches highly irritated! Please cease desist!}

You release the alien. “Sorry dude. Didn’t think that’d happen in a dreamscape.”

Fruity inflates huffily. {Talk later. Good.}

The alien is suddenly gone, leaving you alone with the door. Cracking your neck, you walk into the swirl of feathers.
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>>31067923
>>If you can pull this shit off again, hell fucking yeah
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Alright, that's the end of the dream sequence. Am working on the next story update. As for now, I'll invite any speculation as to the nature of these dream sequences and what you just saw.

Probably won't confirm or deny anything, spoilers and all that.
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>>31068170
We awake to Val straddling us and immediately make the mistake apof assuming it's still dream.
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>>31068188
I speculate that you've played the MGS series and have read Old Man's War.
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>>31068188
Well, it's unlikely that we are actually in the dream of some hyperadvanced aliens. That's too cliché.

It's probably the first attempt at contacting humanity by some very advanced aliens.
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>>31068188
The aliens are the next step in human evolution talking to you from the future. This is only possible in dreams because of reasons.They're trying to help you prevent some sort of biological disaster 12 monkeys style hence the hospital and operation.
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>>31068220
Done neither, I'm too much of a PCfag Even when all I have right now is a shitty laptop..

However, Old Man's War looks really interesting. I'll definitely pick it up anon.
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The cryo-pod hisses as it releases you from Cryo-sleep. You lie in the pod, breathing heavily. For a while all you can do is try to suppress the urge to vomit. Goddamn cryo-sleep. More accurately, goddamn the cocktail of chemicals they need to inject into your ass to keep the subzero temperatures from killing you. Shuddering as another wave of nausea passes over you, You remain still for a few more minutes until your stomach calms down. Sitting up in the cryo-pod you look around to see that the rest of your fellow mercs are well on their way to getting dressed. Clambering out of the pod, you begin to rifle through your duffle bag for some clothing, taking care to avoid knocking the champagne bottles around too much. Wouldn’t want them to get all shaken up and flat.

As you pull your clothing on, you remember. You remember and you are disturbed. Not because of the content of the dream, although Niels’ appearance at the very end was entirely unwelcome. People aren’t supposed to dream in cryo. Wondering what the fuck all that was then, you continue to get dressed, taking care to keep on acting natural.

Glancing over to your fellow mercs, you wonder if they’ve noticed any change in behavior. You find all three of them crowded around Choi Lei’s tablet.

>Ask them what’s going on
>Stay quiet
>Write in
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>>31068277
Highly recommend Old Man's War and Scalzi in general.
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>>31068401
>>Ask them what’s going on
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>>31068401
>>Ask them what’s going on
Curiosity level: 7/10
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>>31068401
>>Ask them what’s going on
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>>31068401
>Ask Smige what's going on
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>>31068401

>Ask them what’s going on

Please be a review of our Mission.
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>>31068401
Look at Choi's tablet. Quietly.

Out of character, how are the recruits traveling to the Brick for Basic
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>>31068401
>Ask them what’s going on
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>>31068401
>Ask them what’s going on

They're probably watching the broadcast of our performance.
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>>31068401
Is there a brain aug that is able to record dreams? Is there one that can monitor brain activity at all times and display abnormalities?
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>>31068505
Although you could record brain activity, humans cannot process such information into anything like a video or audio stream.

>>31068475
You'll need to recommend them to Svenja first and she'll take care of the paperwork from there. Then they'll be informed of StrikeOut's decision and will have to arrange their own transportation to Atlas, where there is a StrikeOut training facility located planet side. This is to make it easier to wash out, you only have to get up and leave, rather than taking a long shuttle ride back to a planet. StrikeOut will only take the most willing recruits.
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>>31068613
>Although you could record brain activity, humans cannot process such information into anything like a video or audio stream.

That's too bad. The research must have been abandoned in this future.
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>>31068613
Just how long is Basic, anyway. I was kind of hoping to get to talk to those three...
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>>31068765
so was I, but don't worry anon, if Thundertits makes it, which she should, Niels made it, then us and Valkyrie can help 'induct' them into SO when they graduate

although we may need a reinforced structure for the 'party' to be held in
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“H-h-hey guys. What’s up?”

You scowl internally. Irritated that you couldn’t keep a slight tremor out of your voice. Simge and Valkyrie look at you quizically, but Choi Lei merely snorts and shakes his head. “I forgot you got so badly cryosick Ivan. Here, come over here and check this out. Just promise not to technicolor yawn all over my tablet.”

Grateful for Choi’s save, you feign a burp and pull on a jacket before walking up to the other three mercs. “Alright. What is it?”

Simge smiles excitedly. “Just watch!”

You look down in the tablet in your hands as the video loops back around. It must be standard regulation that all security camera feeds are either grainy as hell or choppy. This one is the latter. The camera seems to recording some sort of hangar bay, one in the middle of a city. You watch as three people in armor run onto the hangar floor, shooting at something behind them. They are dragging along a fourth body with them. The blood on his armor is already starting to dry, nothing new is pouring out. The four mercs are about to the middle of the hangar when something appears in the opening at the opposite end.

It looks like your standard commercial VTOL, at least until the side panels slide away, revealing a large number of heavy machine guns. The mercs scatter, two of them dragging the injured merc to the left, while the fourth rolls away to the right, behind some shipping containers. The most likely illegally armed VTOL begins to deliver withering fire into the cover the three mercs are hiding behind, entirely ignoring the fourth.
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This proves to be a mistake, as the fourth merc withdraws a long rifle and fires. The VTOL hovers in place for a moment before veering away from the hangar and out of the camera’s line of sight. the fourth merc runs to the center of the room and lies down on the ground. Two more shots. A few seconds later you notice a distant mid air explosion.

The mercs run around for a little bit before a HOEV arrives bearing StikeOut’s logo. The four pile in.

The feed suddenly switches to a helmet camera, with much higher quality image quality and frame rate. Still no sound. The owner of the helmet is belaying the fourth merc once more, who is hanging out of the HOEV, taking pot shots at yet more armed commercial VTOLs. Only they’re not pot shots. At least a quarter of them are hitting, quite the feat when one considers that both the sniper’s platform and her targets are moving. Even more impressive when you realize all of them are doing evasive maneuvers.

You watch in awe as all the pursuing VTOLs are shot down. Eventually the merc wearing the helmet pulls the fourth merc back into the HOEV as the cargo bat door closes. The fourth merc stands in place, probably talking, for a few seconds before removing her helmet.

The video stops on a still of Elda’s face, flushed and slightly sweaty. A look of grim satisfaction in her eyes.

>Response?
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>>31068860
Actually, I was hoping for Sniper Megane. Choi has got some competition...
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>>31068765
Basic takes place on planetside for a while, but eventually moves up to the Brick. You can probably see them in 1 to 2 missions time. StrikeOut will usually shuttle down merc instructors while the recruits are on planetside to do various things, like "what is employment at StrikeOut like?" and other things.
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>>31068918
Smile a bit. Walk away grinning.
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>>31068918
Keeping tabs on your rookie Takeout?
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>>31068918
Appreciative Whistle. "Looks like the Ice Cool Bitch of the Alps is as heated as usual."
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>>31068918
Oh well that's impressive.
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>>31068918
"Huh."
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>>31068959
>>31068998
I like these two.
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>>31068918
Seconding >>31068998 & >>31068959

Remind me not to piss her off, again, again.
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>>31069017
>>31069056
these
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Rolled 6, 6, 8 = 20

Story roll, don't mind me
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>>31069132
Uh oh?
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“Huh.”

Choi Lei gives you a little punch. “Seems like you’ve got some competition in the badass rookie department, Ivan,” then his face twists into a look of mock pride, his eyes welling up. “I’m just so proud of my little merc protege!”

Simge snorts. “Yeah huh. Just cause you dropped with her on her first mission. I was her sniping instructor!”

Choi Lei grins and rolls his eyes. “One of them.”

You whistle as your mind fully processes what it’s seen. “Wow. Remind me not to piss her off.”

You are about to turn around and walk off to the Brick to find Elda, when Valkyrie pushes you to the side. Despite your nausea, you manage to avoid tripping into your cryo-pod, barely managing to maintain your balance. You watch in confusion as the red haired merc storms down the hallway.

>Say something.
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>>31069132
forebodingintensifies.jpg
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>>31069173
>>31069146
It was only to see how well Ivan maintained his balance when Valkyrie pushed past him. A really high roll would have probably entailed tripping her over instead.
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>>31069168
"What."

Quickly send a ping to Elda to lookout for Valkyrie, she might want help in fending off her 'advances', so we might wanna follow Valk, Elda might not be as receptive of her charms as we are.
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>>31069168
Follow her and ask what's up.
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>>31069168
Uh oh. Elda might need to go into hiding.

Now... where to hide her...
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>>31069168
Sprint ahead screaming "I HAD DIBS FIRST, VALKRYE"
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>>31069217
Bunk her with Tsukino. No one's going to look there.
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>>31069168
"Woah, you alright, Valk?"

>>31069200
Oh, of course. It's definitely not the combat rolls for Dreads when he koolaidmans into the hallway, or anything.
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>>31069217
Nah. Valkyrie is not one of these jealous kind of girls.

>>31069223
Good idea
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>>31069223
AHAHAHAHA yes, we must to this, followed by >>31069204, ping her to let her know whats up
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>>31069204
>>31069217
I think Valk is jealous
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>>31069168
Send a "Godspeed" to Valk. Hopefully she'll work the stick out of Elda's ass while she's down there.

Sensually.
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>>31069223
No, that's just going to make things worse. Val doesn't like being told she can't play with other people's toys, remember?
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>>31069168
Ping Elda, warn her. Depending on her reaction, help her avoid Valk, or let nature take its course.
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>>31069252
No shit?
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>>31069265
>>31069247
>>31069204
Guys, I think this'll be a lot more memorable if we don't warn Elda.
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>>31069263
she's not being told she can't play, shes being told we have first dibs, shes more than welcome to join in after though
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>>31069168
I like this >>31069259

I'm sure Elda can handle herself without us warning her.
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>>31069223
AWW YISS.
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>>31069299
...so, you want her to double down on taking Elda now. Probably not good for our relationship with either woman, but I admit it'd be nice to watch.
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>>31069168
Maybe comment on how it looks like Val is on the prowl.

Really guys? We don't actually need to give her a heads up.
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>>31069223
Don't be an ass.
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>>31069168
Give Elda a heads up that we believe Val is coming to see her shortly and to be prepared
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Hold on a sec...

Does Elda only have relationship issues? Or does she also have physical intimacy issues?

It'd be unfortunate if Valkyrie's...endeavors results in Elda getting actually, seriously emotionally compromised. Not just, "oh I'm ruined for marriage", but like "welp Elda can't drop anymore because she had intimacy issues and Valk just went and broke her like a goddamn stick"
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>>31069168
Can we send a music file to Elda?

I want to send her Ride of the Valkyries
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>>31069355
Or this is how we learn that Elda's gay.
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Alright guys, writing.

>>31069355
Elda has issues with emotional intimacy for some very specific reasons.

She is not sexually traumatized, nor does she have any issues in that vein.

Shit would be double plus unfun to write.
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>>31069392
We're about to act like a drunk bro aren't we?
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>>31069280
What i meant is that i feel she is jealous of Ivan's attention being diverted.
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>>31069392
Cool, just wanted to make sure.
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>>31069392
>She is not sexually traumatized, nor does she have any issues in that vein.
Still, I am curious as to how Valkyrie is going to get Elda in her bed.

Is every women on the Brick bisexual or what?
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>>31069431
Eh, doesn't feel like a catfight coming up to me.

...if only...
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>>31069431
Pretty sure she just wants to fuck the competition. Val's pretty much a rite of passage for young mercs at this point. Still, I think we should probably divert her without going all "Elda is MINE" (which is guaranteed to get back to Elda and upset the Italiana), but maybe that's just me.
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>>31069483
Of course not.

Everyone is. Fucking showerheads man.
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>>31069483
And probably most of the men. I'm fine with us not doing Marcus thought.
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>>31069508
My god...

Is...is there a Homoeroticism-Inducement Hygine Unit ("hee-hoo") for the women's shower, too?
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>>31069508
The Brick is secretly a containment facility to keep the showerhead from spreading across the universe. The Millenium Man spends most of his time ensuring this with new sacrifices to the showerhead.
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>>31069535
It's a lilly shaped showerhead.
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>>31069569
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>>31069569
>lillies begin sprouting out of the water
>Walk out the shower
>Lillies everywhere
>Lilly Vision Engaged.
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You push yourself upright, slightly confused and annoyed. What the hell was that for anyway? And that’s when it hits you. Before you have a chance to run down the hallway screaming about how you have dibs, Choi Lei places a restraining hand on your arm. He shakes his head. “Don’t do it rookie. Don’t ever get in Valkyrie’s way when she’s on the prowl.”

You shrug. “Makes sense, I suppose. She’s kinda… relentless?”

Choi Lei shrugs. “Eh. Maxim said no once when their fist fight heated up. Valkyrie stood down.”

“Well I’d feel amiss not warning Elda at least,” you say, opening up the media archives on your e-glasses. You find the file https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AlEvy0fJto that you’re looking for and send it to Elda in a ping. “That’s should be good enough.”

You glance over at Choi and Simge and shrug. They shrug in return and the three of you walk out of the cryobay and towards the airlock.

>Talk while you walk?
>If so, then to whom and about what?
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>>31069637
Lets ask them what other kind of show need mercs, other than merc idols show.
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>>31069637

"So, how were the reviews for our performance?"
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>>31069637
>say bye to Choi and Lady Vix, then head to you HR rep to recommend the ex-idol trio.
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>>31069637
seconding >>31069695
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>>31069637
See if Smige wants to get that drink we owe her later.
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>>31069637
Also, Choi, what the flying fuck did you even mean when you said "The Hawk shall hunt the Hip-Hop Rabbits on the floor of the linoleum" or other random bullshit crap you were saying?
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>>31069832
if he said that during the cast party, it probably means he was looking for the cool kids on the dancefloor
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>>31069832
Seconded He sounded like some psychotic Beatrix Potter fan.
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>>31069695
>>31069832
I like these.
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>>31069861
He was just probably being cryptic for the sake of being cryptic.
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>>31069832
We might as well ask before we do what >>31069695 suggested.
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>>31069832
Yeah, just how far up his ass did he pull that phrase from?
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>>31069832
Fake military code phrases. Example from...some Tom Clancy book/movie (I think):

"The chicke is in the pot." (I have the bomb planted in position and the target is in its killzone)
"Cook it." (Eliminate your target by detonating the device)

Basically all that shit was babble for the audience.
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Stretching, you walk towards the airlock with your two remaining squadmates. Just then, a thought occurs to you. Turning to face Choi, you ask, “So what the flying fuck was with all of that rabbits hip-hopping on linoleum bullshit during the mission?”

Choi Lei snorts. “Right. That’s part of the Delivery Man’s MO. He says weird and cryptic shit like that. Besides, it means I don’t actually have to provide a cogent reaction to any situation. Just yank some weird shit out of my lower intestine and I’m set.”

“So,” you say, dragging out the word. “The Delivery Man is basically set up to allow you to be as lazy as possible?”

“Yep!”

“Brilliant. Just goddamn brilliant.”

You hurry forward a bit and turn around to look at your two fellow mercs. “Well I’ll see you guys later. I’ve got some paper work to attend to.”

Choi Lei and Simge wave goodbye to you as you step into the decontamination chamber of the airlock. You step out into the terminal and quickly hurry towards HR. You’re about halfway there, standing in in front of an elevator in one of the major thoroughfares of the Brick when you run into Elda and Valkyrie. Or rather when they run into you. Or rather when neither of you three run into each other, since you were all standing mostly still when the elevator doors open.

Certain parts of your anatomy bulge.

“Privacy please?”

You nod numbly and leave to find another elevator.

Eventually you manage to make your way to Svenja’s office, taking care to avoid the elevator down to K-level. You stand before the door and ponder your entrance.

>Villainous? Write in some appropriate villainy
>Normal
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>>31070118
>Villainous? Write in some appropriate villainy

"My dear Svenja, I'm sure you will be pleased to discover that I have returned unharmed."
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>>31070118
>Twirl non-existent moustache
"Well that was a rather enjoyable experience."
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>>31070118
>Normal
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>>31070118

Dayum, Valk works fast.

Also, how far along were they? Would it have been X-rated?
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>>31070118
>>Villainous? Write in some appropriate villainy

"Tally ho! I have returned from my virtuous hunt unscathed and bearing many a prize!"
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>>31070118

>>31070160
>>31070172
These two. In order.
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>>31070118
>>Villainous? Write in some appropriate villainy
Mustache twirling of course.

Just act like an english nobleman from the 19th century.
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>>31070118
Tfw Valk is a walking HIHU

Also, seconding
>>31070160
With maximum Received Pronunciation added.
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>>31070118
>>Normal

So did Elda just accept the inevitable?
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>>31070118
>Villainous? Write in some appropriate villainy

Well Valk or Elda is definitely explaining and giving us the juicy details, whoever we meet first
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>>31070243
>She got hit by the shower too and entered grit mode
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>>31070268
>Well Valk or Elda is definitely explaining and giving us the juicy details, whoever we meet first
>juicy

kek
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>>31070243
Looks like. She probably needed to work out some stress from the mission and dealing with Ivan.
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Rolled 2, 1, 4 = 7

Doing another story roll. Don't mind me
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>>31070306
>7
Someone ain't having a fun time
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>>31070306
>ominous chanting
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>>31070306
>7

"Oh, hello Ivan, I s-OH MY GOD YOUR ARM JUST POPPED OFF!"

"It was bearly hanging on anyway."
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>>31070306
Ivan has done... poorly.
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>>31070321
Look like someone isn't very...stretchy.
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>>31070306
I'm guessing we freaked the hell out of Svenja?
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>>31070306
I'm just going to assume those were Elda's rolls for how well she...sparred against Valk.
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>>31070352
Welp... guess we got to go visit Elda at the medical wing after this if that is the case
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You can’t resist. Svenja was around for when you picked your persona, so she’d get the joke, right? Twirling and invisible moustache to get into the mood, you push open the door to Svenja’s office. “Tally ho-”

The rest of your villainous entrance is cut off by her shriek of alarm. You see what’s going to happen and dive into action. This excess of motion triggers a severely disorienting wave of nausea and you end up missing your target entirely, slamming your head into Svenja’s desk.

A few minutes later, the pair of you are sitting in your respective seats, rubbing sore heads.

>What say Ivan
>”Shit, I’m really really sorry about that Svenja. I don’t know why I thought that was a good idea.” [apologetic]
>”Jesus woman. Desk must be made out of bloody tank armor.” [grumpy]
>”Well, that wasn't nearly as well received as the times I did on the missions.” [lighthearted]
>Write In
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>>31070404
>”Well, that wasn't nearly as well received as the times I did on the missions.” [lighthearted]
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>>31070404
>>”Well, that wasn't nearly as well received as the times I did on the missions.” [lighthearted]
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>>31070404
>”Well, that wasn't nearly as well received as the times I did on the missions.” [lighthearted]
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>>31070404
>>”Well, that wasn't nearly as well received as the times I did on the missions.” [lighthearted]
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>>31070404
>>”Well, that wasn't nearly as well received as the times I did on the missions.” [lighthearted]
oh Ivan
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>>31070404
>”Well, that wasn't nearly as well received as the times I did on the missions.” [lighthearted]
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>>31070404
>[Apologetic]
We should have known better than to show up without pinging her first.
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>>31070404
>”Well, that wasn't nearly as well received as the times I did on the missions.” [lighthearted]
with added "what the hell is your desk made of anyway?"
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>>31070404
>”Well, that wasn't nearly as well received as the times I did on the missions.” [lighthearted]
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Rubbing the exceedingly sore crown of your head you smile at Svenja, although it’s more of a wince. “Well, that wasn’t nearly as well received as the times I did it on the mission.”

Svenja winces herself and nods. “I know I’m a little jumpy Ivan, but so do you. Did you really think that would end well?”

You grunt. “Wasn’t really thinking, but yeah probably not. I suppose I just got carried away after the mission.”

Svenja’s eyes suddenly shift their focus from the side of her head and to you. She stares at you intently. “Oh really? So how did you like the mission?”

>How did Ivan like the Mission?
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>>31070594
>>How did Ivan like the Mission?
Well it was pretty fun.

I guess Ivan would like more mission from that entertainment company.

Possibly missions on different gameshow or reality shows.
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>>31070594
I loved it. So cheesey, so fun.
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>>31070594
It was pretty fun. Definitely good to have a change of pace once in a while.

Don't forget to thank her.
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>>31070594
"Best vacation I've ever had. Thanks Svenj, I owe you one. Now, before we talk numbers there's a trio of ex-idol mercs I mostly knocked off the show that I promised to vouche for. Valerie's willing to second my recommendation, and I have no idea how to go about doing that so, uh, help?"
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>>31070594

"I have to say, it was a pretty good change of pace. And after Bitter Prophet, I really needed some downtime to get my head right. Overall, I liked it!"
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>>31070594
>How did Ivan like the Mission?

"Was a lot of fun, surprisingly. The staff were pretty good at what they do, and it was certainly a nice change of pace. There were even some possible merc prospects who were impressed by what we do."

"Oh, thank you for finding the mission, by the way. It really was exactly what I needed."
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>>31070594
>>How did Ivan like the Mission?

Two thumbs up. That's all that needs to be done.

>lumantr swears
Captcha, stop telling us about Lumantr's foul mouth.
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>>31070594
"It was great!"

And thank the woman.
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>>31070594
Wasn't my best run, but I had a lot of fun.
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You remove your hand from the back of your head so you can rub your chin, pondering Svenja’s question. "I have to say, it was a pretty good change of pace. Incredibly cheesy, but so fun because of it. Best vacation I've ever had.”

Svenja leans back in her chair, clapping her hands together before clasping them beneath her chin while her face blossoms into a wide smile. Svenja beams at you, looking positively radiant. “Oh I’m so pleased! So pleased to hear you had a good time Ivan!”

You smile and rub the back of your head, smiling confusedly. "Yeah, it was a good time. Thank you for finding the mission, by the way. It really was exactly what I needed after Bitter Prophet."

As the words leave your mouth Svenja’s smile slips away just as suddenly as it appeared. She looks down at the desk guiltily. She sighs before looking up at you, her face deeply remorseful. “Ivan, about Bitter Prophet…”

>Hold up your hand and stop her. The past is in the past
>See what she has to say.
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>>31070963
>See what she has to say.
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>>31070963
>>See what she has to say.
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>>31070963
>>See what she has to say.
Greentree didn't make it, did she...
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>>31070963
>>See what she has to say.
I am curious.

We should let her talk before comforting her.

Sensually.
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>>31070963
>See what she has to say.
"If it's anything new go ahead but if your going to blame yourself then, no."
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>>31070963
"I'm getting sued aren't I?" (dead serious)
If she backtracks and says that isn't it then just tell her it wasn't her fault for suggesting it, that there was not possible way for her to know.
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>>31071019
this
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>>31070963
>See what she has to say.

"Go ahead, I had a feeling there was going to be more to Bitter Prophet than we all thought."
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I feel like this is is basically Merc Sex: The Quest.
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>>31071382

You say that like it's a bad thing.
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“I… I’m really sorry about giving you that mission. I should have known better.”

Your brow furrows in confusion. “What do you mean gave me the mission? Sure you suggested it, but there were a ton of other missions to choose from too.”

Svenja looks exceedingly guilty. “Yes there were other missions there, but not really. Let’s be honest, Bitter Prophet sounded like the most interesting mission on offer, right?”

“Well yeah,” you say leaning back in your chair. Seriously, where the hell is she going with this?

Svenja swallows. “I made it that way. I wrote up the missions so that you’d choose Bitter Prophet. I… I thought that it’d be an easy mission for you after that fight you had with that awful Dreads person. I was worried about you and you broke your shoulder and it was just a gene therapy clinic and… Oh I just made everything so much worse!”

You begin to lean forward instead now, slightly surprised at all of this. “Svenja-”

“I’m so sorry Ivan,” Svenja replies miserably, wringing her hands and looking away from you, into the upper corner of her office, “I thought- I thought I could make things better by pushing you towards Bitter Prophet, but instead it was all just so much worse! You lost your arm, you were having horrible nightmares the entire time you were in the infirmary, and and and…”

>Ivan’s reaction?
>Am doing short term write ins, but will be offering
>Laugh it off. Bitter Prophet was your decision and you’re fine now.
>Zen/Forgiveness. Svenja’s putting a little too much responsibility on herself here. She might’ve had something to do with your decision, but it was only with the best intentions.
>Anger. You are angry that she had a role in your decision to do Bitter Prophet, and hold her responsible for the mess it became.
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>>31071382
yeah, /tg/ has a tendency to over sexualize things, same thing happened in Aspiring Emperor Quest
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>>31071409
>>Zen/Forgiveness. Svenja’s putting a little too much responsibility on herself here. She might’ve had something to do with your decision, but it was only with the best intentions.

She's a nice girl and was just looking out for us.
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>>31071409
Kiss her you fool!
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>>31071409
>Zen/Forgiveness. Svenja’s putting a little too much responsibility on herself here. She might’ve had something to do with your decision, but it was only with the best intentions.
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>>31071409
>Zen/Forgiveness. Svenja’s putting a little too much responsibility on herself here. She might’ve had something to do with your decision, but it was only with the best intentions.
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>>31071453

Fuck off. This is not a harem quest.
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>>31071409
>Zen/Forgiveness. Svenja’s putting a little too much responsibility on herself here. She might’ve had something to do with your decision, but it was only with the best intentions.
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>>31071409
"I'm not going to blame you for doing what you felt was best, and neither should you."
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>>31071409
Zen
C'mon not like she thought there'd be horrible monsters from the nth dimension clawing after uor sweet, sweet skin. Besides does she expect us to blame her everytime an op goes bad?

Ops will have bad intel or go wrong no reason to blame her for it, not like she shot our arm or anything. (Not that we're bitter ((Maybe a little))
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>>31071436
>>31071382
>implying FG isn't doing this as waifu control

I feel like FG just really enjoys messing around with people's waifu expectations.
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>>31071409
>Svenja’s putting a little too much responsibility on herself here. She might’ve had something to do with your decision, but it was only with the best intentions. In the end, Bitter Prophet was your decision and you’re fine now.
>Perhaps she could be more neutral in her descriptions in the future, but you'll always be open to hearing her recommendations.
As if we could ever hold it against her.
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>>31071409
>Zen/Forgiveness. Svenja’s putting a little too much responsibility on herself here. She might’ve had something to do with your decision, but it was only with the best intentions.

There's no way she could've predicted what happened.
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>>31071409
>Zen/Forgiveness. Svenja’s putting a little too much responsibility on herself here. She might’ve had something to do with your decision, but it was only with the best intentions.
"There was no way you could have known what was going to happen. The intel we had was so little it was anyone's guess on what had gone wrong."
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>>31071409
OP GIVE ME A SECOND TO WRITE UP WHAT TO SAY. PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD>
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>>31071532
Go for it bro. As long as it ain't stupid.
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>>31071409
>Zen/Forgiveness. Svenja’s putting a little too much responsibility on herself here. She might’ve had something to do with your decision, but it was only with the best intentions.
We all learned valuable lessons from that clusterfuck, so lets move on and not do that again.
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>>31071492
Overly sexualizing the characters makes it harder for me to like them, I'd rather have waifufags than unlikeable characters.
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>>31071409
>Zen/Forgiveness. But while we still trust her ask her never to keep the mission descriptions neutral going forward.
We forgive you FallGuy.
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>>31071409
>Zen/Forgiveness. Svenja’s putting a little too much responsibility on herself here. She might’ve had something to do with your decision, but it was only with the best intentions.

"Not your fault, and I forgive you for that. The only thing I ask is that in the future, you do your very best to be honest and level with me about missions - I need to know your concerns and recommendations on missions. It's also important that you tell me when something worries you about me, because that's part of your job, isn't it?"

Give her a smile, and make it clear that we aren't going to hold it against her.
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>>31071532
You put your hand on her shoulder causing her to stop mid-sentence. She looks up at you, confusion across her face as she registers your grim expression.

"It's all right. You aren't the one who made that fuck-hole of a place. I understand why you wanted me to go..."

"I even appreciate it."

"It's not your fault, don't worry."

Then, you hug her close and let her cry.
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>>31071563
How is the sexualizing Svenja?
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>>31071409
>Zen/Forgiveness. Svenja’s putting a little too much responsibility on herself here. She might’ve had something to do with your decision, but it was only with the best intentions.

With that now in the past I think it's time she be invited to join us tasting our ill gotten goods.
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>>31071611
Seconding this write-in
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>>31071611
I like this one.
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>>31071628

Seconding this, provide her with thefted champagne in celebration of a successful op.
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>>31071611
This is good and health for our working relationship.
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Alright anons, good consensus and all that. Good write ins too.

Writing.
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>>31071409

Hug her!
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>>31071628
I Third this.
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>>31071628
Nah, give her an unopened bottle, but don't open on now. Drinking during a low level business meet is just sloppy and she seems to by the book to go for it anyway.
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>>31071684
Also:

"You can't put the blame on yourself for this. We're a mercenary corporation, things happen on the ground. People, get hurt and they die. It's a fact of the operation, but beating yourself up isn't going to help anyone."

"You work hard at your job, I get good info from you on a regular basis and use what skills I can when the situation changes. That's MY responsibility."

"This thing?" *Flexes robot arm*

"A reminder of what I need to do to keep going. That I can't let up and that there are too many things I can lose if I do."

At which point you look into her eyes.

"Like you."
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>>31071747
>*Flexes robot arm*
WHAT robot arm?
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>>31071760
We don't have a robot arm?
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>>31071775
>We don't have a robot arm?

Nope, just have the old arm reattached. We decided to pass on roboarm for now.
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>>31071800
Okay.

*Pats arm*
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>>31071747
Robot arm?
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>>31071840
>>31071800
Is the writing good? It's 12am and I'm exhausted, so I don't know how shitty it is.
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>>31071827
>Okay.
>*Pats arm*

The hilarious thing is we may cut our arm off willingly at some later date for some shiny robogun/axe arm ANYHOW, but for now, we all natural and stuff.
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>>31071747
This reads kind of like a military pep talk being given to a civilian. Which would probably work but kind of only speaks to a professional relationship with Svenja, and we snark with the woman too much for me not to think of her as a friend.

Other wise it would be good.
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>>31071903
Cool thanks anon *writes notes of more attention to relationships*
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>>31071894
A little cheesy.
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>>31071894
See here >>31071903 for my comments.

Basically if Svenja was another merc I think it would be close to perfect, but she's a civie through and through, so I think she needs some more emotional reassurance and a moment where Ivan basically says "It's ok, I'm still your friend and I still trust you, just be more careful." Still, not bad.
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You sigh, rubbing your eyes before looking up at Svenja, giving her a tired smile. "Not your fault, and I forgive you for that”

Svenja cuts you off in the middle of your speech. “But it is my fault, at least somewhat! I manipulated you into-”

You hold up your hand. “Not really. And even if you did it was only with the best intentions. But that brings me to another important point. You should really tell me when something worries you about me, because that's part of your job, isn't it? We should address things like that in the open, yeah?”

Svenja nods, biting her lip. “Yes. Yes we should. I just figured I knew better and that you wouldn’t want my help if you knew that I was giving it to you.”

“C’mon Svenja,” you say shifting in your seat and smiling gently. “What makes you say that? I’m a merc, not a block head… all the time anyway.”

“I… I suppose so.”

Suddenly your face turns slightly stern, although you make sure to keep you voice gentle. “The only thing I ask is that in the future, you do your very best to be honest and level with me about missions. Let’s avoid an incident like Bitter Prophet next time, alright?”

Svenja nods, rubbing at her eyes despite not visibly crying. “Yes. Yes, absolutely,” the HR advisor falls silent and looks down and away at a wall, smiling softly. Suddenly she jerks back up to look at you. “Right! You’re probably here for more than me being a self accusatory mess! Is there something you wanted to talk about?”

>Himawari Force recommendation
>Mission performance and payment
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>>31072020
>both
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>>31072020

>Mission performance and payment

Seems appropriate then

>Mission performance and payment
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>>31072020
>Himawari Force recommendation

And then

>Mission performance and payment
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>>31071902
well if we ever decide to do that we should give Marlena a call for her surgical skills
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>>31071925
I thought so to. Although I do try to put some cheese in from time to time. It makes the writing a little more relateable

>>31071972
Sweet thanks

>>31072020
First we get the details on our stats, then recommend the Himwari.
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>>31072053
Cool, I like getting paid twice.
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>>31072020
>Mission performance and payment
Followed by
>Himawari Force recommendation

>>31072053
wut
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>>31072020
>Mission performance and payment

We should get to business first.

Once that's done, then we can look into assembling Ivan's Idols...I mean, recommending Himawari Force.
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We seem to want to start with mission performance, then go onto himawari force rec.

Probably will end on this update, and will lurk for feedback etc. I'm really looking for feedback on Svenja scene and the Alien dream sequence.

Yes, I apologize for Bitter Prophet too, but I swear I was not speaking through Svenja on that one.
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>>31072108
Why do you think we loot the shit out of things? It really is getting paid twice for the same job!
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>>31072177
>feedback on dream sequence
goes on for way too fucking long, its a big fucking chunk of thread for effectively no development of any sort, you might wanna cut back on the length of them, or confine them to pastebins and don't make them critical to characters or PLOT
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>>31072177
>Bitter prophet

what the FUCK happened? last I checked the grumpy asian guy was dead and we were looking to kick mutant ass.
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>>31072241
shit hit the fan utterly, it spared no one in its fecal hazing

go read the archives
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>>31072241
It got worse. The ones we ran into we children, then there was a friendly fire incident and the Aussie said fuck this and we all packed it in. We then got bitched out for not completing the mission and for not using non-lethal methods.
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>>31072241
Mediocre rolls in general compounded with players choosing the most difficult course of action resulted in Tran's death.

This was followed up be a crit fail. Arm shot off.

Squad down to two men, made the decision from Clayton's POV to pull back.

I hope you just haven't read the archive for that yet. I don't want people to think I was being unfair when all that shit went south.

>>31072229
A pity that you think so. It's major plot relevant foreshadowing though. I try to keep them less common, since they don't really have an impact on the immediate plot.
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>>31072332
>It's major plot relevant foreshadowing though
Well you fooled me, cause all I get from them is intangible random gibberish
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>>31072177
Have more of the dream prewritten and posted in chucks. The choices don't seem to lead to us getting much information.

Don't try to be subtle and/or mysterious because we can promise you unless it's blindingly obvious we won't get your hints.
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>>31072332
I was there for Trans death. We were trying really hard to make sure we got more money AND kept that dude alive.

I think we were also still in a sort of denial about just how fucking dangerous those things were.
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>>31072376
agreed.
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>>31072377
All of this, exactly spot on, I ain't picking up shit from the dreams and they just eat thread time as it is.
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>>31072229
>goes on for way too fucking long,

I see what you are getting at, but from all indications, this is all foreshadowing. Fall even says as much, it's really our chance to get some advance warning of what is coming down the pipe (most likely our Main Quest sort of thing).

I'm personally all for it, particularly if we take advantage of it to make sure we (and our fellow mercs) survive whatever is coming. It's already clear that SOMETHING big is in the works, due to the Millenium Man meeting with that other bigshot whose company basically funds us.
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>>31072376
There's some kind of war slowly heading toward human space, but we're the only one (as far as we know) that has any warning. Also, Ivan might be a low level telepath.
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>>31072332

I don't mind the dream sequences, but it might be best to have a few chunks of them pre-written like other anons are suggesting.
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>>31072423
>>31072437
quite possible, but I've not read any of the dream sequences since the first few when I got utterly nothing from them, and it seems like a massive tonal shift and paradigm shift in the quest itself in the future, something I don't think is good
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“Yeah, yeah I did,” you reply chuckling. “I was wondering if the performance report on Idol Bashers had come back in yet. Felt pretty good about that one. Wanted to see if Saul the Director thought so too.”

Svenja nods,eager to move on to less unpleasant topics. “Well he certainly did. I actually just got the performance review. The episode is still in production, but should be playing at some point next week. They’re mostly done though.”

“Here,” she says as she sends a link to you. “See for yourself.”

http://pastebin.com/ad4Rqctr

You flick through the report, your smile growing. after the way that one fucking guy from BiodYne shat on you, such a glowing report is really a nice change of pace. “Seems like Saul’s happy.”

“Trust me,” says Svenja grinning, “He put his money where his mouth is. Forty four thousand.”

>Reaction
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>>31072480
>massive tonal shift and paradigm shift

I'm almost certain there WILL be a shift at some point. The missions we are doing have been great, but I highly suspect we will not just be doing missions as the quest rolls along.

I personally feel that we are going to eventually get dropped into something major, I really don't see why the Milennium Man would have taken an interest in our welfare otherwise, considering we are virtually a rookie.

I agree with the other anon that we likely are a low-level telepath of some sort.
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>>31072564
Excellent! (Guitar riff)
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>>31072564

Sweeeeet fuck, that's nearly enough to pay off our debt.
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>>31072564
Looks like we just sealed the deal with us becoming a reoccurring villain.
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>>31072564
Grit Mode smile.

Then a Lord John Churchill laugh turning into a Mad Jack cackle.
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>>31072564

Does this mean Umbubu the droid is going to be a thing?
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>>31072564
Now THERE is something good to see on my resume.

I gotta do this again sometime.
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>>31072651
very true, but we don't want to blow it all on debt, we should put a good chunk towards it and the interest we've earned.

we're in desperate need of getting some better armor and mods for future missions right now
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>>31072679

It better. I am running out of places to draw guns attached to Lord John Churchill's uniform.
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>>31072564
>Reaction

"Forty four thousand? Looks like I'll definitely be interested in future missions from him. Payment aside, it really was fun, so I'm more than happy to reprise the role if he asks."
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>>31072564
Welp, we're buying all the dvds. Please, please, please tell me if there're ever more missions like that I might actually be out of debt within the decade!

Oh and there were three idols that wanted to apply here, how'd vouch for them?
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>>31072654
We're not trying to terrify Svenja again, anon.
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>>31072718

The longer the debt's there, the more money we lose because of interest.

Right now I want it fucking over and done with.
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I'll break down the math real quick before I start writing.

10,000 base mission pay

1,000 per merc-idol defeated x12 idols

x2 acting multiplier

Resulted in a net payment of 44,000 credits.

Here's debt options:

>interest
>interest+10,000
>interest +20,000
>interest +30,000
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>>31072808
>interest +20,000
And the rest on some better armour
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>>31072608

Seconded. It's entirely in character.
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>>31072808

What happened to the 10% that we get from being a Sigma rank? Haven't really heard about that since we first got it.
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>>31072808
>interest +30,000

Fuck interest.
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>>31072808
>interest +20,000

This leaves us enough to spend on some upgrades, but takes a huge chunk out of what we owe.
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>>31072851
... a good point anon.

scratch that!

it's actually 48,400 credits.
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>>31072786
> the more money we lose because of interest.
Not true, the more we pay off with paying off the interest included means the less interest we subsequently get.

But I'm not going to go into a guide on how to mortgage your home properly here.

Don't be hasty to pay off our debt and fuck us over, we can't keep getting paid if we pay off our debt and die because we didn't have the gear we needed.

We keep paying off the interest + a sum of the debt, and it WILL keep shrinking, with the interest decreasing each time we do.

We manage and slowly pay off our debt while getting better gear and mods for us at the same time.

>>31072851
that would be good to know, although I think this mission follows different payment methods

>>31072808
>interest +20,000
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>>31072808
>interest +20,000
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>>31072564
>dem plusses.
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>>31072808
>>interest +20,000
Payoff Uplink debt and bring augment fees down to 10,000
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>>31072808
>interest+20,000
Save the rest for armor or some augments.
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>>31072867

What would you anons do without me?

Signed, Anon.
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>>31072872

Opportunity cost, the less we pay on getting rid of our interest, the more money we lose out on the long run.
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>>31072808
>interest +20,000
Debt is frustrating, but we really do need better equipment.
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>>31072901
succeed
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>>31072808
FG, can you post our finances/debt state?

Its been forever since I last saw the totals
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>>31072608
Very "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure". I like it!
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>>31072808
>>31072867


Considering we're closer to 50,000 now, I'd say we pay 30,000 of our debt off.
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>>31072920
just check the pastebin
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>>31072808
>interest +30,000
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>>31072955
is the pastebin kept up to date though? because the debt in it looks awfully like that when we first incurred it...
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>>31072987
wasn't it above 100k to start?
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>>31072808
>>interest +30,000
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>>31073005
no, but it got up to 96k IIRC with interest and whatnot I think

I've no fucking idea what the state of our finances currently is
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>>31072920
It's all fully updated on the Ivan's character sheet anon. Somewhere near the bottom.

Right now your 55,000 in debt, with 37,929 in checking. I assumed interest +20,000.

I would not suggest you guys pay off more than that. Ivan should really look into some equipment upgrades. The Niels/Elda drop is coming up next. It will be hard.
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>>31072808
>interest +20,000
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>>31073051
>it will be hard
We need armor, guys!
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>>31072975
this


Will we ever fight gene-monsters again?
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>>31073051
So

>---Finances---
>Assets:
>13,279 Credits in Checking Account
>0 Credits in Savings Account
>Debts:
>Total: 75,000

>12,500 Credits in augmentation fees | StrikeOut
>17,500 Credits for ENBI Uplink and ByOS | StrikeOut
>45,000 Credits for CQC Package | StrikeOut

Is up to date before this latest change, which would make it

---Finances---
Assets:
37,979 Credits in Checking Account
0 Credits in Savings Account
Debts:
Total: 55,000
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>>31072808
>>interest +20,000
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>>31073082
indeed we do, we need to get some good armor upgrades and mods, and maybe mod out our AK-94 or our OMPs, which as SMG's gain the bonus modifiers we get with handguns.
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>>31073140
also, if we can get any training from Markos on medical stuff, we should get that up to Tier 1 level, so we're not getting negative modifiers on dice for medical actions
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>>31072808
>interest +20,000
Yeah we will need funds for equipment in the future, shave a big chunk off but dont break the bank.
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>>31073051
Oh, lost the post awhile ago due to FUCK CAPTCHA but I ment to suggest that in the next dream sequence we start seeing thinks play out from Pearbro's perspective, maybe translated into the human equivalent of whatever's going on so Ivan doesn't get nauseous. That way we have more agency.
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>>31073287
I say we should just have the dream parts pre-written, save for interacting with Pear Bro, to save some time. They tend to drag on a bit.
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“Seems like I’m going to be a recurring villain,” you say with a slow smile.

Svenja sighs jealously. “Definitely. I wish I got a commission on your work. Could be useful for that vacation I’ve been saving up for.”

“Oh?” you ask intrigued. “What vacation?”

“It’s nothing really. I’d just like to go on a nebular cruise at some point. I’m very much interested in space watching. I used to have a subscription to the local satellite telescope when I was much younger.”

You restrain yourself from bellowing ‘Me too!’, although you really are tempted to. You thought you were the only bastard on this station who watched the stars. Instead you nod and smile at Svenja before addressing the other reason why you came to her office. “Right. One other thing.”

“Yes Ivan?”

“I ran into some merc-idols during the mission. They were defeated, but I thought they had some potential as recruits for StrikeOut. I wanted to give them my recommendation for basic.”

Svenja looks intrigued and nods. “Yes, we have paperwork for that. Here, I’ll send the file over to you and you can fill it out at your leisure.”

You watch as the file appears in your HUD. Taking a short glance at it its mostly just a bunch of checkboxes and one or two optional spaces for longer writing. There’s also an area at the bottom for other mercs to second your recommendation. You suppose that’ll be where Valkyrie signs.

“Thanks Svenja,” you reply, smiling.

Svenja inclines her head. “Not a problem at all Ivan. Is there anything else you wanted to talk about with me?”

>Anything else? Write that shit in
>No (Will end thread for tonight)
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>>31073395
>Anything else? Write that shit in
Yes, we're gonna share a glass of 'liberated' champagne in celebration of the mission and continued missions and good health
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>>31073395
As a note, we really need to buy her that drink some time. Or at least meet her when she's off from work.
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Wait that champagne could be worth money on The Brick.

Like a lot.

Give it to her so she can sell it for her vacation.

Captcha: GANGIN pducert
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>>31073395
>>Anything else? Write that shit in
I sorta want to tell Svenja that we are really grateful for having her as our HR adviser.

>>31073438
I like this idea too.

>>31073464
Also bring this up.
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>>31073395
>Anything else? Write that shit in

"By the way, here's a little something I brought back for you. This isn't the drink I owe you, just a thank-you gift for everything you've done for me so far."

Give her a bottle of the champagne. She works hard for us.
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As a huge side note:

I feel we should meet up with Linda soon to keep that relationship up.

Considering she's going to be someone potentially developing new augments or some such thing we should solidify that friendship.
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>>31073395
>Pull a champaign bottle, out of our stuff sack and gift, it to her. She earned it and doesn't need to know we stole it.
Then head back to our apartment to drop our stuff of and check out mail.
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>>31073438
>>31073449

Actually, this is a PERFECT time to knock both out of the way at once, now.

"hey, we remembered we owe you a drink!"
"No time like the present! I found some GOOD stuff on space vacation!"
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>>31073516
Tis is good.
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Alright, seems like we want to give Svenja a bottle of champagne.

This'll be a short scene to wrap up the thread.

I'd very much appreciate it if anons could linger and give me some more feedback on DAQ, I'll specify about what after the update.
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>>31073438
Sounds good to me.
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>>31073580
I shall also participate, with my new moniker.
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You glance down at you duffle bag, full of armor and weaponry as well as a half dozen bottles of smuggled booze. “Actually Svenja, there is one thing.”

Svenja cocks her head curiously as you reach into the duffle bag, shifting things around. After a few seconds you seize on the neck of a bottle and carefully extract it. Placing it on Svenja’s desk you cross your arms and look satisfied. “I consider this my defacto loot from Idol Bashers. If figure you earned it and my thanks for being such a top flight advisor.”

Svenja stares at the bottle for a few seconds, trying to comprehend it. Then her eyes go wide and she gasps. “Ivan, this… you shouldn’t have…”

You grin. “Don’t worry, I’ve got another five bottles that I liberated from the clutches of that nefarious limo mini fridge. Please, take it. You’re a really great HR advisor, even if you insist otherwise.”

Svenja looks deeply touched and beams up at you. “Really Ivan. I think I might owe you a drink now!”

Laughing you stand up and walk to Svenja’s door. You turn around and grin. “Well, I’ve got another five of these bad boys to get on ice. I suggest you do the same. See you soon Svenja!”

Svenja laughs. “I do hope so Ivan.”

And with that, you exit her office and step out into the hallway.
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>>31073779
>and step into the hallway.
Someone's going to tackle us and destroy our remaining loot. Mark my text that's what's going down right now!
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Roll 3d10 to avoid getting tackled.
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Rolled 3, 6, 10 = 19

>>31073842
>>31073861
Anon called that shit.
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Rolled 2, 10, 4 = 16

>>31073861
Knew it.
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>>31073861

Dooooooooodge!
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>>31073861
Nice try, son.
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Rolled 6, 10, 1 = 17

>>31073861
oh god
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Rolled 4, 9, 9 = 22

>>31073861
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Rolled 10, 1, 3 = 14

>>31073861
OUR BOOZE!
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Alright, and that's all for tonight folks.

Good time running. Felt good about this thread in general.

Another one on thursday probably.

As for discussion and feedback.

It seems that a few of you hate the dream sequences and would like them to die. Sorry, but I just don't see that happening.

Some of you think things are fine as they are and want to follow the current trajectory. Although I personally like hearing this one the most, that doesn't make for the majority.

It seems that most of you would like to see the Dream sequences prewritten and posted in the thread. Treat them more like cutscenes.

Working on that, I have a new question. The dreams come in two flavors in my opinion.

First, there are the ones with the pear aliens. those are foreshadowing some plot later. I have no qualms just making those entirely pre-written if people would prefer that.

Second, there are dreams that have more to do with Ivan's mission. those are more freeform and in many ways are a reflection on Ivan's mental state. Ideally, I'd like it to be an interesting and new way for the playerbase to control how Ivan handles the events that befall him. Those could be pre-written, but I think we'd lose a lot in the process.

NEXT:

The Svenja scene was my attempt to create a more well rounded and three dimensional character while also writing a scene of character interaction that wasn't such a massive bore. How do you think that went?
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Rolled 2, 4, 9 = 15

>>31073895

Whoops.
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Rolled 3, 6, 9 = 18

>>31073861
Shit! Aim high!
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>>31073861
Well done ruseman.
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>>31073861
10/10 you got me.
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>>31073911
>Svenja
Svenja scene went well in my mind, keep them coming

>Dreams
I don't mind them all that much, but have a tendency to skim through them because they waffle and bloat and never get to the point, like that anon earlier said, don't ever try to be subtle with /tg/, we just don't pick it up through text, we're often thinking of other things when reading through content, and picking up subtext and foreshadow is not one of them, I've gotten absolutely no sense of subtext or foreshadowing from any dream sequence except the latest one, so stop making them drag on so long, condense them, and don't be so subtle, otherwise we'll miss it and players will explode over it.
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>>31073911

I think pre-writing the foreshadowing but letting us keep control of Ivan's subconscious involving the missions would be a pretty neat way of doing it.

The Svenja scene was fine, it's always nice to have a bit of interaction that isn't just conversation about the paycheck.
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>>31073911
1 - This won't be useful but I'm in the camp of just trusting you to run our dreams as you see fit

2 - I enjoyed the Svenja scene thoroughly. We're going to have to take her stargazing at some point.
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Highest roll: 22

Great success!

You successfully avoid Elda trying to glomp you and live forever with your waifus of Valkyria, Elda, Svenja, Linda, Simge, Noriko and most importantly Tattoo Bitch.

You also destroy that foul shower and spend the rest of your days bathing in a bath.

THE END
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>>31073981
>You successfully avoid Elda trying to glomp you and live forever with your waifus of Valkyria, Elda, Svenja, Linda, Simge, Noriko and most importantly Tattoo Bitch.

YOU FORGOT THUNDERTITS

WORST RUSEMAN EVER
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>>31073981

I feel awfully stupid, but whose Noriko?
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>>31073981
7/10 no giant pear in a skirt in the harem.
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>>31073911
I enjoy the pear dream sequences and they feel like they have plot relevance enough that they can be pre-written with in-character actions taking place.

The psychological/mission/emotional dreams are better left to player decisions though, I prefer those.

I think merc mental health would be nice as something that isn't an outright game mechanic but a factor in how things flow.
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>>31073911
Making dreams about the fruit cutscenes and regular one interactive is precisely what I'd enjoy so, y'know can't complain.

I always like your character interactions and fleshing out characters is great. Basically if you remember to make the hints to the greater plot obvious as hell and prewritten you sort out all of my complaints.
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>>31073911

Honestly, I think the dream sequences are a good contrast to the rest of the normal action. I would say use your best judgement of what is appropriate and when.

In unrelated news, did you want to see a WIP for the next drawing? It is sitting around 70% right now. Probably be done for the next thread barring interruptions.
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>>31073981
>Tattoo Bitch makes you her bitch and takes your women.
There are Worse Ends
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>>31074039
>I think merc mental health would be nice as something that isn't an outright game mechanic but a factor in how things flow.
Thats not fun to deal with in real life, and wouldn't be fun to deal with in fictional adventures...
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>>31074035
A girl from Homeless Mutant Quest. He probably meant Tsukino.
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>>31073981

You forgot Ariwa man.
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>>31074052
>Honestly, I think the dream sequences are a good contrast to the rest of the normal action. I would say use your best judgement of what is appropriate and when.

I agree with these, but I would also add that: Dream Sequences only -appear- to be a 'waste of time' because they have no visible payoff.
If they affect mental health or background events, some kind of.... tracker or notification, or alien-based plots that happen out of them could be good.


I like em, and its a nice change of pace from the socializations and intense action.
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>>31074052
>In unrelated news, did you want to see a WIP for the next drawing?
anon here, fucking yes
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>>31073981
WHERE'S MY SNIPER MEGANE, RUSEMAN?!
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>>31073911
Svenja: I like when Ivan spends time with her. She's a cool person and I'd like more time with her in the future.

Dreams: I think if you want a big part with no interaction then prewrite it. But I like playing through the dreams, so if you want to keep doing them as they are I'd also enjoy them. Perhaps just keep agency in mind so we feel like we are driving the dream instead of following the dream unfolding is the only idea I have for critique.
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Rolled 7, 2, 7 = 16

>>31073981
>most importantly Tattoo Bitch
>not Rina
>spend the rest of your days bathing in a bath
FUCK THAT SHIT. GRIT MODE.
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>>31074084
>If they affect mental health or background events, some kind of.... tracker or notification, or alien-based plots that happen out of them could be good.
You've no idea how bad that sounds and is.

Keep the dream sequences as they are, don't be so subtle about your foreshadowing in them otherwise we'll never pick it up, and don't let them physically or intrinsically impact on Ivan outside of event not in his control, like PLOT
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>>31074084
>If they affect mental health or background events, some kind of.... tracker or notification, or alien-based plots that happen out of them could be good.

Dude, fucking no, thats utterly retarded and stupid beyond comprehension, don't let the dreams effect Ivan outside of being what they are: DREAMS
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>>31073970
>>31073973
>>31073974
>>31074039
>>31074110
>>31074047
Alright, seems pretty clear to me. Pre-write the dream sequences with the ALIUM plot foreshadowing, leave the other ones as is. Thanks a lot for the feedback anons.

And I'm thrilled to hear the Svenja scene went down well. I've been working on my characters. Obviously still have more work to do on it, but it's good to hear that I'm making progress.

>>31074052
Absolutely drawanon. I'd love to see how things are going
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>>31074149

K. Quick crop of one of the more done sections. I had way too much fun drawing that uniform.

Thanks for running as always.
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>>31074149
>Obviously still have more work to do on it

MOAR VALKYRIE
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>>31074149
Out of curiosity, if you'd rolled a 30 on the trip check at the beginning of the thread how would you have played it?
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>>31073911
>The Svenja scene was my attempt to create a more well rounded and three dimensional character while also writing a scene of character interaction that wasn't such a massive bore. How do you think that went?

What exactly did you do differently?

She seemed like... svenja, except starting to drop the Strict HR act .
This doesn't strike me as a NEW thing, just a continuation of our social interactions, and the rapport we've been building over our last few threads
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>>31074170
Goddamn son.
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>>31074170
YOU

STAY AWESOME
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>>31074175
Nay anon. Lady Val is without question the best, but part of that is the air of mystery that surrounds her. She is often off on secret, dangerous missions and is apt to show up when least expected. This is a good thing and is consistent with her character.
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>>31074170
Winaong
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>>31074170
Ho-ly shit Jack! This Anon's an animal!

It's excellent man. Well done!
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>>31074170
H-h-h-holy shit dude.

Just... wow.

I'm a lucky QM.

>>31074175
Valkyrie's a more complex character than some of the others. She might need to wait a bit until I'm more confident in my ability to write such scenes.

>>31074179
Uh not sure to be honest. You'd be surprised how much is done by the seat of my pants.

>>31074188
Well, I'm certainly glad you think so anon! I've just noted some disinterest in many of my social scenes because I have a hard time pushing character development forward. I'm trying to make them more engaging.
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>>31074170
>Ivan and Simge 1 Crop
>and simge
>simge
>crop

Oh you. Keep on truckin, you madman!
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>>31074227
>Valkyrie's a more complex character than some of the others. She might need to wait a bit until I'm more confident in my ability to write such scenes.
well you can always keep us entertained in the wait with some 'simple' and 'not at all complex' scenes with her
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>>31074170

Hey yo. I've got a request for you. If you're feeling like filling something that will potentially be hilarious.

So, if you read the pastebin for the Idolbasher mission - they wanted to bring

Could you draw some mugshots for ivan reacting to the inevitable idol-show fan-shipping?
Disgust, surprise, ohgawdwhat, curiosity, 'damn, that's not badly written' etc.

Seems like it mgiht be a fun project. Not creating t he stuff, just imaging how various people would react to it just EXISTING
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>>31074259
Save it for Smige. We really need to hang out with her more anyway.
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>>31074289
>- they wanted to bring

You cut off there anon
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>>31074227
>Valkyrie's a more complex character than some of the others. She might need to wait a bit until I'm more confident in my ability to write such scenes.

you've done good so far, mate.

I felt kinda robbed out of agood valkyrie scene last thread, and you said we'd see more of her soon.

I don't want to feel punished for letting us fall out of bro-status with our boss, just because other anons keep trying to steer ivan away a la >>31074293
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>>31074305

Derp.

I was gonna say 'ivan and simge' back as a villianous couple, which means the fans will stick them together, and then start pairing them up with their favoritest main characters...

Leading to the rest of what I just posted.
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>>31074310
>I felt kinda robbed out of agood valkyrie scene last thread, and you said we'd see more of her soon.
so did I anon, I want me some Valkyrie and Thundertits funtimes, but I can wait for it
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>>31074149
>And I'm thrilled to hear the Svenja scene went down well. I've been working on my characters. Obviously still have more work to do on it, but it's good to hear that I'm making progress.

Your charcters ahve been interesting from the get-go, fall guy, thats why we enjoy the brick so much.

I think you think they're worse than they ACTUALLy are. Stop beating yourself up with your neuroses!
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>>31074259
Oh you!

>>31074310
It's a fair point you make anon. I'll try to deliver soon. I just need to get inspiration for a Valkyrie scene. I got the Svenja one after doing some major brainstorming on her character as practice. I'm certain something will occur to me once I do the same for Valkyrie.

>>31074388
Hahahaha I'll try anon
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>>31074310
Hey, >>31074293 here. Let me be clear, Val is hands down my favorite character after Ivan. It's just that one of the things I like about her is that normally you have to do something extraordinary to earn some Val time.

That being said, I don't see our bro relationship being in any danger. Hell, we wingmanned for her last thread. And I don't see our More Than Bro relationship with her as being in danger, I just think she wants to make sure we don't get ourself killed after a few tough missions before being willing to invest that seriously in Ivan. A lot of mercs die young, you know?
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>>31074446
>I just need to get inspiration for a Valkyrie scene.

Why don't you open the floor to ideas you'r tossing around?

>>31074549
>just think she wants to make sure we don't get ourself killed after a few tough missions before being willing to invest that seriously in Ivan.
I agree with this poster in general, but this in particular.

The feeling I get with Ivan/Valk is that we managed to touch/make an impression deeper than most rookies, and its kind of been a catalyst for her waking up and taking a more active interest - (she's learned eldas name, dropped with rookies on Idolbashers, seems to be looking out for us on a deeper level, like actual concern over our arm loss - we still need to see how serious she was about 'physical therapy/training btw' - even if it WAS an invitation for sexytimes it was also an entendre for Something More.) - in everything, really.
Between whatever went down with the Serious Visit from The Ceo/MMan, and her taking runs below our pay grade, we just seem to have way more of a rapport with her than any of her conquests have managed so far.
Whether they died, moved on, it was never that serious, or didn't even approach friendship - Something More seems to be the keyword there.

There's some frustration there for me as a player, because all the new players will bend heaven and earth to do anything but spend time with here - because they can't see past the sex scenes.
She's actually pretty much the best boss we could hope for, and we should stop ignoring her.
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>>31074828
>She's actually pretty much the best boss we could hope for, and we should stop ignoring her.
yep, we should stop thinking about getting it on with her, and bro it up and get it on with thundertits together with Valk

I jes, I totally understand and agree your point anon, the mindblowing sex is a very welcome bonus
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>>31074828
>There's some frustration there for me as a player, because all the new players will bend heaven and earth to do anything but spend time with here - because they can't see past the sex scenes.

This.
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>>31074828
>There's some frustration there for me as a player, because all the new players will bend heaven and earth to do anything but spend time with here - because they can't see past the sex scenes.

Oh my god i couldn't have put it better myself
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>>31074985
>and bro it up and get it on with thundertits together with Valk

This current fascination with thundertits is one of the things I've meant behind the 'bends heaven and earth to do anything but give valkyrie on-screen time' - there's been serious obsession with her, and going straight to calling her a walking sack of cleavage just blatantly outs it as creepfactor maximum -
but at the same time, that suggestion. I can't discount the in-universe logic of valkyrie okaying them for their looks and wanting to split the groupies with ivan.

Damnit anon.
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>>31075259
>>31075076
>>31074985
>>31074828
I think we can trust Fall Guy on this one guys. He's not the sort to let a character he likes just get left out to dry.
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>>31075296
well the nickname is a memorable and appropriate one that Ivan thought of, and it stuck, I see it for what it is, a nickname, nothing more or less, and don't judge her character based on the nickname, my opinions on what we should do with Valk and her don't stem from the nickname, but from her personality in the short glimpses we've seen, and Valkyrie's reaction
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>>31075305
>I think we can trust Fall Guy on this one guys. He's not the sort to let a character he likes just get left out to dry.

and yet, every time he goes with what YOU guys want, which is leaving her out to dry.

at some point you've got to consider established events as well as anon's waifuwars.
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>>31075716
Same anon you replied to.

I think Fall Guy made it pretty clear he wants to deliver a high quality Valkyrie scene and that he needs to think about that a lot more since she's a more complicated character.

That doesn't sound like something a QM who wants to abandon a character would say. Fall Guy will find a way to bring back the Valk. I'm sure of it.


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