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>"Archibald!?" Irene gasps.
>"IREEEEEEENE!!!" he screams. "GET THEM FOR ME, IRENE! LOOK WHAT THAT LITTLE BITCH DID TO MEE!"

>.........she's working with him.


"Y... you said that I could trust you!" I shout. "But you're working with HIM!?" I point at that... PERSON behind her who's clutching his arm.
"I- I am, but..." Irene darts her head from me to him. "J... just calm down, okay? We can all work this out, and-"
”THAT PSYCHO JUST TRIED TO KILL US!"

I reach for Mina and take her hand. I thought that Irene was a nice person, but if she's on the same side as this Archibald guy...

"God damn it..." Irene clenches her fists and turns back to face ARchibald. "What the hell did you do!?"
"I... I was just..." Archibald drops to his knees. "Ireeeeeene, my aaaarm...."
"Stay right there, okay?" Irene says, turning back to us. "I'm going to go check on him, but I'll be right back. I'm sure this was all just a big stupid misunderstanding."

>CAUTIOUSLY wait for her to come back
>get the hell out of here

>>32889304
>>get the hell out of here


why risk it

>>32889304
>CAUTIOUSLY wait for her to come back
Come on Irene, I want to still be able to trust you. Don't fuck this up Irene.

>>32889304
>>CAUTIOUSLY wait for her to come back
benefit of the doubt

>>32889304
>CAUTIOUSLY wait for her to come back
>But tell Mina to run, just in case

>>32889304
>get the hell out of here

>>32889304
>CAUTIOUSLY wait for her to come back

If they so much as look at us funny though we bolt.

>>32889304
>>CAUTIOUSLY wait for her to come back
don't think we could outrun pooch punter
>>32889366
>>But tell Mina to run, just in case
mina is our proof that we don't have one of the books, since if we had a book that could give super powers it would make sense to let our bff have super powers too. as for why we have powers now they should know more then us, we've been at this for a day and the only things we know is either being a natural or the book they're looking for making one of those gardener people

>>32889304
>CAUTIOUSLY wait for her to come back
but be ready to flashbang and fucking bolt

>While it would be fun to get that far in the story's timeline, doing so would probably end up with me running this well into next year.

and the problem with this is

>>32889304
>CAUTIOUSLY wait for her to come back
>>32889447
I agree with this Anon tell Mina to run and get somewhere safe. We need to wait and see how this pans out. B>>32889447
ug out if things go sideways

>>32889304

This >>32889366

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>>32889479
The longer he runs, the longer it takes for the VN

fuck yeah fdend

time for some sun praisin'

>>32889568
but that means the more time i have to get money in the bank to give to him since i'm finally getting work

>>32889568
well, he could just separate it in seasons/parts

>>32889644
He has stated that he does not want that

>>32889304
>CAUTIOUSLY wait for her to come back

>writing

>>32889304
Just got here, going with
>Wait.

>While Rana does play around, that's [her horn] one area that she's pretty prudish about.
i thought her thing was her neck

>>32889813
riding on her neck and touching her horns are generally grouped together.
2lewd

>Will the dragon siblings (Rana and Reya) Get a spin off quest?

>Hadn't really thought about such a thing until you suggested it.

Please do this Archelon!
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I'm scared.

Both for myself, and for Mina.

I don't know what the hell I did to ruin that guy's arm like I apparently did, but he's freaking out pretty badly and I can't be sure if he'll try to attack again... not to mention that my phone's lying right by his feet.

If he picks it up and finds out where I live... no. I can't risk that.

"Okay," I nod. "But if you try ANYTHING..." I squeeze Mina's hand.
"I won't," Irene shakes her head. "Don't worry, I'm not one of the bad guys."
"You seem pretty guilty by association..." Mina growls under her breath as Irene hurries over to her fallen comrade.

>[1/?]

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>>32889993

"I... Ireeeene!" Archibald cries as Irene aproaches him. "Look at what she did! My arm, its..."
"Shut the hell up for a minute," Irene replies in a cold voice. "Cecile said that you tried to KILL her and her friend, what the hell were you-"
"It was just intimidation!" he shouts. "Sh- she clearly has the book, I could see her hesitating when I asked her about it!"
"I ran into her yesterday, you dumbass. She's the girl I told you about."
"Y- you're too trusting! That little bitch went into a trance and tried to burn off my arm! Just look at it, she's clearly already lost herself!"

Gently, Irene lifts the arm that I... I guess I burnt. His entire shirt sleeve is completely charred, and the wind just shifted so I can smell it too... Christ, that is an awful smell.

"Well your hand is fine," Irene sighs. "Grit your teeth for a minute, okay?"
"Huh?" Archibald cringes back. "Wh- what're you going to do?"

>[2/?]

>>32890233
She's not going to eat his arm, is she?

>>32890262
Kentucky fried cunt.

>>32890262
smells like pork, tastes like chicken~

>>32890287
I hope you're referring to the fact that this guy is not very nice and not something completely different.

>>32890305
I've heard it tastes like pork or venison

>>32890233

Raising his arm a little higher, Irene reaches over to his shoulder with her other hand and takes a firm grip on his sleeve.

The sound of tearing fabric and a high-pitched muffled scream fills the air as she rips the burnt cloth right off his short and exposes his wound to the air.

"...it's not even that bad," Irene sighs, dropping his hand and rising to her feet. "From the way you were going on, I thought that you'd been burnt to the bone but this is just a superficial wound."
"Superficial!?" he screams. "Just LOOK at this, it's a third-degree burn!"
"I've seen stab wounds that cover more area than that. Hell, do you have any clue about the kind of stuff that -I've- suffered through?"
"I'm not like you, you know that!"

>[3/?]

>>32890338
Well, Kentucky fried douchefaggot changes the acronym, so...

>>32890454

Well damn. We used our biggest bang and we didn't even hurt the whiny bitch that much. ... My pride's a little hurt.

>>32890531
Considering our biggest bang prior to that was making a flashlight beam change size, that's an alright improvement.

>>32890531
I'm sure with a little practice we'll be able to fry up cunts left and right.

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>>32889265
Fdend.

I'm running out of space for this, someone else will probably have to take over.

>>32890531
3rd degree burns after barely a day with powers isn't bad, especially given that that was our first real attempt to use them

>>32890531
We're gaining power FAST. Burning someone is a mere start to what someone with light powers can do.

>>32890233
>trance
>losing ourself
pay attention to words that seem important

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>>32890454
>[4/4]

What the hell is he crying for, I'M the one who wants to cry right now!

"Cecile, are you really going to wait for that chick to come back over here?" Mina asks.
"Yeah," I nod. "But if she tries anything, we run. Okay?"
"I guess..."

We stand there completely tense for a little while longer, waiting for Irene to finish taking care of that idiot's injuries. Part of me wishes that I'd just gone all the way and fried his entire arm off.

"Cecile, I am SO sorry for all of this," Irene says as she runs back over to us. "Random psychopath attacks are the exact thing that we're trying to AVOID by doing this," she glares back at Archibald, "but I guess certain people need to be kept on a leash."
"Who the hell ARE you people, anyways!?" Mina shouts, squeezing my hand tightly. "If I hadn't thrown that rock, he would've taken Cecile's head off!"
"It's... complicated," she sighs. "But we're looking for a certain book, and-"
"There are ways to ask people for help, you know that!?"
"Seriously," I say.

Now I'm REALLY happy that I didn't say anything about having the book when she asked about it yesterday.


>ask her about...
>tell her off and then leave

>>32890756
>>tell her off and then leave

>>32890756
>tell her off and then leave

>>32890756
>>tell her off and then leave
but grab phone first. as much as i want to question her some it doesn't seem like a very realistic choice given that we nearly lost our head

>>32890756
>tell her off and then leave

>>32890756
>ask her about...
What the fuck ARE the books then. What do they do, and why are they important?
What does Irene's group want the books for?
Do Charlotte and Mr. Gauthier want the books for the same reason?

Plus, can I have my phone back?

>>32890756
>tell her off and then leave

>>32890756
>tell her off and then leave

Don't forget to take our phone back.

>>32890756
>tell her off and then leave

I'm sure it is complicated but that didn't stop Charlotte from telling us the name of her employer.

>>32890825
that's because despite dog destroyer being cool, she works with psychos, while sexy french goth loli works with completely trustable animals

>>32890756
>tell her off and then leave
and get our phone back.

>>32890756
>>32890816
>>tell her off and then leave
>ask her about...
seconding this but without the Charlotte/ Mr. Gauthier part.

And are you guys seriously gonna run away from a potential info dump? Even after staying this much already?

>>32890756
>ask her about…
"Are you working with any other psychos who might ambush me on the way to lunch?"
I want to get to know Irene more, but this asshole has made that difficult

>>32890756

I actually kind of want to know >>32890816

THEN we can tell her off and leave!

>>32890756
>ask her about...
>>32890816
This guy has the right idea, we stayed instead of running in the first place so we may as well find something out.

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>>32890816
>What does Irene's group want the books for?

Well, we know who Charlotte works for. We have zero clue who these guys work for.

We must assume there is at least one faction out there that is collecting books to make an army of superpowers.

Mr Gauthier, from what we've seen, wants to eliminate superpowers due to how it's ruined his life. So we can safely assume that he is NOT part of that camp.

So that just leaves this guy and Irene. Honestly I'm banking on them working for government agency/another similar secretive group. It would seem to me that if they were from the superpower army guys that they would be older and have some training. Especially with their mention that they want to get rid of random telepathic psychos.

So far, both groups seem trustworthy, but I would trust Gauthier more just on the basis of his backstory reminding me of Dr Xavier.

Speaking of which, when are we going to practice active camo?

>>32890756
>>ask her about...
What's their organization? What're the books really? How does Mr. G fit in? Do they know of his organization?

>>32890924
We should also try to get some more details on what their organization is, or at the very least what their goals are.

>>32890756
>>32890816
I agree with this Anon we needanswers before we storm off.

>>32890943
>Mr Gauthier, from what we've seen, wants to eliminate superpowers due to how it's ruined his life.
Not necessarily. He might be going Professor Xavier on the situation, and building an army of loyal powers to fight off the evil powers.
But he's certainly going to be pissy at random powers if they killed his wife.

>>32890816
I already voted for storming off in a huff, but if we do say this, leave out any mention of Char and Gauthier. Outing the fact that we're already in contact with a competing group is something we should avoid, at least until we get some indication of who the fuck Irene works for and what the hell they want.

We still don't know if Irene or the Jack Bauer wanabe are the norm in their group.

>>32890756
>tell her off and then leave

nah fuck off m8

even if we do storm off we can alway call puppy punisher later and ask her stuff and just say we wanted to get away from mr dorito
at least as long as we don't tell her off too harshly

>>32890980
I'll second this
>>ask more info
If Irene hasn't killed us for fighting her friend, I doubt she'll start now

>>32890943
>safely assume
not necessarily. While we can err on that side, it is still far from a safe assumption at this point.

>Honestly I'm banking on them working for government agency/another similar secretive group
And I also disagree (a bit) here. I'm thinking these two are more like a vigilante group seeing how 'innefective' they are at subtlety and 'superpower person' finding.

>writing

>A sword made from a dragon's horn would be the highest-quality stuff imaginable
good to know
>but actually getting one is pretty much unheard of.
did anyone else hear the phrase "elena spinoff adventure"

Looks like the vote was to tell her off.

>>32891415
Aww.

Kay.

>I still think asking for more info won but it's entirely our fault for not making the votes obvious

>>32891415
Fuck

>>32891437
as long as we aren't too mean in telling dachshund dropper off we can still call her later

>>32891415
Hope we get the phone back

>>32891415
[shadowruns intensifies]

>>32891471
If we don't, that leaves a connection between us, so it might be better

>>32891415

Looking at the votes, I got 10 to 8 asking for more information.

>>32891494
And between us and Charlotte

I think we're forgetting the much more pressing issue: we don't want her knowing that we may/may not be related to her. We don't know how they feel about each other.

>>32891471
yes, definitely remember to do that

>>32891509


>>32890777
>>32890796
>>32890807
>>32890808
>>32890817
>>32890821
>>32890825
>>32890864
>>32891012
tell her off, nine votes.

>>32890816
>>32890879
>>32890890
>>32890896
>>32890924
>>32890944
>>32890980
>>32891055
ask for information, eight votes. And that's even with me counting
>>32890879
as a vote for that and not to tell her off.

>>32891608
coin flip arch?

"I know," Irene sighs. "and I apologize for Archibald attacking you like he did. But if you'd just let me expla-"
"I'm not interested in hearing whatever BS you're going to try and convince me with," I say, staring right in her eyes. "For all I know, you're the only one in... whatever organization you're with who ISN'T a psycho."

Irene seems pretty hurt when she hears me say that, but I honestly don't care at this point.

"Th... that's not true..." Irene slowly shakes her hesd. "We're the good guys here, it's just that Archibald's more suited for dealing with our enemies than with civilians, and-"
"He threatened to cut my goddamned head off!" I say, my hand trembling as I point at him. "I felt those triangle things pressing into my neck, how the hell are you going to pretend like that was just a 'misunderstanding!?"


>[1/?]

>>32891608
I do not argue, and am willing to proceed with the story either way, but I want that phone back.

>>32891608

I think a final destination vote is in order.

>>32891608
>ask for information, eight votes. And that's even with me counting
>>>32890879 (You)
>as a vote for that and not to tell her off.
whoops that was me sorry. and yeah it was for info getting.

>>32891608

I counted >>32890943 and >>32890952 as a vote for asking, but it's not a big deal either way.

>>32891640
>[2/2]

"Damn it damn it DAMN IT" Irene mutters as she places a hand on her forehead. "Archibald, you IDIOT..."

Then she takes a deep breath and looks me in the eye.

"I'll take responsibility for this one for letting him run around on his own," Irene says. "I don't expect you to forgive me right away, but..." she sighs. "I have you my number yesterday, you can still feel free to call me later if you want to talk."
"Even if I felt like doing that, I'd need my hone to do it. And that asshole has it," say, pointing to my smartphone that's lying on the ground beside Archibald. "I'd go get it right now, but I don't want to walk in range of his triangle things and end up impaled."
"Oh. Don't worry, I'll get it for you."

>[roll 1d20]

Rolled 6

>>32891769
fa

Rolled 3

>>32891769
I wonder if she's bugging it.

Rolled 5

>>32891769
Oh, no, she's gonna see Charlotte's number

>>32891769
I'm so glad that I know my roll luck is shit, so I'm not even going to bother rolling

>>32891789
>>32891792
>>32891794
Ha

>>32891769
>I have you my number

Rolled 10

>>32891769
let's do this

Rolled 12

>>32891769

>>32891769
>I have you my number
>I'd need my hone
C'mon Turtle, you can do this.

Rolled 20

>>32891769

Rolled 4

>>32891769
rollin

>>32891821
TOO LATE

>>32891789
>>32891792
>>32891794
Oy vey, this is like another shoah!

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>>32891789
>>32891792
>>32891794
Oh god yes.

tg dice fucking hate main characters

>>32891794
On the up-side, we have the justification of Charlotte coming alphabetically before Irene, and that there's no way we were going to be picky about who we were calling for help while we thought some unaffiliated lunatic had dozens of knives trained on us.

Hell, he noticed us before we managed to place the call anyway as it is.

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Irene walks over to Archibald and picks up my phone from off the ground, dusting it off before making her way back to us.

"A... are you actually going to let them go?" Archibald asks. "Why!? It's not like you have anything to fear from-"
"Archibald," Irene cuts him off. "I strongly suggest that you shut the hell up before I decide to find out if your roasted arm tastes the same as it smells," she says, glaring at him.

That shuts him up really quickly.


>[1/?]

>>32891947

Not to mention, Irene made pretty clear that her powers weren't that impressive when we talked to her. It just makes sense that if you're going to call for help that you want someone with a little more punch.

>>32891979
Get. Hype.

>>32891979
>dem teeth
unf

>>32891979
I get the feeling that Irene might just be a hell of a lot stronger than she's letting on.

>>32891979
Well Archie seems to be taking orders from her just fine, and he seems to have a really high opinion of his power set. I'm thinking Irene has some kind of ace in the hole power that she hasn't told us about.

>>32891979

It's not a very good "not-psycho" impression when you make casual jokes about cannibalism.

>>32891838
No, a Shoah would be if you rolled 3d20 and got 6 million.

>>32892130
Maybe she just really likes roasted meat?

>>32891979
>[2/2]

"Here you go," Irene hands me back my phone. "And if there's anything that I can do to make it up to you..."
"Not interested," Mina says, pulling me towards her. "C'mon, let's get out of here."
"Okay," I nod.

Irene waves goodbye as we leave... I keep my eyes on them until we're WELL out of the park just in case her little friend decides to snap, but we make it out of there safely.


>let's head back to Mina's place, I'm still freaked out by all of this
>let's go get something to eat so we can take our minds off what just happened

>>32891838
>>32892146
>Shoah
????

>>32892170
>let's head back to Mina's place, I'm still freaked out by all of this
Those sandwiches are probably still in the fridge
>>32892172
The Holocaust

>>32892170
>let's go get something to eat so we can take our minds off what just happened
I am disappoint...

>>32892170
>let's head back to Mina's place, I'm still freaked out by all of this

>>32892170
>>let's go get something to eat so we can take our minds off what just happened
somewhere public with lots of people in case mr dorito or anyone else that saw that through a little birdie want to start shit, plus we don't want to risk them following us back to mina's when there's still a book there

>>32892170
>let's head back to Mina's place, I'm still freaked out by all of this
sandwiches in the fridge, yup

>>32892170
>let's go get something to eat so we can take our minds off what just happened
We are not going to let almost being killed stop us from Mickey D's

>>32892170
>let's go get something to eat so we can take our minds off what just happened

Everybody knows eating your emotions away is good for your health.

>>32892170
EAT FOOD OM NOM

>>32892170
>>let's go get something to eat so we can take our minds off what just happened
Going back like we are would prolly freak out the gamebros.

>>32892170
>>let's go get something to eat so we can take our minds off what just happened

>>32892170
>let's go get something to eat so we can take our minds off what just happened

Probably best we both get fully calmed down before going back, or else the videogame dudes might notice something's up and start asking questions.

>>32892170
>let's go get something to eat so we can take our minds off what just happened
Mina freaked out about this last time; you don't walk straight back to the place you live right after parting ways with dubious supernatural people.

Also make sure not to order pork. For reasons.

>>32892172


It's a /pol/ meme to:

1. compare everything to the holocaust,
2. goof about the number of people killed during it ("six trillions", etc...)

In the manner of a jewish guy who would compare it to everything that displease him.

/pol/ has a pretty juvenile sense of humor.

>>32892170
>let's go get something to eat so we can take our minds off what just happened

It's a risk, but the gamers are just gonna get curious if we come back in that state of shock.

>>32890943
One problem with active camo; it renders us blind. No light hitting us means no light hitting our eyes. Thus, blind.

>>32892072

Well, naturally, but that's what she told us and she certainly can't get upset if we act like we believe her!

>>32892170
>>let's head back to Mina's place, I'm still freaked out by all of this

>>32892170
This worries me EVEN MORE

We clearly rolled for something, but aren't seeing the effects of it. I'm guessing they're following us.

>let's go get something to eat

>>32892189
It's our fault for rolling low and failing to notice Charlotte had turned up. She's gonna wait for us to leave and wreck their shit.

Rolled 12

>>32892170
>>let's go get something to eat so we can take our minds off what just happened
in case we are followed dont want to lead back to mina's

You guys realize we're on pretty shaky grounds? For all we know that Gauthier guy is behind both groups.

>>32892279
we can still let the UV light hit us. we'd see in some kind of purple version of black and white but any of it reflected off our body wouldn't be seen by anyone else

>>32892311
charlotte didn't know irene's name and dorito didn't know charlotte's
he seems at least smart enough to let his employees see each others faces to ensure they don't slaughter/eat one another

>>32892311
That wouldn't make much sense based on what we've been told. Sure it's POSSIBLE, but so is the fact that Gauthier is actually an alien who will use the magic books to open a portal for his psychic alien warriors to invade earth. I mean, we can't rule that out, but we also have nothing to really suggest it.

>>32892264
>/pol/ has a pretty juvenile sense of humor.
Yes.

>>32892332
Oh, good point. Also, UV-only vision sounds really cool.

>>32892358
Not to open a portal.
His alien buddies are INSIDE the book, and need to have the words spoken in the right order to let them out.

>writing

>>32892380

Sounds vaguely like Scientology.

>>32892446
please don't bring that up, i don't want arch to get sued into stopping the quest

>>32892481
Well we mentioned a Shoah, the Holocaust and /pol/, so this quest is now illegal in the EU.

>>32892546
>Marcus
Yes

>>32892546
>Marcus

Jesus muh sides

>>32892546
>no speed breaker

>>32892546
Looks much more professional than my piece of shit.

>>32892546
Is marcus just Mina with a mustache?

>>32892610
And goatee, yes

>>32892621
>finds out ceciles a lesbian
>shaves
>gets it on with her

>>32892703

It was the crow that followed the car. The cat was too injured.

>>32892703
>hanako
i know whose /u/boat we need to get on.
also, as i've never played ks, why the fuck do i like hanako so much?

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>>32892735

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Once the park is out of sight and I don't feel that weird buzzing in the back of my head, I breathe a sigh of relief. That means that those two aren't following us.

But Mina... she's still holding my hand really tightly and is pretty much attached to my arm.

"Hey, are you gonna be alright?" I ask, turning to her.
"Think so," Mina nods. "Still scared though."
"You wanna still go and get something to eat? That might help us to take our minds off what happened."
"I guess, as long as it's far away from here. It'd be bad to head straight home anyways, I don't want them finding out where I live."
"Yeah, I was thinking the same thing."

McDonald's is close by... but there's a Wendy's a little ways off. We can walk there and eat, then head back to Mina's house before it gets too dark.

"You fine with Wendy's?" I ask.
"I'm fine with whatever," Mina sighs. "Let's just go..."

BZZZZT BZZZZZZZZZT

Crap, my phone's going off.

"One minute, let me get this," I say to Mina as I reach into my pocket and answer the phone. "Hello?"
"Cecile!?" a girl's voice calls out. "Are you okay!?"
"Y... yes? Who is this?"
"It's Charlotte! I saw what happened and was just about to have my friends intervene when I saw you do... whatever that was. They're not in the area anymore, but did they do anything to you? There are Control-type Branches that can do that kind of thing..."


>what should I say to her?

>>32892779

Go with creepy monotone voice.

"Negative... Everything under control, bzzt..."

>>32892779
Something like "Everything is fine for now, it was something like a misunderstanding with the glasses guy. Are there any other groups I should be aware of? Everyone seems to be hunting those books."

>>32892779
"Phone might be bugged, we'll talk later."
>check phone for weird green triangles

>>32892779
"that doritos guy tried to kill me, but i'm ok for now... he still took my phone for a little while, that could be bad, i guess"

>>32892779
"i'm fine, that green doritos guy seemed to be too scared of irene to try anything, and as far as i can tell at least she can be trusted, even if her partner can't. wait. how did you see what happened? i know you can talk to animals but can you see through their eyes too?"

>>32892779

I think the man is a psychopath and he said his power was Ornamental Tangram. You would probably know what that means better then I do. The woman was the girl Irene I told you about, and she stopped the fight. I THINK she's ok, but apparently her and the psychopath are a team.

>>32892834
I'm fine with this one.

>>32892823
>check phone for weird green triangles

Why not. Gotta stay on edge.

>>32892779
"Jesus what the fuck are these books, why are people willing to go psycho over them, and just what is Irene and Archy's group about? I don't want to deal with any more psychos looking for some book."

>>32892840
>>32892845
combine these.

and if the topic does get onto whether we know where the books are be sure to point out that our best friend doesn't have magic

>writing

What if the pyromaniac guy was Cecile herself?

>>32893123
we'd have to time travel

>>32893131

Challenge accepted.

>>32893131
Well, I mean, it's not like we know what Theresa's Branch is yet…

>>32893156

We should probably bet on what Mina and Theresa's powers are gonna be.

I'm still hoping for cyberspace travel for Mina.

>>32893156
actually since this is time travel we're talking about we may have already figured it out last year

>>32893180

Mina might not get any powers. I mean, when she found out those books were the real deal she already backed out once. After today she might just decide it's safer to stay normal.

>>32893211
honestly i vote we keep mina normal since she's been seen by both sides as normal. if they suddenly see her with powers it would be a huge red flag and the only real way we'd be able to pass it off is if they buy the idea of the books making a gardener

"I- I'm fine," I say. "That guy who attacked me, he said that his Branch was called Ornamental Tangram... you probably know more about that than I would."
"I see," Charlotte replies. "You're not hurt, are you? What about your friend?"
"Neither one of us was hurt. That girl who showed up and broke up the fight was the Irene girl who I told you about, the green doritos guy seemed too scared of her to try anything with her around. She -seems- okay, but those two are working together so I can't be too sure."
"That's good, I'm just glad to hear that you're okay."

And I'm just glad to BE okay. I can still feel those things on my neck.

"Cecile, who are you talking to?" Mina asks. "Is that Theresa?"
"No, I'm talking to Charlotte," I reply.
"Cha- you mean the girl who you were with last night!?"
"Yeah, she was worried about us."
"Oh man, she really does have us under surveillance..."

>[1/?]

>>32893241

The book is probably gonna get discovered soon. Too much attention.

If anything Mina might rush to use it out of desperation.

>>32893266

We have access to two books. If necessary, we can sacrifice one to the hunters and keep the other. There's no need to rush if she doesn't want to do it.

>>32893266

Alternatively we use it on her and then pick a side(likely Charlotte imo), giving them Mina's book, keeping Theresa's in reserve.

>>32893260
>[2/2]

I definitely understand why Mina's worried, but the immediate danger has already passed. I think.

"Charlotte, you said that you saw what happened?" I ask. "How'd you do that? I know that you can talk to animals, but can you see through their eyes too?"
"Erm..." Charlotte's clearing her throat... I guess my question caught her off-guard. "I don't really feel comfortable talking about that over the phone. Would it be okay if I met up with you face-to-face? I'm still rather worried about you after what just happened."


>yeah, I guess
>no, that won't be necessary

>>32893344
>yeah, I guess
What could go wrong?

>>32893344
>ask mina if she minds.
i guess we can all meet up where we're going to eat

>>32893344
>yeah, I guess

I'd like to ask her about Irene's group.

>>32893344
>yeah, I guess

We're pretty much powerless if any of these guys decided to go all out, considering the worst we can do is a small burn.

>>32893374

This first.

>>32893344
>>yeah, I guess
considering the other side just tried to kill us, she's looking better. that and we really need to find out just how she's keeping tabs on us

>>32893374
Supporting this

>>32893344
>yeah, I guess

>>32893344

>yeah, I guess

We were just headed to Wendie's to get something to eat. Want to join us?

>>32893374
i'll jump on this bandwagon

>>32893344

>no

Not because I don't want to, but just because Mina should probably get back home first.

After she's gone, I think they should talk then.

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already voted but i want to say that we should mention we were about to get food so that she can have the opportunity to invite us back to her hotel and gives us another meal that costs more than i spend on food in a month
seriously, steak

Stupid question, we already know she can see through their eyes with her SPDBRKR reading. Crows can't read.

It's understandable that Cecile would forget that, though.

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>>32893424
>Crows can't read.
but this isn't a crow, it just has a crow's form

Doesn't that technically make Charlotte our stalker?

>>32893374
>>32893344
Let's do this

Why haven't we congratulated Mina on her amazing rock throwing ability yet? Then told her to never do something so stupid again?

>writing

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>>32893483
already did

>>32893485
god i hope so

>>32893493

We're going to compliment her in front of Theresa at the first occasion.

>>32893424
Maybe she taught Loki how to recognize letters? Crows as smart as shit, and she can actually talk to them like they were people.

>>32893528

I heard it's easy to talk to some crows in your area. Just go to the local crowbar.

>>32893528
>she can actually talk to them like they were people
We don't know that. She might have animal empathy and be ascribing words to them like a cat lady on magical steroids.

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>>32893528

"I don't mind," I say, "but let me check with my friend first."
"Okay," Charlotte replies.
"Check with me first about what?" Mina turns to me.
"Umm... Charlotte wants to meet up with us."

And then Mina's worried expression turns into something that I'm all too familiar with.

"B- but only if you want!" I stammer. "And I can totally understand if you're wary after what just-"
"It's fine," Mina sighs. "She's stalking you already, so I bet she already knows my face..."

So paranoid.


>[1/?]

>>32893639
charlotte just said she saw what happened, that's not paranoid

>>32893639

How long until we get a dinner with all the girls?

>>32893707
We'll have to ask Irene's opinion on Gauthier before that's possible.

>>32890233
>That little bitch went into a trance and tried to burn off my arm! Just look at it, she's clearly already lost herself!"
I can see why they're so wary, if even nice people can get taken over by murderseeds and go on rampages.

Still bloody stupid of him to provoke her like that.

>>32893639

"She says that it'll be fine," I say to Charlotte. "We're headed to the Wendy's that's maybe five blocks away from-"
"You don't need to give me directions, I'm watching you right now," Charlotte replies. "Look up."
"Umm, okay?"

I look up... and then I see them. The trees.

I thought those were leaves, but they're not. They're crows.

Oh my god I have never seen that many crows before in my entire life.

"Ch... Charlotte," I whisper-shout into the phone, "What the heck's going on with the crows!?"
"Loki saw that you were in danger, but he's not exactly a fighter," Charlotte replies. "And my friend who -is- a fighter flies too slowly to make it to you in time, so I had Loki call together as many crows as he could..."

That's... really really scary.

"Umm, thanks for looking out for me, I guess."

>[2/?]

>>32893758
So Charlotte's a murderer?

>>32893766
She's a mass murderer.

>>32893766
>>32893778
harhar wordplay so fahny

>>32893766
A HA HA HA HA HA
>>32893778
A HA HA HA HA HA HA

>>32893766
>>32893778
given how hard i just laughed, i need to go to sleep

>>32893766
>>32893778
its too late, I laughed way harder than I should've

>>32893778
If she wants to get away with it, she should keep the murder Loki.

>The main story will take place maybe a week after the quest ends.

Cecile confirmed for future BBEG.

>>32893837
I hope someone stabs you in the face for that horrible horrible pun.

>>32893837

Of course she should keep Loki. He's a genius.

Cecile is way too surprised by animal lady doing things with animals.

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>>32893758

With our plans settled, I hang up my phone. Me and with Mina walk the rest of the way to Wendy's without saying a word... up until a Synapse triggers when we're maybe a block away from the restaurant. Just in case, I motion for Mina to hold up on entering the place until I see who exactly it is.

Can't be too careful, after all.

"Cecile!" Charlotte calls out from down the block... and then she runs REALLY FAST until she's right in front of us. "I was so worried about you!"
"Umm, thanks," I reply. "Charlotte, this is my best friend Mina. Mina, this is Charlotte."
"Nice to meet you!" Charlotte says, smiling warmly at her.
"Sure, I guess," Mina mumbles.
"So this is where we're eating?"
"Yeah," I nod.

Charlotte holds the door open for me and Mina as we go inside...

"Now I understand why you went on that date with her," Mina whispers to me. "She's super hot!"
"C'mon..." I whisper back. "I'm really not in the mood for jokes like that right now."

I guess Mina bounced back fast.


>[3/4]

>>32893855
Only the best for you, /tg/.

>>32893758
Hi Loki

>>32893898

Mina x Charlotte is endgame.

You heard it here first.

>>32893910
I'm okay with this. As long as we get best girl Theresa.

>>32893910
Like hell. Getting Mina and Theresa back together or bust.

>>32893926
i'm with this guy

>>32893932

fite me m8.

>>32893926
I'd prefer us to hook up with Mina's brother.
Of course we'd have to cure him of his girly thing allergy.
I heard you can built up a immunity to things by constant exposure, so I'm pretty sure curing him would involve turning him into a girly girly trap.

>>32893898
Time to be embarassed by the pleb food.

>>32893945
Your suggestion is invalid. All Trapfags are homosexual, and thus are not interested in traps having sex with women.

>>32893898
>[4/4]

After me and Mina order our food, Charlotte announces that she'll be paying for both of our meals so we can order more if we want. Taking her up on her offer because I'm really really hungry after what happened in the park, I order two more cheeseburgers. Mina doesn't seem to have very much of an appetite, though.

Once our food's prepared, we take our trays and sit at a table off in the corner of the restaurant... Charlotte gets lots of stares because of the fancy dress she's wearing (does she only ever wear super frilly dresses?), but nobody really bothers us.

I'm thankful for that, I really don't want to be bothered by strangers right now.


>ask Charlotte something while we eat?

>>32893980
If he's a girl, then his homosexuality means he likes women!
Remember, gay girls are lesbians.

>>32893999
That's some impressive illogic you have there.

>>32893994
Ask her about what exactly Dragon's Tooth is. She looked it up, right?

Ask her about trances, and what losing yourself means.

Why, exactly, does Mr. Gauthier want the book? Is it safe to burn them?

>>32893945

Pretty sure he was convinced we were her new girlfriend.

I mean, you think anyone can hide that kind of stuff from their sibling?

Also you know he's gonna end up with Allison.

>>32893994

"This is becoming DANGEROUS. I need infos to protect myself and my friends."

>>32894009
Makes perfect sense to me!

>>32893994
Ask her to take responsibility.

>>32894020
>Is it safe to burn them?

"How would you burn them if you don't have them?"

>>32894032

but we're the MC. Agency's on us.

>>32893994

Please tell me everything Ornamental Tangram can do. If that guy shows up again, I want to know exactly what I'm dealing with. Do you have any idea why those people want the books so bad that they'd be willing to kill for them? Thank you for your help. Are you able to keep an eye on everywhere in this city, or were you paying special attention to that area?

>>32893994
Ok, so who, exactly, has in interest in the book? I'm counting at least 2 sides, one of which is probably filled with psychos, and the other has more money than I will ever see in my lifetime. Also, if these books are so dangerous, why not burn them?

>>32894048
>Do you have any idea why those people want the books so bad that they'd be willing to kill for them?
For fuck's sake, why are we asking why people want the POWER GRANTING BOOKS? The reason why they're dangerous and valuable has already been made abundantly clear.

>>32894069
>Also, what do these Books look like?
She already showed us.

>>32894020
>Is it safe to burn them?
Probably shouldn't ask that. Instead, ask "If we find a book, what should we do with it?"

>>32894049
I'm seconding this. Burning the books seems like a good idea, unless there's something about them we don't know.

>>32893994
>>ask Charlotte something while we eat?
ask for a full explanation as things are getting really dangerous and we haven't a clue as to exactly why other than "book"

In no specific order these are my suggested questions:
"Who are all these people? Who are your people exactly? Why me? CAN you see through birds? Who is your fighter friend?"

>>32894089
I think we can safely assume that she would just ask us to give it to her.

>>32894073
Oh. Right. Remakan.
-
What's the deal with Irene?
What does their organisation want?
Charlotte doesn't have a psycho partner, does she?
Mr. Gauthier isn't planning to kill random civilians with branch powers, is he?
Are there any other organisations, aside from the two we've encountered so far?
Especially - who's planning to kill random civvies?

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>>32894049
>>32894092
rd

>writing

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>>32893766
>>32893778

>>32894096
Presumably, Book is valuable enough to justify killing.
How are people getting away with interrogating random citizens, anyway?

>Brangst
Captcha has told me a word for what we're going through.
Branch Angst = Brangst.

Oh yeah, who is in charge of keeping all this stuff secret? Someone must be.

I'd like to point out that Irene's team of Psycos only really applies to Mr. Doritos. She was the first person to explain our Synapse stuff as well as let us 'sleep it off'. And from the looks of things I feel this encounter was more one trigger happy sidekick than an entire psychotic team of killers.

Basically I'd like to not burn the bridge of hers just yet. They might even be able to ally with Charlotte or vise versa. Optimistically speaking anyways.

There's a definite point that I wanted to stop this thread at, but I don't think I'll be able to stay awake long enough to manage. Sorry, folks.
The next thing I run will be False Dendrite, though I'm not sure when exactly that'll be. Maybe Friday, maybe Saturday. I definitely need to get some freaking sleep before I do anything, though.


and now, q&a time while I finish my laundry

>>32894168
We're still riding on an emotional high. Makes sense to continue the telling Irene off option for the rest of the day.

We can call and make up tomorrow assuming shit doesn't go down. I'm guessing Theresa went nuts.

>>32894176

You liar! You said this week would be mostly PGQ!

T'is fine with me either way.

>>32894176
How likely are we to die in this quest?

captcha: dyingCu Auction

>>32894176
Is there anything that you've been expecting us to do but haven't?

>>32894176
Thanks for running
Is CC a lesbian?

>>32894191
I can agree with that. Makes sense IC, I just really hate when morons immediately demonize someone for very little and I don't want to see a potentially interesting route/option disappear.

>>32894176
Is Mina going to read book immediately after she gets home or is she far more scared than she was yesterday? I could see her wanting something better than a rock to protect Cecile with.

Why hasn't she hid the book better?

>>32894176
Thanks for running!
>Wake up a little early
>Oh hey FD is running? Weird, but not complaining, it's only at 6 hours too! I can catch a little this time!
>End
Ah well.

>>32894262
It would be incredibly suspicious if yet another girl suddenly got powers.

>>32894176
Irene still best girl.

>>32894326
I concur, good sir.

>>32893898
Mina has good taste!

>>32894191
>I'm guessing Theresa went nuts.
From what I can tell, the only reason Cecile stopped trancing against Archibald is because of Mina. It might be a good idea to stick to Theresa like glue so we can bring her out of a trance if necessary.

Though, if that was the case, I don't think Irene and Charlotte would have been so willing to leave Cecile alone. THEY would have stuck by her to make sure she didn't trance.

>>32894192
>You liar! You said this week would be mostly PGQ!
The best-laid plans of turtles...

>>32894196
>How likely are we to die in this quest?
There are aaaaaaaall kinds of ways to die in this! NPCs, too!
and of those, the absolute worst way to go is the most likely!

>>32894206
>Is there anything that you've been expecting us to do but haven't?
THIS IS A RAILROAD AND I AM THE CONDUCTOR
ALL ABOARD THE ARCHELON EXPRESS, NO AGENCY ALLOWED
seriously though, there've been a couple areas where I was pretty surprised with what you decided to do. Not grilling Irene for information before running off is one of them.

>>32894225
>Is CC a lesbian?
Is Hibiki a lesbian?.

>>32894262
>Is Mina going to read book immediately after she gets home or is she far more scared than she was yesterday? I could see her wanting something better than a rock to protect Cecile with.
Wait and see.

>Why hasn't she hid the book better?
That will be among the first things she takes care of when she gets back home.

>>32894315
Sorry, but my brain's about to shut off any minute now. Sleep deprivation is a bitch.

>>32894483
>Is Hibiki a lesbian?.
I don't know who Hibiki is

>>32894493
You should know Arch only talks in anime.
Assuming Symphogear Hibiki, his answer might be interpreted as 'for all intents and purposes', or perhaps 'if it walks like a duck, talks like a duck...'

>>32894563
> 'if it walks like a duck, talks like a duck...'
it could still be a ninja

>>32894572
If you want, anon. As long as you don't plan on convincing anyone else of that.

>>32894563
I never realized that shipping runs off duck typing before now.

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>>32894493

>>32894619
Guys can't be lesbians. Try Precure Hibiki.

>>32894638
You'd be surprised. Also, Precure doesn't have nearly as badass a theme song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnk8smQXA6A

The stupidest thing about the Archibald thing is that Irene told him about Cecile, and he still went on about organizations. What the hell was he expecting, her to be recruited in a single day? I can understand the rest but that's just mind-blowingly dumb.

>>32894668
Different target markets, man. Of course rider songs are more badass.

>>32894752
Well, there have been hints, though subtle, that Archibald isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer.

>>32894752
Archibald dun goofed.

>>32894752

Maybe they're just (badly) playing good cop, bad cop.

Or maybe he's just on edge, and just need to approach things from a different angle.

When we get good enough to make light hot enough to burn and divert it from actually burning, we could do some cool stuff by holding the book hostage. They kill or hurt us, we lose control over the light and no more book.

>and of those, the absolute worst way to go is the most likely!
Losing control over your body forever? I can't think of anything more terrible than that and it does seem possible even without outside intervention. We're carrying that danger around until our seed stabilizes.

>>32894934


I think he meant ending up with worst girl.

>>32894951
Worst girl hasn't been introduced yet! Everyone so far is good.

>>32894960
I would bet money on Ms Gauthier being either best or worst girl. Nothing in-between.

Calling it, the main plot that happens a week or so after this Quest ends is all this crap going public.

>>32895036

I'm betting on the hero of the next story getting his power during this quest.

>>32895036
>>32895064
It'll be like Ga-rei Zero vs Ga-rei; this one is about lesbians and stuff, but the next one is about some smelly straight dude and the bitches that love him

>Certain branches lend themselves to making their holders very wealthy, and money is power.
New goal: Find casino and figure out way to use light powers to win at casino foreveer.

So if we had flashbanged and run Archibald would have been attacked by an army of crows? Neat.

[Remove] saved Charlotte from revealing herself. That's nice.

Ask Char if it's normal for their type to call regular people civilians. Irene might have outed herself.