>>33141840
Damnit, I'm too tired to run.

>Poke around at the guild for more information and buy some legit stock.

>>33141840
>>Go dungeon diving?
why not see if our rival and Louie are up for some dungeoneering, we did kind of say we would and then didn't...

hope some more players join in as I'm heading to sleep now, good luck all

>>33141840
>Go dungeon diving?
We really need to do some of this.

>>33141917
>>33141966
We don't have a meatshied and Charme is probably drunk as hell somewhere.

>>33141840
>Pay a visit to the other merchants or the Guildmaster?

We need stock and maybe elemental crystals

>>33141840
Are you huge yet?

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>>33141840
Stepping out of the cafe, Tear hovers by your head. "Was there anything else you wanted to do today, or are we returning to the store now?"

You pause, then "we don't really have as much stock as I'd like. I think we should go to the dungeons today."

Tear nods, "that seems like a logical choice. Though unless we take the time to locate one of our acquaintances ourselves, we would be forced to contact the Adventurer's Guild and have them called in."

>Find one of your friends first, take the back door?
>Go to the Adventurer's Guild?

>Who do you want to bring?

>Or do something else?

>>33142008
what

>>33142016

Do we actually have anyone's card? You need that in order to hire them, right?

>>33142016
>do something else
Tell Tear to try to find informations on a dungeon you can find elemental crystals

>Find one of your friends first, take the back door

Let's go to the pub see if Charme is here. WE need to talk to her without Tear listening, anyway

>>33142031
Not really. Charme lives with us, Louie moonlighted for us until he got butthurt, Caillou is still in his broody "I don't need you" phase, we only briefly met Elan and we never saw the other people.

>>33142016
>Try to find Charme
Might as well.

>>33142031
The business card itself marks the Adventurer as a member of the Guild, which permits them access to the dungeons. Granting the card to a merchant essentially guarantees that the adventurer will work with that merchant. As far as we're concerned, if you know an Adventurer has a card, you can put out a message through the Guild asking them if they would like to accompany you.

Pioneer some magic calling cards.

>>33142104
You want us to create a TCG?


Hey, I got an awesome idea: We edit collector cards of adventurers, like the baseball players cards!

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>>33142017
"Yeah... hey, Tear. Where can we go in the dungeons that would have those elemental crystals?"

"Hmm," the little fairy contemplates, "I wouldn't know off-hand, though I could inquire through some sources."

"Can you try that while I go look for Charme?" She nods, and you smile appreciatively at her. Wishing you luck, she leaves you alone in the street. Now you'll just have to try to find Charme.

You don't even question where she'll be, making directly for the pub. Inside, the crowd is significantly less than usual with only a handful of the regulars in the corner tables. The bar is deserted. The barman nods a greeting, and doesn't say a word as he pulls a pint of Charme's favorite, gesturing you to an unoccupied table towards the back of the room.
You thank him, tipping him an extra coin and take your seat at the table. As you sit, Charme pulls up a chair from the next table over and plonks down next to you, taking her drink as she does so.

"Heyy, what's up Recette? Didn't think I'd be seein' ya round here this time of day? Did you need me for something?"

>?

>>33142255
"I'm going in a dungeon to replenish our stock. It'd be great if you came."
>lean closer, then wishper:
"I would also need you for a discrete bruglary, without Tear or anybody else knowing."

>>33142304
I forgot to write:
>Look at her in the eyes and show you're dead serious

you sure you guys don't want to hold off until we get Elan?

>>33142255
Yeah, let's go with >>33142304.

>>33142349
>Caring about Elan

>>33142349
I'm not against it. Let's see if the dungeon with the crystals is too much for us with only Charme. We need the crystals by tomorow anyway

>>33142349
Crystal rush. Can't wait for random encounter rolls.

Who even plays Elan?

>>33142371
>>33142400
>foreverelan.jpg
Alas.

>>33142371
>>Caring about Elan
more like caring about Charme. Getting her a meatshield makes things much easier.

When's Nahgee?

Why do people dislike Elan this much? Was he insufferable in the game?

Even then, it's game!Elan. The circustances and characters aren't the same in Racketeer than in Recettear.

>>33142443
She probably got kidnaped or something

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>>33142255
"I do," you tell her. "I wanted to go to a dungeon today. We could use some more stock, and I need to get some elemental crystals by tomorrow. I'd love it if you came with me." You wait for her answer.

Charme smiles jovially, "sure thing Recette! I'd love to come with you. And I'll visit the dungeon with you, too!"

"Wait, what?"

A cough. "Never mind. Shall we get going?"

"Yeah! But, just one more thing." You lean in closer, whispering conspiratorially across the table. "I think I need something stolen. Discretely, without Tear or anyone else knowing. Can I trust you?" You fix her with a serious look, telling her just how important this is.

Her face stiffens, then creases into a serious frown. "Yeah, you can trust me. Do you want to discuss it now or wait until later?"

>?

>>33142539
Tell her everything now, and if Tear arrives, the excuse is explaining why we need elemental crystals.

>>33142539
"Do you think it's safe to talk here? I've learned today one should be warry of who listen in public establishment?"

>>33142539
Later, this isn't a very good place to discuss it.

>>33142560
Talking about business like this in a pub full of people is the mistake the guys we're going to steal from made.

And they were in an innocent-looking cafe. This is a bar full of thieves and thugs, many of them working for Terme.

>>33142598
alright, but where can they go before Tear arrives?

>>33142539

Later

>>33142609
I don't know. The toilets? Or we could wait for the right opportunity during or after the dungeon

>>33142650
Though, Tear would definitively have an aneuvrism is she found out we went to the toilets with Charme

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>>33142539
"Not here," you tell her, "today I've learned to be wary talking in a public establishment." She nods, then pushes her chair back to stand up.

"Well then, how about we go raid for some loot and maybe discuss a little about nothing important on the way?" She grins at you, and you make to follow her. On the way out, you notice more than one head quickly turn away before you can notice them watching you.

The two of your quickly make your way towards the Guild district side of town, and one reaching the main street, you wait patiently for Tear to arrive. She does so soon enough, greeting Charme cooly before informing you: "The general opinion seems to be that a place called the 'Crystal Gardens' would be the fastest place to acquire what we need; however it's an extremely dangerous place. The other alternative would be to visit one of the lesser dungeons and to, 'farm' them," she wraps her tongue around the term. "It will take significantly longer, but should be safer. We should keep a lookout for the possessed suits of knightly armor, as they are apparently the most likely to hold a crystal."

By the time she's finished passing you the information, the three of you have arrived before the back door to the warehouse, and once more the guard greets Tear tersely.

>Go for the Crystal Gardens?
>Try the lesser dungeons?

>>33142780
> Ask Charme how proficient she is with the Crystal Gardens/general Dungeons.

> Ask Charme how good she would be at killing the possessed suits of knightly armor.

>>33142780
>Go for the Crystal Gardens?
High risk, High reward

>>33142780
"Charme, what do you think? Have you been to the Crystal Gardens before?"

She shrugs. "A handful of times. I'm more used to lingering around the others though. More rookies in those, it's easier to mug a newbie than a wary adventurer."

"Okay. How about the suits, do you think you can take them down?" She laughs aloud.

"Of course! I may be a berk, but I'm a professional berk. They'll be no problem."

>?

>>33142819
Crystal Gardens then. If she's been there then it can't be too bad.

>>33142819
Crystal Gardens it is, then.

>>33142819
Another for the Crystal Gardens.

>Suspicion Rising. Current Levels @ Wary

>>33142819
Crystal Gardens
She's confident and we have an invincibility field.

>>33142819
MMZ time, how many enemies can you kill without taking a hit!?

>>33142819
Crystal Gardens, yaaaay!

>>33142650
>toilet
This is where I raise the always important question about the current state of personal hygiene and sanitation in the setting. Pensee most likely doesn't have plumbing, given its state of technology otherwise, so no toilets as such to speak of, no?

>>33142876
They should at least have the technology for public toilets and waterways. Not so good for conspiring, though.

>>33142876
Covered holes in the ground count as toilets in this time period. Probably not communal though. Maybe. IDK about medieval-era plumbing/toilets.

>>33142857
>tfw mentally confusing two dungeon names while thinking about crystals

We're going to the AMBER Gardens, not the Crystal NIGHTMARE. In case anyone was worried/confused/cared at all.

>>33142876
>This is where I raise the always important question about the current state of personal hygiene and sanitation in the setting.
That shit's nasty. I like to think that Pensee is undergoing a magic-induced early-period industrial revolution. So there's most of the niceties of modern-day'ness. Like, you know, toilets and plumbing and houses that are actually nice to live in. Practical clothes that actually have pockets and glassware and such. Except there's no horrible smog covering everything because it's done with magic, not coal. Oh, and no guns and stuff.

It's magic, I ain't gotta explain shit.

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>>33142950
"Alright," you say, "we'll go to the Amber Gardens then." The door's peephole slams shut, the gears click and the door opens, revealing a brightly lit little island of green grass suspended in an endless pool of clear water. You step through onto the soft grass, the door disappearing behind you.

On two sides, there are mostly stable-looking wooden rope bridges crossing the water. You step to the edge of the island and look down. And then wish you hadn't. The edge of the 'island' is a sheer cliff to the water a few feet below, which then continues on into the deep. The water, despite being crystal clear, is so deep that darkness coats the bottom. You can't see a thing moving, living or otherwise. Looking around, you realize that every one of these islands is the same: a perfectly vertical column of rock jutting from the darkness, perfectly level with your own and covered with a thin layer of dirt and soft grass.

"Right then," Charme stretches out and draws her blades. "How're we gonna run this one?"

>Carefully investigate every island?
>Find a way out as soon as possible?

>Fight everything you meet?
>Only fight the knights?

>>33143040
>Carefully investigate every island?
>Only fight the knights?
How about it?

>>33143040
>Carefully investigate every island
>Only fight the knights

Until we get the necessary stuff anyway. Once that's done, we haul ass.

>>33143040
>Carefully investigate every island
>Fight everything you meet
More loot!

>>33143056
Seconding this, but with a time limit of three hours before going back.

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>>33143040
"We just want crystals for now," you tell her, "so just look out for the knights. But let's search this area carefully so we make sure we find everything."

"You got it," she agrees eagerly. She crosses the first bridge ahead of you. It barely even sways under her weight, giving you hope that nothing terrible will go wrong with them. You cross it in turn and it doesn't react at all. Curious, you voice the observation aloud and Tear points out that you're not interacting with the world at all unless you choose to bring it inside the invulnerability field.

Ahead, Charme reaches the center of the second little island. And then throws herself flat on the ground as a gigantic fish leaps from the water, spinning wildly through the air. It passes inches from her head, then falls with a sploosh back into the water.

You rush to the edge to track it, but there's nothing down there but the darkness...
"What in all goodness was that?" Tear exclaims.

Charme shrugs, "it happens from time to time in the dungeons. Don't question it, just get out the way."
As she's facing you to explain this, an armored figure phases into existence behind her, swinging its sword down at her.

"CHARME LOOK OU-", but she's already nimbly dodged out the way, a grin on her features.

>Attack the knight head-on?
>Move fast, circle the knight and try to flank it?
>Wait for the knight to attack, then counter?
>Other?

>>33143204
>Move fast, circle the knight and try to flank it

>>33143204
>Wait for the knight to attack, then counter?
Might as well try it.
Man, sporadic posting this time of day, huh.

>>33143343
Seems legit, at the least dodging won't be a problem so this is a safe bet.

>>33143204
She said she could take them. Let's have trust in her.
> You've got his Charme!

>>33143204
>>Wait for the knight to attack, then counter?
Break the arms/hands/gauntlets

>>33143204
>Wait for the knight to attack, then counter?

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>>33143204
Charme faces off against the knight, waiting for it to make the first move. The knight obliges and steps on, swinging clumsily towards her. She back up, easily evading the attack. It swings a second time, Charme stepping away again. Then it lowers its stance, before crashing forwards in a heavy swing.
Charme leaps sideways, rolls under the attack and slices into the back of the armor's kneecap in a single motion. The knee plate twists around the leg, jamming in place and stopping that leg from moving. She weaves away again as the knight tries to recover with another swing, only to hack down as it passes and smashing the thing's arm clean off. Another few rapid movements bring her behind it once again and she stabs down with both blades into the back of its neck.
The thing falls to the ground, a lifeless collection of plates.

"See? No problem," she quips confidently.

You quickly rummage through the plates, and find among them a clear grey crystal. "A Void crystal," Tear comments. "A good start to the trip!"

Indeed, the next two hours of trip does go well. Charme uses her speed and cunning to circumvent most of the dangerous areas of the dungeon, only taking the time to stop and engage the knights whenever you find them. They also seem to be dropping crystals for you at an alarming rate, almost as if the dungeon knew this is what you wanted and was just handing them out to you.

With nine of the needed ten in the bag, you finally come to a larger island. Charme stops you before you can cross the bridge. "That's a lot of bad guys over there," she says, uneasily. "But see that shiny mark on the ground?" You follow her finger, and notice a small white magic circle on the ground. "That's our portal out of this place."

Looking around, you can see now that the circle is on the other side of at least one trap, and five lingering eyebats.

>Try to fight your way to the portal?
>Find the other way in?
>Rush for the circle?

>>33143776
kite them one at a time. Does Charme have a mid-range attack to lure individual targets with?

>>33143776
>Try to fight your way to the portal?
carefully
tanking in would be suicide, but baiting the enemies sounds valid

>>33143776
>They also seem to be dropping crystals for you at an alarming rate, almost as if the dungeon knew this is what you wanted and was just handing them out to you.
The desire sensor is gonna fuck you up sideways, no matter what.

>>33143812
IIRC she can throw nets.

>>33143776
Well, we're still covered by our invicibility shield, right?

We attract the monstrers away from the circle, giving Charme and Tear the time to go through it, and then we simply walk on it.

>>33143776
>>33143892
I meant:
>Attract the monstrers away from the circle while protected by our invincibility shield, giving Charme and Tear the time to go through it, and then simply walk through it ourselves

>>33143776
>Distract the exit easier.
Basically what >>33143892 said.

>>33143906
Fuck. I meant
> Distract the monsters with our body so that the others can exit easier.

Tie vote, kiting versus distracting. Can I get a tiebreaker?

>>33144002
distraction

>>33144018
Tie broken, writing.

>>33144002

Charme is a sneaky type. Let us try to play to her strengths. Distraction.

>>33144018
>>33144033
>>33144032

Distraction, you say?

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

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>>33143776
"Hey Tear," you pull her close, "I've got an idea. We'll go out there, then I'll step out of the field and distract the bats. So Charme can rush for the portal. Then we go through after her."
Charme frowns at your idea, "that puts you in a bit of danger though.

You wave it off, "I'll have Tear right beside me! It'll be fine, I'm just worried about you!"

Reluctantly, Charme agrees. Together, you and Tear make your way out into the middle of the large island. Something about the terrain is bugging you, but you can't quite identify what it is. You shrug the thought off, then step out of the field. "HEY, HEY EYEBALLS! YEAH, YOU!" The floating eyes all turn to stare at you. "COME AND GET ME~!"
A sudden whoosh of air knocks you flat to the ground. You desperately look around for the source, and then see it: descending from the sky above, landing almost directly on top of you!

[EYEBAT KING]
[~FANCY HAT, COMMON WINGS~]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg1iV7cPllI

It comes to a hover a few feet of the ground. The flying eyeball is huge. Even one of its wings are at least three times as long across as you are tall!

>What do you do!?

>>33144104
I was thinking more zany hijinks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK6TXMsvgQg

>>33144137
>Throw an handfull of dirt in the big, easy-to-hit eye and then rush to the portal

Let's not be dumb, guys

>>33144137
CHARME, I HOPE YOUR KNIVES WORK ON THIS THING

>stick around a bit more, then jump into the field

>>33144168
This. Eye irritation is a bitch.

Go for the Crown

>>33144137
Backing >>33144168!

>>33144137
this sounds like a great plan: >>33144168

>>33144168
this

We are totally getting another crown

>>33144137
> It's a giant eye. Stab it.

>>33144225
>>33144204
rushing in the portal means not getting the crown, yknow.

>>33144168
>>33144242
Oh shit I thought that mean't our little safety bubble!

>>33144242
Eyebat King might drop it while it's trying to recover from a Sand Attack.

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>>33144137
Without hesitating, you grab a fistful of dust from the floor and hurl it at the eyebat's eyeball. As soon as the little cloud hits the eye, the giant bat kicks back, flapping hard and throwing up a miniature dust storm.
Even before you've stood back up from grabbing the dust, Tear is beside you and pulling you back into the field. On the far side of the clearing, Charme has waste no time in starting her sprint for the exit. You take off after her, desperate to get out with what loot you have.
Two eyebats turn to try and bring Charme down, but she neatly slices the wing off one and vaults the other without slowing her pace.

Its eyelids clamped tight shut, the king flaps randomly about the area a few times before its eye flickers open again, and the sound of some terrible energy gathering fills the area. It's preparing an attack against the portal!

You'll be fine in the invulnerability field, and Charme... should be able to make it to the portal before it finishes charging!

>Say nothing, keep running?
>Tell Charme to dodge the attack?

Looks, guys, we need to be eyes-to-eyes in this.

Getting the crown would be nice, but we already got what we needed, and taking more risks than necessary is what suckers do and dead people did.

>>33144354
"RUN FASTER!"

>>33144354
>Tell Charme to dodge the attack

>>33144354
2nd round of sand?
even if it works less, it should still break its aim and/or concentration

>>33144354
"FASTER, CHARME!"

I feel that Charme already knows what to do.

>>33144354
>Tell Charme to dodge the attack?
Noooooooo

>>33144397
dude, don't throw things into an eye who's chargin a lazer ray.

>>33144354
>>Tell Charme to dodge the attack?

Even if she manages to make it to the portal, she could still get hit before teleporting out

>>33144395
>>33144417
>>33144430
unless >>33144369 is a vote to run faster, it looks like we're fighting this thing.

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>>33144354
"CHARME LOOK OUT!"
Her head jerks to see what you're shouting about then she skids to a dead stop, right as gigantic ray of heat and death blows a long gouge into the floor right where she would've been. She instantly leaps back from the ray as it burns away the earth along its line of attack.
The ray cuts off as sharply as it began, though its a few long heartbeats before your vision returns enough to see the damage: the ground where the portal was is a smoking ruin. The way out is gone.

>Try to attack the eyebat before it can charge its laser again?
>Take on the rest of the small bats, then harass the king?
>RUN AWAY!?

>>33144480
>Take on the rest of the small bats, then harass the king?


>>33144491
lol no. apparently not.

>>33144480
How good is Charme with throwing daggers?

>attack then run away.

>>33144480
>Take on the rest of the small bats, then harass the king?

>>33144480
>Try to attack the eyebat before it can charge its laser again?

Let's blind the fucker, Odyseus style!

>>33144480
>Take on the rest of the small bats, then harass the king?
friendly fire, HO

>>33144491
yeah, this is kinda how stories and player choice works.

>>33144501
>>33144509

Remember the fight against the Slime King? The small foes are a distraction

>>33144527
They're also more dangerous, since Charme CANNOT take a hit. It's simple enough to dodge the laser, not so simple to dodge a hundred of those little buggers firing their own attacks.

>>33144527
>>33144509
i guess i wasn't clear.
charme should focus on the king, while recette attacks the small bats (act as a diversion for the diversion)

>>33144480
Supporting this >>33144544

>>33144480
Recovering quickly, Charme turns to the offensive and cuts her way clear of the three bats surrounding her. Two fall, making a horrible squealing as they perish. The final two quickly flock after her, but she dashes across the open area, forcing the two to spread out as they chase after her. she pivots on the far side, slicing the closest clean down the middle before rolling away from the last one. Then the King begins charging its laser again. You and Tear hurry to the edge of the island, out of Charme's way as she leaps out of the way of the second blast, the ray once again leaving a gigantic groove through the island's previously perfect surface.

Before it stops firing, Charme turns and hurls one of her two blades at the bat. The blade flies true, hitting dead center in its iris. With an unearthly squeal that hurts your eardrums, it judders at the impact and flaps upward, gaining altitude over the island.
In its place, three more smaller eyebats descend, quickly flocking towards Charme.

>Keep fighting? You've got it on the run!
>Now's your chance! Flee?

>>33144646
>Keep fighting? You've got it on the run!

>>33144646
>Keep fighting? You've got it on the run!
Fuck it, exit's gone anyway. Help Charme!

>>33144646
>The blade flies true
Based. Let's give her a discount on her next dagger purchase

>FIGHTO!

>>33144646
>Keep fighting? You've got it on the run!

Hmm. I wonder if we should consider buying Charme a brace of throwing knives or darts of some kind later on.

>>33144646
>>Keep fighting? You've got it on the run!
Eyeball wings for dinner tonight!

>>33144705
Discount? Give for her for free! They're not THAT expensive.

>>33144722
We're not running a charity here.

>>33144646
>Keep fighting? You've got it on the run!

>>33144732
You should also be generous with the people who earn your money FOR you. Charme is worth every pix.

>>33144749
I'm sure Recette has other things to offer in their stead that won't cost a pix!
But to be non-lewd, daggers are cheap enough it doesn't really matter so sure.

>>33144749
She was already uncomfortable with a discount, wasn't she?

>>33144749
and how about giving her dibs on the first magical dagger we find?

>>33144776
Why is your non-lewd comment the one spoilered?

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>>33144646
"Yeah! That's it, Charme! We've got it on the run now!"
She grins that predator's grin of hers, quickly dodging in and out of the new smaller bats and hacking them down with lethal efficiency, even with just one blade. When the king finally lowers himself down to her level again, she rushes forward ready to hit it before it can charge its laser.

Right before she hits it, another smaller bat appears from behind the King's crown. She's already airborne and can't change direction. Time feels like it slows down for you as you watch, helpless, as she tries to move to the defense in mid-air. The bat collides with her. The two of them drop to the grass together in a heap. Then the Eyebat King fires again.

>Thread pause while I drive home!

>>33144749
>>33144732

We already agreed with her she can use our stock freely as long as it's for the dungeons

Though I'd say we give her a nice gift after this.

>>33144797
It's the Charme way, anon.

>>33144798
Fucking cliffhangers, man.

>>33144798
Well shit

>>33144749
We're paying her for her services.
Treat her whenever we can.
Provide her with lodging.
And let her pick out inventory when dungeon diving.

That's very generous for someone who aims to pay off 25mil pix debt.

>>33144798
Hahah, damn camera angles can't point upwards

>>33144798
FFFFFF
Time for the dashing Recette rescue?

>>33144798
>wake up early, manage to catch Racketeer Quest against all odds
>catch up with the thread
>just in time for the cliffhanger
>mfw

>>33144818
Actually, it's down to 18 now.

And we're on a big sell.

>>33144818
That's such a large debt that I doubt we can conceptualize it. It doesn't feel real.

>>33145028
>That's such a large debt that I doubt we can conceptualize it. It doesn't feel real.

And this, boys and girls, is all you ever need to know about the world's econnomy

>>33145028
And we have daddy dearest to thank for that.

>>33145028
>this
You've said exactly what I've been thinking, but, you know, in words that make sense
excellent show, old chap!

>>33145117
Really, though, how the fuck did he manages to get people to loan him this much money?

>>33145148
A ridiculously high charisma modifier?

>>33145148
IIRC Recette's dad had a great reputation as an adventurer, probably had necessary connections.

>>33145117
In his defense, pix are basically yen. So you get like, 100 to the $.
Except this is in fantasy past, so accounting for inflation differences their pix now is worth like 100 pix today. Or something. Iunno.

>>33145224
well that'd only be $250,000. That could easily be a startup or something like that that he failed and cost Mr. Terme that money. Doesn't necessarily have to be a direct loan

>>33145224
>defending your father after he left you in absurd amounts of debt
Recette, please

>>33145232
A quarter of a million is still a huge sum. Especially with a 12% interest rate

>>33145285
He must have done something right to get Recette.

>>33145322
>her mother
I'm sorry

>>33145322
Recette must have done something horribly wrong to have him as a father, then.

>>33145322
He must have done something for sure, but it probably didn't cost him $250'000.

>>33144798
The eyebat is instantly vaporized under the power of the laser. Charme fares little better, lacking any form of protective gear. Her limp body flies like a cheap ragdoll tossed from the pram, hitting the water with a quiet sploosh. Seeing no other threats in the area, the Eyebat King blinks its giant eye once, then begins flapping away into the sky once more.

>?

>>33145347
...

Check if she's okay (she's not okay.)
Begin panicking?

>>33145347
>try not to cry
>cry a lot
>Dive in after your future wife

>>33145347
>Run to her, heal her as good as you can

Do we have an healing item?

>>33145347

Dive in, try to get her back on land. If we have any healing items, use them on her.

>>33145347
Welp, time to mount a rescue-operation! By which I mean follow her in. And I just realized that between Recette's tiny body and her maybe not even knowing how to swim in the first place, the chance of getting her out is just about nil, huh.

>>33145347
Oh boy, guess Louie lucked out by escaping our overambitious ass huh.
Help our perverted friend!

>>33145389
>bridge doesn't respond to your weight while in the field
>jump in the water

I'm gonna estimate that's not something that ends well.

>>33145620
well, if we don't weight anything while on the field, we're going to float.

>>33145347
Changing my vote from this>>33145378
to:
>Run at the edge of the water, see where Charme is

>>33145347
rescue her useless ass, we ain't leaving our first sincere friend here to die

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>>33145347
You dive into the water after her, completely disregarding the fact that now you're outside the invulnerability field, you're visible to the bats once more. You spot Charme, lifeless, sinking rapidly towards the darkness and swim as hard as you can after her. Catching up, you slip one arm around her chest and kick hard towards the surface once more. In the corner of your vision, you can see shimmers of movement from the darkness below, shapes moving quickly between the rock pillars and converging below you. You kick harder, swimming desperately for the surface. You don't look back, though you FEEL something emerge out of the darkness below you. Getting closer, and closer...

You break the surface, throwing Charme against the edge and scrambling out as fast as you can, pulling Charme back onto the shore just in time, as the dark shadow behind you sweeps past the edge of the column and darts back into the darkness below. You let out a sigh of relief. Then hear the terrible sound of that laser charging behind you again.

You turn about, and stare into the eye of your death. A few paces away, you see Tear's panicked face as she races towards you as fast as she can. But she's too slow.

>>33145520
well now we've the death of our best friend to guilt trip him with

why is this quest so utterly depressing...

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>>33145739

>>33145749
It's a statement on the pointlessness of non-materialistic ideals such as friendship and love.

>>33145739
It was nice questing with you, anons!

>>33145739
Oh no you fucking don't

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>>33145739
So, this is the part where CAPTAIN AMERICA saves the day, right, papa Kaleun?

...right?

>>33145739
Why are you smiling you stupid fairy even if you don't like Recette she still owns you money what the fuck I guess it was nice having legs

>>33145838
Where do you see the smile, anon? Certainly not on her face, that's no smile. So where?

>>33145739
Maybe she'd be faster if her fucking wings were attached to her slutty body. Jesus Christ.

WARNING: SUM OF DIS CHAPTA IS XTREMLY SCRAY. VIOWER EXCRETION ADVISD.

>>33145865
Well I feel dumb now. I tought it looked like a smile on the smaller version

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>>33145739
The laser fires. The king squeals. The ray blows past you, inches from you. The remaining bats immediately flutter away in a blind panic, desperate to clear the area.

The king collapses into the dust, a long spear protruding from the side of its body. Holding the spear, one foot gently resting on the now-motionless wing and the other on the still-open eyeball, a young woman in an exotic-looking dress smiles serenely down at you.
"My, my. What a brute. Ah, is your friend alright?"

You check Charme. She's breathing. And despite some light marks across her body, she seems... perfectly fine.
"Sh-she's okay, I think," you tell the stranger. "Thank you! For saving us, I mean."

The lady brings a hand up to her lips, a refined gesture to conceal her gentle giggle. "Please don't mention it. Oh, and if it wouldn't be too much of a hassle for you, would you mind directing me to the market? I was following the main road, though I seem to have taken a wrong turn."

>>33145928
I know nothing about the game outside of this quest, so I can only assume this is the fabled Naga, Bestest of Waifu's here to save our ass.

>>33145928
Hello deus ex pretty lady.

>>33145928
Based spear-lady!

>>33145928
>A chick with a spear

This is even better than the Captain

>>33145958
Her spear just got lost and ended up inside of a boss, somehow. She's not entirely sure how it got there.

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>>33145928

Or the right turn, as luck would have it.

Perhaps we can ask her to follow us? If the death of the boss doesn't result in the portal opening, we may need to spelunk for another exit.

Aaand that's it for this week, folks!
Please tune in next week for some of Best Adventurer!

As always, thread is now open for Q&A and other things.

Besides that, thanks for reading! I hope you all had as much fun (or more) as I did, and I hope to see you all again next time.

>>33145928
Tell her you'll bring her there if she helps us get out! And we'll totally be in her debt too!

>>33145992
>Whole week
Oh man...

>>33145928
We're taking her home

>>33145958
It's Nagi. I don't know much about the game, but I think Recette has way more chemistry with Charme.

>>33146014
>Not Euria
...I guess.

Also it's unfair to judge her chemistry with Nagi in the quest this soon, might be different from the game. Though Nagi's personality isn't exactly ideal for creating chemistry with anyone I concede, despite her qualities as a wife.

>>33146001
>we'll totally be in her debt too!

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA. no

don't joke about this, dude.

>>33145992
Thanks for the thread!

>>33145928
KITAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
BEST GIRL ARRIVES

>>33145986
>Perhaps we can ask her to follow us?
Jesus christ, no, are you insane? You do NOT accompany the Nagi anywhere, ever. There's no telling where you'll end up. What'll your next great plan be, crossing the streams?

>>33145992
Thanks for running today's quest.

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>>33146051
Crossing the streams?

GENIUS!

I'll get right on it just as soon as I get done asking these guys about the Androsynth.

>>33146041
What's wrong anon? Don't you want to pay her back? Return what we owe? Compensate her for her contribution to our cause?

>>33146033
Oh, I didn't mean that Recette doesn't go well with Euria. In fact, I'd say that she may even go better with Euria than with Charme, since the clear attempts to get into her pants tend to make Recette uncomfortable.

I was just comparing the two people present.

>>33146033

Yeah. Nagi seems to be a bit oblivious (albeit in an endearing manner), despite her obvious competence and refined manner.

>>33146068
There is a different between compensation and getting into debt, dude. She saved our life, so I'd say giving her the lion's share of the boss loot, a way to civilisation and a job offer would be far enough to repay her.

>>33145928
So I take it you got fed up with anon failing to roll Nagi on the encounter rolls. You held out longer than I was expecting.

>>33142008
>Are you huge yet?
I'm not decu yet.
Yet.

>>33146134
>So I take it you got fed up with anon failing to roll Nagi on the encounter rolls
Pretty much.
Though in all fairness, the only way to get her this session was via a Deus Ex saving event. I actually had a completely different encounter in mind for if you tried to run away.
And another if Charme had made it to the gate before the King had blown it away.
Just let the last one sink in for a moment.

>>33146121
I am not kidding here guys, you give the Nagi directions, fine, but do not ever try to show her the way anywhere, lest you be swallowed into the empty void of space that is her domain (sometimes known as the Nagi Nada) from which no mortal escapes.

>>33146187
>Just let the last one sink in for a moment.
wut

>>33146292
>Charme escapes
>portal is blown away
>R&T now left alone with no adventurer

And then everybody had fun.

>>33146237
We don't know that in-character! Metagaming!!!!!!!

>>33146187
Eh, is Decu really that rip?

>>33146394
Well, his general twitter feed of constant /fit/ generally suggests his cardio is way better than mine, and his last personal Q&A thingy with his players basically said he can bench more than me. So he's rip enough.

Though my goal is somewhat past his current level. We'll see what I can do.

>>33146465
Goddamn, buffed up QMs.

>>33146465

Are you and Decu going to fight?

I hear he insulted Cinnamon and Cinnamon-related pastries.

>>33146465
Would have Charme died if we hadn't dived?

>>33146638
>Would have Charme died if we hadn't dived?
Yup. If you didn't save her, who else would've?
And the things that lurk in the dark are always hungry. Always.

>>33146596
>Are you and Decu going to fight?
I'm not sure how well that would go. Decu likes to punch things, I like to hit people with blunt swords and/or grapple&bite people until they stop trying to stab me with their flick-knives.

>>33146237
>do not ever try to show her the way anywhere, lest you be swallowed into the empty void of space that is her domain
It's actually fine to show her the way to something. It's only if you let her take the lead that things go wrong. Once you let her take the lead, you yourself will not be able to understand in which direction you travel.

>>33146308
I voted for that completely with that result in mind. We had the invinci-field, it would have been fine.

>>33146187
well, Recette dropped the ball for not spotting the eyeball that ambushed Charme. Doesn't really mean anything, other than her competence level being slightly below normal.

I'm okay with what happening if it means Nagi joining the party, but from a story perspective, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. On the up side, this means that Nagi is in a much better position to poke into Charme's past.