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I just killed a man.

Mina held him in place and I threw all the light that I'd been collecting right at him and now he's dead and it's all my fault. I'm a murderer.

I would throw up right now, but there's nothing in my stomach TO throw up. I killed this Leo guy and Charlotte killed Luiza and Antonio and Matteo and... Charlotte! She's- Leo was throwing her around and her arm's already broken really bad and what if she's hurt even worse now!?

Turning away from Leo's charred corpse, I try my best to bend the light in front of my eyes so that I can see... and there she is, lying on the ground on her back! Wasting no time, I run towards her as fast as my legs can take me.


>[1/2]

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>>35245715
>[2/2]

Just before I reach Charlotte's unconscious body, two figures swoop down from overhead and land next to her. Loki and Rhaccy. The large owl nudges her head with his face, but after a few tries at this he seems to finally come to the realization that she's not going to wake up so easily and lets out a long, sad call.

While Rhaccy's doing this, Loki hops over to Charlotte's ear and caws at her... but then he realizes that she's not going to wake up that way. Turning to me, he flies to my feet and starts cawing at me while darting his head from me to Charlotte.


>try and pick charlotte up, it's not good to just leave her like this
>leave her here, I'm not sure that I should even touch her right now
>[OTHER]

>>35245774
>try and pick charlotte up, it's not good to just leave her like this
She's okay... right Arch?

>>35245774
>[OTHER]
grab her cell and call Gauthier?
he probably knows what to do and has a way to make it happen

>>35245774
>try and pick charlotte up, it's not good to just leave her like this

Ask Mia for help. Hospital time is go.

>>35245774
>leave her here, I'm not sure that I should even touch her right now
Make sure she's breathing, at least.

>>35245774
EXAMINE HER FIRST! MOVING SOMEONE COULD AGGRAVATE INJURES CALL MR.G ON HER PHONE WE DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN TRUST THE LOCAL AMBULANCES!

>>35245808
do this he is pretty much her dad so he needs to know

>>35245774
>>35245808
seconded

>>35245774
>try and pick charlotte up, it's not good to just leave her like this

>>35245829
>>35245808
do this
>>35245774

>>35245774
>>leave her here, I'm not sure that I should even touch her right now
Just... just try to see if there's blood or bones outside her body where they shouldn't be.

>>35245883
their are bones poking out we saw that last time right before the fight

>>35245774
>[OTHER]
Call Gauthier! We need back up!

>>35245774
>>35245829
This

Hey I like Princess Guard maybe I should take a look at Arch's other quests.

*Starts to read* Good God.. I'm.. I'm just going to go now.

>>35246058
Hey, it's not all bad. You just came in durring a... very violent section.

>>35246058
Have fun archive reading.

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>>35246058
Welcome to the party.

>>35246058
>*action* is now acceptable here
why
just
fucking
why

>>35246225
I bet he text just like C.C. too.

>>35246225
;-; liek if u cry evry tiem

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>>35246058
You are kind of a giant faggot. Get pics or get out.

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>>35246288

Fine I will provide you with a reaction pic.

>writing

>>35246435
that "abandon thread" caption doesnt really make sense in the context of that gif

get a better reaction pic

I look down at Loki.


"Y... yeah, okay," I say to the crow. "Don't worry, I'm going to go and check on her now."

Loki caws in acknowledgement as I carefully crouch down and take a close look at Charlotte's injuries. This is really hard to do without my glasses, and keeping the light bent in the right way for me to actually be able to see is really starting to make my head hurt.

But that's not important now, I need to check on Charlotte.

>[1/?]

>>35247272
When we left off last thread I told myself I wasn't gonna forget to suggest CC gets her glasses.

I managed to forget.

I suck.

>>35247330
Her glasses snapped in half. Maybe we can wear one like a monocle? Or have Mina's branch hold the two pieces steady?

>>35247375
>Or have Mina's branch hold the two pieces steady?
that'd be perfect if we had some superglue, but i really doubt we could walk around while having a living armor hold our glasses

>>35247436
Best use of an armored Stand.

>>35247436
why not

>>35247272

"Thank God, she's still breathing," I say with a sigh of relief. And though she's really beaten up, I don't see any major external injuries aside from her arm.

Christ, it's even worse than before. It's all bent the wrong way, and- n- no, I can't keep looking at it or I'm gonna faint.

"Is she okay!?" Mina calls out from over where... the body is.
"I think so!" I shout back.

She's not really "okay," but it doesn't look like her life is in danger from what I can tell. I hope.


>[2/?]

>>35247375
I myself wear glasses and am similar to velma without them. It doesn't matter if they are in half you find them if you want to see anything. And you don't need much to hold it there it can be one half leaning on the ear or even a makeshift rambo headband.

That or use light bendy magic. That apparently works too.

>>35247490
>but it doesn't look like her life is in danger from what I can tell.
>witches don't know about mah internal bleeding

>>35247529
Yep. You can't get thrown around willy-nilly and expect to be find afterwards. She probably fractured half her ribs and punctured a lung.
She'll be dead in minutes.
RIP Charlotte

>>35247490

But she might be bleeding internally or have a pierced lung or any number of horrible things that I couldn't see even if my eyes -weren't- garbage. I'm going to have to get her to a hospital or something if I want to be absolutely sure that she'll come out of this okay...

"CAAAW!" Loki walks over to Charlotte and starts motioning with his head.
"Huh?" I turn to him. "What's wrong?"

He's pointing his beak at her side... at least I think that's what he's doing. As I reach over there, I pray that he wasn't trying to tell me that she's got some kind of horrible injury there...

...huh?

It's not an organ, but something rectangular with rounded edges...

"Wait, her phone?" I say to Loki. "You want me to get her phone?"
"CAAAAAAAAAAW!"


>[3/?]

>>35247689
What?! Charlotte fell down the well again? C'mon Loki let's go save her! I kid, I kid.

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>>35247689
C.C. May not be smart enough to call Mr. G but thank god we're able to send messages to that damn bird.

i wonder how Theresa and Otheresa are reacting to this...

>>35247689

Carefully, I reach into the pocket on Charlotte's dress and pull out her phone. The screen is cracked, but it looks like it's still working...

Mr. Gauthier... yeah, I should probably call him first. I mean, he -is- supposed to be Charlotte's father I guess (I'm still wondering what exactly is up with that), so I'm sure he's worried sick about her.

...damn it, she set that picture of us that she took the first day I came over to her place as her phone's background. Now I feel like crying even more than I already did.

>[4/?]

>>35247931
Ya'know Arch, there aren't any shortages of cracked screens depicting adorable girls with seemingly tragic undertones/vibes on Deviantart. Infact, I daresay there's an entirely undeserved surplus of them. I'd get you one but I don't feel like having nightmares tonight.

>>35247931
>[5/5]

After scrolling through the contacts in Charlotte's phone, I dial up "D. G."

Before it even gets through the first ring, the phone picks up.

"Charlotte!?" a man calls out. "Charlotte, is that you!?"


>how do I respond?

>>35248055
> It's Cecile send help

>>35248055
"no it's cecile, char's... gmhnnfriend...
something horrible happened whatdoidowhatdoido?

>>35248055
"S-she's hurt It's Cecil... I she needs an ambulance! But I wasn't sure if I could trust them. Send help PLEASE!"

>>35248120
Supporting this. Along with trying not to break down.

>>35248055
>Try not to cry.
>Try to explain
>Cry
>Fail at explaining.

>>35248055
"We've escaped a holding cell with some help...got jumped again. Charlotte is hurt real bad and I am having a hard time seeing as well. send help....Others might be after us as well."

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>>35247931
>try not to cry
>cry a lot

>>35248055
I want so say right now before we get any farther: Cecile's power is only really effective at capturing and bending light. She can't create much on her own, and she can't call on the sun whenever or wherever she pleases. Some anons, maybe new readers, didn't seem to know how her powers worked in the last couple threads. Just trying to make sure everyone is caught up here.

>>35248388
Well so long as we don't have another guy screaming to try and orbital laser a building we'll be fine.

>>35248388
>She can't create much on her own,
Yet.

>>35248388
that's why we need mina's gift

>writing

>>35248433
In my defense, that was a joke that people thought was a good idea.
And I referred to it as a space laser, not a orbital laser.

>>35248388
At least for now. We don't know what Full Bloom will bring.

>>35248434
>>35248462
I hate to say it, but that little flashlight just wouldn't have the wattage to equal Earth's glorious Sun. Really though, you should check out some of the custom flashlights enthusiasts make
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?4-General-Flashlight-Discussion

Over-the-shoulder laser cannon when?

>>35248497
/that's why you don't make joke suggestions.

>>35248497
>>35248583
Just as long as you say it's a joke, or are REALLY sarcastic, joke suggestions should be okay

>>35248639
I kinda thought people would think space lasering the building we're in would be a bad idea.

I can't think of a time where hitting the building you're in with a space laser would be a good thing

>>35248702
Then you don't make that kind of suggestion, always assume that all Anon are retards.

>>35248702
>I can't think of a time where hitting the building you're in with a space laser would be a good thing

How about the most impressive way to say I'm taking you all down with me ever?

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>>35248542
I'm actually a model hobbyist with a passing familiarity with lasers. And I know for a fact a total novice can make a laser that melts metal with Chinese diodes and circuits on Ebay. I just made one a bit ago that could melt through thermal retardant with just $100.

>>35248792
And here's an example
>>35248829

>>35248829
Eh, most impressive would be murdering an army while slowly losing your powers.
A space laser is kinda shit. You don't even get to see the people die from it

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"N... no," I reply, "this is Cecile Navarre, I'm Charlotte's girlfriend."
"So you're..." he sighs. "What about Charlotte? Her friend called me a few hours ago and said that the two of you'd been kidnapped."
"Yeah, um..." I look at Charlotte and start tearing up. "W... we broke out of there but then another guy showed up and Charlotte got hurt really bad, I don't know what I'm supposed to do..."

On the other side of the line, I can hear a girl talking and Mr. Gauthier taking a deep breath before saying some stuff that I can't make out.

>[1/?]

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>>35248835
>Deathstar model with "burns shit" grade laser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5f6wMXxUmI

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>>35248702
Didn't they do it in Endless Waltz?

Wait, it was a bad idea then, too.

>>35248792
>always assume that all Anon are retards.
Jesus, THIS. Anon is out to get his fap and his mad on, not to think rationally >>35248829
>>35248835
That's cool and all, but blowing someone's head away requires WAY more outpoot. Watts are the key, man. You'd need three or four car batteries in series to equal the shit Cecile can do during the day, and you can't get that kind of output with off-the-shelf lazers. Cecile can do the collimating herself, she just needs a strong source of light.

>>35248878
>Her friend called me
Hmm.

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>>35248940
The bird, genius. NEVER underestimate crows. Or ravens, for that matter. Besides, Charlotte contacted Mina through the crow, right?

>>35248906
It didn't help that when Heero rebuilt Zero he didn't take the possibility of adding too much power to the twin buster rifle to be detrimental to the new design.

>>35248983
Yeah, and Loki told Mina the number through cawing. Clever bird.
Or she had it from when Mr. G payed the hospital bills. But that's less fun.

>>35248934
I mean for like a general utility sort of energy source. Just a couple of AAA batteries and a pocket sized custom laser can easily be converted to four or five effective flashbangs. If CC gets a 24v Lipo hobby battery pack or 16 cell industrial pack hooked up to a CO2 10 watt.....I'd feel safe to say that we can literally slice people's soft parts for heavy bleeding damage after a few seconds of collection. Maybe more if we have a burst circuit to really ramp up the voltage while preventing shorts and overload melting. Circuits are too advanced though, so in character, the best we can probably do is a China $150 diode with 16v lipos that will be able to give us a constant stream of flashbangs.

>>35249131
Isn't he a control branch?

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>>35249034
Charlotte literally puppeted the damn bird to make it (him? her?) speak to Mina. No cawing here, broski
>and sneses

>>35248934
>>35249092

Ya'know most car batteries output just 12.2 volts fully charged right? Hobby batteries can go up to 24v with discharge rates that are double those clunky box batteries while still weighing ounces. I reckon Cecile might be better off with a American diode hooked up to Chinese batteries she can swap out one the fly. After all, it won't do anyone any good if you don't have a means to convert the battery energy into light. Military always goes for reliability over performance, and I do believe it's worked out mighty well for them.

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>>35249092
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>words
Hey, she could just order some actual flashbangs off the black market, and direct their light into one target, right?
and now we wait for this guy to think I'm being serious here

>>35248878

"Alright, Cecile..." he sighs, "What happened after this other guy attacked you?"

"I... I took care of it," I reply as a cold feeling washes over me.
"-You- did?" he asks. "What about Charlotte, did she-"
"That's why I'm called you in the first place!" I cry. "He threw her all over the place and her arm was already broken really really really bad and I want to call an ambulance but I'm not sure if it's safe to, and-"
"Cecile!" he shouts. "Calm down!"

>[2/?]

>>35249284
You know, all I can think about is how I'm glad she called him instead of texted him.

>>35249216
What C.C. needs is to tap into utility power grid. Then she can get all the juice she needs.

>>35249284
Man, you didn't need to replace that! No one noticed you said really realy reasy!

>>35249310
Light. Not electricity.

>>35249306
I wanna see what that text would have looked like.

>>35249322
I just assumed it was Cecils panic devolving her speech into her text habits.

You know it's funny Arch hates typos but will write ceciles texts.

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>>35249216
It ain't just volts, it's amperes, dude.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
CALCULATE THE WATT OUTPUT PER UNIT TIME OF THE SYSTEM IN QUESTION BEFORE SAYING ANY MORE GARBAGE ABOUT AAA BATTERIES BLOWING OUT ANYTHING MORE THAN A FRUIT FLY
man, shitposting is more fun than I thought it would be

>>35249356
Yeah, Ceciles texting is the best things

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>>35249306
>it cc hi char got hrt!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!!!!!!!11!!!! pls hlp k bai :,,,,,,,,,((((((((

>>35249383
Dear Cecile,
You have killed me, and by extension, Charlotte.
Sincerely yours,
Gauthier

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>>35249363
GET EDUCATED LUDDITE. PREFERABLY BEFORE YOU BURN YOUR BASEMENT INTO A CRISP.

>>35249284
What do you think of all this talk of diodes and lasers and lipo batteries?

>>35249356
Text habits? She's just talking really fast. How else would you get that across?

>>35249284
>[3/3]

"O... okay..." I say, sniffling.
"It's probably too dangerous to tell me what happened over the phone, but are you SURE that you're safe now?"

Yeah, I guess I can't just confess to murder over the phone where people might be listening in.

"There isn't anyone else attacking, so I think we're fine," I reply. "But Charlotte..."
"Okay," he sighs. "Now I'm going to use a program that I put in Charlotte's phone just in case something like this happens, and then I'll see what I can-"
"CECILE!!!!" I hear a man shouting in the distance. "Cecile, is that you out there!?"

Wha!?

"Who is that?" Mr. Gauthier asks. "Is it another attacker?"
"Uh..."

I strain what left I have of my power to bend the light and see who's calling out to me...

"Uh... I think it's my sister's boyfriend."

What the hell is Kevin doing out here!?


>how do I respond?

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>>35249465
>lel
Seriously though, why did you respond to the shitpost that says that it's a shitpost? Is this what you kids call irony these days?
>over meltingp

>>35249569
I'm gonna guess that our Sister "filled him in" and operate on that.

We ought to yell to him that we're fine but that Charlotte has been injured. Hopefully that'll drive him towards our direction and not at the steaming black human carcass.

>>35249569
What the fuck, KEVIN GO HOME
Ask Mina and Theresa to run interference
This Kevin is going to cause SO MUCH TROUBLE in the future.
Also, how the hell do people keep finding us? Theresa dragged us to the ass end of nowhere with her Branch active. What gives?
>I know, its plot

>>35249601
That's how shitposting goes Anon. One does it. Then another does so. And another. And in the end, we're not much better for it, but we certainly are more amused than we started as. 'sides, what I really wanted to know was Archelon's opinion on Project Pocket-Star.

>>35249569
Senator, what can you tell us about this projected legislation?

>>35249569
Ah shit... Not sure if we can trust him. But our head doesn't pin on him so he has no branch now. Yell out if our sister is with him.

>>35249569
How does he even know where to find us?

>>35249682
>Senator, what can you tell us about this projected legislation?
I can tell your girl got BTFO, for starters.

>>35249569
>FUCK OFF KEVIN!
Seriously though. If need be have Teresa or Mina knock his ass out. We don't need that shit right now.

>>35249749
>>35249670
See last line in the above post. True DESPAIR requires some... finangling on the part of the author.

>>35249569
SHUT UP KEVIN YOU AREN'T HELPING.

MINA, DO SOMETHING ABOUT KEVIN.

>>35249797
>Kevin, go away
>no
>...

>>35249682
>car battery
>jumper cables
>two carbon rods
>profit

>wriiting

>>35249569
I think now is an appropriate time to remind everyone that Kevin is a cool guy who has done nothing wrong.

Sorry for the extra slow posting tonight, I've been surrounded by distractions.

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>>35250157
>obligatory post about turtles being slow
Also, Cecile and Charlotte. Stolen from one of the -boorus, I don't claim to draw anything

>>35249865
He'll also just be in the way when the DocWagon shows up.

I doubt he's been briefed on proper post-Shadowrun injury extraction protocol. Well neither have we but that's why we called Big G.

>>35250146
>>35250203
Double post?

>>35250224
stop failing your saving throws

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>>35250224
I now know how Archelon feels...
>>35250203
>I said mina instead of cecile, so I deleted the original

"Your sister's...?" Mr. Gauthier sounds kind of confused.
"Sorry, I'll get right back to you," I sigh.

Placing Charlotte's phone on the ground, I turn to Kevin.

"Yeah, it's me!" I call out.
"Alright, I'll be right over there!" Kevin shouts back as he starts running.

Theresa's wearing that weird costume so she'd just cause more problems if she tried to help out right now, but why the hell hasn't Mina stopped him!? A- and there's a dead body over there, what if he sees it!?


>[1/?]

>>35250340
>Placing Charlotte's phone on the ground
SCREW KEVIN
YOUR GIRL IS HURT
TELL HIM OFF

Wow, from panicking to annoyed in only a couple words?
We're good at this mood whiplash thing, aren't we?

>>35250340
You know, I'm actually kind of hoping Kevin's on the level. It'd be refreshing. Though him being secretly evil and Allison being distraught about choosing another evil boyfriend who tries to do something to her sister WOULD be a nice lead-in to the Allison route...

>>35250406
Cecile is dumb. You have to remember she's working with a text level education.

>>35250416
Control branch. My money is he MADE Cecile calm down.

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>>35250420
>Allison route
I feel... Jaded. Why are so many anime fans into incest? I would appreciate an answer more substantial than AraAra or alison a bes though I know better than to expect more by now

>>35250577
Because forbidden things are always appealing

>>35250577
Partly trolling archelon (I know it's not going to happen) and part fetish.

>>35250406
Well Gauthier can do most of the stuff he was going to do without us needing to be talking to him.

I mean we were kidnapped, Kevin probably isn't going to just leave because we tell him to. As long as he doesn't notice the CHARRED CORPSE he might even make himself useful.

I really hope someone thought to do something about the charred corpse.

>>35250642
Soon there might be another charred corpse!

>>35250340
>[2/2]

While I freak out over the possibility of getting thrown in jail forever for throwing the sun at a guy, Kevin finally reaches the two us. And once he sees Charlotte lying on the ground, his expression hardens.

"...Cecile, what happened here?" Kevin asks as he leans down to see if Charlotte's breathing.


>tell him the truth
>see if mr. gauthier can explain things better than I could
>[OTHER]

>>35250676
>see if mr. gauthier can explain things better than I could

>>35250676
> Wonder why we're so calm about him being here. How the hell did he find us anyways?

>>35250676
>see if mr. gauthier can explain things better than I could

>>35250642
>I really hope someone thought to do something about the charred corpse.

>Hey Kevin, do you know where Mina and Theresa are?
>Oh, it looked like they were eating something. Want me to get them?
>NOPENOPENOPE

>verse letland

>>35250676
>>see if mr. gauthier can explain things better than I could

>>35250676
From panic to annoyed to panicking again almost instantly.

>>35250676
I guess he won't believe she fell, huh?
Let's see what Mr. Gauthier can do about this.
>see if mr. gauthier can explain things better than I could

>>35250676
>see if mr. gauthier can explain things better than I could

>>35250676
>[OTHER]
tell him it's just a dream, gradually take the light out of his eyes and hope Theresa (or mina) will catch on and make him pass out

Uh, so am I the only one wondering how Kevin found us in the middle of... wherever the hell we are?

>>35250676
Let Gauthier try to explain. He has experience.

>>35250736
>From panic to annoyed to panicking again almost instantly.
I don't think arch has a ton of experience writing this sort of thing. Or he's up to something... gooby plz

>>35250775
Clearly he's been out night after night searching for us for his true love.

>>35250822
No, seriously, it's way too convenient.

>>35250775
We're in the middle of a park.

If the public (as in, everyone but Alison) line is that we just went missing he might have been out searching for us. Otherwise, it's unlikely but far from impossible that he just stumbled onto us randomly.

It could have as easily been Random Bystander X, but where's the fun in that?

>>35250822
>Kevin was a reverse trap all along, cleverly stringing Allison along so "he" could get closer to "his" true love: Cecile.

>>35250726
This. Kevin suddenly showing up is really suspicious.

>>35250775
No.

>>35250898
I'm also wondering why all of those votes for "GO AWAY KEVIN" turned into calmly greeting him and considering letting him talk to Gauthier.

>>35250819
>>From panic to annoyed to panicking again almost instantly.
>I don't think arch has a ton of experience writing this sort of thing.
I suck, that's all.


>writing

>>35245829
Thank you anon. /tg/, please never move anyone who could have a C-spine injury unless you know log-roll with C-spine precaution.

>>35250953
Just because you don't want to talk to someone doesn't mean you can't be civil if you end up talking to them anyway

>>35250898
I'm more wondering what happened to Mina and Theresa. Shouldn't they be around here something.

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>>35250955
>I suck, that's all.
Yes.
YES.
BECOME THE DESPAIR
KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO TRULY SUFFER

>>35250736
>>35250819
>>35250955
i see nothing unrealistic about panic-annoyance-panic

the situation definitely warrants it

>>35251008
They might be hiding the body. It's what I'd do if I were them.

>>35248702
Cain lives!

>>35251041
>>35250729
>hiding

>>35251041
so.. theresa just stepped on the body?

>>35251064
But that was Ravnos they hit with the space laser, not Cain. He was in LA driving cabs.

>>35250953
Yeah I voted FUCK OFF. But we said HAI KEVIN. So I just decided to give him the cell... because he walked up anyway.

>>35251082
Well that would work.

But she's probably dragging it (or letting Mina's magic armor drag it) into a bush or something so that she doesn't have to stand there cloaking a corpse forever.

>>35251089
Wait, really? I thought it was the original Cain but he resurrects anyways.

>>35251259
Nah, Ravnos woke up and started nom nom nomming on the others of his line, so everyone tried the kill the fuck out of him before a bunch of wizards decided "fuck it" and hit him with an orbital space laser that sort of let ghosts back into the world and shit.

>>35251259
if they hit him with anything he would just reflect the damage

Oh man what the hell do I even say I can't just tell him that me and Charlotte killed a bunch of mafia people but she's lying there beast to hell and-

The phone! Charlotte's Dad is like some kind of bigshot secret Branch guy, he has to be better at explaining away horrible attacks than me!

"Uh..." I pick up the phone. "...Mr. Gauthier, are you still there?"
"Yes, what happened?" he replies.
"My sister's boyfriend showed up out of nowhere and I have no idea how I'm supposed to explain to him what's going on so could you maybe..."
"Alright, hand him the phone."

Oh thank God.


>[1/?]

>>35251308
>Ravnos
Remind me again. Who was Ravnos?

From VtM?

>>35251331
Mr G. probably expects a certain level of professionalism from his operatives. We are failing badly.

We are like the incompetent man who married into the yakuza/mafia family in a comedy show.

>>35251362
He was one of the antediluvians, and his children are the gypsy vampire people things. He sort of helped kickstart the apocalypse, I believe. Whups.

>>35251395
Well, we aren't even working for him.

>>35251395
Operatives? She's a highschooler. And why would we WANT to work for him?

>>35251447
Because it's the family business CC's marrying into.

>>35251447
good pay and could work with are girlfriend

>>35251483
Except she's still in high school, and will be for a while. Unless you're advocating running away from home or something.

>>35251483
our*

>>35251452
I am still of the opinion that Mr. G is a mafia boss. The charisma. The benefit to your family members. The care for your team.

>>35251331

"Cecile?" Kevin's staring at me.
"Uh- here!" I stammer as I practically shove the phone in his face.
"Wha..." he takes the phone from me.

On this end, all I see is a lot of "yes" and "mmhmm"s while Kevin talks to Mr. Gauthier. After a short while, he hands me back the phone.

"Alright, I get what's going on," Kevin says, turning to me with a deadly serious expression. "Your girlfriend's father told me about the kidnapping and the ransom and all that."
"...he did?"

>[2/?]

>>35251543
That's not really in question. He obviously is a mob boss by any quantifiable metric. What we don't know is if he's more decent than the typical mob.

>>35251554
HOW does he know Char is our girlfriend.

He is a spy.

>>35251583
>hurrr

>>35251579
Good point. He is miles better than the mafia we just killed.

>>35251601
High praise, that.

>>35251583
Alison: OH MY GOD KEVIN MY SISTER WENT OUT ON HER FIRST DATE WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND AND SHE'S MISSING!

>>35251653
>WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND
Hot

>>35251554
>[3/3]

"Yeah, and that she got beat up while you two were escaping..." Kevin sighs as he leans down towards Charlotte and gently feels through her clothing to see if there's any swelling or other broken bones. "...looks like it's just her arm that really got messed up, thankfully."
"H- how can you tell, I mean-"
"C'mon," he cuts me off. "we need to get both of you to the hospital."
"Wha- I can just call an ambulance, and-"
"I'll drive, it'll be faster than waiting for an ambulance to come in this shitty neighborhood."


>umm, okay
>no, I'm calling the ambulance anyways

>>35251697
C.C. confirmed for trap.

>>35251715
>Talk to Mr. G.

Get her to the mafia doctor

>>35251715
>>umm, okay
Kevin is a cool guy. Let's go drive in his cool car.

>>35251715
>Um okay.

>>35251697
That is why all the girls are after CC!

>>35251715
How did Kevin tell that she was fine aside from the arm? Is he some sort of doctor, or is this branch stuff going on?

>>35251715
>no, I'm calling the ambulance anyways

>>35251715
>no, I'm calling the ambulance anyways

>>35251768
He actually could be a doctor... I don't think we ever asked.

>>35251715
>no, I'm calling the ambulance anyways
Kevin, what the heck. Groping our girlfriend a bit and hmming doesn't make you an EMT all of a sudden.

>>35251715
>no, I'm calling the ambulance anyways

NO MOVING THE PERSON WITH POSSIBLE INTERNAL INJURIES KEVIN.

YOU ARE NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL KEVIN.

I'm sure Gauthier can expedite the paramedic response time.

>>35251715
Double check with G. If he says it's gold we'll trust it. If not LAZER KEVIN!

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>>35251768
SHADOWRUNS

>>35251715
>umm okay

>>35251768
If we didn't synapse even though he's right in front of us he probably doesn't have a Branch

>>35251789
Do MD except may be a psychiatrist would start at the arms without a CAB exam while barking orders at the nurses to do stuff.

>>35251715
Check with Mr. G

>>35251715
>umm, okay

Keep Mr. Gauthier up to date, if he knows a private doctor in the city it could be better for him to drive us there instead of the hospital where the mafia or other Branch users could look for us.

And Kevin seems like a pretty cool guy, and good at first aid.

I'm not too worried about moving Char given that she already has a decent healing factor, any internal injuries shouldn't kill her.

>>35251810
>Let the rats eat her!
Too soon, anonymous.

>>35251789
Well the first thing a doctor should say in this situation is "ITS OK, I'M A DOCTOR".

Since he didn't say that, I will continue believing he is NOT a doctor until something suggests otherwise.

>>35251715
>umm okay
I think her dad made sure he is helping

>>35251796
>>35251792
Pretty sure he's just doing what mister G told him...

>>35251825
>Kevin
>Good EMT

Does not check C-spine tenderness in unconscious patient with likely mechanism of injury, doesn't even wait for an ER doc to clear the C-spine.

Shit EMT.

>>35251810
... Sauce?

>>35251715
>umm, okay

>>35251715
>umm, okay

>>35251881
The Dreadful, before the artstyle changed and I stopped reading it.

>writing

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>>35251881
No
It's a webcomic called The Dreadful. Shit is so cash

>>35251715
>>umm, okay

All these OKAYS. Why are you fuckers trying to kill her?

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>>35251929
Why did you stop. Was it really the art that killed it for you? The writing has been... consistent... if you can call it that

>>35251863
Then we should verify that with Mr. G.

Like the #1 mistake people make with injured people is doing stuff they think makes sense but actually just makes the situation worse. If that was actually a Mr. G instruction that's one thing, but it also might just be Kevin trying to over-manage the situation.

>>35251929
>>35251937
Thanks

>>35251715
>>no, I'm calling the ambulance anyways

Guys, do you want to take care of a crippled Char for life?

>>35251976
Probably because >>35251863

So >>35251993 is a good idea.

>>35252017
May be that is anons' goal.

A crippled Char would not run from us. But she can still command her animals to help us.

>>35251978
Yeah, it was the artshift. It probably wouldn't have bugged me if it had been a gradual change, but instesd he totally switched styles over a single update and it was really jarring.


>back to writing

"Umm, okay." I nod. "But before we do, I'm going to have to talk to Charlotte's father to make sure that he's okay with it."
"Oh yeah," Kevin looks at the phone in his hands. "Here you go," he says, handing it back to me.

"Mr. Gauthier?" I call out. "You still there?"
"Yes," Mr. Gauthier replies. "I explained the situation in... a more palatable manner, and he'll be taking you both to the hospital to get treated."
"You told him to do this?"
"Yes, it was my idea. I'll call some of my subordinates over to the hospital to make sure that it's safe, so you shouldn't have to worry about any further danger once you get there."
"Umm, thanks," I say.

With a sigh of relief, I hang up the phone. I'm just glad that Kevin went along with whatever it was that Mr. Gauthier said to him, things could've been a lot worse if he hadn't...


>[1/?]

>>35252386
Dammit CC, at least secure her C spine when you transport her.

>>35252386

"So you're cool with it?" Kevin asks.
"I guess," I nod. "Her father says that it's okay, so..."
"Great, let's hurry before her arm gets infected," he replies.

Kevin kneels down and gently slides his arm under Charlotte's head, then starts-

"Wait!" I shout.
"Huh?" Kevin turns to me. "What is it now?"
"What if her spine's broken or something? Are you absolutely sure that you know how to-"
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing," he replies. "I was actually studying to be a doctor before I realized that working shitty hours at a hospital for the rest of my life wasn't for me."


>[2/?]

>>35252504
>C-spine
I can see how this'd turn out already.

>"Cecile, make sure her cervical spine isn't going to jostle around while we're driving"
>"H-HER C-C-C...? B-BUT WE'VE BARELY EVEN STARTED DATING!"
>the sun does not have vertebrae but even i know what he means. you are a fool.
>"F-fuck you too, Over Shine!"
>"Over what? Who are you talking to?"
>"Shut up, Kevin!"

>>35252600
>Could have been a doctor.
Hmmm Kevin isn't actually that bad.
I mean it would have been better if he was fully trained.

>>35252600
Kelvin does not know the joy of being a pathologist and slacking off all day and still get home in time for dinner.

Or being a psychiatrist and getting home at 3 PM.

>>35252621
If this goes on I will love overshine by the end of it.

Kevin is actually a pretty cool guy.

>>35252699
I believe he wanted to be an actual doctor.

>>35252753
Then be a Radiation Oncologist, nuke cancer for a living, earn lots of cash, and still go home at 5-6 PM.

>>35252600
>[3/3]

It takes a few minutes for Kevin to actually pick Charlotte up thanks to her horribly broken arm... I end up helping him though, and he safely gets her in his arms without anything worse happening.

"Now I'm really glad that I switched cars with Allison while searching for you two," Kevin sighs. "We'd be completely screwed if I brought my Countach instead, that thing doesn't have a back seat where she could lie down."

What's a Countach?


>before we go, am I forgetting anything?

>>35252753
Physiatry is where it is at. Get people to recover post stroke and spinal cord injuries, and still go home in time.

>>35252848
The phone?

>>35252848
Just call Theresa and Minna to let them know we are going ahead. Tell them to deal with FBI as they see fit, but make sure he won't bother us again.

>>35252848
GLASSES

and our friends I guess.

>>35252848
Ask M&T what they think we should do.

>Owns a Lambo
Fucker's rich.

>>35252848
He drives a Lambergheni?

What kind of man is he?

>>35252848
Charlottes phone.

>>35252848
>What's a Countach?
Yeah, you're forgetting to not be a pleb

>>35252892
We can get new glasses... We don't have time to run around the street looking for them.

>>35252902
>>35252906
A rich man's son?

>>35252906
A Plant by Mr. G.

See his group actually distributes the books then recovers them after random individuals receive different powers. Kevin is a plant who arrived to spy on our address after Mina had the book shipped to it.

This is all a massive set up and Char isn't mad because she's known from the start.

Alisons boyfriend didn't need any giant trip or explanation because he was talking to his boss.

>>35252848
... I wonder if Charlotte told her kitty cat what was happening.

>>35252958
Was sexing up CC part of their plan too?

>>35253022
Undetermined at this point in time.

>>35252848
>The phone

>>35252848
Charlotte's phone.
Cecile's glasses.
Tell Mina and Theresa to hide the body.
Tell Mr. Gauthier we've sort of left bodies behind, and ask what we should do about it.
Give Mr. Gauthier either Mina or Theresa's number.
Ensure Charlotte's neck is supported.
Ask Kevin how he knew where we were.

Tell Overshine "Okay, we REMOVEd. Are you happy now? Can you leave me alone for a bit?"

>writing

>>35253104
Remember - we should not linger too long.

Char is already going into hypovolemic shock. Soon she will be dead.

>>35253120
SUFFERING

LoL BUT ANON WE MUS FIND GLASSES AND TALK WITH MINA AND TERESA FOR A HALF HOUR FIRST!

>>35253120
naaah, she'll be A'OK cuz she's got that super voodoo healer magicy stuff.

>>35253172
>>35253120
Char does have a good healing factor, so I have faith she'll stabilize for now.

>>35253216
Healing is not going to bring back blood loss.

Only leukemia can for the WBC part of it.

"Alright, I parked the car right over there," Kevin says, gesturing his head towards the street. I'm going to need you to get in the back seat first so you can support her head, but aside from that we should be good."
"Alright," I reply.

...and then I remember that I can't freaking SEE.

"Uh... I look around, "you go on ahead, I need to find where my glasses fell."

Kevin just nods and walks off with Charlotte in his arms while I try and remember where my glasses fell... right there! Straining both my eyes and my mind, I can see the light reflecting off of them over there in the grass... thank God that didn't take too long.


>[1/?]

>>35253257
but dude, it totally can because It's Magic! It ain't gotta splain shit.

>>35253285
Think of the alternative. If we called Theresa while we craddle Char's head, can you imagine just how jelly she would be that we are calling the former girlfriend when we have her?

>>35253257
In a conversation today my sister jokingly described leukemia as gentrification of the blood, where so many white cells move in that eventually you can't afford to make rent anymore and you're forced to move out of your body.

>>35253356
Why did I love that analogy.

I feel back that my undergrad students would understand this better in the current political climate.

>>35253356
Seems pretty accurate.

>>35253356
But Leukemia doesn't fill your body with new vigor, productivity and vitality.
It makes your body DIE.
It's completely unlike gentrification.

If anything, it's more like Detroit-ification

>>35253285

As I pick up my split pair of glasses, I remember that there's also a freaking DEAD BODY lying around here too... and I frantically start looking around for it before Kevin stumbles across it and realizes that I just committed murder.

Oh man, where the hell is it and what are we gonna do about it the cops always find those things when people try to ditch them in TV shows and-

BZZT BZZT BZZT


>[2/?]

Is CC going to go full Crime and Punishment?

>>35253517
>Answer his phone.
Moshi Moshi!~

>>35253532
Or will she be the new Breaking Bad?

>>35253517

I pull out my phone and check to see who just texted me... and it's Mina.

"Calm down, I called G and it's going to be fine. I'll talk to you later, texting is NG and talking on the phone doesn't work right now. Take care," it reads.

She called "G?" Is that a G for Gauthier? I mean, I know that it's way too dangerous to text about this stuff since those thinga are the easiest thing in the world for the cops to intercept, but... ugh, I can worry about this later. Mina said that it's taken care of so I'm going to try and not be a neurotic mess about this.

Mostly.


>[3/?]

>>35253680
You think the police can understand the way CC texts?

Isn't it a weapon against all those spying on her?

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>>35253680
>[4/4]

Running all the way, I make it to the car at just as Kevin gets there.

"I was wondering what was taking you," Kevin says. "You alright?"
"Not really, but I'm trying," I sigh.
"Okay, the door's unlocked so I just need you to get in the back seat..."

Following Kevin's directions, I get in the back seat and slide over while he does his best to get Charlotte in there as well without moving her neck too much or hitting her broken arm. It seems almost like it's taking forever, but we eventually get her in there. IN the end, she's lying on the entire back seat as best we could manage since she's kind of tall, and head and upper body are resting on my lap.

Kevin was REALLY insistent that I make sure that Charlotte's neck doesn't move around, so I'm going to be extra careful with that.


>anything to ask him on the way to the hospital?

>>35253833
>Golden eye

Wolf man we are onto you

>>35253833
>How is Allison?
Stroke Charlotte's hair

>>35253833
What do we know of Kevin's job right now?

Ask about himself. We should know our brother-in-law.

>inb4 Kevin turns out to just be a perfectly normal, legitimately nice guy

>>35253882
IT ISN'T GOING TO BE THAT EASY. WE'RE ON TO YOU, KEVIN.

>>35253833
Thank him for finding us,
Even if he is a bad guy being nice to him might help get him on side.

>>35253833
Is Allison freaking out right now?

We should phone Allison and tell her we're ok, but we're taking our GF to the hospital.

So if Kevin didn't become a doctor, how'd he get the $$dosh$$ for this sweet car?

>>35253958
he prolly went to law school or somethin.

>>35253833
Get to know him, he actually seems okay

>writing

>>35253991
Lawyer spend even longer time at work then doctors.

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"She's not moving around, is she?" Kevin asks. "I know that it's hard since we can't really use seatbelts, but it's really important that she doesn't end up sliding around back there."
"I have her," I reply. I'm supporting her head with one hand, and I'm using the other to hold the rest of her in place.
"Great," he sighs.

And with that, Kevin starts up the car and the ride to the hospital begins. I just hope that Charlotte's going to be alright...

"Umm, Kevin?" I say, looking down at Charlotte's unconscious face.
"Yeah?" Kevin replies.
"Thanks for finding us... I mean, I was really freaking out when you first showed up, but now you're helping us like this, and-"

Aaaaaaaaaagh why am I crying again!?


>[1/?]

>>35254214
Damnit Arch I came for violence not feels. It's just dust sa'll.

>>35254247
You're on the wrong quest, go back to murder hobo quest.

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>>35254214
I have this distinct feeling that by the end of this quest CC will be a stone faced killer.

>>35254290
We already got our REMOVE quota for the week in.

>>35254290
well we haven't been home for most of this quest and we've killed people. Wouldn't that make us a murder hobo?

>>35254214

"Hey, don't sweat it," Kevin replies. "The only reason I even spotted you in the first place is because Allison had me scouring the city looking for you after you went missing..."

Suddenly, I feel even worse.

"H- how is Allison doing?" I ask, almost afraid to hear the answer.
"Uh..." Kevin sounds kind of guilty. "I'm not gonna lie to you, she's been a total mess for the past day or so. The first night you didn't come home, she just thought that the two of you decided to fool around, but then two days passed and with none of her calls being returned..."

I really hate myself right now.

"B- but don't worry, everyone turned out to be safe in the end!" Kevin says, trying to cheer me up. "And you two were the victims here so you really don't have anything to feel guilty about..."
"Yeah, but still..." I mumble.

>[2/?]

>>35254339
I believe the term is homicidal transient.

>>35254349
so kevin seems to be a pretty cool dude so when does he rape us with a shotgun

>>35254392
He seems more like an smg guy to me.

>>35254392
This is not Bible Black.

>>35254392
When he drives past the hospital and were too busy crying with bleary eyes to notice why. He then pulls off onto a side road and well. GAME OVER.

C.C. and Char's bodies are found a few days later. Not a pretty sight.

>>35254392
Well that escalated quickly...

>>35254392
He'll force CC to rape Charlotte while Allison is off masturbating in the corner.

>>35254444
I will trust your quads

>>35254444
Well not with that attitude it isn't

I can't wait for us to come home and for Allison to reveal Kevin knows our secret.

>>35254349

Great.

I'm still crying but I can't move my hands to wipe the tears away since I need to hold Charlotte in place and dammit dammit dammit

"Hey Kevin?" I say, trying to take my mind off of everything that's happened over the past day.
"Hm?"
"What do you do for a living?" I ask.

Yeah, that's it. Talk about normal stuff for a change.

"Well I wanted to be a doctor at first..." Kevin says, "...but then that didn't work out so I dropped out of medical school."
"Oh. That's too bad," I reply.
"I was lucky enough to have some friends who were willing to put me up for a while though, and then I ended up making my own way through some lucky investments."

Huh, I didn't expect that.

>[3/?]

>>35254619
Well obviously. He's a gardener

>>35254641
>Kevin is head of the Tree Of Life
>Knows we have the sun
>Is cool about us anyways
>Kevbro

>>35254697
Classic Kevin.

>>35254633
Can Kevin really be a normal guy? We didn't get a synapse from him. Would we even get a synapse when we were so close to Charlotte, Theresa and Mina?

>>35254633
>[4/4]

After too long, we finally make it to the hospital. Kevin parks the car in the emergency patient part in front of the entrance, then runs inside and calls out some guys with a stretcher to get Charlotte taken care of.

"If you'd come with us, Miss..." a hospital guy says to me once the others get Charlotte onto a stretcher.
"Huh?" I turn to him.
"I think it'd be a good idea if we had a doctor examine you just in case."


>yeah, okay?
>no, I need to...

>>35254758
>I don't want to leave her

>>35254740
It was my understanding we get the headaches when:

1. Another Branch Holder enters our AoSynapsing.
2. We're awake.

>>35254758
>yeah, okay?

>>35254758
>>yeah, okay?
"Can I stay with Charlotte though, I don't want to leave her"

>>35254758
>>no, I need to stay with her.

>>35254758
>>35254786
seconded

>>35254786
>>35254802
Thirded

>>35254758
>>no, I need to stay with charlotte

>>35254758
>yeah, okay?
tiem to meet mr G's peeps

>>35254740
>Would we even get a synapse when we were so close to Charlotte, Theresa and Mina?

Yes, we would. Synapse headaches trigger whenever another Branch user crosses the edge of your detection radius.

The only ways we've seen to foil that are Theresa's stealth powers, and shadowing a second Branch user so you both ping at the same time (which of course only hides the ping behind a different simultaneous ping).

>>35254641

>yeah, okay?

>writing

"No," I shake my head. "I need to stay with Charlotte."
"I'm sorry, Miss... Navarre, was it?" the hospital guy asks.
"Yeah."
"Miss Navarre, your friend's been hurt very badly and has also lost a lot of blood... we're going to have to do emergency surgery in order to save her arm, and having an outsider around while that's going on isn't possible."

...I should have expected that.

"But still," I say, "can't I at least wait outside the operating room?"
"We have rules against allowing people who aren't close to the patient-"


>I'm her girlfriend, isn't that good enough?
>call her father and see if he can pull some strings
>get checked out by a doctor while she's in surgery and then try to see if I can wait for her then

>>35255104
>I'm her girlfriend, isn't that good enough?
If it isn't:
>call her father and see if he can pull some strings

>>35255134
Secundus

>>35255104
>>get checked out by a doctor while she's in surgery and then try to see if I can wait for her then
We are probably exhausted, wouldn't do if we got hurt and didn't do something about it

>>35255104
>get checked out by a doctor while she's in surgery and then try to see if I can wait for her then

She's unconscious, what's the matter?

>>35255104
>I'm her girlfriend, isn't that good enough?

>>35255104
>>get checked out by a doctor while she's in surgery and then try to see if I can wait for her then

>>35255104
>get checked out by a doctor while she's in surgery and then try to see if I can wait for her then

>>35255134
thirded

>>35255104
>get checked out by a doctor while she's in surgery and then try to see if I can wait for her then

>>35255104
>"I AM close to her."
>Stare at her with the fury of a girl who has been through the most trying day of her life until she backs down.

>writing