>>2656011
First for refinement and class.

First post for Vivian Darkbloom!

>>2656011
Vivian is my fucking wife

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What no one told you beforehand is that Darkbloom's mansion is the site of a high-class soirée today. You wander, confused and feeling badly out-of-place, past the alabaster colonnade at the head of Darkbloom's multi-acre backyard. Waiters and waitresses with silver trays of champagne and hors d'ouerves bustle around crowds of dapper executives and their spouses. A banner reads "Welcome, PACG" in a Gothic cursive font, hung over a raised stage of beautiful white wood where an orchestra plays soothing baroque.

Two things you notice right away:

1. The waiters and waitresses are all dressed in bunny costumes.

2. The orchestra is clad in orange prison jumpsuits, their arms and legs shackled.

You catch snippets of conversation as you walk around the backyard.

"...so much NIMBYism in this town, it'll be hard to get the permitting squared away..."

"...thought I might send the factory overseas to China, but all the fuckers over there are unionizing too..."

"...blow over before too long. First it was MeToo, now this data privacy stuff, pretty soon - who knows? Common people are easily distracted, we shouldn't be..."

"Alabaster!"

A booming voice catches your attention. You turn. It's David Darkbloom. "I'm so glad you could make it. It's nice to see at least one friendly face at these get-togethers."

"What's going on? What's the occasion?" You ask.

"Ask my wife," he says. His tone is that ancient jokey resignation to the old ball-and-chain adopted by husbands since the invention of marriage. "She coordinates all of these club events."

Darkbloom grabs a flute of champagne from a passing bunnygirl and knocks it back in a single gulp. He sets it back on her platter and she hurries away without a word.

"What club?" You ask.

"The Palo Alto Club for Growth," Darkbloom replies. "It's a PR thing with local businessmen and city government types. Mara's always been much better with outreach than I."

>>2656036
>1. The waiters and waitresses are all dressed in bunny costumes.
I'm willing to believe those aren't costumes

>>2656036
>1. The waiters and waitresses are all dressed in bunny costumes.
>The waiters

Is Daddy Darkbloom /ourguy/?

>>2656036
>Growth
Isn't that on Tyrus Kang's business card?

>prison orchestra

>>2656036
1. The waiters and waitresses are all dressed in bunny costumes.
He truly can't be evil

... wait why the fuck are the waiters dressed like that

>>2656036
>Mara's always been much better with outreach than I
Add the rumors floating around about David potentially running for President, and this kinda brings House of Cards into mind now.

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"David, there you are, ya bastard!"

Your conversation gets cut off by the arrival of Steven Armstrong, Darkbloom's head of human resources. He throws an arm over Darkbloom's shoulder and shakes him, pointing at him with his free hand. "Never let this man buy you a yacht," Armstrong tells you, as if that's something you need to worry about. "Third time this year I've had to send it back to port for repairs! Some Christmas bonus, huh!"

Darkbloom roars with laughter. He pulls away from Steven's grip and extends a hand. Their handshake is like a battle both men refuse to concede. "That's no fault of mine," Darkbloom chides. "You know what they say the word 'boat' stands for."

"Another thousand?" shouts Armstrong, his knuckles turning white in Darkbloom's palm, "Try another million! Where'd you get that thing built? Somalia?"

"Close. The Seychelles."

Their handshake ends with no clear victor. Armstrong slaps Darkbloom's shoulder. "You motherfucker. Just tell me you're cutting my salary next time. I'll lose less money! -- Say, when are we gonna do that rowing thing you keep going on about?"

"June looks nice to me," Darkbloom says airly.

"Yeah, and in June you'll tell me August." Armstrong looks at you, winking. "He's afraid of me. Knows I'll beat him!"

"Is that so..." you mutter awkwardly. This conversation is moving way too fast for you.

"Of course! Played college ball, you know. I've still got it." He flexes a bicep to show you its impossible size.

"Excuse us," Darkbloom says, laying a hand on your shoulderblade and leading you away.

>>2656065
Based Armstrong

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>>2656065
>Played college ball, you know

>>2656059
We need to keep Kay away from any and all train tracks.

>>2656065
I always thought this bravado bullshit among politicians was exaggerated, but I attended a few fundraising events for gubernatorial candidates.

I'm not lying when I say that this regularly happened. It was honestly kinda surreal.

>>2656011

The best time of the week has finally arrived.

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"That's... quite an orchestra," you say as David leads you away. "I've never seen anything like it."

David smiles. "Mara's idea. Turning around the lives of the wayward through the power of music. Soothes the savage breast, and so on. It's good for appearances. -- And for rubbing the past in my face, of course."

"So they're really prisoners?" You ask. A lithe man in bunny ears approaches you from the side, momentarily startling you. He offers you up a platter of fancy looking cheeses on toothpicks, which you decline.

"Indeed. On loan from downstate. They get a day in the sun and we get an evening of entertainment." He pauses, perking up his ears. "Shame their repertoire is so limited. Pachelbel's Canon - dreadfully cliche."

You look around, stunned at the number of obviously powerful people accumulated all in one place. "I feel under-dressed," you admit, glancing down at your plain shirt and blue jeans.

"It's no matter," Darkbloom says. "I'm sure Vivian will be elated to see you in any case."

"Where is she?"

"In her bedroom, getting ready. She takes an eternity to primp herself when we have these events. Doesn't want to be seen out-of-sorts."

That hardly makes you feel better about your current attire.

Walking with Darkbloom, you pass by a man who's impossible to miss: Tyrus Kan. He's decked out in a colorful suit, even more outlandish than the one he wore at the landfill. He's accompanied by another, smaller man dressed in an equally garish outfit. You've never seen that one before. They talk among themselves and eat crackers together. Tyrus makes eye contact with you but says nothing as you walk by.

[ ] "Who's that guy?" (Ask about Tyrus nonchalantly.)
[ ] Don't mention him.

>>2656036
This is some kind of Eyes Wide Shut shit isn't it?

>>2656108
>[x] "Who's that guy?"

>>2656108
>[x] "Who's that guy?"

[ ] "Who's that guy?" (Ask about Tyrus nonchalantly.)

>>2656108
>[ ] "Who's that guy?" (Ask about Tyrus nonchalantly.)

>>2656108
Shit, Kang IS there. I'm panicking hard.
>[x] "Who's that guy?"

Let's find if Darkbloom is as aware of his surroundings as we think he is.

>>2656108
>[X] "Who's that guy?" (Ask about Tyrus nonchalantly.)

>>2656108
[X] Who's that guy

>>2656108
>[x] "Who's that guy?" (Ask about Tyrus nonchalantly.)

>>2656108
>[ ] "Who's that guy?" (Ask about Tyrus nonchalantly.)
Might as well

>>2656108
>[X] "Who's that guy?" (Ask about Tyrus nonchalantly.)

Even if we had never had any experience with him in the past, he has such an eccentric outward appearance we would ask about him.

>>2656108
>[ ] Don't mention him.

Surely we can exercise some discretion for once.

>>2656108
>[x] "Who's that guy?" (Ask about Tyrus nonchalantly.)

>>2656134
>[X] "Who's that guy?" (Ask about Tyrus nonchalantly.)

>>2656108
>[ ] Don't mention him.

>>2656108
>[X] "Who's that guy?" (Ask about Tyrus nonchalantly.)

He already knows, might as well get his opinion

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>[X] "Who's that guy?" (Ask about Tyrus nonchalantly.)

Darkbloom chuckles. "He stands out like a sore thumb, doesn't he? That's Tyrus Kang. Ghetto trash from Baltimore who failed up and up and up, until suddenly he found himself on the board of directors at the Club for Growth."

Darkbloom clearly takes a dim opinion of the man.

"Do I need to be explaining this to you?" He asks. He doesn't give you a chance to answer before continuing. "Ever since Mara got a directorship at the club, I've seen far too much of him for my liking. I'd steer clear of him if I were you. And that goes double for his husband."

You sputter. "--Husband?"

"Mm. You know the type. Sweet and feminine and submissive, all flowers and sunshine, all the time. Until he thinks you're threatening his man. Then he'll bash your skull in with a baseball bat. ...Ah -- there it is."

You shudder at this last comment, and take a moment to realize that Darkbloom has stopped in front of a long buffet table. At the center of the table is a fountain of white chocolate fondue.

"You must try this," Darkbloom tells you. "My chef Maribelle made it this afternoon. It's the best dessert you'll ever have. I guarantee it!"

You ladle a warm helping of the fondue into a bowl, grab a plain digestive biscuit and dip it in. You nibble on it.

It's great.

But...

"To be honest with you, my mom's desserts were always better than this. I guess nothing else can really compare."

"Ah," Darkbloom says, sounding a bit deflated. He brought you here especially to show off his cook's exemplary skills, after all. But then: "Of course. A mother's cooking always holds a special place in the heart of her son... You and your sister lost your mother a few years ago, didn't you?"

You nod.

"My condolences. Late as they are. I must say: she raised two truly remarkable children. I'm sure she was a wonderful woman."

As gracious as Darkbloom's words are and as sincere as they sound, they ring somehow hollow.

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>>2656178
>It's great.
>But...

>>2656178

>we meet Tyrus' husband
>he's just like Alex
>gradual reveal that Tyrus has a harem identical to Alabaster's except they're all black

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>>2656178

>>2656178
You chose the words that would hurt me the most, didn’t you?

>>2656193
Does that confirm Alex wins?

>>2656204
Clearly, it means Alex will kill anyone who tries to hurt us.

>>2656193
The idea of a black Rose fucking terrifies me. Please no.

>>2656206
Yandere Alex chapter when

>>2656178
>"I'm sure she was a wonderful woman."
At least David can't cuck us in this timeline, right?

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You and Darkbloom sit side by side on a pair of white folding chairs, among a sparsely populated row of such folding chairs, to rest and admire the orchestra.

"What's up with the bunny costumes?" You ask. "Was that Mara's idea too?"

Darkbloom rolls his shoulders. "My own special stipulation," he admits. "It makes things more interesting. Bunnies always fascinated me..."

You catch the eye of one of the bunnygirls as she passes with a tray of sweets.

It's Noelle Keki.

When she sees you sitting next to Darkbloom, she blushes a shade of neon red and turns the other way, scurrying off. Her cottontail wags behind her as she disappears into the crowd.

[ ] Excuse yourself and track her down.
[ ] Continue talking with Darkbloom.

>>2656210
my dick

>The idea of a black Rose fucking terrifies me. Please no.

Are you kidding? The only thing that would get me harder is black whitney

>>2656218
>[x] Excuse yourself and track her down.

>>2656218
>Bunnies always fascinated me...
WHERE'S RENEE

>[x]Excuse yourself and track her down.
Oh there she is.

>>2656218

[x] Excuse yourself and track her down.

>>2656218
[X] Continue talking with Daddy

>>2656218
>[x] Continue talking with Darkbloom.

>>2656218
>[x] Excuse yourself and track her down.

>>2656218
>[X] Excuse yourself and track her down.

>[ ] Continue talking with Darkbloom.

as much as I'd prefer noelle in a bunny costume to vivian, should probably fish for more plot and avoid pissing off vivian when she inevitably appears while we're talking with her.

>>2656218
[x] Continue talking with Darkbloom.

>>2656218
>[ ] Continue talking with Darkbloom.
It is so hard to resist the bait, but I'm liking this Darkbloom convo.

>>2656218
>[X] Continue talking with Darkbloom.
We can catch up with Noelle later.

>>2656218
>[x] Continue talking with Darkbloom.
We work with her it's not everyday you get to talk to David fucking Darkbloom

>>2656218
>[x] Continue talking with Darkbloom

>>2656247
>it's not everyday you get to talk to David fucking Darkbloom
He's always willing to listen to you, Anonymous-dono. Always.

>>2656218
>[x] Continue talking with Darkbloom.
It's weird that Mara prepared this party, but she hasn't taken center stage.

>>2656218
>[x] Continue talking with Darkbloom.

We don't need to talk to Kay Vera right now

>>2656218
>[X] Continue talking with Darkbloom.
I really want my bunny cake, but let's set for the plot.

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>[x] Continue talking with Darkbloom

Closing.

And what do you want to talk with Darkbloom about?

[ ] Small talk. (Don't rock the boat.)
[ ] The hack, and Cerise's investigation.
[ ] Sable, and the research she's working on.
[ ] Vivian, and her role in the company.

>>2656269
>[x] Small talk. (Don't rock the boat.)

>>2656269

[x] Vivian, and her role in the company.

>[ ] The hack, and Cerise's investigation.

engage boat rockers

>>2656269
>[x]Sable, and the research she's working on.
Info on Sand Reckoner? What Project Ulysses was about before its cancellation? Who created SMATTERS?

>>2656269
>[x] Sable, and the research she's working on.

He appears to not be antagonistic on the Cerise front and we can talk to Vivian personally, but Sable's stuff is potentially sinister.

>>2656269
[X] Vivian

>>2656269
>[ ] Vivian, and her role in the company.

>>2656269
>[X] The hack, and Cerise's investigation.

>>2656269
>[x] Sable, and the research she's working on.

>>2656269
>[x] Sable, and the research she's working on.
I would very much like to know what your job is

>>2656269
>[x] Sable, and the research she's working on.

>>2656269
>[x] Sable, and the research she's working on.

>[x] Sable, and the research she's working on.

Closing and writing.

>>2656269
>[x] Sable, and the research she's working on.
Is it even possible for us to spill anything that he doesn't already know?

>>2656303
Oh.

Well, I was torn between the Vivian and Sable choice anyway.

>>2656269
>[ ] Sable, and the research she's working on.

>>2656269
[x] Vivian
Learn more about best loli

So what's everyone doing while we wait warmly?
I'm debating on making more D&D characters for everyone else.

>>2656391
I'm drinking wine and playing World of Warships.

The wine is because I had a dinner of lamb with the Queen and kept drinking wine.

>>2656391
Working, as usual.

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>[x] Continue talking with Darkbloom, about...
>[x] Sable, and the research she's working on.

"I'm really curious," you say, "so maybe you can help me out. Talking to Sable is like talking to a wall sometimes... I've asked, but I can't get any real understanding of her work from her."

Darkbloom shakes his head. "You're not the only one to butt up against Sable's wall, Alabaster."

"Uh--"

"If you ever do get a good understanding, please make sure that I'm the first one you tell about it. It can get a bit annoying to spend billions on so many projects that I know hardly anything about."

You blink. "You're joking. You really don't know what she's doing?"

Darkbloom pats you on the back. "Alabaster, please! I thought I would be free from all this wearying shop-talk if I spent my time with you, of all the people here! Aren't you Generation Z children supposed to be concerned with work-life balance and so on?"

"I just thought I'd ask," you say lamely.

"Well, let me ask you something first. What do you know about Tyrus Kang?"

Is that an accusation? It wouldn't surprise you if he knew about your little adventure with him the other day. Actually, it would surprise you if he didn't.

Darkbloom continues: "You were eager to know his story. To know why such an eccentric individual ended up in my backyard. Well - what if you didn't have to ask?"

"I'm not following you," you say.

"Think about it. What if you never had to ask?"

"Ask what?"

"Anything at all."

"I really don't follow you now."

"Aha," Darkbloom says, holding up an index finger. "And there's the rub. I don't think many people do follow. Maybe only Sable follows. But that[/]i is what she's working on. May I show you something?"

>>2656303
doesnt it seem a tiny bit wierd that we dont know what our own boss ostensibly has us working on?

and eveb if that were normal David could just go with the machine reference encyclopedia cover.

nevermind that drones dont need to determine someones political views based on objects in their home...

>>2656391
Im think about pasta or sausages

>>2656405
Oh good lord what.

>>2656405
IT'S FUCKING INSTRUMENTALITY

uh oh

>>2656405
Are we going to talk about parallel universes?

>>2656429
I don't know if my QPUs are aligned for this.

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>>2656178
>It's great.
>But...

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You stand with Darkbloom in his vast dining hall - a high-vaulted, dimly lit and frankly kind of spooky open space of dark wood flooring and grey arched walls - staring at a picture hung in a central location above the oak dining table. You're the only two people here.

"It's my favorite piece of art. Masaccio. One of da Vinci's forerunners."

"Is that real?" You ask. You recognize the painting. It's a pretty famous piece - your years in quiz bowl taught you about it.

"No. I offered them as much as a billion dollars to cut the fresco off the wall of their little chapel, but in the end I had to settle for a high quality replica. It's one of the only times anyone has ever told me no."

He looks at you, eyes bright. "I think about this painting all the time. Knowledge wasn't Adam's curse. It was incomplete knowledge. We know only enough to know that we know nothing. Isn't it awful?"

You can only shrug. Darkbloom looks appreciatively back up at the painting, silent for several long moments.

"Sable will help us fix it," Darkbloom says.

You begin to say something, but a voice interrupts you.

"Father... Alabaster Soliloquy."

You turn. Vivian is here.

>>2656391
I'm playing VLR.

>>2656178
>As gracious as Darkbloom's words are and as sincere as they sound, they ring somehow hollow.

This motherfucker had Okaa-san killed. I know it.

>>2656434
>Adam & Eve
Is the season 2 plotline gonna come back?

>>2656405
>Darkbloom shakes his head. "You're not the only one to butt up against Sable's wall, Alabaster."

Sort of the other way around, actually.

>>2656434
BECOME AS GODS.

>>2656434

Fuck it is instrumentality.

Oh well TUMBLING DOWN!

>>2656434

Is Darkbloom trying to hack into the akashic records or something? Either way its probably better than trying to replace everyone with waifus.

>>2656434
>"Father... Alabaster Soliloquy."
>You turn. Vivian is here.

Oh thank god, get us out of here.

>>2656462
In a way, the internet IS the Akashic records. A full on matrix of sorts.

Oh god I think I figured it out.

>>2656462
I didn't know you could hack into a concept

>>2656472

New theory, the worst timeline is simulated and he found out how to exploit it.

>>2656470
fuck IoT, we Internet of People now.

I want Cerise to give Alabaster and Alex a double-barrel blowjob while they make out.

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Vivian wasn't kidding when she told you she was into Gothic Lolita fashion. She's wearing one of the most outrageous outfits you've ever seen on a human being: a black-and-white evil doppelganger of rococo's ostentation, all ornamented with a web of frills and lace and puffy bows, her hair done up and also done up with bows. She looks like a guest at the world's most expensive funeral.

Darkbloom smiles warmly when he sees her. It might be the first genuine expression you've ever seen him make.

"I've got one for you," he tells his daughter. "He bugs Gore."

Vivian smirks. "George Bush. I thought you said you would make these more difficult."

Darkbloom sits in the chair at the head of the dining table. He scratches the back of his head in faux frustration. Finally, he says: "How about this one, then? Captain over Rome."

Vivian thinks for a brief moment, then her face lights up. "Emperor Octavian!" She says, unable to contain her own excitement. Her eyes are wide with childlike enthusiasm.

"You're too good for me," Darkbloom says. "I concede defeat... this time."

Vivian giggles haughtily, a hand to her lips.

"What are you guys talking about?" You say. You're utterly confused.

"It's a game that father and I play," Vivian explains. "He devises an anagram of a famous person's name, and I have to figure out what the name is."

"Here's a good one, Alabaster," Darkbloom says. "Let's see if you can do it too: I'll make a wise phrase."

You stammer and stutter impotently.

"William Shakespeare," Vivian says after seeing that you're obviously lost here.

"I knew that..." you say. It's a bit aggravating to get stood up by a pint sized loli.

"And here you told me that this Alabaster fellow was smarter than you!" Darkbloom laughs. "I almost believed you, too. I should have known that no one could ever match my daughter."

Vivian blushes deeply. "I-- I never said such a silly thing!"

"Do you know, Alabaster," Darkbloom says, "that Viv taped all of your performances at the national championship a few years ago? She used to watch them every day. Most little girls are obsessed with boy bands or movie stars - my girl was obsessed with a high school quiz champion."

"F-father!!" Vivian stammers. She's shaking with embarrassment. "Th-those are-- awful lies!"

[ ] Join the teasing.
[ ] "Stand up" for her.

>>2656499
Oh lordy. Now we'll be hunting for anagrams EVERYWHERE (besides the obvious one.)

[x] Join the teasing.

>>2656499

[x] "Stand up" for her.

>[ ] "Stand up" for her

Curious about those quotation marks

>>2656499
>[X] Join the teasing.
Loli's were created for bullying

>>2656499
>[X] "Stand up" for her.
No bulli the loli.

>>2656499
>[x] Join the teasing.
Tease now, make-up sex later

>>2656500
I already have been. I tried for Mara Darkbloom and Mara Kerimov, but everything was nonsense. Haven’t tried any others.

>>2656499
[ ] "Stand up" for her.

>>2656499
>[x] Join the teasing.

[ ] "Stand up" for her.

>>2656502
>>2656503
>>2656507
Why the fuck are you guys whiteknighting so hard? He's just being playful it's not like he's being malicious or anything

>>2656499
>Darkbloom sits in the chair at the head of the dining table. He scratches the back of his head in faux frustration. Finally, he says: "How about this one, then? Captain over Rome."
>Vivian thinks for a brief moment, then her face lights up. "Emperor Octavian!" She says, unable to contain her own excitement. Her eyes are wide with childlike enthusiasm.
>"You're too good for me," Darkbloom says. "I concede defeat... this time."
>Vivian giggles haughtily, a hand to her lips.

Simpsons reference aside, can we agree that Darkbloom is a pretty great dad?


>[x] Join the teasing.
Let's get a "mou" out of this.

>>2656499
>[x] Join the teasing.

>>2656499
[X] Whichever one is cuter.

[x] bully the loli

Also, it’s nice to see Vivian and her father have a good relationship.

>>2656499
>[x] "Stand up" for her.
Like a boner?

>>2656526
I want this to happen.

>>2656499
>[x] Join the teasing.

>>2656499
>[X] Join the teasing.

>>2656518
>He's just being playful it's not like he's being malicious or anything
That's true, this is still small potatoes. Heck, he hasn't even brought out the baby pictures album yet.

>>2656545
>baby pictures
This needs to happen

While we wait. Speculah.

I got kind of addicted to that song OP Studios posted up top as the "theme of Vivian" and maybe I'm going way overboard but I think it's a clue that Vivian is still the main focus of the entire plot.

In the first season it was all about Vivian, she was the key to everything. Even though Camelia looks like she's supposed to be the key to the story here, I think it's secretly still Vivian. Camelia is involved but somehow I believe we're in a simulation of Vivian's creation.

Just... go watch the video for yourself and read along with the lyrics at the bottom. (Also, it's a really good song.)

It's all about a clockwork automoton ("tick tock") who traps someone inside a fairy tale world so she can have a friend. (“Yes, you are the leading role in this story. / Your eyes are seeing an illusion.”)

Doesn't that sound like a plausible explanation for all the timeline shenanigans? We're in some kind of simulation.

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>>2656483
>I want Cerise to give Alabaster and Alex a double-barrel blowjob while they make out.

>[X] Join the teasing.

Time to bulli the loli.

Please wait warmly.

>>2656567
>Please wait warmly.

Holy shit, wasting no time tonight.

>>2656567
HERE WE GO

>>2656565
Thank you so much for this

>>2656567
Nani?

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>>2656563
>We're in a simulation of Vivian's creation.
Glad I'm not the only one thinking this - although, more David's creation FOR Vivian.

Camelia is likely a computer virus of some sort or an infiltrator with Galatea as the operator, a la The Matrix. Lines up with OP's love of Madoka too, when you line it up with the plot of Rebellion.

>>2656565
Arigato Anon-dono

>>2656567
>Please wait warmly.

Excuse me

>>2656565
Audibly laughed, thanks anon.

>>2656567
[waits warmly]

>>2656577
Hey, don't steal my -dono. That is my -dono. There are many others like it, but that one is mine.

>>2656567
>>2656568
>>2656569
Wait. This isn't a lewd scene right? It seems weird that bullying a loli with her dad would lead to sex

Wasn't Vivian an android in FQ1? I don't remember the exact details; I think it was a car accident or something? I do remember her being hospitalized and watching Quiz Bowl. This time around Vivian is a normal (well, "normal") human and it seems to have a positive effect on David. David seems like a great father at the very least.

>>2656565
absolutely beautiful.
>>2656567
Hype thrusters primed.

Even when David was the big bad I still liked him.

>>2656518
>Please wait warmly.
He's just being playful they said. It's not like he's being malicious they said. No loli bulli.

>>2656567
That was fast

>>2656591
He's the kind of character that you can't hate.

>>2656583
She lost it thanks to all the teasing and is going to try to rape us as soon as we get in her room

>>2656584
That's probably what OP is going for. An alternative universe where Viv doesn't "die" = good daddy David.

>>2656594
? But we're bullying the loli

Guys, if we wind up in a room alone with Vivian, I'm suddenly getting a LOT of Red Wedding vibes.

>>2656605
>Vivian
>Trying to rape anybody
A fucking tree is more likely to rape us

>>2656616
Haven't you seen Evil Dead, Anonymous-dono? Trees are fucking terrifying.

>>2656616
>>2656618

If Vivian tried to rape us I doubt we'd offer any substantial resistance. She's the perfect raping machine.

>>2656652
I mean, she could TRY to rape us, but we'd be so busy between headpats and tummy rubs that there's no way we could take it seriously.

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>[x] Join the teasing.

"I don't blame her," you say. You put your hands on your hips. "I'm pretty much the greatest. Why wouldn't she be obsessed with me?"

"I am not obsessed with you!" Vivian says. She's completely losing her cool. This elegant little girl has a hair trigger when it comes to you.

"I don't know," you say, shrugging. "What else would you call a girl who watches me on videotape every day? That sounds pretty obsessive to me. Downright stalkerish."

"That's a fair point," Darkbloom cuts in. "She was utterly smitten."

"It was not every day," Vivian insists.

"Every other day?" You ask.

She locks her elbows and balls her fists. "This is absurd. To think I would invite you into my home only for you to, to-- to so pathetically make this play at getting under my skin--!! It won't work!"

"I think it already did," you muse.

"Father! Enough of this! Intercede already! See this unruly boy out!"

Darkbloom does anything but. "In 2014, she wanted a special dispensation to attend your high school," he tells you. "Just to get to know you in person. Isn't that right, Viv?" He pokes her.

She spins on her heels as if to walk away, but Darkbloom grabs her and plops her in his lap, laughing. She huffs in frustration, folding her arms and making a pouty face, looking away from both of you.

"Of course I had to say no," Darkbloom continues. "Her education must always take first priority, and with all due respect... the public school system was not the proper place for her. But now that you two are coworkers, I'm not going to let her pride get in the way of what she wants."

>>2656665
Oho.
OHO.
Now THAT is interesting.

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>>2656652
>>2656655
>Vivian sits on your face, with one hand she holds down a wrist, with the other, she strokes your cock
>Rather than fighting back, with your free hand you rub her tummy
>Overcome with shock at this, Vivian tries to reprimand you
>D-don't you understand what's going on here? Stop that right now!

Only a matter of time, honestly.

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"I never knew I had a fan," you say. "I'm flattered - honestly! I can give you my autograph if you like."

Vivian hops up from Darkbloom's lap. It takes her obvious effort, and she makes a little "oof" when she lands on her platform shoes. (Even in those shoes, she's several inches shorter than you). "I will not be patronized," she says. "I have already proven my intellectual superiority. The idea that I would be infatuated with someone so obviously less intelligent is--"

"Oh, really?" You say. You sit down in a chair directly facing her. You're at eye level with her now. "Who invented quaternions?"

"William Rowan Hamilton!" Vivian says. "That's clear! Everyone knows that! What country is sixteenth smallest on Earth by land area?"

"Palau," you say, hardly pausing to count. You make a show of yawning. "Did you learn that today in kindergarten?"

Darkbloom laughs. "I should get out a notepad and keep score. Or maybe I'm becoming a third wheel here."

"No you aren't," Vivian says, not even glancing back at her father. "Stay and witness the crushing superiority of my mind!"

What follows is twenty grueling minutes of back-and-forth trivia sparring - a bout in which neither of you get an answer wrong. Darkbloom watches, interjecting with wry comments here and there, but otherwise he just enjoys the spectacle.

Eventually, Vivian is almost breathless with the mental exertion and excitement of competing with you. You realize that this is a sort of unrealized dream of hers, finally coming true: if she wanted to attend high school with you all those years ago, it means she probably wanted to be on the quiz team with you too. She never had the opportunity to show off in front of you -- until now.

"This has been great fun, you two," Darkbloom says. "But I must go see to my guests." He stands. "Will you join me outside?"

[ ] Vivian, let's go back to the party.
[ ] Vivian, show me around your house.

>>2656684
>[x] Vivian, show me around your house.
duh

>>2656684
[x] Vivian, let's go back to the party.

>>2656684
>[X] Vivian, show me around your house.

>>2656684
>[ ] Vivian, show me around your house.

>>2656684
>[x] Vivian, show me around your house.

>>2656684

>Palau

>[ ] Vivian, show me around your house.

>>2656684
>[X] Vivian, show me around your house.
Did you even need to ask OP?

>>2656684
>Vivian realizing her dream after all these years.
Fucker, I know Faust when I see it.

>[x] Vivian, show me around your house.
Outside is nothing but people who want the Darkblooms dead. There might not be any saving David at this point.

>>2656684
>[x] Vivian, show me around your house.

>>2656684
>[X] Vivian, show me around your house.

>>2656684
>[x] Vivian, show me around your house

>>2656684

[x] Vivian, show me around your house.

>>2656684
>[X] Vivian, show me around your house.

>>2656684
[X] Show me around your house

>>2656684
>[x] Vivian, show me around your house.

>>2656684
>"Did you learn that today in kindergarten?"
Oof

>[x] Vivian, show me around your house.
Not even a choice

>>2656684
>[x] Vivian, show me around your house.

>>2656684
>What follows is twenty grueling minutes of back-and-forth trivia sparring - a bout in which neither of you get an answer wrong. Darkbloom watches, interjecting with wry comments here and there, but otherwise he just enjoys the spectacle.

Holy shit, he is so very much /ourguy/

>>2656684
>[X] Vivian, show me around your house.

We can't keep our step-father from his due rounds, can we?

>>2656684
>[ ] Vivian, show me around your house.
Show her our dominance mentally and physically

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>[X] Show me around your house

"I'm not a very social person, to be honest," you say. "And I definitely wasn't prepared to find myself in the middle of a party..."

Darkbloom frowns. "I see," he says. "I'm not surprised. Viv is also a bit of an introvert, after all. As am I. So I certainly understand not wanting to go out there unless you must."

"Vivian," you say, "if that's the case, why don't you show me around your house? That is -- if your father doesn't mind, of course."

"I don't mind if Vivian doesn't," Darkbloom says.

"That will be fine," Vivian says. She flicks her hair and glances away. She tries to conceal excitement beneath aloofness, it seems.

Before Darkbloom departs again, he grabs you by the arm, tugs you towards him and leans in close, whispering. He does an excellent job of making this look like a fatherly handshake, but it definitely isn't. "Viv is still a child," he says. "And not a wanton harlot like some of the other girls in your life. Do nothing untoward. I am always watching."

He lets you go, steps back. Locks eyes with you.

You nod. He nods.

And then he goes.

>Faggots honestly expected hanky panky HERE of all places

>>2656734
ah fuck

[ ] Vivian, let's go back to the party.

>>2656734
Oh no
Pls sir I just want to fuck your daughter

>>2656739
I just expect to not fucking die when Tyrus's and Mara's men start shooting up the place.

so if Vivian rapes us then are we fucked?
or would he be ok with that

I really like David, it's a shame we will inevitably become enemies.
We need a new dad.

>>2656745
>so if Vivian rapes us then are we fucked?
Well, that generally happens when someone gets raped.

>>2656745
You think the police will believe us if we say she overpowered us?

>>2656751
#metoo

>>2656751
>officer she threatened to have me fired if I didn't have sex with her

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When Darkbloom is gone, Vivian twirls to face you.

"I will begin by showing you my bedroom," she announces.

"Ah--" you begin. "Maybe we should--"

"No," Vivian interjects. "I insist. Let us go at once."

[please wait warmly.]

>>2656757
Oh. Oh my.

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>>2656757
Well I guess we're about to find out then.

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>>2656734
>>2656757

>>2656757
She's gonna show us her collection of bottle caps isn't she.

>>2656757
>"Don't fuck my daughter."
>Turns around and fucks his daughter.

>>2656734
>You nod. He nods.

He is absolutely right.

We need to build a relationship with this young lady if we want to build it with her

>>2656757
W-what are we going to do on the bed?

>>2656739
You were saying, faggot?

Don't lewd the loli.

>>2656757
Well, he said do nothing untoward. So let her do the doing.

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>>2656757
Jesus, Woman. We just got here.

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>>2656734
>>2656757

Is our penis about to create the last boss?

>>2656734
So if fucking her is out of the question is loving her still good?

>>2656745
The only rapist around here is Alex

>>2656748
Kek

>>2656757
IT'S. FUCKING. TIME

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>>2656757
Looks like it's jail for us boys.

>>2656772
His words were that as long as Vivian was okay with it he was okay with it.

>>2656773
>Implying Ally would ever stoop low enough to use protection

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>>2656760
>It's just going to be some softcore shit so we don't get BLAM'd

Can we just confirm she has a heartbeat? ;_;

>>2656773
SENOR BURNS

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>>2656757
Let's cum on every surface of the Darkbloom estate

>>2656781
>Implying Alphablaster's sperm wouldn't tear through the condom.

>inb4 Rose cockblock

>>2656776
>The only rapist around here is Alex
Holy shit, that's some victim blaming if I ever saw it,

What the fuck is wrong with you?

>>2656792
Go to bed, Rose.

>>2656785
She doesn't even have a heart
Because we stole it

Gentlemen.

I don’t care if Darkbloom blams us.

I want the panty job.

>>2656795
Honestly? I read it as Alabaster.
I was implying that we were the victim of rape.

>>2656839
It is written

I'm REALLY warm now, guys.

>40 minutes of pre-heat
The oven is mighty toasty by now

>>2656859
>>2656857
patience boys op studios will deliver

>actually done with work before the episode ended.
I did not expect this.

>>2656870
No one cares about your blog, namefag

>>2656864
Without a doubt, he always does

Just, golly. Damn near an hour now.
I know firsthand that good writing can't be rushed, but it still runs long.

Running jokes and clever wordplay take their time to weave into the storytelling, but still...

>>2656877
I care.
>>2656870
What is you job?

>>2656900
Please don't give the attention whore attention

We should think of some sort of game to play while we're warm in the future.
https://doushio.com/cards/ is fun.
Animemusicquiz could also work if any of you are weebs
I've been playing Audiosurf

>>2656907
>CARDS AGAINST MEGUKAS
shit, I forgot this even existed
I'm actually 100% down for that

>>2656904
He's contributed more to this quest than you have, Anonymous-dono. Please be more kind in the future.

>>2656904
I'll dole out as much attention as I want.

>>2656916
he's contributed the exact same thing that everyone else has: votes and noise between OP studios's posts

>>2656921
And music and videos and title screens.

>>2656924
None of which matter

>all this pent up sexual frestration

Sure is getting warm in here

>>2656932
Just like you! I'm glad you have so much in common.

>>2656943
yes we're both irrelevant what's your point

>>2656904
>>2656916
>>2656921
>>2656924
>>2656932
>>2656943
>>2656948
maybe you guys should just fuck

>>2656900
Asking out of pity only makes it seem more pathetic anon... You should probably let this whole thing die

>>2656916
Just cause he gave himself a name so that everyone could know that it's him doesn't mean he magically does more than the quest. You just notice him more (he makes it very clear that you do). I'm sure there are plenty of anons here who have been around since the first thread but didn't feel the need to name themselves. It's kinda cringy desu

>>2656952
that's gay senpai i'm only gay for best boy
and that namefag sure as hell ain't best boy

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>>2656952
I'm willing if he is.

>>2656957
I’m hurt.

>>2656969
I see you put your name back on, >>2656959

>>2656957
>>2656969
Silly anons Alex was always besr boy

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>>2656973

>>2656981
this anon knows the truth

>>2656971
>el samefag meme-o
I don’t need to defend myself, which is why I’m just letting you all argue like retards over something as pointless as my name while waiting for something to jack off to.

STOP SHITPOSTING AND GET IN >>2656907
FUCKERS

Oh boy are we playing the fuck namefags game again?

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Vivian's bedroom is as depressingly ornate as her outfit. The walls are papered in a black and purple fleur de lis pattern, and her four post bed is veiled with black gossamer. While she has a few teddy bears sitting on her bed - a stuffed penguin, too - all of them come in dark colors, naturally. The furniture is antique: an ancient armoire that looks like it was reconstructed from the remains of a sunken boat, a Victorian vanity with an obnoxiously tall mirror at the center, a bedside table carved from a single piece of marble. And more chhuni clutter on top of all that.

You sit uncertainly on her bed, feeling as if a landmine is about to explode. You don't want to make yourself too at home. You can almost feel Darkbloom's omnipresent eyes on you.

"Will you admit now, and truthfully," Vivian says, trying to loom over you, "that you are nothing compared to me?"

"I'm sorry. What?"

"You were unable to best me today, even though you thought you could, and even though you tried your hardest. You were unable to keep up with my father's anagram game. You are not as rich, and certainly you are not as refined as me. You must face reality, Alabaster Soliloquy. I am, in every way, your better."

"Is this how you flirt?" You say. "Get real. I would never lose to a pipsqueak like you."

"P-pipsqueak," she says. Her lips tremble with the indignation of your name calling. "Very well-! You need to be shown more thoroughly. Several days ago, you implied that I wasn't elegant enough to wear Lolita fashion. I will demonstrate the error of your ways."

"You already showed me..." you grumble. "Isn't that what you're wearing now?"

"Ufufu~" she laughs. You're not sure if it's annoying or endearing. "You have not yet seen my full power. Please wait warmly!"

She disappears into a walk-in closet, shutting the door behind her.

>>2657002
>more warm waiting
DAMMIT VIVIAN

>>2657002
She forces us into a dress when?

>>2657002
>Please wait warmly!

Now this is immersion.

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When she comes out, she's wearing a dress that makes her look like the bride at a wedding in hell. Although the palette is predominantly white, there is no mistaking its Gothic appeal. The satin crosses and long buckled boots and gaudy jewelry only accentuate the look. It's outright eerie.

"What do you say to this!" She demands.

"I say you look like a weirdo. Is this how you spend your free time?"

Her eyes narrow as she stares hard at you, as if assessing the value of your very soul. "I do not believe you," she finally replies. "You are lying. In actuality, you are bowled over by the tragic grandeur of my elan. Your heart mourns for my beauty!"

You roll your eyes. "Who told you that talking like an anime supervillain is scary? Because it's the opposite of scary."

Vivian turns and retreats to her closet again.

>>2657002
>Stuffed animals
Cute!

>Several days ago, you implied that I wasn't elegant enough to wear Lolita fashion. I will demonstrate the error of your ways.
It's happening boys!

>>2657015
Vivian's most attractive point is her mastery of the English lexicon!

>>2657015
Vivian is the light in the darkness of this world

>>2657015
>You roll your eyes. "Who told you that talking like an anime supervillain is scary? Because it's the opposite of scary."

call her cute

C A L L H E R C U T E

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The knowledge that Vivian is stripping naked inside that closet, puts images in your head that definitely shouldn't be there. For all of Vivian's attempts at cutting a fearsome figure, her father is right: she's a child. And moreover, her tiny, pale, frail frame is exactly the kind of body that turns you on.

You're a hopeless pervert, after all.

Vivian returns a few minutes later, this time dressed like a maid.

"I am given to understand that middle-class men such as yourself will often fantasize about the prospect of hired help, because you do not actually have the benefit of real hired help at your disposal."

"Are you telling me you're going to be my maid today?" You say.

"N--" she begins, choking on her own words. "Don't be ridiculous. This is merely to show you that I am alluring and elegant beyond all of your wildest imaginings. I would never stoop to being an actual servant."

"You really are a weirdo," you say. "Hey, do you still have those tapes of my quiz bowl matches? Maybe we should review them. Then you'll be reminded of why you said I'm smarter than you."

"Do not change the subject. Admit that I am elegant. Admit that I am the best Lolita you have ever laid eyes upon. Admit -- that I am cute!"

"I guess some people find annoying little girls cute," you say, playing disinterested. "I never saw the appeal."

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>>2657015

Obviously we're just hiding our awe.

I literally just forced a cork back into a wine bottle because I recognized that this was not going to be the sort of night that leads to emptying a third bottle.

>>2657029
office lolis arent that keen on seeing through that

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Your eyes fall upon the box in her hands. It looks like it's more than a prop: it looks like a gift. It's wrapped in a bow and seems to have real heft to it -- judging by the way she shifts on her feet uncomfortably and lets her arms droop while holding it.

"Are you sure you're really not here to serve me?" You say. "What's in the box?"

"Nothing," she says. "Nothing for you, in any case."

"Now my feelings are hurt," you say. "You treat me like this special guest and then you go around with presents for someone else. That's no way to treat a person. Whatever happened to elegance and class?"

Vivian closes her eyes and sighs deeply. "If I give this gift to you, Alabaster Soliloquy, will you finally admit the truth you know in your heart?"

"Absolutely," you say.

She hands it to you. You unwrap the bow and look inside. It's a boxed lunch - prepared with loving attention to detail, as authentic and as appetizing as something you would find in Japan.

"I understand these are called bento," Vivian says. "They appear not infrequently in the childish cartoons you enjoy. I prepared one for you, to demonstrate that I can outclass you even at your own most cherished hobby. Now: admit the truth! Admit I am the best!"

"Wow..." you say, peering at the rice and sashimi and tempura chicken and thinly sliced ginger with wasabi, and the expertly decorated cupcake set aside for dessert. "You are... cute."

"What?"

You look up at her. "That's what you said you wanted to hear, right? You're cute."

She turns red. "I never asked to be called cute. You have a defect of hearing."

"Vivian Darkbloom is cute. Cute!"

Vivian seethes.

>>2657045
Oh god YES.

>>2657045
Cute!

>>2657045
>"Vivian Darkbloom is cute. Cute!"
yes
YESSSSSS
usually I hate memespouting for the sake of memespouting, but this is REALLY nice

>>2657045
>"I understand these are called bento," Vivian says. "They appear not infrequently in the childish cartoons you enjoy. I prepared one for you, to demonstrate that I can outclass you even at your own most cherished hobby. Now: admit the truth! Admit I am the best!"
It begins once more.
We give the bento to Noelle.

>>2657045
>"Vivian Darkbloom is cute. Cute!"
No truer words have been said

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>>2657045
>"Vivian Darkbloom is cute. Cute!"

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