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You pull open a shelf, and grab the only contents from within: a pen, and the blue filler notebook you've been using to write that "novel". You flip to the first page and read the title : The Parable of the Moth.

You've decided to keep track of all that's happened so far in the guise of that book that you're writing. You flip over to the next page and start to add to the story...

"The Parable of the Moth" will now serve as the official guide for Mob Character Quest. If you feel there are things you want included or fixed feel free to let me know via here or on Twitter.

The Parable of the Moth - https://pastebin.com/dCj6wYNV

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>>2840345

After finishing up the latest entry in your "story," you lean back on your chair and think about Tezuka Rei's idea. Your mind wanders back to the conversation you had at the rooftop earlier...

"Think about it, Yamada-kun," Tezuka Rei says. From the almost hopeless air she had on a while ago, it's completely changed to unbound excitement.

"If all we need to have happen is for Hikaru Ryou to experience love...then it doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl, right?"
"Well...I mean..."

>Do you swing that way, Tezuka?
>Does Hikaru swing that way?
>Say she accepts...what exactly is your plan?
>Write in

Oh look this quest is back.Neat.

>>2840350
>Does Hikaru swing that way?

>>2840350
>>Do you swing that way, Tezuka?
Welcome back BSG, I'd been hoping you'd come back

>>2840350
>Does Hikaru swing that way?
awwww look who is back

>>2840361
>>2840367
>>2840377

Hiya guys. 2-1 for does Hikaru swing that way,
>Writing

>>2840350
"Does Ryou even swing that way?"

"I don't..."

"If we also account the fact that she gained a reputation for stealing away men, and that the person she currently likes is a guy, then...it's no use, Tezuka."

"B-But!" It seems she is determined not to let this chance go by easy.
"Maybe it's because she's never experimented before!"
"Have you?"
"N-No...I've only ever fallen for one idiot. I don't think I like Ryou, or any of my friends that way."

>Then you shouldn't force yourself to do such a thing
>Then why do you insist on doing this?
>Write in

>>2840395
>Then why do you insist on doing this?

>>2840395
>>Then why do you insist on doing this?
>Maybe we could find a girl who's interested.

>>2840395
"Then why do you insist on doing this?"
"Because she's my friend. I don't want Ryou-chan to suffer anymore. I don't want her to keep coming back to those old wounds just for them to reopen and hurt her again..."

You notice Rei's hands clenched in tight fists. When she sees your stare, though, she calms back down and loosens her grip.

"You know...You've been the first guy she's been friendly with apart from Ei-kun. I thought it would be you that..."

Her voice tapers off and she stares off the distance from the rooftop. You shake your head.
"That's impossible, even for back then. She's always liked Nakamura-san."
"No, Yamada-kun. She's always liked the idea of love. That's why she likes Ei-kun. That's why she stole away all those other boys in love too. She wanted to be loved...and who could fault the boys when someone as beautiful as her wants your attention?"

You stay silent. You know full well the effects she has on a [Mob], on Yamada Ken.

"That's why..." Rei continues, "That's why this will work. If I give her enough love, then maybe I could get her to look at me in someway too."

>So you'll be lying to her. I can't support that.
>What you say makes sense. How could I help?
>Write in

>>2840439
>So you'll be lying to her. I can't support that.
I don't want to get man-eatered but I don't feel right tricking class rep.

>>2840439
"Then you'd be lying to her, Tezuka...I don't know if I could support that."
"But I do like her, right?"
"Not in the way that you're proposing."

She stays silent, gritting her teeth. You continue.

"Look, another way would present itself okay? If Ryou has endured until today then..."
You mean to say 'she could endure just a bit more', but even you are doubtful.

If she reaches the tipping point...

You fear you might be looking at a [BAD END].

"Yamada-kun...you don't understand. If Hikaru Ryou doesn't find a partner in less than two weeks, it would be all over."

"In two weeks? Why that specific time frame?"

The class bell rings. Tezuka Rei turns around and heads toward the door.

"That's the day we go to Jigokuyama."

>cont'd

>>2840476
>Jigokuyama
>Hell Mountain

I'm sure this means nothing in particular.

Also, HOLY SHIT THIS IS BACK!

>>2840476

"Alright, c'mon now, everyone back to their seats!"

With Hikaru Ryou back as the class rep of 2-1, the entire place seemed to become a lot more disciplined. The gomasuri attacks have lessened with her around, though they have yet to completely disappear. You remember Kobayashi Mariko's words earlier...

>Someone with say...an ace in the hole.

You get dragged out of your thoughts, however, when Ryou clears her throat.

"I'm sorry to be holding you up just before dismissal, but it's 2 weeks until our trip to Hokkaido! We need to be clearing up all the details now so that we could be prepared once the date comes. I'm really sorry for this. You guys alright?"

The classroom returns a semi-enthused response.

"Alright! We've gone over the basics already...3 days 2 nights...Hokkaido...ah here! Everyone needs to be at the airport at 7am sharp. If you arrive late, the admin made clear that there won't be any refunds, got it?"

After seeing the nods of agreement, Ryou returns to the handout in her hand.

"We'll be heading to Takamoto Inn as soon as we get there. It's just right next to Lake Asa so I expect everyone to bring repellant, okay? What else..."

She scans through the paper before landing on a particular article. The class rep beams.

"I almost forgot! Don't forget to bring your PE uniforms, since we'll also be climbing Jigokuyama!"

That's the second time you heard that name today. Just what is so vital about that place?

>Ask class rep about Jigokuyama
>Ask Hanazawa about Jigokuyama

>>2840499
>Ask Hanazawa about Jigokuyama

>>2840499
>>Ask Hanazawa about Jigokuyama

>>2840499
You lean over to your left while the class rep continues her orientation.

"Hanazawa."
"Hm?"
"What's with all the talks about Jigokuyama? Is there something I should know about?"

"...Eh?"

She seems to be in disbelief with your question.

"Eh? Did I say something wrong?"
"No, it's not that..."

Hanazawa looks at you with a complicated expression. It feels like she's doubting your knowledge - or lack of it in this case - about Jigokuyama.

"...Are you playing with me, Yamada-kun?"
"No, I'm serious! I really don't know anything about it."

You don't think there was a Jigokuyama in Hokkaido from where you were from originally.

She stares at you, brows furrowed. This whole situation gets more and more bizarre by the second.

"Is it something I should know?"
"...It's something I hope you knew."
"Is it that hard to tell me, then?"
"..."

What's with all this ominosity with the place?

"I'm sorry, Hanazawa. I, er, am still dealing with the fuzzy head thing..."
It wasn't an entirely false excuse either, but you've had a modicum of control over it these past few days.

"..."
She stares at her desk, quiet. Does she not believe you?

"Promise me something first, Yamada-kun. Then I'll tell you."
"Er, What's the promise?"

She doesn't look up from the desk. "That we'll go up there together."

>I'm not taking you to a mountain that's called Jigokuyama
>We're from separate groups though...
>That's it? It's a promise then.
>Write in

Not even a choice. Hanazawa still best girl!

>>2840523
>If it's bad enough for you to be this cagey about it, then alright, I promise. Although I probably would've asked you to come with me anyway...

>>2840523
>I'm apprehensive of taking you to a mountain that's called Jigokuyama

>>2840523
inb4 climbing it together is a love confession etc etc

>>2840523
>That's it? It's a promise then.

>>2840533
Support

1 for apprehensive, 1 for thats it, but 2 for write in
>Writing

>>2840523
"If it's bad enough for you to be this cagey about it, then alright, I promise. Although I probably would've asked you to come with me anyway..."

She stares at the desk for a bit longer. Then, Hanazawa takes a deep breath, and tells me a story.

"There once was a mountain with a gorge that lead straight to hell. Jigokuyama was its name, and it was considered unholy ground and forbidden for anyone to enter.
"One day, a traveller wanders unknowingly into the mountain. There she met a beautiful woman, crying. The woman was a demon.
"When the traveller asked her why she was crying, the woman said that it was because she was so lonely. No person would enter the mountain, so most days she talked to no-one except the brances or the animals.
"The traveller, pitying the girl, stayed, and eventually they fell in love with each other.
"However, the people outside of Jigokuyama learned of this, and was determined to take back the traveller from what they believed was a monster.
"The two lovers could not bare to be separated, or to see each other hurt. So what they did..."

Hanazawa turns and looks you dead in the eye.

"Is they jumped from a cliff in Jigokuyama, and they fell to their deaths hand in hand."
"..."
"Romantic, isn't it?"
"...Well..."

"People believe that couples that climb Jigokuyama will have the two lovers torn apart...

"Unless they jump like the demon and the traveller did."

Hanazawa smiles.

>Now wait just a second there...
>If it's with you, I'm ready to die!
>Write in

>>2840584
>>Now wait just a second there...
She's pulling our leg right?

>>2840584

>It's romantic in a way...but it also sounds like the couple weren't willing to fight for their love. These days...I kinda feel like I'd rather go down fighting for the person I love than surrender to whatever anyone else thinks or wants.

But if you really saw no other way...well, just hold me tight.

>>2840584
>>Now wait just a second there...

>>2840584
>>Now wait just a second there....

>>2840584
>>2840605
Support

>>2840605
+

>>2840584
>Now wait just a second there...

>>2840605
Support

>>2840584

So uh...I fell asleep xD this'll be the last update for now, then I'll be resuming it at 1500 or 1600 UTC later.

Now wait just a second there...

Did Hanazawa just ask...
If you'd like to...?

You clear your throat. Well, if she's serious about this then you need to give a serious answer back too.

"It's romantic in a way...but it also sounds like the couple weren't willing to fight for their love. These days...I kinda feel like I'd rather go down fighting for the person I love than surrender to whatever anyone else thinks or wants."

She looks at you, stunned.
Then, Hanazawa turned an intense shade of red.

"...oke."
"Hm?"
"It was a joke, Yamada-kun! Geez...Did you really think I'm asking you to kill ourselves?"

She's still blushing from cheek to cheek.

"But if that's what you wanted, I'd really do it?"
"Shut up. Yamada-kun, please, not in public..."

You chuckle. At least now you see the hesitation in Hanazawa in telling you what Jigokuyama is all about.

"They didn't even die in the legend." Hanazawa added, trying to change the subject. "The goddess of the mountain, showing favor in their love, turned them into water and they fell from the skies as a soft rain. The rain water covered the holes leading to hell, and that's why we have bubbling hot springs. Yet the place is pretty notorious for idiots who want to follow the legend..."
"I genuinely didn't know that. It's morbidly fascinating, in a way."
"Yeah...that's why Jigokuyama is famous with l...er, lo...hmm..."
"Lovers?"

Hanazawa hits you in the shoulder.
"Yamada-kun!"
You laugh, despite her seriously putting some force into that. You forgot for a second that you're relationship is not public yet.

But now you understand better why Hanazawa wanted to climb Jigokuyama with you.

And why you have to stop the romantic that is Hikaru Ryou from climbing Jigokuyama at all costs.


(TO BE CONT'D)

>>2841190
Hire Fumi to break Ryou's legs. Can't climb mountains on broken legs.
I'm completely serious, I think this is an acceptable last ditch plan.

>>2841190
Fuck should have gone with plan lesbian.

>>2841296
Nooooo my Yuri route :c

Also good to see you back BSG. I missed you, you beautiful bastard.

Welcome back BSG, I'm so glad you're back, I legit thought you had died or something.

What the fuck, I thought this shit quest died. Why the fuck is it back

>>2841956
Because you touch yourself at night to trap porn

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>>2841261
......we'll put that as a strong maybe

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BSG YOU SUMBITCH I THOUGHT YOU DIED

Glad to have you back, friend. The hell have you been?

>>2840338
Oh shit, I thought this was dead

>>2841261
....lets keep this as plan Z

Running again at 1600 UTC, approx. 2 1/2 hours from now. Maybe even earlier.

>>2842267
My time in uni has settled a bit, so I'm trying to get back to projects I've neglected. The schedules a bit fucked up right now though right after the run I have classes :p but whatever :)

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>>2841190
Soon, the talk of the class rep ends. The class disperses, most hurrying to their clubs or their part-time jobs.

Though you have both, all of them have been surprisingly lenient on your schedule. So in the end, you find yourself loitering by the entrance of the school.

You find yourself with a few options on what to do:

>Go to your part-time job in the family resto
>Participate in soccer practice
>Find the class rep. You need to talk to her.
>Write in

>>2842742
>Go to your part-time job in the family restaurant.

>>2842742
>>Participate in soccer practice
GAINS!

>>2842745
>>2842746
1-1 so far, any tie-breakers?

>>2842742
>Participate in soccer practice
Can't slack around too much. Gotta work up our rep and stop being a gomasuri

>>2842765
Alright, that's 2-1 to soccer practice
>Writing

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>>2842742
It's been a while since you last showed your face to the soccer club. You -did- say you were going to join...

So after changing to your PE clothes, you head to the field, where the other sports clubs are already practicing. While the track & field clubs are stretching just outside the oval, inside the track the soccer club is already in the middle of a game.

"Woah! Thought I recognized someone!" you hear.
A college aged guy comes jogging toward you. Ogai, the coach who for some reason is playing alongside as well, leaves the game to welcome you. The ball stops rolling when they notice him leave, and the players stare at you. You could almost hear the curses under their breath.

"Oi, oi, continue the play!" Ogai claps, and the other members resume playing again. He returns back to you, grinning as always.

"Long time no see, Yamada. You up for a game of footy?"

>I'm good to go. Put me in coach.
>Nah, I'm just here to replace anyone.
>Could I just be a ballboy?
>On second thought...

>>2842782
>I'm good to go. Put me in coach.

>>2842782
>I'm good to go. Put me in coach.
Let's rock

>>2842786
>>2842790
>Writing

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>>2842782
"I'm good to go. Put me in coach."
"All fired up today I see! Alright, go take my position."

You nod and jog towards the field. You've only taken a few steps when you remembered something.
"Hey, coach! What's your position?"
"Left Forward! Go, go, go, we ain't got all day!"

The moment you stepped on the pitch you feel the glares of all the players on you. You could understand why. They wanted to play against the coach, not some 38 year old guy who's never touched a ball in this life, nor the last one.

"You got some balls to show your face around here! I'd have thought the gomasuri would be too embarassed after that shameful tryout~."

One particular guy with sunken eyes walks right up to your face. He's tall and lanky, and had to bend his neck down to look you right in the eye.
"Imma give you the chance to get outta here, ass-kisser, before I shame you even more in front of these guys here."

>I'm just here to play.
>You scared I'm going to be the one who'll shame -you-?
>Wanna throwdown, hot shot? I ought to smack you right now!
>Walk away
>Write in

>>2842806
If it makes you feel like a big boy, do what you gotta. I'm just here to play.

>>2842806
>>2842808
Alternately,

>You say that like I don't know you hate me. You think I'd be here if I really didn't want to play?

>>2842806
Backing >>2842811

Be prepared to be targeted, and to not get passed the ball. We'll have to chase down loose balls if we want any play. and when we do get the ball, probably avoid tackles from our own team. Call it personal practice.

>>2842806
>>I'm just here to play.

>>2842811
supporto

Write in's got the most votes
>Writing

>>2842806
"You say that like I don't know you hate me. You think I'd be here if I really didn't want to play?"
The guy smirks. "Why, for all I know you're just trying to sidle up to Ogai-san! I mean, isn't that your thing? Brown-nosing?"

He sneers, and you could hear some of the others giggling. This guy has it way deep on you already. You decide to ignore him and take your position as the left forward.

"Alright, throw in for white team! Resume play!"

It seems that you're in the white team. A teammate of yours picks up the ball from outside the pitch, and is looking for an open player to pass to. A couple of you step up to try and receive the ball, including yourself.

You feel the lanky guy right behind you. Though tall, you think you might be able to outstrength him. Your other team-mates are marked by defenders their own sizes. You feel like you're in the best place to receive the ball.

However, when your team-mate sees you, his brow furrows. He glances at the other players, but seemed to arrive at the same conclusion as you did. However, he still seems hesitant...

>Ask for the ball...! (roll d100)
>Back away for now. Another chance might come.

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>2842831
>Ask for the ball...! (roll d100)

Rolled 25 (1d100)

>>2842831
>>Ask for the ball...! (roll d100)

Rolled 84 (1d100)

>>2842831
Being fair about it, but rememeber you usually want to ask for a choice, THEN ask for a roll.

>>2842845
>>2842831
>Ask for the ball. in case it wasn't clear.

>>2842845
Ah, thanks mate, didn't know that

Asked for the ball
>Writing

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>>2842831
"Hey!"
You call the attention of your teammate. That seemed enough to shake him off his stupor. He throws the ball at you.

You catch it with your foot. You bring it down near perfectly. The ball lands on the turf, ready for you to bring it up to the enemy goal.

However, you lose your balance. You misjudged the tall, lanky, sunken eyed guy. He is able to push you away despite you trying your best to resist him. He runs and collects the ball ahead of you, and passes it back to the black team goalkeeper.

"Nice try~" the guy says with a tongue out.

The goalkeeper kicks it to the midfield. You--

>Stay in your position on the offensive end of the pitch
>Help the defense to get the ball back faster

>>2842861
>>Help the defense to get the ball back faster.

Point is to get points. Doesn't matter who gets them.

>>2842861
>>Help the defense to get the ball back faster

>>2842837
>>2842840
>>2842831
Is this best out of 3??

>>2842861
>Help the defense to get the ball back faster

>>2842861
>>Stay in your position on the offensive end of the pitch

>>2842861
Getting back the ball faster is priority. You rush over to help your team-mates in the midfield.
Though the ball is still with the black team, your teammates have already covered any open passes they could do. Maybe your presence is just what's needed...!

>Roll d100
I should've been clearer on this, but I'm averaging all dice rolls for now

Rolled 79 (1d100)

>>2842880
Wew I remember this one, second times the charm eh

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Rolled 58 (1d100)

>>2842880
>>2842894
This isnt best out of 3 anyway right...? Good roll btw

Rolled 60 (1d100)

>>2842880
Woo!
Mob character quest is back!

>>2842880
Averaging dice is an iffy system dude

>>2842908
Yeah I could see why...alright let's go with the highest roll, more fun too :)

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>>2842880
You run up to the player who has the ball. You travel a considerable length to get towards him, but the opportunity's too good to let slip.

The black team player has his head down. He has no idea you're there. Someone shouts to catch his attention. It's too late. You're faster with momentum on your side.

You make a tackle, and the guy stumbles the ball. You regain posession. He tries to stop you, nails digging into skin. You shrug him off. You start rumbling down towards the keeper.

The black team's goalkeeper is big and stoic. He looks straight at you, not intimidated at your break away.

You feel the other team catching up to you. No time to think, pick a spot, and kick...!

>Roll d100

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Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>2842917
ORA!!

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>2842917
Something something 'football.'

>>2842930
Ayt shit, someone please this is our chance to impress!
>>2842932
Can we do better!?

Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>2842917
Here's hoping!

>>2842944
My hero

We're probably going to get called a show-off. The idea here isn't to gain acceptance through skills anymore, I think it's mostly just to kind of build up our emotional and mental tolerance. People who do stuff like this are irrational and just do it because they can. We need to stay focused on the game no matter what they call us.

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>>2842917
You were an unathletic 38 year old man in your previous life. A NEET. A shut in. You thought the physical fitness exams were a pain already, let alone the thought of playing a sport for recreation.

Yet, knowing all that in the back of your head...

You kick.

The ball flew straight with next to no spin. The goalkeeper stood in the middle with his hands up, expecting a routine save.
It took him less than half a second to realise he was dead wrong.

The ball starts to spin, and the entire trajectory of the kick changes. The flight pattern veers to the left in a millisecond. The goalkeeper, expecting a ball straight at him, was standing on his heels.

The ball flies past him. Goal.

No one celebrated. Not Ogai, not the white team. Not even you did. Only one person reacted.

"I-I-Impossible!" The lanky guy let out a cry of disbelief.
That was enough to break the ice. The white team starts cheering. You break into a smile.

You just scored your first ever goal in two lifetimes, and boy, what a beaut it was.

>cont'd

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>>2842972
>>2842944
I think we just found our new Captain Tsubasa =D
>>2842951
Well from the words of a cool Russian Hockey player: "Is only game, why you Heff to be mad?-Ilya Bryzagalov, 2006

>>2842972
The game ends with the white team winning, mainly due to the sunken-eyed guy getting more and more frustrated as the game went on. Before the final whistle was even blown, he had stomped out of the field to who knows where.

Of course, you're not naive enough to think that a nice soccer goal was enough to turn people's opinion. The black team leaves with them largely ignoring you. However, your team-mates at least took the effort to pat you on the back and thank you for the goal.

You find yourself alone by the sinks washing up, when you see Ogai approaching you.
"Good game out there, Yamada."
"Thanks, coach."
"Please. Ogai's fine."

While you wipe your face, Ogai stares up at the ceiling, smiling.
"Hey, Yamada. Could I ask you something out of the blue?"
"Yeah?"
"Why did you join the soccer club?"

>The class rep forced me to
>I'm in love with the game
>To turn my reputation around
>No particular reason
>Write in

>>2842993
>To turn my reputation around

>>2842993
>Well, class rep suggested I do it. Wasn't sure it was a great idea at first, but honestly I'm kind of liking it nowadays. It's good to let some tension out.

>>2842993
>>2843007
>Support

>>2842993
>>2843007
Supporting.

Write in
>Writing

>>2842993
"Well...our class rep suggested I do it. Wasn't sure it was a great idea at first, but honestly I'm kind of liking it nowadays. It's good to let some tension out."
"That's good to hear. So does that mean you'll be attending more practices from now on?"
"Well..."

Ogai laughs. "I'm just playing with you. We're just a fun club, and I want you guys to treat it as such too. Don't feel obligated that you have to show up just because."
What a happy-go-lucky philosophy.
"Although, I *do* take summer camp very seriously. I want your commitment that you could attend that, or else you might as well be out now. Got it?"
You don't really have any plans for summer anyway, so you see no reason to disagree.

"Great! Promise, I won't get all that scary at camp!" He claps his hands in satisfaction. "Then, I shouldn't be holding you for long. Take care, man."
"Thanks for today, Ogai."

He answers with a salute, and disappears around the corridor.

>cont'd

Coach Ogai is a good man. Strong. Reasonable. Dedicated to his craft.

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>>2843042
The sun is just about setting when you left school. As you walk down the path towards home, you hear a loud metallic grinding noise. The sound of the chains of an old swingset. Usually just something to ignore, but for some reason, your attention is drawn this time around.

*creak*, *creak*

In the middle of the playground, a familiar face is playing by himself on the swings.

"Ah, aniki. What a surprise."
Kei said, in a tone that did not feign any surprise at all.

He continues swinging on the swing-set while standing, a faint smile on his face.
A momentary silence occurs with him saying nothing. Until,

"Hey, aniki. What do you think is your life all about?"

>Life is what you make of it
>Life is enjoying the simple, finer things
>Why are you asking?
>Write in

>>2843059
>At the moment? My life is about not getting a BAD END. That and seeing if I can't make any sense of this at all.

>>2843059
Well... arent I technically dead and awaiting jugement? In any case I feel like this life is about not getting a [BAD END], while somehow bringing [Happiness] to almost everyone while still having to pull myself out of invisble manholes on the way towards [TRUE END]. This life is a big challenge I doubt I can accomplish...

>>2843059
"At the moment? My life is about not getting a [BAD END]. That and seeing if I can't make any sense of this at all."
"'Making sense,' huh..."
He sighs out.
"Is there a point to all that, aniki?"
"What do you mean?"
"You already know what needs to be done, right? Grant [Happiness] to the main characters of this world."
He...seems different. His high energy, bubbly persona is not here.

"I do know that."
"Do you, though?"
"...What? You're confusing me, Kei."
"You tell me that you know." He continues to swing while staring at the ground.
"And yet here you are playing soccer with [Mobs], having a girlfriend [Mob]...Is that what you want, aniki? To become a [Mob] character for the rest of your second chance?"

>I'm doing my best already
>Get off my case. I could live my own life too, you know?
>You're right. I'm not doing enough.
>Write in

So I'm not allowed to find happiness?

>>2843112
So I can't try to also find my own [Happiness] in this mess? Me who thought I had to bring it to everyone that relatively "matters" including you.

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>>2843112
"So what? I'm not allowed happiness for myself now? Maybe you're forgetting, but it's me that needs to bring happiness to Nakamura Eiji, to the girls, to you. So--"
"Could I tell you a story, aniki?"
Kei jumps from the swing set, and starts to walk toward you.

"This is the story of a main character of a harem romcom. Five nice girls liked him, but his dense nature and their goofy antics together tied up to hilarious hijinks. He had a best friend, a comedian who would regularly break the fourth wall...you might even say it's all cliche.

"But then a variable showed up. An entity that shouldn't have existed, that messed up the balance of the world. Someone stuck their nose where it didn't belong, and destroyed the scales from whence the universe hang. Now tell me, aniki, does that man deserve any [Happiness]?"

He walks up to you until you're both face to face. He should be your little brother, but his shadow envelopes your body.

"Nakamura Eiji needs his harem to be fulfilled so that the purpose of this world may be fulfilled. And I would not permit the [Damned] to interfere solely for his own [Happiness]."

And for the first time since you talked, Kei grins.

"I'll start by instilling you with fear once more."

(TO BE CONTINUED)

>>2843221
I'm failing to see how we're interfering with the harem fulfillment in any way.

>>2843221
Little bro mad we're not doing his job for him.

>>2843221
Wait a minute hold on. This is actually not making any sense. Like meta-narrative or not.

I need to get something straight here. Is he angry with us for supposedly interfering with something? If so, what have we interfered with in particular? I know we've been attempting to get class rep to get over him. Is that the issue? I mean that's still in the early stages. We haven't actually done a good job of splitting up the harem. Not to mention this literally goes against the entire inital theme and premise of the quest that we spent a number of trying to figure out that he actually instructed us to do anyway.

Sooo... he's mad that we are just starting to do what he didn't want us to do, but he lied in the first place we asked him what we needed to do and told us to do the thing he DIDN'T want us to do.

Is this confusing to anyone else? BSG, are you following your notes a bit too closely?

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>>2843221
>>2843285
>The image is self-explanatory
>Plain confusion
>Now little bro about to do some psychic japanese voodoo shit and the only thing we know now is that were [Damned]? And not a [Mob]...
>Even though we got another key to the puzzle I fear that it isnt even supposed to fit in it
>Confused

>>2843315
I have no clue who that pic is, just that it lools evil.

>>2843315
Also, if you have a better handle on things at the moment, I'd appreciate it if you could explain it in plain speak for me.

>>2843325
I will say that I am also a bit confused. Apparently we arent a [Mob] character anymore. That or we never were... now we are [Damned]? And from what I can get he isnt mad because we have been interfearing... I think he just wants us to be more careful again??? I really dont know what he wants us to do. I dont even know what he's about to do but I hope he's just telling us that somehow the difficulty just got upped. Like going from Hard to Extreme difficulty? I am not very good at this scheming and planning thing... What did I even sign up for now?? I feel like were about to go all over the place next session. That or little bro is about to show us something really nasty... Anyone have a better idea of the things happening?

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>>2843221
>>2843285
>>2843350

Kei is looking at us as an ascended extra of the worst kind--and in a sense, we are. Before our involvement in the plot this probably was going to be a paint-by-numbers harem anime, with all the cliches involved--festival episode, beach episode, a complete communications breakdown and some juicy fan teasing moments. Sunrise, sunset. All the arcs would be clearly delineated and existence would have been predictable, comfortable. Safe.

Then we show up. A free radical. A lone variable. The monkey wrench in the system. From our attempts to link up with Hanazawa and befriending (to varying degrees) the harem, we have completely screwed up the character dynamics of this universe. The series has become something a lot less predictable and, in a sense, a lot of that narrative punch that you'd expect from the typical plot is now gone. The stakes are a little more real. The characters, once pastiches of anime archetypes, are forced to evolve--and that goes not only for the principal characters, but supporting characters as well, like Hanazawa or our jogging buddy. The overarching conflict has transitioned from "ensure MC gets his dick wet" to something of a critique on the human system and the individual drive to find happiness in a social media driven void that is the Japanese High School.

And Kei hates that. So what he's trying right now is to forcefully realign the plot.

Which tells me that someone is probably gonna get Truck-Kun'd.

>>2843395
No, I kinda get that. MY issue is that he TOLD US TO BE CRAZY IN THE FIRST PLACE. I think.

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>>2843395
So... were going to get Truck-kun'd again... Got Dam... This is the worst game walkthrough ever made...

>>2843395
Look, we just need to grab him by the shoulders, and tell him to be as clear as possible. Because right now he's contradicting himself by getting mad at us for being crazy and getting class rep to get over the MC, when THAT'S WHAT HE LED US TO THINK HE WANTED. He's deluding us for no fucking reason, and we need to get his reason out of him by being as blunt as possible.

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>>2843452
I don't think we're gonna be the ones pancaked by a passing semi. It might be mom, might be dad. Might even be one of the girls. If Kei's feeling particularly cruel it might even be Hanazawa. He wants to keep us on our toes the same way a gang might keep extortion money rolling by threatening or killing loved ones around a principal target, and that's the best way to do it.

>>2843422
He tolerated our existence because we didn't pose a threat to the narrative at that point in time. Now we do pose a threat and, rather reasonably, is trying to stop us from going Full Retard and undoing the universe through our shenanigans.

>>2843498
But then why did he tell us to seek Happiness in the first place if he didn't want it to happen? He's not making any damn sense.

>>2843452
Nah man...that will be Hanazawa. Kill the mob girlfriend and we won't have a need to hang out of harem main plot.

BTW next run is later at 1600 UTC :)

>>2843395
So this anime transforms into that one doujin mangaka that involves a faceless guy who NTR the main protagonist?

Hey i don't mind if were going that route.

>>2843949
I wouldn't mind going full suffering SoL deconstruction simulator, but the universe would smite us if we tried that

>>2842913
Oh thank god

>>2843395
Someone always has to die, my bet is it's one of our parents or Hanazawa.

I personally don't want us to head down the route of "I have no mouth and I must scream." but it seems like the only way all this ends is in fire, fuck limbo man, it's like a worse hell.

Also good to see you're back BSG, I'm hyped to see what happens in "Suffering, The Quest." next.

>>2844311
Or better yet: We have no mouth, but everybody else will be screaming by the time we're done.

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>>2844384
I wanna keep going with our behind-the-scenes manipulation of events the way we've been playing this out. If our metabro fuckhead actually has someone we know killed to make us fall in line for vague as fuck reasons, then we might consider going full legendary [PUNISHED] Ken Yamada - A [Damned] Remnant from Beyond.

Basically I want a way for us to exert influence and control without threat of [Erasure] or direct universal fuckery, or interference from the metabro, but miscommunication and idiocy/hostility from everyone around us will be our own downfall.

>>2844402
Considering how many times we've tried to do that sort of thing, I think we're just too under the thumb of the QM to have that happen.

>>2844402
>>2844452
I just wanna get whatever the [True End] is at the moment.

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This is the [devil] we're talking about. We outright know that we died, and we outright know that we are one of the [damned].
We can't fully trust anything he says at face value. The [devil] is a figure which either tempts people into the wrong path, or punishes them for their sins - sometimes both. We can't discount the possibility that, right now, he is trying to lead us wrong while punishing us.
Don't be lead astray, anons. Stay the path. The people around us might be [mobs], but they deserve happiness just as much as the [main characters]. Don't fall for his tricks. He wants us to forget about them, to focus on [God] and his [Harem], but that's not the path to [Salvation].
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
We cannot ignore anyone's [Happiness].

I'm still not sure this is actually limbo. I had a theory a while back that feels too off base from everything we've been told up to this point for me to think it still has a shot at being accurate, but I can't quite shake it off either.

I feel like the point of this world is to absorb the souls of people who have a wish, like, a really intense, genuine desire, and it creates these worlds to absorb the soul, but these worlds only exist to allow the person to achieve their wish, so it can't exist once the wish is actually granted, so it traps souls in this weird limbo of their wish only being partially granted, and keeps them in this state until the soul is fully devoured. It likely usually bends the victim's memories a bit in order to succeed, so most victims might not even know of their past life or the wish that brought them here, but our character does due to the nature of our character's wish.

Anyway, I can ramble further if ya want, but to take a guess that might actually matter: I think our little brother is mad because our arrival kicked him out of the position he was supposed to be in, and so he needs us to do what he was originally going to do. I mean, he keeps talking about the 'show' needing a funny 4th wall breaking guy, but he pretty much never interacts with the other main characters, so whatever his goal was, the only way he can fulfill it is through us, and he's getting upset because he doesn't think we're doing anything to help with that.

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>>2843731

That would seem ideal, but that really would only set into motion a revenge plot wherein, with our only motivation to find [Happiness] taken away, we would have no other choice but to actively harass and deconstruct the world around the MC in an effort to just burn in all down. Kei knows we can do that, though, and from the threat of what would surely be Mutually Assured Destruction he has refrained from doing something so drastic--so far, anyway.

>>2844402

I'm afraid we can't act without being noticed in some way--like it or not, we've become ingrained into this world's narrative plot while actively shaping it (there's a "critiquing society while participating in said society" joke living in there somewhere, I swear). Eyes will be on us now whatever we do--both in and out of the narrative; let's not forget that this whole thing is a TV show being produced in meatspace and that there are active moves being taken to see that this convoluted ass harem anime only bewilders and delights its probably massively shifting fanbase demographic.

>>2844739

> let's not forget that this whole thing is a TV show being produced in meatspace and that there are active moves being taken to see that this convoluted ass harem anime only bewilders and delights its probably massively shifting fanbase demographic.

Oh yeah, that's a thing. Man, I wonder what's going on in 'real life' now. Are we starting to be considered the Madoka Magica of Harem anime?

>>2844741
At most you'll probably get theorycrafting about the odd background characters. From the MC's viewpoint, what's the weirdest thing that's ever happened in this quest?

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We should just say fuck off to our bro and go full Hachiman

>>2844769
Not from the MC's viewpoint, but from the audience's viewpoint we appeared as a faceless extra to be the butt of the joke scene where the harem briefly united to not let us into their club. And then, for some reason, we were reused as an important character in Ryou's and Tezuka's character arcs.
This, I assume, would spawn some fan theories and likely a small fanbase who ironically proclaims us to be best husbando.

>>2844787
i wonder how many viewers are already waifuing Hanazawa. There is always that viewer/fan that likes a background character

Running in an hour and a half (16:00 UTC)

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>>2843221
It is morning, and you are going on your routine jog.

>"I'll start by instilling you with fear once more..."

Those were the words your little brother said before he disappeared. An ominous statement, a threat, a warning...

But when you got home it feels as if nothing's changed at all.
Your father welcomes you with a hearty dinner, and your mother joins in as soon as she's arrived.
You also woke up fine in this morning. The sun and the cool air of Yumegawa feels no different from the previous day.

"...What the hell..."

You're confused, not only by the meaning behind those words, but also what prompted Kei to lash out like he did.
You remember him saying something about this place being purgatory. That you should be content since you should be dead in the first place.
That you don't deserve [Happiness].

"..."

You try to turn your attention back to your jog when you notice the familiar sight of a girl with thick glasses and double layer of clothes.

>Say hi to Murakami
>Stay by yourself for now

>>2845101
>>Say hi to Murakami

>>2845101
>>Say hi to Murakami

>>2845101
You pick up your pace to catch up with the jogging girl. It doesn't take long though, with the pace that she's going.

You tap her in the shoulder. "Yo!"
The girl faces you, surprised, before realising who you are.

"Ah, it's Nii-san!"
"Morning. It feels like a while for some reason."

She shrugs her shoulders and grins. "It kind of is. Things have been so busy in school, nowadays..."
"Hmm? Maybe it's something this nii-san could help with."

She waves her hands, a bit flustered. "Ah, it's not anything like that, nii-san! I'm just airing grievances. See, our school's cultural festival is starting up soon."
"Ah, I gotcha."

You jog for a bit in silence. Cultural festival huh...if you're not mistaken, your school's own cultural festival is not until January. And speaking of schools...

"Where were you studying again, Murakami?"
"Eh? Have I never told you nii-san? St. Agace."

Geh. Hearing the name brings up some mixed feelings.

"Heh," Murakami giggles. "Maybe it's just cause you're so old that you've forgotten I told you!"
"No way, you never did. And I'm not that old, idiot!"

You give her a noogie, and she lets out a mixture of laughter and pleas for you to stop.

"Am I invited in that cultural festival of yours?"
She pauses.

"...It's an open festival, so I mean sure..."
The air has changed a bit.
"Murakami?"
"Nii-san, I-I think I won't be attending, though..."

>Why is that?
>No, you should definitely go!
>I'm sure you have your reasons
>Write in

>>2845141
>>Why is that?
Let's hear it at least.

>>2845141
>>Why is that?

>>2845141
>Why is that?
might as well ask, nobody's gonna die just from asking right? RIGHT?!

>>2845141
>Why is that?
No threat yet

>>2845166
Yes they will.

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>>2845141
"Why is that?"
"W-Well! You know, I'm like, not even into festivals and stuff. Aren't they like, real boring and exhausting? Hahaha..."

She scratches her head. You notice something.

"Give me your hand."
"What? Hey, nii-san, wait...!"

You open up her fingers, and just as you saw, they're wrapped in multiple bandages.
"You've been hard at work."
"..."
"So, why aren't you going to your cultural festival?"

She bites her lip, but in the end, she sighs out.
"Sorry I lied to you nii-san. I'm actually going to be there. I won't flake out on my classmates and friends, not after all the hard work they've done."
You suspect it never even crossed her mind, being the earnest girl that she is. So then...

"Why did you say you won't be there?"
"B-Because..."

She steps away from you a bit, and tugs on her messy pony-tail.
"Nii-san, I have a confession to make. I'm...not who you think I am."
"You're a guy?"
"Nii-san, I'm serious!" She seemed to relax a bit, but then returns back down.

"I'm... an ass-kisser like you. Maybe moreso than you, since I've never felt like you're a gomasuri even once. I like sucking up to other girls. Buying stuff from magazines they share with me, or watching shows that they like...I'm that kind of person."

She grabs her arm, hugging herself, and looks away.
"I was afraid that if you see the way I act around the other girls in St. Agace, how you see me will change."

>It won't. Nii-san's promise.
>Are you sucking up to me too all this time?
>Write in

>>2845184
>It won't. Nii-san's promise.
I'm tempted to comment that we aren't much of an asskisser since most everyone hates our guts, teachers included. Can't kiss ass if they all wanna beat the shit out of you.

>>2845184
>I like sucking up to other girls.

Phrasing...also

>Buying stuff from magazines they share with me, or watching shows that they like...I'm that kind of person.

>Write in: So wait, people call you ass-kisser just because you liked something someone else liked? That's disturbing it's like they are trying to shut down any personality you might develop. I don't think someone should be called a ass-kisser just because she liked something someone else did.

>>2845184
>>2845194
>Nii-san I'm you, but female.

>>2845184
>she knows we're branded an ass-kisser
News travels fast huh.

>>2845194
Ay on that note maybe she's the waifu Ryou needs.

I'm just going to do the write in + It won't

>Writing

>>2845203
She always knew. I mean first time we stopped her in our jog she showed a photo of us near her school because someone spread that we were a ass-kisser.

>>2845204
Hanazawa's brother?

>>2845214
I'd put that down as a maybe, course that has the side effect of making Hanazawa's family the one that dates ass-kissers and that can cause all sorts of issues.

>>2845218
i mean she doesn't seem to be hated like us. At least the group that she ass-kisses must protect her? On another note we might want to not get near her since everyone will start hating her and spread rumours of us fucking/dating a her.

>>2845222
Intrigue is a hell of a drug. So does that mean if we got to the festival we have to limit how much time we spend with her? Might be the best method to keep our relationship with her on the DL, she'll probably join in on any jeering her friends do to us.

>>2845184
"So wait, people are calling you gomasuri because you like what someone else liked? That's not right."
"No, no, no one's calling me that like in your case, nii-san. I just...think it on my own. I have other things that I like too, but they're just not very trendy, or all that girly."

She sighs out. "I'm sorry, nii-san."
You shake your head.
"You don't have to apologize for anything. Look, how I see you won't change, alright? I promise. It's not changed right now, and it won't change when we see each other at the St. Agace cultural festival. Alright?"

You can't really read the expression behind those thick glasses of hers. But her smile is enough to tell you she's relieved.

"You're the best nii-san."
She bows her head, and when she raises it up, a smirk grows on her face once more.
"Is this what they call the wisdom of the elderly?"
"Alright, c'mere you...!"

She laughs as she runs away, sticking out a tongue.
But before you could give chase...

"AHHHHHHH!!"
An ear-piercing scream destroys the morning calm.

The voice sounds too familiar.

>cont'd

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>>2845229

>>2845229
Oh you sonnuva...

>>2845229
>we see each other at the St. Agace cultural festival
Oh shit.
>spoiler
OH FUCK

so any bets on who it was? I'm gonna take a guess and say it's our neighbor with the glasses.

>>2845229
The hairs in the back of your neck stand up. A voice you know. A girl's. You can't put a name on it right now. By your side, Murakami's eyes are wide with shock.
"Nii-san?! What's going on?!"

>Stay here, I'll investigate
>Come with me
>Let's run
>Send Murakami home

>>2845244
>Someone I know just got Truck-kun'd
>I'm gonna investigate, it's up to you if you wanna come or not, but I will warn you, it doesn't sound like it's good.

>>2845244
>>Stay here, I'll investigate

>>2845244
>>Stay here, I'll investigate

>>2845244
>Come with me

>>2845244
so it's not a boy it's a girl which means it could be one of the main cast girls, which is unlikely but possible, or it's one of the secondarys which would be Hanazawa, Thug girl and maybe someone else? Anyone remember if there are any other secondary girls?

>>2845247
I sense this is a trap of the most clever intent.

>>2845244
>>Come with me

i don't want to risk her health but as far as we know this voice could be something stupid as i dunno the us hearing her future of being trucked. I guess that is the fear our dear bro wanted to instill on us.

>>2845244
>>2845256
I'll break any ties and vote for
>>Come with me

Alright, come with me wins
>Writing

>>2845253
Hanazawa isn't a secondary girl. Although she did get more details so her status might have gone up. My money is on the delinquet or the girl that was trying to yuri the president. Because if she goes to the hospital she won't be able to go to the trip to the hell mountain.

>>2845262
By secondary I mean by the rules of this purgatory thing we find ourselves in, I don't think of Hanazawa as secondary in terms of our relationship with her. Also are you referring to Tezuka or was there another girl trying to get at her carpet?

>>2845266
There was Tezura...but now that you mentioned. I vaguely remember someone that was the president friend at the restaurant.

>>2845244
"Murakami, stay close to me."
"Where are we going?"
You remember the words of your brother from yesterday.
"We're going to help. The girl might be in danger!"

Murakami doesn't hesitate for a second. She nods, and you both run to the general direction of the noise.

"AHHHHHHH!!"

The screaming comes up once more. You speed up your pace.
It seems to be coming from inside an alleyway.
You look at each other, before running in.

You spot lilac hair on the ground.

>cont'd

>>2845272
It's one of the main girls. Mariko I think?

>>2845272
Well it's someone from the main cast. No background character has coloured hair.

>>2845277
Mariko Kobayashi is the only one with purple If my memory and the pics I have saved are accurate.

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>>2845283
nigga i cant read in 125x125

>>2845283
also looks like I was wrong and Ryou has purple hair not Mariko

>>2845285
Its prez

>>2845283
>This is the story of a main character of a harem romcom. Five nice girls liked him
>Only four girls in the harem
A slip of the tongue, or a clue?

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>>2845283
Found the pic in better resolution

>>2845272
"Ryou!"
You start running, expecting the worst...
But then she looks up upon hearing your voice.

"Yama--ow!"

You couldn't stop in time. You run into the class rep - who was not on the floor, but rather crouching down. You both trip on each other.
"Ow!""Ouch!"

You land on top of her, but you quickly get off.
"Ryou...! Are you hurt? Did something happen?! Class rep!"
You're shaking her, but then...

*SLAP!*

"...Huh?"
"Could you watch where you're going, you idiot!? I thought you were gonna crush me!"
"Wha..."
She's breathing heavily, and she looks disheveled from falling down, but other than that...
"You're alright?"
"Why won't I be?!"
"?! That's because I heard your screaming!"

Silence. It took a couple of seconds for Ryou to respond.
"...You heard that?"
"What do you mean? Of course I did. That's why I ran over, right?"
Again, another pause.
Her face grows redder and redder.

"Oh no. Ohnohnoohnoohno..."
She starts shrinking into a fetal position. Murakami took this time to enter into the scene.
"So...you guys know each other?"

>cont'd

>>2845303
now Murakami gets truck-kun'd?

>>2845303
...i don't even know. Also i'm glad it was apparently just bait. But i'm certain if we had Murakami out of our sight she would be dead amd we would be alone with the prez again and that is never good.

>>2845303
Was Ryou doing something lewd behind the dumpsters?

>>2845307
in a alley? maybe she would have if we went to save Ryou by ourselfs, can't kill the main cast or have some freak acident without heavily changing the setting mood

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>>2845303
"I can't believe you could hear me...I thought that if I shouted in an alleyway, no one would be able to hear..."

You've found a park bench where the three of you could sit. With you in the middle and Murakami to your right, you watch as the class rep nurses her bottle of green tea.

"What kind of logic is that? Not to mention," You look Ryou up and down. She's already in her uniform. "I know you like to go to school early, but isn't this too early, even for you?"

Ryou glances at her watch, and seems to be surprised as well upon looking at it.
"Huh...I guess I wasn't thinking straight."
"All morning? Did you get out of the bed wrong or something?"
"No it's not like that...my mind's just been..."

Hikaru looks at the ground, her cheeks tinged with blush.

"Yamada-kun. I...I...Yesterday...someone asked me out."

>Congratulations
>You've never been asked out before?
>Who's the lucky guy?
>Wait for her to go on
>Write in

>>2845324
>Oh really? Who was it?
bettin on Tezuka

>>2845324
>Wait for her to go on

Oh great the crazy broad went and asked her out...she is going to jump with Ryou from the Hell Mountain.

>>2845324
>Wait for her to go on

>>2845326
Same.
>inb4 it was Hanazawa's brother.

>>2845324
>wait for her to go on

>>2845332
>inb4 it was Eiji and we took too long so default route kicked in.

>>2845324
>Congratulations

>>2845339
This wouldn't be so bad, thus it will never happen

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>>2845324
Hey BSG i found a picture to represent the MC

>>2845343
that is saved, my man. thanks!

>>2845324
You have a bad feeling about this.
You wait for her to go on.

"I've known this person for a long time...I never knew, er, that person looked at me in that way..."

Your suspicions are confirmed. For some reason, Tezuka Rei has went along with the plan you were talking about before.

Hikaru looks at you, her eyes showing full well the war going on inside of her head.
It seems to be asking a question from you too.

"Did you know...?"

>Tell Ryou that you had *some* inkling of this
>Pretend that you have no idea who 'that person' is

>>2845324
>>Wait for her to go on

>>2845351
>Tell Ryou that you had *some* inkling of this, but to confirm ask her who.

>>2845351
>>Tell Ryou that you had *some* inkling of this

>>2845351
>Pretend that you have no idea who 'that person' is
>Also send Murakami away, this is too personal.

>>2845351
>Tell Ryou that you had *some* inkling of this, but to confirm ask her who.

>>2845370
This is a good way to get Murakami killed offscreen. Do not do this.

>>2845351
>Tell Ryou that you had *some* inkling of this
Were in the morning right?

>>2845351

>Tell Ryou that you had *some* inkling of this, but we weren't certain of anything.

>>2845351

Also >>2845355 to be safe. Confirm, don't assume.

>>2845373
I think you guys are being paranoid.

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>>2845384
Nigga do you know what quest this is?

>>2845377
Before school yes.

>>2845351
>Pretend that you have no idea who 'that person' is

kinda don't want to just jump the gun. I mean it could be her friend. Who is also a mob asking her out

>>2845384
I have to disagree. This is one of the few quests where Shadowrunning seems to ACTUALLY be a requirement to not get 100% screwed over. And even then the best we can do is damage mitigation.

>>2845384
You are new to this quest aren't you?Paranoia is the only thing keeping us alive on this ride

>>2845351
"I...I think I have some idea who you're talking about."
Upon hearing that, she covers her face and slinks back into the bench.

"Nii-san, I'm sorry, but what's going on?"
Murakami whispers while observing the moping class rep.
"It seems that a friend of ours had asked her out."
"Ohh. She doesn't have feelings for that guy?"
"I'm afraid the problem is the 'guy' part..."

Murakami appears confused for a second, but then she comes to realize the problem too.
"Oh. That's..."
"Yamada-kun, what do I do?"

She removes her hands from her face, and is now staring at the sky.
"I don't swing that way. I mean, at least I think I don't. But if I agree, then our friendship...but if I don't, then... but isn't Eiji...?....But then..."

She's not even saying coherent sentences anymore. Tezuka, what in the world is she thinking...?

>Push Ryou to go out with her. If she's gone this far, then might as well help Rei.
>Make sure to dissaude Ryou. You don't think Rei's plan will work
>A girl x girl problem needs a girl's perspective to be solved. Ask Murakami.
>Write in

>>2845395
>A girl x girl problem needs a girl's perspective to be solved. Ask Murakami.

This is a interesting approach, because this might turn Murakami in something more then a background character and we keep our status as a mob without entering in the harem shenanigans.

>>2845395
>IS IT TEZUKA OR HAS ANOTHER CHALLENGER APPEARED WHO IS IT YOU SONUVABITCH
>A girl x girl problem needs a girl's perspective to be solved. Ask Murakami.
>Also you still haven't said who it is that asked you out.

>>2845402
Yeah to much secret on this dance. I think it's one of Ryou's mob friends that confessed to her.

>>2845395
>>A girl x girl problem needs a girl's perspective to be solved. Ask Murakami.

>>2845395
>A girl x girl problem needs a girl's perspective to be solved. Ask Murakami.
She goes to an all-girls school. Yurishit must have been going on more than just a few times there, you know?

We NEED paranoia because we are clearly playing on Hard mode

>>2845410
Pfff hard mode my ass. We are playing in lunatic mode now boi.

>>2845414
The only way out is through. Become an enigmatic anti-hero AND anti-villain with ties to everyone and who knows everyone. Keep the viewers guessing and benefit the universe show through suspense and tension and intrigue.

>>2845395
>Suggest that she and Tezuka join forces in the Eiji bowl for a happy threesome.

>>2845439
if only it was that easy.

>>2845414
Lunatic mode should always have a capital L. It's THAT insane.

Also

>>2845395
>A girl x girl problem needs a girl's perspective to be solved. Ask Murakami.

because of what >>2845401 mentioned.

Also I DO want to confirm just who asked her before we do anything else.

>>2845443
Not a reason not to try it.

>>2845426
So we need to become Hachima?

>>2845395

"Well...won't you say a girl x girl problem needs a girl's perspective to be solved, Murakami?"
"Ehh..."

She seemed hesitant at first.
"Yes, please help me miss. I don't really have any other girl friends to ask. Hikaru Ryou by the way."
Murakami looks at you, but now she that Ryou has trapped her, there's nothing she could do.

"...Murakami Saya. Uh,why don't you tell me a couple of details first, Hikaru-san?"
"Well...the girl who asked me out is someone I knew back in middle school. We're close friends. She's the childhood friend of the guy that I...er, a close guy friend of mine, and I always thought she liked him."
"But it turns out she likes you?"

Ryou nods. Murakami ponders for a second.
"Are you sure," Murakami speaks slowly as to phrase her words correctly. "That she's not lying to you?"
A chill crawls up your spine.
"No...Rei-chan is not the type of girl that would lie. And there shouldn't be any reason to, either."

You stay quiet. Murakami scratches her head. "If you say so..."
She thinks for a bit.
"Well, I'm from St. Agace and there's a surprising amount of yuri going around on campus. I don't think it's all that bad to date girls."
"Hm?" A question pops in your head. "You dated a girl before?"
"I already told you. I'm not a dude, nii-san."
"Nah, but for real?"
Murakami thinks for a moment...
Before letting out a sigh as big as the class rep's. "To be honest, I haven't. I like boys, nii-san, what could I do?"

"So do I," Hikaru says. "I...like this boy. But...the boy I like is *that" childhood friend of her, so..."

Murakami seems to be overloading with this convoluted situation. You take note to apologize to her later.

"So if you go out with her, that's basically giving up on the guy you like...but if you don't, then you fear the two of you's relationship would be the one to suffer..."
"Essentially, yes."

Murakami crosses her arms and thinks. For a girl with such thick glasses, she really is taking her time.

"Well...it might seem a bit of a cop-out answer...but why don't you do a trial run for now? See how it feels like first. No commitment yet, just get to know each other better. What do you think, nii-san?"

>I agree
>I disagree

>>2845439
If Eiji wasn't such a undecisive fuck! We could try that. But it ain't that easy.

>>2845460
>>I agree

>Make sure to emphasize that this trial run is just that- a TRIAL run. If she's not feeling the girl/girl thing, then hey, them's the breaks. Shouldn't feel forced.

Also we NEED to talk with Rei about that fact. DON'T pressure her.

>>2845460
>I disagree

Remember guys...we will ne going to the Hell Mountain were the couples like to go to kill themselfs? Someone romantic as Tezuka could end up being influenced into jumping the cliff with Ryou.

>>2845460
>I agree
This keeps them occupied, while also providing unexpected tension to the viewers. Will the strong-hearted class rep turn to the sleeping beauty for company? Or will she stay resolute to the dense motherfucker every main girl has the hots for? Will the yuri shippers come out victorious, or will the harem continue to the climactic mountain event... and maybe suicide?
Either way the producers and show creators win, meaning we aren't gonna die yet.

Also backing >>2845469
Emphasize T R I A L R U N

>>2845460
>I agree
Let loose the Yuri!

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Well...i hope i'm wrong.

>>2845460
>>I agree
The threads are going to be apocalyptic.

>>2845476
I completely understand your reluctance. Hence my heavy suggestion about the TRIAL part of the run, and why I firmly believe our next act is to IMMEDIATELY go to Rei and tell her in no uncertain terms that Ryou isn't in a stable place with this and to GO FUCKING SLOW. Shit, namecheck Hell Mountain if we feel it's necessary.

Remember though if they do end up going this route, and sticking with it, that it leaves the Ojou and Kouhai as end results for Eiji. Idk what the fuck [True End] looks like, maybe it's Eiji actually developing a personality and becoming prime minister of japan? or maybe he just turns gay.

>>2845476
>that pic
Yup, that sums up this quest alright.

>>2845482
>IMMEDIATELY go to Rei and tell her in no uncertain terms that Ryou isn't in a stable place with this and to GO FUCKING SLOW
This
>namecheck Hell Mountain if we feel it's necessary
This too
Also do you guys think telling Hanazawa what's going on with the girls is good? Emphasizing absolute subtlety and to prevent the suicide from happening is a plus. If we're going to go up the mountain with the girl we love, at least have her be aware of this so we're positioned right when the time tomes, to influence class rep to NOT cliff-dive like a retard.

Thoughts?

>>2845460
>>I disagree

>>2845483
>it leaves the Ojou and Kouhai as end results for Eiji
Ojou needs to have her ego broken and learn how to be a better person first. Kouhai needs to get over being a fucking child and learn to be an adult without ruining everything.
>Eiji actually developing a personality and becoming prime minister of japan
And turning the show into a political intrigue and deception drama, followed by a Metal Gear Rising / Metal Wolf Chaos style badass politics genre-shift?
>or maybe he just turns gay
Yaoifags winning is the last thing anyone wants or needs. That's a hard NO.

>>2845493
I don't mind sharing the problems we got with Hanazawa, the problem is she's a [Mob] character so it fundamentally limits what all she can do, also We don't know for sure if Class rep is actually gonna An Hero or not yet so we shouldn't state it like it's fact, lest we end up looking like a horrible person for thinking such of our friend.

That's the biggest tease of this whole quest is we never know anything 100% so we just have to go off assumption and alot of times it bites us in the ass.

>>2845497
>Eiji becomes nano-machines son.
I kek'd

>>2845460
You would have to have a good long talk with Tezuka after this. But for now...

"I agree with what Murakami's saying. It doesn't have to be a serious relationship from the get-go. You guys take it easy for now, see where it goes...unless you're completely against the idea, Ryou?"
"I-It's not that...I don't find Rei-chan cute or anything..."
"Then it should be fine, right?"

There should be enough time for Rei to do what she thinks would solve Ryou's problem. She might even do it before the trip to Hokkaido...
Right?

The class rep stays silent for a while, but your confident that whatever Tezuka's plan is will now be happening soon.

>cont'd

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>>2845497
>conspiracy theories about fucking background characters
>/u/fags flinging shit everywhere
>political genre shift as if this show isn't convoluted enough
>tfw you just want to watch a harem anime in peace

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>>2845504
>inb4 Tezuka takes this chance and uses it to eliminate Ryou permanently by being horrible to her and making her wanna commit suicide more.
Im sure they'll be fine.
>>2845511
pic related.

Uh...guys...i don't want to scare anyone but...i just realized that the traveller and the demon in the legend were both females...

>>2845525
so what you're saying is tezuka and ryou both die?

>>2845500
You're not wrong. And with how 'big bro' has been threatening us...I have some thoughts.

Firstly, unless this next post invalidates what I'm about to say, then-

I think that his hands are tied with us more than he's willing to admit. Why? Well, someone touched on it earlier- Mutually Assured Destruction. He's GOT to realize that if he fucks with anyone close to us or in our sphere of acknowledgement, we're going to BURN THIS FUCKER TO THE GROUND, whatever he wants be damned. He can't go for anyone we care for in particular, since that guarantees mission failure for both of us. Unless he's that nihilistic, but he doesn't strike me as the type.

And THEREIN lies out ticket out of his fucker. We need to become Ventinari. Everyone remotely important is connected to us in some way, and we're just important enough that shit breaks down without us to give a gentle push. We're actually already on that path, so we need to continue giving pushes and being people's secret patron. He'll fume, rant, and rave, but if he fucks with anyone, it won't just be a [BAD END], it'll be [WORST END]. We need to set things up so that we can bring things down crashing in a way that makes School Days look like a it had a reasonable ending.

>>2845525
Huh. You're right. Interesting. I missed that entirely. Well played, BSG.

Doesn't stop the situation, though. We just need to be certain of safeguards.

>>2845529
Well from what we know about the settings of the legend. People people tried to take the traveler from the demon and Ryou is much considered as a demon in the school if in these two weeks their relation becomes public Ryou might become more depressed and so become more attached to Tezuka increasing their relation together.

Then finnaly Ryou might snap and want to jump with Tezuka from the mountain and Tezuka will just follow to keep her friend safe. So yeah there might be a possibility. But i'm sure that it must be just unhealthy paranoia.

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>>2845500
I meant in regards to "confiding in our girlfriend about the bullshit going on around us to relieve some tension we're going through, and because that's what couples do" sort of thing.

>>2845511
Meanwhile, pic related is what the show creators and artists and everyone involved is feeling.

>>2845517
>that spoiler
if they go down that route, we'll take action

>>2845525
Wew lad. BSG played us hard, good shit. But that won't stop us or break our will.

>>2845541
>But i'm sure that it must be just unhealthy paranoia.
you fucking idiot
you retard
paranoia and hard shadowrunning is what keeps us going in this fucking quest

>>2845541
There is no such thing as unhealthy paranoia in this quest.